The Lexington Philharmonic Proudly Announces Spring 2022 Concerts at the Singletary Center for the Arts
October 4, 2021
For immediate release.
The Lexington Philharmonic is thrilled to announce the third chapter of the 2021/2022 Season: STORIES, a season which marks our much-awaited return to live, in-person, indoor performances for our central Kentucky community.
In February and May, LexPhil welcomes to Lexington the final two Music Director & Conductor candidates, Julia Tai & Keitaro Harada, for their audition performances. Finalists Julia and Keitaro will engage with Lexington for a week of community events and music-making, culminating in their Season Series audition performances at the Singletary Center for the Arts. In April, LexPhil will present Queens Rule, a collaboration with UK Opera Theatre originally scheduled for October 16, 2021 and postponed due to COVID-19.
“Our community has been looking forward to the full orchestra reuniting for performances at the Singletary Center for the Arts, and we are thrilled to announce these three exciting programs for the spring,” says Allison Kaiser, Executive Director of the Lexington Philharmonic. “The COVID-19 pandemic interrupted a historic moment for LexPhil, as we were in the middle of the search for our new Music Director & Conductor. We’re so excited to complete our search, and write this next chapter with our community. ”
On Friday, February 25, 2022, conductor finalist Julia Tai leads the orchestra in a program titled Transfigurations that includes Missy Mazzoli’s River Rouge Transfiguration, Bloch’s Schelomo; Hebraic Rhapsody featuring renowned cellist Gary Hoffman, and Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 3 in A minor 'Scottish'.
Saturday, April 9, 2022, LexPhil presents Queens Rule (originally scheduled for October 16, 2021) at the Singletary Center for the Arts. Queens Rule will feature a LexPhil commissioned arrangement from Duke Ellington’s unfinished opera, Queenie Pie, in collaboration with and featuring talent from UK Opera Theatre, combined with a performance of Haydn’s Symphony No. 85 “The Queen.”
On Saturday, May 21, 2022, conductor finalist Keitaro Harada leads the orchestra in a program titled Beyond the Sky that includes Loren Loiacono’s Smothered by Sky, Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3 featuring piano virtuoso Xiayin Wang and Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat Major.
Tickets & Subscriptions
Tickets to programs through December 2021 are on sale now.
All subscription seat assignments at the Singletary Center for the Arts from previous seasons are saved, and will be honored as much as possible when we resume performances at the Singletary Center. Tickets for the Singletary Center for the Arts performances go on sale to members and former subscribers on Monday, November 1, 2021. Tickets go on sale to the public on Monday, November 15, 2021.
Event Safety
Nothing is more important than the health and safety of our community, audience members, musicians, and staff. LexPhil acknowledges that health and safety are significant factors in sharing the transformative power of live orchestral music and the essential role it plays in a vibrant community.
To protect the health and wellbeing of our musicians and audience, LexPhil will require masks at all indoor performances. LexPhil may require additional safety measures as determined by industry guidelines, Local, State and Federal Health Officials, and community performance venues. Safety requirements will be emailed to all ticket holders and published on the LexPhil website in advance of each concert. Requirements regarding masks and vaccination status are subject to change at any time in accordance to the evolving public health conditions in our community. Updates about requirements for attendance of LexPhil concerts will be published to LexPhil’s website.
2021/2022 Season: STORIES Schedule
Stay tuned to www.lexphil.org for more information and announcements. All LexPhil program dates, repertoire, artists, and locations are subject to change. The 2021/2022 Season: Stories is made possible with generous support from Lead Sponsor, Central Bank.
CHAPTER TWO: Fall & Winter
Tickets on sale now at www.lexphil.org.
SORROW, STRENGTH, & LOVE
Saturday, November 20, 2021
The Lyric Theatre & Cultural Arts Center | 7:30 PM
300 E Third St, Lexington, KY 40508
Kelly Corcoran, Guest Conductor
TICKETS: $25 adults; $10 youth & students
Lexington native, Julia Perry, composed her Stabat Mater in 1951 and dedicated it to her mother. This work, evoking a desire for communal grieving while demonstrating strength and love, launched Perry’s career and was widely performed during her life. Exploring the power and voices of women of color, this concert features a range of repertoire by Julia Perry alongside spoken word performances by female artists. Some of Perry’s wind chamber music will be performed in addition to the concert. Joyous works by “Get Out” composer Michael Abels and more complete this evening of performance at the historic Lyric Theatre & Cultural Arts Center.
Repertoire to include: (Subject to change)
George Walker - Lyric for Strings
Michael Abels - Delights and Dances for Strings
Julia Perry - Pastoral
Julia Perry - Stabat Mater
A Cathedral Christmas
Saturday, December 18, 2021 | 8:00 PM
Cathedral of Christ the King
299 Colony Blvd, Lexington, KY 40502
John Nardolillo, Guest Conductor
The Lexington Singers
Jefferson Johnson, Director
Catherine Clarke Nardolillo, Soprano
Reginald Smith, Jr., Baritone
TICKETS: $25 - $75 adults; $11 youth & students
Saturday, December 18, LexPhil is joined by the Lexington Singers at the Cathedral of Christ the King for this Lexington holiday tradition. UKSO Conductor John Nardolillo guest conducts a program of sacred orchestral and choral works.
