Soloists steal spotlight in Royal Philharmonic Orchestra’s visit
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra came to Davies Symphony Hall this week for two concerts as part of the San Francisco Symphony’s Great Performers series. Happily for the audiences, and for the general principle of truth in advertising, they brought their great performers with them.
That would be cellist Gautier Capuçon — who filled the hall with a resplendent and stylish account of Haydn’s C-Major Cello Concerto as the centerpiece of the orchestra’s first offering, on Sunday, Jan. 28 — and pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet, who followed up the next night with an account of Liszt’s Second Piano Concerto that was every bit as suave.