Our second concert is A Dream Fondly Remembered. For this set we have programed works from our past repertoire which we performed a very long time ago, but to which we must say a sentimental goodbye. We have included Górecki’s Little Requiem for a Polka. The piece is as odd as its title, but please trust us when we say that this is one of the most spiritually significant compositions Maestro Anderson knows. We can’t recognize our greatest friends without a major work by composer Stephen Tosh. We perform his Chamber Symphony, written for and dedicated to Ensemble Monterey. We can’t do a final season without Edgard Varèse’s Octandre. In this incredible work the composer incorporates the principles of nuclear fission in music. He went on to “invent” electronic music. Don’t worry. We guarantee that you all will survive! And for those of you like Maestro Anderson, for whom “why” is a constant, we have included Charles Ives’ The Unanswered Question; one of the great spiritual inquiries in all Western culture.