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Love will fill the air when your ESO performs songs of romance. One of the great pops conductors of our time, Steven Reineke, is back with a show full of hits and great orchestral arrangements. Come celebrate with the one you love and be our symphonic valentine for a concert featuring timeless love songs including The Time of My Life, Unchained Melody, My Heart Will Go On, and Love's Theme.
Ticket Information
$81 Dress Circle (A)
$71 Terrace (B)
$59 Orchestra (C)
$49 Upper Circle (D)
$36 Gallery (E)
$24 Orchestra Front (F)
Tickets subject to applicable service charges.
This program will also be performed on Saturday, February 12 at 8 pm.
The next Robbins Pops performance features Ben Vereen on March 18 & 19, 2011.
Thank you to the generous supporters of this series: Bill & Mary Jo Robbins
Following the concert, show your ticket at Hundred to receive a complimentary event signature cocktail upon arrival, courtesy of the Century Hospitality Group.
Program Info
WHITELove’s Theme
PORTER
“I’ve Got You Under My Skin” (from Born to Dance)
RODGERS
“I Have Dreamed” (from The King and I)
RODGERS
“Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered” (from Pal Joey)
RODGERS
“If I Loved You” (from Carousel)
MORRICONE
Love Theme from Cinema Paradiso (Arr Henry Mancini)
CARMEN
“Almost Paradise” (from Footloose)
VARIOUS
Selections from Dirty Dancing
NORTH
Unchained Melody
VARIOUS
“Elephant Love Medley” (from Moulin Rouge)
MANILOW
Copacabana
WILDHORN
“Sarah” (from The Civil War)
STYNE / MERRILL
“The Music That Makes Me Dance” (from Funny Girl)
BERLIN
“Anything You Can Do” (from Annie Get Your Gun)
PARTON
I Will Always Love You
KANDER / EBB
Gimme Love (from Kiss of the Spider Woman)
HORNER
“My Heart Will Go On” (from Titanic)
LOVLAND / GRAHAM
“You Raise Me Up”
MANCINI
“Moon River” (from Breakfast at Tiffany’s)
Artist Bios
Steven Reineke, conductor
Steven Reineke’s boundless enthusiasm and exceptional artistry have made him one of the nation’s most sought-after pops conductors, composers and arrangers. Reineke begins his second season as Music Director of The New York Pops. In addition to conducting the orchestra’s annual Carnegie Hall concert series, Reineke leads concert tours, recordings, and nationwide telecasts, including the Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks on NBC Television. New York’s only permanent and professional symphonic pops orchestra, The New York Pops is the largest independent pops orchestra in the United States.
In addition Mr. Reineke serves as Principal Pops Conductor of the Long Beach and Modesto Symphony Orchestras and he retains the title of Associate Conductor of the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, where for fifteen years he served as a composer, arranger, and conducting protégé of the late celebrated pops conductor Erich Kunzel.
Steven Reineke’s recent guest conducting appearances include the orchestras of National (Washington, D.C.), Houston, Toronto, Detroit, Indianapolis, Baltimore, Vancouver and Edmonton. He made his Boston Pops and Philadelphia Orchestra debuts in 2009 and will work twice with The Philadelphia Orchestra in 2010. He made his Hollywood Bowl debut in 2007 with the multi-faceted entertainer Wayne Brady and returned to the Hollywood Bowl in 2008 to conduct the Los Angeles Philharmonic. In addition, Mr. Reineke conducted, arranged and orchestrated the music for Mr. Brady’s orchestral show and played the same role in his collaboration with rock legend Peter Frampton.
As the creator of more than one hundred orchestral arrangements for the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, Mr. Reineke’s arrangements have been performed worldwide, and can be heard on numerous Cincinnati Pops Orchestra recordings on the Telarc label. Mr. Reineke is also an established symphonic composer. His works Celebration Fanfare, Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Casey at the Bat are performed frequently in North America, with the most recent performances by the New York Philharmonic and Los Angeles Philharmonic in July 2008. In August 2008 his Sun Valley Festival Fanfare debuted with the Sun Valley Summer Symphony to commemorate the opening of the orchestra’s new pavilion. In 2005 his Festival Te Deum and Swan’s Island Sojourn were performed by the Cincinnati Symphony and Cincinnati Pops respectively. The Cincinnati Enquirer had this to say about Festival Te Deum: “Melodious and joyous, it had antiphonal brass in the balconies, organ, full orchestra and wonderful choral passages.” His numerous wind ensemble compositions are published by the C.L. Barnhouse Company and are performed by concert bands around the world.
