Our January Masterworks concert is a sonic tour de force that spans centuries. Four thundering notes and you immediately know the grip of Beethoven’s enigmatic Fifth.

Rising star, Nina Bernat, steps into the spotlight with two strikingly different works: Esmail’s searching Perhaps and Bottesini’s electrifying Double Bass Concerto No. 2. And Mozart unleashes a world of intrigue, tension, and theatrical fire with his vivid Overture to Don Giovanni.

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) | Symphony No. 5

Giovanni Bottesini (1821-1879) | Double Bass Concerto No. 2
featuring Nina Bernat, double bass

Reena Esmail (1983-) | Perhaps (SFSO Premiere)
featuring Nina Bernat, double bass

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) | Overture to Don Giovanni