We are so happy that you are here today for our concert mad.sad.glad!

The pieces we play will demonstrate the many different ways composers have shown emotion in music! Using different instruments, playing high or low, fast or slow, the orchestra plays with different emotions.

Sometimes music can even help us understand how we feel! Can you remember what it's like to be mad or sad or glad?

Maybe you are learning what it means to feel these emotions? Tchaikovsky was a composer who wrote music that helps us feel and understand what is happening inside of us, and we are playing a number of his pieces today!

Let's explore these emotions together as we hear music that is mad , music that is sad and music that is glad!

Daniel

A message from the conductor

Daniel Bartholomew-PoyserConductor

TS TorontoSymphonyOrchestra

mad.sad.gladConcert Fact Sheet

• The Toronto Symphony Orchestra was founded in 1922. The first concert performed by the Orchestra was in April 1923 at Massey Hall.

• Today’s concert is at Roy Thomson Hall.• For detailed information and to help prepare

for your visit, please see our social story.• Roy Thomson Hall was designed by architect

Arthur Erickson and opened in 1982.• The hall is mostly concrete, steel, and glass. If

you look up, you will see that the ceiling and some of the walls are glass. The glass pieces in the ceiling/roof are all different sizes—can you find two that are similar or look the same?

• The lobby opens 45 minutes before the concert will begin.

• The lobby is square, but the auditorium is round, which means that parts of the lobby are larger than others. Have you seen a circle inside a square before?

• In the lobby, there are tables where you can sit before the auditorium opens.

• There are concessions in the lobby—you can buy snacks and drinks at the concessions.

• If you have a reusable water bottle, you can fill it on site in the lobby at one of the water fountains.

• There is a coat check at the hall. It opens when the lobby opens. It costs $2 per item to use the coat check. You should bring cash if you plan to use the coat check.

• For this concert, the auditorium will open 45 minutes before the concert begins, at the same time that the lobby opens. This will give you plenty of time to find your seat.

• The ushers will help you to find your seat.• The Main Floor of the auditorium will be

open for this concert, as well as the back three sections of the Mezzanine.

• Lights will be left at Libretto level for the entire concert. (This means that the lights over the audience will remain at approximately 50% brightness)

• The musicians are playing live and acoustic (not amplified); however, an orchestra can be loud. We will have a limited supply of sound-dampening headphones onsite, but we recommend bringing your own if you have a pair at home.

• The conductor will speak to the audience during the program.

• The concert will be approximately one hour in length.

• You will be able to move around the auditorium and lobby during the concert.

• If you like, you can move to the back three rows of the main floor to get a different view, or for the sounds to be a little quieter. If you need it to be even quieter, you can enjoy the concert from the tunnels (there is a screen in each tunnel where you can view the concert) or the lobby.

• If I need to use the quiet room, I can ask an usher to show me where it is. The quiet room is close to the backstage area.

• The washrooms are located toward the front of the building and are behind the large mirrored wall where you first entered. There are family and accessible washrooms on the Main Floor beside the elevator. An usher can direct you if you need assistance finding the washrooms.

• Things you will need to pay for: parking underneath Roy Thomson Hall, coat check, concession snacks and drinks. If you do not need these services, you are not required to pay. Parking underneath Roy Thomson Hall costs $4 per hour, or any part thereof, or $16 for the day (weekend daily flat rate).

• We hope you enjoy this relaxed performance with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra!

Concert facts

Main Floor Map

Legend1. Subway PATH2. Elevators3. Accessible washrooms4. Men's washrooms5. Women's washrooms6. Sensory stations7. Doors to the hall8. TV screens9. Stairs to access washrooms in between floors

To access the quiet room, please use the south tunnel.

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Mezzanine Floor Map (2nd Floor)

Legend1. Subway PATH2. Elevators3. Accessible washrooms4. Men's washrooms5. Women's washrooms6. Sensory stations7. Doors to the hall8. TV screens9. Stairs to access washrooms in between floors

Mezzanine to quiet roomIf I am sitting on the Mezzanine, I will need to go back down to the Main Floor to access the quiet room.

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Legend1. Subway PATH2. Elevators3. Accessible washrooms4. Men's washrooms5. Women's washrooms6. Sensory stations7. Doors to the hall8. TV screens9. Stairs to access washrooms in between floors

What is the Insterstitial Floor?The Insterstitial Floor is between the Mezzanine and the Balcony, and has extra washrooms.

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Repertoire notes

Introduction

1. Bizet: "Les Toréadors" from Carmen [2 minutes]

• This piece starts with a cymbal crash and violins.

• The melody will repeat multiple times, punctuated by multiple cymbal crashes and bass drum hits.

• After repeating the first melody a few times at the beginning, the strings will play a new melody in the middle before returning to the original melody.

Mad - The Expression of Anger

2. Tchaikovsky: Excerpt from Mvt. I from Symphony No. 4 [2 minutes]

• A loud brass fanfare begins the piece and will be repeated multiple times.

3. John Williams: Imperial March from Star Wars: Episode V—The Empire Strikes Back [3 minutes]

• The piece begins with strings playing fast and low with a nervous energy.

• The brass enter with the melody and will play loud and high-pitched periodically throughout the song.

• The piece will end with loud brass and cymbals.

4. Beethoven: Excerpt from Coriolan Overture [4 minutes]

• Begins with lyrical strings and then transitions to more rhythmic strings including timpani at various points throughout.

Sad - The Feeling of Sadness

5. Tchaikovsky: Excerpt from Mvt. IV from Symphony No. 6 [4 minutes]

• This piece begins with many quiet and slow string instruments.

• About halfway through the piece the brass will start to play as well as the timpani, who will play drum rolls intermittently. At this point, the whole orchestra will play louder.

6. Brahms: Excerpt from Mvt. III from Symphony No. 3 [2 minutes]

• The cellos begin the piece with a lyrical and soft melody that is continued throughout the piece by the rest of the strings and woodwinds.

7. Bach: Air from Suite No. 3 [4 minutes]

• This piece is slow and only has strings.• The double basses will keep the slow

pace of the song by playing low, even notes.

Glad - The Release of Joy

8. Tchaikovsky: Excerpt from Mvt. IV from Serenade for Strings [3 minutes]

• This piece begins with quiet, high pitched strings before moving into a slow melody.

• About one minute in, the music transitions into short and fast moving notes that get passed off between violins, violas, cellos, and basses for the rest of the piece.

• About halfway through the piece, the strings will play pizzicato (plucking of strings against the instrument).

9. Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 – Mvt. IV [4 minutes]

• The piece begins with quiet, fast moving strings and woodwinds that jump from low to high pitches.

• The timpani will play at three separate moments in the piece.

• The piece ends with lots of fast notes that end on a high note.

10. Abreu: Tico-Tico no Fubá [2 minutes]

• This piece has a Latin feel to it and starts and stays fast with lots of fast notes

• Woodwinds, strings, and brass will trade off the melody.

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11. Verdi: Overture to La forza del destino [8 minutes]

• The piece starts with loud brass before quiet strings enter with the melody.

• Many melodies will be introduced throughout, sometimes with a clarinet solo or fast strings, or a harp.

• The end of the piece has fast strings and loud brass with lots of cymbal crashes.

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