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2010-2011 SEASON
Wednesday, September 15, 2010, 8:00 pm
Indiana University Jacobs School of Music
Bloomington, Indiana
McTEE: Double Play
BERLIOZ: Symphonie Fantastique
Thursday, October 7, 2010, 8:00 pm
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Wharton Center for the Performing Arts
Michigan State University
Lansing, Michigan
Friday, October 8, 2010, 8:00 pm
Saturday, October 9, 2010, 8:30 pm
Sunday, October 10, 2010, 3:00 pm
Max M. Fisher Music Center
Detroit, Michigan
Sarah Chang, violin
SCHUMAN: American Festival Overture
BRUCH: Violin Concerto No. 1
BERLIOZ: Symphonie Fantastique
Thursday, October 14, 2010, 7:30 pm
Friday, October 15, 2010, 8:00 pm
Saturday, October 16 2010, 8:30 pm
Sunday, October 17, 2010, 3:00 pm
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Max M. Fisher Music Center
Detroit, Michigan
BERNSTEIN: On the Town: Three Dance Episodes
McTEE: Symphony No. 1: Ballet for Orchestra
RACHMANINOFF: Symphony No. 1
Thursday, October 21, 2010, 1:30 pm
Friday, October 22, 2010, 8:00 pm
Saturday, October 23 2010, 8:00 pm
Sunday, October 24, 2010, 2:00 pm
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Heinz Hall
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Olga Kern, piano
TOWER: Fanfare, Made in America
RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No. 1
DVORÁK: Symphony No. 6
Saturday, October 30 2010, 8:00 pm
Sunday, October 31, 2010, 2:00 pm
Dresden Philharmonic
Kulturepalast, Festaal
Dresden, Germany
Undine Röhner-Stolle, Oboe
PART: Fratres
SHCHEDRIN: Oboe Concerto
RACHMANINOFF: Symphony No. 2
Thursday, November 11, 2010, 7:30 pm
Friday, November 12, 2010, 8:00 pm
Saturday, November 13, 2010, 8:30 pm
Sunday, November 14, 2010, 3:00 pm
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Max M. Fisher Music Center
Detroit, Michigan
RACHMANINOFF: The Isle of the Dead
BRIGHT SHENG: Concerto for Orchestra: Zodiac Tales (World Premiere)
DVORÁK: Symphony No. 9, "From the New World"
Friday, November 19, 2010, 8:00 pm
Sunday, November 21, 2010, 2:30 pm
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Heinz Hall
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Michael Rusinek, clarinet
BERNSTEIN: Symphonic Suite from On the Waterfront
TOWER: Concerto for Clarinet
COPLAND: Suite from Appalachian Spring
Friday, November 26, 2010, 8:00 pm
Saturday, November 27, 2010, 8:00 pm
Sunday, November 28, 2010, 3:00 pm
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
Powell Symphony Hall
St. Louis, Missouri
Olga Kern, piano
PART: Fratres for Strings and Percussion
RACHMANINOFF: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
PROKOFIEV: Symphony No. 5
Friday, December 3, 2010, 10:45 am
Saturday, December 4, 2010, 8:30 pm
Sunday, December 5, 2010, 3:00 pm
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Max M. Fisher Music Center
Detroit, Michigan
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
STEPHEN RUSH: Tango Symphony (World Premiere)
GERSHWIN: Piano Concerto in F
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 1
Thursday, December 9, 2010, 7:30 pm
Friday, December 10, 2010, 10:45 am
Saturday, December 11, 2010, 8:30 pm
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Max M. Fisher Music Center
Detroit, Michigan
Sara Davis Buechner, piano
Fred Zlotkin, cello
Kimberly Kaloyanides Kennedy, violin
ROZSA: Spellbound Concerto
WAGNER/WAXMAN: Tristan & Isolde Fantasy
KORNGOLD: Cello Concerto
MUSSORGSKY: Pictures at an Exhibition
Thursday, December 16, 2010, 10:45 am & 7:30 pm
Friday, December 17, 2010, 8:30 pm
Saturday, December 18, 2010, 3:00 pm & 8:30 pm
Sunday, December 19, 2010, 3:00 pm
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Max M. Fisher Music Center
Detroit, Michigan
Home for the Holidays
Pops Concerts
Friday, December 31, 2010, 7:30 pm
Saturday, January 1, 2011, 6:00 pm
Sunday, January 2, 2011, 4:00 pm
Orchestre National de Lyon
Auditorium de Lyon
Lyon, France
Kim Criswell, vocalist
MUSIC OF BERNSTEIN AND GERSHWIN
Wednesday, January 5, 2011, 8:30 pm
Thursday, January 6, 2011, 8:30 pm
Friday, January 7, 2011, 8:30 pm
Sunday, January 9, 2011, 11:00 am and 6:30 pm
Orchestre National de Lyon
Auditorium de Lyon
Lyon, France
Hilary Hahn, violin
BERLIOZ: Le Corsaire, op. 21
