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Dear Friends,
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e invite you to join us for a season of transcendence, where crystalline musicianship peels away historical layers to reveal an authentic core—luminescent and transfixing. Philharmonia’s 2018/19 season promises an eclectic array of sound experiences, with sacred vocal works by Bach, Mozart and Pärt, virtuosic concerti by Vivaldi and Geminiani, and Handel at his dramatic heights. Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Caroline Shaw completes her PBO-commissioned song cycle for a world-premiere at Lincoln Center, and guest artists mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter, violinist Rachel Barton Pine, and conductor Patrick Dupré Quigley, all experts in Baroque, Classical and early-Romantic music and versatile champions of boundary-pushing, team up with PBO as we transport audiences to a musical terrain at once familiar and fresh, spare and sumptuous. The PBO experience is yours to claim. From our signature concerts across the Bay Area or one of our lively PBO SESSIONS performances, to a great concert on tour in one of many cities, or a chance to observe our work with The Juilliard School, you’ll find contained in these pages the many experiences that make us Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale—America’s leading historically-informed ensemble. See you soon!
Nicholas McGegan Music Director
Courtney Beck Executive Director
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PBO with Mark Morris Dance Group; Acis & Galatea at Lincoln Center
Nicholas McGegan conducting The Juilliard School’s J415 ensemble
PBO SESSIONS with conductor Richard Egarr
PBO’s production of Rameau’s Le Temple de la Gloire
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THE ORCHESTRA
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nder the musical direction of Nicholas McGegan, O.B.E., for 33 years, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale (PBO) is recognized as America’s leading historicallyinformed ensemble. Using authentic instruments and stylistic conventions of the Baroque, Classical, and early Romantic periods, PBO engages audiences through performance, tours, recordings, new works, and education of the highest caliber. Founded 38 years ago, the ensemble is the largest of its kind in the United States. PBO’s musicians are leaders in period performance and serve on the faculties of The Juilliard School, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Harvard, and Stanford, among others. It welcomes eminent guest artists including mezzo-sopranos Susan Graham and Anne Sofie von Otter, countertenor David Daniels, fortepianist Kristian Bezuidenhout, violoncellist Steven Isserlis, and maestro Richard Egarr. The Orchestra enjoys numerous collaborations, including a regular partnership with the Mark Morris Dance Group and Cal Performances. PBO gave the U.S. premieres of Morris’ highly-acclaimed productions of Rameau’s ballet-opera Platée and Handel’s Acis and Galatea and L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato. In 2017, PBO produced its first fullystaged opera, Rameau’s Le Temple de la Gloire, in collaboration with Cal Performances, Centre de musique de Versailles, and New York Baroque Dance Company, and co-produced a critically-acclaimed modern dramatization of Handel’s Aci, Galatea, e Polifemo with National Sawdust in New York. As a leading steward of historical legacy, PBO also invests in the future by commissioning new works by prominent composers such as Jake Heggie and Caroline Shaw, to illuminate the influence of 17th- and 18thcentury music on contemporary creation.
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Photo by Frank Wing
THE CHORALE
P “Nicholas McGegan and the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra and Chorale have been making their way through this body of music for decades, and each new installment seems more strikingly revelatory than the last.”
hilharmonia Chorale has been critically acclaimed for its brilliant sound, robust energy, and sensitive delivery of the text since its founding in 1995. Under the direction of Chorale Director and PBO Scholarin-Residence Bruce Lamott since 1997, the Chorale was formed to provide a vocal complement whose fluency in the stylistic language of the Baroque period matched that of Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra. Members of the Chorale are professional singers with distinguished solo and ensemble careers. They appear in roles with regional opera companies and have been members and founders of some of the country’s premiere vocal ensembles. The Chorale’s repertoire has included oratorios by Handel and Bach, masses by Beethoven and Mozart, and Rameau’s Le Temple de la Gloire. The singers have appeared on tour with Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra at Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, and at New York City’s Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall. The Chorale appears on the Orchestra’s recordings of Arne’s Alfred, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, and Rameau’s Le Temple de la Gloire.
