23 Season 2012-2013 Thursday, February 14, at 8:00 The Philadelphia Orchestra Friday, February 15, at 2:00 Saturday, February 16, at 8:00 Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos Conductor David Bilger Trumpet Erin Morley Soprano Nicholas Phan Tenor Hugh Russell Baritone The Philadelphia Singers Chorale David Hayes Music Director The American Boychoir Fernando Malvar-Ruiz Music Director Haydn Symphony No. 1 in D major I. Presto II. Andante III. Finale: Presto Hummel Trumpet Concerto in E major I. Allegro con spirito II. Andante III. Rondo Intermission Program continued Book 25.indd 1 2/5/13 4:00 PM 24 Orff Carmina burana Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi: 1. O Fortuna (chorus) 2. Fortune plango vulnera (chorus) I. Primo vere: 3. Veris leta facies (small chorus) 4. Omnia sol temperat (baritone) 5. Ecce gratum (chorus) Uf dem Anger: 6. Tanz (orchestra) 7. Floret silva nobilis (chorus) 8. Chramer, gip die varwe mir (soprano and small chorus) 9. Reie: (a) Swaz hie gat umbe (chorus) (b) Chume, chum geselle min (small chorus) (c) Swaz hie gat umbe (chorus) 10. Were diu werlt alle min (chorus) II. In Taberna: 11. Estuans interius (baritone) 12. Olim lacus colueram (tenor and male chorus) 13. Ego sum abbas Cucaniensis (baritone and male chorus) 14. In taberna quando sumus (male chorus) III. Cour d’amours: 15. Amor volat undique (soprano and boys chorus) 16. Dies, nox et omnia (baritone) 17. Stetit puella (soprano) 18. Circa mea pectora (baritone and chorus) 19. Si puer com puellula (male chorus) 20. Veni, veni, venias (double chorus) 21. In truitina mentis dubia (soprano) 22. Tempus est iocundum (soprano, baritone, chorus, and boys chorus) 23. Dulcissime (soprano) Blanziflor et Helena: 24. Ave formosissima (chorus) Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi: 25. O Fortuna (chorus) This program runs approximately 2 hours. Book 25.indd 2 2/5/13 4:00 PM 25 3 Story Title The Philadelphia Orchestra Jessica Griffin Renowned for its distinctive vivid world of opera and Orchestra boasts a new sound, beloved for its choral music. partnership with the keen ability to capture the National Centre for the Philadelphia is home and hearts and imaginations Performing Arts in Beijing. the Orchestra nurtures of audiences, and admired The Orchestra annually an important relationship for an unrivaled legacy of performs at Carnegie Hall not only with patrons who “firsts” in music-making, and the Kennedy Center support the main season The Philadelphia Orchestra while also enjoying a at the Kimmel Center for is one of the preeminent three-week residency in the Performing Arts but orchestras in the world. Saratoga Springs, N.Y., and also those who enjoy the a strong partnership with The Philadelphia Orchestra’s other area the Bravo! Vail Valley Music Orchestra has cultivated performances at the Mann Festival. an extraordinary history of Center, Penn’s Landing, artistic leaders in its 112 and other venues. The The ensemble maintains seasons, including music Philadelphia Orchestra an important Philadelphia directors Fritz Scheel, Carl Association also continues tradition of presenting Pohlig, Leopold Stokowski, to own the Academy of educational programs for Eugene Ormandy, Riccardo Music—a National Historic students of all ages. Today Muti, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Landmark—as it has since the Orchestra executes a and Christoph Eschenbach, 1957. myriad of education and and Charles Dutoit, who community partnership Through concerts, served as chief conductor programs serving nearly tours, residencies, from 2008 to 2012. With 50,000 annually, including presentations, and the 2012-13 season, its Neighborhood Concert recordings, the Orchestra Yannick Nézet-Séguin Series, Sound All Around is a global ambassador becomes the eighth music and Family Concerts, and for Philadelphia and for director of The Philadelphia eZseatU. the United States. Having Orchestra. Named music been the first American For more information on director designate in 2010, orchestra to perform in The Philadelphia Orchestra, Nézet-Séguin brings a China, in 1973 at the please visit www.philorch.org. vision that extends beyond request of President Nixon, symphonic music into the today The Philadelphia Book 25.indd 3 2/5/13 4:00 PM 26 Conductor Steve J. Sherman The 79-year-old Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos made his American debut with The Philadelphia Orchestra on Valentine’s Day in 1969. Since then he has led the Philadelphians in more than 150 performances. A regular guest with all of North America’s top orchestras, he conducts the New York and Los Angeles philharmonics and the Boston, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Detroit, and Toronto symphonies in the 2012-13 season. He appears annually at the Tanglewood Music Festival and regularly with the Chicago and National symphonies. From 2004 to 2011 he was chief conductor and artistic director of the Dresden Philharmonic. This is his first season as chief conductor of the Danish National Orchestra. Born in Burgos, Spain, Mr. Frühbeck studied violin, piano, music theory, and composition at the conservatories