January - Classical Music Series Concerts Oakland East Bay Symphony

<BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF"> <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="6" WIDTH="675" STYLE="border-collapse: collapse"> <TR> <TD WIDTH="29" HEIGHT="33" BGCOLOR="EEE9CC"> </TD> <TD HEIGHT="33" VALIGN="MIDDLE" ALIGN="LEFT" BGCOLOR="EEE9CC" COLSPAN="2" WIDTH="452"><FONT FACE="Arial"> <FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"><B>2010-11 Season: <A HREF="november19-20.htm" TARGET="_top">Nov</A> | <A>Jan</A> | <A HREF="february25-27.htm" TARGET="_top">Feb</A> | <A HREF="march18.htm" TARGET="_top">Mar</A> | <A HREF="april15.htm" TARGET="_top">Apr</A> | <A HREF="may13.htm" TARGET="_top">May</A></B></FONT></FONT></TD> <TD WIDTH="169" HEIGHT="33" VALIGN="MIDDLE" ALIGN="CENTER" 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" HEIGHT="166"> </TD> <TD VALIGN="TOP" ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="2" WIDTH="452" HEIGHT="166"><BR><FONT COLOR="#000000"><SPAN STYLE="font-size:11.0pt;font-family: Arial;color:navy"><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE="+1"><FONT SIZE="3"><FONT SIZE="+1"><B>Brahms Requiem</B></FONT> </FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT><BR><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"><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE="+1"><FONT SIZE="3"></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT><BR><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 18.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE="4">January 28, 2011<BR><FONT SIZE="-1">Friday, 8:00pm, <BR>Paramount Theatre, Oakland<BR><A HREF="michael.htm" TARGET="_top">Michael Morgan,<I> Conductor</I></A></FONT></FONT></SPAN><BR><BR><IMG SRC="../image/buy_tickets.gif" WIDTH="100" HEIGHT="29" BORDER="0" USEMAP="#map100000000000"> <MAP NAME="map100000000000"> <AREA SHAPE="RECT" COORDS="5,4,96,26" HREF="http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/1C004490DC7D687C" ALT="Buy Tickets" TARGET="_top"> </MAP><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 18.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE="4"><FONT SIZE="-1"></FONT></FONT></SPAN><BR><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 18.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE="4"><FONT SIZE="-1"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"></FONT></FONT></SPAN></TD> <TD WIDTH="169" VALIGN="TOP" ALIGN="CENTER" ROWSPAN="2" HEIGHT="166"> <FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"><B><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><BR>Concert sponsored <BR>in part by</B></FONT><BR><IMG SRC="../image/logos/kpmglogoblue.jpg" ALIGN="MIDDLE" WIDTH="97" HEIGHT="58" BORDER="0" USEMAP="#map3309876"> <MAP NAME="map3309876"> <AREA SHAPE="RECT" COORDS="5,5,93,50" HREF="http://www.kpmg.com" ALT="KPMG" TARGET="_top"> </MAP><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><BR><FONT SIZE="-1" COLOR="#404040"><I><IMG SRC="../image/201011/carrie-hennessey.JPG" ALT="Carrie Hennessey" ALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="115" HEIGHT="145" BORDER="1"></I></FONT><FONT SIZE="-1" COLOR="#404040"></FONT><BR><I><FONT SIZE="-1">Carrie Hennessey</FONT></I><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><BR><IMG SRC="../image/201011/brian-leerhuber.JPG" ALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="115" HEIGHT="145" BORDER="1" VSPACE="0" ALT="Brian Leerhuber"><FONT SIZE="-1" COLOR="#404040"><I><BR>Brian Leerhuber</I></FONT><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><BR><IMG SRC="../image/201011/ani-christy.JPG" ALT="Ani Christy" ALIGN="TOP" BORDER="1" WIDTH="109" HEIGHT="132"><FONT SIZE="-1" COLOR="#404040"> <BR><I>Ani Christy</I><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><BR><IMG SRC="../image/201011/thomasglenn.JPG" ALT="Thomas Glenn" WIDTH="110" HEIGHT="134" BORDER="1"><BR><I>Thomas Glenn<BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><BR><IMG SRC="../image/201011/avetis-berberyan.JPG" ALT="Avetis Berberyan" ALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="115" HEIGHT="150" BORDER="1"><BR><I><FONT SIZE="-1">Avetis Berberyan<BR></FONT></I></I></FONT></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="29"> </TD> <TD VALIGN="TOP" ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="2" WIDTH="452"><FONT FACE="Arial"><B><SPAN STYLE="font-family:Arial;color:navy"> </SPAN></B><SPAN STYLE="font-family:Arial;color:navy"><FONT COLOR="#000000"><FONT SIZE="-1"> <A HREF="podcast/201011/OEBS_Podcast2_Jan2011_Brahms-Revised.mp3" TARGET="_top"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><BR><IMG SRC="../image/podcast.JPG" WIDTH="29" HEIGHT="24" BORDER="0" ALIGN="ABSMIDDLE" USEMAP="#map1455666"></A> <MAP NAME="map1455666"> <AREA SHAPE="RECT" COORDS="2,3,29,22" HREF="podcast/201011/OEBS_Podcast7_Dec2011_Holiday.mp3" TARGET="_top"> </MAP> <FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1" COLOR="#505050"><A HREF="podcast/201011/OEBS_Podcast2_Jan2011_Brahms-Revised.mp3" TARGET="_top">Audio Podcast</A> of Maestro Morgan about the concert.