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“Mozart’s concerto and symphonies dazzle under Philharmonia Baroque playing”
Photo by Julliana Emanski
—SF Examiner
Camille Ortiz
Meg Bragle
James Reese
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Dashon Burton
MOZART magnified Magnificence in the Meticulous Detail
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arvel at the splendor of Mozart’s sacred choral works and the soaring lyricism of his “Exsultate, jubilate,” even as you luxuriate in the intricately textured detail that PBO’s period-authenticity lays bare. Alleluia, alleluia! Nic McGegan leads the Orchestra and Chorale with full forces to welcome you to a new season of transcendent music. MOZART “Litaniae Lauretanae” MOZART “Exsultate, jubilate” MOZART Mass No. 15 in C major, “Coronation Mass” Nicholas McGegan, conductor Camille Ortiz, soprano Meg Bragle, mezzo-soprano James Reese, tenor Dashon Burton, bass-baritone Philharmonia Chorale, Bruce Lamott, director
Major support provided by Mark Perry & Melanie Peña October 7th sponsored by Elizabeth Mayer in memory of Henry Mayer
OCTOBER 3–7 Wednesday October 3 7:30 pm
Friday October 5 8 pm
Saturday October 6 8 pm
Bing Concert Hall, Stanford, Palo Alto
Herbst Theatre, San Francisco
First Congregational Church, Berkeley
Sunday October 7 4 pm First Congregational Church, Berkeley
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The Juilliard School’s Historical Performance program and Juilliard415 offer “a vivid vision” and “remarkable depth of artistry.”
Photo by Frank Wing
Photo by Julliana Emanski
— The New York Times
Alana Youssefian
Keiran Campbell
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David Dickey
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saiah Bell
VIVALDI the teacher When Reigning and Rising Stars Align
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hree centuries ago, Vivaldi composed virtuosic concerti to spotlight his most talented students. Now in PBO’s partnership with The Juilliard School’s Historical Performance program, what better way to celebrate than showcase PBO teachers and J415‘s recent alumni side-by-side in Vivaldi’s dazzling double concerti? CORELLI Concerto Grosso Op. 6, No. 7 in D major VIVALDI Concerto for Two Violins in C major VIVALDI Concerto for Two Violoncellos in G minor VIVALDI Concerto for Two Oboes in D minor VIVALDI Concerto for Two Violins and Two Violoncellos in G major VIVALDI Concerto for Oboe and Violin in B-flat major VIVALDI Concerto for Violin in B-flat major GEMINIANI Concerto Grosso No. 12 in D minor, “La Follia” (after Corelli) Nicholas McGegan, conductor Elizabeth Blumenstock & Alana Youssefian, violin Phoebe Carrai & Keiran Campbell, violoncello Gonzalo X. Ruiz & David Dickey, oboe Major support provided by David Low & Dominique Lahaussois
NOVEMBER 7–11 Wednesday November 7 7:30 pm
Friday November 9 8 pm
First United Methodist Church, Palo Alto
Herbst Theatre, San Francisco
Saturday November 10 8 pm First Congregational Church, Berkeley
Sunday November 11 4 pm First Congregational Church, Berkeley
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“The performance [Quigley] led was … joyful with thumping timpani and gleaming trumpets, radiant in the choir’s singing of Bach’s otherworldly harmonies and majestic in passages of choral grandeur…” — Miami Herald
Margot Rood
Reginald Mobley
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Steven Soph
Steven Eddy
ILHARMONIC With Conductor Patrick Dupré Quigley
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RAMMY®-nominated ensemble Seraphic Fire’s Patrick Dupré Quigley ignites a fresh flame with Philharmonia. Two Bach cantatas present two sides of the multifaceted master: the florid, Italianate Vivaldienthusiast, and the stern, stately Lutheran of Saxony. Sandwiched with choral delights by Monteverdi, Vivaldi, and Purcell, this sparkling holiday program will warm you to the core. MONTEVERDI “Confitebor tibi Domine,” No. 2, from Selva Morale e Spirituale BACH Cantata No. 61 Nun Komm, der Heiden Heiland VIVALDI Nisi Dominus PURCELL The Frost Scene (Act III, Scene II), from King Arthur BACH Cantata No. 140 Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme Patrick Dupré Quigley, conductor Margot Rood, soprano Reginald Mobley, countertenor Steven Soph, tenor Steven Eddy, baritone
December 7th sponsored by Kay Sprinkel Grace
DECEMBER 5–9 Wednesday December 5 7:30 pm
Friday December 7 8 pm
Saturday December 8 8 pm
Sunday December 9 4 pm
Bing Concert Hall, Stanford, Palo Alto
Herbst Theatre, San Francisco
First Congregational Church, Berkeley
First Congregational Church, Berkeley
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Rachel Barton Pine is “a magnetically imaginative artist.” —SF Examiner
Rachel Barton Pine
Photo by Lisa-Marie Mazzucco
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VIENNESE pivot Classicism at the Crossroads
