Berkeley Symphony Orchestra
Bruns Amphitheater
100 California Shakespeare Theater Way, Orinda, CA 94563 USA
7:30 PM, Wednesday, August 4, 2021

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• Brian Nabors: Iubio
• Rossini: Barber of Seville overture
• Beethoven: selections from Egmont Incidental Music, Op. 84 featuring Cal Shakes actors James Carpenter and Leontyne Mbele-Mbong
• Gabriela Lena Frank: Elegia Andina
• Tchaikovsky: Waltz from Serenade for Strings
• Jessie Montgomery: Starburst
• Georges Bizet (arr. Kerenyi): Carmen Suite No. 1
• J.S. Bach (arr. Hyken): Toccata y Fuga

[7:39 PM] {lights down; greetings and announcements from René Mandel; waiting}

1. [7:42 PM] Brian Nabors (b.1991): Iubio (2019)
   
   [7:44 PM] {opening remarks by Joseph Young}
2. [7:47 PM] Gioachino Antonio Rossini (1792–1868): Il barbiere di Siviglia, ossia L'inutile precauzione overture (1816)
   
   [7:55 PM] {remarks by Joseph Young and Philippa Kelly about the next “suite”, combining several Shakespeare readings by Cal Shakes actors James Carpenter and Leontyne Mbele-Mbong with music by Beethoven and Montgomery}
3. [8:02 PM] Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827): selections from Egmont Incidental Music, Op. 84 (1810)
4. [8:10 PM] Jessie Montgomery (b.1981): Strum (2012) for string quartet
5. [8:18 PM] Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827): selections from Egmont Incidental Music, Op. 84 (1810)
   
   [8:23 PM] {remarks by Joseph Young}
6. [8:27 PM] Gabriela Lena Frank (b.1972): Elegía Andina (2000)
   
   [8:40 PM] {Georges Bizet (1838–1875): Carmen Suite No. 1, (1875) (arr. 2017 Gábor Kerényi)}
7. [8:41 PM] Prélude & Entr’acte: Aragonaise
8. [8:45 PM] Entr’acte: Intermezzo
9. [8:47 PM] Séguedille
10. [8:49 PM] Entr’acte: Les Dragons d’Alcala
11. [8:51 PM] Prélude: Les Toréadors
    
    [8:53 PM] {remarks by Joseph Young}
12. [8:56 PM] Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750): Toccata y Fuga in D minor, (arr. 2016 Sam Hyken)
    [9:00 PM] {applause & bows, then all off for dessert!}
    [9:02 PM] {done}

Berkeley Symphony Orchestra

• Eric Achen: French horn;
• Nigel Armstrong: violin I, concertmaster;
• Victor Avdienko: percussion;
• Stephanie Bibbo: assistant principal violin II;
• Nancy Bien: cello;
• Ivo Bokulic: viola;
• W. Alex Camphouse: principal French horn;
• Mary Chun: principal piano;
• Bennie Cottone: oboe;
• Kale Cumings: trumpet;
• Daria D'Andrea: viola;
• Timothy Dent: percussion;
• Bruce Foster: principal clarinet;
• Michael Graham: cello;
• Thomas Hornig: principal trombone;
• Shawn Jones: principal bassoon;
• Katy Juneau: viola;
• Julie Kim: violin I;
• Aleksey Klyushnik: principal contrabass;
• Larisa Kopylovsky: violin II;
• Patrick Kroboth: assistant principal viola;
• Daniel Lewin: violin II;
• Scott Macomber: principal trumpet;
• Shawyon Malek-Salehi: violin I;
• Alicia Mastromonaco: French horn;
• Michael Minor: assistant principal contrabass;
• Kevin Neuhoff: principal timpani;
• Emanuela Nikiforova: violin I, assistant concertmaster;
• Isaac Pastor-Chermak: assistant principal cello;
• Kurt Patzner: trombone;
• Jessica Pearlman: principal oboe;
• Stacey Pelinka: principal flute;
• Carol Rice: principal cello;
• Candace Sanderson: violin I;
• Philip Santos: violin I;
• Ravinder Sehgal: bassoon, contrabassoon;
• Caitlyn Smith: French horn;
• Ward Spangler: principal percussion;
• Karen Sremac: clarinet;
• Matthew Szemela: violin I, associate concertmaster;
• Wendy Tamis: principal harp;
• Ilana Thomas: violin I;
• Alex Volonts: principal viola;
• Dawn Walker: flute;
• Karsten Windt: violin II;
• Sarah Wood: principal violin II;
• Joseph Young: conductor, music director;
• Lisa Zadek: violin II.

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