SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY 2012-2013 SEASON AT A GLANCE

SFS COMMISSIONS, PREMIERES, AND FIRST PERFORMANCES

Debussy/Robin Holloway Poems of Paul Verlaine (SFS commission, world premiere) Mark Volkert Pandora (world premiere) Ivan Fedele Scena (U.S. premiere) Prokofiev/arr. Levon Atovmyan Ivan the Terrible (U.S. premiere [arr.]) Jörg Widmann Concerto (SFS co-commission, U.S. premiere) Samuel Carl Adams Drift and Providence (SFS co-commission, West Coast premiere) Brahms/orch. Detlev Glanert Four Preludes and Serious Songs (West Coast premiere) Magnus Lindberg EXPO (West Coast premiere) John Adams Absolute Jest (SFS co-commission) Beethoven Cantata on the Death of Emperor Joseph II (first SFS performances) Beethoven Three Equali for Four Trombones (first SFS performances) Beethoven An die ferne Geliebte (first SFS performances) Berio Eindrücke (first SFS performances) Bernstein (lyrics by Sondheim) West Side Story (first complete orchestral performances) Duparc Selected songs (first SFS performances) Handel Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day (first SFS performances) Ingvar Lidholm Poesis (first SFS performances) Mendelssohn Symphony No. 1 (first SFS performances) Mozart Selections from Zaïde (first SFS performances) Poulenc Stabat mater (first SFS performances) Schumann Genoveva (first SFS performances) Scriabin Reverie (first SFS performances)

WORKS BY LIVING COMPOSERS

John Adams Absolute Jest (SFS co-commission) Samuel Carl Adams Drift and Providence (SFS co-commission, West Coast premiere) Elliott Carter Variations for Orchestra Ivan Fedele Scena (U.S. premiere) Brahms/orch. Detlev Glanert Four Preludes and Serious Songs (West Coast premiere) Debussy/Robin Holloway Poems of Paul Verlaine (SFS commission, world premiere) Ingvar Lidholm Poesis (first SFS performances) Magnus Lindberg EXPO (West Coast premiere) Arvo Pärt Fratres Mark Volkert Pandora (world premiere) Jörg Widmann (SFS co-commission, U.S. premiere)

SEMI-STAGED AND MULTIMEDIA PRESENTATIONS

Grieg Music from Peer Gynt (semi-staged) January 2013 Beethoven Missa solemnis (with video) May 2013

CONDUCTORS FOR THE 2012-2013 SEASON

Roberto Abbado June 13-15 Alexander Barantschik Jan. 23-26 April 11-14; April 17-20 Ragnar Bohlin Dec. 13-15 Semyon Bychkov Sept. 5-8, Sept.12-15 Mei-Ann Chen Feb. 2 Charles Dutoit Jan. 30-Feb. 1; Feb. 6-10 April 25-27 Pablo Heras-Casado Feb. 14-17 Mei-Ann Chen* February 2 May 15-18 Vladimir Jurowski* Oct. 18-20 Kirill Karabits June 6-9 Bernard Labadie April 5-6 Vasily Petrenko October 4-6 David Robertson May 22-25 András Schiff Oct. 11-13 Please see 2012-2013 calendar for complete dates Yan Pascal Tortelier Feb. 21-23 Jaap van Zweden* Oct. 24-28 Juraj Valčuha* May 29-June 2

* debut

CONDUCTOR AND SOLOIST DEBUTS

Barry Banks Jean-Efflam Bavouzet piano Joseph Brent mandolin Andrey Breus Mei-Ann Chen conductor Michael Fabiano tenor Andrew Foster-Williams -baritone Jennifer Johnson-Cano mezzo-soprano Vladimir Jurowski conductor Tamara Mumford mezzo-soprano Alina Pogostkina The Dmitri Pokrovsky Ensemble vocal ensemble Andrew Stenson tenor Michael Sumuel bass-baritone Lydia Teuscher soprano Jaap van Zweden conductor Juraj Valčuha conductor

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SOLOISTS FOR THE 2012-2013 SEASON

