The San Francisco Symphony’s new music director, Elim Chan, hasn’t taken the podium yet, but the electricity surrounding her appointment already ignited Davies Symphony Hall.
The energy from the recent announcement of her appointment coursed through a highly combustible program Friday, May 22, conducted by Cristian Măcelaru, who led the Symphony for the world premiere of Tyler Taylor’s “Embers” and two sweeping Romantic showpieces.
In Taylor’s printed and spoken comments about “Embers,” the fourth winner of the Emerging Black Composers Project reflected on community, “what we share as humans and artists,” and the nature of embers, which start small but can grow into something powerful…