Berkeley Symphony Orchestra featuring Tessa Seymour
Zellerbach Hall Auditorium
U.C. Berkeley, Bancroft Way at Telegraph Ave, Berkeley, CA 94305 USA
7:00 PM, Thursday, October 5, 2017

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• Beethoven: Symphony No. 1
• William Gardiner: Cello Concerto (World Premiere)
• Shostakovich: Jazz Suite No. 1
• John Adams: Fearful Symmetries

[7:06 PM lights down, welcoming announcements by Rene Mandel; tuning; pause for JC]

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827): Symphony No. 1 in C, Op. 21 (1800)

1. [7:10 PM] Adagio molto - Allegro con brio
2. [7:20 PM] Andante cantabile con moto
3. [7:27 PM] Menuetto - Allegro molto e vivace
4. [7:31 PM] Adagio - Allegro molto e vivace
   [work ends 7:37 PM; applause, then all off]
   [pause to rearrange the staging]
   [7:41 PM orchestra returns, then JC & TS; tuning]

William Gardiner (b.1987): Cello Concerto (2017, World Premiere), featuring Tessa Seymour

1. [7:44 PM] A Drop
2. [7:53 PM] Ritornello
   [work ends 8:03 PM]
   
   Solo Encore
3. [8:05 PM] Giovanni Sollima (b.1962): Lamentatio (1998)
   [show ends 8:09 PM]

[8:28 PM lights down; the orchestra marches back onstage for the second set]

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975): Jazz Suite No. 1 (1934)

1. [8:29 PM] Waltz »
2. [8:32 PM] Polka »
3. [8:34 PM] Fox Trot
   [work ends 8:38 PM; break after a minute]
   [lots of reararrangement onstage]
   [8:42 PM tuning]

1. [8:43 PM] John Adams (b.1947): Fearful Symmetries (1988)
   [set ends 9:14 PM; applause for a few minutes, then all off for the gala dinner]

Berkeley Symphony Orchestra

• Joana Carneiro: conductor, music director; others vary by program, see http://www.berkeleysymphony.org/about/musicians/.

• Tessa Seymour: cello.

Beethoven's 1st was a nice opener for tonight's concert: the seldom seen cousin of the his popular symphonies. I think the thing I like most about this work is that it's nicely proportioned: a Goldilock's-worthy piece!

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Jessica Balik posted a review of the following night's show at SFCV

Joshua Kosman shared his reivew of tonight's show at SFGate, and thankfully, confirmed the origin of Tessa's solo encore.

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