2012-2013 Season
2012-2013 Single Tickets are now available online or by calling City Box Office at 415-392-4400 (Mon-Fri 9:30am-5pm, Sat Noon-4pm).
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Benjamin Britten Centennial
September 18-23, 2012
Fresh from starring performances with the San Francisco and New York City Operas, New Century audience favorite Melody Moore reunites with the ensemble for a celebration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of illustrious composer Benjamin Britten.
Soloists of New Century
December 12-16, 2012
New Century performs Vivaldi’s most beloved work, The Four Seasons, in a program that showcases the ensemble’s musicians as soloists in the performance of both timeless classics and new music, including Sogno di Stabat Mater by Featured Composer Lera Auerbach.
National Tour Kick-Off
January 13 & 15, 2013
Join New Century in San Francisco or Atherton to kick-off the ensemble’s most extensive national tour to date, which includes performances in Kentucky, Tennessee, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Illinois, and Michigan.
An Evening Serenade Gala
January 13, 2013
Celebrate the kick-off of New Century’s 2013 National Tour with An Evening Serenade Gala. Music Director Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg and the musicians of the New Century Chamber Orchestra will join guests for a special evening of music, food, wine and spirits in the Green Room immediately following the concert in the Herbst Theatre.
Anne-Marie McDermott Returns
April 3-7, 2013
“A pianist who balances qualities of excitement and spontaneity with clarity and elegance” (The New York Times), Anne-Marie McDermott joins New Century for a piano concerto by Mozart and Chausson’s Concert for Piano, Violin and String Quartet.
Auerbach World Premiere
May 23-26, 2013
New Century premieres Sinfonia for Strings (Primera Luz) by Featured Composer Lera Auerbach, one of the most widely performed composers of the new generation, alongside Wagner’s romantic Siegfried Idyll, a tribute to the bicentennial of Wagner’s birth, and Haydn’s theatrical “Farewell” Symphony.
The 2012-2013 Season is made possible in part by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, San Francisco Grants for the Arts, the Bernard Osher Foundation, and the generous ongoing support of Gordon P. and Ann G. Getty.