Featured Articles

Featured Articles

Learn more about the San Francisco Symphony and the music played by the Orchestra through these SFS-published articles, designed to give background and context to concert music.

November 1, 2009
J.S. Bach, Working Man

October 14, 2009
Start with Encompassing Gestures, Aim Beyond the Notes: A conversation with Donato Cabrera, our new Assistant Conductor

October 2, 2009
Music Beyond Music

October 2, 2009
Sense of an Ending

October 2, 2009
Composing an American Life: John Adams Writes his Autobiography

September 15, 2009
Becoming Gustav Mahler: The Formation of a Musical Genius

August 25, 2009
Behind the Music: A Mahler Trivia Quiz (Includes some little known and apocryphal information about the composer and his music.) 

August 25, 2009
Thomas May: Becoming Gustav Mahler: The Formation of a Musical Genius

August 15, 2009
More on Mahler: Suggested Readings

August 1, 2009
Capturing a Giant Sound: Mahler 8 on Disc 

August 15, 2009
Remembering Michael Steinberg

August 1, 2009
The Season at a Glance: An Introduction to the 2009-10 Season

May 15, 2009
Interview: Quest for Excellence: Brent Assink on His Decade as SFS Executive Director

May 1, 2009
Thomas May: Vienna Born and Bred: The Schubert-Berg Matrix

April 15, 2009
Larry Rothe: The Vaughan Williams Brand