Mike Eldred, tenor
One of America's most in-demand and beloved tenors, Mike Eldred has been thrilling audiences in concert halls, in Broadway Theatres, and on recordings, radio and television for over 20 years. He is currently starring as The Tenor in the national concert tour of Messiah Rocks. Eldred has performed in concert with many symphony orchestras including the Seattle Symphony, the Indianapolis Symphony, the Baltimore Symphony, the Kansas City Pops, the Long Beach Symphony, the Chicagoland Pops, the Cincinnati Pops, the Oklahoma City Philharmonic, the Houston Symphony, the Illinois Philharmonic, the Edmonton Symphony, Chicago's Grant Park Orchestra, and the Nashville Symphony.In 2006, Eldred starred in and hosted the Indianapolis Symphony's Yuletide Celebration record breaking concert series. In 2007 he starred in the Baltimore Symphony’s Holiday Spectacular, and in 2008 Eldred starred in the Omaha Symphony’s holiday concert series. In 2009, he starred with both the Modesto Symphony and the Long Beach Symphony Orchestra in holiday performances. Eldred will star with the Toronto Symphony in December of 2010.
Eldred performed on Broadway in the recent "final cast" of Les Miserables where he appeared in the starring role of Jean Valjean. He starred as Tony in the Tennessee Repertory/Nashville Symphony's production of West Side Story. A cast recording featuring Mike Eldred has been released internationally on NAXOS Records. He recently completed a national tour as the featured artist with pianist Jim Brickman. Eldred was also featured as the guest artist in the internationally released PBS Soundstage concert/DVD entitled Dennis DeYoung and the Music of Styx, Live with Symphony Orchestra.
Eldred’s Broadway and National Tours include Les Miserables, The Civil War, Jesus Christ Superstar; Regional: The Hunchback of Notre Dame, West Side Story, and Carole King's Tapestry (Tennessee Rep), Heartland (Goodspeed Opera House), Francis of Guernica and Atlanta (Actors Bridge), Songs for a New World, My Fair Lady and Godspell (Alpine Theatre Project). Eldred served as music director/conductor for ATP’s My Fair Lady and Camelot.
Eldred’s performance awards include Tennessean Actor of the Year (4 years), Nashville Scene's Best Musical Theatre Performer, and a nomination for the Nashville Music Awards Male Vocalist of the Year. Eldred has performed with award-winning recording artists including Jim Brickman, Michael Bolton, Garth Brooks, Dennis DeYoung, Larry Gatlin, Vince Gill, Amy Grant, Richard Marx, Luther Vandross, Be Be Winans, Stevie Wonder, Wynonna, and Trisha Yearwood.
Eldred has recently produced and released a new Holiday CD entitled “Let It Begin...” He has also produced a solo recording entitled “Me”, featuring songs from his favorite roles in both well known and original musicals. In December of 2009, Eldred produced and starred in a DVD entitled Amazing Place, The Nature of Music for his company Artists New Media. Eldred has also had a significant career in the gospel recording industry, releasing two solo projects nationally and touring the country. In total, he has released five solo recordings and one DVD since he began his career over 20 years ago.
Betsy Wolfe, soprano
Betsy Wolfe was recently seen in the critically acclaimed Broadway production of Everyday Rapture. The show was nominated for two Tonys Awards and Ms. Wolfe performed on the 2010 Tony Awards at Rockefeller Center. Broadway Credits include 110 in the Shade at Studio 54, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, and Wonderful Life. She can also be heard on the 110 in the Shade Original Broadway Cast recording as well as the Everyday Rapture recording. Ms. Wolfe starred in the San Francisco and Boston companies of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. She heads to San Francisco in the Spring to play Mary Ann Singleton in the much anticipated Tales of the City being produced by ACT. Regional credits include Tommy (Mrs. Walker) at Dallas Theatre Center, Ragtime (Evelyn Nesbitt) at Paper Mill Playhouse and Ace (Louise) at the Old Globe Theatre. She has been a guest artist for Symphony, Pops and Philharmonic Orchestras across the US and made her NY concert debut at Carnegie Hall as a headliner with the Cincinnati Pops under Maestro Erich Kunzel. Her last trip to Canada took her to British Columbia, where she performed with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. Ms. Wolfe was a guest soloist for the New York City Ballet where she performed at Lincoln Center and at The Coliseum in London. She has shared the stage with legendary performers such as Patti Lupone, Ray Charles, Walter Cronkite, Quincy Jones, Bob Newhart, and Brian Stokes Mitchell. She can also be seen on PBS in the Lincoln Center production of Camelot. This is the third time she has performed with the brilliant Maestro Steven Reineke, and she is delighted to finally perform in Edmonton, home to both the ESO and the Oilers! She holds a BFA in Musical Theatre from Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. (CCM)My Winspear COMMUNITY
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