CSO POPS Fanfare Cincinnati - Sept/Oct 2024 by Cincinnati Magazine

Milena Pajarovan de Stadt VIOLA

Adam Golka PIANO

September 15 at 3 PM

“Fleet and energetic … powerful and focused.”

Strad magazine

•One of the most soughtafter violists of her generation

CINCINNATI DEBUT

Hanick Hawley

Duo PIANO AND CLARINET

October 13 at 3 PM

“[Hanick’s] technical reﬁnement, color, crispness and wondrous variety of articulation beneﬁt works by any master.”

New York Times

•Together they seek to reinvigorate the repertoire for clarinet and piano P r e s e n t s i t s 1 1 1

•Awarded First Prize of the Lionel Tertis International Viola Competition and top prizes at the Sphinx Competition and the Tokyo International Viola Competition

•Founding violist of the award-winning Dover Quartet

“[Hawley:] An intellectually astute and technically untouchable clarinetist.”

Casa magazine

Isabel Leonard MEZZO-SOPRANO

John Arida PIANO

December 1 at 5 PM

“One of the brightest talents on the American opera scene to emerge in the new millennium.”

—Jason Victor Serinus, nationally published music critic

•Heralded regular at The Metropolitan Opera

•Recipient of the Richard Tucker Award

•Thrills international audiences in opera houses and on concert stages, with some of the foremost conductors of her time

All recitals are on Sundays at Memorial Hall, OTR

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• SEP 13–15: Rick Steves’ Europe: A Symphonic Journey (Pops)

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Concertmaster

Stefani Matsuo was born to play the violin. Read about her journey, from her first toy violin to her first solo with an orchestra (at age 6) to her career with the CSO and her audition for the concertmaster position, on pp. 7–13.

• SEP 21 & 22: Jurassic Park Film in Concert (Pops)

• SEP 24: Textures & Contrasts (Winstead Chamber Series)

• SEP 27 & 28: Mahler Symphony No. 1 (CSO)

• OCT 4 & 5: Gershwin, Price & Copland (CSO)

• OCT 6: Joshua Bell: Voice & the Violin (Recital)

• OCT 19: Music, Magic & Mayhem (Lollipops)

• OCT 26 & 27: Sibelius & Saint-Saëns (CSO)

Matsuo, Anna Sinton Taft

The Orchestra presented an incredible summer of concerts in area neighborhoods as part of its 2024 Brady Block Parties Series. Turn to p. 14 to browse our photo journal featuring performance moments and pre-concert activities for all ages.

The famous red jackets worn by Cincinnati Pops members needed updating and reworking after more than a decade of wear, and the designers and sewers of local garment factory Sew Valley took up the task. Find out more about Sew Valley and the process of reimagining the iconic red jackets, from patterns to prototypes to final fittings, on pp. 18–22.

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to the 2024–25 Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and Cincinnati Pops season! With each new Orchestra season comes new stories inspired by the music presented in concert, the people who work on and off the stage and the wider organization’s initiatives and developments.

Please enjoy these stories that have been curated for you in Fanfare Magazine, but also know that the Fanfare Magazine experience is not limited to a print publication available only at Music Hall concerts. You can always explore Fanfare Magazine at any time via our website at cincinnatisymphony.org/fanfare-magazine. There you’ll find the printed magazine’s editorial content in a digital layout and in flipbook form; you’ll also find digital-only stories under the Fanfare Magazine moniker. Along with the online version of Fanfare Magazine, the CSO has developed a digital platform to deliver concert-specific content to audiences. To meet the CSO’s ongoing commitment to digital storytelling, innovation and accessibility, in the 2024–25 season this digital platform will expand to offer early access to exclusive concertspecific content: full-length program notes, artist biographies, feature stories, up-to-the-minute information and much more! As a bonus, program notes and artist biographies for the entire season will be available on this digital platform in advance of the season-opening concerts, allowing you to engage with all the content before you arrive at Music Hall.

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Getting to Know Concertmaster Stefani Matsuo

by HANNAH EDGAR

The CSO’s de facto captain was born to play violin. Follow her path to the Orchestra, and learn why she says you can never be too prepared for an audition.

Credit: Tyler Secor

SStefani Matsuo is a Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra lifer. Before being appointed concertmaster in 2019, she was the orchestra’s associate concertmaster in the 2018–19 season, ﬁ lling in as concertmaster on several occasions. Still before that, starting in 2015, she was a member of its second violin section. In total, Matsuo has spent just one year of her professional career not playing in Cincinnati—as a member of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra from 2014 to 2015.

“It was a great way to start my career,” Matsuo told Fanfare, calling from the living room of her Park Hills, KY home, ﬁve minutes from Music Hall. “I sat in these positions in youth orchestra and in school, but a professional orchestra is a completely different story. People had already welcomed me with open arms as a section violinist. That comfort of already being part of this family was so nice.”

The CSO doesn’t just feel like family to Matsuo: it is family. She’s been married to CSO section cellist Hiro Matsuo since 2016; they met at a chamber music reading party as graduate students at Juilliard. (“As nerdy as that sounds,” Matsuo recalls with a laugh.) They commuted two hours to see one another while she was in Indianapolis and he in the CSO, initially in a oneyear position. The couple also plays together—if Stefani’s schedule allows—

in concert:nova, a venturesome local chamber music series.

Having music around 24/7 is nothing new for Matsuo, 35. Growing up in North Carolina, she watched her mother, also a violinist, play in the Greensboro Symphony. Her little brothers, CJ and Andrew, play cello and viola, rounding out a family quartet that reunites over the holidays. Her father, a human resources director, doesn’t play, but he was her biggest cheerleader, happily chauffeuring the kids to their many lessons and rehearsals.

Even among supervirtuosos, Matsuo started on violin preternaturally early.

Watching her mom’s violin students ﬁ le in and out of the house, baby Stefani assumed “everybody played violin—it was just something people did.” Per family lore, Matsuo asked for her own violin at 15 months (insofar as a 15-month-old can ask for anything). Her mom got her a toy violin, but that was short-lived: Matsuo cried when she realized it didn’t make any sound.

“She was like, ‘Okay, I guess we’re getting a 1/32-size violin,’” Matsuo says.

Those minuscule starter violins are only a foot long and mostly for pedagogical purposes, not performance— any repertoire played on them sounds like an Alvin and the Chipmunks dub. No matter: Matsuo was “in heaven.” She cried—again— when her parents asked her to put the violin away. The intensity with which Matsuo approached the instrument left even her violinist mother ﬂummoxed.

“I was the kid that was like, ‘I messed up this part in the competition, I need to go

From top: Stefani with her first tiny violin, and with her 1/16-size violin.

home and practice it 50 times!’ My parents were like, ‘How about we get some ice cream ﬁrst?’” she says.

Like so many violinists, Matsuo absorbed the sounds and styles of big-name virtuosi. She admired the Romantic, “chocolaty” tone of David Oistrakh and Itzhak Perlman and the ﬁnesse of Gil Shaham and Midori. As a child of the ’90s, however, Matsuo didn’t need to look to previous generations for musical idols. She came of age at a time when Sarah Chang and Hilary Hahn were selling out concert halls; a solo appearance in Greensboro by violinist/violist Yura Lee, just a couple years older than her, was especially transformative. Growing up alongside those young prodigies only pushed Matsuo to work harder.

“I probably listened to Sarah Chang’s Carmen Fantasy CD on repeat until it didn’t work anymore,” Matsuo recalls.

Matsuo’s mother was her main violin teacher throughout most of her childhood. Later, however, she wisely suspected her soonto-be-teenage daughter might take instruction better from a different teacher. She sent Stefani to study with Sarah Johnson at the nearby University of North Carolina School for the Arts (UNCSA), where she remained through high school. Matsuo also joined the school’s orchestra and the Greensboro Youth Symphony, where she cut her teeth on orchestral repertoire.

Foreshadowing her eventual career in Cincinnati, Matsuo tried on several roles in the violin section during those years: section player, principal second, assistant and associate concertmaster, and, ﬁnally, concertmaster, the highest-

From top: Stefani rehearsing Christmas carols with her mother, and Stefani at age 6, soloing with an orchestra for the first time.

pressure role of them all. The concertmaster acts not just as the leader of the ﬁrst violins—they take most important section violin solos—but as a key intermediary between orchestra musicians and the conductor. “You work with them behind the scenes to help bring their vision to life with the orchestra,” Matsuo says.

On the flip side, if the conductor’s leadership flags or is unclear, orchestra musicians will look to the concertmaster as a safety net. Other less glamorous, but no less crucial, tasks assumed by the concertmaster include determining bowings for the first violins (and sometimes advising on those of the other string sections), serving on audition panels for new members, and cuing the tuning process at the head of concerts.

“I was really glad to be able to start learning orchestra etiquette from a young age: what it means to be a good stand partner, and what it means to really prepare for rehearsals. It helped me learn the ropes of what’s expected

of different positions [in the orchestra],” Matsuo says.

One such early learning experience came during her time at UNCSA. The young violinist had never taken an audition before arriving at UNCSA, but the orchestra director—an old-school conductor who had taught there for decades—called in musicians during a concert cycle rehearsing Mozart’s Symphony No. 39 in order to assess their skills. For these assessments, the conductor could test students on anything across the whole concert program, but Matsuo’s excerpt was the symphony’s ﬁnal Allegro movement—among the most common audition excerpts in the literature.

As the youngest in the orchestra, Matsuo already felt compelled to be über-prepared. She practiced and listened to recordings in the library for hours on end. But no amount of preparation could have equipped her for what the conductor asked her to do during her

Stefani performing for her classmates with her mother, Karen Collins.

assessment: close her music, push the stand down and play part of the last movement from memory. Thankfully, Matsuo had practiced enough that she passed.

In Matsuo’s recollection, the conductor “thought it was hilarious.” But in hindsight, she suspects he wasn’t just being sadistic. “He obviously knew it was my ﬁrst audition, and he wanted to see how I would take the pressure. Moving forward with other auditions, it taught me to prepare at an even higher level.”

It has paid off. Matsuo attended the Cleveland Institute of Music for her undergraduate studies, studying with Paul Kantor, and Juilliard for her master’s degree, studying with Sylvia Rosenberg. She gained additional experience sitting concertmaster in both schools’ orchestras.

All the while, Matsuo’s very ﬁrst teacher—her mother—was always just a call away if she had a technique question or needed another set of ears for feedback on her playing.

At each school, Matsuo encountered very different styles of pedagogy than she had with her teacher in North Carolina. Sarah Johnson, her ﬁrst teacher, helped her cultivate a European sound and led the studio in a “Kreisler Project,” in which students prepared a different piece by the great violinist–composer every week. They balanced that with a progression through the core violin repertoire—a hallmark of Johnson’s own teacher, the legendary Ivan Galamian.

In Cleveland, Kantor’s approach to his studio was more bespoke. Studio classes were almost Socratic, with students sharing valuable nuggets gleaned from their own lessons in their feedback. “It wasn’t a cookie cutter studio. He really helped me learn how to analyze my playing when I was on my own in a practice room…. The end product was always your musical idea,” she remembers.

Rosenberg, at Juilliard, was more of a “kick in the pants.” She built on Johnson’s pursuit of an old-world sound and personality, even if her one-liners could be brutal. Matsuo once worked

Stefani pictured with childhood teacher Sarah Johnson and conductor Bruce Kiesling, following her performance of the Tchaikovsky concerto.

Stefani warming up before a solo performance with orchestra.

with Rosenberg on a Schubert Rondo ahead of a big competition. “She said, ‘Honey, just hand me your violin.’ She played it, then said, ‘That’s the charm that Schubert needs.’ She took my idea of what it meant to be prepared for any concert, competition or even my weekly lesson to a completely different level.”

Years later, after Matsuo had earned tenure in the CSO, concertmaster emeritus Timothy Lees announced his retirement from the orchestra after 20 years. Concertmaster positions, especially at an orchestra as prestigious as Cincinnati’s, attract an international applicant pool. Internal hires aren’t unheard of, but they’ve become increasingly few and far between in the rareﬁed orchestra world.

Against the odds, Matsuo, newly appointed associate concertmaster just the season before, decided to throw her hat in the ring. She beat out an international candidate pool to win the job.

“Joining as a second violinist, I already knew this was an orchestra full of great, extremely kind people that I really loved being around and playing with. So, when each of these positions opened up, I thought, ‘I love being here, this audition’s happening, why not? I have nothing to lose.’ Then it somehow worked out,” Matsuo says.

As for her own very musical family, the Matsuos have two children: Hana, 2, and Noah, born over the summer. Matsuo insists she doesn’t want to push either into music—but so far, Hana is very much her mother’s daughter. She plays the very same teensy-tiny 1/32 violin Matsuo started on, decades ago.

So far, though, Hana would rather play it like a cello than a violin—Hiro 1, Stefani 0. For now, Matsuo calls her their “cellist–violinist.”

“She’s interested. It just depends on which instrument she’s actually interested in,” Matsuo says.

Stefani Matsuo performs Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 4 with conductor Louis Langrée and the CSO.

Stefani’s Faves: Lightning Round

Your desert-island violin concerto?

Brahms Violin Concerto

A repertoire piece that never gets old?

Any repertoire from the Romantic period—Strauss, Brahms, etc. I can’t choose just one!

Your home-cooked meal du jour?

I love to make homemade Hungarian goulash!

Favorite CSO memory (so far)?

Having the opportunity to perform as soloist for Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 4 and concertmaster for Mahler’s Symphony No. 5 in the same performance in 2019. This was my trial week as concertmaster, so it was nerve-racking but exhilarating at the same time.

Credit: Mark Lyons

The CSO had a blast this summer bringing music and fun to your neighborhood! Thank you to everyone who attended the Brady Block Parties. Enjoy these captured moments from the Parties.

From top: Monét X Change, winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race

All Stars Season 4 and a trained opera singer, struts down the runway at the Pride Month Brady Block Party. Credit: JP Leong

The sun sets over the crowd as the CSO begins their Pride Month Brady Block Party concert. Credit: JP Leong

Red

Huge bouncy slides are always a hit with the kids! Credit: Mark Lyons

From top: Nearly 2,000 people showed up to the ICON Festival Stage at Smale Park on June 6 to kick off Pride Month with the CSO. Credit: JP Leong

Sesame Korean BBQ food truck serving tasty food to attendees at the Pride Month Block Party. Credit: JP Leong

Rah D spinning for the crowd at the Pride Month Block Party. Credit: JP Leong

13-year-old cellist Sonya Moomaw performs a movement of Haydn’s cello concerto at three of the Brady Block Parties.

Credit: JP Leong

Vocal soloists Rita Winters, Vee Gibson and Ciara Harper pose for a photo before the West End Brady Block Party.

