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Dear friends of the Columbus Symphony, You are holding in your hands our new brochure, revealing an irresistible collection of artistic experiences we have designed for you! It also unveils our new logo, along with additional information about the upcoming season that I trust you will find inspiring and will hopefully ignite your explorer’s curiosity.
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Photo: Stephen Pariser
Among the many highlights of the season, I would like to focus on our two principal themes: Project: Nature is an initiative that aims to put nature in context as an elemental force of inspiration, poetry, beauty, consolation, and exuberance, through its artistic reflection in the works of some of the greatest composers. In addition, we have established partnerships with several conservancy organizations and together we would like to bring awareness of the important role the nature plays in our lives. Look for a comprehensive schedule of events that will be posted on our website, such as the unveiling of the Columbus Symphony Grove in Franklin Park, nature walks ending with musical performances,
and special multimedia presentations during our concerts. Focus: Creative Women is an exciting series of events, including concerts, lectures, master classes, and conversations with female artists and composers. Pulitzer Prize winner Caroline Shaw will give a workshop for local composers, Andreia Pinto-Coreia will compose a new work for us, the music of cult composer Kaja Saariajo will sound on the stage of Ohio Theatre, and the Ohio-based composer Margaret Brewer will be featured on the closing concert of the season. We will welcome pianists Natasha Paremski and Simone Dinnerstein, violinist Jennifer Koh, and conductor JoAnn Faletta to what promises to be a significant platform for celebrating women’s contributions in the field of music. As always, I hope that the music moves you and we can share together in another year of unforgettable musical experiences! Yours, Rossen Milanov Music Director
With Columbus Symphony Chorus
Spanish Flamenco Festival With dancer Griset Damas and Rodrigo’s Guitar Concerto
Two Russian Winter Festivals With focus on the music of Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich, and Rachmaninoff
Photo: Chris Lee
Photo: Lisa Marie Mazzucco
With photographic essay by Stephen Pariser
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Strauss’s Alpine Symphony
Photo: Carlos Mario Lena
Photo: Stephen Pariser
Photo: Randall Schieber
Brahms’s German Requiem
Beethoven Marathon All five Beethoven Piano concertos experienced in one weekend
Joshua Bell Returns Joshua Bell returns to Columbus! One night only!
Verdi’s Aida In collaboration with Opera Columbus
Debussy: Impressionism La Mer and Three Nocturnes
Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique A Romantic icon
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Accompaniments Throughout the season, events and additional concerts accompany the main Masterworks concerts. Preludes Each Masterworks performance will include a 30-minute, pre-concert dialogue with a variety of speakers, including Rossen, WOSU’s Christopher Purdy, and Subject Matter lecturers. Each Prelude takes place in the theatre beginning at 7pm.
Postludes Patrons are invited to stay after the concert and enjoy a variety of Postlude events following select performances. Postludes could include the performance of an additional, related work for a small ensemble, a post-performance talk-back with Rossen and the featured guest, dance demonstrations, or food and drink tastings.
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Mozart to Matisse The Columbus Symphony and Columbus Museum of Art will collaborate in a series of afternoon lectures that pair chamber music performances by Symphony musicians with works from the CMA art collection. The presentation will focus on specific periods in upcoming CSO Masterworks concerts and explore the common themes and aesthetic influences between music and visual art. These events will take place at the CMA. Subject Matter Throughout the season, Preludes take on a unique twist as professors from The Ohio State University give engaging lectures that connect the evening’s music with related topics. Friday Coffee Dress (Friday Dress Rehearsals)
Select Masterworks programs in 2017–18 will offer $10 general admission tickets to Friday morning dress rehearsals. Experience a working rehearsal with repertoire selected by Rossen. Coffee and snacks are included in the ticket price!
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Season Themes Two themes are threaded throughout the 2017–18 Masterworks Series, unifying the thirteen artistically independent concerts.
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Project: Nature Exploring symphonic works inspired by natural wonders to bring awareness of our relationship with the Earth through art. Partnerships with The Nature Conservancy, Branch Out Columbus, and the Grange Insurance Audubon Center combine nature initiatives with orchestral art.
Focus: Creative Women Engaging with living female composers, conductors, and performers to celebrate their creative output. Partnerships with the Columbus Museum of Art and the League of American Orchestras broaden the artistic platforms.
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Concerts
An Alpine Symphony
September 22–23, 2017 | 8pm • Ohio Theatre
Nature
Rossen Milanov, conductor
Program
Respighi: I pini di Roma [The Pines of Rome] Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie, (An Alpine Symphony) Op. 64 For centuries, landscape painters have tried to capture the awesome power of Nature. Maestro Milanov and the Columbus Symphony perform two of the most iconic symphonic landscapes. Alpine Symphony will feature a photographic essay by Stephen Pariser filmed in the Swiss Alps. Brass players from the OSU School of Music sit alongside Columbus Symphony musicians in The Pines of Rome to enhance the musical experience.
