Hair raising horror

Esa-Pekka Salonen leads the San Francisco Symphony as they delve into seduction, mayhem, and murder in this program of pulse-raising works, headlined by Bernard Herrmann's chilling score for Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho, a piece full of goosebump-inducing tension and horror. Alleviating the pressure, HK's Gruber's jazz-infused Frankenstein!! ends the evening, offering a comic interpretation of the famous tale, featuring baritone Christopher Purves.

Program

Bela Bartok - The Miraculous Mandarin 
Bernard Herrmann - Suite from Psycho
HK Gruber - Frankenstien!!