2019.20 SEASON Artistic Partners ...... 3 Northside Series and New Generation Initiative ...... 4 Celebrate 60...... 5 ARTISTIC PARTNERS SPCO Soloists...... 6 Announcing the SPCO's newest Artistic Partner! Guest Artists and Music of Our Time. . 7 The SPCO announces a new kind of Artistic Partnership for the 2019.20 season with the appointment of composer and musical host Rob Kapilow as the orchestra’s newest Artistic Ordway Series ...... 8 Partner. Kapilow is known throughout the music world for his special concert format, What Neighborhood and Ted Mann Series. . 11 Makes It Great?® which he brings to SPCO audiences in March with an in-depth exploration Special Performances . . . . . 14–15 of Beethoven’s iconic Seventh Symphony. As the SPCO looks to engage our audiences in Series...... 15 dynamic concert experiences and an even deeper understanding of our core repertoire, Online Concert Library...... 16 Kapilow will illuminate both the inner workings of the music and the process by which the SPCO musicians work together as a conductorless ensemble. SPCO musicians, many of Create Your Own Package . . . . . 17 whom have worked extensively with Kapilow in chamber music formats, felt that an Artistic Partnership with such a dynamic and charismatic host would build an even stronger bond between the orchestra and our audience.

“Mr. Kapilow has a remarkable gift for making academic analysis not only accessible but Rob Kapilow composer and host compelling as well. It was the kind of enlightening musical seminar in which you hang on to every word and note.” — The New York Times

Richard Egarr’s Artistic Pekka Kuusisto and the Partnership begins officially SPCO bring a distinctive in the 2019.20 season program of classics with three spectacular juxtaposed with newer programs, beginning with works to New York’s Bach harpsichord concertos Lincoln Center for their It gives me enormous pleasure to invite you to join us for our 61st season, one in which we welcome two new Artistic and capped by special Great Performers Series Partners and celebrate the talent and versatility of our own SPCO musicians. performances of Schubert’s in spring 2020. Highlights Unfinished Symphony and of Kuusisto's season with Keyboardist and conductor Richard Egarr makes his official start as an Artistic Partner of the SPCO this season with Mozart’s Requiem with the the SPCO also include world-renowned St. Olaf Mendelssohn’s three spectacular programs, including performances of Mozart’s Requiem with the St. Olaf Choir and a stellar vocal Richard Egarr Pekka Kuusisto Choir and a stellar cast of Concerto, the U.S. premiere cast. Also new to the Artistic Partner roster in the 2019.20 season is the composer and musical host Rob Kapilow. The conductor and keyboard violin SPCO musicians, many of whom have worked closely with Kapilow, sought to bring him on as Artistic Partner for his vocal soloists in May 2020. of a new violin concerto by ability to illuminate and deepen the experience of the music for audiences in an exciting concert format called What “Egarr has an engaging stage presence, undeflectable Nico Muhly and a world premiere by Cindy Cox. Makes It Great?® focus and an infectious enthusiasm for the music he “...a violinist whose rare gift is to become rather than plays...luminous...riveting...serious, haunting...” perform the music he plays...” — The Guardian The chemistry of the SPCO’s partnership with violinist Pekka Kuusisto has captured the attention of the music world — The Washington Post and has led to a prestigious invitation to Lincoln Center as part of the Great Performers Series in May 2020. Kuusisto’s programs in the Twin Cities bring together core SPCO repertoire by Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Mendelssohn and Prokofiev with brand new SPCO commissions. Rounding out our Artistic Partner roster, pianist Jeremy Denk opens our season Jeremy Denk has endeared Jonathan Cohen's versatility playing Schumann’s soulful concerto and Jonathan Cohen brings it to an exciting close conducting Beethoven’s himself to SPCO audiences is on full display as he effervescent Fourth Symphony. with his distinctive and brings the 2019.20 season refreshing interpretations to a rousing conclusion with The core of the SPCO season is built around the talents of our own SPCO musicians and their ability to turn on a dime of the Classical repertoire. a program spanning three from soloist to chamber musician to orchestral player. In particular, our SPCO-led performances this season feature With our opening concert centuries of music featuring a new generation of wind players who have joined the orchestra recently, demonstrating the depth and versatility of of the 2019.20 season, virtuosic concertante works their music making. Add to this core a distinguished line-up of guest artists such as the extraordinary violist Tabea Denk and the SPCO set by Haydn and Michael Zimmermann, poetic pianist , and superstar oboist François Leleux, and we have what promises to their sights on the great Tippett. Beethoven’s sunny be another fantastic season at the SPCO! Romantic piano concerto of Fourth Symphony caps Robert Schumann, which off the season finale with Jeremy Denk Jonathan Cohen Denk will direct from the Cohen as conductor. We look forward to sharing the music with you. piano conductor, keyboard and piano. “His interpolations of “Mr. Denk, clearly, is a pianist you want to hear no matter instrumental works supplied contrasting textures what he performs, in whatever combination—both for his and highlighted the breadth of expertise he had to penetrating intellectual engagement with the music and showcase.” for the generosity of his playing.” — The Times, London — The New York Times Kyu-Young Kim Full page: The SPCO performing in the Ordway Concert Hall Artistic Director and Principal Violin Cover: Principal Maiya Papach order | online thespco.org/renew | phone 651.291.1144 3 SPCO IN NORTH MINNEAPOLIS North Minneapolis is a community rich with history, stories, talent and heart. The Capri Theater and The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra have proudly partnered for over 10 years to bring SPCO performances to the CELEBRATE 60 Northside of Minneapolis. The second program in this year’s Northside series will be a collaborative concert The SPCO performed its first concert on November 18, 1959 at Saint Paul’s Central High School. As experience that celebrates the Northside community through music. Led by acclaimed composer, arranger we look forward to commemorating the 60th Anniversary of this performance, we are overwhelmed and pianist Sanford Moore, this program will feature a Northside community choir — specially formed for this with gratitude for the support of our community. Over the last six decades, the growing support of event — along with the SPCO and spoken word artists, working together to bring the spirit of this important our community of donors has made it possible for the SPCO to share music with more people in our community to the stage. community than ever before while offering the most affordable ticket prices of any American orchestra.

