STEP INTO LIVE MUSIC
Ticket Brochure 2018-2019 Anu Tali, Music Director Step into live music as we revel in the fiery energy of a magical season of exploration. POPS Come closer to iconic cinema when the Orchestra performs live with Hollywood favorites on screen. La La Land, an evening of Judy Garland, and all your Hollywood favorites will whisk you away to the glamour days.
th YEARS OF MUSIC 70 Season Highlights: 1949-2019
• Anu Tali's final season as music director showcases a series of special moments, culminating with Beethoven's monumental Ninth Symphony. GREAT • 11 guest conductors make their Sarasota Orchestra debut. ESCAPES • EarShot, an initiative for emerging composers, collaborates with our musicians. Embark on a journey of musical • A free family concert for young people new to classical music. fun. Four conductors offer a mix of light classics and toe-tapping pops selections. The electric style of guest conductor Alexandra Arrieche bookends the series. MASTERWORKS Experience the transformative power of magnificent works by master composers. Anu Tali’s final season as Music Director promises a joyous season of engaging music. Her penultimate concert, "To Sarasota with Love," features Ravel’s Bolero. DISCOVERIES Leap into a fresh take on classical music featuring shorter works by popular composers, as well as unexpected, accessible gems. 75-minute, themed programs are held at the Sarasota Opera House and include comments by guest conductors. CHAMBER SOIRéES Lean in and experience exquisite, compelling music in the intimacy of Holley Hall. Sarasota Orchestra musicians take center stage in eight chamber concerts, including a program featuring four of our violinists interpreting each of Vivaldi's Four Seasons.
ANU TALI, ANU'S LEGACY: Music Director Cover Photo: Katherine Siochi, Principal Harp, is among 11 musicians hired by Anu Tali who will offer a lasting legacy of artistic excellence and growth. Photo credit by Kabir Cardenas / INarts.nyc
WEBSITE 1 SarasotaOrchestra.org Chamber Soirée 1 OUT OF THE OPERA PIT TICKETS FROM SEPTEMBER 20 $ Thursday | 5:30 pm | Holley Hall 36 ROSSINI VERDI WAGNER Duo for Cello and Bass String Quartet Siegfried Idyll
Enjoy chamber works from three composers best known for their operas. Hear Rossini's legendary wit in a playful duet for cello and double bass. Verdi composed his only String Quartet at a hotel during a run of the famous opera Aïda. Enjoy Wagner’s rich melodies and lush musical textures in his famous tribute to his wife. Chamber Soirée 2 COLORFUL COMBINATIONS TICKETS SEPTEMBER 23 FROM Sunday | 4:00 pm | Holley Hall $36
J. ANDRIESSEN MOZART STRAVINSKY Sciarada Spagnuola Piano Quartet Soldier’s Tale Suite in G Minor Experience a kaleidoscope of instrumental color in creative works from the eighteenth to twentieth centuries. Stravinsky tells the tale of a soldier who trades his violin to the devil for the guarantee of wealth. Mozart’s Piano Quartet has a famous opening theme you'll be sure to recognize. Contemporary Dutch composer Andriessen offers a playful, Bernstein-like romp for wind quintet.
BOX OFFICE 2 941.953.3434 Discoveries 1 PASSION & TRAVEL SEPTEMBER 29 Saturday | 7:30 pm | Sarasota Opera House
Ruth Reinhardt, guest conductor Katherine Siochi, harp Robyn Rocklein, mezzo-soprano
DVOŘÁK FAURÉ Othello Overture Pelléas et Mélisande Suite BRIGHT SHENG BEETHOVEN Never Far Away (harp) Leonore Overture No.3
Romance blooms in exotic and unexpected places. Discover contemporary composer Bright Sheng and his rapturous Never Far Away. Inspired by a Chinese folk song KATHERINE SIOCHI, about a young girl standing longingly in the moonlight, principal harp this evocative work for harp and Orchestra will stir your imagination. Wildly passionate music from Fauré’s opera celebrates the triumph of young love, while Beethoven’s beloved Leonore Overture provides another perspective TICKETS on romance. Dvořák’s Othello Overture, full of soaring FROM melodies, explores more complex sides of passion. $25
SARASOTA WIND QUINTET WEBSITE 3 SarasotaOrchestra.org Great Escapes 1 MUSICAL AMERICA
OCTOBER 10-13 Wednesday | 5:30 pm | Holley Hall Thursday | 7:30 pm | Holley Hall Friday | 5:30 pm | Holley Hall Saturday | 8:00 pm | Holley Hall
Alexandra Arrieche, conductor Conductor Alexandra Arrieche makes her Sarasota Orchestra debut with a celebration of musical genres that are distinctly American. Enjoy Aaron Copland with his folk inspired themes, music by jazz greats Cole Porter and George Gershwin, and classical giant Antonín Dvořák, whose music was influenced by his time in America.
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BOX OFFICE 4 941.953.3434 Chamber Soirée 3 THREE’S A CHARM OCTOBER 25 Thursday | 5:30 pm | Holley Hall
SCHULHOFF Concertino for Flute, Viola and Bass
KEVIN PUTS SAMANTHA And Legions Will Rise BENNETT principal second violin BEETHOVEN Archduke Trio This concert of trios offers a poignant reminder of personal resilience. Beethoven’s majestic Archduke Trio is the last piece of music he played in public before becoming completely deaf. The program includes a Concertino for flute, viola, and bass composed 15 years before Schulhoff’s death in a concentration camp. Puts wrote of his work for violin, clarinet, and marimba that it “is about the power in all of us to transcend during times of tragedy.”
