Volume XXV • Spring 2017
PERFORMANCE THE MAGAZINE OF THE DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
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1967: 50 Years Later •
Asia Tour 2017
2017-2018 Season Highlights •
Program Notes
2016-2017 SEASON
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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 Orchestra Roster..................................5
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Behind the Baton..................................6
2017-2018 Season Announced
4 Welcome 12 On the Cover 16 Detroit 67 21 PROGRAM NOTES
Anne Parsons & Mark Davidoff
Art @ The Max
Marlowe Stoudamire
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Board Leadership.................................8 Governing Members.............................9 Volunteer Council...............................11 Volunteer Ushers................................39 Gabrilowitsch Society.........................40 Donor Roster.....................................40 Maximize Your Experience..................48 DSO Administrative Staff....................50 Upcoming Concerts...........................52
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WELCOME Dear Friends, Welcome to Orchestra Hall during another landmark year for your Detroit Symphony Orchestra! The second half of the 2016-2017 Season promises rich musical explorations by the DSO, from our ongoing focus on the intersection of popular culture and classical music in Gershwin and His Children, to our participation in the citywide Detroit 67 project, to our intimate performances through the William Davidson Neighborhood Concert Series. The DSO aims for even greater artistic, financial, and cultural impact, and so we always consider how to increase our reach. Our aspirations for the DSO both in Orchestra Hall and in our community grow higher and higher every day! Improving access for young people through our Wu Family Academy, spotlighting the role of the arts in Detroit as we host the League of American Orchestras national conference in June, and advocating for this great city through our July tour of Japan and China — your continuing support fuels all of this and so much more. As a community-supported orchestra, your role in our journey is critical, and we thank you for your active engagement. The DSO is now in year four of our ten-year plan, Blueprint 2023, and together we have strived to reach a place of aligned vision and stability. We have achieved tremendous successes, with balanced budgets four years in a row and two consecutive early contracts secured with our incredible musicians. To ensure that the DSO is vibrant for generations to come, we must continue to achieve all our ambitious goals. We know that you share our passion, and with your support, we can reach even greater heights. Throughout 2017, we all will be remembering our dear friend Bill Berman, a pillar of our community and lifelong supporter of the DSO who passed away on December 21. Bill and his beloved wife Madge have built a legacy of giving, not just to the DSO, but to numerous causes across the Jewish community, education, healthcare, social services, and the arts. Their leadership recently inspired the creation of the DSO’s Classroom Edition webcasts, bringing live classical music to students throughout Detroit and around the world. So, as we remember Bill and continue to celebrate his and Madge’s important role in our community, we all look forward to honoring them as DSO Heroes on June 10. We look forward to seeing you in Orchestra Hall and the Peter D. and Julie F. Cummings Cube, in your community, and online via the Live from Orchestra Hall webcast series!
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Mark Davidoff Board Chairman EARLY SPRING 2016-2017
LEONARD SLATKIN, Music Director Music Directorship endowed by the Kresge Foundation
JEFF TYZIK
Principal Pops Conductor
TERENCE BLANCHARD Fred A. and Barbara M. Erb Jazz Creative Director Chair
NEEME JÄRVI Music Director Emeritus
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*
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
E-FLAT CLARINET Laurence Liberson
SECOND VIOLIN Adam Stepniewski Acting Principal The Devereaux Family Chair Ron Fischer* Will Haapaniemi* David and Valerie McCammon Chair Hae Jeong Heidi Han* David and Valerie McCammon Chair Sheryl Hwangbo* Hong-Yi Mo* Alexandros Sakarellos* Joseph Striplin* Marian Tanau* Jing Zhang*
HARP Patricia Masri-Fletcher Principal Winifred E. Polk Chair
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
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 Johanna Yarbrough Scott Strong Bryan Kennedy 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 Associate Orchestra Personnel Manager Stage Personnel Dennis Rottell Stage Manager Steven Kemp Department Head Matthew Pons Department Head Michael Sarkissian Department Head
These members may voluntarily revolve seating within the section on a regular basis LEGEND * † substitute musician ^on sabbatical ~ extended leave
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BEHIND THE BATON
Leonard Slatkin
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nternationally 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. Highlights of the 2015-16 season included a three-week Brahms festival in Detroit; engagements with the St. Louis Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, and NHK Symphony in Tokyo; and debuts with Beijing’s China Philharmonic Orchestra and the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra. Summer events included a tour of Japan with the ONL and performances of Barber’s Vanessa in Santa Fe. During the 2016-17 season — in addition to his regular duties in Detroit and Lyon — he will return to Pittsburgh and 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
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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 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.
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Jeff Tyzik
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rammy 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. Frequently invited as a guest conductor, Tyzik has appeared with the Boston Pops, Cincinnati Pops, Milwaukee Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony, Toronto Symphony, Indianapolis Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. In May 2007, the Harmonia Mundi label released his recording of works by Gershwin with pianist Jon
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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, Chris Botti, Matthew Morrison, Wynonna Judd, Tony Bennett, Art Garfunkel, Dawn Upshaw, Marilyn Horne, Arturo Sandoval, The Chieftains, Mark O’Connor, Doc Severinsen, and John Pizzarelli. He has created numerous original programs that include the greatest music from jazz and classical to Motown, Broadway, film, dance, Latin, and swing. Tyzik holds Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees from the Eastman School of Music. For more information, visit jefftyzik.com.
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Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Inc. LIFETIME MEMBERS
DIRECTORS EMERITI
OFFICERS
Samuel Frankel † David Handleman, Sr.† Dr. Arthur L. Johnson † Clyde Wu, M.D.†
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. Ronald M. Horwitz 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
Arthur T. O’Reilly Secretary
Ralph J. Gerson Officer-at-large
Dr. Glenda D. Price Vice Chair
Chacona W. Baugh Officer-at-large
Janice Uhlig Officer-at-large
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 Nancy M. Schlichting Arn Tellem Hon. Kurtis T. Wilder M. Roy Wilson
Ismael Ahmed Rosette Ajluni Devon Akmon Richard Alonzo 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 Richard L. DeVore Linda Dresner Afa S. Dworkin J. Mikel Ellcessor 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 William F. Pickard Fair Radom Gerrit Reepmeyer James Ritchie* Orchestra Representative Rick Robinson Ralph Skiano* Orchestra Representative Lois L. Shaevsky Tom Shafer Margo Shulman Cathryn Skedel Shirley R. Stancato Stephen Strome Mark Tapper Ray Telang Laura Trudeau Michael R. Tyson Gwen Weiner Jennifer Whitteaker R. Jamison Williams Margaret Winters Ellen Hill Zeringue
Faye A. Nelson Treasurer
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
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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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
Suzanne Dalton Vice Chair, Annual Giving
Arthur T. O’Reilly Immediate Past Chairman
David Karp Vice Chair, Communications
Jiehan Alonzo Vice Chair, Signature Events
Jan Bernick Member-at-Large
Janet and Norm Ankers Co-Vice Chairs, Gabrilowitsch Society David Assemany Vice Chair, Engagement Diana Golden Vice Chair, Membership
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 Eugene & Marcia Applebaum Family Foundation Pamela 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 Mrs. Harriett Berg
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Mandell & Madeleine Berman Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Bernard Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey A. Berner Drs. John & Janice Bernick Mr. & Mrs. Michael Biber Ms. Kathleen Block Martha and G. Peter Blom 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 The Honorable Susan D. Borman & Mr. Stuart Michaelson Rud & Mary Ellen Boucher Don & Marilyn Bowerman Gwen & Richard Bowlby Mr. Paul & Mrs. Lisa Brandt Mr. Anthony F. Brinkman Mr. & Mrs. Richard A. Brodie Claire & Robert N. Brown Mrs. Milena 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 Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Clark
*Current DSO Musician or Staff
Nina & Richard Cohan Lois & Avern Cohn Jack, Evelyn & Richard Cole Family Foundation Dr. & Mrs. Charles G. Colombo Mrs. RoseAnn Comstock Thomas W. Cook & Marie L. Masters Patricia & William Cosgrove, Sr. Dr. & Mrs. Ivan Louis Cotman Mr. & Mrs. Gary L. Cowger Mr. & Mrs. Raymond M. Cracchiolo Julie & Peter Cummings Mrs. Barbara Cunningham Suzanne Dalton & Clyde Foles Marvin & Betty Danto Family Foundation Joanne Danto & Arnold Weingarden Deborah & Stephen D’Arcy Fund Mr. & Mrs. Charles W. Dare 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. Eugene & Elaine C. Driker Paul † & Peggy Dufault Mr. & Mrs. Robert Dunn Mr. Roger Dye & Ms. Jeanne A. Bakale Edwin & Rosemarie Dyer
