Davies Symphony Hall (San Francisco, CA)
The legendary Michael Tilson Thomas conducts the San Francisco Symphony in Mahler's towering Symphony No. 1, a hymn to nature and youth incorporating European folk melodies. The opening concert in the Symphony's Mahler festival begins with mezzo-soprano Susan Graham singing Mahler's touching Rückert Songs.
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Wonderful performance, and great seats!
Everything was excellent. It's a great symphony and the conductor and the soloist were in top form. In fact, my husband thought it was the best symphony he has heard.
Really good performance and seats!!
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Completed in September, 1980 after more than two years of construction, Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall is the home of the San Francisco Symphony.
During the summer of 1992, Davies Symphony Hall underwent a major renovation, enhancing its acoustics to ensure an even better musical experience, and making an already stunning interior more beautiful still.
The San Francisco Symphony's home owes its
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Susan Graham, mezzo-soprano
Mahler, Rückert Lieder
Mahler, Symphony No. 1
The San Francisco Symphony’s Mahler festival kicks off with the acclaimed Susan Graham singing Mahler’s touching Rückert Songs. Mahler’s First Symphony incorporates melodic ideas from the composer’s own songs and from folk tunes: a hymn to nature and youth.
The San Francisco Symphony and Michael Tilson Thomas present more than 220 concerts each year from September through July in a variety of genres, with SFS musicians performing classical concerts, holiday favorites, summer pops events, free outdoor concerts, special series for families and children, plus presentations of visiting guest artists and orchestras from around the globe. The San Francisco Symphony also takes its unique style to audiences world-wide, touring nationally and internationally every year. The SFS is currently recording all the Mahler symphonies on its own media label and has recently launched Keeping Score, a national, multi-year, multi-media project bringing classical music to millions of Americans via TV, radio, the Internet and more.