Concerts · Sacramento Philharmonic & Opera
Saturday, October 10, 2026 · 7:30 PM
Opening Night: Nordic Lights & Romantic Fire
Sacramento Philharmonic & Opera · SAFE Credit Union Performing Arts Center · Sacramento, California
Program
- Jean Sibelius Finlandia, Op. 26
- Richard Wagner Three Orchestral Excerpts from Act III of Die Meistersinger from Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, WWV 96
- Sergei Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dances, Op. 45
Artists
- Ari Pelto Conductor
Running time: about 52 min (estimate from the works' usual timings)
Worth the drive: A short, patriotic tone poem by Jean Sibelius that grew from music for a nationalist pageant into Finland's unofficial second anthem. More about Jean Sibelius's Finlandia, Op. 26 →
About this concert
Principal Conductor Ari Pelto opens the season with Sibelius's Finlandia, orchestral excerpts from Act III of Wagner's Die Meistersinger, and Rachmaninoff's Symphonic Dances.
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