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Holiday weekend packed with music


Staff report
July 3, 2009

Beamed down: George Takei narrates a “Star Trek”-themed piece at Shoreline Amphitheatre on Saturday. (Courtesy photo)

SAN FRANCISCO

It’s Independence Day weekend, and that must mean the San Francisco Symphony is busy at various locations around the Bay Area.

The music begins at 6:30 p.m. today in Davies Symphony Hall, in "Classic Tchaikovsky," a program featuring pianist Inon Barnatan performing the composer’s Piano Concerto No. 1. Conductor James Gaffigan leads the always thrilling and dramatic "1812 Overture," along with excerpts from "Swan Lake" and "Sleeping Beauty."

Gaffigan again leads the orchestra in a Fourth of July celebration, "America’s Future," Saturday at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View. The cool program features actor George Takei narrating "Star Trek Through the Years" and Irving Berlin’s "God Bless America."

The concert also features San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra cellist Nathan Chan, vocalist Stephanie Harwood and the Mountain View Whisman Honor Choir. Listeners are invited to arrive early for family entertainment, including magicians and face painting. Gates open at 5 p.m. A fireworks display follows the concert, too.

At 2 p.m. Sunday, the symphony appears in its annual free Stern Grove Festival presentation. The concert again features pianist Barnatan performing works by Tchaikovsky, including "Swan Lake’’ and Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Opus 23. Gershwin’s "An American in Paris" and Leonard Bernstein’s music from the film "On the Waterfront" also are on the program. The concert opens with a performance by Inouye Jazz, led by SFS principal trumpet Mark Inouye.

 

San Francisco Symphony

Where: Davies Symphony Hall, 201 Van Ness Ave., San Francisco

When: 6:30 p.m. today

Tickets: $20 to $70

Contact: (415) 864-6000, www.sfsymphony.org

 

Where: Shoreline Amphitheatre, One Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View

When: 8 p.m. Saturday; gates open at 5 p.m.

Tickets: $24 to $29.50 general; $15 for children 12 and under; "four-pack" discounts are $79 for reserved seats; $69 for lawn seats

Contact: (877) 598-8497, www.livenation.com

 

Where: Stern Grove, 19th Avenue and Sloat Boulevard, S.F.

When: 2 p.m. Sunday

Tickets: Free

Contact: (415) 252-6252, www.sterngrove.org



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