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Folk MusicSunday, Jun. 4, 2023 at 4:00 PM
Santa Cruz Community Church, 411 Roxas St., Santa CruzMusic for strings based on native idioms—plus a solo turn for Shannon!Franz Schubert – Five German Dances, D.90
Gustav Holst – St. Paul’s Suite
Ludwig van Beethoven – Romance in F, Op. 70
Shannon D’Antonio, Violin Soloist
Béla Bartók – Divertimento -
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Italienisches Liederbuch(The Book of Italian Songs)Benefit RecitalThursday, Jul. 27, 2023 at 5:30 PM
United Methodist Church, 250 California St., Santa CruzA rare opportunity to hear one of the most unceasingly inspired German song cycles.Lori Schulman – Soprano
Kirk Eichelbeger – Bass
Michel Singher – Piano
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Overcast, ClearingSunday, Sept. 10, 2023 at 4:00 PM
Santa Cruz Community Church, 411 Roxas Street, Santa Cruz, CAA precocious work; Celtic brooding; and Romantic charm.Benjamin Britten – Sinfonietta, Op. 1
Arnold Bax – Nonet
Franz Lachner – Nonet
Reviews
Espressivo’s opening concert of its 6th Season on September 19, 2021 began with Arcangelo Corelli’s Concerto Grosso, Opus 6, Nr. 3. Espressivo performed a resounding celebration of Corelli’s colorful baroque music, full of character and cheery with sweet violins accompanied by a solid continuo. Next was the Concerto for English Horn, Opus 34, a late work of the Venetian composer Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari. Peter Lemberg, the soloist in the concerto was brilliant in this rarely performed gem. The program concluded with Mozart’s Symphony Nr. 29. Its light-hearted charm and elegance resulted in a work which was entertaining and delightful.
– Santa Cruz Sentinel September 23, 2021“Masterpieces by three major American composers received consistently strong performances in Espressivo’s “An American Heritage” program at Peace United Church in Santa Cruz on March 30.” – Roger Emanuels, Performing Arts Monterey Bay April 3, 2017
“This performance [of Anton Webern's “Five Pieces for Orchestra”] emphasized the titles of the movements that abound with words like “tenderly,” “extremely calm” and “very flowing.” As disjointed as the music might seem, conductor Singher created a forward flow that provided a lovely connection of sounds that became the melody.” – Roger Emanuels, Performing Arts Monterey Bay October 11, 2016
“the Colligan Theater in Santa Cruz almost sold out of seats to those who came to hear the Espressivo orchestra play Schoenberg [“Pierrot lunaire”] and Stravinsky [“Histoire du Soldat”] in an ambitious undertaking” – Scott MacClelland, Performing Arts Monterey Bay April 12, 2016
“The full house rewarded the performance with a sustained standing ovation–shared I'm sure by the composer, this work [Gustav Mahler’s “Das Lied von der Erde”], the performers and their conductor’s insightful vision.” – Scott MacClelland, Performing Arts Monterey Bay January 12, 2016
“[Mozart, Ibert, Wagner, Hindemith were] a tremendous success under conductor Michel Singher" – Roger Emanuels, Performing Arts Monterey Bay September 14, 2015