Overture #3, January – February 2020

JANUARY – FEBRUARY 2020 I ISSUE 3

David Moroz, Gwen Hoebig and Yuri Hooker

KUNÉ – CANADA’S GLOBAL ORCHESTRA “AL” AND THE WOLF SCANDINAVIAN GREATS ONCE UPON A LOVE SONG SERENA RYDER WITH ORCHESTRA

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MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT & CHAIR As we start 2020, I want to wish each of you a healthy and happy new year. January and February are full of stellar concerts to fill the winter.

This year the WSO joins orchestras around the world in celebrating the 250th birthday and the towering musical genius of Ludwig van Beethoven. In Winnipeg, we will present four concerts that showcase the variety and breadth of Beethoven’s work. We are offering a special Beethoven Pass, providing you the choice of any three concerts including his Third (Eroica) and Fifth Symphonies, all five of his Piano Concertos performed back to back over two evenings, one Overture, the Triple Concerto and his Choral Fantasy (Beethoven fans can add the fourth concert at a discount). You can also participate in the Beer and Beethoven series at Nonsuch Brewing Co. The year also marks the 150th anniversary of Manitoba’s entry into Confederation. The WSO’s major Manitoba 150 project is our commemorative tour of the Netherlands in May 2020.

This series of seven concerts is in honour of the participation of so many Manitobans in the liberation of the Netherlands in 1945. You can be part of this important project in a number of ways: • attend our tour send-off concert on April 24th and 25th and hear the concert that the WSO will be performing on tour; • make a donation directed to the 2020 Netherlands Tour. If it strikes your fancy, you can adopt a musician. Talk to WSO staff about the ways you can be a partner in the WSO’s first European concert tour; and/or • join us in the Netherlands and experience this exciting project first-hand as the WSO celebrates liberation with music. Information about the tour and attending the concerts is available in the lobby or by calling Beth Proven at 204-949-3989.

With the start of a new year, it has all of us at the WSO thinking about the importance of the orchestra in our community and the roles we can play in ensuring that great symphonic music remains in Winnipeg for the benefit of everyone. If you would like to make a donation to the WSO, you can do so online at wso.ca or you can call the WSO office at 204-949-3950.

Curt Vossen President & Chair of the Board Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra

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In the spirit of gratitude, please join us as we gather to play and listen to music on the ancestral lands of the Anishinaabeg, Cree, and Dakota, and on the homeland of the Métis nation. The Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra is performing on Treaty 1 territory. The intention of the treaties was to share the gifts of the land.

We acknowledge the ancient history of this land and its original people, and the harms and mistakes of the past. The WSO commits to being part of the ongoing process of reconciliation and to strengthen the community through sharing the gift of music.

– The Musicians, Staff, and Board of Directors of your Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra.

We encourage you to learn more by visiting the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada at www.trc.ca and the Treaty Relations Commission of Manitoba at www.trcm.ca.

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CONDUCTORS & COMPOSERS Daniel Raiskin, Music Director

Naomi Woo, RBC Assistant Conductor

A son of a prominent musicologist, Daniel Raiskin grew up in St. Petersburg. He attended music school and later the celebrated conservatory in his native city, where he studied violin, viola and conducting.

At the age of 20, Daniel Raiskin left the Soviet Union to continue his studies in Amsterdam and Freiburg. Inspired to take up the baton by an encounter with the distinguished teacher Lev Savich, he also took classes with maestri such as Mariss Jansons, Neeme Järvi, Milan Horvat, Woldemar Nelson and Jorma Panula. Raiskin, who cultivates a broad repertoire, often looks beyond the mainstream in his strikingly conceived programmes.

Canadian Naomi Woo is a versatile conductor, pianist, and researcher.

She is the RBC Assistant Conductor of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, Music Director of the University of Manitoba Symphony Orchestra and Artistic Director of Sistema Winnipeg.

Outside of conducting, she has an active career as a pianist, spanning opera coaching, collaborative piano and solo performance. She has performed as a soloist with orchestras in Canada, the US and the UK, and been reviewed as an “elegant” performer in the New York Times.

He was Chief Conductor of the Staatsorchester Rheinische Philharmonie in Koblenz (2005–2016) and held the same title with the Artur Rubinstein Philharmonic Orchestra in Lódz (2008–2015). From the 2017/18 season onwards, Daniel Raiskin has been Principal Guest Conductor of the Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife and of the Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra, as well as Artistic Partner of the Chamber Orchestra St. Michael Strings in Finland.

Julian Pellicano, Associate Conductor A musician with wide-ranging musical interests, conductor Julian Pellicano has made his mark with a multifaceted approach to programming and performing, engaging audiences in a diverse mélange of concerts and genres. Dedicated to invigorating performances of the traditional and contemporary symphonic repertoire, Pellicano’s range has extended to films live with orchestra, classical and modern ballet, collaborations with composers, opera, pops, musical theatre, multimedia productions, workshops, as well as carefully programmed concerts for young listeners. The Winnipeg Free Press says of Pellicano, “His versatility is truly astonishing…”

The 2018/19 season included exciting debut performances with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, National Arts Centre Orchestra and the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra as well as a return to conduct two productions with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet. This year also marks Pellicano’s seventh season as Resident Conductor of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra with concerts on the WSO’s Masterworks Series in addition to leading a multitude of performances throughout the season on the WSO’s Pops, Movie, Kids, Specials and Education series. He studied conducting on fellowship at the Yale School of Music where he was also a member of the critically acclaimed Yale Percussion Group.

