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RACH & BARTÓK

MAR 31 - APR 1

THE TEXAS TENORS APR 7

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DECADES: BACK TO THE 80'S

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The Kentucky Center (Whitney Hall, Bomhard Theater, Clark-Todd Hall, MeX Theater) 501 West Main Street; Brown Theatre, 315 W. Broadway; and Old Forester’s Paristown Hall, 724 Brent Street. Tickets: Louisville Orchestra Patron Services, 502.587.8681 or LouisvilleOrchestra.org.

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MESSAGE FROM THE LOUISVILLE ORCHESTRA

Dear Friends of the Louisville Orchestra,

Welcome to another incredible performance from Your Louisville Orchestra. Supporting the arts, and in particular, local arts, is so crucial in today’s world and we are grateful you have chosen to be here tonight to participate in the powerful experience shared between musicians and audiences.

The Louisville Orchestra has several amazing shows lined up for you over the next few weeks. Or perhaps tubular would be a better word to describe them? First up, we’re going to head back to the 80s, with our Principal Pops conductor, Bob Bernhardt, as our guide on this “excellent adventure” through the hits of one of the most unique decades in our musical history. From Madonna to Huey Lewis, we’ve got all your favorites and we hope to see you cut loose (Footloose) right here in Whitney Hall.

Then we’ll go from rock to Rach as we continue with our Classics series. This month we are thrilled to welcome the dynamic Christian Reif to the podium to lead the orchestra in Rachmaninoff’s expressive Third Symphony and music by Serbian composer Isidora Žebeljan. We are also excited to feature the vibrant musicianship of award-winning violinist Alexi Kenney, whose performances have been described as “spellbinding,” “inspired,” and “enthralling,” on Bartok’s Second Violin Concerto.

Finally, the Emmy award-winning Texas Tenors will bring a little bit of the Lone Star State to the Bluegrass State. This electrifying trio, known for their appearance on America’s Got Talent, promises a unique performance that spans, crosses, and blends the genres of country, classical, and opera. Our 22-23 Pops season will come to a close with this concert, and we thank Maestro Bob Bernhardt for another year of entertaining shows, unforgettable music, and of course, plenty of laughs.

It's an unprecedented time for The Louisville Orchestra, thanks to the amazing efforts of Music Director Teddy Abrams, Pops Conductor Bob Bernhardt, our incredible staff, and our amazing network of supporters like you. But the spotlight truly belongs to the outstanding musicians on stage before you, who work tirelessly, joyfully, and masterfully to bring you musical performances that simply can’t be missed. Please be sure to join us again soon, and often.

But now, it’s time to sing a song with the Piano Man, call up the Material Girl, take a ride with the Rocket Man, and buckle up in your Delorian. Because, friends: “where we’re going, we don’t need roads!”

We just need great music and great people like you to share it with.

With all best wishes,

Adam W. Thomas Interim Director of Operations

TEDDY ABRAMS, MUSIC DIRECTOR

Named Musical America’s 2022 Conductor of the Year, Teddy Abrams is the widely acclaimed Music Director of the Louisville Orchestra. In his ninth season as Music Director, Abrams launches the Orchestra’s groundbreaking Creators Corps – a fully funded residency for three composers – and the Orchestra goes on tour across Kentucky in a first-ofits-kind multiyear funding commitment from the Kentucky State Legislature.

Abrams’s rap-opera, The Greatest: Muhammad Ali, premiered in 2017, celebrating Louisville’s hometown hero with an all-star cast that included Rhiannon Giddens and Jubilant Sykes, as well as Jecorey “1200” Arthur, with whom he started the Louisville Orchestra Rap School. Abrams’s work with the Louisville Orchestra has been profiled on CBS Sunday Morning, NPR, The Wall Street Journal, PBS’ Articulate, and PBS NewsHour.

Highlights of the 2022-2023 season include guest conducting engagements with the Cincinnati, Kansas City, Utah, Colorado, and Pacific Symphonies, a return to conduct the Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg, and his debut with the Tiroler Symphonieorchester Innsbruck.

Abrams has been Music Director and Conductor of the Britt Festival Orchestra since 2013, where, in addition to an annual three-week festival of concerts, he has taken the orchestra across the region in the creation of new work –

including Michael Gordon’s Natural History, which was premiered on the edge of Crater Lake National Park in partnership with the National Parks Service, and was the subject of the PBS documentary Symphony for Nature; and Pulitzer Prize-winning-composer Caroline Shaw’s Brush, an experiential work written to be performed in Summer 2021 on the Jacksonville Woodlands Trail system.

Abrams recently collaborated with Jim James, vocalist and guitarist for My Morning Jacket, on the song cycle The Order of Nature, which they premiered with the Louisville Orchestra in 2018 and recorded on Decca Gold. They performed the work with the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center in 2019. In addition to The Order of Nature, Teddy and the Louisville Orchestra recorded All In in 2017 with vocalist Storm Large. Most recently, he released Space Variations, a collection of three new compositions for Universal Music Group’s 2022 World Sleep Day.

As a guest conductor, Abrams has worked with such distinguished ensembles as the Los Angeles Philharmonic; Chicago, San Francisco, National, Houston, Pacific, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Vancouver, Colorado, Utah, and Phoenix Symphonies; Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; and the Sarasota and Florida Orchestras. Internationally, he has worked with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg, and the Malaysian Philharmonic. 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.

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BOB BERNHARDT, PRINCIPAL POPS CONDUCTOR

Bob Bernhardt has been a beloved figure in the artistic fabric of our city for a long time. Starting in 1981 as Assistant Conductor, then as Associate Conductor at the LO, then as Principal Guest Conductor of Kentucky Opera, and now in his 25th season as Principal Pops Conductor, he continues to bring his unique combination of easy style, infectious enthusiasm, and wonderful musicianship to the city and orchestra he loves.

Bernhardt is concurrently in his eighth season as Principal Pops Conductor of the Grand Rapids Symphony in Michigan, and Principal Pops Conductor and Music Director Emeritus of the Chattanooga Symphony and Opera, where he previously spent 19 seasons as Music Director, and is now in his 30th year with the company.

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, Bob has made his conducting debut 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 continues a 15-year relationship with the Edmonton Symphony, conducting

there several times each season, and as Festival Conductor for its 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 St. Louis, Vail, Boston, Nashville, Detroit, Edmonton, Florida, Grand Rapids, Las Vegas, Baltimore, Santa Barbara, Portland (ME), Louisiana, and Rochester, and led performances by the Utah Symphony, Portland Symphony (OR), Calgary Philharmonic, and the National Arts Centre Orchestra in Ottawa.

