WINNIPEG SYMPHONY
September – November 2013
George Takei
Star Trek’s original “Sulu” takes us on a journey of the best science fiction TV and movie musical soundtracks.
ORCHESTRA
ISSUE 1
Dinner
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3-Course Dinner starts at 5:30 pm on the Piano Nobile
with
Russian Cuisine
Tchaikovsky Festival SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26
Beet & Cabbage Borscht with Fresh Dill Sour Cream, Slow Roasted Porkloin Stuffed with Vodka Macerated Dried Fruit Red Wine Sauce, Farmers Market Vegetables, Horseradish Spun Potatoes Russian Napoleon Tort with Fieldberry Coulis
A Prairie Christmas Celebration
Yuletide Cuisine
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30 Holiday Waldorf Salad with Bistro Greens, Apple, Grapes & Glazed Walnuts, Slow Roasted Thyme~Herb Rubbed Breast of Chicken with Bourbon Pan Gravy, Mashed Potatoes, Dried Cranberry Speckled Green Beans & Carrots Lemon Poppyseed Cake, Amaretto Ice Cream, Wild Blueberry Sauce
German Cuisine
Four Horns & Beethoven SATURDAY, JANUARY 18
Cream of Asparagus Soup, Pork Tenderloin Jagerschnitzel, Brown Butter Potato Croquette with Roasted Root Vegetables, Woodland Mushroom Sauce Quark Cheese Cheesecake with Black Forest Cherry Compote
Bond & Beyond: Celebrating 50 Years of 007
Modern English Cuisine “Shaken not Stirred”
SATURDAY, MARCH 8 London Fog Pea Soup, “Sunday” Roast Beef Dinner, Yorkshire Pudding, Baby Potatoes, Market Vegetables, Shallot Spiked British Ale Au Jus Strawberry Trifle Martini with Sherry~English Custard
All dinners include premium roast coffee/tea service and fresh baked bread & butter.
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September – November 2013 I OVERTURE 1
MESSAGE FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Trudy Schroeder
Welcome to the WSO’s 66th season of programs and concerts. The concerts and programs that are available through the WSO range from delightful concerts for children, to seasonal specials and pops concerts to suit every musical taste, and the wide variety of concerts designed for the lovers of masterwork performances. If you have not yet made the decision to make music part of your year, there are special packages and combinations of concerts that make the decision to become a subscriber so much easier and more cost effective. Talk to our box office staff about your musical preferences, and they will help you design a series that will be enjoyable and satisfying for you. We welcome six new players into the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra this season. We hope that this will be a fine workplace and a satisfying musical experience for all of them. We are also pleased to welcome Julian Pellicano and his family to Winnipeg. Julian is our new Resident Conductor for the WSO, and our audiences will have many opportunities to experience his leadership of the orchestra in upcoming concerts and programs. Two new members have joined the Board of Directors: Peter Jessiman and Sotirios Kotoulas and we thank them for their willingness to help with the leadership of this organization. We approach this year with a special spirit of adventure and anticipation in a year that we are calling our “Carnegie year.” The concert programs provide the accustomed wide range and variety that WSO patrons appreciate and support, and this year there is the added element of our anticipation of our May 8, 2014 performance at Carnegie Hall in New York City. Some of our supporters have taken to calling this the Road to Carnegie. The Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra had its first performance at Carnegie Hall in 1979, and we are pleased to return as a part of the Spring for Music Festival. You can be part of this story in several exciting ways. First, the WSO invites you to join us on our journey by making a trip to New York City in May to cheer us on in person. This is a special and historic opportunity to visit New York City with a group of musicians and friends from Winnipeg, with our former premier and current Canadian ambassador to the United States as our honourary project chair and host in New York City. Ambassador Doer will be in New York City to greet us all and to be a central part of the festivities and special events there. This is a concert you will not want to miss! We have made a partnership with the CAA Travel group that makes planning this trip very easy. Special prices on airfare, hotel, concert tickets and tours have been designed to help you get the best value for your trip. Call the CAA at (204) 262-6178 and ask to register for the WSO Carnegie Hall trip. We would also like to encourage you to consider “adopting a musician.” This program helps to send all of our musicians to Carnegie Hall and fosters connections between the community and individual musicians. Sponsorship of one musician is $3,000. Groups of friends or colleagues may want to work together to sponsor a musician, or you may wish to make a donation of any size to help with this once-in-a-lifetime project. We are on the road to Carnegie Hall and we count on Manitobans to join us on this adventure.
Trudy Schroeder WSO Executive Director September – November 2013 I OVERTURE 3
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CONDUCTORS Alexander Mickelthwate, Music Director German conductor Alexander Mickelthwate is renowned for his “splendid, richly idiomatic readings” (LA Weekly), “fearless” approach and “first-rate technique” (Los Angeles Times). Critics have noted Alexander’s extraordinary command over the Austro-Germanic repertoire, commenting on the “passion, profundity, emotional intensity, subtlety and degree of perfection achieved” in Bruckner’s Symphony No. 7 as “miraculous” (Anton Kuerti, 2011). Following on from his tenure as Assistant Conductor with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, which he completed in 2004, Alexander Mickelthwate was Associate Conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic for three years, under the direction of Essa-Pekka Salonen. Now in his eighth season as Music Director of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, Alexander has significantly developed the orchestra’s profile through active community engagement and innovative programming initiatives like the annual New Music Festival and the Indigenous Music Festival. Chosen to perform at the Carnegie Hall Spring for Music Festival in New York, May 2014, due to “creative and innovative programming” (CBC Manitoba Scene), the orchestra is the only Canadian ensemble in the showcase. As well as significantly contributing to the New Music Festival and Indigenous Festival, Alexander lead the orchestra’s first out of province tour since 1979 to the National Arts Centre in Ottawa, launched the International Conducting master-classes, the New Music Festival 2012 film project and played a major part in the acoustic overhaul of the Centennial Concert Hall. Always looking for a fresh approach and creative ways of crossing musical genres, Alexander has collaborated with Iceland’s Bedroom Community, Wayne Shorter, Mark O’Connor, Belle and Sebastian, Jason Alexander, DJ P-Love, Canadian bands Waking Eyes, Liptonians and Dukhs. Alexander has conducted for the Queen of England, for former President Jimmy Carter, and was awarded the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012.
Julian Pellicano, Resident Conductor Conductor Julian Pellicano has recently made his New York debut at Carnegie Hall performing with pianist Boris Berman and members of the Yale Philharmonia, he conducted premiere performances of a new opera by Martin Bresnick at the International Festival of Arts and Ideas, and made his South American debut with the Orquestra Sinfonica de Porto Alegre (Brazil). Other recent appearances include concerts with the Hartford Symphony Orchestra, Eastern Connecticut Symphony, New Britain Symphony, and Boston’s Dinosaur Annex Ensemble. From 2009 - 2013, Julian served as Music Director of the Longy Conservatory Orchestra in Cambridge, MA (USA). At the Yale School of Music, Pellicano was Assistant Conductor of the Yale Philharmonia, assisting Music Director Shinik Hahm as well as guest conductors Sir Neville Marriner, Helmuth Rilling, Reinbert de Leeuw, and Peter Oundjian. Recognized for his work with living composers and transparent interpretations of contemporary works, Julian has premiered over 40 new pieces and as an artist-in-residence at the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival he conducts the Norfolk New Music Ensemble. He has worked in masterclasses with Kurt Masur, Peter Eötvös, Zsolt Nagy, Martyn Brabbins, Carl St. Clair, L’Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. He holds degrees from the Peabody Conservatory, the Royal College of Music (Stockholm), and the Yale School of Music where he was awarded the 2008 Presser Music Award and the Philip F. Nelson Award. 4 OVERTURE I September – November 2013
WINNIPEG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 2013-2014 SEASON MUSIC DIRECTOR Alexander Mickelthwate RESIDENT CONDUCTOR Julian Pellicano COMPOSER-IN-RESIDENCE Vincent Ho FIRST VIOLINS Gwen Hoebig, Concertmaster
CELLOS Yuri Hooker, Principal Leana Rutt, Assistant Principal Alex Adaman Margaret Askeland Arlene Dahl Carolyn Nagelberg Emma Quackenbush
TRUMPETS Brian Sykora, Principal Paul Jeffrey Isaac Pulford
BASSES
BASS TROMBONE Julia McIntyre, Principal
The Sophie-Carmen EckhardtMeredith Johnson, Principal Gramatté Memorial Chair, endowed Andrew Goodlett, Assistant Principal by the Eckhardt-Gramatté Foundation
Karl Stobbe, Associate Concertmaster Mary Lawton, Assistant Concertmaster Karin Andreasen Chris Anstey Raymond Chrunyk Mona Coarda Hong Tian Jia Simon MacDonald *Rachel Moody Julie Savard Jun Shao **Jae-Won Bang SECOND VIOLINS Darryl Strain, Principal Elation Pauls, Assistant Principal Karen Bauch Kristina Bauch Rodica Jeffrey Boyd MacKenzie Meredith McCallum *Susan McCallum Takayo Noguchi † Jane Pulford Claudine St-Arnauld VIOLAS Daniel Scholz, Principal Anne Elise Lavallée, Assistant Principal
Laszlo Baroczi Richard Bauch Greg Hay Suzanne McKegney Merrily Peters Mike Scholz
Travis Harrison Paul Nagelberg Bruce Okrainec Zdzislaw Prochownik
TROMBONES Steven Dyer, Principal John Helmer
TUBA Chris Lee, Principal TIMPANI Jeremy Epp, Principal
FLUTES Jan Kocman, Principal Martha Durkin
PERCUSSION Frederick Liessens, Principal HARP Richard Turner, Principal
PICCOLO Martha Durkin
Endowed by W.H. & S.E. Loewen
OBOES Beverly Wang, Acting Principal Robin MacMillan ENGLISH HORN Robin MacMillan
ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL MANAGER Chris Lee PRINCIPAL LIBRARIAN Raymond Chrunyk
CLARINETS Micah Heilbrunn, Principal Michelle Goddard BASSOONS Alex Eastley, Principal
The Patty Kirk Memorial Chair
ASSISTANT LIBRARIAN Laura MacDougall
*On Leave **Temporary Position † Dual Section Position
HORNS Please note: Non-titled (tutti) string Patricia Evans, Principal Ken MacDonald, Associate Principal players are listed alphabetically and are seated accordingly to a James Robertson rotational system. The Hilda Schelberger Memorial Chair
Caroline Oberheu Michiko Singh
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MASTERWORKS
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21
8:00 P.M. 8:00 P.M.
