# Berkeley Symphony Orchestra at Zellerbach Hall Auditorium, October 5, 2017

[Berkeley Symphony Orchestra](http://www.berkeleysymphony.org/concerts/adams-shostakovich/) featuring [Tessa Seymour](http://www.tessaseymour.com/)  
[Zellerbach Hall Auditorium](http://www.calperfs.berkeley.edu/)  
[U.C. Berkeley, Bancroft Way at Telegraph Ave, Berkeley, CA 94305 USA](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=U.C.+Berkeley,+Bancroft+Way+at+Telegraph+Ave,+Berkeley,+CA+94305+USA&hl=en)  
7:00 PM, Thursday, October 5, 2017

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## Tentative Program

* Beethoven: Symphony No. 1
* William Gardiner: Cello Concerto (World Premiere)
* Shostakovich: Jazz Suite No. 1
* John Adams: _Fearful Symmetries_

## Set One: Beethoven: Symphony No. 1

[7:06 PM lights down, welcoming announcements by Rene Mandel; tuning; pause for JC]

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827): Symphony No. 1 in C, Op. 21 (1800)

01. [7:10 PM] Adagio molto - Allegro con brio
02. [7:20 PM] Andante cantabile con moto
03. [7:27 PM] Menuetto - Allegro molto e vivace
04. [7:31 PM] Adagio - Allegro molto e vivace  
[work ends 7:37 PM; applause, then all off]  
[pause to rearrange the staging]  
[7:41 PM orchestra returns, then JC & TS; tuning]

### William Gardiner: Cello Concerto

[William Gardiner](http://www.williamgardiner.com/) (b.1987): Cello Concerto (2017, _World Premiere_), featuring [Tessa Seymour](http://www.tessaseymour.com/)

01. [7:44 PM] _A Drop_
02. [7:53 PM] _Ritornello_  
[work ends 8:03 PM]  
   
**Solo Encore**
03. \[8:05 PM\] [Giovanni Sollima](http://www.giovannisollima.it/) \(b.1962\): _Lamentatio_ \(1998\)  
[show ends 8:09 PM]

## Set Two

[8:28 PM lights down; the orchestra marches back onstage for the second set]

### Shostakovich: Jazz Suite No. 1

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975): Jazz Suite No. 1 (1934)

01. [8:29 PM] _Waltz_ »
02. [8:32 PM] _Polka_ »
03. [8:34 PM] _Fox Trot_  
[work ends 8:38 PM; break after a minute]  
[lots of reararrangement onstage]  
[8:42 PM tuning]

### John Adams: Fearful Symmetries

01. \[8:43 PM\] [John Adams](https://www.earbox.com/) (b.1947): _Fearful Symmetries_ (1988)  
[set ends 9:14 PM; applause for a few minutes, then all off for the gala dinner]

## 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/.


### Tessa Seymour

* [Tessa Seymour](http://www.tessaseymour.com/): cello.

## Notes

Beethoven's 1st was a nice opener for tonight's concert: the seldom seen cousin of the his popular symphonies. I think the thing I like most about this work is that it's nicely proportioned: a Goldilock's-worthy piece!

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Jessica Balik posted a review of the following night's show at [SFCV](https://www.sfcv.org/reviews/berkeley-symphony/composers-first-thoughts-and-carneiros-return-grace-berkeley-symphony)

Joshua Kosman shared his reivew of tonight's show at [SFGate](http://www.sfchronicle.com/music/article/Carneiro-makes-a-joyful-Berkeley-homecoming-12259079.php), and thankfully, confirmed the origin of Tessa's solo encore.

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