In This Program
The Concert
Wednesday, December 11, 2024, at 7:30pm
Edwin Outwater conducting
Musicians of the San Francisco Symphony
Johann Sebastian Bach
(arr. Timothy Higgins)
Allegro from Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048 (ca. 1721)
Arcangelo Corelli
(arr. Timothy Higgins)
Selections from Christmas Concerto, Opus 6, no.8 (ca. 1690)
Pastorale
Vivace–Grave–Allegro
Vivace
Francis Poulenc
(arr. Timothy Higgins)
Quatre petites prières de Saint François d’Assise (1948)
(Four Little Prayers of Saint Francis of Assisi)
Salut, Dame Sainte
Tout puissant Dieu
Seigneur, je vous en prie
Ô mes très chers frères
Tylman Susato
(arr. John Iveson)
Dance Suite (1551)
Intermission
Traditional
(arr. Phil Snedecor)
Il est né, le divin Enfant (ca. 1862)
(He is born, the divine Child)
Victor Herbert
(arr. Bill Holcombe, Jr.)
March of the Toys (1903)
Vince Guaraldi
(arr. Brandon Ridenour)
“Christmastime is Here” and “Skating”
from A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965)
William Berry
A Partridge in a Pear Tree (2005)
Sleigh Ride Suite
Leopold Mozart
(arr. Timothy Higgins)
Die musikalische Schlittenfahrt (1755)
(The Musical Sleigh Ride)
Sergei Prokofiev
(arr. Timothy Higgins)
Troika from Lieutenant Kijé Suite, Opus 60 (1934)
Leroy Anderson
(arr. John Wasson)
Sleigh Ride (1948)
About the Artists
Edwin Outwater
Edwin Outwater regularly works with the world’s top orchestras, institutions, and artists to reinvent the concert experience. His ability to cross genres has led to collaborations with Metallica, Wynton Marsalis, Renée Fleming, and Yo-Yo Ma. He is music director of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and music director laureate of the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony.
Recent appearances include performances with New York Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, Chicago Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, San Diego Symphony, Seattle Symphony, and the New World Symphony, as well as the Royal Philharmonic in a multi-concert series opening the Steinmetz Hall in Florida. He also served as a producer and musical advisor for the National Symphony Orchestra’s 50th Anniversary Concert at the Kennedy Center. In December 2022, he premiered A Christmas Gaiety at the Royal Albert Hall with Peaches Christ and BBC Concert Orchestra, and returned in 2023.
Outwater holds a long association with San Francisco Symphony since making his debut in November 2001. In the 2022–23 season, he led the first Symphony performances of Gabriel Kahane’s emergency shelter intake form in collaboration with the composer and a program with Seth MacFarlane, and in 2024 led the Symphony in a collaboration with Sting. He was formerly San Francisco Symphony Resident Conductor, Director of Summer Concerts, and Music Director of San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra.
Musicians of the San Francisco Symphony
HORNS
Jesse Clevenger
Jonathan Ring
Jessica Valeri
Chris Cooper
Alicia Mastromonaco
Amy Sanchez
TRUMPETS
Mark Inouye
Aaron Schuman
Guy Piddington
Jeff Biancalana
Joesph Brown
TROMBONES
Timothy Higgins
Paul Welcomer
Christopher Bassett
Austin Talbot
TUBA
Jeffrey Anderson
TIMPANI & PERCUSSION
James Lee Wyatt III
Stan Muncy
Eric He
