Find Sebastian Lang-Lessing Scavenger Hunt

Where Can I Find Clues? Listen to KPAC 88.3 Throughout the Day On Twitter @TPRClassical @SASym On Facebook Texas Public Radio San Antonio Symphony KPAC Blog San Antonio Symphony Website Where Do I Submit My Photos? Email your photos to tickets@sasymphony.org with your contact information.

After an exhaustive three-year search, the hunt for the new San Antonio Symphony Music Director is over.

The Sebastian Lang-Lessing (SLL) era begins this October 2, 2010 with the new music director's debut in a stunning performance with the San Antonio Symphony, the Children's Chorus of San Antonio and the San Antonio Symphony's Mastersingers. Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 1, “Titan” will be the featured work at this anticipated debut and the evening will conclude with champagne for the entire audience to toast the next era of the San Antonio Symphony.

You can receive free tickets to the Symphony's 2010/11 season opener or any of their other October performances by participating in Symphony's "Find Sebastian Lang Lessing Scavenger Hunt."

For the next six weeks, the Symphony will be sending out clues on-air and online directing you to area business where you can find a six-foot tall cardboard cut-out of SLL. Simply take your photo with the cut out and email your picture to tickets@sasymphony.org to receive 2 free tickets to a Symphony performance.

You can listen for clues on KPAC 88.3 FM, San Antonio's Classical Oasis, or find them on Twitter, Facebook and on the KPAC blog and Symphony website.

No purchase is necessary, and limit one photo submission per person per location.

About Sebastian Lang-Lessing

Lang-Lessing performs with almost unlimited energy and passion. From Berlin to Paris, from Australia to Houston, from San Francisco to San Antonio, audiences have been swept away. So, let yourself go and be transported by the power of the music.

Sebastian was born in Germany and in high school was an exchange student in Indiana. He and his wife Britta Funck will have a home in San Antonio. In addition to his native German, he is fluent in English, French and Italian and also speaks Spanish.

After being awarded the Ferenc Fricsay Prize 1990 in Berlin, he began his professional career with the Hamburg State Opera. Sebastian Lang-Lessing has been Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra in Australia since 2004. He was Music Director of the Orchestre Symphonique et Lyrique de Nancy in France between 1999 and 2006. Lang-Lessing has led major orchestras all over the world, including:

• Orchestre de Paris,
• Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra,
• Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, and
• radio orchestras of Berlin & Frankfurt.

Lang-Lessing’s successful international opera career began when he became resident conductor of the Deutsche Oper Berlin. His opera highlights include:

• San Francisco Opera,
• Houston Grand Opera,
• Los Angeles Opera,
• Washington National Opera,
• Opera Colorado in Denver, and
• Opéra Bastille in Paris.

October Repetoire

October 2, 2010 · Meet Your New Maestro
Sebastian Lang-Lessing, conductor
The Children’s Chorus of San Antonio – Marguerite McCormick, director
San Antonio Symphony Mastersingers – John Silantien, director

Bizet : “Children’s Chorus March” from Carmen
Brahms: “Verlorene Jugend,” (“Lost Youth”) Op. 104, No. 4, “In Stiller Nacht,” (“In Silent Night”) from 26 German Folksongs, No. 8, “Abendständchen,” (“Evening Serenade”) Op. 42, No. 1
Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D major, “Titan”

Sponsored by Carolyn A. Seale and Carol Lee Klose.

October 8 & 9, 2010 · Chopin Piano Concerto
Christopher Seaman, conductor
Jeffrey Swann, piano

Dukas: The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Chopin: Concerto No. 2 in F minor for Piano and Orchestra
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 2 in G major, “A London Symphony”

Sponsored by: The Nordan Trust

October 22 & 23, 2010 · Italian Splendor
Ken-David Masur, conductor
San Antonio Symphony Mastersingers – John Silantien, director
Heidi Melton, soprano
Margaret Lattimore, mezzo soprano
Russell Thomas, tenor
Kevin Maynor, bass

Vivaldi: Concerto alla rustica for Strings and Continuo in G major, RV151
Respighi: The Pines of Rome
Rossini: Stabat Mater