San Francisco Symphony - 2025 06 26 Davies Hall, San Francisco CA

BLACKSTAR Symphony: The Music of David Bowie

Donny McCaslin - Artistic Director, Sax
Vince Mendoza - Conductor
John Cameron Mitchell - Guest Artist
Gail Ann Dorsey - Vocalist
David Poe - Vocalist
Jason Lindner - Keyboard
Jonathan Maron - Bass
Zach Danziger - Drums
San Francisco Symphony

Note: From early on, Bowie foretold his death in Space Oddity (1971) and Blackstar was a meditation of his impending death. Whether or not he consciously knew how much time he had left when recording it, Blackstar is a remarkable document of looking into the impending void. This was an amazingly moving performance, with the Blackstar Band, Bowie collaborators and the SF Symphony.

1 intro
2 Blackstar
3 Tis a Pity She Was a Whore
4 Lazarus
5 Sue (Or in a Season of Crime)
6 Girl Loves Me
7 Dollar Days
8 I Can’t Give Everything Away
9 Life on Mars?
10 Where Are We Now?
11 Space Oddity
12 Heroes
>> encore (band only)
13 Let's Dance
14 Rebel, Rebel

Taper: lachtna productions
Location: Orchestra
Lineage: Schoeps MK4 > BabyNBox > Sony A10 > WAV (24/48) > SoundForge (declick, levels, light compression, fades) > CDWAVE (splits) > FLAC > MP3Tag (tags)

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