Join the Young Women’s Chorus and Vivo Chorus in celebration of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month with this special performance in San Francisco’s historic Chinatown! The concert includes select works inspired by music from China, Japan, Malaysia, Samoa, and the Philippines. Our program will be brought to a close with the West Coast premiere of “Rasa Nusantara,” an arrangement of four Malay folksongs by Malaysian-Chinese composer Dr. Tracy Wong. This energetic work showcases dance’s integral role in Malay music.
Sampling? Inspiration? Copycat? Music with other music inside of it. Exciting pieces that think out of the box and break the fourth wall of the classical experience. Music by Dan Becker, Jörg Widmann, Caroline Shaw, Paweł Malinowski, and Toru Takemitsu.
This classical music birthday bash salutes the 200- and 100-year anniversaries of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony and Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, and will feature LIVE performances in both the SF Bay Area, and the mountains of Maestro Steiner’s native state of Graubünden, Switzerland. Founded in 1524, Graubünden celebrates this year its 500th anniversary, adding yet another birthday to this transatlantic party.
Performers from Graubünden, including renowned pianist Cinzia Regensburger, will join the celebration by introducing Bay Area audiences to folks songs sung in Romansh, a native language of the Swiss region. Other featured performers include Beethoven’s Ninth soloists: Jessica House Steward, Lauren Biglow, Meté Tasin, and Bradley Kynard.
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San Jose Symphony pays tribute to the great Italian opera composer on the 100th anniversary of his death. Carlos Vieu returns in this retrospective that will feature operatic highlights from Giacomo Puccini’s early, middle, and late career masterpieces.
Three of opera’s leading soloists, Jenny Schuler, Gary Simpson, baritone, and Ben Gulley, along with the Symphony San Jose Chorale, perform some of Puccini’s most memorable arias, duets, and choruses, including “The Humming Chorus,” “O mio babbino caro,” and “Nessun Dorma.”
Enter the giveaway for a chance to win. Enjoy the enchantment of musical storytelling as Berkeley Symphony presents a captivating concert bringing literature to life. Witness the West Coast premiere of Joel Puckett's orchestral song cycle, featuring the extraordinary tenor Nicholas Phan, inspired by Walt Whitman's poetic childhood account. Immerse yourself in the whimsical melodies of Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream, capturing the essence of one of Shakespeare’s most revered comedies. These works are bookended by an extraordinary fusion of Langston Hughes' epic poem and Laura Karpman's interdisciplinary creation, Ask Your Mama: 12 Moods for Jazz, Part 1 and Part 3, conveying a rich blend of American voices.
