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The official magazine of the ROCHESTER PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA WARD STARE, MUSIC DIRECTOR JEFF TYZIK, PRINCIPAL POPS CONDUCTOR MICHAEL BUTTERMAN, PRINCIPAL CONDUCTOR FOR EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT The Louise and Henry Epstein Family Chair CHRISTOPHER SEAMAN, CONDUCTOR LAUREATE The Christopher Seaman Chair, Supported by Barbara and Patrick Fulford and The Conductor Laureate Society

JAN 26-FEB 19

in this issue 5 7 10 11 40 50

Welcome from the President & CEO The Orchestra

13 Stare Conducts Shostakovich 5 January 26 & 28

RPO Board of Directors Bravo to Our Sponsors

19 Mozart’s Requiem February 2 & 4

Bravo to Our Generous Supporters About Your RPO

27 Sutton Foster February 10 & 11

31 Romantic Classics with Stare & Denk February 16 & 18

35 Guitar Romances PHOTO CREDITS: COVER DESIGN: Meg Spoto, m dash studio THIS PAGE: ©2017 Suzy Gorman

February 19 Vol. 94 • Book 6

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On February 7, Ward Stare leads the third annual free season preview concert announcing the 2017−18 RPO season. For the first time, Ward will be joined onstage by Principal Pops Conductor Jeff Tyzik as co-emcee for the event, featuring the full orchestra performing musical highlights from the upcoming season. Reserve your spot at this special event by calling 585-454-2100 by Tuesday, January 31. Subscription packages for the new season go on sale Wednesday, February 8 at 10 AM. Only subscribers have immediate access to everything we have to offer next season, including big-name guest artists like our recent sellout concert with Yo-Yo Ma, so don’t wait!

Welcome

This month also sees blockbuster Philharmonics programming led by Ward Stare. You’ll hear Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5 on January 26 and 28. This program also features a new work by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Elliot Goldenthal and soprano Nicole Cabell channeling Ravel’s Shéhérazade. The following weekend, the Eastman-Rochester Chorus joins the RPO for Mozart’s Requiem (Feb. 2 & 4), a centerpiece in the film Amadeus.

February also marks the beginning of our annual school concert series.

Did you know that 7,500 Rochester City School District students attend free RPO concerts each year? This month we welcome first through third grade students from city and suburban districts to Kodak Hall for a concert that will explore the science of sound, led by Principal Conductor for Education and Community Engagement Michael Butterman (The Louise and Henry Epstein Family Chair). Special thanks to our supporters at MVP Healthcare and the Glover-Crask Charitable Trust for supporting our mission to introduce the magic of symphonic music to young people in our community.

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Two-time Tony Award winner Sutton Foster makes her RPO debut on our Pops Series, performing favorites from her star-making roles in Anything Goes, Thoroughly Modern Millie, and more (Feb. 10 & 11). On Valentine’s Day weekend, pianist Jeremy Denk returns to the RPO for Brahms’ grand and passionate Piano Concerto No. 2 (Feb. 16 & 18). We conclude this block of programming with an afternoon of romantic classical guitar by Eastman professor Nicholas Goluses on our popular Sunday Matinees at Hochstein Series (Feb. 19).

from the President & CEO

There’s so much to look forward to this month at the RPO!

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As always, thank you for making the RPO your choice tonight. Enjoy the show!

Ralph Craviso President & CEO

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WARD STARE Music Director

In the RPO’s 2015–16 season, Stare collaborated with highly regarded guest soloists including violinist Simone Porter, soprano Erin Wall, and worldrenowned pianist Yuja Wang. Stare also conducted the regional premiere of a flute concerto by Pulitzer-Prize winner Aaron Jay Kernis, performed by leading virtuoso Marina Piccinini. RPO 2016–17 season highlights include an American Music Festival, Puccini’s La Bohème, and the world concert premiere of a new work for orchestra by Academy Award-winning composer Elliot Goldenthal. Stare will also collaborate with noted soloists such as pianist Jeremy Denk, violinist James Ehnes, and soprano Nicole Cabell.

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Appointed the 12th music director of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra in July 2014, Rochester native Ward Stare has been described as “inspiring musicians to impressive heights” by The New York Times, a “compelling figure on the podium” by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and “a dynamic music director” by Rochester CITY Newspaper.

Stare’s recent seasons have seen a number of highly anticipated debuts with orchestras around the world, including performances with the Baltimore Symphony, Sydney Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony, Toronto Symphony, and the Calgary Philharmonic. This season, he makes his debut in November with the Hawaii Symphony Orchestra leading a program of Wagner, Liszt, and Sibelius, followed by his return to the St. Louis Symphony in December.

HALSKI STUDIO

He made his debut with the Grant Park Music Festival in July 2015, and returned to the New World Symphony in 2016. Stare’s frequent collaboration with the Lyric Opera of Chicago began with his debut in 2012 conducting performances of Hansel and Gretel; he returned in 2013 to lead Die Fledermaus, and again in November 2014 to lead Porgy and Bess to rave reviews. Following his critically acclaimed debut with the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis (OTSL) in 2013 conducting Il Tabarro and Pagliacci, Stare returned to OTSL the next season for performances of Dialogues of the Carmelites. He made his debut with the Washington National Opera conducting Donizetti’s comic opera L’Elisir d’amore in 2014.

Stare served as resident conductor of the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra from 2008 to 2012. In 2009, he made his highly successful Carnegie Hall debut with the orchestra, stepping in at the last minute to lead H. K. Gruber’s Frankenstein! The 2013–14 season saw his return to the Atlanta and Detroit symphony orchestras, as well as his debuts with the Syracuse Symphoria, the Jacksonville Symphony, and the Naples Philharmonic with Lang Lang as soloist. Other recent engagements include the Houston, Québec, and Dallas symphonies, as well as numerous engagements with the Saint Louis Symphony where he served as a regular guest conductor on the orchestra’s 2012–13 Family, Special Event, and Subscription series.

Stare was trained as a trombonist at The Juilliard School in Manhattan. At 18, he was appointed principal trombonist of the Lyric Opera of Chicago and has performed as an orchestral musician with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the New York Philharmonic, among others. As a soloist, he has concertized in both the U.S. and Europe. wardstare.com

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JEFF TYZIK Principal Pops Conductor

In his 23 years as principal pops conductor for the RPO, Tyzik has written more than 200 arrangements, orchestrations, and compositions for orchestra.

In the 2015–16 season, Tyzik premiered a new violin concerto written for RPO Concertmaster Juliana Athayde on the Philharmonics Series. He opened the 2016–17 Pops season with an all-Gershwin program featuring pianist Jon Nakamatsu, celebrating the 10th anniversary of the CD release featuring Nakamatsu that climbed to #3 on the Billboard charts.

SEAN TURI

Grammy Award winner Jeff Tyzik is one of America’s most innovative and sought-after pops conductors, recognized for his brilliant arrangements, original programming, and engaging rapport with audiences of all ages.

Tyzik holds The Dot and Paul Mason Principal Pops Conductor’s Podium at the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and also serves as principal pops conductor of the Seattle Symphony, the Detroit Symphony, the Oregon Symphony, and The Florida Orchestra.

Frequently invited as a guest conductor, Tyzik has appeared with the Boston Pops, Cincinnati Pops, Milwaukee Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony, Toronto Symphony, Indianapolis Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra.

Committed to performing music of all genres, Tyzik has collaborated with such diverse artists as Megan Hilty, Chris Botti, Matthew Morrison, Wynonna Judd, Tony Bennett, Art Garfunkel, Dawn Upshaw, Marilyn Horne, Arturo Sandoval, The Chieftains, Mark O’Connor, Doc Severinsen, and John Pizzarelli. He has created numerous original programs that include the greatest music from jazz and classical to Motown, Broadway, film, dance, Latin, and swing.

Tyzik holds both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the Eastman School of Music. jefftyzik.com.

MICHAEL BUTTERMAN Principal Conductor for Education and Community Engagement The Louise and Henry Epstein Family Chair

Now in his 17th season as principal conductor for education and community engagement with the RPO—the first position of its kind in the United States—Butterman also is the music director of the Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra, with whom he will appear at the Kennedy Center’s inaugural SHIFT Festival in 2017. In addition, he serves as music director of the Shreveport Symphony and the Pennsylvania Philharmonic, and just completed a 15-year tenure with the Jacksonville Symphony, first as associate, and then as resident conductor.

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Making his mark as a model for today’s conductors, Michael Butterman is recognized for his commitment to creative artistry, innovative programming, and to audience and community engagement.

As a guest conductor, Butterman has led many of the country’s preeminent ensembles, including The Cleveland Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, National Symphony, Detroit Symphony, and Houston Symphony. In the 2016–17 season, he will return to conduct the National Symphony for three weeks of concerts at the Kennedy Center, as well as to conduct Canada’s Victoria Symphony. Other recent appearances include performances with the symphonies of Oregon, Phoenix, Kansas City, Colorado, Charleston, Hartford, San Antonio, Syracuse, New Mexico, Santa Fe, California, Louisiana, Spokane, El Paso, Mobile, and WinstonSalem, as well as the Colorado Music Festival Orchestra, Pensacola Opera, and Asheville Lyric Opera. Summer appearances include Tanglewood, the Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival, Ohio Light Opera, and the Wintergreen Music Festival in Virginia.

His work has been featured in six nationwide broadcasts on public radio’s Performance Today, and can be heard on two CDs recorded for the Newport Classics label and on a disc in which he conducts the Rochester Philharmonic and collaborates with actor John Lithgow. michaelbutterman.com.

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Maintaining and operating the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra (Founded in 1923 — Incorporated in 1930)

RPO Board of Directors

EX-OFFICIO OFFICERS Ralph P. Craviso Jules L. Smith, Esq. President & CEO Chairperson of the Board Ralph P. Craviso President & CEO Ilene L. Flaum Vice Chairperson Robert A. Woodhouse Treasurer Mark Siwiec Secretary

2016–17 Season

Dr. Dawn F. Lipson Immediate Past Chairperson

Jules L. Smith, Esq. Chairperson of the Board

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(TERM EXPIRES FEB. 2017) Stephen B. Ashley Dr. Andrew J. Elliot Ilene L. Flaum Michael Gioja Patrick J. Kelly Michael B. Millard Elizabeth F. Rice Jules L. Smith, Esq. (TERM EXPIRES FEB. 2018) La Marr J. Jackson, Esq. David Lane Michael Pietropaoli Christopher N. Pipa Dr. Stephen I. Rosenfeld Katherine T. Schumacher Deborah Wilson (TERM EXPIRES FEB. 2019) Dr. Steven E. Feldon Marjorie L. Goldstein Dr. Sandra S. Johnson Mark Siwiec Ingrid A. Stanlis Jason Thomas Steven H. Whitman Robert A. Woodhouse

David C. Heiligman Chairperson, Honorary Board Dr. Dawn F. Lipson Immediate Past Chairperson Dr. Jamal J. Rossi Dean, Eastman School of Music Anna Steltenpohl Orchestra Representative W. Craig Sutherland Orchestra Representative HONORARY BOARD David C. Heiligman Chairperson Nancy & Harry Beilfuss James M. Boucher Paul W. Briggs William L. Cahn Catherine B. Carlson Louise Epstein Joan Feinbloom Betsy Friedman Patrick Fulford Ronald A. Furman Mary M. Gooley A. Thomas Hildebrandt Marie Kenton Dr. James E. Koller Harold A. Kurland, Esq. Cricket and Frank Luellen Elizabeth F. Rice Nathan J. Robfogel, Esq. Jon L. Schumacher, Esq. Katherine T. Schumacher Betty Strasenburgh Josephine S. Trubek Suzanne D. Welch Patricia C. Wilder

PAST RPO CHAIRPERSONS 1930–32: Edward G. Miner* 1932–34: Simon N. Stein* 1934–38: George E. Norton* 1938–41: Leroy E. Snyder* 1941–42: Frank W. Lovejoy* 1942–43: Bernard E. Finucane* 1943–46: L. Dudley Field* 1946–48: Edward S. Farrow, Jr. * 1948–51: Joseph J. Myler* 1951–52: Joseph F. Taylor* 1952–55: Raymond W. Albright* 1955–57: Arthur I. Stern* 1957–59: Thomas H. Hawks* 1959–61: Walter C. Strakosh* 1962–63: Ernest J. Howe* 1963–65: O. Cedric Rowntree* 1965–67: Frank E. Holley * 1967–69: Thomas C. Taylor* 1969–71: Thomas H. Miller* 1971–72: Mrs. Frederick J. Wilkens* 1972–73: Edward C. McIrvine 1973–74: Robert J. Strasenburgh* 1974–75: John A. Santuccio 1975–76: Robert J. Strasenburgh* 1976–78: Dr. Louis Lasagna* 1978–80: Edward C. McIrvine 1980–82: Peter L. Faber 1982–84: Paul F. Pagerey* 1984–85: Peter L. Waasdorp* 1986–89: Robert H. Hurlbut* 1989–91: Paul W. Briggs 1991–93: Karen Noble Hanson 1993–95: Ronald E. Salluzzo 1995–98: A. Thomas Hildebrandt 1998–00: Harold A. Kurland, Esq. 2000–04: David C. Heiligman 2004–06: Ingrid A. Stanlis 2006–09: James M. Boucher 2009–11: Suzanne D. Welch 2011–13: Elizabeth F. Rice 2013–15: Dr. Dawn F. Lipson * Deceased

The RPO expresses its gratitude to all those who have served as Honorary Board members in the past.