The first iteration of this collaborative concert experience, the 2017 Northside Celebration, included the THANK YOU to those of you who support us with your donations — you make the SPCO possible. world premiere of a newly commissioned choral work performed by the SPCO and a community choir from Please help us “Celebrate 60” and continue to serve more people in our community by the Northside, which was met with overwhelming enthusiasm. Dennis Spears, Artistic Director of the Capri increasing your support today! Theater’s Legends Series, first voiced the goal of bringing people together, connecting them through the power of music and “…[shining] a powerful ray of hope and love across this community.” Three years later, the Capri and the SPCO are thrilled to bring this community-driven concert concept to the Northside once again, as well as to the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts. SPCO’s Northside Performances Dvorák’s Bass Quintet Celebrate the Northside Mozart, Bacewicz and Arensky Quartets October 25, 7:00pm January 25, 2:00pm April 3, 7:00pm Sanctuary Covenant Church, January 25, 8:00pm Sanctuary Covenant Church, North Minneapolis Venue TBD, North Minneapolis North Minneapolis

Adults: $30 ($10 per concert) | Children and students: FREE | General Admission

The 8:00pm performance of Celebrate the Northside is included in the Northside 3-concert package. While the Capri Theater undergoes renovation and expansion, concerts in the 2019.20 season will be held in alternative venues in North Minneapolis. Celebrate the Northside will also be performed at the Ordway on January 24. See p.8–10 for details.

BUILDING A NEW GENERATION OF AUDIENCES If you have not yet made a gift to the SPCO, please join the supporters We believe the music we play has the power to inspire, challenge, move and uplift and that everyone, who make the SPCO possible. including young people, deserves the opportunity to experience transformational performances. Thanks to We rely on donations from audience members like you as our largest and most important source of generous funding from individual donors, the SPCO is excited to continue the New Generation Initiative, a support, with more than 60% of our budget coming from philanthropic contributions. Today, the support series of programs designed to expand access to classical music for young people, making it easier than of our more than 5,000 donors makes it possible for us to provide free tickets for children and students ever to bring the whole family to experience SPCO concerts. and free access to our online Concert Library — initiatives that allow thousands more in our community to experience the SPCO. Just imagine what a difference 6,000 supporters could make! The New Generation Initiative Join us in celebrating 60 years of music by helping us expand our community of SPCO contributors to • Free tickets to unlimited SPCO concerts for children ages 6-17 6,000 by June 30, 2019. There are two easy ways to show your support: • Free tickets to unlimited SPCO concerts for students • A three-concert series at Icehouse, a Minneapolis bar, restaurant and eclectic music venue • Become a Sustaining donor with a recurring monthly gift of $6/month • A three-concert series at Turf Club, a historic bar and lounge in the Midway area • Make a new one-time gift of $60 or any amount of your choice • Happy Hour Concerts at the Ordway Concert Hall featuring a happy hour with drink specials and food trucks from 4:00–6:00pm, immediately followed by a one-hour concert To make a gift, please fill out the form enclosed in your subscription renewal • The continuation of $10 best available seats for club2030 members (the SPCO’s free club for people in their 20s and 30s) at nearly all SPCO concerts along with post-concert after packet or visit thespco.org/contribute. parties for club2030 members throughout the season

