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Actors Theatre of Louisville Kentucky Center Presents Kentucky Shakespeare Louisville Orchestra PNC Broadway in Louisville

Alexander Vvedenskiy, Principal Oboe................................................8

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PROGRAM CLASSICS Series: Oboe Concerto Coffee Concert, November 16, 2018............ 11 Classics Concert, November 17, 2018.......... 12 Pops Concert: Home for the Holidays November 24, 2018...................................... 19

Staff and Support.............................................................22 Services..............................................................................26 Theatre Information The Kentucky Center (Whitney Hall, Bomhard Theater, Clark-Todd Hall, MeX Theater, 501 West Main Street; and Brown Theatre, 315 W. Broadway). et igital with Tickets: The Kentucky Center Box Office, 502.584.7777 or 1.800.775.7777.

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Teddy Abrams, Music Director, Mary and Barry Bingham, Sr., Music Director Chair Bob Bernhardt, Principal Pops Conductor

FIRST VIOLIN Gabriel Lefkowitz, Concertmaster Fanny and Charles Horner Concertmaster Chair Julia Noone, Assistant Concertmaster National City Bank Chair Katheryn S. Ohkubo Cheri Lyon Kelley Mrs. John H. Clay Chair Stephen Taylor Clayton Pusateri Chair, Endowed by Joe and Vickie Pusateri Scott Staidle Nancy Staidle Heather Thomas Patricia Fong-Edwards Maria Semes Second Violin Robert Simonds, Principal Claire and Lee Lenkoff Chair Kimberly Tichenor, Assistant Principal Devonie Freeman Mary Catherine Klan Violin Chair, Endowed by Chase Elisa Spalding Andrea Daigle Charles Brestel Patricia Ann Jenkins Endowed Chair James McFadden-Talbot Judy Pease Wilson Blaise Poth Viola Jack Griffin, Principal Aegon Chair Evan Vicic, Assistant Principal Jacqueline R. and Theodore S. Rosky Chair Clara Markham Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Hebel, Jr. Chair Jennifer Shackleton Jonathan Mueller Virginia Kershner Schneider Viola Chair, Endowed in Honor of Emilie Strong Smith by an Anonymous Donor Meghan Casper

Cello Nicholas Finch, Principal Thomas Mattingly and Anita Grenough Abell Memorial Chair Joseph Caruso, Assistant Principal Carole C. Birkhead Chair, Endowed by Dr. Ben M. Birkhead Christina Hinton Dr. Edward Leo Callahan Chair Allison Olsen Frances Shapiro-Weitzenhoffer Chair, Endowed by Esther & Dr. David Shapiro Deborah Caruso Julia Preston Bass Bert Witzel, Principal Patricia Docs Robert Docs Karl Olsen, Acting Assistant Principal Jarrett Fankhauser Chair, Endowed by the Paul Ogle Foundation Michael Chmilewski Flute Kathleen Karr, Principal Elaine Klein Chair Jake Chabot Donald Gottlieb Philip M. Lanier Chair Piccolo Donald Gottlieb Alvis R. Hambrick Chair

Bass Clarinet Ernest Gross General Dillman A. Rash Chair Bassoon Matthew Karr, Principal Paul D. McDowell Chair Christopher Reid † Horn Jon Gustely, Principal Edith S. and Barry Bingham, Jr. Chair Stephen Causey, Assistant Principal Diana Wade Morgen Gary and Sue Russell Chair Bruce Heim † Trumpet Open, Principal Leon Rapier Chair, Endowed by the Musicians of the Louisville Orchestra James Recktenwald, Assistant Principal Lynne A. Redgrave Chair Daniel Kassteen Trombone Donna Parkes, Principal PNC Bank, Kentucky, Inc. Chair Brett Shuster † Bass Trombone J. Bryan Heath Tuba Andrew Doub, Principal

Oboe Alexander Vvedenskiy, Principal Betty Arrasmith Chair, Endowed by the Association of the Louisville Orchestra Trevor Johnson, Assistant Principal Edgar J. Hinson III Chair Jennifer Potochnic †

Timpani James Rago, Principal Mr. and Mrs. Warwick Dudley Musson Principal Timpani Chair

ENGLISH HORN Trevor Johnson

Harp Mary Julian Rapier, Principal The Humana Foundation Chair

Clarinet Andrea Levine, Principal Brown-Forman Corp. Chair Robert Walker Ernest Gross Kate H. and Julian P. Van Winkle, Jr. Chair A U D I E N C E

Percussion John Pedroja, Principal Mark Tate †

KEYBOARD Grace Baugh-Bennett † Margaret S. Comstock Piano Chair †Auxiliary musician *On leave

Teddy Abrams Music Director An unusually versatile musician, Teddy Abrams is the widely-acclaimed Music Director of the Louisville Orchestra and Music Director of the Britt Festival Orchestra. An advocate for the power of music, Abrams has fostered inter-disciplinary collaborations with organizations such as the Louisville Ballet, the Center for Interfaith Relations, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, the Speed Art Museum and the Folger Shakespeare Library. His rap-opera, The Greatest: Muhammad Ali, premiered in 2017, celebrating Louisville’s hometown hero. Teddy makes his debut with the National Symphony Orchestra in the 2018–19 season in a program built around a commission by Lera Auerbach, and he appears with the Utah, Wichita, Eugene and Elgin Symphonies. He celebrated Leonard Bernstein’s centenary with an all-Bernstein program at the Kennedy Center on what would have been his 100th birthday. Recent guest conducting highlights include engagements with the Los Angeles Philharmonic; the San Francisco, Houston, Milwaukee, Vancouver, Colorado and Phoenix Symphonies; Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; and the Florida Orchestra. He recently conducted the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra with Time for Three for a PBS special.. He served as Assistant Conductor of the Detroit Symphony from 2012 to 2014. From 2008 to 2011, Abrams was the Conducting Fellow and Assistant Conductor of the New World Symphony (NWS). He has conducted the NWS in Miami Beach, in Washington, D.C. and at Carnegie Hall, and recently returned to conduct the NWS on subscription concert with Joshua Bell as soloist. An accomplished pianist and clarinetist,

Abrams has appeared as a soloist with a number of orchestras—including playconducting the Ravel Piano Concerto with the Fort Worth Symphony and the Jacksonville Symphony—and has performed chamber music with the St. Petersburg String Quartet, Menahem Pressler, Gilbert Kalish, Time for Three and John Adams, in addition to annual appearances at the Olympic Music Festival. Abrams was a protégé of Michael Tilson Thomas from the age of eleven, and studied conducting with Otto-Werner Mueller and Ford Lallerstedt at the Curtis Institute of Music, and with David Zinman at the Aspen Music Festival; he was the youngest conducting student ever accepted at both institutions. Abrams is also an award-winning composer and a passionate educator. His 2009 Education Concerts with the New World Symphony (featuring the world premiere of one of Abrams’ own orchestral works) were webcast to hundreds of schools throughout South Florida. Abrams has performed as a keyboardist with the Philadelphia Orchestra, won the 2007 Aspen Composition Contest, and was the Assistant Conductor of the YouTube Symphony at Carnegie Hall in 2009. He has held residencies at the La Mortella music festival in Ischia, Italy, and at the American Academy in Berlin. Teddy was a proud member of the San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra for seven seasons and graduated from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music with a bachelor of music, having studied piano with Paul Hersh.

