Archive for May 6th, 2026
Austen’s EMMA in fine fettle at Everyman
E.M. Forester, Edith Wharton, Patricia Highsmith: these and other noteworthy social satirists have each enjoyed their flurries of renewed interest and adaptation onto stage and screen. But for consistency and longevity of both fervent fandom and successful renewal, few if any can rival the matchless Jane Austen. Maybe only Dickens and Shakespeare, in the English-speaking […]
Wednesday 5/06/26 SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
11:00 PM ORCHESTRA: San Francisco Symphony CONDUCTOR: Nicholas Collon SOLOIST: Conrad Tao, piano* Thomas Adès: Three-Piece Suite from Powder Her Face Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Opus 23* Edward Elgar: Enigma Variations, Opus 36
Playlist: May/06/26
10:15 PM Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Symphony No. 5 Key: E minor Opus: 64Conductor: David ZinmanBSOrch, 99 9:52 PM Sir Arnold Bax — From Dusk Till Dawn Conductor: Bryden ThomsonChandos, 8863 9:13 PM Antonin Reicha — Wind Quintet No. 12 Key: C minor Opus: 91Naxos, 554228 8:40 PM Ottorino Respighi — Concerto Gregoriano Conductor: Choo […]