Barry Banks* tenor Beethoven/Cantata on the Death of Emperor Joseph II May 2-3 Alexander Barantschik violin Britten/ in B minor for Violin and June 6-9 Alexander Barantschik violin Bach/ in A minor, BWV 1041 Jan. 23-26 Alexander Barantschik violin Bach /Concerto in D minor for Violin and , BWV 1060 Jan. 23-26 Jean-Efflam Bavouzet* piano Bartók/Piano Concerto No. 3 in E major Oct. 4-6 Joshua Bell violin Saint-Saëns/Introduction and Rondo capriccioso Sept. 19 Joshua Bell violin Chausson/Poème Sept. 19 William Bennett oboe R. Strauss/Oboe Concerto Feb. 21-23 bass Beethoven/Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Opus 125 Jun 27-30 Jonathan Biss piano Schumann/Piano Concerto in A minor June 13-15 Joseph Brent * mandolin Beethoven/Cantata on the Death of Emperor Joseph II May 2-3 Andrey Breus* baritone Prokofiev (arr. Atovmyan) Ivan the Terrible Oct. 18-20 piano Jörg Widmann/Piano Concerto Dec. 5-8 Khatia Buniatishvili piano Rachmaninoff/ Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor Oct. 18-20 Gautier Capuçon Dvořák /Cello Concerto in B minor May 29-June 2 Laura Claycomb soprano Beethoven/Missa solemnis May 10-11 Sasha Cooke mezzo-soprano Beethoven/Missa solemnis May 10-11 Larissa Diadkova mezzo-soprano Prokofiev (arr. Atovmyan) Ivan the Terrible Oct. 18-20 Michelle DeYoung mezzo-soprano Bartók/Duke Bluebeard’s Castle Jun 21-23 James Ehnes violin Lalo/ Symphonie espagnole Jan. 30-Feb.1 Michael Fabiano* tenor Beethoven/ An die ferne Geliebte, Opus 98 May 4-9 Michael Fabiano tenor Beethoven/ Missa solemnis May 10-11 Jonathan D. Fischer oboe Bach /Concerto in D minor for Violin and Oboe, BWV 1060 Jan. 23-26 Julia Fischer violin Beethoven/ Violin Concerto in D major April 17-20 Renée Fleming soprano Debussy (arr. Holloway)/Poems of Paul Verlaine Jan. 10-13 Renée Fleming soprano Duparc/Selected songs Jan. 10-13 Andrew Foster-Williams* bass-baritone Beethoven/Cantata on the Death of Emperor Joseph II May 2-3 David Fray piano Mozart/ Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-flat major Oct. 24-28 Alban Gerhardt cello Brahms/Concerto in A minor for Violin and Cello May 15-18 Matthias Goerne baritone Brahms/orch. Glanert/Four Preludes and Serious Songs April 25-27 Paul Groves tenor Berlioz/Te Deum Feb. 6-10 Marc-André Hamelin piano Gershwin/ Rhapsody in Blue May 22-25 Marc-André Hamelin piano Ravel/ Piano Concerto in D major for the Left Hand May 22-25 Joélle Harvey soprano Handel/Messiah Dec. 13-15 Stephen Hough piano Liszt/ Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major Feb. 14-17 Jennifer Johnson-Cano* mezzo-soprano Handel/Messiah Dec. 13-15 Lang Lang piano Bartók/ Piano Concerto No. 2 in G major Nov. 1-2 Sally Matthews soprano Beethoven/Cantata on the Death of Emperor Joseph II May 2-3 Tamara Mumford* mezzo-soprano Beethoven/Cantata on the Death of Emperor Joseph II May 2-3 Catherine Payne piccolo Vivaldi /Piccolo Concerto in C major, RV 443 Jan. 23-26 violin Vivaldi/Winter from The Four Seasons, Opus 8, no. 4 Apr 11-14 Nicholas Phan tenor Handel/ Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day April 5-6 Alina Pogostkina* violin Saint-Saëns/Introduction and Rondo capriccioso Sept. 20 and 23 Alina Pogostkina violin Chausson/Poème Sept. 20 and 23 The Dmitri Pokrovsky Ensemble* vocal ensemble Russian folk songs TBD June 21-22 St. Lawrence String Quartet string quartet John Adams/Absolute Jest May 4-9 András Schiff piano Bach/ Keyboard Concerto No. 1 in D minor, BWV 1052 Oct. 11-13 András Schiff piano Bach/ Keyboard Concerto No. 2 in E major, BWV 1053 Oct. 11-13

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Gil Shaham violin Stravinsky/Violin Concerto in D major June 19-20 Shenyang bass Beethoven/ Missa solemnis May 10-11 violin Brahms/Concerto in A minor for Violin and Cello May 15-18 Andrew Stenson* tenor Handel/Messiah Dec. 13-15 Michael Sumuel* bass-baritone Handel/Messiah Dec. 13-15 Lydia Teuscher* soprano Handel/ Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day April 5-6 Jonathan Vinocour viola Britten/Double Concerto in B minor for Violin and Viola June 6-9 Erin Wall soprano Berlioz/Te Deum Feb. 6-10 piano Prokofiev/Piano Concerto No. 3 in G minor Oct. 31 Yuja Wang piano Beethoven/Piano Concerto No. 4 Mar. 6-9 Pinchas Zukerman violin Bruch/Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor Sept. 5-8

*San Francisco Symphony/Davies Symphony Hall debut

2012-13 GREAT PERFORMERS SERIES and SPECIAL EVENTS: CONDUCTORS AND ARTISTS

Akira Eguchi piano In recital with Gil Shaham Feb. 8 piano Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra Nov. 11-12 Cameron Carpenter organ The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari Oct. 30 Cameron Carpenter organ Recital Mar. 10 Chelsea Chen organ Recital Jan. 27 Mei-Ann Chen conductor Feb. 2 Rohan De Silva piano In recital with Itzhak Perlman Feb. 17 Christoph Eschenbach* piano In recital with Matthias Goerne April 28 Susan Graham mezzo-soprano In recital with Renée Fleming Jan. 16 Renée Fleming* soprano In recital with Susan Graham Jan. 16 Matthias Goerne* baritone In recital with Christoph Eschenbach April 28 Paul Jacobs organ Recital April 28 Bradley Moore piano In recital with Renée Fleming and Susan Graham Jan. 16 Itzhak Perlman violin In recital with Rohan De Silva Feb. 17 Russian National Orchestra Feb 12 and 13 András Schiff* piano In recital Oct. 7 and 21, April 14 and 21 Gil Shaham* violin In recital with Akira Eguchi Feb. 8 Rohan De Silva piano In recital with Itzhak Perlman Feb. 17 Patrick Summers conductor Russian National Orchestra Feb. 12 and 13 piano Russian National Orchestra Feb. 12 and 13 Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra Nov. 11-12 Antoni Wit conductor Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra Nov. 11-12

*also appearing on SFS Subscription Season

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