An overview of the 2009 season
August 2-16, 2009
Maestra Marin Alsop conducts the award-winning Cabrillo Festival Orchestra in one World Premiere, five U.S. Premieres, and three West Coast Premieres! World Premiere
David Heath: Rise from the Dark
U.S. Premieres
Brett Dean: Amphitheatre
Brett Dean: Moments of Bliss
Matthew Hindson: Rave-Elation (Schindowski Mix)
James MacMillan: The Sacrifice: Three Interludes
Joby Talbot: Desolation Wilderness (concerto for trumpet)
West Coast Premieres
Enrico Chapela: ínguesu
Kevin Puts: Two Mountain Scenes
Aaron Jay Kernis: Invisible Mosaic III
Ten Composers-in-Residence
Enrico Chapela
Brett Dean
Avner Dorman
Osvaldo Golijov
David Heath
Matthew Hindson
Lee Johnson
Ingram Marshall
Kevin Puts
Joby Talbot
Guest Artists
Carolyn Kuan, conductor
Alisa Weilerstein, cello
Michael Ward-Bergeman, hyper-accordion
Jamey Haddad, percussion
Cyro Baptista, percussion
Galen Lemmon, percussion
Steven Hearn, percussion
Craig Morris, trumpet
Friday, August 7, 2009, 8pm
Opening Night: Azul
Brett Dean: Amphitheatre (US Premiere)
David Heath: Rise from the Dark (World Premiere)
Osvaldo Golijov: Azul,featuring Alisa Weilerstein, cello
(Preceded by a Pre-Concert Dinner & Talk on Church Street outside the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium, beginning at 6:30pm.)
Saturday & Sunday, August 8 & 9, 2009, 11am-8pm
Cabrillo Music Art Food & Wine Festival
Saturday, August 8, 2009, 8pm
Spices, Perfumes, Toxins!
Enrico Chapela: ínguesu (West Coast Premiere)
Avner Dorman: Spices, Perfumes, Toxins!, featuring Galen Lemmon and Steve Hearn, percussion
Brett Dean: Moments of Bliss (US Premiere)
(Followed by a Talkback Session with Marin Alsop, featured composers, and soloists.) Sunday, August 9, 2009, 1pm
Free Family Concert
Open to all ages, this free event features a “petting-zoo” style tourof the orchestra, and a performance by the Cabrillo Festival Orchestra,led by Maestra Alsop and Conductor Carolyn Kuan.
Sunday, August 9, 2009, 8pm A Special Benefit Concert
Sugar Magnolia: An Orchestral Tribute to the Grateful Dead
Matthew Hindson: Rave-Elation (Schindowski Mix) (US Premiere)
Lee Johnson: Dead Symphony no. 6
(Followed by a Q&A with Composer Lee Johnson; Dennis McNally,longtime publicist and biographer of the Grateful Dead; and David Gans,author and host of the nationally-syndicated Grateful Dead Hour)
Saturday, August 15, 8pm
Behold the Sun
James MacMillan: The Sacrifice: Three Interludes (US Premiere)
Joby Talbot: Desolation Wilderness (US Premiere),
featuring Craig Morris, trumpet
Magnus Lindberg: Seht di Sonne (Behold the Sun)
Sunday, August 16, 2009, 4:30pm & 8pm, at Mission San Juan
Music at the Mission: Kingdom Come
George Tsontakis: Clair de Lune
Ingram Marshall: Kingdom Come
Kevin Puts: Two Mountain Scenes (West Coast Premiere)
Aaron Jay Kernis: Invisible Mosaic III (West Coast Premiere)
Tickets may be purchased via web, phone or in-person starting June 15. Photo/Design (L-R): Alisa Weilerstein (Lucio Lecce), Craig Morris (Laura Domela), Dead Symphony image (Barry Williams), Marin Alsop (Dave Hoffman)
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