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Season 2016-2017 23 Season 2016-2017 Thursday, January 12, at 8:00 The Philadelphia Orchestra Friday, January 13, at 8:00 Saturday, January 14, at 8:00 City of Light and Music: The Paris Festival, Week 1 Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conductor Susan Graham Mezzo-soprano Chabrier Joyeuse Marche Fauré Pavane, Op. 50 Saint-Saëns “Bacchanale,” from Samson and Delilah Canteloube Selections from Songs of the Auvergne 1. “Baïlèro” 2. “Chut, chut” 3. “La Delaïssádo” 4. “Lou Coucut” 5. “Uno jionto postouro” 6. “Malurous qu’o uno fenno” 7. “Brezairola” Intermission 24 Ravel Menuet antique Schmitt Suite from The Tragedy of Salome, Op. 50 Part I I. Prelude— II. Dance of Pearls Part II III. Introduction—The Magic of the Sea— IV. Dance of Lightning— V. Dance of Terror This program runs approximately 1 hour, 45 minutes. LiveNote™, the Orchestra’s interactive concert guide for mobile devices, will be enabled for these performances. The January 12 concert is sponsored by Judy and John Glick. The January 13 concert is sponsored by Hilarie and Mitchell Morgan. Philadelphia Orchestra concerts are broadcast on WRTI 90.1 FM on Sunday afternoons at 1 PM. Visit WRTI.org to listen live or for more details. 26 The Philadelphia Orchestra Jessica Griffin The Philadelphia Orchestra Philadelphia is home and impact through Research. is one of the preeminent the Orchestra continues The Orchestra’s award- orchestras in the world, to discover new and winning Collaborative renowned for its distinctive inventive ways to nurture Learning programs engage sound, desired for its its relationship with its over 50,000 students, keen ability to capture the loyal patrons at its home families, and community hearts and imaginations of in the Kimmel Center, members through programs audiences, and admired for and also with those who such as PlayINs, side-by- a legacy of imagination and enjoy the Orchestra’s area sides, PopUP concerts, innovation on and off the performances at the Mann free Neighborhood concert stage. The Orchestra Center, Penn’s Landing, Concerts, School Concerts, is inspiring the future and and other cultural, civic, and residency work in transforming its rich tradition and learning venues. The Philadelphia and abroad. of achievement, sustaining Orchestra maintains a strong Through concerts, tours, the highest level of artistic commitment to collaborations residencies, presentations, quality, but also challenging— with cultural and community and recordings, The and exceeding—that level, organizations on a regional Philadelphia Orchestra is by creating powerful musical and national level, all of which a global ambassador for experiences for audiences at create greater access and Philadelphia and for the home and around the world. engagement with classical US. Having been the first Music Director Yannick music as an art form. American orchestra to Nézet-Séguin’s connection The Philadelphia Orchestra perform in China, in 1973 to the Orchestra’s musicians serves as a catalyst for at the request of President has been praised by cultural activity across Nixon, the ensemble today both concertgoers and Philadelphia’s many boasts a new partnership with critics since his inaugural communities, building an Beijing’s National Centre for season in 2012. Under his offstage presence as strong the Performing Arts and the leadership the Orchestra as its onstage one. With Shanghai Oriental Art Centre, returned to recording, with Nézet-Séguin, a dedicated and in 2017 will be the first- two celebrated CDs on body of musicians, and one ever Western orchestra to the prestigious Deutsche of the nation’s richest arts appear in Mongolia. The Grammophon label, ecosystems, the Orchestra Orchestra annually performs continuing its history of has launched its HEAR at Carnegie Hall while also recording success. The initiative, a portfolio of enjoying summer residencies Orchestra also reaches integrated initiatives that in Saratoga Springs, NY, and thousands of listeners on the promotes Health, champions Vail, CO. For more information radio with weekly Sunday music Education, eliminates on The Philadelphia afternoon broadcasts on barriers to Accessing the Orchestra, please visit WRTI-FM. orchestra, and maximizes www.philorch.org. 4 Music Director Chris Lee Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin is now confirmed to lead The Philadelphia Orchestra through the 2025-26 season, an extraordinary and significant long-term commitment. Additionally, he becomes music director of the Metropolitan Opera beginning with the 2021-22 season. Yannick, who holds the Walter and Leonore Annenberg Chair, is an inspired leader of the Orchestra. His intensely collaborative style, deeply rooted musical curiosity, and boundless enthusiasm have been heralded by critics and audiences alike. The New York Times has called him “phenomenal,” adding that under his baton, “the ensemble, famous for its glowing strings and homogenous richness, has never sounded better.” Highlights of his fifth season include an exploration of American Sounds, with works by Leonard Bernstein, Christopher Rouse, Mason Bates, and Christopher Theofanidis; a Music of Paris Festival; and the continuation of a focus on opera and sacred vocal works, with Bartók’s Bluebeard’s Castle and Mozart’s C-minor Mass. Yannick has established himself as a musical leader of the highest caliber and one of the most thrilling talents of his generation. He has been music director of the Rotterdam Philharmonic since 2008 and artistic director and principal conductor of Montreal’s Orchestre Métropolitain since 2000. He was also principal guest conductor of the London Philharmonic from 2008 to 2014. 