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Robert Spano, conductor

usic Director Robert Spano, currently in his eighth season as music director of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, is recognized internationally as one of the most imaginative conductors today. Last season, Mr. Spano conducted and recorded the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in Puccini’s La Bohème, the first American recording of the opera since 1956. It was released by Telarc in conjunction with the semi-staged performance he led at Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park, the Orchestra’s new state-of-the-art 12,000-seat venue in Alpharetta, Ga., where he conducted all of the orchestral concerts in the inaugural season. Since 2001, Mr. Spano has invigorated and expanded the Orchestra’s repertoire while elevating the ensemble to new levels of international prominence and acclaim. The Orchestra and audiences together explore a creative programming mix, recordings and visual enhancements, such as Theater of a Concert, the Orchestra’s continuing exploration of different formats, settings, and enhancements for the musical performance experience (such as the first concert-staged performances of John Adams’s Doctor Atomic in November 2008). The Atlanta School of Composers reflects Mr. Spano and the Orchestra’s commitment to nurturing and championing music through multi-year partnerships defining a new generation of American composers, including Osvaldo Golijov, Jennifer Higdon, Christopher Theofanidis, and Michael Gandolfi. Since the beginning of his tenure, Mr. Spano and the ASO have performed nearly 100 contemporary works (composed since 1950), including seven ASO-commissioned world premieres, two additional world premieres and one U.S. premiere. Mr. Spano continues to expand the discography of the Atlanta Symphony to include the music of Atlanta School of Composers Christopher Theofanidis, Jennifer Higdon and Michael Gandolfi, as well as John Adams, David Del Tredici, Sibelius’s Kullervo, Brahms’s Requiem, a recently released live recording of La Bohème and the Grammy® Award-winning recordings of Vaughan Williams’s A Sea Symphony and Berlioz’s Requiem. Mr. Spano and the ASO also have recently recorded two discs of the music by Atlanta School of Composers Osvaldo Golijov for Deutsche Grammophon: one including Three Songs and Oceana, and the other including the chamber opera Ainadamar, which was awarded two Grammys. In 2008, Robert Spano was named Musical America’s Conductor of the Year.

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he Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, currently in its 64th season, is one of America’s leading orchestras, known for the excellence of its live performances, presentations, renowned choruses and its impressive list of Grammy Awardwinning recordings. With the opening of the 12,000-seat Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park (vzwamp. com) in May 2008, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra became the first U.S. orchestra to annually perform and present in its concert hall and in two amphitheaters. In Summer 2008, the Orchestra celebrated 35 years at the legendary Chastain Park Amphitheater, the award-winning 6,500-seat venue in Atlanta, during the ASO’s annual Delta Classic Chastain concert series (classicchastain.com). The leading cultural organization in the Southeast, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra serves as the cornerstone for artistic development and music education in the region. Under the Creative Partnership of Music Director Robert Spano, Principal Guest Conductor Donald Runnicles, and President and CEO Allison Vulgamore since September 2001, the Orchestra and audiences together explore a creative programming mix, recordings, and visual enhancements, such as the ASO Theater of a Concert, the Orchestra’s continuing exploration of different formats, settings, and enhancements for the musical performance experience. Another example is the Atlanta School of Composers, which reflects Mr. Spano and the Orchestra’s commitment to nurturing and championing music through multi-year partnerships defining a new generation of American composers. During its 31-year history with Telarc, the Orchestra has recorded more than 100 albums, and its recordings have won 26 Grammy Awards in categories including Best Classical Album, Best Orchestral Performance, Best Choral Performance and Best Opera Performance. The ASO Chorus has earned nine Grammy Awards for Best Choral Performance, most recently for the Berlioz Requiem in 2005. The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra performs more than 200 concerts each year to a combined audience of more than a half million in a full schedule of performances which also feature educational and community concerts. A recognized leader and supporter of contemporary American music, the Orchestra recently received the 2007 award for Strongest Commitment to New American Music from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers.

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Magnificent Mozart Saturday, June 27, 2009, 8 p.m.

