SEASON 2018:19CAIRD HALL, DUNDEE

MUSIC DIRECTOR

THOMASSØNDERGÅRD

Season Concerts

THOMAS SØNDERGÅRD ELIM CHAN

NICOLA BENEDETTI

Søndergård Conducts Mahler Five

Chan Conducts Rachmaninov

Søndergård and Benedetti

My dear friends,

I am so honoured to be starting the 2018:19 Season as the RSNO’s Music Director. From the moment I was invited to stand in to conduct Shostakovich’s Symphony No11 in 2009, I felt something important was going to happen. When we began rehearsing, there was such an immediate connection between me and the Orchestra that together we were able to come close to the heart of this great music.

Since then we have grown together, exploring a broad range of repertoire, gradually pushing the boundaries of what is possible, and our connection is as strong as ever. It’s wonderful to have reached this point and I am excited about the musical journeys we will share together with you in the coming years.

Scotland is fortunate to have such a wonderful National Orchestra – and of course, the RSNO Chorus and Junior Chorus, who both celebrate special birthdays in 2018. This Season is also a first for Elim Chan as Principal Guest Conductor and I am sure you will join me in extending her a very warm welcome. I’m looking forward to working with all of the RSNO family, bringing wonderful music to the Caird Hall for you to enjoy.

As well as our concerts at home in Scotland, it is a great privilege for the musicians and me to represent this great country abroad. Over the coming years we will be touring to China, the United States and Europe with such wonderful artists as pianist Olga Kern and violinist Nicola Benedetti. To be able to share our music with many people is a real joy and honour.

Of course, I am most excited about the Season ahead here in Scotland. We have many wonderful concerts for you to enjoy, featuring some of the world’s finest artists. It is my hope that our concerts will surprise and delight you. There is so much great music to explore and I look forward to getting to know you as we share that journey together.

Yours,

Thomas SøndergårdRSNO MUSIC DIRECTOR

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FROM LEFT TO RIGHT:

Kennedy LeitchAssistant Principal CelloThe David and Anne Smith Chair

Maya IwabuchiLeaderDunard Fund Chair

Katherine BryanPrincipal FluteThe David and Anne Smith Chair

Aleksei KiseliovPrincipal CelloThe James Browning Chair

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THOMAS SØNDERGÅRD

Søndergård Conducts Mahler FiveLotta Wennäkoski Flounce Scottish premiereBeethoven Piano Concerto No2 Mahler Symphony No5

Thomas Søndergård CONDUCTORFrancesco Piemontesi PIANO

‘A symphony must be like the world,’ declared Gustav Mahler. ‘It must embrace everything!’ So what better way for Thomas Søndergård to make his entrance as the RSNO’s new Music Director than by plunging headlong into Mahler’s Fifth Symphony: a sweeping romantic drama of life, death and – of course – love? Superstar pianist Francesco Piemontesi plays Beethoven’s brightest concerto, and a musical firecracker from Finnish composer Lotta Wennäkoski lights the touchpaper. Come and join the celebration!

Katherine Wren (RSNO Viola)

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Pre-concert talks are free to ticket holders and start at 6.45pm in the Marryat Hall.

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Chan Conducts RachmaninovDukas The Sorcerer’s Apprentice Chopin Piano Concerto No2 Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances

Elim Chan CONDUCTORBenjamin Grosvenor PIANO

There’s magic in the air as the award-winning Elim Chan joins the RSNO team as Principal Guest Conductor. And it’s not just confined to Dukas’ fabulous musical fairy tale of wizardry gone wrong (think Disney’s Fantasia). There’s the nostalgia of Rachmaninov’s Symphonic Dances, with its evocation of a haunted ballroom. And Benjamin Grosvenor summons up the heart-on-sleeve romance of Chopin’s tuneful Piano Concerto No2. The nation’s favourite young pianist? Well, come and decide for yourself!

Ursula Heidecker Allen (RSNO Violin) in conversation with Elim Chan (RSNO Principal Guest Conductor)

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STANDING LEFT TO RIGHT:

Helen BrewAssociate Principal Flute

The Gordon Fraser Charitable Trust Chair

Ana CordovaPrincipal Double Bass

The Kate and Gavin Gemmell Chair

SITTING LEFT TO RIGHT:

Francesca HuntViola

The Rolf and Helen Thornqvist Chair

Lance GreenAssociate Principal Trombone

The William Cadenhead Chair

…Chan’s mastery of the architecture made for a gripping account.

