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CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

METPES B E R N O VEMBER 24 25 SEASON

Welcome to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s 134th season. For generations, the Orchestra has inspired audiences with its powerful, brilliant, and deeply moving performances. Whether interpreting works performed since its first season, which began in the fall of 1891, or music to be heard for the first time in a world premiere, the musicians of the CSO give their utmost, making each concert a transformative experience.

Anticipation for this season was evidenced by the high demand for the annual Symphony Ball concert, featuring pianist Lang Lang and conducted by Andrés OrozcoEstrada. This benefit, hosted by the Women’s Board, supports the multifaceted work of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association—its industry-leading artistic programs and its educational and community engagement initiatives that nurture tens of thousands of people in Chicago and around the world. We are grateful to this event’s many contributors, especially its presenting sponsor, Northern Trust.

Music Director Emeritus for Life Riccardo Muti continues his extraordinary artistic partnership with the Orchestra this fall with an all-Beethoven program that includes the Emperor Concerto with pianist Mitsuko Uchida and the Eroica Symphony. Muti’s second program features a CSO commission, a suite of music from the newly released Francis Ford Coppola film Megalopolis, with an original score by former CSO Mead Composer-in-Residence Osvaldo Golijov, alongside works of Verdi, Donizetti, Chabrier, and Falla. In November, this season’s CSO Artist-in-Residence Daniil Trifonov makes his first of three appearances in a recital on the Symphony Center Presents Piano series.

We look forward with great anticipation to the return of Zell Music Director Designate Klaus Mäkelä, who conducts the Orchestra for two weeks next spring, featuring works by Boulez, Brahms, and Dvořák in addition to Mahler’s Third Symphony with the Chicago Symphony Chorus. Among the distinguished guest conductors to grace the podium this fall are Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider, Christoph Eschenbach, Marin Alsop, Nicholas Kraemer, and Sir Donald Runnicles. KenDavid Masur, whose term as the Civic Orchestra of Chicago’s principal conductor was just extended, leads a special concert of the music of John Williams with violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter as soloist. Marek Janowski conducts performances of the Third Symphony by Anton Bruckner, whose bicentennial is celebrated this year (see page 7).

We are so glad you have chosen to make the Chicago Symphony Orchestra part of your life, and we hope to see you throughout the season.

CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION BOARD OF TRUSTEES

OFFICERS

Mary Louise Gorno Chair

Chester A. Gougis Vice Chair

Steven Shebik Vice Chair

Helen Zell Vice Chair

Renée Metcalf Treasurer

Jeff Alexander President

Kristine Stassen Secretary of the Board

Stacie M. Frank Assistant Treasurer

Dale Hedding Vice President for Development

TRUSTEES

John Aalbregtse

Peter J. Barack

H. Rigel Barber

Randy Lamm Berlin

Merrill Blau*

Roderick Branch

Kay Bucksbaum

Robert J. Buford

Johannes Burlin

Leslie Henner Burns

Marion A. Cameron-Gray

George P. Colis

Keith S. Crow

Stephen V. D’Amore

Timothy A. Duffy

Brian W. Duwe

Judith E. Feldman*

Estefania García*

Jennifer Amler Goldstein

Graham C. Grady

John Holmes

Lori Julian

Neil T. Kawashima

Geraldine Keefe

Donna L. Kendall

Thomas G. Kilroy

Randall S. Kroszner

Patty Lane

Susan C. Levy

Vikram Luthar

Renée Metcalf

Britt M. Miller

Sharon Mitchell*

Dr. Toni-Marie Montgomery

Mary Pivirotto Murley

Sylvia Neil

Christopher A. O’Herlihy

Santa J. Ono

Gerald Pauling

LTC. Jennifer N. Pritzker, USA (Ret.)

Dr. Don M. Randel

Dr. Mohan Rao

Melissa M. Root

Burton X. Rosenberg

E. Scott Santi

Steven Shebik

Marlon R. Smith

Walter Snodell

Tracy A. Stanciel*

Dr. Eugene Stark

Daniel E. Sullivan, Jr.

Scott Swanson

Nasrin Thierer

Liisa Thomas

Frederick H. Waddell

Paul S. Watford

Craig R. Williams

Robert Wislow

Ann Marie Wright

Helen Zell

Gifford R. Zimmerman

LIFE TRUSTEES

William Adams IV

Mrs. Robert A. Beatty

Arnold M. Berlin

Laurence O. Booth

William G. Brown

Dean L. Buntrock

Bruce E. Clinton

Richard Colburn

Richard H. Cooper

Anthony T. Dean

Debora de Hoyos

John A. Edwardson

Thomas J. Eyerman

James B. Fadim

David W. Fox, Sr.

Cyrus F. Freidheim, Jr.

Mrs. Robert W. Galvin

Paul C. Gignilliat

Joseph B. Glossberg

Richard C. Godfrey

* Ex-officio Trustee † Deceased List as of August 2024

William A. Goldstein

Mary Louise Gorno

Howard L. Gottlieb

Chester A. Gougis

Mary Winton Green

Dietrich Gross †

David P. Hackett

Joan W. Harris

John H. Hart

Thomas C. Heagy

Jay L. Henderson

William R. Jentes

Paul R. Judy †

Richard B. Kapnick

Donald G. Kempf, Jr.

Mrs. John C. Kern

Robert Kohl

Josef Lakonishok

Charles Ashby Lewis

Eva F. Lichtenberg

John S. Lillard †

John F. Manley

Ling Z. Markovitz

R. Eden Martin

Arthur C. Martinez

Judith W. McCue

Lester H. McKeever

David E. McNeel

William A. Osborn

Mrs. Albert Pawlick

Jane DiRenzo Pigott

John M. Pratt

Dr. Irwin Press

John W. Rogers, Jr.

Jerry Rose

Frank A. Rossi

Earl J. Rusnak, Jr. †

John R. Schmidt

Thomas C. Sheffield, Jr.

Robert C. Spoerri

Carl W. Stern

William H. Strong

Louis C. Sudler, Jr.

Richard L. Thomas

Richard P. Toft

Penny Van Horn

Paul R. Wiggin

SEMPRE

The Campaign for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra

SEMPRE ALWAYS is a $175 million fundraising effort that will advance the CSO’s preeminent role as a cultural icon showcasing musical brilliance, leadership and innovation. Your participation will help ensure success, now and always.

You can curate a gift unique in size, timeline, structure and purpose. Make a one-time gift, a gift over several years, or consider a planned gift in addition to your annual support.

“I need hardly say that the musical future of Chicago looks to me full of the brightest promise. That this promise may find ample realization is my earnest hope.”

— theodore thomas, founder and first music director of the chicago symphony orchestra

A NEW SEASON BEGINS

CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

BEETHOVEN Eroica

R. STRAUSS Don Juan and Don Quixote

TCHAIKOVSKY Swan Lake

BARTÓK Bluebeard’s Castle

GERSHWIN An American in Paris

SYMPHONY CENTER PRESENTS A journey through musical stories

Extraordinary talent. Thrilling collaborations. Unforgettable moments.

Anne-Sophie Mutter

Evgeny Kissin

Julia Fischer

Leonidas Kavakos

Mao Fujita

Daniil Trifonov, CSO Artist-inResidence Klaus Mäkelä, Zell Music Director Designate

Bruckner

Celebrating the bicentennial of composer Anton Bruckner (1824–1896)

Since the beginning of its history, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra has been closely associated with the music of Anton Bruckner.

After the first downtown season of the Chicago Orchestra closed in late April 1892, Theodore Thomas and his new ensemble embarked on a seventeen-concert tour that included stops in Louisville, Nashville, Kansas City (Missouri), Omaha, and finally Cincinnati for that city’s biennial May Festival. Thomas—who founded the festival and served as its music director since 1873—was eager to show off his new orchestra and packed their seven concerts with symphonies, orchestral arrangements of chamber works and songs, extended sections and complete acts

from operas, and large-scale choral works. The fourth concert closed with the U.S. premiere of Bruckner’s Te Deum, featuring the Cincinnati May Festival Chorus. Reception was mixed, with one reviewer calling it, “noisy and brilliant.”

Nearly five years later (and barely three months after the composer’s death), Thomas led the Orchestra in its first performances of a symphony by Bruckner—the Fourth, nicknamed Romantic at the Auditorium Theatre in January 1897. The work was declared, “a source of unmitigated joy,” by the Chicago Journal. “In this glittering and gorgeous handiwork of genius . . . a fitting and lasting monument.”

On February 19, 1904, a capacity crowd at the Auditorium had gathered mainly to hear contralto Ernestine Schumann-Heink, one of the most famous singers of the day, perform with the Orchestra. Thomas had strategically programmed Bruckner’s Ninth Symphony—the Unfinished, in its U.S. premiere—on the first half of the concert between Schumann-Heink’s two

from top : Anton Bruckner in 1885. © Hulton-Deutsch Collection, Corbis via Getty Images

Theodore Thomas, the Orchestra’s founder and first music director, in 1898, by Alfred J. Cox (1835–1909)

Program page detail from the U.S. premiere of Te Deum at the Cincinnati May Festival on May 26, 1892

selections (an aria from Mozart’s La clemenza di Tito and Schubert’s song “Die Allmacht”) to assure that the work would be heard by all in attendance.

“The name of Bruckner caused these 3,700 persons [over 700 had been turned away] to listen in patient, long suffering to a piece of tedious music which endured for fifty-five wearisome minutes,” wrote an obviously displeased William

Lines Hubbard in the Chicago Tribune. “We have endured four of his symphonies in the last six years—please, Mr. Thomas, is there not somebody else it would be ‘good for us’ to hear?”

The Orchestra continued to regularly perform Bruckner’s music throughout the twentieth century, and beginning in the early 1970s, eighth music director Sir Georg Solti and frequent guest conductor (and later ninth music director) Daniel

Barenboim proved to be true champions of the composer’s works.

On October 5, 1979, in honor of Pope John Paul II’s first visit to Chicago, Solti led the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in Bruckner’s Fifth Symphony at Holy Name Cathedral. “It was more than a superb performance . . . one of those never-to-be-duplicated events,” wrote John von Rhein in the Chicago Tribune, as the ensemble

presented “its Brucknerian riches before the Pope.” As the pontiff was leaving the cathedral, he was greeted by thousands of cheering Chicagoans. Gesturing to the crowd, he said, “I assure you, I am not the Chicago Orchestra. I am only the pope. God bless you!”

In March 1979, Barenboim introduced the Symphony no. 0 to Chicago audiences, along with the choral works Helgoland and Psalm 150.

opposite page: Cover of Theodore Thomas’s score to the Ninth Symphony

this page, from top: Daniel Barenboim leads the Orchestra and Chorus in a recording session for Psalm 150 in Orchestra Hall on March 3, 1979 (Robert M. Lightfoot III)

Concertmaster Victor Aitay and Music Director Sir Georg Solti greet Pope John Paul II, following a performance of the Fifth Symphony in Holy Name Cathedral on October 5, 1979 (Robert M. Lightfoot III)

Later, as music director, he led the Orchestra and Chorus’s first performances of the Mass no. 3 in F minor in January 2000, programmed Psalm 150 to celebrate founding chorus director Margaret Hillis’s retirement in September 1994 and the Chorus’s fiftieth anniversary in April 2008, and Te Deum for the gala concert celebrating the opening of Symphony Center in October 1997.

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra has recorded Bruckner’s symphonies on multiple occasions. As a guest conductor, Barenboim led recording sessions in Orchestra Hall and Medinah Temple for symphonies nos. 0 through 9 as well as Helgoland, Psalm 150, and Te Deum with the Chicago Symphony Chorus (prepared by Margaret Hillis) between 1972 and 1981, all for Deutsche Grammophon. Solti conducted the ten symphonies for London Records beginning in 1980, completing the cycle in

Upcoming

Bruckner performances

NOVEMBER 14–16

1996. Recordings were made in Orchestra Hall, Medinah Temple, and the Bolshoi Hall of the Philharmonie in Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg) during the Orchestra’s first tour to Russia in 1990.

Additionally, Carlo Maria Giulini, shortly after his tenure as principal guest conductor, recorded the Ninth Symphony for Angel Records in 1976. On the CSO Resound label, Principal Conductor Bernard Haitink led the Seventh Symphony in 2007 and Zell Music Director Riccardo Muti conducted the Ninth in 2016.

On video, a 1963 performance of the first movement from the Seventh Symphony led by guest conductor Paul Hindemith—originally included on WGN’s Great Music from Chicago television series—was released by VAI. Solti conducted the Seventh in London’s Royal Albert Hall in 1978 and the Sixth in Orchestra Hall in 1979, both released by London Records. In 1996 guest conductor Takashi Asahina led the Orchestra in the Fifth Symphony in Orchestra Hall, and the live concert was taped by NHK Classical for commercial video release.

Frank Villella is the director of the Rosenthal Archives. For more information, please visit cso.org/archives

BRUCKNER Symphony No. 3

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Marek Janowski CONDUCTOR

NOVEMBER 26

BRUCKNER Symphony No. 5

Berliner Philharmoniker

Kirill Petrenko CONDUCTOR

Bruckner 7 CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
HAITINK

SYMPHONY CENTER PRESENTS PIANO

Daniil Trifonov | NOV 17

2024/25 CSO ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE

Jean-Yves Thibaudet | JAN 19

Alexandre Kantorow | FEB 2

Mao Fujita | MAR 16

Emanuel Ax | APR 27

Evgeny Kissin | MAY 11

Maria João Pires | MAY 25

Víkingur Ólafsson | JUNE 8

Maria João Pires
Jean-Yves Thibaudet
Mao Fujita
PHOTOS BY TODD ROSENBERG

Negaunee Music Institute

As the education and community engagement department of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Negaunee Music Institute transforms lives through active participation in music. Programming educates children, trains young musicians and engages diverse communities, across Chicago and around the world.

Each season, the Negaunee Music Institute invests more than $5 MILLION in industry-leading programs that reach 200,000 PEOPLE across Chicago, around the world and online.

275+

CHICAGO AREA SCHOOLS

22 ,000 STUDENTS

attend CSO for Kids concerts at Symphony Center. Two-thirds of attendees come from Chicago Public Schools.

450 YOUNG MUSICIANS receive intensive instrumental music training from world-renowned faculty over the course of 500 instructional hours.

90+ COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS

collaborate with the NMI on social impact programming.

125 CONCERTS

75% OF WHICH ARE FREE —the others for a nominal fee are presented at Symphony Center and in Chicago area neighborhoods.

30 MUSICIANS of the CSO serve as Civic Orchestra coaches.

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association is grateful for the generous support of our major corporate sponsors.

EXECUTIVE SPOTLIGHT

RENÉE METCALF, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, DIVISION PERFORMANCE EXECUTIVE, PRIVATE BANK MIDWEST AND MID ATLANTIC DIVISIONS

Bank of America Merrill Lynch

Bank of America is proud to continue its long-standing support of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Our partnership not only delivers artistic quality but also helps to create meaningful connections with a diverse audience base in Chicago and around the world.

United is pleased to serve the CSO as its official airline and proudly supports its remarkable contributions to the performing arts community here in Chicago and beyond. With the CSO, we celebrate the energy that performers and audiences alike bring to our hometown and to the global stage.

robert b. ford, chairman and chief executive officer

Abbott

Abbott and Abbott Fund are proud to support the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, one of the world’s best orchestras and a highlight of our city. We are honored to continue our long legacy of partnership to bring inspirational music to the world.

michael g. o’grady, chairman, president and chief executive officer Northern Trust

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra is rightly regarded as one of the greatest orchestras in the world. Northern Trust is committed to serving our communities and the arts, and we are proud to support—as we have for more than a half century—the CSO’s extraordinary tradition of musical excellence.

melissa root, partner and chicago office managing partner

Jenner & Block LLP

Jenner & Block is proud to share the CSO’s passion for creativity, innovation, and the pursuit of excellence. As a longtime CSO supporter, the firm looks forward to continuing to participate in the symphony’s rich tradition of musical excitement and unfolding artistry in Chicago and the many communities it touches in the United States and around the world.

john m. holmes, chairman, president, and chief executive officer

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra plays an important role connecting people with opportunities through world-class music. AAR is a proud supporter of the CSO, sharing a commitment to enriching communities in Chicago and worldwide.

maestro residency presenter

ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-FOURTH SEASON

CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

KLAUS MÄKELÄ Zell Music Director Designate

RICCARDO MUTI Music Director Emeritus for Life

Thursday, October 17, 2024, at 7:30

Friday, October 18, 2024, at 7:30

Saturday, October 19, 2024, at 7:30

Nicholas Kraemer Conductor

Amanda Forsythe Soprano

Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen Countertenor

Josh Lovell Tenor

Michael Sumuel Bass-baritone

Chicago Symphony Chorus

Benjamin Rivera Guest Director

MUSIC BY GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL

Water Music, Suite No. 2 in D Major [No tempo indicated]

Alla hornpipe

Minuet Lentement

Bourrée

Otton, qual portentoso . . . Voi che udite il mio lamento from Agrippina

First Chicago Symphony Orchestra performances ARYEH NUSSBAUM COHEN

Prophetic raptures swell my breast from Joseph and his Brethren

First Chicago Symphony Orchestra performances AMANDA FORSYTHE

In appreciation of her generous support for the SEMPRE ALWAYS campaign, the Chicago Symphony recognizes Cynthia Bates as sponsor of these concerts, in honor of Kevin Rock.

INTERMISSION

Arrival of the Queen of Sheba from Solomon

To thee, thou glorious son of worth from Theodora

First Chicago Symphony Orchestra performances

AMANDA FORSYTHE

ARYEH NUSSBAUM COHEN

Let’s imitate her notes above from Alexander’s Feast

First Chicago Symphony Orchestra performances

AMANDA FORSYTHE

ARYEH NUSSBAUM COHEN

BEETHOVEN Elegy, Op. 118

CHICAGO SYMPHONY CHORUS

MOZART Mass in C Major, K. 317 (Coronation)

Kyrie

Gloria Credo

Sanctus

Benedictus

Agnus Dei

AMANDA FORSYTHE

ARYEH NUSSBAUM COHEN

JOSH LOVELL

MICHAEL SUMUEL

CHICAGO SYMPHONY CHORUS

In appreciation of her generous support for the SEMPRE ALWAYS campaign, the Chicago Symphony recognizes Cynthia Bates as sponsor of these concerts, in honor of Kevin Rock.

The appearance of the Chicago Symphony Chorus has been made possible by a generous gift from The Grainger Foundation.

United Airlines is the Official Airline of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

COMMENTS by Phillip Huscher

GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL

Born February 23, 1685; Halle, Saxony, Germany

Died April 14, 1759; London, England

Water Music, Suite No. 2 in D Major

Unlike his contemporaries Bach (born just nineteen days later), Vivaldi, and Telemann, Handel has never gone out of fashion. His oratorio Messiah has helped to keep his name alive, of course. But other works, including the lively set of pieces he wrote to accompany an evening of fireworks, and his engaging suites of Water Music, also have been widely performed, even in times when baroque music was neither well known nor appreciated. After he visited London in 1710 and then moved there for good in 1712, Handel commanded a huge following and was in great demand both as a composer and performer—he excelled on organ and harpsichord—for the rest of his life. (After he became a British subject in 1727, he started spelling his name George Frideric Handel rather than the Georg Friederich Händel, which appears on his birth certificate.)

It was with the Water Music that he made his earliest indelible impression on the London public at large—his first big splash, as it were—on July 17, 1717. “On Wednesday Evening, at about 8, the King took Water at Whitehall in an open Barge,” begins the Daily Courant report of the extravaganza accompanied by what we now know as Handel’s Water Music. King George I (it was his successor, King George II, who started the tradition of standing for the Hallelujah Chorus) and a large group of English nobility sailed up the Thames River that evening to Chelsea, where they were served supper. So many “Persons of Quality” attended, and there were so many boats “that the whole River in a manner was cover’d.” Apparently, the party didn’t break up until three in the morning (the king arrived home at St. James’s Palace at about four-thirty).

