DSO Fall 2016 Performance Magazine - Edition 3

Volume XXV • Fall/Winter

PERFORMANCE THE MAGAZINE OF THE DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

2016-2017 SEASON

INSIDE

Introducing The Cube •

Program Notes •

Gershwin and His Children Meet Eric Nowlin

ALL NEW PRODUCTION | 30-COUNTRY WORLD TOUR

See Why Every Seat Is Taken “5,000 years of Chinese Music and Dance in One Night.”

— The New York Times

“Brilliant choreography… extravagantly beautiful.”

— Broadway World

“The orchestra is phenomenal.

They are very, very on top.”

— Roger Tallman, Seven-time Emmy Award–winning composer/producer

A MUST see show Featuring 90 performers and 20 new programs along with breathtaking animated backdrops, exquisite hand-made costumes, and mesmerizing live orchestra music. Shen Yun's performance will take you on a magical journey through 5,000 years of spectacular civilization.

“Really out of this world! You can not describe it in words, it must be experienced!”

— Christine Walevska, world-renowned cellist, saw Shen Yun four times

“Five stars! Mind-blowing!

Go back and see six times!”

— Richard Connema, renowned Broadway critic

“Absolutely the No. 1 show in the world!”

— Kenn Wells, former lead dancer of the English National Ballet “Don’t see it once, see it twice!”

— Dr. Dan Miller, Radio talk show host

“Don’t see it once, see it twice!”

— Dr. Dan Miller, Radio talk show host

Dec 22-27 • Detroit Opera House • ShenYun.com • 844-647-4697

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PERFORMANCE The Detroit Symphony Orchestra, a leader in the world of classical music, embraces and inspires individuals, families, and communities through unsurpassed musical experiences.

CONTENTS Welcome.............................................4

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Orchestra Roster..................................9

Introducing…

Board Leadership...............................10

The Cube

Governing Members...........................11

MEET THE MUSICIAN

8 Eric Nowlin SEASON’S THEME 16 THIS Gershwin and

Principal Viola

His Children Leonard Slatkin

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PROGRAM NOTES

Volunteer Council...............................13 Maximize Your Experience..................18 Gabrilowitsch Society.........................38 Volunteer Ushers................................39 Donor Roster.....................................40 DSO Administrative Staff....................50 Upcoming Concerts...........................52

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WELCOME Dear Friends, Welcome to Orchestra Hall and to another landmark season for the Detroit Symphony Orchestra! This season promises worldclass performances with top guest artists working alongside our internationally renowned Music Director and the members of our amazing and talented orchestra. Our Winter Music Festival tradition enters its fourth year with Mozart Festival in January. A theme—Gershwin and His Children—weaves itself through the season, investigating the merging of orchestral music and popular culture that became synonymous with the American composer. Along with several other area organizations and countless individuals, the DSO will participate in Detroit 67: Looking Back to Move Forward, premiering a work by Fred A. & Barbara M. Erb Jazz Creative Chair Terence Blanchard marking the 50th anniversary of the tumultuous summer of 1967. And of course we are honored to welcome dozens of inimitable soloists and conductors: Louis Langrée, Emanuel Ax, Cho-Liang Lin, Andrey Boreyko, Sharon Isbin, Brandford Marsalis, Ashley Brown, and so many others.

We are very focused on Detroit at this time as we consider the role, the reach, and the responsibility of the DSO in our evolving community. We know orchestras can have an impact beyond the confines of the concert hall. We also know that music and the arts contribute to socioeconomic change and social progress. The DSO, as one of Detroit’s anchor cultural institutions, feels a strong obligation to serve our city, our region, and our world in increasingly creative, responsible, and thoughtful ways. We look forward to engaging you in this quest for ideas around ways we can deepen and broaden our impact and provide service to all.

The broad topic of the role an orchestra plays in its community continues to anchor discussions on a national level. To that end, we are honored to be the official host orchestra for the League of American Orchestras conference, June 6-8, 2017. Over 1,000 participants from around the globe will experience the Max M. and Marjorie S. Fisher Music Center, meet and hear our great orchestra, and explore and gain a deeper understanding of this amazing city of Detroit. Together we will be examining where orchestras are in the space of community and societal change—and where we aspire to be and how we get there.

Thank you for being a part of this incredible season! And thank you for supporting your orchestra in your Detroit. We so value your commitment as a member of the oneDSO family.

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Mark Davidoff Board Chairman FALL/WINTER 2016-2017

G R A N D VA L L E Y S T A T E U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S E N T S T H E 1 4 t h A N N U A L

Fall Arts Celebration 2016 Enriching the Arts and Humanities in West Michigan Grand Valley’s Fall Arts Celebration features distinguished writers, poets, musicians, artists, and scholars of our time.

Please join us this fall for inspiring entertainment that is the hallmark of our signature events.

MUSIC

“Emerging Romanticism: the Ying Quartet Performs the Early Viennese Chamber Music of Beethoven” MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 7:30 P.M. COOK-DEWITT CENTER ALLENDALE CAMPUS

ART

“GVSU and SeoulTech Art and Design Faculty Exhibition” EXHIBITION RECEPTION THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 5–7 P.M. ART GALLERY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER ALLENDALE CAMPUS

DANCE

The Francesca Harper Project and GVSU Dance present “Beethoven’s The Creatures of Prometheus Ballet” MONDAY, OCTOBER 24, 7:30 P.M. LOUIS ARMSTRONG THEATRE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER ALLENDALE CAMPUS

LECTURE

Rebecca Solnit “Seeing the Invisible: Journeys Through the Overlooked, Unheard, Outside, and Insurrectionary” MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 7 P.M. 2ND FLOOR, L.V. EBERHARD CENTER ROBERT C. PEW GRAND RAPIDS CAMPUS

EXHIBITION DATES: AUGUST 26–NOVEMBER 4

POETRY

“An Evening of Poetry and Conversation with Oliver de la Paz and Kay Ryan” THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 7 P.M. 2ND FLOOR, L.V. EBERHARD CENTER ROBERT C. PEW GRAND RAPIDS CAMPUS

HOLIDAY CELEBRATION

“Musical Tradition and Timeless Memories: Handel’s Messiah”

MONDAY, DECEMBER 5, 7:30 P.M. FOUNTAIN STREET CHURCH

24 FOUNTAIN STREET NE GRAND RAPIDS, MI

All events are FREE and open to the public.

Want to know more about upcoming Fall Arts Celebration events?

Please visit gvsu.edu/fallarts and provide us with your email address or call (616) 331-2183.

Media Sponsor:

BEHIND THE BATON Leonard Slatkin

Internationally acclaimed conductor Leonard Slatkin is Music Director of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) and the Orchestre National de Lyon (ONL). He also maintains a rigorous schedule of guest conducting and is active as a composer, author, and educator.

During the 2016-17 season—in addition to his regular duties in Detroit and Lyon—he will return to St. Louis, tour the U.S. and Europe with the ONL, conduct overseas with the WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne, Verdi Orchestra in Milan, and San Carlo Theatre Orchestra in Naples, and serve as chairman of the jury and conductor of the 2017 Cliburn Competition.

Slatkin’s more than 100 recordings have garnered seven Grammy awards and 64 nominations. His recent Naxos recordings include works by Saint-Saëns, Ravel, and Berlioz (with the ONL) and music by Copland, Rachmaninov, Borzova, McTee, and John Williams (with the DSO). In addition, he has recorded the complete Brahms, Beethoven, and Tchaikovsky symphonies with the DSO (available online as digital downloads).

A recipient of the prestigious National Medal of Arts, Slatkin also holds the rank of Chevalier in the French Legion of Honor. He has received Austria’s Decoration of Honor in Silver, the League of American Orchestras’ Gold Baton Award, and the 2013 ASCAP Deems Taylor Special Recognition Award for his book, Conducting Business.

Slatkin has conducted virtually all of the leading orchestras in the world. As Music Director, he has held posts with the New Orleans, St. Louis, and National symphony orchestras, and he was Chief Conductor of 6

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the BBC Symphony Orchestra. He has served as Principal Guest Conductor of London’s Philharmonia and Royal Philharmonic, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl, and the Minnesota Orchestra. For more information, visit leonardslatkin.com.

Jeff Tyzik

Grammy Award winner Jeff Tyzik is one of America’s most innovative and sought-after pops conductors. Tyzik is recognized for his brilliant arrangements, original programming, and engaging rapport with audiences of all ages. Tyzik holds The Dot and Paul Mason Principal Pops Conductor’s Podium at the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and also serves as Principal Pops Conductor of the Seattle Symphony, the Detroit Symphony, the Oregon Symphony, and The Florida Orchestra. This season, Tyzik will celebrate his 23rd season as Principal Pops Conductor of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra.

In May 2007, the Harmonia Mundi label released his recording of works by Gershwin with pianist Jon Nakamatsu and the RPO, which stayed in the Top 10 on the Billboard classical chart for over three months. Alex Ross of The New Yorker called it “one of the snappiest Gershwin discs in years.”

Committed to performing music of all genres, Tyzik has collaborated with such diverse artists as Megan Hilty, Wynonna Judd, Tony Bennett, Art Garfunkel, Marilyn Horne, Mark O’Connor, Doc Severinsen, John Pizzarelli, and more.

He has created numerous original programs that include the greatest music from jazz and classical to Motown, Broadway, film, dance, Latin, and swing. For more information, visit jefftyzik.com.

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Prague Prague Philharmonia Philharmonia Emmanuel Emmanuel Villaume, Villaume, conductor conductor SarahSarah Chang, Chang, violinviolin Thursday, Thursday, January January 19 // 7:30 19 // pm 7:30 pm Hill Auditorium Hill Auditorium PROGRAM PROGRAM

Smetana Smetana“Die Moldau” “Die Moldau” from Má from vlast Má vlast Dvořák Dvořák Violin Concerto in a minor, Op. 53 Violin Concerto in a minor, Op. 53 Dvořák Dvořák Symphony No. 8 in G Major, Op. 88 Symphony No. 8 in G Major, Op. 88 PR E S EPR N TE INSG S E N TPO INN G S S OPO R NSOR Sarah Chang Sarah Chang

ME D IA PAR ME D IA PAR TNE R S TN E R S

Ilene H. Ilene Forsyth H. Forsyth ChoralChoral Union Union WGTE 91.3 WGTEFM 91.3 FM Endowment Endowment Fund Fund WRCJ 90.9 WRCJFM 90.9 FM

Bruckner Bruckner Orchester Orchester LinzLinz Dennis Dennis Russell Russell Davies, Davies, conductor conductor Angélique Angélique Kidjo,Kidjo, vocalist vocalist Martin Martin Achrainer, Achrainer, baritone baritone Thursday, Thursday, February February 2 // 7:30 2 // pm 7:30 pm Hill Auditorium Hill Auditorium PROGRAM PROGRAM

Gershwin Gershwin PorgyPorgy and Bess andSuite Bess Suite

(arr. Morton Gould) (arr. Morton Gould) Zemlinsky Zemlinsky Symphony Songs from Africa Symphony Songs from Africa Sings, Op. 20 Sings, Op. 20 Ellington Ellington Black, Brown, and Beige Suite Black, Brown, and Beige Suite Glass Glass Ifé: Three Yorùbá Songs Ifé: Three Yorùbá Songs PR E S EPR N TE INSG S E N TPO INN G S S OPO R NS OSRUPPOSRUPPO TING RSTING PO N S SOPO R N S O R

H. Gardner H. Gardner and Bonnie and Bonnie AckleyAckley Endowment Endowment Fund Fund

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Angélique Kidjo Angélique Kidjo

WGTE 91.3 WGTEFM 91.3 FM WRCJ 90.9 WRCJFM 90.9 FM WDET 101.9 WDETFM 101.9 FM Ann Arbor’s Ann Arbor’s 107one107one

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MEET THE MUSICIAN

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ometimes a little sibling rivalry can be a good thing. Eric Nowlin knew he wanted to learn music when his older brother started playing the cello—“and of course I wanted to play bass,” Nowlin recalls, “because it was bigger!”

The bass didn’t turn out to be for him, but Eric did stay in the string family—starting

ERIC NOWLIN Principal Viola Julie and Ed Levy, Jr. Chair

on the violin at age 7, adding on the viola four years later, and settling on the viola permanently in college. Formerly Associate Principal Viola for the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Nowlin is excited to return to his native U.S. and join the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.

“I think Detroit is a really interesting city… it doesn’t feel like every other place out there, it has its own unique flavor,” says Nowlin.

“It’s very exciting to be part of an arts scene, but also more generally an atmosphere of people taking chances and trying things out.”

Nowlin grew up in Missouri and Wisconsin, though he has a few Michigan connections.

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the Interlochen Arts Academy before leaving the Midwest for Juilliard, where he received both his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees as a scholarship student of Samuel Rhodes.

He has performed solo engagements with the Springfield Symphony, Santa Cruz Symphony, Peninsula Symphony, and the Kumamoto Symphony in Japan, and has served as guest principal viola with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, the Metropolis Ensemble, and Cleveland’s Citymusic as well as substitute viola with the New York Philharmonic. He is also a member of the New Orford String Quartet, one of Canada’s premier chamber ensembles.

A friend of DSO Principal Cello Wei Yu (James C. Gordon Chair) and Principal Pops Conductor Jeff Tyzik, Nowlin has admired the DSO from afar for years. He loves the orchestra’s willingness to try new things, from new music to new media. “I have colleagues in other orchestras who are very jealous of Live from Orchestra Hall,” Nowlin says, referring to the DSO’s free webcast series. “It’s forward-looking and indicative of how much enthusiasm and energy there is at the DSO.” After accepting the Principal Viola position and rehearsing with his string colleagues for the first time, Nowlin knew he was in the right place. “I felt a collaborative energy coming from the other string principals. That’s how you make music.”

Asked about his interests outside of music, Nowlin laughs. “I used to have hobbies until I had children!” The father of two did reveal that he enjoys (or once enjoyed) reading, hiking, and playing squash.

ERIC NOWLIN WILL MAKE HIS DSO SOLO DEBUT ON JANUARY 19 AND 20, 2017, for the first program of the Mozart Festival.

He will take on Mozart’s Sinfonia concertante for Violin, Viola, and Orchestra in E-flat major alongside Concertmaster Yoonshin Song (Katherine Tuck Chair).

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LEONARD SLATKIN, Music Director Music Directorship endowed by the Kresge Foundation

JEFF TYZIK, Principal Pops Conductor FIRST VIOLIN Yoonshin Song Concertmaster Katherine Tuck Chair Kimberly Kaloyanides Kennedy Associate Concertmaster Alan and Marianne Schwartz and Jean Shapero (Shapero Foundation) Chair Hai-Xin Wu Assistant Concertmaster Walker L. Cisler/Detroit Edison Foundation Chair Jennifer Wey Assistant Concertmaster Marguerite Deslippe* Laurie Landers Goldman* Rachel Harding Klaus* Eun Park Lee* Adrienne Rönmark* Laura Soto* Greg Staples* Jiamin Wang* Mingzhao Zhou* SECOND VIOLIN Adam Stepniewski Acting Principal The Devereaux Family Chair Ron Fischer* Will Haapaniemi* Hae Jeong Heidi Han* David and Valerie McCammon Chairs Sheryl Hwangbo* Hong-Yi Mo* Alexandros Sakarellos* Joseph Striplin* Marian Tanau* Jing Zhang* VIOLA Eric Nowlin Principal Julie and Ed Levy, Jr. Chair James VanValkenburg Assistant Principal Caroline Coade Hang Su Glenn Mellow Shanda Lowery-Sachs Hart Hollman Han Zheng Alexander Mishnaevski Principal Emeritus LEGEND

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TERENCE BLANCHARD Fred A. and Barbara M. Erb Jazz Creative Director Chair

NEEME JÄRVI Music Director Emeritus

CELLO Wei Yu Principal James C. Gordon Chair Robert Bergman* David LeDoux* Peter McCaffrey* Haden McKay* Úna O’Riordan* Paul Wingert* Victor and Gale Girolami Chair Open Assistant Principal Dorothy and Herbert Graebner Chair

ENGLISH HORN Monica Fosnaugh Shari and Craig Morgan Chair

BASS Kevin Brown Principal Van Dusen Family Chair Stephen Molina Assistant Principal Linton Bodwin Stephen Edwards Larry Hutchinson Isaac Trapkus ~

E-FLAT CLARINET Laurence Liberson

HARP Patricia Masri-Fletcher Principal Winifred E. Polk Chair FLUTE David Buck Principal Women’s Association for the DSO Chair Amanda Blaikie Sharon Sparrow Assistant Principal Bernard and Eleanor Robertson Chair Jeffery Zook PICCOLO Jeffery Zook OBOE Alexander Kinmonth Principal Jack A. and Aviva Robinson Chair Geoffrey Johnson† Maggie Miller Chair Brian Ventura Assistant Principal Monica Fosnaugh

MICHELLE MERRILL Associate Conductor, Phillip and Lauren Fisher Community Ambassador

CLARINET Ralph Skiano Principal Robert B. Semple Chair Jared Davis † PVS Chemicals Inc./Jim and Ann Nicholson Chair Laurence Liberson Assistant Principal Shannon Orme Ford Musician Awardee

BASS CLARINET Shannon Orme Barbara Frankel and Ronald Michalak Chair BASSOON Robert Williams Principal Victoria King Michael Ke Ma Assistant Principal Marcus Schoon Alexander Davis African-American Orchestra Fellow CONTRABASSOON Marcus Schoon HORN Karl Pituch Principal Bryan Kennedy Scott Strong Johanna Yarbrough David Everson Assistant Principal Mark Abbott TRUMPET Hunter Eberly Principal Lee and Floy Barthel Chair Kevin Good Stephen Anderson Assistant Principal William Lucas

TROMBONE Kenneth Thompkins Principal David Binder Randall Hawes BASS TROMBONE Randall Hawes TUBA Dennis Nulty Principal PERCUSSION Joseph Becker Principal Ruth Roby and Alfred R. Glancy III Chair Andrés Pichardo-Rosenthal Assistant Principal William Cody Knicely Chair James Ritchie TIMPANI Jeremy Epp Principal Richard and Mona Alonzo Chair James Ritchie Assistant Principal LIBRARIANS Robert Stiles Principal Ethan Allen Personnel Managers Heather Hart Rochon Orchestra Personnel Manager Patrick Peterson Assistant Orchestra Personnel Manager Stage Personnel Dennis Rottell Stage Manager Steven Kemp Department Head Matthew Pons Department Head Michael Sarkissian Department Head

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Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Inc. LIFETIME MEMBERS

DIRECTORS EMERITI

CHAIRMEN EMERITI

Alfred R. Glancy III Steve Miller Peter D. Cummings James B. Nicholson Stanley Frankel Phillip Wm. Fisher

Robert A. Allesee Floy Barthel Mrs. Mandell L. Berman John A. Boll, Sr. Richard A. Brodie Lois and Avern Cohn Marianne Endicott Sidney Forbes Mrs. Harold Frank Barbara Frankel

Herman Frankel Paul Ganson Mort and Brigitte† Harris Gloria Heppner, Ph.D. Hon. Damon J. Keith Richard P. Kughn Harold Kulish Dr. Melvin A. Lester David R. Nelson Robert E.L. Perkins, DDS

Marilyn Pincus Lloyd E. Reuss Jack A. Robinson † Marjorie S. Saulson Alan E. Schwartz Jean Shapero Jane Sherman David Usher Barbara Van Dusen Arthur A. Weiss, Esq.

