San José Chamber Orchestra continues its 2024-2025 season with A TRIP TO THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE, featuring Astor Piazzolla’s The Seasons and Pablo E. Furman’s Paso del Fuego.
The Program:
· Ástor Piazzolla, The Seasons. The Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas, also known as the Estaciones Porteñas or The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires, are a set of four tago compositions written by Ástor Piazzolla, arranged by Leonid Desyatnikov, which were originally conceived and treated as different compositions rather than one suite, although Piazzolla performed them together from time to time. The pieces were scored for his quintet of violin (viola), piano, electric guitar, double bass and bandoneón.
· Pablo Furman, Paso del Fuego. A longtime music professor at San José State University, award-winning composer Pablo Furman’s concerto in four movements for string quartet and chamber orchestra is titled “Paso del Fuego,” which means “Passage of Fire.” It was originally commissioned and premiered by the San José Chamber Orchestra in collaboration with the Cypress Quartet in 2010.
"Pablo Furman’s concerto for string quartet and chamber orchestra is titled “Paso del Fuego,” which means “Passage of Fire.” It is an apt title. To hear this piece is to be carried along a road of blazing colors, through rugged terrain that’s virtually sandblasted by rhythm and topped with melodies speaking of beautiful doom. It grabs the gut. It fascinates." --- SJ Mercury News
TICKET PRICES: $15 to $75. NO FEES
Adults: $65/$75
Seniors: $55/$65 (Age 62 and above)
Students: $15/$25
The artistry of violinist Liana Bérubé is inextricably intertwined with self-knowledge and self-compassion. Her openly expressive aesthetic, described as “searching mastery” (Charleston Gazette-Mail), has been heard in North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. She is co-founder and violinist of the Delphi Trio. Concerto performances include appearances with Thirteen Strings Chamber Orchestra, Sinfonia Toronto, Bear Valley Music Festival Orchestra, the Oakland Symphony, the San Jose Chamber Orchestra, and the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra. She is currently concertmaster of the San José Chamber Orchestra.
Full bio: https://www.lianaberube.com/bio
Photo of Liana Bérubé courtesy of the artist and San José Chamber Orchestra.