Saturday, January 18, 2020 – 7 pm
A Gala Concert Evening — Special Preview
Gala Preview of Jake Heggie and Gene Scheer‘s Intonations: Songs from the Violins of Hope* to be performed by mezzo soprano Sasha Cooke and violinist Daniel Hope, with a quartet of musicians from the San Francisco Opera Orchestra. The program also features Schubert’s String Quartet No. 12 in C minor (Quartettsatz), and Mendelssohn’s String Quartet No. 6 in F minor, Op. 80. General seating. All tickets $100.
The evening begins at 5 pm with a Gala Dinner in the presence of the composer, librettist, and Violins of Hope founders. Tickets for the Gala Dinner @ $250 per person are sold out. If you would like to be placed on the waiting list for concert tickets, please call the Music at Kohl office at 650.762.1130.
(Violins of Hope SF Bay Area donors at the $10,000 and above level will receive two complimentary tickets to the dinner and concert.)
* Intonations: Songs from the Violins of Hope is sponsored by a Hewlett 50 Arts Commissions grant from the Wm. & Flora Hewlett Foundation.
PROGRAM
Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano
Daniel Hope, violin
Musicians from the
San Francisco Opera Orchestra
SCHUBERT
String Quartet No. 12 in C minor, D. 703 Quartettsatz
MENDELSSOHN
String Quartet No. 6 in F minor, Op. 80
HEGGIE/SCHEER
Intonations: Songs from the Violins of Hope