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o d n e c s e r C The Colorado Symphony Chorus Celebrates Thirty Years
This season, Wolfe and the
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Board of Trustees
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Autumn Highlights
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Crescendo
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Meet Robert Neu
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WELCOME Welcome back to Boettcher Concert Hall, home of the Colorado Symphony! As we launch the 2014/15 season, we’re thrilled by all that awaits in the months ahead, including masterful performances from the most beloved names in symphonic music. Many of these superstars have shared stages and years of friendship with Andrew Litton, who returns for his second full season as Music Director. We’re also excited about new programming initiatives, including the eclectic Colorado Symphony Presents contemporary series launching in October. (Learn more about that on page 23.) Also in October, the Colorado Symphony Chorus celebrates thirty years of excellence; see page 18 for an interview with founder and director Duain Wolfe, recently lauded as one of the country’s great choral directors by our partners at Colorado Public Radio. As we move excitedly into fall, we reflect on the inspirational successes of the 2013/14 season.
◆ Our musicians reached new levels of artistic achievement, performing a range of musical styles at Boettcher as well as venues across the Front Range, including Red Rocks, where we delighted more than 50,000 music lovers this summer.
◆ We enjoyed creative and strategic partnerships with the leading cultural organizations and businesses in Colorado, including the Denver Art Museum, the Colorado Rockies, DaVita, Inc., and Arrow Electronics.
◆ In May, we enjoyed the most successful Colorado Symphony Ball in the event’s twentyone year history, generating $1.1 million in support for the only full-time professional orchestra in the Rocky Mountain West.
Joining us for a performance is the simplest, most important thing our community can do to support the orchestra, and we thank you for being here. When you leave tonight, be sure to tell your friends: It’s more than just a concert, it’s an experience. Our goal is to make sure this experience is shared by as many people as possible this season and beyond. Enjoy the music!
Jerome H. Kern Co-Chair of the Board of Trustees
Mary Rossick Kern Co-Chair of the Board of Trustees
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SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT ARROW ELECTRONICS When Arrow Electronics consolidated its headquarters in metro Denver in late 2011, we quickly established a partnership with the Colorado Symphony. We did this out of a fundamental conviction that the creative process in the arts and innovation in Arrow’s world of electronics are intrinsically connected. We strive to guide the symphony forward as it enriches our community. And through our support we hope to set an example to our 16,500 employees in Colorado and around the world to not only enjoy the arts, but to apply the same spirit of innovation and creativity to their own work and lives. We are proud to sponsor Colorado Symphony performances as the orchestra extends its reach deeper into Denver and across Colorado. But Arrow’s investment goes beyond a typical corporate sponsorship. We commissioned a new musical composition that would reflect the company’s commitment to innovation. What emerged was an original piece representing the Arrow brand, “Five Years Out.” In this piece, Colorado Symphony Resident Conductor Scott O’Neil utilizes themes of technology and a five-note scale to generate the new refrain for Arrow’s “Five Years Out” brand. If you listen closely, you will hear A-R-R-O-W spelled in musical notes, while the rhythm spells “arrow” in Morse code. The composition debuted in 2013 and we now use it as our musical logo in advertisements and on our website. This year, maestro O’Neil expanded the original overture into a fuller orchestral composition. Together, we have created a new partnership committed to innovation. We hope this partnership sustains not only Arrow and the CSO, but also the community we share. Thank you for joining us in supporting the Colorado Symphony.
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ANDREW LITTON MARIN ALSOP
SCOTT O’NEIL
DUAIN WOLFE
MUSIC DIRECTOR
RESIDENT CONDUCTOR
CHORUS DIRECTOR
VIOLIN Yumi Hwang-Williams Concertmaster The Mary Rossick Kern & Jerome H. Kern Concertmaster Chair Claude Sim Associate Concertmaster Yi Zhao Assistant Concertmaster Boram Kang Fixed 4th Chair Paul Primus Principal Second Allegra Wermuth Assistant Principal Second Jerry Chiu Larisa Fesmire Thomas Hanulik Wyn Hart John Hilton Anne-Marie Hoffman Myroslava Ivanchenko-Bartels Dorian Kincaid Karen Kinzie Mark Lamprey Ben Odhner Miroslaw Pastusiak Erik Peterson Felix Petit* Robert Stoyanov Stirling Trent Amy Tyson Bradley Watson Tena White VIOLA Basil Vendryes Principal Catherine Beeson Assistant Principal Mary Cowell Fixed 3rd Chair Charlyn Campbell Marsha Holmes Helen McDermott Summer Rhodes* Kelly Shanafelt Phillip Stevens
CONDUCTOR LAUREATE
CELLO Silver Ainomäe Principal Matthew Switzer Assistant Principal Judith Galecki Fixed 3rd Chair Susan Rockey Bowles Danielle Guideri Thomas Heinrich Margaret Hoeppner David Mullikin Susan Yun
CLARINET Jason Shafer Principal Abby Raymond 2nd / Assistant Principal Andrew Stevens
TROMBONE Peter Steiner Principal* Paul Naslund 2nd / Associate Principal Gregory Harper
E-FLAT CLARINET Abby Raymond
BASS TROMBONE Gregory Harper
BASS CLARINET Andrew Stevens
BASS Karl Fenner Acting Principal Nicholas Recuber Assistant Principal John Arnesen Susan Cahill James Carroll Jeremy Kincaid Mary Reed*
BASSOON Chad Cognata Principal Tristan Rennie 2nd / Assistant Principal Roger Soren
TUBA Stephen Dombrowski Principal
FLUTE Brook Ferguson Principal Catherine Peterson 2nd / Assistant Principal Julie Duncan Thornton
HORN Michael Thornton Principal Carolyn Kunicki Kolio Plachkov 3rd / Associate Principal David Brussel Austin Larson Assistant Principal
PICCOLO Julie Duncan Thornton OBOE Peter Cooper Principal The Irene & David Abosch Principal Oboe Chair Monica Hanulik 2nd / Assistant Principal Jason Lichtenwalter
CONTRA-BASSOON Roger Soren
TRUMPET Justin Bartels Principal Patrick Tillery Associate Principal Daniel Kuehn 2nd / Assistant Principal
ENGLISH HORN Jason Lichtenwalter
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HARP Courtney Hershey Bress Principal TIMPANI William Hill Principal Steve Hearn Assistant Principal PERCUSSION John Kinzie Principal Chair Endowed by a Friend of the Colorado Symphony Terry Smith+ Steve Hearn Mike Tetreault* ORCHESTRA LIBRARIAN Joanne Goble * One year replacement + On Leave
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BOARD OF TRUSTEES OFFICERS Jerome H. Kern , Co-Chair Mary Rossick Kern, Co-Chair Susan Bowles,* Secretary Dr. Christopher Ott, Treasurer TRUSTEES Margaret Anderson Justin Bartels* Dr. Paula P. Bernstein Susan Cahill* Char Campbell* Young Cho Jim Copenhaver Jason Crow Rebecca DeCook Walter F. DeHaven, Jr. BJ Dyer Sandy Elliott Dr. Everette J. Freeman Brook Ferguson* Neda Ghaemi
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EX-OFFICIO TRUSTEES Jack Finlaw Andrew Litton Colorado Symphony Music Director Sharon L. Reimer Colorado Symphony Guild Charlie Siebert, Associate Board Ginger White City and County of Denver, Arts & Venues EMERITUS TRUSTEES William K. Coors John Low Lee Yeingst HONORARY TRUSTEES Governor John W. Hickenlooper Mayor Michael B. Hancock
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COLORADO SYMPHONY STAFF STAFF Jerome H. Kern Chief Executive Officer Evan Lasky Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Andrew Litton Music Director Robert Neu Senior Vice President of Artistic Planning Anthony Pierce Senior Vice President of Innovative Programming
David Aeling Production and Stage Manager Obe Ariss Director of Development Catherine Beeson Director of Community and Education Programs Laura Bond Director of Community and Media Relations Larry Brezicka Orchestra Personnel Manager Lena Capra Senior Staff Accountant Aric Christensen Audio Engineer Christine Devereaux Office and Special Projects Manager Susan Ellis Executive Assistant & Board Liaison Molly Epstein Group Sales Associate Joanne Goble Orchestra Librarian Deborah Guess Properties Master Philip Hiester Master Electrician Sarah J. Hom Director of Sales and Patron Services Eric Israelson Chorus Manager Christopher Kirkland Master Carpenter Matt Korona Manager of Digital Media
Matt Krupa Applications Support Analyst Ian MacIntyre Manager of Patron Services Jessica Mays Artistic Coordinator Shari Myers Education Coordinator / Symphony Concierge Scott O’Neil Resident Conductor Parker Owens Marketing Manager Barbara Porter Assistant Chorus Manager Emily Scott Artistic Administrator Jackson Stevens Individual Giving Associate Norma Theisen Director of Finance Catherine Vrba Staff Accountant Doug Yost Information Services Director Suzanne Yuzer Development Associate Patron Services Associates Stephanie Derybowski Rob Halgren Dana Holliday Susan Kelly Lead Patron Services Associate Steve Kilburn Amy Moore-Shipley Julia Shim Amarie SÜderlind, Lead Patron Services Associate Robert Steiger, Senior Patron Services Associate George Ward Robert Warner COLORADO SYMPHONY FOUNDATION John W. Low, President Mark Fulford, Vice President Suzanne Ryan, Secretary William W. (Peter) Grant Jerome H. Kern Gordon Parker Marcia D. Strickland
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AUTUMN HIGHLIGHTS SEPTEMBER 2014 Animaniacs LIVE!
SEPT 26 n FRI 7:30 Scott O’Neil, resident conductor Randy Rogel, writer Rob Paulsen, voice actor Jess Harnell, voice actor Tress MacNeille, voice actor
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SEPT 27-28 n SAT 7:30 n SUN 1:00 Scott O’Neil, resident conductor Susan Egan, Doug LaBrecque and Debbie Gravitte, vocalists Denver Gay Men’s Chorus Denver Women’s Chorus
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OCT 3-5 n FRI-SAT 7:30 n SUN 1:00 Andrew Litton, conductor Gil Shaham, violin Cindy McTee Timepiece Brahms Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77 Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64
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OCTOBER 2014 Shaham Plays Brahms
OCT 17 n FRI 7:30 Scott O’Neil, resident conductor
OCT 18 n SAT 7:30 Duain Wolfe, conductor/ director Colorado Symphony Chorus Juliet Petrus, soprano Nathan Berg, baritone Colorado Children’s Chorale, Debbie DeSantis, director
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Crescendo The Colorado Symphony Chorus Celebrates Thirty Years
It was a big summer for the Colorado Symphony Chorus. In August, the choir was the only Colorado-based ensemble to take the stage at the prestigious Aspen Music Festival. The reason for this high honor? It has a lot to do with the talent and dedication of 180 volunteer singers. It also has a lot to do with Director Duain Wolfe. 18 SOUNDINGS 2014/15 | COLORADOSYMPHONY.ORG
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uain Wolfe is one of the best choral conductors in the world,” said Alan Fletcher, Aspen Music Festival CEO and president, in an interview with Colorado Public Radio. Wolfe has loomed large for generations of Colorado vocalists, nurturing and lifting voices of every age. In 1974, he founded the Colorado Children’s Chorale and, ten years later, the Colorado Symphony Chorus. Wolfe is also well known for his work with the Chicago Symphony Chorus. This season, Wolfe and the Colorado Symphony Chorus celebrate thirty years with a slate of special programs that will fill Boettcher Concert Hall with bombastic, joyful noise. When the season opens September 18 and 19, Wolfe joins Music Director Andrew Litton on stage to lead Beethoven Symphony No. 9, alongside soloists Kelley O’Connor, John Mac Master, and others. During the Colorado Symphony Chorus 30th Anniversary Gala on October 18, the ensemble will thrill audiences with the glorious music of Vaughan Williams, Mendelssohn, Moussorgsky, and Mozart as well as excerpts from the Chorus’ signature pieces, including Verdi’s Requiem and Orff’s Carmina Burana. Of course, the Chorus will return for the holiday classic, A Colorado Christmas, as well as a dramatic rendition of Puccini’s Tosca in February 2015. With so much to sing about this season, our partners at Colorado Public Radio invited Wolfe on the air to discuss highlights of the Chorus’ history with Chloe Veltman, CPR arts editor. Here’s an excerpt from their conversation. You founded the Colorado Symphony Chorus in 1984. Was it typical at that time for orchestras around the country to be founding choruses and why was it important for the Colorado Symphony? Duain Wolfe: There were very few at the time, and there are still very few that actually belong to the orchestra. Most of the time, choruses are founded by somebody that is simply interested and then orchestras engage
Duain Wolfe, Chorus Director
those choruses. Maestro Gaetano Delogu wanted his own chorus so that it would be part of the musical culture of the symphony, and therefor would be part of the same vision and on the same page musically. You’re the longtime head of two other important choruses: the Grammy®-award winning Chicago Symphony Chorus and the Colorado Children’s Chorale. You’ve arguably done your most visible work with these choruses. Why doesn’t the Colorado Symphony get the accolades that the other ensembles you work with get? Duain Wolfe: I assume some of it has to do with provincialism. We think of great organizations coming out of really big cities. So there’s an assumption always of what could come out of Colorado. Well the fact is, surprising things come up. We have a lot to be proud of, we just need to find ways to get the rest of the world to find out. We need to do more recordings, and with Music Director Andrew Litton it looks like we’re going to be doing that. To hear the full interview, visit www.cpr.org. Listen to Colorado Public Radio all season long for interviews and performances by CSO musicians and guest artists.
