The Golden Gate Symphony Orchestra & Chorus kicks off its 2022-2023 Season with Mahler’s Symphony No. 1, the “Titan”, plus GGSOC Artist-in-Residence Swiss pianist Cinzia Regensburger makes her U.S. debuit as piano soloist for George Gershwin’s perennial favorite Rhapsody in Blue. Tickets from City Box Office; more information at www.goldengatesymphony.org.
Sat Nov 12@8pm Sun No 13@3pm Johannes Brahms, Double Concerto Gioachino Rossini, Barber of Seville Overture Igor Stravinsky, Jeu de Cartes (The Card Game) Ballet Stravinsky’s witty, neoclassical masterpiece Jeu de Cartes (The Card Game) was inspired by his favorite game—Poker! It is hilariously filled with quotations from Beethoven, Johann Strauss, Ravel, Delibes, Tchaikovsky, and […]
Julia Perry, Short Work for Orchestra Edvard Grieg, Piano Concerto Maurice Ravel, Ma mère l’oye (Mother Goose) Ballet Ravel’s Mother Goose began its life as a group of piano miniatures, which later were brilliantly orchestrated, and then finally expanded into the ballet score that we will present to you. It is a magical score filled […]
Join the Benicia Chamber Players for an unforgettable finale to their 22/23 concert season, "Darkness to Light: String Quartets by Haydn, Ravel, and Shostakovich." This program takes audiences on a captivating journey through the themes of darkness and light. Despite its nickname, the Friedhofsquartett or Graveyard Quartet, Haydn's op. 76 no. 5 quartet exudes joy, […]
Join the Benicia Chamber Players for the opening concert of their 23/24 season! “New Beginnings and Inspirations” celebrates a new era for BCP by offering a snapshot of the exciting and varied concerts that await this season. Works include the string quartet piece Reqs by Franghiz Ali-Zadeh, who was inspired by the diversity of her […]