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Ward Stare, conductor Nicole Cabell, soprano

8 PM KODAK HALL AT EASTMAN THEATRE

ELLIOT GOLDENTHAL Waltz and Agitato, “Pravda” (World Concert Premiere) RAVEL (EDITED NIEWEG)

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Shéhérazade

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Asie (Asia) La Flûte enchantée (The Enchanted Flute) L’Indifférent (The Indifferent One) Nicole Cabell, soprano

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Symphony No. 5 in D Minor, Op. 47

Stare Conducts Shostakovich 5

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ELLIOT GOLDENTHAL Waltz and Agitato, “Pravda” (World Concert Premiere) b. Brooklyn, New York May 2, 1954 This is the first performance by the RPO

Goldenthal has composed symphonic, vocal and chamber scores, but he is best known for his film and theatre music. His opera Grendel (2007) was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize, and he won an Academy Award for his score for the film Frida (2002).

The composer has provided the following note.

“Waltz and Agitato, “Pravda” is in a loose way, a memory-portrait of the 20th century Soviet composers, some of whom had a great impact on dramatic forms of opera and cinema and its political function.

“Pravda” is Russian for “truth,” and is also the official name of the Soviet State-sponsored news agency. “Pravda” often stoked a sometimes uneasy collaboration between the aspirations of the State and the artist, like an awkward-footed waltz of industrialization versus the troubadour. Sometimes sardonic and often turbulent, this pas de deux often resulted in an uneasy artistic capitulation, which was often no dancing matter.”

MAURICE RAVEL Shéhérazade b. Ciboure, France March 7, 1875 d. Paris, France December 28, 1937 First performed by the RPO March 13, 1947; Leonard Bernstein, conductor Jennie Tourel, soprano

In the Arabian nights fables, a sultan became convinced that all are women are fickle. He took a new bride each day, then put her to death the next. Princess Scheherazade, his latest consort, came up with a clever strategy designed first to postpone, then hopefully to evade her fate. Every evening she told him a spellbinding tale, one leading into the next. Finally after 1001 nights, the sultan relented and settled down to a happily married life with her.

In 1898, while Ravel was still studying at the Paris Conservatoire (and 10 years after the creation of Rimsky-Korsakov’s famous Last performed by the RPO symphonic suite), he began an operatic treatment of the Arabian March 30, 2011; Nights. He progressed no further than the overture, which remains James Judd, conductor his earliest surviving orchestral work. He returned to the same Christina Pier, soprano territory five years later, bearing increased self-confidence and more modest ambitions. He composed a three-part song cycle based on poems from a large, recently published collection, entitled Shéhérazade, by Tristan Klingsor, the pen name of his friend Arthur Justin Léon Leclère. The songs were premiered in Paris on May 17, 1903.

“Asie (Asia)”, the first and longest song, offers a dream-like journey through eastern lands.

Ravel evokes them in dazzling orchestral colours, while alternating moods of excitement and languor. “La Flûte enchantée (The Magic Flute)”, the second song, captures the stillness of a warm afternoon. A girl listens sadly to the haunting sound of a distant flute, played by her lover. The cycle concludes with a portrait of a potentially amorous, but eventually unfulfilled encounter between total strangers. Ravel scores “L’Indifférent (The Indifferent One)” in soft, muted colours, but ones which, like the words, suggest levels of deeper, unspoken passions.

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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 5 in D Minor, Op. 47

b. St. Petersburg, Russia September 25, 1906 d. Moscow, Russia August 9, 1975

Shostakovich spent much of his life First performed by the RPO under the oppressive regime of Soviet January 29, 1942; dictator Joseph Stalin. The brutality of Jose Iturbi, conductor the time naturally left its mark upon as Last performed by the RPO sensitive a creative artist as he. In 1936, March 5, 2011; his opera Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk Yoav Talmi, conductor District came under fire from Soviet officials as “formalist” music, exactly the sort of personalized, pessimistic music that the country’s composers ought not to be writing.

Overnight Shostakovich became persona non grata. He recognized how crucial the reaction to his next symphony, No. 5, would be. Failure would most likely result in his “disappearance,” like those befalling countless victims of Stalinist purges.

Yevgeny Mravinsky conducted the premiere in Leningrad on November 21, 1937, and it won a resoundingly positive reception. Some officials voiced suspicions regarding the sincerity of this symphonic apology, but their concerns were rapidly drowned in a sea of praise. Early in 1938, after the symphony had firmly entrenched itself, the composer broke his silence regarding his intentions by writing (or having his name unknowingly attached to the following): “The theme of my symphony is the making of a man. I saw man with all his experiences at the center of the composition...In the finale the tragically tense impulses of the earlier movements are resolved in optimism and the joy of living.”

Testimony, the book of memoirs that was published after his death, offered a much different view, especially regarding the seemingly triumphant finale: “The rejoicing is forced, created under threat. It’s as if someone were beating you with a stick and saying, ‘Your business is rejoicing, your business is rejoicing,’ and you rise, shaky, and go marching off, muttering, ‘Our business is rejoicing, our business is rejoicing.’ What kind of apotheosis is that? You have to be a complete oaf not to hear that.”

Is the concluding section triumphant? Much depends on the conductor’s approach. At a fast tempo, the coda of the finale does indeed sound positive, even festive. At a slow pace, it becomes a hollow, agonized funeral march. More important than finding a definitive answer to this uncertainty is to appreciate the searing portrayal of human suffering that Shostakovich offers in the third movement. This is the heart and soul of the piece. Its sincerity—as attested by the weeping of the audience at the premiere—is unassailable.

The first movement opens with the starkest and simplest of dramatic gestures. After much desolate rumination, momentarily brightened by themes on violins and solo flute, a raging emotional tempest is launched by a harsh, machine-like tread in the depths of the orchestra, including piano. Once this blazing, goose-stepping hurricane has blown itself out, the quasioptimistic flute theme reappears, but only briefly.

The following scherzo-like movement is ripe with grotesquery and satire. With its heavyfooted dance rhythms and intentionally schmaltzy violin solo, it demonstrates Shostakovich’s strong affinity with Mahler, whose music he had been studying for more than a decade. After the tragic third movement, the finale opens in a mood of defiance. In the wake of a powerful central climax, something of the opening movement’s wistfulness returns. Then comes the conclusion. © 2017 Don Anderson. All rights reserved.

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artists Winner of the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Competition in 2005, Nicole Cabell is now one of the most sought-after lyric sopranos in the world.

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Nicole Cabell, soprano

Nicole Cabell

Elliot Goldenthal

This season she debuts as Bess (Porgy and Bess) with Sydney Symphony Orchestra under David Robertson, and sings Contessa Almaviva (The Marriage of Figaro) in Patrice Caurier and Moshe Leiser’s production at Angers Nantes Opéra. Following her acclaimed role debut as Mimì (La bohème) with Opéra national de Paris, Cabell returns to the role this season for Cincinnati Opera under Louis Langrée, as well as for Minnesota Opera. In a new departure last season, Cabell made her company and role debut in the title role in Alcina for Grand Théâtre de Genève under Leonardo García Alarcón to universal acclaim.

Full lyric roles are equally prominent and Cabell recently made her company debut as Giulietta (The Capulets and the Montagues) with San Francisco Opera returning for Violetta (La traviata), a role which she also reprised at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden last season under Nicola Luisotti. Especially adept in French repertoire on both operatic and concert stages, Cabell has sung Leïla (The Pearl Fishers) for Santa Fe Opera and Juliette (Roméo et Juliette) for Atlanta, Cincinnati, and Palm Beach Operas, and has recently appeared with the London Symphony Orchestra singing Debussy’s The Blessed Damozel. Further concert highlights include Barber’s Knoxville, Summer of 1915 with both Sinfónica de Galicia and the BBC Concert Orchestra, and Elgar’s The Apostles with the BBC Symphony Orchestra. This is her RPO debut.

Elliot Goldenthal, composer Elliot Goldenthal was named a finalist for the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for his work on the original opera Grendel. He received an Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for his score for Frida directed by Julie Taymor, having also received Oscar nominations for the film’s song “Burn It Blue”, and additional nominations for his music for Interview With the Vampire and Michael Collins, both directed by Neil Jordan.

He received two Golden Globe nominations and three Grammy Award nominations and he was inducted into the NYFA Hall of Fame and presented with the ASCAP Founders Award. His symphonic piece, Fire Water Paper: A Vietnam Oratorio, was written to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War. Released in 1996, it featured soloist Yo-Yo Ma and was later performed at Carnegie Hall and The Kennedy Center, with Seiji Ozawa conducting.

Theatre credits include Juan Darién: A Carnival Mass, which received five Tony nominations including Original Musical Score, an Obie Award, and four Drama Desk nominations. He recently composed the music for an acclaimed production of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream for TFNA that received four Drama Desk Nominations including outstanding music in a play.

Goldenthal was also commissioned by the American Ballet Theatre to compose a ballet, Othello, which debuted at the Metropolitan Opera in 1997. His Symphony in G Sharp Minor had its world premiere with the Pacific Symphony in Costa Mesa in May 2014, and received the Orange County Register’s Reger Award for “Best New Symphony.”

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Ward Stare, conductor Kathryn Lewek, soprano Renée Tatum, mezzo-soprano Anthony Dean Griffey, tenor Raymond Aceto, bass Eastman-Rochester Chorus, William Weinert, director

HOVHANESS

Prelude and Quadruple Fugue, Op. 128

STRAVINSKY

Symphony in Three Movements

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Requiem (Sussmayer Edition) K. 626

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ALAN HOVHANESS Prelude and Quadruple Fugue, Op. 128 b. Somerville, Massachusetts March 8, 1911 d. Seattle, Washington June 22, 2000 This is the first performance by the RPO

The music of this prolific composer—he published more than 400 works (including 67 symphonies), and destroyed as many as 1000 more—is known for its beauty and exotic flavoring. At times, it anticipated the meditative style of such composers as Arvo Pärt. Of mixed Armenian and Scottish heritage, Hovhaness incorporated elements from numerous international folk traditions into his music, while his interest in spirituality and Renaissance music lent many works visionary and introspective qualities.

He composed the original version of this piece in 1936, as a work for string quartet. He prepared this edition for full orchestra in 1954-55, and dedicated it to conductor Howard Hanson and the Eastman-Rochester Orchestra for the 25th anniversary of the Festival of American Music. It answered (and doubled) a friendly challenge from fellow composer Roy Harris, who asked for a double fugue. It begins with a slow, emotionally clouded prelude, then continues with an ingenious and exhilarating fugue with four strongly contrasting subjects.

IGOR STRAVINSKY Symphony in Three Movements b. Oranienbaum, Russia June 17, 1882 d. New York, New York April 6, 1971 First performed by the RPO January 14, 1954; Erich Leinsdorf, conductor Last performed by the RPO March 12, 1988; Jerzy Semkow, conductor

Sketches for the opening movement of this piece date back at least as far as 1942. The following year, Stravinsky’s friend, author Franz Werfel, encouraged him to compose a score for the Hollywood film based on Werfel’s novel The Song of Bernadette. Stravinsky made sketches for the scene where the young French woman Bernadette sees an apparition of the Virgin Mary, but the project came to nothing.

When the New York Philharmonic Society commissioned a symphony, Stravinsky found that the 1942 sketches were suitable for a first movement, and the unused Bernadette music, a second.

He completed the symphony in 1945, and conducted the first performance himself in January 1946.

In its early years, it was referred to as the ‘War’ Symphony. In general, Stravinsky held mixed emotions about outside influences on music. He admitted that he had found inspiration for this symphony’s last movement in world events of the day, only to continue, “the symphony is not programmatic. Composers combine notes. That is all. How and in what form the things of this world are impressed upon their music is not for them to say.”

A powerful opening for full orchestra ushers in the driving first movement. Lighter episodes never dilute the music’s headlong momentum. The second movement is cool, more lightly scored, almost balletic. It provides the perfect setting for the solo spotlight to shift from the clangorous, earthly tones of the piano to the angelic strains of the harp. A brief, increasingly anxious interlude provides a bridge to the strident march-rhythms that open the finale.

Returning to the more fulsome orchestration of the opening movement, Stravinsky here recalled something of the barbarity of The Rite of Spring. An increasingly triumphant fugue brings the symphony to a strong, satisfying conclusion.

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WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Requiem, K. 626 In July 1791, a stranger came to Mozart and offered him a commission for a Requiem Mass. He stated that his employer wanted the piece in order to console himself for the death of his wife. Mozart was to have total freedom in writing it, but he was to keep the commission a secret.

Mozart agreed and set quickly to work.

b. Salzburg, Austria January 27, 1756 d. Vienna, Austria December 5, 1791 Completed by Franz Xaver Sussmayer (1766-1803) First performed by the RPO April 6, 1979; David Zinman, conductor Last performed by the RPO May 27, 2006; Christopher Seaman, conductor

The patron in question was Count Franz von Walsegg, a wealthy aristocrat with a taste for music. His dealings with Mozart followed a pattern he had previously established with other composers: he gave them commissions for new music, then attached his own name to the results.

Mozart’s work on the Requiem was diverted by other, more pressing requests, including the Clarinet Concerto, and the two operas he had agreed to write that year: a comedy, The Magic Flute, and a historical drama, La clemenza di Tito (The Clemency of Titus).

