From Davies Symphony Hall, Classical KUSC and the WFMT Radio Network bring you four concerts by the San Francisco Symphony, Sundays at 4 PM from February 5 through March 25.

Since its beginning 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 groundbreaking multimedia educational projects, carry its impact throughout American musical life.

At a time when America's major orchestras are struggling to define their missions and maintain audiences, the San Francisco Symphony under Michael Tilson Thomas is an exception.
--The New York Times

February 5, 2012

CONDUCTOR: Michael Tilson Thomas
SOLOISTS: Susan Graham, mezzo-soprano

Mahler:    Rückert Lieder
Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D Major


February 12, 2012

CONDUCTOR: David Robertson
SOLOISTS: Yefim Bronfman, piano

Brett Dean: Carlo
Haydn: Symphony No. 94 in G minor, Surprise
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 83


February 19, 2012

San Francisco Symphony in Concert will be on hold this weekend as KUSC brings you a live broadcast of Verdi's Simon Boccanegra presented by Los Angeles Opera from 2-5:15 p.m.


February 26, 2012

CONDUCTOR: Osmo Vänskä
SOLOISTS: Vadim Repin, violin

Aulis Sallinen:    Symphony No. 1, Op. 24
Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 47
Beethoven: Coriolan Overture, Op. 62
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93


March 4, 2012

CONDUCTOR: Semyon Bychkov
SOLOISTS: Nuccia Focile, soprano; Frank Lopardo, tenor;

Mikhail Petrenko, bass; San Francisco Symphony Chorus
Rachmaninoff: The Bells, Op. 35
Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 27


March 11, 2012

CONDUCTOR: Semyon Bychkov

Henri Dutilleux: Métaboles
Ravel: Pavane for a Dead Princess
Ravel: La Valse
Sibelius: Symphony No. 5 in E-Flat Major, Op. 82


March 18, 2012

CONDUCTOR: Michael Tilson Thomas
SOLOISTS: Michael Tilson Thomas, piano; Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano;             
Bruce Sledge, tenor; Eric Owens, bass-baritone;
Members of the San Francisco Symphony

Stravinsky: Octet for Wind Instruments
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K.488
Stravinsky: Pulcinella (complete)


March 25, 2012

CONDUCTOR: Michael Tilson Thomas
SOLOISTS: Garrick Ohlsson, piano

Litolff: Scherzo from Concerto symphonique No. 4 in D Minor, Op. 102
Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 21
Adam: Giselle Suite
Debussy: La Mer