Beethoven, Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61
Jennifer Koh, violin Adams, Violin Concerto
Jennifer Koh, violin
Contrasting concertos by two of the most famous composers of yesterday and today open the season. Berkeley's own John Adams begins his work with a free, fantastical "endless melody," followed by soloist Jennifer Koh playing the part of a "dream" flowing through the heartbeat of the orchestral "body."
Saturday
November 20, 2010
9:30 am & 11:00 am
Malcom X Elementary School Auditorium
Berkeley Symphony Family Concert
Ming Luke, conductor
Meet the Symphony and join in the music-making in these fun, interactive and educational one-hour concerts designed for all ages! A perfect complement to Berkeley Symphony’s award-winning Music in the Schools program.
Enrico Chapela, New Work (World Premiere) Peter Lieberson, Neruda Songs
Rachel Calloway, mezzo-soprano Manuel de Falla, El amor brujo
As the first commission of her tenure, Joana has chosen 36-year-old Mexican composer Enrico Chapela. Peter Lieberson selected love sonnets by the Chilean poet Pablo Neruda for his song cycle written for his late wife, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson. Resident artist Rachel Calloway concludes with de Falla's Love, Magician, a work in the style of Spanish gypsies which includes the exciting "Ritual Fire Dance."
Witness the creation and transformation of new works by three Bay Area emerging composers as Berkeley Symphony brings their music to life. Plus, don't miss your chance to speak with the composers and Music Director, Joana Carneiro, in the Q&A sessions.
Du Yun, TBA (World Premiere) Messiaen, Oiseaux exotiques (Exotic Birds)
Natasha Paremski, piano Beethoven, Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68, Pastoral
A new work for string orchestra by Shanghai-born composer Du Yun, a work inspired by birdsong master, French composer Olivier Messaien (of whom Berkeley Symphony under Kent Nagano has long been a champion), and Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony comprise this colorful program.
Stravinsky, Concerto in E-flat, Dumbarton Oaks Shostakovich, Chamber Symphony, Op. 110a James MacMillan, Seven Last Words from the Cross (West Coast Premiere); with featured chorus
Only music can express life's greatest mysteries. Stravinsky's Concerto in E-flat, inspired by Bach's Brandenburg Concertos, helped the composer cope with the loss of his loved ones. Shostakovich's Chamber Symphony was written in the fire-bombed city of Dresden and was "dedicated to the victims of fascism and war." Scottish composer James MacMillan's choral masterpiece is a supremely moving setting of the last seven utterances of Christ.
Witness the creation and transformation of new works by three Bay Area emerging composers as Berkeley Symphony brings their music to life. Plus, don't miss your chance to speak with the composers and Music Director, Joana Carneiro, in the Q&A sessions.
Meet the Symphony and join in the music-making in these fun, interactive and educational one-hour concerts designed for all ages! A perfect complement to Berkeley Symphony’s award-winning Music in the Schools program.
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