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WELCOME
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MEET DAVID ALAN MILLER
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MISSION STATEMENT
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ORCHESTRA ROSTER
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JANUARY PROGRAM
21 JANUARY 8 • SCHEHERAZADE! FEBRURY PROGRAM
29 FEBRUARY 12 • TCHAIKOVSKY'S PATHÉTIQUE FEBRURY PROGRAM
37 FEBRUARY 26, 27 • KEVIN COLE RETURNS
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elcome to the Albany Symphony! Whether you are a longtime subscriber, a first-time attendee, or are watching one of our live digital streams from home, we are honored and thrilled to have you with us. Our 2021-2022 season—David’s 30th as our Music Director—continues this winter with more of our favorite symphonic masterworks and enthralling newer pieces, all brought to life on stage by your Albany Symphony musicians and virtuoso guest artists. In January, Erina Yashima from the Philadelphia Orchestra conducts Scheherazade (page 21), Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s symphonic setting of the evocative One Thousand and One Nights, on a program that also features violinist Maya Anjali Buchanan in Alexander Glazunov’s Violin Concerto. In February, David leads a special Valentine’s Weekend performance of Serge Prokofiev’s dazzling Piano Concerto No. 3 (page 31) with Wei Luo, and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Pathétique—one of the most glorious, exquisitely beautiful symphonies of the Romantic Era. At the end of February,
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pianist and longtime friend of the Symphony Kevin Cole returns for two performances of Gershwin in the Roaring 20s (page 37), a rollicking trip through the iconic Gershwin Songbook, including sizzling jazz-band versions of the Rhapsody in Blue and Concerto in F. Convergence—our multiyear exploration of Black American art forms—also continues this winter with monthly events led by our nationally acclaimed Curating Artists: Spoken word artist and Kennedy Center Social Impact Director Marc Bamuthi Joseph, Afro-Haitian and contemporary dancer and choreographer Adia Tamar Whitaker, and acclaimed jazz and multi-genre violinist Regina Carter. To learn more and to join us as we bring our musicians, board, patrons, students, neighbors, and friends from across the region together for interactive workshops, food and fellowship, visit albanysymphony.com/convergence. This initiative is made possible in part with generous support from the Charles L. Touhey Foundation.
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Carnegie Hall, and at the SHIFT Festival at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. Other accolades include Columbia University’s 2003 Ditson Conductor’s Award, the oldest award honoring conductors for their commitment to American music, the 2001 ASCAP Morton Gould Award for Innovative Programming, and, in 1999, ASCAP’s first-ever Leonard Bernstein Award for Outstanding Educational Programming.
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wo-time Grammy Award–winning conductor David Alan Miller has established a reputation as one of the leading American conductors of his generation. As music director of the Albany Symphony since 1992, Mr. Miller has proven himself a creative and compelling orchestra builder. Through exploration of unusual repertoire, educational programming, community outreach, and recording initiatives, he has reaffirmed the Albany Symphony’s reputation as the nation’s leading champion of American symphonic music and one of its most innovative orchestras. He and the orchestra have twice appeared at "Spring For Music," an annual festival of America's most creative orchestras at New York City's
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Frequently in demand as a guest conductor, Mr. Miller has worked with most of America’s major orchestras, including the orchestras of Baltimore, Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Houston, Indianapolis, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and San Francisco, as well as the New World Symphony, the Boston Pops, and the New York City Ballet. In addition, he has appeared frequently throughout Europe, the UK, Australia, and the Far East as guest conductor. Since 2019, Mr. Miller has served as Artistic Advisor to the Little Orchestra Society in New York City, and, from 2006 to 2012, served as Artistic Director of “New Paths in Music,” a festival of new music from around the world, also in New York City. Mr. Miller received his most recent Grammy Award in 2021 for his recording of Christopher Theofanidis’ Viola Concerto, with Richard O’Neill and the Albany Symphony, and his first Grammy in 2014 for his Naxos recording of John Corigliano's "Conjurer," with the Albany Symphony and Dame Evelyn Glennie.
His extensive discography also includes recordings of the works of Todd Levin with the London Symphony Orchestra for Deutsche Grammophon, as well as music by Michael Daugherty, Kamran Ince, Michael Torke (London/Decca), Luis Tinoco, and Christopher Rouse (Naxos). His recordings with the Albany Symphony include discs devoted to the music of John Harbison, Roy Harris, Morton Gould, Don Gillis, Aaron J. Kernis, Peter Mennin, and Vincent Persichetti on the Albany Records label. He has also conducted the National Orchestral
Institute Philharmonic in three acclaimed recordings on Naxos. A native of Los Angeles, David Alan Miller holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Berkeley and a master’s degree in orchestral conducting from The Juilliard School. Prior to his appointment in Albany, Mr. Miller was associate conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. From 1982 to 1988, he was music director of the New York Youth Symphony, earning considerable acclaim for his work with that ensemble. Mr. Miller lives in Slingerlands, New York, a rural suburb of Albany.
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The Albany Symphony's string sections use revolving seating. Players behind the stationary chairs change seats systematically and are listed alphabetically. VIOLIN Jill Levy +
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SCHEHERAZADE! SATURDAY | JANUARY 8, 2022 | 7:30 PM PROCTORS THEATRE ERINA YASHIMA, CONDUCTOR MAYA ANJALI BUCHANAN, VIOLIN Vivian Fung (B. 1975)
A Child’s Dream of Toys
Alexander Glazunov (1865-1936)
Violin Concerto I. Moderato II. Cadenza III. Allegro INTERMISSION (20 Minutes)
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade (1844-1908) I. Largo e maestoso - Allegro non troppo “The Sea and Sinbad's Ship” II. Lento - Andantino “The Legend of the Kalender Prince” III. Andantino quasi allegretto “The Young Prince and the Young Princess” IV. Allegro molto “The Festival at Baghdad” POST-CONCERT TALK SPONSOR
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ABOUT THE PROGRAM
ERINA YASHIMA
GUEST CONDUCTOR
German-born conductor Erina Yashima is the Assistant Conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra. Yashima has been in this role since September 2019, where she assists Music Director Yannick NézetSéguin, as well as other guest conductors, and leads the Philadelphia Orchestra in a variety of different concert programs. As a rising star in the industry, Yashima has performed all over the world with acclaimed ensembles and orchestras. Recent highlights include her debut at the Arena di Verona and her return to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, as well as debuts with the San Francisco Symphony, Aspen Chamber Symphony, Rostov State Philharmonic, and at the Colorado Music Festival. This 2021-22 season will see Yashima’s debuts with the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, NDR Radiophilharmonie Hannover, Orchestra della Toscana, Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal, Albany Symphony, Eugene Symphony, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, and Niederrheinische Sinfoniker, among others. On the opera platform, Yashima will conduct a new production of Mozart’s Così fan tutte in her debut with the Washington National Opera at the Kennedy Center, and lead a production of Rusalka at the Theater Krefeld und Mönchengladbach. Since 2015, Yashima has been studying with Riccardo Muti. As winner of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s Sir Georg Solti Conducting Apprenticeship, Yashima assisted Maestro Muti and
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worked closely with the Civic Orchestra of Chicago. During this period, Yashima collaborated with cellist Yo-Yo Ma and assisted conductors such as Esa-Pekka Salonen, Christoph Eschenbach, and Edward Gardner. In opera, Yashima made her debut at the Salzburg Festival in 2017 with a production of Der Schauspieldirektor for children. She conducted Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro in Novara and Ravenna in February 2019, and Rossini’s La Cenerentola, both in 2017 in Lucca and again in 2018 in Piacenza with the Luigi Cherubini Youth Orchestra. At the Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern, Yashima served as répétiteur with conducting duties, leading performances of My Fair Lady. As a pre-college piano student of Bernd Goetzke, Yashima began her musical studies at the Institute for the Early Advancement of the Musically Highly Gifted (IFF) in her hometown of Hannover and had her first conducting lessons at the age of 14. After studying conducting in
Freiburg with Scott Sandmeier and in Vienna with Mark Stringer, she completed her studies at the Hanns Eisler School of Music, Berlin under the guidance of Christian Ehwald and Hans-Dieter Baum To learn more about Erina Yashima, visit erinayashima.com.
