San Francisco Symphony with Alondra de la Parra conductor and Joyce Yang, piano in Glinka, Rachmaninoff, and Mussorgsky, by Steven Kruger

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Alondra de la Parra. Photo Courtney Perry.

The San Francisco Symphony
Davies Hall, July 23, 2010

Alondra de la Parra, Conductor

Joyce Yang, piano

Glinka, Overture to Ruslan and Ludmilla

Rachmaninoff, Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Opus 30
Mussorgsky-Ravel, Pictures at an Exhibition

Summer concerts in the city are frequently revealing in their own several ways. A quick look around Davies Hall last Friday would have reminded locals that there is no need to escape San Francisco in July. Many of the regular faces were present, and so, too, were throngs of young couples in from the suburbs. In the shirt-sleevy dusk, Van Ness Avenue and its many venues seemed the focal point of date night. The line for will-call tickets snaked around the block.

Read the full article on the Berkshire Review for the Arts!

Michael Miller