27 Season 2012-2013 Thursday, November 8, at 8:00 The Philadelphia Orchestra Friday, November 9, at 2:00 Saturday, November 10, at 8:00 Emmanuel Krivine Conductor Christina and Michelle Naughton Pianos Franck Symphony in D minor I. Lento—Allegro non troppo—Lento II. Allegretto III. Allegro non troppo—Più lento—Tempo I Intermission Poulenc Concerto in D minor for Two Pianos and Orchestra I. Allegro ma non troppo—Le double plus lent— Subito tempo I—Le double plus lent—Très calme II. Larghetto—Plus allant—Tempo I III. Finale: Allegro molto—Agité—Plus calme Bach/orch. Stokowski Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 This program runs approximately 1 hour, 45 minutes. The November 10 concert is sponsored by Medcomp. 228 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 29 Conductor Since 2006 Emmanuel Krivine has held the position of music director of the Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg, performing with leading international soloists on tour and at the orchestra’s residence, the Philharmonic Hall. He is also principal conductor of La Chambre Philharmonique, a period instrument ensemble he helped create with a group of musicians from all over Europe to research and interpret the Classical and Romantic repertoire up to the present day, using instruments that are adapted to the compositions and the period. The ensemble’s recently released recording of a complete cycle of Beethoven’s symphonies was honored as an Editor’s Choice in Gramophone magazine. Mr. Krivine made his conducting debut with The Philadelphia Orchestra in June 2001 at the Mann Center for the Performing Arts; these current concerts mark his subscription debut. He conducts many of the world’s leading international orchestras, including the Berlin Philharmonic, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, the London Symphony, the London Philharmonic, the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, the Tonhalle Orchestra in Zurich, the RAI in Turin, and the Czech Philharmonic. In North America he has conducted the Cleveland Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the Boston, Montreal, and Toronto symphonies. In Asia and Australia he has worked with the Sydney, Melbourne, NHK, and Yomiuri Nippon symphonies. Of Russian and Polish descent from his father and mother respectively, Mr. Krivine began his career as a violinist. Awarded the Premier Prix of the Paris Conservatory at the age of 16, he was a scholar at the Chapelle Musicale de la Reine Elisabeth de Belgique. He studied with violinists Henryk Szeryng and Yehudi Menuhin, taking part in multiple international competitions. Mr. Krivine was always fascinated by organ and symphonic music and after a decisive meeting with Karl Böhm in 1965 devoted himself to conducting orchestras. He became permanent guest conductor of the Radio France Philharmonic in 1976, serving until 1983. From 1987 to 2000 he was music director of the Orchestre National de Lyon. He also served as music director of the Orchestre Français des Jeunes for 11 years. He regularly conducts youth orchestras, passing on his skills to the younger generations. 30 Soloists Lisa-Marie Mazzucco Graduates of the Curtis Institute of Music, pianists Christina and Michelle Naughton made their Philadelphia Orchestra debut in 2009 at the Mann Center and make their subscription debut with these current concerts. The Philadelphia Inquirer has described their playing as “paired to perfection.” It helps, the identical twins say, to have hands that are exactly the same size. The Naughtons made their European debut at the Herkulesaal in Munich and their Asian debut with the Hong Kong Philharmonic. They have performed with the Milwaukee, New Jersey, North Carolina, Delaware, El Paso, and Napa Valley symphonies; the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra; Cleveland’s Red Orchestra; Chicago’s Ars Viva Symphony; and the Erie Philharmonic. International performances have included the Parc du Château de Florans at France’s La Roque d’Anthéron Festival, the Concert Series in Ludwigshafen, in Hannover’s NDR Kleiner Sendesaal, the Bremen Music Festival, and with the Hamburg Chorus. They have also appeared at the Kennedy Center’s Terrace Theater, the Kravis Center in West Palm Beach, the Schubert Club in St. Paul, the Wharton Center and Interlochen in Michigan, and Ramsey Hall in Athens, GA. Their performances have been broadcast on Philadelphia’s WHYY, Chicago’s WFMT, on American Public Media’s Performance Today, Hong Kong’s RTHK, NDR Radio, Germany’s Bayerischen Rudfunks, and Nordwestradio Bremen. The Naughtons’s first album, recorded at the Sendesaal in Bremen, was released this fall by ORFEO. The Naughtons are Steinway artists and currently reside in New York City. This season they perform in the U.S. with the Buffalo Philharmonic and the Madison Symphony, and abroad with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra and the Kiel Philharmonic. They will also be touring with the Cameristi della Scala of Milan. Upcoming recital appearances include New York City’s Le Poisson Rouge, the Detroit Chamber Music Society, the Harriman-Jewell Series in Kansas City, Germany’s Bad Kissingen Festival, Munich’s Herkulesaal, Berlin’s Kammermusiksaal, and the Sociedad de Conciertos de Valencia in Spain. They return to Verizon Hall with a performance of Saint-Saëns’s Carnival of the Animals for a Family Concert with The Philadelphia Orchestra in February. 31 Framing the Program In 1912 the 30-year-old Leopold Stokowski became Parallel Events the third music director of the 12-year-old Philadelphia 1708 Music Orchestra. This season celebrates the centennial of Bach A. Marcello the conductor’s appointment with a variety of tributes, Toccata and Oboe Concerto including today’s concert entitled “The Stokowski Legacy.” Fugue in Literature D minor Curll The order of the program may seem unfamiliar, indeed The Charitable backwards: It begins with César Franck’s Symphony in D Surgeon minor (a Stokowski favorite and an Orchestra specialty) Art and is followed by Francis Poulenc’s Concerto for Two Watteau Pianos and Johann Sebastian Bach’s Toccata and Fugue Quellnymphe in D minor as transfigured in Stokowski’s imaginative History orchestration. English capture Sardinia We are used today to concerts beginning with a short overture or transcription followed by a concerto and 1887 Music ending with a symphony—a three-course meal of sorts. In Franck Verdi the first half of the 20th century the approach was often Symphony in Otello different. Today’s program is inspired by one Stokowski D minor Literature conducted with The Philadelphia Orchestra on December Hardy 27 and 28, 1935. The concert began with the Franck The Symphony, was followed by the American premiere of Woodlanders Poulenc’s Double Concerto, and concluded with two Art shorter works (Debussy’s Prelude to the Afternoon of Van Gogh a Faun and Albéniz’s “Fête-Dieu à Seville,” from Iberia). Moulin de la Galette Stokowski’s masterful Bach orchestration, made world History famous through its inclusion in Disney’s Fantasia, is Queen Victoria substituted today to bring the concert to a dramatic close. celebrates Golden Jubilee 1932 Music Poulenc Grofé Concerto for Grand Canyon Two Pianos Suite Literature Huxley Brave New World Art Picasso Head of a Woman History Gandhi arrested 32 The Music Symphony in D minor Born of a French-Belgian father and a German mother, Franck moved to Paris with his family at the age of 12 and built his musical career in that city. Initially refused admission to the Paris Conservatory because of his nationality, he remained somewhat of an outsider for much of his life. Like Liszt, he made his career partly as a touring virtuoso pianist, and eventually as one of France’s leading organists as well. An important milestone in his career was his appointment, in 1858, as organist in Ste.