Bianca Ancheta

October 28, 2022

Program Notes, 2022-23 Season

Program Notes: Rachmaninoff & Sibelius

Bianca Ancheta

October 28, 2022

Program Notes, 2022-23 Season

Notes about:
Schubert’s String Quartet No. 14
Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Sibelius’ Symphony No. 5 in E-flat major

Bianca Ancheta

October 18, 2022

2022-23 Season

Rhapsody in Blue

Bianca Ancheta

October 18, 2022

2022-23 Season

October 21 & 22, 2022 at 7:30 pm

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Bianca Ancheta

September 28, 2022

Program Notes, 2022-23 Season

Program Notes: Rhapsody in Blue

Bianca Ancheta

September 28, 2022

Program Notes, 2022-23 Season

Notes about:
Price’s Concert Overture No. 2
Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue
Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9 in E minor, “From the New World,” Op. 95

Bianca Ancheta

September 6, 2022

2022-23 Season

Picnic at the Pops! The Music of Elton John

Bianca Ancheta

September 6, 2022

2022-23 Season

Picnic at the Pops! The Music of Elton John

September 10, 2022

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Bianca Ancheta

May 25, 2022

2021-22 Season

Star Wars: A New Hope in Concert

Bianca Ancheta

May 25, 2022

2021-22 Season

June 3, 2022 at 7:30 pm
June 4, 2022 at 2:00 pm

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Bianca Ancheta

May 2, 2022

2021-22 Season

MSYO Season Finale Concert

Bianca Ancheta

May 2, 2022

2021-22 Season

May 7, 2022 at 2 pm

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Bianca Ancheta

April 28, 2022

2021-22 Season

Haas conducts Wijeratne & Tchaikovsky

Bianca Ancheta

April 28, 2022

2021-22 Season

May 6 & 7, 2022 at 7:30 pm

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Bianca Ancheta

April 28, 2022

Program Notes, 2021-22 Season

Program Notes: Haas conducts Wijeratne & Tchaikovsky

Bianca Ancheta

April 28, 2022

Program Notes, 2021-22 Season

Program Notes: Haas conducts Wijeratne & Tchaikovsky

Notes about:
Beethoven’s Coriolan Overture, op. 62
Wijeratne’s Tabla Concerto
Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4 in F minor, op. 36

Bianca Ancheta

March 31, 2022

Program Notes, 2021-22 Season

Program Notes: Meyer conducts Prokofiev & Brahms

Bianca Ancheta

March 31, 2022

Program Notes, 2021-22 Season

Program Notes: Meyer conducts Prokofiev & Brahms

Notes about:
Golijov’s Sidereus
Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major, Op. 26
Brahms’ Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68

Bianca Ancheta

March 31, 2022

2021-22 Season

Meyer conducts Prokofiev & Brahms

Bianca Ancheta

March 31, 2022

2021-22 Season

April 1 & 2, 2022 at 7:30 pm

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Bianca Ancheta

February 28, 2022

2021-22 Season

Korngold & Dvorak

Bianca Ancheta

February 28, 2022

2021-22 Season

March 4 & 5, 2022 at 7:30 pm

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Bianca Ancheta

February 17, 2022

Program Notes, 2021-22 Season

Program Notes: Korngold & Dvorak

Bianca Ancheta

February 17, 2022

Program Notes, 2021-22 Season

Notes about:
George Walker’s Lyric for Strings
Erich Korngold’s Concerto in D major for Violin
Antonin Dvorak’s Symphony No. 8

Bianca Ancheta

January 7, 2022

2021-22 Season

Gier conducts Márquez & Shostakovich

Bianca Ancheta

January 7, 2022

2021-22 Season

January 7 & 8, 2022 at 7:30 pm

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Bianca Ancheta

December 15, 2021

2021-22 Season

Holiday Candlelight Concert

Bianca Ancheta

December 15, 2021

2021-22 Season

Tuesday, December 21, 2021 at 8 pm

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Bianca Ancheta

December 1, 2021

2021-22 Season

Holiday Pops!

Bianca Ancheta

December 1, 2021

2021-22 Season

December 3, 2021 at 7:30 pm
December 4, 2021 at 2 pm

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Bianca Ancheta

November 8, 2021

2021-22 Season

MSYO Season Opening Concert

Bianca Ancheta

November 8, 2021

2021-22 Season

November 13, 2021 at 2 pm

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Pre-Concert Talks

Sound Bite / Reimagine Vivaldi's Four Seasons with Audrey Wright!

