Season Premiere

 

Featuring

Members of Diablo Ballet
and
Members of the Contra Costa
​Children's Chorus

Performed Sunday, Nov. 6, 2016 - 7:30 p.m.
Lesher Center for the Arts
1601 Civic Dr., Walnut Creek CA

   

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 PROGRAM

Old Home Days Suite
​   1. Waltz
   2. The Opera House / Old Home Day
   3. The Collection
   4. Slow March
   5. London Bridge is Fallen Down
Charles Ives, arr. J. Elkus

Sheltering Sky
   Ben Loomer, Asst. Conductor
John Mackey

Sugar Rum Cherry
   Rosselyn Ramirez and Oliver-Paul Adams,
   members of Diablo Ballet
Duke Ellington
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The Christmas Song
   Amanda Farris and Raymond Tilton,
   members of Diablo Ballet
Bob Wells, Mel Torme
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** Intermission **

The Planets
   Mars - the Bringer of War
   Saturn - the Bringer of Old Age
   Mercury - the Winged Messenger
       (arr. Frank Diaz)
   Uranus - the Magician
   Neptune - the Mystic
      Featuring members of the
      Contra Costa Children's Chorus
   Jupiter - the Bringer of Jollity
Gustav Holst

 

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