June 2012: Sibelius & Tchaikovsky at the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

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16 A ‘tree’ grows in Atlanta

21 This week’s concert and program notes

Madeline Rogers takes you inside the latest Theater of a Concert production of A Flowering Tree, inspired by an ancient Indian folk tale.

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Meet Dantes Rameau, co-founder and executive director of the Atlanta Music Project.

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Welcome Having fulfilled, as he likes to say, “six years of my five-year contract,” my colleague Joe Bankoff has stepped down as the Woodruff Arts Center’s CEO. He will be sorely missed.

Long before Joe assumed responsibility for the overall health and welfare of the Arts Center, he was an enthusiastic supporter of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. He volunteered his valuable time and considerable expertise, served ably on the Symphony’s board, and participated actively as a member of the search committee that brought Robert Spano to Atlanta as our Music Director.

Joe understood, long before most, that for Robert and the ASO’s musicians to be able to soar and, more importantly, for the ASO to fulfill its expanding role in nurturing the talents of Atlanta’s young aspiring artists, we would have to have a new home. Joe played an integral role in advancing the campaign for a new Atlanta Symphony Center. The economic downturn played havoc with the ASO’s finances and with our plan, but Joe continued to lead a campaign of quiet diplomacy at the Georgia state Capitol, arguing persuasively that public support for the arts is a sound investment in economic growth, in education, and in our state’s future.

It’s that emphasis on the future — and on quality arts education as a path to a successful future — that will define Joe’s legacy as the Woodruff’s CEO. He led the effort to make arts education a cornerstone of the Arts Center’s strategic plan, and he moved forward with single-minded determination to make that vision a reality.

Great leaders don’t just spout ideas: They show up. Attend an ASO concert, and it’s highly likely that you’ll see Joe. Talent Development Program recital? Joe will be there. Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra concert? Absolutely. ASO Gala? Front and center.

Joe, we’ll miss you — but we still expect to see you.

My thanks to Joe, and to you, for supporting your Atlanta Symphony Orchestra!

Wishing you all the best,

Stanley E. Romanstein, Ph.D. President

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leadership Atlanta Symphony Orchestra League 2012-2013 Board of Directors Officers Jim Abrahamson D. Kirk Jamieson Chair Vice Chair Karole F. Lloyd Meghan H. Magruder Chair-Elect Vice Chair

Joni Winston Secretary Mark D. Wasserman Treasurer

Directors Pinney L. Allen Neil H. Berman Paul Blackney Janine Brown C. Merrell Calhoun Donald P. Carson S. Wright Caughman, M.D. Ronald M. Cofield Sylvia Davidson* Carlos del Rio, M.D. Lynn Eden David Edmiston Gary P. Fayard † Dr. Robert M. Franklin, Jr.

Paul R. Garcia Carol Green Gellerstedt Thomas Hooten Tad Hutcheson Mrs. Roya Irvani Clayton F. Jackson Ben F. Johnson III Mark Kistulinec Steve Koonin Carrie Kurlander James H. Landon Michael Lang Donna Lee Kelly L. Loeffler Belinda Massafra*

Paul Snyder Gail Ravin Starr Mary Rose Taylor Joseph M. Thompson Liz Troy † Ray Uttenhove Chilton Davis Varner S. Patrick Viguerie Rick Walker † Thomas Wardell John B. White, Jr. Richard S. White, Jr. Patrice Wright-Lewis Camille Yow

Penny McPhee Howard D. Palefsky Leslie Z. Petter Suzanne Tucker Plybon Patricia H. Reid Margaret Conant Reiser Martin Richenhagen John D. Rogers Stanley E. Romanstein, Ph.D.* Dennis Sadlowski William Schultz † John Sibley H. Hamilton Smith Lucinda B. Smith Thurmond Smithgall †

Board of counselors Mrs. Helen Aderhold Elinor Breman Dr. John W. Cooledge John Donnell Jere Drummond Carla Fackler Arnoldo Fiedotin

Charles Ginden John T. Glover Frances B. Graves Dona Humphreys Aaron J. Johnson Herb Karp Jim Kelley

George Lanier Patricia Leake Lucy Lee Mrs. William C. Lester Mrs. J. Erskine Love Carolyn C. McClatchey Joyce Schwob

W. Rhett Tanner G. Kimbrough Taylor Michael W. Trapp Edus Warren Adair R. White Neil Williams

Life Directors Howell E. Adams, Jr. Bradley Currey, Jr.

Mrs. Drew Fuller Mary D. Gellerstedt

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usic Director Robert Spano, currently in his 11th season as music director of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, is recognized internationally as one of the most imaginative conductors today. Since 2001, he has invigorated and expanded the Orchestra’s repertoire while elevating the ensemble to new levels of international prominence and acclaim.

Under Mr. Spano’s artistic leadership, the Orchestra and its audiences have together explored a creative mix of programming, including Theater of a Concert performances, which explore different formats, settings, and enhancements for the musical performance experience, such as the first concert-staged performances of John Adams’s Doctor Atomic in November 2008 and the production of Puccini’s Madama Butterfly in June 2011. The Atlanta School of Composers reflects Mr. Spano’s commitment to nurturing and championing music through multi-year partnerships defining a new generation of American composers, including Osvaldo Golijov, Jennifer Higdon, Christopher Theofanidis, Michael Gandolfi and Adam Schoenberg. Since the beginning of his tenure (to date), Mr. Spano and the Orchestra have performed more than 100 concerts containing contemporary works (composed since 1950).

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Mr. Spano has a discography with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra of 19 recordings, six of which have been honored with Grammy® awards. He has led the Orchestra’s performances at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, as well as the Ravinia, Ojai, and Savannah Music Festivals. Mr. Spano has led the New York and Los Angeles philharmonics, San Francisco, Boston, Cleveland, Chicago and Philadelphia symphony orchestras, as well as Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala, BBC Symphony and Amsterdam’s Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. In addition, he has conducted for Covent Garden, Welsh National Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Houston Grand Opera, and the 2005 and 2009 Seattle Opera Ring cycles. Mr. Spano was Musical America’s 2008 Conductor of the Year.

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In March 2010, Mr. Spano began a three-year tenure as Emory University’s distinguished artist-in-residence, in which he leads intensive seminars, lectures, and presents programs on science, math, philosophy, literature and musicology.

In March 2011, Mr. Spano was announced as the incoming music director of the Aspen Music Festival. He was in residence in Aspen for the 2011 summer season as music director-designate and will assume the full role of music director in 2012.

a ‘tree’ grows in Atlanta

The lighter side of composer John Adams reveals itself in his Mozartinspired opera, A Flowering Tree.

Madeline Rogers takes you inside the latest Theater of a Concert production, a work based on an ancient Indian folk tale.

It’s

springtime, and Atlanta’s streets, parks, and gardens are blooming. And so is Atlanta Symphony Hall, where the hauntingly beautiful A Flowering Tree — performed by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, vocal soloists Jessica Rivera, Eric Owens and Russell Thomas, all led by Music Director Robert Spano, with stage direction by James Alexander — will transform the stage, on June 7 & 9, into a fantastical world in which a beautiful young woman discovers she has the power to turn herself into blossom-laden tree. The opera, based on an Indian folk tale, is the latest in the Orchestra’s popular Theater of a Concert series, and was penned by a composer who is well-known to Atlanta audiences: John Adams.

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Donald Runnicles

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Music Director The Robert Reid Topping Chair *

Principal Guest Conductor The Neil and Sue Williams Chair *

Principal Pops Conductor

FIRST VIOLIN

SECOND VIOLIN

VIOLA

CELLO

David Coucheron Concertmaster William Pu Associate Concertmaster The Charles McKenzie Taylor Chair* Justin Bruns Assistant Concertmaster Jun-Ching Lin Assistant Concertmaster Carolyn Toll Hancock John Meisner Alice Anderson Oglesby Lorentz Ottzen Christopher Pulgram Carol Ramirez Juan Ramirez Olga Shpitko Denise Berginson Smith Kenn Wagner Lisa Wiedman Yancich

David Arenz Principal The Atlanta Symphony Associates Chair* Sou-Chun Su Associate Principal The Frances Cheney Boggs Chair* Jay Christy Assistant Principal Sharon Berenson David Braitberg Noriko Konno Clift David Dillard Eleanor Kosek Ruth Ann Little Thomas O’Donnell Ronda Respess Frank Walton

Reid Harris Principal The Edus H. and Harriet H. Warren Chair* Paul Murphy Associate Principal The Mary and Lawrence Gellerstedt Chair * Catherine Lynn Assistant Principal Wesley Collins Marian Kent Yang-Yoon Kim Yiyin Li Lachlan McBane Jessica Oudin Ardath Weck

Christopher Rex Principal The Miriam and John Conant Chair* Daniel Laufer Associate Principal The Livingston Foundation Chair* Karen Freer Assistant Principal Dona Vellek Assistant Principal Emeritus Joel Dallow Jere Flint Jennifer Humphreys Larry LeMaster Brad Ritchie Paul Warner

