Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser, SF Symphony Resident Conductor of Engagement and Education, conducts the Orchestra, soprano Vuyiswa Sigadi, tenor Sid Chand, and baritone Elijah Cineas in a special Valentine’s Day Music for Families program. The concert features works by Leonard Bernstein, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Léo Delibes, Edward Elgar, George Gershwin, Kyle Gordon, Sergei Prokofiev, Giacomo Puccini, Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, and Richard Wagner in an exploration of classical music inspired by love and music of the heart. Music for Families performances are best suited for children ages 5–12, and kid-friendly activities will be available in the Davies Symphony Hall lobbies before the concert begins.
Brahms: Variations on a Theme of Joseph Haydn Hillborg: Piano Concerto [San Francisco Symphony commission and world premiere] Beethoven: Symphony No. 2
Nikola will be reprising their Trapeze act "Meine Lippen sie Kussen so Heis" with the SF symphony and Edwin Outwater conducting and Peaches Christ as Emcee with various guests.