Festival

Experience an SFS concert in the making! Open Rehearsals offer audience members a unique perspective on the creative dynamic between orchestra and conductor. Each Open Rehearsal begins with 8:30am coffee and complimentary donuts followed by a half-hour informative talk at 9am.

Itzhak Perlman leads Tchaikovsky’s greatest symphony and Elgar’s magnificent, rarely heard Introduction and Allegro. Perlman’s concerts are sure to sell out—order your tickets early!

“From the very first note Mr. Perlman reminded the audience of his trademark sweet tone and melting vibrato.  His warm, telegenic presence and easy rapport with the audience seemed to be part of what people came for.”—The New York Times

Inside Music, an informative talk with Scott Foglesgon free to ticketholders, begins one hour prior to rehearsal.

The Open Rehearsal Series is sponsored by

Sustainability Partner

Experience an SFS concert in the making! Open Rehearsals offer audience members a unique perspective on the creative dynamic between orchestra and conductor. Each Open Rehearsal begins with 8:30am coffee and complimentary donuts followed by a half-hour informative talk at 9am.

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.

Inside Music, an informative talk with Susan Key free to ticketholders, begins one hour prior to rehearsal. 

Note: This is a working rehearsal. The pieces rehearsed are at the conductor’s discretion. 

The Open Rehearsal Series is sponsored by

Sustainability Partner

Experience an SFS concert in the making! Open Rehearsals offer audience members a unique perspective on the creative dynamic between orchestra and conductor. Each Open Rehearsal begins with 8:30am coffee and complimentary donuts followed by a half-hour informative talk at 9am.

Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos have delighted audiences since their publication. Bach’s mastery of the concerto form and his virtuosic writing is evident in these masterpieces. Pay special attention to the spectacular harpsichord solo in Brandenburg No. 5.

Inside Music, an informative talk with Scott Foglesong free to ticketholders, begins one hour prior to rehearsal.

Note: These are working rehearsals. The pieces rehearsed are at the conductor’s discretion.

The Open Rehearsal Series is sponsored by

Sustainability Partner

ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE MADE POSSIBLE BY MARCIA AND JOHN GOLDMAN

Experience a San Francisco Symphony concert in the making! Open Rehearsals offer audience members a unique perspective on the creative dynamic between orchestra and conductor. Each Open Rehearsal begins with 8:30am coffee and complimentary donuts followed by a half-hour informative talk at 9am.

The brilliance of cellist Yo-Yo Ma shines in a program that features two dazzling masterpieces. Brahms’s Concerto for Violin and Cello displays the lavish harmonies of the Romantic era, while Shostakovich’s Cello Concerto—written in 1966—is a superb example of the composer’s late style.

Inside Music, an informative talk free to ticketholders, begins one hour prior to rehearsal.

Note: This is a working rehearsal. The pieces rehearsed are at the conductor’s discretion.

This performance is part of Project San Francisco, an innovative composer and artist residency program.

Ticket exchange and group discount not available. 

The Open Rehearsal Series is sponsored by

Sustainability Partner

Experience an San Francisco Symphony concert in the making! Open Rehearsals offer audience members a unique perspective on the creative dynamic between orchestra and conductor. Each Open Rehearsal begins with 8:30am coffee and complimentary donuts followed by a half-hour informative talk at 9am.

Take a magnificent tour through the heavens with Gustav Holst’s incomparable The Planets. From the warlike glory and rhythmic insistence of Mars to the playful merriment of Jupiter and the spectral sound world of Neptune, Holst captures the glittering majesty of our celestial neighbors. Kick off this performance with our very own Concertmaster as soloist in Walton’s Violin Concerto.

Inside Music, an informative talk free to ticketholders, begins one hour prior to rehearsal.

Note: This is a working rehearsal. The pieces rehearsed are at the conductor’s discretion. 

The Open Rehearsal Series is sponsored by

Sustainability Partner

Experience a San Francisco Symphony concert in the making! Open Rehearsals offer audience members a unique perspective on the creative dynamic between orchestra and conductor. Each Open Rehearsal begins with 8:30am coffee and complimentary donuts followed by a half-hour informative talk at 9am.

Two symphonies, two composers, two different musical visions, conducted by San Francisco Symphony Conductor Laureate Herbert Blomstedt. Mozart’s Linz Symphony displays the beauty and clarity of the Classical symphony in its structure, form, and melody. Bruckner’s Sixth Symphony is one of the composer’s sonic cathedrals.

“Bruckner has always been one of Blomstedt's strengths as a conductor, and [the] performance—broad-beamed, vigorous and full of rhythmic momentum—was never less than engrossing.”—San Francisco Chronicle

Inside Music, an informative talk free to ticketholders, begins one hour prior to rehearsal.

Note: This is a working rehearsal. The pieces rehearsed are at the conductor’s discretion. 

The Open Rehearsal Series is sponsored by

Sustainability Partner

Experience a San Francisco Symphony concert in the making! Open Rehearsals offer audience members a unique perspective on the creative dynamic between orchestra and conductor. Each Open Rehearsal begins with 8:30am coffee and complimentary donuts followed by a half-hour informative talk at 9am.

Mozart’s gifts as a symphonist are well known. The San Francisco Symphony presents two of the composer’s later symphonies: Haffner, and his last, Jupiter. With their clarity and passion, you will see why Mozart’s final symphonies are held in high esteem as quintessential examples of the Classical style.

Inside Music, an informative talk free to ticketholders, begins one hour prior to rehearsal.

Note: This is a working rehearsal. The pieces rehearsed are at the conductor’s discretion.

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The Open Rehearsal Series is sponsored by

Sustainability Partner

Experience an San Francisco Symphony concert in the making! Open Rehearsals offer audience members a unique perspective on the creative dynamic between orchestra and conductor. Each Open Rehearsal begins with 8:30am coffee and complimentary donuts followed by a half-hour informative talk at 9am.

Brahms worried about comparisons with Beethoven, the great master, but 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.

Inside Music, an informative talk free to ticketholders, begins one hour prior to rehearsal.

Note: This is a working rehearsal. The pieces rehearsed are at the conductor’s discretion. 

The Open Rehearsal Series is sponsored by

Sustainability Partner