Katharine Hanrahan Open Rehearsal: MTT conducts Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony

Experience a San Francisco Symphony concert in the making! Open Rehearsals offer audience members a unique perspective on the creative dynamic between orchestra and conductor. Each Open Rehearsal begins with 8:30am coffee and complimentary donuts followed by a half-hour informative talk at 9am.

MTT conducts Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony, which expresses the composer’s love of nature and the refuge he found there during times of depression and loss. Each of the five movements contains a programmatic inscription by Beethoven meant to convey an emotion he found in nature. Celebrating his 10th anniversary season, SFS Concertmaster Alexander Barantschik brings his "sinewy string tone and vibrant musical personality" (San Francisco Chronicle) to the profound Violin Concerto of Schnittke.

Inside Music, an informative talk free to ticketholders, begins one hour prior to the rehearsal.

Please note: This is a working rehearsal. The pieces rehearsed are at the conductor’s discretion.

Conductor/Performers:

Michael Tilson Thomas
conductor

Alexander Barantschik
violin

San Francisco Symphony

Program:

Mahler
Blumine

Schnittke
Violin Concerto No. 4

Beethoven
Symphony No. 6, Pastoral