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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 May 31
The Symphony’s principal flute, Yubeen Kim, is the soloist in a cheeky but fiendishly difficult concerto. Conductor Dima Slobodeniuk also leads the orchestra in a sort of aural kinetic sculpture, and the work that brought Tchaikovsky back from the brink of suicide.
Dutilleux Métaboles Slobodeniouk Ibert Flute Concerto Slobodeniouk Yubeen Kim Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Opus 36 Slobodeniouk
PAST PERFORMANCE
Sunday May 24
Violinist Vilde Frang joins conductor Klaus Mäkelä for a lyrical and very personal musical statement by Alban Berg. You’ll also hear a recent work inspired by the folk music of Peru, and one of the most devastating portraits of tyranny ever composed.
Jimmy López Perú Negro Mäkelä Berg Violin Concerto Mäkelä Vilde Frang Shostakovich Symphony No. 10 in E minor, Opus 93 Mäkelä Conductor Klaus Mäkelä leads the San Francisco Symphony in this performance from April 28, 2022.
Sunday May 17
Nathalie Stutzmann leads the Symphony and Symphony Chorus in three songs by Brahms, and Tchaikovsky’s enigmatic final statement.
Brahms Nänie, Opus 82 Stutzmann San Francisco Symphony Chorus Brahms Gesang der Parzen, Opus 89 Stutzmann San Francisco Symphony Chorus Brahms Schicksalslied, Opus 54 Stutzmann San Francisco Symphony Chorus Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Opus 74, Pathétique Stutzmann
Nathalie Stutzmann leads the San Francisco Symphony in this performance from May 26, 2022.
Sunday May 10
Simone Young leads the orchestra in her own symphonic synopsis of music from one of opera’s greatest sagas. You’ll also hear music inspired by the heavens – both literal and figurative – and the concerto that cemented Camille Saint-Saens’ fame as a composer, with soloist Gautier Capucon.
Saint-Saëns Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Opus 33 Young Capuçon Wagner/Young Selections from Der Ring des Nibelungen Macens The Space Between the Stars Young
Simone Young conducts the San Francisco Symphony in this performance from April 17, 2026.
Recent Broadcasts On Demand
Dutilleux Métaboles Slobodeniouk Ibert Flute Concerto Slobodeniouk Yubeen Kim Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Opus 36 Slobodeniouk
Jimmy López Perú Negro Mäkelä Berg Violin Concerto Mäkelä Vilde Frang Shostakovich Symphony No. 10 in E minor, Opus 93 Mäkelä Conductor Klaus Mäkelä leads the San Francisco Symphony in this performance from April 28, 2022.
Brahms Nänie, Opus 82 Stutzmann San Francisco Symphony Chorus Brahms Gesang der Parzen, Opus 89 Stutzmann San Francisco Symphony Chorus Brahms Schicksalslied, Opus 54 Stutzmann San Francisco Symphony Chorus Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Opus 74, Pathétique Stutzmann
Nathalie Stutzmann leads the San Francisco Symphony in this performance from May 26, 2022.