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Naomi regularly collaborates with artists, choreographers, poets and composers in the creation of interdisciplinary performance work, which has shown at venues including Somerset House, Kunsthalle Darmstadt and Kettles Yard.

Alongside Sasha Amaya, she runs tick tock, which focuses on sonic and choreographic performance.

Prior to completing a PhD at the University of Cambridge, Naomi studied math, philosophy and music at Yale University and the University of Montreal.

Harry Stafylakis, WSO Composer-in-Residence, WNMF Co-Curator New York City-based composer Harry Stafylakis (b. 1982) hails from Montreal. “Dreamy yet rhythmic” (NY Times), with a “terrible luminosity” and “ferociously expressive” (Times Colonist), his concert music is “an amalgamation of the classical music tradition and the soul and grime of heavy metal” (I Care If You Listen).

He is the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra’s Composerin-Residence and Co-Curator of the Winnipeg New Music Festival. His works have been performed by the Toronto, Winnipeg, Vancouver, Edmonton, Victoria, Spokane, Stamford and PEI symphonies, American Composers Orchestra, McGill Chamber Orchestra, ICE, Contemporaneous, Mivos Quartet, Quatuor Bozzini and Aspen Contemporary Ensemble, among others. hstafylakis.com

WINNIPEG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA | 2019/20 SEASON MUSIC DIRECTOR Daniel Raiskin ASSOCIATE CONDUCTOR Julian Pellicano RBC ASSISTANT CONDUCTOR Naomi Woo COMPOSER-IN-RESIDENCE & WNMF CO-CURATOR Harry Stafylakis FIRST VIOLINS Gwen Hoebig, Concertmaster

The Sophie-Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatté Memorial Chair, endowed by the Eckhardt-Gramatté Foundation

Karl Stobbe, Associate Concertmaster Mary Lawton, Assistant Concertmaster Chris Anstey Mona Coarda Jeff Dyrda Tara Fensom Jessie Ramsay* Hong Tian Jia Sonia Shklarov Julie Savard Jun Shao SECOND VIOLINS Jeremy Buzash, Principal Elation Pauls, Assistant Principal Karen Bauch Kristina Bauch Elizabeth Dyer Bokyung Hwang Rodica Jeffrey Momoko Matsumura* Susan McCallum† Takayo Noguchi Jane Pulford Claudine St-Arnauld Christine Yoo*

VIOLAS Daniel Scholz, Principal Anne Elise Lavallée, Assistant Principal Marie-Elyse Badeau Laszlo Baroczi Richard Bauch Greg Hay Michaela Kleer* Michael Scholz Heather Wilson†

HORNS Patricia Evans, Principal Ken MacDonald, Associate Principal The Hilda Schelberger Memorial Chair

Aiden Kleer Caroline Oberheu Michiko Singh TRUMPETS Chris Fensom, Principal Paul Jeffrey Isaac Pulford

The Patty Kirk Memorial Chair

CELLOS Yuri Hooker, Principal Alex Adaman Grace An* Arlene Dahl Emma Quackenbush Alyssa Ramsay Sean Taubner

TROMBONES Steven Dyer, Principal Keith Dyrda BASS TROMBONE Tamas Markovics, Principal TUBA Jarrett McCourt*

BASSES Meredith Johnson, Principal Andrew Goodlett, Assistant Principal Bruce Okrainec Daniel Perry Anna Scheider* Eric Timperman

TIMPANI Mike Kemp, Principal PERCUSSION Andrew Johnson, Principal HARP Richard Turner, Principal

Endowed by W.H. & S.E. Loewen

FLUTES Jan Kocman, Principal

Supported by Gordon & Audrey Fogg

Alex Conway

PRINCIPAL LIBRARIAN Greg Hamilton

OBOES Beverly Wang, Principal Robin MacMillan

ASSISTANT LIBRARIAN Aiden Kleer

ENGLISH HORN Robin MacMillan, Principal CLARINETS Micah Heilbrunn, Principal Taylor Eiffert

In loving memory: Meredith McCallum, violin

The James Thomson Memorial Chair

BASSOONS Kathryn Brooks, Principal Kristy Tucker

ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL MANAGER Greg Hay

Please note: Non-titled (tutti) string players are listed alphabetically and are seated according to a rotational system.

* Temporary Position † On Leave Fred Redekop is the official Piano Tuner and Technician of the WSO. J a n u a r y – F e b r u a r y 2 0 2 0 | O V E R T U R E 7

yes, we deliver S E L E C T P R O D U C T S AVA I L A B L E F O R D E L I V E R Y AT L I Q U O R M A R T S . C A

KUNÉ – Canada’s Global Orchestra Aline Morales – congas, pandeiro, alfaia & zabumba

Lasso – djembe, n’goni, peul flute & tamani

Alyssa Delbaere-Sawchuk – violin & viola

Matias Recharte – drum, cajón & percussion

Anwar Khurshid – sitar

Paco Luviano – double bass & electric bass

Demetri Petsalakis – lyra, guitar & oud

Padideh Ahrarnejad – tar

Dora Wang – dizi, xiao & alto flute

Selcuk Suna – clarinet & tenor saxophone

Luis Deniz – alto saxophone

POPS

KUNÉ – Canada’s Global Orchestra:

