LIVE / MSYO Virtual Season Finale Concert

Modesto Symphony Youth Orchestra Virtual Season Finale Concert

HOSTED BY RYAN MURRAY

Tune in live and watch the Modesto Symphony Youth Orchestra’s virtual Season Finale Concert! This virtual concert will feature both MSYO orchestras performing pieces by Bizet, Grieg, Puccini, and Rossini as well as two MSYO student soloists!

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PROGRAM

MSYO CONCERT ORCHESTRA

• Edvard Grieg, arr. Merle J. Isaac
  Norwegian Dances Nos. 2 & 3

• Georges Bizet, arr. Merle J. Isaac
  “Farandole” from L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2

MSYO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

• Gioachino Rossini 
  Overture to The Barber of Seville

• Giacomo Puccini
  “Intermezzo” from Manon Lescaut

• Edvard Grieg
  “In the Hall of the Mountain King” from Peer Gynt Suite

STUDENT SOLOISTS

FRANCISCO ORTIZ, TRUMPET

• Remo Giazotto & Tomaso Albinoni, transcribed by Giovanni Orsomando
  Adagio in G Minor

RYAN GURULE, CELLO

• Sergei Prokofiev
  Cello Sonata in C Major, Op. 119

  • II. Moderato - Andante dolce - Moderato primo

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We’d love to hear what you thought about this program. Your feedback will help us plan future events!

Thank you to our generous MSYO donors whose gifts made the 2020-21 MSYO season possible. Click here for further information on how you can support MSYO, or contact Carole Richard, Director of Development, at crichard@modestosymphony.org, or call 209-523-4156. Dates, program, and artists subject to change. E&OE.

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LIVE / Chamber Music at Home with the MSO

Chamber Music at Home with the MSO

HOSTED BY RYAN MURRAY

Tune in for a chamber music concert featuring the MSO Chamber String Ensemble, principal flute Johanna Borenstein, and principal bassoon David Granger. The program will include pieces by J.S. Bach, Florence Price, Gustav Holst, and a segment honoring the MSO’s 90th Anniversary.

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PROGRAM

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Divertimento in F Major, K. 138 in F major, I. Allegro 

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Flute Sonata in A Minor, H.562, I. Poco adagio 

Johann Sebastian Bach
Cello Suite No. 2, BWV 1008, I. Prélude 

Florence Price arr. Elaine Fine
Adoration

Niccolò Paganini
Caprice No. 13 in Bb Major “Devil’s Laughter”

Wilson Osborne
Rhapsody for Bassoon

Gustav Holst
St. Paul’s Suite, Op. 29 No. 2, IV. Finale (“The Dargason”) 

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We’d love to hear what you thought about this program. Your feedback will help us plan future events!

This concert is dedicated to the memory of Anthony “Tony” Collins, MSO second trombone.

This virtual performance is free to all and supported in part by Judy and Mike Herrero. Dates, program, and artists subject to change. E&OE.

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LIVE / MSYO Virtual Spring Concert

Modesto Symphony Youth Orchestra Virtual Spring Concert

HOSTED BY RYAN MURRAY

Tune in live and watch the Modesto Symphony Youth Orchestra’s virtual Spring Concert! This concert will feature both MSYO orchestras performing movements from Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 and Dvořák’s “New World” Symphony as well as three MSYO student soloists!

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PROGRAM

MSYO CONCERT ORCHESTRA

• Rimsky-Korsakov, arr. Sandra Dackow:
  Dance of the Tumblers from “Snow Maiden”

• Beethoven, arranged by Charles Woodhouse:
  “Finale” from 5th Symphony

MSYO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

• Mascagni:
  “Intermezzo” from Cavalleria rusticana  

• Dvořák:
  Symphony No. 9, op. 95 (“New World”), IV. Allegro con fuoco 
  

MSYO STUDENT SOLOISTS

RYLAN POST, VIOLIN

• Bériot:
  Concerto No. 9 in A Minor, Op. 104, I. Allegro maestoso 

BELLA DAVILA, CELLO

• Marcello:
  Sonata No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 1 No. 2, I. Adagio & II. Allegro 

MIKE CHEN, FLUTE

• Telemann:
  Ouverture Suite in A Minor, TWV 55:a2, V. Réjouissance

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We’d love to hear what you thought about this program. Your feedback will help us plan future events!

This series is free to all and supported in part by Ceres Pipe & Metal, by Doug & Susan Highiet, and Freda & Rod Motto. Dates, program, and artists subject to change. E&OE.

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LIVE / Holidays at Home with the MSO

Holidays at Home with the MSO

HOSTED BY RYAN MURRAY

Get in the holiday spirit with the MSO! We’ve created a festive virtual concert for you to enjoy at home that features the MSO Brass Quintet and members of the MSO Chorus! You’ll hear some of your favorite holiday music along with a special performance by the Central West Ballet!

