2019-2020 Season Brochure

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Dear Friends,

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Welcome to another season of inspirational music! We believe that music is a universal form of human expression that creates a broader frame for teaching us empathy. By broadening the art form, we can be inclusive of different ways of presenting orchestral music; not only to be respectful of established traditions, but also to innovate and reimagine the concert format and eliminate the boundaries that prevent us from bringing our art to everyone in the community. I am so fortunate to have the opportunity to be part of the upward trajectory of the Columbus Symphony, and to be at the helm of our wonderful orchestra. Our musicians play such an important part of the success of our organization — not only with their performances on our stages, but also with their impact on the community through the Symphony’s educational and outreach activities.

This year, we are launching Putting the Star in Columbus, a multi-year initiative that connects our striving for artistic excellence with a deeplyrooted commitment to community service and audience development. We will present internationally acclaimed artists; create programs with breadth and unique vision; form artistic partnerships with performers, composers, and creative artists; and focus on diversity and collaborating with other local arts and cultural organizations. We will follow and artistically reflect the spirit of innovation of our vibrant, dynamically growing city and region.

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As part of Putting the Star in Columbus, we will welcome to our stage world-class artists such as Pablo Ferrández, a prize winner of the prestigious Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow; Cameron Carpenter, internationally acclaimed organist; the cellist and composer Joshua Roman; Cristina Pato, a Galician bagpiper; and the Columbus audience favorite, Natasha Paremski.

We begin the season with Twisted 3, the highlyanticipated collaboration between the Columbus Symphony, Ballet Met, CAPA, and Opera Columbus. The CSO will be presenting a highly original version of Stravinsky’s ballet Pétrouchka, featuring puppets and involving the musicians and myself as actors.

I hope to see you again this season for more unforgettable musical experiences as we Put the Star in Columbus!

Yours, Rossen Milanov Music Director

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As Columbus gains more and more recognition as a fantastic place to live and visit, we are making sure the Columbus Symphony continues to contribute to our city’s growing national and international profile.

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We are launching Putting the Star In Columbus, a new initiative that will connect the Columbus Symphony to strategic civic priorities and advance Columbus as a destination and a great place to live, work, and raise a family.

In the pages ahead, you will notice the Putting the Star in Columbus logo which signifies our commitment to:

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• Bringing internationally-acclaimed artists to the Columbus stage, including classical superstars and popular artists that appeal to diverse audiences.

• Developing a group of nationally-recognized artists, who will make regular appearances with the Orchestra.

• New programs that will develop and celebrate central Ohio artists and musicians.

• An innovative approach to community service through Columbus Symphony Cares, partnering with central Ohio human service organizations to bring the joy and power of great music to the most vulnerable members of our community.

Putting the Star in Columbus will strengthen and transform the Orchestra’s profile and position in the central Ohio community, and will elevate Columbus’ reputation as a great city for arts and culture. We invite you to join us!

• Unique and spectacular programming, which will redefine the Columbus Symphony concert experience.

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Chihuly Festival: Bluebeard’s Castle* *Dale Chihuly The Garden, 2007 8½ x 7 x 4’ Stage set for Bartók’s opera Bluebeard’s Castle Virginia Arts Festival, Norfolk, 2015 © Chihuly Studio

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Accompaniments Throughout the season a variety of events accompany the Masterworks concerts.

Preludes Each Masterworks performance will include a 30-minute, pre-concert discussion featuring Rossen, Christopher Purdy, and featured guests. Each Prelude takes place in the theatre beginning at 7pm.

Friday Coffee Dress (Friday Dress Rehearsals) Select Masterworks programs in 2019–20 will offer $10 general admission tickets to Friday morning dress rehearsals. Observe a working rehearsal as the musicians and conductor put the finishing touches of the concert program to be performed that evening. Coffee and donuts are included in the ticket price!

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Postludes Patrons are invited to stay after the concert and enjoy a variety of Postlude events.

Postludes will feature Columbus Symphony musicians in chamber music miniconcerts, receptions, tastings, and special opportunities to meet the artists up close in our Talk Back sessions.

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 explore the connections and aesthetic influences between music and visual art.

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Twisted 3 September 26 | 7:30pm September 27 & 28 | 8pm, and September 29, 2019 | 3pm • Ohio Theatre Rossen Milanov, conductor BalletMet CAPA Columbus Symphony Orchestra Opera Columbus

Program

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Stravinsky: Petrushka Puccini: Gianni Schicchi Riisager: Selections from Études

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Stravinsky’s Petrushka is so familiar in the concert hall that it’s easy to forget that it was originally conceived as a breathtaking theatrical spectacle—a tale of love and death at a Russian Shrovetide Fair. We place the musicians of the Columbus Symphony inside the fairground, turn conductor Rossen Milanov into a magician, and with puppets, performers, and live filmmaking, make Petrushka and his fellow marionettes come startlingly alive.

