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ELIGIBLE COMPOSE YOUR OWN SERIES CONCERTS PROGRAM DATES
SALONEN: J.S. BACH & SIBELIUS 1ESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
San Francisco Symphony Collaborative Partners reimagine the music of J.S. BACHSIBELIUS Symphony No. 1
FRI OCT 2 8PM SAT OCT 3 8PM
SALONEN: DUKE BLUEBEARD’S CASTLEESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor YEFIM BRONFMAN, pianoMICHELLE DeYOUNG, mezzo-soprano (Judith)GERALD FINLEY, bass-baritone (Bluebeard)SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
BARTÓK Piano Concerto No. 2BARTÓK Duke Bluebeard’s Castle
THU OCT 8 8PM FRI OCT 9 8PM SAT OCT 10 8PM SUN OCT 11 2PM
SALONEN: RESPIGHI’S PINES OF ROMEESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor MARIANNE CREBASSA, mezzo-sopranoSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
DEBUSSY Ibéria from Images pour orchestre BERIO Folk Songs (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) RAVEL Shéhérazade RESPIGHI Pines of Rome
THU OCT 15 2PM FRI OCT 16 8PM SAT OCT 17 8PM
BUCHBINDER PERFORMS THE COMPLETE BEETHOVEN PIANO CONCERTOS: NOS. 1 & 5RUDOLF BUCHBINDER, conductor and piano
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 1 BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 5, Emperor
FRI OCT 23 8PM SUN OCT 25 2PM
BUCHBINDER PERFORMS THE COMPLETE BEETHOVEN PIANO CONCERTOS: NOS. 2, 3, & 4RUDOLF BUCHBINDER, conductor and piano
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 2 BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 4 BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 3
SAT OCT 24 8PM
FLUTE RECITAL WITH SIR JAMES GALWAYSIR JAMES GALWAY, flute LADY JEANNE GALWAY, flute MICHAEL MCHALE, piano
SUN OCT 25 7:30PM
PIANO RECITAL WITH RUDOLF BUCHBINDERRUDOLF BUCHBINDER, piano
DIABELLI Waltz in C major BEETHOVEN Diabelli Variations
MON OCT 26 7:30PM
CHICK COREA WITH THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONYJOSHUA WEILERSTEIN, conductor CHICK COREA, piano
WALKER Lyric for Strings GERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue SIBELIUS Symphony No. 2
TUE OCT 27 8PM
MTT: MAHLER 1MICHAEL TILSON THOMAS, Music Director Laureate and conductorTIMOTHY HIGGINS, trombone
TIMOTHY HIGGINS Concerto for Trombone (World Premiere, San Francisco Symphony Commission) MAHLER Symphony No. 1
FRI OCT 2 8PM SAT OCT 3 8PM
MTT: BEETHOVEN’S MISSA SOLEMNISMICHAEL TILSON THOMAS, Music Director Laureate and conductorELIZABETH DESHONG, mezzo-sopranoLUCA PISARONI, bass-baritonePACIFIC BOYCHOIRSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS RAGNAR BOHLIN, directorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
BEETHOVEN Missa solemnis THU NOV 5 8PM FRI NOV 6 8PM SUN NOV 8 2PM
ISRAEL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRALAHAV SHANI, conductorISRAEL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
BEN-HAIM Tehillim from Symphony No. 1MOZART Piano Concerto No. 27STRAVINSKY Le Sacre du printemps [1947 revision]
TUE NOV 10 7:30PM
THE FIGHT FOR EQUALITY: JULIA WOLFE & FLORENCE PRICEGIANCARLO GUERRERO, conductor AARON DIEHL, piano LORELEI ENSEMBLE, vocal ensemble
JOAN TOWER Sixth Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) PRICE Piano Concerto (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)JULIA WOLFE Her Story (San Francisco Symphony Premiere & Co-Commission)
THU NOV 12 8PM SAT NOV 14 8PM
SHOSTAKOVICH & TCHAIK 6RAFAEL PAYARE, conductor ALISA WEILERSTEIN, cello SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
CARREÑO Margariteña (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)SHOSTAKOVICH Cello Concerto No. 1 TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6, Pathétique
FRI NOV 20 8PM SAT NOV 21 8PM SUN NOV 22 2PM
THE PRINCESS BRIDE IN CONCERTSARAH HICKS, conductorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
FRI NOV 27 7:30PM SAT NOV 28 7:30PM
HOLIDAY SOULTBD, conductor TBD, guest artist OAKLAND INTERFAITH GOSPEL CHOIR TERRANCE KELLY, directorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
WED DEC 2 7:30PM
SAN FRANCISCO GAY MEN’S CHORUS WITH THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONYDR. TIMOTHY SEELIG, conductor and director SAN FRANCISCO GAY MEN’S CHORUS SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
FRI DEC 4 7:30PM SAT DEC 5 7:30PM
CHAMBER MUSIC WITH BATIASHVILI, CAPUÇON, & THIBAUDETLISA BATIASHVILI, violinGAUTIER CAPUÇON, cello JEAN-YVES THIBAUDET, piano
SUN DEC 6 7:30PM
HANDEL’S MESSIAHSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS RAGNAR BOHLIN, directorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
HANDEL Messiah FRI DEC 11 8PM SAT DEC 12 8PM
PETER AND THE WOLFDANIEL HARDING, Wattis Foundation Music Director SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY YOUTH ORCHESTRA
PROKOFIEV Peter and the Wolf SUN DEC 13 2PM
A MERRY-ACHI CHRISTMASMARIACHI SOL DE MÉXICO® DE JOSÉ HERNÁNDEZ, guest artist
SUN DEC 13 8PM
LOVE ACTUALLY FILM WITH LIVE ORCHESTRATHIAGO TIBERIO, conductorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
TUE DEC 15 7:30PM WED DEC 16 7:30PM
HOLIDAY BRASSEDWIN OUTWATER, conductorMEMBERS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY BRASS, PERCUSSION, AND TIMPANI SECTIONS
THU DEC 17 7:30PM
A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS—LIVE!RANDALL CRAIG FLEISCHER, conductor SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS RAGNAR BOHLIN, directorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
FRI DEC 18 7:30PM SAT DEC 19 2PM TUE DEC 22 7:30PM WED DEC 23 2PM
HOME ALONE FILM WITH LIVE ORCHESTRARANDALL CRAIG FLEISCHER, conductor YOUNG WOMEN’S CHORAL PROJECTS SUSAN MCMANE, director SAN FRANCISCO BOYS CHORUS ERIC CHOATE, director RAGAZZI BOYS CHORUS, KENT JUE, directorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
SAT DEC 19 7:30PM TUE DEC 22 2PM WED DEC 23 7:30PM
TWAS THE NIGHTRAGNAR BOHLIN, conductor SAN FRANCISCO GIRLS CHORUS VALERIE SAINTE-AGATHE, directorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS MEMBERS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY BRASS SECTION
SUN DEC 20 7:30PM
NEW YEAR’S GAEITYEDWIN OUTWATER, conductorEDWIN OUTWATER AND PEACHES CHRIST, co-emcee TBD, guest artists SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
THU DEC 31 8PM
RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK FILM WITH LIVE ORCHESTRASAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
FRI JAN 8 7:30PM SAT JAN 9 7:30PM
AN EVENING WITH ITZHAK PERLMANITZHAK PERLMAN, violinROHAN DE SILVA, piano
SUN JAN 10 7:30PM
A NEW AMERICAN SOUNDCRISTIAN MĂCELARU, conductorTIM MCALLISTER, saxophone SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
VALERIE COLEMAN Umoja (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) JOHN CORIGLIANO Saxophone Concerto (World Premiere, San Francisco Symphony Commission) JAKE HEGGIE (ARR. MĂCELARU) Moby-Dick Orchestra Suite (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) WYNTON MARSALIS Selections from Blues Symphony (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)
THU JAN 14 8PM FRI JAN 15 8PM SAT JAN 16 8PM
MTT: EMANUEL AX PLAYS MOZARTMICHAEL TILSON THOMAS, Music Director Laureate and conductorEMANUEL AX, piano SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 17 BRUCKNER Symphony No. 9, Unfinished
THU JAN 21 8PM FRI NOV 22 8PM SAT NOV 23 8PM
MASAAKI SUZUKI & THE BACH COLLEGIUM JAPANMASAAKI SUZUKI, conductorBACH COLLEGIUM JAPAN
J.S. BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048J.S. BACH Cantata No. 147, Herz und Mund und Tat und LebenMOZART Mass in C minor, K.427(417a)
SUN JAN 24 7:30PM
MTT: YUJA PLAYS RACH PIANO CONCERTO NO. 2MICHAEL TILSON THOMAS, Music Director Laureate and conductorYUJA WANG, piano SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 2 SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 15
WED JAN 27 10AM WED JAN 27 8PM THU JAN 28 8PM FRI JAN 29 8PM SAT JAN 30 8PM
VALERY GERGIEV & THE MARIINSKY ORCHESTRAVALERY GERGIEV, conductorALEXANDRE KANTOROW, piano MARIINSKY ORCHESTRA
DEBUSSY Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 2 RACHMANINOFF Symphony No. 2
MON FEB 1 7:30PM
CAPUCON & YUJA WANGGAUTIER CAPUÇON, cello YUJA WANG, piano
TUE FEB 2 8PM
GIVE ME SHELTER: GABRIEL KAHANE’S EMERGENCY SHELTER INTAKE FORMEDWIN OUTWATER, conductorCONRAD TAO, piano ALICIA HALL MORAN, mezzo-sopranoCHORUS OF INCONVENIENT STATISTICS, Holland Andrews; Gabriel Kahane; Holcombe WallerCOMMUNITY CHORUS
GERSHWIN Piano Concerto in F GABRIEL KAHANE emergency shelter intake form (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)
THU FEB 4 10AM THU FEB 4 8PM SAT FEB 6 8PM
VIOLIN RECITAL WITH JOSHUA BELLJOSHUA BELL, violin
MON FEB 8 7:30PM
LUNAR NEW YEAR: CELEBRATING ASIAPERRY SO, conductor WU MAN, pipa
TEXU KIM Bounce!! (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)HARRISON Concerto for Pipa with String Orchestra (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) YOUNGHI PAGH-PAAN NIM (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)TAKASHI YOSHIMATSU The Age of Birds (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)ZHOU LONG The Rhyme of Taigu (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)
THU FEB 11 10AM THU FEB 11 8PM SAT FEB 13 8PM
AN EVENING WITH BERNADETTE PETERSBERNADETTE PETERS, guest artist MEMBERS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
FRI FEB 12 7:30PM
DANIIL TRIFONOV IN RECITALDANIIL TRIFONOV, piano
SUN FEB 14 7:30PM
BLOMSTEDT: SIBELIUS 4 & HÉLÈNE GRIMAUDHERBERT BLOMSTEDT, Conductor Laureate and conductorHÉLÈNE GRIMAUD, piano
BRAHMS Tragic Overture SIBELIUS Symphony No. 4 SCHUMANN Piano Concerto
THU FEB 18 8PM FRI FEB 19 8PM SUN FEB 21 2PM
BLOMSTEDT: MOZART & SCHUBERTHERBERT BLOMSTEDT, Conductor Laureate and conductorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
MOZART Symphony No. 39 SCHUBERT Symphony in C major, The Great
THU FEB 25 2PM SAT FEB 27 8PM SUN FEB 28 2PM
SALONEN CONDUCTS SALONEN & RAVELESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS RAGNAR BOHLIN, director SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
RAMEAU Castor and Pollux Suite ESA-PEKKA SALONEN Gemini (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)RAVEL Daphnis et Chloé
FRI MAR 5 8PM SAT MAR 6 8PM SUN MAR 7 2PM
ORQUESTRA SINFONICA NACIONALCARLOS MIQUEL PRIETO, conductorORQUESTA SINFÓNICA NACIONAL
CHÁVEZ Sinfonía india (Symphony No. 2) GABRIELA MONTERO Latin Concerto REVUELTAS La noche de los Mayas
SUN MAR 7 7:30PM
SALONEN: SCRIABIN’S PROMETHEUSESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor JEAN-YVES THIBAUDET, piano SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
BEETHOVEN Selections from The Creatures of Prometheus FANG MAN New Work (World Premiere, San Francisco Symphony & Toulmin Co-Commission) SCRIABIN Prometheus, The Poem of Fire
THU MAR 11 8PM FRI MAR 12 8PM SAT MAR 13 8PM
SALONEN: R. STRAUSS’ ELEKTRAESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor CHRISTINE GOERKE, soprano (Elektra) EMILY MAGEE, soprano (Chrysothemis) ANNA LARSSON, contralto (Klytemnestra) ALAN OKE, tenor (Aegisth) PEIXIN CHEN, bass-baritone (Orest) SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS RAGNAR BOHLIN, director SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 2 SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 15
THU MAR 18 8PM SAT MAR 20 8PM MON MAR 22 7:30PM
PIANO RECITAL: LANG LANG PLAYS GOLDBERG VARIATIONSLANG LANG, piano
J.S. BACH Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 SUN MAR 21 7:30PM
DANIEL HARDING CONDUCTS EIN HELDENLEBENDANIEL HARDING, conductor ANTOINE TAMESTIT, viola SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
HELEN GRIME Virga (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) JÖRG WIDMANN Viola Concerto (US Premiere)R. STRAUSS Ein Heldenleben
FRI MAR 26 8PM SAT MAR 27 8PM SUN MAR 28 2PM
SKYFALL IN CONCERT FILM WITH LIVE ORCHESTRADAVID NEWMAN conductorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
FRI APR 2 7:30PM SAT APR 3 7:30PM
PIANO RECITAL WITH JEAN-YVES THIBAUDETJEAN-YVES THIBAUDET, piano
DEBUSSY Preludes for Piano, Book 1DEBUSSY Preludes for Piano, Book 2
MON APR 5 7:30PM
BERLIOZ’S SYMPHONIE FANTASTIQUE
HAN-NA CHANG, conductor VÍKINGUR ÓLAFSSON, piano SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
SOFIA GUBAIDULINA Fairytale Poem (Märchen-Poem) (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) GRIEG Piano Concerto BERLIOZ Symphonie fantastique
THU APR 8 2PM FRI APR 9 8PM SAT APR 10 8PM
THE GODFATHER LIVE FILM WITH LIVE ORCHESTRAJUSTIN FREER, conductorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
FRI APR 16 7:30PM SAT APR 17 7:30PM
JANE GLOVER CONDUCTS J.S. BACH MASS IN B MINORJANE GLOVER, conductor JOÉLLE HARVEY, soprano ELIZABETH DESHONG, mezzo-soprano JONAS HACKER, tenorTYLER DUNCAN, baritone SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS RAGNAR BOHLIN, director SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
BRAHMS Tragic Overture SIBELIUS Symphony No. 4 SCHUMANN Piano Concerto
THU APR 22 10AM THU APR 22 8PM FRI APR 23 8PM SAT APR 24 8PM
JURAJ VALCUHA & JOSHUA BELLJURAJ VALČUHA, conductor JOSHUA BELL, violin SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
CAROLINE SHAW Entr’acte (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)BEHZAD RANJBARAN Violin Concerto (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)RACHMANINOFF Symphonic Dances
THU APR 29 2PM FRI APR 30 8PM SAT MAY 1 8PM
JAMES GAFFIGAN CONDUCTS SCHUMANN 4JAMES GAFFIGAN, conductorNOA WILDSCHUT, violin SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
HAYDN Symphony No. 88FRANCISCO COLL Four Iberian Miniatures (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)SCHUMANN Symphony No. 4
THU MAY 6 10AM THU MAY 6 8PM FRI MAY 7 8PM SAT MAY 8 8PM
PHILLIPPE JORDAN CONDUCTS BRITTEN’S WAR REQUIEMPHILIPPE JORDAN, conductor ELZA VAN DEN HEEVER, soprano IAN BOSTRIDGE, tenor IAIN PATERSON, baritone SAN FRANCISCO BOYS CHORUS ERIC CHOATE, director SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS RAGNAR BOHLIN, director
BRITTEN War Requiem THU MAY 13 8PM FRI MAY 14 8PM SAT MAY 15 8PM
BEETHOVEN 5 & JULIA FISCHERESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor JEAN-YVES THIBAUDET, piano SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
BEETHOVEN Selections from The Creatures of Prometheus FANG MAN New Work (World Premiere, San Francisco Symphony & Toulmin Co-Commission) SCRIABIN Prometheus, The Poem of Fire
THU MAY 20 10AM THU MAY 20 8PM FRI MAY 21 8PM SAT MAY 22 8PM
LUDOVIC MORLOT CONDUCTS LA MERLUDOVIC MORLOT, conductorLOUIS LORTIE, piano SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
BERLIOZ Overture to Béatrice et Bénédict SAINT-SAËNS Piano Concerto No. 5, The EgyptianBETSY JOLAS A Little Summer Suite (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)DEBUSSY La Mer
THU MAY 27 8PM FRI MAY 28 8PM SAT MAY 29 8PM
ELIM CHAN & HILARY HAHN: CARMEN FANTASYELIM CHAN, conductor HILARY HAHN, violin
GINASTERA Violin Concerto (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) SARASATE/BIZET Carmen Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade
THU JUN 3 2PM FRI JUN 4 8PM SAT JUN 5 8PM
RENÉE FLEMING SINGS R. STRAUSS’ FOUR LAST SONGSNATHALIE STUTZMANN, conductorRENÉE FLEMING, soprano SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
BERLIOZ Music from La damnation de Faust R. STRAUSS Four Last Songs (Vier letzte Lieder) BRAHMS Symphony No. 1
THU JUN 10 8PM SAT JUN 12 8PM SUN JUN 13 2PM
SALONEN: MAKE ART, NOT WARESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor PEKKA KUUSISTO, violin SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 1 BRYCE DESSNER Violin Concerto (US Premiere, San Francisco Symphony Co-Commission)HINDEMITH Mathis der Maler (Mathis the Painter)
THU JUN 17 10AM THU JUN 17 8PM FRI JUN 18 8PM SAT JUN 19 8PM SUN JUN 20 2PM
A SEMI-STAGED EVENT SALONEN: WEIMAR NIGHTFALLESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor NORA FISCHER, soprano SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS RAGNAR BOHLIN, directorSIMON MCBURNEY, director GERARD MCBURNEY, dramaturgeLEAH HAUSMAN, associate directorWILL DUKE, video designer ANNA FLEISCHLE, set designerPAUL ANDERSON, lighting designerSHARON ZHU, executive producer
HINDEMITH Mörder, Hoffnung der Frauen (Murderer, the Hope of Women) (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) WEILL Das Berliner Requiem (The Berlin Requiem) (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)WEILL Die sieben Todsünden (The Seven Deadly Sins)
THU JUN 24 8PM FRI JUN 25 8PM SAT JUN 26 8PM
SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY 2020/21 SEASON
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ELIGIBLE COMPOSE YOUR OWN SERIES CONCERTS PROGRAM DATES
SALONEN: J.S. BACH & SIBELIUS 1ESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
SF Symphony Collaborative Partners reimagine the music of J.S. BACHSIBELIUS Symphony No. 1
FRI OCT 2 8PM SAT OCT 3 8PM
SALONEN: DUKE BLUEBEARD’S CASTLEESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor YEFIM BRONFMAN, pianoMICHELLE DEYOUNG, mezzo-soprano (Judith)GERALD FINLEY, bass-baritone (Bluebeard)SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
BARTÓK Piano Concerto No. 2BARTÓK Duke Bluebeard’s Castlew
THU OCT 8 8PM FRI OCT 9 8PM SAT OCT 10 8PM SUN OCT 11 2PM
SALONEN: RESPIGHI’S PINES OF ROMEESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor MARIANNE CREBASSA, mezzo-sopranoSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
DEBUSSY Ibéria from Images pour orchestre BERIO Folk Songs (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) RAVEL Shéhérazade RESPIGHI Pines of Rome
THU OCT 15 2PM FRI OCT 16 8PM SAT OCT 17 8PM
BUCHBINDER PERFORMS THE COMPLETE BEETHOVEN PIANO CONCERTOS: NOS. 1 & 5RUDOLF BUCHBINDER, conductor and piano
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 1 BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 5, Emperor
FRI OCT 23 8PM SUN OCT 25 2PM
BUCHBINDER PERFORMS THE COMPLETE BEETHOVEN PIANO CONCERTOS: NOS. 2, 3, & 4RUDOLF BUCHBINDER, conductor and piano
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 2 BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 4 BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 3
SAT OCT 24 8PM
FLUTE RECITAL WITH SIR JAMES GALWAYSIR JAMES GALWAY, flute LADY JEANNE GALWAY, flute MICHAEL McHALE, piano
Featuring works by POULENC, FAURÉ, and CHAMINADE
SUN OCT 25 7:30PM
PIANO RECITAL WITH RUDOLF BUCHBINDERRUDOLF BUCHBINDER, piano
DIABELLI Waltz in C major VARIOUS New Variations on a Waltz by Diabelli VARIOUS Historical Variations on a Waltz by Diabelli BEETHOVEN Thirty-Three Variations on a Waltz by Diabelli
MON OCT 26 7:30PM
CHICK COREA WITH THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONYJOSHUA WEILERSTEIN, conductor CHICK COREA, piano
WALKER Lyric for Strings GERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue SIBELIUS Symphony No. 2
TUE OCT 27 8PM
MTT: MAHLER 1MICHAEL TILSON THOMAS, Music Director Laureate and conductorTIMOTHY HIGGINS, trombone
TIMOTHY HIGGINS Concerto for Trombone (World Premiere, San Francisco Symphony Commission) MAHLER Symphony No. 1
FRI OCT 30 8PM SAT OCT 31 8PM SAT NOV 1 2PM
MTT: BEETHOVEN’S MISSA SOLEMNISMICHAEL TILSON THOMAS, Music Director Laureate and conductorPACIFIC BOYCHOIR ANDREW BROWN, directorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS RAGNAR BOHLIN, directorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
BEETHOVEN Missa solemnis THU NOV 5 8PM FRI NOV 6 8PM SUN NOV 8 2PM
ISRAEL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRALAHAV SHANI, conductorISRAEL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
BEN-HAIM Tehillim from Symphony No. 1MOZART Piano Concerto No. 27STRAVINSKY The Rite of Spring (Le Sacre du printemps) [1947 revision]
TUE NOV 10 7:30PM
THE FIGHT FOR EQUALITY: JULIA WOLFE & FLORENCE PRICEGIANCARLO GUERRERO, conductor AARON DIEHL, piano LORELEI ENSEMBLE, vocal ensemble
JOAN TOWER Sixth Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) PRICE Piano Concerto (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)JULIA WOLFE Her Story (San Francisco Symphony Premiere & Co-Commission)
THU NOV 12 8PM SAT NOV 14 8PM
SHOSTAKOVICH & TCHAIK 6RAFAEL PAYARE, conductor ALISA WEILERSTEIN, cello SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
CARREÑO Margariteña (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)SHOSTAKOVICH Cello Concerto No. 1 TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6, Pathétique
FRI NOV 20 8PM SAT NOV 21 8PM SUN NOV 22 2PM
THE PRINCESS BRIDE IN CONCERTSARAH HICKS, conductorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
FRI NOV 27 7:30PM SAT NOV 28 7:30PM
HOLIDAY SOULTBD, conductor TBD, guest artist OAKLAND INTERFAITH GOSPEL CHOIR TERRANCE KELLY, directorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
WED DEC 2 7:30PM
SAN FRANCISCO GAY MEN’S CHORUS WITH THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONYDR. TIMOTHY SEELIG, conductor and director SAN FRANCISCO GAY MEN’S CHORUS SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
FRI DEC 4 7:30PM SAT DEC 5 7:30PM
CHAMBER MUSIC WITH BATIASHVILI, CAPUÇON, & THIBAUDETLISA BATIASHVILI, violinGAUTIER CAPUÇON, cello JEAN-YVES THIBAUDET, piano
SUN DEC 6 7:30PM
HANDEL’S MESSIAHSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS RAGNAR BOHLIN, directorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
HANDEL Messiah FRI DEC 11 8PM SAT DEC 12 8PM
PETER AND THE WOLFDANIEL HARDING, Wattis Foundation Music Director SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY YOUTH ORCHESTRA
PROKOFIEV Peter and the Wolf SUN DEC 13 2PM
A MERRY-ACHI CHRISTMASMARIACHI SOL DE MÉXICO® DE JOSÉ HERNÁNDEZ, guest artist
SUN DEC 13 8PM
LOVE ACTUALLY FILM WITH LIVE ORCHESTRATHIAGO TIBERIO, conductorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
TUE DEC 15 7:30PM WED DEC 16 7:30PM
HOLIDAY BRASSEDWIN OUTWATER, conductorMEMBERS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY BRASS, PERCUSSION, AND TIMPANI SECTIONS
THU DEC 17 7:30PM
A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS—LIVE!RANDALL CRAIG FLEISCHER, conductor SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS RAGNAR BOHLIN, directorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
FRI DEC 18 7:30PM SAT DEC 19 2PM TUE DEC 22 7:30PM WED DEC 23 2PM
HOME ALONE FILM WITH LIVE ORCHESTRARANDALL CRAIG FLEISCHER, conductor YOUNG WOMEN’S CHORAL PROJECTS SUSAN MCMANE, director SAN FRANCISCO BOYS CHORUS ERIC CHOATE, director RAGAZZI BOYS CHORUS, KENT JUE, directorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
SAT DEC 19 7:30PM TUE DEC 22 2PM WED DEC 23 7:30PM
TWAS THE NIGHTRAGNAR BOHLIN, conductor SAN FRANCISCO GIRLS CHORUS VALERIE SAINTE-AGATHE, directorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS MEMBERS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY BRASS SECTION
SUN DEC 20 7:30PM
NEW YEAR’S GAEITYEDWIN OUTWATER, conductorEDWIN OUTWATER AND PEACHES CHRIST, co-emcee TBD, guest artists SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
THU DEC 31 8PM
RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK FILM WITH LIVE ORCHESTRASAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
FRI JAN 8 7:30PM SAT JAN 9 7:30PM
AN EVENING WITH ITZHAK PERLMANITZHAK PERLMAN, violinROHAN DE SILVA, piano
SUN JAN 10 7:30PM
A NEW AMERICAN SOUNDCRISTIAN MĂCELARU, conductorTIM MCALLISTER, saxophone SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
VALERIE COLEMAN Umoja (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) JOHN CORIGLIANO Saxophone Concerto (World Premiere, San Francisco Symphony Commission) JAKE HEGGIE (ARR. MĂCELARU) Moby-Dick Orchestra Suite (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) WYNTON MARSALIS Selections from Blues Symphony (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)
THU JAN 14 8PM FRI JAN 15 8PM SAT JAN 16 8PM
MTT: EMANUEL AX PLAYS MOZARTMICHAEL TILSON THOMAS, Music Director Laureate and conductorEMANUEL AX, piano SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 17 BRUCKNER Symphony No. 9, Unfinished
THU JAN 21 8PM FRI NOV 22 8PM SAT NOV 23 8PM
MASAAKI SUZUKI & THE BACH COLLEGIUM JAPANMASAAKI SUZUKI, conductorBACH COLLEGIUM JAPAN
J.S. BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048J.S. BACH Cantata No. 147, Herz und Mund und Tat und LebenMOZART Mass in C minor, K.427(417a)
SUN JAN 24 7:30PM
MTT: YUJA PLAYS RACH PIANO CONCERTO NO. 2MICHAEL TILSON THOMAS, Music Director Laureate and conductorYUJA WANG, piano SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 2 SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 15
WED JAN 27 10AM WED JAN 27 8PM THU JAN 28 8PM FRI JAN 29 8PM SAT JAN 30 8PM
VALERY GERGIEV & THE MARIINSKY ORCHESTRAVALERY GERGIEV, conductorALEXANDRE KANTOROW, piano MARIINSKY ORCHESTRA
DEBUSSY Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 2 RACHMANINOFF Symphony No. 2
MON FEB 1 7:30PM
CAPUCON & YUJA WANGGAUTIER CAPUÇON, cello YUJA WANG, piano
TUE FEB 2 8PM
GIVE ME SHELTER: GABRIEL KAHANE’S EMERGENCY SHELTER INTAKE FORMEDWIN OUTWATER, conductorCONRAD TAO, piano ALICIA HALL MORAN, mezzo-sopranoCHORUS OF INCONVENIENT STATISTICS, Holland Andrews; Gabriel Kahane; Holcombe WallerCOMMUNITY CHORUS
GERSHWIN Piano Concerto in F GABRIEL KAHANE emergency shelter intake form (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)
THU FEB 4 10AM THU FEB 4 8PM SAT FEB 6 8PM
VIOLIN RECITAL WITH JOSHUA BELLJOSHUA BELL, violin
MON FEB 8 7:30PM
LUNAR NEW YEAR: CELEBRATING ASIAPERRY SO, conductor WU MAN, pipa
TEXU KIM Bounce!! (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)HARRISON Concerto for Pipa with String Orchestra (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) YOUNGHI PAGH-PAAN NIM (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)TAKASHI YOSHIMATSU The Age of Birds (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)ZHOU LONG The Rhyme of Taigu (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)
THU FEB 11 10AM THU FEB 11 8PM SAT FEB 13 8PM
AN EVENING WITH BERNADETTE PETERSBERNADETTE PETERS, guest artist MEMBERS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
FRI FEB 12 7:30PM
DANIIL TRIFONOV IN RECITALDANIIL TRIFONOV, piano
SUN FEB 14 7:30PM
BLOMSTEDT: SIBELIUS 4 & HÉLÈNE GRIMAUDHERBERT BLOMSTEDT, Conductor Laureate and conductorHÉLÈNE GRIMAUD, piano
BRAHMS Tragic Overture SIBELIUS Symphony No. 4 SCHUMANN Piano Concerto
THU FEB 18 8PM FRI FEB 19 8PM SUN FEB 21 2PM
BLOMSTEDT: MOZART & SCHUBERTHERBERT BLOMSTEDT, Conductor Laureate and conductorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
MOZART Symphony No. 39 SCHUBERT Symphony in C major, The Great
THU FEB 25 2PM SAT FEB 27 8PM SUN FEB 28 2PM
SALONEN CONDUCTS SALONEN & RAVELESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS RAGNAR BOHLIN, director SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
RAMEAU Castor and Pollux Suite ESA-PEKKA SALONEN Gemini (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)RAVEL Daphnis et Chloé
FRI MAR 5 8PM SAT MAR 6 8PM SUN MAR 7 2PM
ORQUESTRA SINFONICA NACIONALCARLOS MIQUEL PRIETO, conductorORQUESTA SINFÓNICA NACIONAL
CHÁVEZ Sinfonía india (Symphony No. 2) GABRIELA MONTERO Latin Concerto REVUELTAS La noche de los Mayas
SUN MAR 7 7:30PM
SALONEN: SCRIABIN’S PROMETHEUSESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor JEAN-YVES THIBAUDET, piano SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