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BOB BERNHARDT Principal Pops Conductor This season, Bob Bernhardt begins his 37th consecutive year with the Louisville Orchestra as Assistant Conductor, then as Associate Conductor, then Principal Guest Conductor of Kentucky Opera, and is now in his 22nd season as Principal Pops Conductor. For nearly four decades, he’s been a constant presence with the LO and continues to bring his unique combination of easy style, infectious enthusiasm and wonderful musicianship to the city and orchestra he loves. Bernhardt is concurrently Principal Pops Conductor of the Grand Rapids Symphony in Michigan and Principal Pops Conductor and Music Director Emeritus of the Chattanooga Symphony and Opera. He previously spent 19 seasons as Music Director and is now in his 26th year with the company. He is also an Artist-in-Residence at Lee University in Cleveland, Tennessee. Previously, he was Music Director and conductor of the Amarillo Symphony and the Tucson Symphony, and Principal Conductor and Artistic Director of the Rochester Philharmonic. In the past decade, Bernhardt has made his conducting debuts with the Baltimore Symphony, Dallas Symphony, Houston Symphony, Cincinnati Pops, New Jersey Symphony, Louisiana Philharmonic, Las Vegas Philharmonic, Florida Orchestra, Grand Rapids Symphony, Fort Worth Symphony and Santa Barbara Symphony, all of which were rewarded with return engagements. He has a continuing thirteen-year relationship with the Edmonton Symphony, conducting there several times each season, and as Festival Conductor for their Labor Day Festival, Symphony Under the Sky. He

made his debut with the Boston Pops in 1992 at the invitation of John Williams and has been a frequent guest there ever since. Recently, he returned to the podiums in Vail, Boston, Nashville, Detroit, Edmonton, Florida, Grand Rapids, Las Vegas, Baltimore, Santa Barbara, Portland, Louisiana and Rochester; made his debut with the Utah Symphony and Calgary Philharmonic; and will conduct the National Arts Centre Orchestra in Ottawa for his first time this season. His professional opera career began with the Birmingham Opera in 1979, two years before he joined the Louisville Orchestra. He worked with Kentucky Opera for 18 consecutive seasons; and with Chattanooga Opera, he conducted dozens of fully staged productions in a genre he adores. Born in Rochester, New York, he holds a master’s degree from the University of Southern California’s School of Music, where he studied with Daniel Lewis. He is also a Phi Beta Kappa, summa cum laude graduate of Union College in Schenectady, New York, where he was an Academic All-American baseball player. (While not all the research is in, Bernhardt believes that he is the only conductor in the history of music to be invited to spring training with the Kansas City Royals. After four days, they suggested to him a life in music.) His two children, Alex and Charlotte, live in Seattle. He and his wife, Nora, live in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

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MUSICIAN HIGHLIGHT Alexander Vvedenskiy Principal Oboe

I started playing the oboe when I was seven years old. When I was ten, I performed as soloist for the first time in Tomaso Albinoni’s Oboe Concerto with the Moscow Symphony Orchestra. I traveled as soloist all around Europe and worked alongside celebrated artists like Mstislav Rostropovich, Vladimir Spivakov, Misha Rakhlevsky and other great Russian musicians. I performed in The Élysée Palace (the French President’s house) and Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., all before I was 17, when I came to the United States to study at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. While at Curtis, it was my first time playing in an orchestra. At one point, I was looking at the music and said to someone: “What does this number 20 with the dash under it mean?” The person said, “It’s how many bars you don’t play.” I thought to myself “Oh, this is like punishment, to not play!” I had to develop my patience, and wait around at times, but after a few years, I found that the oboe is one of the most extensively used instruments in orchestral literature! Of course, many people already knew that, but for me, coming from a very solo-oriented background, it was somewhat of a discovery. I continued to play solos while at school and won a Greenfield Competition, which gave me an opportunity to perform as a soloist with the Philadelphia Orchestra. The recording of my performance of Pasculli’s Concerto on Themes from Donizetti’s La Favorita is on my YouTube page, https://www.youtube.com/user/ AlexanderVvedenskiy. I have a somewhat special connection with the Strauss Oboe Concerto. My teacher at Curtis was Richard Woodhams who studied with John de Lancie, for whom this concerto was written! (Read the story on page 9.) I’m very excited to perform this concerto for you! Alexander Vvedenskiy Principal Oboe 8

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John de Lancie was the principal oboist of the Pittsburgh Orchestra until he enlisted and served in the U.S. Army during World War II. When the war had ended, de Lancie was stationed in Garmisch, a small town in the Bavarian Alps where the 80-year-old Richard Strauss was staying in a villa. De Lancie knew Straussâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s orchestral writing for oboe thoroughly, and while in Garmisch, the soldier visited the composer in his home several times and they discussed music and culture at length. One evening, the American asked Strauss if he had ever considered writing an oboe concerto. Strauss quickly dismissed the suggestion, but the seed was planted, and by October of that same year, Strauss had completed the score of his Oboe Concerto. When de Lancie returned to the United States, he became a junior member of the Philadelphia Orchestra. While Strauss gave him the rights to the U.S. premiere, he did not perform the American premiere of the work but instead gave that privilege to a young oboist friend at the CBS Symphony in New York, Mitch Miller. De Lancieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only public performance of the Concerto was the Philadelphia Orchestraâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s premiere of the piece on August 30, 1964, at the Interlochen Center for the Arts in Michigan, with Eugene Ormandy conducting.

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Teddy Abrams, Music Director Bob Bernhardt, Principal Pops Conductor

COFFEE SERIES Friday, November 16, 2018 • 11 a.m. The Kentucky Center • Whitney Hall

COFFEE SERIES Season Sponsor

Oboe Concerto Ken-David Masur, conductor Alexander Vvedenskiy, oboe

Program No Intermission

ERIC NATHAN

the space of a door

RICHARD STRAUSS Oboe Concerto in D Major I. Allegro moderato II. Andante III. Vivace – Allegro Alexander Vvedenskiy, oboe JOHANNES BRAHMS Serenade No. 1 in D Major, Op. 11 I. Allegro molto V. Scherzo: Allegro – Trio VI. Rondo: Allegro

Additional support for this performance is provided by Theresa and John T. Bondurant in honor of their daughter, Jeanne-Marie Rogers.