SECTION VIOLIN ‡

Judith Cox Raymond Leung Sanford Salzinger

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BASS

Ralph Jones Principal The Marcia and John Donnell Chair * Gloria Jones Associate Principal Jane Little Assistant Principal Emeritus Michael Kenady Michael Kurth Joseph McFadden Douglas Sommer Thomas Thoreson

Jere Flint

Norman Mackenzie

Staff Conductor; Music Director of the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra The Zeist Foundation Chair*

Director of Choruses The Frannie and Bill Graves Chair

FLUTE

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HARP

Christina Smith Principal The Jill Hertz Chair* Robert Cronin Associate Principal Paul Brittan Carl David Hall

Alcides Rodriguez

Colin Williams Principal Stephen Wilson Associate Principal Nathan Zgonc George Curran

Elisabeth RemyJohnson Principal The Delta Air Lines Chair

PICCOLO

Carl David Hall OBOE

Elizabeth Koch Principal The George M. and Corrie Hoyt Brown Chair * Yvonne Powers Peterson Associate Principal Ann Lillya † CLARINET

Laura Ardan Principal The Robert Shaw Chair* Ted Gurch Associate Principal William Rappaport Alcides Rodriguez E-FLAT CLARINET

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Carl Nitchie Principal Elizabeth Burkhardt Associate Principal Laura Najarian Juan de Gomar

BASS TROMBONE

George Curran

CONTRA-BASSOON

TUBA

Juan de Gomar

Michael Moore Principal

HORN

Brice Andrus Principal Susan Welty Associate Principal Thomas Witte Richard Deane Bruce Kenney

TIMPANI

TRUMPET

PERCUSSION

Thomas Hooten Principal The Madeline and Howell Adams Chair* The Mabel Dorn Reeder Honorary Chair* Karin Bliznik Associate Principal Michael Tiscione Joseph Walthall

Mark Yancich Principal The Walter H. Bunzl Chair* William Wilder Assistant Principal

Thomas Sherwood Principal The Julie and Arthur Montgomery Chair* William Wilder Assistant Principal The William A. Schwartz Chair* Charles Settle

KEYBOARD

The Hugh and Jessie Hodgson Memorial Chair* Peter Marshall † Beverly Gilbert † Sharon Berenson LIBRARY

Rebecca Beavers Principal Nicole Jordan Assistant Principal Librarian John Wildermuth Assistant Librarian

‡ rotate between sections * Chair named in perpetuity † Regularly engaged musician Players in string sections are listed alphabetically

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program

Robert Spano, Music Director Donald Runnicles, Principal Guest Conductor

Delta Classical Series Concerts Thursday, May 31, Friday and Saturday, June 1 and 2, 2012, at 8:00 p.m.

Robert Spano, Conductor David Coucheron, Violin Magnus Lindberg (b. 1958) Arena (1995) Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) Concerto in D minor for Violin and Orchestra, Opus 47 (1903/4, rev. 1905)

I. Allegro moderato

II. Adagio di molto

III. Allegro, ma non tanto David Coucheron, Violin Intermission Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Opus 64 (1888)

I. Andante; Allegro con animo

II. Andante cantible, con alcuna licenza

III. Valse. Allegro moderato

IV. Finale. Andante maestoso; Allegro vivace

“Inside the Music” preview of the concert, Thursday at 7 p.m., presented

by Ken Meltzer, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Insider and Program Annotator.

The use of cameras or recording devices during the concert is strictly prohibited.

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program Notes on the Program

By Ken Meltzer Arena (1994-5) Magnus Lindberg was born in Helsinki, Finland, on June 27, 1958. The first complete performance of Arena took place in Porvoo, Finland, on June 30, 1995, with Sakari Oramo conducting the Avanti! Chamber Orchestra. Arena is scored for piccolo, two flutes, three oboes, three clarinets, two bassoons, contrabassoon, two horns, three trumpets, three trombones, vibraphone, suspended cymbals, triangle, bass drum, wood blocks, marimba, large tam-tam, orchestral bells, mark tree, tom-toms, piano, celeste, harp and strings. Approximate performance time is fifteen minutes.

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he contemporary Finnish composer Magnus Lindberg studied at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki. His composition teachers included Einojuhani Rautavaara and Paavo Heininen. In 1981, Mr. Lindberg journeyed to Paris, where he studied privately with Gérard Grisey and Vinko Globokar. He also attended classes in Siena with Franco Donatoni, and in Darmstadt with Brian Ferneyhough.

In the early 1980s, Magnus Lindberg — along with his colleague, the Finnish conductor and composer, Esa-Pekka Salonen — founded Toimii, an ensemble devoted to exploring compositional ideas. Toimii has served as a sort of musical laboratory for Lindberg to pursue new avenues of expression.

A notable early composition by Magnus Lindberg was the orchestral piece, Aura — In Memoriam Witold Lutoslawski (1994), commissioned by the Suntory International Program for Music Composition. Mr. Lindberg’s next major orchestral work, Arena (19945), served as the test piece for the first International Sibelius Conductor’s Competition, held in the composer’s native Helsinki in June, 1995.

The score of Arena contains the following program notes: The work was commissioned by the first International Sibelius Conductors Competition in May 1995, as an obligatory piece to be rehearsed by all competitors. The first complete performance was given on 30 June 1995 at Porvoo (Finland) by the Avanti! Chamber Orchestra conducted by Sakari Oramo.

Thematic thinking has never been a main feature in Lindberg’s music, but in this work horizontal lines (one would not yet dare to call them melodies) gain some independence, for example in ornamental figures and in the intense cello solo around the middle of the piece. Another new element — which he had already used to some extent at the encoreatlanta.com/Atlanta’s Performing Arts Publication 23

warmly hovering ending of Aura — In Memorium Witold Lutoslawski (1994) — is the almost romantic sound world and the suspension of the harmonies in the final climax, which can make one think of Mahler and Berg, or Lindberg’s grand predecessor and compatriot, Sibelius. Arena reveals some clearly new material after a period of two years during which all Lindberg’s pieces were dominated by the world of Aura.

Lindberg has talked about Beethoven-like formal thinking, referring to a passage where the sense of movement seems to accelerate to an extreme so that finally one perceives only a motionless surface.

Arena was written for a competition, but it is not just a work to catch out conductors; it is clearly an independent piece of music, and certainly Lindberg’s most important work since Aura.

In 1996 Magnus Lindberg made a revised version for sixteen instruments from the original score for symphony orchestra — baptised, Arena II.

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D minor, Opus 47 (1903/4, Rev. 1905) Jean Sibelius was born in Tavastehus, Finland, on December 8, 1865, and died in Järvenpää, Finland, on September 20, 1957. The first performance of the Violin Concerto took place in Helsinki, Finland, on February 8, 1904, with Viktor Novácˇek as soloist and the composer conducting. In addition to the solo violin, the Concerto is scored for two flutes, two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, four horns, two trumpets, three trombones, timpani and strings. Approximate performance time is thirty-one minutes.

First ASO Classical Subscription Performance: November 18, 1952, Tossy Spivakovsky, Violin, Henry Sopkin, Conductor.

Most Recent ASO Classical Subscription Performances: March 26, 27 and 28, 2009, Leonidas Kavakos, Violin, Gilbert Varga, Conductor.

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reamt I was twelve years old and a virtuoso,” reads a 1915 entry in the diary of Jean Sibelius, made while the composer was at work on his Sonatina for Violin and Piano. As a young man, Sibelius was a highly accomplished violinist who had aspirations to become a great instrumentalist.

While in his early 20s, Sibelius realized that he would not be able to achieve what he termed “my greatest desire, my proudest ambition.” Sibelius pragmatically opted for composition as his preferred form of musical expression. Still, Finland’s greatest composer maintained a profound affection for the violin, producing some lovely works for the instrument, including one of the most beloved concertos of the 20th century.

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program “Wonderful! Masterly!”

Sibelius began work on his Violin Concerto sometime in 1902. A driving force behind the work was Willy Burmester, an acclaimed virtuoso, and former leader of the Helsinki Philharmonic. Burmester, a great admirer of Sibelius, encouraged the composer to finish the work, and even offered to play the first performance. Sibelius was enthusiastic about the prospect, and offered Burmester a November, 1903 premiere. However, Burmester’s schedule precluded any performances until March of the following year. Sibelius was in dire financial straits and needed to present the work as soon as possible.

Sibelius then offered the premiere to Viktor Novácˇek, a teacher in Helsinki and, by all accounts, a violinist of decidedly lesser ability than Burmester. When Burmester learned of this turn of events, he vowed never to play the Concerto. Sibelius tried to placate the eminent musician: I’ll agree to whatever you want, but my financial position is so parlous that I must give a concert here either at the end of the year or at the beginning of January. The concerto will be played then by someone here (Novácˇek for instance) in Helsinki and Turku. When you come in March you will launch it: for any comparison between the two of you is out of the question! So in March or February (?) we can play it together in Berlin, Symphony II and the concerto and something else...

