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Michael Tilson Thomas Music Director Herbert Blomstedt Conductor Laureate DAVIES SYMPHONY HALL CLASSICAL SERIES 2015–16 SEASON-AT-A-GLANCE CALENDAR MICHAEL TILSON THOMAS TILSON MICHAEL With more than 20 subscription options, there’s music for everyone to enjoy. CONDUCTORS WED C WED D OPEN THU A THU B THU C THU M FRI C FRI D FRI E FRI F 7:30 FRI SAT A SAT B SAT C SAT D SUN A SUN B AND GUEST ARTISTS PROGRAM TRIFONOV PLAYS CHOPIN WITH THE SFS SEP SEP Michael Tilson Thomas conductor Ravel Menuet antique 25 26 Daniil Trifonov piano Chopin Piano Concerto No. 2 San Francisco Symphony Respighi Roman Festivals TCHAIKOVSKY’S SYMPHONY NO. 6 SEP OCT OCT OCT Michael Tilson Thomas conductor Ted Hearne Dispatches (SFS Co-Comission) 30 1 2 3 Susanna Phillips soprano DuParc Selected Songs San Francisco Symphony Barber Knoxville: Summer of 1915 Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6, Pathétique ANDRÁS SCHIFF PERFORMS MOZART AND SCHUBERT András Schiff pianist and conductor Mozart Piano Concerto No. 27 OCT OCT OCT Anna Lucia Richter soprano Haydn Mass in D minor, Lord Nelson Britta Schwarz contralto Schubert Selected Lieder 7 9 10 Werner Gura tenor Robert Holl bass San Francisco Symphony Chorus San Francisco Symphony RUSSIAN MASTERPIECES FEATURING VIOLINIST CHRISTIAN TETZLAFF OCT OCT OCT OCT OCT Susanna Mälkki conductor Mussorgsky (orch. Shostakovich) 15 15 16 17 18 Christian Tetzlaff violin Dawn on the Moscow River from Khovanshchina San Francisco Symphony Shostakovich Violin Concerto No. 1 Prokofiev Symphony No. 5 CHOPIN AND SIBELIUS OCT OCT OCT Susanna Mälkki conductor Jukka Tiensuu Soma 22 23 24 Simon Trpčeski piano Chopin Piano Concerto No. 1 San Francisco Symphony Sibelius Symphony No. 5 TCHAIKOVSKY AND PROKOFIEV OCT OCT OCT Andrey Boreyko conductor Prokofiev Lieutenant Kijé Suite 28 29 30 Gidon Kremer violin Bartók Violin Concerto No. 1 San Francisco Symphony Tchaikovsky Suite No. 3 CELEBRATING THE FRENCH: BIZET, RAVEL, AND MORE NOV NOV NOV NOV Yan Pascal Tortelier conductor Bizet Selections, Suite from L’Arlesienne 4 4 5 6 Jean-Efflam Bavouzet piano Ravel Piano Concerto in D major for the Left Hand San Francisco Symphony Saint-Saëns Symphony No. 3, Organ MTT CONDUCTS SIBELIUS FEATURING KAVAKOS NOV NOV NOV Michael Tilson Thomas conductor Sibelius Tapiola 13 14 15 Leonidas Kavakos violin Sibelius Violin Concerto San Francisco Symphony Schumann Symphony No. 3, Rhenish MTT CONDUCTS SCHUMANN AND STRAUSS NOV NOV NOV NOV Michael Tilson Thomas conductor R. Strauss Serenade 19 20 21 22 Laura Claycomb soprano R. Strauss Brentano Lieder San Francisco Symphony Schumann Symphony No. 1, Spring DEC DEC DEC HANDEL’S MESSIAH 17 18 19 San Francisco Symphony Chorus Handel Messiah San Francisco Symphony EMANUEL AX AND DVOŘÁK’S NEW WORLD SYMPHONY JAN JAN JAN JAN Krzysztof Urbański conductor Kilar Orawa 14 14 15 16 Emanuel Ax piano Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5, Emperor San Francisco Symphony Dvořák Symphony No. 9, From the