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The Seasons, H 23 Season 2017-2018 Thursday, November 16, at 7:30 The Philadelphia Orchestra Friday, November 17, at 2:00 Saturday, November 18, Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conductor at 8:00 Regula Mühlemann Soprano (Hanne) Werner Güra Tenor (Lukas) Matthew Rose Bass (Simon) Philadelphia Symphonic Choir Joe Miller Director Haydn The Seasons, H. XXI:3 I. Spring II. Summer Intermission III. Autumn IV. Winter First complete Philadelphia Orchestra performances Davyd Booth, harpsichord; Hai-Ye Ni, cello (11/16-17); Priscilla Lee, cello (11/18) This program runs approximately 2 hours, 30 minutes. These concerts are sponsored in part by an anonymous donor. The November 18 concert is also sponsored by Mr. and Mrs. Peter Shaw. Philadelphia Orchestra concerts are broadcast on WRTI 90.1 FM on Sunday afternoons at 1 PM. Visit www.wrti.org to listen live or for more details. 24 25 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 the third music director of the Metropolitan Opera beginning with the 2021-22 season, and from 2017-18 is music director designate. Yannick, who holds the Walter and Leonore Annenberg Chair, is an inspired leader of The Philadelphia Orchestra. His intensely 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 him “phenomenal,” adding that under his baton, “the ensemble, famous for its glowing strings and homogenous richness, has never sounded better.” Yannick has established himself as a musical leader of the highest caliber and one of the most thrilling talents of his generation. He is in his 10th and final season as music director of the Rotterdam Philharmonic, and he has been artistic director and principal conductor of Montreal’s Orchestre Métropolitain since 2000. In summer 2017 he became an honorary member of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe. 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 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 a 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 philorch.org/conductor. 09.17 Bio.indd 4 8/29/17 1:47 PM 26 Soloist Shirley Suarez Padilla Swiss soprano Regula Mühlemann makes her Philadelphia Orchestra debut with these performances. Other highlights of her 2017-18 season include a return to the Grand Théâtre de Genève for her role debut as Susanna in Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro, appearances in Naples at the Teatro San Carlo as Blonde in Mozart’s The Abduction from the Seraglio, and Rosina in Mozart’s La finta semplice in Birmingham and at Queen Elizabeth Hall in London. On the concert stage she sings Mozart’s Die Schuldigkeit des ersten Gebots with the Munich Radio Orchestra at the Prinzregententheater; Mozart’s Mass in C minor in Winterthur and Fribourg, Switzerland, and at the KKL Luzern; and Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 with the Staatskapelle Dresden led by Robin Ticciati. Ms. Mühlemann performs the program of her second recording, Cleopatra, in Munich and Ludwigsburg, Germany, and in Kufstein, Austria. She also appears as Marzelline in a concert version of Beethoven’s Fidelio with Giovanni Antonini and the Kammerorchester Basel, and as Papagena in Mozart’s The Magic Flute at the Festspielhause Baden-Baden conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin. Ms. Mühlemann has sung at the Zurich Opera House as Giannetta in Donizetti’s The Elixir of Love and at La Fenice in Venice as Despina in Mozart’s Così fan tutte. She has also performed at the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden and the Berlin State Opera. She made her debut at the Salzburg Festival in 2012 and her house debut with the Grand Théâtre de Genève in the 2012-13 season. She is also a sought-after concert singer. She frequently performs in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Poland, and Italy, and she is a regular guest at the Lucerne Festival. Raised in Lucerne, Ms. Mühlemann studied at that city’s School of Music with Barbara Locher. She made her movie debut singing Ännchen in the 2010 feature film Hunter’s Bride. The critically acclaimed movie, directed by Jens Neubert and featuring Daniel Harding conducting the London Symphony, is a film version of Weber’sDer Freischütz and is available on DVD. Ms. Mühlemann records exclusively for Sony Classical. Her debut recording of Mozart arias was released in October 2016; her second album, Cleopatra, was released in September 2017. 27 Soloist Marco Borggreve Born in Munich, tenor Werner Güra received his musical training at the Mozarteum in Salzburg and completed his vocal studies with Kurt Widmer. After appearing as a guest at the opera houses of Frankfurt and Basel, he joined the ensemble of the Semperoper Dresden in 1995. He has also appeared on the stages of the Staatsoper Berlin, the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa, the Opéra de Lille, La Monnaie in Brussels, the Opéra National de Paris, and at the Innsbruck Festival and in Baden-Baden. At this stage of his career, his focus is on symphonic works. He has sung on the important concert stages of Europe with ensembles including the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, the London and Berlin philharmonics, and the Vienna and BBC symphonies. He enjoyed frequent collaborations with the late Nikolaus Harnoncourt, under whose baton he appeared at the Vienna Musikverein, the Styriarte Festival in Austria, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, and on tour in Japan. Highlights of Mr. Güra’s 2017-18 season include recitals in Versailles, Ittingen, and Paris; concerts featuring works by Bach and Schumann in Helsinki; Mendelssohn´s Symphony No. 2 (“Lobgesang”) in Hamburg; Haydn’s The Creation and Handel’s Messiah with the Pittsburgh Symphony under Manfred Honeck; and Bach´s Christmas Oratorio under the baton of Philippe Jordan in Vienna.
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