2014/ 2015 Overture #5

FEBRUARY - MARCH 2015 I ISSUE 5

DVORˇÁK & RACHMANINOFF SOUNDS OF SIMON & GARFUNKEL BEETHOVEN: SYMPHONY NO. 9 ROALD DAHL’S JACK AND THE BEANSTALK

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MESSAGE FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WSO concerts provide the opportunity to enjoy the riches of hundreds of years of wonderful compositions, exceptionally talented soloists, and, of course, the glory of the full orchestral sound. Over the next weeks, we will hear the ever popular

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songs of Simon and Garfunkel, hear and see the classic musical film Singin’ in the Rain, experience the rich textures and wonderful melodic lines of Rachmaninoff’s Third Symphony, and on March 27th and 28th you can immerse yourself in the wonders of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony.

Every concert affords opportunities to explore new aspects of music we may have heard many times before, or be introduced to new works that will delight us and afford us with sounds and imagery that add depth and colour to our days. For me, each time a concert begins, I find myself experiencing the music anew. We are so fortunate to have an orchestra of this calibre in our community. We have the world of musical opportunities at our doorstep. We just need to carve out that special time in our lives to make the musical experience our own.

Enjoy this lovely series of concerts, and if you want to find an enjoyable way to show your support for the work of the WSO, please attend the WSO’s Spring Gala on April 23, 2015.

The theme this year is the glamour and glitz of the 1920’s. I encourage you to gather a group of friends and make this event a very special occasion.

Trudy Schroeder Executive Director Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra

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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 was the only Canadian ensemble in the showcase. As well as significantly contributing to the New Music Festival and Indigenous Festival, Alexander led the orchestra’s first out of province tour since 1979 to the National Arts Centre in Ottawa, launched the International Conducting masterclasses, the New Music Festival 2012 film project and played a major part in the acoustic overhaul of the Centennial Concert Hall.

Julian Pellicano, Resident Conductor In the fall of 2014, Julian Pellicano began his second season as resident conductor of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, where he leads the orchestra in a wide variety of programs throughout the year. He has worked with the Orquestra Sinfonica de Porto Alegre (Brazil), Hartford Symphony Orchestra, Eastern Connecticut Symphony, New Britain Symphony, Boston’s Dinosaur Annex Ensemble and Milwaukee's Present Music. In addition, Julian conducted the premiere of Martin Bresnick’s critically acclaimed opera My Friend's Story at the International Festival of Arts and Ideas and conducted at Carnegie Hall with the Yale Philharmonia Orchestra. Recognized for his work with living composers and transparent interpretations of contemporary works, he has premiered over 40 new pieces and as an artist in residence at the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, he conducts the Norfolk Contemporary Ensemble. Julian 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. Beyond his position with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, Julian also serves as music director of the University of Manitoba Symphony Orchestra.

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WINNIPEG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 2014-2015 SEASON MUSIC DIRECTOR Alexander Mickelthwate RESIDENT CONDUCTOR Julian Pellicano 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 The Patty Kirk Memorial Chair

TROMBONES Steven Dyer, Principal John Helmer

The Sophie-Carmen EckhardtBASSES Gramatté Memorial Chair, endowed by the Eckhardt-Gramatté Foundation Meredith Johnson, Principal

Karl Stobbe, Associate Concertmaster Mary Lawton, Assistant Concertmaster Karin Andreasen Chris Anstey Mona Coarda Hong Tian Jia Janet Liang Simon MacDonald Meredith McCallum Julie Savard Jun Shao SECOND VIOLINS Darryl Strain, Principal Elation Pauls, Assistant Principal Karen Bauch Kristina Bauch Elizabeth Dyer Rodica Jeffrey Susan McCallum Takayo Noguchi Claudine St-Arnauld † Jane Pulford VIOLAS Daniel Scholz, Principal Anne Elise Lavallée, Assistant Principal Laszlo Baroczi Richard Bauch Greg Hay Suzanne McKegney Merrily Peters Mike Scholz

BASS TROMBONE Julia McIntyre, Principal

Andrew Goodlett, Assistant Principal Travis Harrison Paul Nagelberg Bruce Okrainec Daniel Perry FLUTES Jan Kocman, Principal Martha Durkin

TUBA Chris Lee, Principal TIMPANI **Brendan Thompson, Acting Principal PERCUSSION Frederick Liessens, Principal

PICCOLO Martha Durkin

HARP Richard Turner, Principal Endowed by W.H. & S.E. Loewen

OBOES Beverly Wang, Principal Robin MacMillan

ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL MANAGER Chris Lee

ENGLISH HORN Robin MacMillan

PRINCIPAL LIBRARIAN Raymond Chrunyk

CLARINETS Micah Heilbrunn, Principal Michelle Goddard

ASSISTANT LIBRARIAN Laura MacDougall

BASSOONS Alex Eastley, Principal Kathryn Brooks

*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 according to a James Robertson rotational system.

The Hilda Schelberger Memorial Chair

Caroline Oberheu Michiko Singh

Fred Redekop is the official Piano Tuner and Technician of the WSO.

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WE TAKE PEOPLE PLACES. BUT IT’S MUSIC THAT TRULY MOVES THEM.

OFFICIAL AIRLINE OF THE WINNIPEG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA.

AJ Swearingen and Jonathan Beedle

Michael Krajewski, conductor AJ Swearingen, vocals Jonathan Beedle, vocals

Sounds of Simon and Garfunkel Homeward Bound The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy) All I Have To Do Is Dream I Am a Rock The Sounds of Silence Cecilia Keep the Customer Satisfied Na Na Medley

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Sounds of Simon & Garfunkel

Paul Simon, Art Garfunkel (arr. Gregory Prechel) Simon and Garfunkel (arr. Christopher J. Wills) Simon and Garfunkel (arr. Wills) Simon and Garfunkel (arr. Wills) Paul Simon (arr. David Yackley) Simon and Garfunkel Simon and Garfunkel (arr. Wills) Paul Simon (arr. Joel Pierson) Kenner/Leka/DeCarlo/Frashuer/McCartney (arr. Prechel)

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Paul Simon in Concert (Medley) All I Know A Hazy Shade of Winter The Dangling Conversation America Scarborough Fair Old Friends/Bookends Bridge Over Troubled Water Mrs. Robinson

Paul Simon (arr. Prechel) Jimmy Webb (arr. Prechel) Simon and Garfunkel (arr. Wills) Simon and Garfunkel (arr. Wills) Simon and Garfunkel (arr. Wills) Paul Simon Simon and Garfunkel (arr. Wills) Simon and Garfunkel (arr. Wills) Paul Simon (arr. Tim Berens)

Friday, February 20 8:00 p.m.

Saturday, February 21 8:00 p.m.

Sunday, February 22 2:00 p.m.

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Pre-concert performance on the Piano Nobile Friday, 7:15 p.m.

Saturday, 7:15 p.m.

Sunday, 1:15 p.m.

Jacqueline Ryz Piano Studio Erica Schultz Studio Desautels Faculty of Music Division of Preparatory Studies February – March 2015 I OVERTURE 7

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Sounds of Simon & Garfunkel

Michael Krajewski, conductor

AJ Swearingen & Jonathan Beedle, vocals

Known for his entertaining programs and clever humour, Michael Krajewski is a much sought after conductor of symphonic pops. He is the principal pops conductor of the Houston Symphony, the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and the newly appointed Music Director of The Philly Pops. With degrees from Wayne State University in Detroit and the University of Cincinnati College- Conservatory of Music, Michael furthered his training at the Pierre Monteux Domaine School for Conductors. He was a Dorati Fellowship Conductor with the Detroit Symphony and later served as that orchestra’s assistant conductor. He was resident conductor of the Florida Symphony and for eleven years served as music director of the Modesto Symphony Orchestra.

Michael lives in Orlando, Florida with his wife Darcy. When not conducting he enjoys travel, photography and solving crossword puzzles.

AJ Swearingen and Jonathan Beedle have been performing this remarkable tribute to the music of “Simon & Garfunkel” for more than a decade and their sold out shows prove the effect on their audiences is undeniable. A chance meeting in 1991, in a local club in Bethlehem, PA, brought these two talented artists together.

A brief introduction and moments later they were blending their voices as if they had been performing together for a lifetime. AJ’s warm baritone and Jonathan’s soaring tenor combine flawlessly to capture the essence and magic of “Simon & Garfunkel’s” sound of the early years in Greenwich Village. With a quiet stage and an acoustic guitar, AJ and Jonathan re-create the memories of the classic hits and obscure songs of “Simon & Garfunkel.” Discover why audiences are cheering for this duo as they capture — the magic of “Simon and Garfunkel.”

