Sunday, July 5, 2009 at 2:00 p.m.
Sigmund Stern Grove, 19th Ave. & Sloat, San Francisco

On Sunday, July 5, Stern Grove Festival welcomed back annual favorite, the celebrated San Francisco Symphony, with conductor James Gaffigan.

The afternoon began with an opening performance by “Inouye Jazz” featuring SFS principal trumpet player Mark Inouye, SFS principal bassist Scott Pingel, SFS percussionist Raymond Froehlich, and guitarist Jeff Massanari.

The San Francisco Symphony, led by James Gaffigan, performed excerpts from Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake, Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Opus 23 with featured pianist Inon Barnatan, Gershwin’s An American in Paris, and music by Leonard Bernstein from the movie On the Waterfront.