Bonnie Larson Member-at-Large Frederick J. Morsches Member-at-Large David Everson* Musician Representative Johanna Yarbrough* Musician Representative Mrs. George D. Dzialak 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 & Mr. Omar Alrashed Mr. Peter Falzon Jim & Margo Farber Ellie Farber Mr. & Mrs. Oscar Feldman Mr. & Mrs.† Anthony C. Fielek Mrs. Kathryn L. Fife Dr. Thomas Filardo & Dr. Nora Zorich Ms. Sharon Finch Mr. & Mrs. David Fischer Barbara & Alfred J. Fisher III Mrs. Marjorie S. Fisher † 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 Emory M. Ford, Jr. † Endowment Mr. & Mrs. Edsel B. Ford II Dr. Saul & Mrs. Helen Forman Mr. & Mrs. Mark Frank Barbara Frankel & Ronald Michalak Dale & Bruce Frankel Herman & Sharon Frankel Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Frankel Ms. Carol A. Friend
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GOVERNING MEMBERS continued Mr. & Mrs. Daniel E. Frohardt-Lane Sharyn & Alan Gallatin Mr. & Mrs. Eugene A. Gargaro, Jr. Mrs. Janet M. Garrett Mr. George Georges Byron† & Dorothy 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 Mr.† & 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. & Mrs. 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 Mr. George Hill & Mrs. Kathleen Talbert-Hill Michael E. Hinsky & Tyrus N. Curtis Mr. & Mrs. Norman H. Hofley Lauri & Paul Hogle Mr. & Mrs. Peter Hollinshead Jack & Anne Hommes Ms. Barbara Honner 10
The Honorable Denise Page Hood & Reverend Nicholas Hood III Ronald M. & Carol† Horwitz Mr. Matthew Howell & Mrs. Julie Wagner Mr. F. Robert Hozian 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 Lenard & Connie Johnston Mr. Paul Joliat Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Jonna Grace Kachaturoff 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 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 & Katherine Kotsis Robert C. & Margaret A. Kotz Barbara & Michael Kratchman Richard & Sally Krugel Mr. & Mrs. Harold Kulish
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Dr. Arnold Kummerow Marilyn & John Kunz Dr. Myron & Joyce LaBan Mr. & Mrs. Robert LaBelle Dr. Raymond Landes & Dr. Melissa McBrien-Landes Drs. Lisa & Scott Langenburg Ms. Sandra Lapadot Ms. Anne T. Larin Mrs. Bonnie Larson Dr. Lawrence O. Larson Dolores & Paul Lavins Mr. Henry P. Lee Marguerite & David Lentz Max Lepler & Rex L. Dotson Mr. & Mrs. Ralph LeRoy, Jr. Dr. Melvin A. Lester Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Lester Barbara & Carl Levin Drs. Donald & Diane Levine Mr. Daniel Lewis Mr. & Mrs. John D. Lewis Bud & Nancy Liebler Mr. & Mrs.† Joseph Lile Ms. Carol Litka The Locniskar Group Mr. & Mrs. Eric C. Lundquist Daniel & Linda* Lutz Bob & Terri 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 Ms. Florine Mark Maurice Marshall Dr. & Mrs. Richard Martella David & Valerie McCammon Dr. & Mrs. Peter M. McCann, M.D. Stevens McClure Family Mr. & Mrs. Alonzo McDonald Alexander & Evelyn McKeen Patricia A.† & Patrick G. McKeever Ms. Camille McLeod Dr. & Mrs. Donald A. Meier Dr. & Mrs. David Mendelson Olga Sutaruk Meyer Thomas & Judith Mich Ms. Deborah Miesel Mr. & Mrs. Eugene A. Miller Mr. & Mrs. Leonard G. Miller
Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Miller Dr. Robert & Dr. Mary Mobley J.J. & Liz Modell Dr. Susan & Mr. Stephen* Molina Eugene & Sheila Mondry Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Daniel E. Moore Shari & Craig Morgan Ms. A. Anne Moroun Ms. Florence Morris Mr. Frederick Morsches & Mr. Kareem George Cyril Moscow 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. Eric Nemeth 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 Ms. Gabrielle Poshadlo & Mr. Dennis Nulty* 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. Arthur T. O’Reilly Mr. Randall Pappal Mrs. Margot Parker Anne Parsons* & Donald Dietz Mr. & Mrs. Richard G. Partrich Ms. Lisa Payne 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 Benjamin B. Phillips Dr. William F. Pickard EARLY SPRING 2016-2017
Mrs. Bernard E. Pincus Dr. Klaudia PlawnyLebenbom The Polk Family William H. & Wendy W. 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 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 Rönmark* & Mrs. Adrienne Rönmark* Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Rosowski 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 Ms. Nancy Schlichting David & Carol Schoch Mr. & Mrs. Alan E. Schwartz Sandy & Alan Schwartz Mr. & Mrs. Kingsley G. Sears Mr. & Mrs. Fred Secrest † Mr. Merton J. & Mrs. Beverly Segal Elaine & Michael Serling Mark & Lois Shaevsky Mrs. Jean Shapero Mrs. Patricia Finnegan Sharf Mr. & Mrs. Larry Sherman Mr. & Mrs. James H. Sherman Ms. Margaret Shulman Dr. Les & Ellen Lesser Siegel Coco & Robert Siewert Mr. Norman Silk & Mr. Dale Morgan Mr. & Mrs. Donald R. Simon William & Cherie Sirois Dr. Cathryn & 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 Barb & Clint Stimpson Nancy C. 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 Dr. Barry Tigay & Mrs. Clara Saban Alice & Paul Tomboulian Dr. Doris Tong & Dr. Teck M. Soo Mr. & Mrs. Michael Torakis Mr. Gary Torgow Barbara & Stuart Trager Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Trudeau Mark & Janice Uhlig David Usher Dr. Vainutis Vaitkevicius Amanda Van Dusen & Curtis Blessing Mrs. Richard C. Van Dusen Charles & Sally Van Dusen Mr. James G. Vella Mr.† & 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/ The Wetsman Foundation Ms. Anne Wilczak Mr. & Mrs. R. Jamison Williams Beverly & Barry Williams Dr. M. Roy & Mrs. Jacqueline Wilson Rissa & Sheldon Winkelman Dr. & Mrs. Ned Winkelman Mr. Jonathan Wolman & Mrs. Deborah Lamm Cathy Cromer Wood The Clyde & Helen Wu Family David & Bernadine Wu Ms. Andrea L. Wulf Mrs. Judith G. Yaker Mr. Michael Yessian Margaret S. York The Yousif Family Erwin & Isabelle Ziegelman Foundation Mr. Richard D. Zimmerman Mr. & Mrs. Paul M. Zlotoff Milton & Lois† 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
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VOLUNTEER COUNCIL BOARD OF DIRECTORS Mary Beattie Gwen Bowlby Drew Esslinger Kim Minasian Hawes Sandie Knollenberg Magda Moss Jackie Piceu
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Corrie Baldauf (b. Chicago, IL, 1981)
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his spring and summer, and again in the fall, the Atrium of of the Max M. and Marjorie S. Fisher Music Center will be populated with the work of several Detroit artists in an exhibition curated by Steve Panton, founder of 2739 Edwin and 9338 Campau galleries and co-founder of the Hamtramck Neighborhood Arts Festival, the Free School of Hamtramck, and the Essay’d project. Essay’d is a writing project that publishes short essays about Detroit artists on a monthly basis. The exhibition, titled Art @ The Max, is made possible with the generous support of the Eugene Applebaum Family Foundation. Here, featured on the cover of this issue of Performance, is the largest work in Corrie Baldauf’s Circle Drawing series, and was a four year effort where the dots were marked, five at a time, to a musical rhythm. Baldauf is the subject of Essay’d Installment #2, written by Sarah Rose Sharp. She writes, in part: “Baldauf’s projects are deeply intertwined with the world and those human interactions taking place around her, and seek in many ways to interact with that world without altering it physically. One mechanism for this is her series Circle Drawings (2005-present) — at a glance present as mandalas of tight, concentric rings, but further
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investigation will reveal them to be meticulous registers for snippets of overheard conversations, obsessively charted and detailed in word clusters bordering the circle. “While it may be generally said of artists that they bring value to society by utilizing their art to showcase a worldview outside the mainstream, Baldauf’s perspective is singular above all. Her attention is constantly tuned to things that are ubiquitous to the point of invisibility. Spend some time with her and you will find that Baldauf possesses little of the common lexicon, often questioning the meaning or exact wording of everyday aphorisms in the manner of a nonnative speaker, deeply curious about subtext that most people have long learned to take for granted.” “Our family is very pleased to support Art @ the Max,” said Pamela Applebaum, President of Arbor Investment Group and also a member of the DSO Board of Directors. “By showcasing the works of Detroit artists with this exhibition series, we hope to fulfill a dual mission: to broaden audience engagement at the DSO and to elevate the unique contribution of local artists in Detroit’s cultural enrichment.” Find the complete essay at essayd.org or in the Wayne State University Press book Essay’d: 30 Detroit Artists. EARLY SPRING 2016-2017
Coming Up: The 2017-2018 Season “ It will be my pleasure to lead eleven weeks of subscription concerts at Orchestra Hall. I am conducting seven world premieres, including six written by past and present students of composers I have championed throughout my career; introducing these fresh, new voices to the orchestra and audience will give us a glimpse into what America’s concert music scene will look and sound like years from now.”
LEONARD SLATKIN 10TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON
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THE DSO IS SO EXCITED TO SHARE our spring and summer programming with you, and we hope to see you again this fall as we begin the 2017-2018 Season — one of our best yet! It all kicks off on October 12, 2017, when acclaimed pianist Olga Kern will ring in Opening Weekend with Samuel Barber’s thrilling Piano Concerto. The season will feature the world premieres of eight new works (seven conducted by Music Director Leonard Slatkin), a midwinter French Festival, an opera-inconcert season finale presentation of Turandot, and an incredible lineup of guest conductors and soloists — including Fabien Gabel, Giancarlo Guerrero, Jennifer Koh, Seong-Jin Cho, Louis Lortie, Daniil Trifonov, Michelle and Christina Naughton, Augustin Hadelich, Stefan Jackiw, and many others. The season will also be a celebration of Music Director Leonard Slatkin’s tenth year with the DSO, before his transition into the role of Music Director Laureate in the 2018-2019 Season. Special DSO Presents concerts, the Paradise Jazz Series, Pops Series, Young People’s Family Concerts, and Mix @ The Max presentations will offer something for everyone: top acts from around the world on the Orchestra Hall stage and in the Peter D. and Julie F. Cummings Cube; film screenings accompanied by live orchestration; symphonic tributes to Broadway, classic rock, film, TV, and beyond; chamber recitals, group yoga, and more! Thank you for joining us this season, and we’ll see you in 2017-2018!
