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6 Masterworks 2 (Friday) 8:00 pm VW CALENDAR Masterworks 2 (Saturday) 8:00 pm VW 7 SEPTEMBER 8 Masterworks 2 (Sunday) 2:30 pm VW 11 Great Escapes 2 (Wednesday) 5:30 pm HH 12 Chamber Soirée 1 5:30 pm HH 12 Great Escapes 2 (Thursday) 7:30 pm HH 22 Chamber Soirée 2 4:00 pm HH 13 Great Escapes 2 (Friday) 5:30 pm HH 28 Discover Beethoven's Fifth 7:30 pm OH 14 Great Escapes 2 (Saturday) 8:00 pm HH 29 Discover Beethoven's Fifth 2:30 pm OH 15 Great Escapes 2 (Sunday) 2:30 pm HH OCTOBER JANUARY 10 Chamber Soirée 3 5:30 pm HH 3 Pops 1 (Friday) 8:00 pm VW 13 Chamber Soirée 4 4:00 pm HH 4 Pops 1 (Saturday Matinee) 2:30 pm VW 16 Great Escapes 1 (Wednesday) 5:30 pm HH 4 Pops 1 (Saturday Night) 8:00 pm VW 17 Great Escapes 1 (Thursday) 7:30 pm HH 5 Chamber Soirée 6 4:00 pm HH 18 Great Escapes 1 (Friday) 5:30 pm HH 8 Great Escapes 3 (Wednesday) 5:30 pm HH 19 Great Escapes 1 (Saturday) 8:00 pm HH 9 Great Escapes 3 (Thursday) 7:30 pm HH 31 Chamber Soirée 5 5:30 pm HH 10 Great Escapes 3 (Friday) 5:30 pm HH NOVEMBER 11 Great Escapes 3 (Saturday) 8:00 pm HH 3 Brunch (Special event) 10:30 am SG 12 Great Escapes 3 (Sunday) 2:30 pm HH 8 Masterworks 1 (Friday) 8:00 pm VW 17 Masterworks 3 (Friday) 8:00 pm VW 9 Masterworks 1 (Saturday) 8:00 pm VW 18 Masterworks 3 (Saturday) 8:00 pm VW 10 Masterworks 1 (Sunday) 2:30 pm VW 19 Masterworks 3 (Sunday) 2:30 pm VW

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22 Great Escapes 4 (Wednesday) 5:30 pm HH 7 Pops 2 (Saturday Night) 8:00 pm VW 23 Great Escapes 4 (Thursday) 7:30 pm HH 12 Masterworks 6 (Neel) 8:00 pm NE 24 Great Escapes 4 (Friday) 5:30 pm HH 13 Masterworks 6 (Friday) 8:00 pm VW 25 Great Escapes 4 (Saturday) 8:00 pm HH 14 Masterworks 6 (Saturday) 8:00 pm VW 26 Great Escapes 4 (Sunday) 2:30 pm HH 15 Masterworks 6 (Sunday) 2:30 pm VW 30 Masterworks 4 (Neel) 8:00 pm NE 18 Great Escapes 6 (Wednesday) 5:30 pm HH 31 Masterworks 4 (Friday) 8:00 pm VW 19 Great Escapes 6 (Thursday) 7:30 pm HH

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2 Masterworks 4 (Sunday) 2:30 pm VW APRIL 6 Beethoven's Eroica (Special concert) 8:00 pm VW 3 Masterworks 7 (Neel) 8:00 pm NE 12 Great Escapes 5 (Wednesday) 5:30 pm HH 4 Masterworks 7 (Saturday) 8:00 pm VW 13 Great Escapes 5 (Thursday) 7:30 pm HH 5 Masterworks 7 (Sunday) 2:30 pm VW 14 Great Escapes 5 (Friday) 5:30 pm HH 17 Pops 3 (Friday) 8:00 pm VW 15 Great Escapes 5 (Saturday) 8:00 pm HH 18 Pops 3 (Saturday Matinee) 2:30 pm VW 16 Great Escapes 5 (Sunday) 2:30 pm HH 18 Pops 3 (Saturday Night) 8:00 pm VW 21 Masterworks 5 (Neel) 8:00 pm NE 19 Chamber Soirée 8 4:00 pm HH 22 Masterworks 5 (Saturday) 8:00 pm VW 23 Masterworks 5 (Sunday) 2:30 pm VW MAY 27 Chamber Soirée 7 5:30 pm HH 2 Discover Beethoven's Seventh 7:30 pm OH MARCH 3 Discover Beethoven's Seventh 2:30 pm OH 1 Chamber Soirée 7 4:00 pm HH MAY - JUNE 6 Pops 2 (Friday) 8:00 pm VW 30-20 Sarasota Music Festival various

