SIGHT & SOUND Schoenberg, Munch &

Dec 3 2017 The Metropolitan Museum of Art SIGHT & SOUND Hello! Schoenberg, Munch & Expressionism Sunday, December 3, 2017 at 2 PM We’re so glad you’ve joined us today. In TŌN, The Metropolitan Museum of Art our goal is to make orchestral music relevant The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium to today’s audiences. Here’s how we’re doing things a little differently: Performance #74: Season 3, Concert 11 Leon Botstein, conductor Let’s Chat Some of us will be in the hall at I. Discussion & Excerpts The Music: ’s Erwartung intermission. Come say hi, grab a (“Expectation”) selfie, ask some questions, and let us The Artwork: Works by Edvard Munch and know your thoughts. Schoenberg

We have A’s for your Q’s Intermission After the performance, stick around for the Q&A session. You can ask a question of anyone in the orchestra, II. Performance Arnold Schoenberg (1874–1951) and find out what we musicians think! Erwartung (“Expectation”), Op. 17 (1909) Libretto by Marie Pappenheim Be a Social Butterfly Kirsten Chambers, soprano If you have a great time, let your friends know: share a photo or video (without disturbing anyone else), III. Audience Q&A use #theorchnow, and tag us @theorchnow.

To find out more about usand what we think about the music, look through this program and visit theorchestranow.org. To stay up to date with This concert is presented in conjunction with the exhibition TŌN emails, see the insert in this program. And Edvard Munch: Between the Clock and the Bed to find out how you can support the orchestra, On view at The Met Breuer through February 4, 2018 turn to page 12. Madison Avenue at 75th Street

But above all else, we invite you to sit back and The concert will run approximately 2 hours including one 20-minute intermission.

ENJOY! No beeping or buzzing, please! Silence all electronic devices. Photos and videos are encouraged, but only before and after the music.

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Arnold Schoenberg Born: 9/13/1874 in Vienna Died: 7/13/1951 at age 76 in Los Angeles

Erwartung (“Expectation”) c. 29 min “Written in 1909 (the same year he ‘emancipated dissonance’), this work is a masterpiece of early atonal writing in reaction to the Romantic period.” –Drew Youmans, TŌN musician

Kirsten Chambers, soprano performer with the Metropolitan and

Written Premiered 1909, in Schoenberg’s mid-30s 6/6/1924 at the New German Libretto by Marie Pappenheim Theater in Prague as part of the festival of the International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM) Alexander Zemlinsky, conductor

Edvard Munch Born: 12/12/1863 in Ådalsbruk, Norway GET E Died: 1/23/1944 at age 80 in Oslo WITH CODE TON50

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Kirsten Chambers soprano Leon Botstein Performances: Title role of Salome in debut and with conductor Opera Hong Kong; Maria in Strauss’ Friedenstag with the American Symphony Leon Botstein brings a renowned career Orchestra in Carnegie Hall debut; Elsa in Lohengrin at the Savonlinna Opera as both a conductor and educator Festival, Hong Kong Arts Festival, and with Opéra de Rennes; Foreign Princess to his role as music director of The in Rusalka with Lyric Opera of Kansas City; Infantin in Der Zwerg with Odyssey Orchestra Now. He has been music Opera of Boston; Isolde (cover) in Tristan und Isolde with Metropolitan Opera; director of the American Symphony Leonore in Fidelio with New Amsterdam Opera; title role in Nora, In The Great Orchestra since 1992, artistic codirector Outdoors with American Opera Projects; Nedda in Pagliacci with Bronx Opera; of Bard SummerScape and the Bard title role of Turandot (cover) with Arizona Opera; title role of Tosca with Opera Music Festival since their creation, and Saratoga; Angel in Angels in America with New York City Opera president of Bard College since 1975. He Upcoming: Title role of Salome with Florida Grand Opera was the music director of the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra from 2003–11, Works: Excerpts of Tristan und Isolde with the Hong Kong Philharmonic and and is now conductor laureate. In 2018 Orchestra Kentucky; excerpts as Elsa in Lohengrin with the Oulu Symphony in he will assume artistic directorship of Helsinki and Mikhailovsky Theatre in St. Petersburg; excerpts as Brünnhilde in the Grafenegg Academy in Austria. Die Walküre with Orchestra Kentucky Mr. Botstein is also a frequent guest Education: Illinois Wesleyan University (B.M.), University of Houston (M.M.) conductor with orchestras around the globe, has made numerous recordings, and is a prolific author and music historian. He is the editor of Photo by Matt Dine the prestigious The Musical Quarterly, and has received many honors for his contributions to music.