Marvelous! Helsinki doesn’t mean a thing!! I’m so grateful that you will do it in so many places.

Burmester accepted Sibelius’s peace offering and maintained his great enthusiasm for the Concerto. Toward the close of 1903, Sibelius forwarded to Burmester a violin/piano score of the Concerto. Burmester commented: “I can only say one thing: wonderful! Masterly! Only once before have I spoken in such terms to a composer, and that was when Tchaikovsky showed me his concerto.”

“A mass of joyless things” Sibelius hoped for a premiere in November, but delays in completing the final score postponed the first performance until February 8, 1904, just one month prior to when Burmester would have been available to play the Concerto. At the premiere, Novácˇek struggled with the considerable technical challenges of the work. Karl Flodin, Finland’s preeminent critic, wrote: “his playing offered up a mass of joyless things. From time to time there were terrible sounds and it was impossible to fathom the composer’s meaning, so great was the cacophony.” Still, Flodin confidently asserted “that the new Violin Concerto will not form a link in the chain of genuinely significant modern creations in this artistic form...The Concerto is, to be honest, boring, something that could not hitherto be said of a composition by Jean Sibelius.”

Burmester remained confident of Sibelius, the Concerto, and, of course, his own abilities:

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All my 25 years’ platform experience, my artistry and insight will be placed to serve this work. Just this very fact will do much on your work’s behalf. Don’t worry about anything, just follow your own concerns and leave this safely in my hands. I shall play the concerto in Helsinki in such a way that the city will be at your feet.

Burmester offered to play the Concerto in October of 1904. However, in June of that year, Sibelius wrote to his friend Axel Carpelan: “I shall withdraw my Violin Concerto; it will not appear again for two years. This is my great secret sorrow at present. The first movement is to be formed completely anew, also the proportions of the Andante, and so on.” In the summer of 1905, Sibelius did substantially modify the Concerto, tightening its structure and altering or removing many passages.

Sibelius’s publisher, Robert Lienau, scheduled the premiere of the revised Concerto to take place in Berlin on October 19, 1905, with Richard Strauss conducting and Karl Halir, leader of the Berlin Orchestra, as soloist. Sibelius rather meekly noted that he had promised the next performance to Burmester, but the publisher insisted that the concert take place with the scheduled artists. Burmester, who offered so much support and encouragement in the creation of the Sibelius Violin Concerto, never played this magnificent work.

Musical Analysis I. Allegro moderato — Muted strings accompany the soloist’s extended introduction of the haunting opening theme (dolce ed espressivo). After a short cadenza, a brooding orchestral passage develops into the second principal theme, first intoned by the bassoons and cellos, and later played with searing passion by the soloist. An ethereal, reflective episode for the soloist leads to a vigorous orchestral passage. The flutes then introduce a more playful theme to close the exposition. Another forceful orchestral proclamation heralds an expansive solo cadenza that replaces the typical development section. A varied recapitulation of the principal thematic material, and a soaring coda that prominently features the soloist, round out the opening movement.

II. Adagio di molto — The slow movement opens with a brief, evocative introduction by the winds. The soloist enters with the Adagio’s throbbing principal melody (sonoro ed espressivo). The peaceful woodwind introduction is transformed into a menacing orchestral statement, leading to the soloist’s passionate response. Serenity finally returns in the Adagio’s closing bars.

III. Allegro, ma non tanto — The boisterous third movement has inspired some picturesque characterizations. The composer once referred to it as a danse macabre, while the eminent British musician Sir Donald Francis Tovey dubbed the finale “a polonaise for polar bears(!)” The strings and timpani provide insistent accompaniment to the soloist’s vigorous presentation of the finale’s main theme, which serves as a springboard for breathtaking virtuoso flights. In fact, the entire movement is virtually a non-stop tour de force for the soloist, right to the closing upward flourish.

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program Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Opus 64 (1888) Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky was born in Kamsko-Votkinsk, Russia, on May 7, 1840, and died in St. Petersburg, Russia, on November 6, 1893. The first performance of the Symphony No. 5 took place in St. Petersburg on November 17, 1888, with the composer conducting. The Symphony No. 5 is scored for piccolo, three flutes, two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, four horns, two trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, and strings. Approximate performance time is forty-eight minutes.

First ASO Classical Subscription Performance: December 7, 1949, Henry Sopkin, Conductor.

Most Recent ASO Classical Subscription Performances: February 19, 21 and 22, 2009 Mei-Ann Chen, Conductor, Conductor.

“Now I shall work my hardest”

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n the spring of 1888, after a highly successful three-month conducting tour of Western Europe, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky returned to Russia. Tchaikovsky was then determined to focus his attentions on composing. As he wrote to his brother, Modest: “first this summer I shall without fail compose a symphony.”

A decade had elapsed since the completion of Tchaikovsky’s last numbered Symphony, the Fourth (In 1885, he composed a programmatic Symphony, based on Lord Byron’s Manfred). Tchaikovsky reviewed the Symphony No. 4 and, pleased with that work, embarked upon the creation of his Fifth.

Tchaikovsky composed his Symphony No. 5 during the summer of 1885. In June, he wrote to his benefactress, Nadezhda von Meck: Now I shall work my hardest. I am exceedingly anxious to prove to myself, as to others, that I am not played out as a composer … Have I told you that I intend to write a symphony? The beginning was difficult; but now inspiration seems to have come. However, we shall see.

During this period, Tchaikovsky also worked on a “Fantasy-Overture,” based upon William Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Tchaikovsky completed his Fifth Symphony on August 26.

He put the finishing touches on the Hamlet “Fantasy-Overture” on October 19.

Tchaikovsky conducted the premiere of his Symphony No. 5 in St. Petersburg on November 17, 1888. In many ways, it was a grand triumph for the composer. At the concert, the orchestra saluted Tchaikovsky with a triple fanfare. He also received an honorary membership in the St. Petersburg Society. The audience greeted the new work with a rousing ovation.

However, the critics were far less enthusiastic about the Fifth Symphony. Tchaikovsky, who frequently battled the demons of self-doubt, soon wrote to von Meck: Having played my Symphony twice in Petersburg and once in Prague, I have come to the conclusion that it is a failure. There is something repellent in it, some over-exaggerated color, some insincerity of fabrication which encoreatlanta.com/Atlanta’s Performing Arts Publication 27

the public instinctively recognizes. It was clear to me that the applause and ovations referred not to this but to other works of mine, and that the Symphony itself will never please the public. All this causes deep dissatisfaction with myself … Yesterday evening I looked through the Fourth Symphony … How much better and superior it is!

In the early part of 1889, Tchaikovsky conducted the Fifth Symphony in Hamburg, Germany. The work earned the praises of the orchestra musicians, as well as the great German composer, Johannes Brahms. This reception seemed to buoy Tchaikovsky’s spirits.

He wrote to his nephew, Vladimir Davïdov: “The Fifth Symphony was magnificently played and I like it far better now, after having held a bad opinion of it for some time.”

The Fifth Symphony: A Struggle with Fate?

Tchaikovsky insisted that his Fifth Symphony (unlike Nos. 4 and 6) did not contain a program. However, the progression of the Symphony No. 5 — with its presentation, frequent reappearance and dramatic metamorphosis of a central leitmotif — certainly seems to hint at some extra-musical significance. That notion is supported by the following words, located among Tchaikovsky’s sketches for the Fifth Symphony: Intr(oduction). Total submission before Fate — or, what is the same thing, the inscrutable design of Providence.

Allegro. I. Murmurs, doubts, laments, reproaches against…XXX.

2. Shall I cast myself into the embrace of faith?

A wonderful programme, if only it can be fulfilled.

If Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5 portrays a struggle with Fate, the outcome seems to be a positive one, certainly far more so than those depicted in the Fourth and Sixth Symphonies.

But such considerations are secondary to the glorious music of a work that, from its opening measures, transports the listener on a gripping, unforgettable symphonic journey.

Musical Analysis I. Andante; Allegro con anima — The Symphony opens with a slow introduction (Andante).

The clarinets present an ominous theme that will appear as the central leitmotif in each of the Symphony’s four movements. The theme soon becomes the basis for the opening melody (played by a solo clarinet and bassoon) of the ensuing Allegro con anima. The melody builds in intensity, until it receives a fff proclamation by the orchestra. The violins then introduce a more reflective theme, played molto espressivo. A cheerful dialogue between strings and chirping winds (Un pochettino più animato) leads to a yearning melody (Molto più tranquillo), played by the violins. This melody and the preceding theme build to a climax, as the exposition reaches its dynamic conclusion. After a tempestuous development of the central themes, a solo bassoon inaugurates the recapitulation. The first theme of the Allegro dominates the fiery coda that finally resolves to a ppp close.

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program II. Andante cantabile, con alcuna licenza — After a hushed introduction by the strings, the solo horn plays the radiant principal melody, to which a clarinet soon provides obbligato accompaniment. A solo oboe then introduces the lovely second theme of this slow movement.