Grant Llewellyn, Conductor Pedja Muzijevic, Piano

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Overture to Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492 (1786)

Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K. 466 (1785) I. Allegro II. Romance III. Rondo: Allegro assai Pedja Muzijevic, Piano

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Symphony No. 41 in C Major, K. 551 (“Jupiter”) (1788) I. Allegro vivace II. Andante cantabile III. Menuetto: Allegretto IV. Molto allegro

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Notes on the program by Ken Meltzer

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in Salzburg, Austria, on January 27, 1756, and died in Vienna, Austria, on December 5, 1791. 0verture to Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492 (1786) The first performance of Le nozze di Figaro took place at the Burgtheater in Vienna on May 1, 1786. Approximate performance time is four minutes.

n 1781, Mozart left his hometown of Salzburg to stake his fortune in the majestic city of Vienna. One of Mozart’s great ambitions was to compose a successful Italian comic opera for the Viennese Court Theater. After a few false starts, Mozart found the right subject and collaborator. Mozart based his opera upon the controversial French play, La Folle Journée, ou Le Mariage de Figaro (The Insane Day, or The Marriage of Figaro) (1784), by Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais. The librettist for the project was the Italian-born Vienna Court poet, Lorenzo da Ponte, who later supplied Mozart with the texts for Don Giovanni (1787) and Cosi fan tutte (1790), works that, along with Le nozze di Figaro, represent the apotheosis of 18th-century Italian comic opera. In the fall of 1785, da Ponte and Mozart began collaborating on their operatic adaptation of the Beaumarchais play. As da Ponte later recalled: “I set to work, accordingly, and as fast as I wrote the words, Mozart set them to music. In six weeks everything was in order.” There were still some hurdles to overcome before Mozart could achieve his goal. Emperor Joseph II expressed concern over whether Mozart, chiefly known in Vienna for his instrumental compositions, was the appropriate person to compose an Italian opera. The Emperor also was troubled by the revolutionary nature of the Beaumarchais story, which portrayed servants outwitting their corrupt master. Da Ponte interceded, and convinced the Emperor of Mozart’s talents, describing Figaro’s music as “marvelously beautiful.” The poet further assured the Emperor that he had “omitted or cut anything that might offend good taste or public decency at a performance over which the Sovereign Majesty might preside.” The Emperor was finally persuaded by da Ponte’s arguments, and Le nozze di Figaro received its premiere at the Burgtheater in Vienna on May 1, 1786. Mozart led the performance from the keyboard and the audience called him to the stage several times. Le nozze di Figaro proved to be an instant success with the public, so much so that on May 9, the Emperor decreed that “to prevent the excessive duration of the opera ... no piece for more than a single voice is to be repeated.” It was Mozart’s habit to compose his overtures after the completion of the operas themselves. In fact, Mozart penned the Overture to Le nozze di Figaro just two days before the opera’s premiere. The four-minute Overture (Presto) quotes no music from the opera itself. Nevertheless, from the frothy opening measures to its majestic coda, the Overture to The Marriage of Figaro serves as the perfect introduction to an evening of intrigue and high spirits.

Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K. 466 (1785) The first performance of the Piano Concerto No. 20 took place at the Mehlgrube in Vienna on February 11, 1785, with the composer as soloist. Approximate performance time is thirty-two minutes.

ozart’s relocation in 1781 from his native Salzburg to Vienna was a bold gamble. He did not have any guaranteed court position in Vienna, and would therefore have to make his living as a free-lance artist. And yet, the gamble paid off handsomely — at least initially. The early to mid-1780s were the most successful of Mozart’s brief life. He was then in constant demand in Vienna as a composer, pianist and teacher. In a letter to his father, written in February of 1784, Mozart proudly reported: “The whole morning is given over to my pupils, and nearly every evening I have to play … Have I not enough to do? I do not think I shall get out of practice in these circumstances...” During those productive years, Mozart, a virtuoso keyboard artist, sponsored a series of concerts known as “academies.” Mozart wrote several piano concertos for his own performance at these events. In fact, between the years 1784 and 1786, Mozart composed no fewer than twelve piano concertos. Mozart completed his Piano Concerto No. 20, in D minor, K. 466, on February 10, 1785. The premiere took place the following day at an academy held at the Mehlgrube, located on the New Market Place in Vienna.

