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An Evening with Edgar Meyer

New Century Chamber Orchestra

New Century Chamber Orchestra An Evening with Edgar Meyer

New Century Chamber Orchestra presents works by Rossini, Bottesini, Mahler, and Shostakovich with bassist Edgar Meyer and music director Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg. All tickets are available at City Box Office, at www.cityboxoffice.org or 415.392.4400, and New Century, at www.ncco.org or 415.357.1111. Patrons aged 35 and under can purchase concert tickets for $15.

  • Venue: Herbst Theatre
  • Date: Sat September 25, 2010 8:00pm
  • City: San Francisco
  • Price Range: $29 to $49
  • Tickets: 415.357.1111
Additional Dates:
Thu September 23, 2010 8:00pm
First Congregational Church - Berkeley
Fri September 24, 2010 8:00pm
First United Methodist Church
Sun September 26, 2010 5:00pm
Osher Marin JCC, Hoytt Theater

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Program

Rossini

Sonata No. 1 in G major

Bottesini

Concerto for String Bass No. 2 in B minor

Mahler

Adagietto from Symphony No. 5

Shostakovich (arr. Barshai)

Chamber Symphony in C minor (Op. 110a)

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September 13, 2010

There are musicians, there are virtuosos, and then there is that special class of transcendent musician for whom only superlative adjectives suffice. The double bass player Edgar Meyer is just such a performer, hailed as “the best bassist alive” (San Diego Magazine) and “the most remarkable virtuoso in the relatively unchronicled history of his instrument” (The New Yorker). 

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