Although royal barge processions were common under George I—to meet the ships of visiting dignitaries, or for special holiday cruises—none boasted background music as lavish as the score Handel provided in 1717. According to the Daily Courant, one of the river barges was reserved just for the musicians, “wherein were 50 instruments of all sorts who play’d . . . the finest Symphonies, compos’d express for this Occasion, by Mr. Hendel: which his Majesty liked so well, that he caus’d it to be plaid over three times in going and returning.” (Handel’s

COMPOSED 1717

FIRST PERFORMANCE

July 17, 1717; on the Thames River, London, England

INSTRUMENTATION

2 oboes, bassoon, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, harpsichord, theorbo, strings

APPROXIMATE PERFORMANCE TIME

12 minutes

FIRST CSO PERFORMANCES

December 6 and 7, 1901, Auditorium Theatre. Theodore Thomas conducting (selections)

July 2, 1938, Ravinia Festival. Artur Rodziński conducting (suite arranged by Sir Hamilton Harty)

MOST RECENT

CSO PERFORMANCES

July 13, 2003, Ravinia Festival. Nicholas McGegan conducting (suite no. 1)

January 27, 28, and 29, 2022, Orchestra Hall. Riccardo Muti conducting (suite no. 1)

CSO RECORDING

1946. Désiré Defauw conducting. RCA (suite arranged by Sir Hamilton Harty)

band evidently kept going until the king himself was safely back on land.)

In 1734 Handel’s publisher, John Walsh, started selling suites of what he advertised as Celebrated Water Musick, the first important printed source of today’s much-loved Water Music. In 1743, the year of the first London performance of Messiah, he issued a transcription of the Water Music for solo harpsichord. But it wasn’t until 1788, nearly three decades after the composer’s death, that the complete Water Music was finally published in full score. It is likely that the tradition of

grouping Handel’s vast assortment of musical numbers into three distinct suites began with that publication, not with the composer.

The second suite begins with an obligatory grand overture and ends with jubilant music: a lively French bourrée (a folk dance in duple meter). In between comes a loose assortment of lovely slow music and traditional dances— the courtly minuet (an elegant dance in triple meter) and the quintessentially British hornpipe—one of Händel’s first efforts to become, simply, Handel.

opposite page: George Frideric Handel, portrait by Balthasar Denner (1685–1749), ca. 1726–28. National Portrait Gallery, London, England | th is page: Handel, right arm extended, traveling by barge with King George I (1660–1714), seated, right, and members of his court on the Thames while musicians play in the background during a performance of the composer’s Water Music on July 17, 1717. Imaginative rendering by Edouard Jean Conrad Hamman (1819–1888), nineteenth century | ne xt page: The Queen of Sheba and Solomon, painting in oil by Jacopo Tintoretto (1519–1594), ca. 1555. Prado Museum, Madrid, Spain

GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL

Selections from Opera and Oratorio

Handel was one of the era’s great opera composers, as indispensable to his own time as Verdi and Wagner were to theirs. Agrippina, from which the magnificent, haunting countertenor aria “Voi che udite il mio lamento” comes, was composed for the 1709 carnival season in Venice, at the very beginning of Handel’s three decades in the opera business. Agrippina was critical in establishing Handel’s name in international music circles.

But then, with his final opera, Deidamia, in 1741, Handel turned away from the world of Italian opera and returned to the oratorio form. (He composed Messiah that year.) The following four selections on this program—a soprano aria, an orchestral sinfonia, and two duets for soprano and countertenor—are all taken from Handel’s late-in-life oratorios.

Joseph and his Brethren, with a libretto by the reverend James Miller drawn from the final chapters of the Book of Genesis, was first performed in March 1744. Asenath’s dazzling coloratura aria “Prophetic raptures swell my breast,” one of Handel’s great pyrotechnical outbursts, has long been a favorite excerpt from an oratorio that itself is rarely performed.

Solomon is one of Handel’s last works, composed in 1748, scarcely two years before his career was curtailed by partial blindness. The oratorio has three acts, each demonstrating

Solomon’s greatness. In act 3, Solomon receives the queen of Sheba, shows her around the palace and the temple, and entertains her with a musical evening. Her arrival is announced by this festive sinfonia, scored for oboe and strings. This music actually comes to the queen thirdhand. It was originally written by Giovanni Porta for his opera Numitore; Handel later adapted it as a trio for two clarinets and hunting horn, and finally reworked it as this sinfonia, where like his many skillful hand-me-downs, it sounds fresh and original.

The story of Theodora, composed the year after Solomon, was taken not from the Bible but from a novel, The Martyrdom of Theodora and Didymus. Their beguiling duet, “To thee, thou glorious son of worth,” is a perfect example of Handel’s skill in treating two vocal parts as independent voices, with their crisscrossing lines, calling back and forth to each other, who then unite in close harmony.

Handel composed his setting of Dryden’s ode Alexander’s Feast or the Power of Music, written to celebrate Saint Cecilia’s Day, in 1736. The premiere was given at Covent Garden Theatre in London. The duet “Let’s imitate her notes” demonstrates Handel’s gift for brilliant pictorial text setting, as the two voices mirror each other, subtly, slyly, and sometimes note for note.

Otton, qual portentoso . . . Voi che udite il mio lamento from Agrippina

COMPOSED 1709

FIRST PERFORMANCE

December 26, 1709, Republic of Venice

INSTRUMENTATION

oboe, harpsichord, theorbo, strings

APPROXIMATE

PERFORMANCE TIME 7 minutes

These are the first Chicago Symphony Orchestra performances.

Prophetic raptures swell my breast from Joseph and his Brethren

COMPOSED 1743

FIRST PERFORMANCE

March 2, 1744; London, England

INSTRUMENTATION

harpsichord, theorbo, strings

APPROXIMATE PERFORMANCE TIME 8 minutes

Arrival of the Queen of Sheba from Solomon

COMPOSED 1748

FIRST PERFORMANCE

March 17, 1749; London, England

INSTRUMENTATION

2 oboes, harpsichord, theorbo, strings

APPROXIMATE

PERFORMANCE TIME 4 minutes

FIRST CSO PERFORMANCES

February 25 and 26, 1954, Orchestra Hall. Fritz Reiner conducting

These are the first Chicago Symphony Orchestra performances.

MOST RECENT CSO PERFORMANCES

September 26, 27, and 28, 1996, Orchestra Hall. Daniel Barenboim conducting from the harpsichord

To thee, thou glorious son of worth from Theodora

COMPOSED 1749

FIRST PERFORMANCE

March 17, 1750; London, England

INSTRUMENTATION

bassoon, harpsichord, theorbo, strings

APPROXIMATE PERFORMANCE TIME 5 minutes

These are the first Chicago Symphony Orchestra performances.

Let’s imitate her notes above from Alexander’s Feast

COMPOSED 1736

FIRST PERFORMANCE

February 19, 1736; London, England

INSTRUMENTATION

2 oboes, bassoon, harpsichord, theorbo, strings

APPROXIMATE PERFORMANCE TIME 3 minutes

These are the first Chicago Symphony Orchestra performances.

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN

Born December 16, 1770; Bonn, Germany

Died March 26, 1827; Vienna, Austria

Elegy, Op. 118

During Beethoven’s last days, when his doctors saw no reason to continue denying him the food and wines he loved, Baron Johann von Pasqualati sent the composer gift baskets that provided a few final binges of gluttonous joy. On March 16, just ten days before he died, Beethoven wrote to Pasqualati, “I thank you for the dish of food which you sent me yesterday. An invalid craves like a child for something of that kind.” In another note that month, Beethoven requested a cherry compote (“but without lemons, entirely simple”) and champagne.

Beethoven and Pasqualati had become good friends in 1804, when the composer rented rooms from the baron. The Pasqualati house, number 1239 on the Mölker Bastei, was well situated in one of Vienna’s finest neighborhoods; from his windows on the fourth floor Beethoven had a beautiful north view of the city, with the mountains in the distance. He lived there off and on until 1815, the year after he composed this Elegischer Gesang (Elegy) to honor the anniversary of the death of Pasqualati’s wife on August 5.

Eleonore Pasqualati died at the age of twenty-four, probably from a fever contracted in childbirth. Beethoven does not mention her in his letters, and we have no way of knowing how well he knew her or what he thought of her, other than this tender and affectionate piece that he composed in her memory. The Elegy for Eleonore is written in E major, perhaps not coincidentally the key of Leonore’s aria of hope in the opera Fidelio. The tone is quiet and contemplative, though the mood is broken once by an unexpected and forceful D-natural on the word “Schmerz” (pain), and later by a radiant vision of heaven. The piece was performed in the baron’s house, probably by four solo voices and string quartet, on the third anniversary of Eleonore’s death, as Beethoven’s way of offering consolation to the man who had often shown him kindness in the past, and who would bring him comfort on his own deathbed thirteen years later.

COMPOSED 1814

FIRST PERFORMANCE

August 1814; Vienna, Austria

INSTRUMENTATION

chorus and string orchestra

APPROXIMATE

PERFORMANCE TIME 4 minutes

FIRST CSO PERFORMANCES

April 19 and 20, 1945, Orchestra Hall. Austin, Lindblom, Schurz, and Von Steuben high school choirs (Hazel E. Lloyd, Joseph R. Taylor, LeRoy Wetzel, and Clare John Thomas, directors); Désiré Defauw conducting

MOST RECENT

CSO PERFORMANCES

September 17, 20, and 27, 1994, Orchestra Hall. Chicago Symphony Chorus (Duain Wolfe and Cheryl Frazes Hill, directors), Daniel Barenboim conducting

CSO RECORDING

1994. Chicago Symphony Chorus (Duain Wolfe and Cheryl Frazes Hill, directors), Daniel Barenboim conducting. CSO (From the Archives, vol. 17: Beethoven)

above: Ludwig van Beethoven, copper engraving by Blasius Höfel (1792–1863) after a drawing by Louis-René Letronne (1790–1842), 1814

WOLFGANG MOZART

Born January 27, 1756; Salzburg, Austria

Died December 5, 1791; Vienna, Austria

Mass in C Major, K. 317 (Coronation)

Mozart wrote to his father Leopold from Munich on January 8, 1779, “I swear to you on my honor that I cannot bear Salzburg or its inhabitants (I mean the natives of Salzburg). Their language—their manners are quite intolerable to me.” The next week, he arrived in Salzburg and saw Leopold and his sister Nannerl for the first time in more than a year. It was a difficult reunion, for Mozart’s mother had not come home with him; she had died in Paris the previous July.

Now that Mozart had tasted independence, he found his father’s persistent meddling particularly irritating. (Leopold was especially protective ever since he learned that Wolfgang had fallen in love with Aloysia Weber while he was away.) He also was frustrated at being stuck in Salzburg, which, compared to the great cities he had visited, was no more than a cultural backwater in a pretty setting. Mozart understood the impact of travel and adventure, not just on his personal development or his understanding of the world, but on his artistry. “For, I assure you, without travel, at least for people from the arts and sciences, one is a miserable creature! . . . A man of mediocre talents always remains mediocre, may he travel or not—but a man of superior talents, which I cannot deny myself to have without being blasphemous, becomes bad, if he always stays in the same place.”

And so, not for the last time, adversity provoked Mozart to prove his mettle—inspiring music of surpassing brilliance and self-assurance—and to clarify his sense of mission. In mid-January, immediately after returning to Salzburg, Mozart petitioned the archbishop for a new appointment as court organist (a multi-task position of composing, playing organ, and teaching). With the indifference to genius that regularly characterized Salzburg politics, he was given the post at the same salary (450 gulden) as his predecessor, Anton Adlgasser, effective

this page: Wolfgang Mozart, portrait in oil, copied in Salzburg in 1777 from a lost original for Giovanni Battista Martini (1706–1784) for his gallery of composers in Bologna. International Museum and Library of Music, Bologna, Italy | ne xt page: View of Salzburg, watercolor by Rudolf von Alt (1812–1905), ca. 1831–32. Austrian National Library Collection, Vienna

COMPOSED 1779

FIRST PERFORMANCE

Probably Easter, 1779; Salzburg, Austria

INSTRUMENTATION

four soloists, mixed chorus, 2 oboes, bassoon, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani, organ, strings

APPROXIMATE

PERFORMANCE TIME

31 minutes

FIRST CSO PERFORMANCES

March 13, 14, and 15, 1980, Orchestra Hall. Lucia Popp, Mira Zakai, Alexander Oliver, and Malcolm King as soloists; Chicago Symphony Chorus (Margaret Hillis, director); Rafael Kubelík conducting

MOST RECENT

CSO PERFORMANCES

January 20, 21, 22, and 25, 2000, Orchestra Hall. Eva Mei, Katharina Kammerloher, Gunnar Gudbjörnsson, and Robert Holl as soloists; Chicago Symphony Chorus (Duain Wolfe, director); Daniel Barenboim conducting

CSO RECORDING

1980. Lucia Popp, Mira Zakai, Alexander Oliver, and Malcolm King as soloists; Chicago Symphony Chorus (Margaret Hillis, director); Rafael Kubelík conducting. CSO (From the Archives, vol. 13: Chicago Symphony Chorus: A Fortieth Anniversary Celebration)

January 17. He would keep the job barely two years, but in that time he began to consolidate his forces in preparation for conquering Vienna, the great music capital just down the road, yet at the moment, seemingly inaccessible. His first major task was the composition of a mass in C major that eventually became known as the Coronation. Mozart completed it on March 23, nine weeks after his homecoming.

By 1779 Mozart had written some fourteen masses and other miscellaneous sacred works for performance in Salzburg. (They span his working life up to that time, from the one-movement Kyrie setting dated June 12, 1766—Mozart was only ten years old—to a mass in B-flat composed shortly before he and his mother left Salzburg in September 1777.) This new mass, in C major, like so many of his earlier ones (Mozart regularly turned to this key for his most majestic and brilliant music), fits perfectly in the tradition of the stately yet festive Austrian mass of the eighteenth century. But it also reveals a composer capable of transforming everything he touched. In this sense it marks a turning point, for it finds Mozart pushing the accepted boundaries of liturgical music at the same time he is perfecting the style. This is a work of symphonic tendencies and operatic leanings, all held in perfect balance.

The Agnus Dei transports us momentarily to the opera house, with a beautifully poised soprano solo that foreshadows the Countess’s “Dove sono” in The Marriage of Figaro. (The kinship is most remarkable in the reprise of the melody, when the accompaniment shifts from muted strings to a gentle pizzicato.) Then, to music from the Kyrie, she begins the “Dona nobis,” gathering the other soloists and the choir together in an exultant close.

The majestic Kyrie and the brilliant Gloria, both firmly anchored in C major, are grand ceremonial statements, filled with many subtle details that reveal Mozart’s care with text setting. The Credo is, by its nature, music of contrasting tempos and dynamics, although Mozart makes something particularly theatrical of its inherent drama, particularly in the “Et incarnatus,” a dark, exploratory adagio with haunting violin arabesques. Mozart’s Sanctus, a choral declaration of praise, and the Benedictus, for the four soloists, are concise, straightforward, and highly effective.

A word on the familiar nickname, Coronation. It was not coined by Mozart, but it was already in use by the time Ludwig Köchel published his catalog of the composer’s complete works in 1862. It was once believed that Mozart wrote this mass for an annual service commemorating the crowning of the Altar of Grace at Maria Plain near Salzburg. It now seems more likely that the name arose when Mozart’s mass was performed at the time of the coronation of Leopold II in 1791, or of his successor, Franz II, the following year in Prague. Like many inauthentic or inexplicable nicknames, it has stuck.

Phillip Huscher has been the program annotator for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra since 1987.

GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL

Otton, qual portentoso . . . Voi che udite il mio lamento from Agrippina

OTTONE, ACT 2, SCENE 5

Recitativo:

Otton, qual portentoso fulmine è questi?

Ah, ingrato Cesare, infidiamici, e Cieli ingiusti!

Mà più del Ciel, di Claudio, o degl’amici ingiusta, ingrata, ed infidel Poppea!

Io traditor? Io mostro d’infideltà?

Ahi Cielo, ahi fato rio!

evvi duolo maggior del duolo mio?

Aria:

Voi che udite il mio lamento, compatite il mio dolor!

Perdo un trono, e pur lo sprezzo, mà quel ben che tanto apprezzo, ahi che perderlo è tormento che disanima il mio cor.

Voi che udite il mio lamento . . . da capo

—Vincenzo Grimani

Recitative:

Otho, what dreadful thunderbolt is this!

Ah, ungrateful Caesar, faithless friends, unjust heaven!

Yet how much more unjust, ungrateful and unfaithful than heaven, Caesar, or friends, is Poppea!

I, a traitor? I, a monster of unfaithfulness?

Ah, heavens, ah, wicked fate!

Could any suffering be worse than mine?

Aria:

You who hear my complaint, share my grief with me!

I lose a throne, which I despise, but my beloved, whom I prize so greatly, ah! what torment it is to lose her, disheartening my very heart within.

You who hear my complaint . . . da capo

Prophetic raptures swell my breast from Joseph and his Brethren

ASENATH, PART 3

Air:

Prophetic raptures swell my breast, and whisper we shall still be blest; that this black gloom shall break away, and leave more heav’nly bright the day.

Prophetic raptures . . . da capo

—James Miller

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To thee, thou glorious son of worth from Theodora

PART 2, SCENE 5

Duet:

Theodora

To thee, thou glorious son of worth, be life and safety giv’n!

Didymus

To thee, whose virtues suit thy birth, be every blessing giv’n!

Both

I hope again to meet on earth, but sure shall meet in heav’n.

—Thomas Morell

Let’s imitate her notes above from Alexander’s Feast

Duet:

Soprano, Alto

Let’s imitate her notes above! And may this ev’ning ever prove sacred to harmony, sacred to love.

—Newburgh Hamilton

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN

Elegy, Op. 118

ELEGISCHER GESANG

Sanft wie du lebtest hast du vollendet. Zu heilig für den Schmerz! Kein Auge wein’ ob des himmlischen Geistes Heimkehr.

Sanft wie du lebtest hast du vollendet, ja, hast du vollendet.

—Anonymous

ELEGY

Gently as you lived your life, gently it has ended, too holy for pain! No eye should weep for your heavenly spirit winging homeward. Gently as you lived your life it has ended, yes, it has ended.

WOLFGANG

MOZART

Mass in C Major, K. 317 (Coronation)

KYRIE

Kyrie eleison. Christe eleison.

Kyrie eleison.

Gloria in excelsis Deo, et in terra pax hominibus bonae voluntatis.

Laudamus te. Benedicimus te. Adoramus te. Glorificamus te.

Gratias agimus tibi propter magnam gloriam tuam.

Domine Deus, Rex coelestis, Deus Pater omnipotens.

Domine Fili unigenite, Jesu Christe.

Domine Deus, Agnus Dei, Filius Patris.

Qui tollis peccata mundi, miserere nobis.

Qui tollis peccata mundi, suscipe deprecationem nostram.

Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris, miserere nobis.

Quoniam tu solus sanctus, tu solus Dominus.

Tu solus Altissimus, Jesu Christe. Cum Sancto Spiritu, in gloria Dei Patris. Amen.

Lord, have mercy. Christ, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.

GLORIA

Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to people of good will. We praise you, we bless you, we adore you, we glorify you.

We give you thanks for your great glory.

Lord God, heavenly King, almighty God and Father, Lord Jesus Christ, only-begotten Son. Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father,

you take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us. You take away the sins of the world, receive our prayer.

You are seated at the right hand of the Father, have mercy on us.

For you alone are the Holy One. You alone are the Lord. You alone are the Most High, Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit, in the glory of God the Father. Amen.

(Please turn the page quietly.)

CREDO

Credo in unum Deum. Patrem omnipotentem, factorem coeli et terrae, visibilium omnium et invisibilium. Et in unum Dominum Jesum Christum, Filium Dei unigenitum. Et ex Patre natum ante omnia saecula. Deum de Deo, lumen de lumine, Deum verum de Deo vero. Genitum, non factum, consubstantialem Patri: per quem omnia facta sunt. Qui propter nos homines, et propter nostram salutem descendit de caelis.

Et Incarnatus est de Spiritu Sancto ex Maria Virgine: Et homo factus est.

Crucifixus etiam pro nobis: sub Pontio Pilato passus, et sepultus est.

Et resurrexit tertia die, secundum Scripturas. Et ascendit in caelum: sedet ad dexteram Patris. Et iterum venturas est cum gloria, judicare vivos et mortuos: cujus regni non erit finis.

Et in Spiritum Sanctum, Dominum, et vivificantem: Qui ex Patre Filioque procedit. Qui cum Patre et Filio simul adoratur et conglorificatur. Qui locutus est per Prophetas. Et in unam sanctam catholicam et apostolicam Ecclesiam. Confiteor unum baptisma in remissionem peccatorum. Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum. Et vitam venturi saeculi. Amen.

I believe in one God, the Father almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all that is seen and unseen.

I believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father; God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God; begotten, not made; one in Being with the Father. Through him all things were made. For us men and for our salvation, he came down from heaven:

by the power of the Holy Spirit he was born of the Virgin Mary and became man.

For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate; he suffered, died, and was buried.

On the third day he rose again in fulfillment of the Scriptures; he ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and his kingdom will have no end.

I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son. With the Father and the Son he is worshiped and glorified. He has spoken through the prophets. I believe in one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church. I acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins.

I look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen.

SANCTUS

Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus, Dominus Deus Sabaoth. Pleni sunt coeli et terra gloria tua. Hosanna in excelsis.

Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini. Hosanna in excelsis.

Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi: miserere nobis.

Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi: miserere nobis.

Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi: dona nobis pacem.

Holy, holy, holy, God of power and might. Heaven and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the highest.

BENEDICTUS

Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.

AGNUS DEI

Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world: have mercy on us.

Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world: have mercy on us.

Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world: grant us peace.

BACHʼS CHRISTMAS ORATORIO

SYMPHONY CENTER

MONDAY, NOV 25, 7:30PM

From the joyful trumpets and timpani in the opening chorus, the Christmas story unfolds in dramatic narrative, soaring melodies, and rich harmonies.

Music of the Baroque Chorus & Orchestra

Dame Jane Glover, conductor

Gwilym Bowen, Evangelist

Yulia Van Doren, soprano

Emily Fons, mezzo-soprano

Michael Sumuel, bass-baritone

NORTH SHORE CENTER

SUNDAY, MAR 2, 7:30PM

HANDELʼS THEODORA

HARRIS THEATER MONDAY, MAR 3, 7:30PM

A story of unshakeable faith performed in honor of Nicholas Kraemer’s 80th birthday.

Music of the Baroque Chorus & Orchestra

Nicholas Kraemer, conductor

Sherezade Panthaki, Theodora

Iestyn Davies, Didymus

Allyson McHardy, Irene

David Portillo, Septimius

Jonathan Woody, Valens

PROFILES

FIRST CSO PERFORMANCES

November 14, 15, 17, and 20, 2007, Orchestra Hall. Handel’s Water Music, Suite no. 2 in D major, Telemann’s Suite in B-flat major from Tafelmusik III (November 15, 17, and 20), and Haydn’s Trumpet Concerto in E-flat major with Christopher Martin and Symphony no. 90

MOST RECENT CSO PERFORMANCES

December 1, 2, and 3, 2016, Orchestra Hall. Handel’s Zadok the Priest, Concerto grosso in B-flat major, Laudate pueri Dominum, Silete venti, and Music for the Royal Fireworks with Amanda Forsythe as soloist and the Chicago Symphony Chorus (Duain Wolfe, director)

Having been at the forefront of the early-music revolution, Nicholas Kraemer has established an enviable reputation for directing period-informed performances with modern orchestras. A dynamic figure in the classical music world, Kraemer began his career as a harpsichordist, quickly rising to prominence by leading performances from the instrument itself. His career spans decades and diverse repertoires, from baroque to contemporary, blending historical insight with innovative flair.

Kraemer is currently principal guest conductor of Music of the Baroque in Chicago. During his long and distinguished career, he has held such positions as artistic director of the Irish Chamber Orchestra, the London Bach Orchestra, and the Bath Festival music program; permanent guest conductor of the Manchester Camerata; principal guest conductor of the Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra in Norway and Musikkollegium Winterthur in Switzerland; and associate conductor of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. He was the first music director of Opera 80, now English Touring Opera, and founder of the Raglan Baroque Players.

Appearing worldwide with many prestigious ensembles, Nicholas Kraemer has conducted the Berlin, Rotterdam, Czech, Bergen, and

BBC philharmonic orchestras; BBC National Orchestra of Wales; the Hallé in Manchester; Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra in Sweden; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra in England; the symphony orchestras of Detroit, Houston, Toronto, West Australia, and Colorado; and the Minnesota Orchestra. In addition, he has directed such specialist ensembles as the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Philharmonia Baroque, and Birmingham Contemporary Music Group. Other smaller ensembles with which he has worked include the English Chamber Orchestra, London Mozart Players, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, and Royal Northern Sinfonia.

Kraemer’s opera engagements have taken him to Paris, Lisbon, Amsterdam, Geneva, and Marseilles, with repertoire ranging from Monteverdi’s Orfeo and L’incoronazione di Poppea to Strauss’s Ariadne auf Naxos and Britten’s Albert Herring, Noye’s Fludde, and Paul Bunyan. He has conducted many of Handel’s operas, including Arianna in Creta, Lotario, Tolomeo, Arminio, Ariodante, Il pastor fido, Rinaldo, and Orlando. He has also led Mozart’s The Magic Flute and Handel’s Jephtha at English National Opera, Handel’s Agrippina for Theater Aachen, Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro for Den Nye Opera in Denmark and Idomeneo for Grange Park Opera in England, Mozart’s La finta giardiniera at the Buxton International Festival in England, and Ariodante for Scottish Opera.

Nicholas Kraemer’s recordings include concertos by Vivaldi with City of London Sinfonia for Naxos; Locatelli’s concerti grossi and concertos by Tartini, Durante, Pergolesi, and Leo with Elizabeth Wallfisch and Raglan Baroque Players for Hyperion; Handel’s Rodelinda for Virgin Classics; Handel Oratorio Duets with Carolyn Sampson, Robin Blaze, and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment for BIS; and works by Thea Musgrave with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra for Collins Classics. He has contributed to several feature films, most notably as baroque music director for The Madness of King George.

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Amanda Forsythe Soprano

FIRST CSO PERFORMANCES

July 31, 2004, Ravinia Festival. Vaughan Williams’s Serenade to Music, Christoph Eschenbach conducting December 1, 2, and 3, 2016, Orchestra Hall. Handel’s Laudate pueri Dominum and Silete venti, Nicholas Kraemer conducting

MOST RECENT CSO PERFORMANCES

May 4, 5, 6, and 9, 2023, Orchestra Hall. Vivaldi’s Magnificat and Gloria, Giovanni Antonini conducting

Amanda Forsythe, warmly praised for her performances on both sides of the Atlantic, is a regular soloist with the highly acclaimed baroque ensembles Les Talens

Lyriques, the Monteverdi Choir and Orchestra, Boston Early Music Festival, Handel and Haydn Society, Boston Baroque, Tafelmusik, Apollo’s Fire, the Italian ensemble Opera Prima, Pacific Musicworks, Early Music Vancouver, and the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra.

Forsythe’s 2024–25 season includes performances of Handel’s Messiah with the San Francisco Symphony and Stephen Stubbs and the Royal Northern Sinfonia and Dinis Sousa, followed by the Victoria Symphony in Canada for Haydn’s The Creation. Other highlights include her return to the Orchestra of St. Luke’s for a fiftieth-anniversary concert, Boston Baroque to perform Ginevra in Handel’s Ariodante, an appearance at the Tucson Baroque Festival, and a European tour of works by Carissimi and a staged production of Keiser’s Octavia with Boston Early Music Festival. Last season, Forsythe joined both Apollo’s Fire and the New York Philharmonic in Handel’s Israel in Egypt under the baton of Jeannette Sorrell. The holiday season brought performances of Handel’s Messiah in her return

to Boston Baroque and her debut with the Houston Symphony. Other highlights included returning to the New York Philharmonic for Mozart’s Requiem led by music director Jaap van Zweden and Handel’s Deborah with NDR Radiophilharmonie and Silete venti with Boston Baroque, among others.

Amanda Forsythe sang Euridice on the recording of Charpentier’s La descente d’Orphée aux enfers with the Boston Early Music Festival, which won the Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording. Her debut solo album of arias by Handel, The Power of Love with Apollo’s Fire, was recently followed with the highly praised Heavenly Bach. She toured with countertenor Philippe Jaroussky in works based on the Orfeo myth, and subsequently recorded the role of Euridice in a new edition of Gluck’s Orfeo for the Erato label. Her discography includes more than twenty-five albums and DVDs. Forthcoming discs include Handel’s Roman cantatas with Opera Prima in addition to Pergolesi’s La serva padrona and a solo album of works by Telemann, both with Boston Early Music Festival.

Amanda Forsythe made her American stage debut with the Boston Early Music Festival, where her many roles have included Poppea in Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea; Eolie in Circé (Desmarets); Angelica in Orlando Generoso (Steffani); Isabelle in Le carnaval de Venise (Campra); Serpina in La serva padrona; and Edilia in Almira, Königin von Castilien, for which she received rave reviews.

She made her European operatic debut as Corinna in Rossini’s Il viaggio a Reims at the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro, subsequently returning as Rosalia in L’equivoco stravagante and Jemmy in William Tell, which were both released on DVD. At the Royal Opera House (Covent Garden), she has appeared as Nannetta in Verdi’s Falstaff, Manto in Steffani’s Niobe, Amour in Gluck’s Orphée, and most recently, Marzelline in Beethoven’s Fidelio.

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Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen Countertenor

These concerts mark Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen’s debut with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, who brings his voice to a broad range of repertoire, from baroque to contemporary, is critically acclaimed by such publications as the New York Times and the San Francisco Chronicle.

Nussbaum Cohen finds a close affinity between the ancient musical traditions of his Jewish heritage and the baroque works comprising much of his operatic repertoire. Equally invigorated by performing new works, he appears on the Grammy Award–winning recording of Kenneth Fuchs’s Poems of Life with the London Symphony Orchestra under JoAnn Falletta; and his interpretation of the Refugee’s aria from Jonathan Dove’s Flight provided the centerpiece for his extensive competition successes, including the grand prize at the 2017 Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition, top prizes in Houston Grand Opera’s Eleanor McCollum and the Dallas Opera Guild competitions, the Richard Tucker Study and Career grants, and, in 2024, top prize in the Gerda Lissner Foundation’s International Vocal Competition.

In the 2024–25 season, Nussbaum Cohen appears as Ismael in the premiere of Mikael Karlsson and Royce Vavrek’s adaptation of Ingmar Bergman’s Fanny and Alexander at La Monnaie de Munt in Brussels. He also returns to Deutsche Oper Berlin to reprise the role of Angel/the Boy in Sir George Benjamin’s Written

on Skin. He makes his French debut at the Festival de Froville with I Gemelli, and concerts take him to Deutsche Oper Berlin, Ars Lyrica Houston, Carnegie Hall in New York for Handel’s Messiah with the Oratorio Society of New York under Kent Tritle, and concerts with his JIVE (Jewish Innovative Voices and Experiences) series in the Bay Area.

Nussbaum Cohen sings the music of Clara and Robert Schumann, Korngold, and Brahms on a new solo album, Departure, set for release on Avie Records in 2025. In conjunction with the release, he and pianist John Churchwell embark on a North American recital tour with performances at Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center in Washington (D.C.) and in Houston and Minneapolis–St. Paul. His recording catalog includes the 2023 release of Bach’s Saint John Passion with the Cantata Collective led by Nicholas McGegan.

Throughout the summer of 2024, Nussbaum Cohen performed the title role in Sir David McVicar’s production of Handel’s Giulio Cesare at Glyndebourne Festival Opera to great acclaim. He counts among his other career highlights his Metropolitan Opera debut as Rosencrantz in the U.S. premiere of Brett Dean’s Hamlet, and recent roles including David (Handel’s Saul), Sesto (Giulio Cesare) Endimione (Cavalli’s Calisto), Medoro (Handel’s Orlando), Prince Go-Go (Ligeti’s Le Grand Macabre), and Ottone (Handel’s Agrippina).

After earning a bachelor’s degree in history from Princeton University, along with academic certificates in vocal performance and Judaic studies, Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen went on to become the first countertenor in the Houston Grand Opera Studio. He is also a graduate of San Francisco Opera’s Merola and Adler fellowship programs and the Wolf Trap Opera Studio.

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Josh Lovell Tenor

These concerts mark Josh Lovell’s debut with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

Josh Lovell is quickly gaining notoriety in the world’s most prestigious houses. He is a versatile artist, and his repertoire spans the baroque and romantic periods, as well as works of the twentieth century.

In the 2024–25 season, Josh Lovell returns to Teatro alla Scala Milan for a new production of Gassmann’s L’opera seria as Ritornello, makes debuts at the Rossini Opera Festival as Lindoro in L’italiana in Algeri, Oper Frankfurt as Grimoaldo in Rodelinda, and Atlanta Opera as Jupiter and Apollo in Semele. In concert, he performs Mozart’s Requiem with the St. Louis Symphony and Stéphane Denève, a solo concert with the Victoria Symphony in British Columbia, and Handel’s Messiah with the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra and University Musical Society at the United States Naval Academy. Last season, Josh Lovell appeared as Ferrando in Così fan tutte with Opéra national de Paris and Edinburgh International Festival, Count Almaviva in Il barbiere di Siviglia at the Bayerische Staatsoper, the Italian Singer in Capriccio at the Salzburg Festival with Christian Thielemann, Medoro in Orlando Paladino at Teatro Real and Gran Teatre del Liceu with Giovanni Antonini, Ernesto in Don Pasquale

with Vancouver Opera, and Jacquino in Fidelio with the Canadian Opera Company. In concert, he made debuts with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam, Teatro Nacional de São Carlos in Lisbon, in recording (Cimarosa’s L’Olimpiade) and on tour with Les Talens Lyriques and Christophe Rousset at Opéra royal de Versailles and Theater an der Wien, Bach Consort Wien, North Carolina Symphony, and the English Concert and Harry Bicket.

Lovell, a former ensemble member of the Wiener Staatsoper, performed roles including Ernesto, Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni, Don Ramiro in La Cenerentola, Nemorino in L’elisir d’amore, Fenton in Falstaff, the Italian Singer in Der Rosenkavalier, Ruodi in Guillaume Tell, Lurcanio in Ariodante, Andres in Wozzeck, Noboru in Das verratene Meer, and Lukas in a staged ballet version of Haydn’s The Seasons.

Beyond Vienna, Josh Lovell recently made debuts at Teatro alla Scala as Ferdinand in Thomas Adès’s The Tempest, the Glyndebourne Festival as Ernesto, the Bolshoi Theater as Count Almaviva, Oper Leipzig as Don Ottavio in a new production, Deutsche Oper Berlin as Gérald in Lakmé at the Berlin Philharmonie, Don Gomez de Féria in Saint-Saëns’s Henry VIII at the Bard Festival, and Florville in Il signor Bruschino and the Italian Singer at Bayerische Staatsoper.

A native of Victoria, British Columbia, Josh Lovell is the winner of the Thirty-Ninth International Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition, the Grand Prize and Opera Prize of the Fifty-Second Annual International Vocal Competition’s-Hertogenbosch, among others.

Michael Sumuel Bass-baritone

These concerts mark Michael Sumuel’s debut with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

In the 2024–25 season, bass-baritone Michael Sumuel returns to the Metropolitan Opera in the title role in Le nozze di Figaro, to Washington National Opera for his first performances of Porgy in Porgy and Bess, and Sharpless in Madama Butterfly with the Canadian Opera Company and LA Opera. An accomplished and in-demand concert artist as well, he is soloist in Fauré’s Requiem with the San Francisco Symphony, Bach’s Christmas Oratorio with Music of the Baroque and Mozart’s Requiem with the Salzburg Camarata with Dame Jane Glover, and Handel’s Messiah with the Houston Symphony and Jonathan Cohen.

Operatic highlights include the Metropolitan Opera (Reginald in X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X and Belcore in L’elisir d’amore), San Francisco Opera (Figaro; Escamillo, Carmen; Elviro, Xerxes), Lyric Opera of Chicago (Masetto, Don Giovanni), Houston Grand Opera (Belcore, Sharpless, Marcello, Papageno in The Magic Flute, Frank in Die Fledermaus), Glyndebourne Festival Opera (Sharpless, Junius in The Rape of Lucretia, Theseus in A Midsummer Night’s Dream), Norwegian National Opera (Alidoro in La Cenerentola and Escamillo), Seattle Opera (Figaro; Leporello, Don Giovanni), Detroit Opera (Forester, The Cunning Little Vixen; and Elviro), Santa Fe Opera (Escamillo), and LA Opera (Jesus in The Saint Matthew Passion).

In concert, his previous work has included Messiah with the San Francisco, Baltimore, Houston, New Jersey, and Phoenix symphony orchestras and the United States Naval Academy and University Musical Society in Ann Arbor; Mozart’s Mass in C Minor with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, Orchestra of St. Lukes, and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam; Beethoven’s Symphony no. 9 with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Seattle Symphony; and Mozart’s Requiem with the New York Philharmonic, Cincinnati Symphony, Music of the Baroque, Orchestra of St. Luke’s, and North Carolina Symphony. Other repertoire includes Beethoven’s Missa solemnis (Pittsburgh Symphony and Grant Park Music Festival), Bach’s Christmas Oratorio (Les Violons du Roy), Christus and bass solos in Bach’s Saint John Passion (Seattle Symphony), Fauré’s Requiem (National Symphony Orchestra), Haydn’s Theresienmesse (Grant Park Music Festival), Bach’s Easter Oratorio (Music of the Baroque), Puccini’s Messa di Gloria (San Diego Symphony, Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass (Pacific Chorale), Bach’s Saint Matthew Passion and Magnificat (Music of the Baroque, Mercury Houston), and Bach’s cantatas nos. 61 and 140 (Handel and Haydn Society).

Michael Sumuel’s competition accolades include a Richard Tucker Career Grant and being a grand finalist in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Audition and a winner of the Dallas Opera Guild Vocal Competition. A Texas native, he is an alumnus of the Houston Grand Opera Studio, Merola Opera Program at San Francisco Opera, and the Filene Young Artist program at Wolf Trap Opera.

He resides in San Francisco with his wife and son.

Chicago Symphony Chorus

The Chicago Symphony Chorus regularly performs with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in Orchestra Hall and at the Ravinia Festival.

The history of the Chorus began in 1957, when sixth music director Fritz Reiner invited Margaret Hillis to establish a chorus to equal the quality of the Orchestra. Hillis accepted the challenge, and the Chicago Symphony Chorus debuted in March and April 1958, in Mozart’s Requiem under Bruno Walter and Verdi’s Requiem under Reiner. Hillis served the Chorus for thirty-seven years, until her retirement in 1994; ninth music director Daniel Barenboim appointed Duain Wolfe as her successor in June of that year.

The Chorus first performed in Carnegie Hall in 1967 in Henze’s Muses of Sicily and Ravel’s Daphnis and Chloe under seventh music director Jean Martinon, and most recently in 2015 with tenth music director Riccardo Muti for Scriabin’s Prometheus and Prokofiev’s Alexander Nevsky. Touring internationally with the Orchestra, the Chorus traveled to London and Salzburg in 1989 with eighth music director Sir Georg Solti for performances of Berlioz’s The Damnation of Faust and to Berlin in 1999 with Barenboim for Brahms’s A German Requiem and Pierre Boulez for Schoenberg’s Moses und Aron.

World premieres featuring the Chorus have included Ned Rorem’s Goodbye My Fancy, John Harbison’s Four Psalms and Bernard Rands’s apókryphos. With visiting orchestras, the Chorus has collaborated with the Berlin Philharmonic under Claudio Abbado, the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Seiji Ozawa, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra with Zubin Mehta and the Staatskapelle Berlin under Barenboim.

Since first recording commercially in 1959— Prokofiev’s Alexander Nevsky under Reiner— the Chorus has amassed a discography that includes hallmarks of the choral repertoire and several complete operas. The Chorus most recently received a 2010 Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance for Verdi’s Requiem, led by Riccardo Muti on CSO Resound. The Chorus has received an additional nine Grammy awards for Best Choral Performance for Verdi’s Requiem, Beethoven’s Missa solemnis, Brahms’s A German Requiem, Berlioz’s The Damnation of Faust, Haydn’s Creation and Bach’s Mass in B minor with Solti; Brahms’s Requiem and Orff’s Carmina Burana with James Levine; and Bartók’s Cantata profana with Boulez.

The Chorus also has appeared on two movie soundtracks with the Orchestra: Fantasia 2000 led by Levine, and John Williams’s score for Lincoln conducted by the composer. Recordings on CSO Resound featuring the Chorus include Mahler’s Second and Third symphonies, Poulenc’s Gloria and Ravel’s Daphnis and Chloe under Bernard Haitink; and Berlioz’s Lélio, Verdi’s Otello, Schoenberg’s Kol Nidre, choruses by Verdi and Boito’s Prologue to Mefistofele, Shostakovich’s Symphony no. 13 (Babi Yar) with men of the Chorus and most recently Mascagni’s Cavalleria rusticana under Riccardo Muti.