BEETHOVEN Selections from The Creatures of Prometheus FANG MAN New Work (World Premiere, San Francisco Symphony & Toulmin Co-Commission) SCRIABIN Prometheus, The Poem of Fire
THU MAR 11 8PM FRI MAR 12 8PM SAT MAR 13 8PM
SALONEN: R. STRAUSS’ ELEKTRAESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor CHRISTINE GOERKE, soprano (Elektra) EMILY MAGEE, soprano (Chrysothemis) ANNA LARSSON, contralto (Klytemnestra) ALAN OKE, tenor (Aegisth) PEIXIN CHEN, bass-baritone (Orest) SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS RAGNAR BOHLIN, director SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 2 SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 15
THU MAR 18 8PM SAT MAR 20 8PM MON MAR 22 7:30PM
PIANO RECITAL: LANG LANG PLAYS GOLDBERG VARIATIONSLANG LANG, piano
J.S. BACH Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 SUN MAR 21 7:30PM
DANIEL HARDING CONDUCTS EIN HELDENLEBENDANIEL HARDING, conductor ANTOINE TAMESTIT, viola SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
HELEN GRIME Virga (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) JÖRG WIDMANN Viola Concerto (US Premiere)R. STRAUSS Ein Heldenleben
FRI MAR 26 8PM SAT MAR 27 8PM SUN MAR 28 2PM
SKYFALL IN CONCERT FILM WITH LIVE ORCHESTRADAVID NEWMAN conductorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
FRI APR 2 7:30PM SAT APR 3 7:30PM
PIANO RECITAL WITH JEAN-YVES THIBAUDETJEAN-YVES THIBAUDET, piano
DEBUSSY Preludes for Piano, Book 1DEBUSSY Preludes for Piano, Book 2
MON APR 5 7:30PM
BERLIOZ’S SYMPHONIE FANTASTIQUE
HAN-NA CHANG, conductor VÍKINGUR ÓLAFSSON, piano SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
SOFIA GUBAIDULINA Fairytale Poem (Märchen-Poem) (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) GRIEG Piano Concerto BERLIOZ Symphonie fantastique
THU APR 8 2PM FRI APR 9 8PM SAT APR 10 8PM
THE GODFATHER LIVE FILM WITH LIVE ORCHESTRAJUSTIN FREER, conductorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
FRI APR 16 7:30PM SAT APR 17 7:30PM
JANE GLOVER CONDUCTS J.S. BACH MASS IN B MINORJANE GLOVER, conductor JOÉLLE HARVEY, soprano ELIZABETH DESHONG, mezzo-soprano JONAS HACKER, tenorTYLER DUNCAN, baritone SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS RAGNAR BOHLIN, director SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
BRAHMS Tragic Overture SIBELIUS Symphony No. 4 SCHUMANN Piano Concerto
THU APR 22 10AM THU APR 22 8PM FRI APR 23 8PM SAT APR 24 8PM
JURAJ VALCUHA & JOSHUA BELLJURAJ VALČUHA, conductor JOSHUA BELL, violin SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
CAROLINE SHAW Entr’acte (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)BEHZAD RANJBARAN Violin Concerto (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)RACHMANINOFF Symphonic Dances
THU APR 29 2PM FRI APR 30 8PM SAT MAY 1 8PM
JAMES GAFFIGAN CONDUCTS SCHUMANN 4JAMES GAFFIGAN, conductorNOA WILDSCHUT, violin SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
HAYDN Symphony No. 88FRANCISCO COLL Four Iberian Miniatures (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)SCHUMANN Symphony No. 4
THU MAY 6 10AM THU MAY 6 8PM FRI MAY 7 8PM SAT MAY 8 8PM
PHILLIPPE JORDAN CONDUCTS BRITTEN’S WAR REQUIEMPHILIPPE JORDAN, conductor ELZA VAN DEN HEEVER, soprano IAN BOSTRIDGE, tenor IAIN PATERSON, baritone SAN FRANCISCO BOYS CHORUS ERIC CHOATE, director SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS RAGNAR BOHLIN, director
BRITTEN War Requiem THU MAY 13 8PM FRI MAY 14 8PM SAT MAY 15 8PM
BEETHOVEN 5 & JULIA FISCHERESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor JEAN-YVES THIBAUDET, piano SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
BEETHOVEN Selections from The Creatures of Prometheus FANG MAN New Work (World Premiere, San Francisco Symphony & Toulmin Co-Commission) SCRIABIN Prometheus, The Poem of Fire
THU MAY 20 10AM THU MAY 20 8PM FRI MAY 21 8PM SAT MAY 22 8PM
LUDOVIC MORLOT CONDUCTS LA MERLUDOVIC MORLOT, conductorLOUIS LORTIE, piano SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
BERLIOZ Overture to Béatrice et Bénédict SAINT-SAËNS Piano Concerto No. 5, The EgyptianBETSY JOLAS A Little Summer Suite (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)DEBUSSY La Mer
THU MAY 27 8PM FRI MAY 28 8PM SAT MAY 29 8PM
ELIM CHAN & HILARY HAHN: CARMEN FANTASYELIM CHAN, conductor HILARY HAHN, violin
GINASTERA Violin Concerto (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) SARASATE/BIZET Carmen Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade
THU JUN 3 2PM FRI JUN 4 8PM SAT JUN 5 8PM
RENÉE FLEMING SINGS R. STRAUSS’ FOUR LAST SONGSNATHALIE STUTZMANN, conductorRENÉE FLEMING, soprano SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
BERLIOZ Music from La damnation de Faust R. STRAUSS Four Last Songs (Vier letzte Lieder) BRAHMS Symphony No. 1
THU JUN 10 8PM SAT JUN 12 8PM SUN JUN 13 2PM
SALONEN: MAKE ART, NOT WARESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor PEKKA KUUSISTO, violin SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 1 BRYCE DESSNER Violin Concerto (US Premiere, San Francisco Symphony Co-Commission)HINDEMITH Mathis der Maler (Mathis the Painter)
THU JUN 17 10AM THU JUN 17 8PM FRI JUN 18 8PM SAT JUN 19 8PM SUN JUN 20 2PM
A SEMI-STAGED EVENT SALONEN: WEIMAR NIGHTFALLESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor NORA FISCHER, soprano SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS RAGNAR BOHLIN, directorSIMON MCBURNEY, director GERARD MCBURNEY, dramaturgeLEAH HAUSMAN, associate directorWILL DUKE, video designer ANNA FLEISCHLE, set designerPAUL ANDERSON, lighting designerSHARON ZHU, executive producer
HINDEMITH Mörder, Hoffnung der Frauen (Murderer, the Hope of Women) (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) WEILL Das Berliner Requiem (The Berlin Requiem) (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)WEILL Die sieben Todsünden (The Seven Deadly Sins)
THU JUN 24 8PM FRI JUN 25 8PM SAT JUN 26 8PM
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SALONEN: J.S. BACH & SIBELIUS 1ESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
SF Symphony Collaborative Partners reimagine the music of J.S. BACHSIBELIUS Symphony No. 1
FRI OCT 2 8PM SAT OCT 3 8PM
SALONEN: DUKE BLUEBEARD’S CASTLEESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor YEFIM BRONFMAN, pianoMICHELLE DEYOUNG, mezzo-soprano (Judith)GERALD FINLEY, bass-baritone (Bluebeard)SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
BARTÓK Piano Concerto No. 2BARTÓK Duke Bluebeard’s Castlew
THU OCT 8 8PM FRI OCT 9 8PM SAT OCT 10 8PM SUN OCT 11 2PM
SALONEN: RESPIGHI’S PINES OF ROMEESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor MARIANNE CREBASSA, mezzo-sopranoSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
DEBUSSY Ibéria from Images pour orchestre BERIO Folk Songs (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) RAVEL Shéhérazade RESPIGHI Pines of Rome
THU OCT 15 2PM FRI OCT 16 8PM SAT OCT 17 8PM
BUCHBINDER PERFORMS THE COMPLETE BEETHOVEN PIANO CONCERTOS: NOS. 1 & 5RUDOLF BUCHBINDER, conductor and piano
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 1 BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 5, Emperor
FRI OCT 23 8PM SUN OCT 25 2PM
BUCHBINDER PERFORMS THE COMPLETE BEETHOVEN PIANO CONCERTOS: NOS. 2, 3, & 4RUDOLF BUCHBINDER, conductor and piano
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 2 BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 4 BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 3
SAT OCT 24 8PM
FLUTE RECITAL WITH SIR JAMES GALWAYSIR JAMES GALWAY, flute LADY JEANNE GALWAY, flute MICHAEL MCHALE, piano
SUN OCT 25 7:30PM
PIANO RECITAL WITH RUDOLF BUCHBINDERRUDOLF BUCHBINDER, piano
DIABELLI Waltz in C major BEETHOVEN Diabelli Variations
MON OCT 26 7:30PM
CHICK COREA WITH THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONYJOSHUA WEILERSTEIN, conductor CHICK COREA, piano
WALKER Lyric for Strings GERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue SIBELIUS Symphony No. 2
TUE OCT 27 8PM
MTT: MAHLER 1MICHAEL TILSON THOMAS, Music Director Laureate and conductorTIMOTHY HIGGINS, trombone
TIMOTHY HIGGINS Concerto for Trombone (World Premiere, San Francisco Symphony Commission) MAHLER Symphony No. 1
FRI OCT 2 8PM SAT OCT 3 8PM
MTT: BEETHOVEN’S MISSA SOLEMNISMICHAEL TILSON THOMAS, Music Director Laureate and conductorELIZABETH DESHONG, mezzo-sopranoLUCA PISARONI, bass-baritonePACIFIC BOYCHOIRSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS RAGNAR BOHLIN, directorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
BEETHOVEN Missa solemnis THU NOV 5 8PM FRI NOV 6 8PM SUN NOV 8 2PM
ISRAEL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRALAHAV SHANI, conductorISRAEL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
BEN-HAIM Tehillim from Symphony No. 1MOZART Piano Concerto No. 27STRAVINSKY Le Sacre du printemps [1947 revision]
TUE NOV 10 7:30PM
THE FIGHT FOR EQUALITY: JULIA WOLFE & FLORENCE PRICEGIANCARLO GUERRERO, conductor AARON DIEHL, piano LORELEI ENSEMBLE, vocal ensemble
JOAN TOWER Sixth Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) PRICE Piano Concerto (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)JULIA WOLFE Her Story (San Francisco Symphony Premiere & Co-Commission)
THU NOV 12 8PM SAT NOV 14 8PM
SHOSTAKOVICH & TCHAIK 6RAFAEL PAYARE, conductor ALISA WEILERSTEIN, cello SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
CARREÑO Margariteña (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)SHOSTAKOVICH Cello Concerto No. 1 TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6, Pathétique
FRI NOV 20 8PM SAT NOV 21 8PM SUN NOV 22 2PM
THE PRINCESS BRIDE IN CONCERTSARAH HICKS, conductorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
FRI NOV 27 7:30PM SAT NOV 28 7:30PM
CHAMBER MUSIC WITH BATIASHVILI, CAPUÇON, & THIBAUDETLISA BATIASHVILI, violinGAUTIER CAPUÇON, cello JEAN-YVES THIBAUDET, piano
SUN DEC 6 7:30PM
HANDEL’S MESSIAHJONATHAN COHEN, conductorEMÖKE BARÁTH, sopranoJOHN HOLIDAY, countertenorNICHOLAS PHAN, tenorMATTHEW ROSE, bassSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS RAGNAR BOHLIN, directorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
HANDEL Messiah FRI DEC 11 8PM SAT DEC 12 8PM
PETER AND THE WOLFDANIEL STEWART, Wattis Foundation Music Director SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY YOUTH ORCHESTRA
PROKOFIEV Peter and the Wolf SUN DEC 13 2PM
A MERRY-ACHI CHRISTMASMARIACHI SOL DE MÉXICO® DE JOSÉ HERNÁNDEZ, guest artist
SUN DEC 13 8PM
LOVE ACTUALLY FILM WITH LIVE ORCHESTRATHIAGO TIBERIO, conductorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
TUE DEC 15 7:30PM WED DEC 16 7:30PM
HOLIDAY BRASSEDWIN OUTWATER, conductorMEMBERS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY BRASS, PERCUSSION, AND TIMPANI SECTIONS
THU DEC 17 7:30PM
A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS—LIVE!RANDALL CRAIG FLEISCHER, conductor SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS RAGNAR BOHLIN, directorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
FRI DEC 18 7:30PM SAT DEC 19 2PM TUE DEC 22 7:30PM WED DEC 23 2PM
HOME ALONE FILM WITH LIVE ORCHESTRARANDALL CRAIG FLEISCHER, conductor YOUNG WOMEN’S CHORAL PROJECTS SUSAN MCMANE, director SAN FRANCISCO BOYS CHORUS ERIC CHOATE, director RAGAZZI BOYS CHORUS, KENT JUE, directorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
SAT DEC 19 7:30PM TUE DEC 22 2PM WED DEC 23 7:30PM
TWAS THE NIGHTRAGNAR BOHLIN, conductor SAN FRANCISCO GIRLS CHORUS VALERIE SAINTE-AGATHE, directorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS MEMBERS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY BRASS SECTION
SUN DEC 20 7:30PM
NEW YEAR’S GAEITYEDWIN OUTWATER, conductorEDWIN OUTWATER AND PEACHES CHRIST, co-emcee TBD, guest artists SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
THU DEC 31 8PM
RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK FILM WITH LIVE ORCHESTRASAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
FRI JAN 8 7:30PM SAT JAN 9 7:30PM
AN EVENING WITH ITZHAK PERLMANITZHAK PERLMAN, violinROHAN DE SILVA, piano
SUN JAN 10 7:30PM
A NEW AMERICAN SOUNDCRISTIAN MĂCELARU, conductorTIM MCALLISTER, saxophone SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
VALERIE COLEMAN Umoja (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) JOHN CORIGLIANO Saxophone Concerto (World Premiere, San Francisco Symphony Commission) JAKE HEGGIE (ARR. MĂCELARU) Moby-Dick Orchestra Suite (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) WYNTON MARSALIS Selections from Blues Symphony (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)
THU JAN 14 8PM FRI JAN 15 8PM SAT JAN 16 8PM
MTT: EMANUEL AX PLAYS MOZARTMICHAEL TILSON THOMAS, Music Director Laureate and conductorEMANUEL AX, piano SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 17 BRUCKNER Symphony No. 9, Unfinished
THU JAN 21 8PM FRI NOV 22 8PM SAT NOV 23 8PM
MASAAKI SUZUKI & THE BACH COLLEGIUM JAPANMASAAKI SUZUKI, conductorBACH COLLEGIUM JAPAN
J.S. BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048J.S. BACH Cantata No. 147, Herz und Mund und Tat und LebenMOZART Mass in C minor, K.427(417a)
SUN JAN 24 7:30PM
MTT: YUJA PLAYS RACH PIANO CONCERTO NO. 2MICHAEL TILSON THOMAS, Music Director Laureate and conductorYUJA WANG, piano SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 2 SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 15
WED JAN 27 10AM WED JAN 27 8PM THU JAN 28 8PM FRI JAN 29 8PM SAT JAN 30 8PM
VALERY GERGIEV & THE MARIINSKY ORCHESTRAVALERY GERGIEV, conductorALEXANDRE KANTOROW, piano MARIINSKY ORCHESTRA
DEBUSSY Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 2 RACHMANINOFF Symphony No. 2
MON FEB 1 7:30PM
CAPUCON & YUJA WANGGAUTIER CAPUÇON, cello YUJA WANG, piano
TUE FEB 2 8PM
GIVE ME SHELTER: GABRIEL KAHANE’S EMERGENCY SHELTER INTAKE FORMEDWIN OUTWATER, conductorCONRAD TAO, piano ALICIA HALL MORAN, mezzo-sopranoCHORUS OF INCONVENIENT STATISTICS, Holland Andrews; Gabriel Kahane; Holcombe WallerCOMMUNITY CHORUS
GERSHWIN Piano Concerto in F GABRIEL KAHANE emergency shelter intake form (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)
THU FEB 4 10AM THU FEB 4 8PM SAT FEB 6 8PM
VIOLIN RECITAL WITH JOSHUA BELLJOSHUA BELL, violin
MON FEB 8 7:30PM
LUNAR NEW YEAR: CELEBRATING ASIAPERRY SO, conductor WU MAN, pipa
TEXU KIM Bounce!! (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)HARRISON Concerto for Pipa with String Orchestra (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) YOUNGHI PAGH-PAAN NIM (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)TAKASHI YOSHIMATSU The Age of Birds (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)ZHOU LONG The Rhyme of Taigu (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)
THU FEB 11 10AM THU FEB 11 8PM SAT FEB 13 8PM
AN EVENING WITH BERNADETTE PETERSBERNADETTE PETERS, guest artist MEMBERS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
FRI FEB 12 7:30PM
DANIIL TRIFONOV IN RECITALDANIIL TRIFONOV, piano
SUN FEB 14 7:30PM
BLOMSTEDT: SIBELIUS 4 & HÉLÈNE GRIMAUDHERBERT BLOMSTEDT, Conductor Laureate and conductorHÉLÈNE GRIMAUD, piano
BRAHMS Tragic Overture SIBELIUS Symphony No. 4 SCHUMANN Piano Concerto
THU FEB 18 8PM FRI FEB 19 8PM SUN FEB 21 2PM
BLOMSTEDT: MOZART & SCHUBERTHERBERT BLOMSTEDT, Conductor Laureate and conductorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
MOZART Symphony No. 39 SCHUBERT Symphony in C major, The Great
THU FEB 25 2PM SAT FEB 27 8PM SUN FEB 28 2PM
SALONEN CONDUCTS SALONEN & RAVELESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS RAGNAR BOHLIN, director SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
RAMEAU Castor and Pollux Suite ESA-PEKKA SALONEN Gemini (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)RAVEL Daphnis et Chloé
FRI MAR 5 8PM SAT MAR 6 8PM SUN MAR 7 2PM
ORQUESTRA SINFONICA NACIONALCARLOS MIQUEL PRIETO, conductorORQUESTA SINFÓNICA NACIONAL
CHÁVEZ Sinfonía india (Symphony No. 2) GABRIELA MONTERO Latin Concerto REVUELTAS La noche de los Mayas
SUN MAR 7 7:30PM
SALONEN: SCRIABIN’S PROMETHEUSESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor JEAN-YVES THIBAUDET, piano SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
BEETHOVEN Selections from The Creatures of Prometheus FANG MAN New Work (World Premiere, San Francisco Symphony & Toulmin Co-Commission) SCRIABIN Prometheus, The Poem of Fire
THU MAR 11 8PM FRI MAR 12 8PM SAT MAR 13 8PM
SALONEN: R. STRAUSS’ ELEKTRAESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor CHRISTINE GOERKE, soprano (Elektra) EMILY MAGEE, soprano (Chrysothemis) ANNA LARSSON, contralto (Klytemnestra) ALAN OKE, tenor (Aegisth) PEIXIN CHEN, bass-baritone (Orest) SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS RAGNAR BOHLIN, director SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 2 SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 15
THU MAR 18 8PM SAT MAR 20 8PM MON MAR 22 7:30PM
PIANO RECITAL: LANG LANG PLAYS GOLDBERG VARIATIONSLANG LANG, piano
J.S. BACH Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 SUN MAR 21 7:30PM
DANIEL HARDING CONDUCTS EIN HELDENLEBENDANIEL HARDING, conductor ANTOINE TAMESTIT, viola SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
HELEN GRIME Virga (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) JÖRG WIDMANN Viola Concerto (US Premiere)R. STRAUSS Ein Heldenleben
FRI MAR 26 8PM SAT MAR 27 8PM SUN MAR 28 2PM
SKYFALL IN CONCERT FILM WITH LIVE ORCHESTRADAVID NEWMAN conductorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
FRI APR 2 7:30PM SAT APR 3 7:30PM
PIANO RECITAL WITH JEAN-YVES THIBAUDETJEAN-YVES THIBAUDET, piano
DEBUSSY Preludes for Piano, Book 1DEBUSSY Preludes for Piano, Book 2
MON APR 5 7:30PM
BERLIOZ’S SYMPHONIE FANTASTIQUE
HAN-NA CHANG, conductor VÍKINGUR ÓLAFSSON, piano SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
SOFIA GUBAIDULINA Fairytale Poem (Märchen-Poem) (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) GRIEG Piano Concerto BERLIOZ Symphonie fantastique
THU APR 8 2PM FRI APR 9 8PM SAT APR 10 8PM
THE GODFATHER LIVE FILM WITH LIVE ORCHESTRAJUSTIN FREER, conductorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
FRI APR 16 7:30PM SAT APR 17 7:30PM
JANE GLOVER CONDUCTS J.S. BACH MASS IN B MINORJANE GLOVER, conductor JOÉLLE HARVEY, soprano ELIZABETH DESHONG, mezzo-soprano JONAS HACKER, tenorTYLER DUNCAN, baritone SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS RAGNAR BOHLIN, director SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
BRAHMS Tragic Overture SIBELIUS Symphony No. 4 SCHUMANN Piano Concerto
THU APR 22 10AM THU APR 22 8PM FRI APR 23 8PM SAT APR 24 8PM
JURAJ VALCUHA & JOSHUA BELLJURAJ VALČUHA, conductor JOSHUA BELL, violin SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
CAROLINE SHAW Entr’acte (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)BEHZAD RANJBARAN Violin Concerto (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)RACHMANINOFF Symphonic Dances
THU APR 29 2PM FRI APR 30 8PM SAT MAY 1 8PM
JAMES GAFFIGAN CONDUCTS SCHUMANN 4JAMES GAFFIGAN, conductorNOA WILDSCHUT, violin SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
HAYDN Symphony No. 88FRANCISCO COLL Four Iberian Miniatures (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)SCHUMANN Symphony No. 4
THU MAY 6 10AM THU MAY 6 8PM FRI MAY 7 8PM SAT MAY 8 8PM
PHILLIPPE JORDAN CONDUCTS BRITTEN’S WAR REQUIEMPHILIPPE JORDAN, conductor ELZA VAN DEN HEEVER, soprano IAN BOSTRIDGE, tenor IAIN PATERSON, baritone SAN FRANCISCO BOYS CHORUS ERIC CHOATE, director SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS RAGNAR BOHLIN, director
BRITTEN War Requiem THU MAY 13 8PM FRI MAY 14 8PM SAT MAY 15 8PM
BEETHOVEN 5 & JULIA FISCHERESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor JEAN-YVES THIBAUDET, piano SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
BEETHOVEN Selections from The Creatures of Prometheus FANG MAN New Work (World Premiere, San Francisco Symphony & Toulmin Co-Commission) SCRIABIN Prometheus, The Poem of Fire
THU MAY 20 10AM THU MAY 20 8PM FRI MAY 21 8PM SAT MAY 22 8PM
LUDOVIC MORLOT CONDUCTS LA MERLUDOVIC MORLOT, conductorLOUIS LORTIE, piano SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
BERLIOZ Overture to Béatrice et Bénédict SAINT-SAËNS Piano Concerto No. 5, The EgyptianBETSY JOLAS A Little Summer Suite (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)DEBUSSY La Mer
THU MAY 27 8PM FRI MAY 28 8PM SAT MAY 29 8PM
ELIM CHAN & HILARY HAHN: CARMEN FANTASYELIM CHAN, conductor HILARY HAHN, violin
GINASTERA Violin Concerto (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) SARASATE/BIZET Carmen Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade
THU JUN 3 2PM FRI JUN 4 8PM SAT JUN 5 8PM
RENÉE FLEMING SINGS R. STRAUSS’ FOUR LAST SONGSNATHALIE STUTZMANN, conductorRENÉE FLEMING, soprano SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
BERLIOZ Music from La damnation de Faust R. STRAUSS Four Last Songs (Vier letzte Lieder) BRAHMS Symphony No. 1
THU JUN 10 8PM SAT JUN 12 8PM SUN JUN 13 2PM
SALONEN: MAKE ART, NOT WARESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor PEKKA KUUSISTO, violin SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 1 BRYCE DESSNER Violin Concerto (US Premiere, San Francisco Symphony Co-Commission)HINDEMITH Mathis der Maler (Mathis the Painter)
THU JUN 17 10AM THU JUN 17 8PM FRI JUN 18 8PM SAT JUN 19 8PM SUN JUN 20 2PM
A SEMI-STAGED EVENT SALONEN: WEIMAR NIGHTFALLESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor NORA FISCHER, soprano SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS RAGNAR BOHLIN, directorSIMON MCBURNEY, director GERARD MCBURNEY, dramaturgeLEAH HAUSMAN, associate directorWILL DUKE, video designer ANNA FLEISCHLE, set designerPAUL ANDERSON, lighting designerSHARON ZHU, executive producer
HINDEMITH Mörder, Hoffnung der Frauen (Murderer, the Hope of Women) (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) WEILL Das Berliner Requiem (The Berlin Requiem) (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)WEILL Die sieben Todsünden (The Seven Deadly Sins)
THU JUN 24 8PM FRI JUN 25 8PM SAT JUN 26 8PM
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ELIGIBLE COMPOSE YOUR OWN SERIES CONCERTS PROGRAM DATES
SALONEN: J.S. BACH & SIBELIUS 1ESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
SF Symphony Collaborative Partners reimagine the music of J.S. BACHSIBELIUS Symphony No. 1
FRI OCT 2 8PM SAT OCT 3 8PM
SALONEN: DUKE BLUEBEARD’S CASTLEESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor YEFIM BRONFMAN, pianoMICHELLE DEYOUNG, mezzo-soprano (Judith)GERALD FINLEY, bass-baritone (Bluebeard)SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
BARTÓK Piano Concerto No. 2BARTÓK Duke Bluebeard’s Castlew
THU OCT 8 8PM FRI OCT 9 8PM SAT OCT 10 8PM SUN OCT 11 2PM
SALONEN: RESPIGHI’S PINES OF ROMEESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor MARIANNE CREBASSA, mezzo-sopranoSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
DEBUSSY Ibéria from Images pour orchestre BERIO Folk Songs (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) RAVEL Shéhérazade RESPIGHI Pines of Rome
THU OCT 15 2PM FRI OCT 16 8PM SAT OCT 17 8PM
BUCHBINDER PERFORMS THE COMPLETE BEETHOVEN PIANO CONCERTOS: NOS. 1 & 5RUDOLF BUCHBINDER, conductor and piano
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 1 BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 5, Emperor
FRI OCT 23 8PM SUN OCT 25 2PM
BUCHBINDER PERFORMS THE COMPLETE BEETHOVEN PIANO CONCERTOS: NOS. 2, 3, & 4RUDOLF BUCHBINDER, conductor and piano
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 2 BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 4 BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 3
SAT OCT 24 8PM
FLUTE RECITAL WITH SIR JAMES GALWAYSIR JAMES GALWAY, flute LADY JEANNE GALWAY, flute MICHAEL MCHALE, piano
SUN OCT 25 7:30PM
PIANO RECITAL WITH RUDOLF BUCHBINDERRUDOLF BUCHBINDER, piano
DIABELLI Waltz in C major BEETHOVEN Diabelli Variations
MON OCT 26 7:30PM
CHICK COREA WITH THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONYJOSHUA WEILERSTEIN, conductor CHICK COREA, piano
WALKER Lyric for Strings GERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue SIBELIUS Symphony No. 2
TUE OCT 27 8PM
MTT: MAHLER 1MICHAEL TILSON THOMAS, Music Director Laureate and conductorTIMOTHY HIGGINS, trombone
TIMOTHY HIGGINS Concerto for Trombone (World Premiere, San Francisco Symphony Commission) MAHLER Symphony No. 1
FRI OCT 2 8PM SAT OCT 3 8PM
MTT: BEETHOVEN’S MISSA SOLEMNISMICHAEL TILSON THOMAS, Music Director Laureate and conductorELIZABETH DESHONG, mezzo-sopranoLUCA PISARONI, bass-baritonePACIFIC BOYCHOIRSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS RAGNAR BOHLIN, directorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
BEETHOVEN Missa solemnis THU NOV 5 8PM FRI NOV 6 8PM SUN NOV 8 2PM
ISRAEL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRALAHAV SHANI, conductorISRAEL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
BEN-HAIM Tehillim from Symphony No. 1MOZART Piano Concerto No. 27STRAVINSKY Le Sacre du printemps [1947 revision]
TUE NOV 10 7:30PM
THE FIGHT FOR EQUALITY: JULIA WOLFE & FLORENCE PRICEGIANCARLO GUERRERO, conductor AARON DIEHL, piano LORELEI ENSEMBLE, vocal ensemble
JOAN TOWER Sixth Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) PRICE Piano Concerto (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)JULIA WOLFE Her Story (San Francisco Symphony Premiere & Co-Commission)
THU NOV 12 8PM SAT NOV 14 8PM
SHOSTAKOVICH & TCHAIK 6RAFAEL PAYARE, conductor ALISA WEILERSTEIN, cello SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
CARREÑO Margariteña (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)SHOSTAKOVICH Cello Concerto No. 1 TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6, Pathétique
FRI NOV 20 8PM SAT NOV 21 8PM SUN NOV 22 2PM
THE PRINCESS BRIDE IN CONCERTSARAH HICKS, conductorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
FRI NOV 27 7:30PM SAT NOV 28 7:30PM
HOLIDAY SOULTBD, conductor TBD, guest artist OAKLAND INTERFAITH GOSPEL CHOIR TERRANCE KELLY, directorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
WED DEC 2 7:30PM
SAN FRANCISCO GAY MEN’S CHORUS WITH THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONYDR. TIMOTHY SEELIG, conductor and director SAN FRANCISCO GAY MEN’S CHORUS SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
FRI DEC 4 7:30PM SAT DEC 5 7:30PM
CHAMBER MUSIC WITH BATIASHVILI, CAPUÇON, & THIBAUDETLISA BATIASHVILI, violinGAUTIER CAPUÇON, cello JEAN-YVES THIBAUDET, piano
SUN DEC 6 7:30PM
HANDEL’S MESSIAHJONATHAN COHEN, conductorEMÖKE BARÁTH, sopranoJOHN HOLIDAY, countertenorNICHOLAS PHAN, tenorMATTHEW ROSE, bassSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS RAGNAR BOHLIN, directorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
HANDEL Messiahv FRI DEC 11 8PM SAT DEC 12 8PM
PETER AND THE WOLFDANIEL STEWART, Wattis Foundation Music Director SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY YOUTH ORCHESTRA
PROKOFIEV Peter and the Wolf SUN DEC 13 2PM
A MERRY-ACHI CHRISTMASMARIACHI SOL DE MÉXICO® DE JOSÉ HERNÁNDEZ, guest artist
SUN DEC 13 8PM
LOVE ACTUALLY FILM WITH LIVE ORCHESTRATHIAGO TIBERIO, conductorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
TUE DEC 15 7:30PM WED DEC 16 7:30PM
HOLIDAY BRASSEDWIN OUTWATER, conductorMEMBERS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY BRASS, PERCUSSION, AND TIMPANI SECTIONS