Credit: JP Leong

Vocal soloists Rita Winters, Ciara Harper and Vee Gibson, along with the QKidz Dancers, the CSO and conductor John Morris Russell, close the West End Brady Block Party with “Joyful,

Credit: JP Leong

Thee.”

From top: CSO musicians bring the music to the West End Brady Block Party on June 23. Credit: JP Leong

Joyful We Adore

From top: Who doesn’t love the sound of the vibraslap? At all Brady Block Parties, youth (and young at heart) had a chance to make music at the CSO’s Music Lab table.

Credit: Mark Lyons

Children and families enjoyed painting their own T-shirts, an activity provided by the Robert O’Neal Multicultural Arts Center at the North Avondale Brady Block Party on July 19. Credit: Mark Lyons

Getting to hold and play a musical instrument for the first time is a special memory. Credit: Mark Lyons

IDEA Series Sponsor: Fifth Third Foundation (“The IDEA Series” highlights three Orchestra initiatives that promote Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access.)

Pride Month Brady Block Party Concert sponsor: ArtsWave Pride

Performance Sponsor: Duke Energy

Associate Sponsor: Interact for Health

Associate Sponsor: SORTA/Go Metro

Supporter Sponsor: Huntington Bank

Cincinnati Companies Come Together to Create a New Look

by TYLER M. SECOR

Before taking the stage for the ﬁrst Cincinnati Pops concert in 1977, the musicians would have donned their red jackets. Thick polyester jackets. Under the intense lights of the stage. Playing a two-hour, or longer, concert. HOT and uncomfortable!

The red jackets of the Cincinnati Pops are, by now, iconic. Created with the founding of the Cincinnati Pops in 1977, the red jackets have been an ever-present part of the Pops concert experience. Over the decades, the red color has remained the same, but the actual jackets have changed due to style updates, fabric choice and wear.

The current jackets have been in use for more than a decade, and the cut of them has fallen out of fashion.

“I was just given the closest size there was when I joined the Orchestra a few years ago,” recalls Emily Beare, who plays oboe in the Orchestra. “It was not tailored to me specifically. It’s quite big and doesn’t fit well. It’s not breathable. It’s not very flexible. I guess it is durable, because it’s old and it’s lasted quite a while.”

It was time for an update. But how? Open up a catalog, select red and order? Or design something new that meets the unique needs of orchestral musicians?

The Pops chose option two, tapping Amber Ostaszewski, director of audience engagement— and, as luck would have it, an expert in textiles and ﬁber crafts—to lead the “New Pops Jackets Project.” They issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) to tailors and garment houses in early 2019, with a plan to have new jackets on stage for the opening of the 2019–20 season.

Ostaszewski recalls one tailor whose RFP response was “It can’t be done!” But one willing partner stood out. It wasn’t a fashion house or factory from New York or Los Angeles. Instead, the winning proposal was a non-proﬁt garment factory in Cincinnati, one mile from Music Hall—Sew Valley.

Located underneath The National Flag Company in the West End, Sew Valley is a sustainably focused garment factory, sample room and incubator space that exists to help apparel entrepreneurs and brands manufacture locally, sustainably, ethically and efficiently.

The commercial apparel industry is notorious for its dangerous working conditions, extremely low wages, astonishing amounts of waste and negative environmental impact. A few examples of the industry’s impact: factories use 13-inch exposed cutting blades to slice through stacks of fabric, they use harsh dyes and chemicals,

and they produce more than two billion tons of greenhouse gas emissions each year.

In contrast, Sew Valley seeks to change the way apparel is manufactured and create a sustainable future for “ourselves individually, our community, the brands we work with and the planet.” The apparel industry literally touches each of us, and, right here in Cincinnati, Sew Valley is leading the charge toward better, safer manufacturing practices.

With the proposal accepted, two Cincinnati companies—an orchestra and a garment factory— formed a partnership and set out to create a new look for the Cincinnati Pops.

“I thought it was a great opportunity to improve the performance and lives of the musicians,” remarked Rosie Kovacs, co-founder of Sew Valley, “through something as subtle as a jacket.”

Before prototype designs could be built and toiles (fabric mock-ups) created, the designers at Sew Valley needed to determine a median size. They measured each orchestra member and calculated the median from those measurements.

Now the design and sampling process could begin.

The inside pocket adorned with the Cincinnati Pops logo. Credit: Tyler Secor

A rack holding different design mock-ups for the new jackets. Credit: Tyler Secor

At left: A prototype of the new Pops jacket hanging on a mannequin inside the Sew Valley factory. Credit: Tyler Secor

Fanfare Magazine spoke with Shailah Maynard, co-founder and CEO; Madeline Misleh, director of operations; and Aubrey Krekeler, director of operations at the Sew Valley factory, amid the whir of industrial sewing machines, large cutting tables, and the laughter of team members working on their latest projects.

“We did make a couple of samples that were like, no, this isn’t going to work,” remembers Maynard. “It was just too big of a change.”

“We had gone from full-blown athlete-inspired, while still looking clean and minimal,” recalls Krekeler, “to something in between—a bit more traditional, but the jacket needs to function like athletic wear.”

“In the beginning, we played with a lot of different fabrics,” explains Krekeler.

“We needed a fabric that appears like traditional suiting,” Misleh, who comes from a family of tailors, describes, “but it’s got to have a

lot of stretch, have more capabilities for someone moving on stage and be breathable.”

In the end, the Pops and Sew Valley landed on two designs: a jacket that looks more like a traditional suit coat (called the “long style”) and a shorter wrap style jacket (called the “short style”). The look on the outside is important, but it’s the unseen that really makes these jackets special and unique for musicians performing on stage.

“We started from a traditional pattern and modiﬁed it from there,” states Misleh. “We played with shoulder seam placement and how much stabilizer to use in certain places.”

A traditional suit coat has many layers of fabric fused with interfacing or stabilizer to give the garment structure, but more layers mean a heavier and hotter garment. Therefore, the Sew Valley team created a jacket with limited layers of fabric and interfacing to make the jackets light and breathable.

Sew Valley was responsible only for creating the jackets, but they had to consider the entire outﬁt. What type of shirt would the musicians wear? How could that impact the jacket design?

For example, each jacket is only half lined for breathability, and the sleeves are, for the long style, unlined to be worn more comfortably over a long-sleeve, button-down shirt, and, for the short style, lined, to be worn over a sleeveless blouse.

Instrument placement was also considered. The long style has a smaller width collar than traditional jackets to accommodate the placement of a violin or viola. The short style has no collar. And extra room was added to the shoulders of both lengths to accommodate the

Inside of the new jackets showing the minimal lining, which helps to reduce bulk and weight and increase breathability.

Credit: Tyler Secor

Sew Valley’s Aubrey Krekeler sewing a sleeve seam on a new jacket. Credit: Tyler Secor

arm and hand positions of musicians who have to hold their instruments up.

Longevity of the garment was also important. The seam allowances are wider and the seams easier to access, “so you don’t have to totally take apart the jacket to alter those seams,” explains Misleh.

With the fabric chosen and designs locked, the next step is called a “size run.”

“Producing these jackets in house just wasn’t going to be an option,” remarked Misleh, “because producing tailored jackets is not something we do in bulk at the Sew Valley factory.”

Luckily, a trusted contact of Maynard’s out of New York agreed to complete the production of the 150 or so jackets. The New York-based garment factory reﬁned the pattern for mass production and completed the grading (i.e., from the base pattern, creating all of the various sizes). Then the factory made one jacket in each size.

During the 2023–24 season, each musician tried on a jacket and chose their size and style. From there the full run of jackets was created in New York.

By the ﬁnal weeks of the 2023–24 season, the wardrobe room at Music Hall was a sea of red jackets ready for ﬁttings and alterations. Sew Valley tailored each jacket to match each of the nearly 100 musicians.

And now the ﬁve-year project comes to fruition as the musicians of the Cincinnati Pops don their

new, bright red Sew Valley jackets and take to the Music Hall stage September 13–15 for Rick Steves’ Europe: A Symphonic Journey. Looking on from the audience will be the Sew Valley team, who, for the ﬁrst time, will get to see their jackets en masse in their intended milieu—the result of a partnership that embodies Cincinnati’s motto: Juncta Juvant, meaning “strength in unity” or “united they aid each other.”

“I know we all appreciate the consideration it took to pick these for us,” states Rebecca Pancner, who plays piccolo in the Orchestra. “It’s a privilege for us to have jackets made in a sustainable way. We’re very fortunate that we have enough funding and support from the community to go in a direction that really ﬁts with our values.”

Be sure to visit the Founder’s Room during the concerts on September 13–15 to see the new Pops jackets up close and look through the various photos and samples of the entire process.

The new Pops jackets were underwritten by the Erich Kunzel Legacy Fund.

Sew Valley’s Heidi Johnson finishes a cuff alteration with a series of hand stitches to reattach the lining. Credit: Tyler Secor

Left and below: Behind the scenes of the style guide photoshoot where models were photographed to demonstrate the correct wearing and styling of the new jackets. Credit: Tyler Secor

Pops Rick Steves’ Europe: A Symphonic Journey: Sep. 13–15

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Mrs. Adele E. Lippert

Maple Knoll Village

Seasons Retirement Community

CSO Mahler Symphony No. 1: Sep. 27–28

Barrington of Oakley

Christian Village at Mason

Maple Knoll VIllage

Otterbein Retirement Community

Seasons Retirement Community

The Kenwood by Senior Star

The Knolls of Oxford

Twin Lakes at Montgomery

CSO Gershwin, Price & Copland: Oct. 4–5

Seasons Retirement Community

Twin Lakes at Montgomery

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Alliance Française

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CSO Woodwind Players’ Favorite Restaurants

We all love food! And Cincinnati is a treasure trove of amazing restaurants cooking up the very best they have to offer. Fanfare Magazine asked the Orchestra’s woodwind section, “What is your favorite restaurant?”

Rebecca Pancner Piccolo

Patricia Gross Linnemann Chair

Pepp & Dolores

The limone pasta is my favorite!

Haley Bangs Flute

Jane & David Ellis Chair

Grace of India

Everything is incredible at this small, family-owned restaurant in White Oak. The Kashmiri naan and tikka masala are my favorites.

Emily Beare Oboe

Pepp & Dolores

All my favorite dishes at Pepp & Dolores have a lemon twist! I love starting with the artichokes alla giudia, followed by the limone pasta, and pairing it all with a limoncello and tonic.

Henrik Heide

Associate Principal Flute

Mita’s

The sliders are out of this world!

Christopher Philpotts

Principal English Horn

Joseph Morris

Associate Principal and E-ﬂat Clarinet

Robert E. & Fay Boeh Chair

Abigail Street

The woodgrilled octopus might be my favorite dish in Cincinnati! Also, the merguez-stuffed dates are amazing.

Alberta & Dr. Maurice

Marsh Chair

Ambar

India Restaurant on Ludlow Avenue

Everything is wonderful, but I especially like their lamb korma!

INSIDE THE ORCHESTRA:

The Concertmaster

by TYLER M. SECOR

Inside the Orchestra seeks to demystify the many routines or rituals that are often part of any orchestra concert. From the modern perspective, these routines seem ﬁxed, but historical context demonstrates that the typical “orchestra concert” has rapidly and signiﬁcantly changed.

The lights dim, the crowd hushes and the routine of each concert begins with a violin player standing. But why? Who is that violinist? What are they doing?

That violinist is called the concertmaster. Generally speaking, the concertmaster is the leader of the orchestra, but the role of the concertmaster has changed from century to century and, in the 1800s, from city to city.

Until the early 19th century, instrumental music was typically led by one or more of the performers within the ensemble. According to John Spitzer and Neal Zaslaw in their book, The Birth of the Orchestra, there were three types of leaders in the 18th century: “the timebeater, the keyboard director, and the violin leader.” Simply put, the keyboard director led from the keyboard, the violin leader from the violin, and the timebeater beat time visually and/or audibly. Yes, audibly, and it was done by striking the “baton against a music stand or the stage apron, making a ‘noise as if he were splitting wood.’”

In the 18th century, the preferred method of leading an ensemble was by example from the keyboard and/or from the violin. Similar to the timebeaters, keyboard leaders were often encouraged to shout beats over the ensemble. Francesco Maria Veracini (1690–1768), Italian composer and violinist, suggested that the keyboard player should begin a piece by shouting “ONE” and then “to begin marking the beat visibly with this body and audibly by stamping his feet until the entire orchestra has joined in at the desired tempo.”

Wouldn’t that make for a different concert experience?

But “by the end of the 18th century every major European orchestra was led by the ﬁrst violinist,” remarks Spitzer and Zaslaw. The responsibilities of these early concertmasters were vast: setting tempos, leading rehearsals, selecting

CSO CONCERTMASTERS

Henry Schmitt, 1895

Josef Marian, 1895–1904

Hugo Olk, 1905–07

Hugo Heermann 1909–10

Emil Heermann, 1910–46

Sigmund Effron, 1946–73

Phil Ruder 1973–95

Alexander Kerr, 1996–97 (also Acting Concertmaster, 1995-96)

Timothy Lees, 1998–2018

Stefani Matsuo, 2019–present

musicians to play in the orchestra, making the seating assignments, giving cues to singers, ﬁlling in missed entrances and even saving the performance from disaster. Francesco Galeazzi (1758–1819), Italian concertmaster of the Teatro Valle in Rome, wrote that concertmasters should shout cues to the orchestra and “when he senses the need, he should stamp his foot.” Those 18th-century concertmasters were so immersed in responsibility that Galeazzi remarked, “if an opera goes well, it is the ﬁrst violin [i.e. concertmaster] who will receive the praise, and if it goes poorly, it is he who will be blamed.”

With that level of responsibility, finding the right concertmaster was of utmost importance. Johann Joachim Quantz (1697–1773) was a German flutist, flute maker and composer who wrote about the qualities necessary to be a concertmaster. For example, the concertmaster should be friendly and affable, and they should command respect “in order to achieve reasonable and proper orchestral discipline in such matters as style and uniformity of bowing, fingering, timbre, ornamentation, intonation and expression.”*

With the rise of the conductor in the 19th century and the administrative business that formed around orchestras in the early 20th century, the concertmaster’s scope of leadership began to diminish. Today, concertmasters serve as liaisons and/or translators between the conductor and the orchestra. But concertmasters still ensure uniformity of bowing, ﬁngering, ornamentation, intonation and expression across the entire ensemble. And, in the case of the CSO’s concertmasters, are still friendly and affable.

So, when the concertmaster stands at the beginning of the concert to signal the principal oboe to give the tuning note, this is just one of many responsibilities to ensure each performance presents the orchestra at its best.

*From Robin Stowell’s article “‘Good Execution and Other Necessary Skills’: The Role of the Concertmaster in the Late 18th Century” from Early Music, 1988.

