1-50 of 51 Upcoming Performances in the Sacramento Area
February 2010
Saturday
February 13  7:30 PM

AlphaDog on DavisWiki

Congregation Bet Haverim
Davis, CA
Chamber Music Society of Sacramento
Thomas Hrynkiw, piano and Gilberto Munguia, cello

Tartini: Devil’s Trill
Rachmaninov: Cello Sonata
Korngold: Suite in E Flat


Sunday
February 14  7:30 PM

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CSUS Campus: Music Recital Hall, Capistrano Hall
Sacramento, CA
Chamber Music Society of Sacramento
Thomas Hrynkiw, piano and Gilberto Munguia, cello

Tartini: Devil’s Trill
Rachmaninov: Cello Sonata
Korngold: Suite in E Flat


Thursday
February 18  8:00 PM

Mondavi Center

UC Davis Campus: Jackson Hall, Mondavi Center
Davis, CA
Mondavi Center
Russian National Orchestra
Stefan Jackiw, violin

Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

Tchaikovsky: Elegy for String Orchestra in G Major
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 9 in E-flat Major, Op. 70

The Russian National Orchestra has been in demand throughout the music world ever since its 1990 Moscow premiere. Of the orchestra’s 1996 debut at the BBC Proms in London, the Evening Standard wrote, "They played with such captivating beauty that the audience gave an involuntary sigh of pleasure." More recently, they were described as "a living symbol of the best in Russian art" (Miami Herald) and "as close to perfect as one could hope for" (Trinity Mirror).


Saturday
February 20  8:00 PM


Sacramento Convention Center: Community Center Theater
Sacramento, CA
Sacramento Philharmonic Orchestra
Rachmaninov, Sibelius
Misha Dichter, piano

Michael Morgan, conductor

Joseph Schwantner: Chasing Light (Ford Made in America Premier)
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 in D Major

Perfect for Wintertime, this concert features romantic music of the Great North. In Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody, you’ll hear the bells of Russian churches, grand Rachmaninoff melodies, and virtuosic flights of fancy from the unequaled skill of pianist Misha Dichter.

With his Symphony No. 2, Jean Sibelius became once and for all Finland’s greatest composer. Full of optimism and heroics, this symphony will have you on your feet even before the last note!


Sunday
February 21  2:00 PM


Grass Valley Seventh-day Adventist Church
Grass Valley, CA
Twin Cities Concert Association
Petite Panache!

Creating community through great music, Artistic Director Ken Hardin promises a diverse and exciting program with plenty of sensuously full-bodied sound. Featuring local artists, Petite Panache is always a favorite!

This concert will include the premiere performance of the completion of Mark Vance’s piece “A New Life” — the first half of which was commissioned by TCCA in 2002. This composition for piano-four hands and violin features Ken Hardin and Aileen James, piano & Michelle Xiao You, violin.

Pre-concert forum at 1:15 pm


Friday
February 26  8:00 PM


Sacramento Convention Center: Community Center Theater
Sacramento, CA
Sacramento Opera
La Traviata
by Giuseppe Verdi

Violetta: Karen Slack
Alfredo: Alexander Boyer
Germont: Kenneth Overton
Flora: Erin Neff
Douphol: Will Tvrdik
Annina: Alina Ilchuk

Conductor, Timm Rolek
Sacramento Philharmonic Orchestra

Setting: In and around Paris, mid nineteenth century

Based on the novel and play La Dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas, Jr., La Traviata is one of the ten most popular operas in the repertoire. The story was immortalized in the classic movie Camille starring Greta Garbo and later given a popular update in Pretty Woman starring Julia Roberts. Listen for the famous “Drinking Song” and Sempre libera aria.

This vivid “slice of life” is loosely based on actual events that took place between Alexandre Dumas, Jr., and his lover Marie Duplessis. The story revolves around the relationship between the stunningly beautiful but frail courtesan Violetta Valéry and her lover the well-born Alfredo Germont. Alfredo’s father Giorgio’s efforts thwart their relationship and serve as a catalyst for the opera’s heart-wrenching climax. Don’t miss this romantic tale of love, passion, and betrayal.

