Lexington Philharmonic 2022 - 2023 Season Brochure

Photo Credit: Michaela Bowman

Dear Friends of the Lexington Philharmonic,

It is with the utmost excitement that I am becoming the fifth Music Director of the Lexington Philharmonic! As we look forward to our 62nd Season, I feel very humbled to be the first woman holding this position.

When I came to Lexington in May 2022 to replace one of the finalists, none of us (me included) were thinking of myself as a finalist. From the first rehearsal for the May concert until the performance, I felt an immediate connection between the orchestra and myself. How everything clicked and aligned was fortuitous, and so incredibly exciting. It is a week I will remember for the rest of my life, a dream coming true that does not happen often. Please forgive the romanticism (I was born in Paris, France, after all), but it simply made sense that my next steps had to be together with you!

I decided to become an orchestral conductor when I was a teenager because I dreamed of sharing my passion for music with everyone. As your new Music Director, I would like to encourage you to talk to me and share your story with me, be it after a concert or when running into me in town. I would also like to invite you to share your love of classical music with your friends and families, to bring them with you to concerts, and to support the Lexington Philharmonic.

We have all been dealing with multiple crises over the past couple of years (not the least of which has been a worldwide pandemic), and studies show that classical music has the power to relieve anxiety, improve our memory, strengthen social relationships, and boost our brain power and productivity. As a team, let’s make a difference for our community!

Mélisse Brunet, Music Director

2022 - 2023 CONCERTS

SYMPHONIC STROLL

Saturday, September 10, 2022

Entry times at 4:00 PM & 5:00 PM Recurring performances from 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Rain Date: September 17, 2022

Josephine Sculpture Park

3355 Lawrenceburg Rd, Frankfort, KY 40601

Tickets: $25

Students & Youth

(17 & under): $11

Back for the second year, explore the beautiful grounds of Frankfort, KY’s Josephine Sculpture Park in an immersive evening of music, art, and nature at Symphonic Stroll. Paired with sculptures throughout the park, LexPhil musicians will perform a range of chamber music continually from 4PM-8PM. This all-ages inclusive event will feature live music, interactive activities, and local food trucks.

Choose between two entry times, 4PM and 5PM, and then explore at your own pace. Event ends at 8PM.

LEGACY- THE PERRY FAMILY

Saturday, October 1, 2022 4:00 PM

Rain Date: October 2, 2022 | 4:00 PM

FREE - Registration Encouraged

African Cemetery No. 2 419 East 7th St, Lexington, KY 40508

Repertoire by Julia Perry & Florence Price

In partnership with Lexington Historian, Yvonne Giles, LexPhil presents Legacy - The Perry Family, a free, outdoor chamber concert at the historic African Cemetery No. 2. Guest vocalists, Alicia Helm McCorvey and Whit Whitaker, will join a quartet of LexPhil musicians for this program featuring vocal and instrumental chamber works by composers Julia Perry and Florence Price, interwoven with narration about the life and legacy of the Perry family. African Cemetery No. 2 is the resting place of many notable members of Lexington’s African American community, including

the grandparents of Julia Perry. This valued partnership between LexPhil, African Cemetery No. 2, and Yvonne Giles hopes to continue to share the meaningful stories of the Perry family and Lexington citizens.

Alicia Helm McCorvey

Whit Whitaker

LIMITLESS

Saturday, October 22, 2022

7:30 PM

Singletary Center for the Arts 405 Rose St, Lexington, KY 40508

Tickets: $25 - $75 Students & Youth (17 & under): $11

Gabriela Lena Frank

Three Latin American Dances

Samuel Barber Violin Concerto Simone Porter, violin

Aaron Copland

Symphony No. 3

A CATHEDRAL CHRISTMAS

Saturday, December 17, 2022

8:00 PM

Cathedral of Christ the King 299 Colony Blvd, Lexington, KY 40502

Tickets: $25 - $75 Students & Youth (17 & under): $11

In the first full-orchestra performance led by Music Director Mélisse Brunet, LexPhil takes the stage at the Singletary Center for the Arts in a program celebrating the unbounded potential in all of us with Limitless. The evening opens with Gabriela Lena Frank’s Three Latin American Dances, inspired by the many musical traditions born of diverse Latin American cultures. Violinist Simone Porter returns as guest artist for the lyrical Barber Violin Concerto. Closing the program is Aaron Copland’s expansive Simone Porter

Symphony No. 3, with its famous quotation of his Fanfare for the Common Man, exhibiting his abstract voice and accessible beauty to create a score that is, in his words, “a serious statement.”

