A new work inspired by the light in dark times is set to introduce the Oakland Symphony’s performance of Verdi’s Messa da Requiem.
The conductor returns to the Bay Area to begin his first season as the organization’s music director.
The program celebrates the United States’ 250th “birthday” with canonical works placed alongside new pieces by American composers.
The Vallejo Symphony premiered a memorial tribute 15 years in the making, alongside music by Britten, Haydn, and C.P.E. Bach.
Guest conductor David Afkham made his SF Symphony debut with Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich on Friday, Oct. 24.
The conductor enters the fifth year of her tenure after a string of successes with Wagner and Verdi.
