2022-23 Season Sponsor

MainStage I
Beginnings and Endings

Friday, Oct 21, 2022; 7:30pm
Herbst Theatre, San Francisco

Saturday, Oct 22, 2022; 7:30pm
First United Methodist Church of Palo Alto

Sunday Oct 23, 2022; 3:00pm
First Presbyterian Church of Berkeley

Aaron Copland Appalachian Spring 

Samuel Barber Knoxville Summer of 1915

• Ann Moss, soprano soloist

Igor Stravinsky The Rite of Spring

• Arranged for chamber orchestra in 2011 by the SFCO’s Incredible Shrinking Orchestra Project

MainStage 2
Greetings and Farewell

Friday, Dec 30, 2022; 7:30pm
Herbst Theatre, San Francisco

Saturday, Dec 31, 2022; 7:30pm
Hertz Hall, UC Berkeley

Sunday, Jan 1, 2023; 3:00pm
St. Mark’s Episcopal, Palo Alto

Franz Schubert Symphony No. 8, D. 759 (“Unfinished”)

PDQ  Bach Unbegun Symphony

Felix Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64

• Amaryn Olmeda, violin soloist

Franz Josef Haydn  Symphony No. 45 in F# minor (“Farewell”)

MainStage 3
Quartets and Quintets

Featuring YOUR SFCO Musicians!

Friday, February 24, 2023; 7:30pm
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church,
1111 O’Farrell St, San Francisco

Saturday, February 25, 2023; 7:30pm
First United Methodist Church of Palo Alto
625 Hamilton Ave

Sunday February 26, 2023; 3:00pm
First Congregational Church of Berkeley
2330 Durant Ave

Antonin Dvořák
Terzetto
for two violins and viola

Jonathan Bingham
Pareidolia
World Premiere for String Quartet
commissioned by the SFCO with NEA and
Emerging Black Composers Project

Amy Beach
Theme and Variations
for Flute and String Quartet

Edmund Rubbra
Suite from “The Buddha”
for flauta, oboe, violin, viola and cello

Jean Francaix
Sérénade for Small Orchestra

Mainstage 4
Mendelssohn and Martin
(Onward and Upward!)

Guest Conductor - the SFCO’s very own,
Jory Fankuchen and featuring
Seven SFCO wind and brass soloists

Friday, May 26, 2023; 7:30pm
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church,
1111 O’Farrell St, San Francisco

Saturday, May 27, 2023; 7:30pm
First United Methodist Church of Palo Alto
625 Hamilton Ave

Sunday May 28, 2023; 3:00pm
First Congregational Church of Berkeley
2330 Durant Ave

William Grant Still
Panamanian Dances

Frank Martin
Concerto for Seven Winds, Timpani, Percussion and Strings

Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No. 4 “Italian”

Nutcracker Sweet:
Admission Free!!!

November 26, 2022, 2:00pm
Noe Valley Ministry
1021 Sanchez St, SF

November 27, 2022, 11:00am
Freight and Salvage Coffeehouse
2020 Addison St, Berkeley

November 27, 2022, 3:30pm
Mitchell Park, El Palo Verde Rm
3700 Middlefield Rd, Palo Alto

Back by popular demand! Oakland Fairyland’s beloved puppeteers team up with the SFCO for a delightful version of Tchaikovsky’s holiday classic. Designed for young audiences, this production features the acrobatic antics of The Puppet Company’s miniature cast accompanied by the SFCO performing highlights from this beloved ballet.

Side-by-Side with
Enriching Lives Through Music

March 19, 2023; 3:00pm
Mt Tam United Methodist Church
410 Sycamore Ave
Mill Valley, CA 94941

After two incredible Summer Chamber Music Camp collaborations, we continue the amazing partnership with the ELM school in San Rafael. ELM CATS and SFCO All Stars will perform Side-by-Side! ELM provides youth with an immersive music education and resources that inspire and empower them to pursue their dreams - and it’s tuition free!!!

Very First Concerts with the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra
Meet the SFCO Woodwind Quintet

March 18, 2023 - 11:00 and 11:45
San Francisco Public Library, Main Branch
100 Larkin St

June 17, 2023
11:30 - Berkeley Public Library, Main Branch
2090 Kittredge St
1:30pm - Berkeley Public Library, West Branch
1125 University Ave

Join the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra’s Woodwind Quintet - horns, flutes, clarinets and more - for all sorts of fun sound adventures! Tubes and reeds and brass, oh my!

November 14, 2022, 7:30 pm

Robin Sharp and Friends

Our esteemed concertmaster, Robin Sharp, leads an ensemble of San Francisco Chamber Orchestra All-Stars in a program of string quartet masterpieces. Joined by Natasha Makhhijani (violin), Ben Simon, (viola), and Eric Gaenslen (cello) this kickoff concert to our 2022-23 Classical at the Freight season will be amazing chamber music performed with poise and polish by our A-team of SFCO players.

December 12, 2022, 7:30pm

Viola Mania!

We’re back! ViolaMania 5, the Holiday Edition, promises to be our biggest and best violafest yet. The Northern California Viola Society invites you to bring a viola for $1 off admission and join us in our fifth attempt to break the Guinness Book of World Records for the Most Violists Playing Together. Hear the Bay Area’s top violists and learn a few new viola jokes. Don’t miss the fun and great viola ensemble music.

February 6, 2023; 7:30pm

Mozart’s Birthday Celebration

Our annual salute to the Salzburg scribbler, celebrating Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s 267th birthday with a program of chamber music masterpieces. Featuring three amazing woodwind players, our program includes a bassoon duo, a flute quartet, and his incredible clarinet quintet. Great chamber music by the numero uno classical genius.

Sunday, March 26, 2023; 2:00pm

Bach’s Birthday with
Kay Stern and Friends

Back by popular demand, the SF Opera’s stellar concertmaster performs a program of amazing duos with our own Ben Simon (viola). Works by Martinu, Bartok and Mozart will show off these virtuosic players and astound you with what two bows and eight strings can do!

May 8, 2023; 7:30pm

Monday Night
Chamber Music Society

Liana Berubé and Hrabba Atladottir, violins
Stephanie Ng and Ben Simon, violas
Michael Graham, cello

Five San Francisco Chamber Orchestra All-Stars
team up for their fourth annual program of viola quintets; no, that’s not five violas but rather a string quartet enhanced by a second violist. Masterpieces by Mozart and Brahms performed by great musicians and great friends.