Symphony
Symphony Fall Concert: 'The Planets' and 'The Lark Ascending'
With Brynn Albanese, violin
Sunday, Nov. 24, 2013
3 p.m. Harman Hall, Performing Arts Center
The Cal Poly Symphony will perform music from early 20th-century England at its Fall Concert.
The centerpiece of the concert is a performance of Gustav Holst's "The Planets," a musical and psychological journey from the brute force of "Mars: the Bringer of War" to the hushed serenity of "Neptune: the Mystic."
Paired with this monumental work is music by Holst's lifelong friend, Ralph Vaughan Williams. Violinist Brynn Albanese will join the orchestra to perform "The Lark Ascending," an evocative and lyrical fantasy inspired by a poem of the same name by George Meredith. The orchestra will begin the concert with Vaughan Williams' "English Folk Song Suite."
Tickets ($14 and $12 general, $12 and $9 seniors and students)
Symphony Winter Concert: Student Soloist Showcase
Sunday, March 16, 2014
3 p.m. Harman Hall, Performing Arts Center
Every year, the Cal Poly Symphony holds auditions for student soloists of any major. The prize for several of them? A performance with the symphony, of course! Come hear this year’s winners, and celebrate musical talent from across the university.
The Symphony will also perform music of American masters, including Bernstein's "Symphonic Dances from West Side Story."
Tickets ($14 and $12 general, $12 and $9 seniors and students)
Symphony Spring Concert with the Cal Poly Choirs
Saturday, June 7, 2014
8 p.m. Harman Hall, Performing Arts Center
Cal Poly's symphony and choirs join forces to explore the intersection of music and destiny. Composers throughout the ages have given voice to — and struggled with — the idea of human destiny:
- Tchaikovsky - "Romeo and Julie"t overture-fantasy
- Williams - "Star Wars," suite for orchestra
- Williams - 'Battle of the Heroes,' from "Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith"
- Brahms - "Schicksalslied" (Song of Destiny)
Thomas Davies and David Arrivée, conductors.
Tickets ($14 and $12 general, $12 and $9 seniors and students)