2026-2027 Season
Welcome to the Santa Rosa Symphony’s 99th Season!
Music is meant to be shared, and our 2026-2027 season celebrates the community that has kept us vibrant for 99 Years.
2026-2027 Season Brochure
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All performances at Weill Hall, Green Music Center
Saturday & Monday at 7:30 pm | Sunday at 3:00 pm
Saturday 2:00 pm Discovery Rehearsal
Classical Series underwritten by Anderman Family Foundation
Twist of Fate
October 10, 11 & 12, 2026
Francesco Lecce-Chong, conductor
Maxim Lando, piano
MATT BROWNE: Divertimento for Orchestra (World Premiere)
FRANZ LISZT: Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat major for Piano and Orchestra
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 4 in F minor
Echoes of Innocence
November 14, 15 & 16, 2026
Francesco Lecce-Chong, conductor
Oliver Herbert, cello
Elisa Sunshine, soprano
SERGEI RACHMANINOFF: Vocalise in C# minor for Soprano and Orchestra
CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS: Concerto No. 1 in A minor for Cello and Orchestra
GUSTAV MAHLER: Symphony No. 4 in G major for Soprano and Orchestra
Beethoven & Dvořák
January 9, 10 & 11, 2027
David Danzmayr, conductor
Janice Carissa, piano
JESSIE MONTGOMERY: Strum for String Orchestra
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN: Concerto No. 3 in C minor for Piano and Orchestra
ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK: Symphony No. 8 in G major
Of Myths & Masters
February 6, 7 & 8, 2027
Francesco Lecce-Chong, conductor
Mio Imai, volin
SHUYING LI: The Phoenix Ascends
JEAN SIBELIUS: Concerto in D minor for Violin and Orchestra
RICHARD STRAUSS: Don Juan (tone poem) for Orchestra
FRANZ LISZT: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C minor for Orchestra
Mozart & Brahms
March 13, 14 & 15, 2027
Francesco Lecce-Chong, conductor
Marc-André Hamelin, piano
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART: Overture to Don Giovanni
JONATHAN LESHNOFF: Symphony No. 7 (World Premiere)
JOHANNES BRAHMS: Concerto No. 1 in D minor for Piano and Orchestra
Carmina Burana
April 10, 11 & 12, 2027
Francesco Lecce-Chong, conductor
Caroline Corrales, soprano
Ashley Faatoalia, tenor
Gabriel Natal Baez, baritone
Santa Rosa Symphony Chorus, Jenny Bent, director
Young Women’s Chorus of San Francisco, Matthew Otto, Artistic Director
JOHANNES BRAHMS: Ave Maria for Chorus and Orchestra
GABRIELA LENA FRANK: Picaflor: A Future Myth (California Premiere)
CARL ORFF: Carmina Burana [Songs of Beuren] (scenic cantata) for Soprano, Tenor, Baritone, Orchestra and Chorus
Picture at an Exhibition
May 8, 9 & 10, 2027
Francesco Lecce-Chong, conductor
Alexander Kahn, assistant conductor
Elina Vähälä, violin
AMY BEACH: Bal Masqué for Orchestra
MAX BRUCH: Concerto No. 1 in G minor for Violin and Orchestra
ANGELICA NEGRÓN: Campos Flotantes for Orchestra (West Coast Premiere)
MODEST MUSSORGSKY, arr. Maurice Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition for Orchestra
Special Event
Winterlude… Handel’s Messiah
December 12, 2026 at 7:30 pm
December 13, 2026 at 3:00 pm
Francesco Lecce-Chong, conductor and harpsichord
Santa Rosa Symphony Chorus, Jenny Bent, director
Vocalists TBA
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL: Messiah [oratorio] for Solo Voices, Orchestra and Chorus HWV 56
Special Event
Road to 100: The Complete Beethoven Symphonies, Year 4
Sunday, June 6, 2027 at 3:00 pm
Francesco Lecce-Chong, conductor
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 8 in F major
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 7 in A major
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Photos: Maxim Lando by Chris McGuire, Oliver Herbert by Todd Rosenberg, Elisa Sunshine by Shervin Lainez, David Danzmayr by Rick Buchanan, Mio Imai by Tatiana Lumiere Photography, Marc-André Hamelin by Sven Arnstein, Carolin Corrales by Jiyang Chen, Ashley Faatoalia by Anna Azarov, Elina Vähälä by Ian Bessedin, Francesco Lecce-Chong by Colin Talcroft.