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MTT Conducts Stravinsky’s Petrushka and The Rite of Spring- p. 6 Igor StravinskyIgor was among the most transformative composers the of 20th century. Shocking, enchanting, and fiercely individual, voice his exploded into the music modern age. the Join San Francisco Symphony a two-week festivalfor celebrating his three ballet most iconic scores and more. SEP 21 SEP 27–30 MTT Conducts Stravinsky’s The Firebird - p. 6 Ferocious Beauty: Beauty: Ferocious Music the of Stravinsky

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Experience the magic Jurassic Park Mary Poppins 25th anniversary of the movies like SAT JAN 5 8PM | SUN JAN 6 2PM THU NOV 1 8PM | FRI NOV 2 8PM never before at Davies Boasting exuberant favorites like “A Spoonful Dinosaurs once again roam the earth in Symphony Hall. Watch of Sugar” and “Chim Chim Cher-ee," this director Steven Spielberg’s ultimate thrill magical Disney classic gave audiences some cinema favorites ride, Jurassic Park. Boasting Academy of the most celebrated songs of all time. Award®-winning visual effects that deliver projected on the big Winner of five Academy Awards® (including stunningly real prehistoric predators even screen and hear the Best Original Music Score) and starring the 25 years after its release, this massive incomparable Julie Andrews and Dick Van thrilling power of the blockbuster hit roars to life on the big Dyke, don’t miss the music of this beloved YUJA WANG score performed live screen with ’ majestic score film performed live to picture by the performed live by the SF Symphony. by the SF Symphony. SF Symphony. Composers Who Paint with Music Turn to page 19 for THU C MTT Conducts Pianist Yuja Wang package summaries. Tim Burton’s Close Encounters SEP 13 and Appalachian Spring The Nightmare 8PM of the Third Kind Hear Yuja Wang, “quite simply the most dazzling, uncannily FRI C Before Christmas FRI MAR 1 8PM | SAT MAR 2 8PM gifted pianist in the concert world today” (San Francisco 25th anniversary SEP 14 Chronicle), play Ravel’s Piano Concerto for the Left Hand— FRI NOV 30 8PM | SAT DEC 1 8PM Steven Spielberg’s spectacular sci-fi 8PM a piece flavored by Harlem jazz. Then experience a different masterpiece features John Williams' iconic, Watch Jack Skellington plot to take over SAT A thread in the American tapestry when MTT leads the two-time Grammy Award-winning score Christmas in Tim Burton’s fantastical SEP 15 San Francisco Symphony in Copland’s complete ballet (Best Original Film Score, Best Instrumental tale The Nightmare Before Christmas. This 8PM Appalachian Spring, an iconic score that captures the Composition) and Academy Award®-winning “instant classic for both kids and grownups” pioneering spirit of American optimism. visual effects that have dazzled audiences SUN A (WOR Radio) comes to life like never before as since 1977. Experience the exhilarating SEP 16 Michael Tilson Thomas Conductor the SF Symphony performs Danny Elfman’s magic of this film on the big screen as the 2PM Yuja Wang Piano delightfully quirky score live with the film SF Symphony performs the score live. Luke Kritzeck Lighting design on the big screen. Clyde Scott Video design PRINCIPAL TUBA PRINCIPAL Castiglioni Inverno in-ver [with video] Ravel Piano Concerto in D major for the Left Hand Copland Appalachian Spring JEFFREY ANDERSON, JEFFREY

