BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Santa Rosa Symphony - ECPv6.15.18//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Santa Rosa Symphony X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.srsymphony.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Santa Rosa Symphony REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20230312T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20231105T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20240310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20241103T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20250309T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20251102T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240118T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240118T000000 DTSTAMP:20260425T090822 CREATED:20230504T201610Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240209T174118Z UID:24920-1705536000-1705536000@www.srsymphony.org SUMMARY:Charlie Brown Goes to the Symphony DESCRIPTION:Program\n\n\n\nWolfgang Amadeus Mozart:  Symphony No. 40 in G minor\, K. 550 (Allegro molto)Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:  Serenade in G major\, K. 525\, Eine kleine Nachtmusik (Allegro)Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in G major\, K. 525\, Eroica (Finale – Allegro molto)Franz Joseph Haydn:  Symphony No. 94 in G major\, Surprise (Adagio – Vivace assai)Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:  Symphony No. 35 in C major\, K. 385\, Haffner (Allegro con spirito)Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:  Symphony No. 41 in C major\, K. 551\, Jupiter (Molto allegro)Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A major\, Opus 92 (Allegretto)Ellen Taaffe Zwilich:  Peanuts® Gallery for Piano and OrchestraVince Guaraldi / Robert Longfield\, arranger:  Linus & Lucy  \n\n\n\nInstrument Petting Zoo\n\n\n\nPre-concert fun for kids of all ages. Come for the FREE Instrument Petting Zoo one hour prior to performances. \n\n\n\nTickets\n\n\n\n\nBuy Tickets\n\n\n\n\nSingle tickets prices: $10/youth and $20/adult \n\n\n\nPlan Your Visit\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n Learn more about the Discovery Rehearsal Series \n \n \n\n Directions & More \n \n \n\n Seating Map \n \n \n\n Before the Concert \n \n \n\n At the Concert \n \n \n\n Dining & Hotels \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe gratefully acknowledge the generous contributions from the following:\n\n\n\nFamily Series underwritten by Victor and Karen Trione\, and Irene SohmCharlie Brown Goes to the Symphony sponsored by Snoopy’s Home Ice \n\n\n\nPrograms\, dates\, artist and prices are subject to change without notice. Tickets are subject to availability. URL:https://www.srsymphony.org/event/charlie-brown-goes-to-the-symphony/ CATEGORIES:Family Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.srsymphony.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/24-INTERIOR-BANNER-FAM-Charlie-Brown_600.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240118T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240118T000000 DTSTAMP:20260425T090822 CREATED:20230504T191346Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240119T212258Z UID:24919-1705536000-1705536000@www.srsymphony.org SUMMARY:Carnival of the Animals DESCRIPTION:Instrument Petting Zoo\n\n\n\nPre-concert fun for kids of all ages. Come for the FREE Instrument Petting Zoo one hour prior to performances. \n\n\n\nTickets\n\n\n\n\nBuy Tickets\n\n\n\n\nSingle tickets prices: $10/youth and $20/adult \n\n\n\nPlan Your Visit\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n Learn more about the Discovery Rehearsal Series \n \n \n\n Directions & More \n \n \n\n Seating Map \n \n \n\n Before the Concert \n \n \n\n At the Concert \n \n \n\n Dining & Hotels \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe gratefully acknowledge the generous contributions from the following:Family Series underwritten by Victor and Karen Trione\, and Irene Sohm \n\n\n\nPrograms\, dates\, artist and prices are subject to change without notice. Tickets are subject to availability. URL:https://www.srsymphony.org/event/carnival-of-the-animals/ CATEGORIES:Family Series END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240118T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240118T000000 DTSTAMP:20260425T090822 CREATED:20230410T182102Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240119T221425Z UID:24918-1705536000-1705536000@www.srsymphony.org SUMMARY:SRSYO - From Stage to Screen DESCRIPTION:Program\n\n\n\nRichard Rogers & Oscar Hammerstein Ii\, Arr. Robert Russell Bennet: Sound of Music\,  selection for OrchestraLeonard Bernstein\, Arr. Jack Mason: West Side Story\, Selection for OrchestraAndrew Lloyd Webber\, Arr. Calvin Custer: Selections from The Phantom of The OperaClaude-Michel Schoenberg\, Arr. Bob Lowden: Selections from Les MiserablesJohn Williams\, Arr. James H. Burden: Star Wars medleyJohn Williams: Duel of The Fates from Star Wars: A Musical JourneyDanny Elfman\, Arr. John Wasson: Music from Spider-ManElmer Bernstein: The Magnificent Seven\, Symphonic SuiteAlan Silvestri: Back to The Future\, Suite for Orchestra \n\n\n\nTickets\n\n\n\nBefore the Concert: (price valid until May 12\, 2023 at 11 am) Advance ticket sales are turned off at noon on the Friday before.$5 – Youth$15 – Adult$10 – Group (10+) available by phone only (707) 546-8742 \n\n\n\nAfter May 12\, 2023 at 11 am and at the door$10 – Youth$20 – AdultGroup tickets are not available at the door. \n\n\n\n\nTickets are nonrefundable and subject to availability.\n\n\n\n$2 ticket fee applies.\n\n\n\nPrograms\, dates\, artists\, and prices are subject to change without notice.\n\n\n\n\nQuestions? Please call Patron Services at (707) 546-8742 \n\n\n\nPhotos by Susan and Neil Silverman Photography \n\n\n\nPlan Your Visit\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n Learn more about the Discovery Rehearsal Series \n \n \n\n Directions & More \n \n \n\n Seating Map \n \n \n\n Before the Concert \n \n \n\n At the Concert \n \n \n\n Dining & Hotels URL:https://www.srsymphony.org/event/srsyo-from-stage-to-screen/ CATEGORIES:Youth Ensemble END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240118T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240118T000000 DTSTAMP:20260425T090822 CREATED:20230330T220718Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240119T211602Z UID:24917-1705536000-1705536000@www.srsymphony.org SUMMARY:SRSYO Fall Concert "To the Moon!" DESCRIPTION:Tickets\n\n\n\nBefore the Concert: (price valid until November 10\, 2023 at 11:00 am)$5 – Youth$15 – Adult$10 – Group (10+) available by phone only \n\n\n\nAfter November 10\, 2023 at 11:00 am and at the door$10 – Youth$20 – AdultGroup tickets are not available at the door. \n\n\n\n\nTickets are nonrefundable and subject to availability.\n\n\n\n$2 ticket fee applies.\n\n\n\nPrograms\, dates\, artists\, and prices are subject to change without notice.\n\n\n\n\nQuestions? Please call Patron Services at (707) 546-8742 \n\n\n\nPlan Your Visit\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n Learn more about the Discovery Rehearsal Series \n \n \n\n Directions & More \n \n \n\n Seating Map \n \n \n\n Before the Concert \n \n \n\n At the Concert \n \n \n\n Dining & Hotels \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPrograms\, dates\, artists\, and prices are subject to change without notice. Tickets are subject to availability.\n\n\n\nBanner photo by Susan and Neil Silverman PhotograpghyBobby Rogers photo by Jurgita Mazeika URL:https://www.srsymphony.org/event/srsyo-fall-concert-to-the-moon/ CATEGORIES:Youth Ensemble ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.srsymphony.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/24-INTERIOR-BANNER-Star-Wars_600.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240118T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240118T000000 DTSTAMP:20260425T090822 CREATED:20230215T201329Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240605T195308Z UID:24916-1705536000-1705536000@www.srsymphony.org SUMMARY:Road to 100\, The Complete Beethoven Symphonies\, Year 1 DESCRIPTION:Concert Conversations with Francesco Lecce-Chong and Corrick Brown\n\n\n\nConcert Conversations are general seating and free to all concert ticket holders. Join Francesco and Corrick for this interesting and fun conversation. Starting at 2:00 pm for approximately 30 minutes in Weill Hall. \n\n\n\nTickets\n\n\n\nYouths 7-17 years of age may receive one complimentary ticket with every paid adult. Request tickets through Patron Services at (707) 546-8742. \n\n\n\n$10 student rush tickets for college students with a valid student ID. Available starting 1-1/2 hours prior to the concert\, at the door only. Classical Series concerts only. \n\n\n\nBeethoven BBQ – On Weill Lawn\n\n\n\nTo top off the concert experience\, immediately following the performance\, there will be a lively no-host Beethoven BBQ on the lawn adjacent to the hall. Patrons can mingle with Maestro Lecce-Chong\, orchestra musicians and fellow concertgoers. The BBQ is open to all ticket holders and will feature an eclectic assortment of food trucks\, including Red Rose Catering\, which specializes in authentic Southern food; Dino’s Greek Food Truck\, which offers a modern take on traditional Greek food; and Mariscos El Cora Food Truck\, which showcases a vast selection of Mexican dishes including the crowd pleasing\, pozole. JUST ADDED: Tri Tip Trolley which offers savory delights sure to satisfy meat lovers to beloved comfort food classics. More trucks will be added. \n\n\n\nPatrons are encouraged to bring a picnic\, lawn chairs or blanket.Food and beverages are not included in the ticket price. The Beethoven BBQ is not open to the public. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nSpotify Playlist!\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nPlan Your Visit\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n Directions & More \n \n \n\n Seating Map \n \n \n\n Before the Concert \n \n \n\n At the Concert \n \n \n\n Dining & Hotels \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe gratefully acknowledge the generous contributions from the following:\n\n\n\nSponsored by Sara & Dixon BrowderConductor Francesco Lecce-Chong sponsored by Jamei Haswell\, in honor of Richard GrundySupporting Sponsor Nancy Richards\, in memory of Willard RichardsLudwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 1 in C major sponsored by Nancy & Rob NovakLudwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major\, Eroica sponsored by Jonathan Riley \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPrograms\, dates\, artists\, and prices are subject to change without notice. Tickets are subject to availability.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBanner photo by Susan and Neil Silverman Photography\, feature photo by Colin Talcroft URL:https://www.srsymphony.org/event/road-to-100-the-complete-beethoven-symphonies-year-1/ CATEGORIES:Special Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.srsymphony.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/24-FEATURE-FLC-PA070703-Photo-by-Colin-Talcroft.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240118T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240118T000000 DTSTAMP:20260425T090822 CREATED:20230214T223148Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240326T223644Z UID:24915-1705536000-1705536000@www.srsymphony.org SUMMARY:Gershwin & Ellington DESCRIPTION:Concert Conversations with Francesco Lecce-Chong\n\n\n\nConcert Conversations are general seating and free to Classical Series concert ticket holders. Approximately 30 minutes in Weill Hall. \n\n\n\nSaturday\, May 11\, 2024 at 6:30 PMSunday\, May 12\, 2024 at 2:00 PMMonday\, May 13\, 2024 at 6:30 PM \n\n\n\nTickets\n\n\n\nYouths 7-17 years of age may receive one complimentary ticket with every paid adult. Request tickets through Patron Services at (707) 546-8742. Classical Series concerts only. \n\n\n\n$10 student rush tickets for college students with a valid student ID. Available starting 1-1/2 hours prior to the concert\, at the door only. Classical Series concerts only.  \n\n\n\nSpotify Playlist!\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nPlan Your Visit\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n Learn more about the Discovery Rehearsal Series \n \n \n\n Directions & More \n \n \n\n Seating Map \n \n \n\n Before the Concert \n \n \n\n At the Concert \n \n \n\n Dining & Hotels \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe gratefully acknowledge the generous contributions from the following:\n\n\n\nClassical Concert Series underwritten by Anderman Family FoundationSponsored by Alan and Susan Seidenfeld Charitable Trust in memory of Susan SeidenfeldConductor Francesco Lecce-Chong sponsored by David and Corinne ByrdGuest Artist Conrad Tao sponsored by Sara and Edward KozelCommissioned work\, Flung Out for Piano and Orchestra by Conrad Tao sponsored by Nancy and Rob NovakDiscovery Rehearsal Series sponsored by The Stare Foundation and David Stare of Dry Creek VineyardPre-concert Talks sponsored by Jamei Haswell in memory of Richard GrundySeason Media Sponsor: The Press Democrat \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPrograms\, dates\, artists\, and prices are subject to change without notice. Tickets are subject to availability.