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Join us for a season of beloved masterworks alongside thrilling world premieres. Be there as music’s biggest stars take the Davies Symphony Hall stage. Experience the unforgettable music of classic films and ring in the holidays with the Symphony. The choice is yours!

CONCERT SPOTLIGHTS 6 ORCHESTRAL SERIES 14 GREAT PERFORMERS 56 FILM WITH THE SF SYMPHONY 72 HOLIDAY 78 OTHER SERIES 90 CHAMBER MUSIC 92 MUSIC FOR FAMILIES 96 YOUTH ORCHESTRA 98 ORGAN 100 SPECIAL EVENTS 102 DONOR OPPORTUNITIES 108

CSpootlnigchetrts EXPLORE A SEASON FULL OF CHERISHED MASTERWORKS AND THE MUSIC YOU LOVE. BE INSPIRED BY THESE THEMED CONCERT SPOTLIGHTS.

THE CLASSICS Experience the heart-pounding power and exhilarating emotion of the San Francisco Symphony performing the most beloved masterworks in classical music. - Buchbinder Performs the Complete Beethoven Piano Concertos Oct 23–25 - Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6, Pathétique Nov 20–22 - Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique Apr 8–10 - Beethoven 5 & Julia Fischer May 20–22 - Ludovic Morlot Conducts Debussy’s La Mer May 27–29 7

CONCERT SPOTLIGHTS

MUSIC’S BIGGEST STARS Friends from around the globe take the Davies Symphony Hall stage to share the joy and JOSHUA BELL virtuosity of live performance at its very best. - Michael Tilson Thomas Oct 30–Nov 1; Nov 5–6, 8; Jan 21–23; Jan 27–30 - Itzhak Perlman Jan 10 - Yuja Wang Jan 27–30 - Emanuel Ax Jan 21–23 - Joshua Bell Feb 8; Apr 29–May 1 - Lang Lang Mar 21 - Hilary Hahn Jun 3–5 - Renée Fleming Jun 10, 12, & 13

LANG LANG

MICHAEL TILSON THOMAS YUJA WANG 8

ON THE CUTTING EDGE Explore the unique, the provocative, the electrifying, and the profound in a collection of fresh music experiences by top 21st-century creators. - Behzad Ranjbaran: Violin Concerto Apr 29–May 1 - John Corigliano: Triathlon, for Saxophonist and Orchestra Jan 14–16 - Bryce Dessner: Violin Concerto Jun 17–20

JOHN CORIGLIANO

YOU LAUGHED, YOU CRIED, YOU ATE POPCORN TO THIS From Saturday morning cartoons to Netflix to Oscar-winning films, this is the music you’ve heard before—but you haven’t heard it like this. - Sibelius: Symphony No. 1 (Inspiration for the main title theme to The Godfather) Oct 2–3 - Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 (Pose, The Iron Lady, The King’s Speech, Dead Poets Society) Oct 23 & 25 - Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6, Pathétique (The Aviator, Vox Lux, Animaniacs) Nov 20–22 - Handel: Messiah (Oscar Mayer jingle, Dumb and Dumber, Bridget Jones’s Diary) Dec 11–12 - Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 (The Simpsons, Doctor Who, The Walking Dead, Mozart in THE GODFATHER the Jungle) Mar 20–22 9

CONCERT SPOTLIGHTS

FANTASIES & PSYCHEDELICS Immerse yourself in the sensuous sounds, dazzling colors, and beguiling beauty of some of the most evocative scores in all classical music. - Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé Mar 5–7 - Sofia Gubaidulina: Fairytale Poem Apr 8–10 - Sarasate/Bizet: Carmen Fantasy Jun 3–5 - Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade Jun 3–5

HILARY HAHN

MAJOR METAL Have a blast of San Francisco Symphony brass with iconic works that bring the instruments’ big, bold, beautiful sound front and center. - Mahler: Symphony No. 1 Oct 30–Nov 1 - Wynton Marsalis: Selections from Blues Symphony Jan 14–16 - Bruckner: Symphony No. 9, Unfinished Jan 21–23 - Shostakovich: Symphony No. 15 Jan 27–30

MUSIC FOR ALL TIME Throughout history and never more than today, music has given voice to the human spirit. Experience music old and new that clearly speaks to us now. - The Fight for Equality: Julia Wolfe & Florence Price Nov 12 & 14 - Give Me Shelter: Gabriel Kahane’s emergency shelter intake form Feb 4 & 6 - Philippe Jordan Conducts Britten’s War Requiem May 13–15 - Salonen: Make Art, Not War Jun 17–20

JULIA WOLFE

KID-FRIENDLY SHOWS Discover how music speaks to us all—young listeners and longtime fans alike—through enriching performances and fun-filled events. - Music for Families Series Nov 14, Dec 12, Feb 6, May 8 - Peter and the Wolf Dec 13

Consider adding these special concerts to your CYO package. - Día de los Muertos Nov 7 - Deck the Hall Dec 6 - Chinese New Year Celebration Feb 20

CONCERT SPOTLIGHTS

CELEBRATING ASIA The San Francisco Symphony draws inspiration from the music of Asia with works celebrating rich Asian traditions past and present. - Lunar New Year: Celebrating Asia Texu Kim: Bounce!!, Younghi Pagh-Paan: NIM, Harrison: Concerto for Pipa and String Orchestra, Takashi Yoshimatsu: The Age of Birds, Zhou Long: The Rhyme of Taigu Feb 11 & 13 - Chinese New Year Celebration Feb 20 - Fang Man: New Work Mar 11–13 FANG MAN - Unsuk Chin: Frontispiece for Orchestra May 20–22

OPERA STARS AT THE SF SYMPHONY The world’s most most renowned opera singers join the San Francisco Symphony to bring epic masterworks to life. - Bartók: Duke Bluebeard’s Castle (Michelle DeYoung, Gerald Finley) Oct 8–11 - R. Strauss: Elektra (Christine Goerke, Emily Magee, Anna Larsson, Alan Oke, Peixin Chen) Mar 18, 20, & 22 - R. Strauss: Four Last Songs (Renée Fleming) Jun 10, 12, & 13 - Weill: Die sieben Todsünden (The Seven Deadly Sins) (Nora Fischer) Jun 24–26

RENÉE FLEMING

GLORIOUS CHORUS The phenomenal San Francisco Symphony and Chorus join forces to present some of the most majestic works for orchestra and voices ever created. - MTT: Beethoven’s Missa solemnis Nov 5–8 - Handel’s Messiah Dec 11–12 - Jane Glover Conducts J.S. Bach Mass in B minor Apr 22–24 - Philippe Jordan Conducts Britten’s War Requiem May 13–15

SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS

JANE GLOVER

RAGNAR BOHLIN

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14 REVEL IN THE HEART-POUNDING POWER AND EXHILARATING EMOTION OF THE orcSANh FRANCISCOe SYMPHONYs PERFORMINGtr al THE MOST BELOVED MASTERWORKS IN CLASSICAL MUSIC. ORCHESTRAL

ESA-PEKKA SALONEN 16 SALONEN: OCTOBER 2-3 J.S. BACH & SIBELIUS 1

Esa-Pekka Salonen, the San Francisco Symphony, and our Collaborative Partners reimagine the music of J.S. Bach, who is, in Salonen’s words, “the foundation of everything.” Then, Salonen conducts the Orchestra in the music of his fellow Finn, Sibelius. The First, a lusciously dark symphony written during the political turmoil of Russian rule in Finland, became a patriotic rallying cry against the Tsar, and stood as a powerful declaration that Finnish culture was worth fighting for.

ESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor COLLABORATIVE PARTNERS

San Francisco Symphony Collaborative Partners reimagine the music of J.S. BACH SIBELIUS Symphony No. 1

THESE CONCERTS, A PART OF THE BARBRO AND BERNARD OSHER MASTERWORKS SERIES, ARE MADE POSSIBLE BY A GENEROUS GIFT FROM BARBRO AND BERNARD OSHER. ORCHESTRAL

SALONEN: DUKE OCTOBER 8–11 BLUEBEARD’S CASTLE

YEFIM BRONFMAN

Can love overcome a heavy soul? Bartók’s one- ESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor act opera, Duke Bluebeard’s Castle, follows YEFIM BRONFMAN, piano the struggle of young Judith and Bluebeard, MICHELLE DeYOUNG, mezzo-soprano (Judith) her aging husband, after he opens the doors GERALD FINLEY, bass-baritone (Bluebeard) to his windowless castle. Esa-Pekka Salonen, acclaimed opera stars Michelle DeYoung and BARTÓK Piano Concerto No. 2 Gerald Finley, and the San Francisco Symphony BARTÓK Duke Bluebeard’s Castle present a spectacular orchestral performance of the heart-pounding rhythms of Bartók’s transfixing score. This highly charged program opens with the extraordinary Yefim Bronfman performing another Bartók favorite: the exhilarating Piano Concerto No. 2.

