January - Classical Music Series Concerts

<BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF"> <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="6" WIDTH="528" STYLE="border-collapse: collapse"> <TR> <TD WIDTH="29" HEIGHT="33" BGCOLOR="EEE9CC"> </TD> <TD WIDTH="387" HEIGHT="33" VALIGN="MIDDLE" ALIGN="LEFT" BGCOLOR="EEE9CC"><FONT FACE="Arial"> <FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"><B>2009-10 Season:</B> <A HREF="november13.htm" TARGET="_top">Nov</A> | Jan | <A HREF="february26.htm" TARGET="_top">Feb</A> | <A HREF="march19-21.htm" TARGET="_top">Mar</A> | <A HREF="april16.htm" TARGET="_top">Apr</A> | <A HREF="may14-16.htm" TARGET="_top">May</A></FONT></FONT></TD> <TD WIDTH="185" HEIGHT="33" VALIGN="MIDDLE" ALIGN="LEFT" BGCOLOR="EEE9CC"><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"><A HREF="http://www.patronmail.com/pmailweb/PatronSetup?oid=16" TARGET="_top">Sign up for our <B>E-newsletter</B></A></FONT></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="29"> </TD> <TD WIDTH="387" VALIGN="TOP" ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT COLOR="#000000"><SPAN STYLE="font-size:11.0pt;font-family: Arial;color:navy"><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE="+1"><FONT SIZE="3"><B><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><BR>NOTES FROM ARMENIA</B> </FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT><SPAN STYLE="font-family:Arial;color:navy"><BR> <FONT COLOR="#000000"><A HREF="michael1.htm"><FONT SIZE="-1">Michael Morgan,<I> Conductor</I></FONT></A></FONT></SPAN><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><BR><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 18.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE="4">January 22, 2010</FONT></SPAN><B><SPAN STYLE="font-family:Arial;color:navy"><BR> </SPAN></B><SPAN STYLE="font-family:Arial;color:navy"><FONT COLOR="#000000"><FONT SIZE="-1">Friday, 8:00pm, Paramount Theatre, Oakland <MAP NAME="map1"> <AREA SHAPE="RECT" COORDS="3,3,97,27" HREF="http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/1C003E82E1C0BD42?artistid=806636&majorcatid=1" ALT="Buy Tickets On-line Thruogh Ticketmaster" TARGET="_blank"> </MAP> <BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><BR>Pre-concert talk by <A HREF="bailey.htm" TARGET="_top">John Kendall Bailey</A></FONT><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Arial;color:red"><B><BR></B><FONT COLOR="#000000"><B>Program</B><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><BR><B><B>Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart</B> </B>- <BR>Symphony No. 38, "Prague" (1786)<B><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><BR><B>Aram Khachaturian</B> </B>-<B> </B>Violin Concerto (1940)<BR> with violinist<B> <B>Mikhail Simonyan</B><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><BR>Edvard Mirzoyan</B> - Symphony for Timpani <BR>and String Orchestra (1962) <BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><BR><B>Lazar Saryan </B>- <I>Panel Armenia</I> (1966) <BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"></FONT><B><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="8" BORDER="0"><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" SIZE="-1">Building on the success of last year's concert featuring Persian music, we'll once again explore classical music from another distant region of the world. This year we'll introduce our audience to the exotic rhythms and instrumentation of music from Armenia, presenting works by both popular and less well-known composers. <BR><BR>We'll open with Mozart's powerful Symphony No. 38, which received its triumphant premiere in Prague. The dynamic, melodic Violin Concerto by famous Armenian composer Aram Khachaturian will feature the brilliant young Siberian-born violinist Mikhail Simonyan, who at 23 is already recognized as one of the most celebrated talents of his generation. Also on the program is Edvard Mirzoyan's exciting work for orchestra and solo timpani, and Lazar Saryan's Panel Armenia, which was inspired by the paintings of the composer's father, the great Armenian painter Martiros Saryan. . <BR><BR><I><B><FONT SIZE="2">(Suitable for children 10 and over.)</FONT></B></I></FONT></FONT></TD> <TD WIDTH="185" VALIGN="TOP" ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><BR><IMG SRC="../image/200910/mikhail-simonyan.JPG" ALT="Mikhail Simonyan" ALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="180" HEIGHT="231" BORDER="0"><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="3" BORDER="0"><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/line-horiz.JPG" WIDTH="160" HEIGHT="1" BORDER="0" VSPACE="5"><BR><FONT COLOR="#505050"><FONT SIZE="-2"><I>"Simonyan brought breadth, lyricism, and fleet technique to this ruminative, extravagantly scored music... he played as if every note counted."<BR>~</I>The New York Times</FONT></FONT></FONT></TD> </TR> </TABLE> </BODY>