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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January 19, 2013 at U.T.S.A Recital Hall, 7 p.m.
January 20, 2013 at San Fernando Cathedral, 7 p.m.
Passione: Italian Baroque
Akiko Fujimoto, conductor | Kenneth Freudigman, cello
Travel back to the epicenter of Baroque music: Italy! A tour of passionate music by Vivaldi, Locatelli, Geminiani and Corelli will transport you to the glories of Venice, Rome and Naples. [...]

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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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POPS 3
February 1 & 2, 2013 at 8 p.m., Majestic Theatre
Carl Topilow, conductor and clarinet
Lights! Camera! Action! The San Antonio Symphony goes to the movies (with videos projected above the orchestra) in Hollywood favorites including Gone with the Wind, Rocky, Forrest Gump, Titanic and Pirates of the Caribbean.  Equally at home in the symphonic and [...]

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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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Sunday, February 10, 2013 at 3 p.m., Majestic Theatre
Sebastian Lang-Lessing, conductor
John Clare, post-concert host
Brahms Symphony No. 2
With this season’s Brahms Festival, Music Director Sebastian Lang-Lessing introduces a new kind of program called DISCOVER. On two Sundays, the Symphony will explore the genius of Brahms. These seventy-minute concerts will include demonstrations from the stage, video close-ups [...]

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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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Sunday, February 17, 2013 at 3:00 p.m.
Majestic Theatre
Sebastian Lang-Lessing, conductor
John Clare, post-concert host
Brahms Symphony No. 4
This Sunday, DISCOVER Brahms like never before through the Symphony’s all-new DISCOVER educational series. Led by Maestro Sebastian Lang-Lessing, this eighty-minute concert will take an in-depth look at the life and genius of Brahms. This unique event will include:

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POPS 4
March 1 & 2, 2013 at 8 p.m., Laurie Auditorium
Michael Krajewski, conductor
AJ Swearingen & Jonathan Beedle, vocalists
Michael Krajewski returns to San Antonio with the sensational sounds of Simon and Garfunkel including Bridge Over Troubled Waters, 59th Street Bridge Song, I Am a Rock, Scarborough Fair, Me and Julio, Sounds of Silence and much more.  [...]

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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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POPS 5
April 19 & 20, 2013 at 8 p.m., Majestic Theatre
Akiko Fujimoto, conductor
Guadalupe Dance Company | Mariachi Campanas de America
Sebastien De La Cruz, mariachi
Join in the celebration of Fiesta with a program filled with great music and dance, featuring America’s Got Talent singing sensation Sebastien De La Cruz, Mariachi Campanas de America and the Guadalupe [...]

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April 21, 2013 at San Fernando Cathedral | 7:00 p.m.
Fiesta Baroque
Akiko Fujimoto, conductor | Sayaka Okada, violin | Hideaki Okada, oboe
What do Fiesta and Baroque music have in common? Kings & queens, and parties on the river! Enjoy some of the most festive music to come out of the Baroque period, including Water Music by [...]

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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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POPS 6
May 10 & 11, 2013 at 8 p.m. at Laurie Auditorium
Starring Tony Kishman
Martin Herman, conductor
Veteran of the Broadway hit, Beatlemania, Tony Kishman has toured worldwide with the music of Paul McCartney. Some of the songs featured in the set include: Hey Jude, Penny Lane, Live and Let Die, Yesterday, My Love, Uncle Albert, Let [...]

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Sunday, May 12, 2013 at 3:00 p.m.
Laurie Auditorium
Akiko Fujimoto, conductor
Troy Peters, host
Youth Orchestras of San Antonio
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4
Following the extremely successful debut of the DISCOVER series concerts this spring, you can now DISCOVER Tchaikovsky like never before through a special collaboration between the Youth Orchestras of San Antonio and the San Antonio Symphony.  Led [...]

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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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pre-concert activities and Instrument Petting Zoo begin at 1:30 pm
Akiko Fujimoto, conductor
Trinity University’s Laurie Auditorium
Enjoy vivid music inspired by Spain’s rich culture as we follow Columbus on his epic voyage to the New World. Come witness the unforgettable culmination of the Symphony’s popular Paint to Music Contest featuring a special showcase of children’s visual [...]

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Tickets are now on sale for The Opera San Antonio’s much anticipated Opening Gala Concert of Stars, the organization’s first collaboration with the San Antonio Symphony and its music director, Sebastian Lang-Lessing. The debut gala event will be held at the Majestic Theatre on Thursday, May 23 at 7 p.m., and will feature an impressive [...]

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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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artwork by Carson Ellis, from THE COMPOSER IS DEAD, © HarperCollinsPre-Concert Activities for Kids and Instrument Petting Zoo begin at 1:30 pm
Akiko Fujimoto, conductor
Trinity University’s Laurie Auditorium

There’s dreadful news from the symphony hall—the composer is dead!
Come join the Symphony for an annual family favorite, featuring Nathaniel Stookey’s delightfully dreadful whodunnit about the instruments of [...]

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Pre-Concert Activities for Kids and Instrument Petting Zoo begin at 1:30 pm
Akiko Fujimoto, conductor
with The San Antonio Mastersingers, John Silantien, director
and Trinity University Parker Handbell Choir, Diane C. Persellin, director
Trinity University’s Laurie Auditorium
Home for the Holidays or visiting San Antonio? Let the Symphony take you away to a winder wonderland! Don’t miss out [...]

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Pre-Concert Activities for Kids and Instrument Petting Zoo begin at 1:30 pm
Akiko Fujimoto, conductor
Trinity University’s Laurie Auditorium
Bring the whole family to hear Prokofiev’s timeless classic for kids, Peter and the Wolf.
Family Concerts are designed for children age 4-11, but can be enjoyed by persons of all ages. Bring the whole family for [...]

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