experiencePASSION

CHRISTOPHER ZIMMERMANM U S I C D I R E C T O R

2013-2014 CONCERT SEASON

Welcome to Fargo-Moorhead, MaestroCHRISTOPHER ZIMMERMAN!

After three years of planning, 140 applications from conductors from all over the world, a season of Masterworks concerts with five guestconductors who were vying for the position, CHRISTOPHER ZIMMERMAN was named in June as the new Music Director of theFargo-Moorhead Symphony Orchestra. We are delighted with the choice and tremendously excited for our artistic future.

While all five of our conductor finalists proved themselves to be outstanding musicians, gracious individuals and enthusiastic advocates oforchestral music in our community and schools, Maestro Zimmerman stood above the rest in his passionate interpretation of the musicand the inspiring way in which he led the musicians of our orchestra to perform at their very best. Music, as it should, carried the day.

Chris has already poured heart and soul into his new role as Music Director. He traveled to Fargo to be present at the press conferenceannouncing his appointment and attended Wine & Beer on the Red, our signature annual fundraising event. He then remained for extradays in order to complete the work of planning for the season, brainstorm ideas with the Board of Trustees, and meet with the musicians.

“Experience Passion” is the theme for this season, and with good reason. You won’t want to miss a single performance of this exciting concert season. Explore the season ticket options, including a new FLEXvoucher program, and prepare for an unforgettable year!

Linda Boyd, FMSO Executive Director

A Note from Chris...I cannot tell you how happy I am to have been appointed as the new Music Director of the Fargo-Moorhead Symphony Orchestra. Well, I can a bit. Here are three reasons.

Firstly, to have the chance to provide you, our patrons, with a wide range of music to experience. I hope you will love our performances, be engaged and provoked by them, be affected by them.

Secondly, to have the chance to lead and collaborate with a new set of musicians, staff, board and audience which make up the FMSO. That is, to be part of a team which will further develop the orchestra and its offerings, and continue to make this orchestra as good as it can be, genuinely indispensable to the community’s quality of life.

Thirdly, to be in a position where I can reach out to those who regard “classical music” as being a most uncool form of entertainment, and reveal it to them as something that matters.

This season’s concert programs are designed to move, stimulate, challenge and delight listener and player alike. There is a strong underpinning of English and American music – my own particular joint heritage – in the first, third and fifth programs. Most of the music in these programs is highly energized and passionate, powerfully and often beguilingly orchestrated. The other two concerts are more polite (not much). You will hear red-blooded music from Sir Edward Elgar, a FAR CRY from any stiff-upper-lip provincialism and bombast that is sometimes woefully attributedto this English master, and also we will pay 200th birthday tributes to two of the greatest composers of all time, Wagnerand Verdi, who were born in the same year, 1813. Local soloists as well as internationally-renowned artists will join thefeast, as well as a brand new work written especially for us by composer and principal bassoonist, Russ Peterson.

The orchestra and I are looking forward to bringing this music, in all its richness and diversity, to your ears.

WELCOME, MAESTROZIMMERMAN!SEPTEMBER 28 & 29, 2013

Sinfonia da Requiem by Benjamin Britten in honor of the 100th anniversary of Britten’s birth

The Lark Ascending by Ralph Vaughan-Williamsfeaturing Morganne McIntyre, violin

Red River Overture: From the Thames to the Red by Russell Petersoncelebrating the Fargo-Moorhead Symphony’s 82nd

season and Music Director Christopher Zimmerman

Symphony No. 2 by Jean Sibelius

Morganne McIntyre2013YOUNG ARTIST SOLO COMPETITION WINNER

PASSION &VIRTUOSITYNOVEMBER 9 & 10, 2013

Introduction & Allegro for Strings by Edward Elgar Piano Concerto in C minor K.491 by W.A. Mozart

featuring pianist Alexander Schimpf, Winner of the2011 Cleveland International Piano Competition

Symphony No. 7 by Ludwig van Beethoven

MASTERWORKSseriesMaestro Christopher Zimmermanin rehearsal with the orchestra inNovember 2012 during theConductor Search Season

Alexander Schimpf

2011GRAND PRIZE WINNER ANDAUDIENCE FAVORITE WINNER OF THECLEVELAND INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION

By turns, Alexander

Schimpf whipped up storms,

spun out golden filigree,

and plumbed philosophical

depths. Other contestants

played their selections.