His professional opera career began with the Birmingham Civic Opera in 1979, two years before he joined the Louisville Orchestra. He worked with Kentucky Opera for 18 consecutive seasons, and with his own company in Chattanooga, also for 18 seasons, where 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 captain of the soccer team, and an Academic All-American baseball player. (While not all the research is in, Bernhardt believes 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 children, Alex and Charlotte, live in the Seattle area. He and his wife, Nora, live in Signal Mountain, Tennessee.

THE LOUISVILLE ORCHESTRA, 2022-2023

Teddy Abrams, Music Director

Bob Bernhardt, Principal Pops Conductor

Graham Parker, Chief Executive

FIRST VIOLIN

Gabriel Lefkowitz, Concertmaster

Julia Noone, Associate Concertmaster

James McFaddenTalbot, Assistant Concertmaster

Mrs. John H. Clay Chair

Katheryn S. Ohkubo

Stephen Taylor

Scott Staidle

Nancy Staidle

Heather Thomas

Patricia Fong-Edwards

Dillon Welch

SECOND VIOLIN

Natsuko Takashima, Interim Principal

LG&E-KU Foundation Chair

Kimberly Tichenor, Assistant Principal

Christopher Robinson, Interim

Mary Catherine Klan Chair

Andrea Daigle

Cynthia Burton

Charles Brestel

Open

Judy Pease Wilson

Blaise Poth

VIOLA

Jack Griffin, Principal

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

Jim and Marianne Welch Chair

Lillian Pettitt, Assistant Principal

Carole C. Birkhead

Chair, Endowed by Dr. Ben M. Birkhead

Cecilia Huerta-Lauf, Interim

Christina Hinton*

James B. Smith Chair

Endowed by Susannah S. Onwood

Allison Olsen

Lindy Tsai

Alan Ohkubo, Interim

BASS

Brian Thacker, Interim Principal

Vincent Luciano, Assistant Principal

Robert Docs

Karl Olsen

Jarrett Fankhauser

Chair, Endowed by the Paul Ogle Foundation

Michael Chmilewski

FLUTE

Kathleen Karr, Principal Elaine Klein Chair

Jake Chabot Open

PICCOLO

Open

Alvis R. Hambrick Chair

OBOE

Alexandr Vvedenskiy, Principal

Betty Arrasmith

Chair, Endowed by the Association of the Louisville Orchestra

Trevor Johnson*, Assistant Principal

Jennifer Potochnic ‡

ENGLISH HORN

Trevor Johnson*

Philip M. Lanier Chair

CLARINET

Andrea Levine, Principal Brown-Forman Corp. Chair

Robert Walker

Kate H. and Julian P.

Van Winkle Jr. Chair

Ernest Gross

BASS CLARINET

Ernest Gross

BASSOON

Matthew Karr, Principal

Paul D. McDowell Chair

Francisco Joubert

Bernard

HORN

Jon Gustely, Principal

Edith S. & Barry Bingham

Jr. Chair

Diana Wade Morgen

Gary † and Sue Russell Chair

Scott Leger, Assistant Principal/Third Horn

Stephen Causey

TRUMPET

Alexander Schwarz, Principal

Leon Rapier Chair, Endowed by the Musicians of the Louisville Orchestra

Noah Dugan

James Recktenwald

TROMBONE

James Seymour, Interim Principal

Brett Shuster ‡

BASS TROMBONE

J. Bryan Heath

TUBA

Andrew Doub, Principal

TIMPANI

Open, Principal

Mr. and Mrs.† Warwick

Dudley Musson Principal

Timpani Chair

Michael Launius ‡

PERCUSSION

John Pedroja, Principal

HARP

Rachel Miller, Interim Principal

* On leave

‡ Denotes Auxiliary Musician

† Deceased

POPS SERIES

March 18

Back to the 80’s

April 7

The Texas Tenors

CLASSICS SERIES

April 1

Rach & Bartók

May 13 From Silence to Splendor

COFFEE SERIES

May 12 From Silence to Splendor

FAMILY SERIES

March 26

Cultures Crossing

NIGHTLITES AT THE OGLE

March 31

Rach & Bartók

FILM CONCERT SERIES

April 21

Harry Potter in Concert

The Order of the Phoenix

Teddy Abrams, Music Director

Bob Bernhardt, Principal Pops Conductor

Graham Parker, Chief Executive

POPS SERIES

DECADES: BACK TO THE 80’S

Saturday, March 18, 2023 • 7:30PM

The Kentucky Center, Whitney Hall

Bob Bernhardt, conductor | Jeff Tyzik, orchestral arrangements

Paul Loren, vocals • Brie Cassil, vocals • Colin Smith, vocals

Jacob Navarro, drums • Shubh Saran, guitar

LEWIS/HAYES/COLLA The Power of Love

HALL/ALLEN Kiss on My List

DeSHANNON/WEISS Bette Davis Eyes

PAGE/TAUPIN These Dreams

NITZSCHE/SAINT-MARIE/JENNINGS Up Where We Belong

LENNOX/STEWART Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)

Billy JOEL Tell Her About It

HYMAN/LAUPER Time After Time

Elton JOHN I’m Still Standing

INTERMISSION

Phil COLLINS Sussudio

HUCKNALL/MOSS Holding Back the Years

Robert PALMER Addicted to Love

Richard MARX Right Here Waiting

MERRILL/RUBICAM I Wanna Dance with Somebody

HUGHES/ORZABAL/STANLEY Everybody Wants to Rule the World

BROWN/RANS Material Girl

Debbie GIBSON (I Get) Lost in Your Eyes

DeNICOLA/MARKOWITZ/PREVITE I’ve Had the Time of My Life

WINWOOD/JENNINGS Higher Love

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JEFF TYZIK, arranger

GRAMMY Award winner Jeff Tyzik is one of America's most innovative and sought after pops conductors. Tyzik is recognized for his brilliant arrangements, original programming and engaging rapport with audiences of all ages. Tyzik holds The Dot and Paul Mason Principal Pops Conductor's Podium at the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and serves as Principal Pops Conductor of the Detroit Symphony, the Oregon Symphony, and The Florida Orchestra. This season, Tyzik will celebrate his 23rd season as Principal Pops Conductor of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra.

Frequently invited as a guest conductor, Tyzik has appeared with over fifty orchestras including the Boston Pops, Cincinnati Pops, Milwaukee Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony, Toronto Symphony, Indianapolis Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte Carlo, Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra.

In May 2007, the Harmonia Mundi label released a recording of works by Gershwin with Tyzik conducting the RPO and acclaimed pianist Jon Nakamatsu. This recording stayed in the Top 10 on the Billboard classical chart for over three months. Alex Ross of The New Yorker called it “one of the snappiest Gershwin discs in years.” “His concert is the kind of thing that’s likely to give classical music a good name, perhaps even make it seem, dare I say, relevant,” writes John Pitcher of the Gannett News Service.