Accompaniments
Photo essay: Steven Pariser
Prelude: Christopher Purdy and Rossen Milanov
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Beethoven: Pastoral Symphony October 20–21, 2017 | 8pm • Southern Theatre
Nature
Creative Women
Rossen Milanov, conductor Caroline Shaw, violin
Program Haydn: Symphony No. 59 in A Major, Hob. 1:59 (“The Fire”) Caroline Shaw: Lo
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F Major Op. 68 (“Pastoral”) Ludwig van Beethoven and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Caroline Shaw are spaced two centuries apart, but both composers speak with a provocative voice that is raw, earthy, and dug deep from the soul.
Accompaniments Prelude: Christopher Purdy Postlude (Fri): Thurber Bar
Postlude (Sat): Talk-back with Caroline Shaw
Photo: Alex Lee
Bonus event: Meet at the Grange Insurance Audubon Center
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for a Pastoral Symphony-inspired guided walk through the Scioto Audubon Metro Park on Sunday, Oct. 22 | 2pm, culminating in a performance of a Beethoven string quartet by Columbus Symphony musicians.
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Spanish Flamenco Festival: Rodrigo’s Guitar Concerto November 3–4, 2017 | 8pm • Ohio Theatre
Spanish Flamenco Festival
Rossen Milanov, conductor Jason Vieaux, guitar Griset Damas, flamenco dance artist
Program Falla: El Amor Brujo Suite
Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar and Orchestra Albeniz: Chants d’Espagne
Photo: GMD Three
Chapi: La Revoltosa: Preludio Grammy® Award-winning guitarist Jason Vieaux and flamenco dancer Griset Damas join the Columbus Symphony in an all-Spanish evening. Teeming with passion and exoticism, the program spans the genres of the Iberian Peninsula, from flamenco to zarzuela.
Accompaniments Mozart to Matisse: The Art of Spain, Nov. 1 | 2pm Friday Coffee Dress: Nov. 3 | 10am
Prelude (Fri): Subject Matter: Casticismo and National Identity in Spanish Music, Art and Culture, 1800–1900. Prof. Rebecca Haidt, OSU Dept. of Spanish and Portugese Prelude (Sat): Christopher Purdy
Postlude: Lobby Fiesta! with Spanish dance and music.
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Russian Winter Festival I: Rachmaninoff and Tchaikovsky
Creative Women
January 19–20, 2018 | 8pm • Ohio Theatre
Russian Winter Festival
Rossen Milanov, conductor Natasha Paremski, piano
Program Mussorgsky: A Night on a Bald Mountain
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18 Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 (“Classical”)
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet Overture-Fantasy The Russian Winter Festival returns with passionate, exotic, and exuberant selections from the vast treasury of Russian repertoire!
Accompaniments
Mozart to Matisse: Russian Landscapes, Jan. 17 | 2pm Friday Coffee Dress: Jan. 19 | 10am Photo: Andrea Joynt
Prelude: Christopher Purdy and Rossen Milanov
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Postlude (Fri.): Talk-back with the artists Postlude (Sat.): Vodka tasting
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Aida in Concert
In Collaboration with Opera Columbus February 2, 2018 | 8pm & February 4, 2018 | 3pm • Ohio Theatre
Creative Women
Rossen Milanov, conductor Mary Birnbaum, director Columbus Symphony Chorus Ronald J. Jenkins, chorus director
Cast
Michelle Johnson, Aida Marc Heller, Radamès Laura Tucker, Amneris Brian Major, Amonasro
Program
Verdi: Aida Amid the magnificence of ancient Egypt, an Ethiopian princess and an Egyptian prince are entwined in a tragic love story. This is a uniquely Columbus collaboration with Opera Columbus, the Columbus Zoo, and members of The Ohio State University Marching Band!
Accompaniments:
Prelude: Christopher Purdy
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Russian Winter Festival II: Shostakovich and Rachmaninoff February 9–10, 2018 | 8pm • Ohio Theatre
Russian Winter Festival
Rossen Milanov, conductor Augustin Hadelich, violin
Program
Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No.1 in A Minor, Op. 99 Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 27 Grammy® Award-winning violinist Augustin Hadelich takes on the edgy realism of Shostakovich, which is juxtaposed with the romantic world of Rachmaninoff’s Second Symphony.
Accompaniments
Photo: Luca Valenta
Friday Coffee Dress: Feb. 9 | 10am Prelude: Subject Matter: Russia in War and Revolution: The Worlds of Rachamaninoff and Shostakovich Dr. Nicholas Breyfogle, OSU Dept. of History Postlude: Shostakovich String Quartet performance by Columbus Symphony musicians
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Beethoven Marathon February 23–24, 2018 | 8pm • Southern Theatre
Courtney Lewis, conductor Inon Barnatan, piano
Program
Beethoven: The five Piano Concertos over two nights Friday: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 15 Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major, Op. 19 Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58 Saturday: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 37 Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major, Op. 73 (“Emperor”)
Photo: Marco Borggreve
Two nights. All five Beethoven piano concertos. Pure bliss. Celebrated Israeli pianist Inon Barnatan and British conductor Courtney Lewis collaborate to bring a one-of-a-kind experience to Columbus.
