Rising- LJS&C 2022-2023 Season

-

-

Joan tower

Joan Tower Carlos Ch vez Ludwig van Beethoven

Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman #6 Piano Concerto Symphony #6

This concert will open with Joan Tower’s intrepid work; a “tribute to women who take chances and who are adventurous.” We’ll then feature local favorite pianist Kyle Adam Blair as soloist in Ch vez’ dynamic Piano Concerto.

Beethoven’s beautiful “Pastoral” Symphony, so named by the composer himself, will complete the program.

-

F E B R U A R Y 1 L E A R N I N G Walking with Ghosts Mary Kouyoumdjian Jeff Anderle, bass clarinet Brenda and Steven Schick Commission Igor Stravinsky Firebird Suite Edgard Varèse Octandre Richard Strauss Four Last Songs Susan Narucki, voice

We Ma oft an pre pre int fol me

J U N E 1 0 - 1 S A C R E D A N John Adams Sang Song Gioachino Rossini

The Chairman Dances Nee Commission, 2022 Stabat Mater

Subtitled “Foxtrot for Orchestra,” The Chairman Dances by Adams will open December’s concert program. Sang Song, this year’s Nee Commission winner, will premiere a brandnew work, after which the chorus will join the orchestra to present Rossini’s iconic and powerful Stabat Mater.

bloch

David Chase Award Concert R. Nathaniel Dett The Chariot Jubilee Felix Mendelssohn Violin Concerto YAC Winner 2021: Ayrton Coehlo Pisco, violin Ernst Bloch Avodat Hakodesh

Ar ch De roo Co Me co Ra orc Je

11 - 1 2 , 2 0 2 3 G T O F LY

-

mazzoli

Missy Mazzoli Alex Stephenson Johannes Brahms

Brahms’s colossal Requiem may have been inspired by the death of his mother in 1864, a loss which caused him profound grief. This large-scale work for orchestra, chorus, and soprano and baritone soloists is performed in German, a departure from the traditional Latin. Also on this program, we’ll feature the 2021 Nee Commission winner, Alex Stephenson. The program will open with Missy Mazzoli’s “minimalist” gymnopédie for small orchestra, Music for Orbiting Spheres.

e welcome back Steven Schick to conduct this exciting concert. ary Kouyoumdjian, UCSD alumna and celebrated composer ten described as “politically fearless,” will be this year’s Brenda nd Steven Schick commission honoree. The orchestra will then esent Stravinsky’s energetic Firebird Suite, a work whose emiere was so successful it catapulted the composer to ternational fame. We will then share Varèse’s work, Octandre, llowed by American operatic soprano, and UCSD faculty ember, Susan Narucki performing Strauss’ Four Last Songs.

11 , 2 0 2 3 D S U B L I M E

rian Khaefi takes the podium to conduct this program of rich horal and symphonic repertoire. We'll open with R. Nathaniel ett's The Chariot Jubilee, a spell-binding oratorio that is “deep oted in Spirituals and folklore.” We'll then present Young Artists ompetition winner from 2021, Ayrton Coehlo Pisco, as soloist in endelssohn's gorgeous Violin Concerto. The program will onclude with Ernst Bloch's monumental Avodat Hakodesh. arely performed, this epic sacred work for baritone, chorus, and chestra represents the full maturity of Bloch's music in the ewish tradition.

Music for Orbiting Spheres Nee Commission, 2021 Ein Deutsches Requiem

-

Anna Clyne Aaron Copland Leon Littlebird/Max Wolpert Anna Clyne

Within Her Arms Suite from Rodeo When Echoes Speak Color Field

This concert will be bookended by two stunning pieces by British composer Anna Clyne. The opening work Within Her Arms was written as an ode to her mother, a meditation on loss, love, and life. The closing work will be her 2020 composition, Color Field, a work that was inspired by abstract artist Mark Rothko’s painting: Orange, Red, Yellow. Aaron Copland’s orchestral suite from the ballet Rodeo, and Leon Littlebird’s 2021 Brenda and Steven Schick commission, When Echoes Speak, will round out the program.

A B O U T LJS&C

-

-

-

T H E

S E L E C T

SUbScribe now

P E R F O R M A N C E

□

Saturday Evening, 7:30 pm

□

Sunday Matinee, 2:00 pm

□

Renewing Subscriber

□

New Subscriber

P R I C E

Y O U R

6

C O N C E R T

Best seats and

S U B S C R I P T I O N ADULT: $190

No of Seats

lowest prices!

SENIOR/UCSD: $180

STUDENT: $65

X Price per seat $

Handling Fee

& Get earlY birD P r i ci nG !

Priority seat selection

Total Amount $

Flexible ticket exchange

$8.00

Tax Deductible Donation $ Total Amount

M E T H O D

$

O F

Free guest ticket voucher PAY M E N T

□ Enclosed check made payable to LJS&C

□ VISA

□ MC

Card #

Exp:

CVV:

For Personal Service call: 858-534-4637

Name Address City

State

Zip

Phone Email Programs and artists subject to change without notice.

Ticket sales are final.

Single tickets go on sale in late August 2022.

Return form and check or payment information to: La Jolla Symphony & Chorus, UCSD 0361 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0361 www.ljsc.org

earlY birD DeaDline

JUne 30th