The elements inspire and sustain, connecting our bodies to the earth—and even to points beyond. Violinist Joshua Bell commissioned Jennifer Higdon’s Air, which celebrates the invisible, intangible, essential substance that surrounds us. Water is represented by Claude Debussy’s richly textured marine triptych, which heaves and rolls, glitters and engulfs. Unsuk Chin’s Alaraph ‘Ritus des Herzschlags’—an SF Symphony commission and U.S. premiere—depicts a so-called “heartbeat star,” so named because of the regular pulsation of its light.
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Unsuk Chin
Alaraph ‘Ritus des Herzschlags’ [SF Symphony Commission and U.S. Premiere]
Henri Vieuxtemps
Violin Concerto No. 5
Jennifer Higdon
Air [First San Francisco Symphony Performances]
Claude Debussy
La Mer
Performers
Ryan Bancroft
Conductor
Joshua Bell
Violin
San Francisco Symphony