THESE CONCERTS, A PART OF THE BARBRO AND BERNARD OSHER MASTERWORKS SERIES, ARE MADE POSSIBLE BY A GENEROUS GIFT FROM BARBRO AND BERNARD OSHER.

18 SALONEN: RESPIGHI’S OCTOBER 15–17 PINES OF ROME

MARIANNE CREBASSA

Led by Esa-Pekka Salonen with the San ESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor Francisco Symphony, Debussy’s evocative MARIANNE CREBASSA, mezzo-soprano Ibéria teems with the passion and rhythms of Spain, a place that fascinated the composer. DEBUSSY Ibéria from Images pour orchestre Also on the program, Ravel paints luscious BERIO Folk Songs (San Francisco Symphony and sultry scenes in his Shéhérazade, featuring Premiere) mezzo-soprano Marianne Crebassa. Respighi’s R AVEL Shéhérazade imaginative Pines of Rome pays homage to the RESPIGHI Pines of Rome Eternal City—Rome—with scenes of children playing in pine groves, trees casting shadows on catacombs, and echoes of past Roman glory reverberating down the ancient Appian Way.

THURSDAY MATINEE CONCERTS ARE ENDOWED BY A GIFT IN MEMORY OF RHODA GOLDMAN.

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BEETHOVEN250 OCTOBER 23–25 BUCHBINDER PERFORMS THE COMPLETE BEETHOVEN PIANO CONCERTOS

OCTOBER 23 & 25 OCTOBER 24 PIANO CONCERTOS PIANO CONCERTOS NOS. 1 & 5 NOS. 2,3, & 4

With nods towards Mozart and Haydn, Rudolf Buchbinder and the San Francisco Beethoven’s First Concerto is the infectiously Symphony perform a program of three storied upbeat work of a composer who does not know Beethoven piano concertos. This unique all- what is yet to come. Then, Beethoven’s Fifth piano concerto program opens with the and final piano concerto, which rises from the boisterous and light Second. Then the Fourth, ravages of the Napoleonic wars and from the equal parts poetic and radical, with a slow devastation of his hearing loss. Despite this— movement that calls to mind the mythical or perhaps because of it—this music is a Orpheus taming the wild beasts with his music. testament to resilience: uplifting, heroic. The program concludes with Beethoven’s dramatic and jubilant Third Concerto, famed RUDOLF BUCHBINDER, conductor and piano for its stratospheric high C, which required BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 1 piano makers to extend the range of the BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 5, Emperor instrument forever. RUDOLF BUCHBINDER, conductor and piano

BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 2 BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 4 BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 3

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CHICK COREA OCTOBER 27 WITH THE SF SYMPHONY

CHICK COREA

Living jazz legend and 22-time Grammy winner JOSHUA WEILERSTEIN, conductor Chick Corea joins conductor Joshua Weilerstein CHICK COREA, piano and the San Francisco Symphony in a robust program that features Gershwin’s electrifying WALKER Lyric for Strings Rhapsody in Blue. Also on the program is the GERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue gorgeously textured Lyric for Strings by George SIBELIUS Symphony No. 2 Walker, the first African-American composer to receive the Pulitzer Prize in music; and Sibelius’ bold, unconventional, and musically adventurous Second Symphony.

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OCTOBER 30–31 MTT: MAHLER 1 NOVEMBER 1

TIMOTHY HIGGINS, PRINCIPAL TROMBONE

The critically acclaimed, multi-Grammy-winning MICHAEL TILSON THOMAS, combo of MTT and the San Francisco Symphony Music Director Laureate and conductor reunite to perform one of their signature works: TIMOTHY HIGGINS, trombone Mahler’s First. With music that begins with a shimmer in the strings and ends in one of TIMOTHY HIGGINS Concerto for Trombone the most heroic finales ever written, this is a (World Premiere, San Francisco Symphony breathtaking experience. Opening the program Commission) is the world premiere of a trombone concerto MAHLER Symphony No. 1 composed and performed by San Francisco Symphony Principal Trombone Timothy Higgins.

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MICHAEL TILSON THOMAS MTT: BEETHOVEN’S NOVEMBER 5,6 & 8 MISSA SOLEMNIS

“From the heart—may it return again to the MICHAEL TILSON THOMAS, heart.” So Beethoven inscribed the score of his Music Director Laureate and conductor Missa solemnis, an awe-inspiring, optimistic SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS musical monument that celebrates art and its RAGNAR BOHLIN, director ability to bring humanity closer to the divine. PACIFIC BOYCHOIR Music Director Laureate Michael Tilson ANDREW BROWN, director Thomas leads superstar vocalists, the San Francisco Symphony, Chorus, and a guest BEETHOVEN Missa solemnis children’s chorus in Beethoven’s moving masterpiece.

THESE CONCERTS, A PART OF THE BARBRO AND BERNARD OSHER MASTERWORKS SERIES, ARE MADE POSSIBLE BY A GENEROUS GIFT FROM BARBRO AND BERNARD OSHER.

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THE FIGHT FOR EQUALITY: NOVEMBER 12 & 14 JULIA WOLFE & FLORENCE PRICE

JULIA WOLFE

The San Francisco Symphony is joined by With remarkable lyrical sweep and folk and the all-female Lorelei Ensemble for the world spiritual accents, Price’s inventive concerto is premiere of folk/rock/classical mixologist testament to a composer who infused her music Julia Wolfe’s profound new work Her Story, with a range of influences to find a voice that a San Francisco Symphony co-commission was all her own. inspired by progress: the 100-year anniversary of the ratification of women’s suffrage in the GIANCARLO GUERRERO, conductor United States. Nicaraguan-born conductor AARON DIEHL, piano Giancarlo Guerrero and soloist Aaron Diehl LORELEI ENSEMBLE, vocal ensemble make their San Francisco Symphony debuts PRICE Piano Concerto in a program that opens with a virtuosic, one- (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) movement piano concerto by pioneering JULIA WOLFE Her Story American composer Florence Price, who in the (West Coast premiere, San Francisco Symphony 1930s became the first African-American woman Co-Commission) to be recognized as a symphonic composer.

GIANCARLO GUERRERO’S APPEARANCE IS SUPPORTED BY THE LOUISE M. DAVIES GUEST CONDUCTOR FUND.

26 SHOSTAKOVICH NOVEMBER 20–22 & TCHAIK 6

RAFAEL PAYARE

Venezuelan conductor Rafael Payare makes RAFAEL PAYARE, conductor his San Francisco Symphony debut in a ALISA WEILERSTEIN, cello program featuring cellist and MacArthur “genius grant” recipient Alisa Weilerstein in CARREÑO Margariteña one of Shostakovich’s most compelling works, (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) the explosive Cello Concerto No. 1. Dedicated SHOSTAKOVICH Cello Concerto No. 1 to the composer’s close friend—the late, great TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6, Pathétique cello icon Mstislav Rostropovich—the concerto opens with four unforgettable, decisive notes that propel the entire piece forward. The program closes with Tchaikovsky’s Sixth Symphony, nicknamed Pathétique to describe the turmoil and passion evoked by such lush orchestral writing.

RAFAEL PAYARE’S APPEARANCE IS GENEROUSLY SUPPORTED BY THE SHENSON YOUNG ARTIST FUND AND BY THE LOUISE M. DAVIES GUEST CONDUCTOR FUND.

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A NEW AMERICAN SOUND JANUARY 14–16

JOHN CORIGLIANO

Hear some of the most vital music of the purely orchestral forces—celebrates the evolution contemporary American soundscape in a of the blues in the Americas through the lens program led by audience- and musician-favorite of African-American history and folklore. Cristian Măcelaru. Opening the evening is Valerie Coleman’s joyous Umoja (“unity” in Swahili). CRISTIAN MĂCELARU, conductor Then, the exemplary Tim McAllister, one of the TIM McALLISTER, saxophone greatest classical saxophonists of his generation, VALERIE COLEMAN Umoja* who makes his San Francisco Symphony debut JOHN CORIGLIANO Triathlon, for Saxophonist in the world premiere of Pulitzer Prize-winning and Orchestra (World Premiere, San Francisco composer John Corigliano’s saxophone concerto. Symphony Commission) Măcelaru’s orchestral arrangement of music JAKE HEGGIE (arr. Măcelaru) Moby-Dick from influential composer Jake Heggie’s hit Orchestra Suite (San Francisco Symphony opera Moby-Dick is filled with dramatic musical Premiere) vignettes. This extraordinary program concludes WYNTON MARSALIS Selections from with a prismatic work by Wynton Marsalis. His Blues Symphony (San Francisco Symphony cool-toned Blues Symphony—a versatile blend Premiere) of jazz, ragtime, blues, and spirituals written for

CRISTIAN MĂCELARU’S APPEARANCE IS SUPPORTED BY THE LOUISE M. DAVIES GUEST CONDUCTOR FUND JOHN CORIGLIANO’S TRIATHLON, FOR SAXOPHONIST AND ORCHESTRA IS MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE GENEROUS SUPPORT OF MICHÈLE AND LARRY CORASH, AS A 50TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY PRESENT TO ONE ANOTHER. 28 MTT: EMANUEL AX JANUARY 21–23 PLAYS MOZART

The legendary Emanuel Ax joins Music Director MICHAEL TILSON THOMAS, Laureate Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Music Director Laureate and conductor Francisco Symphony in Mozart’s Piano Concerto EMANUEL AX, piano No. 17—an impeccable work that combines joy and pathos with Mozart’s characteristic grace. MOZART Piano Concerto No. 17 The program concludes with Bruckner’s deeply BRUCKNER Symphony No. 9, Unfinished reverential Ninth Symphony, a labor of love he toiled over for nine years yet never completed. With a nod to Beethoven’s Ninth, Bruckner offers up his masterwork in the same dark and stormy key, D minor.

