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[email protected] www.sfsymphony.org/press FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE / FEBRUARY 29, 2016 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 John ADAMS 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 Capriccio brillante on the Jota Aragonesa [FP] June 15-18, 2017 GNESIN The Jewish Orchestra 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 Violin Concerto [FP] Mar 9-12, 2017 Robin HOLLOWAY Europa and the Bull, Opus 121 [C, UP] Mar 23-24, 2017 MARCELLO Oboe 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 Chamber Symphony (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