ALEXANDRA ARRIECHE TICKETS FROM guest conductor $36 WEBSITE 5 SarasotaOrchestra.org Masterworks 1 LEGENDS NOVEMBER 2-4 "A RISING TICKETS Friday | 8:00 pm | Van Wezel FROM Saturday | 8:00 pm | Van Wezel $34 Sunday | 2:30 pm | Van Wezel STAR IN THE Anu Tali, Music Director CONDUCTING Sergei Dogadin, violin FIRMAMENT" - Chicago Tribune ANTHONY RITCHIE ANU TALI Music Director Yet Another Poem of Spring TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto SIBELIUS Symphony No. 5 Sarasota Orchestra opens its Masterworks season with a program featuring the legendary Tchaikovsky violin concerto. Performed by Russian virtuoso Sergei Dogadin, Learn more about the concert at a Classical top prize winner at the 2011 Tchaikovsky competition, Conversation November 1 at 10:30 am at the work is both fiendishly difficult and deeply touching. Holley Hall. $10 in advance, $15 at the door. The Orchestra travels to the farthest reaches of Sibelius’ musical landscape in the monumental Symphony No. 5, inspired by a flight of swans and unique with its distinctive WARD STARE ANU'S LEGACY: Under Anu Tali’s guest conductor “Amen” ending. New Zealand composer Anthony Ritchie direction, Sarasota Orchestra has offers a luscious seasonal perspective in Yet Another built a lasting legacy of vivid Sibelius Poem of Spring. performances.
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TICKETS Ward Stare, guest conductor FROM $ Christina and Michelle Naughton, piano 34 MOZART RAVEL Incidental Music from Valses nobles et sentimentales Thamos, King of Egypt R. STRAUSS POULENC Der Rosenkavalier Suite Concerto for Two Pianos
“One of the hottest young conductors in America” (St. Louis Post-Dispatch), Ward Stare leads Sarasota Orchestra in a CHRISTINA program pairing exquisite French music with rich German AND MICHELLE NAUGHTON orchestral fare. Twin sisters Christina and Michelle Naughton piano provide double the drama in Poulenc’s Concerto for Two Pianos, while Ravel’s masterwork appropriately uses the word "delicious" in its subtitle. Mozart’s music from Thamos, King of Egypt is a rarely heard delight and German "STELLAR MUSICIANSHIP, TECHNICAL Romantic giant Richard Strauss’ operatic suite concludes the program in an explosion of orchestral virtuosity. MASTERY, AND AWE-INSPIRING ARTISTRY" Learn more about the concert at a Classical Conversation - San Francisco Examiner November 29 at 10:30 am at Holley Hall. $10 in advance, $15 at the door. WEBSITE 7 SarasotaOrchestra.org Great Escapes 2 ‘TIS THE SEASON Andrew Lane, conductor One of the most popular Great Escapes of the season is our holiday themed concert. Each year, Principal Pops Conductor Andrew Lane finds new ways to freshen up holiday delights and classic favorites we have all come to know and love. What better way to get in the holiday spirit than with a joyous concert! DECEMBER 5-9 Wednesday | 5:30 pm | Holley Hall Thursday | 7:30 pm | Holley Hall Friday | 5:30 pm | Holley Hall Saturday | 8:00 pm | Holley Hall Sunday | 2:30 pm | Holley Hall
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ANDREW LANE Principal Pops Conductor
BOX OFFICE 8 941.953.3434 Discoveries 2 HIDDEN HOLIDAY
TREASURES JEFFREY MILARSKY DECEMBER 22 guest conductor Saturday | 7:30 pm | Sarasota Opera House
GABRIELI BACH HINDEMITH Sacrae Symphoniae Brandenburg Concerto Tuttifäntchen Suite No.2 BERLIOZ Overture to Act II from SCHREKER L'Enfance du Christ The Birthday of the Infanta Suite
TICKETS Jeffrey Milarsky, conductor FROM Sarasota Contemporary Dance, featured $25
Experience three centuries of festive music. Sarasota Contemporary Dance joins the Orchestra in interpreting The Birthday of the Infanta Suite with specially commissioned choreography by Leymis Bolaños Wilmott. Based on a story by Oscar Wilde, the work portrays a dwarf in love with a princess. Renaissance composer Gabrieli wrote some of the most glorious brass music ever composed. Hindemith’s folk-inspired Tuttifäntchen Suite depicts the story of a puppet made from a fir tree in search of a heart. Finally, be thrilled by the joyful brilliance of Bach’s beloved Brandenburg Concerto No. 2.
WEBSITE 9 SarasotaOrchestra.org "EFFUSIVELY LYRICAL... Masterworks 3 HAIR-RAISINGLY SUMMER VIRTUOSIC" - The Guardian London TO WINTER JANUARY 4-6 Friday | 8:00 pm | Neel Performing Arts Center Saturday | 8:00 pm | Van Wezel Sunday | 2:30 pm | Van Wezel
Anu Tali, Music Director James Ehnes, violin
MENDELSSOHN Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream SCHUMANN Symphony No. 1 (Spring) SHOSTAKOVICH Violin Concerto No. 1
JAMES EHNES violin
BOX OFFICE 10 941.953.3434 SUMMER Experience the seasons in reverse. The promise of warm summer nights comes to life in Mendelssohn’s irrepressible overture. Schumann’s Spring Symphony overflows with the joyous sounds of nature reawakening. Finally, Grammy Award-winning violinist TO James Ehnes, who makes his home on the Suncoast, joins Sarasota Orchestra for Shostakovich’s Violin Concerto No.1. Shostakovich put this rich, “subversive” work on the shelf for seven years, until WINTER after Stalin’s death. The concerto depicts winter’s harsh, crystalline beauty, with anti-Stalinist themes ever present beneath the surface. Learn more about the concert at a Classical Conversation January 3 at 10:30 am at Holley Hall. $10 in advance, $15 at the door.
