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See how many songs and pieces you can identify that will be featured by artists performing on Cal Performances' 2024-25 Season!
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A. "Can’t Get Out Of This Mood"
B. "Sentimental Mood"
C. "In the Mood"
A. Haydn, Violin Sonata No. 7
B. Mozart, Violin Sonata No. 21 in E minor
C. Beethoven, Violin Sonata No. 11
A. Steve Reich, Piano Phase
B. Julia Wolfe, Earring
C. Philip Glass, Metamorphosis: Two
A. Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 3
B. Mozart, Piano Concerto No. 21
C. Rachmaninoff, Piano Concerto No. 3
A. Arvo Pärt, Stabat Mater
B. Olivier Messiaen, Harawi
C. Philip Glass, Glassworks
A." We Don’t Talk About Bruno"
B. "A Whole New World"
C. "No, No, No"
A. Vivaldi, Concerto No. 4 in F minor, Op. 8, The Four Seasons, "Winter" (L'inverno)
B. Vivaldi, Concerto No. 1 in E major, Op. 8, The Four Seasons, "Spring" (La primavera)
C. Vivaldi, Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 8, The Four Seasons, "Summer" (L'Estate)
A. "Lord, Be Ready"
B. “Put On My Long White Robe”
C. "I Wanna Be Ready"
A. Chopin, Waltz No. 2, Op. 64
B. Schubert, Impromptus, Op. 142
C. Clara Schumann, Valses romantiques, Op. 4
A. Tchaikovsky, arr. Strayhorn & Ellington/ed. Lindberg, The Nutcracker Suite, “Waltz of the Snowflakes”
B. Tchaikovsky, arr. Strayhorn & Ellington/ed. Lindberg, The Nutcracker Suite, “Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy”
C. Tchaikovsky, arr. Strayhorn & Ellington/ed. Lindberg, The Nutcracker Suite, “Arabian Dance”
“Can’t Get Out Of This Mood” is featured on Samara Joy's album Linger Awhile on Verve Records. The album won the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album at the 65th Annual Grammy Awards! Hear the now three-time Grammy Award winner on February 5, 2025. Learn more
Mozart’s Violin Sonata No. 21 is featured on up-and-coming artist Njioma Chinyere Grevious’ Cal Performances debut violin recital on September 29, 2024. Grevious is a 2024 winner of the Avery Fisher Career Grant and is a featured performer in the Sphinx Soloist Program. Learn more
Recordings of Philip Glass’ Metamorphosis: Two provide the slow simmering musical backdrop to Batsheva Dance Company’s MOMO, alongside a song/prayer by Venezuelan musician Arca. Learn more about this Bay Area premiere happening February 22–23, 2024.
The Vienna Philharmonic returns to Berkeley this season with Yannick Nézet-Séguin at the podium! On the third and final program on March 7, 2025, pianist Yefim Bronfman performs Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3, an intensely dramatic work that grabs on and doesn’t let go. Learn more
Harawi, an American Modern Opera Company production, realizes Olivier Messiaen’s hour-long song cycle for voice and piano featuring company members soprano Julia Bullock and pianist Conor Hanick. Learn more
Disney’s Encanto tells the tale of an extraordinary family, the Madrigals, who live hidden in the mountains of Colombia. The song “We Don't Talk About Bruno" is featured on the Academy Award and Grammy-winning soundtrack! See Disney Concerts Presents Encanto: The Sing-Along Film Concert with live music November 24, 2024! Learn more
Vivaldi is arguably best remembered for his Opus 8 collection of concertos, The Four Seasons. On March 19, 2025, Langlois de Swarte joins period instrument ensemble Les Arts Florissants in a concert honoring this enduring work in its 300th birthday year! Learn more
"I Wanna Be Ready" is from Alvin Ailey’s Revelations, an iconic work in contemporary dance set to African-American spirituals, song-sermons, gospel songs, and holy blues. See the Ailey company perform this work in its annual residency April 8–13, 2025! Learn more
Eric Lu’s October 27 recital is centered on works by Chopin, a composer with whom he has been closely associated since he won the Chopin International Competition at age 17. Chopin’s Waltz No. 2 is one of the composer's most famous waltzes. Learn more
This rendition of “Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy” gives new life to the Tchaikovsky classic. Watch Dorrance Dance tap dance through the magical story of Christmas adventure on December 14–15, 2024. Learn more
GENIUS (10 correct )
EXPERT (7-9 correct)
AFICIONADO (4-6 correct)
NOVICE (1-3 correct)
