Beethoven @ 250

Streamed LIVE November 21 & 22

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THE SCHEDULE

    • Countdown Clock
    • 30 minute Pre-show
    • 90min: The performance: includes backstage interviews during a short intermission

The Program 

Hosted by Nir Kabaretti

String Quartet Opus 18, No. 4 in C minor:  Allegro ma non tanto

        Jessica Guideri, violin
        Elizabeth Hedman, violin 
        Erik Rynearson viola 
        Trevor Handy, cello

Violin Sonata No. 5, Op. 24 “Spring” :  Allegro
        Jessica Guideri, violin
        Robert Koenig, piano

Marzelline’s aria from “Fidelio”        
        Julia Metzler, soprano
        Robert Koenig, piano

Sonatina in F Major, Ahn. 5:  Allegro Assai, Rondo
        Eduardo Meneses, marimba                         

Trio: Variations in C Major, “La Ci Darem la Mano”         
       Lara Wickes, oboe
       Jennifer Cullinan, oboe
       Sarah Beck, English horn

Trio, Op 87        (arr. Jon Lewis)                            
      Teag Reaves, horn
      Jon Lewis, trumpet
      Miles McAllister, trumpet

Bagatelle No. 25 in A minor, “Für Elise”, arranged for harp                                            
      Michelle Temple, harp

Trio, Opus 11 for Clarinet, Cello and Piano: III “Theme and Variations” 
       Juan Gallegos, clarinet
       Trevor Handy, cello
       Robert Koenig, piano

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During this unprecedented time when around the country, performing arts organizations have gone dark, your Santa Barbara Symphony has found a way to continue to deliver on our mission to engage, inspire and connect. 

A first for our organization, this live-streamed concert continues the Symphony’s 7-concert season while we are prevented from gathering together in the concert hall.

During the pandemic, we’ve experienced a significant loss of ticket revenue, and invite you to consider making a donation in support of our committment to employ our musicians, continue our award-winning music education programs, and bring music to our community when you need us the most.

A very warm and special thank you
to our 2020/21 season donors and the sponsors making this event possible!

2020/21 Season
Sponsor
Roger & Sarah Chrisman
Corporate Season
Sponsor
Concert
Sponsors
-- Dr. Robert W. Weinman --
Artistic Sponsor
-- Mary Jo Swalley --
Artist Sponsor
-- Karin Jacobson, in memory of her late husband Hans J. Koellner --
Selection Sponsor
The Santa Barbara Symphony offers a special Thank You to
the Music Academy of the West for inviting us to your campus!

Musicians of the Santa Barbara Symphony performing on this program:

Nir Kabaretti, Music and Artistic Director

The full Orchestra Roster can be found HERE

violin I
Jessica Guideri, concertmaster (Tom & Christina Frisina, Musician Sponsor)

violin II
Elizabeth Hedman

viola
Erik Rynearson, principal

cello
Trevor Handy, principal (Geoffrey Rutkowski Chair)

oboe I
Lara Wickes (John & Pamela Johnston,
Musician Sponsor)

oboe II
Jennifer Cullinan (Samuel M. & Alene S. Hedgpeth, Musician Sponsor)

harp
Michelle Temple

trumpet I
Jon Lewis, principal (Ethel L. Shopen Chair)

trumpet II
Miles McAllister

horn

Teag Reaves

english horn
Sarah Beck

clarinet
Juan Gallegos

marimba
Eduardo Meneses

The Santa Barbara Symphony thanks
American Federation of Musicians Local 308, Neil Garber, President

YOU can make a difference!

Please Donate Now

During this unprecedented time when around the country, performing arts organizations have gone dark, your Santa Barbara Symphony has found a way to continue to deliver on our mission to engage, inspire and connect. 

A first for our organization, this live-streamed concert continues the Symphony’s 7-concert season while we are prevented from gathering together in the concert hall.

During the pandemic, we’ve experienced a significant loss of ticket revenue, and invite you to consider making a donation in support of our committment to employ our musicians, continue our award-winning music education programs, and bring music to our community when you need us the most.

