DSO Performance Magazine - Spring 2015 Issue No. 1 by Detroit Symphony Orchestra

Performance THE MAGAZINE OF THE DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA • SPRING 2015

The Music Continues

DSO Spends Summer Months in Southeast Michigan

Hong-Yi Mo

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INSIDE SUMMER PERFORMANCES PROGRAM NOTES • MEET WEI YU ORCHESTRA IN ACTION DONOR SPOTLIGHTS

Table of Contents

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Departments

Concerts

4 Board Leadership 5 Governing Members 8 Volunteer Council 9 Orchestra Roster 10 Welcome from CEO

Concerts, artist biographies and program notes begin on page 17. Also read program notes before concerts in Performance magazine online at dso.org/performance

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Features

33 DSO Staff 34 Maximize Your Experience

12 Meet the Musician: Wei Yu

35 Donor Roster

14 The Music Continues

46 Upcoming Concerts

Orchestra in Action

32 DSO Takes Virtual Field Trip

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

LIFETIME DIRECTORS

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.

Samuel Frankel † David Handleman, Sr.†

Dr. Arthur L. Johnson † Clyde Wu, M.D.

CHAIRMEN EMERITI Peter D. Cummings

Stanley Frankel

Robert S. Miller

Alfred R. Glancy III James B. Nicholson

DIRECTORS EMERITI Robert A. Allesee Floy M. Barthel Madeleine H. Berman John A. Boll, Sr. Richard A. Brodie Lois and Avern Cohn Marianne T. Endicott Sidney Forbes Ruth Frank Barbara Frankel

Herman H. Frankel Paul Ganson Mort and Brigitte Harris Gloria Heppner Hon. Damon J. Keith Richard P. Kughn Harold Kulish Dr. Melvin A. Lester Robert E.L. Perkins, DDS Marilyn Pincus

Lloyd E. Reuss Jack A. Robinson Marjorie Saulson Alan E. Schwartz Jean S. Shapero David Usher Barbara C. Van Dusen Arthur A. Weiss, Esq.

OFFICERS Phillip Wm. Fisher, Chairman Mark A. Davidoff, Vice Chair, Financial Operations and Sustainability, Treasurer

Glenda D. Price, Ph.D., Vice Chair, Governance and Human Resources

Michael J. Keegan, Vice Chair, Strategy and Innovation

Anne Parsons, President & CEO James B. and Ann V. Nicholson Chair

The Board of Directors is responsible for maintaining a culture of high engagement, accountability and strategic thinking. As fiduciaries, Directors of the Board oversee all DSO financial activities and assure that resources are aligned with the DSO mission. Úna O’Riordan, Orchestra Representative Chacona W. Johnson William P. Kingsley Bonnie Larson Matthew B. Lester, Chairman, Board of Trustees Arthur C. Liebler Laura Marcero Xavier Mosquet Joseph Mullany David R. Nelson

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Carol Goss Antoinette Green Leslie Green Robert Gillette Deirdre Groves Michele Hodges Richard H. Huttenlocher Sharad Jain Renee R. Janovsky Joseph Jonna Joel D. Kellman Jack Liang Joshua Linkner Virginia Lundquist Florine Mark Pe ter McCaffrey Orchestra Representative David McCammon Lois A. Miller James C. Mitchell, Jr. Scott Monty

Sean M. Neall Tom O’Brien Maury Okun Dr. William Pickard Gerrit Reepmeyer Richard Robinson Chad Rochkind Laura Hernandez-Romine Afa Sadykly Veronika Scott Lois Shaevsky Jane Sherman Stephen Strome Mark Tapper Michael R. Tyson Dana Warg Gwen S. Weiner Jennifer Whitteaker R. Jamison Williams Dr. Margaret E. Winters

GOVERNING MEMBERS

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Ismael Ahmed Rosette Ajluni Devon Akmon Daniel Angelucci Janet Ankers Penny B. Blumenstein Elizabeth Boone Gwen Bowlby Ke vin Brown Orchestra Representative Joanne Danto Stephen R. D’Arcy Karen Davidson Linda Dresner Eugene Driker J. Mikel Ellcessor Annmarie Erickson Jennifer Fischer Sven O. Gierlinger Allan D. Gilmour Malik Goodwin

Arthur T. O’Reilly, Officer-at-large, Secretary

Dr. Herman Gray, Vice Chair, Philanthropy

Robert H. Bluestein Maureen T. D’Avanzo Richard L. DeVore James C. Farber, Chairman, Governing Members Samuel Fogleman Ralph J. Gerson Randall Hawes, Orchestra Representative Rev. Nicholas Hood III Ronald M. Horwitz

Matthew B. Lester, Chairman

Faye A. Nelson Stephen R. Polk Bernard I. Robertson Hon. Gerald E. Rosen Deborah Savoie, Volunteer Council President David Sherbin Janice Uhlig James G. Vella Hon. Kurtis T. Wilder Dr. M. Roy Wilson Clyde Wu, M.D. † Deceased

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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 February 1, 2014 through February 1, 2015. For more information about the Governing Members program, please call Cassie Brenske at 313.576.5460.

OFFICERS James C. Farber Chairman Jan Bernick Vice-Chair, Philanthropy & Stewardship

Arthur T. O’Reilly Chairman Emeritus

Jiehan Alonzo Vice-Chair, Engagement Frederick J. Morsches Member at Large dso.org

Maureen T. D’Avanzo Vice-Chair, Outreach & Recruitment

Bonnie Larson Member at Large

Kenneth Thompkins Orchestra Representative

Johanna Yarbrough Orchestra Representative

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GOVERNING MEMBERS Howard Abrams & Nina Dodge Abrams Joshua & Judith Adler Mrs. Roger M. Ajluni Ann G. Aliber Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. Alonzo Richard & Jiehan Alonzo Daniel & Rose Angelucci Mr. & Mrs. Norman Ankers Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Anthony Mr. & Mrs. Eugene Applebaum Dr. & Mrs. Ali-Reza R. Armin Mr. David Assemany & Mr. Jeffery Zook Mr. & Mrs. John Axe Ms. Sharon Backstrom Ms. Ruth Baidas Nora Lee & Guy Barron Mr. & Mrs. Lee Barthel Mr. Mark Bartnik & Ms. Sandra J. Collins Mr. J. Addison Bartush David & Kay Basler Mr. & Mrs. Martin S. Baum Mary Beattie Mr. & Mrs. Richard Beaubien Ms. Margaret Beck Mr. Chuck Becker Mrs. Harriett Berg Mandell & Madeleine Berman Foundation Drs. John & Janice Bernick Mr. & Mrs. Robert H. Bluestein George & Joyce Blum Penny & Harold Blumenstein Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Bluth Dr. & Mrs. Jason H. Bodzin Mr. & Mrs. John A. Boll, Sr. Mr. & Mrs. Jim Bonahoom Dr. & Mrs. Rudrick E. Boucher Don & Marilyn Bowerman Gwen & Richard Bowlby Mr. Anthony F. Brinkman Mr. & Mrs. Richard A. Brodie Mr. Scott Brooks Mr. & Mrs. Mark R. Buchanan Michael & Geraldine Buckles Mr. H. William Burdett, Jr. Dr. Carol S. Chadwick & Mr. H. Taylor Burleson Julie Byczynski & Angus Gray Philip & Carol Campbell Dr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Carson Mr. Daniel Clancy & Mr. Jack Perlmutter Gloria & Fred Clark Lois & Avern Cohn Jack, Evelyn & Richard Cole Family Foundation Dr. & Mrs. Charles G. Colombo Mrs. RoseAnn Comstock Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Cook Dr. & Mrs. Ivan Louis Cotman Mr. & Mrs. Gary L. Cowger Mr. Gary Cone & Ms. Aimée Cowher Mr. & Mrs. Raymond M. Cracchiolo Thomas & Melissa Cragg Julie & Peter Cummings Mrs. Barbara Cunningham Suzanne Dalton & Clyde Foles Christopher & Pamela Danato Dr. Joseph D. Daniel & Mr. Alfredo Silvestre

Joanne Danto & Arnold Weingarden Marvin & Betty Danto Family Foundation Deborah & Stephen D’Arcy Fund 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 Ms. Leslie Devereaux Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. DeVore Adel & Walter Dissett Mr. & Mrs. Mark Domin Linda Dresner & Ed Levy, Jr. Eugene & Elaine Driker Paul + & Peggy Dufault Mr. Michael J. Dul Mr. & Mrs. Robert Dunn Mr. Roger Dye & Ms. Jeanne A. Bakale Edwin & Rosemarie Dyer Dr. Leo & Mrs. Mira Eisenberg Dr. & Mrs. A. Bradley Eisenbrey Marianne Endicott Mr. & Mrs. John M. Erb Sanford Hansell & Dr. Raina Ernstoff Mary Sue & Paul Ewing Jim & Margo Farber Mr. David Faulkner Mr. & Mrs. Anthony C. Fielek Mrs. Kathryn L. Fife Mr. & Mrs. David Fischer Ron Fischer & Kyoko Kashiwagi Mr. & Mrs. Alfred J. Fisher III Mr. & Mrs. Herbert Fisher Max M. & Marjorie S. Fisher Foundation Mrs. Marjorie S. Fisher Dr. Marjorie M. Fisher Ms. Mary D. Fisher Mr. Michael J. Fisher Mr. & Mrs. Phillip Wm. Fisher Mr. & Mrs. Steven Fishman Mr. David Fleitz Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Fogleman Sidney and Madeline Forbes Emory M. Ford, Jr. + Endowment Dr. Saul & Mrs. Helen Forman Barbara Frankel & Ronald Michalak Dale & Bruce Frankel Herman & Sharon Frankel Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Frankel Maxine & Stuart Frankel Ms. Carol A. Friend & Mr. Mark T. Kilbourn Mr. & Mrs. Daniel E. Frohardt-Lane Lynn & Bharat Gandhi Mr. & Mrs. Eugene A. Gargaro, Jr. Dorothy & Byron+ Gerson Mr. & Mrs. Ralph J. Gerson Drs. Lynda & Conrad Giles Allan D. Gilmour & Eric C. Jirgens Mrs. Gale Girolami Dr. Kenneth & Roslyne Gitlin Ruth & Al Glancy Dr. & Mrs. Theodore Golden Dr. Robert T. Goldman Mr. Nathaniel Good Dr. Allen Goodman & Dr. Janet Hankin Goodman Family Charitable Trust Robert & Mary Ann Gorlin

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Mr. Jason Gourley & Mrs. Rebekah Page-Gourley Dr. & Mrs. Herman Gray, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. James A. Green Dr. & Mrs. Steven Grekin Mr. Jeffrey Groehn Mr. & Mrs. James Grosfeld Alice Berberian Haidostian Mr. Kenneth Hale Robert & Elizabeth Hamel Randall L. & Nancy Caine Harbour Mrs. Betty J Harrell Mr. & Mrs. Morton E. Harris Scott Harrison & Angela Detlor Mr. Lee V. Hart & Mr. Charles L. Dunlap Cheryl A. Harvey Dr. & Mrs. Gerhardt Hein Mr. & Mrs. Demar W. Helzer Ms. Nancy Henk Dr. Gloria Heppner Ms. Doreen Hermelin Mr. & Mrs. Ross Herron Mr. Eric J. Hespenheide & Ms. Judith V. Hicks Mr. Michael E. Hinsky & Tyrus N. Curtis Mr. & Mrs. Norman H. Hofley Lauri & Paul Hogle Dr. Deanna & Mr. David B. Holtzman Jack & Anne Hommes Ms. Barbara Honner Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Horwitz Mr. Matthew Howell & Mrs. Julie Wagner Mr. F. Robert Hozian Mr. & Mrs. Joseph L. Hudson, Jr. Julius & Cynthia Huebner Foundation Richard H. & Carola Huttenlocher Mr. & Mrs. A. E. Igleheart Nicki & Brian Inman Ira & Brenda Jaffe Mr. Sharad P. Jain Mr. & Mrs. Richard J. Jessup Mr. John S. Johns Chacona W. Johnson Mr. George Johnson Lenard & Connie Johnston Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Jonna Mrs. Ellen D. Kahn Faye & Austin Kanter Mr. & Mrs. Norman D. Katz Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Keegan Betsy & Joel Kellman Martin & Cis Maisel Kellman Michael E. Smerza & Nancy Keppelman Mr. Patrick J. Kerzic & Stephanie Germack Kerzic Dr. David & Elizabeth Kessel The Stephanie & Frederic Keywell Family Fund Mrs. Frances King Mr. & Mrs. Russell King Mr. & Mrs. William P. Kingsley Thomas & Linda Klein Ms. Margot Kohler Dr. Harry & Katherine Kotsis Robert C. & Margaret A. Kotz Mr. & Mrs. Harold Kulish Mr. & Mrs. James A. Kurz David & Maria Kuziemko Mr. Dennis & Michele La Porte dso.org

Joyce LaBan Dr. Raymond Landes & Dr. Melissa McBrien-Landes Drs. Lisa & Scott Langenburg Ms. Sandra Lapadot Ms. Anne T. Larin Mrs. Bonnie Larson Dolores & Paul Lavins Mr. David Lebenbom+ Mr. Henry P. Lee Marguerite & David Lentz Allan S. Leonard Max Lepler & Rex L. Dotson Mr. & Mrs. Ralph LeRoy, Jr. Dr. Melvin A. Lester Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Lester Mr. Daniel Lewis Mr. & Mrs. John D. Lewis Mr. & Mrs. Arthur C. Liebler Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Lile Mr. Gregory Liposky The Locniskar Group Daniel & Linda Lutz Mr. Robert A. Lutz Mrs. Sandra MacLeod Mr. & Mrs. Charles W. Manke, Jr. Mervyn & Elaine Manning Mr. & Mrs. David S. Maquera Esq Michael & Laura Marcero Ms. Florine Mark Maureen & Mauri Marshall David & Valerie McCammon Dr. & Mrs. Peter M. McCann M.D. Ms. LeAnne McCorry Mr. & Mrs. Alonzo McDonald Alexander & Evelyn McKeen Patricia A. & Patrick G. McKeever Susanne O. McMillan Dr. & Mrs. Donald A. Meier Dr. & Mrs. David Mendelson Mrs. Thomas Meyer Thomas & Judith Mich Ms. Deborah Miesel Mr. Louis Milgrom John & Marcia Miller Mr. & Mrs. Eugene A. Miller Mr. & Mrs. Leonard G. Miller Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Miller Dr. Robert & Dr. Mary Mobley Mr. & Mrs. Jeremy Modell Dr. Susan & Mr. Stephen Molina Eugene & Sheila Mondry Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Craig R. Morgan Ms. Florence Morris Mr. Frederick Morsches Cyril Moscow Mr. & Ms. Xavier Mosquet Mr. Joseph Mullany Dr. Stephen & Dr. Barbara Munk Joy & Allan Nachman Ed & Judie Narens Geoffrey S. Nathan & Margaret E. Winters David R. & Sylvia Nelson Mr. & Mrs. Albert T. Nelson, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. James B. Nicholson Jim & Mary Beth Nicholson Patricia & Henry Nickol Mr. & Mrs. David E. Nims Joanna P. Morse & Arthur A. Nitzsche Mariam C. Noland & James A. Kelly Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Nycek Mrs. Jo Elyn Nyman dso.org

