Posted on Facebook 6/8
"…perhaps the first symphony written while its composer was high."
We asked our friend Emily Hogstad (“Song of the Lark” blog) to give us her thoughts about the upcoming “Inside the Classics” concert on June 13. Here’s what Emily wrote:
“At their first Inside the Classics concert of the 2015 season, conductor Sarah Hicks and violist-host Sam Bergman teased their June repertoire as perhaps ‘the first symphony written while its composer was high.’ On Saturday the thirteenth, in a program called Fairy Tales from the Dark Side, they and the Minnesota Orchestra examine the ‘Symphonie fantastique,’ Hector Berlioz's strange and brilliant depiction of his opium-inspired obsession with actress Harriet Smithson. The first half of the concert will be a discussion heavy on insight, intellect, and irony as Sam and Sarah discuss Berlioz and his music. The second half will feature a spellbinding performance of this early romantic - programamatic! - masterwork. Leonard Bernstein once coolly observed: "Berlioz tells it like it is. You take a trip, you wind up screaming at your own funeral." Maybe he's right, but I can promise you this particular trip won't be a bad one!”
You won’t want to miss this one! Tickets ($29) and more info here: http://www.minnesotaorchestra.org/buy/tickets/browse-calendar/eventdetail/456/-/inside-the-classics-fairy-tales-from-the-dark-side#.VWudKc9Viko
"…perhaps the first symphony written while its composer was high."
We asked our friend Emily Hogstad (“Song of the Lark” blog) to give us her thoughts about the upcoming “Inside the Classics” concert on June 13. Here’s what Emily wrote:
“At their first Inside the Classics concert of the 2015 season, conductor Sarah Hicks and violist-host Sam Bergman teased their June repertoire as perhaps ‘the first symphony written while its composer was high.’ On Saturday the thirteenth, in a program called Fairy Tales from the Dark Side, they and the Minnesota Orchestra examine the ‘Symphonie fantastique,’ Hector Berlioz's strange and brilliant depiction of his opium-inspired obsession with actress Harriet Smithson. The first half of the concert will be a discussion heavy on insight, intellect, and irony as Sam and Sarah discuss Berlioz and his music. The second half will feature a spellbinding performance of this early romantic - programamatic! - masterwork. Leonard Bernstein once coolly observed: "Berlioz tells it like it is. You take a trip, you wind up screaming at your own funeral." Maybe he's right, but I can promise you this particular trip won't be a bad one!”
You won’t want to miss this one! Tickets ($29) and more info here: http://www.minnesotaorchestra.org/buy/tickets/browse-calendar/eventdetail/456/-/inside-the-classics-fairy-tales-from-the-dark-side#.VWudKc9Viko
Posted on Facebook 6/4
Sarah Hicks! We love watching her conduct (often with leading-edge technology and always in those 5-inch stilettos!), and if you’ve ever been to an “Inside the Classics” or “Live at Orchestra Hall” concert, we’re sure that you do too.
But did you know that severe tendinitis sidelined her piano studies as a teenager (she was on track to become a professional pianist), and her father suggested that she take up the baton. She studied composition and conducting and Harvard and Curtis, went on to found the Hawaii Summer Symphony, made her way to the MN Orchestra in 2009 to replace Doc Severinsen (who retired as conductor of our Pops concerts), and has since also conducted the LA Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, Boston Pops and others.
Read more about Sarah in this terrific interview conducted by WOSU Radio (central Ohio): http://radio.wosu.org/post/i-overcame-my-own-obstacles-meet-conductor-sarah-hicks
Meet Sarah at the Friends of the MN Orchestra’s “Accent” event at 5:30 pm on Thursday, June 11: http://www.friendsofminnesotaorchestra.org/event/accent-lifelong-learning-6/ Tickets are $25 and include wine, light supper, program and conversation around music.
Then don’t miss the “Inside the Classics” concert on Saturday, June 13, where Sarah conducts Berlioz’ “Symphonie fantastique.” At 8:00 pm she and violist Sam Bergman examine and discuss this unusual composition, and then after intermission the Orchestra performs it. Tickets ($29) and more info here: http://www.minnesotaorchestra.org/buy/tickets/browse-calendar/eventdetail/456/-/inside-the-classics-fairy-tales-from-the-dark-side#.VWudKc9Viko
Sarah Hicks! We love watching her conduct (often with leading-edge technology and always in those 5-inch stilettos!), and if you’ve ever been to an “Inside the Classics” or “Live at Orchestra Hall” concert, we’re sure that you do too.
But did you know that severe tendinitis sidelined her piano studies as a teenager (she was on track to become a professional pianist), and her father suggested that she take up the baton. She studied composition and conducting and Harvard and Curtis, went on to found the Hawaii Summer Symphony, made her way to the MN Orchestra in 2009 to replace Doc Severinsen (who retired as conductor of our Pops concerts), and has since also conducted the LA Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, Boston Pops and others.
