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SUMMER 2009
Saturday, July 25, 2009, 8:00 pm
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Meadowbrook Music Festival
Rochester Hills, Michigan
Karen Gomyo, violin
TCHAIKOVSKY: Capriccio Italien
TCHAIKOVSKY: Violin Concerto, op. 35 in D major
TCHAIKOVSKY: Suite from Swan Lake
TCHAIKOVSKY: 1812 Overture
Sunday, July 26, 2009, 7:30 pm
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Meadowbrook Music Festival
Rochester Hills, Michigan
Jeffrey Siegel, piano
GERSHWIN: Cuban Overture
GERSHWIN: Lullaby for Strings
GERSHWIN: Rhapsody in Blue
GERSHWIN: Strike Up The Band
GERSHWIN: Second Rhapsody
GERSHWIN: Porgy and Bess: Symphonic Picture
Saturday, August 1, 2009, 7:00 pm
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Tanglewood Music Festival
Lenox, Massachusetts
Sir James Galway, flute
DEBUSSY: Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune
COPLAND: Appalachian Spring (complete)
MOZART: Overture to Die Zauberfloete
MOZART: Concerto for Flute, No. 2, K. 314 in D major
Tuesday, August 4, 2009, 8:00 pm
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Hollywood Bowl, California
Vladimir Repin, violin
BRAHMS: Hungarian Dance No. 1
BRAHMS: Violin Concerto
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 2
Thursday, August 6, 2009, 8:00 pm
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Hollywood Bowl, California
Leonidas Kavakos, violin
TOWER: Made in America
TCHAIKOVSKY: Violin Concerto
SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 2
Saturday, August 15, 2009, 8:00 pm
Music Academy of the West Festival Orchestra
Santa Barbara, California
BRITTEN: Sinfonia da requiem, op. 20
COPLAND: Lincoln Portrait
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 4 in F Minor, op. 36
Sunday, August 23, 2009, 4:00 pm
Aspen Music Festival
Aspen, Colorado
Twyla Robinson, soprano
Michelle de Young, mezzo
Vinson Cole, tenor
Morris Robinson, bass
VERDI: Requiem
Sunday, August 30, 2009, 8:00 pm
Tivoli Festival
Copenhagen, Denmark
Viktoria Mullova, violin
DVORAK: Carnival Overture
RACHMANINOFF: Symphonic Dances
BRAHMS: Violin Concerto
2009-2010 SEASON
Friday, September 11, 2009, 8:00 pm
Saturday, September 12, 2009, 8:30 pm
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Max M. Fisher Music Center
Detroit, Michigan
Midori, violin
DVORAK: Carnival Overture
RACHMANINOFF: Vocalise
SIBELIUS: Violin Concerto
COPLAND: Symphony No. 3
Thursday, September 24, 2009, 8:00 pm
Friday, September 25, 2009, 8:00 pm
Saturday, September 26, 2009, 8:30 pm
Sunday, September 27, 2009, 3:00 pm
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Max M. Fisher Music Center
Detroit, Michigan
Sharon Isbin, guitar
BORZOVA: To the New World (DSO premiere)
RODRIGO: Fantasia para un gentilhombre
RACHMANINOFF: Symphony No. 2
Thursday, October 1, 2009, 8:00 pm
Friday, October 2, 2009, 10:45 am
Saturday, October 3, 2009, 8:30 pm
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Max M. Fisher Music Center
Detroit, Michigan
James Tocco, piano
Robert DeMaine, cello
Alexander Mishnaevski, viola
BARBER: Overture to "The School for Scandal"
BARBER: Adagio for Strings
BARBER: Piano Concerto
R. STRAUSS: Don Quixote
Wednesday, October 7, 2009, 7:30 pm
Thursday, October 8, 2009, 7:30 pm
Friday, October 9, 2009, 7:30 pm
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Musikverein
Vienna, Austria
Sol Gabetta, cello
IVES: Unanswered Question
SHOSTAKOVICH: Cello Concerto No. 2
DVORAK: Symphony No. 9
Saturday, October 10, 2009, 7:00 pm
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Gastkonzert Brno
Brno, Czech Republic
Sol Gabetta, cello
IVES: Unanswered Question
SHOSTAKOVICH: Cello Concerto No. 2
DVORAK: Symphony No. 9
Friday, October 16, 2009, 8:00 pm
Saturday, October 17, 2009, 8:00 pm
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Heinz Hall
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Angela Brown, soprano
MENNIN: Moby Dick
DANIELPOUR: A Woman's Life
SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 2
Friday, October 23, 2009, 8:00 pm
Sunday, October 25, 2009, 2:30 pm
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Heinz Hall
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
William Caballero, horn
COPLAND: El Salon Mexico
BARBER: Overture to "The School for Scandal"
BARBER: Adagio for Strings
BARBER: Medea's Meditation and Dance
WILLIAMS: Concerto for Horn
COPLAND: Four Dance Episodes from "Rodeo"
Thursday, October 29, 2009, 8:15 pm
Friday, October 30, 2009, 8:15 pm
Saturday, October 31, 2009, 8:15 pm
Sunday, November 1, 2009, 2:15 pm
