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2005-2006 Season
Celebrating 40 Seasons
of Excellence …
the passion of youth,
the thrill of music making...
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Message from our Musical Director, Benjamin Simon
Forty years! Its hard to imagine how many scores of concerts, hundreds of pieces, thousands of hours of rehearsals, and millions of notes go into forty seasons of music-making for the family of PACO ensembles. |
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Join us and our world-famous alumni soloists for truly extraordinary season of concerts. The music might be familiar or fresh, comfortable or startling, classical or contemporary. But our commitment to professional quality performances has remained constant for four decades, as has our love of this wonderful repertoire and our joy in performing it for you. The passion of youth... the thrill of music-making... Come hear PACO for yourself this season!!!
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Click here to view PACO's
2005-2006 Season Brochure
Click here to view PACO's
2005-2006 Press Release
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| PACO's 4 Concert Series |
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October 29, 2005 • 8 p.m.
Dinkelspiel Auditorium, Stanford
Krista Bennion (PACO ‘77), violin
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Darkness and Light
Outstanding works from two teenage geniuses - Mendelssohn and Mozart — plus a celebration of “Fall” from Vivaldi’s ever-popular “Four Seasons”, followed by a harrowing journey into the dark heart of Soviet Russia by one of the 20th century’s most eloquent composers, Dmitri Shostakovitch.
Mendelssohn – String Symphony #10 in B minor
Mozart – Violin Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Major, K. 207
Vivaldi – “Fall” from The Four Seasons
Shostakovitch – Chamber Symphony, Op. 110a
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Emperors and Kings
Beethoven's towering “Emperor” concerto, Leonard Bernstein’s crowning masterpiece of the American musical theater, and the first two movements of the beloved symphony that Franz Schubert never finished.
Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major, Op. 73 (“Emperor”)
Bernstein – “West Side Story” selections
Schubert – Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D. 709 (“Unfinished”)
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February 26, 2006 • 3 p.m.
Dinkelspiel Auditorium, Stanford
Matt Haimowitz (PACO ‘83), cello
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Romance and Rejoicing
Schumann poured his 19th century romantic soul into his magical concerto for cello, as does present day Robert Stern in his “Hazkarah”. Bach’s Third Brandenburg, a three by three magical concerto for strings, has been delighting audiences for almost 300 years.Mozart – Overture to “Cosi fan Tutte”
Schumann – Cello Concerto in A minor, Op.129
Robert Stern (b. 1934) – Hazkarah for cello & strings
Bach – Brandenburg Concerto #3 in G Major, BWV 1048
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June 3, 2006 • 8 p.m.
Dinkelspiel Auditorium, Stanford
Alicia Telford, French horn
Evie Chen (‘09), Evan Jeng (‘06), Theodore Chao (‘07), violins
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Yesterday and Tomorrow
The delightful alchemy of music provides past, present, and future in this program featuring classical masterworks, three PACO virtuosi, and a glimpse into the exciting music from our next generation of composers.
Bach – Concerto for Three Violins in D Major, BWV 1064
Mozart – Horn Concerto No. 4 in E-flat Major, K. 495
Matthew Cmiel (b. 1989) – world premiere of a new work written for PACO
Mozart – Symphony No. 29 in A Major, K. 201
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Artists and programs subject to change.
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PACO's 2005-2006 season is sponsored by Stanford University’s School of Humanities and Science, and School of Education
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| "The Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra 25 young string players, none older than 18 can and do. Its full-house concert at the Spangenberg Theater in Palo Alto last weekend was flawless." [San Mateo
County Times] |
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| Special Events |
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| Cello virtuoso Matt Haimovitz performs Schumann’s lovely cello concerto, plus a performance of Bach’s Third Brandenburg Concerto joined by PACO musicians from all five of our ensembles plus alumni who are coming into town to help us celebrate our 40th Anniversary. It promises to be one of the most exciting PACO concerts ever! |
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The Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra is pleased to present its 21st annual A Bach Celebration! Current members join PACO emeriti and distinguished Bay Area musicians to celebrate Bach’s birthday. These three Sunday evening concerts feature a variety of instrumental and vocal chamber music by JS Bach.
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Quartet for hire:
Professionally trained PACO ensembles are available at reasonable rates to perform at private parties, businesses, and formal occasions.
For more information contact the PACO office at 650 856-3848 or email to info@pacomusic.org.
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| Funded in part by grants from the William & Flora Hewlett Foundation, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, the Community Foundation Silicon Valley, the Arts Council Silicon Valley, in partnership with the County of Santa Clara and the California Arts Council, and the Foothill College Arts Alliance. |
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