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Staff Spotlight ROBERT NEU
The Colorado Symphony is pleased to introduce Robert Neu, our new Senior Vice President of Artistic Strategy. Neu will serve as part of a creative team that includes Andrew Litton, Music Director, and Anthony Pierce, Senior Vice President of Contemporary Programming. Recognized as a creative visionary as well as an effective administrator, Neu brings a wealth of experience, talent and resources to the Colorado Symphony. Most recently, he served as Vice President and General Manager of the Minnesota Orchestra, a position he held for nineteen years. In the world of performing arts, Neu is a bona-fide Renaissance Man: An active theater creator and director with more than sixty productions to his credit; a former professional clarinetist and graduate of the Julliard School; an active community volunteer and educator. Please join us in welcoming Robert Neu. You’ll be seeing, and hearing, a lot from him this season season (for starters, he’ll direct a semi-staged Tosca in February ) and in the future.. What are you most looking forward to in your new role with the Colorado Symphony? Collaborating with your wonderful musicians, staff, Board of Trustees and music director — all towards the goal of making this outstanding orchestra an essential part of the community. You will work closely with Music Director Andrew Litton, an old friend and long-time colleague. Andrew and I have known each other since we were college classmates and I’ve had the great good fortune to collaborate with him the past twelve years for the Minnesota Orchestra’s Sommerfest. Andrew and I share similar tastes and sensibilities, but we’re still able to challenge and prod each other in a positive way that makes us both think harder and be more creative. And for my money, Andrew is one of the very finest American conductors on the scene today. I am extremely proud to work with him. What do you find to be special about the Colorado Symphony? I find the incredibly collaborative spirit of the musicians to be very refreshing and exciting. Working together is the only way to succeed! Of course, Music Director Andrew Litton is an integral part of that spirit, as are the staff and board. What are the opportunities inherent in working in Boettcher Concert Hall, an inthe-round venue? Of course, it’s the intimacy of the space that
is so appealing. I also find it very appealing that so many of the Denver arts organizations are all in that beautiful arts center. I think that synergy is exciting! Your experience is so rich and varied. What is your first love -- musical theater, opera, plays? I like to say that whatever I’m working on at the time is my favorite. Actually, symphonic music was my first love and my original entry point into the arts. And we always remember our first love, right? What excites you about coming to Denver? The natural beauty, of course; the fact that it’s warmer than Minneapolis(!). I just really enjoy the atmosphere of the city and I always have. I’ve been a frequent visitor to Denver since I was a kid as I had a favorite aunt and uncle that lived in the area. Do you have much time for the clarinet these days? Not a moment. I haven’t touched it in years and if I did so now I know I would be very depressed. It’s best left silent. Like Minneapolis, Denver is a thriving arts town. But people here also love sports. Are you prepared to become a Broncos fan? Bad news: I’m not a big sports guy. Good news: That means I don’t have to wean myself away from the Vikings. I will do my best to embrace everything that Denver has to offer! To read Robert Neu’s complete bio, please visit coloradosymphony.org.
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Musician Spotlight JASON SHAFER
At 27, Principal Clarinet player Jason Shafer is one of the younger members of the Colorado Symphony, but his experience is already deep. A graduate of the Eastman School of Music, he spent four years as a fellow with the New World Symphony in Miami Beach and has appeared in guest principal roles with the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Cincinnati Symphony. Shafer has also been a member of Idaho’s Sun Valley Summer Symphony since 2012. How has your role within the orchestra changed since you became Principal Clarinet? In every ensemble I’ve ever played with, I’ve found that as the years go on, I’m able to better understand the organization and therefore contribute in more meaningful ways to its success. I’m excited to be a part of some of the new ways we are going to help audiences make a personal connection to “classical” music and feel more involved with our concerts. What’s one thing about the Colorado Symphony that might surprise people? The Colorado Symphony has the most positive, open-minded, and supportive musicians and staff of any group I’ve played with. From my very first day here, I was amazed at the love that the musicians and the staff have for their orchestra; their willingness to work “above and beyond” to support the organization is incredible. How about a surprise about you? I have a black belt in a martial art form known as Tai-Jitsu! I’ve always been a relatively peaceful person, but learning martial arts when I was younger really helped me build my confidence. What do you do for fun in Denver? I enjoy hiking on the beautiful trails around Denver and Boulder. I still haven’t tried any
of the winter activities (like skiing) for fear of breaking a hand or finger. I’m a rather clumsy person, despite the dexterity required for playing an instrument, but perhaps I will try them out someday soon! Besides that, I’m trying to learn how to cook a bit better. I’m pretty good at risotto so far! What advice would you give to a young person just starting out in a career in music? I tell all of my students that they should strive to have both perseverance and openmindedness. The combination of the two is so important; perseverance helps you get through the inevitable disappointments, and open-mindedness helps you learn new methods of practicing and also think clearly when you have to make tough decisions. Working to have both of these qualities will help you manage the hardest parts of a musical career, and make the decisions that are right for you. There are many different ways in which music can be a part of your life and career, and by working hard with an open mind, you will eventually find the right way for your love of music to fit into your life. Jason Shafer is active in Remix, the Colorado Symphony’s Young Professionals program. (Visit coloradosymphony.org to get involved with this fun, social group.) Follow him on Twitter at @shafer_jason.
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MOZART’S REQUIEM WITH PINCHAS ZUKERMAN
COLORADO SYMPHONY PINCHAS ZUKERMAN, conductor and violin ELIZABETH FUTRAL, soprano SASHA COOKE, mezzo-soprano ISAIAH BELL, tenor KYLE KETELSON, baritone COLORADO SYMPHONY CHORUS, DUAIN WOLFE, director THIS WEEKEND’S CONCERTS ARE GRATEFULLY DEDICATED TO BONFIELS-STANTON FOUNDATION FRIDAY’S CONCERT IS GRATEFULLY DEDICATED TO DELTA DENTAL OF COLORADO SATURDAY’S CONCERT IS GRATEFULLY DEDICATED TO FRANK AND GINNY LEITZ, SUNDAY’S CONCERT IS GRATEFULLY DEDICATED TO MR. AND MRS. SETH WEISBERG
Friday, November 7, 2014 at 7:30 pm Saturday, November 8, 2014 at 7:30 pm Sunday, November 9, 2014 at 1:00 pm Boettcher Concert Hall MOZART MOZART MOZART
Adagio for Violin and Orchestra in E major, K. 261 Rondo for Violin and Orchestra in C major, K. 373 Exsultate, jubilate, Motet for Soprano and Orchestra, K. 165 (K. 158a)
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— Intermission — Requiem Mass in D minor, K. 626
Exsultate, jubilate: Allegro Fulget amica dies: Recitativo Tu virginum corona: Andante — Alleluja: Allegro
Introitus: Requiem aeternam Kyrie Sequenz Dies irae Tuba mirum Rex tremendae Recordare Confutatis Lacrimosa Offertorium Domine Jesu Hostias Sanctus Sanctus Osanna in excelsis Benedictus Osanna in excelsis Agnus Dei Communio: Lux aeterna
MASTERWORKS BIOGRAPHIES PINCHAS ZUKERMAN, conductor and violin Pinchas Zukerman has remained a phenomenon in the world of music for over four decades. His musical genius, prodigious technique and unwavering artistic standards are a marvel to audiences and critics. Devoted to the next generation of musicians, he has inspired younger artists with his magnetism and passion. His enthusiasm for teaching has resulted in innovative programs in London, New York, China, Israel and Ottawa. The name Pinchas Zukerman is equally respected as violinist, violist, conductor, pedagogue and chamber musician. Zukerman’s 2014-2015 season includes over 100 worldwide performances. He completes his 16th and final season as music director of the National Arts Centre Orchestra of Ottawa, with whom he tours the United Kingdom, and his sixth season as principal guest conductor of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London. Additional orchestral engagements include the San Diego, Kansas City and Tucson Symphonies. Overseas collaborations with orchestras in Australia, Austria, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan and Korea, recital appearances and tours with the Zukerman Trio round out the season. Born in Tel Aviv in 1948, Pinchas Zukerman came to America in 1962 where he studied at The Juilliard School with Ivan Galamian. He has been awarded the Medal of Arts, the Isaac Stern Award for Artistic Excellence and was appointed as the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative’s first instrumentalist mentor in the music discipline. Zukerman’s extensive discography contains over 100 titles, and has earned him two Grammy® awards and 21 nominations. Mr. Zukerman has recorded for CBS Masterworks, Philips, Angel, Deutsche Grammophon, CBC Records, Altara, Biddulph Recordings, Sony and BMG Classics/RCA Victor Red Seal. Exclusive Representation: Kirshbaum Demler & Associates, Inc., 711 West End Avenue, Suite 5KN, New York, NY 10025. www.kirshdem.com
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ELIZABETH FUTRAL, soprano American soprano Elizabeth Futral has established herself as one of the world’s leading sopranos. With her stunning vocalism and vast dramatic range, she has embraced a repertoire that ranges from the Baroque to world premieres. The 2014/2015 season finds Futral singing her first Mimi in La Boheme with Opera Birmingham, a double bill of Elle in Poulenc’s La voix humane and Nedda in I Pagliacci with Opera Columbus, and Miss Hedgehog in Tobias Picker’s The Fantastic Mr. Fox with Opera San Antonio. Concert performances include the gala opening of the Tobin Center in San Antonio, Barber’s Knoxville: Summer of 1915 and Mahler Symphony No. 4 with the Roanoke Symphony, Strauss’ Four Last Songs and Mahler 4 with the Charleston Symphony, Handel arias with Music of The Baroque, and Previn’s Honey and Rue with the Pacific Symphony. She will also perform in recital at Louisiana State University and Washington & Lee University. During the 2013/2014 season Futral created two world premiere roles: Vera in Tobias Picker’s Dolores Claiborne with the San Francisco Opera, and Alice B. Toklas in Ricky Ian Gordon’s 27 for the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis. She returned to the Lyric Opera of Chicago as the Elsa Schraeder in The Sound of Music, and to the Houston Grand Opera as Desirée Armfeldt in A Little Night Music. She added Zdenka in Strauss’ Arabella with the Minnesota Opera, and sang Lucia di Lammermoor with Portland Opera and toured Haydn’s Creation with Music of the Baroque.