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Mozart’s father, Leopold, arrived from Salzburg the day of the premiere. As he reported to Mozart’s sister, Nannerl: “Then came a new and most excellent piano concerto by Wolfgang, on which the copyist was still at work when we arrived; and your brother did not even have the time to play the Rondeau (finale) through once, because he was obliged to look over the (orchestral) parts...” Despite the lack of adequate rehearsal, the premiere was a resounding success. Leopold proudly observed, “The concert was matchless, the orchestra excellent.” Leopold’s pride in his son’s achievements could only have increased the following day, when Wolfgang offered a private concert of the last three of six String Quartets he dedicated to Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809). The venerable Austrian composer, who was present at the event, said to the beaming Leopold Mozart: “Before God and as an honest man I tell you that your son is the greatest composer known to me either in person or by name. He has taste and, what is more, the most profound knowledge of composition.” The Concerto No. 20 is in three movements. The first (Allegro) contrasts brooding and stormy elements with more lyrical music. The slow second movement (Romance) is in the character of a song or opera aria without words, with the soloist taking the role of the vocalist. As with the opening movement, the finale (Rondo: Allegro assai) contains much storm and stress that, after the soloist’s final cadenza, resolves to a heroic D-Major proclamation.

Symphony No. 41 in C Major, K. 551 (“Jupiter”) (1788) Approximate performance time is thirty-one minutes.

ozart completed his final three Symphonies—No. 39 in E-flat Major, K. 543, No. 40 in G minor, K. 550, and No. 41 in C Major (“Jupiter”) K. 551 — over the remarkably brief span between June 26 and August 10, 1788. No documentation exists that conclusively proves any of these works, among the composer’s crowning achievements, was performed in Mozart’s lifetime. The last three Symphonies were the product of a particularly distressing period in the composer’s life. Mozart’s career in Vienna as a composer, teacher, virtuoso pianist and impresario reached its apex in the mid-1780s. However, the exhilaration of those triumphant years soon yielded to profound frustration and unhappiness. Mozart experienced a sharp decline in the demands for his services in Vienna. In time, Mozart was reduced to begging for money from acquaintances — principally, Michael Puchberg, a fellow Mason and ardent music lover. Several of Mozart’s letters to Puchberg have survived, and they are indeed heartbreaking to read. Two of the letters to Puchberg, written around the time Mozart began composition of his final three Symphonies, make reference to planned upcoming subscription concerts in Vienna. It is reasonable to assume that Mozart intended to feature his new Symphonies at those concerts. It is not certain that these concerts ever took place. However, there is documentation of concerts conducted by Mozart in Germany in 1789 and 1790. The program for a May 12, 1789 concert at the Leipzig Gewandhaus includes a “Symphony.” Likewise, “A new grand Symphony by Herrn Mozart” was listed as the opening work on an October 15, 1790 Frankfurt concert. The April 16 and 17, 1791 benefit concerts for the Vienna “Society of Musicians,” conducted by Antonio Salieri, also featured “a grand symphony by Mozart.” It is only logical to assume that Mozart would have favored his most recent symphonic efforts for such programs. Mozart did not coin the C-Major Symphony’s popular nickname, “Jupiter.” In August of 1829, the composer’s son told publisher Vincent Novello and his wife, Mary, that it was the German violinist and impresario, Johann Peter Salomon (the same individual who arranged for Haydn’s London visits), who “christened” the Symphony as the “Jupiter.” It is doubtful that Mozart intended the “Jupiter” to be his final Symphony. The composer was only thirty-two at the time of its completion. Tragically, illness would prematurely end his life just three years later. Still, the “Jupiter” Symphony proves a fitting summation of Mozart’s achievements in the symphonic repertoire. It is a glorious work of extraordinary power, majesty and eloquence, culminating in a finale of breathtaking virtuosity. The “Jupiter” Symphony is in four movements. The first (Allegro vivace) opens with a rhetorical device often favored by Mozart — after a bold orchestral statement, the violins offer a subdued reply. This opening typifies the movement’s juxtaposition of heroic and more lyrical elements. The poignant slow movement (Andante cantabile) features muted strings, while excluding trumpets and drums. The third movement is an elegant minuet (Menuetto: Allegretto), a courtly dance in triple meter. The Symphony’s Finale (Molto allegro) is based upon several motifs, all of which are combined in the miraculous closing pages, capped by a series of powerful C-Major chords. Atlanta’s Performing Arts Publication 11