Full page: The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra performing at St. Andrew's Lutheran Church with 4 violinist Eunice Kim and Associate Principal Viola Hyobi Sim as soloists. order | online thespco.org/renew | phone 651.291.1144 5 FEATURED SPCO SOLOISTS WORLD-RENOWNED GUEST ARTISTS

Eunice Kim, violin Zachary Cohen, bass Julia Bogorad-Kogan, flute Sep 19–29 Nov 1–2 Nov 7–17 Saint-Saëns: Introduction and Rondo Mazzoli: Contrabass Concerto, Dark with Mozart: Andante for Flute and Orchestra Capriccioso for Violin and Orchestra Excessive Bright (U.S. premiere)

First row: Tabea Zimmermann, director and viola; Ruth Reinhardt, conductor; François Leleux, conductor and ; Jory Vinikour, conductor and harpsichord; Yulia Van Doren, soprano Second row: Reginald Mobley, countertenor; Benjamin Bliss, tenor; Theo Hoffman, baritone; Leif Ove Andsnes, director and piano; Thomas Zehetmair, conductor and violin Third row: Ruth Killius, viola; Liv Redpath, soprano; Abigail Levis, mezzo-soprano; Andrew Stenson, tenor; Dashon Burton, bass

We are proud to welcome an exciting array of guest artists to work with the SPCO in the 2019.20 season. All of them have a special affinity for the collaborative and dynamic music making style of a chamber orchestra, and we expect some magical chemistry to unfold. Violist extraordinaire Tabea Zimmermann, recently announced as Artist-in-Residence for the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, makes her SPCO debut as both soloist and director in October 2019 in her Alicia McQuerrey, flute Sang Yoon Kim, clarinet Julie Albers, cello own viola transcription of Schumann’s Cello Concerto. François Leleux, an oboe superstar and gifted conductor, leads a Nov 29–Dec 1 Nov 29–Dec 1, Jun 5–7 Dec 5–7 program of Haydn and Mendelssohn in November. One of the greatest pianists of our time, Leif Ove Andsnes, returns to Corigliano: Voyage for Flute and Strings Copland: Clarinet Concerto Haydn: Concerto No. 1 for Cello and Orchestra the SPCO after a long hiatus to play and direct two of Mozart’s greatest concertos. Conductor Ruth Reinhardt makes her Rossini: Variations for Clarinet and Orchestra SPCO debut in November, and violist Ruth Killius returns with husband and former Artistic Partner Thomas Zehetmair for a rare performance of Britten’s Double Concerto in April. We will also welcome several talented vocal soloists for Mozart's Requiem and Handel's Messiah.

MUSIC OF OUR TIME Renowned for our vigorous advocacy for new music, the SPCO will premiere four newly commissioned works and will perform numerous additional works by living composers throughout the season. SPCO commissions include new works by Cindy Cox, Sky Macklay, Jessie Montgomery and Nico Muhly, and a host of other distinguished composers will be on hand for pre-concert talks and performances of their work. The juxtaposition of new work with music from the past is core to the SPCO’s approach to programming, and allows our audiences to experience classical music as a living and breathing art form. Ruggero Allifranchini, violin James Ferree, horn Steven Copes, violin Jan 31–Feb 2, Feb 28–29 Feb 28–29, Apr 17–21 Apr 30–May 3 Vivaldi: The Four Seasons Messiaen: Interstellar Call Prokofiev: No. 1 for Vivaldi: Echo Concerto Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 4 Violin and Orchestra (arr. by Prutsman)