THU DEC 17 7:30PM
HOME ALONE FILM WITH LIVE ORCHESTRARANDALL CRAIG FLEISCHER, conductor YOUNG WOMEN’S CHORAL PROJECTS SUSAN McMANE, director SAN FRANCISCO BOYS CHORUS ERIC CHOATE, director RAGAZZI BOYS CHORUS KENT JUE, directorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
SAT DEC 19 7:30PM TUE DEC 22 2PM WED DEC 23 7:30PM
’TWAS THE NIGHTRAGNAR BOHLIN, conductor SAN FRANCISCO GIRLS CHORUS VALÉRIE SAINTE-AGATHE, directorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS MEMBERS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY BRASS SECTION
SUN DEC 20 7:30PM
NEW YEAR’S GAEITYEDWIN OUTWATER, conductorEDWIN OUTWATER AND PEACHES CHRIST, co-emcee TBD, guest artists SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
THU DEC 31 8PM
RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK FILM WITH LIVE ORCHESTRASAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
FRI JAN 8 7:30PM SAT JAN 9 7:30PM
AN EVENING WITH ITZHAK PERLMANITZHAK PERLMAN, violinROHAN DE SILVA, piano
SUN JAN 10 7:30PM
A NEW AMERICAN SOUNDCRISTIAN MĂCELARU, conductorTIM MCALLISTER, saxophone SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
VALERIE COLEMAN Umoja (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) JOHN CORIGLIANO Saxophone Concerto (World Premiere, San Francisco Symphony Commission) JAKE HEGGIE (ARR. MĂCELARU) Moby-Dick Orchestra Suite (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) WYNTON MARSALIS Selections from Blues Symphony (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)
THU JAN 14 8PM FRI JAN 15 8PM SAT JAN 16 8PM
MTT: EMANUEL AX PLAYS MOZARTMICHAEL TILSON THOMAS, Music Director Laureate and conductorEMANUEL AX, piano SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 17 BRUCKNER Symphony No. 9, Unfinished
THU JAN 21 8PM FRI NOV 22 8PM SAT NOV 23 8PM
MASAAKI SUZUKI & THE BACH COLLEGIUM JAPANMASAAKI SUZUKI, conductorBACH COLLEGIUM JAPAN
J.S. BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048J.S. BACH Cantata No. 147, Herz und Mund und Tat und LebenMOZART Mass in C minor, K.427(417a)
SUN JAN 24 7:30PM
MTT: YUJA PLAYS RACH PIANO CONCERTO NO. 2MICHAEL TILSON THOMAS, Music Director Laureate and conductorYUJA WANG, piano SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 2 SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 15
WED JAN 27 10AM WED JAN 27 8PM THU JAN 28 8PM FRI JAN 29 8PM SAT JAN 30 8PM
VALERY GERGIEV & THE MARIINSKY ORCHESTRAVALERY GERGIEV, conductorALEXANDRE KANTOROW, piano MARIINSKY ORCHESTRA
DEBUSSY Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 2 RACHMANINOFF Symphony No. 2
MON FEB 1 7:30PM
CAPUCON & YUJA WANGGAUTIER CAPUÇON, cello YUJA WANG, piano
TUE FEB 2 8PM
GIVE ME SHELTER: GABRIEL KAHANE’S EMERGENCY SHELTER INTAKE FORMEDWIN OUTWATER, conductorCONRAD TAO, piano ALICIA HALL MORAN, mezzo-sopranoCHORUS OF INCONVENIENT STATISTICS, Holland Andrews; Gabriel Kahane; Holcombe WallerCOMMUNITY CHORUS
GERSHWIN Piano Concerto in F GABRIEL KAHANE emergency shelter intake form (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)
THU FEB 4 10AM THU FEB 4 8PM SAT FEB 6 8PM
VIOLIN RECITAL WITH JOSHUA BELLJOSHUA BELL, violin
MON FEB 8 7:30PM
LUNAR NEW YEAR: CELEBRATING ASIAPERRY SO, conductor WU MAN, pipa
TEXU KIM Bounce!! (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)HARRISON Concerto for Pipa with String Orchestra (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) YOUNGHI PAGH-PAAN NIM (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)TAKASHI YOSHIMATSU The Age of Birds (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)ZHOU LONG The Rhyme of Taigu (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)
THU FEB 11 10AM THU FEB 11 8PM SAT FEB 13 8PM
AN EVENING WITH BERNADETTE PETERSBERNADETTE PETERS, guest artist MEMBERS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
FRI FEB 12 7:30PM
DANIIL TRIFONOV IN RECITALDANIIL TRIFONOV, piano
SUN FEB 14 7:30PM
BLOMSTEDT: SIBELIUS 4 & HÉLÈNE GRIMAUDHERBERT BLOMSTEDT, Conductor Laureate and conductorHÉLÈNE GRIMAUD, piano
BRAHMS Tragic Overture SIBELIUS Symphony No. 4 SCHUMANN Piano Concerto
THU FEB 18 8PM FRI FEB 19 8PM SUN FEB 21 2PM
BLOMSTEDT: MOZART & SCHUBERTHERBERT BLOMSTEDT, Conductor Laureate and conductorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
MOZART Symphony No. 39 SCHUBERT Symphony in C major, The Great
THU FEB 25 2PM SAT FEB 27 8PM SUN FEB 28 2PM
SALONEN CONDUCTS SALONEN & RAVELESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS RAGNAR BOHLIN, director SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
RAMEAU Castor and Pollux Suite ESA-PEKKA SALONEN Gemini (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)RAVEL Daphnis et Chloé
FRI MAR 5 8PM SAT MAR 6 8PM SUN MAR 7 2PM
ORQUESTRA SINFONICA NACIONALCARLOS MIQUEL PRIETO, conductorORQUESTA SINFÓNICA NACIONAL
CHÁVEZ Sinfonía india (Symphony No. 2) GABRIELA MONTERO Latin Concerto REVUELTAS La noche de los Mayas
SUN MAR 7 7:30PM
SALONEN: SCRIABIN’S PROMETHEUSESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor JEAN-YVES THIBAUDET, piano SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
BEETHOVEN Selections from The Creatures of Prometheus FANG MAN New Work (World Premiere, San Francisco Symphony & Toulmin Co-Commission) SCRIABIN Prometheus, The Poem of Fire
THU MAR 11 8PM FRI MAR 12 8PM SAT MAR 13 8PM
SALONEN: R. STRAUSS’ ELEKTRAESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor CHRISTINE GOERKE, soprano (Elektra) EMILY MAGEE, soprano (Chrysothemis) ANNA LARSSON, contralto (Klytemnestra) ALAN OKE, tenor (Aegisth) PEIXIN CHEN, bass-baritone (Orest) SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS RAGNAR BOHLIN, director SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 2 SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 15
THU MAR 18 8PM SAT MAR 20 8PM MON MAR 22 7:30PM
PIANO RECITAL: LANG LANG PLAYS GOLDBERG VARIATIONSLANG LANG, piano
J.S. BACH Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 SUN MAR 21 7:30PM
DANIEL HARDING CONDUCTS EIN HELDENLEBENDANIEL HARDING, conductor ANTOINE TAMESTIT, viola SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
HELEN GRIME Virga (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) JÖRG WIDMANN Viola Concerto (US Premiere)R. STRAUSS Ein Heldenleben
FRI MAR 26 8PM SAT MAR 27 8PM SUN MAR 28 2PM
SKYFALL IN CONCERT FILM WITH LIVE ORCHESTRADAVID NEWMAN conductorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
FRI APR 2 7:30PM SAT APR 3 7:30PM
PIANO RECITAL WITH JEAN-YVES THIBAUDETJEAN-YVES THIBAUDET, piano
DEBUSSY Preludes for Piano, Book 1DEBUSSY Preludes for Piano, Book 2
MON APR 5 7:30PM
BERLIOZ’S SYMPHONIE FANTASTIQUE
HAN-NA CHANG, conductor VÍKINGUR ÓLAFSSON, piano SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
SOFIA GUBAIDULINA Fairytale Poem (Märchen-Poem) (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) GRIEG Piano Concerto BERLIOZ Symphonie fantastique
THU APR 8 2PM FRI APR 9 8PM SAT APR 10 8PM
THE GODFATHER LIVE FILM WITH LIVE ORCHESTRAJUSTIN FREER, conductorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
FRI APR 16 7:30PM SAT APR 17 7:30PM
JANE GLOVER CONDUCTS J.S. BACH MASS IN B MINORJANE GLOVER, conductor JOÉLLE HARVEY, soprano ELIZABETH DESHONG, mezzo-soprano JONAS HACKER, tenorTYLER DUNCAN, baritone SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS RAGNAR BOHLIN, director SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
BRAHMS Tragic Overture SIBELIUS Symphony No. 4 SCHUMANN Piano Concerto
THU APR 22 10AM THU APR 22 8PM FRI APR 23 8PM SAT APR 24 8PM
JURAJ VALCUHA & JOSHUA BELLJURAJ VALČUHA, conductor JOSHUA BELL, violin SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
CAROLINE SHAW Entr’acte (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)BEHZAD RANJBARAN Violin Concerto (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)RACHMANINOFF Symphonic Dances
THU APR 29 2PM FRI APR 30 8PM SAT MAY 1 8PM
JAMES GAFFIGAN CONDUCTS SCHUMANN 4JAMES GAFFIGAN, conductorNOA WILDSCHUT, violin SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
HAYDN Symphony No. 88FRANCISCO COLL Four Iberian Miniatures (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)SCHUMANN Symphony No. 4
THU MAY 6 10AM THU MAY 6 8PM FRI MAY 7 8PM SAT MAY 8 8PM
PHILLIPPE JORDAN CONDUCTS BRITTEN’S WAR REQUIEMPHILIPPE JORDAN, conductor ELZA VAN DEN HEEVER, soprano IAN BOSTRIDGE, tenor IAIN PATERSON, baritone SAN FRANCISCO BOYS CHORUS ERIC CHOATE, director SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS RAGNAR BOHLIN, director
BRITTEN War Requiem THU MAY 13 8PM FRI MAY 14 8PM SAT MAY 15 8PM
BEETHOVEN 5 & JULIA FISCHERESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor JEAN-YVES THIBAUDET, piano SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
BEETHOVEN Selections from The Creatures of Prometheus FANG MAN New Work (World Premiere, San Francisco Symphony & Toulmin Co-Commission) SCRIABIN Prometheus, The Poem of Fire
THU MAY 20 10AM THU MAY 20 8PM FRI MAY 21 8PM SAT MAY 22 8PM
LUDOVIC MORLOT CONDUCTS LA MERLUDOVIC MORLOT, conductorLOUIS LORTIE, piano SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
BERLIOZ Overture to Béatrice et Bénédict SAINT-SAËNS Piano Concerto No. 5, The EgyptianBETSY JOLAS A Little Summer Suite (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)DEBUSSY La Mer
THU MAY 27 8PM FRI MAY 28 8PM SAT MAY 29 8PM
ELIM CHAN & HILARY HAHN: CARMEN FANTASYELIM CHAN, conductor HILARY HAHN, violin
GINASTERA Violin Concerto (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) SARASATE/BIZET Carmen Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade
THU JUN 3 2PM FRI JUN 4 8PM SAT JUN 5 8PM
RENÉE FLEMING SINGS R. STRAUSS’ FOUR LAST SONGSNATHALIE STUTZMANN, conductorRENÉE FLEMING, soprano SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
BERLIOZ Music from La damnation de Faust R. STRAUSS Four Last Songs (Vier letzte Lieder) BRAHMS Symphony No. 1
THU JUN 10 8PM SAT JUN 12 8PM SUN JUN 13 2PM
SALONEN: MAKE ART, NOT WARESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor PEKKA KUUSISTO, violin SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 1 BRYCE DESSNER Violin Concerto (US Premiere, San Francisco Symphony Co-Commission)HINDEMITH Mathis der Maler (Mathis the Painter)
THU JUN 17 10AM THU JUN 17 8PM FRI JUN 18 8PM SAT JUN 19 8PM SUN JUN 20 2PM
A SEMI-STAGED EVENT SALONEN: WEIMAR NIGHTFALLESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor NORA FISCHER, soprano SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS RAGNAR BOHLIN, directorSIMON MCBURNEY, director GERARD MCBURNEY, dramaturgeLEAH HAUSMAN, associate directorWILL DUKE, video designer ANNA FLEISCHLE, set designerPAUL ANDERSON, lighting designerSHARON ZHU, executive producer
HINDEMITH Mörder, Hoffnung der Frauen (Murderer, the Hope of Women) (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) WEILL Das Berliner Requiem (The Berlin Requiem) (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)WEILL Die sieben Todsünden (The Seven Deadly Sins)
THU JUN 24 8PM FRI JUN 25 8PM SAT JUN 26 8PM
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ELIGIBLE COMPOSE YOUR OWN SERIES CONCERTS PROGRAM DATES
SALONEN: J.S. BACH & SIBELIUS 1ESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
SF Symphony Collaborative Partners reimagine the music of J.S. BACHSIBELIUS Symphony No. 1
FRI OCT 2 8PM SAT OCT 3 8PM
SALONEN: DUKE BLUEBEARD’S CASTLEESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor YEFIM BRONFMAN, pianoMICHELLE DEYOUNG, mezzo-soprano (Judith)GERALD FINLEY, bass-baritone (Bluebeard)SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
BARTÓK Piano Concerto No. 2BARTÓK Duke Bluebeard’s Castlew
THU OCT 8 8PM FRI OCT 9 8PM SAT OCT 10 8PM SUN OCT 11 2PM
SALONEN: RESPIGHI’S PINES OF ROMEESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor MARIANNE CREBASSA, mezzo-sopranoSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
DEBUSSY Ibéria from Images pour orchestre BERIO Folk Songs (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) RAVEL Shéhérazade RESPIGHI Pines of Rome
THU OCT 15 2PM FRI OCT 16 8PM SAT OCT 17 8PM
BUCHBINDER PERFORMS THE COMPLETE BEETHOVEN PIANO CONCERTOS: NOS. 1 & 5RUDOLF BUCHBINDER, conductor and piano
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 1 BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 5, Emperor
FRI OCT 23 8PM SUN OCT 25 2PM
BUCHBINDER PERFORMS THE COMPLETE BEETHOVEN PIANO CONCERTOS: NOS. 2, 3, & 4RUDOLF BUCHBINDER, conductor and piano
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 2 BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 4 BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 3
SAT OCT 24 8PM
FLUTE RECITAL WITH SIR JAMES GALWAYSIR JAMES GALWAY, flute LADY JEANNE GALWAY, flute MICHAEL MCHALE, piano
SUN OCT 25 7:30PM
PIANO RECITAL WITH RUDOLF BUCHBINDERRUDOLF BUCHBINDER, piano
DIABELLI Waltz in C major BEETHOVEN Diabelli Variations
MON OCT 26 7:30PM
CHICK COREA WITH THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONYJOSHUA WEILERSTEIN, conductor CHICK COREA, piano
WALKER Lyric for Strings GERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue SIBELIUS Symphony No. 2
TUE OCT 27 8PM
MTT: MAHLER 1MICHAEL TILSON THOMAS, Music Director Laureate and conductorTIMOTHY HIGGINS, trombone
TIMOTHY HIGGINS Concerto for Trombone (World Premiere, San Francisco Symphony Commission) MAHLER Symphony No. 1
FRI OCT 2 8PM SAT OCT 3 8PM
MTT: BEETHOVEN’S MISSA SOLEMNISMICHAEL TILSON THOMAS, Music Director Laureate and conductorELIZABETH DESHONG, mezzo-sopranoLUCA PISARONI, bass-baritonePACIFIC BOYCHOIRSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS RAGNAR BOHLIN, directorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
BEETHOVEN Missa solemnis THU NOV 5 8PM FRI NOV 6 8PM SUN NOV 8 2PM
ISRAEL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRALAHAV SHANI, conductorISRAEL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
BEN-HAIM Tehillim from Symphony No. 1MOZART Piano Concerto No. 27STRAVINSKY Le Sacre du printemps [1947 revision]
TUE NOV 10 7:30PM
THE FIGHT FOR EQUALITY: JULIA WOLFE & FLORENCE PRICEGIANCARLO GUERRERO, conductor AARON DIEHL, piano LORELEI ENSEMBLE, vocal ensemble
JOAN TOWER Sixth Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) PRICE Piano Concerto (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)JULIA WOLFE Her Story (San Francisco Symphony Premiere & Co-Commission)
THU NOV 12 8PM SAT NOV 14 8PM
SHOSTAKOVICH & TCHAIK 6RAFAEL PAYARE, conductor ALISA WEILERSTEIN, cello SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
CARREÑO Margariteña (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)SHOSTAKOVICH Cello Concerto No. 1 TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6, Pathétique
FRI NOV 20 8PM SAT NOV 21 8PM SUN NOV 22 2PM
THE PRINCESS BRIDE IN CONCERTSARAH HICKS, conductorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
FRI NOV 27 7:30PM SAT NOV 28 7:30PM
HOLIDAY SOULTBD, conductor TBD, guest artist OAKLAND INTERFAITH GOSPEL CHOIR TERRANCE KELLY, directorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
WED DEC 2 7:30PM
SAN FRANCISCO GAY MEN’S CHORUS WITH THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONYDR. TIMOTHY SEELIG, conductor and director SAN FRANCISCO GAY MEN’S CHORUS SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
FRI DEC 4 7:30PM SAT DEC 5 7:30PM
CHAMBER MUSIC WITH BATIASHVILI, CAPUÇON, & THIBAUDETLISA BATIASHVILI, violinGAUTIER CAPUÇON, cello JEAN-YVES THIBAUDET, piano
SUN DEC 6 7:30PM
HANDEL’S MESSIAHSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS RAGNAR BOHLIN, directorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
HANDEL Messiah FRI DEC 11 8PM SAT DEC 12 8PM
PETER AND THE WOLFDANIEL HARDING, Wattis Foundation Music Director SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY YOUTH ORCHESTRA
PROKOFIEV Peter and the Wolf SUN DEC 13 2PM
A MERRY-ACHI CHRISTMASMARIACHI SOL DE MÉXICO® DE JOSÉ HERNÁNDEZ, guest artist
SUN DEC 13 8PM
LOVE ACTUALLY FILM WITH LIVE ORCHESTRATHIAGO TIBERIO, conductorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
TUE DEC 15 7:30PM WED DEC 16 7:30PM
HOLIDAY BRASSEDWIN OUTWATER, conductorMEMBERS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY BRASS, PERCUSSION, AND TIMPANI SECTIONS
THU DEC 17 7:30PM
A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS—VLIVE!RANDALL CRAIG FLEISCHER, conductor SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS RAGNAR BOHLIN, directorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
FRI DEC 18 7:30PM SAT DEC 19 2PM TUE DEC 22 7:30PM WED DEC 23 2PM
HOME ALONE FILM WITH LIVE ORCHESTRARANDALL CRAIG FLEISCHER, conductor YOUNG WOMEN’S CHORAL PROJECTS SUSAN McMANE, director SAN FRANCISCO BOYS CHORUS ERIC CHOATE, director RAGAZZI BOYS CHORUS KENT JUE, directorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
SAT DEC 19 7:30PM TUE DEC 22 2PM WED DEC 23 7:30PM
‘TWAS THE NIGHTRAGNAR BOHLIN, conductor SAN FRANCISCO GIRLS CHORUS VALÉRIE SAINTE-AGATHE, directorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS MEMBERS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY BRASS SECTION
SUN DEC 20 7:30PM
NEW YEAR’S GAIETYEDWIN OUTWATER, conductor and co-emceePEACHES CHRIST, co-emcee SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
THU DEC 31 8PM
RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK FILM WITH LIVE ORCHESTRACONSTANTINE KITSOPOLOUS, conductor SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
FRI JAN 8 7:30PM SAT JAN 9 7:30PM
AN EVENING WITH ITZHAK PERLMANITZHAK PERLMAN, violinROHAN DE SILVA, piano
SUN JAN 10 7:30PM
A NEW AMERICAN SOUNDCRISTIAN MĂCELARU, conductorTIM McALLISTER, saxophone SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
VALERIE COLEMAN Umoja (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) JOHN CORIGLIANO Triathlon, for Saxophonist and Orchestra (World Premiere, San Francisco Symphony Commission) JAKE HEGGIE (ARR. MĂCELARU) Moby-Dick Orchestra Suite (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) WYNTON MARSALIS Selections from Blues Symphony (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)
THU JAN 14 8PM FRI JAN 15 8PM SAT JAN 16 8PM
MTT: EMANUEL AX PLAYS MOZARTMICHAEL TILSON THOMAS, Music Director Laureate and conductorEMANUEL AX, piano SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 17 BRUCKNER Symphony No. 9, Unfinished
THU JAN 21 8PM FRI NOV 22 8PM SAT NOV 23 8PM
MASAAKI SUZUKI & BACH COLLEGIUM JAPANMASAAKI SUZUKI, conductorBACH COLLEGIUM JAPAN
J.S. BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 3J.S. BACH Cantata No. 147, Herz und Mund und Tat und LebenMOZART Mass in C minor
SUN JAN 24 7:30PM
MTT: YUJA PLAYS RACH PIANO CONCERTO NO. 2MICHAEL TILSON THOMAS, Music Director Laureate and conductorYUJA WANG, piano SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 2 SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 15
WED JAN 27 10AM WED JAN 27 8PM THU JAN 28 8PM FRI JAN 29 8PM SAT JAN 30 8PM
VALERY GERGIEV & THE MARIINSKY ORCHESTRAVALERY GERGIEV, conductorALEXANDRE KANTOROW, piano MARIINSKY ORCHESTRA
DEBUSSY Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 2 RACHMANINOFF Symphony No. 2
MON FEB 1 7:30PM
CAPUCON & YUJA WANGGAUTIER CAPUÇON, cello YUJA WANG, piano
TUE FEB 2 8PM
GIVE ME SHELTER: GABRIEL KAHANE’S EMERGENCY SHELTER INTAKE FORMEDWIN OUTWATER, conductorCONRAD TAO, piano ALICIA HALL MORAN, mezzo-sopranoCHORUS OF INCONVENIENT STATISTICS, Holland Andrews; Gabriel Kahane; Holcombe WallerCOMMUNITY CHORUS
GERSHWIN Piano Concerto in F GABRIEL KAHANE emergency shelter intake form (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)
THU FEB 4 10AM THU FEB 4 8PM SAT FEB 6 8PM
VIOLIN RECITAL WITH JOSHUA BELLJOSHUA BELL, violin
MON FEB 8 7:30PM
LUNAR NEW YEAR: CELEBRATING ASIAPERRY SO, conductor WU MAN, pipa
TEXU KIM Bounce!! (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)HARRISON Concerto for Pipa with String Orchestra (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) YOUNGHI PAGH-PAAN NIM (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)TAKASHI YOSHIMATSU The Age of Birds (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)ZHOU LONG The Rhyme of Taigu (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)
THU FEB 11 10AM THU FEB 11 8PM SAT FEB 13 8PM
AN EVENING WITH BERNADETTE PETERSBERNADETTE PETERS, guest artist MEMBERS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
FRI FEB 12 7:30PM
DANIIL TRIFONOV IN RECITALDANIIL TRIFONOV, piano
SUN FEB 14 7:30PM
BLOMSTEDT: SIBELIUS 4 & HÉLÈNE GRIMAUDHERBERT BLOMSTEDT, Conductor Laureate and conductorHÉLÈNE GRIMAUD, piano
BRAHMS Tragic Overture SIBELIUS Symphony No. 4 SCHUMANN Piano Concerto
THU FEB 18 8PM FRI FEB 19 8PM SUN FEB 21 2PM
BLOMSTEDT: MOZART & SCHUBERTHERBERT BLOMSTEDT, Conductor Laureate and conductorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
MOZART Symphony No. 39 SCHUBERT Symphony in C major, The Great
THU FEB 25 2PM SAT FEB 27 8PM SUN FEB 28 2PM
SALONEN CONDUCTS SALONEN & RAVELESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS RAGNAR BOHLIN, director SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
RAMEAU Castor and Pollux Suite ESA-PEKKA SALONEN Gemini (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)RAVEL Daphnis et Chloé
FRI MAR 5 8PM SAT MAR 6 8PM SUN MAR 7 2PM
ORQUESTRA SINFONICA NACIONALCARLOS MIQUEL PRIETO, conductorORQUESTA SINFÓNICA NACIONAL
CHÁVEZ Sinfonía india (Symphony No. 2) GABRIELA MONTERO Latin Concerto REVUELTAS La noche de los Mayas
SUN MAR 7 7:30PM
SALONEN: SCRIABIN’S PROMETHEUSESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor JEAN-YVES THIBAUDET, piano SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
BEETHOVEN Selections from The Creatures of Prometheus FANG MAN New Work (World Premiere, San Francisco Symphony & Toulmin Co-Commission) SCRIABIN Prometheus, The Poem of Fire
THU MAR 11 8PM FRI MAR 12 8PM SAT MAR 13 8PM
SALONEN: R. STRAUSS’ ELEKTRAESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor CHRISTINE GOERKE, soprano (Elektra) EMILY MAGEE, soprano (Chrysothemis) ANNA LARSSON, contralto (Klytemnestra) ALAN OKE, tenor (Aegisth) PEIXIN CHEN, bass-baritone (Orest) SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS RAGNAR BOHLIN, director SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 2 SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 15
THU MAR 18 8PM SAT MAR 20 8PM MON MAR 22 7:30PM
PIANO RECITAL: LANG LANG PLAYS GOLDBERG VARIATIONSLANG LANG, piano
J.S. BACH Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 SUN MAR 21 7:30PM
DANIEL HARDING CONDUCTS EIN HELDENLEBENDANIEL HARDING, conductor ANTOINE TAMESTIT, viola SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
HELEN GRIME Virga (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) JÖRG WIDMANN Viola Concerto (US Premiere)R. STRAUSS Ein Heldenleben
FRI MAR 26 8PM SAT MAR 27 8PM SUN MAR 28 2PM
SKYFALL IN CONCERT FILM WITH LIVE ORCHESTRADAVID NEWMAN conductorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
FRI APR 2 7:30PM SAT APR 3 7:30PM
PIANO RECITAL WITH JEAN-YVES THIBAUDETJEAN-YVES THIBAUDET, piano
DEBUSSY Preludes for Piano, Book 1DEBUSSY Preludes for Piano, Book 2
MON APR 5 7:30PM
BERLIOZ’S SYMPHONIE FANTASTIQUE
HAN-NA CHANG, conductor VÍKINGUR ÓLAFSSON, piano SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
SOFIA GUBAIDULINA Fairytale Poem (Märchen-Poem) (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) GRIEG Piano Concerto BERLIOZ Symphonie fantastique
THU APR 8 2PM FRI APR 9 8PM SAT APR 10 8PM
THE GODFATHER LIVE FILM WITH LIVE ORCHESTRAJUSTIN FREER, conductorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
FRI APR 16 7:30PM SAT APR 17 7:30PM
JANE GLOVER CONDUCTS J.S. BACH MASS IN B MINORJANE GLOVER, conductor JOÉLLE HARVEY, soprano ELIZABETH DESHONG, mezzo-soprano JONAS HACKER, tenorTYLER DUNCAN, baritone SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS RAGNAR BOHLIN, director SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
BRAHMS Tragic Overture SIBELIUS Symphony No. 4 SCHUMANN Piano Concerto
THU APR 22 10AM THU APR 22 8PM FRI APR 23 8PM SAT APR 24 8PM
JURAJ VALCUHA & JOSHUA BELLJURAJ VALČUHA, conductor JOSHUA BELL, violin SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
CAROLINE SHAW Entr’acte (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)BEHZAD RANJBARAN Violin Concerto (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)RACHMANINOFF Symphonic Dances
THU APR 29 2PM FRI APR 30 8PM SAT MAY 1 8PM
JAMES GAFFIGAN CONDUCTS SCHUMANN 4JAMES GAFFIGAN, conductorNOA WILDSCHUT, violin SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
HAYDN Symphony No. 88FRANCISCO COLL Four Iberian Miniatures (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)SCHUMANN Symphony No. 4
THU MAY 6 10AM THU MAY 6 8PM FRI MAY 7 8PM SAT MAY 8 8PM
PHILLIPPE JORDAN CONDUCTS BRITTEN’S WAR REQUIEMPHILIPPE JORDAN, conductor ELZA VAN DEN HEEVER, soprano IAN BOSTRIDGE, tenor IAIN PATERSON, baritone SAN FRANCISCO BOYS CHORUS ERIC CHOATE, director SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS RAGNAR BOHLIN, director
BRITTEN War Requiem THU MAY 13 8PM FRI MAY 14 8PM SAT MAY 15 8PM
BEETHOVEN 5 & JULIA FISCHERESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor JEAN-YVES THIBAUDET, piano SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
BEETHOVEN Selections from The Creatures of Prometheus FANG MAN New Work (World Premiere, San Francisco Symphony & Toulmin Co-Commission) SCRIABIN Prometheus, The Poem of Fire
THU MAY 20 10AM THU MAY 20 8PM FRI MAY 21 8PM SAT MAY 22 8PM
LUDOVIC MORLOT CONDUCTS LA MERLUDOVIC MORLOT, conductorLOUIS LORTIE, piano SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
BERLIOZ Overture to Béatrice et Bénédict SAINT-SAËNS Piano Concerto No. 5, The EgyptianBETSY JOLAS A Little Summer Suite (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)DEBUSSY La Mer
THU MAY 27 8PM FRI MAY 28 8PM SAT MAY 29 8PM
ELIM CHAN & HILARY HAHN: CARMEN FANTASYELIM CHAN, conductor HILARY HAHN, violin
GINASTERA Violin Concerto (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) SARASATE/BIZET Carmen Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade
THU JUN 3 2PM FRI JUN 4 8PM SAT JUN 5 8PM
RENÉE FLEMING SINGS R. STRAUSS’ FOUR LAST SONGSNATHALIE STUTZMANN, conductorRENÉE FLEMING, soprano SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
BERLIOZ Music from La damnation de Faust R. STRAUSS Four Last Songs (Vier letzte Lieder) BRAHMS Symphony No. 1
THU JUN 10 8PM SAT JUN 12 8PM SUN JUN 13 2PM
SALONEN: MAKE ART, NOT WARESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor PEKKA KUUSISTO, violin SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 1 BRYCE DESSNER Violin Concerto (US Premiere, San Francisco Symphony Co-Commission)HINDEMITH Mathis der Maler (Mathis the Painter)
THU JUN 17 10AM THU JUN 17 8PM FRI JUN 18 8PM SAT JUN 19 8PM SUN JUN 20 2PM
A SEMI-STAGED EVENT SALONEN: WEIMAR NIGHTFALLESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor NORA FISCHER, soprano SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS RAGNAR BOHLIN, directorSIMON MCBURNEY, director GERARD MCBURNEY, dramaturgeLEAH HAUSMAN, associate directorWILL DUKE, video designer ANNA FLEISCHLE, set designerPAUL ANDERSON, lighting designerSHARON ZHU, executive producer
