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San Francisco Symphony’s 2010-2011 Season

September 7 2010: Gala with Jessye Norman
September 22-25 2010: Harrison, Copland, Tchaikovsky
September 29- October 3 2010: Ravel, Debussy, Berlioz
October 7-9 2010: Revueltas, Villa-Lobos, Varèse, Beethoven
October 14-17 2010: Bychkov conducts Ravel, Rachmaninoff, Walton
October 21-24 2010: Conlon conducts Wagner, Bruch, Dvořák; Joshua Bell, violin
October 24 2010: Dresden Staatskapelle plays Beethoven and Brahms
October 28-30 2010: Heras-Casado conducts Mendelssohn, Liszt, Kurtág, Shostakovich’s 12th
October 31 2010: SF Symphony Youth Orchestra
October 31 2010: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920 film)
November 2 2010: Murray Perahia, piano
November 3-5 2010: Kalmar conducts Schnittke, Haydn, Orff
November 6 2010: Día de los Muertos Concert
November 7 2010: Mutter-Bashmet-Harrell Trio plays Beethoven
November 11-13 2010: Concerts for Kids
November 11-13 2010: Kahane conducts Ravel, Rufus Wainwright, Weill
November 14 2010: Music for Families
November 14 2010: Chamber Music Series
November 17-21 2010: MTT conducts Schubert, Strauss; Elza van den Heever, soprano
November 21 2010: Oliver Latry, organ
November 24-27 2010: MTT conducts Brahms, Berg; Yefim Bronfman, piano
December 2-4 2010: Adams’ El Niño
December 5-6 2010: Deck the Hall
December 5 2010: Chamber Music at the Legion of Honor
December 5-6 2010: MTT conducts Cowell, Mozart, John Adams; Gil Shaham, violin
December 11-12 2010: Cabrera conducts Peter and the Wolf
December 12 2010: John Adams
December 13-15 2010: Colors of Christmas
December 18 2010: Music for Families
December 31 2010: New Year’s Eve Masquerade Ball
January 6-9 2011: Karabits conducts Silverstrov, Schumann, Rachmaninoff; Hélène Grimaud, piano
January 13-15 2011: Tortelier conducts Mussorgsky, Khachaturian, Prokofiev; Vadim Gluzman, violin
January 18 2011: Lang Lang, piano
January 20-23 2011: Janowski conducts Beethoven; Juho Pohjonen, piano
January 23 2011: Itzhak Perlman, violin
January 26-28 2011: Robertson conducts Dukas, Prokofiev, Avner Dorman; Leonidas Kavakos, violin
January 29 2011: Chinese New Year Concert
January 30 2011: Paul Jacobs, organ
February 9-12 2011: Janowski conducts Beethoven
February 9-12 2011: Koopman conducts Bach, Haydn, CPE Bach, Schubert
February 12 2011: Music for Families
February 13 2011: Dmitri Hvorovstovsky, baritone; Ivari Ilja, piano
February 17-19 2011: Labadie conducts Mozart
February 20 2011: Chamber Music Series
February 23-26 2011: MTT conducts Feldman and Mozart
February 28 2011: Mehta conducts the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
March 3-6 2011: MTT conducts Hindesmith, Grieg, Brahms; Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano
March 10-12 2011: Masur conducts Mendelssohn; Susannah Biller, soprano
March 13 2011: Yefim Bronfman, piano
March 14-17 2011: Concerts for Kids
March 16-20 2011: Mass in B Minor
March 9 2011: Music for Families
March 24-26 2011: Blomstedt conducts Mozart and Dvořák
March 27 2011: Chamber Music Series
March 27-28 2011: Saint Petersburg Philharmonic
March 30- April 2 2011: Blomstedt conducts Tchaikovsky, Sibelius
April 3 2011: Jane Parker-Smith, organ
April 7-9 2011: Vänskä conducts Mendelssohn and Vaughan Williams
April 10 2011: National Orchestra of Spain
April 14-17 2011: Dutoit conducts Dutilleux, Berlioz
April 28-30 2011: Oundjian conducts Rouse, Beethoven, Brahms
May 1 2011: Chamber Music Series
May 5-8 2011: MTT conducts Mahler’s 9th
May 12-14 2011: MTT conducts Mahler’s 6th
May 15 2011: SF Symphony Chorus Concert
May 22 2011: SF Symphony Youth Orchestra
June 14 2011: Yuja Wang, piano
June 16-19 2011: MTT conducts Bartók, Tchaikovsky; Yuja Wang, piano
June 21 2011: Yuja Wang, piano
June 23-26 2011: MTT conducts Missa solemnis; Christine Brewer, soprano
July 4 2011: Fourth of July Concert
July 10 2011: Dolores Park Free Concert
July 24 2011: Stern Grove Free Concert


The San Francisco Symphony announced the 2010-2011 season today. Jessye Norman, Dawn Upshaw, Michelle DeYoung, and Christine Brewer sing. Guest conductors include John Adams, Zubin Mehta, and Osmo Vänskä.


Press Release [PDF] | Official Site

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6 responses to “San Francisco Symphony’s 2010-2011 Season”

  1. Roberto Avatar
    Roberto

    No comments?
    Are people less excited about the SFS and MTT? I haven’t attended a concert there is 2 or 3 years. I would like to see new guests. People like Boulez, Muti, Abbado, Mariss Jansons (his concert with the Concertgebouw here was one of the best symphonic concerts that I attended in my life). If the SFS is a world-class orchestra, why doesn’t this people stop here once in a while? Year after year, we have the same guests. I noticed, btw, that we won’t have Ashkenazy this year. Did the city got tired of him? If he could come here and play piano (something that he doesn’t do anymore), it would be a different story… Speaking of that, what about Pollini? He canceled a concert scheduled a few years ago and we never heard of him anymore.
    The only Mahler that I would make me dislocate to Davies Symphony Hall is Mahler #3. That was a great concert! Very hard to conceive, so that’s why I take is a treat.
    I think that this “Les Noces” may be interesting. What else?

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  2. Doug Avatar
    Doug

    I’ve never heard El Nino or Rothko Chapel live, so I’m excited about those. I must admit to being bummed that MTT is conducting the latter. Overall, it seems a ho hum season with an awful lot of “audience favorites” and at least as much MTT. It seems SFS and SFO have lost adventurousness.

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  3. Opera Maryanne Avatar
    Opera Maryanne

    I’m jealous, it’s a fantastic programme….bit far to me to come though, from the UK! 🙂
    I hope to see reviews of the following when they come around:
    April 7-9 2011: Vänskä conducts Mendelssohn and Vaughan Williams
    June 16-19 2011: MTT conducts Bartók, Tchaikovsky; Yuja Wang, piano

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  4. The Opera Tattler Avatar
    The Opera Tattler

    I am most interested in Vänskä and Adams, and in some of the soloists and guests. Personally I do find this more exciting than the SF Opera season.

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  5. The Opera Tattler Avatar
    The Opera Tattler

    Those two do look interesting. MTT seemed to do well over the weekend in the Kissine, so maybe he’ll be fine in Rothko Chapel.

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  6. The Opera Tattler Avatar
    The Opera Tattler

    Yuja Wang makes me feel uncomfortable, but perhaps I should give her another listen. Definitely going to the Vänskä.

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