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NICOLA BENEDETTI

Søndergård and BenedettiThomas Adès Dances from Powder Her Face Gershwin (arr Bennett) A Symphonic Picture of Porgy and Bess Wynton Marsalis Concerto in D (for Violin and Orchestra) Scottish premiere

Thomas Søndergård CONDUCTORNicola Benedetti VIOLIN

‘Nicola Benedetti – now, she really can play!’ says the American jazz legend Wynton Marsalis. Not that we need telling! There’s a good reason why Benedetti is the nation’s favourite classical violinist, and when she plays the concerto that Marsalis wrote specially for her in 2015, something sensational happens: one critic called her performance ‘barnstorming’. Thomas Søndergård conducts – and bluesy, jazz-flavoured classics by Thomas Adès and Gershwin get the evening off to a swinging start.

Margarida Castro (RSNO Associate Principal Double Bass)

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GILBERT VARGA

Dvořák’s New World SymphonyMathias RequiescatBrahms Violin Concerto Dvořák Symphony No9 From the New World

Gilbert Varga CONDUCTORKristóf Baráti VIOLIN

Some pieces are classics for a reason – and when it comes to the New World Symphony we don’t just mean the Hovis ad! Dvořák’s great symphony of exile, hope and nostalgia has been stirring the emotions of audiences ever since 1893, and the Violin Concerto by his great friend Brahms is every bit as enjoyable too. Violinist Kristóf Baráti gives it a dash of Hungarian spice tonight – but first, conductor Gilbert Varga shares a magical rediscovery from Wales.

Katherine Wren (RSNO Viola) in conversation with Kristóf Baráti

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BACK LEFT TO RIGHT:

Maree MurdochSoprano, RSNO Chorus

Kenneth AllenBass, RSNO Chorus

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Edward GowProbationary 2,

RSNO Junior Chorus

Rachael GowTraining Choir,

RSNO Junior Chorus

…the emergence of ladies’ and girls’ voices transported us into a world of

heavenly magical sounds…MUSICAL OPINION

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The Music of John WilliamsRichard Kaufman CONDUCTORJohannes Moser CELLO (ARTIST IN RESIDENCE)

No one writes a movie theme like John Williams: no wonder he’s the world’s most popular film composer. And no cinema in the world comes close to how good this music sounds when it’s played live in concert by the full RSNO. Join Hollywood maestro Richard Kaufman and cellist Johannes Moser for hit after hit after hit, from Schindler’s List, Jurassic Park and E.T. to Raiders of the Lost Ark and Memoirs of a Geisha – all in glorious 3D sound!

FILM CONCERTS

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RSNO Christmas Concert (featuring The Snowman)Matthew Hamilton CONDUCTORJamie MacDougall PRESENTERRSNO Junior Chorus

We’re walking in the air…It isn’t Christmas until The Snowman has taken you on his magical journey through the winter sky. Enjoy this special showing of the festive classic on the large screen, accompanied live by the RSNO and narrated by our guest presenter Jamie MacDougall. Perfect for the whole family, join us for our Christmas party filled with seasonal favourites, carols old and new – and, of course, a chance for everyone to sing along!

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Film on screen with live orchestra

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THOMAS SØNDERGÅRD

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‘When I conduct the RSNO, there’s a flexibility, an openness, a sense of dialogue between us. I’m simply too curious about where that dialogue can take us. It hasn’t stopped since I first conducted the Orchestra in 2009, so there must be something bigger going on.’

The RSNO’s new Music Director Thomas Søndergård is typically thoughtful – and perceptive – when considering his long and continuing relationship with the Orchestra. And, specifically, what compelled him to dive into the role of Music Director from the 2018:19 Season onwards after being Principal Guest Conductor since 2011. ‘It feels so great to put a ring on our fingers, so to speak. Even after several years together, we still have plenty to explore. After all, that’s why we’re all here.’

Søndergård is a familiar face on Scottish podiums from the many inspiring concerts he’s conducted across his seven Seasons as Principal Guest Conductor. But what of the man himself? What was it, for example, that led him into music in the first place? A compulsive attraction, he reveals. ‘I grew up in a town called Holstebro in Jutland, Denmark, and one of my earliest memories was hearing the marching band of the Music School in the equivalent of Nethergate. The minute I heard it, my parents got terrified because I just ran off to where the music was coming from. I must have been about five or six. And that’s when I told them I wanted to be part of that.’

What the young Thomas ended up playing, however, was percussion – ‘I told my uncle I was interested, and he found some drumsticks and taught me a few things,’ he explains. He was quickly accepted into Holstebro’s Music School, and later into the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen, where he found his skills almost immediately in demand professionally. ‘Early on I auditioned for the European Community Youth Orchestra (ECYO), and when I got in, everything took off. I also got a position at the Royal Danish Opera – so in the end I never even finished at the Academy.’

