gershwin
November 9, 2016
Michael Morgan and Oakland Symphony uncover a hidden musical treasure with Joachim Raff’s rarely-performed Symphony No. 3 at Lost Romantic Symphonies on November 18. Gershwin’s Cuban Overture kicks off the evening to celebrate Oakland Symphony Youth Orchestra’s recent Cuban tour, with youth and adult Symphony musicians performing together. Acclaimed violinist Kelly Hall-Tompkins presents the U.S. […]
This Saturday, November 12, see Oakland Symphony Youth Orchestra and Chorus for It’s in the Stars: Songs of Fate. Take a journey with our musicians and singers as they highlight songs with the overlying theme of fate and destiny including Brahms’ Schicksalslied, op. 52, and Bizet’s Carmen Suites. The program also includes Samuel Barber’s Sure on This […]
October 11, 2016
Maestro Morgan once again shines the spotlight on Romantic composers with Joachim Raff’s Symphony No. 3. Raff comped his Symphony No. 3 in Weisbaden in 1869 and it premiered in 1870 in Weimar. It is one of his most successful works and earned him his reputation as a symphonist. One critic called it “the best […]
