An Evening with
Bernadette Peters 18 May 2022 / 7:30PM Bella Concert Hall
© Andrew Eccles
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© Andrew Eccles
Bernadette Peters Vocals Throughout her illustrious career, Bernadette Peters has dazzled audiences and critics with her performances on stage, film and television, in concert, and on recordings. She has garnered numerous accolades including three Tony Awards, a Golden Globe, three Emmy and four Grammy Award nominations and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Best known for her work on stage and one of Broadway’s most critically acclaimed performers, Peters recently starred on Broadway as Dolly Gallagher Levi in the hit musical, Hello, Dolly!. Prior to that, she starred in City Center’s Encores! Production, A Bed and a Chair: A New York Love Affair featuring the music of Stephen Sondheim and orchestrations by Wynton Marsalis and on Broadway, in Stephen Sondheim’s A Little Night Music and Follies. Peters garnered both the Tony Award and Drama Desk Award for her performance in the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, Song and Dance. She also won a Tony Award for her performance in Annie Get Your Gun. She received Tony nominations for her outstanding performances in Sam Mendes’ critically acclaimed revival of Gypsy, in Neil Simon’s The Goodbye Girl, Stephen Sondheim’s Pulitzer Prize-winning musical Sunday in the Park with George, the Jerry Herman/Gower Champion ode to the movies, Mack and Mabel, and the Leonard Bernstein/Comden and Green musical On The Town. In addition to these honors, Peters earned a Drama Desk nomination for her unforgettable portrayal of the Witch in Stephen Sondheim’s Into the Woods. She also enjoys a career which boasts an impressive list of television credits, including guest-starring on the NBC-TV series, Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist for which she earned an Emmy nomination. The popular series was made into a TV movie musical titled Zoey’s Extraordinary Christmas for The Roku Channel. Other recent TV appearances include The CW’s Katy Keene; CBS All Access’ The Good Fight; and Amazon Prime’s Golden Globe winning series, Mozart in the Jungle. She recently completed production on the new Apple TV series, High Desert, scheduled to be released this Summer. Other television credits include NBC-TV’s Smash, ABC-TV’s Grey’s Anatomy and Ugly Betty. In addition to starring in the Lifetime TV movie Living Proof, Peters has lit up the silver screen in over 30 films throughout her distinguished career. She received a Golden Globe Award for her memorable performance in Pennies From Heaven. Other film credits include The Jerk, The Longest Yard, Silent Movie, Annie, Pink Cadillac, Slaves of New York, Woody Allen’s Alice, Impromptu, It Runs in the Family, Coming Up Roses, The Broken Hearts Gallery and most recently, a surprise appearance in the popular Jonathan Larson biopic, tick, tick…BOOM! Peters has recorded six solo albums, including the Grammy-nominated I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight, Sondheim, Etc.: Bernadette Peters Live at Carnegie Hall, and Bernadette Peters Loves Rodgers & Hammerstein, in addition to numerous original Broadway cast recordings. Peters devotes her time and talents to numerous events that benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. Her “pet project” Broadway Barks, co-founded with Mary Tyler Moore, is an annual, star-studded dog and cat adoption event that benefits shelter animals in the New York City area. She is a New York Times bestselling author who has penned three children’s books: Broadway Barks, Stella is a Star, and Stella and Charlie: Friends Forever. All of her proceeds from the sale of these books benefit Broadway Barks. Peters resides in New York and Los Angeles with her rescue dogs, Charlie and Rosalia.
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Tedd Firth Conductor Tedd Firth is a New York City based musical director, pianist, and arranger. As musical director and accompanist, he has worked with Brian Stokes Mitchell, Barbara Cook, Michael Feinstein, Maureen McGovern, Marilyn Maye, Elaine Paige, Tom Wopat, Leslie Uggams, Joshua Bell, Linda Lavin, Christine Ebersole, Lucie Arnaz, Lee Ann Womack, Faith Prince, John Schneider, Betty Buckley, Karen Akers, Mary Cleere Haran, Margaret Whiting, Carol Sloane, and of course, Bernadette Peters. Among the jazz musicians he has performed or recorded with are John Pizzarelli, Houston Person, Frank Wess, Mark Whitfield, Red Holloway, Benny Golson, and Joe Morello. Recent highlights include being the musical director for the reunion of the original Broadway cast of Into The Woods at the Segerstrom Center For The Arts, as well as serving as musical director for Michael Feinstein’s Jazz and Popular Song concert series at Jazz at Lincoln Center. As an arranger and orchestrator, Firth’s work has been performed by all major American symphony orchestras as well as Liza Minnelli. In 2013, Firth was commissioned by the New York Pops to create new orchestrations for A Charlie Brown Christmas which has had numerous performances across the country in subsequent years. Television appearances include The Today Show, Live From Lincoln Center and All My Children.
