Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra 2014-2015 Season Brochure

MIGUEL A MUSIC AL JOURNE Y

Celebrating 15 Years with Music Director Miguel Harth-Bedoya 2 0 1 4 / 15 S E A S O N

2014/15 SEASON

Your Musical Journey at a Glance

2014

2015

Aug 22-24

Sept 5-7

Sept 12-14 Sept 21

Sept 27 Oct 3-5 Oct 10-12

Oct 24-26 Nov 7-9 Nov 14-16 ✶ Nov 29-30 ✶ Dec 2 ✶ Dec 4 ✶ Dec 31

Great Performances Festival: Brahms and Dvořák Star Wars and Beyond: A John Williams Adventure Beethoven’s Triple Concerto Community Concert at Arborlawn United Methodist Church Sara Evans The Emperor and Ravel One Singular Sensation: A Tribute to Marvin Hamlisch Cliburn Gold Hitchcock!

American Ballads Home For the Holidays Handel’s Messiah Christmas with the Von Trapps Swingin’ New Year’s Eve

✶ Denotes holiday concerts

Jan 3 Jan 9-11 Jan 15

Jan 23-25 Jan 30-Feb 1 Feb 13-15 Feb 28

Mar 6-8 Mar 13-15 Mar 20-22 Mar 26

Apr 10-12 May 15-17 May 21

TBD

Ben Folds Grammy-Winning Percussion Kimbell Art Museum Chamber Concert featuring Vadym Kholodenko Kenny G Lalo & Schumann Romeo and Juliet A Gala Event: Lang Lang at the Piano Korngold and Dvořák Celtic Magic Two Mighty Fifths Community Concert at Arborlawn United Methodist Church Cirque de la Symphonie Revueltas and Rachmaninoff Family Concert at White's Chapel United Methodist Church Family Concert at Arborlawn United Methodist Church

All programs and artists are subject to change. All performances are held in Bass Performance Hall unless otherwise noted. All Friday and Saturday evening performance begin at 7:30 PM except for the Gala which begins at 7 PM. All Sunday performances begin at 2 PM unless otherwise noted.

Great Performances Festival Featuring the Music of Brahms & Dvořák Friday-Sunday, August 22-24, 2014 Friday and Saturday at 7:30 PM, Sunday at 2:00 PM at Bass Performance Hall Join Music Director Miguel Harth-Bedoya and the FWSO as we explore the works of two great composers and friendly colleagues – Johannes Brahms and Antonin Dvořák.

Friday, August 22, 2014 | 7:30 PM Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Conductor Augustin Hadelich, Violin Dvořák – Othello Overture, Op. 93 Brahms – Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77 ✦ Dvořák – Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 9

“From The New World”

Saturday, August 23, 2014 | 7:30 PM Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Conductor Zandra McMaster, Mezzo-Soprano ✦ Brahms – Academic FESTIVAL Overture, Op. 80 Dvořák – Biblical Songs, Op. 99 Brahms – Selections from Hungarian Dances Dvořák – Selections from Slavonic Dances

Sunday, August 24, 2014 | 2:00 PM Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Conductor Augustin Hadelich, Violin Brahms – Tragic Overture, Op. 81 Dvořák – Violin Concerto in A Minor, Op. 53 ✦ Brahms – Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 68

✦ Denotes a Miguel Harth-Bedoya Favorite

Symphonic Series Beethoven’s Triple Concerto Sept 12, 2014 OPENING NIGHT* Sept 13,14, 2014 Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Conductor Michael Shih, Violin Claudio Bohórquez, Cello Katia Skanavi, Piano Anna Clyne – <<Rewind<< Beethoven – Triple Concerto in C Major, Op. 56 ✦ Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 36

*Join us for our Opening Night dinner celebration following the Sept. 12 performance. For reservations, or for more information, contact Brooke at 817-665-6500 x118.