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Teddy Abrams, Music Director Bob Bernhardt, Principal Pops Conductor

CLASSICS SERIES Saturday, November 17, 2018 • 8 p.m. The Kentucky Center • Whitney Hall

Classics Series Season Sponsor

Oboe Concerto Ken-David Masur, conductor Alexander Vvedenskiy, oboe

Program ERIC NATHAN

the space of a door

RICHARD STRAUSS Oboe Concerto in D Major I. Allegro moderato II. Andante III. Vivace – Allegro Alexander Vvedenskiy, oboe

Intermission JOHANNES BRAHMS Serenade No. 1 in D Major, Op. 11 I. Allegro molto II. Scherzo: Allegro non troppo – Trio III Adagio non troppo IV. Menuetto I – Menuetto II V. Scherzo: Allegro – Trio VI. Rondo: Allegro

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K e n - D a v id M a s u r , Ken-David Masur has been hailed as “fearless, bold, and a life-force” (San Diego UnionTribune) and “a brilliant and commanding conductor with unmistakable charisma” (Leipzig Volkszeitung). Mr. Masur began the 2018–19 season making his debut with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at Ravinia in two all-Tchaikovsky programs. He then returned to Tanglewood to lead the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) in a program of Glinka, Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 with Kirill Gerstein, and Stravinsky’s Firebird. At summer’s end he conducted workshops and a concert celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Mendelssohn Foundation in Tokyo. In the fall he leads a subscription week with the BSO, where he continues as Associate Conductor. Along with this performance with the Louisville Orchestra, Masur’s guest engagements this season include weeks with the Detroit and Milwaukee Symphonies, the Chicago Civic Orchestra, plus concerts abroad with the National Philharmonic of Russia, Collegium Musicum Basel, the Stavanger Symphony and the Mulhouse Symphony Orchestra in France. Other recent guest engagements include weeks with the Milwaukee, Colorado and Portland (Maine) Symphonies, and he returns to the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl, the Chicago Civic Orchestra, the Munich Symphony, where he is Principal Guest Conductor, and to the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra in Japan. He led l’Orchestre National de France in Paris in a program with Anne-Sophie Mutter, and regularly conducts in

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Germany, Korea and Moscow. As a sought-after leader and educator of younger players, Mr. Masur frequently conducts the Chicago Civic Orchestra, Boston University Tanglewood Institute, and the New England Conservatory and Tanglewood Music Center Orchestras. Ken-David Masur and his wife, pianist Melinda Lee Masur, are founders and Artistic Directors of the Chelsea Music Festival, an annual two-week long multi-media production of music, art and cuisine, which in June 2018 presented its 9th season, “Bach 333,” in New York. Its productions are varied and internationally themed, always including premieres of new works by young and established composers—a celebration of the arts and senses called a “gem of a series” by the New York Times, which frequently features the Festival amongst its Best Classical picks of the season. Ken-David Masur has recently made recordings with the English Chamber Orchestra and violinist Fanny Clamagirand, and with the Stavanger Symphony. As founding Music Director of the Bach Society Orchestra and Chorus at Columbia University, he toured Germany and released a critically acclaimed album of symphonies and cantatas by W.F. Bach, C.P.E. Bach and J.S. Bach. WQXR recently named Masur’s recording with the Stavanger Symphony of Gisle Kverndokk’s Symphonic Dances one of “The Best New Classical Releases of July 2018.” Masur received a Grammy nomination from the Latin Recording Academy in the category Best Classical Album of the Year for his work as a producer of the album Salon Buenos Aires.

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A l e x a nd e r V v e d e n s k i y Alexander Vvedenskiy became the Principal Oboist for the Louisville Orchestra in 2015. He holds degrees from Curtis Institute of Music and Manhattan School of Music with major teachers Richard Woodhams and Liang Wang, respectively. Mr. Vvedenskiy won top honors in these competitions: Grand Prize of International competition “ViennaClassic” (Austria) in 2007 and a special prize: “Mozart-wunderkind,” 2nd prize in the 42nd year of the International Radio Competition for Young Musicians Concertino Prague (2008) and the winner

of the Philadelphia Orchestra Greenfield Competition (2011). As a soloist and chamber musician, he has performed in numerous concert halls of Europe, Asia and the United States. Highlights of his solo career include performances with Moscow Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra, Moscow State Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra Kremlin, Ulyanovsk Philharmonic Orchestra, “Musica Viva” Chamber Orchestra, The Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra and The Philadelphia Orchestra. In addition, Mr. Vvedenskiy appeared as Guest Principal Oboe with the New York Philharmonic, The Pittsburgh Symphony and Chicago Symphony Orchestras.

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Program Notes Eric Nathan the space of a door Eric Nathan was born in 1983. He composed this work in 2016 on a commission from the Boston Symphony Orchestra, which premiered the work the same year under the direction of Andris Nelsons. The score calls for 2 flutes, piccolo, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 2 trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, harp and strings. Eric Nathan writes the following about the space of a door: “I am often inspired by engaging with old places such as historic churches, cathedrals or concert halls. Despite the silence of their atmosphere, these places can feel full of a collective energy of those who were there before me. The initial creative spark for the space of a door came from my first visit to the Providence Athenaeum in December 2015. Upon entering this temple of books, built in 1836, one is welcomed by a grand sight of thousands of books brightly illuminated. I imagined the energy latent in all of the countless stories, the voices of authors and their characters who live in these books, each work a portal to another world. This was my starting point, providing a kind of scaffolding for the piece, which then expanded in other directions as I filtered my musical ideas through the emotions experienced during the months working on it, including a sense of a personal loss from the sudden death of one of my

closest mentors, composer Steven Stucky, and the daily hurt I have felt from news of the tragic series of world events. “The Boston Symphony Orchestra invited me to compose this work as part of a festival celebrating Johannes Brahms, whose music has been important to me as a composer and performer. My piece pays homage to Brahms by taking inspiration from his Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2, particularly the rising minor third in the horns that opens Symphony No. 2. I begin my piece with the horns playing this interval together in harmony. The interval plays a key role throughout my work, both harmonically and structurally, returning at the end as a descending melodic third in a vastly different emotional context. Emotionally, the piece takes a journey through a series of interconnected worlds punctuated by sections featuring massive, asynchronous textures in the strings, where each player is asked to play individually within the collective, as if a soloist. These sections are set against moments of stillness and fragility. A fast, wildly agitated section lies at the middle of the work. “the space of a door was commissioned by the Boston Symphony Orchestra and is dedicated to Music Director Andris Nelsons, Anthony Fogg and the members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra with my deepest admiration and gratitude. The title quotes from a line of Samuel Beckett’s poem, ‘my way is in the sand flowing.’” Eric Nathan began piano lessons in the first grade and trumpet in the fourth. He earned a diploma from the PreCollege Division of The Julliard School, where he studied composition with Ira Taxin, his bachelor’s degree from Yale College, where he studied trumpet with