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPhoto of Conrad Tao by Brantley Gutierrez URL:https://www.srsymphony.org/event/gershwin-ellington/ CATEGORIES:Classical Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.srsymphony.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Gershwin-and-Ellington-Conrad-Tao-2-Photo-credit-Brantley-Gutierrez_600.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240118T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240118T000000 DTSTAMP:20260425T090822 CREATED:20230214T222709Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240403T175551Z UID:24914-1705536000-1705536000@www.srsymphony.org SUMMARY:Boléro & Tchaikovsky DESCRIPTION:Concert Conversations with Francesco Lecce-Chong\n\n\n\nConcert Conversations are general seating and free to Classical Series concert ticket holders. Approximately 30 minutes in Weill Hall. \n\n\n\n\nSaturday\, March 23\, 2024 at 6:30 PM\n\n\n\nSunday\, March 24\, 2024 at 2:00 PM\n\n\n\nMonday\, March 25\, 2024 at 6:30 PM\n\n\n\n\nTickets\n\n\n\nBUY TICKETS \n\n\n\nYouths 7-17 years of age may receive one complimentary ticket with every paid adult. Request tickets through Patron Services at (707) 546-8742. Classical Series concerts only. \n\n\n\n$10 student rush tickets for college students with a valid student ID. Available starting 1-1/2 hours prior to the concert\, at the door only. Classical Series concerts only.  \n\n\n\nSpotify Playlist!\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nPlan Your Visit\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n Learn more about the Discovery Rehearsal Series \n \n \n\n Directions & More \n \n \n\n Seating Map \n \n \n\n Before the Concert \n \n \n\n At the Concert \n \n \n\n Dining & Hotels \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe gratefully acknowledge the generous contributions from the following:\n\n\n\nClassical Concert Series underwritten by Anderman Family FoundationSponsored by Viking CruisesConductor Francesco Lecce-Chong sponsored by David and Corinne ByrdGuest Artist Geneva Lewis sponsored by Sigmund Anderman\, in memory of Susan AndermanFirst Symphony project commissioners Nancy and David Berto\, Gordon Blumenfeld\, Chuck and Ellen Wear\, Creighton White in loving memory of Dorothy Bristow White\, and Chloe Tula and Francesco Lecce-ChongFirst Symphony Project The Amphion FounationDiscovery Rehearsal Series sponsored by The Stare Foundation and David Stare of Dry Creek VineyardPre-concert Talks sponsored by Jamei Haswell in memory of Richard GrundyTchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto in D sponsored by The E. Nakamichi FoundationSeason Media Sponsor: The Press Democrat \n\n\n\nPrograms\, dates\, artists\, and prices are subject to change without notice. Tickets are subject to availability. \n\n\n\nGeneva Lewis by Matthew Holler Photography URL:https://www.srsymphony.org/event/bolaro-tchaikovsky/ CATEGORIES:Classical Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.srsymphony.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Bolero-and-Tchaikovsky-Geneva-Lewis-6--Photo-credit-Matthew-Holler-Photography_600.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240118T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240118T000000 DTSTAMP:20260425T090822 CREATED:20230214T222330Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240226T214740Z UID:24913-1705536000-1705536000@www.srsymphony.org SUMMARY:Kahane Returns! DESCRIPTION:Concert Conversations with Jeffrey Kahane\n\n\n\nConcert Conversations are general seating and free to Classical Series concert ticket holders. Approximately 30 minutes in Weill Hall. \n\n\n\nSaturday\, February 17\, 2024 at 6:30 PMSunday\, February 18\, 2024 at 2:00 PMMonday\, February 19\, 2024 at 6:30 PM \n\n\n\nTickets\n\n\n\n\nBuy Tickets\n\n\n\n\nYouths 7-17 years of age may receive one complimentary ticket with every paid adult. Request tickets through Patron Services at (707) 546-8742. Classical Series concerts only. \n\n\n\n$10 student rush tickets for college students with a valid student ID. Available starting 1-1/2 hours prior to the concert\, at the door only. Classical Series concerts only.  \n\n\n\nSpotify Playlist!\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nPlan Your Visit\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n Learn more about the Discovery Rehearsal Series \n \n \n\n Directions & More \n \n \n\n Seating Map \n \n \n\n Before the Concert \n \n \n\n At the Concert \n \n \n\n Dining & Hotels \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe gratefully acknowledge the generous contributions from the following:\n\n\n\nClassical Concert Series underwritten by Anderman Family FoundationSponsored by The Peggy Anne Covington FundConductor Emeritus Jeffrey Kahane\, Conductor and Piano sponsored by Jack Dupre and Marsha Vas Dupre and Carly Dierkhising – Del CastroLudwig Van Beethoven: Concerto No. 4 in G major for Piano and Orchestra; Opus 58 sponsored by The Reiter FamilyDiscovery Rehearsal Series sponsored by The Stare Foundation and David Stare of Dry Creek VineyardPre-concert Talks sponsored by Jamei Haswell in memory of Richard GrundySeason Media Sponsor: The Press Democrat \n\n\n\nPrograms\, dates\, artists\, and prices are subject to change without notice. Tickets are subject to availability. \n\n\n\nPhotos of Jeffrey Kahane by E.F. Marton Productions URL:https://www.srsymphony.org/event/kahane-returns/ CATEGORIES:Classical Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.srsymphony.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Kahane-Returns-Jeffrey-Kahane-10-Photo-credit-E-F--Marton-Productions_Banner_1200.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240118T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240118T000000 DTSTAMP:20260425T090822 CREATED:20230214T222016Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240119T213222Z UID:24912-1705536000-1705536000@www.srsymphony.org SUMMARY:RACH & the Hollywood Sound DESCRIPTION:Concert Conversations with Francesco Lecce-Chong\n\n\n\nConcert Conversations are general seating and free to Classical Series concert ticket holders. Approximately 30 minutes in Weill Hall. \n\n\n\n\nSaturday\, January 20\, 2024 at 6:30 PM\n\n\n\nSunday\, January 21\, 2024 at 2:00 PM\n\n\n\nMonday\, January 22\, 2024 at 6:30 PM\n\n\n\n\nTickets\n\n\n\n\nBuy Tickets\n\n\n\n\nYouths 7-17 years of age may receive one complimentary ticket with every paid adult. Request tickets through Patron Services at (707) 546-8742. Classical Series concerts only. \n\n\n\n$10 student rush tickets for college students with a valid student ID. Available starting 1-1/2 hours prior to the concert\, at the door only. Classical Series concerts only.  \n\n\n\nSpotify Playlist!\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nPlan Your Visit\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n Learn more about the Discovery Rehearsal Series \n \n \n\n Directions & More \n \n \n\n Seating Map \n \n \n\n Before the Concert \n \n \n\n At the Concert \n \n \n\n Dining & Hotels \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe gratefully acknowledge the generous contributions from the following:\n\n\n\nClassical Concert Series underwritten by Anderman Family FoundationSponsored by Willow Creek Wealth Management and Susan and Bruce DziezaConductor Francesco Lecce-Chong sponsored by David and Corinne ByrdGuest Artist Jospeh Edelberg sponsored by Victor and Karen Trione\, in memory of Henry TrioneDiscovery Rehearsal Series sponsored by The Stare Foundation and David Stare of Dry Creek VineyardPre-concert Talks sponsored by Jamei Haswell in memory of Richard GrundySeason Media Sponsor: The Press Democrat \n\n\n\nPrograms\, dates\, artists\, and prices are subject to change without notice. Tickets are subject to availability. \n\n\n\nPhoto of Francesco Lecce-Chong by Susan and Neil Silverman PhotographyPhoto of Joseph Edelberg by Clara Rice Photography URL:https://www.srsymphony.org/event/rach-the-hollywood-sound/ CATEGORIES:Classical Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.srsymphony.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/24-Set-4-Joe-Edelberg-Photo-By-Clara-Rice-Photography_600.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240118T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240118T000000 DTSTAMP:20260425T090822 CREATED:20230214T221555Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240126T173848Z UID:24911-1705536000-1705536000@www.srsymphony.org SUMMARY:FLC Conducts Messiah! DESCRIPTION:Program Notes\n\n\n\nProgram Notes offer insight and fascinating details about the concert program. Read them online at your leisure and enhance your understanding and enjoyment of every Classical Series performance. \n\n\n\nRead FLC Conducts Messiah! Program Notes \n\n\n\nConcert Conversations with Francesco Lecce-Chong\n\n\n\nConcert Conversations are general seating and free to Classical Series concert ticket holders. Approximately 30 minutes in Weill Hall. \n\n\n\nSaturday\, December 2\, 2023 at 6:30 PMSunday\, December 3\, 2023 at 2:00 PMMonday\, December 4\, 2023 at 6:30 PM \n\n\n\nTickets\n\n\n\nBUY TICKETS \n\n\n\nYouths 7-17 years of age may receive one complimentary ticket with every paid adult. Request tickets through Patron Services at (707) 546-8742. Classical Series concerts only. \n\n\n\n$10 student rush tickets for college students with a valid student ID. Available starting 1-1/2 hours prior to the concert\, at the door only. Classical Series concerts only.  \n\n\n\nSpotify Playlist!\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nPlan Your Visit\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n Directions & More \n \n \n\n Seating Map \n \n \n\n Before the Concert \n \n \n\n At the Concert \n \n \n\n Dining & Hotels \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe gratefully acknowledge the generous contributions from the following:\n\n\n\nClassical Concert Series underwritten by Anderman Family FoundationSponsored by The Donald and Maureen Green Orchestral Works Endowment FundConductor Francesco Lecce-Chong sponsored by David and Corinne ByrdGuest Artist Abigail Nims sponsored by Garth BixlerGuest Artist Sonoma State University Symphonic Chorus sponsored by Linda and David HanesDiscovery Rehearsal Series sponsored by The Stare Foundation and David Stare of Dry Creek VineyardPre-concert Talks sponsored by Jamei Haswell in memory of Richard GrundySeason Media Sponsor: The Press Democrat \n\n\n\nPrograms\, dates\, artists\, and prices are subject to change without notice. Tickets are subject to availability. \n\n\n\nPhoto of Francesco Lecce-Chong by Susan and Neil Silverman PhotographyPhoto of Christina Pier by Alissa Dragun South Moon PhotographyPhoto of Abigail Nims by Regina MountjoyPhoto of Michael Dean by Ken WeingartPhoto of Benjamin Butterfield by UVic Photo ServicesPhoto of Jenny Bent by SSU URL:https://www.srsymphony.org/event/flc-conducts-messiah/ CATEGORIES:Classical Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.srsymphony.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Placeholder-3_2-_600_400.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240118T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240118T000000 DTSTAMP:20260425T090822 CREATED:20230214T221047Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240403T180056Z UID:24910-1705536000-1705536000@www.srsymphony.org SUMMARY:Mahler's Titan DESCRIPTION:Play!\n\n\n\nREAD about Clarice Assad’s PLAY! \n\n\n\nPLAY! by Clarice Assad was commissioned for Third Coast Percussion by the Santa Rosa Symphony\, Resident Orchestra of the Green Music Center\, Francesco Lecce-Chong\, Music Director. The work was co-commissioned by the Grand Teton Music Festival\, Sir Donald Runnicles\, Music Director; and the Wheeling Symphony Orchestra\, John Gennaro Devlin\, Music Director. Additional support was provided by Bruce Oltman\, the Maxine and Stuart Frankel Foundation\, the Julian Family Foundation\, and Steph and Daniel Heffner.  \n\n\n\nProgram Notes\n\n\n\nProgram Notes offer insight and fascinating details about the concert program. Read them online at your leisure and enhance your understanding and enjoyment of every Classical Series performance. \n\n\n\nRead Mahler’s Titan Program Notes \n\n\n\nConcert Conversations with Francesco Lecce-Chong\n\n\n\nConcert Conversations are general seating and free to Classical Series concert ticket holders. Approximately 30 minutes in Weill Hall. \n\n\n\nSaturday\, November 4\, 2023 at 6:30 PMSunday\, November 5\, 2023 at 2:00 PMMonday\, November 6\, 2023 at 6:30 PM  \n\n\n\nMasterclass with Third Coast Percussion\n\n\n\nMonday\, November 6\, 2023 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm at Weill Hall\, Green Music CenterEvent is free but a ticket is required to enter\n\n\n\n\nReserve Your Seat!