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MENDELSSOHN Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream SCHUMANN ANU'S LEGACY: Symphony No. 1 (Spring) Bringing people together through the power of music is a central element to ANU TALI SHOSTAKOVICH Music Director Violin Concerto No. 1 Anu Tali's artistic vision.
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BOX OFFICE 12 941.953.3434 Pops 1 "IT'S THE GRAND ORCHESTRATIONS LA LA LAND THAT ARE TRULY IN CONCERT MAGICAL" JANUARY 11-12 - Variety Friday | 8:00 pm | Van Wezel Saturday | 2:30 pm | Van Wezel Saturday | 8:00 pm | Van Wezel
Sarah Hicks, conductor Relive the wonder of the Oscar® winning smash La La Land as we screen the film with a live performance by Sarasota Orchestra. Follow the musical love story of an aspiring actress and jazz musician, and lose yourself in the captivating film that won six Academy Awards® including Best Original Score.
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SARAH HICKS guest conductor La La Land ™ & © 2018 Summit Entertainment, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
WEBSITE 13 SarasotaOrchestra.org Anu Tali, Music Director Chamber Soirée 4 Emanuel Ax, piano VERDI La Forza del Destino Overture FRENCH BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 1 PROKOFIEV FLAIR Symphony No. 5 JANUARY 13 Sunday | 4:00 pm | Holley Hall Witness the dramatic power of music. The “Fate” motive in Verdi’s CHUNG-YON overture kicks off this robust concert. MILHAUD HONG International superstar Emanuel Ax, Suite for Violin, Clarinet and Piano violin widely regarded as one of today’s greatest pianists, plays Beethoven’s RAVEL Introduction & Allegro sparkling Piano Concerto No. 1. Prokofiev described his Symphony FAURÉ No. 5, written in 1944, as “a hymn Piano Quintet No.1in D Minor to free and happy Man, to his mighty powers, his pure and noble With wonderful melodies and a fascinating melange spirit.“ Despite WWII ravaging of musical styles, this program of early twentieth- Europe during its composition, century French music is ‘fantastique.’ Milhaud this mighty work develops into a intermingles Baroque elegance with borrowings powerful testament to the human from jazz and other musical styles. Ravel’s work is spirit and is hopeful at its conclusion. a miniature concerto for harp, replete with exciting virtuoso writing for the instrument. Fauré said his Learn more about the concert at a TICKETS Piano Quintet has “a deceptive air of spontaneity,” FROM Classical Conversation January 17 $ full of rapturous lyricism and impressionist textures. 36 at 10:30 am at Holley Hall. $10 in advance, $15 at the door.
BOX OFFICE 14 941.953.3434 Masterworks 4 AX PLAYS BEETHOVEN TICKETS FROM JANUARY 17-20 $ Thursday | 8:00 pm | Neel Performing Arts Center 34 Friday | 8:00 pm | Van Wezel Saturday | 8:00 pm | Van Wezel ANU'S LEGACY: Many of the world’s Sunday | 2:30 pm | Van Wezel finest artists have come to Sarasota to collaborate in performance with Anu Tali.
"WITHIN MINUTES, WE ARE TOTALLY CAPTURED BY HIS " INTENSITYAND PIANISTIC ACHIEVEMENT - Los Angeles Times EMANUEL AX piano
WEBSITE 15 SarasotaOrchestra.org Great Escapes 3 SHUFFLE JANUARY 23-27 Wednesday | 5:30 pm | Holley Hall Thursday | 7:30 pm | Holley Hall Friday | 5:30 pm | Holley Hall Saturday | 8:00 pm | Holley Hall Sunday | 2:30 pm | Holley Hall CLARK RUNDELL guest conductor Chung Park, conductor The audience takes control as concert repertoire is picked from a menu of options. From Broadway to the movies, jazz to light Clark Rundell, guest conductor classical and more, it’s all up for grabs as Viviane Hagner, violin audience members surprise the Orchestra with their picks. Join us for a dynamic format with TICKETS GERSHWIN conductor Chung FROM An American in Paris Park and Sarasota $40 VIEUXTEMPS Orchestra! Violin Concerto No. 5 (Grétry) SAINT-SAËNS Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso BARBER Night Flight BERNSTEIN On The Waterfront Symphonic Suite CHUNG PARK guest conductor
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VIVIANE HAGNER ROUND TRIP violin TO PARIS JANUARY 31 - FEBRUARY 3 Thursday | 8:00 pm | Neel Performing Arts Center Friday | 8:00 pm | Van Wezel Saturday | 8:00 pm | Van Wezel "AN ALMOST HAUNTINGLY Sunday | 2:30 pm | Van Wezel MASTERFUL DISPLAY OF George Gershwin’s jazzy overture opens this lively program. Clark Rundell, a highly sought-after American conductor " based in England, will guest conduct. Violinist Viviane TECHNIQUE AND ARTISTRY Hagner, praised for her masterful displays of technique and - Washington Post artistry, promises to dazzle in two showpieces: Saint-Saëns’s virtuosic masterpiece and the demanding and imaginative Concerto No. 5 by Vieuxtemps. Barber’s dreamlike Night Flight recalls the composer’s own experiences in the US Air Force while Bernstein’s film score On the Waterfront offers a gritty depiction of New York City. Learn more about the concert at a Classical Conversation January 31 at 10:30 am at Holley Hall. $10 in advance, $15 at the door.