CENTENNIAL CONCERT HALL
Laplante Plays Rachmaninoff Alexander Mickelthwate, conductor André Laplante, piano University of Manitoba Women’s Chorus, Elroy Friesen, director*
PROGRAM Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30 Allegro ma non tanto Intermezzo: Adagio Finale: Alla breve
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
- INTERMISSION The Planets, Suite for Large Orchestra, Op. 32 Gustav Holst (1874-1934) Mars, the Bringer of War: Vivace Venus, the Bringer of Peace: Adagio Mercury, the Winged Messenger: Vivace Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity: Allegro giocoso-Andante maestoso Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age: Adagio Uranus, the Magician: Allegro Neptune, the Mystic: Andante*
Extra Musicians: Liz Dyer, violin Sam Whelan, trumpet Todd Martin, horn Dave Reid, tenor tuba Laura MacDougall, flute Laurel Ridd, flute Caitlin Broms-Jacobs, oboe & bass oboe Tracy Wright, oboe Sharon Atkinson, clarinet
Cathy Wood, clarinet Karine Breton, bassoon Allen Harrington, bassoon Jim Ewen, contra bassoon Ann Germani, harp Tim Borton. timpani Tony Cyre, percussion Victoria Sparks, percussion Jamie Pham, percussion Donna Laube, organ & celeste
Pre-concert chat with Alexander Mickelthwate on the Piano Nobile begins 45 minutes prior to concert. Masterworks A Series Sponsor: Photo Credit: Peter Schaff
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The Third Piano Concerto was constantly requested, though popularized more in the 1930s by the by James Manishen composer’s great friend Vladimir Horowitz, whose staggering technique Piano Concerto No. 3 Rachmaninoff deferred to by Sergei Rachmaninoff suggesting more “ownership” of the b. Oneg, Russia / April 1, 1873 d. Los Angeles, CA USA / March 28, 1943 work than Rachmaninoff himself! Composed: 1914-1917 As in much of Rachmaninoff’s music, First performance: November 28, 1909 one finds underpinnings of Russian (New York), conducted by Walter Orthodox Church chants among the Damrosch with the composer as soloist dazzling pianistic happenings. The Last WSO performance: 2008; music’s mercurial flow, melancholic Sergei Saratovsky, piano; outpourings and exploration of Alexander Mickelthwate, conductor seemingly every sonorous possibility for
PROGRAM NOTES
easier for him since large-scale symphonic writing had been giving her father structural challenges.
The Planets occupied the composer for three years. Due to an arthritic condition, Holst sketched it in two-piano score so that he could conserve energy in his writing hand. The mystical Neptune movement was written for organ, and all seven movements were orchestrated by 1917 with help from two of Holst’s fellow faculty members at St. Paul’s School in London, who the piano are no less bonded to a transcribed Holst’s keyboard Always a devoted family subtle yet strong overall formal outline. notes under his direction. The man, Rachmaninoff It is one of the hallmarks in the piano masterly orchestration is one of dreaded the thought of the work’s hallmarks. leaving his family back in concerto literature for the master performer and never fails to generate Russia for the thirtyFollowing the highly successful the sense of unforgettable event. concert American tour New York London premiere and subsequent impresario Henry Wolfson had The Planets performances, interest in America arranged during the 1909-1910 season. Gustav Holst became so high that simultaneous Rachmaninoff would play and conduct b. Cheltenham, England / September premieres took place in New York his own works in this first visit to 21, 1874 and Boston during the 1920-21 America, made more palatable by the d. London, England / May 25, 1934 season. prospect that he was not only to be well Composed: 1914-1917 paid but might just find an AmericanFirst performance: September 29, 1918 Holst explained The Planets at its made automobile he much wanted. A (London), conducted by Adrian Boult first performance: “These pieces new piano concerto would be the core Last WSO performance: 2008; were suggested by the astrological work during the tour. Alexander Mickelthwate, conductor significance of the planets. There is no program music in them. If Rachmaninoff’s schedule didn’t allow “Holst’s music reaches any guide to the music is him to begin his Third Piano Concerto into the unknown, but required, the subtitle to each until June of 1909. Arriving at his it never loses touch piece will be found sufficient.” country retreat of Ivanovka north of the with humanity” Gustav Black Sea, he worked feverishly on the Holst’s composer Though the music’s Englishness score all summer, completing it in friend Ralph Vaughan Williams once is well up front, a wide variety of December when he returned to Moscow. said. The feeling of head-in-the-clouds influences are found from Even as one of history’s greatest pianists, balanced with feet-on-the-ground is all Mussorgsky, Stravinsky, Dukas and Rachmaninoff needed and didn’t have pervasive in The Planets, Holst’s most Debussy through Schoenberg. the time to get the daunting solo part popular composition and among the Each movement is strikingly into his fingers prior to leaving for the most acclaimed English orchestral individual: the hammer blows of United States. So he took along a silent works of all time. Mars, the ethereal beauty of practice keyboard and tapped away at it Venus, the fleet Mercury, the during the ocean crossing. Holst’s forthright British sensibilities Bacchanalian, if rurally English, The Third Piano Concerto was the work always lived in tandem with a mystical dance in Jupiter and central wave embedded within his personality. memorable hymn, all with the that introduced Rachmaninoff to American audiences both as composer He was an avid reader of horoscopes, most sharply profiled identities. studied Eastern religious literature The world-weary solemnity of and pianist and was a tremendous and used such visions when they Saturn (Holst’s favourite success everywhere he went. When suggested musical possibilities, as the movement) and the Falstaffian he was forced to leave Russia eight astrological characteristics of the years later, losing his estate to the magician Uranus give way to the planets so resoundingly called out Revolution, he settled in the United closing siren song’s women’s States for good. For the next two decades, when he began to explore its musical chorus in Neptune, ending with possibilities in 1913. He chose the Rachmaninoff’s annual cross-country the ultimate unknown as we peer form of a suite for orchestra, which his into the dark sky. tours made him a musical institution. daughter Imogen Holst suspected as Vous adresser au service des abonnés ou consulter le site www.wso.ca pour la traduction en français. 8 OVERTURE I September – November 2013
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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 29
8:00 P.M. 8:00 P.M. 2:00 P.M.
CENTENNIAL CONCERT HALL
Sci-Fi Spectacular Jack Everly, conductor George Takei, host
Kristen Plumley, soprano Prairie Voices, Vic Pankratz, director
PROGRAM Star Wars – Main Title Lost in Syndication Adventures on Earth: ET Somewhere in Time Superman March Star Trek through the Years
John Williams Various / arr. Jack Everly John Williams John Barry / arr. Calvin Custer John Williams Various / arr. Calvin Custer
- INTERMISSION 2001: A Space Odyssey Close Encounters of the Third Kind Star Trek Suite The Day the Earth Stood Still Star Wars: The Phantom Menace: Duel of the Fates Star Wars: Throne Room & End Title Extra Musicians: Laurel Ridd, flute Caitlin Broms-Jacobs, oboe Sharon Atkinson, clarinet Meryl Summers, bassoon Jim Ewen, bassoon Shane Hicks, trumpet
Richard Strauss John Williams Michael Giachinno Bernard Herrmann John Williams John Williams
Erik Hongisto, trombone Tony Cyre, percussion Victoria Sparks, percussion & timpani Jamie Pham, percussion Donna Laube, keyboard Ann Germani, harp
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Pre-concert performance on the Piano Nobile begins 45 minutes prior to concert Friday, September 27 – Canadian Mennonite University School of Music Saturday, September 28 - University of Manitoba Marcel A. Desautels Faculty of Music eXperimental Improv Ensemble (XIE) Sunday, September 29 - Sweet Silver Winds
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10:30 A.M.
CENTENNIAL CONCERT HALL
Brahms: Symphony No. 1 Alexander Mickelthwate, conductor MASTERWORKS
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5
8:00 P.M. 8:00 P.M.
CENTENNIAL CONCERT HALL
James Ehnes Alexander Mickelthwate, conductor James Ehnes, violin
PROGRAM Concerto for Violin and Orchestra Allegro con fermezza Andante sostenuto Allegro vivace
Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978)
- INTERMISSION Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68 Un poco sostenuto – Allegro Andante sostenuto Un poco allegretto e grazioso Adagio – Allegro non troppo, ma con brio
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Extra Musicians: Liz Dyer, violin Laurel Ridd, flute Caitlin Broms-Jacobs, oboe Allen Harrington, bassoon Jim Ewen, bassoon Tony Cyre, percussion
Pre-concert chat with Alexander Mickelthwate on the Piano Nobile begins 45 minutes prior to evening concerts. September – November 2013 I OVERTURE 13
PROGRAM NOTES by James Manishen
Violin Concerto Aram Khachaturian b. Tbilisi, Georgia / May 24/o.s. June 6, 1903 d. Moscow / May 1, 1978 Composed: 1940 First performance: November 16, 1940 (Moscow), with David Oistrakh as soloist Last WSO performance: 2005; Karl Stobbe, violin; Tania Miller, conductor
effortlessly, further spiked with an intimate understanding of the way Oistrakh played and how best to showcase the great violinist’s supreme skill. The Concerto was hailed at its premiere, winning the Stalin Prize in 1941 and furthering Khachaturian’s popularity at home and abroad.
The opening movement is in traditional sonata-allegro form, animated with striking folk elements and nostalgic lyricism. A dazzling cadenza appears before the two earlier themes return to close the movement. The second movement’s “My whole life, opening bassoon solo recalls the everything that I have improvisations of the ashugs. A wistful created belongs to the tune occupying the outer sections Armenian people” Khachaturian once wrote. contrasted with a rhapsodic centerpiece. The rondo-finale bursts His friend and colleague composer from the gate, as the orchestra sets up Dmitri Kabalevsky added “The a bracing dance-tune from the solo especially attractive features of Khachaturian’s music are in its roots in violin, irresistibly high spirited but not without plenty of rich melancholic national folk fountainheads. The captivating rhythmic diversity of dances tang down the way. of the people of Transcaucasia and the Symphony No. 1 inspired improvisations of the ashugs Johannes Brahms [Armenia’s native minstrel-poets] grew b. Hamburg / May 7, 1833 Khachaturian’s symphonism – vivid and d. Vienna / April 3, 1897 dynamic, with keen contrasts, now Composed: 1855-1876 enchanting in their mellow lyricism, First performance: November 4, 1876 now stirring in their tension and (Karlsruhe), conducted by Felix Otto drama.” Dessoff Though Khachaturian arrived in Moscow in 1921 from his native town of Tbilisi with no formal musical training, his talent was recognized and he was admitted to the academy of Mikhail Gnessin who had been a pupil of RimskyKorsakov. In 1929 Khachaturian entered the Moscow Conservatory. With the success of his Piano Concerto in 1936, Khachaturian was signaled as the foremost Armenian composer of his time. In 1939 as a director in the Union of Soviet Composers, Khachaturian had the privilege of a cottage in a dense pine forest on the Moscow River near the town of Staraya Ruza. In 1940 he and his family spent a pleasant summer there. A new violin concerto for his friend, virtuoso violinist David Oistrakh, was the result. The restful ambiance allowed the muse to flow, Khachaturian said. Themes, ideas and construction came to him
Last WSO performance: 2006; Alexander Mickelthwate, conductor In 1853 Robert Schumann decided to submit his first article in a decade to the Neue Zeitschrift für Musik, where he proclaimed the 20-year-old Johannes Brahms as the future of German music and the rightful heir to Beethoven. Principled, passionate and wholly aware of the obligation that went with Schumann’s assessment, Brahms was immensely proud to get both the endorsement and a request from the senior composer to start work on a symphony. Doubting that he could meet the challenge, it took Brahms 21 years to produce this first of the four symphonies he would go on to create. Brahms was a probing student of German musical tradition. He was a
Bach scholar, edited Handel’s manuscripts and fervently studied composers and performance practices of earlier German music. In 1854 Brahms attempted some sketches for a symphony but deployed them in his First Piano Concerto and the German Requiem, both successes. The next year he set down a first movement that he kept to himself. Seven years passed before he sent the manuscript to Clara, Schumann’s widow who became Brahms’s mentor. Clara liked it and encouraged the young composer to finish the task. Spurred on by the success in 1873 of his Haydn Variations, Brahms spent the next three years agonizing over the symphony, revising and polishing right up to the premiere in November 1876. Though it met with a mild reception, the First grew in stature through the coming century, not only becoming the most performed of Brahms’s four symphonies but among the most cherished works in the entire orchestral literature. Brahms’s First is a supreme extension of Beethoven’s powers of musical architecture, adding in ennobling melody, richly detailed counterpoint and the most genuine emotional narrative imaginable. The opening movement is a superbly argued sonata form. The second movement begins with a melancholy theme in the violins, closing with a heart rending restatement in the oboe, horn and solo violin. The third movement’s pastoral woodwind opening is contrasted in a central section of grand statement. The finale is famous for both its horn solo – an Alphorn melody Brahms collected while in Switzerland – and the stirring hymn-like melody clearly inspired by Beethoven’s Ode to Joy theme from his Ninth Symphony. A majestic coda closes this timeless masterpiece, which reveals new vistas each time one hears it.