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PROGRAM

MSO BRASS QUINTET

• Chanukkah Latkes by Traditional, arr. Forrest Byram

• Sleigh Ride by Leroy Anderson, arr. Keith Snell

• Canzona per Sonare No. 2 by Giovanni Gabrieli, arr. Robert King

MSO CHORUS

Daniel R. Afonso Jr., chorus director

• The First Noel by John Stainer

• Joy to the World by Lowell Mason & Isaac Watts

Violin Solo

• Passacaglia in G minor (“The Guardian Angel”) from Rosary Sonatas by Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber

  • performed by MSO Associate Concertmaster, Ilana Blumberg Thomas

Central West Ballet

• The Nutcracker, op. 71, Pas de Deux & Coda by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

  • Performed by Noelle Im & Mario Vitale Laborador
    

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We’d love to hear what you thought about this program. Your feedback will help us plan future events!

This virtual performance is free to all and supported in part by Morgan Stanley, Kelly McMurray, Senior Vice President. Dates, program, and artists subject to change. E&OE.

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LIVE / MSO at Home: Julian Schwarz in Recital

MSO at Home: Julian Schwarz in Recital

Featuring

Julian Schwarz, cello
Marika Bournaki, piano

HOSTED BY RYAN MURRAY

 The Modesto Symphony Orchestra (MSO) presents MSO at Home: Julian Schwarz in Recital, featuring Julian Schwarz, cello and Marika Bournaki, piano! Hosted live by Associate Conductor Ryan Murray on Wednesday, October 21 at 7:00 pm. The virtual performance features a variety of works for cello by Beethoven, Brahms, Korngold and more.

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PROGRAM

Cello Sonata in D Major, Op. 102, No. 2
I. Allegro con brio
Ludwig van Beethoven

Suite for Violin & Piano after Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, Op. 11 
III. Scene in the Garden, IV. Masquerade: Hornpipe
Erich Wolfgang Korngold, arr. J. Schwarz

Méditation Hébraïque
Ernest Bloch

Scherzo from FAE Sonata for Violin & Piano
Johannes Brahms, arr. J. Schwarz

Sonata for Cello & Piano in D Minor
II. Sérénade, III. Finale
Claude Debussy

4 African Dances, Op. 58
II. Andantino
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. arr. J. Schwarz

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We’d love to hear what you thought about this program. Your feedback will help us plan future events!

This virtual performance is free to all.
Dates, program, and artists subject to change. E&OE

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LIVE / MSO at Home: Spotlight on the MSYO

MSO at Home: Spotlight on the MSYO

FEATURING RYAN MURRAY & DON GRISHAW

HOSTED BY RYAN MURRAY

Tune in and catch performances by MSYO Music Director Ryan Murray on bassoon, conductor Don Grishaw will be joined by his son (an MSYO alum) for a viola duet, and a virtual string quartet performance by some of our MSYO students and alumni!

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PROGRAM to Include:

• Ryan Murray on bassoon

• Don and Andrew Grishaw performing a viola duet

• The MSYO String Quartet performing a piece by Vivaldi

• Selections from past MSYO concerts

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We’d love to hear what you thought about this program. Your feedback will help us plan future events!

This virtual performance is free to all and supported in part by H. Dieter and Hanna Renning.
Dates, program, and artists subject to change. E&OE

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LIVE / MSO at Home: John Hillebrandt in Recital

John Hillebrandt in Recital

HOSTED BY RYAN MURRAY

The MSO's first virtual recital! Tune in and reconnect with Ryan Murray and MSO pianist John Hillebrandt as he performs live from his home.

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PROGRAM

Maurice Ravel
Jeux d'eau (Fountains)

Frederic Chopin
Ballade No.4 in F Minor, Op. 52

John Hillebrandt
Nocturne 

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We’d love to hear what you thought about this program. Your feedback will help us plan future events!

This virtual performance is free for all and supported in part by Caroline Nickel & Tony Vlcek

MSO at Home: Johanna Borenstein performs Debussy

Modesto Symphony's principal flute, Johanna Borenstein, blends storytelling and song in her performance of Debussy's Syrinx.

MSO at Home: Don & Andrew Grishaw perform Hans Gál

Music making at the Grishaw house in Turlock, CA. Don Grishaw, on the piano, is a longtime member of the violin section of the Modesto Symphony. He also conducts Modesto Symphony Youth Concert Orchestra. Don and his son, Andrew Grishaw, perform the Impromptu for Viola and Piano by Hans Gál. Be safe and stay well!

MSO at Home: Associate Conductor Ryan Murray plays Puccini's La bohème

Modesto Symphony's Associate Conductor and MSYO Music Director, Ryan Murray offers some insights on what he's working on while at home, and shares a piano and bassoon duet of himself performing the aria "Che gelida manina" from Puccini's La bohème.

MSO at Home: Trombonist Tony Collins plays Castérède

Modesto Symphony's Tony Collins, trombone, plays Castérède's Sonatine for Trombone and Piano: II. Andante sostenuto for our audiences at home.

MSO at Home: Violist Katy Juneau's Practice Space

"Keep well, be healthy, take good care of yourselves." ❤️🎻 Violist Katy Juneau sends her well wishes and gives a tour of her home studio.