OUR SEASON
TICKETS
BROCHURE
CONTACT
E-LIST
EDUCATION PROGRAMS
SUPPORT PAGES
LEGACY SOCIETY
HISTORY & ARCHIVES
HOME


   

International Series at the Granada
Season Sponsorship provided by SAGE PUBLICATIONS

2009-2010 Season

 

CAMA’s 2009-2010 INTERNATIONAL SERIES at The Granada features some of the most celebrated artists in today’s classical music scene, including recital appearances by violinist Itzhak Perlman and soprano Renée Fleming, and concerto appearances by pianists Lang Lang, André Watts and Yuja Wang. L’Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France plays a program of works by countryman Maurice Ravel featuring mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter in the composer’s Shéhérazade; the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra visits with a program of Western and Chinese works; Christoph Eschenbach directs the Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra; and the Los Angeles Philharmonic makes is annual “run-out” to Santa Barbara, this season with Maestro Bramwell Tovey, principal guest conductor of the LA Phil’s Hollywood Bowl concerts.

All International Series concerts are at 8 p.m. at The Granada,
1214 State Street, Santa Barbara

All concert programs and artists are subject to change.

 

Season Subscriptions on sale through CAMA – 805-966-4324

{1.}
Friday, November 20, 2009
The Granada, 1214 State Street, 8 pm
SHANGHAI SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA

LONG YU  Conductor
YUJA WANG  Piano
XIAODUO CHEN  Soprano
MENG MENG  Soprano
NAN WANG  Erhu
JIA LI  Pipa
XIN SUN  Guzheng

Modest Mussorgsky: “Dawn on the Moscow River” from Khovanshchina

Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18

Qigang Chen: Iris dévoilée
                           (Iris unveiled)
{featuring vocal soloists and traditional Chinese instrumentalists}

|Click for program notes|

Sponsor: Anne & Michael Towbes
Sponsor: The CAMA Women’s Board
Sponsor: Herbert & Elaine Kendall

Co-Sponsor: Louise & Michael Caccese

 

Yuja Wang, Piano
YUJA WANG
Felix Broede photo © Deutsche Grammophon

 

Renée Fleming, Soprano
Andrew Eccles photo © Decca

 

{2.}
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
The Granada, 1214 State Street, 8 pm
RENÉE FLEMING
Soprano     In Recital

GERALD MARTIN MOORE  Piano

Olivier Messiaen:
Poèmes pour Mi
  V. L'Épouse
  VI. Ta voix
  VII. Les deux guerriers
  VIII. Le collier
  IX. Prière exaucée

Jules Massenet:
J'ai versé le poison dans cette coupe d'or
  from Cléopâtre

Henri Dutilleux:
Le temps l'horloge
  Le temps l'horloge
  Le masque
  Dernier poème
  Enivrez-vous

Richard Strauss:
Verführung, Op. 33, No. 1
Freundliche Vision, Op. 48, No. 1
Ständchen, Op. 17, No. 2
Winterweihe, Op. 48, No. 4
Zueignung, Op. 10, No. 1

Ruggero Leoncavallo:
Angioletto, il tuo nome?
  from Zazà
Musette svaria sulla bocca viva
Mimì Pinson, la biondinetta
  from La Bohème

Umberto Giordano:
Nel suo amore rianimata
  from Siberia

Riccardo Zandonai:
Ier dalla fabbrica a Triana
  from Conchita

|Click for program notes|

Principal Sponsor:
The Stephen & Carla Hahn Foundation

Sponsor:
Bitsy Becton Bacon/
Becton Family Foundation

Co-Sponsor: Linda Brown
Co-Sponsor: Myra & Spencer Nadler

 

 

 

{3.}
Saturday, January 9, 2010
The Granada, 1214 State Street, 8 pm
LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC
BRAMWELL TOVEY  Conductor
ANDRÉ WATTS  Piano

Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 2, "London"

Johannes Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major, Op. 83

|Click for program notes|

Principal Sponsor: The Samuel B. & Margaret C. Mosher Foundation

Sponsor: Santa Barbara Bank & Trust

Co-Sponsor: Robert & Christine Emmons

 

 

André Watts, Piano
ANDRÉ WATTS     Steve J. Sherman photo

 

Myung-Whun Chung, Conductor
MYUNG-WHUN CHUNG
François Leclercq photo

 

{4.}
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
The Granada, 1214 State Street, 8 pm
ORCHESTRE PHILHARMONIQUE DE RADIO FRANCE
MYUNG-WHUN CHUNG
Conductor
ANNE SOFIE VON OTTER
Soprano

ALL-RAVEL PROGRAM

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937):

Ma mère l'Oye (complete ballet)

Shéhérazade (with Ms. von Otter)

Daphnis et Chloé: Suites Nos. 1 & 2

La valse

|Click here for tickets|
|Click for program notes|

Sponsor: The Andrew H. Burnett Foundation
Sponsor: Ted Plute & Larry Falxa
Sponsor: Michele & André Saltoun
Sponsor: Nancy & Kent Wood

Co-Sponsor: Judy & George Writer

 

{5.}
Friday, April 16, 2010
The Granada, 1214 State Street, 8 pm
LANG LANG  Piano
CHRISTOPH ESCHENBACH
Conductor
together with the
SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA

Sergei Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 in D Major, Op. 25, "Classical"

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 17 in G Major, K. 453

Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92

|Click here for tickets|

Sponsor: Hollis Norris Fund
Sponsor: Elaine Stepanek

Co-Sponsor: Lida Light & Frank Blue
Co-Sponsor: The CAMA Women's Board
Co-Sponsor: Chris Lancashire

 

Lang Lang, Piano
LANG LANG     Philip Glaser photo

 

Itzhak Perlman, Violin
Akira Kinoshita photo

 

{6.}
Thursday, April 29, 2010
The Granada, 1214 State Street, 8 pm
ITZHAK PERLMAN
Violin     In Recital

ROHAN DE SILVA  Piano

Program to be announced

|Click here for tickets|

Sponsor: Léni Fé Bland
Sponsor: Judith L. Hopkinson
Sponsor: Sara Miller McCune

Co-Sponsor: The CAMA Women's Board
Co-Sponsor: Joanne Holderman

TOP