TICKETS FROM $34 WEBSITE 17 SarasotaOrchestra.org Special Event THRILL OF A LIFETIME FEBRUARY 9 Saturday | 7:30 pm | Neel Performing Arts Center
Andrew Lane, conductor Share in this “Thrill of a Lifetime” for the members of the Youth Philharmonic as they perform side-by-side with the professional musicians of Sarasota Orchestra. The first half of the program showcases the student winners of the 2018 Edward and Ida Wilkof Young Artists Concerto Competition, performing their winning pieces with the Sarasota ANDREA GUAITA Orchestra. The second half of the 2017 Edward and Ida Wilkof Young concert features the professionals The Four Seasons soloists: Artists Concerto Competition winner and students performing together. JENNIFER TAKEDA assistant concertmaster performs Spring TICKETS FROM CHRISTOPHER TAKEDA $15 associate concertmaster performs Summer DANIEL JORDAN concertmaster performs Autumn SAMANTHA BENNETT principal second violin BOX OFFICE performs Winter 18 941.953.3434 Chamber Soirée 5 BAROQUE FIREWORKS FEBRUARY 7 & 10 Thursday | 5:30 pm | Holley Hall Sunday | 4:00 pm | Holley Hall
TELEMANN Quartet in D Minor (Tafelmusik) VIVALDI The Four Seasons
Relish a grand musical feast. Four Sarasota Orchestra principal violins step up to the table for the main course, Vivaldi’s beloved Four Seasons. From the thunderstorms of spring and the oppressive heat of summer to the hunters of fall and frosty snows of winter, the seasons come alive in Vivaldi’s iconic set of concertos. The opening appetizer for this concert is Telemann’s energetic quartet from his collection of Table Music.
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WEBSITE 19 SarasotaOrchestra.org Masterworks 6 TO SARASOTA WITH LOVE FEBRUARY 21, 23, 24 Thursday | 8:00 pm | Neel Performing Arts Center Saturday | 8:00 pm | Van Wezel Sunday | 2:30 pm | Van Wezel
Anu Tali, Music Director Daniel Jordan, violin; Bharat Chandra, clarinet; Fernando Traba, bassoon; Joshua Horne, horn
GLINKA TICKETS Russlan & Ludmilla Overture FROM $34 SIBELIUS Rakastava R. STRAUSS Duet Concertino MASCAGNI Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana GRIEG Peer Gynt Suite No.1 BHARAT CHANDRA, clarinet; DANIEL JORDAN, violin; DVOŘÁK FERNANDO TRABA, bassoon; JOSHUA HORNE, horn Romance GLAZUNOV ANU'S LEGACY: Anu Tali’s transformative Rêverie effect on the Orchestra’s quality of sound RAVEL has made for richer, more thrilling concerts. Boléro
BOX OFFICE 20 941.953.3434 Anu Tali’s penultimate concert as Music Director is a musical love letter to our community. The concert features Ravel’s Boléro, with solos for all orchestra sections as its single, seductive theme builds into a compelling 13-minute crescendo. The program includes an epic love story, a magical story of adventure and a duet based on the fairy tale Beauty and the Beast. Learn more about the concert at a Classical Conversation February 21 at 10:30 am at Holley Hall. $10 in advance, $15 at the door.
CELEBRATING ANUGALA TALI AND SARASOTA ORCHESTRA'S 70TH ANNIVERSARY FEBRUARY 22 Friday | 6:00 pm | Ritz Carlton See page 34 for details.
WEBSITE 21 SarasotaOrchestra.org Great Escapes 4 A MANY SPLENDORED THING FEBRUARY 13-17 Wednesday | 5:30 pm | Holley Hall Thursday | 7:30 pm | Holley Hall Friday | 5:30 pm | Holley Hall Saturday | 8:00 pm | Holley Hall Sunday | 2:30 pm | Holley Hall
Christopher Confessore, conductor Our annual Valentine’s week concert has romance as its theme. What a Moonlight Serenade you will enjoy, whether you are a beauty or a beast, as we search together Somewhere in Time for Someone to Watch Over Me. Enjoy romantic favorites in a concert of music that is A Many Splendored Thing.
TICKETS FROM $40 ANNE & BHARAT CHANDRA violin and principal clarinet BOX OFFICE 22 941.953.3434 ELYSE LAUZON Chamber Soirée 6 horn GRAN PARTITA FEBRUARY 28 Thursday | 5:30 pm | Holley Hall
DVOŘÁK Terzetto MOZART Serenade in B-Flat Major, (Gran Partita)
Friends inspire great things in life. Enjoy the results of musical camaraderie in a program showcasing two great chamber music composers. With his Gran Partita, intended for wind player friends, Mozart took eighteenth-century wind music to a new level. As one contemporary enthused, “Oh, what an effect it made—glorious and grand, excellent and sublime.” Dvořák wrote the passionate Terzetto for himself, his neighbor, and his neighbor’s teacher.
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Pops 2 AN EVENING WITH JUDY GARLAND MARCH 1-2 Friday | 8:00 pm | Van Wezel Saturday | 2:30 pm | Van Wezel Saturday | 8:00 pm | Van Wezel
Steven Reineke, conductor The legendary vocals of Judy Garland are combined with live music by Sarasota Orchestra to create a unique concert event. You’ll enjoy STEVEN REINEKE Garland standards accompanied by film footage and photos tracing guest conductor Garland’s illustrious career.
