点评:Salonen和S.F.交响乐结束了哀悼和欢乐

指挥和作曲家ESA-PEKKA SALONEN。照片:Clive Barda

1945年,作为德国和德国音乐的世界,理查德施特劳斯致力于他的生命瘫倒在他身边,老人施特劳斯开始写一个挽歌。“变形,”一个黑暗,20分钟的乐谱,横向悲伤的悲伤,被视为他看到的300年的文化传统的纪念碑 - 并非完全不正确 - 来结束。

I’m not sure what symbolism, if any, Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen had in mind by putting this potent expression of mourning at the center of the San Francisco Symphony’s most recent concert program, the final installment in the orchestra’s May-June series. There are certainly days when reading the news is enough to make one want to short-sell the entire American experiment; but with a narrower focus, how can we return to live music making after more than a year of pandemic lockdown in anything but a spirit of joy?

当然,6月24日星期四戴维斯交响乐厅的观众令人痛苦地兴奋不已。在室内场地的容量限制终于抬起,座位上有一个强大的听众存在,以及在舞台和房子之间的两个方向上跑的感情。(即使是黄铜调整的声音,促使掌声,其次是顾客的“我们爱你!”)

音乐使自己同样庆祝,卓越,如果不是心情。The somber shadows of Strauss’ masterpiece were framed by bright-toned fanfares for brass — three excerpts from Giovanni Gabrieli’s late 16th century collection “Sacrae symphoniae,” arranged by principal trombonist Timothy Higgins — and by Schumann’s exuberant Symphony No. 3, the “Rhenish.”

然而,它是“变质的”(在拍摄并记录未来释放的再现流媒体服务SFSymphony +)最直接的心脏,因为它经常这样做。施特劳斯作为他的材料从贝多芬的“埃罗卡”交响乐团的葬礼3月份,作为德国音乐的象征,因为有着德国音乐的象征,并旋转出来。

这篇文章中的工作中有一个黑暗的自我参考,它使用贝多芬的熟悉的音乐,基本上,本身是悼词。虽然,施特劳斯的技术性能 - 他在没有暂停或喘息的无休止或喘息的谐波过渡的能力 - 创造了辉煌的奇迹。

这是在星期四的表现中来了,这是另一个提醒的是,交响乐的字符串球员能够有多少奢侈和精确度。Salonen通过这种潜在的沼泽地养活球员,欢迎令人讨厌的地面。

The Gabrieli pieces, written to exploit the spatial possibilities of St. Mark’s Cathedral in Venice, were declaimed from facing balconies on the sides of the Davies stage, with four instrumentalists on each end of the hall lobbing little musical cherry bombs back and forth at one another. Schumann’s music — by turns joyous, sturdy and whimsical — made a vibrant conclusion.

旧金山交响乐:下午7点星期五,6月25日。$ 45- $ 95。戴维斯交响乐厅,201 van Ness Ave.,S.F.415-864-6000。www.sfsymphony.org.

  • 约书亚科斯曼
    约书亚科斯曼约书亚科斯曼是旧金山纪事中的音乐评论家。电子邮件:jkosman@sfhonelice.com推特:@joshuakosman