Classically Creative for 65 Years

SHREVEPORT
SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA
2012-2013 SEASON
Classically Creative for 65 Years
MICHAEL BUTTERMAN, MUSIC DIRECTOR
OPENING NIGHT
VADIM GLUZMAN, VIOLIN
Saturday, September 22, 2012—7:30 PM
Featuring stunning Russian violinist Vadim Gluzman playing Bruch and
closing with Dvorak’s lyrical Symphony No. 8.
“Yes, rockers, Gluzman is that
kind
of monster—the kind who
BRAHMS Academic Festival Overture
leaves an audience staggering
BRUCH
Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor
DVORAK Symphony No. 8
from the hall, smiling, shaken
and re-made. For folks who prefer
the classics, I’d sum up Gluzman
this way: He is better than Itzhak
Perlman, better than Midori, better
than Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg
and all the other big-name string
titans who have soloed with the
LPO in recent years.” ~NOLA.com
VADIM GLUZMAN
MOVIE MASTERPIECES
Friday, October 19, 2012—7:30 PM
In collaboration with Shreveport’s own Moonbot Studios and the Robinson
Film Center, this event features a screening of the Oscar®-winning short film
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore with the full SSO performing the world premiere of a newly
commissioned orchestration of the score. We’ll also hear great classics of movie music—the best known music ever!
PASTORALE
HOLIDAY POPS
JEFF MIDKIFF, MANDOLIN
Saturday, November 17, 2012—7:30 PM
Maestro Butterman explores the rich connection
between music and nature, featuring Beethoven’s
Symphony No. 6 “Pastorale” and Smetana’s The
Moldau. The program also includes the premiere
of From the Blue Ridge, a mandolin concerto by
Jeff Midkiff.
SMETANA
MIDKIFF
BEETHOVEN
The Moldau
From the Blue Ridge
Symphony No. 6 (“Pastorale”)
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TIMOTHY JONES, BARITONE
HOLIDAY POPS CHILDREN’S
CHORUS
LOUISIANA DANCE THEATER
Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012—7:30 PM
Sunday, Dec. 16, 2012—2:30 PM
Beloved holiday treasures
combined with new favorites
in the making, and lots of
community participation—
always a hit!
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SHREVEPORT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
2012-2013 SEASON (continued)
Classically Creative for 65 Years
RHAPSODY IN BLUE
JON NAKAMATSU, PIANO
SHODEKEH, BEATBOXER/VOCAL PERCUSSIONIST
Saturday, January 26, 2013—7:30 PM
Come feel the beat as the SSO plays a program inspired
by jazz and folk rhythms, featuring Van Cliburn Gold
Medalist Jon Nakamatsu playing Gershwin’s Rhapsody
in Blue and Ravel’s Piano Concerto, plus the dynamic
beatboxer/vocal percussionist Shodekeh.
GINASTERA
RAVEL
COPLAND
FULTON
GERSHWIN
Four Dances from Estancia
Piano Concerto in G Major
Four Dances from Rodeo
Deadlock
Rhapsody in Blue
JON NAKAMATSU
SHODEKEH
WICKED DIVAS
ALLI MAUZEY and JULIE REIBER
Saturday, February 23, 2013—7:30 PM
Kermit Poling, conductor
Broadway returns to the SSO main series with two stars
straight from the Broadway production of Wicked!
ALLI MAUZEY
THE FOUR SEASONS
PHILIPPE QUINT, VIOLIN
Saturday, March 16, 2013—7:30 PM
JULIE REIBER
“Philippe Quint’s panache is stunning.”
~Gramophone
Featuring four-time Grammy award nominee Philippe Quint performing Vivaldi’s
Four Seasons and Piazzola’s Four Seasons of Buenos Aires.
RESPIGHI
PIAZZOLLA
VIVALDI
Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 1
Four Seasons of Buenos Aires
The Four Seasons
PHILIPPE QUINT
SEASON FINALE: ALL-TCHAIKOVSKY
TCHAIKOVSKY
JAMES DICK, PIANO
Saturday, May 4, 2013—7:30 PM
TCHAIKOVSKY
TCHAIKOVSKY
Former Wideman Competition Gold Medalist
James Dick will perform the all-time favorite Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 1, and the season will close with the
monumental Symphony No. 6 “Pathetique.”
Polonaise and Waltz from Eugene Onegin
Piano Concerto No. 1
Symphony No. 6 (“Pathetique”)
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SUPPORTED IN PART BY A GRANT
FROM THE SHREVEPORT REGIONAL
ARTS COUNCIL WITH FUNDS FROM
THE CITY OF SHREVEPORT
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JAMES DICK