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Music is the universal language that unites people, bridges social divisions, inspires us to be the best we can be, and elevates our aspirations. The Columbus Symphony and I are fortunate to have the privilege to be your orchestra and source of inspiration!
Photo: Stephen Pariser
With these guiding principles, it is my great pleasure to present to you our new brochure outlining the Symphony’s 2018–2019 Masterworks season. We like to think of our concerts as a collection of irresistibly unique experiences that will provide a wide array of choices for you to consider.
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This year’s primary focus will be on the Columbus Symphony itself: its wonderful musicians and their virtuosity! I hope you will agree that it doesn’t get more exciting than having the chance to hear live works such as Dukas’ The Sorcerer’s Apprentice and Stokowski’s arrangement of Bach’s Toccata and Fugue, both of which were featured in the Disney classic Fantasia. Or why not attend one of the numerous Festivals, such as Columbus’ favorite Russian Winter Festival? For the flamenco lovers, back by popular demand, we will have the opportunity to enjoy the artistry of Columbus’ own flamenco star, Griset Damas. The Nordic Myths Festival will focus on the music of the Scandinavian composers Grieg and Sibelius, with enhanced video elements that will create a unique atmosphere around the music. The Italian Festival at the Southern Theater will host the performance of Paganini’s devilishly difficult First Violin Concerto, featuring Rachel Barton Pine. Two of our own musicians will make their solo debuts with the Symphony:
our principal trumpet George Goad and concertmaster Joanna Frankel. One of the accents of the season is the celebration of Leonard Bernstein’s 100th birthday with some of his most popular Broadway-inspired works. Two important choral works will be presented this season, giving an opportunity for the Columbus Symphony Chorus to shine brightly in a full version of Handel’s Messiah and Mozart’s Requiem. We are proud to be collaborating with worldclass artists such as Leila Josefowicz, Sergei Babayan, Dominic Cheli, John Axelrod, and Daniel Boico, to mention just a few. Mahler’s Fifth Symphony will be the glorious conclusion of what I hope you will find an absolutely irresistible season! As always, there will be surprises, such as encores after each concert, preludes, and postludes featuring our own musicians in chamber music mini-concerts, receptions, tastings, and special opportunities to meet the artists up close in our Talk Back sessions. Let’s enjoy another year of unforgettable musical journeys together! We love seeing you in our concert halls! (And don’t forget how much we enjoy the rhythmic clapping!) Yours in music,
Rossen Music Director
Featuring Dukas’ The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
With the Columbus Symphony Chorus
Leonard Bernstein’s Centenary
Two Russian Winter Festivals
Nordic Myths Festival Scandinavian music and an original video art project
Italian Festival With Rachel Barton Pine performing Paganini
Photo: Andi Ripley
Spanish Flamenco Festival With flamenco dancer Griset Damas
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Featuring BalletMet principal dancers and pianist Sergei Babayan
Photo: Jason Gay
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Accents
The best of Broadway
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Handel’s Messiah
Photo: Jennifer Zmuda
Photo: Randall Schieber
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Opening Night Celebration
Beethoven Marathon Concertmaster Joanna Frankel makes her solo debut
The Trumpet Shall Sound Principal Trumpet George Goad makes his solo debut
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Accompaniments Throughout the season, a variety of events accompany the main Masterworks concerts. Preludes Each Masterworks performance will include a 30-minute, pre-concert dialogue with speakers, including Rossen, WOSU’s Christopher Purdy, and professors from local universities. 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 performances. Postludes will feature Columbus Symphony musicians in chamber music mini-concerts, receptions, tastings, and special opportunities to meet the artists up close in our Talk Back sessions.
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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 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 and other local universities give engaging lectures that connect the evening’s music with related topics. Friday Coffee Dress (Friday Dress Rehearsals)
Select Masterworks programs in 2018–19 will offer $10 general admission tickets to Friday morning dress rehearsals. Experience a working rehearsal and catch a glimpse of the final stages of the Columbus Symphony polishing concert repertoire. Coffee and donuts are included in the ticket price!
