Except where noted, performances of the Pomona College Orchestra are in
Bridges Hall of Music, otherwise known as "Little Bridges," on the
Saturday, October 13, at 8:00; Sunday, October 14, at 3:00
featuring Francisco Castillo,
oboe, faculty guest soloist
The PCO opens its season by examining the various ways that
music can take on a pastoral character.
Mendelssohn’s lyrical and elegant overture depicts the calm and turmoil
of sea waters in the
Saturday, December 8, at 8:00; Sunday, December 9, at 8:00 (note special time)
SPECIAL LOCATION: Garrison Theater, at the corner of Dartmouth Ave. and
Tenth St. in Claremont
We commemorate the 50th anniversary year of the death of Jean Sibelius by performing his first and last symphonies, providing some perspective on his remarkable evolution as a symphonic composer. The Seventh is a reserved, at times highly abstract work, nostalgic and deeply personal. About 25 minutes long, it flows in one continuous movement through various sections, morphing seamlessly from one section to the next in an organic, fascinating process. The First, written in 1899, is very much in the nineteenth-century mold. Fans of symphonies by Tchaikovsky or Dvořák will recognize some similar features, and all listeners will be swept away by the drama, extroverted use of the orchestra, and earnest lyricism.
Saturday, March 1, at 8:00;
Sunday, March 2, at 3:00
featuring Yoon-Chan Kim ’10, winner of the 2007 PCO Concerto Competition
Friday, April 25, at 8:00; Sunday, April 27, at 3:00
featuring the Pomona College Choir, Prof. Donna
M. Di Grazia, director;
and Holly Shaw Price, soprano;
TBA, alto; Andrew Crane, tenor; and Gregory Geiger, bass
The Choir and Orchestra present their annual collaboration
with two sacred choral works separated by nearly 200 years. Mozart’s “Coronation” mass is among his most
polished early works, written as part of his duties as court organist in