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Cover photo: TSO Associate Concertmaster Téa Prokes THE 2017-2018 TOLEDO SYMPHONY Season Schedule

January 12 & 13, 2018 Beethoven’s Emperor Classics January 20, 2018 Singin’ in the Rain: KeyBank Pops Film with Orchestra February 2 & 3, 2018 The Planets Classics February 10, 2018 Mozart Concerto Welltower Nos. 7 & 23 Mozart and More February 11, 2018 Showcase of The Andersons Young Talent Family February 17, 2018 Storm Large and KeyBank Pops The Crazy Arc Of Love February 23 & 24, 2018 Seven Deadly Sins Classics March 3, 2018 Mozart Concerto Welltower Nos. 5 & 20 Mozart and More March 11, 2018 Romance and Spirituals Toledo Blade Chamber & North Star Festival March 16, 2018 Kathleen Battle Spotlight Event & North Star Festival March 23 & 24, 2018 Symphonie Fantastique Classics April 6, 7 & 8, 2018 I Dream North Star Festival April 14, 2018 The Music of David Bowie KeyBank Pops April 20 & 21, 2018 Classical Ellington Classics & North Star Festival April 29, 2018 Brahms Piano Quintet Toledo Blade Chamber May 3, 2018 Respighi’s Church Special Event Windows May 5, 2018 Oh, What a Night! KeyBank Pops With Connor Bogart May 11 & 12, 2018 Mahler’s Titan Classics June 1, 2018 Indigo Girls Spotlight Event

Artists and programs subject to change SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN STEWART GOODYEAR JANUARY 2018 Classics Series Beethoven’s Emperor January 12 & 13, 2018 – 8PM | The Peristyle Giordano Bellincampi, conductor Stewart Goodyear, piano Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 5 “Emperor” Brahms – Symphony No. 2 Celebrate the New Year with a delightful program featuring two Viennese centerpieces. Proclaimed a “phenomenon” by the Los Angeles Times, pianist Stewart Goodyear returns to Toledo to perform Beethoven’s magisterial “Emperor” Concerto. The grand, yet intimate Brahms Symphony No. 2 sends you off into the evening uplifted and refreshed.

KeyBank Pops Series Singin’ in the Rain: Film with Orchestra January 20, 2018 – 8PM | Stranahan Theater Voted the greatest movie musical of all time by the American Film Institute, beloved classic Singin’ in the Rain comes to life on the big screen with live orchestral accompaniment and award-winning onscreen performances by song and dance legends Gene Kelly, Donald O’Connor and Debbie Reynolds.

SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN

Image used with permission from The Gene Kelly Image Trust. GIORDANO BELLINCAMPI FEBRUARY 2018 Classics Series The Planets February 2 & 3, 2018 – 8PM | The Peristyle Manuel López-Gómez, conductor Strauss – Also Sprach Zarathustra Holst – The Planets Embark on the ultimate celestial experience - Strauss’s Also Sprach Zarathustra and Holst’s epic Planets like never before. Part of TSO in HD, large screens flank the Peristyle stage for an immersive look at the musicians.

Welltower Mozart & More Series: Festival of 88 Concerto Nos. 7 & 23 February 10, 2018 – 2:30PM Franciscan Center, Lourdes University Michelle Merrill, conductor Haydn – Symphony No. 49 in F Minor “La Passione”* Mozart – Piano Concerto No. 7 in F Major* Michael Boyd and Ryan Behan, piano Mozart – Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major Michael Boyd, piano

The Andersons Family Series Showcase of Young Talent February 11, 2018 – 3PM | Valentine Theatre Sara Jobin, conductor Winners of the Toledo Symphony League’s 2017 Young Artist Competition and our community’s most talented young musicians will perform with the TSO in a showcase that will leave you in awe. Treat your kids and the entire family to an inspiring afternoon of music performed by extraordinary young artists.

*TSO Premiere STORM LARGE FEBRUARY 2018

KeyBank Pops Series Storm Large and The Crazy Arc of Love February 17, 2018 – 8PM | Stranahan Theater Treat your special someone to an evening of beautiful love songs just in time for Valentine’s Day. Sensational vocalist Storm Large returns to Toledo, this time with her band, Le Bonheur, to present their take on Cole Porter’s I’ve Got You Under My Skin, Hopelessly Devoted To You from Grease, Freddie Mercury’s Somebody to Love and other hits from the Great American Songbook.

Classics Series Seven Deadly Sins February 23 & 24, 2018 – 8PM | The Peristyle Anja Bihlmaier, conductor Storm Large, vocal Hudson Shad Quartet, vocals Nicholas Adamski, poetic performer and master of ceremonies Rodgers – Carousel Waltz Léhar – Gold and Silver Waltz Gade – Jalousie Strauss, Jr. – Wine, Women and Song Saint-Saëns – Bacchanale Weill – Seven Deadly Sins The brilliant chanteuse and Carnegie Hall sensation Storm Large returns for a sinfully satisfying show. Combined with the vocal talents of male-singing group Hudson Shad Quartet, this electrifying performance will leave you wanting more. MARCH 2018 Welltower Mozart & More Series: Festival of 88 Concerto Nos. 5 & 20 March 3, 2018 – 2:30PM Franciscan Center, Lourdes University William Eddins, conductor and piano Mozart – Piano Concerto No. 5 in D Major* Mozart – Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor Beethoven – Symphony No. 4 in B-Flat Major

The Toledo Blade Chamber Series & North Star Festival Romance and Spirituals March 11, 2018 – 7PM Main Library, Toledo Lucas County Public Library From the traditional spiritual Go, Tell It On The Mountain to rhythmic pulse and hip-hop beats of Haitian-American composer Daniel Bernard Roumain’s String Quartet No. 5 “Parks”- including movements Klap Ur Handz, I made up my mind not to move, and Isorhythmiclastionistic - expect the unexpected from this genre-defying, music without words program performed by small groups of musicians. Presented in collaboration with the Toledo Lucas County Public Library and Lathrop House.

