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A Global Celebration
January 23,
2009
Friday, 8:00pm, Paramount Theatre, Oakland
Pre-concert speaker: John
Kendall Bailey
Program
Nolan Gasser
Concerto for Cello and Orchestra
World Premiere commissioned by
Bell Investment Advisors, Inc.
with
Maya Beiser,
Cello
Michael Morgan,
Conductor
Aaron Copland Appalachian Spring
(1944)
Bryan Nies, Conductor
Johannes Brahms Symphony No. 3 (1883)
Michael Morgan, Conductor
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.
The concert will open with Aaron Copland's beloved Pulitzer
Prize-winning and quintessentially American work, Appalachian Spring,
and conclude with Brahms' lyrical Symphony No. 3, whose famous theme from the
third movement is one of Brahms' most beautiful
melodies.
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Maya Beiser
"A
cello goddess."
The New Yorker
"Intense… rich… powerful." Newsday
Bryan Nies
Nolan
Gasser
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