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Alan Dean and composition with Kathryn Alexander, John Halle and Matthew Suttor; his master’s degree from Indiana University, where he studied composition with Claude Baker and Sven-David Sandström, and his doctorate from Cornell University, where he studied composition with Steven Stucky, Roberto Sierra and Kevin Ernste. He was also a composition fellow at Tanglewood, Aspen and Aldeburgh, where he worked with John Harbison, Augusta Read Thomas, Bernard Rands, Michael Gandolfi, Oliver Knussen, Colin Matthews, Christopher Rouse and George Tsontakis. Since that time, Nathan has had commissions and performances from all across the United States, including the New York Philharmonic, The Boston Symphony Orchestra, The National Symphony Orchestra, Tanglewood Music Center, Aspen Music Festival, Boston Musica Viva and The New York Virtuoso Singers. He has also been composer-inresidence for the Chelsea Music Festival (New York) and Chamber Music Campania (Italy). Nathan has been honored with four ASCAP Morton Gould Awards, the ASCAP Rudolf Nissim Prize, the BMI William Schuman Prize, Aspen Music Festival’s Jacob Druckman Prize, a Charles Ives Scholarship from the

American Academy of Arts and Letters, a Leonard Bernstein Fellowship from the Tanglewood Music Center, a Rome Prize Fellowship and a Guggenheim Fellowship. He is currently the David S. Josephson Assistant Professor of Music in composition and theory at Brown University’s Department of Music. Richard Strauss Oboe Concerto in D Major Richard Strauss was born in Munich in 1864 and died in Garmisch, Germany, in 1948. He composed his Oboe Concerto in 1945 and revised the score in 1948. The work had its premiere in 1946 with Marcel Saillet, oboe, and the Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra under the direction of Volkmar Andreae. The score calls for solo oboe, 2 flutes, English horn, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns and strings. Those who only know Strauss via his dramatic tone poems and ultra-romantic

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operas are often surprised to learn that there is another side to this composer, one typified by—of all things!—restraint. As a young man, Strauss’s music showed the influence of his father, a virtuoso horn player with conservative tastes. Then, after a lifetime of such over-thetop musical extravaganzas as Ein Heldenleben and Salome, Strauss returned to composing absolute music—music for music’s sake, without a story to tell. After the Second World War, Strauss was visited often by a young American soldier stationed in Germany. His name was John de Lancie; before he was drafted he was the principal oboist of the Pittsburgh Symphony, and in a few years would become the principal oboist of the Philadelphia Orchestra. On one of his visits de Lancie suggested that Strauss compose an oboe concerto, to which the composer responded with a resounding “NO.” But later de Lancie learned that the idea had taken hold, and Strauss had indeed composed a concerto and inscribed the score with the words “Oboe Concerto 1945, suggested by an American soldier.” (Read more of this story on page 9.) And what to expect? Not what you might think. After all, a concerto is a concerto and Thus Spoke Zarathustra is—well, you know what it is. One doesn’t expect to become a superman in a concerto, even one from an ultraromantic. Actually, much of the Oboe Concerto doesn’t sound romantic at all: it is, rather, concise, elegant, witty— even Mozartean. Yes, Strauss takes the harmonies to places Mozart would never go, but that’s good. After a quirky start from the cellos, the oboist sets off on the longest melodic line you ever heard, one that seems to keep going right through to the end of the Finale. The concerto is a festival of non-stop lyricism, positively brimming with grace.

Johannes Brahms Serenade No. 1 in D Major, Op. 11 Johannes Brahms was born in Hamburg in 1833 and died in Vienna in 1897. He composed the first version of his Serenade No. 1 in 1858, expanding it for full orchestra the following year. This version was first performed in Hanover in 1860 under the direction of Joseph Joachim. The Serenade is scored for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani and strings. By 1858 Brahms had at last gotten over the death of his mentor and dear friend Robert Schumann. He had also just endured the stress and drama of his recent D-Minor Piano Concerto, a huge work that had no end of growing pains and was received poorly to boot. To Brahms it seemed time to compose gentle music once more: “I’m going to write love songs again,” he wrote, “to music itself.” The “serenade” as a musical form began as a love song. By Mozart’s time it had become a form of light instrumental music for evening performance in the open air. Mozart had given the form symphonic length and breadth, and Brahms took up the pen where Mozart had laid it down. Brahms first wrote this serenade for octet and heard it performed that way with a group of friends that included pianist Clara Schumann. She advised him to score the work for full orchestra, but Brahms wasn’t sure. When the great violinist Joseph Joachim heard the work he suggested that Brahms increase the

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forces to chamber-orchestra size. This he did, adding two new movements in the bargain. Ultimately he concluded that Clara had been right all along and recast the work for a full, classical-sized orchestra. The two earlier versions have since been lost. You can tell from the first notes of the opening movement that Brahms’ “love song to music” is going to be a delight. A peasant-style drone leads us to an equally simple melody full of joyous exuberance. The second theme is suavely affectionate, and Brahms keeps his development on the lighter side of neutral, too. The second movement is the first of two scherzos. Brahms defies expectations; typically a composer would insert a contrasting section by making it smooth and quiet rather than chunky and loud. The Adagio is expansive, serene, lovely and loving. Note how the winds carry on most of the music’s discourse, with the strings in support. Brahms must have grinned to himself when he titled the next movement Menuetto I & II. The dance form is strictly adhered to, but these are

not your standard powdered-wig-andfrilly-collar minuets. The second scherzo is the very antithesis of the first, with horns ablaze, while the Rondo’s jaunty main theme and delightfully contrasting episodes have just the right amount of weight. In all, those who have succumbed to the notion that Brahms is a composer of only deeply serious music to bear will find a most powerful antidote in this splendid music. —Mark Rohr Questions or comments? markrohrprogramnotes@gmail.com

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Teddy Abrams, Music Director Bob Bernhardt, Principal Pops Conductor

POPS SERIES Saturday, November 24, 2018 • 8 p.m. The Kentucky Center • Whitney Hall