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6 Text TON to 33233 for email updates THEORCHESTRANOW.ORG 7 The Orchestra Now (TŌN) is a group of vibrant young musicians from Leon Botstein, across the globe who are making orchestral music relevant to 21st-century Music Director I Paul Nemeth Percussion audiences. They are lifting the curtain on the musicians’ experience and Lili Sarayrah, Concertmaster Milad Daniari William Kaufman sharing their unique personal insights in a welcoming environment. Yurie Mitsuhashi Zhenyuan Yao Hand-picked from the world’s leading conservatories—including Adina Mu-Ying Tsai William McPeters Harp The Juilliard School, Shanghai Conservatory of Music, Royal Conservatory Jiyoung Moon Emily Melendes of Brussels, and the Curtis Institute of Music—the members of TŌN are Diego Gabete not only thrilling audiences with their critically acclaimed performances, Grace Choi Thomas J. Wible Guest Musicians but also enlightening curious minds by giving on-stage introductions and Hao Xing Denis Savelyev demonstrations, writing concert notes from the musicians’ perspective, and Lila Vivas Blanco Matthew Ross, Piccolo Violin II Hyunjae Bae Andrés Rivas, Principal having one-on-one discussions with patrons during intermissions. Jiayu Sun James Kim, Principal Flute Conductor, educator, and music historian Leon Botstein founded TŌN in Violin II Aleh Remezau Karla Moe 2015 as a master’s degree program at Bard College, where he also serves as Coline Berland Kelly Mozeik president. The orchestra is in residence at Bard’s Richard B. Fisher Center for Fangxi Liu Regina Brady the Performing Arts, performing multiple concerts there each season as well Clara Engen Viktor Tóth as taking part in the annual Bard Music Festival. They also perform regularly Weiqiao Wu Clarinet Benjamin Baron at the finest venues in New York, including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Leonardo Pineda Sangwon Lee, Principal Drew Youmans Micah Candiotti-Pacheco, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and others across NYC and beyond. The Youyang Qu E-flat Clarinet Cornelia McGiver orchestra has performed with many distinguished conductors, including Haemi Lee ( ) Elias Rodriguez, Gili Sharett, Fabio Luisi, Neeme Järvi, Gerard Schwarz, and JoAnn Falletta. on leave Michael Rau (on leave) Yuqian Zhang (on leave) We invite you to get to know TŌN and discover music in the making! Explore Bassoon Hitomi Yakata upcoming concerts, see what our musicians have to say, and more at Adam Romey, Principal Benjamin Oatmen, theorchestranow.org. Scot Moore, Principal Carl Gardner Bass Trombone Yuan Qi Caleb Wong Percussion Bonnie Heung Philip Brindise, Principal Charles Kiger Chi Lee Ethan Brozka Emmanuel Koh Shannon Hagan Celeste Omar Shelly (on leave) Anna Lenhart Jiri Tomoki Park Eleanor Lee, Principal Szabolcs Koczur, Principal Lauren Peacock Christopher Moran Danny Poceta Zachary Silberschlag Alana Shannon Jinn Shin Trombone Kyle Anderson Matt Walley, Principal Andrew Borkowski Gabe Cruz Hui Zhang Federico Ramos (on leave) Zhilin Wang (on leave) Bass Dan Honaker Michael Franz, Principal Joshua DePoint Luke Stence Miles Salerni Casey Karr Photo by Matt Dine

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Kyle Anderson Zachary Silberschlag cello trumpet