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Dr. & Mrs. Dongwhan Oh Mr. & Mrs. Joshua Opperer Mr & Mrs. Arthur T. O’Reilly David+ & Andrea Page Mr. Randall Pappal Mrs. Margot Parker Anne Parsons & Donald Dietz Mr. & Mrs. Richard G. Partrich Mrs. Sophie Pearlstein Mr. & Mrs. Roger S. Penske Mr. Charles Peters Mr. & Mrs. Bruce D. Peterson Mr. and Mrs. Kris Pfaehler Dr. William F. Pickard Mrs. Bernard E. Pincus Mrs. Helen F. Pippin Dr. Klaudia Plawny-Lebenbom The Polk Family Mr. & Mrs. William Powers Dr. Glenda D. Price Reimer Priester Mrs. Susan Priester Mr. Ronald Puchalski Ms. Michele Rambour Mr. & Mrs. Richard Rappleye Mr. Richard Rapson Drs. Stuart & Hilary Ratner Ms. Ruth Rattner Drs. Yaddanapudi Ravindranath & Kanta Bhambhani Carol & Foster Redding Mr. & Mrs. Dave Redfield Mr. & Mrs. Gerrit Reepmeyer Dr. Claude & Mrs. Sandra Reitelman Mr. Jason Remisoski Denise Reske Mr. Luis Resto Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd E. Reuss Barbara Gage Rex Dr. & Mrs. John Roberts Bernard & Eleanor Robertson Jack & Aviva Robinson Mrs. Ann C. Rohr Laura & Seth Romine Dr. Erik Rönmark & Mrs. Adrienne Rönmark Norman & Dulcie Rosenfeld Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Rosowski Mr. R. Desmond Rowan Jane & Curt Russell Mr. & Mrs. James P. Ryan Mrs. Lois V. Ryan Martie & Bob Sachs Dr. Mark & Peggy Saffer Dr. Hershel Sandberg Marjorie & Saul Saulson Ms. Martha A. Scharchburg & Mr. Bruce Beyer Ms. Mary Schlaff David & Carol Schoch Mr. & Mrs. Alan E. Schwartz & Mrs. Jean Shapero Mr. & Mrs. Alan S. Schwartz Mr. & Mrs. Kingsley G. Sears Mr. & Mrs. Fred Secrest Mr. Merton J. & Beverly Segal Elaine & Michael Serling Mark & Lois Shaevsky Mr. Igal Shaham Mrs. Jean Shapero Ms. Cynthia Shaw Abbe & David Sherbin Mr. & Mrs. Larry Sherman

Mr. & Mrs. James H. Sherman Dr. Les & Mrs. Ellen Siegel Coco & Robert Siewert Mr. & Mrs. Donald R. Simon William & Cherie Sirois Mr. & Mrs. Leonard W. Smith Mr. Michael J. Smith & Mrs. Mary C. Williams Mr. & Mrs. S. Kinnie Smith, Jr. William H. & Patricia M. Smith John J. Solecki Richard Sonenklar & Gregory Haynes Renate & Richard Soulen Dr. Gregory Stephens Mr. Clinton F. Stimpson, Jr. Dr. Mack Stirling Dr. & Mrs. Charles D. Stocking Mr. & Mrs. Ray Stone Mrs. Kathleen Straus & Mr. Walter Shapero Mr. & Mrs. John Stroh III Stephen & Phyllis Strome Dorothy I. Tarpinian Shelley & Joel Tauber Dr. & Mrs. Howard Terebelo Alice & Paul Tomboulian Dr. Doris Tong & Dr. Teck M. Soo Mr. & Mrs. Michael Torakis Mark & Janice Uhlig David Usher Dr. Vainutis Vaitkevicius Amanda Van Dusen & Curtis Blessing Mrs. Richard C. Van Dusen Mr. & Mrs. Charles B. Van Dusen Mr. Robert VanWalleghem Mr. James G. Vella Mr. & Mrs. George C. Vincent Mr. & Mrs. William Waak Dr. & Mrs. Ronald W. Wadle Mr. & Mrs. Edward Wagner Mr. Michael A. Walch & Ms. Joyce Keller Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan T. Walton Gary L. Wasserman S. Evan & Gwen Weiner Mr. Herman W. Weinreich Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Weisberg Ambassador & Mrs. Ronald N. Weiser Arthur & Trudy Weiss Janis & William Wetsman/The Wetsman Foundation Mr. & Mrs. John Whitecar Beverly & Barry Williams Mr. & Mrs. R. Jamison Williams Dr. M. Roy & Jacqueline Wilson Dr. & Mrs. Ned Winkelman Rissa & Sheldon Winkelman Mr. Jonathan Wolman & Mrs. Deborah Lamm Ms. Cathy Cromer Wood Dr. & Mrs. Clyde Wu David & Bernadine Wu June Kar Ming Wu Dr. & Mrs. Robert E. Wurtz Mrs. Judith G. Yaker The Yousif Family Mr. & Mrs. Alan Zekelman Dr. & Mrs. Seymour Ziegelman Paul M. Zlotoff Milton & Lois Zussman

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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 Michelle Merrill, Assistant Conductor, Phillip and Lauren Fisher Community Ambassador Gabriela Lena Frank, Music Alive Composer-in-Residence

SUPPORTING THE ARTS Honigman is proud to support the DSO, one of our community’s outstanding cultural institutions. We applaud our many colleagues’ current service as Directors and Trustees, and as Gabrilowitsch Society and Governing Members leaders. In particular, we honor our founding partner Alan E. Schwartz for his more than 50 years of service on the DSO board.

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VOLUNTEER COUNCIL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Deborah Savoie, President

Julie Zussman, Recording Secretary

Lori Knollenberg, Acting V.P. for Membership

Ginny Lundquist, President-Elect and Executive Vice President

Esther Lyons, V.P. for Administrative/Office Services

E. Jane Talia, V.P. for Neighborhood/Residency Ambassador

Debra Partrich, Chief Financial Officer

Ellie Tholen, V.P. for Communication/ Public Relations

Karla Sherry, V.P. for Special Events Marlene Bihlmeyer, V.P. for Youth Music Education

BOARD OF DIRECTORS Mary Beattie Gwen Bowlby Drew Esslinger

Laura Fogleman Sandie Knollenberg Susan Manser

Staff Liaison Lindsey Evert

Magda Moss Dolores Reese Charlotte Worthen

Coco Siewert, Parliamentarian

Orchestra Representatives Mark Abbott Dave Everson

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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* Rachel Harding Klaus* Laurie Landers Goldman* Eun Park Lee* Adrienne Rönmark* Laura Soto* Greg Staples* Jiamin Wang* Mingzhao Zhou*

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

Second Violin Adam Stepniewski Acting Principal The Devereaux Family Chair Ron Fischer* Will Haapaniemi* Hae Jeong Heidi Han* Sheryl Hwangbo* Hong-Yi Mo* Robert Murphy* Alexandros Sakarellos* Joseph Striplin* Marian Tanau* Jing Zhang*

Harp Patricia Masri-Fletcher Principal Winifred E. Polk Chair

Viola James VanValkenburg Acting Principal Julie and Ed Levy, Jr. Chair Caroline Coade Acting Assistant Principal Hang Su Glenn Mellow Shanda Lowery-Sachs Hart Hollman Han Zheng Alexander Mishnaevski Principal Emeritus dso.org

Bass Kevin Brown Principal Van Dusen Family Chair Stephen Molina Assistant Principal Linton Bodwin Stephen Edwards Larry Hutchinson

Flute David Buck Principal Women’s Association for the DSO Chair Jung-Wan Kang+ Sharon Sparrow Assistant Principal Bernard and Eleanor Robertson Chair Jeffery Zook Piccolo Jeffery Zook Oboe Open Principal Jack A. and Aviva Robinson Chair Geoffrey Johnson+ Maggie Miller Chair Brian Ventura Assistant Principal Monica Fosnaugh

English Horn Monica Fosnaugh

Bass Trombone Randall Hawes

Clarinet Ralph Skiano Principal Robert B. Semple Chair Open PVS Chemicals Inc./Jim and Ann Nicholson Chair Laurence Liberson Assistant Principal Shannon Orme

Tuba Dennis Nulty Principal

E-Flat Clarinet Laurence Liberson Bass Clarinet Shannon Orme Barbara Frankel and Ronald Michalak Chair Bassoon Robert Williams Principal Victoria King Michael Ke Ma Assistant Principal Marcus Schoon Contrabassoon Marcus Schoon Horn Karl Pituch Principal Bryan Kennedy Scott Strong Johanna Yarbrough David Everson Assistant Principal Mark Abbott Trumpet Hunter Eberly Principal Lee and Floy Barthel Chair Kevin Good Stephen Anderson Assistant Principal William Lucas Trombone Kenneth Thompkins Principal Reed Capshaw+ Randall Hawes

Percussion Joseph Becker Principal Ruth Roby and Alfred R. Glancy III Chair Andrés Pichardo-Rosenthal Assistant Principal William Cody Knicely Chair Joshua Jones African-American Orchestra Fellow Timpani Jeremy Epp Principal Librarians Robert Stiles Principal Ethan Allen Personnel Managers Stephen Molina Orchestra Personnel Manager Heather Hart Rochon Assistant Orchestra Personnel Manager Stage Personnel Dennis Rottell Stage Manager Steven Kemp Department Head Matthew Pons Department Head Michael Sarkissian Department Head Legend * These members may voluntarily revolve seating within the section on a regular basis + substitute musician ^ on sabbatical

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Dear Friends, You may or may not realize that where you’re sitting right at this very moment, surrounded by original woodwork and early 20th century murals, is one of the world’s greatest concert halls. Orchestra Hall was built in 1919 to the meticulous specifications of then DSO music director, Ossip Gabrilowitsch, and has remained one of the most acoustically-perfect spaces in which to hear an orchestra play. These four walls have played a direct role in elevating this ensemble as a cultural asset to Detroit, which is why we’re so proud our beautiful music now emanates far beyond them. In November we debuted Live From Orchestra Hall: Classroom Edition in every Detroit Public School K-8 classroom. Thanks to support from the Mandell and Madeleine Berman Foundation, some 45,000 students locally and across the nation experienced a live DSO concert, a first for many of them. In May, we’ll debut a new look for this groundbreaking educational tool to an even larger audience. Learn more on page 32. And nearly every week, thousands of people worldwide tune in to to our Live From Orchestra Hall classical performances at dso.org/live as virtual DSO audience members. On page 14 you’ll read about multiple places where you can hear your DSO, in the months after the Orchestra Hall Classical season concludes in late May. This season we announced the renaming of our Neighborhood Concert Series for the late William Davidson, who pioneered the idea that DSO performances in suburban venues would be both a necessary and rewarding way to connect with the community that sustains us. Much of the repertoire you’ll hear during the remainder of the season was designed to be heard in a concert hall like the one in which you’re enjoying the current performance; pieces like Bruckner’s Symphony No. 4 (April 24-25) or Mahler’s Symphony No. 1 (May 21-23) require a large stage and superior acoustics for maximum enjoyment. The smaller, more intimate stages in our neighborhoods allow us to share smaller-scale works in an environment that places you, the audience, in the middle of the action. We encourage you to check out dso.org/neighborhood and participate in the full recognition of Mr. Davidson’s dream.

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Meet the Musician WEI YU Principal Cello, James C. Gordon Chair

he announcement that Wei Yu would join the DSO as its new principal cello couldn’t have come at a better time. DSO Music Director Leonard Slatkin was in New York to conduct at Avery Fisher Hall where Yu performed in the cello section for eight years as a member of the New York Philharmonic. Slatkin announced Yu’s position with the DSO that week at SubCulture, New York’s new music and performing arts club, where Slatkin’s closest friends from the industry celebrated his 70th birthday and digital release of his greatest hits album. Yu was in attendance and thrilled that Slatkin invited him on stage to make the announcement. “When I was growing up, I heard about the DSO and its history of legendary conductors,” Yu said. “And now here I am, principal cellist in this orchestra. Wow, it’s overwhelming!” Yu grew up in Shanghai where he was first exposed to music when his great uncle took him to hear Yo-Yo Ma. Soon after, he began his cello studies at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, then moved to Calgary, Canada when he was 18 to attend Mount Royal University’s Morningside Music Bridge program, later to North Park University in Chicago for an undergraduate degree and finally to the Juilliard School for a master’s degree. “It’s quite amazing how life takes you

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on such an incredible adventure,” he said. “Being a member of the New York Philharmonic taught me a lot about being a professional musician, how to always perform at my highest level and always be mentally on top of my game. My first concert as a member of the orchestra was actually its opening gala, featuring Yo-Yo Ma himself. I couldn’t believe it.” Now that he is settled in Detroi, Yu looks forward to working with fellow DSO musicians and colleagues on a personal level to share his passion for music in all settings. “During my first week in Detroit I felt very strongly that the DSO is a group of passionate musicians who devote their time to serving the local community,” Yu said. “Classical music has the power to connect with people and unite them. The DSO plays a significant role in the culture of the city and is a beacon for civic pride. I am very proud to be part of the team.” In his first week with the DSO, Yu opened Ginastera’s Variaciones Concertantes and received praise from Detroit Free Press classical music critic Mark Stryker. “Nearly all of the soloists made strong impressions, but special mention must go to new principal cellist Wei Yu… The grace, poise, liquid legato and purity of tone and pitch that Yu produced in these few moments were stunning in their authority and beauty — a very good sign for the future of the orchestra.” dso.org

February 6 – May 17, 2015 Free with museum admission

5 2 0 0 W O O D WA R D AV E . D E T R O I T, M I 4 8 2 0 2 • D I A . O R G General museum admission is free for residents of Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties

Make a Joyful Noise: Renaissance Art and Music at Florence Cathedral is organized by the High Museum of Art, Atlanta, in collaboration with the Opera di Santa Maria del Fiore, Florence, Italy. The exhibition is made possible by the National Endowment for the Arts. Funding for the conservation of the Cantoria has been provided by Friends of Florence. In Detroit, generous support has been provided by Anthony L. Soave. Additional support has been provided by Carol and Peter Walters and Kathleen and Robert Rosowski. Above: Fragment of a Choral Leaf: Framed Historiated ‘S’ with the Pentecost, Matteo di Filippo Torelli, 1420-1422, ink, tempera, and gold leaf on parchment. Detroit Institute of Arts

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John Storgårds, conductor David Buck, flute Thu., Mar. 19 at 7:30 p.m. in Southfield Fri., Mar. 20 at 10:45 a.m. in Dearborn Sun., Mar 22 at 3 p.m. in Beverly Hills

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DSO Spends Summer Months in Southeast Michigan

hen the season concludes in the DSO and his generous support Orchestra Hall in early June, helped to strengthen the organization the music continues as the in many ways, including support of Detroit Symphony Orchestra performs the DSO’s domestic and international throughout tours. the communities that surround its “Bill Davidson had a passion for Midtown home. connecting communities through A generous grant from the William the presentation of DSO concerts, Davidson Foundation allows the DSO using us as eager ambassadors to strengthen its newly renamed for all that is great about the city of William Davidson Detroit,” said Anne Parsons, Neighborhood Concert DSO President and CEO. Series. Now in its fourth “He inspired us to create season, the series takes the Neighborhood Concert the DSO to seven metro Series as a way to increase Detroit neighborhoods this our reach and provide summer, including Beverly greater accessibility. We Hills, Bloomfield Hills, thank everyone at the William Canton, Dearborn, Grosse Davidson Foundation for their Pointe, Southfield and outstanding and continuous West Bloomfield Township. WILLIAM DAVIDSON support and for allowing us The grant will also support to recognize Bill by renaming additional performance and education the series in his honor.” activities outside of Orchestra Hall, In 2014, the neighborhood concert throughout the next three years. series allowed the DSO to reach Announced this fall, the series nearly 800 households that previously honors philanthropist William had never attended a DSO concert. Davidson, former president and CEO Of those new households, 14 percent of Guardian Industries Corp. Davidson went on to attend one or more shared a long-lasting relationship with concerts at Orchestra Hall.

