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2008–2009 RSO Season
THE READING SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Andrew Constantine, Music Director
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A Few Words from Our Musicians
More than a century of musical experience follows—all dedicated
RSO musicians who look forward to sharing the 2008-9 season
experience with you!
Steve Weiser (timpani):
“The RSO has been a part of my life for as long as I can
remember—beginning with concerts I heard as a child.
I am looking forward to seasons of exciting concerts under
Maestro Constantine’s baton.”
Dear Fellow Subscribers,
his coming season is a musical magazine—six classical concert issues
with themes ranging from celestial beauty to motorcycle mayhem; from
Romantic masterworks to folk tunes; from the delicacy of a Mozart
concerto to the massive sound of orchestra and chorus. In each issue we’ll also
have commentary from Maestro Constantine—valuable bonus insights behind
the music.
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Kim Webster (oboe):
The 2008-9 season highlights include:
“The RSO is a local treasure—just see how long it’s lasted
when others have left the musical scene! It’s such an honor
to play in the orchestra that I went to hear in high school.”
Reading premieres of exceptional young artists—
talents who have performed with major orchestras around the world.
We’ve engaged great performers at the cusp of thrilling careers.
New concert hall experiences—
Charles de Pasquale (cello):
“As a cellist in the RSO for over 25 years, I consider myself
very fortunate to having been a part of the dramatic changes
that have taken us from being a predominantly local orchestra
to a first-quality regional ensemble. I am particularly looking
forward to the November 2008 program, because of the very
familiar cello melody in the Polovtsian Dances.”
Christopher Lee (concertmaster):
“I first came to Reading in the 80’s for opera performances,
when I met John Henry [Funk] and Gertrude [Sternbergh].
Later I applied for the Concertmaster position, and happily
became part of the RSO family. I feel a renewed sense of
dedication on the part of all of us who want to see the RSO
continue to improve and enrich all of our lives.”
Chip Breaux (bass):
“It is always exciting and vibrant to experience the rehearsals
as they evolve into the final performance. The artistic success
of the work becomes very personal when strangers attending
the concert approach and thank my colleagues and me for
such a grand performance.”
including multi-media presentations, projected images from the Hubble
Space Telescope, and professional storytellers as narrators.
The spectacular cantata Carmina Burana,
a huge work for orchestra, soloists, and choruses last performed by the
RSO twenty-eight years ago!
There’s a new bonus for the coming season as well—the RSO will be presenting
MONTHLY musical events at the Sovereign Performing Arts Center from
October through May. That’s right—every month there will be at least one
exciting RSO program on the schedule. From classics to pops (including a NEW
Valentine’s Day Pops Celebration—see inside for details); from ballet to New
Year’s Eve revels; from the beloved Kinderkonzert to pre-and post-concert
events—it’s all happening right here, next season!
As you may have seen during this past season, the RSO has sold out the
Sovereign Performing Arts Center on occasion (and come exceedingly close on
others). The only way you can guarantee a seat is through subscription! We urge
you to act immediately and place your subscriptions as soon as possible—for the
best possible seats, and for the reassurance that you’ll have a reserved spot for
what promises to be the most exciting RSO season in memory.
Sincerely,
Dr. Charles J. Lusch
President
Valerie Trollinger-Flohr (bassoon):
“We are so fortunate in Reading to have this orchestra.
As I have traveled and worked around the country, many
musicians I have met know about the Reading Symphony
and its fine reputation. I get great joy out of seeing people
in the audience who have known me as a local kid—today
we continue to share great musical experiences.”
P.S. SPECIAL SUBSCRIPTION OFFER—Subscribe to the regular classical season and get a
50% discount on all of your Valentine’s Day Pops Concert tickets! Details on pages 16 & 17.
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Front cover and page two photographs: Kyle Cassidy
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SAT., OCT. 4, 2008
SOVEREIGN
PERFORMING
ARTS CENTER
8:00 PM
Beethoven:
Overture to Corolian
THE FIRST ISSUE:
WORKING VACATIONS
Tchaikovsky:
Violin Concerto
Elena Urioste, soloist
Brahms:
Symphony No. 2
How do you spend
your vacation time?
For both Brahms and Tchaikovsky,
time away from hectic urban life was
sometimes spent creating masterworks.
