SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CONCERTS
Spring 2008

NOTE: WUOT airs these programs on the Tuesday following the release date given.

PROGRAM #: SFS 08-01
RELEASE: March 27, 2008
CONDUCTOR: Michael Tilson Thomas
SOLOISTS: Dawn Upshaw, soprano
Berlioz: Overture to Benvenuto Cellini, Op. 23
Lukas Foss: Time Cycle
Brahms: Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98

PROGRAM #: SFS 08-02
RELEASE: April 3, 2008
CONDUCTOR: Herbert Blomstedt
SOLOIST: Joshua Bell, violin
Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61
Nielsen: Symphony No. 5, Op. 50

PROGRAM #: SFS 08-03
RELEASE: April 10, 2008
CONDUCTOR: Herbert Blomstedt
SOLOIST: Stephen Hough, piano
Schubert: Symphony No. 3 in D Major, D. 200
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467
Haydn: Symphony No. 101 in D Major, The Clock

PROGRAM #: SFS 08-04
RELEASE: April 17, 2008
CONDUCTOR: Semyon Bychkov
SOLOIST: Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
Osvaldo Golijov: Last Round
Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 22
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10 in E Minor, Op. 93

PROGRAM #: SFS 08-05
RELEASE: April 24, 2008
CONDUCTOR: Roberto Abbado
SOLOIST: Midori, violin
Petrassi: Second Concerto for Orchestra
Britten: Violin Concerto, Op. 15
R. Schumann: Symphony No. 4 in D Minor, Op. 120

PROGRAM #: SFS 08-06
RELEASE: May 1, 2008
CONDUCTOR: Michael Tilson Thomas
SOLOIST: Measha Brueggergosman, soprano
Steve Reich: Variations for Winds, Strings and Keyboards
Schoenberg/orch.
Patrick Davin: Excerpts from Cabaret Songs (Brettl-Lieder)
Mahler: Symphony No. 4 in G Major

PROGRAM #: SFS 08-07
RELEASE: May 8, 2008
CONDUCTOR: Michael Tilson Thomas
SOLOIST: Marc-André Hamelin, piano
Balakirev: Russia
Kevin Volans: Atlantic Crossing
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 in D Minor, Op. 47

PROGRAM #: SFS 08-08
RELEASE: May 15, 2008
CONDUCTOR: Vladimir Ashkenazy
SOLOIST: Simon Trpeski, piano
Borisova-Ollas: Kingdom of Silence
Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 3 in D Major, Op. 29, Polish

PROGRAM #: SFS 08-09
RELEASE: May 22, 2008
CONDUCTOR: David Zinman
SOLOIST: Hilary Hahn, violin
Copland: Music for Movies
Korngold: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35
Anders Hillborg: Liquid Marble
Kodály: Háry János Suite

PROGRAM #: SFS 08-10
RELEASE: May 29, 2008
CONDUCTOR: Yan Pascal Tortelier
SOLOIST: Horacio Gutiérrez, piano
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 19 in F Major, K. 459
Dutilleux: The Shadows of Time
Ravel: Boléro

PROGRAM #: SFS 08-11
RELEASE: June 5, 2008
CONDUCTOR: Kurt Masur
SOLOIST: Sarah Chang, violin
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 56, Scottish
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 26
R. Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel' Merry Pranks, Op. 28

PROGRAM #: SFS 08-12
RELEASE: June 12, 2008
CONDUCTOR: Michael Tilson Thomas
SOLOIST: Christian Tetzlaff, violin
Robin Holloway: Fourth Concerto for Orchestra
Brahms: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77

PROGRAM #: SFS 08-13
RELEASE: June 19, 2008
CONDUCTOR: Michael Tilson Thomas
SOLOISTS: Susan Graham, mezzo-soprano; Women of the San Francisco Symphony
Chorus, Ragnar Bohlin, Chorus Director
Berlioz: Roman Carnival Overture, Op. 9
Berlioz: Les Nuits d', Op. 7
Debussy: Nocturnes
Dukas: The Sorcerer'