Hélène Grimaud at Davies Symphony Hall, January 9, 2022

San Francisco Symphony presents Hélène Grimaud
Davies Symphony Hall
201 Van Ness, San Francisco, CA 94102 USA
7:30 PM, Sunday, January 9, 2022

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[7:35 PM] {lights down, announcements, performers out}

1. [7:37 PM] Valentin Silvestrov (b. 1937): Bagatelle No. 1 (2005)
2. [7:40 PM] Achille-Claude Debussy (1862–1918): Arabesque No. 1 in E major, L. 66 (1888): Andantino con moto
3. [7:44 PM] Silvestrov: Bagatelle No. 2 (2007)
4. [7:47 PM] Erik Satie (1866–1925): Gnossienne No. 4 (1891)
5. [7:49 PM] Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849): Nocturne in E minor, Opus post. 72, no.1 (1827)
6. [7:53 PM] Satie: Gnossienne No. 1 (1890)
7. [7:56 PM] Satie: En y regardant à deux foix (Look at it twice), from Pièces froides (1897)
8. [7:58 PM] Debussy: La Plus que lente, L. 121 (1910)
9. [8:01 PM] Chopin: Mazurka in A minor, Opus 17, no.4 (1831): Lento, ma non troppo (A minor)
10. [8:05 PM] Chopin: Waltz in A minor, Opus 34, no.2 (1838): lento (A minor)
11. [8:10 PM] Debussy: Clair de lune, from Suite bergamasque, L. 75 (1890/1905)
12. [8:14 PM] Debussy: Rêverie, L. 68 (1890)
13. [8:16 PM] Satie: Passer (Go on), from Pièces froides (1897)
    [8:18 PM] {set ends; bows and applause; break!}

Robert Schumann (1810—1856): Kreisleriana, Opus 16 (1838)

1. Äußerst bewegt (Extremely animated), D minor
2. Sehr innig und nicht zu rasch (Very inwardly and not too quickly), B♭ major—Intermezzo I—Sehr lebhaft (Very lively)—Intermezzo II—Etwas bewegter (somewhat faster)
3. Sehr aufgeregt (Very agitated), G minor
4. Sehr langsam (Very slowly), B♭ major/G minor
5. Sehr lebhaft (Very lively), G minor
6. Sehr langsam (Very slowly), B♭ major
7. Sehr rasch (Very fast), C minor/E♭ major
8. Schnell und spielend (Fast and playful), G minor
   {set ends; encores? probably!}

• Hélène Grimaud: piano.

Ach! So like an idiot, I forgot that BART has been shutting down early on Sunday during the pandemic: 9 PM! First set ended tonight about 8:20 PM; twenty minutes for intermission meant that set two wouldn't get going until about 8:45 PM, leaving me no chance for hearing that bit AND getting home. Crap-ola! Should have checked things out better this afternoon: could driven over and solved the problem that way. Oh well.

So how was the first set? Great! Like a long dream, with episodes that followed into and through one another without break of any sort. I'm certain this made it hard for some folks to follow the program, but being familiar with about half of it, those pieces served as guide marks to keep my attention on track. Hélène played from memory, and it was quite interesting to watch her: I'm sorry to have cut short my first chance to hear her, hopefully she'll be back again soon!

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