The strings repeat the two themes in sequence, as the mood becomes ever more passionate. A solo clarinet launches a central episode that proceeds inexorably to a powerful reappearance of the Symphony’s leitmotif. This leads to a varied restatement of the Andante’s two principal melodies, interrupted again by the leitmotif, now in an even more savage guise. Calm is restored in the final measures with the strings’ reprise of the second melody.

III. Valse; Allegro moderato — The third-movement Waltz is in A—B—A form. The strings introduce the lilting, principal melody. A sprightly central section features spiccato strings and puckish winds. A reprise of the opening section ensues, followed by a coda in which the clarinets and bassoons utter a rather sinister version of the central leitmotif. Six fortissimo chords bring the Waltz to an ebullient close.

IV. Finale. Andante maestoso; Allegro vivace — The Finale opens with a slow introduction (Andante maestoso). For the first time, the central leitmotif is transformed to the major key.

A roll of the timpani heralds an agitated section (Allegro vivace) where the leitmotif again assumes a notable presence. Finally, after a dramatic pause, the leitmotif returns for the final time — now cast as a triumphal march (Moderato assai e molto maestoso). Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony concludes with a Presto coda, featuring the brass’s exultant version of the opening movement’s initial Allegro theme.

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DAVID COUCHERON, Violin

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riginally from Oslo, Norway, David Coucheron began playing violin at age 3. He joined the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra as concertmaster in September 2010. Mr. Coucheron earned his bachelor of music degree from the Curtis Institute of Music, his master of music from the Juilliard School and his master of musical performance from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, studying with such teachers as Igor Ozim, Aaron Rosand, Lewis Kaplan and David Takeno.

David Coucheron

Mr. Coucheron has worked with such conductors as Robert Spano, Alan Gilbert, Michael Tilson Thomas, Simon Rattle, Mstislav Rostropovich, David Zinman, Roger Norrington, Simone Young, and Charles Dutoit, and performed as a soloist with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra (Maxim Vengerov conducting), Sendai Symphony Orchestra, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, and Trondheim Symphony Orchestra. He has played solo recitals at the Oslo Chamber Music Festival, Carnegie Hall, Wigmore Hall (London), the Kennedy Center, the Olympic Winter Games (Salt Lake City, Utah), as well as in Beograd, Serbia, and Shanghai, China. Mr. Coucheron’s chamber music performances have included appearances at Suntory Hall, Wigmore Hall, the Oslo Chamber Music Festival, and Alice Tully Hall. His recordings with his sister, pianist Julie Coucheron, include David and Julie (Naxos/Mudi) and Debut (Naxos). Some of his awards and recognitions include first prize at the Concorso Internazionale di Musica Citta di Pinerolo competition in 2009 (Turin, Italy), first prize at the Princess Astrid Competition in 2002 (Trondheim, Norway), and third prize at the Manchester International Violin Competition in 2005 (Manchester, U.K.).

Mr. Coucheron plays a 1725 Stradivarius.

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support The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra gratefully acknowledges the generous gifts of individuals, corporations, foundations, government and other entities whose contributions help the Orchestra fulfill its mission to be a vigorous part of the cultural fabric of our community. The following list represents the cumulative total of philanthropy of $1,750 and above to the Orchestra’s fundraising campaigns, events and special initiatives from 2011 and 2012.

(Please note that donor benefits are based solely on contributions to the annual fund.) $500,000+

Mrs. Thalia N. Carlos** The Mabel Dorn Reeder Foundation Delta Air Lines The Zeist Foundation, Inc. The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation $250,000+

Madeline & Howell Adams, Jr. Mrs. Anne Cox Chambers

The Coca-Cola Company Mrs. William A. Schwartz

$100,000+

Lynn Eden GE Asset Management Abraham J. & Phyllis Katz Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Charles H. McTier

Turner Broadcasting System The Vasser Woolley Foundation, Inc. Woodruff Arts Center

$75,000+

Thalia & Michael C. Carlos Foundation

Fulton County Arts Council National Endowment for the Arts

UPS

$50,000+

Anonymous AT&T Real Yellow Pages GE Energy The Graves Foundation InterContinental Hotels Group Invesco

The Charles Loridans Foundation, Inc. The Reiman Foundation Mr. Thurmond Smithgall Robert Spano Susan & Thomas Wardell

SunTrust Bank SunTrust Foundation SunTrust Bank Trusteed Foundation – Walter H. and Marjory M. Rich Memorial Fund Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

$35,000+

Georgia Natural Gas Massey Charitable Trust

Porsche Cars North America Publix Super Markets Charities

Patty & Doug Reid

John H. & Wilhelmina D. Harland Charitable Foundation, Inc. King & Spalding Lucy R. & Gary Lee, Jr. MetLife Foundation The Sara Giles Moore Foundation Terence L. & Jeanne P. Neal*

Victoria & Howard Palefsky Mr. & Mrs. Solon P. Patterson* Printpack Inc. & The Gay & Erskine Love Foundation Ryder System, Inc. Mrs. Charles A. Smithgall, Jr. Adair & Dick White Ann Marie & John B. White, Jr.* Sue & Neil Williams

$25,000+

Jim & Adele Abrahamson Susan & Richard Anderson Stephanie & Arthur Blank Mr. & Mrs. C. Merrell Calhoun Mr. & Mrs. Bradley Currey, Jr. Marcia & John Donnell Catherine Warren Dukehart Georgia Council for the Arts Ann & Gordon Getty Foundation

*We are grateful to these donors for taking the extra time to acquire matching gifts from their employers. **Deceased.

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$17,500+ Anonymous (2) Pinney L. Allen & Charles C. Miller III Alston & Bird LLP The Arnold Foundation, Inc. Kelley O. & Neil H. Berman Mr. & Mrs. Paul J. Blackney

Janine Brown & Alex J. Simmons, Jr. City of Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs Gary & Nancy Fayard Mr. & Mrs. Paul R. Garcia Jane & Clay Jackson Amy & Mark Kistulinec

Karole & John Lloyd Kelly Loeffler & Jeffrey C. Sprecher Mr. Kenneth & Dr. Carolyn Meltzer Merlin Wealth Management Group at MorganStanley SmithBarney

Loren & Gail Starr Alison M. & Joseph M. Thompson Chilton & Morgan Varner Patrick & Susie Viguerie Camille Yow

Charles & Mary Ginden Global Payments, Inc. D. Kirk Jamieson, Verizon Wireless Ann A. & Ben F. Johnson III* Sarah & Jim Kennedy Steve & Eydie Koonin Carrie & Brian Kurlander

Michael & Cindi Lang Donna Lee & Howard C. Ehni Meghan & Clarke Magruder Nordstrom, Inc. Suzanne & Bill Plybon Dr. Stanley & Shannon Romanstein

Joyce & Henry Schwob Irene & Howard Stein Mary Rose Taylor Mike & Liz Troy Ray & John Uttenhove Mr. & Mrs. Edus H. Warren, Jr.

Dr. John W. Cooledge Trisha & Doug Craft Cari Katrice Dawson Eleanor & Charles Edmondson Rosi & Arnoldo Fiedotin Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence L. Gellerstedt III Mary D. Gellerstedt GMT Capital Corporation Nancy D. Gould Joe Guthridge & David Ritter* Hennessy Lexus Jan & Tom Hough

Mr. Tad Hutcheson Roya & Bahman Irvani Robert J. Jones Anne Morgan & Jim Kelley Mr. & Mrs. Donald R. Keough James H. Landon Mr. & Mrs. John M. Law Pat & Nolan Leake The Livingston Foundation, Inc. Mike’s Hard Lemonade Morgens West Foundation Primerica Margaret & Bob Reiser

Bill & Rachel Schultz* Mr. John A. Sibley III Siemens Industry, Inc. John Sparrow Carol & Ramon Tome Family Fund* Trapp Family Turner Foundation, Inc. Charlie Wade & M.J. Conboy Mark & Rebekah Wasserman Neal & Virginia Williams Suzanne Bunzl Wilner

Atlanta Federation of Musicians Jeff & Ann Cramer*

Jere & Patsy Drummond Mr. & Mrs. Jesse Hill, Jr. JBS Foundation

The Hellen Plummer Charitable Foundation, Inc.

