DANCE & Rachmaninoff
Nov 3, 2024 (SUN) @ 2:00pm
Santa Monica College Performing Arts Center*
Eli and Edythe Broad Stage
1310 11th St, Santa Monica
Roger Kalia, conductor
Eric Byers, cello
Program
Bernstein: Overture to Candide
Anna Clyne: DANCE for cello and orchestra
Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2
About this performance: This program opens with gusto and joy with Leonard Bernstein‘s brilliant Overture to Candide. Written in 2019 by British composer Anna Clyne, DANCE is a five-movement work based upon a five-line poem by the 13th-century poet Rumi. Cellist Eric Byers returns to perform with OSM in this rich, compelling work. Sergei Rachmaninoff‘s passionate Symphony No. 2 is a masterpiece of romantic music. It was an instant success when it premiered in 1908 and continues to be revered to this day.
These programs are supported, in part, by the City of Santa Monica, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Department of Arts and Culture, and The Musicians Performance Trust Fund.
Orchestra Santa Monica is also supported, in part, by the LA County Department of Arts and Culture as part of Creative Recovery LA, an initiative funded by the American Rescue Plan.
*The program does not constitute an endorsement by Santa Monica College.