We're pleased to feature the artistry of our own SPCO musicians in a wide range of solo roles throughout the 2019.20 season, from Vivaldi’s Four Seasons to a new concerto for contrabass by Missy Mazzoli. With the addition of a new Left to right: Cindy Cox, Sky Macklay, Jessie Montgomery, Nico Muhly, Stephen Prutsman, Missy Mazzoli, Dobrinka Tabakova, Chen Yi, Andrea Tarrodi, Anders Hillborg, TJ Cole generation of principal wind players to the SPCO in the past season, we are proud to feature the SPCO winds as soloists and in beautiful wind serenades and chamber music throughout the season. Through works by composers such as Mozart, Dvorák and Donizetti, our audiences will get to know these players and their artistry on a whole new level.

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CONCERT START TIMES: HOW TO USE THIS GRID: 8 16 12 8A 8B 6A 6B 20 16 10A 10B 8A 8B 6A 6B 6C 6 Friday Morning, 11:00am • Choose the day and time that work Friday/Saturday Evening, 8:00pm best for you. Sunday Afternoon, 2:00pm • Glance down the column to see which programs are in each series. + Same seats are not guaranteed for all concerts in the Saturday Evening 6C Series.

FRIDAY MORNING FRIDAY EVENING FRIDAY EVENING FRIDAY EVENING FRIDAY EVENING FRIDAY EVENING FRIDAY EVENING FRIDAY EVENING SATURDAY EVENING SATURDAY EVENING SATURDAY EVENING SATURDAY EVENING SATURDAY EVENING SATURDAY EVENING SATURDAY EVENING SATURDAY EVENING + SATURDAY AFTERNOON SUNDAY CONCERTS/ARTISTS PROGRAMS SEP 13 13 13 13 14 14 14 14 14 15 Opening Weekend: Jeremy Denk Plays Rossini: Overture to La scala di seta (The Silken Ladder) Schumann’s Piano Concerto Schubert: Symphony No. 2 Schumann: Piano Concerto Led by SPCO musicians Jeremy Denk, director and piano

SEP 27 28 28 28 28 28 Mozart’s Symphony Fauré: Suite from Masques et bergamasques Haydn: Symphony No. 87 Led by SPCO musicians Saint-Saëns: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso Eunice Kim, violin for Violin and Orchestra Mozart: Symphony No. 31, Paris OCT 12 12 12 12 12 12 Beethoven’s First Symphony with Veress: Four Transylvanian Dances Tabea Zimmermann Schumann: Cello Concerto (arr. for viola by Tabea Zimmermann) Tabea Zimmermann, director and viola Beethoven: Symphony No. 1

OCT 18 18 18 18 18 Richard Egarr Plays Bach Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 1 Telemann: Quartet in A Minor Richard Egarr, conductor and harpsichord Bach: Harpsichord Concerto No. 2 Telemann: Overture and Conclusion from Tafelmusik 1 Bach: Harpsichord Concerto No. 1

NOV 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 Ruth Reinhardt Conducts Honegger: Pastorale d’éte for Chamber Orchestra Schubert’s Fifth Symphony Bacewicz: Concerto for String Orchestra Mazzoli: Contrabass Concerto, Dark with Excessive Bright Ruth Reinhardt, conductor Zachary Cohen, bass (U.S. premiere) Schubert: Symphony No. 5 NOV 8 9 9 9 9 Beethoven’s Razumovsky Quartet Donizetti: Sinfonia for Winds Mozart: Serenade No. 11 for Wind Octet Led by SPCO musicians Mozart: Andante for Flute and Orchestra Julia Bogorad-Kogan, flute Beethoven: Razumovsky Quartet No. 3 for Strings

NOV 22 23 23 23 23 23 24 Mendelssohn’s Italian Symphony with Schubert: Overture in the Italian Style François Leleux Mendelssohn: Songs Without Words for Oboe and Strings Haydn: Oboe Concerto François Leleux, conductor and oboe Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4, Italian