HINDEMITH Mörder, Hoffnung der Frauen (Murderer, the Hope of Women) (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) WEILL Das Berliner Requiem (The Berlin Requiem) (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)WEILL Die sieben Todsünden (The Seven Deadly Sins)
THU JUN 24 8PM FRI JUN 25 8PM SAT JUN 26 8PM
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ELIGIBLE COMPOSE YOUR OWN SERIES CONCERTS PROGRAM DATES
SALONEN: J.S. BACH & SIBELIUS 1ESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
SF Symphony Collaborative Partners reimagine the music of J.S. BACHSIBELIUS Symphony No. 1
FRI OCT 2 8PM SAT OCT 3 8PM
SALONEN: DUKE BLUEBEARD’S CASTLEESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor YEFIM BRONFMAN, pianoMICHELLE DEYOUNG, mezzo-soprano (Judith)GERALD FINLEY, bass-baritone (Bluebeard)SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
BARTÓK Piano Concerto No. 2BARTÓK Duke Bluebeard’s Castlew
THU OCT 8 8PM FRI OCT 9 8PM SAT OCT 10 8PM SUN OCT 11 2PM
SALONEN: RESPIGHI’S PINES OF ROMEESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor MARIANNE CREBASSA, mezzo-sopranoSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
DEBUSSY Ibéria from Images pour orchestre BERIO Folk Songs (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) RAVEL Shéhérazade RESPIGHI Pines of Rome
THU OCT 15 2PM FRI OCT 16 8PM SAT OCT 17 8PM
BUCHBINDER PERFORMS THE COMPLETE BEETHOVEN PIANO CONCERTOS: NOS. 1 & 5RUDOLF BUCHBINDER, conductor and piano
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 1 BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 5, Emperor
FRI OCT 23 8PM SUN OCT 25 2PM
BUCHBINDER PERFORMS THE COMPLETE BEETHOVEN PIANO CONCERTOS: NOS. 2, 3, & 4RUDOLF BUCHBINDER, conductor and piano
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 2 BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 4 BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 3
SAT OCT 24 8PM
FLUTE RECITAL WITH SIR JAMES GALWAYSIR JAMES GALWAY, flute LADY JEANNE GALWAY, flute MICHAEL MCHALE, piano
SUN OCT 25 7:30PM
PIANO RECITAL WITH RUDOLF BUCHBINDERRUDOLF BUCHBINDER, piano
DIABELLI Waltz in C major BEETHOVEN Diabelli Variations
MON OCT 26 7:30PM
CHICK COREA WITH THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONYJOSHUA WEILERSTEIN, conductor CHICK COREA, piano
WALKER Lyric for Strings GERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue SIBELIUS Symphony No. 2
TUE OCT 27 8PM
MTT: MAHLER 1MICHAEL TILSON THOMAS, Music Director Laureate and conductorTIMOTHY HIGGINS, trombone
TIMOTHY HIGGINS Concerto for Trombone (World Premiere, San Francisco Symphony Commission) MAHLER Symphony No. 1
FRI OCT 2 8PM SAT OCT 3 8PM
MTT: BEETHOVEN’S MISSA SOLEMNISMICHAEL TILSON THOMAS, Music Director Laureate and conductorELIZABETH DESHONG, mezzo-sopranoLUCA PISARONI, bass-baritonePACIFIC BOYCHOIRSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS RAGNAR BOHLIN, directorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
BEETHOVEN Missa solemnis THU NOV 5 8PM FRI NOV 6 8PM SUN NOV 8 2PM
ISRAEL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRALAHAV SHANI, conductorISRAEL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
BEN-HAIM Tehillim from Symphony No. 1MOZART Piano Concerto No. 27STRAVINSKY Le Sacre du printemps [1947 revision]
TUE NOV 10 7:30PM
THE FIGHT FOR EQUALITY: JULIA WOLFE & FLORENCE PRICEGIANCARLO GUERRERO, conductor AARON DIEHL, piano LORELEI ENSEMBLE, vocal ensemble
JOAN TOWER Sixth Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) PRICE Piano Concerto (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)JULIA WOLFE Her Story (San Francisco Symphony Premiere & Co-Commission)
THU NOV 12 8PM SAT NOV 14 8PM
SHOSTAKOVICH & TCHAIK 6RAFAEL PAYARE, conductor ALISA WEILERSTEIN, cello SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
CARREÑO Margariteña (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)SHOSTAKOVICH Cello Concerto No. 1 TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6, Pathétique
FRI NOV 20 8PM SAT NOV 21 8PM SUN NOV 22 2PM
THE PRINCESS BRIDE IN CONCERTSARAH HICKS, conductorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
FRI NOV 27 7:30PM SAT NOV 28 7:30PM
HOLIDAY SOULTBD, conductor TBD, guest artist OAKLAND INTERFAITH GOSPEL CHOIR TERRANCE KELLY, directorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
WED DEC 2 7:30PM
SAN FRANCISCO GAY MEN’S CHORUS WITH THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONYDR. TIMOTHY SEELIG, conductor and director SAN FRANCISCO GAY MEN’S CHORUS SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
FRI DEC 4 7:30PM SAT DEC 5 7:30PM
A NEW AMERICAN SOUNDCRISTIAN MĂCELARU, conductorTIM McALLISTER, saxophone SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
VALERIE COLEMAN Umoja (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) JOHN CORIGLIANO Saxophone Concerto (World Premiere, San Francisco Symphony Commission) JAKE HEGGIE (ARR. MĂCELARU) Moby-Dick Orchestra Suite (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) WYNTON MARSALIS Selections from Blues Symphony (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)
THU JAN 14 8PM FRI JAN 15 8PM SAT JAN 16 8PM
MTT: EMANUEL AX PLAYS MOZARTMICHAEL TILSON THOMAS, Music Director Laureate and conductorEMANUEL AX, piano SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 17 BRUCKNER Symphony No. 9, Unfinished
THU JAN 21 8PM FRI NOV 22 8PM SAT NOV 23 8PM
MASAAKI SUZUKI & THE BACH COLLEGIUM JAPANMASAAKI SUZUKI, conductorBACH COLLEGIUM JAPAN
J.S. BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048J.S. BACH Cantata No. 147, Herz und Mund und Tat und LebenMOZART Mass in C minor, K.427(417a)
SUN JAN 24 7:30PM
A MERRY-ACHI CHRISTMASMARIACHI SOL DE MÉXICO® DE JOSÉ HERNÁNDEZ, guest artist
SUN DEC 13 8PM
LOVE ACTUALLY FILM WITH LIVE ORCHESTRATHIAGO TIBERIO, conductorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
TUE DEC 15 7:30PM WED DEC 16 7:30PM
HOLIDAY BRASSEDWIN OUTWATER, conductorMEMBERS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY BRASS, PERCUSSION, AND TIMPANI SECTIONS
THU DEC 17 7:30PM
A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS—LIVE!RANDALL CRAIG FLEISCHER, conductor SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS RAGNAR BOHLIN, directorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
FRI DEC 18 7:30PM SAT DEC 19 2PM TUE DEC 22 7:30PM WED DEC 23 2PM
HOME ALONE FILM WITH LIVE ORCHESTRARANDALL CRAIG FLEISCHER, conductor YOUNG WOMEN’S CHORAL PROJECTS SUSAN MCMANE, director SAN FRANCISCO BOYS CHORUS ERIC CHOATE, director RAGAZZI BOYS CHORUS, KENT JUE, directorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
SAT DEC 19 7:30PM TUE DEC 22 2PM WED DEC 23 7:30PM
TWAS THE NIGHTRAGNAR BOHLIN, conductor SAN FRANCISCO GIRLS CHORUS VALERIE SAINTE-AGATHE, directorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS MEMBERS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY BRASS SECTION
SUN DEC 20 7:30PM
NEW YEAR’S GAEITYEDWIN OUTWATER, conductorEDWIN OUTWATER AND PEACHES CHRIST, co-emcee TBD, guest artists SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
THU DEC 31 8PM
RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK FILM WITH LIVE ORCHESTRASAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
FRI JAN 8 7:30PM SAT JAN 9 7:30PM
AN EVENING WITH ITZHAK PERLMANITZHAK PERLMAN, violinROHAN DE SILVA, piano
SUN JAN 10 7:30PM
A NEW AMERICAN SOUNDCRISTIAN MĂCELARU, conductorTIM McALLISTER, saxophone SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
VALERIE COLEMAN Umoja (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) JOHN CORIGLIANO Saxophone Concerto (World Premiere, San Francisco Symphony Commission) JAKE HEGGIE (ARR. MĂCELARU) Moby-Dick Orchestra Suite (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) WYNTON MARSALIS Selections from Blues Symphony (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)
THU JAN 14 8PM FRI JAN 15 8PM SAT JAN 16 8PM
MTT: EMANUEL AX PLAYS MOZARTMICHAEL TILSON THOMAS, Music Director Laureate and conductorEMANUEL AX, piano SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 17 BRUCKNER Symphony No. 9, Unfinished
THU JAN 21 8PM FRI NOV 22 8PM SAT NOV 23 8PM
MASAAKI SUZUKI & THE BACH COLLEGIUM JAPANMASAAKI SUZUKI, conductorBACH COLLEGIUM JAPAN
J.S. BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048J.S. BACH Cantata No. 147, Herz und Mund und Tat und LebenMOZART Mass in C minor, K.427(417a)
SUN JAN 24 7:30PM
MTT: YUJA PLAYS RACH PIANO CONCERTO NO. 2MICHAEL TILSON THOMAS, Music Director Laureate and conductorYUJA WANG, piano SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 2 SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 15
WED JAN 27 10AM WED JAN 27 8PM THU JAN 28 8PM FRI JAN 29 8PM SAT JAN 30 8PM
VALERY GERGIEV & THE MARIINSKY ORCHESTRAVALERY GERGIEV, conductorALEXANDRE KANTOROW, piano MARIINSKY ORCHESTRA
DEBUSSY Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 2 RACHMANINOFF Symphony No. 2
MON FEB 1 8PM
GAUTIER CAPUÇON & YUJA WANGGAUTIER CAPUÇON, cello YUJA WANG, piano
TUE FEB 2 8PM
GIVE ME SHELTER: GABRIEL KAHANE’S EMERGENCY SHELTER INTAKE FORMEDWIN OUTWATER, conductorCONRAD TAO, piano ALICIA HALL MORAN, mezzo-sopranoCHORUS OF INCONVENIENT STATISTICS, Holland Andrews; Gabriel Kahane; Holcombe WallerCOMMUNITY CHORUS SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
GERSHWIN Piano Concerto in F GABRIEL KAHANE emergency shelter intake form (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)
THU FEB 4 10AM THU FEB 4 8PM SAT FEB 6 8PM
VIOLIN RECITAL WITH JOSHUA BELLJOSHUA BELL, violin PETER DUGAN, piano
MON FEB 8 7:30PM
LUNAR NEW YEAR: CELEBRATING ASIAPERRY SO, conductor WU MAN, pipa
TEXU KIM Bounce!! (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)HARRISON Concerto for Pipa with String Orchestra (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) YOUNGHI PAGH-PAAN NIM (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)TAKASHI YOSHIMATSU The Age of Birds (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)ZHOU LONG The Rhyme of Taigu (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)
THU FEB 11 10AM THU FEB 11 8PM SAT FEB 13 8PM
AN EVENING WITH BERNADETTE PETERSBERNADETTE PETERS, guest artist MEMBERS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
FRI FEB 12 7:30PM
DANIIL TRIFONOV IN RECITALDANIIL TRIFONOV, piano
SUN FEB 14 7:30PM
BLOMSTEDT: SIBELIUS 4 & HÉLÈNE GRIMAUDHERBERT BLOMSTEDT, Conductor Laureate and conductorHÉLÈNE GRIMAUD, piano
BRAHMS Tragic Overture SIBELIUS Symphony No. 4 SCHUMANN Piano Concerto
THU FEB 18 8PM FRI FEB 19 8PM SUN FEB 21 2PM
BLOMSTEDT: MOZART & SCHUBERTHERBERT BLOMSTEDT, Conductor Laureate and conductorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
MOZART Symphony No. 39 SCHUBERT Symphony in C major, The Great
THU FEB 25 2PM SAT FEB 27 8PM SUN FEB 28 2PM
SALONEN CONDUCTS SALONEN & RAVELESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS RAGNAR BOHLIN, director SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
RAMEAU Castor and Pollux Suite ESA-PEKKA SALONEN Gemini (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)RAVEL Daphnis et Chloé
FRI MAR 5 8PM SAT MAR 6 8PM SUN MAR 7 2PM
ORQUESTRA SINFONICA NACIONALCARLOS MIQUEL PRIETO, conductorORQUESTA SINFÓNICA NACIONAL
CHÁVEZ Sinfonía india (Symphony No. 2) GABRIELA MONTERO Latin Concerto REVUELTAS La noche de los Mayas
SUN MAR 7 7:30PM
SALONEN: SCRIABIN’S PROMETHEUSESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor JEAN-YVES THIBAUDET, piano SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
BEETHOVEN Selections from The Creatures of Prometheus FANG MAN New Work (World Premiere, San Francisco Symphony & Toulmin Co-Commission) SCRIABIN Prometheus, The Poem of Fire
THU MAR 11 8PM FRI MAR 12 8PM SAT MAR 13 8PM
SALONEN: R. STRAUSS’ ELEKTRAESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor CHRISTINE GOERKE, soprano (Elektra) EMILY MAGEE, soprano (Chrysothemis) ANNA LARSSON, contralto (Klytemnestra) ALAN OKE, tenor (Aegisth) PEIXIN CHEN, bass-baritone (Orest) SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS RAGNAR BOHLIN, director SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 2 SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 15
THU MAR 18 8PM SAT MAR 20 8PM MON MAR 22 7:30PM
PIANO RECITAL: LANG LANG PLAYS GOLDBERG VARIATIONSLANG LANG, piano
J.S. BACH Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 SUN MAR 21 7:30PM
DANIEL HARDING CONDUCTS EIN HELDENLEBENDANIEL HARDING, conductor ANTOINE TAMESTIT, viola SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
HELEN GRIME Virga (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) JÖRG WIDMANN Viola Concerto (US Premiere)R. STRAUSS Ein Heldenleben
FRI MAR 26 8PM SAT MAR 27 8PM SUN MAR 28 2PM
SKYFALL IN CONCERT FILM WITH LIVE ORCHESTRADAVID NEWMAN conductorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
FRI APR 2 7:30PM SAT APR 3 7:30PM
PIANO RECITAL WITH JEAN-YVES THIBAUDETJEAN-YVES THIBAUDET, piano
DEBUSSY Preludes for Piano, Book 1DEBUSSY Preludes for Piano, Book 2
MON APR 5 7:30PM
BERLIOZ’S SYMPHONIE FANTASTIQUE
HAN-NA CHANG, conductor VÍKINGUR ÓLAFSSON, piano SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
SOFIA GUBAIDULINA Fairytale Poem (Märchen-Poem) (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) GRIEG Piano Concerto BERLIOZ Symphonie fantastique
THU APR 8 2PM FRI APR 9 8PM SAT APR 10 8PM
THE GODFATHER LIVE FILM WITH LIVE ORCHESTRAJUSTIN FREER, conductorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
FRI APR 16 7:30PM SAT APR 17 7:30PM
JANE GLOVER CONDUCTS J.S. BACH MASS IN B MINORJANE GLOVER, conductor JOÉLLE HARVEY, soprano ELIZABETH DESHONG, mezzo-soprano JONAS HACKER, tenorTYLER DUNCAN, baritone SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS RAGNAR BOHLIN, director SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
BRAHMS Tragic Overture SIBELIUS Symphony No. 4 SCHUMANN Piano Concerto
THU APR 22 10AM THU APR 22 8PM FRI APR 23 8PM SAT APR 24 8PM
JURAJ VALCUHA & JOSHUA BELLJURAJ VALČUHA, conductor JOSHUA BELL, violin SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
CAROLINE SHAW Entr’acte (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)BEHZAD RANJBARAN Violin Concerto (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)RACHMANINOFF Symphonic Dances
THU APR 29 2PM FRI APR 30 8PM SAT MAY 1 8PM
JAMES GAFFIGAN CONDUCTS SCHUMANN 4JAMES GAFFIGAN, conductorNOA WILDSCHUT, violin SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
HAYDN Symphony No. 88FRANCISCO COLL Four Iberian Miniatures (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)SCHUMANN Symphony No. 4
THU MAY 6 10AM THU MAY 6 8PM FRI MAY 7 8PM SAT MAY 8 8PM
PHILLIPPE JORDAN CONDUCTS BRITTEN’S WAR REQUIEMPHILIPPE JORDAN, conductor ELZA VAN DEN HEEVER, soprano IAN BOSTRIDGE, tenor IAIN PATERSON, baritone SAN FRANCISCO BOYS CHORUS ERIC CHOATE, director SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS RAGNAR BOHLIN, director
BRITTEN War Requiem THU MAY 13 8PM FRI MAY 14 8PM SAT MAY 15 8PM
BEETHOVEN 5 & JULIA FISCHERESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor JEAN-YVES THIBAUDET, piano SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
BEETHOVEN Selections from The Creatures of Prometheus FANG MAN New Work (World Premiere, San Francisco Symphony & Toulmin Co-Commission) SCRIABIN Prometheus, The Poem of Fire
THU MAY 20 10AM THU MAY 20 8PM FRI MAY 21 8PM SAT MAY 22 8PM
LUDOVIC MORLOT CONDUCTS LA MERLUDOVIC MORLOT, conductorLOUIS LORTIE, piano SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
BERLIOZ Overture to Béatrice et Bénédict SAINT-SAËNS Piano Concerto No. 5, The EgyptianBETSY JOLAS A Little Summer Suite (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)DEBUSSY La Mer
THU MAY 27 8PM FRI MAY 28 8PM SAT MAY 29 8PM
ELIM CHAN & HILARY HAHN: CARMEN FANTASYELIM CHAN, conductor HILARY HAHN, violin
GINASTERA Violin Concerto (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) SARASATE/BIZET Carmen Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade
THU JUN 3 2PM FRI JUN 4 8PM SAT JUN 5 8PM
RENÉE FLEMING SINGS R. STRAUSS’ FOUR LAST SONGSNATHALIE STUTZMANN, conductorRENÉE FLEMING, soprano SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
BERLIOZ Music from La damnation de Faust R. STRAUSS Four Last Songs (Vier letzte Lieder) BRAHMS Symphony No. 1
THU JUN 10 8PM SAT JUN 12 8PM SUN JUN 13 2PM
SALONEN: MAKE ART, NOT WARESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor PEKKA KUUSISTO, violin SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 1 BRYCE DESSNER Violin Concerto (US Premiere, San Francisco Symphony Co-Commission)HINDEMITH Mathis der Maler (Mathis the Painter)
THU JUN 17 10AM THU JUN 17 8PM FRI JUN 18 8PM SAT JUN 19 8PM SUN JUN 20 2PM
A SEMI-STAGED EVENT SALONEN: WEIMAR NIGHTFALLESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor NORA FISCHER, soprano SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS RAGNAR BOHLIN, directorSIMON MCBURNEY, director GERARD MCBURNEY, dramaturgeLEAH HAUSMAN, associate directorWILL DUKE, video designer ANNA FLEISCHLE, set designerPAUL ANDERSON, lighting designerSHARON ZHU, executive producer
HINDEMITH Mörder, Hoffnung der Frauen (Murderer, the Hope of Women) (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) WEILL Das Berliner Requiem (The Berlin Requiem) (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)WEILL Die sieben Todsünden (The Seven Deadly Sins)
THU JUN 24 8PM FRI JUN 25 8PM SAT JUN 26 8PM
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ELIGIBLE COMPOSE YOUR OWN SERIES CONCERTS PROGRAM DATES
SALONEN: J.S. BACH & SIBELIUS 1ESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
SF Symphony Collaborative Partners reimagine the music of J.S. BACHSIBELIUS Symphony No. 1
FRI OCT 2 8PM SAT OCT 3 8PM
SALONEN: DUKE BLUEBEARD’S CASTLEESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor YEFIM BRONFMAN, pianoMICHELLE DEYOUNG, mezzo-soprano (Judith)GERALD FINLEY, bass-baritone (Bluebeard)SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
BARTÓK Piano Concerto No. 2BARTÓK Duke Bluebeard’s Castlew
THU OCT 8 8PM FRI OCT 9 8PM SAT OCT 10 8PM SUN OCT 11 2PM
SALONEN: RESPIGHI’S PINES OF ROMEESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor MARIANNE CREBASSA, mezzo-sopranoSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
DEBUSSY Ibéria from Images pour orchestre BERIO Folk Songs (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) RAVEL Shéhérazade RESPIGHI Pines of Rome
THU OCT 15 2PM FRI OCT 16 8PM SAT OCT 17 8PM
BUCHBINDER PERFORMS THE COMPLETE BEETHOVEN PIANO CONCERTOS: NOS. 1 & 5RUDOLF BUCHBINDER, conductor and piano
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 1 BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 5, Emperor
FRI OCT 23 8PM SUN OCT 25 2PM
BUCHBINDER PERFORMS THE COMPLETE BEETHOVEN PIANO CONCERTOS: NOS. 2, 3, & 4RUDOLF BUCHBINDER, conductor and piano
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 2 BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 4 BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 3
SAT OCT 24 8PM
FLUTE RECITAL WITH SIR JAMES GALWAYSIR JAMES GALWAY, flute LADY JEANNE GALWAY, flute MICHAEL MCHALE, piano
SUN OCT 25 7:30PM
PIANO RECITAL WITH RUDOLF BUCHBINDERRUDOLF BUCHBINDER, piano
DIABELLI Waltz in C major BEETHOVEN Diabelli Variations
MON OCT 26 7:30PM
CHICK COREA WITH THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONYJOSHUA WEILERSTEIN, conductor CHICK COREA, piano
WALKER Lyric for Strings GERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue SIBELIUS Symphony No. 2
TUE OCT 27 8PM
MTT: MAHLER 1MICHAEL TILSON THOMAS, Music Director Laureate and conductorTIMOTHY HIGGINS, trombone
TIMOTHY HIGGINS Concerto for Trombone (World Premiere, San Francisco Symphony Commission) MAHLER Symphony No. 1
FRI OCT 2 8PM SAT OCT 3 8PM
MTT: BEETHOVEN’S MISSA SOLEMNISMICHAEL TILSON THOMAS, Music Director Laureate and conductorELIZABETH DESHONG, mezzo-sopranoLUCA PISARONI, bass-baritonePACIFIC BOYCHOIRSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS RAGNAR BOHLIN, directorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
BEETHOVEN Missa solemnis THU NOV 5 8PM FRI NOV 6 8PM SUN NOV 8 2PM
ISRAEL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRALAHAV SHANI, conductorISRAEL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
BEN-HAIM Tehillim from Symphony No. 1MOZART Piano Concerto No. 27STRAVINSKY Le Sacre du printemps [1947 revision]
TUE NOV 10 7:30PM
THE FIGHT FOR EQUALITY: JULIA WOLFE & FLORENCE PRICEGIANCARLO GUERRERO, conductor AARON DIEHL, piano LORELEI ENSEMBLE, vocal ensemble
JOAN TOWER Sixth Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) PRICE Piano Concerto (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)JULIA WOLFE Her Story (San Francisco Symphony Premiere & Co-Commission)
THU NOV 12 8PM SAT NOV 14 8PM
SHOSTAKOVICH & TCHAIK 6RAFAEL PAYARE, conductor ALISA WEILERSTEIN, cello SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
CARREÑO Margariteña (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)SHOSTAKOVICH Cello Concerto No. 1 TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6, Pathétique
FRI NOV 20 8PM SAT NOV 21 8PM SUN NOV 22 2PM
THE PRINCESS BRIDE IN CONCERTSARAH HICKS, conductorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
FRI NOV 27 7:30PM SAT NOV 28 7:30PM
HOLIDAY SOULTBD, conductor TBD, guest artist OAKLAND INTERFAITH GOSPEL CHOIR TERRANCE KELLY, directorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
WED DEC 2 7:30PM
SAN FRANCISCO GAY MEN’S CHORUS WITH THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONYDR. TIMOTHY SEELIG, conductor and director SAN FRANCISCO GAY MEN’S CHORUS SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
FRI DEC 4 7:30PM SAT DEC 5 7:30PM
CHAMBER MUSIC WITH BATIASHVILI, CAPUÇON, & THIBAUDETLISA BATIASHVILI, violinGAUTIER CAPUÇON, cello JEAN-YVES THIBAUDET, piano
SUN DEC 6 7:30PM
HANDEL’S MESSIAHSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS RAGNAR BOHLIN, directorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
HANDEL Messiah FRI DEC 11 8PM SAT DEC 12 8PM
PETER AND THE WOLFDANIEL HARDING, Wattis Foundation Music Director SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY YOUTH ORCHESTRA
PROKOFIEV Peter and the Wolf SUN DEC 13 2PM
A MERRY-ACHI CHRISTMASMARIACHI SOL DE MÉXICO® DE JOSÉ HERNÁNDEZ, guest artist
SUN DEC 13 8PM
LOVE ACTUALLY FILM WITH LIVE ORCHESTRATHIAGO TIBERIO, conductorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
TUE DEC 15 7:30PM WED DEC 16 7:30PM
HOLIDAY BRASSEDWIN OUTWATER, conductorMEMBERS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY BRASS, PERCUSSION, AND TIMPANI SECTIONS
THU DEC 17 7:30PM
A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS—LIVE!RANDALL CRAIG FLEISCHER, conductor SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS RAGNAR BOHLIN, directorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
FRI DEC 18 7:30PM SAT DEC 19 2PM TUE DEC 22 7:30PM WED DEC 23 2PM
HOME ALONE FILM WITH LIVE ORCHESTRARANDALL CRAIG FLEISCHER, conductor YOUNG WOMEN’S CHORAL PROJECTS SUSAN MCMANE, director SAN FRANCISCO BOYS CHORUS ERIC CHOATE, director RAGAZZI BOYS CHORUS, KENT JUE, directorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
SAT DEC 19 7:30PM TUE DEC 22 2PM WED DEC 23 7:30PM
TWAS THE NIGHTRAGNAR BOHLIN, conductor SAN FRANCISCO GIRLS CHORUS VALERIE SAINTE-AGATHE, directorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS MEMBERS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY BRASS SECTION
SUN DEC 20 7:30PM
NEW YEAR’S GAEITYEDWIN OUTWATER, conductorEDWIN OUTWATER AND PEACHES CHRIST, co-emcee TBD, guest artists SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
THU DEC 31 8PM
RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK FILM WITH LIVE ORCHESTRASAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
FRI JAN 8 7:30PM SAT JAN 9 7:30PM
AN EVENING WITH ITZHAK PERLMANITZHAK PERLMAN, violinROHAN DE SILVA, piano
SUN JAN 10 7:30PM
A NEW AMERICAN SOUNDCRISTIAN MĂCELARU, conductorTIM MCALLISTER, saxophone SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
VALERIE COLEMAN Umoja (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) JOHN CORIGLIANO Saxophone Concerto (World Premiere, San Francisco Symphony Commission) JAKE HEGGIE (ARR. MĂCELARU) Moby-Dick Orchestra Suite (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) WYNTON MARSALIS Selections from Blues Symphony (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)
THU JAN 14 8PM FRI JAN 15 8PM SAT JAN 16 8PM
MTT: EMANUEL AX PLAYS MOZARTMICHAEL TILSON THOMAS, Music Director Laureate and conductorEMANUEL AX, piano SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 17 BRUCKNER Symphony No. 9, Unfinished
THU JAN 21 8PM FRI NOV 22 8PM SAT NOV 23 8PM
MASAAKI SUZUKI & THE BACH COLLEGIUM JAPANMASAAKI SUZUKI, conductorBACH COLLEGIUM JAPAN
J.S. BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048J.S. BACH Cantata No. 147, Herz und Mund und Tat und LebenMOZART Mass in C minor, K.427(417a)
SUN JAN 24 7:30PM
MTT: YUJA PLAYS RACH PIANO CONCERTO NO. 2MICHAEL TILSON THOMAS, Music Director Laureate and conductorYUJA WANG, piano SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 2 SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 15
WED JAN 27 10AM WED JAN 27 8PM THU JAN 28 8PM FRI JAN 29 8PM SAT JAN 30 8PM
VALERY GERGIEV & THE MARIINSKY ORCHESTRAVALERY GERGIEV, conductorALEXANDRE KANTOROW, piano MARIINSKY ORCHESTRA
DEBUSSY Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 2 RACHMANINOFF Symphony No. 2
MON FEB 1 7:30PM
CAPUCON & YUJA WANGGAUTIER CAPUÇON, cello YUJA WANG, piano
TUE FEB 2 8PM
GIVE ME SHELTER: GABRIEL KAHANE’S EMERGENCY SHELTER INTAKE FORMEDWIN OUTWATER, conductorCONRAD TAO, piano ALICIA HALL MORAN, mezzo-sopranoCHORUS OF INCONVENIENT STATISTICS, Holland Andrews; Gabriel Kahane; Holcombe WallerCOMMUNITY CHORUS SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
GERSHWIN Piano Concerto in F GABRIEL KAHANE emergency shelter intake form (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)
THU FEB 4 10AM THU FEB 4 8PM SAT FEB 6 8PM
VIOLIN RECITAL WITH JOSHUA BELLJOSHUA BELL, violin PETER DUGAN, piano
MON FEB 8 7:30PM
LUNAR NEW YEAR: CELEBRATING ASIAPERRY SO, conductor WU MAN, pipa SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
TEXU KIM Bounce!! (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)HARRISON Concerto for Pipa with String Orchestra (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) YOUNGHI PAGH-PAAN NIM (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)TAKASHI YOSHIMATSU The Age of Birds (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)ZHOU LONG The Rhyme of Taigu (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)
THU FEB 11 10AM THU FEB 11 8PM SAT FEB 13 8PM
AN EVENING WITH BERNADETTE PETERSBERNADETTE PETERS, guest artist MARVIN LAIRD, conductor and pianoGENIE WIE, violinPHIL SANTOS, violin CLIO TILTON, violaNORA PIRQUET, celloKEVIN AXT, bassMARY FETTIG, woodwindsRICHARD MATHIAS, woodwindsDANA BAUER, oboe and english hornCAITLYN SMITH, french hornCUBBY O’BRIEN, drums
FRI FEB 12 7:30PM
DANIIL TRIFONOV IN RECITALDANIIL TRIFONOV, piano
SUN FEB 14 7:30PM
BLOMSTEDT: SIBELIUS 4 & HÉLÈNE GRIMAUDHERBERT BLOMSTEDT, Conductor Laureate and conductorHÉLÈNE GRIMAUD, piano SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
BRAHMS Tragic Overture SIBELIUS Symphony No. 4 SCHUMANN Piano Concerto