Spotlight Event & North Star Festival Kathleen Battle Underground Railroad – A Spiritual Journey March 16, 2018 – 7:30PM | The Peristyle Sara Jobin, conductor Performed only in cities along the Underground Railroad, Metropolitan Opera star and Ohio native Kathleen Battle, joined by the Clarence Smith Community Chorus and Voices at BGSU, presents a program of stories and spiritu- als inspired by the extraordinary journey to freedom during times of slavery. Don’t miss one of the world’s greatest voices in this special, once-in-a lifetime presentation that celebrates Toledo’s part in freedom.

JON *TSO Premiere NAKAMATSU MARCH 2018

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Classics Series Symphonie Fantastique March 23 & 24, 2018 – 8PM | The Peristyle Alain Trudel, conductor | Jon Nakamatsu, piano Saint-Saëns – Danse Macabre Liszt – Totentanz Rachmaninoff – Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Berlioz – Symphonie Fantastique The iconic and terrifying Dies irae motif has inspired each work on this program. Van Cliburn Gold Medalist Jon Nakamatsu returns to perform Liszt’s daring Totentanz and Rachmaninoff’s radiant Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. The program finishes with the drama of desperate young love in the evocative Symphonie Fantastique. natasha paremski

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SARA JOBIN APRIL 2018 North Star Festival I Dream April 6 & 7, 2018 – 7:30PM and April 8, 2018 – 2PM Valentine Theatre Carl Marsh, conductor Daniel Goldstein, stage director Toledo Opera is proud to debut I Dream – a modern, rhythm & blues opera recounting the final 36 hours in the remarkable life of American icon Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

KeyBank Pops Series The Music of David Bowie April 14, 2018 – 8PM | Stranahan Theater Celebrate the music of rock legend David Bowie in this exhilarating musical tribute. The Toledo Symphony welcomes vocalists and a full rock band for this show that features Bowie’s greatest hits including Space Oddity, Under Pressure, Fame, and more.

Classics Series & North Star Festival Classical Ellington April 20 & 21, 2018 – 8PM | The Peristyle Sara Jobin, conductor Natasha Paremski, piano Lauraine Carpenter, trumpet Ellington – Nutcracker Suite Gomez – Latin Jazz Suite for Trumpet and Orchestra* Schoenfield – Four Parables Ellington – Harlem Jazz takes center stage! Explore the orchestral world of Duke Ellington in his version of the Nutcracker and his own tone poem, Harlem. The TSO’s Lauraine Carpenter performs the world premiere of Alice Gomez’s Latin Jazz Suite. Pianist Natasha Paremski joins the TSO for Paul Schoenfield’s magnificent Four Parables, a work the TSO premiered 35 years ago.

The Toledo Blade Chamber Series Brahms Piano Quintet April 29, 2018 – 7PM | Toledo Club Bernstein – Brass Music Mahler – Piano Quartet Brahms – Quintet for Piano and Strings

*World premiere MAY & JUNE 2018 Special Event Respighi’s Church Windows May 3, 2018 – 7PM | Rosary Cathedral Giordano Bellincampi, conductor James Kibbie, organist Experience the glorious splendor of Rosary Cathedral’s Spanish-inspired architecture, its brilliant mosaic art, and the Skinner organ – one of Toledo’s crown musical jewels – with Respighi’s evocative work Church Windows.

Keybank Pops Series Oh, What a Night! With Connor Bogart May 5, 2018 – 8PM | Stranahan Theater Carl Topilow, conductor Following his smashing TSO debut, Connor Bogart is back by popular demand to perform Broadway hits from Jersey Boys, Sweeney Todd, Phantom of the Opera, Les Misérables, and more! GQ Magazine raves that Bogart “sounds as authentic singing Guns N’ Roses as he does Puccini!” Bogart joins conductor Carl Topilow in this stunning series finale.

INDIGO GIRLS MAY & JUNE 2018 Classics Series Mahler’s Titan May 11 & 12, 2018 – 8PM | The Peristyle Giordano Bellincampi, conductor | Merwin Siu, violin Mendelssohn – Overture “Ruy Blas” Bernstein – Serenade Mahler – Symphony No. 1 “Titan” Giordano Bellincampi and the TSO’s own Merwin Siu celebrate Leonard Bernstein’s centennial with his Serenade, a dialogue of love inspired by Plato’s Symposium. The TSO concludes its season with Gustav Mahler’s First Symphony, a masterpiece that takes listeners from the mystic awakening of nature to an exhilarating, heart-stopping series finale.

Spotlight Event Indigo Girls June 1, 2018 – 8PM | Stranahan Theater Sara Jobin, conductor Three decades after releasing their first album and count- less U.S. and international tours later, the Indigo Girls Amy Ray and Emily Saliers continue to make waves on the music scene. They remain the only duo with top 40 titles on the Billboard 200 each decade since the 1980s. In this concert, experience a seamless fusion of folk and symphonic music as the Indigo Girls perform their greatest hits including Closer to Fine, Power of Two, and Galileo.

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