In this concert, we’ll hear the results of
two memorable vacations: Tchaikovsky’s
1878 visit to Clarens, on the shores
of Lake Geneva, gave the world his
immortal Violin Concerto—one of the
most popular works in the classical
repertoire. Brahms took a trip to the
Austrian Alps in the summer of 1877,
and returned with his Second Symphony
—another exceptionally popular work,
noted for its great orchestral color.
We begin the season with Beethoven’s
Overture to Corolian, written as a
prelude to Heinrich Joseph von
Collin’s 1804 tragedy.
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COMMENTS FROM
MAESTRO CONSTANTINE
This concert presents some interesting contrasts for
Reading audiences. The RSO last performed the
Tchaikovsky Concerto five years ago, with the venerable
Aaron Rosand as soloist. This fall we’ll hear from an
exceptional young talent, Elena Urioste. Like pianist
Yuja Wang, who thrilled us October of 2007, Elena is
a Curtis student, and has already dazzled audiences
around the world. From what I understand she’s also
a huge fan of sushi, Dostoevsky, Radiohead and David
Sedaris—though all this pales to her passion for formal
gowns. Our orchestra last performed Brahms’ Second
Symphony in 1996—it’s about time that we had an
opportunity to reconsider this monument to late 19th
century German romanticism. We begin this concert
season with an example of early German romanticism,
the Beethoven Corolian Overture, quite an evening
of contrasts!
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SAT., NOV. 15, 2008
SOVEREIGN
PERFORMING
ARTS CENTER
8:00 PM
Borodin:
Polovtsian Dances
from Prince Igor
THE SECOND ISSUE:
THE WILD ONES
Michael Daugherty:
Hell’s Angels
Stravinsky:
Petrushka
Get ready for a wild
evening—unlike
anything you’ve
seen at the regular
RSO concerts.
Would you believe four leather-clad
bassoon players? The rumble of
motorcycles? Not much of a motorcycle
fan? Then get swept away by the
Dionysian ecstasy of Prince Igor’s famed
Polovetsian Dances, or the striking
dance rhythms of Stravinsky’s ballet
Petrushka. A bit unnerved? Don’t reach
for your Digitalis—you do meet the
nicest people on a Harley (or two)!
Special note: If you are a motorcycle
aficionado, be sure to visit the Reading
Public Museum’s related exhibit from
October 3, 2008 through January 4, 2009!
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COMMENTS FROM
MAESTRO CONSTANTINE
And you thought the bassoon was a sedate member of the
orchestra! Think again, as we get the experience of a lifetime
with Michael Daugherty’s Hell’s Angels—a tour de force for
three bassoonists and a contra-bassoon player. Why the
bassoon? Daugherty finds an unconventional (and brilliant)
new use for the instrument: to replicate the unmistakable
sound of a Harley at full blast, with a muffler cut-out in the
drag pipes. While this may sound a bit over-the-top, I can
assure you that, in my experience, audiences just love the
piece! As long as we have our juices flowing, sit back and
enjoy two great selections of dance music: the Polovtsian
Dances from Prince Igor (inspiring the Tony Bennett standard,
“Stranger in Paradise”) and the kinetic Petrushka.
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SAT., JAN. 17, 2009
SOVEREIGN
PERFORMING
ARTS CENTER
8:00 PM
C.P.E. Bach:
Hamburg Symphony
No. 4 in A major
Mozart:
Piano Concerto
in A major, K.488
Alon Goldstein, soloist
THE THIRD ISSUE:
COMMON INGREDIENTS
Mendelssohn:
Symphony No. 3, Scottish
What is a common
ingredient for Mozart
and Mendelssohn?
It’s folk and popular
music.
While classical concerts today may
seem light-years removed from popular
music downloads, the gap wasn’t
always so great. Mozart drew upon
hugely popular comic opera (and its
wild excesses) as inspiration for parts
of this piano concerto—yet the touching
melancholy of the second movement
is a marked contrast (and a favorite
of pianists). Mendelssohn drew upon
Scottish folk melodies (from an 1829
visit) in his Third Symphony—inspiring
the gratitude of its dedicatee, Queen
Victoria. We’ll also hear one of the six
“Hamburg” symphonies of Carl Philipp
Emanuel Bach, second son of the
immortal Johann Sebastian Bach. C.P.E.
