But those works are just an anchor for a festival that will embrace everything from the Baroque to the 21st century this season.
In Variations on a Theme by FDR, composers from John Harbison to Vijay Iyer take inspiration from emblematic American stories.
In his San Francisco debut, Shibe brings in the Van Kuijk Quartet for a luminous performance of Castelnuovo-Tedesco.
The SF Symphony introduces one of its collaborative partners in a wide range of music, including two pieces by Jesper Nordin.
The Catalan composer has a champion in pianist Stephen Hough, who has just recorded a collection of Mompou’s miniatures.
