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Since its first concerts in 1911, the San Francisco Symphony has been known for innovative programs that offer a spectrum of traditional repertory and new music. Today the orchestra’s artistic vitality, recordings, and ground-breaking multimedia educational projects carry its impact throughout American musical life.
Music director Michael Tilson Thomas assumed his post in 1995. Since that time he and the orchestra have been acclaimed for their musicianship, for their innovative programming, for spotlighting works by American composers, and for bringing new audiences into Davies Symphony Hall.
Program Schedule
January 2, 2013
Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier
Soloist: Vadim Gluzman, violin
Mussorgsky Prelude to Khovanshchina
Khachaturian: Violin Concerto
Prokofiev: Excerpts from Romeo and Juliet, Op 64
Encore:
Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas
Shostakovich: Movements I & II from Symphony No 5 in D Minor, Op 47
January 9, 2013
Conductor: David Robertson
Soloist: Leonidas Kavakos, violin
Dukas: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No 2 in G Minor, Op 63
Avner Dorman: Uriah: The Man the King Wanted Dead
Prokofiev: Symphony No 1 in D Major, Op 25, Classical
Encore:
Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas
Tchaikovsky: Serenade, Op 48
January 16, 2013
Conductor: Marek Janowski
Soloists: Chee-Yun, violin; Alisa Weilerstein, cello; Jeremy Denk, piano
Beethoven: Symphony No 1 in C Major, Op 21
Beethoven: Triple Concerto in C Major, Op 56
Beethoven: Symphony No 2 in D Major, Op 36
Encore:
Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas
Beethoven: Movement IV from Symphony No 5 in C Minor, Op 67
January 23, 2013
Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas
Soloist: Yuja Wang, piano
Bartók: Rumanian Folk Dances
Bartók: Piano Concerto No 2
Tchaikovsky: Music from Act III of Swan Lake, Op 20
Encore:
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 2 in C Minor, Op 17
January 30, 2013
Conductor: Bernard Labadie
Soloist: David Greilsammer, piano
Mozart: Symphony No 25 in G Minor, K 183
Mozart: Piano Concerto No 5 in D Major, K 175
Mozart: Piano Concerto No 8 in C Major, K 246
Mozart: Symphony No 33 in B-Flat Major, K 319
Encore:
Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas
Beethoven: Movements I & II from Symphony No 5
February 13, 2012
Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas
Soloist: Anne-Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano
Hindemith: Concert Music for Strings and Brass, Op 50
Stenhammar: Flickan knyter i Joahannenatten
Nielsen: Genrebillede
Sibelius: Demanten på marssnön
Grieg: En Svane
Sibelius: Kaiutar
Grieg: Jeg elsker Dig!
Sibelius: Var det en dröm
Peterson-Berger: Aspåkerspolska
Brahms: Serenade No 1 in D Major, Op 11
Encore:
Sibelius: Symphony No 7 in C Major, Op 105
February 20, 2013
Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas
Mahler: Symphony No 6 in A Minor
Encore:
Mahler: Symphony No 10 in F-Sharp Major, Adagio
February 27, 2013
Conductor: Herbert Blomstedt
Soloist: Arabella Steinbacher, violin
Mozart: Violin Concerto No 4 in D Major, K 218
Dvořák: Symphony No 9 in E Minor, Op 95, From the New World
Encore:
Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas
Brahms: Symphony No 2 in D Major, Op 73
March 6, 2013
Conductor: Charles Dutoit
Soloist: Gautier Capuçon, cello
Henri Dutilleux: Tout un monde lointain…
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14
Encore:
Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas
Debussy: La Mer
March 13, 2013
Conductor: Peter Oundjian
Soloist: Jonathan Biss, piano
Rouse: The Infernal Machine
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 5 in E-Flat Major, Op 73, Emperor
Brahms: Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90
Brahms: Hungarian Dance No 6 in D Major
Encore:
Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas
Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op 56a
March 20, 2013, 7:00 pm
Recorded in concert earlier this season, music director Michael Tilson Thomas leads the San Francisco Symphony in Mahler's Symphony #9.
March 27, 2013
Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas
Mahler: Symphony No 9 in D Minor
Encore:
Berg: Movement II from Three Pieces for Orchestra, Op 6, Reigen