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GREAT-WEST LIFE CONCERTS FOR KIDS
PRE-CONCERT ACTIVITIES SUNDAY, OCTOBER 6
1:00 P.M. 2:00 P.M.
CENTENNIAL CONCERT HALL
Wall to Wall Percussion Julian Pellicano, conductor Vern Griffiths, percussion
PROGRAM The Washington Post Concerto for Percussion and Small Orchestra Xylophonia Pictures at an Exhibition: Tuileries Carnival of the Animals: The Swan Gayane: Sabre Dance Carmen: Aragonaise Star Wars Sandpaper Ballet Oiseaux Exotiques: Conga 1812 Overture Theme from Mission Impossible
John Philip Sousa Darius Milhaud Joe Green / William Cahn Modest Mussorgsky / Maurice Ravel Camille Saint-Saëns Aram Khachaturian Georges Bizet John Williams Leroy Anderson Harry Freedman Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Lalo Schifrin / Calvin Custer
Extra Musicians: Laurel Ridd, flute Jim Ewen, bassoon Tony Cyre, percussion Matt Abraham, percussion
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DINNER & A SYMPHONY
MASTERWORKS
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26
8:00 P.M. 8:00 P.M.
3-course Dinner Russian Cuisine starts at 5:30 p.m. Catered by: Concert at 8:00 p.m. Centennial Concert Hall
CENTENNIAL CONCERT HALL WSO IN BRANDON
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 27
3:00 P.M. WESTERN MANITOBA CENTENNIAL AUDITORIUM
Tchaikovsky Festival Aziz Shokhakimov, conductor Denise Djokic, cello Royal Canadian Air Force Brass; Captain John Fuller, director of music*
PROGRAM 1812 Overture, Op. 49*
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Variations on a Rococo Theme for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 33
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- INTERMISSION Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36 Andante sostenuto; Moderato con anima Andantino in modo di canzona Scherzo: Pizzicato ostinato (Allegro) Finale: Allegro con fuoco Extra Musicians: Liz Dyer, violin Laura MacDougall, flute Caitlin Broms-Jacobs, oboe Mary Chalk, bassoon
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Dave Lawton, trumpet Tony Cyre, percussion Victoria Sparks, percussion
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PROGRAM NOTES by James Manishen
1812 Overture Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky b. Votkinsk, Russia / May 7, 1840 d. St. Petersburg, Russia / November 6, 1893 Composed: 1880 First performance: August 20, 1882 (Moscow), conducted by Eduard Nápravnk Last WSO performance: 2007; Rei Hotoda, conductor
heighten the moment. The Marseillaise returns, now buried by both artillery and a triumphant rendition of the Russian national hymn God, Save the Czar. Few experiences in patriotic musical fervor rouse the spirits like this.
Variations on a Rococo Theme
Symphony No. 4 Theme Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Composed: 1877 First performance: February 22, 1878 (Moscow), conducted by Nikolai Rubinstein Last WSO performance: 2009; Alexander Mickelthwate, conductor
During the year 1877, Tchaikovsky met two women who would affect his emotional state as never before. The music-loving widow of a railroad baron Nadezhda von Meck was to become his patron and ardent supporter. A hyper-infatuated stalking student Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Antonna Miliukov would become his Overture depicts a grand Though unhappy with the demands wife, in a disastrous marriage of story, if not historically his teaching duties took away from his convenience Tchaikovsky felt would accurate. When composing time, Tchaikovsky did both give him a semblance of home Napoleon’s army meet some fine musician-colleagues life and quell rumors of his withdrew from Moscow in 1812, it was while on the faculty at the Moscow homosexuality. more likely due to famine and a frigid Conservatory. Cello professor winter than Russian military Since the Fourth Symphony had been Wilhelm Fitzenhagen was a shy, resourcefulness. When the Cathedral of introverted German whose personality mostly completed by the time Christ the Redeemer was erected 70 and excellent skills found an admirer Tchaikovsky proposed to Antonna, its years later in commemoration of the story cannot be attributed to what and friend in the often brooding fabled Russian “victory,” Moscow transpired in the marriage. Still, composer. The Rococo Variations was Conservatory director Nikolai Rubinstein Tchaikovsky wrote to Mme. von Meck dedicated to Fitzenhagen. was asked to plan a celebratory musical that he was fated to have met Antonna event. He turned to Tchaikovsky for Tchaikovsky considered Mozart the and that one cannot undo the something suitably histrionic. greatest composer of all - the ultimate workings of Fate in human destiny. model of the ideals explored in the Tchaikovsky’s effort was to be a Tchaikovsky felt his Fourth Symphony late 18th-century Rococo period blockbuster work whose original plan was his greatest achievement at the whose order and classical poise would be an outdoor performance in time, uplifting him from the Tchaikovsky found to be a tonic in a Kremlin Square using a huge orchestra, breakdown of his so-called marriage turbulent world that rarely had a brass band, cannon shots and 5000 and consequent attempt at suicide answers to the composer’s ongoing bells combined from Moscow steeples to where he waded into a river hoping to feelings of social dislocation. In the make a stunning climax. Though there Rococo Variations Tchaikovsky created a catch pneumonia. The Fourth is is no record such an inflated notable not just for the composer’s happy retrospective of charm and performance took place, the resulting celebrated Romantic outpourings but grace, with few of the melancholic Overture delivers plenty of visceral for its taut construction and firm elements found in the Fourth excitement, largely from its brilliant symphonic argument. As a narrative he composed just a few Symphony melodic material, original effects and Tchaikovsky produced nothing finer. months later. the composer’s typically airtight craft. A gentle introduction gives way to the The first movement starts with a 1812 Overture describes the military “Fate’’ motive, expanding through theme - an original one of conflict between Russia and France in Tchaikovsky’s. Double reeds recall his thoughts of stark reality with only musical terms and opens in the violas fleeting happiness. The second has a ballet Nutcracker as they give way to and cellos with the brooding Russian poignant theme with moments of hymn God, Preserve Thy People. Following the first of seven variations from the thankfulness and nostalgia to bygone a fine climax, the Marseillaise appears to solo cello, the same woodwinds times. The third movement balletic capping off the first two. Variation 3 signal the entry of the French forces. pizzicato is bizarrely ingenious by has the feel of an aria. Variation 4 is a Then, two Slavic melodies are heard: itself, fleeting in the imagination with fine virtuoso display for the cello, one Tchaikovsky composed from his wine, gutter songs and a military while the remaining variations first opera The Voyevoda, the other a theme. The finale asks to Novgorod folksong he had once set for balance everything out with the order triumphantly enjoy the happiness of piano. The battle commences, followed and craft Tchaikovsky so admired in others, though inevitably with a by a huge slowing-down and a return to his original inspiration. reminder of Fate’s ever-presence. the opening hymn with added bells to Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Composed: 1876 First performance: November 30, 1877 (Moscow), with Wilhelm Fitzenhagen as soloist Last WSO performance: 2007; Yuri Hooker, cello; Rei Hotoda, conductor
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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1
10:30 A.M.
CENTENNIAL CONCERT HALL
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 (Pathétique) Alexander Mickelthwate, conductor MASTERWORKS
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2
8:00 P.M. 8:00 P.M.
CENTENNIAL CONCERT HALL
Tchaikovsky Festival Finale Alexander Mickelthwate, conductor Ilya Yakushev, piano
PROGRAM Piano Concerto No. 2 in G major, Op. 44 Allegro brilliante Andante non troppo Allegro con fuoco
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
- INTERMISSION Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 (Pathétique) Adagio; Allegro non troppo Allegro con grazia Allegro molto vivace Finale: Adagio lamentoso
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Extra Musicians: Liz Dyer, violin Laura MacDougall, flute Mary Chalk, bassoon Tony Cyre, percussion
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happy in the knowledge that I have written a good piece.’’ On the other is the suggestion by the by James Manishen composer’s brother Modeste of Piano Concerto No. 2 Pathétique as its title, which Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Rubinstein received the score on May reportedly pleased the composer b. Votkinsk, Russia / May 7, 1840 10 and had a few criticisms but since the original Russian word d. St. Petersburg, Russia / November 6, Tchaikovsky decided to wait until he more closely describes that which 1893 could hear a performance before is passionate rather than morbid. Composed: 1879-1880 making changes. Tchaikovsky’s Melancholy was part of his nature First performance: November 12, 1881 publisher issued the music in February but passion overrode all. (New York), conducted by Theodore 1881. On March 23rd Rubinstein died Thomas with Madeleine Schiller as soloist - a bitter blow since Rubinstein much As well, Tchaikovsky’s health was Last WSO performance: 1973; Gary wanted to perform the premiere in good in 1893. He was enjoying Graffman, piano; Piero Gamba, part to compensate Tchaikovsky for fame and the muse was firing on conductor the grief he caused the composer all cylinders. But within months during the genesis of the First Piano he was dead at age 53, long The four-year period attributed to cholera but more Concerto. The first Russian predating his Second recently thought to be a suicide performance took place on May 18, Piano Concerto was a brought on by the Symphony’s 1882 with Tchaikovsky’s favourite time of much artistic cool reception. Tchaikovsky had pupil Sergei Taneyev as soloist. The growth for Tchaikovsky. world premiere had been given in conducted the premiere just the Under the supportive New York on November 12, 1881. week before. patronage of Nadezhda von Meck, whom he was never to meet, he The opening movement is a story The Second Concerto has never found produced the enormously popular First the fame of its predecessor, perhaps of intense internal struggle with Piano Concerto, the ballet Swan Lake violent outbursts set apart from due to a more temperate emotional and the opera Eugene Onegin plus his one of Tchaikovsky’s most nature in comparison. But one finds Fourth Symphony. memorable themes. The second here a splendidly crafted score ripe
PROGRAM NOTES
During a lull in his composing schedule in 1879, he found himself getting a little bored and felt he had to put pen to paper to create something, anything. “I find myself absolutely incapable of living long without work” he said, vowing to begin a piano concerto “without hurrying.” By November 1st, he had finished the sketch of the first movement of the Second Piano Concerto.
completed the orchestration in St. Petersburg in March. Then it was time (with trepidation) to show the project to Rubinstein.
with characteristically Russian spirit, exciting solo display and the composer’s celebrated unforced communication. Though Tchaikovskywithout-tears might seem counterintuitive, his Second Piano Concerto delivers a resounding experience nonetheless.
movement’s famous 5/4 meter suggests a waltz but with an additional leg. (Viennese critic Eduard Hanslick had suggested at the time that the meter be changed to 6/8 to make the movement more digestible!)
