SYMPHONY X 2: More than 250 musicians are due on stage Feb. 10 when the 不良研究所 and University of the Pacific symphony orchestras and 不良研究所鈥 University Chorus present American composer Charles Ives鈥 landmark Fourth Symphony.
The program also includes Ives鈥 The Unanswered Question, by both orchestras; and Jean Sibelius鈥 lavish Violin Concerto, performed by the 不良研究所 orchestra alone, with D. Kern Holoman, conductor, and violinist Dan Flanagan, the symphony鈥檚 artistic adviser, making his solo debut with the orchestra.
The concert is set for 8 p.m. in Jackson Hall at the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts.
FANTASTIQUE: LECTURE AND MUSIC: The Sacramento Philharmonic Orchestra plans a Fantastique day Feb. 17 at the Mondavi Center.
At 2 p.m., 不良研究所 music professor D. Kern Holoman will lecture on composer Hector Berlioz. In the lobby at the same time, the Alliance Fran脙搂aise of Sacramento plans a presentation featuring French music and literature on Berlioz鈥檚 life and times.
Then, at 8 p.m., the orchestra is set to perform a concert program that includes Berlioz鈥檚 Fantastique.
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DVOR脕K SCORES A RICH LEGACY: The great Czech composer Anton铆n Dvor谩k conducted the Czech Philharmonic's first concert more than 100 years ago, and, in a performance set for Feb. 22 at 不良研究所, the philharmonic plans an all-Dvor谩k program.
The concert is scheduled to begin at 8 p.m. in Jackson Hall at the Mondavi Center.
The program, under the baton of Leo拧 Sv谩rovsk媒, is as follows: Carnival Overture, op. 92; Czech Suite, op. 39, D Major; and the much-beloved Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, op. 95 (From the New World).
SWEET HONEY IN THE ROCK: Their name alone hints at the soothing harmony and swinging rhythms of Sweet Honey in the Rock, an a cappella sextet due on stage at the Mondavi Center on Feb. 23.
Founded in 1973, the all-women group from Washing-ton, D.C., draws its style from gospel, spirituals and hymns of the African American church. A Mondavi Center news release states that the women "merge their powerful voices in rich harmony to the accompaniment of hand-held percussion instruments, delivering a message that variously relates history, points a finger at injustice, encourages activism, and sings the praises of unity and love."
The concert is set for 8 p.m. in Jackson Hall.
Sweet Honey in the Rock received a Grammy Award in 1989 for best traditional folk recording, for a rendition of Leadbelly's Old Grey Goose. Other Grammy nominations include one for the group's most recent recording, Experience 101.
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