The Pleasanton Chamber Players in Concert:
"The French
Touch"
The Pleasanton Chamber Players will present their one and only 2008 concert
on Sunday, February 24 at 3:00 p.m. under the auspices of "Pleasanton
Civic Arts Presents" at the Amador Theatre, 1155 Santa Rita Road,
Pleasanton, CA. Admission is $15, $20 and $25 and the Amador Theater box
office will be open from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. each day for phone and
walk-up ticket sales. Tickets can also be purchased online at www.ci.pleasanton.ca.us/community/arts/civic-arts.html or call 925-931-3444.
The main narrative of this event, entitled The French
Touch, will take
the audience on a musical voyage from the Baroque era to modern times,
revisiting well-known composers while also unveiling less recognized characteristics
of the French repertoire and style. Strings, flute, clarinet, voice, harp
and piano will gather in various intimate groupings of 2, 3 or 4 giving
each performer the opportunity to sing and soar.
The French Suite, arranged from a 1729 collection of Chansons
by British composer William Alwyn, will open the program, followed by the Trio
of the Young Ishmaelites, an interlude from Berlioz's Cantata
L'Enfance du Christ.
Liszt's symphonic poem Orpheus will be performed in a trio version
by Camille Saint-Saëns and the piano solo Ballade by Claude
Debussy in a trio arrangement by Dominique Piana. The other works, from
the Three
Water Colors by Philippe
Gaubert , the Terzettino by Théodore Dubois, Une
Flûte
Invisible by Saint-Saëns,
Portrait by Cécile Chaminade, the famous Habanera by
Maurice Ravel, the wondrous Elégie by Gabriel Fauré and
to the brilliant Finale from a Trio
by Vincent d'Indy,
promise each to charm and enlighten.
Performers featured are Cecilia Huang (violin), Melissa Huang (viola),
Gay Dunn (cello), Lawrence Granger (cello), Karen Veca (flute), Joseph
Bonfiglio (clarinet), Dominique Piana (harp), Priscilla Granger (piano)
and Alison Collins, our guest soprano, a former student of Pleasanton's
own renowned Erie Mills, who is now herself on the faculty of San Jose
State and Chabot College.
For information about the Pleasanton Chamber Players,
call 925-600-1331 or e-mail dominiquepiana@comcast.net.