Mark A. Davidoff Chairman

Laura Marcero Treasurer

Janice Uhlig Officer-at-Large

Glenda D. Price, Ph.D. Vice Chair

Arthur T. O’Reilly Secretary

James G. Vella Officer-at-Large

Anne Parsons President and CEO

Ralph J. Gerson Officer-at-Large

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Pamela Applebaum Chacona W. Baugh Robert H. Bluestein Richard L. DeVore Jeremy Epp* Orchestra Representative James Farber Chairman, Governing Members Samuel Fogleman

Monica Fosnaugh* Orchestra Representative Herman B. Gray, Jr., MD Nicholas Hood III Ronald M. Horwitz Michael J. Keegan Bonnie Larson Matthew B. Lester Arthur C. Liebler

Ginny Lundquist Volunteer Council President Xavier Mosquet Faye Alexander Nelson Stephen Polk Bernard I. Robertson Hon. Gerald E. Rosen Arn Tellem Hon. Kurtis T. Wilder M. Roy Wilson

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Ismael Ahmed Rosette Ajluni Devon Akmon Dan Angelucci Janet M. Ankers Suzanne Bluestein Penny B. Blumenstein Liz Boone Gwen Bowlby Joanne Danto Stephen D’Arcy Maureen T. D’Avanzo Karen Davidson Linda Dresner Afa S. Dworkin J. Mikel Ellcessor Jeremy Epp* Orchestra Representative Annmarie Erickson Jennifer Fischer Aaron Frankel Robert Gillette Allan D. Gilmour

Jody Glancy Malik Goodwin Carol Goss Antoinette G. Green Leslie Green Deirdre Greene Groves Laura Hernandez-Romine Michele Hodges Sharad P. Jain Renee Janovsky Joey Jonna David Karp Joel D. Kellman James Lentini Josh Linkner Florine Mark Tonya Matthews David McCammon Lois A. Miller Daniel Millward James C. Mitchell, Jr. Scott Monty Joseph Mullany

Sean M. Neall Tom O’Brien Maury Okun Úna O’Riordan* Orchestra Representative William F. Pickard Fair Radom Gerrit Reepmeyer Rick Robinson Lois L. Shaevsky Tom Shafer Margo Shulman Cathryn Skedel Stephen Strome Mark Tapper Ray Telang Michael R. Tyson Gwen Weiner Jennifer Whitteaker R. Jamison Williams Margaret Winters Ellen Hill Zeringue

OFFICERS

The Board of Directors is responsible for maintaining a culture of high engagement, accountability and strategic thinking. As fiduciaries, Directors oversee all DSO financial activities and assure that resources are aligned with the DSO mission.

Ric Huttenlocher Chairperson

The Board of Trustees is tasked with shepherding the long-term strategy of the DSO to fully implement the organization’s entrepreneurial capabilities while developing and presenting new strategies and objectives.

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Samuel Frankel † David Handleman, Sr.† Dr. Arthur L. Johnson † Clyde Wu, M.D.†

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GOVERNING MEMBERS Governing Members is a philanthropic leadership group designed to provide unique, substantive, hands-on opportunities for leadership and access to a diverse group of valued stakeholders. Governing Members are ambassadors for the DSO and advocates for arts and culture in Detroit and throughout Southeast Michigan.

This list reflects gifts received from September 1, 2015 through August 31, 2016. For more information about the Governing Members program, please call Morgan Graby at 313.576.5452.

James C. Farber Chairperson

Bonnie Larson Member-at-Large

Arthur T. O’Reilly Immediate Past Chairman

Frederick J. Morsches Member-at-Large

Janet and Norm Ankers Co-Vice Chairs, Gabrilowitsch Society

David Everson* Musician Representative

Jiehan Alonzo Vice Chair, Signature Events Maureen D’Avanzo Vice Chair, Membership Suzanne Dalton Vice Chair, Annual Giving

Howard Abrams & Nina Dodge Abrams Mrs. Denise Abrash Ms. Dorothy Adair Mr. & Mrs. George Agnello Dr. Roger & Mrs. Rosette Ajluni Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Allesee Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. Alonzo Richard & Jiehan Alonzo Dr. Lourdes V. Andaya Daniel & Rose Angelucci Mr. & Mrs. Norman Ankers Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Anthony Drs. Kwabena & Jacqueline Appiah Ms. Pamela Applebaum Eugene & Marcia Applebaum Dr. & Mrs. Ali-Reza R. Armin Mr. & Mrs. Robert Armstrong Mr. David Assemany & Mr. Jeffery Zook* Mr. Joseph Aviv & Mrs. Linda Wasserman Aviv Mr. & Mrs. John Axe Mrs. Jean Azar Mr. & Mrs. Wayne J. Babbish Ms. Sharon Backstrom Ms. Ruth Baidas Nora Lee & Guy Barron Mr. & Mrs. Lee Barthel Mr. Mark Bartnik & Ms. Sandra J. Collins Mr. & Mrs. Martin S. Baum Mary Beattie Mr. & Mrs. Richard Beaubien Dr. & Mrs. Brian Beck Ms. Margaret Beck Mr. Chuck Becker Mrs. Cecilia Benner

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Mrs. Harriett Berg Mandell & Madeleine Berman Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Bernard Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey A. Berner Drs. John & Janice Bernick Mr. & Mrs. Michael Biber Ms. Kathleen Block Mr. & Mrs. Robert H. Bluestein Dr. George & Joyce Blum Penny & Harold Blumenstein Nancy & Lawrence Bluth Mr. Timothy Bogan Mr. & Mrs. John A. Boll, Sr. Mr. & Mrs. Jim Bonahoom Rud & Mary Ellen Boucher Don & Marilyn Bowerman Gwen & Richard Bowlby Mr. Paul & Mrs. Lisa Brandt Mr. Anthony F. Brinkman Mr. & Mrs. Richard A. Brodie Robert N. & Claire P. Brown Bowden & Elaine Brown Mr. & Mrs. Mark R. Buchanan Mr. & Mrs. Ronald F. Buck Michael & Geraldine Buckles Dr. Carol S. Chadwick & Mr. H. Taylor Burleson Ms. Evelyn Burton Julie Byczynski* & Angus Gray Dr. & Mrs. Roger C. Byrd Philip & Carol Campbell Dr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Carson Mr. & Mrs. François Castaing Ronald & Lynda Charfoos Michael & Cathleen Clancy Gloria Clark

*Current DSO Musician or Staff

Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Clark Dr. Thomas Clark & Annette Clark Nina & Richard Cohan Lois & Avern Cohn Mr. Richard Cole Dr. & Mrs. Charles G. Colombo Mrs. RoseAnn Comstock Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Cook Patricia & William Cosgrove, Sr Dr. & Mrs. Ivan Louis Cotman Mr. & Mrs. Gary L. Cowger Mr. & Mrs. Raymond M. Cracchiolo Dorothy M. Craig Julie & Peter Cummings Mrs. Barbara Cunningham Suzanne Dalton & Clyde Foles Marvin & Betty Danto Family Foundation Joanne Danto & Arnold Weingarden Deborah & Stephen D’Arcy Jerry P. & Maureen T. D’Avanzo Barbara A. David Margie Dunn & Mark Davidoff Lillian & Walter Dean Beck Demery Mr. Kevin S. Dennis & Mr. Jeremy J. Zeltzer Mr. Giuseppe Derdelakos Ms. Leslie C. Devereaux Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. DeVore Adel & Walter Dissett Diana & Mark Domin Donato Enterprises Linda Dresner & Ed Levy, Jr. Peggy Dufault Mr. Michael J. Dul Mr. & Mrs. Robert Dunn

Johanna Yarbrough* Musician Representative David Karp Vice Chair, Communications David Assemany Vice Chair, Engagement

Mr. Roger Dye & Ms. Jeanne A. Bakale Edwin & Rosemarie Dyer Dr. Leo & Mrs. Mira Eisenberg Dr. & Mrs. A. Bradley Eisenbrey Mr. Lawrence Ellenbogen Marianne T. Endicott Donald & Marjory Epstein Mr. & Mrs. John M. Erb Mr. Sanford Hansell & Dr. Raina Ernstoff Mr. Drew Esslinger Jim & Margo Farber Ellie Farber Mr. & Mrs. Oscar Feldman Mr. Anthony C. Fielek Mrs. Kathryn L. Fife Ms. Sharon Finch Mr. & Mrs. David Fischer Barbara & Alfred J. Fisher III Mr. & Mrs. Phillip Wm. Fisher Dr. Marjorie M. Fisher & Mr. Roy Furman Ms. Mary D. Fisher Mr. Michael J. Fisher Mr. Jay Fishman Mr. David Fleitz Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Fogleman Madeline & Sidney Forbes Mr. & Mrs. Edsel B. Ford II Dr. Saul & Mrs. Helen Forman Mr. & Mrs. Mark Frank Mr. Samuel Frank Barbara Frankel & Ronald Michalak Dale & Bruce Frankel Herman & Sharon Frankel Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Frankel Ms. Carol A. Friend Mr. & Mrs. Daniel E. Frohardt-Lane Sharyn & Alan Gallatin

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GOVERNING MEMBERS continued Lynn & Bharat Gandhi Mr. & Mrs. Eugene A. Gargaro, Jr. Mrs. Janet M. Garrett Mr. George Georges Mrs. Byron Gerson Mr. & Mrs. Ralph J. Gerson Drs. Lynda & Conrad Giles Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Gillette Allan D. Gilmour & Eric C. Jirgens Mrs. Gale Girolami Dr. Kenneth & Roslyne Gitlin Ruth & Al Glancy Dr. & Mrs. Theodore Golden Dr. Robert T. Goldman Goodman Family Charitable Trust Dr. Allen Goodman & Dr. Janet Hankin Paul & Barbara Goodman Mary Ann & Robert Gorlin Ms. Jacqueline Graham Mr. Luke Ponder & Dr. Darla Granger Dr. Herman & Mrs. Shirley Gray Mrs. James A. Green Dr. & Mrs. Joe L. Greene Dr. & Mrs. Steven Grekin Mr. Jeffrey Groehn Mr. & Mrs. James Grosfeld Robert & Elizabeth Hamel Randall L. & Nancy Caine Harbour Tina Harmon Mrs. Betty J. Harrell Mr. Morton E. Harris Mr. Lee V. Hart & Mr. Charles L. Dunlap Cheryl A. Harvey Gerhardt A. Hein & Rebecca P. Hein Ms. Nancy B. Henk Dr. Gloria Heppner Ms. Doreen Hermelin Mr. & Mrs. Ross Herron Mr. Eric J. Hespenheide & Ms. Judith V. Hicks Jeremiah* & Brooke Hess Michael E. Hinsky & Tyrus N. Curtis Mr. & Mrs. Norman H. Hofley Lauri & Paul Hogle Mr. David B. Holtzman Jack & Anne Hommes Ms. Barbara Honner The Honorable Denise Page Hood & Reverend Nicholas Hood III Mr. Ronald Horwitz Mr. Matthew Howell & Mrs. Julie Wagner Mr. F. Robert Hozian 12

Mr. & Mrs. Joseph L. Hudson, Jr. Richard H. & Carola Huttenlocher Mr. & Mrs. A. E. Igleheart Nicki* & Brian Inman Steven & Sarah Jackson Mr. & Mrs. Ira J. Jaffe Mr. Sharad P. Jain Mr. & Mrs. Charles R. Janovsky Mr. & Mrs. Richard J. Jessup William & Story John Mr. John S. Johns Chacona W. Johnson Mr. & Mrs. George Johnson Mr. Paul Joliat Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Jonna Ellen Kahn Faye & Austin Kanter Mr. & Mrs. Peter Karmanos, Jr. Judy & David Karp Mr. & Mrs. Norman D. Katz Dr. Laura Katz & Dr. Jonathan Pasko Mike & Katy Keegan Betsy & Joel Kellman June K. Kendall Michael E. Smerza & Nancy Keppelman Patrick J. Kerzic & Stephanie Germack Kerzic Dr. David & Mrs. Elizabeth Kessel Frederic & Stephanie Keywell Mrs. Frances King Mr. & Mrs. William P. Kingsley Susan & Bill Kishler Mr. & Mrs. Harvey Kleiman Thomas & Linda Klein Mr. & Mrs. Ludvik F. Koci Ms. Margot Kohler Mr. David Kolodziej Mr. James Kors & Ms. Victoria King* Martin & Karen Koss Dr. Harry & Mrs. Katherine Kotsis Robert C. & Margaret A. Kotz Barbara & Michael Kratchman Richard & Sally Krugel Mr. & Mrs. Harold Kulish Dr. Arnold Kummerow Mr. John Kunz Dr. Myron & Joyce LaBan Mr. & Mrs. Robert LaBelle Dr. Raymond Landes & Dr. Melissa McBrien-Landes Drs. Lisa & Scott Langenburg

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Xavier & Maeva Mosquet Drs. Barbara & Stephen Munk Ms. I. Surayyah R. Muwwakkil Joy & Allan Nachman Judith & Edward Narens Geoffrey S. Nathan & Margaret E. Winters David Robert & Sylvia Jean Nelson Mr. & Mrs. Albert T. Nelson, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. James B. Nicholson Jim & Mary Beth Nicholson Patricia & Henry Nickol Mr. & Mrs. David E. Nims Mariam C. Noland & James A. Kelly Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. Norling Mr. Thomas Norris Katherine & Bruce Nyberg Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Nycek Mrs. Jo Elyn Nyman Mr. John J. O’Brien Dr. & Mrs. Dongwhan Oh Mr. & Mrs. Pat Olney Dr. William Oppat Mr. & Mrs. Joshua Opperer Mr & Mrs. Arthur T. O’Reilly Andrea Page Mr. Randall Pappal Mrs. Margot Parker Anne Parsons* & Donald Dietz Mr. & Mrs. Richard G. Partrich Mrs. Sophie Pearlstein Mr. & Mrs. Roger S. Penske Mr. Charles Peters Mr. & Mrs. Bruce D. Peterson Mr. & Mrs. Kris Pfaehler Mr. & Mrs. Philip E. Pfahlert Dr. William F. Pickard Mrs. Bernard E. Pincus Mrs. Helen F. Pippin Dr. Klaudia PlawnyLebenbom The Polk Family Mr. & Mrs. William Powers Dr. Glenda D. Price Reimer & Rebecca Priester Mr. & Mrs. David Provost Charlene & Michael Prysak Mr. Ronald Puchalski Mr. & Mrs. Richard Rappleye Drs. Stuart & Hilary Ratner Ms. Ruth Rattner Drs. Yaddanapudi Ravindranath & Kanta Bhambhani FALL/WINTER 2016-2017

