General information
30th Season: 1988-89
D. Kern Holoman, conductor
THE FRENCH BICENTENNIAL SEASON
20 November 1988
Bizet: Les Toréadors and Chanson bohème from Carmen
Vieuxtemps: Concerto No. 1 for Violoncello and Orchestra in A
Minor, op. 46
Dvorák: Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra in B Minor,
op.104
with David Starkweather, cello
Freeborn Hall
program
18 February 1989
Rouget de Lisle
Méhul
Gossec
Catel
Paër
Berlioz
The Glade, UC-Berkeley (moved to Hertz Hall because of
rain),
Concert for the Western Society for Eighteenth-Century
Studies
program
28 February 1989
Rouget de Lisle
Méhul
Gossec
Catel
Paër
Berlioz
Aboard the helicopter-carrier Jeanne d’Arc, San
Francisco Bay
Concert for diplomatic reception celebrating the
arrival of the vessel
program
6, 8 April 1989
Berlioz: Marche pour la présentation des drapeaux
Rouget de Lisle, arr. Berlioz: Hymne des Marseillais, Chant du
9 Thermidor
Méhul: Chant du départ
Berlioz: Roméo et Juliette
with the Sacramento Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, the
UCD Choruses, Stephanie Friedman, mezzo- soprano; Carlo
Scibelli, tenor; and Jules Bastin, bass. Cosponsored by the
Consulate General of France, San Francisco, and the Sacramento
Symphony Orchestra, with financial assistance of American
Airlines
Freeborn Hall
program & poster
15 April 1989
French bicentennial repertoire
Freeborn Hall, Picnic Day concert
Also at dedication ceremonies for James H. Meyer
Hall
23 April 1989
“Vive la Révolution,” a concert celebrating the bicentennial of
the French Revolution
with Kimberly Marshall, organ, and Judith Bettina,
soprano
Rouget de Lisle
Berlioz
Méhul
Le Sueur
Cosponsored by the Consulate General of France, San Francisco,
and the Maison Française of Stanford University
The Memorial Church, Stanford University
program
27 May 1989
Rouget de Lisle,
Berlioz,
Méhul,
Berlioz: Cléopâtre
with Stephanie Friedman, mezzo- soprano, and the French
Bicentennial Chorus. Presented by the Lycée Français
International Lapérouse
Herbst Theatre, San Francisco
program & poster
4 June 1989
Rouget de Lisle, arr. John Philip Sousa, The Marseillaise
Catel: Marche militaire
Gossec: Marche lugubre
Berlioz: Scène d’amour and Convoi funèbre from Roméo et
Juliette
Berlioz: Cléopâtre
Berlioz: Apothéose from Grande Symphonie funèbre et triomphale
with Stephanie Friedman, mezzo-soprano, and the French
Bicentennial Chorus
Freeborn Hall
program
June 1989
Repertoire drawn from season offerings
For the Graduate Division: Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante in E ,
K. 364 (320d), movt. I
with Ken Murai, violin, and Robert Bloch,
viola
Recreation Hall, Commencements of the Graduate Division
and the College of Letters and Science
3 July 1989
Rouget de Lisle
Gossec
Bizet
Berlioz
with Thérèse Geraert, soprano; Stephanie Friedman,
mezzo- soprano; Jules Bastin, bass; Joan Chambers,
piano
Musée de Tahiti et des Iles, Tahiti
program
4 July 1989
“Concert de l’Independance Day”
Rouget de Lisle
Catel
Méhul
Sousa
Gershwin
Berlioz
Place Tarahoi, Papeete, Tahiti
program & poster
5 July 1989
Rouget de Lisle
Méhul, Gossec
Catel
Berlioz: “O misère des rois,” from L’Enfance du Christ
Berlioz: Duo-Nocturne, from Béatrice et Bénédict
Berlioz: Cléopâtre
with Thérèse Geraert, soprano; Stephanie Friedman,
mezzo-soprano; and Jules Bastin, bass
The Tahiti concerts presented by the Université Française du
Pacifique in association with the Comité du Bicentenaire, the
Mairie de Papeete, the Syndicat d’Inititative Pare Nui, OPATTI,
Musique en Polynésie, the Conservatoire Artistique Territorial,
and the Société Wild- Leitz
Salle OPEL, Papeete, Tahiti
10 July 1989
Rouget de Lisle
Méhul
Gossec
Berlioz: Roméo et Juliette (abbreviated)
with Stephanie Friedman, mezzo-soprano; Gerald Sword,
tenor; Jules Bastin, bass; and a large contingent of performers
including the Canberra Youth Orchestra and the Canberra School
of Music Community Choir. Sponsored by the Banque Nationale de
Paris
Sydney Opera House, Sydney
program & poster
13 July 1989
Sousa
Catel
Méhul
Berlioz
Shopping Center
program & poster
15 July 1989
Program and soloists similar to above, and Matthew Wall, boy
soprano, and Karen Vanspall, soprano
With a contingent of some 1,200 performers, including the Band
of the Third Military District, Army of Australia; the Royal
Australian Air Force Central Band; the Eastern Youth Laureate
Wind Symphony; the Royal Melbourne Philharmonic Society; and
the Maroondah Singers. Co- conductors I. C. Milne, ARCM, MIMT,
major, Army of Australia; Graham Lloyd, Flight Lieutenant,
Royal Australian Air Force
with Gregory Cheng, sub-conductor
National Tennis Centre, Melbourne
program & poster
17 July 1989
Program, soloists, and performers similar to above
Canberra School of Music, Canberra
program & poster
19 July 1989
Rouget de Lisle
Méhul
Gossec
Berlioz
Bizet, featuring Berlioz’s Cléopâtre
with Stephanie Friedman, mezzo-soprano
The Nouméa concert presented by the Université
Française du Pacifique in association with the Comité National
du Bicentenaire and the Banque Nationale de Paris
Salle des Fédération des Oeuvres Laïques, Nouméa, New
Caledonia
program
