NorCal Sunday Night

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Discover Northern California’s vibrant classical music scene with NorCal Sunday Night! Tune in every Sunday at 7 p.m. to enjoy live recordings of the region's best classical performances, including concerts by the San Francisco Symphony and other standout Bay Area ensembles. Scroll down for On Demand Audio of the most recent concert performances!

Sunday August 16

Pianist Emanuel Ax joins Michael Tilson Thomas for music by Johannes Brahms, including his tribute to his mentors and friends, Robert and Clara Schumann, and an early attempt to exorcise the ghost of Beethoven, whose legacy loomed large in his musical life.

Brahms Serenade No. 1 in D major, Opus 11 Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Opus 15

Sunday August 23

Michael Tilson Thomas leads the Symphony in a work that won them two of their 11 Grammy Awards, Gustav Mahler’s Symphony #7, his so-called “Song of the Night.”

Sunday August 30

Pianist Emanuel Ax joins Michael Tilson Thomas and the Symphony for a blockbuster pair of concertos by Mozart and Schoenberg. You’ll also hear Beethoven celebrating the best of the human spirit, and Richard Strauss celebrating, well, the worst.

PAST PERFORMANCE

Sunday August 9

Michael Tilson Thomas returns to Davies Symphony Hall with music by Tchaikovsky and Stravinsky that showcase the different sections of the orchestra he led for 25 years. He’s also joined by cellist Gautier Capucon for the US premiere of a concerto by one of today’s go-to composers for film.

Stravinsky Symphonies of Wind Instruments [1947] Danny Elfman Cello Concerto Tchaikovsky Serenade for Strings, Opus 48

Sunday August 2

Russian piano sensation Daniil Trifonov joins Michael Tilson Thomas and the orchestra for a concerto by Rachmaninoff with a seemingly unlikely inspiration. You’ll also hear Robert Schumann’s reminiscence of one of the few truly happy times in his life, and the World Premiere of a work written in honor of Michael Tilson Thomas’s 25th and final season as the Symphony’s MD, by his good friend John Adams.

John Adams I Still Dance Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 4 in G minor, Opus 40 Schumann Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Opus 97, Rhenish

Sunday July 26

Stephane Deneve leads the orchestra in a French tribute to German music; and organist Olivier Latry is the soloist for a spiritual but skeptical piece by Poulenc and Saint-Saens’ tribute to his mentor, Franz Liszt, which he called a “terrifying treat.”

Guillaume Connesson Flammenschrift Poulenc Organ Concerto in G minor Saint-Saëns Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Opus 78, Organ

Recent Broadcasts On Demand