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JUNE 17 & 18, 2022
ALL-AMERICAN PROGRAM*

Bassist Michael Thurber (Royal Shakespeare Company, Late Show with Stephen Colbert) and violinist Tessa Lark (Winner, 2008 Klein Competition, Naumburg and Indianapolis Violin Competitions, Avery Fisher Career Grant) perform the World Premiere of Thurber's Inventions for Violin, Bass and Orchestra in a sparkling all-American evening of music by star-caliber American masters - Bernstein, Gershwin, Schuman and Florence Price (PSO’s performance of Dances in the Canebrakes marks the first time we perform her work).

FRI/ JUNE 17, 2022 - 8pm - San Mateo Performing Arts Center
SAT/ JUNE 18, 2022 - 8pm - Heritage Theatre, Campbell

This concert is in memory of and dedicated to Nancy Pellizzer, a long-time supporter of the Peninsula Symphony.

Sponsored by Peninsula Symphony’s Board of Directors

ARTISTS

PROGRAM

Peninsula Symphony
Mitchell Sardou Klein, conductor
Hoh Chen, assistant conductor
Tessa Lark, violin
Michael Thurber, bass

Bernstein, Candide Overture
Thurber
, Inventions for Violin, Bass and Orchestra – WORLD PREMIERE
Duo set with Tessa Lark and Michael Thurber
Florence Price
, Dances in the Canebrakes
William Schuman
, Be Glad Then America from New England Triptych
Gershwin
, An American in Paris


Digital Program Book