Off to the Symphony

Tonight Kynan & I went up to San Francisco to go to the Symphony. We did this often in London as we were a brisk 10 minute ride from the home of the L.S.O. This was the first night we have been to hear live music since arriving in the US. It's been a while since we went anywhere but Mountain View & it was fab to get dressed up & head off like civilised peeps.


The concert was at Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall, the home of the San Francisco Symphony. It's a much more stunning building than this picture shows - a glassy cylinder all golden sparkling. Gorgeous.


The concert hall is also one of the more interestingly designed ones I have seen. The shiny perspex panels you can see in the picture below are raised & lowered according to each piece played & it's sound requirements. Gives you something to watch instead of racing off to purchase ridiculously overpriced drinks.

Snap I snapped just before being informed that photography isn't permitted in the hall.

The program was fab as well. A tribute to light summery Frenchness in all it's glory (or so they say). The Sorcerers Apprentice was a added bonus as it's one of Kynans favourite classical pieces & (due largely to the fact neither of us read the program) we didn't realise it was being performed until the intermission!

Berlioz: Les Nuits d'ete
Debussy: Nocturnes (with Susan Graham the mezzo-soprano)
Dukas: The Sorcerer's Apprentice