CSO Concertmaster Emil Heermann, among the longesttenured concertmasters in the Orchestra’s history (1910–46).

COMING UP at Music Hall

NOV 2024

MOZART & BRUCKNER

NOV 8 & 9 FRI & SAT 7:30 PM

Marek Janowski conductor

MOZART Symphony No. 39

BRUCKNER Symphony No. 9

Presenting Sponsors: Peter E. Landgren and Judith Schonbach Landgren

BERNSTEIN & SHOSTAKOVICH

NOV 16 & 17 SAT 7:30 PM; SUN 2 PM

Marin Alsop conductor

May Festival Chorus

BERNSTEIN Chichester Psalms

SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 7, Leningrad

THE THREE-CORNERED HAT

NOV 22 & 23 FRI 11 AM; SAT 7:30 PM

Carlos Miguel Prieto conductor

Francesco Piemontesi piano

Catalina Cuervo mezzo-soprano

Gabriela ORTIZ Téenek — Invenciones de Territorio

BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 4

FALLA Three-Cornered Hat

HOME ALONE Film in Concert

NOV 30 & DEC 1 SAT 7:30 pm; SUN 2 pm

Damon Gupton conductor

DEC 2024

BACH’S CHRISTMAS ORATORIO

DEC 6 & 7 FRI & SAT 7:30 PM

Richard Egarr conductor

Joélle Harvey soprano

Jennifer Johnson Cano mezzo-soprano

Paul Groves tenor

John Relyea bass

May Festival Chorus, Matthew Swanson director

BACH Christmas Oratorio (Cantatas I, III & VI)

BACH “Air” for String Orchestra from Orchestral Suite No. 3

HOLIDAY POPS

DEC 13-15 FRI 11 AM & 7:30 PM; SAT 2 PM & 7:30 PM; SUN 2 PM & 7 PM

John Morris Russell conductor

Norm Lewis vocalist

Concert Sponsor: Graeter’s Ice Cream

LET’S MISBEHAVE:

The Music of Cole Porter

DEC 31 TUE 8 PM

John Morris Russell conductor

Tony Desare piano & vocals

Aubrey Logan trombone & vocals

John Manzari tap dance & vocals

Presenting Sponsor: Dr. John and Louise Mulford Fund for the CSO

JAN 2025

Special Event

A NIGHT AT HOGWARTS:

The Music of Harry Potter

JAN 3-5 FRI & SAT 7:30 PM; SUN 2 PM

*Note: there will NOT be film projections associated with this performance

FIRST VIOLINS

Stefani Matsuo

Concertmaster

Anna Sinton Taft Chair

Felicity James

Associate Concertmaster

Tom & Dee Stegman Chair

Philip Marten

First Assistant Concertmaster

James M. Ewell Chair++

Eric Bates

Second Assistant Concertmaster

Serge Shababian Chair

Kathryn Woolley

Nicholas Tsimaras–

Peter G. Courlas Chair++

Anna Reider

Dianne & J. David Rosenberg Chair

Mauricio Aguiar§

Anne G. & Robert W. Dorsey Chair

Minyoung Baik

Jo Ann & Paul Ward Chair

James Braid

Marc Bohlke Chair given by Katrin & Manfred Bohlke

Rebecca Kruger Fryxell

Clifford J. Goosmann &

Andrea M. Wilson Chair

Elizabeth Furuta

Gerald Itzkoff

Jean Ten Have Chair

Joseph Ohkubo

Luo-Jia Wu

Jonathan Yi

SECOND VIOLINS

Gabriel Pegis

Principal

Al Levinson Chair

Yang Liu*

Harold B. & Betty Justice Chair

Scott Mozlin**

Henry Meyer Chair

Kun Dong

Cheryl Benedict

Evin Blomberg§

Sheila and Christopher Cole Chair

Rose Brown

Rachel Charbel

Ida Ringling North Chair

Chika Kinderman

Charles Morey

Hyesun Park

Paul Patterson

Charles Gausmann Chair++

Stacey Woolley

Brenda & Ralph Taylor Chair++

VIOLAS

Christian Colberg

Principal

Louise D. & Louis Nippert Chair

Gabriel Napoli

Acting Associate Principal

Grace M. Allen Chair

Julian Wilkison**

Rebecca Barnes§

Christopher Fischer

Stephen Fryxell

Melinda & Irwin Simon Chair

Caterina Longhi

Denisse Rodriguez-Rivera

Dan Wang

Joanne Wojtowicz

CRISTIAN MӐCELARU, Music Director Designate

Louise Dieterle Nippert & Louis Nippert Chair

JOHN MORRIS RUSSELL, Cincinnati Pops Conductor

Louise Dieterle Nippert & Louis Nippert Chair

Matthias Pintscher, CSO Creative Partner

Damon Gupton, Pops Principal Guest Conductor

Samuel Lee, Associate Conductor

Ashley and Barbara Ford Chair

Daniel Wiley, Assistant Conductor

Ashley and Barbara Ford Chair

CELLOS

Ilya Finkelshteyn

Principal

Irene & John J. Emery Chair

Lachezar Kostov *

Ona Hixson Dater Chair

Norman Johns**

Karl & Roberta Schlachter

Family Chair

Drew Dansby§

Daniel Kaler

Peter G. Courlas–

Nicholas Tsimaras Chair++

Nicholas Mariscal

Marvin Kolodzik & Linda S. Gallaher

Chair for Cello

Hiro Matsuo

Laura Kimble McLellan Chair++

Alan Rafferty

Ruth F. Rosevear Chair

Tianlu Xu

BASSES

Owen Lee

Principal

Mary Alice Heekin Burke Chair++

Luis Arturo Celis Avila*

Thomas Vanden Eynden Chair

Stephen Jones**

Trish & Rick Bryan Chair

Boris Astaﬁev§

Gerald Torres

Rick Vizachero

HARP

Gillian Benet Sella

Principal

Cynthia & Frank Stewart Chair

FLUTES

Randolph Bowman

Principal

Charles Frederic Goss Chair

Henrik Heide*

Haley Bangs

Jane & David Ellis Chair

PICCOLO

Rebecca Pancner

Patricia Gross Linnemann Chair

OBOES

Dwight Parry

Principal

Josephine I. & David J. Joseph, Jr. Chair

Lon Bussell*

Stephen P. McKean Chair

Emily Beare

ENGLISH HORN

Christopher Philpotts

Principal

Alberta & Dr. Maurice Marsh Chair++

CLARINETS

Christopher Pell

Principal

Emma Margaret & Irving D.

Goldman Chair

Joseph Morris*

Associate Principal and E-ﬂat Clarinet

Robert E. & Fay Boeh Chair++

Ixi Chen

Vicky & Rick Reynolds Chair in honor of William A. Friedlander

BASS CLARINET

Ronald Aufmann

BASSOONS

Christopher Sales

Principal

Emalee Schavel Chair++

Martin Garcia*

Hugh Michie

CONTRABASSOON

Jennifer Monroe

FRENCH HORNS

Elizabeth Freimuth

Principal

Mary M. & Charles F. Yeiser Chair

David Alexander

Acting Associate Principal

Ellen A. & Richard C. Berghamer

Chair

Molly Norcross** ‡ Sweeney Family Chair in memory of Donald C. Sweeney

Lisa Conway

Susanne & Philip O. Geier, Jr. Chair

Duane Dugger

Mary & Joseph S. Stern, Jr. Chair

Charles Bell

Donald & Margaret Robinson Chair

TRUMPETS

Anthony Limoncelli

Principal

Rawson Chair

[OPEN]

Jackie & Roy Sweeney Family Chair

Alexander Pride†

Otto M. Budig Family Foundation Chair++

Christopher Kiradjieff

TROMBONES

Cristian Ganicenco

Principal

Dorothy & John Hermanies Chair

Joseph Rodriguez** Second/Assistant Principal Trombone

Sallie Robinson Wadsworth & Randolph L. Wadsworth Jr. Chair

BASS TROMBONE

Noah Roper

TUBA

Christopher Olka

Principal

Ashley & Barbara Ford Chair

TIMPANI

Patrick Schleker

Principal

Matthew & Peg Woodside Chair

Joseph Bricker*

Morleen & Jack Rouse Chair

PERCUSSION

David Fishlock

Principal

Susan S. & William A. Friedlander Chair

Michael Culligan*

Joseph Bricker

Morleen & Jack Rouse Chair

Marc Wolﬂey+

KEYBOARDS

Michael Chertock

James P. Thornton Chair

Julie Spangler+

James P. Thornton Chair

CSO/CCM DIVERSITY

FELLOWS~

Lucas Braga, violin

Melissa Peraza, viola

Manuel Papale, cello

Caleb Edwards, double bass

Wendell Rosa, double bass

LIBRARIANS

Christina Eaton

Principal Librarian

Lois Klein Jolson Chair

Elizabeth Dunning

Associate Principal Librarian

Cara Benner

Assistant Librarian

STAGE MANAGERS

Brian P. Schott

Phillip T. Sheridan

Daniel Schultz

Mike Ingram

Andrew Sheridan

§ Begins the alphabetical listing of players who participate in a system of rotated seating within the string section.

* Associate Principal

** Assistant Principal † One-year appointment ‡ Leave of absence

+ Cincinnati Pops rhythm section

++ CSO endowment only

~ Funded by The Mellon Foundation

CRISTIAN MĂCELARU

Music Director Designate

Louise Dieterle Nippert & Louis Nippert Chair

Grammy-winning conductor Cristian Măcelaru is the Music Director Designate of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, artistic director of the George Enescu Festival and Competition, music director of the Orchestre national de France, artistic director and principal conductor of the Interlochen Center for the Arts’ World Youth Symphony Orchestra, music director and conductor of the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music and chief conductor of the WDR Sinfonieorchester in Cologne, where he will serve through the 2024–25 season and continue as artistic partner for the 2025–26 season.

Măcelaru recently appeared at the Paris 2024 Olympics Opening Ceremony, which was broadcast to 1.5 billion viewers worldwide. He led the Orchestre national de France and Chœur de Radio France in the performance of the Olympic Anthem as the Olympic Flag was raised at the foot of the Eiffel Tower. Măcelaru and the Orchestre national de France continue their 2024–25 season with tours throughout France, Germany, South Korea and China. Guest appearances include his debuts with the Oslo Philharmonic and RAI National Symphony Orchestra in Turin as well as returns with the Wiener Symphoniker, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin and Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich in Europe. In North America, Măcelaru leads the Pittsburgh Symphony, Baltimore Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra and St. Louis Symphony Orchestra.

Măcelaru’s previous seasons include European engagements with the Philharmonia, London Philharmonic Orchestra, NDR Elbphilharmonie, Concertgebouworkest, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Staatskapelle Berlin and Budapest Festival Orchestra. In North America, he has led the New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, National Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, The Cleveland Orchestra and The Philadelphia Orchestra.

In 2020, he received a Grammy Award for conducting the Decca Classics recording of Wynton Marsalis’ Violin Concerto with Nicola Benedetti and The Philadelphia Orchestra. His most recent release is of Enescu symphonies and two Romanian Rhapsodies with the Orchestre national de France, released on Deutsche Grammophon.

JOHN MORRIS RUSSELL

Cincinnati

Pops Conductor

Louise Dieterle Nippert & Louis Nippert Chair

John Morris Russell’s (JMR) embrace of America’s unique voice and musical stories has transformed how orchestral performances connect and engage with audiences. As conductor of the Cincinnati Pops since 2011, the wide range and diversity of his work as a musical leader, collaborator and educator continues to reinvigorate the musical scene throughout Cincinnati and across the continent. As Music Director of the Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra in South Carolina, JMR conducts the classical series as well as the prestigious Hilton Head International Piano Competition.

A Grammy-nominated artist, JMR has worked with leading performers from across a variety of musical genres, including Aretha Franklin, Emanuel Ax, Amy Grant and Vince Gill, Garrick Ohlsson, Rhiannon Giddens, Hilary Hahn, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Cynthia Erivo, Sutton Foster, George Takei, Steve Martin, Brian Wilson, Leslie Odom, Jr., Lea Salonga and Mandy Gonzalez.

For over two decades, JMR has led the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra’s wildly successful Classical Roots initiative honoring and celebrating Black musical excellence. Guest artists have included Marvin Winans, Alton White, George Shirley, Common and Hi-Tek.

JMR has contributed seven albums to the Cincinnati Pops discography, including 2023’s holiday album JOY!. In 2015, he created the “American Originals Project,” which has won both critical and popular acclaim and features two landmark recordings: American Originals (the music of Stephen Foster) and the Grammynominated American Originals 1918 (a tribute to the dawn of the jazz age). The 2020 “American Originals” concert King Records and the Cincinnati Sound with Late Show pianist Paul Shaffer honored legendary recording artists associated with the Queen City. In the 2024–25 season JMR takes on the next installment of the project, offering a concert and recording celebrating the legacy of the Harlem Renaissance, and presents a national PBS broadcast of Rick Steves Europe: A Symphonic Journey. JMR’s American Soundscapes video series with the Pops and Cincinnati’s CET public television station, has surpassed one million views on YouTube since its launch in 2016.

©Adriane White

Celebrating the

FRI SEP 13, 7:30 pm

SAT SEP 14, 7:30 pm

SUN SEP 15, 2 pm

Music Hall

JOHN MORRIS RUSSELL conductor

RICK STEVES host and narrator

America the Beautiful

Emperor Waltz

Prelude to Act III of Lohengrin

“The Moldau” from Má vlast

“Military March No. 1” from Pomp and Circumstance

INTERMISSION

Movement I from Symphony No. 4, Italian

Overture to Nabucco

“Alborada” from Capriccio espagnole

“Ritual Fire Dance” from El amor brujo

“Morning Mood” from Peer Gynt

“Marche militaire française” from Suite algérienne

“Ode to Joy” from Symphony No. 9

The Stars and Stripes Forever

Samuel Ward

Johann Strauss, Jr.

Richard Wagner

Bedřich Smetana

Edward Elgar

Felix Mendelssohn

Giuseppe Verdi

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Manuel de Falla

Edvard Grieg

Camille Saint-Saëns

Ludwig van Beethoven

John Philip Sousa

This program will be ﬁlmed in partnership with CET, Cincinnati’s public television station, and made available to PBS stations across the country.

