====== Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg leads the New Century Chamber Orchestra at Herbst Theatre, January 13, 2013 ====== 
===== US Tour Kick-Off Gala -- An Evening Serenade =====

[[http://ncco.org/|New Century Chamber Orchestra]]\\ 
[[http://sfwmpac.org/herbst/ht_index.html|Herbst Theatre]]\\ 
[[http://maps.google.com/maps?q=401+Van+Ness+Avenue,+San+Francisco,+CA&hl=en|401 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, CA]]\\ 
4:00 PM, Sunday, January 13, 2013

===== Set One =====

[4:06 PM, lights down]

==== Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847): String Symphony No.10 in B minor (1823) ====
  - Adagio
  - Allegro
  - Piu Presto
[work ends 4:18 PM]

[pause for NSS speech]

[4:21 PM]
==== William Bolcom (b. 1938): Romanza for Solo Violin and String Orchestra; ====
  - Scherzo
  - Valse funèbre
  - Cakewalk
[work ends 4:41 PM]

[begin 4:43 PM]
==== Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887–1959): Aria from Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 (1938-1945),  arr. Clarice Assad ==== 
[set ends 4:49 PM]

===== Set Two =====
[5:10 PM, lights down]

==== Richard Strauss (1864–1949): Metamorphosen:  A Study for Twenty-Three Solo Strings (1945) (ca 28') ====
[set ends 5:37 PM]

==== ENCORES ====
  - Johannes Brahms (1833-1897): Hungarian Dance No. 5 in G minor, arr. Clark McAlister
  - George Cory and Douglass Cross: I Left My Heart in San Francisco, arr. unidentified
[show ends 5:47 PM]


===== the Performers =====
  * [[http://www.nadjasalernosonnenberg.com/|Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg]]: violin, music director;
  * as-yet //unidentified// members of the New Century Chamber Orchestra.

===== Notes =====
Sigh, seated off-center again, ah well, at least I was up close instead of off in the balcony!

As might be guessed by anyone familiar with the night's repertoire, the performances are lush and syrupy-sweet. Might not be so great for a steady musical diet, but for an evening's dessert, it's a fine treat!

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