INTERNATIONAL CONCERT SERIES Stockport Symphony ...

Page created by Eddie Sandoval
 
CONTINUE READING
INTERNATIONAL CONCERT SERIES Stockport Symphony ...
INTERNATIONAL CONCERT SERIES

 “the boldly-beating, hot-blooded cultural heartbeat of the town”

O R C H E S T R A

                                2018/19
INTERNATIONAL CONCERT SERIES Stockport Symphony ...
Lesley Selby
oboe and cor anglais

 Welcome to the 41st season of Stockport Symphony Orchestra
 concerts! We have been busy at Stoller Hall over the summer
 accompanying piano concertos for Chethams Summer Piano School
 and the season gets off to an unusually early start this year.

                          Jo Hossle-Standring   Paul and Rosie Hickman
                          viola                 cello
INTERNATIONAL CONCERT SERIES Stockport Symphony ...
A WELCOME TO OUR 2018/19 SEASON
FROM ORCHESTRA CHAIR, LESLEY SELBY
In a new departure, our        In the new year are some       I would like to share the
December concert is a          real treats and one or two     orchestra’s appreciation
Sunday matinée created         surprises along the way as     for the support of our
with all the family in mind,   well as our second Young       regular audience
with Harry Potter and          Musicians Competition.         members, and welcome all
Peter and the Wolf,            The inaugural competition      comers to this season.
alongside Young Person’s       was a great success,           Stockport Town Hall is a
Guide to the Orchestra.        attracting entries from as     spectacular venue. It’s
It’s all presented by BBC      far away as Australia and      fully accessible, with a bar
and Hallé favourite, Tom       those of you who heard         available for performances
Redmond. Come and              our finalists will know that   and a great place to
enjoy a lively afternoon’s     these are players of the       mingle with the players.
music and be sure to bring     highest standard. New          informally during the
children and grandchildren     for this year, Patrons will    interval, so do come for a
too. We will be reserving      be given the chance to         chat!
some seats at the front so     hear the semi-finalists at
small people can see the       close quarters i
action!                                                                      Lesley
Pia Oliver                                                                Craig Eastwood
violin                                                                    principal trumpet
INTERNATIONAL CONCERT SERIES Stockport Symphony ...
Sophie Kreppel   Leonora Johnson
               double bass      viola

Anne Lund
double bass

Jill Roberts   Andrew Lowcock   Lindsay Grainger
oboe           timpani          flute
INTERNATIONAL CONCERT SERIES Stockport Symphony ...
Phil Levy
trumpet
INTERNATIONAL CONCERT SERIES Stockport Symphony ...
WE HAVE A FANTASTIC LINE-UP OF
INTERNATIONAL SOLOISTS AND
CONDUCTORS FOR OUR 2018/19 SEASON.
Two themes: “young musicians”
and “competition” are woven into
the year headlined by the second
of our own International Young
Musicians Competition
Peter Donohoe is a name familiar to concert-
goers both locally and internationally. Peter
won many competition prizes culminating in
the medal for the 1982 International
Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, since
when he has built an extraordinary world-wide     Arno
career. He is acclaimed as one of the foremost
pianists of our time, for his musicianship,       We are equally delighted to announce the return
stylistic versatility and commanding technique.   of Jennifer Pike for a second year both as Patron
                                                  and judge in our competition and also as
Peter appeared with the SSO in the early days     performer in February’s concert, this time in the
of his career and was once persuaded to fill a    lovely Korngold violin concerto and paired with
gap by playing off-stage bells in Symphonie       the huge melodies of the luminous Second
Fantastique following a concerto performance!     Symphony by Rachmaninov.
We are delighted and                              As many will know, Jennifer, who originally hails
honoured to welcome him back to open              from the Stockport area, famously became the
the season.
INTERNATIONAL CONCERT SERIES Stockport Symphony ...
youngest-ever winner of the BBC Young
Musicians Competition at the age of just 12.
Jennifer has gone on to become a soloist of
international renown, playing at the Proms
and in some of the world’s iconic concert
halls with many of its leading orchestras.
Continuing the theme for November, our
concert of music and remembrance marking
the centenary of the end of WW1 features
2018 BBC Young Musician Strings winner,
Maxim Calver. Maxim will will play the