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ome away to Vienna in the dawning decades of the 19th century, as late fruits of Classicism ripen alongside early blossoms of Romanticism. Violin virtuoso and impresario Franz Clement has composed a violin concerto that will inspire Beethoven to pen one of his own for Clement the next year. Young Franz Schubert is poised on the threshold of his supple mature style as Vienna verges towards full-flourishing Romanticism. Guest soloist Rachel Barton Pine was the first in the world to record the Clement Violin Concerto, and will reprise her deeply-researched performance with Philharmonia in a perfect match of historically-informed sensibilities. MOZART Overture to The Marriage of Figaro CLEMENT Violin Concerto in D major SCHUBERT Symphony No. 6 in C major
Nicholas McGegan, conductor Rachel Barton Pine, violin
February 6th sponsored by Mrs. Jonathan B. Gifford
FEBRUARY 6–10 Wednesday February 6 7:30 pm
Friday February 8 8 pm
Saturday February 9 8 pm
Sunday February 10 4 pm
First United Methodist Church, Palo Alto
Herbst Theatre, San Francisco
First Congregational Church, Berkeley
First Congregational Church, Berkeley
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Anne Sofie von Otter “has honed the art of singing to such a point that she is purely expressive, no matter what she’s singing. She can be brassy ... or she can be purely, limpidly beautiful.” —The Washington Post
Anne Sofie von Otter
Daniel Moody
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Photo by Ewa Marie Rundquist
ANNE SOFIE von Otter Handel, Purcell, Pärt & Shaw
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egastar mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter plies her singular burnished-silver style to an eclectic program of old and new, sacred and secular. Handel duets with rising countertenor Daniel Moody harken back to von Otter’s early breakthrough Baroque performances, while Arvo Pärt’s otherworldly devotionals and Caroline Shaw’s soulful PBO commissions channel her crossover versatility. Nic McGegan steers this voyage through far-ranging soundscapes.
HANDEL Overture to Partenope HANDEL arias and duets from Partenope, Semele, and Solomon HANDEL Concerto Grosso Op. 6, No. 4 in A minor PÄRT Summa PÄRT Vater Unser PÄRT Es sang vor langen Jahren SHAW Red, Red Rose SHAW The Rose i PURCELL Suite from The Fairy Queen Nicholas McGegan, conductor Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano Daniel Moody, countertenor Major support provided by the Dr. Ross E. Armstrong Baroque Vocal Works Fund March 8th sponsored by Nicolas Elsishans & Christopher Hayes
MARCH 6–10 Wednesday March 6 7:30 pm
Friday March 8 8 pm
Saturday March 9 8 pm
Sunday March 10 4 pm
Bing Concert Hall, Stanford, Palo Alto
Herbst Theatre, San Francisco
First Congregational Church, Berkeley
First Congregational Church, Berkeley
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“One of the supreme masterpieces of dramatic art, comparable with the Oresteia and King Lear.” — Handel scholar Winton Dean
Photo by Fay Fox
Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen
Daniel Okulitch
Yulia Van Doren
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Aaron Sheehan
HANDEL’S Saul Hell Hath No Fury Like Handel’s Scorn
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oung David has just slain Goliath, earning him the rapturous admiration of the Israelites and the murderous envy of King Saul. This Biblical tale of love and jealousy, madness and mourning, family feuds and supernatural apparitions inspired one of Handel’s most inventive and popular oratorios. Renowned Handel expert Nic McGegan leads an all-star cast through the full dramatic range from tender lyricism to full-throttle triumph and glory. HANDEL Saul Nicholas McGegan, conductor Sherezade Panthaki, soprano (Michal) Yulia Van Doren, soprano (Merab) Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, countertenor (David) Aaron Sheehan, tenor (Jonathan) Daniel Okulitch, baritone (Saul) Philharmonia Chorale, Bruce Lamott, director
Major support provided by the Dr. Ross E. Armstrong Baroque Vocal Works Fund April 7th sponsored by Paul & Susan Sugarman
APRIL 6–13 Saturday April 6 7 pm
Sunday April 7 4 pm
Friday April 12 7 pm
Saturday April 13 7:30 pm
First Congregational Church, Berkeley
First Congregational Church, Berkeley
Herbst Theatre, San Francisco
First United Methodist Church, Palo Alto
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Steven Isserilis & Nic McGegan
A Different Kind of Concert Experience
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ach PBO SESSIONS program is unique. Conductors and artists take audiences on a guided and deconstructed tour of music, social and political history and art. The 90-minute program includes multimedia and intimate dialogue from the stage in addition to performances of incredible orchestral and vocal music. PBO SESSIONS is for anyone on the musical spectrum looking for an informative and lively experience with an opportunity to engage with the exceptional artists. Tickets are always $25 and concerts typically sell out. And after every performance, patrons enjoy lively receptions with complimentary wine! Learn more at philharmonia.org/pbo-sessions.
