Gemma New conducts the Berkeley Symphony Orchestra , with piano soloist Conrad Tao
Zellerbach Hall Auditorium
U.C. Berkeley, Bancroft Way at Telegraph Ave, Berkeley, CA 94305 USA
8:00 PM, Thursday, December 7, 2017

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[7:59 PM; tuning] [8:05 PM; Welcoming remarks from Rene Mandel & Rene Orth]

1. [8:10 PM] Rene Orth: Chasing Light (2015, West Coast premiere)
   [8:15 work ends]
   
   [pause for a few minutes to reset the stage]
2. [8:17 PM] Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943): Rhapsody on a Theme of Paginini
   [set ends 8:42 PM; all off after a few minutes of applause]

[9:05 PM tuning; welcome from Gemma New]

Anna Clyne (b.1980): Abstractions (2016, West Coast premiere)

1. [9:10 PM] Marble
2. [9:14 PM] Auguries
3. [9:18 PM] Seascape
4. [9:22 PM] River
5. [9:26 PM] 3.
   [9:30 PM work ends; long stretch of applause, then pause to set up the piano again]

Sara VanDerBeek: Marble Moon (2015)

Julie Mehretu: Auguries (2010)

Hiroshi Sugimoto: Caribbean Sea, Jamaica (1980)

Ellsworth Kelly: River II (2005)

Brice Marden: 3. (1987-88)

1. [9:33 PM] Franz Liszt (1811—1886): Totentanz
   [set ends 9:49 PM]
   
   Conrad Tao, Solo Encore
2. [9:51 PM] Domenico Scarlatti (1685—1757): Sonata in A-major K. 208, L 238: Adagio e cantabile
   [show ends 9:56 PM; applause, then all off after a minute or so]

• Berkeley Symphony Orchestra
• Joana Carneiro: music director (absent tonight);

• Gemma New: conductor;
• Conrad Tao: piano.

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Jessica Balik posted a review of the show for SFCV

Ricky O'Bannon posted an interview with Anna Clyne leading up to the May 2016 premier of Abstractions with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

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