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With plans to reach more people this season and with the foundation’s support, the DSO has extended its Soundcard all-access student pass beyond Classical, Pops and Jazz concerts to include the William Davidson Neighborhood Concert Series. Students can purchase a $25 Soundcard for the season and receive free access to concerts with a valid student ID. Soundcards are available at dso.org/soundcard. The DSO also performs outdoor concerts in the summer, including the 23rd Annual Salute to America concert, a classic Independence Day celebration at Greenfield Village July14, led by Assistant Conductor Michelle Merrill. On July 10 and 11, the DSO will return to the historic Edsel and Eleanor Ford House for a lakeside concert and fireworks. Former DSO Assistant Conductor Teddy Abrams will conduct joined by vocalist Morgan James. Look for DSO Violinist Hong-Yi Mo (pictured on cover) in the neighborhoods this spring and summer! dso.org

Leonard Slatkin, conductor Jaime Laredo, violin Sharon Robinson, cello Sun., Apr. 26 at 3 p.m. in Beverly Hills

MOZART & MORE

Joshua Weilerstein, conductor Louis Schwizgebel, piano Thu., Apr. 30 at 7:30 p.m. in Southfield Fri., May 1 at 10:45 a.m. in Dearborn

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Nicholas McGegan, conductor Karl Pituch, horn Thu., May 14 at 7:30 p.m. in West Bloomfield Fri., May 15 at 8 p.m. in Canton Sat., May 16 at 8 p.m. in Bloomfield Hills Sun., May 17 at 3 p.m. in Grosse Pointe Woods

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Marcelo Lehninger, conductor Andrew von Oeyen, piano Thu., Jun. 25 at 7:30 p.m. in Southfield Fri., Jun. 26 at 8 p.m. in Clinton Township Sun., Jun. 28 at 3 p.m. in Beverly Hills

MOZART & VIVALDI Andrés Cárdenes, conductor and violin Thu., Jul. 16 at 7:30 p.m. in West Bloomfield Fri., Jul. 17 at 8 p.m. in Canton Sat., Jul. 18 at 8 p.m. in Bloomfield Hills Sun., Jul. 19 at 3 p.m. in Grosse Pointe Woods Tickets are just $25, $10 for students DE TROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA • SPRING 2015 15

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Chamber Music Society of Detroit Saturday, March 21 at 8PM Seligman Performing Arts Center

The Miró Quartet

Haydn: String Quartet in D minor, Op. 76, No. 2 Schuller: String Quartet No. 5 (Detroit premiere) Beethoven: String Quartet in E major, Op. 59, No. 3

Sunday, March 29 at 3PM Seligman Performing Arts Center

Inon Barnatan, piano

Beethoven: Sonata in A-flat major, Op. 110 Barber: Sonata, Op. 26 Franck: Prelude, Chorale and Fugue Brahms: Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel

Saturday, April 11 at 8PM Seligman Performing Arts Center

Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

featuring Wu Han, Daniel Hope, Paul Neubauer, David Finckel Mahler: Piano Quartet in A minor Schumann: Piano Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 47 Brahms: PIano Quartet in G minor, Op. 25

Friday, May 1 at 8PM The Music Box the Max M. Fisher Music Center

Classical Jam—Tangos!

Nuevo Tango music of Astor Piazzolla plus selections from traditional tango repertoire. Program features two professional Argentine Tango dancers!

Saturday, May 16 at 8PM

Seligman Performing Arts Center

The Brentano String Quartet

Haydn: String Quartet in Bb-Major, Op. 50, No. 1 Vijay Iyer: Quintet for Piano and Strings (Midwest Premiere) Beethoven: String Quartet in C-sharp minor, Op. 131 Pre-concert screening of the film A Late Quartet (2012)

Your Orchestra in Action DSO Fosters Opportunities for Young Artists With the support of the Ford Foundation and the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra has started a non-profit arts incubation lab, where partners such as the Detroit Children’s Choir (DCC) can grow their programmatic capacity and strengthen artistry and innovation throughout the community. During a recent DCC workshop, Singers of United Lands (S.O.U.L.), DCC HONORS CHOIR LEARNS VOCALS FROM a global quartet of professional AROUND THE WORLD AT THE S.O.U.L. WORKSHOP young adult singers, taught the DCC Honors Choir choral music, world history and linguistics from their native countries. “As their eyes and ears are opened to the customs and sounds of four completely different cultures, [the children’s] appreciation for what is special and interesting about people who look and sound different from [themselves] becomes more of a thirst to learn. DCC… [enriches] the lives of metro Detroit youth and their communities; ultimately shaping confident, focused and expressive leaders. DCC’s partnership with the DSO has made it possible to host this workshop in the Max M. Fisher Music Center, where people expect to encounter musical and educational excellence,” said Carol Schoch, Founder of DCC, Vice Chair for the DCC Board of Directors and DSO Governing Member. The DSO strives to provide a campus where established and emerging partners feel at home. Generous support from patrons and foundations provides young artists, such as those in DCC, with the resources to become future innovators who embrace diversity. Other upcoming events include a collaboration with the DSO’s Wu Family Academy at the Civic Family Experience concert April 26 and the DCC’s Ninth Annual Spring Concert on May 9. Interested youth are welcome to observe DCC rehearsals and are encouraged to register online at detroitchildrenschoir.org. Specific questions can be directed to info@detroitchildrenschoir.org. DCC will host Intermediate Choir auditions May 2 at the Max M. Fisher Music Center.

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Leonard Slatkin, Music Director

Neeme Järvi, Music Director Emeritus

arr. Scott Macmillan “Stars on the Hill” Group Roualeyn’s Plaid J. Scott Skinner’s Welcome to Inverness The Marchioness of Huntly The Athelete Devil in the Kitchen MacLaine of Loch Buie Mrs. Beattie Wallace Red Shoes Reel Jack Daniel’s Reel

Jeff Tyzik, Principal Pops Conductor Terence Blanchard, Jazz Creative Director Michelle Merrill, Assistant Conductor, Phillip and Lauren Fisher Community Ambassador Gabriela Lena Frank, Music Alive Composer-in-Residence

Pops Series Natalie MacMaster Friday, March 13, 2015 at 10:45 a.m. & 8 p.m. Saturday, March 14, 2015 at 8 p.m. Sunday, March 15, 2015 at 3 p.m. in Orchestra Hall

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MICHELLE MERRILL, conductor NATALIE MacMASTER, fiddle KIMBERLY KALOYANIDES KENNEDY, violin* MAC MORIN, piano ERIC BRETON, drums

Malcolm Arnold Four Scottish Dances, Op. 59 III. Allegretto IV. Con brio

Percy Grainger Molly on the Shore

J.S. Skinner Hector the Hero

arr. Scott Macmillan The Carnival Medley Carnival March Miller of Drone MacKinnon’s Brook Lucy Campbell Annie is My Darling Gordon Coté (Jerry Holland) Brid’s Nest Köhler’s Hornpipe

arr. Scott Macmillan Strathspey and Three Reels Miss Lyall’s Strathspey Miss Lyall’s Reel Sandy Cameron’s Reel Traditional Reel

Donnell Leahy & The Chase Natalie MacMaster

arr. & orch. Scott Macmillan Three Jigs Scotty’s Favourite (traditional) Mike’s Fancy (by Jerry Holland) Tea Gardens (Angus Chisholm)

arr. Scott Macmillan Tunes a-Plenty Bill Crawford’s Fiddle Traditional Jig Pet of the Piper’s Mary MacDonald’s Reel Herman the Carpenter Jerry Holland Reel

Johann Sebastian Bach “Devil’s Dream” Prelude from Suite arr. Macmillan in E major, BWV 1006a/1000*

Maurice Lennon If Ever You Were Mine arr. Scott Macmillan

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Cliff Bruner Jesse’s Polka John Walter McEuen arr. Scott Macmillan

The DSO can be heard on the Live From Orchestra Hall, Chandos, London, Mercury Records, Naxos and RCA labels.

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PROFILES MICHELLE MERRILL Assistant Conductor, Phillip and Lauren Fisher Community Ambassador Rapidly rising conductor Michelle Merrill is the newly named Assistant Conductor of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. A passionate and dynamic artist, Merrill was awarded the prestigious Ansbacher Conducting Fellowship in 2013 by members of the Vienna Philharmonic and the American Austrian Foundation, which enabled her to be in residence at the world-renowned Salzburg Festival. For three seasons, Merrill has conducted the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra on various concerts throughout the year, and recently made her debut with the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra in September 2014. Previous praise came from her conducting of Schubert’s Symphony No. 5 with the Rochester Philharmonic: “with the natural grace of a prima ballerina, Merrill knows what she wants and how to achieve it….” She is also currently the Assistant Conductor of the Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic, and concludes her tenure with this orchestra in the 2014/15 season. A strong advocate of new music, Merrill has worked with Voices of Change (VOC), Dallas’s professional,

modern contemporary music ensemble. She also traveled with VOC in the summer of 2012 to showcase classical music written by celebrated American Indian musicians at the Chickasaw Chamber Music Festival.

Leonard Slatkin, Music Director

NATALIE MacMASTER Award-winning Cape Breton, Nova Scotia musician Natalie MacMaster began her fiddling career at 16 releasing her debut album “Four on the Floor.” Her musical venture now spans over three decades, completing 11 albums, performing thousands of shows and collaborating with a multitude of world renowned artists including Yo-Yo Ma. The most recent album by MacMaster, “Cape Breton Girl,” has been self-described as a “straightahead, traditional record.” The album is filled with an invigorating collection of toe-tapping jigs, reels, and strathspeys that embodies her most cherished values, her family and home, tradition and faith. MacMaster provides the audience with a unique and traditional experience by incorporating traditional step dancing into her performances. With her Cape Breton roots, dedication to her craft and love for her family, Natalie is a musical force with a long and successful career in music.

Neeme Järvi, Music Director Emeritus

Classical Series Friday, March 27, 2015 at 10:45 a.m. Saturday, March 28, 2015 at 8 p.m. Sunday, March 29, 2015 at 3 p.m. in Orchestra Hall CRISTIAN MACELARU, conductor KAREN GOMYO, violin György Ligeti Concert Românesc (b. 1923)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, K. 219 (1756-1791) Allegro aperto Adagio Rondo: Tempo di menuetto Karen Gomyo, violin INTERMISSION

Anton von Webern Passacaglia, Op. 1 (1883-1945)

Robert Schumann Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120 (1810-1856) Ziemlich langsam – Lebhaft Romanze: Siemlich langsam Scherzo: Lebhaft Langsam – Lebhaft This performance will be webcast at dso.org/live

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PROFILES

PROGRAM NOTES

CRISTIAN MACELARU

which young musicians perform in a variety of settings, side by side with established, renowned artists.

Associate Conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra, Cristian Macelaru began his tenure at the Philadelphia Orchestra as Assistant Conductor in September 2011; in recognition of his artistic contributions to the orchestra, his title was elevated to Associate Conductor in November 2012. An accomplished violinist from an early age, Macelaru was the youngest concertmaster in the history of the Miami Symphony Orchestra and made his Carnegie Hall debut with that orchestra at the age of 19. Formerly he held the position of Resident Conductor at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music, where he was Music Director of the Campanile Orchestra, Assistant Conductor to Larry Rachleff and Conductor for the Opera Department. Last year Macelaru received the 2012 Sir Georg Solti Emerging Conductor Award, a prestigious honor only awarded once before in the foundation’s history. He has participated in the conducting programs of the Tanglewood Music Center and the Aspen Music Festival, studying under David Zinman, Murry Sidlin, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Robert Spano, Oliver Knussen and Stefan Asbury. As the Founder and Artistic Director of the Crisalis Music Project, Macelaru spearheaded a program in

KAREN GOMYO

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Recipient of the prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant in 2008, violinist Karen Gomyo has been described by the Cleveland Plain Dealer as “captivating, honest and soulful, fueled by abundant talent but not a vain display of technique.” Her career has taken her outside of the US, where she has appeared with orchestras including the Danish National Symphony, Tokyo Symphony, and Sydney Symphony. Gomyo has worked with various conductors including Leonard Slatkin, Neeme Järvi, Andrew Litton, David Robertson, David Zinman, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, and Jakub Hru°ša. In December 2013, a documentary film about Stradivarius called “The Mysteries of the Supreme Violin,” in which Gomyo is violinist, navigator, and narrator, was broadcast worldwide on NHK WORLD. Gomyo is deeply interested in the Nuevo Tango of Astor Piazzolla, and has an ongoing special project with Piazzolla’s longtime pianist and tango legend Pablo Ziegler and his partners Hector del Curto (bandoneon), Claudio Ragazzi (electric guitar), and Pedro Giraudo (double bass). Karen Gomyo plays the “Aurora, exFoulis” Stradivarius violin of 1703 that was bought for her exclusive use by a private sponsor. dso.org

Concert Romanesc GYÖRGY LIGETI

B. May 28, 1923 in Dicsoszentmarton, Transylvania D. June 12, 2006 in Vienna, Austria SCORED FOR 2 FLUTES, PICCOLO, 2 OBOES, ENGLISH HORN, 2 CLARINETS, 2 BASSOONS, 3 HORNS, 2 TRUMPETS, PERCUSSION (BASS DRUM, CYMBALS, SNARE DRUM, TAM-TAM & TRIANGLE) AND STRINGS. (APPROX. 12 MINUTES).

