Academy of St Martin in the Fields with Jeremy Denk SAT / MAR 9 / 7:30 PM

Jeremy Denk PIANO Tomo Keller DIRECTOR PROGRAM

Tomaso Albinoni (1671-1750/51) Concerto a cinque No. 5 in A minor, Op. 5

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788) Symphony in E-flat major, H. 654 i. Prestissimo ii. Larghetto iii. Presto

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) No. 12 in A major, K. 414 i. Allegro ii. Andante iii. Allegretto

Intermission

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) Young Apollo, Op. 16

Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) Symphony No. 44 in E minor (Mourning) i. Allegro con brio ii. Menuet: Allegretto; canon in diapason iii. Adagio iv. Presto

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Classical Music Series at THE ACADEMY OF ST MARTIN IN THE to connect and learn with the The Broad Stage made possible FIELDS is one of the world’s finest orchestra. in part by the generous support chamber orchestras, renowned for of the Colburn Foundation. fresh, brilliant interpretations of the JEREMY DENK is one of America’s world’s greatest orchestral music. foremost pianists. Winner of a Formed by Sir in 1958 MacArthur “Genius” Fellowship, and the Tonight's performance is in honor of from a group of leading Avery Fisher Prize, Denk was recently Judy and the late Dr. Sheldon Spector’s musicians, the Academy gave its first elected to the American Academy of support of The Broad Stage. performance in its namesake church in Arts and Sciences. Denk returns November 1959. Through unrivalled live frequently to Carnegie Hall and in The Academy’s work in the US is performances and a vast recording recent seasons has appeared with supported by Maria Cardamone and output—including the soundtrack to the the Chicago Symphony, Paul Matthews together with the Oscar-winning filmAmadeus —the Philharmonic, Los Angeles American Friends of the Academy Academy quickly gained an enviable Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony international reputation for its and Cleveland Orchestra, as well as on of St Martin in the Fields. distinctive, polished and refined sound. tour with Academy of St Martin in the With over 500 releases in a much- Fields, and at the as Steinway Piano vaunted discography and a part of the BBC Proms. In 2018/19, comprehensive international touring Denk embarks on a three-week recital Exclusive Management for program, the name and sound of the tour of the U.S., including appearances Mr. Denk & the Academy of Academy is known and loved by in Washington, D.C., Seattle, Cleveland St Martin in the Fields: classical audiences throughout the and Pittsburgh, and culminating in his OPUS 3 ARTISTS world. Today, the Academy is led by return to Carnegie Hall. His orchestral 470 Park Avenue South, 9th Floor Music Director and virtuoso violinist highlights include play-directing Mozart , retaining the collegiate with the Toronto Symphony, and on North, New York, NY 10016 | spirit and flexibility of the original small, tour throughout the U.S. with Academy www.opus3artists.com conductor-less ensemble which has of St Martin in the Fields. He also become an Academy hallmark. Under returns to the Atlanta and Colorado Performing parts based on the Bell's direction, and with the support Symphonies, and continues his work critical edition Carl Philipp Emanuel of Leader/Director Tomo Keller and as Artistic Partner with the St. Paul Bach: The Complete Works Principal Guest Conductor Murray Chamber Orchestra, opening the (www.cpebach.org) were made Perahia, the Academy continues to season directing Beethoven 5 from available by the publisher, the push the boundaries of play-directed the keyboard. In the same season, Packard Humanities Institute of performance to new heights at Denk re-unites with his long time prestigious venues around the globe. collaborators, Joshua Bell and Steven Los Altos, California. Complementing a busy international Isserlis, on an 11-city tour of the U.S., schedule, the Academy continues to including appearances in New York, reach out to people of all ages and Boston, Washington and San Francisco. backgrounds through its Learning and He also performs and curates a series Participation programs. The orchestra’s of Mozart Sonatas (“Denk & composition and performance Friends”) at Carnegie Hall. Further workshops in schools are soon to collaborations include performing the become intergenerational as local Ives violin sonatas at Tanglewood with older people will be invited to join in; Stefan Jackiw. Abroad, he returns to partnerships with Southbank Sinfonia, the Barbican in London to reunite with UK conservatoires and masterclasses the BBC Symphony Orchestra, makes on tour further the development of the his debut with the City of Birmingham professional musicians of tomorrow; Symphony and returns to the Helsinki the Academy provides a creative outlet Philharmonic. He also appears in recital for some of London’s most vulnerable in Europe, including his return to the adults at a center for homeless people; Wigmore Hall as part of a three-year and a regular program of pre- residency. His recording c.1300-c.2000 talks and podcasts create opportunities will be released by Nonesuch Records for Academy audiences the world over with music ranging from Guillaume de

