2020 | 2021 Season - Renew with Us Today!

2020 | 2021 SEASON - RENEW WITH US TODAY!

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FWPHIL.ORG | 260.481.0777 DEAR FRIENDS: FORT WAYNE PHILHARMONIC Welcome to the 2020-21 Season of the Fort Wayne Philharmonic. It is my pleasure to invite you to enjoy your very own Philharmonic, great artists, and the best classical music ever written during this, my 12th Season as music director. SUBSCRIPTION BENEFITS

Beloved masterpieces by Rachmaninoff, Strauss, Mozart, and Beethoven will fill the Season. Include gems by Barber, Mahler, Britten, and Dvořák, as well as melodic new compositions by Stewart Copeland of The Police and Kevin Puts, and our Season will take on a Renew before February 15 to receive these perks! fascinating new dimension. Put on finishing touches like a concert version of Mozart’s opera A Magic Flute with stunning videography, and a new genre exploration of Romeo and Juliet with live action and projected dance video featuring Fort Wayne Ballet, and you’ll see • Pay no subscription handling fee – a savings of $6 per subscription that the 2020-21 Season really is a feast for the eyes and ears. • Enjoy FREE DeBrand Chocolate at the concert – February 1 & 15 The Pops Series will inspire and delight. We continue with the next in the Harry Potter fantasy film series, and will pay tribute to great singers, including Aretha Franklin and Freddie Mercury from Queen. I am particularly excited to be conducting a concert version of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Renew by March 15 to keep your terrific benefits! legendary musical, Carousel, with a stellar cast of marvelous singers.

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RENEW WITH US TODAY! FWPHIL.ORG | 260.481.0777 RENEW BY FEBRUARY 15 AND PAY NO FEES MAHLER 5 MASTERWORKS January 9, 2021 | 7:30 p.m. Embassy Theatre Andrew Constantine, conductor THE PAUL YERGENS AND VIRGINIA Rachel Barton Pine, violin YERGENS ROGERS FOUNDATION Barber—Violin Concerto Mahler—Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp minor This concert bursts forth with Barber’s lush ANDREW CONSTANTINE CARLOS KALMAR STEWART GOODYEAR RACHEL BARTON PINE MEI-ANN CHEN D’DRUM WORLD PERCUSSION and heartfelt melodies. The grandeur of Mahler’s monumental symphony frames the OPENING NIGHT: THE RACH 2 THE PINES OF ROME exquisite, ten-minute Adagietto, the musical PROKOFIEV’S ROMEO AND JULIET STEWART COPELAND’S October 3, 2020 | 7:30 p.m. October 24, 2020 | 7:30 p.m. hinge on which tragedy turns to triumph. February 20, 2021 | 7:30 p.m. WORLD PERCUSSION Embassy Theatre Embassy Theatre Embassy Theatre March 13, 2021 | 7:30 p.m. Andrew Constantine, conductor Carlos Kalmar, conductor Andrew Constantine, conductor Embassy Theatre Luke Fitzpatrick, flute Haydn—Symphony No. 102 in B-flat major CROUCHING TIGER, Karina Gauvin, soprano Andrew Constantine, conductor Fort Wayne Ballet, D’Drum World Percussion Kabalevsky—Colas Breugnon: Overture Gabriela Lena Frank—Three Latin-American HIDDEN DRAGON January 30, 2021 | 7:30 p.m. Karen Gibbons Brown, Artistic Director Khatchaturian—Flute Concerto Dances for Orchestra Schubert—Rosamunde: Overture, D. 644 Embassy Theatre Rachmaninoff—Symphony No. 2 in E minor Respighi—Fountains of Rome Kevin Puts—River’s Rush S. Copeland—Gamelan D’drum Mei-Ann Chen, conductor Respighi—Pines of Rome Britten—Les Illuminations Dvořák—Symphony No. 7 in D minor Musical legends and love tunes will fill the André Gaskins, cello —Romeo and Juliet air at the Philharmonic’s season opening Noted conductor Carlos Kalmar has chosen a Prokofiev Drummer and founder of The Police, —Saibei Dance night concert. brilliant program that highlights the virtuosity An-Lun Huang Fusing live dance with a cinematic Stewart Copeland’s new work is a —Crouching Tiger Cello Concerto of the Orchestra. Tan Dun exploration of the Embassy Theatre synchronized meditation featuring —Symphony No. 8 in G major Dvořák and other nearby locales, audiences an array of Balinese percussion Taiwanese-American conductor Mei-Ann will follow Fort Wayne Ballet’s instruments. Dvořák’s symphony VEN FE O S H T Chen debuts in a varied program. Tan Dun’s star-crossed lovers Romeo and Juliet as is full of sunlit harmonies and Beethoven—Leonore Overture No. 3, T I BEETHOVEN’S EROICA V