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2017-2018 SEASON
Detroit Symphony Orchestra CLASSICAL SERIES LEONARD SLATKIN
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Beethoven’s “Eroica” Symphony Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dances Tchaikovsky Romeo & Juliet Don Juan Russian Portraits Mahler’s Ninth CLASSICAL SERIES Ring Without Words GENEROUSLY SPONSORED BY Daphnis and Chloe Organ Symphony An American in Paris Carnival of the Animals Debussy: La mer & Faun Symphonie fantastique Classical Roots FRENCH FESTIVAL Beethoven’s Seventh Strauss & Wagner WINTER 2018 Schumann’s “Spring” Dances and Noctures Beethoven’s 3rd Piano Concerto Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6 Puccini’s Turandot
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POPS SERIES Ella & Louis PRESENTED BY Sci-Fi Spectacular: Star Wars, Star Trek, And Beyond! The Music Of Queen WITH ADDITIONAL DSO Presents: Home Alone SUPPORT FROM in Concert Home For The Holidays The Nashville Songbook Positively Pops: A Tribute to Arthur Fielder Blockbuster Broadway Disney In Concert: Tale As Old As Time Women Rock The Doo Wop Project The Magical Music Of Harry Potter As Heard On TV
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by Marlowe Stoudamire
2017 MARKS THE 50-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE TUMULTUOUS SUMMER OF 1967, offering our community the opportunity to use shared history as a catalyst to engage, reflect, and take the collective action required to help move Detroit, the region, and our nation forward. To capitalize on this unprecedented opportunity, the Detroit Historical Society is leading a community-wide engagement effort, titled Detroit 67: Looking Back to Move Forward that brings diverse voices and communities together around the effects of an historic crisis to find their role in the present and inspire the future. The mission of the Detroit Historical Society is to tell Detroit’s stories 16
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and why they matter. The Detroit 67 Project and its centerpiece, the Detroit 67 Exhibition, spans 150 years, from 1917 to 2067. It is an ambitious attempt to preserve the stories that form our collective history and utilize the understanding we gain from a comprehensive look at those events to inform and define our future. For this effort to be successful, it must extend the traditional reach of the Detroit Historical Society far beyond the four walls of the Detroit Historical Museum, using messages from every genre and medium to catalyze the conversations that will move us forward. Because music chronologically bonds itself to the stories of people, places, and events throughout our history, it is EARLY SPRING 2016-2017
a perfect medium for the message of Detroit 67: Looking Back to Move Forward. From Motown Records representing the sound of a generation to our reputation as the birthplace of techno music, Detroit has always had a deep appreciation for music of all genres. In many ways, Detroit’s stories can be found within its music. This season, the Detroit Historical Society is very proud to partner with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra whose music will act as a medium to draw out the stories that will help us understand the events of 1967 and ultimately move us forward as a community. The DSO’s Classical Roots Celebration is an annual tradition, celebrating African American musicians and composers whose contributions transcend time and place — and it is well aligned with our mission. Like our work at the museum, Classical Roots epitomizes the belief that culture and
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history — preserved, honored, and understood — can be the foundation for a positive future. Terence Blanchard, with strong ties to the DSO and a celebrated knack for connecting difficult history with emotion through his music, was a natural choice for this important project. The debut of Blanchard’s powerful piece perfectly demonstrates music’s ability to make history relevant in the present. Its soaring conclusion is a perfect prelude to the conversations that will move our communities forward in the next 50 years. Marlowe Stoudamire is Director of the Detroit 67 Project at the Detroit Historical Society.
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ASIA TOUR 2017 JAPAN AND CHINA • JULY 14-29
FREE SENDOFF CONCERT July 9 • Orchestra Hall
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Major tour support is provided by Nicole and Matt Lester, the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs, and Michigan Economic Development Corporation Additional support is provided by: Applebaum Family Foundation, Deloitte, Shinola, Toyota, the Detroit Chinese Business Association, Japan Business Society of Detroit, Little Caesars Enterprises, Inc., Oakland County Economic Development, and Michigan State University
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he Community & Learning team children, young adults, and families all has had a busy 2016-2017 Season over Southeast Michigan. For the first so far — and there’s so much more time in DSO history, we’ve opened the on the horizon! Thank you for your ensemble experience to older members participation in everything we do, of the oneDSO family: the Detroit both in Orchestra Community Hall and in your Orchestra, a community. new group for The William adult amateur Davidson musicians, was Neighborhood founded to great Concert Series is success last fall, in full swing, with with a rousing favorites by Bach, debut concert Mendelssohn, in December. Haydn, and more Bravo! performed at We are a venues all across communityMetro Detroit. supported And we continue orchestra, and to grow our the relationship Chamber Recital of support goes Series, a free two ways. Our benefit provided goal is to do to Neighborhood what we do in subscribers, which MEMBERS OF THE DETROIT SYMPHONY a way that is as YOUTH ORCHESTRA brings Detroit’s accessible and finest classical music to more stunning meaningful as possible to as many and unique settings than ever before. people as we can reach—so you could DSO musicians continue to be active say that we are also a communityin the community, making more than supporting orchestra. All of this is made 150 appearances in schools, hospitals, possible by your help and participation, libraries, senior centers, small venues, so thank you. Thank you for being part and other gathering places. Whether of our mission to deliver unsurpassed it’s a Classical Roots classroom visit, musical experiences that bring us all a partnership with the Detroit Tigers, a together and enrich our lives! performance for shoppers at Eastern Market, or a chance to brighten the day of hospital patients, we relish the opportunity to bring the music to you, Caen Thomason-Redus wherever you may be. Director of Community and Learning The Wu Family Academy continues to present the Educational Concert Series, Classroom Edition webcasts, Young People’s Family Concerts, and Civic Youth Ensembles that mean so much to
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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
CLASSICAL SERIES Friday, March 24, 2017 at 10:45 a.m. Friday, March 24, 2017 at 8 p.m. Saturday, March 25, 2017 at 8 p.m. in Orchestra Hall ANDREY BOREYKO, conductor BRANFORD MARSALIS, alto axophone
Hector Berlioz “Love Scene” from Roméo et Juliette, Op. 17 (1803 - 1869)
Gabriel Prokofiev Concerto for Saxophone and Orchestra (b. 1975) Largo - Molto pesante (alla hip-hop) Scherzo Largo mesto Allegro mechanico Branford Marsalis, alto saxophone INTERMISSION Sergei Prokofiev Selections from Romeo & Juliet (1891 - 1953) Montagues and Capulets Andrey Boreyko (compiled) Morning dance Romeo at the fountain The child Juliet Masks Romeo and Juliet Death of Tybalt Romeo and Juliet before parting Pater Lorenzo The death of Juliet Montagues and Capulets
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Friday evening’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 ANDREY BOREYKO Andrey Boreyko has been Music Director of Orchestre National de Belgique since September 2012, expanding its activities nationally and internationally and balancing traditional repertoire with innovative, diverse programming which includes a number of commissions from around the world with new works from Georgia (Gia BOREYKO Kancheli), Turkey (Fazil Say), and Belgium (Frederik Neyrinck). In September 2014 Boreyko began his tenure as Music Director of the Naples Philharmonic in Florida, and he also holds the position of Principal Guest Conductor of the Orquesta Sinfónica de Euskadi. Much sought-after as a guest conductor, he has worked with the New York and Los Angeles philharmonics, the Cleveland and Philadelphia orchestras, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, and the Toronto, Chicago, Boston, San Francisco, Detroit, Baltimore, and Pittsburgh symphony orchestras. Notable amongst Boreyko’s discography with the RadioSinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR (with whom he was Principal Guest Conductor) are Pärt’s Lamentate and Silvestrov’s Symphony No. 6 (both for ECM records) and the premiere recording of his original version of the Suite from Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk for Hänssler Classics. He has also recorded Tchaikovsky’s Manfred 22
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Symphony with the Düsseldorfer Symphoniker and Lutosławski’s Chain 2 with the Los Angeles Philharmonic for Yarling Records. With the Orchestre National de Belgique, Boreyko continues his extensive recording project of the complete Shostakovich symphonies, having already recorded Nos. 1, 4, 6, 9, and 15.
BRANFORD MARSALIS From his early acclaim as a saxophonist bringing new energy and new audiences to the jazz art, Branford Marsalis has refined and expanded his talents and his horizons as a musician, composer, bandleader, and educator — a 21st century mainstay of artistic excellence. Marsalis grew up in the rich musical environment of New Orleans as the oldest son of pianist and educator Ellis Marsalis. He and his siblings Wynton, Delfeayo, and Jason were all drawn to music from young ages. A growing fascination with jazz as he entered college gave him the basic tools to obtain his first major jobs, with trumpet legend Clark Terry and alongside MARSALIS Wynton in Art Blakey’s legendary Jazz Messengers. When the brothers left to form the Wynton Marsalis Quintet, the world of uncompromising acoustic jazz was invigorated. Branford formed his own quartet in 1986, and, with a few minor interruptions in the early years, has sustained the unit as his primary means EARLY SPRING 2016-2017
of expression. Marsalis has not confined his music to the jazz quartet context, however— Classical music inhabits a growing portion of his musical universe. A frequent soloist with classical ensembles, Marsalis has become increasingly sought-after as a featured soloist with such acclaimed orchestras as the Chicago, Detroit, Düsseldorf, and North Carolina symphonies and the Boston Pops, with a growing repertoire that includes compositions by Debussy,
Glazunov, Ibert, Mahler, Milhaud, Rorem, and Vaughn Williams. Some might gauge Marsalis’s success by his numerous awards, including three Grammys and (together with his father and brothers) his citation as a Jazz Master by the National Endowment for the Arts. To Branford, however, these are only way stations along what continues to be one of the most fascinating and rewarding journeys in the world of music.