As an accomplished composer and arranger, Tyzik has had his compositions recorded by the London Symphony Orchestra, Erich Kunzel and the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, the Vancouver Symphony and Doc Severinsen with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London. He has also produced and composed theme music for many of the major television networks, including ABC, NBC, HBO, and Cinemax, and released six of his own albums on Capitol, Polygram, and Amherst Records.

Tyzik worked closely with Doc Severinsen on many projects including orchestrating many of the great band leader’s symphony orchestra programs. He produced a GRAMMY Award winning album, The Tonight Show Band with Doc Severinsen, Vol. 1. Tyzik's subsequent recordings with Severinsen garnered three more GRAMMY nominations.

In his twenty-two years with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, Tyzik has written over 200 arrangements, orchestrations, and compositions for orchestra. A consummate musician, Tyzik regularly appears as a guest conductor in the orchestra’s classical subscription series. He has also been commissioned to compose original works for orchestra, including a Trombone Concerto, which was funded by a grant

“His concert is the kind of thing that’s likely to give classical music a good name, perhaps even make it seem, dare I say, relevant.”

from the National Endowment of the Arts and subsequently performed at Carnegie Hall. Tyzik conducted the world premiere of his original work New York Cityscapes with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra in 2010. Tyzik composed a Timpani Concerto, commissioned by the RPO, and also led the RPO in the premiere of his new orchestral suite, Images: Musical Impressions of an Art Gallery to rave reviews. In the 2015/16 season, Tyzik premiered his new work Jazz Concerto for Violin and Orchestra on his Philharmonic Series performance with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra.

A native of Hyde Park, New York, Tyzik began his life in music when he first picked up a cornet at age nine. He studied both classical and jazz throughout high school and went on to earn both his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from the Eastman School of Music. While there, he studied composition/arranging with Radio City Music Hall’s Ray Wright and jazz studies with Chuck Mangione. Tyzik subsequently toured with Mangione as lead trumpet and worked on five Mangione recordings as a producer and performer from 1976 to 1981.

Committed to performing music of all genres, Tyzik has collaborated with such diverse artists as Megan Hilty, Chris Botti, Matthew Morrison, Wynonna Judd, Tony Bennett, Art Garfunkel, Dawn Upshaw, Marilyn Horne, Arturo Sandoval, The Chieftains, Mark O'Connor, Doc Severinsen and John Pizzarelli. Tyzik has created numerous original programs that include the greatest music from jazz, classical, Motown, Broadway, film, dance, Latin and swing.

LOREN, vocalist

A native New Yorker, Paul was raised on the rich legacy of soul, classic pop, and the Great American Songbook and in those musical idioms he feels most at home. Taking elements from early R&B, jazz and Brill Building pop, he crafts his music with an ear towards timelessness.

“I started singing at 3 years old along with the little 45rpm records my mom would play and started playing piano at four years old. The voices I remember most and identify with are Ray Charles,

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PAUL

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Frankie Valli, Sam Cooke, Sinatra, Aretha, Otis, and Tony Bennett. Growing up in NewYork, Billy Joel was also a big influence.”

Paul recently completed his first headline tour in 2019, also having performed in the past as a support artist for The Temptations, as part of Stamford’s Summer Concert Series “Wednesday Night Live”, Brendan James, American Idol Winner Taylor Hicks, David Bromberg, and sold out Joe’s Pub at the Public in NYC multiple times. Paul was also selected by Jennifer Lopez to perform at her Birthday Gala in Las Vegas, showcased at The SoHo House NYC, was a featured artist at the AAA Radio Convention in Boulder Colorado, and

shared the stage with Paul Shaffer, Queen Latifah, and Christie Brinkley at Target’s launch event for New York Fashion Week. Paul’s appearance on “The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon” showcased his talents for millions of viewers; with a winning song and viral video to boot. In addition, Paul landed his first television sync recently on NBC’s “Mysteries of Laura”, performed on the Nationally Syndicated Radio Show America Weekend with Ed Kalegi, has partnered with The Ryan Seacrest Foundation, showcased at the headquarters of the world-renowned Leo Burnett Ad in Chicago, and had the unique honor of performing at the legendary STAX Museum in Memphis, Tennessee. While in Memphis, Paul had

the rare opportunity to record in the world-renowned Sun Studio in the same room as Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, and so many other pioneers of Rock and Roll. Paul was also a finalist in the “Unsigned Only” singer-songwriter competition for 2018. His debut single “All By Myself” was supported by radio stations Lighting100 in Nashville, SiriusXM’s The Pulse, WCOO Charleston and KPND Spokane, among others. His follow up single, titled “I Know A Place” premiered on Huffington Post and received rave reviews along with over 200K views in its first week.

Paul’s latest single, “We’ll Be Together Again,” written and recorded at home during the early spring of 2020, continues to be a beacon of hope for those affected by the uncertainty of a tumultuous year. All the proceeds from the song have been sent to a COVID-19 relief charity. During the pandemic’s first wave, Paul’s weekly online music show — “The Leisure Lounge”— was live streamed from his home in NYC and ran for 15 consecutive weeks, broadcasting to thousands of viewers around the world.

BRIE CASSIL, vocalist

Brie Cassil is a singer, actress, and composer based out of NYC. She has traveled all over the world for her art. She has led Musical Theatre Workshops in Brazil, as well as opened for Adler (original drummer for Guns & Roses band) with her original band, Rebel. Brie has had the pleasure

of singing in several different genres of music in her career. She has sung everything from Opera to Rock. In the Theatre world she has been seen in many productions such as Beauty and the Beast (Belle), Urinetown (Little Sally), RENT (Mimi), The Marvelous Wonderettes (Suzy), and the new rock musical Chix 6 (Blast). Brie is so excited and honored to also be a part of Queens of Soul, where she gets to sing the music of some of her biggest influences. You can follow her @briecassil and check out her website for more information at www.briecassil.com.

COLIN SMITH, vocalist

With a career spanning over 20 years, Irish-born Colin Smith has led a musical life as varied as it is impressive. With his former band Mrnorth, while on RCA, they toured extensively with the likes of The Who, Van Halen, Sheryl Crow and Journey among many others. As a solo artist, songs from his two records have been licensed to movies and TV alike. Colin has been seen in live collaborations with Alicia Keys and has worked multiple times on Saturday Night Live as the featured vocal talent. Colin has been most recently been seen touring with Christina Aguilera, duetting with her on the GRAMMY winning “Say Something” to audiences across the globe, as well as performing background vocals for the show. Colin splits his time between NYC and LA.

