First Congregational Church of Berkeley (Berkeley, CA)
The New Century Chamber Orchestra presents Nadja Plays Piazzolla: The Sounds of Brazil & Argentina. The inaugural program in renowned violinist Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg's tenure as Music Director of the prestigious ensemble features South American music by Piazzolla, Villa-Lobos, Ginastera, and a world premiere by NCCO's featured composer for this season, Clarice Assad.
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I cannot remember when I saw so many people moved to tears by music. What a fabulous orchestra! They played as they had one soul...
One of the most memorable performances.
Exciting debut for the new director. Wonderful program and excitingly performed.
Never before have I seen so many smiling faces in the audience. This was a fun and electrifying performance. Congratulations New Century Chamber Orchestra!
Clarice Assad: Impressions, Suite for Chamber Orchestra
(NCCO Commission, World Premiere)
Alberto Ginastera: Glosses on Themes by Pablo Casals
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin
Astor Piazzolla (arr. Leonid Desyatnikov): Four Seasons of Buenos Aires
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin
Heitor Villa-Lobos (arr. Clarice Assad): Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg’s inaugural set of concerts as NCCO Music Director will include a selection of Brazilian and Argentine music, featuring herself as soloist on Piazzolla’s Four Seasons of Buenos Aires and Ginastera’s Glosses on Themes by Pablo Casals. The program opens with the world premiere of an NCCO commission, Clarice Assad’s new Impressions, Suite for Chamber Orchestra. The Villa-Lobos work, perhaps his best-known, was originally written for soprano and eight cellos, and will be presented in a new arrangement by Clarice Assad.
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