Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra Voyages Season
2010
September 23 and 25: Classical: Fire & Ocean with Vadim Gluzman, violin
September 24: Classical Connections: Beethoven: The Fidelio Overtures
October 8-9: SuperPops: Up, Up & Away with McCoo & Davis
October 15-16: Classical: Mozart's Eternal Requiem
October 30: Family: PhilharMonster Halloween Concert
November 5: Classical: Chopin's Circle Evening One with Janina Fialkowska, piano
November 6: Classical: Chopin's Circle Evening One with Janina Fialkowska, piano
November 12-13: SuperPops: Broadway Rocks!
November 20: Rockin' Orchestra: Classical Mystery Tour: Music of the Beatles
December 3-4: SuperPops: 'Twas the Night: Holiday at Home
December 12: Special Event: Handel's Messiah "The Composer's Cut"
December 31: Special Event: New Year's Eve "Viva Italia"
2011
January 7-8:
Classical: Titanic Brahms, Vibrant Liebermann with Ryan Anthony, trumpet
January 14-15: SuperPops: At the Movies with Rodgers & Hammerstein
January 20: Special Event: Chamber Special, J.S. Bach "A Musical Offering"
January 21: Classical Connections: Bach: "A Musical Offering"
January 22: Rockin' Orchestra: One of These Nights: Music of the Eagles
January 28-30: Dayton Opera presents Beethoven's "Fidelio"
February 10-12: Classical: Heroes & Journeys: Strauss & Mozart all-orchestral
February 11: Classical Connections: Strauss: A Hero's Life
February 13: Family: The Magic Orchestra with Dan Kamin
February 20: Symphony Sundaes: The Symphonic Beethoven
February 25-26: Classical: "Virtuosos at Home" Kurokawa, clarinet & Whalen, oboe d'amore
March 11-12: Classical: Russian Giants with Valentina Lisitsa, piano
March 18-19: SuperPops: The Celtic Tenors: Dublin to Dayton
March 24-26: Classical: New Worlds; Daugherty & Dvorak with DJ Sparr, electric guitar
March 25: Classical Connections: Daugherty: Electric Guitar Concerto
March 31: Special Event: Play! A Video Game Symphony
April 2: Rockin' Orchestra: The Symphony Rocks: Music of Led Zeppelin
April 3: Family: The Beat Goes On with Drums for Peace
April 10: Symphony Sundaes: The Symphonic Mozart
April 28: Special Event: Chamber Special: Concertmaster & Friends with Jessica Hung, violin
May 1: Symphony Sundaes: The Symphonic Sibelius
May 6-7: SuperPops: Byron Stripling: Satchmo, Fats and the Duke
May 13-14: Classical: Leonard Bernstein "MASS: A Theatre Piece for Singers, Players, and Dancers" with the WSU Theatre, Dance and Music Departments
Subscription packages pricing
All price ranges
listed below are based on regular adult prices.
There are additional discounts for seniors and students on all series and some special events.
All series performed at the Schuster Center except for Symphony Sundaes, which is performed at the Masonic Center. On sale now.
Classical Nine-Pack (Thursday/Friday or all Saturday): $81-$423
Classical Friday Nine-Pack: $79-$363 (includes four Classical Connections concerts)
Classical Six-Pack (Thursday/Friday, Friday/Saturday or all Saturday): $57-$306
SuperPops Six-Pack: $132-$381
Classical Connections Four-Pack: $34-$128
Rockin' Orchestra Three-Pack: $66-$192
Family Three-Pack: $54 (adult)
Symphony Sundaes Three-Pack: $36-$66
Special events
May be purchased now if a subscription is purchased.
December 12, 2010: Handel's Messiah "The Composer's Cut": $28 (adult) Westminster Presbyterian Church
December 31, 2010: New Year's Eve "Viva Italia": $13-$65 Schuster Center
January 20, 2011: Chamber Special, J.S. Bach "A Musical Offering": $20 (adult) Dayton Art Institute
January 28 & 30: Dayton Opera presents "Fidelio": $36-$92 Schuster Center
March 31, 2011: Play! A Video Game Symphony: $28-$76 Schuster Center
April 28, 2011: Chamber Special "Concertmaster & Friends": $20 (adult) Dayton Art Institute
Single tickets
Go on sale to general public sometime this summer. Prices will be announced at that time.
10 Questions for DPO Music Director Neal Gittleman
Q What was your first instrument?
A I started on piano around age six or so, then switched to violin at age 11.
Q If you weren't a conductor what would your profession be?