program notes “Love Scene” from Roméo et Juliette Op. 17 HECTOR BERLIOZ B. December 11, 1803, La Côte-SaintAndré, France D. March 8, 1869, Paris, France Scored for 2 flutes, oboe, English horn, 2 clarinets, 4 bassoons, 4 horns, and strings. (Approx. 14 minutes)
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n our time, when Berlioz’s music is played regularly by orchestras the world over, it is strange that the choral symphony Roméo et Juliette — one of his greatest, most original, and most visionary masterpieces — should be played so rarely. It was one of the composer’s favorite works, and may be considered an homage to his two great sources of inspiration: Shakespeare and Beethoven, from whom he learned significant lessons regarding form. Shakespeare’s almost infinite variety and freedom convinced Berlioz
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and other French Romantics that compositional rules are necessary, but not in the form of academic straitjackets. From Beethoven, meanwhile, comes the knowledge that form can be reinvented continually in response to the needs of the material at hand. Berlioz was inspired to write the work after attending an 1827 staging of Romeo and Juliet in Paris, though it was a heavily-edited version starring the great English actor David Garrick. (Also among the cast members was the charismatic Irish actress Harriet Smithson, who eventually became Berlioz’s wife.) The composer knew not a single word of English when he saw this production, but, by his own account, “…the power of the acting, especially that of Juliet herself [Smithson], the rapid flow of the scenes, the play of expression and voice and gesture, told me more and gave me a far richer awareness of the ideas and passions of the original than…my pale and garbled translation could do.” DSO PERFORMANCE MAGA ZINE 23
program notes The Scène d’amour (“Love Scene”) is in Part II of Roméo et Juliette — detailing, as the name suggests, the well-known moments in which Juliet bemoans the feud between her family and Romeo’s from a garden balcony, after which Romeo reveals himself and the two exchange words of love. Notoriously, Berlioz’s score divides the orchestra into two conversing voices: one for Romeo and one for Juliet. “The duets of love and despair are given to the orchestra,” he writes, “[and] the reasons for this are numerous and easy to understand. First, and this reason alone would be sufficient, it is a symphony and not an opera. Second, since duets of this nature have been treated vocally a thousand times by the greatest masters, it was wise as well as unusual to attempt another means of expression.” The DSO most recently performed the “Love Scene” from Berlioz’s Roméo et Juliette at a May 2014 concert presentation of the entire symphony, conducted by Thierry Fischer. The DSO first performed the work in December 1925, conducted by Victor Kolar.
Concerto for Saxophone and Orchestra GABRIEL PROKOFIEV B. 1975, London, United Kingdom Scored for solo saxophone, 2 flutes, piccolo, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 3 trumpets (one doubling on coronet), 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, piano/ celeste, and strings. (Approx. 30 minutes)
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abriel Prokofiev, English-born grandson of Sergei, made his first splashes in the music world as a
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producer and performer of electronic music. Though the independent label he founded is called Nonclassical, the family business is far from unfamiliar to Gabriel. He studied composition at the University of Birmingham and has written several acclaimed (if slightly unusual) works in the classical and ballet idioms: a string quartet (and subsequent remixes, not a word often found in the concert hall), the Concerto for Turntables and Orchestra, and the Concerto for Trumpet, Percussion, Turntables, and Orchestra. The Concerto for Saxophone and Orchestra was written for Branford Marsalis and Andrey Boreyko and premiered with the Naples Philharmonic in March 2016. “Over the last four years, my primary focus has been on concertos for non-traditional solo instruments,” Prokofiev writes, listing turntables, bass drum, trumpet, and percussion, “as well as traditional classical solo instruments: violin and cello. Composing a saxophone concerto is the ideal next step in my journey; it’s a non-classical instrument, but one with incredible expressive potential and deserving of many more concertos and classical works. “I knew I wanted to write a ‘classical’ concerto for the saxophone and resist the natural affinity to jazz,” Prokofiev continues. He hopes that listeners will draw their own conclusions about the work’s meaning and what he calls the “journey” of the saxophone as the piece progresses — which begins with the first movement’s back-and-forth battle between the soloist and the orchestra in which the saxophone takes quite a few hits, only to punch back with phrases inspired by hip-hop. The second movement is lighter and more optimistic, with the sax bouncing and weaving through clarinets, flutes, and EARLY SPRING 2016-2017
strings. The third movement goes the other way, placing the soloist in “cold, open planes of regret and remorse,” but by the fourth the instrument is on the attack once more, “driving to an insistent five-beat time signature, which twice rises to a pounding, almost discopunk climax.” These performances of Gabriel Prokofiev’s Concerto for Saxophone and Orchestra will be DSO premieres.
Selections from Romeo and Juliet SERGEI PROKOFIEV B. April 23, 1891, Krasne, Ukraine D. March 5, 1953, Moscow, Russia Scored for 2 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, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, and strings. (Approx. 42 minutes)
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ergei Prokofiev composed music for a ballet based on Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet in 1935. A year later, the composer extracted a pair of concert suites from his full ballet score; he fashioned a third suite in 1946. Just as Romeo and Juliet has established itself as a classic of modern ballet, so these concert suites have won a secure place in the orchestral literature. Prokofiev himself noted that
it is possible to perform sections from all three suites in a way that follows the narrative line of Shakespeare’s story. Several movements from these are of particular interest. “The Montagues and Capulets” begins with an introduction heavy with intimations of tragedy. The proud bearing of the Veronese nobles is then suggested in swaggering dance rhythms, while a more restrained central episode offers our first glimpse of Juliet. The young heroine is sketched in greater detail during the following movement. Prokofiev’s Juliet is still very much a youth, indulging in childish play (the vivacious opening music) and falling easily into reverie. “Masks,” which refers to the disguises worn by Romeo and Mercutio while attending the Capulet ball, is a brief intermezzo featuring an instrument much favored by Prokofiev, the clarinet. “The Death of Tybalt,” meanwhile, presents some of the most dramatic music in the ballet — we hear Juliet’s kinsman furiously pursuing the disdainful Mercutio, his death at the hand of Romeo, and finally the funeral procession that bears him to his grave. The DSO most recently performed music from Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet at a December 2012 concert presentation of the complete ballet, conducted by Susanna Mälkki. The DSO first performed music from Romeo and Juliet in a November 1956 concert presentation of the Suite No. 2, conducted by Paul Paray.
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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
DSO POPS SERIES Under the Streetlamp Wednesday, March 29, 2017 at 7:30 p.m. in Orchestra Hall JEFF TYZIK, conductor MICHAEL INGERSOL, vocals CHRISTOPHER KALE JONES, vocals BRANDON WARDELL, vocals SHONN WILEY, vocals PATRICK WILLIAMS, bass DAN LEALI, drums JOSHUA SKAJA, guitar ERIC LEVY, piano BRYAN FRITZ, saxophone JOSH RZEPKA, trumpet RON JACOBY, trombone
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UNDER THE STREETLAMP Featuring former leading cast members of the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical Jersey Boys, Under the Streetlamp is a concert celebration of classic hits of the American radio songbook from the 1950s-70s. Exuding the irresistible rapport of a modern day Rat Pack, Michael Ingersoll, Christopher Kale Jones, Brandon Wardell, and Shonn Wiley deliver an evening of unforgettable entertainment featuring tight harmonies and slick dance moves that take audiences back to an era of sharkskin suits, flashy cars, and martini shakers.
You’ll hear doo-wop, Motown, and old time rock and roll, including popular songs from The Drifters, Roy Orbison, Nat King Cole, The Beach Boys, and The Beatles, plus a show-stopping salute to Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons!
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DSO POPS SERIES Cirque de la Symphonie Friday, March 31, 2017 at 10:45 a.m. & 8 p.m. Saturday, April 1, 2017 at 8 p.m. Sunday, April 2, 2017 at 3:00 p.m. in Orchestra Hall JEFF TYZIK, conductor CIRQUE DE LA SYMPHONIE: Vitalii Buza Ekaterina Borzikova Irina Burdetsky Pavel Korshunov Vitaliy Prikhodko Vladimir Tsarkov Elena Tsarkova Janice Martin
John Williams (b. 1932)
“Devil’s Dance” from The Witches of Eastwick
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921) Danse macabre, Op. 40 Janice Martin, aerial violinist
John Williams (b. 1932)
“Cantina Band” from the Star Wars Saga
Leonard Bernstein (1918 - 1990) Overture to Candide Vitalii Buza, cyr wheel Georges Bizet (1838 - 1875) “Danse Bohéme” from Suite No. 2 from Carmen Vladimir Tsarkov, juggling rings Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893) Waltz from the Suite from The Sleeping Beauty Ekaterina Borzikova, hand balance
Aram Khachaturian (1903 - 1978)
“Sabre Dance” from Gayane
John Williams (b. 1932) “Superman March” from Superman Pavel Korshunov, aerial straps
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INTERMISSION Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893) Suite from Swan Lake, Op. 20a Dance of the Swans Vladmir & Elena Tsarkov, magic act
Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741) “L’inverno”, No. 4 from The Four Seasons for Violin and Orchestra, R. 297 Ag giaciatto tremar tra nevi algenti: Allegro non molto Janice Martin, aerial violinist
Bedrich Smetana (1824 - 1884)
“Dance Of The Comedians” from Bartered Bride
Gioacchino Rossini (1792-1868) La Boutique fantasque arr. & orch. Ottorino Respighi Tarentella Vladmir Tsarkov, electric juggler Jacques Offenbach (1819 - 1880) “Can Can” from Orpheus in the Underworld Elena Tsarkova, ribbon dance Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904 - 1987) Overture to Colas Breugnon, Op. 24 Irina Burdetsky, hula hoops John Williams (b. 1932) “Across the Stars” from Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones Vitalii Buza & Ekaterina Borzikova, aerial duo
Hans Zimmer arr. John Wasson
Music from Gladiator Vitaliy Prikhodko & Pavel Korshunov, acro duo
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CIRQUE DE LA SYMPHONIE Cirque de la Symphonie is a unique and exciting production designed to bring the magic of cirque to the music hall. An elegant fusion of cirque and orchestra, the program showcases many of the best cirque artists in the world, thrilling the audience with aerial flyers, acrobats, dancers, jugglers, and balancers. These accomplished veterans include world record holders, gold-medal winners, Olympians, and some of the most original talent ever seen. A founder, Alexander Streltsov, created the concept of cirque paired with symphony in 1998 in a special PBS production with the Cincinnati Pops. Streltsov, a circus veteran from Moscow, is the only aerialist to perform with the Bolshoi Ballet. After winning the gold medal at the prestigious Festival du Mondial in Paris, he starred in a
Broadway production. His music and programming sensibilities combined with performance background to provide a program with stunning three dimensional visual and musical elements. Classical masterpieces are perfectly choreographed to the elegant movements of cirque artists, elevating cirque artistry to a fine arts level. Cirque de la Symphonie performs with dozens of orchestras across North America and beyond each season. Sold-out venues feature a wave of new faces that includes families, students, and young professionals, many witnessing a live orchestra for the first time. Something magical happens when these cirque veterans take the stage in front of the live orchestra. Audiences are mesmerized by aerialists flying over their heads. Children are amazed at the wizardry of juggling feats and magic acts. Everyone departs with smiles beaming from their faces.