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BOX OFFICE 24 941.953.3434 WEBSITE 25 SarasotaOrchestra.org Chamber Soirée 7 SARASOTA STRING QUARTET MARCH 3 Sunday | 4:00 pm | Holley Hall
BEETHOVEN String Quartet Op. 18, No. 1 PROKOFIEV String Quartet No. 2
Sarasota String Quartet tackles two stalwarts of the chamber repertoire. You’ll delight in the Classical sheen and Romantic overtones of the second string quartet Beethoven ever composed. Prokofiev’s Second Quartet, from its expressive opening to its delicate close, exemplifies the composer’s description of the work as “a very turbulent success.”
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BOX OFFICE 26 SARASOTA STRING QUARTET 941.953.3434 Great Escapes 5 SOUNDS OF THE STAGE MARCH 20-24 Wednesday | 5:30 pm | Holley Hall Thursday | 7:30 pm | Holley Hall Friday | 5:30 pm | Holley Hall TICKETS Saturday | 8:00 pm | Holley Hall FROM $ JOHN MILLER Sunday | 2:30 pm | Holley Hall 40 principal bass
Andrew Lane, conductor From George M. Cohan to Gilbert and Sullivan, music has sparked the imagination and enhanced the experiences of theatergoers. In this concert, we focus on the music that set the stage and enriched memorable theatrical moments. Enjoy orchestral highlights from some of the best musicals of all time.
WEBSITE 27 SarasotaOrchestra.org Discoveries 3 MUSIC OF THE AMERICAS TICKETS FROM MARCH 31 $ Sunday | 4:00 pm | Sarasota Opera House 25
ERNESTO CORDERO COPLAND Ínsula Tropical Clarinet Concerto OSVALDO GOLIJOV GINASTERA Last Round Variaciones concertantes
Guillermo Figueroa, conductor Bharat Chandra,principal clarinet
Discover and savor music of a distinctly Latin flavor. Puerto Rican composer Cordero will have you dancing in your seat. Golijov’s Last Round, at once driving and dreamlike, is an imaginative homage to the tango. Copland’s Clarinet Concerto was composed when he was living in Rio de Janeiro. Commissioned by Benny Goodman, it is distinctive for its jazzy elements. In the closing work, Argentinian composer Ginastera presents a delicious, folk-inspired soundscape of his homeland.
BHARAT CHANDRA principal clarinet BOX OFFICE 28 941.953.3434 7 Masterworks Anu Tali, Music Director Choral Artists of Sarasota, featured APRIL 5-7 Key Chorale, featured Friday | 8:00 pm | Van Wezel Elizabeth Baldwin, soprano Saturday | 8:00 pm | Van Wezel PEACE AND JOY Blythe Gaissert, alto Sunday | 2:30 pm | Van Wezel Miles Mykkanen, tenor TICKETS Branch Fields, bass FROM $37 SCHOENBERG BEETHOVEN Friede auf Erden (Peace on Earth) Symphony No. 9 (Choral)
Beethoven’s monumental choral symphony, penned when the composer was deaf, is widely considered the most iconic work of western music. Join Sarasota Orchestra as we celebrate Anu Tali’s six-year tenure as Music Director with a finale that is a true “Ode to Joy.” Opening the program is Arnold Schoenberg’s Peace on Earth, for chorus and orchestra, full of complex harmonies and rich choral writing. It is a natural pairing for Beethoven’s beloved anthem to his cherished belief in the virtues of humankind. Learn more about the concert at a Classical Conversation April 4 at 10:30 am at Holley Hall. $10 in advance, $15 at the door.
ANU'S LEGACY: As rehearsals end, Anu often says “Go in Peace,” making Beethoven’s masterpiece the most fitting of finales.
ANU TALI WEBSITE Music Director 29 SarasotaOrchestra.org LIVE ORCHESTRA AND FILM EXPERIENCE
Pops 3 HOLLYWOOD HITS APRIL 12-13 Friday | 8:00 pm | Van Wezel Saturday | 2:30 pm | Van Wezel Saturday | 8:00 pm | Van Wezel
Andrew Lane, Principal Pops Conductor Experience majestic music from some of the world's greatest films. Video montages, film clips, and vintage still images accompany the scores and vocals from blockbuster movies such as Gone With The Wind, The Magnificent Seven, Doctor Zhivago, Lawrence of Arabia, James Bond, The Pink Panther, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Ben-Hur and more.
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ANDREW LANE Principal Pops Conductor
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HERRMANN Souvenirs de voyage ROTA Quintet KORNGOLD Piano Quintet, Op. 15
Best known for their film scores, the three composers on this program were also brilliant and accomplished within the field of classical music. When not collaborating with Alfred Hitchcock, Herrmann composed a romantic and gorgeous clarinet quintet. Known for composing the music for The Godfather, Rota left the violence behind in his rapturously lyrical Quintet for Flute, Oboe, Viola, Cello, and Harp. While Korngold wrote swashbuckling music for Errol Flynn, his Piano Quintet offers a rich musical portrait full of breadth and depth.
SAMANTHA BENNETT BOX OFFICE principal second violin 32 941.953.3434 Great Escapes 6 DANCE, DANCE, ALEXANDRA ARRIECHE DANCE guest conductor MAY 1-4 Wednesday | 5:30 pm | Holley Hall Thursday | 7:30 pm | Holley Hall Friday | 5:30 pm | Holley Hall Saturday | 8:00 pm | Holley Hall
Alexandra Arrieche, conductor Everyone in the audience is sure to be moving in their seats for this concert of music composed for dance. From the subtle charm of the Brazilian Samba to the exuberant energy of a Las Vegas show, revel in the popular dance music from around the world featured on this rousing finale to the Great Escapes season.