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SHAI WOSNER Masterworks 3 soloist

“NOTHING SHORT OF ” MIRACULOUS - Herald Tribune

2 CLASSICAL ROMAN MOZART ROMANCE FESTIVALS AND MAHLER MASTERWORKS 1 MASTERWORKS 2 MASTERWORKS 3

Gerard Schwarz, Conductor JoAnn Falletta, Music Director, Steven Sloane, Music Director, Laureate, Seattle Symphony Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra Lise de la Salle, piano Alexi Kenney, violin Shai Wosner, piano

R. STRAUSS ELGAR MOZART Don Juan In the South Piano Concerto No. 21 MOZART BRUCH MAHLER Piano Concerto No. 20 Violin Concerto No. 1 Symphony No. 1 (The Titan)

DVOŘÁK RESPIGHI The sparkly sheen of Mozart and Symphony No. 6 Fountains of Rome the profound depth of Mahler come together in one program. Richard Strauss’ revolutionary and RESPIGHI Among the most technically exhilarating tone poem Don Juan Roman Festivals demanding of Mozart’s concerti, anchors this celebration of youth’s Travel to landmarks like the Trevi his Piano Concerto No. 21 was vigor. For the 24-year-old Strauss, this Fountain and celebrate like a citizen of pronounced “astonishingly difficult” tour de force for orchestra brought to ancient Rome, all without leaving your by the composer’s own father. life a young man desperately trying seat. Respighi's beloved symphonic Alongside this Classical treasure to find the ideal woman. Soloist Lise poems, Fountains of Rome and is Gustav Mahler’s spellbinding de la Salle shines in Mozart’s Piano Roman Festivals, take the audience post-Romantic Titan Symphony. Concerto No. 20. Written for the on a delightfully colorful tour of the Delight in the sounds of nature, composer to perform as a soloist legendary city. Elgar’s In the South and snippets of urban life like when he was only 26, the work was connects the dots between a family street bands and klezmer, as you also one of Beethoven’s favorites. vacation in Italy and ghosts of history revel in Mahler’s expansive and Dvořák’s lushly melodic Symphony past. Bruch’s touching and fiercely fascinating commentary on the No. 6 rounds out a concert experience virtuosic Violin Concerto, featuring human condition. Israeli pianist rich in unforgettable melody. Grammy young violinist Alexi Kenney—“a talent Shai Wosner and American-Israeli Award-winning conductor Gerard to watch,” according to The New conductor Steven Sloane join forces Schwarz leads this showcase for York Times—complements this musical with Sarasota Orchestra for a Sarasota Orchestra. journey led by Grammy Award- program contrasting two of history’s winning conductor JoAnn Falletta. greatest composers.

NOVEMBER 8, 9, 10 DECEMBER 6, 7, 8 JANUARY 17, 18, 19 VAN WEZEL VAN WEZEL VAN WEZEL

Photos: JoAnn Falletta by Cheryl Gorski Photography; Steven Sloane by John F. Martin; Shai Wosner by Marco Borggreve

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Ludovic Morlot, Music Director, Seattle Symphony Sarah Chang, violin

JANÁČEK The Cunning Little Vixen Suite DEBUSSY Ibéria, No. 2 from Images DVOŘÁK Legends DVOŘÁK Violin Concerto

Since her debut with the New York Philharmonic at the age of eight, Sarah Chang has become one of the most celebrated violinists of our time. She brings her emotional depth to Dvořák’s Violin Concerto. Frogs, dragonflies and hens cavort through Janáček’s The Cunning Little Vixen Suite, an ode to Mother Nature. Guest conductor and Grammy Award winner Ludovic Morlot pays homage to his French heritage with one of Debussy’s most beloved orchestral works, Ibéria. Debussy offers vivid impressions of Spanish streets, festival mornings, and "the fragrance of JOSHUA ROMAN, the night." Masterworks 5 soloist

