Classics 5 (Ovation 3)
January 11 & 12, 2013 at 8 p.m., Majestic Theatre
Evan Rogister, conductor
Jeff Garza, horn
Adams Shaker Loops
Mozart Concerto for Horn No. 4
Elgar Elgar Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36, “Enigma Variations
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Hailed by the San Antonio Express-News as “a musician of rare authority,” San Antonio Symphony Principal Horn [...]

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Classics 6 (Applause 3)
January 25 & 26, 2013 at 8 p.m., Majestic Theatre
Karen Kamensek, conductor
Karen Gomyo, violin
Chabrier “Fête polonaise” from Le Roi malgré lui
Lalo Symphonie espagnole
Ives Symphony No. 2
Rising violin superstar Karen Gomyo returns to San Antonio to perform Lalo’s Symphony espagnole.  Based on Spanish folk songs, Lalo’s virtuosic violin concerto is filled with the [...]

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Classics 7A (Ovation 4a)
Friday, February 8, 2013
8 p.m., Majestic Theatre
Sebastian Lang-Lessing, conductor
Kirill Gerstein, piano
Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1
Brahms Symphony No. 1
It took Brahms more than fifteen years to compose his first symphony, referred to by the conductor Hans von Bülow as “Beethoven’s Tenth”.
The Brahms Festival is sponsored by The Russell Hill Rogers Fund for the [...]

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Classics 7B (Ovation 4b)
Saturday, February 9, 2013
8 p.m., Majestic Theatre
Sebastian Lang-Lessing, conductor
Kirill Gerstein, piano
Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2
Brahms Symphony No. 2
Composed largely during his visits to the Austrian Alps, Brahms’s beloved Symphony No. 2 is a bucolic celebration of nature.
The Brahms Festival is sponsored by The Russell Hill Rogers Fund for the Arts.
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Classics 8A (Applause 4a)
Friday, February 15, 2013 at 8 p.m., Majestic Theatre
Sebastian Lang-Lessing, conductor
Vadim Gluzman, violin
Brahms Violin Concerto
Brahms Symphony No. 3
Written for his close friend, the renowned violinist Joseph Joachim, the Violin Concerto is one of the most technically challenging and beautiful works in the repertoire.
The Brahms Festival is sponsored by The Russell Hill [...]

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Classics 8B (Applause 4b)
Saturday, February 16, 2013 at 8 p.m., Majestic Theatre
Sebastian Lang-Lessing, conductor
Vadim Gluzman, violin and Jian Wang, cello
Brahms Double Concerto for Violin and Cello
Brahms Symphony No. 4
With his final symphony, Brahms demonstrates the heights of his genius and his complete mastery of the symphonic form.
The Brahms Festival is sponsored by The Russell Hill [...]

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Violinist Alexandre Da Costa, photo by Bo Huang
Classics 9 (Ovation 5)
March 8 & 9, 2013 at 8 p.m., Majestic Theatre
Sebastian Lang-Lessing, conductor
Alexandre Da Costa, violin
Daugherty Fire and Blood
Wagner Orchestral highlights from The Ring
This hot new violin concerto, inspired by a Diego Rivera mural depicting the Detroit auto industry, is paired with the sonically spectacular orchestral [...]

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Photo by Paul Body
Classics 10 (Applause 5)
March 22 & 23, 2013 at 8 p.m., Majestic Theatre
Cho-Liang Lin, conductor and violin
Vivaldi The Four Seasons
Schubert Polonaise
Schubert Konzertstück
Schubert Symphony No. 6, “Little C major”
After enjoying these four groundbreaking violin concertos describing Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter, you’ll never experience the great outdoors the same way again.
Concert sponsored by [...]

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Soprano Ana Maria Martinez
Classics 11 (Ovation 6)
April 12 & 13, 2013 at 8 p.m., Majestic Theatre
Sebastian Lang-Lessing, conductor
San Antonio Symphony Mastersingers, John Silantien, director
University of Texas at San Antonio Concert Choir, John Silantien, director
Trinity University Choir, Gary Seighman, director
Ana María Martínez, soprano 
Géraldine Chauvet, mezzo
Dimitri Pittas, tenor
Lester Lynch, baritone
Verdi Messa da requiem
From the terrifying Dies Irae [...]

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Classics 12 (Applause 6)
May 3 & 4, 2013 at 8 p.m., Majestic Theatre
Sebastian Lang-Lessing, conductor
Andreas Bach, piano
Verdi Overture from Nabucco
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4
Sibelius Symphony No. 5
Sibelius’ Fifth Symphony was inspired by the idyllic sight of sixteen swans taking flight, but it ends with six stunning and hammer-like blows.
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Classics 13 (Ovation 7)
May 17 & 18, 2013 at 8 p.m., Majestic Theatre
Sebastian Lang-Lessing, conductor
Michel Dalberto, piano
Mozart Piano Concerto No. 22
Shostakovich Symphony No. 8
Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-Flat Major was written mainly as opportunity to show off the composer’s own skills as a pianist. Composed at a time when his health had begun [...]

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Classics 14 (Applause 7)
May 31 & June 1, 2013 at 8 p.m., Majestic Theatre
Sebastian Lang-Lessing, conductor
Dana Beth Miller, mezzo-soprano
San Antonio Symphony Mastersingers Women, John Silantien, director
The Children’s Chorus of San Antonio, Marguerite McCormick, director
Mahler Symphony No. 3
Inspired by his love of nature, Mahler said his Third Symphony was one great hymn to the glory [...]

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