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27 Season 2012-2013 Thursday, March 21, at 8:00 Friday, March 22, at 2:00 The Philadelphia Orchestra Saturday, March 23, at 8:00 Andrey Boreyko Conductor Colin Currie Percussion Wagner/arr. Zumpe “Entry of the Gods into Valhalla,” from Das Rheingold Rouse Der gerettete Alberich (Alberich Saved), fantasy for solo percussion and orchestra Intermission Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64 I. Andante—Allegro con anima II. Andante cantabile, con alcuna licenza III. Valse: Allegro moderato IV. Andante maestoso—Allegro vivace This program runs approximately 1 hour, 50 minutes. Philadelphia Orchestra concerts are broadcast on WRTI 90.1 FM on Sunday afternoons at 2 PM. Visit www.wrti.org to listen live or for more details. 228 Story Title The Philadelphia Orchestra Jessica Griffin Renowned for its distinctive Philadelphia is home and Carnegie Hall and the sound, beloved for its the Orchestra nurtures Kennedy Center while also keen ability to capture the an important relationship enjoying a three-week hearts and imaginations not only with patrons who residency in Saratoga of audiences, and admired support the main season Springs, N.Y., and a strong for an unrivaled legacy of at the Kimmel Center but partnership with the Bravo! “firsts” in music-making, also those who enjoy the Vail festival. The Philadelphia Orchestra Orchestra’s other area The ensemble maintains is one of the preeminent performances at the Mann an important Philadelphia orchestras in the world. Center, Penn’s Landing, tradition of presenting and other venues. The The Orchestra has educational programs for Philadelphia Orchestra cultivated an extraordinary students of all ages. Today Association also continues history of artistic leaders the Orchestra executes a to own the Academy of in its 112 seasons, myriad of education and Music, a National Historic including music directors community partnership Landmark. Fritz Scheel, Carl Pohlig, programs serving nearly Leopold Stokowski, Eugene Through concerts, 50,000 annually, including Ormandy, Riccardo Muti, tours, residencies, its Neighborhood Concert Wolfgang Sawallisch, and presentations, and Series, Sound All Around Christoph Eschenbach, and recordings, the Orchestra and Family Concerts, and Charles Dutoit, who served is a global ambassador eZseatU. as chief conductor from for Philadelphia and for In February 2013 the 2008 to 2012. With the the U.S. Having been the Orchestra announced a 2012-13 season, Yannick first American orchestra recording project with Nézet-Séguin becomes the to perform in China, in Deutsche Grammophon, eighth music director of 1973 at the request of in which Yannick and The Philadelphia Orchestra. President Nixon, today The the ensemble will record Named music director Philadelphia Orchestra Stravinsky’s The Rite of designate in 2010, Nézet- boasts a new partnership Spring. Séguin brings a vision that with the National Centre extends beyond symphonic for the Performing Arts For more information on music into the vivid world of in Beijing. The Orchestra The Philadelphia Orchestra, opera and choral music. annually performs at please visit www.philorch.org. 6 Music Director Jessica Griffin Yannick Nézet-Séguin became the eighth music director of The Philadelphia Orchestra with the start of the 2012-13 season. Named music director designate in June 2010, he made his Orchestra debut in December 2008. Over the past decade, Yannick has established himself as a musical leader of the highest caliber and one of the most exciting talents of his generation. Since 2008 he has been music director of the Rotterdam Philharmonic and principal guest conductor of the London Philharmonic, and since 2000 artistic director and principal conductor of Montreal’s Orchestre Métropolitain. He has appeared with such revered ensembles as the Vienna and Berlin philharmonics; the Boston Symphony; the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia; the Dresden Staatskapelle; the Chamber Orchestra of Europe; and the major Canadian orchestras. His talents extend beyond symphonic music into opera and choral music, leading acclaimed performances at the Metropolitan Opera, La Scala, London’s Royal Opera House, and the Salzburg Festival. Highlights of Yannick’s inaugural season include his Carnegie Hall debut with the Verdi Requiem, one world premiere, and performances of The Rite of Spring in collaboration with New York-based Ridge Theater, complete with dancers, video projection, and theatrical lighting. In July 2012 Yannick and Deutsche Grammophon announced a major long-term collaboration. His discography with the Rotterdam Philharmonic for BIS Records and EMI/Virgin includes an Edison Award-winning album of Ravel’s orchestral works. He has also recorded several award-winning albums with the Orchestre Métropolitain for ATMA Classique. In addition, his first recording with The Philadelphia Orchestra, Mahler’s Symphony No. 5, is available for download. A native of Montreal, Yannick studied at that city’s Conservatory of Music and continued studies with renowned conductor Carlo Maria Giulini and with Joseph Flummerfelt at Westminster Choir College. In 2012 Yannick was appointed a Companion of the Order of Canada, one of the country’s highest civilian honors. His other honors include Canada’s National Arts Centre Award; a Royal Philharmonic Society Award; the Prix Denise-Pelletier, the highest distinction for the arts in Quebec; and an honorary doctorate by the University of Quebec in Montreal. To read Yannick’s full bio, please visit www.philorch.org/conductor. 