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2008/2009 Concerts: John Larry Granger, Music Director/Conductor |
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THE COLORS OF MUSIC February 28, 2pm March 1, 2pm ivic |
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 Chetan Tierra pianist |
 Cheryl Anderson, Choral Director |
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How composers “color” a piece of music by using specific instruments or combinations of instruments is explored by the Santa Cruz County Symphony, led by Maestro John Larry Granger, as they present the Family Concert of the season, “The Colors of Music.” The orchestra welcomes members of the Santa Cruz County Youth Symphony to share the stage, creating the largest philharmonic on the Central Coast of California. The concert is presented in a highly accessible style, using elements of humor, movement and audience participation.
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Saturday, Sept. 27, 8pm Santa Cruz Civic : Sunday, Sept. 28 , 2pm Mello Center, Watsonville |
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The Symphony’s 51th Season commences with Leonard Bernstein’s innovative Symphonic Dances from West Side Story. The musical, which brought a modern view to Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet,” celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. The brilliant young pianist, Natasha Paremski, joins us for Rachmaninov's “Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini.” The program concludes with Igor Stravinsky’s brilliant score to the “Firebird” ballet.(Back to top) |
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Saturday, Nov. 1 , 8pm Santa Cruz Civic |
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The concert opens with baroque composer, George Frederic Handel’s Overture for the Royal Fireworks. Composed to celebrate the end of a war, the music’s joyful quality is propelled by driving rhythms and brass fanfares. Klein Competition Winner, Jing Wang, joins us for a performance of Johannes Brahms’ Violin Concerto. The program concludes with Beethoven’s First Symphony, an earlier work that foreshadows the profound move from Classicism to Romanticism. (Back to top) |
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Saturday, Jan. 24, 8pm Santa Cruz Civic : Sunday, Jan. 25, 2pm Mello Center, Watsonville |
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Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony has been nicknamed his “Fate Symphony,” but his Fifth Symphony is also about fate, with a much more positive conclusion. While Beethoven may have been the most respected composer of his day, Rossini’s style was greatly admired and imitated in Franz Schubert’s “Overture in C.” Spanish pianist Daniel del Pino celebrates Felix Mendelssohn’s 200th birthday with a performance of his First Piano Concerto.(Back to top) |
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Saturday, Mar. 28 , 8pm Santa Cruz Civic |
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This program represents innovation and the exploration of new and exciting ideas. Prokofiev’s Third Piano Concerto radiates a crisp vitality that testifies to the composer’s inventive prowess. Chetan Tierra returns to his hometown to perform this driving forward-looking work. Danish composer, Carl Nielsen’s Second Symphony, also known as “The Four Temperaments,” focuses on the early ideas of human emotions and parts of the human anatomy that reflect those feelings. The concert opens with the lively selection “Huapango” by Mexican composer, Jose Moncayo.(Back to top) |
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Saturday, May 3, 8pm Santa Cruz Civic : |
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The symphony continues its annual collaboration with the Cabrillo Symphonic Chorus with a performance of Franz Josef Haydn’s beautiful oratorio, “The Creation.” Honoring the 200th anniversary of the “Father of the Symphony,” we celebrate the joy of innovation and the future of what may yet come to be.(Back to top) |
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