FEB 2020 Update: While OCO currently maintains a sturdy roster, we invite additional violins, violas, and bass to join our upcoming concerts. For more information, please read our Join page and reach out to Marty (marthastodd@gmail.com) and Topher (citizentopher@gmail.com) expressing your interest!
Upcoming [OCO] PERFORMANCES
Sunday, March 29, 2020 @ 4:00 PM
OCO Artists Showcase
Lake Merritt United Methodist Church (map)
Free concert (donations welcomed)
Martha Stoddard, principal conductor
Christine Brandes, assistant conductor
Alex Strachan, solo horn and OCO principal horn
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 2
R. STRAUSS Horn Concerto No. 2
HINDEMITH Symphonic Metamorphoses of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber
What to listen for...
In this program, you get a modern orchestral suite, a romantic getaway, and a great old standard. The modern piece is Paul Hindemith’s Symphonic Metamorphosis, written in the US and first performed in 1944 by the New York Philharmonic. You’ll hear a wide range of textures and timbres in Hindemith’s brilliant orchestration; and although the piece is modern, it’s not too strange.
OCO Artists Showcase
Lake Merritt United Methodist Church (map)
Free concert (donations welcomed)
Martha Stoddard, principal conductor
Christine Brandes, assistant conductor
Alex Strachan, solo horn and OCO principal horn
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 2
R. STRAUSS Horn Concerto No. 2
HINDEMITH Symphonic Metamorphoses of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber
What to listen for...
In this program, you get a modern orchestral suite, a romantic getaway, and a great old standard. The modern piece is Paul Hindemith’s Symphonic Metamorphosis, written in the US and first performed in 1944 by the New York Philharmonic. You’ll hear a wide range of textures and timbres in Hindemith’s brilliant orchestration; and although the piece is modern, it’s not too strange.
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OCO is proud to have talented musicians from all over the SF Bay Area. The Richard Strauss Horn Concerto No 2 features our principal horn player, Alex Strachan (left). Although these first two pieces were composed at almost the same time—during World War II—in the concerto, Strauss looks back to his youth and his first horn concerto, which was from 1883, firmly in the Romantic period.
Then we get to hear Beethoven's second symphony, from when he was in his early thirties, and just beginning to go deaf. It is clearly a classical symphony, from the end of his early period, inheriting its form and much of its harmonic language from Haydn and Mozart. But Beethoven is straining at the leash; you will hear innovations that foreshadow pieces to come—works that will change the landscape for music forever. -Tim Erickson |
Sunday, May 31, 2020 @ 4:00 PM
Season Finale: For the Heart of Oakland
Lake Merritt United Methodist Church (map)
Free concert (donations welcomed)
Martha Stoddard, principal conductor
Christine Brandes, assistant conductor
Mary Watkins, composer-in-residence
STILL Darker America
ZHOU LONG Eight Chinese Folk Songs for String Orchestra
MARY WATKINS The Initiate (2016)
UMAR-DURR TBD
TBD
Season Finale: For the Heart of Oakland
Lake Merritt United Methodist Church (map)
Free concert (donations welcomed)
Martha Stoddard, principal conductor
Christine Brandes, assistant conductor
Mary Watkins, composer-in-residence
STILL Darker America
ZHOU LONG Eight Chinese Folk Songs for String Orchestra
MARY WATKINS The Initiate (2016)
UMAR-DURR TBD
TBD
Past Concerts This season
If you would like to see more OCO performances, visit our OCO playlist on YouTube.
Sunday, October 6, 2019 @ 4:00 PM
Season Premiere: For the Love of Clara
Lake Merritt United Methodist Church (map)
Free concert (donations welcomed)
Martha Stoddard, principal conductor
Christine Brandes, assistant conductor
BRAHMS Variations on a Theme by Haydn
Clara SCHUMANN Romance arr. for Orchestra by Tim Erickson
Robert SCHUMANN Symphony No. 4
Season Premiere: For the Love of Clara
Lake Merritt United Methodist Church (map)
Free concert (donations welcomed)
Martha Stoddard, principal conductor
Christine Brandes, assistant conductor
BRAHMS Variations on a Theme by Haydn
Clara SCHUMANN Romance arr. for Orchestra by Tim Erickson
Robert SCHUMANN Symphony No. 4
Sunday, January 26, 2020 @ 4:00 PM
Isles Inspired
Lake Merritt United Methodist Church (map)
Free concert (donations welcomed)
Martha Stoddard, principal conductor
Christine Brandes, assistant conductor
Craig Reiss, solo violin
BRITTEN Simple Symphony
VAUGHAN-WILLIAMS The Lark Ascending
AMY BEACH Symphony in E Minor "Gaelic"
Isles Inspired
Lake Merritt United Methodist Church (map)
Free concert (donations welcomed)
Martha Stoddard, principal conductor
Christine Brandes, assistant conductor
Craig Reiss, solo violin
BRITTEN Simple Symphony
VAUGHAN-WILLIAMS The Lark Ascending
AMY BEACH Symphony in E Minor "Gaelic"
SUPPORT THE OAKLAND ARTS
The Bay Area is a wonderful place but it can be an expensive place for the arts to flourish. Oakland Civic Orchestra is facing a significant rise in costs next season. Please help us, if you can, to continue providing free concerts in Oakland.
We accept donations in many forms including cash, check, and on our new Go Fund Me page.
The Oakland Civic Orchestra is grateful for your support and generosity!
We accept donations in many forms including cash, check, and on our new Go Fund Me page.
The Oakland Civic Orchestra is grateful for your support and generosity!
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