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”