InTune — The Houston Symphony Magazine — October 2017 by Houston Symphony

THE HOUSTON SYMPHONY MAGAZINE

OCTOBER 2017

MOZART’S JUPITER SYMPHONY 16

BEETHOVEN & PROKOFIEV 20

October 20, 21, 22

October 26, 28, 29

PSYCHO 24

Film with Live Orchestra October 27

Celebrate Halloween with Psycho — Film with live Orchestra. See page 24 for more.

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Programs

Mozart's Jupiter Symphony October 20, 21, 22 �� 16 Beethoven & Prokofiev October 26, 28, 29 ��20 Psycho — Film with Live Orchestra October 27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Features

Letter to Patrons ��2 Concert Preview: Scheherazade ��8 Hurricane Harvey: After the Storm �� 10 Backstage Pass with Mark Griffith ��36

Events

2017-18 Special Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Upcoming Broadcasts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

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Andrés Orozco-Estrada, Music Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Orchestra Roster ��5 Staff Listing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

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The Houston Symphony family comes together after Hurricane Harvey.

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LETTER TO PATRONS OCTOBER 2017

InTune is produced by the Houston Symphony’s Marketing and Communications department. Trazanna Moreno. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chief Marketing Officer Vanessa Astros. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Senior Director, Communications Calvin Dotsey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Publications Editor Melanie O'Neill. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Publications Designer Elaine Reeder Mayo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Editorial Consultant Shweiki Media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Printing Ventures Marketing Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Advertising The activities and projects of the Houston Symphony are funded in part by grants from the City of Houston, the National Endowment for the Arts and the Texas Commission on the Arts. The Houston Symphony currently records under its own label, Houston Symphony Media Productions, and for Pentatone and Naxos. Houston Symphony recordings also are available on the Telarc, RCA Red Seal, Virgin Classics and Koch International Classics labels. CAMERAS, RECORDERS, CELL PHONES & PAGERS Cameras and recorders are not permitted in the hall. 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.

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They say that a crisis can bring out the best in people. Hurricane Harvey was surely such a crisis; amid devastation, Houstonians came together to help one another, giving to those in need. As President of the Houston Symphony Board, I am so proud of the way our musicians immediately went out into the community to bring the healing power of music to people displaced by flood waters, and by how our board, staff and orchestra have come together to help members of the Houston Symphony family affected by Harvey. Despite the difficult circumstances, we still managed a successful, if delayed, opening to our season. Thanks to our staff, musicians, Andrés, Bob Yekovich and the Shepherd School of Music, we presented three wonderful classical programs at Rice's Stude Concert Hall. I am also deeply moved by the support that you, our audience, have shown for us as our own organization has struggled with the impact of the hurricane. Through it all, your continued support has helped us persevere. Thank you. As we look forward to a return to normal, we are excited to bring the joy of orchestral music back to Houston. The uplifting music featured at Mozart’s Jupiter Symphony and Beethoven & Prokofiev is sure to raise your spirits, as is our 13th free Lunada concert at Miller Outdoor Theatre, a celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month perfect for the whole family. We also have some spooky fun in time for Halloween with our free Symphonic Spooktacular at Miller Outdoor Theatre and Psycho—Film with Live Orchestra, featuring Bernard Hermann’s masterfully creepy score. As we come together to enjoy great music this month, let’s hope for no more tricks…and lots more treats.

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Houston Symphony Music Director Andrés Orozco-Estrada began his tenure in the 2014–15 season. He immediately established a dynamic presence on the podium and a deep bond with the musicians of the orchestra. Andrés carefully curates his programs to feature engaging combinations of classical masterworks paired with the music of today, significant artistic collaborations with composers and guest artists, and innovative use of multimedia and visual effects, all in order to make meaningful connections with the audience. In the 2017–18 season, Andrés continues to engage with audiences both with casual commentary from the stage and discussions with guests in “Behind the Scenes with Andrés” videos. On the recording front, he and the orchestra will soon release a Music of the Americas disc, featuring Gershwin’s An American in Paris, Revueltas’ Sensemayá, Piazzolla’s Tangazo and Bernstein’s Symphonic Dances from West Side Story, recorded in early 2017. Additional projects with Pentatone include Haydn’s The Creation. In the 2016–17 season, Andrés and the Symphony released the third disc in their critically acclaimed series featuring Dvořák’s last four symphonies, his first commercial recording project with the orchestra. Born in Medellín, Colombia, Andrés began his musical studies on the violin and started conducting at age 15. At 19, he entered the renowned Vienna Music Academy, where he studied with Uroš Lajovic (pupil of the legendary Hans Swarowsky), and completed his degree with distinction conducting the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra at the Musikverein. Andrés burst on the international scene with two substitutions with the Vienna Philharmonic: the first, his debut in 2010, standing in for Esa-Pekka Salonen, and then in 2012, substituting for Riccardo Muti at the Musikverein. Andrés now regularly appears with many of the world’s leading orchestras, including the Vienna Philharmonic, the Santa Cecilia Orchestra in Rome, the Orchestre National de France, the Staatskapelle Dresden, the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra. He recently debuted with the Philadelphia and Cleveland Orchestras; Chicago and Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestras; and the San Francisco Symphony as well as the Berlin Philharmonic. Following a thrilling debut the previous year, summer 2016 marked his return to the Salzburg Festival with Nicolai's opera Il templario and—in place of Nikolaus Harnoncourt—Beethoven's Ninth with the Concentus Musicus Wien. In addition to his post in Houston, Andrés is chief conductor of the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra and principal guest conductor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra. In 2016, Andrés and the Frankfurt Symphony Radio Orchestra released two recordings on Pentatone to great acclaim: Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring and Richard Strauss’ Ein Heldenleben.

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ORCHESTRA Andrés Orozco-Estrada Music Director Roy and Lillie Cullen Chair FIRST VIOLIN Eric Halen, Co-Concertmaster Ellen E. Kelley Chair Qi Ming, Assistant Concertmaster Fondren Foundation Chair Marina Brubaker Tong Yan MiHee Chung Sophia Silivos Rodica Gonzalez Ferenc Illenyi Si-Yang Lao Kurt Johnson Christopher Neal Sergei Galperin Anastasia Sukhopara*

DOUBLE BASS Robin Kesselman, Principal David Malone, Associate Principal Mark Shapiro Eric Larson Andrew Pedersen Burke Shaw Donald Howey Michael McMurray FLUTE Aralee Dorough, Principal General Maurice Hirsch Chair Matthew Roitstein, Associate Principal Judy Dines Kathryn Ladner PICCOLO Kathryn Ladner

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OBOE Jonathan Fischer, Principal Lucy Binyon Stude Chair Anne Leek, Associate Principal Colin Gatwood Adam Dinitz

Community-Embedded Musicians David Connor, double bass Rainel Joubert, violin Anthony Parce, viola Hellen Weberpal, cello

HORN William VerMeulen, Principal Robert Johnson, Associate Principal Jesse Clevenger*, Assistant Principal Brian Thomas Nancy Goodearl Ian Mayton TRUMPET Mark Hughes, Principal George P. and Cynthia Woods Mitchell Chair John Parker, Associate Principal Robert Walp, Assistant Principal Caroline Schafer TROMBONE Allen Barnhill, Principal Bradley White, Associate Principal Phillip Freeman BASS TROMBONE Phillip Freeman TUBA Dave Kirk, Principal TIMPANI Ronald Holdman, Principal Brian Del Signore, Associate Principal

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VIOLA Wayne Brooks, Principal Mr. & Mrs. Jesse B. Tutor Legacy Society Chair Joan DerHovsepian, Associate Principal George Pascal, Assistant Principal Wei Jiang Linda Goldstein Sheldon Person Fay Shapiro Daniel Strba Jarita Ng Phyllis Herdliska CELLO Brinton Averil Smith, Principal Janice and Thomas Barrow Chair Christopher French, Associate Principal Anthony Kitai Louis-Marie Fardet Jeffrey Butler Kevin Dvorak Xiao Wong Myung Soon Lee James R. Denton** Yewon Ahn*

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CLARINET Mark Nuccio, Principal Thomas LeGrand, Associate Principal Christian Schubert Alexander Potiomkin E-FLAT CLARINET Thomas LeGrand BASS CLARINET Alexander Potiomkin Tassie and Constantine S. Nicandros Chair BASSOON Rian Craypo, Principal Eric Arbiter, Associate Principal Elise Wagner

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Stage Technicians Ritaban Ghosh Jose Rios Ryan Samuelsen David Stennis

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ADMINISTRATIVE

The Houston Symphony Administrative Staff is made up of 73 full-time professionals who work diligently behind-the-scenes to ensure all operations within the organization are run effectively and efficiently. This inspiring team is dedicated to bringing the great music of the Houston Symphony to our community. SENIOR MANAGEMENT GROUP

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Pam Blaine, Chief of Education and Community Programming David Chambers, Interim Co-Executive Director/ Chief Development Officer Amanda T. Dinitz, Interim Co-Executive Director/ Chief of Strategic Initiatives Vicky Dominguez, Chief Operating Officer Danny Granados, Chief Financial Officer Trazanna Moreno, Chief Marketing Officer

Lucy Alejandro, Accountant I Caitlin Boake, IT Associate Brittany Eckert, Support Engineer Heather Fails, Manager, Ticketing Database Joel James, Senior HR Manager Janis Pease LaRocque, Manager, Patron Database Mateo Lopez, Finance/HR Associate Anthony Stringer, IT Associate Christian Swearingen, Accounts Payable Analyst Justine Townsend, Director of Finance Brandon VanWaeyenberghe, Director, Information Technology and Business Analytics Ariela Ventura, Office Manager/HR Coordinator

