SEASON 72: ALL STARS
Update Dec 12, 2020: All concerts previously planned through June 2021 are now being rescheduled due to Covid-19 restrictions on large public gatherings. We are working hard to present all our concerts beginning in Fall 2021. Check back here for more information as it becomes available.
Violins of Hope
Please note that the Violins of Hope concerts that were originally scheduled for March 2020 have been rescheduled for the 2021-22 Season due to COVID-19 restrictions. FIND OUT MORE
ORION WEISS, Piano
ALL-BEETHOVEN PROGRAM
San Mateo / Campbell
The biggest All-Star of Classical Music celebrates his 250th birthday! The Peninsula Symphony performs three of Ludwig van Beethoven’s all-time greatest works, concluding with the majestic Fifth Symphony. One of the most sought-after soloists in his generation, Orion Weiss plays the glorious G Major Piano Concerto.
- Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72b
- Piano Concerto No. 4, Op. 58
- Symphony No. 5, Op. 67
TESSA LARK, Violin
ALL-AMERICAN PROGRAM
San Bruno / Campbell
This star-studded program represents the incredible range of fabulous American music and features the World Premiere of Michael Thurber’s bluegrass-influenced Double Concerto for Violin and Bass. Michael’s composing career spans many worlds, from the Royal Shakespeare Company to the smash YouTube channel CDZA to being the long-time bassist on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Budding superstar Tessa Lark thrilled PSO audiences with her artistry after winning the 2008 Klein competition and has gone on to triumphs at the Naumburg and Indianapolis Violin Competitions, in addition to winning the prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant and the Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship.
MICHAEL THURBER, Bass
Star-caliber American masters including Bernstein, Gershwin, Grofé, and the great African-American composer Florence Price round out the program for a sparkling all-American evening.
- Bernstein, Candide Overture
- Thurber, Double Concerto – WORLD PREMIERE
- Duo set with Tessa Lark and Michael Thurber
- Florence Price, Dances in the Canebrakes
- Grofé, Mississippi Suite
- Gershwin - An American in Paris
JON NAKAMATSU, Piano
ALL-RUSSIAN PROGRAM
San Mateo / Campbell
All-time favorite Jon Nakamatsu returns to the Peninsula Symphony for a performance of the spectacular Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1. This thrilling All-Russian program also presents Shostakovich’s mighty Fifth Symphony and Rimsky-Korsakov’s evocative Russian Easter Overture.
- Rimsky-Korsakov, Russian Easter Overture, Op. 36
- Tchaikovsky, Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 23
- Shostakovich, Symphony No. 5, Op. 47
Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
ALL-WORLD PROGRAM
San Mateo / Campbell
Another Klein Competition virtuoso debuts, in a program of favorite orchestral showpieces from many cultures, performed by the All-Stars of the Peninsula Symphony.
- Thea Musgrave, Scottish Suite
- Márquez, Danzón No. 2
- Concerto (TBD)
- Chabrier, España
- Wagner, Siegfried’s Rhine Journey
- Tchaikovsky, Capriccio Italien, Op. 45
Bing Concert Hall, Stanford
Cancelled: (originally scheduled for NOVEMBER 20 & 22, 2020)
Stanford Concert
Stanford Symphonic Chorus, Stephen M. Sano, Music Director
- Symphony No. 8, D. 759 (“Unfinished”)
- Mass No. 5 in A-flat Major, D.678
Violins of Hope
Don’t miss an unforgettable program that showcases the Violins of Hope in full orchestral texture. These precious instruments, recovered relics from the Holocaust, were lovingly restored by renowned Israeli violinmakers, Amnon and Avshalom Weinstein. Program includes Cihat Askin’s Avinu Malkeinu, Mendelssohn Violin Concerto, Op. 64, Prokofiev’s Overture on Jewish Themes, Op. 34, and Three Jewish Poems by Bloch.
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