2023-24 Season

MainStage 1: Gratitude and Commemoration

October 20-22, 2023

Florence Price
Andante Moderato for String Orchestra

Dmitri Shostakovich
Chamber Symphony in C minor, Op. 110a

Felix Mendelessohn
Symphony No. 3 in a minor, Op. 56 “Scottish”

Dedicated to the Memory of Constance Bernstein, Board Member and Devoted SFCO Advocate

MainStage 2: New Year’s Eve

December 29 & 31, 2023, January 01, 2024

Sumi Tonooka
Sketch at Seven
with support from the NEA and
Emerging Black Composers Project

Robert Schumann
Cello Concerto in A minor, Opus 129
featuring Debut Artist Sara Flexer

Franz Schubert
Great Symphony No. 9 in C Major, D.944 “Great”

These concerts are dedicated to the memory of SFCO founder, Edgar Braun

MainStage 3: Quintets & Sextets

February 9-11, 2024

Antonín Dvořák
String Quintet No. 2 in G major, Op 77

Jennifer Higdon
“Autumn Music” for wind quintet

Alfredo Casella
Three Movements from Six Studies, Op. 70., arr. P. Lemberg

Francis Poulenc
Sextet for wind quintet and piano

Sergei Prokofiev
Overture on Hebrew Themes for clarinet, string quartet, and piano

MainStage 4: Resilience

April 19-21, 2024

Trevor Weston
Aqua
with support from the NEA and
Emerging Black Composers Project

Ottorino Respighi
Ancient Airs and Dances

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 40 in G Minor