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SAT C OCT 12 NOV 8 – Nov s / Oct composer entered a Paris theater; he left that theater a Manfred Honeck returns to the San Francisco Symphony Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra and “powerhouse Russian moral vacuum of World War I. Textured by folk music SEP 22 8PM 8PM celebrity. That night, Igor Stravinsky launched his career after his triumphant 2017 debut. The acclaimed conductor pianist” (Los Angeles Times) Denis Matsuev celebrate the and exoticism, Bartók’s endlessly inventive score enlivens 8PM with his sumptuous score to The Firebird. He followed SAT D leads the Orchestra in Dvořák’s rousing, Bohemian- astounding diversity of one of the most revolutionary FRI D a dark urban tale of supernatural lust. Also on the program, SUN B it with Petrushka (1911), and the watershed masterpiece OCT 13 flavored Eighth Symphony and Prokofiev’s cello showpiece, composers in history. Hear a sonic panorama of some of NOV 9 hear a piece that was kept hidden from Joseph Stalin— SEP 23 The Rite of Spring (1913)—three landmark ballets that 8PM Sinfonia concertante, with the fiery virtuoso Truls Mørk. Stravinsky’s most iconic works, including his scintillating 8PM Shostakovich’s Violin Concerto No. 1—delivered with 2PM dominated a hundred years of music. Join MTT for the prodigy piece, Fireworks, his strikingly original Symphony “fearless virtuosity” (The Cincinnati Enquirer) by Karen Gomyo. Manfred Honeck Conductor SAT A “big three” in a two-week Stravinsky Festival featuring in C, and the rapturous ballet score that launched the Truls Mørk Cello NOV 10 Jakub Hrůša Conductor these works and more. young composer to international fame, The Firebird. 8PM Karen Gomyo Violin Prokofiev Sinfonia concertante Michael Tilson Thomas Conductor Mariinsky Orchestra Dvořák Symphony No. 8 Shostakovich Violin Concerto No. 1 TBD Narrator Valery Gergiev Conductor Borodin Symphony No. 2 Nicholas Phan Tenor Denis Matsuev Piano Bartók Suite from The Miraculous Mandarin San Francisco Girls Chorus Stravinsky Fireworks Pacific Boychoir Stravinsky Symphony in Three Movements San Francisco Symphony Chorus, Ragnar Bohlin Director Stravinsky Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra Great Performers Series Stravinsky Perséphone Stravinsky Symphony in C GPS B Stravinsky The Firebird Stravinsky The Firebird Suite (1919 version) Czech Philharmonic SUN These concerts, a part of The Barbro and Bernard Osher Masterworks Series, The Great Performers Series is made possible through the generosity of Chevron. NOV 11 Plays Dvořák are made possible by a generous gift from Barbro and Bernard Osher. 7:30PM In 1896, Antonín Dvořák conducted his music before an ecstatic Prague audience. That night, an orchestra was born. 120 years later, the Czech Philharmonic is going THU B SF Symphony Plays R. Strauss’ strong—and Dvořák’s music is second nature. Experience OCT 25 the Czech master as never before in a program that EVGENY KISSIN 8PM Der Rosenkavalier includes Dvořák’s stormy Seventh Symphony, and the From the earliest days of 1911, Richard Strauss had a runaway FRI C Cello Concerto played by the “superb” (BBC Music Magazine) Great Performers Series hit with his opera Der Rosenkavalier. Filled with luxurious OCT 26 Alisa Weilerstein. music and sentimental charm, its stunning orchestral GPS A 8PM Kissin Plays Beethoven textures quickly made the leap into the instrumental world Czech Philharmonic SUN SAT B where they’ve dazzled audiences ever since. Indulge your Semyon Bychkov Conductor OCT 14 and Rachmaninoff in Recital OCT 27 ears in this and Lalo’s zesty violin showpiece Symphonie Alisa Weilerstein Cello 7:30PM In a convergence of monster piano players, Evgeny 8PM espagnole with the young firebrand Ray Chen. Kissin, “the world’s most acclaimed pianist” (The Economist) Dvořák Cello Concerto tackles fistfuls of notes by two titanic composer-pianists: Cristian Măcelaru Conductor Dvořák Symphony No. 7 LEONIDAS KAVAKOS and . Hear Ray Chen Violin The Great Performers Series is made possible through the generosity of Chevron. the “rare and miraculous piano legend” (The Telegraph) play Anna Clyne Masquerade Beethoven’s massive testimony to the instrument, Stravinsky Festival with the San Francisco Symphony Lalo Symphonie espagnole the Hammerklavier Sonata, followed by Rachmaninoff’s THU B Kevin Puts Suite from Silent Night (SFS Co-Commission Celebrating MTT MTT Conducts Stravinsky’s luxurious Préludes. SEP 27 & World Premiere) THU M 8PM