Davies Symphony Hall
Friday 6.5 Series
Our Friday 6.5 Series concerts start at 6:30pm, which gives you the rare opportunity to enhance your understanding of a performance; before each piece is played in its entirety, you’ll hear the conductor share unique perspectives on the composer, the work, and its place in music history.
With an early 6:30pm start time, this series is perfect for commuters. Experience more than just great music!
Events
Friday 6.5: Beethoven's Symphony No. 8
.jpg "Osmo Vänskä") Osmo Vänskä, conductor
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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.
Friday, October 30 6:30pm
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Friday 6.5: New Music by Composer George Benjamin with the San Francisco Symphony
 George Benjamin, conductor
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PHYLLIS C. WATTIS COMPOSER RESIDENCY
An evening of colorful music that really moves, this concert features two captivating works by the English composer George Benjamin. Experience the joy of his Jubilation and the swing of his Dance Figures. See why this composer has been a sensation since his debut at age twenty.
Friday, January 8 6:30pm
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Friday 6.5: MTT conducts Tchaikovsky's Little Russian Symphony
.jpg "Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor") Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
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Sibelius was inspired by Tchaikovsky, but here the two composers couldn’t be more different. Tchaikovsky is extrovert and jubilant, Sibelius craggy and monumental. What makes these works a natural pairing is their folk-song roots. Discover more as MTT introduces them in this Friday 6.5 concert.
Friday, January 22 6:30pm
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Friday 6.5: MTT conducts Mahler's Resurrection Symphony
 Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
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Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony is an orchestral and choral showpiece. It traverses a spectrum of sound and emotion and culminates in a vision of eternity.
Friday, March 12 6:30pm
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Friday 6.5: Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 2
.jpg "Christoph Eschenbach") Christoph Eschenbach, conductor
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There would be no Brahms without Beethoven. Brahms worried about comparisons with the great master, but finally put his insecurities aside and let his music speak for itself. Hear David Fray play Beethoven’s graceful Piano Concerto No. 2, and then hear how far Brahms had come from Beethoven in his own “pastoral” symphony.
Friday, May 7 6:30pm
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