ESA-PEKKA SALONEN & EMANUEL AX

In Variations on a Theme of Joseph Haydn, Brahms travels in time, using ancient musical forms to explore possible futures. In Beethoven's Second Symphony, anarchic glee subverts Classical elegance. Between the two big Bs, precisely in the present, Esa-Pekka Salonen debuts his longtime friend Anders Hillborg's witty and colorful new Piano Concerto, performed with genial sophistication by soloist Emanuel Ax.

ARTISTS

Esa-Pekka Salonen
CONDUCTOR

Emanuel Ax
PIANO

San Francisco Symphony


PROGRAM

Variations on a Theme of Joseph Haydn
Johannes Brahms

Piano Concerto
[San Francisco Symphony Commission and World Premiere]
Anders Hillborg

Symphony No. 2
Ludwig van Beethoven