VIVIAN FUNG
A CHILD’S DREAM OF TOYS
JUNO Award–winning composer Vivian Fung has a unique talent for combining idiosyncratic textures and styles into largescale works, reflecting her multicultural background. NPR calls her “one of today’s most eclectic composers.” Highlights of upcoming performances include the world premiere of two operatic scenes with librettist Royce Vavrek, part of Edmonton Opera’s The Wild Rose Opera Project; a UK tour of new work with the Tangram Collective; the premiere of Fung’s fifth String Quartet in Canada; the French premiere of Earworms; and the UK premiere of String Sinfonietta. Mary Elizabeth Bowden tours her Trumpet Concerto and is recording it for future release on Çedille Records. Fung is currently at work on a new project about identity with soprano Andrea Nunez and Royce Vavrek, an expanded version of her Flute Concerto, and upcoming percussion works for Katie Rife and Ensemble for These Times. Recent season highlights include the world premiere of new flute concerto, Storm Within, by the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and principal flutist Christie Reside; the UK premiere of Birdsong,
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performed by violinist Midori at Kings Place in London; the world premiere of a new trumpet concerto with trumpeter Mary Elizabeth Bowden and the Erie Philharmonic; and the world premiere of String Quartet No. 4 “Insects and Machines,” performed by the American String Quartet. In July 2020, the CBC and Toronto Symphony’s Virtual Orchestra gave the world premiere of Fung’s Prayer, a work recorded in isolation during the pandemic for an online performance led by conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin. With a deep interest in exploring different cultures, Fung has traveled to Cambodia, Southwest China, North Vietnam, Spain, and Bali to connect with her roots and collect research for her compositions. Passionate about fostering the talent of the next generation, Fung has mentored young composers in programs at the American Composers Forum, San Francisco Contemporary Chamber Players, San José Youth Chamber Orchestra, and Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music. Born in Edmonton, Canada, Fung received ALBANY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA | 23
her doctorate from The Juilliard School. She currently lives in California and is on the faculty of Santa Clara University. To learn more about Vivian Fung, visit vivianfung.ca. Vivian Fung’s A Child’s Dream of Toys is inspired both by Fung’s 3-year-old son and by an oil painting by Grant Maxwell, Fung’s late piano teacher from Edmonton, who passed away from a brain tumor in 1993 while Fung was still a student. The piece is fast-paced and virtuosic and moves along at a clip evoking a child’s seemingly unlimited energy. The piece is organized as a series of episodes—short sections that morph and change as often as a child’s moods. The softest section in the middle of the piece features a very short and somewhat hidden quote of Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star, but is bent out of shape with a sliding glissando that pulls the tune downwards in key. The title of the work is taken from Maxwell’s painting, which he gave to Fung shortly before his death. It is a small abstract rendition of a child’s imagination in bright yellow and primary colors.
ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV CONCERTO FOR VIOLIN AND ORCHESTRA
Among the non-contemporary composers featured this season, Alexander Glazunov (1865-1936) is one less often featured by the Albany Symphony—records show that he has not appeared on an ASO concert in the last 25 years. Who was he? At an early age, Glazunov was taught and acclaimed by Rimsky-Korsakov; his opus numbers go to 110, including eight symphonies and a
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saxophone (!) concerto; he was a teacher at, and director of, the St. Petersburg Conservatory for about 30 years; and he received honorary degrees from Oxford and Cambridge. Certainly in his 70 years he found artistic satisfaction and critical success. Perhaps tonight’s performance of his Violin Concerto will pique your interest in the many Glazunov performances to be found on YouTube. The concerto was premiered by noted violinist Leopold Auer and the Russian Musical Society, with the composer conducting, on February 15, 1905. The 20-minute concerto is really one long, uninterrupted movement, but in it there is much variety, of the sort found in three distinct movements. Unusually, the soloist enters almost immediately with a brooding, wandering line in A minor: the first interval is from tonic A to E, the dominant. Then comes a second lovely melody, a descending figure, and the
movement picks up steam in terms of tempo and jocoseness. Yet a third beautiful tune, introduced by the violin, opens the long andante section. It’s a big, warm motif, one which the entire orchestra takes up as the violin weaves attractive filagree. Violas then herald a section that develops the themes we have already heard. A cadenza shows off the soloist, with pizzicato work, double stops, and trills, leading to the jaunty allegro, in 6/8. The skipping tune in A major begins in the trumpets, is echoed by the violin, and then is passed around the orchestra. A second melody by the violin appears, and the two tunes get a thorough workout on the way to a rollicking ending.
MAYA ANJALI BUCHANAN
Recognized for her spirited performances and exceptional bel canto-like lyricism, Indian-American violinist Maya Anjali Buchanan is gaining wide appeal as an enchanting young artist with a unique musical voice. Named Yamaha’s 2020 Young Performing Artist for Classical Music/Violin, she has performed on three continents and garnered enthusiastic reviews.
