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hen we “program” the ASO, we try to strike an equal balance between three priorities: “the consistent classical” — works that are well known; “lost diamonds” — important and interesting works not performed often; and lastly, the “new and the innovative.” In the upcoming 2013-14 season, we are embracing the innovative in when we program as much as what we program by implementing changes which originated from audience input. Battling Atlanta traffic makes it especially difficult to attend Friday concerts, so we’ve changed the Friday lineup. In the coming season, there will be six happy hour concerts, called First Fridays with the ASO. We’ll open the bars and begin food service at 5:00 p.m.; the concerts will start at 6:00 p.m. and end by 7:30 p.m. With this change, we think the Orchestra will become more accessible to people in our community who may never have been to the ASO. This summer also brings us the 40th season of our beloved Delta Classic Chastain concert series at Chastain Park Amphitheater. There will, as always, be something for everyone to enjoy this summer under the stars, including: Straight No Chaser; the return of Sunset Jazz; and Charlie Wilson.

The warmer weather also takes us into our sixth season at Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park. We will welcome legends such as Tony Bennett with special guest Jackie Evancho and your Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Also on the roster are two nights with Phish, as well as new-comers including fun.

We expect to announce more as the season nears.

For more information, visit us online at aso.org.

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uando elaboramos la programación que seguiría la Orquesta Sinfónica de Atlanta (ASO), nos esforzamos para que haya un balance equitativo de tres prioridades: entre lo “clásico consistente”, obras que son muy conocidas; los “diamantes perdidos”, obras que no se tocan a menudo, pero que son importantes e interesantes; y por último, lo “nuevo e innovador”. En la próxima temporada 20132014, la innovación se reflejará en cuándo y qué programaremos, al implementar cambios que surgieron en respuesta a las exigencias del público. Sabemos que luchar contra el tráfico que hay en Atlanta hace que sea muy difícil asistir los días viernes a los conciertos, por esta razón, hemos cambiado el programa de los viernes. En la próxima temporada, habrá seis conciertos durante el happy hour, denominados Los viernes estoy primero con la Orquesta Sinfónica de Atlanta. Abriremos los bares y los servicios de comidas atenderán desde las 5:00 p.m. Los conciertos comenzarán a las 6:00 p.m. y terminarán aproximadamente a las 7:30 p.m. Con este cambio, consideramos que será más factible la asistencia de aquellas personas de nuestra comunidad que probablemente nunca han escuchado a la orquesta.

Este verano también les traeremos la 40.a temporada del popular ciclo de conciertos Delta Classic Chastain a realizarse en el anfiteatro del parque Chastain. Como siempre, habrá algo para que todos y cada uno de ustedes disfruten este verano bajo las estrellas, como por ejemplo: Straight No Chaser, el retorno del Sunset Jazz y Charlie Wilson.

El caluroso clima además nos llevará a la 6.a temporada en el Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park. También le daremos la bienvenida a leyendas como Tony Bennett con su invitado especial Jackie Evancho y su Orquesta Sinfónica de Atlanta. Además, también están programadas dos noches con Phish así como nuevos artistas y mucha diversión. Esperamos anunciarle muchos más eventos a medida que se acerque la temporada.

Para obtener más información, visítenos en línea en aso.org.

Esperamos verlo muy pronto en otra gran noche de concierto.

Wishing you all the best, Con todos mis mejores deseos, Stanley E. Romanstein, Ph.D. President & CEO/Presidente y Director Ejecutivo

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Directors Pinney L. Allen Neil H. Berman Paul Blackney Mary Rockett Brock Janine Brown C. Merrell Calhoun S. Wright Caughman, M.D. Ronald M. Cofield Sylvia Davidson* Carlos del Rio, M.D. Lynn Eden David Edmiston Gary P. Fayard† Dr. Robert M. Franklin, Jr.

Paul R. Garcia Carol Green Gellerstedt Virginia A. Hepner* Thomas Hooten† Tad Hutcheson Mrs. Roya Irvani Clayton F. Jackson Mark Kistulinec Steve Koonin Carrie Kurlander James H. Landon Michael Lang Donna Lee Kelly L. Loeffler

Penny McPhee Howard D. Palefsky Suzanne Tucker Plybon Patricia H. Reid Margaret Conant Reiser Martin Richenhagen Stanley E. Romanstein, Ph.D.* Dennis Sadlowski William Schultz† John Sibley H. Hamilton Smith Lucinda B. Smith Thurmond Smithgall†

Paul Snyder Gail Ravin Starr Mary Rose Taylor Joseph M. Thompson Liz Troy† Ray Uttenhove Chilton Davis Varner S. Patrick Viguerie Rick Walker† Thomas Wardell John B. White, Jr. Richard S. White, Jr. Patrice Wright-Lewis Camille Yow

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ecognized as one of the brightest and most imaginative conductors of his generation, Robert Spano is in his 12th season as Music Director of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and has elevated the ensemble to new levels of international prominence.

Under Mr. Spano’s artistic leadership, the Orchestra and its audiences have explored a creative mix of programming, including Theater of a Concert performances, which use different formats, settings, and enhancements for the musical performance experience.

The Atlanta School of Composers reflects Mr. Spano’s and the Orchestra’s commitment to nurturing and championing music through multiyear partnerships defining a new generation of American composers. Since 2001 Mr. Spano and the Orchestra have performed more than 100 concerts containing contemporary works and, by the end of the 2012-13 season, will have performed 16 ASO-commissioned world premieres.

Mr. Spano has a discography with the Orchestra of 19 recordings, six of which have won Grammy awards. He has led the Orchestra in performances at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and at the Ravinia, Ojai, and Savannah Music Festivals.

