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Season Calendar
Season Calendar
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Front & Center: Opening Night!
Saturday October 15, 2011 8:00 PM
Rabobank Theater
- Dvorak Carnival Overture
- Gershwin/Bennett Porgy and Bess: A Symphonic Picture
- Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Opus 18
Soloist: Van Cliburn International Piano Competition Gold Medal Winner, Nobuyuki Tsujii
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Revolution, Nationalism, and Evocation
Saturday November 12, 2011 8:00 PM
Rabobank Theater
Beethoven’s Overture to Egmont accents revolutionary events of his day, while the conflict of nationalistic Nordic myths is evident in Jean Sibelius’ pictorial En Saga. Then Johannes Brahms’ imposing Symphony No. 4, culminating in a grand Romantic evocation of the ancient passacaglia form, concludes a concert with power and glory.
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Beethoven Egmont Overture
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Sibelius En Saga
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Brahms Symphony No. 4
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Nutcracker Ballet
Friday December 9, 2011 7:30 PM
Rabobank Theater
The Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra and Civic Dance Center will celebrate their 34th 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!
This year, Nutcracker tickets will ONLY be available at the Rabobank Arena Box Office or through Ticketmaster.com. They go on sale November 14th!
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Nutcracker Ballet
Saturday December 10, 2011 1:00 PM
Rabobank Theater
This year, Nutcracker tickets will ONLY be available at the Rabobank Arena Box Office or through Ticketmaster.com. They go on sale November 14th!
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Nutcracker Ballet
Saturday December 10, 2011 7:30 PM
Rabobank Theater
This year, Nutcracker tickets will ONLY be available at the Rabobank Arena Box Office or through Ticketmaster.com. They go on sale November 14th!
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Nutcracker Ballet
Sunday December 11, 2011 1:00 PM
Rabobank Theater
This year, Nutcracker tickets will ONLY be available at the Rabobank Arena Box Office or through Ticketmaster.com. They go on sale November 14th!
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Gentle Giants: Mozart, Strauss & Mahler
Saturday February 11, 2012 8:00 PM
Rabobank Theater
Mozart’s vigorous overture to La Clemenza di Tito introduces a superb evening of rich orchestral colors and silvery vocalism. Concert audiences are discovering soprano Sophie Wingland who is featured in five luminous orchestral songs by Richard Strauss. Gustav Mahler’s tuneful Symphony No. 4 in G will follow, concluding with the soprano evoking its charming child-like vision of a heavenly feast.
Mozart La Clemenza di Tito Strauss, R. Orchestra Songs, Opus 68, Nos. 1-5 Mahler Symphony No. 4
Soloist: Sophie Wingland
WEBSITE CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
Please call the BSO Office at (661) 323-7928 to order tickets. Sorry for the inconvenience.
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A Masterwork by Brahms
Saturday March 10, 2012 8:00 PM
Rabobank Theater
The Masterworks Chorale and CSUB Singers, along with guest vocal soloists, join the orchestra in a presentation of one of the supreme monuments in all choral music, the German Requiem of Johannes Brahms. Motivated by loss of loved ones, Brahms fashioned a non-liturgical statement of faith that embraces all mankind.
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Three Concert Audience Favorites
Saturday April 14, 2012 8:00 PM
Rabobank Theater
A trio of crowd pleasers in one evening: Samuel Barber’s cheeky overture to The School for Scandal whets the listener’s appetite in preparation for Beethoven’s “apotheosis of the dance,” the buoyant Symphony No. 7 in A. Then, in his 3rd appearance with the orchestra, Axel Strauss is heard in Tchaikovsky’s soaring Concerto for Violin. Audience approval guaranteed!
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Orchestral Paintings on Display
Saturday May 12, 2012 8:00 PM
Rabobank Theater
The season concludes in grand fashion with four selections that display our orchestra’s abundant color palette. Smetana’s sparkling overture to “The Bartered Bride” prefaces Griffes’ impressionistic portrait of “The White Peacock.” Continuing with Franz Liszt’s lavish tone poem, Les Preludes, the season closes with Howard Hanson’s Symphony No. 2 (Romantic) for an exhibition of orchestral painting in sound.
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