They played "The Four Seasons of Afghanistan, " a version of Antonio Vivaldi's violin concertos adapted to include Afghan instruments like the plucked string rabab.

WSJ: Young Afghans Face Backlash Over Music

Both Ashley Page's "Guide to Strange Places, " a 2012 SFB commission to John Adams's not exactly dance-friendly music of the same name, and Christopher Wheeldon's 2008 commission, "Within the Golden Hour" (to Ezio Bosso and Antonio Vivaldi), duly showed off SFB.

WSJ: The Men (and Women) of San Francisco | San Francisco Ballet | By Robert Greskovic