Pre-concert lecture at 7:15 PM in the Lower Lobby.

Kenneth Kiesler, conductor; Carmen Pelton, soprano; Stephen West, bass; Nancy Ambrose King, oboe; Daniel Gilbert, clarinet; William Campbell, trumpet; Scott Pingel, double bass; Ashley Dixon, mezzo-soprano; Joseph Gascho, harpsichord

SMTD faculty artists take center stage with the USO to perform arias by Mozart and Handel that feature beautiful and virtuosic solos for singers and players, including the newest member of the SMTD string faculty, Scott Pingel, principal bassist of the San Francisco Symphony. The program begins with the overture to Mozart’s final opera, La Clemena di Tito. The USO and UPO then combine to perform the epic and thrilling 12th Symphony by Shostakovich.

PROGRAM: Mozart - Overture to La Clemenza di Tito; “Parto, Parto” from La Clemenza di Tito; Per Questa Bella Mano; Handel – “Destero dall’empia dite” from Amadigi di Gaula; Shostakovich - Symphony No. 12.