Gregg Gleasner, Senior Artistic Advisor Christine Kelly-Weaver, Executive Assistant/Board Liaison DEVELOPMENT Michael Arlen, Associate Director, Individual Giving and Major Gifts Liam Bonner, Manager, Annual Giving Groups Tiffany Bourgeois, Development Associate, Annual Fund Julie Busch, Development Associate, Special Projects & Liaison to the Chief Development Officer Irma M. Carrillo, Development Manager, Gifts and Records Timothy Dillow, Manager, Individual Giving Events Noureen Faizullah, Development Director, Strategic Initiatives and Special Projects Denise Furlough, Manager, Special Events Vickie Hamley, Director, Volunteer Services Sydnee E. Houlette, Development Associate, Institutional Giving Rachel Klaassen, Special Events Associate Leticia Konigsberg, Director, Corporate Relations Michelle Montabana, Development Assistant, Gifts, Records and Planned Giving Mary Beth Mosley, Director, Institutional Giving and Stewardship Patrick Quinn, Director, Planned Giving Martin Schleuse, Development Communications Manager Molly Simpson, Director, Individual Giving and Major Gifts Sarah Slemmons, Patron Donor Relations Manager Christina Trunzo, Associate Director, Foundation & Government Grants EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMMING Keisha Cassel, Manager, Education Allison Conlan, Director, Education Emily Nelson, Associate Director, Education and Community Programming Ragan Rhodes, Manager of Education and Community Programming

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MARKETING/COMMUNICATIONS Vanessa Astros-Young, Senior Director, Communications Jeffrey Block, Associate Director of Marketing Calvin Dotsey, Communications Specialist Elizabeth Faulkinberry, Front of House Manager Brian Glass, Marketing Coordinator James Grant, Graphic Designer Kathryn Judd, Director, Marketing Jason Landry, Senior Manager, Patron Services Melanie O'Neill, Publications Designer Sarah Rendón, Assistant Manager, Patron Services Vanessa Rivera, Digital Marketing Manager Katie Sejba, Senior Director, Marketing & Sales Marylu Treviño, Digital Communications Manager Linsey Whitehead, Director, Creative Services Jenny Zuniga, Director, Patron Services OPERATIONS/ARTISTIC Shana Bey, Assistant Orchestra Personnel Manager Carlos Andrés Botero, Musical Ambassador Becky Brown, Director, Operations Anna Diemer, Chorus Manager/Artistic Coordinator Michael Gorman, Orchestra Personnel Manager Hae-A Lee, Assistant Librarian Michael McMurray, Assistant Librarian Lauren Moore, Operations Manager Kelly Morgan, Stage Manager Lesley Sabol, Director, Popular Programming Thomas Takaro, Librarian Roxanna Tehrani, Artistic Assistant Meredith Williams, Associate Director, Operations Rebecca Zabinski, Artistic Administrator

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SCHEHER A ZADE ARABIAN NIGHTS AT THE SYMPHONY

This Thanksgiving, the Houston Symphony presents one of the repertoire’s most popular orchestral works: Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade. Discover the story behind this masterpiece inspired by One Thousand and One Nights. On February 27, 1887, the acclaimed Russian composer Alexander Borodin was attending a party when, after dancing a waltz, he dropped dead of a heart attack. The 53-year-old composer’s sudden passing sent shockwaves through Russia’s musical circles; Borodin had been one of their leading lights. The loss was particularly hard for his friend and fellow composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. Almost immediately, RimskyKorsakov went to Borodin’s apartment to save his music. There, he recovered Borodin’s unfinished masterpiece, the opera Prince Igor. Wishing to rescue Borodin’s crowning achievement from oblivion, Rimsky-Korsakov resolved to complete it. Thus, deep in the winter of 1888, Rimsky-Korsakov was hard at work on Prince Igor. Set long ago on the wild Russian steppe, Borodin’s epic opera was filled with striking, exotic music that must have fired Rimsky-Korsakov’s imagination. He soon conceived the idea of composing an orchestral suite full of his own exotic melodies. His subject: One Thousand and One Nights. One Thousand and One Nights (or, more colloquially, The Arabian Nights) has a history as storied as the tales themselves. Indian, Persian and Arabic sources have been suggested for individual tales, and the first references to collections of “One Thousand Nights” are found in documents from the 10th century. The earliest surviving manuscript comes from 14th-century Syria, which Antoine Galland freely adapted to create a French version, introducing the Nights to Europe for the first time in the early 18th century. It was likely a translation of Galland’s version that inspired Rimsky-Korsakov.

He arrived within sight of a palace of shining marble, from Edmund Dulac's illustrations of One Thousand and One Nights.

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The individual stories of the Nights are famously unified by a frame story: the cruel Sultan Shahryar, convinced of the faithlessness of all women, takes a new bride every night only to have her executed at dawn, until one, Scheherazade, saves herself and wins his heart by telling stories, being sure to end each night in the middle of a tale. Rimsky-Korsakov would name his suite after her. He recalled composing it in his memoirs:

Scheherazade’s violin solo also introduces the next movement: “the fantastic narrative of the Prince Kalandar.” In the medieval Islamic world, a Kalandar was a wandering mystic who led an ascetic lifestyle, relying on charity for his sustenance. Thus, the idea of a Kalandar-Prince might seem paradoxical. In the Nights, there are in fact three Kalandar Princes, each of whom began life as a prince, but, through a series of fantastical misfortunes, was blinded in one eye and reduced to the beggary of a Kalandar. We cannot be sure which of the three Kalandar Prince’s stories Rimsky-Korsakov had in mind when composing this movement, but the music has a sense of adventure that fits them all. Though some candidates have been proposed, it is difficult to identify a particular story to go with the third movement, “the Prince and the Princess.” Love is a common theme throughout the Nights, and this movement shows Rimsky-Korsakov at his most lyrical. Not everyone appreciated this tenderness, however; an early London performance of Scheherazade provoked the rather prudish English press to debate whether this figure in the clarinet depicted kisses: “The program I had been guided by in composing Scheherazade consisted of separate, unconnected episodes and pictures from The Arabian Nights, scattered through all four movements of my suite: the sea and Sinbad’s ship, the fantastic narrative of the Prince Kalandar, the Prince and the Princess, the Baghdad festival and the ship dashing against the rock with the bronze rider upon it…I meant these hints to direct but slightly the hearer’s fancy…All I had desired was that the hearer, if he liked my piece as symphonic music, should carry away the impression that it is beyond doubt an oriental narrative of some numerous and varied fairy-tale wonders and not merely four pieces played one after the other…” The one tale that Rimsky-Korsakov definitely wrote into the score is the frame story, which is vividly depicted through music. The suite begins with a growling depiction of Shahryar, and Scheherazade soon replies, represented throughout the suite by a solo violin. She is often accompanied by a harp, evoking the centuries-old traditions of bards accompanying themselves with this ancient instrument. She then conjures images of “the sea and Sinbad’s ship.” The waves are evoked by a gently rocking accompaniment in the cellos as the violins play a sinuous, chromatic melody in E major. As a synesthete who associated musical sounds with colors, Rimsky-Korsakov heard E major as the deep, dark blue of the sea. This depiction of the vast, beckoning ocean was also likely inspired by Rimsky-Korsakov’s time as an officer in the Russian navy, during which he sailed as far as Rio de Janeiro. Throughout, the music of Scheherazade showcases RimskyKorsakov’s mastery as an orchestrator; in terms of the pure, sensory pleasure of sound, he is unsurpassed. The music of the waves alternates with delicate passages for solo instruments, and each time the “waves” return, the orchestration becomes richer and grander, climaxing in a shimmering fortissimo.

This makes it is easy to understand why Rimsky-Korsakov was hesitant to provide too much detail about his sources of inspiration. In this movement, Scheherazade’s theme returns not at the beginning, but in the middle, as if she has paused for a moment to comment on the story. Her violin solo then blends with the music of the prince and princess. The passionate climax that follows surely represents not only the young lovers, but Scheherazade and Shahryar as well. The finale bears the title of “Festival at Baghdad. The Sea. Ship Breaks upon a Cliff Surmounted by a Bronze Horseman.” After an introduction from Scheherazade’s violin solo, the festival gets underway. Again, it is difficult to identify a specific story to match the festival, but this passage describing the wedding of Scheherazade and Shahryar seems to fit: “…they decorated the city after the goodliest fashion and diffused scents from censers and burnt aloes-wood and other perfumes in all the markets and thoroughfares…what while the drums beat and the flutes and pipes sounded and mimes and mountebanks played and plied their arts…” As this wild spectacle reaches its climax, the sea music from the first movement returns with the logic of a dream, and we witness the catastrophe of the shipwreck (a reference to the third Kalandar Prince’s tale). The waves subside, and Scheherazade’s violin solo rises high above the low, slumbering melody of Shahryar. As the solo violin soars to its highest register, the music fades into nothing, bringing Scheherazade’s magical tales to an end. —Calvin Dotsey InTUNE — October 2017 | 9

Storm

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The Houston Symphony and Hurricane Harvey

Houston has weathered many storms, but Hurricane Harvey was unprecedented. Catastrophic flooding shut down our city for more than a week, and many areas are still struggling to return to normal. Houston’s Theater District was not exempt; our home, Jones Hall, was fortunately spared the worst of the flooding, although it still suffered significant damage. While the stage and auditorium were fortunately untouched, underground areas, including the courtyard level entrance and restrooms, administrative offices and the rehearsal room required repairs. It wasn’t just Jones Hall that sustained damage, however; 14 Houston Symphony musicians and staff were personally affected by the flooding. This didn’t stop them from jumping in to help our city cope. In the aftermath of the storm, more than 25 orchestra musicians quickly assembled to play at shelters throughout Houston, giving 20 performances over the course of nine days. A number of these musicians were affected by the storm themselves. In the words of Principal Cellist Brinton Smith, “In many cities, such extraordinary selflessness might make them unusual. In our city, it makes them typical.” Brinton described the experience of playing at the George R. Brown Convention Center: “As we were finishing a performance, one of the volunteers asked us to come play for an evacuee who was blind and alone and had been unable to calm down for days since being brought to the shelter. Seeing her reaction to hearing a Mozart string quartet reminded me that music connects our hearts and minds in a way words never can.”

Musicians perform for evacuees and first responders at the GRB Convention Center.

