my classic Russian Composers / San Francisco Symphony

Joyce Yang, piano

Conductor/Performers

Alondra de la Parra
conductor

Joyce Yang
piano

San Francisco Symphony

Program

Glinka

Overture to Ruslan and Ludmila

Rachmaninoff

Piano Concerto No. 3

Mussorgsky (arr. Ravel)

Pictures at an Exhibition

The San Francisco Symphony teams with two exciting young artists on a journey through one of the world's most mesmerizing musical cultures. The dynamic Alondra de la Parra leads the Orchestra in the captivating overture to Mikhail Glinka's opera Ruslan and Ludmila and Modest Mussorgsky's timeless Pictures at an Exhibition. Joyce Yang, critically acclaimed as "the most gifted pianist of her generation," offers a true Russian classic: Rachmaninoff's impassioned Third Piano Concerto.

my classic New World / San Francisco Symphony

my classic New World

San Francisco Symphony

Join the Symphony for this joyous celebration of America's musical heritage, featuring the dynamic young conductor Alondra de la Parra. my classic New World weaves a kaleidoscopic tapestry of American music, bringing together the dreamy nostalgia of Copland's Old American Songs with the infectious swing of Duke Ellington's New World A-Comin'. The program culminates in Dvořák's immortal Ninth Symphony, New World, inspired by the Czech Romantic's fascination with American folk music.

• Venue: Davies Symphony Hall
• Date: July 22, 2010 8:00 PM

• Program

  Ellington (arr. Maurice Peress)

  New World A-Comin'

  Copland

  Selections from Old American Songs

  Grofé

  Selections from Grand Canyon Suite

  Dvořák

  Symphony No. 9, New World

• Performers

  Alondra de la Parra

  Conductor

  Lucas Meachem

  Baritone

  Charlie Albright

  Piano

36th Annual Midsummer Mozart Festival at Mission Santa Clara

Program

Symphony No. 15 in G major, K. 124

Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467
Audrey Vardanega, pianist

Pianist Audrey Vardanega

Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major, K. 218
Robin Hansen, violinist

Symphony No.40 in G minor, K. 550

JULY 15 - 8:00PM –

Santa Clara

Mission Santa Clara
Santa Clara University
500 El Camino Real

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San Francisco Symphony 4th of July Celebration / Shoreline Amphitheater

4th of July Fireworks Spectacular with the San Francisco Symphony

4th of July Spectacular with the San Francisco Symphony

Hits Through the Decades

Celebrate the 4th of July with the San Francisco Symphony at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, CA! The evening concludes with a spectacular fireworks display, set to stirring patriotic songs and marches.

Program

Bernstein

Mambo from Symphonic Dances from West Side Story

Rachmaninoff

Theme from Symphony No. 2 in E minor

Gershwin

Overture and "Summertime" from Porgy and Bess

F.W. Meacham

American Patrol

Sammy Cahn

Suite from Peter Pan

Bernstein

"Somewhere" and "Cool" from West Side Story

Strauss

Sunrise from the Introduction to Also sprach Zarathustra

Joplin

The Entertainer

Bill Conti

Theme from Rocky

John Williams

March from Raiders of the Lost Ark

James Horner

"My Heart Will Go On" from Titanic

John Adams

Short Ride in a Fast Machine

Stephen Schwartz

"Defying Gravity" from Wicked

Brian Setzer

"Rock This Town"

John Williams

Main Theme from Star Wars

Ward

"America the Beautiful"

Sousa

The Stars and Stripes Forever