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EXTRA MUSICIANS: Laura MacDougall, flute; Tracy Wright, oboe; Jim Ewen, bassoon; Tony Cyre, percussion; Victoria Sparks, percussion; Donna Laube, keyboard; Joel Green, trombone

Nikki Chooi

Alexander Mickelthwate, conductor Nikki Chooi, violin Lara Ciekiewicz, soprano*

MASTERWORKS

Dvorˇák & Rachmaninoff

Postlude: Song of Hope*

Vincent Ho (b. 1975)

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in A minor, Op. 53

Antonin Dvorˇák (1841-1904)

Allegro ma non troppo Adagio ma non troppo Finale: Rondo giocoso, ma non troppo - INTERMISSION -

Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 44

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)

Lento – Allegro moderato Adagio ma non troppo – Allegro vivace – Tempo come prima Allegro

Friday, February 27 Saturday, February 28

8:00 p.m.

8:00 p.m.

Pre-concert chat on the Piano Nobile begins at 7:15 p.m.

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PROGRAM NOTES

by James Manishen

Postlude: Song of Hope Vincent Ho b. Ottawa / 1975 World premiere “Postlude: Song of Hope was commissioned by the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra to celebrate the opening of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights.

With “human rights” as the theme, I drew my inspiration from two composers I have long admired: Valentin Silvestrov and Arvo Pärt.

Using them as my models, I decided to write a work that would represent my take on two musical concepts: “postludialism” (as mastered by Silvestrov) and “Holy minimalism” (as associated to the music of Pärt). Throughout the work, there is an expression of individual struggle that eventually leads to a spiritual awakening.

During the second half of the piece, the soprano emerges expressing sentiments of hope and optimism for the future of humanity (text written by Chinese-Canadian writer Lien Chao).”

Vincent Ho

Violin Concerto Antonin Dvorˇák b. Bohemia / September 8, 1841 d. Prague / May 1, 1904 Composed: 1879, revised in 1880 and 1882 First performance: October 14, 1883 (Prague) conducted by Maric Anger with Frantisek Ondr’cek as soloist Last WSO performance: 2001; Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor; James Ehnes, violin By 1878 Dvorˇák had gained international fame with his Slavonic Dances, which, along with Smetana’s Má vlast of the same period, have come to personify the Czech personality in symphonic music.

Along with the acclaim came some prominent new friends: composers Liszt and Brahms, who recommended the young Dvorˇák to his publisher Simrock, plus the eminent violinist Joseph Joachim to whom Brahms dedicated his Violin Concerto and who helped him in its construction that same year.

Simrock asked Dvorˇák to consider writing a violin concerto of his own.

Since Joachim had already done much to establish the young composer’s reputation in Vienna and elsewhere through performances of several of Dvorˇák’s chamber works, he offered his expertise on the fine points of violin technique and concerto design just as he had done with Brahms.

time to produce another orchestral work, his Fourth Piano Concerto, which was poorly received and extensively revised later on.

Rachmaninoff waited until 1934 to try another orchestral work, this time the splendid Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. Encouraged by its success, he decided that it was time for a successor to his Second Dvorˇák welcomed Joachim’s advice but Symphony of 1907. the violinist proved to be a demanding mentor, never showing anything more By August of 1935 at his Swiss villa than faint praise over the two-year on Lake Lucerne, Rachmaninoff period of the work’s gestation. Though completed the first movement of the intention was for Joachim to give what would be his last symphony. By the premiere, that never happened, June 1936 he finished the whole nor did Joachim ever perform the work, exactly three decades after his work in public. The premiere fell Second Symphony. instead to Frantisek Ondr’cek a year The premiere went to Leopold later and was immediately successful.

Stokowski and the Philadelphia The opening movement’s bold Orchestra, with which determination leads via a gentle Rachmaninoff had a close woodwind chorale to the tender and association since 1909 when he nostalgic second movement, one of made his American debut as a guest the loveliest in Dvorˇák’s entire output. conductor. It was not well received, The finale is a boisterous rondo whose largely owing to the score’s main theme recalls the fiery furiant Romantic nature felt as being out of dance, its accents and melody date with the “moderns” of the time Bohemian to the core.

- Stravinsky, Schoenberg and others entrenched in path-breaking Symphony No. 3 musical change. Rachmaninoff Sergei Rachmaninoff stood his ground though and b. Oneg, Russia / April 1, 1873 reaffirmed his integrity: “I have d. Los Angeles, CA USA / March 28, 1943 made intense efforts to feel the Composed: 1935-1936 musical manner of today, but it will First performance: November 6, 1936 not come to me,” he said.

(Philadelphia) conducted by Leopold Stokowski A chant-like “motto” theme that First WSO performance returns in later movements opens the work, followed by a blare of brass By the time leading to a doleful theme in the Rachmaninoff was woodwinds. The molto cantabile forced to leave his second theme (cellos) is one of beloved Russian Rachmaninoff’s signature “big tunes.” homeland by the 1917 A finely argued development section Revolution, he had followed by a return of the “motto” completed his major catalogue of brings the movement to a close. orchestral works: three piano concertos, two symphonies, a The second movement has a symphonic poem, two operas and his sharply-tanged scherzo enclosed in a choral symphony The Bells. Now he rapt Adagio. The finale powers had to earn a living abroad, for which forward with Rachmaninoff’s typical he turned to his phenomenal skills as energy. After its two themes are a pianist, undertaking annual tours in heard comes a fugato with the Europe and the United States to spectre of the “Dies Irae” as support his family. When performing counterpoint. As the work closes he would not compose. When one hears the “motto” theme composing he would not perform, so worked in as the “ghosts” are it was not until 1927 that he found the dispelled in triumph.

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Dvorˇák & Rachmaninoff Nikki Chooi, violin

Lara Ciekiewicz

Canadian violinist, Nikki Chooi has been described as, “a model of taste and tonal refinement” (Boston Globe) and “vigorous and colorful” (New York Times). The First Prize Winner of the 2013 Michael Hill International Violin Competition and a Laureate of the 2012 Queen Elisabeth International Violin Competition, his many engagements have included performances as soloist with the Winnipeg Symphony, Edmonton Symphony, Santa Cruz Symphony, Malaysian Philharmonic, National Orchestra of Belgium, and the Auckland Philharmonia. His recital engagements have taken him to the Vancouver Recital Series, Debut Atlantic Recital Tour, Canadian National Arts Debut Series, Caramoor Rising Stars Series, Australia’s Musica Viva Series, and La Monnai "Concertini" in Belgium.

A native born Winnipegger, soprano Lara Ciekiewicz will be heard this season as Liu in Manitoba Opera’s Turandot with additional engagements for Orchestre Sherbrooke’s Messiah, the premiere of a new work by Vincent Ho for the Winnipeg Symphony and three appearances for Salute To Vienna in the Unites States. Highlights of the 2013-2014 season included Nellie in South Pacific for Pacific Opera Victoria, Messiah with the Winnipeg Symphony, Musetta in La Bohème for Manitoba Opera, and Lisa in Das Land Des Lächelns for Toronto Operetta Theatre. She is an alumna of Atelier Lyrique de L’Opéra de Montréal and the Merola Program of the San Francisco Opera and holds degrees from the University of Manitoba and McGill University.

An avid chamber musician as well, Nikki has performed in many international festivals including the Marlboro Music Festival, the Ravinia Festival, the Dresden Music Festival in Germany, and the Montreal Chamber Fest. In the 2014-2015 season, he will be touring with Musicians from Marlboro.

EXTRA MUSICIANS: Laurel Ridd, flute; Caitlin Broms-Jacobs, oboe; Sharon Atkinson, clarinet; Allen Harrington, bassoon; Jim Ewen, bassoon; Tony Cyre, percussion; Victoria Sparks, percussion; Byron Wood, percussion; Donna Laube, keyboard; Erik Hongisto, trombone

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Film with Orchestra

Julian Pellicano, conductor Patricia Ward Kelly, host

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Singin’ in the Rain -

Film Credits CAST Gene Kelly...................... Don Lockwood Donald O’Connor............ Cosmo Brown Debbie Reynolds.............. Kathy Selden Jean Hagen .................... Lina Lamont Millard Mitchell................ R.F. Simpson Cyd Charisse .................. Dancer Douglas Fowley .............. Roscoe Dexter Rita Moreno .................... Zelda Zanders

SCREENPLAY BY Adolph Green Betty Comden

Film Courtesy of Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

MUSIC BY Nacio Herb Brown (songs) Arthur Freed

Original Film Release Date: 11 April 1952 (USA) Runtime: 103 min

DIRECTED BY Gene Kelly (Director and Choreographer) Stanley Donen PRODUCED BY Arthur Freed

Production Credits Producer: John Goberman Music Preparation: Larry Spivack Original orchestrations reconstructed by: John Wilson, Paul Campbell and Andrew Cottee The producer wishes to acknowledge the contributions and extraordinary support of John Waxman (Themes & Variations).

