SAN FRANCISCO CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
BENJAMIN SIMON, CONDUCTOR

DIMITRI ASHKENAZY, CLARINET
SONOS HANDBELL ENSEMBLE

J.C. Bach: Cembalo Concerto in B-flat Major, Op. 13 No. 4 (Arranged for Handbell Ensemble & Orchestra by James Meredith)
Richard Festinger: Clarinet Concerto [world premier]
Copland: Clarinet Concerto
Mahler: Adagietto for Harp and Strings

Internationally acclaimed clarinet virtuoso Dimitri Ashkenazy performs the gorgeous but seldom-heard Clarinet Concerto by Aaron Copland, plus the world premiere of Bay Area composer Richard Festinger's new concerto written for Dimitri and the SFCO. The amazing and versatile bellringers of the Sonos Handbell Ensemble become our soloists in a delightful J.C. Bach concerto to lead off our program, and Mahler's sumptuous Adagietto from his Fifth Symphony will close it.