yörgy Sandor Ligeti was a highly individual and influential composer who was in the front ranks of new music until he died at the age of 83. One of the most original and important minds of the last half of the 20th century, he was born in a Jewish community in a small town in Transylvania whose culture was partly Hungarian and partly Romanian. Isolated by antisemitism, he withdrew into a rich, and special and selfsufficient inner world of his own, and this feeling of being an outsider remained with him for most of his life. He was always very serious about his work, and even when his compositions were playful or ironic, the intent behind them was always serious. He wanted his music to be understood by all who heard it, and many of his premieres were sensational in the extreme, whether the audiences enjoyed the music or not. He was a great pioneer of the post-war era who helped devise new ways of creating and perceiving music, and throughout his career he displayed a constant need to move on and explore new means which he had not yet tried. Unlike many of his contemporaries, he had no allegiance to any school or movement or preconceived ideas about how music should sound. A brief outline of the early part of

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Ligeti’s life will help illustrate why he developed along such individual lines. In 1940 Northern Transylvania was occupied by Hungary, and three years later he was sent to a Jewish forcedlabor brigade which narrowly escaped being liquidated. His brother was sent to a concentration camp, and both of his parents were sent to Auschwitz. Sadly, his mother was the only survivor of his immediate family. Following the war he returned to Budapest where he had studied during several summers prior to 1940, and he enrolled in the famous Franz Liszt Academy of Music where he graduated with honors in 1949. After a year spent researching the Hungarian folk music of his native Transylvania, he returned to the Liszt Academy, this time as a teacher of harmony and counterpoint and musical analysis. By this time communications between Hungary and the West had become very difficult due to severe restrictions imposed by the communist regime, and so Ligeti and many other artists were effectively cut off from developments outside the Soviet bloc. In December of 1956, some two months after the cruel suppression of the Hungarian revolution, Ligeti and his wife fled to Vienna where he remained for the rest of his life, becoming an Austrian citizen in 1968. On that flight to Vienna he had to leave most of his Hungarian compositions in Budapest, many of which are now lost. It was around 1960 that his work began to be well-known and appreciated. Among the compositions from that era are Apparitions (1959) and Atmospheres (1961), the latter work becoming world famous through its use in Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 sci-fi classic 2001: A Space Odyssey. There were actually three other Ligeti works in that film, Lux Aeterna, the DE TROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA • SPRING 2015 23

Kyrie section of his Requiem, and an electronically altered version of Aventures, all of which were used without his permission. After winning a lawsuit against Kubrick for doing this, Ligeti granted the director permission to use his music in The Shining and Eyes Wide Shut. Later, Martin Scorsese used the orchestral work Lontano in the movie Shutter Island. These were followed by works in which he really found his true musical path, and the opera Le Grand Macabre (1978). The music he wrote during the prolific last 20 years of his life is highlighted by an extraordinary degree of rhythmic complexity and an entirely new conception of what pulse means in music. In the late 1990s he began having health problems which became severe after the turn of the 21st century, and he died in Vienna when he was 83. The Concert Romanesc (Romanian Concerto) brings to mind village singing and dancing and the calls of mountain horns. Among his childhood memories in Transylvania is encountering at the age of 3 a player of the alpine horn in the Carpathian Mountains. Later on he remembered a wild band of musicians wearing animal masks running into his family’s courtyard and energetically playing dissonant folk tunes on violins and bagpipes. What is fascinating about this early work (1952) is that it was written in a style which is diametrically opposed to his later avant-garde works that played such a key role in the development of new music in the last half of the 20th century. During the Stalinist era government officials encouraged composers to write concert music which drew from folkloric elements, and Ligeti, who had by then had a reputation as a political dissident, may have written this 24

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work as a means of self-protection. Whatever the case, he was genuinely interested in Romanian folk music which he heard frequently as a child and later studied at the Bucharest Folklore Institute in 1949. These folk elements, including some very wild harmonies in the last movement, were looked on as too far-out, and the work, which was written originally for an army orchestra, was immediately banned. The score was subsequently lost, but in the 1960s a Hungarian music publisher re-created the score from the surviving orchestra parts, and the work finally received its premiere in August of 1971 at the Peninsula Music Festival in Fish Creek, Wisconsin, with the Festival Orchestra conducted by Thor Johnson. There might not have been a problem with the Concerto if it had consisted of only the first two movements which are quite different from the last two: the first two movements had been adapted from an earlier Ballade and Dance for two violins, written in 1950. The four short movements of the Concert Romanesc follow one another without pause. The first evokes peasant singing, recalling qualities of Renaissance music with constant meter changes, while the second reminds one of a lively folk dance. In the third movement Ligeti writes an echo duet for two horns — placed as far apart as possible — and instructs the players to use natural tuning (without valves), emulating the alpine horn players of the Carpathian Mountains. The final movement is a wild and unrestrained dance, featuring a solo violin which seemingly wants to play forever, until it is quashed by a final, forceful chord from the full orchestra. It is in this last movement where Ligeti hints at the direction his later avant-garde music would take, dso.org

and which caused the authorities to deny the work a first performance. These performances of Concert Romanesc are a DSO premiere.

Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, K. 219, “Turkish” WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART

B. January 27, 1756, Salzburg, Austria D. December 5, 1791, Prague, Czech Republic COMPOSED IN DECEMBER 1775 DURING MOZART’S APPOINTMENT AS COURT MUSICIAN FOR THE PRINCEARCHBISHOP HIERONYMUS COLLOREDO. SCORED FOR SOLO VIOLIN, 2 OBOES, 2 HORNS AND STRINGS (APPROX. 31 MINUTES).

n April 1775 during the Archduke Maximilian’s visit to Salzburg, Mozart wrote his first violin concerto, Concerto No. 1 in B-flat. During the next eight

months Mozart wrote four more violin concertos, including Concerto No. 5 in A major, which is the most substantive and technically demanding of the five. The concerto opens with an orchestral tutti which introduces the main thematic elements of the first movement. The opening’s operatic textures, dynamics and moods create a sense of anticipation in preparation of the solo entrance. The violin enters with a short but sweet dolce adagio passage with simple accompaniment in the orchestra. This section leads to a grand pause, and then the exposition begins with a heroic tune from the violin carrying over the orchestral accompaniment. In the following section the violin introduces themes that gain virtuosic flair as the development section begins to grow. The development introduces new themes and explores a wide range of unexpected keys. The recapitulation revisits previous material but this time

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with more thrilling embellishments. In the second movement the orchestra presents main thematic ideas, which the solo violin echoes while adding delicate ornamentation. The last movement is a French-style “rondeau.” The refrain is introduced first by the solo violin and then restated in the orchestra. The soloist’s virtuosity is then showcased in three exciting episodes. During the third episode, a passage in A minor labeled “alla Turka” interrupts the cheery minuet with its aggressive articulation, wide leaps, and chromatic turns. This section turns out to be a rondo of its own with a separate refrain and thrilling contrasting episodes. Once the “Turkish” music ends, the “rondeau” theme returns, giving way to a solo cadenza after which the piece comes to a lilting close. The DSO last performed Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 5 in March 2012 on the Neighborhood Concert Series with Joseph Silverstein as conductor and soloist. The DSO premiere took place in March 1939 on the Ford Sunday Evening Hour radio broadcast with Eugene Ormandy conducting and Robert Viroval as soloist.

Passacaglia, Op. 1 ANTON FRIEDERICH WILHELM von WEBERN

B. December 3, 1883 in Vienna, Austria D. September 15, 1945 in Mittersill, Austria SCORED FOR 2 FLUTES, PICCOLO, 2 OBOES, ENGLISH HORN, 2 CLARINETS, BASS CLARINET, 2 BASSOONS, CONTRABASSOON, 4 HORNS, 3 TRUMPETS, 3 TROMBONES, TUBA, TIMPANI, PERCUSSION AND STRINGS. (APPROX. 11 MINUTES).

ebern was a member of the socalled Second Viennese School which also included Arnold Schoenberg and Alban Berg, who said that they

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inherited their legacy from the First Viennese School, namely Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven and Schubert. In this capacity, Webern became one of the leading proponents of the twelvetone technique of composition, and his innovations in organization of pitch, rhythm, duration and dynamics led to the formation of the later technique known as total serialism, i.e., music constructed according to permutations of a group of elements placed in a certain order or series. Like many composers who had reasonably lengthy careers, Webern’s music changed with the passage of time, and became typified by very lean textures in which every note can be clearly heard, along with very detailed instructions to performers about extended instrumental techniques. Odd though it may seem, his music was a reflection of his deep love of nature, particularly the beautiful flowers from the Carinthian Alps that he pressed between the pages of his favorite books. Beginning in 1938 Webern’s music was denounced as degenerate by the Nazi regime, making it difficult for him to earn a living, and requiring him to take on work as an editor and proofreader for his publisher. As World War II came to an end, Webern’s son Peter was killed in action, and he himself was drafted into the air raid police. Believing that he would be safer away from Vienna, he and his wife joined their daughters in the mountains near Salzburg. On the night of September 15, 1945 during the Allied occupation of Austria, Webern was mistakenly shot and killed by an American soldier following the arrest of his son-in-law on suspicion of black market activity. Forty-five minutes before a curfew was to have gone into effect, he stepped outside his house so as not to disturb the rest of the household in order to enjoy a fine cigar, and was shot three times by a confused Private dso.org

Raymond Bell, who was so overcome by remorse from the incident that he died of alcoholism in 1955. Webern’s first piece after completing his studies with Schoenberg was this Passacaglia, written in 1908, and the first work he allowed to be published. The passacaglia is a variation form which originated in the 17th century. It is among the strictest of classical forms, one which has challenged composers through the ages, because it requires adherence to a steady underlying pattern as the foundation of its structure, but at the same time needs a considerable amount of creativity in the melodic registers. As one writer said, “The problem is, in short, to combine discipline with imagination.” Webern’s passacaglia is solidly in the key of D minor, but with one note foreign to that key which allows him to follow the chromatically extended approach to tonality which Schoenberg had been using at the time. The austere logic of the work is very reminiscent of the passacaglia which Brahms uses in the extraordinary last movement of his great Fourth Symphony. At the same time, there are many of Webern’s hallmarks, such as the soloistic use of the orchestral instruments, economy and transparency in the handling of the large orchestra, ingenious contrapuntal invention which produces a great number of thematic transformations, generally soft dynamics, and silence as an element in the work’s construction. The work is basically divided into three sections plus a coda (a concluding section): the first section comprises eleven variations; the second, four; and the third, eight. Each section is clearly defined, along with numerous shifts in mood, volume and intensity. The first and second variations introduce counter-melodies, and later, the 12th variation shifts into D Major and a more dso.org

relaxed feeling. The 16th variation starts a development section in a rather tense and stormy mood; then the 20th variation is in the nature of a recapitulation of the opening material. The final variation is the extended coda, and the work ends in the very quiet ambience of the beginning. With a length of just 269 measures, the Passacaglia is one of the longest single movements in all of his output. In this work one can already find hints of the late-20th century technique called Minimalism, and it is a significant representation of Schoenberg’s ideal in music which was to produce “… an abundance of thematic forms from the least possible musical material in the smallest possible space.” The composer himself conducted the first performance of the work in Vienna in November of 1908. The DSO last performed the Passacaglia Op. 1 in March 2003 with Mark Wigglesworth conducting. The DSO premiere took place in April 1976 in Ford Auditorium with Max Rudolf conducting.

Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120 ROBERT SCHUMANN

B. June 8, 1810, Zwickau, Germany D. July 29, 1856, Endenich, Germany INITIALLY COMPOSED IN 1841 AS SYMPHONY NO. 2 AND REVISED IN 1851. THE FIRST VERSION PREMIERED 6 DECEMBER 30, 1841 IN LEIPZIG, CONDUCTED BY F. DAVID. REVISED VERSION PREMIERED 30 DECEMBER 30, 1852 IN DÜSSELDORF, CONDUCTED BY THE COMPOSER. SCORED FOR PAIRS OF FLUTES, OBOES, CLARINETS, AND BASSOONS, 4 HORNS, 2 TRUMPETS, 2 TROMBONES, TIMPANI, AND STRINGS. (APPROX. 30 MINS.).

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became clear that one particular critical strategy, that of utilizing the work of art to psychoanalyze the artist, was problematic and untenable. Nowhere is that more clear than with Schumann. Schumann began work on the symphony in 1841 during a period of great productivity. The previous year, Schumann had won a decisive legal victory against Clara Wieck’s father who had refused to grant the couple permission to marry. Seemingly inspired, Schumann composed his first and second symphonies. In fact, 1841 has been referred to as “The Symphonic Year” of Schumann by musicologist John Daverio, to parallel the Liederjahr, or song-year, which refers to the composer’s copious composition of songs (130 of them to be precise) during 1840. Whereas Schumann had achieved great success with his first symphony, this second effort was received coolly. The composer withdrew the work and shelved it for 10 years. When Schumann finally revisited the symphony, it was as the municipal music director of Düsseldorf, a post which he began in September 1850. This was another triumphant period of his life, as he had secured a prestigious position with a steady salary. In addition, his duties as director and conductor of the city’s orchestra and chorus provided him a measure of freedom to perform pieces of his own choosing. Two weeks before he began work on the revision, Clara gave birth to a daughter, Eugenie. Although the revised version of the symphony is the one which is usually performed, it is not unanimously considered to be better. While there were a number of structural improvements, the orchestration was changed, giving it a Romantic weight that the earlier version did not have. Brahms, in fact, preferred the 1841 28

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version of the symphony, and after the composer’s death, arranged for its publication by Breitkopf and Härtel in 1891. Of primary interest in this symphony is Schumann’s attempt to create a cyclical work. In fact, the only real precedent for the structural organization of the work is Mendelssohn’s Scottish Symphony. The introduction to the first movement states the raw musical materials which will be explored throughout the symphony. In addition, there are no breaks between movements. Instead, musical continuity pervades. Temporally, there is nothing more than a quarter rest with a fermata separating the first three movements. However, the tonal connections between the movements break down any sense of separation. The D major which closes the first movement is changed to D minor as the second movement opens, and is recontextualized as the subdominant to A minor which is the key of the second movement. Similarly, the second movement ends with an A major chord, which is then reinterpreted as the dominant of the third movement, which is again in D minor. There is even less distinction when the slow coda of the third movement blends imperceptibly with the slow introduction of the fourth movement. By the time the musical texture has audibly changed, the movement is well under way. The introduction gives way to a lively D major sonata-allegro movement which finally releases the weight of the previous three movements. The DSO last performed Schumann’s Symphony No. 4 in March 2008, with Jerzy Semkow conducting. The DSO premiere took place in January 1917 in the Detroit Opera House with Weston Gales conducting.

