Season 20 Season 2011-2012
Season 2020111111----2020202011112222 The Philadelphia Orchestra Thursday, March 11,, at 8:00 Friday, March 22,, at 222:002:00:00:00 Saturday, March 33,, at 8:00 Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos Conductor Pepe Romero Guitar Turina Danzas fantásticas, Op. 22 I. Ecstasy II. Dream III. Orgy Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez, for guitar and orchestra I. Allegro con spirito II. Adagio III. Allegro gentile Intermission Palomo from Andalusian Nocturnes, for guitar and orchestra: II. Shattered Smile of a Star IV. Gust of Wind V. Nocturne of Córdoba VI. The Flamenco Stage First Philadelphia Orchestra performances Ravel Bolero This program runs approximately 1 hour, 40 minutes. A regular guest with North America’s top orchestras, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos conducts the Cincinnati, Boston, Pittsburgh, Saint Louis, and Montreal symphonies, and the Los Angeles and New York philharmonics in the 2011-12 season. He appears annually at the Tanglewood Music Festival and regularly with the National, Chicago, and Toronto symphonies. Born in Burgos, Spain, in 1933, Mr. Frühbeck studied violin, piano, music theory, and composition at the conservatories in Bilbao and Madrid and conducting at Munich’s Hochschule für Musik, where he graduated summa cum laude and was awarded the Richard Strauss Prize. From 2004 to 2011 he was chief conductor and artistic director of the Dresden Philharmonic. With the 2012-13 season he takes up the post of chief conductor of the Danish National Orchestra. Mr. Frühbeck has made extensive tours with such ensembles as London’s Philharmonia Orchestra, the London Symphony, the National Orchestra of Madrid, and the Swedish Radio Orchestra, and he has toured North America with the Vienna Symphony, the Spanish National Orchestra, and the Dresden Philharmonic.
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