From the Mondavi Center on the UC Davis campus, the UC Davis Symphony Orchestra, University Chorus, and Alumni Chorus present Mahler: Symphony No. 2 ("Resurrection"), with Arianna Zukerman, soprano, and Zoila Muñoz, contralto. D. Kern Holoman, conducting. Series: "Mondavi Center Presents" [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 9439]

The Department of Music at UC Davis presents a concert by the UC Davis Symphony Orchestra, featuring D. Kern Holoman as conductor. The concert includes Alban Berg's Violin Concerto with Benjamin Kreith, 2006 artist-in-residence, and Aaron Copland's Appalachian Spring. Series: "Mondavi Center Presents" [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 11715]

UC Davis Symphony Orchestra and University Chorus, D. Kern Holoman, conducting. Mozart: Concerto for Horn and Orchestra with David Simpson; Haydn: Missa in angustiis ("Lord Nelson Mass") with Jennifer Brody, soprano, Katherine McKee, alto, Gary Ruschman, tenor, and Malcolm MacKenzie, baritone. Series: "Mondavi Center Presents" [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 8418]

The University Chorus, the Alumni Chorus, and the UC Davis Symphony Orchestra, with Arianna Zukerman, soprano; Judith Malafronte, mezzo-soprano; Wesley Rogers, tenor; and James Maddalena, baritone present Bruckner: Te Deum and Rossini: Stabat Mater. Series: "Mondavi Center Presents" [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 18407]

Jeffrey Thomas conducts the UC Davis University Chorus. The story describes a banquet held by Alexander the Great and his mistress Thais in the captured Persian city of Persepolis. The success of this piece encouraged Handel to make the transition from writing Italian-language operas to English choral works. Also on the program, Handel coronation anthems, including Zadok the Priest. Series: "Mondavi Center Presents" [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 16822]

UC Davis Symphony Orchestra presents Bartók’s Violin Concerto (No. 2), featuring violinist Hrabba Atladottir. The program also includes Liadov’s “Kikimora” and Mussorgsky’s always popular “Pictures from an Exhibition.” Music director Christian Baldini conducts. Series: "Mondavi Center Presents" [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 18158]

The UC Davis Symphony Orchestra, D. Kern Holoman, conductor,presents a family-friendly concert featuring Rossini’s “Barber of Seville” Overture, Beethoven’s Sixth Symphony (“Pastoral”) and Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in E Minor with John Abdallah, violin. Series: "Mondavi Center Presents" [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 18712]

Dr. Milmon Harrison, African American and African Studies, and singer Mavis Staples consider the role of music in the 1960s Civil Rights movement. Series: "Mondavi Center Presents" [Humanities] [Show ID: 16082]

A conversation between composer Philip Glass and Pulitzer Prize winning music critic Tim Page. Series: "Mondavi Center Presents" [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 15522]

UC Davis University and Alumni Choruses, UC Davis Symphony Orchestra, Jeffrey Thomas conducting present Johannes Brahms’ Ein Deutsche Requiem at the Mondavi Center at UC Davis with Tamara Matthews, soprano and David Arnold, baritone Series: "Mondavi Center Presents" [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 16257]

University Chorus: Beethoven: Gloria, from Missa solemnis, Jeffrey Thomas, conducting. Chausson: Poème for violin and orchestra; Brahms: Symphony No. 4, D. Kern Holoman, conducting. Jorja Fleezanis, violin. Series: "Mondavi Center Presents" [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 15877]

Jane Smiley's "A Thousand Acres" has long been compared to Shakespeare's "King Lear." Jane Smiley and UC Davis Professor Gina Bloom, discuss the different issues presented when staging Shakespeare in contemporary times. Series: "Mondavi Center Presents" [Humanities] [Show ID: 15585]

Examine the disaster of Hurricane Katrina through folklore, geology, and the cultural life of New Orleans with legendary musician Allen Toussaint and UC Davis faculty Jeffrey Mount and Patricia A. Turner. Series: "Mondavi Center Presents" [Humanities] [Show ID: 14503]

in a timely consideration of the pandemic, Spirit of Uganda executive director Alexis Hefley joins UC Davis faculty member Moradwun Adejunmobi and others in examining HIV/AIDS from the global, cultural and medical perspectives. Series: "Mondavi Center Presents" [Health and Medicine] [Humanities] [Show ID: 14230]

Between 1959 and 1962 Richard L. Nelson brought together a legendary faculty built around the participation of Robert Arneson, Roy De Forest, Manuel Neri, Wayne Thiebaud, and William T. Wiley. How did it happen that a relatively obscure, rural California University, best known for its veterinary, medical and agriculture programs, was able to pull together such a major roster of artists and teachers? Join Manuel Neri, Wayne Thiebaud and William T. Wiley as they reflect on the department. ...

UC Davis Symphony and Chorus perform works by Beethoven and Handel. Series: "Mondavi Center Presents" [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 12596]

Mira Nair films, Salaam Bombay, Monsoon Wedding and The Namesake, illuminate the ambiguities of the immigrant experience and highlight the conflicts between modern and traditional cultures. She is joined for a discussion of modern cinema by Gayatri Gopinath and Juli Wyman, both of UC Davis. Series: "Mondavi Center Presents" [Humanities] [Show ID: 11981]

Carl Orff's Carmina Burana is one of the most popular pieces of the classical music repertoire. Here the UC Davis Symphony Orchestra, the University Chorus and Alumni Chorus, and the Pacific Boychoir perform at the Mondavi Center at UC Davis. Series: "Mondavi Center Presents" [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 11787]

Kim Phuc was the subject of a famous photo from the Vietnam war which shows her as a child running naked after being severely burned by a napalm attack. She is joined by UC Davis faculty to consider photographic images that have changed history. Series: "Mondavi Center Presents" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 12409]

The UC Davis Mondavi Center presents bestselling author and UC Berkeley journalism professor Michael Pollan. He explores the ecology of eating to unveil why we consume what we consume in the twenty-first century. Michael Pollan is the author, most recently, of The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals. Series: "Mondavi Center Presents" [Humanities] [Show ID: 12176]

UC Davis Symphony Orchestra and University Chorus Jeffrey Thomas, conducting, with Arianna Zukerman, soprano; Judith Malafronte, mezzo-soprano; Steven Tharp, tenor; David Arnold, baritone, and alumni chorus. Verdi: Requiem. Series: "Mondavi Center Presents" [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 8630]