Grant Llewellyn, conductor

usic Director of the North Carolina Symphony as well as Principal Conductor of the Handel & Haydn Society, Grant Llewellyn is known throughout the world as a musician of great talent, versatility and passion. Born in Tenby, South Wales, Llewellyn won a Conducting Fellowship to the Tanglewood Music Center in Massachusetts in 1985 where he worked with such major artists as Bernstein, Ozawa, Masur and Previn. As Assistant Conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra he conducted concerts at the Tanglewood Festival and the Boston Subscription Series as well as concerts in the Boston Pops.

Grant Llewellyn

Llewellyn began his tenure as North Carolina Symphony Music Director in 2004 after a 32-month international search. The Symphony’s fifth music director since its organization in 1932, his sophisticated perspective has captured the interest and imagination of everyone he has encountered. Critics and audiences alike have noted the passion and concentration of the orchestra under his baton, and praise his “transcendent performances,” “masterful pacing and control” and his “graceful and expressive direction.” To date, Grant Llewellyn has held positions with three European orchestras: Principal Conductor of the Royal Flanders Philharmonic, Principal Guest Conductor of the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra and Associate Guest Conductor with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Notable recent European guest engagements have included the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, the City of Birmingham Symphony, the SWR Radio Symphony Orchestra Stuttgart and the Helsinki Philharmonic. He has also conducted the Johannesburg (South Africa) Symphony Orchestra. Llewellyn retains close links with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, with whom he continues to undertake numerous television, radio and recording projects. In September 2004, he was invited by the BBC Proms to conduct the BBC National Orchestra of Wales at the Royal Albert Hall, with a program including the world premiere of Joby Talbot’s Sneaker Waves and Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 9. In 2002, Llewellyn’s conducting career became the subject of a BBC Wales TV documentary. Grant Llewellyn has conducted many major North American orchestras, including the symphonies of Boston, Houston, Montreal, Milwaukee, Saint Louis, Calgary, Toronto and Nashville. His appearance in 2003-04 with the Boston Symphony Orchestra included a major new work by Thea Musgrave commissioned by the orchestra. In 2005-06 he returned to the Calgary Philharmonic and made debuts with the Colorado Symphony as well as the Florida Orchestra. Llewellyn’s first complete season as Music Director of the North Carolina Symphony included a series of concerts called “Crossing the Atlantic,” featuring composers and works from the United States and the United Kingdom. As Music Director of the Handel and Haydn Society, America’s leading period orchestra, from 200006, Llewellyn quickly gained a reputation as a formidable interpreter of music of the Baroque and classical periods. An equally accomplished opera conductor, Grant Llewellyn has appeared at the opera companies of English National Opera (The Magic Flute) and the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, where his repertoire has ranged from Alexander Goehr’s Arianna to Mozart’s The Magic Flute and Handel’s Radamisto. In 2001, Llewellyn embarked on a collaboration with the acclaimed Chinese director Chen-Shi Zheng in a production of Dido and Aeneas at Spoleto Festival U.S.A. This was followed by a staged version of Monteverdi’s Vespers with the Handel & Haydn Society. In 2003, Llewellyn made his debut with Opera North in a new production of Massenet’s Manon. In June 2005, he conducted at the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World, one of the world’s most prestigious singing competitions.

