- Connel Murray
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Lake County Symphony to present annual Mother's Day Concert May 8
LAKEPORT, Calif. – The Lake County Symphony will once again present its annual Mother’s Day concert – featuring popular music from the golden age of Broadway and film, along with a few timeless classics from Gilbert & Sullivan – on Sunday, May 8.
The concert's home is the Soper Reese Theatre, 275 S. Main St. in Lakeport.
Doors open at 3 p.m.
Music Director and Conductor John Parkinson has put together a program guaranteed to warm the hearts and keep the toes tapping of Lake County mothers and their mothers too.
As is traditional, the Lake County Youth Orchestra will open the concert, playing two popular pieces.
The first, “Blue Tango,” is by Leroy Anderson and is the most popular in his collection. Next is “Star Wars Heroes” with music by John Williams and arranged by Jerry Brubaker, with a medley from many of the “Star Wars” films.
The symphony’s opening number is “Showboat” by Jerome Kern, followed by Gilbert and Sullivan’s “Pirates of Penzance” Overture. Next is a salute to Lerner and Loewe with music from their Broadway hit “Brigadoon.”
Another Gilbert & Sullivan, the overture from “The Mikado” follows, with another Lerner and Loewe smash hit “My Fair Lady” with such classic numbers as “I Could Have Danced all Night,” “On the Street where you live,” “I’ve Grown Accustomed to her Face” and “Get me to the Church on Time.”
Following intermission the full orchestra returns with a brace of film songs including “I’ve Got You Under my Skin,” “The Shadow of your Smile,” “Night and Day” and “More,” the theme from the movie “Mondo Cane.”
The show concludes with some of the orchestra’s leading lights showing their talent via a trio of instrumental classics by Leroy Anderson.
They are “Fiddle Faddle,” highlighting the orchestra’s string section, followed by his “Clarinet Candy” featuring the clarinet duo of Nick Biondo and Peter Stanley, and ending with “Bugler’s Holiday” with the trumpet trio of Gary Miller, Dave Lindgren and John Smiraglia blowing the walls out.
The Mother's Day concert is a sellout nearly every year, and Lake County Symphony Association members are urged to get their reservations soon on-line at www.soperreesetheatre.com or by phone at 707-263-0577.
Tickets are $25 general admission or $30 premium reserved.
In order to encourage greater youth interest, a full dress rehearsal is held at 11 a.m. with young people under 18 admitted free of charge. Adults may also attend for a fee of just $5.
Connel Murray is a member of the Lake County Symphony Association.