Julian Pellicano, conductor

Hungarian Dance No. 6

Brahms

Espera Esperanto

Paco Luviano / Hanna Burge / arr. Serouj Kradjian

We Met in Tkaranto

Alyssa Delbaere-Sawchuk / arr. Aaron Davis

Iemanja

Aline Morales

Hicaz Mandira

Trad. / arr. Selcuk Suna

Jasmin in Bamboo

Trad. Adapted by Dora Wang / arr. Becca Pellett

Obèso

Lasso / arr. Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser – INTERMISSION –

In the Steppes of Central Asia Borodin Wind

Demetri Petsalakis / Lasso / Delbaere-Sawchuk / arr. Bartholomew-Poyser

Canto a la Tierra

Luis Deniz

Navae e Sarosh

Anwar Kurshid / arr. Aaron Davis

Lloqlla

Matias Recharte / arr. Pellett

Earth

Recharte / Padideh Ahrarnejad / Dorjee Tsering

Mae D’Água

Morales / arr. Kradjian

Friday, January 10 Saturday, January 11 Sunday, January 12

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

Pops Series Sponsor: Presenting Media Sponsor:

MUSICIANS IN THE MAKING Pre-concert performance in the lobby: Friday, 7:15 pm Sistema Winnipeg Saturday, 7:15 pm Sistema Winnipeg KUNÉ is a project of the Royal Conservatory of Music and has been supported by the Canada Council’s New Chapter Fund, the Department of Canadian Heritage’s Canada 150 Fund and the Ontario Arts Council.

Funding for orchestral arrangements has been generously provided by The Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity and the National Creation Fund of the National Arts Centre.

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ARTIST BIOS

POPS

KUNÉ – Canada’s Global Orchestra Aline Morales, congas, pandeiro, alfaia, zabumba & featured vocals

KUNÉ – Canada’s Global Orchestra – was developed from a major initiative by The Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto to explore and celebrate Canada’s cultural diversity and pluralism. The ensemble seeks to communicate in ways that words, politicians, and spiritual leaders cannot, and help to find a common language through music. KUNÉ (which means “together” in Esperanto) released their debut album on Universal Music Canada in April 2018 and embarked on their first US tour in the 19-20 season.

The musicians hail from all corners of the globe – from Peru, Burkina Faso, Cuba, Ukraine and beyond – and are now living in the Toronto area.

The 11 musicians of KUNÉ play instruments as diverse as they are, from the tar of Iran to the bouzouki of Greece to the sitar of Pakistan. Over the course of 2017, the ensemble shared each other’s cultures and musical traditions as they rehearsed, composed and gave workshops and community concerts.

The ensemble was conceived by Mervon Mehta, Executive Director of Performing Arts at The Royal Conservatory of Music, who produced the project in partnership with Aga Khan Museum, Batuki Music Society, CBC Music, Diaspora Genius, Lula Music and Arts Centre, Small World Music, York University Department of Music, and 918 Bathurst Centre. Originally known as the New Canadian Global Music Orchestra, the ensemble launched in Koerner Hall in June 2017 and toured Canada with stops in Ottawa, Calgary, London, Guelph and Montréal.

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Since immigrating to Canada in 2003, Brazil-born Aline Morales has been a tireless promoter of the traditional maracatu rhythms of northeastern Brazil.

Her debut solo album, Flores, Tambores e Amores, received widespread critical acclaim, including a JUNO Award nomination, and brought Morales into the national spotlight.

Alyssa Delbaere-Sawchuk, violin, viola & featured vocals

Born in Winnipeg, Métis fiddler Alyssa Delbaere-Sawchuk completed her doctorate in classical and fiddle music traditions from the Université de Montréal. She mentored with Ojibwe elder fiddler Lawrence “Teddy Boy” Houle and collaborated with James Flett to create the award-winning Oméigwessi, Reel Métis: A Tribute to Walter Flett.

She is also a member of the Métis Fiddler Quartet. Their release North West Voyage received the Best Traditional Album award at the 2012 Canadian Folk Music Awards.

Anwar Khurshid, sitar & featured vocals

Anwar Khurshid was born in Pakistan, where he studied the sitar with Ustad Nasiruddin and Indian classical vocals under Qazi Zahoorul Haq. After his arrival in Canada, his interest in blues, jazz and world music resulted in the JUNO Award-nominated album Subcontinental Drift, as well as the acclaimed albums Enter the Gate and Music Stew. In 2016, he composed music for the film What it Takes to be Extraordinary and has played sitar on film scores for Life of Pi, The Love Guru and Kama Sutra.

Demetri Petsalakis, lyra, guitar, oud & featured vocals

Originally from Athens, Greece, Demetri Petsalakis is a Toronto-based musician performing in a variety of styles with a focus on Greek and Middle Eastern lutes.

Influenced by the rich cultural diversity of Canada, Petsalakis incorporates musical elements from different traditions in order to create a contemporary sound that represents both his heritage and the community of which he is a part. An active member of the Toronto world music scene, Petsalakis has composed for, recorded and performed with many groups including KUNÉ, Tafelmusik, Ventanas, Near East Trio, Zephyr, Turkuaz, Moneka Arabic Jazz and Moskitto Bar.