The Cincinnati Pops Orchestra is grateful to Pops Season Presenter PNC

The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra is grateful for the support of the Louise Dieterle Nippert Musical Arts Fund of the Greenacres Foundation and the Nina Browne Parker Trust, and for the thousands of people who give generously to the ArtsWave Community Campaign, the region’s primary source for arts funding. This project was supported in part by the Ohio Arts Council, which receives support from the State of Ohio and the National Endowment for the Arts

The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra in-orchestra Steinway piano is made possible in part by the Jacob G. Schmidlapp Trust

RICK STEVES’ EUROPE:

A Symphonic Journey is a Cincinnati Pops and CET broadcast partnership made possible by generous gifts from the following:

JOURNEY

Barbara W. Kellar

The George & Margaret McLane Foundation

VOYAGE

The Friedlander Family

Melinda & Irwin Simon

TOUR

Patti & Fred Heldman

Adele Lippert

The Ladislas & Vilma Segoe Family Foundation

Nancy Wagner & Patty Wagner

TREK

Deborah Campbell & Eunice M. Wolf

The Castellini Foundation

DeeDee & Gary West

Barbara M. Weyand

RICK STEVES’ EUROPE: A SYMPHONIC JOURNEY

LIPPERT

in loving memory of Thomas Lippert

SAT SEP 21, 7:30 pm SUN SEP 22, 2 pm Music Hall

JOHN MORRIS RUSSELLconductor

A STEPHEN SPIELBERG Film

Live Action Dinosaurs STAN WINSTON

Full Motion Dinosaurs by DENNIS MUREN, A.S.C.

Dinosaur Supervisor

PHIL TIPPETT

Special Dinosaur Effects

MICHAEL LANTIERI

Music by

JOHN WILLIAMS

Film Edited by MICHAEL KAHN, A.C.E.

SAM NEILL

LAURA DERN

JEFF GOLDBLUM and RICHARD ATTENBOROUGH

BOB PECK

MARTIN FERRERO

B.D. WONG

SAMUEL L. JACKSON

WAYNE KNIGHT

JOSEPH MAZZELLO

ARIANA RICHARDS

Production Designer RICK CARTER

Director of Photography DEAN CUNDEY, A.S.C.

Based on the Novel by MICHAEL CRICHTON

Screenplay by MICHAEL CRICHTON and DAVID KOEPP

Produced by KATHLEEN KENNEDY and GERALD R. MOLEN

Directed by STEVEN SPIELBERG

A UNIVERSAL PICTURE

The Cincinnati Pops Orchestra is grateful to Pops Season Presenter PNC

The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra in-orchestra Steinway piano is made possible in part by the Jacob G. Schmidlapp Trust

Tonight’s program is a presentation of the complete film Jurassic Park with a live performance of the film’s entire score, including music played by the orchestra during the end credits. Out of respect for the musicians and your fellow audience members, please remain seated until the conclusion of the credits.

PRODUCTION CREDITS

Jurassic Park in Concert produced by Film Concerts Live!, a joint venture of IMG Artists, LLC and The Gorfaine/Schwartz Agency, Inc.

Producers: Steven A. Linder and Jamie Richardson Director of Operations: Rob Stogsdill Production Manager: Sophie Greaves

Production Assistant: Katherine Miron Worldwide Representation: IMG Artists, LLC

Technical Director: Mike Runice

Music Composed by John Williams

Music Preparation: Jo Ann Kane Music Service

Film Preparation for Concert Performance: Ramiro Belgardt Technical Consultant: Laura Gibson Sound Remixing for Concert Performance: Chace Audio by Deluxe

The score for Jurassic Park has been adapted for live concert performance.

With special thanks to: Universal Pictures, Amblin Entertainment, Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy, John Williams, Michael Silver, Patrick Koors, Tammy Olsen, Lawrence Liu, Thomas Schroder, Tanya Perra, Chris Herzberger, Noah Bergman, Jason Jackowski, Shayne Mifsud, Darice Murphy, Mike Matessino, Mark Graham and the musicians and staff of the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra.

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Investing state and federal dollars, the Ohio Arts Council funds and supports quality arts experiences for all Ohioans to strengthen communities culturally, educationally, and economically.

Learn more about our grant programs and resources, find your next arts experience, or connect: OAC.OHIO.GOV.

Grantee Spotlight: INSPIRATION STUDIOS, INC.

Inspiration Studios, Inc., and Sonny Spot Too are two Southwest Ohio organizations serving people with developmental disabilities. In 2023, they collaborated to create a new mural for Sonny Spot’s computer and technology room. Image courtesy of the organziation

TUE SEP 24, 7:30 pm Music Hall Ballroom

Igor STRAVINSKY Octet (1882–1971)

Sinfonia: Lento—Allegro moderato

Tema con variazioni: Andantino

Finale: Tempo giusto

Randolph Bowman, ﬂute

Christopher Pell, clarinet

Martin Garcia, bassoon

Jennifer Monroe, bassoon

Anthony Limoncelli, trumpet

Christopher Kiradjieff, trumpet

Cristian Ganicenco, trombone

Noah Roper, bass trombone

August KLUGHARDT

Schilflieder, Five Fantasy Pieces for Oboe, Viola and Piano, Op. 28 (1847–1902)

Langsam, träumerisch

Leidenschaftlich erregt

Zart, in ruhiger Bewegung

Feurig

Sehr ruhig

Lon Bussell, oboe

Gabriel Napoli, viola

Julie Spangler, piano

INTERMISSION

Adrien-François SERVAIS

Grand Duo de Concert No. 2 sur des thèmes de Beethoven (1807–1866)

Hubert LÉONARD

Philip Marten, violin (1819–1890)

Lachezar Kostov, cello

Claude BOLLING

Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio (1930–2020)

Baroque and Blue

Sentimentale

Javanaise

Fugace

Haley Bangs, ﬂute

Julie Spangler, piano

Matthew Zory, bass

Marc Wolﬂey, drum set

This performance is approximately 105 minutes long, including intermission.

YOU’RE INVITED to greet the musicians after the concert.

The Winstead Chamber Series is endowed by a generous gift from the estate of former CSO musician WILLIAM WINSTEAD

IGOR STRAVINSKY: Octet

Composed: 1923, revised 1952

Premiere: October 18, 1923 in Paris, conducted by the composer

“The Octet began with a dream,” Stravinsky recalled in his Dialogues and a Diary, “in which I saw myself in a small room surrounded by a small group of instrumentalists playing some very attractive music. I did not recognize the music, though I strained to hear it, and I could not recall any features of it the next day, but I do remember my curiosity—in the dream—to know how many the musicians were. I remember too that after I had counted them to the number eight, I looked again and saw that they were playing bassoons, trombones, trumpets, a ﬂute and a clarinet. I awoke from this little concert in a state of great delight and anticipation, and the next morning began to compose the Octet.”

The three movements of the Octet are built on Classical models, though the influences of the French instrumental divertissement, Johann Sebastian Bach and even Venetian music of the Renaissance have also been cited. Stravinsky admitted the inspiration for the opening Sinfonia came from the symphonies of Haydn. He began the second movement as a waltz and used its theme as the subject for a set of variations. He composed the “ribbons of scales” (his phrase) variation first, and then used it as an interlude between most of the sections. “The finale,” according to the composer, “grew out of the fugato [‘little fugue’] and was intended as a contrast to that high point of harmonic tension.” The movement is jaunty in spirit and terse in speech, and it confirms Stravinsky as one of the 20th century’s foremost masters of counterpoint.

—Dr. Richard E. Rodda

AUGUST KLUGHARDT: Schilﬂieder, Five Fantasy Pieces for Oboe, Viola and Piano, Op. 28

Composed: 1872

Premiere: Unknown

August Klughardt’s Schilflieder were inspired by a set of five poems that Nikolaus Lenau included in the section titled Sehnsucht (“Longing”) in his Gedichte: Erstes Buch (“Poems: First Book”), published in 1832. Klughardt chose to set Lenau’s Schilflieder as a wordless piece for chamber ensemble with the texts inscribed line-by-line into the score, the music’s rhythms and phrases sometimes matching the prosody of the verses, sometimes just suggesting their sentiments. Lenau’s sequence of poems is rooted in one of the core themes of German literary Romanticism—the contemplation of lost love amid scenes of nature.

In Schilflieder, the protagonist voices his melancholy thoughts on the banks of a pond, and Klughardt’s music evokes his shifting emotional states. The first movement depicts the protagonist in the “depth of desolation” standing at sunset by a pond that is overhung with willows, long a traditional symbol of grief. A lashing nighttime rainstorm in the next movement mirrors his profound gloom. In Zart, in ruhiger Bewegung, he weeps as he recalls the sound of his beloved’s voice, now “sunk into the pond without a trace.” In the fourth movement he believes he sees her image in the storm’s lightning reflected in the pond’s surface. He finally finds solace in the closing movement, in which sweet memories of his beloved become “like a quiet evening prayer.”

—Dr. Richard E. Rodda

Born: June 17, 1882, Saint Petersburg, Russia

Died: April 6, 1971, New York, New York

Born: November 30, 1847, Köthen (Anhalt), Germany

Died: August 3, 1902, Rosslau, DessauRosslau, Germany

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Servais

Born: June 6, 1807, Halle, Belgium

Died: November 26, 1866, Halle, Belgium

Léonard

Born: April 7, 1819, Bellaire, Belgium

Died: May 6, 1890, Paris, France

ADRIEN-FRANÇOIS SERVAIS & HUBERT LÉONARD:

Grand Duo de Concert No. 2, sur des thèmes de Beethoven

Composed: unknown

Premiere: unknown

Adrien-François Servais was perhaps the most important virtuoso cellist of the 19th century. He was nicknamed “the Paganini of the cello” and founded the Franco-Belgian school of cello playing. Servais played on a cello made in 1701 by Antonio Stradivarius, and he is the ﬁrst cellist to ever use an endpin. The instrument, bearing the name of its most famous owner, is the “crown jewel” of the instrumental collection in the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. It was donated to the Smithsonian by Charlotte Bergen, a patroness of American music and performer, who acquired the instrument in the 1930s.

At the height of his career, Servais recruited three violin virtuosos (Joseph Ghys, Henri Vieuxtemps and Hubert Léonard) to co-compose several “concert paraphrases” (among the most important and inﬂuential genres of instrumental music in the mid and late 19th century). The result was six Grand duos de concert for violin and cello, with the Grand Duo sur des thèmes de Beethoven being, arguably, the most illustrious. Among the themes are some of Beethoven’s most memorable, including those from the “Kreutzer” Violin Sonata, symphonies nos. 6 and 7, as well as many other “hidden” motifs. While the piece favors the cello ever so slightly, this co-composition is a true tour de force for both instrumentalists and leaves nothing to be desired at the end.

—Lachezar Kostov

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CLAUDE BOLLING: Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio

Composed: 1973

Premiere Recording: 1975, with ﬂutist Jean-Pierre Rampal, bassist Max Hédiguer, drummer Marcel Sabiani and pianist Claude Bolling.

Claude Bolling composed his Grammy-nominated Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio in 1973. A “crossover” composition, the work is a fusion of classical and jazz performance practices. In the opening of the score, Bolling writes that “the classical instrumentalist (in this case, the flutist) should play as ‘classic’ as possible in contrast to the jazz piano, bass and drums, even if it brings some humoristic moments in some breaks of style.” The purposeful clashing of the more free-spirited timbres and textures of jazz with the more refined, resolute nature of the classical elements demonstrates Bolling’s love and knowledge of both genres. For instance, in the “Baroque and Blue” movement, the flutist opens with a baroque-like melody that gradually works its way into the blues-y themes of the jazz piano trio. The “Javanaise” movement incorporates the waltz-like feel of the French colonial “Java” dance within the five-beat pattern of a 5/4 time signature.

The work’s premiere recording took place in 1975 with ﬂutist extraordinaire

Jean-Pierre Rampal, bassist Max Hédiguer, drummer Marcel Sabiani and Claude Bolling on piano.

—Haley Bangs

Born: April 10, 1930, Cannes, France

Died: December 29, 2020, Saint-Cloud, France

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FRI SEP 27, 11 am SAT SEP 28, 7:30 pm Music Hall

DALIA STASEVSKA conductor BRUCE LIU piano

Alberto GINASTERA “Malambo” from Four Dances from Estancia, Op. 8a (1916–1983)

Sergei PROKOFIEV Concerto No. 3 in C Major for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 26 (1891–1953)

Andante. Allegro Tema con variazioni: Andantino. Allegro Allegro non troppo. Meno mosso. Allegro

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Gustav MAHLER Symphony No. 1 in D Major, Titan (1860–1911)

Langsam schleppend Kräftig bewegt Feierlich und gemessen, ohne zu schleppen Stürmisch bewegt

These performances are approximately 130 minutes long, including intermission.

The CSO is grateful to CSO Season Sponsor Western & Southern Financial Group and Presenting Sponsor The Ladislas and Vilma Segoe Family Foundation

The appearance of Bruce Liu is made possible by the Rowe-Long Fund for Emerging Artists—Four Generations of Family Support for the CSO

These concerts are endowed by Martha Anness, Priscilla Haffner & Sally Skidmore in loving memory of their mother, LaVaughn Scholl Garrison , a long-time patron of the Orchestra.

Pre-Concert Talks are made possible by an endowed gift from Melody Sawyer Richardson

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The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra in-orchestra Steinway piano is made possible in part by the Jacob G. Schmidlapp Trust

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The Ladislas and Vilma Segoe Family Foundation

Born: April 11, 1916, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Died: June 25, 1983, Geneva, Switzerland

Born: April 23, 1891, Sontsovka, Ukraine (then part of the Russian Empire)

Died: March 5, 1953, Moscow

ALBERTO GINASTERA: “Malambo” from Four Dances from Estancia

Composed: 1941

Premiere: May 12, 1943 in Buenos Aires, conducted by Ferruccio Calusio Alberto Ginastera, Argentina’s most famous and widely performed composer, was the outstanding creative ﬁgure in South American music following the death of Heitor Villa-Lobos in 1959. Ginastera’s compositions, combining Argentinean musical traditions with the techniques of classical and modern European music, place him among the great composers of the 20th century.

Lincoln Kirstein, director of the American Ballet Caravan, became familiar with Ginastera’s ﬁrst ballet, Panambi, during the company’s tour of South America in 1941. Recognizing the young composer’s genius, Kirstein commissioned from Ginastera Estancia, a stage work for the Ballet Caravan with a scenario based on Argentine country life. The ballet’s Danza ﬁnal: Malambo is brilliant and driving, largely built on short, recurring rhythmic and melodic patterns that accumulate enormous energy.

—Dr. Richard E. Rodda

SERGEI PROKOFIEV: Concerto No. 3 in C Major for Piano and

Orchestra, Op.