NOV 29 29 29 29 30 30 30 30 Copland’s Appalachian Spring Copland: Short Symphony (arr. by Dennis Russell Davies) Copland: Clarinet Concerto Chia-Hsuan Lin, conductor Corigliano: Voyage for Flute and Strings DEC 1 Sang Yoon Kim, clarinet Alicia McQuerry, flute Prutsman: Godspeed for String Orchestra (world premiere, SPCO commission) Copland: Suite from Appalachian Spring DEC 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 Julie Albers Plays Haydn’s Boccherini: Night Music in the Streets of Madrid First Cello Concerto for Strings Chen Yi: Sound of the Five for Cello Led by SPCO musicians Julie Albers, cello and String Quartet Haydn: Concerto No. 1 for Cello and Orchestra JAN 10 10 10 11 11 11 11 Mozart’s 40th Symphony Mozart: Six Country Dances, K. 462 with Pekka Kuusisto Muhly: Violin Concerto (U.S. premiere, SPCO co-commission) Pekka Kuusisto, director and violin Tarrodi: Birds of Paradise (2013) Mozart: Symphony No. 40 JAN 24 24 24 24 Celebrate the Northside See page 4 for more information on this program.

Led by SPCO musicians FEB 7 8 8 8 8 8 Leif Ove Andsnes Plays Mozart’s Piano Kurtág: String Quartet, Op. 28, In memoriam Concertos Nos. 21 and 22 Andreae Szervánszky Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21 Leif Ove Andsnes, director and piano Ligeti: Six Bagatelles for Woodwind Quintet Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 22 FEB 14 14 14 14 15 15 15 15 15 Mozart’s Symphony No. 29 Bartók: Romanian Folk Dances Enesco: Octet in C for String Orchestra Led by SPCO musicians Mozart: Symphony No. 29 FEB 28 28 28 29 29 29 29 29 Vivaldi’s Echo Concerto Castrucci: Concerto Grosso Op. 3, No. 12 Tabakova: Such Different Paths Led by SPCO musicians Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin and Three in Echo Ruggero Allifranchini, violin James Ferree, horn Messiaen: “Interstellar Call” from From the canyons to the stars Haydn: Symphony No. 80 MAR 13 13 13 13 14 14 14 14 14 Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony: What Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 Makes it Great? with Rob Kapilow

Led by SPCO musicians Rob Kapilow, host MAR 27 27 27 28 28 28 28 29 Prokofiev’sClassical Symphony Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 with Pekka Kuusisto Hillborg: Bach Materia for Solo Violin and Strings Haydn: Symphony No. 99 Led by SPCO musicians Pekka Kuusisto, director and violin Prokofiev:Symphony No. 1, Classical APR 24 25 25 25 25 Thomas Zehetmair Conducts Haydn’s Bruckner: Intermezzo, Scherzo and Trio for String Quintet London Symphony Britten: Double Concerto, 1932 Mendelssohn: The Hebrides Overture (Fingal’s Cave) Thomas Zehetmair, conductor and violin Ruth Killius, viola Haydn: Symphony No. 104, London

MAY 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings Montgomery: New Work (Midwest premiere, SPCO commission) Led by SPCO musicians Prokofiev:Violin Sonata No. 1 for Violin and Orchestra Steven Copes, violin (arr. by Prutsman) Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings MAY 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 10 Mozart’s Requiem with the St. Olaf Choir Bach: Contrapunctus XIV, from The Art of Fugue Schubert: Symphony No. 8, Unfinished Richard Egarr, conductor Mozart: Requiem in D Minor, completed by Süssmayr Liv Redpath, soprano Abigail Levis, mezzo-soprano Andrew Stenson, tenor Dashon Burton, bass The St. Olaf Choir; Anton Armstrong, conductor MAY 15 Prokofiev’sClassical Symphony with Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 Pekka Kuusisto Hillborg: Bach Materia for Solo Violin and Strings Haydn: Symphony No. 99 Led by SPCO musicians Pekka Kuusisto, director and violin Prokofiev:Symphony No. 1, Classical

MAY 22 22 22 23 23 23 23 Pekka Kuusisto Plays Mendelssohn’s Cox: New Work (world premiere) Violin Concerto Farrenc: Symphony No. 3 Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E Minor Pekka Kuusisto, director and violin

JUN 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 Rossini’s William Tell Overture Rossini: William Tell Overture for Winds Rossini: Sonata No. 3 for Strings Led by SPCO musicians Rossini: Variations for Clarinet and Orchestra Sang Yoon Kim, clarinet Verdi: Quartet for Strings

JUN 12 12 12 12 13 13 13 14 Season Finale: Jonathan Cohen Conducts Tippett: Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli Beethoven’s Fourth Symphony Haydn: Sinfonia concertante Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 Jonathan Cohen, conductor and harpsichord

