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the music

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23 This week’s concert and program notes

Esa-Pekka Salonen and Robert Spano are of one mind on a conductor’s role.

44 Community Corner: Meet Sheehan Hanrahan

In the community, making a difference.

48 ASO Media: Three for Three

Garrick Ohlsson performs Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 3 on new CD.

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departments 10 President’s Letter 12 Orchestra Leadership 14 Robert Spano 16 Musicians 33 Contributors 50 Calendar 52 Administration 54 General Info 56 Ticket Info 58 Gallery ASO

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Welcome Con-cert (kan-surt) n. [from Latin com-, with + certare, to strive] 1) mutual agreement, concord; 2) a performance of music — in concert, in unison.

Welcome to the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra’s 2011-2012 Delta Classical Concert Season, our 68th! This season has been years in the making. We deliberated and planned and developed and tested idea after idea, all in an effort to fulfill the hopes, to meet the needs and expectations of our audiences. I am confident that we’ve created a season that will delight you, move you, and inspire you.

Over the coming weeks you will see and hear us: In Concert with Great Music: Beethoven’s immortal Ninth Symphony, Tchaikovsky’s beloved Violin Concert, Brahms’ dramatic Symphony 4, Rachmaninov’s The Bells, music of our own day from renowned composers Osvaldo Golijov, Michael Abels, and Esa-Pekka Salonen — and much, much more.

In Concert with Great Artists: Music Director Robert Spano, soprano Christine Brewer, our own Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus, legendary violinist Joshua Bell, pianists Terrence Wilson and Horacio Gutierrez and many, many more.

In Concert With This Community: Through our nationally recognized education programs — Sound Learning, the Talent Development Program, the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra and Symphony Street Concerts — we are nurturing the musical gifts of Atlanta’s children and shaping both the present and the future of our city.

We are able to be in concert with great music, with great artists, and with this community thanks to your support. Bravo — and thank you!

Wishing you all the best,

Stanley E. Romanstein, Ph.D. President

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leadership Atlanta Symphony Orchestra League 2011-2012 Board of Directors Officers Jim Abrahamson D. Kirk Jamieson Joni Winston † Chair Vice Chair Secretary Karole F. Lloyd Meghan H. Magruder Clayton F. Jackson Chair-Elect Vice Chair Treasurer Directors Jim Abrahamson Pinney L. Allen Joseph R. Bankoff * Paul Blackney Janine Brown C. Merrell Calhoun Donald P. Carson Ann W. Cramer † Richard Dorfman 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 D. Kirk Jamieson Ben F. Johnson III Steve Koonin Carrie Kurlander Michael Lang Donna Lee Lucy Lee Karole F. Lloyd Meghan H. Magruder Belinda Massafra * Penny McPhee Victoria Palefsky

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

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

Board of counselors Mrs. John Aderhold Robert M. Balentine 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 Mrs. William C. Lester Mrs. J. Erskine Love Carolyn C. McClatchey Joyce Schwob Mrs. Charles A. Smithgall, Jr.

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

Azira G. Hill Dr. James M. Hund

Arthur L. Montgomery * ex officio † 2011-2012 sabbatical

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Robert Spano music Director

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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, 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.

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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

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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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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

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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 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

Ted Gurch

BASSOON

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

BASS TROMBONE

George Curran TUBA

Juan de Gomar

Michael Moore Principal

HORN

TIMPANI

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

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

TRUMPET

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

CONTRA-BASSOON

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

PERCUSSION

KEYBOARD

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

Rebecca Beavers Principal 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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“Nyx,” Esa-Pekka Salonen, and Robert Spano who conducts the U.S. premiere of Salonen’s “Nyx” October 27/29, are of one mind on a conductor’s role

By Karl Schnittke

a 17-minute work by the Finnish conductor and composer Esa-Pekka Salonen, arrives with its own mystique. Did Salonen title his composition after the ethereal figure Nyx, the goddess of the night in Greek mythology and a figure previously best captured on canvas by painters in search of a muse? Salonen himself isn’t saying, but Anna Frankenberg, a representative for the composer, says “he is hard at work completing his description of the piece.”

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“ The most important function … is developing local musical life.”

All shall be revealed Thursday and Saturday evenings, Oct. 27 and 29, when Robert Spano and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra give the U.S. premiere of “Nyx” — plus Scriabin’s Poem of Ecstasy and Rachmaninov’s The Bells.

Then it’s on to Carnegie Hall for the New York premiere of “Nyx,” and the Orchestra’s first performance at Carnegie without the Chorus since 1997, on Nov. 5. Instead of The Bells, pianist Garrick Ohlsson will perform the Rachmaninov Third Piano Concerto. (He plays the work on the new ASO Media recording, also featuring the composer’s Symphonic Dances, to be released in early November.

A related article appears on page 48.)

The piece, a co-commission by Radio France, Carnegie Hall, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, the Barbican Centre and the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, had its world premiere Feb. 19, 2011, during the final concert of Festival Présences Paris. “Nyx” affords audiences here and at Carnegie a glimpse of kindred sprits at work: Spano and Salonen, luminaries of contemporary music who believe making new music begins at home.

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where he brought a vital edge to the orchestra’s repertoire and an enthusiastic audience that came from every borough in New York City to hear what some called “classical music’s new era.”

Spano redoubled his commitment when he moved to Atlanta — where he now lives year-round — and founded the justly acclaimed Atlanta School of Composers. Members include Jennifer Higdon, Christopher Theofanidis, Osvaldo Golijov, Michael Gandolfi and Adam Schoenberg, with more composers on the horizon. Their orchestral and choral works are an essential part of the Orchestra’s recorded oeuvre.

“Spano has found that audiences react to these composers with pleasure,” wrote Los Angeles Times critic Mark Swed in 2008. “The Orchestra takes pride in sending its listeners home happy, having been given a big sonic hug.”

Spano and Salonen are not the first conductors, of course, to try and solve the ultimate mystery of the orchestra business, which is how to attract new listeners without alienating established ones. Their reputations for bold choices, however, draw music lovers, and the kind of media swirl that Salonen for one can live without.

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program Robert Spano, Music Director Donald Runnicles, Principal Guest Conductor

Delta Classical Series Concerts Friday and Saturday, September 30 and October 1, 2011, at 8 p.m. and Sunday, October 2, 2011, at 3 p.m.

Robert Spano, Conductor Joshua Bell, Violin Osvaldo Golijov (b. 1960)

Sidereus, Overture for Small Orchestra (2010)

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Premiere,

Co-Commissioned by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) Concerto in D Major for Violin and Orchestra, Opus 35 (1878) I. Allegro moderato

II. Canzonetta. Andante

III. Finale. Allegro vivacissimo

Joshua Bell, Violin

INTERMISSION Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Opus 98 (1885) I. Allegro non troppo

II. Andante moderato III. Allegro giocoso IV. Allegro energico e passionato

“Inside the Music” preview of the concert, Friday 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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sponsors

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The performances of Osvaldo Golijov’s Sidereus are made possible in part by the support of Mr. Kenneth and Dr. Carolyn Meltzer, in honor of Henry Fogel.

The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra’s concert on November 5, 2011 at Carnegie Hall is made possible through the generous support of Delta Air Lines and Thurmond Smithgall.

Solo pianos used by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra are gifts of the Atlanta Steinway Society and in memory of David Goldwasser. The Hamburg Steinway piano is a gift received by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra in honor of Rosi Fiedotin.

The Yamaha custom six-quarter tuba is a gift received by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra in honor of Principal Tuba player Michael Moore from The Antinori Foundation.

This performance is being recorded for broadcast at a later time. Atlanta Symphony concert broadcasts are heard each week on Atlanta’s WABE FM-90.1 and Georgia Public Broadcasting’s statewide network.

The Atlanta Symphony records for ASO Media. Other recordings of the Orchestra are available on the Argo, Deutsche Grammophon, New World, Nonesuch, Philips, Telarc and Sony Classical labels.