Mrs. Hope Raymond Mr. & Mrs. Dave Redfield Mr. & Mrs. Gerrit Reepmeyer Dr. Claude & Mrs. Sandra Reitelman Denise Reske Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd E. Reuss Barbara Gage Rex Dr. & Mrs. John Roberts Bernard & Eleanor Robertson Seth & Laura Romine Dr. Erik Rรถnmark* & Mrs. Adrienne Rรถnmark* Dulcie Rosenfeld Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Rosowski Mrs. Gerald F. Ross Mr. R. Desmond Rowan Jane & Curt Russell Dr. Alexander Ruthven Mrs. Lois J. Ryan Martie & Bob Sachs Dr. Mark & Peggy Saffer Linda & Leonard Sahn Mr. David Salisbury & Mrs. Terese Ireland Salisbury Hershel & Dorothy Sandberg Marjorie & Saul Saulson Ms. Martha A. Scharchburg & Mr. Bruce Beyer Dr. Sandy Koltonow & Dr. Mary Schlaff David & Carol Schoch Mr. & Mrs. Alan E. Schwartz Mr. & Mrs. Alan S. Schwartz

Mr. & Mrs. Kingsley G. Sears Mr. Ken Seawell Mr. & Mrs. Fred Secrest Mr. Merton J. & Mrs. Beverly Segal Elaine & Michael Serling Mark & Lois Shaevsky Mr. Igal Shaham & Ms. Linda Zlotoff Mr. & Mrs. Alan E. Schwartz & Mrs. Jean Shapero Mrs. Patricia Finnegan Sharf Cynthia Shaw & Tom Kirvan Mr. & Mrs. Larry Sherman Mr. & Mrs. James H. Sherman Ms. Margaret Shulman Dr. Les & Mrs. Ellen Siegel Coco & Robert Siewert Mr. & Mrs. Donald R. Simon William & Cherie Sirois Dr. Cathryn Skedel & Mr. Daniel Skedel Cindy & Leonard Slatkin William H. Smith Mr. & Mrs. Leonard W. Smith John J. Solecki Richard Sonenklar & Gregory Haynes Renate & Richard Soulen Dr. Gregory Stephens Mr. & Mrs. Clinton F. Stimpson III Dr. Mack Stirling

Dr. & Mrs. Charles D. Stocking Mrs. Kathleen Straus & Mr. Walter Shapero Mrs. E. Ray Stricker Mr. & Mrs. John Stroh III Stephen & Phyllis Strome Dorothy I. Tarpinian Shelley & Joel Tauber Mr. & Mrs. Arn Tellem Dr. & Mrs. Howard Terebelo Mr. & Mrs. James W. Throop Mr. & Mrs. John P. Tierney Alice & Paul Tomboulian Dr. Doris Tong & Dr. Teck M. Soo Mr. & Mrs. Michael Torakis Mr. Gary Torgow Barbara & Stuart Trager Mark & Janice Uhlig David Usher Dr. Vainutis Vaitkevicius Amanda Van Dusen & Curtis Blessing Mrs. Richard C. Van Dusen Mr. & Mrs. Charles B. Van Dusen Mr. James G. Vella Mrs. George C. Vincent Mrs. Eva Von Voss Mr. William Waak Dr. & Mrs. Ronald W. Wadle Captain Joseph F. Walsh, USN (Ret.) Mr. Michael A. Walch & Ms. Joyce Keller

Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan T. Walton Mr. Gary L. Wasserman & Mr. Charlie Kashner Mr. Patrick Webster S. Evan & Gwen Weiner Mr. Herman Weinreich Lawrence & Idell Weisberg Ambassador & Mrs. Ronald N. Weiser Arthur & Trudy Weiss Janis & William Wetsman Mr. & Mrs. R. Jamison Williams Beverly & Barry Williams Dr. M. Roy & Mrs. Jacqueline Wilson Rissa & Sheldon Winkelman Dr. & Mrs. Ned Winkelman Mr. John Wolak Mr. Jonathan Wolman & Mrs. Deborah Lamm Cathy Cromer Wood David & Bernadine Wu Ms. Andrea L. Wulf Mrs. Judith G. Yaker Mr. Michael Yessian Margaret S. York The Yousif Family Mr. & Mrs. Alan Zekelman Erwin & Isabelle Ziegelman Foundation Mr. Richard D. Zimmerman Mr. & Mrs. Paul M. Zlotoff Milton Zussman

VOLUNTEER COUNCIL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Ginny Lundquist President

Beverly Williams VP for Membership

The Volunteer Council strives to fulfill its mission as an active partner of the DSO in fundraising, as well as audience/membership expansion, youth music education and volunteer service. Because of the repeated financial success of its events, such as the Nutcracker Luncheon & Boutique and Musical Feasts, the Volunteer Council is proudly able to make significant donations to the DSO each year.

Jill Jordan Chief Financial Officer

E. Jane Talia VP for Neighborhood/ Residency Ambassador

Diane Ekizian Recording Secretary Esther Lyons VP for Administrative/ Office Services Ellie Tholen VP for Communications/ Public Relations

Carol Marti VP for Special Events Marlene Bihlmeyer VP for Youth Music Education

VOLUNTEER COUNCIL BOARD OF DIRECTORS Mary Beattie Gwen Bowlby Drew Esslinger Kim Minasian Hawes Sandie Knollenberg Magda Moss Jackie Piceu

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Dolores Reese Ann Marie Rowley Charlotte Worthen El eanor (Coco) Siewert Parliamentarian Susan Svoboda

*Current DSO Musician or Staff

STAFF LIAISON Morgan Graby ORCHESTRA REPRESENTATIVES Mark Abbott* Caroline Coade*

Learn more about the Volunteer Council and their contributions to the DSO at dso.org/volunteercouncil

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F E AT U R E S T O R Y

INTRODUCING THE

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hirteen years ago we the year that push the boundaries introduced the Max M. and of music and offer curated, urban, Marjorie S. Fisher Music Center boundless experiences for our to Woodward Avenue and to the patrons. Building off the success world. The Max has always been our popular series Mix @ The Max intended as a crown jewel of music (contemporary music mixing food, and culture in drink, shopping) Midtown Detroit, and Om @ The a premier Max (group destination for yoga set to live performances music), The Cube that you can’t will serve as a get anywhere gathering place else. We love offering unique our home here programming and maintain the BROOKLYN PARTY BAND RED BARAAT that reflects the goal of being an KICKED OFF THE CUBE’S SEASON rich musical inclusive, cutting-edge, and relevant legacy of this great city—jazz, space on the Detroit cultural map. contemporary classical, hip-hop, With that goal in mind, all of us techno, gospel, world music, plus at the DSO are proud to introduce dance and visual arts. All of this the Peter D. and Julie F. Cummings and more is just a hint of the artistic Cube, a revamped venue within The diversity that will be synonymous Max that will feature homegrown with The Cube. talent and national artists throughout The 2016-2017 Mix @ The Max

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GENEROUS DONORS JULIE AND PETER CUMMINGS

series kicked off on September 12 with Brooklyn-based Red Baraat, who brought the house down with their inimitable blend of South Asian sounds with rock, jazz, and go-go influences. It’s global yet local; it’s daring yet approachable; it’s something you’ve never heard before yet immediately the best thing you’ve heard in a long time. That’s The Cube as we see it and we hope you’ll join us in celebrating throughout the season.

All of this is made possible by the incredible support of DSO Chairman Emeritus Peter Cummings and his wife Julie, whom we thank for $10 million of cumulative giving over their lifetimes. We are honored to have Peter and Julie as members of the DSO family, and they have both been visionaries in our constant evaluation of the space that we occupy here in Midtown and how we can best use it to be more relevant, welcoming, and artistically groundbreaking.

During my tenure at the DSO, I’ve had the great fortune to collaborate with forward-thinking leaders who challenge the team to consider what’s next? I believe that now is the best possible time to reimagine this unique space and its role in contributing to the cultural fabric of our city. It’s a pleasure and an honor to have this opportunity to present programming that’s not only accessible, but also relevant to communities that we’re already serving as well as the new audiences we intend to attract with consciously curated experiences. dso.org

We’re so lucky to live in a place with a strong cultural pulse. We’re even luckier to be able to contribute to the Detroit heartbeat with not one, but three world-class venues within The Max: the historic Orchestra Hall, The Peter D. and Julie F. Cummings Cube, and Robert A. and Maggie Allesee Hall, home of the Detroit Public Theatre. Detroit will continue to grow and evolve—a streetcar you may have heard about will bring you right to our door, for just one example— and we must go with it, as boldly as we can. The Cube will be for trying something new on a weeknight, for mingling and yoga in an unexpected setting, for telling your friends “you have to check this out.” We hope to see you there.

CHRISTOPHER HARRINGTON Managing Director & Curator of @ The Max Managing Director of Paradise Jazz Series

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GERSHWIN and His Children

The Influence of Popular Culture on Classical Music

By Leonard Slatkin

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ebruary 24, 1924. World War I was over. The stock market had not yet collapsed.

Americans were looking for something different.

On this day, they got it.

The history of Rhapsody GERSHWIN in Blue is well documented. Written quickly and somewhat improvised on the spot, George Gershwin’s contribution to “An Experiment in Modern Music” changed the very nature of how classical music was perceived. Aeolian Hall was the scene of a very long program, featuring no less than 26 separate musical selections. It was Paul Whiteman’s idea to find a way to make jazz, and other vernacular music of the time, part of the collective conscience of the listener.

Although the Rhapsody was not well received by the critics, over a period of three years the work was performed

by Whiteman 84 times, and its recording had sold more than a million copies. This was not just an isolated, one-off experience. That original concert opened a floodgate of new compositional thought. It was the time of Stravinsky, Ravel, Shostakovich and

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so many others. Each of those composers, and many more, took to the new craze and tried to find ways to incorporate music in popular idioms into their own compositions.

Over the course of the 2016-2017 Season, the DSO will feature many of the groundbreaking pieces that took the mainstream of the popular culture and changed the way all of us perceive classical music. We will see how other cultures reacted and incorporated their own brand of local music into the concert hall. There will be premieres that promise to be exciting and bold.

And we will learn that Gershwin was not really the first composer to utilize these elements.

During the season we will try to understand why the “jazz age” existed and will consider its lasting impact on society today. Long before the term “crossover” came into use in music, composers were taking their audiences on new paths, combining various aesthetics to produce a new genre in music. I have been looking forward to presenting this trip for quite some time and hope that you will join me. It promises to be a journey well worth taking.

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SPOTLIGHT

COFFEE EXPESS ROASTING COMPANY

The Detroit Symphony Orchestra is proud to spotlight COFFEE EXPRESS ROASTING COMPANY as an outstanding corporate partner in the Metro Detroit community. Coffee Express has roasted specialty coffees for coffee houses and retailers since 1982, and is generously partnering with the DSO to elevate the quality of coffee and service for our patrons this season.

Tom Isaia, President of Coffee Express Roasting Company, has been a classical subscriber since 2001. As a music lover, Tom values the role the arts play in our community and joined the DSO Business Alliance—a leading ensemble of corporate partners who value the DSO’s impact in the community—in 2014. Just last winter, Tom and the DSO team worked creatively to surprise and delight our patrons during the Brahms Festival with sponsored coffee in the Herman & Sharon Frankel Donor Lounge, and offered unique Brahms-branded whole bean bags for purchase in the gift shop.

As we begin the 2016-2017 Season, we look forward to expanding our relationship with Coffee Express Roasting Company and share our gratitude for their commitment to arts and culture in this region.

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OFFERINGS

EDITOR Ben Breuninger bbreuninger@dso.org 313.576.5196

Subscribers and donors who make a gift of $1,000 or more annually receive priority assistance. Just visit the Patron Services Center on the second floor of the Max M. and Marjorie S. Fisher Music Center Atrium for help with tickets, exchanges, donations or any other DSO needs.

PUBLISHER Echo Publications, Inc. Thomas Putters PROGRAM NOTES ANNOTATOR Charles Greenwell COVER ILLUSTRATION Dustin Cook DSO ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES Max M. & Marjorie S. Fisher Music Center 3711 Woodward Ave. Detroit, MI 48201 Phone: 313.576.5100 Fax: 313.576.5101 DSO Box Office: 313.576.5111 Box Office Fax: 313.576.5109 DSO Group Sales: 313.576.5130 Rental Info: 313.576.5050 Email: info@dso.org Website: dso.org Subscribe to our e-newlsetter via our website to receive updates and special offers.

To advertise in Performance, 248.582.9690 To report an emergency during a concert, call 313.576.5199. To make special arrangements to receive emergency phone calls during a concert, ask for the house manager.

Activities of the DSO are made possible in part with the support of the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs and the National Endowment for the Arts.

PRIORITY SERVICE FOR OUR MEMBERS

HERMAN AND SHARON FRANKEL DONOR LOUNGE

Governing Members who make a gift of $3,000 or more annually enjoy complimentary beverages, appetizers and desserts in the Donor Lounge, open 90 minutes prior to each concert through the end of intermission. For more information on becoming a Governing Member, contact Dan Coleman at 313.576.5451 or dcoleman@dso.org.

DINE AT THE DSO

Located on the second floor of Orchestra Hall, Paradise Lounge is open prior to most concerts featuring gourmet dinners, decadent desserts, classic cocktails, small production wines and craft beers. Bars are available throughout the Max M. and Marjorie S. Fisher Music Center prior to concerts and during intermission. For your convenience, you may place your beverage orders pre-concert and your drink will be waiting for you at intermission.

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MA XIMIZE YOUR E XPERIENCE GIFT CERTIFICATES

Give friends and loved ones a gift that ignites their soul—the experience of a DSO performance. Gift certificates are available in any denomination and may be used toward the purchase of DSO concert tickets. Visit the DSO Box Office or call 313.576.5111 for more information.

POLICIES PARKING, SECURITY AND LOST & FOUND

Valet parking is available for most concerts for $12, with vehicle drop-off and pick-up on Parsons Street. Donor valet and pick-up (patrons who give $7,500) is available at the stage door behind the Max M. and Marjorie S. Fisher Music Center. Parking is available for $8 in the Orchestra Place Parking Structure located on Parsons Street, with overflow in a nearby DSO lot. Handicap accessible parking is also available. Other parking options include Woodward Gardens on Woodward Avenue near Alexandrine Street and Wayne State University Parking near Whole Foods on John R Street.

The DSO offers shuttle bus service to Coffee Concerts from select locations for $15. Please call 313.576.5130 for more information.

ACCESSIBILITY

Handicap parking is available in the Orchestra Place Parking Structure for patrons with applicable permits. There are elevators, barrier-free restrooms, and accessible seating in all areas of the Max M. and Marjorie S. Fisher Music Center. Security personnel are available at the entrances to help patrons requiring extra assistance in and out of vehicles. Hearing assistance devices are also available. Please see the House Manager or any usher for additional assistance.

A SMOKE-FREE ENVIRONMENT

The DSO is pleased to offer a smoke-free environment at the Max M. and Marjorie S. Fisher Music Center. Patrons who wish to smoke must do so outside the building. This policy also applies to electronic smoking devices such as e-cigarettes and personal dso.org

vaporizers. An outdoor patio is also available on the second level of the Atrium Lobby.

HOUSE AND SEATING POLICIES

All patrons must have a ticket to attend concerts at the Max M. and Marjorie S. Fisher Music Center, including children. The Max opens two hours prior to most DSO concerts.

Most Classical Series concerts feature free pre-concert talks or performances in Orchestra Hall for all ticket holders. The DSO makes every attempt to begin concerts on time. In deference to the comfort and listening pleasure of the audience, latecomers will be seated at an appropriate pause in the music at the discretion of the house staff. Patrons who leave the hall before or during a piece will be reseated after the piece is completed.

Latecomers may watch the performance on closed circuit television in the Atrium.

Please silence cell phones, alarms and other electronic devices. Patrons should speak to the House Manager to make special arrangements to receive emergency phone calls during a performance.

EMERGENCY EVACUATION PROCEDURE

In the event of an emergency, locate the nearest exit sign and listen for announcements on the PA system. Please follow the directions of Orchestra Hall ushers and staff. For safety reasons, everyone should leave in an orderly fashion and please remain calm. Guests with disabilities will be escorted to the nearest exits by an usher. Elevators will not operate during an evacuation. Once you exit the building, proceed as far away from the premises as possible. Thank you for being prepared to respond calmly in the event of an emergency.

CONCERT CANCELLATIONS

In the case of inclement weather or other emergencies, please visit dso.org or the DSO’s Facebook page, call the Box Office at 313.576.5111, or tune in to WJR 760 AM and WWJ 950 AM. Patrons will be notified of exchange options. The DSO is unable to offer refunds.

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MAKING A DIFFERENCE

PARTNERING WITH PNC’S GROW UP GREAT INITIATIVE AND THE BLACKWELL INSTITUTE Last spring, the DSO went to students and students went to the DSO. In a unique partnership with Detroit Public Schools Community District’s Blackwell Institute and PNC Bank’s Grow Up Great Initiative, we were able to bring music to preschool children right in their classrooms—and invite them to the Max M. and Marjorie S. Fisher Music Center for a Tiny Tots concert.

