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The San Francisco Symphony with music director Michael Tilson Thomas, during rehearsal at Davies Symphony Hall on Wednesday morning, November 2, 2016.

Photo: Stephen Cohen

The San Francisco Symphony presents a series of concert broadcasts that include astounding performances featuring prestigious soloists, guest conductors, and Esa-Pekka Salonen, the Symphony’s newest Music Director. Please note: the use of asterisks (*) in the listings below designate the piece(s) on which the soloist(s) perform. Single or dual asterisks are used to differentiate between performances for broadcasts that contain multiple soloists.

Schedule

Apr 9

CONDUCTOR

Esa-Pekka Salonen

Ravel

Ma Mère l’Oye Suite

Esa-Pekka Salonen

Nyx

Stravinsky

The Firebird [complete]

Apr 16

CONDUCTOR

Esa-Pekka Salonen

SOLOIST

Leila Josefowicz, violin*

Beethoven

Overture to King Stephen, Opus 117

Esa-Pekka Salonen

Violin Concerto*

Nielson

Symphony No. 5, Opus 50

Apr 23

CONDUCTOR

Marek Janowski

SOLOIST

Maria Dueñas, violin*

Hindemith

Concert Music for String Orchestra and Brass, Opus 50

Mendelssohn

Violin Concerto in E minor, Opus 64*

Mozart

Symphony No. 41 in C major, K.551, Jupiter

Apr 30

CONDUCTOR

Ton Koopman

SOLOIST

Alexander Barantschik, violin*

Jean-Féry Rebel

Chaos, from Les Élémens

Bach

Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, BWV 1041*

Bach

Orchestral Suite No. 4, BWV 1069

Haydn

Symphony No. 100 in G major, Military

MAY 7

CONDUCTOR

Dima Slobodeniouk

SOLOIST

Sergey Khachatryan, violin*

Jörg Widmann

Con Brio

Sibelius

Violin Concerto in D minor, Opus 47*

Beethoven

Symphony No. 7 in A major, Opus 92

MAY 14

CONDUCTOR

Jaap van Zweden

SOLOIST

Carey Bell, clarinet*

Mozart

Clarinet Concerto in A major, K.622*

Bruckner/ ED. Haas, Robert

Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major

MAY 21

CONDUCTOR

Esa-Pekka Salonen

Anna Thorvaldsdottir

Metacosmos

R. Strauss

Also sprach Zarathustra, Opus 30

Sibelius

Four Legends from the Kalevala, Opus 22

MAY 28

CONDUCTOR

Herbert Blomstedt

Beethoven

Symphony No. 6 in F major, Opus 68, Pastoral

Mendelssohn

Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Opus 56, Scottish

JUN 4

CONDUCTOR

Michael Tilson Thomas

SOLOIST

Gil Shaham, violin*

Steven Mackey

Portals, Scenes and Celebrations (SFS co-commission, world premiere)

Prokofiev

Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major, Opus 19*

Tchaikovsky

Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Opus 36

JUN 11

CONDUCTOR

Michael Tilson Thomas

Mahler

Symphony No. 7 in E minor

JUN 18

CONDUCTOR

Michael Tilson Thomas

Mahler

Symphony No. 9 in D major