Media sponsors: WABE, WSB AM, and AJC. Trucks provided by Ryder Truck Rental Inc.

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program Notes on the Program

By Ken Meltzer Sidereus, Overture for Small Orchestra (2010) Osvaldo Golijov was born in La Plata, Argentina, on December 5, 1960. The first performance of Sidereus took place at the Cannon Center for the Performing Arts in Memphis, Tennessee, on October 16, 2010, with Mei-Ann Chen conducting the Memphis Symphony Orchestra. Sidereus is scored for two flutes, oboe, English horn, two clarinets, bass clarinet, two bassoons, contrabassoon, two horns, piccolo trumpet in B-flat, two trumpets in B-flat, trombone, bass trombone, tuba, timpani and strings. Approximate performance time is nine minutes.

These are the first ASO classical subscription performances.

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n 2009, Henry Fogel concluded his six-year tenure as President and CEO of the League of American Orchestras. Mr. Fogel served as President of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra from 1985-2003. Henry Fogel was also the Executive Director of the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington, DC (1981-85) and Orchestra Manager of the New York Philharmonic (1987-1981). In June of 2009, Henry Fogel was appointed Dean of the Chicago College of Performing Arts. He also continues to serve as a consultant to performing arts organizations around the world. Henry Fogel, a generous, passionate and tireless advocate for great music, has profoundly influenced the lives of countless people (including this writer).

After the announcement of Mr. Fogel’s retirement from the League of American Orchestras, the Board of Directors decided to commission a new orchestral piece in his honor. The Board’s first choice to write the work — Atlanta School composer Osvaldo Golijov — quickly accepted the project. A consortium of 37 Orchestras (including the Atlanta Symphony) in the United States and Canada participated in the commission of Mr. Golijov’s Sidereus, and will perform the work by June of 2012. Mr. Golijov was in the audience for the October 16, 2010 world premiere of Sidereus, performed by the Memphis Symphony Orchestra under the baton of its Music Director, Mei-Ann Chen (a former Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Assistant Conductor and League of American Orchestras Conducting Fellow).

The work’s title, Sidereus, refers to a book by Galileo, Sidereus Nuncius (Starry Messenger) (1610). The Italian astronomer wrote the book after seeing the moon for the first time through his telescope and discovering the moons of Jupiter. These discoveries clashed with the prior doctrine of man’s God-ordained position as the center of the universe, leading to conflict with the Vatican. As Mr. Golijov describes: The realizations of Galileo referred to the new discoveries in the surface of the moon. With these discoveries, the moon was no longer the Atlanta’s Performing Arts Publication 25

province of poets exclusively. It had also become an object of inquiry: Could there be water there? Life? If there was life, then the Vatican was scared, because, as Cardinal Bellarmino wrote to Galileo: How were the people there created? How would their souls be saved? What do we do about Adam? Wasn’t he supposed to be the first man? How do we explain the origin of possible life elsewhere? What about his rib? It’s the duality: the moon is still good for love and lovers and poets, but a scientific observation can lead us to entirely new realizations.

Osvaldo Golijov scored Sidereus for a reduced chamber orchestra, thereby facilitating performances by as many American orchestras as possible. The composer offers this description of the work: In Sidereus, the melodies and the harmony are simple, so they can reveal more upon closer examination. For the “Moon” theme I used a melody with a beautiful, open nature, a magnified scale fragment that my good friend and longtime collaborator, accordionist Michael Ward Bergeman came up with some years ago when we both were trying to come up with ideas for a musical depiction of the sky in Patagonia. I then looked at that theme as if through the telescope and under the microscope, so that the textures, the patterns from which the melody emerges and into which it dissolves, point to a more molecular, atomic reality. Like Galileo with the telescope, or getting close to Van Gogh’s brushstrokes.

Concerto in D Major for Violin and Orchestra, Opus 35 (1878) 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 Violin Concerto took place in Vienna, Austria, on December 4, 1881, with Adolf Brodsky as soloist and Hans Richter conducting the Vienna Philharmonic. In addition to the solo violin, the D-Major Concerto is scored for two flutes, two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, four horns, two trumpets, timpani and strings. Approximate performance time is thirty-six minutes.

First ASO Classical Subscription Performance: January 25, 1948, Robert Harrison, Violin, Henry Sopkin, Conductor.

Most Recent ASO Classical Subscription Performances: April 14, 15 and 16, 2011, Sergei Krylov, Violin, Arild Remmereit, Conductor.

“Unalloyed pleasure”

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chaikovsky composed his only Violin Concerto during the spring of 1878. As Tchaikovsky reported to his patroness, Nadezhda von Meck:

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program From the first moment that the right frame of mind came to me it has never left me. With one’s inner life in this condition composing ceases altogether to be work: it becomes unalloyed pleasure. While you are writing you do not notice how time passes and if no one came to interrupt you you would sit there and never leave your work all day.

Still, there were refinements to be made to the Concerto. Tchaikovsky solicited the opinions of his friend, violinist Iosif Kotek, and the composer’s brother, Modest. Both were dissatisfied with the original slow movement. Tchaikovsky replaced it with the beautiful Canzonetta that forms the central movement of the Concerto (the original slow movement ultimately became the opening Méditation of Tchaikovsky’s 1878 Souvenir d’un lieu cher, Opus 42, for violin and piano). By the middle of April, Tchaikovsky had fully orchestrated his Violin Concerto.

Tchaikovsky dedicated his Concerto to Leopold Auer, the great Hungarian-born violinist, who was living and teaching in St. Petersburg. Auer, for whom Tchaikovsky also composed his Sérénade mélancolique, Opus 26 (1875), declined to play the Concerto. As Tchaikovsky recalled some years later: I do not know whether Auer was flattered by my dedication — only that, despite his sincere friendship towards me, he never wanted to master the difficulties of this concerto, deemed it awkward to play — and that a verdict such as this from the authoritative St. Petersburg virtuoso cast my poor child for many years into the abyss, it seemed, of eternal oblivion.

It was violinist Adolf Brodsky who took up the cause for Tchaikovsky’s Concerto, serving as soloist for the first performance, which took place in Vienna on December 4, 1881. Hans Richter conducted the Vienna Philharmonic. Tchaikovsky greatly appreciated the courage displayed by Brodsky in premiering the work: He has not yet fully established his position in Vienna and I know very well that it was difficult and nerve-wracking for him to appear before a Viennese audience with a concerto by an unknown composer, and a Russian one to boot. For that reason I am doubly grateful to him for the service he has rendered me.

“A brutal and wretched jollity of a Russian holiday” The extent of Brodsky’s courage becomes even clearer when the circumstances of the premiere are examined. The reaction by the audience and critics was unfavorable, to say the least. The performance inspired the prominent Viennese critic, Eduard Hanslick, to write one of the most (in)famous reviews in music history. For several months after the concert, Tchaikovsky carried with him a copy of the review and, to the end of his days, could recite verbatim Hanslick’s caustic prose: Atlanta’s Performing Arts Publication 27

The Russian composer Tchaikovsky is surely not an ordinary talent, but rather an inflated one, with a genius-like obsession without discrimination or taste. Such is also his latest, long and pretentious Violin Concerto. For a while it moves soberly, musically, and not without spirit. But soon vulgarity gains the upper hand, and asserts itself to the end of the first movement. The violin is no longer played; it is pulled, torn, drubbed. The Adagio is again on its best behavior, to pacify and win us. But it soon breaks off to make way for a finale that transfers us to a brutal and wretched jollity of a Russian holiday.

We see plainly the savage vulgar faces, we hear curses, we smell vodka.

Friedrich Visser once observed, speaking of obscene pictures, that they stink to the eye. Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto gives us for the first time the hideous notion that there can be music that stinks to the ear.

Still, Brodsky persevered in his advocacy of the Concerto, playing it throughout Europe.

In time, the merits of the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto became clear. Even Leopold Auer finally performed the work, as did such protégés as Mischa Elman and Jascha Heifetz. But it was Adolf Brodsky to whom Tchaikovsky dedicated this beloved masterpiece.