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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
CLASSICAL SERIES Thursday, April 6, 2017 at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 8, 2017 at 8 p.m. Sunday, April 9, 2017 at 3 p.m. in Orchestra Hall LEONARD SLATKIN, conductor SHARON ISBIN, guitar Antonio Vivaldi Concerto for Lute and Orchestra in D major, R. 93 (1678 - 1741) Allegro giusto Largo Allegro Sharon Isbin, guitar Chris Brubeck Affinity: Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra (b. 1952) In One Movement Sharon Isbin, guitar INTERMISSION Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 10 in F-sharp minor (1860 - 1911) Part I: Realized by Deryck Cooke Adagio (1919 - 1976) Scherzo I: Schnelle Vierteln Part II: Allegretto moderato (Purgatorio) Scherzo II: Allegro pesante Finale: Lento non troppo - Allegro moderato
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profiles Leonard Slatkin biography, see page 6.
SHARON ISBIN Acclaimed for her extraordinary lyricism, technique, and versatility, multiple Grammy Award-winner Sharon Isbin is often cited as one of the greatest living guitarists. She is a regular winner of Guitar Player magazine’s Best Classical Guitarist award and has appeared as a soloist with over 170 orchestras and ensembles. A frequent guest on NPR’s All Things Considered and Garrison Keillor’s A Prairie Home Companion, she is frequently profiled in print and on television around the world and was a featured soloist on the soundtrack to Martin Scorses’s Oscar-winning film The Departed. She has performed at some of the world’s top venues, including Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, the White House, and many others. Isbin’s recording catalog includes more than 25 entries, from baroque to jazz-fusion and beyond. Her recent Sony album Sharon Isbin & Friends: Guitar Passions features several
collaborators from the rock and jazz worlds: Steve Vai, Steve Morse, Stanley Jordan, and Heart’s Nancy Wilson. In the concert hall, she has commissioned and premiered more concerti than any other ISBIN guitarist. Isbin began her guitar studies at age nine in Italy, and later studied with Andrès Segovia, Rosalyn Tureck, and Oscar Ghiglia. She is the author of The Classical Guitar Answer Book and director of the guitar departments at the Aspen Music Festival and The Juilliard School, the latter of which she created in 1989.
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program notes Symphony No. 10 in F-sharp minor [version by Deryck Cook]
GUSTAV MAHLER B. July 7, 1860, Kalischt, Bohemia (now Czech Republic) D. May 18, 1911, Vienna, Austria Realization of Mahler’s unfinished score by
DERYCK COOKE B. September 14, 1919, Leicester, England D. October 26, 1976, Croydon, England Scored for 4 flutes (one doubling on piccolo), 4 oboes (one doubling on English horn), 4 clarinets (one doubling on E-flat clarinet), bass clarinet, 4 bassoons (two doubling on contrabassoon), 4 horns, 4 trumpets, 4 trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, and strings. (Approx. 1 hour 7 minutes)
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he Symphony No. 10, Mahler’s final composition, was written in the summer of 1910 and left unfinished at his death. Though the composition was essentially complete in the form of a continuous draft, it was not fully worked out or orchestrated, meaning it could not be performed as a whole — only the first movement was entirely complete and performable as the composer intended it to be. Mahler wrote the work in his small composing hut, which was tucked away in the woods of South Tyrol in northern Italy and sparsely furnished with an upright piano, a table and chair, manuscript paper, pen and ink, and an authoritative edition of Bach’s music. In these lovely and quiet surroundings he had found time in the preceding
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summers to compose Das Lied von der Erde and the Ninth Symphony. When he returned to Italy to begin work on the Tenth Symphony, the tranquil writing atmosphere was shattered when he discovered that his wife Alma was in the midst of an affair with the architect Walter Gropius. After failed consultations with Sigmund Freud (who likened reading the composer’s psyche to drilling into a battleship with a toothpick), Mahler went to Munich for the rehearsals of his bombastic Eighth Symphony. The fall premiere was a great triumph, but many people in the audience sensed that Mahler was not well. By January of 1911 Mahler was in New York and suffering from what was eventually diagnosed as a streptococcus infection of his heart. Told that the illness could likely be fatal, he returned to Vienna by way of Paris, where he underwent unsuccessful treatment. When he died in Vienna in May, his great and final symphony was left incomplete. Mahler’s drafts and sketches for the Tenth Symphony comprise 72 pages of full score, 48 pages of continuous short score, and further 44 pages of preliminary drafts, sketches, and inserts. They are contained in five folders, marked in blue crayon with Roman numerals to indicate the order of the movements, and simple, one-word titles written in black ink. Reviewing these, it is clear that he had gotten as far as orchestrating the first two movements and the first 30 bars of the third movement when he set it aside. The instrumentation of the symphony cannot be created exactly, due to the incompleteness of the orchestral draft, but the short score has some indications of the DSO PERFORMANCE MAGA ZINE 33
program notes instrumentation, and some of it can be extrapolated — up to a point — from the three movements of the orchestral draft. The surviving orchestration does not call for English horn, bass clarinet, bass drum, cymbals, or triangle, all of which Mahler used in his other symphonies. Following Mahler’s death, Alma (who would go on to marry Gropius) kept the sketches for the Tenth Symphony for 13 years—enough time for rumors to spread that it was the disorganized work of a deranged genius who had been suffering from a psychological collapse brought on by the affair. But in 1924, at the urging of Mahler’s first biographer, Alma decided to publish most of the draft material with the help of her son-in-law, composer Ernst Krenek, and Alban Berg. The version they put together was performed later that year by the Vienna Philharmonic and was immediately well-received—so much so that Arnold Schoenberg and Dmitri Shostakovich were both asked to try and finish the piece, though both declined. Other musicians, however, did eventually take up the challenge, among them the Russian conductor Rudolph Barshai; two Americans, Clinton Carpenter and Remo Mazzetti; and two English scholars, Joe Wheeler and Deryck Cooke. In the late 1950s the BBC began planning a series of programs on Mahler and his music to mark the 100th anniversary of his birth, and Deryck Cooke, who was a respected authority on late-Romantic music, was asked to write some commentary about the composer. Cooke decided to peruse the published facsimile of the Tenth Symphony material, and in doing so became convinced that a performable version of the entire symphony was 34
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feasible, and began to create it by expanding all of Mahler’s suggestions for instrumentation and other aspects of the score. The result was a nowhistoric BBC broadcast in December of 1960 of portions of the symphony. Cooke’s realization of the last movement proved to be a revelation to all who heard it, and he decided to complete the second and fourth movements as a result. After several years of intense work, his complete performing edition of the symphony was premiered at the Royal Albert Hall in London in 1964. The following year, Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra gave the American premiere and made the first commercial recording. Over the next ten years or so, Cooke continued to refine his “performing edition” of the Tenth Symphony, and in 1964 (the year in which Alma Mahler also died) he received from Alma’s daughter permission to have full access to all of the manuscript sketches, many of which had not been seen in over 40 years. In the light of these, Cooke made a revised edition of his first complete score (called “Cooke I”) between 1966 and 1972, and this was published just before his death in 1976 as “Cooke II.” A further revision, with minor changes made by his collaborators, was brought out in 1989, and referred to as “Cooke III.” About this work, and the version he is using, Leonard Slatkin writes: “I reluctantly went to the New York premiere of the Cooke version with Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra. At the time, being a student, I really did not like or understand Mahler. But for reasons still unexplainable, this piece touched me, and from that point on I became EARLY SPRING 2016-2017
fascinated with the composer. At one point, my friend Gilbert Kaplan told me about other completed versions of the Tenth Symphony, and I wound up premiering the one by Remo Mazzetti. After playing and recording it, I decided that perhaps he went a bit over the top, but I also had reservations about the Cooke, which at that point had been revised two more times. For these performances I am going with Cooke III, but adding and subtracting small details. An important one is the drum stroke that occurs at the end of the fourth movement. It is my belief, as well as that of some other conductors, that this is not meant to end the movement but rather start, without pause, the finale. There are other minor things as well, simply because I have done so much Mahler that I approach this piece as I would any of his other symphonies. There are moments that just don’t feel right in terms of subtle content nuances or connecting elements. Most people who know the piece will not notice these alterations, but that is part of the fun of doing the work.” The DSO has performed a Cooke version of Mahler’s Symphony No. 10 (the “Cooke I”) once, in December 1968, conducted by Jean Martinon.