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pm pm pm • Choose the day, time and location that work best for you. pm pm pm pm am pm • Glance down the column to see which programs are in each series. pm pm STILLWATER 7:30 THURSDAY UPTOWN MINNEAPOLIS 7:30 THURSDAY WESTSAINT SIDE PAUL’S 7:00 THURSDAY EDEN PRAIRIE MORNING 11:00 FRIDAY EDEN PRAIRIE EVENING 8:00 FRIDAY WAYZATA 8:00 FRIDAY SUMMIT HILL 8:00 SATURDAY ARDEN HILLS 2:00 SUNDAY TED MANN 2:00 SUNDAY APPLE VALLEY 7:30 TUESDAY MAHTOMEDI 3:00 SUNDAY CONCERTS/ARTISTS PROGRAMS SEP 19 27 20 21 29 24 Mozart’s Paris Symphony Fauré: Suite from Masques et bergamasques Haydn: Symphony No. 87 Led by SPCO musicians Saint-Saëns: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso Eunice Kim, violin for Violin and Orchestra Mozart: Symphony No. 31, Paris OCT 11 11 Beethoven’s First Symphony with Veress: Four Transylvanian Dances Tabea Zimmermann Schumann: Cello Concerto (arr. for viola by Tabea Zimmermann) Tabea Zimmermann, director and viola Beethoven: Symphony No. 1 OCT 19 20 Richard Egarr Plays Bach Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 1 Telemann: Quartet in A Minor Richard Egarr, conductor and harpsichord Bach: Harpsichord Concerto No. 2 Telemann: Overture and Conclusion from Tafelmusik 1 Bach: Harpsichord Concerto No. 1 NOV 7 15 15 16 17 12 Beethoven’s Razumovsky Quartet Donizetti: Sinfonia for Winds Mozart: Serenade No. 11 for Wind Octet Led by SPCO musicians Mozart: Andante for Flute and Orchestra Julia Bogorad-Kogan, flute Beethoven: Razumovsky Quartet No. 3 for Strings NOV Mendelssohn’s Italian Symphony with Schubert: Overture in the Italian Style François Leleux Haydn: Oboe Concerto Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4, Italian François Leleux, conductor and oboe DEC 5 Julie Albers Plays Haydn’s Boccherini: Night Music in the Streets of Madrid First Cello Concerto for Strings Chen Yi: Sound of the Five for Cello Led by SPCO musicians Julie Albers, cello and String Quartet Haydn: Concerto No. 1 for Cello and Orchestra JAN 12 Mozart’s 40th Symphony Mozart: Six Country Dances, K. 462 with Pekka Kuusisto Muhly: Violin Concerto (U.S. premiere, SPCO co-commission) Pekka Kuusisto, director and violin Tarrodi: Birds of Paradise (2013) Mozart: Symphony No. 40 JAN 16 17 18 Dvorák’s Serenade for Winds Farkas: Serenade for Wind Quintet Liadov: Eight Russian Folk Songs Led by SPCO musicians Martinu: Nonet Dvorák: Serenade for Winds JAN 31 31 Vivaldi’s Four Seasons with Richard Castello: Sonata XV from Sonatas in a Modern Style Egarr Muffat: Sonata No. 5 from Armonico tributo Vivaldi: Concerto for the Orchestra of Dresden FEB 1 2 Richard Egarr, conductor and harpsichord Ruggero Allifranchini, violin Vivaldi: The Four Seasons FEB 9 Leif Ove Andsnes Plays Mozart’s Piano Kurtág: String Quartet, Op. 28, In memoriam Concertos Nos. 21 and 22 Andreae Szervánszky Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21 Leif Ove Andsnes, director and piano Ligeti: Six Bagatelles for Woodwind Quintet Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 22 FEB 13 Mozart’s Symphony No. 29 Bartók: Romanian Folk Dances Enesco: Octet in C for String Orchestra Led by SPCO musicians Mozart: Symphony No. 29 MAR 12 6 6 15 8 10 Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony: What Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 Makes it Great? with Rob Kapilow