Petrushka and The Rite of Spring The Great Performers Series is made possible through the generosity of Chevron. R. Strauss Suite from Der Rosenkavalier MTT’s From the Diary NOV 15 Igor Stravinsky hit music like a thunderclap. With FRI E 2PM of Anne Frank Petrushka (1911) and The Rite of Spring (1913), he sent SEP 28 Hear Michael Tilson Thomas' spellbinding musical shockwaves that continue to ripple through music today. Composers Who Paint with Music FRI E 8PM setting From the Diary of Anne Frank, a piece written Driven, frenetic, and strikingly original, each score is NOV 16 THU OPEN for UNICEF in 1990. An early work by MTT, the “expert SAT B as unique in character as it is wondrous. Hear these Pablo Heras-Casado 8PM OCT 18 craftsmanship shown in this piece” (The New York Times) SEP 29 seminal works conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas, 10AM Conducts Boléro SAT D foreshadows things to come from the composer. 8PM and Stravinsky’s Violin Concerto played by the Captivated by the sounds of flamenco, composers NOV 17 Marking the 70th anniversary of the United Nations’ “rapturously lyrical” (The Guardian) Leonidas Kavakos. THU A SUN A from around the world have written music in the Spanish 8PM Universal Declaration of Human Rights, these concerts OCT 18 SEP 30 Michael Tilson Thomas Conductor style. Pablo Heras-Casado returns to the San Francisco conclude with Beethoven’s epic testament to liberty, 8PM SUN B 2PM Leonidas Kavakos Violin Symphony to conduct “Spanish” works by Frenchmen, the Eroica Symphony. NOV 18 FRI G including Ravel’s sultry slow-burn Boléro and Debussy’s Stravinsky Petrushka (1947 revision) 2PM Michael Tilson Thomas Conductor OCT 19 Andalusian postcard Ibéria. Hear that music as well as the Stravinsky Violin Concerto TBD Narrator 8PM “fearless and arresting brilliance” (Gramophone) of Spanish Stravinsky The Rite of Spring HILARY HAHN piano virtuoso Javier Perianes performing Bartók’s Michael Tilson Thomas From the Diary of Anne Frank SAT C These concerts, a part of The Barbro and Bernard Osher Masterworks Series, melodious Piano Concerto No. 3. Beethoven Symphony No. 3, Eroica are made possible by a generous gift from Barbro and Bernard Osher. OCT 20 Great Performers Series 8PM Pablo Heras-Casado Conductor GPS A Javier Perianes Piano Hilary Hahn in Recital SUN “Impetuous and authoritative, brilliant and beautiful” Ravel Alborada del gracioso NOV 4 (The New York Times), multi-Grammy Award-winning violinist Bartók Piano Concerto No. 3 7:30PM Hilary Hahn performs a recital of thrilling works in her Debussy Ibéria from Images pour orchestre spectacular return to Davies Symphony Hall. Ravel Boléro The Great Performers Series is made possible through the generosity of Chevron.

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Great Performers Series GPS A Gautier Capuçon and SUN DEC 2 Jean-Yves Thibaudet in Recital 8PM Possessing “an exceptional technical command” and “luminous style”(Le Monde de la Musique), formidable GABRIELA MONTERO and acclaimed cellist Gautier Capuçon joins forces with the masterful Jean-Yves Thibaudet, “unquestionably, FRI D one of the best pianists in the world” (OpusColorado), in an Gabriela Montero Plays JAN 18 exhilarating showcase of the French duo’s combined 8PM Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto prowess, including breathtaking cello sonatas by The “brilliant, wonderfully imaginative” (The New York Times) Debussy and Rachmaninoff. SAT D pianist Gabriela Montero returns to the San Francisco JAN 19 Gautier Capuçon Cello Symphony to play a Tchaikovsky tour de force. Once 8PM Jean-Yves Thibaudet Piano deemed unplayable, Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto is SUN B now one of the best-loved showpieces for the virtuoso pianist. Debussy Sonata No. 1 in D minor for Cello and Piano JAN 20 The charismatic rising star conductor Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla Brahms Sonata No. 1 in E minor for Cello and Piano 2PM makes her San Francisco Symphony debut in a thrilling tone Rachmaninoff Cello Sonata in G minor poem that conjures the epic mythology of Finland. The Great Performers Series is made possible through the generosity of Chevron. Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla Conductor Gabriela Montero Piano Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 FRI G Handel’s Messiah Sibelius Four Legends from the Kalevala DEC 14 Experience the glorious majesty of Handel’s Messiah 8PM performed by the Grammy Award-winning San Francisco SAT A Symphony Chorus and world-class soloists. Featuring the Great Performers Series DEC 15 famous “Hallelujah” Chorus, the magnificent power of GPS A 8PM 100 voices in harmony makes this celebrated masterpiece Andsnes Plays Schumann TUE an unmissable holiday favorite and one of the best-loved JAN 22 in Recital musical works of all time. 8PM Praised as “a pianist of magisterial elegance, power,

Jane Glover Conductor and insight,” (The New York Times), Norwegian virtuoso Leif CLARINET BASS Ying Fang Soprano Ove Andsnes has garnered worldwide acclaim for his Elizabeth DeShong Mezzo-soprano commanding technique and nuanced interpretations. Nicholas Phan Tenor Witness his celebrated prowess in a program that Joshua Hopkins Baritone explores an incredible spectrum of emotion, including JEROME SIMAS, JEROME San Francisco Symphony Chorus, Ragnar Bohlin Director the theatrical cast of characters in Schumann’s swirling masked ball Carnaval. Piano Schumann Three Romances, Opus 28 Janáček On an Overgrown Path, Volume 1 Bartók Three Burlesques Schumann Carnaval

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JAN 31 FEB 22 GPS B Midori and Jean-Yves Thibaudet Concert 10AM Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony 8PM the Music of Schumann SUN It’s that miraculous transformation of spirit that comes Critically acclaimed conductor Daniel Harding and APR 7 in Recital THU B SAT B with a long vacation: Mendelssohn found his muse the San Francisco Symphony take on the intoxicating 7:30PM One of the most admired violinists of her generation, JAN 31 FEB 23 – Apr s / Mar standing amid the ruins of Holyrood Abbey in Edinburgh, Romanticism of Schumann in an evening of orchestral Grammy Award-winner Midori has enchanted listeners 8PM 8PM while Beethoven found his in the Austrian countryside. bliss. Witness a spectacular showcase of the composer’s with her graceful precision and intimate expression FRI F Both composers poured their exhilaration into picturesque SUN B dynamic prowess, from the stormy drama of the overture for more than 30 years. Experience her “characteristic FEB 1 symphonies, packing them with verve and irresistible FEB 24 to his medieval opera, Genoveva, to his enchanting verve, fire, and tonal gleam" (Chicago Classical Review) in a 8PM melodies. Hear these 19th-century gems when 2PM fantasia-like Piano Concerto in A minor, performed highly anticipated return to Davies Symphony Hall Conductor Laureate Herbert Blomstedt leads the by acclaimed German pianist . with “one of the world’s foremost concert pianists” SAT A San Francisco Symphony. (San Francisco Classical Voice), the masterful Jean-Yves Thibaudet. FEB 2 Daniel Harding Conductor ANNE-SOPHIE MUTTER 8PM Herbert Blomstedt Conductor Lars Vogt Piano Midori Violin Great Performers Series Jean-Yves Thibaudet Piano Beethoven Symphony No. 6, Pastoral Schumann Overture to Genoveva Mendelssohn Symphony No. 3, Scottish Schumann Piano Concerto GPS A Anne-Sophie Mutter in Recital The Great Performers Series is made possible through the generosity of Chevron. Schumann Symphony No. 2 SUN She was invited to perform with the Berlin Philharmonic MAR 10 at only 13 years old, and since then, four-time Grammy 7:30PM Great Performers Series Award-winning violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter’s phenomenal virtuosity has floored the world’s audiences for more