22-23 Asheville Symphony Season Brochure

SYMPHONY IN THE PARK Free General Admission Sunday, August 28, 2022 ALT ASO Hi-Wire RAD Beer Garden September 13, 2022 MASTERWORKS 1 McGill & Mozart September 17, 2022 ALT ASO Highland Brewing October 4, 2022 MASTERWORKS 2 Scheherazade October 22, 2022 MASTERWORKS 3 Night at the Opera November 19, 2022 NEW YEAR’S EVE Ring in the New Year with 007 December 31, 2022 PIANO RECITAL Evren Ozel January 31, 2023 MASTERWORKS 4 Aurora February 18, 2023 ALT ASO The Orange Peel March 7, 2023 MASTERWORKS 5 Guitarra Española March 18, 2023 MASTERWORKS 6 New World April 15, 2023

Join us this season and experience your Symphony your way... Hear your orchestral favorites live, rock out at your favorite Asheville venue, rediscover your favorite musical era (Classical or otherwise), all with your Asheville Symphony.

Welcome to the Asheville Symphony’s most ambitious season yet! After years of innovation, creativity, and artistic excellence, we are delighted to share with you an exuberant 2022-2023 season — filled with exciting new initiatives and a reimagined take on the classics, as well as the triumphant return of the Asheville Amadeus Festival.

Our 2022-2023 Masterworks Series offers seven extraordinary concerts that feature a wide range of composers — from Ludwig van Beethoven and Antonin Dvořák to Fazil Say and Jessie Montgomery — and unique programs, including a Night at the Opera (think Verdi, Puccini, and more), an icy Scandinavianinspired program, our New World-themed exploration of American orchestral music, and more.

Speaking of American music, we are thrilled to announce the long-awaited return of the Asheville Amadeus Festival, this year featuring banjo superstar Béla Fleck as the festival headliner! Taking place May 11-20, this evolution of Asheville Amadeus will explore the many shades of Americana, from bluegrass, jazz, and classical to pop, rock, and folk. Stay tuned for more details this winter about this exciting ten-day festival.

The wildly popular ALT ASO chamber orchestra series returns this season as well, bringing your Asheville Symphony out of the concert hall into new and unusual venues. We will return to Highland Brewing and the Orange Peel, and will also expand our list of iconic Asheville venues to include Hi-Wire Brewing’s brand-new R.A.D. Beer Garden and Salvage Station’s mammoth outdoor stage on the banks of the French Broad River.

Seven Masterworks concerts, New Year’s Eve (with Bond...James Bond), four ALT ASO performances, a polyphonic piano recital, the return of Symphony in the Park, and an all new Asheville Amadeus Festival coming in May 2023 — there will be no shortage of opportunities for you to experience your Asheville Symphony your way. We can’t wait to see you at the Symphony!

Daniel M. Crupi Executive Director

Darko Butorac Music Director

ALT ASO ASHEVILLE AMADEUS OPENER Salvage Station with Kishi Bashi May 13, 2023 MASTERWORKS 7 ASHEVILLE AMADEUS FINALE Béla Fleck & Americana May 20, 2023

All 2022-2023 performances will be conducted by Asheville Symphony Music Director Darko Butorac.

KEEP IN TOUCH

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Pack Square Park in Downtown Asheville Sunday, August 28, 2022, 7:00 p.m.

Free General Admission

MASTERWORKS 1 Thomas Wolfe Auditorium Saturday, September 17, 2022, 8:00 p.m.

We open our 22-23 season with the spirit of virtuosity.

Montgomery captures the energy of young virtuosos with Starburst, Mozart spotlights the dazzling range of the clarinet with the first concerto written for the instrument, and Brahms takes on his idol, Beethoven, with his hard-earned first symphony (often referred to as Beethoven’s Tenth).

Montgomery Starburst Mozart Clarinet Concerto Brahms Symphony No. 1

Clarinet Anthony McGill Hailed for his “trademark brilliance, penetrating sound and rich character,” Avery Fisher Prize winner Anthony McGill is one of classical music’s most recognizable and brilliantly multifaceted figures. Currently serving as the principal clarinet of the New York Philharmonic — that orchestra’s first African-American principal player — McGill also maintains a dynamic international solo and chamber music career, including his performance alongside violinist Itzhak Perlman, cellist Yo-Yo Ma, and pianist Gabriela Montero at President Barack Obama’s inauguration.