New World BRILLIANT BEETHOVEN: SYMPHONIES NOS. 4 AND 8 JAN JAN JAN JAN Marek Janowski conductor Beethoven Symphony No. 8 21 22 23 24 San Francisco Symphony Pfitzner Three Preludes from Palestrina Beethoven Symphony No. 4 EUROPEAN EXOTICISM: THE MAGIC OF WEBER, SAINT-SAËNS, AND MORE JAN JAN JAN JAN Edwin Outwater conductor Weber Overture to Oberon 28 29 30 31 Stephen Hough piano Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto No. 5, Egyptian San Francisco Symphony Busoni Excerpts from Turandot Suite Hindemith Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Weber MENDELSSOHN’S TRAVELS FEB FEB Masaaki Suzuki conductor Mendelssohn The Hebrides Overture 5 6 Stephen Paulson bassoon Mozart Bassoon Concerto San Francisco Symphony Stravinsky Concerto in D major, Basle Mendelssohn Symphony No. 4, Italian PINCHAS ZUKERMAN PLAYS MOZART FEB FEB Pinchas Zukerman violinist and conductor Elgar Serenade for Strings 11 14 San Francisco Symphony Mozart Symphony No. 39 Mozart Haffner Serenade PROKOFIEV’S CINDERELLA FEB FEB FEB FEB Stéphane Denève conductor Nielsen Violin Concerto 18 18 19 20 Nikolaj Znaider violin Guillaume Connesson A Glimmer in an Age of Darkness San Francisco Symphony Prokofiev Selections from Cinderella PIRES PLAYS BEETHOVEN WITH THE SFS FEB FEB FEB Herbert Blomstedt conductor Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 3 25 26 27 Maria João Pires piano Bruckner (ed. Novak) Symphony No. 3 San Francisco Symphony BLOMSTEDT CONDUCTS: ALL-MOZART MAR MAR MAR Herbert Blomstedt conductor Mozart Symphony No. 35, Haffner 2 4 5 Alexander Barantschik violin Mozart Violin Concerto No. 1 San Francisco Symphony Mozart Symphony No. 41, Jupiter RACHMANINOFF’S PAGANINI RHAPSODY MAR MAR MAR MAR MAR Charles Dutoit conductor Ravel Mother Goose 10 10 11 12 13 Nikolai Lugansky piano Rachmaninoff Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini San Francisco Symphony Fauré Suite from Pelléas et Mélisande Stravinsky The Firebird Suite BERLIOZ’S REQUIEM MAR MAR MAR Charles Dutoit conductor Berlioz Requiem 17 18 19 Paul Groves tenor San Francisco Symphony Chorus San Francisco Symphony MTT CONDUCTS COPLAND MAR APR APR APR Michael Tilson Thomas conductor Copland Orchestral Variations 30 8 1 2 Inon Barnatan piano Copland Inscape San Francisco Symphony Copland Piano Concerto Schumann Symphony No. 2 MTT CONDUCTS MAHLER’S THE SONG OF THE EARTH APR APR APR APR Michael Tilson Thomas conductor Schubert Symphony in B minor, Unfinished 6 7 9 10 Sasha Cooke mezzo-soprano Mahler The Song of the Earth (Das Lied von der Erde) Simon O’Neill tenor San Francisco Symphony BEETHOVEN’S SYMPHONY NO. 2 APR APR APR APR Pablo Heras-Casado conductor Rameau Suite from Pygmalion 20 20 22 23 Ingrid Fliter piano Haydn Piano Concerto in D San Francisco Symphony Biber Battalia Beethoven Symphony No. 2 SHOSTAKOVICH’S SYMPHONY NO. 9 APR APR APR Pablo Heras-Casado conductor Bartók Dance Suite 27 28 29 San Francisco Symphony Mason Bates SFS commission Ravel Le Tombeau de Couperin Shostakovich Symphony No. 9 STRAUSS’S