Symphony San Jose, celebrating its 25th anniversary season, presents Merry Mozart at the California Theatre, 345 S. First St. in downtown San Jose: Saturday, Dec. 5 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, Dec. 6 at 2:30 p.m. Nathan Aspinall conducts.

The program

  • Wagner, Siegfried Idyll, written as a birthday gift for his wife and first performed on Christmas morning
  • Respighi, Trittico Botticelliano, inspired by three Botticelli paintings: La Primavera, The Adoration of the Magi and The Birth of Venus
  • Mozart, Symphony No. 39

The Saturday concert falls on the 235th anniversary of Mozart's death, on Dec. 5, 1791, the symphony notes in its listing.

Tickets and extras

Single tickets are $35 to $125 including fees, and adults can buy half-price tickets for accompanying guests 17 and under. The concert runs about 1 hour 50 minutes with intermission. Carolers will perform in the lobby before the show, followed by live organ music in the half hour before curtain. A pre-concert "Music Notes" talk starts an hour before each performance.

Coming next from Symphony San Jose: a Holiday Spectacular Dec. 12-13 and The San Jose Nutcracker Dec. 19-27.