San Francisco Symphony
Mondays at 8pm through June 2022
PROGRAM #: SFS 22-01
RELEASE: April 4, 2022
CONDUCTOR: Esa-Pekka Salonen, James Gaffigan*
SOLOISTS: Cassandra Hunter, narrator**
Sibelius: Rakastava
Walker: Lyric for Strings
Nielsen: Little Suite, Opus 1
Shaw: Entr’acte
Grieg: Suite: From Holberg’s Time, Opus 40
Waley-Cohen: Talisman*,**
Barber: Adagio for Strings, Opus 11*
PROGRAM #: SFS 22-02
RELEASE: April 11, 2022
CONDUCTOR: Esa-Pekka Salonen, Joseph Young*
SOLOISTS: Agustin Hadelich, violin**
R. Strauss: Serenade in E-flat, Opus 7
Daniel Kidane: Be Still (US Premiere)
Brahms: Violin Concerto, Opus 77**
Montgomery: Banner*
Simon: Elegy (A Cry from the Grave)*
Bizet: Carmen Suite (arr. for Percussion and Strings)*
PROGRAM #: SFS 22-03
RELEASE: April 18, 2022
CONDUCTOR: Esa-Pekka Salonen
Ravel: Ma Mère l’Oye Suite
Esa-Pekka Salonen: Nyx
Stravinsky: The Firebird [complete]
PROGRAM #: SFS 22-04
RELEASE: April 25, 2022
CONDUCTOR: Esa-Pekka Salonen
SOLOISTS: Leila Josefowicz, violin*
Beethoven: Overture to King Stephen, Opus 117
Esa-Pekka Salonen: Violin Concerto*
Nielson: Symphony No. 5, Opus 50
PROGRAM #: SFS 22-05
RELEASE: May 2, 2022
CONDUCTOR: Marek Janowski
SOLOIST: Maria Dueñas, violin*
Hindemith: Concert Music for String Orchestra and Brass, Opus 50
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor, Opus 64*
Mozart: Symphony No. 41 in C major, K.551, Jupiter
PROGRAM #: SFS 22-06
RELEASE: May 9, 2022
CONDUCTOR: Ton Koopman
SOLOIST: Alexander Barantschik, violin*
Jean-Féry Rebel: Chaos, from Les Élémens
Bach: Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, BWV 1041*
Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 4, BWV 1069
Haydn: Symphony No. 100 in G major, Military
PROGRAM #: SFS 22-07
RELEASE: May 16, 2022
CONDUCTOR: Dima Slobodeniouk
SOLOIST: Sergey Khachatryan, violin*
Jörg Widmann: Con Brio
Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor, Opus 47*
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A major, Opus 92
PROGRAM #: SFS 22-08
RELEASE: May 23, 2022
CONDUCTOR: Jaap van Zweden
SOLOIST: Carey Bell, clarinet*
Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A major, K.622*
Bruckner/ ED. Haas, Robert: Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major
PROGRAM #: SFS 22-09
RELEASE: May 30, 2022
CONDUCTOR: Esa-Pekka Salonen
Anna Thorvaldsdottir: Metacosmos
R. Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra, Opus 30
Sibelius: Four Legends from the Kalevala, Opus 22
PROGRAM #: SFS 22-10
RELEASE: June 6, 2022
CONDUCTOR: Herbert Blomstedt
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F major, Opus 68, Pastoral
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Opus 56, Scottish
PROGRAM #: SFS 22-11
RELEASE: June 13, 2022
CONDUCTOR: Michael Tilson Thomas
SOLOIST: Gil Shaham, violin*
Steven Mackey: Portals, Scenes and Celebrations (SFS co-commission, world premiere)
Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major, Opus 19*
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Opus 36
PROGRAM #: SFS 22-12
RELEASE: June 20, 2022
CONDUCTOR: Michael Tilson Thomas
Mahler: Symphony No. 7 in E minor
PROGRAM #: SFS 22-13
RELEASE: June 27, 2022
CONDUCTOR: Michael Tilson Thomas