Hometown: New Orleans, LA Hometown: Leonardtown, MD Alma mater: Cleveland Institute of Music Alma maters: St. Mary’s College of Maryland, Manhattan School of Music, Awards/Competitions: 1st Prize, 2012 Greater New Orleans Youth Orchestra SUNY Stony Brook Young Artists’ Concerto Competition; Finalist, 2012 Philadelphia International Awards/Competitions: “Mattie Key” Award for Distinguished Achievement in Music Festival Concerto Competition Music; Finalist, Chieri Italy Trumpet Competition Appearances: Sewanee Summer Music Festival, 2010, 2011 & 2017; Appearances: Principal trumpet, Chesapeake Orchestra; National Orchestral Philadelphia International Music Festival, 2012 & 2013; Meadowmount School Institute; Eastern Music Festival of Music, 2014 & 2015; Kent Blossom Music Festival, 2016; Cleveland Institute of Musical origins: I’ve been playing trumpet since before I can remember Music Orchestra, 2013–2017 because it’s the family business. Musical origins: I have a lot of family in music. My father is principal bass of the Favorite obscure piece: Alfredo Casella’s Serenata Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, and my mother is a prominent harpist and pedagogue in that area. I’m proud that my grandfather, Edwin Anderson, The thing most people don’t know about classical music: It’s the last blood played bass trombone in the Cleveland Orchestra under George Szell, Lorin sport Maazel, and Christoph von Dohnányi from 1963–88. I always love listening to Favorite non-classical musician or band: Simon and Garfunkel the Szell recordings from those years! When I was 5 my mom took me to an orchestra concert and I immediately identified with the beauty and human- Musical guilty pleasure: Ed Sheeran’s Thinking out Loud like register of the cello. I started lessons that year. Last book read: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald Favorite musical memory: I’ll never forget playing Tchaikovsky’s 6th Symphony Time travel destination: The 1960s with the Cleveland Orchestra at the Kent Blossom Music Festival in 2016. Orchestra had never felt so drastically like chamber music until that. Piece of advice for a young classical musician: Love it more than anything, but love yourself more.

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THE ORCHESTRA NOW BARD COLLEGE ABOUT METLIVEARTS Artistic Staff Board of Trustees The live arts series at The Metropolitan Museum of Art Leon Botstein, Music Director Charles P. Stevenson Jr., Chair Emeritus James Bagwell, Associate Conductor and James C. Chambers ’81, Chair explores contemporary performance through the Academic Director George F. Hamel Jr., Vice Chair lens of the Museum’s exhibitions and unparalleled Zachary Schwartzman, Resident Conductor Emily H. Fisher, Vice Chair gallery spaces with singular performances and talks. Andrés Rivas, Assistant Conductor Elizabeth Ely ’65, Secretary, Life Trustee Erica Kiesewetter, Stanley A. Reichel ’65, MetLiveArts invites artists, performers, curators, and Director of Audition Preparation Treasurer, Life Trustee thought-leaders to explore and collaborate within and Principal String Coach Fiona Angelini Bridget Kibbey, Director of Chamber Music and Roland J. Augustine The Met, leading with groundbreaking commissions, Arts Advocacy Leon Botstein+ world premieres, and site-specific durational Stuart Breslow+ performances that have been named some of the Administrative Staff Mark E. Brossman Lynne Meloccaro, Thomas M. Burger+ most “Memorable” and “Best of” performances in Executive Director New York City by the New York Times, New Yorker, Oliver Inteeworn, Managing Director Marcelle Clements ’69, Life Trustee Brian J. Heck, Director of Marketing Craig Cogut and Broadway World. Nicole M. de Jesús, Director of Development The Rt. Rev. Andrew M. L. Dietsche, Sebastian Danila, Music Preparer and Researcher Honorary Trustee Marielle Metivier, Orchestra Manager Asher B. Edelman ’61, Life Trustee Alice Terrett, Marketing Associate Paul S. Efron Benjamin Oatmen, Librarian Robert S. Epstein ’63 Hsiao-Fang Lin, IT Associate Barbara S. Grossman ’73, Alumni/ae Trustee Viktor Tóth, Production Coordinator Andrew S. Gundlach Kristin Roca, Administrative Assistant Sally Hambrecht Marieluise Hessel Maja Hoffmann Matina S. Horner+ Charles S. Johnson III ’70 Mark N. Kaplan, Life Trustee George A. Kellner Fredric S. Maxik ’86 James H. Ottaway Jr., Life Trustee Martin Peretz, Life Trustee Stewart Resnick, Life Trustee David E. Schwab II ’52 Roger N. Scotland ’93, Alumni/ae Trustee Jonathan Slone ’84 James A. von Klemperer Brandon Weber ’97, Alumni/ae Trustee Susan Weber Patricia Ross Weis ’52

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