A Who knows? Before I started wandering toward the podium I suppose I was on a path that would take me to composition or violin playing. And before I decided that something in music was what I really wanted to do, I was very much into theater — directing, writing, acting.
Q What was the most satisfying moment of your career?
A That's so hard to say because there have been so many satisfying moments on stage. Certainly one of the most satisfying was the day almost exactly 15 years ago when Lou Mason called me to offer me the job as DPO Music Director. That was crossing a major dividing line — from being the No. 3 or No. 2 conductor with an orchestra to being "the boss" with all the joy and responsibility that entails.
Q What was the highlight of the 2009-2010 season?
A Of course, we're only halfway through the 2009-2010 season and I expect more highlights to come, but Beethoven's Ninth back in October (2009) certainly stands out as a highlight so far.
Q What's your favorite color?
A Purple.
Q How do you account for your appreciation of pop music?
A I grew up in the '60s ... Watched (somewhat mystified) the Beatles on Ed Sullivan at age 9, got hooked on rock 'n' roll around age 11 or 12 — Beatles, Stones, The Who, Jefferson Airplane, Frank Zappa, etc. Been a fan ever since.
Q How would you rate the DPO compared to other city symphonies?
A Wikipedia lists Dayton as the 152nd largest US city by population. By quality of orchestra we're much higher — certainly in the top 100, maybe even the top 50.
Q What makes Dayton audiences unique?
A I sense that Dayton audiences (have) a stronger sense of commitment and a stronger sense of ownership compared to audiences I see in other cities. That's not just DPO audiences I'm talking about, but audiences for all the arts and cultural offerings we enjoy here.
Q Have you ever been tempted to leave Dayton for a bigger stage?
A A gentleman never tells!
Q What are your hopes and expectations for "Voyages Season?"
A Of course I hope the 2010-2011 "Voyages Season" will be a big box office success, with lots of "butts in seats." But beyond that, I hope the music we play continues to inspire, excite, move and entertain our listeners. And I expect the season to be just what the "Voyages" title implies: a series of varied, interesting, memorable experiences for everyone involved — for the audience, for the musicians, and for me, too.
Music — like books, visual art and film — has the power to whisk you to an amazing place without ever leaving your perch. That magical power is the muse behind the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra’s 2010-11 “Voyages Season” officially announced at the orchestra’s annual New Year’s Eve concert at Schuster Center, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2009.
“I think the title is apt,” said DPO Music Director Neal Gittleman. “Music takes you on a voyage of discovery when you hear it. It transports you out of your seat and hopefully deposits you back into your seat when it’s over.”
The Philharmonic’s 2010-11 concert season reads like a global travel brochure. The Miami Valley and Good Samaritan Classical Series — “Classical Passages” — begins Sept. 23 with a trip to Finland for the Sibelius Violin Concerto in D Minor featuring guest violinist Vadim Gluzman.
After a stop in Poland to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Chopin’s birth with pianist Janina Fialkowska, the orchestra takes an extended tour through the major music capitals of Europe only to circle back to the U.S. on May 13 for Leonard Bernstein’s “Mass: A Theatre Piece for Singers, Players and Dancers.”
Gittleman has a special connection to Bernstein’s Mass, which was commissioned by Jackie Kennedy and premiered at the opening of the John F. Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 8, 1971.
“My freshman year in college the Yale Symphony Orchestra premiered the Mass in Vienna in 1973,” said Gittleman, who played violin in the YSO. “It sort of caught my imagination and I’ve been thinking about doing it for almost 40 years. It’s a very powerful piece.”
Returning for the 2010-11 season are SuperPops, Classical Connections and Family Series. The fourth performance of the six-concert Specials Series features Beethoven’s “Fidelio” Jan. 28 and 30, 2011. For the concert, the DPO teams with Dayton Opera and Wright State University’s theater, dance and music departments.
New additions to the philharmonic lineup include the Symphony Sundaes Series at the Dayton Masonic Center and Rockin’ Orchestra Series celebrating the music of The Eagles, The Beatles and Led Zeppelin respectively.
“The Rockin’ Orchestra is a new product for us,” explained DPO marketing director David Bukvic. “We wanted to feature rock and we wanted, really, to appeal to (baby) boomers. We want to connect with them. We think boomers would be open to orchestral music in a deeper way so we decided on three groups who changed Rock ’n’ Roll but also had an orchestral sound.”
For more information on the DPO 2010-11 season, call (937) 224-3521 or visit www.dayton philharmonic.com.
Contact this reporter at (937) 225-2167 or kmoss@Dayton DailyNews.com.
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