MASTERWORKS 2 Thomas Wolfe Auditorium Saturday, October 22, 2022, 8:00 p.m.

From Rimsky-Korsakov comes the lavish Scheherazade, a vibrant musical illustration of sandy dunes stretching across the horizon.

Explore the vast, wandering Silk Road and central Asia with Say and Borodin. From De Falla, visit a moonlit oasis with his iconic work for piano and orchestra: Nights in the Gardens of Spain.

Borodin In the Steppes of Central Asia De Falla Nights in the Gardens of Spain Say Piano Concerto No. 2 “Silk Road” Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade

Piano Adam Golka With “brilliant technique and real emotional depth,” Adam Golka returns to the Asheville Symphony.

Polish-American pianist Adam Golka (born 1987) first performed all of Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas when he was 18 years old, and in 20202021 Adam Golka performed the cycle of Beethoven’s 32 Sonatas at the Bach Festival Society of Winter Park (Florida) and at Saint Thomas Church Fifth Avenue (NYC).

MASTERWORKS 3 Thomas Wolfe Auditorium Saturday, November 19, 2022, 8:00 p.m.

Soprano Cecilia Violetta López

Tenor Ben Gulley

Baritone Jeff Mattsey

“The language of music is understood by everybody,” according to Rossini, “since it is understood with the heart.” We bring that notion to life with this program filled with operatic classics. A curated selection of operatic works (including beloved masterpieces

by Italian masters Puccini and Verdi) explore the experiences and emotions that all of humankind shares through the combined power of the stage, voice, and orchestra.

Saturday, December 31, 2022, 8:00 p.m.

Thomas Wolfe Auditorium It’s Bond, James Bond, and your Asheville Symphony!

Ring in the New Year with powerhouse vocalists backed by your Symphony and dreams of martinis (shaken, not stirred), Aston Martins, custom watches from Q, and the beloved MI6 agent. With hits from Bond movie favorites like Goldfinger, Skyfall, and more, start the new year in style by unleashing your inner Bond (or Bond girl).

Central United Methodist Church Tuesday, January 31, 2023, 7:00 p.m.

Piano Evren Ozel “The daring creativity and fierce passion Ozel channeled surpasses musicians twice or even three times his age.”

American pianist Evren Ozel has won numerous honors and awards including scholarships from the U.S Chopin Foundation and Young Arts Foundation, first prize at the 2016 Boston Symphony Concerto Competition, and second prize as well as Mozart and Chopin special prizes at the 2018 Dublin International Piano Competition. Ozel presents an exquisite program exploring polyphony, the musical concept of multiple independent melodic lines occurring at the same time.

Scarlatti Sonata in A Major, K208 Sonata in D minor, K9 Sonata in G Major, K427 Chopin Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52 Ligeti Etudes, Book I: No. 2 “Cordes à vide” Rachmaninoff Variations on a Theme by Corelli Bach From Das Woltemperierte Klavier, Book I Prelude and Fugue in E-flat Major, BWV852 Prelude and Fugue in E minor, BWV855 Prelude and Fugue in A Major, BWV864 Beethoven Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111

MASTERWORKS 4 Thomas Wolfe Auditorium Saturday, February 18, 2023, 8:00 p.m.

Three legendary Scandinavian and Slavic composers channel the powerful spirit and splendor of the frozen north in this program inspired by the northern lights.

Envision towering cliffs with Grieg’s only piano concerto, icy fjords with Sibelius’ epic Finlandia, and snowy fields with Tchaikovsky’s brilliant and dramatic Fourth Symphony.

Sibelius Finlandia Grieg Piano Concerto Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4

Piano Jacob Bernhardt Winner of the 2021 Cleveland Institute of Music’s concerto competition, Jacob Bernhardt, a native of the Chicago area, earned his bachelor’s degree in piano performance from Bob Jones University, and his master’s degree in collaborative piano from the Cleveland Institute of Music.

MASTERWORKS 5 First Baptist Church of Asheville Saturday, March 18, 2023, 8:00 p.m.