THURSDAY MATINEE CONCERTS ARE ENDOWED BY A GIFT IN MEMORY OF RHODA GOLDMAN.

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YUJA WANG MTT: YUJA PLAYS JANUARY 27–30 RACH PIANO CONCERTO 2

Music Director Laureate Michael Tilson Thomas, musical allusions, his Symphony No. 15 is a superstar Yuja Wang, and the San Francisco labyrinthine journey of musical expression, Symphony team up to perform Rachmaninoff’s with cryptic references to his own work, brilliant Piano Concerto No. 2—a work he had as well as echoes of Rossini and Wagner. so much trouble starting that he sought help from a hypnotist. Rachmaninoff ended up MICHAEL TILSON THOMAS, writing one of the most popular piano concertos Music Director Laureate and conductor in the repertoire, which abounds with YUJA WANG, piano triumphant themes and lush orchestration. Then, the Orchestra performs Shostakovich’s RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 2 final symphony, a profoundly enigmatic work SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 15 composed in just a few weeks in 1971. Rich in

OPEN REHEARSALS ARE ENDOWED BY A BEQUEST FROM THE ESTATE OF KATHARINE HANRAHAN.

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VALERY GERGIEV CONDUCTS FEBRUARY 1 THE MARIINSKY ORCHESTRA

VALERY GERGIEV

The renowned Mariinsky Orchestra, founded VALERY GERGIEV, conductor more than 200 years ago in Saint Petersburg, ALEXANDRE KANTOROW, piano performs the music of Debussy and MARIINSKY ORCHESTRA Rachmaninoff under the baton of Valery Gergiev. The performance features a solo turn by the DEBUSSY Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun remarkable pianist Alexandre Kantorow. TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 2 RACHMANINOFF Symphony No. 2

32 GIVE ME SHELTER: FEBRUARY 4 & 6 GABRIEL KAHANE’S EMERGENCY SHELTER INTAKE FORM

GABRIEL KAHANE

What brings you here? What happened? Where EDWIN OUTWATER, conductor did you sleep last night? In terms harrowing and CONRAD TAO, piano sardonic, emergency shelter intake form asks us ALICIA HALL MORAN, mezzo-soprano to set aside our preconceptions surrounding the CHORUS OF INCONVENIENT STATISTICS, crisis of homelessness, and to open ourselves Holland Andrews; Gabriel Kahane; to the possibility that, in a world driven by Holcombe Waller inequity, we are all closer to economic precarity COMMUNITY CHORUS than we might like to believe. Anchored by four soloists beloved in new music and avant-pop GERSHWIN Piano Concerto in F spaces, ESIF also features a local community GABRIEL KAHANE emergency shelter chorus whose members lived experiences bear intake form (San Francisco Symphony witness to the subject matter. We are left to Premiere) ask ourselves: How do we care for the most vulnerable among us?

OPEN REHEARSALS ARE ENDOWED BY A BEQUEST FROM THE ESTATE OF KATHARINE HANRAHAN. EDWIN OUTWATER’S APPEARANCE IS SUPPORTED BY THE LOUISE M. DAVIES GUEST CONDUCTOR FUND. 33 ORCHESTRAL

LUNAR NEW YEAR: FEBRUARY 11 & 13 CELEBRATING ASIA

WU MAN

Continuing the celebration of the Lunar New PERRY SO, conductor Year, the SF Symphony draws inspiration from WU MAN, pipa the music of Asia to welcome the coming season of renewal and regrowth. Pipa virtuoso Wu Man TEXU KIM Bounce!! joins the Orchestra for Harrison’s songful (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) concerto, a work he composed for her in 1997. HARRISON Concerto for Pipa with String The piece sets the pipa, or Chinese lute, against Orchestra (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) a backdrop of Western string instruments, YOUNGHI PAGH-PAAN NIM highlighting their differences and affinities. (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) Led by rising star conductor Perry So in his SF TAKASHI YOSHIMATSU The Age of Birds subscription Symphony debut, this rich and (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) varied program features the SF Symphony ZHOU LONG The Rhyme of Taigu premieres of Texu Kim’s riotous Bounce!!, (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) Younghi Pagh-Paan’s undulating NIM, and

Takashi Yoshimatsu’s delicate The Age of Birds, OPEN REHEARSALS ARE ENDOWED BY A BEQUEST and closes with Zhou Long’s powerful FROM THE ESTATE OF KATHARINE HANRAHAN. The Rhyme of Taigu. PERRY SO’S APPEARANCE IS SUPPORTED BY THE LOUISE M. DAVIES GUEST CONDUCTOR FUND. 34 BLOMSTEDT: SIBELIUS 4 FEBRUARY 18–19, & 21 & HÉLÈNE GRIMAUD

HÉLÈNE GRIMAUD

Tragedy and strife are the inspiration for this HERBERT BLOMSTEDT, program led by Conductor Laureate Herbert Conductor Laureate and conductor Blomstedt. First is Brahms’ Tragic Overture, HÉLÈNE GRIMAUD, piano which draws from the stories of Sophocles and Shakespeare. Sibelius’ Symphony No. 4 BRAHMS Tragic Overture offers a deeply personal take on adversity, SIBELIUS Symphony No. 4 detailing the composer’s bouts of depression. SCHUMANN Piano Concerto The elegant and impassioned Hélène Grimaud joins the Orchestra in Schumann’s only piano concerto, a haunting and beautiful piece brimming with joy and melody that was nearly 18 years in the making.

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HERBERT BLOMSTEDT 36 BLOMSTEDT: FEBRUARY 25, 27–28 MOZART & SCHUBERT

Conductor Laureate Herbert Blomstedt and HERBERT BLOMSTEDT, the San Francisco Symphony play Mozart’s Conductor Laureate and conductor understated and brilliant Symphony No. 39, a work rife with melodies, dissonance, and MOZART Symphony No. 39 colors, which pushed symphonic writing SCHUBERT Symphony in C major, The Great further than it had ever gone before. Then, the grandeur of Schubert takes center stage with the Symphony in C major, aptly nicknamed The Great. Within its extended contrasts of wistfulness and gloriousness, we hear the deep influence of Beethoven (and the precedent for Mahler and Bruckner).

THURSDAY MATINEE CONCERTS ARE ENDOWED BY A GIFT IN MEMORY OF RHODA GOLDMAN.

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MYTHS & MORTALS ESA-PEKKA SALONEN LEADS THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY IN A THREE-WEEK FESTIVAL DEDICATED TO THE FANTASTICAL WORLD OF GREEK GODS, DEMI-GODS, AND MORTALS

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SALONEN CONDUCTS SALONEN & RAVEL

In the festival’s first program, hear the San Francisco Symphony premiere of Salonen’s Gemini, depicting twin half-brothers Castor and Pollux—one mortal, one demi-god—and their epic struggle to fulfill their opposing destinies. The concert culminates in a work dedicated to another Greek myth, that of Daphnis and Chloe. Arguably Ravel’s most awe-inspiring work, this love story for the ages is full of lush orchestration, splashes of colors, and emotional intensity.

MYTHS & MORTALS ESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor ESA-PEKKA SALONEN LEADS THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS IN A THREE-WEEK FESTIVAL DEDICATED TO THE FANTASTICAL RAGNAR BOHLIN, director WORLD OF GREEK GODS, DEMI-GODS, AND MORTALS RAMEAU Castor and Pollux Suite ESA-PEKKA SALONEN Gemini (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) R AVEL Daphnis et Chloé

THESE CONCERTS, A PART OF THE BARBRO AND BERNARD OSHER MASTERWORKS SERIES, ARE MADE POSSIBLE BY A GENEROUS GIFT FROM BARBRO AND BERNARD OSHER.