Bach is known as one of the creators
of the “classical” style of music.
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COMMENTS FROM
MAESTRO CONSTANTINE
Gourmet Hint:The
best recipes are
yours in the RSO’s
The Ode to Joyous
Cooking. A few
copies remain, ask
when you subscribe.
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This concert is a banquet feast of talent! Our soloist, Alon
Goldstein, has performed with the Philadelphia Orchestra,
the Baltimore Symphony, San Francisco Symphony and
dozens of other prestigious groups. I know that you’ll be as
taken by his firm, sensitive approach to Mozart—Alon’s a
promising star of his generation (and a Peabody Conservatory
protege of the great LeonFleisher.) For another course of the
musical banquet, I’ve programmed one of the C.P.E. Bach
Hamburg Symphonies—they’re delightful works that
haven’t been performed in Reading for some time. And
to round out the menu, there’s Mendelssohn’s “Scottish”
symphony, which takes traditional folk melodies (especially
in the second movement) and incorporates them into a
Romantic period masterwork. A few seasons ago Reading
heard Max Bruch’s take on Scottish music (the “Scottish
Fantasy” for violin and orchestra)—this season we’ll consider
another German composer’s approach to similar folk music.
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SAT., MAR. 14, 2009
SOVEREIGN
PERFORMING
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8:00 PM
Ravel:
Le Tombeau de Couperin
Christopher Theofanidis:
Rainbow Body
Dr. Mario Livio, speaker
Beethoven:
Symphony No. 6, Pastoral
Christopher Theofanidis’
Rainbow Body will be
a strikingly beautiful, multi-media
presentation—incorporating images from
the Hubble Space Telescope, descriptions
from the stage, and haunting melodies based
on a work of medieval mystic, Hildegard of
Bingen. The title, Rainbow Body, is based
on a concept in Tibetan Buddhism which
says that when an enlightened being dies,
his or her body doesn’t decay, but instead
is absorbed back into the universe as energy
and light. Dr. Mario Livio of NASA will show
how a dying star’s energy is also absorbed
back into the universe—a fascinating
parallel! Somewhat similarly, Maurice
Ravel’s Le Tombeau de Couperin uses motifs
from François Couperin—a commemoration
of the great Baroque composer—to honor
friends lost in the First World War. It’s
a modern homage that returns to its late
Renaissance roots. Beethoven’s “Pastoral”
Symphony is a programmatic work that
moves from peaceful times in the countryside,
merrymaking, a great storm, and then the
return of calm. Here are the cycles of nature,
manifest in three strikingly different works.
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THE FOURTH ISSUE:
HEAVEN AND EARTH
COMMENTS FROM
MAESTRO CONSTANTINE
Images from the
Hubble Space Telescope
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of modern symphonic works, bring them to this
concert. I guarantee you that you’ll be utterly
stunned by the breath-taking projections from
the Hubble Space Telescope, from the fascinating
stories of distant stars, and by the incorporation
of so many different sounds in a very melodic
composition. Ravel’s Le Tombeau de Couperin
shows the timelessness of tribute, a nod to a 17th
Century master comes full circle to a memorial
for casualties of The Great War. Beethoven’s
“Pastoral” symphony is somewhat reminiscent
of those speeded-up weather maps on television.
In less than an hour we’re musically transported
through an entire natural cycle, including
reverie, fun, languor, violent upheaval, and then
peaceful resolution. Here are three works that
demonstrate how music truly transports us.
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SAT., APR. 18, 2009
SOVEREIGN
PERFORMING
ARTS CENTER
8:00 PM
Smetana:
“Sarka” from Má Vlast
THE FIFTH ISSUE:
“FOR THE
COMPLETE
STORY…”
Dvorák:
The Wood Dove
Janácek:
Suite from
The Cunning Little Vixen
Smetana:
“The Moldau”
from Má Vlast
Jon Spelman, storyteller
Confused by the
classics? Sometimes
it’s helpful to have
a guided tour.
