7:30 p.m. Central Time
PARADOX OF PRAISE
SATURDAY, AUGUST 8
Grammy award-winning bass-baritone, Dashon Burton opens this program with a mixed set of art song and German lieder, featuring selections from Schumann’s Dichterliebe (Poet’s Love) and Margaret Bond’s incisive settings of Langston Hughes. Paired with Felix Mendelssohn’s second piano trio, with a final quotation of the Psalm 100 Doxology, this production explores praise and rejection.
PROGRAM
Franz Schubert: Litanei auf das Fest Allerseelen
Florence Price: Night
Margaret Bonds: Three Dream Portraits
Robert Schumann: Selections from Dichterliebe
Dashon Burton, bass-baritone
Stefano Flavoni, piano
Felix Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No. 2 in C Minor
Wyatt Underhill, violin
Joseph Johnson, cello
Henry Kramer, piano
FEATURED ARTISTS
Wyatt Underhill
Violin
San Francisco SymphonyWyatt Underhill joined the San Francisco Symphony as Assistant Concertmaster in 2018. He was previously assistant concertmaster of...
Joseph Johnson
Cello
Toronto SymphonyJoseph Johnson has been heard throughout the world as a soloist, chamber musician and educator. His festival appearances include p...
Stefano Flavoni
Assistant Conductor
San Francisco SymphonyStefano Flavoni is an Italian-American conductor and pianist currently serving as Assistant Conductor of San Francisco Symphony an...
Henry Kramer
Piano
Avery Fisher Career GrantPianist Henry Kramer is developing a reputation as a pianist of rare sensitivity who combines versatile programming and “astonis...
Dashon Burton
Bass-BaritonePraised for his “nobility and rich tone,” (The New York Times) bass-baritone Dashon Burton has established a world-wide career...