Chicago native Benjamin Rivera has dedicated his career to the inspiring and wonderfully varied art of ensemble singing. As a professional musician, he began as a member of the Chicago Symphony Chorus, where he served for more than twenty seasons. Rivera also sang with Chicago a cappella, the Grant Park Chorus, and several other ensembles, appearing frequently as a soloist and performing on dozens of recordings. Since transitioning to full-time conducting, Rivera now holds positions in three states. His current roles include chorus director and regular conductor of the Fort Wayne Philharmonic in Indiana; chorus master of the Florentine Opera in Wisconsin; and in Illinois as choirmaster of

the Church of the Ascension, high holidays choir director at Temple Sholom, and assistant director of the Chicago Symphony Chorus. Rivera has prepared ensembles for performances with the Chicago Symphony, National Symphony, and St. Louis Symphony orchestras, along with the Grant Park Music Festival, collaborating with numerous international conductors and performers. He has conducted offstage forces in performances with the Chicago Symphony, both in Orchestra Hall and at the Ravinia Festival, and he is a frequent guest director with a wide range of volunteer and professional choruses.

Especially adept with languages, Rivera frequently coaches ensembles in German, Spanish, and Latin, among others. He holds degrees in voice and music theory from North Park and Roosevelt universities, respectively, and a DMA in conducting from Northwestern University. Rivera lives with his family in Beverly, a neighborhood on the southwest side of Chicago.

PROFILES

Chicago Symphony Chorus

Cheryl Frazes Hill Associate Director

Jennifer Kerr Budziak Assistant Director

Benjamin Rivera Assistant Director

Michele Braché Agpalo

Alicia Monastero Akers*

Melissa Arning

Anastasia Cameron Balmer

Madison Bolt

Michael Boschert

Michael Brauer

Matthew Brennan

Conor Broaders

Diane Busko Bryks*

Michael Cavalieri

Joseph Cloonan*

Magaly Cordero

Ryan J. Cox

Sandra Cross

Beena David

Leah Dexter

Micah A. Dingler

Katarzyna Dorula

Stacy Eckert

Nicholas Falco

Christopher Filipowicz

W. Ryan Frenk

Ace T. Gangoso

Klaus Georg*

Liana German

Jennifer Gingrich

David Govertsen

Kimberly Gunderson

Elizabeth Haley

Kevin Michael Hall

Megan Hendrickson

Betsy Hoats

Carla Janzen

Garrett Johannsen

Alison Kelly

Robin A. Kessler

Kathryn Kinjo Duncan

Jess Koehn

Mathew Lake

Rosalind Lee

Kristin Lelm

Lee Lichamer*

Amanda Compton LoPresti

Kathleen Madden

Bill McMurray

Eric Miranda

Stephen Mollica

Lillian Murphy

Ian Murrell

Nathan S. Oakes

Wha Shin Park

Douglas Peters*

Cari Plachy*

Laura Polevoy

Sarah Ponder

Robert J. Potsic

Brett Potts

Angela Presutti

Emily Price*

Ian R. Prichard

Nicholas Pulikowski

Margaret Quinette

Leo Radosavljevic

Stephen Richardson

Alexia Rivera

Emlynn Shoemaker

Aaron Short

Cassidy Smith

Aidan Spencer

Samantha Thielen Pak

Ryan Townsend Strand

Paul W. Thompson

Scott Uddenberg

Elizabeth Vaughan

Peter Wesoloski

Eric West

Debra Wilder

Jonathan Wilson

CHORUS MANAGER

Melissa Hilker

ASSISTANT MANAGER AND LIBRARIAN

Olive Haugh

REHEARSAL PIANISTS

John Goodwin

Sharon Peterson

Chuck Foster

The Chorus was prepared for these performances by Benjamin Rivera. *Section leader

CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra—consistently hailed as one of the world’s best—marks its 134th season in 2024–25. The ensemble’s history began in 1889, when Theodore Thomas, the leading conductor in America and a recognized music pioneer, was invited by Chicago businessman Charles Norman Fay to establish a symphony orchestra. Thomas’s aim to build a permanent orchestra of the highest quality was realized at the first concerts in October 1891 in the Auditorium Theatre. Thomas served as music director until his death in January 1905, just three weeks after the dedication of Orchestra Hall, the Orchestra’s permanent home designed by Daniel Burnham.

Frederick Stock, recruited by Thomas to the viola section in 1895, became assistant conductor in 1899 and succeeded the Orchestra’s founder. His tenure lasted thirty-seven years, from 1905 to 1942—the longest of the Orchestra’s music directors. Stock founded the Civic Orchestra of Chicago— the first training orchestra in the U.S. affiliated with a major orchestra—in 1919, established youth auditions, organized the first subscription concerts especially for children, and began a series of popular concerts.

Three conductors headed the Orchestra during the following decade: Désiré Defauw was music director from 1943 to 1947, Artur Rodzinski in 1947–48, and Rafael Kubelík from 1950 to 1953. The next ten years belonged to Fritz Reiner, whose recordings with the CSO are still considered hallmarks. Reiner invited Margaret Hillis to form the Chicago Symphony Chorus in 1957. For five seasons from 1963 to 1968, Jean Martinon held the position of music director.

Sir Georg Solti, the Orchestra’s eighth music director, served from 1969 until 1991. His arrival launched one of the most successful musical partnerships of our time. The CSO made its first overseas tour to Europe in 1971 under his direction and released numerous award-winning recordings. Beginning in 1991, Solti held the title of music director laureate and returned to conduct the Orchestra each season until his death in September 1997.

Daniel Barenboim became ninth music director in 1991, a position he held until 2006. His tenure was distinguished by the opening of Symphony Center in 1997, appearances with the Orchestra in the dual role of pianist and conductor, and twenty-one international tours. Appointed by Barenboim in 1994 as the Chorus’s second director, Duain Wolfe served until his retirement in 2022.

In 2010, Riccardo Muti became the Orchestra’s tenth music director. During his tenure, the Orchestra deepened its engagement with the Chicago community, nurtured its legacy while supporting a new generation of musicians and composers, and collaborated with visionary artists. In September 2023, Muti became music director emeritus for life.

In April 2024, Finnish conductor Klaus Mäkelä was announced as the Orchestra’s eleventh music director and will begin an initial five-year tenure as Zell Music Director in September 2027.

Carlo Maria Giulini was named the Orchestra’s first principal guest conductor in 1969, serving until 1972; Claudio Abbado held the position from 1982 to 1985. Pierre Boulez was appointed as principal guest conductor in 1995 and was named Helen Regenstein Conductor Emeritus in 2006, a position he held until his death in January 2016. From 2006 to 2010, Bernard Haitink was the Orchestra’s first principal conductor.

Pianist Daniil Trifonov is the CSO’s Artist-inResidence for the 2024–25 season.

The Orchestra first performed at Ravinia Park in 1905 and appeared frequently through August 1931, after which the park was closed for most of the Great Depression. In August 1936, the Orchestra helped to inaugurate the first season of the Ravinia Festival, and it has been in residence nearly every summer since.

Since 1916, recording has been a significant part of the Orchestra’s activities. Recordings by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus— including recent releases on CSO Resound, the Orchestra’s recording label launched in 2007— have earned sixty-five Grammy awards from the Recording Academy.

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Klaus Mäkelä Zell Music Director Designate

Riccardo Muti Music Director Emeritus for Life

Daniil Trifonov Artist-in-Residence

VIOLINS

Robert Chen § Concertmaster

The Louis C. Sudler

Chair, endowed by an

anonymous benefactor

Stephanie Jeong

Associate Concertmaster

The Cathy and Bill Osborn Chair

David Taylor* Assistant Concertmaster

The Ling Z. and Michael C. Markovitz Chair

Yuan-Qing Yu

Assistant Concertmaster

So Young Bae

Cornelius Chiu

Gina DiBello

Kozue Funakoshi

Russell Hershow

Qing Hou

Matous Michal

Simon Michal

Sando Shia

Susan Synnestvedt

Rong-Yan Tang

Baird Dodge Principal

Danny Yehun Jin

Assistant Principal

Lei Hou

Ni Mei

Hermine Gagné

Rachel Goldstein

Mihaela Ionescu

Melanie Kupchynsky

Wendy Koons Meir

Joyce Noh §

Ronald Satkiewicz

Florence Schwartz

VIOLAS

Teng Li Principal

The Paul Hindemith

Principal Viola Chair

Catherine Brubaker

Youming Chen

Sunghee Choi

Wei-Ting Kuo

Danny Lai

Weijing Michal

Diane Mues ‡

Lawrence Neuman

Max Raimi

CELLOS

John Sharp Principal

The Eloise W. Martin Chair

Kenneth Olsen

Assistant Principal

The Adele Gidwitz Chair

Karen Basrak

The Joseph A. and Cecile

Renaud Gorno Chair

Richard Hirschl

Daniel Katz

Katinka Kleijn

Brant Taylor

The Blickensderfer

Family Chair

BASSES

Alexander Hanna Principal

The David and Mary Winton

Green Principal Bass Chair

Alexander Horton

Assistant Principal

Daniel Carson

Ian Hallas

Robert Kassinger

Mark Kraemer

Stephen Lester

Bradley Opland

Andrew Sommer

HARP

Lynne Turner

FLUTES

Stefán Ragnar Höskuldsson

Principal

The Erika and Dietrich M.

Gross Principal Flute Chair

Emma Gerstein

Jennifer Gunn

PICCOLO

Jennifer Gunn

The Dora and John Aalbregtse Piccolo Chair

OBOES

William Welter Principal

Lora Schaefer

Assistant Principal

Scott Hostetler

ENGLISH HORN

Scott Hostetler

CLARINETS

Stephen Williamson Principal

John Bruce Yeh

Assistant Principal

The Governing

Members Chair

Gregory Smith

E-FLAT CLARINET

John Bruce Yeh

BASSOONS

Keith Buncke Principal

William Buchman

Assistant Principal

Miles Maner

HORNS

Mark Almond Principal

James Smelser

David Griffin

Oto Carrillo

Susanna Gaunt

Daniel Gingrich

TRUMPETS

Esteban Batallán § Principal

The Adolph Herseth

Principal Trumpet Chair, endowed by an anonymous benefactor

Mark Ridenour

Assistant Principal

John Hagstrom

The Bleck Family Chair

Tage Larsen

The Pritzker Military Museum & Library Chair

TROMBONES

Jay Friedman Principal

The Lisa and Paul Wiggin

Principal Trombone Chair

Michael Mulcahy Acting

Associate Principal

Charles Vernon

BASS TROMBONE

Charles Vernon

* Assistant concertmasters are listed by seniority. ‡ On sabbatical § On leave

TUBA

Gene Pokorny Principal

The Arnold Jacobs Principal

Tuba Chair, endowed by Christine Querfeld

TIMPANI

David Herbert Principal

The Clinton Family Fund Chair

Vadim Karpinos

Assistant Principal

PERCUSSION

Cynthia Yeh Principal

Patricia Dash

Vadim Karpinos

LIBRARIANS

Justin Vibbard Principal

Carole Keller

Mark Swanson

CSO FELLOWS

Jesús Linárez Violin

The Michael and Kathleen Elliott Fellow

Olivia Reyes Bass

ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL

John Deverman Director

Anne MacQuarrie

Manager, CSO Auditions and Orchestra Personnel

STAGE TECHNICIANS

Christopher Lewis

Stage Manager

Blair Carlson

Paul Christopher

Chris Grannen

Ryan Hartge

Peter Landry

Joshua Mondie

The CSO’s music director position is endowed in perpetuity by a generous gift from the Zell Family Foundation. The Nancy and Larry Fuller, Gilchrist Foundation, and Louise H. Benton Wagner chairs currently are unoccupied. The Chicago Symphony Orchestra string sections utilize revolving seating. Players behind the first desk (first two desks in the violins) change seats systematically every two weeks and are listed alphabetically. Section percussionists also are listed alphabetically.

BRANDENBURG CONCERTOS

The season opens with sizzling virtuosity!

Jeannette Sorrell and Apollo’s Fire celebrate Bach’s exhilarating masterpieces.

“Swaggering and brilliantly played…

Friday, October 25, 7:30pm Music Institute of Chicago, EVANSTON

Saturday, October 26, 7:30pm St. James Cathedral, DOWNTOWN

ADMINISTRATION

Jeff Alexander President

PRESIDENT’S OFFICE

Kristine Stassen Executive Assistant to the President & Secretary of the Board

Mónica Lugo Executive Assistant to the Music Director

Human Resources

Lynne Sorkin Director

Dijana Cirkic Coordinator

ARTISTIC ADMINISTRATION

Cristina Rocca Vice President

The Richard and Mary L. Gray Chair

James M. Fahey Senior Director, Programming, Symphony Center Presents

Randy Elliot Director, Artistic Administration

Monica Wentz Director, Artistic Planning & Special Projects

Lena Breitkreuz Artist Manager, Symphony Center Presents

Jackson Brown Artistic Planning Coordinator

Caroline Eichler Artist Coordinator, CSO

Phillip Huscher Scholar-in-Residence & Program Annotator

Pietro Fiumara Artists Assistant

Chorus

Melissa Hilker Manager

Olive Haugh Assistant Manager & Librarian ORCHESTRA AND BUILDING OPERATIONS

Vanessa Moss Vice President

Heidi Lukas Director

Michael Lavin Assistant Director, Operations, SCP & Rental Events

Jeffrey Stang Production Manager, CSO

Joseph Sherman Production Manager, SCP & Rental Events

Jiwon Sun Manager, Audio Media & Audio-Visual Operations

Jenise Sheppard House Manager

Charlie Post Audio Engineer

Logan Goulart Operations Assistant

Rosenthal Archives

Frank Villella Director

Orchestra Personnel

John Deverman Director

Anne MacQuarrie Manager, CSO Auditions & Orchestra Personnel

Facilities

John Maas Director

Engineers

Tim McElligott Chief Engineer

Michael McGeehan

Kevin Walsh

Stephen Excellent

Electricians

Robert Stokas Chief Electrician

Doug Scheuller

Stage Technicians

Christopher Lewis Stage Manager

Blair Carlson

Paul Christopher

Chris Grannen

Ryan Hartge

Peter Landry

Joshua Mondie

Negaunee Music Institute at the CSO

Jonathan McCormick Managing Director

Katy Clusen Associate Director, CSO for Kids

Katherine Eaton Coordinator, School Partnerships

Carol Kelleher Assistant, CSO for Kids

Anna Perkins Orchestra Manager, Civic Orchestra of Chicago

Zhiqian Wu Operations Coordinator, Civic Orchestra of Chicago

Rachael Cohen Program Manager

Charles Jones Program Assistant

FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION

Stacie Frank Vice President & Chief Financial Officer

Renay Johansen Slifka Executive Assistant

Accounting

Sam Pincich Controller

Kerri Gravlin Director, Financial Planning & Analysis

Hyon Yu Assistant Controller, Reporting & Systems

Janet Kosiba Assistant Controller, Accounting Operations

Janet Hansen Payroll Manager

Nancy Sheehy Accounting Manager

Christopher Biemer Accountant

Cynthia Maday Accounts Payable Manager

Elizabeth Tyska Payroll Assistant

Information Technology

Kirk McMahon Director

Douglas Bolino Client Systems Administrator

Jackie Spark Lead Technologist

SALES AND MARKETING

Ryan Lewis Vice President

Erika Nelson Director, Institutional Marketing & Revenue Management

Alyssa Greenberg Manager, Audience Engagement

Digital Content and Engagement

Dana Navarro Director

Laura Emerick Digital Content Editor

Peter Breithaupt Manager, Digital Content

Steve Burkholder Web Manager

Megan Ireland Manager, Digital Engagement

Zoe Carter Associate, Digital Engagement: Social Media

Program Marketing and Operations

Amy Brondyke Director

Alex Demas Marketing Manager, Classical Programs

Tommy Crawford Marketing Manager, Jazz, World & Popular Programs

Kate McDuffie Manager, Community & Family Programs

Jessica Reinhart Advertising & Promotions Manager

Amanda Swanson Marketing Analyst

Jesse Bruer Marketing & Promotions Associate

Andrew Hilgendorf Email Marketing Associate

Creative

Jaime Hotz Director

Sophie Weber Associate Director, Project & Digital Asset Management

Emily Herrington Lead Designer

Fattah Mulya Design Associate

Content

Frances Atkins Director

Gerald Virgil Senior Content Editor

Kristin Tobin Designer & Print

Production Manager

Communications and Public Relations

Eileen Chambers Director

Hannah Sundwall Publicist

Clay Baker Coordinator

Sales and Patron Experience

Joseph Fernicola III Director

Pavan Singh Manager, Patron Services

Brian Koenig Manager, Preferred Services

Robert Coad Manager, VIP Services

Joseph Garnett Manager, Box Office

Aislinn Gagliardi Assistant Manager, Patron Services

Carmen Ringhiser Assistant Manager, Preferred Services

Fernando Vega Assistant Manager, Box Office

The Symphony Store

Tyler Holstrom Manager

Annie Grapentine Assistant Manager

DEVELOPMENT

Dale Hedding Vice President

Jeremiah Strickler Manager, Development Administration

Bobbie Rafferty Director, Individual Giving & Affiliated Donor Groups

Allison Szafranski Director, Leadership Gifts

Alfred Andreychuk Director, Endowment Gifts & Planned Giving

Tori Ramsay, Richard Riedl Major Gifts Officers

Kevin Gupana Associate Director, Giving, Educational and Engagement Programs

Jeremiah Pickett Manager, Governing Member Gifts

Brian Nelson Manager, Endowment Gifts & Planned Giving

Victoria Barbarji Manager, Strategic Giving

Institutional Advancement

Susan Green Director, Foundation & Government Relations

Nick Magnone Director, Corporate Development

Mary Grace Corrigan Manager, Grants & Institutional Giving

Donor Engagement and Development Operations

Liz Heinitz Senior Director, Development Operations & Annual Giving

Lisa McDaniel Director, Donor Engagement

Alyssa Hagen Associate Director, Donor & Development Services

Kimberly Duffy Associate Director, Donor Engagement

Jocelyn Weberg Senior Manager, Annual Giving

Jamie Forssander, Brent Taghap Managers, Donor Engagement

John Heffernan Coordinator, Donor Engagement

Hope Oester Prospect & Donor

Research Specialist

Bri Baiza, Victoria Menendez Coordinators, Donor Services

CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION GOVERNING MEMBERS

The Governing Members are the CSOA’s first philanthropic society, founded in 1894. Its support funds the CSOA’s artistic excellence and community engagement. In return, members enjoy exclusive benefits and recognition. For more information, please contact 312-294-3337 or governingmembers@cso.org.

GOVERNING MEMBERS

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Merrill Blau Chair

Charles Emmons, Jr. Immediate Past Chair

Judy Blau Vice Chair of Member Engagement

Dr. Phyllis C. Bleck Vice Chair of the Annual Fund

Lisa Ross Vice Chair of Nominations & Membership

GOVERNING MEMBERS

Anonymous (8)

Dora J. Aalbregtse

Floyd Abramson

Ms. Patti Acurio

Ayana Akpan

Fraida Aland

Sandra Allen

Gary Allie

Robert Alsaker

Cat Anderson

Megan P. Anderson

Dr. Edward Applebaum

David Arch

Dr. Kent Armbruster

Dr. Carey August

Hillary August

Susan Baird

Ms. Judith Barnard

Merrill Barnes

Peter Barrett †

Roberta Barron

Roger Baskes

Ms. Sandra Bass

Cynthia Bates

Deborah Baughman

Robert H. Baum

Mrs. Robert A. Beatty

Daniel Bedford

Kirsten Bedway

Gail Eisenhart Belytschko

Edward H. Bennett III

Meta S. Berger

D. Theodore Berghorst

Ann Berlin

Phyllis Berlin

Mr. William E. Bible

Mrs. Arthur A. Billings

Joyce Black

Dianne Blanco

Judy Blau

Merrill Blau

Dr. Phyllis C. Bleck

Ann Blickensderfer

Terry Boden

† Deceased

Fred Boelter

Peter Borich

Mrs. Suzanne Borland

James G. Borovsky

Adam Bossov

Janet S. Boyer

John D. Bramsen

Ms. Jill Brennan

Mrs. William Gardner Brown

Sue Brubaker

Mrs. Patricia M. Bryan

Gilda Buchbinder

Rosemarie Buntrock

Elizabeth Nolan Buzard

Ms. Lutgart Calcote

Thomas Campbell

Ms. Vera Capp

Wendy Alders Cartland

Mrs. William C. Childs

Linton J. Childs

Frank Cicero, Jr.

