San Francisco Symphony Announces Two Performances of Verdi's Requiem Alongside Three Choral Pieces by Gordon Getty, June 20 & 22

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—The San Francisco Symphony announces two newly-added performances June 20 & 22 featuring Giuseppe Verdi’s Requiem alongside three songs by Gordon Getty. Conducted by James Gaffigan and featuring the SF Symphony and Chorus, soprano Rachel Willis-Sørensen, mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton, tenor Mario Chang, and bass Morris Robinson, Verdi’s Requiem is a dramatic and deeply-felt setting of the Catholic funeral mass. These concerts offer the opportunity for Bay Area audiences to hear the piece, which was originally scheduled to be performed in September 2024.

The program opens with three short works for chorus and orchestra by Gordon Getty, noted composer and longtime friend of the Symphony: the world premiere of St. Christopher; the concert premiere of the Intermezzo from Goodbye, Mr. Chips, Getty’s 2021 opera based on James Hilton’s classic novella; and the first San Francisco Symphony performances of The Old Man in the Snow, featuring a poem by Getty.

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