Home for the Holidays Bob Bernhardt, conductor • Lakisha Jones, vocalist Louisville Youth Choir, Terri Foster, Artistic/Executive Director

Program Leroy Anderson Christmas Festival Alan Silvestri “Spirit of the Season” from The Polar Express Louisville Youth Choir John Rutter Star Carol Louisville Youth Choir Pytor Ilich Tchaikovsky Three Selections from The Nutcracker Trepak; Dance of the Mirlitons; Final Waltz Buddy Greene/Mark Lowry Mary Did You Know? LaKisha Jones, vocalist Richard Rodgers/ My Favorite Things Oscar Hammerstein LaKisha Jones, vocalist Adolphe Adam O Holy Night LaKisha Jones, vocalist John Williams “Star of Bethlehem” from Home Alone “Merry Christmas! Merry Christmas!” from Home Alone Louisville Youth Choir Intermission Leroy Anderson Sleigh Ride Bruce Healey Three Chanukah Songs Louisville Youth Choir John Rutter Shepherd’s Pipe Carol Louisville Youth Choir Émile Waldteufel Skater’s Waltz Charlie Smalls “Home” from The Wiz LaKisha Jones, vocalist Mariah Carey All I Want for Christmas Is You LaKisha Jones, vocalist Franz X. Gruber Silent Night (Mannheim Steamroller) Arr. Chip Davis + Calvin Custer Dimitri Tiomkin Suite from It’s a Wonderful Life John Finnegan Christmas Singalong

Support for this concert provided by King Southern Bank.

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Lakisha Jones Best known to millions of TV viewers as a topfour finalist during the 2007 season of American Idol, LaKisha Jones is reclaiming center stage in music, theatre and television. Her most recent album, So Glad I’m Me, was full of Ms. Jones’ expressive, fullbodied and arresting vocals, the same voice that electrified American Idol viewers with the Dreamgirls showstopper “And I Am Telling You” and in Oprah Winfrey’s Tony Award-winning Broadway musical, The Color Purple. Having worked with hit-making songwriters and producers including Tony Nicholas (Patti LaBelle, Luther Vandross), Ro & Sauce (Brandy, Ne-Yo) and Greg Curtis (Keyshia Cole, Yolanda Adams), Ms. Jones’ album featured a spirited mix of R&B and soul. A few noteworthy songs included the single Same Song, penned by award-winning songwriter Dianne Warren, Whitney Houston’s You Give Good Love, the gospel song Just As I Am, and Jones’ soaring ballad to her daughter, Beautiful Girl. Her drive and motivation date back to her childhood in Flint, Michigan. Her mother and grandmother exposed Jones to music by legendary singers such as Whitney Houston, Aretha Franklin and Patti LaBelle, with her grandmother urging the young girl to “let your voice shine,” thereby prompting Jones to sing in church choirs and music programs. Joining various chorale groups and a cappella choruses throughout high school, Ms. Jones entered and won the top prize at Flint’s local talent contest, “The Super Show,” in 1997. 20

A two-year stint studying vocal performance at the University of Michigan left the high school graduate craving to sing more than hit the books. She relocated to various cities (Dallas, Houston and Virginia Beach) to pursue her dream as a singer. She auditioned for American Idol in 2003 but didn’t make the cut. Ms. Jones drove to New York to audition again for Idol and made it to the 2007 season, where she became the fourth finalist. She segued from Idol to the Broadway stage for The Color Purple, where she played two roles: that of a “church lady” and of the pivotal character “Sophia.” The latter role she alternated with R&B icon Chaka Khan, who became her mentor. Ms. Jones participated in Khan’s 35th Anniversary Tour. Following her Broadway stint, Ms. Jones provided vocal coaching on MTV’s reality competition Legally Blonde: The Search for Elle Woods, a show designed to find and hone Broadway’s next star. A frequent soloist with symphonies around the world, Ms. Jones has performed as a guest soloist with the National Symphony, San Diego Symphony, Utah Symphony and Opera, Winnipeg Symphony, Evansville Philharmonic, Jacksonville Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra, Utah Symphony and Opera, Colorado Symphony, Windham Chamber Singers, Grand Rapids Symphony, Vancouver Symphony, Calgary Symphony, Battle Creek Symphony and Reno Philharmonic. Upcoming engagements include Houston Symphony, Phoenix Symphony, Oregon Symphony, Long Bay Symphony and the Festival Cesky Krumlov in the Czech Republic.

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LOUISVILLE ORCHESTRA 2018–19 BOARD OF DIRECTORS Mr. John P. Malloy, President † Mr. James S. Welch, Jr., Immediate Past President † The Honorable Jerry Abramson Mrs. Carole Birkhead ∞ Mrs. Christina Brown Ms. Staci Campton Mr. Steve Causey Mr. Christopher Coffman Dr. Christopher Doane Mrs. Jana C. Dowds Dr. Steven Epstein Mr. Andrew Fleischman † Mrs. Kendra Foster † Mrs. Ritu Furlan † Mr. Bert Griffin Mrs. Paula Harshaw

Mrs. Carol Hebel † ∞ Ms. Wendy Hyland Mrs. Ingrid Johnson Mr. Scott Justice Mr. Brian Kane Dr. Virginia Keeney ∞ Mr. Lee Kirkwood Mr. Don Kohler, Jr. Mrs. Bella Portaro-Kueber Mrs. Karen Lawrence Ms. Clara Markham Mr. Guy Montgomery Mrs. Mona Newell † Ms. Donna Parkes Mr. Timothy L. Peace † Mr. Alex Rorke Mr. R. Ryan Rogers

Mr. Bruce J. Roth † Mrs. Medora Safai Mr. Kenneth Sales Mrs. Denise Schiller Mrs. Winona Shiprek † Mr. Gary Sloboda Mr. William Summers, V Mrs. Kim Tichenor † Mrs. Susan Von Hoven † Mrs. Mary Ellen Wiederwohl † Mr. Robert H. Wimsatt * denotes Ex-Officio ∞denotes Life Member †denotes Executive Committee

ASSOCIATION OF THE LOUISVILLE ORCHESTRA, INC. Mona Newell, President Pat Galla, Past-President Marguerite Rowland, Vice President Membership Liz Rorke, Vice President Education

Executive Officers Winona Shiprek, Anne Tipton, Paula Harshaw, co-chairs—Vice President Hospitality Randi Austin, Vice President Communications

Board of Carol Hebel Deanna Heleringer Sara Huggins Peg Irvin Jeanne James

Rita Bell June Allen Creek Helen Davis Janet Falk Margie Harbst

Michele Oberst, Vice-President Ways & Means Carolyn Marlowe, Recording Secretary Sue Bench, Corresponding Secretary Ann Decker, Treasurer