The third movement is a march but cool and calculating in Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky advance of the massively personal Composed: 1893 tragic finale, whose emotional Though the great pianist and founder of First performance: 1893 (St. Petersburg) weight comes to a full stop with the Moscow Conservatory, Nikolai Last WSO performance: 2009; grief, the perennial question of Rubinstein was a forthright critic of Alexander Mickelthwate, conductor existence forever unanswered. Tchaikovsky, he was also the composer’s greatest peer supporter. Rubinstein had Several clues provide near proof that Tchaikovsky was not anticipating his been brutally critical of Tchaikovsky’s own death when he wrote his last First Piano Concerto but later recanted, symphony, despite its deeply felt performing it often to high acclaim. expression of tragedy in music. Tchaikovsky decided to dedicate the new On the one hand he wrote to his concerto to him, completing the finale publisher “I give you my word of in Paris first followed by the Andante honour that never in my life have I movement. Moving on to Rome, he been so contented, so proud, so made a two-piano transcription and
Symphony No. 6 (Pathétique)
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Gwen Hoebig
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WSO MUSICIAN PROFILES Gwen Hoebig
Chris Anstey
Raymond Chrunyk
Instrument: Concertmaster
Instrument: Violin
Instrument: Violin
Joined WSO: 1987
Joined WSO: 2005
Joined WSO: 1972
Hometown: Vancouver, BC
Hometown: St. John’s, Newfoundland
Hometown: Winnipeg, MB
What do you plan to do with your time in New York? Show our kids the city.
What do you plan to do with your time in New York? Explore Central Park.
What New York food are you most looking forward to eating? Gray’s Papaya
What New York food are you most looking forward to eating? Pepperoni Pizza
What famous person in history who played at Carnegie Hall would you have most liked to see/meet? David Oistrakh What do you plan to do with your time in New York? Take in a Yankee game at the Yankee Stadium. What New York food are you most looking forward to eating? Cheesecake
Mona Coarda
Hong Tian Jia
Simon MacDonald
What famous person in history who played at Carnegie Hall would you have most liked to see/meet? David Oistrakh
If you could bump into a famous New Yorker who would it be? Jerry Seinfeld
Instrument: Violin
Instrument: Violin
Joined WSO: 1986
Joined WSO: 1990
Hometown: Born in Romania (Bucharest), went to school in Chicago
Hometown: Beijing
What famous person in history who played at Carnegie Hall would you have most liked to see/meet? Pianist Daniel Barenboim What New York food are you most looking forward to eating? It would take a year to sample all the wonderful foods NY has to offer.
If you could bump into a famous New Yorker who would it be? Lorin Maazel What do you plan to do with your time in New York? Museum tours. What New York food are you most looking forward to? Chinese food
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Instrument: Violin Joined WSO: 1999 Hometown: Victoria, BC What New York food are you most looking forward to eating? I plan to visit Zabar’s on 80th and Broadway and go to town in the Deli. What famous person in history who played at Carnegie Hall would you have most liked to see/meet? Florence Foster Jenkins; she played Carnegie Hall October 25, 1944 and gave a legendary performance of Mozart’s Queen of the Night.
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Jeremy Epp
Frederick Liessens
Instrument: Principal Timpani
Instrument: Principal Percussion
Instrument: Horn
Joined WSO: 2010; Extra musician since 2000
Joined WSO: 1981
Joined WSO: 2010
Hometown: Sorel, QC
Hometown: Born in Kitimat BC but considers Vancouver home
Hometown: Winnipeg, MB What do you plan to do with your time in New York? Tours? I’m looking forward to travelling with my amazing WSO colleagues and to playing with them on one of the world’s greatest stages. If you could bump into a famous New Yorker who would it be? Jerry Seinfeld or Jay-Z
Patricia Evans
Instrument: Principal Horn Joined WSO: 2002
What famous person in history who played at Carnegie Hall would you have most liked to see/meet? David Brubeck If you could bump into a famous New Yorker who would it be? Judge Judy What New York food are you most looking forward to eating? Deli food
What famous person in history who played at Carnegie Hall would you have most liked to see/meet? Leonard Bernstein What do you plan to do with your time in New York? Go to FAO Schwarz.
Ken MacDonald
Caroline Oberheu
Instrument: Associate Principal Horn
Instrument: Horn Joined WSO: 2004 Hometown: Gilroy, CA, USA What do you plan to do with your time in New York? I want to eat a lot of great food and go for a run in Central Park.
Hometown: Bakersfield, Vermont, USA
Joined WSO: 2001 Hometown: Vancouver, BC
What famous person in history who played at Carnegie Hall would you have most liked to see/meet? The Beatles
If you could bump into a famous New Yorker who would it be? W.H. Auden, but sadly I’m a little late.
What do you plan to do with your time in New York? All the tourist things: visit the Met, Empire State Building etc.
Michiko Singh
What New York food are you most looking forward to eating? I have yet to get on Zagat to plan.
What New York food are you most looking forward to eating? I’d like to walk around and check out all the food trucks.
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ARTIST BIOS MASTERWORKS
Elroy Friesen
Laplante Plays Rachmaninoff
Elroy Friesen is Director of Choral Studies at the University of Manitoba. He is the founder and past artistic director of Prairie Voices and has held the positions of Director of Choirs at St. Matthew Church in Urbana, and director of the U of I Chorus in Illinois. He is in demand as a clinician, adjudicator, and conductor throughout North America, and has recently had conducting engagements in Sweden and South America.
SEPTEMBER 20-21
André Laplante Canadian pianist André Laplante has garnered international attention after winning prizes at the Geneva and Sydney International Piano Competitions, then capturing the silver medal at the International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow. Critics have compared him with Ashkenazy, Horowitz and Rudolph Serkin, placing him in the elite circle of virtuoso pianists who do not hesitate to take risks. In 2005, Mr. Laplante was honoured to be named an Officer of the Order of Canada. In that same year, he was awarded the Prix Opus for Best Performer of the Year. Most recently, in 2010, he received another Prix Opus, this time for Best Concert of the Year. He has also recorded for CBC and Melodia: his performance of Jacques Hetu's Piano Concerto No. 2 for CBC Records won the 2004 Juno award for orchestral recordings, as well as the Western Canadian Music Award.
University of Manitoba Women's Chorus The University of Manitoba Women’s Chorus is comprised of singers from the Marcel A. Desautels Faculty of Music, the wider university campus, and the surrounding community. This choir was first formed by Henry Engbrecht in 1990, and has had many performances with various local arts organizations including the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, the New Music Festival, and the Women’s Chorus Festival. They recently had the honour of singing at the 25th anniversary celebrations of the Centre for Ukrainian Canadian Studies and look forward to an Eastern Canada tour scheduled for this coming spring This is their third season under the direction of Elroy Friesen, Director of Choral Studies at the University of Manitoba.
AIR CANADA POPS
Sci-Fi Spectacular SEPTEMBER 27-29
Jack Everly Jack Everly is the Principal Pops Conductor of the Baltimore and Indianapolis Symphony Orchestras, Naples Philharmonic Orchestra and National Arts Centre Orchestra (Ottawa), and the Music Director of the National Memorial Day Concert and A Capitol Fourth on PBS. He has been on stage with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl, The New York Pops at Carnegie Hall and appears regularly with The Cleveland Orchestra at Blossom Music Center. His frequent guest conducting engagements includes the orchestras of Pittsburgh, Ft. Worth, Edmonton, Oklahoma City and Toronto. Originally appointed by Mikhail Baryshnikov, Mr. Everly was conductor of the American Ballet Theatre for 14 years, where he served as Music Director. Maestro Everly holds an Honorary Doctorate of Arts from Franklin College in his home state of Indiana.
George Takei With a career spanning five decades, George Takei is known around the world for his founding role in the acclaimed television series Star Trek, in which he played Hikaru Sulu.
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Takei starred in three seasons of Star Trek and later reprised his iconic role in six movies. Takei has brought his on-camera and voiceover talents to hundreds of characters in film, television, video games and commercials during his prolific career. In addition to a busy acting career, he is also an accomplished author having written Oh Myyy! (There Goes the Internet), co-written the science-fiction novel Mirror Friend, Mirror Foe with Robert Asprin and published his autobiography To the Stars in 1994.
Kristen Plumley A soprano with a sparkling voice to match her personality, Connecticut native Kristen Plumley brings her joy of being on stage to every role she performs. Lauded as “sensationally noteperfect” (St. Petersburg Times), “a roguish comedienne” (The Middletown, CT Press) and “Met-worthy” (The Dallas Morning News). Roles to her credit include Juliette (Roméo et Juliette), Lauretta (Gianni Schicchi), and Kathy (Student Prince), and musical theater favorites Maria (West Side Story), Carrie (Carousel), Fiona (Brigadoon) and Laurey (Oklahoma!). Enthusiastic about contemporary works, she has been active in many new operas at the prestigious Banff Centre for the Arts and in companies throughout New York City.
Prairie Voices
Placing an emphasis on Canadian and Manitoban composers, the choir uses energy, expressiveness and movement to connect avant-garde composition with a popular audience. Prairie Voices has performed around the world, bringing their unique touch to a diverse repertoire, from African spirituals to Broadway hits. Prairie Voices has managed to grow as an organization while still remaining true to their Canadian roots. This past season, Prairie Voices released their new CD, Autumn.
Victor Pankratz Victor Pankratz is well known in Manitoba for his singing, conducting and teaching. He was a frequent performer with the Manitoba Opera Association. As a tenor soloist he has appeared with The Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, Robert Shaw and the Mennonite Festival Chorus, and many more groups. For three years he was co-artistic director of the Winnipeg Singers. He has also had the privilege of conducting the regional youth choirs in Manitoba. Currently, Victor is artistic director of Prairie Voices, and teaches music at Westgate Mennonite Collegiate.
MASTERWORKS
James Ehnes OCTOBER 4-5
James Ehnes Known for his virtuosity and probing musicianship, violinist James Ehnes has performed in over 30 countries on five continents, appearing regularly in the world’s great concert halls and with many of the most celebrated orchestras and conductors. James Ehnes has an extensive discography of over 25 recordings featuring music ranging from J.S. Bach to John Adams. His recordings have been honoured with many international awards and prizes, including a Grammy, a Gramophone, and six Juno Awards.
Founded in 2000 by Elroy Friesen, Prairie Voices is an award-winning company of singers ages 18-25 dedicated to the performance of innovative contemporary choral music from all over the world.
He has won numerous awards and prizes, including the first-ever Ivan Galamian Memorial Award, the Canada Council for the Arts’ Virginia Parker Prize, and a 2005 Avery Fisher Career Grant. In October September – November 2013 I OVERTURE 31
ARTIST BIOS James Ehnes (Cont’d): 2005, James was honoured by Brandon University with a Doctor of Music degree (honoris causa) and in July 2007 he became the youngest person ever elected as a Fellow to the Royal Society of Canada. On July 1st 2010 the Governor General of Canada appointed James a Member of the Order of Canada. GREAT-WEST LIFE CONCERTS FOR KIDS
Wall to Wall Percussion OCTOBER 6
Vern Griffiths Vern Griffiths joined the Vancouver Symphony as Principal Percussionist in 1997, and is also a member of the new music ensembles Standing Wave and the Turning Point Ensemble, as well as the National Broadcast Orchestra. He has recorded with all four of these groups, and has also recorded soundtracks for Disney, ABC, IMAX, NFB, EA Sports, PBS, Lions Gate, and Dreamworks. He also teaches a youth percussion course every summer in Langley, BC and has written and arranged music for this group.
In 2006 Aziz Shokhakimov assumed the position of Principal Conductor at the National Symphony Orchestra of Uzbekistan, a position which he continues to hold. During the 2012-2013 season Aziz Shokhakimov will make his American debut with the Oregon Symphony Orchestra. Future engagement will also include return to Bologna and Moscow, as well as performances with La Verdi Orchestra in Milan, tour with I Musici de Montreal, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Dusseldorf Symphoniker and the Pacific Symphony.
Denise Djokic Instantly recognized by her “arrestingly beautiful tone colour” (Strad), cellist Denise Djokic captivates audiences with her natural musical instinct and remarkable combination of strength and sensitivity. Denise burst onto the international music scene when millions of television viewers watched her performance at the 2002 Grammy Awards following the release of her self-titled debut recording. Since then, she has accrued numerous distinctions and accolades, including being named one of the top “25 Canadians Who Are Changing Our World” (Maclean’s) and one of "Canada's Most Powerful Women” (Elle).