Inspired by the Royal Palace of Aranjuez outside of Madrid, Rodrigo captures “the fragrance of magnolias, the singing of birds, and the gushing of fountains” in his concerto for classical guitar. Accompanied by Vrebalov’s Gratitude from Sea Ranch Songs and Frank’s Coqueteos from Leyendas, Beethoven closes this program with his “revolutionary” First Symphony — a sparkling declaration of his young talent.

Vrebalov Gratitude from The Sea Ranch Songs Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez Frank Coqueteos from Leyendas Beethoven Symphony No. 1

Guitar Ana Vidovic An extraordinary talent with formidable gifts, guitarist Ana Vidovic is taking her place amongst the elite musicians of the world today. Known for her beautiful tone, precise technique, well-defined phrasing and thoughtful artistry, Vidovic’s international performances includes frequent recitals, concerto engagements and festival appearances around the world.

MASTERWORKS 6 Thomas Wolfe Auditorium Saturday, April 15, 2023, 8:00 p.m.

Deeply rooted in American orchestral music is a sense of triumph over adversity. DuBois’ exploration of We Shall Overcome embodies that powerful and unifying sentiment. Followed by Herbert’s inspirational Cello Concerto No. 2, witness the dawn of American symphonic music with Dvořák’s New World Symphony, a uniquely American masterwork inspired

by Native and Black melodies.

DuBois Fanfare on We Shall Overcome Herbert Cello Concerto No. 2 Dvořák Symphony No. 9 “From the New World”

Cello Amit Peled Praised by The Strad magazine and The New York Times, internationally renowned cellist Amit Peled returns to perform with your Asheville Symphony. An accomplished cellist, educator, and conductor, Peled has performed in many of the world’s most prestigious venues and is acclaimed as one of the most exciting and virtuosic instrumentalists on the concert stage today.

MASTERWORKS 7 Thomas Wolfe Auditorium Saturday, May 20, 2023, 8:00 p.m.

American music is ever-evolving, refusing to be constrained by tradition or expectation. Our soloist and Asheville Amadeus Festival headliner, Béla Fleck, brings that same approach to the banjo by rediscovering and redefining the instrument. Doubling as our season closer and Asheville Amadeus Festival finale, this program challenges and explores the many shades of Americana.

Bach Chaconne from Violin Partita No. 2 Fleck The Imposter Concerto Ellington Caravan Bernstein Symphonic Dances from West Side Story

Banjo Béla Fleck Just in case you aren’t familiar with Béla Fleck, there are some who say he’s the world’s premier banjo player. Others claim that Béla has virtually reinvented the image and the sound of the banjo through a remarkable performing and recording career that has taken him all over the musical map and on a range of solo projects and collaborations. If you are familiar with Béla, you know that he just loves to play the banjo, and put it into unique settings.

ASHEVILLE SYMPHONY PRICES & SEAT SELECTION Prime

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Masterworks Full Series Subscription Adult Youth

$525 $385

$465 $325

$405 $145

$225 $145

Masterworks Pick3 Subscription (not including MW5) Adult Youth

$225 $165

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$165 $45

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Masterworks Single Tickets (not including MW5) Adult Youth

$75 $55

$65 $45

$55 $15

$25 $15

New Year's Eve with 007 Adult Youth

$85 $65

$70 $55

$55 $45

$40 $35

Masterworks 5: Guitarra Española General Admission

Adult: $75 Youth: $55

Piano Recital with Evren Ozel General Admission

Adult: $45 Youth: $15

ALT ASO Performances General Admission Visit AshevilleSymphony.org to purchase tickets

$45

EVENTS & PAYMENT Masterworks Full Series Subscription Tickets to all seven Masterworks

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Youth pricing valid for ages 25 and under. Ticket prices include local and state sales tax. The Symphony in the Park performance is free general admission. Pick Three seats are assigned after Full Series subscriptions.

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New Year's Eve with 007 December 31, 2022 @ 8:00 p.m.

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Seven Masterworks concerts, New Year’s Eve (with Bond... James Bond), four ALT ASO performances, a polyphonic piano recital, the return of Symphony in the Park, and an all new Asheville Amadeus Festival... Get ready to experience your Symphony your way.