Naperville

Chicago Sinfonietta
Vinay Parameswaran, conductor

PROGRAMME

Frank: Elegia Andina (Andean Elegy)

Contreras: Alma Monarca (Monarch Soul)

Dvorak: Symphony No. 8

FOLK & SOUL is the second subscription concert of Chicago Sinfonietta’s 2024-25 Season. Guest Conductor Vinay Parameswaran collaborated with Music Director Mei-Ann Chen to bring audiences a program that contemplates ancestry, homelands and guiding spirits.

The concert opens with Gabriela Lena Frank’s Elegia Andina (Andean Elegy). The piece marks the composer’s first musical foray into exploring her diverse ethnic background, Chinese-Peruvian-Spanish (her mother) and Lithuanian-Jewish (her father). It draws on the Peruvian arca/ira zampoña panpipe to form musical elegiac poetry.

For the second season in a row, the works of Mexican Composer Juan Pablo Contreras are celebrated at the Sinfonietta. Newly commissioned Alma Monarca (Monarch Soul) explores the flight of two Monarch butterflies as they soar to their Mexican homeland near the Day of the Dead.

We close the evening with a genre-defining piece. Antonín Dvořák’s Symphony No. 8 is one of his best-known works, celebrated for its integration of Czech folk melodies with classical symphonic structure. The symphony, in four movements, exudes warmth, lyricism, and a joyful spirit, characteristic of Dvořák's style.

Naperville

Chicago Sinfonietta
Vinay Parameswaran, conductor

PROGRAMME

Frank: Elegia Andina (Andean Elegy)

Contreras: Alma Monarca (Monarch Soul)

Dvorak: Symphony No. 8

FOLK & SOUL is the second subscription concert of Chicago Sinfonietta’s 2024-25 Season. Guest Conductor Vinay Parameswaran collaborated with Music Director Mei-Ann Chen to bring audiences a program that contemplates ancestry, homelands and guiding spirits.

The concert opens with Gabriela Lena Frank’s Elegia Andina (Andean Elegy). The piece marks the composer’s first musical foray into exploring her diverse ethnic background, Chinese-Peruvian-Spanish (her mother) and Lithuanian-Jewish (her father). It draws on the Peruvian arca/ira zampoña panpipe to form musical elegiac poetry.

For the second season in a row, the works of Mexican Composer Juan Pablo Contreras are celebrated at the Sinfonietta. Newly commissioned Alma Monarca (Monarch Soul) explores the flight of two Monarch butterflies as they soar to their Mexican homeland near the Day of the Dead.

We close the evening with a genre-defining piece. Antonín Dvořák’s Symphony No. 8 is one of his best-known works, celebrated for its integration of Czech folk melodies with classical symphonic structure. The symphony, in four movements, exudes warmth, lyricism, and a joyful spirit, characteristic of Dvořák's style.

St Mary’s Church, Ambleside, Lake District, England

An exclusive to Aerial Festival, acclaimed Scottish composer Erland Cooper will join forces with BBC Philharmonic Orchestra for an orchestral reimagining of his latest work ‘Carve the Runes Then Be Content With Silence’ for solo violin and orchestra, featuring Solo Violinist Freya Goldmark.

This very special concert will be presented by BBC Radio 3’s Elizabeth Alker and recorded for broadcast on her show ‘Unclassified’ by BBC Radio 3.

Eastbourne, England

London Philharmonic Orchestra
Vinay Parameswaran, conductor
Sterling Elliott, cello

PROGRAMME
Sibelius: Finlandia

Dvořák: Cello Concerto

Beethoven: Symphony No. 7

Beethoven set out to make the whole world drunk with joy, and from first note to last, his Seventh Symphony simply blazes with pure, irrepressible life-force.

It’s a torrent, a celebration, a cosmic dance. Sounds like we’re overselling it? Just wait until you hear the Seventh played live by the full London Philharmonic Orchestra under our dynamic guest conductor Vinay Parameswaran. But then, everything about this concert is off-the-scale: from Sibelius’s stirring hymn to freedom, to the unchained melody of Dvořák’s glorious Cello Concerto – an ideal showcase for the inspirational young American cellist Sterling Elliott.

Bedford Corn Exchange

Philharmonia Orchestra
Vinay Parameswaran, conductor
Juho Pohjonen, piano

PROGRAMME

Nielson: Helios Overture

Grieg: Piano Concerto

Sibelius: Symphony No. 5

Sibelius’s Symphony No. 5 would make it into many listeners’ top ten. It begins with a whisper from horns and timpani, which spreads through the woodwind section in a glorious evocation of sunrise. The second movement is a set of variations on a simple, wistful theme. Then comes the moment Sibelius fans have been waiting for – the magnificent ‘swan’ theme of the finale, with its jubilant horn chords and sweeping strings. Sibelius wrote it after witnessing the awe-inspiring sight of 16 swans in flight: “One of the great experiences of my life! God, how beautiful,” he wrote in his diary.

Grieg’s Piano Concerto is one of the most popular works in the orchestral repertoire. From its dramatic opening with its timpani roll to its anthemic finale, watch it in rehearsal with Finnish pianist Juho Pohjonen.

Finally, Nielsen’s Helios Overture. Inspired while travelling to Athens, the Danish composer traces the journey of the sun across the Aegean Sea in a wondrous celebration of the Greek god Helios.

Bedford Corn Exchange

Philharmonia Orchestra
Vinay Parameswaran, conductor
Juho Pohjonen, piano

PROGRAMME

Nielson: Helios Overture

Grieg: Piano Concerto

Sibelius: Symphony No. 5

Sibelius’s Symphony No. 5 would make it into many listeners’ top ten. It begins with a whisper from horns and timpani, which spreads through the woodwind section in a glorious evocation of sunrise. The second movement is a set of variations on a simple, wistful theme. Then comes the moment Sibelius fans have been waiting for – the magnificent ‘swan’ theme of the finale, with its jubilant horn chords and sweeping strings. Sibelius wrote it after witnessing the awe-inspiring sight of 16 swans in flight: “One of the great experiences of my life! God, how beautiful,” he wrote in his diary.