Vern was a scholarship student of John Rudolph at UBC and Chris Lamb at the Manhattan School of Music, and is now the head of the percussion department at the UBC School of Music.
Denise’s award-winning discography includes the complete Britten Solo Suites for Cello (ATMA), her award-winning CDs: Denise Djokic featuring works by Barber, Martinu and Britten (SONY) and Folklore (Allegro/Endeavor).
MASTERWORKS/WSO IN BRANDON
Royal Canadian Air Force Brass
Tchaikovsky Festival OCTOBER 25-26
Aziz Shokhakimov The remarkable young conductor Aziz Shokhakimov burst on the scene at the age of just 21 by astounding audiences in Bamberg, where he was awarded second prize at the Gustav Mahler International Conducting Competition under the auspices of the Bamberger Symphoniker. 32 OVERTURE I September – November 2013
The Brass Ensemble from the Royal Canadian Air Force Band, based in 17 Wing Winnipeg, consists of fourteen trumpet, horn, trombone and tuba players from the band. Led by Captain John Fullerton, this group of musicians form the largest classical ensemble in the RCAF Band and are well suited to all ceremonial occasions. They perform intricate and colourful selections drawn from orchestral and opera repertoire, as well as contemporary music rearranged to make use of the immense range of timbres, which can only be produced by a large brass ensemble.
MASTERWORKS
Tchaikovski Festival Finale NOVEMBER 1-2
Ilya Yakushev Russian pianist Ilya Yakushev, with many awards and honors to his credit, continues to astound and mesmerize audiences at major venues on three continents. He made his San Francisco Symphony debut in 2007 with Music Director Michael Tilson Thomas, performing Prokofiev’s First and Fourth Piano Concertos as part of the symphony’s “Prokofiev Festival.” His performances were included in the top ten classical music events of the year by the San Francisco Chronicle, and prompted a return to the symphony in September 2009 with Maestro Tilson Thomas performing Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 3. Since 2002, Mr. Yakushev has served as Executive Director of the International Keyboard Institute and Festival at the Mannes College in New York City.
PRESIDENT’S ADVISORY COUNCIL Al Alexandruk Mal Anderson Carol Bellringer Marilyn Billinkoff Doneta Brotchie John and Bonnie Buhler Edmund Dawe, D.M.A. Greg Doyle Jamie Dolynchuk Julia De Fehr Susan Feldman Barbara Filuk Wally Fox-Decent Jack Fraser Evelyn Friesen Elba Haid Helen Hayles Kaaren Hawkins Sherrill Hershberg Ian Kay Roger King Bill Knight Michele Lagacé
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The Maestro’s Circle exists to recognize special patrons whose significant philanthropy furthers the musical artistry of the WSO. Thank you! Honourary Chair Alexander Mickelthwate, Music Director Platinum Baton $25,000 + Bill & Shirley Loewen* Gold Baton $10,000 - $24,999 Dr. Brendan MacDougall Silver Baton $5,000 - $9,999 James Gibbs Dr. Terry Klassen & Ms. Grace Dueck Michael Nozick & Cheryl Ashley Muriel Smith Concertmaster's Bow $2,500 - $4,999 Gail Asper & Michael Paterson Bill & Margaret Fast Morley & Marjorie Blankstein C.M., O.M. Timothy & Barbara Burt Mr. Frank Fred Gladky Mrs. Audrey F. Hubbard Kevin & Els Kavanagh* Drs. Eleanor & Grant MacDougall John F. Mansfield* Diane Payment and Roxroy West Frank & Jeanne Plett Lawrie & Fran Pollard George & Tannis Richardson* Hartley & Heather Richardson Ian R. Thomson & Leah R. Janzen Professor A.M.C. Waterman Black Tie $1,500 - $2,499 Aubrey & Dr. Linda Asper Mr. Jim Barrett Greg Doyle and Carol Bellringer Brenlee Carrington Trepel & Brent Trepel Mrs. Lucienne Blouw Dr. & Mrs. John & Leah Bracken Doneta & Harry Brotchie Mr. & Mrs. John & Bonnie Buhler Herb & Erna Buller Pierce and Amy Cairns James Carr Ms. Patricia Chaychuk Jan & Kevin Coates
James Cohen & Linda McGarva-Cohen Art & Leona DeFehr Dorothy Dobbie John & Gay Docherty Douglas C. Everett, Chairman, Domo Gasoline Company Limited Philipp R. & Ilse K. Ens Barb Filuk Mr. Alan Freeman Arnold & Myra Frieman Dr. & Mrs. Albert D. Friesen Dr. & Mrs. Percy Goldberg Drs. Daya & Chander Gupta Mr. & Mrs. Kerry Hawkins Richard & Carol Jones Ms. Nora Kaufman Michael & Glenna Kay Rob Kowalchuk Paul Leinburd Dr. Judith Littleford Suzanne & Graham Lount Jackie Lowe Dr. David Lyttle Mr. David Mann Elaine & Neil Margolis Ron & Sandi Mielitz Ken and Judy Murray Wayne & Linda Paquin Mr. & Mrs. W.B. Parrish Dr. Blair Peters Dental Corporation & Dr. Beryl Peters Harvey I. Pollock Q.C. Dr. Bill Pope & Dr. Elizabeth Tippett-Pope* Dr. & Mrs. Brian Postl Mr. & Mrs. G.V. Price Dr. Diane Ramsey Dr. Donald S. Reimer & Mrs. Anne Reimer Jim & Leney Richardson* Mrs. Shirley Richardson Mr. Rick Riess & Mrs. Jean Carter Sanford & Deborah Riley Mr. Terry Sargeant Trudy Schroeder Cheryl & Lorne Sharfe Winnifred Sim Jack & Elaine Sine Dudley & Eleanor Thompson Arni Thorsteinson & Susan Glass Mr. Richard Turner Dr. & Mrs. Eric Vickar Edward & Irene Warkentin Don & Florence Whitmore Karl & Stephanie Stobbe Klaus & Elsa Wolf Dr. & Mrs. Klaus Wrogemann Ivy & Norval Young 1 Anonymous * Founding Members
Friends of the WSO help support the WSO’s artistic programs each season. Members enjoy special benefits that bring Friends closer to the music, guest artists and WSO musicians. Honourary Chair Gwen Hoebig, Concertmaster Symphony $600 - $1,500 All Charities Campaign Margaret-Lynne & Jim Astwood Len & Mary Bateman David & Gillian Bird Lorraine and Gerry Cairns Carrie Ferguson Delores Gembey Robert & Linda Gold Dr. & Mrs. W. L. Gordon Gwen Hodgson Marianne Johnson June & Lawrence Jones Millie & Wally Kroeker M.L. Kuntzemueller W.K. Labies Pat & Murray Macrae Kyle McLean Gord & Sherratt Moffatt Ms. Valerie Mollison Terry and Vi Moore Donna & Ian Plant Mrs. Marina Plett-Lyle Jim & Pat Richtik Mr. Bob Tallman Mr. & Mrs. Jim & Jan Tennant Mr. Peter van Dijken & Dr. Lorelie Mitchell Dr. & Mrs. Willem T.H. van Oers Raymond & Shirley Wiest 2 Anonymous Concerto $300 - $599 Trish Allison-Simms Judy & Jay Anderson Gorden Andrus & Adele Kory Stuart & Michele Attwood Ms. Margaret Barbour Cheryl & Earl Barish Monty & Mary-Claire Bell Mr. & Mrs. C.R. Betts Helga & Gerhard Bock Mr. Jim Bracken Sheila & David Brodovsky Mr. & Mrs. F. Buckmaster Sel & Chris Burrows Gail Carruthers Ms. Nancy G. Cipryk Ms. Julie Collings Dr. & Mrs. David Connor
Barbara Cook John Corp & Mary Elizabeth McKenzie Dennis & Ruth Cook Gary & Fiona Crow Ted & Margaret Cuddy Ms. Linda Daniels Dr. Joseph N. H. Du Marten & Joanne Duhoux Elfrieda Dupuis Helene Dyck Mr. & Mrs. W. Easton John & Martha Enns Kathleen & David Estey Marcia Fleisher Penny Gilbert Larry & Sue Greer Ms. Debbie Grenier Patricia Guy Mary & Gregg Hanson Mr. & Mrs. Allan & Audrey Harburn Mr. Daniel Heindl Jack & Elsie Hignell Sonia & Harvey Hosfield Number Ten Archiectural Group Robert Jaskiewicz Mr. Leroy M. Johnson Drs. Keith & Gwyneth Jones Koren & Leonard Kaminski J. Gartner & L. Kampeas Mr. & Mrs. Burton J. Kennedy Dr. I. Kinizsi Susan & Keith Knox T.G. Kucera Ms. Francoise Lesage & Mr. Ken Mills James & Pat Ludwig Alice & Andrew Lutz Douglas MacEwan Mr.&Mrs. Steven&Melanie Maksymyk Ruth May Dr. & Mrs. John & Natalie Mayba Mrs. Maureen McIntosh Mrs. E. Louise McLandress Robert Mondy Drs. Kenneth & Sharon Mould Bonnie & Richard Olfert Carole & Cam Osler Shelley Parham & David Smith Capt. Kevin & Karen Peters Mr. & Mrs. David & Wanda Pike Mr. Richard Pinchin Carolynne Presser Rosemary Prior Fred & Carolyn Redekop J. Reichert Ms. Iris Reimer Levi & Tena Reimer Donald & Karen Ross Judge & Mrs. Charles & Naida Rubin
F.E. Sanderson Hans & Gabriele Schneider Merrill & Shayna Shulman David & Lorraine Smith Harold & Brenda Standing Curtis & Lorane Steiman Dr. & Mrs. M.R. Steinbart Dr. Lea Stogdale Jo Swartz & Richard Silverman L. & P. Talbot Mr. & Mrs. Bruce S. Thompson C. & R. Thomsen Susan & Kerr Twaddle Mr. Robert Vineberg Jesse Vorst Pat & Peter Walker Ms. Donna Webb Mr. & Mrs. R. John & Diane Weselake John & Diane Weselake Harry & Evelyn Wray 7 Anonymous Serenade $150 - $299 P. Achtemichuk Mr. & Mrs. Michael & Susan Allen George & Eleanore Balacko Dick & Minnie Bell Mr. Kurt Braun Paul & Doreen Bromley Mrs. Jane Bullied Carol A. Cassels Ron Clement Dr. & Mrs. Andrew & Pamela Cooke Mrs. Joyce Cooper Mrs. Maureen Danzinger Bob & Alison Darling Esther and Hy Dashevsky Miss Anne Defehr Ms. Rhonda Diamond Mr. & Mrs. Gordon Dingman Mary Dixon Sally R. Dowler Kobus & Corne Du Preez George B. Elias In Memory of Mrs. Virgina Tate Tina Enns John B. & Katie Epp Margaret E. Faber Margaret & Bob Ferguson Mr. & Mrs. D.C. Finnbogason Ms. Jo-Ann Finney Doug & Phyllis Flint Arnold & Christa Froese Harold & Alice Funk Mr. & Mrs. Oliver Evelyn Gardner Jim & Betty Gaynor Dr. & Mrs. Andrew Gomori Mrs. Harold W. Grant Mrs. Noreen Greenberg Dr. Hilary Grocott & Ms. Shivaun Berg Ms. Joyce Grose
