Geoffrey Gallegos, Music Director and Conductor
Guest Soloists
Claudia Bloom
Thomas Shoebotham
Marie Plette
KSO's 32ND SEASON 2009-2010
All concerts are Saturday evening at 8 p.m
at Unitarian Universalist Church of Berkeley, 1 Lawson Rd, Kensington, CA
October 17, 2009 — Symphonic Spirits
Berlioz :: Rákóczy March from La damnation de Faust
Saint-Saëns :: Danse Macabre
Mussorgsky :: Night on Bald Mountain
Lyadov :: The Enchanted Lake
Tchaikovsky :: Francesca da Rimini
December 12, 2009 — Keeping It in the Family:
Celebrate with Soloists from the KSO: Kris Antonsen, Frank Chang,
Dana Kemp, Mark Narins, Larry Oppenheim, Scott Sterling
Von Suppé:: Morning, Noon and Night Overture
Francheschini :: Sonata for Two Trumpets, Strings and Organ
Handel :: "Ombra mai fu" from Xerxes
Bach :: Concerto for Violin and Oboe in D minor, BMV 1060
Mark Narins :: "The Entrance of the Rabbi Shlomo ben Zion" from Theresa Kren (world premiere)
Eric Ewazen :: Ballade for Bass Trombone, Strings and Harp
Verdi :: "Io lo perduta" from Don Carlo
Leoncavallo :: "Mattinata"
Wagner :: Siegfried Idyll
Strauss Jr. :: Thunder and Lighting Polka
Strauss Sr. :: Radetzky March
February 27, 2010 — Sibelius, Brahms and Vaughan Williams in collaboration with the Golden Gate Philharmonic Camerata
Sibelius :: Finlandia, Op. 26
Brahms :: Double Concerto in A minor, Op.102
Claudia Bloom, violin; Thomas Shoebotham, cello
Vaughan Williams :: Aristophanic Suite: The Wasps
April 17, 2010 — Joint Concert with the Unitarian Universalist Church of Berkeley Choirs, Bryan Baker, director
Wagner :: "Arrival of the Guests at the Wartburg" from Tannhäuser
Verdi :: "Va Pensiero" from Nabucco
Borodin :: "Polevtsian Dances" from Prince Igor with chorus
Saint-Saëns :: Symphony No. 3, Op. 78 in C minor ('Organ Symphony')
Ronald Swedlund, organ
Other choral works to be announced
June 5, 2010 — New Acquaintances, Grand Farewells!
Moses Sedler :: A world premiere to be announced
Strauss :: Vier letzte Lieder (Four Last Songs)
Marie Plette, soprano
Brahms :: Symphony No. 2 in D Major