Our 2023-2024 season winter concert features guest bassoonist and composer Paul Hanson in the premiere of his Transitions - Electric Bassoon Concerto. "Hanson has brought the double reed instrument into areas where it’s seldom, if ever, gone before, combining a commanding improvisational sensibility with funk, classical and world music influences,” wrote Andrew Gilbert, DOWNBEAT Magazine.
Also featured on the program is Darius Milhaud's brilliant jazz-influenced work, La Création du Monde, a chamber ballet for 18 musicians composed in 1923 following his visit to America and New York City jazz venues. Leonard Bernstein summarized: “The Creation of the World emerges not as a flirtation but as a real love affair with jazz.”
The concert will close with Beethoven's masterful Fourth Symphony (1806).
Join us for our 33rd season winter concert on Sunday, January 28, 2024, at 3:00 PM. The concert will take place at the Taube Atrium Theater, located at the Veterans Memorial Building, 401 Van Ness, San Francisco, CA 94102. With exceptional acoustical engineering, this venue provides an intimate setting for what promises to be thrilling and inspirational music. Mark your calendars and make sure to save the date (unreserved, open seating) for this event.
*Online ticket sales end at midnight on January 27. Tickets will be available at the door beginning at 2:00pm before the concert.