Patricia A. Clickener

Mitchell Cobey

Jean M. Cocozza

Carol Cohen

Robin Tennant Colburn

Mrs. Jane B. Colman

Eileen Conaghan

Dr. Thomas H. Conner

Ms. Cecilia Conrad

Beverly Ann Conroy

Taylor Corbitt

Jenny L. Corley

Nancy Corral

Ms. Sarah Crane

Mari Hatzenbuehler Craven

Mr. Richard Cremieux

R. Bert Crossland

Rebecca E. Crown

Daniel R. Cyganowski

Catherine Daniels

Mrs. Robert J. Darnall

Dr. Tapas K. Das Gupta

Roxanne Decyk

Nancy Dehmlow

Mrs. Suzanne Demirjian

Duane M. DesParte

Janet Wood Diederichs

Doug Donenfeld

Mrs. William F. Dooley

Sara L. Downey

Ms. Ann Drake

David Dranove

Robert Duggan

Mimi Duginger

Mr. Frank A. Dusek, CPA

Mrs. David P. Earle III

Eric Easterberg and Cindy Pan

Judge Frank H. Easterbrook

Mrs. Dorne Eastwood

Mrs. Larry K. Ebert

Louis M. Ebling III

Mr. & Mrs. Estia Eichten

Jon Ekdahl

Kathleen H. Elliott

Charles Emmons, Jr.

Scott Enloe

Dr. James Ertle

William Escamilla

Dr. Marilyn D. Ezri

Neil Fackler

Melissa Sage Fadim

Jeffrey Farbman

Mr. Don Fehrs

Signe Ferguson

Hector Ferral, M.D.

Ms. Constance M. Filling

Mr. Daniel Fischel

Jenny Fischer

Henry Fogel

Mrs. John D. Foster

David S. Fox

Anne Fraumann

Williard Fraumann

Mr. Paul E. Freehling

Mitzi Freidheim

Marjorie Friedman Heyman

Malcolm M. Gaynor

Robert D. Gecht

Frank Gelber

Mrs. Lynn Gendleman

Dr. Mark Gendleman

Rabbi Gary S. Gerson

Dr. Bernardino Ghetti

Karen Gianfrancisco

Ellen Gignilliat

Mr. James J. Glasser †

Madeleine Glossberg

Mrs. Judy Goldberg

Mrs. Mary Anne Goldberg

Anne Goldstein

Jerry A. Goldstone

Mary Goodkind

Dr. Alexia Gordon

Mr. Michael D. Gordon

Donald J. Gralen

Ruth Grant

Mrs. Hanna H. Gray

Mary L. Gray

Dana Green Clancy

Freddi L. Greenberg

Delta A. Greene

Joyce Greening

Dr. Jerri Greer

Dr. Katherine L. Griem

Kendall Griffith

Jerome J. Groen

Jacalyn Gronek

John P. Grube

James P. Grusecki

Dongqi Guo

Anastasia Gutting

Lynne R. Haarlow

Joan M. Hall

Dr. Howard Halpern

Mrs. Richard C. Halpern

Anne Marcus Hamada

Josephine Hammer

Joel L. Handelman

John Hard

James W. Haugh

Thomas Haynes

James Heckman

Mrs. Patricia Herrmann Heestand

Marilyn P. Helmholz

Richard H. Helmholz

Dr. Arthur L. Herbst

Jeffrey W. Hesse

Konstanze L. Hickey

Thea Flaum Hill

Italics indicate Governing Members who have served at least five terms (fifteen years or more).

Dr. Richard Hirschmann

Suzanne Hoffman

Anne Hokin

Wayne J. Holman III

Fred E. Holubow †

Mr. James Holzhauer

Carol Honigberg

Janice L. Honigberg

Mrs. Nancy A. Horner

Mrs. Arnold Horween

Frances G. Horwich

Dr. Mary L. Houston

Patricia J. Hurley

Michael Huston

Barbara Ann Huyler

Ms. Sandra Ihm

Mrs. Nancy Witte Jacobs

Dr. Todd Janus

John Jawor

Ms. Justine Jentes

Brian Johnson

George E. Johnson

Raymonda Johnson

Ronald B. Johnson

Dr. Patricia Collins Jones

Edward T. Joyce

Mrs. Carol K. Kaplan †

Claudia Norris Kapnick

Mrs. Lonny H. Karmin

Barry D. Kaufman

Kenneth Kaufman

Marie Kaufman

Don Kaul

Molly Keller

Jonathan Kemper

Nancy Kempf

Elizabeth I. Keyser

Leslie Kiesel

Emmy King

Susan Kiphart

Carol Kipperman

Dr. Leonard Klein

Dr. Elaine H. Klemen

Carol Evans Klenk

Mrs. Janet Knauff

Mr. Henry L. Kohn

Dr. Mark Kozloff

Dr. Michael Krco

Eldon Kreider

David Kreisman

MaryBeth Kretz

Dr. Vinay Kumar

Mr. Rubin Kuznitsky

Mr. John LaBarbera

Dr. Lynda Lane

Frederick and Virginia Langrehr

Stephen and Maria Lans

William J. Lawlor III

Sunhee Lee

Dr. Anu Leemann

Dean Leff

Jonathon Leik

Sheila Fields Leiter

Jeffrey Lennard

Zafra Lerman

Jerrold Levine

Laurence H. Levine

Mrs. Bernard Leviton

Gregory M. Lewis

Carolyn Lickerman

Mrs. Paul Lieberman

Jane Loeb

Gabrielle Long

Amy Lubin

Anna Lysakowski

Carol MacArthur

Mrs. Duncan MacLean

Jacen Maleck

Dr. Michael S. Maling

Sharon L. Manuel

David A. Marshall

Judith Partipilo Marth

Patrick A. Martin

Ryan Martin

BeLinda I. Mathie

Charles McCall

Scott McCue

Ann Pickard McDermott

Dr. James L. McGee

Dr. John P. McGee †

Mrs. Lester McKeever

John A. McKenna

Mrs. Peter McKinney

James Edward McPherson

Sheila Medvin

Mr. Paul Meister

Dr. Ellen Mendelson

Mara Mills Barker

Dr. Toni-Marie Montgomery

David H. Moscow

John H. Mugge

Daniel R. Murray

Mr. Stuart C. Nathan

Mrs. Ray E. Newton, Jr.

Edward A. Nieminen

Dr. Zehava L. Noah

Kenneth R. Norgan

Martha C. Nussbaum

William A. Obenshain

Shelley Ochab

Maria Ochs

Mrs. James J. O’Connor

Eric Oesterle

Wallace Olliver

Mrs. Katherine Olson

Joy O’Malley

Michael Oman

Kathleen Field Orr

Mr. Gerald A. Ostermann

James J. O’Sullivan, Jr.

Bruce L. Ottley

Pamela Papas

Mr. Bruno A. Pasquinelli

Mr. Timothy J. Patenode

Robert J. Patterson, Jr.

Mr. Michael Payette

Mrs. Richard S. Pepper †

Jean E. Perkins

Mr. Michael A. Perlstein

Bonnie Perry

Dr. William Peruzzi

Robert C. Peterson

Ellard Pfaelzer, Jr.

Sue N. Pick

Betsey N. Pinkert

Ms. Emilysue Pinnell

Harvey R. Plonsker

Mr. John F. Podjasek, III

Andrew Porte

Charlene H. Posner

Stephen Potter

Carol Prins

Elizabeth H. Pritchard

Maridee Quanbeck

Mrs. Lynda Rahal

Diana Mendley Rauner

Susan Regenstein

Mari Yamamoto Regnier

Mary Thomson Renner

Hilda Richards

Burton R. Rissman

Charles T. Rivkin

Carol Roberts

Mr. John H. Roberts

William Roberts

David Robin

Dr. Diana Robin

Chauncey H. Robinson

Bob Rogers

Kevin M. Rooney

Harry J. Roper

Saul Rosen

Sheli Z. Rosenberg

Dr. Ricardo T. Rosenkranz

Michael Rosenthal

Doris Roskin

Lisa Ross

Jean Rothbarth

Maija Rothenberg

Helen Rubenstein

Roberta H. Rubin

Mrs. Susan B. Rubnitz

Sandra K. Rusnak

David W. “Buzz” Ruttenberg

Richard O. Ryan

Mrs. Patrick G. Ryan

Dr. Christine Rydel

Norman K. Sackar

Anthony Saineghi

Mr. Agustin G. Sanz

Inez Saunders

Libby Savner

Karla Scherer

David M. Schiffman

Judith Feigon Schiffman

Rosa Schloss

Al Schriesheim

Elizabeth Schroeder

Donald L. Schwartz

Susan H. Schwartz

Dr. Penny Bender Sebring

Chandra Sekhar

Mrs. Richard J.L. Senior

Ilene W. Shaw

Pam Sheffield

James C. Sheinin, M.D.

Richard W. Shepro

Jessie Shih

Junia Shlaustas

Caroline Orzac Shoenberger

Stuart Shulruff

Adele Simmons

Linda Simon

Mr. Larry Simpson

Craig Sirles

Miyam Slater

Christine A. Slivon

Valerie Slotnick

Mrs. Jackson W. Smart, Jr.

Charles F. Smith

Louise K. Smith

Mary Ann Smith

Stephen R. Smith

Mrs. Ralph Smykal

Naomi Pollock and David Sneider

Diane Snyder

Kimberly Snyder

Kathleen Solaro

Ms. Elysia M. Solomon

Dr. Stuart Sondheimer

Orli Staley

William D. Staley

Helena Stancikas

Grace Stanek

Ms. Denise M. Stauder

Leonidas Stefanos

Penelope Steiner

Mrs. Richard J. Stern

Liz Stiffel

Mr. John Stover

Mary Stowell

Lawrence E. Strickling

Patricia Study

Cheryl Sturm

BISCO Foundation

Mrs. Robert Szalay

Mr. Gregory Taubeneck

Chris Thomas

James E. Thompson

Dr. Robert Thomson

Ms. Carla M. Thorpe

Joan Thron

David Timm

Mrs. Ray S. Tittle, Jr.

William R. Tobey, Jr. †

Bruce Tranen †

James M. (Mack) Trapp

John T. Travers

David Trushin

Dr. David A. Turner

Robert W. Turner

Janet Underwood

Zalman Usiskin

Mrs. James D. Vail III

John Van Horn

Mrs. Peter E. Van Nice

Thomas D. Vander Veen

Jennifer Vianello

Dr. Michael Viglione

Catherine M. Villinski

Charles Vincent

Mr. Christian Vinyard

Theodore Wachs

Mark A. Wagner

Beth Ann Waite

Bernard T. Wall

Dr. Catherine L. Webb

Jeffrey J. Webb

Mrs. Jacob Weglarz

Chickie Weisbard

Richard Weiss

Robert G. Weiss

Dr. Marc Weissbluth

Rebecca West

Carmen Wheatcroft

Leah Williams

M.L. Winburn

Peter Wolf

Laura Woll

Dr. Hak Yui Wong

Courtenay R. Wood

Michael H. Woolever

Ms. Debbie Wright

Nancy G. Wulfers

Ronald Yonover

Owen Youngman

Priscilla Yu

David J. Zampa

Dr. John P. Zaremba

Karen Zupko

For complete donor listings, please visit the Richard and Helen Thomas Donor Gallery at cso.org/donorgallery.

† Deceased

Italics indicate Governing Members who have served at least five terms (fifteen years or more).

Corporate Partners

MAESTRO RESIDENCY PRESENTER Bank of America

OFFICIAL AIRLINE OF THE CSO

United Airlines

$100,000–$199,999

Abbott Fund

Allstate Insurance Company

CIBC Private Wealth

Citadel and Citadel Securities

ITW

Northern Trust

$50,000–$99,999

Abbott Anonymous (1)

BMO

DIOR

Jenner & Block LLP

PNC Bank

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

$25,000–$49,999

AAR CORP.

Altair Advisers LLC

Anonymous (1)

Kinder Morgan

Latham & Watkins LLP

Mayer Brown LLP

S&C Electric Company Fund

Sidley Austin LLP

Walgreens

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

Winston & Strawn LLP

$10,000–$24,999

ADM

Deloitte

GCM Grosvenor

Goldman Sachs & Co.

Huron Consulting Group

McDermott Will & Emery LLP

McGuireWoods LLP

McKinsey & Company

Millennium Garages

Peoples Gas

TravTours, Inc.

Underwriters Laboratories Inc.

$5,000–$9,999

Ariel Investments

Baird Dentons

Fellowes, Inc.

Global Verification Network

Italian Village Restaurants

Mars Snacking

Scott Byron & Co., Inc.

Segal Consulting

The Law Offices of Jonathan N. Sherwell

Starshak & Winzenburg

Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP

$1,000–$4,999

American Agricultural Insurance Company

Amsted Industries Incorporated

AspireUp

Central Building & Preservation L.P.

Chicago Blackhawks Foundation

DS&P Insurance Services, Inc.

Nascar Events and Entertainment, LLC

Parkway Elevators

Sahara Enterprises, Inc. Fund at The Chicago Community Foundation

Show Services

Smith Hulsey & Busey

Foundations and Government Agencies

$100,000 AND ABOVE

Julius N. Frankel Foundation

JCS Arts, Health and Education Fund of DuPage Foundation

The Negaunee Foundation

Sargent Family Foundation

State of Illinois

TAWANI Foundation

Zell Family Foundation

$50,000–$99,999

Paul M. Angell Family Foundation

The Brinson Foundation

The Chicago Community Trust

Robert and Joanne Crown Income Charitable Fund, in memory of Joanne Strauss Crown

Lloyd A. Fry Foundation

Walter and Karla Goldschmidt Foundation

Leslie Fund, Inc.

Sally Mead Hands Foundation

Illinois Arts Council

National Endowment for the Arts

Polk Bros. Foundation

$25,000–$49,999

Crain-Maling Foundation

The Crown Family

Dan J. Epstein Family Foundation

John R. Halligan Charitable Fund

Irving Harris Foundation

Bowman C. Lingle Trust

Hulda B. and Maurice L. Rothschild Foundation

$10,000–$24,999

Anonymous

Barker Welfare Foundation

Robert & Isabelle Bass Foundation

The Buchanan Family Foundation

The Clinton Family Fund

Darling Family Foundation

William M. Hales Foundation

The Maval Foundation

Pritzker Traubert Foundation

Charles and M. R. Shapiro Foundation

The George L. Shields Foundation

$5,000–$9,999

The Aaron Copland Fund for Music

The Allyn Foundation, Inc.

Charles H. and Bertha L. Boothroyd Foundation

Harry F. and Elaine Chaddick Foundation

Hoellen Family Foundation

Hunter Family Foundation

Mayer and Morris Kaplan Family Foundation

Kovler Family Foundation

E. Nakamichi Foundation

Benjamin J. Rosenthal Foundation

Dr. Scholl Foundation

$1,000–$4,999

Franklin Philanthropic Foundation

Geraldi Norton Foundation

Walter and Caroline Sueske

Charitable Trust

Annual Support

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association gratefully acknowledges the following individuals for their annual gifts and commitments in support of the CSOA through July 2024. To learn more, please call Bobbie Rafferty, Director, Individual Giving and Affiliated Donor Groups, at 312-294-3165.

$150,000 AND ABOVE

Anonymous

Randy L. and Melvin R. † Berlin

Kenneth C. Griffin, Citadel and Citadel Securities

Mr. & Mrs. † William R. Jentes

Lori Julian for The Julian Family Foundation

Margot and Josef Lakonishok

The Negaunee Foundation

COL (IL) Jennifer N. Pritzker, IL ARNG (Retired)

Megan and Steve Shebik

Gene and Jean Stark

Zell Family Foundation

$100,000–$149,999

Anonymous (4)

Michael and Kathleen Elliott

Mr. & Mrs. James B. Fadim

James and Brenda Grusecki

Robert Kohl and Clark Pellett

Ling Z. and Michael C. Markovitz

Ruth Ann and Neil K. Quinn Family

Ms. Cecelia Samans

$75,000–$99,999

Nancy Dehmlow

John Hart and Carol Prins

Cathy and Bill Osborn

Barbara and Barre Seid Foundation

Catherine M. and Frederick H. Waddell

Lisa and Paul Wiggin

$50,000–$74,999

Anonymous

Mr. & Mrs. William Adams IV

Mrs. Janet R. Bauer

Robert H. Baum and MaryBeth Kretz

Dr. Leonard and Phyllis Berlin

SEMPRE

Kay Bucksbaum

Dean L. and Rosemarie Buntrock Foundation

Dr. Eugene F. and Mrs. SallyAnn D. Fama

Rhoda and Henry Frank Family Foundation

This $175 million fundraising effort provides the secure footing needed to promote the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s preeminent role as a cultural icon showcasing musical brilliance, leadership, and innovation. The Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association gratefully acknowledges the generous donors who have shown tremendous support for this strategic initiative. Contact Al Andreychuk at 312-294-3150 for more information.

$20,000,000 AND ABOVE

Zell Family Foundation

The Negaunee Foundation

$10,000,000–$19,999,999

The Grainger Foundation TAWANI Foundation

$5,000,000–$9,999,999

Anonymous

Lori Julian for The Julian Family Foundation

Ling Z. and Michael C. Markovitz

$2,500,000–$4,999,999

Anonymous

Mary Louise Gorno

Estate of Esther G. Klatz

Robert Kohl and Clark Pellett

Megan and Steve Shebik

Richard and Helen Thomas

$1,000,000–$2,499,999 Anonymous (2)

Dora J. and R. John Aalbregtse

Mr. & Mrs. William Adams IV

Dr. Phyllis C. Bleck

Ann Blickensderfer and Roger Blickensderfer

Mr. & Mrs. William Gardner Brown

Kay Bucksbaum

Rosemarie and Dean L. Buntrock

Mr. & Mrs. Larry K. Ebert

Michael and Kathleen Elliott

Erika Gross

Estates of Joseph and Rebecca Jarabak

Jim † and Kay Mabie

Estate of Gloria Miner

The Oberman Family Charitable Trust

Cathy and Bill Osborn

Catherine M. and Frederick H. Waddell

$500,000–$999,999

Patricia and Laurence Booth

John D. and Leslie Henner Burns

Ms. Marion A. Cameron-Gray

D & R Charitable Fund

The Davee Foundation

David and Janet Fox

Howard Gottlieb

ITW

Mr. & Mrs. † William R. Jentes

Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Murley

Sheli Z. and Burton X. Rosenberg

Laura and Terrence Truax^

$250,000–$499,999

Anonymous

Ruth and Roger Anderson

Family Foundation

Wayne D. and Nancy M. Boberg

Dr. Joseph and Patricia Car

George and Minou Colis

Nancy Dehmlow

Mimi Duginger

Alice and Richard Godfrey

Jennifer Amler Goldstein, in memory of Thomas M. Goldstein

Merle L. Jacob

Barbara and Kenneth Kaufman

James and Renée Metcalf

Estate of Donald V. Peck

Sage Foundation, Melissa Sage Fadim

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas C. Sheffield, Jr.

Susan and Bob Wislow

Estate of Rita Zralek

$100,000–$249,999

Merrill and Judy Blau

William A. and Anne Goldstein

Timothy and Joyce Greening*

John Hart and Carol Prins

Mr. & Mrs. Jay L. Henderson

Mr. † & Mrs. Paul R. Judy

Judy and Scott McCue

Estate of Donald Powell

Chet Gougis and Shelley Ochab

Frances and Franklin † Horwich

Ms. Geraldine Keefe

Judy and Scott McCue

Ms. Deborah K. McNeil

Sandra and Earl Rusnak, Jr. †

Andra and Irwin Press

Mr. John Schmidt and Dr. Janet Gilboy

Dr. & Mrs. Eugene and Jean Stark

Carl W. Stern and Holly Hayes-Stern

Mr. & Mrs. † Louis Sudler, Jr.

