--Berkeley Symphony will play its first concert after Summer break this Wednesday, October 14, instead of the usual Thursday evening time, with Joana Carneiro conducting Berlioz's Les Nuits d'ete (in remembrance of summer nights gone by ... sung by soprano Simone Osbourne), Laterna Magica by Kaija Saariaho and Ravel's flamboyant Bolero. all at Zellerbach Hall, on campus near Telegraph and Bancroft.
(Saariaho and her French composer husband Jean-Baptiste Barriere are in residence at UC Berkeley, and will attend the concert. This month, a parade of Saariaho's music will be presented in concert around the Bay Area. Details at: berkeleysymphony.org )
And the Symphony is offering a special two-fer ticket deal for this program--buy one full-price ticket, enter (or say) the code MAGIC15, get one for free. Tickets: $15-$74. 841-2800x1 or berkeleysymphony.org
--The Philharmonia Baroque struck up the opening of Scarlatti's rare Glory of Spring serenata The Glory of Spring in the First Congregational Church last Sunday, dedicated to a new heir to the Imperial throne in Vienna, hopefully bringing peace to Europe after years of warfare over succession--and the seasons themselves decried the violence and praised the newborn who'd hopefully keep the peace ... "May we never again hear the martial trumpets sound ... War no longer batters the land ... Our heroes wear the olive leaves of peace."
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