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American Festival

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October 11–12, 2019 | 7:30pm • Ohio Theatre

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Rossen Milanov, conductor Laquita Mitchell, soprano Melody Wilson, mezzo-soprano Noah Stewart, tenor Malcolm Marriweather, baritone Dashon Burton, bass Columbus Symphony Chorus Ronald J. Jenkins, chorus director

Program

Moravec/Campbell: Sanctuary Road Gershwin: Porgy and Bess: A Concert of Songs (arr. Russell Bennett) Photo: Tatiana Daubek

The American Festival is inspired by two scores that address deeply moving and important moments in this country’s history. Sanctuary Road is an oratorio with text by Mark Campbell based on the writings of Underground Railroad conductor William Still, who helped nearly 800 slaves escape to freedom and meticulously and compassionately documented their lives. Gershwin embodies the love story of Porgy and Bess with unforgettable tunes and captivating rhythms.

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Accompaniments

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Prelude: Join Rossen, Paul Moravec, and Mark Campbell for a pre-concert discussion.

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The Romantic Cello November 1–2, 2019 | 7:30pm • Ohio Theatre Rossen Milanov, conductor Pablo Ferrández, cello

Program Torres: Tres Pinturas Velazqueñas Elgar: Cello Concerto

Brahms: Symphony No. 3 The intimate voice of the cello finds one of its most glorious and moving embodiments in Elgar’s Cello Concerto. The sparkling orchestration of Torres’ Tres Pinturas Velazqueñas is an aural reflection of three of the most famous paintings by Diego Velázquez. Brahms’ music is timeless and universal, and hearing this rarely-performed masterwork will transport you to a world of passion and beauty.

Accompaniments

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Prelude: Join Christopher Purdy from Classical 101 for a pre-concert discussion.

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Chopin Piano Concerto and Enigma Variations November 15 –16, 2019 | 7:30pm • Ohio Theatre Rossen Milanov, conductor Fei-Fei, piano

Program Mendelssohn: Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 Elgar: Enigma Variations

A musical mystery that has not been solved for more than a century is the theme that opens the celebrated Enigma Variations by the British composer known for his grand, yet intimate, style. Each one of the 13 variations paints a portrait of his closest friends. Perhaps one of the solutions of Elgar’s enigmas could be heard in Mendelssohn’s sea-inspired overture that opens the program. Chopin’s Piano Concerto offers great quantities of beautiful writing for the piano.

Accompaniments

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Mozart to Matisse: Nov. 6 | 2pm at CMA — Whistler and Arts & Crafts in England

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Friday Coffee Dress: Nov. 15 | 10am Prelude: Join Rossen for a pre-concert discussion.

Postlude: Stay for a chamber music performance by Columbus Symphony musicians.

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Russian Winter Festival I: Natasha Returns January 10 –11 | 7:30pm, and January 12 | 2pm, 2020 • Ohio Theatre Rossen Milanov, conductor Natasha Paremski, piano

Program

Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 1 Tchaikovsky: Manfred Natasha Paremski returns to perform Rachmaninoff’s first piano concerto with guaranteed passion and brilliant technique. The rarely performed and powerful Manfred symphony will reveal the dramatic genius of Tchaikovsky through a dramatic and deeply moving interpretation of Byron’s poem.

Accompaniments

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Mozart to Matisse: Nov. 29 | 2pm at CMA — Brancusi and the Golden Bird Prelude: Join Rossen for a pre-concert discussion.

Postlude: Join us Saturday night in the pavilion for an OYO vodka tasting.

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Russian Winter Festival II: Masterpieces January 24 –25, 2020 | 7:30pm • Ohio Theatre Rossen Milanov, conductor

Program

Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kije Borodin: Polovtsian Dances Rimski-Korsakov: Suite from The Golden Cockerel Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture Russia spans multiple time zones and cultures, and Russian composers have always had a special interest in portraying the exoticism of distant lands and delivering an unsurpassed melodic beauty, combined with orchestral splendor and virtuosity. The unabridged version of Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture will bring the evening to an apotheosis.

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Accompaniments

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Friday Coffee Dress: Jan. 24 | 10am Prelude: Join Christopher Purdy from Classical 101 for a pre-concert discussion.

Postlude: Join us Saturday night in the pavilion for an OYO vodka tasting.

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Saint-Saëns Organ Symphony with Cameron Carpenter February 21– 22, 2020 | 7:30pm • Ohio Theatre Rossen Milanov, conductor Cameron Carpenter, organ

Program

Jongen: Sinfonia Concertante Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3, “Organ” Iconic organ soloist Cameron Carpenter will star in Jongen’s impressionist masterpiece. Saint-Saëns’ Symphony No. 3 will showcase the Ohio Theatre’s powerful “Mighty Morton” pipe organ — one of the best instruments of its kind in the country.

Accompaniments

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Prelude: Join Rossen for a pre-concert discussion.

Postlude: Stay for a post-concert talkback and demonstration on the “Mighty Morton” organ by Cameron Carpenter.

