MOZART ’ S JUPITER
MOZART ’ S JUPITER
FRANCOIS RIVARD
JOSEPH MEYERHOFF SYMPHONY HALL
Friday , January 5 , 2018 , 8pm Sunday , January 7 , 2018 , 3 pm
MUSIC CENTER AT STRATHMORE
Saturday , January 6 , 2018 , 8pm
Bernard Labadie , conductor Emily Skala , flute Sarah Fuller , harp
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Eine kleine Nachtmusik , K . 525 Allegro Romance : Andante Menuetto : Allegretto Rondo : Allegro
Mozart
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About the Artists
Bernard Labadie
Bernard Labadie has established himself worldwide as one of the leading conductors of the Baroque and Classical repertoire , a reputation that is closely tied to his work with Les Violons
Concerto in C Major for Flute , Harp and Orchestra , K . 297 Allegro Andantino Rondo : Allegro
Emily Skala Sarah Fuller
Mozart Symphony No . 41 in C Major , K . 551 , “ Jupiter ” Allegro vivace Andante cantabile Allegretto Molto allegro
The concert will end at approximately 9:45 pm on Friday and Saturday and 4:45 pm on Sunday .
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du Roy and La Chapelle de Québec , both of which he founded and continues to lead as music director . With these two ensembles , he regularly tours Canada , the U . S . and Europe in major venues and festivals such as Carnegie Hall , Avery Fisher Hall , Walt Disney Concert Hall , the Kennedy Center , the Barbican , the Concertgebouw and the Salzburg Festival , among others .
Since his triumphant debut with the Minnesota Orchestra in 1999 , Labadie has become a regular presence on the podiums of the major North American orchestras , including the Atlanta , Boston , Chicago , Detroit , Montreal and Toronto symphony orchestras ; the Cleveland and Philadelphia orchestras ; the Colorado , St . Louis , Houston and San Francisco symphonies ; the Los Angeles and New York philharmonics ; and the Handel and Haydn Society .
International engagements in the past seasons have brought Labadie to conduct the Bayerischen Rundfunks Symphony Orchestra , Orchestre Nationale de France , Academy of Ancient Music , Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment , BBC Royal Scottish National Orchestra , Melbourne Symphony Orchestra , Orchestra of the Collegium Vocale Ghent , Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra , Royal Northern Sinfonia , Swedish Chamber Orchestra , WDR Sinfonieorchester ( Cologne ) and Zurich Chamber Orchestra .
On the opera podium , Labadie has served tenures as artistic director of L ’ Opéra de Québec and L ’ Opéra de Montréal . He made his Metropolitan Opera debut during the 2009 – 2010 season with Mozart ’ s The Magic Flute , a work that he also led at the Cincinnati Opera in 2011 and in which he made his long-awaited debut with the Canadian Opera Company in 2017 . Other operatic highlights include Handel ’ s Orlando with Glimmerglass Opera , Mozart ’ s Così fan tutte at the Mostly Mozart Festival and Mozart ’ s Lucio Silla with Santa Fe Opera . Recently , he performed Handel ’ s Theodora and Handel ’ s Samson in concert form to huge critical acclaim .
Bernard Labadie ’ s extensive discography includes many critically acclaimed recordings on the Dorian , ATMA and Virgin Classics labels , including Handel ’ s Apollo e Dafne and a collaborative recording of Mozart ’ s Requiem with Les Violons du Roy and La Chapelle de Québec , both of which received Canada ’ s Juno Award . His other recordings include C . P . E . Bach ’ s complete cello concertos with Truls Mørk and Les Violons du
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