An Off-Season of Invention
During this hopscotch through Covid regulations, the San Francisco Symphony is producing an engrossing off-season of invention. It has not only presented live mini-concerts with new composers to watch, but also served up a smorgasbord of impressive visiting conductors on the way up. In the process of these scaled-down, in-person, string-orchestra evenings, it has broken the lamentable logjam of pandemic lockdowns reigning since March, 2020—far too long for comfort. Latest of these podium visitors is Ken-David Masur—part German, part Japanese,…