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Concerts Remaining 2007-2008 concerts:
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September 2007, Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, guest concertmaster Kreisler (arr. Assad): Praeludium and Allegro
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, celebrated as one of the most original and fearless artists on the concert stage today, skyrocketed into fame in the early ’80s when she won the Walter W. Naumberg International Violin Competition and has been dazzling audiences with her impassioned performances ever since. Her recordings and concerts feature a wide breadth of repertoire – from Baroque favorites to 20th century gypsy music – and she has been featured in numerous television programs, including an Academy Award nominated documentary film on her life titled Speaking In Strings. |
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November 2007, Margaret Batjer, guest concertmaster Francesco Geminiani: Concerto Grosso No. 1 in D major
Currently the concertmaster of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra and faculty member of the Thornton Music School at U.S.C., Margaret Batjer has selected a program that traces the arc of 122 years of Baroque music. In addition to such masterworks as J.S. Bach’s Brandenberg Concerto No. 4 and Handel’s Concerto Grosso Op. 6, No. 11, she includes the obscure but prolific contemporary of Vivaldi, Francesco Geminiani, and the virtuosic son of J.S. Bach, C.P.E. Bach. C.P.E. Bach’s strikingly different style provides a smooth bridge from the late Baroque to the cusp between periods, the Rococo, and brilliantly leads into Haydn’s early treasure, the Symphony No. 8, Le Soir. |
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January 19, 2008, REWIND Schnittke: Concerto Grosso for 2 Violins, Harpsichord, and Strings
It’s time to bring classical music into the 21st century. Paul Haas, artistic director and founder of Sympho, created REWIND, a visceral, unconventional concert that appeals to your eyes and ears. REWIND features installation art and lighting, masterworks of the past, and newly commissioned acoustic and electronic pieces linking it all together for a seamless musical experience. Digital sampling enables the composers and musicians to include the audience in the sonic landscape. Even the way the audience views this concert is unusual – the orchestra plays in the center of the room, with audience members surrounding them, and soloists are stationed at other sides of the room and in the balcony. The NCCO held an art competition to determine who will design the installation art for REWIND. We are proud to announce that Berkeley-based kinetic artist Reuben Margolin is the winner of our competition.
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April 2008, Stuart Canin, NCCO Founding Music Director, guest concertmaster Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, K. 219
Stuart Canin, founding Music Director and concertmaster of the New Century Chamber Orchestra, returns to lead the orchestra in a thrilling evening of NCCO specialties. Shostakovich’s Chamber Symphony for Strings was featured on the Grammy nominated NCCO recording, Written with the Heart’s Blood. This dark and terrifying piece is followed by Mendelssohn’s delightful Octet for Strings, which he composed at the young age of 16. Mr. Canin, currently the concertmaster of the Los Angeles Opera, has been charming audiences for over half a century. At the end of World War II, he was selected to perform for President Truman, Josef Stalin, Winston Churchill, and other world leaders at Potsdam. He has been recorded on numerous films, including Forest Gump, Schindler’s List, and Titanic. Mr. Canin is the former concertmaster of the San Francisco Symphony and the San Francisco Opera, first prize winner of the Paganini International Violin Competition, and winner of the Handel Medal, New York City’s highest cultural award. |
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June 2008, Rachel Barton Pine, guest concertmaster Saint-Georges: Violin Concerto in A Major
Chicago native Rachel Barton Pine has inspired audiences worldwide with her precision and intensity on the violin. In addition to her many recordings and appearances as a soloist and chamber musician, Ms. Pine serves as president of the Rachel Elizabeth Barton Foundation, an organization that provides assistance to young musicians and encourages awareness and appreciation of classical music. Ms. Pine’s fascinating program begins with a work by Saint-Georges, a West Indian composer and fencer who commissioned Hadyn’s six Paris symphonies. Fast forward into the 20th century with Lyric Suite by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer George Walker, a gorgeous piece that is reminiscent of Barber’s Adagio for Strings, followed by Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson’s Sinfonietta No. 2, a work flavored with jazz and Romantic elements. Perkinson’s many credits include serving as music director of the Alvin Ailey Dance Company and co-founding New York’s Symphony of the New World. The evening concludes with the richly Romantic and bittersweet String Sextet No. 1 by Brahms.
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