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Season 2013-2014 27 Season 2013-2014 Wednesday, September 25, at 7:00 The Philadelphia Orchestra Opening Night Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conductor Anne-Sophie Mutter Violin attrib. J.S. Smith/ “The Star-Spangled Banner” orch. Ormandy Tchaikovsky Marche slave, Op. 31 Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35 I. Allegro moderato—Moderato assai II. Canzonetta: Andante— III. Allegro vivacissimo Tchaikovsky Fantasy-Overture, Romeo and Juliet This program runs approximately 1 hour, 25 minutes, and will be performed without an intermission. Musicians of The Philadelphia Orchestra are graciously donating their services for tonight’s concert. 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. 430 Story Title The Philadelphia Orchestra Jessica Griffin The Philadelphia Orchestra community itself. His concerts to perform in China, in 1973 is one of the preeminent of diverse repertoire attract at the request of President orchestras in the world, sold-out houses, and he has Nixon, today The Philadelphia renowned for its distinctive established a regular forum Orchestra boasts a new sound, desired for its for connecting with concert- partnership with the National keen ability to capture the goers through Post-Concert Centre for the Performing hearts and imaginations of Conversations. Arts in Beijing. The Orchestra audiences, and admired for annually performs at Under Yannick’s leadership a legacy of innovation in Carnegie Hall while also the Orchestra returns to music-making. The Orchestra enjoying annual residencies in recording with a newly- is inspiring the future and Saratoga Springs, N.Y., and at released CD on the Deutsche transforming its rich tradition the Bravo! Vail festival. Grammophon label of of achievement, sustaining Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring Musician-led initiatives, the highest level of artistic and Leopold Stokowski including highly-successful quality, but also challenging transcriptions. In Yannick’s Cello and Violin Play-Ins, and exceeding that level, by inaugural season the shine a spotlight on the creating powerful musical Orchestra has also returned Orchestra’s musicians, as experiences for audiences at to the radio airwaves, with they spread out from the home and around the world. weekly Sunday afternoon stage into the community. Music Director Yannick broadcasts on WRTI-FM. The Orchestra’s commitment Nézet-Séguin triumphantly to its education and Philadelphia is home and opened his inaugural community partnership the Orchestra nurtures an season as the eighth artistic initiatives manifests itself important relationship not leader of the Orchestra in numerous other ways, only with patrons who support in fall 2012. His highly including concerts for families the main season at the collaborative style, deeply- and students, and eZseatU, Kimmel Center but also those rooted musical curiosity, a program that allows full- who enjoy the Orchestra’s and boundless enthusiasm, time college students to other area performances paired with a fresh approach attend an unlimited number at the Mann Center, Penn’s to orchestral programming, of Orchestra concerts for Landing, and other venues. have been heralded by a $25 annual membership The Orchestra is also a global critics and audiences alike. fee. For more information on ambassador for Philadelphia Yannick has been embraced The Philadelphia Orchestra, and for the U.S. Having been by the musicians of the please visit www.philorch.org. the first American orchestra Orchestra, audiences, and the 8 Music Director Nigel Parry/CPi Yannick Nézet-Séguin triumphantly opened his inaugural season as the eighth music director of The Philadelphia Orchestra in the fall of 2012. His highly collaborative style, deeply-rooted musical curiosity, and boundless enthusiasm, paired with a fresh approach to orchestral programming, have been heralded by critics and audiences alike. The New York Times has called Yannick “phenomenal,” adding that under his baton “the ensemble … has never sounded better.” In his first season he took the Orchestra to new musical heights. His second builds on that momentum with highlights that include a Philadelphia Commissions Micro-Festival, for which three leading composers have been commissioned to write solo works for three of the Orchestra’s principal players; the next installment in his multi-season focus on requiems with Fauré’s Requiem; and a unique, theatrically-staged presentation of Strauss’s revolutionary opera Salome, a first-ever co-production with Opera Philadelphia. 