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Leadership Giving The Calgary Philharmonic expresses its deep gratitude to the passionate and dedicated supporters whose significant lifetime giving to the Calgary Philharmonic Society and Calgary Philharmonic Foundation helps us achieve our vision. $5,000,000 and above Mr. + Mrs. F. Richard Matthews $1,000,000 – $4,999,999 Walter + Irene DeBoni Dr. John Lacey Mr. Ted + Dr. Lola Rozsa Estate of Mario James Stella One Anonymous Donor $500,000 – $999,999 Marg + Paul Boëda Cenovus Energy Inc. CNOOC (formerly Nexen) Annie Freeze John + Ethelene Gareau Carol + Frank Gray Ms. Mary Rozsa de Coquet Robbin Shandel Taylor Family Foundation $250,000 – $499,999 Mr. Said Arrata William + Irene Bell Ms. Cheryl Bishop Leslie + David Bissett Heather + Ian Bourne Ms. Andrea Brussa Mrs. Norma Carroll Larry + Jan Fichtner Tony + Liz Fricke Judith Kilbourne KPMG LLP Estate of Murray Lipsey Letha MacLachlan, Q.C. The Palmer Family Foundation Repsol Oil & Gas Canada Inc Rozsa Foundation Mrs. Muriel A. Stewart TELUS Corporation $100,000 – $249,999 Aqueduct Foundation ARC Resources Ltd. Mr. Jeff Arsenych Marjory Barber Bellport Resources Ltd. Gerald + Beverly Berkhold Ellen + Allen Borak BP Petroleum Lori Caltagirone Canada Life Jeremy + Elaine Clark Estate of Evelyn Christine Kings Judith + Terence Dalgleish Mr. James Doleman +
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Our 2020/2021 Donors
$5,000 – $9,999 The Andal Family Fund Roy, Hazel, + Nancy Austin Fund Irene M. Bakker • The James + Patricia Burns Flow Through Fund Byers Family Foundation Calgary Marathon Society Carthy Foundation Fern Cyr Estate of Winifred Dahl Deloitte Dr. Walter + Mrs. Ute Dilger • Kathy + Paul Dornian Ernest Enns Shirley Foster • Franklin Templeton Investments Corp. Pamela Grigg Charitable Fund Ann Haessel Mary Hetherington J.E. Hodgson Family Fund InterPipeline Joni Farms Inc. Lori Cutler + Nick Kuzyk • Sir Jack Lyons Charitable Trust Parker PR Anne Marie Peterson Legacy Fund
The Calgary Philharmonic expresses its deep gratitude to the following supporters who made generous gifts to the Calgary Philharmonic Society and the Calgary Philharmonic Foundation between 1 July 2020 and 30 June 2021. For complete listings, visit calgaryphil.com/support $500,000 and above Dr. John Lacey •• Robbin Shandel $100,000 – $499,999 Irene + Walt DeBoni • Ms. Letha MacLachlan, Q.C. • Rozsa Foundation • One anonymous donor $50,000 – $99,999 The Bob + Marie Baird Charity Foundation Jeremy + Elaine Clark • Honens Calgary Philharmonic
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Dr. Mark Wasylenko Stanley Weber Scott + Brenda Weiler Robert G. Welty Julie Westgate Susan Wight Marijke Van Wijk Cathy + Bruce Williams Ray Woods Anne + Frank Zinatelli 11 anonymous donors $200 – $499 Debby Abraham Peter Adams Martin Alcock Dr. John Tyberg + Dr. Naomi Anderson • Robert R. Andrews John C. Armstrong + Karyn Leidal The Atkins Family Tadeusz Baczkiewicz + Christina Den Haan Jennifer Bailey Nina White Baillie Bonnie Baker Kirk Barber Patti Beattie Jenny Belzberg • Wendy Benson Gerald + Beverly Berkhold • Byron + Savita Beswick Irina Boguslavsky Diane Boje Eileen Bossons Diane Boutin Mr. Lynn Bowers Judy N. Boyes, Q.C. Julie Bradner + Bill Lawes Carole & Bob Brawn Rose Briand Chris Brooks Ms. Rebecca Brown Andrea Brussa • Rosemary Buckland Mark Bullock Ian + Gwen Burgess John Burton Jennifer + Fred Butterworth Allan De Caen Ivan Cancik Kris Cannon Doug Carlyle Kay Carter Howard and Patricia Ceri Alan K. Chan Pamela Chaput Stuart Charlton Walter + Gloria Chayka Clement Cheung Susan Church David Clayton Steve + Carole Clement Mr. Leonard Cool Dorothy Cooney Richard Cornies Wendy Corson Ruth A. Cross
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Orchestra First Violins Diana Cohen Concertmaster
John Lowry
Associate Concertmaster
Donovan Seidle
Assistant Concertmaster
Edmund Chung Hangyul Kim Olga Kotova Bonnie Louie Genevieve Micheletti Maria van der Sloot Hojean Yoo TBD TBD
Second Violins
Celli
Horns
Arnold Choi Josué Valdepeñas Kathleen de Caen Thomas Megee David Morrissey Daniel Poceta TBD TBD
Robert McCosh Jennifer Frank-Umana TBD Maxwell Stein Heather Wootton
Basses Sam Loeck Kyle Sanborn Matthew Heller Trish Bereti-Reid Patrick Staples Jonathan Yeoh
Lorna Tsai Stephanie Soltice-Johnson Erin Burkholder Jeremy Gabbert Hyewon Grillet-Kim Craig Hutchenreuther Minnie Min Kyung Kwon Theresa Lane Adriana Lebedovich Steven J. Lubiarz
Flutes
Violas
David Sussman
Laurent Grillet-Kim Marcin Swoboda Arthur Bachmann Jeremy Bauman Peter Blake Michael Bursey Alisa Klebanov Jesse Morrison
principal associate principal assistant principal
Sara Hahn-Scinocco Gwen Klassen
Piccolo Gwen Klassen
Oboes Alex Klein David Sussman
English Horn Clarinets Slavko Popovic Jocelyn Colquhoun
Bassoons Antoine St-Onge Michael Hope
Trumpets Adam Zinatelli Miranda Cairns
Trombones James Scott TBD
Bass Trombone David Reid
Tuba Tom McCaslin
Timpani Alexander Cohen
Percussion TBD
Harp Tisha Murvihill
Librarian Rob Grewcock
Assistant Librarian TBD
Personnel Manager Michael Thomson
This concert is presented in partnership with the
Taylor Family Foundation to bring the gift of great music to Calgary.
Venue Partner