The Weekender is a regular feature of the 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis Arts Blog appearing each Thursday 鈥 when weekends really need to begin. The column features stuff to do on and around the 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis campus this weekend.
San Francisco Symphony Returns to 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis
The San Francisco Symphony, after a one-year interlude, returns to the Mondavi Center Thursday. Founded in 1911, the San Francisco Symphony has received some of the world鈥檚 most prestigious recording awards. Now under the baton of Maestro David Robertson, Pianist Kirill Gerstein, the sixth recipient of the Gilmore Artist Award, accompanies the symphony, performing Brahms鈥 emotionally surging Piano Concerto No. 1, alongside Haydn鈥檚 Symphony No. 102 and Brett Dean鈥檚 贰苍驳别濒蝉蹿濒眉驳别濒
Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 102 in B-flat Major
Johannes Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor for Piano and Orchestra, op. 15
Pre-Performance Talk
Thursday, May 24, Jackson Hall 7 p.m.
David Robertson, conductor, in conversation with Don Roth, executive director, Mondavi Center, 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis
The concert is at 8 p.m. Get your now.
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Noon Concert Series at Pitzer 'Revisits' Beethoven
Thursday, May 24, 12:05 p.m.
Recital Hall, Ann E. Pitzer Center
Beethoven Revisited
Igor Veligan, Susan Lamb Cook, Gayle Blankenburg
Beethoven: Variations on a Theme from The Magic Flute
Beethoven: Piano Trio in B Flat Major (鈥淎rchduke鈥)
As always, the Shinkoskey noon concert is free.
Currently artist affiliate in cello and chamber music at 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis, Susan Lamb Cook is an active performer and educator in the capital region.
And on Friday, May 25, 5 p.m. the Recital Hall, Ann E. Pitzer Center, will feature Percussion Works by 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis Graduate Students
Ryan Suleiman: Two Pieces in Variable Order
Phil Acimovic: Water Wheel Machine
Jonathan Favero: E Pluribus Unum
Both these Pitzer events at 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis are free.
Arden Fair unchARTed Program to Host Sacramento Area Youth Speaks
unchARTed at Arden Fair will host on Saturday, May 26, 2018 from 1:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the shopping center鈥檚 Center Court, 1689 Arden Way.
SAYS, a dynamic spoken word group, will perform various pieces from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., including the piece PSA ("Poetic Service Announcements"). Following their performance, SAYS will host an MC Olympics where youth ages 12-21 will be invited to sign up to perform in an Olympic-style competition featuring the best young emcees in the area. Through a series of rounds, the audience gets familiar with each MC鈥檚 skill level (on the mic, moving the crowd, freestyling and flow). Sign-ups are open from 2 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. and the MC Olympics will be held from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Complete Schedule
1:30 p.m. 鈥 1:45 p.m.: SAYS Poetic Service Announcements play back-to-back on screen
1:45 p.m. 鈥 2 p.m.: SAYS Griot starts on opposite sides of mall and meet at Center Court
2 p.m. 鈥 2:30 p.m.: Introduction of SAYS and Slam Team Performance and MC Olympics Sign Up Begins
2:30 p.m. 鈥 3 p.m.: SAYS Alumni Performances
3 p.m. 鈥 3:30 p.m.: Final performances and special Guest
3:30 p.m. 鈥 5 p.m.: SAYS MC Olympics
Through the combined efforts of artists and imaginative thinkers, unchARTed at Arden Fair aims to curate uplifting art and encourage others to immerse themselves in new concepts of creativity. Join Arden on May 26, and throughout 2018 as the retail center is transformed into a community space through art. SAYS is a social justice movement that transforms education. Founded in 2008 at 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis by Dr. Vajra Watson, SAYS breaks the barriers of underachievement by elevating the voices of students as the authors of their own lives and agents of change.
More about unchARTed, visit .