2022-23 Season

MainStage 1: Beginnings and Endings

October 2022

Aaron Copland: Appalachian Spring

Samuel Barber: Knoxville Summer of 1915, featuring Ann Moss, soprano soloist

Igor Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring, arr. for chamber orchestra (2011) by the SFCO’s Incredible Shrinking Orchestra Project

MainStage 2: Greetings & Farewell

January 2023

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 & Quintets

February 2023

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: String Duo No. 1 in G Major, K 423, Hrabba Atladottir, violin; Darcy Rindt, viola

Amy Beach: Theme and Variations, Stacey Pelinka, Flute & Chamber Music Society of San Francisco

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

Edmund Rubbra: Suite from “The Buddha”, Peter Lemberg, Oboe; Natasha Makhijani, violin; Clio Tilton, viola; Samsun van Loon, cello

Jean Francaix: Sérénade for Small Orchestra

MainStage 4: Resilience

May 2023

William Grant Still: Danzas de Panama for String Orchestra

Frank Martin: Concerto for Seven Wind Instruments, Timpani, Percussion and String Orchestra

Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 in A Major, Op. 90 “Italian”