M A R I N SY M P H ONY ALASDA IR NE ALE
| MUS IC DIRECTOR
Love it LIVE! 14/15 S E A S O N
Love it LIVE! 14/15 S E A S O N
Orchestrate your own 14/15 Season subscription series. Celebrate 62 years of great music and Alasdair Neale’s 14th season leading the Marin Symphony Orchestra as Music Director. Love it LIVE! begins on Saturday, September 13th with our second Waterfront Pops outdoor concert — Hooray for Hollywood — movie music classics with a fireworks finale! Zuill Bailey returns as the soloist for our first Masterworks concerts, French Reverie on September 28th and 30th. Our Holiday Pops Concert is happening on December 16th — now truly, a new Marin tradition. The season finale Spring Pops event is certain to be a hit: the world premiere of Star Trek in Concert on Saturday, June 6, 2 015.
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Maestro Alasdair Neale
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WAT E R F R O N T P O P S C O N C E R T
Hooray for Hollywood Saturday, September 13, 2 014, 6:30 p.m. Gates open at 4:00 p.m. Alasdair Neale, conductor We’ve composed a collection of favorite movie music soundtracks everyone will love for this outdoor concert. You can bring your own picnic or savor a new and improved offering of food and beverages for purchase on the Marin Center Lagoon grounds! A spectacular fireworks display will accompany the final piece! PROGRAM Music from Apollo 13, Braveheart, Titanic, Gone with the Wind, Lord of the Rings, Spiderman and many more... MASTER WORKS 1
French Reverie Sunday, September 28, 2 014, 3:00 p.m. Tuesday, September 30, 2 014, 7:30 p.m. Alasdair Neale, conductor Zuill Bailey, cello This season begins with a bang: Berlioz’s mold-breaking masterpiece “Symphonie fantastique,” the composer’s vivid portrait of an opiuminduced dream, and one of the most brilliant and outrageous works ever. Zuill Bailey makes a welcome return with Saint-Saens’s urbane and elegant Cello Concerto No. 1. PROGRAM Bernstein: Overture to Candide Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No. 1 Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique
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MASTER WORKS 2
Beethoven: Eternal Revolutionary Sunday, October 26, 2 014, 3:00 p.m. Tuesday, October 28, 2 014, 7:30 p.m. Alasdair Neale, conductor Navah Perlman, piano Are there any four more famous notes than the opening of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony? This iconic work forms the centerpiece of a program drawn from the composer’s heroic “middle” period when Beethoven established his lasting reputation for greatness. PROGRAM Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3 Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 H O L I DAY P O P S C O N C E R T
Home for the Holidays Tuesday, December 16, 2 014, 7:00 p.m. Alasdair Neale, conductor Marin Symphony Chorus Marin Symphony Children’s Chorus Our Holiday Pops Concert has secured its place as a new Marin tradition. Celebrate a variety of holiday-inspired music with your friends, family, Marin Symphony Orchestra and Chorus ensembles! MASTER WORKS 3
Eight Seasons Sunday, February 15, 2 015, 3:00 p.m. Tuesday, February 17, 2 015, 7:30 p.m. Alasdair Neale, conductor Jeremy Constant, violin Hear Vivaldi’s beloved “The Four Seasons” as it appears juxtaposed with “The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires” by the master of the Tango, Astor Piazzolla. Jeremy Constant, concertmaster of the Marin Symphony is our soloist and guide through this fascinating journey. PROGRAM Vivaldi: The Four Seasons Piazzolla: The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires
MASTER WORKS 4
Intersections Sunday, April 12, 2 015, 3:00 p.m. Tuesday, April 14, 2 015, 7:30 p.m. Alasdair Neale, conductor Marin Symphony Chorus Marin Symphony Youth Orchestra
MS 60 YO
This year the Marin Symphony Youth Orchestra turns 60 years young.
Come and celebrate the promise of youth as these talented young musicians take the stage alongside their counterparts in the Marin Symphony Orchestra for a special side-by-side performance of Sibelius’s rousing “Finlandia,” in a program that also includes Strauss’s virtuoso “Don Juan,” Poulenc’s zesty “Gloria” with the Marin Symphony Chorus, and Bay Area sensation Mason Bates’s propulsive “Mothership.” PROGRAM Bates: Mothership Poulenc: Gloria
Strauss: Don Juan Sibelius: Finlandia SPRING POPS CONCER T
Star Trek in Concert Saturday, June 6, 2 015, 7:00 p.m. Alasdair Neale, conductor WO R L D P R E M I E R E ! Our season finale takes you out of this world to a place where no orchestra has gone before. We’re honored to have the chance to bring the world premiere of Star Trek in Concert to our stage, in our community of Marin. Like Pixar in Concert in June, 2 013, this exciting multimedia, multi-sensory experience will totally immerse you into the music of Star Trek — spanning decades of movies and TV— loved by generations of fans. Masterworks and Spring Pops concerts take place in the Marin Veterans’ Memorial Auditorium. Priority seating is given to donors and season subscribers. Tickets $30 –$75, reserved seating. Youth, student, teacher, school and group pricing is available. © Marin Symphony, all rights reserved. Dates and details subject to change.
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Fête Fantastique Saturday, September 27, 2 014, 5:30 p.m. Tickets: $195 per person. Celebrate the opening of your Marin Symphony’s 14/15 Season at an elegant French-inspired affair. This year we return to the Osher Marin JCC on 9/27, the Saturday evening before our French Reverie Masterworks concerts on Sunday, 9/28 and Tuesday, 9/30. Marin Symphony favorite Zuill Bailey returns as soloist for the concerts, and will make a special appearance at the Gala!
Holiday Choral Concerts by Candlelight Saturday, December 6, 2 014, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, December 7, 2 014, 4:00 p.m. Marin Symphony Chamber Chorus Stephen McKersie, director Tickets: $25 in advance, $30 at the door. This annual holiday celebration continues to be the traditional start of the spirit of the season for many people in our community of Marin. The gathering in the Church of Saint Raphael in San Rafael will again feature the Marin Symphony Chamber Chorus and other special guests. We invite you to light a candle and sing with us. Share the glow of the season again with us this year!
PHOTOS Alasdair Neale/cover, Waterfront Pops, Holiday Pops, Masterworks 3/4, Holiday Choral Concerts by Candlelight © PETER RODGERS Alasdair Neale/inset © EISAKYU TOKUYAMA Masterworks 2/3, Gala © LISA-MARIE MAZZUCCO Star Trek illustration, CREATED BY PANTERAS
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