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Season Calendar
Season Calendar
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Subscription Concert #1 - Melodies in Motion!
Saturday October 4, 2008 8:00 PM
Rabobank Theater
A spirited overture by Carl Maria von Weber launches a joyously melodious opening night that includes Elgar’s lyrical Serenade for Strings, Schubert’s tuneful Symphony No. 5, and Tchaikovsky’s crowd-pleasing Piano Concerto No. 1 featuring internationally celebrated Russian pianist Kirill Gliadkovsky.
Weber - Overture to Abu Hassan Elgar - Serenade for Strings Schubert - Symphony No. 5 in B flat Major, D. 485 Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat, Opus 23
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Subscription Concert #2 - Curtain Up!
Saturday November 8, 2008 8:00 PM
Rabobank Theater
Beginning with Berlioz’s spirited overture to Beatrice and Benedict, music for the theatre dominates with favorite selections from Mendelssohn’s Music to “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” and Ravel’s golden Mother Goose Suite, followed by Mozart’s crystalline Symphony No. 36 in C, “Linz.”
- Berlioz - Beatrice and Benedict Overture
- Mendelssohn - Incidental Music to "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
- Ravel - Ma Mere L'oye
- Mozart - Symphony No. 36 in C "Linz", K. 425
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Nutcracker
Friday December 12, 2008 7:30 PM
Rabobank Theater
The Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra and Civic Dance Center will celebrate their 31st season of performing Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker together. The beautiful music of Tchaikovsky and magical dancing combine to bring the story of the Nutcracker to life!
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Nutcracker 1 pm
Saturday December 13, 2008 1:00 PM
Rabobank Theater
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Nutcracker
Saturday December 13, 2008 7:30 PM
Rabobank Theater
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Nutcracker
Sunday December 14, 2008 1:00 PM
Rabobank Theater
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Subscription Concert #3 - Love and Death
Saturday February 7, 2009 8:00 PM
Rabobank Theater
Savor your favorite Verdi melodies from La Traviata as a full cast of rich solo voices, joined by the Liberty High School Choir, present this favorite opera in concert form. You won’t want to miss it!
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Subscription Concert #4 - Bohemian Rhapsody
Saturday March 14, 2009 8:00 PM
Rabobank Theater
A lavish evening of late romantic music by the greatest of Bohemia's composers - Antonin Dvorak. The colorful and scintillating Carnival Overture will preface the devotional Te Deum for chorus with soprano and bass soloists, displaying the finest attributes of this superbly lyrical composer. The evening will conclude triumphantly with his popular Symphony No. 7 in D minor. From start to finish, the finest in orchestral-choral music in the late Romantic style.
Dvorak -- Carnival Overture, Opus 92 Dvorak -- Te Deum, Opus 103 with Bakersfield Masterworks Chorale and Liberty High School Choir Dvorak -- Symphony no. 7 in d, Opus 70
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Subscription Concert #5 - Beethoven Uber Alles!
Saturday April 18, 2009 8:00 PM
Rabobank Theater
Enjoy an evening of great music by the incomparable Beethoven, featuring nature scenes of his Symphony No. 6 “Pastorale” and the melodious Piano Concerto No. 1 in C with Beethoven specialist William Kinderman at the keyboard.
- Beethoven - Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral" in F, Opus 68
- Beethoven - Piano Concerto No. 1 in C, Opus 15
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Subscription Concert #6 - Complete Circle
Saturday May 16, 2009 8:00 PM
Rabobank Theater
A season that began with a rousing overture by Carl Maria von Weber comes full circle in a program featuring Paul Hindemith’s lavish Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes of Carl Maria von Weber, a colorful overture by the Brazilian Romantic Carlos Gomes, and Aaron Copland’s evocative Quiet City. All culminates when the distinguished artistry of cellist Nathaniel Rosen and violinist Axel Strauss combine in a presentation of Brahms’ masterful Double Concerto for Violin and Cello. A grand conclusion to a wonderful season!
- Gomes - Il Guarany Overture
- Copland - Quiet City
- Hindemith - Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes of Carl Maria von Weber
- Brahms - Double Concerto for Violin and Cello in A, Opus 102
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