Houston Symphony Magazine - February 2012

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Official Program Magazine of the Houston Symphony 615 Louisiana, Suite 102, Houston, Texas 77002 (713) 224-4240 • www.houstonsymphony.org

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Programs 10 February 10-12 13 February 17-18 18 February 23, 25, 26

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This month, the Houston Symphony performs the world premiere of its successful Planets project!

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The Houston Symphony Ball is next month!

Flip to page 5 to get a sneak peek of this one night of decadence you won’t want to miss!

On Stage and Off 22 Chorus 4 Credits 24-31 Donors 9 From the Orchestra 7 Hans Graf 9 Letter to Patrons 6 Orchestra and Staff 8 Symphony Society

Features 16 2012-2013 Season Announcement 32 Backstage Pass 5 Magical Musical Morning 5 Save the Date 23 Upcoming Performances

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Just announced! See all of the exciting 2012-2013 concerts planned for Music Director Hans Graf’s Farewell season.

Cover photo by Leah Polkowske.

Musician on the cover: Elise Wagner

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LATE SEATING In consideration of audience members, the Houston Symphony makes every effort to begin concerts on time. Ushers will assist with late seating at pre-designated intervals. You may be asked to sit in a location other than your ticketed seat until the end of that portion of the concert. You will be able to move to your ticketed seat at the concert break.

CHILDREN AT CONCERTS In consideration of our patrons, we ask that children be 6 years and older to attend Houston Symphony concerts. Children of all ages, including infants, are admitted to Weatherford Family Concerts. Any child over age 1 must have a ticket for those performances.

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Patrons may not use any device to record or photograph performances. Please silence cell phones, pagers and alarm watches and refrain from texting during performances. www.houstonsymphony.org

Save the Date....................................................................................................

ROCK ME, AMADEUS! The 2012 Houston Symphony Ball

Friday, March 23rd – The Corinthian Think opulence from beginning to end! Imagine one endless night, where Mozart’s elegance unites with rock star glamour, featuring a special performance by founder and former lead electric violinist of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Mark Wood. Tempt your palate with a multicourse menu by Jackson Hicks, while sipping signature concoctions. A silent auction of luxury and adventure-filled “experience” packages will take you to places only imagined—and the Marianne Bennett Orchestra will play until the wee hours of the morning! When the powdered wigs come flying off, you’ll understand why this is one night you won’t want to miss—and all to support Music Matters!, the Houston Symphony’s Education and Outreach Programs.

Honorary Chairs: Mariglyn and Stephen Glenn Chairs: Tara and David Wuthrich Co-Chairs: Audrey and Brandon Cochran; Alexandra and David Pruner Honorees: Denise and Philip Bahr; Julia Frankel; Beth Madison; BBVA Compass For more information: specialevents@houstonsymphony.org or (713) 238-1485 photo by tom couture

Magical Musical Morning.................................................................................

A Spoonful of Sugar Creates a Magical Morning It was a “sweet” morning at the Houston Symphony League’s 14th annual fundraiser and family holiday celebration, Magical Musical Morning, aptly themed, “A Spoonful of Sugar.” Chairs Christina Hanson and Viviana Denechaud (pictured left) packed the River Oaks Country Club Ballroom with more than 400 people in this record-breaking, sold-out event for a morning of music, crafts, pictures with Santa and plenty of sugar.

Guests were treated to a traditional brunch, including pastries, fruit displays, eggs and French toast, as well as tyke-pleasers like peanut butter and jelly finger sandwiches, chicken tenders and an ice cream sundae bar overflowing with candy toppings.

Throughout the party, children lined up for their pictures with Santa Claus and then quickly sped off to delight in other activities. Hopping from one table to the next, the kids created penguin puppets, decorated cookies, colored canvas bags, made kites and tambourines and visited the Symphony’s ever-popular Instrument Petting Zoo. Through the generosity of Symphony donors and in partnership with The Salvation Army Family Residence, 20 children from the residence enjoyed the morning’s festivities and were among the crowd of smiling young faces.

Magical Musical Morning’s proceeds benefit Symphony Scouts, a program that enriches musical awareness by introducing children, ages 3 to 6, to orchestral instruments and the beauty of music through interactive and small-group presentations by Houston Symphony musicians. Piloted earlier this season to rave reviews, Symphony Scouts will expand to area schools and the greater Houston community.

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Orchestra and Staff. ..........................................................................................

Mark C. Hanson, Executive Director/CEO

Hans Graf, Music Director Roy and Lillie Cullen Chair Michael Krajewski,

Associate Conductor

Sponsor, Cameron Management

Sponsor, Beth Madison

double Bass: David Malone, Acting Principal Mark Shapiro, Acting Associate Principal Eric Larson Robert Pastorek Burke Shaw Donald Howey Michael McMurray

First Violin: Frank Huang, Concertmaster Max Levine Chair Eric Halen, Associate Concertmaster Ellen E. Kelley Chair Assia Dulgerska, Assistant Concertmaster Cornelia and Meredith Long Chair Qi Ming, Assistant Concertmaster Fondren Foundation Chair Marina Brubaker, Hewlett-Packard Company Chair Alexandra Adkins MiHee Chung Sophia Silivos Rodica Gonzalez Ferenc Illenyi Si-Yang Lao Kurt Johnson Christopher Neal Sergei Galperin

Flute: Aralee Dorough, Principal General Maurice Hirsch Chair John Thorne, Associate Principal Judy Dines Allison Jewett** Rebecca Powell-Garfield*** Piccolo: Allison Jewett** Rebecca Powell-Garfield*** Oboe: Anne Leek, Acting Principal Lucy Binyon Stude Chair Xiaodi Liu, Acting Associate Principal* Colin Gatwood Adam Dinitz

Second Violin: Jennifer Owen, Principal Tina Zhang, Associate Principal Hitai Lee Kiju Joh Mihaela Oancea-Frusina Ruth Zeger Margaret Bragg Martha Chapman Kevin Kelly Tong Yan Christine Pastorek Amy Teare Viola: Wayne Brooks, Principal Joan DerHovsepian, Associate Principal George Pascal, Assistant Principal Wei Jiang Linda Goldstein Sheldon Person Fay Shapiro Daniel Strba Mr. and Mrs. Jesse B. Tutor Chair Thomas Molloy Phyllis Herdliska

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Cello: Brinton Averil Smith, Principal Janice and Thomas Barrow Chair Christopher French, Associate Principal Haeri Ju Jeffrey Butler Kevin Dvorak Xiao Wong Myung Soon Lee James Denton Anthony Kitai

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Steinway is the official piano of the Houston Symphony. James B. Kozak, Piano Technician. Local assistance is provided by Forshey Piano Co. The Houston Symphony’s concert piano is a gift of Mrs. Helen B. Rosenbaum.

Orchestra Personnel Manager: Steve Wenig Assistant Orchestra Personnel Manager: Michael Gorman Librarian: Thomas Takaro Assistant LibrarianS: Erik Gronfor Michael McMurray Stage Manager: Donald Ray Jackson Assistant Stage Manager: Kelly Morgan Stage Technician: Toby Blunt Zoltan Fabry Cory Grant *Contracted Substitute **Leave of Absence ***Regular Substitute

Martha GarcĂ­a, Assistant to the Executive Director Meg Philpot, Director of Human Resources Amanda Tozzi, Director, Executive Operations

Steven Brosvik, General Manager Roger Daily, Director, Music Matters!

Kristin L. Johnson, Director, Operations and Production Steve Wenig, Orchestra Personnel Manager Allison Conlan, Music Matters! Coordinator Michael Gorman, Assistant Orchestra Personnel Manager Donald Ray Jackson, Stage Manager Kelly Morgan, Assistant Stage Manager Meredith Williams, Operations Assistant Carol Wilson, Manager, Music Matters!

Michael D. Pawson, Chief Financial Officer Sally Brassow, Controller Philip Gulla, Director, Technology Amed Hamila, Director, Database Support Heather Fails, Manager, Ticketing Database Janis Pease LaRocque, Manager, Patron Database Kay Middleton, Receptionist Maria Ross, Payroll Manager Armin (A.J.) Salge, Network Systems Engineer Chris Westerfelt, Manager, Accounts Payable and Special Projects

Aurelie Desmarais, Senior Director, Artistic Planning Merle N. Bratlie, Director, Artist Services Lesley Sabol, Manager, Popular Programming Thomas Takaro, Librarian Sarah Berggren, Chorus Manager Erik Gronfor, Assistant Librarian Michael McMurray, Assistant Librarian Rebecca Zabinski, Artistic Associate

Glenn Taylor, Senior Director, Marketing Allison Gilbert, Director of Marketing, Subscription & Group Sales Melissa H. Lopez, Director of Marketing, Special Projects Carlos Vicente, Director of Marketing, Single Tickets Jenny Zuniga, Director, Patron Services Natalie Ferguson, Graphic Designer Jeff Gilmer, Group Representative, Inside Sales Jason Landry, Senior Manager, Patron Services Erin Mushalla, Marketing Associate Melissa Pate, Assistant Manager, Patron Services Representatives Derrick Rose, Group Representative, Outside Sales Melissa Seuffert, Marketing Manager, Digital Media/ Young Audience Engagement

Jennifer R. Mire, Senior Director, Communications Holly Cassard, Manager, Communications Clair Studdard, Assistant, Communications

David Chambers, Chief Development Officer Stephanie Jones, Senior Director, Events and League Relations Vickie Hamley, Director, Volunteer Services Brandon VanWaeyenberghe, Director, Corporate Relations Peter Yenne, Director, Foundation Relations and Development Communications Darryl de Mello, Annual Fund Manager Jessica Ford, Gifts Officer Samantha Gonzalez, Manager, Events Robin Lewis, Development Assistant, Gifts and Records Jennifer Martin, Institutional Giving Coordinator Sarah Beth Seifert, Development Operations Manager Sarah Slemmons, Patron Donor Relations Manager Lena Streetman, Manager, Prospect Research

Hans Graf Biography..........................................................................................

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Known for his wide range of repertoire and creative programming, distinguished Austrian conductor Hans Graf—the Houston Symphony’s 15th Music Director—is one of today’s most highly respected musicians. He began his tenure here on Opening Night of the 2001-2002 season.

Prior to his appointment in Houston, he was music director of the Calgary Philharmonic, the Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, the Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra and the Iraqi National Symphony Orchestra.

A frequent guest with all of the major North American orchestras, Graf has developed a close relationship with the Boston Symphony and appears regularly with the orchestra during the subscription season and at the Tanglewood Music Festival.

He made his Carnegie Hall debut with the Houston Symphony in January 2006 and returned leading the Orchestra of St. Luke’s in March 2007. He and the Houston Symphony were invited to appear at Carnegie Hall in January 2010 to present the New York premiere of The Planets—An HD Odyssey and will return in May 2012 to participate in Carnegie’s Spring for Music Festival.

Internationally, Graf conducts in the foremost concert halls of Europe, Japan and Australia. In October 2010, he led the Houston Symphony on a tour of the UK to present the international premiere of The Planets—An HD Odyssey. He has participated in the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Bregenz, Aix en Provence and Salzburg Festivals.

His U.S. festival appearances include Tanglewood, Blossom Music Festival, Aspen Music Festival and the Grant Park Music Festival in downtown Chicago.

An experienced opera conductor, Graf first conducted the Vienna State Opera in 1981 and has since led productions in the opera houses of Berlin, Munich, Paris and Rome, including several world premieres. Recent engagements include Parsifal at the Zurich Opera and Boris Godunov at the Opera National du Rhin in Strasbourg.

Born in 1949 near Linz, Graf studied violin and piano as a child. He earned diplomas in piano and conducting from the Musikhochschule in Graz and continued his studies with Franco Ferrara, Sergiu Celibidache and Arvid Jansons.

His career was launched in 1979 when he was awarded first prize at the Karl Böhm Competition. His extensive discography includes recordings with the Houston Symphony, available through houstonsymphony.org: works by Bartók and Stravinsky, Zemlinsky’s Lyric Symphony, Berg’s Three Pieces from the Lyric Suite, a DVD of The Planets—An HD Odyssey and most recently, Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde.

Graf has been awarded the Chevalier de l’ordre de la Legion d’Honneur by the French government for championing French music around the world and the Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold for Services to the Republic of Austria. Hans and Margarita Graf have homes in Salzburg and Houston. They have one daughter, Anna, who lives in Vienna.

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Symphony Society Board. .................................................................................

Executive Committee...............................................................................................

President Chairman of the Board Robert B. Tudor III Jesse B. Tutor President-elect and Vice President, Finance Robert A. Peiser

Executive Director/CEO Mark C. Hanson Chairman Emeritus Mike Stude

Vice President, Artistic and Orchestra Affairs Brett Busby

Vice President, Board Governance and Secretary Steven P. Mach

Vice President, Volunteers Barbara McCelvey

Vice President, Popular Programming Allen Gelwick

Vice President, Education Cora Sue Mach

Vice President, Development David Wuthrich

Vice President, Audience Development and Marketing Gloria G. Pryzant

General Counsel Paul R. Morico

EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS

Martha GarcĂ­a, Assistant Secretary Mark Hughes, Orchestra Representative Rodney Margolis Burke Shaw, Orchestra Representative Donna Shen, President, Houston Symphony League Brinton Averil Smith, Orchestra Representative Ed Wulfe, Immediate Past Chair

At-Large Members Ulyesse LeGrange Jay Marks Helen Shaffer

President, Endowment Gene Dewhurst

Governing Directors..................................................................................................... * Janice Barrow Darlene Bisso Marie Bosarge Terry Ann Brown Ralph Burch Prentiss Burt Brett Busby * John T. Cater Janet Clark Michael H. Clark Scott Cutler Lorraine Dell Viviana Denechaud Gene Dewhurst Michael Doherty Susanna Dokupil Kelli Cohen Fein

Julia Frankel David Frankfort Allen Gelwick Stephen Glenn Susan Hansen Gary L. Hollingsworth Ryan Krogmeier Ulyesse LeGrange Rochelle Levit Nancy Littlejohn Cora Sue Mach Steven P. Mach Beth Madison Rodney Margolis Jay Marks Mary Lynn Marks Jackie Wolens Mazow

Billy McCartney Barbara McCelvey Gene McDavid * Alexander K. McLanahan Kevin Meyers Paul Morico Arthur Newman Robert A. Peiser Fran Fawcett Peterson Geoffroy Petit David Pruner Stephen Pryor Gloria G. Pryzant Kathi Rovere John Rydman Manolo Sanchez Helen Shaffer

Jerome Simon Jim R. Smith David Steakley Mike Stude Robert B. Tudor III * Betty Tutor * Jesse B. Tutor Margaret Waisman Fredric A. Weber Vicki West Margaret Alkek Williams * Ed Wulfe David Wuthrich Cary P. Yates Robert A. Yekovich

Samuel Abraham Philip Bahr Anthony Bohnert Meherwan Boyce Walter Bratic Lynn Caruso Audrey Cochran Ryan Colburn Louis Delone Tom Fitzpatrick Craig A. Fox Stanley Haas

Kathleen Hayes Brian James Joan Kaplan I. Ray Kirk Roslyn Larkey Carolyn Mann Paul M. Mann Judy Margolis Brian McCabe Marilyn Miles Tassie Nicandros Scott Nyquist

Edward Osterberg Jr. J. Hugh Roff Jr. Michael E. Shannon Jule Smith Michael Tenzer L. Proctor (Terry) Thomas Stephen G. Tipps Mrs. S. Conrad Weil Robert Weiner David Ashley White James T. Willerson Steven J. Williams

Ex-Officio Martha GarcĂ­a Mark C. Hanson Mark Hughes Susan Osterberg Burke Shaw Donna Shen Brinton Averil Smith Glenda Toole

Trustees. .................................................................................................................

