With music as enchanting and lavishly colorful as the title character, The Firebird is the perfect way to celebrate the new year. This suite comes from the 1910 ballet that launched Stravinsky’s international career. Opening the program is Sibelius’ most-famous composition, Finlandia, evoking the struggles of his native homeland with equal parts ominousness, pride, and festivity. Brahms’ Variations on a Theme by Haydn is one of the famed Romantic composer’s most popular works. Argentinian conductor Carlos Vieu brings Sonia Possetti’s spirited Bullanguera from his homeland to complete this program.
Who: Symphony San Jose presents
What: The Firebird
When: Saturday, January 25, 2025 at 7:30pm and Sunday, January 26, 2025 at 2:30pm
Where: The California Theatre, 345 South First Street, downtown San Jose, 95113. Convenient, inexpensive parking is available at a city-owned garage one-and-a-half blocks from the theater at San Carlos Street with entrances on Second and Third streets.
SINGLE TICKET PRICES: $24 to $121.50 (Ticket prices include $2.50 City Fee and Order Fee of $4.00.)
Special Youth Ticket price: A ticket for concert goers, age 17 and under, can be discounted up to 50% when purchased along with a full-price ticket.
TICKETS: Phone: 408.286.2600
Website: www.symphonysanjose.org
Email: jmeyers@symphonysanjose.org
Walk-Up Box Office: 325 South First Street, San Jose, 95113. Located between San Carlos and San Salvador Street next to the California Theatre. Ticket Office Hours: Monday through Friday, 10am to 5pm.
THE PROGRAM:
Jean Sibelius: Finlandia
Johannes Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn
Sonia Possetti: Bullanguera
Igor Stravinsky: The Firebird Suite
ARTISTS
Conductor: Carlos Vieu
Biography: http://www.lombardoassociates.
Symphony San Jose
ArtWork: Courtesy of Symphony San Jose.
Photos of the artist courtesy of Symphony San Jose.
