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Gaffigan Conducts Beethoven 9 at Davies Symphony Hall
Dates: 6/18/2026 - 6/21/2026
📍 Theatre: Davies Symphony Hall
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James Gaffigan, general music director of Komische Oper Berlin and Music Director Designate of the Houston Grand Opera, leads the San Francisco Symphony in Beethoven's Symphony No. 9. Soprano Jessica Faselt, mezzo-soprano Kelley O'Connor, tenor Thomas Cooley, bass Peixin Chen, and the SF Symphony Chorus join Gaffigan and the Orchestra for the final movement "Ode to Joy." These performances are dedicated to Music Director Laureate Michael Tilson Thomas, recalling the Ninth Symphony's place in the first subscription concerts MTT conducted as Music Director in 1995.
Cast and Creative Team for Gaffigan Conducts Beethoven 9 at Davies Symphony Hall
Cast
Carrie Abrahms
soprano
Amos Yang
cello
Leonid Plashinov-Johnson
viola
Sarn Oliver
violin
Mariko Smiley
violin
Florin Parvulescu
violin
Melissa Kleinbart
violin
Katie Kadarauch
viola
Jessie Fellows
violin
Davis You
cello
Yvette Kraft
violin
Katarzyna Bryla
viola
Kingston Ho
violin
Blair Francis Paponiu
flute
Gabriel Fauré
Ensemble.
Joan Tower
Ensemble
Gareth Farr
Ensemble
Samantha Cho
piano
Katherine Siochi
harp
Yuhsin Galaxy Su
clarinet
Andrew Goodridge
piano
Sasha Cooke
mezzo-soprano
María Dueñas
violin
Jessica Faselt
soprano
Kelley O'Connor
mezzo-soprano
Thomas Cooley
tenor
Peixin Chen
bass
Olivier Latry
organ
Elim Chan
Ensemble
Tianyi Lu
Ensemble
James Gaffigan
Ensemble
Stéphane Denève
Ensemble
Njioma Grevious
violin
Creative Team
Tianyi Lu
Conductor
Gabriel Fauré
Composer
Joan Tower
Composer
Sarn Oliver
Composer
Gareth Farr
Composer
Jenny Wong
Chorus Director
Yo-Yo Ma
Cello
Stéphane Denève
Conductor
James Gaffigan
Conductor
Elim Chan
Conductor
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