The Emperor and Ravel October 3-5, 2014 Carlos Kalmar, Guest Conductor Simone Dinnerstein, Piano Britten – Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes, Op. 33a Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat Ravel – Valses Nobles et Sentimentales ✦ Ravel – La Valse

Cliburn Gold October 24-26, 2014 Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Conductor Vadym Kholodenko, Piano Verdi – Overture to Nabucco Prokofiev – Piano Concert No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 16 ✦ Brahms – Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73

American Ballads

Romeo and Juliet

November 14-16, 2014

February 13-15, 2015

Andrés Franco, Guest Conductor Simone Porter, Violin

Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Conductor Pablo Sáinz Villegas, Guitar

Copland – Suite from Appalachian Spring Barber – Violin Concerto, Op. 14 ✦ Shostakovich – Symphony No. 9 in E-Flat Major, Op. 70

J. Strauss – Overture to Die Fledermaus Rodrigo – Concierto de Aranjuez ✦ Prokofiev – Selections from Romeo & Juliet

Grammy-Winning Percussion January 9-11, 2015 Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Conductor Colin Currie, Percussion Copland – Fanfare for the Common Man Higdon – Percussion Concerto ✦ Rachmaninoff – Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 27

Lalo and Schumann

Korngold and Dvořák March 6-8, 2015 Eugene Tzigane, Conductor Stefan Jackiw, Violin Ravel – Le tombeau de Couperin Korngold – Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35 ✦ Dvořák – Symphony No. 7 in D Minor, Op. 70

Two Mighty Fifths March 20-22, 2015 Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Conductor Vadym Kholodenko, Piano

Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Conductor Adolfo Gutiérrez Arenas, Cello

R. Strauss – Don Juan, Op. 20 Prokofiev – Piano Concerto No. 5 in G Major, Op. 55 ✦ Beethoven – Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67

Weber – Overture to Der Freischütz Lalo – Cello Concerto in D Minor ✦ Schumann – Symphony No. 2 in C Major, Op. 61

Revueltas and Rachmaninoff

January 30-February 1, 2015

May 15-17, 2015 Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Conductor Barry Douglas, Piano Adam Schoenberg – American Symphony Rachmaninoff – Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18 ✦ Revueltas – La noche de los mayas

✦ Denotes a Miguel Harth-Bedoya Favorite

Holiday Concerts Home for the Holidays November 29, 2014 | 2:00 pm and 7:30 pm November 30, 2014 | 2:00 pm Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra Southwestern Seminary Master Chorale Texas Boys Choir Andrés Franco, Conductor It’s a holly jolly Christmas with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, Texas Boys Choir and the Southwestern Seminary Master Chorale! Enjoy your favorite holiday carols with an audience sing-along in the only place in Texas where snow flurries are guaranteed!

Christmas with the Von Trapps Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014 | 7:30 PM Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra Andrés Franco, Conductor Made famous by the Academy-Award winning 1965 film The Sound of Music, the Von Trapps – great-grandchildren of Maria and the Captain – return to Fort Worth with a Christmas concert for the entire family. Enjoy this one-night-only performance of seasonal American and Austrian songs and let the sound of music fill your holiday!

Note: There is no Friday night show due to the Parade of Lights. Friday Pops subscribers will receive tickets to the Saturday matinee performance.

Swingin’ New Year’s Eve

Handel’s Messiah

Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra Mike Berkowitz, Conductor and Drums Tony Babino and Lisanne Lyons, Vocalists

Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2014 | 7:30 PM Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra Southwestern Seminary Master Chorale David Thye, Conductor Recognized as Handel’s masterpiece from its first performance in 1742, don’t miss Fort Worth’s finest Messiah performed by the FWSO and the Southwestern Seminary Master Chorale. Now a holiday classic, the thrilling choruses alternating with soaring solos and triumphant orchestration make Handel’s Messiah a joyful and powerful beginning to your winter celebration!

Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2014 | 7:30 PM

It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing!

Let the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra and Conductor Mike Berkowitz fill your New Year’s Eve with the hottest standards of the swing era.

Hits like “Sing Sing Sing,” and Count Basie’s “One O-Clock Jump” along with your favorite Sinatra, Glen Miller and Henry Mancini tunes will have you dancing in the aisles all night long!

Pops Series Star Wars and Beyond: A John Williams Adventure

Hitchcock!