in Bilbao and Madrid; he studied conducting at Munich’s Hochschule für Musik where he graduated summa cum laude and was awarded the Richard Strauss Prize. Named Conductor of the Year by Musical America in 2011, he has received numerous other honors and distinctions, including the Gold Medal of the City of Vienna; Germany’s Order of Merit; the Gold Medal from the Gustav Mahler International Society; and the Jacinto Guerrero Prize, Spain’s most important musical award, conferred in 1997 by the Queen of Spain. In 1998 Mr. Frühbeck was appointed emeritus conductor of the Spanish National Orchestra. He has an honorary doctorate from the University of Navarra in Spain and since 1975 has been a member of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando in Madrid. Mr. Frühbeck has made tours with ensembles including London’s Philharmonia, the London Symphony, the National Orchestra of Madrid, and the Swedish Radio Orchestra. He has toured North America with the Vienna Symphony, the Spanish National Orchestra, and the Dresden Philharmonic. Mr. Frühbeck has recorded extensively for EMI, Decca, Deutsche Grammophon, Spanish Columbia, and Orfeo. Several of his recordings are considered to be classics, including his interpretations of Mendelssohn’s Elijah and St. Paul, Mozart’s Requiem, Orff’s Carmina burana, Bizet’s Carmen, and the complete works of Spanish composer Manuel de Falla. Book 25.indd 4 2/5/13 4:00 PM 27 Soloists Joanne Bening David Bilger, principal trumpet of The Philadelphia Orchestra since 1995, holds a master’s degree from the Juilliard School and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Illinois. Prior to joining the Orchestra he was principal trumpet of the Dallas Symphony. As a soloist he has appeared with The Philadelphia Orchestra; the Dallas, Houston, and Oakland symphonies; the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia; and the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra, among others. He has performed recitals in major cities across the U.S. and his chamber music appearances include the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, with which he recorded Bach’s Second Brandenburg Concerto, Chamber Music Northwest, Saint Luke’s Chamber Ensemble, and guest appearances with the Canadian Brass and the Empire Brass. He recently released a recording of music for trumpet and synthesizers with composer Meg Bowles. Mr. Bilger is on the faculties of the University of Georgia’s Hugh Hodgson School of Music, the Curtis Institute, and Temple University. He has performed master classes at dozens of institutions and has also taught at the Pacific Music Festival, the National Orchestral Institute, and the Aspen Music Festival and School. Dario Acosta A graduate of the Metropolitan Opera’s Lindemann Young Artist Development Program, soprano Erin Morley has sung several roles at the Met, including Echo in Strauss’s Ariadne auf Naxos, the Daughter in Shostakovich’s The Nose, Woglinde in Wagner’s Das Rheingold and Götterdämmerung, and the Forest Bird in Wagner’s Siegfried. She returns to the Met this spring as Sister Constance in Poulenc’s Dialogues of the Carmelites. Recently she sang her first Gilda in Verdi’s Rigoletto. Ms. Morley has appeared with the New York Philharmonic; the Cleveland Orchestra; the Chicago, Houston, Salt Lake, and Utah symphonies; and the Orchestra of St. Luke’s. On the opera stage her roles include Marguerite de Valois in Meyerbeer’s Les Huguenots, Roxana in Szymanowski’s King Roger, the Queen of the Night in Mozart’s The Magic Flute, Sophie in Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier, Giannetta in Donizetti’s The Elixir of Love, Laoula in Chabrier’s L’Étoile, and Frasquita in Bizet’s Carmen. Ms. Morley earned her master’s degree and completed her artist diploma at Juilliard and her bachelor’s degree from the Eastman School of Music. This is her Philadelphia Orchestra debut. Book 25.indd 5 2/5/13 4:00 PM 28 Soloists Balance Photography American tenor Nicholas Phan made his Philadelphia Orchestra debut in 2011. This season he appears with the New York Philharmonic; the Cleveland Orchestra; the San Francisco, Cincinnati, and Lucerne symphonies; and the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra. He also returns to Portland Opera as Fenton in Verdi’s Falstaff and makes his Bolshoi debut in a concert performance of Handel’s Hercules. Mr. Phan’s recent performances include his Seattle Opera debut as Count Almaviva in Rossini’s The Barber of Seville, debuts at Glyndebourne and the Maggio Musicale in Florence, and appearances with New York City Opera, Los Angeles Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Glimmerglass Opera, the Deutsche Oper am Rhein, and Frankfurt Opera. He is also artistic director of the Collaborative Arts Institute of Chicago, an organization devoted to promoting the vocal chamber music repertoire. Mr. Phan’s discography includes Winter Words (AVIE) and a Grammy-nominated recording of Stravinksy’s Pulcinella with the Chicago Symphony (CSO Resound). His latest album, Still Falls the Rain (AVIE), was released in October and features Philadelphia Orchestra Principal Horn Jennifer Montone.