Event Details

Beethoven's Symphony No. 8

Osmo Vänskä, conductor

Experience two sides of Beethoven: the Classical symphonist and the passionate dramatist. The San Francisco Symphony presents Beethoven’s searing Overture to Coriolan and his tightly-wound Eighth Symphony. Violinist Vadim Repin will shine performing Sibelius’s Violin Concerto, a virtuosic masterpiece.

Meet Vadim Repin at an exclusive CD signing immediately following the Oct 28 and 31 concerts.

Inside Music, an informative talk with Susan Key and free to ticketholders, begins one hour prior to the Oct 28 and 31 concerts.

This concert is also being performed as part of our Friday 6.5 Series on Friday, October 30 at 6:30pm.

Program Notes

Sallinen: Symphony No. 1

Sibelius: Concerto in D minor for Violin and Orchestra, Opus 47

Beethoven: "Coriolan" Overture, Opus 62 | Symphony No. 8 in F major, Opus 93

Artist Biographies

Conductor/Performers

Osmo Vänskä
conductor

Vadim Repin
violin

Program

Aulis Sallinen

Symphony No. 1

Sibelius

Violin Concerto

Beethoven

Coriolan Overture

Beethoven

Symphony No. 8

Performance Date(s)

Wed, Oct 28, 2009 8:00pm
Davies Symphony Hall

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$15 to $130

Sat, Oct 31, 2009 8:00pm
Flint Center (Cupertino, CA)

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$15 to $71

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