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SALONEN: MARCH 11–13 SCRIABIN’S PROMETHEUS

MYTHS & MORTALS

JEAN-YVES THIBAUDET

The San Francisco Symphony’s second Myths ESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor & Mortals program features Scriabin’s JEAN-YVES THIBAUDET, piano spectacular Prometheus, The Poem of Fire, performed by the beloved pianist Jean-Yves BEETHOVEN Selections from Thibaudet. Calling for a clavier à lumières, a The Creatures of Prometheus keyboard that links colored lights with sounds, FANG MAN New Work (World Premiere, Scriabin’s transformative piece brings the senses San Francisco Symphony & Toulmin Co- together, heightened in their orbit of each other, Commission) while telling a mythic tale of man, cosmos, and SCRIABIN Prometheus, The Poem of Fire fire. The program also includes ballet music by Beethoven and Stravinsky, both inspired by stories from ancient mythology, and the world premiere of a San Francisco Symphony and Toulmin co-commission by Fang Man, a work blending Chinese and Greek myths.

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MYTHS & MORTALS

CHRISTINE GOERKE

Cacophonous, melodramatic, and relentless, ESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor R. Strauss’ Elektra is an inspired take on a classic CHRISTINE GOERKE, soprano (Elektra) ancient Greek revenge parable. Our three-week EMILY MAGEE, soprano (Chrysothemis) Myths & Mortals festival concludes with this ANNA LARSSON, contralto (Klytemnestra) 20th-century operatic masterpiece, which pits ALAN OKE, tenor (Aegisth) the most extreme family dysfunction against PEIXIN CHEN, bass-baritone (Orest) a daughter’s intense love, rage, and longing. SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS With a score that demands ingenuity and RAGNAR BOHLIN, director virtuosity from every instrument, experience this classic opera performed by Salonen, R. STRAUSS Elektra the San Francisco Symphony, Chorus, and a dynamic cast of vocalists.

THESE CONCERTS, A PART OF THE BARBRO AND BERNARD OSHER MASTERWORKS SERIES, ARE MADE POSSIBLE BY A GENEROUS GIFT FROM BARBRO AND BERNARD OSHER.

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DANIEL HARDING CONDUCTS MARCH 26–28 EIN HELDENLEBEN

DANIEL HARDING

Renowned conductor Daniel Harding, Music astonishing Antoine Tamestit in his and Artistic Director of the Swedish Radio San Francisco Symphony debut. Symphony Orchestra, leads the San Francisco Symphony in R. Strauss’ sweeping portrait DANIEL HARDING, conductor of a hero’s life, Ein Heldenleben. This irresistible ANTOINE TAMESTIT, viola orchestral showpiece—swaggering, sweet, HELEN GRIME Virga (San Francisco impassioned, and sumptuously scored— Symphony Premiere) traces the hero facing foes as well as his most JÖRG WIDMANN Viola Concerto elusive adversary: a mischievous love interest. (US Premiere) The program also features two contemporary R. STRAUSS Ein Heldenleben works: Helen Grime’s glistening and evanescent Virga, and the US premiere of Jörg Widmann’s playful and virtuosic Viola Concerto, with the

DANIEL HARDING’S APPEARANCE IS SUPPORTED BY THE LOUISE M. DAVIES GUEST CONDUCTOR FUND.

42 BERLIOZ’S SYMPHONIE APRIL 8–10 FANTASTIQUE

HAN-NA CHANG

When it comes to painting vivid scenes with performing Grieg’s Piano Concerto, a revered music, Berlioz is one of the great masters. work filled with breathtaking, tingling tension. Experience his Symphonie fantastique, a sensational depiction of a young artist’s HAN-NA CHANG, conductor unrequited love and the psychological torment VÍKINGUR ÓLAFSSON, piano that follows. Led by Korean-born conductor SOFIA GUBAIDULINA Fairytale Poem Han-Na Chang in her San Francisco Symphony (Märchen-Poem) conducting debut, this dramatic program opens (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) with Tatar-Russian composer Sofia Gubaidulina’s GRIEG Piano Concerto Fairytale Poem and features virtuoso Víkingur BERLIOZ Symphonie fantastique Ólafsson in his San Francisco Symphony debut,

THESE CONCERTS, A PART OF THE BARBRO AND BERNARD OSHER MASTERWORKS SERIES, ARE MADE POSSIBLE BY A GENEROUS GIFT FROM BARBRO AND BERNARD OSHER. THURSDAY MATINEE CONCERTS ARE ENDOWED BY A GIFT IN MEMORY OF RHODA GOLDMAN. HAN-NA CHANG’S APPEARANCE IS SUPPORTED BY THE LOUISE M. DAVIES GUEST CONDUCTOR FUND.

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JANE GLOVER CONDUCTS APRIL 22–24 J.S. BACH MASS IN B MINOR

SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS

J.S. Bach’s greatest composition for orchestra, JANE GLOVER, conductor chorus, and vocalists showcases his incredible JOÉLLE HARVEY, soprano talent for blending the intimacy of a religious ELIZABETH DeSHONG, mezzo-soprano service with the grandeur of a large ensemble. JONAS HACKER, tenor Moments of delicate introspection are TYLER DUNCAN, baritone juxtaposed with powerful, awe-inspiring, SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS full-throated exaltations of God. His melodies, RAGNAR BOHLIN, director straightforward and beautiful, are supported by harmonies that nod to his musical predecessors J.S. BACH Mass in B minor yet feel fresh at every listen. Legendary Bach interpreter Jane Glover leads the San Francisco Symphony and a roster of world-renowned vocalists in this monumental and moving work.

OPEN REHEARSALS ARE ENDOWED BY A BEQUEST FROM THE ESTATE OF KATHARINE HANRAHAN. JANE GLOVER’S APPEARANCE IS SUPPORTED BY THE LOUISE M. DAVIES GUEST CONDUCTOR FUND.

44 JURAJ VALČUHA APRIL 29–MAY 1 & JOSHUA BELL

Born and raised in Iran, composer Behzad Ranjbaran has always been mesmerized by the sounds of the kamancheh, an ancestor of the Western violin. Dedicated to megastar Joshua Bell, who performs its San Francisco Symphony premiere, Ranjbaran’s Violin Concerto plays with east and west, with Persian music and tonalities wafting in and out. Esteemed Slovak conductor Juraj Valčuha and the Orchestra open the program with Pulitzer Prize-winner Caroline Shaw’s haunting Entr’acte, inspired by Haydn’s string quartets. Then, Rachmaninoff’s beloved Symphonic Dances—the composer’s final manuscript, where we hear him taking leave of his craft with a hymn of thanks and praise.

JURAJ VALČUHA, conductor JOSHUA BELL, violin

CAROLINE SHAW Entr’acte (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) BEHZAD RANJBARAN Violin Concerto (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) RACHMANINOFF Symphonic Dances

THURSDAY MATINEE CONCERTS ARE ENDOWED BY A GIFT IN MEMORY OF RHODA GOLDMAN. JURAJ VALČUHA’S APPEARANCE IS SUPPORTED BY THE LOUISE M. DAVIES GUEST CONDUCTORS FUND.

45 JOSHUA BELL ORCHESTRAL

JAMES GAFFIGAN MAY 6–8 CONDUCTS SCHUMANN 4

JAMES GAFFIGAN

Chief Conductor of the Lucerne Symphony Spanish upbringing, evoking passionate, Orchestra, Principal Guest Conductor of the colorful, and sultry scenes painted by the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, masterful interplay between soloist and and former San Francisco Symphony associate orchestra. Also on the program, Haydn’s conductor James Gaffigan leads the Orchestra Symphony No. 88, especially beloved for in Schumann’s tempestuous Fourth Symphony, its cheery finale. one of the composer’s most extraordinary, innovative, and influential works. Vibrant, JAMES GAFFIGAN, conductor brilliant, and wild, Francisco Coll’s composition NOA WILDSCHUT, violin Four Iberian Miniatures receives its San HAYDN Symphony No. 88 Francisco Symphony premiere with violin soloist FRANCISCO COLL Four Iberian Miniatures Noa Wildschut, who makes her debut at these (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) performances. The work is a love letter to Coll’s SCHUMANN Symphony No. 4

OPEN REHEARSALS ARE ENDOWED BY A BEQUEST FROM THE ESTATE OF KATHARINE HANRAHAN. JAMES GAFFIGAN’S APPEARANCE IS SUPPORTED BY THE LOUISE M. DAVIES GUEST CONDUCTORS FUND.