Directors Madeline Ledbetter Marcia Murphy Nancy Naxera Dottie Nix Ruth Scully

Mollie Smith Suzanne Spencer Harriet Treitz Carol Whayne Suzanne Whayne

UpTempo Steering Committee Staci Campton, President Colin Blake, Past-President Derek Miles, Treasurer Frank Austin, Secretary

Kathleen Elliot Brian Goodwin Nathaniel Gravely Ben Moore

Jonathan Mueller Michael Oldiges Colin Triplett Evan Vicic

LOUISVILLE ORCHESTRA STAFF Ken Johnson, Interim Executive Director Carla Givan Motes, Director of Patron Services & Ticket Operations Adrienne Hinkebein, Interim General Manager Tonya McSorley, Chief Financial Officer Edward W. Schadt, Interim Director of Development Michelle Winters, Director of Marketing and Public Relations Laura Atkinson, Assistant Personnel Manager Alissa Brody, Assistant to the Music Director McKayla Chandler, Development Coordinator Jake Cunningham, Operations Manager Kim Davidson, Receptionist/ Accounts Payable Clerk Nathaniel Koch, Executive Assistant Taylor Morgan, Development Associate Joshua Nicholson, Graphic Design Manager 22

Heather O’Mara, Marketing and PR Manager Angela Pike, Receptionist Bill Polk, Stage Manager Cheri Reinbold, Staff Accountant Jenny Seigle Baughman, Education Coordinator Chris Skyles, Librarian Shane Wood, Patron Services Coordinator CaSandra Zabenco, Controller

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supporting Sponsors Conductors society (Founder) ($250,000+)

Conductors society (sustainer) ($100,000–$249,999)

Conductors society (virtuoso) ($50,000–$74,999)

Conductors society (Benefactor) ($25,000–$49,999)

Conductors society (sponsor) ($5,000–$24,999) THE LEADER IN BUSINESS BANKING

In-kind sponsors Axxis Bandy Carroll Hellige Colonial Designs of St. Matthews Courier-Journal

Gist Piano Center The Piano Shop Heine Brothers Coffee Strothman & Company PSC The Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts Vincenzo’s Louisville Public Media Vintage Printing O’Neil Arnold Photography WHAS Phoenix Lighting A U D I E N C E

Louisville Orchestra Contributors Annual gifts to the Louisville Orchestra provide funding that is critical to the success of our mission in bringing diverse programming and educational opportunities to our community. Your support of the Louisville Orchestra demonstrates a commitment to a tradition of live orchestral music with a passionate dedication to artistic excellence. The Louisville Orchestra gratefully acknowledges the following donors of record for the period June 1, 2017, through September 30, 2018. For further information on how you can support the Louisville Orchestra, please contact Edward W. Schadt, Interim Director of Development, at 502-648-4844 or eschadt@louisvilleorchestra.org. Conductors Society (Founder) $250,000+ Mrs. Christina L. Brown Fund for the Arts Anonymous Conductors Society (Sustainer) $100,000 - $249,999 Association of the Louisville Orchestra Mr. Owsley Brown III Mr. and Mrs. David A. Jones, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Brook Smith Mr. and Mrs. James S. Welch, Jr. William M. Wood Foundation Conductors Society $75,000 - $99,999 Mr. and Mrs. William C. Ballard, Jr. Conductors Society (Virtuoso) $50,000 - $74,999 Anonymous (1) Mr. and Mrs. George S. Gibbs III Mr. and Mrs. Frank Harshaw Hearst Foundation Jefferson County Public Schools Jefferson County Public Schools Foundation Mr. and Mrs. William Yarmuth Conductors Society (Benefactor) $25,000 - $49,999 Ambassador Matthew Barzun and Brooke Brown Barzun Ms. Cary Brown and Dr. Steven Epstein Mr. Steven Wilson and Ms. Laura Lee Brown Maxine and Stuart Frankel Foundation Gill and Augusta Holland Dr. and Mrs. John Johnson Mr. Brian Kane Kentucky Arts Council Mr. Warrick Dudley Musson Louisville Metro Government Vivia Ruth Sawyer and Thomas Turley Noland, Jr. Mr. â&#x20AC; and Mrs. William M. Street Conductors Society (Sponsor) $10,000 - $24,999 Mrs. Edith S. Bingham Mrs. Ina Brown Bond Mr. and Mrs. David C. Daulton Mr. and Mrs. Paul Diaz Jana and John Dowds Ms. Kendra D. Foster and Mr. Turney Berry Mrs. Ritu Furlan Gheens Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Joost Grubben Mrs. Spencer E. Harper, Jr Jay and Louise Harris Mr. and Mrs. James E. Haynes Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Hebel, Jr. The Humana Foundation Mr. David A. Jones, Jr. and Ms. Mary Gwen Wheeler Jean M. and Kenneth S. Johnson Dr. Virginia Keeney Mr. and Mrs. Lee Kirkwood Mr. and Mrs. Donald F. Kohler, Jr. Ms. Nana Lampton Mr. and Mrs. Lee Leet Mrs. Sheila G. Lynch Mr. and Mrs. John P. Malloy

Mr. and Mrs. Guy Montgomery Mr. and Mrs. John Moore National Endowment for the Arts Norton Foundation Mr. Joseph A. Paradis III Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Rorke Mr. and Mrs. Bruce J. Roth Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Rounsavall III Mr. Kenneth L. Sales Mrs. Denise C. Schiller Rev. Alfred R. Shands III Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Shiprek Paul and Missy Varga Mr. and Mrs. Greg Weishar Mrs. Jane Feltus Welch Mr. and Mrs. Orme Wilson Mr. and Dr. Robert Wimsatt Dr. and Mrs. Richard Wolf

Mr. and Mrs. Norman E. Pfau, Jr. Mr. Stephen Reily and Ms. Emily Bingham Rev. Edward W. Schadt Mr. and Mrs. Gary Sloboda Dr. Gordon Strauss and Dr. Catherine Newton Dr. and Mrs. James Sublett Dr. and Mrs. Peter Tanguay Mr. and Mrs. James R. Voyles Mrs. Carolyn Marlowe Waddell Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Wardell Miss Maud Welch Ms. Mary Ellen Weiderwohl and Mr. Joel Morris

