Salonen Conducts The Firebird

May 23, 24 & 25, 2025

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Overview

Igor Stravinsky’s wild Russian folk-fable of a ballet The Firebird, retains the power to shock and enthrall into its second century. Kicking off the program is the 2002 orchestral piece Chorale—based on the familiar Bach chorale “Es ist genug”—from Esa-Pekka Salonen’s longtime friend Magnus Lindberg. Alban Berg’s last completed score and probably his most famous, the Violin Concerto functions both as an elegy for a surrogate daughter who died too soon, and as a requiem for himself.

Illustration by Owen Gildersleeve.

Concert Extras

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

San Francisco Symphony

Program

Magnus Lindberg

Chorale

First San Francisco Symphony Performances
Alban Berg

Violin Concerto

Igor Stravinsky

The Firebird

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.

Salonen Conducts The Firebird

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