Classical Concert Series - Oakland East Bay Symphony

<BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TOPMARGIN="15" LEFTMARGIN="15" LINK="#800000" VLINK="#640000"> <DIV ALIGN="left"> <TABLE WIDTH="525" CELLPADDING="5" CELLSPACING="0"> <TR VALIGN="TOP"> <TD WIDTH="18" ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT="26"></TD> <TD WIDTH="247" ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN="2" HEIGHT="26" ROWSPAN="2"><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"><A HREF="../image/200708/OEBS-2007_EntireSeason.mp3"></A></FONT> <FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"><I><B>Michael's CD picks</B> <B>of works</B> <BR>featured on the 07-08 season. </I><A HREF="cdrecommendation.htm" TARGET="_top">View</A></FONT><BR><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"><A HREF="cdrecommendation.htm" TARGET="_top"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"></A></FONT><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/line-horiz.JPG" WIDTH="230" HEIGHT="1" BORDER="0"><FONT FACE="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE="+2" COLOR="#660000"></FONT></FONT><BR><FONT FACE="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE="+2" 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9, 2007<BR>A Grand Opening<BR>Beethoven & Bernstein </B><BR>Michael Morgan, <I><BR>Conductor<BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"></I><BR>We'll open in grand style with popular works by Ludwig van Beethoven and Leonard Bernstein, and Soprano Hope Briggs will perform arias by Wagner, Puccini & Verdi.<BR><B><A HREF="november.htm" TARGET="_top">Program</A></B>  | <A TARGET="_blank" HREF="http://www.oebs.org/page/ticketchart0708.html">Prices</A> |<BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"></FONT><BR><FONT FACE="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" SIZE="-1"> <MAP NAME="map6"> <AREA SHAPE="RECT" COORDS="2,1,65,13" HREF="http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/1C003E82E1C0BD42?artistid=806636&majorcatid=1" TARGET="_blank"> </MAP> <MAP NAME="map1"> <AREA SHAPE="RECT" COORDS="3,1,63,13" HREF="http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/1C003E82E1C0BD42?artistid=806636&majorcatid=1" TARGET="_blank"> </MAP></FONT><BR><IMG 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SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"></I><BR>We'll be joined by the Oakland Symphony Chorus and four extraordinary soloists for one of the greatest works ever written for orchestra and chorus -- the Verdi <I>Requiem</I>.<BR><B><A HREF="january.htm" TARGET="_top">Program</A></B>  | <A TARGET="_blank" HREF="http://www.oebs.org/page/ticketchart0708.html">Prices</A> |</FONT><BR><FONT FACE="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" SIZE="-1"></FONT></TD> <TD WIDTH="71" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT="88" ALIGN="RIGHT"><IMG SRC="../image/200708/soloists/lattimore-home.jpg" WIDTH="56" HEIGHT="73" BORDER="0" ALT="Jonita Lattimore" ALIGN="TOP"><BR><IMG SRC="../image/200708/soloists/houston-home.jpg" WIDTH="56" HEIGHT="73" BORDER="0" ALT="Patrice Houston" ALIGN="TOP"><BR><IMG SRC="../image/200708/soloists/Eichelberger-home.jpg" WIDTH="56" HEIGHT="73" BORDER="0" ALT="Kirk Eichelberger" ALIGN="TOP"><BR><IMG SRC="../image/200708/soloists/snyder-home.jpg" WIDTH="56" HEIGHT="70" 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HEIGHT="88"><FONT FACE="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" SIZE="-1"><B>FEBRUARY 22, 2008<BR>Sounds of China Celebrating Chinese <BR>New Year</B><BR>Michael Morgan, <I><BR>Conductor<BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"></I><BR>To commemorate Chinese New Year, we'll perform works by two Chinese composers -- Jon Jang and Academy Award-winning composer Tan Dun.<BR><B><A HREF="february.htm" TARGET="_top">Program</A></B>  | <A TARGET="_blank" HREF="http://www.oebs.org/page/ticketchart0708.html">Prices</A> |</FONT> <MAP NAME="map7"> <AREA SHAPE="RECT" COORDS="2,2,65,10" HREF="http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/1C003E82E1DABD4A?artistid=806636&majorcatid=1" TARGET="_blank"> </MAP> <MAP NAME="map13"> <AREA SHAPE="RECT" COORDS="1,3,98,39" HREF="http://www.oebs.org/page/comments.htm" ALT="Post Your Comments" TARGET="_top"> </MAP><FONT FACE="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" SIZE="-1"></FONT><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><FONT FACE="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" SIZE="-1"></FONT></TD> <TD WIDTH="76" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT="88"><FONT FACE="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" SIZE="-1"><IMG SRC="../image/200708/jiebing%20chen-small.jpg" ALIGN="TOP" BORDER="0" WIDTH="73" HEIGHT="102" ALT="Jiebing Chen"><BR><IMG SRC="../image/classic/ward-classic.JPG" ALT="Ward Spangler" ALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="73" HEIGHT="102" BORDER="0"></FONT></TD> <TD WIDTH="5" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT="88" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT FACE="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" SIZE="-1"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/line-vert.JPG" WIDTH="1" HEIGHT="235" BORDER="0"></FONT></TD> <TD WIDTH="161" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT="88" ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" SIZE="-1"><B>MARCH 14, 2008<BR>Notes from Persia</B><BR>Michael Morgan, <I><BR>Conductor<BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"></I><BR>We'll devote the second half of the concert to music from Persia, featuring classical pianist Tara Kamangar, and mezzo-soprano Raeeka Shehabi-Yaghmai.