Over two weeks in April, about 40 Blackwell Institute students were visited

by DSO staff and musicians and given an opportunity to get hands-on with some instruments, including violin, viola, guitar, bass, flute, horn, and oboe. We also provided teachers with curriculum ideas to prepare for the DSO visits and keep the music going with interactive learning experiences in the classroom.

“Exposure and experiences are both necessary to spark the passion for music that leads to transformational impact on the healthy development of young people,” says Anne Parsons, DSO President and CEO. “When instruments are held and teams are created, responsibility, discipline, and acumen soar!”

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ensemble, playing music can truly make the world a better place by making us all better people—no matter what age or ZIP Code.

As a Detroit cultural anchor, we are proud to be active and responsible ambassadors of music and the arts in communities across the region. It’s not a bonus. It’s part of who we are.

And we are so thrilled to partner with PNC’s Grow Up Great initiative, which aims to help children develop a passion for learning that lasts a lifetime. Since PNC began the program in 2004, Grow Up Great has distributed more than $105 million in grants that help young children prepare for school by focusing on readiness in vocabulary development, math, science, financial education, and the arts. Through these grants to nonprofit organizations, the program has impacted approximately 2.3 million children nationwide.

Stay tuned for more news about this amazing partnership—we plan to increase the number of preschool classrooms we visit from two to fourteen in the 2016-2017 Season.

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Leonard Slatkin, Music Director Music Directorship endowed by the Kresge Foundation Jeff Tyzik, Principal Pops Conductor Neeme Järvi, Music Director Emeritus

Friday, December 2, 2016 at 8 p.m.

Saturday, December 3, 2016 at 8 p.m. in Orchestra Hall LEONARD SLATKIN, conductor STORM LARGE, vocals HUDSON SHAD, vocal quartet

Sir William Walton Suite No. 1 from Façade

(1902 - 1983) Polka Valse Swiss Yodelling Song Tango - Pasodoublé Tarantella Sevillana

Kurt Weill The Seven Deadly Sins, Ballet Chante

(1900 - 1950) Prologue Sloth Pride Anger Gluttony Lust Greed Envy Epilogue

Storm Large, vocals Hudson Shad, vocal quartet INTERMISSION

Sir William Walton Symphony No. 1 in B-flat minor

(1902 - 1983) [corrected 1968 version] Allegro assai Presto, con malizia Andante Ma estoso – Briozo ed ardamente – Vivacissimo This Classical Series performance is generously sponsored by

Saturday’s performance will be webcast via our exclusive Live From Orchestra Hall series, presented by Ford Motor Company Fund and made possible by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.

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profiles

program notes

Leonard Slatkin’s biography can be found on page 6.

Suite No. 1 from Façade

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torm Large: musician, actor, playwright, author, awesome. She shot to national prominence in 2006 as a finalist on the CBS show Rock Star: Supernova, where despite having been

classical music world instantly had a new star.

Storm released her debut solo album in 2014, titled Le Bonheur after the name of her band. The recording is designed to capture sublime and subversive interpretations of the American Songbook — a collection of tortured and titillating love songs; beautiful, familiar, yet twisted…much like the lady herself.

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eliminated in the week before the finale, she built a fan base that follows her around the world to this day.

Storm made her debut as guest vocalist with the band Pink Martini in April 2011, singing four sold out concerts with the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. She continues to perform with the band, touring nationally and internationally, and she was featured on their album Get Happy.

Storm has also sung with Grammy Award winner k.d. lang, pianist Kirill Gerstein, punk rocker John Doe, singer/ songwriter Rufus Wainwright, and funk legend George Clinton.

She debuted with the Oregon Symphony in 2010 and has returned for sold out performances each year thereafter. She made her Carnegie Hall debut in May 2013, singing Weill’s The Seven Deadly Sins with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra as part of the Spring for Music festival. The New York Times called her “sensational,” and the 22

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ver the last quarter century, Hudson Shad has most likely racked up more performances as The Family in The Seven Deadly Sins than any other group in history. They have performed in more than 40 locations, from Arezzo to Zagreb, numbering over 100 performances worldwide.

They participated in a staging of the work, in a double bill with Weill’s Der Lindbergflug, at the Macerata Festival.

They have twice recorded the work, once with Kurt Masur and the New York Philharmonic and once with Marianne Faithfull, Dennis Russell Davies, and the RSO Wien. In 2008, Hudson Shad was honored to participate in the Carnegie Hall premiere of the work, with Ute Lemper and the Toronto Symphony.

These performances in Detroit are Hudson Shad’s Motor City debut. It is the tenth location for the Shad family unit with Storm Large since their initial encounter in June 2014.

The members of Hudson Shad appearing with the DSO are: Mark Bleeke, tenor; Erich Buchholz, tenor; Eric Edlund, baritone; Peter Becker, bass/baritone; and Wilbur Pauley, bass.

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WILLIAM WALTON B. March 29, 1902, in Oldham, England D. March 8, 1983, in Ischia, Italy Scored for 2 flutes (both doubling on piccolo), 2 oboes (one doubling on English horn), 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, trombone, tuba, timpani, percussion, and strings. (Approx. 10 minutes)

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he English composer Gerald Finzi once referred to William Walton as “the Rolls-Royce of music,” referring to his status as one of the pre-eminent English composers of the 20th century, as well as the refined blending of traditional techniques and contemporaneous influences in his music. Walton was not an innovator like Stravinsky or Schoenberg, and even though he never quite achieved the status of Benjamin Britten, he nevertheless was ranked as a firstclass composer from the time of his most famous work, the Façade entertainment (1923). His music may not have been progressive in its time, but in the words of the English writer Michael G.J. Byde, it was “…a unique distillation and integration of traditional and modernist tendencies that represents a uniquely 20th-century art, a unique product of the unique circumstances of its unique creator.”

Walton was born into a musical family in Oldham, a mill town in northwest England; his father was a singing teacher and his mother was a former singer, so it was no accident that the young lad inherited a fine singing voice. He received a scholarship to the Cathedral Choir

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School at Christ Church, Oxford, where he was enrolled in an undergraduate course and began composing when he was barely in his teens. In the 1920s, he began to establish himself in the concert hall with works such as the lively and rhythmically-clever overture Portsmouth Point and the 1929 Viola Concerto. Later came Belshazzar’s Feast, which knocked the British choral tradition on its ear; the powerful and dramatic First Symphony; the march Crown Imperial, written for the coronation of King George V in 1937; the 1939 Violin Concerto, written for Jascha Heifetz; and the masterful scores for three Laurence Olivier films: Henry V (1945), Hamlet (1948), and Richard III (1955).

One of the great benefits of Walton’s years at Christ Church was getting to know three highly eccentric and energetic siblings—Sacheverell, Edith, and Osbert Sitwell. When Walton left Oxford the Sitwells invited him to come live with them, and for 15 years he became the musical member of one of the most famous literary families of the 20th century.

The Sitwells were wealthy, cultured and highly creative, and immediately recognized outstanding talent in the young Walton. The exhilarating artistic environment in their house provided just the kind of stimulus he needed for his creative development, and greatly assisted the promotion of his career.

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program notes of the pieces were highly-stylized versions of popular dances of the day, and the fact that Walton was only 20 when he wrote the very sophisticated, witty, and colorful pieces is truly astonishing.

Sometime after Walton came to live with the Sitwells, Edith began writing a series of word-play poems, variously satiric, nostalgic, melancholy, or just plain nonsensical, which contained references to life and culture in turnof-the-century England, including Queen Victoria, Greek goddesses, and English music halls. These verses grew from her interest in the poetic element of rhythm, which she described as “to the world of sound what light is to the world of sight,” and came out of her feeling that contemporaneous poetry was in great need of a major change in all aspects. Fascinated by the Transcendental Etudes of Franz Liszt, in which the composer had written music to cover almost every conceivable complexity, she decided to write equally difficult poems with rhythms related to the waltz, fox trot, polka, mazurka, tango, tarantella, and pasodoble, along with country and sailor dances.

During this process, the idea was expressed that the poems would benefit from musical accompaniment, but rather than setting them in the traditional manner they should be recited in rhythm alongside a coordinated but independent musical score. Although this concept was unusual, it was by no means new, as it is thought that such a delivery played a part in the performance of ancient Greek drama, and around the turn of the 19th century had some popularity when it was known as “melodrama.”

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So, freed from the need to precisely fit music to verse, Walton clothed 18 of Edith’s poems with sharplydefined musical miniatures for a small instrumental ensemble in a brilliantlyconceived 1920s style. The title of the “entertainment” came from a comment from one of Edith’s friends who once said of her “very clever, but what is she but a façade.”

Once it was all put together, the Sitwells were so excited by the result that they arranged for a private performance in their home in January of 1922. Because it would be impossible for the speaker’s voice to be heard above the sound of the instruments, Osbert decided that the performers would be hidden behind a specially designed curtain through which a megaphone protruded, to be used by Edith to declaim the words.

The audience, consisting of poets, musicians, and painters, was baffled by what they heard, and Walton later recalled that the guests talked all the way through the performance and regarded Edith and him as quite mad.

Another private performance was given in a different house two weeks later, and then, encouraged by what had transpired, poetess and composer decided to expand and rearrange the number of poems in advance of the first public performance, which took place in the old Aeolian Hall in London in June of 1923.

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had been present at an exciting and important new artistic event, laced with humor and jollity, extraordinary imagery, subtle criticisms of modern life, and innuendos of despair, decay, and even death. Following its first truly successful performance in 1926, Façade went through quite a number of additional revisions until the definitive version was finalized in 1942. Suite No. 1 for orchestra was published in 1926 and includes the Polka, Valse, Swiss Yodelling Song, Tango-Pasodoublé, and Tarantella Sevillana.

The DSO first performed the Suite No. 1 from Façade in December 1936 with Fritz Reiner conducting, and most recently performed it in August 1970 with Everett Lee conducting.

The Seven Deadly Sins, Ballet Chante KURT WEILL B. March 2, 1900, Dessau, Germany D. April 3, 1950, New York, NY Scored for 2 flutes (both doubling on piccolo), oboe, 2 clarinets, bassoon, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, trombone, tuba, timpani, percussion, banjo, guitar, 2 harps, piano, and strings.

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f there ever was a composer who could be considered to have a kind of split musical personality, it was Kurt Weill. In the late 1920s and 1930s he went from being a relatively obscure composer of avant-garde music to an internationally-known and respected composer of theater pieces. Of these, The Threepenny Opera, written in collaboration with Bertolt Brecht in

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1927, is certainly the most famous and popular, and ultimately became one of the most successful theatrical productions of the 20th century. When Weill was forced to leave Germany in 1933 he had a small but impressive output of advanced classical compositions to his credit (among them the fiercely dissonant Violin Concerto), but once he settled here in America he turned his back on that type of writing, cutting himself loose from the European art-music tradition, and concentrated instead on music in a more popular and appealing idiom. To achieve this end he made an extensive study of American popular and stage music, and his songs and shows in the new style became not only highly admired and respected, but are rightly viewed as seminal works in the development of American musical theatre.

At age 18, with considerable musical talents in evidence, Weill enrolled at the Berlin Academy for Music, where he studied composition with Engelbert Humperdinck, best known for the opera Hansel and Gretel. Two years later Weill had an interview with the Italian-born composer, pianist, and conductor Ferruccio Busoni, and after seeing some of Weill’s compositions Busoni accepted him as one of only five master students at the Prussian Academy of the Arts in Berlin. At the same time, mostly out of financial need, Weill began playing organ in a synagogue and piano in a beer hall.

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become his wife. They were married in 1926, divorced in 1933 (mostly for political considerations), then remarried in America in 1937. Lenya gave immense support to her husband’s work, and after his untimely death she did everything she could to increase awareness of his music, and in the process established the Kurt Weill Foundation, an organization active to this day.

From 1924 to 1929, Weill wrote hundreds of reviews for German Broadcasting Corporation, one of which was a glowing review of Bertolt Brecht’s Mann ist Mann. Brecht was so impressed by the review—and by the fact that a composer could have such an understanding of the theatre—that he invited Weill to dinner, beginning a fruitful and iconic collaboration.

Both Weill and Brecht were feared and detested by the Nazi regime, of which they were relentlessly critical.

Fearing for his life, Weill fled Germany with Lenya in 1933, going first to Paris, where he and Brecht worked together on a “ballet with singing” called The Seven Deadly Sins, written for George Balanchine’s short-lived troupe Les Ballets.

The full title of this fascinating work is The Seven Deadly Sins of the Petty Bourgeoisie. When Weill arrived in Paris in 1933 he found that his colleague and former student Maurice Abravanel was already there, as a conductor with Les Ballets, and it was from this happy coincidence that the composer received his first commission outside of Germany. Originally envisioned as a psychological drama, Weill asked Brecht to work on the piece with him, and Brecht agreed to the collaboration on the condition that he could use the new work to portray the corruption of the individual in a capitalist society.

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in general, but when Weill agreed to add songs to the work Brecht perked up and proposed a whole new concept, namely a ballet which would be both danced and sung. Brecht then came up with a story concerning a lady named Anna who would be represented by the two sides of her personality, Anna I (a singer) and Anna II (a dancer). Anna I would be cool and cynical, with a very practical conscience and sense of what works in life, while Anna II would be emotional, impulsive, and artistic, with an all-too-human heart. Then there is “The Family,” a barbershop-style quartet which acts as a kind of Greek chorus.

The plot recounts the ways in which Anna I and Anna II set out to seek their fortune in various big cities so that they can send money back to their family. In each city Anna II succumbs to one of the seven deadly sins and has to be taken care of by Anna I so that they can achieve their financial goal. Along the way men are seduced, robbed, blackmailed, and driven to suicide. Brecht’s message seems to be that capitalist ambition is the greatest deadly sin of all, and in a capitalist world, the wages of such sins is success. There is a prologue and an epilogue, and in between come scenes in which each deadly sin is explored individually in a different city.

In the prologue, Anna I introduces the sisters and reveals their plans.

In Sloth, which takes place in an unidentified locale, Anna’s family prays to the Lord to watch over her, the words set to a solemn chorale.

Pride is set in Memphis, where Anna II is now a dancer in a strip club.

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not to overeat.

Lust is an extended dance sequence for Anna II, now in Boston, where she is accompanied by Anna I and the family. This is the most complex of the scenes, with both Annas involved with men—one wealthy, one poor.

In Greed, the family becomes distressed over rumors that Anna is making a bad reputation for herself.

Originally this took place in Tennessee, but after Weill’s death the locale was changed to Baltimore.

Finally, in San Francisco, Envy shows Anna II being tormented by the realization that in order to be happy she must renounce all earthly pleasures.

In the epilogue the sisters return after seven years to the little house which they now have the money to buy, but Anna II is disheartened and jealous of all those who can enjoy the sins of which she has been deprived, and the ballet ends in a very downbeat mood.

Brecht’s moral point seems to be that Anna II does wrong only when she does not commit the sin in question.

Moreover, when she tries to do the right thing, her hypocritical family cures her of the temptation to do so. The premiere garnered a mixed reception, being disparaged by the French but enthusiastically greeted by the Germans. A subsequent performance in London did not fare much better, and then a later performance in Denmark before the king was stopped by royal command when it was decided that it was unsuitable for viewing by the royal family. It was not until the 1950s that performances began to be staged with some regularity, and not until the 1970s that the ballet began to be appreciated as the masterpiece it is.

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2013 at Carnegie Hall. Storm Large made her Carnegie Hall debut at that performance to wide acclaim, and joins the DSO once more to revisit her roles as Anna I and Anna II.

Symphony No. 1 in B-flat minor [corrected 1968 version] WILLIAM WALTON B. March 29, 1902, in Oldham, England D. March 8, 1983, in Ischia, Italy Scored for 2 flutes (one doubling on piccolo), 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, 2 timpanis, percussion, and strings.

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ew English compositions were as eagerly awaited as was Walton’s First Symphony. After the startling wit and originality of Façade and the Portsmouth Point Overture, the lyrical beauty of the Viola Concerto, and the power and splendor of Belshazzar’s Feast, expectations were very high that he would produce something truly special.

The commission for the new symphony came from conductor / composer Hamilton Harty in early 1932 for his Halle Orchestra in Manchester.

The premiere was slated for April of the following year, but by December of 1932 it became clear that the date for the first performance would have to be postponed. Always a slow and painstaking composer, Walton made gradual progress, finishing the first two movements in early 1933 and the third movement that summer. By October the beginning and end of the last movement were sketched out, but Walton then got stuck with a kind of writer’s block and could not find a satisfactory completion of the finale. By this time, Harty had become conductor of the London Symphony DSO PERFORMANCE MAGA ZINE 27

Orchestra, and had announced a new premiere date of March 1934. Walton still could not finish the work, and this new date also had to be cancelled, but Harty persuaded the composer to allow a performance of just the three completed movements in December of 1934.