Musical Analysis I. Allegro moderato — The Concerto begins with an orchestral introduction, during which the violins foreshadow the Allegro’s main theme. The soloist enters and, after a brief opening passage, presents the flowing, principal melody. There are some playful flights for the soloist, followed by the presentation of another expressive, lyrical theme. A dazzling virtuoso passage by the soloist leads to a grand orchestral proclamation of the principal melody, soon incorporated once again by the solo violin. After another orchestral statement of the theme, there is a fiery development section and a grand cadenza for the soloist. Over the soloist’s trills, the flute ushers in the recapitulation of the principal themes. The stunning coda again features the soloist in breathtaking display.

II. Canzonetta. Andante — The brief and extraordinarily beautiful Canzonetta begins with a passage for winds. The muted solo violin soon enters with the soulful principal melody, echoed by the clarinet and flute. There is a contrasting, more wide-ranging theme for the soloist, followed by a reprise of the opening melody. A variant of the movement’s introductory measures serves as a bridge to the Finale, which follows without pause.

III. Finale. Allegro vivacissimo — A boisterous orchestral statement and brief cadenza serve as prelude to the soloist’s introduction of the energetic principal theme. The soloist — over emphatic accompaniment by the cellos, and bassoon counterpoint — plays the rustic second theme. A lyrical interlude twice serves as contrast to the repetition of the principal melodies. The writing for the soloist throughout the Finale is brilliant, perhaps nowhere more so than in the thrilling closing pages.

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program Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Opus 98 (1885) Johannes Brahms was born in Hamburg, Germany, on May 7, 1833, and died in Vienna, Austria, on April 3, 1897. The first performance of the Symphony No. 4 took place in Meiningen, Germany, on October 25, 1885, with the composer conducting the Meiningen Orchestra. The Symphony No. 4 is scored for piccolo, two flutes, two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, contrabassoon, four horns, two trumpets, three trombones, timpani, triangle and strings. Approximate performance time is thirty-nine minutes.

First ASO Classical Subscription Performance: March 10, 1952, Henry Sopkin, Conductor.

Most Recent ASO Classical Subscription Performances: April 30, May 2 and 3, 2009, Itzhak Perlman, Conductor.

“Beethoven’s Tenth”

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hile Brahms has long been universally acknowledged as one of the great symphonic composers of the 19th century, he approached this area of the repertoire with considerable trepidation. In 1870, Brahms wrote to conductor Hermann Levi: “I shall never write a symphony. You have no idea how the likes of us feel when we hear the tramp of a giant like him beside us.” Brahms was, of course, referring to Ludwig van Beethoven and his epochal Nine Symphonies.

For several years, Brahms privately contemplated the possibility of composing a symphony.

However, it was not until 1876 that the 43-year-old Brahms mustered the courage to complete his First Symphony. Brahms derived no great satisfaction from the fact that the work’s stormy character, its journey from C minor to C Major, and presentation in the finale of a theme that strongly recalls the ode “To Joy” prompted conductor Hans von Bülow to dub the Symphony “Beethoven’s Tenth.”

“My pieces are, unfortunately, pleasanter than I am” Johannes Brahms composed his Four Symphonies during two relatively concentrated periods. The First Symphony appeared in 1876, with the Second following a year later.

Six years would elapse before the completion of the Third Symphony in 1883. Brahms then composed his Fourth (and final) Symphony during the summers of 1884 and 1885, while vacationing in the Alpine village of Mürzzuschlag.

On August 29, 1885, Brahms forwarded the manuscript of the Fourth Symphony’s opening movement to his friend, Elisabeth von Herzogenberg, along with the following playful correspondence: Will you allow me to send you a piece of a piece of mine, and would you have time to glance at it and send me a word about it? Generally speaking, my pieces are, unfortunately, pleasanter than I am, and people find less in them that needs putting right! The cherries in this part of the world never grow sweet and are uneatable — so that if the thing is Atlanta’s Performing Arts Publication 29

not to your taste don’t hesitate to say so. I am not at all eager to write a bad No. 4...

In a letter of September 6, Mme. von Herzogenberg confessed, “(t)he movement from the Symphony has already been heaving many sighs and groans under my unskilled hands... there are many passages where I still get quite lost.” And, after hearing a piano duet performance of the Symphony, the prominent Viennese critic, Eduard Hanslick, commented: “I feel as though I am being thrashed by two frightfully clever fellows.” However, Bülow was thrilled by the score and invited Brahms to conduct his Meiningen Orchestra in the October 25, 1885 premiere. The favorable response prompted that Orchestra to perform the Symphony during its autumn tour of Germany and Holland.

“Brahms and his Vienna had parted forever” On March 7, 1897, in Vienna, the mortally-ill Brahms attended his final orchestral concert, in which Hans Richter conducted the E-minor Symphony. The audience became aware of Brahms’s presence, and applauded after each movement. At the conclusion of the Symphony, the audience leapt to its feet and offered a massive ovation in tribute to Brahms.

The frail composer summoned his remaining energy to rise and acknowledge the cheers. As biographer Florence May described: Tears ran down his cheeks as he stood there, shrunken in form with lined countenance, strained expression, white hair hanging lank, and through the audience there was a feeling as of a stifled sob, for each knew that he was saying farewell. Another outburst of applause and yet another; one more acknowledgment from the master, and Brahms and his Vienna had parted forever.

It is entirely appropriate that the Fourth Symphony served to mark the farewell of Brahms to his beloved Viennese public. The work represents the summit of the composer’s extraordinary symphonic output. While each of the Four Symphonies is an undisputed masterpiece, the E-minor is the perfect synthesis of Classical (and even pre-Classical) form with searing Romantic passion and lyricism. The Fourth Symphony’s dramatic power — couched in a miraculous economy of utterance — continues to move and amaze audiences.

Musical Analysis I. Allegro non troppo — The opening movement begins with the violins’ immediate presentation of the principal theme, based upon alternating pairs of descending and ascending notes. A woodwind fanfare leads to a wide-ranging and plaintive string melody. Another fanfare by the winds and horns serves as the basis for the exposition’s stormy conclusion.

The development opens in the same fashion as the very start of the work, but soon features ingenious manipulations of the thematic material. A mystical expansion of the opening theme, played by the winds, serves as prelude to the recapitulation. The tempestuous coda begins with a massive statement of the opening theme, and rushes headlong to a thunderous close.

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program II. Andante moderato — The horns and woodwinds intone a rather foreboding statement of the Andante’s central, modal theme. The variations of the theme, presented throughout the movement, offer a remarkably wide range of moods and orchestra colors. Although there are moments of great agitation, the Andante concludes with the utmost serenity.

III. Allegro giocoso — By contrast, the third-movement Scherzo opens in boisterous fashion, as the orchestra immediately proclaims the vigorous main theme. The triangle adds a sparkling and festive touch. There are moments of lyricism, notably in the flowing, grazioso violin theme, and a brief interlude, introduced by the bassoons and horns. But in general, an almost violent energy pervades this movement. During an orchestral rehearsal of the Fourth Symphony, conductor Fritz Steinbach asked Brahms to offer a description of the Scherzo. Brahms replied: “That is Alexander the Great’s march to India.”

IV. Allegro energico e passionato — Several years before the composition of the Fourth Symphony, Brahms showed Hans von Bülow the final movement of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Cantata No. 150 (Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich) and inquired: “What would think of a symphonic movement written on this theme one day? But it is too heavy, too straightforward. It would have to be chromatically altered in some way.” Brahms once referred to the magnificent Chaconne from Bach’s Partita No. 2 in D Minor for Solo Violin, BWV 1004, as “one of the most incredible pieces of music. Using a single system...the man writes a whole world of the deepest and most powerful expression.” Much the same may be said of the finale of the Brahms Fourth, a stunning series of variations on a ground bass, derived from the composer’s modification of the noted passage in Bach’s Cantata No. 150.