JAN 30, 31, FEB 1, 2 NEEL & VAN WEZEL

4 SarasotaOrchestra.org | Box Office: 941-953-3434 SOUNDS BEETHOVEN AMERICAN OF NOBILITY AND BARTÓK IMPRESSIONS MASTERWORKS 5 MASTERWORKS 6 MASTERWORKS 7

Bramwell Tovey, Principal Conductor, Keith Lockhart, Conductor, Teddy Abrams, Music Director, BBC Concert Orchestra Boston Pops Orchestra Louisville Orchestra Simone Porter, violin Jeremy Denk, piano Blake Pouliot, violin Joshua Roman, cello KODÁLY ABRAMS BERLIOZ Dances of Galánta Overture in Sonata Form (2014) Rob Roy Overture BEETHOVEN PROKOFIEV BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 4 Concerto for Violin and Cello Violin Concerto No. 2 BARTÓK WALTON Concerto for Orchestra COPLAND Symphony No. 1 Symphony No. 3 Hear Bartók’s music alongside his idol Spend an evening with musical Sometimes called the “greatest Beethoven in a virtuosic showcase led royalty. Sir William Walton’s American symphony,” Aaron by Keith Lockhart, longtime Boston Symphony No. 1, long viewed as Copland’s expansive, tuneful, and Pops conductor and Artistic Director one of the greatest symphonies of highly original Symphony No. 3 is of the Brevard Music Festival. The the modern age, is an emotionally the centerpiece of this exploration of program features critically-acclaimed searing commentary on love lost. American influence led by conductor soloist Jeremy Denk,“a pianist you Get acquainted with two emerging Teddy Abrams. 25-year-old Canadian want to hear no matter what he young stars, violinist Simone Porter violinist Blake Pouliot brings his artistry performs,” according to The New and cellist Joshua Roman, as they to the fantastically dramatic shifts and York Times, in Beethoven’s famously shine in one of the most rapturous unbridled emotion of Prokofiev’s Violin challenging Piano Concerto No. 4. double concertos ever composed— Concerto No. 2, composed shortly The evening opens with Kodály’s Brahms’ Concerto for Violin and after the composer’s return to the Soviet Dances of Galánta, a nostalgic trip Cello. Berlioz’s Rob Roy Overture, Union following two decades in the down memory lane to the composer’s based on Sir Walter Scott’s novel of West. Abrams kicks off the program childhood in a Slovakian town. the same name, opens this program with one of his own compositions, Bartók’s last completed work, the of high drama and heartfelt emotion which has been described as a iconic and exhilarating Concerto for led by world-renowned British “smoothly crafted crowd pleaser of Orchestra, will provide a breathtaking conductor Bramwell Tovey. 20th century Americana.” end to this dazzling program.

FEBRUARY 21, 22, 23 MARCH 12, 13, 14, 15 APRIL 3, 4, 5 NEEL & VAN WEZEL NEEL & VAN WEZEL NEEL & VAN WEZEL

Photos: Ludovic Morlot by Brandon Patoc; Sarah Chang by Colin Bell; Simone Porter by Jeff Fasano; Joshua Roman by Hayley Young; Jeremy Denk by Shervin Lainez; Teddy Abrams by O'Neil Arnold. 5 CHAMBER SOIRÉES

“MUSIC SATISFYING ON ELYSE A TRANSCENDENT LAUZON LEVEL” - Herald Tribune horn

6 MUSICAL MOZART TITANS OF LIFE MÉLANGE AND MORE TWO CENTURIES AFFIRMED CHAMBER 1 CHAMBER 2 CHAMBER 3 CHAMBER 4

EWALD CASELLA PROKOFIEV HAAS Brass Quintet No. 1 Serenata Sonata in C Major Wind Quintet, Op. 10 for Two Violins POULENC GRYC BRAHMS Trio for Oboe, Fantasy Variations on a BEETHOVEN Piano Quartet No. 1 Bassoon and Piano Theme of Béla Bartók Septet in E-flat Major AGUILA MOZART Submerged String Quintet in C Major, K. 515 BEETHOVEN Horn Sextet

THURSDAY, SEPT 12 SUNDAY, SEPT 22 THURSDAY, OCT 10 SUNDAY, OCT 13 5:30 PM | HOLLEY HALL 4:00 PM | HOLLEY HALL 5:30 PM | HOLLEY HALL 4:00 PM | HOLLEY HALL

