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21 OCTOBER 9 • BEETHOVEN ‘EROICA’ NOVEMBER PROGRAM
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n behalf of all of us at the Albany Symphony, welcome! We are so excited to be making music for you and sharing it with you. Whether you’re joining us in the concert hall or watching us from home, we are so glad you’re here. This year, we celebrate David Alan Miller’s 30th season as our music director! We’re presenting several of his favorite classic masterworks, as well as a diverse and adventurous array of music from both leading and emerging voices of today. From Beethoven, Brahms and Strauss to Jessie Montgomery, Viet Cuong, and recent Pulitzer Prize winner Tania León, our upcoming programs feature the beauty, virtuosity, discovery and curiosity that make our concerts one-of-a-kind experiences. And, this December, we’ll gather once again for our favorite holiday
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tradition, The Magic of Christmas, as well as for a program of special selections from Tchaikovsky’s timeless music from The Nutcracker. Don’t miss a minute of the merriment! The beauty of orchestral music is rooted in the way it brings people together. It’s shaped by the way we gather in our concert halls, and in our communities. Over the last year and a half, we’ve overcome so much together and continued sharing music along the way. To everyone who streamed our concerts online last season; masked up, distanced and got vaccinated to help flatten the curve; and continued to support us even when so much was uncertain in the world—thank you. We are honored and grateful to continue making music for you. In appreciation,
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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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BEETHOVEN'S "EROICA" SATURDAY | OCTOBER 9, 2021 | 7:30 PM PALACE THEATRE DAVID ALAN MILLER, CONDUCTOR Jessie Montgomery (B. 1981)
Coincident Dances
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
Selections from Lemminkäinen Suite "The Swan of Tuonela" "Lemminkäinen’s Return" INTERMISSION (20 Minutes)
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Symphony No. 3, 'Eroica' I. Allegro con brio II. Marcia funebre: Adagio assai III. Scherzo: Allegro vivace IV. Finale: Allegro molto
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an Swafford begins his discussion of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3 with the following thoughts, ones that many of us non-composers often have when we hear any piece of music: “How does a composer forge a great symphony, with its span of nearly an hour and its myriad notes? Among human endeavors, shaping a long work of music is one of the hardest things to do well. Very few people have ever been consistently good at it. No matter how long the piece takes to write, every note has to be marshaled to the same purpose, and in performance it should unfold as effortlessly as an improvisation. From the outside, the job seems superhuman. As Beethoven saw it from the inside, it was done one quilled note, one theme, one phrase, one transition, one section, one movement at a time.” Another Albany Symphony season begins tonight, with opportunities to appreciate the inspired work of three composers who plucked out of the ether sounds they wanted to share with the world.
JESSIE MONTGOMERY COINCIDENT DANCES
Jessie Montgomery is an acclaimed composer, violinist, and educator. She is the recipient of the Leonard Bernstein Award from the ASCAP Foundation, and her works are performed frequently around the world by leading musicians and ensembles. Her music interweaves classical music with elements of vernacular music, improvisation, language and social justice, placing her squarely as one of the most relevant interpreters of 21st-century
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American sound and experience. Her profoundly felt works have been described as “turbulent, wildly colorful and exploding with life” (The Washington Post). Montgomery was born and raised in Manhattan’s Lower East Side in the 1980s, during a time when the neighborhood was at a major turning point in its history. Artists gravitated to the hotbed of artistic experimentation and community development. Her parents—her father a musician, her mother a theater artist and storyteller—were engaged in the activities of the neighborhood and regularly brought Montgomery to rallies, performances, and parties where neighbors, activists and artists gathered to celebrate and support the movements of the time. It is from this unique experience that Montgomery has created a life that merges composition, performance, education and advocacy. Since 1999, Montgomery has been affiliated with The Sphinx Organization, which supports young African American and Latinx string players. She currently serves as composer-in-residence for the Sphinx Virtuosi, the Organization’s flagship professional touring ensemble. She was a two-time laureate of the annual Sphinx Competition and was awarded a generous MPower grant to assist in the
development of her debut album, Strum: Music for Strings (Azica Records). She has received additional grants and awards from the ASCAP Foundation, Chamber Music America, American Composers Orchestra, the Joyce Foundation and the Sorel Organization. To learn more about Jessie Montgomery, visit jessiemontgomery.com. FROM THE COMPOSER Coincident Dances is inspired by the sounds found in New York’s various cultures, capturing the frenetic energy and multicultural palette one hears even in a short walk through a New York City neighborhood. The work is a fusion of several different sound-worlds: English consort, samba, mbira dance music from Ghana, swing, and techno. My reason for choosing these styles sometimes stemmed from an actual experience of accidentally hearing a pair simultaneously, which happens most days of the week walking down the streets of New York, or one time when I heard a parked car playing Latin jazz while I had rhythm and blues in my headphones. Some of the pairings are merely experiments. Working in this mode, the orchestra takes on the role of a DJ of a multicultural dance track. —J.M.
