A thrilling evening of music is coming to the San Francisco Symphony as they are joined by conductor James Gaffigan and violinist Ray Chen this January. Together they will perform a trio of works, Missy Mazolli's Sinfonia (for Orbiting Spheres), Samuel Barber's one and only Violin Concerto, and Sergei Prokofiev's Symphony No. 5. Join the orchestra as they wind their way through a program so dazzling it'll leave you seeing fireworks at the end.

Mark Elder conducts the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra in this performance of Richard Strauss' incredible 1896 tone poem. With its unforgettable opening fanfare and heart-stopping movements, it has since become synonymous with space exploration and the cosmos after Stanley Kubrick chose it as the theme for his seminal 1968 film, 2001: A Space Odyssey.

No season is complete without a rousing performance of Carl Orff's lustful and triumphant Carmina Burana and its showstopping O Fortuna chorus. Conductor David Robertson conducts the San Francisco Symphony through this roof-raising piece, joined by the San Francisco Symphony Chorus and a host of talented soloists!

Under the masterful baton of Herbert Blomstedt, the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra perform Schubert's charming Symphony No. 5 and Brahms' dynamic Symphony No. 1. Schubert's Mozart-influenced Symphony No. 5 is a delightful showcase of the composer's youthful exuberance, with elegant melodies and charming orchestration, while Brahms' Symphony No. 1 is a monumental work which took 20 years to write.