OPENING NIGHTVADIM GLUZMAN, VIOLINSaturday, September 22, 2012—7:30 PM Featuring stunning Russian violinist Vadim Gluzman playing Bruch and closing with Dvorak’s lyrical Symphony No. 8. BRAHMS Academic Festival OvertureBRUCH Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minorDVORAK Symphony No. 8

MOVIE MASTERPIECESFriday, October 19, 2012—7:30 PM In collaboration with Shreveport’s own Moonbot Studios and the Robinson Film Center, this event features a screening of the Oscar®-winning short film

The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore with the full SSO performing the world premiere of a newly commissioned orchestration of the score. We’ll also hear great classics of movie music—the best known music ever!

PASTORALEJEFF MIDKIFF, MANDOLIN Saturday, November 17, 2012—7:30 PM Maestro Butterman explores the rich connection between music and nature, featuring Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6 “Pastorale” and Smetana’s The Moldau. The program also includes the premiere of From the Blue Ridge, a mandolin concerto by Jeff Midkiff.

SMETANA The MoldauMIDKIFF From the Blue RidgeBEETHOVEN Symphony No. 6 (“Pastorale”)

V A D I M G L U Z M A N

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2012-2013 SEASON Come Hear the Music Play

MICHAEL BUTTERMAN, MUSIC DIRECTOR

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Classically Creative for 65 Years

“Yes, rockers, Gluzman is that kind of monster—the kind who

leaves an audience staggering from the hall, smiling, shaken

and re-made. For folks who prefer the classics, I’d sum up Gluzman

this way: He is better than Itzhak Perlman, better than Midori, better than Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg

and all the other big-name string titans who have soloed with the LPO in recent years.” ~NOLA.com

HOLIDAY POPSTIMOTHY JONES, BARITONEHOLIDAY POPS CHILDREN’S CHORUSLOUISIANA DANCE THEATERSaturday, Dec. 15, 2012—7:30 PMSunday, Dec. 16, 2012—2:30 PM

Beloved holiday treasures combined with new favorites in the making, and lots of community participation—always a hit!

RHAPSODY IN BLUEJON NAKAMATSU, PIANOSHODEKEH, BEATBOXER/VOCAL PERCUSSIONIST Saturday, January 26, 2013—7:30 PM

Come feel the beat as the SSO plays a program inspired by jazz and folk rhythms, featuring Van Cliburn Gold Medalist Jon Nakamatsu playing Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue and Ravel’s Piano Concerto, plus the dynamic beatboxer/vocal percussionist Shodekeh.

GINASTERA Four Dances from EstanciaRAVEL Piano Concerto in G MajorCOPLAND Four Dances from RodeoFULTON DeadlockGERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue

WICKED DIVASALLI MAUZEY and JULIE REIBER Saturday, February 23, 2013—7:30 PMKermit Poling, conductor

Broadway returns to the SSO main series with two stars straight from the Broadway production of Wicked!

THE FOUR SEASONS PHILIPPE QUINT, VIOLINSaturday, March 16, 2013—7:30 PM

Featuring four-time Grammy award nominee Philippe Quint performing Vivaldi’s Four Seasons and Piazzola’s Four Seasons of Buenos Aires.

RESPIGHI Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 1PIAZZOLLA Four Seasons of Buenos AiresVIVALDI The Four Seasons

SEASON FINALE: ALL-TCHAIKOVSKY JAMES DICK, PIANOSaturday, May 4, 2013—7:30 PM

Former Wideman Competition Gold Medalist James Dick will perform the all-time favorite Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1, and the season will close with the monumental Symphony No. 6 “Pathetique.”

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2012-2013 SEASON (continued) Classically Creative for 65 Years

S H O D E K E HJ O N N A K A M A T S U

“Philippe Quint’s panache is stunning.” ~Gramophone

P H I L I P P E Q U I N T

J A M E S D I C K

TCHAIKOVSKY Polonaise and Waltz from Eugene OneginTCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6 (“Pathetique”)

A L L I M A U Z E Y J U L I E R E I B E R

SUPPORTED IN PART BY A GRANT FROM THE SHREVEPORT REGIONAL ARTS COUNCIL WITH FUNDS FROM THE CITY OF SHREVEPORT