Photo by Richard Bowditch
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg’s seventh season as music director of the New Century Chamber Orchestra will feature a commissioned new work from Derek Bermel, guest violinist Glenn Dicterow leading masterworks from the string chamber repertoire, the ensemble's first performance at the Green Music Center, and a first-time collaboration with the San Francisco Girls Chorus in a program of holiday music.
Dicterow, the outgoing New York Philharmonic concertmaster, retiring after 34 years, is making an important guest appearance with the ensemble. He will lead works by Brahms and Mozart.
In four subscription concerts, New Century performs a wide range of repertoire spanning four centuries including Stravinsky’s Pulcinella Suite, Mahler’s transcription of the Schubert String Quartet D.810 ("Death and the Maiden"), Brahms’ Sextet for Strings in Bb Major, Mozart’s Divertimento K. 136, the Bizet-Shchedrin Carmen Suite, and Arvo Pärt's Fratres.
Composer/virtuoso clarinetist Bermel appears as a performer on the season opening program and returns later in the season to introduce a commissioned new work for string orchestra. Salerno-Sonnenberg takes the stage as soloist for Vivaldi’s Four Seasons in a program that features a variety of holiday classics and the San Francisco Girls Chorus. The concerts will be presented throughout the Bay Area.