April Concert - Oakland East Bay Symphony

<BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" BACKGROUND="../images/backgrounds/p12c04.gif"> <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="6" WIDTH="528" STYLE="border-collapse: collapse" BGCOLOR="#FFFFDD"> <TR STYLE="height:27.0pt"> <TD WIDTH="389" STYLE="width:291.85pt;background:#FFE7BA;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:27.0pt"> <P CLASS="MsoNormal" ALIGN="center" STYLE="text-align:center"><B><SPAN STYLE="font-family:Arial;color:navy"><FONT COLOR="#000000">2005-06 Season:</FONT></SPAN></B><B><SPAN STYLE="font-family:Arial"> <A HREF="nov1.html">Nov</A> | <A HREF="jan1.html">Jan</A> | <A HREF="feb1.html">Feb</A> | <A HREF="mar1.html">Mar</A> | Apr | <A HREF="may19.html">May</A></SPAN></B></P> </TD> <TD WIDTH="162" VALIGN="top" STYLE="width:121.5pt;background:#FFE7BA;padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:27.0pt"> <P CLASS="MsoNormal" ALIGN="center" STYLE="text-align:center"><SPAN STYLE="font-size:12.0pt"> <SPAN STYLE="color:#FFFFCC">.</SPAN></SPAN></P> </TD> </TR> <TR STYLE="height:27.0pt" VALIGN="TOP"> <TD WIDTH="389" VALIGN="top" STYLE="width:291.85pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:27.0pt"> <P CLASS="MsoNormal"><B><SPAN STYLE="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:navy"><FONT COLOR="#000000">April 21, 2006</FONT></SPAN></B><B><SPAN STYLE="font-family:Arial; color:navy"></SPAN></B><B><SPAN STYLE="font-family:Arial;color:navy"><BR> </SPAN></B><FONT COLOR="#000000"><SPAN STYLE="font-family:Arial;color:navy"></SPAN></FONT><SPAN STYLE="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family:Arial;color:navy"><FONT COLOR="#000000">Friday, 8:00pm, Pramount Theatre, Oakland</FONT><BR><FONT COLOR="#000000"><A HREF="michael1.htm">Michael Morgan, <I>Conductor</I></A></FONT></SPAN></P> <P CLASS="MsoNormal"><FONT COLOR="#FFFFCC">.</FONT><SPAN STYLE="font-family:Arial;color:navy"><FONT COLOR="#000000"><I></I></FONT></SPAN></P> <P CLASS="MsoNormal"><IMG SRC="../image/200506/purchase-tickets.PNG" ALT="April 21, 2006" BORDER="0" USEMAP="#map1" WIDTH="146" HEIGHT="30"> <MAP NAME="map1"> <AREA SHAPE="RECT" COORDS="3,3,134,20" HREF="http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/1C003A90952B58F7?artistid=806636&majorcatid=1" ALT="April 21, 2006" TARGET="_top"> </MAP><SPAN STYLE="font-family:Arial;color:navy"><FONT COLOR="#000000"><I><BR></I></FONT></SPAN></P> <P CLASS="MsoNormal"><B><SPAN STYLE="font-family:Arial;color:maroon"> </SPAN></B></P> <IMG SRC="../image/200506/JoinEmailList.JPG" WIDTH="141" HEIGHT="92" BORDER="0" USEMAP="#map2"> <MAP NAME="map2"> <AREA SHAPE="RECT" COORDS="30,50,96,81" HREF="http://www.patronmail.com/pmailweb/PatronSetup?oid=16" ALT="Join our Email List" TARGET="_blank"> </MAP> <BR><FONT COLOR="#FFFFCC">.</FONT> <TABLE CLASS="MsoNormalTable" BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" STYLE="margin-left:16.45pt;background:#FFFFE1;border-collapse:collapse" BGCOLOR="#FFFFF0"> <TR VALIGN="TOP"> <TD WIDTH="324" VALIGN="top" STYLE="width:243.35pt;padding:5.75pt 5.75pt 0in 5.75pt"> <P CLASS="MsoNormal" STYLE="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom: 12.0pt;margin-left:0in"><SPAN STYLE="font-family:Arial;color:black">Pre-concert talk at 7:00pm by<BR> <A HREF="bailey.htm" TARGET="_top">John Kendall Bailey</A></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family:Arial;color:maroon"> </SPAN></P> <P CLASS="MsoNormal" STYLE="margin-left:10.65pt"><SPAN STYLE="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Arial;color:#993300"><A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_amadeus_mozart" TARGET="_top">Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart</A></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial"><BR>     <B>Symphony No. 25 in G minor (1773)</B><SPAN STYLE="color:black"><BR> <BR> </SPAN><SPAN STYLE="color:#993300"><A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Stenhammar" TARGET="_top">Wilhelm Stenhammar</A></SPAN><BR>     <B>Symphony No. 2 in G minor (1915)</B><SPAN STYLE="color:black"><BR> <BR> </SPAN><A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Ravel" TARGET="_top">Maurice Ravel</A><BR>     <B><I>Tzigane:</I> Concert Rhapsody <BR>    for Violin and Orchestra <BR>    </B>featuring <BR>    Karla Donehew, <I>violin<BR></I>    winner of<B> </B>2005 Young Artist Competition</SPAN></P> </TD> </TR> </TABLE><BR><B><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"><A HREF="https://secure2.securewebexchange.com/oebs.org/coco.htm" TARGET="_blank">Order Concert Companion for this performance here</A></FONT></B><BR><BR> <FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1">Our April concert explores two symphonies written in the key of G minor: Mozart's Symphony No. 25, often called "the little G Minor Symphony" and Symphony No. 2 in G Minor by Swedish composer Wilhelm Stenhammer. <BR><BR>Mozart's Symphony No. 25 will be familiar to many, in part, because it figured prominently in the film Amadeus. The action of that film opens with Salieri's attempted suicide set against the sharply edged throb of this work's opening passage and the explosive "rocket" theme that follows it. Throughout the symphony, Mozart balances the distraught opening tone with more cheerful episodes, playing these contrasting elements off each other. <BR><BR>We'll conclude our series of second symphonies with Wilhelm Stenhammar's highly romantic Symphony No. 2 in G Minor. Stenhammar's works, though not performed frequently outside of Sweden, are very popular in his native land. As The Sunday Times of London wrote: "What Sibelius is to Finland, Nielsen to Denmark and Grieg to Norway, Wilhelm Stenhammar is to Sweden. His Second Symphony counts as perhaps his finest - and certainly his most recorded - work." <BR><BR>This concert will also showcase the winner of this year's annual Young Artist Competition (to be held in May). </FONT> <P CLASS="MsoNormal"> </P> </TD> <TD WIDTH="162" VALIGN="top" STYLE="width:121.5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:27.0pt" ALIGN="CENTER"> <BR><IMG SRC="../image/200506/concerts/karladonehew.PNG" ALT="Karla Donehew" ALIGN="TOP" BORDER="0" WIDTH="122" HEIGHT="175"><BR><BR><I><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1">"Morgan strolls onto the stage with a magnetic smile, and his enthusiasm washes over the audience in waves of goodwill." <BR>San Francisco Magazine</FONT></I><BR><BR><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"><I>"I had heard only positive things of this orchestra. 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