Musicians and staff were eager to help not only the community, but also each other. Joel James, the Houston Symphony’s Senior Human Resources Manager, quickly connected musicians and staff in need with others who wanted to help. “We made it through the storm just fine, so we really wanted to get out and help others,” said Melanie O’Neill, the Houston Symphony’s Publications Designer. Melanie joined other staff members at the home of Principal Trombonist Allen Barnhill, whose home was flooded. “We ripped out the dry wall and trim boards. Despite the situation, it was nice to see everyone in good spirits while working together,” Melanie said. The Symphony also started an Employee Relief Fund, which thanks to the generosity of our community will provide much needed support to those affected. Once the waters began to subside, our musicians were eager to bring orchestral music back to Houston as soon as possible. Thanks to our friends at Rice University and the University of Houston, we presented four different programs at the Shepherd School of Music and the Cullen Performance Hall last month.

Eric Larson (double bass) and his wife, Melissa McCrimmon, help clean up at the home of Matthew Strauss (percussion).

Most of all, we have been so thankful for you, our audience. Your support has helped us through this difficult time, and without you, there would be no music. As we complete repairs to Jones Hall and to our own homes, you can be a part of our recovery by making donations to our annual fund and our Employee Relief Fund. As Brinton said, “There is nothing that makes us prouder than to be Houstonians—to be your musicians, playing for you in an orchestra built by, and for, the extraordinary, generous and compassionate people of Houston. Thank you.” —Calvin Dotsey To donate, visit www.houstonsymphony.org/donate.

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Society Board of TRUSTEES

(2017-18 SEASON)

Executive Committee Janet F. Clark President Steven P. Mach Immediate Past President

Bobby Tudor Chairman Paul R. Morico General Counsel

Mike S. Stude Chairman Emeritus Barbara McCelvey Secretary

Danielle Batchelor Chair, Popular Programming Barbara J. Burger Chair, Finance Justice Brett Busby Chair, Artistic & Orchestra Affairs Mary Kathryn Campion, Ph.D. Chair, Pension Brad W. Corson Chair, Governance & Leadership Viviana Denechaud Chair, Development Tracy Dieterich Chair, Community Partnerships Mary Lynn Marks Chair, Volunteers & Special Events

Billy McCartney Chair, Education Alexandra Pruner^ President, Houston Symphony Endowment David Pruner Chair, Strategic Planning Manolo Sánchez Chair, Marketing & Communications Jesse B. Tutor Immediate Past Chair, Chair, Audit Beth Wolff^ President, Houston Symphony League

Andrés Orozco-Estrada^ Music Director David Chambers^ Interim Co-Executive Director Amanda Dinitz^ Interim Co-Executive Director Sergei Galperin^ Musician Representative Mark Hughes^ Musician Representative Christine Kelly-Weaver^ Assistant Secretary ^Ex-Officio

GOVERNING DIRECTORS Farida Abjani Marcia Backus Janice Barrow** Danielle Batchelor Gary Beauchamp Marie Taylor Bosarge Ralph Burch Barbara J. Burger Justice Brett Busby Andrew Calder Michael H. Clark Janet F. Clark Brad W. Corson Viviana Denechaud Michael Doherty David Frankfort

Ronald G. Franklin Stephen Glenn Joan Kaplan Sippi Khurana, M.D. Rochelle Levit, Ph.D. Cora Sue Mach ** Steven P. Mach Paul M. Mann, M.D. Jay Marks ** Mary Lynn Marks David Massin Rodney Margolis** Billy McCartney Barbara McCelvey Alexander K. McLanahan ** Paul R. Morico

Kevin O’Gorman Robert Orr Cully Platt David Pruner Ron Rand John Rydman** Manolo Sánchez Helen Shaffer ** Jerry Simon Jim R. Smith Miles O. Smith Mike S. Stude ** William J. Toomey II Bobby Tudor ** Betty Tutor ** Jesse B. Tutor **

Judith Vincent Margaret Alkek Williams ** Scott Wulfe David Wuthrich

Julia Anderson Frankel Betsy Garlinger Evan B. Glick Susan Hansen Eric Haufrect, M.D. Gary L. Hollingsworth, M.D. Brian James Rita Justice I. Ray Kirk, M.D. Ulyesse LeGrange ** Carlos J. Lopez Michael Mann, M.D. Jack Matzer Jackie Wolens Mazow Gene McDavid ** Gary Mercer Marilyn Miles Janet Moore Jud Morrison Bobbie Newman Scott Nyquist

Edward Osterberg Jr. Robert A. Peiser** Greg Powers, Ph.D. Gloria G. Pryzant Richard A. Rabinow Roman Reed Gabriel Rio Richard Robbins, M.D. J. Hugh Roff Jr. ** Miwa Sakashita Ed Schneider Michael E. Shannon ** Donna Shen Robert Sloan, Ph.D. Tad Smith David Stanard Ishwaria Subbiah, M.D. Brian J. Thomas L. Proctor (Terry) Thomas Shirley W. Toomim Andrew Truscott

Margaret Waisman, M.D. Fredric Weber Mrs. S. Conrad Weil Robert Weiner Vicki West Steven J. Williams Beth Wolff Ed Wulfe ** Ellen A. Yarrell Robert Yekovich Frank Yonish

Ex-Officio Mary Kathryn Campion, Ph.D. Tracy Dieterich Sergei Galperin Mark Hughes Martha McWilliams Robert A. Peiser** Gloria Pryzant Donna Shen **Lifetime Trustee

TRUSTEES William L. Ackerman Philip Bahr Devinder Bhatia, M.D. James M. Bell Anthony Bohnert Nancy Shelton Bratic Terry Ann Brown** Cheryl Byington Dougal Cameron Mary Kathryn Campion, Ph.D. John T. Cater ** Evan Collins, M.D., MBA Andrew Davis, Ph.D. Gene Dewhurst Tracy Dieterich Terry Elizabeth Everett Kelli Cohen Fein, M.D. Jeffrey B. Firestone Eugene Fong Craig Fox

Ex-Officio Alexandra Gottschalk Alexandra Pruner Art Vivar Jessie Woods

PAST PRESIDENTS OF HOUSTON SYMPHONY 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 Fayez Sarofim John T. Cater Richard G. Merrill Ellen Elizardi Kelley John D. Platt

THE SOCIETY 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 Robert B. Tudor III Robert A. Peiser Steven P. Mach

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New Century Society FOR ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE AND INNOVATION The New Century Society for Artistic Excellence and Innovation recognizes the Houston Symphony’s most committed and loyal supporters who have pledged their leadership support over a three-year period to help secure the orchestra’s financial future. For more information or to pledge your support for New Century Society, please contact: David Chambers, Interim Co-Executive Director/Chief Development Officer, 713.337.8525 Mary Beth Mosley, Director, Institutional Giving and Stewardship, 713.337.8521 Molly Simpson, Director, Individual Giving and Major Gifts, 713.337.8526 Ms. Marie Taylor Bosarge Margaret Alkek Williams Janice Barrow Rochelle & Max Levit Cora Sue & Harry Mach John & Lindy Rydman / Spec’s Wines, Spirits & Finer Foods/ Spec’s Charitable Foundation Bobby & Phoebe Tudor Clare Attwell Glassell Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Jim R. Smith Mike Stude Mr. & Mrs. Jesse B. Tutor

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EARLY ADOPTERS Vision 2025 Implementation Fund Vision 2025, the Houston Symphony’s ten-year Strategic Plan, will allow the Houston Symphony to be America’s most relevant and accessible top-ten orchestra by 2025. Vision 2025 was kick-started by early adopters in 2015. The Houston Symphony recognizes and thanks the following Early Adopters for their initial investments in support of our ambitious vision. Vision 2025 Implementation Fund The Vision 2025 Implementation Fund will catalyze the transformative growth outlined within Vision 2025. The Houston Symphony recognizes and thanks the following supporters of the Vision 2025 Implementation Fund. OPERATING SUPPORT Rochelle & Max Levit Bobby & Phoebe Tudor Barbara J. Burger John & Lindy Rydman/ Spec’s Wines, Spirits & Finer Foods/ Spec’s Charitable Foundation Anonymous C. Howard Pieper Foundation Clare Attwell Glassell Janet F. Clark The Brown Foundation, Inc. The Joan & Marvin Kaplan Foundation Mr. John N. Neighbors Barbara & Pat McCelvey Ms. Marie Taylor Bosarge Joella & Steven P. Mach Clive Runnells in memory of Nancy Morgan Runnells Beauchamp Foundation Lisa & Jerry Simon League of American Orchestras' Futures Fund BBVA Compass Robin Angly & Miles Smith Drs. Dennis & Susan Carlyle LTR Lewis Cloverdale Foundation Jay & Shirley Marks Nancy & Robert Peiser Dave & Alie Pruner Mr. Jay Steinfield & Mrs. Barbara Winthrop

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Cora Sue & Harry Mach Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation Joella & Steven P. Mach Rochelle & Max Levit Steven & Nancy Williams Robin Angly & Miles Smith Carol & Michael Linn & The Michael C. Linn Family Foundation The Hearst Foundation, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Jesse B. Tutor Bobby & Phoebe Tudor Baker Botts L.L.P. Nancy & Robert Peiser Barbara & Pat McCelvey The Robert & Janice McNair Foundation / Palmetto Partners, Ltd. John & Lindy Rydman / Spec’s Wines, Spirits & Finer Foods/ Spec’s Charitable Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Rodney H. Margolis Billy & Christie McCartney Mr. & Mrs. Jim R. Smith Danielle & Josh Batchelor BBVA Compass Dave & Alie Pruner

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FEATURED PROGRAM

MOZARTâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S JUPITER SYMPHONY Friday Saturday Sunday

October 20, 2017 October 21, 2017 October 22, 2017

8:00pm 8:00pm 2:30pm

Jones Hall

Matthew Halls, conductor Johannes Moser, cello

Schubert

Haydn

Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major, D.485 I Allegro II Andante con moto III Menuetto and Trio: Allegro molto IV Allegro vivace

ca. 26

Cello Concerto in C major, Hob. VIIb:1 I Moderato II Adagio III Finale: Allegro molto

ca. 25

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Mozart

Symphony No. 41 in C major, K.551 (Jupiter) I Allegro vivace II Andante cantabile III Menuetto and Trio: Allegretto IV Molto Allegro

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ca. 30

Did you know? â&#x20AC;˘ In Mozart's day, a symphony would normally begin a concert. In an era when dimming candle-lit halls was impractical, the customary loud, grand opening with full orchestra served as the signal to the audience that they needed to be quiet because the concert was beginning. At the end of the concert, the final movement of the symphony could be repeated, and it is possible that on some occasions the last movement could have been separated from the rest of the symphony and played only at the very end of the concert.