Prelude $1,500 - $2,999 Mr. Teddy Abrams Hon. and Mrs. Jerry E. Abramson Mr. and Mrs. John F. Cunningham William E. Barth Foundation Ms. Lynne Bauer Conductors Society (Patron) Mrs. and Mr. Wendell Berry $5,000 - $9,999 Dr. Stephen and Jeannie Bodney Anonymous (2) Mr. and Mrs. John T. Bondurant Mr. and Mrs. Steve Bailey Mr. William F. Burbank Mrs. Gladys Bass Mr. and Mrs. William P. Carrell Dr. and Mrs. David P. Bell Mrs. Evelyn T. Cohn Bob and Nora Bernhardt Mr. John B. Corso Dr. and Mrs. Paul Brink Mr. and Mrs. John F. Cunningham Mr. Garvin Brown Ms. Gayle A. DeMersseman Mrs. Sally V. W. Campbell Ms. Judy Dickson The Cralle Foundation, Inc. Dr. and Mrs. Christopher Doane Mr. and Mrs. Roger Cude Mr. Daniel L. Dues Mrs. Elizabeth Davis Mr. Edward and Mrs. Shirley Dumesnil Dr. and Mrs. Charles E. Dobbs Mr. and Mrs. William L. Ellison, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Dunham Dr. Vilma Fabre Irvin F. and Alice S. Estcorn Foundation The Jane Flener Fund Mr. and Mrs. George E. Fischer Dr. and Mrs. Eugene Fletcher Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Fleischman Forecastle Foundation, Inc. Mrs. Thelma Gault Randall L. and Virginia I. Fox Mr. and Mrs. John S. Greenebaum David and Regina Fry Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Hamel Ms. Mary Louise Gorman The Wood and Marie Hannah Foundation Mr. Bert Greenwell Horseshoe Foundation of Floyd County Habdank Foundation Ms. Wendy Hyland Ms. June Hampe Klein Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Ken Handmaker Mr. and Mrs. Bill Lamb Mr. John Huber Kenneth and Kathleen Loomis David Sickbert and Thomas Hurd Mr. W. Bruce Lunsford Doug and Jill Keeney Mr. and Mrs. Herbert S. Melton III Mr. and Mrs. Louis F. Korb Mr. David E. Mueller Thomas and Judith Lawson Mr. and Mrs. Ronald J. Murphy Mr. Thomas Lewis Mr. and Mrs. Kent Oyler Drs. Eugene and Lynn Gant March Beulah and Kenneth Rogers Mr. and Mrs. James B. McArthur Mr. and Mrs. Gary M. Russell Dr. and Mrs. Ronald Morton Ms. Helga Schutte Dr. Alton E. Neurath, Jr. Arthur K. Smith Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Dominick Pagano Woodrow M. and Florence G. Strickler Fund Mr. and Mrs. Tim Peace Mr. and Mrs. Michael Von Hoven Mrs. William P. Peak Dr. Carmel Person Conductors Society Ms. Marla Pinaire $3,000 - $4,999 Mr. Stephen P. Campbell and Dr. Heather McHold Mr. and Mrs. Fred Pirman Dr. and Mrs. Timothy B. Popham Mr. Christopher Coffman Mr. and Mrs. John Potter Rev. John G. Eifler Mr. and Mrs. Gordon J. Rademaker Mr. and Mrs. Donald Finney Mr. Clifford Rompf Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Foshee Mr. Karl P. Roth Mr. and Mrs. Vincenzo Gabriele Louis T. Roth Foundation, Inc. The Gilbert Foundation Ms. Marianne Rowe Mr. and Mrs. Owen C. Hardy Mr. and Mrs. Russell Saunders Mildred V Horn Foundation Ms. Jan Scholtz Mr. and Mrs. Allan Latts Mr. and Mrs. Julian Shapero Mr. and Mrs. Colin McNaughton Ms. Susan W. Smith Dr. and Mrs. David H. Neustadt

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Dr. Anna Staudt Mr. Brandon Sutton Ms. Ann Thomas Dr. Juan Villafane Mr. Richard Wolf Dr. and Mrs. Nathan Zimmerman Mr. and Mrs. Rick Zoeller Sonata $500 - $1,499 Anonymous (1) Mr. and Mrs. William M. Altman David and Madeleine Arnold Dr. Claire Badaracco Ms. Stephanie Barter Mr. and Mrs. Mike Bauer Mrs. Mary J. Beale Rev. and Mrs. Harlan Beckemeyer Mr. Hans Bensinger Eunice F. Blocker Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence H. Boram Mr. and Mrs. Erle B. Boyer Mr. and Mrs. Hewett Brown Mr. and Mrs. Gary Buhrow Mr. William Carroll Mr. and Mrs. George F. Coleman Mr. David and Mrs. Cynthia Collier Ms. Rhonda L. Collins Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Conklin June Allen Creek Mrs. Janet R. Dakan Ms. Marguerite Davis Ms. Carol W. Dennes Dr. and Mrs. John W. Derr Mr. and Mrs. James Doyle Ms. Susan Ellison Ms. Nancy Fleischman The Gardner Foundation, Inc. Dr. Karen Abrams and Dr. Jeffrey Glazer Mr. Joseph Glerum Mr. and Mrs. Laman Gray Mr. and Mrs. John R. Gregory Mrs. Mary C. Hancock Michael R. and Martha Hardesty Mrs. Barbara B. Hardy Dr. Frederick K. Hilton Mrs. Maria Hardy-Webb Jacktivist Mark and Amy Johnson Mr. Alec Johnson Dr. and Mrs. David Karp Mr. and Mrs. William Kissel Mr. & Mrs. Gary Knupp Dr. and Mrs. Forrest Kuhn Mr. and Mrs. Karl D. Kuiper Ms. Lorna Larson Mr. and Mrs. David J. Leibson Dr. Leonard Leight Cantor David Lipp and Rabbi Laura Metzger Eileene J. MacFalls Ms. Stephanie Massler Dr. Roy Meckler and Mrs. Lynn C. Meckler Mr. Robert Michael Mr. and Mrs. Steve Miller Dr. Ian and Stephanie Mutchnick Ms. Linda B. Neely Mr. and Mrs. John Newell Dr. Charles R. Oberst Dr. and Mrs. Lynn L. Ogden Ms. Karen O’Leary Dr. Naomi J. Oliphant Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Olliges, Jr. Ms. Kathleen Pellegrino Mr. Charles F. Pye Mr. Douglas Rich Mr. Steve Robinson Mr. David C. Scott Mrs. Lesa Seibert Max and Ellen Shapira Mr. Ozair Shariff Dr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Slavin Mr. Larry Sloan

Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Smith Mrs. Carole Snyder Mr. Sheryl G. Snyder and Ms. Jessica Loving Mr. and Mrs. David Sourwine Mr. and Mrs. Robert Steen Mr. Richard Stephan Mrs. Donna M. Stewart Dr. and Mrs. T. Bodley Stites Mrs. Mary Stites Mary and John Tierney Mrs. Rose Mary Rommell Toebbe Mr. and Mrs. Bryan and Ruth Trautwein Mr. and Mrs. James Valdes Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Vaughan Mr. and Mrs. Stephen F. Wheeler Mr. and Mrs. James I. Wimsatt Mr. Jonathan Wolff Mr. and Mrs. Paul Zurkuhlen Duet $250 - $499 Anonymous (2) Robert and Judith Ayotte Mr. and Mrs. James Baribeau Mr. David B. Baughman Mr. and Mrs. Donald Baxter Mr. and Mrs. William D. Beaven Mr. Bruce Blue John and JoElle Bollman Ms. Cornelia Bonnie Mrs. Elaine B. Bornstein Mr. Samuel G Bridge Mr. and Mrs. Jay Brodsky Ms. Carolyn S. Browning Dr. Bruce Burton Ms. Rebecca Bruner Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey P. Callen Will and Kathy Cary The Caroline Christian Foundation Mrs. Helen K. Cohen Mr. and Mrs. Arthur O. Cromer Ms. Betsey Daniel Ms. Micah Daniels Kate and Mark Davis Mrs. Pat Dereamer Mr. Leonidas D. Deters Mr. and Mrs. Robert Duffy Ms. Deborah A. Dunn Pat Durham Builder, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Eric V. Esteran Dr. Walter Feibes Dr. Marjorie Fitzgerald Leslie and Greg Fowler Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Gettleman Mrs. Gila Glattstein Mr. and Mrs. Edward Goldstein Dr. and Mrs. Richard L. Goldwin Dr. Muriel Handmaker Mr. John D. Harryman Mr. Carl Helmich Chris and Marcia Hermann Mr. Lawrence Herzog Dr. and Mrs. Jonathan Hodes Mr. Richard Humke Dr. and Mrs. Robert H. Hunter II Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Iler Mr. Mike Kallay Mrs. Annora Karr Ms. Jan S. Karzen Mr. Warren Keller Ms. Stephanie Kelly Mr. and Mrs. William P. Kelly III Marjorie and Robert Kohn Ms. Laura Larcara Dr. and Mrs. Robert G. Lawrence Mr. and Mrs. Thad Luther Mr. Joseph Lyons Mr. Albert Lyons Ms. Anne Maple Joan McCombs Mr. William Mitchell Mrs. Biljana N. Monsky

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Ms. June E. Morris Barry and Carla Givan Motes Michael B. Mountjoy Marti and Hubert Mountz Ms. Mary Margaret Mulvihill Ms. Joan Musselman Betsy L. Owen-Nutt Ms. Joan Pike Dr. and Mr. Dwight Pridham Psi Iota Xi Sorority, Alpha Pi Chapter Mr. Mitchell Rapp Mr. John S. Reed II Dr. John Roberts and Dr. Janet Smith Mr. John Robinson Mr. Ryan Rogers Mrs. Vicki Romanko Rev. James Rucker Mrs. Barbara Sandford Mr. Kenichi Sato Susan G. Zepeda and Dr. Fred Seifer Ms. Louise B. Seiler Dr. and Mrs. Saleem Seyal Mr. Joseph Small Mr. and Mrs. John L. Smart Jr. Vernon M. and Peggy T. Smith Mr. William Smith Mr. Robert Steiner, M.D. Constance Story and Larry G. Pierce Ms. Anita and Ms. Rosalind Streeter Dr. and Mrs. Gerald F. Sturgeon Linda Shapiro and Bob Taylor Anna Laura and Thomas Trimbur Mr. and Mrs. Terry Waddle Mr. and Mrs. William J. Walsh III Mr. Dennis Walsh Dr. Will W. Ward Natalie S. Watson Mr. and Mrs. William W. Weber Anita and Shelton Weber Mr. Robert Weekly Mrs. Joan T. Whittenberg Mr. and Mrs. Raleigh K. Wilson Mr. George Wombwell Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wood Dr. John C. Wright and Dr. Kay Roberts Mr. JD York Mr. Gene Zipperle Robert S. Whitney Society Members of The Robert S. Whitney Society are Individuals who have generously made estate plans for the Louisville Orchestra. For more information on ways to join the Whitney Society, please contact Edward W. Schadt, Interim Director of Development at 502-585-9413 or ESchadt@LouisvilleOrchestra.org Ms. Doris L. Anderson Mr. and Mrs. Gary Buhrow Mr. Douglas Butler and Ms. Jamey Jarboe Mr.† and Mrs. Stanley L. Crump Mrs. Janet R. Dakan Anita Ades Goldin Jay and Louise Harris Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Hebel, Jr. Dr. Carl E. Langenhop Mrs. Philip Lanier Mr. and Mrs.† Warwick Dudley Musson Dr. Naomi Oliphant Mr. Paul R. Paletti, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Gary M. Russell Rev. Edward W. Schadt Rev. Gordon A. and Carolyn Seiffertt Dr. Peter Tanguay and Margaret Fife Tanguay Rose Mary Rommell Toebbe Dr. and Mrs. Richard S. Wolf Anonymous †Denotes deceased

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Courtesy • As a courtesy to the performers and other audience members, please turn off all audible message systems. Those who expect emergency calls, please check your beepers at the main lobby coat check and report your seat location to the attendant. • The emergency phone number to leave with babysitters or message centers is (502) 562-0128. Be sure to leave your theater and seat number for easy location. • Binoculars are now for rent in the lobby for select performances. Rental is $5 per binocular. An ID must be left as a deposit. • Cameras and recording devices are not allowed in the theaters. • Latecomers will be seated at appropriate breaks in the program, as established by each performing group. Please be considerate of your fellow audience members during performances. Please remain seated after the performance until the lights are brought up. • Children should be able to sit in a seat quietly throughout the performance. • To properly enforce fire codes, everyone attending an event, regardless of age, must have a ticket. Accessibility Wheelchair accessible seating at The Kentucky Center is available on every seating and parking level, as well as ticket counters and personal conveniences at appropriate heights. Infrared hearing devices are available to provide hearing amplification for patrons with hearing disabilities in all spaces of The Kentucky Center and Brown Theatre, including meeting spaces. Audio Description is available for selected performances for patrons who are blind or have low vision. Caption Theater is available for selected performances as a service for patrons who are deaf or hard of hearing. Please make reservations for services at the time you purchase your ticket through the Box Office to ensure the best seating location for the service requested. Call (502) 566-5111 (V), (502) 566-5140 (TTY) or email access@kentuckycenter.org for more information about the range of accessibility options we offer, or to receive this information in an alternate format.

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