Compose Your Own Music Season! Choose Three Or More and Save! Pni Chas Zukerman September 5–8
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NONPROFIT U.S. POSTAGE PAID SAN FRANCISCO, CA PERMIT NO. 471 Davies Symphony Hall 201 Van Ness Avenue San Francisco, ca 94102 1 2012|2013SEASON COMPOSE CHOOSE YOUR OWN THREE OR MORE 2012|2013SEASON MUSIC CONCERTS SEASON AND SAVE! Choose three or more NOTHING BEATS BEING HERE concerts and save! NOTHING BEATS FLEXIBILITY| CHOICE| SAVINGS SFSYMPHONY.ORG/CYO L ike us on FACEBOOK SFSYMPHONY @SFSYMPHONY CHOOSE THREE OR MORE AND SAVE! T HE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY SALUTES ITS MAJOR PARTNERS NOTHING BEATS FLEXIBILITY| CHOICE| SAVINGS SECOND CENTURY PARTNERS Inaugural Partner COMPOSE YOUR OWN MAJOR CORPORATE PARTNERS CREATE THE SEASON YOU WANT TO HEAR. Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony invite you to a season of fierce virtuosity and blazing passion. Official Airline Create the season you want to hear with a Compose Your Own package at the San Francisco Symphony! Flexible, affordable, and made for you, by you. Simply choose three or more performances from the concerts listed in this brochure to create your package. Choose your favorite artists and programs, select the days that work for your Preferred Hotel Partner schedule, and sit in a section that fits your budget. Official Wine Order today—because nothing beats being at the San Francisco Symphony! MEDIA PARTNERS SFSYMPHONY.ORG/ CYO (415) 864-6000 Radio Home of the San Francisco Symphony PUBLIC FUNDING 2012|2013S SEA ON O RDER (415) 864-6000 SFSYMPHONY.ORG 1 COMPOSE YOUR OWN MUSIC SEASON! CHOOSE THREE OR MORE AND SAVE! PNI CHAS ZUKERMAN SEPTEMBER 5–8 E njoy all the benefits of a subscription, CHOOSE FROM THESE CONCERTS TO COMPOSE YOUR OWN SEASON and you choose the concerts! BYCHKOV CONDUCTS TcHAIKOVSKY’S FIFTH SYMPHONY Semyon Bychkov conductor Pinchas Zukerman violin SPECIAL UPGRADE San Francisco Symphony Take advantage of this special perk! Use a free one-time seat Wagner Overture to Tannhäuser Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1 Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 upgrade coupon, good for most performances. ZUKERMAN Semyon Bychkov and Pinchas Zukerman join the Orchestra to open the season. The gorgeous WED SEP 5 8PM melodies of Bruch’s opus glow in the hands of the elegant Zukerman. Just months after THU SEP 6 8PM EASY EXCHANGES worrying that he was “played out” at 48, Tchaikovsky completed his Fifth Symphony, a work FRI SEP 7 8PM unmatched in charting the journey from emotional melancholy to the triumph of the spirit. If your schedule changes, there is no need to miss the music. SAT SEP 8 8PM You have several easy ticket exchange options. Exchange your Sponsored by tickets in advance by mail or in person for free. And, phone BYCHKOV CONDUCTS SHOSTAKOVICH and fax exchanges are available for a nominal fee. Semyon Bychkov conductor San Francisco Symphony EXCLUSIVE SAVINGS Shostakovich Symphony No. 7, Leningrad Shostakovich began his heroic Leningrad Symphony in 1941 following the German army’s Save up to $10 on each concert ticket, plus lock in your subscriber- siege of Leningrad. The mesmerizing and heroic score quickly made its way to New York B YCHKOV where the famously anti-fascist Toscanini conducted the American premiere. Leningrad- only price for additional performances throughout the season. born conductor Semyon Bychkov brings profound understanding to the work. WED SEP 12 8PM CONVENIENT PARKING THU SEP 13 2PM Please note there is no intermission. FRI SEP 14 8PM The Thursday Matinee concerts are endowed by a gift in memory of Rhoda Goldman. Reserve pre-paid parking for all your concerts in the Performing SAT SEP 15 8PM Sponsored by Arts Garage, located half a block from Davies Symphony Hall. 2 2012|2013S SEA ON O RDER (415) 864-6000 SFSYMPHONY.ORG 3 COMPOSE YOUR OWN MUSIC SEASON! CHOOSE THREE OR MORE AND SAVE! THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY PRESENTS GREAT PERFORMERS MTT CONDUCTS BOLÉRO ANDRÁS ScHIFF PLAYS BACH Michael Tilson Thomas conductor A ndrás Schiff piano Alina Pogostkina violin San Francisco Symphony Bach Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I Berlioz Selections from Romeo and Juliet Bay Area audiences have multiple opportunities to savor performances of this masterful artist Chausson Poème interpreting Bach’s keyboard works. His Project San Francisco appearances start with his Saint-Saëns Introduction and Rondo capriccioso reading of Book I of Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier, a keyboard collection considered one of P OGOSTKINA Ravel Boléro Western music’s greatest achievements. Hear the entire masterpiece in two concerts, SUN SEP 23 2PM SCF HIF October 7 and 21. A festive afternoon of torrid French passion ranges from the teenage lovers of Verona, by way of Berlioz, to the red hot sensuality of Ravel’s dramatic and wildly popular score. The SUN OcT 7 2PM Co-presented by the San Francisco Symphony and San