Affinity: Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra CHRIS BRUBECK B. March 19, 1952, Los Angeles, California Scored for solo guitar, 2 flutes (one doubling on piccolo), oboe, English horn, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, trombone, timpani, percussion, and strings. (Approx. 14 minutes.) dso.org
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hris Brubeck is a distinguished and award-winning multi-instrumentalist and composer. The son and regular collaborator of jazz legend Dave Brubeck, Chris tours with both the Brubeck Brothers Quartet (with brother Dan on drums) and Triple Play, an acoustic trio, along with guitarist Joel Brown and harmonica player Peter “Madcat” Ruth. In the classical world, Brubeck is perhaps best known for his Concerto for Bass Trombone and Orchestra, which he premiered with the Czech National Symphony Orchestra in 2003. Commissioned by the Betsy Russell Fund for New Music and dedicated to Joy and Isadore Russell, Affinity: Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra was written for Sharon Isbin and premiered in April 2015. “This concerto had a long gestation period,” Brubeck writes. “Sharon called me about a decade ago after seeing a PBS broadcast of a piece I had written called Interplay for Three Violins and Orchestra, a highenergy concerto that called for the exploration of multiple styles, a quality that was highly attractive to her. My eclectic background as a performer and composer served to provide Sharon with the wide-ranging musical influences she loves to explore. “Sharon and I met and listened to my recent compositions and her more recent recordings to hear how we both had evolved over the last decade. She wanted a new concerto that had a global approach to the guitar and wasn’t confined to one particular style, and you will hear that desire realized in how I approached the creation of this work. She told me she originally wanted to be a scientist as a young girl, and with that in mind I include in these DSO PERFORMANCE MAGA ZINE 35
notes the scientific definition of ‘affinity:’ an attraction or force between particles that causes them to combine.” There are no separate movements in the piece, only what Brubeck calls “musical areas,” the first of which is a high-energy, out-of-the-gate section meant to demonstrate Isbin’s incredible technique. From there, the work evolves to include syncopated ragtime-esque rhythms, a waltz, and a heartfelt middle section inspired by the close relationship Chris had with his father, who passed away not long before the concerto started to take form. Finally, the piece goes global, transforming into Brazilian samba and eventually a fast, percussion-laden finale: a “Middle Eastern fantasy,” as the composer describes it. These performances of Chris Brubeck’s Affinity Concerto will be DSO premieres.
Concerto for Lute and Orchestra in D major, R.93 ANTONIO VIVALDI B. March 4, 1678, Venice, Italy D. July 28, 1741, Vienna, Austria Scored for solo guitar, continuo, and strings. (Approx. 10 minutes)
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he lute enjoyed a long and distinguished history as a popular solo instrument, to eventually fall out of favor in the early- to mid-1700s. Along with J.S. Bach, Antonio Vivaldi wrote some of the finest music for lute just as the instrument’s reign was coming to an end — a fitting finale, perhaps, and in modern times we are fortunate to hear these works performed most frequently
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on the guitar. Vivaldi wrote this and two other pieces for lute while living in Bohemia in the 1730s. It is a brief but charming work in three movements, the first of which is well-loved for its use of the ritornello, or “returning” form, in which musical themes are passed back and forth between the soloist and the ensemble. The slow second movement is reflective, featuring the soloist over sustained accompaniment. And the lively, high-spirited Allegro hints at the Italian tarantella (a tambourine-infused folk dance) with its 6/8 time signature and brisk lyricism. These performances of Vivaldi’s Concerto for Lute and Orchestra in D major will be DSO premieres.
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THE ANNUAL FUND Gifts received between September 1, 2015 and January 31, 2017 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 The Polk Family Mrs. Richard C. Van Dusen
Giving of $100,000 and more Eugene & Marcia Applebaum Family Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Phillip Wm. Fisher
Ms. Leslie C. Devereaux
Cindy & Leonard Slatkin
Emory M. Ford, Jr.† Endowment
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 The Clyde & Helen Wu Family
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 Mr. & Mrs. Edsel B. Ford II Barbara Frankel & Ronald Michalak Herman & Sharon Frankel 40
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Giving of $10,000 and more Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Allesee Daniel & Rose Angelucci Mr. & Mrs. Norman Ankers Pamela Applebaum Mr. Chuck Becker Drs. John & Janice Bernick Mr. & Mrs. Robert H. Bluestein Mr. & Mrs. John A. Boll, Sr. Mr. & Mrs. Jim Bonahoom Gwen & Richard Bowlby Mrs. Milena Brown Lois & Avern Cohn Margie Dunn & Mark Davidoff Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. DeVore Eugene & Elaine C. Driker 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. Byron† & Dorothy Gerson Mr. & Mrs. Ralph J. Gerson Mrs. Gale Girolami Dr. Kenneth & Roslyne Gitlin
Dr. Robert T. Goldman 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 Ronald M. & Carol† Horwitz Richard H. & Carola Huttenlocher Mr. Sharad P. Jain Lenard & 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. & 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 Mr. & Mrs. James H. Sherman 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 Three who wish to remain anonymous
Giving of $5,000 and more Mrs. Denise Abrash Ms. Dorothy Adair Richard & Jiehan Alonzo Dr. Lourdes V. Andaya Mrs. Jean Azar Claire & Robert N. Brown Michael & Geraldine Buckles Mr. & Mrs. François Castaing Thomas W. Cook & Marie L. Masters Mr. & Mrs. Gary L. Cowger Mr. & Mrs. Charles W. Dare Beck Demery Mr. & Mrs. John M. Erb Mr. Sanford Hansell & Dr. Raina Ernstoff Mr. Peter Falzon Barbara & Alfred J. Fisher III Ms. Mary D. Fisher Mr. David Fleitz Ms. Carol A. Friend Allan D. Gilmour & Eric C. Jirgens 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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Mrs. Bernard E. Pincus Dr. Glenda D. Price Mr. & Mrs. David Provost Barbara Gage Rex Dr. & Mrs. John Roberts Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Rosowski Dr. Alexander Ruthven Mrs. Patricia Finnegan Sharf 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 Mr. William Waak 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 DSO PERFORMANCE MAGA ZINE 41
Giving of $2,500 and more Howard Abrams & Nina Dodge Abrams 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 Mr. & Mrs. G. Peter Blom Dr. George & Joyce Blum Nancy & Lawrence Bluth Mr. Timothy Bogan The Honorable Susan D. Borman & Mr. Stuart Michaelson Rud & Mary Ellen Boucher Don & Marilyn Bowerman Mr. Paul & Mrs. Lisa Brandt Mr. Anthony F. Brinkman 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 Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Clark Nina & Richard Cohan Jack, Evelyn & Richard Cole Family Foundation Dr. & Mrs. Charles G. Colombo Patricia & William Cosgrove, Sr. Dr. & Mrs. Ivan Louis Cotman Mrs. Barbara Cunningham Suzanne Dalton & Clyde Foles Deborah & Stephen D’Arcy Fund Jerry P. & Maureen T. D’Avanzo Barbara A. David Lillian & Walter Dean 42
Mr. Kevin S. Dennis & Mr. Jeremy J. Zeltzer Mr. Giuseppe Derdelakos Adel & Walter Dissett Diana & Mark Domin Donato Enterprises Paul † & Peggy Dufault Mr. & Mrs. Robert Dunn Mr. Roger Dye & Ms. Jeanne A. Bakale Edwin & Rosemarie Dyer Mrs. George D. Dzialak Dr. Leo & Mrs. Mira Eisenberg Dr. & Mrs. A. Bradley Eisenbrey Mr. Lawrence Ellenbogen Donald & Marjory Epstein Mr. Drew Esslinger & Mr. Omar Alrashed 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. & Mrs. Daniel E. Frohardt-Lane Sharyn & Alan Gallatin 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 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 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
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Ms. Florence Morris Mr. Frederick Morsches & Mr. Kareem George Drs. Barbara & Stephen Munk Ms. I. Surayyah R. Muwwakkil Joy & Allan Nachman Judith & Edward Narens Mr. & Mrs. Eric Nemeth Mariam C. Noland & James A. Kelly Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. Norling Ms. Gabrielle Poshadlo & Mr. Dennis Nulty* Katherine & Bruce Nyberg Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Nycek Mr. John J. O’Brien Dr. & Mrs. Dongwhan Oh Dr. William Oppat Mr. & Mrs. Arthur T. O’Reilly Mr. Randall Pappal Mrs. Margot Parker Mrs. Sophie Pearlstein Mr. & Mrs. Kris Pfaehler Mr. & Mrs. Philip E. Pfahlert Benjamin B. Phillips Dr. Klaudia Plawny-Lebenbom William H. & Wendy W. 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 Joshua & Judith Adler Dr. & Mrs. Gary S. Assarian Pauline Averbach & Charles Peacock Dr. & Dr. Brian Bachynski Ms. Mary C. Bartush Jones Ms. Jane Bolender Mr. & Mrs. J. Bora Ms. Nadia Boreiko Mr. & Mrs. Gerald C. Borsand Dr. & Mrs. David L. Bouwman Ms. Christine Britts Bowden & Elaine Brown Mr. & Mrs. Richard Burstein Mr. Samuel Bushala Dr. & Mrs. Glenn B. Carpenter David & Michelle Carroll Mr. Fred J. Chynchuk Mrs. Barbara Cushing Dr. & Mrs. Adnan S. Dajani Mr. & Mrs. James H. Danto Mr. & Mrs. Alfred J. Darold Gordon & Elaine Didier Mr. & Mrs. Henry Eckfeld Mr. Howard O. Emorey