46 PHILIPPE JORDAN CONDUCTS MAY 13–15 BRITTEN’S WAR REQUIEM

PHILIPPE JORDAN

Delve into Britten’s poignant take on the cruelty PHILIPPE JORDAN, conductor of war in his War Requiem, performed by the ELZA van den HEEVER, soprano exemplary forces of Swiss-born conductor IAN BOSTRIDGE, tenor Philippe Jordan, the San Francisco Symphony, IAIN PATERSON, baritone Chorus, San Francisco Boys Chorus, and SAN FRANCISCO BOYS CHORUS superstar vocal soloists. Combining contrasting ERIC CHOATE, director texts from the traditional Latin mass with SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS poems written in the trenches of World War RAGNAR BOHLIN, director I, this masterpiece embodies Britten’s deeply held pacifist beliefs. When it premiered in 1962 BRITTEN War Requiem during increased US involvement in Vietnam, a year after the Bay of Pigs and the construction of the Berlin Wall, War Requiem stood as a weighty musical statement on a subject Britten felt was of urgent concern to humankind.

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BEETHOVEN 5 MAY 20–22 & JULIA FISCHER

JULIA FISCHER

German-born Michael Sanderling makes his opening notes in all of classical music when San Francisco Symphony debut leading the the Orchestra performs Beethoven’s exhilarating Orchestra in a program that opens with South and monumental Fifth Symphony. Korean composer Unsuk Chin’s Frontispiece for Orchestra, a strikingly inventive work that MICHAEL SANDERLING, conductor takes tiny fragments by different composers JULIA FISCHER, violin and stitches them together as a time lapse in the UNSUK CHIN Frontispiece for Orchestra history of music. Then, fiery violinist Julia Fischer (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) performs Britten’s heartrending Violin Concerto, BRITTEN Violin Concerto written in the turbulent years leading to BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5 World War II. The program concludes with fate knocking on our door. Hear the most famous

OPEN REHEARSALS ARE ENDOWED BY A BEQUEST FROM THE ESTATE OF KATHARINE HANRAHAN.

48 LUDOVIC MORLOT CONDUCTS MAY 27–29 DEBUSSY’S LA MER

LUDOVIC MORLOT

Acclaimed French conductor Ludovic Morlot LUDOVIC MORLOT, conductor makes his San Francisco Symphony debut LOUIS LORTIE, piano leading the Orchestra in an evocative all-French program featuring Debussy’s rhythmic and BERLIOZ Overture to Béatrice et Bénédict sprawling tone poem of the sea, La Mer. The SAINT-SAËNS Piano Concerto No. 5, evening includes the San Francisco Symphony The Egyptian premiere of Franco-American composer Betsy BETSY JOLAS A Little Summer Suite Jolas’ uplifting A Little Summer Suite, which (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) delights with its wonderful textures and DEBUSSY La Mer instrumental colors; and Saint-Saens’ charming and witty final piano concerto, played by versatile French-Canadian pianist Louis Lortie. Opening the concert is Berlioz’s lithe and vivid overture to his comic opera Béatrice et Bénédict.

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HILARY HAHN ELIM CHAN & JUNE 3–5 HILARY HAHN: CARMEN FANTASY

The legendary Hilary Hahn returns to Davies ELIM CHAN, conductor Symphony Hall for two raucous showpieces HILARY HAHN, violin beginning with Ginastera’s tumultuous and dramatic Violin Concerto. Next is Sarasate’s GINASTERA Violin Concerto dazzling Carmen Fantasy, which borrows some (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) of the most memorable melodies from Bizet’s SARASATE/BIZET Carmen Fantasy for Violin fiery operaCarmen and reimagines them for and Orchestra violin and orchestra. Making her San Francisco RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade Symphony debut, Elim Chan leads the Orchestra in Rimsky-Korsakov’s rambunctious and colorful Scheherazade—a piece sure to send sparks flying.

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RENÉE FLEMING RENÉE FLEMING SINGS JUNE 10, 12–13 R. STRAUSS’ FOUR LAST SONGS

Led by French-born conductor Nathalie NATHALIE STUTZMANN, conductor Stutzmann in her San Francisco Symphony RENÉE FLEMING, soprano debut, soprano superstar Renée Fleming and the Orchestra perform one of R. Strauss’ BERLIOZ Music from La Damnation de Faust twilight works, Four Last Songs—sublime, R. STRAUSS Four Last Songs serene acceptances of the comfort of death. (Vier letzte Lieder) Framing this are two dramatic works. Berlioz, BRAHMS Symphony No. 1 famed for his evocative orchestral writing, ups the ante in his daring La Damnation de Faust. Brahms’ First Symphony—which took 20 years of angst to complete—is a stormy masterpiece with nods to Brahms’ hero, Beethoven.

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JUNE 17–20

ON THE PRECIPICE JOURNEY WITH ESA-PEKKA SALONEN AND THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY THROUGH MUSIC OF THE WEIMAR REPUBLIC.

SALONEN: MAKE ART, NOT WAR

Salonen and the Orchestra team up with a ESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor pair of Collaborative Partners—composer Bryce PEKKA KUUSISTO, violin Dessner and Finnish violinist Pekka Kuusisto— in the US premiere of Dessner’s imaginative BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 1 Violin Concerto. Experience the electrifying BRYCE DESSNER Violin Concerto energy of music by artists who are not only (US Premiere, San Francisco Symphony friends but share the same visionary, cross- Co-Commission) genre sensibilities. Then, Hindemith’s Mathis HINDEMITH Mathis der Maler der Maler (Mathis the Painter). After its 1934 (Mathis the Painter) premiere, critics and Nazi propaganda officials made their sentiments clear: This was degenerate art. The people, however, felt differently. Hindemith’s piece, inspired by the story of a man who decides that he would rather make art not war, has endured as a powerful statement on the artist’s role in society. Also on the program: Beethoven’s joyous First Symphony.

PEKKA KUUSISTO’S APPEARANCE IS SUPPORTED BY THE SHENSON YOUNG ARTIST FUND. OPEN REHEARSALS ARE ENDOWED BY A BEQUEST FROM THE ESTATE OF KATHARINE HANRAHAN.

54 JUNE 24–26

ON THE PRECIPICE JOURNEY WITH ESA-PEKKA SALONEN AND THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY THROUGH MUSIC OF THE WEIMAR REPUBLIC.

SALONEN: A SEMI-STAGED EVENT

Esa-Pekka Salonen, the San Francisco ESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor Symphony, and an extraordinary roster of NORA FISCHER, soprano performers conclude the season with Weimar SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS Nightfall, a witty and wry semi-staged showcase RAGNAR BOHLIN, director featuring the charming, sultry, and paradoxical SIMON McBURNEY, director worlds of Weill’s ballet chanté (“sung ballet”), GERARD McBURNEY, dramaturge The Seven Deadly Sins. This masterful score LEAH HAUSMAN, associate director is inflected with 1920s jazz, cabaret, and popular WILL DUKE, video designer song, a captivating complement to the work’s ANNA FLEISCHLE, set designer edgy narrative, a parable of capitalist PAUL ANDERSON, lighting designer exploitation by Bertolt Brecht. Opening this SHARON ZHU, executive producer satiric showcase is Hindemith’s Murderer, the Hope of Women, a blunt commentary HINDEMITH Mörder, Hoffnung der Frauen on sexual repression, and Weill’s The Berlin (Murderer, the Hope of Women) Requiem, a setting of six Brecht poems on (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) the realities of war. WEILL Das Berliner Requiem (The Berlin Requiem) (San Francisco Symphony Premiere) WEILL Die sieben Todsünden (The Seven Deadly Sins)

THESE PERFORMANCES ARE SUPPORTED BY THE BARBRO AND BERNARD OSHER STAGED PRODUCTION FUND.

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BEETHOVEN250 PIANO RECITAL OCTOBER 26 WITH RUDOLF BUCHBINDER

The incomparable Rudolf Buchbinder takes us RUDOLF BUCHBINDER, piano on a journey through two centuries of western classical music, all through the lens of one DIABELLI Waltz in C major work: Diabelli’s Waltz in C major. What started VARIOUS New Variations on a Waltz as a lilting little melody has inspired a vast by Diabelli array of variations written by everyone from VARIOUS Historical Variations on a Waltz Beethoven and Schubert to Penderecki and by Diabelli Richter. Listen as these composers tease out BEETHOVEN Thirty-Three Variations on a a multitude of emotions and colors from one Waltz by Diabelli simple theme written almost two hundred years ago.