As Music Director of the Aspen Music Festival and School, Mr. Spano oversees the programming of more than 300 events and educational programs, including Aspen’s American Academy of Conducting. Dedicated to pedagogy and multidisciplinary studies, he has lectured on “Community” for TEDx and recently completed a three-year residency at Emory University. In its 165-year history, Emory University has honored only seven other individuals with such expansive residencies, including the Dalai Lama, President Jimmy Carter, and author Salman Rushdie.

Mr. Spano’s 2012-13 guest engagements include the New York and Los Angeles philharmonics; San Francisco, Boston, Cleveland, Chicago, and Philadelphia symphony orchestras; and Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala, BBC Symphony, and Amsterdam’s Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. He has conducted at Covent Garden, Welsh National Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Houston Grand Opera, and the 2005 and 2009 Seattle Opera Ring Cycles.

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Musical America’s 2008 “Conductor of the Year,” Mr. Spano is on the faculty of Oberlin Conservatory, and received honorary doctorates from Bowling Green State University, the Curtis Institute of Music, Emory University, and Oberlin, as well as Columbia University’s Ditson Conductor’s Award for the advancement of American music.

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Reid Harris Principal The Edus H. and Harriet H. Warren Chair* Paul Murphy Associate Principal The Mary and Lawrence Gellerstedt Chair * Catherine Lynn Assistant Principal Wesley Collins ◊ Marian Kent Yang-Yoon Kim Yiyin Li Lachlan McBane Jessica Oudin

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Delta Classical Series Concert Concerts of Thursday, April 11, Friday, April 12, and Saturday, April 13, 2013, at 8:00p

Lionel Bringuier, Conductor Alisa Weilerstein, Cello Paul Dukas (1865-1935) L’apprenti sorcier (The Sorcerer’s Apprentice) (1897) Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) Concerto No. 1 in E-flat Major for Cello and Orchestra, Opus 107 (1959) I. Allegretto II. Moderato III. Cadenza IV. Allegro con moto

Alisa Weilerstein, Cello Intermission Béla Bartók (1881-1945) Concerto for Orchestra (1943) I. Introduzione. Andante non troppo; Allegro vivace II. Giuoco delle coppie. Allegro scherzando III. Elegia. Andante, non troppo IV. Intermezzo interrotto. Allegretto V. Finale. Pesante; Presto

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L’apprenti sorcier (The Sorcerer’s Apprentice) (1897) Paul Dukas was born in Paris, France, on Oct. 1, 1865, and died there on May 17, 1935.

The first performance of The Sorcerer’s Apprentice took place in Paris, as part of a concert by the Société Nationale, on May 18, 1897. The Sorcerer’s Apprentice is scored for piccolo, two flutes, two oboes, two clarinets, bass clarinet, three bassoons, contrabassoon, four horns, two trumpets, two cornets, three trombones, timpani, orchestra bells, suspended cymbals, triangle, cymbals, bass drum, harp and strings. Approximate performance time is twelve minutes.

First ASO Classical Subscription Performance: December 16, 1950, Henry Sopkin, Conductor.

Most Recent ASO Classical Subscription Performances: September 29 and 30, October 1, 2005, Marin Alsop, Conductor.

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he Sorcerer’s Apprentice is not only the best-known work of French composer, Paul Dukas; it remains one of the most familiar of all concert pieces. The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, an instant success at its 1897 premiere, continued to enjoy tremendous popularity for the next several decades. Then, in 1940, The Sorcerer’s Apprentice was immortalized on the silver screen, courtesy of the Walt Disney animated classic, Fantasia.

In the film, Mickey Mouse portrays the hapless apprentice, whose misadventures are set to Dukas’s brilliant score, performed by Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra.

The great German poet, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832), provided the inspiration for Dukas’s magical orchestral scherzo. In a ballad, entitled Die Zauberlehrling, Goethe tells the story of a magician’s apprentice. The apprentice has observed his master’s ability to bring a broomstick to life in order to do the sorcerer’s bidding. The apprentice has divined the sorcerer’s magical incantation. And so, when the sorcerer departs, the apprentice animates the broomstick and orders it to fetch water. The broomstick complies, but much too enthusiastically—soon, the magician’s house is overflowing with water.

The apprentice tries to stop the disaster by chopping the broom in half with an axe, but that causes two brooms to emerge and further inundate the house with water. Finally, the sorcerer returns, and with a wave of his hand, restores calm.

All of the action of Goethe’s poem is masterfully portrayed in Dukas’s scintillating music.

A mysterious, slow introduction (Assez lent) transports the audience to the magician’s home. The scurrying apprentice is portrayed by a quicksilver woodwind figure (Vif). A stroke of the kettledrum is followed by a moment of silence. Isolated notes suggest that the broom is beginning to stir. Finally, its bumptious theme is played in full by the bassoons.

From here, the music proceeds on its inexorable course, gaining power and momentum

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along the way. There is a brief pause when the apprentice splits the broom in two. But soon, the fury returns when the rejuvenated brooms wreak more havoc. Finally, the action comes to a crashing halt, as the sorcerer returns home. The hushed, introductory music briefly returns, whisked aside by an orchestral flourish.

Concerto No. 1 in E-flat Major for Cello and Orchestra, Opus 107 (1959) Dmitri Shostakovich was born in St. Petersburg, Russia, on September 25, 1906,

and died in Moscow, Russia, on August 9, 1975. The first performance of the Cello Concerto No. 1 took place in Leningrad (St. Petersburg) on October 4, 1959, with Mstislav Rostropovich as soloist, and Evgeny Mravinsky conducting the Leningrad Philharmonic.

In addition to the solo cello, the Concerto is scored for piccolo, two flutes, two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, contrabassoon, horn, timpani, celeste and strings. Approximate performance time is twenty-eight minutes.