Pedja Muzijevic, piano

ianist Pedja Muzijevic has toured extensively as soloist with orchestras and as a recitalist throughout eastern and western Europe, Great Britain, Canada, the United States, South America, Australia and Asia. His artistic curiosity has led him to explore both the music of the 18th and 19th centuries on period instruments and the music of such contemporary composers as Knussen, Carter, Cage, Henze, Nancarrow, Crumb, Ades, and many others. Mr. Muzijevic has performed with the Milwaukee Symphony, the Residentie Orkest in The Hague, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Dresden Philharmonic, Shinsei Nihon Orchestra in Tokyo, Orquesta Pedja Muzijevic Sinfonica in Montevideo, Zagreb Philharmonic, Boston Pops, Greensboro Symphony, Santa Fe Pro Musica, Napa Valley Symphony and the Richmond Symphony, among others. He has played solo recitals at Alice Tully Hall in New York, Casals Hall and Bunka Kaikan in Tokyo, Teatro Municipal in Santiago de Chile, Da Camera of Houston, The Frick Collection in New York, National Gallery in Washington, D.C., Lincoln Center’s What Makes It Great Series in New York, Arizona Friends of Chamber Music in Tucson, Lane Series at University of Vermont, the Aldeburgh Festival, Great Britain, and many others. His Carnegie Hall concerto debut playing Mozart Concerto K. 503 with Oberlin Symphony and Robert Spano was recorded live and has been released on the Oberlin Music label.

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His many festival engagements encompass performances at Tanglewood, Spoleto USA, Mostly Mozart, Newport, OK Mozart, Bridgehampton, Bay Chamber Concerts, San Miguel de Allende, Aldeburgh, Lucerne, Holland, Melbourne, Aix-en-Provence, Dubrovnik, Merano and Bratislava Festivals, among others. Mr. Muzijevic’s chamber music performances include Great Performers Series at Lincoln Center and 92nd Street Y in New York; Theatre du Chatelet in Paris; the Boston Symphony Chamber Players in Tanglewood; La Jolla Music Society and Mainly Mozart in La Jolla, Calif.; Da Camera in Houston; Library of Congress and the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C.; and many others. He has toured with Mikhail Baryshnikov and the White Oak Dance Project throughout the United States, South America, Europe and Asia; and with Simon Keenlyside in Trisha Brown’s staged version of Schubert’s Winterreise at Lincoln Center in New York, Barbican in London, La Monnaie in Brussels, Opera National de Paris, as well as in Amsterdam, Lucerne and Melbourne. Mr. Muzijevic’s recording entitled Sonatas and Other Interludes is available on Albany Records. It juxtaposes music for prepared piano by John Cage with composers ranging from W. F. Bach to F. Liszt. Pedja Muzijevic made his New York recital debut in the Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall as a recipient of the Juilliard School’s coveted William Petschek Award. His many honors include top prize in the Busoni International Piano Competition and a finalist diploma in the Naumburg International Piano Competition; as well as special prizes of the Chopin Society, Warsaw and the Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon. A native of Sarajevo, Pedja Muzijevic graduated from the Academy of Music in Zagreb, where he received the Croatian Music Institute Award for best recital. He continued his studies at the Curtis Institute of Music and at the Juilliard School, where he received his Master of Music degree. Teachers who have had the greatest influence on his artistic development include pianists Joseph Kalichstein and Vladimir Krpan, violinist Robert Mann and harpsichordist Albert Fuller. He is the Director of Music Programming at the Baryshnikov Arts Center in New York City. The use of cameras or recording devices during the concert is strictly prohibited. Four Seasons Hotel Atlanta is the preferred hotel of the ASO. Trucks provided by Ryder Truck Rental, Inc. Promotional support provided by WSB-AM and Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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Rodgers & Hammerstein at the Movies Turner Classic Movies Night

Richard Kaufman, conductor • Robert Osborne, host

Come alive to The Sound of Music and other landmark musicals created by the storied partnership of Rodgers and Hammerstein!

Rising Stars

Ilyich Rivas, conductor • Elena Urioste, violin

Verdi:Vespri overture • Mendelssohn:Violin Concerto • Tchaikovsky:Symphony No. 4 Phenomenal 16-year-old Venezuelan conductor Ilyich Rivas makes his major American orchestra debut.

