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An American Adventure BBC Philharmonic an American Adventure Bbc.Co.Uk/Philharmonic 2015/2016 Bridgewater Hall Season bbc.co.uk/philharmonic An American Adventure BBC Philharmonic An American Adventure bbc.co.uk/philharmonic “The gift of imagination is by no means an exclusive property Special offers for families and students of the artist; it is a gift we all share; to some degree or other, all of us are endowed with the powers of fantasy… visions As part of our commitment to enable more young people to experience the joy of live orchestral music, we have ongoing schemes to encourage students and families to join us at BBC Philharmonic concerts and yearnings and hopes.” at The Bridgewater Hall. Leonard Bernstein Journey Through Music Sonic Manchester Our ‘American Adventure’ this season celebrates During the season we also mark several other for families for students the life and music of Leonard Bernstein, who died significant anniversaries: the 400th anniversary 25 years ago. of Shakespeare’s death; Sibelius’s 150th birthday; Your children’s journey to discovering the orchestra Students can get tickets for any concert in the Ginastera’s centenary; and Anthony Payne’s starts here! Bring the whole family to a bespoke season for just £3, on production of a valid student Bernstein was one of the most vibrant forces in 80th birthday. session before the concert and find out more ID. Sonic Manchester is jointly run by the BBC the music of the 20th century, one of the greatest about the music that the orchestra will perform. Philharmonic, RNCM, The Bridgewater Hall and conductors and composers of his time, and a I look forward to seeing you there. Ticket prices are just £7 for children and £12 for Manchester Camerata, and offers students a pianist whose infectious personality and brilliant Simon Webb, General Manager adults (including booking fees), plus you will receive range of great discounts for concerts in the city. free concert programmes with easy-to-read notes. musicianship influenced everyone with whom he For more information and to sign up to the worked. Selected concerts only - look out for the Sonic Manchester newsletter, visit JTM logo next to concert listings and visit facebook.com/sonicmanchester. We’re embarking on a season in which In our opening concert on Saturday 19 September bbc.co.uk/philharmonic for more information. creativity and imagination are at the heart we set the tone with Messiaen’s Turangalîla (Suitable for children aged six and upwards.) Symphony, commissioned by Bernstein’s mentor of the programmes. Serge Koussevitzky and given its world premiere by Bernstein himself. Aaron Copland, another key I invite you to experience monumental For more information about the BBC Philharmonic, sign figure in Bernstein’s life who also died in 1990, works such as Messiaen’s Turangalîla Symphony features strongly in the season, as does Benjamin and Shostakovich’s ‘Leningrad’ Symphony, up for our newsletter Quay Notes at bbc.co.uk/philharmonic masterpieces such as Brahms’s Third Symphony, Britten, whose Four Sea Interludes Bernstein Email Credits conducted in his final concert, the programme of Beethoven’s Seventh and Mahler’s Second, and [email protected] Design & Art Direction: Raw which we will perform on Friday 9 October. world-class soloists including James Ehnes, Marie- Paper Illustrations: Helen Musselwhite Pierre Langlamet (celebrating the Argentinian Telephone 0161 836 1300 Our celebration of British music runs as a thread composer Alberto Ginastera’s centenary) and throughout, as we explore works that connect Christian Tetzlaff – all watched over by the huge the music of Britain and Europe to the American personality of Leonard Bernstein. music of Bernstein and his peers. On Saturday 20 February we champion the work of our new Welcome to our American Adventure! Composer in Association, the brilliant young Juanjo Mena, Chief Conductor Mark Simpson, as we embark on our own British adventure with him over the coming four years. All the concerts in the season will be recorded for BBC Radio 3 and many will be broadcast live. Programmes are available for 30 days after broadcast on BBC iPlayer Radio – visit bbc.co.uk/radio3. 1. BBC Philharmonic An American Adventure bbc.co.uk/philharmonic Season highlights Concert 1 – Saturday 19 September, 7.30pm Leonard Bernstein: We feature works that he was closely associated Foulds Juanjo Mena Conductor with throughout his career in a survey led by Chief Conductor Juanjo Three Mantras 27’ Valérie Hartmann-Claverie Ondes Martenot Mena. Bernstein considered Mahler the greatest 20th-century Steven Osborne Piano composer and we close the season with his monumental Symphony Messiaen No. 2. He performed Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 17 more than any Turangalîla Symphony 77’ Ladies of the London Symphony Chorus other work and founded the Pacific Music Festival in Japan working with Yutaka Sado, who will conduct it alongside Bernstein’s First Symphony. Preview, 6.30pm: The BBC Philharmonic’s General Manager, Simon Such connections permeate the concerts and we invite you to find your Webb, talks about the 2015/2016 concert season and the themes it own links and inspirations throughout the season. explores. Leonard Bernstein Great British Music is the BBC Philharmonic’s life-blood and, Imagine an explosion of love on a cosmic scale. Now add a huge from John Foulds’s Three Mantras opening the season, through Mark orchestra, a world-class pianist and a vintage electronic instrument Simpson’s brilliant Sparks and Anthony Payne’s Visions and Journeys, straight out of science fiction… and you’re still not even half way to we continue to champion the music of Britain. Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, imagining Messiaen’s mind-boggling Turangalîla Symphony. You just have James MacMillan, Thomas Adès, Mark-Anthony Turnage, William to hear it for yourself, as Juanjo Mena, pianist Steven Osborne and Walton, Benjamin Britten and the late John McCabe all feature. And we the full BBC Philharmonic turn the volume up to 11, and introduce the have five new commissions from Manchester-trained composers in our astonishing Three Mantras by Manchester composer John Foulds. Shakespeare-themed concert in April 2016. Mark Simpson Serge Koussevitzky had a formative influence on Leonard Bernstein and we also celebrate his influence on the development of orchestral music in the 20th century through his commissions. In this season Messiaen’s Turangalîla Symphony, Britten’s Peter Grimes, Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G major, his arrangement of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, Hindemith’s Concert Music for Brass and Strings, Stravinsky’s Symphony of Psalms and Bernstein’s Serenade were all commissioned by Koussevitzky, as were works by featured composers Bartók, Copland, Schuman and Walton. Serge Koussevitzky Significant anniversaries are marked throughout the season: Sibelius’s 150th with John Storgårds on Saturday 7 November; Ginastera’s centenary with Juanjo Mena on Saturday 16 April; Anthony Payne’s forthcoming 80th birthday on Friday 18 March with Yan Pascal Tortelier; and Shakespeare’s death on Saturday 23 April, on the 400th anniversary day itself. Celebrating these anniversaries is all about looking to the future, with music by living composers being performed throughout the year in the context of music by the great masters of the past. William Shakespeare 2. Peter Dixon, Principal Cello 3. bbc.co.uk/philharmonic Concert 2 – Friday 9 October, 7.30pm Britten Juanjo Mena Conductor Four Sea Interludes Tasmin Little Violin (from ‘Peter Grimes’) 14’ Preview, 6.30pm: Students and invited guests join host Michael Bernstein Symmons Roberts to debate Leonard Bernstein’s influence and his Serenade for Strings, place in 20th-century music. Harp, Percussion and Solo Violin 31’ In the week of the 25th anniversary of his death, we celebrate Beethoven Leonard Bernstein with a concert drawing on repertoire from his Symphony No. 7 36’ final performance. Some say that Bernstein was one of the finest composers of the 20th century. Others think he’s too enjoyable for that! But there’s only one man who could have written a violin concerto based on an ancient Greek drinking party. Tasmin Little raises a glass to his Serenade tonight, as Juanjo Mena conducts Britten’s Four Sea Interludes and then unleashes the BBC Philharmonic on some of the most life-enhancing music ever created: Beethoven’s intoxicating Seventh Symphony. Concert 3 – Saturday 7 November, 7.30pm Sibelius John Storgårds Conductor Karelia Suite 15’ Christian Tetzlaff Violin Magnus Lindberg Journey Through Music, 6.30pm: An introduction to tonight’s Violin Concerto 27’ concert especially for families. See page 1 for further details. Sibelius The Swan of Tuonela 9’ “Today I saw sixteen swans. God, what beauty!” Sibelius That transcendent vision inspired Sibelius to compose his Fifth Symphony No. 5 30’ Symphony. It’s a magnificent finish to this Sibelius 150th anniversary concert, especially when conducted by John Storgårds – described by critics as “one of the great Sibelians of our day”. Storgårds looks both to the past, with Sibelius’s Swan of Tuonela and Karelia Suite, and the future, with the stunning, Sibelius-inspired Violin Concerto by Magnus Lindberg, played by the incomparable Christian Tetzlaff. 5. BBC Philharmonic An American Adventure Concert 4 – Friday 13 November, 7.30pm Bernstein Yutaka Sado Conductor Symphony No. 1, Rebecca Evans Soprano ‘Jeremiah’ 25’ Ronald Brautigam Piano Mozart Piano Concerto When Leonard Bernstein conducted his ‘Jeremiah’ Symphony for No. 17, K453 28’ the first time in 1944, it got the whole of the USA talking. It’s just as powerful today, and Yutaka Sado, a graduate of Bernstein’s Pacific Schumann Music Festival, feels passionately about it. Meanwhile, Schumann’s Symphony No. 2 37’ Second Symphony is all about romance: full of darkness, light and secret messages to his beloved Clara. In between, Ronald Brautigam shares one of Mozart’s most deliciously playful concertos – a piece so catchy that even Mozart’s pet starling started singing the tune! Concert 5 – Friday 20 November, 7.30pm McCabe John Storgårds Conductor Joybox 6’ Peter Erskine Drum set Stravinsky Journey Through Music, 6.30pm: An introduction to tonight’s Ode 10’ concert especially for families.
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