Overview
Feel the power and precision of the SF Symphony brass section as they fill Davies Symphony Hall with a festive mix of classical and popular holiday favorites.
Part of HOLIDAYS WITH THE SYMPHONY.
HOLIDAY BRASS
December 20, 2022
Artists
Conductor
Sharon Rietkerk
Vocalist
Members of the SF Symphony Brass and Percussion Sections
PROGRAM
Festive Overture
Dmitri Shostakovich (arr. P.J. Lawrence)
Three Selections from Sacrae symphoniae
Giovanni Gabrieli
“Sweet was the Song the Virgin Sang” from Hodie
Ralph Vaughan Williams (arr. P. Welcomer)
Suite from Lieutenant Kijé
Sergei Prokofiev (arr. T. Higgins)
The Toy Maker
Anthony DiLorenzo
Greensleeves
Traditional (arr. E. Holwarth)
Ave Maria
Franz Biebl (arr. K. Vance)
The Christmas Song
Robert Wells & Mel Tormé (arr. D. Hanson)
Nutcracker Suite
Duke Ellington (arr. T. Higgins)
Edwin Outwater
Conductor
Edwin Outwater regularly works with the world’s top orchestras, institutions, and artists to reinvent the concert experience. His ability to cross genres has led to collaborations with Metallica, Wynton Marsalis, Renée Fleming, and Yo-Yo Ma. He is music director of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and music director laureate of the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony.
Recent appearances include the New York Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, Chicago Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, San Diego Symphony, Seattle Symphony, and the New World Symphony, as well as the Royal Philharmonic. He also served as a producer and musical advisor for the National Symphony Orchestra’s 50th Anniversary Concert at the Kennedy Center. In December 2022, he premiered A Christmas Gaiety at the Royal Albert Hall with Peaches Christ and the BBC Concert Orchestra, and returned in 2023.
Outwater has held a long association with San Francisco Symphony. He was appointed Resident Conductor and Wattis Foundation Music Director of the SF Symphony Youth Orchestra by Michael Tilson Thomas in 2001 and they have been friends and colleagues since.
Recent appearances include the New York Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, Chicago Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, San Diego Symphony, Seattle Symphony, and the New World Symphony, as well as the Royal Philharmonic. He also served as a producer and musical advisor for the National Symphony Orchestra’s 50th Anniversary Concert at the Kennedy Center. In December 2022, he premiered A Christmas Gaiety at the Royal Albert Hall with Peaches Christ and the BBC Concert Orchestra, and returned in 2023.
Outwater has held a long association with San Francisco Symphony. He was appointed Resident Conductor and Wattis Foundation Music Director of the SF Symphony Youth Orchestra by Michael Tilson Thomas in 2001 and they have been friends and colleagues since.
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