# Berkeley Symphony Orchestra at Zellerbach Hall Auditorium, December 3, 2015

Mystical featuring [Berkeley Symphony Orchestra](http://www.berkeleysymphony.org/) with special guest, [Geir Draugsvoll](http://www.draugsvoll.dk/Geir/Welcome.html)  
2015-12-03  
[Zellerbach Hall Auditorium](http://www.calperfs.berkeley.edu/)  
[U.C. Berkeley, Bancroft Way at Telegraph Ave, Berkeley, CA 94305](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=U.C.+Berkeley,+Bancroft+Way+at+Telegraph+Ave,+Berkeley,+CA+94305&hl=en)  
8:00 PM, Thursday, December 3, 2015

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## Tentative Program

* Gabrieli: Canzon septimi et octavi toni
* Gabrieli: Sonata pian e forte
* Gubaidulina: Fachwerk (U.S. Premiere, featuring Geir Draugsvoll)
* Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition

## Set One

[8:04 PM lights down, announcements by Rene Mandel; comments by Joana Carneiro]

### Giovanni Gabrieli: Two Works

Giovanni Gabrieli (ca. 1550-1612)

01. [8:07 PM] Canzon septimi et octavi toni
02. [8:10 PM] Sonata pian e forte  
[pair ends 8:13 PM, performance continues with hardly a pause into next work]

## Gubaidulina: Fachwerk

Sofia Gubaidulina (b.1931): _Fachwerk_ (U.S. Premiere), featuring Geir Draugsvoll

01. [8:13 PM] _Fachwerk_  
[set ends 8:47 PM; applause to about to 8:50]

## Set Two: Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition

[9:10 PM lights down]

Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881): Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Ravel, 1921)

01. [9:11 PM] _Promenade_
02. [9:13 PM] _the Gnome_
03. [9:15 PM] _Promenade_
04. [9:16 PM] _the Old Castle_
05. [9:21 PM] _Promenade_
06. [9:22 PM] _the Tuileries Gardens_
07. [9:23 PM] _Bydlo_
08. [9:26 PM] _Promenade_
09. [9:27 PM] _Ballet of the Chicks in Their Shells_
10. [9:28 PM] _Samuel Goldenberg & Schmüyle_
11. [9:31 PM] _Promenade_
12. [9:32 PM] _the Market at Limoges (the Great News)_
13. [9:34 PM] _Catacombae_
14. [9:37 PM] _the Great Gate at Kiev_  
[show ends 9:46 PM]


## Performers

### Berkeley Symphony Orchestra

[Berkeley Symphony Orchestra](http://www.berkeleysymphony.org/)

* Joana Carneiro: conductor, music director;
 others vary by program, see http://www.berkeleysymphony.org/about/musicians/.


### Geir Draugsvoll

* [Geir Draugsvoll](http://www.draugsvoll.dk/Geir/Welcome.html): bayan.

## Notes

The show began with two very short pieces by Gabrieli and segued almost seamlessly into Sofia Gubaidulina's new work, _Fachwerk_, composed specifically for Geir Draugsvoll and the bayan -- a Russian button accordion having a range somewhat larger than a standard grand piano. I really enjoyed hearing this piece, and thought Gubaidulina did a good job of balancing the sound and textural options available via the orchestra against the miniature world offered by the bayan. It's hard to know whether I'll ever get a chance to listen to this piece again, but I certainly hope to get a chance!

Having heard the San Francisco Symphony play _Pictures at an Exhibition_ last spring, I wasn't all that psyched to hear it again so soon, but the Berkeley Symphony did a creditable job of covering this massive work, and in the end, I *am* glad to have heard it again. It's funny how a piece can seep into your unconscious knowledge ... in my case, probably from many listens to the work in various forms throughout my childhood. Hard to resist the urge to dance along to the _Ballet of the Chicks in Their Shells_!

Jeff Dunn posted a [review](https://www.sfcv.org/reviews/Berkeley-Symphony-/Berkeley-Symphony-Scores-Full-Marks-With-Fachwerk) of the show on SFCV.

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