January - Classical Music Series Concerts Oakland East Bay Symphony

<BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF"> <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="6" WIDTH="675" STYLE="border-collapse: collapse"> <TR VALIGN="MIDDLE"> <TD WIDTH="28" HEIGHT="41" BGCOLOR="#F0ECD2" VALIGN="MIDDLE"> </TD> <TD WIDTH="420" HEIGHT="41" VALIGN="MIDDLE" ALIGN="LEFT" BGCOLOR="#F0ECD2" COLSPAN="2"><FONT FACE="Arial"> <FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1">2012-13 Season:   Nov    <A HREF="january27.htm" TARGET="_top">Jan</A>     <A HREF="february24.htm" TARGET="_top">Feb</A>     <A HREF="march16.htm" TARGET="_top">Mar</A>     <A HREF="may18.htm" TARGET="_top">May </A></FONT></FONT></TD> <TD WIDTH="202" HEIGHT="41" VALIGN="MIDDLE" ALIGN="CENTER" BGCOLOR="#F0ECD2"><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"><A HREF="https://eastbayperformingarts.secure.force.com/signup" TARGET="_top">Sign up for our E-newsletter</A></FONT></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="28" HEIGHT="36" VALIGN="TOP">  <IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="15" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="15" BORDER="0">  </TD> <TD VALIGN="TOP" ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="2" WIDTH="420" HEIGHT="36"><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="+1"></FONT><BR><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="+1">A WOMAN'S LIFE</FONT><BR><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="+1"></FONT> <FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="+1"></FONT><BR><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 18.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE="4"><B>Friday, January 25, 8pm</B></FONT></SPAN><B><SPAN STYLE="font-family:Arial;color:navy"></SPAN></B><BR><SPAN STYLE="font-family:Arial;color:navy"><FONT COLOR="#000000"><FONT SIZE="-1">Paramount Theatre, Oakland<BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="3" BORDER="0"><BR><A HREF="michael.htm" TARGET="_top">Michael Morgan,<I> Conductor</I> </A></FONT></FONT></SPAN><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="15" BORDER="0"><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><FONT FACE="Arial"><SPAN STYLE="font-family:Arial;color:navy"><FONT COLOR="#000000"><FONT SIZE="-1"></FONT><BR></FONT></SPAN></FONT><FONT FACE="Arial"><SPAN STYLE="font-family:Arial;color:navy"><FONT COLOR="#000000"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE="-1">Pre-concert talk by <A HREF="bailey.htm" TARGET="_top">John Kendall Bailey</A></FONT></FONT> <FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1">at 7:00pm.<BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="15" BORDER="0"><B></B></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT> <FONT FACE="Arial"><SPAN STYLE="font-family:Arial;color:navy"><FONT COLOR="#000000"></FONT></SPAN></FONT><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"><BR><B><FONT SIZE="2"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0">Program</FONT></B><FONT SIZE="3"></FONT></FONT><SPAN STYLE="font-family:Arial;color:navy"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family:Arial;color:navy"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family:Arial;color:navy"><FONT SIZE="-1"></FONT></SPAN><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE="-1"><B><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="3" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="3" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/line-horiz.JPG" WIDTH="120" HEIGHT="1" BORDER="0" VSPACE="2"><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"></B></FONT></FONT><BR><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="3" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="3" BORDER="0"><B>LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN</B> <BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="3" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="3" BORDER="0">Leonore Overture No. 3 (1806) <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"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><B>HECTOR BERLIOZ </B><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><I>Symphonie Fantastique</I> (1830) <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"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><B>RICHARD DANIELPOUR</B> <BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><I>A Woman's Life</I> (2007) <BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0">Based on the poetry of Maya Angelou <BR><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">with <B>Angela