Overture Magazine 2013-2014 November-December 2013 | Page 38

{ Program Notes Contintued from pg. 35 “A Child’s Christmas” Bruce Chase Christmas Memories ELAN ESPANA “Brassy Holidays” Leroy Anderson Bugler’s Holiday MATT ROBEN “Silent Night” Franz Grüber Stille Nacht ASHLEY WINN VERONICA GAN, Violin Intermission “Aerial Waltz of the Flowers” Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Waltz of the Flowers from The Nutcracker LYRIC WALLENDA ARESTOV VIVIAN ESPANA NOEMI ESPANA “Sorcerer’s Apprentice Hooped” Paul Dukas The Sorcerer’s Apprentice ASHLEY WINN “Country Christmas” Marcelo Zarvos Country Christmas Aaron Copland Hoe-Down Giochino Rossini Overture from William Tell AJ SILVER “BEETHOVEN'S 5th ” Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 5 RIETTA WALLENDA LYRIC WALLENDA ARESTOV “A Flying End” Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto ZORE ESPANA VERONICA GAN, Violin “The Grande Finale” Leroy Anderson Sleigh Ride CIRQUE MUSICA The performance will run approximately two hours in length, including a 20-minute intermission. Cirque Musica Creative Team Executive Producer Stephen Cook Music Director Tracy Silverman Original Music Composer Marcelo Zarvos Artists & repertoire subject to change. Bob Bernhardt With 31 years of experience as a music director, 34 years as a conductor of pops and 33 years in the opera pit, Bob Bernhardt brings a unique perspec- 36 O v ertur e | www. bsomusic .org tive and ability each time he is on the podium, and in every genre. Maestro Bernhardt currently serves as Principal Pops Conductor with the Louisville Orchestra and Chattanooga Symphony and Opera (where he was music director for 19 seasons). The 2011–2012 season marked his 20th anniversary with the Boston Pops, which he first conducted at John Williams’ invitation in 1992. Maestro Bernhardt has been a frequent guest conductor of the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, Baltimore Symphony, Cincinnati Pops, Detroit Symphony, Houston Symphony, Dallas Symphony, Seattle Symphony, Tucson Symphony, Santa Barbara Symphony, Pacific Symphony and Las Vegas Philharmonic. As a guest conductor this season, he debuts with the Florida Orchestra and Grand Rapids Symphony, and returns to Boston, Detroit, Baltimore, Rochester, Edmonton, Seattle, Las Vegas and Santa Barbara. He has also appeared with the St. Louis Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony, Virginia Symphony, Phoenix Symphony and the Iceland Symphony. A lover of opera, Bernhardt conducted productions with Kentucky Opera for 18 consecutive seasons and for 19 seasons with his own company in Chattanooga, as well as many guest conducting engagements with the Nashville Opera. He has worked with scores of stars from Broadway, rock and roll and the American songbook, from Brian Stokes Mitchell and Kelli O’Hara, to The Beach Boys and Wynonna, and to Ben Folds and the Indigo Girls. Because of his extensive experience and lucky upbringing, he has rarely met music he doesn’t love. Bob Bernhardt last appeared with the BSO in July 2013, conducting the annual Star Spangled Spectacular at Oregon Ridge Park. Cirque Musica Cirque Musica takes audiences on a journey to a faraway land of dazzling beauty and mystery. The show blends the grace and thrills of the world’s greatest circus performers with stunning symphonic music from classical, pops and popular repertoire. Audiences are treated to a full sensory experience that will have them on the edge of their seats and in awe of the beauty, thrills and majesty that is Cirque Musica. Cirque Musica is making its BSO debut.