TCHAIKOVSKY: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 1
Thursday, January 13, 2011, 8:00 pm
Friday, January 14, 2011, 8:00 pm
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
The Great Hall
Leipzig, Germany
Jonathan Biss, piano
BOLCOM: Commedia
MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 25, K. 503, C major
SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 5
Friday, January 21, 2011, 8:00 pm
Saturday, January 22, 2011, 8:30 pm
Sunday, January 23, 2011, 3:00 pm
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Max M. Fisher Music Center
Detroit, Michigan
Robert de Maine, cello
McTEE: Einstein's Dream
WILLIAMS: Cello Concerto
PROKOFIEV: Suite from Cinderella
Saturday, February 12, 2011, 8:00 pm
Sunday, February 13, 2011, 2:00 pm
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Walt Disney Concert Hall
Los Angeles, California
Wynton Marsalis and Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra
GERSHWIN: An American in Paris
MARSALIS: Swing Symphony
Thursday, February 17, 2011, 7:30 pm
Friday, February 18, 2011, 8:00 pm
Saturday, February 19, 2011, 8:30 pm
Sunday, February 20, 2011, 3:00 pm
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Max M. Fisher Music Center
Detroit, Michigan
Michel Camilo, piano
CHABRIER: Espana
CAMILO: Piano Concerto No. 2 (U.S. Premiere)
DE FALLA: Three-Cornered Hat
Friday, March 4, 2011, 7:30 pm
Saturday, March 5, 2011, 7:30 pm
Sunday, March 6, 2011, 11:30 am
Orquesta Nacional de España
Madrid, Spain
Dawn Upshaw, soprano
David Krakauer, clarinet
GOLIJOV: How Slow the Wind and Lua descolorida from Three Songs for Soprano and Orchestra
GOLIJOV: Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind
MAHLER: Symphony No. 4
Thursday, March 10, 2011, 7:00 pm
Friday, March 11, 2011, 8:00 pm
Saturday, March 12, 2011, 8:00 pm
Nashville Symphony Orchestra
Schermerhorn Concert Hall
Nashville, Tennessee
Robert McDuffie, violin
ROSSINI: Overture to La Gazza Ladra
GLASS: Violin Concerto No. 2
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 2
Friday, March 18, 2011, 8:00 pm
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Detroit Opera House
Detroit, Michigan
Saturday, March 19, 2011, 8:00 pm
Hill Auditorium
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan
MAHLER: Symphony No. 8, "Symphony of a Thousand"
Thursday, March 24, 2011, 7:30 pm
Friday, March 25, 2011, 10:45 am
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Max M. Fisher Music Center
Detroit, Michigan
BEETHOVEN: Leonore Overture No. 3
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 8
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 3, "Eroica"
Friday, March 25, 2011, 8:00 pm
Saturday, March 26, 2011, 8:30 pm
BEETHOVEN: Fidelio Overture
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 4
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 5
Saturday, April 1, 2011, 8:00 pm
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
Salle Pleyel
Paris, France
Nemanja Radulovic, violin
BARBER: Violin Concerto
TIPPETT: A Child of Our Time
Friday, April 8, 2011, 10:45 am & 8:00 pm
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Max M. Fisher Music Center
Detroit, Michigan
BEETHOVEN: Leonore Overture No. 2
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 1
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 6
Saturday, April 9, 2011, 8:30 pm
Sunday, April 10, 2011, 3:00 pm
BEETHOVEN: Leonore Overture No. 1
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 2
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 7
Thursday, April 14, 2011, 7:30 pm
Friday, April 15, 2011, 8:00 pm
Saturday, April 16, 2011, 8:30 pm
BEETHOVEN: Creatures of Prometheus
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 9, "Choral"
Thursday, April 21, 2011, 7:30 pm
Friday, April 22, 2011, 12:00 pm
Saturday, April 23, 2011, 8:00 pm
Seattle Symphony Orchestra
Benaroya Concert Hall
Seattle, Washington
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
McTEE: Double Play
GERSHWIN: Concerto in F
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 5
Wednesday, April 27, 2011, 8:00 pm
Thursday, April 28, 2011, 8:00 pm
Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Roy Thomson Hall
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Yefim Bronfman, piano
COLGRASS: As Quiet As ...
