{"id":11958,"date":"2023-05-26T18:44:59","date_gmt":"2023-05-26T22:44:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.opus3artists.com\/?p=11958"},"modified":"2023-06-28T18:49:48","modified_gmt":"2023-06-28T22:49:48","slug":"review-s-f-symphony-unveils-an-elliptical-tenuous-treatment-of-womens-suffrage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.opus3artists.com\/review-s-f-symphony-unveils-an-elliptical-tenuous-treatment-of-womens-suffrage\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: S.F. Symphony unveils an elliptical, tenuous treatment of women\u2019s suffrage"},"content":{"rendered":"

From the San Francisco Chronicle<\/a><\/p>\n

By Joshua Kosman<\/p>\n

The passage of the 19th Amendment in 1920, granting American women the right to vote at last, was a landmark event in the nation\u2019s history. It was part of a continuous debate whose roots lay in the Revolutionary period and whose implications continue to reverberate to the present day.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a vibrant account to be spun out of this ongoing struggle, but \u201cHer Story,\u201d the latest in a series of historical and sociological oratorios by the New York composer Julia Wolfe, winds up nibbling around its edges.<\/p>\n

In its West Coast premiere in Davies Symphony Hall on Thursday, May 25, \u201cHer Story\u201d registered as a series of generalized gestures in the direction of its subject matter, circling the topic of women\u2019s suffrage without ever really landing a punch.<\/p>\n

Again and again, Wolfe leans on a handful of weighty words \u2014 most notably quotations from Abigail Adams and Sojourner Truth \u2014 to carry the argument forward, and each time those words fall flat.<\/p>\n

\u201cHer Story,\u201d commissioned by the San Francisco Symphony in partnership with several other orchestras, had its premiere last year with the Nashville Symphony under Giancarlo Guerrero, that orchestra\u2019s dynamic and resourceful music director. Guerrero\u2019s return to San Francisco following his exciting Symphony debut last year was among Thursday evening\u2019s happier aspects.<\/strong><\/p>\n

So, too, was the presence of the Lorelei Ensemble, the 10-member women\u2019s chorus for whom \u201cHer Story\u201d was written. Under Artistic Director Beth Willer, these singers produced a bright, beautifully blended sound, their voices snaking through sections of vocal counterpoints and massing into sharply etched chords.<\/p>\n

Read the full review.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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