At the end of August, he travelled to Prague to supervise the premiere of Tito. He was able to complete this opera on time only with the help of his friend, pupil, assistant and travelling companion, Franz Xaver Sussmayer. Back in Vienna, Mozart once again took up work on the Requiem. On December 5, his multiple ailments and the stress of constant work took his life before he was able to finish it. The few portions that he had brought to near completion may have been performed at his funeral, as finished by Sussmayer and another of Mozart’s pupils, Franz Jakob Freystädtler.

Mozart’s widow, Constanze, set composer Joseph Eybler to work on completing the Requiem.

He inscribed his contributions, which he may have discussed with the composer, directly onto the manuscript score. Later, Sussmayer edited Eybler’s additions and contributed some of his own, thus completing the composition.

Sussmayer wanted to ensure that what he gave Count Walsegg would appear to be entirely Mozart’s handiwork. He took the autographs of the portions that Mozart had completed, and added to them copies of the remaining sections. He wrote out the latter himself, in a style of handwriting modeled on Mozart’s. He completed the package by adding a forgery of Mozart’s signature. The Requiem was delivered to Count Walsegg by March 1792.

It presents a compelling mixture of beauty, anguish, majesty, and drama. The darkness of the orchestral coloring is counterbalanced by the music’s nobility of spirit. It was composed by a man who had probably begun to realize that he would soon be facing his own destiny, and that he was in fact writing his own musical memorial. Yet so great were his courage and his genius, that he was able to counter his awe and dread of death with vast outpourings of faith and love.

A more fitting last musical will and testament would be difficult to imagine. © 2017 Don Anderson. All rights reserved.

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artists Kathryn Lewek, soprano Kathryn Lewek has established herself as one of opera’s strongest coloratura sopranos of this generation and now is expanding her resume with some of the most vocally Kathryn Lewek Renée Tatum challenging roles in the soprano repertoire.

Recent engagements include role debuts as Teresa in Benvenuto Cellini with Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona; Konstanze in Die Entführung aus dem Serail with Deutsche Oper Berlin; and the title roles of Maria Stuarda with Edmonton Opera, and Lucia di Lammermoor and Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia with Opera Carolina and Toledo Opera. Lewek’s interpretation of her signature role, the quintessential Mozart villain Queen of the Night, has garnered international critical acclaim and more than 100 performances. This season, she will reprise the role in her debut at Lyric Opera of Chicago and in a return to The Metropolitan Opera.

Widely lauded for her numerous operatic and oratorio performances, Lewek also is receiving critical acclaim for her decisive interpretations of contemporary art song and vast concert repertoire. Recent concert engagements include Bach’s B-minor Mass with Soli deo Gloria, and Carmina Burana with Dallas Symphony. She performed under the baton of the illustrious Maestro John Nelson for Bach’s Christmas Oratorio with Orchestra symphonique de Montréal and Haydn’s Creation. Additionally, she enjoyed appearances at Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, Santa Barbara Symphony, Toledo Symphony, and Musica Sacra, among many others. Her last appearance with the RPO was in 2011.

Renée Tatum, mezzo-soprano Noted for her “commanding and dramatic presence” (Opera News), mezzo-soprano Renée Tatum is rapidly gaining critical acclaim on the most prestigious opera stages in the United States. This season, engagements include Flosshilde in Das Rheingold at the National Taichung Theatre and in Götterdammerung in a return to Houston Grand Opera, Olga in Eugene Onegin with Boston Youth Symphony, and solos in Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis with Pacific Chorale, Mozart’s Requiem with Omaha Symphony and the RPO, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with San Diego Symphony, and Handel’s Messiah with Pacific Symphony Orchestra. This is her first appearance at the RPO. Recent concert appearances include singing the mezzo solo in Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony and Mozart’s Requiem with The Eastern Music Festival, and as mezzo soloist in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with The Boston Symphony Orchestra at the Tanglewood Music Festival. Additional concert engagements include Salome with Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Mozart’s Requiem with Music Director Daniel Stewart and the Santa Cruz Symphony, and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with conductor Daniel Wachs and the Orange County Philharmonic Society.

Tatum is a winner of the 2011 Gerda Lissner Foundation Competition, a finalist of the 2011 George London Foundation Competition, 2010 Grand Prize Winner of The Licia Albanese Puccini Foundation Competition, The Opera Index Competition, The Jensen Foundation Award from Chautauqua Opera, and two-time recipient of the Richard F. Gold Career Grant.

A Regional Finalist in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, she holds degrees from The Juilliard School and The Manhattan School of Music.

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artists Anthony Dean Griffey, tenor HARRY HELEOTIS

American tenor Anthony Dean Griffey has captured critical and popular acclaim on opera, concert, and recital stages around the world. He is particularly noted for Anthony Dean Griffey Raymond Aceto his portrayal of Peter Grimes, a role he has performed all over the world including in a new production at the Metropolitan Opera broadcast live in the company’s Met: Live in HD series.

A four time Grammy winner, Griffey’s extensive audio and video discography includes the Metropolitan Opera’s Peter Grimes (Warner Classics), the Los Angeles Opera’s The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (Euroarts), Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 with the San Francisco Symphony (SFS Media); Britten’s War Requiem with the London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO); and Of Mice and Men with the Houston Grand Opera (Albany). He most recently collaborated with guitarist Joseph Pecoraro on a solo Christmas album entitled This Little Light (Cgs Enterprises).

He has also taken an active role in many charitable efforts: he advocates for arts programs in the Guilford County Public Schools, raises money for the Mental Health Association as well as giving benefit concerts for the “Open Door Shelter” raising hundreds of thousands of dollars for the homeless in his hometown.

Griffey holds degrees from Wingate University, the Eastman School of Music, the Juilliard School, and is an alumnus of the Metropolitan Opera’s Lindemann Young Artists Program. He was awarded a Doctorate of Humane Letters from Wingate University and was inducted into the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame. He is currently professor of voice at the Eastman School of Music.

Raymond Aceto, bass Raymond Aceto has established an important presence among the world’s leading opera companies and symphony orchestras. His performances continue to gather both popular and critical acclaim.

Aceto began the 2016-17 season with his return to the San Francisco Opera as Ramfis in Francisca Zambello’s new production of Aida, followed by additional performances in San Francisco as The Bonze in Madama Butterfly. He returns to New Orleans Opera in March as Méphistophélès in Gounod’s Faust. On the concert stage, Aceto makes his debut with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra in Bruckner’s Te Deum under Donald Runnicles, as well as his debut with the RPO singing Mozart’s Requiem.

In recent seasons Aceto has been seen on tour with The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in Japan as Banquo in Macbeth and as the Commendatore in Don Giovanni. He also returned to The Dallas Opera as Scarpia in Tosca, followed by his debut with Opera Australia as Walter in Luisa Miller and his debut with Washington National Opera in Wagner’s Ring Cycle. He returned to the Santa Fe Opera in the summer of 2016 for the company’s 60th Anniversary season with performances of Frere Laurent in Romeo et Juliette and Ashby in Puccini’s La Fanciulla del West.

A seasoned performer with symphony orchestras in the United States and Europe, Aceto has been seen recently in performances of Mahler’s Das Klagende Lied the Dallas Symphony, Szymanowski’s King Roger with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, a concert presentation of Verdi’s I Due Foscari at the Gran Teatre del Liceu with Plácido Domingo, and with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in Verdi’s Requiem at London’s Royal Albert Hall.

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artists Eastman-Rochester Chorus, William Weinert, director Now in its 34th season, the Eastman-Rochester Chorus is a select symphonic chorus consisting of singers from the greater Rochester community and students from the Eastman School of Music. They present works in collaboration with the orchestras of the Eastman School of Music and the RPO. The chorus has presented a wide spectrum of repertoire, ranging from masterworks of Bach, Beethoven, and Handel, to Rochester premieres of works by Christopher Rouse, Dominick Argento, and Leonard Bernstein. The chorus has appeared with numerous distinguished conductors, including David Zinman, Robert Shaw, Gerard Schwarz, Jerzy Semkow, and Christopher Seaman, and is a founding member of the Greater Rochester Choral Consortium. Their last performance with the RPO was in 2015 under the baton of Ward Stare.

Since 1994, William Weinert has served as professor of conducting and director of choral activities at the Eastman School of Music, where he conducts the Eastman-Rochester Chorus and the Eastman Chorale, and supervises students in the graduate programs in choral conducting. He also serves as music director of Voices, Rochester’s professional chamber chorus, and as director of music at Asbury First United Methodist Church.

Choral preparation for Mozart’s Requiem is under the direction of Miles Canaday and Ben Johns, both doctoral candidates in conducting at Eastman. Canaday has served as music director of the Laudamus Chamber Chorale of Fort Collins, Colorado and the Community Chorus of Hobart and William Smith Colleges and holds a master’s degree from Yale. Johns is a graduate of the University of California-Irvine and was a singer with the renowned male vocal ensemble Chanticleer. For the last 10 years, he directed their education programs. He founded and continues to direct the Chanticleer LAB Choir.

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Eastman-Rochester Chorus

Eastman-Rochester Chorus

William Weinert, director SOPRANOS Madeleine Aborn Lorrie Alt Suzanne Bell Patricia Bratton Sarah Bullard Caris Burton Hana Cai Maire Carmack Ethel Chadwick Marianne Chiafery Ava D’Agostino Janice DeMocker Miriam Derivan Joan Dollinger Florence Fiandach Jill Gardner Susan Gates Isabella Geltman Emily Gordon Jeanne Grace Carol Green Mary Hershey Christine Huggins Suzan Keng Julie Kleinhans Sophia Koukoulas Lynda S. Krens Barbara Lakeberg Bonnie Lambourn Yeoug-Chin Lo Rainamei Luna Kaitlyn Mager Stephanie Marsh Kerry McMillan Christine McMullen Beth Myers Eleanor Oi Diane Park Mary Kate Pettine Pati Piper Diane Powell Susan Pritchard Jackie Shao Katie Smith Arlene Vanderlinde Amanda Varrone Anne Vogtle Julia Walsh Elizabeth Walsh Gail Weaver Stephanie Zwurtschek ALTOS Joanne Anderson Donna Berryman Brenda Bixby Marsha Boelio Stephanie Christensen Debbie Cole Mary Ellen Coleman Jane Dodds Emily Dorian Gretchen Drilling

Elizabeth Feuerstein Agnieszka Flor Jade Fung Diana Gerken Joyce Gilbert Mary Ellen Gill Nancy Grear Katie Hahn Jane Jeszenka Carol Kerner Carolena Lara Christina Lee Maria Leonardo Meagan Licata Sue Lione Ana Liss Dana McIver Ann McMican Honey Meconi Sandy Moncrief Rebecca Orton Caryl Papas Sara Park Beverly Pullis Joan Rubin Patricia Sanborn Karen Sangmeister Susan Schwardt Catherine Shoemaker Teresa Shyr Marie Sidoti Tobie Smith Laura Strossman Kaleigh Sutula Deborah Swift Julia Toce Agnieszka Wallace Emily Walsh Carol Wander Michelle Wu Fran Wyffels Carol Zajkowski TENORS Achilles Bezanis Vincent Bissonette Mark Catlin Andrew Chen Jerry Chen David Chin Christopher Clarke Orlando Diaz Dean Ekberg Remy Fenster Michael Gehl Ajay Kamath Rick Micoli Kelby Russell Don Seipel Mark Toor Jacob Tourjeman Stephen Wolak Edmond Zeller

BASSES David Berg Stephen Breneman Paul Caito Miles Canaday Terry Carney Timothy Coleman Mark Darling Tyler Dzuba James Ebmeyer Jonathan Falk Christopher Foley Richard Folwell Kent Gardner Peter Guidash Mark Hosseini Ben Johns Robert Kerner Robert Lawrence Vince Lobe Daniel Magee Colin Mann Toby Mea Edward Medina-Torres Steven Metcalfe Richard Moncrief Robert Moore Emory Morris Richard Myers Brent Neeley Roger Nelson Michael Orem Jason Perfetto Ian Pershing Carlo Serrano Robert Taylor Dave Teegarden Tim Thomas Doug Topping William Unterborn Jonathan Vogtle Scott Wagner William Wagoner Lewis Ward-Baker Adam Wells Brian White Nicholas Williams

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Sutton Foster

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artists LAURA MARIE DUNCAN

Sutton Foster, vocalist Sutton Foster is an award-winning actor, singer and dancer who has performed in 11 Broadway shows—most recently the revival of Violet—and originated roles in the Broadway productions of The Drowsy Chaperone, Little Women, Young Frankenstein, Shrek The Musical, and her Tony Award-winning performances in Anything Goes and Thoroughly Modern Millie .

She was first seen on television on Star Search at age 15, and has more recently appeared in Bunheads, Psych, Johnny and the Sprites, Flight of the Conchords, Sesame Street, Law and Order SVU, and Royal Pains .

As a solo artist, Foster has performed all over the country as well as internationally with her musical director Michael Rafter, featuring songs from her debut solo CD “Wish” as well as her follow up CD, “An Evening With Sutton Foster: Live at the Cafe Carlyle.” She has graced the stages of Carnegie Hall, Feinstein’s, Lincoln Center’s American Songbook series, Joe’s Pub, and many others. This is her first performance with the RPO. In 2011 she received an honorary doctorate degree from Ball State University where she also is on faculty as a teacher and advisor to the department of Theatre and Dance.

