2010-2011
Concert Season
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The Philharmonic opens the 2010-11 season on Saturday, September 18, with a special Concert
of Baroque Music, at the Palo Alto Art Center Auditorium. Music Director Thomas Shoebotham
leads a select chamber orchestra in music by European composers from the 17th and 18th centuries.
The first full orchestra concert (October 30th) features Sandra Wright Shen playing
Ravel's Piano Concerto in G Major. The concert also includes Romeo and Juliet Suite No. 2
by Prokofiev, Danse Macabre by Saint-Saens, and
A Field in Pennsylvania by Bay Area Composer Nancy Bloomer Deussen. |
Sandra Wright Shen,
Pianist Bio
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Victor Romasevich,
Violinist Bio
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The Fall Chamber concert at the Palo Alto Arts Center, on November 20th will feature
Serenade for Winds and Terzetto for two violins and viola by Dvořák.
On December 11, The Philharmonic presents an All Beethoven concert: the Coriolan Overture,
Symphony No. 6 ("Pastoral"), and the Violin Concerto in D Major, performed by Victor Romasevich. |
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For the season's third concert, February 19, 2011, the Philharmonic plays Mahler's
Symphony No. 4. Soprano Nanette McGuinness will be the soloist in the Mahler
and will also perform the Songs of the Auvergne, Book 1 by the 19th century
French composer Joseph Canteloube.
The Spring Chamber Concert on March 12th will be performed in Cubberley Room M-2
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Nanette McGuinness,
Soprano Bio
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Bernhard Scully,
Horn Bio
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The season's fourth concert on April 9 and April 10 features horn soloist Bernhard Scully playing
Concerto for Horn and Orchestra by the Philharmonic's Composer-in-Residence, Lee Actor.
This concert also includes the popular L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1 by Bizet;
Serenade for Strings by Elgar; and, Pictures at an Exhibition by Mussorgsky.
The season finale on May 15 will be the Family Concert showcasing the winners of the
2010 Concerto Movement Competition.
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Upcoming Concerts
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Baroque
Concert
8 PM, Saturday, September 18, 2010
Palo Alto Art Center Auditorium
1313 Newell Road, Palo Alto
Orchestra
Concert I
8 PM, Saturday, October 30, 2010
Cubberley Theatre
4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto
Fall Chamber
Concert
8 PM, Saturday, November 20, 2010
Palo Alto Art Center Auditorium
1313 Newell Road, Palo Alto
Orchestra
Concert II
8 PM, Saturday, December 11, 2010
Cubberley Theatre
4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto
Orchestra
Concert III
8 PM, Saturday, February 19, 2011
Cubberley Theatre
4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto
Spring Chamber
Concert
8 PM, Saturday, March 12, 2011
Cubberley M-2
4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto
Orchestra
Concert IVA
8 PM, Saturday, April 9, 2011
Cubberley Theatre
4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto
Orchestra
Concert IVB
3 PM, Sunday, April 10, 2011
Menlo-Atherton Performing Arts Center
555 Middlefield Road, Atherton
Family
Concert
3 PM, Sunday, May 15, 2011
Cubberley Theatre
4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto
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