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WEBSITE 33 SarasotaOrchestra.org CELEBRATINGGALA ANU TALI AND SARASOTA ORCHESTRA'S 70TH
ANNIVERSARY CHRISTOPHER ROUNTREE SAVEconductor THE DATE FEB 22 EARSHOT Friday | 6:00 pm AN INITIATIVE FOR NEW MUSIC TICKETS Ritz Carlton FROM $15 For ticket and sponsorship MARCH 14 & 16 Thursday | 5:30 pm | Holley Hall information, contact Donor Saturday | 8:00 pm | Holley Hall Engagement at 941-487- 2737 Ever wonder how composers learn to write orchestral music? Find out this March when Sarasota Orchestra hosts EarShot, the nation’s first ongoing program for identifying and promoting the most promising orchestral composers on the national stage. Led by Los Angeles based conductor Christopher Rountree, four composers hailing from ANU'S LEGACY: across the nation will hear their music played for the very first time. In seminars, Anu Tali is the fifth feedback sessions and workshops the composers will spend the week working music director in the with the musicians of Sarasota Orchestra. The public will have several unique 70 years of Sarasota opportunities to see how the compositions develop in behind-the-scenes Orchestra. Her reading sessions leading up to Sarasota Orchestra’s world premiere artistic contributions performances of the finished scores.EarShot is an initiative will live on well into of American Composers Orchestra in partnership with our future. American Composers Forum, League of American Orchestras, and New Music USA. BOX OFFICE 34 941.953.3434 SAVE THE DATEOutdoor Pops SARASOTA AMERICAN ALL STARS
TICKETS MUSIC FESTIVAL MAY 10-11 FROM Friday | 8:00 pm | Ed Smith Stadium $15 JUNE 3-22 Saturday | 8:00 pm | Ed Smith Stadium Various times and places Join Sarasota Orchestra for a fan-friendly outdoor Pops concert Jeffrey Kahane, Music Director at the Orioles’ Ed Smith Stadium. This sixth annual concert showcases stirring music by American composers about Explore the talent of tomorrow. Classical America. Vocalists will perform a wide range of popular music. musicians from around the world converge on Get yourself some ballpark fare, sit back in the stands and Sarasota for three weeks of master classes and enjoy the Orchestra performing from the field. A spectacular breathtaking performances. fireworks display closes out an evening of hits and home runs. Tickets will be sold by the Orioles at Ed Smith Stadium beginning in December. (941) 893-6300 - Orioles.com/Sarasota
CASSIA DRAKE 2018 SMF participant WEBSITE 35 SarasotaOrchestra.org PARTNERS IN PERFORMANCE The Sarasota Orchestra provides live music for these productions. The Barber of Seville By Gioachino Rossini Tickets from $30 at October 26, 28, 31 SARASOTABALLET.ORG OR 941-359-0099 November 6, 8, 11
Masters of Dance Poetry and Liberty November 16-17 | Sarasota Opera House March 8-9 | Van Wezel Featuring Sir Frederick Ashton’s Rhapsody Celebrating the 100th Birthday of Dame Margot (Sergei Rachmaninoff), Christopher Wheeldon's Fonteyn with Sir Frederick Ashton’s Apparitions There Where She Loved (Frédéric Chopin and (Franz Liszt), and George Balanchine's Stars Kurt Weill) and Jerome Robbins’ The Concert and Stripes (John Philip Sousa). (Frédéric Chopin). Giselle Victorian Winters April 26-27 | Sarasota Opera House December 14-15 | Van Wezel Figaro, Figaro, Figaro! One of the most beloved full-length romantic Your favorite barber is back. Featuring Sir Frederick Ashton’s Les Patineurs classics. Sir Peter Wright’s production of Giselle (Giacomo Meyerbeer) and Enigma Variations (Adolphe Adam) is an enthralling tale of young Dr. Bartolo plans to marry his ward (Sir Edward Elgar) plus George Balanchine's love, unrequited romance, and loss. Rosina, but she has other plans for her Diamonds (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky) future. Figaro, the barber, comes to the rescue and assists Rosina in sneaking, scheming, and plotting to marry her beloved Lindoro. Tickets start at just $19 SARASOTAOPERA.ORG or (941) 328-1300 TITLE SPONSORS SEASON TITLE SPONSORS: BRUNCH TITLE SPONSORS: GRANT SUPPORTERS: Masterworks Season Title Sponsor: Title Foundation Sponsor: Chuck and Margery Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation Gulf Coast Barancik Foundation Community Foundation Cordelia Lee Beattie Foundation Music Director Title Sponsor: The Exchange Gerri Aaron Individual Title Sponsor: Fine Arts Society of Sarasota Chamber Soirées Individual Gerri Aaron Florida Division of Cultural Affairs Title Sponsor: Corporate Sponsor: The Vera and Imre Paul and Sharon Steinwachs SunTrust Private Wealth Hecht Foundation Chamber Soirées Corporate The Koski Family Foundation Title Sponsor: DINNER SERIES National Endowment for the Arts Publix Super Markets Charities Muirhead, Gaylor, Steves & TITLE SPONSORS: Sarasota County Tourist Waskom, PA Corporate Title Sponsor: Development Grant Discoveries Series Individual PNC Wealth Management Service Club of Manatee County Title Sponsor: Foundation Title Sponsor: Roberta Leventhal Paul and Sharon Steinwachs Community Foundation of Sudakoff Foundation Discoveries Series Corporate Sarasota County Title Sponsor: Family Foundation Title Sponsor: MEDIA SPONSORS: BMO Wealth Management Charles and Margery Herald Tribune Media Group Barancik Foundation Observer Group GALA TITLE SPONSORS: Sarasota Magazine Foundation Title Sponsor: MAESTRO SOCIETY SPONSOR: SCENE Magazine Gulf Coast Williams Parker Attorneys at Law WSMR Classical Radio 89.1 FM Community Foundation Family Foundation Title Sponsor: EARSHOT SPONSOR: Charles and Margery Williams Parker Attorneys at Law Barancik Foundation
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(HOLLEY HALL) (3 MILES) (6.7 MILES) TENTH ST. VAN ENCORE WEZEL CENTRAL AVE. CENTRAL AVE. COCOANUT AVE. COCOANUT VAN WEZEL WAY WEZEL VAN SOCIETY BLVD. OF THE ARTS TRAIL (US 41) TAMIAMI SIXTH ST. TO I-75 Making a legacy gift to the Sarasota Orchestra ensures greatness for -> Sarasota Bay Sarasota FRUITVILLE RD. generations to come. The ENCORE SOCIETY is an ensemble of donors SECOND ST. whose vision and commitment include planned gifts and contributions N FIRST ST. to the endowment fund, all of which guarantee a vibrant Sarasota MAIN ST. OPERA HOUSE PINEAPPLE AVE. Orchestra.