Thank you to our wonderful partners!
Piano
Robert Koenig
Soprano
Julia Metzler

Beethoven @ 250

Beethoven: from our heart to your ears

Robert Koenig

Robert Koenig, Pianist, Chair, UCSB Department of Music

Now in his third decade as a much sought-after performing artist, Canadian pianist Robert Koenig has performed throughout the world to great acclaim as a collaborative pianist and chamber musician. His partnerships with many of today’s leading classical artists have seen him grace many of the world’s most important stages, including New York’s Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, Washington’s Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall, and Paris’ Louvre Museum. These frequent recital appearances have seen him collaborating with many of this generation’s most renowned musicians, including Augustin Hadelich, Sarah Chang, Hilary Hahn, Pamela Frank,  and more. Of significance is Koenig’s frequent partnership with legendary late violinist Aaron Rosand that resulted in many successful recital tours throughout the world, in addition to a recorded legacy of live performances. Koenig’s 25-year collaboration with renowned American violinist Elmar Oliveria continues to see the pair travel the globe in recital performances as well as in multiple acclaimed recordings for the Artek and Biddulph Recording labels. His additional recording activity includes a GRAMMY nominated CD for Naxos of William Primrose Transcriptions for Viola and Piano with violist Roberto Diaz as well as recordings for Decca, Cedille, Eroica, Ambassador, Centaur, and CRI.

Julia Metzler

Julia Metzler, Music Academy of the West alumna, and Opera Santa Barbara Chrisman Studio Artist for the 2019-20 Season.

Los Angeles-based soprano Julia Metzler is an active up-and-coming opera singer and concert soloist. Her recent and upcoming roles include Vitellia in La Clemenza di Tito, Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte, Mrs. P in The Man who Mistook his Wife for a Hat, Micaëla in Bizet’s The Tragedy of Carmen, and the title role in Gustav Holst’s Savitri. Ms. Metzler has appeared as Lady Billows in Albert Herring with Repertory Opera Company, in which Laurislist.net described her “powerful voice and passionate persona” as “perfect in the role.” Other roles include 2nd Lady in Die Zauberflöte with Center Stage Opera, Marcellina in Le Nozze di Figaro with Pacific Opera Project, and Blanche de la Force in Dialogues of the Carmelites with San Francisco Conservatory of Music.

As a roster member of the Los Angeles Master Chorale, Ms. Metzler can frequently be heard performing at the Walt Disney Concert Hall and the Hollywood Bowl. She has performed as a soloist with both the Los Angeles Philharmonic and with the Chorale, most recently in Bach’s Magnificat and Handel’s Messiah. Other solo credits include Verdi’s Requiem (UCLA Philharmonia), Bach’s B minor Mass (Pasadena Pro Musica), Haydn’s Stabat Mater (Pasadena Pro Musica), and Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy (San Francisco Choral Union).

A frequent opera competitor, Ms. Metzler was a 2018 Metropolitan Opera National Council Awards National Semi-Finalist, after winning First Place in the Western Region finals in January of 2018. She has also won awards from the Pasadena Opera Guild Competition (Second Place), the Pacific Musical Society Competition (First Place), the Mondavi Center Young Artists’ Competition (Grand Prize), the Palm Springs Opera Guild Competition (Finalist), the Stewart Brady Competition (2nd place), and the Los Angeles Spotlight Awards (Grand Prize).

The Santa Barbara Symphony Musicians

Jessica Guider, Concertmaster

Jon Lewis, Principal Trumpet

Trevor Handy, Principal Cello

Juan Gallegos, Clarinet

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Conducted by The Santa Barbara’s Symphony’s
World Renowned Conductor

Nir Kabaretti

Nir Kabaretti has worked with some of the world’s most sought-after musicians. Some of his most well-known collaborators include Lang Lang, Placido Domingo, Joyce Di Donato, Angel Joy Blue, Vadim Repin, Gilles Apap, Hélène Grimaud, and André Watts.
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