Concert: Handel’s The Power of Music in San Francisco

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Fresh off his 2025 London Proms success with the Irish Baroque Orchestra, Music Director Peter Whelan opens the 2026/27 subscription season with Handel’s Alexander’s Feast. Centered on a banquet honoring Alexander the Great, the poet Timotheus uses song to guide the room from pride to tenderness, from fury to reflection — a demonstration of music’s power to shape emotion and action. Choose 3, 4, or 5 concerts—as low as $30 per concert SUBSCRIBE AND SAVE GET TICKETS SUBSCRIBE AND SAVE Choose 3, 4, or 5 concerts—as low as $30 per concert Single concert tickets go on sale June 2. LEARN MORE Program HANDEL Alexander’s Feast, or The Power of Music (1742 Dublin version) (U.S. PREMIERE) Performers Peter Whelan, conductor Sherezade Panthaki, soprano Rachael Wilson, mezzo-soprano James Way, tenor Philharmonia Chorale, Valérie Sainte-Agathe, director