JEAN SIBELIUS
SELECTIONS FROM LEMMINKÄINEN SUITE
When Jean Sibelius (1865-1956) received an honorary degree from Yale in 1914, the citation said, “His works, his power and originality made him from the very beginning of his career one of the most prominent of contemporary composers. What Wagner
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did for the sagas of ancient Germany, Sibelius has done in a magnificent way for Finnish myth and the national epics of Finland. He has translated Kalevala into the international language of music.” Sibelius was born into the century that saw the collecting of native Finnish poems and folk tales by Elias Lonnrot (1802-1884). This collection became the Kalevala, and it was around many of these stories that Sibelius wrote his early music, before the appearance of his seven symphonies. Though the suite of these scenes from the life of the flawed hero Lemminkäinen was premiered in 1895, the score underwent revisions until as late as 1939. As Maestro David Alan Miller notes, these are “individual pieces inspired by episodes in the story,” and, as such, they do not tell the entire, chronological story. The first movement of the suite takes place on Saari, an island to which Lemminkäinen’s doting mother sent him after he disobeyed her. He is to stay here for three years and, one assumes, develop common sense. However, the island is ALBANY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA | 23
made up exclusively of young women, from whom he asks a home. He sings to them, of course, and charms them—until the men return. Off he must go! Listen for the French horns (heroic brass) at the beginning; the lively dance music; ominous minor key rumblings; sweeping love music in the strings; and the quiet ending, Sibelius' way of showing Lemminkäinen’s departure from the island. The second selection, which is often played as a standalone concert piece, depicts one of Lemminkäinen’s earlier hero trials. In order to win the hand of a young woman, he is ordered to kill the Swan of Tuonela, who floats on the black river surrounding the isle of the dead. Lemminkäinen, however, is killed, and his corpse hacked to pieces. (Another example of his mother coming to the rescue: she reassembles his body parts.) This evocative music focuses on the placid, paddling, and protective swan, featuring the haunting English horn, with lovely cello commentary. The last movement of the suite concerns Lemminkäinen’s return home after various struggles, but even that effort is temporarily thwarted by an enemy who freezes the river his boat is on. He and his friend disembark and ride home on horses over the ice. Note the triumphant mood evoked by the forward motion of the strings, blasts from the brass, rapid wind playing, and decisive chords: home, resolution.
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
SYMPHONY NO. 3, "EROICA"
One contemporary critic of Symphony
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commented, “Beethoven’s music could soon reach the point where one would derive no pleasure from it unless well trained in the rules and difficulties of the art, but rather would leave the concert hall… crushed by a mass of unconnected and overloaded ideas and a continuing tumult by all the instruments.” Though Beethoven supposedly altered the dedication of this symphony to his hero, Napoleon, after that general declared himself Emperor, the work is, nevertheless, called Eroica; and if a hero is one with uncommon stature, then this work stands out from anything that preceded it. Coming in at around 50 minutes, it dwarfs any symphonies by Haydn, Mozart, and, up to that time, the two by Beethoven himself. No wonder that critic was stunned.
The first movement, in ¾ time, starts off with two sharp blows, after which Beethoven outlines an E-flat major triad. This motive reappears throughout, transformed. A quieter second theme appears in the winds. The long exposition is repeated and the development section begins. Snatches of the dramatic hammer blows, the subtle evocation of the triad, the fragmentation of familiar motives, fugal gestures and stunning harmonic dissonance makes this part of the movement thrilling. The recapitulation is announced by the French horn, and the material we originally heard returns, mostly unadorned. The coda is, perforce, nearly as long as the exposition in order to be worthy of all that has gone before, and the movement concludes with three orchestral strikes, reminding us of the opening strokes. The second movement is in E-flat’s relative minor, C-minor. It is a funeral march, popular in French marches and operas around that time. The movement begins with a little halting figure that forms the core of the movement. The step is deliberate, reinforced by drums; the orchestral coloring is mournful, with oboe and bassoon getting a chance to solo; the lower instruments are prominent; and the line walks up and down the scale, with some chromaticism. This is a long procession. The outbursts of grief are pronounced, but at the end there is, perhaps, resignation. The third movement (in ABA form) starts with a small figure that runs up and down the scale, eventually between B-flat and E-flat. Listen for the occasional syncopation, the fugal gestures, the dynamic contrasts, the way this motive is passed around the sections of the orchestra, and
the steady strings that provide the pulse. The three horns announce the trio, which swings along without the insistent string work of the scherzo section. Then the scherzo returns, and all is recognizable except for one clever change in meter as the E-flat major chord is being outlined, and, then of course, the coda. After a brief and swirling introduction, the last movement begins with a first theme in the plucked strings around the interval E-flat to B-flat. The winds subsequently pick up a second tune on E-flat to G, the opening notes of the first movement and a reference to the melody Beethoven created in the ballet, The Creatures of Prometheus in 1801. These two themes get, according to Edward Downes, 12 variations: in key, rhythm, and instrumentation. A rollicking journey ensues, concocted as only the master could. The oboe begins the coda just at the point of greatest tension. The tempo slows, and these measures are quite beautiful, with different colors and moods emerging one after another. But the piece must—and does—end with a wallop. The horns take center stage; the drum sounds; and that E-flat to G gets yet one more extended treatment. With his boundless creative genius, Beethoven has made something of the tiniest scrap of musical material. Extraordinary! The symphony was premiered on April 7, 1805, in Vienna. Sibelius and Beethoven program notes by Paul Lamar. Montgomery program note by the composer.
