Program Notes: Love Actually in Concert

PROGRAM LOVE ACTUALLY STARRING:

Hugh Grant as David (The Prime Minister)

Colin Firth as Jamie

Laura Linney as Sarah

Emma Thompson as Sarah

Alan Rickman as Harry

Keira Knightley as Juliet

Martine McCutcheon as Natalie

Bill Nighy as Billy Mack

Rowan Atkinson as Rufus

Lúcia Moniz as Aurélia

Thomas Sangster as Sam

Chiwetel Ejiofor as Peter

Andrew Lincoln as Mark

LOVE ACTUALLY IN CONCERT

Martin Freeman as John

Joanna Page as Judy

Rodrigo Santoro as Karl

Claudia Schiffer as Carol

A Fox Theatre Film Series Presentation

Gregor Fisher as Joe

Billy Bob Thornton as The US President

Friday, December 14 | 8PM

MUSIC BY:

conductor George Stelluto

Craig Armstrong

CINEMATOGRAPHY BY:

Michael Coulter

EDITED BY: Screening and performance at the Jacobs Music Center's Copley Symphony Hall

The Fox Theater Film Series is sponsored in part by

Nick Moore

PRODUCED BY:

Duncan Kenworthy

Tim Bevan

Eric Fellner

Debra Hayward

Liza Chasin

WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY:

Richard Curtis

Love Actually is a copyright of WT Venture LLC. Licensed by Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved.

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ABOUT THE CONDUCTOR One of America’s most versatile conductors, GEORGE STELLUTO has performed in Europe, Asia, South America, and North America – including more than 20 US states. His recent conducting appearances include the Ravinia Festival, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, Orquestra Jovem do Estado Sao Paulo, Pasadena Symphony Orchestra, Nordwestduetsche Philharmonie, and the Chicago Philharmonic. Other guest appearances include: The Juilliard Orchestra, Orquesta Filarmónica del Ecuador, Hartford Symphony Orchestra, New York City Ballet, Transylvania State Philharmonic (Romania), ICE, and Juilliard’s “Beyond the Machine” and AXIOM.

premieres of Samuel Barber’s First and Second Essay for Orchestra. His orchestral reduction of Franz Schreker’s Die Gezeichneten was premiered by the Los Angeles Opera in 2010 and performed by Opera Lyon (France) in 2015. He has performed at many summer festivals including Ravinia, Aspen, Peter Britt, Focus, Kiev International and Ukrainian Summer.

Now in his eighth season as music director of the Peoria Symphony Orchestra, he recently celebrated the PSO’s 120th Anniversary with its Ravinia Festival debut. Through innovative programming, musical collaborations, artist residencies and national recognition for the orchestra, the PSO is leading a cultural renaissance in the region.

Stelluto also founded the Illinois New Music Festival in 2010 and, from 1998-2007, was music director of the Las Vegas Music Festival. He holds Juilliard’s first Artist Diploma Degree in conducting, two Master’s Degrees (violin & conducting) from the Yale School of Music, and a Bachelor’s in violin from West Virginia University. n

From Bernstein in Sao Paulo, Barber in Kiev, and Beethoven in Pasadena, to Brahms in New York and Ramsey Lewis in Peoria, his performances receive both public and critical acclaim. The Philadelphia Inquirer applauded his performance of La La Land: Live in Concert last season. His Pasadena Symphony Orchestra debut garnered lauds from four LA area newspapers including a Los Angeles Times article entitled, “A Welcome Guest – Could He Become a Fixture Here?” The New York Times wrote of his performance of “Opus Jazz”: “Robert Prince’s score swings and slinks. The Juilliard Orchestra, with members of Juilliard Dance and Jazz, conducted

by George Stelluto, sounded sharp!” Call Back Magazine wrote of The Marriage of Figaro: “Vocally, musically, and dramatically it didn’t miss a beat … Stelluto conducted with taste, balance, and firm control of players and singers.”

As music director of the Peoria Symphony Orchestra, associate conductor of the Ravinia Festival, and a frequent guest conductor, he has collaborated with varied artists such as Ramsey Lewis, Hilary Hahn, Sarah Chang, Edgar Meyer, Sylvia McNair, Time for Three, Jamie Bernstein and Isaac Mizrahi; as well as many young soloists including Irfan Tengku, Harmony Zhu, and Charles Yang. His numerous contemporary premieres include works by Virko Baley, Huang Ruo, Paul Desenne, and Armand Ranjbaran. At the Kiev International Music Festival, he gave the Ukrainian

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