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ENDOWMENT TRUSTEES Gene Dewhurst, President Prentiss Burt Janet Clark Marilyn Miles Michael Mithoff Jesse B. Tutor Past Presidents of the Houston Symphony Society Mrs. Edwin B. Parker Miss Ima Hogg Mrs. H. M. Garwood Joseph A. Mullen, M.D. Joseph S. Smith Walter H. Walne H. R. Cullen Gen. Maurice Hirsch Charles F. Jones

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Fayez Sarofim John T. Cater Richard G. Merrill Ellen Elizardi Kelley John D. Platt E. C. Vandagrift Jr. J. Hugh Roff Jr. Robert M. Hermance Gene McDavid Janice H. Barrow Barry C. Burkholder Rodney H. Margolis Jeffrey B. Early Michael E. Shannon Ed Wulfe Jesse B. Tutor

Past Presidents of the Houston Symphony League Miss Ima Hogg Mrs. John F. Grant Mrs. J. R. Parten Mrs. Andrew E. Rutter Mrs. Aubrey Leon Carter Mrs. Stuart Sherar Mrs. Julian Burrows Ms. Hazel Ledbetter Mrs. Albert P. Jones Mrs. Ben A. Calhoun Mrs. James Griffith Lawhon Mrs. Olaf La Cour Olsen Mrs. Ralph Ellis Gunn Mrs. Leon Jaworski Mrs. Garrett R. Tucker Jr. Mrs. M. T. Launius Jr.

Mrs. Thompson McCleary Mrs. Theodore W. Cooper Mrs. Allen H. Carruth Mrs. David Hannah Jr. Mary Louis Kister Ellen Elizardi Kelley Mrs. John W. Herndon Mrs. Charles Franzen Mrs. Harold R. DeMoss Jr. Mrs. Edward H. Soderstrom Mrs. Lilly Kucera Andress Ms. Marilou Bonner Mrs. W. Harold Sellers Mrs. Harry H. Gendel Mrs. Robert M. Eury Mrs. E. C. Vandagrift Jr. Mrs. J. Stephen Marks Terry Ann Brown Nancy Strohmer

Mary Ann McKeithan Ann Cavanaugh Mrs. James A. Shaffer Lucy H. Lewis Catherine McNamara Shirley McGregor Pearson Paula Jarrett Cora Sue Mach Kathi Rovere Norma Jean Brown Barbara McCelvey Lori Sorcic Nancy Willerson Jane Clark Nancy Littlejohn

Letter to Patrons.........................................................................................

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Bobby Tudor President Photo by bruce bennett

Mark C. Hanson Executive Director/CEO

On the heels of our successful three-week RachFest!, we are excited to announce our next multi-week festival, The Best of Brahms, as part of our recently unveiled 2012–13 season. We will kick off the 12–13 season with five all-Brahms programs over the course of three weekends in September. In addition, the new season will celebrate Hans Graf and his exemplary contributions to the Houston Symphony as our longest serving Music Director in the Symphony’s 99-year history. Maestro Graf will conduct 12 different programs over the course of the season—capping off his farewell year with Mahler’s monumental Symphony No. 2, Resurrection, featuring both the orchestra and Chorus.

Other season highlights include the return of Chinese pianist Lang Lang who will make a rare, multiconcert appearance in October with three different Beethoven piano concertos. We continue our commitment to innovation by bringing back the interactive ACCESS Series with NPR’s Miles Hoffman as host, and we look forward to returning to Fort Bend County with another Sugar Land Series. Principal Pops Conductor Michael Krajewski will begin his 13th season in Houston and showcase such acts as Wicked Divas and West Side Story, Leonard Bernstein’s full score performed live with the remastered film shown in high-definition above the orchestra.

A festive Kick-Off Party for Rock Me, Amadeus: Houston Symphony Ball 2012 was held last month giving Symphony patrons a glimpse into party plans crafted by chairs Tara and David Wuthrich and co-chairs Audrey and Brandon Cochran and Alexandra and David Pruner. Mark Wood, famed electric violinist, founder and former lead violinist of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, along with the Marianne Bennett Orchestra from New York, will provide musical entertainment. To secure a ticket, contact Houston Symphony Events at (713) 238-1485 or specialevents@houstonsymphony.org.

In May, our performance at the Spring for Music Festival at Carnegie Hall on May 7 will mark our 16th appearance at the prestigious American venue. For Houston Symphony fans, we are creating ticket packages for those who can join us in New York. Sponsorship packages for individuals and corporations are already available. Please contact Chief Development Officer David Chambers at (713) 337-8525 for more information.

As we prepare to premiere Orbit—An HD Odyssey on February 17 and 18, we would like to extend our sincere thanks to the following project sponsors: Margaret Alkek Williams, Mrs. Marie T. Bosarge, The Ray C. Fish Foundation, The Humphreys Foundation, Marathon Oil Corporation, Spec’s Charitable Foundation, Nancy and Robert Peiser and Bobby and Phoebe Tudor.

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Variety is the spice of life, as the saying goes. However, when I turn on the car radio, I’m absolutely blown away by the lack of variety in most pop music. I come from a nonmusical family, so for them, it seems unfathomable that I can turn on NPR and usually “name that symphony” within a few seconds. It’s certainly not because I know all of the music there is to know. It is because classical music is extremely dense with information. I can easily distinguish the genre, and very often I can name the composer and specific work. So many factors distinguish one work from another that I’m bound to pick up on enough clues to make a good guess.

I don’t fare so well when I turn on a pop station. Is this Britney, Christina or Rihanna? Your guess is as good as mine! It seems to me that one pop artist will come up with a trademark sound, and then it’s off to the races for everyone else to emulate it as quickly as possible. In the end, the radio is filled with clones of clones, and the only thing that stands out are the advertisements.

I’m not saying that pop music has no place in my life—it absolutely does. I love a great love song as much as the next person, and every now and then, I need the Black Eyed Peas to “get my party started.”

But when comparing pop and classical music, I can’t help but feel that pop is like paint-by-numbers while classical music is more like a meticulously constructed Kandinsky work. The styles and composers are so distinct that one could never mistake Mozart for Stravinsky. There are so many decisions that must take place for even the simplest of melodies. What instrument(s) will play this? Accompanied or alone? Fast? Slow? Dolce? Forte? Marcato? For Kandinsky, the questions might have been what shape Julie Thayer should go in this corner? What color should the shape be? Solid or textured? Should it be a little more Horn to the right? Should the shape be overlapping with this other object? When this is all said and done, the amount of information being conveyed on a single canvas or in a single musical score is breathtaking.

The variety of music that results from each composer’s decision is only the beginning. Then another set of decisions fall into the hands of the musicians. What is the emotion behind this melody and how can I convey that? How will I interpret these markings within a larger context? It is this complexity and nuance inherent in classical music that keeps it alive and fresh generation after generation. For example, this month we will perform Beethoven’s 5th Symphony. This symphony is one of the most recognized pieces of classical music ever written. It is a favorite of performers and audience members alike.

And although it’s been played countless times across the world, it’s constantly renewing itself for each unique performance. The possibilities are endless, and I think this is what makes classical music so exciting. It’s unlikely that Beethoven’s 5th Symphony will ever elicit the type of response that Lady Gaga might at one of her concerts, but when examining the two side by side, I venture to say that Beethoven was more wildly innovative in his time than all of the pop stars combined.

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by Carl Cunningham

TE DEUM, OPUS 103 Antonín Dvorˇák (1841-1904)

Fidelity Investments Classical Series Friday, February 10, 2012 8 pm Saturday, February 11, 2012 8 pm Sunday, February 12, 2012 2:30 pm Jones Hall

Dvorˇák & Polovtsian Dances *Jakub Hru˚ša, conductor Christine Goerke, soprano Nathan Berg, bass-baritone Houston Symphony Chorus Charles Hausmann, director

Dvorˇák Te Deum, Opus 103 1 Te deum laudamus: Allegro moderato, maestoso— 2 Tu Rex gloriae: Lento maestoso— 3 Aeterna fac cum Sanctis: Vivace— 4 Dignare, Domine: Lento Borodin Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor 17 Polovtsian Dance with Chorus: Andantino—Allegro vivo

Recording: Robert Shaw conducting the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus; Sylvia McNair, soprano; Tom Krause, baritone (Telarc) Instrumentation: two flutes, two oboes, English horn, two clarinets, two bassoons, four horns, two trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, strings, soprano and baritone vocal soloists, four-part chorus “Te Deum Laudamus” is an ancient prayer of praise and thanksgiving composed sometime during the third or fourth centuries by one or more anonymous authors. Its two dozen verses contain portions of the “Sanctus” and fragments of the “Gloria” from the Latin mass, and in the Roman Catholic and Anglican liturgies, it is placed at the end of matins, the series of daily prayers recited or sung by the clergy.

Over the centuries, its musical settings evolved from medieval plainchant through numerous polyphonic versions during the Renaissance, and since then, grand solo/ choral/orchestral versions that reached a pinnacle in the monumental Te Deum Hector Berlioz composed for the 1855 Paris Exposition. The Te Deum concluding the first act of Puccini’s Tosca is perhaps the most familiar setting.

Dvorˇák composed his Te Deum during the summer of 1892, shortly before coming to

INTERMISSION Dvorˇák Slavonic Dances, Opus 46 1 Presto 2 Allegretto scherzando 7 Allegro assai Janácˇek Taras Bulba I The Death of Andrei: Moderato, quasi recitativo—Allegro II The Death of Ostap: Moderato—Vivo III The Prophecy and the Death of Taras Bulba: Con moto— Andante

*Houston Symphony debut

The printed music for Borodin’s Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor was donated by Mr. Peter H. Masson.

The Classical Season is endowed by The Wortham Foundation, Inc. in memory of Gus S. and Lyndall F. Wortham.

The Houston Symphony currently records under its own label, Houston Symphony Media Productions, and for Naxos. Houston Symphony recordings also are available on the Telarc, RCA Red Seal, Virgin Classics and Koch International Classics labels.

These concerts are being recorded for future broadcast on Classical 91.7 FM, the Radio Voice of the Houston Symphony and Classical Season Media Sponsor.

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Crown Castle, headquartered in Houston, has annual revenues of more than $1.8 billion and employs more than 1,000 people in the United States.

Crown Castle and its employees have donated time and resources to many causes across the U.S., including the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Norcross Cooperative, Happy Tales, United Food Bank, Meals on Wheels and Sheltering Arms. Crown Castle is pleased to support the Houston Symphony in its endeavors to educate and entertain the community, particularly the tireless work to give the children of our community access to the arts.

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America for his three-year appointment as director of the new National Conservatory of Music in New York. The work was written at the request of Jeannette Thurber, the conservatory’s founding patron, who wanted a major work to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Columbus’ discovery of America. Dvorˇák conducted its slightly delayed world premiere on October 21 of that year in New York’s Music Hall.

The work is divided into four sections, beginning with a large choral movement featuring a lyrical aria by the soprano soloist at its center. The bass soloist dominates the second movement with a declamatory aria, backed by hushed responses from the chorus. The brisk third movement takes on the character of a scherzo, calling for much unison or octave singing from various sections of the chorus. The soprano and bass soloists are again highlighted against the chorus in a finale that rises from a mood of quiet pleas for mercy to joyous choral alleluias in the closing pages of the score.

piccolo, pairs of oboes, clarinets and bassoons, four horns, two trumpets, three trombones, timpani, percussion and strings Not denying the great popularity of Dvorˇák’s New World Symphony and his famed Cello Concerto, no orchestral works bearing his signature are more charming than his two beloved sets of Slavonic Dances.

The first set of eight dances, Opus 46, gained Dvorˇák access to an international audience beyond the confined borders of his native Bohemia. In the mid-1870s, his music had come to the attention of Johannes Brahms, who

encouraged him and brought his works to the attention of Brahms’ publisher, Fritz Simrock in Berlin. Simrock immediately asked Dvorˇák for a set of ethnic dances similar to Brahms’ popular set of Hungarian Dances.

Their immediate popularity brought performances from as far away as New York and Boston before a year had passed. That prompted Simrock to request a second set.

But Dvorˇák made the publisher beg him for eight long years before he felt in the mood to compose the second set, published as Opus 72 in a piano-duet version in 1886 and orchestrated the following January.

POLOVTSIAN DANCES FROM PRINCE IGOR Alexander Borodin (1833-1887) Recording: Valery Gergiev conducting the Kirov Opera Orchestra and Chorus (Philips) Instrumentation: piccolo, two flutes, two oboes (second doubling English horn), two clarinets, two bassoons, four horns, two trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, harp, strings and four-part chorus Central Asian exoticism and a sense of wild, barbaric abandon are combined in the most famous excerpt from Alexander Borodin’s operatic masterpiece, Prince Igor. The choral dances that bring the second act to a rousing conclusion, present a scene of revelry at the army camp of the marauding 12th century nomad, Khan Konchak. He has captured the Russian leader, Prince Igor, who set out to battle him against the advice of his wife, Yaroslavna. Seeing that the depressed prince misses his wife, Konchak orders his slaves and entertainers to dance and sing for him.

Today, the exuberant Polovtsian Dances are most often heard in a brilliant orchestral version, which stems from a one-act ballet choreographed by Michel Fokine for the Paris debut season of Sergei Diaghilev’s Ballet Russes in 1909. The original choral-orchestral version of these wild Tatar pieces is restored in a climactic excerpt from the Polovtsian Dances at this performance.

SLAVONIC DANCES, OPUS 46 Antonín Dvorˇák (1841-1904) Recording: Antal Doráti conducting the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra (Musical Concepts) Instrumentation: two flutes, one doubling February 2012 11

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While Brahms’ Hungarian Dances may have been the source of Dvorˇák’s inspiration, he drew the clear distinction that his Slavonic Dances were not mere arrangements of folk tunes, but original melodies incorporating stylistic traits of Bohemian folk music.

Recording: Jakob Hru˚ša conducting the Jena Philharmonic (Supraphon) Instrumentation: three flutes (one doubling piccolo), two oboes, English horn, two clarinets, E-flat clarinet, three bassoons (one doubling contrabassoon), four horns, three trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, harp, organ and strings Territorial borders and political alliances have changed repeatedly in Central Europe, so that, at times, the Slavic people in what is now the Czech Republic looked upon Russia as a friendly counterbalancing force against other intrusive powers. When Janácˇek decided to compose a descriptive symphonic rhapsody on Nicolai Gogol’s short novel, Taras Bulba, he wrote: “there is neither fire nor suffering in the whole world that can break the strength of the Russian people.”

Gogol’s 1938 novel is based upon a 17th-century Ukrainian legend about a Cossack rebellion against the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1628. In the story, Taras Bulba took his two sons and joined the unsuccessful rebellion, but executed the first son, Andri, who fell in love with a Polish girl and deserted the rebellion. Ostap, the second son, was captured and tortured by the Poles, and Taras Bulba witnesses his public execution.

Taras avenges Ostap’s death, but he is captured, nailed to a tree and burned to death.

Nevertheless, he sees his companions escaping and predicts an eventual Cossack victory.

Unlovely as these three tales are, the three musical movements depicting each event are considerably more attractive.

Janácˇek’s penchant for short musical statements and abrupt changes in pace and musical content pervade the entire score.

His expressive devices are novel and highly communicative, and his colorful orchestration contributes greatly to the originality of his musical style. Along with the Sinfonietta, composed in 1926, Taras Bulba has become one of Janácˇek’s most admired and popular orchestral works. ©2012, Carl R. Cunningham

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Jakub Hru˚ša, conductor

Born in the Czech Republic in 1981, Jakub Hru˚ša has been named one of 10 young con12 www.houstonsymphony.org

Hru˚ša

TARAS BULBA Leoš Janácˇek (1854-1928)

ductors “on the verge of greatness” (2011) by Gramophone magazine. Recently appointed music director of the Royal Danish Opera, 2013-14, Hru˚ša is also music director and chief conductor of the Prague Philharmonia, music director of Glyndebourne on Tour and principal guest conductor of Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra.