“Love is the heartbeat of the universe.” — La Traviata

Sung in Italian with English supertitles


Saturday
February 27  8:00 PM

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Sacramento Convention Center: Memorial Auditorium
Sacramento, CA
Camellia Symphony Orchestra
Charms, Spells and Enchantments

Dukas: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Falla: El Amor Brujo, Spanish classical dancer, Fanny Ara
Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring

We will begin with Dukas’ perennial favorite, The Sorcerer’s Apprentice. Our younger fans will remember this piece from Disney’s Fantasia.

We’ll feature the magic of Spanish dance with Falla’s "Love and the Magician", originally composed as a smaller "Gypsy Piece", the story of Candela the Gypsy girl, whose love for Carmelo is tormented by the ghost of her faithless former lover. The "Ritual Fire Dance" section is one of the best known in the classical repertoire.

Finally, we close with Stravinsky’s ballet, Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring). Also featured in Fantasia, this work has, over the years, inspired awe, love, adoration, amusement, anger and even riots at its first performance. Acknowledged as one of the great masterworks of 20th century music, it includes sections labeled "Spring Rounds", "Mystic Circle of the Young Girls", "Ancestral Spirits", and "The Sacrificial Dance".


Saturday
February 27  8:00 PM

Mondavi Center

UC Davis Campus: Jackson Hall, Mondavi Center
Davis, CA
Mondavi Center
Joshua Bell, violin

Violinist Joshua Bell has made a seamless transition from prodigy to major talent. Now in his 30s, Bell is among the most respected classical and chamber musicians in the world. Known for his stellar recordings and his performance in the film The Red Violin, he excels as a recitalist--a fact well known to Mondavi Center fans who have enjoyed his direct, personal interpretations.

Sunday
February 28  2:00 PM


Sacramento Convention Center: Community Center Theater
Sacramento, CA
Sacramento Opera
La Traviata
by Giuseppe Verdi

Violetta: Karen Slack
Alfredo: Alexander Boyer
Germont: Kenneth Overton
Flora: Erin Neff
Douphol: Will Tvrdik
Annina: Alina Ilchuk

Conductor, Timm Rolek
Sacramento Philharmonic Orchestra

Setting: In and around Paris, mid nineteenth century

Based on the novel and play La Dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas, Jr., La Traviata is one of the ten most popular operas in the repertoire. The story was immortalized in the classic movie Camille starring Greta Garbo and later given a popular update in Pretty Woman starring Julia Roberts. Listen for the famous “Drinking Song” and Sempre libera aria.

This vivid “slice of life” is loosely based on actual events that took place between Alexandre Dumas, Jr., and his lover Marie Duplessis. The story revolves around the relationship between the stunningly beautiful but frail courtesan Violetta Valéry and her lover the well-born Alfredo Germont. Alfredo’s father Giorgio’s efforts thwart their relationship and serve as a catalyst for the opera’s heart-wrenching climax. Don’t miss this romantic tale of love, passion, and betrayal.

“Love is the heartbeat of the universe.” — La Traviata

Sung in Italian with English supertitles


March 2010
Monday
March 1  8:00 PM

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Davis Community Church
Davis, CA
American Bach Soloists
Bach ST. JOHN PASSION
with the American Bach Choir

Ellen Hargis, soprano
Judith Malafronte, alto
Aaron Sheehan, tenor
Joshua Copeland, baritone
William Sharp, baritone

The great Passions of J. S. Bach remain unparalleled in their dramatic impact and universally experienced emotional effects. Bach took the genre to new worlds of expression, incorporating the Lutheran tradition of chorales with newer, Italianate operatic elements. The result is a powerful force of rhetoric that tells the Passion story reinforced by personalized illuminations of onlookers. Maestro Thomas, one of the Baroque music world’s most celebrated Evangelists, brings his unique and insightful perspectives to the podium in performances that are as gripping as they are beautiful.


Tuesday
March 2  7:30 PM


Sacramento Convention Center: Community Center Theater
Sacramento, CA
Sacramento Opera
La Traviata
by Giuseppe Verdi

Violetta: Karen Slack
Alfredo: Alexander Boyer
Germont: Kenneth Overton
Flora: Erin Neff
Douphol: Will Tvrdik
Annina: Alina Ilchuk

Conductor, Timm Rolek
Sacramento Philharmonic Orchestra

Setting: In and around Paris, mid nineteenth century

Based on the novel and play La Dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas, Jr., La Traviata is one of the ten most popular operas in the repertoire. The story was immortalized in the classic movie Camille starring Greta Garbo and later given a popular update in Pretty Woman starring Julia Roberts. Listen for the famous “Drinking Song” and Sempre libera aria.

