Five years ago, Sunset Piano and San Francisco Botanical Garden (SFBG) joined forces to offer the public a uniquely interactive experience of music in nature, placing twelve pianos in some of the Garden’s most beautiful locations and inviting anyone to come and play what they like.

Now, the annual twelve-day-long Flower Piano is one of the Bay Area’s most highly anticipated musical events of the summer and celebrates its fifth year at the Garden with a special anniversary edition, featuring new opportunities for the public to play, more performances by professional musicians, special events for families including the new evening-time Flower Piano at Sunset, a community sing-along, free piano lessons, and three evenings of Flower Piano at Night, a special after dark event with food trucks and outdoor bars.

From July 15th through July 19th, pull up a bench or a patch of grass and enjoy special lunch time concerts by Conservatory of Music students and alumni at the Ancient Plant Garden and Garden of Fragrance. This collaboration is a preview for the theme of the upcoming SFCM season, Music and Nature.

Program | Garden of Fragrance

Béla Bartók
14 Bagatelles, Op. 6

Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in G minor, BWV 885

Joseph Haydn
Sonata in B minor, Hob. XVI:32

Johannes Brahms
Variations on an original theme, Op. 21 No. 1

Franz Liszt
Transcendental Étude No. 10

Performers

Seulki Hong, piano