El Campanil: Contra Costa Chamber Orchestra

Contra Costa Chamber Orchestra

Formed in the late 1970s, the Contra Costa Chamber Orchestra has established a presence throughout the county.  The orchestra is comprised of forty-five musicians ranging in age from 15 to 94 who are music teachers, accountants, students, electricians, mechanics, homemakers, lawyers, retirees, dentists, engineers and computer specialists. Primarily Contra Costa residents, their only remuneration is the stimulation and satisfaction of rehearsing and performing together.  In addition to the five-concert season at the Lesher Center, the orchestra also nurtures its dedication to the community by providing affordable performances to the residents of East Contra Costa County at El Campanil Theatre.

“Making Overtures”
In music, an Overture is an orchestral composition that forms the prelude or introduction to an opera, oratorio or musical, and CCCO’s program, Making Overtures is, literally, a prelude to our new season. The program showcases overtures in a wide variety of musical styles and spanning the centuries,  from late 18th century works by Gluck and Mozart, to early 19th century works by Beethoven, Rossini and Schubert, and works from the mid-late 1800’s  by Glinka and Offenbach, to a modern overture by young Spanish film composer Oscar Navarro.

Tickets (General Seating):

• Adults: $15
• Seniors (62 & Over): $12
• Students: $7

Program

• The Star Spangled Banner: John Stafford Smith/Orchestrated by Walter Damrosch
• Overture to Russlan and Ludmilla: Mikhail Glinka
• Overture to Iphigenia in Aulis: Christoph Willibald Gluck
• Overture to Marriage of Figaro,  K.492: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Overture to La Gazza Ladra: Gioacchino Rossini
• INTERMISSION
• Overture to Egmont, Op. 84: Ludwig van Beerthoven
• Rosamunde Overture, Op. 26 (D797): Franz Schubert
• Overture to La belle Helene: Jacques Offenbach
• Downey Overture: Oscar Navarro

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