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Photo: Randall Schieber
2018–19 Leading Supporters
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In Full Splendor: Opening Night at the Symphony September 21–22, 2018 | 8pm • Ohio Theatre Rossen Milanov, conductor
Program
Bach/Stokowski: Toccata and Fugue in D Minor Wagner: “Ride of the Valkyries” from Die Walküre Dukas: L’apprenti sorcier (The Sorcerer’s Apprentice) Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra The new Masterworks season opens with a concert inspired by the Disney classic, Fantasia. Bach’s majestic music as seen through the eyes of the legendary conductor Stokowski and Wagner’s terrifying “Ride of the Valkyries” are paired with the rich orchestral palettes of Dukas’ The Sorcerer’s Apprentice and Strauss’ iconic Also Sprach Zarathustra, made famous by the film 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Photo: Jennifer Zmuda
Accompaniments
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Prelude: Christopher Purdy
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Leonard Berstein Centennial Celebration October 12–13, 2018 | 8pm • Ohio Theatre Rossen Milanov, conductor Daniel Rowland, violin Jennifer Lynn Cherest, soprano Columbus Symphony Chorus Ronald J. Jenkins, chorus director
Photo: Paul de Hueck, Courtesy of the Leonard Bernstein Office
Program
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Bernstein: On the Town: Three Dance Episodes Bernstein/Brohn: West Side Story: Suite for Violin and Orchestra Bernstein: Candide: Overture Bernstein: Candide:“Glitter and Be Gay” Bernstein/Harmon: Candide: Suite Legendary composer, conductor, and educator Leonard Bernstein is celebrated in this unique concert featuring a kaleidoscope of his most popular works heard on Broadway.
Accompaniments Prelude: Christopher Purdy
Postlude: Talk Back with Daniel Rowland and Rossen
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Italian Festival October 26–27, 2018 | 8pm • Southern Theatre Daniel Boico, conductor Rachel Barton Pine, violin
Program Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite III Paganini: Violin Concerto No. 1
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 “Italian” The extraordinary violinist Rachel Barton Pine returns to Columbus to tackle Paganini’s devilishly difficult Violin Concerto No. 1. Guest conductor Daniel Boico leads a marvelous tour of Italy with the music of Respighi and Mendelssohn’s Italian Symphony.
Accompaniments
Photo: Andrew Eccles
Mozart to Matisse: Oct. 24 | 2pm, Italian Impressionism: The Macchiaioli
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Prelude: Subject Matter: An International Melting Pot: The Roman Art Scene circa 1830, Dr. Andrew Carrington Shelton, Professor of History of Art, The Ohio State University Postlude (Fri.): Thurber Bar — Meet and mingle with the woodwind and percussion players Postlude (Sat.): Paganini’s Virtuosity — a talk and demonstration by Rachel Barton Pine
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Handel: Messiah November 9-10, 2018 | 8pm • Ohio Theatre Rossen Milanov, conductor Alexandra Razskazoff, soprano Amanda Lynn Bottoms, mezzo-soprano Jonas Marcel Hacker, tenor Andrew Bogard, bass-baritone Columbus Symphony Chorus Ronald J. Jenkins, chorus director
Program Handel: Messiah A performance of Messiah is an unforgettable experience. After a long hiatus, Handel’s masterpiece returns to the Columbus Symphony, featuring amazing soloists and the incredible Columbus Symphony Chorus.
Accompaniments
Photo: Randall Schieber
Prelude: Christopher Purdy
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Postlude: Talk Back with Ronald Jenkins and Rossen
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Russian Winter Festival I: Leningrad Symphony January 4–5, 2019 | 8pm • Ohio Theatre Rossen Milanov, conductor
Program The War Symphonies: Shostakovich Against Stalin (film excerpt) Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7 “Leningrad” The Russian Winter Festival opens the new year in grandiose fashion with a performance of Shostakovich’s iconic Leningrad Symphony, inspired by Nazi Germany’s siege of the city during World War II. One of the composer’s most powerful compositions, this work conveys tragedy, oppression, resistance, and ultimately, victory.
