Ring in the New Year with the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra at Herbst Theatre

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Ring in the New Year with a program dedicated to our triumvirate of classical masters, Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven. From Haydn comes the dramatic overture to his 1799 opera L’IsolaDisabiltata, followed by three Mozart concert arias. For more than two centuries, musicians and music-lovers have agreed that Mozart’s music is simply divine. "Amadeus," after all, means "beloved by God." Some of Mozart's most sublime music may be found in his concert arias. These pieces, which are not from his operas, were intended to display a particular singer’s vocal talents to their best advantage. Guest soprano Christine Brandes, who last wowed our SFCO audiences with her incandescent singing in our chamber-sized Mahler Symphony, performs these extraordinary creations. After intermission, we present Beethoven’s Triple Concerto, a compositional tour-de-force deftly integrating not the usual single solo instrument with orchestra, but three: violin, cello and piano. The Concerto is filled with virtuosity, inventiveness and memorable tunes. The Delphi Trio, known for its powerfully eloquent voice in the world of chamber music, joins SFCO for this masterpiece.