Mary Helen & Jim Dalton Richard A. & Lynne N. Dorfman Christopher & Sonnet Edmonds Dr. & Mrs. Carl D. Fackler David L. Forbes James F. Fraser The Fraser-Parker Foundation, Inc. Betty Sands Fuller Sally & Carl Gable Dick & Anne Goodsell Mr. & Mrs. David Gould The Robert Hall Gunn, Jr. Fund The Jamieson Family

Paul & Rosthema Kastin Philip I. Kent Lanier Parking Solutions George H. Lanier The Sartain Lanier Family Foundation, Inc. Links Inc., Azalea City Chapter Belinda & Gino Massafra Linda & John Matthews John F. & Marilyn M. McMullan Penelope & Raymond McPhee* Walter W. Mitchell

Dr. & Mrs. Mark P. Pentecost, Jr. Margaret H. Petersen Mr. & Mrs. Joel F. Reeves Sea Island Co. Hamilton & Mason Smith* Sandy & Paul Smith The Southern Company Peter James Stelling Triska Drake & G. Kimbrough Taylor, Jr. Ms. Kimberly Tribble & Mr. Mark S. Lange Russell Williamson & Shawn Pagliarini

Ellen & Howard Feinsand Four Seasons Hotel Atlanta Herbert & Marian Haley Foundation

Steven & Caroline Harless Sally W. Hawkins Mr. & Mrs. John E. Hellriegel

Edna & Dan Hollums JoAnn Hall Hunsinger Dr. & Mrs. James T. Laney* Mr. & Mrs. William C. Lester*

$15,000+ The Antinori Foundation Lisa & Joe Bankoff The Boston Consulting Group Mr. & Mrs. David Edmiston Admiral James O. Ellis, Jr. in memory of Polly Ellis Mr. Donald F. Fox $10,000+ Anonymous AGCO Corporation, Lucinda B. Smith Mark & Christine Armour The Balloun Family Mr. David Boatwright Boxwoods Gardens & Gifts, Inc The Breman Foundation, Inc. The John & Rosemary Brown Family Foundation The Walter & Frances Bunzl Foundation Cynthia & Donald Carson Dr. & Mrs. S. Wright Caughman $7,500+ The Aaron Copland Fund for Music, Inc.

$5,000+ Anonymous (2) Aadu & Kristi Allpere* Ms. Julie M. Altenbach Americasmart Atlanta In honor of Dominick Argento Arnall Golden Gregory LLP Private Wealth Group The ASCAP Foundation Irving Caesar Fund Ms. Suzanne Dansby Bollman Bubba Brands, Inc. Dr. Robert L. & Lucinda W. Bunnen Charles Campbell & Ann Grovenstein-Campbell

$3,500+ Anonymous Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Chorba Mr. James L. Davis & Ms. Carol Comstock*

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support

$3,500+ continued Linder Security Systems, Inc. Deborah & William Liss Dr. & Mrs. James T. Lowman Ruth & Paul Marston

Mr. & Mrs. Albert S. McGhee Mr. & Mrs. Harmon B. Miller III Leslie & Skip Petter

S.A. Robinson In memory of Willard Shull Elliott Sopkin Mrs. C. Preston Stephens

Burton Trimble H. & T. Yamashita*

Ms. Diane Durgin Francine D. Dykes & Richard H. Delay The Robert S. Elster Foundation John & Michelle Fuller Mr. & Mrs. Edward T. Garland Dr. Mary G. George & Mr. Kenneth Molinelli Carol & Henry Grady Ben & Lynda Greer Dr. & Mrs. Alexander Gross Paul B., Paul H., & M. Harrison Hackett Mr. & Mrs. Marc Hamburger Darlene K. Henson HG Robinson Silver Mr. Thomas Hooten & Ms. Jennifer Marotta Mr. & Mrs. Harry C. Howard Richard & Linda Hubert Dr. William M. Hudson Dr. & Mrs. James M. Hund Dorothy Jackson** Ms. Cynthia Jeness Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Johnson Mr. W. F. & Dr. Janice Johnston Dr. Maurice J. Jurkiewicz** Mr. & Mrs. Gert Kampfer Hazel & Herb Karp Mr. & Mrs. John H. Kauffman Mr. & Mrs. L. Michael Kelly

Dick & Georgia Kimball* Mr. & Mrs. Daniel J. King Dr. & Mrs. Scott I. Lampert Mr. & Mrs. John Latham Thomas C. Lawson Dr. Fulton D. Lewis III & Mr. Neal Rhoney Mr. & Mrs. Paul A. Lutz* Mr. & Mrs. Frederick C. Mabry Barbara & Jim MacGinnitie The Devereaux F. & Dorothy McClatchey Foundation, Inc. Birgit & David McQueen Virginia K. McTague Gregory & Judy Moore Ms. Lilot S. Moorman & Mr. Jeffrey B. Bradley Dr. & Mrs. R. Daniel Nable Robert & Mary Ann Olive Ms. Rebecca Oppenheimer Barbara & Sanford Orkin Mr. & Mrs. Andreas Penninger Susan Perdew Mr. Robert Peterson Elise T. Phillips Mr. & Mrs. Rezin Pidgeon, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. W. Harrison Reeves, Sr. Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. Rodgers Mr. & Mrs. George P. Rodrigue

John & Kyle Rogers Dr. Paul J. Seguin Elizabeth S. Sharp Angela & Morton Sherzer Kay R. Shirley Beverly & Milton Shlapak Helga Hazelrig Siegel Lewis Silverboard Sydney Simons Baker & Debby Smith Amy & Paul Snyder Mr. & Mrs. Raymond F. Stainback, Jr. Lynne & Steven Steindel* John & Yee-Wan Stevens Mr. & Mrs. George B. Taylor, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Mark Taylor Annie-York Trujillo & Raul F. Trujillo Mr. William C. Voss Mr. & Mrs. Randolph O. Watson Dr. & Mrs. Roger P. Webb Dr. & Mrs. James O. Wells, Jr. David & Martha West Mr. & Mrs. Peter L. Whitcup Mary Lou Wolff Jan & Beattie Wood Mr. & Mrs. John C. Yates

Ree & Ralph Edwards Billy Eiselstein & Andy Greene Heike & Dieter Elsner George T. & Alecia H. Ethridge Peg Simms Gary Bill & Susan Gibson Mary C. Gramling Mr. Lewis H. Hamner III Thomas High In memory of Carolyn B. Hochman Stephanie & Henry Howell Mr. & Mrs. William C. Humphreys, Jr. Mary B. & Wayne James Aaron & Joyce Johnson Baxter P. Jones Lana M. Jordan Mr. Thomas J. Jung JWG Retirement Plan Services, Inc. Dr. Rose Mary Kolpatzki Mr. & Mrs. David Krischer

Dr. J. Bancroft Lesesne Mr. & Mrs. Craig P. MacKenzie Kay & John Marshall Martha & Reynolds McClatchey Captain & Mrs. Charles M. McCleskey Angela & Jimmy Mitchell* Mrs. Gene Morse** Caroline di Donato & Joseph M. O'Donnell Keith & Dana Osborn Dr. & Mrs. Bernard H. Palay Mr. & Mrs. Emory H. Palmer Dr. & Mrs. Frank S. Pittman III The Reverend Neal P. Ponder, Jr. Provaré Technology, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. David M. Ratcliffe Ms. Susan Robinson & Ms. Mary Roemer The Gary Rollins Foundation John T. Ruff

Dr. & Mrs. Rein Saral W. Henry Shuford & Nancy Shuford Alida & Stuart Silverman Alex & Betty Smith Foundation, Inc. Johannah Smith Mr. & Mrs. Gabriel Steagall Dr. Elizabeth Glenn Stow Kay & Alex Summers Poppy Tanner Elvira Tate Mr. & Mrs. William M. Tipping Ms. Sheila L. Tschinkel Drs. Jonne & Paul Walter Alan & Marcia Watt Drs. Julius & Nanette Wenger William & Rebecca White* Hubert H. Whitlow, Jr. Mrs. Frank L. Wilson, Jr. Charlie & Dorothy Yates Family Fund Herbert & Grace Zwerner

$2,250+ Anonymous (3) Mrs. Kay Adams* & Mr. Ralph Paulk John** & Helen Aderhold Mr. & Mrs. Phillip E. Alvelda* Mr. & Mrs. Stephen D. Ambo Paul & Marian Anderson Jack & Helga Beam Ms. Laura J. Bjorkholm & Mr. John C. Reece II Rita & Herschel Bloom Edith H. & James E. Bostic, Jr. Family Foundation Margo Brinton & Eldon Park Jacqueline A. & Joseph E. Brown, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Anton J. Bueschen Major General & Mrs. Robert M. Bunker Dr. Aubrey M. Bush & Dr. Carol T. Bush The Buss Family Charitable Fund Ms. Marnite B. Calder Mr. & Mrs. Beauchamp C. Carr Ralph & Rita Connell Chip & Darlene Conrad Mr. & Mrs. Thomas G. Cousins Mr. Robert Cronin & Ms. Christina Smith Sally & Larry Davis Drs. Carlos del Rio & Jeannette Guarner

$1,750+ Anonymous Mrs. Jean Allen Dr. David & Julie Bakken Mr. & Mrs. Ron Bell Dr. & Mrs. Joel E. Berenson Leon & Linda Borchers Mr.** & Mrs. Eric L. Brooker Mr. & Mrs. Russell E. Butner Mr. & Mrs. Walter K. Canipe Mr. & Mrs. Chuck Carlin Susan & Carl Cofer Mr. & Mrs. R. Barksdale Collins* Dr. & Mrs. William T. Cook Jean & Jerry Cooper Mr. & Mrs. Brant Davis* Mrs. H. Frances Davis Deloitte Peter & Vivian de Kok Elizabeth & John Donnelly Xavier Duralde & Mary Barrett Gregory & Debra Durden Cree & Frazer Durrett Mary Frances Early

*We are grateful to these donors for taking the extra time to acquire matching gifts from their employers. **Deceased.