03 Bio.indd 4 1/29/13 5:35 PM 29 Conductor Marcel Gruberman Andrey Boreyko, music director of the Dusseldorf Symphony, was born in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) and received his musical education at his hometown’s conservatory, where he studied conducting and composition with Elisaveta Kudriavzeva and Alexander Dmitriev. Mr. Boreyko has performed with nearly every world-renowned orchestra, including the Berlin, Munich, New York, and Los Angeles philharmonics; the Staatskapelle Dresden; the Leipzig Gewandhaus, Russian National, Philharmonia, Royal Concertgebouw, and Cleveland orchestras; the RAI National Symphony in Turin; the Filharmonica della Scala in Milan; the Tonhalle Orchestra in Zurich; the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande; the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France; and the Vienna, London, BBC, Boston, and Chicago symphonies. He made his Philadelphia Orchestra debut in July 2006. Mr. Boreyko is also chief conductor of the Bern Symphony, as well as principal guest conductor of the Stuttgart Radio Symphony (SWR). In 2009 he was appointed principal guest conductor of the Basque National Orchestra in San Sebastian, Spain, a position he will hold through the 2013-14 season. Past positions include chief conductor of the Jenaer Philharmonic in Germany; chief conductor of the Hamburg and Winnipeg symphonies; and principal guest conductor of the Vancouver Symphony. He is now the honorary conductor of the Jenaer Philharmonic where, in the course of his five-year term as chief conductor, the Board of Directors of the Deutscher Musikverleger- Verband, an association of music publishers in Germany, awarded him and the ensemble the distinction of best concert program for three seasons in succession. Numerous CDs, as well as TV and radio recordings, demonstrate Mr. Boreyko’s artistic versatility. Recent recordings include Arvo Pärt’s Lamentate as well as Valentin Silvestrov’s Symphony No. 6 with the Stuttgart Radio Symphony and released by ECM Records. In 2006 Hänssler Classic released a live recording of Mr. Boreyko conducting the SWR in an all-Shostakovich album featuring the Fourth Symphony and the world premiere of the original version of the Suite from the opera Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District. 30 Soloist Marco Borggreve Percussionist Colin Currie is the soloist of choice for many of today’s leading composers. From his earliest years he has forged a pioneering path in creating new music for percussion. He was awarded the Royal Philharmonic Society Young Artist Award in 2000 and received a Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award in 2005. Mr. Currie made his Philadelphia Orchestra debut in November 2005 as soloist for Jennifer Higdon’s Percussion Concerto. In 2012 he performed Kalevi Aho’s new percussion concerto, Sieidi, with the London Philharmonic and Osmo Vänskä at London’s Southbank Centre, and premiered Elliott Carter’s Two Controversies and a Conversation with the New York Philharmonic and David Robertson. Other commissions have included works by Simon Holt, Kurt Schwertsik, Einojuhani Rautavaara, Alexander Goehr, Nico Muhly, Steve Reich, James MacMillan, and Louis Andriessen. In 2011 Mr. Currie was appointed artist in residence at the Southbank Centre, a role that allows him to develop new relationships with artists and ensembles across a variety of art forms, collaborations, and educational projects. In addition to these current performances in Philadelphia, highlights of the 2012-13 season include debuts with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, the Oslo Philharmonic, and at the Grafenegg Festival with the Goteborg Symphony, as well as returns to the BBC Philharmonic, the Orchestre National de Toulouse, the Britten Sinfonia, and the New Zealand, Melbourne, and Baltimore symphonies. Mr. Currie’s percussion ensemble, the Colin Currie Group, continues to receive critical acclaim for its performances of Reich’s iconic work Drumming. Following sell-out performances throughout the UK, in 2012 the group made its international debut with two performances at Tokyo Opera