{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}

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

Co-Sponsor: Louise & Michael Caccese

YUJA WANG
Felix Broede photo © Deutsche Grammophon

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

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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

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

Sponsor: Santa Barbara Bank & Trust

Co-Sponsor: Robert & Christine Emmons

ANDRÉ WATTS     Steve J. Sherman photo

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

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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

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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     Philip Glaser photo

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

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

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