Mozart's Jupiter Symphony | Program Biographies

Program BIOGRAPHIES SHELL FAVORITE MASTERS SERIES

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

Video enhancement of Houston Symphony concerts is made possible by the Albert and Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation through a special gift celebrating the foundation’s 50th anniversary in 2015.

This concert is being recorded for future broadcasts on Houston Public Media News 88.7 airing on Sundays at 8pm and streaming online at houstonpublicmedia.org.

The word “versatile” is an apt description for British conductor Matthew Halls. He first came to prominence as a keyboard player and early music conductor, but is now better known for his dynamic and intelligent work with major symphony orchestras and opera companies, and for his probing and vibrant interpretations of music of all periods. ERIC RICHMOND

These concerts are part of the Margaret Alkek Williams Sound + Vision Series, which is also supported by The Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts Endowed Fund for Creative Initiatives.

Matthew Halls | conductor

Increasingly in demand with North American symphony orchestras, Matthew has performed with the Cleveland and Philadelphia Orchestras; Dallas, Pittsburgh, Houston, Seattle, Indianapolis and Utah Symphonies; Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra; and National Arts Centre Orchestra. His debut with the Toronto Symphony, in which he led Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, “captured much of the energy and excitement that its first audience must have felt at its premiere nearly 200 years ago” (Toronto Star). Having served as artistic director of the Oregon Bach Festival for five years, he is equally at home conducting baroque and contemporary repertoire. In the 2017-18 season, his North American guest appearances include returns to Houston, Toronto and Indianapolis Symphonies, as well as his return to the University of Maryland for a week-long residency. He also makes his debut with the St. Louis and Kansas City Symphonies. Matthew made his New York debut last season with Lincoln Center’s Mostly Mozart Festival in a performance with violinist Joshua Bell. Abroad this season, he returns to the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra and performs with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra and with the Auckland Philharmonia. He also returns to the Iceland Symphony Orchestra for two programs during the 2017-18 season, part of a series of five performances traversing all of Beethoven’s piano concertos with Paul Lewis. European appearances include debuts with Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and Warsaw Philharmonic, and performances with Mozarteum Salzburg, Philharmonie Zuidenderland and Capriccio Barockorchester. Matthew Halls is represented on disc with Handel’s Parnasso in Festa, winner of the Stanley Sadie Handel Recording Prize, released by Hyperion. On Linn Records, he has recorded a set of four Bach Harpsichord Concertos conducted from the keyboard, which Gramophone welcomed as “joyful and invigorating,” and Bach’s Easter and Ascension oratorios, as well as award-winning discs of Purcell's Sonatas in Three and Four Parts. Visit Matthew Halls on the web at www.schwalbeandpartners.com.

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Johannes Moser | cello

Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major, D. 485

UWE ARENS

Hailed by Gramophone Magazine as "one of the finest among the astonishing gallery of young virtuoso cellists," German-Canadian cellist Johannes Moser has performed with the world’s leading orchestras and works regularly with conductors of the highest caliber. In the 2016-17 season, Johannes' engagements in North America included returns to the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Engagements in Europe included the BBC Scottish Symphony, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Staatsoper Hannover Orchestra and Radio Orchestra Berlin RSB, where he will be artist-in-residence in 2018. Season debuts included the National Symphony Orchestra and Laguna Beach Music Festival. Premieres included the world premiere of a new work by Julia Wolfe with the Pacifica Quartet and the KALITZKE Concerto by composer Johannes Kalitzke with Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin in January 2017. Known for his efforts to expand the reach of the classical genre, his passionate focus on new music, and his commitment to reaching out to young audiences, Johannes aims to present classical music in ways with which listeners of all ages can engage and connect. Recent and notable projects include the premiere of Enrico Chapela's electric cello concerto Magnetar with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and new works with Julia Wolfe and Andrew Norman. Johannes Moser won the top prize at the 2002 Tchaikovsky competition and was the recipient of the 2014 Brahms prize. His recordings have earned him two ECHO Klassik awards and the Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik. He is an exclusive Pentatone recording artist and released a Rachmaninov & Prokofiev album with Russian pianist Andrei Korobeinikov in fall 2016.

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Franz Schubert (1797-1828)

“O Mozart, immortal Mozart, how many, oh how endlessly many such comforting perceptions of a brighter and better life hast thou brought to our souls!” Thus the 19-year-old Franz Schubert confided to his diary a few months before completing his Fifth Symphony on October 3, 1816. Though Mozart had been dead some 25 years, his music was more popular than ever. For a young composer like Schubert, Mozart’s symphonies were models to emulate, and his Fifth Symphony is a clear homage to the older master. One clear nod to Mozart’s style is the “breath” the orchestra takes before the second melody of the first movement. Though the symphony displays many such touches, Schubert’s own developing voice also shines through. During his brief life, Schubert was primarily known as a composer of songs for voice and piano, and this vocal, singing style can be found throughout the melodies of his Fifth Symphony. After four introductory measures (which the scholar Brian Newbold charmingly likened to the raising of a theater’s curtain), we hear one of the finest examples of Schubert’s melodic gifts in the violins. Pieces of this melody are echoed in the lower instruments, a technique frequently heard throughout the symphony. The slow second movement begins with a graceful melody in E-flat major. After another Mozartian pause, the music slips into the distant key of C-flat major, giving the following duet between violins and woodwinds a dreamy quality. The music then shifts to the parallel minor, but throughout there are still hints of major. This ever-shifting play of light and shadow will become a hallmark of Schubert’s mature style. The minor-key third movement clearly recalls the minuet from Mozart’s Symphony No. 40 in G minor, and the finale begins with a cheerful tune that gives way to myriad surprises and developments. Its understated ending caps a work that shows the young Schubert’s remarkable mastery of symphonic writing. The Instruments: flute, 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 2 horns and strings

Mozart's Jupiter Symphony | Program Notes

Cello Concerto in C major, Hob. VIIb: 1 Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)

Although it is one of the most performed Cello Concertos today, for many years Haydn’s Cello Concerto in C major was lost. It was only rediscovered in 1961 at the National Museum in Prague, likely having been unplayed for 196 years. The concerto was written during Haydn’s years as viceKapellmeister at the court of the Esterhazy princes. Such was the Esterhazys’ wealth that the family employed a small orchestra, which included the superb cellist Joseph Weigl. Haydn composed this concerto for him in 1765. The concerto is one of Haydn’s most melodic works. Each movement begins with an orchestral introduction that prepares the way for the soloist, and each movement also contains a cadenza in which the orchestra stops playing and the cellist plays a solo. The concerto follows the usual fast-slow-fast movement pattern typical of the era. The Instruments: 2 oboes, 2 horns and strings

Symphony No. 41 in C major. K. 551, Jupiter Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

In the spring of 1788, the Vienna premiere of Mozart’s opera Don Giovanni had unfortunately not been a resounding success. With a wife and young son to support, Mozart thus sought to improve his financial footing that summer with a series of concerts that would feature three new symphonies. It is uncertain whether the concerts ever took place; there is no hard evidence that Mozart’s final symphonies were performed during the three years he had left to live. The nickname of his final symphony, “Jupiter,” was bestowed not by Mozart but by the London-based impresario Johann Peter Salomon; nevertheless, the Roman god does seem to match grandeur, joy and wonder the work inspires. In the first movement, dramatic pauses play an important role in delineating three main melodies: the opening “drum roll” melody, with its martial flair and contrasts of soft and loud; a more singing second theme; and a rustic, folksong-like tune. This last melody is actually a quotation from Mozart’s concert aria “Un bacio di mano” (“A kiss on the hand”), K.541. The words to the melody are “You are a bit innocent, my dear Pompeo,/Go study the ways of the world.” Sure enough, this naïve theme gains much experience as the basis for the tumultuous developments that follow. The slower second movement also features three main melodic ideas. The opening is halting at first, as if hesitant to express itself, but soon unfurls into one of Mozart’s loveliest melodies. With little warning, the music then darkens with a restless figure in the violins. Last is a more hymn-like, consoling theme, the end of which features an operatic duet between the violins and flute.

The third movement consists of two minuets: the first one is repeated after the second, creating an A-B-A structure. As the most popular ballroom dance of the era, the minuet was usually rather predictable. Mozart thus fills his minuets with unexpected twists and turns, combining elegance with humor. In the finale, Mozart reveals his unsurpassed mastery of counterpoint, the art of weaving different melodies together simultaneously. The melody that begins the finale is based on the following four notes:

These notes form the beginning of an exercise from Johann Joseph Fux’s Gradus ad Parnassum (Steps to Parnassus), a famous counterpoint textbook. Nearly every composer in Mozart’s time would have recognized them. It is as if Mozart were saying, “You had your crack at this. Now see what I can do.” As the symphony draws to its close, the music comes to a halt with a final pause. We then hear these four notes combined with the movement’s other melodies in a dazzling quintuple fugue. As the symphony races to its joyous conclusion, it is easy to understand why the 19th-century commentator Aleksandr Ulïbïchev wrote, “One must hear this music to believe it possible.” The Instruments: flute, 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani and strings — Calvin Dotsey

OUR THANKS Shell Oil Company, a longtime leadership contributor to the Houston Symphony, underwrites the Houston Symphony’s Favorite Masters Series of classical subscription concerts as part of the company’s continuing commitment to the communities it serves. Since it was founded, Shell Oil Company has invested more than $1 billion in charitable, cultural and educational organizations throughout Houston and the United States. Shell’s support of culture and the arts encompasses a wide range of symphony, opera and theater groups, as well as the visual arts and science museums. In recognition of its broad range of award-winning support, the Houston Symphony salutes Shell Oil Company and applauds its support of the Symphony and other arts and culture institutions. InTUNE — October 2017 | 19

FEATURED PROGRAM

BEETHOVEN & PROKOFIEV Thursday Saturday Sunday

October 26, 2017 October 28, 2017 October 29, 2017

8:00pm 8:00pm 2:30pm

Jones Hall

Ludovic Morlot, conductor Jonathan Biss, piano

Messiaen Beethoven

Les offrandes oubliées (The Forgotten Offerings)

ca. 13

Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Opus 58 I Allegro moderato II Andante con moto III Rondo: Vivace

ca. 34

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Prokofiev

Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major, Opus 100 I Andante II Allegro marcato III Adagio IV Allegro giocoso

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ca. 46

Did you know? • Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 was first publicly performed on December 22, 1808, at a marathon concert that also featured the public premieres of his Fifth and Sixth Symphonies and his Choral Fantasy. It was his last public appearance as a piano soloist.