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Machaut, Gilles Binchois and Carlo Stravinsky’s Apollon musagète with Joshua Bell Gesualdo, to Stockhausen, Ligeti and Sir /LSO and Avant MUSIC DIRECTOR Glass. Jeremy Denk graduated from with Patti Austin and the Gershwin Sir Neville Marriner CH, CBE Oberlin College, Indiana University and WDR Big Band, which was awarded FOUNDING PRESIDENT the . He lives in New a GRAMMY® in 2008. He has given York City, and his web site and blog violin, and orchestral KBE are at jeremydenk.net. masterclasses at all major London PRINCIPAL GUEST CONDUCTOR music colleges, as well as at Yale Tomo Keller TOMO KELLER was born in Stuttgart in University and numerous other schools LEADER/DIRECTOR 1974, to German-Japanese musicians, in the U.S. and the Far East. Tomo Keller and started playing the violin at the age plays a violin by Guadagnini, Turin 1778, Alan Watt of six. At 10 years old, he gave his first kindly made available to him by the CHIEF EXECUTIVE performances with orchestra. He Swedish Järnåker Foundation. Alison Tedbury studied at Vienna’s University for Music DIRECTOR OF and Performing Arts and New York’s Tomo Keller (director) Richard Brewer Juilliard School of Music. Numerous top Harvey de Souza CONCERTS & TOURS MANAGER prizes and awards followed, at the Fritz Helen Paterson Kreisler Competition, the Johannes Robert Salter Lesley Wynne Brahms Competition and the German Martin Gwilym-Jones ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL MANAGER Music Competition Berlin, where he Hattie Rayfield was awarded the Grand Prize. He was VIOLIN I CONCERTS & PARTICIPATION also the first instrumentalist to receive Martin Burgess COORDINATOR the Aalto Stage Prize for young Jennifer Godson musicians. He has since performed Katherine Adams Mark Butler at major concert halls all around the LIBRARIAN Sijie Chen world, most recently at the new Richard Milone Charlotte O’Dair Philharmonic Halls of Hamburg and VIOLIN II LEARNING & PARTICIPATION Paris and has been invited both as PRODUCER soloist and chamber musician to music Robert Smissen festivals such as the Schleswig-Holstein Alexandros Koustas Andrew McGowan Musik Festival, Mecklenburg- Martin Humbey DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT Vorpommern Festspiele and Festival de Stephen Upshaw Amy Scott Musica Manuel de Falla. He has also DEVELOPMENT MANAGER been a frequent guest on radio and Stephen Orton David Hills television broadcasts on ARD, BBC, William Schofield FINANCE MANAGER NHK and ORF. As a soloist, Tomo has Sarah Suckling Rebecca Driver, Media Relations performed with the Beethovenhalle Jane Oliver PR CONSULTANT Orchestra Bonn, St. Petersburg CELLOS Camerata, London Symphony FOR OPUS 3 ARTISTS Lynda Houghton Orchestra, Radio Symphony Orchestra David V. Foster Benjamin Russell Berlin and the Vienna Symphony PRESIDENT/CEO Orchestra. Concert tours have led him DOUBLE BASSES Leonard Stein all across Europe, as well as Russia, David Thomas SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR, Asia, America and the Middle East. Rachel Ingleton TOURING DIVISION Tomo Keller is a much sought-after OBOES orchestral leader, having led the Robert Berretta Stephen Stirling London Symphony Orchestra as VICE PRESIDENT/MANAGER, Timothy Brown Assistant Leader from 2009-2015. In ARTISTS & ATTRACTIONS HORNS 2014, he became first concertmaster Tania Leong of the Swedish Radio Symphony Nigel Barratt ASSOCIATE, TOURING DIVISION Orchestra. He has also appeared with ORCHESTRA MANAGER more than 20 orchestras as guest Grace Hertz leader all over Europe, the U.S. and ASSISTANT, ARTISTS & ATTRACTIONS Asia. Tomo was appointed Leader of John C. Gilliland III the Academy of St Martin in the Fields COMPANY MANAGER in December 2015. Tomo’s recordings include solo works by Bach, Bartók and Ysaÿe, orchestral recordings including

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