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SASHA COOKE, mezzo-soprano Grammy® Award-winning mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke has been called a “luminous standout” (The New York Times) and “equal parts poise, radiance and elegant directness” (Opera News). Symphonic engagements of Cooke’s 2014-2015 season include appearances with Tugan Sokhiev and the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester, Andrés Orozco-Estrada and the Houston Symphony, Sir Andrew Davis and the Melbourne Symphony, Matthew Halls and the Philadelphia Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony, and Ludovic Morlot and the Seattle Symphony, among others. In recital, Cooke appears with pianist Julius Drake at Carnegie Hall and San Francisco Performances. Her operatic engagements include the world premieres of Laura Kaminsky’s As One at the Brooklyn Academy of Music and Joby Talbot’s Everest with The Dallas Opera, as well as the role of Anna in Sir David McVicar’s production of Les Troyens at San Francisco Opera under the baton of Donald Runnicles. Other new works this season include pieces by Jake Heggie, Pierre Jalbert, and Kevin Puts, as well as collaborations with Jeremy Denk and the Miró Quartet. Cooke’s past season included performances with the New York Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester, Tokyo Symphony, Chicago Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, MDR Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, Columbus Symphony, and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Additional highlights included a production of Anna Bolena at the Opéra National de Bordeaux and recitals at Wigmore Hall and Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall.
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ISAIAH BELL, tenor The New York Times praised tenor Isaiah Bell for “a performance of haunting beauty, ideally depicting emotional distraction with ultimate economy and glowing vocal skill”, commenting on his performance as the Madwoman in Curlew River at Tanglewood. From British Columbia, Bell recently made his Lincoln Center debut for the Mostly Mozart Festival as Damon in Mark Morris’ production of Acis and Galatea conducted by Nicholas McGegan. Engagements during the 2014/2015 season include his debut at the Bethlehem Bach Festival, Mendelssohn’s Lobgesang with the Vancouver Symphony, Written on Skin with composer George Benjamin conducting the Toronto Symphony, performances and a recording of L’Aiglon led by Orchestre symphonique de Montréal’s Kent Nagano, Heart of Darkness for Opera Parallele in San Francisco and Messiah with the New Jersey Symphony and Orchestre symphonique de Trois Rivieres with Jacques Lacombe. Career highlights include Matthäus Passion with Nézet-Séguin and l’Orchestre Metropolitain du Grand Montréal, Britten’s Owen Wingrave at the Edinburgh Festival, and appearances with Orchestra London, Toronto’s Mendelssohn and Amadeus choirs; Against the Grain Theatre, and Winnipeg’s Canzona Choir in the works of Bach, Handel and Mozart. Bell was a member of the Emerging Artist Program of the Calgary Opera, Pacific Opera Victoria’s Young Artists Program, Atelier Lyrique de L’Opéra de Montréal, attended the Universität Mozarteum in Salzburg and holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Victoria. He is also the composer and librettist of four operas and a number of song cycles. Winner of the vocal prize at the National Music Festival, his recital repertoire includes Schubert’s Winterreise and Schumann’s Liederkreis.
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KYLE KETELSEN, baritone American bass-baritone Kyle Ketelsen is in regular demand by the world’s leading opera companies and orchestras for his vibrant, handsome stage presence and his distinctive vocalism. Ketelsen opens the 2014-2015 season as Leporello in a new production of Don Giovanni at Lyric Opera of Chicago, conducted by Sir Andrew Davis and directed by Robert Falls. Other operatic highlights of his upcoming season include his return to Canadian Opera Company as Leporello in Don Giovanni and Cadmus in the company’s production of Semele at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, as well as performances of his acclaimed Escamillo in Carmen with the Minnesota Opera under the baton of Michael Christie and at the Chorégies d’Orange festival in France. Ketelsen’s 2013-2014 season featured his house debuts with Opernhaus Zurich as Méphistophélès in a new production of Faust and Staatsoper Berlin as the title role in Le nozze di Figaro, as well as his return to Lyric Opera of Chicago as Basilio in a new production of Il barbiere di Siviglia. He reprised two signature roles with the Bayerische Staatsoper as Escamillo and Leporello, the latter conducted by Louis Langrée, and highlights of his concert work include Rossini’s Stabat Mater with Lincoln Center’s Mostly Mozart Festival conducted by Gianandrea Noseda and Handel’s Messiah with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. Ketelsen has won First Prize in several international vocal competitions, including the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, the Richard Tucker Music Foundation (Career Grant), the George London Foundation, the Licia Albanese Puccini Foundation, the Sullivan Foundation, Opera Index, the MacAllister Awards, Fort Worth Opera, National Opera Association, Connecticut Opera, and the Liederkranz Foundation.
DUAIN WOLFE, director, Colorado Symphony Chorus Recently awarded two Grammys® for Best Choral Performance and Best Classical Recording, Duain Wolfe is founder and director of the Colorado Symphony Chorus and music director of the Chicago Symphony Chorus. This year marks Wolfe’s 31st season with the Colorado Symphony Chorus. The Chorus has been featured at the Aspen Music Festival for over two decades. Wolfe, who is in his 21st season with the Chicago Symphony Chorus has collaborated with Daniel Barenboim, Pierre Boulez, Bernard Haitink, Riccardo Muti, and the late Sir George Solti on numerous recordings including Wagner’s Die Meistersinger, which won the 1998 Grammy® for Best Opera Recording. Wolfe’s extensive musical accomplishments have resulted in numerous awards, including an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts from the University of Denver, the Bonfils Stanton Award in the Arts and Humanities, the Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts, the Mayor’s Award for Excellence in an Artistic Discipline and the Michael Korn Award for the Development of the Professional Choral Art. Wolfe is also founder of the Colorado Children’s Chorale, from which he retired in 1999 after 25 years; the Chorale celebrated its 40th anniversary last season. For 20 years, Wolfe also worked with the Central City Opera Festival as chorus director and conductor, founding and directing the company’s young artist residence program, as well as its education and outreach programs. Wolfe’s additional accomplishments include directing and preparing choruses for Chicago’s Ravinia Festival, the Bravo!Vail Festival, the Berkshire Choral Festival, the Aspen Music Festival, and the Grand Teton Music Festival. He has worked with Pinchas Zuckerman as Chorus Director for the Canadian National Arts Centre Orchestra for the past 13 years.
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COLORADO SYMPHONY CHORUS The 2014-2015 Colorado Symphony concert season marks the 31st season for the Colorado Symphony Chorus. Founded in 1984 by Duain Wolfe at the request of Gaetano Delogu, the Music Director of the Denver Symphony, the chorus has grown over the past three decades into a nationally respected ensemble. This outstanding chorus of volunteers joins the Colorado Symphony for numerous performances each season. The repertoire of the Chorus has been wide and diverse. Performing with all past/present Music Directors as well as countless guest conductors, highlights include Bernstein’s Mass with Marin Alsop, Kanchelli’s Styx with Jeffrey Kahane, Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis with Duain Wolfe, and Vaughan Williams’ Dona nobis pacem and Hough’s Missa Mirabilis with Andrew Litton. In addition, the Chorus has performed at noted music festivals in the Rocky Mountain region, including the Colorado Music Festival, the Grand Teton Music Festival and the Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival, where it performed with the New York, Philadelphia and Dallas Orchestras. For over two decades, the Chorus has been featured at the Aspen Music Festival, performing such diverse repertoire as Mahler’s monumental Eighth Symphony, Honegger’s Jeanne d’Arc au bûcher, Britten’sPeter Grimes, Berlioz’ Requiem, and Schoenberg’s Gurrelieder, with conductors Lawrence Foster, James Levine, Murray Sidlin, Leonard Slatkin, David Zinman and Robert Spano. The Colorado Symphony Chorus has appeared at select public and special events, and has collaborated with many renowned Colorado arts ensembles, including the Colorado Children’s Chorale, Central City Opera, Opera Colorado and the Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble. The chorus sang at the 1991 opening gala for the Temple Hoyne Buell Theatre; provided choral support for international opera stars José Carreras and Andrea Bocelli; participated in the 1993 visit to Denver of Pope John Paul II. The chorus has performed the works of a number of Colorado composers, including Samuel Lancaster and John Kuzma, and has had works written especially for it by CSO composers-inresidence Jon Deak and Libby Larsen. The CSO Chorus is featured with the Colorado Symphony on an upcoming Hyperion release of Vaughan Williams’ Dona Nobis Pacem and Stephen Hough’s Missa Mirabilis, conducted by Andrew Litton. In July 2009, in celebration of the 25th anniversary of the chorus, Duain Wolfe led the chorus on a concert tour of Europe, presenting Verdi’s Requiem in Budapest, Vienna, Litomysl and Prague. Chorus members come from all over the Denver metro area. For an audition appointment, call 303.308.2483.
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COLORADO SYMPHONY CHORUS Duain Wolfe, Chorus Founder and Director; Mary Louise Burke, Associate Chorus Director Travis Branam, Assistant Chorus Director; Taylor Martin, Intern Conductor Eric Israelson, Chorus Manager; Barbara Porter, Assistant Chorus Manager Laurie Kahler, Principal Accompanist
Soprano I Campbell, Lindsay R. Causey, Denelda Choi, LeEtta H. Colbert, Gretchen Daniels, Kaylin E. Dirksen, Sarah Dukeshier, Laura Emerich, Kate A. Gile, Jenifer D. Gill, Lori C. Graber, Susan Harpel, Jennifer Hedrick, Elizabeth Hendee, Lauren Hinkley, Lynnae C. Hupp, Angela M. Jensen, Erika Joy, Shelley E. Kirschner, Mary E. Kushnir, Marina Look, Cathy Maupin, Anne Moraskie, Wendy L. Porter, Barbara A. Ropa, Lori A. Ross, Kelly G. Saddler, Nancy C. Sladovnik, Roberta A. Solich, Stephanie A. Sowell, Kelly Stegink, Nicole J. Tate, Judy Travis, Stacey L. Wood, Linda K. Soprano II Benson, Claire E. Blum, Jude Bowen, Alex S. Brauchli, Margot L. Christus, Athanasia Coberly, Ruth A. Cote, Kerry H. Dakkouri, Claudia Eberl, Lacey
Gross, Esther J. Harrold, Rebecca Kraft, Lisa D. Nova, Ilene L. Nyholm, Christine M. O’Nan, Jeannette R. Rae, Donneve S. Rattray, Rebecca Rider, Shirley J. Snyer, Lynne M. Von Roedern, Susan K. Walker, Marcia L. Weinstein, Sherry L. Wells. Kirsten Woodrow, Sandy Young, Cara Alto I Adams, Priscilla P. Boothe, Kay A. Brady, Lois F. Branam, Emily M. Brown, Kimberly Buesing, Amy Conrad, Jayne M. Costain, Jane A. Daniel, Sheri L. Dunkin, Aubri K. Franz, Kirsten D. Gayley, Sharon R. Groom, Gabriella D. Guittar, Pat Holst, Melissa J. Hoopes, Kaia M. Horle, Carol E. Kraft, Deanna McWaters, Susan Meromy, Leah Murray, Cassandra M. Passoth, Ginny Tannenbaum, Clair Thayer, Mary B. Virtue, Pat Wise, Sara Wood, Heather
Alto II Cheatham, Cami Cox, Martha E. Deck, Barbara R. Dominguez, Joyce Eslick, Carol A. Golden, Daniela Hoskins, Hansi Jackson, Brandy H. Janasko, Ellen D. London, Carole A. Maltzahn, Joanna Marchbank, Barbara J. Mendicello, Beverly D Millar, Kelly T. Nittoli, Leslie M. Scooros, Pamela R. Trierweiler, Ginny Tenor I Dougan, Dustin Gewecke, Joel C. Gordon, Jr., Frank Guittar, Jr., Forrest Hassell, Christopher Hodel, David K. Moraskie, Richard A. Muesing, Garvis J. Nicholas, Timothy W. Reiley, William G. Snook, David Stewart, Matthew C. Van Milligan, John P. Waller, Ryan Zimmerman, Kenneth A. Tenor II Babcock, Gary E. Bradley, Mac Davies, Dusty R. Dixon, Stephen C. Fuehrer, Roger A. Gale, John H. Kolm, Kenneth E. Martin, Taylor S. Mason, Brandt J.