LexPhil and The Lexington Singers return to the beautiful Cathedral of Christ the King for this Lexington holiday tradition in a program of sacred and seasonal orchestral and choral works.

CONTINUOUS VARIATION THE POWER OF INFLUENCE

Saturday, February 18, 2023

7:30 PM

Singletary Center for the Arts

405 Rose St, Lexington, KY 40508

Tickets: $25 - $75 Students & Youth (17 & under): $11

Continuous Variation, at the Singletary Center for the Arts, derives its name from a technique used by composer Ellen Taaffe Zwilich in her Symphony No. 1, a work which demonstrates the potential of a handful of ideas to develop into new material. This piece was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1983, making Zwilich the first female composer to receive this esteemed prize. Violist Jordan Bak joins LexPhil to perform Béla Bartók’s Viola Concerto, left unfinished at his death and completed by Tibor

Ellen Taaffe Zwilich

Symphony No. 1: Three Movements for Orchestra

Béla Bartók

Viola Concerto Jordan Bak, viola Edward Elgar Enigma Variations

Saturday, April 29, 2023

6:45 PM | Chamber Music in Community Room

7:30 PM | Concert Hall Performance

The Lyric Theatre & Cultural Arts Center

300 E Third St, Lexington, KY 40508

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Adagio & Fugue for Strings

Igor Stravinsky

Concerto in E-Flat “Dumbarton Oaks”

Shawn Okpebholo Zoom

Serly from sketches, memories and ideas. The evening concludes with Edward Elgar’s Enigma Variations, composed of fourteen variations on an original theme each representing one of Elgar’s close friends.

Tickets start at: $25 Students & Youth (17 & under): $11

Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

Symphony No. 1 in G major

The Power of Influence at the Lyric Theatre & Cultural Arts Center explores how artists are affected by external sources. With works by Mozart, Joseph Bologne - Chevalier de Saint-Georges, Igor Stravinsky and Lexington-born composer Shawn Okpebholo, each piece is in a direct dialogue with influences from the past and present. Composer Shawn Okpebholo joins LexPhil for the performance.

Additional pre-concert chamber music will occur in the Community Room preceding the performance in the hall.

Shawn OkpebholoJordan Bak

BLOOM

Saturday, May 20, 2023

7:30 PM

Singletary Center for the Arts

405 Rose St, Lexington, KY 40508

Tickets: $25 - $75

Students & Youth (17 & under): $11

The 2022 - 2023 Season finale concert, Bloom, marks the arrival of spring with works celebrating the beauty of color and renewal of the earth, including Anna Clyne’s Color Field and Robert Schumann’s joyous Symphony No. 1 “Spring.” Guest percussion quartet Sandbox Percussion joins the orchestra for Viet Cuong’s work Re(new)al, a concerto for percussion quartet and orchestra, inspired by renewable energy sources such as wind, hydro and solar. Lexingtonborn composer Julia Perry’s Homunculus C.F. features Sandbox

Anna Clyne Color Field Viet Cuong

Re(new)al: Percussion Quartet Concerto

Featuring Sandbox Percussion

Julia Perry Homunculus C. F.

Robert Schumann

Symphony No.1 “Spring” in B-flat major

Percussion alongside LexPhil percussionists, harpist, and celeste player in an “unfolding” of musical material inspired by her father’s medical practice. CONCERTS

Sandbox Percussion

(Left to Right): Jonny Allen, Terry Sweeney, Victor Caccese, Ian David Rosenbaum

Richie Wireman

LEARNING & PARTNERSHIP PROGRAMS

LexPhil’s Learning programs will return in robust, new, and reimagined ways this season. Visit www.lexphil.org/learning-programs to learn more.

GET IN TOUCH

Want to learn more about our programs or get involved?

SOUND EXPLORERS

SCHOOL PARTNERSHIPS

YOUTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Music-making events for all ages!

Through collaborative activities designed for people of all ages and types of musical abilities, we’re creating space for learning, joy, and community building through music making events in partnership with organizations throughout Lexington and beyond.

LexPhil partners with K12 schools and educators throughout central Kentucky to provide enriching in-school programs that promote and support students as makers of art, meaning, and knowledge.

LexPhil is excited to announce the creation of the Youth Advisory Committee to help shape future LexPhil programs.

Contact: Alex Chadwell, Learning & Partnerships Programs Manager alex@lexphil.org

OPEN REHEARSAL

CREATIVE AGING

STUDENT & YOUTH TICKETS

SUPPORTED BY:

LexPhil offers the community an opportunity to attend and watch select dress rehearsals. Individuals under the age of 15 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian to attend.

An exciting new initiative this season is work with LFUCG’s Department of Aging and Disability Services to implement creative aging programs around Lexington.