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Mozart to Matisse: Jan. 2 | 2pm Soviet Posters During World War II Prelude: Rossen and Columbus Symphony musicians discuss life behind the Iron Curtain Postlude: OYO Vodka tasting
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Russian Winter Festival II: Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto January 11–12, 2019 | 8pm • Ohio Theatre Rossen Milanov, conductor Sergei Babayan, piano Principal Dancers from BalletMet
Program
Tchaikovsky: Suite from The Sleeping Beauty Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 Tchaikovsky’s passionate, romantic music is juxtaposed with Prokofiev’s bold symphonic tableaux. The virtuosity and brilliant orchestral colors of the Columbus Symphony shine brightly in this magnificent concert.
Photo: Marco Borggreve
Accompaniments
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Friday Coffee Dress: Jan. 11 | 10am Prelude: Christopher Purdy Postlude: Talk Back with Sergei Babayan and Rossen
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Beethoven Marathon: Joanna Plays Beethoven January 25–26, 2019 | 8pm • Ohio Theatre Rossen Milanov, conductor Joanna Frankel, violin
Program
Beethoven: Violin Concerto Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 “Eroica” Concertmaster Joanna Frankel makes her solo debut with the Columbus Symphony performing Beethoven’s spiritual Violin Concerto. The epic “Eroica” Symphony completes this program devoted to the great German composer.
Photo: Lisa-Marie Mazzucco
Accompaniments
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Friday Coffee Dress: Jan. 25 | 10am Prelude: Subject Matter: Legacies of Revolution in Napoleonic Europe, Elizabeth Andrews Bond, Assistant Professor of History, The Ohio State University Postlude: Columbus Symphony string quartet performing Beethoven
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Spanish Flamenco Festival: From Seville to the New World March 1–2, 2019 | 8pm • Palace Theatre John Axelrod, conductor Griset Damas, flamenco dancer Flamenco Dance Company of Columbus
Program
Turina: Danzas fantásticas Falla: La Vida Breve: Danse Espagnole No. 1 Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 “From the New World” The Columbus Symphony returns to the newly-renovated Palace Theatre in a concert featuring local flamenco star Griset Damas and John Axelrod, Musical Director of the Royal Seville Symphony Orchestra, who join forces in music inspired by adventure and Spanish exoticism. Dvořák’s richly melodic New World Symphony enchants with its rhythmic vitality.
Photo: Stephen Pariser
Accompaniments
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Prelude: A discussion with guest conductor John Axelrod and Jeremy Glazier, Professor of English, Ohio Dominican University Postlude: Flamenco dance demonstration by Griset Damas with sangria tasting
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Nordic Myths Festival: Grieg’s Piano Concerto March 15–16, 2019 | 8pm • Ohio Theatre Rossen Milanov, conductor Alessio Bax, piano Jason Gay, video artist
Program
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde: Prelude & Liebestod Grieg: Piano Concerto Sibelius: Lemminkäinen Suite (Four Legends from The Kalevala) Celtic myths inspire Wagner’s passionate love story of Tristan and Isolde, while Grieg’s Piano Concerto immortalizes the beauty of the Nordic landscape. Finnish myths from The Kalevala come to life in the expansive music of Sibelius, accompanied by original video art by Jason Gay.
Photo: Lisa-Marie Mazzucco
Accompaniments
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Mozart to Matisse: Mar. 13 | 2pm Scandinavian Paintings: Myth & Reality Friday Coffee Dress: Mar. 15 | 10am Prelude: Christopher Purdy Postlude: Columbus Symphony brass quintet
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Mozart: Requiem March 29–30, 2019 | 8pm • Ohio Theatre
Alexandra Nowakowski
Rossen Milanov, conductor Alexandra Nowakowski, soprano Hannah Ludwig, mezzo-soprano Roy Hage, tenor Adam Cioffari, bass-baritone Columbus Symphony Chorus Ronald J. Jenkins, chorus director
Program
Bates: Auditorium Mozart: Requiem
Hannah Ludwig
Mozart’s last and unfinished masterpiece is haunting and enigmatic. The Columbus Symphony Chorus and a quartet of vocalists lead this emotional journey, preceded by a clever piece by Mason Bates that combines technology and live sound to depict an orchestra of historic instruments.