GPS A Russian National Orchestra than 40 years. See her ignite the Symphony stage with SUN longtime collaborator, pianist Lambert Orkis, in a radiant MAR 3 Showcases Rachmaninoff performance that includes violin masterworks from 7:30PM Rachmaninoff died in Beverly Hills—a far cry from Mozart,Ravel, and Debussy. the imperial Russia of his youth. Bolshevism, world war, geopolitical upheaval, and iconoclasm produced Anne-Sophie Mutter Violin a turbulent space through which he carved his path: Lambert Orkis Piano Romantic, melodic, and sophisticated. Hear the Sebastian Currier Aftersong Russian National Orchestra under Ravel Violin Sonata in G major GIL SHAHAM in Rachmaninoff’s fiery Symphonic Dances, as well EMANUEL AX Debussy Sonata in G minor for Violin and Piano as the towering Second Piano Concerto with the Celebrating MTT Mozart Violin Sonata in B-flat major, K.454 American virtuoso George Li. THU OPEN Poulenc Violin Sonata Emanuel Ax Plays Brahms’ THU OPEN APR 11 Gil Shaham and Tchaikovsky’s Russian National Orchestra FEB 7 The Great Performers Series is made possible through the generosity of Chevron. 10AM Piano Concerto No. 2 Mikhail Pletnev Conductor 10AM Fourth Symphony Arguably “the most distinguished American pianist alive” George Li Piano THU A Experience the “brilliant and incisive” (Chicago Tribune) (The Telegraph), Emanuel Ax adds an almost improvisational THU A APR 11 Gil Shaham in ’s warmly romantic Violin Rachmaninoff Vocalise Composers Who Paint with Music fluidity to Brahms’ Second Piano Concerto, a piece that FEB 7 8PM Concerto No. 1. Famous for his formidable technique and Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 combines harrowing pianism with symphonic muscle. 8PM THU B generosity of spirit, Shaham ranks among the greatest Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dances Christian Tetzlaff Playsozart M FRI G Also on the program, the masterful Russian conductor MAR 14 FRI G violinists of our time. Also on the program, MTT unleashes APR 12 Andrey Boreyko brings his own brand of passion and The Great Performers Series is made possible through the generosity of Chevron. 8PM with the SF Symphony FEB 8 the forces of the Orchestra in Tchaikovsky's barnstorming 8PM nuance as he leads the SF Symphony in Zemlinsky's “There’s something untouchable about him” (The Telegraph). 8PM Symphony. FRI F lush symphonic fairy tale based on the Hans Christian German violinist Christian Tetzlaff brings his arresting SUN A MAR 15 Andersen tragedy The Little Mermaid. SAT C Michael Tilson Thomas Conductor artistry to Mozart’s elegant Third Violin Concerto. APR 14 THU OPEN 8PM FEB 9 Gil Shaham Violin The SF Symphony Plays On the second half of the program, MTT unleashes the 2PM Andrey Boreyko Conductor MAR 7 8PM SAT A thundering might of the San Francisco Symphony in Emanuel Ax Piano Steve Mackey New Work (World Premiere, 10AM Schumann, Liszt, and Brahms MAR 16 Sibelius' exhilarating Second Symphony. The concert SFS Commission) Indulge in the music of three great Romantics with French Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2 THU C 8PM opens with Ravel’s gentle and nuanced nod to the Prokofiev Violin Concerto No. 1 conductor François-Xavier Roth and the San Francisco Zemlinsky The Mermaid (Die Seejungfrau) MAR 7 French Baroque, Le Tombeau de Couperin. Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 Symphony. Hear Brahms' Second Symphony, a piece SUN B 8PM with an airy, bucolic atmosphere—like the lakeside resort MAR 17 Michael Tilson Thomas Conductor FRI E where it was written—and the explosive energy of Liszt’s 2PM Christian Tetzlaff Violin FRI C MAR 8 First Piano Concerto performed by French pianist Cédric Fabio Luisi Conducts Rimsky- THU M Ravel Le Tombeau de Couperin APR 19 András Schiff Plays 8PM Tiberghien in his San Francisco Symphony debut. Also FEB 14 Mozart Violin Concerto No. 3 8PM Korsakov’s Scheherazade on the program, Schumann’s portrait of Lord