This vivid “slice of life” is loosely based on actual events that took place between Alexandre Dumas, Jr., and his lover Marie Duplessis. The story revolves around the relationship between the stunningly beautiful but frail courtesan Violetta Valéry and her lover the well-born Alfredo Germont. Alfredo’s father Giorgio’s efforts thwart their relationship and serve as a catalyst for the opera’s heart-wrenching climax. Don’t miss this romantic tale of love, passion, and betrayal.

“Love is the heartbeat of the universe.” — La Traviata

Sung in Italian with English supertitles


Saturday
March 6  7:00 PM


St. Mark’s United Methodist Church
Sacramento, CA
Sacramento Bach Festival
A Bach Sampler

The series will open with A Bach Sampler. An engaging survey of Bach’s music for various instruments and composition styles featuring:

George England, guitar
Michael Lawson, cello
Susan Erickson, harpsichord
Maquette Kuper, flute
Robert Brinzer, piano
Jack Miller, organ


Saturday
March 6  8:00 PM

Mondavi Center

UC Davis Campus: Studio Theater, Mondavi Center
Davis, CA
Mondavi Center
Curtis On Tour

Samuel Barber: String Quartet, No. 11
Dvorák: Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. 81
New works: Miniatures by current Curtis composition students

Each season Curtis On Tour brings the extraordinary artistry of the world-renowned Curtis Institute of Music to audiences nationwide, with tomorrow’s leading musicians performing alongside celebrated alumni and faculty. On the 2009–10 tour, violinist Ida Kavafian and cellist Peter Wiley (’74) of the Curtis faculty will join Curtis students in celebrating the centenary year of alumnus Samuel Barber (’34) with a performance of his String Quartet. They’ll also offer Dvorák’s Piano Quintet and miniatures by Curtis composition students.


Sunday
March 7  2:00 PM

Mondavi Center

UC Davis Campus: Studio Theater, Mondavi Center
Davis, CA
Mondavi Center
Curtis On Tour

Samuel Barber: String Quartet, No. 11
Dvorák: Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. 81
New works: Miniatures by current Curtis composition students

Each season Curtis On Tour brings the extraordinary artistry of the world-renowned Curtis Institute of Music to audiences nationwide, with tomorrow’s leading musicians performing alongside celebrated alumni and faculty. On the 2009–10 tour, violinist Ida Kavafian and cellist Peter Wiley (’74) of the Curtis faculty will join Curtis students in celebrating the centenary year of alumnus Samuel Barber (’34) with a performance of his String Quartet. They’ll also offer Dvorák’s Piano Quintet and miniatures by Curtis composition students.


Sunday
March 7  4:00 PM


St. Mark’s United Methodist Church
Sacramento, CA
Sacramento Bach Festival
Bach and Buddies

Featuring Camerata Capistrano from Sacramento State University performing a concert of J. S. Bach’s music and Italian contemporaries.

Friday
March 12  7:00 PM


St. Mark’s United Methodist Church
Sacramento, CA
Sacramento Bach Festival
French Connection
Anyssa Neumann, piano

The young and vibrant Bach specialist plays keyboard works. Ms. Neumann is a graduate of Manhattan School of Music and recently completed her master’s degree with Distinction at Oxford University in musicology and performance.

Saturday
March 13  7:00 PM


St. Mark’s United Methodist Church
Sacramento, CA
Sacramento Bach Festival
Goldberg and More
Daniel Sullivan, organ

Featuring Daniel Sullivan, organist, one of the new generation’s finest organists. Colorful and rhythmic! Experience the Goldberg Variations anew! Mr. Sullivan is a graduate of Oberlin Conservatory, Yale University and The Juilliard School.

Sunday
March 14  7:00 PM


St. Mark’s United Methodist Church
Sacramento, CA
Sacramento Bach Festival
Hooked on Coffee
Daniel Sullivan, organ

Featuring The Festival Orchestra, vocalists and soloists. The chamber orchestra ensemble presents The Coffee Cantata #211 and Cantata #35 with organ Sinfonias and outstanding soloists and vocalists and a Coffee House Intermission.

