April - Classical Music Series Concerts Oakland East Bay Symphony

<BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF"> <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="6" WIDTH="711" STYLE="border-collapse: collapse"> <TR VALIGN="MIDDLE"> <TD WIDTH="28" HEIGHT="41" BGCOLOR="#F0ECD2" VALIGN="MIDDLE"> </TD> <TD WIDTH="389" HEIGHT="41" VALIGN="MIDDLE" ALIGN="LEFT" BGCOLOR="#F0ECD2" COLSPAN="2"><FONT FACE="Arial"> <FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"><B>2</B>011-12 Season:   <A HREF="november4.htm" TARGET="_top">Nov</A>    <A HREF="january27.htm" TARGET="_top">Jan</A>     <A TARGET="_top" HREF="february24.htm">Feb</A>     <A TARGET="_top" HREF="march16.htm">Mar</A>     <A TARGET="_top">Apr</A>     <A HREF="may18.htm" TARGET="_top">May </A></FONT></FONT></TD> <TD WIDTH="234" HEIGHT="41" VALIGN="MIDDLE" ALIGN="CENTER" BGCOLOR="#F0ECD2"><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"><A HREF="https://eastbayperformingarts.secure.force.com/signup" TARGET="_top">Sign up for our E-newsletter</A></FONT></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="28" HEIGHT="11"> </TD> <TD VALIGN="TOP" ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="2" WIDTH="389" HEIGHT="11"><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="+1"></FONT><BR><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="+1">NOTES FROM THE PHILIPPINES</FONT></TD> <TD WIDTH="234" VALIGN="MIDDLE" ALIGN="RIGHT" HEIGHT="11"></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="28" HEIGHT="376"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="15" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="15" BORDER="0">  </TD> <TD VALIGN="TOP" ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="2" WIDTH="389" HEIGHT="376"> <FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="+1"></FONT><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="15" BORDER="0"><BR><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 18.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE="4"><B>Friday, April 20, 8pm</B></FONT></SPAN><B><SPAN STYLE="font-family:Arial;color:navy"><BR> </SPAN></B><SPAN STYLE="font-family:Arial;color:navy"><FONT COLOR="#000000"><FONT SIZE="-1">Paramount Theatre, Oakland<BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="3" BORDER="0"><BR><A HREF="michael.htm" TARGET="_top">Michael Morgan,<I> Conductor</I></A></FONT></FONT></SPAN><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="15" BORDER="0"><BR>  <IMG SRC="../image/buy-ticket-red.JPG" WIDTH="82" HEIGHT="19" BORDER="0" ALIGN="ABSMIDDLE" USEMAP="#map117"> <MAP NAME="map117"> <AREA SHAPE="RECT" COORDS="2,3,78,16" HREF="http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/1C004687E9236B59" ALT="April 20, 2012" TARGET="_top"> </MAP> <BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><BR><FONT FACE="Arial"><SPAN STYLE="font-family:Arial;color:navy"><FONT COLOR="#000000"><FONT SIZE="-1">Pre-concert talk by <A HREF="bailey.htm" TARGET="_top">John Kendall Bailey</A></FONT> </FONT></SPAN></FONT><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1">at 7:00pm.<BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="15" BORDER="0"><BR><B><FONT SIZE="2"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0">Program</FONT></B><FONT SIZE="3"></FONT></FONT><SPAN STYLE="font-family:Arial;color:navy"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family:Arial;color:navy"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family:Arial;color:navy"><FONT SIZE="-1"></FONT></SPAN><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="3" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="3" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/line-horiz.JPG" WIDTH="120" HEIGHT="1" BORDER="0" VSPACE="2"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE="-1"><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"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0">FELIX MENDELSSOHN <BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"></B>Ruy Blas Overture</FONT></FONT><BR><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE="-1"><B><B><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"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0">ANTONIN DVORÁK</B></B><I></I><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0">Cello Concerto (1895)<BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="3" BORDER="0"><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0">with </FONT><FONT SIZE="2"></FONT><FONT SIZE="-1"><B>David Requiro</B>, <I>cello</I></FONT><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><BR><FONT SIZE="-1"><B><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0">VICTOR NORIEGA<BR></B><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><I>Generations, Directions</I><BR> <IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0">Commissioned by OEBS (World Premiere)<BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><BR><FONT SIZE="-1"><B><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0">ART KHU<BR></B><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><I>The Symphony of Souls </I></FONT></FONT></FONT><BR><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE="-1"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0">Commissioned by OEBS (World Premiere)<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"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/201112/loudspeaker.JPG" ALIGN="ABSMIDDLE" WIDTH="45" HEIGHT="22" BORDER="0">First Movement Opening<BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/201112/loudspeaker.JPG" ALIGN="ABSMIDDLE" WIDTH="45" HEIGHT="22" BORDER="0" VSPACE="3">Second Movement<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"><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/line-horiz.JPG" WIDTH="350" HEIGHT="1" BORDER="0" VSPACE="8"></FONT></FONT><BR><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"><B><A HREF="../image/mp3/06%20Bayan%20Ko%20Noriega%20music.mp3">Listen</A></B> to a live performance of <I>Bayan Ko</I> by Victor Noriega, recorded at the 2011 Vancouver International Jazz Festival.