CSO Mahler Symphony No 9 - program 01-14-22 by Charlotte Symphony Orchestra

Christopher Warren-Green, conductor

January 14 & 15 Belk Theater

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WHAT’S INSIDE A Message from the President & CEO 3 A Salute to the Maestro 4 Concert Program 5 Artist Biographies 6 2021-22 Musician Roster 8 Spotlight: The Mahler Journey 10 About the CSO 13 Program Notes 14 Annual Fund Donors 18 Corporate & Foundation Sponsors 24 Giving Societies 26 Infusion Fund 28 Board of Directors & Trustees 30 Administration 31

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WELCOME

Welcome!

Welcome, as we ring in the New Year with your Charlotte Symphony! It’s a time for new beginnings, and this month the Symphony will present established masterworks with fresh energy, reflecting and renewing our commitment to engage our communities through the transformative power of live music. We are delighted to begin January with the conclusion of the “Mahler Journey,” a years-long voyage through Mahler’s most epic Symphonies, led by Music Director Christopher Warren-Green. Mahler’s Ninth Symphony is a journey in itself: a stunning meditation on the human condition — and in the hands of the maestro, it’s sure to be transcendent. The CSO will celebrate great film scores with Spaced Out: Sci-Fi Movie Music and John Williams’ brilliant Harry Potter Children’s Suite for Orchestra. We’ll welcome a new guest conductor to the podium later this month, the Australian Jessica Cottis. Please help us give her a warm welcome to Charlotte, when she shares the immensely appealing program she has curated for

her appearance here — including the Charlotte Symphony premiere of Kurt Weill’s The Seven Deadly Sins. As we carry out our work to pass on the love of music to the next generation, please “save the date” and plan to join us for upcoming performances that showcase some of our partnerships in higher education: Friday, March 4th at the Belk for our second collaboration with Morehouse College, and Sunday, April 3rd for our first concert in the beautiful new Sarah Belk Gambrell Center for the Arts and Civic Engagement at Queens. Next to be scheduled, our first concert in over a decade at Johnson C. Smith University. Wherever you look, you will find your CSO out in the community, making new connections through music! Thank you for your support in 2021, as together we welcome the new in ‘22!

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A SALUTE TO

THE MAESTRO 12 Brilliant Seasons with Christopher Warren-Green

2021-22 marks Christopher WarrenGreen’s valedictory lap as Music Director after twelve seasons at the helm of the Charlotte Symphony — a tenure that has been marked by a broadening of repertoire and innovative programming, attracting some of the world’s foremost soloists to the Charlotte stage. Throughout the season, we’ll honor the Maestro’s legacy of musical excellence in Charlotte before he takes on the titles of Music Adviser and Conductor Laureate, a title bestowed upon former Music Directors who have made a significant impact and have formed and shaped the institution’s artistic quality over time. We hope you’ll join us throughout Maestro Warren-Green’s farewell season, where he’ll lead some of his favorite works — including Mahler’s Ninth Symphony and Vaughan Williams’s Dona Nobis Pacem. Maestro will close out his tenure as Music Director by leading the CSO and the Charlotte Master Chorale in Beethoven’s epic Ninth Symphony. Help us honor Maestro Warren-Green in his final season as Music Director by sharing your favorite memories on social media with the hashtag #cltsymphony. And see what CSO musicians and supporters have to say about the Maestro in this charming farewell video: Celebrating Christopher Warren-Green 4 salute to the maestro

Friday, January 14, 2022 | 7:30 p.m. Saturday, January 15, 2022 | 7:30 p.m. Belk Theater at Blumenthal Performing Arts Center

Christopher Warren-Green, conductor

GUSTAV MAHLER (1860-1911)

Symphony No. 9 I. Andante comodo II. Im Tempo eines gemächlichen Ländlers. Etwas täppisch und sehr derb III. Rondo-Burleske: Allegro assai. Sehr trotzig IV. Adagio. Sehr langsam und noch zurückhaltend

Tonight’s concert will last approximately 90 minutes and will be performed without an intermission.

This weekend’s concerts are made possible in part by a generous gift In memory of

Dr. Chandler Thompson program

CONDUCTOR Christopher Warren-Green music director Now in his 12th season with the CSO, Maestro Warren-Green also serves as Music Director of the London Chamber Orchestra.

Over the last 30 years Maestro WarrenGreen has worked with eminent orchestras around the world. In North America he has conducted the Philadelphia Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra, Detroit, Houston, St Louis, Toronto, Milwaukee, Seattle and Vancouver symphony orchestras, and Washington’s National Symphony Orchestra. In the UK, he has worked with the Philharmonia, London Philharmonic, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic and Royal Scottish National orchestras. 2021–22 marks the final season of Warren-Green’s tenure as the Music Director of Charlotte Symphony, after which he will take on the titles of Conductor Laureate and Artistic Adviser. This season he will lead an all-English program to celebrate the orchestra’s 90th birthday, and conduct performances of Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons with soloist Paul Huang, concluding with Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 as an appropriately spectacular finale. A product of community music education, Warren-Green plays a key role in the CSO’s educational efforts, including two youth orchestras and Project Harmony, an El Sistema-based program providing afterschool music ensemble training in high-need areas.

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In addition to his international commitments, he has been invited to conduct at the wedding services of TRH The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall at St. George’s Chapel, Windsor, in 2005, TRH The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge at Westminster Abbey in 2011 and the Duke and Duchess of Sussex at St George’s Chapel, Windsor, in 2018. He conducted the London Chamber Orchestra on the occasion of HM The Queen’s 80th birthday and the Philharmonia Orchestra for Her Majesty’s 90th birthday concert at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, as well as HRH The Prince of Wales’ 60th birthday concert in Buckingham Palace. A violinist by training, Warren-Green began his career at the age of 19 as concertmaster of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, followed by the Philharmonia Orchestra and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields. He is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music, having been a Professor there for eight years, and has appeared numerous times on television and radio. He has recorded extensively for Sony, Philips, Virgin EMI, Chandos, Decca and Deutsche Grammophon, and records with the London Chamber Orchestra for Signum Classics.