Hru˚ša has appeared with Europe’s leading orchestras; in 2010, with the Prague Philharmonia, he became the youngest conductor since 1949 to lead the opening concert of the Prague Spring Festival. His U.S. debut (2009) led to appearances with important orchestras. He regularly visits Asia and recently conducted two programs with the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra (2011). He made his Australian debut in 2009 and makes his Houston Symphony debut with these performances.

In the field of opera, Hru˚ša made his Glyndebourne Festival and Tour debuts (2008) conducting Carmen, followed by Don Giovanni (2010), The Turn of the Screw (Festival 2011) and La bohème (Tour 2011).

He has also led productions for Royal Danish Opera (Boris Godunov ), Prague National Theatre (Rusalka ) and Opera Hong Kong (Werther).

Hru˚ša has released six discs for Supraphon, five with the Prague Philharmonia, including a live recording of Smetana’s Má Vlast from the Prague Spring Festival (2010).

He recorded the Tchaikovsky and Bruch violin concertos with Nicola Benedetti and the Czech Philharmonic for Universal (2010).

Hru˚ša studied conducting at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague and has built a strong reputation in his home country, conducting all the major Czech orchestras. He previously served as principal conductor of the Prague Philharmonia, music director of the Bohuslav Martinu˚ Philharmonic Orchestra, associate conductor of the Czech Philharmonic and young associate conductor with the Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra. He is currently president of the International Martinu˚ Circle.

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RAINBOW BODY Christopher Theofanidis (1967-)

Symphony Special

Recording: Robert Spano conducting the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (Telarc)

Friday, February 17, 2012 7:30 pm Saturday, February 18, 2012 7:30 pm Jones Hall

Instrumentation: three flutes (one doubling piccolo), three oboes, three clarinets (one doubling E-flat clarinet, one doubling bass clarinet), three bassoons (one doubling contrabassoon), four horns, three trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, piano, harp and strings

Orbit—An HD Odyssey Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor Duncan Copp, producer/director C. Theofanidis

Rainbow Body

Copland

Suite from Appalachian Spring

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Orbit—An HD Odyssey – Film with live orchestra J. Adams

Short Ride in a Fast Machine

R. Strauss

Also sprach Zarathustra (Thus Spake Zarathustra), Opus 30

Orbit—An HD Odyssey is generously supported in part by: Mrs. Marie T. Bosarge Margaret Alkek Williams Ray C. Fish Foundation The Humphreys Foundation Marathon Oil Corporation Spec’s Charitable Foundation Nancy & Robert Peiser Bobby & Phoebe Tudor The educational disc created for Orbit—An HD Odyssey is generously supported in part by: The Boeing Company Enbridge Energy Company

The SoundPlusVision series is supported by Margaret Alkek Williams and supported in part by The Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts Endowed Fund for Creative Initiatives, part of the Houston Symphony Endowment.

The Houston Symphony currently records under its own label, Houston Symphony Media Productions, and for Naxos. Houston Symphony recordings also are available on the Telarc, RCA Red Seal, Virgin Classics and Koch International Classics labels.

While Christopher Theofanidis was born in Dallas, he and his music are familiar to many Houstonians. He has been both a student and faculty member of the University of Houston’s Moores School of Music. Winner of numerous important prizes, Theofanidis is now a faculty member at the Yale School of Music.

Rainbow Body was commissioned by the Houston Symphony, which first performed the work in September 2000. (It has since been performed by more than 100 orchestras.)

At that time, Theofanidis stated the following about the piece: “In the past two years, I have been listening to the music of the medieval mystic Hildegard von Bingen a great deal, and as simple and direct as this music is, I am constantly amazed by its staying power.

Hildegard’s melodies have very memorable contours which set them apart from other chants of the period. They are wonderfully sensual and set up a very intimate communication to God. “Rainbow Body is based on the chant, ‘Ave Maria, o auctrix vite’ (‘Hail Mary, source of life’). It begins in an understated, mysterious manner, calling attention to some of the key intervals and motives of the piece. When the primary melody enters about a minute into the piece, I present it very directly in the strings without accompaniment. In the orchestration, I try to capture the acoustics of a cathedral by emphasizing the reverberation one might hear in an old church, synagogue or mosque.

Although the piece is built around fragments of the melody, I also return to the tune in its entirety several times throughout the work.

“Rainbow Body has a very different sensibility from the Hildegard chant, with a structure that is dramatic and developmental, but I hope it conveys some appreciation of the beauty and grace I think is the essence of her music and writings.”

SUITE FROM APPALACHIAN SPRING Aaron Copland (1900-1990) Recording: Leonard Bernstein conducting the Los Angeles Philharmonic (Deutsche Grammophon) Instrumentation: two flutes (one doubling piccolo), two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons,

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SHORT RIDE IN A FAST MACHINE John Adams (1947-) Recording: Marin Alsop conducting the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra (Naxos) Instrumentation: pairs of piccolos, flutes and oboes, English horn, four clarinets, three bassoons, contrabassoon, four horns, four trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, large percussion ensemble, two synthesizers and strings Glockenspiel and trumpets set in motion the insistent pulse of Short Ride in a Fast Machine, which soon runs the entire orchestra through a gauntlet of jazzy syncopated rhythms, then concludes in a triumphant brassy theme. The composer commented on the title: “You know 14 www.houstonsymphony.org

ALSO SPRACH ZARATHUSTRA (THUS SPAKE ZARATHUSTRA), OPUS 30 Richard Strauss (1864-1949) Recording: David Zinman conducting the Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra (Arte Nova) Instrumentation: three flutes (one doubling piccolo), additional piccolo, three oboes, English horn, two clarinets, bass clarinet, E-flat clarinet, three bassoons, contrabassoon, six horns, four trumpets, three trombones, two tubas, timpani, percussion, two harps, organ and strings Thus Spake Zarathustra marked a turning point in Richard Strauss’ decade-long involvement with the symphonic poem. His earlier tone poems—Don Juan, Death and Transfiguration and Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks—had been short works, for the most part dealing with human subject matter. When he turned to Nietzsche’s set of philosophical essays in the mid-1890s, he took on more abstract, abstruse material and initiated a series of much longer symphonic poems. However, his subtitle to the symphonic poem indicated that it was only a free adaptation of the ideas expressed in Nietzsche’s writings. With that caveat in mind, he set about constructing a brilliant four-part symphonic poem, subdivided into eight sections based upon corresponding titles selected from 80-odd topics in Nietzsche’s wide-ranging discourse on human experience.

The Prologue, a magnificent fanfare depicting the sunrise, imparts a cosmic quality to the piece. It has become famous in modern times as the theme music for Stanley Kubrick’s film, 2001: A Space Odyssey. Succeeding sections take up the subjects of primitive hinterland (“back world”) life, the rejection of established religion, yearning, joys and passions and a somber graveyard dirge.

In the fifth section, “Of Learning,” Strauss set forth a complicated fugue built on a theme constructed of all 12 notes in the chromatic scale. This section begins the third part of the symphonic poem, and as the fugue works its way into frenzy, it exhausts itself in a section titled, “The Convalescent.” The ensuing “Dance Song” is expressed by means of a Viennese waltz, and if that gesture indicated attainment of the Nietzschean goal that man should aspire to become superman, it earned Strauss considerable derision from the audience at the Frankfurt premiere of Thus Spake Zarathustra.

The work ends with the “Night Wanderer’s Song,” highlighted by the midnight tolling of a deep orchestral chime. It is based on the same Nietzsche text (“Oh man!

Give heed to what the deep midnight says”)

that Mahler turned into a haunting orchestral song in the middle of his Third Symphony.

Though Strauss’ purely orchestral setting is more extroverted, it leads to a conclusion filled with a quiet sense of wonderment. ©2012, Carl R. Cunningham

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Guerrero

By the time Copland composed Appalachian Spring in 1943-1944, he had written four ballet scores, including the Western folk ballets, Billy the Kid and Rodeo. The commission came jointly to Martha Graham and Copland from Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge, in support of an annual fall festival sponsored by the Coolidge Foundation at the Library of Congress.

Graham’s idea for subject matter gradually coalesced into a scenario about a pioneer celebration around a newly built farmhouse for a young bride and groom in the Pennsylvania hills. Since the ballet was to be performed in the Library’s small Coolidge Auditorium, Copland was urged to write for a compact instrumental ensemble that would fit in the orchestra pit. He ultimately chose a 13-member group, consisting of a double string quartet, piano, double bass and three woodwinds. In the spring of 1945, some six months after the October 30, 1944 premiere, he slightly abridged it into the famed suite heard on tonight’s program, scoring it for a full symphonic ensemble.

Copland described the music as being in eight sections, mostly alternating slow and fast tempos. A slow introductory section presents the ballet’s main characters, followed by a fast section where a trumpet solo contains the first full statement of the main theme, the third segment, slow and tenderly passionate, is a dance for the bride and her groom. The fast fourth section suggests square dancers and folk fiddlers. This leads to a faster fifth section describing the alternate joys and fears of the bride as she looks ahead to motherhood.

The introductory music is recalled in the slow sixth section, followed by the seventh and most famous section in the ballet, a set of five variations on the Shaker tune, “Simple Gifts.”

This scene of everyday domestic activities is followed by a quiet coda concluding the ballet score, which won the 1945 Pulitzer Prize in music.

how it is when someone asks you to ride in a terrific sports car, and then you wish you hadn’t?”

Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor

Giancarlo Guerrero continues to flourish with the Nashville Symphony Orchestra (NSO) in his third season as music director, and in late 2011, he began a new appointment as principal guest conductor of the Cleveland Orchestra Miami Residency.

Among the highlights of this season, were Guerrero’s opening concert in Nashville which featured Yo-Yo Ma, debuts of several world premieres, including a new work by Richard Danielpour and a Bela Fleck banjo concerto; and still to come this May, he will debut a Terry Riley concerto for electric violin, which the NSO will then take to Carnegie Hall for the Spring for Music Festival. With the Cleveland Orchestra, he will conduct subscription concerts in both Severance Hall and at the Arsht Center (Miami Residency performances), as well as plan and engage in education and community programs in the Miami-Dade area.

Internationally, he makes his first European tour with the Monte Carlo Philharmonic and Jean-Yves Thibaudet. He will also appear in concerts with the Slovenian and Strasbourg Philharmonics, the BBC Scottish, BBC Welsh and Sao Paulo State symphony orchestras. He also returns annually to Caracas, Venezuela, to conduct the Orquesta Sinfónica Simón Bolívar and to work with young musicians in the country’s much-lauded El Sistema music education program.

A fervent advocate of new music and contemporary composers, Guerrero has collaborated with several of America’s most respected composers. His first recording with the Nashville Symphony (Naxos) of Michael Daugherty’s Metropolis Symphony and Deux Ex Machina won three 2011 Grammy Awards, including Best Orchestral Performance.

In 2004, Guerrero was awarded the

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Helen M. Thompson Award by the League of American Orchestras, which recognizes outstanding achievement among young conductors nationwide.

Guerrero holds degrees from Baylor and Northwestern universities. He was formerly the music director of the Eugene Symphony (2001-2008); associate conductor of the Minnesota Orchestra (1999-2004), where he made his subscription debut in March 2000 leading the world premiere of John Corigliano’s Phantasmagoria on the Ghosts of Versailles; and music director of the Táchira Symphony Orchestra in Venezuela.

Copp Duncan Copp, producer/director

Duncan Copp, a celebrated film producer

and director, has worked with the Houston Symphony in creating The Planets—An HD Odyssey. His first commission was Rocket Men of Mission 105 (National Geographic, 2001), which followed the training and flight of a space shuttle crew during its mission to the International Space Station.

Other credits include Hunt for the Death Star (Channel Four and National Geographic) which won a Gold Hugo at the Chicago International Film Festival. Magnetic Storm (Channel Four and PBS/NOVA) and Global Dimming (BBC and PBS/NOVA), both of which he directed, won prestigious Wildscreen awards. Magnetic Storm also was a finalist at the 2004 Grierson Awards; Global Dimming received the international Earthwatch Award in 2007. He worked with PBS/NOVA again in 2005 directing Hitler’s Sunken Secret, which was awarded the gold plaque for Best History Documentary at the Chicago International Film Festival.

From 2005 to 2007, Copp conceived and produced the much acclaimed feature documentary, In the Shadow of the Moon (Channel Four/ Discovery/Film 4/ THINKFilm/Vertigo Films), the intimate story of the Apollo astronauts. Distributed worldwide as a theatric and television release, it received more than 15 awards, including the

World Cinema Audience Award: Documentary at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival.

In 2007-08, he produced and codirected Moon Machines, a six-part series for Discovery’s Science Channel, recounting the trials and tribulations of the engineers who built the machines that took the Apollo astronauts to the Moon. The series was awarded a coveted Grand Remi.

He directed and produced Inside the Milky Way, a two-hour showcase documentary for National Geographic (2010), taking the viewer on a grand tour of the Milky Way. The film was showcased at the 2011 Vedere la Scienza Festival in Milan, Italy. Copp’s latest film is a NOVA/National Geographic special, Secrets of the Sun, focusing on the exciting discoveries helping to unlock the secrets of our nearest star. It airs this month.

In 2009, he received the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Distinguished Public Service Medal for stimulating public interest in science and technology, specifically in space exploration. Previous recipients include Walter Cronkite and Gene Roddenberry.

Copp holds a master’s degree in satellite remote sensing and a doctorate in astronomy, both from the University of London. He lives in Blackheath, London.

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Graf’s Farewell A Grand Finale Season

Season Highlights BEST OF BRAHMS

The 2012–2013 Season kicks off with 3 weeks of the Best of Brahms.

“At the age of 16, the very first score I bought with my pocket money was a pocket score of Brahms Symphony No. 4. As I studied this masterpiece, my juvenile love of Brahms began to grow and has endured throughout my life. Even knowing his music for decades, Brahms still holds the power to surprise us, with something new to discover around every turn of phrase.”– Hans Graf

Garrick Ohlsson, piano

Best of Brahms – Weekend 1

September 14, 15, 16, 2012 Hans Graf, conductor Garrick Ohlsson, piano Frank Huang, violin Brinton Averil Smith, cello

Program A – September 14, 16, 2012 Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 Brahms: Symphony No. 1 Program B – September 15, 2012 Brahms: Variations on a Theme of Haydn Brahms: Concerto for Violin and Cello Brahms: Symphony No. 4

Best of Brahms – Weekend 2

September 20, 22, 23, 2012 Hans Graf, conductor Joshua Hopkins, baritone Houston Symphony Chorus Charles Hausmann, director Frank Huang, violin Brinton Averil Smith, cello

John Storgårds, conductor

Best of Brahms – Weekend 3

September 28, 29, 30, 2012 John Storgårds, conductor Jonathan Biss, piano

Program D – September 28, 30, 2012 Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 Brahms: Symphony No. 3 Program E – September 29, 2012 Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 Brahms: Symphony No. 2 The New York Times calls him “young and impetuous, but firmly in control.” Jonathan Biss – one of the most exciting piano virtuosos on the classical music scene today – returns to the Houston Symphony to perform Brahms’ majestic Piano Concerto No. 2.

Lang Lang, piano

Lang Lang Plays Beethoven

3 Concerts. 3 Different Concertos.

October 18, 20, 21, 2012 Pablo Heras-Casado, conductor Lang Lang, piano Lindberg: Feria (Festival) Beethoven: Piano Concertos 2, 3 and 5 Schumann: Symphony No. 4

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Program C – September 20, 22, 2012 Brahms: Tragic Overture Brahms: Nänie Brahms: Requiem Program B – September 23, 2012 Brahms: Variations on a Theme of Haydn Brahms: Concerto for Violin and Cello Brahms: Symphony No. 4 16 www.houstonsymphony.org

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Dvorˇák’s New World Symphony

January 11, 2013 – Friday ACCESS concert January 12, 13, 2013 – Standard concert format Hans Graf, conductor SOUND FRIDAY Adam Dinitz, English horn PLUS ACCESS Mark Hughes, trumpet VISION CONCERT *Copland: Quiet City for English horn, trumpet and strings Dutilleux: Symphony No. 2, Le Double *Dvorˇák: Symphony No. 9, From the New World Composed and premiered during his visit to the United States as an embodiment of the American experience, the New World Symphony is Dvorˇák’s most popular work. It was commissioned by the New York Philharmonic and premiered 120 years ago at Carnegie Hall to the public’s absolute delight. *Friday ACCESS Concert only includes these works.