Sound Bite / Celebrating Brotherhood & Joy: Beethoven's 9

Sound Bite / Reinventing Baroque: How These 3 Composers Were Inspired by Bach

Sound Bite / Curating a Concert with MSO Musicans

Sound Bite / Discovering the Artistic Voices of Dawson, Boulanger, & Gershwin

Sound Bite /Celebrate 30 Years of Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas with the MSO!

Sound Bite / A Celebration of Music with Music Director Nicholas Hersh

Capathia Jenkins pays tribute to Aretha Franklin at Picnic at the Pops!

Sound Bite / Picnic with Principal Pops Conductor Ryan Murray & The Queen of Soul!

Behind The Podium / The Force Is Strong With The MSO

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Past Program Books

Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark in Concert

Verdi's Requiem

Carnival of the Animals

Aretha: A Tribute

Disney's Fantasia in Concert Live to Film

Holiday Candlelight Concert

Holiday Pops!

The Four Seasons Mixtape

Branford Marsalis with the Modesto Symphony Orchestra

Picnic at the Pops! Dancing in the Street: Music of Motown

Past Program Notes

Program Notes: Verdi's Requiem

Notes about:
Guiseppe Verdi: Requiem Mass (In Memory of Alessandro Manzoni)

Program Notes: Carnival of the Animals

Notes about:
Gershwin (arr. Hersh): Three Preludes
Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals
Norman: Drip Blip Sparkle Spin Glint Glide Glow Float Flop Chop Pop Shatter Splash
Copland: Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo

Program Notes: The Four Seasons Mixtape

Notes about:
Mendelssohn’s Overture from A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Ortiz’s La Calaca for String Orchestra
The Four Seasons Mixtape:
Vivaldi’s L’estate (Summer)
Richter’s Autumn from The Four Seasons Recomposed
Ysaÿe’s Chant d’hiver (Wintersong)
Piazzolla’s Primavera portena (Beunos Aires Spring)

Program Notes: Branford Marsalis with the Modesto Symphony Orchestra

Notes about:
Borodin's “Polovtsian Dances” from Prince Igor
Milhaud’s Scaramouche, Op. 165
Williams' “Escapades” from Catch Me If You Can
Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Dances for Large Orchestra, Op. 45

Program Notes: Beethoven's Symphony No. 9

Notes about:
Pärt’s Fratres
Beach’s Peace I Leave With You
Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 “Choral”

Program Notes: Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto

Notes about:
Piazzolla’s Tangazo (Variations on Buenos Aires)
Farrenc’s Symphony No. 3 in G minor
Bach’s Fugue in G minor BWV 578 “Little Fugue”
Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64

Program Notes: Symphonic Soundtrack

Notes about:
Rossini’s Overture to La Gazza Ladra
Gabrieli’s Sonata pian’e forte
Montgomery’s Starburst
Copland’s Clarinet Concerto
Faure’s Sicilienne from Pelleas and Melisande Suite
Stravinsky’s Suite from The Firebird
William’s Princess Leia’s Theme from Star Wars

Program Notes: Gershwin's An American in Paris

Notes about:
Dawson’s Negro Folk Symphony
Boulanger’s D’un Matin de Printemps
Gershwin’s An American in Paris

Program Notes: Tchaikovsky & Copland

Notes about:
Mozart’s Overture to The Marriage of Figaro KV492
Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No.1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23
Copland’s Symphony No. 3

Program Notes: Mozart Requiem

Notes about:
Mozart’s Requiem, K. 626
Price’s Symphony No. 3 in C minor

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Program Notes: Rachmaninoff & Sibelius

Rhapsody in Blue

Program Notes: Rhapsody in Blue

Picnic at the Pops! The Music of Elton John

Star Wars: A New Hope in Concert

MSYO Season Finale Concert

Haas conducts Wijeratne & Tchaikovsky

Program Notes: Haas conducts Wijeratne & Tchaikovsky

Program Notes: Meyer conducts Prokofiev & Brahms

Meyer conducts Prokofiev & Brahms

Korngold & Dvorak

Program Notes: Korngold & Dvorak

Gier conducts Márquez & Shostakovich

Holiday Candlelight Concert

Holiday Pops!

MSYO Season Opening Concert

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