EVERETT — Pacifica Chamber Orchestra and Everett Philharmonic Orchestra have announced their 2015-16 concert seasons.
Fred Chu, Pacifica’s artist director, said the chamber orchestra will play five concerts.
On Sept. 27, the concert program will include Telemann’s Concerto in F Major for Three Violins and Braham’s Sextet No. 2 in G Major for String Orchestra.
On Dec. 13, audiences will hear Mendelssohn’s String Symphony No. 6, Vaughan Williams’ “Charterhouse” Suite for Strings, Cambini’s Wind Quintet in B flat Major and Fine’s Partita for Wind Quintet.
The Feb. 14 concert includes Britten’s “Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge,” Milhaud’s “Pastorale,” Skalkottas’ “Five Greek Dances” and Warren Chang playing “Red Plum Blosson” for the erhu, a Chinese string instrument.
The spring concert on April 10 features Youngjjn Joo playing organ in Poulenc’s Concerto for Organ, Timpani and Strings, Ligeti’s “Six Bagatelles” and Andriessen’s “Kuhnau Variations.”
On June 5, 2016, the chamber orchestra features Bloch’s Concertino for Flute, Viola and Strings with flutist Lynn Douglas-Nicolet and violist Agnes Chen, and Ibert’s “Divertisement.”
Buy season tickets before June 15 to receive a discount. More information is at www.pacificachamberorchestra.org or call 425-743-0255.
Everett Philharmonic artistic director Paul-Elliott Cobbs has lined up his orchestra’s season, which begins Oct. 3 with the Masterworks concert. The program features the Shostakovish “Festival Overture,” George Steward playing Arutunian’s Trumpet Concerto, and Respighi’s “Pines of Rome.”
The Imagine concert, directed at families, is Nov. 29. It includes works by Prokofiev, Rimsky-Korsakov and Tchaikovsky along with a “Star Wars” medly by John Williams and music from “Frozen.” The winner of the orchestra’s annual concerto competition also will perform and children will have a chance to look at orchestral instruments close up.
The annual Magnificent Mozart is Jan. 31. It includes Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante for Four Winds, Symphony No. 38 “Prague” and soprano Gail Neil performing a selection of arias.
The Listener’s Choice program, May 14, 2016, includes Sousa’s “Stars and Stripes Forever,” conducted by the winner of the 2016 Gala Auction, soprano Ellaina Lewis performing “Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5” by Villa-Lobos, pianist Alexander Ardakov playing Grieg’s Piano Concerto in A minor and Dvorak’s Symphony No. 8.
For information about season tickets, go to www.everettphil.org or call 206-270-9729.
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