Florence Price was widely performed during the 1030s, but by the fifties her work had dropped from view. Since the rediscovery of the full score for her Piano Concerto in One Movement, Michelle Cann’s ‘exquisite, authoritative’ performances have reintroduced Price to audiences and critics alike. Passionate, part Romantic, part bluesy, the Concerto is a small sample of Price’s repertory.

Conductor Tito Muños will open the final program of the season with works by Buxtehude and Quinn Mason and close with Beethoven’s joyous Symphony No. 7. Beethoven called this work “one of the happiest products of my poor talents”—the perfect choice to conclude Symphony Silicon Valley’s 20th anniversary season.

Conductor:  Tito Muñoz

Soloist: Michelle Cann, pianist

WHEN: Saturday, June 4 at 8pm and Sunday, June 5 at 2:30pm

WHERE: The California Theater, 345 South First Street, San Jose, 95113

TICKETS: 408.286.2600 or www.symphonysanjose.org

Single Tickets: $55 to $115

The Program

            Dietricht Buxtehude: Chaconne in E minor

            Quinn Mason: Reflection on a Memorial

            Florence Price: Piano Concerto in One Movement

Beethoven: Symphony No. 7