issue one - Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

More documents

Recommendations

Info

HAN-NA CHANG JESÚS LÓPEZ-COBOS CONCERT PROGRAM MASTERWORKS DIAMOND / ORPHEUM THEATRE, 8PM saturday & monday, october 2, 4 Jesús López-Cobos conductor ◆ Han-Na Chang cello Wagner Tannhäuser: Overture ◆ Elgar Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85 I. Adagio – Moderato II. Lento – Allegro molto III. Adagio IV. Allegro INTERMISSION DVOŘ ÁK Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 70 I. Allegro maestoso II. Poco adagio III. Scherzo: Vivace IV. Finale: Allegro PRE-CONCERT TALKS free to ticketholders at 7:05pm, featuring VSO Musicians. Visit the Symphony Gift Shop for CD selections October 2 Concert Benefactor 14 allegro Platinum Baton Club Sponsors of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
Jesús López-Cobos conductor Spanish-born Jesús López-Cobos recently completed his tenure as Music Director of the Teatro Real in Madrid. He is Conductor Emeritus of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, having served as the orchestra’s Music Director from 1986-2001. Under his leadership for fifteen seasons, the orchestra earned international acclaim for its tour performances and its extensive catalogue of recordings for Telarc. Mr. López-Cobos has previously served as General Music Director of the Deutsche Oper Berlin and Music Director of the famed Lausanne Chamber Orchestra in Switzerland. Mr. Lopez-Cobos’ recent guest conducting appearances in North America have included ten performances of Massenet’s Thais at the Metropolitan Opera as well as concerts with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the symphony orchestras of Montreal, Atlanta, Seattle, St. Louis, Dallas, New Jersey and Cincinnati. Other recent highlights have included a production of Manon with the Metropolitan Opera and a production of Rigoletto with the Lyric Opera of Chicago. Among the many awards bestowed upon him, most recently, in 2001 he was presented with the Medal of Bellas Artes (“Gold Medal of the Fine Arts”) by Spain’s King Juan Carlos and Queen Sophia in 2001. Mr. López-Cobos also holds an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Cincinnati. Han-Na Chang cello Cellist Han-Na Chang has established an extraordinary international career, performing regularly on the most prestigious concert stages of Europe, North America and Asia. She first won recognition for her exceptional musical gifts in 1994 when at the age of eleven she won both the First Prize and the Contemporary Music Prize at the Fifth Rostropovich International Cello Competition in Paris. Since that time, her superb artistry and virtuosity coupled with the astonishing depth of her interpretations have placed Han-Na Chang at the forefront of the world’s new generation of artists. Her recording Romance presents rarely performed works for cello and orchestra by much loved late-Romantic composers such as Lalo, Tchaikovsky, Glazunov, Saint-Saens and Dvořák. In 2008, her much anticipated recording of seven Vivaldi Cello Concertos was released to critical acclaim. Han-Na Chang has studied privately with both Mischa Maisky and Mstislav Rostropovich. She has studied philosophy at Harvard University, and is currently studying conducting with Lorin Maazel. Richard Wagner b. Leipzig, Germany / May 22, 1813 d. Venice, Italy / February 13, 1883 Tannhäuser: Overture Wagner conducted the premiere of his fifth opera, Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg (Tannhäuser and the Singers’ Contest on the Wartburg), in Dresden on October 19, 1845. After an uncertain debut, it quickly found success in all of Europe’s major musical centres. The title character is a thirteenth-century German minstrel knight. His affections are divided between Elisabeth, the saintly niece of a local nobleman, and Venus, the ancient goddess of love, who since the fall of classical antiquity has withdrawn to the interior of a nearby mountain. Despite Tannhäuser’s many transgressions, he is eventually redeemed by the purity of Elizabeth’s love. Wagner introduces the opera with what is virtually a symphonic poem. Constructed from the score’s principal musical themes, the overture also summarizes the plot. In it are heard the uplifting hymn sung by pilgrims on their way to Rome to be blessed by the Pope; Tannhäuser’s passionate ode in praise of Venus; and the bacchanalian revels danced by the love goddess’s followers. The return of the pilgrims’ exalted music brings the overture to a glorious conclusion, predicting the redemption that the title character will achieve after his death. allegro 15
Page 1 and 2: allegro MAGAZINE OF THE VANCOUVER S
Page 3 and 4: vancouver symphony orchestra BRAMWE
Page 5 and 6: I N T H I S I S S U E 3 the orchest
Page 7 and 8: M E S S A G E F R O M vso chairman
Page 10 and 11: Bramwell Tovey conductor A musician
Page 13: Saint-Saëns heard sung by boatmen,
Page 18 and 19: CONCERT PROGRAM PACIFIC ARBOUR TEA
Page 21 and 22: UBC OPERA ENSEMBLE The Yeomen of th
Page 24 and 25: BRAMWELL TOVEY TRACY DAHL JILL PERT
Page 26 and 27: BRAMWELL TOVEY WITH THE VSO CONCERT
Page 29 and 30: vancouver symphony foundation Ensur
Page 31 and 32: Officer of the Order of Canada in 2
Page 33 and 34: year). Indeed, perhaps the music it
Page 35: Günther Herbig conductor Günther
Page 38: patrons’ circle The Vancouver Sym
Page 42 and 43: Highlights from the next issue of a
Page 44 and 45: 2010/2011 season Experience Vancouv
Page 46 and 47: “Chalifour’s compelling sound w
Page 49 and 50: The orchestra thrived and in 1938,
Page 51 and 52: The Mazurka was an orchestral work
Page 53 and 54: Bramwell Tovey conductor For a biog
Page 55 and 56: The 2010 / 2011 Season new beginnin
Page 57 and 58: ecome a Fr end of the Vancouver Sym
Page 59 and 60: M. E. Fitch Jean and Bob Garnett Dr
Page 61 and 62: Mr. Roberto Neagu Mr. Philip Neame
Page 63 and 64: ANNE-SOPHIE MUTTER YURI BASHMET LYN
Page 65 and 66:
Lynn Harrell cello Lynn Harrell’s
Page 67 and 68:
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM SPONSORS AND PA
Page 71 and 72:
vancouver symphony society board of
show all

issue one - Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

Delete template?

Save as template?