A Symphonic Night at the Movies is a production of PGM Productions, Inc. (New York) and appears by arrangement with IMG Artists.

Friday, March 13 Saturday, March 14 Sunday, March 15

8:00 p.m.

8:00 p.m.

2:00 p.m.

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MUSICIANS IN THE MAKING

Pre-concert performance on the Piano Nobile Friday, 7:15 p.m.

Saturday, 7:15 p.m.

Sunday, 1:15 p.m.

Manitoba Conservatory of Music & Arts Ukulele Ensemble Canadian Mennonite University Gina Wedel Studio

DINNER & A SYMPHONY 3-course Dinner starts at 5:30 p.m., Saturday I Concert at 8:00 p.m.

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Singin’ in the Rain -

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Film with Orchestra

Patricia Ward Kelly, host Biographer and film historian Patricia Ward Kelly is the widow of Gene Kelly. She has worked as a writer at a film production company, as a contributing scholar for the authoritative Northwestern/Newberry Writings of Herman Melville, and as a freelance journalist. She and Kelly met at the Smithsonian in 1985, when he was the host/narrator for a television special for which she was a writer. Soon after, he invited her to California to write his memoirs, a job for which she recorded his words nearly every day for over ten years. They were together until his death in 1996.

Currently, she serves as Trustee of The Gene Kelly Image Trust and Creative Director of Gene Kelly: The Legacy, a corporation established to commemorate Kelly’s artistry worldwide. She lives in Los Angeles and is completing the book about her late husband. Her one-woman show Gene Kelly: The Legacy An Evening With Patricia Ward Kelly is currently on tour in the U.S. and abroad. For more information, please go to www.genekelly.com.

EXTRA MUSICIANS: Allen Harrington, alto saxophone 1; Neil Watson, alto saxophone 2; Curtis Bamford, tenor saxophone 1; Ken Gold, tenor saxophone 2; Andrew Klasson, baritone saxophone; Cathy Wood, clarinet; Sharon Atkinson, clarinet; Tony Cyre, percussion; Victoria Sparks, percussion Donna Laube, keyboard

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Alexander Mickelthwate, conductor Joni Henson, soprano Elizabeth Turnbull, mezzo-soprano Steven Tharp, tenor Stephen Hegedus, bass-baritone Winnipeg Philharmonic Choir, Yuri Klaz, director Mennonite Festival Chorus, Rudy Schellenberg and Janet Brenneman, co-directors

Te Deum

MASTERWORKS

Beethoven’s 9th

Anton Bruckner (1824-1896)

Te Deum: Allegro (chorus and soloists) Te ergo: Moderato (soloists) Aeterna fac: Allegro (chorus) Salvum fac: Moderato – Allegro (soloists and chorus) In te, Domine, speravi: Mässig bewegt (soloists and chorus) – Fuge: Im gleichen gemässigten Tempo (soloists and chorus) - INTERMISSION -

Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, “Choral” Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso Molto vivace – Presto – Molto vivace Adagio molto e cantabile Finale, with soloists and chorus: Presto – Allegro ma non troppo – Vivace – Adagio cantabile – Allegro – Allegro assai

Friday, March 27 Saturday, March 28

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

8:00 p.m.

8:00 p.m.

Pre-concert chat on the Piano Nobile begins at 7:15 p.m.

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by James Manishen

Te Deum Anton Bruckner b. Ansfelden / September 4, 1824 d. Vienna / October 11, 1896 Composed: 1881 and 1883-1884 First performance: January 10, 1886 (Vienna) conducted by Hans Richter Last WSO performance: 1987; Henry Engbrecht, conductor Bruckner’s nine symphonies naturally draw us to a perception of a composer long steeped in orchestral experience, especially the mature symphonies of Nos. 4 through 8 composed within his most fertile creative period of 1874-1884. But Bruckner early on had excelled in liturgical choral music well before he ever set anything for orchestra, producing among other choral pieces seven masses and culminating with the Te Deum of which he was immensely proud.

Though of equivalent scale to the symphonies, the Te Deum reflects the humble yet transcendent expression of Bruckner’s immutable faith in God. “When God finally calls me and asks what I have done with the talent He gave me,” Bruckner once said, “I will present Him with the score of my Te Deum, and hope He will judge me mercifully.”

Bruckner’s long delayed acclaim was growing in 1881 when he composed the first draft of the Te Deum. Completion of his Sixth Symphony and work on the Seventh (in which he uses two quotes from the Te Deum) plus teaching and organ duties prevented him from finishing the work until March 1884.

The Vienna premiere conducted by Hans Richter was a success and Bruckner was acclaimed, recognition that continued through the approximately 30 performances the work received during Bruckner’s lifetime. Te Deum was the last of his

music Bruckner was to hear. At a performance on January 12, 1896 the aged, infirmed composer was carried to and from the hall where he received a tremendous farewell ovation from the Viennese audience.

So often applied to Bruckner’s symphonies is the expression “cathedrals in sound.” Te Deum reflects that too, with a mastery of choral writing and grand architectural design that yields the composer’s lifelong faith in God both recognizably and memorably in a syntax all his own.

Symphony No. 9 Ludwig van Beethoven b. Bonn / December 17, 1770 d. Vienna / March 26, 1827 Composed: 1822-1824 First performance: May 7, 1824 (Vienna), conducted by Michael Umlauf under the composer’s supervision Last WSO performance: 2013; Alexander Mickelthwate, conductor Beethoven had loved Schiller’s Ode to Joy ever since first encountering it in 1793. At 23, the young composer was so inspired by the poem’s message of brotherhood and universal love, he became a Freemason, vowing that there must be a way to be able to make a musical setting to infuse even greater emotional weight to Schiller’s text for all to feel and be inspired by. It took Beethoven quite some time – three decades, in fact, plus hundreds of revisions, stops and starts and an obvious internal focus of staggering proportions. The majestic Ninth Symphony was the result, for many, the penultimate timeless happening in all art.

Beethoven had completed the Seventh and Eighth Symphonies by 1812 and immediately decided on his next symphony, the first idea being the selection of the key of D minor. The Ninth’s original material began in 1815 with sketches for the Scherzo second movement. In 1818 he considered adding a choral movement, but only as

a song within the slow movement.

Ill health and the immense Missa Solemnis came Beethoven’s way, so the Ninth was only sporadically touched on for the next four years. In 1822, Missa was finished and its influence was to pervade the Ninth’s dramatic and psychological narrative, though the Ninth was to be more a celebration of Schiller’s strivings than religious declamation.

Beethoven then received a commission from the London Philharmonic Society for the new symphony but continued to wrestle with how he would include Schiller’s text. All but the finale was completed. What to do to cap off the work?

“I have it! I have it!’’ he shouted. A recitative was to be the device, recalling fragments of what comes before in the symphony and bridging the gap to the famous theme introduced unadorned by the cellos to be forever lodged in the subconscious of all who would hear the work then, now and forever.

The premiere on May 7, 1824 was a triumph. The totally deaf Beethoven had conducted but didn’t know when the applause had begun. Police had to maintain order in the erupted house.

Beethoven was so overwhelmed he slept in the same clothes he wore that evening.

One can look at the Ninth from innumerable perspectives, clearly its musical revelations, the finale’s ultimate anthem of freedom or the Ninth’s overall influence toward Romantic expressionism.

But it’s the immediacy of this masterpiece that registers most strongly - the ongoing asks to look inward at one’s feelings and outward to how they should impact all else. An invitation to, as Chopin said about Beethoven “embrace the universe with the power of his [our] spirit.’’