\n\n\n\n\nMuch of the advice given in a masterclass can be applied to any instrument. Therefore\, all musicians are encouraged to observe the masterclasses\, regardless of the instrument they play. Please spread the word and share this message with your students\, colleagues and friends! \n\n\n\nWhat is a masterclass?A masterclass is an open lesson\, during which a student performs a solo work and is coached by a master teacher. Attending audience (that’s you) listen and learn as observers. It is a fun and informative opportunity to see a top-flight musician and music educator share insights and techniques and to watch a student learn and grow before your eyes. \n\n\n\nPlease note: Parking is not included in the ticket. You will need to pay to park while at this event.To purchase your parking permit in advance:  \n\n\n\n\nBuy Permit \n\n\n\n\nTickets\n\n\n\n\nBuy Tickets\n\n\n\n\nYouths 7-17 years of age may receive one complimentary ticket with every paid adult. Request tickets through Patron Services at (707) 546-8742. Classical Series concerts only. \n\n\n\n$10 student rush tickets for college students with a valid student ID. Available starting 1-1/2 hours prior to the concert\, at the door only. Classical Series concerts only.  \n\n\n\nSpotify Playlist!\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nPlan Your Visit\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n Learn more about the Discovery Rehearsal Series \n \n \n\n Directions & More \n \n \n\n Seating Map \n \n \n\n Before the Concert \n \n \n\n At the Concert \n \n \n\n Dining & Hotels \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe gratefully acknowledge the generous contributions from the following:\n\n\n\nClassical Concert Series underwritten by Anderman Family FoundationSponsored by Judith M. Gappa Conductor Francesco Lecce-Chong sponsored by David and Corinne ByrdDiscovery Rehearsal Series sponsored by The Stare Foundation and David Stare of Dry Creek VineyardPre-concert Talks sponsored by Jamei Haswell in memory of Richard GrundySeason Media Sponsor: The Press Democrat \n\n\n\nPrograms\, dates\, artists\, and prices are subject to change without notice. Tickets are subject to availability. \n\n\n\nPhoto of Francesco Lecce-Chong by Colin TalcroftPhoto of Third Coast Percussion by Saverio TrugliaPhoto of Clarice Assad by Marcelo Macaue URL:https://www.srsymphony.org/event/mahlers-titan/ CATEGORIES:Classical Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.srsymphony.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Placeholder-3_2-_600_400.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240118T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240118T000000 DTSTAMP:20260425T090822 CREATED:20230212T005155Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240125T075922Z UID:24909-1705536000-1705536000@www.srsymphony.org SUMMARY:Kern Plays Grieg DESCRIPTION:Program Notes\n\n\n\nProgram Notes offer insight and fascinating details about the concert program. Read them online at your leisure and enhance your understanding and enjoyment of every Classical Series performance. \n\n\n\nRead Kern Plays Grieg Program Notes \n\n\n\nConcert Conversations with Francesco Lecce-Chong\n\n\n\nConcert Conversations are general seating and free to Classical Series concert ticket holders. Approximately 30 minutes in Weill Hall. \n\n\n\nSaturday\, October 7\, 2023 at 6:30 PMSunday\, October 8\, 2023 at 2:00 PMMonday\, October 9\, 2023 at 6:30 PM \n\n\n\nTickets\n\n\n\n\nBuy Tickets\n\n\n\n\nYouths 7-17 years of age may receive one complimentary ticket with every paid adult. Request tickets through Patron Services at (707) 546-8742. Classical Series concerts only. \n\n\n\n$10 student rush tickets for college students with a valid student ID. Available starting 1-1/2 hours prior to the concert\, at the door only. Classical Series concerts only.  \n\n\n\nSpotify Playlist\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nPlan Your Visit\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n Learn more about the Discovery Rehearsal Series \n \n \n\n Directions & More \n \n \n\n Seating Map \n \n \n\n Before the Concert \n \n \n\n At the Concert \n \n \n\n Dining & Hotels \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe gratefully acknowledge the generous contributions from the following:\n\n\n\nClassical Concert Series underwritten by Anderman Family FoundationSponsored by Marcia Wagner in memory of Hap Wagner Conductor Francesco Lecce-Chong sponsored by David and Corinne ByrdGuest Artist Olga Kern sponsored by Sam Guerrera\, in memory of Ava Guerrera Jean Sibelius\, Symphony No. 2 in D major sponsored by Dr. Larry Schoenrock Endowment Fund Discovery Rehearsal Series sponsored by The Stare Foundation and David Stare of Dry Creek VineyardPre-concert Talks sponsored by Jamei Haswell in memory of Richard GrundySeason Media Sponsor: The Press Democrat \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPrograms\, dates\, artists\, and prices are subject to change without notice. Tickets are subject to availability.\n\n\n\nPhoto of Francesco Lecce-Chong by Susan and Neil Silverman PhotographyPhoto of Olga Kern by Chris Lee URL:https://www.srsymphony.org/event/kern-plays-grieg/ CATEGORIES:Classical Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.srsymphony.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Kern_600.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240118T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240118T000000 DTSTAMP:20260425T090822 CREATED:20230207T170744Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240119T215726Z UID:24908-1705536000-1705536000@www.srsymphony.org SUMMARY:DYO & AYO - Postcards from Europe DESCRIPTION:Program\n\n\n\nHenry Purcell\, Arr. Bob Phillips: RigaudonF. Richardson\, Arr. Wolfgang Kuhn: irishe Ho-HoaneGeorges Bizet\, Arr. Richard Meyer: aragonaise from “carmen”W.A. Mozart\, Arr. Jamin Hoffman: amadeus! from Symphony No. 25George Gershwin\, Arr. Jerry Brubaker: an American in ParisVittorio Monti\, Arr. Kirt N. Mosier: csardasCamille Saint-Saã‹ns\, Arr. Merle J. Isaac: dance MacabreNikolai Rimsky-Korsakov\, Arr. Richard Meyer: capriccio Espagnol \n\n\n\nTickets\n\n\n\nBefore the Concert: (price valid until April 21\, 2023 at 11 am) Advance ticket sales are turned off at noon on the Friday before.$5 – Youth$15 – Adult$10 – Group (10+) available by phone only (707) 546-8742 \n\n\n\nAfter April 21\, 2023 at 11 am and at the door$10 – Youth$20 – AdultGroup tickets are not available at the door. \n\n\n\n\nTickets are nonrefundable and subject to availability.\n\n\n\n$2 ticket fee applies.\n\n\n\nPrograms\, dates\, artists\, and prices are subject to change without notice.\n\n\n\n\nQuestions? Please call Patron Services at (707) 546-8742 \n\n\n\nPhotos by Susan and Neil Silverman Photography \n\n\n\nPlan Your Visit\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n Learn more about the Discovery Rehearsal Series \n \n \n\n Directions & More \n \n \n\n Seating Map \n \n \n\n Before the Concert \n \n \n\n At the Concert \n \n \n\n Dining & Hotels URL:https://www.srsymphony.org/event/dyo-ayo-postcards-from-europe/ CATEGORIES:Youth Ensemble END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240118T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240118T000000 DTSTAMP:20260425T090822 CREATED:20230207T165103Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240403T211408Z UID:24907-1705536000-1705536000@www.srsymphony.org SUMMARY:YPCO - More Cowbell: Sarah Levy\, the Ultramoderns\, and Arvo Pärt DESCRIPTION:Tickets\n\n\n\nBefore the Concert: (price valid until March 10\, 2023 at 12 noon) Advance ticket web sales are turned off at noon on the Friday before.\n$5 – Youth\n$15 – Adult\n$10 – Group (10+) available by phone only \n\n\n\nAfter March 10\, 2023 at 12 noon and at the door\n$10 – Youth\n$20 – Adult\nGroup tickets are not available at the door. \n\n\n\n\n Tickets are nonrefundable and subject to availability. \n\n\n\n $2 ticket fee applies. \n\n\n\n Programs\, dates\, artists\, and prices are subject to change without notice. \n\n\n\n\n Questions? Please call Patron Services at (707) 546-8742 \n\n\n\nPhotos by Jurgita Mazeika \n\n\n\nPlan Your Visit\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n Learn more about the Discovery Rehearsal Series \n \n \n\n Directions & More \n \n \n\n Seating Map \n \n \n\n Before the Concert \n \n \n\n At the Concert \n \n \n\n Dining & Hotels URL:https://www.srsymphony.org/event/ypco-more-cowbell-sarah-levy-the-ultramoderns-and-arvo-pa%c2%a4rt/ CATEGORIES:Youth Ensemble END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240118T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240118T000000 DTSTAMP:20260425T090822 CREATED:20221012T183902Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240119T204144Z UID:24905-1705536000-1705536000@www.srsymphony.org SUMMARY:DYO & AYO - Marches and Dances DESCRIPTION:Program\n\n\n\nMusic from:The Prince of Denmark’s MarchLa Rejouissance from “Royal Fireworks Music” by HandelSelections from Tchaikovsky’s “Nutcracker”Dance of the Tumblers by Rimsky Korsakov…and more! \n\n\n\nTickets\n\n\n\nBefore the Concert: (price valid until November 18\, 2022 at 12 noon) Advance ticket sales are turned off at noon on the Friday before.$5 – Youth$15 – Adult$10 – Group (10+) available by phone only \n\n\n\nAfter November 18\, 2022 at 12 noon and at the door$10 – Youth$20 – AdultGroup tickets are not available at the door. \n\n\n\n\nTickets are nonrefundable and subject to availability.\n\n\n\n$2 ticket fee applies.\n\n\n\nPrograms\, dates\, artists\, and prices are subject to change without notice.\n\n\n\n\nQuestions? Please call Patron Services at (707) 546-8742 \n\n\n\nPhotos by Susan and Neil Silverman Photograph \n\n\n\nPlan Your Visit\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n Learn more about the Discovery Rehearsal Series \n \n \n\n Directions & More \n \n \n\n Seating Map \n \n \n\n Before the Concert \n \n \n\n At the Concert \n \n \n\n Dining & Hotels URL:https://www.srsymphony.org/event/dyo-ayo-marches-and-dances/ CATEGORIES:Youth Ensemble END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240118T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240118T000000 DTSTAMP:20260425T090822 CREATED:20221012T181829Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240119T220521Z UID:24904-1705536000-1705536000@www.srsymphony.org SUMMARY:YPCO - In Living Harmony DESCRIPTION:Tickets:\n\n\n\nBefore the Concert: (price valid until November 18\, 2022 at 12 noon) Advance ticket web sales are turned off at noon on the Friday before.$5 – Youth$15 – Adult$10 – Group (10+) available by phone only \n\n\n\nAfter November 18\, 2022 at 12 noon and at the door$10 – Youth$20 – AdultGroup tickets are not available at the door. \n\n\n\n\nTickets are nonrefundable and subject to availability.\n\n\n\n$2 ticket fee applies.\n\n\n\nPrograms\, dates\, artists\, and prices are subject to change without notice.\n\n\n\n\nQuestions? Please call Patron Services at (707) 546-8742 \n\n\n\nPhotos by Jurgita Mazeika \n\n\n\nPlan Your Visit\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n Learn more about the Discovery Rehearsal Series \n \n \n\n Directions & More \n \n \n\n Seating Map \n \n \n\n Before the Concert \n \n \n\n At the Concert \n \n \n\n Dining & Hotels URL:https://www.srsymphony.org/event/ypco-in-living-harmony/ CATEGORIES:Youth Ensemble END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240118T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240118T000000 DTSTAMP:20260425T090822 CREATED:20221012T162210Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240209T174606Z UID:24903-1705536000-1705536000@www.srsymphony.org SUMMARY:SRSYO - Danse! DESCRIPTION:Tickets:\n\n\n\nBefore the Concert: (price valid until November 11\, 2022 at 12 noon)$5 – Youth$15 – Adult$10 – Group (10+) available by phone only \n\n\n\nAfter November 11\, 2022 at 12 noon and at the door$10 – Youth$20 – AdultGroup tickets are not available at the door. \n\n\n\n\nTickets are nonrefundable and subject to availability.\n\n\n\n$2 ticket fee applies.\n\n\n\nPrograms\, dates\, artists\, and prices are subject to change without notice.\n\n\n\n\nQuestions? Please call Patron Services at (707) 546-8742 \n\n\n\nPhotos by Jurgita Mazeika \n\n\n\nPlan Your Visit\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n Learn more about the Discovery Rehearsal Series \n \n \n\n Directions & More \n \n \n\n Seating Map \n \n \n\n Before the Concert \n \n \n\n At the Concert \n \n \n\n Dining & Hotels URL:https://www.srsymphony.org/event/srsyo-danse/ CATEGORIES:Youth Ensemble END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240118T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240118T000000 DTSTAMP:20260425T090822 CREATED:20220707T200542Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240124T164620Z UID:24902-1705536000-1705536000@www.srsymphony.org SUMMARY:Becoming Mozart DESCRIPTION:Create precious family memories with an afternoon at the Symphony.