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Join Stanford Philharmonia for an evening of orchestral music spanning more than two centuries, featuring the California premiere of Melody Eötvös’s Red Dirt | Silver Rain. Visiting Stanford from Melbourne, Australia, Eötvös will be in residence for this special performance of her vivid and imaginative orchestral work. The program also highlights Stanford’s own musical history with Darius Milhaud’s Stanford Sérénade, composed in 1970 for the Stanford Symphony Orchestra and its longtime conductor, Sandor Salgo. The concert opens with Claude Debussy’s graceful Petite Suite, arranged for orchestra by Henri Büsser, and concludes with Beethoven’s energetic Symphony No. 1 in C major—an early masterpiece that already reveals the bold musical voice that would transform the symphonic tradition. Saturday, November 7, 2026 at 7:30 p.m. Bing Concert Hall 

Melody Eötvös, guest composer; Paul Phillips, conductor; Cindy Liu ’28, oboe soloist

[Program]

Claude Debussy Petite Suite, arranged by Henri Büsser
Darius Milhaud Stanford Sérénade Cindy Liu ’28, oboe soloist
Melody Eötvös Red Dirt | Silver Rain California premiere
Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21

Red Dirt | Silver Rain is presented with support from the Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation Orchestral Commissions Program, American Composers Orchestra, and League of American Orchestras.