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Beethoven’s 9 th Joni Henson, soprano

Steven Tharp, tenor

Soprano Joni Henson is one of Canada’s most thrilling young performers on both the opera and concert stage. Her current season includes Fricka in Das Rheingold for Pacific Opera Victoria, Britten’s War Requiem in Victoria and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the Winnipeg Symphony. The Canadian Company Ensemble alumna recently appeared as Senta in Der Fliegende Holländer for Calgary Opera, Elisabetta in Don Carlos for Vancouver Opera and Alice in Falstaff for Pacific Opera Victoria. Concert credits include Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the National Arts Centre Orchestra, Vancouver Symphony and the Detroit Symphony, Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 with Orchestre Metropolitain du Grand Montreal with Nézét-Séguin in Montreal and Ottawa, Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 with the Calgary Philharmonic and Opera Galas for the Colorado and Fairfax Symphonies. She is founding member of Casa Diva and returns to the COC as cover artist for the roles of Ortlinde and Gerhilde in Die Walküre.

Steven Tharp has gained worldwide recognition and acclaim as a singer of remarkable versatility in repertoire spanning many centuries and styles.

Opera News has praised the "bel canto flexibility and sweetness" of his voice, while The New Yorker has described his voice as “strong, free, and forward in tone, verbally sure, lyrical in utterance.” His appearances have included Verdi’s Requiem and Schubert Songs in Prague under the auspices of the Defiant Requiem Foundation; Britten’s Serenade for Tenor, Horn, and Strings with Jacaranda Music; Bach’s St. Matthew Passion with the Orquestra Sinfónica Nacional de Mexico; and Verdi’s Requiem with the Winnipeg Symphony. He has joined the voice faculty of the University of Missouri-Columbia.

Elizabeth Turnbull, mezzo-soprano Hailed by the critics as “a revelation,” with “controlled passion and glistening presence,” Elizabeth Turnbull’s many and varied credits include appearances with major orchestras and opera companies.

Recent operatic performances have included Lyubija in the European and Canadian tours of Svadba, Zita in Gianni Schicchi (Calgary Opera), Olga in Eugene Onegin (Opera Lyra Ottawa), and Emilia in Otello (Dallas, Edmonton). Concert performances have included Verdi’s Requiem (Edmonton), Das Lied von der Erde (Edmonton, Victoria, and Toronto), Mozart's Requiem (Vancouver), Messiah (National Arts Centre) and Bach's St. Matthew Passion (Edmonton). Most recently, she was Ruth in Calgary Opera’s Pirates of Penzance, and the Page in Salome for Edmonton Opera. The Alberta native is Instructor of Voice at the University of Alberta’s Department of Music and her discography includes CDs for Toronto's Bach Consort, the Ukrainian Art Song Project and a collection Irish and Scottish Songs.

Stephen Hegedus, bass-baritone A prize-winner in the New York Oratorio Society competition, Stephen Hegedus’ recent engagements include Messiah with the Houston, San Antonio and Edmonton symphonies; the title role in Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro for Teatro Municipal de Santiago; Albert in Werther for Opéra de Montréal, Leporello in Don Giovanni for Vancouver Opera; and Masetto in Don Giovanni with Orchestre Métropolitain du grand Montréal. Last season included Opera Atelier’s Persée at Versailles, Bach’s Magnificat with Orchestra symphonique de Québec and Die Schöpfung for the Elora Festival. His current schedule includes Bernstein’s A Quiet Place with Nagano and Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, Mozart’s Requiem with the Vancouver Symphony, Messiah at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa and the Vancouver Chamber Choir, concerts with Les Violons du Roy and Beethoven’s Symphony No.9 and Haydn’s Die Schöpfung with the Winnipeg Symphony.

Hegedus holds a Master of Music degree (University of Toronto) and is a graduate of Atelier lyrique de l’Opéra de Montréal.

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Winnipeg Philharmonic Choir, Yuri Klaz, director

Mennonite Festival Chorus, Rudy Schellenberg and Janet Brenneman, co-directors

Now in its 92nd season, the Winnipeg Philharmonic Choir has a well-earned reputation for excellence. A choral trademark for the City of Winnipeg, the Phil’s repertoire covers a broad range of music focusing on major choral with orchestral accompaniment including oratorios, masses and choral symphonies. Priding itself on premiering original music, the Phil has commissioned works by composers from both Manitoba and across Canada. The choir has captivated audiences in Toronto, Vancouver and New York’s Carnegie Hall.

The Canadian Mennonite University Chorus combine’s two of CMU’s premiere ensembles, the CMU Women’s Chorus (Janet Brenneman, conductor) and the CMU Men’s Chorus (Rudy Schellenberg, conductor). These auditioned choirs are comprised of students from a variety of academic programs at CMU and perform regularly in worship and in concert across Manitoba.

Known for their innovative programming, energy, and enthusiasm, these choirs perform demanding repertoire that represents their commitment to exploring a global context in close relation to the music of their Christian heritage and faith. Together, the CMU Women and Men’s choirs host the annual CMU Choral Connections and can be heard regularly on Golden West Broadcasting throughout southern Manitoba. Past performances with the WSO include the the world premiere of T. Patrick Carrabre’s Creation Stories, Alfred Schnittke’s Faust Cantata Seid Nuchtern und Wachet, Christos Hatzis’ Sepulcher of Life, Glen Buhr’s Symphony No. 3, John Tavener’s Requiem, Krzysztof Penderecki’s Seven Gates of Jerusalem, and Giya Kancheli’s Styx.

Under Maestro Yuri Klaz, the Phil provides music lovers of all ages a subscription series of three Sunday afternoon concerts, bringing new life to some of the world’s finest choral works that are dramatic, profoundly moving and always entertainingly full of heart.

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EXTRA MUSICIANS: Laura MacDougall, principal flute; Laurel Ridd, flute; Jim Ewen, contra bassoon; Keith Dyrda, trombone; Tony Cyre, percussion; Victoria Sparks, percussion

THANK YOU Each year, the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra and Music for Young Children work together to present pre-concert activities at the WSO’s Great-West Life Concerts for Kids series. ies rt activit Pre-conce Presenting two to four activities Music for Youn g Children teac hers at every concert, MYC is an integral part of engaging children in music-making through a range of “The partnership between Music for Young Children® activities such as crafts, rhythm and the WSO is one that makes me incredibly proud.

Each time I hear and see how BOTH the WSO and MYC ensembles and movement. Through Manitoba Coordinator, Marilyn Unrau – and our MYC this unique partnership the WSO is teachers, constantly work together and THINK about able to offer high-quality educational supporting one another, it’s just incredible. My gratitude activities to our younger patrons. and pride cannot be measured. I only wish that all To celebrate MYC’s 35th anniversary this year, Olivia Riddell, President and International Director and her husband David, Vice-President & COO will also be attending the performance of Jack and the Beanstalk on March 29th.

The WSO is grateful for the support of the MYC teachers, and would like to thank them for their hard work and dedication. Together, we are working to engage children in music and engage them in the world of orchestral music!

communities across Canada could benefit as the Winnipeg (and surrounding areas) are.”

Olivia Riddell BA (Arts), RMT, MYCC President & International Director of MYC

“Music for Young Children is so fortunate to be able to partner with the WSO. As a music teacher, I am thrilled to promote and encourage our MYC families to attend the WSO Concert for Kids as it is an opportunity to further enrich their musical experience. My students have attended many concerts and have also participated in the Musicians in the Making. I am most grateful to the WSO for our partnership and look forward to offering many more years of MYC pre-concert activities which benefit all children attending the concerts.”

Suzanne Myskew, MYCC MYC® Teacher – Winnipeg, MB

DID YOU KNOW ?

Music for Young Children teachers volunteer their time to run pre-concert activities at each of the WSO’s Concerts for Kids shows. MYC teachers volunteer countless hours per year for WSO related events. The WSO and MYC host a tent each year at the Teddy Bears’ Picnic, reaching picnic-goers with music and song. There are 50 MYC teachers in more than 20 communities in Manitoba and Northwestern Ontario.

GREAT-WEST LIFE

CONCERTS FOR KIDS

Roald Dahl’s

GREAT-WEST LIFE CONCERTS FOR KIDS

Jack and the Beanstalk Julian Pellicano, conductor Dandi Productions Performers: Doug McKeag Braden Griffiths Allison Lynch Marcy Lannan

Story by Roald Dahl Adapted by Donald Sturrock Score by Georgs Pelécis Produced by Dandi Productions

Pre-concert Activities Sunday, March 29

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Roald Dahl’s Jack and the Beanstalk Dandi Productions – Calgary, Canada Dandi Productions has been creating and touring symphony orchestra concerts for young audiences since 1997. The company produced the North American Premieres of three of Roald Dahl’s fullyorchestrated concert-stories: Little Red Riding Hood, Jack and the Beanstalk and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs; and produced the world premieres of three more original concerts: The Twins and the Monster, The Mysterious Maestro; and Symphonic Sorcery – The Music of Harry Potter. In the past three years, Dandi has expanded its performing market beyond North America to Great Britain, South East Asia and Australia. The company now has a global audience stretching from Manchester, UK to Perth, Australia.