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Milligan, Tom A. Ruth, Ronald L. Sims, Jerry E. Struthers, David R. Wolf, Jeffrey P. Wyatt, Daniel L. Bass I Adams, John G. Branam, Travis D. Carlton, Grant H. Cowen, George Drickey, Robert E. Eickhoff, Benjamin Gray, Matthew Hesse, Douglas D. Hume, Donald Jirak, Thomas J. Mehta, Nalin J. Parce, Frank Y. Quarles, Kenneth Rutkowski, Trevor B. Smith, Benjamin A. Thofson, Chad Viatkin, Alex Williams, Benjamin M Wood, Brian W. Bass II Fletcher, Jonathan S. Friedlander, Bob Gallagher, John A. Gibbons, Dan Israelson, Eric W. Jackson, Terry L. Kent, Roy A. Kraft, Mike A. Millar, Jr., Robert F. Moncrieff, Kenneth Morrison, Greg A. Nelson, Chuck Nuccio, Eugene J. Phillips, John R. Skillings, Russell R. Swanson, Wil W. Virtue, Tom G.
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MASTERWORKS PROGRAM NOTES WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756-1791) Adagio for Violin and Orchestra in E major, K. 261 Rondo for Violin and Orchestra in C major, K. 373 Mozart was born January 27, 1756 in Salzburg and died December 5, 1791 in Vienna. He composed these works in 1776 and 1781. Their premieres are unknown. The Adagio calls for strings and pairs of flutes and horns; the Rondo substitutes two oboes for the flutes. Last performance of both pieces by the orchestra was on April 27, 2011, with Itzhak Perlman as the soloist and Scott O’Neil conducting. Antonio Brunetti, principal violinist of the archiepiscopal orchestra in Salzburg from March 1, 1776, was responsible for the writing of these two brief works for solo violin and orchestra. Mozart composed the Adagio (K. 261) late in 1776 as a substitute slow movement for the Concerto No. 5 in A major, K. 219, since, according to a remark by the composer’s father the following year, Brunetti found the original second movement “zu studiert” — “too studied” — and asked Mozart to create something more simple and attuned to the popular style. (Actually, the Concerto’s beautiful original Adagio is crystal clear and immediately appealing. Abraham Veinus thought that “Brunetti certainly had peculiar taste.”) The replacement movement is also a lovely creation, with the music’s sustained melody for the soloist hovering above muted strings to make it almost an aria without words. The Rondo (K. 373), Mozart’s last concerted work for violin, was written in April 1781. The composer, still in the employ of the Archbishop Colloredo, was visiting Vienna when he learned that Colloredo would be making an official stop in the imperial city. As part of the ceremonies surrounding the event, a concert was arranged at the Viennese home of the Archbishop’s father for April 8th, and Mozart was asked by Brunetti to provide a new violin piece for the program. Mozart responded with this charming Rondo, which is apparently an independent composition, since none of the string concertos shares its C major tonality. Less than a month after the Rondo was written, Mozart bolted from the musical establishment of the Archbishop to begin his Viennese adventure.)
o Exsultate, jubilate, Motet for Soprano and Orchestra, K. 165 Mozart composed this motet at the beginning of 1773 in Milan. It was first heard in that city on January 16th in a performance by the castrato Venanzio Rauzzini. The score calls for oboes and horns in pairs, strings and organ. The piece was last performed on January 10-12, 1997, with Marin Alsop conducting the orchestra and Lisa Saffer, soprano soloist. On October 24, 1772, Mozart and Papa Leopold left Salzburg for Milan, at that time under Austrian domination, to oversee the production of Wolfgang’s opera Lucio Silla. They arrived on November 4th. Mozart completed the opera before the end of the month and began rehearsals PROGRAM 8 SOUNDINGS 2014/15 | COLORADOSYMPHONY.ORG
MASTERWORKS PROGRAM NOTES on December 12th, though preparations were hampered by frequent cast changes and difficulties with facilities. Despite the mixed quality of its first production, Lucio Silla proved popular with the Milanese audiences (many of whom were Austrian, or at least would-be Austrian, and in tune with Mozart’s expressive northern musical language), and the new piece was repeated no fewer than 26 times during the Carnival season. The outstanding vocalist at the premiere was the eminent Roman castrato Venanzio Rauzzini, whose singing of the role of Cecilio stirred Mozart’s admiration. In appreciation, he wrote for Rauzzini the lovely motet Exsultate, jubilate. This delightful work, whose text is religious but not part of the regular liturgy, was a brilliant showpiece tailored to Rauzzini’s considerable vocal talents, which boasted florid fioritura, easy flexibility of range and limpid lyricism. The opening movement, Exsultate, jubilate (“Exult, rejoice”), with its instrumental introduction and interludes, its contrasting but balanced thematic groups and its technical display, supports Alfred Einstein’s evaluation that this work is a “vocal concerto.” Following a recitative (Fulget amica dies — “The friendly day glows bright”) comes a sweet song to the Virgin (Tu virginum corona — “Thou, O crown of virgins”) imbued with Mozart’s incomparable elegance of expression. The sparkling finale, based on the single word Alleluja, is one of the most delightful and familiar movements from Mozart’s sacred pieces, and it provides a luminous ending to this wonderful work of the sixteen-year-old Salzburg prodigy. I. Allegro Exsultate, jubilate, o vos animae beatae. Dulcia cantica canendo, cantui vestro respondendo, psallant aethera cum me.
Exult, rejoice, O happy souls. With sweet music, let the heavens resound, making answer, with me, to your song. Recitativo
Fulget amica dies, jam fugere et nubila et procellae; exortus est justis inexspectata quies. Undique obscura regnabat nox. Surgite tandem laeti, qui timuistis adhuc, et jucundi aurorae fortunatae. Frondes dextera plena et lilia date.
The friendly day glows bright, now clouds and storms have fled. A sudden calm has arisen for the just. Everywhere dark night held sway before. But now, at last, rise up and rejoice, ye who are not feared, and happy is the blessed dawn. With full hand, make offerings of garlands and lilies.
II. Larghetto Tu virginum corona, tu nobis pacem dona, tu consolare affectus unde suspirat cor.
Thou, O Crown of Virgins, grant us peace, and assuage the passions that touch our hearts.
III. Allegro non troppo Alleluja! Alleluia!
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MASTERWORKS PROGRAM NOTES Requiem Mass in D minor, K. 626 Mozart worked on the Requiem during the last months of his life but it was still unfinished at the time of his death, on December 5, 1791. It was first heard at the Neukloster in the Viennese suburb of Wiener-Neustadt on December 14, 1793. The score calls for two basset horns, two bassoons, two trumpets, three trombones, timpani, organ and strings. Last performed by the orchestra on January 28-30, 2011, with Bernard Labadie on the podium. In early July 1791, while he was busy composing The Magic Flute, Mozart received a letter testifying to the glories of his music and alerting him that he would be having a visitor with a proposal on the following day. The letter was unsigned. The visitor, “an unknown, grey stranger,” according to Mozart, appeared on schedule and said that he represented the writer of the letter, who wanted to commission a new piece — a Requiem Mass — but added the curious provision that Mozart not try to discover the patron’s identity. Despite the somewhat foreboding mystery surrounding this venture, Mozart was in serious financial straits just then and the money offered was generous, so he accepted the commission and promised to begin as soon as possible. The Magic Flute, however, was pressing, and he also received at the same time another commission, one too important to ignore, for an opera to celebrate the September coronation in Prague of Emperor Leopold as King of Bohemia — La Clemenza di Tito, based on one of Metastasio’s old librettos — that demanded immediate attention. As if those duties were not enough to fill his thoughts, Mozart’s wife, Constanze, was due to deliver another baby at the end of the month. She had been in the local spa town of Baden since the beginning of June, trying to preserve what little health she had left after nine years of almost constant pregnancy since her marriage to Wolfgang in 1782, and Mozart went to bring her back to the city and to her doctors in mid-July. Just as he was entering the carriage for the trip, the “unknown, grey stranger” approached him, inquired about the progress of the Requiem, was told that it was going well, and left, apparently satisfied. On July 25th, Constanze gave birth to Franz Xaver Wolfgang, who became a composer and music teacher. Mozart worked on the Requiem as time allowed. From mid-August until mid-September, he, Constanze and his pupil Franz Süssmayr, who composed the recitatives for Tito, were in Prague for the opera’s premiere. When they returned to Vienna, Schickaneder pressed Mozart to put the final touches on The Magic Flute, which was first staged on September 30th. Mozart’s health had deteriorated alarmingly by October — he complained of swelling limbs, feverishness, pains in his joints and severe headaches. On November 17th, with the Requiem far from finished, he took to his bed and was treated by Dr. Thomas Closset, one of Vienna’s best physicians, with the prescribed remedy for what was diagnosed as “miliary fever” (perhaps rheumatic fever or uraemia, though the evidence is inconclusive) — cold compresses and unremitting bleeding. Mozart became obsessed with the Requiem, referring to it as his “swan-song,” convinced that he was writing the music for his own funeral: “I cannot remove from my mind the image of the stranger. I see him continually. He begs me, exhorts me, and then commands me to work. I continue, because composition fatigues me less than rest. Moreover, I have nothing more to fear. I know from what I feel that the hour is striking; I am on the point of death; I have finished before I could enjoy my talent.... I thus must finish my funeral song, which I must not leave incomplete.” Mozart managed to finish only the Requiem and Kyrie sections of the work, but sketched the voice parts and the bass and gave indications for scoring for the Dies irae through the Hostias. On December 4th, he scrawled a few measures of the Lacrymosa, and then asked three friends who had PROGRAM 10 SOUNDINGS 2014/15 | COLORADOSYMPHONY.ORG
MASTERWORKS PROGRAM NOTES come to be with him to sing what he had just written. He tried to carry the alto part, but broke into tears as soon as they had begun, and collapsed. A priest was called to administer extreme unction; at midnight Mozart bid his family farewell and turned toward the wall; at five minutes to one on the morning of December 5, 1791, he died. He never knew for whom he had written the Requiem. Constanze, worried that she might lose the commission fee, asked Joseph Eybler, a student of Haydn and a friend of her late husband, to complete the score. He filled in the instrumentation that Mozart had indicated for the middle movements of the piece, but became stuck where the music broke off in the Lacrymosa. Franz Süssmayr, to whom Mozart had given detailed instructions about finishing the work, took up the task, revising Eybler’s orchestration and supplying music for the last three movements. Süssmayr recopied the score so that the manuscript would show one rather than three hands, and it was collected by the stranger, who paid the remaining commission fee. The person who commissioned Mozart’s Requiem was Count Franz von Walsegg, a nobleman of musical aspirations who had the odious habit of anonymously ordering music from established composers and then passing it off as his own. This Requiem was to commemorate Walsegg’s wife, Anna, who died on February 14, 1791. The “grey stranger” was Walsegg’s valet, Anton Leitgeb, the son of the mayor of Vienna. Even after Mozart’s death, Walsegg went ahead with a performance of the Requiem, which was given at the Neukloster in the suburb of Wiener-Neustadt on December 14, 1793; the title page bore the legend, Requiem composto del Conte Walsegg. A few years later, when Constanze was trying to have her late husband’s works published, she implored Walsegg to disclose the Requiem’s true author. He did, and the score was first issued in 1802 by Breitkopf und Härtel. Buried away in Otto Erich Deutsch’s Documentary Biography of Mozart is a fascinating but little-known tidbit of information that may (or may not) have been a factor in Walsegg’s commission. One of Mozart’s brothers in Freemasonry was Michael Puchberg, who earned many fond footnotes in the composer’s biography for his generous financial support to the composer (Mozart euphemistically called these emoluments “loans”) during Wolfgang’s last years. Puchberg lived and managed a textile firm at Hoher Markt 522. This address, it seems, just happened to be located in the Viennese house of Franz von Walsegg, and it is certainly not impossible that Puchberg encouraged Walsegg, in his curious way, to help Mozart in his time of distress. It is difficult, and perhaps not even advisable, to dissociate Mozart’s Requiem from the circumstances of its composition — the work bears the ineradicable stamp of otherworldliness. In its sublimities and its sulfur, it appealed mightily to the Romantic sensibility of the 19th century, and continues to have a hold on the imagination of listeners matched by that of few other musical compositions. (Perhaps it is significant that the Requiem is performed annually in Vienna for the Feast of All Saints, the day after Halloween.) Manifold beauties of varied and moving expression abound throughout the Requiem: the ethereal strains of the Recordare; the vehemence of the Confutatis; the bitter plangency of the Lacrymosa; the old-fashioned, Bachian profundity of the fugal Kyrie; the feigned joy, so quickly terminated, of the Hosanna. The words of Lili Kraus, the Hungarian pianist closely associated throughout her career with the music of Mozart, apply with special poignancy to the wondrous Requiem: “There is no feeling — human or cosmic, no depth, no height the human spirit can reach — that is not contained in his music.” ©2014 Dr. Richard E. Rodda
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MASTERWORKS PROGRAM NOTES I. Introitus: Requiem aeternam (Chorus and Soprano) Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine, et lux perpetua luceat eis. Te decet hymnus, Deus, in Sion, et tibi reddetur votum in Jerusalem. Exaudi orationem meam. Ad te omnis caro veniet.
