Toledo Symphony Events
September thru October 2006
Regional Performance
Perry’s Victory Memorial Concert
Saturday September 9, 2006
Put-In-Bay Ohio 6:30pm
419-285-2184 (National Park Service office)
Free Concert!
KeyBank Pops Series:
The Contours featuring Sylvester Potts – A Celebration of Motown!
Saturday, September 16, 2006
Stranahan Theater
8:00pm
Chelsea Tipton II, conductor
Do You Love Me? Groove to one of R&B’s original supergroups. The Contours perform their own greatest hits, and bring their wild, rockin’ renditions of Motown’s timeless chart toppers. Tickets: $22 to $60. For tickets, call 419-246-8000, toll-free 800-348-1253 or visit www.toledosymphony.com
The Blade Chamber Series - Remembrance
Sunday, September 17, 2006
Toledo Club
7:00pm
Klein String Trio*
Beethoven Ghost Trio
Messiaen Quartet for the End of Time
Two Composers who experienced the horrors of German internment during the Second World War produced enduring chamber works that testify to the indomitability of the human spirit. Gideon Klein’s String Trio, completed nine days before his death at the age of twenty-six, betrays none of the horrific conditions of the Terezin concentration camp. Olivier Messiaen, who survived the ravages of the Holocaust, created the Quartet for the End of Time, an extended hymn to the redemptive power of faith that is one of the most important works of the twentieth century.
Beethoven’s Ghost Trio serves as a thematic and musical counterpoint. The foreboding Largo from which the work draws its subtitle only emphasizes the flowing serenity and hopefulness of the concluding Presto. Tickets: $25 to $35. For tickets, call 419-246-8000, toll-free 800-348-1253 or visit www.toledosymphony.com
* Denotes TSO premiere
Toledo Symphony Classics Series Opening Weekend –
Presented by ProMedica Health System – Featuring Mozart & Shostakovich
Fri/Sat, September 29/30, 2006
Toledo Museum of Art
Peristyle Theater
8:00pm
Stefan Sanderling, conductor
Leon Fleisher, piano
Mozart Piano Concerto No. 12 in A Major
Shostakovich Symphony No. 7 ( Leningrad)
Two significant anniversaries are celebrated in this powerful season-opening concert. The renowned pianist Leon Fleisher brings his formidable musicianship to bear in Mozart’s Twelfth Piano Concerto, commemorating Mozart’s 250th birthday. Stefan Sanderling leads the orchestra in Shostakovich’s towering Seventh Symphony, conceived while Shostakovich served in Russia’s Home Guard, facing the Nazi siege of his home city. The ‘ Leningrad’ Symphony and its themes of courage and resistance in the face of adversity still resonate powerfully with audiences one hundred years after the great composer’s birth. Tickets: $22 to $47. For tickets, call 419-246-8000, toll-free 800-348-1253 or visit www.toledosymphony.com
National City Bank Mozart & More Series: Haffner Symphony…plus Ravel!
Saturday, October 14, 2006
Franciscan Center, Sylvania
7:30 PM
Chelsea Tipton II, conductor
Tai Murray, violin
Ravel Tombeau du Couperin
Ravel Tzigane
Mozart Marches KV408 *
Mozart Symphony No. 35 (Haffner)
Two works by the French composer Maurice Ravel launch this series – his affectionate tribute to his compatriot Francois Couperin, and his virtuoso fantasy in gypsy-style, Tzigane. Violinist Tai Murray makes her Toledo Symphony debut in this wildly popular violin showpiece. Chelsea Tipton, II leads the orchestra in Mozart’s Haffner Symphony, originally written as the musical backdrop for a friend’s wedding. One can imagine the procession of a bride to each of the three Marches that lead into the Symphony; indeed, the second of these was the Symphony’s original introduction. Tickets: $29 to $33. For tickets, call 419-246-8000, toll-free 800-348-1253 or visit www.toledosymphony.com
* Denotes TSO premiere
^ Denotes TSO artist premiere
Regional Performance
Corpus Christi Catholic Church
2955 Dorr St. Toledo
Thursday October 19, 2006 8pm
419-531-4992
Toledo Symphony Classics Series II, Featuring Brahms & Beethoven
Fri/Sat, October 20/21, 2006
Toledo Museum of Art
Peristyle Theater
8:00pm
Stefan Sanderling, conductor
Stefan Vladar, piano ^
Henze Telemanniana *
Beethoven Concerto No. 1
Brahms Symphony No. 2
Stefan Vladar joins Principal Conductor Stefan Sanderling in Beethoven’s First Piano Concerto, the most elegant and Mozartean of Beethoven’s concertos. The second half features one of Brahms’s supreme compositions, his Second Symphony was composed on a summer holiday, and is “all rippling streams, blue sky, sunshine, and cool green shadows.” Tickets: $22 to $47. For tickets, call 419-246-8000, toll-free 800-348-1253 or visit www.toledosymphony.com
* Denotes TSO premiere
^ Denotes TSO artist premiere
Regional Performance
The University of Findlay
Winebrenner Seminary Auditorium
1000 N. Main St., Findlay OH
Friday October 27, 2006 – 8pm
Includes Piano Concerto No. 2 by Rachmaninoff!
419-434-4504
KeyBank Pops Series: An Evening of Andrew Lloyd Webber
Saturday, October 28, 2006
Stranahan Theater
8:00pm
Chelsea Tipton II, conductor
Showstopper after showstopper from Evita, Cats, Phantom of the Opera, Sunset Boulevard, and more. Be there at The Stranahan and experience the power of The Music of the Night. Tickets: $22 to $60. For tickets, call 419-246-8000, toll-free 800-348-1253 or visit www.toledosymphony.com
Mercy Health Partners Family Series – Halloween Spooktacular!
Sunday, October 29, 2006
Toledo Museum of Art
Peristyle Theater
3:00pm
Chelsea Tipton II, conductor
Phantoms of the Orchestra with the Magic Circle Mime Co.
Thrilling, chilling orchestral favorites. Children are encouraged to come in costume. Join the musicians onstage for Toledo’s favorite costume parade! This concert is guaranteed to put the “howl” in your Halloween! Tickets: $16 to $20 for adults, kids 12 & under are half-price. For tickets, call 419-246-8000, toll-free 800-348-1253 or visit www.toledosymphony.com