THU FEB 18 8PM FRI FEB 19 8PM SUN FEB 21 2PM
BLOMSTEDT: MOZART & SCHUBERTHERBERT BLOMSTEDT, Conductor Laureate and conductorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
MOZART Symphony No. 39 SCHUBERT Symphony in C major, The Great
THU FEB 25 2PM SAT FEB 27 8PM SUN FEB 28 2PM
SALONEN CONDUCTS SALONEN & RAVELESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS RAGNAR BOHLIN, director SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
RAMEAU Castor and Pollux Suite ESA-PEKKA SALONEN Gemini (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)RAVEL Daphnis et Chloé
FRI MAR 5 8PM SAT MAR 6 8PM SUN MAR 7 2PM
ORQUESTRA SINFONICA NACIONALCARLOS MIQUEL PRIETO, conductorORQUESTA SINFÓNICA NACIONAL
CHÁVEZ Sinfonía india (Symphony No. 2) GABRIELA MONTERO Latin Concerto REVUELTAS La noche de los Mayas
SUN MAR 7 7:30PM
SALONEN: SCRIABIN’S PROMETHEUSESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor JEAN-YVES THIBAUDET, piano SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
BEETHOVEN Selections from The Creatures of Prometheus FANG MAN New Work (World Premiere, San Francisco Symphony & Toulmin Co-Commission) SCRIABIN Prometheus, The Poem of Fire
THU MAR 11 8PM FRI MAR 12 8PM SAT MAR 13 8PM
SALONEN: R. STRAUSS’ ELEKTRAESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor CHRISTINE GOERKE, soprano (Elektra) EMILY MAGEE, soprano (Chrysothemis) ANNA LARSSON, contralto (Klytemnestra) ALAN OKE, tenor (Aegisth) PEIXIN CHEN, bass-baritone (Orest) SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS RAGNAR BOHLIN, director SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 2 SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 15
THU MAR 18 8PM SAT MAR 20 8PM MON MAR 22 7:30PM
PIANO RECITAL: LANG LANG PLAYS GOLDBERG VARIATIONSLANG LANG, piano
J.S. BACH Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 SUN MAR 21 7:30PM
DANIEL HARDING CONDUCTS EIN HELDENLEBENDANIEL HARDING, conductor ANTOINE TAMESTIT, viola SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
HELEN GRIME Virga (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) JÖRG WIDMANN Viola Concerto (US Premiere)R. STRAUSS Ein Heldenleben
FRI MAR 26 8PM SAT MAR 27 8PM SUN MAR 28 2PM
SKYFALL IN CONCERT FILM WITH LIVE ORCHESTRADAVID NEWMAN conductorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
FRI APR 2 7:30PM SAT APR 3 7:30PM
PIANO RECITAL WITH JEAN-YVES THIBAUDETJEAN-YVES THIBAUDET, piano
DEBUSSY Preludes for Piano, Book 1DEBUSSY Preludes for Piano, Book 2
MON APR 5 7:30PM
BERLIOZ’S SYMPHONIE FANTASTIQUE
HAN-NA CHANG, conductor VÍKINGUR ÓLAFSSON, piano SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
SOFIA GUBAIDULINA Fairytale Poem (Märchen-Poem) (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) GRIEG Piano Concerto BERLIOZ Symphonie fantastique
THU APR 8 2PM FRI APR 9 8PM SAT APR 10 8PM
THE GODFATHER LIVE FILM WITH LIVE ORCHESTRAJUSTIN FREER, conductorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
FRI APR 16 7:30PM SAT APR 17 7:30PM
JANE GLOVER CONDUCTS J.S. BACH MASS IN B MINORJANE GLOVER, conductor JOÉLLE HARVEY, soprano ELIZABETH DESHONG, mezzo-soprano JONAS HACKER, tenorTYLER DUNCAN, baritone SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS RAGNAR BOHLIN, director SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
BRAHMS Tragic Overture SIBELIUS Symphony No. 4 SCHUMANN Piano Concerto
THU APR 22 10AM THU APR 22 8PM FRI APR 23 8PM SAT APR 24 8PM
JURAJ VALCUHA & JOSHUA BELLJURAJ VALČUHA, conductor JOSHUA BELL, violin SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
CAROLINE SHAW Entr’acte (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)BEHZAD RANJBARAN Violin Concerto (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)RACHMANINOFF Symphonic Dances
THU APR 29 2PM FRI APR 30 8PM SAT MAY 1 8PM
JAMES GAFFIGAN CONDUCTS SCHUMANN 4JAMES GAFFIGAN, conductorNOA WILDSCHUT, violin SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
HAYDN Symphony No. 88FRANCISCO COLL Four Iberian Miniatures (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)SCHUMANN Symphony No. 4
THU MAY 6 10AM THU MAY 6 8PM FRI MAY 7 8PM SAT MAY 8 8PM
PHILLIPPE JORDAN CONDUCTS BRITTEN’S WAR REQUIEMPHILIPPE JORDAN, conductor ELZA VAN DEN HEEVER, soprano IAN BOSTRIDGE, tenor IAIN PATERSON, baritone SAN FRANCISCO BOYS CHORUS ERIC CHOATE, director SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS RAGNAR BOHLIN, director
BRITTEN War Requiem THU MAY 13 8PM FRI MAY 14 8PM SAT MAY 15 8PM
BEETHOVEN 5 & JULIA FISCHERESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor JEAN-YVES THIBAUDET, piano SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
BEETHOVEN Selections from The Creatures of Prometheus FANG MAN New Work (World Premiere, San Francisco Symphony & Toulmin Co-Commission) SCRIABIN Prometheus, The Poem of Fire
THU MAY 20 10AM THU MAY 20 8PM FRI MAY 21 8PM SAT MAY 22 8PM
LUDOVIC MORLOT CONDUCTS LA MERLUDOVIC MORLOT, conductorLOUIS LORTIE, piano SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
BERLIOZ Overture to Béatrice et Bénédict SAINT-SAËNS Piano Concerto No. 5, The EgyptianBETSY JOLAS A Little Summer Suite (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)DEBUSSY La Mer
THU MAY 27 8PM FRI MAY 28 8PM SAT MAY 29 8PM
ELIM CHAN & HILARY HAHN: CARMEN FANTASYELIM CHAN, conductor HILARY HAHN, violin
GINASTERA Violin Concerto (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) SARASATE/BIZET Carmen Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade
THU JUN 3 2PM FRI JUN 4 8PM SAT JUN 5 8PM
RENÉE FLEMING SINGS R. STRAUSS’ FOUR LAST SONGSNATHALIE STUTZMANN, conductorRENÉE FLEMING, soprano SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
BERLIOZ Music from La damnation de Faust R. STRAUSS Four Last Songs (Vier letzte Lieder) BRAHMS Symphony No. 1
THU JUN 10 8PM SAT JUN 12 8PM SUN JUN 13 2PM
SALONEN: MAKE ART, NOT WARESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor PEKKA KUUSISTO, violin SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 1 BRYCE DESSNER Violin Concerto (US Premiere, San Francisco Symphony Co-Commission)HINDEMITH Mathis der Maler (Mathis the Painter)
THU JUN 17 10AM THU JUN 17 8PM FRI JUN 18 8PM SAT JUN 19 8PM SUN JUN 20 2PM
A SEMI-STAGED EVENT SALONEN: WEIMAR NIGHTFALLESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor NORA FISCHER, soprano SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS RAGNAR BOHLIN, directorSIMON MCBURNEY, director GERARD MCBURNEY, dramaturgeLEAH HAUSMAN, associate directorWILL DUKE, video designer ANNA FLEISCHLE, set designerPAUL ANDERSON, lighting designerSHARON ZHU, executive producer
HINDEMITH Mörder, Hoffnung der Frauen (Murderer, the Hope of Women) (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) WEILL Das Berliner Requiem (The Berlin Requiem) (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)WEILL Die sieben Todsünden (The Seven Deadly Sins)
THU JUN 24 8PM FRI JUN 25 8PM SAT JUN 26 8PM
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ELIGIBLE COMPOSE YOUR OWN SERIES CONCERTS PROGRAM DATES
SALONEN: J.S. BACH & SIBELIUS 1ESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
SF Symphony Collaborative Partners reimagine the music of J.S. BACHSIBELIUS Symphony No. 1
FRI OCT 2 8PM SAT OCT 3 8PM
SALONEN: DUKE BLUEBEARD’S CASTLEESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor YEFIM BRONFMAN, pianoMICHELLE DEYOUNG, mezzo-soprano (Judith)GERALD FINLEY, bass-baritone (Bluebeard)SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
BARTÓK Piano Concerto No. 2BARTÓK Duke Bluebeard’s Castlew
THU OCT 8 8PM FRI OCT 9 8PM SAT OCT 10 8PM SUN OCT 11 2PM
SALONEN: RESPIGHI’S PINES OF ROMEESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor MARIANNE CREBASSA, mezzo-sopranoSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
DEBUSSY Ibéria from Images pour orchestre BERIO Folk Songs (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) RAVEL Shéhérazade RESPIGHI Pines of Rome
THU OCT 15 2PM FRI OCT 16 8PM SAT OCT 17 8PM
BUCHBINDER PERFORMS THE COMPLETE BEETHOVEN PIANO CONCERTOS: NOS. 1 & 5RUDOLF BUCHBINDER, conductor and piano
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 1 BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 5, Emperor
FRI OCT 23 8PM SUN OCT 25 2PM
BUCHBINDER PERFORMS THE COMPLETE BEETHOVEN PIANO CONCERTOS: NOS. 2, 3, & 4RUDOLF BUCHBINDER, conductor and piano
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 2 BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 4 BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 3
SAT OCT 24 8PM
FLUTE RECITAL WITH SIR JAMES GALWAYSIR JAMES GALWAY, flute LADY JEANNE GALWAY, flute MICHAEL MCHALE, piano
SUN OCT 25 7:30PM
PIANO RECITAL WITH RUDOLF BUCHBINDERRUDOLF BUCHBINDER, piano
DIABELLI Waltz in C major BEETHOVEN Diabelli Variations
MON OCT 26 7:30PM
CHICK COREA WITH THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONYJOSHUA WEILERSTEIN, conductor CHICK COREA, piano
WALKER Lyric for Strings GERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue SIBELIUS Symphony No. 2
TUE OCT 27 8PM
MTT: MAHLER 1MICHAEL TILSON THOMAS, Music Director Laureate and conductorTIMOTHY HIGGINS, trombone
TIMOTHY HIGGINS Concerto for Trombone (World Premiere, San Francisco Symphony Commission) MAHLER Symphony No. 1
FRI OCT 2 8PM SAT OCT 3 8PM
MTT: BEETHOVEN’S MISSA SOLEMNISMICHAEL TILSON THOMAS, Music Director Laureate and conductorELIZABETH DESHONG, mezzo-sopranoLUCA PISARONI, bass-baritonePACIFIC BOYCHOIRSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS RAGNAR BOHLIN, directorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
BEETHOVEN Missa solemnis THU NOV 5 8PM FRI NOV 6 8PM SUN NOV 8 2PM
ISRAEL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRALAHAV SHANI, conductorISRAEL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
BEN-HAIM Tehillim from Symphony No. 1MOZART Piano Concerto No. 27STRAVINSKY Le Sacre du printemps [1947 revision]
TUE NOV 10 7:30PM
THE FIGHT FOR EQUALITY: JULIA WOLFE & FLORENCE PRICEGIANCARLO GUERRERO, conductor AARON DIEHL, piano LORELEI ENSEMBLE, vocal ensemble
JOAN TOWER Sixth Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) PRICE Piano Concerto (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)JULIA WOLFE Her Story (San Francisco Symphony Premiere & Co-Commission)
THU NOV 12 8PM SAT NOV 14 8PM
SHOSTAKOVICH & TCHAIK 6RAFAEL PAYARE, conductor ALISA WEILERSTEIN, cello SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
CARREÑO Margariteña (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)SHOSTAKOVICH Cello Concerto No. 1 TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6, Pathétique
FRI NOV 20 8PM SAT NOV 21 8PM SUN NOV 22 2PM
THE PRINCESS BRIDE IN CONCERTSARAH HICKS, conductorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
FRI NOV 27 7:30PM SAT NOV 28 7:30PM
HOLIDAY SOULTBD, conductor TBD, guest artist OAKLAND INTERFAITH GOSPEL CHOIR TERRANCE KELLY, directorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
WED DEC 2 7:30PM
SAN FRANCISCO GAY MEN’S CHORUS WITH THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONYDR. TIMOTHY SEELIG, conductor and director SAN FRANCISCO GAY MEN’S CHORUS SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
FRI DEC 4 7:30PM SAT DEC 5 7:30PM
CHAMBER MUSIC WITH BATIASHVILI, CAPUÇON, & THIBAUDETLISA BATIASHVILI, violinGAUTIER CAPUÇON, cello JEAN-YVES THIBAUDET, piano
SUN DEC 6 7:30PM
HANDEL’S MESSIAHSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS RAGNAR BOHLIN, directorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
HANDEL Messiah FRI DEC 11 8PM SAT DEC 12 8PM
PETER AND THE WOLFDANIEL HARDING, Wattis Foundation Music Director SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY YOUTH ORCHESTRA
PROKOFIEV Peter and the Wolf SUN DEC 13 2PM
A MERRY-ACHI CHRISTMASMARIACHI SOL DE MÉXICO® DE JOSÉ HERNÁNDEZ, guest artist
SUN DEC 13 8PM
LOVE ACTUALLY FILM WITH LIVE ORCHESTRATHIAGO TIBERIO, conductorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
TUE DEC 15 7:30PM WED DEC 16 7:30PM
HOLIDAY BRASSEDWIN OUTWATER, conductorMEMBERS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY BRASS, PERCUSSION, AND TIMPANI SECTIONS
THU DEC 17 7:30PM
A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS—LIVE!RANDALL CRAIG FLEISCHER, conductor SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS RAGNAR BOHLIN, directorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
FRI DEC 18 7:30PM SAT DEC 19 2PM TUE DEC 22 7:30PM WED DEC 23 2PM
HOME ALONE FILM WITH LIVE ORCHESTRARANDALL CRAIG FLEISCHER, conductor YOUNG WOMEN’S CHORAL PROJECTS SUSAN MCMANE, director SAN FRANCISCO BOYS CHORUS ERIC CHOATE, director RAGAZZI BOYS CHORUS, KENT JUE, directorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
SAT DEC 19 7:30PM TUE DEC 22 2PM WED DEC 23 7:30PM
TWAS THE NIGHTRAGNAR BOHLIN, conductor SAN FRANCISCO GIRLS CHORUS VALERIE SAINTE-AGATHE, directorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS MEMBERS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY BRASS SECTION
SUN DEC 20 7:30PM
NEW YEAR’S GAEITYEDWIN OUTWATER, conductorEDWIN OUTWATER AND PEACHES CHRIST, co-emcee TBD, guest artists SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
THU DEC 31 8PM
RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK FILM WITH LIVE ORCHESTRASAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
FRI JAN 8 7:30PM SAT JAN 9 7:30PM
AN EVENING WITH ITZHAK PERLMANITZHAK PERLMAN, violinROHAN DE SILVA, piano
SUN JAN 10 7:30PM
BLOMSTEDT: SIBELIUS 4 & HÉLÈNE GRIMAUDHERBERT BLOMSTEDT, Conductor Laureate and conductorHÉLÈNE GRIMAUD, piano SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
BRAHMS Tragic Overture SIBELIUS Symphony No. 4 SCHUMANN Piano Concerto
THU FEB 18 8PM FRI FEB 19 8PM SUN FEB 21 2PM
MTT: EMANUEL AX PLAYS MOZARTMICHAEL TILSON THOMAS, Music Director Laureate and conductorEMANUEL AX, piano SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 17 BRUCKNER Symphony No. 9, Unfinished
THU JAN 21 8PM FRI NOV 22 8PM SAT NOV 23 8PM
MASAAKI SUZUKI & THE BACH COLLEGIUM JAPANMASAAKI SUZUKI, conductorBACH COLLEGIUM JAPAN
J.S. BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048J.S. BACH Cantata No. 147, Herz und Mund und Tat und LebenMOZART Mass in C minor, K.427(417a)
SUN JAN 24 7:30PM
MTT: YUJA PLAYS RACH PIANO CONCERTO NO. 2MICHAEL TILSON THOMAS, Music Director Laureate and conductorYUJA WANG, piano SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 2 SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 15
WED JAN 27 10AM WED JAN 27 8PM THU JAN 28 8PM FRI JAN 29 8PM SAT JAN 30 8PM
VALERY GERGIEV & THE MARIINSKY ORCHESTRAVALERY GERGIEV, conductorALEXANDRE KANTOROW, piano MARIINSKY ORCHESTRA
DEBUSSY Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 2 RACHMANINOFF Symphony No. 2
MON FEB 1 7:30PM
CAPUCON & YUJA WANGGAUTIER CAPUÇON, cello YUJA WANG, piano
TUE FEB 2 8PM
GIVE ME SHELTER: GABRIEL KAHANE’S EMERGENCY SHELTER INTAKE FORMEDWIN OUTWATER, conductorCONRAD TAO, piano ALICIA HALL MORAN, mezzo-sopranoCHORUS OF INCONVENIENT STATISTICS, Holland Andrews; Gabriel Kahane; Holcombe WallerCOMMUNITY CHORUS SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
GERSHWIN Piano Concerto in F GABRIEL KAHANE emergency shelter intake form (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)
THU FEB 4 10AM THU FEB 4 8PM SAT FEB 6 8PM
VIOLIN RECITAL WITH JOSHUA BELLJOSHUA BELL, violin
MON FEB 8 7:30PM
LUNAR NEW YEAR: CELEBRATING ASIAPERRY SO, conductor WU MAN, pipa SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
TEXU KIM Bounce!! (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)HARRISON Concerto for Pipa with String Orchestra (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) YOUNGHI PAGH-PAAN NIM (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)TAKASHI YOSHIMATSU The Age of Birds (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)ZHOU LONG The Rhyme of Taigu (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)
THU FEB 11 10AM THU FEB 11 8PM SAT FEB 13 8PM
AN EVENING WITH BERNADETTE PETERSBERNADETTE PETERS, guest artist MEMBERS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
FRI FEB 12 7:30PM
DANIIL TRIFONOV IN RECITALDANIIL TRIFONOV, piano
SUN FEB 14 7:30PM
BLOMSTEDT: SIBELIUS 4 & HÉLÈNE GRIMAUDHERBERT BLOMSTEDT, Conductor Laureate and conductorHÉLÈNE GRIMAUD, piano SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
BRAHMS Tragic Overture SIBELIUS Symphony No. 4 SCHUMANN Piano Concerto
THU FEB 18 8PM FRI FEB 19 8PM SUN FEB 21 2PM
BLOMSTEDT: MOZART & SCHUBERTHERBERT BLOMSTEDT, Conductor Laureate and conductorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
MOZART Symphony No. 39 SCHUBERT Symphony in C major, The Great
THU FEB 25 2PM SAT FEB 27 8PM SUN FEB 28 2PM
SALONEN CONDUCTS SALONEN & RAVELESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS RAGNAR BOHLIN, director SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
RAMEAU Castor and Pollux Suite ESA-PEKKA SALONEN Gemini (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)RAVEL Daphnis et Chloé
FRI MAR 5 8PM SAT MAR 6 8PM SUN MAR 7 2PM
ORQUESTA SINFÓNICA NACIONALCARLOS MIGUEL PRIETO, conductor GABRIELA MONTERO, pianoORQUESTA SINFÓNICA NACIONAL
CHÁVEZ Sinfonía india (Symphony No. 2) GABRIELA MONTERO Latin Concerto REVUELTAS La noche de los Mayas
SUN MAR 7 7:30PM
SALONEN: SCRIABIN’S PROMETHEUSESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor JEAN-YVES THIBAUDET, piano SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
BEETHOVEN Selections from The Creatures of Prometheus FANG MAN New Work (World Premiere, San Francisco Symphony & Toulmin Co-Commission) SCRIABIN Prometheus, The Poem of Fire
THU MAR 11 8PM FRI MAR 12 8PM SAT MAR 13 8PM
SALONEN: R. STRAUSS’ ELEKTRAESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor CHRISTINE GOERKE, soprano (Elektra) EMILY MAGEE, soprano (Chrysothemis) ANNA LARSSON, contralto (Klytemnestra) ALAN OKE, tenor (Aegisth) PEIXIN CHEN, bass-baritone (Orest) SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS RAGNAR BOHLIN, director SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
R. STRAUSS Elektra THU MAR 18 8PM SAT MAR 20 8PM MON MAR 22 7:30PM
PIANO RECITAL: LANG LANG PLAYS GOLDBERG VARIATIONSLANG LANG, piano
J.S. BACH Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 SUN MAR 21 7:30PM
DANIEL HARDING CONDUCTS EIN HELDENLEBENDANIEL HARDING, conductor ANTOINE TAMESTIT, viola SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
HELEN GRIME Virga (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) JÖRG WIDMANN Viola Concerto (US Premiere)R. STRAUSS Ein Heldenleben
FRI MAR 26 8PM SAT MAR 27 8PM SUN MAR 28 2PM
SKYFALL IN CONCERT FILM WITH LIVE ORCHESTRADAVID NEWMAN conductorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
FRI APR 2 7:30PM SAT APR 3 7:30PM
PIANO RECITAL WITH JEAN-YVES THIBAUDETJEAN-YVES THIBAUDET, piano
DEBUSSY Preludes for Piano, Book 1DEBUSSY Preludes for Piano, Book 2
MON APR 5 7:30PM
BERLIOZ’S SYMPHONIE FANTASTIQUE
HAN-NA CHANG, conductor VÍKINGUR ÓLAFSSON, piano SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
SOFIA GUBAIDULINA Fairytale Poem (Märchen-Poem) (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) GRIEG Piano Concerto BERLIOZ Symphonie fantastique
THU APR 8 2PM FRI APR 9 8PM SAT APR 10 8PM
THE GODFATHER LIVE FILM WITH LIVE ORCHESTRAJUSTIN FREER, conductorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
FRI APR 16 7:30PM SAT APR 17 7:30PM
JANE GLOVER CONDUCTS J.S. BACH MASS IN B MINORJANE GLOVER, conductor JOÉLLE HARVEY, soprano ELIZABETH DESHONG, mezzo-soprano JONAS HACKER, tenorTYLER DUNCAN, baritone SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS RAGNAR BOHLIN, director SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
BRAHMS Tragic Overture SIBELIUS Symphony No. 4 SCHUMANN Piano Concerto
THU APR 22 10AM THU APR 22 8PM FRI APR 23 8PM SAT APR 24 8PM
JURAJ VALCUHA & JOSHUA BELLJURAJ VALČUHA, conductor JOSHUA BELL, violin SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
CAROLINE SHAW Entr’acte (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)BEHZAD RANJBARAN Violin Concerto (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)RACHMANINOFF Symphonic Dances
THU APR 29 2PM FRI APR 30 8PM SAT MAY 1 8PM
JAMES GAFFIGAN CONDUCTS SCHUMANN 4JAMES GAFFIGAN, conductorNOA WILDSCHUT, violin SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
HAYDN Symphony No. 88FRANCISCO COLL Four Iberian Miniatures (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)SCHUMANN Symphony No. 4
THU MAY 6 10AM THU MAY 6 8PM FRI MAY 7 8PM SAT MAY 8 8PM
PHILLIPPE JORDAN CONDUCTS BRITTEN’S WAR REQUIEMPHILIPPE JORDAN, conductor ELZA VAN DEN HEEVER, soprano IAN BOSTRIDGE, tenor IAIN PATERSON, baritone SAN FRANCISCO BOYS CHORUS ERIC CHOATE, director SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS RAGNAR BOHLIN, director
BRITTEN War Requiem THU MAY 13 8PM FRI MAY 14 8PM SAT MAY 15 8PM
BEETHOVEN 5 & JULIA FISCHERESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor JEAN-YVES THIBAUDET, piano SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
BEETHOVEN Selections from The Creatures of Prometheus FANG MAN New Work (World Premiere, San Francisco Symphony & Toulmin Co-Commission) SCRIABIN Prometheus, The Poem of Fire
THU MAY 20 10AM THU MAY 20 8PM FRI MAY 21 8PM SAT MAY 22 8PM
LUDOVIC MORLOT CONDUCTS LA MERLUDOVIC MORLOT, conductorLOUIS LORTIE, piano SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
BERLIOZ Overture to Béatrice et Bénédict SAINT-SAËNS Piano Concerto No. 5, The EgyptianBETSY JOLAS A Little Summer Suite (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)DEBUSSY La Mer
THU MAY 27 8PM FRI MAY 28 8PM SAT MAY 29 8PM
ELIM CHAN & HILARY HAHN: CARMEN FANTASYELIM CHAN, conductor HILARY HAHN, violin
GINASTERA Violin Concerto (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) SARASATE/BIZET Carmen Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade
THU JUN 3 2PM FRI JUN 4 8PM SAT JUN 5 8PM
RENÉE FLEMING SINGS R. STRAUSS’ FOUR LAST SONGSNATHALIE STUTZMANN, conductorRENÉE FLEMING, soprano SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
BERLIOZ Music from La damnation de Faust R. STRAUSS Four Last Songs (Vier letzte Lieder) BRAHMS Symphony No. 1
THU JUN 10 8PM SAT JUN 12 8PM SUN JUN 13 2PM
SALONEN: MAKE ART, NOT WARESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor PEKKA KUUSISTO, violin SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 1 BRYCE DESSNER Violin Concerto (US Premiere, San Francisco Symphony Co-Commission)HINDEMITH Mathis der Maler (Mathis the Painter)
THU JUN 17 10AM THU JUN 17 8PM FRI JUN 18 8PM SAT JUN 19 8PM SUN JUN 20 2PM
A SEMI-STAGED EVENT SALONEN: WEIMAR NIGHTFALLESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor NORA FISCHER, soprano SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS RAGNAR BOHLIN, directorSIMON MCBURNEY, director GERARD MCBURNEY, dramaturgeLEAH HAUSMAN, associate directorWILL DUKE, video designer ANNA FLEISCHLE, set designerPAUL ANDERSON, lighting designerSHARON ZHU, executive producer
HINDEMITH Mörder, Hoffnung der Frauen (Murderer, the Hope of Women) (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) WEILL Das Berliner Requiem (The Berlin Requiem) (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)WEILL Die sieben Todsünden (The Seven Deadly Sins)
THU JUN 24 8PM FRI JUN 25 8PM SAT JUN 26 8PM
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ELIGIBLE COMPOSE YOUR OWN SERIES CONCERTS PROGRAM DATES
SALONEN: J.S. BACH & SIBELIUS 1ESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
SF Symphony Collaborative Partners reimagine the music of J.S. BACHSIBELIUS Symphony No. 1
FRI OCT 2 8PM SAT OCT 3 8PM
SALONEN: DUKE BLUEBEARD’S CASTLEESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor YEFIM BRONFMAN, pianoMICHELLE DEYOUNG, mezzo-soprano (Judith)GERALD FINLEY, bass-baritone (Bluebeard)SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
BARTÓK Piano Concerto No. 2BARTÓK Duke Bluebeard’s Castlew
THU OCT 8 8PM FRI OCT 9 8PM SAT OCT 10 8PM SUN OCT 11 2PM
SALONEN: RESPIGHI’S PINES OF ROMEESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor MARIANNE CREBASSA, mezzo-sopranoSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
DEBUSSY Ibéria from Images pour orchestre BERIO Folk Songs (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) RAVEL Shéhérazade RESPIGHI Pines of Rome
THU OCT 15 2PM FRI OCT 16 8PM SAT OCT 17 8PM
BUCHBINDER PERFORMS THE COMPLETE BEETHOVEN PIANO CONCERTOS: NOS. 1 & 5RUDOLF BUCHBINDER, conductor and piano
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 1 BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 5, Emperor
FRI OCT 23 8PM SUN OCT 25 2PM
BUCHBINDER PERFORMS THE COMPLETE BEETHOVEN PIANO CONCERTOS: NOS. 2, 3, & 4RUDOLF BUCHBINDER, conductor and piano
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 2 BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 4 BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 3
SAT OCT 24 8PM
FLUTE RECITAL WITH SIR JAMES GALWAYSIR JAMES GALWAY, flute LADY JEANNE GALWAY, flute MICHAEL MCHALE, piano
SUN OCT 25 7:30PM
PIANO RECITAL WITH RUDOLF BUCHBINDERRUDOLF BUCHBINDER, piano
DIABELLI Waltz in C major BEETHOVEN Diabelli Variations
MON OCT 26 7:30PM
CHICK COREA WITH THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONYJOSHUA WEILERSTEIN, conductor CHICK COREA, piano
WALKER Lyric for Strings GERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue SIBELIUS Symphony No. 2
TUE OCT 27 8PM
MTT: MAHLER 1MICHAEL TILSON THOMAS, Music Director Laureate and conductorTIMOTHY HIGGINS, trombone
TIMOTHY HIGGINS Concerto for Trombone (World Premiere, San Francisco Symphony Commission) MAHLER Symphony No. 1
FRI OCT 2 8PM SAT OCT 3 8PM
MTT: BEETHOVEN’S MISSA SOLEMNISMICHAEL TILSON THOMAS, Music Director Laureate and conductorELIZABETH DESHONG, mezzo-sopranoLUCA PISARONI, bass-baritonePACIFIC BOYCHOIRSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS RAGNAR BOHLIN, directorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
BEETHOVEN Missa solemnis THU NOV 5 8PM FRI NOV 6 8PM SUN NOV 8 2PM
ISRAEL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRALAHAV SHANI, conductorISRAEL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
BEN-HAIM Tehillim from Symphony No. 1MOZART Piano Concerto No. 27STRAVINSKY Le Sacre du printemps [1947 revision]
TUE NOV 10 7:30PM
THE FIGHT FOR EQUALITY: JULIA WOLFE & FLORENCE PRICEGIANCARLO GUERRERO, conductor AARON DIEHL, piano LORELEI ENSEMBLE, vocal ensemble
JOAN TOWER Sixth Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) PRICE Piano Concerto (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)JULIA WOLFE Her Story (San Francisco Symphony Premiere & Co-Commission)
THU NOV 12 8PM SAT NOV 14 8PM
SHOSTAKOVICH & TCHAIK 6RAFAEL PAYARE, conductor ALISA WEILERSTEIN, cello SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
CARREÑO Margariteña (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)SHOSTAKOVICH Cello Concerto No. 1 TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6, Pathétique
FRI NOV 20 8PM SAT NOV 21 8PM SUN NOV 22 2PM
THE PRINCESS BRIDE IN CONCERTSARAH HICKS, conductorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
FRI NOV 27 7:30PM SAT NOV 28 7:30PM
HOLIDAY SOULTBD, conductor TBD, guest artist OAKLAND INTERFAITH GOSPEL CHOIR TERRANCE KELLY, directorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