Beethoven & Prokofiev | Program Biographies

Program BIOGRAPHIES FROST BANK GOLD CLASSICS

These performances are generously supported in part by:

Ludovic Morlot | conductor

The Classical Season is endowed by The Wortham Foundation, Inc. in memory of Gus S. and Lyndall F. Wortham. Video enhancement of Houston Symphony concerts is made possible by the Albert and Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation through a special gift celebrating the foundation’s 50th anniversary in 2015.

This concert is being recorded for future broadcasts on Houston Public Media News 88.7 airing on Sundays at 8pm and streaming online at houstonpublicmedia.org.

LISA-MARIE MAZZUCCO

Underwriter Mr. John N. Neighbors

The French conductor Ludovic Morlot has been music director of the Seattle Symphony since 2011. Among the many highlights of his tenure, the orchestra has won two Grammy Awards and gave an exhilarating performance at Carnegie Hall in 2014, as reported in the New York Times: “The performance Mr. Morlot coaxed from his players was rich with shimmering colours and tremulous energy.” During the 2017-18 season, Ludovic and the Seattle Symphony will perform music by Berlioz, Stravinsky and Bernstein, as well as new works by John Luther Adams, David Lang, Andrew Norman and Alexandra Gardner. The orchestra will also tour California, including a two-day residency at the University of California, Berkeley. The orchestra recently released a box set of music by Dutilleux to mark the 100th anniversary of the composer’s birth. This season, Ludovic will make his debuts at Seattle Opera (Berlioz’ Béatrice et Bénédict) and the Orchestra of St Luke’s and will return to the Houston Symphony and Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. He has regular relationships with the Chicago Symphony, the New York and Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestras, and the Boston Symphony Orchestra, which he has conducted in subscription concerts in Boston, at Tanglewood and on a tour to the west coast of America. Outside North America, recent and future debuts include the Berliner Philharmoniker, Vienna Symphony, Yomiuri Nippon Symphony, MDR Leipzig and Bergen Philharmonic Orchestras. Ludovic has conducted the London Philharmonic Orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall in London and on tour in Germany. Other recent notable performances have included the Royal Concertgebouw, Czech Philharmonic, Dresden Staatskapelle, Tonhalle, Budapest Festival, Orchestre National de France, Helsinki Philharmonic, City of Birmingham Symphony, Danish National Symphony Orchestra and Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestras. Trained as a violinist, Ludovic studied conducting at the Royal Academy of Music in London and then at the Royal College of Music as recipient of the Norman del Mar Conducting Fellowship. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music in 2014 in recognition of his significant contribution to music. He is chair of Orchestral Conducting Studies at the University of Washington School of Music in Seattle.

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Jonathan Biss | piano

Les offrandes oubliées (The Forgotten Offerings)

BENJAMIN EALOVEGA

Jonathan Biss is a world-renowned pianist who has also written extensively about music. A member of the faculty of his alma mater, the Curtis Institute of Music, since 2010, he led the first massive open online course (MOOC) offered by a classical music conservatory, Exploring Beethoven's Piano Sonatas, which has reached more than 150,000 people in 185 countries. Part 3 is set to come out in January 2018, and he will continue to add lectures until he covers all of the sonatas. This season, Jonathan continues his latest Beethoven project, Beethoven/5, for which the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra is co-commissioning five composers to write new piano concertos, each inspired by one of Beethoven's. The five-year plan began with Jonathan premiering works by Timo Andres and Sally Beamish, and continues this fall with the premiere of Salvatore Sciarrino's “Il Sogno di Stradella,” which he will also perform with the Cleveland Orchestra later in the year. In the final two years of the project, he will premiere concertos by Caroline Shaw and Brett Dean.

Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992)

Spirituality was central to Olivier Messiaen’s art; nearly all of his works either directly or indirectly reflect his devout Catholic faith. Les Offrandes oubliées (The Forgotten Offerings), his first publicly performed work, was no exception. Composed in the French countryside during the summer of 1930, it is divided into three movements, each accompanied by Messiaen’s own verses. The first, “Cross,” depicts Jesus with “Arms extended, sad unto death…” Its slow, haunting music was inspired by medieval plainchant. The next movement, “Sin,” begins suddenly with a violent outburst: “Driven by madness and the serpent’s tongue,/in a panting, frantic, relentless race,/we descend into sin as if into a tomb.” The finale, “Eucharist,” returns to the otherworldly atmosphere of the opening: “…behold adorable Mercy offering the bread of Life and of Love. You love us, sweet Jesus, we had forgotten that.” Thus, the “forgotten offerings” are revealed. Regardless of one’s own beliefs, Les offrandes is a moving work of profound and original beauty. The Instruments: 3 flutes, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 3 bassoons, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion and strings

Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Opus 58

In addition to the Marlboro Music Festival (in which he has participated for 11 summers), Jonathan spent the summer of 2017 continuing his complete Beethoven piano sonata performance cycles at the Aspen and Ravinia festivals. In early 2018, he tours with Midori and Antoine Lederlin across Switzerland, Germany and England, and with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra in California.

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Jonathan has embarked on a nine-year, nine-disc recording cycle of Beethoven’s complete piano sonatas, and in early 2018, he releases the seventh volume. Upon the release of the fourth volume, BBC Music Magazine said, “Jonathan Biss will surely take his place among the greats if he continues on this exalted plane.” His bestselling eBook, Beethoven’s Shadow, describes the process of recording the sonatas and was the first Kindle Single written by a classical musician.

The concerto begins with the soloist playing simple, pulsing chords as if improvising. The orchestra responds uncertainly in a distant, dreamy key, before coming back to the home key of G major. The ensuing orchestral introduction develops the piano’s opening idea and introduces a new, unsettled theme that wanders through several minor keys. When the piano returns, the soloist poetically expands these ideas, introducing new melodies and interpolating them with delicate passagework. An extended passage for orchestra precedes an intensely searching development. Near the end of the movement the soloist plays a cadenza, a passage for piano alone. Beethoven would have improvised this on the spot; he only wrote down two versions after his hearing loss prevented him from performing in public.

Jonathan represents the third generation in a family of professional musicians that includes his grandmother Raya Garbousova, for whom Samuel Barber composed his Cello Concerto. Growing up surrounded by music, Jonathan began his piano studies at age 6, and his first musical collaborations were with his mother and father. He studied at Indiana University with Evelyne Brancart and at the Curtis Institute of Music with Leon Fleisher. For more information, please visit www.jonathanbiss.com. 22 | Houston Symphony

We most often imagine Ludwig van Beethoven with a frown and furrowed brow, raging against the fate that gradually robbed him of his sense of hearing. While works like the Fifth Symphony might fit that image, Beethoven’s musical personality was far more multifaceted. Completed in 1806, his Fourth Piano Concerto is one work that shows the more lyrical, introspective side of his imagination.

The second movement has long been a puzzle to listeners. It follows no established pattern, and begins with unison strings playing in a stern “recitative” or “speaking” style. The piano then engages in a dialogue with the strings, suggesting some extra-musical source of

Beethoven & Prokofiev | Program Notes

inspiration. One popular theory promoted by A. B. Marx in the 19th century and Owen Jander in the 20th is that Beethoven was inspired by the classical myth of Orpheus. Orpheus (the piano) persuades the Furies (the strings) to release his love, Eurydice, from the underworld. He then leads her back toward life, but, at the climax of the movement, succumbs to temptation and turns to look at her, only to see her vanish forever. We cannot know for sure whether Beethoven had this story in mind, but it does fit the movement’s tragic mood and juxtaposition of a vulnerable individual against a hostile force. The finale immediately dispels the melancholy of the preceding movement with a soft, playful theme in the strings. Accompanied by a solo cello, the piano then takes it up, leading to a fortissimo version for full orchestra (which now includes trumpet and timpani). This main theme alternates with contrasting episodes until the soloist plays another cadenza. The concerto then races to a joyful conclusion, leaving listeners with a deep sense of serenity and well-being. The Instruments: flute, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani and strings

Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major, Opus 100 Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)

Sergei Prokofiev composed his Fifth Symphony during the fateful summer of 1944. World War II raged across Europe: the Soviets were repelling the Nazis from their borders, and the Allies landed on the beaches of Normandy in June. Despite the war, terrifying confrontations with the Soviet government and turmoil in his personal life, Prokofiev remained fundamentally idealistic and wrote that he conceived his symphony “as glorifying the grandeur of the human spirit, praising the free and happy man—his strength, his generosity, and the purity of his soul.” Across the world, many would hear it as a symbol of the resilience of life in the face of so much war and death. The symphony begins simply, with a lyrical melody shared by the flute and bassoon. Perhaps the greatest melodist of his time, Prokofiev filled this symphony with many uniquely beautiful ideas. An upward surging figure in the basses and cellos leads to a soft, contrasting theme in the flute and oboe. One last theme appears in the violins and brass, followed by a skittering figure in the strings. The opening melody then returns in the low strings as these ideas recombine and interact. After this lyrical yet intense development, the opening melody returns in the trumpets. The other melodies return as well, leading to a grand ending based on the opening.

