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SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY 2016-2017 SEASON AT A GLANCE C = Commission WP = World premiere UP = US premiere WCP = West Coast premiere FP = SFS first performances

COMMISSIONS, PREMIERES, AND SFS FIRST PERFORMANCES The Gospel According to the Other Mary [FP] Feb 16-18, 2017 John ADAMS Scheherazade.2 [FP] Feb 22-25, 2017 ALLEGRI Misere [FP] Oct 27-30, 2016 GLINKA brillante on the Jota Aragonesa [FP] June 15-18, 2017 GNESIN The Jewish at the Ball of Nothingtown, Op 41 [FP] Mar 1-4, 2017 HARRISON Suite for Symphonic Strings [FP] June 23-25, 2017 HAYDN Symphony No. 69 in C major, Laudon [FP] Sept 14-17, 2016 HINDEMITH [FP] Mar 9-12, 2017 Robin HOLLOWAY Europa and the Bull, Opus 121 [C, UP] Mar 23-24, 2017 MARCELLO Concerto in C minor [FP] Sep 22-24, 2016 MUSSORGSKY A Night on Bald Mountain [original orchestration] [FP] Jan 19-22, 2017 ROSSINI Ballet Music from William Tell [FP] Sep 7 & 8-11, 2016 STEVE REICH Double Sextet [FP] Sep 9-10, 2016 SCHREKER (Kammersymphonie) [FP] Mar 16-18, 2017 Bright SHENG “Overture” to Dream of the Red Chamber [C, WP] Sep 28-Oct 1, 2016 SHOSTAKOVICH Suite on Verses of Michelangelo Buonarroti, Opus 145 [FP] May 25-27, 2017 Michael Tilson THOMAS Four Preludes on Playthings of the Wind [WCP, FP] June 23-25, 2017

WORKS BY LIVING COMPOSERS John ADAMS The Gospel According to the Other Mary Feb 16-18, 2017 John ADAMS Scheherazade.2 Feb 22-25, 2017 Robin HOLLOWAY Europa and the Bull, Opus 121 Mar 23-24, 2017 Steve REICH Three Movements Sep 7, 9-10, 2016 Steve REICH Double Sextet Sep 9-10, 2016 Bright SHENG “Overture” to Dream of the Red Chamber Sep 28-Oct 1, 2016 Michael Tilson THOMAS Agnegram Nov 2-4, 2016 Michael Tilson THOMAS Four Preludes on Playthings of the Wind June 23-25, 2017

San Francisco Symphony 2016-17 Season at a Glance

SFS CONDUCTORS FOR THE 2015-16 SEASON

Roberto Abbado May 17-21, 2017 Alexander Barantschik May 31-June 1, 2017 (also violin soloist) Herbert Blomstedt Feb 1-3, 2017 Lionel Bringuier Jan 26-28, 2017 Joana Carneiro Feb 16-18, 2017 Emil de Cou Apr 14-15, 2017 May 4-6 & 10-13 James Gaffigan Jan 19-21 & 27, 2017 Pablo Heras-Casado Oct 19-21, 2016 Sarah Hicks June 2-3, 2017 Manfred Honeck May 25-27, 2017 Marek Janowski Mar 9-12, 2017 Brad Lubman Oct 13-15, 2016 Fabio Luisi Apr 27-29, 2017 Susanna Mälkki June 9-11, 2017 David Newman Jan 7-8, 2017 Andrés Orozco-Estrada Apr 19-22, 2017 Edwin Outwater Dec 3, Jan 28 Vasily Petrenko June 15-18, 2017 Patrick Dupré Quigley Dec 15-18 Christian Reif Mar 18, June 3 Michael Tilson Thomas [see calendar for complete dates] Juraj Valčuha Mar 16-18, 2017