WED DEC 2 7:30PM
SAN FRANCISCO GAY MEN’S CHORUS WITH THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONYDR. TIMOTHY SEELIG, conductor and director SAN FRANCISCO GAY MEN’S CHORUS SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
FRI DEC 4 7:30PM SAT DEC 5 7:30PM
CHAMBER MUSIC WITH BATIASHVILI, CAPUÇON, & THIBAUDETLISA BATIASHVILI, violinGAUTIER CAPUÇON, cello JEAN-YVES THIBAUDET, piano
SUN DEC 6 7:30PM
HANDEL’S MESSIAHSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS RAGNAR BOHLIN, directorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
HANDEL Messiah FRI DEC 11 8PM SAT DEC 12 8PM
PETER AND THE WOLFDANIEL HARDING, Wattis Foundation Music Director SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY YOUTH ORCHESTRA
PROKOFIEV Peter and the Wolf SUN DEC 13 2PM
A MERRY-ACHI CHRISTMASMARIACHI SOL DE MÉXICO® DE JOSÉ HERNÁNDEZ, guest artist
SUN DEC 13 8PM
LOVE ACTUALLY FILM WITH LIVE ORCHESTRATHIAGO TIBERIO, conductorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
TUE DEC 15 7:30PM WED DEC 16 7:30PM
HOLIDAY BRASSEDWIN OUTWATER, conductorMEMBERS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY BRASS, PERCUSSION, AND TIMPANI SECTIONS
THU DEC 17 7:30PM
A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS—LIVE!RANDALL CRAIG FLEISCHER, conductor SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS RAGNAR BOHLIN, directorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
FRI DEC 18 7:30PM SAT DEC 19 2PM TUE DEC 22 7:30PM WED DEC 23 2PM
HOME ALONE FILM WITH LIVE ORCHESTRARANDALL CRAIG FLEISCHER, conductor YOUNG WOMEN’S CHORAL PROJECTS SUSAN MCMANE, director SAN FRANCISCO BOYS CHORUS ERIC CHOATE, director RAGAZZI BOYS CHORUS, KENT JUE, directorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
SAT DEC 19 7:30PM TUE DEC 22 2PM WED DEC 23 7:30PM
TWAS THE NIGHTRAGNAR BOHLIN, conductor SAN FRANCISCO GIRLS CHORUS VALERIE SAINTE-AGATHE, directorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS MEMBERS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY BRASS SECTION
SUN DEC 20 7:30PM
NEW YEAR’S GAEITYEDWIN OUTWATER, conductorEDWIN OUTWATER AND PEACHES CHRIST, co-emcee TBD, guest artists SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
THU DEC 31 8PM
RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK FILM WITH LIVE ORCHESTRASAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
FRI JAN 8 7:30PM SAT JAN 9 7:30PM
AN EVENING WITH ITZHAK PERLMANITZHAK PERLMAN, violinROHAN DE SILVA, piano
SUN JAN 10 7:30PM
A NEW AMERICAN SOUNDCRISTIAN MĂCELARU, conductorTIM MCALLISTER, saxophone SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
VALERIE COLEMAN Umoja (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) JOHN CORIGLIANO Saxophone Concerto (World Premiere, San Francisco Symphony Commission) JAKE HEGGIE (ARR. MĂCELARU) Moby-Dick Orchestra Suite (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) WYNTON MARSALIS Selections from Blues Symphony (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)
THU JAN 14 8PM FRI JAN 15 8PM SAT JAN 16 8PM
MTT: EMANUEL AX PLAYS MOZARTMICHAEL TILSON THOMAS, Music Director Laureate and conductorEMANUEL AX, piano SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 17 BRUCKNER Symphony No. 9, Unfinished
THU JAN 21 8PM FRI NOV 22 8PM SAT NOV 23 8PM
MASAAKI SUZUKI & THE BACH COLLEGIUM JAPANMASAAKI SUZUKI, conductorBACH COLLEGIUM JAPAN
J.S. BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048J.S. BACH Cantata No. 147, Herz und Mund und Tat und LebenMOZART Mass in C minor, K.427(417a)
SUN JAN 24 7:30PM
MTT: YUJA PLAYS RACH PIANO CONCERTO NO. 2MICHAEL TILSON THOMAS, Music Director Laureate and conductorYUJA WANG, piano SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 2 SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 15
WED JAN 27 10AM WED JAN 27 8PM THU JAN 28 8PM FRI JAN 29 8PM SAT JAN 30 8PM
VALERY GERGIEV & THE MARIINSKY ORCHESTRAVALERY GERGIEV, conductorALEXANDRE KANTOROW, piano MARIINSKY ORCHESTRA
DEBUSSY Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 2 RACHMANINOFF Symphony No. 2
MON FEB 1 7:30PM
CAPUCON & YUJA WANGGAUTIER CAPUÇON, cello YUJA WANG, piano
TUE FEB 2 8PM
GIVE ME SHELTER: GABRIEL KAHANE’S EMERGENCY SHELTER INTAKE FORMEDWIN OUTWATER, conductorCONRAD TAO, piano ALICIA HALL MORAN, mezzo-sopranoCHORUS OF INCONVENIENT STATISTICS, Holland Andrews; Gabriel Kahane; Holcombe WallerCOMMUNITY CHORUS SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
GERSHWIN Piano Concerto in F GABRIEL KAHANE emergency shelter intake form (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)
THU FEB 4 10AM THU FEB 4 8PM SAT FEB 6 8PM
VIOLIN RECITAL WITH JOSHUA BELLJOSHUA BELL, violin
MON FEB 8 7:30PM
LUNAR NEW YEAR: CELEBRATING ASIAPERRY SO, conductor WU MAN, pipa SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
TEXU KIM Bounce!! (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)HARRISON Concerto for Pipa with String Orchestra (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) YOUNGHI PAGH-PAAN NIM (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)TAKASHI YOSHIMATSU The Age of Birds (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)ZHOU LONG The Rhyme of Taigu (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)
THU FEB 11 10AM THU FEB 11 8PM SAT FEB 13 8PM
AN EVENING WITH BERNADETTE PETERSBERNADETTE PETERS, guest artist MEMBERS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
FRI FEB 12 7:30PM
DANIIL TRIFONOV IN RECITALDANIIL TRIFONOV, piano
SUN FEB 14 7:30PM
BLOMSTEDT: SIBELIUS 4 & HÉLÈNE GRIMAUDHERBERT BLOMSTEDT, Conductor Laureate and conductorHÉLÈNE GRIMAUD, piano SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
BRAHMS Tragic Overture SIBELIUS Symphony No. 4 SCHUMANN Piano Concerto
THU FEB 18 8PM FRI FEB 19 8PM SUN FEB 21 2PM
BLOMSTEDT: MOZART & SCHUBERTHERBERT BLOMSTEDT, Conductor Laureate and conductorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
MOZART Symphony No. 39 SCHUBERT Symphony in C major, The Great
THU FEB 25 2PM SAT FEB 27 8PM SUN FEB 28 2PM
SALONEN CONDUCTS SALONEN & RAVELESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS RAGNAR BOHLIN, director SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
RAMEAU Castor and Pollux Suite ESA-PEKKA SALONEN Gemini (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)RAVEL Daphnis et Chloé
FRI MAR 5 8PM SAT MAR 6 8PM SUN MAR 7 2PM
ORQUESTRA SINFONICA NACIONALCARLOS MIQUEL PRIETO, conductorORQUESTA SINFÓNICA NACIONAL
CHÁVEZ Sinfonía india (Symphony No. 2) GABRIELA MONTERO Latin Concerto REVUELTAS La noche de los Mayas
SUN MAR 7 7:30PM
SALONEN: SCRIABIN’S PROMETHEUSESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor JEAN-YVES THIBAUDET, piano SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
BEETHOVEN Selections from The Creatures of Prometheus FANG MAN New Work (World Premiere, San Francisco Symphony & Toulmin Co-Commission) SCRIABIN Prometheus, The Poem of Fire
THU MAR 11 8PM FRI MAR 12 8PM SAT MAR 13 8PM
SALONEN: R. STRAUSS’ ELEKTRAESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor CHRISTINE GOERKE, soprano (Elektra) EMILY MAGEE, soprano (Chrysothemis) ANNA LARSSON, contralto (Klytemnestra) ALAN OKE, tenor (Aegisth) PEIXIN CHEN, bass-baritone (Orest) SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS RAGNAR BOHLIN, director SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
R. STRAUSS Elektra THU MAR 18 8PM SAT MAR 20 8PM MON MAR 22 7:30PM
PIANO RECITAL: LANG LANG PLAYS GOLDBERG VARIATIONSLANG LANG, piano
J.S. BACH Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 SUN MAR 21 7:30PM
DANIEL HARDING CONDUCTS EIN HELDENLEBENDANIEL HARDING, conductor ANTOINE TAMESTIT, viola SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
HELEN GRIME Virga (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) JÖRG WIDMANN Viola Concerto (US Premiere)R. STRAUSS Ein Heldenleben
FRI MAR 26 8PM SAT MAR 27 8PM SUN MAR 28 2PM
SKYFALL IN CONCERT FILM WITH LIVE ORCHESTRADAVID NEWMAN, conductorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
FRI APR 2 7:30PM SAT APR 3 7:30PM
PIANO RECITAL WITH JEAN-YVES THIBAUDETJEAN-YVES THIBAUDET, piano
DEBUSSY Preludes for Piano, Book 1DEBUSSY Preludes for Piano, Book 2
MON APR 5 7:30PM
BERLIOZ’S SYMPHONIE FANTASTIQUEHAN-NA CHANG, conductor VÍKINGUR ÓLAFSSON, piano SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
SOFIA GUBAIDULINA Fairytale Poem (Märchen-Poem) (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) GRIEG Piano Concerto BERLIOZ Symphonie fantastique
THU APR 8 2PM FRI APR 9 8PM SAT APR 10 8PM
THE GODFATHER LIVE FILM WITH LIVE ORCHESTRAJUSTIN FREER, conductorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
FRI APR 16 7:30PM SAT APR 17 7:30PM
JANE GLOVER CONDUCTS J.S. BACH MASS IN B MINORJANE GLOVER, conductor JOÉLLE HARVEY, soprano ELIZABETH DESHONG, mezzo-soprano JONAS HACKER, tenorTYLER DUNCAN, baritone SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS RAGNAR BOHLIN, director SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
BRAHMS Tragic Overture SIBELIUS Symphony No. 4 SCHUMANN Piano Concerto
THU APR 22 10AM THU APR 22 8PM FRI APR 23 8PM SAT APR 24 8PM
JURAJ VALCUHA & JOSHUA BELLJURAJ VALČUHA, conductor JOSHUA BELL, violin SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
CAROLINE SHAW Entr’acte (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)BEHZAD RANJBARAN Violin Concerto (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)RACHMANINOFF Symphonic Dances
THU APR 29 2PM FRI APR 30 8PM SAT MAY 1 8PM
JAMES GAFFIGAN CONDUCTS SCHUMANN 4JAMES GAFFIGAN, conductorNOA WILDSCHUT, violin SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
HAYDN Symphony No. 88FRANCISCO COLL Four Iberian Miniatures (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)SCHUMANN Symphony No. 4
THU MAY 6 10AM THU MAY 6 8PM FRI MAY 7 8PM SAT MAY 8 8PM
PHILLIPPE JORDAN CONDUCTS BRITTEN’S WAR REQUIEMPHILIPPE JORDAN, conductor ELZA VAN DEN HEEVER, soprano IAN BOSTRIDGE, tenor IAIN PATERSON, baritone SAN FRANCISCO BOYS CHORUS ERIC CHOATE, director SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS RAGNAR BOHLIN, director
BRITTEN War Requiem THU MAY 13 8PM FRI MAY 14 8PM SAT MAY 15 8PM
BEETHOVEN 5 & JULIA FISCHERESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor JEAN-YVES THIBAUDET, piano SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
BEETHOVEN Selections from The Creatures of Prometheus FANG MAN New Work (World Premiere, San Francisco Symphony & Toulmin Co-Commission) SCRIABIN Prometheus, The Poem of Fire
THU MAY 20 10AM THU MAY 20 8PM FRI MAY 21 8PM SAT MAY 22 8PM
LUDOVIC MORLOT CONDUCTS LA MERLUDOVIC MORLOT, conductorLOUIS LORTIE, piano SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
BERLIOZ Overture to Béatrice et Bénédict SAINT-SAËNS Piano Concerto No. 5, The EgyptianBETSY JOLAS A Little Summer Suite (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)DEBUSSY La Mer
THU MAY 27 8PM FRI MAY 28 8PM SAT MAY 29 8PM
ELIM CHAN & HILARY HAHN: CARMEN FANTASYELIM CHAN, conductor HILARY HAHN, violin
GINASTERA Violin Concerto (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) SARASATE/BIZET Carmen Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade
THU JUN 3 2PM FRI JUN 4 8PM SAT JUN 5 8PM
RENÉE FLEMING SINGS R. STRAUSS’ FOUR LAST SONGSNATHALIE STUTZMANN, conductorRENÉE FLEMING, soprano SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
BERLIOZ Music from La damnation de Faust R. STRAUSS Four Last Songs (Vier letzte Lieder) BRAHMS Symphony No. 1
THU JUN 10 8PM SAT JUN 12 8PM SUN JUN 13 2PM
SALONEN: MAKE ART, NOT WARESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor PEKKA KUUSISTO, violin SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 1 BRYCE DESSNER Violin Concerto (US Premiere, San Francisco Symphony Co-Commission)HINDEMITH Mathis der Maler (Mathis the Painter)
THU JUN 17 10AM THU JUN 17 8PM FRI JUN 18 8PM SAT JUN 19 8PM SUN JUN 20 2PM
A SEMI-STAGED EVENT SALONEN: WEIMAR NIGHTFALLESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor NORA FISCHER, soprano SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS RAGNAR BOHLIN, directorSIMON MCBURNEY, director GERARD MCBURNEY, dramaturgeLEAH HAUSMAN, associate directorWILL DUKE, video designer ANNA FLEISCHLE, set designerPAUL ANDERSON, lighting designerSHARON ZHU, executive producer
HINDEMITH Mörder, Hoffnung der Frauen (Murderer, the Hope of Women) (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) WEILL Das Berliner Requiem (The Berlin Requiem) (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)WEILL Die sieben Todsünden (The Seven Deadly Sins)
THU JUN 24 8PM FRI JUN 25 8PM SAT JUN 26 8PM
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SALONEN: J.S. BACH & SIBELIUS 1ESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
SF Symphony Collaborative Partners reimagine the music of J.S. BACHSIBELIUS Symphony No. 1
FRI OCT 2 8PM SAT OCT 3 8PM
SALONEN: DUKE BLUEBEARD’S CASTLEESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor YEFIM BRONFMAN, pianoMICHELLE DEYOUNG, mezzo-soprano (Judith)GERALD FINLEY, bass-baritone (Bluebeard)SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
BARTÓK Piano Concerto No. 2BARTÓK Duke Bluebeard’s Castlew
THU OCT 8 8PM FRI OCT 9 8PM SAT OCT 10 8PM SUN OCT 11 2PM
SALONEN: RESPIGHI’S PINES OF ROMEESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor MARIANNE CREBASSA, mezzo-sopranoSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
DEBUSSY Ibéria from Images pour orchestre BERIO Folk Songs (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) RAVEL Shéhérazade RESPIGHI Pines of Rome
THU OCT 15 2PM FRI OCT 16 8PM SAT OCT 17 8PM
BUCHBINDER PERFORMS THE COMPLETE BEETHOVEN PIANO CONCERTOS: NOS. 1 & 5RUDOLF BUCHBINDER, conductor and piano
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 1 BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 5, Emperor
FRI OCT 23 8PM SUN OCT 25 2PM
BUCHBINDER PERFORMS THE COMPLETE BEETHOVEN PIANO CONCERTOS: NOS. 2, 3, & 4RUDOLF BUCHBINDER, conductor and piano
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 2 BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 4 BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 3
SAT OCT 24 8PM
FLUTE RECITAL WITH SIR JAMES GALWAYSIR JAMES GALWAY, flute LADY JEANNE GALWAY, flute MICHAEL MCHALE, piano
SUN OCT 25 7:30PM
PIANO RECITAL WITH RUDOLF BUCHBINDERRUDOLF BUCHBINDER, piano
DIABELLI Waltz in C major BEETHOVEN Diabelli Variations
MON OCT 26 7:30PM
CHICK COREA WITH THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONYJOSHUA WEILERSTEIN, conductor CHICK COREA, piano
WALKER Lyric for Strings GERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue SIBELIUS Symphony No. 2
TUE OCT 27 8PM
MTT: MAHLER 1MICHAEL TILSON THOMAS, Music Director Laureate and conductorTIMOTHY HIGGINS, trombone
TIMOTHY HIGGINS Concerto for Trombone (World Premiere, San Francisco Symphony Commission) MAHLER Symphony No. 1
FRI OCT 2 8PM SAT OCT 3 8PM
MTT: BEETHOVEN’S MISSA SOLEMNISMICHAEL TILSON THOMAS, Music Director Laureate and conductorELIZABETH DESHONG, mezzo-sopranoLUCA PISARONI, bass-baritonePACIFIC BOYCHOIRSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS RAGNAR BOHLIN, directorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
BEETHOVEN Missa solemnis THU NOV 5 8PM FRI NOV 6 8PM SUN NOV 8 2PM
ISRAEL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRALAHAV SHANI, conductorISRAEL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
BEN-HAIM Tehillim from Symphony No. 1MOZART Piano Concerto No. 27STRAVINSKY Le Sacre du printemps [1947 revision]
TUE NOV 10 7:30PM
THE FIGHT FOR EQUALITY: JULIA WOLFE & FLORENCE PRICEGIANCARLO GUERRERO, conductor AARON DIEHL, piano LORELEI ENSEMBLE, vocal ensemble
JOAN TOWER Sixth Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) PRICE Piano Concerto (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)JULIA WOLFE Her Story (San Francisco Symphony Premiere & Co-Commission)
THU NOV 12 8PM SAT NOV 14 8PM
SHOSTAKOVICH & TCHAIK 6RAFAEL PAYARE, conductor ALISA WEILERSTEIN, cello SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
CARREÑO Margariteña (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)SHOSTAKOVICH Cello Concerto No. 1 TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6, Pathétique
FRI NOV 20 8PM SAT NOV 21 8PM SUN NOV 22 2PM
THE PRINCESS BRIDE IN CONCERTSARAH HICKS, conductorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
FRI NOV 27 7:30PM SAT NOV 28 7:30PM
HOLIDAY SOULTBD, conductor TBD, guest artist OAKLAND INTERFAITH GOSPEL CHOIR TERRANCE KELLY, directorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
WED DEC 2 7:30PM
SAN FRANCISCO GAY MEN’S CHORUS WITH THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONYDR. TIMOTHY SEELIG, conductor and director SAN FRANCISCO GAY MEN’S CHORUS SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
FRI DEC 4 7:30PM SAT DEC 5 7:30PM
CHAMBER MUSIC WITH BATIASHVILI, CAPUÇON, & THIBAUDETLISA BATIASHVILI, violinGAUTIER CAPUÇON, cello JEAN-YVES THIBAUDET, piano
SUN DEC 6 7:30PM
HANDEL’S MESSIAHSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS RAGNAR BOHLIN, directorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
HANDEL Messiah FRI DEC 11 8PM SAT DEC 12 8PM
PETER AND THE WOLFDANIEL HARDING, Wattis Foundation Music Director SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY YOUTH ORCHESTRA
PROKOFIEV Peter and the Wolf SUN DEC 13 2PM
A MERRY-ACHI CHRISTMASMARIACHI SOL DE MÉXICO® DE JOSÉ HERNÁNDEZ, guest artist
SUN DEC 13 8PM
LOVE ACTUALLY FILM WITH LIVE ORCHESTRATHIAGO TIBERIO, conductorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
TUE DEC 15 7:30PM WED DEC 16 7:30PM
HOLIDAY BRASSEDWIN OUTWATER, conductorMEMBERS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY BRASS, PERCUSSION, AND TIMPANI SECTIONS
THU DEC 17 7:30PM
A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS—LIVE!RANDALL CRAIG FLEISCHER, conductor SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS RAGNAR BOHLIN, directorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
FRI DEC 18 7:30PM SAT DEC 19 2PM TUE DEC 22 7:30PM WED DEC 23 2PM
HOME ALONE FILM WITH LIVE ORCHESTRARANDALL CRAIG FLEISCHER, conductor YOUNG WOMEN’S CHORAL PROJECTS SUSAN MCMANE, director SAN FRANCISCO BOYS CHORUS ERIC CHOATE, director RAGAZZI BOYS CHORUS, KENT JUE, directorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
SAT DEC 19 7:30PM TUE DEC 22 2PM WED DEC 23 7:30PM
TWAS THE NIGHTRAGNAR BOHLIN, conductor SAN FRANCISCO GIRLS CHORUS VALERIE SAINTE-AGATHE, directorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS MEMBERS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY BRASS SECTION
SUN DEC 20 7:30PM
NEW YEAR’S GAEITYEDWIN OUTWATER, conductorEDWIN OUTWATER AND PEACHES CHRIST, co-emcee TBD, guest artists SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
THU DEC 31 8PM
RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK FILM WITH LIVE ORCHESTRASAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
FRI JAN 8 7:30PM SAT JAN 9 7:30PM
AN EVENING WITH ITZHAK PERLMANITZHAK PERLMAN, violinROHAN DE SILVA, piano
SUN JAN 10 7:30PM
A NEW AMERICAN SOUNDCRISTIAN MĂCELARU, conductorTIM MCALLISTER, saxophone SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
VALERIE COLEMAN Umoja (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) JOHN CORIGLIANO Saxophone Concerto (World Premiere, San Francisco Symphony Commission) JAKE HEGGIE (ARR. MĂCELARU) Moby-Dick Orchestra Suite (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) WYNTON MARSALIS Selections from Blues Symphony (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)
THU JAN 14 8PM FRI JAN 15 8PM SAT JAN 16 8PM
MTT: EMANUEL AX PLAYS MOZARTMICHAEL TILSON THOMAS, Music Director Laureate and conductorEMANUEL AX, piano SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 17 BRUCKNER Symphony No. 9, Unfinished
THU JAN 21 8PM FRI NOV 22 8PM SAT NOV 23 8PM
MASAAKI SUZUKI & THE BACH COLLEGIUM JAPANMASAAKI SUZUKI, conductorBACH COLLEGIUM JAPAN
J.S. BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048J.S. BACH Cantata No. 147, Herz und Mund und Tat und LebenMOZART Mass in C minor, K.427(417a)
SUN JAN 24 7:30PM
MTT: YUJA PLAYS RACH PIANO CONCERTO NO. 2MICHAEL TILSON THOMAS, Music Director Laureate and conductorYUJA WANG, piano SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 2 SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 15
WED JAN 27 10AM WED JAN 27 8PM THU JAN 28 8PM FRI JAN 29 8PM SAT JAN 30 8PM
VALERY GERGIEV & THE MARIINSKY ORCHESTRAVALERY GERGIEV, conductorALEXANDRE KANTOROW, piano MARIINSKY ORCHESTRA
DEBUSSY Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 2 RACHMANINOFF Symphony No. 2
MON FEB 1 7:30PM
CAPUCON & YUJA WANGGAUTIER CAPUÇON, cello YUJA WANG, piano
TUE FEB 2 8PM
GIVE ME SHELTER: GABRIEL KAHANE’S EMERGENCY SHELTER INTAKE FORMEDWIN OUTWATER, conductorCONRAD TAO, piano ALICIA HALL MORAN, mezzo-sopranoCHORUS OF INCONVENIENT STATISTICS, Holland Andrews; Gabriel Kahane; Holcombe WallerCOMMUNITY CHORUS SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
GERSHWIN Piano Concerto in F GABRIEL KAHANE emergency shelter intake form (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)
THU FEB 4 10AM THU FEB 4 8PM SAT FEB 6 8PM
VIOLIN RECITAL WITH JOSHUA BELLJOSHUA BELL, violin
MON FEB 8 7:30PM
LUNAR NEW YEAR: CELEBRATING ASIAPERRY SO, conductor WU MAN, pipa SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
TEXU KIM Bounce!! (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)HARRISON Concerto for Pipa with String Orchestra (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) YOUNGHI PAGH-PAAN NIM (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)TAKASHI YOSHIMATSU The Age of Birds (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)ZHOU LONG The Rhyme of Taigu (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)
THU FEB 11 10AM THU FEB 11 8PM SAT FEB 13 8PM
AN EVENING WITH BERNADETTE PETERSBERNADETTE PETERS, guest artist MEMBERS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
FRI FEB 12 7:30PM
DANIIL TRIFONOV IN RECITALDANIIL TRIFONOV, piano
SUN FEB 14 7:30PM
BLOMSTEDT: SIBELIUS 4 & HÉLÈNE GRIMAUDHERBERT BLOMSTEDT, Conductor Laureate and conductorHÉLÈNE GRIMAUD, piano SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
BRAHMS Tragic Overture SIBELIUS Symphony No. 4 SCHUMANN Piano Concerto
THU FEB 18 8PM FRI FEB 19 8PM SUN FEB 21 2PM
THE GODFATHER LIVE FILM WITH LIVE ORCHESTRAJUSTIN FREER, conductorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
FRI APR 16 7:30PM SAT APR 17 7:30PM
SALONEN CONDUCTS SALONEN & RAVELESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS RAGNAR BOHLIN, director SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
RAMEAU Castor and Pollux Suite ESA-PEKKA SALONEN Gemini (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)RAVEL Daphnis et Chloé
FRI MAR 5 8PM SAT MAR 6 8PM SUN MAR 7 2PM
ORQUESTRA SINFONICA NACIONALCARLOS MIQUEL PRIETO, conductorORQUESTA SINFÓNICA NACIONAL
CHÁVEZ Sinfonía india (Symphony No. 2) GABRIELA MONTERO Latin Concerto REVUELTAS La noche de los Mayas
SUN MAR 7 7:30PM
SALONEN: SCRIABIN’S PROMETHEUSESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor JEAN-YVES THIBAUDET, piano SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
BEETHOVEN Selections from The Creatures of Prometheus FANG MAN New Work (World Premiere, San Francisco Symphony & Toulmin Co-Commission) SCRIABIN Prometheus, The Poem of Fire
THU MAR 11 8PM FRI MAR 12 8PM SAT MAR 13 8PM
SALONEN: R. STRAUSS’ ELEKTRAESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor CHRISTINE GOERKE, soprano (Elektra) EMILY MAGEE, soprano (Chrysothemis) ANNA LARSSON, contralto (Klytemnestra) ALAN OKE, tenor (Aegisth) PEIXIN CHEN, bass-baritone (Orest) SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS RAGNAR BOHLIN, director SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 2 SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 15
THU MAR 18 8PM SAT MAR 20 8PM MON MAR 22 7:30PM
PIANO RECITAL: LANG LANG PLAYS GOLDBERG VARIATIONSLANG LANG, piano
J.S. BACH Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 SUN MAR 21 7:30PM
DANIEL HARDING CONDUCTS EIN HELDENLEBENDANIEL HARDING, conductor ANTOINE TAMESTIT, viola SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
HELEN GRIME Virga (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) JÖRG WIDMANN Viola Concerto (US Premiere)R. STRAUSS Ein Heldenleben
FRI MAR 26 8PM SAT MAR 27 8PM SUN MAR 28 2PM
SKYFALL IN CONCERT FILM WITH LIVE ORCHESTRADAVID NEWMAN conductorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
FRI APR 2 7:30PM SAT APR 3 7:30PM
PIANO RECITAL WITH JEAN-YVES THIBAUDETJEAN-YVES THIBAUDET, piano
DEBUSSY Preludes for Piano, Book 1DEBUSSY Preludes for Piano, Book 2
MON APR 5 7:30PM
BERLIOZ’S SYMPHONIE FANTASTIQUEHAN-NA CHANG, conductor VÍKINGUR ÓLAFSSON, piano SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
SOFIA GUBAIDULINA Fairytale Poem (Märchen-Poem) (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) GRIEG Piano Concerto BERLIOZ Symphonie fantastique
THU APR 8 2PM FRI APR 9 8PM SAT APR 10 8PM
THE GODFATHER LIVE FILM WITH LIVE ORCHESTRAJUSTIN FREER, conductorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
FRI APR 16 7:30PM SAT APR 17 7:30PM
JANE GLOVER CONDUCTS J.S. BACH MASS IN B MINORJANE GLOVER, conductor JOÉLLE HARVEY, soprano ELIZABETH DeSHONG, mezzo-soprano JONAS HACKER, tenorTYLER DUNCAN, baritone SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS RAGNAR BOHLIN, director SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
J.S. BACH Mass in B minor THU APR 22 10AM THU APR 22 8PM FRI APR 23 8PM SAT APR 24 8PM
JURAJ VALČUHA & JOSHUA BELLJURAJ VALČUHA, conductor JOSHUA BELL, violin SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
CAROLINE SHAW Entr’acte (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)BEHZAD RANJBARAN Violin Concerto (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)RACHMANINOFF Symphonic Dances
THU APR 29 2PM FRI APR 30 8PM SAT MAY 1 8PM
JAMES GAFFIGAN CONDUCTS SCHUMANN 4JAMES GAFFIGAN, conductorNOA WILDSCHUT, violin SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
HAYDN Symphony No. 88FRANCISCO COLL Four Iberian Miniatures (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)SCHUMANN Symphony No. 4
THU MAY 6 10AM THU MAY 6 8PM FRI MAY 7 8PM SAT MAY 8 8PM
PHILLIPPE JORDAN CONDUCTS BRITTEN’S WAR REQUIEMPHILIPPE JORDAN, conductor ELZA van den HEEVER, soprano IAN BOSTRIDGE, tenor IAIN PATERSON, baritone SAN FRANCISCO BOYS CHORUS ERIC CHOATE, director SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS RAGNAR BOHLIN, director SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
BRITTEN War Requiem THU MAY 13 8PM FRI MAY 14 8PM SAT MAY 15 8PM
BEETHOVEN 5 & JULIA FISCHERESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor JEAN-YVES THIBAUDET, piano SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
BEETHOVEN Selections from The Creatures of Prometheus FANG MAN New Work (World Premiere, San Francisco Symphony & Toulmin Co-Commission) SCRIABIN Prometheus, The Poem of Fire
THU MAY 20 10AM THU MAY 20 8PM FRI MAY 21 8PM SAT MAY 22 8PM
LUDOVIC MORLOT CONDUCTS LA MERLUDOVIC MORLOT, conductorLOUIS LORTIE, piano SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
