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FORT WAYNE PHILHARMONIC 2017 - 2018
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AMY GRANT IN CONCERT Saturday, January 27, 2018
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2017 - 2018
SEASON CALENDAR DECEMBER
SEPTEMBER 28 Joshua Bell In Concert
7:30 p.m.
OCTOBER 7 Opening Night: Moser and Tchaikovsky
8 Holiday Pops
7:30 p.m.
9 Holiday Pops
2:00 & 7:30 p.m.
14 Messiah by Candlelight 7:30 p.m.
10 Bach In The Barn (Rescheduled from May 2017) 7:30 p.m.
15 Messiah by Candlelight 16 Holiday Pops
7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 2:00 & 7:30 p.m.
11 Bach In The Barn (Rescheduled from May 2017) 7:30 p.m. 12 Bach In The Barn (Rescheduled from May 2017) 7:30 p.m.
JANUARY
18 Cambini, Beethoven, and Mendelssohn
7:30 p.m.
13 Nordic Landscapes
7:30 p.m.
22 Cambini, Beethoven, and Mendelssohn
2:00 p.m.
21 Frozen Fairy Tales
2:00 p.m.
28 E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
7:30 p.m.
24 Bliss
7:30 p.m.
29 Halloween Spooktacular
2:00 p.m.
27 Amy Grant In Concert
7:30 p.m.
29 Youth Orchestras Fall Concert
5:30 p.m.
28 Bliss
2:00 p.m.
NOVEMBER 4 Brahms and Rachmaninoff
7:30 p.m.
11 Beethoven and Thanksgiving
7:30 p.m.
18 Schumann and Brahms
7:30 p.m.
2017 - 2018
SEASON CALENDAR APRIL
FEBRUARY 3 Scheherazade
7:30 p.m.
7 Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert
7:30 p.m.
10 Songs Without Words
7:30 p.m.
8 Peter and the Wolf
2:00 p.m.
17 Cirque Goes To The Cinema
7:30 p.m.
11 From the East
7:30 p.m.
24 Brahms: A German Requiem
7:30 p.m.
15 From the East
2:00 p.m.
28 Music from Don Giovanni
7:30 p.m.
20 A Tribute to the Music of Rodgers & Hammerstein and Andrew Lloyd Webber
MARCH
7:30 p.m.
21 A Tribute to the Music of Rodgers &
4 Music from Don Giovanni
2:00 p.m.
Hammerstein and Andrew Lloyd Webber
7:30 p.m.
10 Beethoven’s “Pastorale” Symphony
7:30 p.m.
28 The Leningrad Symphony
7:30 p.m.
11 Youth Orchestras Spring Concert
4:00 p.m.
17 Bowie and Prince
7:30 p.m.
23 Coppélia
7:30 p.m.
2 Bach In The Barn - The Brandenburg Concertos 7:30 p.m.
2:30 & 7:30 p.m.
3 Bach In The Barn - The Brandenburg Concertos 7:30 p.m.
24 Coppélia 25 Coppélia
2:30 p.m.
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4 Bach In The Barn - The Brandenburg Concertos 7:30 p.m. 12 Closing Night: Pictures at an Exhibition
7:30 p.m.
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September 28, 2017
October 7, 2017
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JOSHUA BELL IN CONCERT Thursday, September 28, 2017 7:30 p.m. | Embassy Theatre Andrew Constantine, conductor Joshua Bell, violin
Hoosier native Joshua Bell is one of the most celebrated violinists of his era. Bell will perform Leonard Bernstein’s Serenade and “New York, New York” with the Philharmonic.
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OPENING NIGHT: MOSER AND TCHAIKOVSKY Saturday, October 7, 2017 7:30 p.m. | Embassy Theatre Andrew Constantine, conductor Johannes Moser, cello
Elgar’s romantic Cello Concerto is paired with Tchaikovsky’s thrilling Symphony No. 5. Plus Dvořák’s Carnival Overture.
October 10, 11 & 12, 2017
October 18 & 22, 2017
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BACH IN THE BARN (RESCHEDULED FROM MAY 2017)
Tuesday, October 10, Wednesday, October 11 & Thursday, October 12, 2017 7:30 p.m. | Joseph Decuis Farm - 6755 E 900 S, Columbia City, IN Caleb Young, conductor The music of J.S. Bach and his contemporaries, in an elegant climate-controlled indoor venue in the countryside. Audiences will be seated at elegantly appointed tables set to candlelight, with wine and desserts included in the ticket price.
