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December 7, 2008 at 2:30 pm Concertos Revealed         Vladim Gluzman, Violin Soloist January 11, 2009 at 2:30 pm The Folk Spirit         Frederic Chiu, Piano Soloist February 8, 2009 at 2:30 pm Tchaikovsky and Romanticism         Nancy Allen Lundy, Soprano Soloist March 22, 2009 at 2:30 pm Three Composers, Three Masterworks         Lydia Artymiw, Piano Soloist April 19, 2009 at 2:30 pm Enter Spring         Charles Wetherbee, Violin Soloist

Welcome to the Boca Raton Symphonia 2008-2009 concert season. I am thrilled to have been asked to program and conduct the five concerts of the Connoisseur Series and to be part of developing the overall artistic growth of this young and talented orchestra. This is an opportunity a conductor dreams of. It is exciting for me to be part of creating a vital musical organization for your South Florida cultural community. As Artistic Advisor and Principal Conductor I will have the time to work with the musicians on a closer and more intimate musical level. Conducting all rehearsals and performances will provide us with the opportunity to develop an artistic rapport and understanding that is not achievable for the ‘one time’ guest conductor. This relationship can only lead to a higher musical experience for you and greater artistic growth for the orchestra. My thoughts, when planning this series of concerts, were that it would be interesting - and thought provoking - to put together an entire Symphonia season celebrating the many facets of Tchaikovsky’s genius, that greatest of all Russian composers. Hence we have for you a series, "Inspired by Tchaikovsky," of five very wonderfully different programs: music that he inspired, music that inspired him, and three masterpieces of the great man himself. One of these, his evergreen Violin Concerto, is, of course, immortal; another, his "Mozartiana" Suite, has long been a charming "fringe" work; and the last, his First Orchestra Suite, has bizarrely been completely forgotten. All three of these works have that passion and lyricism which are Tchaikovsky's trademark, and I think you will be enchanted as to how this glorious season unfolds around these works.

Sincerely,
Alexander Platt
Principal Conductor & Artistic Advisor