Ferruccio Busoni’s tour-de-force will have its first SFS performances, with Igor Levit as the soloist.
The Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra backs the Master Chorale and guest vocalists in music by Duke Ellington and Mary Lou Williams.
The soprano’s interpretive skills make the case for André Previn’s final work, Penelope, among other selections.
Cahill’s concert is based on her long-standing interest in the form and in commissioning new music.
The Scottish composer’s new sacred work commemorates the consecration of a cathedral right here in California.
In Peter Sellars’s semistaged production, everything from the orchestra to the principal performances is absolutely right.
