Festival Orchestra – Opening Night 2013
The Festival opens with fiery and lyric themes from Verdi, the jubilant music of Prokofiev, and the romantic favorite, Rachmaninoff’s second piano concerto.
The Festival opens with fiery and lyric themes from Verdi, the jubilant music of Prokofiev, and the romantic favorite, Rachmaninoff’s second piano concerto.
The Alison Brown Quartet is bluegrass plus. Their sound has been likened to a combination of bluegrass, country, and jazz.
Grammy nominee and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame member Jorma Kaukonen will turn the white tent blue with his own interpretations of American roots music, blues, and Americana.
James D’Leon, who is featured in the Festival Orchestra performance of Rachmaninoff, returns to the Piano Series with his “Exciting pianism filled with powerful emotion”
Monday July 15, 8:00 PM Pre-concert lecture at 7:00 Presbyterian Church Sanctuary Works from Takemitsu, Barber and Schubert expertly performed in an intimate setting by ensembles drawn from the world-class Festival Orchestra's principal players. Pre-concert Lecture at 7:00, Music for a Summer Evening, with composer Rich Festinger. Takemitsu, and then I knew ‘twas wind, for ...
Carolyn Steinbuck, piano Mindy Rosenfeld, flute Marcia Sloane, cello Bach: Orchestral Suite #2 in B minor Hindemith: Sonata for flute and piano Harrison: Suite for cello and piano Haydn: Trio in G Major, Hoboken XV:15 for piano, flute and cello Kodaly: Epigram #7 Hans-Andre Stamm: Suite for flute, cello and piano iPad/iPhone/Safari Users Click for Ticketing
The House Jacks is “the original rock band without instruments” (SF Chronicle). The band’s pioneering innovations laid the groundwork for the current a cappella renaissance.
Wednesday July 17, 12:00pm Matheson Theater The House Jacks is “the original rock band without instruments” (SF Chronicle). The band’s pioneering innovations laid the groundwork for the current a cappella renaissance. From Carnegie Hall to the World Expo, from Brazil to Sri Lanka, Rolling Stone to CNN, and in live performance with Ray Charles, James ...
POCO is “All Fired Up” with their new album of that name, and plans to rock their trademark blazing instrumentals and soaring harmonies at a fabulous benefit concert made possible by the generosity of an anonymous POCO fan. For 45 years, POCO has been making the classic country rock sound that they helped found in ...

