Symphony Silicon Valley, led by Bruce Hangen, former Principal Guest Conductor of the Boston Pops, will perform a live concert for the family to enjoy featuring music by Bernstein, Mendelssohn, Bizet, Beethoven and more. Bring a picnic and come early as the first 700 children receive a free recorder and instruction how to play it beginning at 2:15 pm.
Discovery Meadow Park
Woz Way and San Carlos Street, San Jose
Sunday, August 24
Beginning 3:00 pm
Admission: Free
The San Francisco Symphony visits downtown San Jose’s Plaza de Cesar Chavez this Tuesday.
James Gaffigan leads the Orchestra for a lunchtime program that includes Verdi’s Overture to La forza del destino, Dvořák’s Allegro con fuoco from Symphony No. 9 in E minor, and Tchaikovsky’s Andantino in modo di canzona and Allegro con fuoco from Symphony No. 4 in F minor.
The free concert begins at noon in the circle of palms, Plaza de Cesar Chavez. Bring the boss so you can spend extra time outside. Mention the word “free.”
San Francisco Symphony
Plaza de Cesar Chavez, San Jose
Tuesday, July 15
Begins 12:00 noon
Admission: Free
Ludwig van Beethoven, (1770 – 1827) was a German composer and one of the most famous and influential composers of all time.
The Ninth Symphony is one of Beethoven most famous symphonies and his last. He was totally deaf when he began composing the symphony in1818; his hearing gradually deteriorated beginning in his twenties. Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 Choral was completed early in 1824 and then premiered on May 7, 1824 in Vienna.
This Thursday through Sunday at the California Theatre Brazilian-born Fabio Mechetti conducts Symphony Silicon Valley and the hundred-voice Chorale in performances of Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 in D minor Choral proceeded by Johannes Brahms’ Schicksalslied (Song of Destiny).
You will be humming Ode to Joy for weeks.
Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony
The California Theatre
345 South First Street, San Jose
Thursday 7:30 pm, March 27
Friday 8:00 pm, March 28
Saturday 8:00 pm, March 29
Sunday 2:30 pm, March 30
For more information including tickets, check here.
