Flower Piano VII : SF Botanical Garden

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Wednesday, September 14 : Special Opening Event

5pm - 6:00pm, Great Meadow | Fall and Fly for Twelve Pianos
Like the opening ceremony for the Olympics, a groundbreaking commissioned work created for twelve grand pianos will be performed on the Garden’s Great Meadow just before Flower Piano. San Francisco-based composer Benjamin Gribble has written Fall and Fly, an incredible, 23 minute journey in three movements, exploring the textures of a twelve-piano choir. Stanford Symphony director Paul Phillips will personally conduct this one-of-a-kind performance. Special guest speakers, writers, and poets will contextualize the evening with themes of renewal and regrowth. Special event ticket required - buy here: FALL AND FLY TICKETS

Friday, September 16

10am - 12pm, Great Meadow | Noe’s Garden: Noe's Garden brings a special good morning concert, ideal for children 0 - 7 and their families. Sing, dance, and move your body along to beloved folk songs from around the world, as well as Noe's own nature-inspired originals. Celtic harp, acoustic guitar, and puppetry make this a concert the whole family will enjoy.

  • 12 - 1pm, Zellerbach Garden | Lunchtime Concert! Tom Jonesing  :  Pop Renovations, Remodeling, and Demolition                

  • 1 - 2pm, Garden of Fragrance  |  Suzanne Ramsey  :  Cabaret Originals, Unexpected Covers, Nostalgic Flapper Rock

  • 3 - 7pm, Celebration Garden  |  Beat Corner  :  Avante Garden Music and Poetry Bay Area Poets hosted by Agneta Falk | Music by Mauro, Dean, Antony, Paulo, and others | Angela LaFlamme and Friends, Tribute to Tom Waits

  • 4 - 5pm, New Zealand Collection | Ian Scarfe  :  Masterpieces of Bach, Chopin, List, and Barber  

  • 5 - 6pm, Zellerbach  | Tin Yi Wong  :  Drama and Rituals: Bach, Crumb, Ligeti

  • 6 - 7pm, Redwood Grove  |  Jill Tracy : Mystical, Elegant, Dark, Cinematic, Haunting Sonic Spells      

Saturday, September 17

  • 10am - 12pm, Great Meadow (starting point) | Rabbit Hole Theater Magical Scavenger Hunt: Find a fairy, fortune teller, or other magical being during a family-friendly scavenger hunt through the Garden

  • 12pm - 2pm | Twelve Piano Extravaganza
    Every piano in the Garden will feature one of the finest musicians in the bay area!

12pm - 1pm | Extravaganza Hour 1

  1. Great Meadow  |  Rob Dehlinger’s Alpha Rhythm Kings  :  Swingin’ King Size Classic Sounds

  2. Celebration Garden  | DUO PIANO PROGRAM 12 - 4PM - SEE SEPARATE PROGRAM BELOW *

  3. Garden of Fragrance  |  Kevin Gerzevitz Trio  :  Monkish Bebop and Soul Jazz

  4. Rhododendron Garden  |  Amy Norman  :  Swingin’ Tunes & Sultry Songs

  5. Ancient Plant Garden  |  Trio Poema  :  Argentine tango Music   

  6. New Zealand Collection  | Robbie Dehlinger  :  Original Piano Music Which Honors the Classics

  7. South Africa Collection  | Samer Fanek  :  Contemporary Music With an Arabic Flair  

  8. California Native Garden  |  Berkeley Academy of Music  :  20th Anniversary, Polished Classical and Jazz

  9. Redwood Grove  |  Kymry Esainko  :  Melancholy Moods to Soothe the Savage Skeptic

  10. Conifer Lawn  |  Marisa Lenhardt, and Paul Caccamo: Tells Stories and Sings, Bringing Context to Opera

  11. Moon Viewing Garden  | Penelope Keep  :  Bach, Scriabin, Gershwin, Chopin, & LEHRER!

  12. Zellerbach Garden  | Classical Revolution  :  Chamber music for strings and piano

1pm - 2pm | Extravaganza Hour 2

  1. Great Meadow | Mr Lucky and The Cocktail Party  :  Ellington, Mancini, Bacharach, Withers…!? The Unexpected!     

  2. Celebration Garden  | Duo Piano Program, 11 - 4pm (see separate program)

  3. Garden of Fragrance  | Rob Reich Trio  :  Crystalline melodic discoveries, interrupted by improvisational flights

  4. Rhododendron Garden  |  Dawn Oberg  :  Music That Cares About You, The Listener!

  5. Ancient Plant Garden  | Betty Roi Trio  :  Authentic Parisian Chanteuse Cabaret sings Cabaret & Jazz

  6. New Zealand Collection  | Joe Mag, Martuni’s  : Pop, Show Tunes, and Sing-a-Longs

  7. South Africa Collection  | George Brooks, Frank Martin  :  Original compositions inspired by Jazz, Indian Classical

  8. California Native Garden  |  Gail Dobson Quintet & Vocal Students  :  Love’s in Need of Love Today

  9. Redwood Grove  | Patti Weiss & Bobby Bralove  :  Beautiful Melding of Improvisational Piano and Violin

  10. Conifer Lawn  | Caroluna and Ian Scarfe  :  Glorious Opera Arias, Art Songs, and More!

  11. Moon Viewing Garden  |  Esther Aeschbach  :  Bach, Rameau, Brahms, Debussy, Ravel, Gribble

  12. Zellerbach Garden  |  Earth Wind Flowers  :  Chamber Music of Various Styles!

12pm - 4pm, CELEBRATION GARDEN | DUO PIANO PROGRAM *

  • 12pm - 1pm | Ian Scarfe and Elektra Schmidt: Ravel, Poulenc, Gustavino, and PDQ Bach

  • 1pm - 2pm | Regina Myers and Sarah Cahill: Recent Works by Riley Nicholson, Errollyn Wallen, and others

  • 2pm - 3pm | Jennifer Peringer and Lauren Cony: Mozart, Dolores White, Germaine Tailleferre and Gabriela Lena Frank

  • 3pm - 4pm | Pianists Allison Lovejoy and Kymry Esainko play Saint-Saens "Carnival of the Animals" with a chamber orchestra featuring members of the Classical Revolution, Featuring Niki Ulehla and her original Puppets!

