San Francisco Symphony have taken the wraps off their annual Summer with the Symphony concert series. Stark Insider has the complete line-up — see below for all the details.
Running July 4-29, the series features a variety of events including several film screenings accompanied by live scores, in addition to outdoor concerts and special visits from orchestras from outside the U.S.
Summer with the Symphony kicks off on July 4th in celebratory fashion with a Fourth of July concert and fireworks display at the Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View.
The Music of John Williams returns as well this year. You may want to mark your calendar July 13-14 for the screening of Steven Spielberg’s seminal Jaws. SFS will live score. In addition. Pixar in Concert will feature beloved Pixar films.
Two free outdoor concerts are scheduled; July 9 at Stern Grove Festival, and July 23 at Pier 27 along the Embarcadero in San Francisco.
Scheduled to appear this summer include the Jalisco Philharmonic Orchestra of Mexico, musician Rhiannon Giddens, rock piano sensation Ben Folds, vocalist Storm Large, Women of the SFS Chorus, pianist Orion Weiss, conductor Juraj Valčuha and Edwin Outwater (in his final year as director of the summer concerts).
Tickets are now on sale and are priced $15-$140.
Stark Insider hopes to see you out on the town, across the Bay Area, enjoying these performances!
Let the show begin…
SUMMER WITH THE SYMPHONY
San Francisco Symphony
July 4-29, 2017ANNUAL FOURTH OF JULY FIREWORKS SPECTACULAR with the SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
Tuesday, July 4 at 8 pm
Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain ViewEdwin Outwater conductor
Storm Large vocalist
San Francisco SymphonyProgram to include a special tribute to the 50th anniversary of the Summer of Love by composer Nicole Lizée with vocalist Storm Large, as well as film music of John Williams and patriotic American favorite hits, with a special fireworks celebration to close the evening.
THE MUSIC OF JOHN WILLIAMS – FROM STAR WARS TO JURASSIC PARK
Thursday, July 6 at 7:30 pm
Friday, July 7 at 7:30 pmEdwin Outwater conductor
San Francisco SymphonyProgram to include selections from John Williams’s scores to favorite films such as Jurassic Park, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, and the Indiana Jones films, as well as a special 40th anniversary celebration of the Star Wars universe.
Please note there are no film clips accompanying this performance.
A NIGHT AT THE MOULIN ROUGE featuring STORM LARGE
Saturday, July 8 at 7:30 pm
Edwin Outwater conductor
Storm Large vocalistProgram to include popular French orchestral works such as Offenbach’s Can-Can, selections from the opera Carmenby Bizet, and Ravel’s Boléro. Vocalist Storm Large joins the SFS for a tribute to Edith Piaf, along with other songs celebrating the spirit of the Moulin Rouge and its colorful roster of patrons through the years.
FREE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CONCERT AT THE STERN GROVE FESTIVAL
Sunday, July 9 at 2 pm
Stern Grove, 19th Avenue and Sloat Boulevard, San FranciscoEdwin Outwater conductor
San Francisco SymphonyProgram to be announced.
JAWS – FEATURE FILM with LIVE ORCHESTRA
Thursday, July 13 at 7:30 pm
Friday, July 14 at 7:30 pmJoshua Gersen conductor
San Francisco SymphonyA film screening of Steven Spielberg’s Jaws with live orchestral performance of composer John Williams’s iconic score.
PIXAR IN CONCERT
Saturday, July 15 at 7:00 pm
Sunday, July 16 at 2:00 pmChristian Reif conductor
San Francisco SymphonyA musical celebration of the entire canon of Pixar’s feature length films, including selections from Toy Story, Monsters, Inc., Finding Nemo, Cars, Inside Out, and more.
JALISCO PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA, presented as part of the MEX AM Festival
Sun, July 16 at 8:00pm
Marco Parisotto conductor
Tambuco percussion ensemble
Jalisco Philharmonic OrchestraREVUELTAS Suite from Redes
MÁRQUEZ Danzón No. 2
Javier ÁLVAREZ Concerto for Ensemble and Percussion
Tambuco
COPLAND El Salon Mexico
GERSHWIN Catfish Row Symphonic Suite from Porgy and Bess
Note: The San Francisco Symphony does not appear in this performance.
The MEX AM Festival is organized by The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mexico through the Consulate General of Mexico in San Francisco, with the special collaboration of the State of Jalisco’s Secretary of Culture, the Mexican Agency for International Development Cooperation (AMEXCID), ProMexico and the Mexican Tourism Board.
GERSHWIN & BERNSTEIN with the SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY, featuring RHIANNON GIDDENS
Thursday, July 20 at 7:30 pm
Edwin Outwater conductor
Rhiannon Giddens vocalist
San Francisco SymphonyProgram begins with Edwin Outwater and the SFS performing the American classics An American in Paris by Gershwin and the Symphonic Dances from West Side Story by Bernstein, followed by Rhiannon Giddens with the SFS, featuring selections from her solo albums and other musical narratives of the American south.
BEN FOLDS with the SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
Friday, July 21 at 7:30 pm
Edwin Outwater conductor
Ben Folds vocalistSan Francisco Symphony
Program to include selections from Ben Folds’s own works, as well as selections from the Ben Folds Five.
HOLST’S THE PLANETS with the SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
Sat, July 22 at 7:30 pm
Edwin Outwater conductor
Women of the San Francisco Symphony ChorusHOLST The Planets, Opus 32
FREE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CONCERT at the WATERFRONT
Sunday, July 23 at 12 pm
James R. Herman Cruise Terminal at Pier 27Edwin Outwater conductor
San Francisco SymphonyProgram to be announced.
A BEETHOVEN CELEBRATION
Thursday, July 27 at 7:30 pm
Edwin Outwater conductor
Orion Weiss piano
San Francisco SymphonyBEETHOVEN King Stephen Overture, Opus 117
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Opus 73, Emperor
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7 in A major, Opus 92
MUSSORGSKY’S PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION
Friday, July 28 at 7:30 pm
Saturday, July 29 at 7:30 pmJuraj Valčuha conductor
Benjamin Beilman violin
San Francisco SymphonyGLAZUNOV Concert Waltz No. 1 in D major, Opus 47
TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto in D major, Opus 35
MUSSORGSKY (arr. RAVEL) Pictures at an Exhibition
