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28th Season Premiere

  • Taube Atrium Theater Veterans Building, 4th floor, 401 Van Ness Avenue San Francisco, CA 94102 (map)
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2017-18 SEASON

— Concert 1 —
Sunday, November 19

 

 

    Shostakovich Fifth Symphony

    Conus Violin Concerto

    "What Wondrous Love" by Preben Antonsen

Concert Details

Conductor

Stephen Paulson

Soloist

Pierce Wang, violin
Winner, Parnassus-SFCM Competition

Program

PREBEN ANTONSEN: "What Wondrous Love"
(World Premiere)

CONUS: Violin Concerto in E Minor
Pierce Wang, soloist

SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 5 in D Minor

Venue

Taube Atrium Theater

Located in the Diane B. Wilsey Center for Opera
Veterans Building, 4th floor, 401 Van Ness Avenue

 

Guest Artists

Featured
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Composer Preben Antonsen premieres uplifting, orchestral hymn 'What Wondrous Love'
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Pierce Wang enjoys lively Conus concerto, dedicates performance to his late grandmother
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Composer Profile: Preben Antonsen
Composer Profile: Preben Antonsen

Preben Antonsen (b. 1991) graduated from Yale University in 2013, majoring in music and computer science. He has been composing since he was a small child, and studied composition with John Adams from 2001-2009. The San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra premiered his first orchestral work in March 2009. NPR’s program “From the Top” featured Preben as a young composer in 2008.

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