Program Book - Seong-Jin Cho Plays Beethoven by Chicago Symphony Orchestra

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A NOTE FROM THE CHAIR AND THE PRESIDENT

Dear Friends, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra recently returned from its sixty-fourth international tour—one that included fourteen concerts in eleven cities in seven countries across Europe. On page 6, you will find a travelogue documenting the activities of the Orchestra as it created lasting memories in some of the world’s most prestigious concert halls, all under the baton of Music Director Emeritus for Life Riccardo Muti, as well impactful visits by members of the Orchestra in community settings. Our reputation as one of the world’s finest ensembles preceded us at each destination, where we were met with sold-out performances, extremely enthusiastic audiences, and glowing reviews. The quality of the performances met expectations night after night, impressing upon a global audience that Chicago is a world-class cultural center. February represents a happy homecoming as the CSO resumes a robust and diverse set of concerts in our fair city. First, conductor Gemma New makes her subscription debut in a performance of Mendelssohn’s Scottish Symphony, Aaron Jay Kernis’s Musica Celestis, and Beethoven’s Third Piano Concerto performed by Seong-Jin Cho. Next, Paavo Järvi conducts Beethoven’s Leonore Overture no. 3, Nielsen’s powerful Fifth Symphony, and Elgar’s Cello Concerto performed by Sheku Kanneh-Mason in his CSO debut. The CSO, Järvi, and Kanneh-Mason also perform together at the Apostolic Church of God in the Orchestra’s annual free community concert on February 16. At the end of the month, Hannu Lintu returns to Chicago to conduct works by Saariaho, Mussorgsky, Shostakovich, and Tchaikovsky—his First Piano Concerto with soloist Behzod Abduraimov in his CSO debut. This program will also be performed at Krannert Center at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign. Also this month, the CSO at the Movies series continues with a performance of An American in Paris featuring the music of George Gershwin. In addition to subscription concerts, we encourage you to visit our website and box office to learn more about the many other performances presented by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association on our Symphony Center Presents series and as part of the CSO’s Negaunee Music Institute. We look forward to enjoying music with you time and again in the days ahead.

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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 HONOR ARY TRUSTEES

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Dr. Toni-Marie Montgomery Mary Pivirotto Murley Sylvia Neil 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 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

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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 John D. Nichols † James J. O’Connor † 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

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PASSPORT TO EUROPE A travelogue: the first two weeks of the CSO’s 64th international tour

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o p p o s i t e pa g e , c l o c k w i s e f r o m t o p l e f t: On Monday, January 8, the CSO departs from Chicago headed to the tour’s first destination, Brussels, Belgium. | The Grand-Place of Brussels is the city’s famous central square surrounded by guild houses, the City Hall, and the Maison du Roi. | CSO Music Director Emeritus for Life Riccardo Muti leads the CSO for the 550th time in a sold-out concert featuring the European premiere of Philip Glass’s The Triumph of the Octagon, as well as symphonies by Mendelssohn and Prokofiev, in Henry Le Bœuf Hall at the Palais des Beaux Arts. | In preparation for the tour, stage technician Todd Snick rolls two trunks of horns through Symphony Center on the way to the loading dock. Nearly twenty tons of instruments, wardrobes, and equipment are packed into 141 trunks for the tour. | t h i s pa g e : Asylum seekers from across the world who have arrived in Belgium assemble at Petite Chateau for a free concert featuring members of the CSO. Seen here, Associate Principal Concertmaster Stephanie Jeong, violin Matous Michal, and viola Danny Lai perform a selection of string trios.

Riccardo Muti and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO) embarked on their eighth European tour together in January 2024, marking the Orchestra’s thirty-fifth tour to Europe and its sixty-fourth international tour. With concerts in Brussels, Paris, Essen, Luxembourg, Frankfurt, Cologne, Budapest, Vienna, Turin, Milan, and Rome, the Orchestra visited seven countries between January 11 and 29 to perform an impressive fourteen concerts. During the tour, members of the CSO also participated in a variety of community programs and master classes supported by the Negaunee Music Institute. The 2024 European Tour repertoire featured works by American composers —T H E T I M E S Florence Price and Philip Glass—specifically Price’s Symphony no. 3 and Glass’s The Triumph of the Octagon,* a CSO-commission that received its world premiere here in September. Price was the first Black female composer to have a symphony performed by a major American orchestra, when her Symphony no. 1 received its world premiere by the CSO in 1933. Muti made it a point to perform her music on many occasions, including the Orchestra’s critically acclaimed

first performances of the Third Symphony in May 2022. Also in 2022, Glass attended one of the February performances of his Symphony no. 11—the CSO’s first performances of one of his symphonies. The successful collaboration led the CSO to commission Glass to write this new work, which the composer dedicated to Muti. Additional tour repertoire included works performed throughout Muti’s tenure as the CSO’s distinguished tenth music director (2010–23), such as Mendelssohn’s Symphony no. 4 (Italian) and Strauss’s symphonic poem Aus Italien, as well as Stravinsky’s 1919 Suite from The Firebird, Liadov’s The Enchanted Lake, Brahms’s Symphony no. 2, and Prokofiev’s Symphony no. 5. Muti and the CSO also treated enthusiastic audiences to encores such as the Intermezzo from Manon Lescaut by Puccini and the Overture to Giovanna d’Arco by Verdi.

“ The orchestra is on tour with its venerable director and sounds superb.”

The 2024 European Tour is generously sponsored by the Zell Family Foundation. *The Triumph of the Octagon was co-commissioned through the generous support of the Helen Zell Commissioning Program.

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January 8–10

TRAVEL TO BRUSSELS, MASTER CLASSES, AND COMMUNITY PERFORMANCE January 11

CONCERT AT PALAIS DES BEAUX ARTS January 12

MASTER CLASSES IN PARIS January 13

CONCERT AT PHILHARMONIE DE PARIS January 14

CONCERT AT PHILHARMONIE ESSEN January 15–16

CONCERTS AT PHILHARMONIE LUXEMBOURG January 18–19

CONCERTS AT ALTE OPER IN FRANKFURT

The January 19 concert in Frankfurt was sponsored by ITW. January 20

CONCERT AT KÖLNER PHILHARMONIE IN COLOGNE January 22–23

CONCERTS AT MUSIKVEREIN IN VIENNA** January 24

CONCERT AT NATIONAL CONCERT HALL AT MÜPA BUDAPEST January 26

CONCERT AT AUDITORIUM LINGOTTO IN TURIN January 27

CONCERT AT TEATRO ALLA SCALA IN MILAN Sponsored by Bank of America January 29

CONCERT AT TEATRO DELL’OPERA DI ROMA **For additional coverage of concerts beyond this date, visit cso.org/tour.

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t h i s pa g e : Master classes led by CSO brass players were held for students at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris. Pictured are Principal Tuba Gene Pokorny and Principal Trumpet Esteban Batallán. | o p p o s i t e pa g e , c l o c k w i s e f r o m t o p : The Philharmonie de Paris’s main concert hall, the Grande Salle Pierre Boulez, was designed in such a way that no seat is farther than thirty-two meters from the conductor’s podium. | The CSO’s performance in Alfried Krupp Hall at Philharmonie Essen on Sunday evening brought the audience to their feet. | A trip to Germany calls for a visit to a traditional beer hall. From left to right, flute Emma Gerstein, Principal Bass Alexander Hanna, Assistant Principal Bass Alexander Horton and his wife, Hillary Horton, each enjoy a pint with their schnitzel. | Riccardo Muti smiles at the audience at the conclusion of the first half of the Paris concert.

“ The audience listens and reflects with tears in their eyes, to the quintessence of Italiana in music.” —LE MONDE

f r o m t o p : The two concerts in Frankfurt, Germany, are held at the Alte Oper. The building originally opened in 1880 and underwent a major restoration and renovation after the roof and interior were destroyed by bombs during World War II. The hall reopened in 1981. | The interior architecture of the Kölner Philharmonie is highlighted in this photo featuring cello Brant Taylor warming up onstage prior to the concert. This hall is constructed like an amphitheater, with the stage and seats creating concentric circles. | The Musikverein gleams on a chilly night in Vienna. Posters for the CSO‘s concerts outside read ”Ausverkauft” or ”sold out.”

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A Notes for Peace Celebration MARCH 19, 2024, AT 7:00 SYMPHONY CENTER Launched in March 2018 in partnership with Purpose Over Pain, the Notes for Peace project empowers parents who have lost children to gun violence to create original songs of tribute. On March 19, musicians of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, musicians from the Irene Taylor Trust, parents of Purpose Over Pain, and professional vocalists come together for what is sure to be a moving and heartfelt concert featuring a dozen songs written over the last six years. CSO Artist-in-Residence and renowned violinist Hilary Hahn will also participate in the performance, a continuation of her support and involvement in the CSOA’s social impact initiatives. Since Notes for Peace began, 100 songs have been written through the program, which was developed in collaboration with the U.K.-based Irene Taylor Trust and Purpose Over Pain, a nonprofit support and advocacy group for Chicagoarea families who have lost loved ones to gun

violence. The ongoing songwriting workshops, led by Civic Orchestra of Chicago Fellows and alumni, with guidance from Sara Lee and Rex Horan of the Irene Taylor Trust, empower people to honor their loved ones, express their emotions, and process their grief in their journey of healing. The songs composed during these sessions have been performed in concert by professional singers and are recorded at studios around the city to be posted on notesforpeace.org. This concert is generously sponsored by Paul and Lisa Wiggin. Support for the 2023–24 Notes for Peace program is provided by the Clinton Family Fund, Megan and Steve Shebik, Theodore and Elisabeth Wachs, John D. and Leslie Henner Burns, and an anonymous donor. To learn more, please visit cso.org/notesforpeace.

f r o m l e f t: Meagan McNeal performs ”I Love You More Than Life” by Kimberly and Stephen Porter. | Civic Fellows, Sara Lee, and Sarah Ponder perform alongside Purpose Over Pain parent Sherita May at Austin Town Hall.

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Thursday, February 8, 2024, at 7:30 Saturday, February 10, 2024, at 7:30

Gemma New Conductor Seong-Jin Cho Piano KERNIS

Musica Celestis First Chicago Symphony Orchestra performances

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Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 37 Allegro con brio Largo Rondo: Allegro

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Symphony No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 56 (Scottish) Andante con moto—Allegro agitato Scherzo assai vivace Adagio cantabile Allegro guerriero—Finale maestoso

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COMMENTS by Phillip Huscher AARON JAY KERNIS Born January 15, 1960; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Musica Celestis for String Orchestra Aaron Jay Kernis grew up thinking of rock ’n’ roll, Motown, funk, and disco as contemporary music. The academia in which he ultimately learned to compose was an unusually eclectic one. His main teachers included John Adams, the post-minimalist; Morton Subotnick, the electronic pioneer; Charles Wuorinen, an unforgiving serialist; and Jacob Druckman, a neoromantic. Oddly—or perhaps inevitably—Kernis found his own distinctive voice within this vast stylistic range. It’s partly a mixture of all these influences and, more pointedly, a reaction against the intellectual, diffident, atonal music that often filled concert halls at the time he began to make a name for himself. “Audiences associate anything new with atonal and serial music,” he once told the New York Times. “So automatically I’m put in a position of having to defend everything I do, of having to get through all this baggage.” But from the start of his career Kernis had no trouble winning over audiences, and he has since received the biggest awards in the business, including the Pulitzer Prize in 1998, for his String Quartet no. 2 (Musica instrumentalis), and the 2002 Grawemeyer, the world’s top composition prize, for Colored Field, a concertolike work for cello and orchestra. In 2012 he was awarded the Nemmers Prize

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1990; 1991, arranged for string orchestra FIRST PERFORMANCE

March 30, 1992; San Francisco, California I N S T R U M E N TAT I O N

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These are the first Chicago Symphony Orchestra performances.