EXTRA MUSICIAN: Allen Harrington, bassoon

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A Program of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra

Changing our World through Music: Play Your Part The Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra (WSO) and its partners in the educational and philanthropic community are excited to be part of an innovative program called Sistema Winnipeg that seeks to affect social change through the pursuit of musical excellence.

The mission of Sistema Winnipeg is to promote the collective practice of music through symphony orchestras in order to help children and young people achieve their full potential and create social change in their community. It is an inclusive after-school orchestra program that focuses on children with the fewest resources and greatest need, and is delivered at no cost to participants. Inspired by the successful El Sistema model originating in Venezuela more than 40 years ago, Sistema Winnipeg is in its fourth year with 110 students in Grades 1- 6.

In many ways, the orchestra is a reflection of a thriving community. The orchestra focuses on working together, being responsible to others, commitment, mentorship, personal and group responsibility, and more. It can offer students a sense of identity and ownership, as well as a creative outlet.

Your Gift Makes a Difference!

With your support, the WSO will continue to enrich our city and community with world-class symphonic music and innovative programs.

You can give a tax-deductible donation to Sistema Winnipeg by visiting www.wso.ca.

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Sistema Winnipeg is based on these guiding principles: • Social

Change

• Inclusion

& Accessibility

• Artistic

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Sistema Winnipeg is a partnership between:

Development

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WSO MUSICIAN PROFILES Photographer: Nardella Photography Inc.

Chris Anstey

Alex Eastley

Violin

Principal Basson

Joined WSO: 2005 Hometown: St. John's, NL

Joined WSO: 2007 Hometown: Born near Montreal, grew up in Calgary

What is your favourite book?

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien What is your favourite movie?

Star Wars What is your most memorable moment performing with the WSO? Mahler’s Symphony No. 9 with Andrey Boreyko.

Where did you receive your musical training/education? Memorial University of Newfoundland and The Glenn Gould Professional School in Toronto.

What is your most memorable moment performing with the WSO? Two come to mind. One is our performance in Carnegie Hall last May. Another is performing Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante with Micah Heilbrunn, Patty Evans and Bede Hanley.

What musician/artist had a profound influence on you?

My former teacher, Stéphane Lévesque, principal bassoon of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra.

Wonderful musician and teacher. I can still rely on him for advice whenever I'm in need!

What is your guilty pleasure? Potato chips!

Where did you receive your musical training/education? University of Toronto, Curtis Institute of Music and McGill University.

Paul Jeffrey

Simon MacDonald

Trumpet

Violin

Joined WSO: 2007 Hometown: Toronto, ON

Joined WSO: 1999 Hometown: Victoria BC

What is your favourite book?

Whatever I'm reading with my kids!

What is your favourite movie? Judging from the number of times I've seen it, it must be Frozen.

What is your most memorable moment performing with the WSO? A. Carnegie Hall B. My first concert as a member of the trumpet section (Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique).

C. Copland’s Symphony No. 3 What musician/artist had a profound influence on you? My parents. They are both professional musicians who showed me where hard work can take you.

What is your most memorable moment performing with the WSO? It’s a tie between Carnegie Hall in 2014 and Mahler’s 9th with Andrey Boreyko.

What musician/artist had a profound influence on you? All of my wonderful colleagues.

What is your guilty pleasure? SportsCentre on infinite loop in the morning - but it is much harder to watch with a one-year-old in the house!

Where did you receive your musical training/education? Victoria, Boston and Montreal.

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WSO SUPPORTERS

The WSO gratefully acknowledges the following companies whose generous support helps to ensure musical enrichment within our community. Thank you!

Podium $20,000 + The Council for Business and the Arts in Canada Johnston Group Inc. Resident Artist $10,000 - $19,999 The Distillery Qualico Principal Chair $5,000 - $9,999 Canon Canada Inc. Carlyle Printers, Service & Supplies Ltd. Terracon Development Ltd. The Standard Life Assurance Company of Canada Assistant Principal Chair $2,500 - $4,999 Cambrian Credit Union J.K. Investments Ltd. Orchestra Chair $1,000 - $2,499 B. A. Robinson & Co. Ltd./Robinson Bath Centre Bison Transport Durango Construction Inc. Long & McQuade Musical Instruments MTS Allstream Urbanink Winmar Property Restoration Music Stand $500 - $999 Coghlan's Limited Crosier Kilgour & Partners Ltd. E.H. Price Limited Galsworthy Holdings Ltd. Hub International STRATA Benefits Consulting InterGroup Consultants Ltd. Peerless Garments LP Pollard Banknote Limited Red River Cooperative Ltd. True Value Hardware & V. & S. Dept. Stores

Foundations

The WSO gratefully acknowledges the following foundations: Aqueduct Foundation - Inga and Anna Storgaard Fund Brandon Area Community Foundation Bruce and Catherine Jones Fund, the Winnipeg Foundation Burton A. and Geraldine L. Robinson Fund C.P. Loewen Family Foundation Inc. Elizabeth B. Armytage Fund Foundation for Choral Music in Manitoba George Warren Keates Memorial Fund Houston Family of Bradwardine Fund, the Winnipeg Foundation James Thompson Memorial Fund in Trust of WSO John and Carolynne McLure Fund Leslie John Taylor Fund, the Winnipeg Foundation Lutz Family Foundation Marjory Alexander Graham & Family Fund Marjory Stewart McLaren Fund Nita Eamer Memorial Fund Sylvia & Robin Cowan Foundation The Noreen & Robert Allen Charitable Trust The Pollard Family Foundation Program for the Enrichment of French in Education Perce & Elizabeth Schirmer Foundation RBC Foundation Richardson Foundation The Tallman Foundation The Winnipeg Foundation The Winnipeg Foundation - Dr. Peter & Geraldine Spencer Fund True North Jets Foundation United Way of Greater Toronto

The Legacy Circle exists to recognize the following patrons whose foresight ensures that the WSO plays on for all Manitobans for generations to come. The WSO gratefully acknowledges Legacy Circle members for their planned future gift to the WSO.

Lucienne Blouw Lorraine & Gerry Cairns Greg Doyle & Carol Bellringer Ethel & Joe Karr Michel D. Lagacé G. E. Loewen S. E. Loewen W. H. Loewen Dr. Brendan MacDougall Riser Carolyn & Nathan Mitchell Under $500 Lesia Peet Edward Fisher & Lyse Rémillard A. Akman & Son Ltd. Con-Pro Industries Canada Ltd. Tannis M. Richardson Trudy Schroeder Mid West Packaging Limited June Slobodian Patill/St. James Insurance Muriel Smith

Edith A. Toews & Dr. Helen A. Toews Robin Wiens & Émilie Lagacé-Wiens Donn K. Yuen 2 Anonymous

The Maestro’s Circle exists to recognize those 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* Silver Baton $5,000 - $9,999 James Gibbs Michael Nozick & Cheryl Ashley Concertmaster's Bow $2,500 - $4,999 Gail Asper & Michael Paterson Timothy & Barbara Burt Pierce & Amy Cairns Bill & Margaret Fast Audrey F. Hubbard Kevin & Els Kavanagh* Dr. Brendan MacDougall Drs. Eleanor & Grant MacDougall John Mansfield & Pam Simmons* Judy & Ken Murray Diane Payment & Roxroy West Frank & Jeanne Plett Lawrie & Fran Pollard Dr. Diane Ramsey Dr. Donald S. Reimer & Mrs. Anne Reimer Hartley & Heather Richardson Tannis M. Richardson* Ian R. Thomson & Leah R. Janzen Mr. Richard Turner Professor A.M.C. Waterman Black Tie $1,500 - $2,499 Ms. Sandra Altner Aubrey & Dr. Linda Asper Mr. Jim Barrett Morley & Marjorie Blankstein C.M., O.M. Mrs. Lucienne Blouw Brenlee Carrington Trepel & Brent Trepel Doneta & Harry Brotchie Mr. & Mrs. John & Bonnie Buhler Herb & Erna Buller Ms. Patricia Chaychuk In Memory of Robert M. Chipman Mr. David Christianson Jan & Kevin Coates James Cohen & Linda McGarva-Cohen

