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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
SIBELIUS: Violin Concerto
COPLAND: Symphony No. 3
DSO Community Concert Series:
Your DSO in Your Neighborhood
Featuring works by Bernstein, Copland, Barber, Gould,
McTee, Anderson, Mozart, Tchaikovsky and Williams
Monday, September 14, 2009, 10:45 am & 8:00 pm
Seligman Performing Arts Center
Beverly Hills, MichiganTuesday, September 15, 2009, 8:00 pm
Ford Community and Performing Arts Center
Dearborn, MichiganThursday, September 17, 2009, 7:00 pm
Salvation Army ARC Center
Detroit, MichiganFriday, September 18, 2009, 2:00 pm
Detroit School of Arts
Detroit, Michigan
Sunday, September 20, 2009, 3:00 pm
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Max M. Fisher Music Center
Detroit, Michigan
DSO Open House
Sarina Zhang, piano and cello
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, 8:00pm
Saturday, October 17, 2009, 8:00pm
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, January 7, 2010, 7:00 pm
Friday, January 8, 2010, 8:00 pm
Saturday, January 9, 2010, 8:00 pm
National Symphony Orchestra
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Washington, D.C.
Nicolaj Znaider, violin
ELGAR: Violin Concerto
HOLST: The Planets
Thursday, January 14, 2010, 8:00 pm
Friday, January 15, 2010, 10:45 am
Saturday, January 16, 2010, 8:30 pm
Sunday, January 17, 2010, 3:00 pm
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Max M. Fisher Music Center
Detroit, Michigan
Emmanuelle Boisvert, violin
PURCELL: Chacony in G (Britten)
WILLIAMS: Violin Concerto (DSO Premiere)
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 3, “Eroica”
Thursday, January 21, 2010, 8:00 pm
Friday, January 22, 2010, 10:45 am & 8:00 pm
Saturday, January 23, 2010, 8:30 pm
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Max M. Fisher Music Center
Detroit, Michigan
Hilary Hahn, violin
ROSSINI: Overture to “La Gazza Ladra”
HIGDON: Violin Concerto (DSO Premiere)
SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 5
Friday, January 29, 2010, 8:00 pm
Saturday, January 30, 2010, 8:30 pm
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Max M. Fisher Music Center
Detroit, Michigan
Regina Carter, violin
ROSAMOND & JOHNSON: Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing
WILSON: Lumina (DSO Premiere)
LEE: Beyond Rivers of Vision (DSO Premiere)
CHILDS: Concerto for Violin (World Premiere)
Thursday, February 4, 2010, 8:00 pm
Friday, February 5, 2010, 10:45 am
Saturday, February 6, 2010, 8:30 pm
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Max M. Fisher Music Center
Detroit, Michigan
Sol Gabetta, cello
MENNIN: Concertato for Orchestra, “Moby Dick”
BARBER: Cello Concerto
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 2
DSO Florida Tour: February 9 - 14, 2010
Tuesday, February 9, 2010, 7:30 pm
Community Church
Vero Beach, Florida
Sol Gabetta, cello
MENNIN: Concertato for Orchestra, “Moby Dick”
BARBER: Cello Concerto
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 2Wednesday, February 10, 2010, 8:00 pm
Kravis Center for the Performing Arts
West Palm Beach, Florida
Sol Gabetta, cello
BERLIOZ: Le Corsaire
BARBER: Cello Concerto
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 2Thursday, February 11, 2010, 8:00 pm
Philharmonic Center for the Arts
Naples, Florida
Sol Gabetta, cello
BERLIOZ: Le Corsaire
BARBER: Cello Concerto
RACHMANINOFF: Symphony No. 2Friday, February 12, 2010, 7:30 pm
Northland, A Church Distributed
Longwood, Florida
Sol Gabetta, cello
MENNIN: Concertato for Orchestra, “Moby Dick”
BARBER: Cello Concerto
RACHMANINOFF: Symphony No. 2Saturday, February 13, 2010, 8:00 pm
Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall
Sarasota, Florida
Sol Gabetta, cello
BERLIOZ: Le Corsaire
BARBER: Cello Concerto
RACHMANINOFF: Symphony No. 2Sunday, February 14, 2010, 4:00 pm
Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts
Miami, Florida
Sol Gabetta, cello
BERLIOZ: Le Corsaire
BARBER: Cello Concerto
RACHMANINOFF: Symphony No. 2
Friday, February 19, 2010, 8:00 pm
Saturday, February 20, 2010, 8:00 pm (Midland, PA)
Sunday, February 21, 2010, 2:30 pm
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Heinz Hall
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Mason Bates, electronica
Gregg Baker, baritone
BERNSTEIN: Three Dance Episodes from “On the Town”
BATES: Liquid Interface
DANIELPOUR: Pastime
GERSHWIN: An American in Paris
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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