Francisco Performances. poignant music of Chausson and the popular work by Saint-Saëns are in the charming hands Presenting Sponsor of Alina Pogostkina, making her sfs debut. Great Performers Series MTT CONDUCTS MAHLER’S FIFTH SYMPHONY ANDRÁS ScHIFF CONDUCTS BACH AND MENDELSSOHN Michael Tilson Thomas conductor A ndrás Schiff conductor and piano San Francisco Symphony San Francisco Symphony Samuel Carl Adams Drift and Providence (West Coast Premiere) Mendelssohn Fingal’s Cave Overture Mahler Symphony No. 5 Bach Keyboard Concerto No. 2 Michael Tilson Thomas pairs a work from a composer with Bay Area roots with a Mahler Bach Keyboard Concerto No. 1 T ILSON THOMAS treasure. “What is the public to make of this … foaming, roaring, raging sea of sound?” Mendelssohn Symphony No. 4, Italian wondered Mahler, who wished he could postpone the Fifth Symphony’s premiere until the FRI SEP 28 8PM The young Mendelssohn toured Europe extensively, forming impressions that were world would be ready to embrace it. Its gorgeous Adagietto is a love note in a bottle on that SCF HIF SAT SEP 29 8PM inseparable from his musical imagination. He captured the immense beauty and power of a storm-tossed sea. SUN SEP 30 2PM THU OcT 11 8PM Scottish seaside cave in his overture, and the exuberance of Italy in his delightful Symphony. FRI OcT 12 6:30PM András Schiff—Project San Francisco artist and one of the world’s most esteemed P ETRENKO CONDUCTS RESPIGHI SAT OcT 13 8PM interpreters of Bach—conducts two captivating concertos from the keyboard. V asily Petrenko conductor “There is nothing more reliable in the world of classical music today than pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet piano András Schiff playing Bach.” —THE NEW YORK TIMES San Francisco Symphony Arvo Pärt Fratres Bartók Piano Concerto No. 3 IVAN THE TERRIBLE Respighi Fountains of Rome (Fontane di Roma) P ETRENKO V ladimir Jurowski conductor Respighi Pines of Rome (Pini di Roma) Larissa Diadkova mezzo-soprano THU OcT 4 2PM Anchoring this concert brimming with evocative imagery is Bartók’s concerto, whose sheer Andrey Breus baritone FRI OcT 5 8PM vibrancy belies the mortal illness he suffered while composing it. Respighi imbued his Khatia Buniatishvili piano SAT OcT 6 8PM fountains with the majesty of the sea gods they celebrate, and his pines with the grace of San Francisco Symphony and Chorus the nightingales they shelter, and the power of the Roman Legions who once marched Scriabin Reverie beneath them. B HUNIATIS VILI Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 The Thursday Matinee concerts are endowed by a gift in memory of Rhoda Goldman. THU OcT 18 8PM Prokofiev (Arr. Atovmyan) Ivan the Terrible (US Premiere) FRI OcT 19 8PM Maestro Jurowski debuts with the sfs in a program featuring music by two sons of Russia. SAT OcT 20 8PM “Petrenko’s physical technique is so crisp and graceful—a combination of a clear Rachmaninoff’s gorgeous concerto was composed following a period of great sadness. Prokofiev’s gripping work was originally the score to a film about Russia’s first Tsar, rhythmic beat and simple but expressive gestures.” —SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE a leader with a dark past. Jurowski leads the US premiere of a new arrangement of Prokofiev’s final film score. P SSAY LE Savvy Compose-Your-Own subscribers get up to $10 off regular prices, and lock in that pricing throughout the season. 4 LISTEN TO MUSIC EXCERPTS AT SFSYMPHONY.ORG 2012|2013S SEA ON ORDER (415) 864-6000 SFSYMPHONY.ORG 5 A NDRÁS ScHIFF PLAYS BACH CHOOSE THREE OR MORE AND SAVE! OCTOBER 7 OCTOBER 11–13 OCTOBER 21 APRIL 14 THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY PRESENTS GREAT PERFORMERS APRIL 21 ANDRÁS ScHIFF PLAYS BACH A ndrás Schiff piano Bach Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II The Washington Post hailed a recital by pianist Andras Schiff as “one of the great musical events of the season.” Schiff, a Project San Francisco artist, continues his recital appearances here with Book II of Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier: in whole, 48 compositions that are nothing short of miraculous. Hear the entire masterpiece in two concerts, October 7 and 21. SCF HIF Co-presented by the San Francisco Symphony and San Francisco Performances. SUN OcT 21 2PM Presenting Sponsor Great Performers Series V AN ZWEDEN CONDUCTS BRAHMS’S FOURTH SYMPHONY J aap van Zweden conductor David Fray piano San Francisco Symphony Wagner Prelude to Act I of Lohengrin Mozart Piano Concerto No. 22 Brahms Symphony No. 4 VAN ZWEDEN Fray and Van Zweden, says the bbc, “work together with remarkable symbiosis.” Mozart’s THU OcT 25 2PM sprightly concerto is familiar today from the film Amadeus. Toward the end of the 19th FRI OcT 26 8PM century, one was either a Wagnerian or a Brahms fan; today, we can happily enjoy both SUN OcT 28 2PM giants. Brahms’s energetic Fourth Symphony is wistful, rambunctious, and totally fulfilling. The Thursday Matinee concerts are endowed by a gift in memory of Rhoda Goldman.