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Antelope Valley Symphony Orchestra and Master Chorale | Antelope Valley College Concert Choir

David Newby, Artistic Director

Autumn Romance Classical Christmas Stars of Tomorrow Ode to Joy

October 17, 2015 | 8 pm December 12, 2015 | 8 pm March 26, 2016 | 8 pm May 21, 2016 | 8 pm

Frederic Chopin, Piano Concerto Johann Sebastian Bach, Cantata 147, “Herz Bach Competition Winners Antelope Valley Symphony Orchestra
No . 1 in E Minor, Op.11 und Mund und Tat und Leben” Recital | 7 pm Antelope Valley Master Chorale
Francis Poulenc, Gloria Concerto Competition Winners, TBA Antelope Valley College Concert Choir
Leah Kang, piano Beethoven, Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 123
Piotr I. Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 6 With its timeless chorus “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Winners of the AVSOMC’s 2016 Gail Newby
in B Minor, Op. 74 (“Pathètique”) Desiring,” Bach’s Advent cantata offers a Concerto Competition join the orchestra. Beethoven’s inclusion of choir in his final
beautiful start to the holiday season. symphony helped establish it as a unique
Former Antelope Valley College music Poulenc’s masterwork for chorus and orchestra, Bach Competition winners perform a prelude masterwork. Based on Friederich Schiller’s An die
instructor Leah Kang performs Chopin’s first Gloria, is a masterwork of sonority and color. recital at 7 pm. Freude, the symphony is a universal acclimation
piano concerto, which the composer premiered of brotherhood.
as a farewell to his native Poland. Tchaikovsky
acknowledged a“private and personal”program Tickets for each performance:
for his Sixth Symphony and considered it his $20 | Senior, Military, AVC Staff $18 | Youth (Under 18), AVC Students $10
greatest composition. Premiered only nine
days before his death, the work has been a
cornerstone of symphonic repertoire ever since.

Antelope Valley College Performing Arts Theatre | 3041 West Ave. K, Lancaster, CA 93536 | (661) 722-6580 | tickets.avc.edu

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