Friday
March 19  8:00 PM

Mondavi Center

UC Davis Campus: Jackson Hall, Mondavi Center
Davis, CA
Mondavi Center
Moscow State Radio Symphony Orchestra
Alexander Sinchuk, piano

Alexei Kornienko, conductor

Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Tsar Sultan Suite, Op.57
Sergei Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43
Sergei Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 27


Sunday
March 21  2:00 PM


Grass Valley Seventh-day Adventist Church
Grass Valley, CA
Twin Cities Concert Association
Bridget Kibbey, harp

Bridget captivates audiences with masterpieces that stretch the boundaries of her instrument. The NY Times declared: “Kibbey made it seem as though her instrument had been waiting all its life to explode with the gorgeous colors and energetic figures she was getting from it.”

Pre-concert forum at 1:15 pm


Saturday
March 27  7:00 PM


St. John's Lutheran Church
Sacramento, CA
Vox Musica
Thunder: Music for Taiko Drums and Women’s Voices

Vox Musica has a tradition of presenting inventive & adventurous concerts to celebrate the yearly anniversary of its inception. Keeping with that tradition, Vox Musica will perform THUNDER: Music for Taiko Drums and Women’s Voices, a concert of music inspired by the rhythm, spirit and music from Japan. THUNDER will truly be an exuberantly dynamic performance that will infuse the voices of Vox Musica with the thunderous playing of Taiko Drums.

6:15 pre-concert talk


Saturday
March 27  7:30 PM

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Congregation Bet Haverim
Davis, CA
Chamber Music Society of Sacramento
Philip Myers, horn

Beethoven: Violin Sonata
Sydeman: Horn Trio
Brahms: Horn Trio


Sunday
March 28  2:00 PM

Mondavi Center

UC Davis Campus: Jackson Hall, Mondavi Center
Davis, CA
Sacramento Choral Society and Orchestra
Brahms Requiem - Music of Consolation

Jessica Siena, soprano
Stephen Janzen, baritone

Brahms: Ein Deutches Requiem, Op. 45 (German Requiem)

Discover why Brahms’ Requiem may be the most comforting, humane requiem ever written.


Sunday
March 28  5:00 PM


St. John's Lutheran Church
Sacramento, CA
Vox Musica
Thunder: Music for Taiko Drums and Women’s Voices

Vox Musica has a tradition of presenting inventive & adventurous concerts to celebrate the yearly anniversary of its inception. Keeping with that tradition, Vox Musica will perform THUNDER: Music for Taiko Drums and Women’s Voices, a concert of music inspired by the rhythm, spirit and music from Japan. THUNDER will truly be an exuberantly dynamic performance that will infuse the voices of Vox Musica with the thunderous playing of Taiko Drums.

Sunday
March 28  7:30 PM

DevinCook on Wikipedia

CSUS Campus: Music Recital Hall, Capistrano Hall
Sacramento, CA
Chamber Music Society of Sacramento
Philip Myers, horn

Beethoven: Violin Sonata
Sydeman: Horn Trio
Brahms: Horn Trio


April 2010
Saturday
April 10  8:00 PM


Sacramento Convention Center: Community Center Theater
Sacramento, CA
Sacramento Philharmonic Orchestra
Midori

Midori was born in Osaka, Japan, in 1971 and began studying the violin with her mother, Setsu Goto, at a very early age. In 1982, when Zubin Mehta first heard her play, he was so impressed that he invited her to be a surprise guest soloist for the New York Philharmonic’s traditional New Year’s Eve concert, on which occasion she received a standing ovation and the impetus to begin a major career.

Sunday
April 11  2:00 PM

Mondavi Center

UC Davis Campus: Studio Theater, Mondavi Center
Davis, CA
Mondavi Center
Alexander String Quartet
with Robert Greenberg

Beethoven: String Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 74, (“Harp”)
Beethoven: String Quartet in F Minor, Op. 95, (“Serioso”)

Renowned musicologist, author, and composer Robert Greenberg provides commentary throughout the concert


Sunday
April 11  7:00 PM

Mondavi Center

UC Davis Campus: Studio Theater, Mondavi Center
Davis, CA
Mondavi Center
Alexander String Quartet

Beethoven: String Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 74, (“Harp”)
Beethoven: String Quartet in F Minor, Op. 95, (“Serioso”)


