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SoundBox

Posted on January 11, 2015 by Wendy Lesser

There’s a wonderful new place to listen to music in San Francisco, and it’s called SoundBox. Formerly an acoustically dead rehearsal area at the back of Davies Hall, it has been transformed through the miracles of deconstructed architecture, rock-concert lighting, … Continue reading →

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Tetzlaff in San Francisco

Posted on May 17, 2014 by Wendy Lesser

There could be no finer way to spend a Sunday evening than listening to Christian Tetzlaff perform Bach’s solo pieces for the violin, and Sunday, May 11 was no exception to this. Davies Hall did not fill up completely, but … Continue reading →

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American Night at the San Francisco Symphony

Posted on September 8, 2013 by Wendy Lesser

It looked, on paper, like an adventurous program:  all American composers, all twentieth-century work, and (with the exception of George Gershwin) not names that are often viewed as audience-friendly. Indeed, Michael Tilson Thomas brought his microphone out and spoke to … Continue reading →

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