Thierer Family Foundation

Penny and John Van Horn

Craig and Bette Williams

Mr. Gifford Zimmerman

UP TO $100,000

Jeff and Keiko Alexander

Patricia Ames

Peter and Elise Barack

Roderick Branch and Brant Taylor

Ms. Vera Capp*

Charles and Carol Emmons*

Judith E. Feldman^

Mrs. Donna Fleming^

Dr. Maija Freimanis and David A. Marshall

Robert D. Gecht

Mr. & Mrs. Joseph B. Glossberg

Chet Gougis and Shelley Ochab

Mr. Graham C. Grady

The Heestand Foundation

Karen and Neil Kawashima

Ms. Geraldine Keefe

Anne Kern

Tom and Betsy Kilroy

Randall S. Kroszner and David Nelson

Dr. Eva F. Lichtenberg

Mr. & Mrs. Patrick A. Martin*

Mr. David E. McNeel

Mr. Robert Meeker

Dr. Sharon D. Michalove

John H. Mugge

Mr. Daniel R. Murray

Sarah and Wallace Oliver*

Mr. Eric P. Easterberg and Ms. Cindy Y. Pan*

Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Perlstein

Charlene H. Posner*

Mr. & Mrs. Jason and Kristen Rossi

James S. Rostenberg

Sandra and Earl Rusnak, Jr. †^

Ms. Courtney Shea^

Mr. † & Mrs. John Simmons*

Ms. Lynn B. Singer^

Dr. Catherine L. Webb*

Mr. Jeffrey J. Webb and Ms. Catherine Yung*

Ms. Karen Zupko*

*Commitment to the Governing Members Chair, a collective initiative to sponsor a revolving musician chair of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

^Commitment to the Women’s Board Guest Artist Endowment Fund, which will annually support the appearance of a guest artist, conductor, or composer. † Deceased

Sidley Austin LLP

Michael and Linda Simon

Liz Stiffel

$35,000–$49,999

Anonymous

Dora J. and R. John Aalbregtse

Mr. Roderick Branch

Mr. & Mrs. Johannes Burlin

John D. and Leslie Henner Burns

Mr. Philip Darling

Dan J. Epstein Family Foundation

Mr. Collier Hands

Ms. Renee Metcalf

Charles Morcom

Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Murley

Ms. Martha C. Nussbaum

Margo and Michael Oberman

Ms. Elizabeth Parker and Mr. Keith Crow

Walter and Kathleen Snodell

Ms. Liisa M. Thomas and Mr. Stephen L. Pratt

Helen G. and Richard L. Thomas

David and Marsha Woodhouse

Mr. Gifford Zimmerman

$25,000–$34,999

Anonymous

Nancy A. Abshire

Altair Advisers LLC

Sharon and Charles † Angell

Carey and Brett August

Peter and Elise Barack

Julie and Roger Baskes

Patricia and Laurence Booth

Robert J. Buford

Ms. Marion A. Cameron-Gray

Mr. & Dr. George Colis

Mrs. Barbara Flynn Currie

Mr. Stephen V. D’Amore

Ms. Debora de Hoyos and Mr. Walter Carlson

Ms. Ann Drake

Timothy A. and Bette Anne Duffy

Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Eastwood

Mr. Daniel Fischel and Ms. Sylvia Neil

Mr. & Mrs. David W. Fox, Sr.

Ellen and Paul Gignilliat

Mr. & Mrs. Joseph B. Glossberg

William A. and Anne Goldstein

Mary Louise Gorno

Howard L. Gottlieb and Barbara G. Greis

Mr. Graham C. Grady

Ms. Helen Han

Irving Harris Foundation, Joan W. Harris

Mr. & Mrs. Jay L. Henderson

Mr. John Holmes

Ronald B. Johnson

Karen and Neil Kawashima

Ms. Donna L. Kendall

Tom and Betsy Kilroy

Randall S. Kroszner and David Nelson

Susan and Rick Levy

Mr. & Mrs. Vikram Luthar

Ms. Britt Miller

Daniel R. Murray

John D. † and Alexandra C. Nichols

Pritzker Pucker Family Foundation

Dr. Mohan Rao

Diana and Bruce Rauner

Susan Regenstein

Ann and Bob † Reiland, in memory of Arthur and Ruth Koch

Melissa and Joseph Root

Sheli Z. and Burton X. Rosenberg

Mr. & Mrs. Scott Santi

Mr. John Schmidt and Dr. Janet Gilboy

Shure Charitable Trust

Bill and Orli Staley Foundation

Mary Stowell

Mr. & Mrs. Daniel E. Sullivan

Thierer Family Foundation

TravTours, Inc.

Laura and Terrence Truax

Craig and Bette Williams

Susan and Bob Wislow

Ms. Ann Marie Wright

$20,000–$24,999

Anonymous (2)

Peter † and Betsy Barrett

Tom and Dianne Campbell

Nancy and Bernard Dunkel

Mr. & Mrs. Brian Duwe

Mrs. Carol Evans, in memory of Henry Evans

Mary and Lionel Go

Richard and Alice Godfrey

Mary Winton Green

Halasyamani/Davis Family

Barbara and Kenneth Kaufman

Anne and John † Kern

Richard P. and Susan Kiphart Family

Mr. Philip Lumpkin

Ms. Emilysue Pinnell

D. Elizabeth Price

Mr. Jeffrey J. Webb and Ms. Catherine Yung

Dr. Marylou Witz

Ronald and Geri Yonover Foundation

$15,000–$19,999

Anonymous (3)

Fraida and Bob Aland

Merrill and Judy Blau

Fred and Phoebe Boelter

Mr. & Mrs. William Gardner Brown

Henry and Gilda Buchbinder

Robert D. Carone

Joyce Chelberg

Bruce and Martha Clinton for The Clinton Family Fund

Sue and Jim Colletti

John and Fran Edwardson

Mr. & Mrs. Anthony C. Gambell

Sue and Melvin Gray

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas C. Heagy

Mr. & Mrs. R. Helmholz

Mr. & Mrs. Mark C. Hibbard

Mr. & Mrs. David Hilliard

Janice L. Honigberg

Mrs. Janet Kanter †

Dr. & Mrs. Leonard Klein

Ms. Betsy Levin

Dr. Eva Lichtenberg and Dr. Arnold Tobin

Mr. David E. McNeel

Dr. Toni-Marie Montgomery

Edward and Gayla Nieminen

Kathleen Field Orr

Bruno and Sallie Pasquinelli Family Foundation

Mr. † & Mrs. Albert Pawlick

LeAnn Pedersen Pope and Clyde F. McGregor

Mr. & Mrs. † Andrew Porte

Andra and Irwin Press

Jerry Rose

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas C. Sheffield, Jr.

Penelope R. Steiner

Carl W. Stern and Holly Hayes-Stern

Mr. & Mrs. Richard P. Toft

Penny and John Van Horn

Theodore and Elisabeth Wachs

$11,500–$14,999

Anonymous

Jeff and Keiko Alexander

Ann and Richard Carr

Dr. Brenda A. Darrell and Mr. Paul S. Watford

Mr. † & Mrs. David A. Donovan

Mr. Clinton J. Ecker and Ms. Jacqui Cheng

Stephen and Maria Lans

Jim † and Kay Mabie

Dr. Maija Freimanis and David A. Marshall

The Osprey Foundation

Mr. & Mrs. Michael Scholl

Leslie and Tom Silverstein

Carol S. Sonnenschein

Mr. & Mrs. Scott Swanson

Ksenia A. and Peter Turula

Caroline Foulke Wettersten

$7,500–$11,499

Anonymous (4)

Ms. Patti Acurio

Mr. Edward Amrein, Jr. and Mrs. Sara Jones-Amrein

Mr. Robert C. Austin and Dr. Kathryn C. Gamble

Ms. Judith Barnard

Mrs. Gail Belytschko

Mr. † & Mrs. Richard Benck

Arnie and Ann Berlin

Ms. Elizabeth Berry and Mr. Philip S. Revzin

Mr. † & Mrs. Dennis Black

Cassandra L. Book

Mr. & Mrs. John Borland

Adam Bossov

Janet S. Boyer

Mr. & Mrs. John D. Bramsen

Ms. Danolda Brennan

Mr. Ray Capitanini

Patricia A. Clickener

Dr. Thomas H. Conner

Mr. Lawrence Corry

Mr. & Mrs. Charles Demirjian

Mr. Marc DeMoss

Mr. & Mrs. William Dooley

Mimi Duginger

Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Earle

Mr. Eric P. Easterberg and Ms. Cindy Y. Pan

Mr. & Mrs. Louis M. Ebling III

Charles and Carol Emmons

Mr. Fred Eychaner

Judith E. Feldman

Constance M. Filling and Robert D. Hevey Jr.

Ms. Hazel Fisher

David and Janet Fox

Dr. & Mrs. James Franklin

Mr. & Mrs. Cyrus F. Freidheim, Jr.

Dr. & Mrs. Mark Gendleman

Jeannette and Jerry Goldstone

Mr. Gerald and Dr. Colette Gordon

Richard † and Mary L. Gray

Lynne R. Haarlow

Joan M. Hall

Mrs. Richard C. Halpern

John and Sally Hard

Pati and O.J. † Heestand

Mr. & Mrs. Richard S. Holson III

Fred † and Sandra Holubow

Tex and Susan Hull

Michael and Leigh Huston

Merle L. Jacob

Howard E. Jessen Family Trust

Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Keller

Ms. Librada Killian

The King Family Foundation

Mr. & Mrs. James Klenk

Dr. June Koizumi

Mr. † & Mrs. Richard K. Komarek

Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Krueck

Mr. John LaBarbera

Mr. Craig Lancaster and Ms. Charlene T. Handler

Mr. Jeffrey Lennard

Mr. Michael Leppen

Lewis-Sebring Family Foundation

Mr. † & Mrs. Paul Lieberman

Mr. † & Mrs. John Lillard

Mr. Glen Madeja and Ms. Janet Steidl

Judith Partipilo Marth

Ms. Mirjana Martich and Mr. Zoran Lazarevic

Sheila Medvin

Dr. Ellen Mendelson

Dr. Leo and Catherine Miserendino

Mr. Frank Modruson and Ms. Lynne Shigley

Drs. Bill † and Elaine Moor

Emilie Morphew, M.D.

Ms. Susan Norvich

Mr. † & Mrs. Norman L. Olson

Jim O’Sullivan

Richard and Frances Penn

Sue N. Pick

Mary and Joseph Plauché

Harper Reed

Dr. Petra and Mr. Randy O. Rissman

Mr. & Mrs. Rich Ryan

Mr. Agustin G. Sanz

Karla Scherer

David and Judy Schiffman

Al Schriesheim and Kay Torshen

Joan and George Segal

Drs. Deborah and Lawrence Segil

Diana and Richard Senior

The Earl and Brenda Shapiro Foundation

Jessie Shih and Johnson Ho

Julia M. Simpson

Dr. & Mrs. R. Solaro

Dr. Stuart Sondheimer, M.D. and Ms. Bonnie Lucas

Cheryl Sturm

Mr. & Mrs. † Louis Sudler, Jr.

Mr. & Mrs. Gregory Taubeneck

Ms. Carla M. Thorpe

Mr. David J. Varnerin

Rebecca West

M.L. Winburn

Michael H. and Mary K. Woolever

Mr. & Mrs. John Wulfers

$4,500–$7,499 Anonymous (11)

Elaine and Floyd Abramson

Sandra Allen and Jim Perlow

Mr. & Mrs. Gary Allie

Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Alsaker

Cat Anderson

Megan P. and John L. Anderson

Cushman L. and Pamela Andrews

Dr. Edward Applebaum and Dr. Eva Redei

David and Suzanne Arch

Dr. & Mrs. Kent Armbruster

Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Baird

Paul and Robert Barker Foundation

Mr. Merrill and Mr. N.M.K. Barnes

Joseph Bartush

Sandra Bass

Professor M. Cherif Bassiouni † and Elaine Klemen

Cynthia Bates and Kevin Rock †

Deborah Baughman

Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Bedford

Mr. Ken Belcher

Mr. & Mrs. D. Theodore Berghorst

Mr. & Mrs. William E. Bible

Mrs. Arthur A. Billings

Mr. & Mrs. Harrington Bischof

Jim † and Dianne Blanco

Ann Blickensderfer

Ms. Terry Boden

Mr. Edward Boehm III

Mr. & Mrs. Peter Borich

Mr. & Mrs. James Borovsky

Mr. Donald Bouseman

Ms. Jill Brennan

Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Breu

Cindy Marie Brito and Anthony Costello

Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Bryan

Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Buchsbaum

Elizabeth Nolan and Kevin Buzard

Ms. Lutgart Calcote

Ms. Vera Capp

Wendy Alders Cartland

Mia Celano and Noel Dunn

Mr. & Mrs. Candelario Celio

Margery al Chalabi

Mr. James Chamberlain

Linton J. Childs

Ms. Jue H. Chung

Jan and Frank Cicero, Jr.

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas A. Clancy

Nancy J. Clawson

Mitchell Cobey and Janet Reali

Ms. Jean Cocozza

David Colburn

Jane B. Colman

E. and V. Combs Foundation

Peter and Beverly Ann Conroy

Mrs. Taylor Corbitt and Mr. Christopher Sweeney

Jenny L. Corley in memory of Dr. W. Gene Corley

Nancy R. Corral

Mari Hatzenbuehler Craven

Mr. & Mrs. Richard Cremieux

R. Bert Crossland

Daniel Cyganowski and Judith Metzger

Dr. & Mrs. Tapas K. Das Gupta

Decyk Watts Charitable Foundation

Duane M. DesParte and John C. Schneider

Mr. & Mrs. Joseph DiBello

Janet Wood Diederichs

Mr. William Dietz, Jr.

Mr. Doug Donenfeld

David and Deborah Dranove

Ingrid and Richard Dubberke

Judge Frank Easterbrook

Mr. & Mrs. Larry K. Ebert

Mr. & Mrs. Estia Eichten

Jon Ekdahl and Marcia Opp

Thomas Eller

Mr. Matthew Ellison

Mr. & Mrs. Victor Elting III

Scott and Lenore Enloe

Dr. & Mrs. † James Ertle

William Escamilla

Marilyn D. Ezri, M.D.

Neil Fackler

Jeffrey Farbman and Ann Greenstein

Hector Ferral, M.D.

John and Geraldine Fiedler

Dr. & Mrs. Sanford Finkel, in honor of Robert Coad

Mr. Conrad Fischer

Dean and Jenny Fischer

Thea Flaum/Hill Foundation

Mrs. John D. Foster

Arthur L. Frank, M.D.

Mr. & Mrs. Willard Fraumann

Susan and Paul Freehling

Judy and Mickey Gaynor

Robert D. Gecht

Sandy and Frank Gelber

Rabbi Gary S. Gerson and Dr. Carol R. Gerson

Bernardino and Caterina Ghetti

Camillo and Arlene Ghiron

Ms. Karen Gianfrancisco

Mr. † & Mrs. James J. Glasser

Judy and Bill Goldberg

Lyn Goldstein

Robert and Marcia Goltermann

Mary and Michael Goodkind

Mrs. Amy G. Gordon and Mr. Michael D. Gordon

Mr. Peter Gotsch and Dr. Jana French

Donald J. Gralen

Hanna H. Gray

Ms. Freddi Greenberg

Thomas † and Delta Greene

Timothy and Joyce Greening

Dr. Jerri E. Greer

Dr. Katherine L. Griem

Mr. & Mrs. Jerome Groen

Jacalyn Gronek

Ann and John Grube

Mr. Dongqi Guo

Anastasia and Gary † Gutting

Stephanie and Howard Halpern

Anne Marcus Hamada

Ms. Josephine Hammer

Mrs. John M. Hartigan

Mr. & Mrs. Michael R. Hassan

James W. Haugh

Thomas and Connie Hsu Haynes

James and Lynne † Heckman

Mr. Hirad Hedayat

Mr. Dale C. Hedding

Scott Helm

Ms. Dawn E. Helwig

Dr. † & Mrs. Arthur L. Herbst

Marjorie Friedman Heyman

The Hickey Family Foundation

William B. Hinchliff

Suzanne Hoffman and Dale Smith †

James and Eileen Holzhauer

James † and Mary Houston

Hunter Family Foundation

Ms. Patricia Hurley

Frances and Phillip Huscher

Leland E. Hutchinson and Jean E. Perkins

Mr. & Mrs. Jorge Iorgulescu

Ian and Valerie Jacobs

Mrs. Nancy Witte Jacobs

Mr. & Mrs. Stan Jakopin

Dr. & Mrs. Todd and Peggy Janus

Mr. John Jawor

Ms. Justine Jentes and Mr. Dan Kuruna

Mr. & Mrs. † George E. Johnson

Dr. & Mrs. Hulon Johnson

Dr. Patricia Collins Jones

Mr. † & Mrs. Saul Kadin

Mr. & Mrs. Edward Kaplan/ Kaplan Foundation

Jared Kaplan † and Maridee Quanbeck

Mr. James Kastenholz and Ms. Jennifer Steans

Barry D. Kaufman

Larry † and Marie Kaufman

Don Kaul and Barbara Bluhm-Kaul

Peter and Stephanie Keehn

Mr. & Mrs. Michael Keiser

Mr. & Mrs. Gene Kiesel

Mr. Thomas Kmetko

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Knauff

Mr. & Mrs. Norman Koglin

Cookie Anspach Kohn and Henry L. Kohn

Kovler Family Foundation

Dr. & Mrs. Mark Kozloff

Eldon and Patricia Kreider

Drs. Vinay and Raminder Kumar

Dr. Lynda Lane

Mr. & Mrs. Frederick Langrehr

Mr. William Lawlor, III

Drs. Anu and Ali Leemann

Dean and Rebecca Leff

Sheila Fields Leiter

Ms. Zafra Lerman

Mr. Jerrold Levine

Averill and Bernard † Leviton

Gregory M. Lewis and Mary E. Strek

Mr † and Mrs. Howard Lickerman

Jane and Peter Loeb

The Loewenthal Fund at The Chicago Community Trust

Mrs. Gabrielle Long

Dr. Anna Lysakowski

Jacen Maleck

Dr. & Mrs. Michael S. Maling

Francine R. Manilow

Sharon L. Manuel

Mr. & Mrs. Patrick A. Martin

Arthur and Elizabeth Martinez

Ms. BeLinda Mathie and Dr. Brian Haag

Charles and Clara McCall

Ann Pickard McDermott

Dr. & Mrs. James McGee

Dr. † & Mrs. John McGee II

John and Etta McKenna

Dr. & Mrs. Peter McKinney

James Edward McPherson and David Lee Murray †

Leoni Zverow McVey and Bill McVey

Mesirow Financial Holdings, Inc.

Jim and Ginger Meyer

Mr. Llewellyn Miller and Ms. Cecilia Conrad

Stephen and Rumi Morales

Mrs. Frank Morrissey

Drs. Robert and Marsha Mrtek

John H. Mugge

Mr. † & Mrs. Kenneth Nebenzahl

Mr. † & Mrs. William Neiman

David † and Dolores Nelson

Mr. & Mrs. † Richard Nopar

Kenneth R. Norgan

Mark and Gloria Nusbaum

Bill and Penny Obenshain

Mr. & Mrs. Michael Ochs

Eric and Carolyn Oesterle

Sarah and Wallace Oliver

John and Joy O’Malley

Mr. Michael Oman and Mrs. Patricia Wakeley

Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Ostermann

Mr. Timothy J. Patenode

Dianne M. and Robert J. Patterson, Jr.

Mr. Michael Payette

Dr. & Mrs † Ray Pensinger

Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Perlstein

Dr. William Peruzzi

Mr. Robert Peterson

Lorna and Ellard Pfaelzer, Jr.

Mr. & Mrs. Dale R. Pinkert

Lee Ann and Savit Pirl

Harvey and Madeleine Plonsker

Naomi Pollock and David Sneider

Charlene H. Posner

Stephen and Ann Suker Potter

Mrs. Mary Jo Potts and Mr. Jim Selsor

John and Merry Ann Pratt

Barry and Elizabeth Pritchard

Ms. Elizabeth R. B. Pruett

Mrs. Lynda Rahal

Dr. Hilda Richards

Robert J. Richards and Barbara A. Richards

Charles and Marilynn Rivkin

Ms. Carol Roberts

William and Cheryl Roberts

Dr. Diana Robin

Erik and Nelleke Roffelsen

Mr. John W. Rogers, Jr.

Kevin M. Rooney and Daniel P. Vicencio

Mr. & Mrs. Harry J. Roper

Mr. & Mrs. Saul Rosen

Michael Rosenthal

D.D. Roskin

Ms. Lisa Ross

Mr. & Mrs. Frank A. Rossi

Maija Rothenberg

Helen and Marc Rubenstein

Ms. Roberta H. Rubin

Mrs. Susan B. Rubnitz

Anthony Saineghi

Mr. David Sandfort

Ms. Kay Schichtel and Mr. Barry Lesht

Mr † and Mrs. Nathan Schloss

Susan H. Schwartz

Donald L. and Susan J. Schwartz

Scott Byron & Co.