For the first time this season, the RSO
combines an evening of masterworks
and a master story teller—it’s all here
in one concert. Get ready for a narrative
journey through two sections of Smetana’s
monumental work Má Vlast (My
Homeland): “Sarka” and “The Moldau,”
music that’s immediately recognizable
and thoroughly enjoyable. We’ll also
hear The Wood Dove, written in
1896-7, a few years after the “New
World Symphony.” Opera lovers may
remember the Metropolitan Opera’s
highly successful revival of Janácek’s
The Cunning Little Vixen. This concert
offers a suite of the opera’s best
orchestral selections.
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COMMENTS FROM
MAESTRO CONSTANTINE
I’ve wanted to create the atmosphere of a delightful
summer evening at Wolf Trap inside a concert
hall (sans mosquitoes and humidity!) Here’s that
opportunity: master storyteller Jon Spelman, a huge
success at Wolf Trap and other venues, will be on
stage to narrate music from the former Czechoslovakia
—both very familiar and somewhat unfamiliar. He’ll
bring the stories behind Má Vlast to life, along with
the narrative of The Cunning Little Vixen and the
Karel Erben poem that inspired The Wood Dove.
No need to rustle through your copy of Bravo! for
this concert’s information—just sit back and enjoy
the musical stories.
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SAT., MAY. 16, 2009
SOVEREIGN
PERFORMING
ARTS CENTER
8:00 PM
Kodály:
Suite from Háry János
Orff:
Carmina Burana
Baltimore Choral Arts Society
Tom Hall, director
Berks Classical Childrens Chorus
Jennifer Adam &
Jodi Rinehimer, directors
Leon Williams, baritone
Ilana Davidson, soprano
Richard Troxell, tenor
THE SIXTH ISSUE:
OUTRAGEOUS FORTUNE
“O Fortuna!” begins
Carmina Burana, one
of the great modern
masterpieces.
The season ends with a triumphant roar
—Carl Orff’s massive work combines
the full orchestra with huge choral
forces on stage. This cantata is based
on twenty-four medieval Germanic
poems—though not exactly the material
we read in high school language class!
These are ribald satires of the Church
and village life—risqué as Chaucer—
matched by Orff’s infectious rhythms
and pulsating choruses. It’s a sonic
experience, the match of a Beethoven
9th Symphony. The evening’s program
opens with Zoltán Kodály’s suite from
the opera Háry János, which matched
dialog to folk-derived singing. Another
Hungarian musician, Eugene Ormandy,
made the first recording of this orchestral
suite, and later performed it often with
the Philadelphia Orchestra.
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COMMENTS FROM
MAESTRO CONSTANTINE
So many great orchestras have made Carmina Burana
the highlight of a season. I’ve selected this work to end
my second year here in Reading—mainly because of
the superb quality of the RSO, and its ability to work
so well with guest artists and choruses. It packs quite a
wallop. Everyone will leave the theater impressed by the
sheer thrill of the music and the sonic experience. I have
invited musical friends of mine, the BCA, to visit with us.
Since Carmina Burana is a long work—more than an
hour—performed without interruption, we’ll begin
the concert with Kodály’s popular suite from Háry János.
That should give us time for a brief intermission—and
enough time to prepare ourselves for 2008-9’s climactic
musical experience.
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Extra Bonus Issue
This Year Prepare for Something Completely
Different—A Valentine’s Day Pops Evening. A New
Non-Subscription Concert, for the 2008-9 Season.
Romance and the Movies—
Constantine Conducts
A Valentine To Reading
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The Soloists
What could be more romantic than
movie music, especially the music
that propelled Fred Astaire and Ginger
Rogers across RKO’s sound stage?
We’ll hear lush symphonic arrangements
of the great Astaire and Rogers musicals,
by such immortals as Jerome Kern
and Irving Berlin. We’ll see the great
Astaire and Rogers dance steps inspire
live stage dancers Joan Hess and Kirby
Ward. For some more movie magic,
thrill to great love songs interpreted
by Jodi Benson, who created the voice
of Ariel in “The Little Mermaid.”
Jodi Benson, vocalist
If you enjoyed Maestro
Constantine’s 2007 New
Year’s Eve program, you’ll
LOVE this night of movie
music and romance!
Joan Hess, dancer
Jodi Benson, a native of Rockford,
Illinois, has received worldwide
recognition and critical acclaim as the
voice of Ariel in the Academy Award
winning Walt Disney animated feature
film, “The Little Mermaid” as well as
the bubbly voice of Tour Guide Barbie
in Disney’s “Toy Story II,” winner of the
Golden Globe Award for Best Picture.