\n\n\n\nInstrument Petting Zoo\n\n\n\nPre-concert fun for kids of all ages. Come for the FREE Instrument Petting Zoo one hour prior to performances. \n\n\n\nTickets\n\n\n\nTickets are $10/youth and $20/adult \n\n\n\n\nBuy Now!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe gratefully acknowledge the generous contributions from the following:Family Series sponsored by The Alan and Susan Seidenfeld Charitable Trust and Victor and Karen Trione \n\n\n\nPrograms\, dates\, artist and prices are subject to change without notice. Tickets are subject to availability.\n\n\n\nPhoto by Susan and Neil Silverman Photography \n\n\n\nPlan Your Visit\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n Learn more about the Discovery Rehearsal Series \n \n \n\n Directions & More \n \n \n\n Seating Map \n \n \n\n Before the Concert \n \n \n\n At the Concert \n \n \n\n Dining & Hotels URL:https://www.srsymphony.org/event/becoming-mozart/ CATEGORIES:Family Series END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240118T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240118T000000 DTSTAMP:20260425T090822 CREATED:20220707T180402Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240126T180938Z UID:24901-1705536000-1705536000@www.srsymphony.org SUMMARY:Beethoven Lives Upstairs DESCRIPTION:Create precious family memories with an afternoon at the Symphony.\n\n\n\n\nClassical Kids Live!\n\n\n\n\n Instrument Petting Zoo\n\n\n\nPre-concert fun for kids of all ages. Come for the FREE Instrument Petting Zoo one hour prior to performances.  \n\n\n\nTickets\n\n\n\n\nBuy Now!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe gratefully acknowledge the generous contributions from the following:Family Series sponsored by The Alan and Susan Seidenfeld Charitable Trust and Victor and Karen Trione \n\n\n\nPrograms\, dates\, artist and prices are subject to change without notice. Tickets are subject to availability.\n\n\n\nPhoto by Susan and Neil Silverman Photography \n\n\n\nPlan Your Visit\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n Learn more about the Discovery Rehearsal Series \n \n \n\n Directions & More \n \n \n\n Seating Map \n \n \n\n Before the Concert \n \n \n\n At the Concert \n \n \n\n Dining & Hotels URL:https://www.srsymphony.org/event/beethoven-lives-upstairs/ CATEGORIES:Family Series END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240118T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240118T000000 DTSTAMP:20260425T090822 CREATED:20220506T200112Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240124T160303Z UID:24899-1705536000-1705536000@www.srsymphony.org SUMMARY:E.T. The Extra Terrestrial In Concert DESCRIPTION:Tickets\n\n\n\nTickets can be purchased through the Green Music Center’s website or by calling\, (707) 664-4246.The Santa Rosa Symphony is not selling tickets to this event. \n\n\n\n\nBUY TICKETS\n\n\n\n\nPlan Your Visit\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n Learn more about the Discovery Rehearsal Series \n \n \n\n Directions & More \n \n \n\n Seating Map \n \n \n\n Before the Concert \n \n \n\n At the Concert \n \n \n\n Dining & Hotels \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Listen to the E.T. The Extra Terrestrial Soundtrack Watch the Trailer  \n\n\n\nHealth & Safety\n\n\n\nPlease read the Green Music Center’s current COVID-19 protocols here. Please note: COVID-19 protocols are subject to change. E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial is a trademark and copyright of Universal Studios. Licensed by Universal Studios Licensing LLC. All Rights Reserved. Available on Blu-ray and DVD from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment.   URL:https://www.srsymphony.org/event/e-t-the-extra-terrestrial-in-concert/ CATEGORIES:Special Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240118T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240118T000000 DTSTAMP:20260425T090822 CREATED:20220421T202735Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240209T175856Z UID:24898-1705536000-1705536000@www.srsymphony.org SUMMARY:Free Community Concert featuring Villalobos Brothers DESCRIPTION:Presented by the Green Music Center and Santa Rosa Symphony\n\n\n\nTickets available through the Green Music Center. \n\n\n\nEvent has passed \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSeating is general admission and available on a first come-first served basis. Get there early for best seats. \n\n\n\nProgram\n\n\n\nLeonard Bernstein/Maurice Peress\, Arranger : Overture to West Side StoryScott Joplin/d.S. Desisle\, Arranger/gunther Schuller\, Editor : The EntertainerAlberto Ginastera : concerto for Harp and Orchestra\, Opus 25Son Veracruzano [traditional]/Luis Villalobos/Eduardo Magallanes\, Arranger : El PijulErnesto Villalobos : AttackLuis Villalobos/Marcos Barilari\, Arranger : Sin MiSon Veracruzano [traditional] : La BrujaAlberto Villalobos/Eduardo Magallanes\, Arranger : El San LorenzoPatricio Hidalgo/Alberto Villalobos : La GallinaLuis Villalobos/Marcos Barilari\, Arranger : Somos  \n\n\n\nTickets\n\n\n\n\nThis concert will be general admission and seating is on a first come-first served basis.\n\n\n\nLIMIT 8 per household.\n\n\n\nTickets are requred for entry.\n\n\n\nTickets available online at the Green Music Center\n\n\n\n\nAll seating for this event is general admission and on a first-come\, first-served basis. Seating in Weill Hall and outdoor tables is limited and not guaranteed. Patrons who wish to sit inside Weill Hall or at an outdoor table\, should plan to be seated by 6:40 p.m. so the performance can begin on time. All guests will be welcome to sit on the lawn after that time. \n\n\n\nConcert-goers may bring in food and non-alcoholic beverages to enjoy a picnic on the lawn or at terrace tables. Food and beverages may also be purchased on site. Water bottle filling stations will also be available.  \n\n\n\nFor the safety of all guests\, all items brought into the Green Music Center including coolers\, picnic baskets\, bags\, backpacks and purses are subject to search upon entry. Patrons who choose not to subject their personal belongings to a security search will not be permitted to enter the grounds. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\nPlan Your Visit\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n Learn more about the Discovery Rehearsal Series \n \n \n\n Directions & More \n \n \n\n Seating Map \n \n \n\n Before the Concert \n \n \n\n At the Concert \n \n \n\n Dining & Hotels \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSupported in part by\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPrograms\, dates\, artists\, and prices are subject to change without notice. Tickets are subject to availability.\n\n\n\nPhoto of Francesco Lecce-Chong by Susan and Neil Silverman Photography URL:https://www.srsymphony.org/event/free-community-concert-featuring-villalobos-brothers/ CATEGORIES:Special Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240118T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240118T000000 DTSTAMP:20260425T090822 CREATED:20220406T020716Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240209T181343Z UID:24897-1705536000-1705536000@www.srsymphony.org SUMMARY:My Kind of Broadway DESCRIPTION:Click here to see full program\n\n\n\n\nPre Concert Talk\n\n\n\nJoin Principal Pops Conductor Michael Berkowitz one hour prior to every concert for a discussion of the afternoon’s concert\, along with personal anecdotes and memories from his storied career working on Broadway and with Liza Minelli\, Henry Mancini\, and Marvin Hamlisch among many others. \n\n\n\nHow to Purchase Tickets for The Pops!\n\n\n\nAlthough the Santa Rosa Symphony is performing\, the Luther Burbank Center for the Arts is selling the tickets for this concert. \n\n\n\nTo purchase tickets\, click here.LBC Box office: (707) 546-3600 \n\n\n\nPlan Your Visit\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n Learn more about the Discovery Rehearsal Series \n \n \n\n Directions & More \n \n \n\n Seating Map \n \n \n\n Before the Concert \n \n \n\n At the Concert \n \n \n\n Dining & Hotels \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\nTues – Sat\, 10am – 6pm  |  closed Sunday and Monday(Open 2 hours before performances on Sundays and Mondays) \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe gratefully acknowledge the generous contributions from the following:\n\n\n\n“My Kind of Broadway: Mike Berkowitz Finale” underwritten by The Heck Foundation Mike Berkowitz underwritten by Michael and Nancy Hall   \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPrograms\, dates\, artists\, and prices are subject to change without notice. Tickets are subject to availability. URL:https://www.srsymphony.org/event/my-kind-of-broadway/ CATEGORIES:Pops Series END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240118T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240118T000000 DTSTAMP:20260425T090822 CREATED:20220406T014948Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240119T215537Z UID:24895-1705536000-1705536000@www.srsymphony.org SUMMARY:A John Denver Rocky Mountain Christmas DESCRIPTION:About the Concert\n\n\n\nSince 2002 the combined talents of Curry and his band have brought John’s music back to thousands of people. He also works behind the scenes to preserve Denver’s music. Most notable is Curry’s collaboration with Lee Holdridge in rebuilding and preserving Denver’s original symphony arrangements. Curry was a key performer in the induction of John Denver to the Colorado Music Hall of fame show hosted by Olivia Newton John. He also was the host of the official John Denver Estate show\, which toured the United States and Australia. Curry’s latest project is titled\, “Such a Wild Place\,” which was produced by two of John Denver’s band members\, Pete Huttlinger and Chris Nole. It includes four original songs co-written by Jim Curry and also includes three unreleased songs written by John Denver. \n\n\n\nPre Concert Talk!\n\n\n\nJoin Principal Pops Conductor Michael Berkowitz one hour prior to every concert for a discussion of the afternoon’s concert\, along with personal anecdotes and memories from his storied career working on Broadway and with Liza Minelli\, Henry Mancini\, and Marvin Hamlisch among many others. \n\n\n\nHow to Purchase Tickets for Pops!\n\n\n\nAlthough the Santa Rosa Symphony is performing\, the Luther Burbank Center for the Arts is selling the tickets for this concert. \n\n\n\n\nPOPS! Subscription Form\n\n\n\n\nNew subscriptions on sale June 10Individual tickets on sale August 17 \n\n\n\nTo purchase tickets\, click here.LBC Box office: (707) 546-3600Tues – Sat\, 10am – 6pm  |  closed Sunday and Monday(Open 2 hours before performances on Sundays and Mondays) \n\n\n\nPlan Your Visit\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n Learn more about the Discovery Rehearsal Series \n \n \n\n Directions & More \n \n \n\n Seating Map \n \n \n\n Before the Concert \n \n \n\n At the Concert \n \n \n\n Dining & Hotels \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe gratefully acknowledge the generous contributions from the following:\n\n\n\n“Rocky Mountain Christmas” underwritten by Gordon  BlumenfeldMike Berkowitz underwritten by Michael and Nancy Hall   \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPrograms\, dates\, artists\, and prices are subject to change without notice. Tickets are subject to availability.\n\n\n\nThere are no program notes for this concert. URL:https://www.srsymphony.org/event/a-john-denver-rocky-mountain-christmas/ CATEGORIES:Pops Series END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240118T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240118T000000 DTSTAMP:20260425T090822 CREATED:20220406T013838Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240221T230754Z UID:24894-1705536000-1705536000@www.srsymphony.org SUMMARY:Playing for Peanuts: The Music of Vince Guaraldi DESCRIPTION:About the Concert\n\n\n\nLaunching Michael Berkowitz’s final season\, Playing for Peanuts: The Music of Vince Guaraldi represents the world premiere of brand new orchestrations of Guaraldi’s genius\, inspired by local legend Charles M. Schulz\, his quirky Peanuts characters\, and the comic strip itself. GRAMMY®-nominated pianist David Benoit\, who composed music for the Peanuts TV specials for more than 10 years\, will perform enduring favorites with his trio\, including “Linus and Lucy\,” “Christmas Time Is Here\,” “You’re in Love Charlie Brown\,” “Great Pumpkin Waltz\,” “The Red Baron March\,” “Cast Your Fate to The Wind\,” plus other Peanuts favorites. \n\n\n\nFor four decades\, the GRAMMY®-nominated pianist/composer/ arranger David Benoit has reigned supreme as one the founding fathers of contemporary jazz. He has served as conductor with a wide range of symphonies\, including the Los Angeles Philharmonic\, San Francisco Symphony\, Dresden Philharmonic\, London Symphony\, and the Asia America Symphony Orchestra\, to name a few. Piano performances have included Claude Bolling’s” Suite for Flute & Jazz Piano\,” “Suite for Cello & Piano\,” “Concerto for Guitar & Jazz Piano Trio\,” with Angel Romero; guest soloist with Lalo Schifrin and his orchestra; and\, as a tribute to Charles M. Schultz\, the Peanuts Piano Concerto and the music of Vince Guaraldi in conjunction with his recording of Here’s to You\, Charlie Brown: 50 Great Years. Be a part of the music of Charlie Brown at this special tribute\, here in the hometown of Charles M. Schulz himself. \n\n\n\nPre Concert Talk\n\n\n\nJoin Principal Pops Conductor Michael Berkowitz one hour prior to every concert for a discussion of the afternoon’s concert\, along with personal anecdotes and memories from his storied career working on Broadway and with Liza Minelli\, Henry Mancini\, and Marvin Hamlisch among many others. \n\n\n\nHow to Purchase Tickets for Pops!