De Fehr Foundation John & Gay Docherty Dorothy Dobbie Greg Doyle and Carol Bellringer Marten & Joanne Duhoux Douglas C. Everett, Chairman, Domo Gasoline Corporation Limited Ilse & Philipp Ens Ms. Barbara Filuk* Mr. Alan Freeman & Dr. Radhika Desai Arnold & Myra Frieman Dr. & Mrs. Albert D. Friesen Bert & Lee Friesen Foundation Dr. & Mrs. Percy Goldberg* Joanne Gudmundson & Brian Oleson Drs. Daya & Chander Gupta Mr. & Mrs. Kerry Hawkins Peter Jessiman Derek & Mary Johannson Richard & Carol Jones Michael & Glenna Kay Dr. Terry Klassen & Ms. Grace Dueck Mr. Sotirios Kotoulas Mr. Rob Kowalchuk Paul Leinburd Dr. Judith Littleford Graham & Suzie Lount Jackie Lowe and Greg Tallon Dr. David Lyttle In Memory of David Mann Elaine & Neil Margolis Brent Mazur Maestro Alexander Mickelthwate Ron & Sandi Mielitz Dr. Michael Nelson & Dr. Selena Friesen Wayne & Linda Paquin Mr. & Mrs. W.B. Parrish Lesia Peet Dr. Beryl Peters & Dr. Blair Peters Harvey I. Pollock Q.C. Dr. Bill Pope & Dr. Elizabeth Tippett-Pope* Dr. & Mrs. Brian Postl Mr. & Mrs. G.V. Price John & Violet Rademaker Jim & Leney Richardson* Mrs. Shirley Richardson Mr. Rick Riess & Mrs. Jean Carter Sanford & Deborah Riley Olga & Bill Runnalls Mr. Terry Sargeant Trudy Schroeder Cheryl & Lorne Sharfe Jimmy & Morse Silden Winnifred Sim Jack & Elaine Sine Muriel Smith Dudley & Eleanor Thompson Susan Glass & Arni Thorsteinson Dr. & Mrs. Eric Vickar Mr. Curt Vossen Edward & Irene Warkentin Don & Florence Whitmore Klaus & Elsa Wolf Dr. & Mrs. Klaus Wrogemann * Founding Members

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Friends of the WSO help support the WSO’s artistic programs each season.

Thank you!

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Shirley Ann & Louis Simkulak David & Lorraine Smith Ms. Brenda Snider Gordon & Darby Spafford Mrs. B. Rae Spear, in Memory of R.P. Spear Gary & Gwen Steiman Bonnie Hoffer-Steiman & Lionel Steiman Margaret & Hartley Stinson Dr. V. Marie Storrie Dr. & Mrs. David Swatek Dr. & Mrs. John Taylor Tom & Lori Thomas June & Lorne Thompson Ms. Marilyn Thompson C. & R. Thomsen Dr. J.M. Trainor Neil & Carol Trembath Melissa Weselake Myra Joan Wolch Karin Woods Mr. John Yarema 13 Anonymous Prelude $75 - $149 P. Achtemichuk Kaeren Anderson Mr. Philip Ashdown Allan & Rochelle Baker Rosemary & David Barney Robert Barton Ms. D Beaven Dianne Beaven Florence Bell Audrey Belyea Ted Bock & Liane Chalmers Keith & Marnie Bolland Shirley Book Frances Booth Brian & Bev Born Norma Bortoluzzi Mrs. Jean M. Bradley Mrs. Ruth Bredin Lorne & Rosada Bride Mr. Robert Briercliffe Miss Dorothy Broomhall Mr. E. Brown Mr. Ross Brownlee Ms. Carol Budnick Ms. Donna Carruthers Carol A. Cassels Ian & Marie Chalmers, in Loving Memory of Mary Louise Baragar Ms. David Charlesworth Mrs. Patti Cherney Ms. Maxine Cristall Mrs. Leona Christiansen In Memory of Rev. Thomas Collings Alex & Peggy Colonello Ms. Marcella Copp Joyce & Lawrence Cormack Helle Cosby M. & G. Crielaard 34

Ms. Maxine Cristall Mr. Charles Crossin, in Memory of Mary Louise Baragar Margaret Cumming Ms. Denise Cyr-Gander Alonzo & Lise Daley Maureen Danzinger Mrs. Sheila M. Davis Jack & Mary Davison F. De Grazia Ms. Maureen Dolyniuk Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence & Brenda Donald F. P. Doyle Herbert Driver John & Ada Ducas Mrs. Dorothy Easton Mr. & Mrs. J.G. Ekins Mrs. M.L. Elliott John & Ruth Ens Ken & Connie Epp Don & Martha Epstein Greg & Linda Fearn Ms. Helen Feniuk Doug & Joanne Flynn Wayne Forbes Mrs. Marguerite Fredette Mrs. Margaret Funk Mr. & Mrs. George & Carol Gamby M. & Mme. Andre Gautron Father R A. Glofcheski D. Gooch Mrs. Noreen Greenberg Marj Grevstad Dr. & Mrs. Andrew Gomori Irene Groot-Koerkamp & Greg Edmond Ms. Christina W. Grose Mr. & Mrs. Mel Guberman Katie & DeLloyd Guth Mr. Patrick Hackett Miss Marilyn Hall Ian & Gerry Hamilton Marie Harnois Mrs. Phyllis Hatskin Mr. & Mrs. Allen Hattie Dr. & Mrs. J.C. Haworth Larry & Evelyn Hecht Helen & Albert Millie Hemmelgarn Laurence Herd Marilyn & Helios Hernandez Max & Eleanor Herst Ms Marilyn Hido Ms. Susan Hildebrandt William J. Hutton Ms. Helen Isaak Rozin & Cathy Iwanicki Jacqueline Iwasienko Wilfred & Dorothy James Alan Janzen & Leona Sookram Father Stan A. Jaworski Ms. Jayne Laverne Kapac Ms. Bev Kawchuk Mr. & Mrs. W. J. Kinnear Erwin W. Kitsch

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Mrs. M. E. Kittle Ms. Mary Klassen Mona Koropatnick Mr. Ernie Krahn D. Kristjanson Patricia Kuchma Robert Kusmack Edith Landy, in Memory of David Landy Mrs. Jessie Lang Mrs. Helen La Rue Rod & Ann Ledwich Mr. R. Leroeye Jennifer Lidstone Albert & Helen Litz Barry & Patricia Lloyd Ms. Cathy Lloyd Mrs. Helga Loechner Lorron Agencies Ltd. Roger Lowe Mr. Al Mackling Ms. Lorraine MacLeod Mr. John Macrae Alan & Margaret Mahon Matthew Gossen Advancement Trust Harold S. Mawhinney & Judy Moon Mr. Alan Maxwell Dr. & Mrs. Ihor Mayba Mr. & Mrs. Raymond & Margaret McDougall Robert McDowall Ms. Diane McGregor C. & J. McIntyre Violet McKenzie Mrs. Jean H. McLennan Sandra McMillan Mr. & Mrs. Erhard Meier Estelle Meyers Mr. & Mrs. Walter & Gladys Mildren Mrs. Jocelyn Millard Mrs. Mona Mills Marguerite Mohr Dr. Stan & Wendy Moroz John & Margaret Mundie D. Munro Charlotte Murrell Edgar Oddleifson David & Hermine Olfert Truus Oliver Miss Jenny Olynyk Mrs. L. Ozog Terry Parsonage Mr. Cam Pauls Mrs. Betty Peddie Ms. Nettie Peters Mrs. Helene Picton Irvin & Sandra Plosker Mr. & Mrs. Ron Polinsky Donna & Gordon Price Mr. David Procner Bryan & Diana Purdy Mrs. Carol Pyper Juta Rathke Mrs. Esther Remis