Tickets available NOW at the box office, Ticketmaster.com & 1.800.745.3000 Also available at all TICKEtMAStER outlets including Publix Super Markets. PLEASE NOTE: Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park offers a fine assortment of beverages and food items. Picnic baskets, bottles, cans and coolers are not allowed in the park. All ticket pRICES InClUDE pARKInG, venue fee and sales tax. Convenience charges apply on all transactions. MAKE It A GRoUp! 404.733.4848

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Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Robert Spano, Music Director The Robert Reid Topping Chair *

Donald Runnicles, Principal Guest Conductor The Neil and Sue Williams Chair *

Jere Flint, Staff Conductor; Music Director of the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra The Zeist Foundation Chair *

Norman Mackenzie, Director of Choruses The Frannie and Bill Graves Chair

Mei-Ann Chen, Assistant Conductor, League of american orchestras Conducting Fellow FIRST VIOLIN William Pu Associate/Acting Concertmaster

The Charles McKenzie Taylor Chair *

Justin Bruns

Assistant Concertmaster The Mary and Cherry Emerson Chair

Jun-Ching Lin

Assistant Concertmaster

Carolyn Toll Hancock

The AGL Resources Chair

Martha Reaves Head John Meisner Alice Anderson Oglesby Lorentz Ottzen Christopher Pulgram Carol Ramirez Juan Ramirez Olga Shpitko Denise Berginson Smith Kenn Wagner Lisa Wiedman Yancich SECOND VIOLIN David Arenz

Principal The Atlanta Symphony Associates Chair *

Sou-Chun Su

Associate Principal The Frances CheneyBoggs Chair *

Jay Christy

Assistant Principal

Eleanor Arenz Sharon Berenson David Braitberg Noriko Konno Clift Judith Cox David Dillard Raymond Leung Ruth Ann Little Thomas O’Donnell Ronda Respess Sanford Salzinger Frank Walton

VIOLA Reid Harris

Principal The Edus H. and Harriet H. Warren Chair *

Paul Murphy

Associate Principal The Mary and Lawrence Gellerstedt Chair *

Wesley Collins Robert Jones Marian Kent Yang-Yoon Kim• Catherine Lynn Lachlan McBane Heidi Nitchie Ardath Weck CELLO Christopher Rex

Principal The Miriam and John Conant Chair *

Daniel Laufer

Associate Principal The Livingston Foundation Chair

Karen Freer

Assistant Principal

Dona Vellek Klein

Assistant Principal Emeritus

Joel Dallow Jere Flint Larry LeMaster Brad Ritchie Davin Rubicz• Paul Warner BASS Ralph Jones

TROMBONE Colin Williams

OBOE Elizabeth Koch

Stephen Wilson

Principal The George M. and Corrie Hoyt Brown Chair *

Principal The First Union Chair Associate Principal The Patsy and Jere Drummond Chair

Yvonne Powers Peterson

Bill Thomas George Curran

Deborah Workman Patrick McFarland

BASS TROMBONE George Curran

ENGLISH HORN Patrick McFarland

TUBA Michael Moore

Associate Principal

CLARINET Laura Ardan

Principal The Robert Shaw Chair *

Principal The Georgia-Pacific Chair

TIMPANI Mark Yancich

Ted Gurch

Principal The Walter H. Bunzl Chair *

William Rappaport

William Wilder

Associate Principal The Lucent Technologies Chair

Alcides Rodriguez E-FLAT CLARINET Ted Gurch BASS CLARINET Alcides Rodriguez BASSOON Carl Nitchie

Principal The Walter L. “Buz” Carr, III Chair

Elizabeth Burkhardt Associate Principal

Laura Najarian

Assistant Principal

PERCUSSION Thomas Sherwood Principal The Julie and Arthur Montgomery Chair *

William Wilder Assistant Principal Charles Settle** HARP Elisabeth Remy Johnson Principal The Delta Air Lines Chair

KEYBOARD

Principal The Marcia and John Donnell Chair *

The Pricewaterhouse Coopers Chair

Juan de Gomar

Gloria Jones

The Hugh and Jessie Hodgson Memorial Chair *

CONTRABASSOON Juan de Gomar

Peter Marshall † Beverly Gilbert † Sharon Berenson

Associate Principal

Jane Little

Assistant Principal Emeritus

Joseph Conyers• Michael Kenady Michael Kurth Douglas Sommer Thomas Thoreson FLUTE Christina Smith