f r o m t o p : Aaron Jay Kernis, photo by Richard Bowditch Allegory of The Harmony of the Spheres, engraving by Agostino Carracci (1557–1602), ca. 1590, after Andrea Boscoli (ca. 1560–1607). Philadelphia Museum of Art

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in Composition by Northwestern University, and in 2019 his Violin Concerto won Grammy awards in the Contemporary Classical Composition and Classical Instrumental Solo categories. The style Kernis developed admits influences from both the past and present, and, like Mahler a full century before him, he views such extreme eclecticism as a virtue. “I love the emotional inclusiveness of music of the past and have grown weary of the intellectualization that has limited the expression and communicativeness of so much music in this century,” he wrote in the century that is now passed, presaging a new climate for music in the present day. “I want everything to be included in music and for every possible emotion to be elicited.” But even Mahler’s sphere of reference wasn’t as wide as Kernis’s, which swings from Ravenna’s dazzling Byzantine mosaics to the high-caffeine, rock ’n’ roll piano playing of Jerry Lee Lewis—from Marinetti’s Futurist Manifesto to John Lennon’s “Imagine.” His online catalog of composition allows you to search by various thematic categories: children, jazz and pop, Judaism, love, nature, spirit, and war. As in Mahler, the unexpected often sit side by side in Kernis’s music: he says that his string quartet Musica Celestis, from which the piece performed at these concerts is drawn, is indebted to both the twelfth-century composer Hildegard von Bingen and disco. Kernis is not only rooted in pop music, but he also still identifies with that world and tries to carry its visceral excitement into our temples of high art. “I don’t want classical music to be a passive experience,” he once said. “I want it to have as much of an impact as the best rock concerts.” Throughout his career, Kernis has dared to tackle big issues. The first movement of Colored Field was inspired by a visit to Auschwitz and Birkenau; his second symphony addresses the Persian Gulf War; New Era Dance, with a collage tape of the sounds of broken glass and shouting voices, refers to the Los Angeles riots of 1992. These are hefty works, often passionate and intense, sometimes devastatingly beautiful (and occasionally politically outspoken), and they

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certainly counter any dismissal of Kernis as a lightweight. Kernis was one of two composers commissioned by then Disney CEO Michael Eisner to write a contemporary counterpart to Mahler’s Symphony of a Thousand to celebrate the new millennium: Garden of Light was premiered by the New York Philharmonic in 1999. The first composition by Kernis that the Chicago Symphony Orchestra played, Simple Songs, was a serious religious work that took its texts from several sources: the Judeo-Christian psalms; the abbess, poet, and composer Hildegard von Bingen; Jelaluddin Rumi, the Sufi mystic and poet; and the Japanese Zen master Ryōkan. “I put them beside one another,” Kernis remarked at the time of composition, “because of my belief that one religion is not better than another; that these different ways of thinking are interconnected and equally valid.” As Kernis commented when he won the Grawemeyer Award, “Music can allow us to rediscover what is deep inside ourselves, free from the precision of language and the barrage of rhetoric, free from easy answers to impossible questions.” Musica Celestis is an arrangement for string orchestra, made by Kernis, of the second movement of his 1990 string quartet.

Aaron Jay Kernis on Musica Celestis

usica Celestis is inspired by the medieval conception of that phrase which refers to the singing of the angels in heaven in praise of God without end. “The office of singing pleases God if it is performed with an attentive mind, when in this way we imitate the choirs of angels who are said to sing the Lord’s praises without ceasing.” (Aurelian of Réôme, translated by Barbara Newman) I don’t particularly believe in angels, but found this to be a potent image that has been reinforced by listening to a good deal of medieval music, especially the soaring work of Hildegard von Bingen (1098–1179). This movement follows a simple, spacious melody and harmonic pattern through a number of variations (like a passacaglia) and modulations, and is framed by an introduction and coda.

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LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Born December 16, 1770; Bonn, Germany Died March 26, 1827; Vienna, Austria

Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 37 We’re not certain that Beethoven and Mozart ever met. Their names were mentioned in the same breath as early as 1783, when Beethoven’s first composition teacher, Christian Gottlob Neefe, wrote these words in the earliest public notice of his promising pupil: “This youthful genius is deserving of help to enable him to travel. He would surely become a second Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart were he to continue as he has begun.” Neefe was suggesting that, with proper sponsorship, his young pupil could tour the music capitals and entertain kings with his dazzling keyboard talent—like most musicians, Neefe assumed that Mozart would make his reputation as a virtuoso performer, not as a composer. Neefe didn’t live long enough to understand how limited his view was, but he did see his prize student take the first steps to becoming not a second Mozart, but more importantly, the mature Beethoven. It’s likely that these two great composers did meet early in 1787, when the sixteen-year-old Beethoven made his first trip from his native Bonn to Vienna, to breathe the air of a sophisticated musical city. Beethoven stayed no more than two weeks, and he may even have taken a few lessons from Mozart before being suddenly called home by the news of his mother’s failing health. There is, however, no mention of Mozart in a letter Beethoven wrote at the time. When, late in 1792, Beethoven returned to Vienna, where he would stay for the rest of his life, it was to study with Haydn, for Mozart lay in an unmarked grave. We can sense disappointment in the famous words Count Waldstein inscribed in the album that served as a farewell gift from Beethoven’s friends: You are going to Vienna in fulfillment of your long-frustrated wishes. The Genius of Mozart is still mourning and weeping over the death of her pupil. She found a refuge but no occupation with the inexhaustible Haydn; through him she wishes once more to form a union with another. With the help of assiduous labor, you shall receive Mozart’s spirit from Haydn’s hands.

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1800

FIRST PERFORMANCE

April 5, 1803; Vienna, Austria. The composer as soloist I N S T R U M E N TAT I O N

solo piano, two flutes, two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, two horns, two trumpets, timpani, strings CADENZA

Beethoven A P P R OX I M AT E PERFORMANCE TIME

34 minutes

FIRST CSO PERFORMANCES

December 16 and 17, 1910, Orchestra Hall. Ernest Hutcheson as soloist, Frederick Stock conducting July 2, 1937, Ravinia Festival. José Iturbi as soloist, Sir Ernest MacMillan conducting MOST RECENT CSO PERFORMANCES

July 21, 2017, Ravinia Festival. Kirill Gerstein as soloist, Susanna Mälkki conducting October 4 and 5, 2018, Orchestra Hall. David Fray as soloist, Riccardo Muti conducting CSO RECORDINGS

1959. Gary Graffman as soloist, Walter Hendl conducting. RCA 1971. Vladimir Ashkenazy as soloist, Georg Solti conducting. London 1983. Alfred Brendel as soloist, James Levine conducting. Philips a b o v e : Ludwig van Beethoven, portrait on ivory by Christian Horneman (1765–1844), 1803

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Beethoven arrived in Vienna in the second week of November 1792. He quickly realized that Haydn had little to teach him and took comfort in the fact that he was welcome in the same homes where Mozart was once popular. To Beethoven, Vienna was Mozart’s city. The first music he published there was a set of variations for violin and piano on “Se vuol ballare” from Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro. In March 1795 he played Mozart’s D minor piano concerto (K. 466) at a concert organized by the composer’s widow Constanze. (He later wrote cadenzas for it as well, the only concerto by Mozart he so honored.) And on April 2, 1800, at his historic first public concert, Beethoven included a symphony by Mozart on the program, which also was supposed to have introduced his brand-new piano concerto (his third) in C minor. For reasons that we will never know, however, Beethoven played one of his earlier concertos instead. This C minor piano concerto is one of a handful of works in which the spirits of Mozart and Beethoven convene. To suggest, as some writers do, that Beethoven modeled his concerto after Mozart’s own C minor piano concerto (K. 491) is to confuse the deepest kind of artistic inheritance with plagiarism. The choice of key certainly can’t be taken as a homage to Mozart, for Beethoven seemed unable to get C minor out of his system at the time. (Think of the Pathétique Sonata, or, a bit later, the funeral march from the Eroica Symphony, the Coriolan Overture, and, of course, the Fifth Symphony.) Obviously, Beethoven remembered Mozart’s C minor concerto when he was writing his own— they share too many musical details for sheer coincidence. According to a popular anecdote, Beethoven and the pianist Johann Cramer were walking together when they heard the finale of Mozart’s concerto coming from a nearby house; Beethoven stopped and exclaimed, “Cramer, Cramer! We shall never be able to do anything like that!”

But in his own C minor concerto, Beethoven does something far more remarkable: he writes music that pays tribute to this great masterpiece and, at the same time, transcends the Mozartean model. It was conceived in a complimentary, rather than a competitive spirit. Mozart’s untimely death spared Beethoven a head-on rivalry with the one composer he worshiped, leaving him to make his own way in Vienna. (He hardly knew that Schubert existed, even though they lived in the same city for years; when asked to name the greatest living composer other than himself, he regularly said Luigi Cherubini.)

ven nineteenth-century listeners, who thought Mozart a lightweight and Beethoven a quarrelsome revolutionary, heard the resemblance in this music—both in its details as well as its spirit and sensibility. Certainly, the way the soloist continues to play right after the first-movement cadenza up to the final bar can be found only in K. 491 among all of Mozart’s piano concertos. Beethoven’s opening theme, too, tosses a glance at Mozart’s. But on the big issues—how the music moves forward, the way it approaches the turning points in its progress—there is less agreement. As the British critic Sir Donald Tovey pointed out long ago, Beethoven doesn’t yet seem to have figured out what Mozart always understood— that you shouldn’t give too much away before the soloist enters and the drama really begins.

f r o m l e f t: Portrait of Christian Gottlob Neefe (1748–1798), Beethoven’s first teacher in piano, organ, and composition. Beethoven-Haus, Bonn, Germany | Ferdinand Ries (1784–1838), a student of Beethoven, who composed his own cadenza to the composer’s Piano Concerto no. 3. Engraving by Carl Mayer (1829–1839). Bibliothèque nationale de France

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There are touches of pure Beethoven, like the unannounced entry of the timpani just after the cadenza—a complete surprise, even though it has been thoughtfully prepared by a main theme that imitates the beating of a drum every time it appears. There’s nothing Mozartean about Beethoven’s choice of key for the central slow movement: E major, with its key signature of four sharps, is bold and unexpected in a concerto in C minor, with three flats. For a moment, the first E major chord, given to the piano alone, seems all wrong, as if the soloist’s hands have landed in the wrong place; at the same time, it’s fresh and irresistible. Where Mozart generally wrote andante or adagio, Beethoven dictates largo. Deliberately paced and magnificently expansive, this is the first great example of a new kind of slow movement. Throughout the rest of the nineteenth century, composers would profit from remembering this music, although it’s arguable that no one after Beethoven ever thought of anything like the lovely, fully blossomed romanticism of the duet for flute and bassoon over plucked strings and piano arpeggios midway through. The way Beethoven glances over the final double bar of this movement at the opening of the finale also is new. The two movements aren’t yet literally connected, as they will be in later music, but Beethoven uses all his wit and wisdom to carry us from one to the next. He capitalizes on the fact that G-sharp is the same note on the keyboard as A-flat, and he uses that note to pivot from the remote world of E major back to C minor. Our ears easily make the connection, and the rondo finale races forward, full of pranks and good humor. Having convinced his listeners (and himself, perhaps) that E major is no stranger to C minor, Beethoven returns to the key of his slow movement in the middle of the finale as if it were the most logical move of all. Beethoven recovers C minor again, but, after a brief cadenza, he tears off at a gallop into C major, where he has been headed all along. It’s not clear why this concerto, evidently designed for Beethoven’s first Vienna concert in

April 1800, wasn’t performed that night. Perhaps it simply wasn’t ready. The manuscript suggests that last-minute changes were still being made before its premiere on April 5, 1803, when Beethoven also introduced his new Second Symphony and the oratorio Christ on the Mount of Olives. Even then, the music was more firmly fixed in Beethoven’s mind than on the page. Ignaz von Seyfried, the new conductor at the Theater an der Wien, agreed to turn pages for Beethoven, only to discover that it was easier said than done: I saw almost nothing but empty leaves, at most on one page or another a few Egyptian hieroglyphs wholly unintelligible to me and scribbled down to serve as clues for him. He played nearly all of the solo part from memory since, as was so often the case, he had not had time to put it all down on paper. He gave me a secret glance whenever he was at the end of one of the invisible passages, and my scarcely concealable anxiety not to miss the decisive moment amused him greatly, and he heartily laughed at the jovial supper which we ate afterwards. Nearly a year later, Beethoven finally got around to writing down the piano part for a performance given by his student Ferdinand Ries, who provided his own cadenza. The first reviewer of the Third Piano Concerto commented that the piece should succeed “even in places like Leipzig, where people were accustomed to hearing the best of Mozart’s concertos.” He continued, suggesting that this music would always require . . . a capable soloist who, in addition to everything one associates with virtuosity, has understanding in his head and a heart in his breast—otherwise, even with the most impressive preparation and technique, the best things in the work will be left behind. Those are wise words, particularly from a man working in a field that to this day expects sound F E B RUARY 2 0 24

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judgments on new music heard cold. What no critic could predict is that this concerto, rooted in the previous century and a pioneer in its own,

would continue to speak as strongly and directly to the centuries that followed.

