Concerts
PACO is pleased to announce that all regular 2011-2012 concerts, for all orchestras, are free and open to the public.
Saturday, October 27, 2012 – 8 pm
Cubberley Theatre @ Cubberley Community Center
4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto
Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra
Kati Kyme, conductor
William Skeen, cello
Inspirations
Carl Philip Emanuel was more famous than his father, Johann Sebastian, and helped usher in the new “classical era” in the early 18th century. CPE was a great influence on the young Mozart, whose youthful Overture to Thamos kicks off PACO’s 47th season. Featuring the PACO debuts of conductor Kati Kyme and cellist William Skeen, this program will end with one of Bela Bartok’s neo-classical masterpieces, his great 1939 Divertimento, inspired equally by Mozart and the expressive folk music of his native Hungary.
Saturday, December 15, 2012 – 8 pm
Cubberley Theatre @ Cubberley Community Center
4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto
Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra
Axel Strauss, conductor and violin
Mozartiana
Tchaikovsky adored the music of Mozart, whom he considered “god.” Although his Russian romantic style has little to do with Mozart’s immaculate classicism, Tchaikovsky’s beloved Serenade for Strings brims with an elegance and charm that would have made his idol proud. Noted violinist Axel Strauss makes his PACO debut as both conductor and soloist, performing Mozart’s brilliant Violin Concerto in A Major.
Saturday, March 9, 2013 – 8 pm
Cubberley Theatre @ Cubberley Community Center
4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto
Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra
Benjamin Simon, conductor
Kaila Flexer, violin
Mediterranean Journey
One of the Bay Area’s most interesting and innovative musicians, violinist Kaila Flexer brings a suite of her Balkan-flavored compositions to our PACO stage, plus her own great back-up band of oud, saz, and darbuka. Sandwiching our exotic voyage will be pair of classical works for string orchestra: a brilliant symphony by the 11-year old Felix Mendelssohn and a virtuoso arrangement of Ernst von Dohnányi’s folk-inspired Trio Serenade.
Saturday, May 18, 2013 – 8 pm
Cubberley Theatre @ Cubberley Community Center
4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto
Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra
Benjamin Simon, conductor
A Presto al’ Italia
We present this final concert of PACO’s 47th season in preparation for our summer concert tour to the hills, towns and lakes of Umbria and Tuscany. From Vivaldi’s exuberant quadruple violin concerto, featuring four soloists from our orchestra, to an World Premiere by the young American composer Stephen Spies, this program weaves music from Italy and the United States into a bright tapestry of virtuosic music for string orchestra.