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Mr. & Mrs. Gerrit Reepmeyer Dr. Claude & Mrs. Sandra Reitelman Denise Reske Seth & Laura Romine Mr. R. Desmond Rowan Jane & Curt Russell Mrs. Lois J. Ryan 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 Ms. Nancy Schlichting David & Carol Schoch Sandy & Alan Schwartz Mr. & Mrs. Kingsley G. Sears Mr. & Mrs. Fred Secrest† Mr. Merton J. & Mrs. Beverly Segal Mrs. Jean Shapero Ms. Margaret Shulman Dr. Les & Ellen Lesser Siegel Coco & Robert Siewert Mr. Norman Silk & Mr. Dale Morgan William & Cherie Sirois Dr. Cathryn & Mr. Daniel Skedel Dr. Gregory Stephens Barb & Clint Stimpson Nancy C. Stocking Stephen & Phyllis Strome Dorothy I. Tarpinian Shelley & Joel Tauber Dr. & Mrs. Howard Terebelo
Mr. & Mrs. James W. Throop Mr. & Mrs. John P. Tierney Dr. Barry Tigay & Mrs. Clara Saban Alice & Paul Tomboulian Mr. & Mrs. Michael Torakis Barbara & Stuart Trager Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Trudeau Mark & Janice Uhlig Amanda Van Dusen & Curtis Blessing Charles & Sally Van Dusen Mr.† & Mrs. George C. Vincent 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 Ms. Anne Wilczak Beverly & Barry Williams Dr. M. Roy & Mrs. Jacqueline Wilson Rissa & Sheldon Winkelman Mr. Jonathan Wolman & Mrs. Deborah Lamm Cathy Cromer Wood Ms. Andrea L. Wulf The Yousif Family Mr. Richard D. Zimmerman Four who wish to remain anonymous
Giving of $1,500 and more Mr. Gilbert Glassberg & Ms. Sandra Seligman Dr. Linda Golumbia, Ph.D Mr. Donald Guertin Mr. & Mrs. Robert Hage Mary & Preston Happel Fran & Howard Heicklen Mr. & Mrs. Paul Hillegonds Ms. Elizabeth Ingraham Ms. Nadine Jakobowski Mr. Arthur Johns Carol & Richard Johnston Dr. Jean Kegler Ms. Ida King Mr. James Kirby Mr. & Mrs. Thomas N. Klimko Mr. & Mrs. Victor Kochajda/Teal Electric Co. Mr. & Mrs. Kosch Mr. Michael Kuhne Mr. Charles E. Letts Mr. & Mrs. Richard Manning Dr. Arlene M. Marcy, M.D. Mr. & Mrs. Brian Meer Mr. & Mrs. Richard K. Miller
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Mr. & Mrs. Germano Mularoni Mrs. Ruth Nix Noel & Patricia Peterson Dr. & Mrs. Terry Podolsky Mr. Richard Rapson Dr. & Mrs. Michael Rontal Mr. & Mrs. Leslie Rose Norman† & Dulcie Rosenfeld Mr.† & Mrs. Gerald F. Ross Mr. & Mrs. Hugh C. Ross Mr. & Mrs. George Roumell Mr. Lawrence Shoffner Zon Shumway Mr. Mark Sims & Ms. Elaine Fieldman Mr. Michael J. Smith & Mrs. Mary C. Williams Dr. & Mrs. Choichi Sugawa William & Sandra Vanover Peter & Carol Walters Mr. Barry Webster Ms. Beverly Weidendorf Ms. Janet Weir Frank & Ruth Zinn Two who wish to remain anonymous DSO PERFORMANCE MAGA ZINE 43
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
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MARY BARRA CEOsecondary and Chairperson, General Motors Company
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JAMES VELLA President, Ford Motor Company Fund
JACKIE PARKER President, GM Foundation
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SERGIO MARCHIONNE Chief Executive Officer, FCA
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MATTHEW J. SIMONCINI President and CEO, Lear Corporation
American House Senior Living Communities Amerisure Insurance Chemical Bank Greektown Casino KPMG LLP Macy’s
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KEITH J. ALLMANN President and CEO, MASCO Corporation
MGM Grand Detroit Casino PNC Bank Rock Ventures, LLC Target 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 & Cohn LLP Hungry Howie’s Pizza Huron Consulting Group Jaffe, Raitt, Heuer & Weiss PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Raymond James REDICO Sandler Training Suburban Collection UBS Financial Services Inc. Warner Norcross & Judd LLP
$5,000 and more American International Group The Boston Consulting Group Coffee Express Roasting Company Delphi Foundation Ernst & Young Hotel St. Regis Metro Detroit Chevy Dealers Michigan Ear Institute Schaerer Architextural Interiors St. John Providence 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 O’Brien - Sullivan Funeral Homes Inc. Oswald Companies Plante & Moran, PLLC PSLZ, LLP Robert Swaney Consulting, Inc. Sachse Construction Save Our Symphony Urban Science Applications
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 Dresner Foundation 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 Ann & Gordon Getty Foundation dso.org
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 Henry Ford II Fund $10,000 and more Maxine & Stuart Frankel Foundation Myron P. Leven Foundation Oliver Dewey Marcks Foundation Moroun Family Foundation Sage Foundation $5,000 and more Benson & Edith Ford Fund 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 Esther Gordy Bullock Edwards Foundation Harold & Ruth Garber Family Foundation Clarence & Jack Himmel Fund James & Lynelle Holden Fund Japan Business Society of Detroit Foundation Josephine Kleiner Foundation Ludwig Foundation Fund Aline Underhill Orten Foundation The Loraine & Melinese Reuter Foundation Leslie & Regene Schmier Foundation Louis & Nellie Sieg Foundation Sills Foundation Don & Dolly Smith Foundation The Tuktawa Foundation The Village Club Foundation Samuel L. Westerman Foundation Wheeler Family Foundation, Inc. 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. An expanded partnership with American House Senior Living Communities is bringing the benefits of music therapy to residents with memory care needs in Roseville, Michigan. This new initiative is part of a comprehensive senior engagement program dedicated to accessibility and service for all.
Through the support of the Maxine and Stuart Frankel Foundation the DSO has established a Teacher Task Force to drive in-school programming around our Classroom Edition educational concert webcast series, as we work to build our capacity to evaluate and grow our impact on students in the Detroit Public Schools Community District.
Patients at Beaumont Hospitals will soon have access to a collection of works from the Live From Orchestra Hall webcast library to supplement the custom-designed DSO chamber music programs presented on site thanks to their ongoing support of our community engagement activities in hospitals, health centers, and wellness facilities.
In conjunction with our 39th annual Classical Roots Celebration, the DSO is collaborating with Detroit-based Lambert, Edwards & Associates to film and produce a video reflecting the DSO’s commitment to diversity in the orchestral field and highlighting our African-American Fellowship Program.
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We remain grateful to all of the individuals who have opened their homes to DSO Governing Members for the benefit of the DSO during the 2016-2017 season, including David Assemany & Jeffery Zook, Lee & Floy Barthel, Aimée Cowher & Gary Cone, Michael Fisher, and David & Valerie McCammon.
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TRIBUTE GIFTS Gifts received December 1, 2016 to January 31, 2017 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 Julius S. Barr & Gladys R. Barr Susan and Benson Barr In Memory of Bill Berman Joanne Danto and Arnold Weingarden Bonnie Larson Household Anne Parsons and Donald Dietz In Honor of John and Marlene Boll Mary Wilson In Honor of Caroline Coade George and Susanna Coade
In Honor of Gina Horwitz Michael Mirto
In Honor of Ted Oien Willie Hobson
In Memory of Evelyn Kachaturoff Grace Kachaturoff
In Honor of Tom and Judy Rauch Christopher Martella
In Memory of John Koger Kelly Gabry
In Honor of Beverly Reily Kim Clayson
In Memory of Edward Kowaleski Mervyn and Elaine Manning Household
In Memory of Queenie Sarkisian Jean Azar
In Honor of Harold Kulish Mary Lou Dudley
In Memory of William R. Dahlin Patricia Dahlin
In Memory of Kim Khong Lie, M.D. John and Carole Dolan
In Honor of Mark Davidoff Marcia and Eugene Applebaum
In Memory of Andrew Moses Henry and Trudi Wineman
In Honor of Ellie Farber Andrea Falik
In Honor of Kari Nelson Andrew Kurmas
In Memory of Deborah Fleitz David Fleitz
In Honor of Jim Nicholson Barbara Frankel and Ronald Michalak
In Memory of Oliver Green The Kurrie Family Lucy Smith
In Memory of Joan C. O’Brien John J. O’Brien
In Honor of Judy Sarns Jennifer Hobbs In Honor of Marie Slotnik Mrs. Wade Schultheiss In Honor of Margaret Spear Gretchen and Robert Wilbert In Honor of Terry Welsh Tammy Welsh In Memory of Nancy S. Williams Sharon Backstrom In Memory of Clyde and Helen Wu Ahmed Ismail Dianne McBrien In Honor of Everett Yarbrough Johanna Yarbrough
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The Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) is proud to spotlight General Motors (GM) for its extraordinary history of support that has brought world-class orchestral music to Detroit. With nearly $13,000,000 in cumulative giving since 1978, General Motors is committed to building strong communities and fueling the renaissance of our great city in partnership second with the DSO. GM’s investment in education and community development demonstrates that a thriving and vibrant community is essential to good business. Their generous friendship is diverse, with support ranging from annual operations, special events, and most distinctly – touring. Since 1989, GM has sponsored orchestra tours to Europe, New York, Florida, enabling the DSO to showcase our formidable talent and indefatigable spirit to a worldwide audience. The DSO’s mission to embrace and inspire individuals,secondary families, - for use on dark backgrou and communities through unsurpassed musical experiences would not possible without GM’s tremendous commitment 2014 to our region. GM Design We are honored to partner with General Corporate ID & Graphics Motors again this season and extend our sincerest admiration as we work toward another season of unforgettable music making with their support. dso.org
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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. & 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 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 Rental Info: 313.576.5050 Email: info@dso.org Website: dso.org
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 and features gourmet dinners, decadent desserts, classic cocktails, small production wines, and craft beers. Bars are available throughout the Max M. & 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.
