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SFCO Season Program
ADMISSION IS FREE TO ALL SFCO EVENTS
Each season, the SFCO presents five free concerts of classical favorites, rarely heard repertoire, accessible
contemporary works and world premieres of compositions by New Mexico composers. Please revisit
this page periodically to receive the latest information on the SFCO's upcoming concerts and education programs.
Programs and artists subject to change.
Educate Your Ear
Brahms: Melodic Shape-Shifting and Romantic Reserve
Friday, September 30, at 7 pm,
in the James A. Little Theater
at the New Mexico School for the Deaf.
Join us as we explore the intricate, intimate world of Brahms' Symphony No. 2.
Oliver's engaging, informative commentary and musical illustrations by the SFCO will take you
inside the music to reveal the transforming melodies, rhythmic subtleties, and retreating harmonies
of this beloved work, followed by a complete performance of the first movement.
Educate Your Ear it will change the way you hear!
Free Admission, Donations Appreciated
Fall Concert
Sunday, October 2, 2016 at 2:30 p.m.
James A. Little Theater
at the New Mexico School for the Deaf
Featuring:
Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73
Beethoven: Egmont Overture
Side-by-Side: with students from Aspen Community Magnet School Band
Free Admission, Donations Appreciated
Educate Your Ear
Erkki Melartin: Greatness in the Shadow of Sibelius
Friday, December 2, 2016 at 7:00 p.m.
James A. Little Theater
at the New Mexico School for the Deaf
Join us as we explore the first movement of Erkki Melartin’s fabulous, rarely performed
Symphony No. 5, which premiered in 1916. Melartin
wrote music that is rich in
expression, romantic on the edge of modernism, and full of lyrical melodies and
rousing climaxes.
Oliver’s engaging, informative commentary and musical
illustrations by the SFCO will take you inside the music and the life
and times
of this wonderful, undiscovered Finnish composer, followed by a complete
performance of the first movement.
Free Admission, Donations Appreciated
Educate Your Ear -
it will change the way you hear!
Winter Concert
Sunday, December 4, 2016 at 2:30 p.m.
James A. Little Theater
at the New Mexico School for the Deaf
Featuring:
Márquez: Danzón No. 2
Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez
Roberto Capocchi, guitar
Melartin: Symphony No. 5 (Sinfonia brevis), Op. 90
Free Admission, Donations Appreciated
Choral Extravaganza!
Sunday, March 5, 2017 at 4:00 p.m.
Lensic Performing Arts Center
Mozart: Great Mass in C minor with the SFCO Community Chorus
Kodály: Te Deum with the combined Santa Fe High, St. John's College, and Santa Fe University of Art and Design Choirs
Featured soloists:
Cecilia Leitner and Christina Martos, sopranos, Tjett Gerdom, tenor, and Carlos Archuleta, baritone
Free Admission, Donations Appreciated
Educate Your Ear Concert
Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony?
Sunday April 9, at 2:30 pm
St. Francis Auditorium in the New Mexico Museum of Art
Join us for a closer look at Vaughan Williams’ brilliant, brassy, folksy, mysterious Symphony No. 2, A London Symphony. Is it
“absolute music” focusing on musical relationships only, or an evocative musical “tone poem" describing London in the
early 1900s? During the first half of the program Oliver’s commentary and musical examples by the SFCO will give you a guided tour
of the music and the life of the composer. Then, after intermission, you'll hear a full performance of the work.
Free Admission, Donations Appreciated
Educate Your Ear -
it will change the way you hear!
SFCO Season Finale:
Sunday June 4, 2017 at 2:30 pm
St. Francis Auditorium in the New Mexico Museum of Art
Blanchard: The Ruins of Quivira: World Premiere
Winner of the SFCO Composition Competition
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
Free Admission, Donations Appreciated