Two more performances of the incomplete work were given in April of 1935 by Malcolm Sargent and the London Philharmonic—but Walton had decided to take a complete break from working on the symphony in order to compose his first film music score, the acclaimed Elisabeth Bergner vehicle entitled Escape Me Never. Work on the symphony resumed in 1935 and was finally completed in August of that year, with a complete premiere given

by Harty and the BBC Symphony

Orchestra in November to great enthusiasm.

There is certainly an influence of Sibelius in the work, particularly in its use of long pedal notes in the lower instruments and its use of very sinuous melodies. But the relentless energy and drive of the first movement, the trenchant and bitter scherzo with its angular rhythms and furious energy, the aching melancholy of the slow movement, and the great exhilaration and joy of the finale—these are all quintessential Walton as he produced the most searing and emotional symphony any British composer had yet written.

These performances of Walton’s Symphony No. 1 will be DSO premieres.

Leonard Slatkin, Music Director Music Directorship endowed by the Kresge Foundation Jeff Tyzik, Principal Pops Conductor Neeme Järvi, Music Director Emeritus

Ben Folds Sunday, December 4, 2016 at 7 p.m. in Orchestra Hall BEN FOLDS, piano/vocals JACOMO BAIROS, conductor

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ortuguese-American Jacomo Bairos is currently the Amarillo Symphony’s 17th Music Director and Conductor, as well as co-founder and Artistic Director for Miami’s Nu Deco Ensemble. In addition to a debut with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, the 2016-2017 Season includes returns to the National Symphony Orchestra (directing their eclectic Declassified Series) and the Grand Rapids Symphony (to curate a week-residency of performances for the ArtPrize Festival), and more.

The Nu Deco Ensemble, which Bairos co-founded with composer Sam Hyken, is an eclectic and virtuosic chamber orchestra reimagined for the 21st century. With residency at The Light Box at Goldman Warehouse in Miami, Bairos and Hyken curate adventurous classical-based performances that not only speak to society today, but ignite the passions of both new and seasoned music

lovers. Bairos has also collaborated with MacArthur “Genius” Fellowship recipient Jeremy Denk, famed American pianist Garrick Ohlsson, internationally acclaimed guitarist Pablo Saint Villagas, decorated violinist Shlomo Mintz, and the eclectic crossover group Project Trio.

Bairos regularly works with multiplatinum selling singer/ songwriter Ben Folds.

BAIROS Bairos’ musical mentors include Gustav Meier, Robert Spano, and Kurt Masur. A graduate of the Peabody Conservatory’s distinguished Orchestral Conducting Program and the American Academy of Conducting at Aspen, Bairos has also worked with Jorma Panula, Marin Alsop, Hugh Wolff, and Larry Ratcleff. Bairos is an accomplished and award-winning tubist and has held principal positions with orchestras in America, Spain, China, and Singapore.

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en Folds has spent over a decade sharing the stage with some of the world’s greatest symphony orchestras — from Sydney, Australia to the Kennedy Center, performing his pop hits and his critically-acclaimed Concerto for Piano and Orchestra.

Throughout his career Folds has created an enormous body of genre-bending musical art, including pop albums as the front man for Ben Folds Five, multiple solo rock albums, and unique collaborative records with artists as diverse as Sara Bareilles, Regina Spektor, “Weird Al” Yankovich, William Shatner, and more. His most recent album, So There, is a blend of pop and classical original works, in part recorded with the revered classical sextet yMusic. It soared to #1 on both the Billboard Classical and Classical Crossover charts.

For five seasons Folds was a judge on the popular NBC series The Sing Off, which catapulted the art of a cappella into the national spotlight, and helped launch the careers of numerous a cappella groups.

In addition to his self-described love of performing and making “music for humans,” Folds is also an avid photographer and is a member of the distinguished Sony Artisans of

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Imagery. He is an advocate for music education and music therapy as a member of Artist Committee of the Americans For The Arts, and he serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the Nashville Symphony.

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Leonard Slatkin, Music Director Music Directorship endowed by the Kresge Foundation Jeff Tyzik, Principal Pops Conductor Neeme Järvi, Music Director Emeritus

Friday, December 9, 2016 at 8 p.m.

Saturday, December 10, 2016 at 8 p.m.

Sunday, December 11, 2016 at 3 p.m. in Orchestra Hall LEONARD SLATKIN, conductor EMANUEL AX, piano

Ludwig van Beethoven Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus, (1770 - 1827) Op. 43

Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 19

(1770 - 1827) Allegro con brio Adagio Rondo: Molto allegro Emanuel Ax, piano INTERMISSION

Sir Edward Elgar Symphony No. 1 in A-flat major, Op. 55

(1857 - 1934) Andante, nobilmente e semplice – Allegro Allegro molto Adagio Lento – Allegro These performances are made possible with generous support from the Bonnie Ann and Robert C. Larson Guest Pianist Fund

This Classical Series performance is generously sponsored by

Sunday’s performance will be webcast via our exclusive Live From Orchestra Hall series, presented by Ford Motor Company Fund and made possible by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.

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manuel Ax captured the music world’s attention in 1974, when he won the inaugural Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Competition in Tel Aviv.

A year later he won the Michaels Award of Young Concert Artists, and in 1979 he was the recipient of the coveted Avery Fisher Prize. In recent years, Ax has turned his attention toward the music of 20th century composers, premiering works by John Adams, Christopher Rouse, Krzysztof Penderecki, Bright Sheng, and Melinda Wagner. Ax is also devoted to chamber music, and has worked regularly with such artists as Young Uck Kim, ChoLiang Lin, Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer, Peter Serkin, Jaime Laredo, and the late Isaac Stern.

Ax’s recent releases on Sony Classical include Mendelssohn Trios with Yo-Yo Ma and Itzhak Perlman, Strauss’s Enoch Arden narrated by Patrick Stewart, and discs of two-piano music by Brahms and Rachmaninoff with Yefim Bronfman. Ax has received

Grammy Awards for the second and third volumes of his cycle of Haydn’s piano sonatas and for his collaborative recording (with Yo-Yo Ma) of the Beethoven and Brahms sonatas for cello and piano. Ax also contributed to an International Emmy Awardwinning BBC documentary commemorating the Holocaust, which aired on the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.

Ax was born in Lvov, AX Poland and moved to Winnipeg, Canada, with his family when he was a young boy. His studies at the Juilliard School were supported by the sponsorship of the Epstein Scholarship Program of the Boys Clubs of America, and he subsequently won the Young Concert Artists Award. Additionally, he attended Columbia University where he majored in French. Ax now resides in New York City with his wife, pianist Yoko Nozaki. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and holds honorary doctorates of music from Yale and Columbia universities.

Special Thanks to the Bonnie Ann and Robert C. Larson Guest Pianist Fund The Bonnie Ann and Robert C. Larson Guest Pianist Fund helps the Detroit Symphony Orchestra deliver unsurpassed musical experiences by underwriting annually the performances of extraordinary guest pianists such as Emanuel Ax. On behalf of the artists and audiences who benefit from this important new fund now and in the years to come, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra is so very grateful to Bonnie Larson for her generous support.

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program notes Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus, Op.43 LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN B. December 15, 1770, Bonn, Germany D. March 26, 1827, Vienna, Austria Scored for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani, and strings. (Approx.

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eethoven worked on The Creatures of Prometheus, his only full-length ballet score, in 1800 and early 1801.

It comprises an overture, introduction, and 16 numbers, and was composed to a now-lost scenario by the Italian dancer and choreographer Salvatore Viganò. The overture was Beethoven’s first in this genre, and was published separately in January 1804.

Stylistically, the Overture belongs to Beethoven’s first compositional or stylistic period — dating from the years up to 1802, and including the time of the composer’s crisis with deafness.

Beethoven worked on the composition of this ballet, among other projects, in the period between his first and second symphonies. Though there can be no mistaking Beethoven’s style, the overture has quite a different character from either of those works.

The overture opens with a short, slow introduction, followed by a fast Allegro section in C major. The Viennese expectations for a ballet score around 1800 would have been for an entertaining and dramatic work, but one that did not have the seriousness that we encounter in Beethoven’s later incidental music.

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program notes brilliance is especially clear in the fast section of the overture.

The DSO most recently performed Beethoven’s Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus, along with the rest of the ballet score, in February 2013 with Leonard Slatkin conducting.

The DSO first performed the Overture in February 1921 with Ossip Gabrilowitsch conducting.

Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 19 LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN B. December 15, 1770, Bonn, Germany D. March 26, 1827, Vienna, Austria Scored for solo piano, flutes, 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, and strings.

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hen Beethoven arrived in Vienna in 1792, brilliant and quirky improvisations were his trademark in aristocratic salons. But for his first public outing — an annual concert in the Burgtheater for the benefit of composers’ widows and orphans — he was obliged to perform a concerto. He envisioned a work that he could use as a display piece for his own talent, as a young virtuoso making a career in a new city.

Six years later in Prague, Beethoven apparently revised the concerto thoroughly; indeed, he may have tried to pass it off as entirely new. Hearing him play there, the Czech pianist Johann Thomascheck admired the “daring flights in his improvisation,” but was unimpressed by the concerto.

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since. And still Beethoven was not finished with the concerto — he was writing out cadenzas for it as late as 1809.

Even in its final form, the B-flat concerto straddles, not altogether comfortably, the genteel world of the Old Regime and the newly-born Romantic style. The treatment of the orchestra is still wholly Classical, but the piano part aspires toward a fullness of texture and strenuousness of expression that gives a hint of another world. As the pianist begins the ex-post-facto cadenza, we are pulled across the threshold, and the brief orchestral ritornello seems like a ghost from times gone by.

Some of the waywardness of Beethoven’s improvisations can be heard in the slow movement. It can trace its ancestry back to the Romances in some of Mozart’s concertos, but already Beethoven is moving toward a more ethereal level, foreshadowing his later slow movements, in which the ordinary rules of time and tonality seem to have been suspended. He allows no room for an improvised cadenza, writing out a plaintive dialogue between piano and orchestra that is actually the antithesis of virtuoso display—an “anticadenza” as one writer has called it.

In the finale too, Beethoven speaks entirely in his own voice. Haydn had set the tone for humorous finales, of course, but his jokes were the sort best savored in retrospect. Even the least musical in Beethoven’s audience could not have failed to see the punchline here: a thump on the offbeat that leaves the listener wondering just where the downbeat is.

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The DSO most recently performed Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 2 in January 2009, with Peter Oundjian conducting and Ingrid Fliter on the piano. The DSO first performed the concerto at a school concert in February 1935, with Victor Kolar conducting.

Symphony No. 1 in A-flat major, Op. 55 EDWARD ELGAR B. June 2, 1857 in Broadheath, England D. February 23, 1934 in Worcester, England Scored for 3 flutes (one doubling on piccolo), 2 oboes (one doubling on English horn), 2 clarinets (one doubling on bass clarinet), 2 bassoons (one doubling on contrabassoon), 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, 2 harps, and strings. (Approx.

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lgar was a far more versatile composer than he is often given credit for. He wrote what can be called popular music (the five Pomp and Circumstance marches, for example), salon music, weighty symphonic works, great religious choral works, and delicate songs, part-songs, and lighter choruses, all of which were superbly crafted and structured. A young Edward showed great musical talent but his family had neither the wealth nor social connections which many successful English composers enjoyed, and as a result Elgar was largely self-taught as a violinist and composer.

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in 1899 with the great success of the “Enigma” Variations, and this was followed a year later with his magnificent oratorio The Dream of Gerontius. There followed two more oratorios, a series of ceremonial works, two symphonies, and the concertos for violin and cello. Though he was never completely at home in Anglican British Society, Elgar was knighted in 1904 and appointed Master of the King’s Musick 20 years later, acknowledging him as the most important living British composer.

Elgar was 50 years old before he completed his first symphony, which was dedicated to the great German conductor Hans Richter. Richter conducted the premiere with the Halle Orchestra in Manchester in December 1908, and the work was unanimously called a triumph by critics and public alike. Four days after the Manchester performance, Richter gave the capital premiere with the London Symphony Orchestra, and in reviewing the performance—under the heading “The Musical Event of the Year”—one critic wrote that “it is quite plain that here we have perhaps the finest masterpiece of its type that ever came from the pen of an English composer. It is a work not merely of English but of European significance.” To say that the new symphony was a success would be a gross understatement: within weeks of the premiere it was performed in New York, Vienna, Saint Petersburg, Leipzig, Chicago, Boston, Toronto, and various British cities, and in a little over a year’s time the symphony received over 100 performances worldwide.

Curiously, this is the only regularlyperformed symphony in the key of A-flat major, and it is in cyclic form.

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In the composer’s words, “The opening theme is intended to be simple and, in intention, noble and elevating…a sort of ideal call—in the sense of persuasion, not coercion or command—and something above everyday and sordid things.” The first movement begins as expected in the home key of A-flat, but when the fast section starts it shifts abruptly to the key of D minor, which is about as far from A-flat major as one can get. According to conductor Sir Adrian Boult, one of Elgar’s greatest champions, this key clash arose because a friend made a bet with Elgar that he could not compose a movement in two keys at once.

The brisk second movement was not called a scherzo by Elgar, but it contains music which is restless and even sinister in parts. The movement ends by slowing down, and its first theme is transformed into the main theme of the slow third movement which follows without a break. There is tranquility throughout, and the effect of the muted trombones in the last several bars was called by one critic, “…like a voice from another world.” The finale begins dreamily and mysteriously in the key of D minor, and once the fast section begins there ensues a succession of themes building to a climax in A-flat major once more, with the noble motto theme of the symphony’s beginning returning to bring the whole work to a confident and triumphant conclusion.

The DSO first performed Elgar’s Symphony No. 1 in March 1980 with James Loughran conducting, and most recently performed the work in October 1998 with Christopher Seaman conducting.

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CELEBRATING YOUR LEGACY SUPPORT The 1887 Society honors individuals who have made a special legacy commitment to support the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Members of the 1887 Society ensure that future music lovers will continue to enjoy unsurpassed musical experiences by including the DSO in their estate plans. If you have arranged a planned gift to support the DSO or would like more information on planned giving, please contact Dan Coleman at 313.576.5451.

Ms. Doris L. Adler Dr. & Mrs. William C. Albert Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Allesee Dr. Lourdes V. Andaya Mr. & Mrs. Eugene Applebaum Dr. Augustin & Nancy † Arbulu Ms. Charlotte Arkin† Ms. Sharon Backstrom Sally & Donald Baker Mr. & Mrs. Lee Barthel Stanley A. Beattie Mrs. Mary Beattie Mr. & Mrs. Mandell L. Berman Mrs. Betty Blair Robert T. Bomier † Gwen & Richard Bowlby William & Julia Bugera Cynthia Cassell, Ph. D. Dr.† & Mrs. Victor J. Cervenak Eleanor A. Christie Ms. Mary Christner Lois & Avern Cohn Mrs. RoseAnn Comstock Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Cook Dorothy M. Craig Mr. & Mrs. John Cruikshank Ms. Mary Rita Cuddohy † Mr. Kevin S. Dennis & Mr. Jeremy J. Zeltzer Ms. Leslie C. Devereaux Mr. John Diebel Mr. Roger Dye & Ms. Jeanne A. Bakale Ms. Bette J. Dyer † Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. Eidson Marianne T. Endicott Mrs. Rema Frankel† Ms. Dorothy Fisher Mrs. Marjorie S. Fisher † Mr. Emory Ford, Jr.† Dr. Saul & Mrs. Helen Forman Barbara Frankel & Ron Michalak Herman & Sharon Frankel Jane French Janet M. Garrett Dr. Byron P. & Marilyn Georgeson Mr. Joseph & Mrs. Lois Gilmore Victor † & Gale Girolami Ruth & Al Glancy David & Paulette Groen Mr. Harry G. Bowles†

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Donna & Eugene Hartwig Gerhardt A. Hein & Rebecca P. Hein Ms. Nancy B. Henk Joseph L. Hickey Mr. & Mrs. Thomas N. Hitchman Paul M. Huxley & Cynthia Pasky David & Sheri Jaffa Mr. & Mrs. Thomas H. Jeffs II Mr. & Mrs. Richard J. Jessup Lenard & Connie Johnston Ms. Carol Johnston Carol M. Jonson Drs. Anthony & Joyce Kales Faye & Austin Kanter Norb† & Carole Keller Dr. Mark & Mrs. Gail Kelley June K. Kendall Dimitri† & Suzanne Kosacheff Mr. & Mrs. Arthur J. Krolikowski Mary Clippert LaMont Mrs. Bonnie Larson Ann C. Lawson Allan S. Leonard Max Lepler & Rex L. Dotson Dr. Melvin A. Lester Mr. & Mrs.† Joseph Lile Harold Lundquist & Elizabeth Brockhaus Lundquist Mr. & Mrs. Eric C. Lundquist Roberta Maki Eileen & Ralph Mandarino Mr. Glenn Maxwell Mr. Leonard Mazerov Mary Joy McMachen, Ph.D. Mr. William G. Michael† Rhoda A. Milgrim Mr. & Mrs. Eugene A. Miller John & Marcia Miller Jerald A. & Marilyn H. Mitchell Mr.† & Mrs. L. William Moll Shari & Craig Morgan Ms. I. Surayyah R. Muwwakkil Beverley Anne Pack David† & Andrea Page Mr. Dale J. Pangonis Ms. Mary W. Parker Mrs. Sophie Pearlstein Helen & Wesley Pelling Dr. William F. Pickard Mrs. Bernard E. Pincus Ms. Christina Pitts

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Mrs. Robert Plummer Mr. & Mrs. P. T. Ponta Mrs. Mary Carol Prokop† Ms. Linda Rankin & Mr. Daniel Graschuck Mr. & Mrs. Douglas J. Rasmussen Ms. Dorothy J. Reidel† Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd E. Reuss Barbara Gage Rex Ms. Marianne Reye Katherine D. Rines Bernard & Eleanor Robertson Ms. Barbara Robins Jack † & Aviva Robinson Mr.† & Mrs. Gerald F. Ross Dr. Margaret Ryan Marjorie & Saul Saulson Mr. & Mrs. Donald & Janet Schenk Ms. Yvonne Schilla Mr. & Mrs. Fred Secrest Mr.† & Mrs. Stephan Sharf Ms. Marla K. Shelton Ms. June Siebert Dr. Melissa J. Smiley & Dr. Patricia A. Wren Ms. Marilyn Snodgrass† Mr. & Mrs. Walter Stuecken Mr. & Mrs. Alexander C. Suczek Alice & Paul Tomboulian Mr. David Patria & Ms. Barbara Underwood Roger & Tina Valade Mrs. Richard C. Van Dusen Mr. & Mrs. Melvin VanderBrug Mr.† & Mrs. George C. Vincent Christine & Keith C. Weber Mr. Herman Weinreich John† & Joanne Werner Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Wilhelm Mr. Robert E. Wilkins† Mrs. Michel Williams Ms. Nancy S. Williams† Mr. Robert S. Williams & Ms. Treva Womble Ms. Barbara Wojtas Elizabeth B. Work Dr. & Mrs. Clyde Wu† Ms. Andrea L. Wulf Milton & Lois† Zussman Five who wish to remain anonymous

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PLANNED GIVING COUNCIL The DSO’s Planned Giving Council recognizes the region’s leading financial and estate professionals whose current and future clients may involve them in their decision to make a planned gift to the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Members play a critical role in shaping the future of the DSO through ongoing feedback, working with their clients, supporting philanthropy and attending annual briefings.