Mahler: Symphony No. 9 in D maj
PROGRAM #: SFS 22-01
RELEASE: April 4, 2022
CONDUCTOR: Esa-Pekka Salonen, James Gaffigan*
SOLOISTS: Cassandra Hunter, narrator**
Sibelius: Rakastava
Walker: Lyric for Strings
Nielsen: Little Suite, Opus 1
Shaw: Entr’acte
Grieg: Suite: From Holberg’s Time, Opus 40
Waley-Cohen: Talisman*,**
Barber: Adagio for Strings, Opus 11*
PROGRAM #: SFS 22-02
RELEASE: April 11, 2022
CONDUCTOR: Esa-Pekka Salonen, Joseph Young*
SOLOISTS: Agustin Hadelich, violin**
R. Strauss: Serenade in E-flat, Opus 7
Daniel Kidane: Be Still (US Premiere)
Brahms: Violin Concerto, Opus 77**
Montgomery: Banner*
Simon: Elegy (A Cry from the Grave)*
Bizet: Carmen Suite (arr. for Percussion and Strings)*
PROGRAM #: SFS 22-03
RELEASE: April 18, 2022
CONDUCTOR: Esa-Pekka Salonen
Ravel: Ma Mère l’Oye Suite
Esa-Pekka Salonen: Nyx
Stravinsky: The Firebird [complete]
PROGRAM #: SFS 22-04
RELEASE: April 25, 2022
CONDUCTOR: Esa-Pekka Salonen
SOLOISTS: Leila Josefowicz, violin*
Beethoven: Overture to King Stephen, Opus 117
Esa-Pekka Salonen: Violin Concerto*
Nielson: Symphony No. 5, Opus 50
PROGRAM #: SFS 22-05
RELEASE: May 2, 2022
CONDUCTOR: Marek Janowski
SOLOIST: Maria Dueñas, violin*
Hindemith: Concert Music for String Orchestra and Brass, Opus 50
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor, Opus 64*
Mozart: Symphony No. 41 in C major, K.551, Jupiter
PROGRAM #: SFS 22-06
RELEASE: May 9, 2022
CONDUCTOR: Ton Koopman
SOLOIST: Alexander Barantschik, violin*
Jean-Féry Rebel: Chaos, from Les Élémens
Bach: Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, BWV 1041*
Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 4, BWV 1069
Haydn: Symphony No. 100 in G major, Military
PROGRAM #: SFS 22-07
RELEASE: May 16, 2022
CONDUCTOR: Dima Slobodeniouk
SOLOIST: Sergey Khachatryan, violin*
Jörg Widmann: Con Brio
Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor, Opus 47*
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A major, Opus 92
PROGRAM #: SFS 22-08
RELEASE: May 23, 2022
CONDUCTOR: Jaap van Zweden
SOLOIST: Carey Bell, clarinet*
Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A major, K.622*
Bruckner/ ED. Haas, Robert: Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major
PROGRAM #: SFS 22-09
RELEASE: May 30, 2022
CONDUCTOR: Esa-Pekka Salonen
Anna Thorvaldsdottir: Metacosmos
R. Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra, Opus 30
Sibelius: Four Legends from the Kalevala, Opus 22
PROGRAM #: SFS 22-10
RELEASE: June 6, 2022
CONDUCTOR: Herbert Blomstedt
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F major, Opus 68, Pastoral
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Opus 56, Scottish
PROGRAM #: SFS 22-11
RELEASE: June 13, 2022
CONDUCTOR: Michael Tilson Thomas
SOLOIST: Gil Shaham, violin*
Steven Mackey: Portals, Scenes and Celebrations (SFS co-commission, world premiere)
Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major, Opus 19*
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Opus 36
PROGRAM #: SFS 22-12
RELEASE: June 20, 2022
CONDUCTOR: Michael Tilson Thomas
Mahler: Symphony No. 7 in E minor
PROGRAM #: SFS 22-13
RELEASE: June 27, 2022
CONDUCTOR: Michael Tilson Thomas
Mahler: Symphony No. 9 in D maj