Sunset Piano and San Francisco Botanical Garden Present
Flower Piano®
September 16-20, 2022
10am - 6pm
San Francisco Botanical Garden
Golden Gate Park

San Francisco Botanical Garden and Sunset Piano are excited to present one of the most unique, creative, and innovative events in the Bay Area. After a successful return last fall we are excited to bring back Flower Piano to transform San Francisco Botanical Garden once again into the city’s own alfresco concert hall where everyone is invited to play and listen.

If interested in sponsoring Flower Piano 2022 please contact Director of Philanthropy Brooke Bedingfield at [email protected] or (415) 661-1316 ext 305 or complete this online form

FLOWER PIANO TICKETS

FLOWER PIANO 2022 PROGRAM

Wednesday, September 14

5pm - 6pm, Great Meadow | Fall and Fly: Special Flower Piano Opening Event

New this year is a very special opening event, Fall and Fly, where a groundbreaking commissioned work created for twelve grand pianos will be performed on the Garden’s Great Meadow. San Francisco-based composer Benjamin Gribble has written Fall and Fly, an experimental work in three movements, exploring the textures of a twelve-piano choir. Stanford Symphony director Paul Phillips will personally conduct this one-of-a-kind performance. Special guest speakers, writers, and poets will contextualize the evening with themes of renewal and regrowth.

Special event ticket required - buy here >>

Friday, September 16

10am - 12pm, Great Meadow | Noe’s Garden: Noe's Garden brings a special good morning concert, ideal for children 0 - 7 and their families. Sing, dance, and move your body along to beloved folk songs from around the world, as well as Noe's own nature-inspired originals. Celtic harp, acoustic guitar, and puppetry make this a concert the whole family will enjoy.

12pm - 1pm, Zellerbach Garden | Tom Jonesing: Pop Renovations, Remodeling, and Demolition

1pm - 2pm, Garden of Fragrance | Suzanne Ramsey: Cabaret Originals, Unexpected Covers, Nostalgic Flapper Rock

3pm - 7pm, Celebration Garden | Beat Corner: Avante Garden Music and Poetry

Bay Area Poets hosted by Agneta Falk

Music by Mauro, Dean, Antony, Paulo, and others

Angela LaFlamme and Friends, Tribute to Tom Waits

3pm - 4pm, Conifer Lawn | SFJAZZ High School All-Stars

4pm - 5pm, New Zealand Collection | Ian Scarfe: Masterpieces of Bach, Chopin, List, and Barber

4pm - 5:30pm, Great Meadow | Community Music Center Latin Jazz Kick-off: Community Music Center, celebrating more than a century of music for everyone, hosts a fresh and festive jam session, or descarga, with Eduardo Corzo, pianist and CMC faculty member, with an all-star array of guest musicians. Enjoy music in the open air where the outdoors are your dance floor.

5pm - 6pm, Zellerbach | Tin Yi Wong: Drama and Rituals: Bach, Crumb, Ligeti

6pm - 7pm, Redwood Grove | Jill Tracy: Mystical, Elegant, Dark, Cinematic, Haunting Sonic Spells

Saturday, September 17

10am - 12pm, Great Meadow (starting point) | Rabbit Hole Theater Magical Scavenger Hunt: Find magical characters during a family-friendly scavenger hunt through the Garden

12pm - 4pm, Celebration Garden | Duo Piano Program

12pm - 1pm | Ian Scarfe and Elektra Schmidt: Ravel, Poulenc, Gustavino, and PDQ Bach

1pm - 2pm | Regina Myers and Sarah Cahill: Recent Works by Riley Nicholson, Errollyn Wallen, and others

2pm - 3pm | Jennifer Peringer and Lauren Cony: Mozart, Dolores White, Germaine Tailleferre and Gabriela Lena Frank

3pm - 4pm | Allison Lovejoy and Kymry Esainko: Saint-Saens "Carnival of the Animals" with a chamber orchestra featuring members of the Classical Revolution, and Niki Ulehla and her original Puppets!