Buchanan has performed in recital and as the featured soloist with numerous orchestras throughout the United States and China and Europe. “The incredibly difficult Sibelius concerto performed flawlessly and with a passion one might expect from a veteran player twice her age, ," blogger Li Zhivong wrote of her Chengdu debut with the Sichuan Philharmonic Orchestra Opening
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the concerto with a silvery magical tone she forged forward with a deep understanding…A powerful performance not to be soon forgotten.” blogger Li Zhicong, raved of her Chengdu debut with the Sichuan Philharmonic Orchestra. Buchanan has appeared as a guest artist at the Peninsula Music Festival, Harpa International Academy Festival, and made her Aspen Music Festival debut as the recipient of the prestigious 2019 Dorothy DeLay Fellowship Award, performing the Glazunov Violin Concerto with the Aspen Philharmonic Orchestra. Highlights of forthcoming engagements include performances with the Highland Park Strings, Northpark and Evanston Symphony Orchestras, Albany Symphony, Symphony Orchestra of India in Mumbai, and recital debuts at the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert Series in Chicago and Salon de Virtuosi recital series in NYC. At 16, Buchanan captured First Prize in the 2017 Crain-Maling Foundation Chicago Symphony Orchestra Young ALBANY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA | 25
Artist Competition and made her solo debut with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. She is a top medalist of the 2018 Washington International Competition, 2018 Stulberg International String Competition, 2016 Stradivarius International Violin Competition, 2015 Johansen International Competition, and participated in the 2021 Menuhin International Violin Competition, the “Olympics of the Violin.” Buchanan has performed at many diverse venues including Harpa Concert Hall in Reykjavík, Carneige Hall in New York City, The Kennedy Center Terrace Theater, Chicago Symphony Center, Ravinia’s Bennett-Gordon Hall, Aspen’s Harris Hall and Benedict Music Tent, The Kimmel Center for Performing Arts in Philadelphia, Deluxe Music Hall in Chengdu, China, Door Country Auditorium in Wisconsin, and historic Chenery Auditorium in Michigan. Selected as an “exceptional young artist” worldwide to perform at the Starling-DeLay Symposium in NYC, Maya has been featured on numerous radio broadcasts including multiple performances on NPR’s “From the Top,” WFMT Chicago “Introductions,” South Dakota Public Broadcasting, WCLV Cleveland and KJAX Aspen Public Radio. In the effort to broaden Western classical music traditions, Maya unveils the music of her heritage by presenting pieces unique to her Indian ancestry, bridging her Eastern roots with her Western classical training. She enjoys showcasing works of Indian influence that reflect the form and improvisational quality of Eastern music, blending
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techniques of both cultures. An alumna of the Music Institute of Chicago Academy, she studied with Almita and Roland Vamos. She currently attends the famed Curtis Institute of Music in the studio of pedagogue Ida Kavafian. Maya performs with a c. 1730 Guarneri ‘del Gesù’ through the generous efforts of the Stradivari Society of Chicago.
NIKOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV SCHEHERAZADE
Acceding to his family’s wishes, Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908) first had a career in the navy, but by the time he was 27 he had developed his musical skills enough to be counted as one of “The Five” (along with composers Balakirev, Borodin, Cui, and Mussorgsky) and hired as a teacher at the St. Petersburg Conservatory. He taught and composed until his death, earning a national and international reputation for, among other compositions, tonight’s work; Russian Easter Overture; Capriccio Espagnole; and two operas, Sadko and The Golden Cockerel. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov composed Scheherazade in the summer of 1888 and conducted its first performance on November 3rd of the same year, in St. Petersburg. It is Rimsky-Korsakov’s most extended orchestral composition, and the one in which he reached his greatest heights in the fusion of arresting themes, rich orchestral color and evocative atmosphere in a context of symphonic programming.
The source of the program which prefaces the score is the “One Thousand and One Nights.” The preface reads: The Sultan Schahriar, convinced of the duplicity and infidelity of all women, vowed to kill each of his wives after their wedding night. The Sultana Scheherazade, however, saved her life by telling the Sultan a succession of stories over a period of a thousand-and-one nights. Consumed with curiosity, the Sultan postponed the execution of his wife from day to day and ended by renouncing altogether his bloody resolution. Scheherazade recounted many marvels to Schahriar, drawing upon verses of the poets and the words of folk songs and tales, connecting her stories one with another. The four movements originally had the following titles: I-The Sea and Sinbad’s Ship; II-The Tale of the Kalender Prince; III-The Young Prince and Princess; IV-Festival at Bagdad-The Sea-The Ship Is Wrecked on a Rock Surmounted by a Bronze Warrior. After the first performance, Rimsky-Korsakov withdrew the titles; this passage from his autobiography explains why he did so: “In composing Scheherazade I meant to direct but slightly the hearer’s fancy on the path which my own fancy had traveled, and to leave more minute and particular conceptions to the will and mood of each listener. All I had desired was that the hearer, if he liked my piece as symphonic music, should carry away the impression that it is beyond doubt an Oriental narrative of some numerous and varied fairytale wonders, and not merely
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four pieces played one after the other and composed on the basis of themes common to all four movements.” The structural plan of Scheheraz ade follows the cyclic idea adumbrated by Beethoven and firmly established by Berlioz, Liszt, and Wagner in the middle years of the 19th Century: two basic themes, representing the Sultan and Scheherazade respectively, are stated at the beginning of the first movement and reappear from time to time throughout the work, often varied. The unifying effect is enhanced by the usual appearance of the Scheherazade theme in the solo violin. The new themes introduced in the second and third movements are brought back in the finale, a la Gotterdammerung, and the work ends in a quiet dialogue between the Sultana and her subdued lord. Glazunov and Rimsky-Korsakov program notes by Paul Lamar. Scheherazade concert note by Russell F. Locke, from the Albany Symphony concert of October 24, 1970, Julius Hegyi conducting.
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TCHAIKOVSKY'S PATHÉTIQUE SATURDAY | FEBRUARY 12, 2022 | 7:30 PM PALACE THEATRE DAVID ALAN MILLER, CONDUCTOR WEI LUO, PIANO Hannah Kendall (B. 1984)
The Spark Catchers
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
Piano Concerto No. 3 I. Andante – Allegro II. Tema con variazioni III. Allegro ma non troppo INTERMISSION (20 Minutes)
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ABOUT THE PROGRAM
HANNAH KENDALL THE SPARK CATCHERS
Known for her attentive arrangements and immersive world-building, Hannah Kendall’s music looks beyond the boundaries of composition. Her work bridges gaps between different musical cultures, both honouring and questioning the contemporary tradition while telling new stories through it. Contrasting fine detail with limitless abandon, she has become renowned both as a composer and a storyteller, confronting our collective history with narrative-driven pieces centered on bold mission statements. Marked by striking and often polarizing dynamics, her large-scale work simmers on the surface, and is upturned by the briefest moments of bombast. Ensemble pieces subvert audience expectations of "quiet and loud" and "still and moving," scattering those musical opposites unexpectedly. The sounds are visceral, but their placement is complicated, disclosing the detail that exists beneath. While hinging on intense moments, Kendall’s music is also staggeringly intricate, maneuvering tiny decisions that reveal themselves on further listens. Kendall’s work has been widely celebrated. She has created pieces such as Disillusioned Dreamer (2018), which the San Francisco Chronicle praised for having a “rich inner life,” as well as The Knife of Dawn (2016), a chamber opera that received critical acclaim for its involving and claustrophobic representation of the incarceration of Guyanese political activist Martin Carter. Her work has been performed extensively, and across many platforms. She has worked with 30 | ALBANY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
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ensembles including London Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seattle Symphony Orchestra, The Hallé, Ensemble Modern, and London Sinfonietta, but you’ll also find her collaborating with choreographers, poets and art galleries; crossing over to different art forms, and celebrating the impact these unique settings have on sound. She is currently composing an Afrofuturist opera for experimental vocalist and movement artist Elaine Mitchener. Born in London in 1984, Kendall is based in New York City as a Doctoral Fellow in composition at Columbia University. To learn more about Hannah Kendall, visit hannahkendall.co.uk. FROM THE COMPOSER The Spark Catchers: Lemn Sissay’s incredibly evocative poem “The Spark Catchers” is the inspiration behind this work. I was drawn to its wonderful dynamism, vibrancy, and drive. Specific words and phrases from the text have established the structure of the work, and informed the contrasting musical characteristics created within the piece’s main components.
