AMERICAN MOS IC TH SEASON | 2017-2018 | HHSO.ORG 36 SYMPHONYHHSO OF THE LOWCOUNTRY AMERICAN HHSO HHSO.ORG MOS IC “The American musical experience offers music, traditions and cultures of the world, like a mosaic, to create a soundscape that defines our nation. It is music that captures tragedy and triumph, struggle and freedom, and conveys the essence of the American ethos. The Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra devotes its 2017-2018 Season to the American Mosaic with both new and familiar works for orchestra composed by the greatest generation of American composers as well as many of the most beloved works in the orchestral repertoire. The music of Beethoven, 2017-2018 2017-2018 SYMPHONY OF Brahms, Tchaikovsky and Ravel rubs shoulders THE LOWCOUNTRY with Gershwin, Copland, Bernstein and Barber as our orchestra celebrates richly diverse musical styles that are as evocative as they are sumptuous. Join us, as we come together to bring beauty and harmony to the Lowcountry.” John Morris Russell Music Director and Conductor *The conductor will give a pre-concert talk before each classical concert. SPECIAL PERFORMANCE: MOZART FEST AND GALA 36TH SEASON 36TH EMANUEL AX IN CONCERT MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2017 • 7:30PM John Morris Russell Conductor • Emanuel Ax Piano Mozart Piano Concerto No. 19 • Mozart Piano Concerto No. 27 EMANUEL AX World-renowned pianist, Emanuel Ax is considered one Emanuel Ax has been an exclusive Sony Classical of the finest concert pianists of the 21st century. He is a recording artist since 1987. Recent releases include Grammy award-winning, Polish-born naturalized Ameri- Strauss's Enoch Arden narrated by Patrick Stewart; can classical pianist, an internationally acclaimed per- discs of two-piano music by Johannes Brahms and former, a teacher on the faculty of The Juilliard School Sergei Rachmaninov with Yefim Bronfman; and soon to and the main duo recital partner of cellist Yo-Yo Ma. be released Felix Mendelssohn Trios with Yo-Yo Ma and From 1970, when Ax graduated from Columbia Univer- Itzhak Perlman. Ax has received Grammy awards for the sity with a Bachelor of Arts degree in French, he partici- second and third volumes of his cycle of Haydn's piano pated in many major international competitions, includ- sonatas, and has also made a series of Grammy-winning ing the Vianna da Motta in Portugal, the Queen Elisabeth recordings with cellist Yo-Yo Ma of the Beethoven and in Belgium and the Chopin in Warsaw. However, it was Brahms sonatas for cello and piano. in 1974 that he won the inaugural Arthur Rubinstein He is a Fellow of the American Academy Competition in Tel Aviv. It was this win that sparked the of Arts and Sciences and holds honor- beginning of Ax’s successful career as a concert pianist. ary doctorates of music from Yale and He continues to perform around eighty concerts a year. Columbia Universities. AMERICAN MOSAIC AMERICAN AMERICAN MOSAIC AMERICAN CINEMATIC CLASSICS OCT 22/23 PAUL HUANG SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2017 • 5PM VIOLIN MONDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2017 • 8PM John Morris Russell Conductor Paul Huang Violin Herrmann North by Northwest Overture Korngold Violin Concerto Williams Jurassic Park: Main Theme Harry Potter Suite Schindler’s List: Main Theme 36TH SEASON 36TH The Force Awakens: Jedi Steps and Finale NOV 5/6 ROBERT PICTURES AT AN SULLIVAN EXHIBITION TRUMPET SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2017 • 5PM MONDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2017 • 8PM John Morris Russell Conductor Robert Sullivan Trumpet Ives/Schuman Variations on America Arutunian Trumpet Concerto Mussorgsky/Ravel Pictures at an Exhibition 2017-2018 2017-2018 DEC 3/4 PHOEBE LIU JOY TO THE WORLD! VIOLIN SUNDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2017 • 5PM MONDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2017 • 8PM (No pre-concert talk before concerts) John Morris Russell Conductor Phoebe Liu, Violin, 2017 First Prize Winner, HHSO Youth Concerto Competition Hilton Head Island High School Chorus Hilton Head Dance Theatre HHSO.ORG Savannah Children’s Choir A Holiday Spectacular! Ring in the Season with John Morris Russell’s festive holiday music, featuring all our favorite guest soloists. This beloved event is a must! SUNDAY CONCERTS WILL BEGIN AT 5:00 PM LOVE IN THE HHSO.ORG TIME OF WAR SUNDAY, JANUARY 14, 2018 • 5PM MONDAY, JANUARY 15, 2018 • 8PM JAN 14/15 STERLING John Morris Russell Conductor ELLIOTT Sterling Elliott Cello CELLO Vaughan-Williams Symphony No. 5 Haydn Cello Concerto No. 1 Griffes The Pleasure Dome of Kubla Khan 2017-2018 2017-2018 BEETHOVEN’S EROICA SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2018 • 5PM MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2018 • 8PM FEB 11/12 John