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SEPT 15 & 17 SEASON OPENER: STARE CONDUCTS BEETHOVEN 7 + NAKAMATSU RETURNSWard Stare, conductor | Jon Nakamatsu, pianoRON NELSON Savannah River HolidayRACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 2BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7-------------------------------------------------------------OCT 13 & 15 SEAMAN CONDUCTS ELGAR & BEETHOVENChristopher Seaman, Conductor Laureate The Christopher Seaman Chair, Supported by Barbara and Patrick Fulford and The Conductor Laureate SocietyAndrew von Oeyen, pianoTOBIAS PICKER Old and Lost RiversBEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 2ELGAR Symphony No. 2---------------------------------------------------------------------------OCT 27 & 29 AMERICAN MUSIC: STAGE & SCREENWard Stare, conductor | Andrew Russo, pianoJOHN WILLIAMS For New York (Variations on Themes of Leonard Bernstein)GERSHWIN “I Got Rhythm” VariationsBERNSTEIN Symphonic Suite from On the WaterfrontIVES The Unanswered QuestionJOHN ADAMS Dr. Atomic Symphony

---------------------------------------------------------------------------NOV 3 & 5 HIGDON, COPLAND & BARBERWard Stare, conductor | Colin Currie, percussionBARBER Medea’s Meditation and Dance of VengeanceJENNIFER HIGDON Percussion ConcertoCOPLAND Symphony No. 3---------------------------------------------------------------------------DEC 10 & 11HANDEL’S MESSIAHChristopher Warren Green, guest conductorRochester Oratorio Society, Eric Townell, directorHANDEL Messiah---------------------------------------------------------------------------JAN 12 & 14 EHNES PLAYS BEETHOVENWard Stare, conductor | James Ehnes, violinBEETHOVEN Violin ConcertoRAVEL Valses nobles et sentimentalesR. STRAUSS Suite from Der Rosenkavalier---------------------------------------------------------------------------JAN 26 & 28 STARE CONDUCTS SHOSTAKOVICH 5Ward Stare, conductor | Nicole Cabell, sopranoELLIOT GOLDENTHAL Two Days in the Life of a Soviet Worker (World Concert Premiere)RAVEL ShéhérazadeSHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 5

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FEB 2 & 4 MOZART’S REQUIEMWard Stare, conductorEastman-Rochester Chorus, William Weinert, directorHOVHANESS Prelude and Quadruple FugueSTRAVINSKY Symphony in Three MovementsMOZART Requiem (Sussmayer Edition)Mozart’s Requiem is made possible by The Mozart Performance Fund: Sarah D. Atkinson, M.D. and Steven Hess

---------------------------------------------------------------------------FEB 16 & 18 ROMANTIC CLASSICS WITH STARE & DENKWard Stare, conductor | Jeremy Denk, pianoBERLIOZ Selections from Roméo et JulietteBRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 2Jeremy Denk’s performance is made possible by The Alfred Davis and Brunhilde Knapp Artists Performance Fund

---------------------------------------------------------------------------mAr 2 & 4 STARE CONDUCTS BRAHMS 1Ward Stare, conductor | Ingrid Fliter, pianoBRAHMS/BRIGHT SHENG Intermezzo Op. 118, No. 2, “Black Swan”CHOPIN Piano Concerto No. 2BRAHMS Symphony No. 1 Made possible with support from The Melvin and Mildred Eggers Family Foundation

-----------------mAr 9 & 11 RACHMANINOFF & TCHAIKOVSKYJames Feddeck, guest conductor | Natasha Paremski, pianoSEAN SHEPHERD MagiyaTCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1RACHMANINOFF Symphony No. 3---------------------------------------------------------------------------APr 20 & 22 STARE CONDUCTS MAHLER 5Ward Stare, conductorLEONARD SLATKIN KinahMAHLER Symphony No. 5---------------------------------------------------------------------------mAY 11 & 13 DEBUSSY’S LA MERFabien Gabel, guest conductorJuliana Athayde, violinThe Caroline W. Gannett & Clayla Ward Chair

HERMANN Suite from VertigoBARTÓK Violin Concerto No. 2DUKAS “Fanfare” and “poéme dansé” from La PériDEBUSSY La merJuliana Athayde’s performance is made possible by the Katherine T. and Jon L. Schumacher Orchestra Musician Soloist Fund

---------------------------------------------------------------------------mAY 25 & 27 PUCCINI’S LA BOHÈMEOpera in ConcertWard Stare, conductorPuccini’s La Bohème is made possible by Gouvernet Arts Fund of Rochester Area Community Foundation; The Haskell Rosenberg Memorial Fund for Opera

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OCT 2BEETHOVEN & HAYDNWard Stare, conductorAhrim Kim, cello The Clara and Edwin Strasenburgh Chair

