Mitchell Sardou Klein

Conductor

Longtime music director of the Peninsula Symphony, leading English and Romantic favorites

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In short

Mitchell Sardou Klein is the conductor appearing with the Peninsula Symphony in California for its Stanford Concerts and "The Maestros" programs. He leads works spanning ceremonial English music, a contemporary piece, and Romantic-era staples, offering listeners a broad survey of orchestral color and mood across these concerts.

On the podium

Across these programs, expect a mix of pageantry, reflection, and lush late-Romantic sound. Walton's "Crown Imperial" opens with brass fanfares built for grand occasions, a march composed for a coronation. Anna Clyne's "This Moment" brings a contemporary voice into the mix, likely built on shifting textures and atmosphere rather than traditional melody. Vaughan Williams' "Serenade to Music" and "Toward the Unknown Region" both set text to warm, expansive orchestral and choral writing, prizing long melodic lines over rhythmic drive. Elgar's "Cockaigne" overture paints a bustling, affectionate portrait of London. In the second program, Bernstein's "Candide" overture is a quick, witty curtain-raiser, MacDowell's Piano Concerto No. 2 gives the soloist singing, virtuosic material, and Rachmaninoff's Symphony No. 2 closes with sweeping string melodies and a genuinely big emotional payoff, particularly in its slow third movement.

Written by OrchestraFinder, reviewed September 2026.