2012 • 2013 Season Wozzeck in Concert

March 1, 2, 2013 Hans Graf, conductor Anne Schwanewilms, soprano Roman Trekel, baritone Berg: Wozzeck

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“Alban Berg’s music is so deep, so new and so perfect. It strikes an inescapable chord of compassion and empathy for our ill-fated hero, Wozzeck.” – Hans Graf Rooted in real life, Wozzeck’s tale is one of social criticism, lust, murder and morality. You’ll feel compassion for poor Wozzeck as he falls victim to cruelty and descends into insanity.

Vilde Frang, violin

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Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet

February 14, 16, 17, 2013 Gilbert Varga, conductor Vilde Frang, violin Wagner: Siegfried Idyll Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5 Prokofiev: Suite No. 2 from Romeo and Juliet Relive the stories of William Shakespeare’s most cherished characters. Romeo and Juliet’s romantic encounters will populate your imagination as you hear Prokofiev’s riveting score based on the story of the ill-fated lovers. Plus, hear Wagner’s Siegfried Idyll, written as a present to his wife, Cosima, and performed the morning of her birthday by a small ensemble as his beloved awoke from her sleep.

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Eugene Ugorski, violin

Mozart’s Symphony No. 40

May 3, 2013 – Friday ACCESS concert May 4, 5, 2013 – Standard concert format Hans Graf, conductor FRIDAY Eugene Ugorski, violin ACCESS CONCERT Mozart: Symphony No. 19 *Stravinsky: Violin Concerto Adams: The Chairman Dances *Mozart: Symphony No. 40 From wunderkind to one of the great masters of all time, Mozart’s talent grew and blossomed during his short life. Hear the poise of his Symphony No. 19, composed when he was only 16, and then experience the maturity and genius of one of his last great symphonies.

Leonidas Kavakos, violin

*Friday ACCESS concert only includes these works.

Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Plus Kavakos March 7, 9, 10, 2013 Hans Graf, conductor Leonidas Kavakos, violin Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1 Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5

Hans Graf and Leonidas Kavakos are great friends whose partnership has produced great music-making on the Jones Hall stage and around the world. They’ll join together once more to perform Shostakovich’s 1st Violin Concerto. Plus, hear one of Tchaikovsky’s greatest masterpieces – his Symphony No. 5.

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TRAGISCHE OUVERTÜRE (TRAGIC OVERTURE), OPUS 81 Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

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Beethoven’s Fifth *John Storgårds, conductor *Colin Currie, percussion

Brahms

Tragische Ouvertüre (Tragic Overture), Opus 81

E. Rautavaara Incantations for Percussion and Orchestra I Pesante II Espressivo III Animato INTERMISSION Beethoven Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Opus 67 I Allegro con brio II Andante con moto III Allegro— IV Allegro *Houston Symphony debut

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Recording: Kurt Masur conducting the New York Philharmonic (Teldec) Instrumentation: piccolo, two flutes, two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, four horns, two trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani and strings Like the opposing masks of comedy and tragedy, Brahms’ Tragic Overture stands as a somber counterpart to his jolly Academic Festival Overture, which was composed just prior to it during the summer of 1880.

Though the two overtures were composed in rapid succession, the origins of the Tragic Overture go back 20 years to a 64-measure sketch Brahms noted down on the back of some other sketches he made for his Alto Rhapsody.

The sketch represented a second theme and concluding section of a symphonic exposition and when Brahms finally used it in the overture, he fleshed out the texture between the melody and bass lines, making almost no alteration in what he had written.

When it came to choosing a title for the overture, he vacillated between the words “dramatic” and “tragic,” and both would

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Contemporary commentators wondered if the term “dramatic” meant that Brahms might have written it for some theatrical production.

They named Goethe’s Faust and Shakespeare’s Hamlet as likely candidates, but modern scholars have pretty well dismissed that possibility.

Because it was a work of his high maturity and took the open form of an overture, Brahms treated its themes and its sonata-form structure more freely than he might have done 20 years earlier. Two thunderclap chords introduce the frowning principal theme, which is extensively developed before the violins take up a more lyrical secondary theme. Instead of a formal development section, the pace of the music slows while Brahms transforms a portion of the main theme into a pensive funeral march. After the original tempo is restored, the secondary theme returns followed by a heroic coda based on material from the opening theme.

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SYMPHONY NO. 5 IN C MINOR, OPUS 67 Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Recording: Sir Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (London) Instrumentation: piccolo, two flutes, two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, contrabassoon, two horns, two trumpets, three trombones, timpani and strings Individual Beethoven symphonies are remark20 www.houstonsymphony.org

able for so many reasons that it is hard to single out the special importance of any one of them. Beethoven named the Eroica Symphony as his favorite, perhaps because it represented a breakthrough in establishing the large, monumental genre of symphony that prevailed throughout the 19th century. Wagner paid special homage to the Ninth Symphony, with its vocal-choral message of human brotherhood—a message that echoed all the way down to Leonard Bernstein’s historic performance of the symphony at the dismantling of the Berlin Wall. The Pastoral Symphony, with its descriptive portrayal of the joys of rural life, pointed the way to numerous descriptive symphonies by Berlioz, Liszt, Mahler, Strauss and a host of lesser composers.

Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony is important for several reasons, above all for its concentrated release of energy. Never in any symphony did the composer hammer away so incessantly at one single theme as he did in the short-short-short-long rhythmic motto that dominates the first movement of the Fifth Symphony. Musical analysts have often claimed (not without controversy) that he unified the entire symphony by echoing that rhythm in its later movements, particularly during its frowning third-movement Scherzo.

The Fifth Symphony also owes its concentrated power to the fact that it is one of Beethoven’s shorter symphonies. Though manuscript documents indicate he once considered expanding the three-part Scherzo and Trio to a five-part form (as he did with his Fourth, Seventh and Ninth symphonies), Beethoven left little fat in the tissue of this muscular symphonic score.

But he decisively enlarged the size of the symphonic orchestra. Notwithstanding at least one insignificant precedent, he is credited with vastly expanding its tonal resources by adding three trombones in the final movement. Finally, his dramatic gesture in physically joining the moody C minor Scherzo to the triumphant C major finale (at the exact moment those trombones begin to play) has doubtless brought a spine-tingling thrill to every listener who has ever heard the symphony.

For all these innovations, the Fifth Symphony owes some things to symphonic traditions that developed during the 18th century.

Its rare use of a minor key harks back to the urgent “storm-and-stress” symphonies of the 1770s, of which Mozart’s explosive Symphony No. 25 in G minor is a prime example. And its concentration upon a single theme in the first movement recalls several monothematic symphonies of Haydn, where most or all of the themes in a movement derive from a single musical idea. ©2012, Carl R. Cunningham

Storgårds

Einojuhani Rautavaara has become Finland’s most widely known composer since the death of Jean Sibelius. Over the last 60 years, he has written a large body of music that includes 13 works for the stage; numerous orchestral works, including eight symphonies and concertos featuring several different instruments; much chamber and instrumental music; and a long list of songs.

Incantations was composed for London Philharmonic Orchestra percussionist Colin Currie, who gave the work its world premiere with that orchestra on October 24, 2009, in London’s Royal Festival Hall. In his commentary on the work, the composer mentioned that the title came to him early on during the compositional process. He employed a variety of musical meters and rhythms in the music, to dispel any suggestion of shamanistic monotony that might be implied in its title.

“As (a) melodic line is always important for me, marimba and vibraphone are often in the foreground in all three movements,” Rautavaara stated. “The orchestra opens the work with a powerful motive. Then (the) marimba takes over with fast ornamental passages. Variations follow each other until the movement closes with the opening motive.

“In the second movement, the vibraphone dominates; the atmosphere is brooding, expressive and poetic. (The) third movement could be a shaman’s dance in a jerky rhythm. A free cadenza gives the soloist an opportunity to improvise. It leads to a ‘grandioso’ end based on the opening motive from the first movement.”

Rautavaara elaborated on the subject of shamanism during an interview with David Allenby at the time of the premiere. “A shaman— in Siberia or within the Sami culture in Finnish Lapland—wants to act as a mediator between us humans and the transcendental world, often through the act of singing an incantation,” he said. “This relates to my work as a composer, but I have always felt, after completing a score, that I had not ‘made’ a whole, living being. It must have existed ‘somewhere,’ so my music could only aim to bring it out.

“As a Finn, I became aware how this ancient shamanistic culture had been embattled on two fronts, caught between Christian conquerors from the Catholic west and the Orthodox east, a conflict that I described in my opera, Thomas.”

John Storgårds, conductor

Chief conductor of the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra and principal guest conductor of BBC Philharmonic Orchestra (beginning in the 2012-13 season), John Storgårds is one of Finland’s exceptional artists who has taken the classical music world by storm.

He has a dual career as a conductor and violin virtuoso and is widely recognized for his creative flair for programming and his commitment to contemporary music. He additionally holds the title of artistic director of the Chamber Orchestra of Lapland, giving some of Europe’s most imaginative concerts north of the Arctic Circle.

This season, Storgårds opens the new Helsinki Music Centre, where he leads symphonic and chamber concerts with the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra and the Chamber Orchestra of Lapland. Notable debuts include Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra, Tonkünstler Orchestra and WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne. In North America, he returns to the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and debuts with the National, Boston and Toronto Symphony Orchestras and in Houston with these performances.

His programming trademark is combining traditional repertoire alongside symphonic rarities. During the current season, he conducts works by Brahms, Sibelius, Mahler, Britten, Stenhammar and Xenakis. Contemporary music features strongly, with international premiere performances of Brett Dean’s Viola Concerto, Rautavaara’s Cello Concerto, Uljas Pulkkis’ Piano Concerto and Mark-Anthony Turnage’s From the Wreckage.

Storgårds’ vast discography includes Vasks’ Violin Concerto Distant Light and Second Symphony, Saariaho’s Graal Théaˇtre, works of Corigliano, Sibelius’ Violin Concerto with Frank Peter Zimmermann and, most recently, a disc of works by Erich Wolfgang Korngold.

John Storgårds was concertmaster of the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra during Esa-Pekka Salonen’s tenure and subsequently studied conducting with Jorma Panula and Eri Klas. He received the Finnish State Prize for Music in 2002.

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Currie Colin Currie, percussion

For more than a decade, Colin Currie has been a driving force behind new percussion repertoire, from Reich to Rautavaara. He performs with many leading orchestras, and debuts with the Houston Symphony with these performances.

A pioneer in creating new music for percussion, Currie was awarded the Royal Philharmonic Society Young Artist Award (2000) for his role in contemporary music-making. Forthcoming commissions include works by Steve Reich, James MacMillan and Louis Andriessen, and recent projects include premieres by Simon Holt, Kurt Schwertsik, Einojuhani Rautavaara, Jennifer Higdon, Alexander Goehr and Elliott Carter.

Beginning this season, Currie is an artistin-residence at London’s Southbank Centre. The residency involves commission projects in future seasons, including Kalevi Aho’s Percussion Concerto in April 2012 with the London Philharmonic Orchestra. World premiere performances this season include a work by Joseph Pereira with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Sally Beamish’s percussion concerto Dance Variations with the Swedish Chamber Orchestra, among others.

Concerto highlights this season include HK Gruber’s, Rough Music, at the NYYD Festival Tallinn, conducted by the composer; Higdon’s Percussion Concerto, with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; and marimba concerti by Schwertsik and Hartl with the Zurich Chamber Orchestra.

His dynamic percussion ensemble The Colin Currie Group receives critical acclaim for its performances of Reich’s iconic work, Drumming, following sell-out performances throughout the U.K. Other projects include a duo recital with trumpeter Håkan Hardenberger, including commissions by Lucas Ligeti, Christian Muthspiel and Tobias Broström.

Currie’s recording of Rautavaara’s Incantations with the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra under John Storgårds is to be released in early 2012 (Ondine). Previous releases include Higdon’s Percussion Concerto with the London Philharmonic Orchestra (a Grammy® Award winner) and his recital disc, Borrowed Time (Onyx).

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Houston Symphony Chorus..............................................................................

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Hausmann Charles Hausmann, director

Dr. Charles S. Hausmann was named director of the Houston Symphony Chorus in 1986 and is celebrating his 25th anniversary in the 2011–12 season. He has prepared the group for more than 600 concerts, led them on numerous tours to Mexico and Europe, and worked with more than 40 acclaimed conductors including Hans Graf, Christoph Eschenbach, Claus Peter Flor and Robert Shaw. His extensive repertoire includes most of the major choral/orchestral masterworks.

As director of graduate choral studies and professor of conducting at the University of Houston’s Moores School of Music since 1985, Hausmann supervises the master’s and doctoral programs in choral conducting, teaches choral conducting and literature and conducts the Moores School Choral Artists—a graduate chamber choir.

An active church musician, he has conducted church choirs in Colorado, Kentucky, New Jersey and Texas. He currently serves as Director of Choral Music at Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church in Houston where he led the Houston Symphony and Chorus in a performance of Mendelssohn’s St. Paul (Spring 2008).

Hausmann frequently appears as a guest conductor, lecturer, clinician and soloist. He led the Chorus on its fourth European tour in 2007, appearing as guest conductor during the Prague Spring Festival. He and the Chorus share a 24-year collaboration with Mexico City’s Orquesta Sinfónica de Minería, recently performing Mendelssohn’s Elijah with former Houston Symphony Associate Conductor Carlos Miguel Prieto.

Remaining this season, Hausmann prepares the Chorus for Orff’s Carmina Burana.

Support the Houston Symphony Chorus Endowment The Houston Symphony Chorus Endowment supports activities that enrich Houston’s musical life and enhance the high professional standards of the all-volunteer Chorus.

For more on how you can help ensure the artistic future of the Chorus, call the Symphony’s Development office at (713) 3378528 or visit hschorus.org.