Grieg’s Piano Concerto is one of the most popular works in the orchestral repertoire. From its dramatic opening with its timpani roll to its anthemic finale, watch it in rehearsal with Finnish pianist Juho Pohjonen.

Finally, Nielsen’s Helios Overture. Inspired while travelling to Athens, the Danish composer traces the journey of the sun across the Aegean Sea in a wondrous celebration of the Greek god Helios.

Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark™ Live in Concert.

John Williams’s score performed live-to-film by the Sun Valley Music Festival Orchestra

Sun Valley Pavilion
300 Dollar Rd, Sun Valley, ID 83353

Wade Oval

The Cleveland Orchestra
Vinay Parameswaran, conductor
Chris Webb, emcee

PROGRAMME

Bernstein:  Overture to Candide
Valerie Coleman:  Seven O’ Clock Shout
Smetana:  The Moldau
Still:  Summerland
Rimsky-Korsakov:  Capriccio espagnol

Wade Oval Wednesdays (WOW!) are presented by University Circle Inc. during summer months and feature live performances, food trucks, and activities for families. Bring a chair or blanket, and some friends to enjoy a fun and relaxing evening of music!

Congress Theatre, Eastbourne

London Philharmonic Orchestra
Vinay Parameswaran, conductor
Sterling Elliott, cello

PROGRAMME

Sibelius: Finlandia
Dvořák: Cello Concerto
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7

Beethoven set out to make the whole world drunk with joy, and from first note to last, his Seventh Symphony simply blazes with pure, irrepressible life-force.

It’s a torrent, a celebration, a cosmic dance. Sounds like we’re overselling it? Just wait until you hear the Seventh played live by the full London Philharmonic Orchestra under our dynamic guest conductor Vinay Parameswaran. But then, everything about this concert is off-the-scale: from Sibelius’s stirring hymn to freedom, to the unchained melody of Dvořák’s glorious Cello Concerto – an ideal showcase for the inspirational young American cellist Sterling Elliott.

John Matsumoto Giampietro, director

Curtis Opera Theatre

JANÁČEK -The Cunning Little Vixen

Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center
300 S Broad St, Philadelphia, PA 19102

John Matsumoto Giampietro, director

Curtis Opera Theatre

JANÁČEK -The Cunning Little Vixen

Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center
300 S Broad St, Philadelphia, PA 19102

John Matsumoto Giampietro, director

Curtis Opera Theatre

JANÁČEK -The Cunning Little Vixen

Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center
300 S Broad St, Philadelphia, PA 19102

John Matsumoto Giampietro, director

Curtis Opera Theatre

JANÁČEK -The Cunning Little Vixen

Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center
300 S Broad St, Philadelphia, PA 19102

Eugene Symphony

Fairytale characters are brought to life through sound during the Eugene Symphony’s annual Family Concert.

Stravinsky, The Firebird Suite

Hult Center for the Performing Arts
1 Eugene Center, Eugene, OR 97401

Eugene Symphony

Fairytale characters are brought to life through sound during the Eugene Symphony’s annual Family Concert.

Stravinsky, The Firebird Suite

Hult Center for the Performing Arts
1 Eugene Center, Eugene, OR 97401

Drew Petersen, Piano

SHEKHAR - Lumina

LISZT - Piano Concerto No. 1

TCHAIKOVSKY - Symphony No. 6, “Pathétique”

Hult Center for the Performing Arts
1 Eugene Center, Eugene, OR 97401

Thomas Mesa, cello

MASON - A Joyous Trilogy
DVOŘÁK - Silent Woods
TCHAIKOVSKY - Rococo Variations
DVOŘÁK - Symphony No. 8

Tennessee Theatre
604 South Gay Street, Knoxville TN, 37902

Thomas Mesa, cello

MASON - A Joyous Trilogy
DVOŘÁK - Silent Woods
TCHAIKOVSKY - Rococo Variations
DVOŘÁK - Symphony No. 8

Tennessee Theatre
604 South Gay Street, Knoxville TN, 37902

Brandon Leonard, Cello

BACH - Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, BWV 1048, G Major
TCHAIKOVSKY - Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33, TH 57
JESSIE MONTGOMERY - Strum
MOZART - Symphony No. 38, K.504, D Major, “Prague”

First Presbyterian Church
540 William Hilton Parkway
(Business Route 278)

Brandon Leonard, Cello

BACH - Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, BWV 1048, G Major
TCHAIKOVSKY - Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33, TH 57
JESSIE MONTGOMERY - Strum
MOZART - Symphony No. 38, K.504, D Major, “Prague”

First Presbyterian Church
540 William Hilton Parkway
(Business Route 278)

Yves Dhar, cello & halldorophone
A.G.N.E.S., A.I. learning algorithm & hologram

JOHN ADAMS - Short Ride in a Fast Machine
PAUL DUKAS - The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
ADAM SCHOENBERG - Automation
RICHARD STRAUSS - Also Sprach Zarathustra

California Theatre,
345 S 1st St, San Jose,
CA 95113

Yves Dhar, cello & halldorophone
A.G.N.E.S., A.I. learning algorithm & hologram

JOHN ADAMS - Short Ride in a Fast Machine
PAUL DUKAS - The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
ADAM SCHOENBERG - Automation
RICHARD STRAUSS - Also Sprach Zarathustra

California Theatre,
345 S 1st St, San Jose,
CA 95113