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Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra comes home to Lobero
Theatre
The Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra, a critically-acclaimed chamber orchestra that has
performed well-known classical repertoire and hosted world-class soloists since 1978, will return
to its home in the Lobero Theatre after the theatre underwent almost a year of renovations.
The Lobero Homecoming Celebration Concert is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 20 at
the Lobero Theatre on the corner of Anacapa and Canon Perdido streets.
Music Director and conductor Heiichiro Ohyama will lead the chamber orchestra in Mozart’s last
symphony, Symphony 41 “Jupiter” K551 in C Major, followed by Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3
“Eroica” Op. 55.
“We are thrilled to come back to our home theater and perform downtown Santa Barbara again,”
said Joe Campanelli, chair of the SBCO board. “The two charming and joyful symphonies from
Mozart and Beethoven portray the celebration perfectly.”
Both symphonies feature lively first movements and intricately-wrought finales that audiences
found—and continue to find—immensely satisfying. Mozart’s “Jupiter” has come to be celebrated
as exemplifying the ideals of the Classical form, while Beethoven’s “Eroica” is lauded for pushing
the boundaries of that form.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed his final three symphonies in the summer of 1788,
presumably intending them to be performed in Vienna during the subsequent concert series—
though there is no evidence that these performances ever actually happened. The first score to
bear the name “Jupiter” was published in 1823, 35 years after it was written. The name originated
with the London concert promoter Johann Peter Salomon, who also commissioned Haydn’s 12
“London” symphonies.
As Ludwig van Beethoven worked on his Symphony No. 3 in 1804, he was acutely aware of the
symphony’s potential significance. Impressed by the republican ideals of the French Revolution, he
originally named the symphony “Bonaparte,” but when Napoleon crowned himself Emperor, the
disillusioned composer tore up the title page and eventually settled on calling his work “Heroic
symphony composed to celebrate the memory of a great man”—though this “great man” was an
idealization rather than a particular person. Now this “heroic” symphony is commonly known by
the nickname “Eroica.”
Prior to the concert, SBCO will host a Supper Club. The Supper Club features a hot, buffet-style
dinner and wine tasting starting at 5:30 p.m. on the patio behind the Lobero Theatre. It is a place
to make new friends, chat with old friends and engage with other chamber orchestra music
aficionados. This homecoming Supper Club will feature an Artist Spotlight and live interview with
Concertmaster Amy Hershberger.
To purchase tickets to the concert, call the Lobero Theatre box office at 805-963-0761 or visit
www.lobero.com/tickets/. A 2-for-1 Mother’s Day promotion is available. To order tickets to the
Supper Club ($40), call the SBCO office at 805-966-2441.
For more information, visit www.sbco.org.
ATTACHED PHOTO: The Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra plays under the direction of Conductor
Heiichiro Ohyama.
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The Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra strives to maintain the highest artistic quality possible, produce the
finest music heard in Santa Barbara and perform well-known repertoire as well as music written in this
century. Conducted by Heiichiro Ohyama, the Chamber Orchestra was founded in 1978 by then-conducting
student Jeffrey Evans. Current and past SBCO musicians perform with the New York Philharmonic, Los
Angeles Philharmonic, Los Angeles Opera, Pacific Symphony, and Santa Barbara Symphony. For more
information, visit www.sbco.org.