San Francisco Symphony: Program Details 18 May 2014
Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas
R. Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks, Op. 28
Mark Volkert: Pandora (World Premiere)
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat Major, Op. 73, Emperor
Soloist: Yefim Bronfman, piano
Encore:
Mozart: Symphony No. 38 in D Major, K.504, Prague (Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor)
Mark Volkert has been a violinist in the San Francisco Symphony since 1972 and Assistant Concertmaster since 1980. Pandora, for orchestral strings, was written in 2010 and carries the dedication: “For Michael Tilson Thomas and the strings of the San Francisco Symphony with great admiration.”