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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