LINDA WASSERMAN AVIV, Chair Mrs. Katana H. Abbott Mr. Christopher A. Ballard Ms. Sandra K. Campbell Mr. Henry M. Grix Mr. Mark W. Jannott, CTFA Ms. Jennifer A. Jennings Ms. Dawn Jinsky

Mrs. Shirley Kaigler Mr. Robert E. Kass Mr. Christopher L. Kelly Mr. Bernard S. Kent Ms. Yuh Suhn Kim Mr. Henry P. Lee Ms. Marguerite Munson Lentz Mr. Christopher M. Mann

Mr. Curtis J. Mann Mrs. Mary Mansfield Mr. Mark Neithercut Ms. Deborah J. Renshaw, CFP Mr. James P. Spica Mr. John N. Thomson, Esq. Ms. Wendy Zimmer Cox

If you would like to join the DSO’s Planned Giving Council, please call Dan Coleman at 313.576.5451.

THE DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA’S VOLUNTEER USHERS Sandy Aasgaard Fran Alberts Dee Allison Karen Arendall William Arendall Susan Baran Catherine Beaumont Clara Belt Barbara Binder Valerie Binder Niels Boesen Dorisel Boggs Kathie Booth Barbara Borden Elaine Bozin Ann Brilliant Nelda Brogan Roy Brogan Alexander Brown Kenneth Brown Ruth Bruce Joseph Buese Janice Calligaris-Sur Stephanie Canty Ed Carey Bethany Carmody Hannah Carmody Kay Carmody Maria Caruso Martha Casey Elaine Chalom Gloria Coles Gregg Coughlin Nancy Courtney Gerry Crowe Neal Dahlen James Demers Kari Deming

Nancy Deming Diane DeVincent Brian Doefer Barbara Drake Kay Dubois Michael Easter Monica Easter Naomi Edwards Bob Emick Mary Ann Emick Joanna Endres Robert Endres Leslie Falvey Pam Faricy Joseph Fasi Michael Fenchel Marvin Fink Rosalind Fink Lester Floyd Carmen Freeman laurie fundukian Frank Gasiorek Cheryl Gastwirth Jeffrey Gebauer Steven Gensterblum John Gibson Toni Gibson Jackie Giering Bruce Gilbert Nora Gilbert Elisa Giuliani David Groen Rosemary Gugino Rebeca Guzman Carla Hall Claudia Hawkins Mary Heppner Fay Herman

Francine Hill Jolyn Hillebrand Cal Hoeksema Norma Hoeksema Diane Holden Jasmine Hollis Robert Holzhauer Jean Hornbacher Regina Hughes William Isenhour Barbara Iseppi Larry Jacobs Linda James Germaine Jarvis Rick Jayroe Sue Jayroe Gregory Johnson Marva Johnson Earline Jones Rita Kaplan Nancy Karpus Kathleen Keener Katherine Klimas Carol Kupinski Mary Lafter Jane Latessa Lorraine Lavoie Edward Lesnau Maureen Lesnau Louise Less Joyce Lyons Rochelle Mailhot Consquela Marbury Christina Marchwica Mark Marchwica Jack Marshall Kisha Martin Henry McCoy

Diane McLeod Marie Meleski Paul Michalsen Nancy Miller Emma Mitchell Peg Mixter Virginia Moore Jim Moylan Nellie Murphy Don Musser Dorothy Musser Mary Myers Joan Nagrant Florkowski Nancy Betty Nelson Courtney Nicholls Marylou Ouellette Ann Pape Maureen Paraventi Bob Patton Alice Paul Cassandra Pettway Fedora Pruitt Brenda Purkiss Betsy Quick Karen Rademacher Elizabeth Reid Peggy Roberts Shirley Ross Jane Rousseau Edna Rubin Mona Ruggers Vincent Ruggers Susan Saroglia Pat Shannon Emanuel Sharpe Martha Shumaker Craig Sieferd

Helen Smiley Chris Smith Kathy Smith Mary Smith Steven Smith April Snively Jeff Spakowski Glenn Stadts Archer Stone Art Stone Jennifer Sutherland Joan Swain Marianne Szymborski Ira Richard Talbott Joan Tilford Dorothy Trent Virnestean Tubbs Sherry Turner Fred Van Every Lee Visci Janice Wargo Jerry Wargo Sanford Waxer Charles Weaver Cobe Weaver Karen Weaver Carolyn Wedepohl Ted Wedepohl Chuck Wendt Miles West John Wheeler Stan Wisniewski Mary Zelenock

For more information about becoming a Volunteer Usher, please visit dso.org or contact Margaret Cassetto at mcassetto@dso.org.

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THE ANNUAL FUND Gifts received between September 1, 2015 and August 31, 2016 Being a community-supported orchestra means you can play your part through frequent ticket purchases and generous annual donations. Your tax-deductible Annual Fund donation is an investment in the wonderful music at Orchestra Hall, around the neighborhoods and across the community. This honor roll celebrates those generous donors who made a gift of $1,500 or more to the DSO Annual Fund Campaign. If you have questions about this roster, or to make a donation, please contact 313.576.5114 or go to dso.org/donate.

The Gabrilowitsch Society honors individuals who support us most generously at the $10,000 level and above.

Janet and Norm Ankers, chairs

Giving of $250,000 and more Mr. & Mrs. Lee Barthel Penny & Harold Blumenstein Julie & Peter Cummings Mrs. Marjorie S. Fisher† Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Frankel

Mr. & Mrs.† Morton E. Harris Mr. & Mrs. Peter Karmanos, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. James B. Nicholson Mrs. Richard C. Van Dusen

Giving of $100,000 and more Eugene & Marcia Applebaum Family Foundation Ms. Leslie C. Devereaux Mr. & Mrs. Phillip Wm. Fisher

Emory M. Ford, Jr.† Endowment The Polk Family Cindy & Leonard Slatkin

Giving of $50,000 and more Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. Alonzo Mrs. Cecilia Benner Mandell & Madeleine Berman Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Richard A. Brodie Mrs. RoseAnn Comstock Marvin & Betty Danto Family Foundation Linda Dresner & Ed Levy, Jr.

Mrs. Bonnie Larson Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Lester Ms. Deborah Miesel Mr. & Mrs. Eugene A. Miller Shari & Craig Morgan Bernard & Eleanor Robertson

Giving of $25,000 and more Ms. Sharon Backstrom Mr. & Mrs. Raymond M. Cracchiolo Joanne Danto & Arnold Weingarden Mrs. Kathryn L. Fife Mr. & Mrs. David Fischer Madeline & Sidney Forbes Barbara Frankel & Ronald Michalak Herman & Sharon Frankel 40

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Chacona W. Johnson David & Valerie McCammon Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd E. Reuss Mr. & Mrs. Alan E. Schwartz Mr. & Mrs. Larry Sherman Mr. & Mrs. Donald R. Simon Mr. & Mrs. Arn Tellem Mr. James G. Vella †

Deceased

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Giving of $10,000 and more Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Allesee Daniel & Rose Angelucci Mr. & Mrs. Norman Ankers Ms. Pamela Applebaum Mr. Chuck Becker Mr. & Mrs. Robert H. Bluestein Mr. & Mrs. John A. Boll, Sr. Mr. & Mrs. Jim Bonahoom Gwen & Richard Bowlby Lois & Avern Cohn Margie Dunn & Mark Davidoff Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. DeVore Marianne T. Endicott Jim & Margo Farber Dr. Marjorie M. Fisher & Mr. Roy Furman Mr. Michael J. Fisher Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Fogleman Dr. Saul & Mrs. Helen Forman Dale & Bruce Frankel Mr. & Mrs. Eugene A. Gargaro, Jr. Mrs. Byron Gerson Mr. & Mrs. Ralph J. Gerson Mrs. Gale Girolami Dr. Kenneth & Roslyne Gitlin Dr. Allen Goodman & Dr. Janet Hankin

Mary Ann & Robert Gorlin Dr. Herman & Mrs. Shirley Gray Mr. & Mrs. James Grosfeld Dr. Gloria Heppner Michael E. Hinsky & Tyrus N. Curtis Mr. & Mrs. Norman H. Hofley Mr. and Mrs.† Ronald Horwitz Richard H. & Carola Huttenlocher Mr. Sharad P. Jain Lenard and Connie Johnston Faye & Austin Kanter Mr. & Mrs. Norman D. Katz Mike & Katy Keegan Dr. David & Mrs. Elizabeth Kessel Dr. Myron & Joyce LaBan Marguerite & David Lentz Dr. Melvin A. Lester Bud & Nancy Liebler Mr. and Mrs.† Joseph Lile Stevens McClure Family Alexander & Evelyn McKeen Dr. Robert & Dr. Mary Mobley Cyril Moscow Xavier & Maeva Mosquet Geoffrey S. Nathan & Margaret E. Winters David Robert & Sylvia Jean Nelson

Jim & Mary Beth Nicholson Patricia & Henry Nickol Mrs. Jo Elyn Nyman Anne Parsons* & Donald Dietz Mr. & Mrs. Bruce D. Peterson Dr. William F. Pickard Ms. Ruth Rattner Dr. Erik Rönmark* & Mrs. Adrienne Rönmark* Martie & Bob Sachs Dr. Mark & Peggy Saffer Marjorie & Saul Saulson Elaine & Michael Serling Mark & Lois Shaevsky William H. Smith John J. Solecki Richard Sonenklar & Gregory Haynes Dr. Doris Tong & Dr. Teck M. Soo Mr. Gary L. Wasserman & Mr. Charlie Kashner Mr. & Mrs. R. Jamison Williams David & Bernadine Wu Mr. & Mrs. Paul M. Zlotoff Two who wish to remain anonymous

Giving of $5,000 and more Mrs. Denise Abrash Richard & Jiehan Alonzo Dr. Lourdes V. Andaya Mrs. Jean Azar Drs. John & Janice Bernick Robert N. & Claire P. Brown Michael & Geraldine Buckles Mr. & Mrs. François Castaing Mr. & Mrs. Gary L. Cowger Jerry P. & Maureen T. D’Avanzo Beck Demery Mr. & Mrs. John M. Erb Mr. Sanford Hansell & Dr. Raina Ernstoff Barbara & Alfred J. Fisher III Ms. Mary D. Fisher Mr. David Fleitz Mr. & Mrs. Edsel B. Ford II Ms. Carol A. Friend Allan D. Gilmour & Eric C. Jirgens Dr. Robert T. Goldman Goodman Family Charitable Trust Mr.† & Mrs. James A. Green Mr. Lee V. Hart & Mr. Charles L. Dunlap Ms. Nancy B. Henk Ms. Doreen Hermelin

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Mr. Eric J. Hespenheide & Ms. Judith V. Hicks Mr. & Mrs. A. E. Igleheart Mr. & Mrs. Richard J. Jessup William & Story John Judy & David Karp Michael E. Smerza & Nancy Keppelman Patrick J. Kerzic & Stephanie Germack Kerzic Mr. & Mrs. Harold Kulish Mr. Daniel Lewis The Locniskar Group Bob & Terri Lutz Ms. Florine Mark Patricia A.† & Patrick G. McKeever Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Miller Ms. A. Anne Moroun Mr. & Mrs. Albert T. Nelson, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. David E. Nims Mr. Thomas Norris Mr. & Mrs. Pat Olney Mr. & Mrs. Richard G. Partrich Mrs. Sophie Pearlstein Mr. & Mrs. Roger S. Penske Mr. Charles Peters Mrs. Bernard E. Pincus Mrs. Helen F. Pippin Dr. Glenda D. Price

*Current DSO Musician or Staff

Mr. & Mrs. David Provost Barbara Gage Rex Dr. & Mrs. John Roberts Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Rosowski Dr. Alexander Ruthven Mrs. Lois J. Ryan Mrs. Patricia Finnegan Sharf Mr. & Mrs. James H. Sherman Mr. & Mrs. Leonard W. Smith Renate & Richard Soulen Mrs. Kathleen Straus & Mr. Walter Shapero Mrs. E. Ray Stricker Mr. & Mrs. John Stroh III Mr. Gary Torgow David Usher Dr. Vainutis Vaitkevicius Mrs. Eva Von Voss S. Evan & Gwen Weiner Dr. & Mrs. Ned Winkelman Mrs. Judith G. Yaker Mr. Michael Yessian Margaret S. York Erwin & Isabelle Ziegelman Foundation Milton & Lois† Zussman Two who wish to remain anonymous

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Giving of $2,500 and more Howard Abrams & Nina Dodge Abrams Ms. Dorothy Adair Mr. & Mrs. George Agnello Dr. Roger & Mrs. Rosette Ajluni Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Anthony Drs. Kwabena & Jacqueline Appiah Dr. & Mrs. Ali-Reza R. Armin Mr. & Mrs. Robert Armstrong Mr. David Assemany & Mr. Jeffery Zook* Mr. Joseph Aviv & Mrs. Linda Wasserman Aviv Mr. & Mrs. John Axe Mr. & Mrs. Wayne J. Babbish Ms. Ruth Baidas Nora Lee & Guy Barron Mr. Mark Bartnik & Ms. Sandra J. Collins Mr. & Mrs. Martin S. Baum Mary Beattie Mr. & Mrs. Richard Beaubien Dr. & Mrs. Brian Beck Ms. Margaret Beck Mrs. Harriett Berg Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Bernard Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey A. Berner Mr. & Mrs. Michael Biber Ms. Kathleen Block Dr. George & Joyce Blum Nancy & Lawrence Bluth Mr. Timothy Bogan Rud & Mary Ellen Boucher Don & Marilyn Bowerman Mr. Paul & Mrs. Lisa Brandt Mr. Anthony F. Brinkman Bowden & Elaine Brown Mr. & Mrs. Mark R. Buchanan Mr. & Mrs. Ronald F. Buck Dr. Carol S. Chadwick & Mr. H. Taylor Burleson Ms. Evelyn Burton Julie Byczynski* & Angus Gray Dr. & Mrs. Roger C. Byrd Philip & Carol Campbell Dr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Carson Ronald & Lynda Charfoos Michael & Cathleen Clancy Gloria & Fred† Clark Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Clark Dr. Thomas Clark & Annette Clark