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. In addition he becomes the first ever mentor conductor of the Curtis Institute of Music’s conducting fellows program in the fall of 2013. He has made wildly successful appearances with the world’s most revered ensembles, and has conducted critically acclaimed performances at many of the leading opera houses. Yannick Nézet-Séguin and Deutsche Grammophon (DG) enjoy a long-term collaboration. Under his leadership the Orchestra returns to recording with a newly-released CD on that label of Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring and Leopold Stokowski transcriptions. Yannick continues a fruitful recording relationship with the Rotterdam Philharmonic for DG, BIS, and EMI/Virgin; the London Philharmonic for the LPO label; and the Orchestre Métropolitain for ATMA Classique. A native of Montreal, Yannick Nézet-Séguin studied at that city’s Conservatory of Music and continued lessons with renowned conductor Carlo Maria Giulini and with Joseph Flummerfelt at Westminster Choir College. Among Yannick’s honors are an appointment as Companion of the Order of Canada, one of the country’s highest civilian honors; a Royal Philharmonic Society Award; Canada’s National Arts Centre Award; the Prix Denise- Pelletier, the highest distinction for the arts in Quebec, awarded by the Quebec government; and an honorary doctorate by the University of Quebec in Montreal. To read Yannick’s full bio, please visit www.philorch.org/conductor. 31 Soloist Harald Hoffmann/DG One of the greatest violin virtuosos of our time, Anne- Sophie Mutter made her Philadelphia Orchestra debut in 1981 and has performed with the Philadelphians on a number of occasions, including the Academy Ball in 1999 and Opening Night in 2007. She first appeared with Yannick Nézet-Séguin in April 2013 on a European tour with the London Philharmonic, performing Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto, which she also plays this evening. Since her international debut at the Lucerne Festival in 1976, followed by a solo appearance with Herbert von Karajan at the Salzburg Whitsun Concerts, Ms. Mutter has appeared in all the major concert halls of Europe, North and South America, and Asia. In addition to performing and recording the established masterpieces, she is an avid champion of 20th- and 21st-century violin repertoire in both orchestral and chamber music settings. In addition to tonight’s performance, highlights for the remainder of Ms. Mutter’s 2013 season include appearances with her recital partner of many years, Lambert Orkis. The two give guest performances in European concert halls in October with music by Sebastian Currier, Franck, Grieg, Lutosławski, Webern, and Schoenberg. In December they perform at Carnegie Hall on the 25th anniversary of Ms. Mutter’s debut there. The evening includes the world premieres of André Previn’s Second Violin Sonata and Krzysztof Penderecki’s La follia for solo violin—both works commissioned by the violinist. Next month Ms. Mutter will be inducted into the American Academy of Arts & Sciences as a Foreign Honorary Member. On October 28 she releases a recording of Dvorˇák’s Violin Concerto on Deutsche Grammophon (DG) with the Berlin Philharmonic, conducted by Manfred Honeck. Her debut recording of this work marks her first album with that ensemble in 30 years. To celebrate her 35th stage anniversary, DG launched a comprehensive boxed set with all the artist’s recordings on the label, extensive documentation, and recordings of rare unpublished items. In 2008 she established the “Anne- Sophie Mutter Foundation” to further strengthen the worldwide promotion of top young musical talents. 32 Framing the Program The Gala Opening Night of The Philadelphia Orchestra’s Parallel Events 114th season is devoted to the captivating music of 1869 Music Tchaikovsky, who already proved himself a local favorite Tchaikovsky Brahms even before the ensemble’s founding in 1900. The Romeo and Alto Rhapsody celebrated Russian composer visited America in 1891 to Juilet Literature participate in the inaugural concerts of Carnegie Hall in Twain New York. During his stay he conducted in Philadelphia at Innocents the Academy of Music to great acclaim. Abroad Art The concert this evening opens with Marche slave, Manet which Tchaikovsky originally called Serbian-Russian The Balcony March on National Slavonic Themes. The title gives a History clue to its political genesis and musical materials. He Opening of Suez wrote the March for a charity concert in 1876 to aid Canal Russian soldiers volunteering in the Serbo-Turkish War. Tchaikovsky incorporated three Serbian folksongs as well 1876 Music as the Russian national anthem, “God Save the Tsar.”
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