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December 1, 2012
Celebrating 50 Seasons

Doors open at 6:45 p.m.
Prelude talk from 7–7:30 p.m.
Concert begins at 8 p.m.

Bankhead Theater, 2400 First Street, Livermore, California

Darter: Celebrations

Brahms: Violin Concerto
Stuart Canin, soloist

Brahms: Symphony No. 1

To read the concert program insert, including program notes, click here (950K pdf).
To listen to the Prelude lecture
by Art Barnes, Peter Curzon, and Tom Darter, click here (23.5MB mp3).

50th Anniversary Season logoDr. Arthur Barnes and the orchestra open the Livermore-Amador Symphony's Golden Season—its fiftieth—with music that powerfully celebrates the orchestra's half-century of musical achievement.

Noted Livermore composer Tom Darter's LAS-commissioned work "Celebrations" receives its premiere, kicking into high gear a yearlong celebration of music and festivity. Brahms' monumental First Symphony is often called "Beethoven’s Tenth"; it compellingly captures the revolution of musical technique and emotion in force during the mid-nineteenth century. Brahms' violin concerto is considered one of the greats of the form, and it continues the enthusiastic tone of the season.

photo of Stuart CaninThe orchestra will be joined by Stuart Canin, concertmaster of the San Francisco Symphony from 1970 to 1980 and concertmaster of the San Francisco Opera from 1970 to 1972. Born in New York City, Canin studied the violin with famed pedagogue Ivan Galamian. In 1959, he surpassed 25 other violinists to capture first prize at the Paganini International Violin Competition in Genoa, Italy. One year later he was honored by his native city with its highest cultural award, the Handel Medal, in recognition of his musical achievements.

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