2001 Calendar

FRIDAY, AUGUST 3

6:30-7:45 p.m. Pre-concert Dinner Al Fresco
7:00-7:30 p.m. Pre-concert Talk by Marin Alsop
7:30-7:45 p.m. Fanfares of Brass

Philip Glass:
"The Photographer"
(West Coast Premiere)
8:00 p.m.; Civic Auditorium

SATURDAY, AUGUST 4

10th Annual Cabrillo Music Art & Wine Festival
11:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m.; Church Street outside the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium

Church Street comes alive with 70-80 Artist and Food Booths and two full days of world and ethnic music and dance by premier local performers on the expanded outdoor Church Street Stage.

PLUS: hands-on art and music workshops in the "Creativity Tent for Kids." Free.

Lunch with the Composers
1:00 p.m.; Civic Auditorium

During an informal lunchtime gathering with composers and guest artists, Music Director Marin Alsop moderates a discussion about music making and invites questions from the audience.

"Fearful Symmetries"
8:00 p.m.; Civic Auditorium
Featuring the Cabrillo Festival Orchestra, conducted by Marin Alsop, and guest conductors.

Jennifer Higdon: Fanfare Ritmico
(1999/2000) (7')
John Adams: Fearful Symmetries
(1988) (27')
Christopher Rouse: Violin Concerto
(Yumi Hwang-Williams, violin)
(1991) (22')

Post-Concert Talkback Session
Civic Auditorium

Marin Alsop invites the audience to stay and engage in conversations with the composers, soloists, guest conductors and members of the Orchestra.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 5

10th Annual Cabrillo Music Art & Wine Festival
11:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m.; Church Street outside the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium

Church Street comes alive with 70-80 Artist and Food Booths and two full days of world and ethnic music and dance by premier local performers on the expanded outdoor Church Street Stage.

PLUS: hands-on art and music workshops in the "Creativity Tent for Kids." Free.

Free Family Concert:
2001: A Space Odyssey
2:00 p.m.; Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium

Featuring the Cabrillo Festival Orchestra, conducted by Marin Alsop, with a spectacular video production including NASA space footage accompanied by live orchestral accompaniment featuring:
Richard Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra
Marvin Lamb: The Eagle Has Landed

John Williams: Star Wars
Gustav Holst: The Planets (Jupiter and Mars).

Philip Glass:
"The Photographer"
(West Coast Premiere)
8:00 p.m.; Civic Auditorium

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 10

Music at the Millpond
6:00 p.m.; The Millpond, Soquel

An incomparable wine and food tasting — showcasing Santa Cruz County's finest chefs partnered with its finest vintners — followed by chamber music performed by concertmaster Yumi Hwang-Williams and members of the Festival orchestra. It takes place at a magnificent site on Soquel Creek with sprawling lawns, flower beds, ponds, and a majestic redwood cathedral. Limited capacity.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 11
Rapunzel & The River

6:30-7:45 p.m. Pre-concert Dinner Al Fresco
6:30-7:45 p.m. Pre-concert Music

Lou Harrison:
"Rapunzel"
(1952) (50')
(Text by William Morris)
8:00 p.m.; Civic Auditorium

A fully-staged opera in six acts featuring:

Jennifer Foster, soprano, as Rapunzel/Guendolen
Sanford Sylvan, baritone, as Prince/King Sebald
Wendy Hillhouse, mezzo-soprano, as the Witch
Music Director: Marin Alsop,
conducting the Cabrillo Festival Orchestra
Stage Director: Michael Scarola
Scenic and Lighting Designer: Matthew Antaky

Virgil Thomson:
"The River "
(1937) (28')
Featuring the Cabrillo Festival Orchestra,
conducted by Marin Alsop.
Pulitzer-prize nominated film by Pare Lorentz,
score by Virgil Thomson;
presented with live orchestra and
Narrator: Milton Williams

 

SUNDAY, AUGUST 12

San Juan Bautista Day
"Music at the Mission"
4:00 p.m. & 8:00 p.m.

Mission San Juan Bautista
Featuring the Cabrillo Festival Orchestra, conducted by Marin Alsop

Christopher Rouse: Rapture
(West Coast Premiere)
(2000) (15')

James MacMillan: Symphony No. 2
(U. S. Premiere)
(1999) (24')

Einojuhani Rautavaara: Angel of Light
(Symphony No. VII)
(1994) (38')

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