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The ASO is flourishing thanks to the generous support of our members. With ticket sales covering only half of our operating expenses, Individual giving helps bridge the gap and enable the talented members of our Orchestra to reach even greater heights of artistic excellence. $1,000+ Anonymous (4) Mr. & Mrs. William Atkins Atlanta Fine Homes Sotheby's International Realty Anthony Barbagallo & Kristen Fowks Mrs. Katy Barksdale Mr. & Mrs. Thomas R. Barry Mr. & Mrs. Verney E. Bentley III Natalie & Matthew Bernstein Robert & Teresa Betkowski Shirley Blaine Mr. & Mrs. Merritt S. Bond Mr. & Mrs. Daniel W. Boone III Barbara & Steve Chaddick William Cook Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan J. Davies Gregory & Debra Durden Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. Edge Dr. & Mrs. Norman L. Elliott Mr. & Mrs. Clayton H. Farnham Rosi & Arnoldo Fiedotin Mach Flinn Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Foss

Tom & Donna Fullilove John W. Gamwell Mr. & Mrs. John T. Glover Goldsmith Family Foundation Ned Cone & Nadeen Green Mr. & Mrs. George N. Gundersen Mr. Lewis H. Hamner III Michael Hand Carol & Thomas J. Hanner Mr. Harald R. Hansen Phil & Lisa Hartley John & Martha Head Kenneth R. Hey Mr. & Mrs. David P. Higgins Stephanie & Henry Howell Jane Jerden Ms. Marylin S. Johnson William L. & Sally S. Jorden Dr. Naomi M. Kirkman-Bey Mr. & Mrs. Theodore J. Lavallee, Sr. Dr. & Mrs. John E. Lee Mrs. Jay Levine Mr. & Mrs. J. David Lifsey Mrs. Joan Lipson Mr. Carlos E. Lopez

Thomas & Marianne Mabry Mr. & Mrs. Will D. Magruder Mr. Charles S. Mann Nancy & Larry Mansfield Mr. & Mrs. James H. Matthews, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. William McClatchey Molly McDonald & Jonathan Gelber Mr. Larry McIntire Mrs. Elizabeth Meeder Mrs. Dorothy H. Miller Mr. & Mrs. Thomas B. Mimms, Jr. Frank M. Monger The Mortimer Family* Mr. & Mrs. Frank Murray Dr. Anthony Musarra Kent C. Nelson & Ann Starr Ms. Ann Pasky Mr. Christopher D. Rex & Dr. Martha Wilkins Mr. Tom B. Reynolds Ms. Paige Riley Mr. & Mrs. Clyde A. Rodbell Sidney & Phyllis Rodbell

Mr. William H. Runge III Ms. Pierrette Scanavino Mr. & Mrs. Samuel R. Shapiro Mr. Jerry L. Siegel & Dr. AnnRita L. Hader Mrs. J. Lucian Smith* Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas T. Spina, Jr. Dr. Odessa K. Spraggins Gail & Barry Spurlock Dr. & Mrs. Richard G. Stiles Mr. & Mrs. David L. Taylor Dr. Sherry & Mr. Warren E. Taylor Wayne & Lee Harper Vason Frank Vinicor, M.D. Bill & Judy Vogel Clay & Mary Jo Warner Rev. Dr. & Mrs. John Westerhoff Ms. Leslie Wheeler Russell F. Winch Ms. Patrice M. Wright- Lewis Holly & Marty York Chuck & Pat Young The Zaban Foundation, Inc.

Alma R. Garrette Mr. Charles E. Griffin Mrs. Anne Haltiwanger Betty L. Hammack & Charles Meredith M.D. Helen & Edward M. Hatch Ms. Linda Hines James E. Honkisz* Mr. Terri Lawson

Mr. & Mrs. Eugene F. Meany David & Teresa Murray Charles & Mollie Palmer Gene & Mary Kay Poland* John P. Pooler Ann Rollins & James Jose Dan & Carolyn Roper Mr. & Mrs. Richard Schweitzer Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Scullin

Pat & Jim Shoop Ms. Martha B. Stephens & Ms. Linda B. August Mr. & Mrs. George Sutherlin Thomas R. Webb Brooke & Winston Weinmann Dr. & Mrs. William Yang Nancy J. Young

Mr. & Mrs. Nathaniel Chafee Don & Bev Chapman Ms. Janet M. Chapman Dr. & Mrs. William Clarkson IV Dr. & Mrs. Malcolm H. Cole, Jr. Mr. Philip Delanty Douglas & Camille Duerr Drs. Bryan & Norma Edwards Mr. Theodore Erck & Mrs. Carole M. Brown Dr. & Mrs Bruce Lee Evatt Jim & Nancy Ewing R. Fenton-May Ms. Nancy Field & Mr. Michael Schulder Dr. Mary M. Finn

Representative Pat Gardner & Mr. Jerry Gardner Michael & Deborah Gerace Mr. & Mrs. Edward T. Gignoux, Jr.* Mr. & Mrs. Harry L. Gilham, Jr. David M. Gittelman Mr. Harold Gorvy Dr. & Mrs. Carl Grafton John E. Graham Dr. & Mrs. Timothy A. Grubb Dr. Jon P. Gunnemann & Dr. Karin V. Gunnemann Dr. & Mrs. C.R. Harper Samuel H. Harrison Mrs. Charlotte T. Harvey Mr. Walter B. Harvey

Dr. & Mrs. J. Rhodes Haverty Ms. Suellen Henderson Richard L. Henneman & Janet L. Fath Dr. & Mrs. Kenneth L. Herrmann Mr. Harvey & Dr. Sarah Hill Dr. James H. Hipkens & Mr. Robert Lamy Ms. Susan Hoy Lyman & Susan Hurd Barry Hyman Mr. & Mrs. Glen O. Jackson Dr. & Mrs. Robert R. Jacobson Mr. Timothy A. Johnson & Mrs. Margaret Wood Mr. & Mrs. Andrew T. Jones

$750+ Susan & Jack Bertram Mrs. Kyle R. Cade Ms. Delia T. Crouch Dr. & Mrs. F. Thomas Daly, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Kevin S. Denney Mr. & Mrs. Paul L. Dillingham Judge & Mrs. Jack Etheridge Mr. Peter Gans & Ms. Mary Madden

$500+ Anonymous (3) Accion Security Consulting Ms. Victoria Afshani Mr. & Mrs. John G. Alston Mr. & Mrs. Chris F. Bachelder Mr. & Mrs. Michael Barker Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Bass Dr. & Mrs. Jerome B. Blumenthal Mr. Robert Boulet Mr. & Mrs. Timothy D. Breer* Mr. & Mrs. Weyman V. Brown Dr. Barbara S. Bruner Mr. & Mrs. Rod D. Bunn Mr. Michael P. Burns Dr. David M. Cantrell Dr. & Mrs. W. J. Capps

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support $500+ continued Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey J. Keenan Mrs. Carol Kemker Jim & Karen Knorr Thomas B. Koch Miss Florence Kopleff Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth H. Kraft The Honorable & Mrs. John S. Langford, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Tom E. Lantz Ms. Katherine Larder Ms. Jane B. Lee & Ms. Ivey L. Hubert Dr. Burton L. Lesnick & Dr. Lisa Kobrynski Dr. & Mrs. Fred A. Levin Steven & Ellen Levy Jun-Ching Lin Joanne Lincoln Ms. Teresa A. Lind Mr. & Mrs. Allen H. Lipis Sheri & Rick Long* Richard H. Lowe Mr. & Mrs. Paul Lukasiewicz Mr. Noble Maleque Mr. & Mrs. Patrick J. Mannelly M. Jackson Marr Nancy & Bob Mason Ms. Margaret McConnell & Mr. Michael Kopp Miss Joey McCraw Bob & Elba McCue

Mr. & Mrs. John McCutcheon Mr. & Mrs. Ken McGraw Mr. & Mrs. Paul M. McLarty, Jr. Luine B. Miller Mr. & Mrs. Guy W. Millner, Jr. Mr. Gene & Dr. Rhonda Milner Dr. & Mrs. Melvin R. Moore Mr. & Mrs. George T. Munsterman Richard S. & Winifred B. Myrick Lebby Neal John & Agnes Nelson Dr. & Ms. Michael O'Neill Wiley C. Owen Carol & Bob Paller Mr. Albert Palombo & Mrs. Linda Berggren Mr. & Mrs. Richard Panarese Paradigm Capital Management Cynthia & Roy Pearson Mr. Steve M. Peck Mrs. Clarence L. Peeler Barbara & Marty Pollock Mr. & Mrs. David Poroch Mr. & Mrs. Laird D. Prussner Judy & Buddy Reed Dr. Susan Reef Ms. Jane M. Remy