The opening “Sparks and Strikes” section immediately creates vigour and liveliness, with the piccolo and violins setting-up a swelling rhythmic drive, interjected by strong strikes from the rest of the ensemble. This momentum continues into “The Molten Madness,” maintaining the initial kinetic energy, whilst also producing a darker and brooding atmosphere introduced in the bass lines. A broad and soaring melodic line in the french horns and first violins overlays the material, moving into a majestic episode led by the full string section, accentuated by valiant calls in the woodwind, brass and percussion; culminating in a sudden pause. A lighter variation of the opening rhythmic material in the clarinets, harp, and strings follows, creating a feeling of suspense. The texture builds up through a jazzy figure led by the brass, leading to powerful and surging interplay between the flutes, oboes, and violins. The lighter, clearer, and crystalline “Beneath the Stars/In the Silver Sheen” section follows. Quiet and still, it is distinguished by its gleaming delicacy through long interweaving lines, high pitch range and thin textures. An illuminating strike, underpinned by the glockenspiel and harp, signifies the climax of this section. Subsequently, the opening zest comes back again through dance-like material which culminates in “The Matchgirls March” with its forceful and punchy chords. The Spark Catchers ends with a coda-like section, which carries over the power of the “March,” whilst also incorporating variations on musical motives from “Sparks and Strikes” and “The Molten Madness”; finally concluding on a sparkling flourish. —H.K.
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SERGEI PROKOFIEV
CONCERTO FOR PIANO NO. 3
Sergei Prokofiev’s son once said that “his father wrote quite ordinary music and then prokofievized it.” What does this clever statement mean? Except, perhaps, for the Symphony No. 1 (“Classical”) and Peter and the Wolf, a lot of Prokofiev's other works are full of gorgeous melodies that eventually “go off.” The pretty tune becomes distorted, and conventional tonality gives way to harmonic dissonance. Nevertheless, Prokofiev (1891-1953) seemed always to write according to his own creative lights even when, in 1948, the Communist Party censured his work and demanded a new style. The 20th Century master counts the ballets Romeo and Juliet and Cinderella, seven symphonies, a film score for Alexander Nevsky, and a number of concertos for piano, violin, and cello among his enormous output, and many of his works, some critics’ comments notwithstanding, have become staples of the modern canon.
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In June 1970, Ronald Edwin Lewis wrote: “One critic in the Peteburgsky Listak of August 18, 1913, attempts to mark Prokofiev’s place in Russian music: ‘Prokofiev may even mark a state in the development of Russian music: the first stage being Glinka and Rubinstein, the second Tchaikowsky and Rimsky-Korsakov, the third Glazunov and Arensky, the fourth Scriabin and…and…Prokofiev, Why Not?’ The innovations and popularity of the Scriabin movement were slowly beginning to fade. Scriabin’s main concern was harmony with very little rhythmic interest. Prokofiev, as many composers in the past had the fortune to do, came on the scene at an opportune time. His music reflects an intense rhythmic drive in addition to his own unique harmonic idiom.” Lewis continues: “Prokofiev’s way of writing for the piano arose from his own distinctive manner of playing it.” Harold Schonberg states: “As a pianist Prokofiev was the New Man of the century. He had little in common with the past, and his playing was completely original… This was the kind of approach needed to play Bartok, Stravinsky and the other moderns. Therefore, Prokofiev’s pianism not only influenced his style of writing for the piano but was also to influence the performance styles required to play other twentieth century composers. Bartok, Stravinsky and Prokofiev treated the piano basically as a percussive instrument in opposition to the ‘hammerless’ piano suggested by Debussy’s music.” This thrilling concerto was about 10 years in the making. The first movement starts off with a solo clarinet, playing, almost improvisationally, a little melody that comes 32 | ALBANY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
back from time to time. Then a second clarinet joins. Other winds enter, and finally the piano comes in, pushing past all of the sweetness and declaring another mood altogether. Thus, except for some lyrical passages from the soloist, the music, like a great, oiled machine, drives along. Everything a pianist can do is done: cross-hand work, glissandos, two-hand scale passages (one almost thinks of Bach), crashing chords, reaches to both ends of the keyboard, and staccato playing. There is no cadenza because there is nothing more to be shone off! And the orchestral color is vivid: wood blocks, piccolo, brass. The second movement is a theme and variations, the theme announced in the flute and receiving many permutations in terms of instrumentation, speed, and volume. It is everywhere apparent, if always slightly disguised. Just as the first movement’s tune was introduced by the clarinet and the second movement’s by the flute, so is the third movement’s by the bassoon. The movement, in 3/4, chugs along until the strings offer a ravishing melody, but soon Prokofiev presents us with a section that Lewis calls a “cat’s meow,” citing Prokofiev’s wit. The piano introduces the figure, and then the winds have fun with it. The lush tune returns, full-throated, followed by the jaunty bassoon motif that opened the movement. Fireworks ensue, as the pianist scrambles all over the keyboard, pounding out chords and syncopated rhythms, and cruising through glissandi. And the piece ends on a walloping C, the piece’s key. Prokofiev premiered the concerto with the Chicago Symphony, under Frederick Stock, on December 16, 1921.
WEI LUO
Pianist Wei Luo, one of the most promising students of legendary Gary Graffman, was recognized by American classical radio station WQXR as one of the 19 artists to watch in 2019. In August of that year, Luo released her self-titled debut album under DeccaGold, Universal Music Group. The album was recommended and featured by “Gramophone” magazine online as an exciting new release. Soon after, it was featured on both Apple Music (classical), and Amazon Music (classical) front pages. Spotify alone reached around 30,000 listeners. Luo's recitals have been featured and broadcasted nationwide, including WHYY Pennsylvania, Minnesota Public Radio, Michigan WCMU, Texas Rio Grande, and North Carolina's The Classical Station WCPE among others. Luo received the Gilmore Young Artist Award at age 17 in 2018, and was the winner and recipient of the “Salon de Virtuosi” Career Grant in New York at age 16. She made her orchestra debut at age 11 with the Shanghai Philharmonic where, along with artistic director Muhai Tang, they opened the 2011 season by performing Prokofiev Concerto No. 3 at the Shanghai Oriental Art Center. Born in Shenzhen, China, Luo showed great interest in music and began piano lessons at age 5. She gave her debut recital in Hong Kong at age 6. Winner of numerous competitions in China, Luo also claimed first prize in the 11th Chopin International Competition for Young Pianists in Poland and the second Rachmaninov International Piano Com-
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petition for Young Pianists in Frankfurt, both in 2010. In 2012, at age 13, Luo was accepted to the prestigious Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia where she studies with Gary Graffman and Robert McDonald. Before that, Wei entered the Shenzhen Arts School with the highest score at age 8. She was accepted with the highest score again to the middle school of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music with Tang Zhe at age 9. To learn more about Wei Luo, visit weiluopiano.com.
