MUSIC OF MOZART: GROSSMONT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA AND MASTER CHORALE CONCERTS
April 1 in Spring Valley, April 10 in Point Loma
March 13, 2016 (Spring Valley) - The 2015-2016 performance season of the Grossmont Symphony Orchestra and Master Chorale continues with a special choral/orchestral project in honor of the 260th anniversary of the birth of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The concert opens with his operatic overture to Don Giovanni and ends with a performance of his Requiem—a bookending of works that share a common theme: the first recognizing a man’s judgement by God for his many sins, and the last asking God for entrance ofone’s soul to Heaven.
The program is contrasted with a piece of chamber music that the composer wrote for flute and string trio: Mozart’s Flute Quartet in A Major, K. 298 as performed by GSO principal flautist, Kay Van Tassell, and members of the Grossmont Symphony String Quartet.
The performance of Mozart’s Requiem will feature four professional soloists to include: Audra Nagby, soprano—music faculty member on faculty at Grossmont College; Sarah-Nicole Ruddy-Carter, mezzo-soprano—and graduate of the music program at Grossmont College; Alvin Almazan, tenor; and Michael Sokol, baritone.
Three exciting and accessible works performed in the resonant acoustics of two venues:
Friday, April 1, 2016 at 7:30 pm
Santa Sophia Catholic Church
9800 San Juan St. in Spring Valley
Suggested Donation: $10 General, $5 Student
Sunday, April 10, 2016 at 4:00 pm
Point Loma Presbyterian Church
2128 Chatsworth Blvd. in San Diego
Suggested Donation: $10 General, $5 Student