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Ukiah Symphony 36th Season Gala Opening Concert with violinist Philip Santos
Ukiah Symphony Association Presents:
Season Gala Opening!
Featuring Philip Santos, Violin
by Karen Rifkin
The Ukiah Symphony Association will feature violinist Philip Santos performing Max Bruch's Violin Concerto No. 1 for its Season Gala Opening on October 11th and 12th at Near and Arnold's School of Performing Arts and Cultural Education Theater.
Santos, who lives in the Bay Area and performs there extensively as well as throughout the country, is the concertmaster for the Fremont Symphony and the Philharmonia Healdsburg; the assistant concertmaster for the Marin Symphony; and the principal second violin for the California Symphony.
He has recorded soundtracks for numerous films as part of Skywalker Symphony; performed on many Grammy Award winning recordings; and appeared with legendary artists Ella Fitzgerald, Tony Bennett, Smokey Robinson, Itzhak Perlman and Luciano Pavarotti.
Although composer Max Bruch (1838-1920) created hundreds of compositions during his long life, he is remembered primarily for his Violin Concerto No. 1one of the top violin concertos ever writtena romantically-themed piece opening with a soaring melody, providing Santos with much opportunity to explore his virtuoso technique; it is music to absorb and love, not to analyze.
Bruch sold this concerto to a publisher for a small lump sum and kept a copy of his own. Destitute at the end of World War I, he sent the copy to the Sutro sisters and asked them to sell it in the United States. Bruch, however, died before ever receiving any money.
The sisters kept the score but claimed to have sold it and sent Bruch's family some worthless German paper money as the alleged proceeds of the alleged sale.
The remainder of the Season Gala Opening will be played by the symphony orchestra and dedicated to three overtures composed by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)the King Stephen, the Ruins of Athens and the Leonore.
In 1811 Beethoven was commissioned to compose overtures and incidental music to accompany an historical trilogy written by poet August von Kotzebue for the opening of the New Theater in Pesth, Hungary, commissioned by Emperor Francis I of Austria.
The ailing Beethoven composed the music, quite rapidly, for The King Stephen Overture and The Ruins of Athens Overture, two of the poet's three playlets, while simultaneously taking the cureby doctor's ordersat a Bohemian spa.
King Stephen was the national hero and founding monarch of Hungary in the 11th century; his overture begins with a stirring call to attention and develops into two folksy Hungarian themes.
The Ruins of Athens Overture preludes the story of Minerva who awakens from a 2,000 yearlong sleep to discover that her beloved city of Athens is occupied by the Turks who have leveled the Parthenon.
Beethoven wrote four overtures for his only opera, Fidelio (three Leonore Overtures and one Fidelio Overture.) The work opens somberly and then turns lively filling out into full heroically themed music. The opera premiered in Vienna in 1805 and tells the story of how Leonore, disguised as a prison guard named Fidelio, rescues her husband from death in a political prison.
In typical Beethoven fashion, not satisfied with what he had completed, he wrote four versions of the overture. The original, now called Leonore No. 2 and the subsequent Leonore No. 3 were thought to be too overwhelming and in scaling down the instrumentation, dropping the trombones, he composed Leonore No. 1., not heard until a year after his death in 1828. The fourth and final version is known as the Fidelio Overture. Each iteration allowed the composer opportunities to express himself, introducing new ideas and new ambiences into his musical creations.
The Season Gala Opening will be performed at Near and Arnold's School of Performing Arts & Cultural Education Theater at 508 West Perkins Street in Ukiah on Saturday, October 10th at 8:00 p.m. and on Sunday, October 11th at 3:00 p.m. Tickets will be available one month in advance and are $25 for adults; $20 for seniors (65+); and $5 for those under 18 or students with ASB cards. Tickets are available at Mendocino Book Company, 102 South School Street, Ukiah, CA 95482, 707 468-5940;
Mail Center, Etc., 207A North Cloverdale Blvd., Cloverdale, CA 95425, 707 894-3222; or online at www.ukiahsymphony.org and www.brownpapertickets.com. Next year's season is posted at www.ukiahsymphony.org and a season's brochure can be requested by calling 707 462-0236. Season tickets are still available!
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LocationNear & Arnold's School of Performing Arts & Cultural Education Theater (View)
508 W. Perkins Street
Ukiah, CA 95482
United States
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| Kid Friendly: Yes! |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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Attendees
Suzanne M.
Ukiah, CA United States
Oct 10, 2015 9:11 PM |
Paul M.
Ukiah, CA United States
Oct 10, 2015 9:11 PM |
Renee C.
Ukiah, CA United States
Oct 10, 2015 8:15 AM |
Lorna M.
Ukiah, CA United States
Oct 10, 2015 8:15 AM |
Marguerite M.
Ukiah, CA United States
Oct 09, 2015 6:30 PM |
Rosie T.
Ukiah, CA United States
Oct 09, 2015 8:00 AM |
Charles T.
Ukiah, CA United States
Oct 09, 2015 8:00 AM |
David C.
ukiah, CA United States
Oct 08, 2015 7:14 AM |
Ronee C.
ukiah, CA United States
Oct 08, 2015 7:14 AM |
Jennie S.
Ukiah, CA United States
Sep 21, 2015 11:12 AM |
Justin S.
Ukiah, CA United States
Sep 21, 2015 11:12 AM |
Ethan S.
Ukiah, CA United States
Sep 21, 2015 11:12 AM |
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