FELIX MENDELSSOHN Born February 3, 1809; Hamburg, Germany Died November 4, 1847; Leipzig, Germany

Symphony No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 56 (Scottish) Among Mendelssohn’s earliest teachers was Johann Gottlob Samuel Rösel, a landscape painter who thought his bright young pupil might make his living painting and drawing rather than writing and performing music. From an early age, Mendelssohn displayed many talents: he wrote poetry, sketched madly, and, as we more readily remember, began composing early enough to write two enduring masterpieces as a teenager (the Octet and the Overture to Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream). Mendelssohn did not lose his fondness for landscape painting once his musical talent began to overshadow his other gifts, although he drew his most famous pictures in music. Travel always ignited Mendelssohn’s inspiration. In 1823, after a family vacation in Switzerland, the fourteen-year-old composer used Swiss folk songs in two string symphonies. He made his first important solo journey in 1829 at his parents’ urging, and it too produced musical benefits. Mendelssohn left Berlin on April 10, 1829, to join his friend Karl Klingemann in England. While in London, Mendelssohn found time to play four concerts before the two set off for

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t h i s pa g e , f r o m t o p : Felix Mendelssohn, 1829 portrait by James Warren Childe (1780–1862) | Diplomat, composer, and writer Karl Klingemann (1798– 1862), Mendelssohn’s friend and traveling companion on his visit to Scotland. Drawing, ca. 1825–50, by August Grahl (1791–1868) | o p p o s i t e pa g e : The Ruins of Holyrood Chapel, painting in oil, ca. 1824, by Louis Daguerre (1787–1851). Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, England

1985. Sir Georg Solti conducting. London

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1829–31; 1842 FIRST PERFORMANCE

March 3, 1842; Leipzig, Germany. The composer conducting I N S T R U M E N TAT I O N

two flutes, two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, four horns, two trumpets, timpani, strings A P P R OX I M AT E PERFORMANCE TIME

43 minutes

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January 1 and 2, 1892, Auditorium Theatre. Theodore Thomas conducting July 5, 1942, Ravinia Festival. Dimitri Mitropoulos conducting MOST RECENT CSO PERFORMANCES

June 9 and 12, 2012, Orchestra Hall. Trevor Pinnock conducting August 5, 2015, Ravinia Festival. Pablo Heras-Casado conducting CSO RECORDINGS

1947. Artur Rodzinski conducting. RCA 1979. Sir Georg Solti conducting. London (video)

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Edinburgh. In Scotland, he met Sir Walter Scott—Mendelssohn had read all his novels—and enjoyed a bagpipe competition. On July 30, 1829, the first idea for this Scottish Symphony came to him. He and Klingemann had gone to Holyrood, the obligatory tourist attraction where Mary, Queen of Scots supposedly fell in love with the poor Italian lutenist David Rizzio, who subsequently was murdered by the queen’s husband. Mendelssohn wrote home: We went, in the deep twilight, to the palace where Queen Mary lived and loved. There is a little room to be seen there, with a winding staircase leading up to it. That is where they went up and found Rizzio in the little room, dragged him out, and three chambers away is a dark corner where they killed him. The adjoining chapel is now roofless; grass and ivy grow abundantly in it; and before the ruined altar Mary was crowned queen of Scotland. Everything around is broken and moldering, and the bright sky shines in. I believe I found the beginning of my Scotch symphony there today. Where tourists today take photos with their mobile phones, Mendelssohn jotted down the melody that would preserve this moment for his symphonic scrapbook. Felix and Karl were quickly off to see other sites, including Fingal’s Cave in the Hebrides, where he wrote out another famous melody as it came to him. In a letter dated later that year, he said, “The ‘Scotch’ symphony and all the Hebrides matter is building itself up step by step.” In 1830, after a short visit back home in Berlin, Mendelssohn made another trip, this time to Italy (at the suggestion of Goethe, whom he had befriended when he was twelve years old and the great poet seventy-two), where he was sidetracked by the beginning of an Italian

symphony. From Rome he wrote that two symphonies were “haunting his brain,” as he put it, and later that they had begun to assume more definite shape. (He managed to find time to complete The Hebrides Overture while in Rome.) Work on the Italian Symphony progressed rapidly, and it was the first to be finished. “The Scottish symphony alone is not yet quite to my liking,” he wrote to his sister Fanny in February 1831. “If any brilliant idea occurs to me, I will seize it at once, quickly write it down, and finish it at last.” Either Mendelssohn ran out of brilliant ideas, which seems unlikely given his track record, or else life intervened, because it was another ten years before he picked up the unfinished score and swiftly brought it to a conclusion. It was the last symphonic work he completed. By then, this symphony meant more to him than scenery, and by the time of the first performance in March 1842, Mendelssohn had dropped its Scottish nickname. Indeed, to unsuspecting audiences, there is nothing overtly “Scottish” about the music. (In his review, Robert Schumann mistakenly believed this was Mendelssohn’s Italian Symphony and wrote how its beauty made him regret that he had never gone to Italy!) Mendelssohn had sworn off nationalistic music ever since visiting F E B RUARY 2 0 24

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Wales, where he was driven mad by harps and hurdy-gurdies at every turn, incessantly playing Welsh melodies—“vulgar, out-of-tune trash.” We are probably safe in detecting the mists of the Scottish Highlands in Mendelssohn’s haunted opening measures, for this is the music conceived in the deep twilight at Holyrood. Mendelssohn cautioned against dramatic readings, but how many listeners still find bagpipes, Gaelic melodies, and highland flings in this symphony? There are four movements, played without pause. A snatch of the slow introduction returns at the end of the first movement to lead us toward the high gymnastics of the scherzo that follows. Only a flicker of light separates that movement from the first doleful chords of the Adagio; later the finale also breaks in without warning. There are many exquisite touches. The opening introduction, with its swelling wind chords, colored at first only by the sound of violas, contains some of Mendelssohn’s most expressive and profound music. The body of the movement, in sonata form, sustains the sense of urgency

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and drama. Near the end of the development section, the cellos begin a broad new melody, accompanied only by a scattering of chords, that carries into the recapitulation, adding a wonderful counterpoint to the main theme. The scherzo is a model of lightness and grace at lightning speed, even when the entire orchestra joins the dance, fortissimo. The slow movement, one of Mendelssohn’s many songs without words, is interrupted several times by fierce martial music suggesting that the finale is assembled and waiting on the horizon. Even Mendelssohn admitted that his A minor finale is warlike. Although two themes do battle each other, the contest throughout remains civilized and ultimately fades to a peaceful truce. The grand conclusion comes unannounced, with a switch to A major and 6/8 time, and a majestic, affirmative new theme waving the flag of victory.

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

PROFILES Gemma New Conductor These concerts mark Gemma New’s debut with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

Sought after for her insightful interpretations and dynamic presence, New Zealand–born Gemma New is in her second season as artistic advisor and principal conductor of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and in her ninth and final season as music director of Canada’s Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra. In the summer of 2023, New made debuts at the BBC Proms in London with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and at the Mostly Mozart Festival at Lincoln Center in New York and returned to the Hollywood Bowl with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. She additionally made appearances including the Grant Park Music Festival in Chicago, Festival de La ChaiseDieu with Orchestre national de Lyon, and Opera Theatre of Saint Louis leading a production of Floyd’s Susannah. During her 2023–24 season, New makes subscription debuts with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, and Orchestre National de France. North American returns include the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Seattle Symphony, and Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal. Continually in demand in Europe, New makes her debut with the Bamberg Symphony and conducts the Malmö Symphony Orchestra in Sweden, Orquesta Sinfónica de Barcelona y Nacional de Cataluña, Orquesta Nacional de España, Orchestre de l’Opéra de RouenNormandie, Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, and Staatsorchester Hannover. New regularly appears with top ensembles in North America and Europe, having conducted the New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, Los Angeles

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Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington (D.C.), St. Louis Symphony, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra, WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne, BBC Philharmonic, Hallé Orchestra in Manchester, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra in Sweden, Ulster Orchestra in Belfast, Orchestre national d’Île-de-France, and Sydney Symphony Orchestra. In her work as music director of the Hamilton Philharmonic, New has been committed to deepening the artistic level of the orchestra and expanding its reach into the community. She launched the HPO’s first Intimate and Immersive concert series, which celebrates music by Canadian composers. From Handel’s Messiah and Mahler’s Symphony no. 5 to Iman Habibi’s Jeder Baum spricht, the HPO under New’s leadership has embraced a programming style that builds trust and excitement with audiences. Highlights include collaborations with Canada’s leading soloists, such as James Ehnes, Timothy Chooi, Janina Fialkowska, and Stewart Goodyear. New has also encouraged growth of the HPO Family and Education programs, as well as contributed to the strong relationship between the HPO and the HPYO. Gemma New previously served for four seasons as principal guest conductor of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, as well as resident conductor of the St. Louis Symphony and associate conductor of the New Jersey Symphony. A former Dudamel Conducting Fellow with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and a conducting fellow at Tanglewood Music Center, she was awarded Solti Foundation U.S. Career Assistance awards in 2017, 2019, and 2020, before receiving the 2021 Sir Georg Solti Conducting Award. More information on Gemma New can be found at gemmanew.com. Management for Gemma New: Primo Artists, New York, NY primoartists.com

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Seong-Jin Cho Piano These concerts mark Seong-Jin Cho’s debut with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

Seong-Jin Cho, with his innate musicality and overwhelming talent, has become a renowned pianist, admired globally as one of his generation’s leading artists. In 2015 Cho was brought to the world’s attention when he won first prize at the International Chopin Competition in Warsaw. Since then, his career has been on a rapid ascent. In early 2016 he signed an exclusive contract with Deutsche Grammophon, and in 2023 was awarded the prestigious Samsung Ho-Am Prize in the Arts. An artist in high demand, Cho frequently works with such prestigious orchestras as the Berlin and Vienna philharmonics and the London Symphony, among others. Conductors with whom he regularly collaborates include Myung-Whun Chung, Gustavo Dudamel, Andris Nelsons, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Gianandrea Noseda, Sir Simon Rattle, Santtu-Matias Rouvali, Esa-Pekka Salonen, and Lahav Shani. In the 2023–24 season, highlights include Cho’s highly anticipated debut at the Salzburg Festival performing with the Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg and Ivor Bolton. He also returned to London’s BBC Proms with the Philharmonia Orchestra and Santtu-Matias Rouvali. Cho’s extensive touring includes performances with the Berlin Philharmonic and Kirill Petrenko in Korea and the Leipzig Gewandhaus