SFS SOLOISTS & GUEST ARTISTS FOR THE 2015-16 SEASON

Jeffrey Anderson tuba ROBIN HOLLOWAY / Europa and the Bull, Opus 121 Mar 23-24, 2017 Emanuel Ax piano MOZART / Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-flat major, K.482 May 10-13, 2017 Alexander Barantschik violin VIVALDI / Selections from The Four Seasons, Opus 8 Mar 25-26/May 31-June 1 Joshua Bell violin LALO / Symphonie espagnole, Opus 21 June 15-18, 2017 Nicola Benedetti violin BRUCH / No. 1 in G minor, Opus 26 Mar 25-26, 2017 Yefim Bronfman piano BEETHOVEN / Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Opus 58 Feb 9-12, 2017 Daniel Bubeck countertenor ADAMS / The Gospel According to the Other Mary Feb 16-18, 2017 Rudolph Buchbinder piano MOZART / Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K. 466 Oct 27-30, 2016 Measha Brueggergosman mezzo-soprano M. Tilson THOMAS, Four Preludes on Playthings of the WInd June 23-25, 2017 Gautier Capuçon SHOSTAKOVICH / Cello Con. No. 1 in E-flat major, Opus 107 Mar 1-4, 2017 Sasha Cooke mezzo-soprano BERLIOZ / Roméo et Juliette, Opus 17 June 28-Jul 1, 2017 Sasha Cooke mezzo-soprano MAHLER / Songs of a Wayfarer Jan 13-15, 2017 Anthony Roth Costanzo countertenor HANDEL / Messiah Dec 15-17, 2016 Brian Cummings countertenor ADAMS / The Gospel According to the Other Mary Feb 16-18, 2017 Veronica Eberle violin SCHUMANN / Violin Concerto in D minor May 17-21, 2017 Michael Fabiano tenor Selection of Italian Arias Sep 22-24, 2016 Renée Fleming soprano Selections of Italian and American songs Sep 7, 2016 Matthias Goerne baritone SHOSTAKOVICH/Suite on Verses of Michelangelo Buonarroti May 25-27, 2017 Susan Graham mezzo-soprano Selections of Italian and American songs Sep 7, 2016 Paul Groves tenor BERLIOZ / Requiem, Opus 5 May 4-6, 2017 Joélle Harvey soprano MAHLER / Das klagende Lied Jan 13-15, 2017 Mark Inouye SHOSTAKOVICH / Piano Concerto No. 1 in C minor, Opus 35 Sep 28-Oct 1, 2016 Mark Inouye trumpet J.S. BACH/ Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major May 30-June 1 Eugene Izotov oboe MARCELLO / Oboe Concerto in C minor Sep 22-24, 2016 Leila Josefowicz violin ADAMS / Scheherazade.2 Feb 22-25, 2017 Denis Kozhukhin piano RACHMANINOFF / Piano Concerto No.3 in D minor, Opus 30 Apr 19-22, 2017 2 San Francisco Symphony 2016-17 Season at a Glance

Simone Lamsma violin PROKOFIEV / Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Opus 63 Jan 19-22, 2017 Igor Levit piano SCHUMANN / Piano Concerto in A minor, Opus 54 Apr 27-29, 2017 Nathan Medley countertenor ADAMS / The Gospel According to the Other Mary Feb 16-18, 2017 Jay Hunter Morris tenor ADAMS / The Gospel According to the Other Mary Feb 16-18, 2017 Brian Mulligan baritone MAHLER / Das klagende Lied Jan 13-15, 2017 Tamara Mumford mezzo-soprano ADAMS / The Gospel According to the Other Mary Feb 16-18, 2017 Kelley O’Connor mezzo-soprano ADAMS / The Gospel According to the Other Mary Feb 16-18, 2017 Garrick Ohlsson piano BEETHOVEN / Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Opus 15 June 9-11, 2017 Nicholas Phan tenor BERLIOZ / Roméo et Juliette, Opus 17 June 28-Jul 1, 2017 Susanna Phillips soprano Selection of American songs Sept 8-10, 2016 Luca Pisaroni bass-baritone BERLIOZ / Roméo et Juliette, Opus 17 June 28-Jul 1, 2017 Gil Shaham violin BARBER / Violin Concerto, Opus 14 Mar 16-18, 2017 Lauren Snouffer soprano HANDEL / Messiah Dec 15-18, 2016 Steinbacher violin HINDEMITH / Violin Concerto Mar 9-12, 2017 Jean-Yves Thibaudet piano RAVEL / Piano Concerto in G major Jan 26-28, 2017 Christian Van bass-baritone HANDEL / Messiah Dec 15-18, 2016 piano CHOPIN / Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Opus 21 Nov 10, 2016 Yuja Wang piano SHOSTAKOVICH / Piano Concerto No. 1 in C minor, Opus 35 Sep 28-Oct 1, 2016 Alisa Weilerstein cello SCHUMANN / Cello Concerto in A minor, Opus 129 Oct 19-21, 2016 Zachary Wilder tenor HANDEL / Messiah Dec 15-18, 2016