LISZT: Piano Concerto No. 2
SAINT-SAENS: Symphony. No. 3, "Organ Symphony"
Friday, May 6, 2011, 8:00 pm
Sunday, May 8, 2011, 2:30 pm
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Heinz Hall
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Hila Plitmann, soprano
PROKOFIEV: Peter and the Wolf
DEL TREDICI: Final Alice
Friday, May 13, 2011, 9:00 pm
Saturday, May 14, 2011, 7:00 pm
Barcelona Symphony Orchestra
Barcelona, Spain
MILHAUD: La Creation du Monde
GERSHWIN: An American in Paris
DVORÁK: Symphony No. 9, "From the New World"
Friday, May 20, 2011, 10:45 am
Saturday, May 21, 8:30 pm
Sunday, May 22, 3:00 pm
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Max M. Fisher Music Center
Detroit, Michigan
Cho-Liang Lin, violin
SCHIFRIN: Tango Concertantes
MAHLER: Symphony No. 5
Thursday, May 26, 2011, 7:30 pm
Friday, May 27, 2011, 8:00 pm
Saturday, May 28, 2011, 8:30 pm
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Max M. Fisher Music Center
Detroit, Michigan
Olga Kern, piano
DU YUN: Lebenbom Commission Winner (World Premiere)
BARTOK: Miraculous Mandarin Suite
TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No. 1
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DSOs Florida Tour:
... the cheers and bravos exploded like firecrackers ... The quality of the music-making and the audience's ecstatic response filled dozens of Michigan snowbirds, DSO donors and board members with the kind of hometown pride that denizens of other cities take for granted.
Mark Stryker, Detroit Free Press, February 16, 2010
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... a nearly perfect concert by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts. ... Musically, the Detroit Symphony has set a standard that will be difficult to surpass this season.
Márcio Bezerra, Palm Beach Daily News, February 11, 2010
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... Leonard Slatkin clearly knew how to show off his orchestra. This was as sumptuous a performance of this high-calorie symphony as youre likely to hear, with the orchestras warm, clear string playing carrying the day ... There was an extraordinary clarity to the string playing, allowing Rachmaninoffs often complex and contrapuntal music to be heard. And some of the most effective moments were the quiet ones, like the long, yearning melody in the woodwinds after the initial statement of the slow movement melody, played with natural, unforced pathos in the orchestra. Few conductors will keep the brass on as tight a leash as Slatkin did Wednesday, and it paid off in a warm, burnished orchestral sound in which the brass were present as part of the ensemble without overpowering it.
David Fleshler, South Florida Classical Review, February 11, 2010
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Collaboration between soloist and orchestra, as coordinated by Slatkin, was exemplary, as was the lovely tone of the cello in this truly accessible example of music for our time.
Richard Storm, Sarasota Herald Tribune, February 17, 2010
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He led the DSO through a full-length performance that displayed an orchestra on its toes, playing up for its new maestro, delivering this kaleidoscopic music with the polish of experience but with the animation of a first encounter.
The Detroit News