Joan Hess was featured in the PBS
Great Performances series “My Favorite
Broadway: The Love Songs,” hosted by
Julie Andrews. She has performed with
many symphonies across the country
from the Detroit Symphony, North
Carolina Symphony and the Des Moines
Symphony to the Pacific Symphony and
the Florida Sunshine Pops in Boca Raton.
Kirby has worked in the arts on five
continents and in film, television and
stage for almost thirty years. He’s been
a resident of Los Angeles and London
and now lives in Connecticut, but he
continues to work in theater and film
all over the world.
Kirby Ward, dancer
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MEET THE MUSICIANS
MUSIC DIRECTOR
ANDREW CONSTANTINE
Maestro Constantine began his tenure as RSO
Music Director with the 2006-2007 season.
Born in England, he studied with John
Carewe and Norman Del Mar, then later
with Ferdinand Leitner at the Accademia
Chigiana in Siena and Leonard Bernstein
at the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival.
Prior to his RSO engagement Constantine was the Associate Conductor
of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.
CONCERT MASTER
CHRISTOPHER COLLINS LEE
Born in New York City, Christopher Lee received
his early training from violin masters: Nathan
Milstein, Henryk Szeryng, Louis Krasner, Ruggiero
Ricci, and others. Prior to joining RSO in 2002,
Chris served 13 years as Concertmaster of the
New Jersey Symphony Orchestra.
JON SPELMAN
Jon Spelman has created more
than one hundred stories, and
has edited hundreds more
during his long career as
a professional storyteller.
He has performed to great
acclaim at venues as diverse
as Wolf Trap and elementary
schools; from colleges to
diplomatic receptions.
ABOUT OUR SEASON SOLOISTS
ELENA URIOSTE
Elena Urioste is a student at
The Curtis Institute of Music
where she has studied for the
past four years with Joseph
Silverstein and Ida Kavafian.
She made her debut as soloist
with the Philadelphia Orchestra
at age thirteen as winner
of the Albert M. Greenfield
Competition. Since then, she
has appeared as soloist with
major orchestras throughout
the United States including
the Cleveland Orchestra,
Boston Pops, Atlanta, Detroit,
Pittsburgh and Baltimore.
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ALON GOLDSTEIN
Admired for technical prowess
and musical intelligence,
Goldstein is poised to lead his
talented generation. He earned
his Masters degree from the
Peabody Conservatory, where
he worked intensively with
Leon Fleisher. In recent seasons, Mr. Goldstein has played
with the Philadelphia, San
Francisco, Houston, Baltimore,
Seattle, Vancouver, and Saint
Louis Symphony orchestras,
among many other groups.
DR. MARIO LIVIO
Dr. Livio is a Senior
Astrophysicist at the Hubble
Space Telescope Science
Institute, and the previous
head of the Institute’s Science
Division. He joined the
Institute in 1991 as head of
the Archive Branch. He was
a professor of physics in the
physics department of the
Technion-Israel Institute
of Technology from 1981
until 1991.
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BALTIMORE CHORAL
ARTS SOCIETY
The Baltimore Choral Arts
Society is one of Maryland’s
premier cultural institutions.
The Symphonic Chorus,
Full Chorus, Orchestra, and
Chamber Chorus perform
throughout the mid-Atlantic
region, as well as in
Washington, D.C., New York,
and in Europe. Acclaimed
artists collaborating with
Choral Arts have included
Chanticleer, Dave Brubeck,
the King’s Singers, Peter
Schickele, and others. Tom
Hall’s innovative programs
often feature both choral and
orchestral music, stage and
theater works.
BERKS CLASSICAL
CHILDRENS CHORUS
Confidence, dedication, patience,
discipline — any adolescent
who enters adulthood with
these lifetime lessons is indeed
fortunate. To learn them while
creating beautiful music is truly
a gift. That’s what BCCC has
been doing since 1992. The
singers gain experience through
weekly rehearsals, regular
performances and lots of
work with great dedicated
teachers, staff, parents, and
volunteers. Through a rigorous
music curriculum, the singers
acquire an outstanding education
and learn crucial life lessons—
like teamwork, time management,
priority setting, self-presentation,
communication and personal
responsibility.
