Orchestra Events
Saturday, 25 June
8 pm, The Granada Theatre
Academy Festival Orchestra
Larry Rachleff, conductor
R. Strauss: Till
Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, TrV 171, op. 28
Brahms:
Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, op. 68
Hailed by the Chicago
Tribune
as "a take-charge maestro who invests everything he conducts with deep
musical understanding," Larry Rachleff returns for his fourth Summer
Festival to perform the astonishing feat of transforming in a mere
six days 100 Instrumental Fellows – just arrived in Santa Barbara from
all over the globe – into the remarkably accomplished Academy Festival Orchestra.
Reserved seating: $100 loge box seats, $48, $38, and $10
(Prices include Granada facility fees.)
TICKETS
Saturday, 16 July
8 pm, The granada Theatre
Academy Festival Orchestra
Peter Oundjian, conductor
Mahler: Symphony No. 5 in
C-sharp Minor
Peter Oundjian's probing
musicality and engaging personality have been on full display during the past
three Summer Festivals. The music director of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra
has earned critical accolades, thrilled audiences, and forged relationships
with many international ensembles. Join us to commemorate the 100th
anniversary of Mahler's death with a performance of one his most celebrated, emotionally charged, and
thrilling symphonic works.
Reserved seating: $100 loge box seats, $48, $38, and $10
(Prices include Granada facility fees.)
Tickets
Saturday, 23 July
8 pm, The Granada tHEATRE
Academy Festival Orchestra: Concerto Night
Daniel Hege, conductor
Daniel Hege, who serves as music director of the Syracuse and Wichita
symphonies, is recognized as one of the finest young conductors in the
United States. He will conduct the Academy Festival Orchestra and the
talented winners of our 2011 Concerto Competition. Program will be
announced on July 10.
Reserved seating: $100 loge box seats, $48, $38, and $10
(Prices include Granada facility fees.)
Tickets
Saturday, 6 August
8 pm, First Presbyterian Church
Academy Chamber Orchestra
Nicholas McGegan, conductor
Vivaldi: La Tempesta di Mare
Rameau:
Selections from Dardanus
Bach: Concerto
for Violin and Oboe in C Minor, BWV 1060
Beethoven:
Symphony No. 4 in B-flat Major, op. 60
Nicholas
McGegan has captivated players and audiences alike with his irrepressible
enthusiasm. "An acclaimed expert in 18th century style" (The New Yorker), McGegan, who is music
director of San Francisco's Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, is called upon by
symphony orchestras across the globe to conduct not only the music of Handel,
Haydn, and Mozart, but also Beethoven, Schubert, and Mendelssohn.
Unreserved seating: $45
TICKETS
Saturday, 13 August
8 pm, The Granada tHEATRE
Academy Festival Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
Cindy McTee: Circuits
Tchaikovsky: Francesca da
Rimini, TH 46, op. 32
Stravinsky: The Rite of
Spring
Maestro
Slatkin leads the Academy Festival Orchestra in a virtuosic program of rhythmic
fireworks and mythic passion, an orchestral tour de force that is a
fitting close to a summer of great music. The internationally renowned conductor is
music director of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. From 1979 to 1996, he served
as music director of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra. This Southern
California native has been hailed for imaginative programming. His
interpretations of both the standard and contemporary symphonic repertoire have
garnered high praise from critics and audiences alike.
Reserved seating: $100 loge box seats, $48, $38, and $10
(Prices include Granada facility fees.)
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