SEASON SPONSORS: Lighthouse Bank, sponsored by John & Linda Burroughs - Glenwood Equestrian Center - Leland and Marian Zeidler
2007-2008 Concerts: John Larry Granger, Music Director/Conductor |
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MORAVEC |
WAGNER |
WALKER |
MOZART |
COPLAND |
CROPSEY/SNYDER March 1, 2pm March 2, 2pm |
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 Adam Neiman pianist |
 Cheryl Anderson, Choral Director |
 Gwynne Cropsey & Stephen Snyder, aka ZunZun |
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Concert Sponsor: Santa Cruz Sentinel Concert Co-Sponsors: Santa Cruz/ Scotts Valley Hilton Owen Brown Soloist Co-Sponsors: Marcus & Elaine Bitter Dr. John & Billie Mahaney |
Concert Sponsors: Symphony League of Santa Cruz County Joan & Ralph Lane Concert Co-Sponsors:The Mello Music Makers Silver Mountain Vineyards Rodger & Vicki Wasson Soloist Sponsors: Mary & Harry Blanchard Frank & Kate Miller |
Concert Sponsors: E.T. Easter & Company Soloist Sponsor: Cynthia Kilian & Waldo Griffin |
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The Santa Cruz County Symphony has commissioned Youth & Family Sponsors |
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Saturday, Sept. 29, 8pm Santa Cruz Civic : Sunday, Sept. 30, 2pm Mello Center, Watsonville click HERE to read program notes by Professor Don Adkins |
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The Symphony’s 50th Season commences with two Golden Galas and a star-filled concert weekend. New York Philharmonic Principal Associate Concertmaster Sheryl Staples will solo in Beethoven’s Violin Concerto. Pulitzer Prize Winner Paul Moravec’s Spiritdance, commissioned for the Santa Cruz County Symphony in 1989, opens the program. Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, famously orchestrated by Maurice Ravel, features one of the earliest uses of saxophone in a symphony orchestra. (Back to top) |
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Saturday, Nov. 3, 8pm Santa Cruz Civic |
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The second concert of the season celebrates the heroic individual. Wagner’s Siegfried Idyll, composed for his beloved wife Cosima, was premièred on their villa stairs on her birthday morning. A Symphony tradition continues with the presentation of the Klein String Competition winner, cellist David Requiro, in Schumann’s Cello Concerto. Massenet’s Meditation from 'Thais' features Santa Cruz Symphony Concertmaster Kristina Anderson as solo violinist. Haydn’s Symphony No. 100 will reprise its appearance at the Symphony’s inaugural 1958 concert, and salutes our founders. (Back to top) |
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Saturday, Jan. 26, 8pm Santa Cruz Civic : Sunday, Jan. 27, 2pm Mello Center, Watsonville click HERE to read program notes by Professor Don Adkins |
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Following the world premiere of Gwyneth Walker’s spiritual work the Rainbow Sign, Santa Cruz Symphony favorites converge, as renowned pianist Stephen Prutsman returns in Tchaikovsky’s romantic Concerto No. 1 . The last work composed before completely losing his hearing, Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony was a triumph over adversity, demonstrating the composer’s profound ability to depict life’s dramas wordlessly. (Back to top) |
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Saturday, Mar. 29 , 8pm Santa Cruz Civic click HERE to read program notes by Professor Don Adkins |
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Three of our audience’s most requested composers are presented in one special evening. The performance of Mozart’s Impresario Overture celebrates Symphony sponsors and donors. Chopin’s romantic Concerto No. 1 will feature pianist Adam Neiman, an international sensation and rising star. Known as his greatest symphony, Dvorák’s Symphony No. 7 uses Eastern European folk themes to convey a deep sense of longing. (Back to top) |
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Saturday, May 3, 8pm Santa Cruz Civic : click HERE to read program notes by Professor Don Adkins |
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The final concert of our 50th season features three major works for chorus and orchestra. Fanfare for the Common Man is a short adventure in brass and percussion. Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice supplies the text for Serenade to Music, while Escales explores three Mediterranean ports-of-call and their respective musical flavors. Symphony of Psalms holds an unusual combination of instruments, with ten double reeds and a remarkable absence of violins, replaced by the chorus. A huge romantic orchestra takes the stage in Polovtsian Dances, bringing the season to a climactic close. (Back to top) |
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