Rest eternal grant them, O Lord; and let perpetual light shine upon them. There shall be singing unto Thee in Zion, and prayer shall go up to Thee in Jerusalem. Hear my prayer. Unto Thee all flesh shall come. II. Kyrie (Chorus)
Kyrie eleison. Christe eleison. Kyrie eleison.
Lord have mercy. Christ have mercy. Lord have mercy. III. Sequenz 1. Dies irae (Chorus)
Dies irae, dies illa solvet saeclum in favilla, teste David cum Sibylla. Quantus tremor est futurus, quando Judex est venturus cuncta stricte discussurus!
This day, this day of wrath shall consume the world in ashes, so spake David and the Sibyl. Oh, what great trembling there will be when the Judge will appear to examine everything in strict justice! 2. Tuba mirum (Soloists)
Tuba mirum spargens sonum per sepulchra regionum, coget omnes ante thronum. Mors stupebit et natura, cum resurget creatura judicanti responsura. Liber scriptus proferetur, in quo totum continetur, unde mundus judicetur. Judex ergo cum sedebit, quidquid latet apparebit, nil inultum remanebit. Quid sum miser tunc dicturus? Quem patronum rogaturus, cum vix justus sit sicurus?
The trumpet, sending its wondrous sound across the graves of all lands, shall drive everyone before the throne. Death and nature shall be stunned when all creation rises again to stand before the Judge. A written book will be brought forth, in which everything is contained, from which the world will be judged. So when the Judge is seated, whatever is hidden shall be made known, nothing shall remain unpunished. What shall such a wretch as I say then? To which protector shall I appeal, when even the just man is barely safe?
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MASTERWORKS PROGRAM NOTES 3. Rex tremendae (Chorus) Rex tremendae majestatis, qui salvandos salvas gratis, salva me, fons pietatis!
King of tremendous majesty, who freely saves those worthy of salvation, save me, fount of pity! 4. Recordare (Soloists)
Recordare, Jesu pie, quod sum causa tuae viae, ne me perdas illa die. Quaerens me, sedisti lassus, redemisti crucem passus; tantus labor non sit cassus. Juste judex ultionis, donum fac remissionis ante diem rationis. Ingemisco tamquam reus, culpa rubet vultus meus, supplicanti parce, Deus. Qui Mariam absolvisti et latronem exaudisti, mihi quoque spem dedisti. Preces meae non sunt dignae, sed tu bonus fac benigne, ne perenni cremer igne. Inter oves locum praesta et ab hoedis me sequestra, statuens in parte dextra.
Recall, dear Jesus, that I am the reason for Thy time on earth, do not cast me away on that day. Seeking me, Thou didst sink down wearily, Thou hast saved me by enduring the cross; such travail must not be in vain. Righteous judge of vengeance, award the gift of forgiveness before the day of reckoning. I groan like the sinner that I am, guilt reddens my face, Oh God, spare the supplicant. Thou, who pardoned Mary and heeded the thief, hast given me hope as well. My prayers are unworthy, but Thou, good one, in pity let me not burn in the eternal fire. Give me a place among the sheep and separate me from the goats, let me stand at Thy right hand. 5. Confutatis (Chorus)
Confutatis maledictis, flammis acribus addictis, voca me cum benedictis. Oro supplex et acclinis, cor contritum quasi cinis, gere curam mei finis.
When the damned are cast away and consigned to the searing flames, call me to be with the blessed. Bowed down in supplication I beg Thee, my heart as though ground to ashes: help me in my last hour.
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MASTERWORKS PROGRAM NOTES 6. Lacrimosa (Chorus) Lacrimosa dies illa Oh, this day full of tears qua resurget ex favilla when from the ashes arises judicandus homo reus; guilty man, to be judged: huic ergo parce Deus. Oh Lord, have mercy upon him. Pie Jesu, Domine, Gentle Lord Jesus, dona eis requiem. grant them rest. Amen. Amen. IV. Offertorium 1. Domine Jesu Christe (Chorus and Soloists) Domine Jesu Christe, rex gloriae, Libera animas omnium fidelium defunctorum de poenis inferni et de profundo lacu. Libera eas de ore leonis, ne absorbeat eas tartarus, ne cadant in obscurum; sed signifer sanctus Michael representet eas in lucem sanctam, quam olim Abrahae promisisti et semini ejus.
Lord Jesus Christ, King of glory, deliver the souls of the faithful departed from the pains of hell and the bottomless pit. Deliver them from the jaws of the lion, lest hell engulf them, lest they be plunged into darkness; but let the holy standard-bearer Michael lead them into the holy light, as Thou didst promise Abraham and his seed.
2. Hostias (Chorus) Hostias et preces tibi, Domine, laudis offerimus, tu suscipe pro animabus illis, quarum hodie memoriam facimus: quam olim Abrahae promisisti et semini ejus.
Lord, in praise we offer to Thee sacrifices and prayers, receive them for the souls of those whom we remember this day: as Thou didst promise Abraham and his seed.
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MASTERWORKS PROGRAM NOTES V. Sanctus 1. Sanctus (Chorus) Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus, Dominus Deus Saboath! Pleni sunt coeli et terra gloria tua. Hosanna in excelsis!
Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of hosts! Heaven and earth are full of Thy glory. Glory to God in the highest! .2. Benedictus (Soloists)
Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in excelsis! Glory to God in the highest! VI. Agnus Dei (Chorus) Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, Lamb of God, that takes away the sins of the world, dona eis requiem. grant them rest. Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, Lamb of God, that takes away the sins of the world, dona eis requiem. grant them rest. Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, Lamb of God, that takes away the sins of the world, dona eis requiem sempiternam. grant them eternal rest. VII. Communio: Lux Aeterna (Soprano and Chorus) Lux aeterna luceat eis, Domine, cum sanctis tuis in aeternam, quia pius es. Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine, et lux perpetua luceat eis.
May eternal light shine upon them, O Lord, with Thy saints forever, for Thou art good. Lord, grant them eternal rest, and let perpetual light shine upon them.
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COMMUNITY SUPPORT Club Cherry Creek Dais Family Foundation Earls Kitchen and Bar Ergün Tercan European Salon ExxonMobil Foundation Guitar Center Hilb Family Foundation IBM International Foundation Kemp Family Fund MHA Petroleum The Moe Family Charitable Fund Nelnet, Inc. Shanahan’s Steakhouse Sloss and Carpenter Orthodontics State Farm Companies Foundation Steele Street Bank and Trust Strear Family Foundation, Inc. Tipton Family Foundation Westin Riverfront Resort & Spa Individuals Anonymous (4) Lois Abbott Mr. and Mrs. B.T. Allison III Dr. and Mrs. Jules Amer Mr. Allan Auger Bruce Avery David H. and Lornel A. Baker Mr. and Mrs. Larry Ballonoff Carlos Barradas Mr. Richard Bartlett Richard and Linda Bateman Mr. and Mrs. James Beall Anne and Henry Beer George and Phee Belsey Dr. and Mrs. Robert N. Berg Sue and Bix Bicknell Marie Blaney Jude Blum David and Rachel Bondelevitch Ms. Susan Bonfield Mr. and Mrs. Kermit J. Boothroyd Vince and Mary Jo Boryla Ms. Alisa Bourne James W. Boyd and Sue Ellen Charlton Dr. Edward and Mrs. Muriel Brainard Wally and Suzanne Brauer Ms. Barbara Brown Matthew Brown and Beth Montgomery Ms. Willa Brunkhorst Rogene and Sandy Buchholz Ms. Sarah C. Buffum Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Butz Mr. David Cahn Douglas and Constance Cain Shirley and Roland Calhoun
Mr. Gustavus W. Center Roger and Barbara Chamberlain Michelle Chapman Ms. Delores I. Clark Jim and Tomomi Clark Mr. and Mrs. Robert I. Cohen Catherine Cole Constance P. Cole Ms. Sherri Colgan Mr. Frederic Conver Sylvia Fergus and David Cooper Paul and Eileen Cooper Scott Coors and David Hurt Frances S. Corsello Kerry and Walter Cote Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Craft Ray and Kathleen Cravy Constance Crocker Lauren Curler Mike and Bonnie Dalke Ms. Ruth Dalrymple Philip Dattilo and Barbara Melendez Susan E. Davies Mr. and Mrs. John D. De Leon Mr. and Mrs. Michael DeGroat Dr. T. M. Derloshon D.D.S. Christine Devereaux Mr. and Mrs. William Diss Mr. Robert P. Domaleski Mr. and Mrs. John R. Donnell Denis and Kathy Donnelly Mr. and Mrs. William D. Doty Dorothy Dowden Dorothy M. Dringman Mr. and Mrs. Gary Dudley Gerald S. Dunbar Mr. Pat Durbin and Ms. Mary A. Schricker Lois N. Eckhoff Mrs. Nancy Eicher Dan and Lucy Ellerhorst Mary and Woody Emlen Mr. Richard M. Eslinger Mr. and Mrs. James W. Espy Ms. Judy Fahrenkrog and Mr. Larry King Warren E. Fair Ms. Elizabeth J. Feitner Michele Ferguson Paul Ferguson Ms. Gail Fisher Mr. and Mrs. Gregg Flannery David and Debra Flitter Mr. William Fortune Dr. Lauren Fraser and Ms. Rebecca Coughlin Mrs. Joann Freedman Dick and Sigrid Freese Ms. JoAnne Friedman Mr. and Mrs. Max Furer Mr. and Mrs. John A. Gallagher