First ASO Classical Subscription Performances: April 25, 26 and 27, 1985, Yo-Yo Ma, Cello, Robert Shaw, Conductor.

Most Recent ASO Classical Subscription Performances: March 6, 7 and 8, 1997, Christopher Rex, Cello, Hans Graf, Conductor.

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n June of 1959, Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich announced: My next work will be a Cello Concerto. The first movement, an allegretto in the style of a jocular march, is already complete. There will probably be three movements in all. I would find it difficult to say anything concrete about its content: such questions, despite their apparent naturalness and simplicity, always cause me problems. After all, it often happens that in the course of writing a work the form, the means of expression and even the genre can change substantially. I can only say that this concerto was first conceived quite a long time ago. The original impulse came from hearing Sergei Prokofiev’s Symphony-Concerto for Cello and Orchestra, which interested me greatly and aroused my desire to try my hand at this genre.

That’s really all I can say.

Shostakovich finished the score of his First Cello Concerto on July 20. By then, the Concerto had expanded into four movements. The composer notified Russian cellist Mstislav Rostropovich (1927-2007) of the work’s completion. Rostropovich and his accompanist, Alexander Dedyukhin, then journeyed from Moscow to Leningrad. There, on August 2, 1959, Rostropovich received the score of the Shostakovich Cello Concerto No. 1.

Four days later, Rostropovich and Dedyukhin performed the Concerto for the composer, who was amazed by the fact that the cellist had already memorized the entire work.

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Shortly thereafter, Shostakovich dedicated his First Cello Concerto to Rostropovich.

Mstislav Rostropovich was the soloist in the triumphant world premiere of the Cello Concerto No. 1, which took place in Leningrad on October 4, 1959. The composer’s longtime friend and champion, Evengy Mravinsky, conducted the Leningrad Philharmonic.

Five days later, Rostropovich again performed the work, this time in Moscow. Alexander Gauk conducted the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra.

The following month, on November 6, Rostropovich gave the Concerto’s American premiere, with Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra. Shostakovich, who was in the United States as part of Soviet-American cultural exchange program, was in attendance.

Two days later, the performers gathered in Philadelphia’s Broadwood Hotel for the first commercial recording of the Shostakovich First Cello Concerto. According to the liner notes for the recording, Shostakovich “was the first Soviet composer to attend an American recording session of his own work and to supervise its progress in close cooperation with conductor and instrumentalists.” That historic recording has been reissued as part of the Sony Classical “Masterworks Heritage” series (MHK 63327).

In 1966, Shostakovich composed his Second Cello Concerto, Opus 126. As Shostakovich told his friend, Isaak Glikman: “All the time I was writing the concerto, I was naturally thinking of Mstislav Rostropovich’s fabulous playing. I am counting on him to perform the concert.” And it was Rostropovich who performed the Second Concerto’s premiere, in Moscow, on September 25, 1966, at a gala concert held in honor of the composer’s 60th birthday. At the conclusion of the Second Concerto’s premiere, Shostakovich joined Rostropovich, conductor Evgeny Svetlanov, and the USSR State Symphony Orchestra on stage to acknowledge the thunderous cheers and applause.

Rostropovich’s continued advocacy of the two Shostakovich Concertos helped to insure their place among the leading 20th-century works for cello and orchestra. They are glorious monuments to an historic collaboration between two of Russia’s greatest musicians.

Musical Analysis I. Allegretto — The Concerto opens with the soloist’s introduction of the angular, principal theme of this “jocular march.” The winds offer piquant replies. Various instruments incorporate the march theme. In the latter part of the movement, the soloist converses with the horn, and oboes and clarinets. The subdued atmosphere of the closing measures is dispelled by a fortissimo exclamation.

The concluding three movements are played without pause.

II. Moderato — The Concerto’s slow movement begins with an introduction by the strings and horn. The soloist introduces a somber melody, later providing counterpoint to the clarinet’s repetition. The ensuing episode, launched by muted strings, continues the introspective atmosphere. Soon, however, the mood becomes increasingly agitated.

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program A horn solo, marked espressivo, serves as prelude to a sequence featuring the arresting combination of the celeste, muted strings, and solo cello (playing open strings). The movement concludes with two pizzicato chords.

III. Cadenza — The third movement, an extended, unaccompanied cadenza for the soloist, features echoes from the preceding movements. A series of ascending and descending flourishes leads directly to the finale.

IV. Allegro con moto — The acerbic tone of the opening movement returns in the whirlwind finale, the most overtly virtuoso of the Concerto. Toward the close, the opening movement’s march theme makes a prominent return, as the Concerto proceeds to an emphatic resolution.

Concerto for Orchestra (1943) Béla Bartók was born in Sînnicolau Mare, Hungary, on March 25, 1881 and died in New York on September 26, 1945. The first performance of the Concerto for Orchestra took place at Symphony Hall in Boston, Massachusetts, on December 1, 1944, with Serge Koussevitsky conducting the Boston Symphony Orchestra. The Concerto for Orchestra is scored for piccolo, three flutes, three oboes, English horn, three clarinets, bass clarinet, three bassoons, contrabassoon, four horns, three trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, side drum, tam-tam, triangle, cymbals, suspended cymbal, bass drum, two harps and strings.

Approximate performance time is thirty-eight minutes.

First ASO Classical Subscription Performance: January 17, 1967, Robert Mann, Conductor.

Most Recent ASO Classical Subscription Performances: November 6 and 7, 2008, Robert Spano, Conductor.

“I have lost all my faith” Béla Bartók composed his Concerto for Orchestra during a period of overwhelming adversity and despair. In October of 1940, Bartók and his wife left Hungary to escape the Nazis. During the journey to the United States, the composer wrote, “this voyage is...like plunging into the unknown from what is known but unbearable...God only knows how and for how long I’ll be able to work over there.”

