A Midsummer Night's Dream on the Waterfront About Beethoven
Saturday 8:00 pm October 1, 2005
Sunday 2:30 pm October 2, 2005

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Mendelssohn's Shakespearean fantasy is followed by Bernstein's exciting and edgy score drawn from the Oscar-winning film about life on the New York docks.  Beethoven's Fifth, with its memorable four-note opening motif, launches a 2005-06 season of great music-making.

American Originals
Saturday 8:00 pm October 29, 2005
Sunday 2:30 pm October 30, 2005

Three American masters explore the fusion of jazz and symphonic music.  Brilliant modern multi-culturalist composer David Amram combines wind, brass, and jazz quintets with orchestra.  Jazz trombonist Dennis Wilson leads Duke Ellington's 1948 work incorporating work songs, blues and even big band.  Gershwin's 1929 classic caps the concert with wit and charm.

Mozart Festival
Saturday 8:00 pm December 10, 2005
Sunday 2:30 pm December 11, 2005

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Maestro Cleve, internationally known Mozart interpreter, opens Symphony Silicon Valley's Festival celebrating the 250th anniversary of Mozart's birth with the great "Prague" Symphony, flanked by a joyful work for winds and an homage to Mozart from Tchaikovsky, Russia's master of melody.

Carols in the California (Non-Subscription Concert)
Sunday 7:00 PM December 11, 2005


Symphony Silicon Valley Brass moves its annual holiday concert to San Jose's sumptuous new theatre. Featuring the Symphony's Chorale, they continue a festive and friendly holiday tradition. From carols to classics, enjoy the music of the season with your family.

Symphony Silicon Valley Chamber Music (Non-Subscription Concert)
Tuesday 7:00 PM January 17, 2006


In this intimate concert setting, you will discover the virtuosity of the Symphony's stellar artists. This is an opportunity to hear great music written for small ensembles in the lavish and accounstically outstanding California Theatre.

Mozart & Brahms
Saturday 8:00 pm January 21, 2006
Sunday 2:30 pm January 22, 2006

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Prutsman, called 'one of the finest American pianists of his generation," will debut with Symphony Silicon Valley playing Mozart's lyrical piano concerto.  The focus then shifts to Brahms' exultant First Symphony, reminiscent of Beethoven and yet brilliantly original.

Mozart Requiem
Saturday 8:00 pm March 18, 2006
Sunday 2:30 pm March 19, 2006

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A grand musical collaboration: excerpts from two Mozart operas followed by one of the most beloved and moving of all choral works: Mozart's Requiem.  The orchestra, the theater's grand organ, the Symphony Silicon Valley Chorale, and soloists from Opera San Jose, fill the California Theatre for an unforgettable event.

Video Games Live (Non-Subscription Event)
Friday 8:00 pm March 24, 2006


A ground-breaking live event celebrating the music of video games.  Experience Symphony Silicon Valley, accompanied by game footage, synchronized lighting, laser and special effects, performing the music of best-loved video games of past and present.  For more informtation, visit www.videogameslive.com.

Tickets to this special event are available only through TicketMaster.

Nakamatsu Plays Grieg
Saturday 8:00 pm April 1, 2006
Sunday 2:30 pm April 2, 2006

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A program of lushness and virtuosity. International piano marvel Nakamatsu performs Grieg's dazzling concerto. Led by Boughton, founder of the English Chamber Orchestra, the concert opens with Beethoven at his most powerful and closes with Sibelius' late, great Romantic masterpiece.

Tango Fantastique
Saturday 8:00 pm May 13, 2006
Sunday 2:30 pm May 14, 2006

Following Ju-Young Baek's 2004 triumph with the Symphony, the young Korean star returns to play Piazzolla's violin concerto, fusing the passionate spirit of the Argentine tango with Vivaldi's Four Seasons. Debussy's delectable suite opens, and Berlioz ends the season with a dramatic flourish.