26

Composed: 1921

Premiere: December 16, 1921 in Chicago, conducted by Frederick Stock with the composer as soloist

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Prokofiev provided the following description of his Third Piano Concerto: “The first movement opens quietly with a short introduction. The theme is announced by an unaccompanied clarinet and is continued by the violins for a few bars. Soon the tempo changes to Allegro, and the strings lead to the statement of the principal subject by the piano. Discussion of this theme is carried on in a lively manner, both the piano and the orchestra having a good deal to say on the matter. A passage in chords for the piano alone leads to the more expressive second subject, which is heard in the oboe with a pizzicato accompaniment. The second movement consists of a theme with five variations. The finale begins with a staccato theme for bassoons and pizzicato strings, which is interrupted by the blustering entry of the piano. The orchestra holds its own with the opening theme, however, and there is a good deal of argument, with frequent differences of opinion as regards key. Eventually the piano takes up the first theme and develops it to a climax. With a reduction of tone and a slackening of tempo, an alternative theme is introduced in the woodwinds. The piano replies with a theme that is more in keeping with the caustic humor of the work. This material is developed, and there is a brilliant coda.”

—Dr. Richard E. Rodda

GUSTAV MAHLER: Symphony No. 1 in D Major, Titan

Composed: 1883–88, revised 1892–93

Premiere: November 20, 1889 in Budapest, conducted by the composer

Although he did not marry until 1902, Mahler had at least three love affairs touch upon the First Symphony. Josephine Poisl inspired from him three songs and Das klagende Lied (“Song of Lamentation”), which contributed thematic fragments to the gestation of the symphony; the singer Johanna Richter inspired not only the First Symphony but also the Songs of a Wayfarer; and Marion, the wife of Carl von Weber, with whom he had planned to run away before her sudden change of heart. The emotional turbulence of all these encounters found its way into the First Symphony, especially the ﬁnale. The symphony begins with an evocation of a verdant springtime ﬁlled with the natural call of the cuckoo (solo clarinet) and the man-made calls of the hunt (clarinets, then trumpets). The main theme, which enters softly in the cellos

after the wonderfully descriptive introduction, is based on the second of the Songs of a Wayfarer, “Ging heut’ Morgen übers Feld” (“I Crossed the Meadow this Morn”).

The second movement, in a sturdy triple meter, is a dressed-up version of the Austrian peasant dance known as the Ländler, a type and style that ﬁnds its way into most of Mahler’s symphonies. The tune in the woodwinds resembles the Wayfarer song. The gentle central trio, ushered in by solo horn, makes use of the string glissandos that were integral to Mahler’s orchestral technique.

The third movement begins and ends with a lugubrious, minor-mode transformation of the European folk song known most widely by its French title, “Frère Jacques.” The middle of the movement contains a melody marked mit Parodie (“with parody”), and a simple, tender theme based on another melody from the Wayfarer songs. The mock funeral march of this movement was inspired by a woodcut of Moritz von Schwind titled How the Animals Bury the Hunter

The finale, according to Bruno Walter, protégé and friend of the composer and himself a master conductor, is filled with “raging vehemence.” The tempest is finally blown away by a great blast from the horns (“Bells in the air!” entreats Mahler) to usher in the triumphant ending of the work, a grand affirmation of joyous celebration.

—Dr. Richard E. Rodda

Born: July 7, 1860, Kalischt, Bohemia Died: May 18, 1911, Vienna, Austria

FRI OCT 4, 7:30 pm

SAT OCT 5, 7:30 pm Music Hall

Aaron COPLAND

THOMAS WILKINS conductor BÉLA FLECK banjo

Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo (1900–1990)

Buckaroo Holiday

Corral Nocturne

Saturday Night Waltz

Hoe-Down

George GERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue (1898–1937) orch. Grofé, trans. Fleck

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Florence PRICE

Symphony No. 3 in C Minor (1888–1953)

Andante. Allegro

Andante ma non troppo

Juba: Allegro Scherzo. Finale

These performances are approximately 105 minutes long, including intermission.

The CSO is grateful to CSO Season Sponsor Western & Southern Financial Group

The appearance of Béla Fleck is made possible by a generous gift from Irwin and Melinda Simon

Pre-Concert Talks are made possible by an endowed gift from Melody Sawyer Richardson

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The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra in-orchestra Steinway piano is made possible in part by the Jacob G. Schmidlapp Trust

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AARON COPLAND: Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo

Composed: 1942

Premiere: Ballet: October 16, 1942 at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, Franz Allers conducting, Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. Suite: May 28, 1943 in Boston, Arthur Fiedler conducting the Boston Pops Orchestra (three episodes only); full suite June 22, 1943 in New York, Alexander Smallens conducting the New York Philharmonic.

Aaron Copland’s score for Rodeo is not only one of the composer’s most recognizable pieces of music, it is one of the most familiar pieces of music an American composer has ever produced. Based on a scenario developed by dancer and choreographer Agnes de Mille, the comedic ballet tells the story of a Cowgirl caught in a love triangle. Reflecting a wider interest in Western motifs around the time, the ballet became influential, even helping to shape de Mille’s next project, choreographing the landmark musical, Oklahoma! To create the score, Copland took suggestions from a number of collaborators to draw on folk song collections, making the ballet one that, even more than his score for Billy the Kid (1938), intensely captures an American folk ethos. The first episode, “Buckaroo Holiday,” and finale, “Hoe-Down,” contain the highest density of true folk tunes, with some writers noting that at times it is almost impossible to tell where cowboy songs end and Copland begins, so seamlessly did the composer incorporate his source material. Since its 1942 premiere, the music has become a sonic shorthand for the sound of America, with “Hoe-Down” being used in a wide range of contexts to symbolize musical Americana. Experienced in the concert hall, the music invites listeners to embrace its energy, its many moods helping to tell the story of a Texas Cowgirl seeking love at the turn of the 20th century.

—Jacques Dupuis

Born: November 14, 1900, New York City Died: December 2, 1990, North Tarrytown, New York

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GEORGE GERSHWIN: Rhapsody in Blue

Composed: 1924; orch. by Ferde Grofé 1942; transcribed for banjo solo by Béla Fleck 2020–23

Premiere: February 12, 1924 in New York, conducted by Paul Whiteman, with the composer as soloist; Béla Fleck arrangement for banjo premiered September 9, 2023 by the Nashville Symphony, conducted by Giancarlo Guerrero with Fleck as soloist.

Paul Whiteman, who was the conductor for Gershwin’s opera Blue Monday (composed for George White’s Scandals of 1922), was so impressed by the work that he told Gershwin about his plans for a special program the following February, in which he hoped to show some of the ways traditional concert music could be enriched by jazz, and suggested that the young composer provide a piece for piano and jazz orchestra. Gershwin did not pay much attention to the request until he read in The New York Times on New Year’s Day that he was writing a new “symphony” for Whiteman’s program. After a few frantic phone calls, Whiteman ﬁnally convinced Gershwin to undertake the project, a work for piano solo (to be played by the composer) and Whiteman’s 22-piece orchestra. Late in January, only three weeks after it was begun, the Rhapsody in Blue was completed.

The premiere of the Rhapsody in Blue was one of the great nights in American music, attracting many of the era’s most illustrious musicians, critics from far and near and the glitterati of society and culture. Gershwin fought down his apprehension over his joint debuts as serious composer and concert pianist, and he and his music had a brilliant success.

Rhapsody in Blue has appeared in varied instrumental settings since its inception in 1924, including almost simultaneously in Gershwin’s versions for one and two pianos and for piano soloist with jazz orchestra by Ferde Grofé, Paul Whiteman’s arranger. The music’s popularity and instrumental ﬂexibility have also invited a wide range of arrangements over the years—from organ to concert band, from saxophone quartet to unaccompanied marimba, with

Born: September 26, 1898, Brooklyn, New York

Died: July 11, 1937, Hollywood, California

adaptations of the solo part for trumpet, harmonica, two clarinets and other instruments—and, in observance of the centennial of the Rhapsody’s premiere, banjo wizard Béla Fleck adapted the solo piano part for his instrument.

Since Gershwin’s piano writing was dense, complex and technically challenging, an immediate problem for Fleck was that his instrument could only play three notes simultaneously, versus the piano’s potential 10, and did so across a much wider range. “It’s a very two-handed part,” Fleck explained. “There are lots of things that go in opposite directions, with both hands working really hard. And I simply couldn’t do them on the banjo. It took three separate banjo staves entered into a music notation application for me to even understand what the piano part was doing.… ”

For those familiar with Grofé’s 1942 arrangement of the Rhapsody in Blue for piano with full orchestra, Fleck’s banjo transcription presents the piece in a different expressive light and slower-than-customary tempo. The resulting music is more lean, spacious and intimate, allowing many of the score’s details to be heard more clearly and to better appreciate the remarkable craftmanship of the 25-year-old George Gershwin.

—Dr. Richard E. Rodda

Born: April 9, 1888, Little Rock, Arkansas Died: June 3, 1953, Chicago, Illinois

FLORENCE PRICE: Symphony No. 3 in C Minor

Composed: 1938–39

Premiere: November 6, 1940 by the Detroit Civic Orchestra, Valter Poole, conductor

Florence Price was born in Little Rock, Arkansas. She studied at the New England Conservatory, earning a double major in piano pedagogy and organ performance and excelling in symphonic composition. She then returned to the South to start a family and teach. However, life under Jim Crow became intolerable, leading the Price family to join the Great Migration. They arrived in Chicago in 1927 and, amid this dynamic period of the Black Chicago Renaissance, Price the symphonist emerged.

The Chicago Symphony’s 1933 premiere of her Symphony No. 1 catapulted her to stardom. Her Symphony No. 3 garnered further praise, even from the First Lady! On hearing Price’s third symphony, Eleanor Roosevelt proclaimed that Price “has certainly made a contribution to our music.”

Symphony No. 3, in Price’s words, portrays “a cross section of present-day Negro life and thought.” Swelling, chromatic brass colors build a suspenseful opening, as if capturing the uncertainties of contemporary African American life, but a resolute melody based on Black folk idioms bursts through in the strings; a determined outlook ultimately prevails. The second movement is lyrical, languid and leisurely, and segues into a highly rhythmic juba movement. The juba was a Black Antebellum-era plantation dance; Price absorbs its lively, syncopated energies here. The final movement returns to the resolute overtones of the opening. Urgent, bold and folk-inflected, it is a powerful finale, cementing Price’s legacy as one of the most compelling composers of her time.

—Dr. Samantha Ege

SUN OCT 6, 7:30 pm Music Hall

JOSHUA BELL violin

LARISA MARTÍNEZ soprano

PETER DUGAN piano

Felix MENDELSSOHN “Ah, ritorna, età dell’oro” (Cavatina and Cabaletta) from Infelice (1809–1847)

Johannes BRAHMS Sonatensatz (1833–1897)

Franz SCHUBERT Ständchen (1797–1828)

Vincenzo BELLINI “Oh! quante volte” from I Capuleti e i Montecchi (1801–1835)

Frédéric CHOPIN Nocturne in E-flat Major, Op. 9, No. 2 (1810–1849) arr. Bell/Wallace

Ferdinand HÉROLD “Jours de mon enfance” from Le pré aux clercs (1791–1833)

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Pablo de SARASATE “Habanera” from Carmen Fantasy, Op. 25 (1844–1908)

Léo DELIBES “Les filles de Cadix” (1836–1891)

Jules MASSENET “Meditation” from Thaïs (1842–1912)

Giacomo PUCCINI “O mio babbino caro” from Gianni Schicchi (1858–1924)

George GERSHWIN “Summertime” from Porgy and Bess (1898–1937)

Leonard BERNSTEIN West Side Story Suite (1918–1990) arr. Czarnecki/Brohn

PLEASE NOTE: Works and program order are subject to change.

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SAT OCT 19, 10:30 am Music Hall

DANIEL WILEY conductor

CHRIS YANTEK juggler

ALEA VERNON soprano

THE MAGIC OF DONAVAN & COMPANY

“Hedwig’s Theme” from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

John Williams “Sabre Dance” from Gayane Aram Khachaturian “Queen of the Night” Aria from The Magic Flute

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart “Garland Waltz” from The Sleeping Beauty

Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky “Devil’s Dance” from The Witches of Eastwick

Alan Menken

John Williams Beauty and the Beast Overture

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SAT OCT 26, 7:30 pm

SUN OCT 27, 2 pm Music Hall

RAMÓN TEBAR conductor

BENJAMIN BEILMAN violin

Wang LU Surge (b. 1982)

Camille SAINT-SAËNS

Concerto No. 3 in B Minor for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 61 (1835–1921)

Allegro non troppo

Andantino quasi allegretto

Molto moderato e maestoso. Allegro non troppo. Più allegro

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Symphony No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 39 (1865–1957)

Andante, ma non troppo—Allegro energico

Andante (ma non troppo lento)

Scherzo: Allegro

Finale (quasi una fantasia): Andante—Allegro molto

These performances are approximately 115 minutes long, including intermission.

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Surge was commissioned by the League of American Orchestras with the generous support of the Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation

Pre-Concert Talks are made possible by an endowed gift from Melody Sawyer Richardson

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WANG LU: Surge

Composed: 2022, on commission from the Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation Premiere: January 20, 2023 with Dalia Stasevska conducting the New York Philharmonic

While writing Surge, I remembered the exhilaration of hearing the New York Philharmonic for the very ﬁrst time in the fall of 2005 as a newly arrived foreign student. I was staring at the stage and couldn’t believe where I was and what I was experiencing. I also thought of The Philadelphia Orchestra’s historic 1973 visit to Shanghai during the Cultural Revolution, the power of “Music Diplomacy” that helped write a new history between two worlds. I connected the beautiful resonances and orchestral colors bouncing off the walls of what is now David Geffen Hall with the all-too-familiar phrases and orchestration that I used to listen to on cassette tapes, but many times more enhanced and poignant in person. There was also the memory of my conservatory’s student orchestra sound, with its striving, joyful imperfections. The palette of the symphony orchestra is endlessly attractive and malleable because of each individual player’s unique contribution, and of coming together in the moment of performance, which is nothing short of magical. This is what draws me to contribute my own independent expression as a composer to this lineage.

—Wang Lu

CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS: Concerto No. 3 in B Minor for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 61

Composed: 1880

Premiere: January 2, 1881 in Paris, with Pablo de Sarasate as soloist

The Third Violin Concerto, one of the happiest inspirations to flow from SaintSaëns’ pen, is a fine example of his elegant style, and the most popular of his three works for violin in the form. It opens with a presentation of the main theme by the soloist above a tremulous rumble in the strings and timpani. This theme gathers intensity amid the refined figurations of the violin and leads to a lyrical contrasting melody. A compact development of the main theme occupies the center of the movement. Saint-Saëns begins the recapitulation with the lyrical second theme since the main theme exclusively had been used in the just-heard development. This also allows the main theme to be held in reserve to provide the movement with a vigorous, B minor conclusion.

The second movement is a sweet barcarolle of simple but suave melodic character. The finale begins with a Romani-inspired flourish from the soloist as introduction. The pace then quickens for the fleet main theme. Two contrasting melodies, one heroic, the other prayerful, are presented for variety. A short connecting passage ushers in the recapitulation of all the themes. The prayerful theme is treated boldly on its second appearance as a majestic hymn for brass chorale. The tempo freshens for the final dash to the end, based on the heroic contrasting theme.