  • 3pm - 4pm, Zellerbach Garden | Martin Luther McCoy with Paisley Hinton: Rebel Soul music, the sound of American rebellion. Inspired by artists like Gil Scot Heron, Bob Dylan, Sam Cooke, Prince, Neil Young and Bill Withers, McCoy will delve into the pockets of soul music that corner the sound and the fury that opened the minds of music lovers world wide. 

  • Fountain Area / Meadow (4 - 6pm) : Awesöme Orchestra
    Awesöme Orchestra is a full orchestral ensemble that rehearses and then plays famous works with featured performers. Past Awesöme encounters in the Garden have been epic!
    4pm - 5pm | Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor (first movement) with Elektra Schmidt, soloist
    5pm - 6pm | Pines of Rome for full orchestra by Ottorino Respighi, guest conducted by Dr. Sixto F Montesinos Jr

Sunday September 18

11 - 6pm, Zellerbach Garden  |  Featured Artists Program

  • 11am  |  Tammy Hall and Leberta Lorál : In Gratitude and Acknowledgement of Nature’s Power  

  • 12pm  |  Musica Cubana Quintet  :  Musica Cubana

  • 1pm  |  Allison Lovejoy  :  Romantic, Impressionist, and Modern Masterpieces

  • 2pm  |  Kev Choice Trio : African-American Piano Music from Classical to Hip-Hop      

  • 3pm  |  Serene  :  An Epic Adventure      

  • 4pm  |  Mariah Parker :  Indo Latin Jazz Quintet

  • 5pm  |  The Orange Sunshine Experience  :  Psychedelic Jazz with Drummer Fabio Reis          

11 - 6pm, Great Meadow  |  Featured Artists Program

  • 11am  |  Elektra Schmidt : Schumann Kreisleriana and Anna Muravitskaya : Arias and Folk Songs

  • 12pm  | Sumi Lee Levy  :  Current Argentine Tango Music from Buenos Aires    

  • 1pm  |  Kash Killion & Killion’s Trillions  :  World Music, Sun Ra, Jazz, Reggae, Tango  

  • 2pm  |  Alon Nechustan Trio  :  21st Century Piano Adventures in Rhythm  

  • 3pm  |  Lavay Smith  :  Classic Jazz, Blues, and Early R&B    

  • 4pm  |  Van-Anh  :  Old World Chopin to New World Disney    

  • 5pm  |  Christian Tumalan’s Trio  :  Jazz, Brazilian, and Remarkable Hispanic Classics

1pm - 3pm, Conifer Lawn | Little Mission Studio: A fun-loving music school based in the Mission inspiring creativity and cultivating musicianship in the community. Join Little Mission Studio as they present curated performances of both solo and chamber piano music from Little Mission students, ensembles, and faculty members featuring a wide variety of musical styles and genres.

2pm - 4pm, Garden of Fragrance | SF Symphony: Performances by SF Symphony musicians

4pm - 5pm, Celebration Garden | Oscar Ceravich: Spanning the Romantic era to the Blues, Oscar will play your favorites including Beethoven, Debussy, Chopin and more.

Monday, September 19

  • 12 - 1pm  |  Lunchtime Concert! Danny Sullivan  :  Mad Scene Medley Explosion!

  • 1 - 2pm  | Kevin Navarro w. Joshua Hughes, Bass-Baritone : Broadway Musical Theater & Great Moments in Opera

  • 2pm - 3pm, Celebration Garden | Erick Peralta in partnership with Community Music Center: The Neo-Creolism of the Piano - Traditional and Contemporary music of Peru, a solo piano performance with Erick Peralta hosted by Community Music Center.

  • 3 - 6pm, Celebration Garden | Beat Corner, Avante Garden Music and Poetry
    Bay Area Poets hosted by Jessica Loos | Music by Mauro, Dean, Antony, Paulo, and others.

  • 3pm - 4pm, Zellerbach Garden | Eric Shifrin: Swinging Standards, Bouncy Latin, and Rumpa Chunka

  • 4pm - 5pm, Conifer Lawn | FPM: Vocal/Piano Duo Playing NOLA Jazz Originals

  • 5pm - 6pm, Conifer Lawn | Mena Ramos & Laura Harris: Afrocuban Folkloric Percussion Meets Classical and Jazz

Tuesday, September 20

  • 12pm - 1pm, Great Meadow | Lunchtime Concert! The Cottontails: 20’s/30’s Jazz, 40’s Swing, 50’s/60’s R&B

  • 2pm - 4pm, Celebration Garden | Colin Farish & Victoria Theodore: Spontaneous Jazzical Compositions in Serendipitous Coincidence

  • 3pm - 4pm, Zellerbach Garden | Sandra Simich: Debussy, Brahms, Chopin, Beethoven

  • 4pm - 5pm, New Zealand Collection | Eric Chase: Mozart’s Concerto Interiors: Meditations Searching for Tranquility

  • 5pm - 6pm, Garden of Fragrance | Steve Abrams & Heath Proskin : Hard Bop, Swing, Latin Jazz and Salsa