Brass of the San Francisco Symphony
Courtesy of Kristen Loken
Great Performances at the San Francisco Symphony Reopening Night
Celebrate opening night of San Francisco Symphony’s season as it welcomes its music director.
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Fred Vigeant
Courtesy of Kristen Loken
Brass of the San Francisco Symphony
Watch San Francisco Symphony’s Reopening Night Concert on Friday, November 19 at 9pm on WITF. You can stream WITF TV live on our website and through the PBS Video app on Roku, Apple TV and iPhone and Android smartphones.
Great Performances celebrates the opening night of San Francisco Symphony’s 110th season as it welcomes its Music Director, GRAMMY-winning conductor-composer Esa-Pekka Salonen, to the stage as conductor, marking their first opening night concert together since Salonen assumed the post of Music Director last season.
Recorded last month, before a live audience, the coronavirus pandemic-delayed concert includes performances of John Adams’ “Slonimsky’s Earbox,” Alberto Ginastera’s “Estancia” Suite with dancers from San Francisco-based contemporary ballet company LINES Ballet performing original choreography by Alonzo King, and Silvestre Revueltas’ “Noche de Encantamiento” from his film score to “La Noche de los Mayas.”
The concert also features GRAMMY-winning bassist and vocalist esperanza spalding and a jazz trio of guest musicians performing GRAMMY-winning composer-saxophonist Wayne Shorter’s “Gaia” with the San Francisco Symphony.
Great Performances: San Francisco Symphony Reopening Night premieres Friday, November 19 at 9pm on WITF. This program is also avaialble to stream on-demand through the PBS Video app.
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