OAKLAND EAST BAY SYMPHONY
2011 - 2012 SEASON
Join the Oakland East Bay Symphony for another exciting season featuring music by Gershwin, Ellington and Bernstein as
well as Beethoven, Brahms and Dvorák. And Carmina Burana will be presented in January, 2012!
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4 @ 8:00 PM
Oakland East Bay Symphony
SEASON OPENING
Michael Morgan, Conductor
Doors open 60 minutes before show times.
Ticket range: $20.00 - $70.00
Join us for Opening Night as we celebrate the rich,
vibrant tradition of American music.
- DUKE ELLINGTON:
New World A-Comin' (1945)
- GEORGE GERSHWIN:
An American in Paris (1928)
- LEONARD BERNSTEIN
Symphony No. 2, "The Age of Anxiety" (1949, rev. 1965)
with Sara Davis Buechner, piano
- ALBERTO GINASTERA:
Estancia, Op. 8 (Ballet Suite; 1941)
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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 11 @ 4:00 PM
Oakland East Bay Symphony
LET US BREAK BREAD TOGETHER
A Holiday Celebration
Michael Morgan, Conductor
Doors open 60 minutes before show time.
Ticket range: $20.00 - $45.00
LET US BREAK BREAD TOGETHER - Join us for inspiring performances of gospel music, classical selections, holiday favorites and sing-alongs.
Featuring: Oakland East Bay Symphony, Oakland Symphony Chorus, Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir,
Mt. Eden High School Choir, Klezmer band Kugelplex, and a special guest appearance by Joan Baez.
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FRIDAY, JANUARY 27 @ 8:00 PM
Oakland East Bay Symphony
CARMINA BURANA
Michael Morgan, Conductor
Doors open 60 minutes before show times.
Ticket range: $20.00 - $70.00
Carl Orff's Carmina Burana is one of the most recognizable and frequently performed choral works in the Western classical tradition. The OEB Symphony will be joined by the Oakland Symphony Chorus and Oakland Youth Orchestra.
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24 @ 8:00 PM
Oakland East Bay Symphony
HEROES & GIANTS
Michael Morgan, Conductor
Doors open 60 minutes before show times.
Ticket range: $20.00 - $70.00
In addition to Beethoven's Eroica Symphony, the program will feature works by two of the brightest figures in a generation of European musicians whose careers were prematurely terminated by the rise of the Nazi regime: Czech composer and pianist Erwin Schulhoff and composer Mieczyslaw Weinberg.
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FRIDAY, MARCH 16 @ 8:00 PM
Oakland East Bay Symphony
STOPS ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS
Michael Morgan, Conductor
Doors open 60 minutes before show times.
Ticket range: $20.00 - $70.00
The program opens with Schubert's delightful Overture in C Major and continues with composer
Ned Rorem's Letters from Paris. Andrew Sords makes his debut with OEBS playing one of the greatest concertos ever written, Brahms' richly harmonic Violin Concerto.
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FRIDAY, APRIL 20 @ 8:00 PM
Oakland East Bay Symphony
NOTES FROM THE PHILIPPINES
Michael Morgan, Conductor
Doors open 60 minutes before show times.
Ticket range: $20.00 - $70.00
David Requiro makes his OEBS debut playing Dvorak's Cello Concerto, written during the composer's final year in New York. Also on the program will be works by Filipino composers, including a new work by Filipino jazz composer Victor Noriega.
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FRIDAY, MAY 18 @ 8:00 PM
Oakland East Bay Symphony
Season Finale:
DO THAT VOODOO
Michael Morgan, Conductor
Doors open 60 minutes before show times.
Ticket range: $20.00 - $70.00
Daniel Bernard Roumain blends his Haitian roots with classical and techno textures. Bay Area native and musical prodigy Taylor Eigsti returns home to present the World Premiere of a work he's writing for jazz piano and orchestra. And jazz vocalist Paula West will delight us with a set backed by the orchestra.
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Tickets on sale Saturday, October 1 @ 11:00 am
More 2011 - 2012 season details are on the
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