The second movement is a fast, almost maniacal scherzo, full of Prokofiev's characteristically sardonic sense of humor. After a more lyrical middle section, the scherzo returns with a frighteningly gradual crescendo. The slow and deeply felt third movement begins with a long, twisting melody that is passed among the woodwinds before soaring in the strings. Later, a Morse code-like pulsing in the piano introduces an urgent idea in the lower strings, which leads to an ominous melody in the trumpet and woodwinds characterized by drumroll-like trills. After a violent outburst, a high, delicate version of the lyrical opening melody returns. The last movement begins with a dialogue between the sections of the orchestra that recalls the opening of the symphony. The solo clarinet then launches into a quick, vivacious theme. This melody alternates with contrasting sections, and many ideas from the previous movements reappear. The symphony climaxes in a wild and brilliant finale, in which strangely mechanistic figures repeatedly cut off the main theme. Prokofiev seems to end by asking, “But what comes after the victory?” The Instruments: 2 flutes, piccolo, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, E-flat clarinet, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, harp, piano and strings — Calvin Dotsey

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FEATURED PROGRAM

WE ALL GO A LITTLE MAD SOMETIMES PSYCHO

film with live orchestra Friday

October 27, 2017 7:30 pm

Jones Hall

Francesco Lecce-Chong, conductor

B. Herrmann

Psycho

Part 1

[00:59]

I N T E R M I S S I O N

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Part 2

[00:50]

Psycho — Film with Live Orchestra | Program Biography

Program BIOGRAPHY

Video enhancement of Houston Symphony concerts is made possible by the Albert and Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation through a special gift celebrating the foundation’s 50th anniversary in 2015.

BBVA Compass works for a better future for people, understanding its responsibility as a financial institution to use its expertise and resources for the benefit of the communities where clients live, work and play. Central to all communities are performing arts and arts education, and BBVA Compass is committed to supporting them across its U.S. footprint. In addition to meeting its communities’ cultural needs, BBVA Compass also strives to meet its clients’ needs through innovative and industryleading products and services. BBVA Compass is interested in building long-term relationships with its clients and takes the same approach with its nonprofit partnerships.

Francesco Lecce-Chong | conductor A captivating presence on the podium, American conductor Francesco Lecce-Chong has garnered acclaim for his dynamic performances, commitment to innovative programming and passion for community engagement. Francesco began his post as music director and conductor of the Eugene Symphony in the 2017-2018 season, following in the path of renowned predecessors Marin Alsop and Giancarlo Guerrero. In addition, he currently holds the positions of associate conductor of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and principal conductor of the Pittsburgh Youth Symphony Orchestra. Active as a guest conductor, he has appeared with orchestras around the world, including the National Symphony Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, St. Louis Symphony and Hong Kong Philharmonic. Also trained as a pianist and composer, Francesco champions the work of new composers and the need for arts education. As associate conductor of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra (MSO) from 2011-2015, he curated and presented the works of both active and lesser-known composers, including two works commissioned by the orchestra and two U.S. premieres. He also helped create the first MSO Composer Institute, providing performance opportunities for young American composers. Francesco has complemented his programming with a strong commitment to arts education for all ages. In Milwaukee, he provided artistic leadership for the MSO’s nationally lauded Arts in Community Education program—one of the largest arts integration programs in the country. His dedication to connecting orchestras and communities continues in Pittsburgh where he gives preconcert talks, conducts concerts for school audiences and leads specially designed sensory-friendly performances. Francesco is a native of Boulder, Colorado, where he began conducting at age 16. He is a graduate of the Mannes College of Music and Curtis Institute of Music, where he studied with Otto-Werner Mueller. He has worked with many internationally celebrated conductors, including Bernard Haitink, David Zinman, Edo de Waart and Manfred Honeck.

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A SYMPHONIC NIGHT AT THE MOVIES “PSYCHO — FILM WITH LIVE ORCHESTRA” Cast Anthony Perkins | Norman Bates Vera Miles | Lila Crane John Gavin | Sam Loomis Martin Balsam | Milton Arbogast John McIntire | Deputy Sheriff Al Chambers Simon Oakland | Dr. Fred Richmond Vaughn Taylor | George Lowery Frank Albertson | Tom Cassidy Lurene Tuttle | Mrs. Chambers Patricia Hitchcock | Caroline (as Pat Hitchcock) John Anderson | California Charlie Mort Mills | Highway Patrol Officer Janet Leigh | Marion Crane Screenplay by Joseph Stefano Robert Bloch Directed by Alfred Hitchcock Music by Bernard Herrmann A Universal Picture

The producer wishes to acknowledge the contributions and extraordinary support of John Waxman (Themes & Variations). A Symphonic Night at the Movies is a production of PGM Productions, Inc. (New York) and appears by arrangement with IMG Artists. Production Credits: Producer: John Goberman Music Consultant: John Waxman

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Hear great concerts from recent seasons on HPM This month’s broadcasts include performances from the Houston Symphony’s past two seasons, featuring such superstars as violinist Karen Gomyo and pianist Gabriela Montero in favorites by Mozart and Grieg. Also in the spotlight are brilliant “hometown” musical heroes like the Houston Symphony Chorus, 2016 Ima Hogg Gold Medalist Luke Hsu, and (in a goodie from the 2004-05 season) former longtime Principal Clarinetist David Peck.

OCTOBER 2017 BROADCAST SCHEDULE ALL BROADCASTS AIR AT 8PM

October 1 News 88.7 October 4 Classical RECORDED:

Christoph Eschenbach, conductor Houston Symphony Chorus— Betsy Cook Weber, director Bruckner: Te Deum Bruckner: Symphony No. 1

March 3-5, 2017

October 8 News 88.7 October 11 Classical RECORDED:

July 9, 2016

October 15 News 88.7 October 18 Classical RECORDED:

Johannes Debus, conductor Luke Hsu, violin – Gold medal winner, 2016 Houston Symphony Ima Hogg Young Artist Competition Berlioz: The Roman Carnival Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade

Andrés Orozco-Estrada, conductor Gabriela Montero, piano Gabriela Lena Frank: Escaramuza Grieg: Piano Concerto Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique

May 19, 21 & 22, 2016

October 22 News 88.7 October 25 Classical RECORDED:

Thomas Søndergård, conductor Karen Gomyo, violin Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major, K.216 Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 in E major

April 14, 16 & 17, 2016

October 29 News 88.7 November 1 Classical RECORDED:

May 14-16, 2005

Hans Graf, conductor David Peck, clarinet Mozart: Symphony No. 34 in C major, K.338 Lavenda: Clarinet Concerto Weber: Concertino in E-flat major for Clarinet & Orchestra, Opus 26 Bizet: Symphony in C major InTUNE — October 2017 | 27

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Chevron Chubb Group Coca-Cola ConocoPhillips Eli Lilly and Company EOG Resources Exxon Mobil Corporation Freeport – McMoRan Oil & Gas General Electric

General Mills Goldman, Sachs & Company Halliburton Hewlett-Packard Houston Endowment IBM ING Financial Services Corporation KBR Merrill Lynch

NAACO Industries, Inc. Neiman Marcus Northern Trust Occidental Petroleum Corporation Phillips 66 Shell Oil Company Union Pacific Williams Companies, Inc. InTUNE — October 2017 | 31

FOUNDATIONS & GOVERNMENT AGENCIES Diamond Guarantor  $1,000,000 and above Houston Symphony Endowment Houston Symphony League The Wortham Foundation, Inc. Premier Guarantor  $500,000 and above The Brown Foundation, Inc. City of Houston and Theater District Improvement, Inc. Albert and Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation The C. Howard Pieper Foundation Grand Guarantor  $150,000 and above City of Houston through the Miller Theatre Advisory Board The Cullen Foundation The Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts Guarantor  $100,000 and above Houston Endowment MD Anderson Foundation

Underwriter  $50,000 and above The Elkins Foundation The Fondren Foundation The Hearst Foundations Houston Symphony Chorus Endowment The Humphreys Foundation League of American Orchestras' Futures Fund LTR Lewis Cloverdale Foundation John P. McGovern Foundation The Robert and Janice McNair Foundation / Palmetto Partners Ltd. The Robbins Foundation Sponsor  $25,000 and above Beauchamp Foundation Ray C. Fish Foundation Ann & Gordon Getty Foundation The Powell Foundation Sterling-Turner Foundation Texas Commission on the Arts

In-Kind DONORS 26 Daisies A Fare Extraordinaire Aker Imaging Alexander’s Fine Portrait Design Alpha-Lee Enterprises, Inc. Aspire Executive Coaching, LLC Bergner & Johnson Design Bering’s BKD, LLP Boat Ranch Burberry Cognetic Complete Eats Cullnaire Carl R. Cunningham DLG Research & Marketing Solutions Elaine Turner Designs

(as of September 1, 2017) Partner  $15,000 and above Ruth & Ted Bauer Family Foundation The Melbern G. & Susanne M. Glasscock Foundation The Hood-Barrow Foundation Houston Symphony League Bay Area William S. and Lora Jean Kilroy Foundation National Endowment for the Arts The Vaughn Foundation Supporter  $10,000 and above The Carleen & Alde Fridge Foundation Petrello Family Foundation Radoff Family Foundation The Schissler Foundation The Vivian L. Smith Foundation Anonymous

Benefactor  $5,000 and above William E. & Natoma Pyle Harvey Charitable Foundation The Scurlock Foundation Keith & Mattie Stevenson Foundation Strake Foundation Patron  Gifts below $5,000 The Cockrell Foundation Diamond Family Foundation First Junior Woman’s Club of Houston The Helmle-Shaw Foundation Huffington Foundation Leon Jaworski Foundation Lillian Kaiser Lewis Foundation Robert W. & Pearl Wallis Knox Foundation The Lubrizol Foundation State Employee Charitable Campaign

(as of September 1, 2017)

Elegant Events by Michael Elliot Marketing Group Elsie Smith Design Festari Foster Quan LLP Gremillion Fine Art Gucci Hermann Park Conservancy Hilton Americas – Houston Hotel Granduca Hotel Icon Houston Astros Houston Grand Opera Houston Texans InterContinental Hotel Houston JOHANNUS Organs of Texas John L. Worthan & Son, L.P.