Ms. Joyce Resnick & Dr. Robert Schumacher Ms. Lee Anne Richardson & Mr. James Diedrick Mr. & Mrs. Maury Riff Colonel & Mrs. Doug J. Riffey Ms. Barbara Rivenbark Carolyn L. Robison Mark Rowles Mr. Leonard L. Roy, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Stefan H. Schmieta Mr. & Mrs. Charles R. Schreck Mr. Rudolf Sedlacek-Parker Charles T. Sharbaugh Douglas & Robin Shore Alida & Stuart Silverman Mr. Roger Simon & Ms. Mary Monsees Andrew J. Singletary Mr. William F. Snyder & Mr. Louis A. Peneguy Anne-Marie Sparrow Mr. & Mrs. Stanley M. Srochi Mr. & Mrs. Dale Stortz Dr. & Mrs. John P. Straetmans Ms. Geraldine D. Stutz Beth & Edward Sugarman Mr. James Sustman & Dr. Janet St. Clair Michael & Francoise Szikman

Mr. & Mrs. W. Rhett Tanner Mr. James G. Tausche & Mrs. Jane Kamenz Mr. Eric Taylor Dr. & Mrs. Richard Thio Jennings Jed Thompson, IV Ms. Allyson A. Till & Mr. Earl Robles Alfred & Sarah Tollison Jeremy S. Uchitel Dr. & Mrs. Roy W. Vandiver, M.D. Mr. Robert S. Vansant Mr. & Mrs. Wayne R. Vason Frank Vinicor, M.D. Mr. J. H. Walker III Richard & Adele Ward Dr. David C. Watts Melvin K. & Sally S. Westmoreland Mr. & Mrs. Marshall E. White II Dr. Thomas E. Whitesides, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Homer W. Whitman, Jr. Ms. Anne Williams Elliott & Susan Winton Mr. & Mrs. Harold D. Yudelson

Dr. & Mrs. Michael S. Bell Mrs. Mary Benson Mr. & Mrs. Carl D. Bhame Mary Reichler & Peter Bing Mr. Randall B. Bird Nancy & Gary Bivins R. Dwain Blackston, M.D. Ms. Sandra R. Blackwood Allan & Sheila Bleich Dr. & Mrs. Donald L. Block Suzanne & Rob Boas C.J. Bolster & Barbara Petit Mr. Don Bonar & Mr. Elmer Langham Charles & Laura Bowen Ms. Lisa A. Boyd & Mr. Ward W. Hobbs Mr. & Mrs. Frank Brant Ms. Ann-Marie Breaux & Ms. Denise Hanusek Mr. & Mrs. J.H. Klenke Bredenberg Mrs. Leokadia R. Brooks Mr. Jackson A. Bross James L. Bross Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Browning

Mrs. Betty W. Bullock & Ms. Lisa Brown Mr. & Mrs. John P. Brumbaugh Mr. & Mrs. William B. Bullock Mr. Walter Burnett Sissy & Joel Butler Jaclyn & Stephen Cannon Mr. Kenneth Carr Mr. & Mrs. Johannes Causey Ms. Johanna Chapin Mr. & Mrs. Joel A. Cheek Mr. & Mrs. Peter M. Chester Mr. & Mrs. Alan D. Chunka Peggy & Tony Clarke Mrs. Gwendolyn M. Cleghorn Mr. & Mrs. Tony Cochran Ms. Jane O. Cofer & Mr. David Roper Mr. & Mrs. Charles Cohn* Ms. Cathryn V. Cook Mr. & Mrs. Randy Cook Dr. & Mrs. John E. Cooke Mr. & Mrs. Bobby R. Cooper Mrs. Eleanor E. Corbin Philip & Alice Cordes

Mrs. Frank E. Corrigan, Sr. Dr. & Mrs. Bryan C. Crafts Mr. Christopher Crittenden Mr. & Mrs. Ralph E. Cromer Gray & Marge Crouse Claire & Alex Crumbley Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Czarnecki Dr. Marian E. Dabney Mr. & Mrs. Joaquin R. Davila* Ms. Elaine Davis Ms. Priscilla A. Davis Mrs. Winston C. Dees Robert L. & Marianne S. DeHaan Mr. John M. Dekonty Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. DeMetz Mr. & Mrs. Phillip M. Dial Dr. & Mrs. Steve L. Dickerson Dr. & Mrs. Morton B. Dimenstien Steven & Jean Marie Doctor Mr. & Mrs. Marion W. Dorazewski Mr. & Mrs. Walter R. Dowdle

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$250+ continued Mr. & Mrs. Samuel L. Dumas Mr. & Mrs. Brian Dyson Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Eckert Mr. & Mrs. John D. Edison Charles & Janice Edwards Mr. Courtney Ellis & Dr. Amina Bhatia Mr. Laurence W. Entrekin Marcia & Jacob Epstein Ms. Ann W. Evans Mr. & Mrs. Todd Evans Mr. & Mrs. David C. Ewert Ms. Julie A. Fishman & Dr. Terry Pechacek Mr. & Mrs. William A. Flinn Mr. & Mrs. Bruce W. Flower Mr. John Floyd Mr. & Mrs. Philip D. Folger Dr. & Mrs. Richard D. Franco Kenneth & Wanda Franklin Dr. Sidney N. Franklin & Dr. Mary Pratt Dr. Marla J. Franks & Reverend Susan Zoller Mrs. Alice Bell Fraser Homer S. French, Jr. Mr. Norman C. Frost Ms. Linda Fulton-Terry Mr. Michael T. Furick Mr. & Mrs. Radu Gadidov Dr. & Mrs. Morton P. Galina Audrey & Jim Galloway Mr. & Mrs. Sebastien Galtier Dr. & Mrs. Robert M. Gantt Mr. David G. Gardner* & Ms. Brenda E. Andrews Dr. & Mrs. John C. Garrett Mr. & Mrs. Matt Gaudet Mr. & Mrs. Jerome Gilbert Michael Gillen Mr. Francis J. Gilmore & Ms. Barbara Johnston Mr. Grant F. Glassbrook Dr. & Mrs. Martin I. Goldstein Mr. & Mrs. Robert Golomb Mr. David Goo & Mrs. Susan Doyle Hugh Goodwin in memory of Barbara Goodwin A. J. & Carol H. Gordon Mr. Marc D. Gottlieb Dr. & Mrs. Stephen J. Gould Mr. & Mrs. James N. Grace Mrs. Doris Grady Mr. & Mrs. John W. Grant III Mr. & Mrs. Donald H. Gray, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Robert Green Ms. Susan Green* Mr. & Mrs. John S. Greene Jim & Fran Greenlee Mr. & Mrs. Richard Griffiths

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additional support Blonder Family Foundation

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Appassionato

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The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra is privileged to receive annual contributions from individuals throughout the Southeast. Appassionato was inaugurated in 2000 and welcomes annual givers of $10,000 and above. Appassionato members provide the Symphony with a continuous and strong financial base in support of our ambitious aritistic and education initiatives.

Patron Partnership

Thomas J. Jung, Chair

The Patron Partnership of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra is the society of donors who have given $1,750 or more and comprise a vital extension of the Orchestra family through their institutional leadership and financial support.

Henry Sopkin Circle Honoring the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra’s first Music Director, the Henry Sopkin Circle recognizes our friends who have planned bequests and other gifts to benefit the Orchestra’s future. We remain grateful to all Henry Sopkin Circle members – past and present – for their generosity, trust, and vision.

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Holiday Title Sponsor Muhtar Kent Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer

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Major funding for this organization is provided by the Fulton County Board of Commissioners under the guidance of the Fulton County Arts Council.

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This program is supported in part by the Georgia Council for the Arts (GCA) through the appropriations of the Georgia General Assembly. GCA also receives support from its partner agency, the National Endowment for the Arts

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra programs are supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Major support is provided by the City of Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs.

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Do we mean the John Adams who brought Atlanta audiences to tears, in February 2008, with his searing tribute to the victims of 9/11, On the Transmigration of Souls, and challenged them later that year with his operatic retelling of the development of the atomic bomb, Doctor Atomic?

Yes, that John Adams. It turns out the much-heralded American composer — best known for works inspired by today’s most upsetting headlines — does have a dreamier side, which is fully evident in A Flowering Tree.

The work, which he calls “a departure” for him, was composed on the heels of Doctor Atomic. The latter work, as he recounted in his autobiography, Hallelujah Junction, “was an opera about technology and the end of ecology. A Flowering Tree is its antidote: a parable about youth, about hope, and about the ecology of the soul.”

transformation, claims her as his bride, but refuses to consummate their marriage until she performs her ritual. As she does so, the prince’s jealous sister spies on them, and then demands that Kumudha perform for her friends. When they lose interest partway through her performance, Kumudha is left half-woman, half-tree. In this hideous state, she flees, and is adopted by a band of traveling minstrels. When the prince discovers she is gone, he is stricken with guilt, and becomes a wandering beggar himself. Several years pass; the prince stumbles into a distant palace, where his sister, now a queen, recognizes

The two-act work, written between December 2005 and September 2006, was commissioned to celebrate the 250th anniversary of Mozart’s birth, and took as its “guiding spirit,” Adams wrote, “the Mozart of the Magic Flute” and its themes of “the magic of transformation, both physical and spiritual.”

