Fanfare for The Common Man
Fanfare for The Common Man
A fanfare - a celebration!
April 17, 2021
Saturday, 7 PM
Streaming LIVE from
The Granada Theatre - with a socially-distanced audience!
American composer Aaron Copland’s Fanfare for the Common Man is considered a patriotic standard, which makes his piece the perfect way to spotlight our talented Santa Barbara Symphony musicians, who will also perform Serenade No. 2 by Johannes Brahms, and a unique take on Mahler with vocal solist Valdis Jansons.
“[Fanfare for the Common Man] is a piece that feels like it was written by God…Whenever I hear it, it stops me in my tracks and makes me reflect on the goodness of man. And I know that sounds corny for some, but it really makes me think about [how], at the end of the day, most people in this country are good, God-fearing people. Honestly, that could have been our national anthem.”
– Jazz Trumpeter and Composer Terence Blanchard
Repertoire
- Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man
- Tomasi: Evangile from Fanfare Liturgiques for Brass & Percussion
- B. Tovey: Santa Barbara Sonata for Brass Quintet
- Mahler: Songs of the Wayfarer (arr. Arnold Schoenberg)
- Brahms: Serenade No. 2 in A major, Op. 16
The Artists
Conducted by Nir Kabaretti
Performances by…
- Baritone Valdis Jansons
A very warm and special thank you
to our 2020/21 season donors and sponsors!
Baritone Valdis Jansons
Fanfare for The Common Man
A fanfare - a celebration!
April 17, 2021
Our spotlight on the talented musicians that make up the Symphony continues with a playlist as varied as the musicians themselves. Winds, brass, and percussion.
Beginning with American composer Aaron Copland, who’s slow, shape-shifting harmonies evoke the history and spirit of the American west, a line up of the symphony orchestra will perform Copland’s Fanfare for the Common Man, considered a patriotic standard composed at the height of WWII. Also on the program, Serenade No. 2 by Johannes Brahms, the perfect piece to spotlight our winds section. Also on the evening’s playlist, a unique take on Mahler’s normally massive compositional style that takes Songs of the Wayfarer and brings it down to a more intimate and versatile arrangement that once again highlights the talented musicians that make up the Santa Barbara Symphony Orchestra. Also included is a special performance from vocal soloist Valdis Jansons.
Valdis Jansons, Baritone
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.
Enjoy the Repertoire before the performance
Evangile from Fanfare Liturgiques for Brass Percussion
Lieder Eines Fahrenden Gesellen (arr. Arnold SchÖnberg)
by Mahler
Serenade No. 2 (winds and strings, no violins)
by Brahms
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