UPCOMING CONCERTS
SAT, FEB 12 @ 7:30PM | VISALIA FOX THEATRE
GREAT AMERICAN BALLETS
COPLAND: APPALACHIAN SPRING
ELLINGTON: THE RIVER
TCHAIKOVSKY ISN'T THE ONLY COMPOSER WHO WROTE GREAT BALLETS. AMERICANS WROTE THEIR OWN CLASSIC WORKS FOR GREAT CHOREOGRAPHERS TOO. AARON COPLAND CHANGED THE COURSE OF AMERICAN MUSIC WITH HIS THREE BALLETS. ON THIS CONCERT, WE PERFORM HIS FIRST AND GREATEST: APPALACHIAN SPRING. WE WILL BE JOINED, LIVE ONSTAGE, BY THE STATE STREET BALLET FROM SANTA BARBARA. ON THE SECOND HALF OF THE PROGRAM, THE ORCHESTRA MOVES FRONT AND CENTER TO PERFORM A MUSICAL JOURNEY FROM DUKE ELLINGTON'S ONLY TRUE BALLET SCORE, "THE RIVER".
SAT, MAR 12 @ 7:30PM | VISALIA FOX THEATRE
TWO-FIFTHS OF BEETHOVEN
BEETHOVEN: PIANO CONCERTO NO. 5
BEETHOVEN: SYMPHONY NO. 5
THE PANDEMIC YEAR FORCED US TO CANCEL OUR BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION FOR BEETHOVEN. WE MAKE UP FOR THAT WITH THIS BIRTHDAY BASH FEATURING TWO OF HIS FAMOUS FIFTHS: THE 5TH PIANO CONCERTO, NICKNAMED "EMPEROR" AND HIS PERVASIVELY FAMOUS SYMPHONY NO. 5.
WE HAVEN'T PERFORMED THIS SYMPHONY IN QUITE A FEW YEARS, AND A SPLASHY BIRTHDAY SALUTE SEEMS THE PERFECT TIME TO BRING IT BACK.
SAT, APRIL 2 @ 7:30PM | VISALIA FOX THEATRE
AMERICAN ICONS I
COPLAND: FOUR DANCE EPISODES FROM RODEO
CLINTON: THE ROSE OF SONORA
GERSHWIN: AN AMERICAN IN PARIS
CELEBRATE THE BIGGEST NAMES IN AMERICAN MUSIC WITH THE FIRST OF THREE CONCERTS IN OUR AMERICAN ICONS FESTIVAL. CONCERT ONE FEATURES GERSHWIN'S AN AMERICAN IN PARIS AND MUSIC OF COPLAND. JOINING THESE WELL KNOWN SELECTIONS IS A NEW VIOLIN CONCERTO IN THE STYLE OF A SPAGHETTI WESTERN, THE ROSE OF SONORA.
THU, APRIL 7 @ 7:00PM | CELLAR DOOR
AMERICAN ICONS II
MUSIC OF CAROLE KING AND ARETHA FRANKLIN
HOPE GARCIA
BETWEEN OUR TWO MAMMOTH MASTERWORK PROGRAMS, HOPE GARCIA PERFORMS WITH AN INSTRUMENTAL COMBO AT CELLAR DOOR AND PAYS TRIBUTE TO TWO OTHER AMERICAN ICONS, CAROLE KING AND ARETHA FRANKLIN.
AMERICAN ICONS II IS NOT INCLUDED IN SEASON SUBSCRIPTION PACKAGE AND TICKETS WILL BE SOLD AT THE DOOR THE NIGHT OF THE CONCERT. CANNOT BE PURCHASED IN ADVANCE.
SAT, APRIL 9 @ 7:30PM | VISALIA FOX THEATRE
AMERICAN ICONS III
IVES: THE UNANSWERED QUESTION
IVES: VARIATIONS ON AMERICA
BERNSTEIN: THREE DANCE EPISODES FROM ON THE TOWN
TOWER: MADE IN AMERICA
HIGDON: CONCERTO 4 3
THE FINAL MASTERWORKS PROGRAM CELEBRATES THE MUSIC OF LEONARD BERNSTEIN, JOAN TOWER AND CHARLES IVES. OUR GUEST ARTISTS ARE THE HOTTEST MUSICAL TRIO IN THE WORLD, TIME FOR THREE, SHARING JENNIFER HIGDON'S CONCERTO WRITTEN ESPECIALLY FOR THEM.