As Mike Oz already pointed out, tonight's a big deal for music. For the sizable contingent heading out to the Saroyan Theatre at 7:30 p.m. to partake in The 5 Browns, the young-sibling musical piano sensation, I'm posting the tentative program on the jump so you know what you'll be listening to.
Tickets start at $20.
Don't forget: Student rush tickets for $15 are available to high school and college students one hour before the show at the Saroyan Theatre Box Office. Offer good only with valid Student I.D.
THE 5 BROWNS PROGRAM
Symphony No.5 in c minor, Op. 67: Ludwig van Beethoven/Jeffrey Shumway
I. Allegro con brio
The 5 Browns
Grande Tarantelle, Op. posth. 67: Louis Moreau Gottschalk
Gregory and Ryan Brown
Intermezzo in A Major, Op. 118 No. 2: Johannes Brahms
Melody Brown
Suite No. 2, Op. 17: Sergei Rachmaninoff
II. Valse: Presto
Desirae and Deondra Brown
Toccata, Op. 11: Sergei Prokofieff
Gregory Brown
The Planets: Gustav Holst/Greg Anderson
Mars, The Bringer of War
Neptune, The Mystic
Jupiter, The Bringer of Jollity
The 5 Browns
INTERMISSION
A Conversation with The 5 Browns
18th Variation from Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini: Sergei Rachmaninoff/Greg Anderson
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Fantasie-Impromptu in c-sharp minor, Op. 66: Frederic Chopin
Ryan Brown
Scaramouche, Suite for two pianos, Op. 165b: Darius Milhaud
III. Braziliera (Mouvement de samba)
Desirae and Deondra Brown
Valse and Romance, for 6 hands: Sergei Rachmaninoff
Desirae, Deondra, and Melody Brown
3 Nocturnes for Orchestra: Claude Debussy/Maurice Ravel
II. Fetes
Gregory and Melody Brown
Danse Macabre, symphonic poem in G Minor, Op. 40: Camille Saint-Saens/Greg Anderson
The 5 Browns
I wonder if they have a brother Floyd, the slightly hunchbacked kid who simply REFUSED to go to piano lessons "no matter WHAT you people think!"
He's now probably a drummer in some indie band smokin' pot and dating the hottest girls...
Read the review at Music Critic Fresno: click here.