January Concert - Classical Music Series Concerts

<BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF"> <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="6" WIDTH="666" STYLE="border-collapse: collapse" BGCOLOR="#FFFFDD"> <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="15"> </TD> <TD STYLE="width:291.85pt;background:#EEE9CC;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:27.0pt" BGCOLOR="EEE9CC" WIDTH="339"> <P CLASS="MsoNormal" ALIGN="LEFT" STYLE="text-align:left"><B><SPAN STYLE="font-family:Arial;color:navy"><FONT COLOR="#000000">2008-09 Season:</FONT></SPAN></B><B><SPAN STYLE="font-family:Arial"> <A HREF="nov.htm" TARGET="_top">Nov</A> | <A>Jan</A> | <A HREF="feb.htm" TARGET="_top">Feb</A> | <A HREF="mar.htm" TARGET="_top">Mar</A> | <A HREF="apr.htm" TARGET="_top">Apr</A> | <A HREF="may.htm" TARGET="_top">May</A></SPAN></B></P> </TD> <TD STYLE="width:185.85pt;background:#EEE9CC;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:27.0pt" BGCOLOR="EEE9CC" WIDTH="223" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"><A HREF="http://www.patronmail.com/pmailweb/PatronSetup?oid=16" TARGET="_blank">Sign up for our <I><B>E-newsletter</B></I></A></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="LEFT" WIDTH="15"> </TD> <TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="width:291.85pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:27.0pt" ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="339"><FONT SIZE="-1"> </FONT> <P CLASS="MsoNormal" STYLE="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><FONT SIZE="-1"><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></SPAN></FONT><SPAN STYLE="font-family:Arial;color:navy"> <FONT COLOR="#000000"><A HREF="michael1.htm"></A></FONT></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 18.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE="4"><B></B><FONT SIZE="+1">A Global Celebration<BR>January 23, 2009</FONT></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"> <MAP NAME="map1"> <AREA SHAPE="RECT" COORDS="4,3,97,27" HREF="http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/1C00408F96873409?artistid=806636&majorcatid=1" ALT="January 23, 2009 - A Global Celebration" TARGET="_top"> </MAP></FONT></SPAN></FONT></P> <CENTER><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"><I><FONT COLOR="#660000">Selected as One of the Top Classical Music Events in 2009 <BR>by the San Francisco Chronicle! (Jan 4, 2009) </FONT></I><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></CENTER><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1">7pm: Pre-concert speaker <A HREF="bailey.htm" TARGET="_top">John Kendall Bailey</A></FONT><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><BR><FONT SIZE="3"><B>Program</B></FONT><SPAN STYLE="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Arial;color:red"><B></B><FONT COLOR="#000000"><BR><B><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="15" BORDER="0"> <BR></B><B>Johannes Brahms</B> <I>Symphony No. 3</I> (1883) <BR><A HREF="michael.htm" TARGET="_top">Michael Morgan, <I>Conductor</I></A><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="15" BORDER="0"><B><BR></B><B>Aaron Copland</B> <I>Appalachian Spring</I> (1944) <BR><A HREF="bryan.htm" TARGET="_top">Bryan Nies, <I>Conductor</I></A></FONT></SPAN> <BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"> <P CLASS="MsoNormal" STYLE="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><FONT SIZE="-1"><SPAN STYLE="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Arial;color:red"><FONT COLOR="#000000"><B>Nolan Gasser </B>World Concerto for Cello & Orchestra <BR>(World Premiere) Commission and guest artists sponsored by Bell Investment Advisors, Inc.<BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0">featuring <A>Maya Beiser, <I>cello</I></A>; <BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0">also with <BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0">Jiebing Chen, <I>erhu</I> <BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0">Aruna Narayan Kalle, <I>sarangi<BR></I><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0">Bassam Saba<I>, oud</I><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="2" BORDER="0"><BR><A HREF="michael.htm" TARGET="_top">Michael Morgan, <I>Conductor</I></A> <BR><B></B></FONT><B><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="360" HEIGHT="5" BORDER="0"></B></SPAN></FONT></P> <CENTER> <P CLASS="MsoNormal" STYLE="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><FONT SIZE="-1"><SPAN STYLE="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Arial;color:red"><FONT COLOR="#660000"><FONT SIZE="-1"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/line-horiz.JPG" WIDTH="300" HEIGHT="1" BORDER="0"><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><BR>This concert is repeated on <B><BR>Saturday, January 24</B> <B>- 8:00pm</B><BR>at the</FONT> <FONT SIZE="-1"><BR>San Francisco Conservatory of Music <BR>50 Oak Street, San Francisco<BR><A HREF="jan241.html" TARGET="_self"><B>Click here</B> </A>for more information and to purchase tickets.<BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/line-horiz.JPG" WIDTH="300" HEIGHT="1" BORDER="0"></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT><FONT SIZE="-1"><SPAN STYLE="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Arial;color:red"></SPAN></FONT></P></CENTER><B> <MAP NAME="map2"> <AREA SHAPE="RECT" COORDS="11,4,101,29" HREF="http://www.patronmail.com/pmailweb/PatronSetup?oid=16" TARGET="_blank"> </MAP></B><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE="-1">We're delighted to bring international cello sensation Maya Beiser to the stage of the Paramount, to perform a concerto written for her by local composer Nolan Gasser. The Israeli-born Beiser, who was raised on a kibbutz by her French mother and Argentinian father, has captivated audiences worldwide with her virtuosity, eclectic repertoire and daring performance style. The concerto, international in character, will include the use of non-Western instruments in the orchestra. <BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><BR>The <I>World Concerto</I> also features three acclaimed musicians in the field of world music. The Chinese two-stringed, bowed instrument, the erhu, will be played by virtuoso artist Jiebing Chen. Aruna Narayan Kalle is one of the few women in the world to play the sarangi, an Indian bowed short neck lute. A world-renowned instrumentalist, conductor, and composer, Bassam Saba will play the oud, an Arab plucked instrument similar to a lute.<BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><BR>The concert will also include performances of Aaron Copland's beloved Pulitzer Prize-winning and quintessentially American work, Appalachian Spring, and Brahms' lyrical Symphony No. 3, whose famous theme from the third movement is one of Brahms' most beautiful melodies.</FONT> <BR></FONT></TD> <TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="223" ALIGN="RIGHT"><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/200809/beiser_banner.png" ALIGN="TOP" BORDER="0" ALT="Maya Beiser" WIDTH="157" HEIGHT="116"><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="3" BORDER="0"><BR><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1">May<FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1">a Beiser<BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="3" BORDER="0"><FONT COLOR="#003333" SIZE="-1"><I><BR>"A cello goddess."</I> <BR>~The New Yorker</FONT> </FONT></FONT><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"><BR><IMG SRC="../image/200809/jiebing-chen.JPG" ALT="Jiebing Chen" ALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="100" HEIGHT="115" BORDER="0"> <IMG SRC="../image/200809/aruna-narayan-kalle.jpg" ALT="Aruna Narayan Kalle" ALIGN="TOP" BORDER="0" WIDTH="100" HEIGHT="115"><BR>Chen                   Kalle<I><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"></I></FONT></FONT><BR><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"><I><IMG SRC="../image/200809/Bassam-oud.jpg" ALT="Bassam Saba" ALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="100" HEIGHT="114" 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"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><BR>Saba<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"><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"></I></FONT></FONT><BR><IMG SRC="../image/200809/b-nies.JPG" ALT="Bryan Nies, Assistant Conductor" ALIGN="TOP" BORDER="0" WIDTH="88" HEIGHT="114"><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"> <IMG SRC="../image/200809/nolan-gasser.jpg" ALIGN="TOP" BORDER="0" ALT="Nolan Gasser, Composer" WIDTH="88" HEIGHT="113" HSPACE="0"><BR> Nies             Gasser  <BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="3" BORDER="0"></FONT></TD> </TR> <TR STYLE="height:27.0pt"> <TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="width:291.85pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:27.0pt" ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="15"> </TD> <TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="width:291.85pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:27.0pt" ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="339"> </TD> <TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="223" ALIGN="RIGHT"> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> </BODY>