                                               narrowest of margins so when we needed a
                                               flute soloist to play the lovely “Magic Flute
                                               Dances” she was the obvious choice and it
                                               was great to find she could do the date.
                                               Last but by no means least, Ukrainian pianist,
                                               Slava Sidorenko joins us for the final concert
                                               of the season. With appearances in the
                                               Ukraine, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and
much-loved Elgar cello concerto on this
                                               the UK, Slava has won first prize in numerous
special date.
                                               piano competitions. We are hugely looking
It remains to be seen who emerges from our     forward to Shostakovich 2 with him.
own competition this time around but we
                                               And the conductors? From Norway in the
have no doubt it will be another prodigious
                                               north to Australia in the south; from Portugal
talent to follow our previous winner,
                                               in the west to Indonesia in the east.
Konstantin Bruns. Before that you have the
                                               International indeed!
chance to see a 2017 semi-finalist. Hannah
Foster missed out on the final by the
INTERNATIONAL CONCERT SERIES Stockport Symphony ...
BERNSTEIN ‘CANDIDE’
GRIEG PIANO CONCERTO
SHOSTAKOVICH
Peter Donohoe l piano
Mark Heron l conductor
                                          5
A tribute to the late Leonard Bernstein on his centenary.

One of the world’s great piano concertos played by one of the world’s
great pianists.

The symphony which saved from execution one of Russia’s greatest
composers.

A dramatic and stirring start to our new season.

22 SEPTEMBER 2018
STOCKPORT TOWN HALL 7.30 pm

Matthew Seed photography
INTERNATIONAL CONCERT SERIES Stockport Symphony ...
10 NOVEMBER 2018                          16 DECEMBER 2018
STOCKPORT TOWN HALL 7.30 pm               STOCKPORT TOWN HALL 3.00 pm
                                          SUNDAY MATINÉE PERFORMANCE

STOCKPORT REMEMBERS                       SSO FAMILY CONCERT
THE WWI CENTENARY                         PRESENTED BY BBC AND HALLÉ
                                          FAVOURITE, TOM REDMOND
Maxim Calver l cello
Rebecca Tong l conductor                  Robert Guy l conductor

The SSO brings you a concert of music     Music for children, parents and
chosen to reflect no less than three      grandparents with a family-friendly 3pm
centenaries this evening. A time for      start. Tom Redmond, famous for his
reflection as well as for enjoying some   lively and exciting style of presentation
iconic pieces. In the programme are       joins the SSO to present and narrate
excerpts from The Planets, John           some famous music including his own
Williams’ moving ‘Schindler’s List” and   narration to accompany Britten’s
at its emotional and dramatic centre,     exhilarating Young Person’s Guide.
Elgar’s cello concerto performed by       With Harry Potter, wolves, bears and
one of the country’s outstanding          massive cannons what could possibly go
young cellists.                           wrong?

Programme includes                        Programme includes
                                          Prokofiev
Elgar                                     Peter and the Wolf
Cello concerto                            Britten
Walton                                    Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
Battle of Britain Suite                   Tchaikovsky
Holst                                     1812 Overture
The Planets (excerpts)                                                   Children’s
                                          Williams                       tickets £5
Williams                                  Harry Potter Suite
Three Pieces from Schindler’s List        Please note that there will be some
                                          reserved seating at the front for
                                          accompanied children. Come early!
INTERNATIONAL CONCERT SERIES Stockport Symphony ...
26 JANUARY 2019
STOCKPORT TOWN HALL 7.30 pm

THE RING IN AN HOUR
WAGNER’S RING AND TWO MAGIC
FLUTES
Hannah Foster l flute
Matthew Wood l conductor

Ever wanted to know what all the fuss
about The Ring was about but couldn’t face
the flight to Bayreuth and 15 hours on hard
seats? This is for you!

Matthew Wood brings you all the essential
bits from The Ring in a little over an hour so   Mozart
there is still time for a magic flute or two!    Magic Flute Overture
Hannah Foster missed the final of our last       Dove
young musicians competition by a whisker         The Magic Flute Dances
so we are thrilled to have the chance to         Wagner
perform with her Dove’s delightful piece         The Ring
based on Mozart’s Magic Flute.
23 FEBRUARY 2019
STOCKPORT TOWN HALL 7.30 pm

JENNIFER PIKE’S KORNGOLD
RACHMANINOV 2

Jennifer Pike l violin
Matthew Wood l conductor

After her unforgettable debut with the
SSO last year Jennifer is back with
another romantic masterpiece for violin,
this time by Korngold. Famous for his
film music, Korngold’s violin concerto has
also quickly become a firm favourite with
audiences and performers.

