February - Classical Concert 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" WIDTH="30"> </TD> <TD STYLE="width:291.85pt;background:#EEE9CC;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:27.0pt" BGCOLOR="EEE9CC" WIDTH="356"> <P CLASS="MsoNormal" ALIGN="LEFT" STYLE="text-align:left"><B><SPAN STYLE="font-family:Arial;color:navy"><FONT COLOR="#000000">2007-08 Season:</FONT></SPAN></B><B><SPAN STYLE="font-family:Arial"> <A HREF="november.htm" TARGET="_top">Nov</A> | <A HREF="january.htm" TARGET="_top">Jan</A> | <A>Feb</A> | <A HREF="march.htm" TARGET="_top">Mar</A> | <A HREF="april18.htm" TARGET="_top">Apr</A> | <A HREF="may16.htm" TARGET="_top">May</A></SPAN></B></P> </TD> <TD WIDTH="8" VALIGN="top" STYLE="width:117.0pt;background:#EEE9CC;padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:27.0pt" BGCOLOR="EEE9CC"> </TD> <TD WIDTH="165" 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" WIDTH="30"> </TD> <TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="width:291.85pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:27.0pt" ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="356"> <P CLASS="MsoNormal" STYLE="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><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> <FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE="+1">Sounds of China: <BR>Celebrating Chinese New Year</FONT></SPAN></FONT><SPAN STYLE="font-family:Arial;color:navy"><BR> <FONT COLOR="#000000"><A HREF="michael1.htm">Michael Morgan,<I> Conductor<BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"></I></A></FONT></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 18.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE="4"><B><BR></B>February 22, 2008</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"><BR><IMG SRC="../image/purchase_tickets_g.gif" ALT="Buy Tickets On-line" ALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="100" HEIGHT="29" BORDER="0" USEMAP="#map1"> <MAP NAME="map1"> <AREA SHAPE="RECT" COORDS="3,3,97,27" HREF="http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/1C003E82E1DBBD4C?artistid=806636&majorcatid=1" ALT="Buy Tickets On-line Through Ticketmaster" TARGET="_blank"> </MAP><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"><B><BR>John Adams<BR></B><I>The Chairman Dances: <BR>Foxtrot for Orchestra</I> (1985)<B><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><BR>Tan Dun<BR></B><I>Water Concerto for Water Percussion <BR>and Orchestra </I>(1998)<I><BR></I><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0">Ward Spangler, percussion<BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><B><BR>Igor Stravinsky<BR></B>Fireworks (1908)<B><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><BR>Jon Jang<BR></B><I>Chinese American Symphony</I> (2007)<BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"> <A HREF="http://www.jiebingchen.com/" TARGET="_blank">Jiebing Chen</A>, erhu <BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><FONT SIZE="-1">(Co-commissioned by The Creative Work Fund)<BR></FONT><B></B></FONT><B><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/line-horiz.JPG" WIDTH="330" HEIGHT="1" BORDER="0"><BR><A HREF="http://www.oebs.org/page/comments.htm" TARGET="_top"></A><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">To commemorate Chinese New Year, we'll perform works by two Chinese composers -- Jon Jang and Academy Award-winning composer Tan Dun (<I>Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon</I>) -- as well as John Adams' entertaining <I>Chairman Dances</I>, inspired by his opera <I>Nixon in China</I>. <BR><BR><I>Concerto for Water Percussion</I>, written in memory of composer Toru Takemitsu, uses a variety of non-traditional instruments, including water gongs, basins, tubes and shakers, to create a unique sound in harmony with the orchestra. <BR><BR>In his new <I>Chinese American Symphony</I>, commissioned by OEBS and the Sacramento Philharmonic, Jon Jang gives musical voice to a history that has been silent, paying tribute to the Chinese laborers who built the first transcontinental railroad. The classical Chinese instrument, the erhu, is featured with the orchestra. <BR><BR><I>The Chairman Dances</I>, a delightful, light-hearted piece by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer John Adams, depicts Madame Mao dancing with an effigy of her husband while President Nixon plays cocktail piano .</FONT><BR></P></TD> <TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="width:117.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:27.0pt" ALIGN="CENTER" WIDTH="8"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/line-vert.JPG" WIDTH="1" HEIGHT="860" BORDER="0"></TD> <TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="width:117.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:27.0pt" ALIGN="CENTER" WIDTH="165"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/join-email-small.PNG" BORDER="0" USEMAP="#map2" ALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="120" HEIGHT="43"><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"><B><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/line-horiz.JPG" WIDTH="150" HEIGHT="1" BORDER="0"><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><BR></B>Concert presented by<BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="6" BORDER="0"><BR><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="+2"><B><FONT SIZE="4">Foster &<BR>Associates</FONT></B></FONT></FONT><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="6" BORDER="0"><BR><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1">and</FONT><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><BR><IMG SRC="../image/portofoakland.jpg" WIDTH="129" HEIGHT="42" BORDER="0" USEMAP="#map3"> <MAP NAME="map3"> <AREA SHAPE="RECT" COORDS="4,2,126,37" HREF="http://www.portofoakland.com" ALT="Port of Oakland" TARGET="_blank"> </MAP><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/line-horiz.JPG" WIDTH="150" HEIGHT="1" BORDER="0"><BR><BR><IMG SRC="../image/200708/Spangler,%20Ward.jpg" ALT="Ward Spangler, percussion" ALIGN="TOP" BORDER="0" WIDTH="158" HEIGHT="123"><BR><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"><B><FONT SIZE="-1">Ward Spangler</FONT><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"></B></FONT><BR><IMG SRC="../image/200708/Chen-Jiebing%20color%20photo.jpg" BORDER="0" WIDTH="115" HEIGHT="170"><BR><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"><B>Jiebing Chen<BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><BR></B></FONT><IMG SRC="../image/200708/tan-dun.jpg" ALT="Tan Dun" BORDER="0" WIDTH="130" HEIGHT="132"><BR><B><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">Tan Dun<BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><BR></FONT></B><IMG SRC="../image/200708/jonjang_mid.jpg" BORDER="0" ALT="Jon Jang" WIDTH="133" HEIGHT="134"><BR><B><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1">Jon Jang<BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"></FONT></B><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial"></FONT></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="CENTER" WIDTH="30"> </TD> <TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="width:291.85pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:27.0pt" ALIGN="CENTER" WIDTH="356"><I>"Highly evocative music... Jang's work is infused with Chinese melodies and surprising rhythmic structures."</I><BR>~ Sacramento Bee</TD> <TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="width:117.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:27.0pt" ALIGN="CENTER" WIDTH="8"> </TD> <TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="width:117.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:27.0pt" ALIGN="CENTER" WIDTH="165"><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"><B><BR>Concert Radio Sponsor</B></FONT><BR><IMG SRC="../image/logos/KDFC%20logo%202%20new%208-07.JPG" ALT="Classical 102.1 KDFC" ALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="180" HEIGHT="81" BORDER="0"></TD> </TR> </TABLE> </BODY>