Dora Wang, dizi, xiao & alto flute

Dora Wang started her professional music career in China at the Affiliated Middle School of Tianjin’s Conservatory of Music with a major in bamboo flute. Throughout her studies, Wang performed across Europe as an intercultural exchange performer.

After immigrating to Canada, Wang founded the band Melody of Bamboo Music, with whom she continues to perform at major events across Canada.

Lasso, djembe, n’goni, Peul flute, tamani & featured vocals

Lasso was born to a griot family in a small village in northern Burkina Faso, where he learned to play balafon, tamani, djembe, and later the kambélé n’goni.

Thanks to his famous cousin, Dramane Dembélé, Lasso discovered the Peul flute, or “tambin,” known for its unique vocalized growl. Lasso arrived in Québec in 2009, where he has since become a mainstay of Québec’s vibrant music scene.

Luis Deniz, alto saxophone

Cuban-born saxophonist Luis Deniz has performed across Canada, the United States, Europe, Australia and Japan with acclaimed artists such as Barry Harris, Howard Johnson, Ray Vega, Steve Turre, Randy Brecker, Donald Harrison, Ingrid Jensen, Mark Feldman, Gary Versace and Hermeto Pascoal. His awards include the Grand Prix du Jazz General Motors at the Montreal Jazz Festival (David Virelles Quintet), the Galaxie Rising Star at the Halifax Jazz Festival (Rich Brown’s Rinsethealgorithm) as well as a Grammy nomination and JUNO Award for his work with the Hilario Duran Latin Jazz Big Band.

Matias Recharte, drum, cajón & percussion

Peruvian-born Matias Recharte built his first drum set out of cans and buckets at age 11 and later studied Afro-Peruvian music and Afro-Cuban folklore in Peru. Recharte received his Bachelor of Music from the Rotterdam Conservatorium and completed his Master’s in Ethnomusicology at York University.

He is currently pursuing a PhD in music education at the University of Toronto while leading KUNÉ’s school tours and touring with Jesse Cook.

Paco Luviano, double bass & electric bass

Mexican-Canadian Paco Luviano hails from a family of musicians and is the son of legendary performer Macario Luviano. He has been frequently called on for global and hybrid music projects and has recorded dozens of albums with international artists. Luviano has toured internationally with such acclaimed artists as Hilario Durán, Jane Bunnett, the Shuffle Demons and the Dominic Mancuso Group.

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ARTIST BIOS

POPS

KUNÉ – Canada’s Global Orchestra

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Padideh Ahrarnejad, tar & featured vocals

Padideh Ahrarnejad started playing tar in her native Iran, where she graduated from Tehran Art Music School and completed her studies at the Art University of Tehran. Before immigrating to Canada, Ahrarnejad was a member of Iran’s Radio and Television Orchestra and Iran National Music Orchestra and performed in Austria, China, Cuba, Germany, Kuwait, Switzerland and Norway. She was a tar soloist with the Simorq Orchestra and has been a featured soloist on many recordings, including Honarmandan-e Javan, under the supervision of acclaimed Iranian composer Hossein Alizâdeh, as well as on Gery-e Bi Bahane, Be Yad-e Khoram, Gahi Se Gahi and To Kisti. Padideh’s group Partow released their debut album in July 2019.

Selcuk Suna, clarinet & tenor saxophone

Born in Istanbul, Turkey, Selcuk Suna was performing on various television programs and for famous pop singers by the time he was 18. While living in Turkey, Suna played on a weekly Friday late-night show for 13 years. He has also played with numerous pop stars, including Shakira, as well as on countless albums, television shows, musicals and vocal recordings. ■

ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS Sharon Atkinson, clarinet Kenton McPeek, tuba Brendan Thompson, percussion Tracy Wright, oboe

Enjoy fabulous HIGH TEA BAKERY imperial cookies for sale at KUNÉ and until supplies last. $20 / DOZEN Special thanks to the St. Paul’s High School Maroon and White Society for helping to sell the cookies as part of their community service volunteer work.

IMPERIAL COOKIE PHOTO FROM HIGHTEABAKERY.COM

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Belgian-style beer and shareable dishes right around the corner.

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Our taproom + kitchen are a one minute walk from the Centennial Concert Hall, anchored at the corner of Lily and Pacific.

Sistema Interview, October 2019: Taya Head Tell me your Sistema story.

I started six years ago when I was in grade one, now I’m in grade six. One day I came to school and went to the music room. The music teacher told me to get an instrument, and I went to the xylophone. Then she asked if I wanted to switch instruments and I went to the tambourine. After that class, the teacher asked me if I liked music, I said yes.

Then she asked if I wanted to join Sistema, and I asked her what it was, then I said yes.

Ever since I started Sistema I try not to miss any days. The only exception is on Mondays when I have Youth Orchestra.

Why did you pick the cello?

I tried a bunch of instruments. First, I played the violin and didn’t make a good sound.

Then I tried cello and I made a better sound, so I liked it way better.

Tell me about some of your challenges at Sistema.

Last year and all the years before, I had trouble reading notes. I used to think I would never be able to read notes, so I tried to give up and quit. But then the teachers started to work with me, and it’s been really helpful. Now I’m able to do it!

What are some of the opportunities you’ve had lately because of Sistema?

I was able to go to Rosamunde [Summer Music Academy] for the first time this year. It was really cool to have little groups where we did chamber music with only

a few people. I got to meet new people, have sectionals with different people and play in orchestra with lots of people with different talents. I also played my first solo at Rosamunde and then again at the school talent show.