PYTOR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
SYMPHONY NO. 6, “PATHETIQUE”
The music of Pytor Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) is indispensable in virtually every genre: ballet (think The Nutcracker, excerpts of which we heard in December, and Swan Lake); concertos (one for violin, three for piano, and Rococo Variations for Cello and Orchestra); operas (Eugene Onegin and The Queen of Spades are staples); overtures (Romeo and Juliet ALBANY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA | 33
and 1812); songs and chamber music; and six symphonies. In all of these works, Tchaikovsky is the consummate romantic. His melodies are passionate; his orchestrations are colorful; his gestures are bold. Some discredit him for wearing his heart on his sleeve, but he was inventive enough not to be merely an exhibitionist. As Wilson Strutte notes, “The real tragedy of Tchaikovsky is that he spent a great part of his life under the shadow of imaginary horrors created by his own sensitive nature and tortured nature.” Part of that torture originated in his fear of being exposed as gay, so perhaps the horrors were not entirely imaginary, given the attitudes toward homosexuality at the time. The symphony—dedicated to his nephew, Vladimir (Bob) Davidov, with whom Tchaikovsky was in love—was premiered on October 28, 1893, in St. Petersburg, the composer conducting. The title was reportedly given to it by the composer’s brother Modest. The performance received mixed reviews. But Tchaikovsky himself was proud of this work, whose plan, he said in his sketchbook, was “LIFE. First part—all impulsive passion, confidence, thirst for activity. Must be short. (Finale DEATH— result of collapse). Second part, love; third, disappointments; fourth ends dying away (also short).” When it was finished, he said, “I give you my word of honor that never in my life have I been so contented, so proud, so happy, in the knowledge that I have written a good piece.” Nine days after the symphony’s debut, Tchaikovsky was dead. Modest claimed that his brother knowingly, and cava34 | ALBANY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
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lierly, drank a glass of unboiled water during a cholera epidemic, contracted the disease, and died. Others say that Tchaikovsky was basically in a sunny mood, so why would he wish to kill himself? In any case the symphony’s final movement is a fitting dirge for a complex man who, over 53 years, survived life’s strains and produced music that moves, charms, and consoles. The first movement begins in the depths of the orchestra, with a brooding bassoon solo that sets up the character of this work in B minor. About four-and-ahalf minutes into the movement comes a poignant melody in the strings. It is followed by a lighter section, and then the tune returns with great drama. The clarinet picks up the melody, creating a bridge to a development section that plays with the material from the beginning in an extroverted fashion, with the theme now echoed by one section of the orchestra after another. Suddenly the mood turns mournful again, preparing the way for the recapitulation of the chief theme of heartbreak. The last minute features plucked strings and chordal
statements in the brass and the winds. The second movement is odd because you can’t quite find the beat. It has the earmarks of a lilting, elegant waltz, but the meter is, in fact, 5/4, not 3/4. While the marking is Allegro con grazia, the lightness of the tempo is somewhat compromised by the darkness of the material itself. The strings get the third movement off to a pell-mell start. The tune of this march is jaunty at times, martial at others. But clearly everything is winding up to a thrilling apotheosis. Tempos are double-timed and winds and strings sail up and down the scale. Strings provide a running commentary under all the sprightly punctuation by various instruments. What a terrific ending to a symphony!
Of course, this is not the end. What follows is one of the most heart-wrenching slow movements in the symphonic literature. How shocking it must have been for the opening night orchestra to encounter a finale which thwarted their expectations. The movement begins with a cry from the strings, in the form of a descending scale, the line is divided between first and second violins. Nearly three minutes into the movement a breathtakingly beautiful theme appears, perhaps a reaffirmation of life in the face of death. As the work draws to a close, however, the music descends through the parts of the orchestra, extinguished, finally, by the bass section (remember the opening?), which fades away into nothingness. Prokofiev and Tchaikovsky program notes by Paul Lamar.
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KEVIN COLE RETURNS GERSHWIN IN THE ROARING 20s SATURDAY | FEBRUARY 26, 2022 | 7:30 PM TROY SAVINGS BANK MUSIC HALL DAVID ALAN MILLER, CONDUCTOR KEVIN COLE, PIANO
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Kevin Cole performs the original jazz band version of Gershwin’s iconic Rhapsody in Blue, classic Gershwin songs, Broadway overtures and more!
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ABOUT THE PROGRAM
GEORGE GERSHWIN
In his famous song from 1971, “American Pie,” Don McLean referred to “the day the music died,” meaning February 3, 1959, when Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper perished in a plane crash. For music lovers of a previous generation, the day the music died might have been July 11, 1937, the day George Gershwin died of a brain tumor. Indeed, the writer John O’Hara said, “George Gershwin died on July 11, 1937, but I don’t have to believe it if I don’t want to.” That’s how important Gershwin was to the American musical scene. He was a boy wonder, who, according to the biography George Gershwin, by Howard Pollack, “made his known debut as a composer and pianist…playing (a) somewhat raggy tango on March 21, 1914, as part of an evening’s entertainment at the Christodora House…on the Lower East Side.” Five years later his music was on Broadway, and though he never abandoned musicals, he became increasingly interested in more than popular entertainments. The Concerto in F (1925) premiered about a year after Rhapsody in Blue because he wanted to write something serious, not jazz-related. And when, according to Gershwin biographer Edward Jablonski, 52-year-old French composer Maurice Ravel arrived in New York City in 1928 and asked to meet Gershwin and see a show by the 29-year-old music sensation, Gershwin turned around and petitioned Ravel for composition lessons; but the great man said no because Gershwin would only compromise his unique gifts and end up writing “’bad’ Ravel.” When, later, with a recommendation from Ravel in hand, 38 | ALBANY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
GEORGE GERSWIN
Gershwin arrived in Paris, teacher Nadia Boulanger rebuffed Gershwin for the same reason. Indeed, the two French artists clearly recognized the power of Gershwin to contribute to, as Ravel put it, “a noble heritage in music.” Gershwin’s lone opera, Porgy and Bess, premiered in 1935, and though it was built on blues and African American folk elements, it was an opera nonetheless. Had Gershwin not died at the age of 38, no doubt he would have continued branching out into serious music. Gershwin program note by Paul Lamar.
KEVIN COLE
Kevin Cole is an award-winning musical director, arranger, composer, vocalist and archivist who garnered the praises of Irving Berlin, Harold Arlen, E.Y. Harburg, Hugh Martin, Burton Lane, Stephen Sondheim, Marvin Hamlisch and members of the Jerome Kern and Gershwin families. Engagements for Cole include: sold-out performances with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl; BBC Concert Orchestra at Royal Albert
Hall; National Symphony at the Kennedy Center; San Francisco Symphony, Chicago Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony, Philharmonia Orchestra (London); Hong Kong Philharmonic; Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra; New Zealand Symphony, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra (Australia), Ravinia Festival, Wolf Trap, Savannah Music Festival, Castleton Festival, Chautauqua Institute, Carnegie Hall with Albany Symphony and many others. Cole was featured soloist for the PBS special “Gershwin at One Symphony,” Place with the Nashville Symphony. He has shared the concert stage with William Warfield, Sylvia McNair, Lorin Maazel, Audra McDonald, Barbara Cook, and friend and mentor Marvin Hamlisch. In addition to his busy touring and per-
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forming schedule, Cole is currently Artist in Residence in Musical Theatre and Voice at Saginaw Valley State University. To learn more about Kevin Cole, visit kevincolemusic.com.