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Lucille Gallagher and Richard Stieg, M.D. Todd Gander and Terry Hsu-Gander B.J. and Grace George Linda Laird Giedl Dr. Burton and Lee Golub Ms. Mona Goodwin Mr. and Mrs. Alvin W. Haggerty Jerry Jean Hale Dr. and Mrs. John L. Hall Charles and Linda Hamlin Mr. Chet K. Hampson and Ms. Susan Martin Mr. and Mrs. Earl Hanna Ken and Florence Hardesty Dr. and Mrs. Ronald Harris Mr. and Mrs. Leeon E. Hayden Mr. David J. Hayes Mr. and Mrs. Donald Hembre Karin D. Henszey Keith Herman Ann Herron Melvin and Carolyn Hess Jeffrey L. Hill Mr. and Mrs. William Hill Mr. Stephen Hindes Ms. Mary L. Hobson Ms. Laura Hoffman Mr. Robert Homiak Ms. Sally Hopper Mr. Andrew E. Hornbrook Mrs. Isabella W. Horsky Keith Howard Duane and Katy Howell Mr. David Hubly Mr. Mark T. Hughes Mr. Charles L. Hugo Mr. Paul W. Husted Mr. and Mrs. Paul Jeffery Robert Johnson Dr. Chris and Mrs. Janice Karras Michelle Keist Dr. and Mrs. M. Richard Kem Polly and Frank Kemp Mr. Allen Kemp Dr. E. Glenn Kindle Heidi and Randy Keogh Mel and Roberta Klein Mr. and Mrs. Stanley W. Kleinsteiber Rob and Kathy Klugman Ronald and Sharon Klusman Mr. Finn B. and Mrs. Margrethe Knudsen Ms. Deniece Kohl Ms. Robin Kovachy Eric Krein Rich Kylberg and Jilliann Parker Mr. and Mrs. Bob Ladenburger Pauline Langsley Penny and Dick Leather
COMMUNITY SUPPORT Mr. Donald LeBois and Ms. Barbara B. Springer Dr. and Mrs. Robert Lederer Eugene Lee Ms. Linda L. Lee Mr. and Mrs. Richard K. Lee David C. Leger Deanna Rose Leino Theodore Lichtmann Don and Ingrid Lindemann Mr. and Mrs. Harold Logan George and Roberta Lohr Patty Lorie-Kupetz John Loveridge Ms. Hope Lowry Mrs. Jean Macferran Mr. and Mrs. Gordon R. MacRae Tish Maes Jean L. Marshall Harold P. Martin, M.D. Mr. and Mrs. Amos C. Mathews Mr. Steven Mattics Dr. Jerrald McCollum Mr. and Mrs. Shaun McMullin Donald and Purnee McCourt Frank McCurdy Jan McNally
Ms. Janet Melson Dr. Gary B. Melton Virginia Messick Mr. and Mrs. Jay Miller Ron and Bonnie Milzer Mrs. Patty H. Moore Mr. and Mrs. Todd D. Munson Mr. and Mrs. Trygve Myhren Mrs. Cynthia F. Nagel Ms. Trish Nagel Ms. Marcia G. Naiman Mr. and Mrs. James Nalven Mr. Bob Neuman Hans E. and Margaret C. Neville Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Newberry Larry O’Donnell and Kermit Cain Ray O’Loughlin and James A. Henderson Dr. Priscilla Zynda-Otsuki and Mr. Steve Otsuki Mary and Art Otten Dr. and Mrs. David S. Pearlman Mr. and Mrs. Jack Pfeiffer Patrick and Susan Pientka Mr. Kenneth R. Piner and Mrs. Karen L. Pierce
Mr. Ryan Pollock Mr. and Mrs. H.W. Praetorius Ms. Pamela Pryor Mr. and Mrs. G.W. Quinby Terence T. Quirke Dick Ramsey Melinda H. Reed Richard Replin and Elissa Stein Reid T. Reynolds Mr. Kent Rice Nancy and Gene Richards Dr. Susan B. Rifkin Hannelore Rimlinger Dr. Richard and Sandra Roark Eleanor Roberts Ms. Carol Robison Michael J. Rodel Nancy K. Roeder Terri and Jay Rolls Anthony C. and Patricia J. Romeo Sig and Lucille Rosefeld Ms. Elfie Rosin Ms. Julie B. Rubsam Mr. and Mrs. William E. Russell Cynthia L. and Paul D. Schauer Mr. John A. Schiff Dave Schmitz
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COMMUNITY SUPPORT G.A. and W.B. Scholten Mr. Richard Schubel Mary Ann Schultz Betty and Maurice Serotta Boyce Sher Ms. Marlena Siegel Dr. and Mrs. Arnold Silverman Ms. Victoria Simpson Mr. and Mrs. Catherine Skokan Drs. Robert H. Slover, II and Robin Slover Dr. and Mrs. Edwin R. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Smith Billie Busby and Sidney Smith William and Janice Smith Mr. Patrick Sola Mr. and Mrs. William H. Speaker Hanspeter and Kathryn Spüler Mr. and Mrs. Fred K. Sternburg Mary L. Stewart Mr. and Mrs. Russell Stewart Jeff Stillwell Alena M. Stimack Julie and John Strain Mr. and Mrs. Michael Strear Mrs. Mary C. Symonton The Sylvan Stool Family Lou and Katherine Svoboda Cedric and Carol Tarr Judy and Rob Tate Mr. and Mrs. Greg Thompson Mr. Frank Thomson Mr. and Mrs. Carl J. Tillery Nan Timbel Mr. and Mrs. Warren Toltz David Tourtelot and Nikki Headlee Barbara J. Tramutt Ms. Helen Tuttle Mr. and Mrs. Stanley D. Van Egmond Dr. and Mrs. Gary D. Vander Ark Ms. Betty Vean Harry and Terri Vogler Ed and Patty Wahtera Mr. Peter J. Wall Ms. Grace Wanner Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Ward Ms. Shirley Ward Dr. Edna Stuver Webster, MD Rosemary Whitaker Mr. Flint Whitlock and Dr. Mary Ann Watson Ti Wieland Chris Williams Dr. and Mrs. Roger A. Williams Ms. Ruth Williams Werner and Mary Winkler Mr. Michael F. Winslow Mr. and Mrs. Herbert L. Wittow Jim and Marlene Wogsland George and Beth Wood Ms. Elizabeth A. Yoder Marsha F. Young
Ms. Phyllis J. Young Joan and David Zapiler Mr. and Mrs. Jack Zelinger R.A. Zimmerman Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Zoellner SYMPHONY PATRON ($250+) Corporations, Foundations, Government Grants, Support Groups The Amica Companies Foundation Ball Corporation Big Red F The Blues Jean Bar Borax Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival Central City Opera Chase The Colorado Ballet Colorado Childrens Chorale Colorado Music Festival The Colorado State Music Teachers Association Colorado Trust Covenant Village Covidien Employee Matching Gift Program Daniels-Houlton Family Foundation Delish Demure Denver Area Music Teachers Association Denver Film Society Denver Museum of Nature and Science Denver Plastic Surgery Associates Denver Zoo DIRECTV Matching Gift Center Dulin Charitable Trust Freeman Family Foundation Martin C. Gross Family Foundation Dr. Raymond P. Henkel Charitable Fund Jewish Community Foundation JW Marriott Denver at Cherry Creek Kate’s Real Food La Posada de Santa Fe Resort and Spa The Law offices of Richard I. Zuber LibertyGives Foundation Littleton Drum Studio MGive Foundation Network for Good Oceans Apart Inc Oracle Matching Gifts Program Park Avenue Oculo Plastic Surgeon Pat Hansen’s Studio
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Patterson Inn Pinehurst Country Club Pinnacle Bancorp, Inc Prost Brewing The Real Dill The Ritz-Carlton, Denver Rural Route Farms Ruth Stark Fund Sigma Alpha Iota United Way of Larimer County Valley Country Club Veda Salon and Spa Individuals Anonymous (11) Richard and Susan Abernethy Fran Adams Jim and Lorraine Adams Carol J. Addington Mr. Robert M. Adelstein Francie R. Alpert Donna R. Altieri Mrs. Linda Amell Ms. Catherine H. Anderson DeAnn Anderson Mr. and Mrs. Daniel W. Andrews Mr. and Mrs. John Andrews Larry and Gloria Angus Ron and Shalah Arlian Bill and Phyllis Ashton Lew and Judy Babcock Ms. Darthelia Baker Mr. and Mrs. Dennis E. Baldwin Louis Baptist Mr. and Mrs. Frank Barrett Ms. Jennifer N. Bater Mr. Roger Bates and Ms. Debra Brew Ms. Linda Battan Nancy Battan Irene Becker Chris and Agnieszka Behounek Robert A. Behrman Mr. Edgardo L. Belen Fr. Mark Berge Ms. Margaret Bass Berglund Dr. Thomas Berl and Ms. Diane Pincus Neal and Myrna Berlin Mr. and Mrs. William F. Blanning Ms. Rose A. Blaschke Irma Furbeck Boltman Ms. Donna Boucher Mr. and Mrs. Peter D. Bowes Ms. Mary A. Boyle Mr. and Mrs. Michael Boyle Carey D. Bozovich Elizabeth Bradley Ms. Susan Bradley Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Brauchli Ms. Peggy Brody Michael and Catherine Brondos Mr. and Mrs. Hal Brooks
COMMUNITY SUPPORT Ms. Joanne Broten Ms. Coralie Brown Mr. John M. Brown Mr. and Mrs. Trevor S. Brown Dr. Vaughn Browne Mr. and Mrs. James E. Bruner Jr Mr. and Mrs. Rick Bruno Mr. and Mrs. Peter K. Bryan Mr. Marvin Buckels Cameron Burke Neil Burris and Sandy Mazarakis Mr. John E. Burt Karen Cage Bill and Jo Calhoun Lois M. Calvert Rusty and Ellen Campos Ms. Barbara Carpenter Ms. Nicolette Cavallaro Mr. and Mrs. Tod Cavey Ms. Marilyn Chappell Mr. and Mrs. Alan Charnes Miss Ramona Chun Ms. Leticia Church Dr. David Claassen and Mrs. Delores Claassen Ms. Deborah Clendenning Dr. and Mrs. Dennis Clifford
Ms. Pam Cocker Ms. Kathryn Codo Harold Cohen and Sue Miller Ms. Jo E. Cohen Dr. and Mrs. S. Phillip Cohen Ms. Gretchen G. Colbert Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Collins Rabbi and Mrs. Julian I. Cook Ben and Ann Cooper Dr. John A. and Ms. Jane H. Coppola Mr. and Mrs. Tom E. Costner Kerry and Walter Cole Mrs. Anita Cox Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Cox Dr. James W. Craft Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Craft Tom and Lucy Creighton Mr. Edward Cronin Margaret Cunningham Mr. Barry Curtiss-Lusher Mary Ann Cushing Chuck and Kay Darling Ronald L. Deal Michael Demers Mr. and Mrs. Rus Dewitt Mr. David DiGiacomo Ms. Joan G. Disborough
BOULDER PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
St. Martin’s Chamber Choir Timothy J. Krueger, Artistic Director
20th Anniversary Season
Mr. and Mrs. Josiah B. Dodds Ms. Ann Marie Doerhoff Leland and Margaret Dong Peter and Marian Downs Ms. Kathleen Doyle Dr. Paul and Paulette Dragul Ms. Marina Dubrova Ms. Donna Duhadway Mr. and Mrs. Phillippe Dunoyer Roger and Carol Dutton Ms. Janice G. Eckhardt Gretchen and Bill Edwards Christina Ellis Mr. and Mrs. Roger Emblen Ms. Lynette Emery M. Stephen and Sydney M. Enders Ms. Gislinde G. Engelmann Bede and Burt Epstein Sharry Erzinger Richard and Mary Fanyo Mrs. Ann B. Fawcett John and Joan Feek Ms. Janice E. Ferguson Vince and Dorothy Fesmire Bud and Mimi Figel
MICHAEL BUTTERMAN, MUSIC DIRECTOR
21ST SEASON “Music of the Tsars” October 3 and 5, 2014
“The Art of Imitation: Palestrina” November 7, 8, 9, 2014
303-298-1970 www.stmartinschamberchoir.org
Wings & Spirits
Saturday, October 11, 2014 7:30 PM
TWYLA ROBINSON
Macky Auditorium, CU-Boulder
GRIFFES UDOW
The White Peacock Apparition
Brian Jones, Timpani
STRAVINSKY Suite From The Firebird (1919) SIBELIUS The Swan Of Tuonela STRAUSS Four Last Songs Honoring the 150th Anniversary of Richard Strauss’ birth Twyla Robinson, Soprano
Piano Legends: The Music of Billy Joel & Elton John Saturday, November 8, 2014 7:30 PM Macky Auditorium, CU-Boulder
Guest artists Jean Meilleur and John Regan will perform the best of what these two brilliant singer-songwriters have given the world.