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Nina & Richard Cohan Jack, Evelyn & Richard Cole Family Foundation Dr. & Mrs. Charles G. Colombo Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Cook Patricia & William Cosgrove, Sr Dr. & Mrs. Ivan Louis Cotman Dorothy M. Craig Mrs. Barbara Cunningham Suzanne Dalton & Clyde Foles Deborah & Stephen D’Arcy Fund Barbara A. David Lillian & Walter Dean Mr. Kevin S. Dennis & Mr. Jeremy J. Zeltzer Mr. Giuseppe Derdelakos Adel & Walter Dissett Diana & Mark Domin Donato Enterprises Paul † & Peggy Dufault Mr. Michael J. Dul Mr. & Mrs. Robert Dunn Mr. Roger Dye & Ms. Jeanne A. Bakale Edwin & Rosemarie Dyer Dr. Leo & Mrs. Mira Eisenberg Dr. & Mrs. A. Bradley Eisenbrey Mr. Lawrence Ellenbogen Donald & Marjory Epstein Mr. Drew Esslinger Ellie Farber Mr. & Mrs. Oscar Feldman Mr. & Mrs.† Anthony C. Fielek Dr. Thomas Filardo & Dr. Nora Zorich Ms. Sharon Finch Mr. Jay Fishman Mr. & Mrs. Mark Frank Mr. Samuel Frank Mr. & Mrs. Daniel E. Frohardt-Lane Sharyn & Alan Gallatin Lynn & Bharat Gandhi Mrs. Janet M. Garrett Mr. George Georges Drs. Lynda & Conrad Giles Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Gillette Ruth & Al Glancy Dr. & Mrs. Theodore Golden Paul & Barbara Goodman Ms. Jacqueline Graham

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Mr. Luke Ponder & Dr. Darla Granger Dr. & Mrs. Joe L. Greene Dr. & Mrs. Steven Grekin Mr. Jeffrey Groehn Robert & Elizabeth Hamel Randall L. & Nancy Caine Harbour Tina Harmon Mrs. Betty J. Harrell Cheryl A. Harvey Gerhardt A. Hein & Rebecca P. Hein Mr. & Mrs. Ross Herron Jeremiah* & Brooke Hess Lauri & Paul Hogle Dr. Deanna† & Mr. David B. Holtzman Jack & Anne Hommes Ms. Barbara Honner The Honorable Denise Page Hood & Reverend Nicholas Hood III Mr. Matthew Howell & Mrs. Julie Wagner Mr. F. Robert Hozian Mr. & Mrs. Joseph L. Hudson, Jr. Nicki* & Brian Inman Steven & Sarah Jackson Mr. & Mrs. Ira J. Jaffe Mr. & Mrs. Charles R. Janovsky Mr. John S. Johns Mr. & Mrs. George Johnson Mr. Paul Joliat Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Jonna Ellen Kahn Dr. Laura Katz & Dr. Jonathan Pasko Betsy & Joel Kellman June K. Kendall Frederic & Stephanie Keywell Mrs. Frances King Mr. & Mrs. William P. Kingsley Susan & Bill Kishler Mr. & Mrs. Harvey Kleiman Thomas & Linda Klein Mr. & Mrs. Ludvik F. Koci Ms. Margot Kohler Mr. David Kolodziej Mr. James Kors & Ms. Victoria King* Martin & Karen Koss Dr. Harry & Mrs. Katherine Kotsis Robert C. & Margaret A. Kotz Barbara & Michael Kratchman Richard & Sally Krugel Dr. Arnold Kummerow

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Mr. John Kunz Mr. & Mrs. Robert LaBelle Dr. Raymond Landes & Dr. Melissa McBrien-Landes Drs. Lisa & Scott Langenburg Ms. Sandra Lapadot Ms. Anne T. Larin Dolores & Paul Lavins Mr. Henry P. Lee Max Lepler & Rex L. Dotson Mr. & Mrs. Ralph LeRoy, Jr. Drs. Donald & Diane Levine Mr. & Mrs. John D. Lewis Mr. & Mrs. Eric C. Lundquist Daniel & Linda* Lutz Mrs. Sandra MacLeod Cis Maisel Margaret Makulski & James Bannan Mr. & Mrs. Charles W. Manke, Jr. Mervyn & Elaine Manning Mr. & Mrs. David S. Maquera, Esq. Mr. Anthony Marek Maurice Marshall Dr. & Mrs. Richard Martella Dr. & Mrs. Peter M. McCann, M.D. Mr. & Mrs. Alonzo McDonald Ms. Camille McLeod Dr. & Mrs. Donald A. Meier Dr. & Mrs. David Mendelson Mrs. Thomas Meyer Thomas & Judith Mich Mr. & Mrs. Leonard G. Miller J.J. & Liz Modell Dr. Susan & Mr. Stephen* Molina Eugene & Sheila Mondry Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Daniel E. Moore Ms. Florence Morris Mr. Frederick Morsches & Mr. Kareem George Drs. Barbara & Stephen Munk Ms. I. Surayyah R. Muwwakkil Joy & Allan Nachman Judith & Edward Narens Mariam C. Noland & James A. Kelly Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. Norling Dennis Nulty* & Gabrielle Poshadlo Katherine & Bruce Nyberg Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Nycek Mr. John J. O’Brien Dr. & Mrs. Dongwhan Oh

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Dr. William Oppat Mr. & Mrs. Joshua Opperer Mr & Mrs. Arthur T. O’Reilly David† & Andrea Page Mr. Randall Pappal Mrs. Margot Parker Mr. & Mrs. Kris Pfaehler Mr. & Mrs. Philip E. Pfahlert Dr. Klaudia Plawny-Lebenbom Mr. & Mrs. William Powers Reimer & Rebecca Priester Charlene & Michael Prysak Mr. Ronald Puchalski Mr. & Mrs. Richard Rappleye Drs. Stuart & Hilary Ratner Drs. Yaddanapudi Ravindranath & Kanta Bhambhani Mrs. Hope Raymond Mr. & Mrs. Dave Redfield Mr. & Mrs. Gerrit Reepmeyer Dr. Claude & Mrs. Sandra Reitelman Denise Reske Seth & Laura Romine Norman† & Dulcie Rosenfeld Mr.† & Mrs. Gerald F. Ross Mr. R. Desmond Rowan Jane & Curt Russell Dr. & Mrs.† Alexander Ruthven Linda & Leonard Sahn Mr. David Salisbury & Mrs. Terese Ireland Salisbury Hershel & Dorothy Sandberg Ms. Martha A. Scharchburg & Mr. Bruce Beyer Dr. Sandy Koltonow & Dr. Mary Schlaff David & Carol Schoch Mr. & Mrs. Alan S. Schwartz Mr. & Mrs. Kingsley G. Sears Mr. Ken Seawell Mr. & Mrs. Fred Secrest Mr. Merton J. & Mrs. Beverly Segal Mr. Igal Shaham & Ms. Linda Zlotoff Mr. & Mrs. Alan E. Schwartz & Mrs. Jean Shapero Cynthia Shaw & Tom Kirvan Ms. Margaret Shulman Dr. Les & Mrs. Ellen Siegel Coco & Robert Siewert Norman Silk & Dale Morgan William & Cherie Sirois

*Current DSO Musician or Staff

Dr. Cathryn Skedel & Mr. Daniel Skedel Dr. Gregory Stephens Mr. & Mrs. Clinton F. Stimpson III Dr. Mack Stirling Dr. & Mrs. Charles D. Stocking Stephen & Phyllis Strome Dorothy I. Tarpinian Shelley & Joel Tauber Dr. & Mrs. Howard Terebelo Mr. & Mrs. James W. Throop Mr. & Mrs. John P. Tierney Alice & Paul Tomboulian Mr. & Mrs. Michael Torakis Barbara & Stuart Trager Mark & Janice Uhlig Amanda Van Dusen & Curtis Blessing Mr. & Mrs. Charles B. Van Dusen Mr.† & Mrs. George C. Vincent Mr. & Mrs.† William Waak Dr. & Mrs. Ronald W. Wadle Captain Joseph F. Walsh, USN (Ret.) Mr. Michael A. Walch & Ms. Joyce Keller Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan T. Walton Mr. Patrick Webster Mr. Herman Weinreich Lawrence & Idell Weisberg Ambassador & Mrs. Ronald N. Weiser Arthur & Trudy Weiss Janis & William Wetsman/ The Wetsman Foundation Beverly & Barry Williams Dr. M. Roy & Mrs. Jacqueline Wilson Rissa & Sheldon Winkelman Mr. John Wolak Mr. Jonathan Wolman & Mrs. Deborah Lamm Cathy Cromer Wood Ms. Andrea L. Wulf The Yousif Family Mr. & Mrs. Alan Zekelman Mr. Richard D. Zimmerman Seven who wish to remain anonymous

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CORPORATE PARTNERS

$500,000 and more

JIM NICHOLSON CEO, PVS Chemicals

$200,000 and more

GERARD M. ANDERSON President, Chairman and CEO, DTE Energy Corporation

FAYE NELSON President, DTE Energy Foundation

MARK FIELDS President & CEO, Ford Motor Company

JAMES VELLA President, Ford Motor Company Fund

$100,000 and more

SERGIO MARCHIONNE Chief Executive Officer, FCA

KEITH J. ALLMANN President and CEO, MASCO Corporation

MATTHEW J. SIMONCINI President and CEO, Lear Corporation

$50,000 and more

$20,000 and more

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American House Senior Living Communities Amerisure Insurance Greektown Casino KPMG LLP Macy’s

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MGM Grand Detroit Casino PNC Bank Rock Ventures, LLC Talmer Bank & Trust Wico Metal Products Wolverine Packing Company

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$10,000 and more

Beaumont Health Creative Benefit Solutions, LLC Denso International America, Inc. Edibles Rex Fifth Third Bank Greenleaf Trust Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP Hungry Howie’s Pizza Huron Consulting Group PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Raymond James REDICO Sandler Training Warner Norcross & Judd LLP

$5,000 and more

The Boston Consulting Group Coffee Express Roasting Company Delphi Foundation Ernst and Young Hotel St. Regis Michigan Ear Institute Schaerer Architextural Interiors St. John Providence Suburban Collection Telemus Capital Partners, LLC Varnum LLP Yessian Music $1,000 and more

Arkay-Walker Paint Companay Avis Ford, Inc. Broder & Sachse Real Estate Services

Chubb Group of Insurance Companies Darling Bolt Company Delta Dental Plan of Michigan Dickinson Wright LLP Dykema HEM Data Corporation The Harmon Group Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC Lakeside Ophthalmology Center Madison Electric Company Michigan First Credit Union Oswald Companies Plante and Moran, PLLC PSLZ, LLP Robert Swaney Consulting, Inc. Sachse Construction Urban Science

SUPPORT FROM FOUNDATIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS $500,000 and more

The William M. Davidson Foundation Samuel & Jean Frankel Foundation $250,000 and more

Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan Hudson-Webber Foundation John S. and James L. Knight Foundation The Kresge Foundation McGregor Fund The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation $100,000 and more

The Richard C. Devereaux Foundation Fred A. & Barbara M. Erb Family Foundation Max M. & Marjorie S. Fisher Foundation Ford Foundation Detroit Symphony Orchestra Volunteer Council

$50,000 and more

Marvin & Betty Danto Family Foundation William Randolph Hearst Foundation Richard & Jane Manoogian Foundation Michigan Council for Arts & Cultural Affairs National Endowment for the Arts Herbert & Elsa Ponting Foundation Matilda R. Wilson Fund $25,000 and more

Children’s Hospital of Michigan Foundation DeRoy Testamentary Foundation Eleanor & Edsel Ford Fund Ann & Gordon Getty Foundation $10,000 and more

Maxine & Stuart Frankel Foundation Myron P. Leven Foundation Oliver Dewey Marcks Foundation Moroun Family Foundation $5,000 and more

Benson & Edith Ford Fund Henry Ford II Fund

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The Alice Kales Hartwick Foundation Marjorie & Maxwell Jospey Foundation Meyer & Anna Prentis Family Foundation Sigmund & Sophie Rohlik Foundation Mary Thompson Foundation $1,000 and more

Charles M. Bauervic Foundation Frank & Gertrude Dunlap Foundation Harold & Ruth Garber Family Foundation Clarence & Jack Himmel Fund James & Lynelle Holden Fund Japan Business Society of Detroit Foundation Ludwig Foundation Fund Louis & Nellie Sieg Foundation Sills Foundation Don & Dolly Smith Foundation The Village Club Foundation Samuel L. Westerman Foundation Young Woman’s Home Association

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TRANSFORMATIONAL SUPPORT The Detroit Symphony Orchestra would like to especially thank those who have made extraordinary multi-year gifts for general operations, endowment, capital improvements, and named chairs, ensembles or programs since the start of Blueprint 2023, our ten-year plan, in 2013.

FOUNDING FAMILIES

CHAMPIONS

LEADERS

Julie & Peter Cummings Fisher Family Max M. & Marjorie S. Fisher Foundation

Stanley & Judy Frankel Danialle & Peter Karmanos, Jr. James B. & Ann V. Nicholson Clyde & Helen Wu †

Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. Alonzo Mandell & Madeleine Berman Foundation Penny & Harold Blumenstein Mr. & Mrs. Raymond M. Cracchiolo DTE Energy Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Phillip Wm. Fisher Ford Motor Company Fund Mr. & Mrs.† Morton E. Harris John S. and James L. Knight Foundation

Mrs. Bonnie Larson Ms. Deborah Miesel Shari & Craig Morgan The Polk Family PVS Chemicals, Inc. Bernard & Eleanor Robertson Stephen M. Ross Mrs. Richard C. Van Dusen

Mr. & Mrs. Lee Barthel Marvin & Betty Danto Family Foundation Herman & Sharon Frankel Ruth & Al Glancy Bud & Nancy Liebler Richard & Jane Manoogian Foundation

David & Valerie McCammon Mr. & Mrs. Eugene A. Miller Dr. William F. Pickard Jack † & Aviva Robinson Mr. & Mrs. Alan E. Schwartz

NOTABLE PROJECT SUPPORT The Detroit Symphony Orchestra acknowledges the following partners for their support of exceptional projects, partnerships, and performances that boldly advance the DSO’s mission to be a leader in the world of classical music.

The Eugene and Marcia Applebaum Family Foundation helped the DSO expand our partnership with our neighbors at Wayne State University, providing access to DSO Replay for students, exhibiting works from the WSU Art Collection, and creating the Applebaum Fellowship program.

The Arab American National Museum partnered with the DSO to present the 24th annual Concert of Colors, a five-day festival uniting metro Detroit’s diverse communities and ethnic groups by presenting musical acts from around the world.

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Mr. and Mrs. Lee Barthel established a maintenance fund, supporting capital improvements which generate long-term savings for the DSO - including essential improvements to the exterior masonry of Orchestra Hall.

The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation made a gift to support the production of a video that chronicles the DSO’s digital journey and celebrates how people across the world experience the DSO. The National Endowment for the Arts funded an educational expansion of DSO Replay - the online archive for past webcast performances - which will include the creation of additional web-only content, artist interviews, behindthe-scenes features, specialized search functions and more.

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New Music USA and the League of American Orchestras brought our composer-in-residence, Gabriela Lena Frank, to Detroit through their Music Alive program as a part of their ongoing support of orchestra efforts to promote and present new music.

Mark and Janice Uhlig, Norm and Janet Ankers, and Rick and Cathy Walker of Arkay-Walker Paint Co. supported renovations to the office once occupied by Ossip Gabrilowitsch on the second floor of Orchestra Hall, creating a special dining space for donors and friends.

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TRIBUTE GIFTS  Gifts received February 1, 2015 to August 31, 2016 Tribute gifts to the Detroit Symphony Orchestra are made to honor accomplishments, celebrate occasions, and pay respect in memory or reflection. These gifts support current season projects, partnerships and performances such as DSO concerts, education programs, free community concerts and family programming. For information about making a tribute gift, please call 313.576.5114 or visit dso.org/donate.

In Memory of Pat Auer Ellie Tholen In Honor of John and Linda Axe Walter and Adel Dissett In Memory of Lewis K. Barnes James and Sandra Connor In Honor of Chacona and Harold Baugh Avern and Lois Cohn In Honor of Cecilia Benner Matthew Lebenbom In Memory of Fred Clark Lee and Floy Barthel Richard and Gwen Bowlby Eric and Ginny Lundquist Mark and Denise Neville Foster and Carol Redding In Memory of Albert Clayton Susan Clayton In Memory of Carol Rae Cooper Gerson Cooper In Memory of William R. Dahlin Patricia Dahlin In Honor of Joanne Danto James and Sandy Danto Art Roffey and Gail Danto In Memory of Kenneth Downing Pamela Grucza In Honor of Eugene Driker Stephen Driker In Memory of Marjorie S. Fisher Jon and Mary Aaron Eugene and Marcia Applebaum Joseph Aviv and Linda Wasserman Aviv Ron and Judy Baron Guy and Nora Barron Lee and Floy Barthel Chacona and Harold Baugh Lauren and Sam Bienenstock Harold and Penny Blumenstein Eric Borman Tom and Sarah Borman Foundation Richard and Gayle Burstein Julie Byczynski and Angus Gray Marlies and François Castaing Clark Hill P.L.C.