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Orchestra and Andris Nelsons in Korea and Japan. In addition, he is slated to perform with the National Symphony Orchestra (Washington, D.C.) and Gianandrea Noseda throughout Europe. He notably returned to the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam; the Los Angeles Philharmonic; the Boston Symphony Orchestra, giving performances in both Boston and Carnegie Hall; and made anticipated debuts with the Cleveland Orchestra and the San Francisco Symphony. As a sought-after recitalist, Cho graces prestigious venues worldwide, including Carnegie Hall, the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, and Berlin Philharmonie. He has released several albums, including The Handel Project in February 2023, Chopin’s Piano Concerto no. 2 and scherzos in August 2021, and The Wanderer in May 2020. All his albums, released on the Yellow Label, have received critical acclaim. Born in Seoul, Korea, Seong-Jin Cho began learning the piano at the age of six and gave his first public recital by age eleven. His exceptional talent led him to become the youngest-ever winner of Japan’s Hamamatsu International Piano Competition in 2009 and win third prize at the International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow at seventeen. From 2012 to 2015, he studied with Michel Béroff at the Paris Conservatory. Currently based in Berlin, Seong-Jin Cho continues to enthrall audiences worldwide with his exceptional artistry. More information on Seong-Jin Cho can be found at seongjin-cho.com. Management for Seong-Jin Cho: Primo Artists, New York, NY primoartists.com

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CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA The Chicago Symphony Orchestra—consistently hailed as one of the world’s best—marks its 133rd season in 2023–24. The history of the ensemble 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. Dynamic and innovative, the Stock years saw the founding of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago— the first training orchestra in the United States affiliated with a major symphony orchestra—in 1919. Stock also 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 Chicago Symphony Orchestra 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 the Orchestra’s 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. Pierre Boulez’s long-standing relationship with the Orchestra led to his appointment as principal guest conductor in 1995. He was named Helen Regenstein Conductor Emeritus in 2006, a position he held until his death in January 2016. Only two others have served as principal guest conductor: Carlo Maria Giulini was named to the post in 1969, serving until 1972; Claudio Abbado held the position from 1982 to 1985. From 2006 to 2010, Bernard Haitink was the Orchestra’s first principal conductor. 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. Jessie Montgomery was appointed Mead Composer-in-Residence in 2021. She follows ten highly regarded composers in this role, including John Corigliano and Shulamit Ran—both winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Music. In addition to composing works for the CSO, Montgomery curates the contemporary MusicNOW series. Cellist Yo-Yo Ma served as the CSO’s Judson and Joyce Green Creative Consultant from 2010 to 2019. Violinist Hilary Hahn became the CSO’s first Artist-in-Residence in 2021. 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 independent recording label launched in 2007—have earned sixty-four Grammy awards from the Recording Academy. F E B RUARY 2 0 24

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association is grateful to

United Airlines for its generous support as the Official Airline of the CSO.

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Riccardo Muti Music Director Emeritus for Life

Jessie Montgomery Mead Composer-in-Residence Hilary Hahn 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 Sylvia Kim Kilcullen Melanie Kupchynsky Wendy Koons Meir Joyce Noh Nancy Park Ronald Satkiewicz Florence Schwartz VIOLAS

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 Loren Brown ‡ Richard Hirschl Daniel Katz Katinka Kleijn Brant Taylor 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 Yevgeny Faniuk Assistant Principal Emma Gerstein Jennifer Gunn

ENGLISH HORN

Scott Hostetler CLARINETS

Stephen Williamson Principal John Bruce Yeh Assistant Principal Gregory Smith E - F L AT C L A R I N E T

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

Jennifer Gunn The Dora and John Aalbregtse Piccolo Chair

Jay Friedman Principal The Lisa and Paul Wiggin Principal Trombone Chair Michael Mulcahy Charles Vernon

OBOES

BASS TROMBONE

PICCOLO

William Welter Principal The Nancy and Larry Fuller Principal Oboe Chair Lora Schaefer Assistant Principal Scott Hostetler

TUBA

Gene Pokorny Principal The Arnold Jacobs Principal Tuba Chair, endowed by Christine Querfeld T I M PA N I

David Herbert Principal The Clinton Family Fund Chair Vadim Karpinos Assistant Principal PERCUSSION

Cynthia Yeh Principal Patricia Dash Vadim Karpinos James Ross LIBRARIANS

Justin Vibbard Principal Carole Keller Mark Swanson CSO FELLOWS

Gabriela Lara Violin The Michael and Kathleen Elliott Fellow Jesús Linárez Violin Olivia Reyes Bass ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL

John Deverman Director Anne MacQuarrie Manager, CSO Auditions and Orchestra Personnel S TA G E T E C H N I C I A N S

Christopher Lewis Stage Manager Blair Carlson Paul Christopher Ryan Hartge Peter Landry Joshua Mondie Todd Snick

Charles Vernon

* Assistant concertmasters are listed by seniority. ‡ On sabbatical § On leave The CSO’s music director position is endowed in perpetuity by a generous gift from the Zell Family Foundation. The Paul Hindemith Principal Viola, 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.

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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 A R T I S T I C A D M I N I S T R AT I O N Cristina Rocca Vice President The Richard and Mary L. Gray Chair Guillermo Muñoz Küster Artistic Planning Coordinator 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 Caroline Eichler Artist Coordinator, CSO Phillip Huscher Scholar-in-Residence & Program Annotator Pietro Fiumara Artists Assistant Chorus Shelley Baldridge Manager Olive Haugh Assistant Manager & Librarian ORCHESTRA AND B U I L D I N G O P E R AT I O N S 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 Erik O’Carroll Electricians Robert Stokas Chief Electrician Doug Scheuller Stage Technicians Christopher Lewis Stage Manager Blair Carlson Paul Christopher Ryan Hartge Peter Landry Joshua Mondie Todd Snick

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Negaunee Music Institute at the CSO Jonathan McCormick Director, Education & the Negaunee Music Institute Katy Clusen Associate Director, CSO for Kids Rachael Cohen Program Manager Antonio Padilla Denis Manager, Civic Orchestra of Chicago Katie Eaton Coordinator, School Partnerships Mona Wu Operations Coordinator, Civic Orchestra of Chicago Jackson Brown Program Assistant F I N A N C E A N D A D M I N I S T R AT I O N Stacie Frank Vice President & Chief Financial Officer Renay Johansen Slifka Executive Assistant Accounting Sam Pincich Controller Kerri Gravlin Director, Financial Planning & Analysis Hyon Yu, Janet Kosiba Assistant Controllers Janet Hansen Payroll Manager Marianne Hahn Accounting Manager Javier Ayala Senior Accountant Christopher Biemer Accountant Cynthia Maday Accounts Payable Manager Elizabeth Tyska Payroll Assistant Information Technology Daniel Spees Director Douglas Bolino Client Systems Administrator Jackie Spark Lead Technologist Kirk McMahon Technologist, Tessitura Systems Analyst SALES AND MARKETING Ryan Lewis Vice President Erika Nelson Director, Institutional Marketing & Revenue Management Alyssa Greenberg Manager, Audience Engagement Content Marketing and Digital Experience Dana Navarro Associate Director, Digital Content & Producer Laura Emerick Digital Content Editor Peter Breithaupt Manager, Digital Content Steve Burkholder Web Manager Megan Ireland, Zoe Carter Associates, Digital Engagement, Social Media Andrew Hilgendorf Associate, Digital Engagement, Email Program Marketing and Operations Amy Brondyke Director Alex Demas Marketing Manager, Classical Programs Tommy Crawford Marketing Manager, Jazz, World & Popular Programs Jessica Reinhart Advertising & Promotions Manager Kate McDuffie Coordinator, Community Marketing Amanda Swanson Marketing Associate, Data & Operations Jesse Bruer Marketing & Promotions Associate Creative Jaime Hotz Director Sophie Weber Creative Services Manager Emily Herrington 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 DEVELOPMENT Dale Hedding Vice President Jeremiah Strickler Executive Assistant 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 Emily McClanathan Manager, Strategic Development Communications Victoria Barbarji Manager, Strategic Giving Neomia Harris Senior Assistant, Individual Giving Programs & Planned 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 Charles Emmons, Jr. Chair Michael Perlstein Immediate Past Chair Merrill and Judy Blau Vice Chairs 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 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 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 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 Ms. 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 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 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 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

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

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Carol MacArthur Mrs. Duncan MacLean Jacen Maleck Dr. Michael S. Maling Sharon L. Manuel David A. Marshall Judy Marth Patrick A. 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 Maija Rothenberg 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 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).

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HONOR ROLL OF DONORS Corporate Partners $ 2 00,000 A N D A B OV E

Bank of America ITW

OFFICIAL AIRLINE OF THE CSO

United Airlines

$ 10 0,0 0 0 – $ 19 9,9 9 9

Abbott Allstate Insurance Company CIBC Private Wealth Citadel and Citadel Securities Northern Trust $ 5 0,0 0 0 – $ 9 9,9 9 9

Anonymous (1) BMO Jenner & Block LLP Kirkland & Ellis LLP PNC Bank Sidley Austin LLP Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP $ 2 5,0 0 0 – $ 4 9,9 9 9

AAR CORP. Abbott Fund Altair Advisers LLC Kinder Morgan Latham & Watkins LLP Mayer Brown LLP S&C Electric Company Fund Walgreens $ 10,000 – $ 2 4,9 9 9

ADM Anonymous (1) Deloitte Exelon GCM Grosvenor Goldman Sachs & Co. HARIBO of America JPMorgan Chase & Co. McDermott Will & Emery LLP McGuireWoods LLP McKinsey & Company Peoples Gas Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP Underwriters Laboratories Inc. Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP Winston & Strawn LLP $ 5,0 0 0 – $ 9,9 9 9

Ariel Investments Dentons Fellowes, Inc. Italian Village Restaurants Mesirow Financial PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Segal Consulting The Law Offices of Jonathan N. Sherwell Starshak & Winzenburg Weiss Financial

$1,000 –$ 4,999

American Agricultural Insurance Company Amsted Industries Incorporated AspireUp Carey’s Heating & Air Conditioning, Inc. Central Building & Preservation L.P. DS&P Insurance Services, Inc. Etnyre International Ltd FeX Group of Companies Greenberg Traurig, LLP Parkway Elevators Sahara Enterprises, Inc. Fund at The Chicago Community Foundation Scott & Kraus, LLC Show Services William Blair

Foundations and Government Agencies $ 100,000 A N D A B OV E

Paul M. Angell Family Foundation The Chicago Community Trust 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 $ 5 0,0 0 0 – $ 9 9,9 9 9

The Brinson Foundation Robert and Joanne Crown Income Charitable Fund, in memory of Joanne Strauss Crown Lloyd A. Fry Foundation Walter and Karla Goldschmidt Foundation Sally Mead Hands Foundation Illinois Arts Council Agency National Endowment for the Arts Polk Bros. Foundation $ 2 5,0 0 0 – $ 4 9,9 9 9

Crain-Maling Foundation The Crown Family Dan J. Epstein Family Foundation John R. Halligan Charitable Fund Irving Harris Foundation Leslie Fund, Inc. Bowman C. Lingle Trust Hulda B. and Maurice L. Rothschild Foundation $ 10,000 – $ 2 4,9 9 9

Anonymous 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 $ 5,0 0 0 – $ 9,9 9 9

The Aaron Copland Fund for Music The Allyn Foundation, Inc. Harry F. and Elaine Chaddick Foundation Hoellen Family Foundation Hunter Family Foundation Mayer and Morris Kaplan Family Foundation Kovler Family Foundation Benjamin J. Rosenthal Foundation Dr. Scholl Foundation $2,500–$4,999

Charles H. and Bertha L. Boothroyd Foundation $1,000 –$2,4 99

Franklin Philanthropic Foundation MEB Charitable Foundation Geraldi Norton Foundation Stephen Philibosian Foundation Roberts Family 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 December 2023. To learn more, please call Bobbie Rafferty, Director, Individual Giving and Affiliated Donor Groups, at 312-294-3165. $ 15 0,000 A N D A B OV E

