SAN FRANCISCO CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
BENJAMIN SIMON, CONDUCTOR

AMANDA KING, VOCALIST
ROBIN SHARP, VIOLINIST
GWEN MOK, PIANIST

Handel: Water Music Suite No. 2
Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Major, K. 207
Valerie Coleman: Concertino for Piano and Chamber Orchestra
Gershwin: Five Classic Songs
Haydn: Symphony No. 49 in F-sharp minor ("Farewell")

Rising jazz star Amanda King, violin virtuosa Robin Sharp, and acclaimed pianist Gwen Mok are our leading ladies in this Baroque to Broadway program. Handel's exuberant Water Music, Suite, first performed for England's King George II from barges in the Thames River, begins our musical festivities, followed by Mozart's delightful first Violin Concerto. Valerie Coleman's exciting and colorful Concertino for Piano and Chamber Orchestra was premiered by the SFCO in May 2007 and deserves to be heard again. "S'Wonderful" American Songbook classics by George Gershwin jazz things up, and then we bid "Farewell" to 2008 with one of Haydn's finest, and wittiest, symphonies.

Please be aware that this program is our most popular of the year, and has "sold out" in all three venues in recent years. SFCO members will be able to make free online reservations for this concert, in order not to be left standing in line. Please stay tuned for details about our new reservation program.

 

Members Only - Reserve your seats now!

We usually have a full house at our New Year's concert series, so come early to make sure you get a seat! Priority seating will be reserved for SFCO Association members until 15 minutes before the start of the performance.