United States R. Strauss, Sibelius, Smith: San Francisco Symphony / Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor). Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, 6.6.2025. (HS)
SFS world premiere of Gabriella Smith’s Rewilding delves into primal sounds
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La bohème hits all the right notes at San Francisco Opera
United States Puccini, La bohème: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of San Francisco Opera / Ramón Tebar (conductor). War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, 3.6.2025. (HS)
An impressive 21st-century version of Harvey Milk at San Francisco’s Opera Parallèle
United States Stewart Wallace, Harvey Milk Reimagined: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Opera Parallèle / Nicole Paiement (conductor). Blue Shield of California Theatre, San Francisco, 31.5.2025. (HS)
Hillary Hahn, Esa-Pekka Salonen and the SFS deliver a classic Beethoven Violin Concerto
United States Beethoven: Hillary Hahn (violin), San Francisco Symphony / Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor). Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, 30.5.2025. (HS)
Salonen and the San Francisco Symphony ignite a fiery Firebird
United States Lindberg, Berg, Stravinsky: Isabelle Faust (violin), San Francisco Symphony / Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor). Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, 23.5.2025. (HS)
SF Symphony’s world premiere of Icelandic composer Thorvaldsdottir’s cello concerto makes a big impact
United States Various: Johannes Moser (cello), San Francisco Symphony / Dalia Stasevska (conductor). Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, 16.5.2025. (HS)
The English Concert hits all the right notes gloriously with Handel’s Giulio Cesare in Berkeley
United States Handel, Giulio Cesare in Egitto: Soloists and orchestra of The English Concert / Harry Bicket (artistic director and harpsichord). Cal Performances, Zellerbach Hall, University of California Berkeley, 27.4.2025. (HS)
Michael Tilson Thomas’s 80th birthday concert favors delights over tearful goodbyes
United States Various: Sasha Cooke, Frederica von Stade (mezzo-sopranos), Jessica Voss (vocalist), Ben Jones (tenor), San Francisco Symphony Chorus (director: Jenny Wong), San Francisco Symphony / Michael Tilson Thomas, Teddy Abrams, Edwin Outwater (conductors). Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, 26.4.2025. (HS)
