Program Notes

Rhapsody in Blue

Saturday October 6, 2018 | 7:30pm | Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza
Sunday October 7, 2018 | 3:00pm | Oxnard Performing Arts Center

Michael Christie, guest conductor
Sylvia McNair, soprano
Kevin Cole, piano

Bernstein | Suite from Ballet Fancy Free
Frost | Serenade for Strings
Gershwin | Rhapsody in Blue
Milhaud | Le boeuf sur le toit
Gershwin | Song selections
The Man I Love – Strike up the Band
But Not For Me – Crazy For You
Summertime – Porgy and Bess
‘S Wonderful – Funny Face

Rhythmic Traditions

Saturday January 26, 2019 | 7:30pm | Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza
Sunday January 27, 2019 | 3:00pm | Oxnard Performing Arts Center

Ankush Kumar Bahl, guest conductor
Karen Gomyo, violin

Beal | The Great Circle (World Premiere Commission)
Mozart | Violin Concerto No. 5 “Turkish”
Beethoven | Symphony No. 7

The Romantics

Saturday February 9, 2019 | 7:30pm | Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza
Sunday February 10, 2019 | 3:00pm | Oxnard Performing Arts Center

Fawzi Haimor, guest conductor
Rodolfo Leone, piano

Frechette | The Sacred Mountains of Ojai
Frechette | Reflections (Song for Michael)
Beethoven | Piano Concerto No. 1
Brahms | Symphony No. 1

Northern Lights

Saturday March 2, 2019 | 7:30pm | Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza
Sunday March 3, 2019 | 3:00pm | Oxnard Performing Arts Center

Andrew Constantine, guest conductor
Julie Albers, cello

Elgar | Sospiri
Elgar  | Cello Concerto
Sibelius | Symphony No. 1

Indescribable Beauty

Saturday April 6, 2019 | 7:30pm | Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza
Sunday April 7, 2019 | 3:00pm | Oxnard Performing Arts Center

Michael Christie, conductor
Yulianna Avdeeva, piano

Tchaikovsky | Polonaise from Eugene Onegin
Chopin | Piano Concerto No. 2
Schumann | Symphony No. 4

Russian Troika

Saturday May 4, 2019 | 7:30pm | Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza
Sunday May 5, 2019 | 3:00pm | Oxnard Performing Arts Center

Mikhail Agrest, guest conductor
Philippe Quint, violin
Avery Amereau, contralto
Los Robles Master Chorale, Lesley Leighton, director

Borodin | Polovtsian Dances
Tchaikovsky | Violin Concerto
Prokofiev | Alexander Nevsky