The Contra Costa Chamber Orchestra

Contra Costa
Chamber Orchestra
2007-2008 Season

"Here, there...and back again"

The opening concert of the CCCO’s 2007-2008 season will be an “itinerary” of the seasons’ musical “vacations”, starting in America, and traveling through Europe and back again to America. The middle concerts of the season will each focus on one country - Germany/Austria, France and Italy. The first half of the final concert will begin in England, and then “fly home” in the second half, to America. Each concert will explore music through an historical perspective, selecting works from a wide range (if not all) of the periods of music history: Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic and 20th Century/contemporary.

October 6-7, 2007

A musical “travel brochure”…music from American, Italian, French, Austrio/Germanic, and American (again) composers, and selecting from a variety of historical periods.

Joan Tower – Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman No. 1

Alexandre Tansman – Variations on a Theme by Girolamo Frescobaldi

Francis Poulenc - Suite Francaise, d’apres Claude Gervaise

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VI.
VII.

Bransle de Bourgogne
Pavane
Petite marche militaire
Complainte
Bransle de Champagne
Sicilienne
Carillon

Michael Berkeley – The Romance of the Rose, Theme and Variations
Music from the BBC radio production of the 13th Century French allegorical poem Roman de la Rose

Franz Schubert – Symphony No. 8, “The Unfinished”, D. 759

I.
II.

Allegro Moderato
Andante con moto

Aaron Copland – Hoe Down from “Rodeo”

Saturday, October 6, 2007: Los Medanos College Recital Hall, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, October 7, 2007: Dean Lesher Regional Center for the Arts, 7:30 p.m.

November 17-18, 2007
France

Francois Couperin/ orch. Darius Milhaud – Overture and Allegro, from “La Sultane”

Gabriel Faure – Pavane, Op. 50

Claude Debussy/orch. Henri Busser – Petite Suite

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II.
III.
IV.

En Bateau
Cortege
Menuet
Ballet

Maurice Ravel/orch. Henri Busser - Trois Chansons

I.
II.
III.

Nicolette
Trois Beaux Oiseaux Du Paradis
Ronde

Jacques Ibert - Concertino da Camera for Solo Alto Saxophone and 11 instruments

Dale Wolford, Alto Saxophone

George Bizet - Symphony in C

I.
II.
III.
IV.

Allegro vivo
Adagio
Scherzo, Allegro vivace
Finale, Allegro vivace

Saturday, November 17, 2007:
Los Medanos College Recital Hall, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, November 18, 2007:
Dean Lesher Regional Center for the Arts, 7:30 p.m.

February 23-24, 2008
Germany

Johannes Brahms -Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56a

Harald Genzmer – Sinfonietta for String Orchestra

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III.
IV.

Moderato
Allegro Moderato
Largo
Vivace

Joseph Haydn – Symphony No. 104 in D Major (“London”)

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II.
III.
IV.

Adagio-Allegro
Andante
Menuetto
Finale-Spiritoso

Richard Wagner - Siegfried Idyll
Played as in the premiere, with 13 instrumental soloists

SOLOIST TBA

Saturday, February 23, 2008: Los Medanos College Recital Hall, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, February 24, 2008: Dean Lesher Regional Center for the Arts, 7:30 p.m.

April 5-6, 2008
Italy

Gioacchino Rossini – Overture to “La gazza ladra”

Andrea and Giovanni Gabrieli – selected works for brass choir(s)

Ottorino Respighi – Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite I

I.	Belletto, detto “Il conte Orlando”
II.	Gagliarda
III.	VIllanella
IV.	Paso Mezzo e Mascherada

Arcangelo Corelli – Concerto Grosso, Op. 6, No. 8 in G minor (“Christmas Concerto”)
Published posth. 1714

I.	Vivace –Grave, Arcate, sostenuto e come sta
II.	Allegro
III.	Adagio-Allegro-Adagio
IV.	Vivace
V.	Allegro
VI.	Largo, Pastorale

Giacomo Puccini - I crisantemi (“The Chrysanthemums”) adapted for string orchestra by Yoav Talmi

Giuseppe Torelli - Sinfonia con tromba in Re
Jay Rizzetto, trumpet

Saturday, April 5, 2008: Los Medanos College Recital Hall, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, April 6, 2008: Dean Lesher Regional Center for the Arts, 7:30 p.m.

May 10-11, 2008
England/America

Malcolm Arnold – Serenade for Small Orchestra, Op. 26 – 1950

in memoriam,(1921-2007)

I.	Allegretto
II.	Andante con moto
III.	Allegro Vivace

Edward Elgar – Chanson de Nuit et de Matin, Op. 15, No. 1-2. – 1897-99

in honor of the 150th anniversary of his birth

Arthur Frackenpohl - Concertino for Tuba and String Orchestra - 1967

I.	Moderato
II.	Lento
III.	Allegro
	Tony Clements, tuba

Burrill Phillips – Three Pieces for String Orchestra - 1959

I.	Overture
II.	Melancholy Landscape
III.	Little Variations in D

Aleksander Sternfeld-Dunn - Lamentations of a Phoenix – 2007

premiere performance of the expanded orchestration for Chamber Orchestra

Robert Litton - Springtime Jubilee – 2008

composed for the Contra Costa Chamber Orchestra, premiere performance

Saturday, May 10, 2008: Los Medanos College Recital Hall, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, May 11, 2008: Dean Lesher Regional Center for the Arts, 7:30 p.m.