She is currently starring in the TV Land series, Younger created by Darren Star.

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FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 2017

Norm Lewis: The Music of the Night An evening with the star of Broadway’s Phantom of the Opera, Les Misérables, and The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess.

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An Evening of Storytelling with Garrison Keillor The best-selling writer and longtime star of A Prairie Home Companion returns to Rochester.

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“Queen Mab Scherzo” from Roméo et Juliette, Op. 17 (Romeo and Juliet)

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“Love Scene” from Roméo et Juliette Op. 17

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“Romeo Alone—Festival at the Capulets” from Roméo et Juliette, Op. 17

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Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major, Op. 83

Romantic Classics with Stare & Denk

Ward Stare, conductor Jeremy Denk, piano

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Allegro non troppo Allegro appassionato Andante Allegretto grazioso Jeremy Denk, piano Jeremy Denk will perform on a Steinway piano donated in honor of Jon Nakamastu, a special friend of the RPO.

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HECTOR BERLIOZ Selections from Roméo et Juliette, Op. 17 (Romeo and Juliet) b. La Côte-Saint-André, France December 11, 1803 d. Paris, France March 8, 1869 First performed by the RPO (entire work) April 5, 1962; Theodore Bloomfield, conductor Last performed by the RPO February 25, 1989; Hugh Wolff, conductor

The glorious plays of William Shakespeare (1564-1616) have inspired more music than any other body of literature—and not just in his native England. His poignant story of the young, star-crossed Italian lovers of medieval Verona, Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet, offspring of two families whose blood feud dooms the couple’s love to a tragic end, has cast a powerful spell of inspiration on scores of composers. Among the best-known figures who have written music based on it are Thomas Arne, William Boyce, Vincenzo Bellini, Charles Gounod, Engelbert Humperdinck, Dmitri Kabalevsky, Darius Milhaud, and Sergei Prokofiev. Its central themes have been adapted into other musical forms, Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim’s classic Broadway musical West Side Story (1957) standing proudly at the head of that line.

One of the play’s most vivid settings is the ‘dramatic symphony’ of Hector Berlioz. In 1827, an English theatre troupe arrived in Paris to stage a season of Shakespeare plays. Berlioz was stricken to the depths of his thoroughly romantic soul both by the works themselves, and by Harriet Smithson, the Irish actress who performed many of the bard’s leading roles—including Juliet. He created his most famous work, the Symphonie fantastique, as a result of this infatuation. Berlioz and Smithson eventually married, only to have their relationship fail. Berlioz’ love for Shakespeare proved more durable. His compositions inspired by the bard include an overture to King Lear, The Death of Ophelia, Funeral March for the Last Scene of Hamlet, a Fantasia inspired by The Tempest, and the opera Beatrice and Benedict, based on Much Ado About Nothing.

Berlioz considered setting Romeo and Juliet to music for years. It was only after violin virtuoso Niccolò Paganini made him a gift of 20,000 francs that he was able to take the time to do his subject justice. He completed his version in 1839. True to his extravagant nature, he gave the play a bold and very individual treatment. It alternates vocal segments based on Emil Deschamps’ French translation of the play, with purely orchestral movements that distill the spirit of other episodes. The color, warmth and verve of these instrumental numbers have long made them favorites in the concert hall.

Three of them will be performed at this concert. Quiet and rapid throughout, the “Queen Mab Scherzo” is a miracle of lightness, delicacy. and sparkle, befitting its subject, the fairy of dreams. “The Love Scene,” which Berlioz referred to as his personal favorite among all his own compositions, is a rapturous outpouring of romantic fervor. The final piece on the program is in two sections. In the dreamy opening panel, Romeo sits alone, filled with romantic yearning.

The distant sounds of a ball that is taking place at the nearby home of the Capulet family gradually insinuate themselves into his thoughts and the music. They finally awaken Romeo from his reverie and he rushes off to join the festivities. The party is in full swing, and Berlioz portrays the carefree event with a flurry of bold, dancing rhythms. Romeo and Juliet soon notice each other, and their affair is launched upon its fateful course.

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JOHANNES BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major, Op. 83 As serious and tradition-orientated a composer as Brahms considered a concerto no less important than a symphony. Not for him the flashy, empty-headed concertos designed solely to show off soloists’ technique. Each of his concertos is as substantial and thoughtful as any of his symphonies.

b. Hamburg, Germany May 7, 1833 d. Vienna, Austria April 3, 1897 First performed by the RPO December 5, 1930; Eugene Goossens, conductor Cecile Staub Genhart, piano Last performed by the RPO April 18, 2009; Christopher Seaman, conductor John Lill, piano

Maintaining an interest in such long-standing musical forms as the concerto and the symphony set him apart from many of his contemporaries. Two of them, Franz Liszt and Richard Wagner—the self-declared creators of the ‘music of the future’—preferred to work in such freer, more innovative domains as the symphonic poem and opera. During the period when Brahms created this concerto, for example, Liszt produced the piano piece La lugubre gondola, and Wagner, the opera Parsifal. The contrast between these ecstatic, forward-looking creations and Brahms’ sturdily conservative concerto is as fascinating as it is immense. The year of the concerto’s premiere also witnessed the births of two further artists destined to be innovators in their fields: composer Béla Bartók and artist Pablo Picasso.

The sketches for the concerto date from 1878, the same year as Brahms’ Violin Concerto. His creative schedule was so crowded that three years passed between the piano concerto’s conception and completion. He finished it during the summer of 1881, as part of a working holiday in the Austrian town of Pressbaum. Brahms himself was the soloist at the first performance, in Budapest on November 9, 1881, with Hans von Bülow conducting.

In emotional terms, Brahms divided it into two pairs of movements. The first couple contains virtually all the drama. The opening horn solo casts a spell of geniality over the broadly-scaled opening movement. The mood becomes more agitated toward the center, only to reach a conclusion as optimistic as the opening. The second movement is a tough, often passionate segment that makes use of materials intended for the abandoned scherzo of the Violin Concerto. Only its brief, dance-like middle panel offers a haven from the emotional storms.

What follows is total contrast: one of the most serene of all Brahms’ inventions. The radiant third movement features a prominent role for solo cello. To conclude the concerto, Brahms declined to repeat himself by offering a rambunctious or heaven-storming rondo. He serves up relaxed Viennese charm instead. Here is author Malcolm MacDonald’s description of the concerto’s finale: “Brahms never wrote a movement that was more of an unalloyed entertainment, nor more feline in its humor; the proportions remain kingly, but the lion now moves with a kitten’s lightness and a cat’s precise, unconscious grace.” © 2017 Don Anderson. All rights reserved.

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artists Jeremy Denk, piano MICHAEL WILSON

Jeremy Denk is one of America’s foremost pianists—an artist The New York Times hails as someone “you want to hear no matter what he performs.” He is a winner of a MacArthur “Genius” Fellowship, the Avery Fisher Prize, and Musical America’s Instrumentalist of the Year award.

In 2016-17, Denk embarks on a recital tour of the U.K., including a return to Wigmore Hall, and he will make his debut at the Philharmonie in Cologne. He appears on tour throughout the U.S., including Chicago Symphony Hall and Lincoln Center’s White Light Festival. His last performance with the RPO was in October 2014. This season, Denk will also release a solo recording, The Classical Style, and joins his long-time musical partners, Joshua Bell and Steven Isserlis in a recording of Brahms’ Trio in B-Major.

Denk’s 2015-16 engagements included a 14-city recital tour of the U.S., and culminated in his return to Carnegie Hall; while in the U.K., he appeared in solo recital and on tour with the Britten Sinfonia. He also returned to the San Diego and Detroit symphonies with Beethoven’s Fifth Piano Concerto, and continued as artistic partner of The St. Paul Chamber Orchestra .He lives in New York City, and his web site and blog are at jeremydenk.net.

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SUN 2 PM PERFORMANCE HALL AT HOCHSTEIN

RESPIGHI

Michael Butterman, conductor The Louise and Henry Epstein Family Chair

Nicholas Goluses, guitar Robin Steitz, soprano

Ancient Airs & Dances, Suite No. 1

16:00

Balletto detto ‘Il conte Orlando’ (Simone Molinaro) Gagliarda (Vincenzo Galilei) Villanella (unknown) Passo messo e mascherada (unknown)

VIVALDI

Guitar/Lute Concerto in D Major, R. 93

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Allegro giusto Largo Allegro Nicholas Goluses, guitar

VILLA-LOBOS

Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5, Ária

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Robin Steitz, soprano

RODRIGO

Fantasia para un gentilhombre

Guitar Romances

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21:00

Nicholas Goluses, guitar

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OTTORINO RESPIGHI Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite No. 1 b. Bologna, Italy July 9, 1879 d. Rome, Italy April 18, 1936 First and last performance by the RPO December 12, 2013; James Feddeck, conductor

This concert begins and ends with compositions based on works by earlier composers. Respighi created several charming suites for small orchestra, including The Birds and Botticelli Triptych. The three sets of Ancient Airs and Dances are the most popular of all such works of his. He drew most of the tunes he used in them from collections of Italian and French lute and harpsichord music of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

Suite No. 1 (1917) opens with the Balletto detto ‘Il Conte Orlando’

by Simone Molinaro (c. 1570-1633). Vincenzo Galilei (c. 1520-1591) composed the following Gagliarda, a bold, strongly accented movement with richer scoring than the Balletto. The composer of the third section, Villanella, is unknown. Respighi scored this haunting, melancholy air, the gentle jewel of the suite, with a delicate palette: flute, oboe, harp and strings. The finale, Passo mezzo e mascherada, combines two contrasting forms, through a pair of anonymous melodies.

ANTONIO VIVALDI Guitar/Lute Concerto in D Major, R. 93 b. Venice, Italy March 4, 1678 d. Vienna, Austria July 28, 1741 First and last performance by the RPO February 29, 1996; Robert Bernhardt, conductor Nicholas Goluses, violin

The guitar as it is known today didn’t exist in Vivaldi’s time. It was a humble, five-stringed folk instrument not deemed worthy of a serious composer’s attention. That status would change in the decades following his death. He composed for the guitar’s aristocratic predecessor, the lute, but his lute music sounds totally at home on a modern concert guitar. This concerto, which was originally a trio sonata for lute, two violins, and continuo, consists of two swift, sunny outer movements that are separated by a slow movement tinged with lyrical melancholy.

HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5, Ária b. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil March 5, 1887 d. Rio de Janeiro November 17, 1959 This is the first performance by the RPO

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While working on transcriptions of compositions by his idol, Johann Sebastian Bach, Villa-Lobos noticed similarities between them and Brazilian folk music. This inspired him to create nine suites for various instruments which combine original themes in Brazilian folk style with Bach’s Baroque European methods. This is the origin of their collective name, Bachianas Brasileiras. The best-known of all his works is Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5, which he composed between 1938 and 1945. It is scored for soprano and eight cellos.

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JOAQUIN RODRIGO Fantasia para un gentilhombre b. Sagunto, Spain November 22, 1901 d. Madrid, Spain July 6, 1999

Rodrigo composed two works for guitar and orchestra: the enormously popular Concierto de Aranjuez (1939), and this less well-known but equally enchanting Fantasia para un gentilhombre (Fantasia for a Courtier). He wrote the Fantasia in 1954 for the eminent guitarist Andrés Segovia. He drew the thematic materials This is the first performance from an anthology of instructional guitar solos by Spanish by the RPO composer Gaspar Sanz (1640-1710). He freely re-imagined and expanded upon them into this sensuous and vivacious work for guitar and small orchestra. He wrote, “The ideas, themes and tendencies characteristic at the end of seventeenth-century Spain and the beginning of the eighteenth century are, in a way, represented in the works of Gaspar Sanz. Being part of the courts of Philip IV of Spain, he is the first musician to create in the guitar a noble instrument. The ‘gentilhombre’ is literally Gaspar Sanz, and it is he to whom the work is dedicated. However I have also referred to Andrés Segovia as the ‘gentilhombre’ of the Spanish guitar, a nobleman in his own right among Spanish musicians. I pay tribute to him in dedicating this work to him also.” © 2017 Don Anderson. All rights reserved.

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artists Nicholas Goluses, guitar Nicholas Goluses is professor of guitar, founder, and director of the guitar programs at the Eastman School of Music, where he is the recipient of the Eisenhart Award for Excellence in Teaching and where he is currently co-chair of Strings, Harp & Guitar.

Additionally, he has held the Andrés Segovia Faculty Chair at Manhattan School of Music where he received a doctorate in musical arts, and was the recipient of the Pablo Casals Award and the Faculty Award of Distinguished Merit. His students have won major competitions and professorships throughout the world.

Goluses’s concert tours as soloist, with orchestra, and as chamber musician have taken him across North America, South America, Europe, Australia, and the Far East to critical acclaim.

His last performance with the RPO was in November 2005. He has recorded for NAXOS, Albany, and BMG. Committed to performing new music for the guitar, Goluses has given world première performances of more than 100 works. His performance editions are published by Alfred Masterworks. He is a voting member of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (GRAMMY). He is currently on the Board of Directors for the Guitar Foundation of America and was named 2016 Musician of the Year by Mu Phi Epsilon. He plays a guitar by master luthier, Matthias Dammann, of Passau, Germany. www.goluses.com

from the stage “I love playing with the RPO. I deeply respect this fantastic orchestra for its integrity, artistry, and commitment to our community. We always have a great time, and I have so many wonderful friends in the orchestra.