But his big leap from percussion into conducting was yet to happen. When did Søndergård begin to feel the urge to be on the podium? ‘I started touring with the ECYO and played under conductors who became really important to me – Claudio Abbado and Bernard Haitink, Carlo Maria Giulini and Zubin Mehta, for example.’ Was it a case of watching these eminent international figures from behind the timps, picking up tips on how they did it? ‘Always! I was more and more consciously analysing what worked and what didn’t. I’d bring along scores of what we were playing, open them on a timpani I wasn’t using, and make loads of notes.’

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Friends increasingly asked Søndergård to conduct their concerts, and he put on several himself with orchestral colleagues – ‘Stravinsky’s Soldier’s Tale, for instance, or Wagner’s Siegfried Idyll. I also asked other visiting conductors to come and watch, and give me feedback. I learnt a lot that way.’

His big break, however, came in 2005, at the Royal Danish Opera. ‘Michael Schønwandt, who was Music Director at the time, wanted to premiere Kafka’s Trial by Danish composer Poul Ruders. He got me involved, and rehearsals went so well that he asked me: do you want to take over the whole production? Of course I agreed!’ The production was an enormous success, and marked Søndergård’s launch into the world of international conducting. He became Principal Conductor of the Norwegian Radio Orchestra in 2009, then Principal Conductor of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in 2011. And from the 2018:19 Season, he heads the RSNO.

Søndergård’s relationship with the Orchestra goes all the way back to 2009 when he stepped in as a last-minute replacement

after a colleague was indisposed. ‘It was Shostakovich’s 11th Symphony,’ he remembers. ‘The Usher Hall evening in particular is one of the concerts I’ll never forget. It was the sheer power of the music, but there was also an immediate connection between me and the Orchestra that seemed to say: there’s something here we need to explore further.’

Even in Søndergård’s years as Principal Guest Conductor after 2011, there’s been a clear sense of focus and ambition to his concerts: Messiaen’s kaleidoscopic Turangalîla Symphony in 2014, for example, or his Stravinsky series in 2015:16. Or his three concerts in the 2016:17 Season devoted to Beethoven, Sibelius and Mahler; or, indeed, his two-concert exploration of Richard Strauss in 2018.

With these explorations in mind, how would Søndergård describe his opening Season as Music Director? ‘The advantage of getting to know the Orchestra over time is that I’ve developed a feeling for what we do well together. I’ve included music that I think is important for us to do at this point in our

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journey together, and also music that best fits the combination of the Orchestra and me – all with a view of where we’d like to be in three or four years’ time.’

There are several strands to his opening Season, focused around a clutch of key composers that Søndergård clearly feels strongly about. ‘We’re going to do a Mahler cycle over the next few years,’ he explains. ‘We’re beginning with Symphonies Nos 5 and 6 and the Adagio from No10 this Season – music that’s very close to the Orchestra’s hearts, and to mine.’ He also points to Prokofiev as a key focus. ‘My plan is to do a Prokofiev symphony cycle as well. I’ve always liked Prokofiev, but something special happened when I conducted the Sixth Symphony with the London Symphony Orchestra back in 2016. It’s hard to describe – it felt like music that was so playful and so daring. And, of course, we will perform Sibelius – he’s a composer who will accompany me throughout my whole life, I think.’

Furthermore, Søndergård will embark on tours to China, the United States and Europe with the Orchestra in the coming years. ‘There’s a big world out there!’ Søndergård exclaims. ‘Both to take in, and also to compete with. We’re so lucky to have fantastic audiences and wonderful concert halls in Scotland, but it feels so different to sit on a different stage. I think our relationship is something we should be keen to show the world.’

Søndergård immensely values the support that he and the RSNO receive within Scotland, and he’s been fascinated to discover the country’s own Nordic links, first when conducting the Orchestra at Orkney’s St Magnus Festival in 2009. ‘I spoke to a lot of people when I was there, and somebody told me they felt more Norwegian than Scottish. That’s an idea I’d like to explore, maybe in terms of music.’

He’s also planning to spend a lot more time getting to know Scotland – and he’s recently gained a new way to do it.

‘I now have a driving licence!’ he beams. ‘Which I didn’t have until I was 45.’ Why did he leave it so late to get one? ‘I just didn’t need to drive,’ he explains. ‘And I knew if I got one and then didn’t use it, I’d just have to learn all over again. But my partner and I now have a summer house about an hour from Copenhagen, and being able to drive there has changed our lives. I can really see myself exploring Scotland, driving around in the mountains – but maybe I need a bit more experience driving on the right side of the road before I start driving on the left!’