12pm - 2pm | Twelve Piano Extravaganza

12pm - 1pm

1. Great Meadow | Rob Dehlinger’s Alpha Rhythm Kings: Swingin’ King Size Classic Sounds

2. Celebration Garden | Ian Scarfe and Elektra Schmidt: Ravel, Poulenc, Gustavino, and PDQ Bach

3. Garden of Fragrance | Kevin Gerzevitz Trio: Monkish Bebop and Soul Jazz

4. Rhododendron Garden | Robbie Dehlinger: Original Piano Music Which Honors the Classics

5. Ancient Plant Garden | Trio Poema: Argentine tango Music

6. New Zealand Collection | Amy Norman: Swingin’ Tunes & Sultry Songs

7. South Africa Collection | Samer Fanek: Contemporary Music With an Arabic Flair

8. California Native Garden | Berkeley Academy of Music: 20th Anniversary, Polished Classical and Jazz

9. Redwood Grove | Kymry Esainko: Melancholy Moods to Soothe the Savage Skeptic

10. Conifer Lawn | Marisa Lenhardt and Paul Caccamo: Tells Stories and Sings, Bringing Context to Opera

11. Moon Viewing Garden | Penelope Keep: Bach, Scriabin, Gershwin, Chopin, & LEHRER!

12. Zellerbach Garden | Classical Revolution: Chamber music for strings and piano

1pm - 2pm

1. Great Meadow | Mr Lucky and The Cocktail Party: Ellington, Mancini, Bacharach, Withers…!?

2. Celebration Garden | Regina Myers and Sarah Cahill: Recent Works by Riley Nicholson, Errollyn Wallen, and others

3. Garden of Fragrance | Rob Reich Trio: Crystalline melodic discoveries, interrupted by improvisational flights

4. Rhododendron Garden | Dawn Oberg: Music That Cares About You, The Listener!

5. Ancient Plant Garden | Betty Roi Trio: Authentic Parisian Chanteuse Cabaret sings Cabaret & Jazz

6. New Zealand Collection | Joe Mag, Martuni’s: Pop, Show Tunes, and Sing-a-Longs

7. South Africa Collection | George Brooks, Frank Martin: Original compositions inspired by Jazz, Indian

Classical

8. California Native Garden | Gail Dobson Quintet & Vocal Students: Love’s in Need of Love Today

9. Redwood Grove | Patti Weiss & Bobby Bralove: Beautiful Melding of Improvisational Piano and Violin

10. Conifer Lawn | Caroluna and Ian Scarfe: Glorious Opera Arias, Art Songs, and More!

11. Moon Viewing Garden | Esther Aeschbach: Bach, Rameau, Brahms, Debussy, Ravel, Gribble

12. Zellerbach Garden | Earth Wind Flowers: Chamber Music of Various Styles!

3pm - 4pm, Zellerbach Garden | Martin Luther McCoy with Paisley Hinton: Mix of classic Beatles and British favorites as well as soul music and songs of protest involving the works of Stevie Wonder, Bob Dylan and Sam Cooke

4pm - 6pm, Fountain Plaza | Awesome Orchestra

Sunday, September 18

11am - 6pm, Zellerbach Garden | Featured Artists

11am | Tammy Hall and Leberta Lorál: In Gratitude and Acknowledgement of Nature’s Power

12pm | Musica Cubana Quintet: Musica Cubana

1pm | Allison Lovejoy: Romantic, Impressionist, and Modern Masterpieces

2pm | Kev Choice Trio: African-American Piano Music from Classical to Hip-Hop

3pm | Serene: An Epic Adventure

4pm | Mariah Parker: Indo Latin Jazz Quintet

5pm | The Orange Sunshine Experience: Psychedelic Jazz with Drummer Fabio Reis

11am - 6pm, Great Meadow | Featured Artists

11am | Elektra Schmidt: Schumann Kreisleriana and Anna Muravitskaya : Arias and Folk Songs

12pm | Sumi Lee Levy: Current Argentine Tango Music from Buenos Aires

1pm | Kash Killion & Killion’s Trillions: World Music, Sun Ra, Jazz, Reggae, Tango

2pm | Alon Nechustan Trio: 21st Century Piano Adventures in Rhythm

3pm | Lavay Smith: Classic Jazz, Blues, and Early R&B

4pm | Van-Anh: Old World Chopin to New World Disney

5pm | Christian Tumalan’s Trio: Jazz, Brazilian, and Remarkable Hispanic Classics

1pm - 3pm, Conifer Lawn | Little Mission Studio: A fun-loving music school based in the Mission inspiring creativity and cultivating musicianship in the community. Join Little Mission Studio as they present curated performances of both solo and chamber piano music from Little Mission students, ensembles, and faculty members featuring a wide variety of musical styles and genres.

2pm - 4pm, Garden of Fragrance | SF Symphony: Performances by SF Symphony musicians

4pm - 5pm, Conifer Lawn | San Francisco Conservatory of Music: Pre-College pianists

4pm - 5pm, Celebration Garden | Oscar Cervarich: Spanning the Romantic era to the Blues, Oscar will play your favorites including Beethoven, Debussy, Chopin and more

Monday, September 19

10am - 12pm, Garden of Fragrance | San Francisco Conservatory of Music: Pre-College Showcase

12pm - 1pm, Great Meadow | Danny Sullivan: Mad Scene Medley Explosion!

1pm - 2pm, Great Meadow | Kevin Navarro w. Joshua Hughes, Bass-Baritone: Broadway Musical Theater & Great Moments in Opera

2pm - 3pm, Celebration Garden | Erick Peralta in partnership with Community Music Center: The Neo-Creolism of the Piano - Traditional and Contemporary music of Peru, a solo piano performance with Erick Peralta hosted by Community Music Center

3pm - 6pm, Celebration Garden | Beat Corner: Avante Garden Music and Poetry

Bay Area Poets hosted by Jessica Loos

Music by Mauro, Dean, Antony, Paulo, and others

3pm - 4pm, Zellerbach Garden | Eric Shifrin: Swinging Standards, Bouncy Latin, and Rumpa Chunka

4pm - 5pm, Conifer Lawn | FPM: Vocal/Piano Duo Playing NOLA Jazz Originals

5pm - 6pm, Conifer Lawn | Mena Ramos & Laura Harris: Afrocuban Folkloric Percussion Meets Classical and Jazz

Tuesday, September 20

12pm - 1pm, Great Meadow | The Cottontails: 20’s/30’s Jazz, 40’s Swing, 50’s/60’s R&B

1pm - 3pm, Zellerbach Garden | Ensemble SF: Formed in 2013 by members of the San Francisco Ballet and Symphony, Ensemble SF is dedicated to inspiring a more inclusive world through art. Elizabeth Schumann on piano, Angela Lee on cello, Matt Young on viola, and Jessica Fellows on violin.

2pm - 4pm, Celebration Garden | Colin Farish & Victoria Theodore: Spontaneous Jazzical Compositions in Serendipitous Coincidence

3pm - 4pm, Zellerbach Garden | Sandra Simich: Debussy, Brahms, Chopin, Beethoven

4pm - 5pm, New Zealand Collection | Eric Chase: Mozart’s Concerto Interiors: Meditations Searching for Tranquility

5pm - 6pm, Garden of Fragrance | Steve Abrams & Heath Proskin : Hard Bop, Swing, Latin Jazz and Salsa

SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO CHANGE