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 Philadelphia Orchestra returned to recording with two CDs on that label. He continues fruitful recording relationships with the Rotterdam Philharmonic on DG, EMI Classics, and BIS Records; the London Philharmonic for the LPO label; and the Orchestre Métropolitain for ATMA Classique. In Yannick’s inaugural season The Philadelphia Orchestra returned to the radio airwaves, with weekly Sunday afternoon broadcasts on WRTI-FM. A native of Montreal, Yannick studied piano, conducting, composition, and chamber music at Montreal’s Conservatory of Music and continued his studies with renowned conductor Carlo Maria Giulini; he also studied choral conducting with Joseph Flummerfelt at Westminster Choir College. Among Yannick’s honors are an appointment as Companion of the Order of Canada, Musical America’s 2016 Artist of the Year, Canada’s National Arts Centre Award, the Prix Denise-Pelletier, and honorary doctorates from the University of Quebec in Montreal, the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, and Westminster Choir College of Rider University in Princeton, NJ. To read Yannick’s full bio, please visit www.philorch.org/conductor. 27 Soloist Benjamin Ealovega Dubbed “America’s favorite mezzo” by Gramophone magazine, mezzo-soprano Susan Graham rose to the highest echelon of international artists within just a few years of her professional debut. Her operatic roles span four centuries, from Monteverdi’s Poppea to Sister Helen Prejean in Jake Heggie’s Dead Man Walking, which was written especially for her. She won a Grammy Award for her collection of Ives songs, and her most recent album, Virgins, Vixens & Viragos, features 14 composers from Purcell to Sondheim, reflecting her broad recital repertoire. She made her Philadelphia Orchestra debut in 1991 and last appeared with the Philadelphians for the annual New Year’s Eve concert in 2014. Ms. Graham’s earliest operatic successes were in such “trouser” roles as Cherubino in Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro. She has sung on all the world’s major opera stages, including the Metropolitan Opera, the Lyric Opera of Chicago, the Royal Opera Covent Garden, Paris Opera, La Scala, and at the Salzburg Festival. She began the 2016-17 season joining Renée Fleming and Michael Tilson Thomas for the San Francisco Symphony’s Opening Night gala, before playing Dido in the Lyric Opera’s new staging of Berlioz’s Les Troyens. Other highlights include her role debut as Mrs. De Rocher in Washington National Opera’s Dead Man Walking, a return to Santa Fe Opera as Prince Orlofsky in Johann Strauss’s Die Fledermaus, and Erika in Barber’s Vanessa with the Deutsches Symphonie- Orchester Berlin. Concert appearances include the Met Orchestra and Esa-Pekka Salonen at Carnegie Hall for selections from Mahler’s Des Knaben Wunderhorn; Octavian to Ms. Fleming’s Marschallin in Richard Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier with the Boston Symphony and Andris Nelsons; and Ravel’s Shéhérazade and Mahler’s Symphony No. 3 with the Sydney Symphony and David Robertson. She also reunites with regular partner Malcolm Martineau for recitals in Santa Barbara, Baltimore, and Portland, Oregon. A Texas native, the distinctly American Ms. Graham has been recognized as one of the foremost exponents of French vocal music. She was awarded the French government’s prestigious Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur for her popularity as a performer in France and in honor of her commitment to French music. 28 Framing the Program The concert tonight kicks off a three-week Paris Festival Parallel Events celebrating the City of Light, its magnificent composers 1887 Music and musical traditions. There is no way to begin more Fauré Strauss joyously, indeed festively, than with Emmanuel Chabrier’s Pavane Aus Italien sparkling Joyeuse Marche. Gabriel Fauré’s haunting Literature Pavane and Maurice Ravel’s luxuriant Menuet antique Doyle look to France’s gloried engagement with refined dances. A Study in Although Camille Saint-Saëns wrote more than a dozen Scarlett operas the one most regularly performed is Samson and Art Delilah from which the “Bacchanale” offers a lively, colorful, Van Gogh Moulin de la and raucous sample. Galette Various competing musical styles in France during the History first part of the 20th century found inspiration in different Miles patents sources looking to the past, present, and future.
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