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Charles Hausmann, Director Paulo Gomes Assistant Director

Sarah Berggren Chorus Manager

Scott Holshouser Accompanist

First Soprano Ramona Alms Alice Beckstrom Sarah Berggren Robyn Branning Laura Christian Monica M. Davis Clarice Gatlin Marta Giles Amanda Harris Sophia Hou Amy Ingram Allison Jewett Sarah Keifer Jennifer Klein Salyer Veronica Lorine * • Pamela Magnuson Rita Minter Lydia Musher Theresa Olin Megan Owen Karen Rennar Wendy Ridings Rhonda Ryan Heidi Sanders Beth Slaughter Deborah Spencer Annie Treverton Lisa Trewin Tania Van Dongen Beth Anne Weidler Megan Welch Natalyn Whitis Pamela Wilhite Jessica L. Williams

First Alto Krista Borstell Jami Bruns Patricia Bumpus Barbara Bush Thea Chapman Elizabeth Chitwood Nancy Christopherson Robin Clarkson Leah Bell Davis Christine Economides Mary Gahr • Susan Hall Judy Hill Kristin Hurter Berma Kinsey Joyce Lewis * • Mary Lopushansky Ashley Maack Gene Marie Matthews Lisa Morfin Cynthia Mulder Jennifer L. Phan Linda Renner Linda Richardson Carolyn Rogan Holly Rubbo June Russell Maria Schoen Andrea Slack Shelby Stratman Vicki Westbrook Bonnie Wilson Patsy Wilson Shelby Wilson

Francisco J. Izaguirre Christopher Lund Darrell Mayon * • Jim Moore Peter Peropoulos Bradley Persinger Douglas Rodenberger Gottfried Schiller David Schoen Tony Sessions Charles Thornburg Aaron Verber

Second Soprano Yoset Altamirano Lisa Anders Laura Bohlmann • Nancy Bratic Anne Campbell Debby Cutler Vickie Davis Corita Dubose Karen Fess-Uecker Kellie Garden Lorraine Hammond Debbie Hannah • Megan Henry Amanda Hopping * • Sylvia Hysong Yukiko Iwata Natalia Kalitynska Sapna Kumar • Carol Ostlind Linda Peters Susan Scarrow Vicki Seldon Paige Sommer Veronica A. Stevens Cecilia Sun Caryssa Treider Megan Truelson Nancy Vernau

Second Alto Melissa Bailey Adams • Sarah Wilson Clark M. Evelyn Clift Rochella Cooper Cecilia Corredor Andrea Creath Robin Dunn Holly Eaton Rachel El-Saleh Thi Ha Denise Holmes Catherine Howard Lois Howell * • Crystal Meadows Lynne Moneypenny Nina Peropoulos Laurie Reynolds Holly Soehnge Mary Voigt Kaye Windel-Garza First Tenor Robert Browning James R. Carazola Patrick Drake Richard Field • Robert Gomez James Patrick Hanley Steven Hazel Donald Howie

Second Tenor Bob Alban Jeff Bingham Randy Boatright Harvey Bongers William Cole Donn Dubois Jorge Fandino Mark Ferring Joseph Frybert John Grady Craig Hill Philip Lewis Micah Meads William L. Mize Dave Nussmann Greg Railsback Allen Roberts Rick Selby Lesley C. Sommer Dewell Springer Tony Vazquez Leonardo Veletzuy John W. Werner * • Lee Williams First Bass Joe Anzaldua Rich Arenschieldt Greg Barra Justin Becker Claude Bitner John Bond Bruce Boyle Christopher Burris Peter Christian Steve Dukes Leigh Fernau Will Hailey Taylor Harper Scott Hassett Stephen M. James * • Jay Lopez Clemente Mathis William McCallum Chris Ming Matt Neufeld Kevin Newman David Salazar David Schoen Gary Scullin Stephen Shadle Mark Standridge Sam Stengler

Tony Sessions Librarian Paul Van Dorn Joe Villarreal Kevin Wallace Second Bass Steve Abercia * • Wilton T. Adams Bill Cheadle John Colson Roger Cutler Paul Ehrsam Tom Everage Chris Fair Ian Fetterley David M. Fox Yevgeny Genin Michael Gilbert Matt Henderson Terry Henderson George Howe Nobuhide Kobori Alan MacAdams • Ken Mathews Bryan J. McMicken Scott Mermelstein Clyde L. Miner Greg Nelson Bill Parker John Proffitt • Robert Reynolds Daniel Robertson Doug Sander Andrew Shramm Eric Skelly Richard White James Wilhite

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March 9, 10, 11, 2012 Robert Franz, conductor Bowfire’s all-star lineup of virtuosic fiddlers delivers a mix of Celtic, rock, bluegrass, Texas-swing and classical music. Add in beautiful vocals, electric step and tap dancing, lights and costumes, and you’ve got one fast-paced spectacle for the senses unlike any other.

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Mozart’s A Little Night Music

March 22, 24, 25, 2012 Hans Graf, conductor Mozart: Serenade No.10 for 13 winds, Gran Partita Stravinsky: Apollon musagète Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik Delight in Mozart’s most graceful work. A Little Night Music will lighten your heart and fill your evening with joy.

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Hilary Hahn & Enigma Variations

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Classical Series March 30, 31, April 1, 2012 Alexander Shelley, conductor Hilary Hahn, violin Britten: Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1* Elgar: Sospiri Elgar: Enigma Variations* “Hahn is one of those rare performers who can dazzle you with the warmth of her personality and knock you dead with the dexterity of her technique...” – Los Angeles Times

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Annual Campaign Donors. .........................................................................................

The Houston Symphony gratefully acknowledges those who support our artistic, educational and community engagement programs through their generosity to our Annual Fund and our Special Events. Donors receive a wide array of benefits for the current season and recognition for one year following the date of their gifts. Below is a listing of those who have so generously given within the past 12 months. We are honored to count these donors among our closest Houston Symphony friends, and we invite you to consider becoming a member of one of our giving societies. For more information, please contact our Development Department at: (713) 337-8500.

Leadership Gifts

Ima Hogg Society $150,000 or More Anonymous (1) Dr. & Mrs. W. E. Bosarge Lieutenant Governor David H. Dewhurst Mrs. Alfred C. Glassell Jr. Beth Madison Mr. George Mitchell Mr. M. S. Stude Bobby & Phoebe Tudor Mr. & Mrs. Jesse B. Tutor Margaret Alkek Williams President’s Society $75,000-$99,999 Nancy & Robert Peiser

Maestro’s Society $50,000 - $74,999 Gene & Linda Dewhurst Maestro Hans Graf & Mrs. Graf Rochelle & Max Levit

Concertmaster’s Society $25,000 - $49,999 Anonymous (2) Janice Barrow Captain & Mrs. W. A. “Cappy” Bisso III Mr. & Mrs. Edward F. Blackburne Jr. Mr. Michael H. Clark & Ms. Sallie Morian Mr. & Mrs. Russell M. Frankel Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Griswold Dr. Gary L. Hollingsworth & Dr. Ken Hyde Drs. M.S. & Marie-Luise Kalsi Mr. & Mrs. Marvin Kaplan Mr. & Mrs. Ulyesse J. LeGrange

Joella & Steven P. Mach Jay & Shirley Marks Barbara & Pat McCelvey Mr. & Mrs. Alexander K. McLanahan Mr. & Mrs. Larry Norman Mr. & Mrs. David R. Pruner Mrs. Sybil F. Roos Mr. & Mrs. James A. Shaffer Mr. & Mrs. Jim R. Smith Alice & Terry Thomas

Principal Musician’s Society $15,000 - $24,999 Mr. Gary V. Beauchamp & Ms. Marian Wilfert Beauchamp Mr. & Mrs. J. Brett Busby Janet F. Clark Dr. & Mrs. Alexander Dell Angel & Craig Fox Stephen & Mariglyn Glenn Cora Sue & Harry Mach Mr. & Mrs. Rodney H. Margolis 24 www.houstonsymphony.org

Mr. & Mrs. Billy McCartney Ann & Hugh Roff Mr. & Mrs. Clive Runnells Laura & Michael Shannon Mr. & Mrs. Robert R. Springob, Laredo Construction, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Fredric A. Weber Dede & Connie Weil Mr. & Mrs. Steven Jay Williams

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Artist/Conductor’s Society $10,000 - $14,999 Anonymous (2) Mr. & Mrs. Philip A. Bahr Mr. & Mrs. Charles G. Black III Dr. & Mrs. Meherwan P. Boyce Mr. & Mrs. W. T. Carter IV The Robert & Jane Cizik Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Gerald F. Clark Mr. & Mrs. Brandon Cochran Ms. Jan Cohen Dr. Scott Cutler Mr. Richard Danforth Leslie Barry Davidson & W. Robins Brice Mr. & Mrs. Michael Dokupil Mrs. William Estrada

Aubrey & Sylvia Farb Dr. Kelli Cohen Fein & Martin J. Fein Mr. S. David Frankfort Dr. & Mrs. William D. George Mr. & Mrs. Melbern G. Glasscock Mr. & Mrs. Richard D. Hansen Mr. Brian James Dr. & Mrs. I. Ray Kirk Meredith & Cornelia Long Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Lykos Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Michael Mann Dr. & Mrs. Paul M. Mann Mr. & Mrs. J. Stephen Marks Dr. & Mrs. Malcolm L. Mazow Betty & Gene McDavid

Gloria & Joe Pryzant Mr. & Mrs. William J. Rovere Jr. Mrs. Maryjane Scherr Mr. & Mrs. Haag Sherman Mr. Louis H. Skidmore Jr. Julia & Albert Smith Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Tad Smith David & Paula Steakley Paul Strand Thomas Stephen & Pamalah Tipps Margaret Waisman, M.D. & Steven S. Callahan, Ph.D. Vicki West Cyvia & Melvyn Wolff Mr. & Mrs. Ed Wulfe

Miss Catherine Jane Merchant Mr. & Mrs. Kevin O. Meyers Dr. & Mrs. Robert M. Mihalo Cameron Mitchell Sue A. Morrison Mr. & Mrs. Richard P. Moynihan Bobbie & Arthur Newman Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan E. Parker Kathryn & Richard Rabinow Mr. & Mrs. William K. Robbins Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Ken N. Robertson Mr. Glen A. Rosenbaum

Ms. Amanda Savo Donna & Tim Shen Dr. Alana R. Spiwak & Sam Stolbun Mr. Stephen C. Tarry Ann & Joel Wahlberg Robert G. Weiner Dr. Jim T. Willerson Nancy Willerson Isabel B. & Wallace S. Wilson Mr. & Mrs. C. Clifford Wright Nina & Michael Zilkha

Mr. & Mrs. Frank Herzog Debbie & Frank Jones Drs. Blair & Rita Justice Mr. & Mrs. Richard D. Kinder Mary Louis Kister Mr. Alfred Lasher III Marilyn Lummis Mr. & Mrs. Stevens Mafrige Mr. & Mrs. George McCullough Mrs. Beverly T. McDonald Mr. & Mrs. J. Douglas McMurrey Jr. Stephen & Marilyn Miles Sidney & Ione Moran Paul & Rita Morico Mr. & Mrs. Lucian L. Morrison Jr. Mary & Terry Murphree Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Nelson Mr. & Mrs. Edward C. Osterberg Jr. Ms. Peggy Overly & Mr. John Barlow Mr. & Mrs. Gary Petersen Mr. Howard Pieper Mr. Robert J. Pilegge Mr. & Mrs. Allan Quiat Mrs. Lila Rauch Mr. Carlos Rossi Mr. & Mrs. Manolo Sanchez Mr. & Mrs. Richard P. Schissler Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Mark R. Smith Mr. Yale Smith

Mr. & Mrs. Antonio M. Szabo Mr. & Mrs. Leland Tate Mr. Jonathan Tinkle Ann Trammell Stephen & Kristine Wallace Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin Warren Ms. Jennifer R. Wittman Woodell Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. David J. Wuthrich Winthrop A. Wyman & Beverly Johnson Dr. & Mrs. Robert Yekovich Erla & Harry Zuber

Musician’s Society $7,500 - $9,999 Anonymous (1) Mr. & Mrs. Walter V. Boyle Mr. & Mrs. Walter Bratic Ms. Terry A. Brown Roger & Debby Cutler Allen & Almira Gelwick Lockton Companies Mr. & Mrs. Fred L. Gorman Jo A. & Billie Jo Graves Christina & Mark Hanson Mr. & Mrs. David V. Hudson Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Bernard Katz Conductor’s Circle $5,000 - $7,499 Anonymous (1) Robin Angly & Miles Smith Mr. & Mrs. Karl H. Becker Dr. Alan Bentz & Ms. Sallymoon S. Benz Ms. Dianne Bowman Ruth White Brodsky Mrs. George L. Brundrett Jr. Mr. Ralph Burch Barry & Janet Burkholder Marilyn Caplovitz David & Nona Carmichael Mrs. Lily Carrigan Margot & John Cater William J. Clayton & Margaret A. Hughes Mr. & Mrs. Rodney Cutsinger Mr. & Mrs. James D. Dannenbaum Judge & Mrs. Harold DeMoss Jr. Mr. & Mrs. David Denechaud Ms. Sara J. Devine Mr. & Mrs. Paul F. Egner Jr. Mr. Roger Eichhorn Diane Lokey Farb Mary Ann & Larry Faulkner Ms. Bernice Feld Mr. George B. Geary Mrs. Aileen Gordon William A. Grieves & Dorothy McDonnell Grieves Mr. & Mrs. W. R. Hayes

Grand Patron’s Circle $2,500 - $4,999

Anonymous (1) Eric S. Anderson & R. Dennis Anderson Mr. & Mrs. Anthony P. Apollo Dr. & Mrs. Jeffrey B. Aron Mr. Richard C. Bailey Mrs. Bonnie Bauer Dr. & Mrs. Devinder Bhatia Mr. & Mrs. James D. Bozeman Mrs. Catherine Campbell Brock & Dr. Gary Brock The Honorable & Mrs. Peter Brown Mr. & Mrs. Sean Bumgarner Dr. & Mrs. William T. Butler Toba Buxbaum February 2012 25

Annual Campaign Donors. .........................................................................................

Mr. & Mrs. Thierry Caruso Mr. William E. Colburn Lois & David Coyle Mr. & Mrs. Louis F. DeLone J.R. & Aline Deming Mr. James Denton Mr. & Mrs. Carr P. Dishroon Mr. & Mrs. Michael Doherty Mr. William Elbel & Ms. Mary J. Schroeder Mr. Parrish N. Erwin Jr. Mr. & Mrs. J. Thomas Eubank Mr. & Mrs. Donald Faust Sr. Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Ference Mrs. Arvia Few Ron & Tricia Fredman Mr. Edwin C. Friedrichs & Ms. Darlene Clark Dr. & Mrs. Robert H. Fusillo Thomas & Patricia Geddy Mrs. Lila-Gene George Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Glanville Mr. & Mrs. Morris Glesby Robert & Michelle Goodmark Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Haas Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Hayes Mr. & Mrs. Eric Heggeseth Mr. & Mrs. James E. Hooks Mr. & Mrs. R. O. Hunton Mr. & Mrs. John F. Joity Mrs. Donna P. Josey-Chapman Mr. & Mrs. Francis S. Kalman Mr. & Mrs. Richard P. Keeton Mr. & Mrs. Gary Kenney William & Cynthia Koch Mr. & Mrs. Ryan Krogmeier Mr. Willy Kuehn Mrs. Barry Lewis Mrs. Margaret H. Ley Mr. James Lokay Mr. & Mrs. William L. Maynard Mr. & Mrs. William B. McNamara Mr. & Mrs. Pershant Mehta Mr. & Mrs. Robert Mitchell Mr. & Mrs. Richard Mithoff Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Moore Julia & Chris Morton Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Olfers Edward Oppenheimer Mr. Michael H. Price Mr. & Mrs. Stephen D. Pryor Mr. & Mrs. Thomas R. Reckling III Michael & Vicky Richker Drs. Alejandro & Lynn Rosas Dr. Philip D. Scott & Dr. Susan E. Gardner Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Simon Mr. & Mrs. Louis J. Snyder Joel V. & Mary M. Staff Dr. & Mrs. C. Richard Stasney Mr. & Mrs. James R. Stevens Mr. & Mrs. Keith Stevenson Mr. & Mrs. Gene Van Dyke Mr. & Mrs. Wil VanLoh C. Harold & Lorine Wallace Ms. Elizabeth Wolff Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Wray Mr. & Judge Cary P. Yates Edith & Robert Zinn 26 www.houstonsymphony.org