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BRAHMS' FIRST CONCERTO SATURDAY | NOVEMBER 13, 2021 | 3:00 & 7:30 PM TROY SAVINGS BANK MUSIC HALL DAVID ALAN MILLER, CONDUCTOR SHAI WOSNER, PIANO Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Symphony No. 96, "Miracle"
Viet Cuong (1990)
Next Week’s Trees East Coast premiere INTERMISSION (20 Minutes)
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Piano Concerto No. 1 I. Maestoso II. Adagio III. Rondo: Allegro non troppo POST-CONCERT TALK SPONSOR
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remieres! The first performance of Haydn’s Symphony No. 96 was a smashing success, though he had been around for quite awhile and had achieved a great reputation in his 59 years. The 26-year-old Brahms when he premiered Piano Concerto No. 1? Not so much. According to musicologists Robert Bagar and Louis Biancolli, he wrote to Joseph Joachim after the premiere: “At the conclusion three pairs of hands were brought together very slowly, whereupon a perfectly audible hissing from all sides forbade any such demonstration.” Tonight, we are privileged to hear the East Coast premiere of Viet Cuong’s Next Week’s Trees, a piece commissioned earlier this year by the California Symphony, where Cuong is the Young American Composer-in-residence.
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SYMPHONY NO. 96, "MIRACLE"
When Prince Esterhazy died in 1790, his court composer of 28 years, Franz Joseph Haydn, was suddenly free to make his musical life elsewhere. German-born Johann Peter Salomon (1745-1815) was the impresario in London who invited Haydn to that city in 1791 to premiere six symphonies, of which tonight’s was one. Over the course of two years, he did so, then returned to Austria. But so successful was that initial engagement that Haydn went back to London in 1794 to conduct six more, culminating with the splendid No. 104, the “London.” In fact, all 12 of the Salomon symphonies, 28 | ALBANY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
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as they became known, are splendid. Haydn was at the top of his game—he was the master of the classical symphony—and the public couldn’t get enough of him as composer and conductor. Haydn returned to the employ of the Esterhazy family in Vienna in 1795, where he continued to live and compose until his death in 1809 at age 77. In their book on Haydn, James Webster and Georg Feder make this observation: “In many ways Haydn’s style can be interpreted in terms of the duality in his personality between earnestness and humour… Of course, in his music these qualities are not unmediated binary opposites but poles of a continuum.” Not uncharacteristically, the first movement begins with an adagio prelude to the typical allegro, an adagio revealing of this “earnestness and humour.” Haydn outlines a D-major chord, forte, but the last note of it is really the beginning of the next phrase, piano. The meter is ¾, but do we deeply
feel it? Not really. Listen to the harmonic wanderings, including a prominent D-minor chord. Is this going to be serious business? Of course not! It’s Haydn, who, in the allegro, gives us a recognizable ¾ and settles in with a little chugging figure in the bassoon and a figure of repeated notes in the violins. Both of these motives will be your aural touchstones as the movement goes on, but they will be deceptively so: instead of the traditional exposition of two themes, development, recapitulation, and coda, the whole movement seems to be development, with fragments of the tunes appearing and harmonic instability. Haydn can’t seem to stop being inventive, and when the movement ends, our expectations have been thwarted. Bravo, Haydn! The andante is equally full of surprises. While the running figure and repeated notes echo the first movement, the charming dialogue between strings and winds is fresh. G-major is the key—until it’s G-minor, in a rich middle section. A solo violin appears near the end, and the graceful ending suggests that our walk (andante) has been, for the most part, a pleasant stroll. The third movement offers a menuet (with its characteristic repeat) that is a bit heavy-footed: We feel the solid downbeat. The trio section features a solo oboe, and the texture as a whole is lighter than that of the menuet. The menuet returns, this time without repeats. The last movement is the briefest, but much is packed into these three-and-ahalf minutes: strong rhythmic accents, chromaticism, a shift from major to minor and back again, virtuosic flute playing, a sprightly staccato tune. And it’s
in rondo form, which means that the little melody heard at the beginning is used to stitch together sections of new music. Overall, the movement packs a wallop! Incidentally, the title Miracle should actually be applied to Symphony No. 102. It was at a performance of that work that a chandelier fell into the concert hall but did not injure anyone, because Haydn’s English fans had gathered around the stage for a better view of the famous gentleman from Austria.
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NEXT WEEK’S TREES
Called “alluring” and “wildly inventive” by The New York Times, the music of American composer Viet Cuong has been performed on six continents by musicians and ensembles such as the Albany Symphony, the New York Philharmonic, Eighth Blackbird, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Sō Percussion, Alarm Will Sound, the Atlanta Symphony, Sandbox Percussion, PRISM Quartet and Dallas Winds, among many others. Cuong’s music has been featured in venues such as Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center and ALBANY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA | 29
the Kennedy Center, and his works for wind ensemble have amassed hundreds of performances worldwide. Passionate about bringing these different facets of the contemporary music community together, his upcoming projects include a concerto for Eighth Blackbird with the United States Navy Band. Cuong also enjoys exploring the unexpected and whimsical, and he is often drawn to projects where he can make peculiar combinations and sounds feel enchanting or oddly satisfying. His recent works thus include a snare drum solo, percussion quartet concerto, and, most recently, a double oboe concerto. He is currently the California Symphony’s Young American Composer-in-Residence, and recently served as the Early Career Musician-in-Residence at the Dumbarton Oaks. Cuong holds degrees from the Curtis Institute of Music (AD), Princeton University (MFA), and Peabody Conservatory (BM/MM). To learn more about Viet Cuong, visit vietcuongmusic.com. FROM THE COMPOSER The title of this piece comes from Mary Oliver’s poem “Walking To Oak-Head Pond, And Thinking Of The Ponds I Will Visit In The Next Days And Weeks.” In this particular time of great loss, I was deeply inspired by Oliver’s words—words that are a gentle reminder of the uncertainty of the future, the confident hope of the present, and the propulsive force of life that drives us through any doubt that a new day will arrive. Next Week’s Trees was commissioned by the California Symphony as part of their Young American Composer-in-Residence program. Heartfelt thanks to everyone at the California Symphony. —V.C. 30 | ALBANY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
JOHANNES BRAHMS
JOHANNES BRAHMS PIANO CONCERTO NO. 1
Piano music bookends and anchors the career of Johannes Brahms (1833-1897). Opus 1 is a piano sonata in C-major; opus 119 is a set of four piano pieces. In between he wrote songs and chamber music featuring brilliant piano accompaniment. This concerto was born out of frustration, but it wasn’t because Brahms was having difficulty writing one. He was struggling with writing a symphony—his first— and when he couldn’t pull it together, he used the material for a two-piano sonata. However, that form still seemed unsatisfactory, so he converted the first two movements of the sonata into the first two movements of this concerto, and the third movement of the sonata became the “Behold, all flesh” section of The German Requiem. And then the initial frustration was exacerbated by a lukewarm reception of the concerto in January of 1859. Over the next few years Brahms revised it.
