North State Symphony

Diane Walsh, piano
Sponsored by Dr. Joseph and Judy Chiapella and Dwain and Mary Jane Spencer
Diane's Website

Symphony Concert 1: The Future Begins

Saturday September 24 – Chico, 7:30PM
Sunday September 25 - Redding, 2:00 PM

North State Symphony begins its second decade with bold, forward-looking music. Rite of Spring opened new vistas of beauty and raw energy while sparking riots, and Beethoven single-handedly launched the Romantic Era. Join us in beginning the Symphony’s new decade!

Rimsky-Korsakov – Procession of the Nobles
Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 4
Stravinsky – Rite of Spring

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Terrie Baune, NSS Concertmaster,
and Alexander Tutonov, piano

Recital One: The Concertmaster

October 15, 7:30 pm
Rowland-Taylor Recital Hall, Chico

October 16, 2:00 pm
Old City Hall, Redding

NSS Concertmaster Terrie Baune will be joined by sensational pianist Alexander Tutunov (remember last May’s Rachmaninoff concert?) in a highly varied program.

Dmitri Shostakovich arr. Tsyganov - Preludes, Op. 34, #16, 10, 15
Lev Abeliovich - Aria
Lili Boulanger - Two Pieces for Violin and Piano
Maurice Ravel - Sonate
Antonin Dvorak - Mazurek
Johannes Brahms - Sonata #3 for violin and piano, Op. 108

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Youth Concerts: “Our Town” in Music and Pictures

North State Symphony's Community Outreach projects are made possible by generous grants from The James Irvine Foundation and McConnell Foundation

Photographs taken by students of the North State will be shown as the North State Symphony plays Our Town by Aaron Copland. Other American selections highlight the one-hour program. Recommended for grades K-8.

November 10 – Redding
November 14 – Chico

Liebermann – Piccolo Concerto, Mvt. 1
With YAA winner Greg Manuel
Copland – Our Town
Gershwin – American in Paris

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Young Artist
Audition winner
Greg Manuel, piccolo

Symphony Concert 2: American Portrait

Saturday November 12 – Redding, 7:30PM
Sunday November 13 – Chico, 2:00PM
Sunday November 13 – Oroville, 7:30PM

Photographs by famed landscapist Ansel Adams and North State students are featured in a multi-media spectacular along with favorites by Gershwin and Richard Rodgers.

Rodgers – Victory at Sea Symphonic Scenario
Brubeck – Ansel Adams: America
Liebermann – Piccolo Concerto, Mvt. 1
Copland – Our Town
Gershwin – American in Paris

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Holiday Concerts: Voices Raised, Hearts Inspired

December 16 – Chico, Center for the Arts
December 17 – Red Bluff, State Theatre
December 18 - Redding, Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church

Young Artist Audition winnerRafael Delsid, tenor, and Daun Weiss, soprano

Vocal favorites of the Christmas season will move and delight you as our traditional seasonal concert travels to three cities.

Handel – Messiah – Comfort Ye My People/Every Valley
Adam – Cantique de Noel
With Young Artist Audition winner Rafael Delsid, Tenor
Bach – Domine Deus from B Minor Mass
Rafael Delsid, Tenor & Daun Weiss, Soprano
Handel – Messiah – Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion
Handel – Messiah – I know that my redeemer liveth
With Daun Weiss, Soprano
Brahms – Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming
Handel – Messiah – Hallelujah Chorus
Handel – Messiah – Worthy is the Lamb…Amen
Finnegan - Carol Sing-a-long

Symphony Concert 3: Treasures Beloved and Unknown

Saturday Feb. 18 – Chico 7:30
Sunday Feb. 19 – Redding 2:00

Subtle beauty meets brash exuberance in this concert that brings together an audience favorite, Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony, with two rarities. Chabrier’s Spanish-inflected Habanera introduces an intriguing showpiece for the violin’s more modest sister, the viola. You’ll enjoy hearing the music of Rebecca Clarke, one of America’s little-known treasures.

Chabrier – Habanera
Clarke – Viola Sonata
Beethoven – Symphony No. 7

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Recital Two: Kyle and His Finest

Friday March 2, 7:00 pm – Trinity Alps Performing Arts Center, Weaverville
Saturday March 3, 7:30 pm – Old City Hall, Redding
Sunday March 4, 2:00 pm – Rowland-Taylor Recital Hall, Chico

Not too big, not too small, this ensemble concert features more than a dozen of the North State Symphony's finest players in music adapted for intimate performance.

Debussy/Sachs - Prelude to Afternoon of a Faun
Copland - Appalachian Spring
Richard Strauss - Sextet from Capriccio

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Matt Greif, Guitar
Matt's Website

Symphony Concert 4: Across the Seas from Ages Past

Saturday May 12 – Redding 7:30
Sunday May 13 – Chico 2:00

On a ship of legend, we sail the seas to a by-gone Europe. Spanish guitar evokes sun-drenched plains and Mediterranean passion. Finally we land in the Germany of green forests, rolling rivers and deep, dark beauty.

Wagner – The Flying Dutchman Overture
Rodrigo – Concierto de Aranjuez
Schumann – Symphony No. 4

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