Morris Russell Conductor RAY USHIKUBO Ray Ushikubo, 2017 First Prize Winner, PIANO Hilton Head International Piano Competition Walker Lyric for Strings Mendelssohn Piano Concerto No. 1 Beethoven Symphony No. 3 “Eroica” 36TH SEASON 36TH PORGY AND BESS IN CONCERT SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2018 • 5PM MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2018 • 8PM (No pre-concert talk before concerts) John Morris Russell Conductor Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra Chorus Gershwin/Bennett Porgy and Bess, Concert Version Set in the 1930s in an African-American Charleston neighborhood known as Catfish Row, Porgy and Bess centers on the tragic love story of the cripple beggar Porgy, the beautiful cocaine addict Bess, and her abusive partner Crown- featuring such iconic songs as Summertime, It Ain't Necessarily So, and I Got Plenty of Nothing. In 1956, Robert Russell Bennett incorporated the principal musical numbers from the opera into one continuous work for concert performance to include mezzo and baritone soloists AMERICAN MOSAIC AMERICAN and chorus. AMERICAN MOSAIC AMERICAN THREE CENTURIES OF ROMANTICISM SUNDAY, MARCH 25, 2018 • 6PM* MAR 25/26 MONDAY, MARCH 26, 2018 • 8PM BELLA John Morris Russell Conductor HRISTOVA VIOLIN Bella Hristova Violin Gluck/Wagner Iphigénie en Aulide Overture Barber Violin Concerto Brahms Symphony No. 4 *Note: Sunday Matinee is at 6:00 pm for this concert. 36TH SEASON 36TH STRING APR 29/30 SERENADE CHELSEA TIPTON SUNDAY, APRIL 29, 2018 • 5PM GUEST MONDAY, APRIL 30, 2018 • 8PM CONDUCTOR Chelsea Tipton Guest Conductor Lizhou Liu Viola Peter Berquist Bass Barber Adagio for Strings APR 29/30 APR 29/30 Dittersdorf Sinfonia Concertante for Viola and LIZHOU LIU PETER BERQUIST Double Bass VIOLA BASS Tchaikovsky Serenade for Strings 2017-2018 2017-2018 AMERICAN ICONS: COPLAND AND BERNSTEIN SUNDAY, MAY 13, 2018 • 5PM MONDAY, MAY 14, 2018 • 8PM John Morris Russell Conductor HHSO.ORG Copland Fanfare for the Common Man Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes Bernstein On The Town: Three Dance Episodes West Side Story: Symphonic Dances SUNDAY CONCERTS WILL BEGIN AT 5 PM NEW AND EXCITING SPECIAL EVENTS The celebrated “Symphony Under the Stars” will be held twice next season – at Palmetto Bluff in October, 2017 and on Hilton Head Island in April, 2018 - under the baton of John Morris Russell. HHSO.ORG SYMPHONY UNDER THE STARS: HILTON HEAD ISLAND: APRIL 3 & 4, 2018 “ALL THAT JAZZ” Join us again in April when the HHSO brings you the music of Gershwin, Chicago, Scott Joplin, Bee Bop and Duke Ellington, featuring Vocalist Tatiana Mayfield. Table groups use the concert themes to inspire costumes, table decorations and dinner menus as they compete for a variety of prizes. Guests are also creative in 2017-2018 2017-2018 selecting the food and beverage SYMPHONY UNDER THE STARS: they bring for their tables. So mark MONTAGE PALMETTO BLUFF: your calendars OCT. 3 & 4, 2017 “SYMPHONIC SOUL” Join now and enjoy us in October as the HHSO brings you the music this fabulous of Ray Charles, Gladys Knight, Stevie Wonder and event, not once, Motown featuring the dynamic group, “DEAS GUYS”. but twice! 36TH SEASON 36TH CHARLIE ALBRIGHT FEI-FEI DONG JON KIMURA PARKER RAN DANK AND SOYEON KATE LEE STEVEN LIN HILTON HEAD INTERNATIONAL PIANO FESTIVAL: MARCH 8 – 12, 2018 The Hilton Head International Piano Competition is thrilled to announce a new and exciting addition to its schedule – the HILTON HEAD INTERNATIONAL PIANO FESTIVAL. Debuting in March, 2018, this innovative event will spotlight outstanding former prize winners of our competitions, as well as other famous pianists, as they perform in solo recitals and chamber music programs. You’ll also be able to attend lecture/recitals, film events and discussions about music, piano in particular. Especially exciting is the introduction of a jazz thread throughout the Festival! Steven Lin will perform at the opening of the Festival and Fei-Fei Dong will appear in the chamber music program. The grand finale of the festival will be a concerto evening featuring our own Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra and four spectacular pianists: Charlie Albright, Jon Kimura Parker, and Ran Dank and Soyeon Kate Lee playing a concerto for two pianos. Further information and schedules will be out in the fall of 2017. With the addition of the Festival, the Hilton Head International Piano Competition will be changing to a three-year rotation. The next competition for pianists 18 – 30, will be held in March of 2019, followed in 2020 by the competition featuring pianists 13 – 17. The Piano Festival will return in the third year of the sequence in 2021. AMERICAN MOSAIC AMERICAN The Piano Festival promises to be an exciting new part of the HHIPC! 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