This long and powerful piece grabs the reader by the throat in the orchestral exposition of the first movement, with a punctuated outlining of an inversion of a B-flat-major chord. This insistent jagged theme dominates the 20-minute-long allegro. When the piano enters, however, the mood is quiet, and it’s in this more restrained state that the soloist introduces the hymn-like second theme, in F-major, the relative major of D-minor. The orchestra takes it up, and, for a little while, the drama is suspended. (Listen here for beautiful French horn work. Brahms’ father played the horn, and the son always wrote brilliantly for the instrument.) But then, with a series of clamorous chords, the piano announces a return to the passion of the beginning. The first half of the theme is outlined; the piano continues to work overtime, trying, with tremolos in the right hand, to be symphonic. The two themes return, but if you think the extended treatment by the piano alone constitutes a cadenza, you’d be mistaken. The movement doesn’t have one. Just as the stormy first movement may reflect Brahms’ feelings about his musical champion, Robert Schumann, who died in an asylum at age 46 in 1856, the second movement probably suggests Brahms’ emotional attachment to Schumann’s wife, Clara: The tender adagio, in 6/4, is expressive of his deep affection born of love and professional respect. Its meditative quality is evident immediately in a lengthy orchestral tutti in which a delicate melody is spun out, almost endlessly; in the dialogue be-
tween soloist and orchestra in the first six minutes; in the composer’s graceful three-against-two rhythm; tossed-off turns; and an extraordinary, if brief, sunny shift to major from minor. Though there’s a loud and passionate section for all forces about two-thirds of the way in (bespeaking Brahms’ frustrations?), the movement is highly introspective. The third movement is the shortest of a concerto that clocks in at about 45 minutes. It’s in rondo form, meaning the pounding tune of the opening piano solo stitches together a number of episodes of “new” music. There’s even a little fugue in the strings at about six minutes in (Brahms, the consummate craftsman). Finally, the pianist gets a full-fledged cadenza here, before the gorgeous horns bring back the orchestra for a powerful conclusion, replete with mighty trills, flashy scale work, and knuckle-busting. Haydn and Brahms program notes by Paul Lamar. Cuong program note by the composer.
SHAI WOSNER
Pianist Shai Wosner has attracted international recognition for his exceptional artistry, musical integrity and creative insight. His performances of a broad range of repertoire—from Beethoven and Schubert to Ligeti and the music of today—reflect a degree of virtuosity and intellectual curiosity that has made him a favorite among audiences and critics, who note his “keen musical mind and deep musical soul” (NPR’s All Things Considered). Wosner is serving Resident Artist of Peoples’ Symphony Concerts from 2020 to 2023. Following an inaugural year of online-only performances, including a ALBANY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA | 31
sic Society, in which he performs three Bach concertos and the Philadelphia premiere of Brett Dean’s Approach: Prelude to a Canon; Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 1 with the Albany Symphony; and performances around the U.S. as part of the Zukerman Trio, with violinist Pinchas Zukerman and cellist Amanda Forsyth.
SHAI WOSNER
two-concert Schubertiade and a chamber program with the JACK Quartet, his residency continues this season with in-person performances of the premiere of a new commission, Variations on a Theme of FDR. The work is a suite of five variations by five different composers—Derek Bermel, Anthony Cheung, John Harbison, Vijay Iyer, and Wang Lu—inspired by the story of a particular immigrant chosen by each composer, and paired with Beethoven’s Diabelli Variations. This season, Wosner also curates and launches a new annual festival at Bard College Conservatory of Music, where he was recently named to the piano faculty. This season’s festival, titled Signs, Games & Messages, after the collection of pieces by György Kurtág, comprises three concerts devoted to the Hungarian composer’s music, as well as that of composers he was influenced by and whom he influenced. Additional highlights of Wosner’s 2021–22 season include a program with the East Coast Chamber Orchestra (ECCO) presented by the Philadelphia Chamber Mu-
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Wosner records for Onyx Classics, and his most recent album, a selection of Schubert piano sonatas released in March 2020, continues his career-long, critically acclaimed engagement with the composer’s music. His recordings also include Impromptu, comprising improvisationally inspired works by composers from Beethoven and Schubert to Gershwin and Ives; concertos and capriccios by Haydn and Ligeti with the Danish National Symphony conducted by Nicholas Collon; an all-Schubert solo album featuring a selection of the composer’s folk-inspired piano works; solo works by Brahms and Schoenberg; and works by Schubert paired with new works by Missy Mazzoli. As a chamber musician, Wosner has recorded Beethoven’s complete sonatas and variations for cello and piano with Ralph Kirschbaum, and works by... violinist Jennifer Koh, for Cedille Records works by Bartók, Janáček, and Kurtág with his duo partner of many years, violinist Jennifer Koh. Wosner is a recipient of Lincoln Center’s Martin E. Segal Award, an Avery Fisher Career Grant, and a Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award. He was in residence with the BBC as a New Generation Artist, during which he appeared frequently with the BBC orchestras. As a concerto soloist in
North America, Mr. Wosner has appeared with the major orchestras of Atlanta, Baltimore, Berkeley, Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, Indianapolis, Los Angeles, Milwaukee, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Ottawa, San Francisco, and Toronto, among others. He has also performed abroad with the Aurora Orchestra, Barcelona Symphony, Bournemouth Symphony, Frankfurt Radio Symphony, Gothenburg Symphony, LSO St. Luke’s, Nieuw Sinfonietta Amsterdam, Orchestre National de Belgique, Staatskapelle Berlin, and the Vienna Philharmonic, among others. Recently, he toured with ECCO to Memphis, Philadelphia, and New York for the
world-premiere performances of Christopher Cerrone’s piano concerto, The Air Suspended. Born in Israel, Wosner enjoyed a broad musical education from a very early age, studying piano with Opher Brayer and Emanuel Krasovsky, as well as composition, theory and improvisation with André Hajdu. He later studied at The Juilliard School with Emanuel Ax. He resides in New York with his wife and two children. To learn more about Shai Wosner, visit shaiwosner.com.