RAVEL

PIANO CONCERTO

WEILL THE 7 DEADLY SINS Jessica Cottis, conductor Stewart Goodyear, piano Lindsay Kesselman, soprano

January 28 & 29 Knight Theater

“Engaging” (The Scotsman) conductor Jessica Cottis leads Ravel’s bright, jazz-infused Piano Concerto in G, Stravinsky’s Circus Polka, and works by modern composers Jessie Montgomery and Kurt Weill.

MONTGOMERY Strum RAVEL Piano Concerto in G major STRAVINSKY Circus Polka WEILL The Seven Deadly Sins

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MUSICIANS

YOUR CHARLOTTE SYMPHONY Christopher Warren-Green, Music Director Christopher James Lees, Resident Conductor FIRST VIOLINS Calin Ovidiu Lupanu

Concertmaster The Catherine & Wilton Connor Chair

Joseph Meyer

Associate Concertmaster

Kari Giles

Assistant Concertmaster

Ernest Pereira° Susan Blumberg°° Jane Hart Brendle Emily Chatham°° Lenora Leggatt† Ellyn Stuart Jenny Topilow°° Angela Watson† Dustin Wilkes-Kim SECOND VIOLINS Oliver Kot Principal The Wolfgang Roth Chair

Kathleen Jarrell

Assistant Principal The Pepsi-Cola Foundation of Charlotte Chair

Carlos Tarazona° Sakira Harley° Monica Boboc Tatiana Karpova Martha Geissler Alice Silva†

VIOLAS Benjamin Geller

FLUTES Victor Wang

Alaina Rea

Amy Orsinger Whitehead Erinn Frechette

Principal The Zoe Bunten Merrill Principal Viola Chair Assistant Principal

Ellen Ferdon Cynthia Frank Nancy Marsh Levine Viara Stefanova Ning Zhao CELLOS Alan Black

Principal The Kate Whitner McKay Principal Cello Chair

Jonathan Lewis

Assistant Principal

Marlene Ballena Drew Dansby† Jeremy Lamb Sarah Markle Denielle Wilson† DOUBLE BASSES Kurt Riecken

Principal The Blumenthal Foundation Chair

PICCOLO Erinn Frechette OBOES Hollis Ulaky

Principal The Leo B. Driehuys Chair‡

Erica Cice Terry Maskin ENGLISH HORN Terry Maskin CLARINETS Taylor Marino

Principal The Gary H. & Carolyn M. Bechtel Chair

Samuel Sparrow Allan Rosenfeld

Judson Baines

E♭ CLARINET Samuel Sparrow

Jeffrey Ferdon Jason McNeel

BASS CLARINET Allan Rosenfeld

Principal

Assistant Principal

This roster lists the full-time members of the Charlotte Symphony. The number and seating of musicians onstage varies depending on the piece being performed.

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The Charlotte Symphony Orchestra is a proud member of the League of American Ochestras.

MUSICIANS BASSOONS Olivia Oh* Principal

Joshua Hood

Acting Principal

Margaret O'Leary† Naho Zhu† CONTRABASSOON Naho Zhu† HORNS Byron Johns

Principal The Mr. & Mrs. William H. Van Every Chair

Andrew Fierova Robert Rydel Richard Goldfaden Philip Brindise†

MUSICIAN SPOTLIGHT

TRUMPETS Alex Wilborn

Principal The Betty J. Livingstone Chair

Jonathan Kaplan Gabriel Slesinger

Associate Principal The Marcus T. Hickman Chair

TROMBONES John Bartlett Principal

Thomas Burge BASS TROMBONE Scott Hartman Principal

TUBA Derek Fenstermacher†

Acting Principal The Governor James G. Martin Chair

TIMPANI Jacob Lipham

Principal The Robert Haywood Morrison Chair

PERCUSSION Brice Burton Principal

HARP Andrea Mumm Trammell Principal The Dr. Billy Graham Chair

° Non-revolving position °° Alternates between first and second violins † Acting member of the Charlotte Symphony ‡ Funded by The Symphony Guild of Charlotte, Inc. * On leave

The son of two music educators, Principal Horn Byron Johns was born and raised in the Gulf Coast city of Venice, Florida. Before joining the Charlotte Symphony in 2014, Byron earned a master’s degree in horn performance and literature from the Eastman School of Music and held positions with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra and the Rochester Chamber Orchestra. He has also performed with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and the Jacksonville Symphony. Like his parents, Byron has a passion for education and serves on the faculty of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and Queens University of Charlotte.

Byron Johns Principal Horn

When he’s not performing or teaching, Byron enjoys flyfishing, hunting, backpacking, and spending time with his wife Katy and their two loyal canine friends.

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SPOTLIGHT

THE

MAHLER JOURNEY

This month, Music Director Christopher Warren-Green and the Charlotte Symphony complete their journey through Mahler’s Symphonies with his final completed work, the powerful and introspective Symphony No. 9.

