The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra welcome special guest Cynthia Erivo for a special performance at Davies Hall! Known for her Tony and Grammy-award winning performances on Broadway and Academy Award-nominated work as an actor, the multi-faceted performer brings her talent to the orchestra for a program of music which showcases the incredible range of her abilities.

Celebrate the holidays with one of music's most beloved traditions, with Jonathan Cohen conducting the San Francisco Symphony in a performance of Handel's Messiah. A cherished holiday custom since its premiere in 1742, this splendid oratorio features some of the most popular refrains in Western music; from "Comfort ye, my people" to the famous "Hallelujah" chorus.

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.

From amazing child prodigy to breathtaking virtuoso, Joshua Bell has performed with every major orchestra worldwide. He came to national attention at the age of 14 in a highly acclaimed orchestral debut with Riccardo Muti and the Philadelphia Orchestra. A Carnegie Hall debut, the prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant, and a recording contract further confirmed his presence in the music world.

Anne-Sophie Mutter has achieved much in her four-decade long music career, let alone being named of the greatest violin virtuosos of our time. She was awarded the esteemed Siemens Music Prize in 2008, was made an honorary fellow of the Royal Academy of Music in London at just 22-years old, and has received four Grammy awards for solo orchestral and chamber music performances.

Lang Lang has played sold-out recitals and concerts in every major city in the world and holds the distinction of being the first Chinese pianist to be engaged by the Berlin Philharmonic, the Vienna Philharmonic, plus all the top American orchestras. The first huge cross-over star from the People's Republic, he came from humble beginnings as the son of an anti-vice police officer and a telephone operator and whose success has seen over 40 million Chinese children learn classical piano since coming to fame.