SPONSOR
Jacqueline Smith in memory of Pieter Smith
Sheri Frumkin in honor of Mitchell Sardou Klein
October 27 & 28, 2023
Game Changers: Lara Downes, piano
Performance Today’s 2022 Classical Woman of the Year and a favorite on-air presence of San Francisco’s classical radio station KDFC, American pianist Lara Downes headlines a program of dynamic music that has reflected and changed our world.
FRI/ OCTOBER 27, 2023 - 8pm - San Mateo Performing Arts Center
SAT/ OCTOBER 28, 2023 - 8pm - Heritage Theatre, Campbell
*** Pre-Concert Talk at 7pm with Lara Downes and KDFC’s Robin Pressman ***
PROGRAM
MICHAEL ABELS, Global Warming (Postponed due to resident conductor’s illness)
SCOTT JOPLIN (arr. STEPHEN BUCK), Rags:
Magnetic Rag, Bethena, Maple Leaf Rag
FLORENCE PRICE, Piano Concerto
GUSTAV MAHLER, Symphony No. 1 (“Titan”)
ARTISTS
Peninsula Symphony
Mitchell Sardou Klein, conductor
Nathaniel Berman, resident conductor
Lara Downes, piano