Open Rehearsal: Mozart, Verdi, and Elgar 

June 06, 2019

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Overview

Conductor Francesco Lecce-Chong leads a dynamic performance of operatic and symphonic treasures by Mozart and other masters. Experience the brilliant orchestral color and charm of 24-year-old Mozart’s rarely performed ballet music from his opera, IdomeneoThen, kinetic French pianist David Fray tackles the turbulent maelstrom of the composer’s Piano Concerto No. 24. Also on the program, Verdi’s powerful overture to his grand opera I vespri siciliani, and the vivacious Mediterranean postcard of ElgarAlassio.

Concert Extras

Inside Music: an informative talk by Laura Stanfield Prichard, begins one hour prior to concerts. Free to ticketholders. Learn More.

 

Artists

Francesco Lecce-Chong

Conductor

San Francisco Symphony

Program

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Ballet Music from Idomeneo, K.367

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K.491

Giuseppe Verdi

Overture to I vespri siciliani

Edward Elgar

In the South (Alassio) 

Sponsors

Supported by the Phyllis C. Wattis Endowed Funds

The Open Rehearsals are endowed by a bequest from the estate of Katharine Hanrahan.

Open Rehearsal: Mozart, Verdi, and Elgar 

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