Subscribe today 613-947-7000 ext. 620 | www.nac-cna.ca/subscribe centre The ts difference is nal ar o Orchestra ti 09-10 na SEASON pinchas zukerman music director YourNational Labelle • Photo: Paul Pinchas Zukerman Arts Centre Orchestra welcome pinchas zukerman music director YourNational Arts Centre Orchestra Join Canada’s National Arts09-10 Centre Orchestra for an exciting 2009-2010 season. This season we celebrate our 40th anniversary with masterpieces from the Orchestra’s repertoire, and stellar visiting artists. Highlights for this season include: • The Romantic Revolution Festival, featuring Pinchas Zukerman in Beethoven’s Violin Concerto, cellist Lynn Harrell, pianist Angela Cheng and more; • Mahler’s “Symphony of a Thousand” with L’Orchestre Métropolitain du Grand Montréal and conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin; • NAC Gala featuring renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma and Dvořák’s glorious Cello Concerto; • A celebration of Oscar Peterson, with pianist Oliver Jones and other brilliant Canadian jazz artists; • And many more. Exclusivesubscriber benefits Subscribing is the most rewarding way to enjoy the NAC Orchestra! BEST SEATS BEST PRICES FREE Access the best seats for our 40th Anniversary Orchestra subscribers enjoy ticket discounts, saving season before tickets go on sale to the general up to 15% on Box Office prices. Save even more EXCHANGES public. Series subscribers can renew their seats when you purchase additional tickets to NAC Change in plans? No problem! 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HEAR A PREVIEW Contact our subscription office to place your order: of THE SEASON! BY PHONE IN PERSON ONLINE Call the Subscription Office Visit the Subscription Office located in New and improved online Listen online at at 613-947-7000 (ext. 620) the NAC lobby next to the Box Office. subscriptions. Free, fast and easy! www.nac-cna.ca/naco0910 or 1-866-850-ARTS (ext. 620). Mondays to Saturdays, www.nac-cna.ca/subscribe Mondays to Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., until June 27 and 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. until June 27 and Mondays to Fridays, Mondays to Fridays, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. after June 27 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. after June 27 Age of Enlightenment, epitomized by the classicism of Mozart and Haydn, the produced music of order and clarity, in keeping with an era that valued reason over unchallenged beliefs, thus planting the seeds of modern individualism. However, the individual that emerged, inflamed by the ideals of the French Revolution, was not satisfied with reason alone. He felt the nostalgia of the infinite, longed to yield to the heat of his passions, and recognized himself in the unpredictable beauty of nature. Thus, the final years of the eighteenth century gave birth to a new way of seeing the world, the triumph of emotion and nature over reason. This was Romanticism. Over the next three decades, music became the most Romantic of all the arts. Composers cast off the restrictions of the classical age and embraced freer, more individually expressive forms. With The Romantic Revolution, Pinchas Zukerman, the Orchestra, and a roster of outstanding soloists invite you to relive the revolution and discover (or rediscover) the music that soared free of historic bonds to express the timeless melody of the universal soul. the REVOLUTION FESTIVAL september 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 1 Romantic october All Romantic Revolution performances begin at 8 p.m. in Southam Hall. 4 BEETHOVEN’S “EROICA” Beethoven’s “Eroica” marks the turning point from Classicism to Romanticism A Mark Motors Audi Signature Series concert with its extraordinary scope, bold harmonies, and drama. And its title? Originally dedicated to Napoleon, Beethoven angrily changed his dedication to “Sinfonia Eroica, Wednesday, September 23, 2009 Composed to Celebrate the Memory of a Great Man,” after Napoleon declared himself Pinchas Zukerman, conductor A Capella Prelude Emperor. Gil Shaham, recent winner of the coveted Avery Fisher Prize and multiple Gil Shaham, violin MALCOLM FORSYTH Jubilee Overture Grammys, dazzles with lustrous tone and brilliant technique in Mendelssohn’s jewel Cantata Singers of Ottawa MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto in E minor of a violin concerto. Michael Zaugg, director BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3 “Eroica” Pre-concert Chat (In French): Carol Bergeron THE RADIANCE OF MOZART Critically acclaimed Angela Cheng, known for her spot-on Mozart interpretations, is the An Ovation Series concert soloist for his 21st Piano Concerto, which took its nickname from the radiant second movement heard in the filmElvira Madigan. Arianna Zukerman’s shimmering voice Thursday, September 24, 2009 A Capella Prelude reveals the beauty of Mozart’s farewell gift to an admired soprano. Plus Schubert’s Pinchas Zukerman, conductor VERDI Prelude to Act III of La Traviata most famous – and mysteriously abandoned – symphony, the “Unfinished.” 1 Angela Cheng, piano SCHUBERT Symphony No. 8 “Unfinished” Arianna Zukerman, soprano MOZART Aria: “Ch’io mi scordi di te” Pre-concert Chat (In French): François Dompierre Cantata Singers of Ottawa MOZART Piano Concerto No. 21 Michael Zaugg, director “Elvira Madigan” LYNN HARRELL & A HAYDN CLASSIC Schumann gave his wife the Fourth Symphony as a special gift: it celebrated her An Ovation Series concert 22nd birthday, their first wedding anniversary, and the christening of their first child, and even included a musical portrait of her. Lynn Harrell’s appealing way of reaching Friday, September , 2009 25 out to an audience has captured rapt listeners not only at the world’s famed concert 2 Pinchas Zukerman, conductor A Capella Prelude halls, but also at the Grammys, where showbiz glitterati marveled at his artistry. Lynn Harrell, cello BACH Suite for solo cello Cantata Singers of Ottawa HAYDN Cello Concerto in C major Pre-concert Chat (In English): Jill LaForty interviews David Houston Michael Zaugg, director SCHUMANN Symphony No. 4 MOZART’S FINAL PIANO CONCERTO Beneath the simplicity of Mozart’s final piano concerto lies one of the most subtle Wednesday, September 30, 2009 and perfect architectural structures in music. Composed less than a year before Mozart’s untimely death, it evokes many intensely personal and painful experiences. * Jean-Marie Zeitouni, conductor Join the NAC Orchestra, Canadian pianist Anton Kuerti, narrator Bill Richardson, and Anton Kuerti, piano soprano Donna Brown to explore the history of Mozart’s music, and to hear the 3 Donna Brown, soprano concerto in its entirety. Bill Richardson, narrator Actor, TBA MOZART Piano Concerto No. 27 The first half of this program includes projected images, musical examples performed by the orchestra and soloists, and theatrical narration. Following intermission, the * Beyond the Score is produced by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra NAC Orchestra and Anton Kuerti will perform Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 27. PINCHAS PLAYS BEETHOVEN Beethoven’s notoriously difficult masterpiece, sometimes dubbed “the Mount Everest A Mark Motors Audi Signature Series concert of violin concertos,” has near sacred status, testing the mettle of performers. What makes this evening even more extraordinary is that Pinchas Zukerman is not only Thursday, October 1, 2009 4 the soloist but also conducts. Rounding out this all-Beethoven concert is a dramatic Pinchas Zukerman, conductor and violin A Capella Prelude overture and the stately Choral Fantasy that, in tone and melody, foreshadows the Cantata Singers of Ottawa BEETHOVEN Egmont Overture “Ode to Joy” of the Ninth Symphony. Michael Zaugg, director BEETHOVEN Choral Fantasy Combined Ottawa Choruses BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto Pre-concert Chat (In English): Eric Friesen Duain Wolfe, chorus master Talkback: Eric Friesen interviews Pinchas Zukerman 55 MARK MOTORS AUDI SERIES BEETHOVEN’S “EROICA” FIERY PROKOFIEV A FEAST OF BACH Signature Wednesday Wednesday Thursday Wednesday Thursday September 23 2009 October 28, 29 2009 January 20, 21 2010 Pinchas Zukerman, conductor Cantata Singers of Ottawa Alexander Shelley, conductor Pinchas Zukerman, conductor and violin Gil Shaham, violin Michael Zaugg, director Simon Trpčeski, piano Joanna G’froerer, flute A Capella Prelude ROSSINI William Tell Overture Charles Hamann, oboe MALCOLM FORSYTH Jubilee Overture BERLIOZ Romeo and Juliet: Scene for orchestra Jens Lindemann, trumpet MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto in E minor PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No.