Anonymous Randy L. and Melvin R. † Berlin Kenneth C. Griffin, Citadel and Citadel Securities Mr. † & Mrs. Dietrich M. Gross Mr. & Mrs. † William R. Jentes Lori Julian for The Julian Family Foundation Margot and Josef Lakonishok The Negaunee Foundation LTC. Jennifer N. Pritzker, USA (Ret.) Megan and Steve Shebik Zell Family Foundation $ 10 0,0 0 0 – $ 1 4 9,9 9 9

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

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$ 75,0 0 0 – $ 9 9,9 9 9

Anonymous Dora J. and R. John Aalbregtse John Hart and Carol Prins Mr. & Mrs. Verne G. Istock Barbara and Barre Seid Foundation Gene and Jean Stark Lisa and Paul Wiggin $ 5 0 , 0 0 0 – $ 74 , 9 9 9

Anonymous Mrs. Janet R. Bauer Robert H. Baum and MaryBeth Kretz Kay Bucksbaum

SEMPRE

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. $ 2 0,000,000 A N D A B OV E

Zell Family Foundation

$ 10,0 0 0,0 0 0 – $ 19,9 9 9,9 9 9

The Grainger Foundation The Negaunee Foundation

$ 5,0 0 0,0 0 0 – $ 9,9 9 9,9 9 9

Anonymous Lori Julian for The Julian Family Foundation Ling Z. and Michael C. Markovitz $ 2 ,5 0 0,0 0 0 – $ 4,9 9 9,9 9 9

Anonymous Mary Louise Gorno Estate of Esther G. Klatz Robert Kohl and Clark Pellett Megan and Steve Shebik Richard and Helen Thomas

$ 1,0 0 0,0 0 0 – $ 2 , 4 9 9,9 9 9

Anonymous Dora J. and R. John Aalbregtse

Dean L. and Rosemarie Buntrock Foundation John D. and Leslie Henner Burns Bruce and Martha Clinton for The Clinton Family Fund Ms. Nancy Dehmlow Dr. Eugene F. and Mrs. SallyAnn D. Fama The Rhoda and Henry Frank Family Foundation Chet Gougis and Shelley Ochab Frances and Franklin † Horwich Judy and Scott McCue Cathy and Bill Osborn Sandra and Earl Rusnak, Jr. Michael and Linda Simon

Liz Stiffel Helen G. and Richard L. Thomas Catherine M. and Frederick H. Waddell

Mr. & Mrs. William Adams IV Dr. Phyllis C. Bleck Mr. & Mrs. William Gardner Brown Kay Bucksbaum Rosemarie and Dean L. Buntrock Mr. & Mrs. Larry K. Ebert Michael and Kathleen Elliott 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

William A. and Anne Goldstein Jennifer Amler Goldstein, in memory of Thomas M. Goldstein Chet Gougis and Shelley Ochab Mr. Graham C. Grady Timothy and Joyce* Greening John Hart and Carol Prins The Heestand Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Jay L. Henderson Mr. & Mrs. Paul R. Judy Barbara and Kenneth Kaufman Karen and Neil Kawashima Ms. Geraldine Keefe Anne Kern Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Kilroy Randall S. Kroszner and David Nelson Dr. Eva F. Lichtenberg Judy and Scott McCue Mr. David E. McNeel Mr. Robert Meeker James and Renée Metcalf Dr. Sharon D. Michalove John H. Mugge Mr. Daniel R. Murray Estate of Donald V. Peck Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Perlstein Charlene H. Posner* Estate of Donald Powell Andra and Irwin Press Mr. & Mrs. Jason and Kristen Rossi James S. Rostenberg Sage Foundation, Melissa Sage Fadim Mr. John Schmidt and Dr. Janet Gilboy Mr. & Mrs. Thomas C. Sheffield, Jr. Mr. † & Mrs.* John Simmons 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 Dr. Catherine L. Webb* Craig and Bette Williams Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Wislow Mr. Gifford Zimmerman Estate of Rita Zralek Ms. Karen Zupko*

$ 5 0 0,0 0 0 – $ 9 9 9,9 9 9

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 U P TO $ 5 00,000

Anonymous Jeff and Keiko Alexander Patricia Ames Ruth and Roger Anderson Family Foundation Peter and Elise Barack Merrill and Judy Blau Roderick Branch and Brant Taylor Dr. Joseph and Patricia Car George and Minou Colis Ms. Nancy Dehmlow Mimi Duginger Charles* and Carol Emmons Dr. Maija Freimanis and David A. Marshall Robert D. Gecht Mr. & Mrs. Joseph B. Glossberg Alice and Richard Godfrey

$ 3 5,0 0 0 – $ 4 9,9 9 9

Anonymous Sharon and Charles † Angell Peter † and Betsy Barrett Mr. & Mrs. Johannes Burlin Dan J. Epstein Family Foundation Mary Winton Green Mr. Collier Hands Ms. Geraldine Keefe Ms. Renee Metcalf Dr. Charles Morcom

*Governing Members who have made a commitment to the Governing Members Chair, a collective initiative of the Campaign to sponsor a revolving musician chair of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

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Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Murley Margo and Michael Oberman Ms. Elizabeth Parker and Mr. Keith Crow Sidley Austin LLP Walter and Kathleen Snodell Terrence and Laura Truax Craig and Bette Williams $25,000 –$ 3 4,999

Anonymous Nancy A. Abshire Mr. & Mrs. William Adams IV Altair Advisers LLC Carey and Brett August Peter and Elise Barack Julie and Roger Baskes Patricia and Laurence Booth Mr. Roderick Branch Robert J. Buford Ms. Marion A. Cameron-Gray Mr. & Dr. George Colis Mrs. Barbara Flynn Currie Mr. & Mrs. Stephen V. D’Amore Ms. Debora de Hoyos and Mr. Walter Carlson Ms. Ann Drake Timothy A. and Bette Anne Duffy Mrs. Carol Evans, in memory of Henry Evans Mr. Daniel Fischel and Ms. Sylvia Neil Mr. & Mrs. David W. Fox, Sr. Mr. & Mrs. Joseph B. Glossberg William A. and Anne Goldstein Mary Louise Gorno Howard L. Gottlieb and Barbara G. Greis Mr. Graham C. Grady Irving Harris Foundation, Joan W. Harris Mr. & Mrs. Jay L. Henderson Ronald B. Johnson Mr. † & Mrs. Burton Kaplan Karen and Neil Kawashima Ms. Donna L. Kendall Tom and Betsy Kilroy Randall S. Kroszner Susan and Rick Levy Mr. Terrance Livingston and Ms. Debra Cafaro Mr. Vikram Luthar Ms. Britt Miller Daniel R. Murray John D. † and Alexandra C. Nichols Pritzker Pucker Family Foundation Dr. Mohan Rao Ann and Bob † Reiland, in memory of Arthur and Ruth Koch Susan Regenstein Sheli Z. and Burton X. Rosenberg Mr. & Mrs. Jason and Kristen Rossi Mr. & Mrs. Scott Santi Mr. John Schmidt and Dr. Janet Gilboy Bill and Orli Staley Foundation Mary Stowell Mr. & Mrs. Daniel E. Sullivan Thierer Family Foundation

Susan and Bob Wislow Mr. Gifford Zimmerman $ 2 0,000 – $ 2 4,9 9 9

Anonymous Arnie and Ann Berlin Tom and Dianne Campbell Joyce Chelberg Nancy and Bernard Dunkel Mr. & Mrs. Brian Duwe Ellen and Paul Gignilliat Richard and Alice Godfrey Sue and Melvin Gray Halasyamani/Davis Family Barbara and Kenneth Kaufman Anne and John † Kern Richard P. and Susan Kiphart Family Dr. Eva Lichtenberg and Dr. Arnold Tobin Jim † and Kay Mabie Ms. Martha C. Nussbaum Mr. † & Mrs. Albert Pawlick Ms. Emilysue Pinnell John and Merry Ann Pratt Diana and Bruce Rauner Ms. Courtney Shea Rebecca West Dr. Marylou Witz Ronald and Geri Yonover Foundation $ 15,0 0 0 – $ 19,9 9 9

Anonymous (3) Mr. & Mrs. William Gardner Brown Henry and Gilda Buchbinder Robert D. Carone Ann and Richard Carr Sue and Jim Colletti Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Eastwood John and Fran Edwardson Constance M. Filling and Robert D. Hevey Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Thomas C. Heagy Mr. & Mrs. R. Helmholz Mr. & Mrs. Mark C. Hibbard Mr. & Mrs. Wayne J. Holman III Janice L. Honigberg Mrs. Janet Kanter Dr. & Mrs. Leonard Klein Nancy and Sanfred Koltun Ms. Betsy Levin Mr. Philip Lumpkin Mr. David E. McNeel Dr. Toni-Marie Montgomery Edward and Gayla Nieminen Kathleen Field Orr Bruno and Sallie Pasquinelli Family Foundation LeAnn Pedersen Pope and Clyde F. McGregor Mr. & Mrs. † Andrew Porte Andra and Irwin Press D. Elizabeth Price Jerry Rose Al Schriesheim and Kay Torshen Mr. & Mrs. Thomas C. Sheffield, Jr. Carl W. Stern and Holly Hayes-Stern

Mr. & Mrs. Richard P. Toft Penny and John Van Horn Mr. Christian Vinyard Mr. Jeffrey J. Webb and Ms. Catherine Yung David Woodhouse $11,500–$14,999

Fraida and Bob Aland Cynthia Bates and Kevin Rock Dr. Brenda A. Darrell and Mr. Paul S. Watford Mr. † & Mrs. David A. Donovan Merle L. Jacob Stephen and Maria Lans Dr. Maija Freimanis and David A. Marshall The Osprey Foundation Leslie and Tom Silverstein Dr. Stuart Sondheimer, M.D. and Ms. Bonnie Lucas Carol S. Sonnenschein Mr. & Mrs. Scott Swanson Ksenia A. and Peter Turula Theodore and Elisabeth Wachs Caroline Foulke Wettersten Mr. & Ms. Richard Williams $ 7, 5 0 0 – $ 1 1 , 4 9 9

Anonymous (5) Ms. Patti Acurio Jeff and Keiko Alexander Geoffrey A. Anderson Ms. Miah Armour Mr. Robert C. Austin and Dr. Kathryn C. Gamble Ms. Judith Barnard Mrs. Gail Belytschko Mr. † & Mrs. Richard Benck Mr. & Mrs. Harrington Bischof Merrill and Judy Blau Mr. & Mrs. Fred Boelter Cassandra L. Book Mr. & Mrs. John Borland Adam Bossov Janet S. Boyer Ms. Danolda Brennan Mr. Ray Capitanini Patricia A. Clickener Dr. Edward A. Cole and Dr. Christine A. Rydel Jenny L. Corley in memory of Dr. W. Gene Corley Mr. Lawrence Corry Mr. Marc DeMoss Mr. & Mrs. William Dooley Mr. † & Mrs. Charles W. Douglas Mr. & Mrs. † Allan Drebin Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Earle Mr. Eric P. Easterberg and Ms. Cindy Y. Pan Mr. & Mrs. Louis M. Ebling III Charles and Carol Emmons Judith E. Feldman Dr. & Mrs. Sanford Finkel, in honor of Robert Coad

