Masterworks Series Tchaikovsky & Kalinnikov · EVAN MITCHELL Conductor OCTOBER 21, 2018 2:30 P.M....
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Masterworks Series Tchaikovsky & Kalinnikov September 30, 2018 Mozart & Grieg October 21, 2018 Fauré & Brahms December 2, 2018 Trew & Beethoven January 13, 2019 Carmina Burana January 26 & 27, 2019 Haydn Festival March 3, 2019 Rodrigo & de Falla April 14, 2019 Tchaikovsky & Kalinnikov Rachmaninoff | Vocalise Tchaikovsky | Variations on a Rococo Theme Kalinnikov | Symphony No. 2 JOSEPH JOHNSON Cello EVAN MITCHELL Conductor SEPTEMBER 30, 2018 2:30 P.M. THE ISABEL Russian music holds a special place in our Maestro’s heart. This concert showcases the very best of Russia’s romantic orchestral offerings. Rachmaninoff’s Vocalise spools out a beautiful Russian melody as though it were silk. The Rococo Variations is Tchaikovsky’s most brilliant work of intimacy. We end the program with a rarely heard work from a contemporary of Tchaikovsky, Vasily Kalinnikov. His second symphony is unsurpassed in its grandeur and Russian majesty.
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Masterworks Series
Tchaikovsky & Kalinnikov September 30, 2018
Mozart & Grieg October 21, 2018
Fauré & Brahms December 2, 2018
Trew & Beethoven January 13, 2019
Carmina Burana January 26 & 27, 2019
Haydn Festival March 3, 2019
Rodrigo & de Falla April 14, 2019
Tchaikovsky & Kalinnikov
Rachmaninoff | VocaliseTchaikovsky | Variations on a Rococo ThemeKalinnikov | Symphony No. 2
JOSEPH JOHNSON Cello
EVAN MITCHELL Conductor
SEPTEMBER 30, 2018
2:30 P.M.
THE ISABEL
Russian music holds a special place in our Maestro’s heart. This concert showcases the very best of Russia’s romantic orchestral offerings. Rachmaninoff’s Vocalise spools out a beautiful Russian melody as though it were silk. The Rococo Variations is Tchaikovsky’s most brilliant work of intimacy. We end the program with a rarely heard work from a contemporary of Tchaikovsky, Vasily Kalinnikov. His second symphony is unsurpassed in its grandeur and Russian majesty.
Mozart & Grieg
Mozart | Eine Kleine NachtmusikStrauss | LiederMozart | Piano Concerto No. 21Grieg | Peer Gynt
RACHEL KREHM Soprano
VADIM SEREBRYANY Piano
EVAN MITCHELL Conductor
OCTOBER 21, 2018
2:30 P.M.
THE ISABEL
The warm allure of the sun and the mysterious beauty of moonlight have inspired composers for generations to create works beyond compare. We begin in darkness with Mozart’s popular A Little Night Music and move to daylight with Grieg’s Morning from his Peer Gynt Suite. Vadim Serebryany returns, bringing his poetry to Mozart’s most sublime piano concerto, and Rachel Krehm sings a selection of Strauss art songs which number amongst the greatest ever written.
Fauré & Brahms
Fauré | Pelléas et Mélisande SuiteMozetich | Calla LiliesBrahms | Symphony No. 1
MELISSA SCOTT Oboe
EVAN MITCHELL Conductor
DECEMBER 2, 2018
2:30 P.M.
THE ISABEL
The consummate orchestral experience, with three masterworks filled with colour, beauty, power, and craft. Be enchanted by the magnificent musical storytelling of Fauré’s Pelléas et Mélisande Suite, experience the extraordinary beauty of Marjan Mozetich’s Calla Lilies performed by our own principal oboe Melissa Scott, and discover the majesty and power of Brahms’ epic first symphony.
Carmina Burana
Wolf-Ferrari | Overture to Segreto di SusannaSmyth | Finale of Act 1 of The Boatswain’s MateOrff | Carmina Burana
ELIZABETH POLESE Soprano
CHRISTOPHER MAYELL Tenor
JEAN-PHILIPPE McCLISH Baritone
QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY CHORAL ENSEMBLEDARRELL BRYAN Director
EVAN MITCHELL Conductor
JANUARY 26, 2019
7:30 P.M.
THE ISABEL
JANUARY 27, 2019
2:30 P.M.
THE ISABEL
Who would have suspected that bad behaviour would lead to wonderful music? Orff’s immortal Carmina Burana returns to the Kingston stage, accompanied by our friends in the Queen’s University Choral Ensemble. This theme continues with Wolf-Ferrari’s delightful overture to an opera centred around a woman concealing her smoking habit, and the Smyth selection represents an achingly beautiful aria, interrupted by raucous pub crawlers.
Trew & Beethoven
Trew | Symphony No. 1Beethoven | Violin Concerto
JESSICA LINNEBACH Violin
EVAN MITCHELL Conductor
JANUARY 13, 2019
2:30 P.M.
THE ISABEL
Vast, sweeping, significant works dominate this concert lineup. On the one hand, we have Beethoven’s only violin concerto, a colossus of the repertoire and one of the world’s most beloved pieces. On the other, a brand new symphony commissioned by the Kingston Symphony, composed by Ryan Trew, who has already shown to be a Kingston audience favourite!
Rodrigo & de Falla
Granados | Intermezzo from GoyescasRodrigo | Concierto de Aranjuezde Falla | Three Cornered Hat
DREW HENDERSON Guitar
EVAN MITCHELL Conductor
APRIL 14, 2019
2:30 P.M.
THE ISABEL
Join us on a grand tour of Spain as we explore the kinetic fervour and rhythmic flair of three exciting Spanish masterpieces. Rodrigo’s concerto for guitar and orchestra is always on the top ten list of classical hits. We pair it with a smoldering intermezzo by Granados, and finish with the most fiercely Spanish ballet ever written, de Falla’s Three Cornered Hat.
Haydn Festival
Haydn | Symphony No. 94 (Surprise)Haydn | Symphony No. 100 (Military)Haydn | Symphony No. 104 (London)
EVAN MITCHELL Conductor
MARCH 3, 2019
2:30 P.M.
THE ISABEL
Celebrate the dynasty of the very first titan of the symphony in one of the Kingston Symphony’s finest traditions as we shine a spotlight on the monumental works of Franz Joseph Haydn. Experiencing three of his final symphonies in one concert will make you understand why he has been called the father of the symphony.
