Pathways to Love • Saturday February 15, 2020, 7:30pm
San Jose First United Methodist Church
Dolores Ferraro, soprano
Charlie Barnett Three Completely Workable Perpetual Motion Devices
Romeo Cascarino Pathways to Love
Gioachino Rossini Overture to Tancredi
Linda Robbins Coleman For a Beautiful Land
Antonín Dvořák Czech Suite, op. 39
Points of interest:
Romeo Cascarino wrote eight charming songs for his wife, Dolores Ferraro, who will perform them in celebration of Valentine’s Day.
One of Linda Robbins Coleman’s works, In Good King Charles’s Golden Days, has been performed and broadcast over 100 times in the U.S. and abroad
Charlie Barnett has written scores for film and television, including Saturday Night Live. He plays piano and guitar for an eclectic jazz band, Chaise Lounge.
Buy TicketsWildfires and Heroes • Saturday April 4, 2020, 7:30pm
Hammer Theatre Center
Rufus Olivier, bassoonist
Benjamin Britten Simple Symphony, op. 4
Leslie LaBarre Wildfires from California Suite world premiere
Marc Fish The Once-ler’s Tale for Bassoon and Orchestra world premiere
Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony no. 3 in E-flat, op. 55, “Eroica”
Points of interest:
California’s recent wildfires made such an impression on Leslie LaBarre, she wrote a movement about them in her California Suite.
Beethoven originally planned his third symphony as an homage to Napoleon when he thought Napoleon was a champion of equality and individual freedom.
As a child, Britten loved to spend time writing music. He wrote some of his melodies for Simple Symphony when he was only eleven, and completed the work at the age of 21.
Buy TicketsNoon Arts & Lectures series features MCOSJ soloists on days prior to concerts.
• Meet featured artists in a casual setting and hear samples from their concert program explained and performed.
• Suggested $5 door donation.
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