Lakeport >> On Sept. 13, members of the Lake County Symphony Association (LCSA) as well as the general public, will once again have the chance to hear and see the orchestra’s chamber group in a free concert to be held in conjunction with the association’s annual meeting.
It will take place at 3 p.m. at Lakeport’s Soper Reese Community Theatre, which also serves as the concert hall for the symphony. The theater waives its normal fees to accommodate the meeting.
John Parkinson, long-time music director and conductor of the symphony, has selected music from the baroque and classical periods including one movement of Overture No. 2 by English composer William Boyce as well as a Johann Sebastian Bach composition written originally as a sonata for just flute and harpsichord, but has been expanded to include string orchestra with some solo parts. Entitled “Konzert in C Major,” it will feature symphony lead flutist Patricia Jekel as flute soloist, accompanied by other soloists in the string sections.
Another selection, “Concerto Op. 6, No. 7, for string orchestra,” is by Arcangelo Corelli, which also has solos that play along with the orchestral group. Among those soloists in both the Bach and Corelli pieces will be violinists Andi Skelton, Jeff Ives and Marta Fuller, violist Jenness Hartley and cellist John Weeks.
The orchestra will also play the first movement of “Divertimento No. 10” by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, who remains one of the most enduringly popular composers of the classical period.
The last selection is also from Mozart. It is the first movement of a very familiar chamber work entitled “Serenade for Strings in G,” also known by the familiar name of “Eine Kleine Nachtmusik,” or “A Little Night Music.”
Along with the free concert there will be free refreshments for those attending. There will also be a few mandatory business items to be conducted, mainly the confirmation of selection of officers to the LCSA board of directors.
The meeting will start promptly at 3 p.m. For more information call 277-8172, or email edandcharb1@att.net.
The theater is located at 275 S. Main St. in Lakeport.
