San Francisco Symphony at 100 - About the Concert
Best-selling author Amy Tan hosts the commemorative concert and narrates the historical mini-documentaries woven throughout the special.

Best-selling author Amy Tan hosts the commemorative concert and narrates the historical mini-documentaries woven throughout the special.
Watch an excerpt of the ballet choreographed by Mark Morris for the Metropolitan Opera.
Watch an abridged program featuring a the last movement from John Adams' City Noir and the first movement from Mahler's Symphony No. 1 in D major.
See John Adams, composer of the new work City Noir performed for the inaugural concert, in an interview conducted by Paula Zahn for WNET.org's weekly SundayArts program.
On the program for Dudamel's inaugural concert are Gustav Mahler and the world premiere of that latest work by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer John Adams, City Noir.
"Doctor Atomic" is John Adams’ powerful portrait of the physicist presiding over the creation of the atom bomb.
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