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INTERGALACTIC FANTASY ALL BEETHOVEN RAVEL’S STRING TCHAIKOVSKY’S STRING BAX AND BRAHMS February 28, 2021 | 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, October 14, 2020 QUARTET QUARTET Wednesday, April 14, 2021 Science Central Sunday, October 18, 2020 Wednesday, January 13, 2021 Wednesday, March 17, 2021 Sunday, April 18, 2021 Sunday, January 17, 2021 Sunday, March 21, 2021 Take “One Giant Leap” into outer space Beethoven—Duet for Clarinet Bax—Quintet for Oboe & Strings with the Philharmonic in a program of and Bassoon Prior— Call of the Sirens for Flute Debussy—Première Rhapsodie Brahms—Quartet No. 1 in C minor classics and new selections including Holst’s Beethoven—Quintet for Piano and Harp for Clarinet and Piano Colleagues pestered Brahms NEW FOR 2020-21: The Planets, 2001: A Space Odyssey, E.T, and Winds Ravel—String Quartet in F major Mozart—Serenade No. 12 in C for years to let them have a Beethoven—String Quartet No. 4 minor for Wind Octet SUBSCRIBE TO THE Star Trek, and Star Wars. Make sure to come in C minor Claude Debussy wrote to Ravel —String Quartet string quartet from his pen. BACH IN THE BARN SERIES early for special pre-concert activities with saying, “In the name of the Tchaikovsky No. 2 in F major When he finally unveiled his new Science Central. Beethoven’s 4th String Quartet gods of music and in my own, creation, the composer was 40 Nov. 6, March 5, May 7 | 7:30 p.m. do not touch a single note you is an eccentric work, by turns Debussy’s Rhapsodie shows off years old, exactly twenty years Joseph Decuis Farm moody, mocking, have written in your Quartet.” ALL PERFORMANCES N the talents of principal clarinet after Schumann hailed him as Andrew Constantine, conductor VE FE High praise from one of the CONDUCTED BY CALEB YOUNG DANCE PARTY! musing and manic. O S Campbell MacDonald, and the successor of Beethoven. It H T most famous composers of Caleb Young, conductor AND BEGIN AT 2:00 p.m. AT THE It’s all Beethoven T I Mozart’s Serenade is the perfect April 25, 2021 | 2:00 p.m. V was worth the wait. The Opus E RHINEHART MUSIC CENTER, and pure genius. A the era. The work alternates Benjamin Rivera, conductor

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L 51 C minor quartet is perfectly B between dreamy harmonies and PURDUE FORT WAYNE O Philharmonic winds. Tchaikovsky C sensual melodies with the final nd conceived, musically rich, and Bach in the Barn is an intimate listening T 0 said of his 2 quartet, “I regard it Bust a move with classic dance hits from - 02 NOV 2 movement erupting in a blaze of as my best work.” emotionally profound. experience in a countryside setting. FREE PRE-CONCERT ACTIVITES Beauty and the Beast, West Side Story, Duke unstoppable energy. AND AN INSTRUMENT Audiences will be seated at candlelit tables, Ellington, Copland’s Hoedown, and Strauss. with wine and desserts included in the PLAYGROUND SPONSORED BY THE PHILHARMONIC FRIENDS This line-up is sure to get you up, off your feet ticket price. RENEW BY FEBRUARY 15 AND PAY NO FEES! BEGIN AT 1:00 p.m. and dancing in the aisles. POPS