So how do you follow that? With
probably the biggest tunes and most
romantic themes in all of symphonic
history, Rachmaninov’s Second. If you’ve
never heard the sumptuous, glowing
ending of this work, think of his second
piano concerto then double it!

                                                                                                  Arno

                                                                          Brahms
                                                                          Hungarian Dance No. 5
                                                                          Korngold
                                                                          Violin concerto
                                                                          Rachmaninov
                                                                          Symphony No. 2

     “…the British violinist has turned from child prodigy to
               superbly graceful virtuoso without airs or affectation."
STOCKPORT INTERNATIONAL
YOUNG MUSICIANS
COMPETITION
THE FINAL
The numerous competitors in our 2019           “It was a pleasure to be involved in this
competition have become three. We had          fantastic event …What a great standard!””
no idea when we went to press who they          Jennifer Pike, Competition Patron
would be but we we do know that we are
looking forward to an evening of three         “Thank you for a magnificent evening and truly
well-known concertos played by three           inspiring event”
stunning young musicians in the final of our   Louise Lansdown President of the British
2019 event.                                    Viola Society and Head of Strings, Birmingham
                                               Conservatoire
Phillip Ellis l conductor

                                                                           30 MARCH 2019
                                                                 STOCKPORT TOWN HALL 7.30

                                                                           WWW.SIYMC.CO.UK
19 MAY 2019                                  15 JUNE 2019
STOCKPORT TOWN HALL 3.00 pm                  STOCKPORT TOWN HALL 7.30 pm
SUNDAY MATINÉE PERFORMANCE

BEETHOVEN 5                                  ENIGMA
BEETHOVEN, MILHAUD,                          ELGAR AND SHOSTAKOVICH
WOOLFENDEN
Anna Hartmann                                Slava Sidorenko l piano
Laurent Zufferey l conductors                Diogo Costa l conductor
Simon Beesley l oboe
Looking for something to introduce           The Enigma Variations are, along with
classical music to the younger               the cello concerto, Elgar’s most played
members of the family? Well there is         of compositions and scarcely need
something here for everyone from the         introducing. Their consistent
bizarre image of an ox on a roof (a          popularity is well earned. For this
terrifically lively piece by Millhaud that   evening’s concert we have paired them
will set the feet tapping) to one of the     with another well-loved work, the
best known symphonies; a towering            Shostakovich Piano Concerto no. 2
work with a jaw-dropping finale. And in      with that slow movement! Ukrainian
between? A whimsical concerto for            soloist Slava Sidorenko and
oboe from a former SSO conductor             Portuguese conductor, Diogo Costa
follows, then a surprising ending to the     are sure to impress. Oh yes, and we
first half. What is it? You have to          have another (pleasant) surprise in
come to find out!                            store for you…
Milhaud                                      Rimsky-Korsakov
Le Boeuf sur le Toit                         Capriccio Espagnol
Woolfenden                                   Shostakovich
Oboe concerto                                Piano Concerto No. 2
Beethoven                                    Elgar
Symphony No. 5                               Enigma Variations
Jez Ainsworth-Moores
horn                   TICKETS
                       OUR PRICES
                       ● Full price £15
                       ● Concessionary £13 (available to holders of
                         JSA, OAPs and leisure key holders)
                       ● Full-time students up to 21 years of age £5

                       Under 16s are FREE when accompanied by a full
                       price or concessionary adult (excluding Christmas
                       and competition).

                       Competition and Christmas children’s tickets £5.

                       SEASON TICKETS
                       8 concerts for the price of 7
                       Season Tickets are available up to and including our
                       first concert priced at £105 or £91 (concessionary).
                       Please contact the Box Office or come and see us
                       at the table at the back of the hall at the first concert.

                       GROUP DISCOUNTS
                       Why not come with a group of friends? Buy 10
                       tickets, pay for only 9. Contact the Box Office for
                       details.

                       OUR TICKETS are available
                       ● Through our online booking system at
                         www.ticketsource.co.uk/sso
                         (a small booking fee applies)
                       ● By calling the Box Office on 07947 474574
                       ● By post from 26 Bodmin Avenue, Macclesfield
                         SK10 3JU (please send SAE and cheque paya-
                         ble to Stockport Symphony Orchestra)
                       ● From the orchestra stand at the back of the
                         hall at concerts
                       ● On the door while they last!

