27 Season 2018-2019

Tuesday, October 30, at 7:00 The Halloween with Organ and Orchestra

Kensho Watanabe Conductor Frederick Haas Host Peter Richard Conte Organ

J.S. Bach/ Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 orch. Stokowski

Musorgsky A

Bonnet “Elves,” from 12 Organ Pieces, Second Volume, Op. 7, No. 11

Dukas The Sorcerer’s Apprentice

Rachmaninoff/ Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op. 3, No. 2 orch. Stokowski

Grieg “In the Hall of the Mountain King,” from Peer Gynt, Suite No. 1, Op. 46

Reger Introduction and Passacaglia in D minor

Berlioz “March to the Scaffold” (Allegretto non troppo), from Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14

Wagner/ “The Ride of the Valkyries,” from Die Walküre arr. Hutschenruyter

This program runs approximately 1 hour, 30 minutes, and will be performed without an intermission.

This concert is part of the Fred J. Cooper Memorial Organ Experience, supported through a generous grant from the Wyncote Foundation.

Philadelphia Orchestra concerts are broadcast on WRTI 90.1 FM on Sunday afternoons at 1 PM, and are repeated on Monday evenings at 7 PM on WRTI HD 2. Visit www.wrti.org to listen live or for more details. 28 29 The Philadelphia Orchestra Jessica Griffin

The Philadelphia Orchestra Philadelphia is home and orchestra, and maximizes is one of the preeminent the Orchestra continues impact through Research. in the world, to discover new and The Orchestra’s award- renowned for its distinctive inventive ways to nurture winning Collaborative sound, desired for its its relationship with its Learning programs engage keen ability to capture the loyal patrons at its home over 50,000 students, hearts and imaginations of in the Kimmel Center, families, and community audiences, and admired for and also with those who members through programs a legacy of imagination and enjoy the Orchestra’s area such as PlayINs, side-by- innovation on and off the performances at the Mann sides, PopUP concerts, concert stage. The Orchestra Center, Penn’s Landing, free Neighborhood is inspiring the future and and other cultural, civic, Concerts, School Concerts, transforming its rich tradition and learning venues. The and residency work in of achievement, sustaining Orchestra maintains a Philadelphia and abroad. the highest level of artistic strong commitment to Through concerts, tours, quality, but also challenging— collaborations with cultural residencies, presentations, and exceeding—that level, and community organizations and recordings, the on a regional and national by creating powerful musical Orchestra is a global cultural level, all of which create experiences for audiences at ambassador for Philadelphia greater access and home and around the world. and for the US. Having engagement with classical been the first American Music Director Yannick music as an art form. orchestra to perform in the Nézet-Séguin’s connection The Philadelphia Orchestra People’s Republic of China, to the Orchestra’s musicians serves as a catalyst for in 1973 at the request has been praised by cultural activity across of President Nixon, the both concertgoers and Philadelphia’s many ensemble today boasts critics since his inaugural communities, building an five-year partnerships with season in 2012. Under his offstage presence as strong Beijing’s National Centre for leadership the Orchestra as its onstage one. With the Performing Arts and the returned to recording, with Nézet-Séguin, a dedicated Shanghai Media Group. In four celebrated CDs on body of musicians, and one 2018 the Orchestra traveled the prestigious Deutsche of the nation’s richest arts to Europe and Israel. The Grammophon label, ecosystems, the Orchestra Orchestra annually performs continuing its history of has launched its HEAR at Carnegie Hall while also recording success. The initiative, a portfolio of enjoying summer residencies Orchestra also reaches integrated initiatives that in Saratoga Springs and Vail. thousands of listeners on the promotes Health, champions For more information on radio with weekly broadcasts music Education, eliminates The Philadelphia Orchestra, on WRTI-FM and SiriusXM. barriers to Accessing the please visit www.philorch.org. 30 Conductor

