Ludovico Einaudi's Elements at Herbst Theatre, October 5, 2016

SFJAZZ presents Ludovico Einaudi's Elements featuring Francesco Arcuri, Alberto Fabris, Redi Hasa, Riccardo Laganà, and Federico Mecozzi
2016-10-05
Herbst Theatre
401 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94102-4522 USA
8:00 PM, Wednesday, October 5, 2016

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[8:06 PM lights down, announcements, waiting in the dark, band out]

1. [8:07 PM] Petricor
2. [8:12 PM] ?
3. [8:19 PM] ?
4. [8:24 PM] ?
5. [8:34 PM] ?
6. [8:40 PM] (long solo piano piece; new groove at 9:01 PM … same tune, new section?)
7. [9:05 PM] ?
8. [9:11 PM] ?
9. [9:18 PM] ?
10. [9:27 PM] ? (not quite Dear Prudence)
11. [9:34 PM] ? (musical saw at 9:37 PM)
12. [9:40 PM] ?
    [set ends 9:49 PM; applause and group bow, then all off for an encore break]
     
    Encore
13. [9:52 PM] ? (solo piano) »
14. [9:58 PM] ?
    [show ends 10:05 PM; all off after another minute for bows & applause]

• Francesco Arcuri: guitar, xylophone, waterphone, saw, kalimba, percussion;
• Ludovico Einaudi: piano;
• Alberto Fabris: live electronics, bass, synthesizer;
• Redi Hasa: cello, electric cello;
• Riccardo Laganà: calabash, steel drum, percussion, vibraphone;
• Federico Mecozzi: violin, electric violin, guitar, keyboard.

I listen to the start of tonight's Giants-Mets wildcard match-up on the radio at home, then in my car as I head to West Oakland BART. A quick trip across the bay, followed by a quick hustle to BeerHall and I'm seated at a table, watching the middle of the game. Madbum is dominating! But Snydergaard is blazing too. A great game if you prefer a pitcher's duel to a slugfest! 7:48 PM I dash for Herbst. 7:57 PM upstairs and in my seat, yay! 8:02 PM still waitin… how 'bout them Giants?

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I'm pretty sure that tonight's gig reproduced an expanded-for-performance version of Einaudi's 2015 album, Elements), for the first tune of the night was most certainly the opening tune off the album, Petricor. As I'm not familiar with the rest of the album, I can't really say how slavishly they followed it, but it sure looked like Einaudi was flipping through a LONG score as the night's program unwound. To my surprise, I couldn't tell whether or not the other musicians were reading also music. It seems funny to me that they might have memorized their parts while the composer hadn't!

Back to the previous event! ☸ Up to the 2016 yearbox! ☸ Up to the 2016 event list! ☸ On to the next event!