# New Century Chamber Orchestra with Chanticleer at Albert & Janet Schultz Cultural Arts Hall at the Oshman Family Jewish Community Center, March 17, 2017

[NCCO](http://ncco.org/concert-tickets/program-3-americans-paris/) presents _Americans in Paris_ featuring [Chanticleer](http://www.chanticleer.org/)  
[Albert & Janet Schultz Cultural Arts Hall at the Oshman Family Jewish Community Center](http://paloaltojcc.org/arts)  
[3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto, CA 94303 USA](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=3921+Fabian+Way,+Palo+Alto,+CA+94303+USA&hl=en)  
8:00 PM, Friday, March 17, 2017

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## Tentative Program

* George Gershwin: _An American in Paris_ Suite
* Igor Stravinsky: _Apollon musagète_
* Gabriel Fauré: _Pavane_
* Erik Satie: _Gymnopédies_
* Ned Rorem: _Four Madrigals_
* Songs of Piaf, Gershwin, Dearie, Baker 

## Revised Program

New Century Chamber Orchestra:

* Gershwin (arr. Clarice Assad): Suite from An American in Paris
* Stravinsky: Apollon Musagète
* Erik Satie (arr. Gerard Schwarz): Gymnopédie No. 1
* Roussel: Allegro from Sinfonietta for String Orchestra

Chanticleer:

* Ravel: Trois Chansons
* Saint-Saëns: Serenade d’Hiver
* Various (arr. Evan Price): Four Cabaret Songs

New Century Chamber Orchestra & Chanticleer:

* Fauré: Pavane
* Various (arr. Clarice Assad): French Medley
* Gershwin / Porter (arr. Clarice Assad): Medley

## Set One

[8:01 PM lights down, NCCO out]

01. [8:03 PM] Erik Satie (1866-1925): _Gymnopédie_ No. 1, (1888), arr. Gerard Schwarz (b. 1947), Lent et douloureux
02. [8:06 PM] Albert Roussel (1869-1937): _Allegro_, third and final movement from Sinfonietta for String Orchestra, Op. 52 (1934)  
[8:09 PM, pause for Chanticleer to enter, NCCO lays out over next segment]  
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937): _Trois Chansons_, (1914-15)
03. [8:10 PM] _Nicolette_. Allegro moderato
04. [8:12 PM] _Trois beaux Oiseaux du Paradis_. Moderato
05. [8:14 PM] _Ronde_. Allegro  
[8:16 PM pause for Chanticleer to move offstage]
06. [8:17 PM] Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971): Prologue: _The Birth of Apollo_, from the Ballet, _Apollon Musagète_ (1928)  
[8:22 PM pause for Chanticleer to return, assembling at stage left]
07. [8:23 PM] Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924): _Pavane_, Op. 50 (1887), arr. [William Fred Scott](https://www.facebook.com/William-Fred-Scott-104435092963671/)  
[8:29 PM pause]
08. [8:29 PM] Camile Saint-Saëns (1835-1921): _Sérénade d'hiver_ for male chorus (1867)  
[8:35 PM pause]  
Medley of Tunes arranged by Clarice Assad
09. [8:36 PM] Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924): _Musetta's Waltz_ from _La Bohème_ (1895)
10. [8:40 PM] Cole Porter (1891-1964): _I Love Paris_ (1953)
10. [8:42 PM] Hubert Giraud (1920-2016): _Sous Le Ciel de Paris (Under the Sky of Paris)_ (1950)
10. [8:45 PM] Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880): _Galop infernal (Infernal Gallop)_ from Act Two, Scene Two of _Orphée aux enfers (Orpheus in the Underworld)_ (1858)  
[set ends 8:47 PM]

## Set Two

[9:09 PM lights down, Chanticleer out]  
   
Four cabaret songs arranged for Chanticleer by [Evan Price](https://www.evanpricemusic.com/)