Read more about Sarah in this terrific interview conducted by WOSU Radio (central Ohio): http://radio.wosu.org/post/i-overcame-my-own-obstacles-meet-conductor-sarah-hicks
Meet Sarah at the Friends of the MN Orchestra’s “Accent” event at 5:30 pm on Thursday, June 11: http://www.friendsofminnesotaorchestra.org/event/accent-lifelong-learning-6/ Tickets are $25 and include wine, light supper, program and conversation around music.
Then don’t miss the “Inside the Classics” concert on Saturday, June 13, where Sarah conducts Berlioz’ “Symphonie fantastique.” At 8:00 pm she and violist Sam Bergman examine and discuss this unusual composition, and then after intermission the Orchestra performs it. Tickets ($29) and more info here: http://www.minnesotaorchestra.org/buy/tickets/browse-calendar/eventdetail/456/-/inside-the-classics-fairy-tales-from-the-dark-side#.VWudKc9Viko
Posted on Facebook 5/31
Saturday, June 13. “Symphonie fantastique,” a string quartet, UCLA Game Bar, Tron Human Foosball. Make an evening of it!
What are we talking about? Well, it’s just the confluence of an “Inside the Classics” concert by the MN Orchestra and events in/adjacent Orchestra Hall for the Northern Spark Festival!
First, the always-entertaining and always-informative conductor Sarah Hicks and violist Sam Bergman will guide us through the strange world of Berlioz’ “Symphonie fantastique” at 8:00 pm, after which the MN Orchestra will perform the piece under Sarah’s direction. We’ll post more about this concert over the next few days, but meanwhile you can find more info and tickets ($29) here:
http://www.minnesotaorchestra.org/buy/tickets/browse-calendar/eventdetail/456/-/inside-the-classics-fairy-tales-from-the-dark-side#.VWudKc9Viko
The all-night (free!) Northern Spark Festival runs from 9:00 pm to 5:26 am. As part of the Festival, the UCLA Game Lab will transform Target Atrium into a Game Bar. Although it doesn’t open to the public until 9:00, ticket holders for the Inside the Classics concert will be permitted into the Atrium from 7:00 to 8:00 to play! More info here:
http://2015.northernspark.org/project/ucla-game-lab-popup-arcade
Another Northern Spark event is a 10:15 pm performance at Orchestra Hall of “From Amber Frozen” by Mason Bates, performed by a string quartet from the Orchestra (Cecilia Belcher, violin, James Garlick, violin, Sam Bergman, viola, and Pitnarry Shin, cello). Click here to learn more about this composition and performance:
http://2015.northernspark.org/project/from-amber-frozen
Out on Peavey Plaza you can participate in “Tron Human Foosball.” Click here to see a photo and more info – it looks like even the non-athlete can enjoy it!
http://2015.northernspark.org/project/tron-human-foosball
So plan now to take a nap during the day and then stay up all night, starting with Berlioz and ending with a 5:30 am pancake feed at Aria!
Pancake info here: http://2015.northernspark.org/project/pancake-feed
More Festival info here: http://northernspark.org/
(Digital photo by Ingrid Dance)
Saturday, June 13. “Symphonie fantastique,” a string quartet, UCLA Game Bar, Tron Human Foosball. Make an evening of it!
What are we talking about? Well, it’s just the confluence of an “Inside the Classics” concert by the MN Orchestra and events in/adjacent Orchestra Hall for the Northern Spark Festival!
First, the always-entertaining and always-informative conductor Sarah Hicks and violist Sam Bergman will guide us through the strange world of Berlioz’ “Symphonie fantastique” at 8:00 pm, after which the MN Orchestra will perform the piece under Sarah’s direction. We’ll post more about this concert over the next few days, but meanwhile you can find more info and tickets ($29) here:
http://www.minnesotaorchestra.org/buy/tickets/browse-calendar/eventdetail/456/-/inside-the-classics-fairy-tales-from-the-dark-side#.VWudKc9Viko
The all-night (free!) Northern Spark Festival runs from 9:00 pm to 5:26 am. As part of the Festival, the UCLA Game Lab will transform Target Atrium into a Game Bar. Although it doesn’t open to the public until 9:00, ticket holders for the Inside the Classics concert will be permitted into the Atrium from 7:00 to 8:00 to play! More info here:
http://2015.northernspark.org/project/ucla-game-lab-popup-arcade
Another Northern Spark event is a 10:15 pm performance at Orchestra Hall of “From Amber Frozen” by Mason Bates, performed by a string quartet from the Orchestra (Cecilia Belcher, violin, James Garlick, violin, Sam Bergman, viola, and Pitnarry Shin, cello). Click here to learn more about this composition and performance:
http://2015.northernspark.org/project/from-amber-frozen
Out on Peavey Plaza you can participate in “Tron Human Foosball.” Click here to see a photo and more info – it looks like even the non-athlete can enjoy it!
http://2015.northernspark.org/project/tron-human-foosball
So plan now to take a nap during the day and then stay up all night, starting with Berlioz and ending with a 5:30 am pancake feed at Aria!
Pancake info here: http://2015.northernspark.org/project/pancake-feed
More Festival info here: http://northernspark.org/
(Digital photo by Ingrid Dance)
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