Indeed, finding time for himself has become an increasing priority in his life, Søndergård says. ‘You simply have to make time. For the past 12 years conducting has been a 24-hour activity, but now I feel really on top of my job.’ What does he like doing when not immersing himself in music? ‘I’m really enjoying the simpler things in life. My partner and I travel for good food and good wine, or for beautiful architecture, and family has become increasingly important too. I feel I can take more time with things now, and you become a different artist when there’s room for that – and also a better person.’

There will be little time for rest, however, in Søndergård’s packed and exciting first Season as Music Director, one that’s driven by his powerful insights and his insatiable curiosity. ‘My biggest wish is that this wonderful Orchestra will continue to surprise people and make people happy,’ he says. ‘And perhaps to make them think about things they haven’t thought about before, too. But the most important thing is passion – the passion between everyone involved, because that’s what takes us all further on our journey together.’

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ENGAGE

RSNO SchoolsEach year, the RSNO stages fun, interactive performances for nurseries and primary schools. These events are specially tailored to the age group and are the perfect introduction to the orchestra. As well as our concerts, RSNO musicians deliver a number of specially tailored in-school workshops and activities for nursery, primary and secondary school pupils.

FORTHCOMING EVENTS:360 LIVE Primary School ConcertsComing to Dundee in December 2018

Nursery ConcertsComing to Dundee in June 2019

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Up to 50 young people will be selected to work across the organisation to produce a public concert at the end of the two-day event. Opportunities exist in arts marketing, press and PR, fundraising, learning and engagement, presentation and operations, conducting and performing.

If you’re interested in taking part on Monday 17 and Tuesday 18 June 2019, please apply online at rsno.org.uk/takeover or email the RSNO Engage Team at engage@rsno.org.ukDeadline for applications is Friday 7 December 2018.

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Each Season up to 20 Young Ambassadors are selected to operate as a youth advisory board for the RSNO, feeding into the main RSNO Board. Ambassadors receive free tickets to RSNO concerts, work experience opportunities and the chance to meet RSNO musicians and conductors.

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Applications for the 2018:19 Season open in August 2018.

The RSNO’s Learning & Engagement programme sits at the heart of the Orchestra’s activity and reflects the organisation’s identity, integrity and quality through a series of interactive projects. From annual school and nursery concerts, to community workshops and study days, the RSNO Engage Team connects the Orchestra and its music with the people of Scotland.

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2018:19 SeasonCOME AND SING: CARMINA BURANAGLW Sat 29 Sep 2018: 10am–5pm, 7pm

SØNDERGÅRD CONDUCTS MAHLER FIVEDND Thu 4 Oct 2018 EDN Fri 5 Oct 2018GLW Sat 6 Oct 2018

SØNDERGÅRD CONDUCTS RACHMANINOV ONEEDN Fri 12 Oct 2018GLW Sat 13 Oct 2018ABN Sun 14 Oct 2018: 3pm

THE THREE-CORNERED HATEDN Fri 19 Oct 2018GLW Sat 20 Oct 2018

SYMPHONY, SOUP AND A SANDWICH BIZET SYMPHONY IN CGLW Wed 24 Oct 2018: 1pm

CHILDREN’S CLASSIC CONCERTS BROOMSTICK RIDE GLW Sat 27 Oct 2018: 3pmEDN Sun 28 Oct 2018: 3pm

CHAN CONDUCTS RACHMANINOVDND Thu 1 Nov 2018EDN Fri 2 Nov 2018GLW Sat 3 Nov 2018

CHAMBER SERIES SCHUBERT’S TROUT QUINTETGLW Sun 4 Nov 2018: 2.30pm

SØNDERGÅRD CONDUCTS POULENC’S GLORIAPTH Thu 8 Nov 2018 EDN Fri 9 Nov 2018GLW Sat 10 Nov 2018

VARÈSE SARABANDE 40TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERTEDN Fri 16 Nov 2018GLW Sat 17 Nov 2018

SØNDERGÅRD’S GUIDE TO THE ORCHESTRAEDN Fri 23 Nov 2018GLW Sat 24 Nov 2018

ANNE-SOPHIE MUTTER IN CONCERTEDN Fri 30 Nov 2018GLW Sat 1 Dec 2018

CHAMBER SERIES MOZART AND MORE GLW Sun 2 Dec 2018: 2.30pm

CHILDREN’S CLASSIC CONCERTS A CHRISTMAS CAROL GLW Sat 8 Dec 2018: 1pm & 3pmEDN Sun 9 Dec 2018: 3pm