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ZEMLINSKY HAYDN KOETSIER Jim PARKER Humoreske (Rondo) String Quartet in D Minor, Brass Symphony Mississippi Five Op. 76, No. 2 (Fifths) SCHOENBERG IBERT GOLIJOV Verklärte nacht (Transfigured WEBERN Trio for Violin, Cello and Harp Mariel Night) (1917 Version) String Quartet (1905) DVOŘÁK DVOŘÁK BEETHOVEN BEETHOVEN Serenade for Strings in E Major String Quintet in G Major, Piano Trio No. 5 in D Major, String Quartet, Op. 95 Op. 77 No. 1 (Ghost Trio)

THURSDAY, FEB 27* 5:30 PM | HOLLEY HALL

THURSDAY, OCT 31* SUNDAY, JAN 5* SUNDAY, MAR 1 SUNDAY, APR 19* 5:30 PM | HOLLEY HALL 4:00 PM | HOLLEY HALL 4:00 PM | HOLLEY HALL 4:00 PM | HOLLEY HALL

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Marcelo Lehninger, Music Director David Danzmayr, Music Director, Grand Rapids Symphony ProMusica Chamber Orchestra Drew Petersen, piano Alexandra Soumm, violin

ROSSINI VIVALDI / RICHTER CHRISTOPHER Overture to L’Italiana in Algeri The Four Seasons Recomposed TAKEDA BEETHOVEN BEETHOVEN associate concertmaster Piano Concerto No. 3 Symphony No. 7 BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5 The Beethoven celebration season culminates with the Symphony No. 2020 marks the 250th anniversary 7, one of the master’s most joyous of Ludwig van Beethoven’s birth. and exuberant works. Vivaldi’s Four Sarasota Orchestra starts the Seasons is the inspiration for Richter's celebration early with his Symphony homage in this captivating, toe- No. 5. Rossini’s delightful overture tapping program. serves as a lighthearted foil to the power of Beethoven.

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8 SarasotaOrchestra.org | Box Office: 941-953-3434 BUGS BUNNY AT THE SYMPHONY II POPS 1

George Daugherty, conductor

Join Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, and STORM LARGE, Elmer Fudd for a special Looney Tunes screening with live music by Sarasota Pops 3 vocalist Orchestra and Emmy Award-winning conductor, George Daugherty. Famous scores featuring great classical music will delight all ages as we recognize the 80th Anniversary of the "rascally rabbit." JANUARY 3, 4 VAN WEZEL

MY FAVORITE THINGS POPS 2 POPS

Andrew Lane, Principal Pops Conductor Maria Wirries, vocalist SERIES Enjoy songs from The Sound of Music, Mamma Mia!, and Les Misérables. Included in the evening is a salute to composer John Williams and his popular film scores including selections from Schindler’s List and Star Wars. MARCH 6, 7 VAN WEZEL

AMERICAN PLAYLIST POPS 3

Sean O’Loughlin, conductor Branford Marsalis, saxophone Storm Large, vocalist

Legendary saxophonist and NEA Jazz Master Branford Marsalis joins forces with vocal star Storm Large, Sarasota Orchestra and conductor Sean O’Loughlin. Classic “THIS IS SARASOTA Hollywood, vintage Broadway and the ” Great American Songbook are all included AT ITS BEST in this American Playlist that will have - Herald Tribune audiences swaying in their seats.

APRIL 17, 18 VAN WEZEL 9 SALUTE TO SOUNDS OF THE EUROPEAN ARTHUR FIEDLER SEASON GROOVES GREAT ESCAPES 1 GREAT ESCAPES 2 GREAT ESCAPES 3

Steven Jarvi, conductor Michelle Merrill, conductor Jacomo Bairos, conductor

Conductor Steven Jarvi kicks off the Joyous short works fill this holiday- Portuguese-American conductor Great Escapes season with popular themed concert, led by guest Jacomo Bairos joins Sarasota and humorous repertoire that pays conductor Michelle Merrill. Orchestra to celebrate Europe’s homage to Arthur Fiedler, the iconic Selections include Tchaikovsky’s significant influence on popular music. former conductor of the Boston Nutcracker, Respighi’s L’adorazione Americans have long enjoyed the Pops Orchestra. This selection of dei Magi, Rose’s Holiday for Strings, sounds of European composers from light-hearted works celebrates the and many more. Sarasota Orchestra Beethoven to the Beatles. Take a seat 125th anniversary of his birth in true audiences will be dancing in their and keep the beat with great music Fiedler style. seats in our festive Holley Hall with from across the pond. these seasonal favorites.