—Dr. Richard E. Rodda

Born: 1982, Xi’An, China

Born: October 9, 1835, Paris

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Born: December 8, 1865, Hämeenlinna, Finland

Died: September 20, 1957, Järvenpää, Finland

JEAN SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 39

Composed: 1898–99

Premiere: April 26, 1899 in Helsinki, conducted by the composer

The First Symphony shows the inﬂuence both of Sibelius’ study of German music in Berlin and of the Russian dominance of Finland’s artistic life. Coming as it does in the last year of the Romantic century, the symphony looks back for its formal precedents to the orchestral works of the great masters of the German tradition, most notably Beethoven and Brahms. In melodic material, instrumentation and certain points of style, however, it turns further east, to the music of Borodin and, especially, Tchaikovsky.

The ﬁrst movement is introduced by a bardic clarinet solo played above a timpani pedal point. The sonata form proper is begun with the entry of the strings proclaiming the main theme, a typically Sibelian melody. A richly lyrical theme for violins and cellos follows. The second theme, related to the main theme in shape and rhythm, is given by the woodwinds. The development section utilizes the thematic material heard in the exposition, to which are added the stern brass chords so characteristic of Sibelius’ orchestral technique. The recapitulation includes most of the material from the exposition given in a heightened setting.

The Andante, warm and lyrical, opens with a nostalgic melody for violins and cellos. The central section is led by the horn choir playing a serene theme above the undulating accompaniment of the harp and strings. The long closing

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The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and Cincinnati Pops acknowledge the following partner companies, foundations and their employees who generously participate in the Annual ArtsWave Community Campaign at the $100,000+ level. Thank you!

$2 million+

P&G

$1 million to $1,999,999

Fifth Third Bank and Fifth Third Foundation

$500,000 to $999,999

GE Aerospace

$250,000 to 499,999

altaﬁber

Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

The Cincinnati Insurance Companies

Great American Insurance Group

The H.B., E.W. and F.R. Luther Charitable Foundation, Fifth Third Bank, N.A., Trustee

Western & Southern Financial Group

$100,000–$299,999

Cincinnati Open Cincinnati Reds

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

Duke Energy

The E.W. Scripps Company and Scripps Howard Foundation

The Enquirer | Cincinnati.com

Greater Cincinnati Foundation

The Kroger Co.

Messer Construction Co.

National Endowment for the Arts

PERMANENT ENDOWMENTS

Endowment gifts perpetuate your values and create a sustainable future for the Orchestra. We extend our deep gratitude to the donors who have provided permanent endowments in support of our programs that are important to them. For more information about endowment gifts, contact Kate Farinacci, Director of Special Campaigns & Legacy Giving, at 513.744.3202.

ENDOWED CHAIRS

Grace M. Allen Chair

Ellen A. & Richard C. Berghamer Chair

Robert E. & Fay Boeh Chair

The Marc Bohlke Chair given by Katrin & Manfred Bohlke

Trish & Rick Bryan Chair

Otto M. Budig Family Foundation Chair

Mary Alice Heekin Burke Chair

Michael L. Cioffi & Rachael Rowe— the Honorable Nathaniel R. Jones Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer

Sheila and Christopher Cole Chair

Peter G. Courlas–Nicholas Tsimaras Chair

Ona Hixson Dater Chair

The Anne G. & Robert W. Dorsey Chair+

Jane & David Ellis Chair

Irene & John J. Emery Chair

James M. Ewell Chair

Ashley & Barbara Ford Chair for Assistant Conductor

Ashley & Barbara Ford Chair for Principal Tuba

Susan S. & William A. Friedlander Chair+

Charles Gausmann Chair

Susanne & Philip O. Geier, Jr. Chair+

Emma Margaret & Irving D. Goldman Chair

Clifford J. Goosmann & Andrea M. Wilson Chair

Charles Frederic Goss Chair

Jean Ten Have Chair

Dorothy & John Hermanies Chair

Lois Klein Jolson Chair

Josephine I. & David J. Joseph, Jr. Chair

Harold B. & Betty Justice Chair

Marvin Kolodzik & Linda S. Gallaher Chair+

Al Levinson Chair

Patricia Gross Linnemann Chair+

Alberta & Dr. Maurice Marsh Chair

Stephen P. McKean Chair

Laura Kimble McLellan Chair

The Henry Meyer Chair

The Louise Dieterle Nippert & Louis Nippert Chairs

Rawson Chair

The Vicky & Rick Reynolds Chair in honor of William A. Friedlander+

Ida Ringling North Chair

Donald & Margaret Robinson Chair

Dianne & J. David Rosenberg Chair+

Ruth F. Rosevear Chair

The Morleen & Jack Rouse Chair+

Emalee Schavel Chair

Karl & Roberta Schlachter Family Chair

Serge Shababian Chair

Melinda & Irwin Simon Chair+

Tom & Dee Stegman Chair+

Mary & Joseph S. Stern, Jr. Chair+

Cynthia & Frank Stewart Chair

The Jackie & Roy Sweeney

Family Chair

The Sweeney Family Chair in memory of Donald C. Sweeney

Anna Sinton Taft Chair

Brenda & Ralph Taylor Chair

James P. Thornton Chair

Nicholas Tsimaras–Peter G. Courlas Chair

Thomas Vanden Eynden Chair

Sallie Robinson Wadsworth & Randolph L. Wadsworth Jr. Chair

Jo Ann & Paul Ward Chair

Matthew & Peg Woodside Chair

Mary M. & Charles F. Yeiser Chair

ENDOWED PERFORMANCES & PROJECTS

Eleanora C. U. Alms Trust, Fifth Third Bank, Trustee

Rosemary and Frank Bloom Endowment Fund*+

Cincinnati Bell Foundation Inc.

Mr. & Mrs. Val Cook

Nancy & Steve Donovan*

Sue and Bill Friedlander Endowment Fund*+

Mrs. Charles Wm Anness*, Mrs. Frederick D. Haffner, Mrs. Gerald Skidmore and the La Vaughn Scholl Garrison Fund

Fred L. & Katherine H. Groll Fund for Musical Excellence

Fred L. & Katherine H. Groll Fund for Great Artists

Fred L. & Katherine H. Groll Trust Pianist Fund

The Carol Ann and Ralph V. Haile, Jr. Foundation Endowment Fund

Anne Heldman Endowment Fund**

Mr. and Mrs. Lorrence T. Kellar+

Lawrence A. & Anne J. Leser*

Mr. & Mrs. Carl H. Lindner**

Janice W. & Gary R. Lubin Fund for Black Artists

PNC Financial Services Group

The Procter & Gamble Fund

Vicky & Rick Reynolds Fund for Diverse Artists+

Melody Sawyer Richardson*

Rosemary and Mark Schlachter Endowment Fund*+

The Harold C. Schott Foundation, Francie and Tom Hiltz Endowment Fund+

Peggy Selonick Fund for Great Artists

Dee and Tom Stegman Endowment Fund*+

Mr. & Mrs. Joseph S. Stern, Jr. Fund for Great Artists

U. S. Bank Foundation*

Sallie and Randolph Wadsworth Endowment Fund+

Educational Concerts

Rosemary & Frank Bloom * Cincinnati Financial Corporation & The Cincinnati Insurance Companies

The Margaret Embshoff Educational Fund

Kate Foreman Young Peoples Fund

George & Anne Heldman+

Macy’s Foundation

Vicky & Rick Reynolds*+

William R. Schott Family**

Western-Southern Foundation, Inc.

Anonymous (3)+

GIFT OF MUSIC: February 21–July 1, 2024

OTHER NAMED FUNDS

Ruth Meacham Bell Memorial Fund

Frank & Mary Bergstein Fund for Musical Excellence+

Jean K. Bloch Music Library Fund

Cora Dow Endowment Fund

Corbett Educational Endowment**

Belmon U. Duvall Fund

Ewell Fund for Riverbend

Maintenance

Linda & Harry Fath Endowment Fund

Ford Foundation Fund

Natalie Wurlitzer & William Ernest Griess Cello Fund

William Hurford and Lesley Gilbertson Family Fund for Guest Pianists

The Mary Ellyn Hutton Fund for Excellence in Music Education

Josephine I. & David J. Joseph, Jr. Scholarship Fund

Richard & Jean Jubelirer & Family Fund*

The Kosarko Family Innovation Fund

Elma Margaret Lapp Trust

Jésus López-Cobos Fund for Excellence

Mellon Foundation Fund

Nina Browne Parker Trust

Dorothy Robb Perin & Harold F. Poe Trust

Rieveschl Fund

Thomas Schippers Fund

Martha, Max & Alfred M. Stern Ticket Fund

Mr. & Mrs. John R. Strauss Student Ticket Fund

Anna Sinton & Charles P. Taft Fund

Lucien Wulsin Fund

Wurlitzer Season Ticket Fund

CSO Pooled Income Fund

CSO Musicians Emergency Fund

*Denotes support for Annual Music Program Fund

**Denotes support for the 2nd Century Campaign

+Denotes support for the Fund for Musical Excellence

The following people provided gifts to the Gift of Music Fund to celebrate an occasion, to mark a life of service to the Orchestra, or to commemorate a special date. Their contributions are added to the Orchestra’s endowment. For more information on how to contribute to this fund, please call 513.744.3271.

In honor of Louis Langrée and his tenure as Music Director

Nancy C. and Patricia M. Wagner

In honor of Jane Oberschmidt

Bryan and Julie Wirtz

In honor of J. David and Dianne Rosenberg

Joseph and Marilyn Hirschhorn

In honor of The Seven Hills Upper School Fine & Performing

Arts Department

Barbara Hepp

In memory of Anne Heldman

Brian Lofft

Judy Oxman

Eleanor Shott

In memory of Louis H. Jacobs

Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Cowen

In memory of Harris D. Kohn

Joseph and Marilyn Hirschhorn

In memory of Karl D. Roberts

Colleen Wimmel

In memory of Sally Skidmore

James and Judy Herd

Mr. Roger Johannigman

Kathy and Rodney McMullen

Daniel Meyer

Deborah Miesel

Gary and Diane West

HONOR ROLL OF CONTRIBUTORS

The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and Cincinnati Pops are grateful to the following individuals that support our efforts by making a gift to the Orchestra Fund. We extend our heartfelt thanks to each and every one and pay tribute to them here. You can join our family of donors online at cincinnatisymphony.org/donate or by contacting the Philanthropy Department at 513.744.3271.

PLATINUM BATON CIRCLE

Gifts of $50,000 and above

Robert W. Dorsey §

Healey Liddle Family Foundation, Mel & Bruce Healey

Harold C. Schott Foundation, Francie & Tom Hiltz

Florence Koetters

Jo Anne and Joe Orndorff

Vicky and Rick Reynolds

Ann and Harry Santen §

Irwin and Melinda Simon

Tom and Dee Stegman

Jackie and Roy Sweeney Family Fund*

Mr. Randolph L. Wadsworth Jr. § Scott and Charla Weiss

GOLD BATON CIRCLE

Gifts of $25,000–$49,999

Mr. and Mrs. Frederick E. Bryan, III §

Robert and Debra Chavez

Sheila and Christopher C. Cole

Kelly Dehan and Rick Staudigel

Dr. and Mrs. Carl G. Fischer

Ashley and Bobbie Ford §

George and Margaret McLane Foundation

Dr. and Mrs. Stephen Joffe

Mrs. Andrea Kaplan

Edyth B. Lindner

Calvin and Patricia Linnemann

G. Franklin Miller and Carolyn Baker Miller

Dianne and J. David Rosenberg

Moe and Jack Rouse §

Mark S. and Rosemary K. Schlachter §

Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Ullman

Anonymous (1)

SILVER BATON CIRCLE

Gifts of $15,000–$24,999

Dr. and Mrs. John and Suzanne Bossert §

Mr. and Mrs. Larry Brueshaber

Mr. Gregory D. Buckley and Ms. Susan Berry-Buckley

Stephen J Daush

Mr. and Mrs. Tom Evans

The Garber Family

Tom and Jan Hardy §

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Hirschhorn §

Dr. Lesley Gilbertson and Dr. William Hurford

Marvin P. Kolodzik and Linda S. Gallaher §

Mrs. Erich Kunzel

Peter E. Landgren and Judith Schonbach Landgren

Will and Lee Lindner

Mark and Tia Luegering

Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Maloney

Alan Margulies and Gale Snoddy

Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. McDonald

Susan McPartlin & Michael Galbraith

Joseph A. and Susan E. Pichler Fund*

In memory of Mary and Joseph S. Stern, Jr

Mrs. Theodore Striker

Sarah Thorburn

DeeDee and Gary West §

Mrs. James W. Wilson, Jr.