Led by SPCO musicians Rob Kapilow, host MAR 26 Prokofiev’sClassical Symphony Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 with Pekka Kuusisto Hillborg: Bach Materia for Solo Violin and Strings Haydn: Symphony No. 99 Led by SPCO musicians Pekka Kuusisto, director and violin Prokofiev:Symphony No. 1, Classical APR 17 18 19 21 James Ferree Plays Mozart’s Fourth Cole: Death of the Poet Horn Concerto Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 4 Beethoven: Septet Led by SPCO musicians James Ferree, horn APR 23 Thomas Zehetmair Conducts Haydn’s Bruckner: Intermezzo, Scherzo and Trio London Symphony for String Quintet Britten: Double Concerto, 1932 Thomas Zehetmair, conductor and violin Ruth Killius, viola Mendelssohn: The Hebrides Overture (Fingal’s Cave) Haydn: Symphony No. 104, London APR 30 Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings Montgomery: New Work (Midwest premiere, SPCO commission) Led by SPCO musicians Prokofiev:Violin Sonata No. 1 for Violin and Orchestra MAY 3 Steven Copes, violin (arr. by Prutsman) Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings MAY 24 Pekka Kuusisto Plays Mendelssohn’s Cox: New Work (world premiere) Violin Concerto Farrenc: Symphony No. 3 Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E Minor

Pekka Kuusisto, director and violin MAY 29 Brahms and Beethoven Sextets Beethoven: Sextet for Two Horns and String Quartet Macklay: New Work for Flute, Clarinet, Trumpet, Violin, Viola and Cello (world premiere, SPCO commission) Led by SPCO musicians Brahms: Sextet No. 1 for Strings in B Flat JUN 7 Rossini’s William Tell Overture Rossini: William Tell Overture for Winds Rossini: Sonata No. 3 for Strings Rossini: Variations for Clarinet and Orchestra Led by SPCO musicians Sang Yoon Kim, clarinet Verdi: Quartet for Strings

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child/student FREE TIER 2 Sphinx Virtuosi: For Justice and Peace Sunday, March 1, 3:00pm A chamber ensemble comprised of the nation’s top Black and Latinx classical SPECIAL PERFORMANCES Ordway Concert Hall, Saint Paul string soloists, the Sphinx Virtuosi returns to Saint Paul — this time with soprano Add tickets for these special performances to your order before they Elaine Alvarez — performing works that show how justice and peace find their Elaine Alvarez, soprano way into music without regard to time and place. Repertoire to be selected from go on sale to the general public. They are sure to sell out! music by Philip Herbert, John Williams, Michael Abels, Franz Schubert, Béla Copresented by the Arts Partnership Bartók, Romero Aldemaro and more. In the end, as a listener, you must decide (The Ordway, Minnesota Opera, the role both artists and citizens can play in propelling peace and positivity. Opening Weekend: Jeremy Denk Plays Schubert Club and the SPCO) $15 – BEST AVAILABLE SEATS Schumann's Piano Concerto Please note: The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra does not perform on this program. Friday, September 13, 8:00pm Artistic Partner Jeremy Denk has endeared himself to SPCO audiences with his Saturday, September 14, 8:00pm distinctive and refreshing interpretations of the Classical repertoire. With our Sunday, September 15, 2:00pm opening concert of the 2019.20 season, Denk and the SPCO set their sights on Mozart's Requiem with the St. Olaf Choir Ordway Concert Hall, Saint Paul the great Romantic piano concerto of Robert Schumann, a composer especially dear to Denk’s heart. Denk writes in his blog, Think Denk, “Schumann may not Thursday, May 7, 7:30pm Artistic Partner Richard Egarr and the world-renowned St. Olaf Choir join the Rossini: Overture to La scala di seta be so much a composer of pieces, as he is of visions, visions breaking through Cathedral of Saint Paul, Saint Paul SPCO for very special performances of Mozart’s Requiem at the Cathedral of (The Silken Ladder) obscurity.” On the first half of the program, the SPCO raises the curtain on a Friday, May 8, 8:00pm Saint Paul and Ordway Concert Hall. Shrouded in mystery and controversy, Schubert: Symphony No. 2 new season with conductorless performances of Rossini’s humorous romp, the Saturday, May 9, 8:00pm Requiem is one of Mozart’s most famous works. Unfinished at the time of his Schumann: Piano Concerto Overture to The Silken Ladder, and Schubert’s effervescent Second Symphony. Sunday, May 10, 2:00pm death, the piece was finished shortly after by Franz Süssmayr, who worked as Ordway Concert Hall, Saint Paul a copyist for Mozart near the time of his death. The St. Olaf Choir will share Led by SPCO musicians its incomparable artistry at the Cathedral of Saint Paul with the audience on Jeremy Denk, director and piano $50 – BEST AVAILABLE SEATS Bach: Contrapunctus XIV, from additional choral works to be announced, while famous unfinished works by The Art of Fugue* Schubert and Bach round out the program at the Ordway Concert Hall. Schubert: Symphony No. 8, Unfinished* Holiday Concerts: Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos Mozart: Requiem in D Minor, *Please note: not performed at Cathedral of Saint Paul on May 7. Thursday, December 12, 7:30pm Continuing our annual holiday tradition, the SPCO presents Bach’s most completed by Süssmayr Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church, cherished set of orchestral works, the Brandenburg Concertos. The profound $50 – BEST AVAILABLE SEATS Apple Valley inventiveness and instrumental virtuosity of these enduring Baroque Richard Egarr, conductor Friday, December 13, 8:00pm masterpieces are on full display as led by our own SPCO musicians and Liv Redpath, soprano Wayzata Community Church, Wayzata soloists. Abigail Levis, mezzo-soprano Saturday, December 14, 8:00pm Andrew Stenson, tenor Ordway Concert Hall, Saint Paul Dashon Burton, bass $26 – BEST AVAILABLE SEATS The St. Olaf Choir; Anton Armstrong, conductor Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1–6 (SHEPHERD OF THE VALLEY AND WAYZATA COMMUNITY CHURCH)