Byron’s 2PM and Conducts J.S. Bach SAT D Sibelius Symphony No. 2 Grammy Award-winning conductor Fabio Luisi leads a tormented youth, Manfred. SAT B J.S. Bach was all but forgotten when Felix Mendelssohn MAR 9 spellbinding concert of Russian masters. Hear one of FRI C APR 20 launched a full-scale revival of Bach’s music in 1829— 8PM François-Xavier Roth Conductor the most colorful and evocative scores in all classical FEB 15 8PM two geniuses from different eras whose music captivates, Cédric Tiberghien Piano Great Performers Series music, Rimsky-Korsakov’s wondrous Scheherazade, a 8PM inspires, and reaches deep into the soul. Hear both stunning symphonic portrait of the classic fairy tale Schumann Manfred Overture GPS B SUN A composers in the hands of the absolutely riveting Marc-André Hamelin in Recital collection Arabian Nights. Also on the program, the Liszt Piano Concerto No. 1 SUN FEB 17 conductor and pianist András Schiff. “Schiff performed “Admired for his monstrously brilliant technique and pyrotechnic virtuosity of Tchaikovsky’s 18th century- Brahms Symphony No. 2 MAR 31 2PM Bach... and transformed the huge and well-filled hall his questing, deep-thinking approach” (The New Yorker), inspired Rococo Variations, performed by Tchaikovsky 7:30PM into a bowl of rapt silence” (Independent). French-Canadian pianist Marc-André Hamelin possesses Competition-winning cellist, Mario Brunello. an expressive depth at the keys that has earned him András Schiff Conductor and Piano Fabio Luisi Conductor the esteem of pianophiles around the globe. San Francisco Symphony Chorus, Ragnar Bohlin Director Mario Brunello Cello Marc-André Hamelin Piano Bach Keyboard Concerto No. 4 Glinka Overture to Ruslan and Ludmila Bach Orchestral Suite No. 3 The Great Performers Series is made possible through the generosity of Chevron. 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HÉLÈNE GRIMAUD KRZYSZTOF URBAŃSKI THU M Grimaud Plays Beethoven’s Fourth APR 25 THU M 2PM Piano Concerto with the SF Symphony Urbański Conducts Mendelssohn’s MAY 23 “Her albums aren’t merely proficient tours through the FRI D 2PM Italian Symphony repertoire; they are highly personal explorations that can APR 26 “A must-hear event” (San Francisco Chronicle), don’t miss the stand out among dozens of rival performances” (The New Yorker). FRI C 8PM much anticipated return of the electric young conductor Experience the elegant artistry of Hélène Grimaud as she MAY 24 Krzysztof Urbański. He leads the San Francisco Symphony SAT C plays Beethoven’s most intimate, most exquisitely nuanced 8PM in an audience favorite, Mendelssohn’s sun-kissed Italian APR 27 piano concerto. Conductor James Gaffigan pairs the concerto SAT D Symphony. He’ll be joined by the young violin sensation 8PM with Symphony No. 31 by Beethoven’s own musical hero, Mozart. MAY 25 Vilde Frang, who makes her San Francisco Symphony James Gaffigan Conductor 8PM debut with a mountain of a showpiece: the soulful, poetic, Hélène Grimaud Piano yet fiendishly difficult Elgar Violin Concerto. Wagner Good Friday Spell from Parsifal Krzysztof Urbański Conductor Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 Vilde Frang Violin Mozart Symphony No. 31, Paris Elgar Violin Concerto Barber Symphony No. 1 Bacewicz Overture Mendelssohn Symphony No. 4, Italian

THU OPEN Janowski Conducts Wagner’s MAY 2 THU C 10AM Love Music SF Symphony Plays Bach MAY 30 Experience the passions of springtime in this romantic THU C 8PM and Shostakovich event at the symphony. The renowned conductor Marek MAY 2 Celebrate the artistry of the San Francisco Symphony Janowski conducts works by music’s master of sensuality, FRI D 8PM when Concertmaster and violin soloist Alexander Richard Wagner. Hear Tannhäuser’s hedonistic adventure MAY 31 Barantschik leads a rousing performance of J.S. Bach’s FRI E in the Venusberg followed by the enrapturing Liebestod 8PM ebullient E major Violin Concerto. Then, experience MAY 3 