Teddy Abrams, Music Director

Bob Bernhardt, Principal Pops Conductor

Graham Parker, Chief Executive

NIGHTLITES

RACH & BARTÓK

Friday, March 31, 2023 • 7:30PM

Paul S. Ogle Center, ISU

Christian Reif, conductor • Alexi Kenney, violin

Béla BARTÓK Violin Concerto No. 2

I. Allegro non troppo

II. Theme and Variations: Andante tranquillo

III. Rondo: Allegro molto

Alexi Kenney, violin

Sergei RACHMANINOFF Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 44

I. Lento – Allegro moderato

II. Adagio ma non troppo

III. Allegro

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RACH & BARTÓK

March 31 - April 1, 2023

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ONE MINUTE NOTES

HUM AWAY, HUM AWAY, STRINGS!

ISIDORA ŽEBELJAN (1967 - 2020)

Isidora Žebeljan, who died three-and-ahalf years ago at only 53, was the leading Serbian composer of modern times. She was best known for her operas and incidental music for theater.

Hum Away, Hum Away, Strings! originated as a duo for violin and piano. It is a free fantasy –very free – on themes from Mozart’s opera The Magic Flute. Žebeljan called it a metamorphosis, and the changes are considerable. Listeners are unlikely to hear any of the birdcatcher Papageno’s tuneful airs. Žebeljan opens with dense, angry chords, proceeding to inquisitive, tentative music. The piece gathers momentum, embarking on a sequence of energetic – even manic –passages inspired by dance rhythms. It is virtuosic writing.

VIOLIN CONCERTO NO. 2

BÉLA BARTÓK

Béla Bartók’s Violin Concerto No. 2. Composed for the great Hungarian violinist Zoltán Székely, this concerto dates from the period right before the Second World War. Bartók had begun incorporating more diatonic folk melodies and Eastern European rhythmic patterns into his music, tempering the lean angularity of his works from the late 1920s and early 1930s. He creates a

fantastical world in this concerto. Its lyricism is heart-wrenching in its beauty. That aspect, plus the folk elements he adapts, contrast strikingly with the brutality of life. They are all blended in this concerto: a complex amalgam of dreams, longing, and bitter reality.

SYMPHONY NO. 3, IN A MINOR, OP. 44 SERGEI RACHMANINOFF

Audiences probably associate Sergei Rachmaninoff most closely with works for piano solo or piano and orchestra. One should not overlook his skill in handling a large orchestra on its own. In fact, his Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op.44 Symphony shows Rachmaninoff to have grown enormously as a master orchestrator. The work is also quite bold in formal innovations. The Third Symphony is limited to three movements; however, Rachmaninoff incorporates a lively scherzando section into the slow movement. This telescoping of traditional four-movement symphonic form adds to the Third Symphony’s structural economy. So many characteristics that endear Rachmaninoff to us are present in spades: brilliant coloristic strokes worthy of his older contemporary Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, memorable melodies, and a profound sense of Russian melancholy that tears at the heartstrings at the same time that it evokes a bygone era.

Teddy Abrams, Music Director

Bob Bernhardt, Principal Pops Conductor

Graham Parker, Chief Executive

LO CLASSICS RACH & BARTÓK

Saturday, April 1, 2023 • 7:30PM

The Kentucky Center, Whitney Hall

Christian Reif, conductor • Alexi Kenney, violin

Isidora ŽEBELJAN Hum away, hum away, strings!

Béla BARTÓK Violin Concerto No. 2

I. Allegro non troppo

II. Theme and Variations: Andante tranquillo

III. Rondo: Allegro molto

Alexi Kenney, violin

INTERMISSION

Sergei RACHMANINOFF Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 44

I. Lento – Allegro moderato

II. Adagio ma non troppo

III. Allegro

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CLASSICS SERIES SPONSOR

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ARTIST

CHRISTIAN REIF, conductor German conductor

Christian Reif has quickly established a reputation for his natural musicality, technical command and leadership as an engaging communicator and outstanding orchestra builder. San Francisco Chronicle has written: “Reif is a remarkable talent... a conductor of considerable stature, and everything felt like the work of a significant musical artist.

Since the 2019/20 season, Christian Reif has conducted the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Dallas Symphony, Ulster Orchestra, Romanian Radio Symphony, Aalborg Symphony, Fundación Excelentia in Madrid, North Carolina Symphony, San Antonio Symphony, Santa Barbara Symphony, Toledo Symphony, Colorado Springs Philharmonic, Orchestre National de Belgique and Orquestra Sinfonica Portuguese in Lisbon. Most recently, he conducted the Stavanger Symphony in a program of Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet and Shostakovich Symphony No. 1 paired with Barber’s Knoxville: Summer of 1915 with soprano Julia Bullock, and he made his debut in March 2021 with the Orchestre National d’île de France in a streamed performance of Stravinsky’s Apollon Musagète. In June 2021, he made his debut with the Rundfunkorchester of the Bayrische Rundfunk in Munich creating a Mozart kaleidoscope for their family concert series.

Reif’s 2021/22 season includes appearances with the Baltimore

Symphony, New World Symphony, Kansas City Symphony, Hallé Orchestra, Gävle Symphony, Odense Symphony and Norrlands Opera Orchestra. He will lead a Juilliard Opera production of The Merry Wives of Windsor at Juilliard’s Peter Jay Sharp Theater in his NYC opera debut. Through the pandemic, Reif has taken part in several live-streamed events. He conducted the Music Academy of the West’s Instrumental Fellows in their 2020 Remote Summer Learning Institute on a socially-distanced performance of Haydn’s “London” Symphony No. 104. Using a virtual guide with him both conducting and playing piano with his brother Thomas Reif on violin, the fellows were able to merge as an orchestra virtually. He additionally appeared in live-streamed events presented by the San Francisco Symphony, New World Symphony, Lakes Area Music Festival, Long Beach Opera, New York Festival of Song and Musical America.

Reif has also been active on the piano during the pandemic, recording a series of at-home virtual “Songs of Comfort” with his wife Julia Bullock, ranging from Carole King’s classic “Up on the Roof” to Schubert’s Wanderers Nachtlied. In November 2020, NPR Music featured the duo in a “Tiny Desk (Home) Concert” for their special quarantine edition of the series. NPR’s Tom Huizenga found it “among the most transcendent musical moments I’ve experienced this year” and The New York Times highlighted them on their “Best Classical Music of 2020” list.

Previous season highlights included appearances in New York at Lincoln Center’s Mostly Mozart Festival with the

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International Contemporary Ensemble and as part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s MetLiveArts series on a new chamber version of John Adams’s El Niño with the American Modern Opera Company and performances with the San Francisco Symphony, Hong Kong Philharmonic, National Symphony Orchestra in Washington D.C., St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, Brucknerorchester Linz and at Opera San Jose on a production of Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci.