Bartók’s fortunes continued to decline when he settled in New York. Commissions for new musical works were scarce during this turbulent period in world history. Bartók, his health rapidly deteriorating, was often unable to fulfill those few assignments he received. “Our situation grows worse from day to day,” Bartók wrote in 1941 to his friend, the conductor Paul Sacher. Bartók continued: All I can say is that in the whole of my working life, that is to say for the past twenty years, I have never found myself faced with such a terrible situation as that into which I shall be plunged in the near future...I am becoming rather pessimistic; I have lost all my faith in men and nations, everything... encoreatlanta.com/Atlanta’s Performing Arts Publication

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In December of 1942, Bartók proclaimed: “My career as a composer is as much as finished; the quasi boycott of my works by the leading orchestras continues; no performances of either old works or new ones.”

Bartók, Koussevitsky and the Concerto for Orchestra Early in 1943 two longtime friends of Bartók, violinist Joseph Szigeti and conductor Fritz Reiner, approached Serge Koussevitsky. They proposed the idea of commissioning Bartók to write a new orchestral work in memory of Koussevitsky’s wife, Natalie. Koussevitsky, the conductor of the Boston Symphony, surprised Bartók by visiting him in his New York hospital room. Koussevitsky offered Bartók a commission of $1,000.00. During that initial visit, Koussevitsky gave the composer a check for $500.00, with the remaining amount to be forwarded upon completion of the score.

Koussevitsky’s visit seemed to rejuvenate the gravely ill composer. Bartók worked on his Concerto for Orchestra “practically night and day” from August 15 to October 8, 1943, while staying at a private sanatorium in Lake Saranac, New York. Bartók sensed that his health and fortunes were on the mend, and enthusiastically reported to Szigeti: “Perhaps it is due to this improvement (or it may be the other way round) that I have been able to finish the work that Koussevitsky commissioned.”

The resurrection of a man who had “lost all (his) faith in men, nations, everything,” is reflected in Bartók’s own description of the Concerto for Orchestra: “The general mood of the work represents, apart from the jesting second movement, a gradual transition from the sternness of the first movement and the lugubrious death-song of the third, to the lifeassertion of the last one.”

Koussevitsky and the Boston Symphony Orchestra presented the triumphant world premiere of Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra at Symphony Hall on December 1, 1944.

Bartók reported: “The performance was excellent. Koussevitsky is very enthusiastic about the piece, and says it is ‘the best orchestral piece of the last 25 years.’”

The New York premiere at Carnegie Hall on January 10, 1945 inspired equally rapturous acclaim. As Olin Downes reported the following day in the New York Times: “Repeatedly, Dr. Koussevitsky led Mr. Bartók from the wings, and finally left him alone on stage with the applauding audience.”

Illness finally overcame Bartók’s great spirit, and the composer died in New York on September 26, 1945, less than a year after the Concerto for Orchestra’s stunning premiere.

The popularity of the Concerto for Orchestra, one of Bartók’s most optimistic and brilliant works, remains undiminished.

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Musical Analysis Bartók offered the following general description of his Concerto for Orchestra for the 1944 premiere: The title of this symphony-like orchestral work is explained by its tendency to treat the single instruments or instrument groups in a “concertant” or soloistic manner. The “virtuoso” treatment appears, for instance, in the fugato section of the first movement (brass instruments), or in the “perpetuum mobile”-like passage of the principal theme in the last movement (strings), and, especially, in the second movement, in which pairs of instruments consecutively appear with brilliant passages.

I. Introduzione. Andante non troppo; Allegro vivace — The opening movement begins with an extended, mysterious introduction, featuring the dark hues of the cellos and doublebasses contrasting with shimmering violins and flutes. The intensity of the introduction grows, building to the principal Allegro vivace, and the chromatic first theme played by the violins. The trombone introduces an angular ascending and descending motif, shortly followed by a lilting theme, played first by the oboe and then by the clarinets, in octaves.

Bartók offers a brilliant manipulation of the principal themes, often in counterpoint to each other. Finally, the movement closes with a massive statement of the trombone motif.

II. Giuoco delle coppie. Allegro scherzando — After a brief passage by a side drum without snares, the sprightly “game of the pairs” features a series of passages for groups of two instruments—bassoons, oboes, clarinets, flutes and muted trumpets. The side drum introduces a chorale-like interlude for brass. A reprise of the “game” section offers new and varied instrumental combinations. Finally, the side drum returns to close this playful movement.

III. Elegia. Andante, non troppo — The “Elegy,” a “lugubrious death-song,” features eerie restatements of material found in the slow introduction to the first movement. The composer described the nocturnal setting as “a misty texture of rudimentary motifs.”

IV. Intermezzo interrotto. Allegretto — After a shrill introduction by the strings, the oboe plays a jaunty refrain, the first of two principal themes in this Intermezzo. The violas present the beautiful, cantabile second theme. The “interruption” is in the form of a parody of a theme from the first movement of Dmitri Shostakovich’s Seventh (“Leningrad”) Symphony (1941). Bartók heard a radio broadcast of the Shostakovich Seventh while working on the Concerto for Orchestra. He developed an immediate disdain for the central first-movement theme. In Bartók’s Concerto, the solo clarinet introduces the Shostakovich theme, quickly and mercilessly attacked by the full orchestra.

Subsequent attempts to revive the Shostakovich theme lead to its annihilation and finally, a return to the Intermezzo.