Waltraut Riedel-Baun Mr. & Mrs. Robert & Vera Ripley Ms. Ludvika Rogozinska Frances E. Rowlin Christine van Cauwenberghe & Christopher Mainella in Memory of Ruth Rubinstein Mr. John Russell Alixe Ryles Mr. & Mrs. John Sadler Mr. Johnny & Ms. Pearly Rule Salangad R. Schroeder Shirley Schroeder Walter & Dorothea Schultz Charlene Scouten Ms. Noreen Sealy Mr. & Mrs. Ed & Elaine Segstro Mrs. Doreen Shanks Ms. Selma Shearer Izzy Shore Mr. & Ms. Ed Shwedyk Dr. Don & Lynne Simonson Jack & Elaine Sine Mr. & Mrs. Ian & Arlene Smith Ms. Kaye Snatenchuk Geri & Peter Spencer Coralie Standing Nicola Lindley Starin Mr. & Mrs. Starodub Mrs. Elsie Stasiuk Ms. Helena Stelsovsky Elva G. Stevens Archie & Shirley Stone Paul Swart Dr. & Mrs. S. Szirom Dr. Meir Serfaty & Bonnie Talbot Gladys Tarala Taylor McCaffrey Douglas & Leeann Thompson Robert & Barb Tisdale Edith A. Toews Henry & Elizabeth Toews Dr. Helen A. Toews Mr. Richard Turner in Memory of William Schroeder Dr. & Mrs. Jose & Ruth Vasconcelos Hugo & Anny Veldhuis Dr. & Mrs. F.C. Violago Elizabeth M. Wall Jim & Joan Warbeck Ken and Mary Warmbrod Jack & Bernice Watts Harvey & Sandra Weisman Mrs. Evelyn Wener Snjolaug Whiteway J. Whyte Debbie Wilson Dorcas & Kirk Windsor Joan Wright Patrick Wright Mr. Edwin Yee Ms. Vicki Young Donn K. Yuen 32 Anonymous

Sonatina Under $75 Elinor Ableson, In Memory of Dr. Fred Ward Mr. & Mrs. Michael & Susan Allen Jacqueline Anderson Mr. M. Richard Arcand Mr. & Mrs. Brian & Janice Bailey Ray & Barb Bailey Veronique Barthet Dr. Gary Beazley, in Memory of Mary Louise Baragar Asher Begleiter Mrs. Eva Berard Donald & Edith Besant Ms. Joanne Biggs Eric & Clara Bohm Barbara Bohune Ms. Ingrid Bolbecher Mr. & Mrs. G.G. Brodsky Q.C. Edythe M. Brown Ms. Meira Buchszreiber A. F. Buelow Alfred & Mildred Buelow, in Memory of Mary Louise Baragar Sheila Burland Saul Silbert Ruth Calvert Andrea Charron Ella Chenkie Ms. Claudia Chernitsky Sister Josephine Chudzik S.K. Clark Ms. Doreen Conlin Mr. Alfred Cornies Stephen Crane Ms. Judy Crawford Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Cunningham Ms. Jean Curtis D. Cymbalist Margaret Redekop Beth Derraugh M. Jane Dick Marlene & Fred Dickson Sylvia Dixon Mr. & Mrs. Peter Eibisch Ms. Margaret Elaine Ellis Vera & Peter Fast Cal & Lois Finch Mrs. Gitta Fricke Ms. Anne Friesen Ms. Barbara Gessner Marilyn Gilbert Satwant Gill Heather Graham Mrs. Inga Granovskaya John & Louise Greenaway Ms. Cheryl M. Greenwood Victoria Gretchen Ms. Marianne Gruber Ms. Marion Guinn Mr. & Mrs. H Gustafson Miss Laurie Anne Marie Gydé 36

B. & R. Hall Irene Hamerton Gertrude Hamilton Mrs. Sylvia Haverstick Ms. Shirley Hicks Jean Highmoor Elly Hoogterp-Hurst & Lorne Hurst Kim Horne Ken Howard Richard & Karen Howell Mrs. Carole Hreno In Appreciation of Mrs. Ishbel Isaacs Ishbel Isaacs Bob & Vi Jacob Peter & Dora Janzen David & Heather Jenkins Nadine Kampen Dr. & Mrs. Arnold & Doreen Kapitz Cindy Keenan Mrs. Shirley Kilburn Mr. Eugene S. Kovach Mrs. Jennifer Krestanowich Ms. Betty Laing Elizabeth Lansard Wayne & Helen LeBlanc Mrs. Ingrid Lee Mr. & Mrs. Sydney Lentle Mr. & Mrs. David Levene R. & J. Lewis Jackie Lowe In Memory of Sheila Lugtig Manitoba Museum Social Fund in Memory of Frances Thorsteinson Mr. Allan Mapes Mr. & Mrs. Sheldon & Rita Margolis Mrs. Irene Marriott Ms. Mary Massey Keith and Debbie Mayoh Ms. Susan McCarthy In Appreciation of Mrs. Sydney McInnis In Memory of Joan McLeod Ardythe McMaster Lyle McNichol & Frances Stewart Mrs. M. Jean Moniuk David Moroz & Gwen Hoebig, in Memory of William Schroeder Mrs. Joan Ann Morton Mr. Robert Nix Theda Olson Shirley & Graham Padgett Sonjia Pasiechnik Pat Patterson Mrs. Bev L. Penner Louise Penner Mrs. June Perron Ms. Gail Perry Ms. Beverley Phillips Sylvia & Earl Pitch Ken & Geri Porath

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Blumie Portnoy in Honour of her 90th Birthday Mrs. Glennys Propp Ms. Beth Proven Mrs. Margaret Rayter Ms. Pat Repa Beverley Ridd Ms. Pat Robertson Elaine Rohoway, in memory of Victoria Sebastian Kereluk Mrs. V. Rosolowich John & Shirley Russell Leonore Saunders O.M. Kay Schalme William Scheidt Adolph & Diane Schurek Mr. John Schwandt Mr. & Mrs. Jiri Sichler Mrs. Elaine Silverberg Muriel Sutherland Dianne J Szelag, C.G.A., CFP Ms. Marguerite Szymesko Ms. Melinda Tallin Mary Lou Talmage Gladys Tarala Bette Jayne Taylor Ross & Bette Jayne Taylor Ms. Anne Thiessen Ms. Doreen Thorlacius Nancy & Geoff Tidmarsh Ms. Eleanor Urquhart Mrs. Roseline Usiskin Denis Vincent Miss A. H. Wagstaffe Mrs. Laurabelle Wallace In Memory of Fred Ward E. Sylvia Warrington Mr. Glen Angus Webster Snjolaug Whiteway Ms. Lois A. Whyte Ms. Lorraine Willms Julia Witt Mr. Robert Witzke Shirley Woods, in Memory of Mary Louise Baragar 14 Anonymous

Helene Dyck Bernard Freeman Dr. & Mrs. L.C. Graham Marilyn & Helios Hernandez Dorothy L. Hodgson In Memory of Gwendolyn Hodgson Mr. Gordon C. Keatch Marilynne Keil in Memory of David H. Skinner Deanne Lander Mr. Don Lawrence Bill & Hilda Muir Mr. Jacob Pankratz Pat Patterson Mr. Irvin Plosker Dr. & Mrs. James Popplow Ms. Iris Reimer Robert & Ina Abra Family Fund - the Winnipeg Foundation Olga & Bill Runnalls Grant & Janet Saunders Dr. & Mrs. F.C. Violago Jesse Vorst Mr. & Mrs. James & Claudia Weselake Alan Wiseman Women's Committee of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra 5 Anonymous Conmoto

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5468796 Architecture Madelyn & Michael Acht All Charities Campaign Aubrey & Dr. Linda Asper Mr. John Bockstael Hans & Lorna Boge Border Crossing Mr. Harry Broumas Leave a Legacy by making a Dr. Oliver A I Botar donation to the WSO’s Sel & Chris Burrows Endowment Fund. Managed by Emily Burt the Winnipeg Foundation since CAA Manitoba 1959, the fund has grown in Ms. Anne Cholakis value to just over 6.4M. Gifts Michelle Cleland to the fund ensure longterm Kathy & David Connor financial support for the Crosier Kilgour & Partners Ltd. orchestra. Thank you!