from Tristan und Isolde. Plus, the “fierce and impressive” SAT C Shostakovich’s intense and probing wartime monument, 8PM (San Francisco Classical Voice) James Ehnes turns up the bravado JUN 1 the Eighth Symphony, under the direction in Bruch’s rousing Violin Concerto No. 1. SAT D 8PM of conductor Juraj Valčuha. MAY 4 Marek Janowski Conductor Juraj Valčuha Conductor 8PM James Ehnes Violin Alexander Barantschik Violin Mendelssohn Ruy Blas Overture J. S. Bach Violin Concerto No. 2 Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1 Shostakovich Symphony No. 8 Wagner Overture and Venusberg Music from Tannhäuser HELEN KIM, ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL SECOND VIOLIN Wagner Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde

THU OPEN Great Performers Series Nikolai Lugansky Plays Composers Who Paint with Music JUN 6 the Grieg Piano Concerto THU B MTT Conducts the Music of Debussy GPS B Bell-Isserlis-Denk Trio THU A MTT Conducts Mahler’s 10AM MAY 9 SUN MAY 16 With one dreamy wisp of a piece, Debussy revolutionized “Imaginative, technically gifted and altogether THU B with the SF Symphony 8PM MAY 12 8PM Seventh Symphony music. Delicious and captivating, Prelude to The Afternoon extraordinary” (The Washington Post), superstar violinist JUN 6 Witness the high-voltage artistry of powerhouse pianist 7:30PM From searing to joyful, intimate to haunting, Mahler's FRI F of a Faun paved the way for colors and impressions never Joshua Bell has thrilled audiences for more than 30 years. FRI G 8PM Nikolai Lugansky. “As rhapsodic and affectionate as he shadowy universe is channelled by the infinitely expressive MAY 10 before expressed in sound. Luxuriate in the luminescent Now, in one of the most exciting performances of the MAY 17 is masterly” (Gramophone), Lugansky injects thunder San Francisco Symphony in this dramatic sonic excursion. FRI E 8PM world of this and other iconic works, including the churning season, witness musical fireworks when he combines 8PM and finesse into Grieg’s fiery Piano Concerto. Also on Winner of two Grammy Awards for their recording of the JUN 7 sea picture, La Mer. Also on the program, MTT welcomes his profound artistry with that of longtime internationally the program, Saint-Saëns' wonderfully tuneful Organ SAT B SAT A Seventh Symphony, MTT and the San Francisco Symphony 8PM one of today’s great musical visionaries, piano virtuoso renowned musical partners, cellist Steven Isserlis and Symphony, and Bartók’s Dance Suite—a zesty and MAY 11 MAY 18 return to this epic work for one of the most exciting Pierre-Laurent Aimard. pianist Jeremy Denk, in a virtuosic dream team performance. SAT A exotic set of pieces infused with the sounds of Hungary, 8PM 8PM concert events of the year. JUN 8 Arabia, and Romania. Michael Tilson Thomas Conductor Joshua Bell Violin Michael Tilson Thomas Conductor 8PM Pierre-Laurent Aimard Piano Steven Isserlis Cello TBD Conductor Women of the San Francisco Symphony Chorus, Jeremy Denk Piano Mahler Symphony No. 7 Nikolai Lugansky Piano Ragnar Bohlin Director The Great Performers Series is made possible through the generosity of Chevron. Bartók Dance Suite Debussy Prélude to The Afternoon of a Faun Grieg Piano Concerto Ligeti Piano Concerto Saint-Saëns Symphony No. 3, Organ Debussy Nocturnes Debussy La Mer

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OCT 18 Pablo Heras-Casado Conducts Boléro OCT 11 SF Symphony Plays Dvořák and Prokofiev Celebrating MTT NOV 8 Bartók’s The Miraculous Mandarin NOV 15 MTT’s From the Diary of Anne Frank THU M Yefim Bronfman Plays FEB 7 Gil Shaham and Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony FEB 14 András Schiff Plays and Conducts J.S. Bach JUN 20 APR 11 Emanuel Ax Plays Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 2 APR 25 Grimaud plays Beethoven's Fourth Piano 2PM Prokofiev with the MAY 16 MTT conducts Mahler’s Seventh Symphony Concerto with the SF Symphony JUN 27 The