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Ms. Hazel Fisher Dr. & Mrs. James Franklin Dr. & Mrs. Mark Gendleman Camillo and Arlene Ghiron Mr. † & Mrs. James J. Glasser Jeannette and Jerry Goldstone Mr. Gerald and Dr. Colette Gordon Mr. & Mrs. Byron Gregory Lynne R. Haarlow Joan M. Hall Mrs. Richard C. Halpern Anne Marcus Hamada John and Sally Hard Pati and O.J. † Heestand Richard † and Joanne Hoffman Mr. & Mrs. Richard S. Holson III Fred and Sandra Holubow Michael and Leigh Huston Howard E. Jessen Family Trust Mr. & Mrs. † George E. Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Keller The King Family Foundation Dr. June Koizumi Mr. & Mrs. Richard K. Komarek Dr. & Mrs. Mark Kozloff Dr. Michael Krco Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Krueck Mr. John LaBarbera Mr. Craig Lancaster and Ms. Charlene T. Handler Dr. Lynda Lane Mr. Jeffrey Lennard Mr. Michael Leppen Lewis-Sebring Family Foundation Mr. † & Mrs. Paul Lieberman Mr. & Mrs. John Lillard Jane and Peter Loeb Mr. Glen Madeja and Ms. Janet Steidl Francine R. Manilow Robert † and Judy Marth Ms. Mirjana Martich and Mr. Zoran Lazarevic Sheila Medvin Dr. Leo and Catherine Miserendino Mr. Frank Modruson and Ms. Lynne Shigley Drs. Bill † and Elaine Moor Emilie Morphew, M.D. Ms. Susan Norvich Eric and Carolyn Oesterle Mr. † & Mrs. Norman L. Olson Jim O’Sullivan Richard and Frances Penn Sue N. Pick Mary and Joseph Plauché Mr. & Mrs. † Neil K. Quinn Dr. Petra and Mr. Randy O. Rissman Mr. Richard Ryan Rita † and Norman Sackar Mr. Agustin G. Sanz Karla Scherer David and Judy Schiffman Mr. & Mrs. Michael Scholl Joan and George Segal The Earl and Brenda Shapiro Foundation

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Jessie Shih and Johnson Ho Julia M. Simpson Dr. & Mrs. R. Solaro Cheryl Sturm Mr. & Mrs. † Louis Sudler, Jr. Ms. Bernadette Y. Tang Mr. & Mrs. Gregory Taubeneck Ms. Liisa M. Thomas and Mr. Stephen L. Pratt Ms. Carla M. Thorpe TravTours, Inc. Tully Family Foundation in honor of Helen Zell Mr. † & Mrs. William C. Vance Frances S. Vandervoort Mr. David J. Varnerin Catherine M. Villinski M.L. Winburn Michael H. and Mary K. Woolever Ms. Karen Zupko $ 4 , 5 0 0 – $ 7, 4 9 9

Anonymous (15) Sandra Allen and Jim Perlow Mr. & Mrs. Gary Allie Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Alsaker Mr. Edward Amrein, Jr. and Mrs. Sara Jones-Amrein 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 Mr. William Baker and Ms. Rita Corley-Baker Paul and Robert Barker Foundation Mr. Merrill and Mr. N.M.K. Barnes Joseph Bartush Ms. Sandra Bass Professor M. Cherif Bassiouni † and Elaine Klemen Deborah Baughman Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Bedford Kirsten Bedway and Simon Peebler Mr. Ken Belcher Mr. & Mrs. D. Theodore Berghorst Dr. Leonard and Phyllis Berlin Mr. & Mrs. William E. Bible Mrs. Arthur A. Billings Mr. † & Mrs. Dennis Black Jim † and Dianne Blanco Ann Blickensderfer Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Block Ms. Terry Boden Mr. Edward Boehm III Mr. Virgil Bogert Mr. & Mrs. Peter Borich Mr. & Mrs. James Borovsky Mr. Donald Bouseman Mr. & Mrs. John D. Bramsen Ms. Jill Brennan Cindy Marie Brito and Anthony Costello Mrs. Sue Brubaker

Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Bryan Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Buchsbaum Ms. Lutgart Calcote Ms. Vera Capp Wendy Alders Cartland Mia Celano and Noel Dunn 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 Douglas and Carol Cohen Jane and John C. † Colman E. and V. Combs Foundation Mrs. Eileen Conaghan Dr. Thomas H. Conner Peter and Beverly Ann Conroy Mr. Robert Cook Nancy R. Corral Ms. Jane Cox 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 Mr. & Mrs. Charles Demirjian Duane M. DesParte and John C. Schneider Janet Wood Diederichs Mr. Doug Donenfeld David and Deborah Dranove Ingrid and Richard Dubberke Mimi Duginger Mr. & Mrs. Frank A. Dusek Judge Frank Easterbrook Mr. & Mrs. Larry K. Ebert Mr. Clinton J. Ecker and Ms. Jacqui Cheng Mr. & Mrs. Estia Eichten Jon Ekdahl and Marcia Opp Thomas Eller Mr. & Mrs. Victor Elting III Scott and Lenore Enloe Dr. & Mrs. † James Ertle William Escamilla Marilyn D. Ezri, M.D. Neil Fackler Dr. Gail Fahey Jeffrey Farbman and Ann Greenstein Donald and Signe Ferguson Hector Ferral, M.D. John and Geraldine Fiedler Mr. Conrad Fischer Dean and Jenny Fischer Thea Flaum/Hill Foundation Mrs. Donna Fleming Mrs. John D. Foster David and Janet Fox Arthur L. Frank, M.D. Mr. & Mrs. Willard Fraumann Susan and Paul Freehling Mr. & Mrs. Cyrus F. Freidheim, Jr.

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Judy and Mickey Gaynor Robert D. Gecht Sandy and Frank Gelber Rabbi Gary S. Gerson and Dr. Carol R. Gerson Bernardino and Caterina Ghetti Ms. Karen Gianfrancisco Mr. Lionel Go Judy and Bill Goldberg Lyn Goldstein Robert and Marcia Goltermann Mary and Michael Goodkind Dr. Alexia Gordon Mrs. Amy G. Gordon and Mr. Michael D. Gordon Mr. Peter Gotsch and Dr. Jana French Donald J. Gralen Hanna H. Gray Richard † and Mary L. 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 Ms. Josephine Hammer 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 Dr. † & Mrs. Arthur L. Herbst Jeffrey W. Hesse Marjorie Friedman Heyman The Hickey Family Foundation William B. Hinchliff Dr. Richard Hirschmann Suzanne Hoffman and Dale Smith † Mr. William J. Hokin † James and Eileen Holzhauer Mr. † & Mrs. Joel D. Honigberg James and Mary Houston Carter Howard and Sarah Krepp Tex and Susan Hull Hunter Family Foundation Ms. Patricia Hurley Frances and Phillip Huscher Leland E. Hutchinson and Jean E. Perkins Mrs. Nancy Witte Jacobs Mr. & Mrs. Stan Jakopin Dr. & Mrs. Todd and Peggy Janus Mr. John Jawor Ms. Justine Jentes and Mr. Dan Kuruna Joni and Brian Johnson Dr. Patricia Collins Jones Mr. & Mrs. Edward Kaplan/ Kaplan Foundation Jared Kaplan † and Maridee Quanbeck

Mrs. Lonny H. Karmin Barry D. Kaufman Larry † and Marie Kaufman Don Kaul and Barbara Bluhm-Kaul Peter and Stephanie Keehn Mr. & Mrs. Michael Keiser John and Judy Keller Mr. & Mrs. Gene Kiesel Carol Kipperman Dr. Elaine Klemen Mr. & Mrs. James Klenk Mr. Thomas Kmetko Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Knauff Mr. & Mrs. Norman Koglin Cookie Anspach Kohn and Henry L. Kohn Eldon and Patricia Kreider David and Susan Kreisman Drs. Vinay and Raminder Kumar Mr. & Mrs. Rubin P. Kuznitsky Mr. William Lawlor, III Drs. Anu and Ali Leemann Mr. & Mrs. Dean Leff Sheila Fields Leiter Ms. Zafra Lerman Mr. Jerrold Levine Mary and Laurence Levine Averill and Bernard † Leviton Gregory M. Lewis and Mary E. Strek Mr. † and Mrs. Howard Lickerman The Loewenthal Fund at The Chicago Community Trust Mrs. Gabrielle Long Dr. Anna Lysakowski Carol MacArthur Mr. & Mrs. Duncan MacLean Eileen Madden Jacen Maleck Dr. & Mrs. Michael S. Maling Sharon L. Manuel Mr. & Mrs. Patrick A. Martin Arthur and Elizabeth Martinez Ms. BeLinda Mathie and Dr. Brian Haag Igor and Olga Matlin 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 † Mrs. Leoni McVey Mr. & Mrs. Paul Meister Dr. Ellen Mendelson Mesirow Financial Holdings, Inc. Jim and Ginger Meyer Mr. Llewellyn Miller and Ms. Cecilia Conrad David H. Moscow Drs. Robert and Marsha Mrtek John H. Mugge Jo Ann and Stuart Nathan Mr. † & Mrs. William Neiman David † and Dolores Nelson Dr. Zehava L. Noah

Elizabeth Nolan and Kevin Buzard Mr. & Mrs. † Richard Nopar Kenneth R. Norgan Mark and Gloria Nusbaum Bill and Penny Obenshain Mr. & Mrs. Michael Ochs 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 Bonnie Perry Dr. William Peruzzi Mr. Robert Peterson Lorna and Ellard Pfaelzer, Jr. Richard Phillips Mr. & Mrs. Dale R. Pinkert Harvey and Madeleine Plonsker John F. Podjasek III Charitable Fund Charlene H. Posner Stephen and Ann Suker Potter Barry and Elizabeth Pritchard Ms. Elizabeth R. B. Pruett Harper Reed Dr. Hilda Richards Robert J. Richards and Barbara A. Richards Mary K. Ring Charles and Marilynn Rivkin Ms. Carol Roberts William and Cheryl Roberts Dr. Diana Robin Bob Rogers Travel Kevin M. Rooney and Daniel P. Vicencio Mr. & Mrs. Harry J. Roper Mr. & Mrs. Saul Rosen Mr. & Mrs. Richard Rosenberg Michael Rosenthal D.D. Roskin Ms. Lisa Ross Mr. & Mrs. Frank A. Rossi Maija Rothenberg Ms. Roberta H. Rubin Mrs. Susan B. Rubnitz Mrs. Martha Sabransky † and Dr. Paul Glickman Anthony Saineghi Mr. David Sandfort Raymond and Inez Saunders Ms. Kay Schichtel and Mr. Barry Lesht Mr. † and Mrs. Nathan Schloss Mr. & Mrs. Richard H. Schnadig Gerald and Barbara Schultz Susan H. Schwartz Donald L. and Susan J. Schwartz Mr. & Mrs. Chandra Sekhar Diana and Richard Senior David and Judith L. Sensibar Ms. Mary Beth Shea Dr. & Mrs. James C. Sheinin

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Richard W. Shepro and Lindsay E. Roberts Mrs. Junia Shlaustas Mr. & Ms. Alan Shoenberger Stuart and Leslie Shulruff Ms. Ann Silberman Mr. † & Mrs. John Simmons Mr. Larry Simpson Craig Sirles Christine A. Slivon Valerie Slotnick Mrs. Jackson W. Smart, Jr. Louise K. Smith Mary Ann Smith Mr. & Mrs. Stephen R. Smith Naomi Pollock and David Sneider James and Diane Snyder Kimberly M. 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 Penelope R. Steiner Roger † and Susan Stone Family Foundation Laurence and Caryn Straus Lawrence E. Strickling and Sydney L. Hans Mr. & Mrs. William H. Strong Ms. Minsook Suh Mr. Mitchell Suter and Ms. Hillary August Mr. Chris Thomas Mr. James Thompson Joan and Michael Thron 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. Mr. † & Mrs. Peter E. Van Nice Ms. Jennifer Vianello Ms. Raita Vilnins Charles Vincent Mr. & Mrs. Mark A. Wagner Mr. & Mrs. Bernard Wall Mr. & Mrs. William A. Ward Dr. Catherine L. Webb Mr. & Mrs. David Weber Mr. † & Mrs. Jacob Weglarz Mr. & Mrs. Joel Weisman Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. Weiss

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Carmen and Allen Wheatcroft Mr. & Mrs. Floyd Whellan Peter and Marlee Wolf Ms. Lois Wolff Sarah R. Wolff and Joel L. Handelman Michael † and Laura Woll Dr. Hak Wong Courtenay R. Wood and H. Noel Jackson, Jr. Ms. Debbie Wright Mr. & Mrs. John Wulfers Mari Yamamoto Regnier Ms. Janice Young Owen and Linda Youngman Paul and Mary Yovovich In memory of Anthony C. Yu David and Eileen Zampa Dr. & Mrs. John Zaremba Ms. Camille Zientek Gerald Zimmerman and Margarete Gross Jennifer Zobair and Chuck Smith $3,500–$4,499