From 2016 to 2019, Reif served as Resident Conductor of the San Francisco Symphony and Music Director of the San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra (SFSYO). His tenure culminated in a sixcity 2019 European tour with the SFSYO

including performances at Vienna’s Musikverein, Berlin Philharmonie and Hamburg Elbphilharmonie. Following the Berlin performance, the Merkur wrote of Reif that a “bright future and a great career must lie ahead”. He was a Conducting Fellow with the New World Symphony from 2014 to 2016, and a Conducting Fellow at the Tanglewood Music Center in the summers of 2015 and 2016.

Reif’s enthusiasm in performing contemporary music has led to several world premieres. Among those are Anahita Abbasi’s ...within the shifting grounds… (a work commissioned by Reif and SFSYO in collaboration with the International Contemporary Ensemble), Michael Gordon’s El Sol Caliente (a city

symphony in honor of Miami Beach’s centennial), and concertos for DJ and orchestra performed with the New World Symphony.

Christian Reif studied with Alan Gilbert at the Juilliard School, where he completed his Master of Music in Conducting in 2014 and received the Charles Schiff Conducting Award. Prior to that, he studied with Dennis Russell Davies at the Mozarteum Salzburg, where he received a diploma in 2012 and worked with singers as a répétiteur. He is winner of the 2015 German Operetta Prize, awarded by the German Music Council, and two Kulturförderpreise awards given to promising artists of the region who promote cultural advancement in their communities.

ALEXI KENNEY, Violin

The recipient of a 2016 Avery Fisher Career Grant and a 2020 Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award, Alexi Kenney is building a career that defies categorization, following his interests, intuition, and heart. He is equally at home creating experimental programs and commissioning new works, soloing with major orchestras in the USA and abroad, and collaborating with some of the most celebrated musicians of our time.

In the 2021/22 Season, Alexi debuts as soloist with the Pittsburgh Symphony, Orchestra de la Suisse Romande, Virginia Symphony, Reno Philharmonic, Eugene Symphony, and New Haven Symphony,

returns to the Indianapolis Symphony, California Symphony, and Santa Fe Symphony, and appears at Wigmore Hall, Princeton University Concerts, Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, and with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. He also performs duo concerts with harpist Bridget Kibbey, and as a member of Owls, a new quartet collective with violist Ayane Kozasa, cellist Gabe Cabezas, and cellist-composer Paul Wiancko.

In 2021, Alexi released his first recording, Paul Wiancko’s X Suite for Solo Violin, accompanied by a visual album that pairs each of the seven movements of X Suite with seven contemporary sculptures, filmed on location at the Donum Estate in Sonoma, California.

In recent seasons, Alexi has performed as soloist with the Detroit Symphony, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Sarasota Orchestra, Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, and in a play-conduct role as guest leader of the Mahler Chamber Orchestra. He has played recitals at Wigmore Hall, on Carnegie Hall’s ‘Distinctive Debuts’ series, Lincoln Center’s Mostly Mozart Festival, the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, Phillips Collection, 92nd Street Y, Mecklenberg-Vorpommern Festival, and the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Winner of the 2013 Concert Artists Guild Competition and laureate of the 2012 Menuhin Competition, Alexi has been profiled by Musical America, Strings Magazine, and The New York Times, and has written for The Strad.

Chamber music continues to be a major part of Alexi’s life, performing at festivals including Bridgehampton, Caramoor,

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Northwest, Festival Napa Valley, La Jolla, Ojai, Kronberg, Music@Menlo, Ravinia, and Spoleto, as well as on tour with Musicians from Marlboro and the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.

Born in Palo Alto, California in 1994, Alexi is a graduate of the New England Conservatory in Boston, where he received his Artist Diploma as a student of Miriam Fried and Donald Weilerstein. Previous teachers include Wei He, Jenny Rudin, and Natasha Fong. He plays a violin made in London by Stefan-Peter Greiner in 2009 and a bow by FrançoisNicolas Voirin.

Outside of music, Alexi enjoys hojicha, bauhaus interiors, baking for friends, and walking for miles on end in whichever city he finds himself, listening to podcasts and Bach on repeat.

ISIDORA ŽEBELJAN

(1967 - 2020)

is the most prominent and performed Serbian composer on the world music scene. She attracted the attention of the international public with her opera Zora D, which was commissioned by the Genesis Foundation of London. It premiered in Amsterdam in 2003, directed by Sir David Pountney and Nicola Raab. The same production opened the fiftieth season of the Vienna Chamber Opera in 2003.

After the success of the opera Dawn by D. Žebeljan continuously received commissions from important institutions

and music festivals, such as the Berlin Philharmonic Foundation (Klin-chorba, 2015), the Venice Biennale (Horses of St. Mark, illumination for orchestra, 2004), Festival in Bregenz (opera Marathoners, 2008; Ring the Strings for Symphony Orchestra, 2013), Genesis Foundation of London (Song of the Traveler in the Night, for the opening of Bill Viola's exhibition at the National Gallery in London, 2003 and Skomraška igra, for the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, 2005), University of Kent (Polomka Quartet, 2009), Gelsenkirchen Opera (opera Simon the Chosen, 2009 and Nahod Simon, 2015), Dutch Chamber Choir (Latum lalo, 2010 and Psalm 78, 2017), Accademia

Musicale Chigiana Siena (opera Two Heads and a Girl, 2012), City of London Festival (When God Created Dubrovnik, 2013), Eduard van Beinum Foundation (Three Strange Loves, concerto for violin and orchestra, 2017), German Music Council (Bagpipe Stained Glass, 2019) etc. She composed for outstanding musical ensembles such as: Vienna Symphony Orchestra, The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Ship Quartet, Dutch Chamber Choir and London Brass. Her compositions are regularly performed throughout Europe, Israel, the Far East, America, Africa and Australia, including the Venice Biennale, Bregenz Festival, White Light Festival (Lincoln Center, New York), RAI Festival Nuova Musica (Torino), Settembre musica (Milan-Turin), Settimana Musicale Senese (Siena), West German Radio Music Festival (WDR), ISCM-festivals (Zagreb, Gothenburg, Wroclaw, Vancouver), Galway Arts Festival (Ireland), Ultima Festival (Oslo), City of London Festival, Swaledale Festival, Walled City Music, Dulwich Music Festival (Great Britain), Eilat Festival (Jerusalem),

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Festival Oude muziek (Netherlands), Stift Festival (Netherlands), Nous Sons Festival (Barcelona), Godella International Chamber Music Festival (Valencia), ControCanto Festival (Rome), L'Est Festival (Milan), Crossing Border Festival (Netherlands), Clara Festival (Belgium), Festival Muzyka nowa Bydgoszcz (Poland),

etc. Original concerts of her music were held in the Netherlands, Spain,

The Berlin magazine Der Freitag included Isidora Žebeljan among the ten most promising public figures in the world

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for 2009. In 2011, the German record company CPO released a CD of her orchestral music, and in 2013, the London-based record company Oboe Classics released a CD of her chamber music for brass. In 2015, Deutsche Grammophon recorded the composition Horses of Saint Mark, performed by the No Border Orchestra and conducted by Premil Petrović. In 2015, the CPO record company released a compact disc with Isidore Žebeljan's chamber music for string quartet, performed by the Brodsky Quartet with soloists, including Štefan Dor, solo horn player of the Berlin Philharmonic. Compact discs with music by Isidore Žebeljan were also published by Chandos records (Great Britain), Mascom records ('Iluminacije' and

'Zora D'), SANU, Acousense (Germany) and other record companies in Serbia and abroad.

