Sat April 18, 2026
7:30 pm concert
6:15 pm pre-concert talk
4200 Farm Hill Blvd, Redwood City, CA 94061
- Eric Kujawsky, conductor
- Kindra Scharich, mezzo-soprano
- J.S. Bach (arr. Ottorino Respighi) Prelude and Fugue in D, BWV 532
- Gustav Mahler Kindertotenlieder
- Witold Lutosławski Symphony No. 3
Approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes, including intermission.
Redwood Symphony presents three unique musical visions, grand and intimate. Respighi’s spectacular arrangement of Bach’s organ work is perhaps the best of its kind. I’m thrilled that Kindra Sharich is joining us, so soon after our 2024-25 triumph in Mahler’s “Resurrection” Symphony! This time, it’s Mahler at his most personal, prophetic and heartbreaking: Songs on the Death of Children, sung with projected supertitles. Finally, Maestro Eric returns to a work that he believes is the great Polish composer’s magnum opus; it’s unlike anything you’ve heard before and it’s truly wonderful.
Kindra Scharich
Mezzo-soprano Kindra Scharich has been praised by The San Francisco Chronicle for her “exuberant vitality”, “fearless technical precision”, “deep-rooted pathos” and “irrepressible musical splendor.” Ms. Scharich has performed more than 250 art songs in 12 languages and 35 roles in the operatic repertoire.Read more →