CAMBINI, BEETHOVEN, AND MENDELSSOHN
Wednesday, October 18, 2017 7:30 p.m. | Parkview Physicians Group ArtsLab Sunday, October 22, 2017 2:00 p.m. | Rhinehart Music Center, IPFW Passion and technical brilliance from three master composers of chamber music from the early 19th century.
October 28, 2017
October 29, 2017
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E.T.™ THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (Film Screening with Live Orchestra)
HALLOWEEN SPOOKTACULAR
Watch the beloved Steven Spielberg film on a giant screen while the Philharmonic performs John Williams’ unforgettable score live.
Family fun for all ages. Enjoy “Hedwig’s Theme” from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, Danse Macabre, and Hobgoblin. Fort Wayne Ballet joins the Philharmonic in these spooky and highly engaging classics.
Saturday, October 28, 2017 7:30 p.m. | Embassy Theatre Caleb Young, conductor
Sunday, October 29, 2017 2:00 p.m. | Rhinehart Music Center, IPFW Caleb Young, conductor Fort Wayne Ballet, Karen Gibbons-Brown, Artistic Director
October 29, 2017
November 4, 2017
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YOUTH ORCHESTRAS FALL CONCERT
Sunday, October 29, 2017 5:30 p.m. | Rhinehart Music Center, IPFW Colleen Tan, Youth Symphony Orchestra conductor Marcella Trentacosti, Youth Concert Orchestra conductor Performances by the Philharmonic’s Youth Symphony Orchestra and Youth Concert Orchestra. Program to be announced.
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BRAHMS AND RACHMANINOFF Saturday, November 4, 2017 7:30 p.m. | Embassy Theatre Andrew Constantine, conductor Philippe Quint, violin
Philippe Quint brings excitement to Brahms’ Violin Concerto, Op. 77. Plus Rachmaninoff’s romantic 1st Symphony and Verdi’s stirring Nabucco Overture.
November 11, 2017
November 18, 2017
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BEETHOVEN AND THANKSGIVING
SCHUMANN AND BRAHMS
Songs of Thanksgiving by Beethoven, Ives, and Canning, together with a suite from Copland’s The Tender Land and the hymn “We Gather Together” for all in the audience to sing.
Schumann’s grand, joyful Piano Concerto, Op. 54, and Brahms’s bold, dramatic Symphony No. 4. Plus von Suppé’s sparkling Poet and Peasant Overture.
Saturday, November 11, 2017 7:30 p.m. | First Wayne Street United Methodist Church Caleb Young, conductor
Saturday, November 18, 2017 7:30 p.m. | Rhinehart Music Center, IPFW Andrew Constantine, conductor Alessio Bax, piano
December 8, 9 & 16, 2017
December 14 & 15, 2017
Sweetwater Pops Series
Ambassador Enterprises Chamber Orchestra Series
HOLIDAY POPS
MESSIAH BY CANDLELIGHT
All-new this season, featuring Broadway star Mike Eldred, the “Holiday Pops Chorale” and spectacular immersive lighting and multimedia visual effects that will create a warm winter glow in the Embassy Theatre.
Handel’s most recognizable and revered masterpiece is performed to the warm glow of candlelight in the most luminous of settings. Experience the “Hallelujah” Chorus and other favorites in a holiday event you’ll never forget.
Friday, December 8, 2017 | 7:30 p.m. Saturday, December 9, 2017 | 2:00 & 7:30 p.m. Saturday, December 16, 2017 | 2:00 & 7:30 p.m. Embassy Theatre Caleb Young, conductor
Thursday, December 14, 2017 Friday, December 15, 2017 7:30 p.m. | First Wayne Street United Methodist Church Benjamin Rivera, conductor Fort Wayne Philharmonic Chorus and soloists
January 13, 2018
January 21, 2018
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NORDIC LANDSCAPES
Saturday, January 13, 2018 7:30 p.m. | Rhinehart Music Center, IPFW Andrew Constantine, conductor Campbell MacDonald, clarinet Nicholas Bardonnay, multimedia artist Sumptuous large-scale HD photo choreography projected above the orchestra, on a journey through epic Nordic landscapes, featuring the music of Sibelius, Pärt, Nielsen and Liadov.