Friday
April 16  8:00 PM

Mondavi Center

UC Davis Campus: Jackson Hall, Mondavi Center
Davis, CA
Mondavi Center
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
Gil Shaham, violin

David Robertson, conductor

Rouse: Rapture
Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2
Sibelius: Symphony No. 7
Adams: Dr. Atomic Symphony

The combination of music director David Robertson and the Saint Louis Symphony has taken one of the great American orchestras to a new level. It is an orchestra that already had had more Grammy nominations than Michael Jackson and the Rolling Stones by the time Robertson arrived! The Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra’s Harmonielehre was named one of ITunes 10 Best Contemporary Classical releases of 2008.


Saturday
April 17  7:30 PM


St. Mark’s United Methodist Church
Sacramento, CA
Chamber Music Alive!
Concert Three

Our third set of concerts, scheduled for April 17 and 18, will be, as promised, a full orchestral program, featuring the Virtuosi Orchestra – the same group of musicians who performed to such great acclaim in the opening concert of last season. This will be an all-Beethoven program, one I know you will enjoy immensely.

Saturday
April 17  8:00 PM

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Sacramento Convention Center: Memorial Auditorium
Sacramento, CA
Camellia Symphony Orchestra
The Great Classics
Michelle Xiao You, violin

Mozart: Overture to The Marriage of Figaro
Brahms: Violin Concerto, Michelle Xiao You, violin
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, Op 55, (Eroica)

The final concert of the Season takes the orchestra back to its traditional roots with great masterworks by Mozart, Beethoven and Brahms .

We open the concert with the sparkling overture to Mozart’s comic opera, The Marriage of Figaro.

Then local sensation Michelle Xiao You joins the orchestra for the exciting Brahms Violin Concerto. Xiao has performed as a soloist with some of the finest symphony orchestras in the country, including last season’s performance with our own Sacramento Philharmonic.

We conclude with the great "Eroica" Symphony #3 by the undisputed master of the classical period, Ludwig von Beethoven.


Sunday
April 18  2:00 PM


Grass Valley Seventh-day Adventist Church
Grass Valley, CA
Twin Cities Concert Association
Brasil Guitar Duo with Sarah Wolfson, soprano

Classical Guitar Magazine exclaims: “The maturity of musicianship and technical virtuosity…is simply outstanding” in describing the Brasil Guitar Duo, winner of the 2006 Concert Artists Guild International Competition. With infectious energy and innate musicality, lyric soprano Sarah Wolfson won First Prize in the 2007 Concert Artists Guild International Competition.

Pre-concert forum at 1:15 pm


Sunday
April 18  3:00 PM


Sierra College-Rocklin Campus: Dietrich Theatre
Rocklin, CA
Chamber Music Alive!
Concert Three

Our third set of concerts, scheduled for April 17 and 18, will be, as promised, a full orchestral program, featuring the Virtuosi Orchestra – the same group of musicians who performed to such great acclaim in the opening concert of last season. This will be an all-Beethoven program, one I know you will enjoy immensely.

Monday
April 19  8:00 PM

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Davis Community Church
Davis, CA
American Bach Soloists
Bach & Handel

Mary Wilson, soprano
Johanna Novom, violin
Corey Jamason, harpsichord

The season finale is a star-studded evening of virtuoso performances. Two of Bach’s most brilliant concertos will feature violinist Johanna Novum (winner of ABS’ 2008 Young Artists Competition) and harpsichordist Corey Jamason. And Mary Wilson, whose exquisite performances with ABS are unforgettable, will perform a stunning selection of opera arias by Handel along with Bach’s solo cantata, “Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut.”


Saturday
April 24  7:30 PM

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Congregation Bet Haverim
Davis, CA
Chamber Music Society of Sacramento
Douglas Rioth, harp

Damase: Sonata for Flute and Harp
Frank: Scenes from a Jewish Sabbath
Harbison: Songs America Loves to Sing
Ravel: Introductions and Allegro


Saturday
April 24  8:00 PM

Mondavi Center

UC Davis Campus: Jackson Hall, Mondavi Center
Davis, CA
Mondavi Center
Vladimir Feltsman, piano

Bach: Partita No.1 in B-flat Major, BWV 825
Beethoven: Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13 (“Pathetique”)
Chopin: Four Ballades

Since Feltsman’s arrival from Russia in 1987 and a stunning performance at the Reagan White House, he has built a career based on sensitivity and musicianship. His vast repertoire encompasses music from the Baroque to 20th-century composers, including a Bach cycle of concerts spanning four years.