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Neeme Järvi, Music Director Emeritus

Pops Series The Golden Age of Broadway Friday, April 10, 2015 at 10:45 a.m. Saturday, April 11, 2015 at 8 p.m. Sunday, April 12, 2015 at 3 p.m in Orchestra Hall BOB BERNHARDT, conductor LISA VROMAN, vocalist * • DOUG LABRECQUE, vocalist ^

George Gershwin Gershwin Medley arr. Ralph Hermann Swanee • The Man I Love • Strike Up the Band

Cole Porter/arr. O’Neil “Wunderbar” from Kiss Me Kate*^

Cole Porter/arr. Blank & O’Neil “Alpine Rose” from The Ambassador Revue* Cole Porter/arr. Blank & Lefort “You’ve Got That Thing” from Fifty Million Frenchmen*^

Cole Porter/arr. Barker “Begin the Beguine” from Jubilee^

Irving Berlin/arr. O’Neil What’ll I Do?*

Irving Berlin/arr. DePuit Berlin Medley^

Irving Berlin/arr. Tyzik Alexander’s Ragtime Band

George Gershwin/arr. Leyden By Strauss*^

George Gershwin/arr. O’Neil “’S Wonderful” from Funny Face* George Gershwin Just Another Rhumba*^ arr. Steichen, adpt. O’Neil INTERMISSION Richard Rodgers Symphonic Scenario for Orchestra arr. Robert Russell Bennett from South Pacific

Martin/Blane & Lerner/Loewe Trolley Song/I Could Have Danced All Night* arr. O’Neil

Harold Arlen/arr. Barker “Over the Rainbow” from Wizard of Oz^

Burt Bacharach arr. David I’ll Never Fall In Love Again *^ Marvin Hamlisch/arr. Burns A Chorus Line Overture

Andrew Lloyd Webber/arr. Cullen “Think of Me” from Phantom of the Opera*

Andrew Lloyd Webber/arr. Barker “Music of the Night” from Phantom of the Opera*^ This Pops Series program is generously sponsored by

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PROFILES BOB BERNHARDT LISA VROMAN With 31 years of experience as a Music Director, 35 years as a conductor of Pops and 33 years in the opera pit, Bob Bernhardt brings a unique perspective and ability each time he is on the podium. In January, Bernhardt was named Principal Pops Conductor of the Grand Rapids Symphony. He is currently in his 18th season as Principal Pops Conductor of the Louisville Orchestra, and in his 3rd season as Music Director Emeritus and Principal Pops Conductor of the Chattanooga Symphony and Opera. This season marks his 22nd as a frequent guest of the Boston Pops, which he first conducted at John Williams’ invitation in 1992. In the world of pops, he was worked with scores of stars from Broadway, Rock & Roll and the American Songbook, from Brian Stokes Mitchell and Kelli O’Hara, to the Beach Boys and Wynonna, to Jason Alexander and Ann Hampton Callaway. A lover of opera, he conducted productions with Kentucky Opera for 18 consecutive seasons and for 19 seasons with his own company in Chattanooga, as well as many guest conducting engagements with the Nashville Opera.

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From Broadway to Classics, on stage and in concert, Lisa Vroman has established herself as one of America’s most versatile voices. Her Broadway debut was in Aspects of Love, and she was the first to play both Fantine and Cosette in Les Miserables. For PBS she was featured in Cameron Mackintosh’s Hey, Mr. Producer! at the Lyceum Theatre in London, a Royal Gala attended by Queen Elizabeth II. Vroman is a George London Competition Grant recipient and a 1999 Minerva award recipient from Potsdam State University. She received an Undergraduate degree in Music Education form the Crane School of Music, State University of New York at Potsdam and a MFA at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Vroman made her debut at The Hollywood Bowl in Disney’s 75th celebration, singing and dancing with legend Dick Van Dyke in a medley from Mary Poppins. She had the honor of singing at the Profiles in Courage Award dinner in Boston at the JFK Library, as a guest of the Kennedy family. She has also sung on separate occasions for Queen Elizabeth, former President Bill Clinton and former Vice President Al Gore.

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DOUG LaBRECQUE Doug LaBrecque thrilled theatre audiences as The Phantom and Raoul in the Harold Prince production of The Phantom of the Opera. Nationally, LaBrecque has toured with Les Miserables and regionally, he has performed leading roles in Candide, A Chorus Line, Man of LaMancha among many others. A graduate of University of Michigan, he was also featured in the world premiere of A Wonderful Life and starred in the premiere revival of Kurt Weill and Alan Jay Lerner’s Love Life. LaBrecque has been a soloist with some of the world’s finest symphony orchestras including The National Symphony, The Israel Philharmonic

(Tel Aviv), The Chicago Symphony, The Cleveland Orchestra, The Atlanta Symphony, The San Francisco Symphony, among many others. Special engagements include an onstage performance with Senators Ted Kennedy and Orrin Hatch (singing together!) at Hickory Hill, the legendary home of Ethel Kennedy. International engagements have included The Korean National Symphony in Seoul, Korea, The Brazilian Symphony Orchestra in Rio De Janeiro, and numerous return engagements with the Israel Philharmonic. LaBrecque recently appeared in Alba Italy as the guest soloist in an all Bernstein concert.

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MICHIGAN COUNCIL FOR ARTS AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS The Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs (MCACA) strengthens arts and culture by increasing its visibility, broadening cultural understanding, supporting arts education and encouraging new, creative and innovative works of art. The mission of the MCACA is to encourage, initiate and facilitate an enriched artistic, cultural and creative environment in Michigan. As the state’s lead agency charged with developing arts and culture policy and grant-making, MCACA recognizes the need for, and seeks out, a wide variety of public and private sector partners to help fulfill this mission. The MCACA has been a supporter of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra for many years, awarding the organization annual grants in recognition of the artistic excellence of DSO’s programs and its impact throughout the community. These grants are awarded through the MCACA peer review process, in which each application is reviewed and recommended by a panel of industry professionals throughout the state. The DSO was one of 65 organizations within Wayne County that received a grant this year. For more information about the MCACA, please visit michiganbusiness.org/arts. dso.org

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ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF

EDUCATION

EXECUTIVE OFFICE Anne Parsons, President and CEO James B. and Ann V. Nicholson Chair

DSO Takes Virtual Field Trip

Paul W. Hogle, Executive Vice President

Free Educational Webcast Returns to Schools this May

his past November, the DSO took nearly 45,000 students nationwide on an “American Adventure,” a musical journey across the US with curricular ties that emphasized history, technology and language arts. For the first time, students experienced the launch of Classroom Edition, an educational expansion of the Live from Orchestra Hall free HD webcast series. Classroom Edition returns May 14 with “Musical Tales” to teach students the many ways music can be used to tell a story. The DSO will be joined on stage by ballerinas from the Ballet Americana Company and baritone Michael Miller performing selections from Rossini’s Barber of Seville, John Williams’ Children’s Suite from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone and more. In the fall, nearly 70 Detroit schools tuned into Classroom Edition, including all of Detroit Public Schools’ K-8 classes, a total of more than 30,000 students, many of which would not otherwise be able to see the performance because of transportation issues. An additional 172 schools throughout the country also participated. Classroom Edition is an expansion of the DSO’s popular Educational Concert Series (ECS), which for years has exposed area youth to orchestral performances, both in historic Orchestra Hall and the community. Now, with the development of this groundbreaking educational tool, select ECS performances each season will be adapted to provide an engaging classroom experience, complete with an interactive lesson plan archive aligned with national music education curriculum. Streaming at dso.org/classroom or through the DSO to Go mobile app, Classroom Edition is available to global audiences for live viewing. The Classroom Edition series is made possible by the support of the Mandell and Madeleine Berman Foundation.

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Ronald Martin, Security Officer Johnnie Scott, Security Officer FINANCE

Corinne Wiseman, Digital Communications Coordinator

Jeremiah Hess, Senior Director of Accounting & Finance

Joy Crawford, Executive Assistant to the President and CEO

Sharon Gardner Carr, Assistant Manager of Tessitura and Ticketing Operations

Elaine Curvin, Executive Assistant to the Executive Vice President ARTISTIC & OPERATIONS Erik Rönmark, General Manager and Artistic Administrator ARTISTIC PLANNING Jessica Ruiz, Manager of Artistic Planning Christopher Harrington, Managing Director of Paradise Jazz Series Katherine Curatolo, Artistic Coordinator Clare Valenti, Popular & Special Programming Coordinator COMMUNITY PROGRAMS Kareem George, Managing Director of Community Programs Don Killinger, Operations & Community Engagement Coordinator LIVE FROM ORCHESTRA HALL Eric Woodhams, Director of Digital Initiatives ORCHESTRA OPERATIONS Kathryn Ginsburg, Director of Operations Leslie Karr, Executive Assistant to the Music Director Stephen Molina, Orchestra Personnel Manager Heather Hart Rochon, Assistant Orchestra Personnel Manager

ADVANCEMENT & EXTERNAL RELATIONS Scott Harrison, Vice President of Advancement and External Relations

Will Broner, Advancement Services Coordinator dso.org

Norris Jackson, Security Officer

Anne Wilczak, Managing Director of Special Events and Projects

Bree Kneisler, Advancement Services and Prospect Research Manager

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Gabrielle Poshadlo, Director of Communications and Media Relations

Melvin Dismukes, Security Officer

Linda Lutz, Chief Financial Officer

ADVANCEMENT SERVICES

COMMUNICATIONS

Greg Schimizzi, Chief of Security

Asia Rapai, Public Relations Coordinator

Dennis Rottell, Stage Manager

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Caitlin Bush, Advancement Services Coordinator

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INDIVIDUAL GIVING

Dawn Kronell, Accounts Payable Temp

Cassie Brenske, Director of Advancement for Individual Giving

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Lindsey Evert, Advancement Projects Manager / @ The Max Producer Chelsea Kotula, Advancement and Board Campaign Manager Juanda Pack, Advancement Benefits Coordinator INSTITUTIONAL GIVING Anneke Leunk, Foundation and Government Relations Coordinator oneDSO CAMPAIGN Julie Byczynski, oneDSO Campaign Director Jessica Luther, oneDSO Campaign and Planned Giving Manager EDUCATION Emily Lamoreaux, Wu Family Director of Education Henry Windham III, Training Programs Manager Abbey Springer, Training Programs Coordinator FACILITY OPERATIONS Nicholas Thornton, Director of Facilities Management Larry Ensman, Maintenance Supervisor Frederico Augustin, Facility Engineer Martez Duncan, Maintenance Technician Ryan Ensman, Night Shift Leader

Jody Harper, Director of Information Technology Ra’Jon Taylor, Help Desk Administrator PATRON DEVELOPMENT AND ENGAGEMENT Nicki Inman, Senior Director of Patron Development and Engagement AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT Christopher Harrington, Director of Audience Development Margaret Cassetto, Front of House Manager Chuck Dyer, Manager of Group and Corporate Sales Mallory Schirr, Audience Development Coordinator LaHeidra Marshall, Audience Development Associate Tiiko Reese-Douglas, Patron Loyalty Coordinator CATERING AND RETAIL SERVICES Christina Williams, Director of Catering and Retail Services Michael Polsinelli, Executive Chef Kelsey Karl, Retail Manager Nate Richter, Bar Manager EVENTS AND RENTALS Holly Clement, Senior Manager of Events and Rentals Ashley Powers, Event Sales Representative

William Guilbault, Maintenance Technician

Connie Campbell, Manager of Event Sales and Administration

Crystal King, Maintenance Technician

PATRON SALES AND SERVICE

Daniel Speights, Maintenance Technician

Michelle Marshall, Assistant Manager of Patron Sales & Service Martha Morhardt, Patron Development Assistant Taryn Sanford, Lead Ticketing Specialist

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MAXIMIZE YOUR EXPERIENCE Priority Service for our Members Subscribers and donors who make a gift of $1,000 or more annually receive priority assistance. Just visit the Member Center on the second floor of the Max M. Fisher Atrium for help with tickets, exchanges, donations, or any other DSO needs. 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 an hour and a half prior to each concert through to the end of intermission. For more information on becoming a Governing Member contact Cassie Brenske at 313.576.5460 or cbrenske@dso.org. Dine at the DSO Located on the second floor of Orchestra Hall, Paradise Lounge will be open prior to most concerts featuring gourmet dinners, decadent desserts, classic cocktails, small production wines, and craft beers. Bars will be available throughout the Max M. 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. Parking, Security, and Lost & Found During M-1 construction, valet parking is available for most concerts for only $12 with vehicle drop-off and pick-up on Parsons Street near the corner of Woodward Avenue. Donor valet and pick-up, (patrons who give $7,500+), is available at the stage door behind the Max M. Fisher Music Center. Parking is available for $7 in the Orchestra Place Parking Structure located on Parsons Street, with overflow in a nearby DSO lot. Handicap 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 $12. Please call 313.576.5130 for information. When purchasing tickets at the Box Office, DSO offers patrons one hour of free parking in the Orchestra Place Parking Structure during daytime box office hours. Lost & Found is located at the security desk by the stage entrance. They can be contacted at 313.576.5199. Accessibility Parking is available in the Orchestra Place Parking Structure for patrons with applicable permits. There are elevators, barrier-free restrooms and accessible seating in all areas of the Max M. Fisher Music Center. Security personnel are available at the entrances to help patrons requiring extra assistance in and out of vehicles. Hearing assistance devices are also available. Please see the House Manager or any usher for additional assistance.