September 5-7, 2014

Join the FWSO for a musical anthology of Hitchcock’s greatest thrills and chills! You’ll hear the spine-tingling scores created by Lyn Murray, Bernard Hermann and Dmitri Tiomkin for movies like To Catch A Thief, Vertigo, and North By Northwest – complete with scenes from each film played on Bass Hall’s movie screen.

Suspense has never sounded so good!

Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra Andrés Franco, Conductor It’s the music that brought to life the most actionpacked films of the 20th century – Jaws, E.T., Schindler's List, Harry Potter, Saving Private Ryan, and Star Wars! Launch your 2014-2015 Pops season with the music of five-time Academy Award winner and legendary film composer John Williams.

One Singular Sensation: A Tribute to Marvin Hamlisch October 10-12, 2014 Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra Larry Blank, Conductor TCU Vocal Jazz Ensemble Amy Stewart, director Vocalists: Donna McKechnie, Jodi Benson, and Doug LaBrecque Celebrate the sublime musical legacy of Marvin Hamlisch, winner of numerous awards, composer of more than forty film scores, and creator of one of the longest running Broadway shows, A Chorus Line.

Conductor Larry Blank and show-stopping vocalists present the very best of this legendary composer.

November 7-9, 2014 Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Conductor

Home for the Holidays November 29-30, 2014 Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra Southwestern Seminary Master Chorale Texas Boys Choir Andrés Franco, Conductor It’s a holly jolly Christmas with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, Texas Boys Choir and the Southwestern Seminary Master Chorale! Enjoy your favorite holiday carols with an audience sing-along in the only place in Texas where snow flurries are guaranteed! Note: There is no Friday night show due to the Parade of Lights. Friday Pops subscribers will receive tickets to the Saturday matinee performance.

Kenny G with the FWSO

Celtic Magic

January 23-25, 2015

March 13-15, 2015

Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra Ron Spigelman, Conductor

Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra Cathie Ryan and Band Jeff Tyzik, Conductor

Superstar Kenny G joins the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra for three unforgettable performances!

Relax to the mellow sounds of Grammy Awardwinning saxophonist and highest-selling instrumental musician of our time, as he performs hits like “Havana,” “Forever in Love,”“Heart and Soul,”“Silhouette” and “My Heart Will Go On.”

Cirque de la Symphonie April 10-12, 2015 Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Conductor Back by popular request – Cirque de la Symphonie returns to Bass Performance Hall in the final concert of the 2014-2015 FWSO Pops season. Watch in delight as aerialists, acrobats, dancers, jugglers, contortionists and more perform amazing feats to classical masterpieces!

Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day and the emerald isle with heart-felt ballads, high-energy jigs and more from international recording artist and former lead singer of Cherish the Ladies Cathie Ryan and her band, with guest conductor Jeff Tyzik and the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra.

Specials Saturday, Sept. 27, 2014 | 7:30 PM

Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2014 | 7:30 PM

Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra Andrés Franco, Conductor

Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra Mike Berkowitz, Conductor & Drums Tony Babino and Lisanne Lyons, Vocalists

Sara Evans

Considered heir apparent to legendary singers Loretta Lynn and Tammy Wynette, Sara Evans brings country back to Bass Performance Hall in a performance of her greatest hits, like “Suds in a Bucket,”“Born to Fly,” and “A Little Bit Stronger.”

Swingin’ New Year’s Eve

Handel’s Messiah

It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing!

Let the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra and Conductor Mike Berkowitz fill your New Year’s Eve with the hottest standards of the swing era.

Hits like “Sing Sing Sing,” and Count Basie’s “One O-Clock Jump” along with your favorite Sinatra, Glen Miller and Henry Mancini tunes will have you dancing in the aisles all night long!

Southwestern Seminary Master Chorale David Thye, Conductor

Saturday, Jan. 3, 2015 | 7:30 PM

Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2014 | 7:30 PM

Recognized as Handel’s masterpiece from its first performance in 1742, don’t miss Fort Worth’s finest Messiah performed by the FWSO and the Southwestern Seminary Master Chorale. Now a holiday classic, the thrilling choruses alternating with soaring solos and triumphant orchestration make Handel’s Messiah a joyful and powerful beginning to your winter celebration!

Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014 | 7:30 PM

Ben Folds

Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra Ron Spigelman, Conductor Back by popular demand, Ben Folds will return to the Bass Performance Hall stage. The multiplatinum singer-songwriter will join the FWSO in a one-night-only performance, featuring fan favorites and his new piano concerto!

Christmas with the Von Trapps Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra Andrés Franco, Conductor Made famous by the Academy-Award winning 1965 film The Sound of Music, the Von Trapps – great-grandchildren of Maria and the Captain – return to Fort Worth with a Christmas concert for the entire family. Enjoy this one-night-only performance of seasonal American and Austrian songs and let the sound of music fill your holiday!

Annual Gala Saturday, Feb. 28, 2015 | 7:00 PM

Lang Lang, Piano

Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Conductor Described by critics as a soloist with “jaw-dropping virtuosity” and “exhilarating flair and brilliance,” international rock-star pianist Lang Lang joins the FWSO’s Gala concert for a thrilling performance of Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1.

Join us for dinner and dancing immediately following the performance. For more information, contact Brooke at 817-665-6500 x118.

Concert and dinner sold separately

Family and Community Concert Series Concert at Arborlawn

Arborlawn United Methodist Church, Fort Worth, TX September 21, 2014 Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra Daniel Black, Conductor Adam Phan, Harp Ginastera – Concerto for Harp and Orchestra, Op. 25 Dvorák – Symphony No. 6 in D Major, Op. 60

Kimbell Art Museum Chamber Concert featuring Vadym Kholodenko January 15, 2015 Brahms – Clarinet trio in A minor, Op. 114 Poulenc – Trio for oboe, bassoon & piano FP 43 Brahms – Horn trio in E-flat, Op. 40

Concert at Arborlawn

Arborlawn United Methodist Church, Fort Worth, TX March 26, 2015

Family Concerts Micah Levy – The Probably Untrue Story of Mary (Who) Had a Little Lamb Mary and her little lamb, Petunia, became lost on their way home from school one day. Their story is set to variations of the familiar tune “Mary Had a Little Lamb”. Join us in helping Mary and Petunia find their way back home!

Daniel Black, Conductor Carl Johnson, Narrator

White's Chapel United Methodist Church, Southlake, TX May 21, 2015

Arborlawn United Methodist Church, Fort Worth, TX TBD

Please visit our website for the most current concert information.

Pricing Options Great Performances Festival 3-Night Pass | Prices Start at $38 Single tickets start at $16

Symphonic Series Complete Season Subscription | Prices starting at $78 for 10 Concerts!

5 Symphonic Sampler | Prices starting at $50 for 5 Concerts!

The Emperor and Ravel | October 3-5, 2014 American Ballads | November 14-16, 2014 Lalo and Schumann | Jan 30-Feb 1, 2015 Romeo and Juliet | February 13-15, 2015 Two Mighty Fifths | March 20-22, 2015

4 Symphonic Sampler | Prices starting at $40 for 4 Concerts!

Cliburn Gold | October 24-26, 2014 Grammy-Winning Percussion | January 9-11, 2015 Korngold and DvoĹ&#x2122;ĂĄk | March 6-8, 2015 Revueltas and Rachmaninoff | May 15-17, 2015 Single tickets available August 26, 2014 starting at $12

Pops Series Complete Season Subscription | Prices starting at $105 for 7 Concerts!

4 Pops Sampler | Prices starting at $80 for 4 Concerts!

Star Wars and Beyond | September 5-7, 2014 Hitchcock! | November 7-9, 2014 Kenny G | January 23-25, 2015 Cirque de la Symphonie | April 10-12, 2015

3 Pops Sampler | Prices starting at $60 for 3 Concerts!

Tribute to Marvin Hamlisch | October 10-12, 2014 Home for the Holidays | November 29-30, 2014 Celtic Magic | March 13-15, 2015 Single tickets available August 26, 2014 starting at $27

Special Events Prices starting at $25!

Annual Gala Prices starting at $35!

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