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Dear ALAN RUSSELL,
It's the festive time of year again--with cookies and
pies, family and fun, dinners and excursions. Even the music of the
season is special, filled with traditional songs and carols.
This may be the Symphony's busiest season. From
Thanksgiving until shortly after New Year's, we will produce multiple
concerts, support the Ballet and other arts groups, and bring a wide
range of marvelous music to you, our audience.
First up, we welcome back two outstanding artists
for a romantic treat. Three years ago, conductor Gregory Vajda
brought us Gypsy
Airs, featuring 19-year old violin prodigy Lajos Sarkozi.
It's only fitting that this December, he leads the orchestra together
with another remarkable young violinist, Mayuko Kamio,
the subject of our feature article below.
A week later, the Symphony Chorale's annual 'Carols in the
California' will light up the California Theatre.
This season it features Too
Hot to Handel, an irresistible jazz-gospel take on
Handel's The
Messiah.
Just before New Year's, Bugs, Elmer, Daffy, Wiley E. and
more join conductor George
Daugherty and the Symphony Silicon Valley to
bring you Bugs
Bunny at the Symphony II, classic cartoons all with
their original classical music scores played live.
There's a lot going on. I hope you find time in your
holiday plans for a little holiday music!
Andrew Bales,
President
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Young Spinner of
Silken Tones
 When our scheduled soloist took ill last season,
violinist Mayuko Kamio stepped in as a substitute -- and departed
a sensation. Listeners were enthralled; reviews were ecstatic.
Now, she makes a triumphant return to the California Theatre, to play
Tchaikovsky's violin concerto: heart-felt, melody-filled, and
technically daunting, an ideal showcase for an astonishing artist.
The evening's first half contrasts Mozart's 'most perfect and
popular' serenade with Stravinsky's edgy experiment in the elegant style
of Mozart's 18th century.
Ms. Kamio won first prize at the Young Concert Artists
Auditions at age 13 and made her New York recital debut in 2003.
Just four years later, she won the gold medal at the Tchaikovsky
Competition in Moscow. The New York Times calls Ms. Kamio's an
"exciting young musician" and "a radiant talent,"
"distinguished by her warmly luxurious, buttery tone and long,
seamless phrases."
The head of SONY BMG Masterworks adds, "I was
delighted to witness a unanimous standing ovation for her performance.
She will undoubtedly be one of the most inspired and gifted
violinists on the international concert circuit."
Ms.Kamio's violin is a 1735 Guarneri del Gesu
"Sennhauser", on loan from The Stradivari Society. It
was once owned by the 19th-century virtuoso Joseph Joachim.
Click the links below to connect to Ms. Kamio on
Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, and her official fan club! Be sure to
brush up on your Japanese!
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A sample of Ms. Kamio performing
Tchaikovsky's violin concerto.
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Kamio
Plays Tchaikovsky
December 7 & 8, 2013
California Theatre, San Jose, CA
Tickets $41-83
(408) 286-2600
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Carols in the California
feat. "Too Hot to Handel"
Saturday December 14,
7:00pm
Tickets $35
Join the Symphony Silicon
Valley Chorale singing "Too Hot to Handel",
plus sing-a-long carols and our own special rendition of the Twelve
Days of Christmas. Family fun and holiday music!
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Warner Bros. presents
Bugs Bunny
at the Symphony II
Saturday Dec 28, 2:30pm
& 7:30pm
Sunday Dec 29, 2:30pm
All tickets $62 ($36 for
kids!)
Created and Conducted by George
Daugherty. Bugs Bunny at the Symphony II celebrates the world's most beloved Looney
Tunes and their legendary
stars projected on the big screen while their extraordinary original
scores are played LIVE by your Symphony Silicon Valley.
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Beethoven, Strauss, Liszt
Saturday Jan 25, 8:00pm
Sunday Jan 26, 2:30pm
Tickets $41-83
Meet the world-renowned Nobilis
Trio. Its master
musicians join the orchestra in Beethoven's concerto for three
voices. Trio pianist Stephen
Prutsman and orchestra
follow with the sparkling and prodigiously difficult Burleske.
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SYMPHONY PLAYS FOR
THE BALLET
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December 8 - 23
Nearly 100 dancers fill the stage with classic holiday magic and
season surprises in Karen Gabay's stylish, smart staging that brims
with bravura dancing and just the right amount of gingerbread to put
even Ebenezer Scrooge in the holiday spirit. This is the traditional
Nutcracker to see! Tickets on sale now!
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February 14 - 16
From the first ballet George Balanchine created in America to last
season's runaway hit by Jorma Elo to inventive Israeli choreographer
Ohad Naharin's engaging tour-de-force that sparkles with
improvisation and literally brings audience members to their feet,
this program has remarkable range and sophistication.
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ABOUT SYMPHONY
SILICON VALLEY
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Symphony Silicon Valley is the professional symphony
orchestra of San Jose. Founded in 2002, the nonprofit company has
progressed from a daring idea to rapidly become the greater South Bay's
premiere orchestra and a notable community success story. The
Symphony's artists, nationally recruited, locally resident, with an
average performance tenure in San Jose of over 20 years, are recognized
as among the best in the greater Bay Area. Led by an exciting
roster of distinguished guest conductors on the European model, the
Symphony is an anchor tenant of San Jose's magnificently restored
downtown California Theatre, one of Northern California's most
outstanding music halls. Symphony Silicon Valley is setting an
example of an innovative business model in the arts -- market driven
and financially conservative, with low overhead and the flexibility to
match its programming to its support base. Besides the
Orchestra's core Classics programming, the Symphony's other concerts
include Target Summer Pops free music festival, five diverse concerts
produced outdoors on the lawn and annually bringing nearly 17,000
people out to enjoy totally free and family-friendly music; and
ArtSPARK, the County's new arts education program for all elementary
students in grades 3-6. This school year the program will serve 33,000
students.
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