This year I also joined Winnipeg Youth Orchestra. I thought it was good to try harder music, go somewhere with more people to help me, and I wanted the challenge. I got to go to Youth Orchestra Camp where we did nine hours straight of music (but got a couple breaks). It was really cool to play music there and work with another sectional teacher.

What do you want to be when you grow up?

I want to be in the WSO. Stories like Taya’s would not exist without your help. Donations can be directed to support either annual operations or the Sistema Endowment Fund. To donate, visit wso.ca/support or phone Theresa Huscroft, Development Coordinator, at 204-949-3973.

PHOTO BY JEN DOERKSEN

Your Own Personally Named Endowment Fund The WSO Endowment Fund at the Winnipeg Foundation has a current market value of $9,360,393.54. This fund now pays out nearly $400,000 a year in annual funding to the WSO.

the donors to be recognized each year when the grant is made from their fund, allowing the WSO to remember them and thank them. Sub-funds are eligible for CCIF matching funds.

This funding allows the WSO to keep ticket prices as low as possible so that as many people as possible can afford to attend our concerts.

It also helps offset what has to be raised every year through private donations. These important sustaining funds help ensure that the WSO will continue to survive long into the future.

Sub-funds can be established at the Winnipeg Foundation for a minimum donation of $10,000, payable over a number of years.

Unless otherwise designated, donations made through gifts in wills by members of the WSO Legacy Circle are directed toward the WSO’s endowment fund.

The WSO also receives a number of outright donations each year to the endowment fund.

All new donations into the WSO’s endowment fund are eligible for matching funds from the Canadian Cultural Investment Fund (CCIF) through the federal government.

In recent years, a few donors have set up their own personally named sub-funds at the Winnipeg Foundation. These sub-funds allow

Sub-funds can be set up during a donor’s lifetime so that donors can see the impact of their support each year, or as part of a gift in a will. Annual disbursements from personally named sub-funds can take the place of annual donations that a donor might normally make, or can keep a donor’s annual donation going after the donor passes away.

Donations can be directed toward the WSO’s general endowment fund, or toward the Sistema Endowment Fund, or you may discuss with WSO staff other ways to designate your fund. ■ If you would like more information about establishing a personally named fund to support the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, contact Beth Proven at 204-949-3989 or email bproven@wso.mb.ca.

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Join the WSO on the world stage when we perform in the Netherlands and Belgium in May 2020 as part of the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Netherlands by Canadian Forces during WW2.

You can come along as part of one of two tours that are being offered through the Great Canadian Travel Company, or they will help you build your own tour. For more information, call (204) 949-0199 or visit www.greatcanadiantravel.com/destination/wso-netherlands-tours/ ADOPT A MUSICIAN Help us ensure that we can make this once in a lifetime opportunity possible by adopting a musician and showing your financial support of the WSO’s world tour.

Musicians are $5,000 to adopt but donations of every size are welcome.

Contact Beth Proven at (204) 949-3989 or bproven@wso.mb.ca for more information.

ROTTERDAM GALA AND CONCERT Join us in Rotterdam on May 5, 2020 for a gala dinner and concert celebrating Netherland’s Liberation Day. Tickets are $300 Cdn and include a pre-concert gala dinner, a ticket to the WSO’s concert in Rotterdam, and post-concert dessert.

To book the Rotterdam gala, call (204) 949-0199.

TRAVELLING ON YOUR OWN TO THE NETHERLANDS? Please go online to the concert halls in the cities where you will travel to book your concert tickets. Links may be found on the WSO’s website.

Sunday, May 3, 2020 Arnhem, Musis Sacrum Monday, May 4, 2020 Amsterdam, Concertgebouw Tuesday, May 5, 2020 Rotterdam, de Doelen Wednesday, May 6, 2020 Groningen, Oosterpoort Thursday, May 7, 2020 Antwerp, de Singel Friday, May 8, 2020 Utrecht, Tivoli Vredenburg Saturday, May 9, 2020 Heerlen, Parkstad Theatre

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Daniel Raiskin, conductor Gwen Hoebig, violin Yuri Hooker, cello David Moroz, piano

(A)BSOLUTE CLASSICS

Beethoven’s Triple

Overture to Fidelio, Op. 72 Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827) Concerto for Violin, Cello, Piano and Orchestra in C major, Op. 56, “Triple Concerto” Allegro Largo Rondo alla Polacca

Ludwig van Beethoven

– INTERMISSION –

Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55, “Eroica” Allegro con brio Marcia funebre: Adagio assai Scherzo: Allegro vivace Finale: Allegro molto

Ludwig van Beethoven

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Overture to Fidelio Ludwig van Beethoven

b. Bonn / December 17, 1770 d. Vienna / March 26, 1827 Composed: 1814 First performance: May 25, 1814 (Vienna) Last WSO performance: 2000; Markand Thakar, conductor

Beethoven’s only opera Fidelio caused him no end of grief over the decade it took to create it. Beginning work in 1804 and composing virtually nothing else until mid-1805, Beethoven revised the drafts many times for different performances, some of which never took place.

When one thinks that over a 10-year period Rossini composed 31 operas, Donizetti 35 and Mozart launched seven, the struggle and resolve to complete Fidelio was certainly in line with his subject matter. No less angst occurred in the use of the four overtures Beethoven wrote for the opera, reflecting his inexperience as a composer for the theatre.