THE “HIP” REVOLUTION November 8, 2018 ODC Theatre, San Francisco
Since its rise in the 70’s, historically-informed performance practice has evolved into a hugely popular movement. An increasing number of classical music students are choosing to join the HIP revolution. Hear gorgeous works by Vivaldi, Handel, and Geminiani, presented by PBO musicians and recent Juilliard graduates, along with insights from Ben Sosland, Director of The Juilliard School’s Historical Performance graduate program, and Courtney Beck, Executive Director of PBO, as they share what it takes to be leaders in this dynamic field.
Alana Youssefian
“The former rebels are no longer on the fringes, and they have inspired a new generation of baroque musicians.” —The Economist
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Caroline Shaw
A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC New and Old Music for Old Instruments March 7, 2019 Bing Concert Hall STUDIO Stanford
For the first time, Philharmonia brings PBO SESSIONS to Stanford. Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and performer Caroline Shaw presents her acclaimed compositions and works by Pärt and Leonarda in a program that showcases the synergies between old and new music. This historically-informed program will captivate the ears of early music enthusiasts as much as those who crave contemporary cadence. The charismatic composer joins countertenor Daniel Moody in a program illuminated by insights from conductor Nic McGegan and mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter. Don’t miss this caberet-style experience complete with no-host bar.
Anne Sofie von Otter
Daniel Moody
HANDEL’S HEROES & VILLAINS April 9, 2019 Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco The Jewish hero Joshua leads the Children of Israel into the Promised Land after forty years of wandering in the wilderness of Egypt. An aged King Saul plots against young hero David to the downfall of his own family. Judas Maccabaeus accepts his new role as his father’s successor and restores the Temple of Jerusalem. Flurries of fury storm the stage as Nic McGegan and a star-studded cast conjure the heroes and villains that figure prominently in Handel’s most blisteringly brilliant music.
PBO SESSIONS is made possible with generous support from:
Nic McGegan
The Waverley Fund The Estate of Dr. Ross E. Armstrong
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on tour
oin Nicholas McGegan and PBO on the road. For more information, go to philharmonia.org/tour.
Norfolk Chamber Music Festival July 21, 2018 Norfolk, CT HANDEL’S WATER MUSIC Storm the Shed with Telemann’s Tafelmusik and Handel’s Water Music, fresh off Nic McGegan’s 300thanniversary celebration of the latter at BBC Proms. Sherezade Panthaki, Amy Freston, and Davóne Tines ignite additional Handelian fireworks for summer enchantment at the foot of the Berkshires.
Caramoor Summer Festival July 22, 2018 Katonah, NY HANDEL’S ATALANTA PBO re-animates Handel’s winsome pastoral romance Atalanta, previously recorded in 2005, with a new cast
featuring Sherezade Panthaki as the conflicted Princess Atalanta, Amy Freston as her ardent suitor King Meleagro, Isaiah Bell as the passionate shepherd Aminta, and Davóne Tines as the divine messenger Mercurio. Cécile van de Sant and Philip Cutlip reprise their roles as Irene, the plucky shepherdess, and her father Nicandro.
Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall, Philharmonic Society of Orange County October 4, 2018 Costa Mesa, CA MOZART MAGNIFIED Nic McGegan and guest soloists join the Orchestra & Chorale in a performance of sacred Mozart works to open the season at this spectacular Orange County venue.
Norfolk Chamber Music Festival
Segerstrom Concert Hall
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Anne Sofie von Otter and Andreas Scholl with Nic and the Orchestra at Walt Disney Concert Hall in 2016.
