Want a behind-the-scenes glimpse of movie-making magic? Then join us for a unique SoundBox show that brings film and music to life in thrilling ways. The program is curated by SF Symphony Collaborative Partner Nicholas Britell, one of the most sought-after composers in film and television, with recent credits including the score for Don’t Look Up and his Emmy-winning theme music for the HBO series Succession. He is joined by his frequent creative partner, the Academy Award-winner Barry Jenkins, who directed the films If Beale Street Could Talk, Best Picture-winning Moonlight, and Amazon’s streaming series Underground Railroad, all of which Britell scored. Britell and Jenkins have spoken often about their creative alchemy and the power of music in film, themes they will explore further in their SoundBox show. “When you put music up against a picture, it immediately changes the picture,” Britell noted in an SF Symphony program book interview. “But it also changes how you hear the music.” Compared with a piece of concert music, a film score is limited by scene time, but Britell finds those constraints paradoxically liberating: “Those limits are what is so fertile for creativity,” he said. “It’s like a ballet: the music and the picture are doing this dance with each other.” Don’t miss Britell and Jenkins’ deep dive into their award-winning cinematic chemistry in a one-of-a-kind SoundBox experience.
COMMUNITY PARTNER HIGHLIGHT
Founded in 2011, Skywatchers brings artists into durational collaboration with residents of San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood. Centering resident lives and experiences, the multidisciplinary, mixed-ability ensemble creates artworks that amplify neighborhood stories, illuminating narratives too often invisible in our collective cultural production, and positioning community voices in the civic discourse through the arts. Part of an ongoing act of creative resistance and imaginative reclamation by the Skywatchers Ensemble, Towards Opulence, the Opera (year one) premieres June 2–4 at the Cutting Ball Theater.
ESA-PEKKA SALONEN
MUSIC DIRECTOR
Davies Symphony Hall
201 Van Ness Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94102
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Sun: 2 hours before concert
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