Led by SPCO musicians $50 – BEST AVAILABLE SEATS (ORDWAY)

Copresented with The Basilica of Saint Mary CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES Holiday Concerts: Handel’s Messiah Our popular Chamber Music Series showcases the inimitable talents of SPCO musicians as they perform a wide variety of Thursday, December 19, 7:30pm Celebrate the holidays with one of classical music’s most beloved traditions music written for small ensembles, providing listeners with one of the most intimate and engaging musical experiences in Friday, December 20, 8:00pm and join the SPCO for our extremely popular annual performances of the Twin Cities. Join us to hear beloved works for small ensembles performed by some of the world’s most gifted chamber The Basilica of Saint Mary, Minneapolis Handel’s Messiah. Jory Vinikour and the SPCO will be joined by an all-star musicians. Saturday, December 21, 8:00pm roster of vocal soloists, including returning countertenor Reginald Mobley Sunday, December 22, 2:00pm and renowned vocal ensemble The Singers in what is sure to be a wonderful Add this series to your order today and save 33% off the individual ticket price (regularly $15 per concert). Ordway Concert Hall, Saint Paul musical experience for the whole family this holiday season. 3 Saturday Evenings at 8:00pm 3 Sunday Afternoons at 2:00pm These concerts sell out every year. Don’t miss this opportunity to get your Handel: Messiah tickets before they go on sale to the general public. Dvorák’s Bass Quintet Dvorák’s Bass Quintet October 26 October 27 Jory Vinikour, conductor and harpsichord Mozart, Bacewicz and Arensky Quartets Mozart, Bacewicz and Arensky Quartets Yulia Van Doren, soprano April 4 April 5 Reginald Mobley, countertenor Benjamin Bliss, tenor $50 – BEST AVAILABLE SEATS Brahms and Beethoven Sextets Brahms and Beethoven Sextets Theo Hoffman, baritone May 30 May 31 The Singers - Minnesota Choral Artists; Matthew Culloton, Artistic Director All concerts held at Sundin Music Hall at Hamline University, Saint Paul.

Adults: $30 | Children and students: FREE | General Admission

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We are committed to serving the broadest possible audience in the Twin Cities and the Concert Library is the most For concerts please see page 8 (Ordway), page 11 (Neighborhood and Ted Mann Series) and page 15 (Chamber Music Series). recent step in our history of bold moves toward greater accessibility. Not only do we bring our music to numerous WORKSHEET: List the concerts you would like to attend (minimum 6 concerts) venues throughout the Twin Cities at extremely affordable ticket prices, but now we are bringing our music to people’s homes, offices, or right to the palms of their hands, completely free of charge through our online Concert Library. Enjoy DATE TIME VENUE PRICE ($12, $30 or $50) concert videos, along with over 100 audio recordings, all available for free on-demand streaming. 1.

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