Anonymous Ms. Doris Angell Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Barber Dr. & Mrs. Gustavo Bermudez Ms. Susan Bridge Mr. & Mrs. Robert Brightfelt Drs. Virginia and Stephen Carr Margery al Chalabi Ms. Anne Chien Ms. Juli Crabtree Mr. Ivo Daalder and Mrs. Elisa D. Harris Mr. † & Mrs. Robert J. Darnall Mr. & Mrs. Dwight Decker Ms. Louise Dixon Mr. & Mrs. Otto Doering III Dr. & Mrs. James L. Downey Allen J. Frantzen and George R. Paterson Hill and Cheryl Hammock Dr. Robert A. Harris Ms. Dawn E. Helwig Ms. Anna Hertsberg Dr. Ashley Jackson Maryl Johnson, M.D. Ms. JoAnn Joyce Joseph and Judith Konen Eric Kuhlman Robert O. Middleton Catherine Mouly and LeRoy T. Carlson, Jr. Ms. Victoria Nee Mr. Bruce Ottley Mr. & Mrs. Thomas D. Philipsborn Howard and Sheila Pizer Mary Rafferty Dorothy V. Ramm Mrs. Enid Rieser Mr. & Mrs. Rich Ryan Dr. & Mrs. Mark C. Shields Lynn B. Singer Joel and Beth Spenadel Mr. James Vardiman Ms. Mary Walsh Samuel † and Chickie Weisbard

$2,500–$3,499

Anonymous (3) Mr. Frank Ackerman Ms. Rene Alphonse Mr. & Mrs. Theodore M. Asner † Ms. Marlene Bach William and Marjorie Bardeen Larry and Sarah Barden James and Bartha Barrett Ms. Patricia Bayerlein Meta S. and Ronald † Berger Family Foundation Ms. Elizabeth Berry and Mr. Philip S. Revzin Mr. James Borkman Mr. Douglas Bragan † Mr. & Mrs. Eric Brandfonbrener Chris Brezil 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 Joe and Judy Cosenza Mr. John Crosby Ms. Angela D’Aversa Mr. Frank R. Davis III Mr. & Mrs. James W. DeYoung Mrs. Kelli Gardner Emery † and Mr. Peter Emery Debra Fienberg Sandra E. Fienberg Kenneth M. Fitzgerald and Ruby Carr Ms. Nona Flores Ms. Irene Fox Mr. Ray Frick Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd A. Fry III James and Rebecca Gaebe Jane Gaines and Andy Kenoe Mr. Stanford Goldblatt Ms. Sarah Good Isabelle Goossen Merle Gordon Mr. Adam Grymkowski Ronald and Diane Hamburger Dr. & Mrs. Chester Handelman Mrs. John M. Hartigan James and Megan Hinchsliff Dr. & Mrs. James Holland Mr. Stephen Holmes Mr. Harry Hunderman and Ms. Deborah Slaton Saul Juskaitis Ms. Ethelle Katz Mr. & Mrs. Frank Klapperich, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. LeRoy Klemt Mr. Matthew Kusek Mr. Thomas Lad Ms. Pamela Larsen Jules M. Laser Dr. Gerald † and Darlene Lee Mr. Jonathon Leik

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Mr. Philip Lesser Mr. Michael J. Liccar Robert † and Joan Lipsig Mr. Melvin Loeb Sherry and Mel Lopata Ronald and Carlotta Lucchesi Ms. Janice Magnuson Mr. Timothy Marshall Robert and Doretta Marwin Dr. & Mrs. Daniel Mass Margaret and Michael McCoy Ms. Marilyn Mccoy Rosa and Peter McCullagh Ric D. McDonough Bill McIntosh Mr. & Mrs. Lester McKeever Mr. Zarin Mehta Ms. Claretta Meier Ian and Robyn Moncrief Mrs. Frank Morrissey Ms. Maryrose Murphy Mr. † & Mrs. Kenneth Nebenzahl Mr. † & Mrs. Herbert Neil, Jr. Noteable Notes Music Academy/ Wheaton, IL Mrs. Janis Notz Beatrice F. Orzac † Mr. Sebastian Patino Kingsley Perkins † Rita Petretti Mr. & Mrs. Jeffery Piper Lee Ann and Savit Pirl Dr. Joe Piszczor Kenneth J. Poje Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Racker Ms. Constance Rajala Dr. & Mrs. Don Randel Mr. Jeffrey Rappin Neal Reenan Patricia Richter Erik and Nelleke Roffelsen Dr. & Mrs. Melvin Roseman Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Ross John Francis Sarwark Ms. Saslow Shirley and John † Schlossman Stephen A. and Marilyn Scott Drs. Deborah and Lawrence Segil Mr. James Selsor Mrs. Phyllis Shafron Dr. & Mrs. Charles Shapiro Carolyn M. Short Ellen and Richard Shubart Margaret and Alan Silberman Jack and Barbara Simon The Honorable John B. Simon and Millie Rosenbloom Nancy J. Smith Mr. † & Mrs. Hugo Sonnenschein Mr. Michael Sprinker Ms. Sue Stealey Carole Stone and Arthur Susman Mr. & Mrs. Harvey J. Struthers, Jr. Barry and Winnifred Fallers Sullivan Mrs. Jeanne Sullivan

Mr. † & Mrs. Richard Taft Ms. Alison Thomas Ms. Joanne Tremulis Henrietta Vepstas Robert J. Walker Alexander J. Wayne Mr. Lawrence Wechter Mr. Michael Welsh and Ms. Linda Brummer-Welsh Robert J. Wilczek † and Shirley Pfenning Mr. Kenneth Witkowski Barbara and Steven Wolf Mr. Joseph Wolnski and Ms. Jane Christino Dr. Nanajan Yakoub Ms. Mary Zeltmann

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.

$25,000 –$ 3 4,999

Anonymous Abbott Fund Carey and Brett August Crain-Maling Foundation Kinder Morgan Margo and Michael Oberman Gene and Jean Stark $ 2 0,000 – $ 2 4,9 9 9

Anonymous Mary Winton Green Halasyamani/Davis Family Illinois Arts Council Agency Richard P. and Susan Kiphart Family PNC Charles and M. R. Shapiro Foundation $ 15,0 0 0 – $ 19,9 9 9

Nancy A. Abshire Robert & Isabelle Bass Foundation, Inc. The Buchanan Family Foundation John D. and Leslie Henner Burns Bruce and Martha Clinton for The Clinton Family Fund Sue and Jim Colletti Mr. Philip Lumpkin The Maval Foundation Sandra and Earl Rusnak, Jr. Dr. Marylou Witz $11,500–$14,999

Lori Julian for The Julian Family Foundation The Negaunee Foundation

Barker Welfare Foundation Mr. † & Mrs. David A. Donovan Mrs. Carol Evans, in memory of Henry Evans Ksenia A. and Peter Turula

$ 10 0,0 0 0 – $ 1 4 9,9 9 9

$ 7, 5 0 0 – $ 1 1 , 4 9 9

$ 15 0,000 A N D A B OV E

Anonymous Allstate Insurance Company $ 75,0 0 0 – $ 9 9,9 9 9

John Hart and Carol Prins Barbara and Barre Seid Foundation Megan and Steve Shebik $ 5 0 , 0 0 0 – $ 74 , 9 9 9

Anonymous BMO Robert and Joanne Crown Income Charitable Fund Lloyd A. Fry Foundation Judy and Scott McCue Polk Bros. Foundation Michael and Linda Simon Lisa and Paul Wiggin $ 3 5,0 0 0 – $ 4 9,9 9 9

Bowman C. Lingle Trust National Endowment for the Arts The George L. Shields Foundation, Inc. Shure Charitable Trust

Anonymous Robert H. Baum and MaryBeth Kretz Mr. Lawrence Corry Nancy and Bernard Dunkel Ellen and Paul Gignilliat Mr. & Mrs. Joseph B. Glossberg Chet Gougis and Shelley Ochab JPMorgan Chase & Co. 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 D. Elizabeth Price LTC. Jennifer N. Pritzker, USA (Ret.) Benjamin J. Rosenthal Foundation Ms. Courtney Shea Ms. Liisa M. Thomas and Mr. Stephen L. Pratt Theodore and Elisabeth Wachs Catherine M. and Frederick H. Waddell $ 4 , 5 0 0 – $ 7, 4 9 9

Anonymous Joseph Bartush

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Ann and Richard Carr Harry F. and Elaine Chaddick Foundation Mr. Lionel Go Constance M. Filling and Robert D. Hevey Jr. Dr. June Koizumi Dr. Lynda Lane Francine R. Manilow Mrs. Leoni McVey Jim and Ginger Meyer Drs. Robert and Marsha Mrtek The Osprey Foundation Dr. Scholl Foundation $3,500–$4,499

Anonymous Arts Midwest Gig Fund Charles H. and Bertha L. Boothroyd Foundation Dr. Edward A. Cole and Dr. Christine A. Rydel Mr. & Mrs. Dwight Decker Judith E. Feldman Camillo and Arlene Ghiron Ms. Dawn E. Helwig Ms. Ethelle Katz Robert J. Richards and Barbara A. Richards Mr. Peter Vale Ms. Mary Walsh $2,500–$3,499

Anonymous Dora J. and R. John Aalbregtse David and Suzanne Arch Mr. James Borkman Adam Bossov Mr. Douglas Bragan † Mr. Ray Capitanini Lisa Chessare Mr. Ricardo Cifuentes Patricia A. Clickener Ms. Nancy Dehmlow Mr. Clinton J. Ecker and Ms. Jacqui Cheng William B. Hinchliff Michael and Leigh Huston Italian Village Restaurants Ms. Mirjana Martich and Mr. Zoran Lazarevic Mrs. Frank Morrissey David † and Dolores Nelson Mr. & Mrs. Jeffery Piper Lee Ann and Savit Pirl Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Racker Erik and Nelleke Roffelsen Mr. David Sandfort Gerald and Barbara Schultz Jessie Shih and Johnson Ho Dr. & Mrs. R. Solaro Carol S. Sonnenschein Mr. † & Mrs. Hugo Sonnenschein Ms. Joanne C. Tremulis Mr. Kenneth Witkowski Ms. Camille Zientek

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$1,500–$2,499

Ms. Marlene Bach Ms. Barbara Barzansky Mr. Lawrence Belles Mr. & Mrs. William E. Bible Cassandra L. Book Mr. Donald Bouseman Ms. Danolda Brennan Mr. Lee M. Brown and Ms. Pixie Newman Darren Cahr Bradley Cohn Charles and Carol Emmons Dr. & Mrs. Sanford Finkel, in honor of the Civic horn section Mr. Conrad Fischer Ms. Lola Flamm David and Janet Fox Ronald and Diane Hamburger Mr. † & Mrs. Robert Heidrick Thomas and Reseda Kalowski Mr. & Mrs. Norman Koglin Dona Le Blanc Adele Mayer Mr. Aaron Mills Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Morales Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Murley Mr. Alexander Ripley Ms. Mary Sauer Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Scorza Jane A. Shapiro Mrs. Julie Stagliano Michael and Salme Steinberg Walter and Caroline Sueske Charitable Trust Ayana Tomeka Ms. Betty Vandenbosch Abby and Glen Weisberg M.L. Winburn Irene Ziaya and Paul Chaitkin Dr. & Mrs. Larry Zollinger $1,000 –$1,4 99

Anonymous Duffie A. Adelson John Albrecht Ms. Rochelle Allen Ms. Margaret Amato Allen and Laura Ashley Howard and Donna Bass Daniel and Michele Becker Ann Blickensderfer Mr. Rowland Chang David Colburn Mr. & Mrs. Bill Cottle Alan R. Cravitz Mr. & Mrs. Barnaby Dinges Tom Draski DS&P Insurance Services, Inc. Ms. Sharon Eiseman Richard Finegold, M.D. and Ms. Rita O’Laughlin Foxman Family Foundation Eunice and Perry Goldberg Enid Goubeaux Mrs. Susan Hammond Dr. Robert A. Harris

