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#1 On the Billboard Charts: For Love Of You: Clara & Robert Schumann

The San Francisco Ballet Orchestra’s newly released recording—For Love Of You: Clara & Robert Schumann—featuring pianist Lara Downes, makes it to #1 on the Billboard Charts for Traditional Classical Albums for the week of September 28, 2019.

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Recognized as one of the most distinguished pianists of the Romantic era, Clara Wieck-Schumann has been the source of tremendous inspiration for Lara Downes in her own musical career. For Love Of You is Lara’s heartfelt tribute to Clara Schumann on the 200th anniversary of her birth (September 13, 1819).

Conductor Martin West, Pianist Lara Downes, and Engineer Adam Abeshouse, February 2016, Skywalker Sound (Photo © Mark Drury)

This album was recorded at Skywalker Sound under the direction of conductor Martin West and engineer Adam Abeshouse with musicians of the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra.

 

The album includes:

  • Piano Concerto in A Minor, Opus 54, by Robert Schumann
  • 3 Romances, Opus 11, by By Clara Schumann – Lara Downes
  • Fantasiestücke, Opus 12 by Robert Schumann – Lara Downes

San Francisco Ballet Orchestra recording session, Skywalker Sound, February 2016 (Photo by Steven D’Amico)

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Conversations With Nijinsky Debuts at #1 on iTunes!

As we celebrate the new release of Kip Winger’s Conversations With Nijinsky—a tribute to the iconic dance figure Vaslav Nijinsky—we want to recognize the brilliant musicians and individuals of the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra who were involved with this recording project.…

Clarinetist Ginger Kroft Makes First Solo Flight

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Ask Your Mama Wins 2 GRAMMYs

VIDEO: Leslie Ann Jones accepts the award for Best Engineered Classical Album (w/John Kilgore, Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum, Justin Merrill and Patricia Sullivan) (Microsoft Theater, Los Angeles, CA) The 58th GRAMMY Awards Ceremony on Monday, Feb. 15, 2016 proved to be quite an…

Ask Your Mama Receives 3 GRAMMY Nominations

The nominees for the 58th Annual GRAMMY Awards have just been announced and the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra’s Ask Your Mama has been recognized in three categories! BEST CLASSICAL COMPENDIUM Ask Your Mama George Manahan, conductor; Judith Sherman, producer Label: Avie Records…

Rebecca Jackson Appointed Assistant Principal 2nd Violin

The San Francisco Ballet Orchestra would like to extend a warm welcome to Rebecca Jackson who has just accepted an appointment as assistant principal second violin for the 2015-16 season. A native of California, from a Korean-American family background, Ms. Jackson’s playing…