“I’ve played Joaquín Rodrigo’s famous Concierto de Aranjuez with the RPO several times, but this will be our first performance of his later work for guitar and orchestra, Fantasía para un Gentilhombre. This piece, composed in 1954, is an elegant suite which the great Spanish virtuoso Andrés Segovia commissioned from Rodrigo when they were both teaching at Santiago de Compostela. The work is in the neo-Baroque style and is based on the music of Madrid composer Gaspar Sanz, many of whose 250-year-old manuscripts reside in the Sibley Music Library at Eastman! In addition, Segovia had just received the royal title of 1st Marquis of Salobreña, becoming a “gentleman.” Rodrigo’s score is masculine, very proud and unabashedly Spanish.

“Antonio Vivaldi originally wrote his beautiful D-Major Concerto for Baroque lute and chamber orchestra. The work is in three movements (Allegro-Largo-Allegro) and has an exquisite slow movement which is a pleasure to play and to explore ornamentation. An ordained priest, Vivaldi wrote music of immediate joy and which is full of life. It pairs very well with the neoBaroque Rodrigo Fantasia, even though the works were composed some 200 years apart.”

—Nicholas Goluses

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artists Robin Steitz, soprano DAVID HOBBY

Robin Steitz is a second year master’s student in vocal performance at the Eastman School of Music, where she studies with Carol Webber.

She received her bachelor’s degree in linguistics from Reed College in Portland, Oregon, where she developed a passion for languages that she continues to explore through her study of voice. Her focus on solo performance began in 2014 at the American Institute of Musical Studies (AIMS) summer program in Graz, Austria, where she engaged in an intensive study of German Lied. In recognition of her performances at AIMS, Steitz was awarded the Harold Heiberg Liedersänger Preis for most outstanding singer of German Lied, and was granted the opportunity to perform a Lieder recital the following fall at the Austrian Embassy in Washington, D.C. She also was the winner of Eastman’s 2016 Voice Concerto Competition, for which she was granted a performance of Witold Lutosławski’s stunning and seldom-performed orchestral song cycle Chantefleurs et Chantefables with the Eastman School Symphony Orchestra. This past summer, she performed the role of ‘Suor Genovieffa’ in Oberlin in Italy’s summer production of Suor Angelica in Arezzo, Italy, and in the fall appeared as ‘Miss Jessel’ in Eastman Opera Theater’s production of Benjamin Britten’s Turn of the Screw. Later this spring, Steitz will also be featured as the soprano soloist in the Eastman Repertory Singer’s performance of Michael Haydn’s Requiem in C, and as ‘La Fée’ in Eastman Opera Theater’s production of Massenet’s Cendrillon.

This is her first performance with the RPO.

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CORPORATE PARTNERS, FOUNDATIONS & ORGANIZATIONS

Bravo to Our Generous Supporters

The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra gratefully acknowledges the following corporate, foundation, and community organizations for their generous support. Listings are in recognition of annual giving from September 1, 2015 to December 16, 2016. Please contact Mark Zeger at 585.454.7311 x232 with questions or corrections.

SYMPHONY ($50,000 AND ABOVE) Wegman Family Charitable Foundation Wegmans Food Markets CONCERTO ($25,000–$49,999) Canandaigua National Bank & Trust Elaine P. & Richard U. Wilson Foundation G.W. Lisk, Inc. M&T Bank SONATA ($10,000–$24,999) The Gertrude Chanler RPO Fund Constellation Brands Davenport-Hatch Foundation Melvin and Mildred Eggers Family Charitable Foundation ESL Charitable Foundation Gertrude Chanler Fund Glover Crask Charitable Trust High Falls Advisors Max and Marian Farash Charitable Foundation Daisy Marquis Jones Foundation Rochester Regional Health System Summers Foundation Inc. Xerox Foundation SUITE ($5,000–$9,999) First Niagara Financial Group Joseph & Anna Gartner Foundation Ann & Gordon Getty Foundation Gianniny Family Fund Mary S. Mulligan Charitable Trust Oppenheimer Funds Inc. Rubens Family Foundation Spindler Family Foundation St. John’s Home John F. Wegman Fund OVERTURE ($3,000–$4,999) Caldwell Manufacturing Co The Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation The Community Foundation Rufus K. Dryer II Fund Konar Foundation The MAGIC Center at RIT Rochester Midland Corporation Cornell/Weinstein Family Foundation

PARTNER ($1,000–$2,999) Alex and Ani Ames Amzalak Memorial Trust ALSTOM Signaling Foundation Bancroft-Tubbs Family Fund Bill Gray’s Restaurants Blitman & King, LLP The Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation T.M. & M.W. Crandall Foundation Fred L. Emerson Foundation Hazlow Electronics, Inc. Hegedorns Kovalsky-Carr Electric Supply Manning & Napier Advisors Morgan Stanley New Horizons Band & Orchestra Pinnacle Investments LLC Premium Mortgage Corporation Rochester Gas & Electric Corp.

Rochester Philharmonic League The Pipa Tagliarino Group Triad Foundation Uniland Development Co Waldron Rise Foundation The Louis S. & Molly B. Wolk Foundation ASSOCIATE ($600–$999) Diamond Packaging Digital Audio Visual Environments Genesee Valley Penny Saver KPMG LLP Matthews & Fields Lumber Co Morgood Tools Inc Schreiner Family Fund Star Headlight & Lantern Co., Inc. Vanden Brul Foundation In Memory of Herb & Joan Vanden Brul SUPPORTER ($300–$599) Reimer Piano Tuning Service Mr. & Mrs. Philip R. Wegman

GIFTS IN KIND Sarah D. Atkinson, M.D. & Steven Hess Ed & Barbara Burns Michael Butterman & Jennifer Carsillo City Newspaper Constellation Brands Peter & Joan Faber Kurt & Judy Feuhern Kevin Gavagan John Grieco Hedonist Artisan Chocolates Tom & Nan Hildebrandt Janet Kellner & Jim Kurtz KidsOutAndAbout.com Robin Lehman JR McCarthy Nazareth College Alexandra Northrop & Jules L. Smith, Esq. Richie Rich Events Katherine T. & Jon L. Schumacher Christopher Seaman Mark Siwiec & Duffy Palmer Ingrid Stanlis Ward Stare Jeff & Jill Tyzik Wegmans Suzanne Welch & Bill Watson Patricia Wilder MATCHING GIFT COMPANIES Bank of America Corning Incorporated Foundation Discover Financial Services ExxonMobil Foundation GE Foundation Genesee & Wyoming, Inc. Gleason Foundation Google, Inc. Hewlett-Packard IBM Corporation Johnson & Johnson J. P. Morgan Chase & Co. Morgan Stanley Oppenheimer Funds, Inc. Paychex, Inc. Pfizer Foundation Verizon

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ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE SOCIETY The Artistic Excellence Society (AES) recognizes donors for making a three-year pledge of $2,500 or more. The AES is designed to engage our most passionate contributors and to ensure financial stability and ongoing support. Contact Jason V. Polasek at 585-454-7311 x280 to learn more about becoming an AES member.

*Deceased

Anonymous (1) Nancy & Harry Beilfuss Carol & John Bennett Stuart & Betsy Bobry Chris & Tom Burns Mary Ellen Burris Margaret J. Carnall Mr. & Mrs. Russell D. Chapman Jeff & Sue Crane Paul R. Donnelly Dr. Eric Dreyfuss Larry & Kas Eldridge Fred L. Emerson Foundation James & Ellen Englert

Louise Epstein Barbara & Patrick Fulford Charles & Cindy Gibson Rob W. Goodling David & Barrie Heiligman Mr.* & Mrs. Robert D. Hursh Ralph F. Jozefowicz Myrta & Robert Knox Jim & Marianne Koller Stephen Lurie & Kathleen Holt Drs. Jacques* & Dawn Lipson Jane & Jim Littwitz Swaminathan & Janice Madhu Daniel M. Meyers

Deanne Molinari Paul Marc & Pamela Miller Ness Charles H. Owens William & Barbara Pulsifer Dr. & Mrs. Ronald Reed Elizabeth & Larry Rice Paul & Brigid Ryan Katherine T. & Jon L. Schumacher Vicki & Richard Schwartz Nancy Skelton Ingrid A. Stanlis Dr. & Mrs. Tae B. Whang Michael & Patricia Wilder Kitty J. Wise

CAMPAIGN FOR ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE The Campaign for Artistic Excellence was launched in 2012 to help the RPO achieve its long-term goals of attracting and retaining the best possible artistic talent, continuing a tradition of community service, building national recognition, and ensuring financial stability and organizational excellence. $100,000 AND ABOVE G. W. Lisk Company, Inc. Drs. Jacques* & Dawn Lipson

$15,000–$29,999 Carol & John Bennett Marie & Charlie Kenton Elizabeth & Larry Rice

$50,000–$99,999 Elaine P. & Richard U. Wilson Foundation Louise Woerner & Don Kollmorgen

$10,000–$14,999 Robin & Michael Weintraub

$30,000–$49,999 High Falls Advisors

$5,000–$9,999 William Eggers & Deborah McLean

GEORGE EASTMAN LEGACY SOCIETY The George Eastman Legacy Society honors those individuals who have included the RPO in their estate plans.

Interested in joining a growing group of dedicated individuals who appreciate the value that the RPO brings to their lives and the life of our community? Contact Jason V. Polasek at 585-454-7311 x280 to find out how you can help ensure that the RPO will be here for future generations.

*Deceased

Anonymous (1) Nancy & Harry Beilfuss Carol & John Bennett Jack and Carolyn Bent Ellen S. Bevan Stuart & Betsy Bobry William L. & Ruth P. Cahn Margaret J. Carnall Joan & Paul Casterline Dr. & Mrs. John J. Condemi Paul Donnelly Janis Dowd & Daan Zwick Joan Feinbloom Donald & Elizabeth Fisher Suressa & Richard H. Forbes Catherine & Elmar Frangenberg Carolyn & Roger Friedlander Betsy Friedman Barbara & Patrick Fulford Rob W. Goodling Mary M. Gooley Barbara Jean Gray-Gottorff George Greer* Mrs. Laura J. Hameister Warren and Joyce Heilbronner Jean Hitchcock

Norman L. Horton H. Larry & Dorothy C. Humm Mr.* & Mrs. Robert D. Hursh Jim & Marianne Koller Marshall and Lenore Lesser Drs. Jacques* & Dawn Lipson Sue & Michael Lococo William C. and Elfriede K. Lotz Cricket & Frank Luellen Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Mahar Joseph J. Mancini Pete & Sally Merrill Robert J. & Marcia Wishengrad Metzger Mrs. Elizabeth O. Miller Deanne Molinari Paul Marc & Pamela Miller Ness Suzanne F. Powell Eileen D. Ramos William Rapp Dr. Ramon L. and Judith S. Ricker Dr. Suzanne H. Rodgers Wallace R. Rust Peggy W. Savlov David & Antonia T. Schantz William & Susan Schoff

Peter Schott & Mary Jane Tasciotti Jon L. & Katherine T. Schumacher Gretchen Shafer Ingrid Stanlis Ann & Robert Van Niel Lewis & Patricia Ward-Baker Fred M. Wechsler Robin & Michael Weintraub Michael and Patricia Wilder Kitty J. Wise Nancy & Mark Zawacki Alan Ziegler & Emily Neece Ivan Town Harry & Ruth Walker Susan and Lawrence Yovanoff Mr. & Mrs. Ted Zornow The RPO is most grateful for the generous gifts from the estates of Edith B. Arganbright, Jean Boynton Baker, Norris F. Carlson, William L. Gamble, Jean Groff, William B. Hale, Mrs. Samter Horwitz, Eleanor T. Patterson, Ernest Raschiatore, Gretchen Shafer, and Elbis A. Shoales, M.D.

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MAESTRO’S CIRCLE The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra gratefully acknowledges the generous individuals listed here who help us continue to enrich and inspire the community through the art of music. While space only permits us to list gifts made at the Benefactor level and above, we value the generosity and vital support of all donors. Thank you so very much!

Listings are in recognition of annual giving from September 1, 2015 to December 16, 2016. If we have made an error or omission on this list, please accept our sincere apologies and contact Jason V. Polasek at 585.454.7311 x280 so we may correct our oversight.