LexPhil is proud to offer $11 tickets for students with valid ID and youth 17 & under to most performances.

LexPhil is a proud affiliate of The Arts Education Partnership (AEP), a national network of more than 100 organizations dedicated to advancing arts education.

Photo Credits: Brandon S. Turner

VISION & GENEROSITY

The Lexington Philharmonic Orchestra Foundation manages the Lexington Philharmonic’s endowment and is governed by an independent Board of Directors. The Lexington Philharmonic receives a distribution from the Foundation each season to help cover expenses associated with its educational and concert programs.

LexArts LexPhil’s programs are made possible through generous support of LexArts.

The Kentucky Arts Council, the state arts agency, provides operating support to the Lexington Philharmonic with state tax dollars and federal funding from the National Endowment for the Arts.

The Hamilton Saykaly Garbulinska Foundation funds LexPhil’s commitment to continued artistic growth and brings world-renowned artists to perform with LexPhil and participate in outreach for the Lexington community.

Photo Credit: Richie Wireman

YOUR SUPPORT

Ticket sales cover just under 25% of the costs required to support the Lexington Philharmonic - our performances, youth and education programs, and community engagement activities are made possible through our donors.

As we look to a brighter future, your support is essential, now more than ever.

Visit lexphil.org/support to support music in our community today!

LexPhil’s work is made possible by generous music lovers who believe in the power of live orchestral music to foster vibrant communities.

BECOME A SUBSCRIBER

We are thrilled to resume offering subscriptions to the 2022/2023 Season!

Reserve your favorite seats at a familiar venue and explore new concert locations through your subscription this season. Choose three or more of the concerts to create your unique package. And remember, all fees are waived when you buy tickets in a subscription package! If you need help or recommendations for building your subscription, we’re happy to help!

Give our office a call at (859) 233-4226.

Photo Credits: Richie Wireman

SUBSCRIBER PERKS

BEST SEATS AT THE BEST PRICE

Subscribers get first choice seating and are guaranteed the same seats at each concert! LexPhil subscribers receive their season tickets in one simple transaction, and save BIG on ticket prices with NO delivery, ticket order, or exchange fees. It’s our way of saying thank you for being a valued subscriber.

PREDICTABLE SCHEDULE

Music is even better together! We’re happy to welcome back subscriptions so you can set your plans with LexPhil for the whole season.

FREE & EASY EXCHANGES

Can’t commit to a concert date in advance? Don’t worry! If you can’t make it to a performance, simply exchange your tickets for FREE for a future concert. Call the LexPhil office before the concert you are exchanging and let us know what you’d like to attend instead.

TAX-DEDUCTIBLE DONATION FOR TURNED-IN TICKETS

Up to two days before the concert, any subscriber may donate their tickets back to LexPhil for resale and receive a tax-deductible donation receipt.

VENUES & TICKET PRICING THEATRE & CULTURAL

HOW TO ORDER

AUDIENCE SAFETY Nothing is more important than the health and safety of our community, audience members, musicians, and staff. LexPhil and the venues we perform in reserve the right to announce additional safety measures, including mask wearing, in advance of our performances to protect our artists, staff, and community at large. Safety measures for events in the 2022-2023 Season will be decided and published in advance of each event on our website at www.lexphil.org/know-before-you-go.

ACCESSIBILITY The Lexington Philharmonic welcomes patrons of all abilities. Please contact LexPhil for detailed information about seating, audio and/or visual assistance.

PARKING AT THE SINGLETARY CENTER FOR THE ARTS: Free parking is offered as available in most “E” Lots located on the UK Campus, and at UK Parking Structure #5 on the corner of S. Limestone and Avenue of Champions. Convenient valet parking is available at the main entrance to Singletary Center of Rose Street for $10/ car. Visit www.lexphil.org for a parking map.

INSIDE THE SCORE: Preview the evening’s performance at Inside the Score! Each pre-concert lecture will be led by new Music Director Mélisse Brunet. Inside the Score begins at 6:45 PM in the President’s Room of the Singletary Center for the Arts. Seating is limited.

SOCIAL MEDIA Whether on-stage or in the wings, LexPhil is plugged into social media. Find us online to share in our exclusive fan content and special ticket offers!

Visit www.lexphil.org to purchase online, anytime.

Call the LexPhil Box Office, Monday - Friday, 9 AM - 5 PM to purchase your tickets or subscription over the phone. All prices, locations, repertoire, and guest artists are subject to change.

Online: lexphil.org

Email: tickets@lexphil.org

Phone: 859.233.4226

Mail: Lexington Philharmonic 161 N. Mill Street Lexington, KY 40507