April- Classical Music Series

<BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF"> <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="6" WIDTH="528" STYLE="border-collapse: collapse"> <TR STYLE="height:27.0pt"> <TD STYLE="width:291.85pt;background:#EEE9CC;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:27.0pt" BGCOLOR="EEE9CC"> <P CLASS="MsoNormal" ALIGN="LEFT" STYLE="text-align:center"><B><SPAN STYLE="font-family:Arial;color:navy"><FONT COLOR="#000000">2007-08 Season:</FONT></SPAN></B><B><SPAN STYLE="font-family:Arial"> Nov | <A HREF="january.htm" TARGET="_top">Jan</A> | <A HREF="february.htm" TARGET="_top">Feb</A> | <A>Mar</A> | <A>Apr</A> | <A>May</A></SPAN></B></P> </TD> <TD WIDTH="185" VALIGN="top" STYLE="width:117.0pt;background:#EEE9CC;padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:27.0pt" BGCOLOR="EEE9CC"> <P CLASS="MsoNormal" ALIGN="center" STYLE="text-align:center"><SPAN STYLE="font-size:12.0pt;color:#FFFFCC">.</SPAN></P> </TD> </TR> <TR STYLE="height:27.0pt" VALIGN="TOP"> <TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="width:291.85pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:27.0pt" ALIGN="LEFT"> <P CLASS="MsoNormal" STYLE="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 18.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE="4"><B><BR>April 18, 2008</B></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><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"></FONT></SPAN><FONT COLOR="#000000"><SPAN STYLE="font-size:11.0pt;font-family: Arial;color:navy"><BR> <B><FONT COLOR="#000000">TRANSFIGURED NIGHT</FONT></B></SPAN></FONT><SPAN STYLE="font-family:Arial;color:navy"><BR> <FONT COLOR="#000000"><A HREF="michael1.htm">Michael Morgan,<I> Conductor</I></A></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"><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"></B><FONT COLOR="#000000"><B><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0">Roberto Sierra<BR></B><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0">Magnum Opus commission tba (World Premiere)<B><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0">Arnold Schoenberg<BR></B><I><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0">Verklärte Nacht </I>(1917)<I></I><B><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0">Johannes Brahms<BR></B><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0">Piano Concerto No. 2 (1881) <BR><I><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"></I>with <B>Sandra Rivers</B>, piano<BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><B></B></FONT><B><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/home_swish.gif" WIDTH="345" HEIGHT="19" BORDER="0"><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><BR> <MAP NAME="map2"> <AREA SHAPE="RECT" COORDS="11,4,101,29" HREF="http://www.patronmail.com/pmailweb/PatronSetup?oid=16" TARGET="_blank"> </MAP> <MAP NAME="map2"> <AREA SHAPE="RECT" COORDS="33,52,101,78" HREF="http://www.patronmail.com/pmailweb/PatronSetup?oid=16" ALT="Join our Email List" TARGET="_blank"> </MAP></B></SPAN><FONT FACE="Arial">Our April program has a Viennese flavor and features post-Romantic works by Schoenberg and Brahms. Originally written as a string sextet and later arranged for string orchestra (the version usually heard in concert halls today), <I>Verklärte Nacht </I>(Transfigured Night) is a lovely, emotional work based on a poem about a woman's heart-wrenching confession to her betrothed during a walk through the woods on a moonlit night. <BR><BR>Brahms' Piano Concerto No. 2 was a long time coming, written nearly 20 years after his first piano concerto met with a cool reception. His second piano concerto, on the other hand, was an immediate success and has since become a favorite of the standard orchestral repertoire. We'll be joined by acclaimed concert pianist Sandra Rivers for our performance of this work. <BR><BR>Also on the program will be a Magnum Opus world premiere by Puerto Rican-American composer Roberto Sierra, whose work is commissioned and regularly performed by major orchestras around the world. </FONT><BR></P></TD> <TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="width:117.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:27.0pt" ALIGN="CENTER" WIDTH="185"><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/join-email-small.PNG" BORDER="0" USEMAP="#map2" ALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="120" HEIGHT="43"><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><BR><IMG SRC="../image/200708/Rivers,%20Sandra.jpg" ALT="Sandra Rivers" ALIGN="TOP" BORDER="0" WIDTH="114" HEIGHT="160"><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial"></FONT></TD> </TR> <TR STYLE="height:27.0pt" VALIGN="TOP"> <TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="width:550pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:27.0pt" ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="2"> <FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"><I>"Rivers is an artist of extraordinary sensitivity and solid musicianship. Her performance showed rare interpretive gifts." </I>The Cincinnati Enquirer.</FONT></TD> </TR> </TABLE> </BODY>