The winds and brass proclaim the eight-measure ground bass figure that serves as the underlying structure for a series of thirty variations. The movement is also cast in a general A—B—A form, with two fiery outer sections and a central, lyrical episode. The concluding “A” section continues to build in intensity until the shattering final bars.

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joshua bell, Violin

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oshua Bell has enchanted audiences worldwide with his breathtaking virtuosity and tone of rare beauty, earning him the title “classical music superstar.”

An Avery Fisher Prize recipient and Musical America’s 2010 Instrumentalist of the Year, Bell is The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields’ newly named Music Director. Bell came to national attention at age 14 in his debut with Riccardo Muti and the Philadelphia Orchestra. Today he is equally at home Joshua Bell as a soloist, chamber musician, orchestra leader and composer who performs his own cadenzas to several of the major concerto repertoire.

Bell’s 2011 festival appearances include Ravinia, Tanglewood, Verbier and Mostly Mozart.

He performs with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Montreal, Dallas, Colorado, Atlanta, San Francisco and National Symphony orchestras. A Carnegie Hall recital, appearances with the New York Philharmonic and European tours conclude 2011. 2012 includes a U.S. recital tour and a tour with the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields in the U.S. Bell tours Europe with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Vladimir Jurowski and in recital with Jeremy Denk.

An exclusive Sony Classical artist, French Impressions, his new album of French sonatas with Jeremy Denk will be released in January, 2012.

Since his first LP recording at 18, Bell has recorded more than 36 CDs garnering Mercury, Grammy, Gramophone and Echo Klassik Awards. Recent releases include At Home With Friends, the Defiance soundtrack, Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons and The Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto with the Berlin Philharmonic. He has recorded critically acclaimed performances of Sibelius and Goldmark and the Beethoven and Mendelssohn concertos both featuring his own cadenzas; and the Oscar winning soundtrack, The Red Violin.

Bell received his first violin at four and by age 12 was serious about the instrument thanks to violinist and pedagogue Josef Gingold. Bell performs on the 1713 Gibson ex Huberman Stradivarius.

Joshua Bell appears by arrangement with IMG Artists LLC, Carnegie Hall Tower, 152 West 57th Street, 5th Floor, New York, NY 10019. Mr. Bell records exclusively for Sony Classical.

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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 the fiscal year 2011: June 1, 2010 through May 31, 2011.

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

Mrs. Thalia N. Carlos** Delta Air Lines

The Mabel Dorn Reeder Foundation The Zeist Foundation, Inc.

$250,000+

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

The Coca-Cola Company Mrs. William A. Schwartz

$100,000+

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+

Fulton County Arts Council

National Endowment for the Arts

UPS

$50,000+

Anonymous AT&T Real Yellow Pages Marcia & John Donnell GE Energy The Graves Foundation InterContinental Hotels Group

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

$35,000+

Massey Charitable Trust Porsche Cars North America

Publix Super Markets Charities Patty & Doug Reid

Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

Lucy R. & Gary Lee, Jr. MetLife Foundation The Sara Giles Moore Foundation Nalley Automotive Group 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. Mr. & Mrs. K. Morgan Varner, III Adair & Dick White Ann Marie & John B. White, Jr.* Sue & Neil Williams

$25,000+

Susan & Richard Anderson Stephanie & Arthur Blank Mr. & Mrs. C. Merrell Calhoun Mr. & Mrs. Bradley Currey, Jr. Georgia Council for the Arts Georgia Natural Gas Ann & Gordon Getty Foundation John H. & Wilhelmina D. Harland Charitable Foundation, Inc.

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

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Anonymous (2) Jim and Adele Abrahamson The Arnold Foundation, Inc.

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 Karole & John Lloyd

Mr. Kenneth & Dr. Carolyn Meltzer Loren & Gail Starr Alison M. & Joseph M. Thompson Camille Yow

Mr. Donald F. Fox Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence L. Gellerstedt III Charles & Mary Ginden 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 Jeff Mango Verizon Wireless Mr. & Mrs. William T. Plybon*

Dr. Stanley & Shannon Romanstein Lynn Schinazi Irene & Howard Stein Mary Rose Taylor Ray & John Uttenhove Mr. & Mrs. Edus H. Warren, Jr.

The John & Rosemary Brown Family Foundation The Walter & Frances Bunzl Foundation Cynthia & Donald Carson Dr. John W. Cooledge Trisha & Doug Craft Cari Katrice Dawson Eleanor & Charles Edmondson Rosi & Arnoldo Fiedotin Mary D. Gellerstedt GMT Capital Corporation Nancy D. Gould The Robert Hall Gunn, Jr. Fund

Joe Guthridge & David Ritter* Jan & Tom Hough Mr. Tad Hutcheson Roya & Bahman Irvani Anne Morgan & Jim Kelley Mr. & Mrs. Donald R. Keough Mr. & Mrs. John M. Law The Livingston Foundation, Inc. Mike’s Hard Lemonade Morgens West Foundation Lynn & Galen Oelkers Primerica

Margaret & Bob Reiser Bill & Rachel Schultz* Joyce & Henry Schwob Mr. John A. Sibley III John Sparrow Carol & Ramon Tome Family Fund* Trapp Family Mike & Liz Troy Turner Foundation, Inc. Mark & Rebekah Wasserman Neal & Virginia Williams Suzanne Bunzl Wilner

Breman Foundation Jeff & Ann Cramer*

Mr. & Mrs. Jesse Hill, Jr. C. Tycho & Marie Howle Foundation

JBS Foundation The Hellen Plummer Charitable Foundation, Inc.

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 The Jamieson Family Philip I. Kent James H. Landon George H. Lanier

The Sartain Lanier Family Foundation, Inc. Pat & Nolan Leake Links Inc., Azalea City Chapter Belinda & Gino Massafra Linda & John Matthews John F. & Marilyn M. McMullan Penelope & Raymond McPhee* Dr. & Mrs. Mark P. Pentecost, Jr.

Margaret H. Petersen John & Kyle Rogers Hamilton & Mason Smith* Sandy & Paul Smith Peter James Stelling Mrs. C. Preston Stephens Triska Drake & G. Kimbrough Taylor, Jr. Charlie Wade & M.J. Conboy Russell Williamson & Shawn Pagliarini

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

Mr. & Mrs. John E. Hellriegel Mr. & Mrs. Daniel H. Hollums JoAnn Hall Hunsinger

Paul & Rosthema Kastin Dr. & Mrs. James T. Laney* Mr. & Mrs. William C. Lester*

$15,000+

Pinney L. Allen & Charles C. Miller III The Antinori Foundation Lisa & Joe Bankoff Mary Helen & Jim Dalton Mr. & Mrs. David Edmiston In memory of Polly Ellis

by Admiral James O. Ellis, Jr. $10,000+ Anonymous The Aaron Copland Fund for Music, Inc. AGCO Corporation, Lucinda B. Smith Mark & Christine Armour The Balloun Family Kelley O. & Neil H. Berman Mr. David Boatwright Mrs. Suzanne Dansby Bollman & Mr. Brooks Bollman The Boston Consulting Group $7,500+ Atlanta Federation of Musicians Edith H. & James E. Bostic, Jr. Family Foundation

$5,000+ Anonymous (3) John** & Helen Aderhold* Aadu & Kristi Allpere* Ms. Julie M. Altenbach The ASCAP Foundation Dr. Robert L. & Lucinda W. Bunnen Charles Campbell & Ann Grovenstein-Campbell Richard A. & Lynne N. Dorfman Christopher & Sonnet Edmonds

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

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support

$3,500+ continued Deborah & William Liss Dr. & Mrs. James T. Lowman Ruth & Paul Marston Mr. & Mrs. Harmon B. Miller III

Walter W. Mitchell Leslie & Skip Petter Mr. & Mrs. Rezin Pidgeon, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Joel F. Reeves S.A. Robinson

Nancy & Henry Shuford In memory of Willard Shull Elliott Sopkin Ms. Kimberly Tribble & Mr. Mark S. Lange