Isidora Žebeljan is also one of the most prominent contemporary Serbian composers of music for theater and film. So far, she has composed music for forty theater performances in all important theaters in Serbia, Norway, Croatia and Montenegro. For her work in that field, she was awarded the Steria award three times. She has also received the Yustat Biennale of Theater Design Award for Best Theater Music four times. She worked on several film scores, including the orchestration of music by Goran Bregović for the films Dom za vešanje, Arizona Dream, Podzemlje (directed by Emir Kusturica), Queen Margo (directed by P. Šero) and The Serpent's Kiss (directed by P. Rusello). She is the composer of the music for Miloš Radivojević's film How the Germans Stole Me, for which she received the award for best original music at the Sopot Film Festival in 2011, as well as the Serbian FIPRESCI award in 2012.

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Žebeljan also regularly performed as a musical performer (conductor and pianist) of not only her own works, but also works of others, primarily Serbian composers (Ljubica Marić, Ludmila Frajt, Dušan Radić, Vasilije Mokranjac, Aleksandar Obradović). She conducted, among others, concerts in London (with The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields at Wigmore Hall) and in Amsterdam (at the Great Hall of the Muziekgebouw). As a pianist, she performed and recorded with the Brodsky Quartet.

Isidora Žebeljan studied composition at the Faculty of Music in Belgrade with Vlastimir Trajković. In 2002,

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she was named a composition professor at the same faculty, as the first female composition professor in Serbia. In 2006, she was elected a member of the Serbian Academy of Arts and Sciences, as the youngest member (since 2012, a regular member), and in 2012 she was elected a member of the World Academy for Art and Science. Isidora Žebeljan was also the first Balkan winner of the prize of the Parliament of the Mediterranean Countries for Artistic Achievements in 2014.

The Serbian Academy of Arts and Sciences announced Isidora Žebeljan died at the age of 54, after a long illness.

BÉLA BARTÓK (1881-1945)

Hungarian composer, pianist and ethnomusicologist

Béla Bartók was born in the town of Nagyszentmiklós to amateur musical parents. His mother was his first teacher and Bartók began concertizing at the age of 11. By the age of 13 he was taking lessons from one of Hungary’s best-known operatic composers and in 1899 he became a student at the Royal Academy of Music in Budapest. His composition teacher at the Academy was a friend of Brahms, so it is no wonder that Bartók’s early compositions show the influence of that composer as well as Wagner, Liszt and Richard Strauss. By the turn of the century, Bartók was gaining quite a reputation even outside of Hungary as a pianist and subsequently was appointed as an instructor at the Royal Academy in 1903. It was in 1905

that he first became intensely interested in Hungarian folk music thanks to fellow composer, Zoltan Kodaly.

These folk elements would permeate his compositions for the rest of his life and influence his use of chromaticism and dissonance. Bartók’s use of side by side diatonic and chromatic harmonies are one of his greatest contributions to 20th century composition. Bartók and Kodaly would go on to travel and compile collections of Hungarian folk music, and for Bartók the interest in folk idioms also spread geographically to such areas as Transylvania, Romania and even North Africa.

The 1920’s and 30’s found Bartók touring as a performer all over Europe. He also had quite a catalogue of important compositions to his name, including the Violin Concerto No. 2. A vocal anti-fascist, once the Nazis came into power things changed. Works such as his ballet The Miraculous Mandarin were banned and the demand for his talents diminished. Bartók and his wife immigrated to the United States in 1940 while on tour here. Unfortunately, his health was beginning to fail. Bartók’s music was lesser known in this country and commissions to supplement his income were few and far between.

He gained a teaching position at Columbia University as an ethnomusicologist, but even that did not give him much financial security. In 1943, the composer had a breakthrough in this country.

Serge Koussevitzky, longtime conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, commissioned a Concerto for Orchestra which is still one of the composer’s most well-known and beloved works.

Béla Bartók died at the age of 64 from complications of leukemia in New York City. He is widely considered one of the most significant composers of the 20th century.

SERGEI RACHMANINOFF (1873-1943)

Sergei Rachmaninoff is perhaps one of the best-known composers of the 20th century, with his music increasingly programmed, performed, and recorded in the last 50 - 60 years. Known for his gift for crafting beautiful melodies, opulent harmonies, and orchestrations rich in colors, audiences still revel in performances of, especially, his works for orchestra and piano. And little wonder these are compositions of note, as Rachmaninoff is widely considered to be one of the greatest pianists of the last century.

He was born on his aristocratic family’s estate near the Russian village of Semyonovo, into a musical family. Rachmaninoff began playing the piano at age 4. By the time he was 9, financial problems had forced the family to sell their estate and move to St. Petersburg, perhaps fortuitous for the young Rachmaninoff because he now had access to some of the teachers at the Conservatory there. He went on to study piano and composition at the Moscow Conservatory (even making a connection with Tchaikovsky) and graduated with degrees in piano and composition in 1891 and 1892, respectively.

Early on, Rachmaninoff had an unfortunate experience with the reception of one of his compositions which affected his confidence and his emotional state deeply for quite some time. The premiere of his Symphony No. 1 took place in Moscow in 1897 under the baton of Alexander Glazunov. The reception by critics (especially critic and composer Cesar Cui who likened it to the seven plagues of Egypt) and the audience was disastrous. Glazunov truncated the rehearsal time for the piece and by several accounts was drunk while conducting. Deeply depressed and disturbed that he had not had a satisfactory hearing himself of his work, Rachmaninoff took up private teaching. Not finding that to his liking, in 1899 he set out on a series of performance tours to great success.

Thus began a lifelong struggle for balance between performing and composing. Two of his best-known pieces, Piano Concerto No. 2 and his Second Symphony were composed between 1900-1908, the latter while he and his family were living in Dresden to escape the climate of the Russian Revolution of 1905. In 19091910 he embarked on an extended tour of the United States with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, His Piano Concerto No. 3 (Rach 3 as it is now known) was composed upon his return to Russia in 1910. In 1914 a very successful tour of England followed.