BERLIOZ Overture to Béatrice et Bénédict SAINT-SAËNS Piano Concerto No. 5, The EgyptianBETSY JOLAS A Little Summer Suite (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)DEBUSSY La Mer
THU MAY 27 8PM FRI MAY 28 8PM SAT MAY 29 8PM
ELIM CHAN & HILARY HAHN: CARMEN FANTASYELIM CHAN, conductor HILARY HAHN, violin
GINASTERA Violin Concerto (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) SARASATE/BIZET Carmen Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade
THU JUN 3 2PM FRI JUN 4 8PM SAT JUN 5 8PM
RENÉE FLEMING SINGS R. STRAUSS’ FOUR LAST SONGSNATHALIE STUTZMANN, conductorRENÉE FLEMING, soprano SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
BERLIOZ Music from La damnation de Faust R. STRAUSS Four Last Songs (Vier letzte Lieder) BRAHMS Symphony No. 1
THU JUN 10 8PM SAT JUN 12 8PM SUN JUN 13 2PM
SALONEN: MAKE ART, NOT WARESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor PEKKA KUUSISTO, violin SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 1 BRYCE DESSNER Violin Concerto (US Premiere, San Francisco Symphony Co-Commission)HINDEMITH Mathis der Maler (Mathis the Painter)
THU JUN 17 10AM THU JUN 17 8PM FRI JUN 18 8PM SAT JUN 19 8PM SUN JUN 20 2PM
A SEMI-STAGED EVENT SALONEN: WEIMAR NIGHTFALLESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor NORA FISCHER, soprano SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS RAGNAR BOHLIN, directorSIMON MCBURNEY, director GERARD MCBURNEY, dramaturgeLEAH HAUSMAN, associate directorWILL DUKE, video designer ANNA FLEISCHLE, set designerPAUL ANDERSON, lighting designerSHARON ZHU, executive producer
HINDEMITH Mörder, Hoffnung der Frauen (Murderer, the Hope of Women) (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) WEILL Das Berliner Requiem (The Berlin Requiem) (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)WEILL Die sieben Todsünden (The Seven Deadly Sins)
THU JUN 24 8PM FRI JUN 25 8PM SAT JUN 26 8PM
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ELIGIBLE COMPOSE YOUR OWN SERIES CONCERTS PROGRAM DATES
SALONEN: J.S. BACH & SIBELIUS 1ESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
SF Symphony Collaborative Partners reimagine the music of J.S. BACHSIBELIUS Symphony No. 1
FRI OCT 2 8PM SAT OCT 3 8PM
SALONEN: DUKE BLUEBEARD’S CASTLEESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor YEFIM BRONFMAN, pianoMICHELLE DEYOUNG, mezzo-soprano (Judith)GERALD FINLEY, bass-baritone (Bluebeard)SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
BARTÓK Piano Concerto No. 2BARTÓK Duke Bluebeard’s Castlew
THU OCT 8 8PM FRI OCT 9 8PM SAT OCT 10 8PM SUN OCT 11 2PM
SALONEN: RESPIGHI’S PINES OF ROMEESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor MARIANNE CREBASSA, mezzo-sopranoSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
DEBUSSY Ibéria from Images pour orchestre BERIO Folk Songs (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) RAVEL Shéhérazade RESPIGHI Pines of Rome
THU OCT 15 2PM FRI OCT 16 8PM SAT OCT 17 8PM
BUCHBINDER PERFORMS THE COMPLETE BEETHOVEN PIANO CONCERTOS: NOS. 1 & 5RUDOLF BUCHBINDER, conductor and piano
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 1 BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 5, Emperor
FRI OCT 23 8PM SUN OCT 25 2PM
BUCHBINDER PERFORMS THE COMPLETE BEETHOVEN PIANO CONCERTOS: NOS. 2, 3, & 4RUDOLF BUCHBINDER, conductor and piano
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 2 BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 4 BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 3
SAT OCT 24 8PM
FLUTE RECITAL WITH SIR JAMES GALWAYSIR JAMES GALWAY, flute LADY JEANNE GALWAY, flute MICHAEL MCHALE, piano
SUN OCT 25 7:30PM
PIANO RECITAL WITH RUDOLF BUCHBINDERRUDOLF BUCHBINDER, piano
DIABELLI Waltz in C major BEETHOVEN Diabelli Variations
MON OCT 26 7:30PM
CHICK COREA WITH THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONYJOSHUA WEILERSTEIN, conductor CHICK COREA, piano
WALKER Lyric for Strings GERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue SIBELIUS Symphony No. 2
TUE OCT 27 8PM
MTT: MAHLER 1MICHAEL TILSON THOMAS, Music Director Laureate and conductorTIMOTHY HIGGINS, trombone
TIMOTHY HIGGINS Concerto for Trombone (World Premiere, San Francisco Symphony Commission) MAHLER Symphony No. 1
FRI OCT 2 8PM SAT OCT 3 8PM
MTT: BEETHOVEN’S MISSA SOLEMNISMICHAEL TILSON THOMAS, Music Director Laureate and conductorELIZABETH DESHONG, mezzo-sopranoLUCA PISARONI, bass-baritonePACIFIC BOYCHOIRSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS RAGNAR BOHLIN, directorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
BEETHOVEN Missa solemnis THU NOV 5 8PM FRI NOV 6 8PM SUN NOV 8 2PM
ISRAEL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRALAHAV SHANI, conductorISRAEL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
BEN-HAIM Tehillim from Symphony No. 1MOZART Piano Concerto No. 27STRAVINSKY Le Sacre du printemps [1947 revision]
TUE NOV 10 7:30PM
THE FIGHT FOR EQUALITY: JULIA WOLFE & FLORENCE PRICEGIANCARLO GUERRERO, conductor AARON DIEHL, piano LORELEI ENSEMBLE, vocal ensemble
JOAN TOWER Sixth Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) PRICE Piano Concerto (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)JULIA WOLFE Her Story (San Francisco Symphony Premiere & Co-Commission)
THU NOV 12 8PM SAT NOV 14 8PM
SHOSTAKOVICH & TCHAIK 6RAFAEL PAYARE, conductor ALISA WEILERSTEIN, cello SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
CARREÑO Margariteña (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)SHOSTAKOVICH Cello Concerto No. 1 TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6, Pathétique
FRI NOV 20 8PM SAT NOV 21 8PM SUN NOV 22 2PM
THE PRINCESS BRIDE IN CONCERTSARAH HICKS, conductorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
FRI NOV 27 7:30PM SAT NOV 28 7:30PM
HOLIDAY SOULTBD, conductor TBD, guest artist OAKLAND INTERFAITH GOSPEL CHOIR TERRANCE KELLY, directorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
WED DEC 2 7:30PM
SAN FRANCISCO GAY MEN’S CHORUS WITH THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONYDR. TIMOTHY SEELIG, conductor and director SAN FRANCISCO GAY MEN’S CHORUS SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
FRI DEC 4 7:30PM SAT DEC 5 7:30PM
CHAMBER MUSIC WITH BATIASHVILI, CAPUÇON, & THIBAUDETLISA BATIASHVILI, violinGAUTIER CAPUÇON, cello JEAN-YVES THIBAUDET, piano
SUN DEC 6 7:30PM
HANDEL’S MESSIAHSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS RAGNAR BOHLIN, directorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
HANDEL Messiah FRI DEC 11 8PM SAT DEC 12 8PM
PETER AND THE WOLFDANIEL HARDING, Wattis Foundation Music Director SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY YOUTH ORCHESTRA
PROKOFIEV Peter and the Wolf SUN DEC 13 2PM
A MERRY-ACHI CHRISTMASMARIACHI SOL DE MÉXICO® DE JOSÉ HERNÁNDEZ, guest artist
SUN DEC 13 8PM
LOVE ACTUALLY FILM WITH LIVE ORCHESTRATHIAGO TIBERIO, conductorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
TUE DEC 15 7:30PM WED DEC 16 7:30PM
HOLIDAY BRASSEDWIN OUTWATER, conductorMEMBERS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY BRASS, PERCUSSION, AND TIMPANI SECTIONS
THU DEC 17 7:30PM
A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS—LIVE!RANDALL CRAIG FLEISCHER, conductor SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS RAGNAR BOHLIN, directorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
FRI DEC 18 7:30PM SAT DEC 19 2PM TUE DEC 22 7:30PM WED DEC 23 2PM
HOME ALONE FILM WITH LIVE ORCHESTRARANDALL CRAIG FLEISCHER, conductor YOUNG WOMEN’S CHORAL PROJECTS SUSAN MCMANE, director SAN FRANCISCO BOYS CHORUS ERIC CHOATE, director RAGAZZI BOYS CHORUS, KENT JUE, directorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
SAT DEC 19 7:30PM TUE DEC 22 2PM WED DEC 23 7:30PM
TWAS THE NIGHTRAGNAR BOHLIN, conductor SAN FRANCISCO GIRLS CHORUS VALERIE SAINTE-AGATHE, directorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS MEMBERS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY BRASS SECTION
SUN DEC 20 7:30PM
NEW YEAR’S GAEITYEDWIN OUTWATER, conductorEDWIN OUTWATER AND PEACHES CHRIST, co-emcee TBD, guest artists SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
THU DEC 31 8PM
RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK FILM WITH LIVE ORCHESTRASAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
FRI JAN 8 7:30PM SAT JAN 9 7:30PM
AN EVENING WITH ITZHAK PERLMANITZHAK PERLMAN, violinROHAN DE SILVA, piano
SUN JAN 10 7:30PM
A NEW AMERICAN SOUNDCRISTIAN MĂCELARU, conductorTIM MCALLISTER, saxophone SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
VALERIE COLEMAN Umoja (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) JOHN CORIGLIANO Saxophone Concerto (World Premiere, San Francisco Symphony Commission) JAKE HEGGIE (ARR. MĂCELARU) Moby-Dick Orchestra Suite (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) WYNTON MARSALIS Selections from Blues Symphony (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)
THU JAN 14 8PM FRI JAN 15 8PM SAT JAN 16 8PM
MTT: EMANUEL AX PLAYS MOZARTMICHAEL TILSON THOMAS, Music Director Laureate and conductorEMANUEL AX, piano SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 17 BRUCKNER Symphony No. 9, Unfinished
THU JAN 21 8PM FRI NOV 22 8PM SAT NOV 23 8PM
MASAAKI SUZUKI & THE BACH COLLEGIUM JAPANMASAAKI SUZUKI, conductorBACH COLLEGIUM JAPAN
J.S. BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048J.S. BACH Cantata No. 147, Herz und Mund und Tat und LebenMOZART Mass in C minor, K.427(417a)
SUN JAN 24 7:30PM
MTT: YUJA PLAYS RACH PIANO CONCERTO NO. 2MICHAEL TILSON THOMAS, Music Director Laureate and conductorYUJA WANG, piano SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 2 SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 15
WED JAN 27 10AM WED JAN 27 8PM THU JAN 28 8PM FRI JAN 29 8PM SAT JAN 30 8PM
VALERY GERGIEV & THE MARIINSKY ORCHESTRAVALERY GERGIEV, conductorALEXANDRE KANTOROW, piano MARIINSKY ORCHESTRA
DEBUSSY Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 2 RACHMANINOFF Symphony No. 2
MON FEB 1 7:30PM
CAPUCON & YUJA WANGGAUTIER CAPUÇON, cello YUJA WANG, piano
TUE FEB 2 8PM
GIVE ME SHELTER: GABRIEL KAHANE’S EMERGENCY SHELTER INTAKE FORMEDWIN OUTWATER, conductorCONRAD TAO, piano ALICIA HALL MORAN, mezzo-sopranoCHORUS OF INCONVENIENT STATISTICS, Holland Andrews; Gabriel Kahane; Holcombe WallerCOMMUNITY CHORUS SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
GERSHWIN Piano Concerto in F GABRIEL KAHANE emergency shelter intake form (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)
THU FEB 4 10AM THU FEB 4 8PM SAT FEB 6 8PM
VIOLIN RECITAL WITH JOSHUA BELLJOSHUA BELL, violin
MON FEB 8 7:30PM
LUNAR NEW YEAR: CELEBRATING ASIAPERRY SO, conductor WU MAN, pipa SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
TEXU KIM Bounce!! (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)HARRISON Concerto for Pipa with String Orchestra (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) YOUNGHI PAGH-PAAN NIM (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)TAKASHI YOSHIMATSU The Age of Birds (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)ZHOU LONG The Rhyme of Taigu (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)
THU FEB 11 10AM THU FEB 11 8PM SAT FEB 13 8PM
AN EVENING WITH BERNADETTE PETERSBERNADETTE PETERS, guest artist MEMBERS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
FRI FEB 12 7:30PM
DANIIL TRIFONOV IN RECITALDANIIL TRIFONOV, piano
SUN FEB 14 7:30PM
BLOMSTEDT: SIBELIUS 4 & HÉLÈNE GRIMAUDHERBERT BLOMSTEDT, Conductor Laureate and conductorHÉLÈNE GRIMAUD, piano SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
BRAHMS Tragic Overture SIBELIUS Symphony No. 4 SCHUMANN Piano Concerto
THU FEB 18 8PM FRI FEB 19 8PM SUN FEB 21 2PM
BLOMSTEDT: MOZART & SCHUBERTHERBERT BLOMSTEDT, Conductor Laureate and conductorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
MOZART Symphony No. 39 SCHUBERT Symphony in C major, The Great
THU FEB 25 2PM SAT FEB 27 8PM SUN FEB 28 2PM
SALONEN CONDUCTS SALONEN & RAVELESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS RAGNAR BOHLIN, director SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
RAMEAU Castor and Pollux Suite ESA-PEKKA SALONEN Gemini (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)RAVEL Daphnis et Chloé
FRI MAR 5 8PM SAT MAR 6 8PM SUN MAR 7 2PM
ORQUESTRA SINFONICA NACIONALCARLOS MIQUEL PRIETO, conductorORQUESTA SINFÓNICA NACIONAL
CHÁVEZ Sinfonía india (Symphony No. 2) GABRIELA MONTERO Latin Concerto REVUELTAS La noche de los Mayas
SUN MAR 7 7:30PM
SALONEN: SCRIABIN’S PROMETHEUSESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor JEAN-YVES THIBAUDET, piano SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
BEETHOVEN Selections from The Creatures of Prometheus FANG MAN New Work (World Premiere, San Francisco Symphony & Toulmin Co-Commission) SCRIABIN Prometheus, The Poem of Fire
THU MAR 11 8PM FRI MAR 12 8PM SAT MAR 13 8PM
SALONEN: R. STRAUSS’ ELEKTRAESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor CHRISTINE GOERKE, soprano (Elektra) EMILY MAGEE, soprano (Chrysothemis) ANNA LARSSON, contralto (Klytemnestra) ALAN OKE, tenor (Aegisth) PEIXIN CHEN, bass-baritone (Orest) SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS RAGNAR BOHLIN, director SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 2 SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 15
THU MAR 18 8PM SAT MAR 20 8PM MON MAR 22 7:30PM
PIANO RECITAL: LANG LANG PLAYS GOLDBERG VARIATIONSLANG LANG, piano
J.S. BACH Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 SUN MAR 21 7:30PM
DANIEL HARDING CONDUCTS EIN HELDENLEBENDANIEL HARDING, conductor ANTOINE TAMESTIT, viola SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
HELEN GRIME Virga (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) JÖRG WIDMANN Viola Concerto (US Premiere)R. STRAUSS Ein Heldenleben
FRI MAR 26 8PM SAT MAR 27 8PM SUN MAR 28 2PM
SKYFALL IN CONCERT FILM WITH LIVE ORCHESTRADAVID NEWMAN conductorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
FRI APR 2 7:30PM SAT APR 3 7:30PM
PIANO RECITAL WITH JEAN-YVES THIBAUDETJEAN-YVES THIBAUDET, piano
DEBUSSY Preludes for Piano, Book 1DEBUSSY Preludes for Piano, Book 2
MON APR 5 7:30PM
BERLIOZ’S SYMPHONIE FANTASTIQUEHAN-NA CHANG, conductor VÍKINGUR ÓLAFSSON, piano SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
SOFIA GUBAIDULINA Fairytale Poem (Märchen-Poem) (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) GRIEG Piano Concerto BERLIOZ Symphonie fantastique
THU APR 8 2PM FRI APR 9 8PM SAT APR 10 8PM
THE GODFATHER LIVE FILM WITH LIVE ORCHESTRAJUSTIN FREER, conductorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
FRI APR 16 7:30PM SAT APR 17 7:30PM
JANE GLOVER CONDUCTS J.S. BACH MASS IN B MINORJANE GLOVER, conductor JOÉLLE HARVEY, soprano ELIZABETH DESHONG, mezzo-soprano JONAS HACKER, tenorTYLER DUNCAN, baritone SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS RAGNAR BOHLIN, director SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
BRAHMS Tragic Overture SIBELIUS Symphony No. 4 SCHUMANN Piano Concerto
THU APR 22 10AM THU APR 22 8PM FRI APR 23 8PM SAT APR 24 8PM
JURAJ VALCUHA & JOSHUA BELLJURAJ VALČUHA, conductor JOSHUA BELL, violin SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
CAROLINE SHAW Entr’acte (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)BEHZAD RANJBARAN Violin Concerto (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)RACHMANINOFF Symphonic Dances
THU APR 29 2PM FRI APR 30 8PM SAT MAY 1 8PM
JAMES GAFFIGAN CONDUCTS SCHUMANN 4JAMES GAFFIGAN, conductorNOA WILDSCHUT, violin SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
HAYDN Symphony No. 88FRANCISCO COLL Four Iberian Miniatures (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)SCHUMANN Symphony No. 4
THU MAY 6 10AM THU MAY 6 8PM FRI MAY 7 8PM SAT MAY 8 8PM
PHILLIPPE JORDAN CONDUCTS BRITTEN’S WAR REQUIEMPHILIPPE JORDAN, conductor ELZA VAN DEN HEEVER, soprano IAN BOSTRIDGE, tenor IAIN PATERSON, baritone SAN FRANCISCO BOYS CHORUS ERIC CHOATE, director SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS RAGNAR BOHLIN, director SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
BRITTEN War Requiem THU MAY 13 8PM FRI MAY 14 8PM SAT MAY 15 8PM
BEETHOVEN 5 & JULIA FISCHERMICHAEL SANDERLING, conductor JULIA FISCHER, violin SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
UNSUK CHIN Frontispiece for Orchestra (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)BRITTEN Violin ConcertoBEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5
THU MAY 20 10AM THU MAY 20 8PM FRI MAY 21 8PM SAT MAY 22 8PM
LUDOVIC MORLOT CONDUCTS LA MERLUDOVIC MORLOT, conductorLOUIS LORTIE, piano SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
BERLIOZ Overture to Béatrice et Bénédict SAINT-SAËNS Piano Concerto No. 5, The EgyptianBETSY JOLAS A Little Summer Suite (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)DEBUSSY La Mer
THU MAY 27 8PM FRI MAY 28 8PM SAT MAY 29 8PM
ELIM CHAN & HILARY HAHN: CARMEN FANTASYELIM CHAN, conductor HILARY HAHN, violin SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
GINASTERA Violin Concerto (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) SARASATE/BIZET Carmen Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade
THU JUN 3 2PM FRI JUN 4 8PM SAT JUN 5 8PM
RENÉE FLEMING SINGS R. STRAUSS’ FOUR LAST SONGSNATHALIE STUTZMANN, conductorRENÉE FLEMING, soprano SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
BERLIOZ Music from La damnation de Faust R. STRAUSS Four Last Songs (Vier letzte Lieder) BRAHMS Symphony No. 1
THU JUN 10 8PM SAT JUN 12 8PM SUN JUN 13 2PM
SALONEN: MAKE ART, NOT WARESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor PEKKA KUUSISTO, violin SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 1 BRYCE DESSNER Violin Concerto (US Premiere, San Francisco Symphony Co-Commission)HINDEMITH Mathis der Maler (Mathis the Painter)
THU JUN 17 10AM THU JUN 17 8PM FRI JUN 18 8PM SAT JUN 19 8PM SUN JUN 20 2PM
A SEMI-STAGED EVENT SALONEN: WEIMAR NIGHTFALLESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor NORA FISCHER, soprano SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS RAGNAR BOHLIN, directorSIMON MCBURNEY, director GERARD MCBURNEY, dramaturgeLEAH HAUSMAN, associate directorWILL DUKE, video designer ANNA FLEISCHLE, set designerPAUL ANDERSON, lighting designerSHARON ZHU, executive producer
HINDEMITH Mörder, Hoffnung der Frauen (Murderer, the Hope of Women) (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) WEILL Das Berliner Requiem (The Berlin Requiem) (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)WEILL Die sieben Todsünden (The Seven Deadly Sins)
THU JUN 24 8PM FRI JUN 25 8PM SAT JUN 26 8PM
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ELIGIBLE COMPOSE YOUR OWN SERIES CONCERTS PROGRAM DATES
SALONEN: J.S. BACH & SIBELIUS 1ESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
SF Symphony Collaborative Partners reimagine the music of J.S. BACHSIBELIUS Symphony No. 1
FRI OCT 2 8PM SAT OCT 3 8PM
SALONEN: DUKE BLUEBEARD’S CASTLEESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor YEFIM BRONFMAN, pianoMICHELLE DEYOUNG, mezzo-soprano (Judith)GERALD FINLEY, bass-baritone (Bluebeard)SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
BARTÓK Piano Concerto No. 2BARTÓK Duke Bluebeard’s Castlew
THU OCT 8 8PM FRI OCT 9 8PM SAT OCT 10 8PM SUN OCT 11 2PM
SALONEN: RESPIGHI’S PINES OF ROMEESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor MARIANNE CREBASSA, mezzo-sopranoSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
DEBUSSY Ibéria from Images pour orchestre BERIO Folk Songs (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) RAVEL Shéhérazade RESPIGHI Pines of Rome
THU OCT 15 2PM FRI OCT 16 8PM SAT OCT 17 8PM
BUCHBINDER PERFORMS THE COMPLETE BEETHOVEN PIANO CONCERTOS: NOS. 1 & 5RUDOLF BUCHBINDER, conductor and piano
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 1 BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 5, Emperor
FRI OCT 23 8PM SUN OCT 25 2PM
BUCHBINDER PERFORMS THE COMPLETE BEETHOVEN PIANO CONCERTOS: NOS. 2, 3, & 4RUDOLF BUCHBINDER, conductor and piano
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 2 BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 4 BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 3
SAT OCT 24 8PM
FLUTE RECITAL WITH SIR JAMES GALWAYSIR JAMES GALWAY, flute LADY JEANNE GALWAY, flute MICHAEL MCHALE, piano
SUN OCT 25 7:30PM
PIANO RECITAL WITH RUDOLF BUCHBINDERRUDOLF BUCHBINDER, piano
DIABELLI Waltz in C major BEETHOVEN Diabelli Variations
MON OCT 26 7:30PM
CHICK COREA WITH THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONYJOSHUA WEILERSTEIN, conductor CHICK COREA, piano
WALKER Lyric for Strings GERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue SIBELIUS Symphony No. 2
TUE OCT 27 8PM
MTT: MAHLER 1MICHAEL TILSON THOMAS, Music Director Laureate and conductorTIMOTHY HIGGINS, trombone
TIMOTHY HIGGINS Concerto for Trombone (World Premiere, San Francisco Symphony Commission) MAHLER Symphony No. 1
FRI OCT 2 8PM SAT OCT 3 8PM
MTT: BEETHOVEN’S MISSA SOLEMNISMICHAEL TILSON THOMAS, Music Director Laureate and conductorELIZABETH DESHONG, mezzo-sopranoLUCA PISARONI, bass-baritonePACIFIC BOYCHOIRSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS RAGNAR BOHLIN, directorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
BEETHOVEN Missa solemnis THU NOV 5 8PM FRI NOV 6 8PM SUN NOV 8 2PM
ISRAEL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRALAHAV SHANI, conductorISRAEL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
BEN-HAIM Tehillim from Symphony No. 1MOZART Piano Concerto No. 27STRAVINSKY Le Sacre du printemps [1947 revision]
TUE NOV 10 7:30PM
THE FIGHT FOR EQUALITY: JULIA WOLFE & FLORENCE PRICEGIANCARLO GUERRERO, conductor AARON DIEHL, piano LORELEI ENSEMBLE, vocal ensemble
JOAN TOWER Sixth Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) PRICE Piano Concerto (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)JULIA WOLFE Her Story (San Francisco Symphony Premiere & Co-Commission)
THU NOV 12 8PM SAT NOV 14 8PM
SHOSTAKOVICH & TCHAIK 6RAFAEL PAYARE, conductor ALISA WEILERSTEIN, cello SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
CARREÑO Margariteña (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)SHOSTAKOVICH Cello Concerto No. 1 TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6, Pathétique
FRI NOV 20 8PM SAT NOV 21 8PM SUN NOV 22 2PM
THE PRINCESS BRIDE IN CONCERTSARAH HICKS, conductorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
FRI NOV 27 7:30PM SAT NOV 28 7:30PM
HOLIDAY SOULTBD, conductor TBD, guest artist OAKLAND INTERFAITH GOSPEL CHOIR TERRANCE KELLY, directorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
WED DEC 2 7:30PM
SAN FRANCISCO GAY MEN’S CHORUS WITH THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONYDR. TIMOTHY SEELIG, conductor and director SAN FRANCISCO GAY MEN’S CHORUS SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
FRI DEC 4 7:30PM SAT DEC 5 7:30PM
CHAMBER MUSIC WITH BATIASHVILI, CAPUÇON, & THIBAUDETLISA BATIASHVILI, violinGAUTIER CAPUÇON, cello JEAN-YVES THIBAUDET, piano
SUN DEC 6 7:30PM
HANDEL’S MESSIAHSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS RAGNAR BOHLIN, directorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
HANDEL Messiah FRI DEC 11 8PM SAT DEC 12 8PM
PETER AND THE WOLFDANIEL HARDING, Wattis Foundation Music Director SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY YOUTH ORCHESTRA
PROKOFIEV Peter and the Wolf SUN DEC 13 2PM
A MERRY-ACHI CHRISTMASMARIACHI SOL DE MÉXICO® DE JOSÉ HERNÁNDEZ, guest artist
SUN DEC 13 8PM
LOVE ACTUALLY FILM WITH LIVE ORCHESTRATHIAGO TIBERIO, conductorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
TUE DEC 15 7:30PM WED DEC 16 7:30PM
HOLIDAY BRASSEDWIN OUTWATER, conductorMEMBERS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY BRASS, PERCUSSION, AND TIMPANI SECTIONS
THU DEC 17 7:30PM
A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS—LIVE!RANDALL CRAIG FLEISCHER, conductor SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS RAGNAR BOHLIN, directorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
FRI DEC 18 7:30PM SAT DEC 19 2PM TUE DEC 22 7:30PM WED DEC 23 2PM
HOME ALONE FILM WITH LIVE ORCHESTRARANDALL CRAIG FLEISCHER, conductor YOUNG WOMEN’S CHORAL PROJECTS SUSAN MCMANE, director SAN FRANCISCO BOYS CHORUS ERIC CHOATE, director RAGAZZI BOYS CHORUS, KENT JUE, directorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
SAT DEC 19 7:30PM TUE DEC 22 2PM WED DEC 23 7:30PM
TWAS THE NIGHTRAGNAR BOHLIN, conductor SAN FRANCISCO GIRLS CHORUS VALERIE SAINTE-AGATHE, directorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS MEMBERS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY BRASS SECTION
SUN DEC 20 7:30PM
NEW YEAR’S GAEITYEDWIN OUTWATER, conductorEDWIN OUTWATER AND PEACHES CHRIST, co-emcee TBD, guest artists SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
THU DEC 31 8PM
RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK FILM WITH LIVE ORCHESTRASAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
FRI JAN 8 7:30PM SAT JAN 9 7:30PM
AN EVENING WITH ITZHAK PERLMANITZHAK PERLMAN, violinROHAN DE SILVA, piano
SUN JAN 10 7:30PM
A NEW AMERICAN SOUNDCRISTIAN MĂCELARU, conductorTIM MCALLISTER, saxophone SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
VALERIE COLEMAN Umoja (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) JOHN CORIGLIANO Saxophone Concerto (World Premiere, San Francisco Symphony Commission) JAKE HEGGIE (ARR. MĂCELARU) Moby-Dick Orchestra Suite (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) WYNTON MARSALIS Selections from Blues Symphony (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)
THU JAN 14 8PM FRI JAN 15 8PM SAT JAN 16 8PM
MTT: EMANUEL AX PLAYS MOZARTMICHAEL TILSON THOMAS, Music Director Laureate and conductorEMANUEL AX, piano SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 17 BRUCKNER Symphony No. 9, Unfinished
THU JAN 21 8PM FRI NOV 22 8PM SAT NOV 23 8PM
MASAAKI SUZUKI & THE BACH COLLEGIUM JAPANMASAAKI SUZUKI, conductorBACH COLLEGIUM JAPAN
J.S. BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048J.S. BACH Cantata No. 147, Herz und Mund und Tat und LebenMOZART Mass in C minor, K.427(417a)
SUN JAN 24 7:30PM
MTT: YUJA PLAYS RACH PIANO CONCERTO NO. 2MICHAEL TILSON THOMAS, Music Director Laureate and conductorYUJA WANG, piano SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 2 SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 15
WED JAN 27 10AM WED JAN 27 8PM THU JAN 28 8PM FRI JAN 29 8PM SAT JAN 30 8PM
VALERY GERGIEV & THE MARIINSKY ORCHESTRAVALERY GERGIEV, conductorALEXANDRE KANTOROW, piano MARIINSKY ORCHESTRA
DEBUSSY Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 2 RACHMANINOFF Symphony No. 2
MON FEB 1 7:30PM
CAPUCON & YUJA WANGGAUTIER CAPUÇON, cello YUJA WANG, piano
TUE FEB 2 8PM
GIVE ME SHELTER: GABRIEL KAHANE’S EMERGENCY SHELTER INTAKE FORMEDWIN OUTWATER, conductorCONRAD TAO, piano ALICIA HALL MORAN, mezzo-sopranoCHORUS OF INCONVENIENT STATISTICS, Holland Andrews; Gabriel Kahane; Holcombe WallerCOMMUNITY CHORUS SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
GERSHWIN Piano Concerto in F GABRIEL KAHANE emergency shelter intake form (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)
THU FEB 4 10AM THU FEB 4 8PM SAT FEB 6 8PM
VIOLIN RECITAL WITH JOSHUA BELLJOSHUA BELL, violin
MON FEB 8 7:30PM
