Ticketed Events

October 2023

Ravishing Rachmaninoff

Friday, October 13, 8 - 10 pm

VALERIE COLEMAN: Seven O’clock Shout

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: Piano Concerto in A, BWV 1055

JESSIE MONTGOMERY: Rounds for Piano & String Orchestra

SERGEI RACHMANINOFF: Symphonic Dances

Pre-concert talk from stage by John Kendall Bailey begins at 7:05 pm

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Playlist: Angela Y. Davis

Saturday, October 21, 7:30 - 9:30 pm

The Oakland Symphony’s signature Playlist returns to celebrate Angela Y. Davis. Activist. Educator. Conscience of a generation. She will share the music that inspired her courage
and her commitment. Hosted by W. Kamau Bell, Oakland Symphony’s 2018 Playlist honoree.

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November 2023

Truth to Power

Friday, November 10, 8 - 10 pm

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN: Fidelio Overture

ANTHONY DAVIS: You Have The Right To Remain Silent

MARGARET BONDS: Montgomery Variations (selections)

IGOR STRAVINSKY: Symphony of Psalms

Pre-concert talk from stage by John Kendall Bailey begins at 7:05 pm

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December 2023

Let Us Break Bread Together with the hits of Tina Turner

Sunday, December 10, 4 - 6 pm

An “inspired, multifarious, musical bash!” raves SF Classical Voice of the Oakland Symphony’s holiday party, Let Us Break Bread Together. The Bay Area’s hottest artists join the Orchestra for this annual seasonal celebration. And this year’s edition pays tribute to the memory of the legendary Tina Turner. Her chart-topping hits. It’s “Simply the Best” Break Bread ever!

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January 2024

Dvořák New World

Friday, January 26, 8 - 10 pm

TEXU KIM: Līlā (Barlow Prize commission)

DOREEN CARWITHEN: Concerto for Piano and Strings

ANTONIN DVOŘÁK: Symphony No. 9, “From the New World”

Pre-concert talk from stage by John Kendall Bailey begins at 7:05 pm

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February 2024

Here I Stand: The Artist as Activist

Friday, February 16, 8 - 10 pm

JOAN TOWER: Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman No. 6

CARLOS SIMON WITH LIBRETTO BY DAN HARDER:
Here I Stand: Paul Robeson
(World Premiere – Oakland Symphony Commission,
Generously Funded by The Robeson Centennial Committee)

DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 5

Pre-concert talk from stage by John Kendall Bailey begins at 7:05 pm

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March 2024

The Passion of Tchaikovsky

Friday, March 22, 8 - 10 pm

JOHANNA DODERER: Ritus (US Premiere)

SAMUEL BARBER: Violin Concerto

PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 4

Pre-concert talk from stage by John Kendall Bailey begins at 7:05 pm

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May 2024

Beethoven’s Fifth

Friday, May 17, 8 - 10 pm

Conductor to be announced

AARON COPLAND: Old American Songs (selections)

WYNTON MARSALIS: Violin Concerto

UNSUK CHIN: subito con forza

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 5

Pre-concert talk from stage by John Kendall Bailey begins at 7:05 pm

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