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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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