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HOLIDAY POPS CAROUSEL IN CONCERT THE MUSIC OF QUEEN December 11, 2020 | 7:30 p.m. March 20 | 7:30 p.m. May 1, 2021 | 7:30 p.m. Caleb Young, conductor Andrew Constantine, conductor Fort Wayne Philharmonic Chorus, Benjamin Rivera, director The Music of Queen features stunning vocals HARRY POTTER AND THE Fort Wayne Children’s Choir, Jonathan Busarow, director This concert version of the beloved musical and high-energy music. The Philharmonic tells the tale of the carefree carnival barker, and guests bring out some of the best PRISONER OF AZKABAN™ A performance filled with your favorite holiday music, a Billy Bigelow, who captivates and marries a tunes that Queen and Freddie Mercury ever IN CONCERT WITH THE traditional carol sing-along, dancing, the Hallelujah Chorus, CAPATHIA JENKINS naive millworker, Julie Jordan. Their futures recorded, including music from the albums EMBASSY THEATRE and a visit from Santa and Mrs. Claus. Celebrate the are altered by tragic circumstances, but Billy Classic Queen, A Night at the Opera, Sheer October 31, 2020 | 7:30 p.m. cherished memories and popular culture of Christmas with is allowed one more chance to make things Heart Attack, Jazz, News of the World, Caleb Young, conductor the Fort Wayne Philharmonic. ARETHA: A TRIBUTE Fort Wayne Philharmonic Chorus, February 27, 2021 | 7:30 p.m. right. Rodgers and Hammerstein’s brilliant A Kind of Magic, and The Works. Benjamin Rivera, director Caleb Young, conductor score features cherished songs like If I Loved You, June Is Bustin’ Out All Over, and You’ll HOLLYWOOD SINGS! A Tribute to the Queen of Soul, this concert Relive the magic of your favorite wizard in February 6, 2021 | 7:30 p.m. Never Walk Alone. Carousel is a dramatic features symphony favorite Capathia Jenkins Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban™ Michael Krajewski, conductor testimony to the power of love. in Concert. Based on the third installment and three time Grammy Award nominee of J.K. Rowling’s classic saga, the thrilling Hollywood comes to Fort Wayne in this Ryan Shaw performing such iconic hits as tale is accompanied by the music of a live musical feast of tunes from Tinseltown’s past Respect, Think, A Natural Woman, Chain of symphony orchestra as Harry soars across and present. Music from Frozen, Beauty and Fools, Amazing Grace, and many others. ALL PERFORMANCES AT THE EMBASSY THEATRE the big screen. the Beast, Superman, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, HARRY POTTER characters, names and related indicia are © & TM WBEI. WIZARDING WORLD trademark and logo © & TM WBEI. Funny Girl, La La Land, Flashdance, and more Publishing Rights © JKR. (s20) will fill the Embassy Theatre stage. SAME SEAT DEADLINE IS MARCH 15, RENEW TODAY! FWPHIL.ORG | 260.481.0777 RENEW AND BE THE FIRST TO ADD THESE GREAT SPECIAL EVENTS: BEETHOVEN FESTIVAL______Oct. 10, Oct. 14 or 18 & Nov. 14 HARRY POTTER ______October 31, Nov. 1 BACH IN THE BARN ______Nov. 6, March 5, May 7 HOLIDAY POPS ______December 11, 12, 19 MESSIAH BY CANDLELIGHT ______December 17-18 TCHAIKOVSKY’S SLEEPING BEAUTY______March 26, 27, 28

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