Gustav Mahler is, undoubtedly, one of the most important and influential composers throughout history. His towering symphonies contain multitudes — the very essence of the human condition — love, hatred, life, and death. It’s easy for people to hear echoes of their own fears, joys, doubts, and sorrows in his music. It’s universal. Despite this, decades after his death, Mahler’s music was overshadowed by the modernist sounds of the second Viennese school — Schoenberg, Berg, and Webern — and his longer-living contemporary Richard Strauss. It wasn’t until the 1960s that conductors, most notably Leonard Bernstein, began to rediscover and champion his works; demystifying the genius to be found within these complex and massive symphonies. 10 spotlight: The Mahler Journey

And this is precisely what Christopher Warren-Green set out to do when, early in his tenure as Music Director, he invited Charlotte to join him and the Orchestra on a journey through Mahler’s most epic Symphonies. “By now, everyone knows that Mahler is one of my absolute favorite composers,” said Maestro Warren-Green, “not only because of the pure majesty and grandeur of his compositions but because of their complexities.” Now, in the final leg of the Mahler Journey, Maestro Warren-Green hopes all of Charlotte will join him in experiencing Mahler’s greatness through the Ninth Symphony. “If you’ve ever heard Mahler’s music, you’ll know what I mean, especially if you’ve heard it live, there is simply nothing like hearing it in person in the concert hall.”

SPOTLIGHT Mahler was consumed with thoughts of his own and others’ mortality as he composed his Ninth Symphony, following the death of his four-yearold daughter and the diagnosis of a heart condition that would take his life just four years later. But if despair and anguish are undoubtedly present in the music, they stand side-by-side with a passionate love of life and nature, and a heroic defiance of death. “You’ve trusted me along this Mahler Journey thus far,” said Maestro WarrenGreen, “and I truly do hope you’ll join us for the final part. You’ll be in for a real treat.”

“A Symphony must be like the world. It must contain everything.” GUSTAV MAHLER

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Kensho Watanabe, conductor Sara Davis Buechner, piano

February 11 & 12 Belk Theater

“Intelligent and agile” (Bachtrack) conductor Kensho Watanabe leads Tchaikovsky’s boisterous and melancholic Symphony No. 6, “Pathétique.”

CLYNE Within Her Arms C. SCHUMANN Piano Concerto TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6 “Pathétique”

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ABOUT US

Celebrating its 90th anniversary in the 2021-22 season, the Charlotte Symphony (CSO) is committed to uplifting, entertaining, and educating the diverse communities of Charlotte-Mecklenburg and beyond through exceptional musical experiences. A cornerstone of Charlotte’s arts and cultural landscape, the CSO is the oldest continually operating symphony orchestra in the Carolinas and performs around 150 concerts annually in addition to robust community engagement and education efforts. Founded in 1932 and led by internationally renowned Music Director Christopher Warren-Green, the Symphony upholds the highest artistic integrity and takes bold steps to engage the community through music. The CSO employs 62 professional full time musicians, performs throughout the community, and offers significant educational programming aimed at improving areas of our community with the greatest need. Core programming runs September to May and includes Classical, Pops, Movie, and Family series, plus other special performances with notable soloists. Annual favorite, Magic of Christmas, delights during the holidays each season. We also serve as the soundtrack to our community’s ballet and opera productions.

We perform everywhere from community parks and schools to breweries, places of worship, and senior care centers. We are deeply committed to the notion that music, accessible to all and experienced in many forms, enriches and unifies our community. We actively nurture the next generation of musicians and music lovers by supporting three diverse youth orchestras, led by Resident Conductor Christopher James Lees. Project Harmony serves more than 200 students in criticalneed areas with free after-school lessons in music and life skills. We employ music as a tool for building community and even as an agent of change. We believe in equity and inclusion, and aim to reflect diversity on stage. Our Music For All program welcomes our community members on public assistance to attend select performances for $1 per ticket, and we strive to be an industry leader in imaginative, relevant programming by intentionally seeking out women conductors, underrepresented in our industry, and conductors, composers, and guest artists of color. The Charlotte Symphony plays a leading cultural role in the Charlotte area and aims to serve the community as a civic leader, reflecting and uniting our region through the transformative power of live music. about us 13

PROGRAM NOTES GUSTAV MAHLER born: July 7, 1860 in Kaliště, Bohemia died: May 18, 1911 in Vienna, Austria

Symphony No. 9 composed: 1909 premiere: June 26, 1912 in Vienna In the summer of 1907, Gustav and Alma Mahler and their two young daughters made the annual trip to Maiernigg, a small village located on the banks of the Wörthersee in Southern Austria. On July 12, the older daughter, Maria Anna (“Putzi”), died, four months shy of her fifth birthday, from scarlet fever. Shortly afterward, Gustav Mahler received the initial diagnosis of the heart disease that would claim him in four years’ time. Mahler soon became a shadow of his former, vibrant, self. According to Alma, her husband repeatedly stopped during walks to monitor his pulse. Alma recalled: I had often implored him to give up his long bicycle rides, his climbing and also swimming under water, to which he was so passionately attached. There was nothing of that sort now. On the contrary, he had a pedometer in his pocket. His steps and pulse-beats were numbered and his life a torment. This summer was the saddest we had ever spent or were to spend together. Every excursion, every attempt at distraction was a failure. Grief and anxiety pursued us wherever we went. Work was his one resource. He slaved at Das Lied von der Erde and the first drafts of the Ninth (Symphony).

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Both of these compositions reflect Mahler’s preoccupation with mortality. Das Lied von der Erde (The Song of the Earth) is a cycle of six poems for two solo voices and large orchestra. The finale of Das Lied von der Erde — “Der Abschied (The Farewell)” — is an extended slowtempo movement. The final measures of “Der Abschied” juxtapose the temporality of man’s existence with Nature’s constant renewal: “My heart is still and awaits its hour! The dear Earth blooms in the spring and grows green anew! Everywhere and forever the blue light in the distance! Forever…forever…” By the time that Mahler completed Das Lied von der Erde in 1909, he had composed eight Symphonies. Mahler was acutely aware that several composers, including Beethoven, Schubert, and Bruckner, were unable to advance beyond their ninth symphonies. Mahler had previously written several symphonies that included vocal parts. Nevertheless, the superstitious Mahler opted for the title of Das Lied von der Erde, rather than “Symphony No. 9.”

