Opera, Performances, TheaterMark RudioDecember 15, 2009Anne-Sophie Mutter, August: Osage County, Beastly bests, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Il Trovatore, La Damnation de Faust, La Fille du Regiment, LA Opera, LA Phil, Leila Josefowicz, Paulina Rubio, San Francisco Opera, San Francisco Symphony, something else entirely, The Met, Urban Opera The best of 2009 Opera, Performances, TheaterMark RudioDecember 15, 2009Anne-Sophie Mutter, August: Osage County, Beastly bests, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Il Trovatore, La Damnation de Faust, La Fille du Regiment, LA Opera, LA Phil, Leila Josefowicz, Paulina Rubio, San Francisco Opera, San Francisco Symphony, something else entirely, The Met, Urban Opera
PerformancesMark RudioNovember 07, 2009Frank Lopardo, Mikhail Petrenko, Rachmaninoff- GG, San Francisco Symphony, Semyon Bychkov Rachin out PerformancesMark RudioNovember 07, 2009Frank Lopardo, Mikhail Petrenko, Rachmaninoff- GG, San Francisco Symphony, Semyon Bychkov
rock and roll, UncategorizedMark RudioNovember 04, 2009blogging, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Maria Gostrey, San Francisco Opera, San Francisco Symphony, something else entirely, The Met November Rain rock and roll, UncategorizedMark RudioNovember 04, 2009blogging, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Maria Gostrey, San Francisco Opera, San Francisco Symphony, something else entirely, The Met
PerformancesMark RudioOctober 15, 2009Chad Newsome, Itzhak Perlman, Pathetique, San Francisco Symphony Boring! PerformancesMark RudioOctober 15, 2009Chad Newsome, Itzhak Perlman, Pathetique, San Francisco Symphony
Performances, UncategorizedMark RudioOctober 09, 2009Brahms’ 2nd Piano Concerto, Brett Dean, Chad Newsome, San Francisco Symphony, Yefim Bronfman Giving the whip to the warhorses Yefim Bronfman’s powerful Brahms 2 gets my attention Performances, UncategorizedMark RudioOctober 09, 2009Brahms’ 2nd Piano Concerto, Brett Dean, Chad Newsome, San Francisco Symphony, Yefim Bronfman
PerformancesMark RudioJuly 25, 2009James Gaffigan, Orion Weiss, San Francisco Symphony Gaffigan conducts "My Classic Russian Composers" PerformancesMark RudioJuly 25, 2009James Gaffigan, Orion Weiss, San Francisco Symphony
PerformancesMark RudioJuly 12, 2009Beethoven, James Gaffigan, Jeremy Denk, San Francisco Symphony Gaffigan conducts Beethoven PerformancesMark RudioJuly 12, 2009Beethoven, James Gaffigan, Jeremy Denk, San Francisco Symphony
PerformancesMark RudioJune 19, 2009Bad performances, San Francisco Symphony A fairy bad Iolanthe PerformancesMark RudioJune 19, 2009Bad performances, San Francisco Symphony
UncategorizedMark RudioJune 12, 2009Gil Shaham, Nick Phan, San Francisco Symphony Dawn to Twilight concludes UncategorizedMark RudioJune 12, 2009Gil Shaham, Nick Phan, San Francisco Symphony
PerformancesMark RudioJune 08, 2009Berg, Julia Fischer, San Francisco Symphony, Schubert, Yefim Bronfman Schubert finally trumps Berg PerformancesMark RudioJune 08, 2009Berg, Julia Fischer, San Francisco Symphony, Schubert, Yefim Bronfman
PerformancesMark RudioJune 05, 2009Berg, Julia Fischer, Laura Aiken, San Francisco Symphony, Schubert, Yefim Bronfman More Berg and Schubert (with more Berg) PerformancesMark RudioJune 05, 2009Berg, Julia Fischer, Laura Aiken, San Francisco Symphony, Schubert, Yefim Bronfman
PerformancesMark RudioMay 28, 2009Berg, bloggers, Michelle DeYoung, San Francisco Symphony, Schubert Berg 2, Schubert 0, Bloggers 5 PerformancesMark RudioMay 28, 2009Berg, bloggers, Michelle DeYoung, San Francisco Symphony, Schubert