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ISRAEL PHILHARMONIC NOVEMBER 10 ORCHESTRA

The Israel Philharmonic returns to Davies LAHAV SHANI, conductor and piano Symphony Hall for a program led by Lahav ISRAEL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA Shani in his debut season as the orchestra’s music director. BEN-HAIM Tehillim from Symphony No. 1 MOZART Piano Concerto No. 27 STR AVINSKY The Rite of Spring (Le Sacre du printemps ) (1947 revision)

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CHAMBER MUSIC RECITAL: DECEMBER 6 BATIASHVILI, CAPUÇON, & THIBAUDET

LISA BATIASHVILI GAUTIER CAPUÇON JEAN-YVES THIBAUDET

Experience the intimacy and virtuosity of LISA BATIASHVILI, violin the piano trio, featuring three formidable GAUTIER CAPUÇON, cello chamber music experts: pianist Jean-Yves JEAN-YVES THIBAUDET, piano Thibaudet, violinist Lisa Batiashvili, and cellist Gautier Capuçon.

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MASAAKI SUZUKI JANUARY 24 & BACH COLLEGIUM JAPAN

When Mozart was 26, he married Austrian MASAAKI SUZUKI, conductor soprano Constanze Weber without the approval BACH COLLEGIUM JAPAN of his family. In a bid to appease his deeply religious father, he began working on his C minor J.S. BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 Mass, parts of which were performed on his first J.S. BACH Cantata No. 147, Herz und Mund und trip back to Salzburg after the wedding. Under Tat und Leben the direction of celebrated conductor Masaaki MOZART Mass in C minor Suzuki, the Bach Collegium Japan and acclaimed soloists perform Mozart’s “Great Mass” alongside J.S. Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major and his Cantata No. 147, a magnificent work that concludes with one of J.S. Bach’s most stirring songs, “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring.”

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VIOLIN RECITAL FEBRUARY 8 WITH JOSHUA BELL

One of the most celebrated musicians of our JOSHUA BELL, violin time, Joshua Bell returns to Davies Symphony PETER DUGAN, piano Hall for a recital featuring some of the most treasured works in the violin repertoire.

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PIANO RECITAL FEBRUARY 14 WITH DANIIL TRIFONOV

Experience the staggering agility and sheer DANIIL TRIFONOV, piano virtuosity of Grammy-winning Russian pianist Daniil Trifonov when he returns to ignite the Davies Symphony Hall stage with a program of dazzling and demanding masterpieces.

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PIANO RECITAL FEBRUARY 28 WITH YEFIM BRONFMAN

Renowned pianist Yefim Bronfman performs YEFIM BRONFMAN, piano Beethoven’s“trilogy of contrasts”—three BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No. 5 in C minor, sonatas grouped as Opus 10, which reflect Opus 10, no.1 influences of Mozart and Haydn and show BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No. 6 in F major, Beethoven revolutionizing music. Closing the Opus 10, no.2 program is Beethoven’s profoundly emotional BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No. 7 in D major, Appassionata sonata. Opus 10, no.3 BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Opus 57, Appassionata

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ORQUESTA MARCH 7 SINFÓNICA NACIONAL

GABRIELA MONTERO

The Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional presents CARLOS MIGUEL PRIETO, conductor an all-Latin program that opens with a tribute GABRIELA MONTERO, piano to the founder of the ensemble, conductor and ORQUESTA SINFÓNICA NACIONAL composer Carlos Chávez. Chávez’s Symphony No. 2, an immensely popular one-movement CHÁVEZ Sinfonía india (Symphony No. 2) work inspired by the music of Native American GABRIELA MONTERO Latin Concerto tribes in northern Mexico, is followed by REVUELTAS La noche de los Mayas Venezuelan powerhouse pianist and composer Gabriela Montero playing her own Latin Concerto, a work that pays homage to the complexities and contradictions of Latin America. The evening concludes with Revueltas’ La noche de los Mayas, notable for its musical vibrancy and rambunctious percussion writing.

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PIANO RECITAL: LANG LANG MARCH 21 PLAYS GOLDBERG VARIATIONS

Legendary pianist Lang Lang brings his unique LANG LANG, piano and extraordinary flair to J.S. Bach’s monumental Goldberg Variations. The iconic work’s premise J.S. BACH Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 is simple: Each variation is based on the same bass line, borrowed from his Baroque contemporary, Handel. The result is a timeless tour de force of creative genius that is recognized as one of the most important works ever written.

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PIANO RECITAL: JEAN-YVES APRIL 5 THIBAUDET PERFORMS DEBUSSY

Internationally acclaimed pianist Jean-Yves JEAN-YVES THIBAUDET, piano Thibaudet returns to Davies Symphony Hall for an evening dedicated to the subtle and DEBUSSY Preludes for Piano, Book 1 moving genius of Claude Debussy. The French DEBUSSY Preludes for Piano, Book 2 composer’s complete preludes for solo piano evoke the gorgeous colors of Impressionist painters and recreate the rich and expressive poetry of his contemporaries. Inspired by the sounds of Southern and Central Europe, as well as Indonesia, each prelude is a glimmering gem— catching the light and momentarily reflecting like a prism, then just as quickly, falling back into the shadows.

67 SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS

FLUTE RECITAL OCTOBER 25 WITH SIR JAMES GALWAY

Experience one of the great masters of the flute SIR JAMES GALWAY, flute repertoire in recital, when the internationally LADY JEANNE GALWAY, flute acclaimed Sir James Galway takes the Davies MICHAEL MCHALE, piano Symphony Hall stage for the first time in nearly two decades to perform a showcase featuring POULENC Flute Sonata celebrated composers and spirited Irish folk songs. FAURÉ Fantasie CHAMINADE Concertino DOPPLER Andante and Rondo for Two Flutes & Piano HARTY In Ireland Fantasy OVERTON Irish Folk Songs MORLACCHI Il pastore svizzero DOPPLER Rigoletto Fantasie for Two Flutes & Piano

68 AN EVENING JANUARY 10 WITH ITZHAK PERLMAN

Learn more about the legendary “man behind ITZHAK PERLMAN, violin the music” at An Evening with Itzhak Perlman. ROHAN DE SILVA, piano This multi-media program, curated by Tony award-winning director Dan Sullivan, interweaves storytelling by Perlman alongside personal photos, clips pulled from the Grammy- nominated Itzhak documentary, and music- making with Perman’s longtime pianist and friend, Rohan De Silva.

69 SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS

RECITAL WITH FEBRUARY 2 GAUTIER CAPUÇON & YUJA WANG

GAUTIER CAPUÇON YUJA WANG

Extraordinary French cellist Gautier Capuçon GAUTIER CAPUÇON, cello and piano dynamo Yuja Wang double down in a YUJA WANG, piano high-stakes program imbued with youthful vigor CHOPIN Polonaise brillante in C major and emotional fervor. Two electrifying Chopin CHOPIN Cello Sonata in G minor works open the concert: the highly entertaining FRANCK Cello Sonata in A major and energetic Polonaise brillante, and the Cello Sonata, which demands its players match compelling color and artistry with astonishing dexterity at top speed. The evening concludes with a musical voyage of the soul: Belgian- French composer César Franck’s piece is widely considered to be one of the most reverberant and deeply felt sonatas ever written

70 AN EVENING WITH FEBRUARY 12 BERNADETTE PETERS

Bernadette Peters presents an evening of music BERNADETTE PETERS, guest artist from her Broadway shows and Grammy award- MARVIN LAIRD, conductor/piano winning albums. The glamorous concert features GENIE WIE, violin standards from Rodgers & Hammerstein, PHIL SANTOS, violin Stephen Sondheim, and many more. CLIO TILTON, viola NORA PIRQUET, cello KEVIN AXT, bass MARY FETTIG, woodwinds RICHARD MATHIAS, woodwinds DANA BAUER, oboe/english horn CAITLYN SMITH, french horn CUBBY O’BRIEN, drums

71 ENJOY THE MAGIC OF CINEMA LIKE NEVER BEFORE—WITH THE SCORE PERFORMED LIVEF BY THE SANI FRANCISCOLM SYMPHONY.

72 ENJOY THE MAGIC OF CINEMA LIKE NEVER BEFORE—WITH THE SCORE PERFORMED LIVEF BY THE SANI FRANCISCOLM SYMPHONY. FILM WITH THE SF SYMPHONY

THE PRINCESS BRIDE NOVEMBER 27–28 IN CONCERT

Fencing, fighting, torture, revenge, giants, SARAH HICKS, conductor monsters, chases, escapes, true love, miracles! SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY Experience one of the most beloved films of all time as never before with the power of the San Francisco Symphony performing the entire Mark Knopfler score of this fairytale adventure live-to-picture!

74 RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK JANUARY 8–9 IN CONCERT

Celebrating its 40th anniversary, this Academy CONSTANTINE KITSOPOLOUS, conductor Award-winning film was directed by Steven SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY Spielberg and stars Harrison Ford in his iconic role as the daredevil archaeologist Indiana Jones. Grab your friends and family (and trusty whip) and hold on tight when the San Francisco Symphony performs John Williams’ exhilarating score live as this action-packed blockbuster classic unfolds on the big screen.