DON JUAN MAY MAY MAY Juraj Valčuha conductor Prokofiev Suite from The Love for Three Oranges 12 13 14 San Francisco Symphony R. Strauss Don Juan Webern Im Sommerwind R. Strauss Suite from Der Rosenkavalier MTT AND SUSAN GRAHAM PRESENT BRAHMS MAY MAY MAY MAY MAY Michael Tilson Thomas conductor Brahms Variations of a Theme by Haydn 19 19 20 21 22 Susan Graham mezzo-soprano Brahms Alto Rhapsody Men of the San Francisco Symphony Chorus Schumann Symphony No. 4 San Francisco Symphony BERNSTEIN’S ON THE TOWN: A SEMI-STAGED EVENT MAY MAY MAY MAY Michael Tilson Thomas conductor Bernstein On the Town [semi-staged] 25 26 28 29 San Francisco Symphony Chorus San Francisco Symphony Cast to be announced ASHKENAZY CONDUCTS SHOSTAKOVICH AND ELGAR JUN JUN JUN JUN Vladimir Ashkenazy conductor Shostakovich Cello Concerto No. 1 2 2 3 4 Alexey Stadler cello Elgar Symphony No. 2 San Francisco Symphony DVORAK’S SYMPHONY NO. 8 JUN JUN JUN JUN James Conlon conductor Britten Sinfonia da Requiem 8 10 11 12 Jan Lisiecki piano Mozart Piano Concerto No. 22 San Francisco Symphony Dvořák Symphony No. 8 MTT CONDUCTS STRAVINSKY’S PETRUSHKA JUN JUN JUN JUN Michael Tilson Thomas conductor Stravinsky Scènes de ballet 16 17 18 19 Thomas Hampson baritone John Adams The Wound-Dresser San Francisco Symphony Stravinsky Variations (Aldous Huxley, In memoriam) Stravinsky Petrushka MTT CONDUCTS BRAHMS’S SYMPHONY NO. 1 JUN JUN JUN Michael Tilson Thomas conductor C.P.E. Bach Symphony No. 1 23 24 25 Yefim Bronfman piano Jorg Widmann Piano Concerto, Trauermarsch San Francisco Symphony Brahms Symphony No. 1 MTT CONDUCTS MAHLER’S RESURRECTION SYMPHONY JUN JUN JUL JUL Michael Tilson Thomas conductor Mahler Symphony No. 2, Resurrection Karina Gauvin soprano 29 30 1 2 Kelley O’Connor mezz0-soprano San Francisco Symphony Chorus San Francisco Symphony FRI F FRI E FRI C FRI D OPEN SAT B SAT C SAT A SAT D SUN B THU B THU C SUN A THU A WED C THU M WED D FRI 7:30 FRI COMBO PACKAGES SUBSCRIBE TODAY. WED 12-concert package = Wed C + D Single ticket prices may rise—subscription prices stay the same. THU 12-concert package = Thu A + B WAYS TO SUBSCRIBE QUESTIONS? FRI 12-concert package = Fri C + E, or Fri D + F • Online at sfsymphony.org/subscribe Call our Patron Services Department and talk to an experienced FRI 24-concert package = Fri C + D + E + F representative, who can help you choose the programs, series, and • Call the Box Office at (415) 864-6000 seats that best fit your taste, budget, and schedule. SAT 14-concert package = Sat Z (A + B) Mail the enclosed order form with payment to: • Patron Services Phone (415) 864-6000 Fax (415) 554-0108 SAT 14-, 21-, or 28-concert package = two or more Saturday packages Patron Services, San Francisco Symphony Davies Symphony Hall Getting to Davies Symphony Hall Davies Symphony Hall is easily SUN 12-concert package = Sun A + B 201 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, ca 94102 accessible by Muni (415) 673-6864 and bart (650) 992-2278. Call for information or visit transit.511.org..