PerformancesMark RudioMay 23, 2009Mason Bates, San Francisco Symphony, Yuja Wang The cool kids take over PerformancesMark RudioMay 23, 2009Mason Bates, San Francisco Symphony, Yuja Wang
PerformancesMark RudioMay 20, 2009San Francisco Symphony San Francisco Symphony's strong close begins PerformancesMark RudioMay 20, 2009San Francisco Symphony
UncategorizedMark RudioMay 09, 2009Facebook, San Francisco Symphony San Francisco Symphony's Social Network, aka Sysypuss vs the Facebook Monster UncategorizedMark RudioMay 09, 2009Facebook, San Francisco Symphony
PerformancesMark RudioApril 25, 2009San Francisco Symphony Tortelier and the SFS get their groove on PerformancesMark RudioApril 25, 2009San Francisco Symphony
PerformancesMark RudioApril 05, 2009Leila Josefowicz, Not really "Classical", San Francisco Symphony, Thomas Adès Leila Josefowicz & James Gaffigan with the San Francisco Symphony PerformancesMark RudioApril 05, 2009Leila Josefowicz, Not really "Classical", San Francisco Symphony, Thomas Adès
PerformancesMark RudioMarch 26, 2009Bad performances, Beethoven: Piano Concerto No- 4, Gerber: Music in Dark Times, John Relyea, San Francisco Symphony, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Walton: Belshazzar’s Feast, Yevgeny Sudbin Ashkenazy and the SFS: Fail. PerformancesMark RudioMarch 26, 2009Bad performances, Beethoven: Piano Concerto No- 4, Gerber: Music in Dark Times, John Relyea, San Francisco Symphony, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Walton: Belshazzar’s Feast, Yevgeny Sudbin
PerformancesMark RudioMarch 07, 2009Annika Hudak, Giovanni Gabrieli: In ecclesiis, Hannah Holgersson, Ligeti: Requiem, Liszt: Tasso- Lamento e Trionfo, Martha Argerich, Ravel: Piano Concerto in G, San Francisco Symphony The Sound of Death and Argerich's Musical Delights PerformancesMark RudioMarch 07, 2009Annika Hudak, Giovanni Gabrieli: In ecclesiis, Hannah Holgersson, Ligeti: Requiem, Liszt: Tasso- Lamento e Trionfo, Martha Argerich, Ravel: Piano Concerto in G, San Francisco Symphony
RecommendationsMark RudioMarch 05, 2009San Francisco Symphony SF Symphony's 2009-2010 Season RecommendationsMark RudioMarch 05, 2009San Francisco Symphony
PerformancesMark RudioFebruary 28, 2009Anne-Sophie Mutter, In tempus Praesens, Not really "Classical", Ravel: La Valse, Ravel: Valses nobles et ssentimentales, San Francisco Symphony, Sofia Gubaidulina, Western Art Music- if you need a label for it Anne-Sophie Mutter and SFS perform Gubaidulina's Violin Concerto No. 2- "In Present Time" PerformancesMark RudioFebruary 28, 2009Anne-Sophie Mutter, In tempus Praesens, Not really "Classical", Ravel: La Valse, Ravel: Valses nobles et ssentimentales, San Francisco Symphony, Sofia Gubaidulina, Western Art Music- if you need a label for it
PerformancesMark RudioFebruary 26, 2009Alexander Barantschik, Bad Audiences, Bad performances, Charles Dutoit, Debussy: Prelude to L’Apres midi d’ un faune, Glass: Music in Twelve Parts, Lisa Bielawa, Not really "Classical", Philip Glass, Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazde, San Francisco Symphony, Stravinsky: Symphony in C Two nights at Davies: Dutoit rapes Scheherazade and Glass' Music in Twelve Parts PerformancesMark RudioFebruary 26, 2009Alexander Barantschik, Bad Audiences, Bad performances, Charles Dutoit, Debussy: Prelude to L’Apres midi d’ un faune, Glass: Music in Twelve Parts, Lisa Bielawa, Not really "Classical", Philip Glass, Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazde, San Francisco Symphony, Stravinsky: Symphony in C