“Berg by the Bay,” by Paul du Quenoy

“Berg by the Bay,” by Paul du Quenoy

The San Franciso Symphony’s season is ending better than it started, though the conclusion is bittersweet with the all-too-soon departure of its music director, Esa-Pekka Salonen, the award-winning Finnish conductor and composer who has led the orchestra since 2020. Last year, Salonen, who led the Los Angeles Philharmonic for seventeen years and has held other prestigious assignments, announced that he would not renew his initial five-year contr…