The “rescue opera” was a popular genre at the time, providing heroic stories of fights for freedom, suspense, loyalty and deliveries from injustice, especially during the violent aftermath of the French Revolution. Napoleon’s army was occupying Vienna during the month following the scheduled premiere of Fidelio on October 15, 1805, and that enemy officers were in the audience displacing the many Austrians that had fled all but guaranteed a less-than-stellar event for Beethoven, steeped in the opera’s story of unselfish love, sacrifice and courage in the tale of the unjustly imprisoned Florestan who is rescued by his wife Leonore (disguised as a man, Fidelio).

The opera was originally entitled Leonore and Beethoven wrote an Overture in C major, quickly rejecting it after a run-through at Prince Lichnowsky’s palace before the premiere.

Leonore Overture No. 2 was more successful but proved too lengthy to serve as a prelude. But Leonore Overture No. 3 emerged as a genuine masterpiece: a symphonic structure in sonata2 0 O V E R T U R E | J a n u a r y – F e b r u a r y 2 0 2 0

allegro design journeying from darkness to light in the style of the Fifth and Ninth Symphonies.

However, No. 3 gives away so much of the opera’s story in such magnificent fashion, the much briefer, sunnier Fidelio Overture serves as the opera’s prelude, without using any of the opera’s themes.

Triple Concerto

Ludwig van Beethoven

Composed: 1803–1804 First performance: 1804 or 1805 (Vienna) Last WSO performance: 1995; Bramwell Tovey, conductor, with Gwen Hoebig, violin; Desmond Hoebig, cello; and David Moroz, piano

As a fine businessman, Beethoven knew how to manage what could be delicate relations with royal patrons. But with Rudolph, Archduke of Austria, titled scion of the Hapsburg line and a pianist of modest if genuine talent, Beethoven forged a genuine and lifelong friendship, beginning in the early days when Rudolph turned up among Beethoven’s Viennese pupils to take instruction in piano and composition.

Rudolph eventually became Archbishop Cardinal of Austria and the mutual affection persisted, with Rudolph receiving dedications of many important works by the composer such as the Fourth and Fifth Piano Concertos, the “Archduke” Trio, Missa Solemnis and more.

At the time the Triple Concerto was composed, Beethoven was under the influence of French music (Fidelio and the Eroica Symphony also date from 1803–04). In France the “sinfonia concertante” was a popular genre, making use of more than one string soloist in a revamped model of the old “concerto grosso.” Beethoven wanted to both explore something “really new” as he wrote to his publisher, and provide something sympathetic for Rudolph’s piano skills. The Triple Concerto was the unique result, along with some formidable technical challenges for Beethoven in structure and settings for the solo instruments.

Beethoven was careful not to make the piano part too difficult for Rudolph’s abilities. The violin and cello solo parts, though, were to be fully professional, with plenty of virtuoso flourishes to make the combined effect of the trio sound quite dazzling. Beethoven called on two excellent players to share the premiere with Rudolph: violinist Carl August Seidler and cellist Anton Kraft.

The challenge for Beethoven was how to give each solo part the proper exposure while keeping the formal structure intact. If each part was equal, every theme would have to be played four times (including the orchestra). So rather than rich melodic invention, Beethoven devised simple concentrated themes to emphasize the different colours of the solo parts and how they interact with the orchestra. The result is a most entertaining work, with the spotlight perhaps more on Beethoven’s supreme technical mastery than emotional connection.

The opening movement is in a modified sonata setting. After the orchestra introduces the thematic material, the cello brings in the soloists. Repetition and figuration prevail rather than development, and the movement ends with much energy. The brief second movement is songful, with solo strings embellished by the piano. The dance-like finale is in the style of the Polish polonaise, with much rhythmic embroidery and a rousing close.

Symphony No. 3 “Eroica” Ludwig van Beethoven

Composed: 1803–04 First performance: December 1804 (Vienna) Last WSO performance: 2014; José Luis Gomez, conductor

When Beethoven began his majestic E-flat Symphony in 1803, a decade had passed since Napoleon Bonaparte had started his meteoric ascent to power. Putting in place measures to end centuries of tyrannical social, economic and political oppression, Napoleon was a role model for Beethoven and to be the dedicatee of a large-scaled new Symphony. But when Napoleon proclaimed himself Emperor of France in 1804, the enraged Beethoven ripped out the dedication from the title page. “Then is he, too, only an ordinary human being?” Beethoven

roared at his pupil Ferdinand Ries who delivered the news. With obvious sorrow, Beethoven re-inscribed the dedication “to celebrate the memory of a great man.”

In its unrivaled artistic vistas, length, breadth and emotional sweep, the Eroica Symphony changed the symphonic genre forever. The composer’s role elevated from artisan to visionary, creating in this single work the Romantic era of self-declaration governed by a higher calling.

Like cannon shots, the opening movement’s heroic E-flat chords set the stage of a massive essay in narrative development. The Funeral March defines expression of tragedy. The lusty Scherzo contains a rousing central Trio for three horns, one of the earliest times more than two were used. The finale is a set of variations on two themes that gather energy as they go. A brilliant coda led by horns caps off this journey of the grandness the word “symphonic” would forever connote. ■ J a n u a r y – F e b r u a r y 2 0 2 0 | O V E R T U R E 2 1

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Gwen Hoebig, violin

Recognized as one of Canada’s most outstanding violinists, Gwen Hoebig is in her 32nd season as Concertmaster of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra.