</FONT><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="5" BORDER="0"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE="-1"><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/line-horiz.JPG" WIDTH="350" HEIGHT="1" BORDER="0" VSPACE="6"></FONT></FONT><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial"><I><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"></I></FONT><BR><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial"><I>"Noriega is a gifted composer. His tunes are layered, complex, <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">interesting and rhythmic. the end result is a richness that is <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"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0">exciting to hear." ~ </I>Earshot Jazz magazine<BR><BR><I><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="15" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0">"Look for [Requiro] to be a musical leader of the future." </I><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0">~ Oakland Tribune<BR> <BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/line-horiz.JPG" WIDTH="350" HEIGHT="1" BORDER="0" VSPACE="8"></FONT></TD> <TD WIDTH="234" VALIGN="TOP" ALIGN="CENTER" HEIGHT="376"><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="3"><B><FONT COLOR="#660000"></FONT></B> </FONT><BR><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"><B>Concert Co-Sponsor</B><BR><IMG SRC="../image/logos/kpmglogoblue.jpg" ALIGN="TOP" BORDER="0" USEMAP="#map113333333333333333333333333333" WIDTH="131" HEIGHT="54" VSPACE="4"> <MAP NAME="map113333333333333333333333333333"> <AREA SHAPE="RECT" COORDS="2,3,127,53" HREF="http://www.kpmg.com/US/en/Pages/default.aspx" ALT="KPMG LLP" TARGET="_top"> </MAP><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><BR>Notes from the Philippines is <BR>supported by grants from <BR><B>The James Irvine Foundation</B>, <BR>the East Bay Fund for Artists at the East Bay Community Foundation and The Ross McKee Foundation.<I> <MAP NAME="map11111111111111112222222222222222222"> <AREA SHAPE="RECT" COORDS="7,2,62,67" HREF="http://www.ebcf.org/" ALT="East Bay Community Foundation" TARGET="_top"> </MAP></I><FONT SIZE="-2"><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"><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><BR><B>Community Partners</B><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><BR><IMG SRC="../image/logos/11-12/FANHS%20logo%20basic-small.jpg" BORDER="0" WIDTH="125" HEIGHT="56"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/logos/11-12/SF%20Filipino%20Amer%20Jazz%20Fest-small.jpg" WIDTH="70" HEIGHT="56" BORDER="0"></FONT></FONT><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"><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"><FONT SIZE="-2"></FONT></FONT><BR><IMG SRC="../image/201112/april-guests.JPG" WIDTH="198" BORDER="0"><FONT SIZE="-1"><FONT SIZE="-1"><FONT SIZE="-1" COLOR="#323232"></FONT></FONT></FONT></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="28" HEIGHT="217"> </TD> <TD VALIGN="TOP" ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" WIDTH="623" HEIGHT="217"><FONT FACE="Arial"></FONT><FONT FACE="Arial"><B><SPAN STYLE="font-family:Arial;color:navy"></SPAN></B></FONT><FONT FACE="Arial"><SPAN STYLE="font-family:Arial;color:navy"><FONT COLOR="#000000"><FONT SIZE="-1"> </FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT><FONT FACE="Arial"><SPAN STYLE="font-family:Arial;color:navy"><FONT COLOR="#000000"><FONT SIZE="-1">We'll continue our exploration of music from other cultures and parts of the world in April with a program featuring works by Filipino jazz composers, as well as a concerto from the Western classical tradition featuring a Filipino soloist. <BR><BR>Victor Noriega, one of the finest jazz pianists and composers of the past decade, draws on the rich heritage of Filipino songs in his work, adding his own fresh interpretations and distinctive musical style. His new work, written especially for OEBS, is sure to be an exciting blend of classical, jazz and Filipino folk elements. We'll also perform a new work by local jazz pianist, composer, arranger and educator Art Khu, who has played at many of the nation's finest jazz establishments, as well as at international jazz festivals. <BR><BR>Oakland native David Requiro makes his OEBS debut playing Dvorak's magnificent Cello Concerto.<BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><BR><I>(Suitable for children 10 and over.)<BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"></I></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"><B><I></I></B></FONT></TD> </TR> </TABLE> </BODY>