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2026 SF Symphony: Elim Chan Conducts Adams Mendelssohn + Brahms (Oct. 29-31)

Saturday, October 31, 2026 - 7:30 pm | Cost: $45*
*Tickets start at $45, with orchestra seats from just $59. Secure your seats!
Davies Symphony Hall | 201 Van Ness Ave, San Francisco, CA 94102
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2026 SF Symphony: Elim Chan Conducts Adams Mendelssohn + Brahms (Oct. 29-31)

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Elim Chan conducts a quartet of works that delve into the great unknown: Choral works by Brahms and Arvo Pärt lay a meditative foundation, while Renaud Capuçon regales us with the lustrous melodies and glittering pyrotechnics of Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto. John Adams’s Doctor Atomic Symphony cloaks Nuclear Age anxiety in dark orchestral splendor.

Elim Chan Conducts Adams and Mendelssohn
Thursday – Saturday, October 29-31 2026 | 7:30p
Davies Symphony Hall, 201 Van Ness Ave., SF
Tickets start at $45, with orchestra seats from just $59. Secure your seats!

Concert Extras

An Inside Music Talk with Music Director Designate Elim Chan, in conversation with Benjamin Pesetsky, will be presented on stage one hour before each concert. Free to all ticketholders.

Artists

Program

  • Johannes Brahms – Nänie
  • Felix Mendelssohn – Violin Concerto
  • Arvo Pärt
    Magnificat
    First San Francisco Symphony Performances
  • John Adams
    Doctor Atomic Symphony
    First San Francisco Symphony Performances

 

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Upcoming 2026 SF Symphony: Elim Chan Conducts Adams Mendelssohn + Brahms (Oct. 29-31) Events

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Cost: $45*
*Tickets start at $45, with orchestra seats from just $59. Secure your seats!
Categories: *Top Pick*, In Person, Live Music, Sponsored
Address: 201 Van Ness Ave, San Francisco, CA 94102

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