Orchestra Events
Saturday, 26 June
8 pm, The Granada
Academy Festival Orchestra
Larry Rachleff, conductor
Strauss:
Don Juan, op. 20
Barber: Adagio for Strings
Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra
Hailed by the Chicago
Tribune as "a take-charge maestro who invests everything he conducts with deep musical understanding," Larry Rachleff returns for his third Summer Festival to accomplish 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 Academy Festival Orchestra.
Reserved seating: $48, $38, $28, and $10, including Granada facility fees
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Saturday, 3 July
8 pm, Lobero Theatre
Academy Chamber Orchestra
Larry Rachleff, conductor
Stravinsky: Symphonies of Winds
Hindemith: Kammermusik No. 1 for Orchestra, op. 24 no. 1
Haydn: Symphony No. 96 in D Major, Hob I:96 ("The Miracle")
The cool, crisp elegance of the great Stravinsky sound, Hindemith at his impish and raucous best, and the wit and symphonic wisdom of Papa Haydn make for a delicious program, simply not to be missed.
Reserved seating: $38, includes Lobero facility fee
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Saturday, 17 July
8 pm, The granada
Academy Festival Orchestra
Jeffrey Kahane, conductor
Rachmaninoff: Isle of the Dead
Barber: Medea's Meditation & Dance of Vengeance, op. 23a
Stravinsky: Petrushka
Renowned as a pianist and conductor, Jeffrey Kahane is
recognized by audiences around the world for his mastery of diverse repertoire.
This L.A. native
is in his 13th season as music director of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
and his fifth season as music director of the Colorado Symphony.
Reserved seating: $48, $38, $28, and $10, including Granada facility fees
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Saturday, 24 July
8 pm, The Granada
Academy Festival Orchestra: Concerto Night
Daniel Hege, conductor
Music director of the Syracuse
and Wichita symphonies, Daniel Hege 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
2010 Concerto Competition. Program will be announced on July 12.
Reserved seating: $48, $38, $28, and $10, including Granada facility fees
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Saturday, 7 August
8 pm, First Presbyterian Church
Academy Chamber Orchestra
Nicholas McGegan, conductor
Bach: Brandenburg
Concerto No. 1 in F Major, BWV 1046
Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 in F Major, op. 93
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: $40
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Saturday, 14 August
8 pm, The Granada
Academy Festival Orchestra
Peter Oundjian, conductor
Barber: Symphony No. 1 in One Movement, op. 9
Janácek: Taras Bulba
Tchaikovsky:
Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, op. 74, Pathétique
The
internationally renowned conductor Leonard Slatkin 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, and his
interpretations of both the standard and contemporary symphonic repertoire have
garnered high praise from critics and audiences alike.
Reserved seating: $48, $38, $28, and $10, including Granada facility fees
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