Deer & Almond Cora Eaton & Jordan Sodomsky Eugene Boychuk & Robert Enright Daniel Heindl Kathleen & David Estey Lorraine & Gerry Cairns Fitzroy Mr. Ray Davis Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence & Brenda Daniel Friedman & Rob Dalgliesh Terri Fuglem Donald

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Wendy Gale Gardon Construction Ltd. Alexander Grunfeld Marilyn & Helios Hernandez The Honourable T. J. Hiebert Humphry Inn & Suites Koren & Leonard Kaminski Ms. Jose Koes Sotirious Kotoulas Konstantinos & Chrysoula Kotoulas Kozub/Halldorson Family T.G. Kucera Patrick B. Kuzyk Ron Lambert Heather Laser Mr. Gordon P. Linney Hideo Mabuchi Dr. Brendan MacDougall Mr. Frank Martin Ms. Sylvia Marusyk V. & M. Mattheos Shana Menkis Ron & Sandi Mielitz Ms. Sheila Miller Mrs. Brenda Morlock Margaret Moroz Bill Newman Char Okell Carole & Cam Osler Out of the Blue Parlour Coffee Lesia Peet Sandra Peters Kathleen Polischuk Mark Potash Ms. Kathy Pratt Martin Reed & Joy Cooper Marisa Rodrigues Peter Sampson & Anna Robertson Mr. Alfred Schleier Demitris Scouras Mr. Michael Shnier Drs. A. Majid & Mohtaram Shojania Skipthedishes.com Muriel Smith Iian Smythe Terrell Stephen Marlene Stern & Peter Rae Ms. Linda Sundevic Ms. Karen Tereck Tom & Lori Thomas Ian R. Thomson & Leah R. Janzen Goline Vanderhoof Nils & Melissa Vik Ms. Meeka Walsh Karin Woods Nicole & Graham Worden Mr. & Dr. Jens J. Wrogemann 1 Anonymous

Conmoto Under $999 In Memory of Lois Anderson Ms. Hollie I. Andrew Share the Music is a unique Lynne Axworthy outreach initiative of the WSO Sylvia Barr that allows economically In Memory of Robert Coates disadvantaged children and Dr. Catalena Birek their families to attend WSO Broadway First Baptist Church performances. Thank you for Doneta & Harry Brotchie helping to Share the Music!

Mrs. Audrey Campbell Greystone Managed Investments Inc. Maria Cefali In Honour of John Cole Shelley Chochinov Martin Reed & Joy Cooper M and G Crielaard Martin Reed & Joy Cooper in Mr. Denzil Feinberg Memory of Betty Ann Henry Kevin & Els Kavanagh F. De Grazia Ms. Irene Lesniak Dr. Rayleen Deluca Ms. Susan Rosner Mr. Roger Dennis M Scheuneman Mary Dixon Share the Music David Donald Ms. Brenda Sklar In Memory of Diane Dowling Bette Jayne Taylor, in Honour Ruth & Charles Dowse of Her Birthday Ms. Fiona Duncalf Ross & Bette Jayne Taylor Judge Judith Elliott Myrna and Noah Weiszner Mrs. Martha Epp Kathleen & David Estey Ms. Fruma Farago Linda and Greg Fearn Jan and John Restall, Sistema Winnipeg is a free Lesli and Gerry Trottier, daily after-school orchestra Lenore and Chris Good, program that enriches the Jan and Kevin Coates lives of children and young Ms. Judith Flynn Margo Foxford people with the fewest Hilda Franz resources and the greatest Bonny Fraser need. Your support makes a Jocelyn and Mark Gabbert difference in the everyday Ms. Valerie Gilroy lives of these children.

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Karen Goossen Vivace Dr. Lisa Gould $10,000 - $24,999 Ms. Marie-Alice Grassick Gail Loewen in Memory of Ms. Marianne Gruber Her Mother Sue Lemmerick Judith Hall Catherine Harrison Con Brio Ms. Sandra Hart $5,000 - $9,999 Heather Belle Ladies Pipe Band Heartland Singers Lydia Hedrich Souchay Gossen Family Katherine Himelblau Foundation Arlene Hintsa Allegro in Memory of Marilyn $1,000 - $4,999 In Memory of Carol Holm Golden West Broadcasting Inc. Humanists, Atheists, and Agnostics Arnold & Myra Frieman of Manitoba Patricia Lee P. Ilavsky Lydia MacKenzie in Loving InterGroup Consultants Ltd. Memory of Donn Irene Baron Eden Centre Margaret Jackson and Family Valerie McPherson James & Margaret Jeffries Sanford & Deborah Riley Bruce & Theresa Johnson Ms. Charlotte Robbins Rotary Club of Winnipeg North Kevin & Els Kavanagh Ms. Nadia Kamienski Jan and Jim Tennant Janet and Tim Kroeker Faye Warren Rick Lee & Laurie Shapiro 1 Anonymous

John Lewis & Diane Ives-Lewis In Memory of Shelley Lugtig Andrew Lutz Dr. David Lyttle Carol Macoomb Carol Macoomb in Honour of the Birthday of Diane Jones Mrs. Mildred B. Mann Ms. Linda Meckling Ron & Sandi Mielitz Walter A. Mildren Nathan & Carolyn Mitchell Mr. & Mrs. Garnet & Geraldine Morgan Margaret Moroz, in Memory of Ben Moroz Kim Morton Dr. Gwenna Moss Ms. Lucy Nykolyshyn In Memory of Ron Oswald Addie Penner Ruth Carol & Len Podheiser Portsmouth Retirement Residence Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Prescott Mr. David Procner Dr. David Punter Val Raber Ms. Debra Radi In Honour of Debra Radi Mr. Carl Radimer Marilyn & John Rae Mrs. Barbara Rempel David and Joan Rew Betty Ross Lynn Saunders Nicola Schaefer Ms. Janet Schubert Margaret Scheffer Ms. Selma Shearer Clarice Shell Sistema Winnipeg Orchestra Wilma Sotas Ms. Barbara Sparling Ms. Dorothy Stephens William Stewart St George's Anglican Church Sturgeon Heights Music Parent Association Sweet Silver Dr. Laura E. Targownik Mary and Robert Thomas S.Thompson Designs Inc. Thomson Duprey Fund Ms. Phyllis A. C. Thomson Neil & Carol Trembath Judith & Francisco Valenzuela Anonymous, in Memory of Susan Wieser John & Diane Weselake Ms. Stephanie Whitehouse Edith Wilde Winnipeg Foundation's Youth in Philanthropy Program Nicole & Graham Worden Libby Yager and Billy Brodovsky 13 Anonymous

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WSO BOARD & STAFF 2014-2015 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 Brian Bowman, Mayor of the City of Winnipeg Mr. W.H. Loewen & Mrs. S.E. Loewen, WSO Directors Emeritus WOMEN'S COMMITTEE EXECUTIVE Sylvia Cassie, President Winnifred Warkentin, Vice-President Shirley Loewen, Past President Isobel Harvie, Treasurer Tracey LeClair, Secretary

BOARD OF DIRECTORS Timothy E. Burt, CFA Alan Freeman Daniel Freidman President Dr. Daya Gupta Richard Turner Gregory Hay 1st Vice President Micah Heilbrunn Terry Sargeant Robin Hildebrand 2 nd Vice President Peter Jessiman Rob Kowalchuk Maureen Kilgour Treasurer Sotirios Kotoulas Michael D. Kay Corporate Secretary Dr. Eleanor MacDougall Sandra Altner Alexander Mickelthwate, John Balsillie Ex-officio Lucienne Blouw Dr. Michael Nelson Sylvia Cassie Trudy Schroeder, Ex-officio Dr. Ian Thomson Arlene Dahl Curt Vossen Marten Duhoux OFFICIAL AUDITORS Deloitte LLP

TRUDY SCHROEDER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

ALEXANDER MICKELTHWATE, MUSIC DIRECTOR

EXECUTIVE OFFICE Lori Marks, Confidential Executive Assistant

ARTISTIC Bramwell Tovey, Conductor Laureate Julian Pellicano, Resident Conductor

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 Jeremy Krahn, Business Development Officer Shenna Song, Development Coordinator Caroline Murphy, Telefunder, Donations & Raffles SALES & AUDIENCE SERVICES Ryan Diduck, Director of Sales & Audience Services Desiree La Vallee, Box Office Coordinator Theresa Huscroft, Group Events Representative Kena Olson, Patron Services Representative Patron Services Representatives (p/t): Phil Corrin Chelse McKee Meg Dolovich Crystal Schwartz Rachel Himelblau Stephanie Van Nest Melissa Houston

ARTISTIC OPERATIONS Jean-Francois Phaneuf, Director of Artistic Operations James Manishen, Artistic Operations Associate Evan Klassen, Production Manager Sheena Sanderson, Stage Manager Chris Lee, Orchestra Personnel Manager Ray Chrunyk, Principal Librarian Laura MacDougall, Assistant Librarian Lawrence Rentz, Stage Supervisor EDUCATION & OUTREACHTanya Derksen, Shannon Darby, Education & Outreach Coordinator Brent Johnson, Community Outreach Coordinator Kari Chastko, Education & Sistema Coordinator MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS Neil Middleton, Director of Marketing & Communications Sarah Panas, Marketing & Communications Coordinator Matt Brooks, Multimedia Coordinator S. Thompson Designs Inc.

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