Esa-Pekka Salonen & Hilary Hahn

May 29 & 30, 2025
June 01, 2025

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Overview

A blazingly beautiful all-Beethoven program: First, Hilary Hahn performs the Violin Concerto, a work of singular scope, vision, and majesty. Beethoven’s Symphony No. 4 isn’t performed as often as his other symphonies, but it’s every bit as beguiling. Bubbling over with Haydnesque wit and dance-derived hooks that wouldn’t seem odd in a Mozart opera, the Fourth might be Beethoven's most underrated symphony.

Concert Extras

Thursday, May 29 from 1:00pm–1:30pm: A preconcert talk by Laura Prichard will be presented from the stage. Free to all ticketholders.

Exhibit: Composing the World. Head to Davies Symphony Hall’s First Tier lobby for an immersive exhibit exploring how composers Gabriella Smith and Xavier Muzik turn inspiration into sound. On display through June 26.

Artists

Hilary Hahn

Violin

San Francisco Symphony

Program

Ludwig van Beethoven

Symphony No. 4

Ludwig van Beethoven

Violin Concerto

Sponsors

These concerts, a part of The Barbro and Bernard Osher Masterworks Series, are made possible by a generous gift from Barbro and Bernard Osher.

Thursday matinee concerts are endowed by a gift in memory of Rhoda Goldman.

Esa-Pekka Salonen & Hilary Hahn

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