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SKYFALL IN CONCERT APRIL 2–3

Daniel Craig returns as the legendary secret DAVID NEWMAN conductor agent James Bond in the franchise’s most SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY successful film to date. Now you will be able to experience composer Thomas Newman’s BAFTA-winning original score performed live by the San Francisco Symphony in sync to the picture!

SKYFALL LICENSED BY MGM. SKYFALL © 2012 DANJAQ & MGM. SKYFALL, AND RELATED JAMES BOND INDICIA © 1962-2020 DANJAQ & MGM. SKYFALL, AND RELATED JAMES BOND TRADEMARKS ARE TRADEMARKS OF DANJAQ. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

76 THE GODFATHER LIVE APRIL 16–17

Relive the chilling portrait of the Sicilian clan’s JUSTIN FREER, conductor rise to power as the San Francisco Symphony SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY performs Nino Rota’s unforgettable score live to picture. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola and featuring landmark performances from screen legends Marlon Brando and Al Pacino, this ten-time Academy Award®-winning film is a concert experience “you can’t refuse!”

77 RING IN THE HOLIDAYS WITH FESTIVE CLASSICS AT A BEAUTIFULLY DECORATED DAVIES SYMPHONY HALL— hTHEo PERFECT WAYl TO MAKEid THE SEASONa BRIGHT!y

78 RING IN THE HOLIDAYS WITH FESTIVE CLASSICS AT A BEAUTIFULLY DECORATED DAVIES SYMPHONY HALL— hTHEo PERFECT WAYl TO MAKEid THE SEASONa BRIGHT!y HOLIDAY

HANDEL’S MESSIAH DECEMBER 11–12

SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY AND CHORUS

Experience the glorious majesty of Handel’s JONATHAN COHEN, conductor Messiah performed by the Grammy award- EMÖKE BARÁTH, soprano winning San Francisco Symphony Chorus and JOHN HOLIDAY, countertenor world-class soloists. Featuring the famous NICHOLAS PHAN, tenor “Hallelujah” Chorus, the magnificent power of MATTHEW ROSE, bass 100 voices in harmony makes this celebrated SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS masterpiece an unmissable holiday favorite and RAGNAR BOHLIN, director one of the best-loved musical works of all time.

80 81 PETER AND DECEMBER 13 THE WOLF

Prokofiev’s timeless tale of a boy and his animal friends’ bravery is brought to life! Narrated by a special guest star, and conducted by Wattis Foundation Music Director Daniel Stewart, the SF Symphony Youth Orchestra performs this classic musical fable like you’ve never heard it before, along with other seasonal and holiday favorites.

DANIEL STEWART, Wattis Foundation Music Director and conductor SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY YOUTH ORCHESTRA

81 HOLIDAY

83 A MERRY-ACHI DECEMBER 13 CHRISTMAS

Led by the incomparable José Hernández, MARIACHI SOL DE MÉXICO® Mariachi Sol de Mexico® returns to Davies DE JOSÉ HERNÁNDEZ Symphony Hall for a festive musical tribute to Mexico’s Christmas traditions. Experience a multicultural celebration as the ensemble sings and plays holiday favorites from both Mexico and America in a vibrant performance you won’t want to miss.

The San Francisco Symphony does not appear in this presentation.

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LOVE ACTUALLY— DECEMBER 15–16 FILM WITH THE SF SYMPHONY

Funny, irresistible, and heart-warming, THIAGO TIBERIO, conductor Love Actually is set in contemporary London SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY in the weeks before Christmas and tells one story which weaves together a spectacular amount of love stories—sometimes romantic, sometimes sad, sometimes stupid—all funny in their own way.

84 HOLIDAY BRASS DECEMBER 17

The popular Holiday Brass concert is back! Feel the power and precision of the San Francisco Symphony brass section as they fill Davies Symphony Hall with a festive mix of classical and popular holiday favorites.

EDWIN OUTWATER, conductor MEMBERS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY BRASS, PERCUSSION & TIMPANI SECTIONS

JESSICA VALERI, FRENCH HORN 85 HOLIDAY

HOME ALONE— DECEMBER 19,22, & 23 FILM WITH THE SF SYMPHONY

See the beloved holiday hit Home Alone RANDALL CRAIG FLEISCHER, conductor on the big screen like you never have before, YOUNG WOMEN’S CHORAL PROJECTS with John Williams’ exuberant score performed SUSAN MCMANE, director live by the San Francisco Symphony and SAN FRANCISCO BOYS CHORUS unforgettable carols sung live by three ERIC CHOATE, director children’s choruses in a special guest RAGAZZI BOYS CHORUS appearance at Davies Symphony Hall. KENT JUE, director The highest-grossing holiday film of all time, and starring an adorable Macaulay Culkin, this hilarious and heartwarming comedy is holiday fun for the entire family.

’TWAS THE NIGHT— DECEMBER 20 A FESTIVAL OF CAROLS

SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS

Join us for a cozy holiday concert at Davies RAGNAR BOHLIN, conductor Symphony Hall, which will be beautifully SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS decorated for the season. With timeless holiday SAN FRANCISCO GIRLS CHORUS carols and sing-alongs performed by the San VALÉRIE SAINTE-AGATHE, director Francisco Symphony’s brass section and MEMBERS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO Chorus—all accompanied by the majestic Ruffatti SYMPHONY BRASS SECTION organ—you and your loved ones will enjoy a merry evening and memories to last a lifetime.

The San Francisco Symphony does not appear in this presentation.

88 NEW YEAR’S EVE GAIETY DECEMBER 31

PEACHES CHRIST EDWIN OUTWATER

Ring in 2021 with San Francisco’s famed drag EDWIN OUTWATER, conductor & co-emcee sensation Peaches Christ, Edwin Outwater, PEACHES CHRIST, co-emcee and the San Francisco Symphony! Featuring a star-studded lineup of surprise guest stars, delectable vocalists, and drag queens galore, you’ll be regaled by big laughs, big fun, and even bigger hair. Before the ball drops, kick off your New Year’s celebrations at Davies Symphony Hall with a festive evening of wicked sass and fabulous flair fit for a queen.

89 CHAMBER MUSIC, MUSIC FOR FAMILIES, otheYOUTH ORCHESTRA,r ANDs ORGANe SERIESries

90 CHAMBER MUSIC, MUSIC FOR FAMILIES, otheYOUTH ORCHESTRA,r ANDs ORGANe SERIESries CHAMBER MUSIC AT DAVIES SYMPHONY HALL

92 OCTOBER 26 CHAMBER MUSIC AT DAVIES SYMPHONY HALL NOVEMBER 29 JANUARY 17

NATURAL BEAUTY— DANCE MOVES—MUSIC OF SCHUBERT’S TROUT QUINTET PIAZZOLLA & BARTÓK

Explore a collection of chamber works Get swept off your feet by chamber works that that paint vivid musical portraits of nature move with the rhythm, fluidity, and virtuosity of and beauty. Schubert’s multicolored Trout dance. Bartók’s String Quartet is a fascinating Quintet conjures an epic battle between trout gallery of rhythmic vignettes, from a swirling, and angler, with the piano’s rippling keys Bulgarian peasant dance to the hypnotic sounds evoking the fish’s leaps and pulls. Debussy’s of the night and its creatures. Argentine impressionistic String Quartet dances with composer Astor Piazzolla’s extraordinary genre an aural interplay of light, shadow, and color; hybrid combines Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons with the late avant-garde composer Krzysztof a zesty tango twist. Also on the program: a Penderecki offers a rhapsodic work for contemporary work by Grammy-nominated double bass and violin; and Jongen’s lush, composer Jake Heggie whose Moby-Dick Mediterranean melodies nod to the melting Orchestra Suite receives its SF Symphony lyricism of Debussy and Ravel. premiere in the 2021 season.

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PENDERECKI Duo Concertante PIAZZOLLA The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires for Violin and Double Bass JAKE HEGGIE Full Circle Fifty JONGEN Rhapsodie, Op. 70 FRED BRETSCHGER Fantasy Duo DEBUSSY String Quartet in G minor, Opus 10 BARTÓK String Quartet No. 5 SCHUBERT Piano Quintet in A major, Trout

CHAMBER MUSIC

Experience music curated and performed by small ensembles of San Francisco Symphony musicians.