Sustaining Patron’s Circle $1,000 - $2,499

Anonymous (9) Dr. & Mrs. George J. Abdo Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Abraham Mr. & Mrs. Elliot Abramson Mr. & Mrs. Edgar D. Ackerman Mrs. Harold J. Adam Joan & Stanford Alexander Mrs. Nancy C. Allen, President Greentree Fund Frances & Ira Anderson John & Pat Anderson Mr. & Mrs. William J. Anderson Mr. Maurice J. Aresty Mr. & Mrs. John M. Arnsparger Mr. Alan Aronstein Paul H. & Maida M. Asofsky Mr. Jeff Autor Mr. & Mrs. Jamil Azzam Mrs. Nancy Bailey Julie Ann & Matthew Baker Dr. & Mrs. Christie Ballantyne Mr. & Mrs. Carlos Barbieri Mr. & Mrs. John A. Barrett Mr. & Mrs. Joshua L. Batchelor Ms. Deborah S. Bautch Dr. & Mrs. Arthur L. Beaudet Betty Bellamy Drs. Henry & Louise Bethea Dr. Joan H. Bitar Mrs. Thomas W. Blake Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Bolam Dr. & Mrs. Milton Boniuk Mr. Teodoro Bosquez Mr. & Mrs. Robert Bray Joe Brazzatti Mr. & Mrs. John B. Brent Mr. & Mrs. Maurice Bresenhan Mr. Malcolm Brewer & Mrs. Irina S. Dudley Katherine M. Briggs Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Brophy Steve & Diana Brown Lilia Khakinova & C. Robert Bunch Mrs. Anne H. Bushman Ms. Cheryl Byington Mr. & Mrs. Raul Caffesse Ms. Marjorie Carter Cain Mr. William Caudill Dr. Robert N. Chanon Mr. & Mrs. Paul D. Chapman Mr. & Mrs. Allen Clamen Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Clarke Mr. & Mrs. James G. Coatsworth Mr. & Mrs. Todd Colter Mr. & Mrs. Robert D. Colvin Mr. Mark C. Conrad Mr. H. Talbot Cooley Mr. & Mrs. Sam Cooper Dr. & Mrs. James D. Cox The Honorable & Mrs. William C. Crassas Mr. & Mrs. Robert Creager Sylvia & Andre Crispin Mr. & Mrs. T. N. Crook Mr. & Mrs. James W. Crownover Mr. & Mrs. Harry H. Cullen Jr. Mr. Carl Cunningham Mr. & Mrs. Jeremy Davis Mr. Denis A. DeBakey & Ms. Lavonne Cox John & Tracy Dennis Mr. & Mrs. Mark Diehl Mike & Debra Dishberger Mr. & Mrs. Jack N. Doherty Mr. & Mrs. James P. Dorn

Drs. Gary & Roz Dworkin John & Joyce Eagle Mr. & Mrs. Edward N. Earle Carolyn & David Edgar Mrs. Carolyn Grant Fay Jerry E. & Nanette B. Finger Dr. & Mrs. Ronald Fischer John C. Fitch Mr. & Mrs. Tom Fitzpatrick Mr. Jeff Fort Mr. & Mrs. Vince D. Foster Ms. Beth Freeman & Mr. Dave Stanard Paula & Alfred Friedlander Mr. Douglas Garrison Mr. John Gee Mr. Jerry George Mr. Michael B. George Mrs. Joan M. Giese Dr. & Mrs. Jack Gill Walter Gilmore Mr. Mauro Gimenez & Ms. Connie Coulomb Gary & Marion Glober Mr. & Mrs. Bert H. Golding Helen B. Wils & Leonard Goldstein Dr. & Mrs. Bradford S. Goodwin Jr. Mr. Carlos Gorrichategui Ms. Joyce Z. Greenberg Mr. Charles H. Gregory Mary & Paul Gregory Mr. & Mrs. Joseph A. Hafner Jr. Mr. Michael Haigh Mrs. Thalia Halen Dr. & Mrs. Carlos R. Hamilton Mr. & Mrs. Bob Hammann Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Hanna Mr. & Mrs. Paul Hanson Marion S. Hargrove Mr. & Judge Frank Harmon III Ms. Claudia Hatcher Dr. & Mrs. Eric J. Haufrect Mr. & Mrs. David L. Haug Mr. & Mrs. Houston Haymon Mr. & Mrs. David Hemenway Mark & Ragna Henrichs Mr. Azteca Henry Marilyn & Robert M. Hermance Mr. & Mrs. Robert P. Herrmann Mr. & Mrs. Doug R. Hinzie Mr. Tim Hogan Mrs. Holly Holmes Mrs. Evelyn Howell Mr. & Mrs. Norman C. Hoyer Eileen & George Hricik Mr. Mark Hughes Mr. Bradford Irelan Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Isham Dr. & Mrs. Robert Ivany Mr. & Mrs. Edward F. Jackson Mr. Jacek Jaminski Dr. & Mrs. Joseph Jankovic Mr. Eric S. Johnson & Dr. Ronada Davis Dr. & Mrs. Robert E. Jordon Mr. & Mrs. Walter Kase Mr. & Mrs. Harvey Katz Linda & Frank S. Kelley Mr. & Mrs. Mavis Kelsey Jr. Lucy & Victor Kormeier Ms. Deborah Kosich Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Lane Ms. Joni Latimer Dr. & Mrs. Kenneth Eugene Lehrer Mr. & Mrs. Gordon Leighton H. Fred & Velva G. Levine

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Mrs. Ann Lewis Mr. William W. Lindley Mr. & Mrs. Michael Linn Ms. Barbara Lister Mr. & Mrs. H. Arthur Littell Ms. Nancey Lobb Mr. & Mrs. John Lollar Robert & Gayle Longmire Mr. & Mrs. Paul F. Longstreth Ms. Alissa Maples Mr. & Mrs. Michael L. Mason Mr. & Mrs. J.A. Mawhinney Jr. Mr. & Mrs. James W. McCartney Mr. & Mrs. Andrew McFarland Mr. & Mrs. John M. McGill Mr. & Mrs. Michael McGuire Mr. & Mrs. David R. McKeithan Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Lance McKnight Barnett & Diane McLaughlin Melba Hoekstra Miers Estate Mr. & Mrs. David A. Mire Mr. & Mrs. John C. Molloy Mr. David Monk Dr. Eleanor D. Montague Ms. Marsha L. Montemayor Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Moynier Mr. & Mrs. Marvin Mueller Daniel & Karol Musher Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Newman Mr. & Mrs. Charles G. Nickson Steve & Sue Olson Mr. & Mrs. John S. Orton Mr. Austin M. O’Toole & Ms. Valerie Sherlock Jane & Kenneth Owen Mr. & Mrs. Robert Pacini Mr. & Mrs. Robert Page Mr. Robert Pastorek Mr. & Mrs. Raul Pavon Michael & Shirley Pearson Pamela & James Penny Dr. & Mrs. Bruce Perry Mr. Carlton Perry JoAnn & John Petzold Dr. & Mrs. Jorge Pinera Mr. James D. Pitcock Dr. & Dr. Eduardo Plantilla Mr. & Mrs. James Postl Mr. John Potts Mrs. Dana Puddy Darla & Chip Purchase Mr. Dale Qualls & Mrs. Melissa McWilliams Dr. & Mrs. Henry H. Rachford Jr. Mr. Thomas P. Randt Clinton & Leigh Rappole Mr. & Mrs. Mark S. Rauch Anne D. Reed Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Reeves Mr. Charles M. Reimer Dr. Alexander P. Remenchik & Ms. Frances Burford Mr. & Mrs. Allyn Risley Ms. Janice Robertson & Mr. Douglas Williams Mr. & Mrs. James T. Robinson Ms. Franelle Rogers Ms. Regina J. Rogers Dr. & Mrs. Franklin Rose Mr. Edward Ross Mr. Kent Rutter Mr. Barry Samuels Mary Louise & David Sanderson

Harold H. Sandstead, M.D. Mr. & Mrs. David Saperstein Mr. & Mrs. Raymond E. Sawaya Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Schanzmeyer Beth & Lee Schlanger Mr. Ed Schneider & Ms. Toni A. Oplt Drs. Helene & Robert Schwartz Mr. & Mrs. Rufus Scott Mr. Ralph D. Sikes Mr. & Mrs. Steve Sims Barbara & Louis Sklar Mr. & Mrs. William T. Slick Jr. Ms. Marcia Smart Mr. Brinton A. Smith & Ms. Evelyn Chen Mr. & Mrs. Wesley Smith Mr. & Mrs. William A. Smith Dean & Kay L. Snider Ms. Aimee Snoots Mr. & Mrs. John Speer Carol & Michael Stamatedes Richard P. Steele & Mary J. McKerall Cassie B. Stinson & Dr. R. Barry Holtz Mrs. Christie Sullivan Emily C. Sundt Mrs. Mary Swafford Ms. Jeanine Swift Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas L. Swyka Mr. & Mrs. Albert S. Tabor Jr. Mr. Mark Taylor Mr. Jim Teague & Ms. Jane DiPaolo Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Thielke Jean & Doug Thomas Mr. & Mrs. Ralph B. Thomas Mr. & Mrs. Trevor Turbidy Mr. & Mrs. Timothy J. Unger Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Vallee Mr. Donn K. Van Arsdall Ms. Barbara Van Postman Mr. & Mrs. William A. Van Wie Ms. Jana Vanderlee Mr. Danny Ward & Ms. Nancy Ames Mr. & Mrs. Peter S. Wareing Mr. & Mrs. Eden N. Wenig Mr. John Wetsel & Mrs. Joanne Breihan-Wetsel Mr. & Mrs. Patrick J. Whelan Dr. David A. White Carlton & Marty Wilde Dr. & Mrs. Rudy C. Wildenstein Mr. & Mrs. Thomas H. Wilson Dr. & Mrs. Jerry S. Wolinsky Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Yankowsky Mr. & Mrs. William A. Young Mr. & Mrs. Charles Zabriskie Mrs. Betsy I. Zimmer

Composer’s Circle $500 - $999

Anonymous (17) Wade & Mert Adams Ms. Henrietta K. Alexander Ms. Joan Ambrogi Mr. & Mrs. Thurmon Andress Corbin & Char Aslakson Mr. & Mrs. John C. Averett Mr. & Mrs. David M. Balderston Dr. David Barry Mr. Allen J. Becker Ms. Bernice Beckerman Carolyn & Arthur Berner Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Bickel Mr. Edward P. Bornet

Ms. Joan Boss Bob F. Boydston Ms. Sally Brassow Mr. Chester Brooke & Mrs. Nancy Poindexter Mr. & Mrs. Jos C. Brown Fred & Judy Brunk Ms. Courtney Brynes Mr. & Mrs. Fred Buckwold Mr. Christopher Buehler & Ms. Jill Hutchison John T. & Elizabeth Burdine Mr. & Mrs. Charles Callery Mr. & Mrs. Joseph L. Campbell Mr. Len Cannon Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Cantrell Jr. Mr. John Carmichael Mr. Petros Carvounis Mr. & Mrs. John M. Cavanaugh Mr. & Mrs. E. Thomas Chaney K.D. Charalampous, M.D. Mr. William H. Choice III Virginia A. Clark Mrs. Cielle Clemenceau Mrs. Barbora Cole Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Colton Mr. & Mrs. Dave Coolidge Ms. Miguel A. Correll Mr. William S. & Dr. Mary Alice Cowan Mr. & Mrs. Timothy J. Crull Dr. & Mrs. Clotaire D. Delery Ms. Aurelie Desmarais Paul & Debbie Dougharty Elizabeth H. Duerr Mr. & Mrs. A. C. Dumestre Dr. Burdett S. & Mrs. Kathleen C.E. Dunbar Ms. Consuelo Duroc-Danner Mr. Ramsay M. Elder Mr. & Mrs. Peter Erickson Dr. Kenneth L Euler Mr. & Mrs. William Evans Dr. Louis & Mrs. Paula Faillace Robert H. Fain Jr., M.D. Mr. Robert Fisher Rachel Frazier Mrs. Martha Garcia Martha & Gibson Gayle Jr. Ms. Lucy Gebhart Mr. & Mrs. Duane V. Geis Mr. & Mrs. Harry Gendel Ms. Carolyn Gibbs & Mr. Rick Nelson William E. Gipson Mr. & Mrs. Herbert I. Goodman Ms. Melissa Goodman Mr. Bert Gordon Dr. & Mrs. Harvey L. Gordon Mr. & Mrs. Mark Gordon Mr. Garrett Graham Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas Greenaw Dennis Griffith & Louise Richman Mr. Doug Groves Gaye Davis & Dennis B. Halpin Rita & John Hannah Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Harbachick Michael D. Hardin Bruce Harkness & Alice Brown W. Russel Harp & Maarit K. Savola-Harp Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Harrell Dr. & Mrs. William S. Harwell Mr. & Mrs. Brian Haufrect

Ms. Ann Lents & Mr. J. David Heaney Mr. & Mrs. Frank L. Heard Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Boyd Heath Ms. Lynn Herbert Mr. & Mrs. Fred D. Herring Mr. & Mrs. John R. Heumann Mr. & Mrs. W. Grady Hicks Ann & Joe Hightower Mr. & Mrs. Ross K. Hill Mr. John Hodgin Mr. & Mrs. John Homier Dr. Matthew Horsfield & Dr. Michael Kauth Mr. Steve Hulsey Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth C. Isham Mr. Mark Johansson Mr. & Mrs. Okey B. Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Wesley A. Johnson Ms. Karen Juul-Nielsen & Mr. Rick Garnett Mr. Guido Kanschat Mr. & Mrs. Yoshi Kawashima Sam & Cele Keeper Mr. & Mrs. Edward Kelley Mr. & Mrs. Keith Kelley Mr. John Kelsey & Ms. Gaye Davis Mr. & Mrs. Tom Kelsey Dr. & Mrs. Sherwin Kershman Nora J. Klein, M.D. Mr. & Mrs. William H. Knull III Mr. & Mrs. Wilfred M. Krenek Mr. Vijay Kusnoor Ms. Diane Laborde Mr. & Mrs. Joel C. Lambert Mr. James Leatherby Mr. & Mrs. William Leighton Ms. Golda K. Leonard Mr. James C. Lindsey Lisle Violin Shop Mr. Kelly Bruce Lobley Mrs. Sylvia Lohkamp Mr. & Mrs. Barry H. Margolis Mr. & Mrs. Robert Martin Ms. B. Lynn Mathre & Mr. Stewart O’Dell Mr. & Mrs. Rod McAdams Mr. & Mrs. James McBride Lawrence McCullough & Linda Jean Quintanilla Dr. A. McDermott & Dr. A. Glasser William E. Joor III & Rose Ann Medlin Mrs. Diane Merrill Mr. Ronald A. Mikita Mr. & Mrs. Arnold M. Miller Ms. Kristen Miller Mr. & Mrs. Herbert G. Mills Mr. Willis B. Mitchell John & Ann Montgomery Ms. Deborah Moran Mr. William R. Mowlam Mr. & Mrs. Richard Murphy Alan & Elaine Mut Ms. Jennifer Naae Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Neumann Mr. & Mrs. Geoffrey B. Newton Mr. Robert Nichols Ms. Dorothy Nicholson John & Leslie Niemand Nils & Stephanie Normann Mr. & Mrs. Rufus W. Oliver III Katy Optiks Mr. & Mrs. Morris Orocofsky February 2012 27

Annual Campaign Donors. .........................................................................................

