NorCal Sunday Night

Upcoming broadcasts featuring the San Francisco Symphony:

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. Scroll down for On Demand Audio of the most recent concert performances!

Sunday September 20

Michael Tilson Thomas leads the orchestra in the alpha and omega of Gustav Mahler: his audacious and controversial First Symphony, and his poignant, unfinished Tenth.

Mozart Six German Dances, K.509 Michael Tilson Thomas Notturno Schumann Symphony No. 1 in B-flat major, Opus 38, Spring

Sunday September 27

Michael Tilson Thomas returns to Davies for the first time since his retirement, leading the Symphony in elegant dances by Mozart, a little night music – not by Mozart, but by Michael Tilson Thomas himself, and featuring flutist Demarre McGill, and music by Robert Schumann inspired by his wife Clara, Franz Schubert, and the coming of Spring. Ravel Le Tombeau de Couperin Mozart Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major, K.216 Sibelius Symphony No. 2 in D major, Opus 43

PAST PERFORMANCE

Sunday September 13

Michael Tilson Thomas leads the orchestra in three symphonies: one from the height of the Classical era, one that recalled the Classical Era, over a century later, and one that helped usher in the Romantic Era with the most famous four-note pattern in history.

Mahler Adagio from Symphony No. 10 in F-sharp major Mahler Symphony No. 1 in D major

Michael Tilson Thomas leads the San Francisco Symphony in this broadcast from March 26, 2017.

Sunday September 6

Michael Tilson Thomas leads the San Francisco Symphony in three symphonies: one from the height of the Classical era, one that recalled the Classical Era, over a century later, and one that helped usher in the Romantic Era with the most famous four-note pattern in history.

Haydn Symphony No. 69 in C major, Laudon Sibelius Symphony No. 3 in C major, Opus 52 Beethoven Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Opus 67

Michael Tilson Thomas leads the San Francisco Symphony in this broadcast from September 11, 2016.

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.

Beethoven Leonore Overture No. 3, Opus 72a Mozart Piano Concerto No. 14 in E-flat major, K.449 Schoenberg Piano Concerto, Opus 42 R. Strauss Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Opus 28

Michael Tilson Thomas leads the San Francisco Symphony in this broadcast from January 11, 2018.

Recent Broadcasts On Demand