New Century Chamber Orchestra with Simone Dinnerstein at First Congregational Church, November 7, 2019

New Century Chamber Orchestra with Simone Dinnerstein
First Congregational Church
2345 Channing Way, Berkeley, CA 94704-2201 USA
7:30 PM, Thursday, November 7, 2019

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All works on tonight's program by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)

[7:33 PM lights down, announcements, band out]

J.S. Bach: Keyboard Concerto No. 2 in E Major, BWV 1053, ca. 1738

1. [7:34 PM] (no tempo marking)
2. [7:43 PM] Siciliano
3. [7:48 PM] Allegro
   [work ends 7:54 PM]

1. [7:55 PM] J.S. Bach/Busoni: Ich ruf zu dir, BWV 639, ca 1708, arr. 1898
   [work ends 7:59 PM, and segues almost immediately into…]

J.S. Bach: Keyboard Concerto No. 5 in F minor, BWV 1056, 1738

1. [7:59 PM] (no tempo marking)
2. [8:03 PM] Largo
3. [8:06 PM] Presto
   [set ends 8:08 PM]

[8:30 PM lights down; NCCO parades in; comments from SD]

J.S. Bach: Keyboard Concerto No. 1 in D minor, BWV 1052, 1738

1. [8:34 PM] Allegro
2. [8:42 PM] Adagio
3. [8:50 PM] Allegro
   [work ends 8:56 PM]
   [pause; SD & half of NCCO off while the seats are rearranged for the last piece]
   [8:59 PM; SD back to resume, joined up front by co-soloists Robin Mayforth & Christina Jennings]

J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major, BWV 1050, 1720

1. [9:00 PM] Allegro
2. [9:10 PM] Affetuoso
3. [9:16 PM] Allegro
   [show ends 9:21 PM; applause and bows, then all off, no encore]

NCCO

• Hrabba Atladottir: first violin;
• Stephanie Bibbo: first violin;
• Robin Bonnell: cello;
• Jenny Douglass: viola;
• Jory Fankuchen: second violin;
• Eric Gaenslen: cello;
• Anna Kruger: principal viola;
• Anthony Manzo: principal contrabass;
• Robin Mayforth: concertmaster, first violin;
• Isaac Melamed: principal cello;
• Peter Myers: cello;
• Kayo Miki: second violin;
• Emily Onderdonk: viola;
• Deborah Tien Price: second violin;
• Elizabeth Prior: viola;
• Karen Shinozaki Sor: principal second violin;
• Iris Stone: associate concertmaster, first violin;
• Samuel Weiser: first violin.

• Simone Dinnerstein: piano;
• Christina Jennings: flute.

An evening of Bach seems like an appropriate match to follow this afternoon's similar program, eh!? Hard to get too much of ole' JSB!

I thought it was a little curious that SD decided that a segue was called for from the Bach/Busoni chorale into the following keyboard concerto – perhaps the thinking was “keep going, so that the flow doesn't get interrupted by the banging and hooting of that danged audience.”

A good show!

Catriona Barr posted an enthusiastic review of the Saturday night show from Herbst for SFCV.

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