V. Finale. Pesante; Presto — The breathtaking Finale opens with a horn call that heralds a perpetuum mobile figure played by the violins, soon joined by the entire orchestra. The

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program bios bassoons, clarinets and oboes offer a brief contrapuntal treatment of the opening horn call. A short, tranquillo interlude leads to a return to the flurry of activity, highlighted by brilliant trumpet fanfares that form the basis for a masterful fugal development. The perpetuum mobile theme returns, soon intertwined with the other principal motifs, as the Concerto for Orchestra rushes headlong to its dazzling conclusion.

ALISA WEILERSTEIN, cellist

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merican cellist Alisa Weilerstein has attracted widespread attention worldwide for playing that combines a natural virtuosic command and technical precision with impassioned musicianship. In September 2011 she was named a MacArthur Foundation Fellow, and in 2010 she became an exclusive recording artist for Decca Classics, the first cellist to be signed by the prestigious label in over 30 years. Her debut album, released in North America on October 30, 2012, features the Elliott Carter and Elgar Cello Concertos with Daniel Barenboim and the Berlin Staatskapelle.

Alisa Weilerstein

Ms. Weilerstein’s 2012-13 season has included engagements in Belgium, Canada, Finland, France, Great Britain, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Russia, and across the United States.

In September 2012 she returned to Germany to perform the Elliott Carter Cello Concerto with Daniel Barenboim and the Berlin Staatskapelle. She appeared with conductor Gianandrea Noseda and the Philadelphia Orchestra and will perform at the Kennedy Center with conductor Christoph Eschenbach and the National Symphony Orchestra in May. Ms. Weilerstein debuted with the Academy of St. Martin in Fields during a 16-city United States tour in March.

Alisa Weilerstein, who was born in 1982, made her Cleveland Orchestra debut at age 13, playing Tchaikovsky’s “Rococo” Variations. She made her Carnegie Hall debut with the New York Youth Symphony in March 1997. Ms. Weilerstein is a graduate of the Young Artist Program at the Cleveland Institute of Music, where she studied with Richard Weiss.

In May 2004, she graduated from Columbia University in New York with a degree in Russian History.

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Lionel Bringuier, conductor

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onductor Lionel Bringuier is in his sixth and final season with the Los Angeles Philharmonic as Resident Conductor. He is Chief Conductor designate and Music Director of the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich next season.

Previously, Mr. Bringuier was Music Director of the Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y León in Valladolid, Spain, where he spent eight seasons.

Lionel Bringuier

Last fall, he conducted his first fully staged opera production of Bizet’s Carmen with the Royal Swedish Opera. Additional guest conducting highlights include engagements with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Cleveland Orchestra, the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra and the Bamberger Symphoniker.

Winner of the 49th Besançon Young Conductors Competition in 2005, Mr. Bringuier was the unanimous choice of the Besançon jury, the “Prix du Public” as audience favourite, as well as the top vote of the musicians of the festival orchestra, the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse.

Born in Nice, France in 1986, Mr. Bringuier attended the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris from the age of thirteen, beginning his conducting studies in 2000 with Zsolt Nagy. He has also participated in master classes with Peter Eötvös and Janos Fürst.

In June 2004, he obtained his diploma in cello and conducting with “Mention Très Bien à l’unanimité”. Other distinctions include the “Médaille d’or à l’unanimité avec les felicitations du jury à l’Académie Prince Rainier III de Monaco”, the “médaille d’or” from the Lord Mayor of Nice as well as first prize in a competition organized by the Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra in Ostrava. Bringuier has also received prizes from the Swiss Foundation Langart and the Cziffra Foundation.

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support The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra thanks individuals, corporations, foundations, and government agencies whose contributions help the Orchestra make a difference in our community. The following list represents the cumulative total of philanthropy of $1,750 and above.

(Please note that donor benefits are based solely on contributions to the annual fund.)

Appassionato Carrie Kurlander, Appassionato Chair The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra is privileged to receive annual contributions from individuals throughout the Southeast. Appassionato was inaugurated in 2000 and welcomes annual givers of $10,000 and above. Appassionato members provide the Symphony with a continuous and strong financial base in support of our ambitious aritistic and education initiatives. $500,000+

Madeline & Howell E. Adams, Jr. The Mabel Dorn Reeder Foundation Mrs. Anne Cox Chambers Wells Fargo Delta Air Lines The Zeist Foundation, Inc. The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation $250,000+

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GE Asset Management Global Payments Inc. Abraham J. & Phyllis Katz Foundation Turner Broadcasting System Woodruff Arts Center

Anonymous The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Ms. Lynn Eden First Data Corporation $75,000+

Susan & Richard Anderson Thalia & Michael C. Carlos Foundation Fulton County Arts & Culture

The Charles Loridans Foundation, Inc. Tull Charitable Foundation, Inc.

$50,000+

Bank of America The Graves Foundation Invesco The Reiman Foundation National Endowment for the Arts Mr. Thurmond Smithgall

SunTrust Bank UPS SunTrust Foundation Susan & Thomas Wardell SunTrust Bank Trusteed Foundation William Randolph Hearst Foundation Walter H. & Marjory M. Rich Memorial Fund Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

$35,000+

Georgia Natural Gas Ann & Gordon Getty Foundation

Massey Charitable Trust Victoria & Howard Palefsky

Porsche Cars North America Publix Super Markets Charities

* As of March 15, 2013.We are grateful to these donors for taking the extra time to acquire matching gifts from their employers. **Deceased.

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Georgia-Pacific Foundation King & Spalding Lockheed Martin Lucy R. & Gary Lee, Jr. Karole & John Lloyd Terence L. & Jeanne P. Neal* Printpack Inc. & The Gay & Erskine Love Foundation Patty & Doug Reid Ryder Systems, Inc.

