San Francisco Symphony’s Director of Summer Concerts Edwin Outwaterleads the Orchestra in a free outdoor concert in the grassy plaza in front of the James R. Herman Cruise Terminal at Pier 27, located on the Embarcadero at the foot of Lombard Street. The Orchestra will perform Beethoven’s Symphony No. 1, David Lang’s mountain and Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite. Guitarist/composer Bryce Dessner from the indie rock band The National will also join the Symphony to perform his work St. Carolyn by the Sea. Dessner’s orchestral, chamber, and vocal compositions have been commissioned by the Los Angeles Philharmonic, New York Philharmonic, Kronos Quartet, BAM Next Wave Festival, Barbican Center, Edinburgh Festival, eighth blackbird, Sō Percussion, New York City Ballet, and many others. He has also worked with composers Sufjan Stevens and Nico Muhly.