NCCO presents New Century Chamber Orchestra
First Congregational Church
2345 Channing Way, Berkeley, CA 94704-2201 USA
7:30 PM, Friday, April 4, 2025

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promo art for this show

[7:37 PM] {lights down, enter performers; DH introduction}

Adolphus Cunningham Hailstork III (b. 1941): Sonata da Chiesa for String Orchestra (1992)

1. [7:39 PM] I. Exultate
2. [7:41 PM] II. O Magnum Mysterium
3. [7:43 PM] III. Adoro
4. [7:45 PM] IV. Jubilate
5. [7:47 PM] V. Agnus Dei
6. [7:53 PM] VI. Dona Nobis Pacem
7. [7:57 PM] VII. Exultate
   [7:59 PM] {work ends}

[8:00 PM] {DH comments about the next work}

Jungyoon Wie (b. 1990): A Prayer for Peace, concerto grosso for string orchestra (2024) Co-commission with A Far Cry Chamber Orchestra (West Coast Premiere)

1. [8:01 PM] I. Echo within yourself
2. [8:06 PM] II. Heartbeat; difference
3. [8:09 PM] III. Mirror; distortion
4. [8:12 PM] IV. Peace; indifference
   [8:18 PM] {work ends}
   [8:20 PM] {set ends}

[8:40 PM] {lights down, enter performers; DH introduction}

1. [8:44 PM] Richard Strauss (1864–1949): Metamorphosen for 23 Solo Strings (1945)
   [9:11 PM] {set ends}
   [9:13 PM] {show ends}

New Century Chamber Orchestra

• Hrabba Atladottir: violin;
• Stephanie Bibbo: violin;
• Robin Bonnell: cello;
• Colin Corner: principal contrabass;
• Michelle Djokic: cello;
• Jenny Douglass: viola;
• William Everett: contrabass;
• Candace Guirao: principal violin II;
• Dawn Harms: violin, associate concertmaster;
• Jason Heath: contrabass;
• Daniel Hope: violin, concertmaster, music director;
• Evan Kahn: principal cello;
• Anna Kruger: principal viola;
• Kayo Miki: violin;
• Peter Myers: cello;
• Deborah Tien Price: violin;
• Elizabeth Prior: viola;
• Cassandra Lynne Richburg: viola;
• Frank Shaw: viola;
• Karen Shinozaki Sor: violin;
• Kyle Stachnik: cello;
• Iris Stone: violin;
• Michael Yokas: violin.

Tonight was another great concert from NCCO. A curmudgeon might complain that it was a trifle short, but what it lacked in duration was made up for by quality performance!

Program Notes or program notes

Michael Zwiebach reviewed the Sunday performance in San Francisco.

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