PROGRAM NOTES While composing his next Symphony, which he did call the Ninth, Mahler informed Alma: “Actually, of course, it’s the Tenth, because Das Lied von der Erde was really the Ninth.” In the summer of 1910, when Mahler began work on his Tenth Symphony, he announced to Alma, “Now the danger is past.” Despite physicians’ warnings after the diagnosis of his heart condition, Mahler continued an exhausting work schedule. After resigning his position as Kappellmeister in Vienna, Mahler traveled to New York, where, beginning in 1908, he served as conductor of the Metropolitan Opera. The following year, Mahler became conductor of the New York Philharmonic. In February of 1911,

Mahler conducted his final concerts in New York. Mahler returned to Vienna, where he died on May 18, 1911, at the age of 50. The Tenth Symphony remained incomplete. Mahler’s disciple Bruno Walter conducted the world premiere of the Ninth Symphony, which took place in Vienna on June 26, 1912. As previously noted, Mahler concluded his Das Lied von der Erde with a song entitled “The Farewell.” But for Walter, “The Farewell” could well have been the title of the Ninth Symphony, whose first movement is “a tragic, strangely moving, noble paraphrase of farewell emotions. An unparalleled hovering between the sadness of leave-taking and the vision of heavenly light (not floating fantasy, rather immediate emotions) lifts the movement into an atmosphere of utmost transfiguration.” For composer Alban Berg, the Mahler Ninth was: ...the expression of the remarkable love for this earth, the longing to live upon it in peace, to enjoy nature to the greatest depths before death enters. Because death does come, inexorably…for the last time, Mahler turns toward Earth—not to battles and deeds, which he brushes off… but rather totally and only to nature. He wants to enjoy whatever treasures earth still offers him for as long as he can.

Notes on the Program by Ken Meltzer 1906 photo of Alma Mahler with her daughters Maria (left), who died tragically in 1907, and Anna (right), who later became a sculptor.

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PROGRAM NOTES GUSTAV MAHLER Symphony No. 9

II. Im Tempo eines gemächlichen Ländlers; Etwas täppisch und sehr derb (In the tempo of a leisurely country

I. Andante comodo The Symphony begins with a lengthy, slow-tempo movement, opening with a delicate, mysterious introduction, scored for lower strings, harp, and horns. The initial theme, sung by the second violins, seems to rise from the mists. The far more agitated minor-key second theme culminates in a trumpet fanfare. This leads to an extroverted reprise of the opening theme. The exposition closes with a fierce episode that features a synthesis of the preceding material. The extended development section begins softly and, with ambiguous tonality, suggests a state of disorientation. A more lyrical section builds to a violent climax that finally resolves to a descending, orchestral passage, evoking the sense of collapse. Another climax leads to an ominous passage, featuring echoes of the fanfare. A nostalgic recollection of the opening theme ultimately yields to an agitated episode, capped by potent brass outbursts. With plodding figures in the lower strings and trumpet fanfares, the music takes on the character of “a labored funeral procession.” The tolling of bells signals the end of the development section, as the second violins reprise the opening theme. But now, the melody assumes a more anguished character. A misterioso episode spotlights the solo flute. The return of the second theme leads to the coda, in which wistful reminiscences of the opening melody finally yield to silence. 16 program notes

dance. Somewhat clumsy and very coarse)

The second movement comprises three principal sections that return throughout in varied guises. The first is an awkward version of a country-dance, the ländler. The strings introduce the vibrant second episode. A slower ländler features a melody closely related to the first movement’s opening theme. A final, subdued reprise of the opening ländler is capped by a lighthearted duet for piccolo and contrabassoon. III. Rondo-Burleske; Allegro assai; Sehr trotzig (Very defiant) In contrast to its predecessor, the third movement is notable for its sardonic character. The trumpets launch the agitated sequence that serves as the principal section of this Rondo. A serene central episode features an undulating four-note motif that will play a central role in the finale. A vehement reprise of the principal Rondo sequence shatters that brief moment of tranquility. IV. Adagio; Sehr langsam und noch zurückhaltend (Very slowly and even cautious) The Symphony concludes as it began, with an extended slow-tempo movement. The violins herald the tender opening theme, introduced by the strings. The music proceeds to a fortissimo climax that immediately subsides to a whisper, as the first violins play the plaintive, second theme. The four-note motif introduced in the preceding movement plays a central role during this sequence—indeed, throughout the finale.

PROGRAM NOTES An elegiac mood pervades the reappearance of the themes. After a final climax, the music subsides to the faintest whisper. Toward the close, the first violins play a melody that recalls a portion of the fourth song from Mahler’s 1904 song cycle Kindertotenlieder (Songs on the Death of Children). A parent tries to convince himself that his children have not died, but are instead out enjoying a long walk. The violin melody in the Ninth

Symphony corresponds to the following text from Kindertotenlieder: “Im Sonnenschein! Der Tag ist schön auf jenen Höh’n!” “In the Sunshine! The day is beautiful on yonder heights!” Only the strings remain in the Symphony’s whispered final measures, which Mahler directs be played ersterbend (“dying”).

Gustav Mahler in 1907, photographed by Moritz Nähr. program notes 17

SUPPORTERS

We gratefully acknowledge these generous donors to the Charlotte Symphony Annual Fund. This list reflects gifts received between September 1, 2020 through December 31, 2021.

