OPEN REHEARSAL

James Gaffigan & Ray Chen 

January 09, 2025

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Overview

Conductor James Gaffigan and violinist Ray Chen return on a thrilling program that combines lyricism and athleticism, fireworks and finesse. Samuel Barber wrote only one Violin Concerto, but it’s such a dazzling doozy that you can’t blame him for quitting while he was ahead. Prokofiev’s Fifth Symphony was composed at the height of the Second World War but its appeal is universal. As conductor Serge Koussevitzky effused: “It is magnificent! It is yesterday, it is today, it is tomorrow.”

Concert Extras

Thursday, January 9 from 9:00am–9:30am: A prerehearsal talk by Laura Prichard will be presented from the stage. Free to all ticketholders.

Artists

James Gaffigan

Conductor

Ray Chen

Violin

San Francisco Symphony

Program

Missy Mazzoli
Sinfonia (for Orbiting Spheres)
Samuel Barber

Violin Concerto 

Sergei Prokofiev
Symphony No. 5

Sponsors

James Gaffigan’s appearance is suported by the Louise M. Davies Guest Conductor Fund.

This concert is generously supported by the Ralph I. Dorfman Commissioning Fund.

Open rehearsals are endowed by a bequest from The Estate of Katharine Hanrahan.

James Gaffigan & Ray Chen 

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