MAIN ST. For more information on how to join the Encore Society or to speak with a planned giving specialist, please contact Jocelyn Udell at 941-487-2716 or [email protected]. PERFORMANCE VENUES: VW - Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall 777 N Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, FL 34236 HH - Holley Hall: Beatrice Friedman Symphony Center 709 N Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, FL 34236 NE - Neel Performing Arts Center State College of Florida Campus 5840 26th St W, Bradenton, FL 34207 OH - Sarasota Opera House 61 N Pineapple Ave, Sarasota, FL 34236 ED - Ed Smith Baseball Stadium 2700 12th St, Sarasota, FL 34237 BOX OFFICE 38 941.953.3434 TICKETS: To purchase tickets: visit SarasotaOrchestra.org, Waiting Lists: If a concert is sold out, the Box Office will call 941-953-3434 or visit the box office. It is located at the begin a waiting list on the Monday prior to the concert. Call Beatrice Friedman Symphony Center (Holley Hall). the Box Office and request to be placed on the list. Discounts and/or special offers do not apply to sold-out performances. Exchanges: Available for all patrons. A $5 per ticket fee applies to non-subscription tickets (additional upgrade charges Discounts: Any special codes or offers must be used at may apply). Subscribers may exchange their subscription time of purchase. Discounts cannot be provided once the sale tickets for free. is complete. Exchanges should be made in person at the Box Office during Parking: Free parking available near performance venues. regular business hours, OR you may mail in your tickets with Valet parking is available at the Van Wezel and Sarasota instructions for the new date, and payment for any fees/ Opera House for a small fee. upgrades. Exchanges must be made at least 24 hours prior to OUR MISSION: the concert you wish to switch. We exchange on a ticket-for- Student Rush: Student tickets for $9 go on sale one hour ticket basis, regardless of original ticket value. There are no We engage, educate and enrich our prior to a performance at the Box Office for students aged 25 exchanges at concerts. community through high quality live and under with a valid school ID. Based on availability. musical experiences. Refunds are Not Provided: If you cannot attend or Special Fee: For events at the Van Wezel, a $7 fee exchange, contact the Box Office prior to the concert to donate per ticket for each concert is included for service charges and your tickets for resale. We will issue a donation acknowledgment parking, which is paid to the city owned and operated Van for the value of the tickets when we receive them. Wezel. This fee is incorporated into the listed subscription and BOX OFFICE: ticket prices. Replacement Tickets: Reprints are free. If you have Beatrice Friedman Symphony Center misplaced your tickets, contact the Box Office, or come to your Fee for Operating Reserve: $1 fee for every 709 N Tamiami Trail, concert and request reprints. We will be happy to assist you. single ticket purchased goes to our Operating Reserve Fund. Sarasota, FL 34236 (941) 953-3434, then press ‘2’ SarasotaOrchestra.org Photography, video or audio recording is Pricing, artists, and prohibited during concerts. repertoire subject to change. HOURS: Monday through Friday 10:00 am – 4:00 pm And at the concert venue DONATIONS: one hour prior to showtime. If you would like to make a gift to the Sarasota Orchestra, please contact Nicole Eibe at 941-487-2743. A COPY OF THE OFFICIAL REGISTRATION AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE DIVISION OF CONSUMER SERVICES BY CALLING TOLL-FREE WITHIN THE STATE (1-800-435-7352). REGISTRATION DOES NOT IMPLY ENDORSEMENT, APPROVAL, OR RECOMMENDATION BY THE STATE. Please refer to registration #SC-02669. A professional solicitor has not been retained and the Sarasota Orchestra receives 100% of your contribution.