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*Deceased Matching Gift

MAESTRO ($50,000 AND ABOVE) Suzanne Gouvernet William B. Hale*

Dr. Dawn Lipson Cricket & Frank Luellen

PRESTISSIMO ($25,000–$49,999) Anonymous Barbara & Patrick Fulford Mr. & Mrs. Ronald A. Furman

Mrs. Marjorie Morris Elise & Stephen Rosenfeld Mrs. Robert M. Santo

Josephine S. Trubek Louise Woerner & Don Kollmorgen

PRESTO ($15,000–$24,999) Jim Boucher Ilene & David Flaum Jeff & Alleen Fraser Mr. & Mrs. Michael Millard

Joan M. Pfeifer* Larry & Elizabeth Rice Sunny and Nellie Rosenberg Katherine T. & Jon L. Schumacher

Jules L. Smith & Alexandra Northrop Dr. & Mrs. Sidney H. Sobel Ingrid Stanlis Michael and Patricia Wilder

VIVACE ($10,000–$14,999) Mr. Roger L Anderson Stephen & Janice Ashley Drs. Eric and Eddie Bieber William L. & Ruth P. Cahn Ralph Craviso Mary Cowden William Eggers & Deborah McLean Andrew & Juli Elliot Mr. & Mrs. James T. Englert

Joan Feinbloom Dr. & Mrs. Steven Feldon Ronald Fielding Mike and Tabatha Gioja Marjorie and Julian Goldstein Jody & Bruce Hellman Marie & Charlie Kenton Jim & Marianne Koller David and Nancy Lane

Dan & Kiki Mahar Mrs. Richard Palermo Sandra A. Parker & John M. Summers Christopher and Elaine Pipa Dr. Eva Pressman and Dr. Seth Zeidman Sherman Levey & Deborah Ronnen Mark Siwiec & Duffy Palmer Steven & Christine Whitman Robert A. Woodhouse

ALLEGRO ($5,000–$9,999) Anonymous (2) Sarah D. Atkinson, M.D. & Steven Hess Miriam H. Ackley David J. Allen Marlene Alva in memory of Ruth G. Alva Nancy & Harry Beilfuss Carol & John Bennett Allen & Joyce Boucher Mr. & Mrs. Paul W. Briggs Mr. & Mrs. Harlan D. Calkins Paul and Mary Callaway Catherine B. Carlson Norris Carlson Betsy & John Carver Joan & Paul Casterline

Joyce Crofton Alison & John Currie Dr. Eric Dreyfuss Janet & Roger Gram Ms. Anne R Guenther* Howard T. Hallowell III David & Barrie Heiligman Tom & Nan Hildebrandt Stephen Lurie & Kathleen Holt Norman Horton Dr. Sandra Johnson Mrs. Sheila Konar Ernest and Sarah Krug Harold & Christine Kurland Joanne Lang

Dr. & Mrs. Anthony J. Leone, Jr. Mr. Lawrence Martling William P. McCarrick Deanne Molinari Kathy and John Purcell Dr. and Mrs. Ronald Reed Dr. Suzanne H. Rodgers Daniel & Charlotte Ryan M Sandra & Richard Stein David & Grace Strong Krestie Utech Dr. Sidney & Linda S. Weinstein Robin & Michael Weintraub

ANDANTE CIRCLE ($2,500–$4,999) Anonymous (3) Allan & Polly Anderson Allegra Angus Bob and Jody Asbury John and Mary Bartholomew Mr. & Mrs. Richard G. Bennett Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Bielaska, Jr. Judith M. Binder and Barbara Erbland Stuart & Betsy Bobry Robert Brown Barbara & John Bruning Mr. Roger Buckman and Ms. Jane Ellen Bailey Mary Ellen Burris Alan L. Cameros Philip & Jeanne Carlivati Margaret J. Carnall Mr. & Mrs. Russell D. Chapman Mary Ellen Clark Dr. John Condemi Jeff & Sue Crane Richard & Michele Decker

Elaine Del Monte Michele Dryer Frederick Dushay, in Memoriam for Anita B. Dushay Larry & Kas Eldridge John R. Ertle Robert P. Fordyce in Memory of Dr. & Mrs. Charles R. Fordyce Dr. & Mrs. Elmar Frangenberg Betsy Friedman Shirley B. and Kevin Frick Helen & Dan Fultz Patty & Dick George Dr. & Mrs. Charles J. Gibson Mr. & Mrs. Donald Ginsberg Warren & June Glaser Rob W. Goodling Debbie and Michael Gordon Jean Gostomski George & Mary Hamlin Warren & Joyce Heilbronner Elizabeth & John T. Hessney

Dr. Jack & Harriette Howitt Mrs. Robert D. Hursh Mr. and Mrs. Ernest J. Ierardi La Marr J. Jackson, Esq. Leslie H. Jacobs Dr. Ralph F. Jozefowicz Daryl & Charles Kaplan Norman & Judith Karsten Kathryn Kelleher Mr. & Mrs. Bruce M. Kennedy Robert J. Kennedy Richard & Karen Knowles Myrta & Robert Knox Marcy & Ray Kraus in loving memory of Dr. Allan & Charlotte Kraus Dr. & Mrs. Hobart A. Lerner Gay & Don Lenhard John & Dolores Loftus Edith M. Lord Swaminathan & Janice Madhu Mr. Lawrence Martling Bruce & Eleanor McLear

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ANDANTE CIRCLE ($2,500–$4,999) CONTINUED William & Barbara Pulsifer Mr. & Mrs. James R. McMillen Susan A. Raub Duane & Ida Miller John B. Rumsey James E. and Janet L. Morris Paul and Brigid Ryan Paul Marc and Pamela Miller Ness Drs. Carl & O.J. Sahler Elizabeth Neureiter-Seely Ron & Sharon Salluzzo Sara L. Niemeyer Richard & Vicki Schwartz Drs. Avice & Timothy O’Connor Nancy A. Skelton Bernard & Molly Panner Janet Buchanan Smith Karen A. Petras Norman* and Glenna Spindelman Brock & Sandra Powell ADAGIO CIRCLE ($1,000–$2,499) Anonymous (13) Daniel C. Abbas Dr. G Richard and Elaine Abbott Mrs. Martin Abkowitz Robert E. & Carol G. Achilles Barbara & David Ackroyd Edward & Joan After Carol Aldridge Dr. & Mrs. Henry W. Altland Stephanie & Geoffrey Amsel Marvin & Frederica Amstey Elaine Anderson Mr. & Mrs. F.L. Angevine, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. George M. Angle Dave & Jan Angus Mr. & Mrs. Mehdi N. Araghi Domenic Argentieri M Edward and Ruth Atwater Betsy Ann Balzano Mr. and Mrs. Bruce B. Bates Steve & Anne Bauer David M. Berg & Dawn K. Riedy John & Kristine Bouyoucos Judith Boyd Simon & Josephine Braitman Louis and Susan Brescia Claire M. Brown Josh & Beth Bruner Josephine Buckley Patrick and Irene Burke Sharon & Philip Burke Chris & Tom Burns Ann Burr & A. Vincent Buzard Alan L. Cameros Michael B. Gehl & Jeffrey Caruso William T. Chandler Margaret & Donald Cherr Mr. Dale Clark Lorraine W. Clarke Sarah H. Collins* M Christine Colucci Marj & Wiles Converse Jeremy A. Cooney, Esq. John M. Coulter Jeff & Sue Crane Mrs. Nancy G. Curme Judith & Joseph Darweesh David F. Dean Bonnie & Duane DeHollander Jacques & Monique Delettrez Stephanie & Douglas Dickman Tex & Nicki Doolittle Gail & Douglas Doonan William & Cynthia Dougherty M Marilyn Drumm Dr. & Mrs. James Durfee Rose Duver Ellen & Lester Eber Carol & Tom Elliott Mohsen Emami, M.D. Louise W. Epstein

Gerald G. Estes Trevor & Elizabeth Ewell Sherman & Anne Farnham Samuel J. & Marsha R. Fico Thomas & Janet Fink Gail R. Flugel Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Forsyth Jonathan Foster Ann and Steve Fox Mr. Thomas Lennox and Mrs. Margaret Freeman Harry & Marion Fulbright Marjorie & James Fulmer Johanna M. Gambino in memory of Jerry J. Gambino Dr. Richard & Josie Gangemi David and Patricia Gardner Sharon Garelick Winston E. Gaum Dr. & Mrs. David Gentile Mr. & Mrs. Wesley P. Ghyzel Ann Goldberg Paul & Carol Goldberg Patricia Goodwin Burton Gordon Robert & Jeanne Grace Jeanne Gray in memory of Robert C. Gray Harvey Greenberg Alan & Julie Griesinger Brigitte & Klaus Gueldenpfennig Susan & James Haefner Jeffrey & Lynne Halik Peggy & David Hall Joan & Alfred Hallenbeck Mrs. Laura J. Hameister Louise Harris Chris Hasenauer Gil & Judy Hawkins Richard A. Henshaw Merrill & Dianne Herrick Walter B.D. Hickey, Jr. David C. & Patricia M. Hinkle Art & Barb Hirst John & Barbara Holder Susan Holliday Dr. Robert E. Horn & Dr. Patricia Nachman Mrs. Samter Horwitz Mary Jo & Jack Hultz H. Larry & Dorothy C. Humm Agop Ispentchian Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence S. Iwan Bob & Elaine Jacobsen Miles & Silvija Jones Dr. & Mrs. Harold Kanthor Lori & Frank Karbel Patrick and Kathleen Kelly Mr. & Mrs. Bruce M. Kennedy Mr. & Mrs. Mordecai Kolko Karen S. Kral

Mrs. Andrea Stewart Bob & Gayle Stiles Catherine Toy Mr. John Urban Ann & Robert Van Niel Dr. & Mrs. Tae B. Whang Mrs. Frederick C. White Kitty J. Wise

Deanna & Charles Krunsenstjerna Werner & Susan Kunz David & Andrea Lambert Donna M. Landry Ms. Connie Leary Nancy H. Lee John and Alice Leddy Norman & Arlene Leenhouts Dr. Thomas Caprio & Ann Leonhardt Ken and Katherine Lindahl Jane & Jim Littwitz Mr. & Mrs. James A. Locke III Sue & Michael Lococo Mrs. Frank W. Lovejoy, Jr. Pamela Krug Maloof Joseph J. Mancini Kathryn Markakis and Geoffrey Williams Joan Markman in memory of her sister, Margaret Winters Diana Marquis Saul & Susan Marsh Mrs. Bruce P. Marshall Linda M. Marsters Frances & Robert Marx Richard & Catherine Massie Stephen Matkowsky and Elzbieta Charchalis Carol & John Matteson William & Erin McCune Gilbert Kennedy McCurdy Carol A. McFetridge Pamela McGreevy Marion & Ed Mench Pete & Sally Merrill Robert J. & Marcia Wishengrad Metzger Daniel M. Meyers Hinda & Michael Miller Morning Musicale John Muenter Ann Mulligan* Dr. & Mrs. Stephen Munson Dr. Gary & Ruth Myers Mr. & Mrs. Philip Neivert Kathy & Ted Nixon Suzanne J. O’Brien William J. O’Connor, Jr. David E. Owens Mrs. Virginia S. Pacala Jane Parker & Francis Cosentino Patricia & Philip Parr Edward J Pettinella Elizabeth Phelps Channing & Marie Philbrick Douglas & Diana Phillips David & Virginia Pixley Lee Pollan Vera Powley Bill & Beverly Pullis Robert & Anne Quivey Nancy & Vincent Reale

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ADAGIO CIRCLE ($1,000–$2,499) CONTINUED George Smith & Diane Ahlman Mr. & Mrs. Thomas S. Richards Mary Gayle Smith Mrs. Norma Riedman Susan and David Spector Doria Scortichini & Chris Ritchlin Kenneth T. & Eva M. Steadman Carol Ritter Wright & William Wright Mr. & Mrs. Frederick Stehler Daniel & Nancy Robbins Judith Steinheider Nancy & Art Roberts Chris Stenzel Mrs. Stanley M. Rogoff Robert C. Stevens Thomas & Elizabeth Ross Mrs. Andrea Stewart Jamal and Pam Rossi Dr. Robert & Sally Jo Stookey Hon. Franklin T. and Cynthia Russell Margaret A. Strite Peggy Savlov Jim Sullivan James G. Scanzaroli Steve and Cheryl Swartout Gary B. Schaefer Margaret and Charles Symington Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence M. Schenck Dr. and Mrs. Henry A. Thiede Peter Schott & Mary Jane Tasciotti J. Russell & Kathleen Thomas Thomas Schumacher Jason Thomas Joan M. Schumaker Miriam Thomas Anthony & Gloria Sciolino Robert & Diane Tichell Catherine & Richard Seeger Sonya Tierney Joan & Arthur Segal Eric Tillich Libba & Wolf Seka Dr. and Mrs. Mark Tornatore Mr. & Mrs. Eugene P. Seymour Stephen & Shirley Townsend Wayne & Sonja Shelton Mrs. Schuyler Townson Robert & Nancy Shewan David and Marcia Trauernicht Alice & Ken Slining

PHILHARMONIC FRIENDS

Dorothy Tyler Jim & Linda Varner Dr. Laura von Doenhoff Richard & Brenda Vuillequez Robert & Sandra Walker M Skip & Karen Warren Harry & Ruth Walker Robert & Sandra Walker Stephen R. Webb Irene & Alan Weinberg Ann Weitzel Mary Ellen Welch William D. Watson & Suzanne D. Welch Joseph Werner & Diane Smith Stephen Wershing Nancy Weyl Ms. Christine Wickert James H. Willey Elise & Joseph Wojciechowski Ernest Wong Elizabeth D. Woodard Charlotte J. Wright Caroline and Richard Yates Susan Zauderer Mr. & Mrs. Ted Zornow *Deceased MMatching Gift

