Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra at Bing Concert Hall, August 25, 2021

Stanford Live and Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra present Matthew Aucoin: the No One's Rose (World Premiere) performed by members of Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & the American Modern Opera Company, featuring vocal soloists Paul Appleby, Julia Bullock, Anthony Roth Costanzo, & Davóne Tines
Bing Concert Hall
Stanford University, 327 Lasuen St, Stanford, CA 94305-5005 USA
7:30 PM, Wednesday, August 25, 2021

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Aucoin sits at the head of the table

[7:30 PM] {everyone is more or less ready, but we wait ten minutes to account for late stragglers; performers out onstage noodling}
[7:40 PM] {tuning}

1. [7:41 PM] Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)/Matthew Aucoin (b.1990): Chorale
2. [7:n PM] Aucoin: Es war Erde in ihnen…
3. [7:n PM] Aucoin & Keir GoGwilt, after Orlande de Lassus (1532–1594): Blooming for No One
4. [7:n PM] Franz Schubert (1797–1828): Abschied, orchestrated by Aucoin
5. [7:n PM] Hector Berlioz (1803–1869): La spectre de la rose, arranged by Aucoin
6. [7:n PM] Aucoin: Shaker Dance
7. [7:n PM] Aucoin: Deep Water Trawling
8. [8:n PM] Aucoin: _It's all different from what you think…“
   [8:46 PM] {show ends}

to be fit in above: Davóne Tines solo feature: Lost and Lookin' (Sam Cooke) Paul Appleby solo feature: American Tune (Paul Simon)

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

• Phoebe Carrai: cello;
• Maria Ionia Caswell: viola;
• Allen Biggs: principal timpani, bass drum;
• David Dickey: oboe da caccia;
• Chloe Fedor: violin;
• Lisa Grodin: violin;
• Paul Hale: cello;
• Toma Iliev: violin;
• Chloe Kim: violin;
• Katherine Kyme: concertmaster, violin;
• Tyler Lewis: violin;
• Carla Moore: principal second violin;
• Maxine Nemerovski: violin;
• Ellie Nishi: viola;
• Gonzalo X. Ruiz: principal oboe;
• Marc Schachman: oboe, oboe da caccia;
• Stephen Schultz: principal flute;
• Andrew Schwartz: principal bassoon, contrabassoon;
• Ezra Seltzer: cello;
• William Skeen: principal cello;
• Noah Strick: violin;
• Jessica Troy: principal viola;
• Jolianne von Einem: violin;
• Wen Yang: principal contrabass.

American Modern Opera Company

• Jonny Allen: percussionist;
• Paul Appleby: acoustic guitar, tenor vox;
• Matthew Aucoin: conductor, composer, artistic director;
• Julia Bullock: soprano vox;
• Anthony Roth Costanzo: countertenor vox;
• Julia Eichten: dancer;
• Keir GoGwilt: violin;
• Coleman Itzkoff: cello;
• Yiannis Logothetis: dancer;
• Or Schraiber: dancer;
• Bobbi Jene Smith: dancer, choreographer;
• Davóne Tines: bass-baritone vox;
• Zack Winokur: dancer, choreographer, artistic director.

Wow, what a cool production! Given the lack of narrative, this was certainly not an opera in any traditional sense. The dancing was great. The lighting and costuming was interesting. And the singing and music-making was sublime. I'd love to see this again some other time, let's see where it goes!

Thomas May posted a promo article with Stanford Live in May, well before today's event occurred.

Steve Winn posted an enthusiastic review with the SF Chronicle.

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