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COMMUNITY SUPPORT Larry L. Fike and Karen M. Helm Dr. and Mrs. M.V. Filippone Dr. and Mrs. Ralph Fisch Ms. Laura Fischer Mr. Dan Fishman Mr. and Mrs. James W. Fleet Mr. Robert Fleming Nancy Follett Mr. Graeme Forbes Ms. Marcia Forman Mr. Richard Forseberg Jim Foster Mr. Richard Foster John and Lorna Fox Mr. Chris Frampton Ms. Elizabeth Frank Ms. Kirsten D. Franz Mr. and Mrs. David Freedman Mr. David Friedman Ellen and Sheldon Friedman Carol Friend Deborah Froeb Norbert and Linda Frueh Ms. Diane R. Fuchs Virginia E. and Robert K. Fuller Ms. Nicole Furman Caleb and Sidney Gates Mr. and Mrs. Greg Fulton Deborah B Gaensbauer Lukasz Galecki Dr. and Mrs. Richard V. Gander Dr. and Mrs. Arthur D. Garfein Lester and Joan Garrison Alan G. and Sally R. Gass Mike Gaughan and Jeff Julin James Geis and Beverly Walter Ms. Jane C. Gilbert Ms. Kathleen Gill Mrs. Roberta Gillis Dr. and Mrs. Stanley H. Ginsburg Dr. Gerry and Karen Glancy Mr. David Glanz Mr. Robert Gleser Mr. and Mrs. Gary Goble Mr. Joseph Goldhammer and Mrs. Elizabeth Block Mr. George Golder Mr. Barry J. Goldstein and Mrs. Thorey Goldstein Joel and Lanie Goldstein Donna and Stephen Good Ms. Phyllis Goodman Miyuki Mabel Googins Dr. and Mrs. Stephen A. Gorden Mr. and Mrs. James B. Grange Ms. Ellen D. Graves Mrs. Ellie Greenberg Mr. and Mrs. Gerald M. Greenberg Mr. Robert Greene
Dr. and Mrs. Daniel J. Greenholz Ms. Carol A. Greenwald Nancy and Russ Gregory Mr. Scott Greiner Ms. Eileen H. Griffith Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Griffiths Mr. and Mrs. Peter Griffiths Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Grob Martha and Jim Groebe Catherine Caton Groene Mr. and Mrs. Michael D. Groshek Mr. and Mrs. Russell W. Haas Gen. and Mrs. Gerald E. Hahn Arthur E. Hall, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. James Hall Dr. and Mrs. John L. Hall Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Haller Ms. Grace M. Halmi Mr. and Mrs. Jerrold Hauptman Mr. and Mrs. Homer Hancock Ms. Ellen Hanes Mary Hanewell Arthur and Lilly Hardin Ms. Darlene K. Harmon Linda Harmon Col. A. Lee Harrell and Madeline Homler Mr. Billy Harris and Ms. Linda Purcell Mr. and Mrs. Carroll R. Harr Ms. Lisa Harris Ms. Lois Hartman Mr. and Mrs. Edward F. Harvey Mr. Larry Harvey Kat and Stuart Haskins Charles and Luanne Hazelrigg Mr. and Mrs. George Hearne Dr. Thomas Heinrich Mrs. Joann D. Helm Ms. Debra Henderer Ms. Elizabeth W. Hepp Mr. Don C. Heppermann Owen and Deborah Herman Mr. Douglas Hesse and Ms. Becky Bradway Cynthia Hinds Daniel S. and Vicky L. Hinds Sarah C. Hite Ms. Jean A. Hoerl Ruth and George Hopfenbeck Ms. Mary J. Hopkins Bob Horecky Rev. and Mrs. G.L. Horle Ken and Sue Hovland Ms. Surilda J. Hudson Ms. Jane A. Hultin Mr. and Mrs. Brian Hunter Mr. Edward Hurry and Dr. Roberta Shaklee Chuck Husted Mr. and Mrs. Frank Isenhart
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Mr. Tom James Jennifer Janezic William C. Jensen Craig N. Johnson and Alicia J. McCommons Margie Lee Johnson Ms. Michelle Johnson Dr. Doug Jones, MD Dr. and Mrs. Everette Jones Mr. Jeffrey C. Jones Nathan Jones Stanley and Barbara Jones Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Judd Bill Juraschek Thomas and Veronika Kalan Ms. Margaret T. Kaluk Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Kane Donald and Susan Kany Mrs. Diana Kasson Mr. Norman L. Kautsky Mr. Ross Kazer Mr. J. K. Kelly David Kendall Ms. Judy H. Kessenich Mr. and Mrs. Jonas Kiken John C. Kinnamon Ms. Julie Kinney Mrs. Margie A. Kinslow Eileen and Walter Kintsch Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Kisseberth Oza and Milan Klanjsek Mrs. Emi J. Klein Stephen and Nancy Kneipple Mr. and Mrs. Jason C. Knievel Elmer and Doris Koneman Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Koski Ms. Sylvia Kreider Mrs. Nancy L. Krum Jack R. Kullman Mr. Dan LaChance Robert and Patricia Lackner C. Daryl and Lori W. Lamb Charlotte and Maurice Larue Keith P. Lautenbach Richard S. Leaman Ms. Carol L. Lee Dr. Hanna Lee Ms. Carol J. Lens Thomas and Joan Leonard Phyllis Lerud Sidney and Renae Levin Mr. and Mrs. Dan Lichtin David and Peggy Lindstrom Mrs. Seymour Liss Ms. Marilyn Litman Mr. and Mrs. William Litvak Nancy Livingston Charles and Gretchen Lobitz Dr. and Mrs. Ron Long Mr. and Mrs. William C. Loyd Greg Lucas Fred and Bonnie Luhman Mr. Robert E. Lundy
COMMUNITY SUPPORT Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lynch Ms. Donna R. Lynch Ms. Jeanne Maher Janika and Paul Mahon Mr. and Mrs. Paul Marcus Mr. Jackie L. Markey Mr. and Mrs. David Marks Elizabeth Marr and John Price Mr. and Mrs. Gerard Martins Mr. James L. Marvin Wendell Matt Mrs. Dorothy B. Mauk Mr. and Mrs. Mark J. Maxwell Jill Mazer Janice K. McClary Myron McClellan and Lawrence Phillips Mr. and Mrs. Robert McClelland Valli T. Mc Dougle Nina and Rex McGehee Carla E. McKennett Mr. and Mrs. John H. McLagan Mrs. Bridget McNeil Mr. and Mrs. Harold “Bud” Meadows Mrs. Ethel and Mr. Lee Mendel, and Mrs. Barbara Mendel
Curtis H.P. Menefee and Kathryn A. House Pamela Merrill Mr. and Mrs. Charles Metzger Dean Miles Mr. Alan D. Miller Mrs. Elaine Millman Ms. Ronnie Mitzner Mr. and Mrs. Robert Monks Ms. Cheryl Montanio Cheryl L. Moody Mr. Douglas G. and Dr. Laura B. Moran J. Gregory Morrell Rossann Mosher and Jeff Jordan James and Karin Mote Ms. Debra L. Moutain Sharon and Kurt Muenchow Mr. David Mullikin Kenneth and Gloria Mundell William and Rosemarie Murane Mr. and Mrs. James W. Mytton Buffy and Veron Naake Mr. and Mrs. Ron Nadel Bill and Barbara Nash
Mr. Robert Nauman and Ms. Liz Goodman Katherine Nazzaro Mr. Harry G. Newman and Mrs. Elizabeth Frank Paul and Barbara Nicholas Ms. Tricia Nichols Mr. and Mrs. Carl J. Nicoulin Richard L. Nielsen Mr. Charles Niemczura and Ms. Decker Swann Mr. and Mrs. Alan F. Nies Richard Nirk Ms. Sally Ochsner Schubert M. Ogden Dr. Bonnie M. Orkow, Ph.D. John and Mary Ann Parfrey Kelly Parker Susan S. Parkhurst Ginny Passoth John and Mary Parfrey Ms. Joyce Paul Mr. Howard L. Paynter Mr. and Mrs. Neil Peck Forest O. Peneton Mr. Tom Persing Ms. Karen Peterson Marge Petersen
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COMMUNITY SUPPORT Ms. Marie M. Pfister Mr. and Mrs. George C. Pickering Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Pierce Tom Pierce and Lu Ann Dillon Ms. Sally G. Plummer Dr. Barbara Pollack Ms. Nadine Popham Ms. Barbara Powell Dr. Richard Presnell Jack and Barbara Piddy Libby Printz Robert and Sarah Przekwas Mr. Michael L. Raggio Mr. and Mrs. Ted E. Rains Dr. and Mrs. Pablo Ramos Richard M. Randall Sandra Rapley Ralph and Ingeborg Ratcliff Ms. Joan Ratz Ms. Julia Rawlings Mr. and Mrs. David Reinecke Mr. Robert B. Renfro Russell Reynolds Dick and Priscilla Roberts Mr. and Mrs. William H. Roberts Phil Rock and Pamela Page Mr. Bernie Rogoff and Ms. Jean Greenberg Bernard and Beverly Rosen Mary Ann Ross Molly O. Ross Mr. Robert Ross Ms. Jennifer Rowe Paul D. Rubner and Vicki D. Jensen Ms. Clarice Ruckhaus Stan and Betty Rudeen Ms. Carol L. Rust Judy and Ron Ruth James and Carol Salbenblatt Stanley and Karen Saliman Steven and Barbara Sande Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Sandt Mr. Clayton Saylor Dr. Donald W. Schiff, M.D. Ms. Ann Schmidt Mr. Gary Schneider Mr. James B. Schoedler Ms. Shirley A. Scott Mr. David Seeland Mr. and Mrs. Karl O. Seller Mr. and Mrs. Robert Shaklee Dr. David Shander Barbara L. Sharp Charles and Shirley Anne Sheets Mr. Daniel Sloan Mr. David Sloan John and Kathleen Sloan Ms. Carol I. Simpson Jack and Diane Smith Mr. and Mrs. Jay T. Sperr
Dr. Norman Spivy Mrs. Susan Spangler Dr. and Mrs. Byron St. Clair Mr. and Mrs. Paul C. Stanko Ms. Ruth M. Stark James Steed Mr. and Mrs. Tim Stegink Jackie Stevens Mrs. Donna Stiles Mr. and Mrs. Lewis J. Stockwell Mr. Herbert Stoeger Mr. and Mrs. William A. Stolfus Mr. Samuel Stott Bill and Shirley Stout Dr. James Strain Arthur and Stephanie Strasburger Mr. and Mrs. Steve Straub Mr. and Mrs. William E. Sweet, III Mr. John Swift and Mrs. Gretchen Swift Ms. Cle C. Symons Vincent and Gay Tagliavore Dr. and Mrs. Richard W. Talley Dr. and Mrs. John Taubman Ms. Betty Taylor Erik and Frances Taylor Mr. James Taylor Mr. Larry Taylor Walt and Sally Tejan Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Tellis Mr. Tom Teske Dr. Marsha Tharakan Barbara Thorngren Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Thorpe Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Timblin Mr. Roger Tinklenberg Ms. Martha Tracey Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Trask Robert and Kelli Tregemba Donald and Mary Tucker Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Turner Ms. Phillis Vandehaar Ms. Janet Velazquez Mr. Jose Velazquez Mr. and Mrs. Roberto J. Valdez Ms. Phyllis Vandehaar Mr. and Mrs. John C. Vaughey Mr. and Mrs. Thomas G. Virtue Mr. and Mrs. James M. Voorhees Dr. and Mrs. Bolko von Roedern Laurence Wagley Gary and Mary Lou Waldman Mr. and Mrs. Winston G. Walker Julie and Bob Wallace John R. and Kristine E. Wallack Ms. Tina Walls Rev. Donald N. Warner Ms. Polly Warner Carley J. Warren Ms. Hanna Warren
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Walter and Susanna Weart Mr. and Mrs. Galen R. Weaver Jay P. Webster Hedy and Michael Weinberg Mr. and Mrs. Terrance Weinburger Ms. Marilyn Wheeler Thomas and Theresa Wheeler Norman and Marcia Whitcomb Sidney J. and Shirley B. White Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Whitney Dr. Norman E. Wikner and Dr. Lela A. Lee Caroline and Evan Williams Daniel Williams Ms. Janet Williams Dr. John S. Williams, M.D. Mrs. Astrida Wilson Kent Wilson Ms. Marion Wilson Mr. and Mrs. Daniel T. Winston Ms. Marylou Witaschek Mr. Ian Witter Mr. Hunter Wolcott Dr. and Mrs. Robert R. Wolfe Ms. Jacquelyn Wonder Judith Wong-Roberts Mr. and Mrs. Lester R. Woodward John Wright and Martha Hernandez Dr. and Mrs. M. Robert Yakely Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Young Mr. and Mrs. Vladimir M. Zolotoochin Loren Zweig ENDOWMENTS The following members of the Symphony family have established special funds to perpetuate the work of the Colorado Symphony for future generations. These endowed funds are gifts from individuals who have loved, believed in and supported the orchestra; to these individuals the Colorado Symphony extends unending gratitude. The Bill Gossard Music Director Chair The Charles S. Sterne Conductor’s Podium The Dave and Pam Duke Families Guest Artist and Guest Conductor Fund The Mary Rossick Kern and Jerome H. Kern Concertmaster Chair The Principle Percussion Chair, Endowed by a Friend of the Colorado Symphony