ILANA DAVIDSON
American soprano Ilana
Davidson’s repertoire spans
the 12th to the 21st centuries.
Her recording of William
Bolcom’s Songs of Innocence
and of Experience conducted
by Leonard Slatkin won four
Grammy Awards in 2006
including Best Classical Album.
LEON WILLIAMS
American baritone Leon
Williams enjoys a fine
reputation on several
continents for his warm,
handsome voice, charismatic
personality and superb
musicianship. He has won
top prizes in the Naumburg,
Joy-in-Singing, and Lola
Wilson Hayes competitions.
RICHARD TROXELL
Richard Troxell’s lyric tenor
voice has been heard on operatic
and concert stages in the
United States and around
the world. His powerful stage
presence and ability to connect
with people have set him apart,
and made him a favorite with
audiences of all ages. He has
sung with the Philadelphia
Orchestra, Boston Pops the
San Francisco Symphony,
Orchestre de Paris, the
Berlin Radio Symphony,
and Orchestre de Monte
Carlo among others. Richard
resides in Coatesville, PA.
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“A Symphony of Style” Fashion Show & Auction, Saturday, November 1
Our annual Kinderkonzert, Sunday, November 2
The Nutcracker Ballet, Friday & Saturday, December 19 & 20
Our popular New Year’s Eve Concert, December 31
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Saturday concert
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NEW YEAR’S
EVE
L–LOGE
$317.00
$62.00
$20.00
$43.00
$58.00
B1–BOX LOWER
$317.00
$62.00
$20.00
$43.00
$58.00
B2–BOX UPPER
$317.00
$62.00
$20.00
$43.00
$58.00
FO–FRONT ORCHESTRA $268.00
$56.00
$15.00
$39.00
$51.00
RO–REAR ORCHESTRA $250.00
$49.00
$15.00
$33.00
$51.00
FB–FRONT BALCONY
$276.00
$56.00
$15.00
$39.00
$51.00
MB–MID BALCONY
$190.00
$39.00
$10.00
$22.00
$37.00
RB–REAR BALCONY
$146.00
$29.00
$10.00
$11.00
$37.00
$96.00
$17.00
$10.00
$11.00
$37.00
ADDRESS
CITY
STATE
PHONE
FAX
ZIP
E-MAIL ADDRESS – RECEIVE THE FREE RSO E-NEWSLETTER
PAYMENT METHOD – (Paying by check saves money for the RSO)
CHECK
VISA
MC
AMEX
CARD #
CB–CORNER BALCONY
/
EXPIRATION DATE
SUBSCRIPTIONS CALL: 610-373-7557 EXT. 223
Prices include taxes and a facility fee of $12 per subscription.
SINGLE TICKETS CALL: 610-898-7299 OR TICKETMASTER AT 215-336-2000
SOVEREIGN PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
SUBSCRIPTION ORDER
LOWER LEVEL
CHECK ONE:
STAGE
B1
A
FO
FO
L
FO
FB
R
S
RO
MB
RO
RO
CB
L
FB
L
FB
MB
MB
RB
RB
FB
CENTER
SEASON SUBSCRIPTIONS:
RSO Office
Please make check payable
to the RSO.
Orders will be date-stamped
and processed in the order
received.
Subscriptions must be paid in
full by the deadline date of
June 30th.
Seat assignments are made
at the discretion of the RSO.
Tickets will not be mailed
until paid in full.
No exchanges and all sales
are final.
RIGHT
LEFT
SINGLE TICKET ORDERS:
Sovereign Performing Arts
Center Box Office
Pay by cash or credit card
only.
Single tickets will go on sale
to the public July 1, 2008.
There are several ways to
purchase Single Tickets:
The Sovereign Performing
Arts Center Box Office,
The Sovereign Center Box
Office, Ticketmaster Outlets,
www.ticketmaster.com
or the RSO website,
www.readingsymphony.org
For phone orders call:
Sovereign Performing
Arts Center at 610-898-7299
or Ticketmaster at
215-336-2000.