Burton Trimble Drs. Julius & Nanette Wenger H. & T. Yamashita*

Gregory & Debra Durden Ms. Diane Durgin Cree & Frazer Durrett The Robert S. Elster Foundation George T. & Alecia H. Ethridge John & Michelle Fuller Mr. & Mrs. Edward T. Garland Dr. Mary G. George & Mr. Kenneth Molinelli Ben & Lynda Greer Dr. & Mrs. Alexander Gross Paul B., Paul H., & M. Harrison Hackett Sally W. Hawkins Darlene K. Henson Mr. & Mrs. Harry C. Howard Richard & Linda Hubert Dr. William M. Hudson Mr. & Mrs. William C. Humphreys, Jr. 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**

Hazel & Herb Karp Mr. & Mrs. John H. Kauffman Mr. & Mrs. L. Michael Kelly Dick & Georgia Kimball* Mr. & Mrs. Daniel J. King Dr. Fulton D. Lewis III & Mr. Stephen Neal Rhoney Mr. & Mrs. J. David Lifsey Mr. & Mrs. Paul A. Lutz* Mr. & Mrs. Frederick C. Mabry Barbara & Jim MacGinnitie The Devereaux F. & Dorothy McClatchey Foundation, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Albert S. McGhee Birgit & David McQueen Gregory & Judy Moore Ms. Lilot S. Moorman & Mr. Jeffrey B. Bradley Dr. & Mrs. R. Daniel Nable Mr. & Mrs. Robert Olive Ms. Rebecca Oppenheimer Mr. & Mrs. Andreas Penninger Susan Perdew Dr. & Mrs. W. Harrison Reeves, Sr.

Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. Rodgers Mr. & Mrs. George P. Rodrigue Dr. Paul J. Seguin Elizabeth S. Sharp Angela & Morton Sherzer Kay R. Shirley Beverly & Milton Shlapak Helga Hazelrig Siegel Lewis Silverboard 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 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

Elizabeth & John Donnelly Xavier Duralde & Mary Barrett Cree & Frazer Durrett Dr. Francine D. Dykes & Mr. Richard Delay Mary Frances Early Ree & Ralph Edwards George T. & Alecia H. Ethridge Bill & Susan Gibson Carol & Henry Grady Mr. Lewis H. Hamner III Thomas High In memory of Carolyn B. Hochman Stephanie & Henry Howell Mary B. & Wayne James Aaron & Joyce Johnson Veronique & Baxter Jones Lana M. Jordan Mr. Thomas J. Jung Dr. Rose Mary Kolpatzki Mr. & Mrs. David Krischer

Thomas C. Lawson Mr. & Mrs. Craig P. MacKenzie Kay & John Marshall Martha & Reynolds McClatchey Captain & Mrs. Charles M. McCleskey Virginia K. McTague Angela & Jimmy Mitchell Mrs. Gene Morse** Barbara & Sanford Orkin Dr. & Mrs. Keith D. Osborn Dr. & Mrs. Bernard H. Palay Mr. & Mrs. Emory H. Palmer Elise T. Phillips Dr. & Mrs. Frank S. Pittman III The Reverend Neal P. Ponder, Jr. Provaré Technology, Inc.

Ms. Susan Robinson & Ms. Mary Roemer The Gary Rollins Foundation John T. Ruff Dr. & Mrs. Rein Saral Alida & Stuart Silverman Sydney Simons Alex & Betty Smith Foundation, Inc. Johannah Smith Mr. & Mrs. Gabriel Steagall Kay & Alex Summers Elvira Tate Mr. & Mrs. William M. Tipping Drs. Jonne & Paul Walter Alan & Marcia Watt Mr. & Mrs. William 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 Mr. & Mrs. Phillip E. Alvelda* Paul & Marian Anderson Jack & Helga Beam Ms. Laura J. Bjorkholm & Mr. John C. Reece II Rita & Herschel Bloom 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 Chip & Darlene Conrad Mr. & Mrs. Thomas G. Cousins Mr. Robert Cronin & Ms. Christina Smith Sally & Larry Davis Elizabeth & John Donnelly

$1,750+ Anonymous Mr. & Mrs. Stephen D. Ambo Dr. David & Julie Bakken Mr. & Mrs. Ron Bell Leon & Linda Borchers Mr.** & Mrs. Eric L. Brooker Mr. & Mrs. Russell E. Butner Mr. & Mrs. Walter K. Canipe Susan & Carl Cofer Mr. & Mrs. R. Barksdale Collins* Ralph & Rita Connell Dr. & Mrs. William T. Cook Jean & Jerry Cooper Mr. & Mrs. Brant Davis* Mrs. H. Frances Davis Mr. & Mrs. Peter T. de Kok Drs. Carlos Del Rio & Jeannette Guarner

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

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additional support Blonder Family Foundation

William McDaniel Charitable Foundation

Appassionato

William Randolph Hearst Endowed Fund

Meghan Magruder, Appassionato Chair

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 ambitionous 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 Recognizing planned gifts that benefit the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Madeline & Howell E. Adams, Jr. Mr.* & Mrs. John E. Aderhold William & Marion Atkins Dr. & Mrs. William Bauer Neil H. Berman Fred & Bettye Betts Mr.* & Mrs.* Karl A. Bevins Mr.* & Mrs. Sol Blaine Frances Cheney Boggs* W. Moses Bond Robert* & Sidney Boozer Elinor A. Breman William Breman* James C. Buggs, Sr. Mr. & Mrs. Richard H. Burgin Hugh W. Burke Wilber W. Caldwell Mr. & Mrs. C. Merrell Calhoun Cynthia & Donald Carson Margie & Pierce Cline Dr. & Mrs. Grady Clinkscales, Jr. Miriam & John A. Conant* Dr. John W. Cooledge Mr.* & Mrs.* William R. Cummickel John R. Donnell Dixon W. Driggs* Catherine Warren Dukehart Ms. Diane Durgin Kenneth P. Dutter Arnold & Sylvia Eaves Elizabeth Etoll

John F. Evans Doyle Faler* Rosi & Arnoldo Fiedotin Dr. Emile T. Fisher A. D. Frazier, Jr. Betty & Drew* Fuller Carl & Sally Gable William H. Gaik Kay Gardner* Mr.* & Mrs. L. L. Gellerstedt, Jr. Ruth Gershon & Sandy Cohn Micheline & Bob Gerson Mr. & Mrs. John T. Glover Mrs. Irma G. Goldwasser* Robert Hall Gunn, Jr. Billie & Sig* Guthman Betty G. & Joseph* F. Haas James & Virginia Hale Miss Alice Ann Hamilton* John & Martha Head Ms. Jeannie Hearn Mr. Walter T. Heist* Jill* & Jennings Hertz Albert L. Hibbard, Jr.* Richard E. Hodges Mr. & Mrs. Charles K. Holmes, Jr. Mr.* & Mrs. Fred A. Hoyt, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. James M. Hund Mary B. James Calvert Johnson deForest F. Jurkiewicz* Herb & Hazel Karp Anne Morgan & Jim Kelley

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Bob Kinsey James W. & Mary Ellen* Kitchell Paul Kniepkamp, Jr. Miss Florence Kopleff Ouida Hayes Lanier Mr. & Mrs. William Lester Liz & Jay* Levine Jane Little Mrs. J. Erskine Love, Jr. Nell Galt & Will D. Magruder K Maier John W. Markham, III Ann Bernard Martin* Mr. Michael McDowell* Dr. Michael S. McGarry Mr. & Mrs. Richard McGinnis Vera A. Milner* Mr. & Mrs. Bertil D. Nordin Roger B. Orloff Dr. Bernard & Sandra Palay Bill Perkins Mr. & Mrs. Rezin E. Pidgeon, Jr. Janet M. Pierce Reverend Neal P. Ponder, Jr. William L. & Lucia Fairlie Pulgram The Reiman Foundation Carl J. Reith* Edith Goodman Rhodes* Vicki J. & Joe A. Riedel Dr. Shirley E. Rivers Mr. & Mrs. Martin H. Sauser

