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San Francisco Symphony Chorus - Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 2
San Francisco Symphony Chorus - Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 2

San Francisco Symphony Chorus - Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 2

Sunday, Nov 8 (2009) 2:00p
at Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, CA
Price: $35.00 to $135.00
Age Suitability: None Specified
Tags: classical, concert, symphony, sfsymphony, sfs, semyon bychkov, nuccia focile, frank lopardo, mikhail petrenko

A Russian translation of Edgar Allan Poe’s The Bells was the inspiration for Sergei Rachmaninoff’s choral monument of the same name. This haunting work’s mystery lies in its use of an ancient chant sung at funerals. The Second Symphony is a multi-colored tapestry of melody.

Inside Music, an informative talk free to ticketholders, begins one hour prior to concerts.

Center Terrace seats not available. 
Categories: Symphony, Classical
Creator:  SFSymphony 
Creator:  SFSymphony 
Performers at this Event
Semyon Bychkov
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Semyon Bychkov's conducting is admired for its clarity, unexaggerated expression, and frankness in conveying the intent of the music, regardless of what he is conducting. He is equally comfortable conducting orchestral, choral, or operatic music....
Classical, Orchestra
Nuccia Focile
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Lyric soprano Nuccia Focile combines a clear voice, an attractive and youthful appearance, and a sparkling stage appearance to develop a leading international operatic career in the last several years of the twentieth century....
Classical, Choral / Vocalist, Opera
Mikhail Petrenko
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Mikhail Petrenko is emerging at the forefront of the new generation of great singers from the Mariinsky Theatre and is already creating quite a stir in Europe and the United States. The quality of his voice is unmistakable with its firm resonance and beauty....
Easy Listening, Classical
Frank Lopardo
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One of the leading lyric tenors of our day, Frank Lopardo is seen on a regular basis with prestigious operatic companies and orchestras around the world. He has collaborated with the world’s finest conductors including Claudio Abbado, Leonard Bernstein, Sir Colin Davis, Charles Dutoit, Christoph Esc
Musicians / Bands
San Francisco Symphony Chorus
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The San Francisco Symphony is one of the few major U.S. orchestras with its own chorus and the SFS Chorus is recognized internationally as one of America’s finest. Established in 1972 at the request of Seiji Ozawa, the Symphony’s Music Director, the 155-member Chorus today gives a minimum of twenty-
Classical
Location & Nearby Info
Davies Symphony Hall
201 Van Ness Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94199
(415) 864-6000
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