Classical Series

Ravishing Rachmaninoff

Friday, October 13, 8 - 10 pm

VALERIE COLEMAN: Seven O’clock Shout

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: Piano Concerto in A, BWV 1055

JESSIE MONTGOMERY: Rounds for Piano & String Orchestra

SERGEI RACHMANINOFF: Symphonic Dances

Pre-concert talk from stage by John Kendall Bailey begins at 7:05 pm

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Truth to Power

Friday, November 10, 8 - 10 pm

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN: Fidelio Overture

ANTHONY DAVIS: You Have The Right To Remain Silent

MARGARET BONDS: Montgomery Variations (selections)

IGOR STRAVINSKY: Symphony of Psalms

Pre-concert talk from stage by John Kendall Bailey begins at 7:05 pm

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Dvořák New World

Friday, January 26, 8 - 10 pm

TEXU KIM: Līlā (Barlow Prize commission)

DOREEN CARWITHEN: Concerto for Piano and Strings

ANTONIN DVOŘÁK: Symphony No. 9, “From the New World”

Pre-concert talk from stage by John Kendall Bailey begins at 7:05 pm

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The Artist as Activist

Friday, February 16, 8 - 10 pm

JOAN TOWER: Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman No. 6

CARLOS SIMON WITH LIBRETTO BY DAN HARDER:
Here I Stand: Paul Robeson
(World Premiere – Oakland Symphony Commission,
Generously Funded by The Robeson Centennial Committee)

DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 5

Pre-concert talk from stage by John Kendall Bailey begins at 7:05 pm

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The Passion of Tchaikovsky

Friday, March 22, 8 - 10 pm

JOHANNA DODERER: New Work (US Premiere)

SAMUEL BARBER: Violin Concerto

PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 4

Pre-concert talk from stage by John Kendall Bailey begins at 7:05 pm

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Beethoven’s Fifth

Friday, May 17, 8 - 10 pm

Conductor to be announced

AARON COPLAND: Old American Songs (selections)

WYNTON MARSALIS: Violin Concerto

UNSUK CHIN: subito con forza

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 5

Pre-concert talk from stage by John Kendall Bailey begins at 7:05 pm

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