Seal and the SF Symphony give new life to old standards Anna Nguyen December 8, 2017 Album Review, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews My own personal experience with Seal and his music takes me back to my high school choir days when my vocal jazz group sang an a cappella rendition of his Grammy-winning song “Kissed By a Rose”. It was one ...
Angélique Kidjo to premiere Philip Glass composition stateside with SF Symphony Joanna Jiang July 5, 2015 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews From two internationally-respected artists proven limitless in both time and place comes Ifé, an orchestral illustration of the Yorùbán creation land and holy city. The collaboration between visionary co...
San Francisco Symphony to reprise The Soldier’s Tale this weekend Nikos Zarikos January 14, 2015 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, News This weekend, Music Director Michael Tilson Thomas leads the San Francisco Symphony in three performances of Stravinsky's L'Histoire du soldat (The Soldier's Tale) with Elvis Costello as narrator. The Sol...