The libretto, written by Adams himself, is based on a South Indian folk tale, in a translation by noted poet Attipat Krishnaswami Ramanujan, who also translated the erotic love poems that Adams has incorporated to deepen the characters.

The opera tells the story of Kumudha, a beautiful peasant who discovers she has the ability to transform herself into a flowering tree whose blossoms she sells to help support her impoverished mother.

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him and takes him in. Meanwhile, in the town marketplace, the queen’s maids see a minstrel troupe and hear the ravishing singing of a strange and misshapen torso. The queen, not knowing that this is Kumudha, the girl she had tormented and driven away, brings her to court. The prince and Kumudha recognize each other, he performs the old ceremony, and his bride resumes her lovely human form.

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was barely known when she took on this role, and it’s been wonderful watching her career skyrocket.”

This production will feature the unveiling of a brand-new staging experience, Symphony V.0 — a collaboration between the Alpharetta-based company Clark, and James Alexander, the director who has designed and directed five Theater of a Concert productions, including Doctor Atomic, Madama Butterfly and La bohème.

Alexander is already renowned for his ingenious use of projections, but he says that

Soprano Shu-Ying Li sings the role of Butterfly, with Robert Spano conducting the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chamber Chorus in a Theater of a Concert performance of Puccini’s Madama Butterfly; in June 2011.

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Atlanta audiences will be treated to a production featuring the soloists for whom Adams wrote the work, and who performed in its world premiere in Vienna in 2006: bass Eric Owens, as the Narrator; tenor Russell Thomas as the Prince; and Jessica Rivera as Kumudha. In an interview last year, Adams talked about the artists: “I knew Eric very well because I wrote the role of General Groves for him in Doctor Atomic. Russell Thomas came to an audition, and I was blown away. I’m always very grateful when I get him to sing, because now everybody wants him. Jessica

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As excited as he is about the technology, Alexander’s priority is always the music and the musicians. “In these concert operas, I immerse the singers in the experience.

They are used to pit orchestras; suddenly they’re standing with the musicians. They all become colleagues as never before.” He also promises that the Atlanta Symphony Chorus — whose text Adams rendered in Spanish to make the work more universal — will be an important participant in the action, serving, Alexander says, “as a mask or screen on which to project images.” The Orchestra, as in previous Concert of a Theater productions, will be fully involved. “Why would I put this Rolls-Royce of an orchestra in a pit? I prefer to make them the focus of attention.”

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The musicians of the Orchestra relish these opportunities, according to Principal Trombone Colin Williams, a 10-year Atlanta veteran, who has performed in all

Soprano Shu-Ying Li with James Alexander. Puccini’s Madama Butterfly; in June 2011.

Robert Spano and John Adams for his Doctor Atomic; in November 2008.

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Symphony V.0 transforms what has been a somewhat one-dimensional technology into a multidimensional “immersive experience.”

Alexander is already at work on several Symphony V.0 productions in other cities, but he wanted “Atlanta to have it first because they introduced me to the Clark guys.”

the Theater of a Concert productions. “For some music, like a Brahms symphony, it’s great for the Orchestra to be the focus of attention, but there’s other music that really benefits from the larger context. I enjoy being part of something that’s memorable and coo. I like being part of a process that engages the audience.”

Alexander, who directs productions all over the world, has special praise for Atlanta audiences: “In big anonymous cities, when one steps outside, the audience ignores you. Here they say, ‘I need to tell you something.’ They ask interesting questions; they tell you what they saw. I always feel very welcome.”

For Robert Spano, who has conducted 11 of Adams’ works with the Atlanta Symphony alone, A Flowering Tree represents another chance to involve himself in the work of a composer for whom he has a tremendous affinity: “It’s great to continue to explore Adams’s music. He’s one of the composers we have developed an ongoing relationship with. In many ways, we’re the ultimate Adams orchestra now.”

Madeline Rogers, a freelance writer and editor, is the former director of publications at the New York Philharmonic.

community corner Dantes…

Meet Dantes Rameau, co-founder and executive director of the Atlanta Music Project. Through the Atlanta Music Project program, he has brought music education to at-risk children throughout Atlanta.

What is the Atlanta Music Project (AMP)?

The Atlanta Music Project provides intense music education for at-risk children right in their own neighborhood. Our after-school youth orchestra and choir programs take place five days a week, and we provide every student with an instrument, classes, and world-class teaching artists and performance opportunities.

By virtue of their ZIP code, most of the kids we serve face a mountain of challenges that impede their chances of success in life. The Atlanta Music Project seeks to arm our students with skills that will help them overcome these challenges. Since we launched two years ago, we have observed that when kids join the Atlanta Music Project, they immediately begin to develop a stronger sense of self and a feeling of belonging to a cause. Our music ensembles empower our students to make a difference for themselves and their neighborhood.

Naturally, this leads to an increase in our students’ motivation, discipline, and academic engagement.

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What was the inspiration for the Atlanta Music Project?

The Atlanta Music Project was inspired by El Sistema, Venezuela’s renowned system of youth and children’s orchestras. Founded in 1975, El Sistema serves more than 300,000 youths each year — the majority of whom come from impoverished backgrounds — and is widely recognized as one of the best music education programs in the world.

The program’s most famous alumnus is Gustavo Dudamel, who was named music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the age of 26. The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra boasts another famous El Sistema alumnus in bass clarinetist Alcides Rodriguez! In addition, both myself and Aisha Bowden, choir director for the Atlanta Music Project, have completed residencies with El Sistema through the New England Conservatory of Music’s Sistema Fellows Program.

You require a real commitment from the students, including two hours of practice per day …

Yes. It’s partly because we want our students to be safe and off of the streets after school.

But then again, our students could be doing any number of after-school programs.

So why spend two hours doing music?

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Do you think there are other life skills students gain from the Atlanta Music Project, and music education in general, that transcend the musical world?

Being in a music ensemble is very similar to real life. As adults, we go to work every day to make a living and hopefully contribute our little piece to making the world a better place. For Atlanta Music Project students, they get up every day and practice their instrument individually in order to prepare their part to bring to the ensemble rehearsal.

In rehearsal they develop the ability to work with their colleagues and teachers to put together the best performance possible.

Through this process of music preparation,

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our students are living out what it means to be committed, responsible and productive citizens. I can’t wait to see where our students are seven or eight years from now.

I wouldn’t bet against their future success!

What led you to partner with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra?

In order for our program to succeed, our students need to be aware of and interact with the best musicians in the world, who can be found in the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. It’s not just about our students being around a world-class orchestra, it’s about surrounding them with excellence.

When young people are surrounded by excellence, they realize that they too have the tools and the capability to do big things, whether that is in music or in other fields.

And being such a prominent institution, when the Orchestra puts a stamp on music education, people listen. That makes our jobs at the Atlanta Music Project much easier. And as they get older, hopefully our students will become Atlanta Symphony enthusiasts!

Edited and condensed by Alex LaPierre.

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Quite simply, the intensity is what enables our students to experience a sense of accomplishment. Doing something at a high level is fun, but getting to that point requires work. Our rigorous schedule allows us to quickly get our students to a point where music-making is fun. Most importantly, along the way they come to understand the correlation between hard work and success.

calendar This Summer @ May 31/June 1/2 Thu/Fri/Sat: 8pm Magnus Lindberg: Arena Sibelius: Violin concerto Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 Robert Spano, conductor David Coucheron, violin June 7/9

Thu/Sat: 8pm John Adams: A Flowering Tree Robert Spano, conductor James Alexander, staging Jessica Rivera, soprano Russell Thomas, tenor Eric Owens, bass Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus

June 3 Sun: 7:30pm Jackie Evancho with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

July 4, 2012 Wed: 8pm David Abell, conductor Debbie Gravitte, vocalist U.S. Army Chorus All-American Celebration July 21, 2012 Sat: 8pm Martin Herman, conductor Classical Mystery Tour All You Need Is Love A Celebration of the Beatles August 12 Sun: 8pm Il Divo with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

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1 Road Trip!

The Orchestra performed for the sixth year in a row at the Savannah Music Festival.

The concert featured pianist Yefim Bronfman and the Orchestra was led by Miguel Harth-Bedoya.

2 A Class for Brass The esteemed Chicago Symphony Orchestra Brass Quintet – including former Atlanta Symphony Principal Trumpet and Youth Orchestra member Chris Martin – led a master class with local student musicians.

3 Noteworthy Kids Springdale Park Elementary students participated in the first annual Composer Project Festival. Orchestra members Denise Smith, Paul Murphy and Olga Shpitko (center in the group photo below) were the presiding judges.

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