Oakland Symphony
Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94612
Friday, October 16 @ 7:30 PM
Special UC Berkeley Grad Student Price: $10 (you may bring one guest @ guest price)
Kedrick Armstrong, conductor
B. DeVeaux, vocalist
OSNAT NETZER Varium cæli
KARIM AL-ZAND Lamentation on the Disasters of War
PROTEST MEDLEY (Arr. Mike Blankenship)
The Lumpen – No More
Tracy Chapman – Talkin’ Bout a Revolution
Lauryn Hill – I Find It Hard to Say (Rebel)
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 11, “The Year 1905”
His music could celebrate Soviet glory. His subtext would suggest the subversive. Dmitri Shostakovich paid the price with his creative freedom. And nearly with his life.