This event is in the past.It took place on June 18, 2026 at Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall.

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Gaffigan Conducts Beethoven 9

June 18 at 7:30pm

At Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall

Civic Center, San Francisco

🎵The famous "Ode to Joy" finale features full choir
🎼Beethoven's final complete symphony, composed when he was fully deaf

Hear the "Ode to Joy" soar through Davies Hall as James Gaffigan leads the SF Symphony in Beethoven's monumental Ninth. This is the composer's final, most transcendent symphony: a four-movement journey from darkness to blazing, choral triumph.

SF Symphony performance
James Gaffigan conducts
Beethoven's Ninth
choral masterpiece