John Wright/Textprint JW Marriott Houston Downtown Kuhl-Linscomb LG Entertainers Limb Design Martha Turner Properties Meera Buck & Associates Michael’s Cookie Jar Minuteman Press – Post Oak Momentum Jaguar Music & Arts New Leaf Publishing, Inc. Nos Caves Vin The Parson Family in memory of Dorothy Anne Parson Pro/Sound Randalls Food Markets

Rice University Richard Brown Orchestra Saint Arnold’s Brewery Saks Fifth Avenue Shecky’s Media, Inc. Singapore Airlines Staging Solutions Stewart Title Tony’s Tootsies Valobra Jewelry & Antiques Versace Village Greenway VISION Yahama

CHORUS ENDOWMENT DONORS $500 or more A. Ann Alexander Janice Barrow Eldo Bergman, Family Literacy Network, Inc. Nancy & Walter Bratic Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Chavanelle Roger & Debby Cutler Steve Dukes

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Stephen & Mariglyn Glenn Robert Lee Gomez Terry L. & Karen G. Henderson Beth Weidler & Stephen James Nobuhide Kobori Natalia Rawle Gabriel & Mona Rio Douglas & Alicia Rodenberger

Ms. Carolyn Rogan Michael J. Shawiak Susan L. Thompson Mr. & Mrs. Frederic A. Weber Beth Weidler & Stephen James Anonymous (2)

Legacy SOCIETY The Legacy Society honors those who have included the Houston Symphony Endowment in their long-term estate plans through bequests, lifeincome gifts or other deferred-giving arrangements. If you would like to learn more about ways to provide for the Houston Symphony Endowment in your estate plans, please contact Patrick T. Quinn, Director, Planned Giving, at 713.337.8532 or patrick.quinn@houstonsymphony.org. Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey B. Aron Daniel B. Barnum George* & Betty Bashen Dr. Joan Hacken Bitar Dorothy B. Black Ermy Borlenghi Bonfield Kerry Levine Bollmann Zu Broadwater Joan K. Bruchas & H. Philip Cowdin Mr. Christopher & Mrs. Erin Brunner Eugene R. Bruns Sylvia J. Carroll Dr. Robert N. Chanon William J. Clayton & Margaret A. Hughes Mr. & Mrs. Byron Cooley The Honorable & Mrs. William Crassas Patricia Cunningham Dr. Lida S. Dahm Leslie Barry Davidson Judge & Mrs. Harold DeMoss Jr. Ginny Garrett Mr. & Mrs. Harry H. Gendel Lila-Gene George Mauro H. Gimenez & Connie A. Coulomb Mr. Robert M. Griswold Randolph Lee Groninger

Jacquelyn Harrison & Thomas Damgaard Mr. & Mrs. Jerry L. Hamaker Mrs. Gloria Herman Marilyn & Robert M. Hermance Timothy Hogan & Elaine Anthony Dr. Gary L. Hollingsworth Dr. Edward J. & Mrs. Patti Hurwitz Dr. Kenneth Hyde Brian & Catherine James Dr. & Mrs. Ira Kaufman, M.D. John S. W. Kellett Ann Kennedy & Geoffrey Walker Dr. James E. & Betty W. Key Dr. & Mrs. I. Ray Kirk Mrs. Frances E. Leland Mrs. Lucy Lewis E. W. Long Jr. Sandra Magers David Ray Malone & David J. Sloat Mr. & Mrs. Rodney H. Margolis Jay & Shirley Marks James G. Matthews Mr. & Mrs. John H. Matzer III Dr. & Mrs. Malcolm L. Mazow Mr. & Mrs. Alexander K. McLanahan Dr. Tracey Samuels & Mr. Robert McNamara

Mr. & Mrs. D. Bradley McWilliams Catherine Jane Merchant Dr. Georgette M. Michko Marilyn Ross Miles & Stephen Warren Miles Foundation Katherine Taylor Mize Richard & Juliet Moynihan Gretchen Ann Myers Patience Myers Mr. John N. Neighbors, in memory of Jean Marie Neighbors Mr. & Mrs. Richard C. Nelson Bobbie Newman John & Leslie Niemand Dave G. Nussmann John Onstott Macky Osorio Edward C. Osterberg Jr. Imogen “Immy” Papadopoulos Christine & Red Pastorek Peter & Nina Peropoulos Sara M. Peterson Darla Powell Phillips Geraldine Smith Priest Dana Puddy Patrick T. Quinn Lila Rauch Ed & Janet Rinehart

Mr. Floyd W. Robinson Evie Ronald Walter Ross Dr. & Mrs. Kazuo Shimada Lisa & Jerry Simon Tad & Suzanne Smith Sherry Snyder Marie Speziale Emily H. & David K. Terry Stephen G. Tipps Steve Tostengard, in memory of Ardyce Tostengard Jana Vander Lee Bill & Agnete Vaughan Dean B. Walker Stephen & Kristine Wallace David M. Wax* & Elaine Arden Cali Geoffrey Westergaard Nancy B. Willerson Jennifer R. Wittman Daisy S. Wong / JCorp Lorraine & Ed Wulfe David & Tara Wuthrich Katherine & Mark Yzaguirre Edith & Robert Zinn Anonymous (7)

Ione Moran Sidney Moran Sue A. Morrison & children in memory of Walter J. Morrison Robert A. Peiser Gloria G. Pryzant Clive Runnells, in memory of Nancy Morgan Runnells Mr. Charles K. Sanders Donna Scott Charles & Andrea Seay Mr. & Mrs. James A. Shaffer Michael J. Shawiak Jule* & Albert Smith

Mr. & Mrs. Louis J. Snyder Mike & Anita* Stude Mr. & Mrs. Jesse B. Tutor Elba L. Villarreal Margaret Waisman, M.D. & Steven S. Callahan, Ph.D. Mr. & Mrs. Fredric A. Weber Robert G. Weiner Vicki West in honor of Hans Graf Jo Dee Wright Susan Gail Wood Ellen A. Yarrell Anonymous (2)

CRESCENDO CIRCLE $100,000+ Dr. & Mrs. George J. Abdo Priscilla R. Angly Janice Barrow James Barton Paul M. Basinski Joe Brazzatti Terry Ann Brown Drs. Dennis & Susan Carlyle Janet F. Clark Mr. William E. Colburn Darrin Davis & Mario Gudmundsson Harrison R.T. Davis Jean & Jack* Ellis The Aubrey & Sylvia Farb Family

Eugene Fong Michael B. George Stephen & Mariglyn Glenn Evan B. Glick Jo A. & Billie Jo Graves Dr. Rita Justice Mr. & Mrs. U. J. LeGrange Ms. Nancey G. Lobb Joella & Steven P. Mach Bill & Karinne McCullough Betty & Gene McDavid Dr. & Mrs.* Robert M. Mihalo Mr. Ronald Mikita & Mr. Rex Spikes

In MEMORIAM

*Deceased

We honor the memory of those who in life included the Houston Symphony Endowment in their estate plans. Their thoughtfulness and generosity will continue to inspire and enrich lives for generations to come. Mr. Thomas D. Barrow George Bashen W. P. Beard Ronald C. Borschow 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 Dr. & Mrs. Larry L. Fedder Helen Bess Fariss Foster

Christine E. George Mr. & Mrs. Keith E. Gott John Wesley Graham Dorothy H. Grieves Mrs. Marcella Levine Harris Gen. & Mrs. Maurice Hirsch Miss Ima Hogg Burke & Octavia Holman David L. Hyde Dr. Blair Justice Mr. Max Levine Dr. Mary R. Lewis Mrs. L. F. McCollum Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. McKerley

Doretha Melvin Monroe L. Mendelsohn Jr. Robert Austin Moody Mrs. Janet Moynihan Terrence Murphree Arthur Newman Constantine S. Nicandros Hanni Orton Stewart Orton, Legacy Society co-founder Dr. Michael Papadopoulos Miss Louise Pearl Mary Anne H. Phillips Mr. Howard Pieper

Walter W. Sapp, Legacy Society co-founder J. Fred & Alma Laws Lunsford Schultz Ms. Jean R. Sides Blanche Stastny John K. & Fanny W. Stone Dorothy Barton Thomas Dr. Carlos Vallbona Mrs. Harry C. Weiss Mrs. Edward Wilkerson

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Education & Community Engagement DONORS The Houston Symphony acknowledges those individuals, corporations and foundations that support our education and community engagement initiatives. Each year, these activities impact the lives of more than 97,000 children and students and provide access to our world-class orchestra for more than 150,000 Houstonians free of charge.

Principal Guarantor $250,000+

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John & Lindy Rydman / Spec’s Wines, Spirits & Finer Foods /Spec’s Charitable Foundation

Guarantor

$100,000+

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BBVA Compass Ms. Marie Taylor Bosarge City of Houston through the Miller Theatre Advisory Board Houston Endowment Houston Symphony Endowment Mr. John N. Neighbors

Underwriter $50,000+

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Cameron International Corporation Chevron The Elkins Foundation ENGIE Exxon Mobil Corporation The Hearst Foundations, Inc. League of American Orchestras' Futures Fund Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo The John P. McGovern Foundation The Robert & Janice McNair Foundation Occidental Petroleum Corporation Mr. & Mrs. William K. Robbins Jr./ The Robbins Foundation Shell Oil Company

Sponsor

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$25,000+

The Boeing Company Mr. & Mrs. John P. Dennis III/ WoodRock & Co. The Powell Foundation Sterling-Turner Foundation Wells Fargo

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Partner

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$15,000+

Anadarko Petroleum Corporation Ruth and Ted Bauer Family Foundation The Melbern G. and Susanne M. Glasscock Foundation H-E-B Tournament of Champions The Newfield Foundation Mr. Jay Steinfeld & Mrs. Barbara Winthrop Texas Commission on the Arts Ellen A. Yarrell in memory of Virginia S. Anderson and in honor of Cora Sue Mach

Supporter

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$10,000+

CenterPoint Energy George & Mary Josephine Hamman Foundation Houston Symphony League Nancy & Robert Peiser Vivian L. Smith Foundation TPG Capital

Benefactor

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$5,000+

Houston Symphony League Bay Area LTR Lewis Cloverdale Foundation Macy’s Marathon Oil Corporation Nordstrom Randalls Food Markets Strake Foundation

Donor

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$1,000+

Lilly & Thurmon Andress Diane & Harry Gendel Kinder Morgan Foundation Robert W. & Pearl Wallis Knox Foundation Lillian Kaiser Lewis Foundation Cora Sue & Harry Mach Karinne & Bill McCullough Tricia & March Rauch Hazel French Robertson Education & Community Residency