\n\n\n\nAlthough the Santa Rosa Symphony is performing\, the Luther Burbank Center for the Arts is selling the tickets for this concert. \n\n\n\nEvent has already passed. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNew subscriptions on sale June 10Individual tickets on sale August 17 \n\n\n\nTo purchase tickets\, click here.LBC Box office: (707) 546-3600Tues – Sat\, 10am – 6pm  |  closed Sunday and Monday(Open 2 hours before performances on Sundays and Mondays) \n\n\n\nPlan Your Visit\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n Learn more about the Discovery Rehearsal Series \n \n \n\n Directions & More \n \n \n\n Seating Map \n \n \n\n Before the Concert \n \n \n\n At the Concert \n \n \n\n Dining & Hotels \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe gratefully acknowledge the generous contributions from the following:\n\n\n\n“Playing for Peanuts: The Music of Vince Guaraldi” underwritten by The Redwood Empire Ice Area (Snoopy’ s Home Ice)Mike Berkowitz underwritten by Michael and Nancy Hall  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPrograms\, dates\, artists\, and prices are subject to change without notice. Tickets are subject to availability.\n\n\n\nThere are no program notes for this concert. URL:https://www.srsymphony.org/event/playing-for-peanuts-the-music-of-vince-guaraldi/ CATEGORIES:Pops Series END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240118T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240118T000000 DTSTAMP:20260425T090822 CREATED:20220309T002430Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240209T022520Z UID:24893-1705536000-1705536000@www.srsymphony.org SUMMARY:Opera in Concert: Mozart's Magic Flute DESCRIPTION:ArtQuest Staff and Instructors\n\n\n\nKatie Loomis\, Program CoordinatorMarla Tusa\, Vocal MusicLea Brown\, DanceJereme Anglin\, Theatre ArtsJason Pedri\, Video ArtsLauren Frost\, Digital ArtsBrooke Delello\, Visual Fine ArtsJanet Fisher\, Visual Fine ArtsTim Decker\, Instrumental MusicJohn Sappington\, Photography \n\n\n\nSan Francisco Conservatory of Music students\n\n\n\nVictor Cardamone\, TaminoEllen Leslie\, PaminaHyesoo Kim\, PapagenaErica Thelen\, First Lady/Child-SpiritTaylor See\, Second Lady/Child-SpiritHope Nelson\, Third Lady/Child-SpiritJackson Allen\, Monostatos/First Armored ManJoe Hack\, Temple Speaker/Second Armored Man \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\nTickets\n\n\n\nSingle tickets available now. \n\n\n\n\nBuy Now!\n\n\n\n\nPlan Your Visit\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n Learn more about the Discovery Rehearsal Series \n \n \n\n Directions & More \n \n \n\n Seating Map \n \n \n\n Before the Concert \n \n \n\n At the Concert \n \n \n\n Dining & Hotels \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe gratefully acknowledge the generous contributions from the following:\n\n\n\nLead Sponsor: Victor and Karen TrioneConductor Francesco Lecce-Chong Sponsored by David and Corinne ByrdArtQuest Santa Rosa High School sponsored by Willow Creek Wealth ManagementEllen Leslie sponsored by Pauline FisherEfraín Solís sponsored by Jack Dupre and Marsha Vas DupreShawnette Sulker sponsored by Irene Sohm \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPrograms\, dates\, artists\, and prices are subject to change without notice. Tickets are subject to availability.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute)\, K. 620 (abridged)\nCOMPOSER: born January 27\, 1756\, Salzburg\, Austria; died December 5\, 1791\, ViennaWORK COMPOSED: between April and July 1791\, on a libretto by Emanuel SchickanederWORLD PREMIERE: Mozart led the premiere at the Freihaus-Theater auf der Wieden in Vienna on September 30\, 1791INSTRUMENTATION: Tamino (tenor)\, Papageno (baritone)\, Pamina (soprano)\, Queen of the Night (coloratura soprano)\, Sarastro (bass)\, 3 Ladies (sopranos)\, Monostatos (tenor)\, 3 Child-Spirits (treble\, alto\, mezzo-soprano)\, Speaker of the Temple (bass-baritone) 3 Priests (tenor\, bass\, speaker)\, Papagena (soprano)\, 2 Armored Men (tenor\, bass)\, 3 Slaves (2 tenors\, bass)\, SATB chorus\, 2 flutes (1 doubling piccolo)\, 2 oboes\, 2 clarinets\, 2 bassoons\, 2 horns\, 2 trumpets\, 3 trombones\, timpani\, and stringsESTIMATED DURATION: 90 minutesDuring the summer and fall of 1791\, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart juggled several projects: his final opera\, La clemenza di Tito; the singspiel The Magic Flute\, the Requiem (which Mozart left unfinished at his death)\, and the Clarinet Concerto. In September 1791\, as Mozart raced to complete The Magic Flute\, he was also opening La clemenza in Prague. This hectic schedule resulted in long days\, sleepless nights\, and hours traveling between Vienna and Prague\, in less than comfortable conditions. After he premiered La clemenza\, Mozart fell ill; he spent the final two months of his life frantically trying to complete as much music as possible while he could still work. He died on December 5\, 1791\, seven weeks before his 36th birthday. \n\n\n\nBoth the story and music of The Magic Flute reflect Mozart’s style and personality; conductor Bruno Walter called it “Mozart’s own spiritual will and testament.” Written in German\, Mozart’s mother tongue\, the fanciful tale incorporates many of the Enlightenment ideals to which Mozart aspired: noble virtue\, the universality of mankind\, integrity\, and the heroic striving for knowledge. These lofty aspirations combine with unapologetically lowbrow humor to make The Magic Flute a true masterpiece\, one Mozart wrote for everyday people rather than the aristocracy or the Church. \n\n\n\nIn technical terms\, The Magic Flute falls into the category of singspiel (speech-song) rather than opera\, as it incorporates spoken dialogue rather than recitatives between songs. Singspiels\, a form of German comic opera\, were quite popular in Mozart’s time. He was familiar with the style\, having previously composed several singspiele\, including Bastien und Bastienne\, written at the tender age of 12\, and The Abduction from the Seraglio\, the first large-scale stage work he wrote after moving to Vienna in 1782. Singspiele are especially well-suited for plots that feature magical\, whimsical\, or “exotic” elements. Librettist\, actor\, and theatrical impresario Emanuel Schikaneder no doubt had singspiel in mind for The Magic Flute\, whose story combines elements of several earlier tales. Research suggests Schikaneder may have been influenced by a 12th-century roman\, Yvain (Owain\, a knight of King Arthur’s Round Table)\, as well as the 1731 fantasy novel Life of Sethos\, Taken from the private Memoirs of the Ancient Egyptians. Schickanader’s theatrical company was also known for its productions of Zauberoper (fairy-tale operas)\, particularly Oberon and The Philosopher’s Stone. \n\n\n\nIn 1784\, Mozart became a Freemason\, drawn as he was to the group’s belief in Enlightenment and humanist values. Many of Mozart’s friends and colleagues were also Masons\, including Schikaneder\, who found in Masonic symbology a perfect vehicle for telling a fanciful tale. The Magic Flute abounds in Masonic references. The number three has particular Masonic significance; the overture\, set in the key of E-flat (three flats)\, begins with three bold chords\, meant to represent the three knocks that open secret Masonic rites. These chords return later in the overture\, and recur at pivotal dramatic moments in the opera. \n\n\n\nOpera plots are known for their convoluted storylines\, particularly comic operas\, with their reliance on misdirection\, deception\, and mistaken identity. Schikaneder’s story is less purely complicated and more puzzling\, however. Prince Tamino is given a quest by the Queen of the Night to rescue the Queen’s daughter\, Pamina\, from the evil clutches of the wicked sorcerer Sarastro. This sets up the premise that Tamino\, Pamina\, and the Queen are “good” characters\, while Sarastro is presented as “bad.” Halfway through the story these assumptions are turned upside-down. During his travels\, Tamino\, accompanied by the half-man\, half-bird Papageno\, finds Sarastro and comes to understand that Sarastro was rescuing Pamina from the Queen\, who is actually the evildoer in this story. Along the way\, as Sarastro charges them to perform three “trials” to prove their bravery\, loyalty\, and honesty\, Tamino and Pamina fall in love (Papageno eventually finds love himself in the form of the adoring half-woman half-bird Papagena)\, and the Queen is defeated. \n\n\n\nMusicologist Luke Howard offers an intriguing explanation for this narrative about-face. “These plot peculiarities can be understood in terms of a larger universal story that untangles the complexities of façade and inner truth\,” he writes. “In this interpretation\, The Magic Flute is a sophisticated symbolic vehicle\, a lesson in epistemology that represents a philosophical exercise commonly known in German as Sein und Schein (Reality and Appearance). It invites the viewer to look past first appearances\, and examine the premises and assumptions on which those appearances are based. In other words\, it takes the story much further than a mere fairy tale – where characters are “types” and the distinction between good and evil usually well-marked – and turns it into a more meaningful and profound allegory … the audience … discovers the true Sein (Reality) beneath the deceptive Schein (or Appearance). This makes the first part of the opera an intentional deception\, trying to convince Tamino that good is evil\, and evil good. The second Act then pulls the curtain back and reveals the Truth that the Queen had hidden in the opera’s opening.” \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n© 2023 Elizabeth Schwartz Elizabeth Schwartz is a writer and music historian based in the Portland area. She has been a program annotator for more than 20 years\, and works with music festivals and ensembles around the country. Schwartz has also contributed to NPR’s “Performance Today\,” (now heard on American Public Media). \n\n\n\nNOTE: These program notes are for Santa Rosa Symphony patrons and other interested readers. Any other use is forbidden without specific permission from the author\, who may be contacted at classicalmusicprogramnotes.com. URL:https://www.srsymphony.org/event/opera-in-concert-mozarts-magic-flute/ CATEGORIES:Special Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240118T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240118T000000 DTSTAMP:20260425T090822 CREATED:20220309T000105Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240223T225719Z UID:24892-1705536000-1705536000@www.srsymphony.org SUMMARY:Two Piano World Premiere DESCRIPTION:What’s Special About Concert?\n\n\n\nJoin us for the Festival of Masks\, presented by the Santa Rosa Symphony League. \n\n\n\nA treasure trove of decorative masks created by some of the finest artists in Sonoma County will be auctioned at the Santa Rosa Symphony’s concerts on May 6\, 7 & 8\, 2023. \n\n\n\nDoors open on Saturday and Monday at 6:00 PM and on Sunday at 1:30 PM\, so you have time to shop for your perfect gift\, wall decoration\, or mask for that masquerade ball you may be attending! You can bid at a silent auction or purchase your favorite mask outright. Bidding will take place before the concert and during intermission. Your winning bid will be packaged and waiting for you immediately after the concert. For more information\, please visit the Santa Rosa Symphony League’s website \n\n\n\nYour purchase supports the Symphony’s Music Education programs. \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\nConcert Conversations with Francesco Lecce-Chong\n\n\n\nConcert Conversations are general seating and free to Classical Series concert ticket holders. Approximately 30 minutes in Weill Hall. \n\n\n\n\nSaturday\, May 6\, 2023 at 6:30 PM\n\n\n\nSunday\, May 7\, 2023 at 2:00 PM\n\n\n\nMonday\, May 8\, 2023 at 6:30 PM\n\n\n\n\nTickets\n\n\n\n\nBuy Now!