BING CONCERT HALL !"#$%#& SEASON WELCOME TO !"#$%#& SEASON STANFORD SEPT 2013 NOV JAN 2014 APR INFO Our classical recitals will feature violinist Joshua Bell, Stanford students for only $10 or that thousands of Sunday, September 22 4–5 Friday, November 1 9 Sunday, January 12 8 Tuesday, April 1 22 Subscription Order & Itzhak Perlman and the Mariza St. Lawrence String Quartet Asif Ali Khan Donation Form: LIVE ! two di"erent sopranos, Deborah Voigt and Angela elementary school students attend special performances Young Virtuosos of the Between Pages 16 and 17 Saturday, November 2 10 Wednesday, January 15 16 Wednesday, April 2 12–13 Brown, and pianist Richard Goode. The names of these at almost no cost to them. Perlman Music Program Estonian National Symphony Kronos Quartet Philharmonia Baroque Join Our Family 2 BING great artists speak for themselves. 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I encourage you to with Preservation Hall Jazz Band Friday, January 31 18 Friday, April 11 23 and Special Guests Wednesday, November 13 11 Grupo Corpo Deborah Voigt, Soprano Patron Information 30–31 HALL and which we will produce with the Stanford Department join our family of supporters when making your The Show Must Go On Memorial Auditorium of Music. Atlantic Crossing will bring two internationally subscription selections. Thursday, April 24 24 Engage with Stanford Live 32 OCT Festival Jérôme Bel Jake Shimabukuro renowned Bay Area ensembles—Chanticleer and Memorial Auditorium FEB At the Bing The performing arts at Stanford are transforming Saturday, April 26 3 Wednesday, October 9 7 Monday, November 18 11 Inside Back Cover New Century Chamber Orchestra—together for the Spring Event for hearts and minds far beyond our campus. All of us at *FREE* Cédric Andrieux Saturday, February 1 18 first time in an exciting musical collaboration. 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Brazilian company Grupo Corpo, known for its joyous Live Simulcast of San Francisco A Film Saturday, February 8 19 Opera’s Falsta! Festival Jérôme Bel MAY seating, ticket discounts, and other and sensuous athleticism, will present entirely di"erent Joshua Bell, Violin Next season, we will focus our chamber Wiley Hausam Frost Amphitheater Saturday, December 7 14 benefits. For higher-priority seating but equally satisfying work. Sunday, February 23 20 Sunday, May 4 24–25 WORLD PREMIERE and additional benefits, please music program around an exploration of Executive Director Sunday, October 13 8 * * Angela Brown, Soprano FAMILY PERFORMANCE * * consider becoming a Member or We have renewed our commitment to performances for St. Lawrence String Quartet Linked Verse Tomáš Kubínek the quartet repertoire. The heart of the P.S. In response to a growing chorus of comments we’ve donor. See pages 26–29 for details. the entire family. Acclaimed pianist Christopher O’Riley Sunday, October 27 9 Tuesday, December 10 12–13 MAR Friday, May 16 25 Philharmonia Baroque chamber music experience at Stanford is will return with his popular From the Top. Other family heard from our audience, we will move our evening Jon Batiste & Stay Human Richard Goode, Piano performance time from 8:00 PM to 7:30 PM (except for Orchestra Thursday, March 6 12–13 the St. Lawrence String Quartet. It also events will include a special holiday concert with the Philharmonia Baroque Sunday evenings, which will remain at 7:00 PM). We look Wednesday, December 11 15 San Francisco Boys Chorus and the comic genius of Orchestra will sponsor a young quartet, the Aeolus, forward to hearing how well this suits your schedule. A Chanticleer Christmas whom we are excited to introduce to you. virtuoso vaudevillian Tomáš Kubínek. 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It donors make possible Tony Award-winning actors Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin bring the thrill of the success of Stanford would not be possible to the presentation and Broadway to the concert hall in a special evening for musical theater fans. The two Live. Most donors are also bring the finest performing enjoyment of live costarred in the original 1979 Broadway production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Evita, subscribers, and on top of artists in the world to such performance at Bing which made them stars. These lifelong friends and master interpreters of everything from your subscription, your gifts an intimate hall without Concert Hall and on the Cole Porter to Sondheim are reunited to share a lighthearted treat: a musical love story help us bring engaging and the generous support Stanford campus. told entirely through the greatest songs ever written for the stage. Their show is funny, passionate, intimate, and utterly unforgettable. Bing Concert Hall was made possible by the vision and generous founding gift of Generously supported by Marcia and John Goldman Helen and Peter Bing and opened in January 2013. ! '#" TICKETS FOR STANFORD STUDENTS + ALL EVENTS '(".)!(.ARTS * LIVE.STANFORD.EDU $ Stanford Live and Bing Concert Hall: ITZHAK PERLMAN Ensuring the future of , THE YOUNG classical music! VIRTUOSOS SEPT !! ITZHAK PERLMAN AND THE YOUNG VIRTUOSOS OF THE PERLMAN MUSIC PROGRAM SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER $$, $:#' PM BING CONCERT HALL Reserved Seating $25 / 45 / 60 / Premium $75 The grand master of the violin, Itzhak Perlman is beloved for his charm and humanity as well as his talent. He is treasured by audiences throughout the world, who respond to his remarkable artistry and to his undeniable joy in making music. His Perlman Music Program o"ers a supportive musical community to young musicians of rare and special talent. Perlman acts as the host and conductor of this special concert featuring some of today’s most remarkable young string players. Generously sponsored by Kristie Hinze Clark and James H. Clark & '#" TICKETS FOR STANFORD STUDENTS + ALL EVENTS '(".)!(.ARTS * LIVE.STANFORD.EDU ) *FREE* LIVE SIMULCAST OF SAN FRANCISCO OPERA’S FALSTAFF FRIDAY, OCTOBER **, +:'' PM FROST AMPHITHEATER A NIGHT IN TREME Sign up to our e-club online to receive advance notice for obtaining free tickets SEPT !" San Francisco Opera returns to the beloved Frost Amphitheater with Verdi’s take on Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor and Henry IV.