ADVOCATE ($700–$999) Anonymous (5) Betsy & Gerald Archibald Dr. & Mrs. Donald Barrett Jeanne Beecher Hays & Karen Bell Mr. & Mrs. Donald Bennett Mr. & Mrs. Rodney Blumenau Robert Boehner Mr. and Mrs. Donald J. Bolger Bruce and Shirley Burritt Gary R. Chadwick Cathy Chambers Jane A. Capellupo Cathy Cambers Ted & Winnie Cichanowicz Jack & Barbara Clarcq Roy Czernikowski & Karin Dunnigan Dr. Salvatore & Joan Dalberth Frederick Davey Mr. James J. De Luca Nancy & Sreeram Dhurjaty Jane Dieck Paul and Karen Grover Duffy Holly K. Elwell Mrs. Walter Fallon Udo Fehn & Christine Long Mr. & Mrs. Lee J. Fleckenstein George and Marie Follett Suressa & Richard Forbes John & Chris Forken Richard & Carol Fullerton Sue Gaffney Dr. & Mrs. William Grammar Barbara J. Granite Ed & Terry Grissing Michael & Joanna Grosodonia Mrs. Robert Gulick Sharon and Mark Hamer Marilyn & Dick Hare

Karen Hatch and Dirk Bernold Gil & Judy Hawkins Mrs. Robert A. Heinle Mr. Lawrence Helfer Dan & Sandy Hollands Carol E. Hopkins Earl & Mary Ingersoll Ronald & Martha Jodoin Dr. & Mrs. H. Douglas Jones Lori & Frank Karbel Janet Kemp Mr. & Mrs. Alvie Kidd Marilyn & David Klass Clem & Mary Elizabeth Knight Glenn & Nancy Koch Jane Labrum Paul Law Doris & Austin Leve Arthur E. Lowenthal John & Judy Lynd Sandy & Jack Maniloff Mr. and Mrs. Fred Mason Mrs. Gilbert G. McCurdy Richard McGrath Mr & Mrs John F. McNamara Jonathan Mink & Janet Cranshaw Nancy and Kenneth Mihalyov Onnalie Miller Jonathan Mink & Janet Cranshaw Richard & Joyce Mitchell Ilene Montana Dr. Richard & Nancy Newton Thomas W. Petrillo & William R. Reamy Ann Piato Jason Polasek Lee Pollan Margaret Quackenbush Edward Radin Nancy & Art Roberts

Nathan & Susan Robfogel Dr. & Mrs. Gordon N. Robinson Mrs. James A. Rockwell in Memory of Rev. James A. Rockwell Carolyn & Charles Ruffing Ron Sassone William Saunders Carol and Axel Schreiner Caroline Schultz Mr. & Mrs. Michael O. Shipley Bruce and Laura Smoller Carol C. Shulman Laura Smoller Kathie Snyder Robert & Norma Snyder Charles H. Speirs Walter Stacker M Susan & Daniel Stare Dr. & Mrs. Alexander Strasser Mr. & Mrs. Rudolph Steiner Frank & Rose Swiskey Drs. Jaimala and Krishan Thanik Jennifer Thomas Celia & Doug Topping Betsy Van Horn Jim Van Meter & Marlene Piscitelli Bill Prest Doug Cline & Lorraine Van Meter-Cline Gary & Marie VanGraafeiland Vic Vinkey John and Susan Volpel Nancy & Tom Walters Dale & Lorraine Whittington Ed and Wilma Wierenga Puck & Claes Winqvist Grace Wong Laura & Joel Yellin Mary Jane Proschel Karen & Sy Zivan

BENEFACTOR ($375–$699) Anonymous (8) Karen Abbas Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. Ackley

Robert & Anne Allen Norman Alling Peter & Jane Anderson

A. Joseph Antos Dr. and Mrs. E. David Appelbaum Bob and Jody Ashbury

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BENEFACTOR ($375–$699) CONTINUED Gloria Baciewicz Leslie Baker Priscilla Baker Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Balta Lon Baratz M D M.J. Barclay John and Lisa Baron Tom Bartolini Asish and Susan Basu Ann Bauer Brenda Beal John and Ellen Beck Miss Anne Bell Eric & Marcia Birken Chrystine Blackwell Mrs. Barbara Blake Lynne Blank James R. Boehler Angela Bonazinga & Catherine Lewis Erick & Nancy Bond Susan & Peter Bondy Agneta M. Borgstedt, M.D. Ann Borgstrom M Mr. and Mrs. William Boudway Jeff & Kathy Bowen Shirley Bowen & Tracy Perkins Donald & Mary Boyd Nancy & Chuck Boyer Daan Braveman Linda Bretz Mr. & Mrs. Joseph C. Briggs Elaine & Wayne Brigman Marilyn R. Brown Susann Brown & Terence Chrzan Wilma M. Brucker Doug & Chris Brush Nancy Brush and John Parker Al Buckner Eileen Buholtz M Sarah and Edward Bullard Mary Elaine Aldoretta & Richard Burandt Debra Burgin Brian and Mary Jane Burke Mr & Mrs Bruce C Burkey Larry and Veronica Burling David J. And Margaret M. Burns Keith & Joan Calkins Paul Campbell Mary Carlton Wayne Carnall Gerard and Joanne Caschette John & Diane Caselli Diane & Roger Cass Richard E. Cavers Robert & Susan Chapman in memory of Lucille Giglia Bill and Victoria Cherry Dr. Lawrence and Mrs. Rita Chessin Ms Ellin Chu Irene M. Churukian Victor Ciaraldi & Kathy Marchaesi Martha D Clasquin Elizabeth Claypoole Mr. & Mrs. James D. Clifford Alan Cohen and Nancy Bloom Gloria & Pincus Cohen David & Donna Cole Mary Collins Mary Lewis Consler Mr. and Mrs. Alan Cook Walter Cooper John & Mary Crowe Jimena Cubillos

Cathy Cushman & Jeff Sokol Louis & Allis D’Amanda Jerry Davidson Teri Davis John & Jane DeCory Ken & Jean DeHaven Dr. Elise dePapp Theodore DeSoto Josephine Dewey Jorge L. Diaz-Herrera Celia Dilworth Wendell & Mary Discher Jacqueline Distefano Margo Dobies Donald & Stephanie Doe Warren Doerrer J. Ernest Du Bois Jane Dunham Cynthia Ebinger Dianne Edgar Mr. & Mrs. Richard J. Egan Dr. Steven & Susan Eisinger Larry & Peggy Elliott Marcia L. Elwitt Mr. and Mrs. R. Clinton Emery Mr. & Mrs. Henry A. Emmans Julia B. Everitt D. Craig Epperson & Dr. Beth Jelsma Karl & Paula Essler Gordon J. Estey Wolf and Carolyn Ettinger Joan & Peter Faber Janet Fernandez Dr. Paul Fine Clara S. Firth Elizabeth B. Fisher F. Peter Flihan Mrs. Timothy P. Forget Philip Franco Sandra and Neil Frankel Ruth Freeman Dr. Gary J. Friend and Mrs. Lois B. WolffFriend Kevin Frisch Judith Fulmer Richard T. Galvin Jerry J. Gambino, Jr. Jill & Kent Gardner Darrell Geib Richard & Joyce Gilbert Walter Gilges Tom & Kelly Gilman Robert & Marie Ginther Andrea S. Giuffre Bruce Goldman John & Roslyn Goldman Jane Gorsline Dr. & Mrs. William Grace Barbara Jean Gray-Gottorff Mr. & Mrs. Newton H. Green Russell Green Gay Jane Greene Mr. & Mrs. Michael R. Griswold Michael & Joanna Grosodonia Mr & Mrs Michael D Grossman Mr. Robert C. Grossman Mrs. Robert Gulick Stephen Gullace Ann L. Haag Sue Habbersett Dr. & Mrs. Robert J. Haggerty David & Frances Hall Mark Hamer

David & MaryAnn Hamilton Nancy Hamlin Zena & Tom Hampson Martin & Sherrie Handelman Barbara & A. Michael Hanna Mr. & Mrs. Joseph R. Hanna Ronald W. Hansen Robert T. & Mary Ann Hargrave Karen Hart Mr. & Mrs. James M. Hartman Mr. and Mrs. Lee Hasiuk Bernice Hatch Karen Hatch Mr. Howard Decker and Mrs. Amy Hecker Ann Hedges M Barbara & Dieter Hentschel Dr. and Mrs. Raul Herrera Carol M. Herring K.L. Hersam Carol & Michael Hirsh Drs. Ryan and Makiko Hoefen Peter Hogan Audrey W. Holly Mr. and Mrs. Ned Holmes Tala and Mark Hopkins Mr. & Mrs. William N. Hosley Andrew & Kathleen Holt Larry and Barbara Howe Mr & Mrs Elmer Humes Drs. Geza & Minou Hrazdina Marjorie S. Humphrey Richard & Joyce Humphreys Mr & Mrs Frank M Hutchins Mr. Robert S. Hyman James Iacutone Dr & Mrs Robert Isgro Dewey Jackson Bruce Jacobs Seth Jacobson Stephen Jacobstein Janet S. Jennison David & Patricia Jewell John Joyce Mr. & Mrs. Thomas F. Judson, Jr. Valerie & Robert Kalwas Barbara & Robert Kay Mrs. Maryel Kellogg John and Marilyn Kiesling Chari Krenis Marcella Klein & Richard Schaeffer Bob & Connie Klein Hon. Joan S. Kohout Diane S Koretz Paulina & Laurence Kovalsky Elsbeth J Kozel Barbara & Jack Kraushaar Dr. & Mrs. Jacob Krieger Loren Kroll Kraig M. Kummer Salvatore & Sandra LaBella Marlowe B Laiacona Rev. William Laird Dr. & Mrs. Leo R. Landhuis Mr & Mrs. Thomas O Lange Sally & Lou Langie Carol Laniak David G. Larimer Craig & Susan Larson Diana Lauria Kathleen Leahy Jennifer Leonard & David Cay Johnston Lenore and Marshall Lesser

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BENEFACTOR ($375–$699) CONTINUED Dr. Pamela A. Leve Sarah F. Liebschutz Mrs. James B. Little Dr. & Mrs. Norman R. Loomis Carol C. Lovell Gift in memory of Helene P. Lovenheim Douglas* & Marcia Lowry Edward J. & Kathleen L. Lynd Russell Madsen Mr. & Mrs. Achilles Mafilios James & Rosa Mance James & Patricia Mangin Jeffrey C & Linda L Mapstone Rebekah & Joseph Marinelli Mr & Mrs Wayne J Mazzarella C. Thomas & Emily McCall Robert McCory Mr Michael McCusker Dick & Sandra McGavern Dr. & Mrs. Neal McNabb Mr. & Mrs. David McNair Mrs. Katie Merk McNally David McNeeley Dr. George J. McVey Margaret & Bob Mecredy Andrew & Kay Melnyk Carl Mercendetti & Valerie Maresh Jennifer Meyer Rigmor Miller Mr. & Mrs. Richard A. Moncrief Ms. Mary Ann Monley Jane Morale Charles Morgan Mr. and Mrs. Paul F. Morgan Ann Morris Theodore H. Morse David Mosher Joseph and Linda Mulcahy Mr. & Mrs. Otto Muller-Girard Dr. Donald Munger Harold Munson George A. Schutt Michael D. Nazar Roberta & David Ness Mildred G. Ness Lea Nordhaus Joan & Beryl Nusbaum Margaret & David Oakes W. Smith & Jean O’Brien Peter Oddleifson & Kay Wallace Robert & Betty Oppenheimer Jim & Linda Orgar Mildred Ortbach Rita B. Otterbein Laurel J. Pace The Rev. Marilyle Sweet Page Dr. Vivian Palladoro Robert J. Palmer Jonathan R. Parkes and Marcia Bornhurst Parkes Tom Passero David & Marjorie Perlman Horace Perry Mr. & Mrs. Claude Peters Ms Marilyn Petz Doug Philips Allyson and Webster H. Pilcher Mr & Mrs Richard Poduska Joyce & Victor Poleshuck Mr & Mrs Gentry W Politte Dr. & Mrs. Lee D. Pollan Linda E. Postler H.R. Powers

Beth & Lyle Prairie Mary Jane Proschel Dr. & Mrs. Edwin Przybylowicz Barry & Jean Rabson Jerry & Janice Rachfal Mary Kay & James Rahmlow Eileen Drechsler Ramos Mrs. Paul Reeves Richard Reed Stan & Anne Refermat Rene Reixach Marjorie Relin Mr. and Mrs. David A. Reynolds Bob & Shirley Rheinwald Gail Richeson Dr. Ramon L. and Judith S. Ricker Christopher Rider Sandra and Eugene Riley Suzanne Robinson Anne Rodgers Elizabeth & Donald Roemermann Mrs. David Romig Antonio & Patricia K. Rosati Judy & Bill Rose Dr. Harry & Ellen Rosen Dr. Gerald & Maxine Rosen Mr. & Mrs. Richard M. Rosenbaum Rachel Rosen & Ron Wexler Dick & Bea Rosenbloom Jamal and Pam Rossi Beatrice Roxin, in memory of Paul Roxin Linda Rubens Dr. and Mrs. G. Theodore Ruckert Franklin Russell James Ryan Mr. James R Sabey Victor E. Salerno Ed & Gabriel Saphar Madelyn Sasso Susan Scanlon & Croft K. Hangartner Mr. & Mrs. Richard Schenkel Paul & Barbara Schmied Dr. & Mrs. Michael Schneider Suzanne & Michael Schnittman Nancy & David Schraver David & Naomi Schrier William C. Schultz Steven Schwartz & Alice Tariot Terry K. Schwartz Theresa Seil Katie Sejba David & Susan Senise Rich Sensenbach Mr. & Mrs. Earl H. Sexton Dr. Paul & Kathy Shapiro Robert Hallstrom & Lily Shaw Kelly M. Shea Philip Sheils Ruth Sheldon Mary E. Sherman Deepak Shukla Mrs. Shirley Shumway Myron Silver Myron S. Silver & Rivka Chatman Naomi Silver Joseph Simpson Daniel & Sarah Singal David and Elizabeth Smith Carol Snook in Memory of Richard Snook Janet H. Sorensen Patricia Southcombe Ms. Suzanne Spencer