Magic of Youth: a Semi-Staged Event MAY 23 Urbański conducts Mendelssohn’s FRI G SF Symphony Italian Symphony JUN 21 One of the most formidable Prokofiev players of our time, JUN 20 Yefim Bronfman Plays Prokofiev with the 8PM Yefim Bronfman returns to the San Francisco Symphony to SF Symphony summit the towering peaks of the Second Piano Concerto. SAT C Bronfman brings to Prokofiev a “blazing power in the big B Thursday B Package *No open rehearsals for matinee performances JUN 22 Six Concerts at 8pm + 2 Additional Free Russian manner, tempered with subtlety and nuance” 8PM (Chicago Tribune). On the program, MTT celebrates American SEP 27 MTT Conducts Stravinsky’s Petrushka and music with his own piece for brass ensemble, and a The Rite of Spring premiere by the legendary music pioneer Steve Reich. OCT 25 SF Symphony Plays R. Strauss’ Der Rosenkavalier OPEN Thursday Open Rehearsal JAN 31 Blomstedt Conducts Beethoven’s Michael Tilson Thomas Conductor Pastoral Symphony Package* Yefim Bronfman Piano Eight Rehearsals at 10am MAR 14 Christian Tetzlaff Plays Mozart with Michael Tilson Thomas Street Song for Symphonic Brass the SF Symphony OCT 18 Pablo Heras-Casado Conducts Boléro Steve Reich Music for Ensemble and Orchestra MAY 9 MTT Conducts the Music of Debussy NOV 8 Bartók’s The Miraculous Mandarin (SFS Co-Commission and San Francisco Premiere) JUN 6 Nikolai Lugansky Plays the Grieg Piano JAN 31 Blomstedt Conducts Beethoven’s Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 2 Concerto with the SF Symphony Pastoral Symphony FEB 7 Gil Shaham and Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony MAR 7 The SF Symphony Plays Schumann, Liszt, and Brahms Composers Who Paint with Music APR 11 Emanuel Ax Plays Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 2 MAY 2 Janowski Conducts Wagner’s Love Music THU A C Thursday C Package The Magic of Youth: Six Concerts at 8pm + 2 Additional Free JUN 6 Nikolai Lugansky Plays the Grieg Piano JUN 27 Concerto with the SF Symphony 8PM A Semi-Staged Event SEP 13 MTT Conducts Pianist Yuja Wang and In Michael Tilson Thomas’ semi-staged event of the Appalachian Spring SAT B season, this enchanting program explores the wonderment JAN 24 The SF Symphony Plays Prokofiev’s Fifth *Thursday Open Rehearsal Package is not eligible for the JUN 29 of youth. Children themselves are the stars of Britten’s MAR 7 The SF Symphony Plays Schumann, complimentary ticket offer. 8PM Noye’s Fludde (Noah’s Flood), and the fantastic world of a Liszt, and Brahms SUN B young imagination comes to life in a dazzling production MAY 2 Janowski Conducts Wagner’s Love Music The Thursday Matinee concerts are endowed by a gift in JUN 30 of Ravel’s The Child and the Magic Spells. Don’t miss this MAY 30 SF Symphony Plays Bach and Shostakovich memory of Rhoda Goldman. For information about making 2PM one-of-a-kind program performed by an all-star cast JUN 13 MTT conducts Mahler’s Ninth Symphony endowment or memorial gifts, contact Gift Planning, at and highlighted by mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard. 415-503-5445 or [email protected]. Michael Tilson Thomas Conductor Isabel Leonard Mezzo-soprano, (The Child and the Thursday Matinee Bus Packages Magic Spells) Z Thursday Z Combo Package Sit back, relax, and let us bring you to the Symphony! We offer several Bus Twelve Concerts at 8pm + 3 Additional Free Cast to be announced Packages that make enjoying San Francisco Symphony concerts easier than TBD Children's chorus Get 3 free concerts when you buy a DSH 12-concert ever. Our round-trip charter bus service will pick you up at a location close to your home and drop you off at Davies Symphony Hall for the Rhoda San Francisco Symphony Chorus, Ragnar Bohlin Director or more package. Combine Thu A + B. Goldman Thursday Matinee concerts. San Francisco Symphony Bus Package pickup is available in several Britten Noye's Fludde

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