FROZEN FAIRY TALES
Sunday, January 21, 2018 2:00 p.m. | Rhinehart Music Center, IPFW Caleb Young, conductor Exploring the many facets of snow, wind, and ice, your young ones will love music from the Disney animated classic Frozen, the “Skater’s Waltz,” and music from Lt. Kije.
January 24 & 28, 2018
January 27, 2018
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BLISS
Wednesday, January 24, 2018 7:30 p.m. | Parkview Physicians Group ArtsLab Sunday, January 28, 2018 2:00 p.m. | Rhinehart Music Center, IPFW Ethereal sounds, in a sumptuous program of chamber works by Sir Arthur Bliss, Debussy, Takemitsu and Delerue.
Sweetwater Pops Series
AMY GRANT IN CONCERT Saturday, January 27, 2018 7:30 p.m. | Embassy Theatre Amy Grant, vocalist David Hamilton, conductor
Sensational Grammy Award-winning singer Amy Grant performs some of her greatest hits with a colossal back-up band: the Philharmonic!
February 3, 2018
February 10,2018 2018 January 21,
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SCHEHERAZADE
Saturday, February 3, 2018 7:30 p.m. | Embassy Theatre Andrew Constantine, conductor William Wolfram, piano Scheherazade, Rimsky-Korsakov’s dazzling retelling of “1001 Arabian Nights”, and Pulitzer prize-winning composer John Corigliano’s powerful Piano Concerto.
SONGS WITHOUT WORDS
Saturday, February 10, 2018 7:30 p.m. | First Wayne Street United Methodist Church Caleb Young, conductor Soaring melodies, rich harmonies and emotive expression, in Mendelssohn’s Songs Without Words and serenades by Dvořák and Tchaikovsky.
February 17, 2018
February 24, 2018
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CIRQUE GOES TO THE CINEMA
BRAHMS: A GERMAN REQUIEM
An all-new program featuring Cirque de la Symphonie’s awe-inspiring acrobats, jugglers and aerial gymnasts, paired with musical film classics from Titanic, James Bond, Harry Potter and Star Wars.
Brahms’ uplifting, universally appealing A German Requiem, and Dvořák’s triumphant last symphonic poem, A Hero’s Song.
Saturday, February 17, 2018 7:30 p.m. | Embassy Theatre Caleb Young, conductor
Saturday, February 24, 2018 7:30 p.m. | Embassy Theatre Andrew Constantine, conductor The Philharmonic Chorus and soloists
February 28 & March 4, 2018
March 10, 2018
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MUSIC FROM DON GIOVANNI
Wednesday, February 28, 2018 7:30 p.m. | Parkview Physicians Group ArtsLab Sunday, March 4, 2018 2:00 p.m. | Rhinehart Music Center, IPFW Selections from one of Mozart’s greatest operas, presented in a charming arrangement for winds, plus works by Saint-Saëns and Haydn.
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BEETHOVEN’S “PASTORALE” SYMPHONY Saturday, March 10, 2018 7:30 p.m. | Embassy Theatre Andrew Constantine, conductor Andre Gaskins, cello Derek Reeves, viola
Beethoven’s moving expression of his love for nature, Symphony No. 6, and Richard Strauss’s monumental tone poem Don Quixote: Fantastic Variations on a Theme of Knightly Character.
March 11, 2018
March 17, 2018
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YOUTH ORCHESTRAS SPRING CONCERT
Sunday, March 11, 2018 4:00 p.m. | Rhinehart Music Center, IPFW Colleen Tan, Youth Symphony Orchestra conductor Marcella Trentacosti, Youth Concert Orchestra conductor Performances by the Philharmonic’s Youth Symphony Orchestra and Youth Concert Orchestra. Program to be announced.
Sweetwater Pops Series
BOWIE AND PRINCE
Saturday, March 17, 2018 7:30 p.m. | Embassy Theatre Caleb Young, conductor Jeans ‘n Classics joins the Philharmonic for a concert featuring favorites by David Bowie and Prince, starring Jean Meilleur and Gavin Hope, along with a 5-piece band and backup singers.
