Street Scene, May 13 Concert - OEBS Classical Music Series

<BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF"> <TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" BGCOLOR="#FFFFDD"> <TR> <TD WIDTH="25" HEIGHT="33" BGCOLOR="EEE9CC"> </TD> <TD HEIGHT="33" VALIGN="MIDDLE" ALIGN="LEFT" BGCOLOR="EEE9CC" COLSPAN="2" WIDTH="409"><FONT FACE="Arial"> <FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"><B>2010-11 Season: <A HREF="november19-20.htm" TARGET="_top">Nov</A> | <A HREF="january28.htm" TARGET="_top">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>May<IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10beige.JPG" WIDTH="6" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/donate-online-green.JPG" WIDTH="100" HEIGHT="29" BORDER="0" ALIGN="ABSMIDDLE" USEMAP="#map223456"> <MAP NAME="map223456"> <AREA SHAPE="RECT" COORDS="6,3,95,25" HREF="https://secure2.securewebexchange.com/oebs.org/dnrformx1.htm" ALT="Donate Online" TARGET="_top"> </MAP></A></B></FONT></FONT></TD> <TD WIDTH="223" HEIGHT="33" VALIGN="MIDDLE" BGCOLOR="EEE9CC" ALIGN="CENTER"><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="25"> </TD> <TD VALIGN="TOP" ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="2" WIDTH="409" ROWSPAN="2"><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="15" BORDER="0"><BR></B><FONT SIZE="+1"><B>American Masterworks Series</B></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT><SPAN STYLE="font-family:Arial;color:navy"><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"></SPAN></FONT><BR><FONT FACE="Arial"><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 18.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE="4">May 13, 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></FONT><BR><FONT FACE="Arial"><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 18.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE="4"><FONT SIZE="-1"></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT><BR><FONT FACE="Arial"><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 18.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE="4"><FONT SIZE="-1"><IMG SRC="../image/buy_tickets.gif" WIDTH="100" HEIGHT="29" BORDER="0" USEMAP="#map199999999999999999999999"> <MAP NAME="map199999999999999999999999"> <AREA SHAPE="RECT" COORDS="5,3,97,26" HREF="http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/1C004490DC856885" ALT="Buy Tickets" TARGET="_top"> </MAP><BR></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT> <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_Podcast6_May2011_SeasonFinale.mp3" TARGET="_top"> </MAP> <FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1" COLOR="#505050"><A HREF="podcast/201011/OEBS_Podcast6_May2011_SeasonFinale.mp3" TARGET="_top">Audio Podcast</A> of Maestro Morgan about the concert.</FONT> <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> <FONT SIZE="-1">at 7:00pm</FONT><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><BR><B>Program</B><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>STREET SCENE (1946) <BR></B>Music by <B>Kurt Weill</B>; lyrics by <B>Langston Hughes</B>; <BR>book by <B>Elmer Rice</B> <BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="5" BORDER="0"><BR><FONT SIZE="-1"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><B>Kirk Eichelberger</B> - Mr. Maurrant</FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT><BR><FONT FACE="Arial"><SPAN STYLE="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Arial;color:red"><FONT COLOR="#000000"><FONT SIZE="-1"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><B>Kristen Clayton</B> - Mrs. Maurrant<BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><B>Julie Adams</B> - Jenny, Rose<BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><B>Angela Cadelago</B> - Mrs. Fiorentino<BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><B>Milissa Carey</B> - Mrs. Jones, Intern<B></B><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><B>J. Raymond Meyers</B> - Buchanan, Lippo<BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><B>Tami Dahbura</B> - Mrs. Olsen, Mrs. Hildebrand, Mae<BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><B>Nikolas Nackley</B> - Mr. Olsen, Easter<BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><B>Thomas Glenn - </B>Sam<BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><B>Zachary Gordin</B> - Mr. Jones<BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><B>Adam Flowers</B> - Kaplan, Sankey, Dick<BR><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="5" BORDER="0"><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0">with <BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><B>Oakland Symphony Chorus</B> <BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0">(Lynne Morrow, <I>Music Director</I>)<BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0">and members of <BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="3" BORDER="0"><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><A><B>Piedmont East Bay Children's Choir</B></A> <BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0">(Robert Geary, <I>Artistic Director</I>)</FONT></FONT><B><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="15" BORDER="0"><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/line-horiz.JPG" WIDTH="330" HEIGHT="1" BORDER="0"><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"></B></SPAN></FONT><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><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1">For our fourth production in the American Masterworks Series, well present a concert version of <I>Street Scene</I>, Kurt Weills extraordinary musical theater piece which received the first Tony Award for Best Original Score.<BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><BR>Best-known for his collaboration with Bertolt Brecht on <I>The Threepenny Opera</I>, Weill is one of the most innovative and influential theater composers of the twentieth century. In <I>Street Scene</I>, he mixes show tunes, jazz, arias, folk songs and spirituals to portray the passions and frustrations of a multi-ethnic New York City tenement block during two brutally hot days in the Depression era. With lyrics by the great Harlem Renaissance poet, novelist and playwright Langston Hughes, and based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Elmer Rice, <I>Street Scene</I> is an important, vital work that builds to an explosive conclusion.<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.)</FONT></B></I></FONT><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"><I><B><FONT SIZE="2"></FONT></B></I></FONT></TD> <TD WIDTH="223" VALIGN="TOP" ALIGN="LEFT" ROWSPAN="2"><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"><B><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="5" 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"><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"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0">Concert Sponsor</B></FONT><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="5" 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"><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"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="8" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/logos/Bell_Logo_Orig_Red_Sm%20copy.jpg" WIDTH="160" HEIGHT="79" BORDER="0" USEMAP="#map3095969"> <MAP NAME="map3095969"> <AREA SHAPE="RECT" COORDS="3,1,157,77" HREF="http://www.bellinvest.com/" ALT="Bell Investment Advisors, Inc" TARGET="_top"> </MAP><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><BR><IMG SRC="../image/201011/may/kirk-eichelberger.JPG" BORDER="0" ALT="Kirk Eichelberger" WIDTH="70" HEIGHT="91"> <IMG SRC="../image/201011/may/kristin-clayton.JPG" BORDER="0" ALT="Kristen Clayton" WIDTH="70" HEIGHT="91"><BR><IMG SRC="../image/201011/may/julie-adams.JPG" BORDER="0" ALT="Julie Adams" WIDTH="70" HEIGHT="91"> <IMG SRC="../image/201011/may/angela-cadelago.JPG" BORDER="0" ALT="Angela Cadelago" WIDTH="70" HEIGHT="91"> <IMG SRC="../image/201011/may/milissa-carey.JPG" BORDER="0" ALT="Milissa Carey" WIDTH="70" HEIGHT="91"><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"><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"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"> <IMG SRC="../image/201011/may/raymond-meyers.JPG" BORDER="0" ALT="J. 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