Brown</B>, <I>soprano</I> </FONT><BR><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE="-1"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="15" BORDER="0"></FONT></FONT><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="15" BORDER="0"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE="-1"></FONT></FONT></TD> <TD WIDTH="202" VALIGN="TOP" ALIGN="CENTER" HEIGHT="36"> <FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="3"><B><FONT COLOR="#660000"></FONT></B></FONT><BR><IMG SRC="../image/201213/Brown,%20Angela%20Roni%20Ely,%20photographer.jpg" ALT="Angela Brown" ALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="125" HEIGHT="190" BORDER="0" VSPACE="5"><BR><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1">Brown<BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="3" BORDER="0"><FONT SIZE="-2"><BR>Photo by Roni Ely</FONT></FONT><BR><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"><FONT SIZE="-2"></FONT></FONT><BR><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"><FONT SIZE="-2"><IMG SRC="../image/201213/Maya_Angelou%202.jpg" ALT="Maya Anjelou" ALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="125" HEIGHT="164" BORDER="0" VSPACE="5"></FONT></FONT><BR><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1">Angelou</FONT><BR></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="28" HEIGHT="64"> </TD> <TD VALIGN="TOP" ALIGN="CENTER" COLSPAN="3" WIDTH="622" HEIGHT="64"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE="-1"><I><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/line-horiz.JPG" WIDTH="600" HEIGHT="1" BORDER="0" VSPACE="8"><BR>Brown is a splendid singer. She is passionate without loss of musical discipline. <BR>~ </I>The New York Times<I> <BR><BR>[Danielpour] is a brilliant composer, who is unafraid to let his emotions show and who possesses <BR>the skill to bring off grand orchestral effects. </I></FONT></FONT><BR><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE="-1"><I>~ </I>San Jose Mercury News </FONT></FONT></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="28" HEIGHT="217"> </TD> <TD VALIGN="TOP" ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" WIDTH="622" HEIGHT="217"><FONT FACE="Arial"></FONT><FONT FACE="Arial"><B><SPAN STYLE="font-family:Arial;color:navy"></SPAN></B></FONT><FONT FACE="Arial"><SPAN STYLE="font-family:Arial;color:navy"><FONT COLOR="#000000"><FONT SIZE="-1"> </FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT><FONT FACE="Arial"><SPAN STYLE="font-family:Arial;color:navy"><FONT COLOR="#000000"><FONT SIZE="3"><FONT SIZE="3"></FONT></FONT><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/line-horiz.JPG" WIDTH="600" HEIGHT="1" BORDER="0" VSPACE="8"><BR><FONT SIZE="-1"></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT><FONT FACE="Arial"><SPAN STYLE="font-family:Arial;color:navy"><FONT COLOR="#000000"><FONT SIZE="-1">The spotlight is on powerful women at our January concert. The concert opens with the overture to Beethovens only opera, <I>Fidelio</I>, in which the heroine, Leonore, courageously rescues her unjustly imprisoned husband. The woman that inspired Berliozs revolutionary masterpiece <I>Symphonie Fantastique</I> was the Irish actress Harriet Smithson. The entire symphony is an impassioned expression of his unrequited love for her, with the different movements portraying the opium-induced visions of a lovesick young artist in the depths of despair. </FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT><BR><FONT FACE="Arial"><SPAN STYLE="font-family:Arial;color:navy"><FONT COLOR="#000000"><FONT SIZE="-1"></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT><BR><FONT FACE="Arial"><SPAN STYLE="font-family:Arial;color:navy"><FONT COLOR="#000000"><FONT SIZE="-1">On the second half of the program, were thrilled to present world-class soprano Angela Brown performing <I>A Womans Life</I>, a song cycle written for her by composer Richard Danielpour in collaboration with esteemed poet Maya Angelou. Danielpour first connected with Brown in 2005, when she replaced the legendary Jessye Norman in the world premiere of his opera <I>Margaret Garner</I> to great acclaim. Impressed with the strength of her performance, he decided to write a song cycle for her. The Maya Angelou poems on which the song cycle is based trace the arc of a womans life from childhood to old age.<BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><BR><I>(Suitable for children 10 and over.)<BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"></I></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"><B><I></I></B></FONT></TD> </TR> </TABLE> </BODY>