2025-2026 Season
Invite | Ignite | Inspire
Welcome to the Santa Rosa Symphony’s 98th Season!
We invite you to join us and ignite your love of classical music!
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Classical Series underwritten by Anderman Family Foundation
Beethoven & Bernstein
October 11, 12 & 13, 2025 | Weill Hall, Green Music Center
Francesco Lecce-Chong, conductor
Julian Rhee, violin, David Finckel, cello, Wu Han, piano
UMBERTO GIORDANO: Intermezzo from Fedora
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN: Concerto in C major for Violin, Cello, Piano
JULIA PERRY: A Short Piece for Orchestra
LEONARD BERNSTEIN: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
Spanish Fiesta
November 8, 9 &10, 2025 | Weill Hall, Green Music Center
Francesco Lecce-Chong, conductor
Raphaël Feuillâtre, guitar, Leah Finn, mezzo
CLARICE ASSAD: Baião ‘N’ Blues
JOAQUIN RODRIGO: Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar
MANUEL DE FALLA: El sombrero de tres picos
[The Three-Cornered Hat]
Geneva Plays Brahms
December 6, 7 & 8, 2025 | Weill Hall, Green Music Center
Francesco Lecce-Chong, conductor
Geneva Lewis, violin
RUGGERO LEONCAVALLO: Intermezzo from Pagliacci
JOHANNES BRAHMS: Concerto in D major for Violin
JIMMY LÓPEZ: Aino (West Coast Premiere)
RICHARD STRAUSS: Suite from Der Rosenkavalier
Mendelssohn’s Italian Symphony
January 10, 11 & 12, 2026 | Weill Hall, Green Music Center
Paul Watkins, guest conductor & cello
CAROLINE SHAW: Entr’acte for String Orchestra
FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN: Concerto No. 2 in D major for Cello
FELIX MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No. 4 in A major, Italian
Mahler’s Third
February 21, 22 & 23, 2026 | Weill Hall, Green Music Center
Francesco Lecce-Chong, conductor
Gabrielle Beteag, mezzo-soprano, Treble Voices of the SSU Symphonic Chorus, Jenny Bent, director, TBD, Children’s Chorus
GUSTAV MAHLER: Symphony No. 3 in D minor
Rossini & Schubert
March 21, 22 & 23, 2026 | Weill Hall, Green Music Center
Francesco Lecce-Chong, conductor
Elizabeth Prior, viola, Adelle-Akiko Kearns, cello,
Roy Zajac, clarinet, Robert Giambruno, trumpet,
Bruce Chrisp, trombone, Allen Biggs, marimba
GIOACHINO ROSSINI: Overture to Il barberiere di Siviglia [The Barber of Seville]
SHUYING LI: Coping Cadences (World Premiere)
FRANZ SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 8 in B minor, Unfinished
GIOACHINO ROSSINI: Overture to Guillaume Tell [William Tell]
Shakespeare in Music
May 2, 3 & 4, 2026 | Weill Hall, Green Music Center
Francesco Lecce-Chong, conductor
Claire Huangci, piano
SAMUEL COLERIDGE-TAYLOR: Incidental Music from Othello
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART: Concerto No. 20 in D minor for Piano
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY: Hamlet (Fantasy Overture) in F minor
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY: Romeo and Juliet (Fantasy Overture) in B minor
Special Event
Road to 100:
The Complete Beethoven Symphonies,
Year 3
Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 3:00 pm
Weill Hall, Green Music Center
Francesco Lecce-Chong, conductor
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN:
Symphony No. 4 in B-flat major
Symphony No. 6 in F major, Pastorale
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Photos by: Julian Rhee by Carlin Ma, David Finckel & Wu Han by Lisa-Marie Mazzucco, Raphaël Feuillâtre by Stefan Höderath, Geneva Lewis by Matthew Holler Photography, Paul Watkins by Paul Marc Mitchell, Gabrielle Beteag by Lola Scott, Claire Huangci by Jean-Baptiste Millot, Francesco Lecce-Chong by Susan and Neil Silverman Photography.