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5555555555555 ALBANY SYMPHONY 5555555555555 BOARD & STAFF
BOARD OFFICERS Jerel Golub, Chair Faith A. Takes, Vice Chair David Rubin, Treasurer John Regan, Secretary BOARD OF DIRECTORS Kaweeda Adams Gemma Allen Guha Bala Beth Beshaw Melody Bruce, MD Charles Buchanan Dr. Benjamin E. Chi Judith Ciccio (Ex Officio) Marcia Cockrell Ellen Cole, Ph. D. David Duquette Marisa Eisemann, MD Nicholas Faso Alan Goldberg Joseph T. Gravini Catherine Hackert (Ex Officio) Anthony P. Hazapis Jahkeen Hoke Edward M. Jennings Daniel Kredentser Mark P. Lasch Steve Lobel Cory Martin Anne Older Henry Pohl Dush Pathmanandam Barry Richman Hon. Kathy M. Sheehan (Ex Officio) Rabbi Scott Shpeen Micheileen Treadwell Darrell P. Wheeler
DIRECTORS’ COUNCIL Rhea Clark Denise Gonick Sherley Hannay Charles M. Liddle III Judith B. McIlduff John J. Nigro
STAFF EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP Anna Kuwabara, Executive Director FINANCE Scott Allen, Finance Director DEVELOPMENT & MARKETING Robert Pape Director of Development & Marketing Alayna Frey Box Office & Marketing Coordinator Amanda Irwin Annual Fund & Grants Manager Tiffany Wright Events & Partnerships Associate Nyla McKenzie-Isaac Marketing & Development Assistant EDUCATION & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Jae Gayle Director of Education & Community Engagement ARTISTIC OPERATIONS Derek Smith Director of Operations & Programming Susan Ruzow Debronsky Personnel Manager Liz Silver, Music Librarian Daniel Brye, Housing Coordinator ALBANY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA | 41
555555555555 CONDUCTOR’S CIRCLE 555555555555 The Albany Symphony is grateful to the following individuals for their vital ongoing support. Updated December 10, 2021. *In Memoriam
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Hilary & Nicholas Miller Larry & Clara Sanders Rabbi Scott Shpeen Robert P. Storch & Sara M. Lord Mrs. Jeanne Tartaglia Bonnie Taylor* & Daniel Wulff William Tuthill & Gregory Anderson Barbara & Stephen Wiley
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The Albany Symphony is deeply grateful to the foundations, corporations, and government agencies whose ongoing support ensures the vitality of our orchestra. Updated December 10, 2021. $100,000+ Empire State Development Capital Region Economic Development Council Carl E. Touhey Foundation $50,000+ New York State Council on the Arts $25,000+ Aaron Copland Fund for Music Faith Takes Family Foundation League of American Orchestras National Endowment for the Arts $10,000+ Amphion Foundation The Bender Family Foundation Hannay Reels, Inc. Lucille A. Herold Charitable Trust May K. Houck Foundation Nielsen Associates
New Music USA The John D. Picotte Family Foundation Price Chopper’s Golub Foundation Sano-Rubin Construction Stewart’s Shops Vanguard-Albany Symphony $5,000+ Alice M. Ditson Fund AllSquare Wealth Management Atlas Wealth Management Discover Albany Howard & Bush Foundation The Hershey Family Fund M & T Charitable Foundation $2,500+ Alfred Z. Solomon Charitable Trust Capital Bank Charles R. Wood Foundation Hudson River Bank & Trust
J.M. McDonald Foundation The Business for Good Foundation The Peckham Family Foundation The Robison Family Foundation The Troy Savings Bank Charitable Foundation The David and Sylvia Teitelbaum Fund,Inc. $1,500+ John Fritze Jr., Jeweler Pioneer Bank $1,000+ Dr. Gustave & Elinor Eisemann Philanthropic Fund Firestone Family Foundation Hippo’s Pearl Grant Richmans Repeat Business Systems Inc. Whiteman Osterman and Hanna LLP
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555555555555 CORPORATE SPONSORS 555555555555 The Albany Symphony acknowledges the support of our corporate sponsors whose contributions recognize the importance of the Albany Symphony in building civic pride, educating our youth, and contributing to the cultural life of all people in the Capital Region. Updated September 1, 2021.
Celine & Daniel Kredentser John D. Picotte Family Foundation Carl E. Touhey Foundation Courtyard by Marriott Schenectady at Mohawk Harbor This concert season has also been made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency, the City of Albany, grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Aaron Copland Fund for Music, the Capital District Economic Development Council, Vanguard-Albany Symphony, and the support of our donors, subscribers, and patrons.
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Caitlin A. Drellos Kevin Dubner Susan Dubois Marcia Dunn Frederick & Barbara Eames John & Pamela Eberle Mr. Chris Edwards Mr. & Mrs. Carl & Joan Ekengren Mr. Bryan Ekstrom David Emanatian Lorraine & Jeff English Anne Eppelmann Ari Epstein & Rima Shamieh Mary Alyce Evans Donna Faddegon Palmer Fargnoli Ms. Rachel L. Farnum Dr. & Mrs. Reed Ference Mr. & Mrs. John J. Ferguson Pam Fernandez E. Stephen Finkle Hugh & Susan Fisher Paul & Noreen Fisk Lawrence & Susan Flesh Ms. Susan Forster Reg Foster & Maryann Jablonowski Joel & Nancy Fox Mrs. Nancy T. Frank Kellie Fredericks Elaine C. Freedman Connie H. Frisbee Houde Judith & Roy Fruiterman Fruscione Family Robert J. Gallati Lawerence Gambino Ms. Joan Gavrilik Chuck & Sally Jo Gieser Barbara P. Gigliotti Chandlee Gill Carol Gillespie & Marion E. Huxley Charles & Wendy Gilman Dr. Reid T. Muller & Dr. Shelley A. Gilroy Mr. David Gittelman Dr. G. Jeffrey Glikes, D.D.S. Ms. Jordan Gobrecht Charles & Karen Goddard Deborah & Gary Goldstein Sonja Goodwin Lynne Graburn Victoria Graffeo B. H. Green Diane & John Grego Robert & Pauline Grose Frances Gross John Gross Mr. Robert F. Guerrin David E Guinn Carlton & Susan Gutman Mr. Winston J Hagborg Scott Halle Ms. Joan Ham Henry & Pauline Hamelin Dorothy & Victor Han Dianne & Philip Hansen Helen Harris
