SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
MARVEL STUDIOS’ BLACK PANTHER
Film with Live Orchestra
DAVIES SYMPHONY HALL
201 VAN NESS AVE. / SF
3/24 – 3/25/23 7:30PM
* Pre-concert Q&A with Anthony Parnther - conductor of these concerts and conductor of the Black Panther: Wakanda Forever soundtrack—will be presented from the stage one hour before each concert. He will be joined by Massamba Diop, who will be performing the Talking Drum for these performances and was a featured instrumentalist on both the Black Panther and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever films. The talks will take place March 24 & 25 from 6:30–7:00pm. Free to all ticketholders.
GUEST: ANTHONY PARNTHER / CONDUCTOR
Anthony Parnther has forged a singularly unique career that melds his love for the music of all genres with his prowess as a conductor, bassoonist, opera singer, producer, storyteller, comedian, and activist. He is the Music Director of the San Bernardino Symphony Orchestra in San Bernardino, California, and on the scoring stages of Los Angeles, London, Nashville, Budapest, and San Francisco, Anthony has led and conducted recording sessions for many of the top international feature films, television series, and video game franchises in the world. Recent projects include Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Avatar: The Way of Water, Tenet, Ghostbusters: Afterlife, Encanto, Turning Red, Star Wars: The Mandalorian, and many more.
Join us today as David speaks with Conductor and bassoonist Parnther about his very varied career and what’s ahead.
For more info. and to purchase tickets:
https://www.sfsymphony.org/Buy-Tickets/2022-23/Black-Panther
https://www.anthonyparnther.com/
CENTRAL WORKS
MONDRAGOLA
BERKELEY CITY CLUB
2315 DURANT ST. / BERKELEY
3/18 – 4/16/23 (evenings & afternoons)
GUESTS:
GARY GRAVES / PLAYWRIGHT MONDRAGOLA & CENTRAL WORKS CO-DIRECTOR
RUDY GUERRERO / “NICCOLO MACHIAVELLI”
Comedy and Machiavelli – together finally!
Mondragola is Italian for “The Love Root” (an aphrodisiac).
Gary Graves and Rudy Guerrero join David this week to talk about Mondragola which revisits and reimagines Machiavelli in his later years, only to see him circle back to his past and earlier endeavors.
Mondragola is directed by Jan Zvaifler, Central Works Co-director.
For more info. and to purchase tickets:
https://centralworks.org/mondragola/
POCKET OPERA PRESENTS
DIE FLEDERMAUS Johann Strauss III
ALBERT HERRING Benjamin Britten
ORPHEUS IN THE UNDERWORLD Jacques Offenbach
TOSCA Giacomo Puccini
(SF Bay Area Dates,Venues and links to purchase tickets below)
GUEST: NICOLAS GARCIA / GENERAL DIRECTOR
A Toast to Love. Opera in English.
Pocket Opera was created 46 years ago by founder Donald Pippin. Carrying on a new tradition of English translations of both famous and lesser-known operas, Pocket Opera General Director Nicolas Garcia joins David to talk about this process, the upcoming 2023 season and an upcoming animated/live action hybrid film, A Pocket Magic Flute.
https://pocketopera.org/a-pocket-magic-flute/
Click here for Pocket Opera’s 2023 Season Brochure.
DIE FLEDERMAUS
3/19/23 2:00PM
Hillside Club
2286 Cedar St. / Berkeley
3/26/23 2:30PM
Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts (MVCPA)
500 Castro St. / Mountain View
4/2/23 2:00PM
Legion of Honor Museum – Gunn Theatre
100 34th Ave. / SF
For more info. and to purchase tickets:
https://pocketopera.org/2023-season/die-fledermaus/
ALBERT HERRING
4/23/23 2:00PM
Hillside Club
2286 Cedar St. / Berkeley
4/30/23 2:00PM
Legion of Honor Museum – Gunn Theatre
100 34th Ave. / SF
5/7/23 2:30PM
Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts (MVCPA)
500 Castro St. / Mountain View
For more info. and to purchase tickets:
https://pocketopera.org/2023-season/albert-herring/
ORPHEUS IN THE UNDERWORLD
6/11/23 2:00PM
Hillside Club
2286 Cedar St. / Berkeley
6/18/23 2:30PM
Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts (MVCPA)
500 Castro St. / Mountain View
6/25/23 2:00PM
Legion of Honor Museum – Gunn Theatre
100 34th Ave. / SF
For more info. and to purchase tickets:
https://pocketopera.org/2023-season/orpheus-in-the-underworld/
TOSCA
7/16/23 2:30PM
Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts (MVCPA)
500 Castro St. / Mountain View
7/23/23 2:00PM
Hillside Club
2286 Cedar St. / Berkeley
7/30/23 2:00PM
Legion of Honor Museum – Gunn Theatre
100 34th Ave. / SF
For more info. and to purchase tickets:
https://pocketopera.org/2023-season/tosca/
SAN FRANCISCO GIRLS CHORUS & CHANTICLEER
NEIGHBOR TONES
SF Bay Area Dates and Venues below
GUESTS:
VALÉRIE SAINTE-AGATHE / SF GIRLS CHORUS ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
TIM KEELER / CHANTICLEER MUSICAL DIRECTOR
David is joined by Valérie Sainte-Agathe and Tim Keeler to talk about the upcoming concerts around the SF Bay Area. The SF Girls Chorus and Chanticleer join forces for a series of concerts featuring commissions/co-commissions by Composers Ayanna Woods, Trevor Weston, Matthew Welch and Richard Danielpour, along with pieces by Philip Glass and Ysaye M. Barnwell - combining the traditional and new traditional pieces. Program listing below.
Friday, March 17 at 7:30PM
Herbst Theater / San Francisco
Saturday, March 18 at 7:00PM
First Presbyterian Church / Berkeley
Tuesday, March 21 at 7:00PM
Mission Santa Clara / Santa Clara
Purchase tickets here:
https://www.sfgirlschorus.org/performances/2023/3/17/neighbor-tones-with-chanticleer
https://www.sfgirlschorus.org/
https://www.chanticleer.org/
PROGRAM:
Ayanna Woods: Years of Light (SFGC & Chanticleer Co-Commission, World Premiere Excerpt) säje, (arr. Erin Bentlage): Desert Song
Trevor Weston: O Daedalus, Fly Away Home
Franz Biebl: Ave Maria
San Francisco Girls Chorus
Chanticleer
Matthew Welch: Selections from Tomorrow’s Memories: A Little Manila Diary (2020 SFGC Commission)
Richard Danielpour: Baba Afzal Kashan from Three Parables (2019 SFGC Commission) Ysaye M. Barnwell: Wanting Memories
Philip Glass: Father Death Blues
San Francisco Girls Chorus
Ayanna Woods: close[r], now (2021 Chanticleer Commission)
William Byrd: Civitas sancti tui
Traditional (arr. Jonathan Woody): God’s Gonna Trouble
Chanticleer
