SF Mandolin Orchestra is performing this November in Palo Alto and Piedmont. Our concert season theme: “Napoli and the Revolution.”
Why?
Because the 18th century was a time of revolutionary thought and music. Across Europe and America, Enlightenment ideas of freedom, order, rationality, and happiness were influencing politics. The music of the time reflected this, with the end of the Baroque and the emergence of the Classical period. And in Naples, Italy, the introduction of an egalitarian new instrument—the mandolin—that allowed any amateur to make music.
Join us in Palo Alto or Piedmont to hear the music that Jefferson, Franklin, Paine, and other revolutionaries would have heard:
· Johann Sebastian Bach: Selections from Art of the Fugue
· Giuseppe Giuliano: Concerto for Mandolin in B flat (Achille Bocus, soloist)
· Wolfgang Mozart: Selections from London Notebook
· Giovanni Battista Sammartini: Sinfonia in G Major for String Orchestra
Concerts are family-friendly. Admission is $20 general, $15 student/senior, and free for children 12 and under. Tickets may be purchased at the door, or at our ticketing site: sfmandolin.square.site.