CENTER
NEW SUBSCRIBER
SECTION
QTY
X
PRICE
=
TOTAL
MB
SUN. NOV. 2, KINDERKONZERT
______________
________
X
________
=
$ ___________
CB
FRI. DEC. 19, NUTCRACKER-7:30PM
______________
________
X
________
=
$ ___________
SAT. DEC. 20, NUTCRACKER-2PM
______________
________
X
________
=
$ ___________
SAT. DEC. 20, NUTCRACKER-7:30PM
______________
________
X
________
=
$ ___________
WED. DEC. 31, NEW YEAR’S EVE
______________
________
X
________
=
$ ___________
SAT. FEB. 14, VALENTINE’S CONCERT
______________
________
X
________
=
$ ___________
=
$ ( _________ )
Z
LEFT
CHANGE
SUBSCRIPTION TOTAL $ __________
SUBSCRIBERS –
ORDER YOUR SPECIAL EVENT TICKETS NOW TO ENSURE YOUR REGULAR SEATS
L
FB
RENEW CURRENT
SECTION ____________________ QTY ________ X PRICE __________ = TOTAL __________
UPPER LEVEL
RIGHT
SENIOR CITIZEN/STUDENT DISCOUNTS
A $2.00 discount is allowed on single seat
purchases for subscription concerts only.
Senior = 65 & older, Student = Active
students. This discount does not apply to
previously purchased tickets, subscription
tickets or with any other discount.
GENERAL POLICY
Programs, artists, dates, times and
locations are subject to change without
notice. Recording devices and cameras are
not permitted. Concerts start promptly.
Late arrivals will be seated at the first
appropriate opportunity. Unless noted,
concerts begin at 8:00 PM at the Sovereign
Performing Arts Center.
TICKET RETURNS
If you find you cannot use one or more of
your subscription tickets, consider donating
them back to the RSO at least 24 hours
prior to concert. Call Donna Kline at
610-373-7557 Ext. 223.
PARKING, SECURITY AND
BUS TRANSPORTATION
Park at the well-lit Poplar and Walnut
Street Garage. Security is provided by
Downtown Improvement District (DID). For
subscription concerts ONLY – Round-trip
BARTA bus service is available for RSO
patrons who would rather not drive. A
minimal fee is collected to help defray the
cost – details will be mailed with your tickets.
DATES TO REMEMBER
Renewal starts February 16, 2008 – May 1
–June 30, 2008 new subscribers are seated.
July 1, 2008 all remaining seats go on sale
to the public as single tickets.
TEAR AT PERF.
B1
SIGNATURE
50% DISCOUNT ON VALENTINE’S TICKETS – SUBSCRIBERS ONLY
SPECIAL EVENTS TOTAL $ _________
SUBSCRIBER ADDITIONAL SINGLE TICKETS – CONCERTS #1– 6
SECTION
QTY
X
PRICE
=
TOTAL
SAT. OCT. 4, 2008 CONCERT #1
______________
________
X
________
=
$ ___________
SAT. NOV. 15, 2008 CONCERT #2
______________
________
X
________
=
$ ___________
SAT. JAN. 17, 2009 CONCERT #3
______________
________
X
________
=
$ ___________
SAT. MAR. 14, 2009 CONCERT #4
______________
________
X
________
=
$ ___________
SAT. APR. 18, 2009 CONCERT #5
______________
________
X
________
=
$ ___________
SAT. MAY. 16, 2009 CONCERT #6
______________
________
X
________
=
$ ___________
PRE-PAID PARKING PASSES – SAVE $12!
COVERS ALL 6 SUBSCRIPTION CONCERTS – REGULARLY $36.
MAKE CHECK PAYABLE TO: RSO
MAIL ORDER FORM TO: READING SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA,
147 N. 5TH STREET, SUITE 4, READING, PA 19601
QUESTIONS? CALL DONNA KLINE AT THE
SYMPHONY OFFICE 610-373-7557 EXT. 223
$24.00
________ = $ ___________
ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTION $
_________
PROCESSING AND HANDLING FEE $
7.00
_________
TOTAL ENTIRE ORDER $ _________
A N D R E W C O N S TA N T I N E , M U S I C D I R E C T O R
14 7 N . 5 T H S T R E E T, S U I T E 4
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2008-2009 SUBSCRIPTION GUIDE
R E A D I N G S Y M P H O N Y O RC H E S T R A
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NON-PROFIT
U.S. POSTAGE
PAID
READING, PA
PERMIT NO. 177