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For 902.494.3820 more details, • symphonynovascotia.ca please see our inside back cover. 3 Masterworks Our orchestra teams up with internationally acclaimed guest artists to perform some of the greatest music ever written. HIGHLIGHTS: OH CANADA! Beethoven’s Fidelio Mozart’s Symphony No. 40 Sibelius’ Symphony No. 2 We're proud to perform Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 Clara Schumann’s Piano Concerto great Canadian music. Beethoven’s Triple Concerto Dvořák’s Slavonic Dances Opening Night with Strauss and Sibelius 7:30PM | THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2019 The Rebecca Cohn Auditorium, Halifax FEATURING: Music Director Candidate, conductor Louis-Philippe Marsolais, horn Emily Doolittle: ...and some fireworks | Richard Strauss: Horn Concerto No. 1 Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 Symphony Nova Scotia launches its classical season with a soaring concert of spectacular symphonic masterworks. Hear a bright, playful gem from Halifax’s own Emily Doolittle, followed by star Canadian hornist Louis-Philippe Marsolais in Strauss’ lively, virtuosic Horn Concerto No. 1. Then, for the grand finale, experience the grace, mastery, and deep, majestic power of one of Sibelius’ greatest works — the heart-pounding, soul-stirring Symphony No. 2. LOUIS-PHILIPPE WHAT’S THE STATUS OF YOUR MUSIC DIRECTOR SEARCH? MARSOLAIS We’re still in an international search for our new Music Director, following Marsolais has the measure on the 16-year tenure of our beloved Bernhard Gueller. This fall, we’ll of all this music. He sounds highlight our search finalists on several Masterworks concerts, and we’d very much primed to become love to hear what you think. Sign up for our emails to share your feedback! an international horn virtuoso. LA SCENA MUSICALE SEASON 20 2019/ 4 COMECome JOIN Join US! Us TICKETS:! TICKETS: 902.494.3820 902.494.3820 • symphonynovascotia.ca• symphonynovascotia.ca Poetry can give a voice Photo: Hannah Jackson to the voiceless. Poetry can make a powerless person feel powerful. Melody and Poetry with Rebecca Thomas This is why I speak. 7:30PM | THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2019 REBECCA THOMAS The Rebecca Cohn Auditorium, Halifax Featuring: Music Director Candidate, conductor Rebecca Thomas, spoken word artist Mozart: Symphony No. 34 | Laura Sgroi: We’re Not Done Drumming* Brahms: Symphony No. 2 * Commissioned by Symphony Nova Scotia and the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Rebecca Thomas is a Mi’kmaw poet and activist whose poetry is “as melodic and witty as it is damning” (The Coast). Once Halifax’s Poet Laureate, now a speaker and author whose voice is heard from coast to coast, Rebecca brings her generous, powerful storytelling to Symphony Nova Scotia to create a captivating and challenging new work. Plus: our orchestra performs Mozart’s vivid, energetic Symphony No. 34, and Brahms’ warm, lush, and radiant Second Symphony. Mr. and Mrs. Schumann 7:30PM | THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2019 The Rebecca Cohn Auditorium, Halifax Featuring: Music Director Candidate, conductor Angela Cheng, piano | Andrea Ludwig, mezzo-soprano R. Murray Schafer: Adieu, Robert Schumann | Clara Wieck Schumann: Piano Concerto Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 3, “Rhenish” Robert and Clara Schumann were music’s original power couple — ANGELA CHENG beloved, accomplished, and notorious for their scandalous, tragic, Cheng has a particularly and inspirational love story. It was only thanks to Clara’s wholehearted powerful sound, but one support that Robert’s masterful music — like the rich, rhythmic “Rhenish” so focused that it always Symphony — achieved worldwide fame, but it was at the expense of seems transparent and her own virtuosic works, which remain forgotten today. To that end, sparkling. Her playing was in this long-overdue concert, Symphony Nova Scotia welcomes award- clean, crisp, and flawless. winning Canadian pianist Angela Cheng to the stage — and together, VANCOUVER SUN we salute Clara’s brilliance with our first-ever performance of her gracious, delightful Piano Concerto. Seating chart: p. 31. Masterworks A B C AISLE Dynamic and joyous! Full series: 11 concerts $616 $462 $308 Add $44 Save +20% Subscriber add-on tickets $63 $48 $32 Add $4 Save +10% Beautifully done. Single tickets $70-90 $53-73 $35 Add $5 AUDIENCE REVIEW Enjoy free pre-concert chats before our Masterworks concerts. Join us 45 minutes before concert start time in the Sculpture Court, just outside the auditorium. SEASON 20 2019/ Come Join Us! 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Finally, hear Mozart’s iconic Symphony No. 40, the “Great G minor” — arguably the most popular of all his symphonic MARC DJOKIC creations, and one of the most recognizable classical works in the world. WHEN SHOULD I CLAP? In our Masterworks and Baroque concerts, people usually wait until the end of longer works to applaud. But musicians are happy to hear applause anytime! WHAT SHOULD I WEAR? Whatever makes you comfortable. The days of monocles and floor-length gowns are long gone! Piano Pack: 5 concerts Variety Pack: 5 concerts Can’t take advantage Thurs. November 21, 2019 Thurs. October 24, 2019 of a full Masterworks Thurs. February 13, 2020 Thurs. November 7, 2019 package? Try one of Thurs. February 27, 2020 Thurs. January 16, 2020 these two options. Wed. April 22, 2020 Thurs. March 12, 2020 Thurs. April 23, 2020 Thurs. March 26, 2020 A B C AISLE I was in for a 5 concerts $300 $225 $150 Add $20 Save +15% wonderful surprise! 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TICKETS: TICKETS: 902.494.3820 902.494.3820 • symphonynovascotia.ca• symphonynovascotia.ca Beethoven’s Triple Concerto BRYAN & SILVIE CHENG 7:30PM | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2020 The Rebecca Cohn Auditorium, Halifax Featuring: Alexander Prior, conductor | Mark Lee, violin The obvious affection Bryan Cheng, cello | Silvie Cheng, piano between the two siblings Kelly-Marie Murphy: Dragon, Unfolding* | Sibelius: Pelléas and Mélisande extends beyond the Sibelius: Kuolema Suite (Valse Triste / Scene with Cranes) | Beethoven: Triple Concerto familial sphere into * Commissioned by Symphony Nova Scotia the audience, and most It’s a concerto like no other, a triple-barrelled feast, and a spirited importantly, into the music itself.