Mrs. Charles A. Smithgall, Jr. Kelly Loeffler & Jeffrey C. Sprecher Mark & Evelyn Trammell Foundation Vasser Woolley Foundation, Inc. Ann Marie & John B. White, Jr.* Adair & Dick White Sue & Neil** Williams

$17,500+

Pinney L. Allen & Charles C. Miller III Alston & Bird LLP The Arnold Foundation, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Paul J. Blackney City of Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs

The Jim Cox, Jr. Foundation Admiral James O. Ellis, Jr. in memory of Polly Ellis Gary & Nancy Fayard The Home Depot Foundation Jane & Clay Jackson Amy & Mark Kistulinec

Mr. Ken & Dr. Carolyn Meltzer Metropolitan Life Foundation Suzanne & Bill Plybon* Dr. Stanley & Shannon Romanstein Robert Spano Ray & John Uttenhove

Chilton & Morgan Varner Patrick & Susie Viguerie Camille Yow

Mr. & Mrs. David Edmiston Ms. Nancy Field & Mr. Michael Schulder Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence L. Gellerstedt III Charles & Mary Ginden Mr. & Mrs. Tad Hutcheson InterContinental Hotels Group

D. Kirk Jamieson, Verizon Wireless Ann A. & Ben F. Johnson III* Mr. & Mrs. James C. Kennedy Steve & Eydie Koonin Southern Company Donna Lee & Howard C. Ehni Meghan & Clarke Magruder

Nordstrom, Inc. Joyce & Henry Schwob Janine Brown & Alex J. Simmons, Jr. Loren & Gail Starr Alison M. & Joseph M. Thompson Mike & Liz Troy Mr. & Mrs. Edus H. Warren, Jr.

Dr. John W. Cooledge Cari Katrice Dawson Drs. Carlos del Rio & Jeannette Guarner The Max & Victoria Dreyfus Foundation, Inc. Eleanor & Charles Edmondson E&J Gallo Winery Mr. & Mrs. Paul Garcia Mary D. Gellerstedt Nancy D. Gould John H. & Wilhelmina D. Harland Charitable Foundation, Inc. Hennessy Lexus

Jan & Tom Hough Roya & Bahman Irvani Anne Morgan & Jim Kelley Philip Kent, in honor of Neil Williams Mr. & Mrs. Donald R. Keough James H. Landon Mr. & Mrs. John M. Law Pat & Nolan Leake The Livingston Foundation, Inc. Morgens West Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Solon P. Patterson*

Mr. and Mrs. Rezin E. Pidgeon, Jr. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Margaret & Bob Reiser Bill & Rachel Schultz* Mr. John A. Sibley III Siemens Industry, Inc. Mary Rose Taylor Carol & Ramon Tome Family Fund* Trapp Family Ms. Kathy Waller & Mr. Kenny Goggins Neal & Virginia Williams

$15,000+

The Antinori Foundation The Boston Consulting Group Mary Rockett Brock Wright & Allison Caughman Mr. & Mrs. Ronald M. Cofield Trisha & Doug Craft Mr. & Mrs. Edward S. Croft III $10,000+ Anonymous AGCO Corporation, Lucinda B. Smith The Balloun Family Mr. & Mrs. Francis S. Blake Mr. David Boatwright Boxwoods Gardens & Gifts, Inc. The Breman Foundation, Inc. John W. & Rosemary K. Brown The Walter & Frances Bunzl Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Marquette Chester

* As of March 15, 2013.We are grateful to these donors for taking the extra time to acquire matching gifts from their employers. **Deceased.

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Patron Partnership Thomas J. Jung, Chair The Patron Partnership of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra is the society of donors who have given $1,750 or more and comprise a vital extension of the Orchestra family through their institutional leadership and financial support. $7,500+ Lisa & Joe Bankoff The Aaron Copland Fund for Music, Inc.

Sally & Carl Gable Caroline di Donato & Joseph M. O’Donnell

CNN- Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. Jere & Patsy Drummond*

GMT Capital Corporation JBS Foundation John & Kyle Rogers

Betty Sands Fuller Mr. & Mrs. Richard B. Goodsell Mr. & Mrs. David Gould The Jamieson Family Robert J. Jones* Lanier Parking Solutions George H. Lanier Links, Inc., Azalea City Chapter William C. & Anne A. Lester Linda & John Matthews The Devereaux F. & Dorothy McClatchey Foundation, Inc. John F. & Marilyn M. McMullan

The Fred & Sue McGehee Family Charitable Fund.

Penelope & Raymond McPhee* Walter W. Mitchell Donald S. Orr & Marcia K. Knight Dr. & Mrs. Mark P. Pentecost, Jr. Margaret H. Petersen Mr. & Mrs. Joel F. Reeves AGCO Corporation, Martin Richenhagen Vicki & Joe Riedel The Sartain Lanier Family Foundation Sea Island Co.

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ShoStakovich: violin concerto No. 1

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13-14 Season preview… (continued from page 16) There is no shortage of wit next season, either. The opening concerts Sept. 26-28 not only feature works by “The Three Bs” (Bach, Beethoven and Brahms), but Threes by “The Three Bs” (Bach’s Orchestral Suite No. 3, Brahms’ Symphony No. 3, and Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3).

Throughout his tenure as Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Music Director, Robert Spano has demonstrated equal commitment to both programming extraordinary new works and performing the so-called standard repertoire and lesser known works by famous composers. “‘New’ need not mean newly written,” Mr. Spano recently explained. Hearing neglected or overlooked compositions may offer a fresh prospective on an established composer’s output and provide exciting listening. “I have always believed Rachmaninov is one of the greatest composers,” he said. In fact, the ASO has performed all of Rachmaninov’s symphonies, the four piano concertos and Paganini Rhapsody have appeared on numerous programs, and the ASO Chorus has joined for the Spring Cantata, The Bells, and excerpts from the Vespers. In the 201314 season, Garrick Ohlsson’s virtuosity will be showcased in the lyrical Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 2.