Photo by Jeff Phillips
Granada Theatre February 5, 2019 Santa Barbara, CA VIENNESE PIVOT with Rachel Barton Pine Violin dynamo Rachel Barton Pine reprises the Clement Violin Concerto that she was the first in the world to record.
Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center March 12, 2019 New York, NY ANNE SOFIE VON OTTER with Anthony Roth Costanzo An eclectic evening of Handel, Pärt, and Caroline Shaw’s PBO-commissioned works, with a world premiere of her newest piece to be performed by Anne Sofie von Otter. Star countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo makes his Philharmonia debut.
Lincoln Center
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles Philharmonic April 10, 2019 Los Angeles, CA HANDEL’S SAUL Renowned Handel expert Nic McGegan leads an all-star cast through a Biblical tale of love and jealousy, madness and mourning, family feuds and supernatural apparitions.
Walt Disney Concert Hall
PBO Touring generously supported by: The Waverley Fund PBO’s Board of Directors David Low & Dominique Lahaussois Mark Perry & Melanie Peña
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Philharmonia
RECORDINGS
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eep the music alive at home with PBO’s critically-acclaimed and GRAMMY®-nominated recordings! Among the most-recorded orchestras in the world, Philharmonia boasts a discography of more than 40 recordings, 10 of which have been released on its own Philharmonia Baroque Productions label. From Handel and Scarlatti to Beethoven and Brahms, find your new favorites at philharmonia.org/shop, or search for Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra on iTunes or Amazon.
NEW! Rameau’s Le Temple de la Gloire
Relive the glory of PBO’s historic modern-day premiere.
“Scholarship and the performing arts collided with uncommon brilliance” as PBO brought “verve and insight” to “a majestic farce” that “seethes with invention.” — Financial Times
Available April 2018!
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THE FUTURE
of Period Performance
PBO/Juilliard Partnership
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o nurture the next generation of historically-informed performance, Philharmonia and The Juilliard School’s Historical Performance program partner to bring the star students of Juilliard415, the school’s acclaimed period-instrument ensemble, to practice and perform alongside PBO’s seasoned professionals. Annual residencies include masterclasses, coaching, and a culminating side-by-side showcase of PBO mentors and J415 students. Juilliard’s Historical Performance program offers comprehensive graduatelevel study and performance of 17th- to 18th-century music on period instruments. The faculty comprises many of the leading performers and scholars in the field, including PBO’s own co-concertmaster Elizabeth Blumenstock, cellist Phoebe Carrai, oboist Gonzalo X. Ruiz, and trumpeter John Thiessen. Thus, the PBO partnership serves as a natural extension of Juilliard’s classroom as well as a professional launch pad for the leading talent of tomorrow.
Bay Area Education Programs PBO also maintains a full suite of local education programs for youth and adults throughout the Bay Area. Programs include In-School Presentations, Ensemble Coaching, Masterclasses, Community Center partnerships, PreConcert Lectures, and intimate opportunities to engage with the scholars and musicians. PBO’s musicians keep the programs on the cutting edge of contemporary scholarship and musical excellence and regularly include visiting guest artists such as Jonathan Cohen, Richard Egarr, Rachel Podger, and Kristian Bezuidenhout. To learn more about PBO’s education programs, visit philharmonia.org/education SUBSCRIBE (415) 295-1900 philharmonia.org
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H.I.P. INNO Historically Informed Performance
“If musical culture had always adhered to the notion that greatness dwells in the past, the masterpieces that so enthrall us would never have existed in the first place. For too long we have subsisted on past ages’ desire for the new: we must now cultivate our own.” — Alex Ross, New Yorker music critic
NEW MUSIC for OLD INSTRUMENTS
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s a leading steward of historical legacy, Philharmonia also invests in the future by commissioning new works that demonstrate the enduring influence of 17th- and 18thcentury inspirations. For audiences eager to hear and support new music, and engage with established repertoire in fresh ways, Philharmonia publicly launched Jake New Music for Old Instruments in 2017. Heggie Original commissions by prominent young composers, penned expressly for period instruments, illuminate how historic traditions inform contemporary creation. PBO has commissioned and premiered a one-act opera by Guggenheim Fellow Jake Heggie and librettist Gene Scheer and songs for Anne Sofie von Otter by Pulitzer Prize-winner Caroline Shaw. It co-produced a modern dramatization of Handel’s Aci, Galatea e Polifemo with reimagined recitatives by Mark Grey, directed by Christopher Alden and starring Anthony Roth Costanzo, Davóne Tines, and Ambur Braid, which received rave reviews for its New York premiere at National Sawdust, and is scheduled to appear in the Bay Area. Future seasons promise further inspiration and invention from Caroline Shaw, Kennedy Center composerin-residence Mason Bates, and L.A. Opera artist-in-residence Matthew Aucoin.