Mr. & Mrs. Mel Guberman Dr. Dina Guth Dr. Don & Jerri Hall Beth & Raymond Harris Nora Harvey Larry & Evelyn Hecht Bob & Biddy Hilton Mr. & Mrs. J.K. Holland Helmut & Dorothy Huebert Mrs. Joan M. Hunter Terry & Shirley James Ms. Marilyn Kapitany Henry & Dena Katz Ms. Heather Kirkham In Memory of Harv Kittle Dr. Terry Klassen & Ms. Grace Dueck Mrs. Marion Korn Ms. Janet Kuchma Elaine LaMonica Mr. Don Lawrence Mr. Norman Leathers Mrs. Donna Leech Mrs. Myrna H. Levin David & Suzanna Libby Rose & Dick Lim Wendell & Eleanor Lind Mr. Gordon P. Linney Dr. & Mrs. A.G. Macrodimitris Barbara Main D. McKay Mr. & Mrs. Jim & Terri McKerchar Mr. & Mrs. Sheldon McLeod Sylvia Mitchell Margaret & Fred Mooibroek Mr. Peter Morgan Margaret Moroz Mrs. J.E. Morris Margaret Morse Mrs. E. J. Nebbs Edgar Oddleifson George & Gladys Oelkers Pat Patterson Mr. & Mrs. Wayne & Joy Peirson Mr. Richard Pinchin Blumie Portnoy Don & Carol Poulin Tim Preston & Dave Ling Mrs. Nell Provinciano Mary Redekopp Reynold & Esther Redekopp Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Rerie Mrs. Eleanor Riach John & Wendy Russell Alixe Ryles Barb Scaife Dr. & Mrs. A. N. Schroeder Dr. Robert J. Schroth Mr. Gunter Schupke Shirley E. Sherwood Dr. Moti Shojania Louis & Shirley Ann Simkulak Lindi & John Smith Ms. Brenda Snider Gordon & Darby Spafford Mr. & Mrs. R.P. Spear
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Gary & Gwen Steiman Bonnie Hoffer-Steiman & Lionel Steiman Margaret & Hartley Stinson Dr. V. Marie Storrie Juris & Aija Svenne Dr. & Mrs. David Swatek Dr. & Mrs. S. Szirom Dr. & Mrs. John Taylor Tom & Lori Thomas Ms. Marilyn Thompson Dr. J.M. Trainor Dr. & Mrs. F.C. Violago Douglas & Janet Watson Melissa Weselake Herbert & Shirley Wildeman Elma & Charles Wilson Karin Woods In Memory of Cyril Woolf Mr. John Yarema Donn K. Yuen 13 Anonymous Prelude $75 - $149 Kaeren Anderson Doug Arrell and Dick Smith Mr. Philip Ashdown Allan & Rochelle Baker Ms. Rosemary Barney Robert Barton Audrey Belyea Eric Bergen Donald & Edith Besant Ted Bock & Liane Chalmers Marnie Bolland Arthur & Daphne Bolton Frances Booth Mrs. Jean M. Bradley Mrs. Ruth Bredin Lorne & Rosada Bride Mr. Robert Briercliffe Miss Dorothy Broomhall Mr. Chris Brown Mr. & Mrs. E. & M. Mavis Brown Mr. Ross Brownlee Ms. Carol Budnick Rev. Msgr. Michael Buyachok Mrs. Mary C. Campbell Ms. Donna Carruthers Mrs. Audrey Cassels Dr. Jong Chang Robert Charbonneau Mrs. Patti Cherney Saul Cherniack & Myra Wolch Mrs. Leona Christiansen Ross M. Cleeve Katherine Cobor & Gordon Steindel Alex & Peggy Colonello Ms. Marcella Copp Joyce & Lawrence Cormack Irene & Robert Corne Ms. Helle Cosby Mrs. E. Craig M. & G. Crielaard Ms. Maxine Cristall
Rev. & Mrs. W. A. Cross Mrs. Isabel J. Crowson Margaret Cumming Mr. Bradley J. Curran Ms. Denise Cyr-Gander Alonzo & Lise Daley Judy & Werner Danchura Mrs. Sheila M. Davis Jack & Mary Davison F. De Grazia Marilyn Derksen & Merle Neufeld Ms. Maureen Dolyniuk Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence & Brenda Donald F. P. Doyle Herb & Norma Driver John and Ada Ducas Mrs. Dorothy Easton Mrs. M.L. Elliott John & Ruth Ens Don & Martha Epstein Ms. Ursula Erhardt Eric & Clara Bohm In Memory of Ron Oswald Greg & Linda Fearn Dr. Nelma Fetterman Doug & Joanne Flynn Margaret Follett Glen & Florence Fraser Mrs. Marguerite Fredette Mr. Lloyd Friedman Mrs. Margaret Funk M. & Mme. Andre Gautron Joyce & Bob Gladding D. Gooch Dr. Lisa Gould Mr. Donald Graham Dr. & Mrs. L.C. Graham Marj Grevstad Greg Edmond & Irene GrootKoerkamp Ms. Christina W. Grose Katie & DeLloyd Guth Mr. Patrick Hackett Miss Marilyn Hall Mr. Roy Halstead Irene Hamerton Ian & Gerry Hamilton Marie Harnois Mrs. Phyllis Hatskin Mr. & Mrs. Allen Hattie Dr. & Mrs. J.C. Haworth Teresa A. Hay Millie Hemmelgarn Anonymous L.G. Herd Ms. Shirley Hicks Ms Marilyn Hido William J. Hutton Ms. Helen Isaak Rozin & Cathy Iwanicki Jacqueline Iwasienko Wilfred & Dorothy James Alan Janzen & Leona Sookram Ms. Jayne Laverne Kapac
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Ms. Bev Kawchuk Mr. & Mrs. W. J. Kinnear Mr. & Mrs. W. J. Kirkland Erwin W. Kitsch Ms. Mary Klassen Mr. Ray Kohanik Mona Koropatnick Mr. Ernie Krahn D. Kristjanson Kathleen Crowston Patricia Kuchma Robert Kusmack Jessie Lang Mrs. Helen La Rue Rod & Ann Ledwich K. Le Madec Mr. R. Leroeye R. & J. Lewis Sheila & Elvin Linder Albert & Helen Litz Ms. Cathy Lloyd Mrs. Mary Lloyd Mrs. Helga Loechner Roger Lowe Mr. Al Mackling Ms. Lorraine MacLeod Jim MacNair in Memory of Mae Mr. John Macrae Harold S. Mawhinney & Judy Moon Mr. Alan Maxwell Dr. & Mrs. Ihor Mayba Mr. & Mrs. R. McDougall Robert McDowall C. & J. McIntyre Violet McKenzie Mr. James A. McKinley Mrs. Jean H. McLennan Sandra McMillan Mr. & Mrs. Erhard Meier Estelle Meyers Mrs. Mona Mills Nathan & Carolyn Mitchell Ms. Akemi Miyahara Dr. Stan & Wendy Moroz John & Margaret Mundie D. Munro Charlotte Murrell Glenn Nicholls Mr. & Mrs. Kiem Oen J.T. & Karen Ogden Truus Oliver Theda Olson Mrs. B. Ozog Shirley & Graham Padgett Mr. Cam Pauls Mrs. Betty Peddie Louise Penner Ms. Nettie Peters Ms. Pat Philpott Mrs. Helene Picton Mr. & Mrs. Ron Polinsky Donna & Gordon Price Bryan & Diana Purdy Mrs. Carol Pyper
Juta Rathke George & Lois Reenders Mrs. Esther Remis Waltraut Riedel-Baun Mr. & Mrs. Robert & Vera Ripley Frances E. Rowlin John S. Russell Mr. & Mrs. John Sadler Bill Sands A. Schroeder R. Schroeder Shirley Schroeder Walter & Dorothea Schultz Mr. John Schwandt Charlene Scouten Ms. Noreen Sealy Dr. L. Sekla Mrs. Doreen Shanks Mr. & Mrs. Phil & Nancy Shead Mr. & Ms. Ed Shwedyk Mr. & Mrs. Jiri Sichler Garth Simonson Dr. Don & Lynne Simonson Ian & Arlene Smith Ms. Kaye Snatenchuk Geri & Peter Spencer Coralie & John Standing Mr. & Mrs. Starodub Dan & Elsie Stasiuk Ms. Helena Stelsovsky Elva G. Stevens Archie & Shirley Stone Ms. Linda Sturgeon Ron Surcon Paul Swart Walter & Margaret Swayze Ms. Anne Thiessen Ms. Leann Thompson June & Lorne Thompson Lorna & Dr. Ken Thorlakson Robert & Barb Tisdale Edith A. Toews Henry & Elizabeth Toews Mrs. C.M. Valentine Dr. & Mea. Jose & Ruth Vasconcelos Hugo & Anny Veldhuis Dr. & Mrs. Eric Vickar Bill & Brenda Voort Miss A. H. Wagstaffe Elizabeth M. Wall Jim & Joan Warbeck Ken and Mary Warmbrod Barbara Warrack Jack & Bernice Watts Harvey & Sandra Weisman Mrs. Gwen M. Welsh Mrs. Evelyn Wener J. Whyte Mr. Paul Wiebe Ms. Debbie C. Wilson Dorcas & Kirk Windsor Patrick Wright Mr. Edwin Yee 31 Anonymous
Sonatina Under $75 Jacqueline Anderson Mr. M. Richard Arcand Mr. & Mrs. Brian & Janice Bailey Ray & Barb Bailey Veronique Barthet Ms. D Beaven Gertie and Asher Begleiter Mrs. Margaret Bellhouse Mrs. Eva Berard Lorne & Marilyn Billinkoff Barbara Bohune Ms. Ingrid Bolbecher Norma Bortoluzzi Edythe M. Brown Dr. Jeff & Madeline Brown Narendra Budhia Alfred Buelow In Memory of Joan McLeod Ms. Sheila Burland Ruth Calvert Betty & Bruce Catchpole Mrs. Ella Chenkie Ms. Claudia Chernitsky S.K. Clark Ms. Doreen Conlin Mr. Alfred Cornies Stephen Crane Barrie & Sally Cranston Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Cunningham Ms. Jean Curtis D. Cymbalist Margaret Redekop Beth Derraugh Marlene & Fred Dickson Sylvia Dixon Mrs. Norma Drosdowech Mr. & Mrs. Peter Eibisch Ms. Margaret Elaine Ellis Vera & Peter Fast Laurel Fife Cal & Lois Finch Mrs. Gitta Fricke Ms. Anne Friesen Mr. & Mrs. George & Carol Gamby Ms. Barbara Gessner Marilyn Gilbert Mr. Fred Goeke Mrs. Inga Granovskaya John & Louise Greenaway Ms. Cheryl M. Greenwood Mr. George Grenier Ms. Victoria Gretchen Ms. Marianne Gruber Mr. & Mrs. Jeff & Debbie Hall B. & R. Hall Gertrude Hamilton Anonymous Mrs. Sylvia Haverstick Jane Hayakawa Olga Hembroff Max & Eleanor Herst
Jean Highmoor Ms. Susan Hildebrandt Robyn Hoeppner Elly Hoogterp-Hurst & Lorne Hurst Ken Howard Richard & Karen Howell Mrs. Carole Hreno Ms. Ishbel Isaacs Bob & Vi Jacob David Jenkins Dr. & Mrs. Arnold & Doreen Kapitz Mr. Gordon C. Keatch Mr. Brian Kells Mrs. Shirley Kilburn Mr. Eugene S. Kovach Hy Kraitberg Ms. Betty Laing Elizabeth Lansard Wayne & Helen LeBlanc Mrs. Ingrid Lee Mr. & Mrs. Sydney Lentle Mr. & Mrs. David Levene Mr. Paul & Shirley Lindsay Barry & Patricia Lloyd Mr. Allan Mapes Mr. & Mrs. Sheldon & Rita Margolis Mrs. Irene Marriott Ms. Mary Massey Keith and Debbie Mayoh Ms. Kimberley McCallum Ms. Susan McCarthy Ardythe McMaster Lyle McNichol & Frances Stewart Mrs. Jocelyn Millard Peter Miller & Carolyn Garlich Mr. Howard Mitchell Mrs. M. Jean Moniuk Mrs. Joan Ann Morton Mr. Robert Nix Miss Jenny Olynyk Sonjia Pasiechnik Valerie Pearson Ms. Penno Mrs. June Perron In Memory of Betty Vouriot In Memory of Sam Trachtenberg Ms. Beverley Phillips In Appreciation of Mrs. Sydney McInnis In Appreciation of Mrs. Ishbel Isaacs Ken & Geri Porath Mr. David Procner Mrs. Glennys Propp Ms. Joanne Prygrocki R. Publow Ms. Pat Repa Ms. Lisa Richards Beverley Ridd Mr. & Mrs. H Rosenbaum Mrs. V. Rosolowich
