April Concert - Oakland East Bay Symphony

<BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF"> <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="6" WIDTH="528" STYLE="border-collapse: collapse" BGCOLOR="#FFFFDD"> <TR STYLE="height:27.0pt"> <TD STYLE="width:291.85pt;background:#EEE9CC;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:27.0pt" BGCOLOR="EEE9CC" WIDTH="15"> </TD> <TD STYLE="width:291.85pt;background:#EEE9CC;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:27.0pt" BGCOLOR="EEE9CC" WIDTH="350"> <P CLASS="MsoNormal" ALIGN="LEFT" STYLE="text-align:left"><FONT SIZE="+1"><FONT SIZE="2"><B><SPAN STYLE="font-family:Arial;color:navy"><FONT COLOR="#000000">2008-09 Season:</FONT></SPAN></B><B><SPAN STYLE="font-family:Arial"> <A HREF="nov.htm" TARGET="_top">Nov</A> | <A HREF="jan.html" TARGET="_top">Jan</A> | <A HREF="feb.htm" TARGET="_top">Feb</A> | <A HREF="mar.htm" TARGET="_top">Mar</A> | Apr | <A HREF="may16.htm" TARGET="_top">May</A></SPAN></B></FONT></FONT></P> </TD> <TD STYLE="width:185.85pt;background:#EEE9CC;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:27.0pt" BGCOLOR="EEE9CC" WIDTH="185" ALIGN="CENTER"> </TD> </TR> <TR STYLE="height:27.0pt"> <TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="width:291.85pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:27.0pt" ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="15"> </TD> <TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="width:291.85pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:27.0pt" ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="350"><FONT SIZE="-1"> </FONT> <P CLASS="MsoNormal" STYLE="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><FONT SIZE="-1"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><FONT COLOR="#000000"><SPAN STYLE="font-size:11.0pt;font-family: Arial;color:navy"><BR></SPAN></FONT><SPAN STYLE="font-family:Arial;color:navy"> <FONT COLOR="#000000"><A HREF="michael1.htm"></A></FONT></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 18.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE="4"><B></B><FONT SIZE="+1">April 17, 2009</FONT></FONT></SPAN><B><SPAN STYLE="font-family:Arial;color:navy"><BR> </SPAN></B><SPAN STYLE="font-family:Arial;color:navy"><FONT COLOR="#000000">Friday, 8:00pm, Paramount Theatre, Oakland<BR><A HREF="michael.htm" TARGET="_top">Michael Morgan, <I>Conductor</I></A><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><BR>Pre-concert speaker: <A HREF="bailey.htm" TARGET="_top">John Kendall Bailey</A><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><BR><FONT SIZE="3"><B>Program</B></FONT></FONT></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Arial;color:red"><B><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"></B><FONT COLOR="#000000"><BR><B>Ludwig van Beethoven</B> <BR>Piano Concerto No. 1 (1798) <BR>with Sara Buechner, <I>Piano</I> <BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><BR>I<B>gor Stravinsky</B> <I>Rite of Spring</I> (1912) <B></B></FONT><B><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="330" HEIGHT="5" BORDER="0"></B></SPAN></FONT><FONT SIZE="-1"><SPAN STYLE="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Arial;color:red"><B> <MAP NAME="map2"> <AREA SHAPE="RECT" COORDS="11,4,101,29" HREF="http://www.patronmail.com/pmailweb/PatronSetup?oid=16" TARGET="_blank"> </MAP> </B></SPAN><FONT FACE="Arial">Our April concert pairs two composers who were revolutionaries in their time, and who changed the course of music forever. <BR><BR>Beethoven, a composer who pushed the boundaries of conventional composition and had a profound impact on the future of music, infused his works with unprecedented drama and passion. International award-winning pianist Sara Buechner, who has appeared as soloist with many of America's leading orchestras (among them the New York Philharmonic and Philadelphia, Cleveland and San Francisco Symphony Orchestras), will join OEBS for a performance of Beethoven's grand Piano Concerto No. 1. <BR><BR>Just over a century after Beethoven wrote his piano concerto, Rite of Spring scandalized audiences, who were not prepared for its wild energy, angular rhythms and dissonant chords. Stravinsky's controversial ballet score, though initially greeted with mixed reactions, has forever altered how we experience music. Today, it is considered one of the true orchestral masterpieces of the twentieth century . <BR></FONT></FONT></P></TD> <TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="185" ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="../image/200809/sarah-breuchner.JPG" ALT="Sara Breuchner" ALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="185" HEIGHT="268" BORDER="0"><BR><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"> <MAP NAME="map5"> <AREA SHAPE="RECT" COORDS="1,3,58,53" HREF="http://www.wellsfargo.com" ALT="Wells Fargo" TARGET="_top"> </MAP></FONT></TD> </TR> <TR STYLE="height:27.0pt"> <TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="width:291.85pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:27.0pt" ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="15"></TD> <TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="width:291.85pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:27.0pt" ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="350"> <P CLASS="MsoNormal" STYLE="margin-bottom:12.0pt" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>"Buechner has it all - intelligence, integrity, and all-encompassing technical prowess." </I><BR>~New York Times <BR><I>"Buechner's performance had a beauty that might have taken even Mozart's breath away."</I> <BR>~Washington Post </FONT><FONT SIZE="-1"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="3"></FONT><BR></FONT></P></TD> <TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="185" ALIGN="LEFT"></TD> </TR> </TABLE> </BODY>