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Caroline Shaw
Mason Bates
Matthew Aucoin
OVATIONS JEWS & MUSIC
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n March 2015, Philharmonia launched the Jews & Music Initiative, a continuous exploration of the Jewish historical contexts that inform music-making from the 17th through the 21st centuries. It probes the rich legacies of Jewish composers and performers, the socio-political milieu they inhabited, and Jewish themes that have inspired music. Original programs illuminate the achievements of Jewish composers such as Felix MendelssohnBartholdy (1809-1847), as well as those who have been obscured by time and persecution, such as Salamone Rossi (ca. 1570-1630) and Ignaz Moscheles (1794-1870). Canonical oratorios by George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) gain historical heft and depth when revisited with insightful analysis of his scriptural sources and the social forces that supported his music. Rare gems of the repertoire that drew inspiration from Jewish culture, such as by Maurice Ravel (1875-1937), shine with new luster in the spotlight. In upcoming seasons, Philharmonia will further feature new music based on texts by seminal Jewish writers, including a commission of composer Matthew Aucoin set to the poetry of Paul Celan, a Holocaust survivor whose parents perished in the Nazi concentration camps. Philharmonia is proud to partner with preeminent Jewish cultural and educational institutions, including the Contemporary Jewish Museum, Jewish Community Center of San Francisco, and the Magnes Collection at UC Berkeley.
Jews & Music funded in part by the Drs. Ross E. Armstrong & Jonas (Jay) K. Stern Jews & Music Fund.
PBO SESSIONS featuring music from the 17th century Italian Jewish Ghetto. 25
Annual WINTER GALA
Honoring mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie Von Otter
Join us for an evening of great music, culinary delights, and warm company.
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icholas McGegan and PBO are thrilled to honor mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter at the Annual Gala March 1, 2019 at the Four Seasons Hotel in San Francisco.
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PENINSULA
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First Congregational Church
Herbst Theatre
WED OCT 3 7:30 PM Bing Concert Hall Stanford
FRI OCT 5 8 PM
SAT OCT 6 8 PM
SUN OCT 7 4 PM
Vivaldi the Teacher
WED NOV 7 7:30 PM First United Methodist Palo Alto (FUMC)
FRI NOV 9 8 PM
SAT NOV 10 8 PM
SUN NOV 11 4 PM
Philharmonic Fire
WED DEC 5 7:30 PM Bing Concert Hall Stanford
FRI DEC 7 8 PM
SAT DEC 8 8 PM
SUN DEC 9 4 PM
Viennese Pivot
WED FEB 6 7:30 PM First United Methodist Palo Alto (FUMC)
FRI FEB 8 8 PM
SAT FEB 9 8 PM
SUN FEB 10 4 PM
Anne Sofie von Otter
WED MARCH 6 7:30 PM Bing Concert Hall Stanford
FRI MARCH 8 8 PM
SAT MARCH 9 8 PM
SUN MARCH 10 4 PM
Handel's Saul
SAT APRIL 13 7:30 PM First United Methodist Palo Alto (FUMC)
FRI APRIL 12 7 PM
SAT APRIL 6 7 PM
SUN APRIL 7 4 PM
PBO SESSIONS
Mozart Magnified
The “HIP” ODC Theatre Revolution San Francisco
THURS NOV 8 8 PM
A Little Bing Concert Hall Night Music STUDIO Stanford
Handel’s Contemporary Heroes & Jewish Museum San Francisco Villains
THURS MARCH 7 8 PM TUES APRIL 9 8 PM
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Single Tickets
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Cover Photography Credits: Top left (clockwise); Anne Sofie von Otter by Mats Bäcker; Nicholas McGegan by RJ Muna; Rachel Barton Pine courtesy Rachel Barton Pine; Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen by Fay Fox; Caroline Shaw courtesy Caroline Shaw; Patrick Dupré Quigley courtesy Schwalbe & Partners; Camille Ortiz by Julianna Emanski; Dashon Burton by Tatiana Daubek.
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