\n\n\n\n\nYouths 7-17 years of age may receive one complimentary ticket with every paid adult. Request tickets through Patron Services at (707) 546-8742. Classical Series concerts only. \n\n\n\n$10 student rush tickets for college students with a valid student ID. Available starting 1-1/2 hours prior to the concert\, at the door only. Classical Series concerts only. \n\n\n\nPlan Your Visit\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n Learn more about the Discovery Rehearsal Series \n \n \n\n Directions & More \n \n \n\n Seating Map \n \n \n\n Before the Concert \n \n \n\n At the Concert \n \n \n\n Dining & Hotels \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\nListen on Spotify\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe gratefully acknowledge the generous contributions from the following:\n\n\n\nClassical Concert Series underwritten by Anderman Family FoundationSponsored in memory of Jim and Charlotte LambConductor Francesco Lecce-Chong sponsored by David and Corinne ByrdCommissioned Work\, Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra\, by Ellen Taaffe Zwilich (World Premiere) supported by The Clarence E. Heller Charitable Foundation and the National Endowment for the ArtsGuest Artist Christina Naughton sponsored by Sara and Edward KozelGuest Artist Michelle Naughton sponsored by Nancy and Robert NovakDiscovery Open Rehearsal Series sponsored by The Stare Foundation and David Stare of Dry Creek VineyardPre-concert Talks sponsored by Jamei Haswell in memory of Richard GrundySeason Media Sponsor: The Press Democrat \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPrograms\, dates\, artists\, and prices are subject to change without notice. Tickets are subject to availability.\n\n\n\nPhoto of Christina and Michelle Naughton by Lisa Marie Mazzucco URL:https://www.srsymphony.org/event/two-piano-world-premiere/ CATEGORIES:Classical Series END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240118T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240118T000000 DTSTAMP:20260425T090822 CREATED:20220308T223956Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240119T215657Z UID:24891-1705536000-1705536000@www.srsymphony.org SUMMARY:Blue Danube DESCRIPTION:Concert Conversations with Francesco Lecce-Chong\n\n\n\nConcert Conversations are general seating and free to Classical Series concert ticket holders. Approximately 30 minutes in Weill Hall. \n\n\n\nSaturday\, March 25\, 2023 at 6:30 PMSunday\, March 26\, 2023 at 2:00 PMMonday\, March 27\, 2023 at 6:30 PM \n\n\n\nTickets\n\n\n\n\nBuy Now!\n\n\n\n\nYouths 7-17 years of age may receive one complimentary ticket with every paid adult. Request tickets through Patron Services at (707) 546-8742. Classical Series concerts only. \n\n\n\n$10 student rush tickets for college students with a valid student ID. Available starting 1-1/2 hours prior to the concert\, at the door only. Classical Series concerts only. \n\n\n\nPlan Your Visit\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n Learn more about the Discovery Rehearsal Series \n \n \n\n Directions & More \n \n \n\n Seating Map \n \n \n\n Before the Concert \n \n \n\n At the Concert \n \n \n\n Dining & Hotels \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\nListen on Spotify\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe gratefully acknowledge the generous contributions from the following:\n\n\n\nClassical Concert Series underwritten by Anderman Family FoundationSponsored by Viking CruisesSupporting Sponsor by The E. Nakamichi Foundation        Conductor Francesco Lecce-Chong sponsored by David and Corinne ByrdGuest Artist Jennifer Frautschi sponsored by Victor and Karen Trione\, in memory of Henry TrioneFirst Symphony project commissioners Nancy and David Berto\, Gordon Blumenfeld\, Chuck and Ellen Wear\, Creighton White in loving memory of Dorothy Bristow White\, and Chloe Tula and Francesco Lecce-ChongDiscovery Open Rehearsal Series sponsored by The Stare Foundation and David Stare of Dry Creek VineyardPre-concert Talks sponsored by Jamei Haswell in memory of Richard GrundySeason Media Sponsor: The Press Democrat \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPrograms\, dates\, artists\, and prices are subject to change without notice. Tickets are subject to availability.\n\n\n\nPhoto of Jennifer Frautschi by Dario AcostaPhoto of Angélica Negrón by Catalina Kulczar URL:https://www.srsymphony.org/event/blue-danube/ CATEGORIES:Classical Series END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240118T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240118T000000 DTSTAMP:20260425T090822 CREATED:20220308T215723Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240123T190636Z UID:24890-1705536000-1705536000@www.srsymphony.org SUMMARY:Bruno Returns! DESCRIPTION: Concert Conversations with Bruno Ferrandis\n\n\n\nConcert Conversations are general seating and free to Classical Series concert ticket holders. Approximately 30 minutes in Weill Hall. \n\n\n\n\nSaturday\, February 18\, 2023 at 6:30 PM\n\n\n\nSunday\, February 19\, 2023 at 2:00 PM\n\n\n\nMonday\, February 20\, 2023 at 6:30 PM\n\n\n\n\nTickets\n\n\n\n\nBuy Now!\n\n\n\n\nYouths 7-17 years of age may receive one complimentary ticket with every paid adult. Request tickets through Patron Services at (707) 546-8742. Classical Series concerts only. \n\n\n\n$10 student rush tickets for college students with a valid student ID. Available starting 1-1/2 hours prior to the concert\, at the door only. Classical Series concerts only. \n\n\n\nPlan Your Visit\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n Learn more about the Discovery Rehearsal Series \n \n \n\n Directions & More \n \n \n\n Seating Map \n \n \n\n Before the Concert \n \n \n\n At the Concert \n \n \n\n Dining & Hotels \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\nListen on Spotify\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe gratefully acknowledge the generous contributions from the following:\n\n\n\nClassical Concert Series underwritten by Anderman Family FoundationSponsored by in memory of Jim and Charlotte LambGuest Conductor Bruno Ferrandis sponsored by The Alan and Susan Seidenfeld Charitable TrustGuest Artist Jon Nakamatsu sponsored by Tom and Barbara KonicekDiscovery Open Rehearsal Series sponsored by The Stare Foundation and David Stare of Dry Creek VineyardPre-concert Talks sponsored by Jamei Haswell in memory of Richard GrundySeason Media Sponsor: The Press Democrat \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPrograms\, dates\, artists\, and prices are subject to change without notice. Tickets are subject to availability.\n\n\n\nPhoto of Bruno Ferrandis by Colin TalcroftPhoto of Jon Nakamatsu by Maggie Estes URL:https://www.srsymphony.org/event/bruno-returns/ CATEGORIES:Classical Series END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240118T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240118T000000 DTSTAMP:20260425T090822 CREATED:20220308T214117Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240123T192314Z UID:24889-1705536000-1705536000@www.srsymphony.org SUMMARY:RACH & the Hollywood Sound DESCRIPTION:This concert is dedicated to the memory of two prominent Santa Rosa Symphony devotees\, Polly Fisher and Dave Badella.   \n\n\n\nPolly Fisher was the dedicated and much-loved executive director of the symphony from 1978 to 1997. During those 19 years\, she worked closely with music directors Corrick Brown and later Jeffrey Kahane. Polly remained a loyal and generous symphony patron until the time of her recent passing.  \n\n\n\nAs the symphony’s stage manager for over two decades\, Dave Badella was devoted to our orchestra musicians and to our crew and staff. His conscientious work and attention to detail resulted in the utmost care of all the symphony’s productions.  \n\n\n\nPolly and David\, each in their own way\, made many valuable and lasting positive contributions that will long be appreciated. They will be fondly remembered and deeply missed by all of us.   \n\n\n\nAbout the Concert\n\n\n\nRachmaninoff’s bold\, rich Second Symphony paired with the symphonic splendor from Gone with the Wind. \n\n\n\nConcert Conversations with Francesco Lecce-Chong\n\n\n\nConcert Conversations are general seating and free to Classical Series concert ticket holders. Approximately 30 minutes in Weill Hall. \n\n\n\nSaturday\, January 21\, 2023 at 6:30 PMSunday\, January 22\, 2023 at 2:00 PMMonday\, January 23\, 2023 at 6:30 PM \n\n\n\nTickets\n\n\n\n\nBuy Now!\n\n\n\n\nYouths 7-17 years of age may receive one complimentary ticket with every paid adult. Request tickets through Patron Services at (707) 546-8742. Classical Series concerts only. \n\n\n\n$10 student rush tickets for college students with a valid student ID. Available starting 1-1/2 hours prior to the concert\, at the door only. Classical Series concerts only. \n\n\n\nPlan Your Visit\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n Learn more about the Discovery Rehearsal Series \n \n \n\n Directions & More \n \n \n\n Seating Map \n \n \n\n Before the Concert \n \n \n\n At the Concert \n \n \n\n Dining & Hotels \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\nListen on Spotify\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe gratefully acknowledge the generous contributions from the following:\n\n\n\nClassical Concert Series underwritten by Anderman Family FoundationSponsored by The Peggy Anne Covington FundConductor Francesco Lecce-Chong sponsored by David and Corinne ByrdDiscovery Open Rehearsal Series sponsored by The Stare Foundation and David Stare of Dry Creek VineyardPre-concert Talks sponsored by Jamei Haswell in memory of Richard GrundySeason Media Sponsor: The Press Democrat \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPrograms\, dates\, artists\, and prices are subject to change without notice. Tickets are subject to availability.\n\n\n\nPhoto of Francesco Lecce-Chong by Susan and Neil Silverman Photography \n\n\n\nFRANZ WAXMANSuite from The Nun’s Story \n\n\n\nCOMPOSER: born December 24\, 1906\, Königshötte\, Upper Silesia (then Prussia\, now Chorzów\, Poland); died February 24\, 1967\, Beverly Hills\, CAWORK COMPOSED: 1958-59WORLD PREMIERE: The film premiered on June 18\, 1959\, at Radio City Music Hall in New York CityINSTRUMENTATION: piccolo\, 2 flutes\, 2 oboes\, English horn\, 2 clarinets\, bass clarinet\, 2 bassoons\, contrabassoon\, 4 horns\, 3 trumpets\, 3 trombones\, tuba\, timpani\, glockenspiel\, chimes\, xylophone\, muffled “Mahler” chime\, celesta\, piano\, 2 harps\, and stringsESTIMATED DURATION: 11 minutes \n\n\n\nComposer\, arranger\, conductor\, artistic director: Franz Waxman excelled at them all\, but he made a lasting name for himself through the film scores he composed in Hollywood from the 1930s until his death in 1967. \n\n\n\nIn 1950\, Waxman won the first of his two Academy Awards for Best Score for Billy Wilder’s Sunset Boulevard\, starring William Holden and Gloria Swanson. The following year\, Waxman took home his second Academy Award\, for George Stevens’ A Place In The Sun\, a cinematic version of Theodore Dreiser’s 1925 novel An American Tragedy\, starring Elizabeth Taylor\, Montgomery Clift\, and Shelley Winters. Including his two wins\, Waxman was also nominated for 12 Academy Awards\, for Suspicion\, Rebecca\, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde\, and A Nun’s Story\, among others. Waxman also composed scores for The Bride of Frankenstein\, Stalag 17\, To Have and Have Not\, Rear Window\, Mister Roberts\, Peyton Place\, and Taras Bulba. \n\n\n\nIn addition to his work in Hollywood\, Waxman founded and directed the Los Angeles Music Festival from 1947 until his death. During his tenure\, the festival hosted the world and American premieres of some 80 works by Igor Stravinsky\, Ralph Vaughan Williams\, Dmitri Shostakovich\, and Arnold Schoenberg\, among others. \n\n\n\nIn some ways Waxman was an unlikely choice as a composer for a film based on true events about a Catholic nun in 1920s Belgium who struggles with her vocation. As a German Jew\, Waxman had no love for the Catholic Church\, particularly because of its official “neutrality” during World War II\, and Pope Pius VII’s refusal to condemn the persecution and genocide of European Jews under Hitler. Waxman and Fred Zinneman\, director of The Nun’s Story\, also clashed over Waxman’s score. \n\n\n\nZinnemann recalled\, “While Franz Waxman was scoring the picture\, I discovered he had a deep dislike for the Catholic Church\, and this was coming across in his music. The theme he wrote for the convent scenes would have been more appropriate for scenes set in a dungeon\, so I got him to write another.” Despite his personal feelings about the Church\, however\, Waxman did more than due diligence with the score\, basing the music on Gregorian chants he had researched in the Papal Library in Rome. \n\n\n\nIn 1959\, after it premiered\, The Nun’s Story became Warner Brothers’ most financially successful film\, grossing more than seven million dollars. Audrey Hepburn\, who starred as Gabrielle