Support by Endowed Funds Education and Community programs are also supported by the following endowed funds, which are a part of the Houston Symphony Endowment: Margarett & Alice Brown Endowment Fund for Education Spec’s Charitable Foundation Salute to Educators Concert Fund The Brown Foundation's Miller Outdoor Theatre Fund in honor of Hanni & Stewart Orton The William Randolph Hearst Endowed Fund for Education Programs Lawrence E. Carlton, M.D. Endowment Fund for Youth Programs Richard P. Garmany Fund for Houston Symphony League Concerto Competition Houston Symphony Ima Hogg Competition Endowed Fund Selma S. Neumann Fund

Support for Symphony Scouts Cora Sue & Harry Mach in honor of Roger Daily’s 13 years of service as Director of the Houston Symphony’s Education and Community Programs

Support for the Community-Embedded Musician Initiative The Community-Embedded Musicians Initiative is supported in part by a generous grant from the American Orchestras' Future Fund, a program of the League of American Orchestras made possible by funding from the Ann & Gordon Getty Foundation. The Houston Symphony residency at Crespo Elementary is presented by BBVA Compass and the BBVA Compass Foundation. We are also thankful to HISD and these lead supporters of the CommunityEmbedded Musician program: Robert and Janice McNair Foundation Medistar National Endowment for the Arts Spec’s Wines, Spirits and Finer Foods / Spec’s Charitable Foundation Nancy & Robert Peiser Mr. Jay Steinfeld & Mrs. Barbara Winthrop H-E-B Tournament of Champions LTR Lewis Cloverdale Foundation

MUSICIAN SPONSORSHIPS Donors at the Conductorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Circle Silver Baton level and above are provided the opportunity to be recognized as sponsoring a Houston Symphony Musician. For more information, please contact Liam Bonner, Manager, Annual Giving Groups, at 713.337.8536 or liam.bonner@houstonsymphony.org. Mr. William L. Ackerman, Kero-Jet Corporation Megan Conley, Principal Harp

Angel & Craig Fox David Malone, Associate Principal Double Bass

Mr. & Mrs. Alexander K. McLanahan William VerMeulen, Principal Horn

The Julia and Albert Smith Foundation Eric Arbiter, Associate Principal Bassoon

Janice Barrow Sophia Silivos, First Violin

Mr. & Mrs. Russell M. Frankel Aralee Dorough, Principal Flute

Martha & Marvin McMurrey Rodica Gonzalez, First Violin

Tad & Suzanne Smith Marina Brubaker, First Violin

Mrs. Bonnie Bauer Fay Shapiro, Viola

Stephen & Mariglyn Glenn Christian Schubert, Clarinet

Dr. Robert M. Mihalo Brian Thomas, Horn

Alana R. Spiwak & Sam L. Stolbun Wei Jiang, Viola

Gary & Marian Beauchamp Martha Chapman, Second Violin

Evan B. Glick Tong Yan, First Violin

Rita & Paul Morico Elise Wagner, Bassoon

Mr. & Mrs. Edward F. Blackburne Jr. Sergei Galperin, First Violin

Mr. & Mrs. Fred L. Gorman Christopher French, Associate Principal Cello

Nancy Morrison Wayne Brooks, Principal Viola

Mr. & Mrs. Robert R. Springob, Laredo Construction, Inc. Mihaela Frusina, Second Violin

Dr. & Mrs. Meherwan P. Boyce Brinton Averil Smith, Principal Cello Nancy & Walter Bratic Christopher Neal, First Violin Terry Ann Brown James R. Denton, Cello Ralph Burch Robin Kesselman, Principal Double Bass Barbara J. Burger Andrew Pedersen, Double Bass Dougal & Cathy Cameron Brian Thomas, Horn Dr. M.K. Campion Rodica Gonzalez, First Violin Drs. Dennis & Susan Carlyle Louis-Marie Fardet, Cello Jane & Robert Cizik Qi Ming, Assistant Concertmaster Janet F. Clark Kevin Dvorak, Cello Mr. Michael H. Clark & Ms. Sallie Morian George Pascal, Assistant Principal Viola Roger & Debby Cutler Tong Yan, First Violin Dr. Scott Cutler Scott Holshouser, Principal Keyboard Mr. Richard Danforth Jeffrey Butler, Cello Leslie Barry Davidson & W. Robins Brice Colin Gatwood, Oboe Linda & Gene Dewhurst Phillip Freeman, Trombone Scott Ensell & Family Donald Howey, Double Bass Kelli Cohen Fein & Martin Fein Ferenc Illenyi, First Violin

Dr. Gary L. Hollingsworth & Dr. Kenneth J. Hyde Robert Walp, Assistant Principal Trumpet Drs. M.S. & Marie-Luise Kalsi Eric Halen, Co-Concertmaster The Joan & Marvin Kaplan Foundation Mark Nuccio, Principal Clarinet Dr. & Mrs. I. Ray Kirk Linda Goldstein, Viola Mr. & Mrs. U. J. LeGrange Thomas LeGrand, Associate Principal Clarinet Rochelle & Max Levit Sergei Galperin, First Violin Cornelia & Meredith Long Brinton Averil Smith, Principal Cello

Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Nelson Mihaela Frusina, Second Violin Bobbie Newman Rodica Gonzalez, First Violin Scott & Judy Nyquist Sheldon Person, Viola Susan & Edward Osterberg MiHee Chung, First Violin Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan E. Parker Nancy Goodearl, Horn Nancy & Robert Peiser Jonathan Fischer, Principal Oboe

Ron & Demi Rand Myung Soon Lee, Cello

Margaret Waisman, M.D. & Steven S. Callahan, Ph.D. Mark Griffith, Percussion

Mrs. Carolyn & Dr. Michael Mann Ian Mayton, Horn

Mr. Glen A. Rosenbaum Aralee Dorough, Principal Flute

Mr. & Mrs. Rodney H. Margolis Eric Halen, Co-Concertmaster

Linda & Jerry Rubenstein Brian Del Signore, Principal Percussion

Barbara & Pat McCelvey Adam Dinitz, English Horn Betty & Gene McDavid Linda A. Goldstein, Viola

Mr. & Mrs. Jesse B. Tutor Daniel Strba, Viola

Shirley & Joel Wahlberg Alexander Potiomkin, Clarinet

Sybil F. Roos Mark Hughes, Principal Trumpet

Dr. & Mrs. Malcolm L. Mazow Rodica Gonzalez, First Violin

Bobby & Phoebe Tudor Bradley White, Associate Principal Trombone

Gloria & Joe Pryzant Matthew Strauss, Percussion

Joella & Steven P. Mach Eric Larson, Double Bass

Michelle & Jack Matzer Kurt Johnson, First Violin

Susan L. Thompson George Pascal, Assistant Principal Viola

Ms. Judith Vincent Matthew Roitstein, Associate Principal Flute

Lila Rauch Christopher French, Associate Principal Cello

Jay & Shirley Marks Sergei Galperin, First Violin

Linda & Paul Thomas Robert Johnson, Associate Principal Horn

Dave & Alie Pruner Matthew Strauss, Percussion

Cora Sue & Harry Mach Joan DerHovsepian, Associate Principal Viola

Mr. & Mrs. J. Stephen Marks Brian Del Signore, Principal Percussion

Carol & Michael Stamatedes Eric Larson, Double Bass

John & Lindy Rydman / Spec's Wines, Spirits & Finer Foods Anthony Kitai, Cello Mr. & Mrs. Walter Scherr Phyllis Herdliska, Viola Mr. & Mrs. James A. Shaffer Eric Halen, Co-Concertmaster Laura & Michael Shannon Rian Craypo, Principal Bassoon Donna & Tim Shen Tina Zhang, Second Violin

Stephen & Kristine Wallace Ronald Holdman, Principal Timpani Mr. & Mrs. Fredric A. Weber Megan Conley, Principal Harp Vicki West Rodica Gonzalez, First Violin Dr. Jim T. Willerson Anne Leek, Associate Principal Oboe Steven & Nancy Williams MiHee Chung, First Violin Jeanie Kilroy Wilson & Wallace S. Wilson Xiao Wong, Cello Lorraine & Ed Wulfe Dave Kirk, Principal Tuba Nina & Michael Zilkha Kurt Johnson, First Violin

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Meet Mark Griffith, percussion Mark Griffith joined the Houston Symphony in 2004. Before coming to Houston, he was a member of the Jacksonville Symphony and the New World Symphony, performing regularly under the baton of conductor Michael Tilson Thomas. Mark has also performed with the Honolulu Symphony (now Hawaii Symphony Orchestra), Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Charleston Symphony Orchestra, Naples Philharmonic and the National Repertory Orchestra. A native Texan, Mark grew up in Dallas, and completed his undergraduate music studies at Wheaton College and earned a Master of Music degree from the University of Michigan. In addition to percussion, Mark is trained as a pianist and organist. He and his wife, Katherine, are parents to two sons and a daughter. Inspiration: In the very beginning, it was simply the urging of my parents to take piano lessons. But as I got older, particularly as an undergraduate music major, I developed a passion for classical symphonic music. I fell in love with the works we performed in the college orchestra—Brahms’ First Symphony, Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony and Mahler’s First Symphony, to name a few. At some point along the way, I knew my career would be in the orchestra. Auditioning: My audition for the Houston Symphony was the end of quite a long journey. Some musicians win an audition quickly, and others take a long time. For me it took seven years and about 25 auditions. Fortunately, I had enough success along the way to be confident that an orchestra like the Houston Symphony would hire me at some point. The audition itself was very typical—three rounds, with the pool of candidates being whittled down for each round. Best thing about being here: Without question, it is participating in the making of such wonderful music by such an incredible ensemble. The orchestra is a remarkable instrument itself—it can be powerful or delicate, passionate or stoic, simple or complex. It’s capable of extremes in so many ways. If I weren’t a musician: During a period of little musical success, I almost gave up music making to pursue my other passion—aviation. I borrowed money from my grandmother to acquire my private pilot’s license with the intention of being an airline pilot. After a few months, music drew me back, but I still enjoy flying small planes. Outside Jones Hall: The symphony schedule affords the opportunity to be pretty active with my kids, so I spend most days after school with them. I also pursue several hobbies. I like to work with tech/computer stuff, home maintenance, and I have an older sports car that needs a lot of attention. Mark Griffith is sponsored by Margaret Waisman, M.D. & Steven S. Callahan, Ph.D.

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