Saturday
April 24  8:00 PM


St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Sacramento, CA
Sacramento Baroque Soloists
Concerti Grossi
David Granger, bassoon

Concerti Grossi including "Alla Rustica" and the Concerto for Cello and Bassoon by Vivaldi, Concerto for Two Violas by Telemann, and a Corelli Concerto Grosso Op. 6.

Sunday
April 25  1:00 PM

Mondavi Center

UC Davis Campus: Studio Theater, Mondavi Center
Davis, CA
Mondavi Center
Lara Downes Family Concert
“Mudpies and Lullabies”

From hummable favorites like "Oh What a Beautiful Morning" from Oklahoma to the charming eccentricity of William Bolcom’s "Dream Shadows," this concert mixes the nostalgic and the new to delight both children and their parents. “Mudpies and Lullabies” features a program of light, early 20th-century music, with guest artists from the San Francisco Opera Center and winners of the Mondavi Center Young Artists Competition.

Sunday
April 25  3:00 PM

Mondavi Center

UC Davis Campus: Studio Theater, Mondavi Center
Davis, CA
Mondavi Center
Lara Downes Family Concert
“Mudpies and Lullabies”

From hummable favorites like "Oh What a Beautiful Morning" from Oklahoma to the charming eccentricity of William Bolcom’s "Dream Shadows," this concert mixes the nostalgic and the new to delight both children and their parents. “Mudpies and Lullabies” features a program of light, early 20th-century music, with guest artists from the San Francisco Opera Center and winners of the Mondavi Center Young Artists Competition.

Sunday
April 25  7:30 PM

DevinCook on Wikipedia

CSUS Campus: Music Recital Hall, Capistrano Hall
Sacramento, CA
Chamber Music Society of Sacramento
Douglas Rioth, harp

Damase: Sonata for Flute and Harp
Frank: Scenes from a Jewish Sabbath
Harbison: Songs America Loves to Sing
Ravel: Introductions and Allegro


May 2010
Sunday
May 2  2:00 PM

Mondavi Center

UC Davis Campus: Jackson Hall, Mondavi Center
Davis, CA
Sacramento Choral Society and Orchestra
Carmina Burana

Leah Crocetto, soprano
Chester Pidduck, tenor
Michael Sokol, baritone
The Sacramento Children’s Chorus

Find out why, following the SCSO’s Carmina debut in Carnegie Hall, the Sacramento Bee proclaimed in June 2005: "The SCSO owns Carmina Burana."


Friday
May 7  8:00 PM


Sacramento Convention Center: Community Center Theater
Sacramento, CA
Sacramento Opera
A Russian Affair
Highlights from Eugene Onegin and The Queen of Spades

Emily Pulley, soprano
Dana Beth Miller, mezzo-soprano
Richard Crawley, tenor
Malcolm MacKenzie, baritone
Andrei Codrescu, narrator

Timm Rolek, Conductor
Sacramento Philharmonic Orchestra

Enjoy opera at its grandest in a dazzling Russian double-bill featuring concert stagings of two of Tchaikovsky’s greatest works, Eugene Onegin and The Queen of Spades, both based on the writings of Alexander Pushkin. A Russian Affair presents Tchaikovsky’s glorious music for the lyric stage performed by an outstanding cast of acclaimed singers, led by Maestro Rolek, and accompanied by the Sacramento Philharmonic Orchestra.

Eugene Onegin gives us a glimpse of life among St. Petersburg’s wealthy in the 1820s, capturing the essence of a unique world in all its glory and despair. The operatic masterpiece of obsessive love and greed, The Queen of Spades, follows an army officer who deviously learns the “secret of the three cards,” which costs him his possessions, lover, and ultimately his own life

Sung in Russian with English supertitles


Sunday
May 9  2:00 PM


Sacramento Convention Center: Community Center Theater
Sacramento, CA
Sacramento Opera
A Russian Affair
Highlights from Eugene Onegin and The Queen of Spades

Emily Pulley, soprano
Dana Beth Miller, mezzo-soprano
Richard Crawley, tenor
Malcolm MacKenzie, baritone
Andrei Codrescu, narrator

Timm Rolek, Conductor
Sacramento Philharmonic Orchestra

Enjoy opera at its grandest in a dazzling Russian double-bill featuring concert stagings of two of Tchaikovsky’s greatest works, Eugene Onegin and The Queen of Spades, both based on the writings of Alexander Pushkin. A Russian Affair presents Tchaikovsky’s glorious music for the lyric stage performed by an outstanding cast of acclaimed singers, led by Maestro Rolek, and accompanied by the Sacramento Philharmonic Orchestra.