LUNAR NEW YEAR: CELEBRATING ASIAPERRY SO, conductor WU MAN, pipa SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
TEXU KIM Bounce!! (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)HARRISON Concerto for Pipa with String Orchestra (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) YOUNGHI PAGH-PAAN NIM (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)TAKASHI YOSHIMATSU The Age of Birds (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)ZHOU LONG The Rhyme of Taigu (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)
THU FEB 11 10AM THU FEB 11 8PM SAT FEB 13 8PM
AN EVENING WITH BERNADETTE PETERSBERNADETTE PETERS, guest artist MEMBERS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
FRI FEB 12 7:30PM
DANIIL TRIFONOV IN RECITALDANIIL TRIFONOV, piano
SUN FEB 14 7:30PM
BLOMSTEDT: SIBELIUS 4 & HÉLÈNE GRIMAUDHERBERT BLOMSTEDT, Conductor Laureate and conductorHÉLÈNE GRIMAUD, piano SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
BRAHMS Tragic Overture SIBELIUS Symphony No. 4 SCHUMANN Piano Concerto
THU FEB 18 8PM FRI FEB 19 8PM SUN FEB 21 2PM
BLOMSTEDT: MOZART & SCHUBERTHERBERT BLOMSTEDT, Conductor Laureate and conductorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
MOZART Symphony No. 39 SCHUBERT Symphony in C major, The Great
THU FEB 25 2PM SAT FEB 27 8PM SUN FEB 28 2PM
SALONEN CONDUCTS SALONEN & RAVELESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS RAGNAR BOHLIN, director SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
RAMEAU Castor and Pollux Suite ESA-PEKKA SALONEN Gemini (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)RAVEL Daphnis et Chloé
FRI MAR 5 8PM SAT MAR 6 8PM SUN MAR 7 2PM
ORQUESTRA SINFONICA NACIONALCARLOS MIQUEL PRIETO, conductorORQUESTA SINFÓNICA NACIONAL
CHÁVEZ Sinfonía india (Symphony No. 2) GABRIELA MONTERO Latin Concerto REVUELTAS La noche de los Mayas
SUN MAR 7 7:30PM
SALONEN: SCRIABIN’S PROMETHEUSESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor JEAN-YVES THIBAUDET, piano SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
BEETHOVEN Selections from The Creatures of Prometheus FANG MAN New Work (World Premiere, San Francisco Symphony & Toulmin Co-Commission) SCRIABIN Prometheus, The Poem of Fire
THU MAR 11 8PM FRI MAR 12 8PM SAT MAR 13 8PM
SALONEN: R. STRAUSS’ ELEKTRAESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor CHRISTINE GOERKE, soprano (Elektra) EMILY MAGEE, soprano (Chrysothemis) ANNA LARSSON, contralto (Klytemnestra) ALAN OKE, tenor (Aegisth) PEIXIN CHEN, bass-baritone (Orest) SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS RAGNAR BOHLIN, director SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 2 SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 15
THU MAR 18 8PM SAT MAR 20 8PM MON MAR 22 7:30PM
PIANO RECITAL: LANG LANG PLAYS GOLDBERG VARIATIONSLANG LANG, piano
J.S. BACH Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 SUN MAR 21 7:30PM
DANIEL HARDING CONDUCTS EIN HELDENLEBENDANIEL HARDING, conductor ANTOINE TAMESTIT, viola SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
HELEN GRIME Virga (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) JÖRG WIDMANN Viola Concerto (US Premiere)R. STRAUSS Ein Heldenleben
FRI MAR 26 8PM SAT MAR 27 8PM SUN MAR 28 2PM
SKYFALL IN CONCERT FILM WITH LIVE ORCHESTRADAVID NEWMAN conductorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
FRI APR 2 7:30PM SAT APR 3 7:30PM
PIANO RECITAL WITH JEAN-YVES THIBAUDETJEAN-YVES THIBAUDET, piano
DEBUSSY Preludes for Piano, Book 1DEBUSSY Preludes for Piano, Book 2
MON APR 5 7:30PM
BERLIOZ’S SYMPHONIE FANTASTIQUEHAN-NA CHANG, conductor VÍKINGUR ÓLAFSSON, piano SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
SOFIA GUBAIDULINA Fairytale Poem (Märchen-Poem) (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) GRIEG Piano Concerto BERLIOZ Symphonie fantastique
THU APR 8 2PM FRI APR 9 8PM SAT APR 10 8PM
THE GODFATHER LIVE FILM WITH LIVE ORCHESTRAJUSTIN FREER, conductorSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
FRI APR 16 7:30PM SAT APR 17 7:30PM
JANE GLOVER CONDUCTS J.S. BACH MASS IN B MINORJANE GLOVER, conductor JOÉLLE HARVEY, soprano ELIZABETH DESHONG, mezzo-soprano JONAS HACKER, tenorTYLER DUNCAN, baritone SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS RAGNAR BOHLIN, director SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
BRAHMS Tragic Overture SIBELIUS Symphony No. 4 SCHUMANN Piano Concerto
THU APR 22 10AM THU APR 22 8PM FRI APR 23 8PM SAT APR 24 8PM
JURAJ VALCUHA & JOSHUA BELLJURAJ VALČUHA, conductor JOSHUA BELL, violin SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
CAROLINE SHAW Entr’acte (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)BEHZAD RANJBARAN Violin Concerto (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)RACHMANINOFF Symphonic Dances
THU APR 29 2PM FRI APR 30 8PM SAT MAY 1 8PM
JAMES GAFFIGAN CONDUCTS SCHUMANN 4JAMES GAFFIGAN, conductorNOA WILDSCHUT, violin SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
HAYDN Symphony No. 88FRANCISCO COLL Four Iberian Miniatures (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)SCHUMANN Symphony No. 4
THU MAY 6 10AM THU MAY 6 8PM FRI MAY 7 8PM SAT MAY 8 8PM
PHILLIPPE JORDAN CONDUCTS BRITTEN’S WAR REQUIEMPHILIPPE JORDAN, conductor ELZA VAN DEN HEEVER, soprano IAN BOSTRIDGE, tenor IAIN PATERSON, baritone SAN FRANCISCO BOYS CHORUS ERIC CHOATE, director SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS RAGNAR BOHLIN, director SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
BRITTEN War Requiem THU MAY 13 8PM FRI MAY 14 8PM SAT MAY 15 8PM
BEETHOVEN 5 & JULIA FISCHERESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor JEAN-YVES THIBAUDET, piano SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
BEETHOVEN Selections from The Creatures of Prometheus FANG MAN New Work (World Premiere, San Francisco Symphony & Toulmin Co-Commission) SCRIABIN Prometheus, The Poem of Fire
THU MAY 20 10AM THU MAY 20 8PM FRI MAY 21 8PM SAT MAY 22 8PM
LUDOVIC MORLOT CONDUCTS LA MERLUDOVIC MORLOT, conductorLOUIS LORTIE, piano SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
BERLIOZ Overture to Béatrice et Bénédict SAINT-SAËNS Piano Concerto No. 5, The EgyptianBETSY JOLAS A Little Summer Suite (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)DEBUSSY La Mer
THU MAY 27 8PM FRI MAY 28 8PM SAT MAY 29 8PM
ELIM CHAN & HILARY HAHN: CARMEN FANTASYELIM CHAN, conductor HILARY HAHN, violin SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
GINASTERA Violin Concerto (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) SARASATE/BIZET Carmen Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade
THU JUN 3 2PM FRI JUN 4 8PM SAT JUN 5 8PM
RENÉE FLEMING SINGS R. STRAUSS’ FOUR LAST SONGSNATHALIE STUTZMANN, conductorRENÉE FLEMING, soprano SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
BERLIOZ Music from La damnation de Faust R. STRAUSS Four Last Songs (Vier letzte Lieder) BRAHMS Symphony No. 1
THU JUN 10 8PM SAT JUN 12 8PM SUN JUN 13 2PM
SALONEN: MAKE ART, NOT WARESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor PEKKA KUUSISTO, violin SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 1 BRYCE DESSNER Violin Concerto (US Premiere, San Francisco Symphony Co-Commission)HINDEMITH Mathis der Maler (Mathis the Painter)
THU JUN 17 10AM THU JUN 17 8PM FRI JUN 18 8PM SAT JUN 19 8PM SUN JUN 20 2PM
A SEMI-STAGED EVENT SALONEN: WEIMAR NIGHTFALLESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor NORA FISCHER, soprano SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS RAGNAR BOHLIN, directorSIMON McBURNEY, director GERARD McBURNEY, dramaturgeLEAH HAUSMAN, associate directorWILL DUKE, video designer ANNA FLEISCHLE, set designerPAUL ANDERSON, lighting designerSHARON ZHU, executive producer
HINDEMITH Mörder, Hoffnung der Frauen (Murderer, the Hope of Women) (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) WEILL Das Berliner Requiem (The Berlin Requiem) (San Francisco Symphony Premiere)WEILL Die sieben Todsünden (The Seven Deadly Sins)
THU JUN 24 8PM FRI JUN 25 8PM SAT JUN 26 8PM
CHAMBER MUSIC AT DAVIES SYMPHONY HALL PROGRAM DATES
NATURAL BEAUTY—SCHUBERT’S TROUT QUINTETMEMBERS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKI Duo Concertante for Violin and Double Bass JONGEN Rhapsodie, Op. 70 DEBUSSY String Quartet in G minor, Opus 10 SCHUBERT Piano Quintet in A major, Trout
SUN NOV 29 2PM
DANCE MOVES—MUSIC OF PIAZZOLLA & BARTÓKMEMBERS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
JAKE HEGGIE Full Circle Fifty FRED BRETSCHGER Fantasy Duo or Cello and Bass BARTÓK String Quartet No. 5
SUN JAN 17 2PM
HOMAGE—DVOŘÁK’S WIND SERENADEMEMBERS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
ARNO BABAJANIANI Piano Trio in F-sharp minor HAYDN Divertimento in E-flat major for Viola, Cello, and Bass, MH.9D FRANK BRIDGE Lament DVOŘÁK Serenade in D minor for Winds, Cello, and Bass, Opus 4
SUN FEB 14 2PM
ON ENDINGS—BEETHOVEN’S B-FLAT STRING QUARTETMEMBERS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
DAVID GARNER Trio for 5 Instruments SMETANA Piano Trio in G minor, Opus 15 BEETHOVEN String Quartet in B-flat major, Opus 130
SUN APR 18 2PM
EXUBERANCE—MUSIC OF MENDELSSOHN & BRAHMSMEMBERS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
GENE KOSHINSKI As One MENDELSSOHN String Quintet No. 2 in B-flat major, Opus 87 FRANK BRIDGE Lament PAUL SCHOENFELD Cafe Music BRAHMS Piano Quintet in F minor, Opus 3
SUN MAY 16 2PM
20TH-CENTURY GEMS—MUSIC OF RAVEL & SHOSTAKOVICHMEMBERS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
HINDEMITH Musikalisches Blumengaertlein und Leyptziger Allerley RAVEL Piano Trio in A minor GERMAINE TAILLEFERRE Piano Trio SHOSTAKOVICH Piano Quintet in G minor, Opus 57
SUN JUN 6 2PM
MUSIC FOR FAMILIES PROGRAM DATES
MUSIC AROUND THE WORLD—PERCUSSIONDANIEL STEWART, conductor SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
SAT NOV 14 2PM
SUPERHEROESDANIEL STEWART, conductor SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
SAT DEC 12 2PM
REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLEDANIEL STEWART, conductor SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
SAT FEB 6 2PM
BIRTHDAY BASHDANIEL STEWART, conductor SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
SAT MAY 8 2PM
SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY YOUTH ORCHESTRA PROGRAM DATES
SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY YOUTH ORCHESTRADANIEL STEWART, Wattis Foundation Music Director SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY YOUTH ORCHESTRA
SUN NOV 15
SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY YOUTH ORCHESTRADANIEL STEWART, Wattis Foundation Music Director SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY YOUTH ORCHESTRA
SUN MAR 14
SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY YOUTH ORCHESTRADANIEL STEWART, Wattis Foundation Music Director SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY YOUTH ORCHESTRA
SUN MAY 23
SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY YOUTH ORCHESTRA PROGRAM DATES
ORGAN RECITAL WITH CHRISTIAN SCHMITTCHRISTIAN SCHMITT, organ
SUN FEB 7 2PM
ORGAN RECITAL WITH ADAM BRAKELADAM BRAKEL, organ
SUN APR 11 2PM
ORGAN RECITAL WITH MONICA CZAUSZMONICA CZAUSZ, organ
SUN MAY 9 2PM
SPECIAL EVENTS DATES
OPENING NIGHT GALA IN HONOR OF SAKURAKO & WILLIAM FISHERCO-CHAIRS JAMES C. HORMEL & MICHAEL P. N. HORMEL
ESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor COLLABORATIVE PARTNERS SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
WED SEP 30 8PM
DÍA DE LOS MUERTOSENLUIS MONTES OLIVAR, conductor SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY WITH GUEST ARTISTS
SAT NOV 7 2PM
DECK THE HALL DANIEL BARTHOLOMEW-POYSER, conductor SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY WITH GUEST ARTISTS
SUN DEC 6 11AM & 3PM
CHINESE NEW YEAR CELEBRATIONMEI-ANN CHEN, conductor SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY WITH GUEST ARTISTS
SAT FEB 20 5PM
13
CHAMBER MUSIC AT DAVIES SYMPHONY HALL PROGRAM DATES
NATURAL BEAUTY— SCHUBERT’S TROUT QUINTETMEMBERS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
PENDERECKI Duo Concertante for Violin and Double Bass JONGEN Rhapsodie, Opus 70 DEBUSSY String Quartet in G minor, Opus 10 SCHUBERT Piano Quintet in A major, Trout
SUN NOV 29 2PM
DANCE MOVES— MUSIC OF PIAZZOLLA & BARTÓKMEMBERS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
PIAZZOLLA The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires JAKE HEGGIE Full Circle Fifty FRED BRETSCHGER Fantasy Duo BARTÓK String Quartet No. 5
SUN JAN 17 2PM
HOMAGE— DVOŘÁK’S WIND SERENADEMEMBERS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
BABAJANIANI Piano Trio in F-sharp minor M. HAYDN Divertimento in E-flat major for Viola, Cello, and Bass, MH.9D BRIDGE Lament DVOŘÁK Serenade in D minor for Winds, Cello, and Bass, Opus 4
SUN FEB 14 2PM
ON ENDINGS—BEETHOVEN’S B-FLAT STRING QUARTETMEMBERS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
DAVID GARNER Trio for 5 Instruments SMETANA Piano Trio in G minor, Opus 15 BEETHOVEN String Quartet in B-flat major, Opus 130
SUN APR 18 2PM
EXUBERANCE—MUSIC OF MENDELSSOHN & BRAHMSMEMBERS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
GENE KOSHINSKI As One MENDELSSOHN String Quintet No. 2 in B-flat major, Opus 87 PAUL SCHOENFELD Café Music BRAHMS Piano Quintet in F minor, Opus 3
SUN MAY 16 2PM
20TH-CENTURY GEMS—MUSIC OF RAVEL & SHOSTAKOVICHMEMBERS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
HINDEMITH Musikalisches Blumengärtlein und Leyptziger Allerley RAVEL Piano Trio in A minor TAILLEFERRE Piano Trio SHOSTAKOVICH Piano Quintet in G minor, Opus 57
SUN JUN 6 2PM
MUSIC FOR FAMILIES PROGRAM DATES
MUSIC AROUND THE WORLD—PERCUSSIONDANIEL STEWART, conductor SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
SAT NOV 14 2PM
SUPERHEROESDANIEL STEWART, conductor SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
SAT DEC 12 2PM
REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLEDANIEL STEWART, conductor SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
SAT FEB 6 2PM
BIRTHDAY BASHDANIEL STEWART, conductor SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
SAT MAY 8 2PM
SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY YOUTH ORCHESTRA PROGRAM DATES
SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY YOUTH ORCHESTRADANIEL STEWART, Wattis Foundation Music Director SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY YOUTH ORCHESTRA
SUN NOV 15
SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY YOUTH ORCHESTRADANIEL STEWART, Wattis Foundation Music Director SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY YOUTH ORCHESTRA
SUN MAR 14
SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY YOUTH ORCHESTRADANIEL STEWART, Wattis Foundation Music Director SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY YOUTH ORCHESTRA
SUN MAY 23
SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY YOUTH ORCHESTRA PROGRAM DATES
ORGAN RECITAL WITH CHRISTIAN SCHMITTCHRISTIAN SCHMITT, organ
SUN FEB 7 2PM
ORGAN RECITAL WITH ADAM BRAKELADAM BRAKEL, organ
SUN APR 11 2PM
ORGAN RECITAL WITH MONICA CZAUSZMONICA CZAUSZ, organ
SUN MAY 9 2PM
SPECIAL EVENTS PROGRAM DATES
OPENING NIGHT GALA IN HONOR OF SAKURAKO & WILLIAM FISHERCO-CHAIRS JAMES C. HORMEL & MICHAEL P. N. HORMEL
ESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor COLLABORATIVE PARTNERS SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
WED SEP 30 8PM
DÍA DE LOS MUERTOSENLUIS MONTES OLIVAR, conductor SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY WITH GUEST ARTISTS
SAT NOV 7 2PM
DECK THE HALLSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY WITH GUEST ARTISTS
SUN DEC 6 11AM & 3PM
CHINESE NEW YEAR CELEBRATIONMEI-ANN CHEN, conductor SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY WITH GUEST ARTISTS
SAT FEB 20 5PM
14
CHAMBER MUSIC AT DAVIES SYMPHONY HALL PROGRAM DATES
NATURAL BEAUTY—SCHUBERT’S TROUT QUINTETMEMBERS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKI Duo Concertante for Violin and Double Bass JONGEN Rhapsodie, Op. 70 DEBUSSY String Quartet in G minor, Opus 10 SCHUBERT Piano Quintet in A major, Trout
SUN NOV 29 2PM
DANCE MOVES—MUSIC OF PIAZZOLLA & BARTÓKMEMBERS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
JAKE HEGGIE Full Circle Fifty FRED BRETSCHGER Fantasy Duo or Cello and Bass BARTÓK String Quartet No. 5
SUN JAN 17 2PM
HOMAGE—DVOŘÁK’S WIND SERENADEMEMBERS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
ARNO BABAJANIANI Piano Trio in F-sharp minor HAYDN Divertimento in E-flat major for Viola, Cello, and Bass, MH.9D FRANK BRIDGE Lament DVOŘÁK Serenade in D minor for Winds, Cello, and Bass, Opus 4
SUN FEB 14 2PM
ON ENDINGS—BEETHOVEN’S B-FLAT STRING QUARTETMEMBERS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
DAVID GARNER Trio for 5 Instruments SMETANA Piano Trio in G minor, Opus 15 BEETHOVEN String Quartet in B-flat major, Opus 130
SUN APR 18 2PM
EXUBERANCE—MUSIC OF MENDELSSOHN & BRAHMSMEMBERS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
GENE KOSHINSKI As One MENDELSSOHN String Quintet No. 2 in B-flat major, Opus 87 FRANK BRIDGE Lament PAUL SCHOENFELD Cafe Music BRAHMS Piano Quintet in F minor, Opus 3
SUN MAY 16 2PM
20TH-CENTURY GEMS—MUSIC OF RAVEL & SHOSTAKOVICHMEMBERS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
HINDEMITH Musikalisches Blumengaertlein und Leyptziger Allerley RAVEL Piano Trio in A minor GERMAINE TAILLEFERRE Piano Trio SHOSTAKOVICH Piano Quintet in G minor, Opus 57
SUN JUN 6 2PM
MUSIC FOR FAMILIES DATES
MUSIC AROUND THE WORLD—PERCUSSIONDANIEL BARTHOLOMEW-POYSER, conductor SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
SAT NOV 14 2PM
SUPERHEROESAKIKO FUJIMOTO, conductor SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
SAT DEC 12 2PM
REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLEDANIEL BARTHOLOMEW-POYSER, conductor SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
SAT FEB 6 2PM
BIRTHDAY BASHDANIEL STEWART, conductor SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
SAT MAY 8 2PM
SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY YOUTH ORCHESTRA PROGRAM DATES
SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY YOUTH ORCHESTRADANIEL STEWART, Wattis Foundation Music Director SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY YOUTH ORCHESTRA
SUN NOV 15
SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY YOUTH ORCHESTRADANIEL STEWART, Wattis Foundation Music Director SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY YOUTH ORCHESTRA
SUN MAR 14
SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY YOUTH ORCHESTRADANIEL STEWART, Wattis Foundation Music Director SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY YOUTH ORCHESTRA
SUN MAY 23
SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY YOUTH ORCHESTRA PROGRAM DATES
ORGAN RECITAL WITH CHRISTIAN SCHMITTCHRISTIAN SCHMITT, organ
SUN FEB 7 2PM
ORGAN RECITAL WITH ADAM BRAKELADAM BRAKEL, organ
SUN APR 11 2PM
ORGAN RECITAL WITH MONICA CZAUSZMONICA CZAUSZ, organ
SUN MAY 9 2PM
SPECIAL EVENTS PROGRAM DATES
OPENING NIGHT GALA IN HONOR OF SAKURAKO & WILLIAM FISHERCO-CHAIRS JAMES C. HORMEL & MICHAEL P. N. HORMEL
ESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor COLLABORATIVE PARTNERS SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
WED SEP 30 8PM
DÍA DE LOS MUERTOSENLUIS MONTES OLIVAR, conductor SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY WITH GUEST ARTISTS
SAT NOV 7 2PM
DECK THE HALLSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY WITH GUEST ARTISTS
SUN DEC 6 11AM & 3PM
CHINESE NEW YEAR CELEBRATIONMEI-ANN CHEN, conductor SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY WITH GUEST ARTISTS
SAT FEB 20 5PM
CHAMBER MUSIC AT DAVIES SYMPHONY HALL PROGRAM DATES
NATURAL BEAUTY—SCHUBERT’S TROUT QUINTETMEMBERS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKI Duo Concertante for Violin and Double Bass JONGEN Rhapsodie, Op. 70 DEBUSSY String Quartet in G minor, Opus 10 SCHUBERT Piano Quintet in A major, Trout
SUN NOV 29 2PM
DANCE MOVES—MUSIC OF PIAZZOLLA & BARTÓKMEMBERS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
JAKE HEGGIE Full Circle Fifty FRED BRETSCHGER Fantasy Duo or Cello and Bass BARTÓK String Quartet No. 5
SUN JAN 17 2PM
HOMAGE—DVOŘÁK’S WIND SERENADEMEMBERS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
ARNO BABAJANIANI Piano Trio in F-sharp minor HAYDN Divertimento in E-flat major for Viola, Cello, and Bass, MH.9D FRANK BRIDGE Lament DVOŘÁK Serenade in D minor for Winds, Cello, and Bass, Opus 4
SUN FEB 14 2PM
ON ENDINGS—BEETHOVEN’S B-FLAT STRING QUARTETMEMBERS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
DAVID GARNER Trio for 5 Instruments SMETANA Piano Trio in G minor, Opus 15 BEETHOVEN String Quartet in B-flat major, Opus 130
SUN APR 18 2PM
EXUBERANCE—MUSIC OF MENDELSSOHN & BRAHMSMEMBERS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
GENE KOSHINSKI As One MENDELSSOHN String Quintet No. 2 in B-flat major, Opus 87 FRANK BRIDGE Lament PAUL SCHOENFELD Cafe Music BRAHMS Piano Quintet in F minor, Opus 3
SUN MAY 16 2PM
20TH-CENTURY GEMS—MUSIC OF RAVEL & SHOSTAKOVICHMEMBERS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
HINDEMITH Musikalisches Blumengaertlein und Leyptziger Allerley RAVEL Piano Trio in A minor GERMAINE TAILLEFERRE Piano Trio SHOSTAKOVICH Piano Quintet in G minor, Opus 57
SUN JUN 6 2PM
MUSIC FOR FAMILIES PROGRAM DATES
MUSIC AROUND THE WORLD—PERCUSSIONDANIEL STEWART, conductor SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
SAT NOV 14 2PM
SUPERHEROESDANIEL STEWART, conductor SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
SAT DEC 12 2PM
REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLEDANIEL STEWART, conductor SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
SAT FEB 6 2PM
BIRTHDAY BASHDANIEL STEWART, conductor SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
SAT MAY 8 2PM
SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY YOUTH ORCHESTRA PROGRAM DATES
SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY YOUTH ORCHESTRADANIEL STEWART, Wattis Foundation Music Director SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY YOUTH ORCHESTRA
SUN NOV 15
SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY YOUTH ORCHESTRADANIEL STEWART, Wattis Foundation Music Director SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY YOUTH ORCHESTRA
SUN MAR 14
SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY YOUTH ORCHESTRADANIEL STEWART, Wattis Foundation Music Director SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY YOUTH ORCHESTRA
SUN MAY 23
ORGAN RECITAL DATES
ORGAN RECITAL WITH CHRISTIAN SCHMITTCHRISTIAN SCHMITT, organ
SUN FEB 7 3PM
ORGAN RECITAL WITH ADAM BRAKELADAM BRAKEL, organ
SUN APR 11 3PM
ORGAN RECITAL WITH MONICA CZAUSZMONICA CZAUSZ, organ
SUN MAY 9 3PM
SPECIAL EVENTS PROGRAM DATES
OPENING NIGHT GALA IN HONOR OF SAKURAKO & WILLIAM FISHERCO-CHAIRS JAMES C. HORMEL & MICHAEL P. N. HORMEL
ESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor COLLABORATIVE PARTNERS SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
WED SEP 30 8PM
DÍA DE LOS MUERTOSENLUIS MONTES OLIVAR, conductor SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY WITH GUEST ARTISTS
SAT NOV 7 2PM
DECK THE HALLSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY WITH GUEST ARTISTS
SUN DEC 6 11AM & 3PM
CHINESE NEW YEAR CELEBRATIONMEI-ANN CHEN, conductor SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY WITH GUEST ARTISTS
SAT FEB 20 5PM
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CHAMBER MUSIC AT DAVIES SYMPHONY HALL PROGRAM DATES
NATURAL BEAUTY—SCHUBERT’S TROUT QUINTETMEMBERS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKI Duo Concertante for Violin and Double Bass JONGEN Rhapsodie, Op. 70 DEBUSSY String Quartet in G minor, Opus 10 SCHUBERT Piano Quintet in A major, Trout
SUN NOV 29 2PM
DANCE MOVES—MUSIC OF PIAZZOLLA & BARTÓKMEMBERS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
JAKE HEGGIE Full Circle Fifty FRED BRETSCHGER Fantasy Duo or Cello and Bass BARTÓK String Quartet No. 5
SUN JAN 17 2PM
HOMAGE—DVOŘÁK’S WIND SERENADEMEMBERS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
ARNO BABAJANIANI Piano Trio in F-sharp minor HAYDN Divertimento in E-flat major for Viola, Cello, and Bass, MH.9D FRANK BRIDGE Lament DVOŘÁK Serenade in D minor for Winds, Cello, and Bass, Opus 4
SUN FEB 14 2PM
ON ENDINGS—BEETHOVEN’S B-FLAT STRING QUARTETMEMBERS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
DAVID GARNER Trio for 5 Instruments SMETANA Piano Trio in G minor, Opus 15 BEETHOVEN String Quartet in B-flat major, Opus 130
SUN APR 18 2PM
EXUBERANCE—MUSIC OF MENDELSSOHN & BRAHMSMEMBERS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
GENE KOSHINSKI As One MENDELSSOHN String Quintet No. 2 in B-flat major, Opus 87 FRANK BRIDGE Lament PAUL SCHOENFELD Cafe Music BRAHMS Piano Quintet in F minor, Opus 3
SUN MAY 16 2PM
20TH-CENTURY GEMS—MUSIC OF RAVEL & SHOSTAKOVICHMEMBERS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
HINDEMITH Musikalisches Blumengaertlein und Leyptziger Allerley RAVEL Piano Trio in A minor GERMAINE TAILLEFERRE Piano Trio SHOSTAKOVICH Piano Quintet in G minor, Opus 57
SUN JUN 6 2PM
MUSIC FOR FAMILIES PROGRAM DATES
MUSIC AROUND THE WORLD—PERCUSSIONDANIEL STEWART, conductor SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
SAT NOV 14 2PM
SUPERHEROESDANIEL STEWART, conductor SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
SAT DEC 12 2PM
REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLEDANIEL STEWART, conductor SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
SAT FEB 6 2PM
BIRTHDAY BASHDANIEL STEWART, conductor SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
SAT MAY 8 2PM
SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY YOUTH ORCHESTRA DATES
SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY YOUTH ORCHESTRADANIEL STEWART, Wattis Foundation Music Director SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY YOUTH ORCHESTRA
SUN NOV 15 2PM
SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY YOUTH ORCHESTRADANIEL STEWART, Wattis Foundation Music Director SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY YOUTH ORCHESTRA
SUN MAR 14 2PM
SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY YOUTH ORCHESTRADANIEL STEWART, Wattis Foundation Music Director SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY YOUTH ORCHESTRA
SUN MAY 23 2PM
SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY YOUTH ORCHESTRA PROGRAM DATES
ORGAN RECITAL WITH CHRISTIAN SCHMITTCHRISTIAN SCHMITT, organ
SUN FEB 7 2PM
ORGAN RECITAL WITH ADAM BRAKELADAM BRAKEL, organ
SUN APR 11 2PM
ORGAN RECITAL WITH MONICA CZAUSZMONICA CZAUSZ, organ
SUN MAY 9 2PM
SPECIAL EVENTS PROGRAM DATES
OPENING NIGHT GALA IN HONOR OF SAKURAKO & WILLIAM FISHERCO-CHAIRS JAMES C. HORMEL & MICHAEL P. N. HORMEL
ESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor COLLABORATIVE PARTNERS SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
WED SEP 30 8PM
DÍA DE LOS MUERTOSENLUIS MONTES OLIVAR, conductor SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY WITH GUEST ARTISTS
SAT NOV 7 2PM
DECK THE HALLSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY WITH GUEST ARTISTS
SUN DEC 6 11AM & 3PM
CHINESE NEW YEAR CELEBRATIONMEI-ANN CHEN, conductor SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY WITH GUEST ARTISTS
SAT FEB 20 5PM