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Ms. Laura Leeds Linda Leue Ms. Patricia J. Liddle Mr. Thomas Locke Jill Loew Timothy & Judith Looker Enrique Lopez Mr. Rudy Stegemoeller Ms. Susan Moyle Lynch Bob & Nancy Lynk Marguerite MacDonald William & Gail Madigan Beverly & Richard Magidson John Magill Marybeth Maikels Mr. Hani Marar Louise & Larry Marwill Ms. Joan Mastrianni Mr. Arthur Mattiske Mrs. Theresa C. Mayhew Mr. James McClymonds Elena McCormick Thomas McGuire Robert McKeever Thomas McNutt Benjamin & Ruth Facher Mendel Patricia Meredith John Mesch Mr. Raymond W. Michaels Mr. Vernon H. Mihill Michelle Miller-Adams Elizabeth & Bill Moll Ms. Ruth Anne Moore Alice & Richard Morse Helen Murphy Judith Ann Mysliborski, MD Nancy Newkirk Donna W. Newsome Ken Jacobs & Lisa Nissenbaum Dr. Arlene E. Nock Christopher Nolin Mr. Andrew Obernesser Timothy O'Brien Connie & Ned O'Brien Jeremy Olson Darren Oneill-Knasick David Orsino Mrs. Jan Oser Mr. Stephen Pagano William Panitch Mr. E. Parran Ms. Kathleen Patentreger Lucia Peeney Mr. & Mrs. Robert Edward Pett Bob & Lee Pettie Christian & Carol Pfister Roberta Place Julia Popova Debra Possidente Maryann Postava-Davignon Joseph Potvin & Patricia Potvin John Smolinsky & Ellen Prakken Diana Praus Donald Preuninger Rosemary Pyle
Ms. Brin Quell Craig & Dale Raisig Paul & Margaret Randall Laura Y. Rappaport Barbara Raskin Lenore & Jack Reber Mark & Cheryl Reeder Cheryl V. Reeves Dr. Christopher & Kendall Reilly Ms. Lynn Rhodes Susan Riback Mr. Steven Rich George & Gail Richardson Wayne & Monica Richter Jill & Richard Rifkin Kenneth & Susan Ritzenberg John Roberts Eric S. Roccario MD Steven & Janice Rocklin Nancy & John Rodgers Mr. Havidan Rodriguez Caleb Rogers H. Daniel Rogers Marilyn & Roger Rooney Harlan & Catherine B. Root Frank L. Rose Rosemarie V. Rosen Mr. & Mrs. Harry Rosenfeld Marin Wyatt Ridgway & Don Ruberg Dorothy A. Russell John Ryan Ms. Margaret M. Ryan Mr. William D. Salluzzo Clara & Larry Sanders Paul & Kristine Santilli Mary Kay Sawyer Henry Scarton Peg & Bob Schalit William & Gail Haulenbeek Schanck Joanne Scheibly Mr. Robert Scher & Ms. Emilie Gould Lois & Barry Scherer Dr. & Mrs. Harvey & Happy Scherer Jackie Scholten Jim & Janie Schwab Dominic Scialdone Jason Scruton George Jolly & Caroline Seligman Peggy & Jack Seppi Valerie Shafer David Shaffer Taimi Shanley Julie & William Shapiro Ms. Ann Shapiro Ms. Dolores Ann Shaw Mrs. Joanne Shay Jacob Shen Mr. Yung Shen Ms. Susan V. Shipherd Kathryn Sikkink Stephen J. Sills, M.D. Brad Silver Jiyoon Simcoe Mr. Stephen Simmons Manfred & Marianne Simon
Gloria & David Sleeter Dr. & Mrs. Arnold Slowe John & Jacalyn Smith Rosalie & Roger Sokol Dr. Norman Solomon Joyce A. Soltis Dr. Clara E. Somoza Mr. Ian R. St George Donald & Morag Stauffer John Matthew Staugaitis Deborah Stayman & Jonathan Carp Dr. & Mrs. Yaron & Katie Sternbach Joann Sternheimer Ms. Margaret A Stevens David H. Steward Dr. Doris A. Stoll Ms. Katherine Storms Dolores & Martin Strnad Norman & Adele Strominger Dr. Erica M. Sufrin James Sullivan Sheila Sullivan Kathy Sullivan Amy & Robert Sweet Ben Szaro Thomas D Taber John & Sally Ten Eyck Glen Tesch, CPA Mr. Michael Tobin Paul Toscino Lisa Trubitt & Spiro Socaris Alta Turner Ms. Josey Twombly & Dr. Ian Porter Terry & Daniel Tyson Linda Demattia Underwood Jody & John Van Voris Mr. James Vielkind-Neun Maria Vincent Dr. Elisabeth Vines Marc Violette & Margaret Lanoue Linda M. Wagner William A. Wallace & Patricia K. Herman Wendy Wanninger Larry Waterman Mrs. Lois D. Webb Mr. Gerhard Weber Mr. Wolfgang Wehmann Dawn Stuart Weinraub Jerry & Betsy Weiss Ms. Sharon A Wesley Dan Wilcox Frederick & Winnie Wilhelm Ms. Elizabeth F. Williams Elliott & Lisa Wilson Paul Wing Russell Wise & Ann Alles Mr. Meyer J. Wolin Ms. Susan Wood Ron Wygant Irene Wynnyczuk Michael Zavisky Michael & Katherine Zdeb Julia Zhu Mark Zielinski & Lynn Momrow Zielinski ALBANY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA | 47
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As of December 10, 2021. *In Memoriam
In Memory of Sharon Bamberger Joe Bamberger In Memory of Jeanne Bourque Chris Edwards
In Loving Memory of Frederick S. deBeer, Jr. David Scott Allen Elsa G. deBeer Adelaide Muhlfelder
In Memory of Neil C. Brown, Jr. Thomas Cheles John Davis Dominick DeCecco Robert & Pauline Grose Gary Jones Elinor & Michael Kelliher Kersten Lorcher & Sylvia Brown Deborah Mazzone Dr. & Mrs. Thomas Older Joseph & Patricia Potvin Robert Joseph & Rosemarie Rizzo Stuart Rubinstein Mary Kay Sawyer Patricia & Roger Swanson Lisa Trubitt & Spiro Socaris Maryalice & Bruce Svare Jody & John Van Voris Sharon A. Wesley Mr. Meyer J. Wolin Anne & Art Young
In Honor of Dr. Gustave Eisemann Alan Goldberg
In Honor of Elaine Conway Elaine Verstandig
In Memory of Jane Golub Albany Symphony Orchestra Committee
In Loving Memory of Adella Cooper Miss Eileen C. Jones In Memory of Elsa deBeer Jenny deBeer Charno Jo Ann & Buzzy Hofheimer Susan Thompson* Peter & Rose-Marie Ten Eyck Sarah & Patrick Carroll Charlotte & Charles Buchanan John J. Nigro New York Council of Nonprofits David Scott Allen Greta Berkson Mary & Tom Harowski Mary James Sally & Edward Jennings Leigh & Louis Lazaron Susan Limeri Ann Silverstein Anna Taglieri Enid Watsky 48 | ALBANY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
In Honor of Marisa Eisemann Dr. Heinrich Medicus In Memory of Dr. Alvin K. Fossner Carl & Cathy Hackert In Memory of Allan D. Foster Mrs. Lois V. Foster In Memory of Rachel Galperin Margaret & Robert Schalit In Memory of Shirley Gardam Maryann Jablonowski Reg Foster Mary McCarthy David Gardam Doris Tomer Stephanie Wacholder
In Honor of Jerry Golub Sara & Barry Lee Larner In Loving Memory of Roger Hannay Alan Goldberg In Memory of Jeffrey Herchenroder Linda Anderson Robert Akland Ann-Marie Barker-Schwartz Paula Brinkman Elizabeth Bunday Joseph Demko Gary & Sandy Gnirrep Guilderland Central Teachers Assoc. Guilderland Music Parents and Friends Assoc.