                          This season ticket prices include free
                          use of the Town Hall car park behind
                          the hall
Geoffrey Smith
principal clarinet

                       PATRONS OF SSO : BE PART OF IT
                       We believe the SSO is           Competition, back this year,
                       unique amongst non-             we believe we bring
                       professional orchestras in      something unique and
                       staging a season of eight       special to the cultural life of
                       concerts with great             the town.
                       professional conductors and
                                                       If you would like to enjoy a
                       international soloists. We
                                                       closer involvement with the
                       are only able to do so with
                                                       orchestra and help us to
                       the much-appreciated help
                                                       maintain our commitment to
                       of our audience, Stockport
                                                       music in Stockport for the
                       MBC and our Patrons.
                                                       next 40 years, please
                       We want to continue to          consider becoming a Patron
                       promote our role as part of     and buying a season ticket.
                       the cultural bedrock of
                                                       Make Stockport’s Orchestra
                       Stockport. We provide
                                                       your orchestra.
                       much needed support and
                       encouragement to young          PATRONS
                       musicians at the early stages
                       of their careers and with        • Reserved seat
                       recent initiatives like the        (excludes competition)
                       Young Musicians                  • Acknowledgment in
                                                          the programme
                                                        • Pre-concert talks on
                                                          selected concerts
                                                        • Invitation to a post-
                                                          concert drink after
                                                          two of the concerts,
                                                          with an opportunity
                                                          to chat to conductor,
                                                          leader or soloist.
                                                        Minimum donation £65
                                                        single £115 joint

                                                     For further information
                                                     about the Patrons scheme
                                                     or sponsorship, contact
                                                     Leonora on the email below,
                                                     call at the orchestra stand at
                                                     the back of the hall or just
                                                     speak to a member of the
                                                     orchestra.
Helen Brackley Jones                      sponsorship@stockportsymphony.co.uk
leader
SEASON AT A GLANCE
22 SEPTEMBER I 7.30 PM
GRIEG PIANO CONCERTO l Peter Donohoe l Mark Heron
Bernstein, Candide l Grieg, Piano Concerto l Shostakovich 5

                                                                          10 NOVEMBER I 7.30 PM
                                   STOCKPORT REMEMBERS l Maxim Calver l Rebecca Tong
                                                              Elgar, Cello Concerto l Holst, Planets
                                Walton, Battle of Britain Suite l Williams, Schindler’s List l Nimrod
16 DECEMBER I 3.00 PM SUNDAY MATINÉE
SSO FAMILY CONCERT l Tom Redmond l Robert Guy
Prokofiev, Peter and the Wolf l Britten, Young Person’s Guide
Williams, Harry Potter l Tchaikovsky, 1812
                                                                            26 JANUARY I 7.30 PM
                                    THE RING IN AN HOUR l Hannah Foster l Matthew Wood
                                        Mozart, Magic Flute Overture l Dove, Magic Flute Dances
                                                                                 Wagner’s Ring

23 FEBRUARY I 7.30 PM
JENNIFER PIKE’S KORNGOLD l Jennifer Pike l Matthew Wood
Korngold, Violin Concerto l Rachmaninov, Symphony No. 2

                                                                               30 MARCH I 7.30 PM
                                                    SIYMC 2019 GRAND FINAL l Phillip Ellis
                                          Three young musicians l Three concertos l One winner

19 MAY I 3.00 PM SUNDAY MATINÉE
BEETHOVEN 5 l Simon Beesley l Anna Hartmann l Laurent Zufferey
Martinu, Boeuf sur le Toit l Woolfenden, Oboe Concerto
Beethoven 5

                                                                                  15 JUNE I 7.30 PM
                                       ENIGMA VARIATIONS l Slava Sidorenko l Diogo Costa
                        Rimsky-Korsakov Capriccio Espagnol l Shostakovich Piano Concerto No. 2
                                                                        Elgar Enigma Variations

All concerts are at Stockport’s spectacular Town Hall. And remember: there is secure parking right
                     behind the hall and the fee is included in your ticket price!

 STOCKPORTSYMPHONY.CO.UK                        l   TICKETSOURCE.CO.UK/SSO
You can also read