Mr. Paul S. Scharff & Ms. Polly G. Fraser Edward G. Scruggs* Dr. & Mrs. George P. Sessions W. Griggs Shaefer, Jr.* Mr.* & Mrs.* Robert Shaw Charles H. Siegel* Mr. & Mrs. H. Hamilton Smith Mrs. Lessie B. Smithgall Margo Sommers* Elliott Sopkin Elizabeth Morgan Spiegel Daniel D. Stanley* Peter James Stelling Barbara Dunbar Stewart* C. Mack* & Mary Rose Taylor Jennings Thompson IV Margaret* & Randolph Thrower Kenneth & Kathleen Tice Steven R. Tunnell Mary E. Van Valkenburgh Mrs. Anise C. Wallace* Mr. & Mrs. John B. White, Jr. Adair & Dick White Hubert H. Whitlow, Jr. Sue & Neil Williams Mrs. Frank L. Wilson, Jr. Elin M. Winn* Joni Winston George & Camille Wright Mr.* & Mrs. Charles R. Yates Anonymous (12) *Deceased

corporate & government support

Classical Title Sponsor Classic Chastain Title Sponsor Family and SuperPOPS Presenting Sponsor

Holiday Title Sponsor Muhtar Kent President and Chief Operating Officer

Richard Anderson Chief Executive Officer

Darryl Harmon Southeast Regional President

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

Atlanta School of Composers Presenting Sponsor

Supporter of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus

Philip I. Kent Chief Executive Officer

Jerry Karr Managing Director

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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Atlanta Symphony Associates The volunteer organization of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

2011-2012 board Belinda Massafra President Sylvia Davidson President Elect Suzy Wasserman, Leslie Petter, Camille Yow Advisors Ruth & Paul Marston Decorator’s Show House & Gardens Advisors Elba McCue Secretary

Sabine Sugarman Treasurer Camille Kesler VP Administration Dawn Mullican VP Public Relations Paula Ercolini VP Youth Education Ruth & Paul Marston VP Membership Gayle Lindsay Parliamentarian

Ann Levin & Gail Spurlock Historians Judy Schmidt Nominating Committee Chair Amy Mussara, Chair, Decorators’ Show House & Gardens Natalie Polk & Hillary Inglis Co-Chairs, Decorators’ Show House & Gardens

Janis Eckert & Gail Spurlock Chairs, ASA Fall Meeting Poppy Tanner Chair, ASA Night at the ASO Glee Lamb & Adele Abrahamson Chairs, ASA Spring Luncheon Pat King ASA Notes Newsletter Editor Jamie Moussa Chair, ASA Annual Directory

Nancy Levitt Ambassadors’ Desk Helen Marie Rutter Bravo Chair Elba McCue Concerto Chair Joan Abernathy Encore Chair Liz Cohn & Betty Jeter Ensemble Chairs Karen Bunn Intermezzo Chair

BRAVO! ON THE “BEACH” Members of Bravo!, the young professional volunteer group of the Orchestra, took in former Beach Boy Brian Wilson’s August show at Delta Classic Chastain. Shannon Smith, Helen Marie Rutter (Bravo! Unit Chair), and Wadette Bradford (left to right) soak up the “Good Vibrations.”

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Patron Circle of Stars By investing $15,000 or more in the Woodruff Arts Center and its divisions – the Alliance Theatre, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, High Museum of Art and Young Audiences – these outstanding Annual Corporate Campaign donors helped us exceed our $8.8 million fundraising goal for 2010–11. Thank you!

Chairman’s Council ★★★★★★★★★★★★★ $500,000+

★★★★★★★ $100,000+

AirTran Airways Bank of America Delta Air Lines, Inc. Kaiser Permanente King & Spalding LLP ★★★★★★★★★★★ $450,000+ KPMG LLP, Partners & Employees Cox Interests Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Marcus Foundation, Inc. WSB-TV, Cox Radio Group The Sara Giles Moore Atlanta, James M. Cox Foundation Foundation Novelis, Inc. Hon. Anne Cox Chambers Regions Financial Corporation Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. ★★★★★★★★★ $200,000+ The David, Helen & Marian Woodward Fund AT&T The Community Foundation for ★★★★★★ Greater Atlanta, Inc. $75,000+ Deloitte LLP, its Partners & Employees Holder Construction Company Ernst & Young, Partners & The Sartain Lanier Family Employees Foundation, Inc. The Home Depot Foundation Patty & Doug Reid Family Foundation Jones Day Foundation & Employees ★★★★★ The Klaus Family Foundation $50,000+ PricewaterhouseCoopers Partners AGL Resources Inc. & Employees Mabel Dorn Reeder Foundation Lisa & Joe Bankoff Cisco Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. Coca-Cola Enterprises Ann & Jay Davis ★★★★★★★★ Doosan Infracore International $150,000+ Frank Jackson Sandy Springs Alston & Bird LLP Toyota and Scion Equifax Inc. & Employees GMT Capital Corporation The Rich Foundation, Inc. Beth & Tommy Holder SunTrust Bank Employees & ING Trusteed Foundations Mr. & Mrs. M. Douglas Ivester Harriet McDaniel Kilpatrick Townsend & Marshall Trust Stockton LLP Walter H. & Marjory M. Newell Rubbermaid Rich Memorial Fund Primerica Thomas Guy Woolford Darrick Stephens Charitable Trust Sutherland Asbill & Greene-Sawtell Foundation Brennan LLP Wells Fargo The Zeist Foundation, Inc. The Coca-Cola Company Georgia Power Foundation, Inc. UPS

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★★★★ $35,000+ Accenture & Accenture Employees Katharine & Russell Bellman Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Bradley Currey, Jr. GE Energy The Imlay Foundation, Inc. Invesco PLC Norfolk Southern, Employees & Foundation SCANA Energy Siemens Industry, Inc. Harris A. Smith Troutman Sanders LLP Frances Wood Wilson Foundation, Inc. ★★★ $25,000+ Air Serv Corporation Assurant Atlanta Companies Assurant Solutions Assurant Specialty Property Atlanta Foundation Julie & Jim Balloun BB&T Corporation BDO USA, LLP Laura & Stan Blackburn Brysan Utility Contractors, Inc. Chartis CIGNA Foundation Cousins Properties Incorporated Crawford & Company Drummond Company, Inc. Eisner Family Foundation First Data Corporation Ford & Harrison LLP Genuine Parts Company Georgia-Pacific Jack & Anne Glenn Foundation, Inc. IBM Corporation Infor Global Solutions Sarah & Jim Kennedy Philip I. Kent Foundation The Ray M. & Mary Elizabeth Lee Foundation, Inc. LexisNexis Risk Solutions

The Blanche Lipscomb Foundation Livingston Foundation, Inc. Macy’s Foundation McKinsey & Company, Inc. Katherine John Murphy Foundation Piedmont Charitable Foundation, Inc. J. Marshall & Lucile G. Powell Charitable Trust Mary & Craig Ramsey Rock-Tenn Company Richard D. Shirk Southwire Company Spectrum Brands Towers Watson Waffle House, Inc. Gertrude & William C. Wardlaw Fund Waste Management Charitable Foundation Yancey Bros. Co. ★★ $15,000+ 22squared, inc.