The Russian Revolution of 1917 convinced Rachmaninoff that he no longer wished to reside in Russia and so he and his family spent the remainder of his life in Switzerland and the United States. Most of the last 25 years of his life were spent concertizing, with

limited composing. Notable exceptions in this period are his Symphony No. 3 and Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini.

In the early 1940s, Rachmaninoff and his wife relocated to Beverly Hills for

the more favorable climate suggested by his doctor. His last concert took place on February 7, 1943 at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. He died on March 28th, four days before his 70th birthday at his home in Beverly Hills.

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THE TEXAS TENORS

Friday, April 7, 2023 • 7:30PM

The Kentucky Center, Whitney Hall

Bob Bernhardt, conductor

Billboard #1 Recording Artists and 3-time Emmy Award Winners

The Texas Tenors

Marcus Collins, JC Fisher, and John Hagen featuring…

Larry Hanson, bass | Josh "4 Hands" Hanlon, piano; Mitch Keirsey, guitars | Pete Generous, drum

Tonight you'll hear new music from their new #1 album "Outside the Lines" along with rousing patriotic favorites and everything from Country to Classical!

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THE TEXAS TENORS

The Texas Tenors are the most successful music group and third-highest-selling artist in the history of America’s Got Talent! Since appearing on the series in 2009, JC, Marcus, and John have released five studio albums, two PBS Specials, four DVDs, multiple singles and a children’s book that have earned them impressive recognition including three Emmy Awards, The Gelett Burgess Award for Excellence in Children's Literature and the distinction of being Billboard Magazine’s #10 Classical Artist in the World. The Tenor’s most recent albums "Outside the Lines", "Rise" and “A Collection of Broadway and American Classics “all debuted at #1 on the Billboard Charts.

These classically trained, versatile tenors have performed more than 1,500 concerts around the world including headline shows in Las Vegas, China, and a 24-city tour of the United Kingdom. The Texas Tenors' concerts appeal to all ages and have been wildly successful from performing arts centers, casinos, and symphony halls to outdoor festivals

and corporate events. In addition to collaborations with some of the most prestigious symphonies in the world including the Houston Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony, and the City of Prague Orchestra. The Texas Tenors have performed at The White House National Tree Lighting, Congressional Medal of Honor Ceremonies, numerous charity events, NBA games, and PBR World Finals in Las Vegas. Recently they were honored to be included among the top 50 acts in the world and the only vocal group from the United States invited to appear on NBC’s America’s Got Talent: The Champions.

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JOHN HAGEN

John has been described as, “astonishing, a superb tenor of deep musicality.” He made his Lincoln Center debut in New York City in Teatro Grattacielo’s mounting of Mascagni’s Gulglielmo Ratcliff. Mr. Hagen created three tenor roles in the world premiere of The Lost Dauphane for Pamiro Opera airing on PBS. He has performed a vast array of operatic roles ranging from Alfredo in La Traviata, to the title role of Otello for Cleveland Opera on tour. Mr. Hagen is highly regarded for his performances of the Verdi Requiem and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, having performed these works with more than a dozen symphonies across the United States. He has received many awards throughout his career including being a finalist in the New Jersey Opera Association of Verismo Opera competition held at Carnegie Hall, the Metropolitan Opera Auditions Regional Finalist, and winner of numerous other competitions.

MARCUS COLLINS

Marcus was born in a small town and began performing at the age of 4. He first learned how to sing by emulating his favorite artists like Garth Brooks, George Michael, and Freddie Mercury before training classically in college. Marcus has performed throughout the world on cruise ships and in numerous stage productions including a performance in Times Square with the Broadway cast of Hairspray and Off-Broadway’s Altar Boyz as Matthew. Beyond music he has worked extensively as an actor with appearances in more than 100 episodes of network television and 25 films including P.S. I Love You,

Semi-Pro, Delirious, 30 Rock, Sex and the City, recurring roles on One Life To Live and As The World Turns, and a Guest VJ on MTV.

JC FISHER

JC has entertained audiences around the world for the past 15 years. In high school, he had a passion for sports and also enjoyed singing in church. He discovered a deeper love for singing at Wichita State University where he earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Music. JC performed various roles including Rodolfo in La Boheme, Tamino in The Magic Flute, Ernesto in Don Pasquale, Henrick in A Little Night Music and even Miss America's duet partner at the 1997 Miss Kansas Pageant. After college, JC traveled to Lucca, Italy where he sang in the Puccini Festival under the direction of acclaimed Italian maestro Lorenzo Malfatti. He then created a home base in Katy, TX before sailing the high seas aboard more than 75 cruise ships worldwide as a guest entertainer. This allowed JC to create a show featuring many different genres of music and world-class arrangements, which eventually led to his idea of forming The Texas Tenors. After many years of traveling and concerts, his most memorable performance is still one from college where he found his future wife and mother of their three beautiful children.

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Mr. Jordan Harris

Mrs. Paula Harshaw

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Mr. Brian Kane

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Carol Barr Matton

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Mr. Gary Sloboda

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Mrs. Lindsay Vallandingham

Mrs. Susan Von Hoven

Mr. James S. Welch Jr.

Mrs. Mary Ellen Wiederwohl

Mr. Robert H. Wimsatt

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Amy and Matthew Landon

Portia Leatherman

Samuel and Stephanie Levine

Cantor David Lipp and Rabbi Laura Metzger

Mrs. Sallie Manassah

Anne Maple

Mrs. Nancy Martin

Joan McCombs

Susan S. Means

Bob and Barbara Michael

Ms. Kellie L. Money

Biljana N. Monsky

Ronald and Debra Murphy

Dr. Naomi J. Oliphant

Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Olliges Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Howard Pearl

Sharon Pfister

Mr. Timothy Pifer

Ms. Margaret Plattner

Arthur Pratt

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Pusateri

Dr. and Mrs. Mark M. Prussian

Carol Clow Pye

David Ray and Jean Peters

Sharon Reel

Douglas Rich

Embry Rucker and Joan MacLean

Marilyn Schorin

Mr. and Mrs. Ronnie Seale

Ruth Simons

Tamina and Edward Singh

Mr. Joseph Small

Carole Snyder

Dr. Joern Soltau

Richard O. Spalding

Katherine Steiner

Mary and John Tierney

Mr. Robert Townsend

Mr. and Mrs. Steve Underwood

Linda and Chris Valentine

Matt and Kathy Watkins

Kendrick and Claudia Wells

John T. Whittenberg

Raleigh and Roberta Wilson

Michelle Winters

Jonathan and Stephi Wolff

Jeanne and Paul Zurkuhlen

DUET

$250 - $499

Anonymous (5)