He owned his.

Zachary LewisThe Cleveland Plain Dealer

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AMERICANGENIUSJANUARY 11 & 12, 2014

Overture to “Candide” by Leonard BernsteinThe Chairman Dances - Foxtrot for Orchestra

( from “Nixon in China”) by John AdamsFour Dance Episodes from “Rodeo” by Aaron CoplandStarburst by Jonathan Leshnoff (Regional Premiere)

On the Waterfront by Leonard Bernstein

FROM LONDONWITH LOVEAPRIL 12 & 13, 2014

WAGNER & VERDI

200thBIRTHDAYCELEBRATIONMARCH 15 & 16, 2014

Overture to “La Forza del Destino” by Giuseppe VerdiOverture to “Die Meistersinger” by Richard Wagner

featuring a side-by-side performance of theF-M Senior High Youth Symphony

“La Traviata” - Overture to Act I - Verdi“Lohengrin” - Prelude to Act 3 - Wagner“La Traviata” - Overture to Act 3 - Verdi“Tristan und Isolde” - Prelude and Liebestod -Wagner“Aida” - Triumphal March & Ballet - Verdi

Plus a performance of the Grand Prize winner of the2014 YOUNG ARTISTS SOLO COMPETITION

...experiencePASSION

Violin Concerto by Benjamin BrittenRegional Premiere - featuring violinist CHEE-YUN

Wasps Overture by Ralph Vaughan WilliamsPassacaglia from “Peter Grimes” by Benjamin BrittenSymphony No. 1 by William Walton

First movement only, “to be continued” at the opening of the 2014-15 concert season!

Chee-Yun

A talented instrumentalist,

with the kind of high-gloss tone

that pulls sensuously at the

listener’s ear.

The New York Times

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adams

bernstein

copland

leshnoff

CHAMBER MUSIC

BRASSREEDDRUM

SUNDAY, OCT. 20 • 2:00 pmFIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, FARGO

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April 2013 Chamber Music Concert “Beethoven & Black Angels”

Photo by Mark Sorgaard at FATcat Studios

I love the fun mix ofmusic, the informal atmosphere, and theawesome musicianshipof the players.

FMSO Chamber Music Series attendee

Like folks say in Nashville, “music is music.”

People who live in Music City might attend a

bluegrass coffeehouse gig one night, a jazz club

the next, and a symphony concert on the weekend.

That spirit of mixing up musical styles within the

intimate parameters of chamber music – small

ensembles of classical musicians performing

without a conductor – is what makes the

Chamber Music Series such a favorite

with audiences of all ages.

”A mash-up of saxand brass, jazz andclassical. Pieces include Allegro andFunky Fugue by Russ Peterson, a new take on Gershwin’s I Got Rhythm, anoboe concerto pieceplayed on tromboneand much more!

CONCERT SERIES

HOLIDAY BRASSSUNDAY, DEC. 1 • 2:00 pmFIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, FARGO

Now an annual Chamber Music Series tradition, the Holiday Brass programis a glorious start to the festive winter season. The mighty trumpets, horns,trombones and tuba virtuosi of the Fargo-Moorhead Symphony bring Renaissance and Baroque masterpieces and contemporary holiday favoritesto life. Falling on Thanksgiving weekend this year, this is the perfect kick-off to the holiday season for the entire family.