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A Smoke-Free Environment The DSO is pleased to offer a smoke-free environment at the Max M. Fisher Music Center. Patrons who wish to smoke must do so outside the building. This policy also applies to electronic smoking devices such as e-cigarettes and personal 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. Fisher Music Center, including children. The Max M. Fisher Music Center opens two hours prior to most DSO concerts. Most classical 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 work will be reseated after the work is completed. Latecomers will be able to watch the performance on closed circuit television in the Atrium Lobby. Please turn off 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. Concert Cancellations To find out if a scheduled performance has been cancelled due to inclement weather or other emergencies, visit dso.org or facebook.com/detroitsymphony, call the Box Office at 313.576.5111, or tune in to WJR 760 AM and WWJ 950 AM. Gift Certificates Give friends and loved ones a gift that lasts all year long—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. Max M. Fisher Music Center Rental Information The Max M. Fisher Music Center is an ideal setting for a variety of events and performances, including weddings, corporate gatherings, concerts, and more. For information on renting the facility, please call 313.576.5050 or visit dso.org/rent. Emergency Evacuation Procedure In an 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 or supervisor. 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. dso.org

Barbar a Van Dusen, Honorary Chair

he 1887 Society is a tribute to the storied past of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and recognizes those among our patrons with unique DSO histories who have made a legacy commitment to our work. Members receive recognition in each issue of Performance magazine and an annual society luncheon, as well as enjoying a special package of benefits throughout the DSO season. If you have arranged for a legacy gift, or for more information on ways to do so, please contact Jessica Luther, Planned Giving Manager, at 313.576.5052. The Detroit Symphony Orchestra Board of Directors is pleased to honor the 1887 Society. These patrons, friends and subscribers have named the Orchestra in their estate plans. Ms. Doris Adler Dr. & Mrs. William C. Albert Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Allesee Dr. Lourdes A. Andaya Mr. & Mrs. Eugene Applebaum Dr. Augustin & Nancy Arbulu Ms. Sharon Backstrom Sally & Donald Baker Mr. & Mrs. Lee Barthel Mr. & Mrs. Mandell L. Berman Mrs. John G. Bielawski† Mrs. Betty Blair Robert T. Bomier Gwen & Richard Bowlby Mr. Harry G. Bowles† William & Julia Bugera Dr. & Mrs. Victor J. Cervenak Eleanor A. Christie Ms. Mary Christner Lois & Avern Cohn Mrs. RoseAnn Comstock Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Cook Dorothy M. Craig Mr. & Mrs. John Cruikshank Ms. Leslie C. Devereaux Mr. John Diebel Mr. Roger Dye & Ms. Jeanne A. Bakale Ms. Bette J. Dyer Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. Eidson Marianne T. Endicott Mr. & Mrs. Stephan† Sharf Ms. Dorothy Fisher Mrs. Marjorie S. Fisher Mr. Emory Ford, Jr.† Dr. Saul & Mrs. Helen Forman Barbara Frankel & Ron Michalak Herman & Sharon Frankel Mrs. Rema Frankel† Jane French Dr. Byron P. & Marilyn Georgeson Mr. Joseph & Mrs. Lois Gilmore Ruth & Al Glancy dso.org

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Donna & Eugene Hartwig Dr. & Mrs. Gerhardt Hein Ms. Nancy B. Henk Mr. & Mrs. Thomas N. Hitchman Mrs. Patricia Hobar† Mr. & Mrs. Richard N. Holloway Paul M. Huxley & Cynthia Pasky David & Sheri Jaffa Mr. & Mrs. Thomas H. Jeffs II Richard & Involut Jessup Lenard & Connie Johnston Ms. Carol Johnston Carol M. Jonson Drs. Anthony & Joyce Kales Faye & Austin Kanter Norb+ & Carole Keller Dr. Mark & Mrs. Gail Kelley June K. Kendall Dimitri+ & Suzanne Kosacheff Mr. & Mrs. Arthur J. Krolikowski Mary Clippert LaMont Mrs. Bonnie Larson Ann C. Lawson Mr. Phillip Leon† Allan S. Leonard Dr. Melvin A. Lester Harold Lundquist & Elizabeth Brockhaus Lundquist Mr. & Mrs. Eric C. Lundquist Roberta Maki Eileen & Ralph Mandarino Mr. Glenn Maxwell Mr. Leonard Mazerov Rhoda A. Milgrim John & Marcia Miller Jerald A. & Marilyn H. Mitchell Mr. & Mrs. L. William† Moll Craig & Shari Morgan Beverley Anne Pack Mr. Dale J. Pangonis Ms. Mary W. Parker Sophie Pearlstein Helen & Wesley Pelling

Dr. William F. Pickard Mrs. Bernard E. Pincus Ms. Christina Pitts Mrs. Robert Plummer Mr. & Mrs. P. T. Ponta Ms. Linda Rankin & Mr. Daniel Graschuck Mr. & Mrs. Douglas J. Rasmussen Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd E. Reuss Barbara Gage Rex Ms. Marianne Reye Katherine D. Rines Bernard & Eleanor Robertson Ms. Barbara Robins Jack & Aviva Robinson Dr. Margaret Ryan Mr. & Mrs. Donald & Janet Schenk Mr. Donald Schultz † Stephanie & Fred Secrest Ms. Marla Shelton Ms. June Siebert Mr. & Mrs. Walter Stuecken Mr. & Mrs. Alexander C. Suczek Alice & Paul Tomboulian Mr. David Patria & Ms. Barbara Underwood Mrs. Richard C. Van Dusen Mr. & Mrs. Melvin VanderBrug Mr. & Mrs. George C. Vincent Mr. & Mrs. Keith C. Weber Mr. Herman Weinreich John & Joanne Werner Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Wilhelm Mr. Michel Williams Ms. Nancy S. Williams† Mr. Robert S. Williams Ms. Barbara Wojtas Ms. Treva Womble Elizabeth B. Work Dr. & Mrs. Clyde Wu Ms. Andrea L. Wulf Mr. Milton Zussman

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The Annual Fund

Giving of $25,000 and more

Gifts received between September 1, 2013 and January 31, 2015 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 a question about this roster, or to make a donation, please contact 313.576.5114 or dso.org/donate.

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

Daniel & Rose Angelucci Mr. & Mrs. Norman Ankers Mr. Chuck Becker Mr. & Mrs. Robert H. Bluestein Mr. & Mrs. Jim Bonahoom Gwen & Richard Bowlby Michael & Geraldine Buckles Lois & Avern Cohn Margie Dunn & Mark Davidoff Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. DeVore Marianne Endicott Jim & Margo Farber Dr. Marjorie M. Fisher Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Fogleman Mr. & Mrs. Edsel B. Ford II Dr. Saul & Mrs. Helen Forman Dale & Bruce Frankel Ms. Carol A. Friend & Mr. Mark T. Kilbourn Mr. & Mrs. Eugene A. Gargaro, Jr. Dorothy & Byron † Gerson Mrs. Gale Girolami Mary Ann & Robert Gorlin Dr. & Mrs. Herman Gray, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. James Grosfeld Dr. Gloria Heppner Ms. Doreen Hermelin Mr. & Mrs. Norman H. Hofley Lauri & Paul¥ Hogle Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Horwitz Richard H. & Carola Huttenlocher Mr. Sharad P. Jain Chacona W. Johnson Faye & Austin Kanter Mr. & Mrs. Norman D. Katz

Giving of $250,000 and more

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

Ruth & Al Glancy Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Frankel Mr. & Mrs. James B. Nicholson Mrs. Richard C. Van Dusen

Mrs. Marjorie S. Fisher Giving of $100,000 and more Marvin & Betty Danto Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Phillip Wm. Fisher Emory M. Ford, Jr.† Endowment

Mr. & Mrs. Morton E. Harris Mrs. Bonnie Larson Mrs. Sophie Pearlstein The Polk Family

Giving of $50,000 and more

Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. Alonzo

Ms. Leslie Devereaux

Mr. & Mrs. Lee Barthel

Linda Dresner & Ed Levy, Jr.

Mrs. Cecilia Benner

Ms. Deborah Miesel

Penny & Harold Blumenstein

Bernard & Eleanor Robertson

Mrs. RoseAnn Comstock

Dr. & Mrs. Clyde Wu

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Mr. Daniel Lewis Mr. & Mrs. Eugene A. Miller Mr. & Mrs. Bruce D. Peterson Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd E. Reuss Mr. & Mrs. Alan E. Schwartz & Mrs. Jean Shapero Mr. & Mrs. Larry Sherman Mr. & Mrs. Donald R. Simon Mr. James G. Vella Mr. & Mrs. Paul M. Zlotoff

Giving of $10,000 and more

Janet and Norm Ankers, chairs

Mandell & Madeleine Berman Foundation

Mr. & Mrs. Eugene Applebaum Mr. & Mrs. John A. Boll, Sr. Mr. & Mrs. Richard A. Brodie Mr. Gary Cone & Ms. Aimée Cowher Mr. & Mrs. Raymond M. Cracchiolo Mrs. Kathryn L. Fife Mr. & Mrs. David Fischer Sidney & Madeline Forbes Barbara Frankel & Ronald Michalak Herman & Sharon Frankel Mr. & Mrs. Ralph J. Gerson

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Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Keegan Mr. David Lebenbom † Marguerite & David Lentz Mr. & Mrs. Ralph LeRoy Jr Dr. Melvin A. Lester Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Lester Bud & Nancy Liebler Michael & Laura Marcero David & Valerie McCammon Dr. Robert & Dr. Mary Mobley Cyril Moscow Geoffrey S. Nathan & Margaret E. Winters David R. & Sylvia Nelson Jim & Mary Beth Nicholson Mariam C. Noland & James A. Kelly Mrs. Jo Elyn Nyman Anne Parsons¥ & Donald Dietz Mr. & Mrs. Richard G. Partrich Mr. Charles Peters Dr. William F. Pickard Ms. Ruth Rattner Jack & Aviva Robinson Martie & Bob Sachs Dr. Mark & Peggy Saffer Marjorie & Saul Saulson Mark & Lois Shaevsky Abbe & David Sherbin Richard Sonenklar & Gregory Haynes Dr. Doris Tong & Dr. Teck M. Soo Mr. Robert VanWalleghem Arthur & Trudy Weiss Mr. & Mrs. John Whitecar Mr. & Mrs. R. Jamison Williams

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Giving of $5,000 and more Richard & Jiehan Alonzo Drs. John & Janice Bernick Mr. & Mrs. Gary L. Cowger Deborah & Stephen D’Arcy Fund Jerry P. & Maureen T. D’Avanzo Joanne Danto & Arnold Weingarden Beck Demery Mr. & Mrs. John M. Erb Ron Fischer¥ & Kyoko Kashiwagi Mr. & Mrs. Alfred J. Fisher, III Mr. & Mrs. Herbert Fisher Ms. Mary D. Fisher Mr. Michael J. Fisher Mr. & Mrs. Steven Fishman Mr. David Fleitz Allan D. Gilmour & Eric C. Jirgens Dr. Kenneth & Roslyne Gitlin Dr. Robert T. Goldman Goodman Family Charitable Trust Dr. Allen Goodman & Dr. Janet Hankin

Mr. & Mrs. James A. Green Mr. Lee V. Hart & Mr. Charles L. Dunlap Ms. Nancy Henk Mr. Eric J. Hespenheide & Ms. Judith V. Hicks Mr. & Mrs. A. E. Igleheart Mr. & Mrs. Richard J. Jessup Lenard & Connie Johnston Michael E. Smerza & Nancy Keppelman Mr. Patrick J. Kerzic & Stephanie Germack Kerzic Dr. David & Elizabeth Kessel Mrs. Frances King Mr. & Mrs. Harold Kulish The Locniskar Group Ms. Florine Mark Alexander & Evelyn McKeen Patricia A. & Patrick G. McKeever Susanne O. McMillan John & Marcia Miller Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Miller Mr. & Mrs. Craig R. Morgan Mr. & Ms. Xavier Mosquet Mr. Joseph Mullany

Mr. & Mrs. Albert T. Nelson, Jr. Patricia & Henry Nickol Mr. & Mrs. David E. Nims Mr & Mrs. Arthur T. O’Reilly Mr. & Mrs. Roger S. Penske Mrs. Bernard E. Pincus Mrs. Helen F. Pippin Dr. Glenda D. Price Dr. & Mrs. John Roberts Mrs. Lois J. Ryan Elaine & Michael Serling Mr. & Mrs. Leonard W. Smith John J. Solecki Renate & Richard Soulen Mr. & Mrs. John Stroh III David Usher Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan T. Walton Gary L. Wasserman S. Evan & Gwen Weiner Dr. & Mrs. Ned Winkelman David & Bernadine Wu Ms. June Wu Dr. & Mrs. Robert E. Wurtz Dr. & Mrs. Seymour Ziegelman Milton & Lois Zussman

Giving of $2,500 and more Howard Abrams & Nina Dodge Abrams Joshua & Judith Adler Dr. Roger & Rosette Ajluni Ann G. Aliber Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Anthony Dr. & Mrs. Ali-Reza R. Armin Mr. David Assemany & Mr. Jeffery Zook¥ Mr. & Mrs. John Axe Ms. Sharon Backstrom Ms. Ruth Baidas Nora Lee & Guy Barron Mr. Mark Bartnik & Ms. Sandra J. Collins Mr. J. Addison Bartush David & Kay Basler Mr. & Mrs. Martin S. Baum Mary Beattie Mr. & Mrs. Richard Beaubien Ms. Margaret Beck Mrs. Harriett Berg George & Joyce Blum Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Bluth Dr. & Mrs. Jason H. Bodzin 38

Dr. & Mrs. Rudrick E. Boucher Don & Marilyn Bowerman Mr. Anthony F. Brinkman Mr. Scott Brooks Mr. & Mrs. Mark R. Buchanan Mr. H. William Burdett, Jr. Dr. Carol S. Chadwick & Mr. H. Taylor Burleson Julie Byczynski¥ & Angus Gray Philip & Carol Campbell Dr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Carson Mr. Daniel Clancy & Mr. Jack Perlmutter † Gloria & Fred Clark Dr. Thomas Clark & Annette Clark Jack, Evelyn & Richard Cole Family Foundation Dr. & Mrs. Charles G. Colombo Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Cook Dr. & Mrs. Ivan Louis Cotman Thomas & Melissa Cragg Mrs. Barbara Cunningham Suzanne Dalton & Clyde Foles Dr. Joseph D. Daniel &

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Mr. Alfredo Silvestre Barbara A. David Lillian & Walter Dean Mr. Kevin S. Dennis & Mr. Jeremy J. Zeltzer Adel & Walter Dissett Mr. & Mrs. Mark Domin Christopher & Pamela Donato Eugene & Elaine Driker Paul† & Peggy Dufault Mr. Michael J. Dul Mr. & Mrs. Robert Dunn Mr. Roger Dye & Ms. Jeanne A. Bakale Edwin & Rosemarie Dyer Dr. Leo & Mrs. Mira Eisenberg Dr. & Mrs. A. Bradley Eisenbrey Sanford Hansell & Dr. Raina Ernstoff Mary Sue & Paul Ewing Mr. David Faulkner Mr. & Mrs. Anthony C. Fielek Mr. & Mrs. Daniel E. FrohardtLane Lynn & Bharat Gandhi † Deceased

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Drs. Lynda & Conrad Giles Dr. & Mrs. Theodore Golden Mr. Nathaniel Good Mr. Jason Gourley & Mrs. Rebekah Page-Gourley Dr. & Mrs. Steven Grekin Mr. Jeffrey Groehn Alice Berberian Haidostian Mr. Kenneth Hale Robert & Elizabeth Hamel Randall L. & Nancy Caine Harbour Mrs. Betty J Harrell Scott Harrison¥ & Angela Detlor Cheryl A. Harvey Dr. & Mrs. Gerhardt Hein Mr. & Mrs. Demar W. Helzer Mr. & Mrs. Ross Herron Mr. Michael E. Hinsky & Tyrus N. Curtis

Dr. Deanna & Mr. David B. Holtzman Jack & Anne Hommes Ms. Barbara Honner Mr. Matthew Howell & Mrs. Julie Wagner Mr. F. Robert Hozian Mr. & Mrs. Joseph L. Hudson, Jr. Julius & Cynthia Huebner Foundation Nicki ¥ & Brian Inman Ira & Brenda Jaffe Mr. John S. Johns Mr. George Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Jonna Mrs. Ellen D. Kahn Betsy & Joel Kellman Martin & Cis Maisel Kellman The Stephanie & Frederic Keywell Family Fund

