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Peninsula Symphony presents:
The 3 B’s, with Jon Nakamatsu
Friday, October 15, San Mateo Performing Arts Center, 8pm
Saturday, October 16, Flint Center, Cupertino, 8pm
September 2010 -- Los Altos, CA
Jon Nakamatsu kicks off the Peninsula Symphony’s 62nd season of “Great Works in Grand Style” with Beethoven’s great C Minor Concerto. Nakamatsu’s pianism has been described as “linear, colorful, idiomatic and often very exciting indeed” by Tim Page of The Washington Post. Other pieces for the evening include Bach’s Cantata Chorale: Ein’ feste Burg ist unser Gott, Bach’s Great Fugue: Clavierubung III, Wir glauben all’an einem Gott, and Brahms’ Symphony No. 2.
Performances are on October 15th at the San Mateo Performing Arts Center and Saturday, October 16th at the Flint Center in Cupertino at 8pm. The pre-concert lecture begins both evenings at 7pm. Tickets are $38 General Admission, $32 Senior and $20 Youth/Student.
“We are thrilled to welcome the celebrated 1997 Van Cliburn Competition laureate back to perform one of the landmark works of the piano repertoire, Beethoven’s great C Minor Concerto. Nakamatsu and I have a long shared history of collaborative music making,” remarks Music Director and Conductor, Mitchell Sardou Klein.
The program for these concerts consists entirely of major masterworks by “the three B’s.” To begin, Bach’s Cantata Chorale: Ein’ feste Burg ist unser Gott, and Great Fugue: Clavierubung III, Wir glauben all’an einem Gott come to vibrant symphonic life in the hands of the master conductor and orchestrator Leopold Stokowski the greatest orchestral colorist of all time. Beethoven’s Third Piano Concerto stems from his dark, stormy mode, with music that challenges any pianist’s or orchestra’s technical and interpretive powers. Lastly, Brahms’ glorious and triumphal Second Symphony completes this trio of majestic classical benchmark achievements. This is a work of soaring melodies, brooding intensity, and sublime serenity, ending in a blazing finale that leaves the listener breathless.
For tickets, and more information, visit www.peninsulasymphony.org or call (650) 941-5291.
The Peninsula Symphony, a 90-member community orchestra led by Music Director and Conductor Mitchell Sardou Klein, celebrates its 60th anniversary of providing unique and first-class music to the Bay Area community. In addition, as part of its “Bridges to Music” outreach programs, the Symphony shares its passion for music by offering programs in schools, providing free or discounted tickets to students and their families, hosting two competitions for students, and presenting a free family concert and outdoor summer concert. This season the Orchestra performs concerts in venues from Cupertino to San Mateo. For tickets or more information visit www.peninsulasymphony.org or call (650) 941-5291.
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