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Chihuly Festival: Bluebeard’s Castle

February 28– 29, 2020 | 7:30pm • Ohio Theatre Rossen Milanov, conductor Nancy Maultsby, soprano Mark Schnaible, bass-baritone

Program

Strauss: Death and Transfiguration Bartók: Bluebeard’s Castle Inspired by the legend of Bluebeard, Bartók’s iconic opera thriller fuses with celebrated glass artist Dale Chihuly to reveal seven new glass sculptures on stage that represent each character as they open the secret doors of their past.

Accompaniments

Mozart to Matisse: Feb. 19 | 2pm at CMA — Dale Chihuly and Bluebeard’s Castle Prelude: Join Christopher Purdy from Classical 101 for a pre-concert discussion.

Dale Chihuly Stage set for Bartók’s opera Bluebeard’s Castle Virginia Arts Festival, Norfolk, 2015 © Chihuly Studio

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Peaks of Beauty and Devotion March 6–7, 2020 | 7:30pm • Ohio Theatre Rossen Milanov, conductor Joshua Roman, cello

Program

Roman: Cello Concerto Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 The music of the Austrian Romantic composer Anton Bruckner is a powerful, spiritual experience encompassing majestic brass chorales, lyrical beauty, and shining climaxes. The mercurial American artist Joshua Roman performs his own evocative Cello Concerto.

Accompaniments

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Friday Coffee Dress: March 6 | 10am Prelude: Join Christopher Purdy from Classical 101 for a pre-concert discussion.

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Beethoven at 250: An Apotheosis of Energy March 20 – 21, 2020 | 7:30pm • Ohio Theatre

Larry Rachleff, conductor Yoo Jin Jang, violin

Program

Brahms: Violin Concerto Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 “Beethoven at 250” is a celebration of the genius of Ludwig van Beethoven and his long-reaching influence on the way we hear music. The Seventh Symphony is a unique work that explores the hypnotic interplay between rhythm and energy, delivering an unmatched effect of musical exuberance. Brahms’ music continues Beethoven’s traditions. His Violin Concerto is a work of extraordinary beauty, intensity, and technical demands on the soloist.

Accompaniments

Mozart to Matisse: Mar. 11 | 2pm at CMA — Romantic Art of Germany

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Friday Coffee Dress: March 20 | 10am Prelude: Join Christopher Purdy from Classical 101 for a pre-concert discussion.

Postlude: Stay as we celebrate Beethoven at 250 with a chamber music performance by Columbus Symphony musicians.

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The Rite of Spring March 27–28, 2020 | 7:30pm • Ohio Theatre Rossen Milanov, conductor Cristina Pato, bagpipes

Program

Mazzoli: Sinfonia (for Orbiting Spheres) Vasquez: Widows of the Living and the Dead Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring (McPhee) The revolutionary ballet The Rite of Spring never fails to inspire with its pagan melodies and earthy rhythms. Missy Mazzoli, composer in residence with Chicago Symphony, is one of the classical music world’s fastest-rising composing talents. Cristina Pato’s magnetic stage presence and virtuosity showcases the bagpipes as a concert instrument in its own right.

Accompaniments

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Prelude: Join Rossen Milanov for a pre-concert discussion.

Postlude: Stay for a chamber music performance by Columbus Symphony musicians.

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Beethoven at 250: The Ninth Symphony April 17–18, 2020 | 7:30pm • Ohio Theatre Rossen Milanov, conductor Meroë Khalia Adeeb, soprano Quinn Middleman, mezzo-soprano Dennis Shuman, tenor Brent Michael Smith, bass Columbus Symphony Chorus Ronald J. Jenkins, chorus director

Program

Verdi: Stabat Mater Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 The crowning achievement of Beethoven’s symphonic output— a work like no other in scale, spiritual message, and ability to unite people—the Ninth Symphony will combine the forces of the Columbus Symphony and Columbus Symphony Chorus for a grand season finale.

Accompaniments

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Prelude: Join Christopher Purdy from Classical 101 for a pre-concert discussion.

Postlude: Saturday night, celebrate the season finale with Rossen and the musicians in the pavilion.

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2019–20 Special Events Handel: Messiah November 23, 2019 | 7:30pm November 24, 2019 | 2pm Southern Theatre Rossen Milanov, conductor Columbus Symphony Chorus Ronald J. Jenkins, chorus director

Program Handel: Messiah

February 8, 2020 | 7:30pm Ohio Theatre Rossen Milanov, conductor For the second year, the Columbus Symphony will perform an extraordinary, one-night-only concert to support its education programs. Proceeds directly support the CSO’s education initiatives that share the joy, wonder, and power of classical music with more than 23,000 children, teachers, and their families each year.

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CSO Music Director Rossen Milanov, the Columbus Symphony, the Columbus Symphony Chorus, and a host of guest vocalists come together to perform Handel’s deeply spiritual oratorio, Messiah, in its entirety for an unforgettable concert experience at the intimate Southern Theatre.

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