A. E. M. Family Foundation ACE Charitable Foundation Acuity Brands, Inc. AGCO Corporation Alix Partners Alvarez & Marsal Arnall Golden Gregory LLP The Partners & Employees of Atlanta Equity Investors Atlanta Marriott Marquis Beaulieu Group, LLC Susan R. Bell & Patrick M. Morris The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation The Boston Consulting Group Catherine S. & J. Bradford Branch George M. Brown Trust Fund of Atlanta, Georgia Bryan Cave LLP Buck Consultants

The Capital Group Companies Charitable Foundation Talela & Beauchamp Carr Roxanne & Jeffrey Cashdan CB Richard Ellis Center Family Foundation Mr. Charles Center Mr. & Mrs. Fred Halperin Ms. Charlene Berman The Chatham Valley Foundation, Inc. Chick-fil-A, Inc. CornerCap Investment Counsel Ann & Jeff Cramer DLA Piper Duke Realty Corporation Egon Zehnder International Exide Technologies Feinberg Charitable Trust Mr. & Mrs. Frank L. Fernandez Fifth Third Bank Robert Fornaro John & Mary Franklin Foundation, Inc. Gas South, LLC Georgia Natural Gas Dolores & Javier C. Goizueta Grant Thornton LLP Harland Clarke HD Supply The Howell Fund, Inc. ICS Contract Services, LLC Jamestown Jenny & Phil Jacobs Mr. & Mrs. Tom O. Jewell Weldon H. Johnson Family Foundation Ingrid Saunders Jones David & Jennifer Kahn Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Muhtar Kent Kurt Kuehn & Cheryl Davis Lanier Parking Solutions The Latham Foundation Barbara W. & Bertram L. Levy Fund

Karole & John Lloyd Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company Marsh-Mercer McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP Mohawk Industries, Inc. Mueller Water Products, Inc. Noonan Family Foundation Gail & Bob O’Leary Vicki R. Palmer The Sally & Peter Parsonson Foundation, Inc. Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP Printpack Inc./The Gay & Erskine Love Foundation David M. Ratcliffe J. Mack Robinson Interests Frances & Jesse A. Sasser, Jr. Emily Winship Scott Foundation Selig Enterprises, Inc./ The Selig Foundation Skanska USA Building Inc. Spencer Stuart Karen & John Spiegel Superior Essex Inc. Sysco Atlanta TriMont Real Estate Advisors, Inc. United Distributors, Inc. WATL/WXIA/Gannett Foundation John F. Wieland Mr. & Mrs. James B. Williams Sue & Neil Williams Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC Carla & Leonard Wood The Xerox Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Yellowlees

*As of May 31, 2011

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“Being a conductor myself, I do have some knowledge of the ‘empty hype’ that goes with this profession,” he said in an interview several years ago with Alex Ross of The New Yorker. “Conductors should be what they used to be — spokespeople for music in their hometown. But [as a composer] only I can write my own music.

There’s no one else who can do it for me.”

Having studied horn, composing and conducting at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki during the 1970s, Salonen initially considered himself to be a conducting composer, until 1983, when he pinchhit on short notice for a performance of Mahler’s Third Symphony with the Philharmonia Orchestra in London and became a composing conductor virtually overnight. His orchestral works are regularly performed and broadcast around the world.

“ Conductors should be spokespeople for music in their hometown.”

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The Salonen-Spano pairing has prompted a palpable buzz in Atlanta music circles.

After all, Spano and the ASO have performed nearly 100 contemporary pieces (works composed since 1950), since 2001, including seven ASO-commissioned world premieres, two additional world premieres, and two U.S. premieres as of the 2011-12 season. The Orchestra has received a total of eight Grammy awards for five recordings of contemporary works and, in 2007, was awarded ASCAP’s most prestigious honor, the John S. Edwards Award for Strongest Commitment to New American Music.

Next up, “Nyx.” Tickets and more information on the performance and the complete 2011-12 season are available at aso.org, at the Woodruff Arts Center box office or by calling 404.733.5000.

Lovett

At Lovett, we’ve set the stage— and the standard—for creative excellence.

Open House Sunday, November 13, 2011 K–Grade 5, 1:00 pm Grades 6–12, 3:30 pm We offer more than 50 classes in the visual and performing arts, as well as private lessons, all taught by professional artists.

Come to our Open House and explore the arts at Lovett— just one component of our whole education for the whole child.

The Lovett School practices a nondiscriminatory admission policy.

Financial aid is available.

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community corner

In the Community, Making a Difference Meet Sheehan Hanrahan, a member of the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra and a student at Alpharetta High School. A Youth Orchestra student council leader and sole student member of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra’s Education Committee, Sheehan also develops community service projects for his school orchestra and now is developing a Youth Orchestra community service plan.

Share a little about the community service plan you’re developing for the Youth Orchestra.

I envision every member participating in at least one community service project this season, which is a challenge because we do a lot more than practice and perform music.

We’re involved in sports, school clubs, organizations and many other activities, but I am confident we can do it — from volunteering at instrument petting zoos and a Youth Orchestra fundraiser to working in the community. Student musicians are the Youth Orchestra’s greatest resource, and following the lead of the Atlanta Symphony, we have the potential to take our music and talents throughout Atlanta and Georgia. There are many of us and taking part in one service project will have a lot of impact in the community.

What started you on the path to community service?

I started early, joining clubs and activities in my elementary, middle and high schools, and a community organization with my family. In middle school, I was a member of the chamber music program, Beta Club, Junior Honor Society and a member of the Atlanta Indian Catholic Association.

All these organizations arranged for community opportunities which I took part in; all of them exposed me to community service and giving.

Tell us about your work with the ASYO Student Council.

I’ve been a member for two years. The student council is comprised of members from each [instrumental] section, and we meet throughout the year to discuss the non-music and social aspect of being in the orchestra and bring up any questions or concerns. We also plan events throughout the year that give students an opportunity to socialize and get to know one another.

In the past we have held secret Santa gift exchanges and kickball games and will add community service as a priority.

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What are the challenges you face as the “student voice” on the Orchestra’s Education Committee?

One of the biggest challenges is finding ways to make music more interesting and to incorporate it into students’ lives in the community and in their schools. Many students who would have been exposed to music at an early age are now missing out due to budget cuts, and this is devastating.

We are all aware of the numerous studies that repeatedly show the positive effects of music on children, yet many families are not inclined towards music or are unable to afford private music tuition. My peers in the Youth Orchestra and I are a testament to the positive impact that music can have on students. I started playing the violin in fourth grade, and since then I have realized how much it has benefitted and helped me in various aspects of my life. There are many ideas as to how to solve this problem and efforts are underway to improve the situation.

How does the ASO impact your life and lives in your high school and community?

It’s my favorite thing about this city and has provided me with so many wonderful experiences and opportunities, both musical and non-musical. To me, there is nothing that can compare to a night at the symphony.

Watching our outstanding orchestra perform music with unsurpassed skill and musicality offers me something that no movie or theater can. My visits to Atlanta Symphony Hall are always the highlight of my week and always create fantastic memories.

The Orchestra also allows us to grow and develop by providing us mentoring from by its musicians. Participating in master classes is a privilege that very few students

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elsewhere receive. Musicians volunteer their time to travel to schools throughout the city to work with students and teachers, and perform at Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park and Chastain Park Amphitheater, Family concerts and Symphony Street concerts. These provide wonderful music experiences for the general public and serve to make the Symphony an ever bigger part of the Atlanta community.

On a more personal level, our parent orchestra has helped me develop my leadership, social, academic and organizational skills to a great extent. These skills have helped me start a chamber music group in my school that performs throughout the community, and represent the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra at local music camps. I am grateful.

Edited and condensed by Karl Schnittke

“ The Orchestra also plays a large role in the community.”

Sheehan Hanrahan

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The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Rachs ’n’ rolls into November with the release of an all-Rachmaninov recording on its own ASO Media label.

Music Director Robert

By Karl Schnittke Spano leads the Orchestra in the composer’s Symphonic Dances and Garrick Ohlsson, a frequent guest at Atlanta Symphony Hall, performs the mighty Third Concerto, a touchstone of the piano repertoire.

The album is the third release this year

by ASO Media. The Orchestra created the label in late 2010, and “It was an exciting and vital step forward for us,” recalled John Sparrow, who guides the label as vice president of orchestra initiatives and general manager. “We were thrilled to build on our longstanding tradition of excellence with our partners at Telarc, which had brought us national and international recognition.”