Eugene Onegin gives us a glimpse of life among St. Petersburg’s wealthy in the 1820s, capturing the essence of a unique world in all its glory and despair. The operatic masterpiece of obsessive love and greed, The Queen of Spades, follows an army officer who deviously learns the “secret of the three cards,” which costs him his possessions, lover, and ultimately his own life

Sung in Russian with English supertitles


Saturday
May 15  8:00 PM


Sacramento Convention Center: Community Center Theater
Sacramento, CA
Sacramento Philharmonic Orchestra
Prokofiev, Gershwin, Still
Rachel Barton-Pine, violin

Michael Morgan, Music Director
Paradise Church Gospel Choir
Pastor Alonzo Morris, Choir Director

George Gershwin: An American in Paris
Serge Prokofiev: Concerto for Violin No. 1 in D
William Grant Still: Suite for Violin and Orchestra
Special songs for Gospel Choir and Orchestra


Sunday
May 16  2:00 PM


Grass Valley Seventh-day Adventist Church
Grass Valley, CA
Twin Cities Concert Association
Ren Zhang, piano

Back by popular demand! Ren is dedicated to reviving and performing music in the grand romantic tradition and has burst upon the international concert scene as one of the unique pianistic characters of his generation.

Pre-concert forum at 1:15 pm


Saturday
May 22  7:30 PM

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Congregation Bet Haverim
Davis, CA
Chamber Music Society of Sacramento
Kineko Okumura and William Barbini, violins

Nan: String Quartet (Premier)
Brahms: Sonata for Violin
Schubert: Piano Quintet, “Trout”


Saturday
May 22  8:00 PM


First United Methodist Church
Sacramento, CA
Sacramento Master Singers
I, Too, Sing America

Come join us as we showcase the works of American composers and poets! Our celebration will include the works of legends such as composers Leonard Bernstein and Aaron Copland and poets Robert Frost and Walt Whitman. You’ll also experience the works of a younger generation of American songwriters such as Eric Whitacre and Joshua Shank, and emerging poets such as California poet Gabriel Navar. Join us as we celebrate our heritage and future.

Sunday
May 23  3:00 PM


First United Methodist Church
Sacramento, CA
Sacramento Master Singers
I, Too, Sing America

Come join us as we showcase the works of American composers and poets! Our celebration will include the works of legends such as composers Leonard Bernstein and Aaron Copland and poets Robert Frost and Walt Whitman. You’ll also experience the works of a younger generation of American songwriters such as Eric Whitacre and Joshua Shank, and emerging poets such as California poet Gabriel Navar. Join us as we celebrate our heritage and future.

Sunday
May 23  7:30 PM

DevinCook on Wikipedia

CSUS Campus: Music Recital Hall, Capistrano Hall
Sacramento, CA
Chamber Music Society of Sacramento
Kineko Okumura and William Barbini, violins

Nan: String Quartet (Premier)
Brahms: Sonata for Violin
Schubert: Piano Quintet, “Trout”


June 2010
Saturday
June 5  7:00 PM


St. John's Lutheran Church
Sacramento, CA
Vox Musica
Bloom: A Recital of Voices

Vox Musica reaches yet another creative milestone with the addition of a fourth concert entitled BLOOM: A Recital of Voices. This performance will highlight selected members of Vox Musica by showcasing their talents and will provide our patrons with a rare opportunity to hear them perform as soloists, singing Romantic Arias, Baroque duets, German art-songs, Jazz standards, as well as, Folk and Bluegrass pieces.

6:15 pre-concert talk






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Fire Beneath My Fingers
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Masterpieces of the Renaissance
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Sanctuary: A Cathedral Concert
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Border Crossings
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