SF Symphony Collaborative Partners Bryce Dessner—a composer, songwriter, and founding member of the band The National—and violinist Pekka Kuusisto—lauded for bridging genres and bringing fresh energy to concert halls worldwide—join forces for the US premiere of Dessner’s Violin Concerto, an SF Symphony commission. The program opens with Ludwig van Beethoven’s fiery Leonore Overture No. 2, originally written to introduce his only opera Fidelio, and closes with Franz Schubert’s merry Symphony No. 5.
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Program Items
Ludwig van Beethoven
Leonore Overture No. 2
Bryce Dessner
Violin Concerto [San Francisco Symphony Commission, U.S. Premiere]
Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 5
Performers
Esa-Pekka Salonen
Conductor
Pekka Kuusisto
Violin
San Francisco Symphony