Mr. & Mrs. Russell King Mr. & Mrs. William P. Kingsley Thomas & Linda Klein Ms. Margot Kohler Dr. Harry & Katherine Kotsis Robert C. & Margaret A. Kotz Mr. & Mrs. James A. Kurz David & Maria Kuziemko Mr. Dennis & Michele La Porte Joyce LaBan Dr. Raymond Landes & Dr. Melissa McBrien-Landes Drs. Lisa & Scott Langenburg Ms. Sandra Lapadot Ms. Anne T. Larin Dolores & Paul Lavins Mr. Henry P. Lee Allan S. Leonard Max Lepler & Rex L. Dotson

Distinguished Donor Spotlight MONA AND RICHARD L. ALONZO

After Mona and Richard Alonzo arrived in the suburbs of Detroit in 1968, they became subscribers to the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, making frequent trips to Detroit. The DSO is proud to celebrate the longstanding support of Gabrilowitsch Society members Richard and Mona Alonzo, as well as their son Richard Alonzo and his wife Jiehan, now Governing Members and strong supporters of the DSO in their own right. “The important thing to us is to encourage people to go to the hall to hear the exceptional music, which is what really matters. Get them attending. The effort the DSO is putting forth to expose young people is really positive for the future of the orchestra, and we truly feel that the orchestra has been rejuvenated over the past three seasons.” A family tradition, Mona, Dick, Jiehan and Richard, all subscribe to the Saturday Classical Series. They are thrilled with the changes happening in Midtown and the surrounding area and only see growth in Detroit’s future. “We want the DSO to thrive, for the sake of the city,” they said. “We support it so that it can continue to grow and exist for all generations. Our support is an investment in Detroit.” The DSO is grateful for the Alonzo family’s dedication to the music and their motivation to inspire all generations to not only attend concerts, but also to support the overall mission of this organization and to deliver unsurpassed musical experiences that embrace and inspire individuals, families and the communities. dso.org

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Mr. & Mrs. John D. Lewis Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Lile Daniel & Linda¥ Lutz Mr. Robert A. Lutz Mrs. Sandra MacLeod Mr. & Mrs. Charles W. Manke, Jr. Mervyn & Elaine Manning Mr. & Mrs. David S. Maquera Esq Maureen & Mauri Marshall Dr. & Mrs. Peter M. McCann Ms. LeAnne McCorry Mr. & Mrs. Alonzo McDonald Dr. & Mrs. Donald A. Meier Dr. & Mrs. David Mendelson Mrs. Thomas Meyer Thomas & Judith Mich Mr. Louis Milgrom Mr. & Mrs. Leonard G. Miller Mr. & Mrs. Jeremy Modell Dr. Susan & Mr. Stephen¥ Molina Eugene & Sheila Mondry Foundation Ms. Florence Morris Mr. Frederick Morsches Dr. Stephen & Dr. Barbara Munk Joy & Allan Nachman Ed & Judie Narens Joanna P. Morse & Arthur A. Nitzsche Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Nycek Dr. & Mrs. Dongwhan Oh Mr. & Mrs. Joshua Opperer David† & Andrea Page Mr. Randall Pappal Mrs. Margot Parker Mr. & Mrs. Kris Pfaehler Dr. Klaudia Plawny-Lebenbom Mr. & Mrs. Jack Pokrzywa Mr. & Mrs. William Powers Mrs. Susan Priester Reimer Priester

Mr. Ronald Puchalski Ms. Michele Rambour Mr. & Mrs. Richard Rappleye Mr. Richard Rapson Drs. Stuart & Hilary Ratner Drs. Yaddanapudi Ravindranath & Kanta Bhambhani Carol & Foster Redding Mr. & Mrs. Dave Redfield Mr. & Mrs. Gerrit Reepmeyer Dr. Claude & Mrs. Sandra Reitelman Mr. Jason Remisoski Denise Reske Barbara Gage Rex Mrs. Ann C. Rohr Seth & Laura Romine Dr. Erik Rönmark¥ & Mrs. Adrienne Rönmark¥ Norman† & Dulcie Rosenfeld Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Rosowski Mr. R. Desmond Rowan Jane & Curt Russell Mr. & Mrs. James P. Ryan Dr. Hershel Sandberg Ms. Martha A. Scharchburg & Mr. Bruce Beyer Dr. Sandy Koltonow & Dr. Mary Schlaff David & Carol Schoch Mr. & Mrs. Alan S. Schwartz Mr. & Mrs. Kingsley G. Sears Mr. & Mrs. Fred Secrest Mr. Merton J. & Beverly Segal Mr. Igal Shaham Mrs. Jean Shapero Ms. Cynthia Shaw Mr. & Mrs. James H. Sherman Dr. Les & Mrs. Ellen Siegel Coco & Robert Siewert William & Cherie Sirois William H. & Patricia M. Smith

Mr. Michael J. Smith & Mrs. Mary C. Williams Mr. & Mrs. S. Kinnie Smith, Jr. Dr. Gregory Stephens Mr. & Mrs. C. F. Stimpson Dr. Mack Stirling Dr. & Mrs. Charles D. Stocking Mr. & Mrs. Ray Stone Mrs. Kathleen Straus & Mr. Walter Shapero Stephen & Phyllis Strome Dorothy I. Tarpinian Shelley & Joel Tauber Dr. & Mrs. Howard Terebelo Alice & Paul Tomboulian Mr. & Mrs. Michael Torakis Mark & Janice Uhlig Dr. Vainutis Vaitkevicius Amanda Van Dusen & Curtis Blessing Mr. & Mrs. Charles B. Van Dusen Mr. & Mrs. George C. Vincent Mr. & Mrs. William Waak Dr. & Mrs. Ronald W. Wadle Mr. & Mrs. Edward Wagner Mr. Michael A. Walch & Ms. Joyce Keller Mr. Herman W. Weinreich Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Weisberg Ambassador & Mrs. Ronald N. Weiser Janis & William Wetsman/The Wetsman Foundation Beverly & Barry Williams Dr. M. Roy & Jacqueline Wilson Rissa & Sheldon Winkelman Mr. Jonathan Wolman & Mrs. Deborah Lamm Mr. Warren G. Wood Mrs. Judith G. Yaker The Yousif Family Mr. & Mrs. Alan Zekelman

Giving of $1,500 and more Mr. & Mrs. Ismael Ahmed Dr. Edward Alpert Dr. & Mrs. Gary S. Assarian John & Carol Aubrey Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Aviv Drs. Richard & Helena Balon Mr. John Barbes Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey A. Berner Linda & Maurice S. Binkow Ms. Jane Bolender Mr. & Mrs. J. Bora Ms. Nadia Boreiko Ms. Julie Borman

Mrs. Ethel Brandt Mr. Paul Brandt/P&B Building Co. Mr. & Mrs. Stephen A. Bromberg Ms. Evelyn Burton Steve & Geri Carlson Mr. & Mrs. Richard H. Carr Mr. David Carroll Ronald & Lynda Charfoos Mr. Fred J. Chynchuk Dr. & Mrs. Richard H. Cohan Mr. & Mrs. Brian G. Connors Mr. & Mrs. Thomas A. Cracchiolo

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Mr. & Mrs. Alfred J. Darold Gordon & Elaine Didier Mr. & Mrs. Henry Eckfeld Mr. & Mrs. Howard O. Emorey Marjory & Donald Epstein Stephen Ewing Mr. Samuel Frank Ms. Marilyn R. Galloway Mrs. Janet M. Garrett Mr. & Mrs. Joe & Lois Gilmore Andrew Glassberg & Barbara Martin Dr. Linda Golumbia † Deceased

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Dr. & Mrs. Paul Goodman Mr. & Mrs. Luke Ponder Dr. & Mrs. Joe L. Greene Mr. Donald Guertin Mr. & Mrs. Robert Hage Mr. & Mrs. Michael Harding Donna & Eugene Hartwig Mr. & Mrs. Howard Heicklen Jeremiah¥ & Brooke Hess Ms. Elizabeth Ingraham Ms. Nadine Jakobowski Mr. & Mrs. Randel Jamerson Mr. & Mrs. Charles R. Janovsky Mr. Paul Joliat Jean Kegler June K. Kendall Ms. Ida King Mr. James Kirby Mr. & Mrs. Harvey Kleiman Mr. & Mrs. Thomas N. Klimko Mr. & Mrs. Victor Kochajda/Teal Electric Co. Miss Kathryn Korns Mr. James Kors & Ms. Victoria King¥ Mr. & Mrs. Kosch

Martin & Karen Koss Barbara & Michael Kratchman Richard & Sally Krugel Mr. Michael Kuhne Dr. Arnold Kummerow Mr. John Kunz Mr. & Mrs. Robert LaBelle Mr. Lawrence Larson Mr. Charles Letts Drs. Donald & Diane Levine Jeffrey & Marsha Miro Dr. Amit & Dr. Meeta Mohindra Dr. Van C. Momon, Jr. & Dr. Pamela Berry Ms. Sascha Montross Mr. & Mrs. Scott Monty Mr. & Mrs. Geoffrey W. Newcomb Mrs. Ruth Nix Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. Norling In Memory of Joan C. O’Brien Mr. & Mrs. Robert Parys Noel & Patricia Peterson Charlene & Michael Prysak Mrs. Hope Raymond Mr. & Mrs. Gerald F. Ross

Mr. & Mrs. Hugh C. Ross Mr. & Mrs. George Roumell Mr. David & Mrs. Terese Ireland Salisbury Mr. Wayne Sherman Mr. Lawrence Shoffner Marci & Marv Shulman Mrs. Fredrick M. Sibley Ted & Mary Ann Simon Mr. Mark Sims & Ms. Elaine Fieldman Dr. & Mrs. Robert Sokol Mr. & Mrs. Andreas H. Steglich Dr. & Mrs. Choichi Sugawa Mr. & Mrs. James W. Throop Mr. & Mrs. John P. Tierney Barbara & Stuart Trager Dr. John Tu Dr. Stanley Waldon Mr. Patrick Webster Ms. Janet Weir Max & Mary Wisgerhof Drs. William & Prudentia Worth Mr. Richard D. Zimmerman Frank & Ruth Zinn Barbara Zitzewitz

Blockbuster Fund

Gifts received September 1, 2013 to January 31, 2015 Gifts to the Detroit Symphony Orchestra Blockbuster Fund support those exceptional projects, partnerships and performances that boldly advance the DSO’s mission “to be a leader in the world of classical music, embracing and inspiring individuals, families and communities through unsurpassed musical experiences.” Blockbuster gifts fund defining initiatives that are outside the annual budget such as touring, Live from Orchestra Hall webcasts, certain community engagement and education partnerships, and capital and technology infrastructure. Mr. & Mrs. Mark Abbott Mr. Teddy Abrams All Seasons West Bloomfield American Jewelry & Loan Mr. Jeffrey Antaya Baldwin Public Library Mr. & Mrs. Lee Barthel Bloomfield Township Public Library Mr. & Mrs. Richard A. Brodie Cabaret (313) Children’s Hospital of Michigan Clark Hill P.L.C. Mr. & Mrs. Peter D. Cummings Dr. Joseph D. Daniel & Mr. Alfredo Silvestre Mr. Alex DeCamp Deloitte Detroit 300 Conservancy DTE Energy Foundation Jim & Margo Farber dso.org

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Mrs. Marjorie S. Fisher Mr. & Mrs. Phillip Wm. Fisher Sidney & Madeline Forbes Ford Motor Company Barbara Frankel & Ronald Michalak Mr. & Mrs. Herman H. Frankel Mr. & Mrs. Morton E. Harris Hartford Memorial Baptist Church Honigman Miller Schwartz & Cohn LLP Mr. Michael Jalving John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Mrs. Bonnie Larson League of American Orchestras Lee Hecht Harrison Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Lester McGregor Fund Michigan Municipal League Ms. Deborah Miesel

Mr. & Mrs. Eugene A. Miller Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Miller Momentum Worldwide Geoffrey S. Nathan & Margaret E. Winters New Music USA Mr. & Mrs. George Nyman Olympia Entertainment Phillip & Elizabeth Filmer Memorial Charitable Trust Mr. Reimer Priester Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Sachs Mr. & Mrs. Alan S. Schwartz Mr. Marc A. Schwartz Mr. & Mrs. Larry Sherman Ms. Margaret Smith Trinity Senior Living Communities Mr. & Mrs. George C. Vincent Mr. Gary L. Wasserman WDET

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Corporate Partners

$10,000 and more Butzel Long Delphi Foundation Dykema Honigman Miller Schwartz & Cohn, LLP Huron Consulting Group KPMG LLP Lear Corporation Oakwood Healthcare PNC Bank PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP REDICO St. John Providence Health System Talmer Bank and Trust Telemus Capital Partners, LLC University of Michigan Warner Norcross & Judd LLP Wolverine Packing Company

$500,000 and more

Jim Nicholson

CEO, PVS Chemicals

$200,000 and more

$5,000 and more BASF Corporation Contractors Steel Company Creative Benefit Solutions, LLC Denso International America, Inc. Flagstar Bank Midwest Medical Center One Detroit Center $1,000 and more The Aquarium Shop Avis Ford, Inc. Coffee Express Roasting Company CRStager Darling Bolt Company Delta Dental Plan of Michigan Dickinson Wright LLP Foley & Lardner LLP

Hotel St. Regis Huntington National Bank KlearSky Solutions, LLC Lakeside Ophthalmology Center Lambert, Edwards & Associates Madison Electric Company Meadowbrook Insurance Group Michigan First Credit Union Plante and Moran, PLLC PSLZ, LLP Save Our Symphony Schaerer Architextural Interiors Urban Science Applications

Support from Foundations and Organizations

The Detroit Symphony Orchestra acknowledges and honors the following foundations and organizations for their contributions to support the Orchestra’s performances, education programming, and other annual operations of the organization. This honor roll reflects both fulfillments of previous commitments and new gifts during the period beginning September 1, 2013 and January 31, 2015. We regret the omission of gifts received after this print deadline. Gerard M. Anderson

President, Chairman and CEO, DTE Energy Corporation

Faye Nelson President, DTE Energy Foundation

Mark Fields

James Vella

President & CEO, President, Ford Motor Company Fund Ford Motor Company

Mary Barra

Chairman and CEO General Motors Corporation

Vivian Pickard President General Motors Foundation

$100,000 and more

Keith J. Allmann

President and CEO, MASCO Corporation

$50,000 and more Target Corporation

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$500,000 and more The William M. Davidson Foundation Max M. & Marjorie S. Fisher Foundation Samuel & Jean Frankel Foundation $250,000 and more The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan Detroit Symphony Orchestra Volunteer Council Hudson-Webber Foundation John S. and James L. Knight Foundation The Kresge Foundation McGregor Fund