Leonore Saunders O.M. & Hans-Herman Roeder Kay Schalme M Scheuneman Ms. Velma Schmidt Mrs. Edna Schneider Adolph & Diane Schurek Betty & Sam Searle Izzy Shore Mrs. Rita Shreiber Mrs. Elaine Silverberg Muriel Sutherland Marguerite Szymesko Bonnie Talbot Linda Tallin Mary Lou Talmage Gladys Tarala Ewa & Ludwik Tarsia Ross & Bette Jayne Taylor Nancy & Geoff Tidmarsh Ms. Eleanor Urquhart Mrs. Roseline Usiskin Mr. & Mrs. Gerry S. Varnes Denis Vincent Mrs. Laurabelle Wallace E. Sylvia Warrington Mr. Glen Angus Webster Ms. Lois A. Whyte Ms. Lorraine Willms Ms. Audrey Wilson Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra Terrie Woodward Phillip S. Young 20 Anonymous
Based on Venezuela’s revolutionary El Sistema social change model, Sistema Winnipeg is a free daily afterschool orchestra program that enriches the lives of children and young people with the fewest resources and the greatest need. The WSO gratefully acknowledges the following patrons: Vivace $10,000 - $24,999 Gail Loewen in Memory of Her Mother Sue Lemmerick Con Brio $5,000 - $9,999 Sanford & Deborah Riley Allegro $1,000 - $4,999 Moksha Yoga Kildonan Harrow United Church Arnold & Myra Frieman Faye Warren 1 Anonymous
Conmoto Under $1,000 Betty & Ted Ash Lynne Axworthy Mr. John A. Bailey Ms. Angelica Banmann Ms. Carmen R. Barchet Ms. Janet D. Beach Doneta & Harry Brotchie Ms. Coralie Bryant Ms. Lorelei Bunkowsky Ms. Maureen Collison Joy Cooper & Martin Reed Ms. Gillian P. Cotton Bob & Alison Darling Ms. Cheryl Deans Roger Dennis Mary Dixon Ruth & Charles Dowse Ms. Fiona Duncalf Mr. Spencer Duncanson Mrs. Cynthia Dutton Judge Judith Elliott Ms. Heather Emberley Kathleen & David Estey In Memory of Ron Oswald Ms. Fruma Farago Rick & Julie Fast Peter and Judith Flynn Ms. Verland Force Dr. and Mrs. Colin Foster Future Leaders of Manitoba Council Inc. Ms. Cheryl Gaudet F George Mr. & Mrs. J Gibson Ms. Valerie Gilroy Ms. Norma Gwizon Bobbi-Lynn Haegeman Ms. Irene Hamilton Ms. Rhue Hayden Mr. Rudy Hedrich Mr. Donald Henry Ms. Ellen Henry Ms. Gail Henry Ms. Donna Herold Mr. & Mrs. Terry & Phyllis Hidichuk Katherine Himelblau Arlene Hintsa, in Memory of Gertie Mason Mr. Garry Hirsch Ms. Lisa Houtkooper William J. Hutton P. Ilavsky InterGroup Consultants Ltd. Ms. Sue Irving Graham Isaak Mrs. Marion Jagger Mr. & Mrs. Reg & Nancy Johnson Ms. Barbara L. Jones Ms. Diane Jones In memory of Paul Kettner Ms. Kim Kovacs Ms. Margruite Krahn Tony Kreml Mrs. Judy Lamont
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Ms. Veronica L. Larmour Ms. Diane Lau Mr. Frederick Lee Dr. Peter Letkemann Dr. David Lyttle Ms. Leona MacDonald Ms. Shannon MacFarlane Mrs. Carol Macoomb Mr. Dave Madson Anna Mangano Manitoba Association of School Superintendents Art Mauro & Naomi Levine Ms. Lynne McCarthy Pat McCarthy-Briggs Iona McPhee Linda Lee-Meiers & Matt Meiers Rita & Don Menzies Ron & Sandi Mielitz Walter A. Mildren Nathan & Carolyn Mitchell Mr. & Mrs. Brian & Denise Murphy Ms. Lucy Nykolyshyn Mr. Brian O'Leary Addie Penner Mr. & Mrs. Rollin & Katherine Penner Donna Plant Ms. Margaret Podolsky Linda Meckling Lawrie & Fran Pollard Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Prescott Mr. David Procner Dr. David Punter Ms. Deborah Radi Ms. Teresa Reilly Mr. Douglas Riske Darlene Roberts Ms. Lavonne Ross Rotary Club of Winnipeg Charleswood Rotary Club of Winnipeg East A.M. Nicola Schaefer Mr. M. Schnitzer Richard Nishimura & Gaylene Schroeder-Nishimura Ms. Janet Schubert Wilf & Kathy Schubert Ms. Mary Semanowich Mr. & Mrs. Wayne & Catherine Serebrin Ms. Carol Sharp Olga & Myron Shatulsky Clarice Shell Ms. Lydia Sheyka Mr. Wayne Shimizu Mr. Jon Sigurdson Wilma Sotas Deidre Sozansky Ms. Barbara Sparling Mr. & Mrs. W. D. Stefanchuk Ms. Mavis Stewart William Stewart Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth & Lorraine Stone
Sturgeon Heights Music Parent Association Mr. Tim Swanson & Ms. Anne Longston Mr. & Mrs. Robert & Mary Thomas Ms. Phyllis A. C. Thomson E. Toews Carol & Neil Trembath In Memory of Susan Wieser Mrs. Audrey Vandewater Mrs. Nancy Vincent Stephen & Linda Vincent Mr. & Mrs. Arthur & Carrie Walker-Jones The Children and Grandchildren of Colin and Frances Walley Marcel Bonneau, in Honour of His 90th Birthday P. & B. Walsh John & Diane Weselake Ms. Stephanie Whitehouse Ms. Edie Wilde Edith Wilde Nicole & Graham Worden 8 Anonymous
Leave a legacy by making a donation to the WSO’s Endowment Fund. Managed by The Winnipeg Foundation since 1959, the fund has grown in value to just over $5.6M. Gifts to the fund ensure long term financial support for the orchestra. Thank you! Ms. Lisa Abram Judy & Jay Anderson Aubrey & Dr. Linda Asper John Bacon John & Janet Bailey Doris & Burton Bass Greg Doyle and Carol Bellringer Eric Bergen Mark & Zita Bernstein Family Foundation Edwin & Susan Bethune Ms. Joanne Biggs David & Gillian Bird Morley & Marjorie Blankstein C.M., O.M. Helga & Gerhard Bock Mr. Boychuk In Memory of Dr. & Mrs. M.M. Pierce Ms. Meira Buchszreiber Mr. & Mrs. F. Buckmaster Mrs. Leona Burdeniuk Timothy & Barbara Burt
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Lorraine and Gerry Cairns Sandra Caplan Mr. & Mrs. Norm & Sylvia Cassie Chavurad Tefilah; in Appreciation of Clara Belkin Chavurad Tefilah; in Appreciation of Karin Klassen Lawrie Cherniack Ms. E.R Chochinov Audrey Clifford Mrs. Joyce Cooper Ms. Helle Cosby Mr. & Mrs. Roger & Cathy Coss D.J. Cowan M. & G. Crielaard Gary & Fiona Crow D. Cymbalist Esther and Hy Dashevsky Kathleen Davis Mr. Ray Davis Tanya & Cameron Derksen Mrs. Christine Dewar Mr. Isaac Ben Diamond Ms. Janice Dietch Beverley & Fred Dyck Helene Dyck Ms. Alexandra Eastley John & Martha Enns Ms. Ursula Erhardt Sharon Erickson-Nesmith Kathleen & David Estey Irwin & Gail Fine Ms. Jo-Ann Finney Julien Fradette Mrs. Gitta Fricke Eileen George Mr. Randy Gesell Roger Giesbrecht Jeremy & Maureen Gordon Heather Graham Dr. & Mrs. L.C. Graham Mr. Ralph B. Guppy Mr. James Hanley Teresa A. Hay Dr. Wolfgang Heidenreich Mr. Daniel Heindl Marilyn & Helios Hernandez Katherine Himelblau Rachel Himelblau Mrs. Audrey F. Hubbard William J. Hutton Terry & Shirley James Drs. Keith & Gwyneth Jones Ms. Marilyn Kapitany A Special Thank You to Jackie Godard Kevin & Els Kavanagh In Memory of David H. Skinner Miss Esme Keith Mr. Ken Kinsley Brad and Cheryl Klassen
Mr. & Mrs. Bryan D. Klein T.G. Kucera Edith Landy, in Memory of David Landy Mr. Roland Lanoie Mr. Don Lawrence Amanda Le Rougetel & Val Paape Lisa Lewis Fraser & Joan Linklater Andrew Lutz In Memory of Fern Papushka In Memory of Donald Kluchnik K.J. Lyons & C.E. Simcoe Mr. Simon MacDonald Bonnie Makodanski Dept of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery Robert McDowall Mr. & Mrs. Jim & Terri McKerchar Mrs. Jean H. McLennan Ardythe McMaster Glen Mead Stephen & Marianne Meush Margaret & Fred Mooibroek Linda Moore Margaret Moroz, in Memory of Donald Kluchnik Margaret Moroz Vera Moroz Ron & Ollie Nelson Mr. Sveto Nikic Mr. & Mrs. Brian Ormonde Ms. Joan S. Papushka Mr. & Dr. Grant W. Pastuck In Memory of Emily Hasinoff In Memory of Mary Patterson Lesia Peet Dr. & Mrs. Werner Pieterse Mr. & Mrs. David & Wanda Pike Phyllis Portnoy & Rory Egan Ms. Lois Powne Eric & Erna Pullam J. Reichert Ms. Iris Reimer Mrs. Shirley Richardson Ms. Charlotte Robbins James Robertson Gisela Roger Mr. Kevin Rollason Olga & Bill Runnalls Ms. Tracy Sachvie Grant & Janet Saunders William Scheidt Mr. & Mrs. Lorna Schledewitz A. Schroeder Marilyn & Jon Seguire Dr. L. Sekla David Shefford Shirley E. Sherwood Michael Silicz & Alison Hamilton Winnifred Sim Louis & Shirley Ann Simkulak
Jack & Elaine Sine Mrs. Carolyn E. Smith Mr. Jean P. Sourisseau Ms. Patricia Steele Dr. & Mrs. M.R. Steinbart Margaret & Hartley Stinson Lea Stogdale L. & P. Talbot James & Joanne Teitsma Ms. Marilyn Thompson Heather A. Thornton Edith A. Toews Dr. Helen A. Toews Louise Waldman & David Loftson Pat & Peter Walker Professor A.M.C. Waterman Mr. & Mrs. James & Claudia Weselake Mr. Paul Wiebe Robin Wiens and Emilie Lagacé-Wiens Raymond and Shirley Wiest Dianne Wilt & Keith Millan Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra In Memory of Jessica Bernardin In Memory of Grant Marshall Women's Committee of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra WSO Women's Committee, in Memory of Margaret Mackling Theresa Huscroft Terence & Angela Wu Phillip S. Young 5 Anonymous
Share the Music is a unique outreach initiative of the WSO that allows economically disadvantaged children and their families to attend WSO performances. Thank you for helping to Share the Music! Shelley Chochinov Barbara Cook His Worship Mayor Sam Katz Addie Penner In Memory of Dr. & Mrs. M.M. Pierce Ms. Linda Sander Kay Schalme Heida & Skuli Sigfusson Geri & Peter Spencer Bette Jayne Taylor, in Honour of Her Birthday Ross & Bette Jayne Taylor Allyson Watts Mr. Warren Whittaker 2 Anonymous