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'THE NUTCRACKER' SATURDAY | DECEMBER 11, 2021 | 7:30 PM PALACE THEATRE DAVID ALAN MILLER, CONDUCTOR ERIC BERLIN, TRUMPET PETER KOLKAY, BASSOON Richard Strauss (1864- 1949)
Don Juan
Christopher Rouse (1949-2019)
Heimdall’s Trumpet INTERMISSION (20 Minutes)
Christopher Rouse (1949-2019)
Bassoon Concerto
P.I. Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Selections from The Nutcracker
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ABOUT THE PROGRAM
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hree of tonight’s pieces prompt the listener to think extra musically; that is, there are fictional characters whose actions and history the composers want us to remember while attending to the music. Occasionally close your eyes, then, and let your mind’s eye do the work.
RICHARD STRAUSS
RICHARD STRAUSS DON JUAN
In the words of Richard Strauss (18641949): “Before I knew Alexander Ritter I had been brought up in a severely classical school. I had been nourished exclusively on Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven; and then I became acquainted with Mendelssohn, Chopin, Schumann, and Brahms. Ritter was exceptionally well read in all the philosophers, ancient and modern, and a man of the highest culture. His influence was in the nature of a storm wind. He urged me on to the development of the poetic, the expressive in music, as exemplified in the works of Liszt, Wagner, and Berlioz. My symphonic fantasy, ‘Aus Italien,’ is the connecting link between the old and the new methods.”
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Strauss went on to write a number of other tone poems, among them Ein Heldenleben, Death and Transfiguration, and tonight’s piece, Don Juan. These are fixed in the canon because of their ability to tell a story with brilliant orchestral colors. Don Juan is a fictional character whose story of lust and seduction of numerous young women has been frequently told, most notably by Mozart in Don Giovanni. Strauss based this single-movement work on a poem by Nikolaus Lenau, and he makes us see from the get-go the bravado of this libertine. An upsweeping opening line depicts Don Juan astride the world, appearing with a swagger in the boudoir of some unsuspecting female or other, who quickly succumbs to his sweet nothings: a solo violin. The French horn (Strauss’ father was a horn player, and the son writes superbly for it) is prominent in the rapturous love music that follows. Then the opening motive returns as Don Juan sets out for another conquest, which is elaborated in a tender section featuring the oboe, flute, clarinet,and bassoon. The initial musical material threatens to return full force, but things go musically awry, with a little sardonic laughter (Don Juan’s or someone else’s?), followed by a kind of self-reflective passage for the English horn and solo violin. Don Juan thinks back on his life in an overthe-top restatement of themes we’ve heard before. But the recollection concludes with—well, a whisper, a final breath. Death has conquered Don Juan, the conqueror. Strauss conducted the premiere by the Weimar Orchestra on November 11, 1889. It was a success.
CHRISTOPHER ROUSE
CHRISTOPHER ROUSE HEIMDALL’S TRUMPET BASSOON CONCERTO
Christopher Rouse was one of America’s most prominent composers. Winner of the 1993 Pulitzer Prize for his Trombone Concerto and a 2002 GRAMMY for his Concert de Gaudi, Rouse created a body of work perhaps unequaled in its expressive intensity. The New York Times has called it “some of the most memorable music around.” Born in Baltimore in 1949, Rouse developed an early interest in both classical and popular music. He graduated from the Oberlin Conservatory and Cornell University, numbering among his principal teachers George Crumb and Karel Husa. He taught composition at the Eastman School of Music for two decades and taught composition at The Juilliard School. His music had been played by every major orchestra in the U.S. and by numerous ensembles overseas, including the Berlin Philharmonic; the London and BBC Symphony Orchestras; and the Sydney, Singapore, and Toronto Symphonies. Soloists for whom he composed works include Yo-Yo Ma, Emanuel Ax, Evelyn Glennie,
Cho-Liang Lin, and Sharon Isbin. Rouse was the Baltimore Symphony’s Composer-in-residence from 1986 to 1989 and more recently was named the Marie-Josee Kravis Composer-in-residence at the New York Philharmonic, serving in that capacity from 2012 until 2015. He passed away on September 21, 2019. Rouse’s music was published by Boosey & Hawkes.