She joined the orchestra as Concertmaster in 1987, having been awarded the position as the unanimous choice of the audition committee. This position has allowed and encouraged her to pursue not only her love of orchestral playing, but also solo performances, chamber music performances and teaching.

Gwen Hoebig has performed all the major violin concerti with orchestras across Canada, the United States and Europe. Particularly celebrated for her interpretation of new music, she has given the Canadian premieres of violin concertos

by S.C. Eckhardt-Gramatté, T. Patrick Carrabré, Randolph Peters, Joan Tower, Christopher Rouse and Philip Glass, and Gary Kulesha.

As a chamber musician, Gwen has been a member of the Hoebig/Moroz trio with her husband, pianist David Moroz, and with her brother, cellist Desmond Hoebig for over 40 years. She is also a member of the Clearwater Quartet which has recently been appointed Artist-in-Residence of the University of Manitoba.

Yuri Hooker, cello

Principal cellist of the WSO, Yuri Hooker is well-known for his passionate and soulful interpretations of a wide range of repertoire. His frequent solo appearances have met with critical and audience acclaim: his 2007 Rococo Variations with the WSO was lauded as one of the best classical performances of the decade by the Winnipeg Free Press, and in 2011 The Strad magazine spoke of his

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performance of Britten as being among the “outstanding performances” of the inaugural International Cello Festival of Canada. An avid chamber musician, Yuri also appears regularly with the Winnipeg Chamber Music Society and Groundswell.

As well as performing, Yuri is an inspiring and dedicated teacher whose students are regularly recognized locally and nationally with awards and scholarships. As well as maintaining a private teaching studio, he served as the Sessional Instructor of Cello at the University of Manitoba from 2004 to 2008 and, in the summer of 2011, he launched the Rosamunde Summer Music Academy for young string players. Yuri holds a Bachelor of Music degree from Brandon University, which he followed with graduate studies under Janos Starker at Indiana University.

David Moroz, piano

A graduate of the Juilliard School, Winnipeg-born pianist David Moroz enjoys a career as one of Canada’s most versatile artists. As soloist he has performed in every major Canadian city, and as collaborative artist he appears regularly in recital with Canada’s most distinguished musicians.

Twice nominated for Manitoba’s Artist of the Year, he is a frequent guest of CBC Radio and is a veteran performer at Canada’s most important music festivals. He serves as Chair of the Piano Department at the Desautels Faculty of Music at the University of Manitoba, and is also Artistic Director of the Winnipeg Chamber Music Society.

He was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal by the Government of Canada in recognition of his contribution to the Arts. David is married to Gwen Hoebig, the WSO’s concertmaster. ■

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Holberg Suite Edvard Grieg

b. Bergen, Norway / June 15, 1843 d. Bergen / September 4, 1907 Composed for solo piano in 1884; arranged for string orchestra in 1885 Last WSO performance: 1979; Piero Gamba, conductor

By the last two decades of the 20th-century, Edvard Grieg was not only renowned as Scandinavia’s greatest composer but acclaimed among the world’s leading composers. During the summers, Grieg composed and revised his music and enjoyed hikes in the scenic mountains of Norway with friends like Julius Röntgen or Percy Grainger. During the fall and winter months, Grieg toured Europe as a pianist, for which he was widely admired.

The year 1884 marked the 200th anniversary of the birth of Ludwig Holberg, the celebrated writer generally credited as the founder of the Danish/Norwegian literary school and, like Grieg, a native of Bergen. A statue of Holberg was to be unveiled on the Bergen waterfront and a series of concerts was planned. From Grieg came a cantata for men’s voices, plus the piano suite From Holberg’s Time which he arranged for string orchestra the following year.

Holberg became famous through his satirical comedy Peder Paars (1719) and, as playwright for the newly formed Danish National Theatre, 26 comedies in the style of Molière. These were the first original plays written in the Danish language. In the Holberg Suite, Grieg cast the movements in popular dance forms of the 18th century but added many touches of his personal style to them.

The lively Prelude in sonata-allegro form with contrasting themes and a mini-development section. It then gives way to a series of dances: a lovely Sarabande, a charming Gavotte with 3 0 O V E R T U R E | J a n u a r y – F e b r u a r y 2 0 2 0

a Musette that includes a simulated bagpipe drone, an imposing Air reminding of Bach, and a bustling Rigaudon to close.

Concerto for Clarinet, Viola and Orchestra Max Bruch

b. Cologne / January 6, 1838 d. Friedenau, Berlin / October 2, 1920 Composed: 1911 First performance: March 5, 1912 (Wilhelmshaven, Germany) conducted by the composer with Max Felix Bruch, clarinet, and Willy Hess, viola First WSO performance

“It is not easy to write as beautifully as Max Bruch,’’ musicologist Sir Donald Francis Tovey wrote. Widely respected in his day as a composer, conductor and teacher, Bruch’s fame today rests on three works for string soloist and orchestra: the G minor Violin Concerto, the Scottish Fantasy for violin, and the Kol Nidrei for cello.

