Photo by Erik Tomasson
Examples of interesting music from the San Francisco Ballet's next season, in midst of traditional classics — Tchaikovsky still rules (Nutcracker, Serenade for Strings), along with Minkus (Bayadère and Don Quixote):
Shinji Eshima's RAkU; the irresistible fusion of Bach and African music in Lambarena with Hughes de Courson and Pierre Akendengué's Bach to Africa: An Homage to Albert Schweitzer; William Forsythe's The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude to Schubert (and not this season, his In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated to Thom Willems' exciting electronic music); the Andante from Britten's String Quartet in F major, Einojuhani Rautavaara's Pelimannit (The Fiddlers), Bach and Piazzolla for Hans van Manen's Variations For Two Couples.
Also, Philip Glass' Tirol Concerto for Liam Scarlett's Hummingbird; Alexei Ratmansky’s magnificent Shostakovich Trilogy to the composer's Ninth Symphony, Piano Concerto No. 1, and the Chamber Symphony for Strings in C Minor; 14 Chopin piano pieces for Jerome Robbins' Dances at a Gathering.
Much, much more, with yet unknown selections for new choreography by Yuri Possokhov and Miles Thatcher ... and in May, eight performances of the entire Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet, in case you missed repeated excerpts from it across the street.