Conductor Karina Canellakis leads the SF Symphony and cellist Alisa Weilerstein in a concert featuring Richard Strauss’ stunning Don Quixote for solo cello and orchestra. One moment brilliant and triumphant, the next farcical, sometimes sad, the music paints a nuanced portrait of Cervantes’ complicated and compelling title character. The program also features Lili Boulanger’s D’un soir triste, a brooding work she wrote shortly before her death at age 24, and Witold Lutosławski’s Concerto for Orchestra, brimming with folk-inspired melodies and sweeping musical gestures.
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Program Items
Richard Strauss
Don Quixote
Lili Boulanger
D’un soir triste
Witold Lutosławski
Concerto for Orchestra
Performers
Karina Canellakis
Conductor
Alisa Weilerstein
Cello
San Francisco Symphony