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    London Symphony Orchestra LSO Live Sir Colin Davis Anthology Volume 1 Sir Colin Davis conductor Colin Lee tenor London Symphony Chorus London Symphony Orchestra Hector Berlioz (1803–1869) – Symphonie fantastique, Op 14 (1830–32) Recorded live 27 & 28 September 2000, at the Barbican, London. 1 Rêveries – Passions (Daydreams – Passions) 15’51’’ Largo – Allegro agitato e appassionato assai – Religiosamente 2 Un bal (A ball) 6’36’’ Valse. Allegro non troppo 3 Scène aux champs (Scene in the fields) 17’16’’ Adagio 4 Marche au supplice (March to the Scaffold) 7’02’’ Allegretto non troppo 5 Songe d’une nuit de sabbat (Dream of the Witches’ Sabbath) 10’31’’ Larghetto – Allegro 6 Hector Berlioz (1803–1869) – Overture: Béatrice et Bénédict, Op 27 (1862) 8’14’’ Recorded live 6 & 8 June 2000, at the Barbican, London. 7 Hector Berlioz (1803–1869) – Overture: Les francs-juges, Op 3 (1826) 12’41’’ Recorded live 27 & 28 September 2006, at the Barbican, London. Hector Berlioz (1803–1869) – Te Deum, Op 22 (1849) Recorded live 22 & 23 February 2009, at the Barbican, London. 8 i. Te Deum (Hymne) 7’23’’ 9 ii. Tibi omnes (Hymne) 9’57’’ 10 iii. Dignare (Prière) 8’04’’ 11 iv. Christe, Rex gloriae (Hymne) 5’34’’ 12 v. Te ergo quaesumus (Prière) 7’15’’ 13 vi. Judex crederis (Hymne et prière) 10’20’’ 2 Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904) – Symphony No 9 in E minor, Op 95, ‘From the New World’ (1893) Recorded live 29 & 30 September 1999, at the Barbican, London. 14 i. Adagio – Allegro molto 12’08’’ 15 ii. Largo 12’55’’ 16 iii.
  • Renée Fleming Sings Her First La Traviata

    Renée Fleming Sings Her First La Traviata

    DAVID GOCKLEY, GENERAL DIRECTOR PATRICK SUMMERS, MUSIC DIRECTOR Subscribe Now! 2002–2003 Season Renée Fleming sings her first La Traviata. See it FREE when you SUBSCRIBE NOW! DHoustonivas,divas,divas! Grand Opera celebrates “The Year of the Diva.” Renée Fleming will at long last sing her first Violetta—and, where might this Experience all the anticipated debut happen? The Met? La Scala? Vienna? No, Renée has chosen to excitement and premiere this significant role here at Houston Grand Opera. In a year of firsts— Susan Graham’s first Ariodante and The Merry Widow and Elizabeth Futral’s benefits of a full first Manon—Ms.Fleming’s Violetta will be a defining moment in the world of opera. season subscription: The season begins with the return of Ana Maria Martinez as Mimi in Puccini’s • Free parking beloved La Bohème. Laura Claycomb,the young Te x a s soprano who had • Free subscription to audiences on their feet in this season’s Rigoletto,will return in Donizetti’s Scottish Opera Cues magazine masterpiece, Lucia di Lammermoor.The season closes with the world premiere of • Free season preview The Little Prince,when Oscar-winning composer Rachel Portman turns Antoine CD or cassette de Saint-Exupéry’s much loved novel into a magical and moving opera. • Free lost ticket replacement Extraordinary singers in extraordinary productions.As a full season subscriber, • Exchange privileges you get 7 operas for the price of 6. That means you can see Renée Fleming’s debut • 10% discount on as Violetta for free! I urge you to take advantage of this offer, it’s the only way we additional tickets can guarantee you a seat.