MTT conducts a Beethoven symphony, and SFS Concertmaster Alexander Barantschik plays Beethoven's Romance #1 and #2. Also, a 2009 composition by young American composer (born 1977) Mason Bates, The B-Sides, dedicated to Michael Tilson Thomas.

Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas

Beethoven: Romance in G major for Violin and Orchestra, Opus 40
Beethoven: Romance in F major for Violin and Orchestra, Opus 50
Soloist: Alexander Barantschik, violin

Mason Bates: The B-Sides (San Francisco Symphony commission)

Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A major, Opus 93

ENCORE:
Mahler: Adagio from Symphony No. 10