COMMUNITY SUPPORT THE HORACE TUREMAN SOCIETY Named for the first conductor of the Denver Civic Orchestra, the Horace Tureman Society honors an exceptional group of people who have pledged future support for the Symphony through an estate gift. The Tureman Society recognizes in perpetuity those making estate gifts through wills, living trusts, annuities, IRAs, retirement plans, charitable trusts, life insurance designations or other legacy giving vehicles. Richard and Susan Abernethy Edgardo and Lisa Belen Mr. and Mrs. David M. Budd Mr. Jim Caputo Mr. Gene Child J. Harold Corp Trust Anne M. Culver Ms. Janice G. Eckhardt William G. FairField Ms. Grace L. Freye Ms. Carol K. Gossard Ms. Jennifer Guess Ms. Donna E. Hamilton Mr. James Harold Mr. Johannes Heim Johannes Heim Cathey A. Herren Mrs. Janice E. Hesser Ms. Blanche B. Hilf Senta G. Holtzmann Ms. Margaret R. Houston Virginia Ruth Hungerford Mr. and Mrs. Gopal Iyengar Ms. Gloria E. JohnstonMcGregor Mrs. Suzanne W. Joshel Mr. Geoffrey Kuhn Sandy and Evan Lasky Deanna Rose Leino Frank and Ginny Leitz Ms. Ann C. Levy John and Merry Low Sandey Luciano Evi and Evan Makovsky Mrs. Sue McFarlane Willis M. McFarlane Mr. James Mead and Ms. Carol Svendsen Steve G. Morton Mr. Thomas Murray Ms. Lori Needler Mr. and Mrs. Ron Neel Judith Nichols Mr. William Oliver William Oliver Gordon R. and Pam Parker Armeda Plank
Barbara J. Powell James Robert Pratt Dr. and Mrs. W. Gerald Rainer Mrs. Lee R. Roberts Mr. Neil F. Roberts Mr. Bruce M. Rockwell Audrey D. and Harvey D. Rothenberg Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Runice Suzanne Barber Ryan Richard and JoAnne Sanders Ms. Floy L. Senior James and Jenene Stookesberry Mr. Richard Thackrey James D. and Judy Vaughn John R. and Kristine E. Wallack Ms. Elizabeth P. Wright The Patricia G. Wunnicke Trust Phyllis J. Young IN MEMORIAM GIFTS The following gifts were made to the Colorado Symphony in memory of a family member, friend, or supporter of the symphony. These tributes hold an honored place with the Colorado Symphony, and we are pleased to recognize them. In memory of Donald L. Ambler given by: Mr. Frank Y. Parce Mr. Chet Hampson and Ms. Susan Martin In memory of Margaret “Peggy” Brown given by: Mr. Steve Erke Ms. Alma Haycraft K. H. and M. E. Schlichtemeier David R. Wilson In memory of Ms. Ellie Campbell given by: Ms. Marilyn Johnston Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kueler Mr. George Peak In memory of Blair Chotzinoff given by: Mr. Chet Hampson and Ms. Susan Martin Nancy and Robert Schulein Fund In memory of Ms. Zypha Clinton Ms. Esther A. Spachner In memory of Betty Damerau given by: Carroll Barnes
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Franklin and Edna Churchill Ralph and Alice Damerau Robert Damerau Carol Dasse Susan Hess Vicky Mateev Patrice Oliver Shirley Satterlund Ramon and Sandra Villarreal Richard and Marsha Wagner Mr. and Mrs. Gary L. Winkelbauer Mr. Robert Damerau In memory of Mr. George Decurnou given by: His friends in Healthcare Policy and Financing In memory of Dr. Louis Duman given by: Sylvia Sosin Cohen In memory of Mr. Leo M. Eisel given by: Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Serotta In memory of Lynn Erion given by: Ms. Jo Ellen Cohen In memory of Dr. Joyce S. Freeman given by: Freeman Family Foundation In memory of Jerry Friedman given by: JoAnne Friedman In memory of Ms. Callae B. Gilman given by: The Gilman Family Foundation In memory of Ms. Hermina Goldfarb given by: Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Newman In memory of Mrs. Pamela Gordon given by: Ms. Jo Anne Meinert Karen Rownd In memory of Manny Greenberg given by: Ellie Greenberg and Family The Sylvan Stool Family In memory of Mr. Bryon E. Graber given by: Victoria Aguilar Mary Louise Burke Mr. Keith Corrette Vishnu and Jane Devkar Mr. Robert A. Graber Jeff Holliday David House Brenda Lechuga
COMMUNITY SUPPORT Ms. Penny May Mitch McKee Ms. Nancy N. Morehead Mrs. Jo B. Shannon In memory of Kenny Harper given by: Mr. Chet Hampson and Ms. Susan Martin In memory of Louise Hadley Hill given by: Mr. George Heisel In memory of Jeannine D. Hiester given by: Phillip C. Hiester In memory of Dr. and Mrs. James Hill given by: Mr. John Hill In memory of Ms. Vesta “Dott” Hutchison given by: Ms. Sherri Colgan Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Grigg Mrs. Joan Laubhan Mr. George Peak Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Whitney Ms. Phyllis Wrenick
In memory of Mr. William “Bill” Houlton given by: Colorado Permanente Medical Group Ms. Karin Henszey Katharine Morgan Mr. and Mrs. Trygve Myhren Lynn Nelson Mr. and Mrs. James M. Woodward In memory of Nedine Jarvis Ms. Barbara Baring Mrs. Rosemary Baring Mr. and Mrs. Russell W. Haas Ms. Maxine McFarland Mr. and Mrs. Stuart A. Witkin Ms. Lindy Schultz In memory of Glenn Johnson given by: Anonymous In memory of Maurice Larue given by: Scott and Jackie Barnes In memory of Wilson LeChat given by: Dr. Mary Ann Watson
In memory of Mrs. Elaine C. Lenicheck given by: Ms. Kate Bermingham Mr. Chet Hampson and Ms. Susan Martin In memory of Mr. Dallas Mauk given by: Mr. Frank Y. Parce In memory of Mr. Galen Nelson given by: Mr. and Mrs. Mark Murphy In memory of Ruth Poppe given by: Ms. Billie Edwards Mr. Frederick H. Poppe , Jr. William and Paula Poppe Ms. Margaret Wallace In memory of Barbara Ridgeway given by: Kathryn Taylor In memory of Mr. Harry Safstrom given by: Mr. Chet Hampson and Ms. Susan Martin In memory of Lyn Sabichi given by: Eileen Price
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COMMUNITY SUPPORT In memory of Ms. Frances E. Seifert given by: Ms. Mary S. Page In memory of Michael Schatz given by: Ms. Jo Ellen Cohen In memory of Mr. Robert Schulein given by: The Nancy and Robert Schulein Fund In memory of Dr. Aaron J. Shwayder, M.D. given by: Mr. Colby Hatfield In memory of Mrs. Janice A. Smith given by: Emily and Michael Bocko Robert R and Shirley Gallagher David and Joyce Guyton Dave and Barbara Lohr Barbara S. Miller Jim and Winnie Moss Jean C. Parchen Mark and Mary Schreiber Wilson Wampler In memory of Tracy M. Smith given by: Eaton Smith In memory of Mr. John M. Sommer given by: The Bailey Company Charles and Jerry Boutin Frederick and Mary Brower Mr. and Mrs. William Max Buckman Mr. Scott Contine Merriline Crawford Mr. Bruce Evans Mr. and Mrs. Gary Harris Mr. and Mrs. Frank Isenhart Mr. and Mrs. William C. McGehee Nancy Orcutt Ms. Gwendolyn A. Parker Dee Perry Van Gilder Insurance Corporation In memory of Mr. and Mrs. John and Marie Straub given by: Mr. Stephen D. Straub In memory of Mr. Albie Urban given by: Mr. and Mrs. David McGaw In memory of Mr. Guenther Vogt given by: Drs. Paula and William Bernstein Merle Chambers and Hugh Grant Al and Terri Fisher Mr. Floyd Ingalls
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Logan Richard and Pricilla Roberts Susan Sheridan Mr. Robert Turner Laura and Alan Zeigel In memory of Mr. Harry W. Vogler given by: Mrs. Teresa Vogler In memory of Mr. Robert “Bob” Wick given by: Mr. and Mrs. Carl Chenoweth Mrs. Patricia Redifer In memory of Lisa Gayle Wigod given by: Alan and Judy Wigod In memory of Mr. Jack “John” Wyatt given by: Mr. Frank Y. Parce IN HONOR GIFTS The following gifts were made to the Colorado Symphony in honor of a family member, friend, or special occasion. These tributes hold an honored place with the Colorado Symphony, and we are pleased to recognize them. In honor of Mr. Michael Altenberg’s birthday given by: The Striker Foundation In honor of Ms. Courtney H. Bress given by: Mr. Doug Hershey and Ms. Bronwyn Bateman In honor of Bill and Jo Calhoun’s wedding anniversary given by: Mr. and Mrs. Mark Calhoun In honor of Ms. Jo Ellen Cohen’s Birthday given by: Ms. Rosalyn Abrams Ms. Barbara Brooks Mr. and Mrs. Ken W. Calkins Ms. Bette Cooper Ms. Susan Gordon Mrs. Nancy Groff Mr. Donald N. Leach Ms. Chung Lee Ms.Sharon Marks Ms. Judith Melmed Ms. Nancy Miller Flora and Morris Mizel Foundation Ms. Casey Perry Mrs. Michele Right Ms. Jackie Roche Ms. Margaret Shloss Mrs. Barbara Sidon Ms. Traci Sidon
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In honor of Dick and Sigrid Freese given by: Ms. Margaret Roath In honor of Mr. Mike Fries Anna and John J. Sie Foundation In honor of Ms. Donna S. Gerich given by: Ms. Grace E. Johnston In honor of Ms. Jan Gieskieng given by: Ms. Linda McGoff In honor of Chet Hampson given by: Mrs. Leslie Cady Susan Martin In honor of Dr. and Mrs. Robert D. Harry given by: Erik and Susie Wagner In honor of Philip C. Heister, Master Electrican of the CSO given by: Mr. and Mrs. Eli Reshotko In honor of Fred and Margaret Hoeppner given by: Dr. and Mrs. David Flitter In honor of Steve and Elizabeth Holtze Mr. and Mrs. Carl Eklund In honor of Ms. Beth Johnston given by: Ms. Donna Gerich In honor of Mary Rossick Kern and Jerry Kern given by: Ms. Linda Dee In honor of Deanna Leino given by: Mr. Frank Y. Parce In honor of Andrew Litton given by: Mary Spillane In honor of Lois Moll given by: Judith Ellis In honor of Frank Y. Parce given by: Mr. David Parce In honor of Mrs. Lois and Dr. Gerald Rainer given by: Mr. Stephen A. Edmonds In honor of Ms. Eleanor Roberts given by: Mr. Frank Y. Parce In honor of Julie Rubsam given by: Anonymous Driscoll Foundation
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COMMUNITY SUPPORT In honor of Judge Raymond Satter and Mrs. Suzanne Satter given by: Mr. Donald Lockett In honor of Mr. and Mrs. Gene H. Sobczak given by: Mr. Richard Replin In honor of Lee and Margaret Tipton given by: Tipton Family Foundation MATCHING DONATIONS Thank you to those companies who match current and retired employee contributions to the Colorado Symphony and to our donors who apply for these matching gifts. Please check with your Human Resources department to see if your contribution can double through the generosity of your company. To contact the Colorado Symphony Development Department directly, please call Jackson Stevens at 303.308.2475.
WOMEN OF NOTE The following are members of the Colorado Symphony’s support Group Women of Note (WON). WON members receive exclusive benefits and event invitations throughout the season. The Colorado Symphony is grateful for the support of these dedicated individuals. Anonymous *Marin Alsop Suzanne Barber Ryan Anita Becky *Paula Bernstein *Terry Biddinger LaFawn Biddle Susan Bowles Nancy Butler Accetta *Erna Butler Barbara Calkins Char Campbell Carolyn Cho Noel Congdon Donna Connolly Jan Marie Crawford Jill Crow Anne Culver Virginia Dudden Sandy Elliott Barbara Ferguson Kathie Finger Mary Lou Flater
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