ADAMS: Saxophone Concerto MAHLER: Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp minor The
powerful and pacesetting St. Louis Symphony comes to Berkeley for its
first visit, with two programs that showcase the interpretive
flexibility and wide expressive range of this brilliant modern
orchestra. For program one, Mahler's epic Fifth Symphony wrestles with
the potent extremes of love and death, its bombast and tenderness
channeling unrest in the composer's private life and in the larger
world at the dawn of the 20th century. Composed more than 100 years
later, John Adams's exhilarating, jazz-drenched Saxophone Concerto of
2013 features virtuoso saxophonist Tim McAllister. * Production
commissioned by Cal Performances; Los Angeles Philharmonic; St. Louis
Symphony; Washington Performing Arts; Sydney Symphony.
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