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ESPERIA FOUNDATION sponsors complimentary seating to every Masterseries concert for non-traditional audiences, students and other community members. |
2010-2011 Season |
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recitals are at 8 p.m. All programs and artists are subject to change. | |||||||||||||||
Season Subscriptions on sale through CAMA – 805-966-4324
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{1.} Heitor Villa-Lobos: Five Preludes Leo Brouwer: El Decameron Negro Francis Bebey: O Bia John Williams: Agustín Barrios Mangoré: Sponsor: The CAMA Women's Board John Williams “is recognized as one of, if not the greatest, classical guitarists of his time...” (The Sentinal, U.K.) He was taught by his father, afterwards attending summer courses with Andrés Segovia, and studying music at the Royal College of Music in London. He has since toured the world playing solo and with orchestra and regularly on radio and TV. Williams has collaborated with musicians including Julian Bream, Itzhak Perlman, André Previn, Cleo Laine, John Dankworth and Daniel Barenboim. Season Subscriptions available now through CAMA. Single tickets on sale starting Friday 9/17/2010 through the Lobero Theatre box office. |
{2.} All-Schumann Program Robert Schumann: Sponsor: Jeanne Thayer Pianist and host of NPR’s “From the Top” for the last 10 years, Christopher O’Riley has dazzled the world on stage, on the radio and in his recordings. His repertoire spans classical styles, from Rachmaninoff, Beethoven, Chopin, Ravel and Busoni to contemporary artists such as Radiohead, Nirvana, Pink Floyd and Elliott Smith. “O’Riley’s playing is laced with an otherworldly elegance that can’t be duplicated.” (Spendid.com) Season Subscriptions available now through CAMA. Single tickets on sale starting Friday 9/17/2010 through the Lobero Theatre box office. |
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{3.} Johannes Brahms: Theme and Variations in D minor (arranged from the Andante of the String Sextet in B-flat Major) Claude Debussy: Six Epigraphes Antiques Charles Wuorinen: Scherzo Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite in C minor for Lute-Cembalo Arnold Schoenberg: Suite, Op. 25 Sponsor: Bitsy Becton Bacon/Becton Family Foundation “Peter Serkin is one of the most interesting pianists... today.” (Seattle Times) His rich musical heritage extends back several generations: his grandfather was violinist and composer Adolf Busch and his father pianist Rudolf Serkin. An avid proponent of music of the 20th and 21st century, Serkin has conveyed the essence of five centuries of repertoire to audiences around the world: “...just as Mr. Serkin enjoys performing new music with a sense of its history, he thrives on playing old music with a sense of its radicalism.” (New York Times) Season Subscriptions available now through CAMA. Single tickets on sale starting Friday 9/17/2010 through the Lobero Theatre box office. |
{4.} Franz Joseph Haydn: Quartet in G minor, Op. 20, No. 3 Felix Mendelssohn: Quartet in A minor, Op. 13 Arnold Schoenberg: Quartet No. 1 in D minor, Op. 7 (1905) Principal Sponsor: Dolores M. Hsu Violinist Christian Tetzlaff, named “Instrumentalist of the Year” by Musical America in 2005, returns with his quartet, which is rapidly gaining a reputation as one of the world’s most fascinating chamber ensembles. The Tetzlaff Quartet’s “supremely lyrical, exactingly detailed playing combined with impeccable balance and unanimity, {resulted} in an overwhelming performance...” (New York Times) Season Subscriptions available now through CAMA. Single tickets on sale starting Friday 9/17/2010 through the Lobero Theatre box office. |
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