Mr. & Mrs. Enrique Ospina Mrs. Caroline Osteen Mr. Patrick C. Oxford Mr. & Mrs. Marc C. Paige Mr. Jonathan Palmer Rachel & Michael Pawson Mr. & Mrs. James L. Payne Mrs. Preston A. Peak Dr. & Mrs. Joseph Penn Ms. Glena Pfenning Grace & Carroll Phillips Ms. Meg Philpot Mr. Carmelo Pieri Mr. Warren B. Pond Jr. Mr. Robert W. Powell Doris F. Pryzant Elias & Carole Qumsieh Dr. Mike Ratliff Mr. & Mrs. William B. Rawl Mr. & Mrs. Hugh M. Ray Mr. & Mrs. Dwain Reeves Ms. Rachaelle Reynolds Mrs. Constance Rhebergen Hilda & Hershel Rich Mrs. Barbara Riddell Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Rinehart Mr. & Mrs. Fabrice Roche Drs. Herbert & Manuela Roeller Mr. & Mrs. Keith A. Rogers Milton & Jill Rose Mr. Autry W. Ross Mrs. Holly Rubbo Brittany Sakowitz Ms. Donna Scott Charles & Andrea Seay Mr. & Mrs. Vic Shainock Mr. Hilary Smith Mr. Marcus B. Smith Mr. & Mrs. Stephen N. Smith Mr. & Mrs. William Smith John L. Snyder Mrs. Lynn Snyder Mr. Nicholas Sollenne Mrs. Donna Sprudzs Mr. Myron F. Steves Mr. Alan Stuckert Dr. & Mrs. David Sufian Mrs. Louise Sutton Mr. & Mrs. George Tallichet Ms. Carolyn Tanner Mrs. Nina P. Tate Mr. & Mrs. Glenn Taylor Mr. Kerry Taylor Mr. & Mrs. Van Teeters Mr. Brian Teichman Ms. Betsy Mims & Mr. Howard D. Thames Jacob & Elizabeth Thomas Dr. & Mrs. Karl Tornyos Mr. Daniel S. Trachtenberg Ms. Cathleen J. Trechter Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Tremant Mr. Gerard Trione Mr. & Mrs. D.E. Utecht Dr. & Mrs. Gage VanHorn Mr. Earl Vanzant Dean B. Walker Betty & Bill Walker Mr. & Mrs. Dave Ward Mr. & Mrs. William B. Wareing Mr. Kenneth W. Warren Mr. & Mrs. James A. Watt Ms. Joann E. Welton 28 www.houstonsymphony.org

J. M. Weltzien Drs. A. & J. Werch Mrs. Johannah Wilkenfeld Mr. Burt Wilson Mr. Randall Wright Mr. & Mrs. Emil Wulfe

Patron’s Circle $250 - $499

Anonymous (16) William & Nancy Akers Mr. & Mrs. Edward Allen Mr. & Mrs. Steve Ameen Mr. & Mrs. Les Antalffy Dr. & Mrs. Roy Aruffo Mr. John B. Ashmun Mr. & Mrs. Gabriel Baizan The Honorable & Mrs. James A. Baker III Mr. & Mrs. John Baker Mr. Fred Bakun Mr. & Mrs. Saul Balagura Ms. Virginia C. Ballard Mr. & Mrs. Don Barnhill Mr. & Mrs. Seth Barrett Mr. Daniel Barretto Mr. A. Greer Barriault & Ms. Clarruth A. Seaton Dr. & Mrs. Robert C. Bast Jr. Barbara & Jim Becker Ms. Heather Beliveaux Ms. Roberta Benson Mrs. Robert L. Berge Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Beshears Mr. & Mrs. Randall Beste Mr. & Mrs. Ed Billings Bonnie L. Siff & Ira J. Black Ms. Fannette Blum Mr. & Mrs. George Boerger Mr. Arno S. Bommer Mr. Philip Booth Ms. Suzie Boyd Dr. Arthur W. Bracey Mr. & Mrs. Steven Brosvik Mr. J. W. Brougher Sally & Laurence Brown Mrs. Norma Jean Brown Joan K. Bruchas & H. Philip Cowdin Mr. Frank Bryan Mr. & Mrs. William Bumpus Mrs. Shirley Burgher Mr. & Mrs. Gerald J. Bush Mr. & Mrs. Robert Cabes Mr. Gary Cacciatore Virginia & William Camfield Mr. & Mrs. J. Scott Campbell Mr. Carlos Campo Mrs. Marjorie H. Capshaw Mr. & Mrs. Fowler T. Carter Mr. & Mrs. Kevin J. Casey Mr. & Mrs. Christopher L. Chandler Ms. Anna Charlton Mr. & Mrs. Kent Chenevert Dr. Diana S. Chow Jim R. & Lynn Coe Shirley & Alan Cohn Donna M. Collins Mr. & Mrs. Tulio Colmenares Michael T. Coppinger Mr. & Mrs. David Corder Ms. Jeanne A. Cox Mr. & Mrs. John F. Crawford Nigel Curtlet Dr. & Mrs. Joel Cyprus Mrs. Christina Daniels Dr. Lee Daniels Mr. Michael Deavers Ms. Caroline Deetjen Mr. & Mrs. Rene Degreve Ms. Kay S. Derry Mr. & Mrs. Joseph B. Derzapf Ms. Dora Dillistone Ms. Judy Dines Mr. & Mrs. Malcolm Ditto Mr. Michael Dooley

Col. & Mrs. John Jay Douglass Patrick & Risha Dozark Mrs. Lesa Ducharme Mr. & Mrs. Clifford C. Dukes Mr. Kevin F. Dvorak Mr. & Mrs. Alfred H. Ebert Jr. Mrs. Karen A. Edgmon Mr. & Mrs. Clifford Egan Mr. & Mrs. William J. Eggleston Mr. & Mrs. Dean Eicher Mr. Howard Eisner Ms. Leslie Elkins Ms. Ann Lang Ellis Mildred & Richard Ellis Dr. Lillian R. Eriksen & Dr. James Turley Mr. Lee Eubanks Mr. Mike Ezzell Mr. Gregg Fajkus Mr. & Mrs. John R. Farina Ms. Ann S. Farrell Ms. Ursula H. Felmet Mr. David Fifield Mr. Dale Fitz Mr. & Mrs. Joe F. Flack III Ms. Lori Flees Mr. & Mrs. Theodore C. Flick Mr. James B. Flodine & Ms. Lynne Liberato Mrs. Lisa Forgan Dewitts Mr. & Mrs. John M. Forney Joyce & David Fox Mr. & Mrs. Michael S. Francisco Mr. Ralph F. Frankowski Ms. Diane L. Freeman Robert A. Furse, M.D. Dr. Abdel K. Fustok Mr. & Mrs. Mike Gallagher Mrs. Holly Garner Mr. & Mrs. Neil Gaynor Mr. & Mrs. John Gerdes Ms. Margaret Wendy Germani Mr. Glen Gettemy Debbie & Kyle Gibson Mr. & Mrs. Peter Gillette Mr. Charles J. Gillman Mr. & Mrs. Paul Good Dr. & Mrs. David Gorenstein Mr. Jon Kevin Gossett Mr. Ned Graber Mr. & Mrs. Tim Graham Mr. Dane Grenoble Mr. & Mrs. Laurent Gressot Mr. Steve K. Grimsley Ms. Jo Ann C. Guillory Dr. & Mrs. Howard Gutstein Zahava Haenosh Mr. Teruhiko Hagiwara Mr. & Mrs. Curtis D. Haines Mr. & Mrs. Uzi Halevy Ms. Vickie Hamley Mr. Jeff Hansen & Mrs. Kelly Marts Ms. Karen Harding Mr. Paul Harmon Ms. Anna K. Hathaway-McKee Mr. & Mrs. Michael Hawes William & Lana Hazlett Mr. & Mrs. Walter A. Hecht Mr. David T. Hedges Jr. Mr. John Heiny Mr. & Mrs. Dean Hennings Ms. Hilda R. Herzfeld Dr. Janice Hewitt Mr. David Hoffman Ms. Constance Holderer Jacque Holland S.y. & Y.j. Kim Hong Mr. & Mrs. Aaron Howes Mrs. Patricia P. Hubbard Ms. Vicki Huff Ms. Cynthia Humphries Mr. & Mrs. James R. Hutton Ms. Jennifer Isadore Mr. Joseph Ivey Ms. Ariel James Mr. & Mrs. Edwin R. Janes Mr. & Mrs. Paul M. Janicke Mrs. Paula Jarrett

Dr. Margaret S. Jelinek Lewis & Dr. David S. Lewis Mr. & Mrs. George C. John Mr. & Mrs. John W. Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Mark Johnson Mr. Robert E. Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Steve Jones Mr. Raymond Jones Dr. & Mrs. Andrew P. Kant Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Kantor Mr. & Mrs. Curtis R. Kayem Ms. Arlette Keene Mr. & Mrs. James A. Keller Mr. & Mrs. Hugh R. Kelly Mr. & Mrs. David Kendall Ms. Amy Kirchner Ms. Malgorzata Kloc-Stepkowska Mr. & Mrs. John Klug Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Koski Mr. & Mrs. Sam Koster Mr. & Mrs. William J. Kretlow Mr. & Mrs. Melvin Krezer Jr. Mr. Quin Kroll Suzanne A. & Dan D. Kubin Mr. Tom Kvinta Mr. Kent Lacy Mr. & Mrs. James C. Lamoreux Mr. Doug Lawing Dr. & Mrs. William R. Leighton Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Robert Leonard Mr. & Mrs. Earl L. Lester Jr. Paula & Steve Letbetter Charles H. (Eric) & Lucy Lewis Mr. & Mrs. Philip Lewis Mr. & Mrs. Robert Lineberry Sharon Lipsky, M.D. Ms. Priscilla L. List J. M. Little & Asso.

Mr. William Looser Mr. Carlos J. Lopez Louise & Oscar Lui Mr. & Mrs. Peter MacGregor Mr. & Mrs. Harry E. Mach III Tom & Kathleen Mach Mr. John Maguire Mrs. D.B. Marchant Ms. Renee Margolin Dr. & Dr. A. J. Marian Carole Nadelman Marmell Mr. & Mrs. Laban Marsh Mr. David Martin Mr. Mark Matovich Dr. Toshimatsu Matsumoto Mr. Chad Mavity Ms. Suzanne McCarthy Mr. & Mrs. Edward McCullough Mr. George McKee Mr. & Mrs. James L. McNett Mr. & Mrs. D. Bradley McWilliams Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Mehlhoff Mr. & Mrs. Joseph R. Melanson Jr. Mrs. Dorri Melvin Dr. Robert A. Mendelson Mr. Russell J. Miller & Mrs. Charlotte M. Meyer Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Mireles Mr. & Mrs. Michael Mithoff Ms. Jenny Mohr & Mr. Matt Parker Mr. & Mrs. John H. Monroe Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Jess R. Moore Ms. Lauren Morgan Mr. & Mrs. Ryan Moss Ms. Joan B. Murphy Mr. & Mrs. Robert N. Murray Mr. Arturo Narro Mr. & Mrs. R. Michael Nash Mr. & Mrs. Albert Ong Mrs. Louisa Ordway Mr. & Mrs. Ken O’Rear Mr. Edgar J. Ortiz Mr. & Mrs. Sheldon I. Oster Ms. Jennifer Owen Linda & Jerry Paine Ms. Linda Peterson Mark H. & Lynn K. Pickett

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Mr. Timothy N. Pitts & Mrs. Kathleen Winkler Mr. & Mrs. Arthur H. Pratt Mr. & Mrs. Richard Prinstein Mr. & Mrs. Larry & Nita Pyle Mr. & Mrs. Paul Ramirez Mr. & Mrs. William M. Ramos Mr. & Mrs. Venu Rao Ms. Joanna Raynes Loreta & Ronald Rea Mr. & Mrs. John Q. Reans Vicki & J.B. Reber Ralph & Becky Reed Robert & Anne Reed Mr. & Mrs. Ron Restrepo Mr. & Mrs. Norman T. Reynolds Mr. & Mrs. Walter Rhodes Mr. & Mrs. Phil Rice Mr. & Mrs. Claud D. Riddles Mr. & Mrs. William F. Rike Mr. James L. Robertson Ms. Shari Rochen John & Peggy Romeo Mr. Daniel J. Romero Ms. Charlotte A. Rothwell Mr. & Mrs. Gregory M. Ruffing Mr. & Mrs. John E. Ryall

Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Saltzberg Dr. & Mrs. David Sapire Mr. & Mrs. Kent Savage Mr. Donald Schmuck Mrs. Jill Schroeder Jean & Robert Schwarz Mr. & Mrs. Paul Shack Jonathan & Marcia Shear Art & Ellen Shelton Pamela & Richard Sherry Mr. & Mrs. Charles C. Shumaker Mr. Barrett Sides Mrs. Ray Simpson Mrs. Josephine Smith Mr. & Mrs. Richard Smith Mr. & Mrs. Tom Smith Hans C. Sonneborn Ms. Blanche Stastny Mr. & Mrs. Donald K. Steinman Mr. & Ms. Gary Stenerson William F. Stern Mr. & Mrs. James W. Stovall Mr. & Mrs. William G. Straight Dr. John R. Stroehlein & Ms. Miwa Sakashita Mr. & Mrs. Hans Strohmer Mr. & Mrs. John L. Sutterby

Ms. Barbara Swartz Ms. Rhonda J. Sweeney Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Symon Ms. Jessica Taylor Mrs. Marjorie Therrell Mr. & Mrs. P. H. G. Thompson Ms. Susan L. Thompson Drs. Eric M. Timmreck & Carol W. Timmreck Mr. & Mrs. M. Dale Tingleaf David & Ann Tomatz Mr. Tom Tomlinson Mr. & Mrs. Louis E. Toole Mr. Jon D. Totz Mr. Herbert Towning Mr. & Mrs. Edmunds Travis Jr. Mr. James Trippett Dr. Robert Ulrich & Ms. June R. Russell Dr. & Mrs. Brad Urquhart Mr. & Mrs. Paolo Valente Mr. & Mrs. Dixon Van Hofwegen Dr. Allen R. Vogt Jan & Don Wagner Mr. William Walker Mr. & Mrs. Bill Warburton Ms. Sandria Ward Leone Buyse & Michael Webster

Mr. Paul Wehner Mr. & Mrs. Kane C. Weiner Ms. Bryony Jane Welsh Mrs. Corinne H. Wheeler Mr. Richard White Mr. Russell White Mrs. Amber Wilbanks Mr. Patrick Wilson Miriam & Marcos Witt Mr. Tony Wong Mr. & Mrs. Stephen R. Wood Miss Susan Wood Ms. Laura Woods Mrs. Michael Woolcock Ms. Kristi Wright Mrs. Peggy J. Wylie Mr. Le Roy Yeager Mr. Elan Yogeswaren Mr. Ray Young Mr. & Mrs. Mark Yzaguirre Ms. Carmen Zatorski

As of January 1, 2012

Houston Symphony Pops Patrons............................................................................................................

Principal Pops Conductor’s Circle $5,000 or More Mr. & Mrs. Edward F. Blackburne Jr. Ms. Sara J. Devine Allen & Almira Gelwick Lockton Companies Mr. & Mrs. Fred L. Gorman Dr. & Mrs. Bernard Katz Dr. & Mrs. Paul M. Mann Paul & Rita Morico Mary & Terry Murphree Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Nelson Mr. Robert J. Pilegge Mr. & Mrs. Allan Quiat Mr. & Mrs. William K. Robbins Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Ken N. Robertson Mrs. Sybil F. Roos Mrs. Maryjane Scherr David & Paula Steakley Mr. & Mrs. Leland Tate

Grand Patron Pops $2,500-$4,999

Rita & Geoffrey Bayliss Mr. & Mrs. Byron F. Dyer Mr. & Mrs. Jerry L. Hamaker Roman & Sally Reed Mr. & Mrs. George A. Rizzo Jr. Linda & Jerry Rubenstein Mr. & Mrs. William Thweatt Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence D. Wallace Sally & Denney Wright

Pops Patron $1,500-$2,499

Ellen Box Mr. & Mrs. James E. Dorsett Carol & Larry Fradkin Mr. Robert Grant Michael & Darcy Krajewski Alice R. McPherson, M.D. Mr. Anthony G. Ogden

Margaret & V. Scott Pignolet Mr. & Mrs. Ben A. Reid Shirley & Marvin Rich Dr. & Mr. Adrian D. Shelley Mr. Roger Trandell Ms. Jody Verwers Mr. & Mrs. William B. Welte III

Headliner $1,000-$1,499

Stanley & Martha Bair Mr. & Mrs. Stephen J. Banks Mr. & Ms. Bruce Buhler Ms. Ann Currens Mrs. Alan Gaylor Mr. & Ms. Eric J. Gongre Mr. & Mrs. George A. Helland Mr. & Mrs. Alex Howard Mr. & Mrs. Robin Lease Mr. & Mrs. Alan May Dr. & Mrs. Raghu Narayan Mr. & Mrs. John T. Riordan Mrs. Annetta Rose Mr. Morris Rubin Ms. Virginia Torres Ms. Amanda Tozzi

Producer $500-$999

Rev. & Mrs. H. Eldon Akerman Mr. John S. Beury Ms. Barbara A. Brooks Mr. & Mrs. Warren J. Carroll Barbara Dokell Mr. Evan B. Glick Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Hansen Mr. Don E. Kingsley Dr. George S. Knapp Bill & Karinne McCullough Mr. & Mrs. Joe T. McMillan W. R. Purifoy Ms. Phyllis Schaffer

Mr. & Mrs. Tim Shaunty Norbert F. Stang Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Thompson Dr. & Mrs. James A. Twining

Director $250-$499

Anonymous (2) Mr. & Mrs. Kingsley Agbor Mr. & Mrs. David Archibald Mr. & Mrs. Don S. Aron Mr. Donald Bates Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Beard Dr. & Mrs. R. L. Brenner Mr. Jay T. Brown Ms. Carol Brownstein Mr. & Mrs. Rick A. Burris W. M. Calvert Mr. & Mrs. Michael F. Cook Ms. Debbie Culp Ms. Christine De Leon Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Demeter Mr. & Mrs. George Dobbin Lamar & Anita Doyle Mr. & Mrs. Charles Grant Jim & Johanna Gunther Mr. & Mrs. Dale Hardy Richard & Beverly Hickman Jess Hines Jr. Mr. Larry January Mr. & Mrs. Bill Johnston Ms. Mary Keathley Charles C. & Patricia Kubin Mr. & Mrs. Roger Lindgren Ms. Doris M. Magee Mr. & Mrs. Carrol R. McGinnis Mr. & Mrs. Roger Medors Mr. Gerard & Mrs. Helga Meneilly Mr. James Miner Mary Murrill North Mr. & Mrs. Roland W. Pringle Mr. Robert Schick

Mr. & Mrs. David K. Smith James C. Stanka Mr. Charles Stewart Ms. Jane B. Thompson Mr. Lam Tran Mr. & Mrs. Eugene N. Tulich Dr. Holly & Mr. Michael Varner Dr. & Mrs. William C. Watkins Mr. & Mrs. Don Wilton As of January 1, 2012

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Annual Campaign Donors. ...............................................................................

