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Season Calendar
Season Calendar |
Subscription Concert #1 - Downbeat!
Saturday October 13, 2007 8:00 PM
Rabobank Theater
A burnished fanfare for brass by Dukas opens the season, followed by Mendelssohn’s stylish evocation of Italian lyricism. Elegant pianist Anton Nel returns with selections for piano and orchestra by Schumann and Ravel, music both romantic and rakish. A joyous opening night!
- Dukas La Peri Fanfare
- Mendelssohn Symphony No. 4 "Italian"
- Schumann Introduction and Allegro
- Ravel Piano Concert with soloist Anton Nel
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Subscription Concert #2 - Three B's!
Saturday November 10, 2007 8:00 PM
Rabobank Theater
Honoring three German Romantic masters, we open with the dramatic Overture to Egmont by Beethoven, followed by the heroic Symphony No. 3 by Brahms. Bringing a unique combination of intelligence and musicality, Icelandic violinist Judith Ingolfsson plays the melodious Violin Concerto No. 1 of Max Bruch. Three soaring masterpieces by three German masters. Ausgezeichnet!
- Beethoven Egmont Overture
- Brahms Symphony Symphony No. 3
- Bruch Violin Concerto with soloist Judith Ingolfsson
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Nutcracker
Friday December 7, 2007 7:30 PM
Rabobank Theater
The Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra and Civic Dance Center will celebrate their 30th anniversary of performing Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker together. The beautiful music of Tchaikovsky and magical dancing combine to bring the story of the Nutcracker to life!
Special guests will be two principal dancers from the Dance Theater of Harlem!
Join the Symphony and Civic Dance Center in a toy drive to benefit needy children through Bakersfield Community Christmas! Please bring a new unwrapped toy to the concert and help fill customized holiday baskets for special families. Christmas is a time for giving!
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Nutcracker 1 pm
Saturday December 8, 2007 1:00 PM
Rabobank Theater
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Nutcracker
Saturday December 8, 2007 7:30 PM
Rabobank Theater
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Nutcracker
Sunday December 9, 2007 1:00 PM
Rabobank Theater
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Holiday Pops
Tuesday December 11, 2007 7:30 PM
Rabobank Theater
A holiday music special featuring the Symphony with the Liberty High School Chorale and Bakersfield Winds. A program for the entire family!
Join the Symphony in a toy drive to benefit needy children through Bakersfield Community Christmas! Please bring a new unwrapped toy to the concert and help fill customized holiday baskets for special families. Christmas is a time for giving!
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Subscription Concert #3 - Splendor of Wagner
Saturday February 2, 2008 8:00 PM
Rabobank Theater
The Bakersfield Masterworks Chorale and vocal soloists join the orchestra in an evening of thrilling selections from Die Meistersinger, Siegfried, Tristan und Isolde, Tannhäuser and other musical treasures by Richard Wagner, the unsurpassed master of Romantic opera. Wagnerian magnificence!
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Subscription Concert #4 - Flights of Imagination
Saturday March 8, 2008 8:00 PM
Rabobank Theater
Explore our solar system in sight and sound with Holst’s The Planets. The concert features a large screen real time video of space exploration with NASA shots to go with the music. There will also be interactive space exploration stations in the lobby preceding the concert, and during intermission.
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Subscription Concert #5 - Classical Elegance
Saturday April 12, 2008 8:00 PM
Rabobank Theater
A program of music joining three artistic associates of classical Vienna, beginning with Mozart’s “exotic” Overture to the Abduction from the Seraglio, and Haydn’s Symphony No. 83 (“The Hen”). The stunning young, award-winning pianist Chu-Fang Huang will perform Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 2. An evening of music by the three supreme Classic masters.
- Mozart Overture to The Abduction from the Seraglio
- Haydn Symphony No. 83, "La Poule"
- Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 2 with soloist Chu-Fang Huang
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Subscription Concert #6 - Times and Places
Saturday May 10, 2008 8:00 PM
Rabobank Theater
The orchestra closes its season with a lavish selection of music evoking moods and scenes. Beginning with Rossini’s witty overture to his farcical opera Il Signor Bruschino, the orchestra will move to exquisite atmospheric selections by Delius, Elgar, and Barber. Rarely heard concert music for tuba will be played by the internationally acclaimed virtuoso Øystein Baadsvik, and the orchestra will conclude a brilliant season with Respighi’s reverberant Pines of Rome.
Highlights include:
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