BENEFACTOR CIRCLE $100,000+ Catherine & Wilton Connor

Anonymous Jerry & Gaile Greenhoot

Jerry & Rosalind Richardson

$50,000 – $99,999 Jane & Hugh McColl

Patrick J. O’Leary

Douglas Young

$25,000 – $49,999 Joan & Mick Ankrom Richard & Ruth Ault John Barquin & Melissa Elaine Loyd Dr. Milton & Arlene Berkman Philanthropic Fund Mark & Judith Brodsky

DG Brungard Foundation Roberta H. Cochran Linda & Bill Farthing Ellen M. Fitzsimmons & Greg Rogowski John & Maria Huson Richard J. Osborne

Kimberly & Brian Parker Torsten & Kim Pilz Paul & Kathy Reichs Carolyn Shaw In Memory of Dr. Chandler Thompson John & Andromeda Williams

$15,000 – $24,999 Jean & Dick Cornwell Jeanie & Tom Cottingham Ralph S. Grier Reginald B. Henderson, Esq. Richard Krumdieck

Betty P. & Jeffrey J. Lee David & Ellen Leitch DeDe & Alex McKinnon Joan & Richard Morgan Debbie & Pat Phillips

Judy & Derek Raghavan Ann & Fritz Rehkopf Elizabeth Connor Stewart Sophie & Fran Wachter

$10,000 – $14,999 Francisco & Jeannette Alvarado Mr. & Mrs. Howard C. Bissell Katharine & Frank Bragg Mr. & Mrs. R. Alfred Brand III Dr. & Mrs. Bob Gaines Janet M. Haack

Page & Ed Kizer Hartmut & Irene Kossack Mr. & Mrs. Casey Mermans Alex & Ulrike Miles Jay & Elizabeth Monge Eleanor W. Neal

Robert Norville Mica & Keith Oberkfell M.A. Rogers Marc Abraham & Mike Rutledge Thomas & Sherry Skains Chris & Jim Teat

For more information on how to make a gift to the CSO Annual Fund, please contact Chrissy Geimann, Director of Annual Fund & Special Events, at 704.714.5137 or cgeimann@charlottesymphony.org.

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SUPPORTERS VIRTUOSO CIRCLE $5,000 – $9,999 Wedge & Debbie Abels Howard P. Adams & Carol B. McPhee Tiffany & Jason Bernd Gay F. Boswell Bill & Robin Branstrom Jan & Ed Brown Margarita & Nick Clements Mary Anne Dickson Peggy & Richard Dreher Lisa & Carlos Evans Christoph & Robin Feddersen Carol & Ron Follmer Karen Fox H. Clay Furches Sarah & Frank Gentry

Berkley & Audean Godehn Stacy & Todd Gorelick Peter & Ann Guild Mr. Joseph K. Hall III Chris Jensen Robert & Vivian Lamb Taylor Marino Susanne & Bill McGuire Susan & Loy McKeithen Brent & Ann Milgrom Chuck Miller & Marcy Thailer Mr. Glenn Mincey & Mrs. Macie Mincey M. Marie Mitchell Emily Pirzadeh Sally & Russell Robinson

Nancy & Charlie Robson Pat Rodgers Sara Garcés Roselli & Dan Roselli JD & Katrina Schurter Mr. & Mrs. Harley F. Shuford, Jr. Emily & Zach Smith Melinda & David Snyder Gail & Scott Syfert Drs. Chris & Lillian Teigland Judith & Gary Toman In Memory of Tess Verbesey Kevin & Jill Walker Rayner & Adele Weir Richard & Lisa Worf Barbara & Richard Yoder

$3,500 – $4,999 Anonymous Dr. & Mrs. Richard Bridgette Jan & Bob Busch Lynne & Colby Cathey Melissa Cornwell David J.L. Fisk & Anne O’Byrne Joan & Parker Foley

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Richard I. McHenry & Cynthia L. Caldwell Mr. & Mrs. Paul McIntosh Elizabeth J. McLaughlin George McLendon & Carol Quillen Courtney Reichs Mixon Suzie & Nick Trivisonno Ms. Deborra Wood & Mr. Russell Propst

$2,500 – $3,499 Anonymous (2) Harriet & Bill Barnhardt Bill & Georgia Belk Philipp J. Bischoff Si & Michael Blake Joye D. Blount & Jessie J. Knight Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Alan Blumenthal Dr. & Mrs. O. Robert Boehm Twig & Barbara Branch Linda Jo & Josh Carron Dr. & Mrs. Mark Couture Brian & Morgan Cromwell Alfred & Amy Dawson Donna & Alvaro de Molina Mary & Philip Delk Cheryl DeMaio Peggy & Charles Dickerson Mrs. Carolyn Faison Alex & Patty Funderburg John Gallagher

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Mr. & Mrs. Robert R. Rollins, Jr. Bette Roth Glenn Sherrill Mr. Ron G. Sherrill Nancy E. Simpson Marsha & Robert L. Stickler Mrs. H. Dickson Stowe Dr. Mark R. Swanson Deborah J. Cox & Bob Szymkiewicz Dr. John A. Thompson, Jr. & Dr. Lee Rocamora James H. Trexler & Kelly Zellars Dr. Cynthia H. Tyson Drs. Iris Cheng & Daniel Uri Paul & Susan Vadnais Ms. Dana Vestal Ellen & Jimmie Wade Mary Claire & Dan Wall Edgar & Karen Whitener Dr. Shanté Williams supporters 19