ARTIST AND CONDUCTOR DEBUTS Anthony Roth Costanzo countertenor HANDEL / Messiah Dec 15-18, 2016 Veronica Eberle violin SCHUMANN / Vionin Concerto in D minor May 17-21, 2017 Denis Kozhukhin piano RACHMANINOFF / Piano Concerto No.3 in D minor, Opus 30 Apr 19-22, 2017 Nathan Medley countertenor ADAMS / The Gospel According to the Other Mary Feb 16-18, 2017 Jay Hunter Morris tenor ADAMS / The Gospel According to the Other Mary Feb 16-18, 2017 Lauren Snouffer soprano HANDEL / Messiah Dec 15-18, 2016 Christian Van Horn bass-baritone HANDEL / Messiah Dec 15-18, 2016 Zachary Wilder tenor HANDEL / Messiah Dec 15-18, 2016

Joana Carneiro conductor ADAMS / The Gospel According to the Other Mary Feb 16-18, 2017 Manfred Honeck conductor with Matthias Goerne, baritone May 25-27, 2017 Andrés Orozco-Estrada conductor with Denis Kozhukhin, piano Apr 19-22, 2017 Patrick Dupré Quigley conductor HANDEL / Messiah Dec 15-18, 2016

2015-16 FILM SERIES STRAUSS, LIGETI, VAR, dir. Kubrick 2001: A Space Odyssey [FP] Oct 13-15, 2016 BERNSTEIN dir. Kazaon On the Waterfront [FP] Jan 7-8, 2017 John WILLIAMS dir. Spielberg Raiders of the Lost Ark[FP] April 14-15, 2017 STEINER dir. Curtiz Casablanca [FP] June 2-3, 2017

2015-16 RECITALS, VISITING ENSEMBLES, ARTISTS, & CONDUCTORS Orchestra orchestral presentation Nov 22-23, 2016 China Philharmonic Orchestra orchestral presentation Dec 4, 2016 Danish National Orchestra orchestral presentation Apr 2-3, 2017 orchestral presentation Oct 31, Nov 1, 2016 Prague orchestral presentation Jan 29, 2017 Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra orchestral presentation Mar 19-20, 2017 Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra orchestral presentation Nov 6, 2016

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Yulianna Avdeeva piano Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra Nov 6, 2016 Gautier Capuҫon cello Prague Philharmonia Orchestra Jan 29, 2017 Vincent Dubois organ recital Oct 9, 2016 Lang Lang piano recital Feb 7, 2017 Wayne Marshall organ recital June 4, 2017 Anne-Sophie Mutter violin recital Mar 26, 2017 James O’Donnell organ recital Mar 1-4, 2017 Garrick Ohlsson piano Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra Mar 20, 2017 Murray Perahia piano recital Apr 25, 2017 Itzhak Perlman violin recital Jan 16, 2017 Julian Rachlin violin China Philharmonic Orchestra Dec 4, 2016 András Schiff piano recital Mar 13, 2017 Sayaka Shoji violin Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra Mar 19, 2017 Arabella Steinbacher violin Danish National Orchestra Apr 3, 2017 Deborah Voigt soprano Danish National Orchestra Apr 2, 2017

Gustavo Dudamel conductor Los Angeles Philharmonic Oct 31-Nov 1, 2016 Jacek Kaspszyk conductor Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra Nov 6, 2016 Yu Long conductor China Philharmonic Orchestra Dec 4, 2016 Fabio Luisi conductor Danish National Orchestra Apr 2-3, 2017 Simon Rattle conductor Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Nov 22, 2016 conductor Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra Mar 19-20, 2017 Emmanuel Villaume conductor Prague Philharmonia Orchestra Jan 29, 2017

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2016-17 SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY MAJOR INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERS

The San Francisco Symphony receives support from over 10,000 individual donors and 150 partner institutions. We are especially grateful to the following major funders supporting programs and events in the 2015-16 season:

Second Century Partner

Chevron - Inaugural Partner

Official Partners

Emirates Airline - Official Airline

Major Institutional Partners

Franklin Templeton Investments Jones Day Koret Foundation Morrison & Foerster LLP Wells Fargo

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Public Funding

San Francisco Arts Commission Grants for the Arts/San Francisco Hotel Tax Fund National Endowment for the Arts

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