March Concert - Classical Music Series

<BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF"> <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="6" WIDTH="528" 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="350"> <P CLASS="MsoNormal" ALIGN="LEFT" STYLE="text-align:left"><FONT SIZE="+1"><FONT SIZE="2"><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 HREF="jan.html" TARGET="_top">Jan</A> | <A HREF="feb.htm" TARGET="_top">Feb</A> | Mar | <A HREF="april18.htm" TARGET="_top">Apr</A> | <A HREF="may16.htm" TARGET="_top">May</A></SPAN></B></FONT></FONT></P> </TD> <TD STYLE="width:185.85pt;background:#EEE9CC;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:27.0pt" BGCOLOR="EEE9CC" WIDTH="185" ALIGN="CENTER"> </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="350"><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">March 20, 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><A HREF="michael.htm" TARGET="_top">Michael Morgan, <I>Conductor</I></A><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><BR>Pre-concert speaker: <A HREF="bailey.htm" TARGET="_top">John Kendall Bailey</A><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><BR><FONT SIZE="3"><B>Program</B></FONT></FONT></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Arial;color:red"><B><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"></B><FONT COLOR="#000000"><BR><B>Peteris Vasks</B> <BR>Sala: Symphonic Elegy for Orchestra <BR>(2007; Magnum Opus commission) <BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><BR><B>Franz Joseph Haydn</B> <BR>Symphony No. 49, "La Passione" (1768) <BR><BR><B>Giuseppe Verdi </B><I>Otello</I>, Act I (1887) <BR>With soloists tba and <BR>Oakland Symphony Chorus <B></B></FONT><B><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="330" HEIGHT="5" BORDER="0"></B></SPAN></FONT><FONT SIZE="-1"><SPAN STYLE="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Arial;color:red"><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></SPAN><FONT FACE="Arial">Two passionate, stormy works from different centuries share the bill in March, presenting 18th and 19th century visions of tension and conflict. Haydn's Symphony No. 49, frequently referred to as "La Passione" or the "Sturm und Drang" Symphony, is one of his finest and most deeply emotional works. <BR><BR>Verdi's great tragic opera, Otello, contains magnificent choral scenes, brilliant arias and vivid orchestral writing. The roles of Otello, Desdemona and Iago are among Verdi's most demanding, and the role of Otello has been sung by some of the world's greatest tenors. We'll present Act I on the second half of this program. <BR><BR>Opening the concert will be the latest offering in the Magnum Opus commissioning project by Latvian composer Peteris Vasks, whose symphonic, choral and chamber works are featured on dozens of CDs. <BR></FONT></FONT></P></TD> <TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="185" ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="../image/200809/OSC.JPG" WIDTH="185" HEIGHT="294" BORDER="0" ALT="Oakland Symphony Chorus" ALIGN="TOP"><BR><BR><IMG SRC="../image/200809/MagnumOpus.jpg" ALT="Magnum Opus" ALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="153" HEIGHT="93" BORDER="0"><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"> <MAP NAME="map5"> <AREA SHAPE="RECT" COORDS="1,3,58,53" HREF="http://www.wellsfargo.com" ALT="Wells Fargo" TARGET="_top"> </MAP></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="350"> <P CLASS="MsoNormal" STYLE="margin-bottom:12.0pt" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="-1"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="3"></FONT><BR></FONT></P></TD> <TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="185" ALIGN="LEFT"></TD> </TR> </TABLE> </BODY>