Rotterdam Philharmonic
Grote Zaal de Doelen
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Lars Vogt, piano
BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 3
RACHMANINOFF: Symphony No. 2
Thursday, November 5, 2009, 7:30 pm
Friday, November 6, 2009, 7:30 pm
Saturday, November 7, 2009 3:00 pm
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Dvorak Hall
Prague, Czech Republic
HAYDN: Symphony No. 85
BARBER: Symphony No. 1
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 4
Thursday, November 19, 2009, 8:00 pm
Friday, November 20, 2009, 10:45 am
Saturday, November 21, 2009 8:30 pm
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Max M. Fisher Music Center
Detroit, Michigan
Michel Camilo, piano
BERLIOZ: Overture to "Le Corsaire"
DEBUSSY: La Mer
GINASTERA: Estancia: Four Dances
CAMILO: Piano Concerto No. 1 (DSO Premiere)
Friday, November 27, 2009, 8:30 pm
Saturday, November 28, 2009, 8:30 pm
Sunday, November 29, 2009, 3:00 pm
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Max M. Fisher Music Center
Detroit, Michigan
Joseph Kalichstein, piano
BACH-SKROWACZWESKI: Toccata and Fugue
MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 27, K. 595
HINDEMITH: Concert Music for Strings and Brass
RAVEL: Menuet antique
RAVEL: La Valse
Thursday, December 3, 2009, 8:00 pm
Friday, December 4, 2009, 11:00 am
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Disney Hall
Los Angeles, California
TBA, cello
Kronos Quartet
GOLDSMITH: Music for Orchestra
BATES: Liquid Interface
KORNGOLD: Cello Concerto
NEWMAN: Work for Kronos Quartet and Orchestra (World Premiere)
Thursday, December 10, 2009, 8:00 pm
Friday, December 11, 2009, 8:00 pm
Saturday, December 12, 2009, 8:30 pm
Sunday, December 13, 2009, 3:00 pm
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Max M. Fisher Music Center
Detroit, Michigan
David Krakauer, clarinet
HAYDN: Symphony No. 67
MARHULETS: Concerto for Klezmer Clarinet (World Premiere)
HOLST: The Planets
Saturday, December 12, 2009, 11:00 am
Civic Orchestra
Max M. Fisher Music Center
Detroit, Michigan
YOUNG PEOPLE'S CONCERT: Civic Holidays
Thursday, December 17, 2009, 10:45 am and 8:00 pm
Friday, December 18, 2009, 8:30 pm
Saturday, December 19, 2009, 3:00 pm and 8:30 pm
Sunday, December 20, 2009, 3:00 pm
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Max M. Fisher Music Center
Detroit, Michigan
HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS
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“In addition to a gripping reading of the Verdi (La Forza del Destino) overture, Slatkin led a theatrically charged yet playful romp through Carl Orff’s populist blockbuster ‘Carmina Burana,’ and a deftly realized world premiere by James Lee III, a young Michigan-born composer with a bright future.”
– Detroit Free Press
“He led the DSO through a full-length performance that displayed an orchestra on its toes, playing up for its new maestro, delivering this kaleidoscopic music with the polish of experience but with the animation of a first encounter.”
– The Detroit News
“This music (Gershwin’s ‘An American in Paris’) is right in Slatkin’s wheelhouse, and he and the DSO painted the score with vivid imagery and a relaxed rhythmic gait.”
– Detroit Free Press
“Elgar’s ‘Enigma Variations,’ a Slatkin specialty, occupied the bill’s entire second half... Slatkin knows how best to highlight its charms without milking the familiar motif and sending the music, and especially it’s ‘Nimrod’ episode, into sticky sentimentality. He led a polished and balanced ensemble.”
– MusicalAmerica.com
“Slatkin’s interpretative ideas unleashed the emotional and pictorial depth with exceptional freshness. He inspired a cohesive, brilliant response from the orchestra, which offered nuance, warmth and, in climactic moments, tremendous force. An arresting performance.”
– The Baltimore Sun
“Some carefully shaped moments brought out the music’s luminous inner voices, but the conductor never allowed the details to distract from the general sweep of the score. There were numerous magical moments…”
– The Washington Post
“This was a no-holds-barred performance ... Slatkin is a natural Elgarian who understands the music’s flexibility, its passion and lyricism.”
– The Times
“Slatkin, strongly attuned to the subtleties of the silken score, coaxed a luminous performance from the orchestra.”
– The Baltimore Sun
“Slatkin led the orchestra like a master storyteller unfolding a terrible epic of suffering and loss.”
– Globe and Mail, Toronto
“The conductor’s vision was bold, dramatic and compelling.”
– Toronto Star