CHAPTER THREE: Music Director & Conductor Search Finale
Tickets on sale to members and previous subscribers on Monday, November 1, 2021.
Tickets on sale to the public on Monday, November 15, 2021.
Transfigurations
Friday, February 25, 2022
Singletary Center for the Arts | 7:30 PM
Music Director & Conductor Candidate
Julia Tai
TICKETS: $25 - $75 adults; $11 youth & students
Repertoire to include: (Subject to change)
Missy Mazzoli - River Rouge Transfiguration
Bloch - Schelomo; Hebraic Rhapsody
Gary Hoffman, cello
Mendelssohn - Symphony No. 3 in A minor 'Scottish'
Inspired by her travels through the industrial landscape of Detroit and the silhouette of the River Rouge Auto Plant, Missy Mazzoli’s River Rouge Transfiguration reimagines the grit and noise of Motor City into a resonant work for orchestra.
World-renowned cellist Gary Hoffman joins LexPhil as soloist for composer Ernest Bloch’s Schelomo; Hebraic Rhapsody, a work that embodies the spirit and sound of traditional Jewish music dating back thousands of years. The evening ends with Mendelssohn’s melodic Symphony No. 3, “Scottish,” his masterwork inspired by his travels as a young composer through Scotland.
Queens Rule
Saturday, April 9, 2022
Singletary Center for the Arts | 7:30 PM
Tong Chen, Guest Conductor
featuring soloists from University of Kentucky Opera Theatre
TICKETS: $25 - $75 adults; $11 youth & students
Inspired by the most powerful piece in the game of chess, this Queen-themed program explores how Queens, power and games have inspired composers. From the mysterious Queen of the Night aria from Mozart’s opera The Magic Flute, to the dynamic Queenie Pie from Duke Ellington’s unfinished opera, Queens Rule explores a range of repertoire. This program will also feature a partnership with University of Kentucky Opera Theatre.
Repertoire to include: (Subject to change)
Carol Rafael Rivera (arr. Boag) - Main Title from The Queen’s Gambit
Mozart - The Queen of the Night Aria from The Magic Flute
Barber - A Hand of Bridge
Haydn - Symphony No. 85, B-Flat Major “The Queen”
Jennifer Higdon - All thing Majestic
*Duke Ellington (arr. Marc T. Gaspard Bolin) - Orchestral Suite from the opera Queenie Pie
*Lexington Philharmonic’s commissioned arrangement
Beyond the Sky
Saturday, May 21, 2022
Singletary Center for the Arts | 7:30 PM
Music Director & Conductor Candidate
Keitaro Harada
TICKETS: $25 - $75 adults; $11 youth & students
Loren Loiacono - Smothered by Sky
Beethoven - Piano Concerto No. 3
Xiayin Wang, piano
Prokofiev - Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat Major
The finale concert of the 2021/2022 season kicks off with a percussive bang in Loren Loiacono’s Smothered By Sky, commissioned and premiered by the Detroit Symphony in 2017. Piano virtuoso Xiayin Wang joins the orchestra for Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3. Described by Prokofiev himself as "a hymn to pure and noble spirit,” his expansive exuberant Symphony No. 5 concludes an exuberant season of vast musical possibilities.
VISION: LexPhil believes in the transformative power of live orchestral music and envisions a culture of curiosity for the creation and performance of great music and the essential role it plays in a vibrant community and education system.
VALUES: LexPhil is guided by an unwavering commitment to its core values of artistic excellence, innovation, collaboration and accessibility.
MISSION: To foster excellence and innovation in the performance and presentation of great music; to enrich the lives of our diverse citizenry; to educate current and future audiences and to bring distinction to our community through the orchestra’s presence and standing.
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The Lexington Philharmonic is generously supported by the Lexington Philharmonic Foundation.
All Lexington Philharmonic programs are made possible through the support of LexArts. In 2021-2022, the Lexington Philharmonic received $100,000 in unrestricted support.
The Kentucky Arts Council, the state arts agency, provides operating support to the Lexington Philharmonic with state tax dollars along with federal funding from the National Endowment for the Arts.
The Hamilton Saykaly Garbulinska Foundation funds LexPhil’s commitment to continued artistic growth and community engagement.
The 2021/2022 Season: Stories is made possible with generous support from Central Bank.
The Dupree Initiative for Innovation supports LexPhil’s commitment to innovation and artistic excellence.
The Singletary Center for the Arts hosts the core of LexPhil’s Season Series programs, and is a valued institutional partner of the Lexington Philharmonic.
Special thanks to the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government for its continued partnership in ensuring a flourishing future for the arts in Lexington and central Kentucky.