The Orchestra-Telarc partnership spanned four decades and produced 27 Grammy awards, and ended only when Concord Records purchased Telarc. Telarc producer 48 EncoreAtlanta.com

Elaine Martone and recording engineer Michael Bishop, both of whom received Grammys for their work with the Orchestra, are part of the ASO Media team as well, a fact applauded by Spano.

“We have a great recording history together,” he said, “and working with Elaine and Michael provided the opportunity to perpetuate this legacy and ensure our recording history remains a vital and integral part of our future.”

ASO Media’s first recording came out Feb. 22, 2011. Music Director Robert Spano conducted the Orchestra in works by two members of his Atlanta School of Composers: On A Wire, a concerto by Pulitzer Prize-winner Jennifer Higdon, an Atlanta native, with the chamber ensemble eighth blackbird; and Michael Gandolfi’s choral work, QED: Engaging Richard Feynman (“The most exciting choral work I’ve heard in a while” — America Record Guide), with the Orchestra Chorus.

On June 28, ASO Media released the world-premiere recording of Atlanta School member Christopher Theofanidis’s Symphony No. 1 (“fresh and provocative” wrote the San Francisco Chronicle), and Peter Lieberson’s Neruda Songs, inspired by the poetry of Pablo Neruda, sung by mezzo-soprano Kelley O’Connor.

A few years back, critic Susan Elliott remarked that “no other orchestra in this country has commissioned and performed as much new work in a similar time frame as have Robert Spano and his players.” With the launch of ASO Media and three records in less than a year, it’s safe to say the ASO is still on track.

ASO Media recordings are available at the Symphony Store.

calendar

October 6/8 Thu/Sat: 8pm Delta Classical Michael Abels: Global Warming Ravel: Piano Concerto in G Franck: Symphony in D minor Mei-Ann Chen, conductor Terrence Wilson, piano October 14/15 Fri/Sat: 8pm SuperPOPS! Rockapella Michael Krajewski, conductor October 20/21/22 Thu/Fri/Sat: 8pm Delta Classical Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio espagnol Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 Mussorgsky/Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor Horacio GutiĂŠrrez, piano

October 27/29 Thu/Sat: 8pm Delta Classical Esa-Pekka Salonen: NYX Scriabin: Poem of Ecstasy Rachmaninov: The Bells Robert Spano, conductor Tatiana Monogarova, soprano Sergey Romanovsky, tenor Denis Sedov, bass Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus October 30 Sun: 1:30 & 3:30pm Family A Storybook Halloween Jere Flint, conductor Lee Harper Dancers Wendy Bennett, vocalist November 10/12/13 Thu/Sat: 8pm/Sun: 3pm Delta Classical

Britten: The Building of the House Overture Brahms: Double Concerto Oliver Knussen: Symphony in One Movement Britten: Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra Oliver Knussen, conductor David Coucheron, violin Christopher Rex, cello

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Education & Community Engagement (cont.)

Nicole Bird Education Program Coordinator Janice Crews Professional Learning Teaching Artist

DEVELOPMENT Sandy Smith Vice President for Development Rebecca Abernathy Development Services Coordinator Zachary Brown Director of Volunteer Services FINANCE & Corey Cowart ADMINISTRATION Director of ADMINISTRATION Corporate Relations Donald F. Fox John Sparrow Executive Vice President Melissa Donalson Vice President for Business Operations Development Coordinator for Orchestra Initiatives & Chief Financial Officer Janina Edwards & General Manager Shannon McCown Grants Consultant Mala Sharma Assistant to the Ashley Krausen Assistant to the Executive Vice President Special Events Coordinator Vice President for Business Operations Jessica Langlois for Orchestra Initiatives & Chief Financial Officer Director of Leadership Gifts & General Manager Susan Ambo & Planned Giving Julianne Fish Vice President of Finance Sarah Levin Orchestra Manager Kim Hielsberg Volunteer Project Manager Nancy Crowder Director of Financial Stephanie Malhotra Operations/Rental Planning & Analysis Director of Development Events Coordinator April Satterfield & Education Services Kelly O’Donnell Senior Accountant Toni Paz Artist Assistant Peter Dickson Director of Individual Giving Carol Wyatt Staff Accountant Barbara Saunders Executive Assistant Michael Richardson Director of to the Music Director Venues Analyst Foundation Relations & Principal Guest Stephen Jones Meredith Schnepp Conductor Symphony Store Manager Prospect Research Officer Jeffrey Baxter ASO Presents Tammie Taylor Choral Administrator Assistant to the Clay Schell Ken Meltzer Vice President, Programming VP for Development ASO Insider Trevor Ralph Andrea Welna & Program Annotator General Manager and Senior Major Gifts Office Russell Williamson Sarah Zabinski Orchestra Personnel Manager Director of Operations Holly Clausen Individual Giving Manager Susanne Watts Director of Marketing Assistant Orchestra Keri Musgraves Personnel Manager Promotions Manager Paul Barrett Lisa Eng Senior Production Graphic Artist Stage Manager Richard Carvlin Chastain Park Amphitheater Stage Manager Tanner Smith Lela Huff Program Director Assistant Stage Manager Verizon Wireless Education & Amphitheatre at Community Engagement Encore Park Mark B. Kent Katie Daniel Senior Director of Education VIP Sales Manager & Community Engagement Jenny Pollock Melanie Darby Operations Manager Director of Education Rebecca Simmons Programming Box Office Manager Ahmad Mayes Community Programs Coordinator

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MARKETING & CONCERT PROMOTIONS Charles Wade Vice President for Marketing & Symphony Pops Alesia Banks Director of Customer Service & Season Tickets Ted Caldwell Group & Corporate Sales Assistant Meko Hector Marketing Production Manager Jennifer Jefferson Director of e-Business & Interactive Media Melanie Kite Subscription Office Manager Shelby Moody Group & Corporate Sales Manager Seth Newcom Database Administrator Kimberly Nogi Publicist Robert Phipps Publications Director Melissa A. E. Sanders Senior Director, Communications Christine Saunders Group & Corporate Sales Associate Karl Schnittke Publications Editor Robin Smith Subscription & Education Sales Rachel Trignano Manager of Broad Based Giving Russell Wheeler Director of Group & Corporate Sales Christina Wood Director of Marketing

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SPECIAL ASSISTANCE All programs of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra are accessible to people with disabilities. Please call the box office (404.733.5000) to make advance arrangements.

SYMPHONY STORE The ASO’s gift shop is located in the galleria and offers a wide variety of items, ranging from ASO recordings and music-related merchandise to T-shirts and mugs. Proceeds benefit the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.

THE ROBERT SHAW ROOM The ASO invites donors who contribute at least $1,750 annually to become members of this private salon for cocktails and dining on concert evenings — private rentals available. Call 404.733.4860.

IMPORTANT PHONE NUMBERS Concert Hotline 404.733.4949 (Recorded information) Symphony Hall Box Office 404.733.5000 Ticket Donations/Exchanges 404.733.5000 Subscription Information/Sales 404.733.4800 Group Sales 404.733.4848 Atlanta Symphony Associates 404.733.4865 (Volunteers) Educational Programs 404.733.4870 Youth Orchestra 404.733.5038 Box Office TTD Number 404.733.4303 Services for People 404.733-5000 with Special Needs 404.733.4800 Lost and Found 404.733.4225 Symphony Store 404.733.4345

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symphonic summer 1 SPANO AT ASPEN Robert Spano, the music director-designate of the Aspen Music Festival, led Rachmaninov’s 2nd Piano Concerto, with Vladimir Feltsman at the keyboard.

2 INTO THE WOODS WE GO! The Orchestra’s student musicians play a vital role in the Alliance Theatre’s opening production of Stephen Sondheim’s Into The Woods.

3 BRAVO, BRAVES! Members of the Youth Orchestra, under Jere Flint, performed the National Anthem at the Atlanta Braves’ inaugural Music Appreciation Night.

4 VWA WOW! The Orchestra’s fourth summer at Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre hit all the right notes, including a concert with Cirque de la Symphonie.

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