SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY Broadcast Schedule — Spring 2020

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.

PROGRAM #: SFS 20-01 RELEASE: March 23, 2020

CONDUCTOR: Michael Tilson Thomas SOLOISTS: Leslie Caron, narrator, Nicholas Phan, tenor, SFS Chorus, SF Girls Chorus, Pacific Boychoir*

Stravinsky: Perséphone* Stravinsky: The Firebird

PROGRAM #: SFS 20-02 RELEASE: March 30, 2020

CONDUCTOR: Michael Tilson Thomas

Mahler: Symphony No. 9 in D major

PROGRAM #: SFS 20-03 RELEASE: April 6, 2020

CONDUCTOR: Michael Tilson Thomas SOLOIST: Isabel Leonard, mezzo-soprano*

Tilson Thomas: From the Diary of Anne Frank* Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55 “Eroica”

PROGRAM #: SFS 20-04 RELEASE: April 13, 2020

CONDUCTOR: Michael Tilson Thomas SOLOISTS: Susanna Phillips, soprano* Susanna Phillips, soprano, Kelley O’Connor, mezzo-soprano, Nicholas Phan, tenor, Davóne Tines, baritone, SFS Chorus**

Berg: Seven Early Songs* Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125**

PROGRAM #: SFS 20-05 RELEASE: April 20, 2020

CONDUCTOR: Jaap van Zweden SOLOIST: Carey Bell, clarinet*

Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A major, K.622* Bruckner: Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major

PROGRAM #: SFS 20-06 RELEASE: April 27, 2020

CONDUCTOR: Esa-Pekka Salonen

Thorvaldsdottir: Metacosmos R. Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30 Sibelius: Four Legends from the Kalevala, Op. 22

PROGRAM #: SFS 20-07 RELEASE: May 4, 2020

CONDUCTOR: Herbert Blomstedt

Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 “Pastoral” Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56 “Scottish”

PROGRAM #: SFS 20-08 RELEASE: May 11, 2020

CONDUCTOR: Michael Tilson Thomas SOLOIST: Gil Shaham, violin*

S. Mackey: Portals, Scenes and Celebrations (SFS co-commission, world premiere) Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 19* Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36

PROGRAM #: SFS 20-09 RELEASE: May 18, 2020

CONDUCTOR: Michael Tilson Thomas SOLOIST: Christian Tetzlaff, violin*

Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major, K.216* Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 43

PROGRAM #: SFS 20-10 RELEASE: May 25, 2020

CONDUCTOR: James Gaffigan SOLOIST: Hélène Grimaud, piano*

Wagner: Good Friday Spell from Parsifal Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58* Mozart: Symphony No. 31 in D major K.297(300a) “Paris” Barber: Symphony No. 1, Op. 9

PROGRAM #: SFS 20-11 RELEASE: June 1, 2020

CONDUCTOR: Marek Janowski SOLOIST: James Ehnes, violin

Mendelssohn: Ruy Blas Overture, Op. 95 Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26 Wagner: Overture and Venusberg Music from Tannhäuser (Paris version) Wagner: Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde

PROGRAM #: SFS 20-12 RELEASE: June 8, 2020

CONDUCTOR: Michael Tilson Thomas

Mahler: Symphony No. 7 in E minor

PROGRAM #: SFS 20-13 RELEASE: June 15, 2020

CONDUCTOR: Michael Tilson Thomas SOLOIST: Leonidas Kavakos, violin*

Stravinsky: Petrushka [1947 revision] Stravinsky: Violin Concerto in D major* Stravinsky: Le Sacre du printemps [1947 revision]