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	September 2008, Nadja Plays Piazzolla: The Sounds of Brazil & Argentina Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin Clarice Assad: Impressions, Suite for Chamber Orchestra (NCCO Commission, World Premiere) Alberto Ginastera: Glosses on Themes by Pablo Casals Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin Astor Piazzolla (arr. Leonid Desyatnikov): Four Seasons of Buenos Aires Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin Heitor Villa-Lobos (arr. Clarice Assad): Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 Thursday, Sept. 11 at 8pm, First Congregational Church, Berkeley Saturday, Sept. 13 at 8pm, Herbst Theatre, San Francisco Sunday, Sept. 14 at 5pm, Osher Marin JCC, San Rafael Tuesday, Sept. 16 at 8pm, First United Methodist Church, Palo Alto Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg’s inaugural set of concerts as NCCO Music Director will include a selection of Brazilian and Argentine music, featuring herself as soloist on Piazzolla’s Four Seasons of Buenos Aires and Ginastera’s Glosses on Themes by Pablo Casals. The program opens with the world premiere of an NCCO commission, Clarice Assad’s new Impressions, Suite for Chamber Orchestra. The Villa-Lobos work, perhaps his best-known, was originally written for soprano and eight cellos, and will be presented in a new arrangement by Clarice Assad.
	December 2008, Celebrate the Holidays Melody Moore, soprano Schola Cantorum San Francisco Handel: Solomon, Overture and Entrance of the Queen of Sheba Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major, BWV 1047 Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major, BWV 1050 Holiday Songs and Carols (arr. Clarice Assad) Melody Moore, soprano Schola Cantorum San Francisco Thursday, Dec. 11 at 8pm, St. John’s Presbyterian Church, Berkeley Friday, Dec. 12 at 8pm, First United Methodist Church, Palo Alto Saturday, Dec. 13 at 8pm, Herbst Theatre, San Francisco Sunday, Dec. 14 at 5 pm, Osher Marin JCC, San Rafael The NCCO celebrates the holidays with Brandenburg Concertos and a collection of Christmas and Chanukah music from throughout the world. Soprano Melody Moore performed Britten’s Les Illuminations with the NCCO last season, and covered the role of Magda in Puccini’s La Rondine for San Francisco Opera. Schola Cantorum San Francisco is highly regarded for its purity of sound, careful tuning, and fine blend of voices, and is especially known for its interpretations of Renaissance polyphony.
	March 2009, The Glory of Russia Anne-Marie McDermott, piano Prokofiev (arr. Rudolf Barshai): Visions Fugitives, Op. 22 Anne-Marie McDermott, piano Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C minor, Op. 35 Anne-Marie McDermott, piano Tchaikovsky: Souvenir de Florence Thursday, March 5, 2009 at 8pm, Herbst Theatre, San Francisco Friday, March 6, 2009 at 8pm, First Congregational Church, Berkeley Saturday, March 7, 2009 at 8 pm, First United Methodist Church, Palo Alto Sunday, March 8, 2009 at 5 pm, Osher Marin JCC, San Rafael Anne-Marie McDermott, Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg’s long-time recital partner, performs the Prokofiev work, a fiery, fleeting set of impressions assembled from twenty piano miniatures. The Shostakovich is high-spirited, youthful, energetic, and full of jokes and quotations. Ms. McDermott performed it on her recent acclaimed tour of the U.S. with the Australian Chamber Orchestra. She has also recorded Prokofiev’s complete sonatas and chamber works. Tchaikovsky’s Souvenir de Florence, a richly expressive and joyous romantic piece for sextet or string orchestra, was featured in the 1999 documentary about Ms. Salerno-Sonnenberg, Speaking in Strings.
	May 2009, Shadows and Light Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik Bernard Herrmann: Psycho Suite Borodin: Nocturne Clarice Assad: Dreamscape (NCCO Commission, World Premiere) Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin Strauss (arr. Mats Lidstrom): Die Fledermaus Suite Thursday, May 14, 2009 at 8pm, First Congregational Church, Berkeley Friday, May 15, 2009, at 8pm, First United Methodist Church, Palo Alto Sunday, May 17, 2009 at 5pm, Osher Marin JCC, San Rafael Tuesday, May 19, 2009 at 8 pm, Herbst Theatre, San Francisco The orchestra leads a journey through sweet dreams and nightmares, from the lighter tones of Mozart’s Eine Kleine Nachtmusik and Borodin’s Nocturne to the terror of Bernard Herrmann’s gripping Psycho Suite. The pinnacle of the evening is Mats Lidstrom’s string orchestra arrangement of the overture to Strauss’s Die Fledermaus, a hilarious opera of love and revenge.
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