San Antonio Philharmonic 2023-24 Classics Season Brochure

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The San Antonio Philharmonic is excited to welcome you to our second season of Classics Performances. We have consciously crafted a season that will both satisfy your curiosity for what is new and reacquaint you with works that define symphonic music.

We are honored to share the stage during the 2023/24 Season with great artists who are invested in the San Antonio Philharmonic’s success; some are new faces to San Antonio and others are fabulous soloists and conductors who have been in front of the orchestra in the past. We invite you to experience the power of live performance, exploring what symphonic music can and will be. Please join us in this marvelous journey.

Brian Petkovich President

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Subscriber Benefits

Parking is free for 10-pack subscribers during our Classics concerts at the First Baptist Church of San Antonio. They may also enter the performance space 15 minutes earlier than the rest of the audience.

Former or first-time subscribers may select a 2023-’24 season package at saphil.org. Alternately, call 210-201-6006, or fill out the included form and mail it to us with the enclosed envelope.

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Avanti

The San Antonio Philharmonic is dedicated to inspiring our community through symphonic music.

We are pleased to share with you our

2023-24 Classical Subscription Series

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Chee-Yun and The Firebird

September 22 and 23

Jeffrey Kahane, conductor

Chee-Yun, violin

Juan Pablo Contreras Mariachitlán

Lalo Symphonie Espagnole

Stravinsky Suite from The Firebird (1945)

The San Antonio Philharmonic begins its second season in true San Antonio style with Latin GRAMMYnominated Juan Pablo Contreras’ Mariachitlán.

International soloist and recording artist Chee-Yun dazzles with Lalo's brilliant Symphonie Espagnole.

Seasoned conductor Jeffrey Kahane and the SA Phil close this colorful program with Stravinsky’s beloved 1945 Suite from The Firebird.

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Helseth plays Arutiunian

October 13 and 14

Vinay Parameswaran, conductor

Tine Thing Helseth, trumpet

Gabriella Smith Field Guide

Arutiunian Trumpet Concerto

Reena Esmail Avartan

Sibelius Symphony No. 5

Internationally acclaimed Norwegian trumpet

soloist Tine Thing Helseth joins the SA Phil to perform Arutiunian’s virtuosic trumpet concerto. With two contemporary works, Gabriella Smith and Indian-American Reena Esmail transport the listener into nature and across the globe with rhythmical soundscapes. Vinay Parameswaran, one of the most exciting and versatile young conductors on the podium today, leads the SA Phil in Sibelius’ Symphony No. 5, continuing the cyclic nature theme through an epic expression of the Nordic landscape.

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Mulligan conducts Dvořák

November 3 and 4

Stephen Mulligan, conductor

Mozart Overture to The Magic Flute

Stravinsky Pulcinella Suite

Dvořák Symphony No. 9, “From the New World"

Conductor Stephen Mulligan, who has been described as “nothing less than thrilling," delights the audience with some of the greatest hits in the orchestral repertoire. The SA Phil highlights music written for the stage with the Overture to Mozart’s beloved opera The Magic Flute and Stravinsky’s Suite from the ballet Pulcinella, featuring five string soloists from the orchestra. Dvořák’s “New World” Symphony combines American and Czech folk traditions and is one of the most popular symphonies ever written!

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Rachmaninoff and Tchaikovsky

December 1 and 2

Sarah Ioannides, conductor

Gabriela Martinez, piano

Jessie Montgomery Caught by the Wind

Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2

Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5

Venezuelan pianist Gabriela Martinez, who has been described as “versatile, daring and insightful”, performs one of the most powerful concertos of all time, Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2.

Celebrated composer Jessie Montgomery’s Caught by the Wind explores cycles of life in nature. Australian-British conductor Sarah Ioannides and the SA Phil explore the struggle with fate in Tchaikovsky’s glorious Symphony No. 5.

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Villa-Lobos and Mahler

Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5

Recognized for her “flexible voice, crystalline diction, and warm presence,” GRAMMY-nominated soprano

Laura Strickling joins the cellos of the SA Phil in Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5.

Brazilian conductor Marcelo Lehninger conducts Mahler’s epic Symphony No. 4, which explores the profound issues of life and death through the eyes

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Carrasco conducts Mussorgsky

February 23 and 24

Ludwig Carrasco, conductor

Crystal Jarrell Johnson, mezzo-soprano

San Antonio Mastersingers

Michael Ippolito Nocturne

John Corigliano Fern Hill

Mussorgsky, orch. Ravel Pictures at an Exhibition

This program explores art and poetry through music with conductor Ludwig Carrasco, who was recently appointed

Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra of Mexico. Texas State University’s Michael Ippolito’s Nocturne was inspired by Joan Miro’s 1940 painting of the same name. Ippolito studied composition with our next composer, John Corigliano, at The Juilliard School. Corigliano’s Fern Hill, featuring UTSA’s Crystal Jarrell Johnson and the San Antonio Mastersingers, reflects on the eponymous poem by Dylan Thomas. Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition famously takes the listener on a sensory tour of ten paintings through an art exhibition.

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Mozart & Schumann

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March 22 and 23

Anthony Parnther, conductor

David Kaplan, piano

Coleridge-Taylor Ballade in A Minor

Mozart Piano Concerto No. 20

Schumann Symphony No. 3, “Rhenish”

Join us for an evening of Romantic music, beginning with Coleridge-Taylor’s Ballade in A minor featuring lush melodies and dramatic lyricism. Mozart’s transitional style from Classical to Romantic can be heard in his dark and stormy Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor, considered one of his greatest, to be performed by the magnificent David Kaplan. Schumann’s Symphony No. 3, “Rhenish,” exemplifies the era through his tribute to the scenic Rhine River. Anthony Parnther, a conductor with an impressive career throughout the US, expertly leads the SA Phil on this vibrant journey.

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Gluzman plays Beethoven

April 19 and 20

Vadim Gluzman, director and violin

Schnittke arr. Jolán Berta Suite in the Old Style for Strings

Mozart Symphony No. 25

Beethoven Violin Concerto

Israeli violinist Vadim Gluzman, internationally recognized as among today’s top performing artists, serves as both director and soloist with the SA Phil for the evening. The concert opens with Russian composer Alfred Schnittke’s elegant multi movement work in the style of Baroque music. Mozart’s dramatic Symphony No. 25, known as the "little G Minor symphony", was written when he was just 17 years old. The evening concludes with Beethoven’s sublime Violin Concerto featuring the unparalleled artistry of Gluzman.

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Brahms & Dvořák

May 10 and 11

Jean-Marie Zeitouni, conductor

Sterling Elliott, cello

San Antonio Mastersingers

Brahms Tragic Overture

Brahms Nänie

Brahms Schicksalslied (Song of Destiny)

Dvořák Cello Concerto

Led by Canadian conductor Jean-Marie Zeitouni, this program centers around celebrated Romantic composers and friends Brahms and Dvořák. Following Brahms' powerful and emotional Tragic Overture, the esteemed San Antonio Mastersingers will be featured in the composer's settings of poems by Schiller and Hölderlin. Cellist Sterling Elliott, 2021 Avery Fisher

Career Grant recipient and winner of the Senior Division of the 2019 National Sphinx Competition, enthralls with Dvořák’s Cello Concerto, one of the greatest cello concertos ever written.

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Goosby Returns & Beethoven 5

May 31 and June 1

Lina González-Granados, conductor

Randall Goosby, violin

Iman Habibi Jeder Baum spricht

Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor

Beethoven Symphony No. 5

Violinist Randall Goosby, who delighted the SA Phil audience last season, returns to perform one of the greatest violin pieces ever written, Mendelssohn’s Concerto in E minor. Decorated Colombian conductor

Lina González-Granados opens with Iranian-Canadian composer Iman Habibi’s Jeder Baum spricht ("Every Tree Speaks") which was commissioned by the Philadelphia Orchestra in celebration of the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth. The San Antonio

Philharmonic then triumphantly concludes its second season with one of the most famous classical works of all time - Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5.

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First Baptist Church of San Antonio

515 McCullough Ave

San Antonio,Texas 78125

Subscribers to our 10-pack subscriptions receive a free parking pass and early access to the performances. Please call us if you have any questions at 210-210-6006 or at sales@saphil.org.

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Subscriptions

For subscriptions to our 2023-24 season Classics package we offer online access to purchase this package at saphil.org.

You may also call us at (210) 201-6006 or fill out the form included in this brochure and mail it to us with your information and desired seat selection.

If you are a donor with access to preferred seating, please call the Development staff at 210-201-6009.

We look forward to seeing you all again for the 2023-24 performance season!

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