Principal The Jill Hertz Chair *

Robert Cronin

Associate Principal

Paul Brittan

The Georgia Power Foundation Chair

Carl David Hall

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PICCOLO Carl David Hall

HORN Brice Andrus

Principal The Sandra and John Glover Chair

LIBRARY Rebecca Beavers Principal

Susan Welty

Steven Sherrill

Thomas Witte Richard Deane

John Wildermuth

Associate Principal

Assistant

TheUPS Community Service Chair

Bruce Kenney TRUMPET Thomas Hooten

Principal The Madeline and Howell Adams Chair* * Chair named in perpetuity • New this season Kevin Lyons **Leave of absence Associate Principal † Regularly engaged musician Joseph Walthall The SunTrustBank Chair Players in string sections are listed alphabetically. Michael Tiscione

Meet the Musicians of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

ere’s a handy Who’s Who of Atlanta Symphony Orchestra players, so you can say hello the next time you spot one out and about at the amphitheatre. As Associate Principal Cellist Daniel Laufer says, “I enjoy getting to know our patrons.”

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Dinner & a Concert with the ASO

for as little as $38 per person!

Enjoy a great night out and save on concert tickets and dining! Each conveniently located restaurant listed below will feature a fine, three-course dinner prior to performances by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Make your plans now.

July

4 8pm

July

11 8pm July

25 8pm August

1 8:30pm

August

15 8:30pm

4th of July All-American celebration! Bridget Reischl, conductor • The U.S. Army Chorus A spectacular fireworks show tops off a concert of beloved Classical Americana!

Star Wars and More

Mei-Ann Chen, conductor Strauss:Also sprach Zarathustra • Williams:Star Wars suite • HOLST:The Planets Journey into space courtesy of “The Planets” and the spectacular visual imagery from NASA voyages!

Beethoven Blockbusters

Hugh Wolff, conductor • Juho Pohjonen, piano Beethoven:Leonore Overture No. 3 • Piano Concerto No. 3 • Symphony No. 7 Hugh Wolff gets to the heart of Beethoven through a pair of pathbreaking works.

Rodgers & Hammerstein at the Movies

Turner Classic Movies Night • Richard Kaufman, conductor • Robert Osborne, host Come alive to The Sound of Music and other landmark musicals created by the storied partnership of Rodgers and Hammerstein!

Rising Stars

Ilyich Rivas, conductor • Elena Urioste, violin The phenomenal 16-year-old Venezuelan conductor Ilyich Rivas makes his major American orchestra debut.

Contact Russell Wheeler 404.733.4807 • russell.wheeler@woodruffcenter.org For complete Dinner and a Concert details please visit www.atlantasymphony.org/dinnerandconcert

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Atlanta’s Arts Community

“ A Dream Come True”

The ASO’s inaugural season at Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre provided a rush of excitement for new audiences throughout North Fulton County By Karl Schnittke

ate on the evening of May 10, 2008, well after the grand opening concert had ended and the audience, musicians and most of the staff had headed home, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Music Director Robert Spano proclaimed loudly to the remaining handful of colleagues and friends that “Tonight was one of the greatest nights of my life.” The ASO’s new summer home at Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park in Alpharetta was in fact one of the greatest nights in the Orchestra’s 64-year history. Mr. Spano led an unforgettable performance, featuring Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, the finale of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, and the Tchaikovsky 1812 Overture, with a cast of hundreds including the Orchestra’s Chorus, Youth Orchestra, and two marching bands from Alpharetta and Milton high schools.

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H I G H

HIGH MUSEUM OF ART ATLANTA

Monet Water Lilies

Claude Monetâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s garden. Now in your own backyard.

Purchase tickets at High.org or call 404-733-HIGH.

Monet Water Lilies is a collaboration between The Museum of Modern Art, New York, and the High Museum of Art, Atlanta.

The exhibitions and programs of the MoMA Series are made possible by

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Experience Monetâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Water Lilies in an intimate exhibition that includes a breathtaking 42-foot-wide painting â&#x20AC;&#x201D;one of the largest outside of France.

Also on view Richard Misrach: On the Beach

Through August 23, 2009

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Claude Monet (French, 1840â&#x20AC;&#x201C;1926), Reflections of Clouds on the Water-Lily Pond (detail), ca. 1920, oil on canvas, The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Mrs. Simon Guggenheim Fund. ÂŠ The Museum of Modern Art/Licensed by SCALA/Art Resource, NY.

The Rich Foundation

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