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Michael Zwiebach on February 26, 2013
San Jose Chamber Orchestra
San Jose Chamber Orchestra

Three years ago, Clarice Assad’s chamber orchestration of Modest Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition was a hit for New Century Chamber Orchestra. Now you can hear it again, played by the San Jose Chamber Orchestra, along with the premiere of the composer’s Pandemonium for String Quartet and String Orchestra. (Really promising title: Who doesn’t want to hear a little pandemonium let loose in the concert hall? Especially pandemonium that doesn’t involve brass or percussion.) Laura Kaminsky’s Rising Tide completes this ambitious program.