Pianist Jeremy Denk curates a SoundBox program that weaves together poignant states of sorrow and healing in music from composers across the ages.
Denk notes: “I hope this program gives a sense of our place in history, at times unsettling, but also finally, comforting.”
Program:
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: ‘Mach's mit mir, Gott, nach deiner Güt',’ BWV 377
Members of the San Francisco Symphony Chorus
Ragnar Bohlin, director
ROBERT SCHUMANN: Intermezzo from ‘F-A-E’ Sonata, WoO 22 (arr. cello)
Amos Yang, cello
Jeremy Denk piano
MARIN MARAIS: ‘Le Tableau de l'Opération de la Taille’ (Urinary Bladder Operation)
Nicholas Phan, tenor
Jeremy Denk, harpsichord
Amos Yang, cello
WALTER MOLONEY: ‘The Influenza Blues (A Syncopated One Step)’
Jeremy Denk, piano
ROBERT SCHUMANN: ‘Lieb’ Liebchen,’ from ‘Liederkreis,’ Opus 24
Nicholas Phan, tenor
Jeremy Denk, piano
FRANZ SCHUBERT: Impromptu in A-flat major, D.935, no.2
Jeremy Denk, piano
MISSY MAZZOLI: “The Shield of the Heart Is the Heart”
Silvie Jensen, mezzo-soprano
Members of the San Francisco Symphony Chorus
Ragnar Bohlin, director
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI ‘Tu se' morta,’ from ‘L'Orfeo’
Nicholas Phan, tenor
Jeremy Denk, harpsichord
Amos Yang, cello
DARIUS MILHAUD: Douloureux from Sonata for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, and Piano, Opus 47
Tim Day, flute
Eugene Izotov, oboe
Jerome Simas, clarinet
Jeremy Denk, piano
ARNOLD SCHOENBERG: Part 1 from String Trio, Opus 45
Leor Maltinski, violin
Katie Kadarauch, viola
David Goldblatt, cello
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART: Presto from Piano Sonata in A minor, K.310(300d)
Jeremy Denk, piano
GABRIEL FAURÉ: Adagio from Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Opus 15
Leor Maltinski, violin
Katie Kadarauch, viola
David Goldblatt, cello
Jeremy Denk, piano
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: ‘O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden,’ from ‘Saint Matthew Passion’
Members of the San Francisco Symphony Chorus
Ragnar Bohlin, director
STEPHEN FOSTER: “Hard Times Come Again No More”
Nicholas Phan, tenor
Jeremy Denk, harmonium
Members of the San Francisco Symphony Chorus
Ragnar Bohlin, director
Clyde Scott, director
Taylor Joshua Rankin, editor
Luke Kritzeck, lighting designer
Adam Larsen, projection designer
SoundBox is supported in part by The League of American Orchestras and The National Endowment for the Arts.