French Conductor Marie Jacquot Makes Her SF Symphony Debut With 'Romeo and Juliet' Nov. 13-15
French conductor Marie Jacquot leads the San Francisco Symphony for the first time Nov. 13-15 in selections from Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet, with violinist Sayaka Shoji in Respighi's Concerto gregoriano.
By the Bay Area Brief staff · Edited by Seamus McKenna · · 3 min read
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French conductor Marie Jacquot makes her San Francisco Symphony debut with three performances at Davies Symphony Hall: Friday, Nov. 13 and Saturday, Nov. 14 at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, Nov. 15 at 2 p.m.
The program
Augusta Holmès, Andromède: first SF Symphony performances of this symphonic poem on the Greek myth by the 19th-century French composer
Ottorino Respighi, Concerto gregoriano, a violin concerto drawing on early Christian plainsong, with Japanese violinist Sayaka Shoji
Sergei Prokofiev, selections from Romeo and Juliet
Members of the orchestra give a free Inside Music talk on stage one hour before each concert. The Symphony says Jacquot's appearance is supported by its Shenson Young Artist Debut Fund.
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