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wso.ca Dear Music Lovers, Welcome to a new season of great music. Attending a live symphony concert is a visceral experience and something I cherish deeply. There is of course the music itself, and this season is no exception in that department. But there is also the performance – sixty-seven of North America’s top musicians performing in perfect synchronicity with the best guest artists in the world. When you put these two elements together it creates something greater, a concert that will move you deeply. That is why our work is about more than just entertainment, it is about creating experiences that will touch your soul. See you at the Concert Hall! Alexander Mickelthwate, Music Director 2 2016 I 2017 Season Front cover photo and photo of Alexander by Grajewski Fotograph Front cover photo and of 204-949-3999 I wso.ca /1617season 3 OPENING NIGHT: Joshua Bell Sep 20 I 8:00pm Dukas: Fanfare to La Péri Beethoven: Symphony No.7 in A major Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D major JOSHUA BELL - one of the most celebrated violinists performing today. His restless curiosity, passion, and multi-faceted musical interests are almost unparalleled in the world of classical music. The Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra is excited to welcome Joshua Bell for Opening Night on September 20, 2016. This is a rare opportunity for Winnipeg audiences to witness one of the top classical talents in the world today. Bell will perform on the Huberman Stradivarius, a stunning and storied instrument, named after the legendary violinist and founder of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. wso.ca/joshuabell SUBSCRIBER PREFERRED PRICES $135 $115 $95 $75 $55 *200 seats reserved throughout the hall for Soundcheck members. Available on first come-first serve basis. Celebrate Opening Night with a Gala Evening including premium seats, champagne reception, and an intimate dinner with Joshua Bell for $500. Call 204-949-3973 to confirm your Gala ticket. 4 2016 I 2017 Season MUSIC OF THE Impressionists Oct 14-22 The Impressionists: Debussy, Ravel, Fauré, Berlioz - their names alone evoke beauty and emotion. The WSO celebrates their music, their influence and their legacy in a week-long festival. FESTIVAL PROGRAM Oct 14/15 Impressions of Paradise Oct 16 Cinematheque Oct 17 University of Manitoba Symphony Orchestra Oct 18 Symphonie fantastique Oct 19 Winnipeg Chamber Music Society Oct 20 Pascal Rogé in Recital Oct 21/22 Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé Oct 23 Winnipeg Philharmonic Choir: Chantiques et Chansons Festival Pass from $79 Add to a Classics subscription for only $55 wso.ca/impressionists 204-949-3999 I wso.ca /1617season 5 SERIES A Classics Impressions of Paradise Romantic Melody Oct 14-15 Feb 10-11 Alexander Mickelthwate, conductor Allen Harrington, saxophone Daniel Raiskin, conductor Bella Hristova, violin Delius: The Walk to the Paradise Garden Messiaen: L’Ascension, 4 méditations for orchestra Jacques Hétu: Sur les rives du Saint-Maurice Ibert: Concertino da camera for alto saxophone & orchestra Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor Debussy: La mer Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 in D major The Music of the Impressionists Festival opens Max Bruch’s Violin Concerto No. 1 is a quintessential with La mer, Claude Debussy’s masterpiece of Romantic showpiece filled with dashing themes and impressionist orchestration. Ibert’s charming virtuosic writing. Sibelius’ Second Symphony is his saxophone concerto epitomizes the French most popular and fitting on the centenary of the style, and two works by Delius and Messiaen Finnish declaration of independence in a tribute to its perfectly translate religious imagery into most famous composer. symphonic colour. wso.ca/romantic wso.ca/paradise Wagner Unmasked Nov 4-5 Alexander Mickelthwate, conductor Karen Foster, soprano (Isolde) Peter Wedd, tenor (Tristan) Susan Platts, mezzo-soprano (Brangane) Nathan Stark, bass (Marke) Peter John Buchan, tenor (Melot) Kris Kornelsen, baritone (Kurwenal) Wagner: Tristan und Isolde: Prelude & Liebestod Tristan und Isolde: Act II complete Wagner – a mythic composer rarely staged outside major opera centres. The WSO brings the grandeur of Tristan und Isolde to the Winnipeg concert stage. Six leading Wagnerian voices give a triumphant performance of the longing, yearning and sensuality at the heart of this epic while surtitles follow the story of two forlorn lovers. wso.ca/wagner Classics Series A Concert Times > FRI @ 8:00 pm / SAT @ 8:00 pm6 6 2016 I 2017 Season Angela Hewitt plays Ravel Mar 10-11 Benjamin Wallfisch, conductor Angela Hewitt, piano Harry Stafylakis: Arc of Horizon Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain Ravel: Piano Concerto in G major Stravinsky: Suite from The Firebird Angela Hewitt is among the world’s most celebrated and recorded pianists. Hear this great Canadian in two of her specialties: the Spanish flare of Manuel de Falla’s Nights in the Gardens of Spain plus Ravel’s jazz-infused Piano Concerto in G. Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite completes this exotic program. wso.ca/angelahewitt Virtuosi Concerts will present Angela Hewitt in solo recital on Sunday, March 12 @ 3:00 pm. See page 19 for details. Elijah Mar 24-25 Tianwa Yang plays Brahms Apr 21-22 Elroy Friesen, conductor Monica Huisman, soprano Alexander Mickelthwate, conductor Catherine Daniel, mezzo-soprano Tianwa Yang, violin John Tessier, tenor Gregory Dahl, baritone Brahms: Violin Concerto in D major University of Manitoba Singers, Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra Elroy Friesen, director Concerto - the word summons up virtuosity, mastery and Mendelssohn: Elijah melody delivered by a single instrument. Brahms’s Violin Concerto is just that, its messages elevated and inspired The greatest oratorio since Handel’s Messiah, Felix Mendelssohn’s Elijah is an early Romantic at the hands of master soloist Tianwa Yang. Then to Bartók, masterpiece. An outstanding cast of Manitoba soloists plus chorus recount the story of the whose blazing Concerto for Orchestra gives each Biblical prophet through beautiful hymns, grand choruses and vivid sound pictures. instrument of the orchestra a chance to shine. wso.ca/elijah Sponsored by Schriemer Farms wso.ca/tianwa Adults / 6 Concerts SUBSCRIBE TODAY $558 $468 $378 $288 $18 6 See Page 16 204-949-3999 I wso.ca /1617season 7 SERIES B Classics Organ Spectacular Sept 30 -Oct 1 Westminster United Church Jean-Marie Zeitouni, conductor Sarah Svendsen, organ Brahms: Academic Festival Overture Joseph Jongen: Symphonie concertante for organ & orchestra Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 (Organ Symphony) in C minor The WSO travels to Westminster United Church to celebrate its magnificent Casavant pipe organ with the brilliant young virtuoso Sarah Svendsen. The program: a triumphant organ concerto by Belgian Joseph Jongen, Camille Saint-Saëns’ inimitable Organ Symphony, and Brahms’s light-hearted Academic Festival Overture. The Westminster Church Organ Series will present Sarah Svendsen in solo recital Sunday, Oct. 2 @ 2:30 pm. Call the WSO box office for tickets. WSO subscribers receive 20% off. wso.ca/organ Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé Oct 21-22 José Luis Gomez, conductor Pascal Rogé, piano Canadian Mennonite University Chorus, Janet Brenneman, director Fauré: Pavane Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé Orchestral colour comes to the fore in the closing concert of the Music of the Impressionists Festival with Ravel’s transfixing ballet score*. Guest artist Pascal Rogé, a master of French repertoire, will perform with elegance, beauty and stylistically perfect phrasing. * The WSO will screen Chagall’s lithographs of Daphnis et Chloé in collaboration with the Winnipeg Art Gallery’s Chagall exhibition. wso.ca/ravel Classics Series B Concert Times > FRI @ 8:00 pm / SAT @ 8:00 pm6 8 2016 I 2017 Season Messiah Papa Haydn Dec 2-3 Jan 13-14 Tania Miller, conductor Alexander Mickelthwate, conductor Jennie Such, soprano Karl Stobbe, violin Kirsten Schellenberg, alto Beverly Wang, oboe Justin Odwak, tenor Alexandra Eastley, bassoon Tyler Duncan, baritone Yuri Hooker, cello Mennonite Festival Chorus, Rudy Schellenberg & Janet Brenneman, co-directors Haydn: Symphony No. 80 in D minor Haydn: Sinfonia concertante in B-flat major The title says it all: beautiful arias, matchless for violin, oboe, bassoon and cello drama, the Hallelujah chorus, intense meaning in Dvorˇák: Symphony No. 5 in F major every word and phrase plus a fresh young cast of soloists and our brilliant choir to send you out Haydn - master of masters and the man singing! Nothing ushers in the Holiday season Mozart referred to as ‘Papa.’ He practically like Handel’s Messiah! invented the symphony! Four WSO prinicpals shine as soloists in his Sinfonia wso.ca/messiah concertante. Maestro Mickelthwate closes the program with Dvorˇák’s bright and joyful 5th Symphony. wso.ca/papahaydn Mozart & Serenades Mar 31– Apr 1 Westminster United Church Gershwin & Shostakovich Marcelo Lehninger, conductor Feb 24-25 Mozart: Symphony No. 35 in D major (Haffner) Dvorˇák: Serenade in D minor for Winds Alexander Mickelthwate, conductor Hindemith: Concert Music for Strings and Brass Sara Davis Buechner, piano Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings in C major Vivian Fung: Dust Devils Four great composers highlight individual Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue sections of the WSO in an evening of Gershwin: Second Rhapsody for piano and orchestra serenades at Westminster United Church. Shostakovich: Symphony No.12 in D minor (The Year 1917) Mozart’s classical melody meets Dvorˇák’s Czech folk tunes. Hindemith’s dramatic Gershwin shook the musical world with his now iconic Concert Music features strings and brass while jazz-infused Rhapsody in Blue. Shostakovich “celebrated” the Tchaikovsky closes in Romantic splendor. Soviet authorities with a populist symphony that shakes its fist in irony. Hear also Gershwin’s rarely played Second Rhapsody wso.ca /serenades in the WSO debut of exciting pianist Sara Davis Buechner. wso.ca/gershwin Adults / 6 Concerts SUBSCRIBE TODAY $558 $468 $378 $288 $18 6 See Page 16 204-949-3999 I wso.ca /1617season 9 POPS Sheena Easton:The Spy Who Loved Me Sep 23-25 Sheena Easton, vocalist Scott Coulter, vocalist Julian Pellicano, conductor Bond…James Bond.