Celebrates Season 78
Maestro Klein’s Final Season as PSO Music Director
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SOUTH VENUE: Heritage Theatre, Campbell View Seat Map
NORTH VENUE: San Mateo Performing Arts Center View Seat Map
NORTH VENUE: Capuchino Performing Arts Center View Seat Map
FRIDAY, OCT 2 / 7:30PM
Heritage Theatre, Campbell
SUNDAY, OCT 4 / 2:30PM
San Mateo Performing Arts Center
OCTOBER 2 & 4, 2026
John Williams’ World
Music by John Williams, featuring cellist Christopher Costanza
Season 78 opens with a celebration of the music of John Williams, Hollywood’s greatest orchestral storyteller and a composer whose music has defined generations of moviegoers. From the wonder and imagination of E.T. and Jurassic Park to the poignant Angela’s Ashes and the deeply moving Elegy for Cello and Orchestra featuring Christopher Costanza, this program showcases Williams at his most memorable and expressive. The concert also pays tribute to the Golden Age of Hollywood with Erich Wolfgang Korngold’s Kings Row Suite and Hooray for Hollywood, culminating in the epic adventure and unforgettable themes of the Star Wars Suite.
PROGRAM
Theme from E.T.
Erich Korngold, Kings Row Suite
Theme from Angela’s Ashes
Elegy for Cello and Orchestra / Christopher Costanza, cello
Erich Korngold, Hooray for Hollywood (arr. Williams)
Theme from Jurassic Park
Star Wars Suite
FRIDAY, NOV 20 / 7:30PM
SATURDAY, NOV 21 / 7:30PM
Bing Concert Hall
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NOVEMBER 20 & 21, 2026
Annual Stanford Concerts*
with Stanford Symphonic Chorus
Annual concert with Stanford Symphonic Chorus
A Peninsula Symphony tradition returns to the magnificent Bing Concert Hall, where your favorite orchestra and Stanford Symphonic Chorus unite for an all-British program. From Walton's regal Crown Imperial and Elgar's vivid London portrait to two Vaughan Williams masterworks and Anna Clyne's luminous This Moment.
PROGRAM
William Walton, Crown Imperial
Anna Clyne, This Moment
Ralph Vaughan Williams, Serenade to Music
Edward Elgar, In London Town (Cocaigne Overture)
Ralph Vaughan Williams, Toward the Unknown Region
SATURDAY, JAN 9 / 7:30PM
Heritage Theatre, Campbell
SUNDAY, Jan 10 / 2:30PM
San Mateo Performing Arts Center
JANUARY 9 & 10, 2027
Transformations
Featuring music from Studio Ghibli’s Kiki’s Delivery Service and performance by 2025 International Klein Competition Winner Julia Schilz.
A young witch takes flight, a gifted young violinist claims her moment, a 19th-century voice is transformed into something thrillingly modern, and a bird of fire is reborn from the flames — January's program is transformation in four acts. Hisaishi's enchanting Kiki's Delivery Service, Bruch's soaring Violin Concerto with Klein Competition winner Julia Schilz, Hindemith's exhilarating Symphonic Metamorphosis, and Stravinsky's blazing Firebird Suite.
PROGRAM
Joe Hisaishi, Kiki’s Delivery Service Suite
Max Bruch, Violin Concerto No. 1 / Julia Schilz, violin
Paul Hindemith, Symphonic Metamorphosis
Igor Stravinsky, Firebird Suite (1919)
SATURDAY, MAR 13 / 7:30PM
Heritage Theatre, Campbell
SUNDAY, MAR 14 / 2:30PM
Capuchino Performing Arts Center
MARCH 13 & 14, 2027
The Planets
Featuring cellist Nathan Chan
From California's misty redwoods to the cosmos itself, March's program is a sweeping journey through nature and beyond. John Wineglass's evocative Bonny Doon: From the Misty Redwoods to the Mighty Pacific Ocean sets the scene, Juilliard alum and Assistant Principal Cello of the Seattle Symphony Nathan Chan brings Elgar's deeply personal Cello Concerto, and Holst's magnificent The Planets crowns the evening.
PROGRAM
John Wineglass, Bonny Doon: From the Misty Redwoods to the Mighty Pacific Ocean
Edward Elgar, Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85 / Nathan Chan, cello
Gustav Holst, The Planets
SATURDAY, MAY 22 / 7:30PM
Heritage Theatre, Campbell
SUNDAY, MAY 23 / 2:30PM
San Mateo Performing Arts Center
MAY 22 & 23, 2027
The Maestros
Jon Nakamatsu + Maestro Klein
Don’t miss Season 78 finale and Maestro Mitchell Sardou Klein’s final concert as Peninsula Symphony’s Music Director.
Season 78 closes with a historic farewell as Music Director Mitchell Sardou Klein takes his final bow after 42 extraordinary years leading the Peninsula Symphony. Joining him is beloved PSO favorite and Van Cliburn winner Jon Nakamatsu for MacDowell's sweeping Piano Concerto No. 2. The program opens with Bernstein's sparkling Candide Overture and culminates in Rachmaninoff's deeply emotional Symphony No. 2 — a finale worthy of a maestro.
PROGRAM
Leonard Bernstein, Candide Overture
Edward MacDowell, Piano Concerto No. 2 / Jon Nakamatsu, piano
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Symphony No. 2