WEBSITE 39 SarasotaOrchestra.org Page 18 photo by Daniel Perales PHOTO CREDITS Page 19 photo by Kabir Cardenas/INarts.nyc Cover photo by: Kabir Cardenas/INarts.nyc, Page 20 photo by Herb Booth Inside cover and Page 1 photos by Kabir Cardenas/INarts.nyc Page 21 photo by Kabir Cardenas/INarts.nyc SEPTEMBER Page 2 & 3 photos by Kabir Cardenas/INarts.nyc Pages 22 & 23 photo by Kabir Cardenas/INarts.nyc 20 Out of the Opera Pit 5:30 pm HH Page 4 photo courtesy Alexandra Arrieche Page 24 Steven Reineke photo by Michael Tammaro 23 Colorful Combinations 4:00 pm HH Page 5 photos by Kabir Cardenas/INarts.nyc Page 25 photo courtesy (Judy Garland Management) 29 Passion & Travel 7:30 pm OH Page 6 Anu Tali photo by Kabir Cardenas/INarts.nyc, Ward Page 26 photo by Kabir Cardenas/INarts.nyc OCTOBER Stare photo by Suzy Gorman Page 27 photo by Matthew Holler 10 Musical America 5:30 pm HH Page 7 photo courtesy Christina and Michelle Naughton Page 28 photo by Kabir Cardenas/INarts.nyc 11 Musical America 7:30 pm HH Page 8 photo by Jolanta Page 29 photo by Kaupo Kikkas 12 Musical America 5:30 pm HH CALENDAR Page 9 Sarasota Contemporary Dance photo by Page 30 photo by Jolanta Sorcha Augustine, and courtesy Jeffrey Milarsky Page 32 photo by Kabir Cardenas/INarts.nyc 13 Musical America 8:00 pm HH Page 10 photo courtesy James Ehnes Page 33 photo courtesy Alexandra Arrieche 25 Three’s a Charm 5:30 pm HH Page 11 photo by Kabir Cardenas/INarts.nyc Page 34 Anu Tali photo by Kabir Cardenas/INarts.nyc, Page 13 photo courtesy Sarah Hicks courtesy Christopher Rountree NOVEMBER 2 Page 14 photo by Kabir Cardenas/INarts.nyc Page 35 Cassia Drake photo by Matthew Holler, Concert Legends 8:00 pm VW 3 Page 15 Emanuel Ax photo by Jeffrey Wang photo by Daniel Perales Legends 8:00 pm VW Page 16 photo courtesy Chung Park, courtesy Clark Rundell Page 38 & 40 photo by Herb Booth 4 Brunch 10:30 am SG Page 17 photo courtesy Viviane Hagner Back Cover photo by Herb Booth 4 Legends 2:30 pm VW 30 Perfect Pairs 8:00 pm VW DECEMBER 1 Perfect Pairs 8:00 pm VW 2 Perfect Pairs 2:30 pm VW 5 ‘Tis the Season 5:30 pm HH 6 ‘Tis the Season 7:30 pm HH
7 ‘Tis the Season 5:30 pm HH 8 ‘Tis the Season 8:00 pm HH 9 ‘Tis the Season 2:30 pm HH 22 Hidden Holiday Treasures 7:30 pm OH
BOX OFFICE 40 941.953.3434 JANUARY FEBRUARY continued APRIL 4 Summer to Winter 8:00 pm NE 13 A Many Splendored Thing 5:30 pm HH 5 Peace and Joy 8:00 pm VW 5 Summer to Winter 8:00 pm VW 14 A Many Splendored Thing 7:30 pm HH 6 Peace and Joy 8:00 pm VW 6 Summer to Winter 2:30 pm VW 15 A Many Splendored Thing 5:30 pm HH 7 Peace and Joy 2:30 pm VW 11 La La Land in Concert 8:00 pm VW 16 A Many Splendored Thing 8:00 pm HH 12 Hollywood Hits 8:00 pm VW 12 La La Land in Concert 2:30 pm VW 17 A Many Splendored Thing 2:30 pm HH 13 Hollywood Hits 2:30 pm VW CALENDAR 12 La La Land in Concert 8:00 pm VW 21 To Sarasota With Love 8:00 pm NE 13 Hollywood Hits 8:00 pm VW 13 French Flair 4:00 pm HH 22 Gala 6:00 pm Ritz 14 Cinematic Sounds 4:00 pm HH 17 Ax Plays Beethoven 8:00 pm NE 23 To Sarasota With Love 8:00 pm VW MAY 18 Ax Plays Beethoven 8:00 pm VW 24 To Sarasota With Love 2:30 pm VW 1 Dance, Dance, Dance 5:30 pm HH 19 Ax Plays Beethoven 8:00 pm VW 28 Gran Partita 5:30 pm HH 2 Dance, Dance, Dance 7:30 pm HH 20 Ax Plays Beethoven 2:30 pm VW MARCH 3 Dance, Dance, Dance 5:30 pm HH 23 Shuffle 5:30 pm HH 1 An Evening with Judy Garland 8:00 pm VW 4 Dance, Dance, Dance 8:00 pm HH 24 Shuffle 7:30 pm HH 10 Outdoor Pops 8:00 pm ED 2 An Evening with Judy Garland 2:30 pm VW 2925 Shuffle 5:30 pm HH 11 Outdoor Pops 8:00 pm ED 2 An Evening with Judy Garland 8:00 pm VW 26 Shuffle 8:00 pm HH 3 Sarasota String Quartet 4:00 pm HH 27 Shuffle 2:30 pm HH JUNE 14 EarShot 5:30 pm HH 31 Round Trip to Paris 8:00 pm NE 3-22 Sarasota Music Festival various 16 EarShot 8:00 pm HH FEBRUARY 20 Sounds of the Stage 5:30 pm HH 1 Round Trip to Paris 8:00 pm VW 21 Sounds of the Stage 7:30 pm HH 2 Round Trip to Paris 8:00 pm VW 22 Sounds of the Stage 5:30 pm HH 3 Round Trip to Paris 2:30 pm VW 23 Sounds of the Stage 8:00 pm HH 7 Baroque Fireworks 5:30 pm HH 24 Sounds of the Stage 2:30 pm HH 9 Thrill of a Lifetime 7:30 pm NE 31 Music of the Americas 4:00 pm OH
10 Baroque Fireworks 4:00 pm HH
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