The Vallejo Symphony Orchestra (VSO) played the second concert of its 2016-17 season to an impressive crowd at the Hogan Auditorium in Vallejo Sunday. With 364 people attendind, it was the largest audience for the orchestra since 2014, according to VSO board member Tim Zumwalt. “Noon” was the middle concert of the season, falling […]
Review: Vallejo Symphony opener dazzles, entices with a taste of things to come
Vallejo Symphony guest soloist Sara Davis Buechner wowed her audience last Sunday in a stellar performance of Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 3, the second of three pieces comprising the symphony’s season-opening performance and the debut of its new music director, Marc Taddei, at the Hogan Auditorium in Vallejo. Taddei led the orchestra in a […]
2 types of celebration mark season-ending Vallejo Symphony concert
THE VALLEJO SYMPHONY PERFORMED THE FINAL CONCERT of its 82nd season Sunday at the Hogan Auditorium in Vallejo, pairing Handel’s joyful Water Music, Suite No. 2 in D together with the profound and brilliant German Requiem, Op. 45 by Johannes Brahms. Benicia bass/baritone Paul Cheak and Bay Area soprano Lauren Woody performed the monumental requiem […]