van der Mal/Sister Luke\, was nominated for an Academy Award for her performance. “The music which Franz Waxman has composed for The Nun’s Story bears the same kind of overflowing honesty and womanly emotion that characterizes Audrey Hepburn herself in the role of Sister Luke\,” remarked Henry Blanke\, the film’s producer. “Waxman’s music tells the story with warmth and understanding. Just as Sister Luke seeks a level of unquestioning obedience and discipline\, so has Waxman sought and found the various moods of happiness\, dedication\, indecision\, and agonizing failure in her struggle for perfection. He has carried Ms. Hepburn through her novitiate to the accompaniment of the powerful music of the church\, through her hazardous assignment as a nurse in an insane asylum with the music of madness tempered by the dutiful serenity of the nuns.” \n\n\n\nThe Suite on tonight’s program includes a Finale that Zinnemann ultimately cut from the score. The final scene shows Sister Luke leaving the convent and returning to the world. When Jack Warner asked Zinnemann why he removed the music\, Zinnemann shrewdly responded\, “What kind of music do you want at the end of the picture? If the music expresses gloom\, it will imply that it is too bad that Sister Luke left the convent. If it is joyful\, people will think that Warner Bros. is encouraging nuns to leave the convent. And so the movie ends in silence\, the way I wanted it to.” \n\n\n\n MAX STEINERSuite from Gone With The Wind \n\n\n\nCOMPOSER: born May 10\, 1888\, in Vienna; died December 28\, 1971\, Hollywood\, CAWORK COMPOSED: March through May 1939WORLD PREMIERE: Gone With The Wind was first screened in Atlanta\, at Loew’s Grand Theatre\, on December 15\, 1939INSTRUMENTATION: 3 flutes (1 doubling piccolo)\, 2 oboes\, English horn\, 2 clarinets\, bass clarinet\, 2 bassoons\, contrabassoon\, 4 horns\, 4 trumpets\, 3 trombones\, tuba\, timpani\, percussion\, piano/celesta\, 2 harps\, and stringsESTIMATED DURATION: 15 minutes \n\n\n\nThe life of pioneering film composer Max Steiner would make a terrific biopic; the only problem is that the only person who could do justice to the score for such a project is Steiner himself. Then again\, a typical two-hour movie could hardly encompass the events of Steiner’s long life\, which stretched from the Vienna of the Austro-Hungarian Empire to the sun-drenched Hollywood of the 1960s. \n\n\n\nSteiner\, dubbed “the father of film music\,” was born into a well-connected theatrical family with deep roots in Vienna. Steiner demonstrated prodigal musical talent as a child\, and he took piano and music lessons from both Johannes Brahms and Gustav Mahler; Richard Strauss was the boy’s godfather. Steiner’s father Gabor\, a theater manager and inventor (he built Vienna’s iconic Riesenrad\, an enormous Ferris wheel in Vienna’s Prater amusement park)\, encouraged his son’s abilities; when Max became bored with piano\, he started improvising\, which eventually evolved into full-fledged composing. \n\n\n\nSteiner started his professional music career as a teenager conducting operettas in London and moved to that city in 1906. Over the next eight years\, he began composing his own works as well as conducting others\, including Lehar’s The Merry Widow. When World War I began in August 1914\, Steiner was classified as an enemy alien and interred in a camp with other German and Austrian citizens. Fortunately\, Steiner had influential friends who were able to get him the documents he needed to move to the United States. \n\n\n\nSteiner spent the next 11 years in New York conducting\, directing\, orchestrating\, and arranging music for Broadway. In 1915 he became one of the first music directors for an independent film studio\, Fox Films (now 20th Century-Fox). There he wrote what might be the first score to use original music specially written to accompany a film\, for 1916’s The Bondman (Steiner’s score required 110 musicians who performed live at each screening). Steiner continued working on Broadway until 1929 when he was hired by RKO to head their music department. In 1933\, Steiner’s score for King Kong became his first breakout success; the score’s emotional power dramatizes the admittedly thin plot in a way never seen or heard before in film. Producers who had been unwilling to spend a lot of money on music saw how much Steiner’s score enhanced King Kong’s blockbuster success; soon films in all genres included original music heard throughout the majority of the film’s running time. \n\n\n\nFor Steiner\, King Kong afforded an opportunity to create specific musical themes for each character\, a technique he admired in the music of Richard Wagner. These themes\, or leitmotifs\, became the basic principle around which he composed all his film music over the next four decades. \n\n\n\nWhen producer David O. Selznick asked Steiner to write the music for Gone With The Wind in March 1939\, he gave Steiner just three months for the job. Steiner\, who was writing scores for several other films at the time\, worked upwards of 20 hours a day\, popping Benzedrine pills to keep going. The music features leitmotifs for the main characters\, but the most memorable music in the film is the theme Steiner wrote for Scarlett O’Hara’s home\, Tara; thanks to Steiner\, Tara becomes an additional character in the story. The “Tara” theme begins the film\, is heard throughout the story and sounds over the final scene and credits. In addition to the original music\, Steiner also quotes fragments from “Taps\,” “Dixie\,” and other music from the Civil War period. \n\n\n\nSteiner won three Academy Awards for Best Film Score (for The Informer; Now\, Voyager\, and Since You Went Away). Gone With The Wind was nominated in 13 categories and won eight; perhaps the only reason Steiner’s music didn’t earn him a fourth Oscar is that one of the other films nominated in 1939 was The Wizard of Oz. The American Film Institute ranks Steiner’s music for Gone With The Wind as the second-best film score of all time\, behind John Williams’ Star Wars. \n\n\n\nSERGEI RACHMANINOFFSymphony No. 2 in E minor\, Op. 27 \n\n\n\nCOMPOSER: born April 1\, 1873\, Oneg\, Russia; died March 28\, 1943\, Beverly Hills\, CAWORK COMPOSED: 1906-07. Rachmaninoff dedicated it to his composing teacher\, Sergei TaneyevWORLD PREMIERE: February 7\, 1908\, in St. Petersburg\, with Rachmaninoff conductingINSTRUMENTATION: 3 flutes (1 doubling piccolo)\, 3 oboes (1 doubling English horn)\, 2 clarinets\, bass clarinet\, 2 bassoons\, 4 horns\, 3 trumpets\, 3 trombones\, tuba\, timpani\, bass drum\, cymbals\, glockenspiel\, snare drum\, and stringsESTIMATED DURATION: 43 minutes Artists of all types have a love-hate relationship with critics: they need the exposure criticism brings to their work\, but often scorn the critiques themselves. Other artists take criticism too much to heart and let it affect them to a debilitating degree\, which was the case with Sergei Rachmaninoff. After the premiere of Rachmaninoff’s first symphony\, he was so savaged by critics that he did not dare compose a note for three years. Eventually\, Rachmaninoff consulted a doctor\, Nicolai Dahl\, who used hypnotism to bolster Rachmaninoff’s flagging confidence. Rachmaninoff’s Second Piano Concerto was dedicated to Dahl\, and it vindicated Rachmaninoff as a composer by becoming one of his most popular works. \n\n\n\nAfter the success of the Second Piano Concerto\, Rachmaninoff felt ready to tackle another symphony\, and in 1906 he began work on his second. The writing was difficult for him\, as he reported in a letter to a friend\, and the work proceeded slowly. The final version lasted over an hour\, although Rachmaninoff later suggested a number of performance cuts that shorten it by as much as 20 minutes; these cuts have become standard when programming this symphony today. Although Rachmaninoff\, out of necessity\, agreed to the cuts\, which amounted to some 300 measures of music\, he later confided to conductor Eugene Ormandy\, “You don’t know what cuts do to me. It is like cutting a piece out of my heart.” Rachmaninoff might have appreciated the words of one critic\, who wrote at the symphony’s premiere\, “After listening with unflagging attention to its four movements\, one notes with surprise that the hands of the watch have moved sixty-five minutes forward. This may be slightly overlong for the general audience\, but how fresh\, how beautiful it is!” \n\n\n\nThe symphony opens with a darkly murmuring theme played by the lower strings\, a theme that forms the basis for the remainder of the first movement\, as well as much of the rest of the symphony. The violins contrast with a lyrical melody\, followed by a plaintive solo for the English horn. Throughout this movement\, Rachmaninoff uses solo instruments as structural signposts\, indicating changes in mood or harmonic foundations. \n\n\n\nThe horns launch the Scherzo with a bold\, energetic theme\, and the strings continue with a bouncier\, skipping melody. These are contrasted by a series of interludes\, one unabashedly romantic\, and others feverishly intense. As was his wont in many of his orchestral works\, including the Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini\, Rachmaninoff includes the Dies irae melody (Day of Wrath) from the Requiem Mass; it appears here in the coda to the trio. \n\n\n\nIn the Adagio\, Rachmaninoff’s signature romanticism is heard in the violin’s opening melody\, which could easily serve as the love song in a cinematic romance. In fact\, 1970s pop singer Eric Carmen wrote a hit song based on this theme\, “Never Gonna Fall in Love Again.” \n\n\n\nFor the Finale\, Rachmaninoff unleashes a whirlwind of vibrant joy. Buoyant strings recall the Scherzo\, but this music is abruptly interrupted by the stark call of muted horns. We then hear snatches of music from previous movements\, especially the Scherzo and the Adagio. The strings\, playing in the style of the Italian tarantella\, are the foundation for this movement\, and its energy drives the symphony forward to a triumphant conclusion.             © Elizabeth Schwartz \n\n\n\nNOTE: These program notes are published here by the Santa Rosa Symphony for its patrons and otherinterested readers. Any other use is forbidden without specific permission from author\, who may be contacted at www.classicalmusicprogramnotes.com. URL:https://www.srsymphony.org/event/rach-the-hollywood-sound-2/ CATEGORIES:Classical Series END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240118T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240118T000000 DTSTAMP:20260425T090822 CREATED:20220308T212944Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240403T172923Z UID:24888-1705536000-1705536000@www.srsymphony.org SUMMARY:Beethoven's Ninth DESCRIPTION:Concert Conversations with Francesco Lecce-Chong\n\n\n\nConcert Conversations are general seating and free to Classical Series concert ticket holders. Approximately 30 minutes in Weill Hall. \n\n\n\n\nSaturday\, December 3\, 2022 at 6:30 PM\n\n\n\nSunday\, December 4\, 2022 at 2:00 PM\n\n\n\nMonday\, December 5\, 2022 at 6:30 PM\n\n\n\n\nTickets\n\n\n\n\nBuy Now!\n\n\n\n\nYouths 7-17 years of age may receive one complimentary ticket with every paid adult. Request tickets through Patron Services at (707) 546-8742. Classical Series concerts only. \n\n\n\n$10 student rush tickets for college students with a valid student ID. Available starting 1-1/2 hours prior to the concert\, at the door only. Classical Series concerts only. \n\n\n\nPlan Your Visit\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n Learn more about the Discovery Rehearsal Series \n \n \n\n Directions & More \n \n \n\n Seating Map \n \n \n\n Before the Concert \n \n \n\n At the Concert \n \n \n\n Dining & Hotels \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\nListen on Spotify\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe gratefully acknowledge the generous contributions from the following:\n\n\n\nClassical Concert Series underwritten by Anderman Family FoundationSponsored by The Donald and Maureen Green Orchestral Works Endowment FundConductor Francesco Lecce-Chong sponsored by David and Corinne ByrdGuest Artist Elizabeth Prior sponsored by Ellen and Chuck WearGuest Artist Abigail Nims sponsored by Joanne and Ed Enemark\, in memory of her parents\, Robert and Shirley SkeelsGuest Artist Christopher Pfund sponsored by Mark Dierkhising in memory of Karen BrodskyGuest Artist Sonoma State University Symphonic Chorus sponsored by Linda and David Hanes    Discovery Open Rehearsal Series sponsored by The Stare Foundation and David Stare of Dry Creek VineyardPre-concert Talks sponsored by Jamei Haswell in memory of Richard GrundySeason Media Sponsor: The Press Democrat \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPrograms\, dates\, artists\, and prices are subject to change without notice. Tickets are subject to availability.