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Of several world-renowned artists returning to the ASO 2013-14, some have performed with our Orchestra so often that Atlanta audiences greet them as friends. In addition to Mr. Ohlsson and soprano Jessica Rivera, the list includes cellist Yo-Yo Ma, pianists Jean-Yves Thibaudet and Stephen Hough, and violinists Hilary Hahn, Gil Shaham, and Joshua Bell.

The most dynamic of Robert Spano’s ongoing achievements with the Atlanta Symphony is audience enthusiasm toward music today, as exemplified by the excitement surrounding the Atlanta School of Composers — Mr. Spano and the Orchestra’s continuing commitment to nurture, commission, and record contemporary music through multiyear partnerships with American composers including Michael Gandolfi, Osvaldo Golijov, Jennifer Higdon, Christopher Theofanidis, and Adam Schoenberg. 2013-14 brings the addition of Mark Grey and Jonathan Leshnoff, each with works featured this season.

More than ever before, ASO concertgoers look forward to hearing newly created works, and in 2013-14 Atlanta will experience five world premieres: a new work by Richard Prior, Emory University’s Director of Orchestral Studies; an ASO-

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American Symphony

Mark Grey: Fire Angels

Adam Jessica Schoenberg Rivera

Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2

Garrick Ohlsson

13-14 Season preview… (continued from page 44) commissioned Oratorio by Michael Gandolfi; The Circle and the Child by Philip Lasser, with pianist Simone Dinnerstein as soloist; Mark Grey’s Fire Angels; and a new work by Charles Zoll, the young composer who won the Atlanta Chamber Players’ Rapido! Competition, which was judged

by Robert Spano, Michael Gandolfi, and Jennifer Higdon.

Principal Guest Conductor Donald Runnicles continues in his 13th season with the ASO in what he has described as “a long and treasured relationship with the musicians of the Atlanta Symphony, and of course there is their beloved sister organization, one of the finest choruses in the world, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus.” His friendship with Mr. Spano comes through in their collaboration, onstage and off — “To have been with Donald the whole time at the ASO has been a real gift. He is such a devoted conductor, brilliant musician, and yes, a great friend. I just feel so lucky that he is a part of our family.” You can experience the extraordinary combination of Runnicles and Spano March 13–16, 2014, when both demonstrate their talent as outstanding pianists with keyboard versions of Wagner’s “Liebestod” from Tristan und Isolde, the two-piano version of “La valse” by Ravel, and an excerpt from Stravinsky’s “Rite of Spring.”

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Among the ASO musicians in the spotlight this season are Concertmaster David Coucheron, Principal Cello Christopher Rex, and Principal Oboe Elizabeth Koch Tiscione, all of whom will take center stage to perform concertos with the Orchestra.

The ASO Chorus has long been considered among the finest in the world. Norman Mackenzie continues the legacy of Robert Shaw as Director of ASO Choruses, conducting the eagerly awaited holiday concerts, crowned by the Christmas portion of Handel’s “Messiah.” Other choral focal points will include Carl Orff’s wildly popular Carmina burana.

Another highlight of the season: Mr. Spano, the Orchestra, Chorus, and Gwinnett Young Singers will travel to New York City for the Atlanta Symphony’s annual appearance at Carnegie Hall. This time, they will take Britten’s monumental War Requiem with them as a centerpiece of Carnegie Hall’s “Britten 100” celebration.

Nurturing the talent of tomorrow’s musicians has long been a cornerstone of the ASO. The 2013-14 season will celebrate that that mission when the Talent Development Program (TDP) celebrates its 20th anniversary. Established in 1993, the TDP (please continue reading on page 50)

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13-14 Season preview… (continued from page 48) was the first intensive training program by a major American orchestra to support talented, young African-American and Latino instrumentalists who desire a career in classical music. Many students from the TDP have continued on to leading conservatories, colleges, or university music departments, among them Oberlin Conservatory of Music, the Juilliard School, the Cleveland Institute of Music, the New England Conservatory of Music, and the Curtis Institute of Music.

Here in Atlanta, we always have great hopes as we cheer for the Braves, the Falcons, and the Hawks — but it is with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra we are always guaranteed a winning season.

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hen asked about the highlight of his three years as President and CEO of the ASO, Stanley E. Romanstein, Ph.D., responded: “First and foremost, working with Robert Spano and Donald Runnicles.

They are two supremely gifted artists, and two of the most wonderful people I have known.” As for the upcoming season, Dr. Romanstein is most proud of implementing changes that originated with audience input. “We really listened to the community. One of the things we learned was that battling traffic in Atlanta was making it especially difficult to attend Friday concerts. So we thought, ‘What can we do about that?’ ” Our response was to change the Friday lineup slightly. There will be six “First Friday Concerts” during the 2013-14 season. Beginning at 5 p.m., people can purchase food and drinks. The concerts will start at 6 p.m. and end by 7 p.m. The programs will feature the same classical repertoire, minus one or two works from the weekend’s concerts. “We think that with an attractive ticket price we will make the Orchestra accessible and affordable to people in our community who may never have been to the ASO,” Dr. Romanstein added.