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“The members of the Albany Symphony and I are immensely proud to make the first commercial recording of Christopher Rouse’s three previously unrecorded concertos, the two you are hearing tonight and his Oboe Concerto, which we recorded a few seasons ago. Chris was one of our country’s greatest orchestral composers and a close friend of ours. The orchestra and I recorded his extraordinary Piano Concerto, “Seeing,” and his haunting song-cycle, “Kabir Padavali,” a few years back, and, until his untimely death in 2019, he was a frequent visitor to our orchestra. Chris was a passionate, profound musical thinker, with an encyclopedic knowledge of multiple genres (he taught a much-celebrated annual class on Rock’n Roll at Eastman), and a devoted, loyal friend. We will miss him greatly.” David Alan Miller
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FROM THE COMPOSER Commissioned by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for its principal trumpeter, Christopher Martin, Heimdall’s Trumpet was completed in Baltimore, Maryland, on January 21, 2012. The title of the work refers to the Nordic god Heimdall, whose blasts on his trumpet announce the onset of Ragnarok, the Norse equivalent of Armageddon.
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Cast in four movements, the title of the piece refers properly to the finale, which attempts in a general way to depict these mythological events as I imagine them. The onset of Ragnarok occurs only at the very end of the work, in a very short orchestral fortissimo outburst followed by an extended silence. The first movement is declamatory in nature and gives way to a whirlwind scherzo that utilizes a variety of mutes for both the soloist and the orchestral brass section. The third movement is a largo that swings like a pendulum between sections of substantive dissonance and straightforward consonance. The aforementioned finale, more specifically dramatic and programmatic in nature, returns to the more aggressive world of the first movement. The solo trumpet part requires much of the player, who must possess enormous technical prowess, including the ability to produce pedal tones at some length. Heimdall’s Trumpet calls for an orchestra consisting of three flutes (third doubling piccolo), three oboes, three clarinets, three bassoons (third doubling contrabassoon), four horns, three trumpets, three trombones, tuba, harp, timpani, percussion (three players), and strings. It lasts approximately 22 minutes. With my Bassoon Concerto I was able to complete my cycle of concerti for each of the principal four woodwinds. While my flute and oboe concerti are of a more serious nature, those for clarinet and bassoon are lighter in mood. As the bassoon’s voice is a comparatively modest one, I pared down the orchestra to a group of two flutes, two oboes, two
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clarinets, two bassoons (in order to provide the occasional potential for building a sort of “mega-bassoon”), two horns, harp, timpani, percussion (one player), and strings. The concerto is cast in the traditional three-movement (fast-slow-fast) form and is meant, in large part, simply to provide pleasure. I realize that such an intent is now looked upon with suspicion is some quarters, but I have never felt that every work of art is required to plumb the depths and secrets of human existence. Sometimes 20 minutes spent in the company of, I hope, a genial companion can be the most meaningful way of passing time. I did, however, try to resist making too much of the bassoon’s oft-heralded role as the “clown” of the orchestra. While there are occasional forays into the more “comical” lower range of the instrument, more time is spent in the middle and upper tessitura of the bassoon, and melodic lines often tend toward the lyrical. Overall there is a collegial relationship between soloist and orchestra, unlike the common “soloist against the orchestra” paradigm of many romantic era concerti. Completed on February 2, 2017, the concerto was a joint commission of the Saint Louis Symphony, Sydney Symphony, New Jersey Symphony, and Lausanne Chamber Orchestras. It received its premiere performance on November 16, 2018 with Andrew Cuneo as soloist and Cristian Macelaru leading the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra. —C.R.
PETER KOLKAY
ERIC BERLIN
ERIC BERLIN
Yamaha Performing Artist Eric Berlin is Principal Trumpet of the Albany Symphony, Assistant Principal Trumpet of the Colorado Music Festival Orchestra and a member of the Boston Modern Orchestra Project. In addition to his titled positions, he has performed with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, and Los Angeles Philharmonic among others. Berlin has given recitals and appeared as a soloist with orchestras around the world. A champion of the music of our time, he has commissioned, premiered and recorded numerous new works for trumpet and can be heard as a soloist on his four CDs on MSR Classics as well as Naxos and Albany Records. Berlin's latest CD, Along the Continuum, recorded with ASO Principal Trombonist Greg Spiridopoulos, features a program presented at the 2017 American Music Festival. Stephen Paulus’ Concerto for Two Trumpets
on Fantastique!, his release of all commissioned works with the UMass Wind Ensemble, received a Grammy nomination for Best Contemporary Classical Composition. The recording of George Tsontakis’ True Colors for Trumpet and Orchestra, commissioned for Berlin, was honored as one of National Public Radio’s Top Ten Classical Recordings of 2017. To learn more about Eric Berlin, visit americantrumpeter.com.
