San Juan Symphony to Present “Once Upon a Time” in 2009-2010 Concert Season

 

Durango, CO – When Arthur Post steps to the podium next month to begin
his eighth season as Music Director of the San Juan Symphony, he will
confirm our suspicion that music is good at telling stories.  Our season,
themed Once Upon a Time, will feature engaging and colorful music
inspired by fairy tales, folk tales, myths and fables, tall tales and
short stories.

The first Once Upon a Time concert, Lovers and Dreamers, is scheduled for
Saturday, October 3 at 7:30 pm at Henderson Performance Hall in
Farmington and Sunday, October 4 at 3 pm at the Community Concert Hall at
Fort Lewis College in Durango, and will feature Rachel Barton Pine on
violin.  Highlights of the program include Kodaly’s Háry János-Suite,
Chausson’s Poéme, op. 25 andSaint-Saëns’Introduction and Rondo
capriccioso, op. 28.

From the Old Country will see the San Juan Symphony travel to Telluride
for the third year, and will feature the splendid voices of the Durango
Choral Society and the Telluride Choral Society, as well as returning
soloists Steven Meredith, Christopher Bengochea, and Gemma Kavanagh.  The
program will feature works of Liadov, Brahms and Mahler’s Forest Legend. 
Performances will be held on Saturday, November 14 at 7 pm at the Michael
D. Palm Theater in Telluride and on Sunday, November 15 at 3 pm at the
Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College in Durango.

A Thousand and One Bedtime Stories will feature up and coming pianist
Spencer Meyer performing the poetry and fantasy of Chopin’s popular F
minor concerto.  Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade and selections from
Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake will round out the program.  This concert will
also feature Side-by-Side performances by middle and high school
musicians.  Performances are scheduled for Saturday, February 20 at 7:30
pm at the Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College in Durango and
Sunday, February 21 at 3 pm at Henderson Performance Hall in Farmington.

American Idols will feature the American stories we grew up with.  Set to
inventive American music, these timeless stories entertain us, and always
bring us home. Durango’s resident historian, Duane Smith, will narrate
Casey at the Bat.  Other selections include Copland’s Billy the Kid Suite,
Kern’s Mark Twain, Jabberwocky, from Through the Looking Glass and The
Wizard of Oz Concert Suite.  Performance will be held on Saturday, April
17 at 7:30 pm at the Community Concert Hall  at Fort Lewis College in
Durango and on Sunday, April 18 at 3:00pm at Henderson Performance Hall
in Farmington.

For tickets or information, call the Community Concert Hall in Durango at
970.247.7657, Henderson Performance Hall in Farmington at 505-566-3430,
or the Michael D. Palm Theater in Telluride at 970.369.5675.

For more information, please call the SJS office at 970-382-9753, or
visit online at www.sanjuansymphony.org.