New Century Chamber Orchestra presents Forbidden Music with Vanessa Perez
First Congregational Church
2345 Channing Way, Berkeley, CA 94704-2201 USA
7:30 PM, Thursday, March 21, 2019

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[7:34 PM lights down, band out, welcome and introduction from Daniel Hope]

1. [7:36 PM] Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847): String Symphony No. 13 in C minor, MWV N 14 (1823), “Sinfoniesatz”: Grave – Allegro molto
   [work ends 7:45 PM; pause; DH introduces the next piece]

1. [7:50 PM] Hans Krása (1899–1944): Tanec for String Trio, (1943), arranged for Octet (by Daniel Hope?); performed by Balfe, Djokic, Douglass, Guirao, Harms, Hope, Kruger, and Price
   [work ends 7:45 PM; pause; DH introduces the next piece]

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975): Chamber Symphony, Op. 110a; arranged from String Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op. 110 (1960) by Rudolf Barshai (1924–2010)

1. [7:59 PM] Largo »
2. [8:04 PM] Allegro molto »
3. [8:07 PM] Allegretto »
4. [8:11 PM] Largo »
5. [8:13 PM] Largo
   [set ends 8:20 PM]

[8:44 PM lights down, welcoming announcements from Philip Wilder, band out]

1. [8:48 PM] Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847): String Symphony No. 10 in B minor, MWV N 10 (1823): Adagio – Allegro – più presto
   [work ends 8:57 PM; pause to reset the stage for the final work; DH introduces the next piece]

Erwin Schulhoff (1894–1942): Double Concerto for Flute and Piano, WV89 (1927), ?flute part transcribed for violin by Daniel Hope?, featuring soloists Daniel Hope and Vanessa Perez

1. [9:03 PM] Allegro moderato
2. [9:10 PM] Andante
3. [9:15 PM] Rondo. Allegro con spirito - Tempo di Blues
   [set ends 9:22 PM]

1. [9:23 PM] Maurice Ravel (1875–1937): Kaddisch, from 2 Mélodies hébraïques, for voice and piano, M.A. 22 (1914), arranged for violin by ?Lucien Garban (1877–1959)?
   [show ends 9:28 PM]

• (unidentified, maybe Michelle Kwon): cello (except Krása);
• Hrabba Atladottir: violin II (except Krása);
• Kathleen Balfe: cello;
• Rick Barber: acting principal contrabass (except Krása);
• Robin Bonnell: cello (except Mendelssohn, Krása);
• Michelle Djokic: acting principal cello;
• Jenny Douglass: viola;
• Jory Fankuchen: violin II (except Mendelssohn, Krása);
• Candace Guirao: principal violin II;
• Dawn Harms: violin I, associate concertmaster;
• Daniel Hope: violin I, concertmaster, music director;
• Anna Kruger: principal viola;
• Robin Mayforth: violin I (except Mendelssohn, Krása);
• Deborah Tien Price: violin II;
• Elizabeth Prior: viola (except Krása);
• Cassandra Lynne Richburg: viola (except Krása);
• Karen Shinozaki Sor: violin I (except Krása);
• Iris Stone: violin I (except Krása);
• Michael Yokas: violin (except Krása).

• Eric Achen: horn;
• Meredith Brown: principal horn;
• Vanessa Perez: piano;

Like most NCCO Concerts, tonight's show was great, though perhaps a tad less exciting than last month's program. And to continue quibbling, while the program title is admirably short, I don't feel like it was particularly accurate – as far as I understand, none of these works were forbidden (like electrons overpopulating an orbital shell, or a 403 code, or any of a multitude of haram actions) – maybe the title was selected as an advertising convenience (“every concert has a theme!”).

I appreciate that Daniel Hope continues to bring new repertoire to us – except for Mendelssohn's String Symphony No. 10 and the Shostakovich, all of the works performed tonight were fresh and new to me. I was especially taken with the Encore, an exquisitely wistful piece by Ravel. Bravo!

Jeff Kaliss posted a review of Sunday's San Rafael show at SFCV.

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