Monterey Symphony Announces 70th Anniversary Season: May Concerts

By: Monterey Symphony
 
SALINAS, Calif. - Nov. 20, 2015 - PRLog -- The Monterey Symphony is excited to announce its 2015-16 Season, and its 70th Anniversary!  International, award-winning artists will perform with the Monterey Symphony orchestra throughout the season at Sherwood Hall in Salinas and Sunset Center in Carmel. Come celebrate the 70th Anniversary of the Monterey Symphony, led by Maestro Max Bragado-Darman! (Schedule and details below)

PROGRAM 6 – May 20-22 “Capriccio”

Scherzo Capriccioso, Op. 66          Antonin Dvořák

Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 28          Camille Saint-Saëns

Tzigane          Maurice Ravel

         Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

Capriccio Italien, Op. 45          Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34          Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Celebrated violinist Anne Akiko Meyers will illuminate the stage with the Monterey Symphony in the final concert of the 70thAnniversary Season in brilliant fashion. Known for her artistry and ability to connect with audiences, Meyers is a best-selling recording artist with over thirty albums in her discography. She will dazzle our audiences with Ravel’s Tzigane, a fantastical and rhapsodic masterwork that is thrilling from the first note to the last!

Rounding out the program are four works from the genre of the capriccio, humorous pieces of music that joyfully celebrate the completion of seventy years of “Great Music Live” in Monterey. Dvořák, Saint-Saëns, Rimsky-Korsakov, and Tchaikovsky are all featured, each displaying the delightful moods and colors of orchestral music. Come experience one of the most joyful and engaging programs a “capricious” final concert of this magical 70th Anniversary Season!

The Facts:

·Fridays at 7:30 p.m. at Sherwood Hall, 940 N Main St, Salinas, CA 93906

·Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 3 p.m. at Sunset Center, San Carlos Street at 9th Avenue, Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA 93921

·Pre-Concert Lecture Series: All concerts will feature a free pre-concert lecture at the concert hall one hour prior to the performance. These lectures, provided by Dr. Todd Samra (http://www.montereysymphony.org/?attachment_id=3832), offer intriguing facts and historical context about the composers and the pieces to be performed, which greatly enhance the concert-going experience. To learn more about Dr. Samra, visit: http://www.montereysymphony.org/?attachment_id=3832

·Fridays/ Sherwood Hall/ $20/ General Admission

o   Discounts:$10 Students and Military (Must present ID and can only be purchased the day of the concert)

·Saturdays and Sundays/ $79/ $59/ $39/ $29/ Assigned Seating

o   Discounts: $20 Students, Military, and Carmel Foundation (Must present ID and can only be purchased the day of the concert)

·To purchase tickets, call 831-646-8511 or visit http://www.montereysymphony.org/current-season/ for season details.

·Contact the Monterey Symphony Box Office at 831-646-8511 or email ticketing@montereysymphony.org to purchase tickets or for more information regarding discounted group rates.

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The mission of the Monterey Symphony is to engage, educate and excite our community through the performance and continual discovery of symphonic music.

The Monterey Symphony, under the artistic leadership of Music Director & Conductor Max Bragado-Darman, is the only fully professional, full-season orchestra serving the communities of the Monterey Bay, Salinas, Salinas Valley, Big Sur, and San Benito County. It provides triple performances of a six-concert subscription series at Carmel’s Sunset Theater and Salinas’s Sherwood Hall, as well as youth education programs that include visits to classrooms by musicians and culminate in full-orchestra concerts for schoolchildren.

The Monterey Symphony is a nonprofit, public benefit corporation, supported in part through the fundraising efforts of the Friends of the Monterey Symphony, and through grants from The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, The David and Lucile Packard Foundation, The Harden Foundation, The Robert and Virginia Stanton Fund of the Community Foundation for Monterey County, The Todd Lueders Fund for the Arts of the Community Foundation for Monterey County, The Community Foundation for Monterey County, The Berkshire Foundation, The Monterey Peninsula Foundation, The Pebble Beach Company Foundation, The National Endowment for the Arts, The Arts Council of Monterey County, The S.T.A.R. Foundation, The Hind Foundation, Upjohn California Fund, and many other generous foundations and individual donors.

For additional information, please call 831-646-8511 or visit our web site: www.montereysymphony.org.
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