OCTOBER 16-19 DECEMBER 11-15 JANUARY 8-12 HOLLEY HALL HOLLEY HALL HOLLEY HALL

JACOMO BAIROS, Great Escapes 3 and 6 conductor

10 SPACE HEART LATIN AND BEYOND AND SOUL BEATS GREAT ESCAPES 4 GREAT ESCAPES 5 GREAT ESCAPES 6

Enrico Lopez-Yañez, conductor Christopher Confessore, conductor Jacomo Bairos, conductor

Fly Me to the Moon captures the Get ready to swoon and sway with The Great Escapes season wraps spirit of the repertoire in this program your heart and soul at our coveted up with this high-energy, deeply- of celestial-inspired selections. Enjoy Valentine’s week concert. From passionate concert of popular music classical works featured in 2001: A Gershwin’s Crazy for You Overture and light classics with a Latin twist. Space Odyssey and popular scores to Williams’ Suite from Far and Exotic beats from salsa, rumba, from Star Wars, Star Trek and Apollo Away to the ever-popular music tango and bossa nova genres inspire 13 . Other favorites include When from Titanic, each romantic melody this energizing mix of thrilling sounds. You Wish Upon a Star, Moonglow will round out a week of love and We all know the Latin beat as soon and excerpts from Mozart's Jupiter appreciation for everyone. as we hear it! Symphony.

JANUARY 22-26 FEBRUARY 12-16 MARCH 18-21 HOLLEY HALL HOLLEY HALL HOLLEY HALL

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16 SarasotaOrchestra.org | Box Office: 941-953-3434 TICKET POLICIES

PURCHASES AND PAYMENTS: MAILING OF TICKETS: A check or credit card information must accompany each order. Subscription tickets will be mailed in July 2019. We accept Mastercard, Visa, Discover and American Express. REPLACEMENT TICKETS: We also accept faxed charge card orders. All prices include $1 Reprints are free. If you have misplaced your tickets, contact per ticket for our Operating Reserve Fund. the Box Office, or come to your concert and request reprinted EXCHANGES: tickets. We will be happy to assist you. Available for all patrons. A $5 per ticket fee applies to non- PARKING: subscription tickets (additional upgrade charges may apply). Free parking is located adjacent to all performance venues. Subscribers may exchange their subscription tickets for free. Valet parking is available at the Van Wezel for a fee. Exchanges should be made in person at the Box Office during RESTRICTIONS: regular business hours, OR you may mail in your tickets with Cameras and recording equipment may not be used at instructions for the new date, and payment for any fees/ any performance. upgrades. Exchanges must be made at least 24 hours prior to the concert you wish to switch during Box Office hours. We PROGRAMMING: exchange on a ticket-for-ticket basis, regardless of original ticket Artists and repertoire in all series subject to change. value. There are no exchanges at concerts. SPECIAL FEE: For events at the Van Wezel, a $7 fee REFUNDS ARE NOT PROVIDED: per ticket for each concert is included for service If you cannot attend or exchange your tickets, contact the Box charges and parking, which is paid to the city owned Office prior to the concert to donate your tickets for resale. We and operated Van Wezel. This fee is incorporated will issue a donation acknowledgement for the value of the into the listed subscription and ticket prices. tickets when we receive them.

SAVE THE DATE BEETHOVEN'S EROICA February 6, 2020 8:00 pm | Van Wezel Jeffrey Kahane, conductor and commentator

This mid-season special concert will explore the work that signaled the start of Beethoven's revolutionary middle period. Sarasota Music Festival Music Director, Jeffrey Kahane, will present insights and musical examples that put Beethoven's Symphony No. 3, the "heroic" symphony, into 21st century context. A performance of the full symphony that changed the course of music completes this compelling concert.

Subscribers will have first chance at preferred seating when tickets go on sale for this special concert. NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION U.S. POSTAGE PAID 709 N. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, FL 34236 MANASOTA FL PERMIT NO. 62 941-953-3434 SarasotaOrchestra.org

Celebrating the 250th anniversary of Ludwig van Beethoven 2019 2020 SEASON

Sarasota Orchestra, a non-profit, 501 (C) (3) charitable organization, has been serving the region since 1949.