16 17 SEASON AT A GLANCE PHILHARMONICS SERIES SPONSORED BY SEPT 15 & 17 SEASON OPENER: STARE CONDUCTS BEETHOVEN 7 + NAKAMATSU RETURNS Ward Stare, conductor | Jon Nakamatsu, piano RON NELSON Savannah River Holiday RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 2 BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7 ------------------------------------------------------------- OCT 13 & 15 SEAMAN CONDUCTS ELGAR & BEETHOVEN Christopher Seaman, Conductor Laureate The Christopher Seaman Chair, Supported by Barbara and Patrick Fulford and The Conductor Laureate Society Andrew von Oeyen, piano TOBIAS PICKER Old and Lost Rivers BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 2 ELGAR Symphony No. 2 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- OCT 27 & 29 AMERICAN MUSIC: STAGE & SCREEN Ward Stare, conductor | Andrew Russo, piano JOHN WILLIAMS For New York (Variations on Themes of Leonard Bernstein) GERSHWIN “I Got Rhythm” Variations BERNSTEIN Symphonic Suite from On the Waterfront IVES The Unanswered Question JOHN ADAMS Dr. Atomic Symphony --------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOV 3 & 5 HIGDON, COPLAND & BARBER Ward Stare, conductor | Colin Currie, percussion BARBER Medea’s Meditation and Dance of Vengeance JENNIFER HIGDON Percussion Concerto COPLAND Symphony No. 3 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- DEC 10 & 11 HANDEL’S MESSIAH Christopher Warren Green, guest conductor Rochester Oratorio Society, Eric Townell, director HANDEL Messiah --------------------------------------------------------------------------- JAN 12 & 14 EHNES PLAYS BEETHOVEN Ward Stare, conductor | James Ehnes, violin BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto RAVEL Valses nobles et sentimentales R. STRAUSS Suite from Der Rosenkavalier --------------------------------------------------------------------------- JAN 26 & 28 STARE CONDUCTS SHOSTAKOVICH 5 Ward Stare, conductor | Nicole Cabell, soprano ELLIOT GOLDENTHAL Two Days in the Life of a Soviet Worker (World Concert Premiere) RAVEL Shéhérazade SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 5 CONCERT SPONSOR FEB 2 & 4 MOZART’S REQUIEM Ward Stare, conductor Eastman-Rochester Chorus, William Weinert, director HOVHANESS Prelude and Quadruple Fugue STRAVINSKY Symphony in Three Movements MOZART Requiem (Sussmayer Edition) Mozart’s Requiem is made possible by The Mozart Performance Fund: Sarah D. Atkinson, M.D. and Steven Hess --------------------------------------------------------------------------- FEB 16 & 18 ROMANTIC CLASSICS WITH STARE & DENK Ward Stare, conductor | Jeremy Denk, piano BERLIOZ Selections from Roméo et Juliette BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 2 Jeremy Denk’s performance is made possible by The Alfred Davis and Brunhilde Knapp Artists Performance Fund --------------------------------------------------------------------------- MAR 2 & 4 STARE CONDUCTS BRAHMS 1 Ward Stare, conductor | Ingrid Fliter, piano BRAHMS/BRIGHT SHENG Intermezzo Op. 118, No. 2, “Black Swan” CHOPIN Piano Concerto No. 2 BRAHMS Symphony No. 1 Made possible with support from The Melvin and Mildred Eggers Family Foundation ----------------- MAR 9 & 11 RACHMANINOFF & TCHAIKOVSKY James Feddeck, guest conductor | Natasha Paremski, piano SEAN SHEPHERD Magiya TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1 RACHMANINOFF Symphony No. 3 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- APR 20 & 22 STARE CONDUCTS MAHLER 5 Ward Stare, conductor LEONARD SLATKIN Kinah MAHLER Symphony No. 5 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- MAY 11 & 13 DEBUSSY’S LA MER Fabien Gabel, guest conductor Juliana Athayde, violin The Caroline W. Gannett & Clayla Ward Chair HERMANN Suite from Vertigo BARTÓK Violin Concerto No. 2 DUKAS “Fanfare” and “poéme dansé” from La Péri DEBUSSY La mer Juliana Athayde’s performance is made possible by the Katherine T. and Jon L. Schumacher Orchestra Musician Soloist Fund --------------------------------------------------------------------------- MAY 25 & 27 PUCCINI’S LA BOHÈME Opera in Concert Ward Stare, conductor Puccini’s La Bohème is made possible by Gouvernet Arts Fund of Rochester Area Community Foundation; The Haskell Rosenberg Memorial Fund for Opera SUNDAY MATINEE SERIES CONTACT DIRECT SALES MANAGER JENNI KOHLER AT 585-454-2100 x297 OR [email protected] TODAY! part of American Music Festival OCT 2 BEETHOVEN & HAYDN Ward Stare, conductor Ahrim Kim, cello The Clara and Edwin Strasenburgh Chair WEBER Abu Hassan Overture HAYDN Cello Concerto No. 2 in D Major BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 2 in D Major --------------------------------------------------------------------------- OCT 23 DIAMOND, GERSHWIN & COPLAND Ward Stare, conductor DIAMOND Rounds GERSHWIN Lullaby CHRISTOPHER ROUSE Iscariot ALAN FLETCHER If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler COPLAND The Tender Land Suite -------------------------- JAN 22 MUSIC OF MOZART Michael Butterman, conductor The Louise and Henry Epstein Family Chair Juliana Athayde, violin The Caroline W. Gannett & Clayla Ward Chair Melissa Matson, viola THOMAS ADÈS Three Studies from Couperin MOZART Sinfonia concertante for violin and viola MOZART Symphony No. 39 Made possible by The Mozart Performance Fund: Sarah D. Atkinson, M.D. and Steven Hess FEB 19 GUITAR ROMANCES Michael Butterman, conductor | Nicholas Goluses, guitar RESPIGHI Ancient Airs & Dances, Suite No. 1 VIVALDI Guitar/Lute Concerto VILLA-LOBOS Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5, Ária RODRIGO Fantasia para un gentilhombre --------------------------------------------------------------------------- APR 30 RAVEL’S MOTHER GOOSE SUITE Michael Butterman, conductor Kenneth Grant, clarinet The Robert J. Strasenburgh Chair Matthew McDonald, bassoon The Ron and Donna Fielding Chair Charles Wetherbee, violin RAVEL Suite from Ma Mère l’Oye (Mother Goose) STRAUSS Duet-Concertino for clarinet and bassoon KORINE FUJIWARA The Storyteller --------------------------------------------------------------------------- JUNE 4 BACH & STRAVINSKY Michael Butterman, conductor | Simone Dinnerstein, piano STRAVINSKY Dumbarton Oaks Concerto J.S. BACH Keyboard Concerto in D minor J.S. BACH Keyboard Concerto in F minor STRAVINSKY Pulcinella Suite part of American Music Festival KODAK HALL AT EASTMAN THEATRE | THURSDAYS AT 7:30 PM | SATURDAYS AT 8 PM PERFORMANCE HALL AT HOCHSTEIN | SUNDAYS AT 2 PM