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Michael Tilson Thomas Conductor
Yefim Bronfman Piano

Copland Fanfare for the Common Man
Seeger Andante for Strings
Adams Short Ride in a Fast Machine
Prokofiev Piano Concerto No 3
Tchaikovsky Symphony No 1 ‘Winter Daydreams’

San Francisco Symphony Orchestra video clip

Copland’s most widely known piece, Fanfare for the Common Man, with its simplicity and grandeur announces the arrival in Edinburgh of the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra. It is followed by two short and fascinating pieces by American composers. Prokofiev’s popular Third Piano Concerto demonstrates him at his most lyrical and witty and the evening comes to a close with Tchaikovsky’s first symphony, his most optimistic, and a glowing portrayal of a Russian winter.

What the critics say:

‘The multiple textures and clashing rhythms interlock with spontaneous ease; the playing proves that the SFS remains one of the world’s most immaculate ensembles.’
- THE GUARDIAN

‘What makes Mr. Bronfman so successful...is that he is the same kind of pianist as Prokofiev...a virtuoso’
- THE NEW YORK TIMES