Accompaniments Prelude: Subject Matter: Summoning Spirits: A Musical Séance Jeremy Glazier, Professor of English, Ohio Dominican University
Photo: Fay Fox
Photo: Stephen Pariser
Roy Hage
Postlude (Fri.): Sheraton Bar — Meet and mingle with the string players
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The Trumpet Shall Sound April 5–6, 2019 | 8pm • Ohio Theatre
Rossen Milanov, conductor Dominic Cheli, piano George Goad, trumpet
Program
Janáček: Sinfonietta Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 1 Stravinsky: The Fairy’s Kiss: Divertimento Three iconic 20th century works combine originality of musical language, intricate textures, and sonic beauty. Principal Trumpet George Goad makes his solo debut alongside rising-star pianist Dominic Cheli in Shostakovich’s mercurial concerto for piano, trumpet, and string orchestra.
Accompaniments
Photo: Andi Ripley
Mozart to Matisse: April 3 | 2pm, Modern Masters Prelude: Subject Matter: What’s the Difference between Homage, Quotation, and Satire? Dr. Arved Ashby, Professor and Head of Musicology, The Ohio State University
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Postlude (Fri.): Sheraton Bar — Meet and mingle with the brass players
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Mahler Five May 3–4, 2019 | 8pm • Ohio Theatre Rossen Milanov, conductor Leila Josefowicz, violin
Program
Adès: Violin Concerto “Concentric Paths” Mahler: Symphony No. 5 Mahler’s most popular and life-affirming symphony opens a world full of beauty, love, nostalgia, and divine exuberance — a potentially life-changing experience! Leila Josefowicz returns to Columbus with one of her signature works in this grand season finale.
Accompaniments
Photo: Chris Lee
Prelude: Christopher Purdy Postlude: Sheraton Bar — Toast the end of the season with a special cocktail created by Rossen and mingle with the musicians, board members, and staff of the Columbus Symphony
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Artwork by Anna Tas
My collaboration with the Columbus Symphony:
Dukas: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Bernstein: West Side Story
Paganini: Violin Concerto No. 1
Handel’s Messiah
Russian Winter Festival I
Russian Winter Festival II
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 “Eroica”
Spanish Flamenco Festival
Sibelius: The Swan of Tuonela
It has been both an exciting challenge to create these twelve pieces for the 2018–2019 season, and a real pleasure to collaborate with Music Director Rossen Milanov. From the very beginning, it was clear that not only must the pieces be eye-catching and communicative of the theme of each concert, but also try to evocate some of the artistry and emotion of the musical performance itself. With this in mind, I drew on my background of working with lenticular images and translated that movement into a visual fusion — something that anchored the theme, at the same time allowing the freedom of expression that I felt the pieces needed. To create the colorful visuals (which, in their original forms online, swirl and move), I mixed metallic pigments into a particular blend of soap and oils, and then
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Janáček: Sinfonietta
agitated the components whilst shooting continuous frames. Thousands of frames are shot, from which a careful section is made and then animated, with the anchor image overlaid to give the finished piece. Within these swirling pigments, there are many influences — the abstract expressionism of Jackson Pollock’s drip paintings; the surrealist, golden layers of Gustav Klimt, even scientific imaging that capture the vastness of space to the tiniest microorganisms. About Anna Tas Anna Tas is a British-born artist who has been the recipient of many awards and has exhibited both nationally and internationally. She lives in Philadelphia, where she graduated with honours from the University of the Arts. Her work allows the audience to interpret what they see in their own way, as well as stimulating discussion about how we see and how images persist in our minds. Anna’s work is held in private collections around the world, including New York, Miami, London, Amsterdam, Rome, New Delhi, and Hong Kong.
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