</FONT> </FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT><BR><FONT FACE="Arial"><SPAN STYLE="font-family:Arial;color:navy"><FONT COLOR="#000000"><FONT SIZE="-1"><BR>Pre-concert talk by <A HREF="bailey.htm" TARGET="_top">John Kendall Bailey</A></FONT> <FONT SIZE="-1">at 7:00pm</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"></FONT></SPAN></FONT><BR><FONT FACE="Arial"><SPAN STYLE="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Arial;color:red"><FONT COLOR="#000000"><B>Johannes Brahms</B> <I>A German Requiem</I> (1867) <BR><FONT SIZE="-1"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><B><B>Carrie Hennessey</B></B>,<B> </B><I>soprano</I><B><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0">Brian Leerhuber</B>, <I>baritone</I> <BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="4" BORDER="0"><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><B>Oakland Symphony Chorus</B></FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE="-1"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0">Lynne Morrow, <I>Music Director</I></FONT><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><BR><B>Avetis Berberyan</B> <FONT SIZE="-1"> <FONT SIZE="3"><BR><I>My Mother</I><BR><FONT SIZE="-1">Vocal Ballad for Soprano, Choir & Symphonic Orchestra</FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT><BR><B><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="3" BORDER="0"><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"></B><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"><B>Ani Christy</B>, <I>pop soprano<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"><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="4" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="4" BORDER="0"></I><B>Oakland Symphony Chorus</B></FONT><B><BR></B><FONT FACE="Arial"><SPAN STYLE="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Arial;color:red"><FONT COLOR="#000000"><FONT SIZE="-1"><FONT SIZE="3"><FONT SIZE="-1"><FONT SIZE="3"><I><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="4" BORDER="0"><BR><I>The Hero's Journey</I> -</I> Suite<I><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><FONT SIZE="-1"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0">1- Adagio<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">2- Battle<BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="3" BORDER="0"></FONT><BR>Wake Up, Armenian</I></FONT><BR>Vocal Ballad for Soprano, Tenor, Choir & Symphonic Orchestra<BR><B><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="3" BORDER="0"><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"></B><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"><B>Ani Christy</B>, <I>pop soprano<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"></I><B>Thomas Glenn</B>,<I> tenor<BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="4" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="4" BORDER="0"><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="4" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="4" BORDER="0"></I><B>Oakland Symphony Chorus</B><I><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="3" BORDER="0"></I></FONT></FONT></FONT><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"></FONT><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/line-horiz.JPG" WIDTH="350" HEIGHT="1" BORDER="0"></FONT><B><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" 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">Brahms' Requiem may be the most comforting, hopeful requiem ever written. Drawing on Martin Luther's German vernacular translation of the Bible, Brahms selected portions of the text that seek to bring solace to the living. Nowhere in this work do you find traditional images of the terrors of Judgment Day or the over- whelming sorrow of other requiems. Instead, Brahms broke with the past by composing a profoundly hopeful masterwork that offers listeners peace and consolation.<BR></FONT></FONT><BR><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1">We'll also perform music by Avetis Berberyan, a talented Armenian composer now living in San Francisco.</FONT></FONT><BR><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"><BR>Baritone Brian Leerhuber, an accomplished opera singer who recently appeared with both San Francisco Opera and Los Angeles Opera, sang in our "Night at the Opera" concert last November. Soprano Carrie Hennessey, who has been delighting Northern California audiences in Sacramento, Mendocino Berkeley and other neighboring communities, makes her first appearance with OEBS in this concert.</FONT></FONT><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"></FONT> <FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1">Ani Christy is a popular vocalist from Yerevan, Armenia. Her music has been influenced by pop, rock and soul. Tenor, Thomas Glenn, is a recent graduate of the prestigious Adler Fellowship program at San Francisco Opera<I></I>. </FONT><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"></FONT></FONT><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"></FONT><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><BR><I><B><FONT SIZE="2">(Suitable for children 10 and over.)<BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"></FONT></B></I></FONT></FONT></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="29"> </TD> <TD VALIGN="TOP" ALIGN="CENTER" COLSPAN="2" WIDTH="452"><I>"Leerhuber has been a reliably excellent presence on Bay Area stages displaying vocal robustness and theatrical aplomb." </I><BR>~San Francisco Chronicle</TD> <TD WIDTH="169" VALIGN="TOP" ALIGN="CENTER"> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="29"> </TD> <TD VALIGN="TOP" ALIGN="CENTER" COLSPAN="2" WIDTH="452"><I><BR>"Hennessey is possessed of a full, powerful lyric soprano which delivers richly." </I>~San Francisco Classical Voice</TD> <TD WIDTH="169" VALIGN="TOP" ALIGN="CENTER"> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> </BODY>