Andrew Bogard Kensho Watanabe has been assistant conductor of The Philadelphia Orchestra since the 2016-17 season and was the inaugural conducting fellow of the Curtis Institute of Music from 2013 to 2015, under the mentorship of Yannick Nézet-Séguin. In April 2017 he made his critically acclaimed subscription debut with The Philadelphia Orchestra and pianist Daniil Trifonov, and recently he conducted the Orchestra for his debut at the Bravo! Vail Music Festival and concerts at the Mann Center and the Saratoga Performing Arts Center. His 2018-19 season with the Orchestra includes three subscription concerts, the annual Free College Concert, three Family Concerts, and numerous School Concerts. Mr. Watanabe’s recent highlights have included debuts with the Houston Symphony and the Rotterdam Philharmonic, and his Japanese debut at the Matsumoto Festival. Highlights of the 2018-19 season include debuts with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, the Detroit Symphony, and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, in addition to a return visit to the Orchestre Métropolitain in Montreal. Equally at home in both symphonic and operatic repertoire, Mr. Watanabe has led numerous operas with the Curtis Opera Theatre, most recently Puccini’s La rondine in 2017 and La bohème in 2015. Additionally, he served as assistant conductor to Mr. Nézet-Séguin on a new production of Strauss’s Elektra at Montreal Opera. An accomplished violinist, Mr. Watanabe received his Master of Music degree from the Yale School of Music and served as a substitute violinist in The Philadelphia Orchestra from 2012 to 2016. Cognizant of the importance of the training and development of young musicians, he has served on the staff of the Greenwood Music Camp since 2007, currently serving as the orchestra conductor. Mr. Watanabe is a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music, where he studied with distinguished conducting pedagogue Otto-Werner Mueller. He also holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Yale College, where he studied molecular, cellular, and developmental biology. 34 31 Host

Frederick Haas is the artistic advisor of The Philadelphia Orchestra’s Fred J. Cooper Memorial Organ Experience, a five-year initiative funded by the Wyncote Foundation to enrich Orchestra performances by featuring the organ more extensively. In this role he partners with Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin to expand organ programming, create new organ repertoire, and build audience interest in the instrument and its musical capabilities. Mr. Haas is a regular host of the Orchestra’s Halloween festivities and returns this year by popular demand. His qualifications are many: He is a longtime friend of the Orchestra and former Board member. He is an accomplished , with a music degree from the Oberlin Conservatory. He is the Assistant Grand Court Organist for the legendary Wanamaker Organ at Macy’s in Philadelphia. And because he wants to see (and hear) priceless pipe organs continue to thrive, he is the founder of the Historic Organ Trust (HOT). A native of Villanova, he is also a trustee of the William Penn Foundation. But most important of all, Mr. Haas was the driving force who ensured that the Kimmel Center would have a magnificent . It is not easy to oversee the funding, design, construction, and installation of one of these amazing instruments, but he was determined to make it happen, and he did. The Fred J. Cooper Memorial Organ in Verizon Hall is the largest mechanical action concert hall pipe organ in the US. The Dobson Organ, Op. 76, is named in honor of his grandfather, the Philadelphia jeweler Fred J. Cooper, a devoted amateur organist. Mr. Haas says he was so moved when he finally heard this wonderful organ make its first sounds in Verizon Hall, he started to cry. “It was like having a child, your first child being born and hearing it cry, that’s how emotional it was for me.” A true evangelist for the pipe organ, Mr. Haas predicts a glowing future for the King of Instruments, thanks in no small part to the Fred J. Cooper Memorial Organ Experience, and thrilling showcases like this evening’s performance. 32 33 Soloist

Peter Richard Conte is an organist whose nearly unparalleled technical facility, brilliant ear for lush tonal color, and innovative programming style have made him one of the most sought-after “orchestral” of this era. In 1989 he was appointed Wanamaker Grand Court Organist at what is now the Macy’s department store in Center City, Philadelphia—the fourth person to hold that title since the organ first played in 1911. He performs a majority of the twice-daily recitals, six days each week, on the largest (29,000 pipes) fully functioning musical instrument in the world. He is also the lead artist and one of the producers for the popular Christmas holiday shows at Macy’s. He is principal organist of Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, PA, and organist/choirmaster of St. Clement’s Church in Philadelphia, where he directs a music program firmly rooted in the Anglo-Catholic tradition. He is a frequent collaborator and soloist with The Philadelphia Orchestra, having made his debut in 2008 and his subscription debut in 2014. Mr. Conte is highly regarded as a skillful performer of the standard organ repertoire, arranger of orchestral and popular transcriptions, and silent film accompanist. He has been regularly featured on National Public Radio, as well as ABC television’s Good Morning America and World News Tonight. For 13 years he was heard on The Wanamaker Organ Hour radio show, broadcast via the internet at WRTI.org. He has been a featured artist at several American Guild of Organists’s national and regional conventions, and he has performed as soloist with many other orchestras around the country. Mr. Conte has served as an adjunct assistant professor of organ at Westminster Choir College in Princeton, NJ, where he taught organ improvisation. He is the 2008 recipient of the Distinguished Alumni Award from the Indiana University School of Music in Bloomington. In 2013 the Philadelphia Music Alliance honored him with a bronze plaque on the Avenue of the Arts’ Walk of Fame. His numerous recordings appear on the Gothic, JAV, Pro Organo, Dorian, Raven, and DTR labels. His most recent CD, Remembered, was released in 2016 on the Raven label. He also performs, arranges, and records with flugelhornist and duo organist Andrew Ennis. 42D Tickets & Patron Services

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