CARNEGIE HALL The WSO gratefully acknowledges the following patrons whose generous support will make the dream of playing at Carnegie Hall come true. Thank you! Festival donors help to ensure the artistic excellence of the WSO’s New Music Festival. Thank you! All Charities Campaign Aubrey & Dr. Linda Asper Ms. Ruth Asper Baked Expectations Pat & Mary Jo Carrabre Warren Carther Mr. Ernest P. Cholakis Dr. & Mrs. David Connor Aris Economou Elvira Finnigan For Eyes Mr. Georgios Giannelis Paul & Nel Henteleff Marilyn & Helios Hernandez Richard & Karen Howell Humphry Inn & Suites Drs. Keith & Gwyneth Jones Koren & Leonard Kaminski Kozub/Halldorson Family Jim & Wendy Krovats Mrs. Caroline Ksiazek T.G. Kucera Ron Lambert Rolf & Alana Langelotz Dr. Brendan MacDougall Mr. Frank Martin Mr. Pat Meagher Ms. Nancy Mercury Ms. Sheila Miller Mrs. Brenda Morlock Margaret Moroz Robert & Cindy Neufield Lesia Peet Ms. Dominique Rey Mr. Doug Shewfelt Mr. Michael Shnier Muriel Smith Iian Smythe Karin Woods Mr. & Dr. Jens J. Wrogemann Ms. Sylvia Yaeger 4 Anonymous
John & Martha Enns Mrs. Gitta Fricke Freya Zuke Anonymous Douglas MacEwan Ms. R McKenzie Patrick Smith & Judy Vincent Brenda Taylor 1 Anonymous Listing as of July 31, 2013
Vivace $10,000 - $24,999 Dr. Bill Pope & Dr. Elizabeth Tippett-Pope Con Brio $5,000 - $9,999 Ms. Patricia Chaychuk Allegro $1,000 - $4,999 Timothy & Barbara Burt MJ Roofing Robert & Cindy Newfield Dr. Lea Stogdale Arni Thorsteinson & Susan Glass Mr. Warren Whittaker Conmoto Under $1,000 Dr. & Mrs. George and Irene Chuchman Joan C. Cohen Myrna Donald in Honour of Elsie Chrunyk
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WSO BOARD & STAFF 2013-2014 SEASON OUR DISTINGUISHED PATRONS His Honour the Honourable Philip S. Lee C.M., O.M. Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba The Honourable Greg Selinger, Premier of Manitoba His Worship Sam Katz, Mayor of the City of Winnipeg Mr. W.H. Loewen & Mrs. S.E. Loewen, WSO Directors Emeritus WOMEN'S COMMITTEE EXECUTIVE Shirley Loewen, President Sylvia Cassie, Vice-President Lesia Peet, Past President Isobel Harvie, Treasurer Evelyn Davidson, Secretary
BOARD OF DIRECTORS Timothy E. Burt, CFA Alan Freeman Dr. Daya Gupta President & Chair Richard Turner Gregory Hay Peter Jessiman Vice President Rob Kowalchuk Michael D. Kay Treasurer Maureen Kilgour Sotirios Kotoulas Muriel Smith Caroline Ksiazek Secretary Dorothy Dobbie Jackie Lowe Terry Sargeant Past President Jim Carr Karl Stobbe Sylvia Cassie Trudy Schroeder, Ex-officio Michael Cox Alexander Mickelthwate, Arlene Dahl Ex-officio OFFICIAL AUDITORS Runchey Miyazawa Abbott Chartered Accountants
TRUDY SCHROEDER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
ALEXANDER MICKELTHWATE, MUSIC DIRECTOR
EXECUTIVE OFFICE Lori Marks, Confidential Executive Assistant
ARTISTIC Bramwell Tovey, Conductor Laureate Julian Pellicano, Resident Conductor Vincent Ho, Composer-in-Residence
FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION John Bacon, Director of Finance & Administration Sandi Mitchell, Payroll & Accounting Administrator Leanne Plett, Accounting & Administrative Assistant DEVELOPMENT Joanne Gudmundson, Director of Development Carol Cassels, Development Manager Sarah Lund, Development Coordinator Jason Hayes, Development Assistant Caroline Murphy, Telefunder, Donations & Raffles Karen Deda & Chelse McKee, Raffle Assistants SALES & AUDIENCE SERVICES Ryan Diduck, Director of Sales & Audience Services Rachel Himelblau, Patron Services Coordinator Theresa Huscroft, Group Events Representative Patron Services Representatives (p/t): Chelse McKee Melissa Ungrin Crystal Schwartz Stephanie Van Nest
ARTISTIC OPERATIONS Jean-Francois Phaneuf, Director of Artistic Operations James Manishen, Artistic Operations Associate Andrea de Haan, Production Manager Amanda Wilson, Stage Manager Chris Lee, Orchestra Personnel Manager Ray Chrunyk, Principal Librarian Laura MacDougall, Assistant Librarian Lawrence Rentz, Stage Supervisor EDUCATION & OUTREACH Tanya Derksen, Director of Education & Outreach Amy Wolfe, Education & Outreach Coordinator Brent Johnson, Community Outreach Coordinator MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS Lisa Abram, Director of Marketing & Communications Sarah Panas, Marketing & Communications Coordinator S. Thompson Designs Inc.
WINNIPEG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA TICKET INFORMATION WSO ADMINISTRATION OFFICE: Richardson Building Suite 1650 – One Lombard Place Winnipeg, MB R3B 0X3 Phone: 204.949.3950 Fax: 204.956.4271 www.wso.ca
WSO BOX OFFICE: Centennial Concert Hall 555 Main Street Winnipeg, MB R3B 1C3 Phone: 204.949.3999 www.wso.ca
TICKETMASTER: Phone: 1-855-985-ARTS Ticketmaster.ca GROUP EVENTS: Phone: 204-949-3995 groupevents@wso.mb.ca
The WSO is a chartered non-profit organization operated by a voluntary Board of Directors. 40 OVERTURE I September – November 2013
30 and under? Get
Soundcheck’d with the WSO!
• All Soundcheck members are eligible for special events and perks throughout the season. • Everyone 30 years of age or younger is eligible for this free program. Full time students over 30 are also eligible. • One guest can accompany the member for an additional $15 *. • Tickets can be purchased up to 2 weeks in advance. • Sit anywhere in the hall, except the loges (subject to availability).
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20132014 SEASON Alexander Mickelthwate, Music Director Julian Pellicano, Resident Conductor Vincent Ho, Composer-in-Residence
WSO Season at-a-Glance SEASON OPENER: LAPLANTE PLAYS RACHMANINOFF Friday, September 20 I 8:00 pm Saturday, September 21 I 8:00 pm SCI-FI SPECTACULAR Friday, September 27 I 8:00 pm Saturday, September 28 I 8:00 pm Sunday, September 29 I 2:00 pm BRAHMS: SYMPHONY NO. 1 Friday, October 4 I 10:30 am JAMES EHNES Friday, October 4 I 8:00 pm Saturday, October 5 I 8:00 pm
WSO Administration Office: Richardson Building Suite 1650 – One Lombard Place Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 0X3
A PRAIRIE CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION Saturday, November 30 I 7:30 pm
MANNY TUBA’S MUSICAL TREASURE HUNT Sunday, February 23 I 2:00 pm
STEVE BELL Sunday, December 1 I 8:00 pm
PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION ®
MESSIAH Friday, December 6 I 8:00 pm Saturday, December 7 I 8:00 pm THE SNOWMAN Sunday, December 8 I 2:00 pm NATALIE MACMASTER Friday, December 13 I 8:00 pm Saturday, December 14 I 8:00 pm Sunday, December 15 I 2:00 pm
WALL TO WALL PERCUSSION Sunday, October 6 I 2:00 pm
SYMPHONY IDOL Friday, January 10 I 8:00 pm Saturday, January 11 I 8:00 pm Sunday, January 12 I 2:00 pm
TCHAIKOVSKY FESTIVAL Friday, October 25 I 8:00 pm Saturday, October 26 I 8:00 pm
BEETHOVEN: SYMPHONY NO. 3 (EROICA) Friday, January 17 I 10:30 am
TCHAIKOVSKY: SYMPHONY NO. 6 (PATHÉTIQUE) Friday, November 1 I 10:30 am
FOUR HORNS & BEETHOVEN Friday, January 17 I 8:00 pm Saturday, January 18 I 8:00 pm
TCHAIKOVSKY FESTIVAL FINALE Friday, November 1 I 8:00 pm Saturday, November 2 I 8:00 pm
HILLIARD Saturday, January 25 I 8:00 pm
THE HOCKEY SWEATER Sunday, November 3 I 2:00 pm LE OMBRÉ Friday, November 8 I 8:00 pm Saturday, November 9 I 8:00 pm Sunday, November 10 I 2:00 pm UMI PLAYS CHOPIN Friday, November 15 I 8:00 pm Saturday, November 16 I 8:00 pm
WSO Box Office: Centennial Concert Hall 555 Main Street Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 1C3
RICHTER & SILVESTROV Friday, January 31 I 8:00 pm LINDI ORTEGA WITH THE WSO Friday, February 7 I 8:00 pm Saturday, February 8 I 8:00 pm Sunday, February 9 I 2:00 pm BRUCKNER 8 Friday, February 21 I 8:00 pm Saturday, February 22 I 8:00 pm
– BEYOND THE SCORE
Saturday, March 1 I 7:30 pm WINNIPEG PHILHARMONIC CHOIR Sunday, March 2 I 3:00 pm BOND & BEYOND: CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF 007 Friday, March 7 I 8:00 pm Saturday, March 8 I 8:00 pm Sunday, March 9 I 2:00 pm MENDELSSOHN & MAHLER Friday, March 14 I 8:00 pm Saturday, March 15 I 8:00 pm MANITOBA ROCKS! Friday, March 28 I 8:00 pm Saturday, March 29 I 8:00 pm Sunday, March 30 I 2:00 pm FRITZ LANG’S METROPOLIS Saturday, April 12 I 7:30 pm THE FIREBIRD Sunday, April 13 I 2:00 pm VERDI REQUIEM Saturday, April 19 I 8:00 pm PEKING ACROBATS ENCORE! Friday, April 25 I 8:00 pm Saturday, April 26 I 8:00 pm Sunday, April 27 I 2:00 pm R. MURRAY SCHAFER: SYMPHONY NO. 1 Friday, May 2 I 10:30 am CARNEGIE HALL! Friday, May 2 I 8:00 pm Saturday, May 3 I 8:00 pm CELLO FESTIVAL Sunday, June 22 I 8:00 pm
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