Welcome to Season 63!
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Visions, Echoes and Reveries
Christian Baldini, Music Director & Conductor
New World Visions
September 27
A journey from African-American landscapes to American lyricism and Czech nostalgia.
Florence Price, Ethiopia’s Shadow in America
Barber, Violin Concerto, with Alina Kobialka
Dvořák, Symphony No. 9 “From the New World”
Rivers of Memory
November 8
Mysticism, romance, and dance converge from the Americas to the Vltava.
Gabriela Ortiz, Kauyumari
Schumann, Piano Concerto, with Justin Wahby
Smetana, The Moldau
Marquez, Danzón No. 2
Dreams and Delirium
February 1, Sunday, 2 p.m.
Delicate beauty meets haunting obsession in a kaleidoscopic sonic dream.
Lili Boulanger, D’un Matin de Printemps
Schnittke, Monologue for Viola and Strings, with Alexandra Simpson
Berlioz, Symphonie Fantastique
Folk Spirits and Temperaments
March 15, Sunday, 2 p.m.
From Andean echoes to Nordic temperament — humanity in every note.
Gabriela Lena Frank, Coqueteos from Leyendas: An Andean Walkabout
Dvořák, Cello Concerto, with Anne Richardson
Nielsen, Symphony No. 2 “The Four Temperaments”
Eternal Light
April 18
A meditation on mortality and grace with Mozart’s final masterpiece.
Mozart, Masonic Funeral Music
Caroline Shaw, Entr’acte (for string orchestra)
Mozart, Requiem, Davis Chorale, Sac City College Choir
Fire and Legends
June 13
Imagination comes alive in music that burns, soars, and paints the soul.
Stravinsky, Berceuse and Finale from The Firebird
Prokofiev, Violin Concerto No. 1, with Fiona Cunninghame-Murray
Modest Mussorgsky (orch. Ravel), Pictures at an Exhibition
All concerts are on Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. at McClatchy High School, except where noted.