SØNDERGÅRD CONDUCTS THE NUTCRACKEREDN Fri 14 Dec 2018GLW Sat 15 Dec 2018

RSNO CHRISTMAS CONCERTPTH Wed 19 Dec 2018 DND Thu 20 Dec 2018EDN Fri 21 Dec 2018 GLW Sat 22 Dec 2018: 2pm & 6pm

VIENNESE GALAINV Wed 9 Jan 2019PTH Thu 10 Jan 2019DNF Fri 11 Jan 2019LNG Sat 12 Jan 2019

CHAMBER SERIES BRILLIANT BRASSGLW Sun 20 Jan 2019: 2.30pm

SYMPHONY, SOUP AND A SANDWICH BRAHMS SYMPHONY No2GLW Wed 23 Jan 2019: 1pm

SCI-FI SPECTACULAR!EDN Fri 25 Jan 2019GLW Sat 26 Jan 2019: 3pm & 7.30pm

SØNDERGÅRD CONDUCTS BRUCKNER FOUREDN Fri 1 Feb 2019GLW Sat 2 Feb 2019

SØNDERGÅRD AND BENEDETTIDND Thu 7 Feb 2019 EDN Fri 8 Feb 2019GLW Sat 9 Feb 2019

CHAN CONDUCTS ROMEO AND JULIETEDN Fri 15 Feb 2019GLW Sat 16 Feb 2019ABN Sun 17 Feb 2019: 3pm

[INSIDE]OUT SCHUMANNGLW Wed 20 Feb 2019

NORRINGTON CONDUCTS SCHUMANNEDN Fri 22 Feb 2019GLW Sat 23 Feb 2019

DVOŘÁK’S NEW WORLD SYMPHONYDND Thu 28 Feb 2019EDN Fri 1 Mar 2019GLW Sat 2 Mar 2019

CARMINA BURANAEDN Fri 8 Mar 2019 GLW Sat 9 Mar 2019

CHAMBER SERIES THE PHOENIX TRIOGLW Sun 10 Mar 2019: 2.30pm

THE MUSIC OF HARRY POTTER ABN Thu 14 Mar 2019 EDN Fri 15 Mar 2019GLW Sat 16 Mar 2019: 3pm & 7.30pm

SØNDERGÅRD CONDUCTS PROKOFIEVEDN Fri 22 Mar 2019GLW Sat 23 Mar 2019

IN FOCUS: SIBELIUSGLW Sat 23 Mar 2019: 1pm–4pm EDN Sat 11 May 2019: 10am–1pm

PRESENTING NYOS 40TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERTEDN Fri 12 Apr 2019 GLW Sat 13 Apr 2019

HANDEL’S MESSIAHGLW Sat 20 Apr 2019

COMPOSERS’ HUB WORKSHOP GLW Tue 23 Apr 2019: 10am–5pm

THE MUSIC OF JOHN WILLIAMSDND Thu 25 Apr 2019 EDN Fri 26 Apr 2019GLW Sat 27 Apr 2019: 3pm & 7.30pm

CHAMBER SERIES CELLOBRATIONGLW Sun 28 Apr 2019: 2.30pm

BEETHOVEN FIVEPTH Thu 2 May 2019EDN Fri 3 May 2019GLW Sat 4 May 2019

[INSIDE]OUT MOZARTGLW Wed 8 May 2019

SØNDERGÅRD CONDUCTS MAHLER SIXEDN Fri 10 May 2019GLW Sat 11 May 2019

CHAMBER SERIES CONTRASTSGLW Sun 12 May 2019: 2.30pm

CHAN CONDUCTS THE ENIGMA VARIATIONSEDN Fri 17 May 2019GLW Sat 18 May 2019ABN Sun 19 May 2019: 3pm

SYMPHONY, SOUP AND A SANDWICH BEETHOVEN SYMPHONY No4GLW Wed 22 May 2019: 1pm

BACK TO THE FUTURE IN CONCERTEDN Fri 24 May 2019GLW Sat 25 May 2019: 2.30pm & 7.30pm

SØNDERGÅRD CONDUCTS BELSHAZZAR’S FEASTEDN Fri 31 May 2019GLW Sat 1 Jun 2019

THE PLANETS – AN HD ODYSSEYGLW Sat 15 Jun 2019EDN Sun 16 Jun 2019: 3pm

All concerts start at 7.30PM unless otherwise noted.

BOX OFFICE NUMBERS

Aberdeen ABN 01224 641122Dundee DND 01382 434940Dunfermline DNF 01383 602302Edinburgh EDN 0131 228 1155Glasgow GLW 0141 353 8000Inverness INV 01463 234234Langholm LNG 01387 381196Perth PTH 01738 621031

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