Concert
Masquerade
Saturday, October 4, 2025 at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, October 5, 2025 at 2:30 p.m.
California Theatre,
San Jose, CA
Concert Length
Approx. 1 hr 50 min. with intermission
Music Notes occur one hour prior to the concert in the auditorium.
Join our Masquerade Fantastique prior to the concert!
Artists
Nathan Aspinall, conductor
Jon Nakamatsu, piano
Symphony San Jose
Program
Anna Clyne
Masquerade
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Hector Berlioz
Symphonie Fantastique
About This Performance
Step into a world of fantasy and wild imagination. Don your mask and immerse yourself in the music and beauty of three iconic masterpieces as we kick off the 2025/2026 season.
Anna Clyne’s dazzling and dynamic opening piece captures the spirit of celebration and revelry.
San Jose legend Jon Nakamatsu takes on Rachmaninoff’s ravishing rhapsody in a tour-de-force performance of the composer’s final and perhaps most significant work for piano and orchestra.
Berlioz’s Fantastic Symphony, his most famous composition, is a spellbinding journey through love, delirium, and supernatural visions. This vibrant tapestry of sound depicting the composer’s descent into madness by unrequited love was nothing short of revolutionary when it premiered in 1830 – and still holds the power to thrill and surprise today.