2012 Holiday Brass Concert

LONDONCALLING

BRITISH MUSIC FOR STRINGS

SUNDAY, MAR. 9 • 2:00 pmFIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, FARGO

Across the pond and across musical styles,this concert will feature select string players of the Fargo-Moorhead Symphonysaluting the London roots of new MusicDirector Christopher Zimmerman withworks by G.F. Handel, William Walton,Gerald Finzi, Led Zeppelin, The Who,Sting, and the Rolling Stones.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 15 FARGO-MOORHEAD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA performing with POST-TRAUMATIC FUNK SYNDROME and Irish pub band POITINBLUESTEM CENTER FOR THE ARTS in Moorhead

6:30 VIP Pre-CONCERT BASH in Bluestem Marcil Commons

8:00 Concert on Bluestem Amphitheatre Stage

CONCERT TICKETS - Reserved: $28-$43, General Admission Bench: $23, General Admission Lawn: $18VIP Pre-CONCERT BASH TICKETS - $75 Includes gourmet hors d’oeuvres, beer & wine bar, Cork Pull raffle games, and VIP concert seating!

SYMPHONY

ROCKS@

PRESENTS:

HOLIDAY POPSFAMILY CONCERTCHRISTMAS IN THE CARIBBEAN

featuring special guests:

FUEGO TROPICALSTEEL DRUM BAND FROM MSUM

FRIDAY, DEC. 13 • 7:00 PMSATURDAY, DEC. 14 • 2:00 PMFargo Theatre, 314 Broadway

SUNDAY, DEC. 15 • 7:00 pmA Center for the Arts, Fergus Falls MN

Jane Linde Capistran, Conductor

WINE & BEERON THE REDWEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 2014

5:30 - 9:00 pmRAMADA PLAZA & SUITES, FARGO

The Fargo-Moorhead Symphony Orchestra’s annual fundraising event just keeps growing. TheJune 2013 event set new records in attendance,fun and funds raised to support the programs ofthe symphony. Plan now to gather your friendsand co-workers and enjoy the extensive winepairings and gourmet foods at each tasting station,a vast array of beers and hearty food in the BeerPub, goodies offered for silent auction and raffle,and live music provided by FMSO musicians.

YOUR TICKET TO AN EXTRAORDINARY SEASON

GET YOUR TICKETS EARLY! By ordering season tickets, you save money over the single ticket price, you get the best seats availablebefore single ticket sales begin, you can choose your seating area, and your tickets are conveniently mailed to you in September, before the first concert.

TO RENEW YOUR SEATS: Renew your season tickets by JULY 19 to keep your current seats. Renewal is easy: just complete and mailin the order form in this brochure OR call the Symphony office at 701-478-3676 to renew your seats and charge your tickets to your credit card.

TO PURCHASE SEASON TICKETS FOR THE FIRST TIME: Ticket orders are date stamped upon receipt and requests are filledbased on the date received. Simply fill out the order form to order your tickets, mark an “x” on the seating chart in the area you would like your seats, orcall the Symphony office at 701-478-FMSO (3676) to place your order by phone and charge your tickets to your credit card.

ABOUT THE ORDER FORM: You have your choice of Saturday evenings or Sunday afternoons for Masterworks Series tickets; please remember to mark your choice. Also note that a Senior discount is only offered for the SUNDAY Masterworks concerts. Chamber Music Series ticketsare also discounted when you buy them as a three-concert series. You can also order single tickets in advance for the December Holiday Pops concerts.

NEW THIS SEASON - MASTERWORKS FLEXvouchersNot sure if you can commit to all five Masterworks concerts? Still interested in saving money on single tickets? For a limited time, you can purchaseFLEXvouchers for $30 (adult)/$12 (student), a savings of $5 over the single ticket price. Vouchers can be redeemed in advance of the concert atthe Symphony Office for the reserved seat of your choice, or they can be redeemed at Festival Concert Hall box office on the day of the concert.

SEASON TICKETS AND FLEXvouchers CAN BE PURCHASED UNTIL SEPTEMBER 6, 2013.

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MASTERWORKS SEASON TICKETS

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Senior* $175.00 $ 95.00 $ 80.00

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