In Loving Memory of Diane Harrison Zent

Mr. and Mrs. James M. Zimmerman §

CONDUCTOR’S CIRCLE

Gifts of $10,000–$14,999

Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Akers

Jan and Roger Ames

Joe and Patricia Baker

Ms. Melanie M. Chavez

Mrs. Thomas E. Davidson

Dianne Dunkelman and Clever Crazes for Kids

Emory P. Zimmer Insurance Agency

Lynne Friedlander and Jay Crawford

John B. and Judith O. Hansen

Patti and Fred Heldman

John and Ramsey Lanni

Adele Lippert

Whitney and Phillip Long

Holly and Louis Mazzocca

James and Margo Minutolo

In memory of Bettie Rehfeld

Melody Sawyer Richardson §

Bill and Lisa Sampson

Martha and Lee Schimberg

Mr. Lawrence Schumacher

Dr. Jean and Mrs. Anne Steichen

Ralph C. Taylor §

Anonymous (2)

CONCERTMASTER’S

CIRCLE

Gifts of $5,000–$9,999

Mr. Nicholas Apanius

Heather Apple and Mary Kay Koehler

Thomas P. Atkins

Mrs. Thomas B. Avril

Kathleen and Michael Ball

Robert and Janet Banks

Michael P Bergan and Tiffany Hanisch

Louis D. Bilionis and Ann Hubbard

Robert L. and Debbie Bogenschutz

Thomas A. Braun, III §

Sally and Rick Coomes

K.M. Davis

George Deepe and Kris Orsborn

Bedouin and Randall Dennison

Dennis W. and Cathy Dern

Laura Doerger-Roberts & Peter Roberts

Mrs. Diana T. Dwight

Mr. and Mrs. James T. Fitzgerald

Mrs. Charles Fleischmann

Dr. and Mrs. Harry F. Fry

L. Timothy Giglio

Thomas W. Gougeon

Kathy Grote in loving memory of Robert Howes §

Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Hamby

Ms. Delores Hargrove-Young

Dr. Donald and Laura Harrison

William and Jo Ann Harvey

Mr. and Mrs. Brian E. Heekin

Dr. James and Mrs. Susan Herman

Mr. and Mrs. Geoffrey Keenan

Mrs. Barbara Kellar in honor of Mr. Lorrence T. Kellar

Holly King

Michael and Marilyn Kremzar

Richard and Susan Lauf

The Lewis and Marjorie Daniel Foundation

Mrs. Robert Lippert

Elizabeth and Brian Mannion

David L. Martin

Mr. Jonathan Martin

Mandare Foundation

Barbara and Kim McCracken §

Linda and James Miller

George and Sarah Morrison III

Mr. and Mrs. David W. Motch

Ms. Mary Lou Motl

Mr. Arthur Norman and Mrs. Lisa Lennon Norman

The Patel-Curran Family

Poul D. and JoAnne Pedersen

David and Jenny Powell

Ellen Rieveschl §

Elizabeth and Karl Ronn §

James and Mary Russell

Dr. E. Don Nelson and Ms. Julia Sawyer-Nelson

Mr. Dennis Schoff and Ms. Nina Sorensen

Mike and Digi Schueler

Brent & Valerie Sheppard

Rennie and David Siebenhar

Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Skidmore §

Michael and Donnalyn Smith

Brett Stover §

Mr. and Mrs. David R. Valz

Christopher and Nancy Virgulak

Nancy C. Wagner and Patricia M. Wagner §

Mrs. Ronald F. Walker

Mrs. Paul H. Ward §

Donna A. Welsch

Cathy S. Willis

Andrea K. Wiot

Irene A. Zigoris

Anonymous (6)

ARTIST’S CIRCLE

Gifts of $3,000–$4,999

Dr. Charles Abbottsmith

Allen-McCarren

Mr. and Mrs. Gérard Baillely

Ms. Marianna Bettman

Glenn and Donna Boutilier

Peter and Kate Brown

Dr. Ralph P. Brown

Chris and Tom Buchert

The Otto M. Budig Family Foundation

Daniel A. Burr

Janet and Bruce Byrnes

Lois Cohen §

Peter G. Courlas §

Jim and Elizabeth Dodd

Dr. and Mrs. Stewart B. Dunsker

David and Kari Ellis Fund*

Ann A. Ellison

Hardy and Barbara Eshbaugh

Estate of E.J. and Jean Krabacher

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Fencl

Mrs. Amy Forte

Yan Fridman

Linda P. Fulton §

Frank and Tara Gardner

Dr. and Mrs. Ralph A. Giannella

Lesha and Samuel Greengus

Esther B. Grubbs §

Dr. and Mrs. Jack Hahn

Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Heidenreich

Donald and Susan Henson

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Hicks

Karlee L. Hilliard §

Ruth C. Holthaus

In Memory of Benjamin C. Hubbard

Mr. and Mrs. Bradley G. Hughes

Mr. and Mrs. Michael C. Hughes

Mr. Marshall C. Hunt, Jr.

Karolyn Johnsen

Dr. Richard and Lisa Kagan

Dr. Robert W. Keith and Ms. Kathleen Thornton

Don and Kathy King

Lynn Keniston Klahm

Marie and Sam Kocoshis

Mr. Frank P. Kromer

Mr. Shannon Lawson

Richard and Nancy Layding

Merlanne Louney

Luke and Nita Lovell

Larry and Mary Geren Lutz

Mr. and Mrs. Donald Marshall

Glen and Lynn Mayﬁeld

Becky Miars

Ms. Sue Miller

Mr. and Mrs. David E. Moccia §

Anne E. Mulder and Rebecca M. Gibbs

David and Beth Muskopf

Phyllis Myers and Danny Gray

Alice Perlman

Mark and Kim Pomeroy

Drs. Marcia Kaplan and Michael Privitera

Sandra Rivers

James Rubenstein and Bernadette Unger

Mr. & Mrs. Peter A. Schmid

Sandra and David Seiwert

Mr. Rick Sherrer and Dr. Lisa D. Kelly

Sue and Glenn Showers §

Elizabeth C. B. Sittenfeld § In Memory of Bruce R. Smith

William A. and Jane Smith

Elizabeth A. Stone

Peggy and Steven Story

Mr. and Mrs. J. Dwight Thompson

Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Tinklenberg

Neil Tollas and Janet Moore

Dr. Barbara R. Voelkel

Dr. and Mrs. Galen R. Warren

Jonathan and Janet Weaver

Jim and George Ann Wesner

Jo Ann Wieghaus

Ronna and James Willis

Steve and Katie Wolnitzek

Carol and Don Wuebbling Anonymous (3)

SYMPHONY CIRCLE

Gifts of $1,500–$2,999

Jeff and Keiko Alexander §

Lisa Allgood

Judy Aronoff and Marshall Ruchman

Dr. Diane S. Babcock §

Beth and Bob Baer

Mrs. Gail Bain

David and Elaine Billmire

Neil Bortz

William & Mary Bramlage

Ms. Jaqui Brumm

Rachelle Bruno and Stephen Bondurant

Dr. Leanne Budde

Bob and Angela Buechner

Barbie Wagner

Ms. Deborah Campbell §

Ms. Barbara Caramanian

Tom Carpenter and Lynne Lancaster

Dr. Alan Chambers

Gordon Christenson

Beverly Kinney and Edward Cloughessy

Carol C. Cole §

Randy K. and Nancy R. Cooper

Andrea D. Costa, Esq.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Curran, III §

Mr. Louis M. Dauner and Ms. Geraldine N. Wu

Tom and Leslie Ducey

Mrs. Shirley Duff

David and Linda Dugan

Mr. and Mrs. John G. Earls §

Ross Charitable Trust

Barry and Judy Evans

Dr. and Mrs. William J. Faulkner

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Fricke

Dudley Fulton

Louis and Deborah Ginocchio

Donn Goebel and Cathy McLeod

Ann Santen and Anna Isaacs with Principal Oboe Dwight Parry. Credit: Claudia Hershner

Dr. and Mrs. Glenn S. Gollobin

Drew Gores and George Warrington

Phyllis Myers and Danny Gray

Jim and Jann Greenberg

Bill and Christy Griesser

John and Elizabeth Grover

Mr. and Mrs. Byron Gustin

Catherine K. Hart

Mrs. Jackie Havenstein

Mr. John A. Headley

Mr. Tom Helmick

Mr. Fred Heyse

Heidi Jark and Steve Kenat

Linda Busken and Andrew M. Jergens §

The Marvin Jester Family

Barbara M. Johnson

Mr. and Mrs. Paul H. Johnson

Ms. Sylvia Johnson

Holly H. Keeler

Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow Keown, Jr.

John and Molly Kerman

Bill and Penny Kincaid

In Memory of Jeff Knoop

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Kovarsky

Carol Louise Kruse

Mark & Elisabeth Kuhlman

Everett and Barbara Landen

Evelyn and Fred Lang

Charles and Jean Lauterbach

Mary Mc and Kevin Lawson

Mrs. Jean E. Lemon §

Mr. Peter F. Levin §

Mr. and Mrs. Clement H. Luken, Jr.

Edmund D. Lyon

Mark Mandell-Brown, MD and Ann Hanson

Mr. Gerron McKnight

John and Roberta Michelman

Mr. and Mrs. David A. Millett

Mrs. Sally A. More

Susan E. Noelcke

Nan L. Oscherwitz

Rick Pescovitz and Kelly Mahan

Sandy Pike §

James W. Rauth §

Beverly and Dan Reigle

Stephen and Betty Robinson

Marianne Rowe §

Nancy Ruchhoft

Mr. Joseph A. Schilling

Frederick R. Schneider

Stephanie A. Smith

Bill and Lee Steenken

Mrs. Donald C. Stouffer

Strada Education Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Stradling, Jr.

Mr. Mark Stroud

Susan and John Tew

In Memory of Mr. William T. Bahlman, Jr. §

Michael L. Walton, Esq

Ted and Mary Ann Weiss

Virginia Wilhelm

Rev. Anne Warrington Wilson

Robert and Judy Wilson

Drs. Marissa S. Liang and Y. Jeffrey Yang

David and Sharon Youmans

Anonymous (7)

CONCERTO CLUB

Gifts of $500–$1,499

Christine O. Adams

Dr. Mary Albers

In memory of Carol Allgood & Ester Sievers

Mr. Thomas Alloy & Dr. Evaline Alessandrini

Paul and Dolores Anderson

Dr. Victor and Dolores Angel

Nancy J. Apfel

Lynne & Keith Apple, Honoring our Family

Ms. Laura E. Atkinson

Mr. David H. Axt and Ms. Susan L. Wilkinson

Ms. Patricia Baas

Todd and Ann Bailey

Jerry and Martha Bain

Mr. and Mrs. Carroll R. Baker

Jack and Diane Baldwin

Peggy Barrett §

Michael and Amy Battoclette

N. Lorraine Becker

Dr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Bell

Drs. Carol and Leslie Benet

Fred Berger

Dr. Allen W. Bernard

Dr. David and Cheryl Bernstein

Glenda and Malcolm Bernstein

Ms. Henryka Bialkowska-Nagy

Sharon Ann Kerns and Mike Birck

Michael Bland

Milt and Berdie Blersch

Randal and Peter Bloch

Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Bloomer

Ms. Sandra Bolek

Ron and Betty Bollinger

Clay and Emily Bond

Dr. and Mrs. Kevin Bove

David & Madonna Bowman

Dr. Carol Brandon

Briggs Creative Services, LLC

Robert and Joan Broersma

Ms. Kathryn Brokaw

Jacklyn and Gary Bryson

Gay Bullock

Angie & Gary Butterbaugh

Jack and Marti Butz

John & Terri Byczkowski

John Byrd

Ms. Cindy Callicoat

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Carothers

Karen and Steve Carr

The Castellini Company

Mike and Shirley Chaney

Ichun Chiao

Dee and Frank Cianciolo Fund*

James Civille

James Clasper and Cheryl Albrecht

Mr. Robert Cohen and Ms. Amy J. Katz

Dr. George I. Colombel

Fred W. Colucci

Mr. and Mrs. Philip K. Cone

Marilyn Cones

Dr. Margaret Conradi

Thomas and Barbara Conroy

Janet Conway

Robin Cotton and Cindi Fitton

Dennis and Pat Coyne

Martha Crafts

Tim and Katie Crowley

Susan and John Cummings

Adrian and Takiyah Cunningham

Jacqueline Cutshall

Mr. and Mrs. Henry F. Dabek, Jr.

Loren and Polly DeFilippo

Stephen and Cynthia DeHoff

Rozelia Park and Christopher Dendy

Robert B. Dick, Ph.D.

Ms. Rhonda Dickerscheid

Jean and Rick Donaldson

George Dostie

Roger and Julie Doughty

David and Kelley Downing

Meredith and Chuck Downton

Ms. Andrea Dubroff

Tom and Dale Due

Amy Dunlea and Lois Mannon

Mr. Corwin R. Dunn

Michael D. and Carolyn Camillo Eagen

Edgar J. and Elaine J. Mack Fund

Sally Eversole

Ms. Kate Farinacci

Ms. Jean Feinberg

Ms. Barbara A. Feldmann

Ilya Finkelshteyn and Evin Blomberg

Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Fischer

Anne and Alan Fleischer

Mr. and Mrs. James Foreman

Janice and Dr. Tom Forte

Mr. and Ms. Bernard Foster

Dr. Charles E. Frank and Ms. Jan Goldstein

Susan L. Fremont

Mr. Gregrick A. Frey

In memory of Eugene and Cavell Frey

Mr. and Mrs. James Fryman

Marjorie Fryxell

Mark S. Gay

Drs. Michael and Janelle J. Gelfand

Dr. and Mrs. Freidoon Ghazi

Kathleen Gibboney

Mr. and Mrs. James Gingrich

Dr. Jerome Glinka and Ms. Kathleen Blieszner

Dr. and Mrs. Charles J. Glueck

Dan Goetz

Dr. and Mrs. Richard Goetz

Mr. William J. Gracie, Jr.

Robert and Cynthia Gray

Mary Grooms

Janet C. Haartz and Kenneth V. Smith

Alison and Charles Haas

Mrs. R. C. Haberstroh

Ms. Sarah Habib

Mary Elizabeth Huey and Daniel Hadley

Mary and Phil Hagner

Peter Hames

Ham and Ellie Hamilton

Walter and Karen Hand

Roberta Handwerger, in memory of Dr. Stuart Handwerger

Mr. and Mrs. William Hardie

Mariana Belvedere and Samer Hasan

Kenneth and Rachel Heberling

Mr. A. M. Heister

Mrs. Betty H. Heldman §

Howard D. and Mary W. Helms

Mrs. E. J. Hengelbrok, Jr.

Mr. Jeff Herbert

Herman & Margaret Wasserman Music Fund*

Michelle and Don Hershey

Janet & Craig Higgins

The Rev. Canon and Mrs. George A. Hill III

Mr. and Mrs. Russell W. Hill

Mr. and Mrs. William A. Hillebrand

Kyle and Robert Hodgkins

Susan and Jon Hoffheimer

Benjamin & Naomi Hoffman

Ms. Leslie M. Hoggatt

Tim and Connie Holmen

Richard and Marcia Holmes

Bob and Dolly Holzwarth

Mr. Joe Hoskins

Ms. Sandra L. Houck

Melissa Huber

Dr. G. Edward & Sarah Hughes

Nada Christine Huron

Dr. Maralyn M. Itzkowitz

Mrs. Charles H. Jackson, Jr.