Jean & Harold Stacey Daniel Stare Kenneth T. & Eva M. Steadman Donna Stein Ron and Alison Steinmiller Georgine & James Stenger Mr. & Mrs. David Stern Richard & Gwen Sterns Elizabeth and Robert Sterrett Ann H. Stevens & William J. Shattuck Kevin Stone & Nancy Atwood-Stone Mr. Elmar Strazds Anne Sullivan Jim Sullivan John & Barbara Szulgit Mark Taubman Jonathan G. Terry Eric Thompson Frank Torchio Bill & Mary Anna Towler Patrick Toy Mimi & Sam Tilton John & Betty Travis Mr & Mrs George Treier William J. Tribelhorn J. Michael & Sally Turner John & Janet Tyler Eugene and Gloria Ulterino John R. Unson Ms. Sheree Usiatynski Tom Van Strydonck Charles W. VanBuren Roger & Jeanette Van Wormer Margaret Vanas Wayne & Anne Vander Byl Thomas & Jeanne Verhulst Jo Ann F. Vierthaler Robert Vosteen Ellen Wagner Brian Waldmiller Mrs. Herbert Watkins Debra Watson Janet & Jeff Waxman Pierce & Elizabeth Webb Mr. & Mrs. David K. Weber Sandra Weber Betsy and Peter Webster Mr. & Mrs. Philip R. Wegman Ann D. Weintraub Richard & Shirley Wersinger Carol Whitbeck Robert White Jean Grant Whitney Gary W. Wicks John Wilcox Mr. & Mrs. William Wilcox Mr. John Williams and Mr. Chuck Lundeen Leonore & Lee Wiltse Carol Wischmeyer Mrs. Mary Alice Wolf Charles & Susan Wolfe Beatrice and Michael Wolford Gary & Judith Wood Peter Woods Charlotte Wright Jeffrey G. Wright Kevin & Trude Wright Eileen M. Wurzer Linda and Robert G. Wyman Lawrence and Susan Yovanoff Carol Zajkowski

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*Deceased

BRAVO TRIBUTES

Tribute gifts are a special way to remember loved ones or commemorate special occasions such as birthdays, anniversaries, weddings, births, or graduations. If you would like to make a memorial or honorarium gift, please contact Rachel Boucher at 585.454.7311 x249.

IN MEMORY OF… Polly Anderson Elizabeth Fisher Kitty Wise Sidney Killmer Melissa Matson Stan McKenzie Barbara Griffis Verna Rex Pamela A. Allison David Binsack and Eileen Pines Kendra Dayger Karen Kennedy Roger and Susan Marriott Albert Serenati Nancy and Joseph Snyder Kathy Spaulding Wayne Spaulding

THE CHRISTOPHER SEAMAN CONDUCTOR LAUREATE CHAIR The Christopher Seaman Chair is supported by funds from Barbara and Patrick Fulford and The Conductor Laureate Society, recognized below. We sincerely appreciate the support of these most generous patrons, who made it possible to honor former Music Director Christopher Seaman’s 13 dedicated years in a very special way. *Deceased

GOLD BATON ($100,000) Barbara & Patrick Fulford PODIUM ($50,000–$99,999) Joan & Harold* Feinbloom CONCERTMASTER ($25,000–$49,999) Anonymous (2) Mr.* & Mrs. Robert Hurlbut, Sr. Cricket & Frank Luellen PRINCIPAL ($10,000–$24,999) Anonymous (2) Lisa Brubaker, James Viscardi, Louise Woerner & Don Kollmorgen Paul Donnelly William Eggers & Deborah McLean Louise W. Epstein Ronald & Donna* Fielding Steven Hess & Sarah Atkinson, M.D. Mr.* & Mrs. Robert Hursh Harold & Christine Kurland Ann Mowris Mulligan* Kathy & John Purcell

Robin Lehman & Marie Rolf Elizabeth & Larry Rice Nick & Susan Robfogel Ingrid Stanlis Drs. Richard & Gwen Sterns Frank* & Mary Lou* Stotz CONDUCTOR LAUREATE SUPPORTERS John & Carol Bennett Paul & Bea Briggs David & Barrie Heiligman Mr. & Mrs. Bruce M. Kennedy Jim & Marianne Koller Drs. Jacques* & Dawn Lipson Nannette Nocon & Karl Wessendorf Charles H. Owens Peggy Savlov Jon & Katherine Schumacher Joel Seligman Suzanne D. Welch & William D. Watson Robin & Michael Weintraub Deborah Wilson

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ADMINISTRATION Ralph P. Craviso, President and CEO Ronald L. Steinmiller, Chief Operating Officer Ellen Beck, Executive Assistant

2016–17 Season

RPO Staff

ARTISTIC OPERATIONS & EDUCATION Richard Decker, Vice President of Artistic Administration Barbara Brown, Director of Education Rebecca Sealander, Concert Production Manager Yunn-Shan Ma, Conducting Fellow Weiting Zhong* DEVELOPMENT Domenic Argentieri, Vice President of Development Jason V. Polasek, Director of Donor Relations Mark Zeger, Manager of Institutional Giving Kimberly Cenzi, Manager of Annual Giving Kathy Miller, Administrative & Volunteer Coordinator Rachel M. Boucher, Development Associate Amanda J. Glann, Development Assistant Madison Hornick* FINANCE Theresa Tornatore, Finance Manager Nancy Atwood-Stone, Director of Information Systems Irene Shaffer, Manager of Human Resources Mark Pignagrande, Accounting Manager Simona R. Benenati, Office Administrator

MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS Robert Sweibel, Interim Vice President of Marketing & Communications Kathryn Judd, Senior Marketing Manager Michelle Shippers, Communications Manager Sally Cohen PR, Publicist ^ PATRON SERVICES CENTER Edward W. Solorzano, Director Teddy Sainphor, Manager Emily Gisleson, Assistant Manager Jenni Kohler, Direct Sales Manager David T. Meyer +, House Manager Olivia Case +, Senior Sales Representative Fabrice Broyld + Abby Chapman-Duprey + Patrick Corvington + Gabe Havalack + Kari Swenson + Paulina Swierczek + Troy Tette + ROCHESTER PHILHARMONIC LEAGUE Laura Morihara +, RPL Administrator ROCHESTER PHILHARMONIC YOUTH ORCHESTRA Irene Narotksy +, Manager Susan Basu +, Co-Manager Kaley Harman *

+ Part Time * Intern ^ Consultant

2016–17 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Rochester Philharmonic Youth Orchestra RPYO to Perform at Carnegie Hall SUN

FEB 19

RPYO to Perform at Carnegie Hall Program:

1 PM CARNEGIE HALL, NEW YORK

SUN

MAR 5 3 PM KODAK HALL AT EASTMAN THEATRE

SUN

MAY 14 3 PM HALE AUDITORIUM ROBERTS WESLEYAN COLLEGE

Richard Wagner Prelude to Die Meistersinger Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 1, mvt. 3 Arturo Márquez Danzón No. 2

Mahler’s Magic Side-by-Side Concert with the RPO Featuring RPYO Concerto Competition Winners TBD Program: Mahler 1 (mvts 3-4) Von Suppé’s Poet & Peasant

Mozart and Mussorgsky

Andrew Brown Maria Donnelly, Parent Committee Chair Vicky Feathers Elizabeth Hanan Rus Healy Brian King David Lane, Chair John Lucia, Treasurer Jim Orgar Linda Orgar Mike Rutecki Dan Stare Fred Weingarten Roxanne Willard EX-OFFICIO Susan Basu, RPYO Co-Manager Barbara Brown Ralph Craviso Jeanne Gray James Mick, Music Director Irene Narotsky, RPYO Manager Josephine Whang

Featuring RPYO Concerto Competition Winners TBD Program: Overture to Don Giovanni Pictures at an Exhibition

Tickets are available by calling 585-454-2100, online at rpo.org, or in person at the RPO Patron Services Center.

Tickets range from $8-$15. Carnegie Hall tickets from carnegiehall.org.

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VOLUNTEER FOR THE RPO

Bravo to Our Volunteers

Interested in volunteering for the RPO? Contact Kathy Miller, Administrative and Volunteer Coordinator at (585) 454-7311 x243 or kmiller@rpo.org for the following opportunities: Usher: Greet, seat, and care for the patrons while attending concerts.

Box Seat Concierge: Offer enhanced services and care for patrons in Box Seats.

Gibbs Street Assistant: Ensure patrons safely exit their car and enter the theatre.

Give-A-Lift Program: Drive eligible patrons 55+ to and from concerts.

Administrative Support: Support the RPO office on weekdays.

ROCHESTER PHILHARMONIC LEAGUE Rochester Philharmonic League volunteers are ambassadors for the RPO. Our activities focus on introducing young people to classical music through RPO Education Concerts and on fostering the musical talent of our youth through Young Artist Auditions.

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES INCLUDE

MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS INCLUDE

■ Planning and hosting the annual Young Artist Auditions

■ Open rehearsals & lunchtime conversations with RPO musicians at Music, Munch & Mingle series

■ Ushering for RPO school concerts at Kodak Hall BOARD OF DIRECTORS Eileen Ramos, President Kathleen Bankey, President Elect Mary-Ellen Perry, Secretary Paul Ness, Treasurer

■ Annual excursion to the Glimmerglass Festival in Cooperstown, N.Y.

Yvonne Baker Joanna Bassett Marcia Bornhurst Parkes Judy DiPasquale Catherine Frangenberg

Mary Ann Giglio Sue Habbersett Cynthia Jankowski Connie Kaminski Daryl Kaplan

Bonnie Kramer Sarah Krug Brenda Murphy-Pough Kathleen Newcomb Rollin Charles Phillips Betty Schaeffer

JOIN THE LEAGUE TODAY! 585-399-3654 • rpl@rpo.org • rpo.org/rpl

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housing Arts Center Pathstone Corp. has three city of The Nazareth College in the Mannelli has projects in the works has a new leader. Rita $40 milfollowRochester, totaling a nearly been named executive director lion investment. ing a national search. $16.6 milwho The projects include the She replaces Susan Lusignan, Apartmen ts, a to take a newly January in down lion Alexande r Street stepped community of market60-unit affordable housing created position as director of the Art Thirty units.

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Since its founding by George Eastman in 1922, the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra has been committed to enriching and inspiring our community through the art of music. Currently in its 94th year, the RPO is dedicated to maintaining its high standard of artistic excellence, unique tradition of musical versatility, and deep commitment to education and community engagement.

Today, the RPO presents up to 120 concerts per year, serving nearly 170,000 people through ticketed events, education and community engagement activities, and concerts in schools and community centers throughout the region. Nearly one-third of all RPO performances are educational or community-related. In addition, WXXI 91.5 FM rebroadcasts approximately 30 RPO concerts each year. For more information, visit rpo.org.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION TICKETS: The RPO Patron Services Center is located at 108 East Avenue, in downtown Rochester. Free 15-minute parking is available outside the RPO Patron Services Center, which is open Monday-Saturday 10 AM- 5 PM. Four-way flashers must be used when parking in these spaces.

NIGHT-OF-CONCERT PURCHASES: For night-of-concert purchases, RPO will-call tickets and concert tickets are available at the Eastman Theatre Box Office (433 East Main Street) starting 90 minutes prior to concert time.

PARKING: Paid parking for Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre is available at the East End Garage, located next to the theatre. Open entrances/exits change frequently while the garage is under construction. Visit rpo.org/parking for the most recent updates. Paid parking for the Performance Hall at Hochstein is available at the Sister Cities Garage, located behind the school at Church and Fitzhugh Streets.

PRE-CONCERT TALKS: Philharmonics ticket-holders are welcome to attend free pre-concert talks, held one hour before all Philharmonics concerts in the orchestra level of the theatre.

SERVICES FOR PATRONS WITH DISABILITIES: Wheelchair locations and seating for those with disabilities are available at all venues; please see the house manager or an usher for assistance. Elevators are located in the oval lobby of Kodak Hall and in the East Wing. A wheelchair-accessible restroom is available on the first floor.

SERVICES FOR HARD-OF-HEARING PATRONS: Audio systems are available at Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre; headsets may be obtained from an usher prior to the performance.

CHANGING SEATS: If you find it necessary to be reseated for any reason, please contact an usher who will bring your request to the House Manager.

LOST AND FOUND: Items found in Kodak Hall will be held at the Eastman Theatre Box Office, 433 E. Main Street. For more info, call 585-274-3000.

ELECTRONIC DEVICES: The use of cameras or audio recording equipment is strictly prohibited. Patrons are asked to turn off all personal electronic devices prior to the performance.

REFRESHMENTS: Food and drink are not permitted in the concert hall, except for bottled water.

Refreshments are available for purchase in Betty’s Café located on the orchestra level of Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre.

TICKET DONATION: If you are unable to attend a concert, please consider donating your tickets to us as a tax-deductible contribution. Return your tickets to the RPO no later than 2 PM the day of the performance to make them available for resale.

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