PETER KOLKAY
Called “superb” by The Washington Post and “stunningly virtuosic” by The New York Times, Peter Kolkay is the only bassoonist to receive an Avery Fisher Career Grant and to win first prize at the Concert Artists Guild International Competition. A Season Artist of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Kolkay’s recent engagements include chamber music performances at Music@Menlo and Bridgehampton summer festivals, and appearances on the Emerald City, Camerata Pacifica, and String Theory series. He actively engages with composers in the creation of new works for the bassoon and has premiered solo works by Joan Tower, Mark-Anthony Turnage, and Tania ALBANY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA | 39
León, among others. His 2021-22 season includes a performance and recording of the Christopher Rouse Bassoon Concerto with the Albany Symphony, and the premiere of a new work for bassoon and piano by Reinaldo Moya. Kolkay is a member of the IRIS Orchestra in Germantown, Tennessee, and has also served as guest principal bassoon of the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra. A dedicated teacher, he is Associate Professor at the Blair School of Music at Vanderbilt University, and has given master classes throughout the United States and Mexico. Kolkay holds degrees from Lawrence University, the Eastman School of Music, and Yale University; and studied with Frank Morelli, John Hunt, Jean Barr, and Monte Perkins. A native of Naperville, Illinois., he now calls the Melrose neighborhood of Nashville home. To learn more about Peter Kolkay, visit peterkolkay.com.
PIOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
SELECTIONS FROM THE NUTCRACKER
A little context: In the last two years of his life, Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) was on the move: to New York City to begin an East Coast tour; back home to Russia; to France; back to Russia; to London; and back to Russia. As John Suchet observes in his biography of the composer, travel only added to the strain on a man who chain-smoked, drank heavily, suffered from digestive problems, and experienced, for various reasons, emotional strain. He died from cholera in October 1893. Biographers disagree as to whether 40 | ALBANY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
PITOR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky either accidentally or intentionally drank a glass of unboiled water, presumed to have been contaminated. Through all of his struggles, he composed, finishing a suite of pieces from The Nutcracker even before he completed the score for the whole ballet. And then, about two weeks before he died, he conducted the first performance of the Symphony No. 6. In other words, he had enough stamina to create two of the scores that remain among his most celebrated. Perhaps the mind’s eye has an easier time taking in Tchaikovsky than it does the Strauss or Rouse works, because many of us have actually seen with both eyes a sparkling production. And it is even likely that some in the audience have danced to this charming music, music that evokes the traditions of the Christmas season and the vivid imagination of a young girl named Clara, who receives a larger-than-life nutcracker as a gift. The titles alone of tonight’s selections are all we need to "see" again. Strauss and Tchaikovsky program notes by Paul Lamar. Rouse program notes by the composer.
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Robert & Marjorie Dorkin Jan & Lois Dorman Hollis Dorman Marilyn & Peter Douglas Raymond Dowling Caitlin A. Drellos Kevin Dubner Susan Dubois Marcia Dunn Ms. Priscilla Duskin Frederick & Barbara Eames John & Pamela Eberle Mr. Chris Edwards Carl & Joan Ekengren Mr. Bryan Ekstrom Dorothy Ellinwood David Emanatian Anne Eppelmann Ari Epstein & Rima Shamieh Mary Alyce Evans Donna Faddegon Palmer Fargnoli 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 Nancy T. Frank Kellie Fredericks Elaine C. Freedman Connie H. Frisbee Houde Roy & Judith Fruiterman Fruscione Family Robert J Gallati Lawerence Gambino Barbara P. Gigliotti Chandlee Gill Carol Gillespie & Marion E. Huxley Dr. Reid T. Muller & Dr. Shelley A. Gilroy Mr. David Gittelman Dr. G. Jeffrey Glikes, D.D.S. Charles & Karen Goddard Deborah & Gary Goldstein Sonja Goodwin Emilie Gould Lynne Graburn Victoria Graffeo B. H. Green Diane & John Grego Robert & Pauline Grose Frances Gross Robert F. Guerrin David E. Guinn Mr. & Mrs. Carlton & Susan Gutman Mr. Winston J Hagborg Scott Halle
Ms. Joan Ham Henry & Pauline Hamelin Dorothy & Victor Han Dianne & Philip Hansen Mr. David Harris Helen Harris Mark Harris Dr. & Mrs. Joseph J. Hart Kathleen R. Hartley Leif & Claudia Hartmark Mr. and Mrs. Richard S. Hartunian Mr. Drew Hartzell John Hawn Megumi K. & Dietrich P. Hemann Robert R. Henion III Nancy Hershey Mr. William J. Hetzer James C. Hicks Phyllis & Stephen Hillinger Joel & Elizabeth Hodes Debra & Paul Hoffmann Edward Joseph Holcomb Susan Hollander Mr. Richard Allan Horan Robert & Ellen Hotz Sam House Chuong Huang Marilyn Hunter Paul Hyams & Lisa Kwong Hon. Irad & Jan Ingraham Paul Jamison Eric & Priscilla Johnson Annette Johnson Mr. Gary Jones Heather Joralemon Victor Juhasz Shelley Justa Mr. Steven Kamenir Mrs. Diane M Karol John & Marcia Rapp Keefe Mr. & Mrs. William Kennedy Donald Kennelly Frederick & Doris Kirk Edward J. & Andrea E. Kish Lisa Kissinger Edith Kliman Mr. Adam C. Knaust Dr. Beatrice Kovasznay Mrs. Margaret Kowalski Michael Krempa Mr. Charles Anthony Kristel David & Diane Kvam Paul Lamar & Mark Eamer Mary Lampi & Bernard Melewski Mrs. Barbara Lapidus & Mr. Carl Snyder Ann Lapinski & Fred Barker Roy & Elizabeth Lasky Angela Sheehan & Franklin Laufer Jennifer & Tod Laursen Mr. Bryan F. Lavigne