Mr. & Mrs. Chandra Sekhar

David and Judith L. Sensibar

Dr. & Mrs. James C. Sheinin

Richard W. Shepro and Lindsay E. Roberts

Mrs. Junia Shlaustas

Mr. & Ms. Alan Shoenberger

Stuart and Leslie Shulruff

Alan and Margaret Silberman

Ms. Ann Silberman

Mr. † & Mrs. John Simmons

Mr. Larry Simpson

Lynn B. Singer

Craig Sirles

Valerie Slotnick

Mrs. Jackson W. Smart, Jr.

Louise K. Smith

Mary Ann Smith

James and Diane Snyder

In memory of Timothy Soleiman

Elysia M. Solomon

Mrs. Linda Spain

Robert and Emily Spoerri

Helena Stancikas

Ms. Denise Stauder

Mr. & Mrs. Leonidas Stefanos

Dr. Dusan Stefoski, M.D. and Mr. Craig Savage

Carol D. Stein

Roger † and Susan Stone

Family Foundation

Ms. Donna L. Strand

Lawrence E. Strickling and Sydney L. Hans

Ms. Minsook Suh

Mr. Mitchell Suter and Ms. Hillary August

Mr. Chris Thomas

Mr. James Thompson

David and Beth Timm

Bill and Anne Tobey

Ayana Tomeka

Bruce † and Jan Tranen

James M. and Carol Trapp

John T. and Carrie M. Travers

Joan and David Trushin

Dr. & Mrs. David Turner

Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Turner

Ms. Judith Tuszynski

Zalman and Karen Usiskin

Mr. Peter Vale

Jim and Cindy Valtman

Thomas D. Vander Veen, Ph.D.

Frances S. Vandervoort

Mr. † & Mrs. Peter E. Van Nice

Henrietta Vepstas

Ms. Jennifer Vianello

Dr. Michael Viglione

Catherine M. Villinski

Charles Vincent

Mr. & Mrs. Mark A. Wagner

Mr. & Mrs. Bernard Wall

Dr. Catherine L. Webb

Mr. † & Mrs. Jacob Weglarz

Mr. & Mrs. Joel Weisman

Mr. Louis Weiss

Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. Weiss

Marc Weissbluth in memory of Linda Weissbluth

Carmen and Allen Wheatcroft

Peter and Marlee Wolf

Michael † and Laura Woll

Mr. Joseph Wolnski and Ms. Jane Christino

Dr. Hak Wong

Courtenay R. Wood and H. Noel Jackson, Jr.

Ms. Debbie Wright

Mari Yamamoto Regnier

Ms. Janice Young

Owen and Linda Youngman

David and Eileen Zampa

Dr. & Mrs. John Zaremba

Gerald Zimmerman and Margarete Gross

Ms. Karen Zupko

$3,500–$4,499

Anonymous

Ms. Rene Alphonse

Mrs. Barbara Asner

Ms. Marlene Bach

Dr. & Mrs. Gustavo Bermudez

Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Block

Drs. Virginia and Stephen Carr

Ms. Anne Chien

Mr. & Mrs. Paul Clusen

Dr. Edward A. Cole and Dr. Christine A. Rydel

Joe and Judy Cosenza

Mr. † & Mrs. Robert J. Darnall

Ms. Louise Dixon

Mr. & Mrs. Otto Doering III

Ms. Sarah Good

Hill and Cheryl Hammock

Dr. Robert A. Harris

Ms. Anna Hertsberg

Ms. JoAnn Joyce

Ms. Ethelle Katz

Mr. & Mrs. LeRoy Klemt

Dr. Michael Krco

Mr. Laurance C. Martin

Margaret and Michael McCoy

Ms. Claretta Meier

Miss Marija Michalczyk

Catherine Mouly and LeRoy T. Carlson, Jr.

Noteable Notes Music Academy/ Wheaton, IL

Mr. Bruce Ottley

Rita Petretti

Mary Rafferty

Mr. & Mrs. Richard H. Schnadig

Gerald and Barbara Schultz

Dr. & Mrs. Mark C. Shields

Jack and Barbara Simon

Joel and Beth Spenadel

Laurence and Caryn Straus

Ms. Joanne Tremulis

Eric Vaang

Hilary and Barry Weinstein

Ms. Lois Wolff

Ms. Mary Zeltmann

Ms. Camille Zientek

Mike Zimmerman

2,500–$3,499

Anonymous (4)

Mr. Frank Ackerman

Dr. & Mrs. Carl H. Albright

Mrs. Evelyn Alter

Catherine Baker and Timothy Kent

Connor Ballgae

Larry and Sarah Barden

Ms. Barbara Barzansky

Ms. Patricia Bayerlein

Meta S. and Ronald † Berger

Family Foundation

Mr. & Mrs. Eric Brandfonbrener

Chris Brezil

Ms. Susan Bridge

Mr. Lee M. Brown and Ms. Pixie Newman

Linda S. Buckley

Mr. & Mrs. John Butler

Curtis W. Cassel

Ms. Margaret Chaplan †

Lisa Chessare

Ms. Melinda Cheung

Mr. Ricardo Cifuentes

Mr. Robert Cook

Ms. Juli Crabtree

Mr. John Crosby

Mr. Frank R. Davis III

Mr. & Mrs. Dwight Decker

Mr. Matthew Denk

Mr. & Mrs. James W. DeYoung

Mrs. Kelli Gardner Emery † and Mr. Peter Emery

Debra Fienberg

Sandra E. Fienberg

Mrs. Donna Fleming

Ms. Nona Flores

Leo and Kim Flynn

Ms. Irene Fox

Allen J. Frantzen and George R. Paterson

Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd A. Fry III

James and Rebecca Gaebe

Jane Gaines and Andy Kenoe

Ms. Nancy Garfien

Mr. Stanford Goldblatt

Isabelle Goossen

Merle Gordon

Dr. & Mrs. Alan Graham

Mr. & Mrs. Byron Gregory

Mr. Adam Grymkowski

Suzanne Hales

Ronald and Diane Hamburger

Dr. & Mrs. Chester Handelman

Grant P. Haugen

Mr. † & Mrs. Robert Heidrick

Ms. Nancy Hess

James and Megan Hinchsliff

Ms. Gretchen Hoffmann and Mr. Joseph Doherty

Dr. & Mrs. James Holland

Mr. Stephen Holmes

Mr. Harry Hunderman and Ms. Deborah Slaton

Dr. Victoria Ingram and Dr. Paul Navin

Joshua and Faye Jacobs

Ms. Kathleen Jordan

Daniel P. and Barbara J. Justus

Wayne S. and Lenore M. Kaplan

Mr. Thomas Lad

Ms. Pamela Larsen

Jules M. Laser

Ms. Leah Laurie

Dona Le Blanc

Mr. Jonathon Leik

Mr. Philip Lesser

Sherry and Mel Lopata

Ronald and Carlotta Lucchesi

Ms. Janice Magnuson

Mr. Timothy Marshall

Dr. & Mrs. Daniel Mass

Igor and Olga Matlin

Mr. Donald P. Maves

Ms. Marilyn Mccoy

Rosa and Peter McCullagh

Bill McIntosh

Mr. Zarin Mehta

Ms. Maryrose Murphy

Mr. † & Mrs. Herbert Neil, Jr.

Mrs. Janis Notz

Dr. Linda Novak

Kingsley Perkins †

Mrs. Victorina Peterson

Mr. † & Mrs. Thomas D. Philipsborn

Richard Phillips

Mr. & Mrs. Jeffery Piper

Dr. Susan Rabe

Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Racker

Ms. Constance Rajala

Dr. & Mrs. Don Randel

Mr. Jeffrey Rappin

Neal Reenan

Patricia Richter

Dr. Anita Robbins

Dr. & Mrs. Melvin Roseman

Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Ross

Mrs. Martha Sabransky † and Dr. Paul Glickman

Rita † and Norman Sackar

JF Sarwark, M.D.

Susan Schaalman Youdovin and Charlie Shulkin

Shirley and John † Schlossman

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Scorza

Stephen A. and Marilyn Scott

Mary and Charles M. † Shea

Carolyn M. Short

Mr. † & Mrs. Hugo Sonnenschein

Mr. Michael Sprinker

Carole Stone and Arthur Susman

Mr. & Mrs. Harvey J. Struthers, Jr.

Barry and Winnifred Fallers Sullivan

Mr. † & Mrs. Richard Taft

Ms. Alison Thomas

Margaret Trumbull

Mr. John Turner

Mr. & Mrs. Allan Vagner

Ms. Ellen Werner

Mr. Eric Wicks and Ms. Linda Baker

Robert J. Wilczek † and Shirley Pfenning

Mr. Kenneth Witkowski

Barbara and Steven Wolf

Negaunee Music Institute at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra

The Negaunee Music Institute connects individuals and communities to the extraordinary musical resources of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. The following donors are gratefully acknowledged for making a gift in support of these educational and engagement programs. To make a gift or learn more, please contact Kevin Gupana, Associate Director of Giving, Educational and Engagement Programs, 312-294-3156.

$150,000 AND ABOVE

Lori Julian for The Julian Family Foundation

The Negaunee Foundation

$100,000–$149,999

Abbott Fund

Allstate Insurance Company

Megan and Steve Shebik

$75,000–$99,999

John Hart and Carol Prins

Barbara and Barre Seid Foundation

$50,000–$74,999

Anonymous

BMO

Robert and Joanne Crown Income Charitable Fund

Lloyd A. Fry Foundation

Judy and Scott McCue

Ms. Deborah K. McNeil

Polk Bros. Foundation

Michael and Linda Simon

Lisa and Paul Wiggin

$35,000–$49,999

Bowman C. Lingle Trust

National Endowment for the Arts

$25,000–$34,999

Anonymous

Carey and Brett August

Crain-Maling Foundation

Nancy Dehmlow

Kinder Morgan

Margo and Michael Oberman

Ms. Cecelia Samans

Shure Charitable Trust

Gene and Jean Stark

$20,000–$24,999

Anonymous

Mary and Lionel Go

Halasyamani/Davis Family

Illinois Arts Council

Richard P. and Susan Kiphart Family

Mr. Philip Lumpkin

PNC

D. Elizabeth Price

Charles and M. R. Shapiro Foundation

The George L. Shields Foundation, Inc.

$15,000–$19,999

Nancy A. Abshire

Robert and Isabelle Bass Foundation, Inc.

Sue and Jim Colletti

The Maval Foundation

Sandra and Earl Rusnak, Jr. †

Dr. Marylou Witz

$11,500–$14,999

Barker Welfare Foundation

Mr. † & Mrs. David A. Donovan

Nancy and Bernard Dunkel

Benjamin J. Rosenthal Foundation

Ksenia A. and Peter Turula

$7,500–$11,499

Anonymous

Robert H. Baum and MaryBeth Kretz

Fred and Phoebe Boelter

The Buchanan Family Foundation

John D. and Leslie Henner Burns

Mr. Lawrence Corry

Mrs. Carol Evans, in memory of Henry Evans

Ellen and Paul Gignilliat

Mr. & Mrs. Joseph B. Glossberg

Chet Gougis and Shelley Ochab

Mary Winton Green

The League of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association

Mr. Glen Madeja and Ms. Janet Steidl

Dr. Leo and Catherine Miserendino

Ms. Susan Norvich

Ms. Emilysue Pinnell

Mary and Joseph Plauché

Ms. Liisa M. Thomas and Mr. Stephen L. Pratt

Theodore and Elisabeth Wachs

$4,500–$7,499

Dora J. and R. John Aalbregtse

Charles H. and Bertha L. Boothroyd Foundation

Ann and Richard Carr

Harry F. and Elaine Chaddick Foundation

Ms. Dawn E. Helwig

Mr. James Kastenholz and Ms. Jennifer Steans

Dr. June Koizumi

Leoni Zverow McVey and Bill McVey

Jim and Ginger Meyer

Stephen and Rumi Morales

Drs. Robert and Marsha Mrtek

The Osprey Foundation

Lee Ann and Savit Pirl

Robert J. Richards and Barbara A. Richards

Dr. Scholl Foundation

Laura and Terrence Truax

Mr. Paul R. Wiggin

$3,500–$4,499

Anonymous (2)

Mr. & Mrs. Paul Clusen

Mr. Clinton J. Ecker and Ms. Jacqui Cheng

Charles and Carol Emmons

Judith E. Feldman

Ms. Mirjana Martich and Mr. Zoran Lazarevic

$2,500–$3,499

Anonymous

David and Suzanne Arch

Adam Bossov

Mr. Ray Capitanini

Lisa Chessare

Mr. Ricardo Cifuentes

Patricia A. Clickener

Mr. & Mrs. Dwight Decker

David and Janet Fox

Mr. † & Mrs. Robert Heidrick

William B. Hinchliff

Michael and Leigh Huston

Dr. Victoria Ingram and Dr. Paul Navin

David † and Dolores Nelson

Mr. & Mrs. Jeffery Piper

Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Racker

Erik and Nelleke Roffelsen

Mr. David Sandfort

Gerald and Barbara Schultz

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Scorza

Jessie Shih and Johnson Ho

Dr. & Mrs. R. Solaro

Carol S. Sonnenschein

Mr. † & Mrs. Hugo Sonnenschein

Ms. Joanne C. Tremulis

Mr. Peter Vale

Mr. Kenneth Witkowski

Ms. Camille Zientek

$1,500–$2,499

John Albrecht

Mr. Edward Amrein, Jr. and Mrs. Sara Jones-Amrein

Ms. Marlene Bach

Ms. Barbara Barzansky

Mr. & Mrs. William E. Bible

Cassandra L. Book

Mr. James Borkman

Mr. Donald Bouseman

Ms. Danolda Brennan

Mr. Lee M. Brown and Ms. Pixie Newman

Darren Cahr

Ms. Sharon Eiseman

Mr. Conrad Fischer

Ms. Lola Flamm

Camillo and Arlene Ghiron

Merle L. Jacob

Mr. & Mrs. Norman Koglin

Dona Le Blanc

Dr. Toni-Marie Montgomery

Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Murley

Dianne M. and Robert J. Patterson, Jr.

Susan Rabe

Mrs. Rebecca Schewe

Jane A. Shapiro

Mr. Larry Simpson

Mr. Thomas Simpson

Mrs. Julie Stagliano

Michael and Salme Steinberg

Walter and Caroline Sueske

Charitable Trust

Ayana Tomeka

Ms. Betty Vandenbosch

Dr. Douglas Vaughan

Ms. Mary Walsh

Mr. & Mrs. Richard Waxman

Abby and Glen Weisberg

Irene Ziaya and Paul Chaitkin

$1,000–$1,499 Anonymous

In memory of Martha and Bernie Adelson

Ms. Rochelle Allen

Altair Advisers LLC

Ms. Margaret Amato

Allen and Laura Ashley

Tom Auchter

Howard and Donna Bass

Paul Becker and Nancy Becker

Ann Blickensderfer

Dr. Martin Burke

Ms. Gwendolyn Butler

Mr. Mark Carroll

Mr. Rowland Chang

Dr. Edward A. Cole and Dr. Christine A. Rydel

Mr. & Mrs. Bill Cottle

Alan R. Cravitz

Ms. Pamela Crutchfield

Tom Draski

DS&P Insurance Services, Inc.

Mr. Edward and Nancy Eichelberger

Neil Fackler

Mr. & Mrs. Roger Gallentine

Ms. Nancy Garfien

Alan and Nancy Goldberg

Dr. Fred Halloran

Mrs. Susan Hammond

Dr. Robert A. Harris

Holy Trinity High School

Mr. Ray Jones

Charles Katzenmeyer

Randolph T. Kohler and Scott Gordan

Howard Korey and Sharon Pomerantz

The Lee Family

Mr. † & Mrs. Gerald F. Loftus

Timothy Lubenow

Sharon L. Manuel

Jacqueline Mardell

Rosa and Peter McCullagh

Stephen W. and Kathleen J. Miller

Geoffrey R. Morgan

Mrs. MaryLouise Morrison

Ms. Sylvette Nicolini

Edward and Gayla Nieminen

Ms. Kathy Nordmeyer

Mr. † & Mrs. James Norr

Mr. & Mrs. Julian Oettinger

Mr. Bruce Oltman

Ms. Joan Pantsios

Christine and Michael Pope

Quinlan & Fabish Music Company

Mr. George Quinlan

Dr. Hilda Richards

Dr. Edward Riley

Mr. & Mrs. Richard Rosenberg

Mr. David Samson

Mr. & Mrs. Steve Schuette

Stephen A. and Marilyn Scott

Drs. Deborah and Lawrence Segil

Christina Shaver

Dr. Sabine Sobek

Ms. Adena Staben

Ms. Denise Stauder

Mrs. Pamela Stepansky

Sharon Swanson

Ms. Cynthia Vahlkamp and Mr. Robert Kenyon

Mr. David J. Varnerin

Mr. Eric Wicks and Ms. Linda Baker

Joni Williams

Jane Stroud Wright

ENDOWED FUNDS

Anonymous (5)

Dr. & Mrs. Bernard H. Adelson Fund

Marjorie Blum-Kovler Youth Concert Fund

Civic Orchestra Chamber Access Fund

The Davee Foundation

Frank Family Fund

Kelli Gardner Youth Education Endowment Fund

Jennifer Amler Goldstein Fund, in memory of Thomas M. Goldstein

Mary Winton Green

John Hart and Carol Prins Fund for Access

William Randolph Hearst Foundation Fund

Richard A. Heise

Julian Family Foundation Fund

The Kapnick Family

Lester B. Knight Charitable Trust

Robert Kohl and Clark Pellett Chair Fund

The Malott Family School Concerts Fund

Eloise W. Martin Endowed Funds

Murley Family Fund

The Negaunee Foundation

Margo and Michael Oberman Community Access Fund

Nancy Ranney and Family and Friends

Helen Regenstein Guest Conductor Fund

Edward F. Schmidt Family Fund

Shebik Community Engagement Programs Fund

The Wallace Foundation

Zell Family Foundation

Theodore Thomas Society

Mary Louise Gorno Chair

Listed below are generous donors who have made commitments to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra through their wills, trusts, and other estate plans, including life-income arrangements, as of August 2024. The Society honors their generosity, which helps to ensure the long-term financial stability and artistic excellence of the CSOA. To learn more, please contact Al Andreychuk, Director of Endowment Gifts and Planned Giving, at 312-294-3150.

STRADIVARIAN ASSOCIATES

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra is pleased to recognize the following individuals for generously establishing a legacy bequest plan of $100,000 or more to benefit the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association.

Anonymous (11)

Dora J. and R. John Aalbregtse

Lisa J. Adelstein

Jeff and Keiko Alexander

Evy Johansen Alsaker

Robert A. Alsaker

Geoffrey A. Anderson

Louise E. Anderson

Brett and Carey August

Marlene Bach

Dr. Jeff Bale

Mr. Neal Ball

Mr. & Mrs. Randy Barba

Sally J. Becker

Marlys A. Beider

Dr. C. Bekerman

Martha Bell

Mike and Donna Bell

Julie Ann Benson

K. Richard and Patricia M. Berlet

Merrill and Judy Blau

Dr. Phyllis C. Bleck

Ann Blickensderfer

Roger Blickensderfer

Wayne D. and Nancy M. Boberg

Danolda Brennan

Mr. Leon Brenner, Jr.

Mitchell J. Brown

Marion A. Cameron-Gray

Charles Capwell and Isabel Wong

Mr. Frank and Dr. Vera Clark

Patricia A. Clickener

Judith and Stephen F. Condren

Anita Crocus

David L. Curry

Mimi Duginger

Harry and Jean Eisenman

Michael and Kathleen Elliott

Dr. Marilyn Ezri

David S. and Janet M. Fox

Mr. & Mrs. David W. Fox, Sr.