Foundations...................................................................................................... $25,000-$49,999

As of January 1, 2012

$1,000,000 & above * Houston Endowment, Inc.

* Houston Symphony League The Wortham Foundation, Inc.

Ann & Gordon Getty Foundation The Humphreys Foundation * Sterling-Turner Foundation

$10,000-$24,999

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation * The Brown Foundation, Inc. The Cullen Foundation The Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts The Cynthia & George Mitchell Foundation * M. D. Anderson Foundation * Spec’s Charitable Foundation

* Bauer Family Foundation Carleen & Alde Fridge Foundation * The Melbern G. & Susanne M. Glasscock Foundation * George & Mary Josephine Hamman Foundation * Houston Symphony League Bay Area * The Powell Foundation * Vivian L. Smith Foundation The Schissler Foundation * Vaughn Foundation Warren Family Foundation

$50,000-$99,999

$2,500-$9,999

$100,000-$499,999

Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation The Alkek and Williams Foundation * John P. McGovern Foundation Ray C. Fish Foundation

William S. & Lora Jean Kilroy Foundation * Robert W. & Pearl Wallis Knox Foundation Lubrizol Foundation Mithoff Family Foundation * Kinder Morgan Foundation * Lynne Murray, Sr. Educational Foundation The Helmle Shaw Foundation Strake Foundation Susman Family Foundation

Government Donors

* City of Houston National Endowment for the Arts State Employee Charitable Campaign * Texas Commission on the Arts * Sponsors of Houston Symphony Education & Outreach Programs

Stanford & Joan Alexander Foundation * The Becker Family Foundation William E. & Natoma Pyle Harvey Charitable Trust The Hood-Barrow Foundation Huffington Foundation Leon Jaworski Foundation

Corporations...................................................................................................... $25,000-$49,999 American Express Philanthropic Program Andrews Kurth, LLP * The Boeing Company Chubb Group of Insurance Companies Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. JPMorgan Chase KPMG LLP

As of January 1, 2012

$100,000-$499,999

BBVA Compass Fidelity Investments The Methodist Hospital United Airlines

$50,000-$99,999

Baker Botts LLP * Cameron International Corporation Chevron ConocoPhillips * ExxonMobil Frost Bank * GDF SUEZ Energy North America * Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo * Marathon Oil Corporation * Shell Oil Company TOTAL

$10,000-$24,999

* Bank of America Bank of Texas Beck, Redden & Secrest, LLP Bisso Marine Co., Inc. Bracewell & Giuliani LLP * CenterPoint Energy Cooper Industries, Inc. Crown Castle International Corp. * Enbridge Energy Company, Inc. Ernst & Young Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP * Macy’s Northern Trust Palmetto Partners The Rand Group, LLC Regions Bank

SPIR STAR, Ltd. Star Furniture USI Insurance Services LLC Vinson & Elkins LLP * Wells Fargo * Wood Group

$5,000-$9,999

Bloomberg, L.L.P. * Devon Energy Corporation Google, Inc. Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. Oceaneering International Inc. * Randalls Food Markets, Inc. Russell Reynolds Associates, Inc. Stewart Title Company * Swift Energy Company

Gifts below $4,999

Allen Edmonds Shoe Corp.

The Blue Jeans Bar Corp GEM Insurance Agencies Geste LLC Intercontinental Exchange Marvin Consulting SEI Global Institutional Group Smith, Graham & Company * Sponsors of Houston Symphony Education & Outreach Programs

Corporate Matching Gifts........................................................................................

Aetna Akzo Nobel AT&T Baker Hughes Bank of America Boeing Cardinal Healthcare 30 www.houstonsymphony.org

Caterpillar Chevron Coca-Cola El Paso Corporation Eli Lilly and Company ExxonMobil Fannie Mae

General Electric General Mills Goldman, Sachs & Co. Halliburton Hewlett-Packard IBM ING Financial Services Corporation

JPMorgan Chase KBR Kirby Corporation Occidental Petroleum SMART Modular Technologies, Inc. Spectra Energy

Legacy Society. .................................................................................................

The Legacy Society honors those who have included the Houston Symphony in their long-term estate plans through bequests, life-income gifts or other deferred-giving arrangements. Members of the Legacy Society enjoy a variety of benefits, including an annual musical event, featuring a renowned guest artist. The Houston Symphony would like to extend its deepest thanks to the members of the Legacy Society – and with their permission, we are pleased to acknowledge them below. If you would like to learn more about ways to provide for the Houston Symphony in your estate plans, please contact our Development Department at: (713) 337-8500 or plannedgiving@houstonsymphony.org.

Anonymous (9) Mrs. Jan Barrow George & Betty Bashen Dorothy B. Black Ermy Borlenghi Bonfield Ronald C. Borschow Anneliese Bosseler Joe Brazzatti Zu Broadwater Terry Ann Brown Dr. Joan K. Bruchas & H. Philip Cowdin Eugene R. Bruns Sylvia J. Carroll William J. Clayton & Margaret A. Hughes Leslie Barry Davidson Harrison R. T. Davis Judge & Mrs. Harold DeMoss Jr. Jean & sJack Ellis The Aubrey and Sylvia Farb Family Ginny Garrett Michael B. George Stephen & Mariglyn Glenn Mr. & Mrs. Keith E. Gott

Randolph Lee Groninger Mrs. Gloria Herman Marilyn & Robert M. Hermance Dr. Gary L. Hollingsworth Dr. Edward J. & Mrs. Patti Hurwitz Kenneth Hyde Mr. Brian James Drs. Rita & Blair Justice Dr. & Mrs. Ira Kaufman, M.D. John S. W. Kellett Ann Kennedy & Geoffrey Walker Dr. & Mrs. I. Ray Kirk Mr. & Mrs. Ulyesse LeGrange Mrs. Frances E. Leland Dr. Mary R. Lewis E. W. Long Jr. Sandra Magers Rodney H. Margolis Mr. & Mrs. Jay Marks James Matthews Dr. and Mrs. Malcolm Mazow Mr. & Mrs. Gene McDavid Charles E. McKerley

Mr. & Mrs. Alexander K. McLanahan Miss Catherine Jane Merchant Dr. & Mrs. Robert M. Mihalo Ron Mikita Katherine Taylor Mize Ione Moran Sidney Moran Sue A. Morrison and Children Mr. & Mrs. Richard P. Moynihan Gretchen Anne Myers Bobbie & Arthur Newman Dave B. Nussmann Edward C. Osterberg Jr. Joan D. Osterweil Imogen “Immy” Papadopoulos Sara M. Peterson Mr. Howard Pieper Geraldine S. Priest Daniel F. Prosser Gloria & Joe Pryzant Mrs. Dana Puddy Walter M. Ross Mr. & Mrs. Michael B. Sandeen

Charles K. Sanders Charles King Sanders Mr. & Mrs. Charles T. Seay II Mr. & Mrs. James A. Shaffer Dr. & Mrs. Kazuo Shimada Jule & Albert Smith Mr. & Mrs. Louis J. Snyder Mike & sAnita Stude Emily H. & David K. Terry Stephen G. Tipps Mr. & Mrs. Jesse B. Tutor Dr. Carlos Vallbona & Children Margaret Waisman, M.D. & Steven S. Callahan, Ph.D. David M. Wax & Elaine Arden Cali Robert G. Weiner Geoffrey Westergaard Jennifer R. Wittman Mr. & Mrs. Bruce E. Woods Mr. & Mrs. David Wuthrich As of January 1, 2012 sDeceased

In Memoriam.....................................................................................................

We honor the memory of those who in life included the Houston Symphony in their estate plans.

Their thoughtfulness and generosity will continue to inspire and enrich lives for generations to come!

Mr. Thomas D. Barrow W. P. Beard Mrs. H. Raymond Brannon Anthony Brigandi Lawrence E. Carlton, M.D. Mrs. Albert V. Caselli Lee Allen Clark Jack Ellis Mrs. Robin A. Elverson Frank R. Eyler

Helen Bess Fariss Foster Christine E. George Mrs. Marcella Levine Harris General & Mrs. Maurice Hirsch Miss Ima Hogg Burke & Octavia Holman Mrs. L. F. McCollum Joan B. McKerley Monroe L. Mendelsohn Jr. Mrs. Janet Moynihan

Constantine S. Nicandros Hanni Orton Stewart Orton, Legacy Society co-founder Dr. Michael Papadopoulos Miss Louise Pearl Perkins Walter W. Sapp, Legacy Society co-founder J. Fred & Alma Laws Lunsford Schultz Ms. Jean R. Sides

Robert Lee Gomez Philip and Audrey Lewis Gerald and Shirley Mathews Dave B. Nussmann Nina and Peter Peropoulos

Karen and Hank Rennar Holly S. Rubbo Jennifer Klein Salyer Susan Scarrow Paige and Rich Sommer

John K. & Fanny W. Stone Dorothy Barton Thomas Mrs. Harry C. Wiess Mrs. Edward Wilkerson

Chorus Endowment Donors........................................................................................... $500 or more

As of January 1, 2012

Anonymous Nadene and James Crain Paul and Vickie Davis Taylor Faulkner

Beth Anne Weidler & Stephen M. James Jennifer Young

In Kind Donors.........................................................................................................

As of January 1, 2012

Alexander’s Fine Portrait Design Baker Botts L.L.P. Bergner & Johnson BKD, LLP Bright Star Classical 91.7 FM Cognetic Mr. Carl R. Cunningham

Darryl & Co. Deville Fine Jewelry DocuData Solutions The Events Company Foster Quan LLP Hilton Americas - Houston Houston Chronicle Jackson and Company JOHANNUS Organs of Texas Jim Benton of Houston LLC

The Lancaster Hotel Limb Design Martha Turner Properties Meera Buck Minuteman Press – Post Oak Music & Arts Neiman Marcus New Leaf Publishing, Inc. Nos Caves Vin PaperCity

Rice University Saint Arnold’s Brewery Shecky’s Media, Inc. Spec’s Wines, Spirits & Finer Foods United Airlines Valobra Jewelry & Antiques John Wright/Texprint Yahama

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Jan Barrow, musician sponsor

Sophia Silivos, violin

Birthplace and Education: Portland, Oregon; Stanford University, bachelor’s degree in political science

Birthplace and Education: Pensacola, Florida; Master of Music, Indiana University; Bachelor of Music and Artist Diploma, Cleveland Institute of Music.

Joined the Houston Symphony: 1985—Board of Trustees; Marketing Committee, chair; Long-term Planning Committee; President of the Board of Trustees: 1994-1996; Lifetime Trustee A musical life: Like many children, I had piano lessons when I was little. My parents took me to piano recitals hoping to inspire me to practice. I also played the marimba.

All in the family: My mother was an accompanist at our church.

First live concert: I remember my first live performance was seeing the San Francisco Symphony. Pierre Monteux was conducting, and it was so fantastic that the entire audience stood on their feet at the end. From then on I was hooked!

Favorite Houston Symphony experience: I love coming to the concerts.

It’s nice to not only hear familiar pieces, but also to have the opportunity to hear new music. I’ve also learned that there are composers that I originally didn’t care for, but that now I really do like.

Around Houston: I enjoy attending performances at the Houston Grand Opera. I’m also a big fan of the Houston Texans and Houston Astros.

Proud support: The more you work with something, the more you learn to love it. The love of music has been something that my husband and I shared; the Symphony was something that we could do together, and that was special for me. Being involved in the Symphony has meant a lot to me and it has become like a family.

Becoming a Musician Sponsor: It was suggested to me to become a musician sponsor. I was told that there was this darling violinist that I would love and that I should meet her. Once I met her, I immediately loved her and just always have.

Special memories: I enjoy visiting with Sophia at concert intermissions as often as possible, and she has also performed at my house several times. When I was moving from my old house that held so many memories, I had a farewell party and she and fellow violinist, Rodica Gonzalez, performed a beautiful send-off program. Among the many memories I have with Sophia, the most special one was when my husband was in the hospital and she showed up with her violin and played for him.

Pass it on: I would recommend for others to become musician sponsors; it makes one’s involvement with the Symphony very special.

Knowing the musicians personally and looking for them at concerts, makes such a difference in making you feel a part of the whole experience. It’s so nice to go on orchestra trips with the musicians, like the one to the UK in 2010, and being able to enjoy travel time together and share unique memories.

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Joined the Houston Symphony: September 1992. The 2011-2012 season marks my 20th season here—a nice round number to celebrate!

Beginnings: I started playing the violin when I was 7 years old.

Best thing about being a musician: Collaborating with the incredible musicians in this orchestra family and meeting and getting to know our audience members.

Alternative reality: I used to think I wanted to do something with the food business since I enjoy cooking and entertaining, and because I grew up in a family restaurant business. But now that I am married to a professional chef, I get the best of both worlds: food and music. I am happy and grateful to have the career I have as a professional violinist.

I can’t think of anything else I would rather do.

Current listening: The Houston Symphony’s own Alexandra Adkins’ new CD called Offering. It is a great recording with a worthy cause, as net proceeds go to an orphanage in Kenya. It’s for sale in the lobby and on iTunes.

Musical inspiration: I find the music of Bach to be especially inspiring and musically rewarding, particularly the three sonatas and three partitas composed for the solo violin. Because these pieces are for unaccompanied violin, it is up to the player to shape the melodies and harmonies simultaneously, just as pianists do. With only four strings to work with, it becomes complex and challenging to negotiate both melody and harmony at once, especially in the four-part fugue movements of the sonatas.

Perfect instrument: I found my bow through a Chicago string instrument shop 15 years ago. What attracted me to this bow was the warmth and colors it can pull from a violin. The violin I now play, I found in a more personal way. It belonged to my first violin teacher, who played it for 70 years. I have heard the sound of this violin since I was 7 years old. It has a darker and rounder sound than my previous violin, and I feel the history and special connection I had with my first violin teacher.

Hobbies and interests: My husband, Mohamed, and I enjoy traveling; lately we have been traveling to the southwest, mainly New Mexico and Colorado. Here’s a picture of us in Colorado at Mesa Verde National Park.

We don’t consider ourselves avid hikers yet, but we enjoy spending as much time outdoors as we can.