Tuesday, March 5, 2019 - 7:00 p.m.
"Haydn in Plain Sight" John Walz Violoncello Soloist Lawrence Spector Guest Composer/Guitarist |
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LA Opera Principal Cellist, John Walz, joins us once again, this time for the "lost" C major cello concerto of Franz Joseph Haydn, written in 1761, but not discovered until two hundred years later in 1961. Also music of Johann Christian Bach, the very young Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and guitarist/composer, Lawrence Spector, joins us for the world premiere of his Valentine for Violoncello & Guitar. Hope Lutheran Church, 45900 Portola Avenue, Palm Desert. $25 adults/$15 students.
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Tuesday, March 26, 2019 - 7:00 p.m.
"Konzert Kaleidoscope"
"Konzert Kaleidoscope"
Welcome to an evening of diverse soloists and composers, as we showcase our own Desert Chamber Orchestra musicians performing short concertos and concerto movements with the orchestra. Solo instruments featured will include violin, cello, flute, clarinet, guitar, harp, piano, trumpet and tuba! - all with orchestra accompaniment. You're sure to recognize many familiar favorites with the music of (from L to R in the pics) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Franz Joseph Haydn, Antonio Vivaldi, Jules Massenet, Lawrence Spector and Jeremy Schwinger. Hope Lutheran Church, 45900 Portola Avenue, Palm Desert. $25 adults/$15 students.
Featured Soloists
Dorothy Morden, Violin ~ Massenet: Meditation from "Thais"
Helen Louden & Zethel Walton, Violoncello ~ Vivaldi: Concerto for Two Cellos in G minor (I. Allegro)
Larry Demas, Trumpet ~ Haydn: Concerto for Trumpet in Eb (1. Allegro)
Michael Fleischman, Horn ~ Mozart: Concerto No. 3 for Horn in Eb (III. Rondo Allegro)
Brian Alec Thom, Piano ~ Mozart: Concerto No. 21 for Piano & Orchestra (II. Anadante) (aka Theme from "Elvira Madigan")
Christine Ziegenfuss-Holanda, Flute & Christian Chalifour, Harp ~ Mozart: Flute & Harp Concerto (II. Andantino)
Lawrence Spector, Guitar ~ Vivaldi: Concerto for Guitar & Orchestra
Michael Adams, Clarinet ~ Mozart: Clarinet Concerto (II. Adagio)
Christopher Schwinger, Tuba ~ Jeremy Schwinger:: Emerald Isle Suite (I. Love Song, II. Leprechaun Dance)
Dorothy Morden, Violin ~ Massenet: Meditation from "Thais"
Helen Louden & Zethel Walton, Violoncello ~ Vivaldi: Concerto for Two Cellos in G minor (I. Allegro)
Larry Demas, Trumpet ~ Haydn: Concerto for Trumpet in Eb (1. Allegro)
Michael Fleischman, Horn ~ Mozart: Concerto No. 3 for Horn in Eb (III. Rondo Allegro)
Brian Alec Thom, Piano ~ Mozart: Concerto No. 21 for Piano & Orchestra (II. Anadante) (aka Theme from "Elvira Madigan")
Christine Ziegenfuss-Holanda, Flute & Christian Chalifour, Harp ~ Mozart: Flute & Harp Concerto (II. Andantino)
Lawrence Spector, Guitar ~ Vivaldi: Concerto for Guitar & Orchestra
Michael Adams, Clarinet ~ Mozart: Clarinet Concerto (II. Adagio)
Christopher Schwinger, Tuba ~ Jeremy Schwinger:: Emerald Isle Suite (I. Love Song, II. Leprechaun Dance)
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This is our once-a-year opportunity to offer children and families a chance to see and experience the instruments of the orchestra up close and to have a hands-on chance to explore the wonders of making music!
For the first hour, the instruments will be stationed around the hall and outside - strings, woodwinds, brass and percussion - giving everyone a chance to make the rounds of the entire orchestra.
There will also be a drawing for a package of beginning lessons for a child who would like to get started with a musical instrument.
Following the "instrument petting zoo" the orchestra musicians will all come together inside for a special performance of Sergei Prokofiev's "Peter and the Wolf" where the instruments take on the roles of the characters in this classic Russian musical tale, with our special guest celebrity narrator.
Hope Lutheran Church, 45900 Portola Avenue, Palm Desert. FREE EVENT!
For the first hour, the instruments will be stationed around the hall and outside - strings, woodwinds, brass and percussion - giving everyone a chance to make the rounds of the entire orchestra.
There will also be a drawing for a package of beginning lessons for a child who would like to get started with a musical instrument.
Following the "instrument petting zoo" the orchestra musicians will all come together inside for a special performance of Sergei Prokofiev's "Peter and the Wolf" where the instruments take on the roles of the characters in this classic Russian musical tale, with our special guest celebrity narrator.
Hope Lutheran Church, 45900 Portola Avenue, Palm Desert. FREE EVENT!