Leif & Claudia Hartmark Kelly Hill Geneva Kraus Lynwood Elementary Marybeth Maikels Sharen M. Michalec Timothy & Kathleen M. Owens Jocelyn Salada Jacqueline West Farbman In Loving Memory of Beatrice & Robert Herman Dr. & Mrs. Neil Lempert Louise & Larry Marwill In Memory of Petia Kassarova Julie & William Shapiro Larry Waterman In Memory of Audrey Kaufmann Judith & Herbert Katz In Memory of Louise Marshall Kimberly Arnold Gloria MacNeil Jennifer Marshall Susan Marshall Ricki Pappo & Caleb Rogers Ann & Mark Rogan Beth Rosenzweig In Memory of Susan Martula David & Tanyss Martula Elena Duggan Megumi Hemann Edward Kish Paul Lamar & Mark Eamer Thomas McGuire Marsha Lawson Anne & Thomas Older Rider, Weiner & Frankel, P.C. Margaret Schalit Richard & Anne Martula William & Julie Shapiro Robert Sweet Dawn Weinraub In Loving Memory of Dr. Heinrich Medicus Carol & Ronald Bailey Paul & Bonnie Bruno Elsa deBeer Alan Goldberg Harry G. Taylor
In Honor of David Alan Miller Lois & Barry Scherer Susan St. Amour Celine & Daniel Kredentser In Honor of Miranda, Elias, and Ari Miller Bonnie Friedman & Gerald Miller In Honor of Candida R. Moss Marcia & Robert Moss In Memory of Marcia Nickerson Philip & Penny Bradshaw Irene Wynnyczuk In Loving Memory of Don B. O’Connor Helen J. O’Connor In Honor of Anne Older Shannon Older-Amodeo & Matthew Amodeo In Memory of Clyde Oser Janice Oser In Memory of Paul Pagerey Peter & Ruth Pagerey
In Loving Memory of Jim Panton Bonnie & Paul Bruno Marcia & Findlay Cockrell Nancy Goody Mary Anne & Robert Lanni Drs. Marisa & Allan Eisemann David Alan Miller In Memory of David Perry Steven Fischer William Hughes Frederick Luddy Richard & Anne Martula James McGroarty & The NYCPGA Robin Seletsky Amy & Robert Sweet Dawn Weinraub
In Honor of Nancy & Barry Richman Jan & Lois Dorman In Honor of Jill Rifkin Matthew Collins In Memory of John Leon Riley Anne & Thomas Older Chet & Karen Opalka Jane Wait
In Memory of Justine R. B. Perry Dr. David A. Perry
In Memory of Lewis Rubenstein Mark Aronowitz August Costanza Gina Costanza Marcia Dunn Susan & Stewart Frank Arthur & Maxine Mattiske Barbara Poole Kathleen Pritty
In Loving Memory of Vera Propp Dr. Richard Propp
In Memory of John Leon Riley Lois Foster
In Honor of Carole Rasmussen Elizabeth Williams
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555555555555555 ENCORE SOCIETY 555555555555555 To keep orchestral music alive in our community, and to ensure that future generations experience its joy, please consider joining the Albany Symphony Encore Society. Gifts of all sizes make it possible for the Albany Symphony to maintain our tradition of artistic excellence and innovation and community engagement for generations to come. There are many options to make a planned gift to the Albany Symphony that enable anyone to leave a legacy of music: • Charitable bequests • IRA or 401(k) beneficiary designation • Gifts of life insurance or appreciated stocks • A bequest in a will or living trust TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE ENCORE SOCIETY, PLEASE CONTACT: Robert Pape | Director of Development & Marketing (518) 465-4755 x144 | Robertp@albanysymphony.com WE INVITE YOU TO CREATE YOUR OWN LEGACY AND JOIN THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS OF ENCORE SOCIETY Anonymous
Charles Liddle III
Matthew Bender IV
Steve Lobel
Melody Bruce, MD
Dr. Heinrich Medicus
Charlotte & Charles Buchanan
Marcia Nickerson
Adella S. Cooper
John L. Riley
Susan Thompson &
Harry Rutledge
Al De Salvo
Gretchen A. & Lewis C. Rubenstein
Marisa Eisemann, MD
Ruth Ann Sandstedt
David Emanatian
Rachel & Dwight Smith
Alan P. Goldberg
Harriet & Edward Thomas
Edward M. Jennings
Micheileen J. Treadwell
William Harris & Holly Katz
Paul Wing
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id you know that many of the musicians of the Albany Symphony do not live in the Capital Region? Musicians travel from New York, Boston, Montreal, Nashville, Ft. Lauderdale, and even as far as Texas to perform with the Albany Symphony. Typically, our musicians are here from Thursday through Sunday of a concert week. Through the generosity of local host families, the Albany Symphony Musician Housing Program was created. Without the support of our host families, we would not be able to maintain the high caliber of musicians who perform with our orchestra. Many of our hosts have created strong bonds with the musicians that stay with them, creating friendships that last a lifetime. Right now, due to the pandemic, musicians are not staying with our generous host families. Instead, the Albany Symphony is providing hotel rooms for our musicians. The Albany Symphony Orchestra extends a very special thank you to patrons who generously provided housing for musicians during the 2019-20 season, and we look forward to reuniting our musicians with our hosts when it is once again safe to do so. Camille & Andrew Allen Jenny Amstutz Dan Bernstein & Efrat Levy Concetta Bosco Mimi Bruce & David Ray Charles Buchanan Barbara Cavallo Ben Chi Diane Davison Susan & Brian Debronsky Michelle DePace & Steven Hancox Nancy & John DiIanni Star Donovan Bonnie Edelstein Lynn Gelzheizer David Gittelman & Tom Murphy Catherine & Carl Hackert Debra & Paul Hoffmann Susan Jacobsen Marilyn & Stan Kaltenborn Nettye Lamkay & Robert Pastel Barb Lapidus Eric Latini
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Bill Lawrence & Alan Ray Eunju Lee & Brian Fisher Susan Martula & David Perry Anne Messer & Dan Gordon Jon & Sigrin Newell Helen J. O’Connor Marlene & Howard Pressman Reese Satin Joan Savage Dodie & Pete Seagle Julie & Bill Shapiro Elizabeth & Aaron Silver Lorraine Smith Onnolee & Larry Smith Lois & John Staugaitis Harriet Thomas Andrea & Michael Vallance Marjorie & Russ Ward Margery & Michael Whiteman Carol Whittaker Dan Wilcox Barbara Wiley Merle Winn*
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