Karen O'Leary and William Abrams

Mrs. Mary Alexander-Conte

Bryce and Danielle Armstrong

Dr. and Mrs. Joe F. Arterberry

George Bailey

Dr. Crump W. Baker and Dr. Alta M. Burnett

John T. Ballantine

Donna Benjamin

Janice Blythe

Bill Bolte

George Borrmann

Mr. Jonathan Braden

Doris Bridgeman

Mr. Barlow Brooks

Betty and Randolph Brown

Rebecca Bruner

Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey P. Callen

Janet Campisano

Julia Carey

Dr. Atif Chowghury

Judith K. Conn

Chenault M. Conway

Ms. Annette Coxon

Virginia B. Cromer

Mr. Dale Curth

Mrs. Sandra Curtis

Ms. Doris Davis

Mr. Lee Davis

Mr. Brent Densford

Mr. John Dersch

Mr. Leonidas D. Deters and Ms. Penny Shaw

Robert and Sandra Duffy

Uwe and Kathy Eickmann

Dr. James Eisenmenger

Ann-Lynn Ellerkamp

Dr. Walter Feibes

Ms. Judy Fieldhouse

Mr. Bart Fisher

Mr. Geoffrey Fong

William and Ilona Franck

Leslie K. Friesen

Ms. Pamela Gadinsky

Ron Gallo

Edmund R. Goerlitz

Ellen and Richard Goldwin

Timothy and Natalie Healy

David Sickbert and Thomas Hurd

Ms. Vivien Jacoby

Alec Johnson and Rachel Grimes

Dr. Surinder Kad

Judy Kaleher

Elizabeth Malcolm Kelly

Michasl Kemper and Annette Grisanti

Ms. Susan U. Kimbrough

James Krauss-Jackson

Dr. and Mrs. Ronald Levine

Philip Lichtenfels

Karen M. Long

Gretchen Mahaffey

Michael Maloff

William Martinez

Dr. and Mrs. Ronald Morton

Carla and Barry Motes

Ms. Susan Neal

Ms. Martha C. Nichols

Susan Norris

Robert Paris

Kathleen Pellegrino

Dianna and Peter Pepe

Curtis Peters

Doug Elstone and Russ Powell

John and Katherine Robinson

Lynne Rodeheffer

David Rodger

Vicki Romanko

Isaac B. Rosenzweig

Barbara Sandford

Drs. Edwin and Marcia Segal

Susan G. Zepeda and Dr. Fred Seifer

Dr. Lyne Seldon

Dr. and Mrs. Saleem Seyal

John and Barbara Sinai

Richard and Terri Smith

Dr. and Mrs. Temple B. Stites

Lynda Stuart

Dr. and Mrs. Gerald F. Sturgeon

William F. and Barbara J. Thomas

Dr. and Mrs. Robert S. Tillett Jr.

Mr. Warren Townsend

Susan and David Vislisel

Patricia Walker

Dennis and Julie Walsh

Sharon Welch

Crawford and Alice Wells

Ms. Carolyn Williams

Ms. Francis Wirth

Mr. Larry Wood

Grace Wooding

Mark Wourms

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, Director of Leadership Giving at 502.587.8681 or ESchadt@LouisvilleOrchestra.org

Doris L. Anderson

Gloria and Steve Bailey

Bethany Breetz and Rev. Ronald Loughry

Mr. and Mrs. Gary Buhrow

Douglas Butler and Jamey Jarboe

Walter D. Clare

Stanley † and Dr. Claudia Crump

Janet R. Dakan

Betty Moss Gibbs

Dr. Albert G. † and Anita

Ades Goldin

Louise and Jay Harris

Mr. † and Mrs. Charles W. Hebel, Jr.

Henry V. Heuser, Jr.

Dr. Carl E. Langenhop †

Mrs. Philip Lanier

Sheila G. Lynch

Mr. and Mrs. † Warwick

Dudley Musson

Dr. Naomi Oliphant

Susannah S. Onwood

Paul R. Paletti, Jr.

Sharon Pfister

Gary † and Sue Russell

Rev. Edward W. Schadt

Rev. Gordon A. and Carolyn Seiffertt

Robert Taylor and Linda Shapiro

Dr. Peter and Margaret

Fife Tanguay

Rosemary Rommell Toebbe †

Elizabeth Unruh †

Kevin and Linda Wardell

Dr. and Mrs. Richard S. Wolf

† Denotes deceased

LOUISVILLE ORCHESTRA ENDOWMENT, INC. CONTRIBUTORS

The following people have made contributions or pledges to the Louisville Orchestra Endowment, Inc. as of February 1, 2023

Mr. and Mrs. James R. Allen

Gloria and Steve Bailey

Gary and Virginia Buhrow

Douglas Butler and Jamey Jarboe

Joseph and Deborah Caruso

Walter Clare

Chenault Conway

Katherine Eirk

Betty Moss Gibbs

Jay and Louise Harris

Charles † and Carol W. Hebel, Jr.

Henry V. Heuser, Jr.

Margaret Lanier

Arthur J. and Mary C. Lerman

Charitable Fund

LG&E-KU Foundation

Elizabeth and Guy Montgomery

Susannah S. Onwood

Sharon Reel

Gary † and Sue Russell

Rev. Edward W. Schadt

Rev. Gordon and Carolyn Seiffertt

Robert Taylor and Linda Shapiro

Kevin and Linda Wardell

Jim and Marianne Welch

† Denotes deceased

COURTESY

• As a courtesy to the performers and other audience members, please silence all mobile devices.

• 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.

MARCH

21 STOMP

7:30PM

The Kentucky Center, Whitney Hall

KentuckyPerformingArts.org

22 Step Afrika!

8PM

The Kentucky Center, Whitney Hall

KentuckyPerformingArts.org

24

Comedian Rodney Carrington

7PM

The Kentucky Center, Whitney Hall

KentuckyPerformingArts.org

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.

EVENTS CALENDAR

MAR. 25 - APR. 15

StageOne Family Theatre

The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane

The Kentucky Center, Bomhard Theater

KentuckyPerformingArts.org

30

Comedian Jo Koy - World Tour

8PM

Brown Theatre

KentuckyPerformingArts.org

31

Comedian Kenny Sebastian

8PM

Brown Theatre

KentuckyPerformingArts.org

APRIL

11-16

PNC Broadway in Louisville: Ain't Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations

The Kentucky Center, Whitney Hall

KentuckyPerformingArts.org

18

RAIN: A Tribute to the Beatles

7:30PM

Brown Theatre

KentuckyPerformingArts.org

21

Louisville Orchestra

Film in Concert: Harry Potter and the Orderof the Phoenix

7PM

The Kentucky Center, Whitney Hall

LouisvilleOrchestra.org

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