SUPPORTERS PATRON CIRCLE $1,500 – $2,499

Anonymous Marcia Adams Ross & Michele Annable Dan & Barbara Austell Merilyn & Craig Baldwin Katherine M. Belk Mary & Charles Bowman Donald Butler Jane & Larry Cain Ms. Catherine P. Carstarphen Allison Clark Dr. W. Gerald Cochran & Mr. Timothy D. Grudger Dorothy & Mike Connor James Crosthwaite Gwin Dalton Mr. R. Stuart Dickson Arlene H. Elisha Ms. Anne Marie Forbes Timothy & Kara Gallagher Douglas R. & Elizabeth G. Goldstein Katherine G. Hall Steven Hershfield & Mary Jo Germain Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin F. Hill, Jr. Gene & Helen Katz Kerry Kaufmann Staci & Matthew Marino Cricket Weston & David Molinaro Peter & Janet Nixon Michael & Debbie O’Hara Karen L. Oldham Caroline Olzinski Tony & Lynn Pace Arvind & Helen Patil John & Wilma Pinter John & Susan Rae Jane Perry Shoemaker Katy & Raleigh Shoemaker Pope Shuford Molly & Conrad Sloan Dr. Bernard Reen III & Ms. Teresa Starr Richard R. Taylor Mr. & Mrs. Hans Teich Tillie S. Tice Daniel & Kathleen Troy Vera Watson Grant Webb

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Mrs. Eugenia N. White Michael & Kathy White Deems Wilson Floyd Wisner & Glenda Colman

$1,000 – $1,499

Anonymous (2) Michael & Lee Abbott Mrs. Kathleen Allison Larry Anderson Ann L. Armstrong Sharon Baker & Peter Moore Carol B. Barber Mr. & Mrs. Lincoln A. Baxter Morgan Beggs Shirley W. Benfield Richard & Christie Benoit Donald H. & Barbara K. Bernstein Family Foundation Melody Birmingham Ms. Brett Blumenthal & Mr. David Wax Dr. & Mrs. George Bohmfalk Marilyn & Herb Bonkovsky Frannie & Herb Browne Ralph Canfield Ms. Elizabeth Carr David M. Cody Ann F. Copeland Mr. Mark Copeland Sarah & Larry Dagenhart Christopher & Elizabeth Daly Dan & Jeannette Davis Ralph & Troyann Dougherty Cheryl Drake-Bowers Elizabeth Betty Eaton Mrs. Geraldine S. Emmert Bob & Judy Erb James C. Fort Lucy Quintilliano & Leonard Fumi Monica George Mr. Mark Gibbs Carol & Joseph Gigler Dan & Linda Gordon Carleen & Jim Grossman Joyce & Ed Hamilton Mr. Christopher Harris Mr. Stefan Heinzelmann Anne J. Henderson Mr. & Mrs. Jon Hunt Paul & Linda Ibsen Lea & Stuart Johnson

Vickie & Eugene Johnson Rebecca & Lex Jones Mr. & Mrs. Ron Kaufman Joan Kirschner Dr. & Mrs. Jack Kramer Marilyn Kroll Maria Kurtz Jennie Buckner & Steve Landers Ms. LaTanya Lofton Hogue James Lynch Mr. & Mrs. Yih-Han Ma Dr. & Mrs. William W. MacDonald Dr. & Mrs. Randolph Mahnesmith Richard & Anna Marriott Holly & Christopher Maurer Nydia McCrohan Eric Miller Thomas & Susan Mitchell Susan D. Montgomery Tom & Sally Moore Kirsten Morris Eugene P. Kueny & Don C. Niehus Mr. & Mrs. E. O. Oakley Anita & Gale Pendergraph Janet & Rick Pfeiffer Mr. & Mrs. Rodney C. Pitts Dr. William Porter & Peggy Davis Haywood & Sabine Rankin Brendan Reen Rita & Thomas Robinson Mrs. Gail C. Salmon Mr. & Mrs. William Seifert Parker & Stephen Shuford Michael Silverman Dr. & Mrs. Henry L. Smith II Scott Smith Mr. Murray Somerville Morris & Patricia Spearman Ken Spielfogel & Richard Withem Mr. Clark Starnes Robert & Maxine Stein Kathryn Stewart Mrs. Phyllis Stokes Al & Alice Sudduth Ann & Wellford Tabor Mr. & Mrs. James Traylor Mr. & Mrs. C. L. Trenkelbach Sarah S. Tull Mrs. William K. Van Allen Craig & Gail Van Der Veer Mr. & Mrs. Mike Van Glish

SUPPORTERS Bill & Rita Vandiver Greg & Sandy Vlahos Dr. & Mrs. Bill Chu & Jin Wang Linda & Craig Weisbruch Peter White John Drew Witherington Peter & Betty Ann Wittenberg Ms. Judith Wood Mr. & Mrs. John A. Yakob Mrs. Anne Yudell

$500 – $999

Mark Abrams & Iris Prandi Mr. Bruce Anderson Leigh & Rhonda Armistead Mr. Manuel Arrese JWD Atchison Charles G. Farrar & Marcia Avedon William & Linda Bantz Mrs. Natascha A. Bechtler Bob & Cathy Becker John & Katherine Beltz Ben Benoit Ms. Kristine E. Benshoff Mortimer & Josephine Cohen Fund Robert Black Stuart Blackmon Lawton & Janette Blandford Betsy & Scott Bodien Mr. Nicholas Bonevac Mr. & Mrs. John Bradley Ms. Marianne Bragg James Broadstone Aram & Scott Bryan Mr. Charles Budd Ms. Nancy Butzek Greg & Mary Lou Cagle Barbara F. Caine Ms. Lisa Callen Maggie Callen Susan C. Carr Dianne & Jan Cates Joe & Janet Cauley Young & Kana Chin John H. Clark Mr. Brent Clevenger Richard & Kay Cline Ron & Shirley Coffman Paul & Anne Colavita Mr. Thomas E. Collins, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Charles E. Cook