<BR><B><A HREF="march.htm" TARGET="_top">Program</A></B>  | <A TARGET="_blank" HREF="http://www.oebs.org/page/ticketchart0708.html">Prices</A> |</FONT><BR><FONT FACE="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" SIZE="-1"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"></FONT><BR><IMG SRC="../image/classic/oebs_buy.gif" ALT="Buy Tickets On-line" WIDTH="64" HEIGHT="12" BORDER="0" USEMAP="#map9"> <MAP NAME="map9"> <AREA SHAPE="RECT" COORDS="2,2,62,13" HREF="http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/1C003E82E1DBBD50?artistid=806636&majorcatid=1" TARGET="_blank"> </MAP><FONT FACE="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" SIZE="-1"></FONT></TD> <TD WIDTH="71" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT="88" ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="../image/classic/tara-classic.JPG" ALT="Tara Kamangar" ALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="73" HEIGHT="101" BORDER="0"><BR><IMG SRC="../image/classic/raeeka-small.JPG" ALT="Raeeka Shehabi-Yaghmai" ALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="71" HEIGHT="103" BORDER="0"></TD> </TR> <TR VALIGN="TOP"> <TD WIDTH="18" ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"></TD> <TD WIDTH="161" ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"></TD> <TD WIDTH="76" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"></TD> <TD WIDTH="5" VALIGN="TOP" ALIGN="LEFT"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"></TD> <TD VALIGN="TOP" ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="161"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"></TD> <TD WIDTH="71" VALIGN="TOP" ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"></TD> </TR> <TR VALIGN="TOP"> <TD WIDTH="18" ALIGN="RIGHT" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT="225"></TD> <TD WIDTH="161" ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT="225"><FONT FACE="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" SIZE="-1"><B>APRIL 18, 2008<BR>Transfigured Night</B><BR>Michael Morgan, <I><BR>Conductor<BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"></I><BR>Our April program has a Viennese flavor and features post-Romantic works by Schoenberg and Brahms. Also on the program will be a Magnum Opus world premiere by Puerto Rican-American composer Roberto Sierra.<BR><B><A HREF="april18.htm" TARGET="_top">Program</A></B>  | <A TARGET="_blank" HREF="http://www.oebs.org/page/ticketchart0708.html">Prices</A> |</FONT><BR><FONT FACE="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" SIZE="-1"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"></FONT><BR><IMG SRC="../image/classic/oebs_buy.gif" ALT="Buy Tickets On-line" WIDTH="64" HEIGHT="12" BORDER="0" USEMAP="#map10"> <MAP NAME="map10"> <AREA SHAPE="RECT" COORDS="3,2,61,11" HREF="http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/1C003E82E1DCBD54?artistid=806636&majorcatid=1" TARGET="_blank"> </MAP><FONT FACE="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" SIZE="-1"></FONT><BR><FONT FACE="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" SIZE="-1"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"></FONT><BR><FONT FACE="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" SIZE="-1"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"></FONT><BR><FONT FACE="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" SIZE="-1"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"></FONT></TD> <TD WIDTH="76" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT="225"><FONT FACE="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" SIZE="-1"><IMG SRC="../image/classic/rivers-classic.JPG" ALT="Sandra Rivers" ALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="73" HEIGHT="99" BORDER="0"></FONT></TD> <TD WIDTH="5" VALIGN="TOP" ALIGN="CENTER" HEIGHT="225"><FONT FACE="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" SIZE="-1"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/line-vert.JPG" WIDTH="1" HEIGHT="265" BORDER="0" ALIGN="TOP"></FONT></TD> <TD VALIGN="TOP" ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="161" HEIGHT="225"><FONT FACE="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" SIZE="-1"><B>MAY 16, 2008<BR>MAY 18, 2008 </B>(Matinee)<B><BR>American Masterworks Series: <I>Follies</I></B><BR>Michael Morgan, <I><BR>Conductor<BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"></I><BR>For our second offering in the American Masterworks Series, we'll present a concert hall staging of<I> Follies</I>, by legendary composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim.<BR><B><A HREF="may16.htm" TARGET="_top">Program</A></B>  | <A TARGET="_blank" HREF="http://www.oebs.org/page/ticketchart0708.html">Prices</A> |</FONT><BR><FONT FACE="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" SIZE="-1"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"></FONT><BR><IMG SRC="../image/classic/oebs_buy.gif" ALT="Buy Tickets On-line" WIDTH="64" HEIGHT="12" BORDER="0" USEMAP="#map11"> <MAP NAME="map11"> <AREA SHAPE="RECT" COORDS="3,1,59,12" HREF="http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/1C003E82E3DFBE11?artistid=806636&majorcatid=1" TARGET="_blank"> </MAP> <FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"><B>May 16</B><BR><IMG SRC="../image/classic/oebs_buy.gif" ALT="Buy Tickets On-line" WIDTH="64" HEIGHT="12" BORDER="0" USEMAP="#map12"> <MAP NAME="map12"> <AREA SHAPE="RECT" COORDS="5,2,63,13" HREF="http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/1C003F1BE0826D17?artistid=806636&majorcatid=1" TARGET="_blank"> </MAP> <FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"><B>May 18</B><BR></FONT></FONT><FONT FACE="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" SIZE="-1"></FONT></TD> <TD WIDTH="71" VALIGN="TOP" ALIGN="CENTER" HEIGHT="225"><IMG SRC="../image/classic/follies-sm.JPG" BORDER="0" WIDTH="89" HEIGHT="127" ALT="FOLLIES" ALIGN="TOP"></TD> </TR> </TABLE> </DIV> <P>  </P> </BODY>