For group ticket sales (groups of 10 or more), please contact the Box Office. Subscribe to our e-newsletter via our website to receive updates and special offers. To advertise in Performance, please call 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.
RENT THE MAX The elegance and versatility of the Max M. & Marjorie S. Fisher Music Center creates an ideal setting for a variety of events and performances, including weddings, corporate gatherings, meetings, concerts, and more. MAX M. & MARJORIE S. FISHER MUSIC CENTER Home of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra
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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 (available to patrons who give $7,500 annually) is available at the stage door behind the Max M. & 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, barrierfree restrooms, and accessible seating in all areas of the Max M. & Marjorie S. Fisher Music Center. Security personnel are available at all 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. & Marjorie S. Fisher Music Center. Patrons who wish to smoke must do so outside the building. This policy also applies to electronic smoking devices dso.org
such as e-cigarettes and personal 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. &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 or WWJ 950 AM. Patrons will be notified of exchange options. The DSO is unable to offer refunds. DSO PERFORMANCE MAGA ZINE 49
administrative staff EXECUTIVE OFFICE
LIVE FROM ORCHESTRA HALL
Anne Parsons President and CEO James B. and Ann V. Nicholson Chair
Marc Geelhoed Director of Digital Initiatives ORCHESTRA OPERATIONS
Juanda Pack Advancement Benefits Coordinator INSTITUTIONAL GIVING
Kathryn Ginsburg Orchestra Manager
Danielle Manley Director of Advancement for Institutional Giving
Erik Rรถnmark Vice President and General Manager
Heather Hart Rochon Orchestra Personnel Manager
Chelsea Kotula Gift Officer for Institutional Giving
Joy Crawford Executive Assistant to the President and CEO
Dennis Rottell Stage Manager
Marah Casey Advancement Officer
Leslie Karr Executive Assistant to the Music Director
Jacqueline Garner Advancement Coordinator
Linda Lutz Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
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 Christina Biddle Community Engagement Coordinator
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FACILITY OPERATIONS
ADVANCEMENT & EXTERNAL RELATIONS
Larry Ensman Maintenance Supervisor
ADVANCEMENT SERVICES
Frederico Augustin Facility Engineer
Bree Kneisler Advancement Services and Prospect Research Manager
Dan Saunders Director of Facilities Management
Matt Deneka Maintenance Technician
Will Broner Advancement Services Coordinator
Martez Duncan Maintenance Technician
Richard Kryszko Advancement Services Coordinator
William Guilbault Maintenance Technician
COMMUNICATIONS
Crystal King Maintenance Technician
Matthew Carlson Director of Communications and Media Relations
Daniel Speights Maintenance Technician
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
Greg Schimizzi Chief of Security Edward John Assistant Chief of Security Melvin Dismukes Security Officer Norris Jackson Security Officer Ronald Martin Security Officer Johnnie Scott Security Officer
Morgan Graby Governing Members and Volunteer Relations Officer
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FINANCE Jeremiah Hess Senior Director of Accounting & Finance Sandra Mazza Senior Accountant Dawn Kronell Senior Accountant Karen McCombs Accounting Specialist Brenda Gabor Payroll and Benefits 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 CATERING AND RETAIL SERVICES
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Christina Williams Director of Catering and Retail Services
Jody Harper Director of Information Technology
Kyle Hanley Executive Chef
Ra’Jon Taylor Help Desk Administrator Michelle Koning Web Manager
Nate Richter Bar Manager Stacey Karl Retail Manager EVENTS AND RENTALS
HUMAN RESOURCES 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 James Sabatella Group Sales Manager
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Catherine Deep Manager of Events and Rentals Connie Campbell Manager of Event Sales and Administration Ashley Powers Event Sales Representative PATRON SALES AND SERVICE Molly Fidler Manager, Patron Sales & Service Michelle Marshall Assistant Manager, Patron Sales & Service William Dawkins Lead Ticketing Specialist
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UPCOMING CONCERTS & EVENTS
WU FAMILY ACADEMY
POPS SERIES
Detroit Symphony Youth Orchestra Detroit Symphony Youth Wind Ensemble
Jeff Tyzik, conductor
Sun., Mar. 5 at 2 p.m.*
Fr i., Mar. 31 at 10:45 a.m. & 8 p.m. Sat., Apr. 1 at 8 p.m. Sun., Apr. 2 at 3 p.m.
HOSTED PARTNERSHIPS
WU FAMILY ACADEMY
CIRQUE DE LA SYMPHONIE
SHOWCASE
WSU MONDAYS AT THE MAX Mon., Mar. 6 at 7:30 p.m.*
WILLIAM DAVIDSON NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERT SERIES
ˇÁK’S “NEW WORLD” DVOR SYMPHONY
CIVIC JAZZ ORCHESTRA Fri., Apr. 7 at 6:30 p.m. in The Cube*
$15 or free with Paradise Jazz Series ticket
PARADISE JAZZ SERIES
JAMES CARTER ORGAN TRIO Fri., Apr. 7 at 8 p.m.*
Manuel López-Gómez, conductor Yoonshin Song, violin
CLASSICAL SERIES
Thu., Mar. 16 at 7:30 p.m. in Southfield Fri., Mar. 17 at 8 p.m. in Clinton Twp. Sun., Mar. 19 at 3 p.m. in Beverly Hills
Leonard Slatkin, conductor Sharon Isbin, guitar
GUITAR GENIUS SHARON ISBIN
CLASSICAL SERIES
Thu., Apr. 6 at 7:30 p.m. Sat., Apr. 8 at 8 p.m. Sun., Apr. 9 at 3 p.m.
Andrey Boreyko, conductor Branford Marsalis, alto saxophone
HOSTED PARTNERSHIPS
Fri., Mar. 24 at 10:45 a.m. & 8 p.m. Sat., Mar. 25 at 8 p.m.
Mon., Apr. 10 & 17 at 7:30 p.m.*
BRANFORD MARSALIS
WSU MONDAYS AT THE MAX
TINY TOTS CONCERTS
CLASSICAL SERIES
Sat., Mar. 25 at 10 a.m. in The Cube*
Leonard Slatkin, conductor Michel Camilo, piano
EARTH DAY IS EVERY DAY! YOUNG PEOPLE’S FAMILY CONCERTS
TCHAIKOVSKY DISCOVERS AMERICA
CLASSICAL KIDS LIVE! Sat., Mar. 25 at 11 a.m.
Michelle Merrill, conductor
POPS SERIES
UNDER THE STREETLAMP Jeff Tyzik, conductor
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SYMPHONIC JAZZ Fri., Apr. 21 at 10:45 a.m. Sat., Apr. 22 at 8 p.m.
WU FAMILY ACADEMY
CIVIC YOUTH ENSEMBLES FAMILY EXPERIENCE Sun., Apr. 23 at 2 p.m.*
WU FAMILY ACADEMY EDUCATIONAL CONCERT SERIES
MUSIC IN MOTION
Wed., Apr. 26 at 10:30 & 11:45 a.m.* Thu., Apr. 27 at 10:30 a.m. * Live from Orchestra Hall
EARLY SPRING 2016-2017
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WILLIAM DAVIDSON NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERT SERIES
HAYDN’S FIRST CELLO CONCERTO Lio Kuokman, conductor Wei Yu, cello
Thu., Apr. 27 at 7:30 p.m. in West Bloomfield Fri., Apr. 28 at 8 p.m. in Plymouth Sat., Apr. 29 at 8 p.m. in Bloomfield Hills Sun., Apr. 30 at 3 p.m. in Grosse Pointe
POPS SERIES
RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN Daniel Meyer, conductor Lisa Vroman, soprano Brent Barrett, tenor
Fri., Apr. 28 at 10:45 a.m. & 8 p.m. Sat., Apr. 29 at 8 p.m. Sun., Apr. 30 at 3 p.m.
HOSTED PARTNERSHIPS
PARADISE JAZZ SERIES
BRANFORD MARSALIS QUARTET FEATURING KURT ELLING Fri., May 12 at 8 p.m.*
WILLIAM DAVIDSON NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERT SERIES
SEDUCTIVE SHOWPIECES Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor Alexandra Soumm, violin Catalina Cuervo, soprano
Fri., May 12 at 8 p.m. in Clinton Twp. Sun., May 14 at 3 p.m. in Beverly Hills
CLASSICAL SERIES
SEDUCTIVE SHOWPIECES Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor Alexandra Soumm, violin Sat., May 13 at 8 p.m.
DETROIT PUBLIC THEATRE
CLASSICAL SERIES
May 3 - May 28 in Robert A. and Maggie Allesee Hall*
Leonard Slatkin, conductor Hila Plitmann, soprano Rachelle Durkin, soprano Abigail Nims, mezzo soprano Sean Panikkar, tenor Peixin Chen, bass
THE HARASSMENT OF IRIS MALLOY By Zak Berkman TINY TOTS CONCERTS
BOOGIE-WOOGIE NURSERY RHYMES Sat., May 6 at 10 a.m. in The Cube*
YOUNG PEOPLE’S FAMILY CONCERTS
BRITTEN’S YOUNG PERSON’S GUIDE TO THE ORCHESTRA Michelle Merrill, conductor D.J. Oliver, narrator Sat., May 6 at 11 a.m.
WU FAMILY ACADEMY
CIVIC JAZZ ORCHESTRA
Fri., May 12 at 6:30 p.m. in The Cube*
BEETHOVEN’S NINTH
Thu., May 18 at 7:30 p.m. Fri., May 19 at 8 p.m. Sat., May 20 at 8 p.m. Sun., May 21 at 3 p.m.
CLASSICAL SERIES
RACHMANINOFF SYMPHONY NO. 2
Cristian Macelaru, conductor James Ehnes, violin Fri., May 26 at 10:45 a.m. Sat., May 27 at 8 p.m. Sun., May 28 at 3 p.m.
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