Sergei Prokofiev’s vibrant Romeo and Juliet depicts the fierce war of the Montagues and Capulets, and, of course, the two star-crossed lovers. Maurice Ravel’s Le Tombeau de Couperin is both a tribute to friends lost in combat during World War I and an ode to the sparkling French music of centuries past. Pierre-Laurent Aimard joins Esa-Pekka Salonen and the SF Symphony for Bela Bartók’s Second Piano Concerto, a zany piece filled with Eastern European folk dance, snippets of Baroque music, and lots of drums.
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Program Items
Maurice Ravel
Le Tombeau de Couperin
Béla Bartók
Piano Concerto No. 2
Sergei Prokofiev
Selections from 'Romeo and Juliet'
Performers
Esa-Pekka Salonen
Conductor
Pierre-Laurent Aimard
Piano
San Francisco Symphony