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Michael Tilson Thomas and Yuja Wang at SF Symphony
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When it comes to musical fireworks it doesn’t get any more exciting than Yuja Wang, Music Director Laureate Michael Tilson Thomas, and the SF Symphony. They join forces for a piece loved equally by pianists and audiences, Franz Liszt’s tempestuous First Piano Concerto. The program concludes with Gustav Mahler’s awe-inspiring First Symphony. With music that begins as a shimmer in the strings and ends in one of the most heroic finales ever written, Mahler’s First is one of history’s most breathtaking works.
SF/Arts Curator Insight
The San Francisco Symphony’s revered Music Director Laureate Michael Tilson Thomas, who returned to the podium in November after recovering from brain surgery, takes the Davies Hall stage once again with the crackerjack pianist Yuja Wang, who performs Liszt’s fiery First Piano Concerto on a program with Mahler’s epic First Symphony.
Jesse Hamlin
SF/Arts Curator
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