Joan and Richard Jackson

Mr. and Mrs. Fred Jebens

Marcia Jelus

Robert Johnson

Mrs. Marilyn P. Johnston

IHO Lois Jolson

Mrs. Martha Jones

Jay and Shirley Joyce

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Judd

Ms. Mary Judge

Christopher and Felecia Kanney

Dr. James Kaya and Debra Grauel

Dr. and Mrs. Richard Kerstine

Mr. and Mrs. Dave Kitzmiller

Jack & Sharon Knapp

Pamela Koester-Hackman

Paul and Carita Kollman

Carol and Scott Kosarko

Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Kraimer

Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Kregor

Mr. and Mrs. Bruce A. Krone

Kathleen B. and Michael C. Krug Fund*

Pat and Randy Krumm §

Mrs. John H. Kuhn

Pinky Laffoon & Family

Asher Lanier

Janet R. Schultz

Mrs. Julie Laskey

Joe Law and Phil Wise

Mrs. James R. Leo

Dr. Carol P. Leslie

Mr. and Mrs. Lance A. Lewis

Mrs. Maxine F. Lewis

Mr. Arthur Lindsay

Paula and Nick Link

Mrs. Marianne Locke

Steven Kent Loveless

JP and Footie Lund

Mrs. Mary Reed Lyon

Marshall and Nancy Macks

Mr. and Mrs. Julian A. Magnus

Ms. Cheryl Manning

Andrew and Jean Martin

Mr. and Mrs. Warren L. Mason

Mr. and Mrs. Dean Matz

Ms. Mary Jane Mayer

Dr. Janet P. McDaniel

Tim and Trish McDonald

Robert and Heather McGrath

Mark McKillip and Amira Beer

Art and Stephanie McMahon

Stephanie McNeill

Charles and JoAnn Mead

Ms. Nancy Menne

Lee Meyer

Ms. Mary Ann Meyer

Michael V. Middleton

Midland Company

Laura Milburn

Rachel and Charlie Miller

Sonia R. Milrod

Ms. Laura Mitchell

Mr. Steven Monder

Eileen W. and James R. Moon

Regeana and Al Morgan

Mr. Scott Muhlhauser

Alan Flaherty and Patti Myers §

Hochwalt Naumann Fund

Mr. and Mrs. Norman Neal

Mr. Scott Nelson and Dr. Susan Kindel

Mrs. Sara Nemeth

Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Newcomer

Amy Paul and Jerry Newfarmer

Mrs. Alfred K. Nippert

Jane Oberschmidt §

Mr. Gerardo Orta

John A. Pape

Mr. Joseph A. Pauley

Mr. and Mrs. Paul Piazza

Anne M. Pohl §

Dr. Robert and Jackie Prichard

Dee Stegman and Associate Concertmaster Felicity James at Conductor’s Circle Dinner on April 17, 2024. Credit: Claudia Hershner

Bill and Jo Ann Harvey at the Conductor’s Circle Dinner. Credit Claudia Hershner

Mrs. Stewart Proctor

Mr. Robert Przygoda

Dr. Aik Khai Pung

Jerry Rape

Ms. Mary Redington

Dr. and Mrs. Robert Reed

Dr. Robert Rhoad and Kitsa Tassian Rhoad

Stephanie Richardson

Mr. David Robertson

Laurie and Dan Roche

Mr. and Mrs. Samuel A. Rodner

Dr. Anna Roetker

Ms. Jeanne C. Rolfes

Catherine Calko

Dr. and Mrs. Gary Roselle

Amy and John Rosenberg

Ellen and Louis Ross

Mr. and Mrs. G. Roger Ross

Dr. Deborah K. Rufner

Elizabeth and Kazuya Sato

Mr. Christian J. Schaefer

Cindy Scheets

Ms. Carol Schleker

Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Schleker

Dr. and Mrs. Michael Schmerler

Mrs. Donna Schnicke

George Palmer Schober

Tim and Jeannie Schoonover

Glenda C. Schorr Fund*

Carol J. Schroeder §

James P. Schubert

Mary D. Schweitzer

Dr. Joseph Segal and Ms. Debbie Friedman

Elaine Semancik

Mick and Nancy Shaughnessy

Jerry and Donna Shell

The Shepherd Chemical Company

Alfred and Carol Shikany

Jacqueline M. Mack and Dr. Edward B. Silberstein

Ms. Joycee Simendinger

Doug and Laura Skidmore

Kristin and David Skidmore

In Honor of Kenneth Skirtz

Ms. Martha Slager

Susan and David Smith

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Carole J. Arend

Donald C. Auberger, Jr.

Thomas Schippers was Music Director from 1970 to 1977. He left not only wonderful musical memories, but also a ﬁnancial legacy with a personal bequest to the Orchestra. The Thomas Schippers Legacy Society recognizes those who contribute to the Orchestra with a planned gift. We thank these members for their foresight and generosity. For more information on leaving your own legacy, contact Kate Farinacci at 513.744.3202.

Rich Freshwater & Family

Mr. Nicholas L. Fry

Linda P. Fulton

H. Jane Gavin

Edward J. & Barbara C.* Givens

Kenneth A. Goode

Clifford J. Goosmann &

Dr. Diane Schwemlein Babcock

Henrietta Barlag

Peggy Barrett

Jane* & Ed Bavaria

David & Elaine Billmire

Walter Blair

Lucille* & Dutro Blocksom

Dr. John & Suzanne Bossert

Dr. Mollie H. Bowers-Hollon

Ronald Bozicevich

Thomas A. Braun, III

Joseph Brinkmeyer

Mr. & Mrs. Frederick Bryan, III

Harold & Dorothy Byers

Deborah Campbell & Eunice M. Wolf

Catharine W. Chapman

Michael L. Cioffi & Rachael Rowe

Mrs. Jackson L. Clagett III

Lois & Phil* Cohen

Leland M.* & Carol C. Cole

Sheila & Christopher Cole

Grace A. Cook*

Jack & Janice Cook

Mr. & Mrs. Charles Cordes

Ms. Andrea Costa

Peter G. Courlas & Nick Tsimaras*

Mr. & Mrs. Charles E Curran III

Amy & Scott Darrah, Meredith & Will Darrah & children

Caroline H. Davidson

Harrison R.T. Davis

Ms. Kelly M. Dehan

Janice Denton

Amy & Trey Devey

Robert W. Dorsey

Jon & Susan Doucleff

Ms. Judith A. Doyle

Mr. & Mrs. John Earls

Mr. & Mrs. Barry C. Evans

Linda & Harry Fath

Alan Flaherty

Mrs. Richard A. Forberg

Ashley & Barbara Ford

Guy & Marilyn Frederick

Andrea M. Wilson

Mrs. Madeleine H. Gordon

J. Frederick & Cynthia Gossman

Kathy Grote

Esther B. Grubbs, Marci Bein & Mindi Hamby

William Hackman

Vincent C. Hand & Ann E. Hagerman

Tom & Jan Hardy

William L. Harmon

Mary J. Healy

Frank G. Heitker

Anne P. Heldman*

Betty & John* Heldman

Karlee L. Hilliard

Michael H. Hirsch

Mr. & Mrs. Joseph W. Hirschhorn

Daniel J. Hoffheimer

Kenneth L. Holford

George R. Hood

Mr. & Mrs. Terence L. Horan

Mrs. Benjamin C. Hubbard

Susan & Tom Hughes

Dr. Lesley Gilbertson & Dr. William Hurford

Mr. & Mrs. Paul Isaacs

Julia M. F. B. Jackson

Michael & Kathleen Janson

Andrew MacAoidh Jergens

Jean C. Jett

Anne C. & Robert P. Judd

Margaret H. Jung

Mace C. Justice

Karen Kapella

Dr. & Mrs.* Steven Katkin

Rachel Kirley & Joseph Jaquette

Carolyn Koehl

Marvin Kolodzik & Linda Gallaher

Carol & Scott Kosarko

Marilyn & Michael Kremzar

Randolph & Patricia Krumm

Theresa M. Kuhn

Warren & Patricia Lambeck

Peter E. Landgren & Judith Schonbach Landgren

Owen & Cici Lee

Steve Lee

Mrs. Jean E. Lemon

Mr. Peter F. Levin

George & Barbara Lott

Janice W.* & Gary R. Lubin

Mr.* & Mrs. Ronald Lyons

Marilyn J. Maag

Margot Marples

David L. Martin

Allen* & Judy Martin

David Mason

Barbara & Kim McCracken

Laura Kimble McLellan

Dr. Stanley R. Milstein

Mrs. William K. Minor

Mr. & Mrs. D. E. Moccia

Mary Lou Motl

Kristin & Stephen Mullin

Christopher & Susan Muth

Patti Myers

Susan & Kenneth Newmark

Dr. & Mrs. Theodore Nicholas

Jane Oberschmidt

Marja-Liisa Ogden

Julie & Dick* Okenfuss

Dr. & Mrs. Richard E. Park, MD

Charlie & Tara Pease

Poul D. & JoAnne Pedersen

Sandy & Larry* Pike

Mrs. Harold F. Poe

Anne M. Pohl

Irene & Daniel Randolph

James W. Rauth

Barbara S. Reckseit

Melody Sawyer Richardson

Ellen Rieveschl

Elizabeth & Karl Ronn

Moe & Jack Rouse

Marianne Rowe

Ann & Harry Santen

Rosemary & Mark Schlachter

Carol J. Schroeder

Mrs. William R. Seaman

Dr. Brian Sebastian

Mrs. Robert B. Shott

Sue & Glenn Showers

Irwin & Melinda Simon

Betsy & Paul* Sittenfeld

Sarah Garrison Skidmore*

Adrienne A. Smith

David & Sonja* Snyder

Marie Speziale

Mr. & Mrs. Christopher L. Sprenkle

Barry & Sharlyn Stare

Bill & Lee Steenken

Tom and Dee Stegman

Barry Steinberg

Nancy M. Steman

John & Helen Stevenson

Mary* & Bob Stewart

Brett Stover

Dr. Robert & Jill Strub

Patricia M. Strunk

Ralph & Brenda* Taylor

Conrad F. Thiede

Minda F. Thompson

Carrie & Peter Throm

Dr. & Mrs. Thomas Todd

Nydia Tranter

Dick & Jane Tuten

Thomas Vanden Eynden & Judith Beiting

Mr. & Mrs. James K. Votaw

Mr. & Mrs.* Randolph L. Wadsworth Jr.

Nancy C. Wagner

Patricia M. Wagner

Mr.* & Mrs. Paul Ward

Jo Anne & Fred Warren

Mr. Scott Weiss & Dr. Charla Weiss

Anne M. Werner

Gary & Diane West

Charles A. Wilkinson

Ms. Diana Willen

Joan R. Wilson

Susan Stanton Windgassen

Mrs. Joan R. Wood

Alison & Jim Zimmerman

* Deceased

New Schippers members are in bold

ADMINISTRATION

SHARED SERVICES & SUBSIDIARIES. The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra’s business model is unique within the orchestral industry because it provides administrative services for other nonproﬁts and operates two subsidiary companies—Music & Event Management, Inc. and EVT Management LLC. With the consolidation of resources and expertise, sharing administrative services allows for all organizations within the model to thrive. Under this arrangement, the CSO produces hundreds of events in the Greater Cincinnati and Dayton regions and employs hundreds of people annually.

SENIOR MANAGEMENT TEAM

Jonathan Martin

President & CEO

Harold Brown

The Honorable Nathaniel R. Jones Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer

John Clapp

Vice President of Orchestra & Production

Rich Freshwater

Vice President & Chief Financial Officer

Michael Frisco

Vice President of Marketing

Felecia Tchen Kanney

Vice President of Communications & Digital Media

Mary McFadden Lawson Chief Philanthropy Officer

Robert McGrath

Chief Operating Officer

Anthony Paggett

Vice President of Artistic Planning

Kyle Wynk-Sivashankar

Vice President of Human Resources

EXECUTIVE OFFICE

Jonathan Martin

President & CEO

Laura Ruple

Executive Assistant to the President & CEO

Robert McGrath

Chief Operating Officer

Shannon Faith

Assistant to the Chief Operating Officer

ARTISTIC PLANNING

Anthony Paggett

Vice President of Artistic Planning

Theresa Lansberry Artist Liaison

Shuta Maeno

Assistant to the Music Director & Artistic Planning

Sam Strater

Senior Advisor for Cincinnati Pops Planning

COMMUNICATIONS & DIGITAL MEDIA

Felecia Tchen Kanney

Vice President of Communications & Digital Media

Charlie Balcom

Social Media Manager

KC Commander

Director of Digital Content & Innovation

Maria Cordes

Digital Media Coordinator

Kaitlyn Driesen

Digital Media & Label Services Manager

Tyler Secor

Director of Publications & Content Development

Lee Snow

Digital Content Technology Manager

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION

Harold Brown

The Honorable Nathaniel R. Jones Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer

Key Crooms Director of Community Engagement

Vee Gibson Classical Roots Coordinator

Pamela Jayne

Volunteer & Community Engagement Manager

Molly Rains

Community Engagement

Events Manager

FINANCE, IT & DATA SERVICES

Rich Freshwater Vice President & Chief Financial Officer

Deborah Benjamin Accounting Clerk

Julian Cann Accounting Clerk

Kathleen Curry Data Entry Clerk

Elizabeth Engwall Accounting Manager

Matt Grady Accounting Manager

Sharon Grayton Data Services Manager

Marijane Klug Accounting Manager

Shannon May Accounting Clerk

Kristina Pfeiffer Director of Finance

Elizabeth Salmons

Accounting Clerk

Judy Simpson Director of Finance

Tara Williams

Data Services Manager

HUMAN RESOURCES &

PAYROLL

Kyle Wynk-Sivashankar

Vice President of Human Resources

Megan Inderbitzin-Tsai Director of Payroll Services

Natalia Lerzundi

Human Resources & Payroll Coordinator

Jenny Ryan Human Resources Manager

LEARNING

Carol Dary Dunevant Director of Learning

Hollie Greenwood Learning Coordinator

Kyle Lamb

Learning Programs Manager

MARKETING

Michael Frisco Vice President of Marketing

Leon Barton Website Manager

Jon Dellinger Copywriter & Marketing Manager

Drew Dolan Box Office Manager

Carmen Granger Subscriptions & Loyalty

Marketing Manager

Stephanie Lazorchak

Graphic Designer

Daniel Lees

Assistant Box Office Manager

Michelle Lewandowski Director of Marketing

Tina Marshall Director of Ticketing & Audience Services

Wendy Marshall Group Sales Manager

Amber Ostaszewski Director of Audience Engagement

Alexis Shambley Email & Insight Marketing Manager

Patron Services

Representatives

Ellison Blair, Lead

Hannah Blanchette, Lead

Talor Marren, Lead

Lucas Maurer, Lead

Malone Blaich

Craig Doolin

Mary Duplantier

Summer Feldt

Ebony Jackson

Monica Lange

Marian Mayen

Gregory Patterson

Matthew Wallenhorst

PHILANTHROPY

Mary McFadden Lawson

Chief Philanthropy Officer

Sean Baker

Director of Institutional Giving

Bhavya Nayna Channan

Corporate Giving Manager

Ashley Coffey Foundation & Grants Manager

Kate Farinacci

Director of Special Campaigns & Legacy Giving

Penny Hamilton

Philanthropy Assistant

Catherine Hann

Assistant Director of Individual Giving

Rachel Hellebusch

Institutional Giving Coordinator

Leslie Hoggatt

Director of Individual Giving & Donor Services

Quinton Jefferson

Research & Grants Administrator

D’Anté McNeal

Special Projects Coordinator

Jenna Montes

Individual Giving Manager

Emma Steward

Donor Engagement Coordinator

PRODUCTION

John Clapp

Vice President of Orchestra & Production

Laura Bordner Adams Director of Operations

Carlos Javier Production Manager

Alex Magg Production Manager

Brenda Tullos

Director of Orchestra Personnel

Rachel Vondra

Assistant Orchestra Personnel Manager