April 7, 2018
March 23, 24 25, 2018 January 21,& 2018
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COPPÉLIA
Friday, March 23, 2018 | 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 24, 2018 | 2:30 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. Sunday, March 25, 2018 | 2:30 p.m. Arts United Center | Caleb Young, conductor Fort Wayne Ballet, Karen Gibbons-Brown, Executive Director Coppélia tells the delightful tale of a doctor who has made a life-size dancing doll. An infatuated village youth is saved from an untimely end at the hands of the inventor.
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MOZART, BEETHOVEN, AND SCHUBERT Saturday, April 7, 2018 7:30 p.m. | Rhinehart Music Center, IPFW Valentina Lisitsa, piano
Beethoven’s homage to Mozart and Haydn, the Piano Concerto No. 1, played by Ukrainian star Valentina Lisitsa, and Schubert’s “Great C major” Symphony No. 9.
April 8, 2018
April 11 & 15, 2018
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PETER AND THE WOLF
Sunday, April 8, 2018 2:00 p.m. | Rhinehart Music Center, IPFW Caleb Young, conductor Fort Wayne Ballet, Karen Gibbons-Brown, Artistic Director Prokofiev’s timeless narrative of a boy and his beastly friends is brought to life with a special guest narrator and dancers from Fort Wayne Ballet. Plus selections from Prokofiev’s Classical Symphony and Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro.
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FROM THE EAST
Wednesday, April 11, 2018 7:30 p.m. | Parkview Physicians Group ArtsLab Sunday, April 15, 2018 2:00 p.m. | Rhinehart Music Center, IPFW Works by Arutunian, Janáček and Husa meld Armenian folk tunes and Slavic influences into brilliant expressions for small ensembles. Plus Prokofiev’s first String Quartet, commissioned by the U.S. Library of Congress.
April 28, 2018
April 20 & 21, 2018
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A TRIBUTE TO THE MUSIC OF RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN AND ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER
- A Collaboration in Celebration of FORT WAYNE CIVIC THEATRE’S 90th ANNIVERSARY Friday, April 20 & Saturday, April 21, 2018 7:30 p.m. | Embassy Theatre Andrew Constantine, conductor Christopher Sloan, vocalist; Manna Nichols, vocalist Popular songs from South Pacific, Oklahoma!, Carousel, Cats, Evita, Phantom of the Opera, and many more, in a heartfelt tribute to these giants of musical theatre.
THE LENINGRAD SYMPHONY Saturday, April 28, 2018 7:30 p.m. | Embassy Theatre Andrew Constantine, conductor Alexander Toradze, piano Andrew Lott, trumpet
Two magnificent works by Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovitch: his Piano Concerto No. 1, and 7th Symphony, dedicated to the City of Leningrad and to the millions of Russians who died during World War II.
May 2, 3 & 4
May 12, 2018
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BACH IN THE BARN THE BRANDENBURG CONCERTOS
PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION
J.S. Bach’s six Brandenburg concertos, performed in an elegant climate-controlled indoor venue in the countryside. Audiences will be seated at elegantly appointed tables set to candlelight, with wine and desserts included in the ticket price.
Mussorgsky’s inspired Pictures at an Exhibition plus Ravel’s irresistible, swirling La Valse and American composer George Chadwick’s “symphonic ballad” Tam O’Shanter, after Robert Burns. Performance artist Theo Smith will create a painting live during the performance.
Wednesday, May 2, Thursday, May 3 & Friday, May 4, 2018 7:30 p.m. | Joseph Decuis Farm - 6755 E 900 S, Columbia City, IN Caleb Young, conductor
Saturday, May 12, 2018 7:30 p.m. | Embassy Theatre Andrew Constantine, conductor Theo Smith, artist
BEFORE MASTERWORKS CONCERTS! Free pre-concert talks are presented one hour before every Masterworks concert by conductors, Philharmonic musicians, and special guests. Hear all about the evening’s repertoire, enhancing your symphony experience.
Sponsored by:
The Paul Yergens and Virginia Yergens Rogers Foundation
The Robert, Carrie, and Bobbie Steck Family Foundation Robert J. Parrish, Harriet A. Parrish and David T. Parrish Foundation
MOZART, BEETHOVEN, AND SCHUBERT Saturday, April 7, 2018 Valentina Lisitsa, piano
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