November 2009: Bolcom Meets Strauss

Music Director Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg describes a program that features modern, elegant, and beautiful music . The New Century Chamber Orchestra's 2009-2010 Featured Composer, William Bolcom, is one of Americans most dynamic, prolific musical geniuses whose huge and varied oeuvre defies categorization. Bolcom is deeply rooted in the American tradition of rags and ragtime, but his voice includes a variety of influences from the rich traditions of the 20th century. Richard Strauss heart-wrenching and elegiac Metamorphosen, a modern string orchestra masterpiece, powerfully demonstrates musics ability to capture a moment in time in this case, the bombing of the Munich opera house.

Program:
Bolcom: Serenata Notturna for Oboe & Strings Laura Griffiths, oboe
Bolcom: Three Rags for String Quartet
R. Strauss: Metamorphosen for 23 solo strings * Thu, Nov. 19, 2009 at 8pm, First Congregational Church, Berkeley * Fri, Nov. 20, 2009, at 8pm, First United Methodist Church, Palo Alto * Sat, Nov. 21, 2009 at 8pm, Herbst Theatre, San Francisco * Sun, Nov. 22, 2009 at 5pm, Osher Marin JCC, San Rafael

http://www.ncco.org

For tickets: http://www.cityboxoffice.com/default.asp?SearchText=ncco

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