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All programs and artists subject to change.
 
Danse Macabre
Saturday October 23, 2010 3pm Encinitas, CA Tickets $10.00

Sunday October 24, 2010 4pm Mission Viejo, CA
Tickets $15.00

We celebrate the Day of the Dead with spine-tingling sounds and dark melodies from the underworld of classical music.

Pavane in G Minor – Henry Purcell
Tell Me… – Matthew Tommasini (composer-in-resdience)
Piano Trio in D, Op. 70 No. 1 (“Ghost”) Movement II – Ludwig van Beethoven
Paysages (Landscapes) – Ernst Bloch
Sonata No. 1 in G, BWV 1001 Movement IV – Johann Sebastian Bach
String Quartet No. 4, Op. 22 – Paul Hindemith
Danse Macabre, Op. 40 – Camille Saint-Saëns (arr. by John Harvey)


 
USC Thornton School of Music Residency with William Bolcom
and the California Quartet

Friday November 19, 2010 11am Los Angeles, CA


Piano Quintet
– William Bolcom

with
Timothy Durkovic, piano



 
Strings Attached
Saturday December 4, 2010 2pm Encinitas, CA Tickets $10.00

The string quartet and piano join forces to explore the intimacy and power of the piano quintet.

Special guest:
Timothy Durkovic, piano

Phantasiestücke (Fantasy Pieces), Op 73 – Robert Schumann
Piano Quintet – William Bolcom
Graceful Ghost Rag – William Bolcom
Piano Quintet in E flat Major, Op. 44 – Robert Schumann


 

Feel the Beat

Saturday January 15, 2011 2pm Encinitas, CA Tickets $10.00

Sunday January 23, 2011 4pm Mission Viejo, CA
Tickets $15.00

Percussion and rhythm abound in a concert that will keep your toes tapping.

Special guest:
Jon Szanto, percussion

Clapping Music – Steve Reich
Redwood – Paul Chihara
Awaken This Feeling – Matthew Tommasini (world premiere, commissioned by Connections)
Temazcal – Javier Alvarez
String Quartet No. 2 in F Major (Op. 92) – Sergei Prokofiev


 
Silver Screen Onstage
Saturday March 19, 2011 2pm Encinitas, CA Tickets $10.00

Sunday March 20, 2011 4pm Mission Viejo, CA
Tickets $15.00

Experience the concert music of legendary film composers in a program accompanied by film clips from Hollywood classics.

Special guest:
Benjamin Lulich, clarinet

Cello Concerto (version for cello and piano) – Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Conversations – Bruce Broughton
Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind – Osvaldo Golijov



 
Hearing Voices
Saturday May 21, 2011 2pm Encinitas, CA Tickets $10.00

Sunday May 22, 2011 4pm Mission Viejo, CA
Tickets $15.00

From exotic vocalizations to heartbreaking songs, we explore music for the human voice in all its many forms.

Special Guests:
James Martin Schaefer, baritone
Vicki Ray, piano

In Memoriam – Chinary Ung (US premiere, co-commissioned by Connections)
Five Songs for Baritone and Piano – Erich Wolfgang Korngold
New work for Baritone and Piano – Tommasini (world premiere, commissioned by Connections)
Dover Beach – Samuel Barber
String Quartet in E Minor – Giuseppe Verdi
2010 - 2011
Season Venues:
Encinitas Library
540 Cornish Drive
Encinitas, CA 92024
(760) 753-7376
Murray Center
24932 Veterans Way
Mission Viejo, CA 92692
(949) 470-3062
USC
USC Thornton School of Music
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0851
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