Martha Lazarus Ms. Laura Leeds Patricia J. Liddle Mr. Thomas Locke Jill Loew Mr. Rudy Stegemoeller Ms. Susan Moyle Lynch Bob & Nancy Lynk Marguerite MacDonald William & Gail Madigan Beverly & Richard Magidson Marybeth Maikels Elise Malecki Mr. Hani Marar Louise and Larry Marwill Mr. Arthur Mattiske 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 Ms. Ruth Anne Moore Alice & Richard Morse Helen Murphy Judith Mysliborski Nancy Newkirk Ken Jacobs & Lisa Nissenbaum Dr. Arlene E. Nock Christopher Nolin Mr. Andrew Obernesser Timothy Obrien Connie & Ned O’Brien Jeremy Olson Darren Oneill-Knasick David M. Orsino Janice Oser Mr. Stephen Pagano William Panitch Mr. E. Parran Ms. Kathleen Patentreger Mr. & Mrs. Robert Edward Pett Bob & Lee Pettie Christian & Carol Pfister Roberta Place Julia Popova Maryann Postava-Davignon Joseph Potvin & Patricia Potvin John Smolinsky & Ellen Prakken Diana Praus Donald Preuninger Rosemary Pyle Ms. Brin Quell Mr & Mrs Craig & Dale Raisig Paul and Margaret Randall
Laura Rappaport Barbara Raskin Lenore & Jack Reber Mark & Cheryl Reeder Cheryl V. Reeves Dr. Christopher & Kendall Reilly Ms. Lynn Rhodes Susan Riback Mr. Steven Rich Mr. & Mrs. George P. Richardson Jill & Richard Rifkin John Roberts Eric S. Roccario MD Steven and Janice Rocklin Nancy & John Rodgers H. Daniel Rogers Caleb Rogers Marilyn & Roger Rooney Harlan & Catherine B. Root Rosemarie V. Rosen Mr. & Mrs. Harry Rosenfeld Marin Wyatt Ridgeway & Don Ruberg Ms. Margaret M. Ryan Mr. William D. Salluzzo Paul & Kristine Santilli Mary Kay Sawyer Peg & Bob Schalit William & Gail Haulenbeek Schanck Joanne Scheibly Mr. Robert Scher & Ms. Emilie Gould Dr. Harvey & Happy Scherer Lois & Barry Scherer Jackie Scholten Dominic Scialdone Jason Scruton George Jolly & Caroline Seligman Taimi Shanley Mr. & Mrs. William A. Shapiro Julie & William Shapiro Ms. Ann Shapiro Mrs. Dolores A. Shaw Mrs. Joanne Shay Mr. Yung Shen Jacob Shen Dr. & Mrs. Aaron E & Nina K Sher Susan V. Shipherd Kathryn Sikkink Stephen J. Sills MD Brad Silver Jiyoon Simcoe Stephen C. Simmons Family Mr. & Mrs. Manfred & Marianne Simon Gloria & David Sleeter Dr. & Mrs. Arnold Slowe John & Jacalyn Smith Rosalie & Roger Sokol Mr. Norman Solomon
Joyce A. Soltis Dr. Clara E. Somoza Ms. Elizabeth Sonneborn Donald & Morag Stauffer John Matthew Staugaitis Deborah Stayman & Jonathan Carp Dr. & Mrs. Yaron & Katie Sternbach Joann Sternheimer Margaret Stevens David H. Steward Dr. Doris A. Stoll Ms. Katherine Storms Mr. & Mrs. Martin Strnad Norman & Adele Strominger Dr. Erica M. Sufrin Kathy Sullivan Amy & Robert Sweet Ben Szaro Thomas Taber John & Sally Ten Eyck Glen Tesch, CPA Mr. Michael Tobin 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 Dr. Elisabeth Vines Linda M. Wagner William A. Wallace & Patricia K. Herman Wendy Wanninger Larry Waterman Lois D. Webb Gerhard Weber Mr. Wolfgang Wehmann Dawn Stuart Weinraub Jerry & Betsy Weiss Ms. Sharon A Wesley Wheelock Whitney III Dan Wilcox Frederick & Winnie Wilhelm Ms. Elizabeth F. Williams Paul Wing Russell Wise & Ann Alles Mr. Meyer J. Wolin Ms. Susan Wood Irene Wynnyczuk Mr. & Mrs. G. William Zautner Michael Zavisky Michael & Katherine Zdeb Julia Zhu Mark Zielinski & Lynn Momrow
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As of August 31, 2021. *In Memoriam
In Memory of Sharon Bamberger Joe Bamberger In Memory of Jeanne Bourque Chris Edwards 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 Elaine Conway Elaine Verstandig 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
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Anna Taglieri Enid Watsky In Loving Memory of Frederick S. deBeer, Jr. David Scott Allen Elsa G. deBeer Adelaide Muhlfelder In Honor of Dr. Gustave Eisemann Alan Goldberg 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 Stephanie Wacholder In Memory of Jane Golub Albany Symphony Orchestra Committee 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 Marsha Lawson Anne & Thomas Older Rider, Weiner & Frankel, P.C. Margaret Schalit 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 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 Loving Memory of Vera Propp Dr. Richard Propp
In Memory of Paul Pagerey Peter & Ruth Pagerey
In Honor of Carole Rasmussen Elizabeth Williams
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 Memory of Justine R. B. Perry Dr. David A. Perry
In Honor of Jill Rifkin Matthew Collins In Memory of John Leon Riley Anne & Thomas Older Chet & Karen Opalka Jane Wait In Memory of Lewis Rubenstein Mark Aronowitz August Costanza Gina Costanza Marcia Dunn Susan & Stewart Frank Arthur & Maxine Mattiske Barbara Poole Kathleen Pritty
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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
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Charlotte & Charles Buchanan
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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
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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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