David Bratman is a librarian who lives with his lawfully wedded soprano and a wall full of symphony recordings. Articles By This Author Review Herbert Blomstedt Again Delivers in Annual SF Symphony Visit David Bratman - February 13, 2023 The orchestra’s conductor laureate may work seated on the podium now, but his interpretations are still vital as ever. Review Third Coast Percussion’s Smooth Playing Hits Stanford David Bratman - January 31, 2023 The Chicago quartet is in its element with a program of recent works written expressly for the group. Review A Sweeping Seventh Symphony From JoAnn Falletta And Symphony San José David Bratman - December 6, 2022 Dvořák’s masterpiece shares space with a couple of unusual works in a brilliantly played concert. Review An Intense Finnish String Quartet Visits Stanford David Bratman - November 15, 2022 Meta4 makes its West Coast debut with a fascinating concert of works inspired by the far north. Review SF Symphony Has Spooky Fun With the 19th Century David Bratman - October 24, 2022 Esa-Pekka Salonen leads a program of dark favorites by Modest Mussorgsky, Franz Liszt, and Hector Berlioz. Review Yuja Wang and SF Symphony Go Big in Magnus Lindberg’s Third Piano Concerto David Bratman - October 16, 2022 It’s a gigantic new piece that, perhaps surprisingly, is entirely at home on a program of 20th-century masterworks. Review The Show Must Go on at the Cabrillo Festival David Bratman - August 9, 2022 When concern over COVID cases took out half the orchestra, the weekend’s programming had to change. Review Back to a Full Festival, Music@Menlo Celebrates With Concertos and Cantatas David Bratman - July 18, 2022 The summer’s opening program lets everyone — vocalists, concerto soloists, and orchestra — shine. Review Mason Bates Reaches New Heights at the SF Symphony David Bratman - June 6, 2022 Daniil Trifonov debuts the composer’s Piano Concerto, part of an off-the-beaten-path program conducted by Ruth Reinhardt. Review Guest Conductor Klaus Mäkelä Elicits a Refined Shostakovich Tenth With SF Symphony David Bratman - May 2, 2022 Violinist Vilde Frang matches Mäkelä’s controlled approach in a lyrical reading of Berg’s Violin Concerto. Pagination « First First page ‹ Previous Previous page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 … Next › Next page Last » Last page