\n\n\n\nPHOTO CREDITSElizabeth Prior by Caroline WoodhamAbigail Nims by Regina MountjoyChristopher Pfund by Robert KimJenny Bent by Sonoma State UniversityMichael Dean by Ken WeingartLeslie Ann Bradley by Lisa Marie Mazzucco \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJessie Montgomery – Soul Force for Orchestra\nCOMPOSER: born December 8\, 1981\, New York CityWORK COMPOSED: 2015. Commissioned by The Dream Unfinished\, a benefit for civil rightsWORLD PREMIERE: James Blachly conducted the first performance on July 17\, 2015\, at the Salvation Army’s Centennial Memorial Temple in New York CityINSTRUMENTATION: 2 flutes\, 2 oboes\, 2 clarinets\, 2 bassoons\, 4 horns\, 3 trumpets\, 3 trombones (1 doubling bass trombone)\, tuba\, timpani\, anvil\, bass drum\, brake drum\, chain\, cowbells\, crash cymbal\, frame drum\, glockenspiel\, hi-hat\, kick drum\, ride cymbal\, snare drum\, temple blocks\, tom toms\, whip\, and stringsESTIMATED DURATION: 8 minutes For the past several seasons\, the Santa Rosa Symphony has presented works by the acclaimed composer Jessie Montgomery. In this concert\, we continue showcasing Montgomery’s innovative voice. Her work combines classical language with elements of vernacular music\, improvisation\, language\, and social justice. The resulting music has earned Montgomery rave reviews for her “vibrantly inventive original works for strings” (ClassicsToday.com) and numerous awards\, including the ASCAP Foundation’s Leonard Bernstein Award. Montgomery’s works are performed frequently around the world by leading musicians and ensembles. In May 2021\, Montgomery began her three-year appointment as the Mead Composer-in-Residence with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. \n\n\n\nSince 1999\, Montgomery has been affiliated with The Sphinx Organization\, which supports young African-American and Latinx string players\, and has served as composer-in-residence for the Sphinx Virtuosi\, the Organization’s flagship professional touring ensemble. She was awarded a generous MPower grant to assist in the development of her 2016 debut album\, Strum: Music for Strings (Azica). In 2019\, the New York Philharmonic selected Montgomery as one of the featured composers for its Project 19\, which marks the centennial of the ratification of the 19th Amendment granting American women the right to vote. \n\n\n\n“Soul Force is a one-movement symphonic work which attempts to portray the notion of a voice that struggles to be heard beyond the shackles of oppression\,” Montgomery writes. “The music takes on the form of a march which begins with a single voice and gains mass as it rises to a triumphant goal. Drawing on elements of popular African-American musical styles such as big-band jazz\, funk\, hip-hop\, and R+B\, the piece pays homage to the cultural contributions\, the many voices\, which have risen against aggressive forces to create an indispensable cultural place.” \n\n\n\n“I have drawn the work’s title from Dr. Martin Luther King’s ‘I Have a Dream’ speech in which he states: ‘We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence. Again and again\, we must rise to the majestic heights of meeting physical force with soul force.’”  \n\n\n\n\nRalph Vaughan Williams – Flos Campi (Flowers of the Field/I Am the Rose of Sharon) Suite for Viola\, Orchestra & Chorus\nCOMPOSER: born October 12\, 1872\, Down Ampney\, England; died August 26\, 1958\, LondonWORK COMPOSED: Written for and dedicated to violist Lionel Tertis in 1925WORLD PREMIERE: Sir Henry Wood led the Queen’s Hall Orchestra with violist Lionel Tertis and singers from the Royal College of Music on October 10\, 1925 in LondonINSTRUMENTATION: solo viola\, small SATB wordless chorus\, flute (doubling piccolo)\, oboe\, clarinet\, bassoon\, horn\, trumpet\, bass drum\, cymbals\, snare drum\, triangle\, celesta\, harp\, and stringsESTIMATED DURATION: 20 minutes  “[Ravel] … paid me the compliment of telling me that I was the only pupil who ‘n’écrit pas de ma musique’ [didn’t write my music].” – Ralph Vaughan Williams In the winter of 1907-08\, Ralph Vaughan Williams traveled to Paris to study composition with Maurice Ravel. For the next three months\, Vaughan Williams\, who was three months older than his teacher\, undertook an intensive course of study; the two men met several times a week and Vaughan Williams later credited Ravel for helping him find a clearer\, less dense\, coloristic approach to orchestration. A casual survey of Vaughan Williams’ music bears out the truth of Ravel’s comment\, quoted above\, that Vaughan Williams\, of all his students\, did not imitate the French composer’s style. \n\n\n\nVaughan Williams’s music cannot be easily categorized. His best-known early works – The Lark Ascending and Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis\, for example – have a pastoral\, dreamy\, folk-music-laden quality. Vaughan Williams’ later works sound entirely different; the raw power\, fury\, and consummate use of orchestral timbres in the Fourth Symphony\, for example\, sounds worlds away from the style of the earlier music. \n\n\n\nFlos Campi\, written in 1925\, occupies a category of its own. This unusual work\, a quasi-concerto for solo viola\, chorus\, and orchestra\, reflects Ravel’s tutelage\, particularly its use of wordless chorus phonating on the syllable “Ah\,” (Ravel used a wordless chorus in Daphnis et Chloé)\, as well as the subtle shadings of its harmonies. But the overall harmonic language is both unexpected and unique; nothing else in Vaughan Williams’ catalog sounds quite like it. \n\n\n\nVaughan Williams used texts from the Biblical Song of Songs as his inspiration for this exotic –  and in places erotic – love song. Each of Flos Campi’s six sections\, played without pause\, is paired with a particular quotation from the Song of Songs. In the original program notes\, Vaughan Williams included these quotes\, in Latin\, for the audience. In his third-person notes for a 1927 performance of Flos Campi\, Vaughan Williams explained how the music was received: “When this work was first produced two years ago\, the composer discovered that most people were not well enough acquainted with the Vulgate (or perhaps even its English equivalent) to enable them to complete for themselves the quotations from the Canticum Canticorum [Song of Songs]. Even the title and the source of the quotations gave rise to misunderstanding. The title Flos Campi was taken by some to connote an atmosphere of buttercups and daisies\, whereas in reality ‘flos Campi’ is the Vulgate equivalent of the Rose of Sharon (Ego flos campi\, et lilium convallium: “I am the Rose of Sharon and the Lily of the Valleys.”) The Biblical source of the quotations also gave rise to the idea that the music had an ecclesiastical basis. This was not the intention of the composer.” 1.         Lento. (“As the lily among thorns\, so is my love among the daughters. Stay me with flagons\, comfort me with apples\, for I languish for love.”)2.         Andante con moto. (“For lo\, the winter is past\, the rain is over and gone\, the flowers appear on the earth\, the time of the singing of birds come\, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land.”)3.         Lento\, senza misura. (“I sought him whom my soul loveth\, but I found him not. I charge you\, O daughters of Jerusalem\, if ye find my beloved\, tell him that I am sick from love. Whither is thy beloved gone\, O thou fairest among women? Whither is thy beloved turned aside? That we may seek him with thee.”)4.         Moderato alla Marcia. (“Behold his bed which is Solomon’s\, three score valiant men are about it. They all hold swords\, being experts in war.”)5.         Andante quasi lento. (“Return\, Shulamite! Return\, return that we may look upon thee. How beautiful are thy feet with shoes\, O Prince’s daughter.”)6.         Moderato tranquillo. (“Set me as a seal upon thine heart.”) \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nLudwig Van Beethoven – Symphony No. 9 in D minor\, Op. 125 “Choral”\nCOMPOSER: born December 16\, 1770\, Bonn\, Germany; died March 26\, 1827\, ViennaWORK COMPOSED: Beethoven made preliminary sketches in 1817-18\, but most of the music was composed between 1822–24. Beethoven finished his Ninth Symphony in February 1824 and dedicated it to King Frederick William III of Prussia.WORLD PREMIERE: Beethoven conducted the first performance on May 7\, 1824\, at the Kärntnerthor Theater in Vienna.INSTRUMENTATION: soprano\, alto\, tenor\, and bass soloists\, four-part mixed chorus\, piccolo\, 2 flutes\, 2 oboes\, 2 clarinets\, 2 bassoons\, contrabassoon\, 4 horns\, 2 trumpets\, 3 trombones\, timpani\, bass drum\, cymbals triangle and strings.ESTIMATED DURATION: 70 minutes The Ninth Symphony extends beyond the realm of the concert hall and has permeated Western culture on many levels\, including socio-political and commercial arenas. The music of the Ninth\, particularly the “Ode to Joy” melody of the final movement\, is so familiar to us that it has lost its unique character and taken on the quality of folk music; that is\, it has shed its “composed” identity as a melody written by Ludwig van Beethoven and simply exists within the communal ear of our collective consciousness. \n\n\n\nWhile some classical works are inextricably linked to the time in which they were written\, Beethoven’s profound musical statements about freedom\, equality\, and humanity resonate just as powerfully today as they did at the Ninth’s premiere. This was evident to the entire world just over 30 years ago\, when Leonard Bernstein conducted an international assembly of instrumentalists and singers in a historic performance of Beethoven’s Ninth at East Berlin’s Schauspielhaus (now Konzerthaus) on December 22\, 1989\, three days after the fall of the Berlin Wall. To emphasize the historic event\, Bernstein substituted the word “freedom” for “joy” in the famous lyrics by the poet Friedrich Schiller in the final movement. The performance was broadcast on television worldwide\, attracting more than 200 million viewers. \n\n\n\nBy 1822\, Beethoven was completely deaf and emotionally isolated. Five years earlier\, at the age of 47\, he had written in his journal\, “Before my departure for the Elysian fields I must leave behind me what the Eternal Spirit has infused into my soul and bids me complete.” Alone and embittered\, Beethoven focused almost exclusively on his musical legacy. \n\n\n\nThe lofty salute to the human spirit expressed in Schiller’s poem An die Freude (To Joy) had resonated with Beethoven for many years; in 1790 he set a few lines in a cantata written to commemorate the death of Emperor Leopold II; he also included portions of Schiller’s poem in his opera Fidelio. “The search for a way to express joy\,” as Beethoven described it\, was the subject of his final symphony. To that end\, Beethoven edited and arranged Schiller’s lines to suit his musical and dramatic needs\, using a melody from the Choral Fantasy he had written 20 years earlier. \n\n\n\nThe symphony opens with the strings sounding a series of hollow open chords\, neither major or minor\, which are harmonically ambiguous – what key is this? The fifths build into a massive statement featuring a weighty dotted rhythmic theme. The power and intensity of this movement foreshadows the finale. \n\n\n\nAs was his wont\, Beethoven broke with symphonic convention by writing a second-movement scherzo. The music bursts forth with dramatic string octaves and pounding timpani. The main theme\, a contrapuntal fugue\, gives way to a demure wind melody. Underneath its playful simplicity\, the barely contained agitation of the scherzo pulses in the strings\, like a racehorse pawing at the starting gate. \n\n\n\nIn a symphony synonymous with innovation\, Beethoven’s most significant departure from convention is the inclusion\, for the first time\, of a chorus and vocal soloists in a formerly exclusively instrumental genre. The cellos and basses play an instrumental recitative\, later sung by the baritone\, which is followed by the unaccompanied “Joy” melody. Beethoven then presents several instrumental variations\, including a triumphal brass fanfare. The baritone soloist introduces Schiller’s poem with words of Beethoven’s: “O friends\, not these tones; instead\, let us strike up more pleasing and joyful ones.” The chorus repeats the last four lines of each stanza as a refrain\, followed by the vocal quartet. A famous interlude\, the Turkish March\, follows (this music was considered “Turkish” because of the inclusion of the triangle\, cymbals and bass drum\, exotic additions to the orchestra of Beethoven’s time). After a number of variations\, the chorus returns with a monumental concluding double fugue.  \n\n\n\n\n\n © Elizabeth Schwartz \n\n\n\nNOTE: These program notes are published here by the Santa Rosa Symphony for its patrons and otherinterested readers. Any other use is forbidden without specific permission from author\, who may be contacted at www.classicalmusicprogramnotes.com. URL:https://www.srsymphony.org/event/beethovens-ninth/ CATEGORIES:Classical Series END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR