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Symphony Concert 1 ~ Experience the Beat
Spencer Myer, piano
Saturday, September 22
Cascade Theatre, Redding, 2:00pmSunday, September 23
Laxson Auditorium, Chico, 7:30pmKick off the North State Symphony season, and kick up your heels! Shostakovich’s charming Jazz Suite will have you dancing in your seat, and Gershwin’s ever-popular, all-American Rhapsody in Blue will have you stomping your feet – especially in the hands of rising star Spencer Myer. Dvorak’s New World Symphony recalls nostalgic melodies from our country’s heritage in one of the most-requested works of the symphonic repertoire.
Shostakovich – Jazz Suite No. 2
Gershwin – Rhapsody in Blue
Spencer Myer, Piano
Dvorak – Symphony No. 9 – From the New WorldConductor Kyle Wiley Pickett will give a FREE pre-concert talk one hour before each performance.
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Youth Concerts
September 26 – Chico
September 27 – ReddingNorth State Symphony joins children’s music personality Doctor Noize in premiere performances of “Phineas McBoof Crashes the Symphony!” A new generation of classical music fans will learn all about the instruments and other fun facts about the symphony! Our youth programs are supported by The McConnell Foundation, City of Chico and individuals who care.
Tickets availabe in August 2012
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Chamber Concert I ~ Experience the Intimate
Saturday, October 13, 7:30pm
Old City Hall, ReddingSunday, October 14, 2:00pm
Rowland-Taylor Recital Hall, ChicoExperience the intimacy of chamber music up close and get to know our players! Our first chamber offering of the year will feature works for duos and trios, bringing together some of our finest musicians in works that will delight the ear and feed the soul.
Terrie Baune, violin; Carol Jacobson, cello; Natalya Shkoda, piano; Susie Lundberg, oboe
Bacewicz – Trio for Oboe, Violin and Cello
Ravel – Sonata for Violin and Cello
Shostakovich – Piano Trio No. 2Conductor Kyle Wiley Pickett will give a FREE pre-concert talk one hour before each performance.
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Symphony Concert 2 ~ Experience Vienna
Terrie Baune, violin
Saturday, November 10 – Laxson Auditorium, Chico, 2:00pm
Sunday, November 11 – Cascade Theatre, Redding, 7:30pmExperience the jewels of Vienna in this concert of orchestral spectaculars! The overture to Fledermaus is like popping open a delightfully fizzy and fun champagne, and Rosenkavalier Suite features some of the most romantic, and sublime music ever written. We also experience the mysterious side of Vienna with Alban Berg’s dramatic, haunting musical autobiography – his Violin Concerto, featuring North State Symphony Concertmaster Terrie Baune.
J. Strauss – Die Fledermaus Overture
R. Strauss – Der Rosenkavalier Suite
Berg – Violin Concerto
Terrie Baune, ViolinConductor Kyle Wiley Pickett will give a FREE pre-concert talk one hour before each performance.
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Christmas Concert ~ Experience the Season
Friday, December 14 - Chico
Saturday, December 15 - Red Bluff
Sunday, December 16 - ReddingThe North State Symphony’s traditional Christmas concert! We play selections from Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, featuring Young Artist Audition Winner Heather Rice. Our baroque ensemble will play other gorgeous Christmas works and beautiful arrangements of favorite carols. Join us for our carol sing at the end of the concert and we know you’ll leave in the holiday mood!
Bach - Christmas Oratorio Selections
Young Artist Audition Winner Heather Rice
Charpentier – Noels for Orchestra
Barber – Die natali: Silent Night
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Symphony Concert 3 ~ Experience Charm
Nellie Ponarul, violin
Saturday, Feb. 23 – Cascade Theatre, Redding, 2:00pm
Sunday, Feb. 24 – Laxson Auditorium, Chico, 7:30pmExperience the charm of Swiss composer Arthur Honegger’s delicate and graceful tribute to his home city of Basel. We then bring to the stage Nellie Ponarul, one of the North State’s finest young musicians, in Samuel Barber’s lovely violin concerto. We close this concert with Mozart’s final symphony, the “Jupiter” – the last great work by one of the greatest composers. Always charming and ever powerful, this symphony will leave you wishing that Mozart had lived to write many more works like this one.
Honegger – Symphony No. 4
Barber – Violin Concerto, Mvt. 1
Young Artist Audition winner Nellie Ponarul
Mozart – Symphony No. 41 – "Jupiter"Conductor Kyle Wiley Pickett will give a FREE pre-concert talk one hour before each performance.
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Symphony Concert 4 ~ Experience Joy
Saturday, May 11 – Laxson Auditorium, Chico, 2:00pm
Sunday, May 12 – Cascade Theatre, Redding, 7:30pmBeethoven – Symphony No. 9
CSUC University Singers and Shasta College Chorale
Soprano – Daun Weiss
Alto – Beth Madsen Bradford
Tenor – Les Green
Bass – Charles Stephens
Experience Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony live and loud! There is no substitute for hearing live the combined forces of the full symphony and north state choruses in Beethoven’s "Ode to Joy," and you won’t want to miss this exciting, thrilling, and uplifting season finale. This concert is sure to sell out, so get your tickets early. Experience the joy with us!
Conductor Kyle Wiley Pickett will give a FREE pre-concert talk one hour before each performance.
Frugal House
June
21-23
Join the fun and support NSS by attending our biggest fund raiser of the year!
Ticket Outlets: The Address, Dolce Home, Monk's Wine Lounge, Zucchini & Vine
A message from the Maestro:
Our 2012-2013 season promises to be our best season yet! I am excited about every concert. Every single piece this season was a request from an audience member, a supporter or an orchestra musician.
We have titled this season “Experience the North State Symphony”—and that’s just what I want you to do. Every program needs to be experienced live. You’ve heard United Airlines play snippets of Rhapsody in Blue for years on their commercials, but until you’ve heard Spencer Myer play it right in front of your eyes with the NSS, you haven’t felt the power of it... you know the Ode to Joy, but you don’t really know it until you experience the journey that is Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony.
2012~2013 will be a blockbuster season! Every concert will be a hit. Come celebrate with us. Bring your friends. Join us to experience the North State Symphony. I’ll see you at the Symphony!
