Thu July 16, 2026

A Midsummer Night's Dream with San Francisco Symphony

at Frost Amphitheater (7:30pm)

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A Midsummer Night's Dream
San Francisco Symphony

NICOLAS ELLIS, conductor
GENEVA LEWIS, violin

Conductor Nicolas Ellis leads a Shakespeare-inspired program featuring Mendelssohn's magical music to A Midsummer Night's Dream and Tchaikovsky's impassioned Romeo and Juliet, Fantasy-Overture. Violinist Geneva Lewis performs Vaughan Williams's The Lark Ascending, a perfect match for Frost's beautiful outdoor setting.

Program

* RICHARD WAGNER (arr. HERMANN ZUMPE) Forest Murmurs from Siegfried
* RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS The Lark Ascending
* FRANZ WAXMAN (ed. JASCHA HEIFETZ) Carmen Fantasy, Op. 25 from Carmen
* FELIX MENDELSSOHN Music from A Midsummer Night's Dream
* PIOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY Romeo and Juliet (Fantasy-Overture)

A Midsummer Night's Dream
San Francisco Symphony

NICOLAS ELLIS, conductor
GENEVA LEWIS, violin

Conductor Nicolas Ellis leads a Shakespeare-inspired program featuring Mendelssohn's magical music to A Midsummer Night's Dream and Tchaikovsky's impassioned Romeo and Juliet, Fantasy-Overture. Violinist Geneva Lewis performs Vaughan Williams's The Lark Ascending, a perfect match for Frost's beautiful outdoor setting.

Program

* RICHARD WAGNER (arr. HERMANN ZUMPE) Forest Murmurs from Siegfried
* RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS The Lark Ascending
* FRANZ WAXMAN (ed. JASCHA HEIFETZ) Carmen Fantasy, Op. 25 from Carmen
* FELIX MENDELSSOHN Music from A Midsummer Night's Dream
* PIOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY Romeo and Juliet (Fantasy-Overture)

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Thu Jul 16 (7:30pm)

Frost Amphitheater 7 Upcoming Events

351 Lasuen Street, Palo Alto, CA 94305

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