01. [9:10 PM] Murray Grand (1919-2007): _Comment allez-vous (How Are You?)_ (as sung by Blossom Dearie in 1959)
02. [9:14 PM] Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc (1899-1963): _Les Chemins de l'amour (the Pathways of Love)_ (as premiered by Yvonne Printemps in 1940)
03. [9:18 PM] Édith Piaf (1915-1963): _La Vie en Rose (Life Through Rose-Tinted Glasses)_ (1945)
04. [9:21 PM] _J'ai Deux Amours (Two Loves Have I)_ (as sung by Josephine Baker)  
[9:25 PM, pause for Chanticleer to exit and NCCO to enter]  
   
George Gershwin (1898-1937): Suite from _An American in Paris_, (1928), arr. Clarice Assad (2xxx)
05. [9:27 PM] _Allegretto grazioso_ »
06. [9:m PM] _Andante ma con ritmo deciso_ »
07. [9:m PM] _Allegro_ »
08. [9:m PM] _Moderato con grazia_ »
09. [9:m PM] _Grandioso_  
[suite ends 9:45 pm; applause, then pause for Chanticleer to return]
10. [9:47 PM] Gershwin: _I Got Rhythm_
11. [9:51 PM] Gershwin: _Embraceable You_ (1928)
12. [9:54 PM] Porter: _Night and Day_ (1932)
13. [9:56 PM] Porter: _From This Moment On_ (1951)
14. [9:59 PM] Gershwin: _Strike Up the Band!_ (1927)  
[set ends 10:02 PM]  
   
**Encore**
15. [10:03 PM] Gershwin: _Strike Up the Band!_  
[show ends 10:05 PM]


## Performers

### New Century Chamber Orchestra

[New Century Chamber Orchestra](http://ncco.org/)

* Erik Higgins: acting principal contrabass;
* [Hrabba Atladottir](http://music.berkeley.edu/people/hrabba-atladottir/): violin;
* Robin Bonnell: cello;
* [Michelle Djokic](https://www.facebook.com/michelle.djokic): acting principal cello;
* [Jenny Douglass](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenny-douglass-6a28b672): viola;
* Jory Fankuchen: second violin;
* [Eric Gaenslen](http://bpt3.org/eric/): cello;
* [Dawn Harms](http://dawnharms.com/): violin, associate concertmaster;
* [Anna Kruger](http://www.csus.edu/music/faculty/kruger.html): principal viola;
* [Meredith Kufchak](http://www.meredithkufchak.com/): viola;
* Isaac Melamed: cello;
* Kayo Miki: second violin;
* [Evan Price](https://www.evanpricemusic.com/): second violin;
* Deborah Tien Price: second violin;
* [Jeremy Preston](https://www.facebook.com/jeremy.preston.50): violin;
* [Cassandra Lynne Richburg](http://cassandralynnerichburg.com/): viola;
* [Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg](http://www.nadjasalernosonnenberg.com/): music director, violin;
* [Karen Shinozaki Sor](https://www.facebook.com/karen.s.sor): violin;
* Iris Stone: violin;


### Chanticleer

* Eric Alatorre: bass vox;
* Chris Albanese: tenor vox;
* Brian Hinman: tenor vox;
* Matthew Knickman: baritone vox;
* Cortez Mitchell: countertenor vox;
* Gerrod Pagenkopf: countertenor vox;
* Kory Reid: countertenor vox;
* Alan Reinhardt: countertenor vox;
* Marques Jerrell Ruff: bass-baritone vox;
* [William Fred Scott](https://www.facebook.com/William-Fred-Scott-104435092963671/): music director;
* Logan S Shields: countertenor vox;
* Andrew Van Allsburg: tenor vox;
* Adam Ward: alto vox.

## Notes

Jessica Balik posted a [review](https://www.sfcv.org/reviews/new-century-chamber-orchestra/this-evening-in-paris-is-sublime) of the following night's gig at Herbst Theatre for SFCV.

Georgia Rowe posted a [review](http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/03/17/chanticleer-and-ncco-blend-brilliantly-in-program-of-french-music/) of the previous night's show for the Mercury News.

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