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Stephen and Carol Sue Coden Marc Cohen and Patti Kelter Rob and Annie Cohen Avern and Lois Cohn Debbie and Andy Colman Comerica Incorporated David and Ann Conrad Joanne Danto and Arnold Weingarden David and Stacey Deweese Evelyn Dinu The Dresner Foundation Howard and Jean Dubin Nina Eisenberg Philip and Estelle Elkus Irwin and Judith Elson Robert and Adrienne Feldstein Robin and Marianne Ferriby Stanley and Judy Frankel David Gans and Janet Lekos Mark and Sonia Geoffrey Ralph and Erica Gerson Yousif Ghafari and Mara KalninsGhafari Gloria Gilbert Reva Grace Daniel and Ilana Greenberg Fred and Elaine Greenspan Michael and Andrea Guttilla Denise Haining David Hamburger Scott Hamburger Randy and Kim Hawes Barbara Heller Doreen Hermelin Michael and Marian Ilitch Arkan and Yasmine Jonna Florence Kaufman Scott Kaufman Sherri and Jimmy Ketai Bunny and Michael Kratchman Richard and Sally Krugel Richard Kughn Kathy and Michael Laffer Bonnie Larson Roger and Terran Leemis John and Nancy Levy Eric and Ginny Lundquist Paul and Alise Marks James Manson and Mary Mazzio Dave and Mary McCall Norman and Solange Messelian Sam and Anita Michaels Laurie Michelson Jeffrey and Marsha Miro Bruce and Marsha Moskowitz Sarah Murphy Allan and Joy Nachman David and Sylvia Nelson

Mariam Noland and James Kelly Graham and Sally Orley Robert and Marcie Orley Anne Parsons and Donald Dietz Fair Radom Cobey and Robert Rapaport Ruth Rattner Deborah and Steve Rosenthal Martin and Constance Ross Norman and Harriet Rotter Shelly Rubenfire Eli and Michele Saulson Alan and Sandra Schwartz Bennett Schwartz Jessica Schwartz Richard and Jane Schwartz Ruthie Seltzer Mark and Lois Shaevsky Susie Sillman Cindy and Leonard Slatkin Susu Sosnick Doug Stewart Charles and Ellen Tenner Carol Tomczak Howard and Helen Topcik United Way for Southeastern Michigan Marc and Mary Weiser Arthur and Trudy Weiss Donald and Loretta Wenger Mark Werner Frances White Jean Willens Mary Lou Zieve In Honor of Phillip Wm. Fisher Fred Cohen Barbara Frankel and Ronald Michalak Marc Schwartz In Honor of Ruth Frank Stanley and Susan Schwartz In Honor of Joann Freeman Arthur and Janet Baum In Memory of Dr. Myron Ginsberg Judith Ginsberg In Memory of Brigitte Harris Harold and Penny Blumenstein Barbara Frankel and Ronald Michalak Stanley and Judy Frankel Anne Parsons and Donald Dietz In Memory of Joanne Heritier Virginia Jeffrey Ken Wadland DSO PERFORMANCE MAGA ZINE 47

In Memory of Sgt. Donald Walter Howell Vera Howell In Memory of Judith Dianne Jackson Emerson Jackson In Memory of Carole Jo Milgrom Lasser Deborah Baker In Honor of Dr. Mel Lester Stanley and Judy Frankel In Honor of Erin Little Andrea Morganroth In Memory of Betty Ann Lourie Barbara Miller In Memory of Douglas Lovett Sigfrid and Marjorie Anderson In Honor of Anne Parsons Todd Gordon and Susan Feder In Honor of Patricia Peterson Susan Hoffman In Memory of Fay Ann Resnick Jean Hill Carman Margaret Chaney

Randy and Rochelle Forester Helene Hoffman Barbara Kenzie Michael Resnick and Lyn Bearinger Robert Resnick and Gail Fisher Barbara Rosen Kitty Stoffle Ellie Tholen Ira and Mildred Wells Bruce White and Kathleen ChaneyWhite In Memory of Sheldon Sandweiss Hilda Cooper In Memory of Norinne Selesko David and Sylvia Nelson In Memory of Jan Sleebos Shimon and Doris Edut

Scott and Susan Costello Rolland and Patricia Danford Robert and Victoria Earnest Don and Margaret Giffels Ralph Hashoian Geraldine Irwin Dan and Lisa Jacobs Robert and Virginia Jones Kapnick and Company Inc Annie Lang Phoebe Richards Barbara Smith Stephan Speth In Memory of L. Warren Tucker Sandra Tucker In Memory of Zeyn and Ayten Uzman J. Fernando del Rosario

In Memory of Nate Suida Laura Duda Lisa Zielinski

In Memory of Ann K. Warren Frederick and Martha Fordon Elizabeth Mikos John Petrie Margaret Woodhouse

In Memory of Robert Thibideau Corenna Aldrich Marguerite Allen Amerisure Insurance Robert and Nancy Austin Betty Carden Gasper and Kasey Costantini

In Memory of Martha Wiltshire Phyllis and Robert Clark Eric and Ginny Lundquist Alexander and Evelyn McKeen Ellie Tholen

C O R P O R AT E PA R T N E R S P O T L I G H T

Coffee Express Roasting Company The Detroit Symphony Orchestra is proud to spotlight Coffee Express Roasting Company as an outstanding corporate partner in the Metro Detroit community. Coffee Express has roasted specialty •PLYMOUTH• coffees for coffee houses and retailers since 1982, and is generously partnering with the DSO to elevate the quality of coffee and service for our patrons this season.

Tom Isaia, President of Coffee Express Roasting Company, has been a classical subscriber since 2001. As a music lover, Tom values the role the arts play in our community and joined the DSO Business Alliance—a leading ensemble of corporate partners who value the DSO’s impact in the community—in 2014. Just last winter, Tom and the DSO team worked creatively to surprise and delight our patrons during the Brahms Festival with sponsored coffee in the Herman & Sharon Frankel Donor Lounge, and offered unique Brahms-branded whole bean bags for purchase in the gift shop.

As we begin the 2016-2017 Season, we look forward to expanding our relationship with Coffee Express Roasting Company and share our gratitude for their commitment to arts and culture in this region.

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administrative staff EXECUTIVE OFFICE Anne Parsons President and CEO James B. and Ann V. Nicholson Chair Linda Lutz Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Erik Rรถnmark Vice President and General Manager Joy Crawford Executive Assistant to the President and CEO Elaine Curvin Executive Assistant Caitlin Bush Advancement Relations Associate

OFFICE OF THE GENERAL MANAGER ARTISTIC PLANNING Jessica Ruiz Manager of Artistic Planning Christopher Harrington Managing Director of Paradise Jazz Series Managing Director & Curator of @ The Max Katherine Curatolo Artistic Coordinator Clare Valenti Popular & Special Programming Coordinator COMMUNITY AND LEARNING Caen Thomason-Redus Director of Community and Learning Leah Celebi Manager of Education Brian Frazee Manager of Community Engagement Nelson Rodriguez Parada General Manager of Training Ensembles Nathaniel Bean Education Coordinator

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LIVE FROM ORCHESTRA HALL Marc Geelhoed Director of Digital Initiatives ORCHESTRA OPERATIONS Kathryn Ginsburg Orchestra Manager Heather Hart Rochon Orchestra Personnel Manager

Morgan Graby Governing Members and Volunteer Relations Officer Juanda Pack Advancement Benefits Coordinator INSTITUTIONAL GIVING Danielle Manley Director of Advancement for Institutional Giving

Dennis Rottell Stage Manager

Chelsea Kotula Manager of Sponsor Benefits and Relations

Leslie Karr Executive Assistant to the Music Director

Marah Casey Advancement Officer

Patrick Peterson Assistant Orchestra Personnel Manager

Jacqueline Garner Advancement Assistant oneDSO CAMPAIGN

ADVANCEMENT & EXTERNAL RELATIONS ADVANCEMENT SERVICES Bree Kneisler Advancement Services and Prospect Research Manager

Julie Byczynski oneDSO Campaign Director

FACILITY OPERATIONS Dan Saunders Director of Facilities Management

Will Broner Advancement Services Coordinator

Larry Ensman Maintenance Supervisor

Richard Kryszko Advancement Services Coordinator

Frederico Augustin Facility Engineer

COMMUNICATIONS

Matt Deneka Maintenance Technician

Matthew Carlson Director of Communications and Media Relations Teresa Alden Digital Communications Manager Ben Breuninger Public Relations Coordinator INDIVIDUAL GIVING Cassie Brenske Director of Advancement for Individual Giving Dan Coleman Governing Members Gift Officer and Assistant Director of Planned Giving

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Martez Duncan Maintenance Technician William Guilbault Maintenance Technician Crystal King Maintenance Technician Daniel Speights Maintenance Technician Greg Schimizzi Chief of Security Melvin Dismukes Security Officer Norris Jackson Security Officer

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NEW YEAR’S EVE 2017 Ronald Martin Security Officer Johnnie Scott Security Officer

FINANCE Jeremiah Hess Senior Director of Accounting & Finance Sandra Mazza Senior Accountant

Sharon Gardner Carr Assistant Manager of Tessitura and Ticketing Operations Annick Busch Patron Loyalty Coordinator Steven Fronrath Audience Development Coordinator LaHeidra Marshall Audience Development Associate

Dawn Kronell Senior Accountant

CATERING AND RETAIL SERVICES

Karen McCombs Accounting Specialist

Christina Williams Director of Catering and Retail Services

Lolita Isaac Payroll and Benefits Accountant

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Jody Harper Director of Information Technology Ra’Jon Taylor Help Desk Administrator

Kyle Hanley Executive Chef Nate Richter Bar Manager Stacey Karl Retail Manager EVENTS AND RENTALS

Michelle Koning Web Manager

Holly Clement Senior Manager of Events and Rentals

HUMAN RESOURCES

Connie Campbell Manager of Event Sales and Administration

Denise Ousley Human Resources Director

PATRON DEVELOPMENT & ENGAGEMENT Nicki Inman Senior Director of Patron Development and Engagement AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT Michael Frisco Director of Audience Development Margaret Cassetto Front of House Manager DeRon Wilson Group Sales Manager

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Ashley Powers Event Sales Representative PATRON SALES AND SERVICE Molly Fidler Manager, Patron Sales & Service Michelle Marshall Assistant Manager, Patron Sales & Service Ashley Handy Lead Ticketing Specialist William Dawkins Lead Ticketing Specialist

PARTY LIKE IT’S 1999

THE MUSIC OF PRINCE DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Brent Havens, conductor

DECEMBER 31, 2016 BASH AT 8 P.M. CONCERT AT 10 P.M.

Put on your dancing shoes and walk the purple carpet as we pay tribute to the iconic legend known for his eclectic work, flamboyant stage presence, extravagant dress and perhaps, most importantly his out of this world music.

Televised and live-streamed worldwide by Detroit Public Television — don’t miss Detroit’s biggest NYE party!

Event and Telecast made possible by the Stanley and Judith Frankel Family Foundation.

For more information about the bash and concert please visit dso.org/NYE or call 313.576.5450 DSO PERFORMANCE MAGA ZINE 51

UPCOMING CONCERTS & EVENTS

WU FAMILY ACADEMY

POPS SERIES

Sun., Nov. 13 at 2 p.m.*

Brent Havens, conductor Brody Dolyniuk, vocalist

HOSTED PARTNERSHIPS

Sat., Nov. 26 at 8 p.m.

Sun., Nov. 27 at 3 p.m.

SHOWCASE

DETROIT PUBLIC THEATRE DOT By Colman Domingo

Nov. 16 – Dec. 11* in Robert A. and Maggie Allesee Hall. Visit DetroitPublicTheatre.org

MUSIC OF JOURNEY

@THE MAX

STORM LARGE Wed., Nov. 30 at 7 p.m. in The Cube*

CLASSICAL SERIES

TCHAIKOVSKY’S FIRST CONCERTO

WU FAMILY ACADEMY

Thu., Nov. 17 at 7:30 p.m.

Fri., Nov. 18 at 10:45 a.m.

Sat., Nov. 19 at 8 p.m.

PARADISE JAZZ SERIES

HOSTED PARTNERSHIPS

Thu., Dec. 1 at 8 p.m.*

Mon., Nov. 21 at 7:30 p.m.*

CLASSICAL SERIES

Jun Märkl, conductor Kirill Gerstein, piano

WSU MONDAYS AT THE MAX POPS SERIES

POPERA: OPERA’S GREATEST HITS

Robert Bernhardt, conductor Mela Dailey, vocalist Wed., Nov. 23 at 10:45 a.m.

TINY TOTS CONCERTS

WORLD WINTER HOLIDAY Sat., Nov. 26 at 10 a.m.*

CIVIC JAZZ ORCHESTRA Thu., Dec. 1 at 6:30 p.m. in The Cube*

DIANNE REEVES: CHRISTMAS TIME IS HERE

STORM LARGE: 7 DEADLY SINS Leonard Slatkin, conductor Storm Large, soprano Fri., Dec. 2 at 8 p.m.

Sat., Dec. 3 at 8 p.m.

WU FAMILY ACADEMY

THE NUTCRACKER

Detroit Symphony Youth Orchestra with Ballet Americana Sat., Dec. 3 at 1 p.m. & 7 p.m.*

Featuring Guy Louis

Ford Community & Performing Arts Center, Dearborn

YOUNG PEOPLE’S CONCERTS

DSO PRESENTS

Michelle Merrill, conductor Dennis Nulty, tuba Stephen Henderson, narrator

Jacomo Bairos, conductor

TUBBY THE TUBA

BEN FOLDS WITH THE DSO Sun., Dec. 4 at 7 p.m.

Sat., Nov. 26 at 11 a.m.

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TICKETS & INFO

313 . 5 7 6 . 5111 dso.org

CLASSICAL SERIES

POPS SERIES

Leonard Slatkin, conductor Emanuel Ax, piano

Matt Catingub, conductor/piano/vocals Anita Hall, vocalist Steve Moretti, drums/vocals

EMANUEL AX PLAYS BEETHOVEN Fri., Dec. 9 at 8 p.m.

Sun., Dec. 11 at 3 p.m.

With thanks to the Bonnie Ann and Robert C. Larson Guest Pianist Fund

HOSTED PARTNERSHIPS

WSU MONDAYS AT THE MAX Mon., Dec. 12 at 7:30 p.m.*

LOVE IS ALL YOU NEED: A CELEBRATION OF THE SIXTIES Fri., Jan. 6 at 10:45 a.m. & 8 p.m.

Sat., Jan. 7 at 8 p.m.

Sun., Jan. 8 at 3 p.m.

WILLIAM DAVIDSON NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERT SERIES

VIRTUOSITY OF CHO-LIANG LIN

DSO PRESENTS

Leonard Slatkin, conductor Cho-Liang Lin, violin

Tue., Dec. 13 at 7:30 p.m.*

Thu., Jan. 12 at 7:30 p.m. in Southfield Fri., Jan. 13 at 8 p.m. in Clinton Twp. Sun., Jan. 15 at 3 p.m. in Beverly Hills

DSO PRESENTS

CLASSICAL SERIES

PRESERVATION HALL JAZZ BAND — A CREOLE CHRISTMAS HOME ALONE WITH THE DSO Constantine Kitsopoulos, conductor Wed., Dec. 14 at 7:30 p.m.

POPS SERIES

HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS

VIRTUOSITY OF CHO-LIANG LIN

Leonard Slatkin, conductor Cho-Liang Lin, violin Sat., Jan. 14 at 8 p.m.

Michelle Merrill, conductor Doug LaBrecque, vocalist

MOZART

Fri., Dec. 16 at 10:45 a.m. & 8 p.m.

Sat., Dec. 17 at 3 p.m. & 8 p.m.

Sun., Dec. 18 at 3 p.m. & 7 p.m.

WILLIAM DAVIDSON NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERT SERIES

BEETHOVEN & SCHUBERT Daniel Blendulf, conductor Benjamin Beilman, violin

Thu., Jan. 5 at 7:30 p.m. in West Bloomfield Fri., Jan. 6 at 8 p.m. in Plymouth Sat., Jan. 7 at 8 p.m. in Bloomfield Hills Sun., Jan. 8 at 3 p.m. in Grosse Pointe

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FESTIVAL

Jan. 19–Feb. 4 Hear Mozart’s last six symphonies, concerti with DSO musicians, chamber music, scholarly talks & more!

*The DSO does not appear on this performance

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Detroit Symphony Orchestra

Your Home for the Holidays

Generously sponsored by

With additional support from

HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS! Michelle Merrill, conductor • Doug LaBrecque, vocalist Fri., Dec. 16 at 10:45 a.m. & 8 p.m. • Sat., Dec. 17 at 3 p.m. & 8 p.m.

Sun., Dec. 18 at 3 p.m. & 7 p.m.

DIANNE REEVES: CHRISTMAS TIME IS HERE

HOME ALONE WITH THE DSO

PRESERVATION HALL JAZZ BAND:

NEW YEAR’S EVE 2017

Thu., Dec. 1 at 8 p.m.*

A CREOLE CHRISTMAS

Tue., Dec. 13 at 7:30 p.m.*

Wed., Dec. 14 at 7:30 p.m.

THE MUSIC OF PRINCE

Sat., Dec. 31 at 10 p.m.

dso.org/holiday or 313.576.5111 ORCHESTRA HALL MAX M. & MARJORIE S. FISHER MUSIC CENTER 3711 WOODWARD AVE. IN MIDTOWN DETROIT

*The DSO does not appear on this program

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