Allen J. Frantzen and George R. Paterson

Mary J. and Ronald P. Frelk

Penny and John Freund

Mr. & Mrs. Paul C. Gignilliat

Merle Gordon

Mary Louise Gorno

Dr. & Mrs. David Granato

Mary L. Gray

Mary Winton Green

Dr. Jon Brian Greis

John and Patricia Hamilton

Mr. Michael Hansen and Ms. Nancy Randa

John Hart and Carol Prins

Mr. William P. Hauworth II

Thomas and Linda Heagy

Mr. R.H. Helmholz

Stephanie and Allen Hochfelder

Concordia Hoffmann

Stephen D. and Catherine N. Holmes

Frank and Helen Holt

Mark and Elizabeth Hurley

Frances and Phillip Huscher

Merle L. Jacob

Ms. Darlene Johnson

Ronald B. Johnson

Roy A. and Sarah C. Johnson

Mary Ann Judy

Lori Julian

Wayne S. and Lenore M. Kaplan

Howard Kaspin

James Kemmerer

Robert Kohl and Clark Pellett

Edwin and Karen Kramer

Mr. & Mrs. Alan Kubicka

Jonathon Leik

Charles Ashby Lewis and Penny Bender Sebring

Robert Alan Lewis

Dr. Valerie Lober

Glen J. Madeja and Janet Steidl

Sheldon H. Marcus

James Edward McPherson

Janet L. Melk

Dr. Frederick K. Merkel

Dr. Leo and Catherine Miserendino

Drs. Elaine and Bill † Moor

Craig and Rose Moore

Mrs. Mario A. Munoz

John H. Nelson

Edward A. and Gayla S. Nieminen

Ms. Kathy Nordmeyer

Diane Ososke

Dr. Joan E. Patterson

Mary T. † and David R. Pfleger

Mrs. Thomas D. Philipsborn

Judy Pomeranz

Christoph G. Ptack Legacy Trust

Maridee Quanbeck

Neil K. Quinn

Randall and Cara Rademaker

Constance A. Rajala

Al and Lynn Reichle

Ann and Bob † Reiland

Wendy Reynes

Dr. Edward O. Riley

Daniel J. Riordan, in loving memory of Lynne D. Mapes-Riordan

Charles and Marilynn Rivkin

David and Kathy Robin

Jerry Rose

Mr. James S. Rostenberg

Richard O. Ryan

John A. Salkowski

Cecelia Samans

A. Wm. Samuel

Franklin Schmidt

Mr. Craig Sirles

Betty W. Smykal

Annette and Richard Steinke

Mrs. Deborah Sterling

Mr. & Mrs. William H. Strong

Mrs. Gloria B. Telander

Karin and Alfred Tenny

Richard and Helen Thomas

Ms. Carla M. Thorpe

Dr. Richard Tresley

Laura and Terrence Truax

John L. and Dyanne L. Turner

Paula Turner

Robert W. Turner and Gloria B. Turner

Judith and Paul Tuszynski

Mr. & Mrs. John E. Van Horn

Mr. Christian Vinyard

Craig and Bette Williams

Florence Winters

Stephen R. Winters and Don D. Curtis

Dr. Robert G. Zadylak

Helen Zell

MEMBERS

Anonymous (36)

Valerie and Joseph Abel

Louise Abrahams

Richard J. Abram and Paul Chandler

Patrick Alden

Richard and Elynne Aleskow

Judy L. Allen

Carlos Almeida and Dr. Matthew Sweeney

Ann S. Alpert

Patricia Ames

Ms. Judith L. Anderson

Steven Andes, Ph.D.

Barbara Andrews

Dr. Edward L. Applebaum

Catherine Aranyi

Dr. Susan Arjmand

Mara Mills Barker

Shirley Baron

Dr. & Mrs. Robert Beatty

Joan I. Berger

Robert M. Berger

Mr. & Mrs. James Borovsky

John L. Browar

Catherine Brubaker

Joseph Buc

Edward J. Buckbee

Michelle Miller Burns

Mr. Robert J. Callahan

Dr. & Mrs. Joseph R. Car

Mr. & Mrs. William P. Carmichael

Dr. Marlene E. Casiano

Beverly Ann and Peter Conroy

Sharon Conway

Ron and Dolores Daly

Mr. & Mrs. John Daniels

Mr. & Mrs. Clyde H. Dawson

Sylvia Samuels Delman

Mrs. David A. DeMar

Ms. Phyllis Diamond

Janet Wood Diederichs

Mrs. William Dooley

Nancy Schroeder Ebert

Robert J. Elisberg

Richard Elledge

Charles and Carol Emmons

Lu and Philip Engel

Tarek and Ann Fadel

James B. Fadim

Leslie Farrell

Donna Feldman

Judith E. Feldman

Frances and Henry Fogel

Ray Frick

Susan Fuchs

Nancy and Larry † Fuller

Dileep Gangolli

Maurice Garnier

Miss Elizabeth Gatz

Dr. & Mrs. Mark Gendleman

Margaret and Patrick Ghielmetti

Steve and Lauran Gilbreath

Mr. Daniel Gilmour, III

Mr. Joseph Glossberg

Ms. Georgean Goldenberg

Adele Goldsmith

Douglas Ross Gortner

Chet Gougis and Shelley Ochab

Ms. Elizabeth A. Gray

Ms. Claire Annette Green

Delta A. Greene

Mrs. Barbara Gundrum

Lynne R. Haarlow

Mrs. Robin Tieken Hadley

Mr. Tom Hall

Mr. & Mrs. Tom Hallett

William B. Hinchliff

Marcia M. Hochberg

Mr. Thomas Hochman

Jack and Colleen Holmbeck

Richard J. Hoskins

Mary Houston

Mr. James Humphrey

Ms. Jessica Jagielnik

Ansuk Jeong

Nathan Kahn, in memory of Zave H. Gussin and in honor of Robert Gussin

Ann B. Kaplan

Mr. & Mrs. Michael F. Kaufman

Valerie Kennedy

Anne Kern

Paul Keske

Helen Kessler

Mr. & Mrs. Frank L. Klapperich, Jr.

Mrs. LeRoy Klemt

Sally Jo Knowles

Mrs. Russell V. Kohr

Ms. Barbara Kopsian

Liesel E. Kossmann

Catherine Grochowski Kranz

Eugene Kraus

John C. and Carol Anderson Kunze

Thomas and Annelise Lawson

Dr. & Mrs. David J. Leehey

Ms. Nicole Lehman

Barbara W. Levin

Dr. & Mrs. Robert L. Levy

Ms. Sally Lewis

Dr. Eva F. Lichtenberg

Mr. Michael Licitra

Dr. & Mrs. Philip R. Liebson

Bonnie Glazier Lipe

Alma Lizcano

Candace Loftus

Heidi Lukas and Mr. Charles Grode

Suzette and James Mahneke

Ann Chassin Mallow

Sharon L. Manuel

Mrs. John J. Markham

Deborah McCabe

Judy and Scott McCue

John McFerrin

Mr. William McIntosh

Leoni Zverow McVey and Bill McVey

Dorothe Melamed

Marcia Melamed

Dr. Sharon D. Michalove

Dale and Susan Miller

Michael Miller and Sheila Naughten

Virginia K. Moore

John H. Mugge

Thomas R. Mullaney

Daniel R. Murray

Dolores D. Nelson

Jeffrey Nichols

Franklin Nussbaum

Mr. & Mrs. Paul Oliver, Jr.

Wallace and Sarah Oliver

Lynn Orschel

Helen and Joseph Page

Dianne M. and Robert J. Patterson, Jr.

Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Perlstein

Elizabeth Anne Peters

Mr. Lewis D. Petry

Judy C. Petty

Karen and Dick Pigott

Lois Polakoff

Charlene H. Posner

D. Elizabeth Price

Dorothy V. Ramm

Donald F. Ransford

Jeanne Reed

Edgar C. Reihl

Ms. Oksana Revenko-Jones

Karen L. Rigotti

Don and Sally Roberts

Mrs. Ben J. Rosenthal

Dr. Virginia C. Saft

Craig Samuels

Sue and William Samuels

Leslie A. Sanders

Paul and Kathleen Schaefer

Lawrence D. Schectman

Mr. Douglas M. Schmidt

Mr. & Mrs. Myron D. Shapiro

David Shayne

Thomas C. Sheffield, Jr.

Anne Sibley

Larry Simpson

Ms. Lynn B. Singer

Thomas G. Sinkovic

Rosalee Slepian

Mary Soleiman

Jim Spiegel

Julie Stagliano

Denise M. Stauder

Karen Steil

Charles Steinberg

Timothy and Kathleen Stockdale

Mr. John Stokes

Richard and Lois Stuckey

Mark Swanson and Nancy Pifer

Jeffrey and Linda Swoger

Mr. John C. Telander

Liisa Thomas

Mr. & Mrs. Jerald Thorson

Karen Hletko Tiersky

Myron Tiersky

Jacqueline A. Tilles

Mr. James M. Trapp

Mr. Donn N. Trautman

Mike and Mary Valeanu

Gerrit Vanderwest

Mr. David J. Varnerin

Frank Villella

Mr. Milan Vydareny

Dr. Malcolm Vye

Adam R. Walker and BettyAnn Mocek

Mr. Frank Walschlager

Louella Krueger Ward

Dr. Catherine L. Webb

Karl Wechter

Claude M. Weil

Joan Weiss

Mr. Thomas Weyland

Lisa and Paul Wiggin

Linda and Payson S. Wild

Joyce S. Wildman

Kayla Anne Wilson

Robert A. Wilson

Nora M. Winsberg

Mr. & Mrs. Stephen M. Wolf

Beth Wollar

Lev Yaroslavskiy

IN MEMORIAM

Listed below are individuals who were Theodore Thomas Society members or patrons who made exceptional commitments to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra through their estates. They are remembered with gratitude for their generosity and visionary support.

Anonymous (10)

Hope A. Abelson

Richard Abrahams

Ruth T. and Roger A. Anderson

Ross C. Anderson

Mychal P. and Dorothy A. Angelos

Elizabeth M. Ashton

Jacqueline and Frank Ball

Wayne Balmer

Paul Barker

Arlene and Marshall Bennett

Judith and Dennis Bober

Naomi T. Borwell

Howard Broecker

Claresa Forbes Meyer Brown

George and Jacqueline Brumlik

Dr. Mary Louise Hirsch Burger

Norma Cadieu

Wiley Caldwell

David W. Carpenter

James D. Compton

Nelson D. Cornelius

Anita J. Court, Ph.D.

Christopher L. Culp

Azile Dick

James F. Drennan

Robert L. Drinan, Jr.

Evelyn Dyba

Richard Eastline

Marian Edelstein

Dr. Edward Elisberg

Kelli Gardner Emery

Joseph R. Ender

Shirley L. and Robert Ettelson

Greta Wiley Flory

Leslie Fogel

Herbert and Betty Forman

Richard Foster

Elaine S. Frank

Martin and Francey Gecht

Isak Gerson

Mrs. Willard Gidwitz

Lyle Gillman

Marvin Goldsmith

William B. Graham

Richard Gray

David Green

Nancy Griffin

Ernest A. Grunsfeld III

Betty and Lester Guttman

A. William Haarlow III

Carolyn Hallman

CAPT Martin P. Hanson, USN Ret.

Polly and Donald Heinrich

Mary Mako Helbert

Adolph “Bud” and Avis Herseth

Mrs. Diane Hoban

James Houston

Helen and Michael L. Igoe, Jr.

Barbara Isserman

Joseph and Rebecca Jarabak

Mrs. Marian Johnson

Janet Jones

Phyllis A. Jones

James Joseph

Paul R. Judy

Joseph M. Kacena

Jared Kaplan

Morris A. Kaplan

Roberta Kapoun

Carol W. Keenan

Marshall Keltz

George Kennedy

Esther G. Klatz

Russell V. Kohr

Karen Kuehner

Evelyn and Arnold Kupec

Robert B. Kyts and Jadwiga Roguska-Kyts

Caressa Y. Lauer

Gerald Lee

Patricia Lee

Christine D. Letchinger

Nancy R. Levi

Melynda K. Lopin

William C. Lordan

Tula Lunsford

Iris Maiter

Arthur G. Maling

Bella Malis

Kathleen W. Markiewicz

Walter L. Marr III and Marilyn G. Marr

Eloise Martin

Nancy Lauter McDougal and Alfred L.

McDougal

Eunice H. McGuire

Carolyn D. and William W. McKittrick

Jack L. Melamed, M.D.

Lois G. and Hugo J. Melvoin

Richard Menaul

Susan Messinger

Phillip Migdal

Mollyann Miller

Gloria Miner

Bill Moor

Charles A. Moore

David A. Moore

Marietta Munnis

David H. Nelson

Helen M. Nelson

Muriel Nerad

Piri E. and Jaye S. Niefeld

David Niwa

Raymond and Eloise Niwa

Carol Rauner O’Donovan

T. Paul B. O’Donovan

Mary and Eric Oldberg

Bruce P. Olson

David G. Ostrow

Donald Peck

Charles J. Pollyea

Miriam Pollyea

Donald D. Powell

Samuel Press

Alfred and Maryann Putnam

Christine Querfeld

Ruth Ann Quinn

Kenneth Recu

Walter Reed

Bob Reiland

Evelyn Richer

J. Timothy Ritchie

Virginia H. Rogers

Jill N. Rohde

Elaine Rosen

Ben J. Rosenthal

Anthony Ryerson

Cynthia Mead Sargent

Mrs. Milton Scheffler

Richard P. Schieler

Beverly and Grover Schiltz

Robert W. Schneider

Barbara and Irving Seaman, Jr.

Nancy Seyfried

Muriel Shaw

Morrell A. Shoemaker

Rose L. and Sidney N. Shure

Dr. & Mrs. Alfred L. Siegel

Joan H. and Berton E. Siegel

Joanne Silver

Rita Simó and Tomás Bissonnette

Allen R. Smart

Walter Chalmers Smith

Karen A. Sorensen

Edward J. and Audrey M. Spiegel

Vito Stagliano

Charles J. Starcevich

Curtis D. Stensrud

Franklin R. St. Lawrence

Ruth Miner Swislow

Robert Sychowski

Lester G. Telser

Andrew and Peggy Thomson

Sue Tice

Beatrice B. Tinsley

C. Phillip Turner

Ted Utchen

Lois and James Vrhel

Louise Benton Wagner

Nancy L. Wald

Josephine Wallace

Marco Weiss

Barbara Huth West

The Whateley Trust, in memory of Baron Whateley

Max and Joyce Wildman

Joyce Hadley Williams

Larisa Zhizhin

Ronald R. Zierer

Rita A. Zralek

Tribute Program

The Tribute Program provides an opportunity to celebrate milestones such as birthdays, weddings, anniversaries, and graduations. It also can serve as a way to honor the memory of friends and family. An Honor or Memorial Gift enables you to express your feelings in a truly distinctive and memorable way. Contributions may be any amount and are placed in the Orchestra’s Endowment Fund. For more information regarding this program, please call 312-294-3100. Listed below are Honor and Memorial Gifts of $100 or more received from October 2023 through July 2024.

MEMORIAL GIFTS

In memory of Mary Alroth

Carla Ciulla

In memory of Frank Alschuler

Mimi Alschuler

In memory of Alfred Balandis

Robert Callahan

In memory of Louise Baldin

Mrs. Frances Naal

In memory of Angie Bannister

Robin Johnson

In memory of Edwin J. Bell

Mr. Edwin Bell

In memory of Lawrence L. Belles

Judy and Scott McCue

In memory of John R. Blair

Fidelity Charitable Gift Funds

In memory of Nicholas Branstetter

Mr. & Mrs. Jackson D. Sturgeon

In memory of Dr. Jerome Brosnan, M.D.

Gisela Brosnan, Julie Brosnan, and Family

In memory of Bill Conaghan

Mr. Jack Jensen and Mrs. Becky Davenport

In memory of William L. Conaghan

Mary and Michael Goodkind

In memory of Robert B. Dean

Ms. Helen Moorman

In memory of Ray T. Dillon

Ms. Cristina Rocca

In memory of Karl Eisenberg

Ms. Patricia Erens

Jill R. Gordon

Marie W. Harris

Sharon Kase

Matt Morozovsky

Lorna and Ellard Pfaelzer, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Schimberg

Mrs. Susan Stone

Mrs. Virginia S. Uhlmann

In memory of Linda Eisenhauer

Mrs. Lauretta Berg

In memory of Hazel S. Fackler

Neil Fackler

In memory of Zave Gussin

Mr. Nathan Kahn

In memory of Peter R. and Mary Herr

Peter A. Herr

In memory of Adolph “Bud” Herseth, Dale Clevenger, and Arnold Jacobs

Mr. Esteban Batallán-Cons

In memory of Jane Hindsley

Ms. Cynthia LaFond

In memory of Sally Jacob

Merle L. Jacob

In memory of Joel Jacobson

Alfred and Sandra Jolson

In memory of Richard and Kathleen Joiner

Mr. & Mrs. Lee D. Joiner

In memory of Janet Kanter

Ms. Judith J. Crampton

Ms. Michelle Renner

In memory of Mr. Jack Klecka

Terry Klecka

In memory of Ruby Knight

Ms. Jacquline Briggs

In memory of Frank Koch Wolfinger

Charles J. Linn

In memory of George N. Kohler

Mr. David Curry

In memory of Sang Hyung Lee

Pamela and Charles Smith

In memory of Dr. Steven M. Lewis

Ms. Heather E. Lewis

In memory of Joseph Hanson Mayne

Ms. Fox Fehling

In memory of Francis (Joe) Nolan

Ms. Vera Capp

In memory of Albert Payson

Mr. Paul Dickinson

Susan Reinecke-Masak

In memory of Paul Phillips

Anonymous

Janet Booth

Ms. Lutgart Calcote

Mr. and Mrs. Dennis McCafferty

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Mitzen

Mr. Clark Sheldon

Dr. & Mrs. Michael Thompson

In memory of William A. Pollak

Don and Martha Pollak

In memory of Ruth Ann Quinn

Mr. Neil K. Quinn and Family

In memory of Bennett Reimer

Elizabeth A. Hebert

In memory of Richard Rusz

Mrs. Alla Rusz

In memory of Adrienne Samuels

Anonymous

Scott A. Hein

In memory of Doris Shayne and Chauncey Griffith

Mr. David Shayne

In memory of Susie Stein

Dr. & Mrs. Enrique Beckmann

Dr. & Mrs. Tapas K. Das Gupta

Ms. Victoria Dorgan

Joseph and Judith Konen

Dr. Marcia A. Lewis

Ms. Claretta Meier

Pamela and Charles Smith

Mr. & Mrs. David Weber

Ms. Janice Young

In memory of Louise Baldin and Susie Stein

Mrs. Sharon I. Quigley

In memory of Ron and Lynne Wachowski

Peggy Ryan

In memory of Novella Winston

Ms. Betty Henson

In memory of Carol Wordsworth Malley

Charles Leonard Reddington, Artist

In memory of Edward T. Zasadil

Mr. Larry Simpson

HONOR GIFTS

In honor of Judy Boem

Betty Signer

In honor of Liz Branch

Ms. Sarah Good

In honor of Robert Coad

Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Alsaker

Carey and Brett August

Mr. Robert Carson

Barry and Elizabeth Pritchard

Diana and Richard Senior

Mr. & Mrs. † David Shayne

In honor of David Cooper

Daniel P. and Barbara J. Justus

In honor of the legendary CSO Brass section

Marina Abuin and Esteban Batallán

In honor of Jessica Erickson

Ms. Sarah Good

In honor of Melanie Kupchynsky

Ms. Susan Bridge

Mrs. Eileen Conaghan

Mr. & Mrs. Sid Mitchell

Mrs. Sharon I. Quigley

In honor of Sharon Mitchell

Sebastian P. Mitchell

In honor of Gay and Richard Nicholus

Mary Mercante

In honor of Kathy Nordmeyer

Ms. Janice Young

† Deceased

In honor of Margo and Michael Oberman

Mr. Stuart Fried and Mrs. Susan Fried

Mr. & Mrs. Sid Mitchell

In honor of Frances L.A. Penn

Dr. David M. Asher

In honor of Neil Quinn

Ms. Carolyn Quinn

In honor of Bobbie Rafferty

Carey and Brett August

In honor of Cynthia Scholl

Donna Spagnola

In honor of John Sharp, Lei Hou, Qing Hou, William Welter, and Victoria Barbarji

Mr. Eric P. Easterberg and Ms. Cindy Y. Pan

Italics indicate individual or family involvement as part of the Trustees or Governing Members of the

Gifts listed as of July 2024

In honor of Richard and Ellen Shubart

Jeffrey Leeds

In honor of Andrew Sommer

Mr. & Mrs. Joseph DiBello

In honor of Dr. Eugene and Jean Stark

Anonymous

In honor of Brent Taghap

Ms. Cheryl Anderman

Ms. Sarah Good

In honor of Sheila White

Mrs. Rebecca Bingham

In honor of Helen Zell

Penelope R. Steiner

In honor of Jerrold Zisook

Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Schimberg

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