WEBER Abu Hassan OvertureHAYDN Cello Concerto No. 2 in D MajorBEETHOVEN Symphony No. 2 in D Major---------------------------------------------------------------------------OCT 23DIAMOND, GERSHWIN & COPLANDWard Stare, conductorDIAMOND Rounds GERSHWIN Lullaby CHRISTOPHER ROUSE Iscariot ALAN FLETCHER If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler COPLAND The Tender Land Suite--------------------------JAN 22 MUSIC OF MOZARTMichael Butterman, conductor The Louise and Henry Epstein Family ChairJuliana Athayde, violin The Caroline W. Gannett & Clayla Ward ChairMelissa Matson, violaTHOMAS ADÈS Three Studies from CouperinMOZART Sinfonia concertante for violin and violaMOZART Symphony No. 39Made possible by The Mozart Performance Fund: Sarah D. Atkinson, M.D. and Steven Hess

FEB 19GUITAR ROMANCESMichael Butterman, conductor | Nicholas Goluses, guitarRESPIGHI Ancient Airs & Dances, Suite No. 1VIVALDI Guitar/Lute ConcertoVILLA-LOBOS Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5, ÁriaRODRIGO Fantasia para un gentilhombre---------------------------------------------------------------------------APr 30RAVEL’S MOTHER GOOSE SUITEMichael Butterman, conductorKenneth Grant, clarinet The Robert J. Strasenburgh ChairMatthew McDonald, bassoon The Ron and Donna Fielding ChairCharles Wetherbee, violinRAVEL Suite from Ma Mère l’Oye (Mother Goose)STRAUSS Duet-Concertino for clarinet and bassoonKORINE FUJIWARA The Storyteller---------------------------------------------------------------------------JuNE 4BACH & STRAVINSKYMichael Butterman, conductor | Simone Dinnerstein, pianoSTRAVINSKY Dumbarton Oaks ConcertoJ.S. BACH Keyboard Concerto in D minorJ.S. BACH Keyboard Concerto in F minorSTRAVINSKY Pulcinella Suite

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SEPT 30 & OCT 1 GERSHWIN FAVORITESJeff Tyzik, conductorDoug LaBrecque, vocalist | Jon Nakamatsu, pianoRochester City Ballet, David Palmer, artistic directorKenneth Grant, clarinet The Robert J. Strasenburgh Chair

OCT 21 & 22 SOUL UNLIMITED WITH ELLIS HALLJeff Tyzik, conductor | Ellis Hall, vocalist

NOV 18 & 19CIRQUE DE LA SYMPHONIEWard Stare, conductor

DEC 16 & 17GALA HOLIDAY POPSJeff Tyzik, conductorFestival High School Chorale, Amy Story and Harold McAulliffe, co-directors

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JAN 20 & 21BUGS BUNNY AT THE SYMPHONY IIGeorge Daugherty, guest conductor

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FEB 10 & 11SUTTON FOSTERJeff Tyzik, conductor | Sutton Foster, vocalist

mArCh 24 & 25THE HOT SARDINESJeff Tyzik, conductor

APr 28 & 29STAR WARS AND MORE: THE BEST OF JOHN WILLIAMSStuart Chafetz, guest conductor

JuNE 2 & 3WOMEN ROCKJeff Tyzik, conductor

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SPECiALSNOV 11THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: SYMPHONY OF THE GODDESSES-MASTER QUESTAmy Andersson, guest conductor

JAN 6RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK—FILM WITH ORCHESTRARaiders of the Lost Ark licensed by Lucasfilm Ltd. and Paramount Pictures. Motion Picture, Artwork, Photos © 1981 Lucasfilm Ltd. All Rights Reserved.

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APr 7THE MUSIC OF DAVID BOWIENEw VENuE: KODAK CENTEr FOr ThE PErFOrmiNG ArTS

Brent Havens, guest conductor

DEC 6YO-YO MAWard Stare, conductor | Yo-Yo Ma, celloGLINKA Overture to Ruslan and Ludmila SCHUBERT Symphony No. 8, “Unfinished”DVOŘÁK Cello Concerto

hOLiDAYSNOV 23, NOV 25–27THE NUTCRACKERMichael Butterman, conductor The Louise and Henry Epstein Family ChairRochester City Ballet, David Palmer, artistic directorBach Children’s Chorus, Karla Krogstad, director

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DEC 10 & 11HANDEL’S MESSIAHChristopher Warren Green, guest conductorRochester Oratorio Society, Eric Townell, director

DEC 16–18GALA HOLIDAY POPSJeff Tyzik, conductorFestival High School Chorale, Amy Story and Harold McAulliffe, co-directors

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OrKiDSTrA SEriESOCT 9THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE: OPERA FOR KIDSSteven Byess, guest conductor Eastman School of Music vocal and opera students

NOV 13WANDS & WIZARDS: THE MAGICAL MUSIC OF HARRY POTTERVinay Parameswaran, guest conductor

mArCh 19SYMPHONIC TALES FROM AROUND THE WORLD Michael Butterman, conductor The Louise and Henry Epstein Family Chair

mAY 21100TH ANNIVERSARY OF AMERICA’S NATIONAL PARKSMichael Butterman, conductor

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