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Frankenstein & Psycho


  • San Francisco Symphony 201 Van Ness Avenue San Francisco, CA, 94102 United States (map)

This spooky program, led by Esa-Pekka Salonen, begins with HK Gruber’s Frankenstein!!, a raucous and humorous work for orchestra and vocalist that merges genres from jazz to Viennese cabaret. Then, Bernard Herrmann’s legendary Suite from Psycho plunges into the darkest corners of the human psyche, mirroring the film’s infamous twists and turns. With pounding intensity and bleak foreboding, Béla Bartók’s The Miraculous Mandarin caps off the evening with a tale of fraud, seduction, and murder.

Earlier Event: October 27
Howl-ooo-ween
Later Event: October 28
Halloween Haunt on JFK