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In Bill Shared by Rachmaninoff By Paul Hertelendy  artssf.com, the independent observer of San Francisco Bay Area music and dance  Week of July 24-31, 2016 Vol. 18, No. 79 This time of year, the San Francisco Symphony serves up a melange–some pop artists, some movies with live orchestral accompaniment, and a few classical concerts with mainline repertoire which resemble Tanglewood’s doings in Massachusetts—familiar works which can be played on minimal rehearsal time. An all-Russian concert program materialized in this mix…

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As the Apt Season Finale in S.F. By Paul Hertelendy  artssf.com, the independent observer of San Francisco Bay Area music and dance  Week of July. 6-13, 2016 Vol. 18, No. 76 Mahler’s Second Symphony is like the month of March twice over: It comes in like a lion, continues like a lamb, and goes out, once again, like a lion. It was thus in the interpretation of Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony this weekend, one of the…

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New Widmann Work at the S.F. Symphony By Paul Hertelendy artssf.com, the independent observer of San Francisco Bay Area music and dance Week of June 25-July 3, 2016 Vol. 18, No. 74 First there was Superman. There was Batman. And now we have Widmann, flexing muscles reaching for super powers composing for orchestra. Widmann’s 19-minute “Trauermarsch” shows off all the orchestra’s versatility and extremes. The highest notes, the lowest notes. The loudest sounds and the softest sounds, starting the mighty…

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