Dr. & Mrs. Joseph W. Cook Mr. Kilian Cooley Sondra Cooney Martin & Leslie Cooper Mrs. Carolyn Cooper Mr. & Mrs. Alpo F. Crane Ellen M. Crowley Marylin Culp & Gene Le Beau Rufus Dalton Peter De Arcangelis Jon Merkert & Bernadette Donovan-Merkert Claude Duet Thomas & Kris Duffy Ms. Helen Edwards Rebecca Elliott Dr. & Mrs. J. Murray Fadial Doug Faris Dr. Rezvan Rafi & Dr. Saeed Fatenejad Tom & Gail Fennimore Lawrence W. Fetner, Jr. Suzanne Forbes Christopher Friesen George Gabel Melisa & Frank Galasso Dr. John & Eileen Gardella Stephen C. & Jean S. Geller Mr. & Mrs. Kodwo Ghartey-Tagoe Jenn & Taylor Gherardi Pete Gherardi Sara E. Gibson Donna Gibson Tom & Tracey Gillespie Sarah Goad Mr. Walter H. Goodwin, Esq. Ms. Cynthia Greenlee Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Groth Ms. Tara Harris Mr. & Mrs. Lowrance Harry Mr. & Mrs. Michael D. Heafner Logan & Jennifer Henderson Roger K. Hill Ben & Christy Hume Dr. Susan Hungness Joan Irwin Pete & Phyllis Johnson Tim & Kathryn Johnson E. Joann Jones Dick & Nancy Karr Steven & Mary Kesselman Nancy H. Kiser

Donna & Douglas Knowlton John & Ardis Koch Theodore & Dorothy Kramer Jonathan Lamb Mr. & Mrs. Michael Leonowicz Jerome & Barbara Levin Mr. Michael Lewandowski Mr. George Linfors Donald Liotta Mr. Agus Loekman Lucinda Nisbet Lucas Stuart & Allison Malter Jill Maxwell Jeanne McCarthy Juliette & Joseph McLelland Tom & Sandy Meckley Mr. & Mrs. Kiran H. Mehta Roy H. Michaux Anne & Brad Mitchell Gary & Fran Morrison In Memory of Patricia Nims Sara & Tom Nolan Dr. & Mrs. Michael E. Norman Mrs. Carmen Odom Nancy Olah & Bill Pace Ynez Olshausen Christopher Parides Cookie & Jerry Parnell Rachel Parsons Charles Payet Pamela Pearson & Charles Peach Ashley Peterson Gwen Peterson & Tom Hodge Mr. John H. Pickett Barbara M. Pooley Dr. & Mrs. James E. Pugh Jeanine & Naeem Qasim Dr. & Mrs. R. Pinkney Rankin, Jr. Morry Alter & Joan Rasmussen Jane Ratteree Casey Rentch Ms. Lynn Rogers Ms. Margaret Rogers & Mr. John R. Willis Nancy Rutledge & Jim Rutledge Robert & Christine Rydel John Schroeder, in honor of Patty McArthur Dr. Stephen P. Schultz & Donna Dutton Harriet Seabrook Robert Semrad Miles & Madeleine Shanley supporters 21

SUPPORTERS Andrew Silliker Lori & Eric Sklut Ms. Judy Smith Julia J. Souther Bill & Mary Staton Mr. & Mrs. Larry Stern William & Catherine Stone Sam & Martha Stowe Dr. & Mrs. Thomas Stubbs Wesley & Claudia Sturges Mr. & Mrs. Warren W. Sturm Faye F. Sultan & Kenneth Essex George & Brenda Sweet Martha Swetka John & Margaret Switzer Sarah Teague Dr. & Mrs. Thiedeman Nancy & Dick Thigpen Ms. Kelly Thomas Frances & Bill Thompson Ms. Catherine E. Thompson & Mr. Martin Hunter Ms. Cynthia Thomson Denise Tidball Tim Timson Melissa M. Tolin Brent & Claire Trexler Sarah & Tim Turner James & Melanie Twyne David Walters Mr. Erik Weghorst Qiuming Wei Mr. & Mrs. Tom Weidman Barnet & Harriet Weinstock Pam & Steve West Zelda White Dr. Thomas H. White Bryan Wilhelm Mr. & Mrs. Charles Williams Ms. Barbara Yarbrough David Yardley

$250 – $499

Anonymous (2) Tony & Susan Abbott Mr. & Mrs. Andrew A. Adair, Esq. Anna Akins Ms. Leslie Antoniel Andrew & Karen Antoszyk Linda Arnold Ms. Barbara J. Avard

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Mary Lou & Jim Babb Judi Bainbridge Carl Belk Dr. & Mrs. Michael J. Bell Ms. Linda Bentley James Biddlecome Megan Blankemeyer List Jeffrey Boghosian Steve Bost Carole Bourret Saul & Martha Brenner Mr. & Mrs. Terry Broderick Mary E. Bruno David H. & Barbara J. Burns Mrs. Christina Cantrell Robert & Jo Anne Caruso Mary Case Amy Cathey Catherine Chew Amanda & Kevin Chheda Ms. Catherine Choudary John Clapp Ms. Michele T. Classe Ms. Dorothy Cole Mr. & Mrs. Richard Coonen Tom Covington Mr. Todd Croy Mrs. Judy Crozier Michael Curtis Rennie Cuthbertson Virginia A. Davis Doug & Diane Doak Jere & Patsy Drummond Carolyn & Tim Eichenbrenner Gainor Eisenlohr Mr. Martin Ericson Kenneth & Lisa Estes Richard Fairclough Claudia Fanning John Alday & Rebecca Fant Sarah Fatherly The Federico Family Robert & Catherine Flynn Chakana Fowler Jerry Fox Karen Fuentes Mary & John Gaertner Harvey & Cindy Gantt Dr. & Mrs. Richard Gellar Darius & Mariam Ghazi Alan & Ruth Goldberg

