# Berkeley Symphony Orchestra at Zellerbach Hall Auditorium, December 7, 2017

[Gemma New](https://www.gemmanew.com/) conducts the [Berkeley Symphony Orchestra](http://www.berkeleysymphony.org/symphonic-series/) , with piano soloist [Conrad Tao](http://www.conradtao.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)  
8:00 PM, Thursday, December 7, 2017

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## Set One

[7:59 PM; tuning]
[8:05 PM; Welcoming remarks from Rene Mandel & Rene Orth]

01. \[8:10 PM\] [Rene Orth](https://www.reneorth.com/): _Chasing Light_ \(2015, West Coast premiere\)  
[8:15 work ends]  
   
[pause for a few minutes to reset the stage]
02. [8:17 PM] Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943): _Rhapsody on a Theme of Paginini_  
[set ends 8:42 PM; all off after a few minutes of applause]

## Set Two

[9:05 PM tuning; welcome from Gemma New]

[Anna Clyne](http://www.annaclyne.com/) \(b.1980\): _Abstractions_ (2016, West Coast premiere)

01. [9:10 PM] _Marble_
02. [9:14 PM] _Auguries_
03. [9:18 PM] _Seascape_
04. [9:22 PM] _River_
05. [9:26 PM] _3._  
[9:30 PM work ends; long stretch of applause, then pause to set up the piano again]

[{{BSO_AC_A1_Marble_Moon.jpg?300|Sara VanDerBeek: _Marble Moon_ (2015)}}]  [{{BSO_AC_A2_Auguries.png?300|Julie Mehretu: _Auguries_ (2010)}}]  [{{BSO_AC_A3_Caribbean_Sea_Jamaica.jpg?300|Hiroshi Sugimoto: _Caribbean Sea, Jamaica_ (1980)}}]  [{{BSO_AC_A4_River_II.jpg?300|Ellsworth Kelly: _River II_ (2005)}}]  [{{BSO_AC_A5_3.jpg?300|Brice Marden: _3._ (1987-88)}}]

### Franz Liszt: Totentanz

06. [9:33 PM] Franz Liszt (1811—1886): _Totentanz_  
[set ends 9:49 PM]  
   
**Conrad Tao, Solo Encore**
10. [9:51 PM] Domenico Scarlatti (1685—1757): Sonata in A-major K. 208, L 238: _Adagio e cantabile_  
[show ends 9:56 PM; applause, then all off after a minute or so]

## Performers

### Berkeley Symphony Orchestra

* [Berkeley Symphony Orchestra](http://www.berkeleysymphony.org/)
* Joana Carneiro: music director (absent tonight);

### Special Guests

* [Gemma New](https://www.gemmanew.com/): conductor;
* [Conrad Tao](http://www.conradtao.com/): piano.

## Notes

{{:wip.png?nolink}}  **Whoa!**  This section is incomplete for now, sorry! {{:wip.png?nolink}}

Jessica Balik posted a review of the show for [SFCV](https://www.sfcv.org/reviews/berkeley-symphony/berkeley-symphony-with-pianist-conrad-tao-leaves-the-audience-searching)

Ricky O'Bannon posted an interview with Anna Clyne leading up to the May 2016 premier of _Abstractions_ with the [Baltimore Symphony Orchestra](https://www.bsomusic.org/stories/anna-clyne-on-channeling-contemporary-art-in-abstractions/)

{{tag>music Berkeley_Symphony_Orchestra Gemma_New Conrad_Tao Zellerbach_Hall_Auditorium Joana_Carneiro  }}

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