Davies Symphony Hall (San Francisco, CA)
Michael Tilson Thomas conducts the San Francisco Symphony in a program featuring two of Vienna's greatest composers. Composed in 1825, Schubert's Symphony in C major, The Great is an indelible classic of the Romantic era. A hundred years later, Alban Berg composed his Chamber Concerto, a bold and innovative work. Soloists include violinist Julia Fischer.
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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
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<p>Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Julia Fischer, violin
Yefim Bronfman, piano</p>
<p>Berg Chamber Concerto</p>
<p>Schubert Symphony in C major, The Great</p>
<p>Hear the evolution of style between the first Viennese School of Schubert and the Second Viennese School of Alban Berg. Schubert's Great C major Symphony, written in 1825, is a masterpiece of the fledgling Romantic style, while Berg's Chamber Concerto, from 1925, is a bold statement of how much things had changed in the intervening century.</p>
<p>Inside Music, an informative talk free to ticketholders, with Susan Key begins one hour prior to concerts.</p>
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.