FEBRUARY 14 APRIL 18

HOMAGE— ON ENDINGS—BEETHOVEN’S DVOŘÁK’S WIND SERENADE B-FLAT STRING QUARTET

Expect the unexpected with a collection of Experience chamber works written by master chamber works that pay tribute to surprising composers who defy death and affliction with musical influences. Featuring a mash-up of their art. Continuing his radical, late-in-life Classical stylings and Bohemian folk dance re-imaginings of the string quartet, Beethoven’s rhythms, Dvořák’s Wind Serenade is a good- revolutionary Opus 130 presents a technical natured wink toward Mozart’s stately wind- facility and emotional expression that is utterly band music. The exquisite Trio Sonata of transformative and profound. Battered by the Michael Haydn (younger brother of the more devastating loss of his beloved young daughter, famous Joseph) was written while working Smetana’s impassioned and luxuriant Piano Trio alongside his brilliant and eager young channeled tragedy into his first great colleague at the Salzburg court, Mozart. achievement as a composer. Also on the Echoes of Rachmaninoff and Prokofiev program: Composer (and SF Conservatory can be heard in Armenian composer Arno professor) David Garner showcases his unique Babajanian’s Piano Trio. harmonic language in Trio for 5 Instruments.

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BABAJANIAN Piano Trio in F-sharp minor DAVID GARNER Trio for 5 Instruments M. HAYDN Divertimento in E-flat major SMETANA Piano Trio in G minor, Opus 15 for Viola, Cello, and Bass, MH.9D BEETHOVEN String Quartet in B-flat major, BRIDGE Lament Opus 130 DVOŘÁK Serenade in D minor for Winds, Cello, and Bass, Opus 4

94 OCTOBER 26

MAY 16 JUNE 6

EXUBERANCE—MUSIC OF 20TH-CENTURY GEMS—MUSIC MENDELSSOHN & BRAHMS OF RAVEL & SHOSTAKOVICH

Lift your spirits with a chamber program Dive into a treasure trove program of chamber that beams with bold exuberance. Brahms’ music gems. The shimmering surface of Ravel’s only piano quintet underwent several Piano Trio belies its fiendishly challenging nature. metamorphoses before reaching its final Meticulously crafted and imbued with glorious form. A mighty work of tremendous captivating colors, it remains one of the most scope, it earned the distinction of being Brahms’ enchanting examples of its kind. Shostakovich’s great chamber music epic. The rapturous immensely popular Piano Quintet is a serene yet expression and exhilarating intensity of powerful piece marked by simplicity, clarity, and Mendelssohn’s string quintet ascend to nearly elegance. Written when she was 24, and revised operatic heights, while two contemporary works in 1978 when she was 86, Germaine Tailleferre’s by Gene Koshinski and Paul Schoenfield light prismatic Piano Trio sparkles with Ravel-esque up the stage with spectacular vitality and flair. harmonies alongside neoclassical touches.

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GENE KOSHINSKI As One HINDEMITH Musikalisches Blumengärtlein MENDELSSOHN String Quintet No. 2 und Leyptziger Allerley in B-flat major, Opus 87 R AVEL Piano Trio in A minor PAUL SCHOENFELD Café Music TAILLEFERRE Piano Trio BRAHMS Piano Quintet in F minor, Opus 34 SHOSTAKOVICH Piano Quintet in G minor, Opus 57

95 96 MUSIC FOR FAMILIES

Share the joy of music with all your loved ones. Discover how music speaks to young listeners ages 5–12 and longtime fans alike, through enriching, interactive performances and fun-filled pre-concert activities. Concerts are Saturdays and begin at 2PM; pre-concert activities begin at 1PM

NOVEMBER 14 MUSIC AROUND THE WORLD—PERCUSSION DANIEL BARTHOLOMEW-POYSER, conductor

DECEMBER 12 SUPERHEROES AKIKO FUJIMOTO, conductor

FEBRUARY 6 REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE DANIEL BARTHOLOMEW-POYSER, conductor

MAY 8 SUPPORTED BY BIRTHDAY BASH! DANIEL STEWART, conductor

97 98 YOUTH ORCHESTRA

The superstars of tomorrow are on your doorstep! Experience the phenomenal San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra— featuring more than 100 of the Bay Area’s brightest young talent under the baton of Wattis Foundation Music Director Daniel Stewart—in exhilarating showcases of music’s most virtuosic repertoire.

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99 ORGAN

There’s nothing quite like being engulfed in the immense power and beauty of sound. Discover Davies Symphony Hall’s gleaming, 8,264-pipe Ruffatti organ— the largest of its kind in North America—through awe-inspiring performances by the instrument’s most celebrated players.

FEBRUARY 7 CHRISTIAN SCHMITT

APRIL 11 ADAM BRAKEL

MAY 9 MONICA CZAUSZ

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2 SPECIAL EVENTS

OPENING NIGHT GALA SEPTEMBER 30 DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS NOVEMBER 7 IN HONOR OF SAKURAKO & WILLIAM FISHER Co-Chairs James C. Hormel & Michael P. N. Hormel

Opening the inaugural season of Esa-Pekka For an elevated experience, upgrade to one Join us at Davies Symphony Hall for a vibrant ENLUIS MONTES OLIVAR, conductor Salonen’s tenure as Music Director is a Gala of four unique VIP dinner packages. Call the celebration of Latin American music and SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY concert celebrating J.S. Bach’s music—in Volunteer Council for more information at culture! Arrive early to experience the festivities WITH GUEST ARTISTS Salonen’s words, the “foundation of everything.” 415.503.5500 or visit sfsymphony.org/gala. throughout the lobbies. Salonen, the San Francisco Symphony, and our Collaborative Partners explore J.S. Bach’s immense influence with a prismatic program ESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor of works rooted in his essential music. COLLABORATIVE PARTNERS SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY

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OPENING NIGHT GALA SEPTEMBER 30 DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS NOVEMBER 7 IN HONOR OF SAKURAKO & WILLIAM FISHER Co-Chairs James C. Hormel & Michael P. N. Hormel

105 SPECIAL EVENTS

DECK THE HALL DECEMBER 6 CHINESE NEW YEAR FEBRUARY 20 CELEBRATION

Deck the Hall is the perfect way to make your To make the experience even more memorable, The Chinese New Year Concert and Banquet Continue the festivities after the concert family’s holiday season merry and bright. Enjoy order a VIP package that includes premium is an elegant, colorful celebration of the Lunar by purchasing a ticket to the dramatic and a concert of festive favorites and sing-alongs concert seating plus an exclusive, fun-filled New Year with the San Francisco Symphony. exciting Banquet. Call the Volunteer Council with members of the San Francisco Symphony, pre-concert party. Call the Volunteer Council Drawing upon vibrant Asian traditions past at 415.503.5500. guest artists, and special appearances by beloved at 415.503.5500. and present, guests enjoy the Festival holiday characters. Tickets include post-concert Reception’s host of activities followed by a festivities with entertainment, arts and crafts, performance of Eastern and Western repertoire MEI-ANN CHEN, conductor and refreshments. DANIEL BARTHOLOMEW-POYSER, by the San Francisco Symphony and notable SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY conductor guest artists. WITH GUEST ARTISTS SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY

106 SPECIAL EVENTS

DECK THE HALL DECEMBER 6 CHINESE NEW YEAR FEBRUARY 20 CELEBRATION

107 BECOME A DONOR

GIFTS FROM DONORS MAKE THE MUSIC POSSIBLE! Support artistic excellence, award-winning music education, and innovative community programs in the Bay Area and beyond by donating today.

TRIPLE YOUR IMPACT!

Any new cash gift in the Friends membership For more information about these and other giving opportunities, level ($75–$2,500) will be tripled thanks to the including stock transfers and IRA charitable rollovers, visit sfsymphony.org/Donate-Volunteer, generosity of Ann and Gordon Getty. contact us at 415.503.5444, or [email protected]

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ONLINE BY MAIL CALL US Visit us at Mail a check Call us at sfsymphony.org/give (payable to the San 415.503.5444 Francisco Symphony) to:

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For more information about these and other giving opportunities, including stock transfers and IRA charitable rollovers, visit sfsymphony.org/Donate-Volunteer, contact us at 415.503.5444, or [email protected] The power of music sparks the creativity and imagination of our youngest audiences. These drawings were created by students who attended a school concert through the San Francisco Symphony’s Adventures in Music or Concerts for Kids programs. Inspired by the music, they participated in the Symphony’s Visual Arts Project, which encourages post-concert reflection by inviting students to submit art- work based on their experience at Davies Symphony Hall.

DREAM ON In 2020 the San Francisco Symphony celebrates 100 years of inspiring young minds with music education. Explore online playlists, games, art, videos, and more for the young and the young at heart! Two of our cornerstone education programs—Adventures in Music and Music and Mentors— continue during shelter-in-place where we are working closely with San Francisco Unified School District to support their remote learning plans.

SFSYMPHONY.ORG/MUSICCONNECTSKIDS Thank you to our Institutional Partners The San Francisco Symphony is exceedingly grateful to its corporate, foundation, and government partners for their generous support of the outstanding concerts, impactful educational programs, and engaging community events we create for people across the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond. For more information on becoming an Institutional Partner, please contact Rosie Fraser at 415.503.5478 or [email protected].

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