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Accompaniments
Prelude: Christopher Purdy Postlude (Fri.): Thurber Bar Postlude (Sat.): Beethoven: Octet for Winds, Op. 103
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Photo: Steven Pariser
Mozart to Brahms via Paris March 2–3, 2018 | 8pm • Ohio Theatre
Creative Women
JoAnn Falletta, conductor Alexi Kenney, violin
Program
Boulanger: D’un soir triste Boulanger: D’un matin de printemps Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 3 in G Major, K. 216 Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 68 A perfect pairing of Mozart and Brahms, accompanied by the lush, impressionstic music of Lili Boulanger conducted by JoAnn Falletta, who blazed the trail for the great female maestras of the late 20th century.
Accompaniments
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Photo: David Adam Beloff
Photo: Yang Bao
Friday Coffee Dress: Mar. 2 | 10am Prelude: Christopher Purdy Postlude: Talk-back with the artists
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Mendelssohn’s “Scottish,” Copland, and Beethoven March 16–17, 2018 | 8pm • Ohio Theatre
Jayce Ogren, conductor David Thomas, clarinet
Program
Beethoven: Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21 Copland: Clarinet Concerto Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 56 (“Scottish”) The rustic romanticism of Mendelssohn and the coarseness of youthful Beethoven are juxtaposed with a virtuosic concerto written for the legendary jazz clarinetist Benny Goodman, performed by David Thomas, Principal Clarinetist of the Columbus Symphony.
Accompaniments Photo: Pavana Stetzik
Prelude: Christopher Purdy
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Brahms: Requiem March 23–24, 2018 | 8pm • Ohio Theatre
Creative Women
Rossen Milanov, conductor Abigail Rethwisch, soprano Jarrett Ott, baritone Columbus Symphony Chorus Ronald J. Jenkins, chorus director
Program
Saariaho: Leino Songs, for soprano and orchestra Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem, Op. 45 (A German Requiem) Brahms’s A German Requiem is a work that surpasses religious context to convey peace and hope through the power of music. This program pairs the music of Brahms with a mystical song cycle by Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho.
Photo: Dario Acosta
Accompaniments
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Mozart to Matisse: Women Artists, Mar. 21 | 2pm Prelude: Subject Matter: Poetry in Music Prof. Jeremy Glazier, Ohio Dominican Univ. Dept. of English Postlude: Talk-back with the artists
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Symphonie Fantastique April 6–7, 2018 | 8pm • Ohio Theatre
Creative Women
Rossen Milanov, conductor Jennifer Koh, violin
Program
Andreia Pinto-Correia: Ciprés* Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 47 Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, Op. 14 The extraordinary tale of an intoxicated artist caught in a dream-turned-nightmare comes to life in Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique. The magic of Berlioz is reflected in the work of Andreia Pinto-Correia, who blends Iberian folk tunes into her eccentric musical language.
Accompaniments
Photo: Juergen Frank
Friday Coffee Dress: Apr. 6 | 10am Prelude: Christopher Purdy Postlude: Talk-back with the artists
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*World premiere made possible by the League of American Orchestras with the generous support of the Virginia B. Toulman Foundation.
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Impressionistic Scenes April 13–14, 2018 | 8pm • Ohio Theatre
Nature
Creative Women
Rossen Milanov, conductor Simone Dinnerstein, piano Columbus Symphony Women’s Chorus Ronald J. Jenkins, chorus director
Program
Debussy: Nocturnes Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major, K. 488 Saad Haddad: Columbus Symphony commission and world premiere Debussy: La Mer In commemoration of Debussy in the centennial of his death, Maestro Milanov and the Columbus Symphony perform two of his most iconic works, revealing a world of impressionistic wonder.
Accompaniments
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Photo: Lisa Marie Mazzucco
Mozart to Matisse: Impressionism and the Sea, Apr. 11 | 2pm Prelude: Subject Matter: Moods and Views of the Ocean Dr. Lawrence Krissek, OSU School of Earth Sciences Postlude: Talk-back with the artists
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Joshua Bell Returns!
SPECIAL EVENT: May 10, 2018 | 8pm • Ohio Theatre
Creative Women
Rossen Milanov, conductor Joshua Bell, violin
Program
Margaret Brouwer: Pulse Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 26 Brahms: Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98 For one night only, classical music’s star violinist returns to the Columbus Symphony for the first time since 1999, to perform the deeply romantic concerto of Max Bruch. Maestro Milanov closes the season with Brahms’s glowing final symphony.
Accompaniments
Photo: Chris Lee
Prelude: Christopher Purdy
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Aida in Concert
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