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DEVELOPMENT Sandy Smith Vice President & Chief Development Officer Tammie Taylor Assistant to the Vice President & Chief Development Officer/ Office Manager FINANCE & Rebecca Abernathy ADMINISTRATION Development Services Susan Ambo Manager Vice President of Finance David Adan Shannon McCown Director of Assistant to the Corporate Relations Vice President of Finance Zachary Brown Kim Hielsberg Director of Senior Director of Financial Volunteer Services Planning & Analysis Corey Cowart April Satterfield Senior Director Controller for Development Peter C. Dickson Erin Daugherty Senior Accountant Development Manager Michael Richardson Janina Edwards Venues Analyst Grants Consultant Stephen Jones Brien Faucett Symphony Store Manager Development Coordinator ASO PRESENTS Tegan Ketchie Development Trevor Ralph Coordinator Vice President, Chief Operating Officer Ashley Krausen Special Events Coordinator Clay Schell Vice President, Programming Melissa Muntz Development Manager Holly Clausen Director of Marketing Johnnie Oliver Research Coordinator Lisa Eng Graphic Artist Lucio Petroccione, Jr. Senior Director Keri Musgraves for Development Promotions Manager Chastain Park Amphitheater Lauren Turner Development Tanner Smith Director of Programming & Coordinator Sarah Zabinski Production, Assistant Director ASO Presents for Development Verizon Wireless David Zaksheske Amphitheatre at Development Encore Park Coordinator Katie Daniel VIP Sales Manager Deborah Honan Customer Service Manager & Venue Rental Coordinator Jenny Pollock Operations Manager Rebecca Simmons Box Office Manager

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MARKETING & CONCERT PROMOTIONS David M. Paule Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer Alesia Banks Director of Customer Service & Season Tickets Meko Hector Marketing Production Manager Jennifer Jefferson Director of eBusiness & Interactive Media Melanie Kite Subscription Office Manager Pam Kruseck Manager of Group Sales and Tourism Jan Lochmann Director of Revenue Management Kimberly Nogi Publicist Jesse Pace Group & Corporate Sales Associate Robert Phipps Publications Director Thomas Pinckney Group & Corporate Sales Manager Melissa A. E. Sanders Senior Director, Communications Karl Schnittke Publications Editor David Sluder Database & eMarketing Manager Robin Smith Subscription & Education Sales Bill Tarulli Marketing Manager Rachel Trignano Manager of Broad Based Giving Russell Wheeler Director of Group & Corporate Sales

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generalinfo LATE SEATING Latecomers are seated at the discretion of house management. Reserved seats are not guaranteed after the performance starts. Latecomers may be initially seated in the back out of courtesy to the musicians and other patrons.

THE ROBERT SHAW ROOM The ASO invites donors who contribute at least $1,750 annually to become members of this private salon for cocktails and dining on concert evenings — private rentals available.

Call 404.733.4860.

SPECIAL ASSISTANCE All programs of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra are accessible to people with disabilities. Please call the box office (404.733.5000) to make advance arrangements.

IMPORTANT PHONE NUMBERS Concert Hotline 404.733.4949 (Recorded information) Symphony Hall Box Office 404.733.5000 Ticket Donations/Exchanges 404.733.5000 Subscription Information/Sales 404.733.4800 Group Sales 404.733.4848 Atlanta Symphony Associates 404.733.4865 (Volunteers) Educational Programs 404.733.4870 Youth Orchestra 404.733.5038 404.733.4303 Box Office TTD Number Services for People 404.733-5000 404.733.4800 with Special Needs 404.733.4225 Lost and Found Symphony Store 404.733.4345

SYMPHONY STORE The ASO’s gift shop is located in the galleria and offers a wide variety of items, ranging from ASO recordings and music-related merchandise to T-shirts and mugs. Proceeds benefit the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.

ticketinfo CAN’T ATTEND A CONCERT? If you can’t use or exchange your tickets, please pass them on to friends or return them to the box office for resale. To donate tickets, please phone 404.733.5000 before the concert begins.

A receipt will be mailed to you in January acknowledging the value of all tickets donated for resale during the year.

SINGLE TICKETS Call 404.733.5000 10 a.m.-8 p.m.

Monday-Friday; noon-8 p.m. SaturdaySunday. Service charge applies. Phone orders are filled on a best-available basis. www.atlantasymphony.org Order any time, any day! Service charge applies. Allow two to three weeks for delivery. For orders received less than two weeks before the concert, tickets will be held at the box office.

Woodruff Arts Center Box Office Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday; and noon-8 p.m. Saturday-Sunday. The box office is open through intermission on concert dates. No service charge if tickets are purchased in person. Please note: All single-ticket sales are final. No refunds or exchanges. All artists and programs subject to change.

GROUP DISCOUNTS Groups of 10 or more save up to 15 percent on most ASO concerts, subject to ticket availability. Call 404.733.4848.

GIFT CERTIFICATES Available in any amount for any series, through the box office. Call 404.733.5000.

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1 Bringing Brass to Bremen The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Brass Quintet performed two educational concerts for 800-plus students from Bremen city schools as part of the New Harmonies traveling exhibit.

2 Bow-ing out Concertmaster David Coucheron wowed audiences and critics alike with his performance of the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto.

3 A Gala with pluck Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers brought bluegrass to Symphony Hall with the ASO. 4 All-Star Guests Gala Chairs Tad and Janin Hutcheson with Honorary Chair Justin Blalock of the Atlanta Falcons.

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Presented by ING Foundation Sunday, April 28, 2013, 5:30 P.M. Mason Murer Fine Art Gallery HGTV’s Vern Yip, UNICEF Ambassador, National Chair Join local celebrities, business leaders and philanthropists of all ages to see how YOU can lead the way to ZERO children being denied clean water, health and nutrition, education, protection, and emergency relief.

Share The UNICEF Experience with a date… with friends… as a family!

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stoppard’s rosencrantz and guildenstern are dead may/jun, 2013

the tragedy of julius caesar apr 6-28, 2013

much ado about nothing mar 8-30, 2013

the tragedy of hamlet may/jun, 2013

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