Melonie Colaianne

President, MASCO Corporation Foundation

$20,000 and more

American House Senior Living Communities Amerisure Insurance Global Automotive Alliance Greektown Casino Macy’s MGM Grand Detroit Casino Rock Ventures, LLC dso.org

$100,000 and more Fred A. & Barbara M. Erb Family Foundation Ford Foundation National Endowment for the Arts

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$50,000 and more Matilda R. Wilson Fund Michigan Council for Arts & Cultural Affairs $25,000 and more Ann & Gordon Getty Foundation Children’s Hospital of Michigan Foundation DeRoy Testamentary Foundation Eleanor & Edsel Ford Fund $10,000 and more Maxine and Stuart Frankel Foundation Alice Kales Hartwick Foundation Moroun Family Foundation Myron P. Leven Foundation Oliver Dewey Marcks Foundation Sage Foundation $5,000 and more Benson & Edith Ford Fund Henry Ford II Fund Herbert & Elsa Ponting Foundation

Marjorie & Maxwell Jospey Foundation Mary Thompson Foundation Young Woman’s Home Association $1,000 and more Charles M. Bauervic Foundation Clarence & Jack Himmel Fund Don & Dolly Smith Foundation Frank & Gertrude Dunlap Foundation James & Lynelle Holden Fund Japan Business Society of Detroit Foundation Ledgeways Charitable Trust Loraine & Melinese Reuter Foundation Louis & Nellie Sieg Foundation Ludwig Foundation Fund Meyer & Anna Prentis Family Foundation Samuel L. Westerman Foundation Sigmund & Sophie Rohlik Foundation Sills Foundation The Village Club

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Performance Volume XXIII • Spring 2015 2014–15 Season

Editor Gabrielle Poshadlo gposhadlo@dso.org 313.576.5194 Assistant Editor Asia Rapai arapai@dso.org DSO Administrative Offices Max M. 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: 313.576.5101 DSO Group Sales: 313.576.5130 Rental Info: 313.576.5050 Email: info@dso.org Web site: dso.org Subscribe to our e-newsletter via our website to receive updates and special offers. dso.org/performance Performance is published by the DSO and Echo Publications, Inc. — Echo Publications, Inc. 248.582.9690 echopublications.com Tom Putters, president tom@echopublications.com Toby Faber, advertising director To advertise in Performance, call 248.582.9690 or email info@echopublications.com — To report an emergency during a concert, call 313.576.5119. 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 National Endowment for the Arts and the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs.

Tribute Gifts

Venture Fund

Gifts received between September 1, 2014 and end to January 31, 2015

Gifts received September 1, 2013 to January 31, 2015 Gifts to the Detroit Symphony Orchestra Venture Fund are contributions that support projects, partnerships and performances taking place in the current season. Venture gifts are generally onetime and non-renewable in nature and fund initiatives that are included in the annual budget such as DSO concerts, Civic Youth Ensembles, community engagement and partnerships, and DSO Presents and Paradise Jazz concert series. Ms. Janet Allen Mrs. John G. Bielawski † Mr. Harry G. Bowles† Mr. Walter B. Bridgforth Hon. & Mrs. Avern Cohn Edsel & Eleanor Ford House Mrs. Rema Frankel † Mr. & Mrs. Herman H. Frankel Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Frankel Gail & Rice Productions Inc Mrs. Patricia Hobar † Jill Fox Revocable Trust Danialle & Peter Karmanos Mr. & Mrs. Eric B. Larson Mr. David Lebenbom † Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Ledoux Mr. Philip Leon † M Studio Music Shop, Inc. Marvin & Betty Danto Family Foundation Michael Willoughby & Associates Ms. Nihal Mouhidden † Mrs. Sophie Pearlstein Dr. William Pickard Ms. Ruth Rattner Mr. & Mrs. Stephan † Sharf Mr. & Mrs. Harold Silk Mr. Leonard Slatkin Mr. & Mrs. R. Jamison Williams

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 programing. For information about making a Tribute Gift, please call 313.576.5114 or visit dso.org/tribute. In Memory of John Beceden Betty Beceden In Memory of George Bedrosian Dr. Augustin Arbulu Mr. Brian Einhorn In Memory of Bette Borin Mrs. Barbara Frankel & Mr. Ronald Michalak

In Memory of Eleanor Gamble Delta Dental Plan of Michigan Mark & Sandra Haasis Health Alliance Plan J.U.S.T. Foundation

In Memory of Irene M. Broner Mr. Will Broner

In Honor of James S. Garrett The LeVigne Family

In Honor of Caroline Coade Dr. & Mrs. George Coade

In Memory of Louis Geisling Mr. & Mrs. Lee G. Sobotka

In Memory of David Cocagne Ms. Geraldine Barlage

In Memory of Helen Gilbride Mrs. Sheila Book Mr. & Mrs. John H. Fildew Mr. & Mrs. John Nicholson

In Memory of Marvin Crawford, Sr. Mrs. Alice Haidostian Anne Parsons & Donald Dietz Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Maguire Eloise F. Tholen In Honor of Maureen & Jerry D’Avanzo Yale & Anna Levin In Honor of Avi Davidoff & Amanda Bunn Daniel & Linda Lutz In Memory of Ronald Davidoff Stanley & Judy Frankel In Honor of Phillip Wm. Fisher Mr. & Mrs. Tom Goldberg In Memory of Victor Donati Ms. Laurie Cardinale Mr. & Mrs. Daniel J. Donati Mrs. Jackie L. Fullenkamp Ms. Janet Hunt Mr. & Mrs. James A. Laugal Mr. & Mrs. Alexander McKeen Mrs. Julie Oliver The Crate & Barrel Family Mr. Michael Tuchman Mr. & Mrs. Irwin Vogel Mr. & Mrs. Robert Wendling In Memory of Ed Drey Reverend Catherine M. Beaumont In Honor of the Eichenhorn Family Mrs. Ralle K. Rothman

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† Deceased

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In Memory of Joan Flohr Mrs. Marjorie Deacon Mr. William Kohn James & Katharine Stasevich

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In Memory of Teresa Giulani Reverend Catherine M. Beaumont In Honor of Ruth Krathwohl Mr. Brian Carney & Ms. Judith Herndon In Honor of Harold Kulish Ms. Mary Dudley In Honor of Juanita Latimer Lee & Diana Warshay In Memory of Morton R. Lazar Mr. & Mrs. Stuart Frankel Mr. Scott Hamburger In Memory of David Lebenbom Atrium Centers, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Lee Barthel Mr. & Mrs. Harold Blumenstein Mrs. Gloria Cohen Mr. & Mrs. Joshua D. Eichenhorn Mr. & Mrs. Isidor Eisenberg Feinberg Consulting, Inc Dr. Dexter Fields MD Health Care Association of Michigan Ms. Mary House Ms. Darlene Maneli The Peplinski Group Mr. & Mrs. Karl Schaefer Ms. Sharon Schuster In Memory of Allen Ledyard Mr. & Mrs. Paul Laughlin In Memory of Ronald E. Milner Mr. & Mrs. H. Richard Fruehauf, Jr.

In Memory of Mildred Moss Dr. & Mrs. Hershel Sandberg In Memory of Eleanor Ruth Murray Ms. Susan L Meek In Honor of James B. Nicholson Richner & Richner LLC In Memory of Paul Paray Mr. Tom Godell In Honor of Michele Rambour & Gary Glenn Daniel & Jane Lehman In Memory of Nina Schneyer Dr. & Mrs. Seth R. Eaton MD Mr. & Mrs. David Friedlander Ms. Julie A Rodecker Donna & Lawrence Sklar Sheila & Steve Urman In Honor of Margaret Spear Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Wilbert In Memory of Inez Stevens Mr. & Mrs. Donald Isaacs Ms. Florence L. Kalenius Mr. & Mrs. Casimer C. Marzec Ms. Karen Stevens In Memory of Gerald Thome Ms. Megan Lizbinski In Honor of Alex Trajano Walter Rönmark In Memory of L. Warren Tucker Mrs. Sandra Tucker In Honor of Barbara Van Dusen Dr. & Mrs. James W. Gell In Memory of William Vassell Mrs. Kaleope Allen Mrs. Violet Newton In Honor of Mr. Alvin B. Waddles Adult Learning Institute In Honor of our clients and associates Michael Willoughby & Associates In Honor of Clyde & Helen Wu Mrs. Barbara Van Dusen

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UPCOMING CONCERTS

AT THE MAX M. FISHER MUSIC CENTER DSO PRESENTS

EDDIE PALMIERI LATIN JAZZ BAND Fri., Mar. 27 at 8 p.m.*

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

DSO PRESENTS

TAKE 6

Fri., Apr. 3, 2015 at 7:30 p.m.*

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BRUCKNER’S FOURTH

GOLDEN AGE OF BROADWAY Bob Bernhardt, conductor Lisa Vroman, vocalist Doug LaBrecque, vocalist Fri., Apr. 10 at 10:45 a.m. Sat., Apr. 11 at 8 p.m. Sun., Apr. 12 at 3 p.m.

CLASSICAL SERIES

EXOTIC ADVENTURES

Leonard Slatkin, conductor Isabelle Druet, mezzo soprano Kimberly Kaloyanides Kennedy, violin Simon Mulligan, piano Thu., Apr. 16 at 7:30 p.m. Fri., Apr. 17 at 10:45 a.m. Sat., Apr. 18 at 8 p.m. Ra vel Overture de Féerie from Shéhérazade Ginastera Piano Concerto No. 1 Ravel Two Hebraic Melodies Ginastera Pampeana No. 1 Ravel Shéhérazade Song Cycle Ginastera Suite from Estancia ppa elibom oG ot OSD eht no ro evil/gro.osd ta enilno hctaW

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CIVIC & EDUCATION

CIVIC JAZZ LIVE! Civic Jazz Orchestra Kris Johnson, conductor Fri., Apr. 17 at 6:15 p.m.*

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Leonard Slatkin, conductor Jaime Laredo, violin Sharon Robinson, cello Fri., Apr. 24 at 8 p.m. Sat., Apr. 25 at 8 p.m. Mozart Overture to The Magic Flute André Previn Double Concerto Bruckner Symphony No. 4, “Romantic”

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CLASSICAL SERIES

LYNN HARRELL

CIVIC & EDUCATION

CIVIC FAMILY EXPERIENCE Civic Youth Ensembles Sun., Apr. 26 at 1 p.m.*

CLASSICAL SERIES SEASON FINALE:

Hannu Lintu, conductor Lynn Harrell, cello Fri., May 8 at 10:45 a.m. Sat., May 9 at 8 p.m. Sibelius Pohjola’s Daughter Au gusta Read Thomas Cello Concerto No. 3 (DSO Premiere) Shostakovich Symphony No. 5

TOSCA IN CONCERT

CIVIC & EDUCATION

Leonard Slatkin, conductor Terence Blanchard Quintet with musicians of the DSO Thu., Jun. 4 at 8 p.m.*

Leonard Slatkin, conductor Fri., May 29 at 8 p.m. Sun., May 31 at 3 p.m. PUCCINI Tosca (DSO Premiere)

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MOZART & TCHAIKOVSKY Leonard Slatkin, conductor Jaime Laredo, violin Sharon Robinson, cello Sun., Apr. 26 at 3 p.m. at Seligman Performing Arts Center, Beverly Hills

OTHER PRESENTERS

WSU MONDAYS AT THE MAX

University Orchestra and Choral Showcase Mon., Apr. 27 at 7:30 p.m.*

NEIGHBORHOOD SERIES

MOZART & MORE

Joshua Weilerstein, conductor Louis Schwizgebel, piano Thu., Apr. 30 at 7:30 p.m. at Congregation Shaarey Zedek, Southfield Fri., May 1 at 10:45 a.m. at Ford Community & Performing Arts Center, Dearborn

CIVIC & EDUCATION

CIVIC SHOWCASE

Civic Youth Orchestra & Civic Wind Ensemble Fri., May 1 at 7:15 p.m.* Pre-Concert at 6 p.m. in Orchestra Hall — Tickets start at $15 dso.org

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PARADISE JAZZ SERIES

A TALE OF GOD’S WILL (A REQUIEM FOR KATRINA)

DETROIT CHILDREN’S CHOIR SPRING CONCERT

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Sat., May 9 at 2 p.m.*

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DSO PRESENTS

Nicholas McGegan, conductor Karl Pituch, horn Thu., May 14 at 7:30 p.m. at The Berman Center for the Performing, W. Bloomfield Fri., May 15 at 8 p.m. at The Village Theater at Cherry Hill, Canton Sat., May 16 at 8 p.m. at Kirk in the Hills Presbyterian Church, Bloomfield Hills

Brent Havens, conductor Randy Jackson, vocals Wed., Jun. 10 at 7:30 p.m.

POPS SERIES

GERSHWIN’S PORGY & BESS Jeff Tyzik, conductor Ja nice Chandler-Eteme & Kevin Deas, vocalists Fri., Jun. 12 at 10:45 a.m. & 8 p.m. Sat., Jun. 13 at 8 p.m. Sun., Jun. 14 at 3 p.m.

Sun., May 17 at 3 p.m. at Our Lady Star of the Sea, Grosse Pointe Woods

POPS SERIES

MIDTOWN MEN

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DARK SIDE OF THE MOON THE MUSIC OF PINK FLOYD

HAYDN & BACH

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NEIGHBORHOOD SERIES

Fri., May 15 at 8 p.m. Sat., May 16 at 8 p.m. Sun., May 17 at 3 p.m.

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NEIGHBORHOOD SERIES

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*DSO does not appear on this program.

POPS SERIES

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Programs and artists are subject to change

Wed., Apr. 8, 2015 at 7 p.m. Detroit Film Theater In partnership with the DIA

Leonard Slatkin, conductor Midori, violin Thu., May 21 at 7:30 p.m. Fri., May 22 at 10:45 a.m. Sat., May 23 at 8 p.m. Ga briela Lena Frank Concertino Cusqueño (DSO Premiere) Walton Concerto for Violin and Orchestra Mahler Symphony No. 1

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(THE KEEPER AND THE DOVE)

MIDORI AND MAHLER’S FIRST!

Joshua Weilerstein, conductor Louis Schwizgebel, piano Sat., May 2 at 8 p.m. Sun., May 3 at 3 p.m. Br itten “Four Sea Interludes” from Peter Grimes Mozart Piano Concerto No. 9, “Jeunehomme” Arvo Pärt Cantus Schumann Symphony No. 1, “Spring”

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LA CENTINELA Y LA PALOMA

CLASSICAL SERIES

MOZART & MORE

CLASSICAL SERIES

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DSO PRESENTS

CLASSICAL SERIES

JOHN & GERALD CLAYTON DUO Fri., Apr. 17 at 8 p.m.*

OTHER PRESENTERS

PARADISE JAZZ SERIES

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“ Live from Orchestra Hall” webcasts at dso.org/live

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