CAMELLIA SYMPHONY’S 49TH SEASON INCLUDES WORLD PREMIERE AND NEW VENUE
SPECIAL TO THE SACRAMENTO BEE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 30, 2011
CAMELLIA SYMPHONY’S 49TH SEASON INCLUDES WORLD PREMIERE
AND NEW VENUE
Sacramento, CA–The Camellia Symphony Orchestra (CSO) has planned an adventurous 49th Season including a world premiere performance by new jazz and classical music composer, Julian Waterfall Pollack. Each concert features local guest artists highlighting some of the regions finest talent. The 49th Season is also marked by the move to a new state-of-the-art venue: The Center at Twenty-Three Hundred (located at 2300 Sierra Blvd between Fulton and Howe Avenues in Sacramento, www.thecenterat2300.com). The move will provide a more intimate setting for the orchestra and ample parking for the patrons. The season finale Opera Forever will take place at the Memorial Auditorium for a big finish featuring 8 opera singers and some of the most beloved operatic pieces of all time.
Season tickets are now on sale through the Camellia Symphony box office; single tickets will go on sale August 1, 2011. To purchase tickets or for more information, contact the Camellia Symphony office at: (916) 929-6655 (web site updates will be complete May 11, 2011).
49TH SEASON CONCERT SERIES:
Hot Nights, Cool Airs
Saturday, September 24, 2011, 8 p.m.
The Center at Twenty-Three Hundred, 2300 Sierra Blvd.
The pulsating music of Spain & the Americas.
Ginastera: Variaciones concertantes
Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez, Matthew Grasso, guitar
Piazzolla: Libertango
Moncayo: Huapango
Márquez: Danzón No. 2
Bernstein: Mambo from West Side Story
For each concert, doors open at 6 p.m. followed by wine tasting from regional wineries,
silent auction, Camellia Juniors concert, pre-concert talk by Maestro Allan Pollack.
Taking Flight
Saturday, November 12, 2011, 8 p.m.
The Center at Twenty-Three Hundred
Flights of fancy delivered on wings of song.
Respighi: The Birds
Mozart: Concerto for Flute, Harp & Orchestra, K. 299, Mathew Krejci, flute; TBD, harp
Sibelius: Symphony No. 5
Sizzling
Saturday, February 25, 2012, 8 p.m.
The Center at Twenty-Three Hundred
Turning up the heat!
Bernstein: Three Dance Episodes from On the Town
Gershwin: Variations on “I Got Rhythm” Julian Waterfall Pollack, piano
Pollack: Concerto for Jazz Piano & Orchestra Pollack Waterfall Trio, jazz trio WORLD PREMIERE
Stravinsky: Petrushka
Opera Forever…
Saturday, April 21, 2012, 8 p.m.
Memorial Auditorium, 1515 J Street
Champagne, arias and love songs.
Verdi: Overture to La forza del destino
Verdi: “Libiamo ne’ lieti calici” (Brindisi) from La traviata
Wagner: Siegfried’s Rhine Journey from Götterdämmerung
Mozart: Finale from Così fan tutte
Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier Suite
Puccini: Love Duet from Tosca
Mozart: “Pa-, pa-, pa-” from The Magic Flute
Rossini: Finale from Act 1 of The Barber of Seville
Carrie Hennessey, soprano will be joined by an ensemble of opera singers for this season closing concert.