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POULENC CONCERTO FOR TWO PIANOS JOSEPH MEYERHOFF SYMPHONY HALL Friday, November 9, 2018, 8 pm Sunday, November 11, 2018, 3 pm MUSIC CENTER AT STRATHMORE Saturday, November 10, 2018, 8 pm Kwamé Ryan, conductor Christina Naughton, piano Michelle Naughton, piano Felix Mendelssohn Sinfonia No. 7 in D Minor Allegro Andante amorevole Menuetto Allegro molto Francis Poulenc Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra in D Minor Allegro ma non troppo Larghetto Finale: Allegro molto Christina Naughton Michelle Naughton INTERMISSION Felix Mendelssohn Symphony No. 5 in D Major, op. 107, “Reformation” Andante - Allegro con fuoco Allegro vivace Andante Chorale: Andante con moto - Allegro vivace The concert will end at approximately 9:45 pm on Friday and Saturday and 4:45 pm on Sunday. Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Staatsoper Saarbrücken and Staatsoper Stuttgart. In France, Ryan has worked at the Opéra de la Bastille, Opéra de Lyon and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, and in the U.S., the New York Philharmonic, Grant Park Festival and the symphony orchestras of Baltimore, Dallas, Detroit, Indianapolis, Atlanta, Houston and New Jersey. In the U.K., Ryan has worked with the English National Opera, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Royal Scottish Symphony and the London Philharmonia. He is a regular guest conductor of the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra and has recently worked with the KwaZulu Natal Philharmonic and the Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestras, as well as the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain at London’s South Bank Centre. While continuing to conduct worldwide as a freelancer, Ryan has dedicated himself to educational and community development work as Director of Trinidad and Tobago’s recently founded National Academy for the Performing Arts (NAPA) at the University of Trinidad and Tobago. In this capacity, he was named a 2017 Laureate of the prestigious Sabga Caribbean Award for Excellence in the field of Arts and Letters. Kwamé Ryan last appeared with the BSO in December 2006, conducting Schumann’s Symphony No. 2. Christina and Michelle Naughton PRESENTING SPONSOR: About the Artists Kwamé Ryan Kwamé Ryan was born in Canada and grew up on the Caribbean island of Trinidad, where he received his early musical education. He was enrolled in boarding school in England at the age of 14 and studied conducting, piano, voice, violin and double bass before moving on to study musicology at 10 OV E R T U R E / BSOmusic.org Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge University. In 1991, he began his conducting studies with the composer and conductor Peter Eötvös, many of whose works he has premiered. He held the position of General Music Director of Freiburg Opera between 1999 and 2003, and that of Musical and Artistic Director of the National Orchestra of Bordeaux Aquitaine between 2007 and 2013. As a guest conductor in Germany, he has conducted the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie, Christina and Michelle Naughton have been hailed by The San Francisco Examiner for their “stellar musicianship, technical mastery and awe-inspiring artistry.” They have captivated audiences