Mr. David Helverson Clifford Hollander and Sharon Flynn Hollander Dr. Ronald L. Hullinger Dr. Victoria Ingram and Dr. Paul Navin Mr. Ray Jones Charles Katzenmeyer Cantor Aviva Katzman and Dr. Morris Mauer Randolph T. Kohler and Scott Gordan Ms. Foo Choo Lee Dr. & Mrs. Stuart Levin Mr. † & Mrs. Gerald F. Loftus Timothy Lubenow Sharon L. Manuel Rosa and Peter McCullagh Mr. & Mrs. William McNally Robert O. Middleton Stephen W. and Kathleen J. Miller Geoffrey R. Morgan Mrs. MaryLouise Morrison Catherine Mouly and LeRoy T. Carlson, Jr. Lewis Nashner William H. Nichols Ms. Sylvette Nicolini Edward and Gayla Nieminen Mr. Bruce Oltman Ms. Joan Pantsios Kirsten Bedway and Simon Peebler Ms. Dona Perry James † and Sharon Phillips Christine and Michael Pope Quinlan & Fabish Mr. George Quinlan Susan Rabe Dr. Hilda Richards Dr. Edward Riley Mary K. Ring Christina Romero and Rama Kumanduri Mr. & Mrs. Richard Rosenberg Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Ross Mr. David Samson Peter Schauer Mr. David M. Schiffman Barbara and Lewis Schneider Mr. & Mrs. Steve Schuette Stephen A. and Marilyn Scott Mr. Rahul and Mrs. Shobha Shah Mr. & Mrs. James Shapiro Dr. Rebecca Sherrick Mr. Larry Simpson Dr. Sabine Sobek Ms. Denise Stauder Mrs. Pamela Stepansky Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Stepansky Donna Stroder Sharon Swanson Dr. Douglas Vaughan Mr. & Mrs. Richard Waxman Mr. & Mrs. Joel Weisman Joni Williams Jane Stroud Wright

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ENDOWED FUNDS

Anonymous (3) Cyrus H. Adams Memorial Youth Concert Fund Dr. & Mrs. Bernard H. Adelson Fund Marjorie Blum-Kovler Youth Concert Fund CNA 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 William Randolph Hearst Foundation Fund for Community Engagement Richard A. Heise Peter Paul Herbert Endowment Fund Julian Family Foundation Fund The Kapnick Family Lester B. Knight Charitable Trust The Malott Family School Concerts Fund The Eloise W. Martin Endowed Fund in support of the Negaunee Music Institute at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra The Negaunee Foundation Nancy Ranney and Family and Friends Shebik Community Engagement Programs Fund Toyota Endowed 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. 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. S T R A D I V A R I A N A S S O C I AT E S

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra is pleased to recognize the following individuals for generously creating a revocable bequest of $100,000 or more, or an irrevocable life-income trust or annuity of $50,000 or more, to benefit the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association, as of December 2023. 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 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 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 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 Ms. Darlene Johnson Ronald B. Johnson Roy A. and Sarah C. Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Paul R. 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 Muriel Nerad 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 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 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 Paula Turner Robert W. Turner and Gloria B. Turner 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

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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. Dr. Edward L. Applebaum Catherine Aranyi Dr. Susan Arjmand Mr. & Mrs. Randy Barba 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 Frances and Henry Fogel Ray Frick Susan Fuchs Nancy and Larry † Fuller Dileep Gangolli Maurice Garnier Miss Elizabeth Gatz Dr. & Mrs. Mark Gendleman Mr. and Mrs. 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

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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 James and Mary Houston Mr. James Humphrey Merle L. Jacob Ms. Jessica Jagielnik Nathan Kahn, in memory of Zave H. Gussin and in honor of Robert Gussin Ann B. Kaplan Marshall Keltz 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 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 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 Jeffrey and Linda Swoger Mr. John C. Telander Mr. & Mrs. Jerald Thorson Karen Hletko Tiersky Myron Tiersky Jacqueline A. Tilles Mr. James M. Trapp Mr. Donn N. Trautman John L. Turner Mike and Mary Valeanu Gerrit Vanderwest 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

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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 and 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 (9) Hope A. Abelson Richard Abrahams Ruth T. and Roger A. 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 Kathryn Bowers Howard Broecker Claresa Forbes Meyer Brown George and Jacqueline Brumlik Dr. Mary Louise Hirsch Burger Norma Cadieu Wiley Caldwell Nelson D. Cornelius Anita J. Court, Ph.D. Christopher L. Culp Barbara DeCoster 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 Mrs. 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. Marguerite DeLany Hark Polly and Donald Heinrich Mary Mako Helbert Adolph “Bud” and Avis Herseth Mrs. Diane Hoban Helen and Michael L. Igoe, Jr. Barbara Isserman Joseph and Rebecca Jarabak Mrs. Marian Johnson Ms. Janet Jones Phyllis A. Jones James Joseph Joseph M. Kacena Jared Kaplan Morris A. Kaplan Roberta Kapoun George Kennedy Esther G. Klatz Russell V. Kohr Karen Kuehner Evelyn and Arnold Kupec Robert B. Kyts and Jadwiga Roguska-Kyts Rebecca Jarabak Caressa Y. Lauer Patricia Lee Christine D. Letchinger 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 Gloria Miner Bill Moor Charles A. Moore David A. Moore Marietta Munnis David H. Nelson Helen M. Nelson 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 Paul H. Resnik 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 Mr. 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 Peggy E. Smith-Skarry Karen A. Sorensen Edward J. and Audrey M. Spiegel Vito Stagliano Mrs. Zelda Star 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 Arnold and Ann Wolff Ronald R. Zierer Rita A. Zralek

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H ONOR ROLL OF DONORS

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 June 2022 through December 2023. MEMORIAL GIFTS

In memory of Alfred Balandis Mr. Robert Callahan In memory of Luise Baldin Antoinette Baldin Dr. & Mrs. Enrique Beckmann Mr. † & Mrs. Gershon Berg Dr. & Mrs. Tapas K. Das Gupta Ms. Marilyn Hamburger Joseph and Judith Konen Ms. Claretta Meier Mrs. Frances Naal Gail Price Ms. Janice Young In memory of Glory Bechtold Mr. Greg Davis In memory of Bud Beyer Ms. Jean Flaherty

In memory of Gary A. Davis and Graham Hemsley Dr. Steven Andes In memory of Heather DeBuhr Anderson and Janet Stover Mallot Kenje Mallot In memory of Eddie Druzinsky Mr. & Mrs. Barnaby Dinges In memory of Susan K. Gordy Epstein Mr. David Epstein In memory of Martha Glickman Michelle Alvord Mr. & Mrs. Louis M. Ebling III Dr. & Mrs. James Franklin Mr. & Mrs. Brian Hoffman Dr. & Mrs. Stuart Levin Mr. & Mrs. Myron Shapiro Ms. Renee Zellner In memory of Joseph Guastafeste and Gordon B. Peters Mark Swanson and Nancy Pifer In memory of Zave Gussin Mr. Nathan Kahn In memory of Dr. Robert Hazelrigg Robert and Irene Wegehoft In memory of Andy Hedberg Mr. and Mrs. John Jansson In memory of J. Paul Hunter Kristin H. Jensen

In memory of John R. Blair Mrs. Barbara J. Blair

In memory of Howard E. Jessen and Susanne C. Jessen Howard E. Jessen Family Trust

In memory of Doug Bragan and Tom Boodell Ms. Denise Stauder

In memory of Malcom L. Jones Pinkey Auster Schribner and Kimberly Ochsenschlager

In memory of Lin Brehmer Franklin Brehmer and Sara Farr

In memory of Herbert A. Loeb III Ms. Hillary A. Loeb

In memory of Jerome Brosnan, M.D. Ms. Gisela Brodine-Brosnan

In memory of Jim and Nancy Loewenberg Mr. Michael Berger

In memory of Amelia Di Luccia Carretti Mr. Robert Coad and Mr. David Ellis

In memory of Dr. Peter Michalove Dr. Sharon D. Michalove In memory of William Miller Suzanne Johnson In memory of Charles F. Moles Ms. Kathleen Harrington In memory of Anthony G. Montag Dr. Katherine L. Griem In memory of Martin O’Donnell Ms. Anne T. Posner Ms. Naomi M. Stanhaus In memory of Thomas Owen Maureen Obermeier Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin Van Vliet In memory of Eul-Soo Pang Dr. Laura Pang In memory of George Pepper, M.D. Mary Ann Smith In memory of Kingsley Perkins Ms. Susan Thomas In memory of Ruth Ann Quinn Ms. Carolyn Quinn In memory of Bennett Reimer Elizabeth A. Hebert In memory of Al Rose Mrs. Marian Rose In memory of Seymour M. Sabesin, M.D. Ms. Marcia Sabesin In memory of Erica Schewe Anonymous Mimi Duginger In memory of Joanne Silver Ms. Betty Winer In memory of Michael Silverstein Ms. Mara Tapp In memory of Zan and Blossom Skolnick Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Hafter

In memory of Suhail al Chalabi Margery al Chalabi

In memory of Dr. David and Renée Lubell Mrs. Barbara Asner Mrs. Lisa Edelson

In memory of Dr. Minkyu Cho Robert Callahan

In memory of Mary A. Lyons Chris Martinez

In memory of Marjorie Stone Dr. Arvey Stone

In memory of Christopher L. Culp Laura Yergesheva

In memory of Evelyn G. Meine Mr. Curt Meine

In memory of Dr. Armondo Susmano Dr. & Mrs. Stuart Levin

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In memory of Mona Stern Mr. Larry Simpson

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In memory of William C. Vance Margaret H. Walker In memory of my beautiful sister, Lynne Wachowski and her husband Ron Wachowski Peggy Ryan

In honor of Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Boodell for their 50+ years of CSO support Ms. Denise Stauder In honor of Charles Braico and Robert Coad for outstanding customer service Ms. Denise Stauder

In memory of George Mitchell Williams Dr. Barbara Wright-Pryor In honor of Robert Coad Mr. Kevin Hinton In memory of Donald Woulfe and Mr. and Mrs. † David Shayne Tom Boodell Ms. Ann Silberman Margo and Michael Oberman Mr. † & Mrs. Marco Weiss In memory of Don Woulfe Ms. Janice Young

In honor of Dr. Leon and Carol Dragon Ms. Arden Nagler

In memory of Dick Wright Ms. Janice Young

In honor of Judy Feldman and the Women’s Board of the CSO Mr. & Mrs. Steven W. Scheibe

In memory of Woon-Young and Hyo-Kyoung B. Seo-Pero HONOR GIFTS

In honor of Dora Aalbregtse’s birthday Sandra and Earl Rusnak, Jr. In honor of Marcia Baylin Mr. Marc Baylin

In honor of front of house staff Mr. Richard Boyum In honor of Dr. Victoria E. Ingram Dr. Paul Navin In honor of Brian Koenig for 25+ years with the CSO The Koenig Family

In honor of Dr. Robert McSay Ms. Lois Wolff In honor of Patricia Meyers Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Meyers, Jr. In honor of Diane Mues Cynthia Kirk In honor of Maestro Muti Ms. Kathryn Collier Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Foundation In honor of Fr. Ed Shea OFM, Ms. Sally B. Berkhia In honor of Steve Shebik Howard and Julie Hayes Family Fund In honor of Richard and Ellen Shubart on their 60th anniversary Mr. Alan Rosenthal In honor of Lynne Turner Dr. Hilda Richards In honor of Bill Ward Mrs. Mary Dietrick In honor of Helen Zell Mr. Rowland Chang

In honor of Scott and Judy McCue and John Schmidt Mr. Graham C. Grady

† Deceased Italics indicate individual or family involvement as part of the Trustees or Governing Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association. Gifts listed as of December 2023

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