Mr. & Mrs. Larry Goodgame Michael & Jordan Green Mr. Kevin Greene Mr. & Mrs. William Griesmyer Mrs. Gloria Gunst Spencer Guthery John Habit Elizabeth Hage Rob Hammock & Caroline Chambre Hammock In Honor & Memory of Bernie Hargadon Mr. Rick Hargis Mr. Bruce Harned Mr. David Harrison Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Harver Mr. Charles Haughey Patrick & Johanne Hawk Ms. Phyllis Herschenfeld Mrs. Dorothea A. Hoffman Barbara Holt Dr. & Mrs. Alexander Horowitz Barbara Horstmann James Horton & Kathy Reardon Lis & James Hoveland Karin & Robert Hudson Peter Humphery & Juliann Bannon Ow Hunter Betty Hunter Linda Hutchinson Cynthia B. Irby Mr. Michael Johnson Martha D. Jones Dr. Peter Judge & Ms. Christine Judge Joseph & Patty Kahle Margot Kaiser Mr. & Mrs. Harold G. Karn Madhu Katta John J. Kelly, Jr. Carolyn Wells Kibler Suzanne & John Knowles Mrs. S. Lacy Ms. Wendy Laxton George & Susan Livermore John J. Locke Dr. & Mrs. Thomas T. Long III Skip & Ginny Long Ms. Suzanne Lowry Donald Lueder Bob & Mary Anne MacCaughelty Robert A. & Kathryn S. Majeski Bruce & Leigh Marsh

SUPPORTERS Joan W. Martin & Pat Burgess Theodore & Katherine Martinez Michael Matier Ed & Wendy Matthews Mr. & Mrs. Stephen R. Matula Kim & Alan Maxwell Ms. Judy Mayo Guy T. & Meredith Hance McBride Mr. & Mrs. James W. McQuiston Mr. Manuel V. Medeiros Ms. Katharina Miles Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Moline Sallie & Joe Moody Ms. Karen Murdock Jim & Linda Nash Jill & Edwin Newman Carol Nicholson David Nix Mr. William Olson Gerald Padbury Dimitris & Jennifer Papageorgiou Ms. Carolyn Parrington Rose & Bailey Patrick Paula & Robert Paul Mr. Robert Paul

Mr. & Mrs. David K. Peterson Catherine Philpott Kathleen Prevost Stephen Primost Mr. Conrad Puckett Betty Chafin Rash Joann Rautenberg Emily & Brian Reinicker Dr. Livia Robicsek Mr. & Mrs. Albert E. Rodgers Stanley & Louise Rose Julie Ruterbories Ms. Janet Sarratt Sarah E. Schoedinger Merle & Judy Schuh Dr. & Mrs. Marvin Shapiro Robert Sink David Small Carol Smith Fred H. Smith Nancy & Richard Stark James & Ellie Stephens Ann Stigall Tim & Mary Stokes Brenda Gail Summers

Sandy Tate Cornelius Tate Carrie & Jeffrey Teixeira Mr. Razvan Theodoru & Mrs. Isabelle Cantin David Thomason Robert & Mary Thornberry Mr. Mark Thornberry & Ms. Kay Thompson Nancy & David Townsend Patti Tracey & Chris Hudson Ms. Nancy Tretsch Joan Vogen Luther & Marlyn Wade Minyan Wang Ms. Leslie Webster Lyman Welton Mr. & Mrs. Richard J. Wertheimer Ms. Mary Lindeman Wilson Ms. Carol Wilson Mr. & Mrs. Earnest Winston Allen & Clara Wolfe Ms. Haojin Wu

For more information on how to make a gift to the CSO Annual Fund, please contact Chrissy Geimann, Director of Annual Fund & Special Events, at 704.714.5137 or cgeimann@charlottesymphony.org.

Support your CSO. With your gift, the Charlotte Symphony uplifts, entertains, and educates the diverse communities of Charlotte-Mecklenburg and beyond through exceptional musical experiences.

Every gift makes a difference. Make your contribution today:

SPONSORS CORPORATE PARTNERS We are grateful for the following outstanding corporate funders: $100,000 +

$50,000 - $99,999

$20,000 - $49,999

$10,000 - $19,999

$5,000 - $9,999 Duke Energy/Piedmont Natural Gas Kingfisher Capital

For more information, please contact Amanda LoCascio, Director of Corporate Engagement at 704.714.5138 or alocascio@charlottesymphony.org

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SPONSORS GOVERNMENT & FOUNDATION SUPPORT We are grateful for the following outstanding foundation and government funders: $100,000 +

$50,000 - $99,999

$20,000 - $49,999

DG Brungard Foundation

Mariam & Robert Hayes Charitable Trust

The Trexler Foundation

$10,000 - $19,999

Blumenthal Foundation Cole Foundation

John S. & James L. Knight Foundation The Maurer Family Foundation

$5,000 - $9,999 AT&T Foundation The George W. & Ruth R. Baxter Foundation The Jack H & Ruth C. Campbell Foundation

The Charlotte Assembly Dunspaugh-Dalton Foundation, Inc. Friends of Fourth Ward

$2,500 - $4,999 Barnhardt/Thomas Trust Springsteen Foundation

Stanly County Community Foundation Winer Family Foundation

For more information, please contact Holly Blackman, Government & Institutional Relations Manager at 704.714.5130 or hblackman@charlottesymphony.org

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Articles inside

Spotlight: The Mahler Journey

A Message from the President & CEO

Concert Program

About the CSO

Program Notes