Bruch composed the Concerto for Clarinet and Viola in 1911 for his eldest son Max Felix, a talented clarinetist for whom Bruch had also supplied the lovely Eight Pieces for clarinet, viola and piano two years earlier. The Concerto’s premiere at the German seaport naval base of Wilhelmshaven was “in front of all the admirals and captains,” as Bruch recalled. On hearing Max Felix perform earlier in Cologne, conductor and Brahms specialist Fritz Steinbach favorably compared Max’s playing with that of Richard Mühlfeld, Brahms’s inspiration in his masterly chamber music for clarinet. Bruch’s confidence in his son’s skills came honestly.

The clarinet and viola are beautifully matched in the Concerto, in timbre and expression, in dialogue and duet. The orchestra offers a richly upholstered accompaniment, for an overall effect of warm Romantic expression well in line with Tovey’s description.

The Concerto opens with a recitative from each soloist in tandem. The main material of the opening movement comes from two Swedish folksongs Bruch had used in his Nordland Suite for orchestra (1906): the first, a smooth melody played by the clarinet; the second, in duet by both soloists.

The second movement is an unhurried waltz of autumnal beauty, with a central section a gentle duet for the soloists over pizzicato strings. Brass introduce the Finale, a vigorous movement in sonata form with conversational elements and arabesque triplet figuration in the solo parts.

Suite No. 1 from Peer Gynt Edvard Grieg

Composed: 1874-1875 First performance: February 24, 1876 (Oslo)

In 1874 Henrik Ibsen decided to revive his 1867 play Peer Gynt for presentation in Oslo and wrote to Grieg requesting incidental music for a shortened version of the huge five-act original. Despite not being attracted to the play’s moralistic fantasy, Grieg needed the money and

accepted, thinking he would only have to supply a few selections.

But he misjudged contemporary Norwegian musical theatre taste, which demanded a generous supply of musical selections. Though the project ended up containing 23 separate musical numbers and consumed almost two years of Grieg’s life, the two orchestral suites he extracted from it won Grieg international fame and financial security.

Peer Gynt is the main character of Ibsen’s play, whose characters are drawn in allegory to Ibsen’s view of the not-always-ideal “national character” of the Norwegian people. Ibsen’s Peer Gynt is as luckless as Voltaire’s Candide, a sinister pleasure-seeking rascal who seeks out adventures and returns four decades later to find his wife Solveig still faithful.

The excerpts are arranged for concert presentation rather than in the order in which they occur in the play. Dawn arrives upon an African desert, the sun bursting through the clouds following the broad cello theme. The

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movement is built entirely from repetition of the melody heard in the first four bars.

The death of Peer’s mother Ǻse is painted in muted strings, rising heavenward and poignantly dying off in a sequence of chromatic motives. Muted strings continue, with a single triangle in Anitra’s Dance – an exotic “mazurka” danced by the daughter of a Bedouin chief that Peer meets on a Moroccan adventure. In the Hall of the Mountain King has become iconic Grieg, as Peer escapes from a fearsome abode of trolls after trying to seduce one of their maidens.

Symphony No. 3

Jean Sibelius

b. Hämeenlinna, Finland / December 8, 1865 d. Järvenpää, Finland / September 20, 1957 Composed: 1904–1907 First performance: September 25, 1907 (Helsinki), conducted by the composer Last WSO performance: 1965, Victor Feldbrill, conductor

Jean Sibelius’ success with the premiere of his Second Symphony in March 1902 masked a problematic personal life. Though he received large royalties from his compositions plus funding from the Finnish government, his poor money management had put him in financial peril. His health faced challenges, as a painful ear infection obsessed him as he recalled the deafness that plagued composers Beethoven and Smetana. In June 1902 he developed throat problems, though he was able to complete his magnificent Violin Concerto in 1903. And alcoholism developed as he frequented the local Helsinki bars, his forgiving wife Aino often searching for him during long binges he would regret ashamedly.

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Sibelius told his biographer Karl Erkman he had to face his problems, and that his art demanded a fresh environment. So by 1904, the Sibelius family decided to scout rural settings and after a search settled for a nearby forest site at Järvenpää. Sibelius’ new home, entitled Ainola, after his wife, was ready in September. It fired his creative imagination and became the home he occupied for the rest of his life. “I have begun my Third Symphony” he wrote to a friend, literally as he was moving in.

The move and the Third Symphony marked a change in Sibelius’ style. Where the first two symphonies were ripe with late Romantic sweep and near Tchaikovskian emotional outpouring, the Third found a new concentration of expression, firmer in its storylines and adventurous in its harmonic language. As well, Sibelius’ new method produced a binding sense of logic as he drew on offering thematic fragments that built into themes they appear to be drawn from - the reverse order of other composers who state their themes and then use their component motives in development.

The opening movement of the Third is the most classically structured in all of Sibelius’ seven symphonies, a sonata form movement with contrasting themes, the second one in the cellos typically Sibelian with its long held note followed by quick melodic fragments.

The second movement is a gentle intermezzo with rhythmic accents to add point to the music’s easy flow. The Finale is in two parts, fusing elements of a scherzo and finale. The first section takes melodic bits and pieces which seem to arrange themselves as the music gathers energy. Ideas “crystallize” (a word Sibelius liked to use) as the second section’s narrative firms up in integrity, closing in heroic fashion with a broad proclamation of the work’s C major home base. ■

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Jessica Cottis, conductor

Frequently in demand as guest conductor, highlights of her 19/20 season will mark debuts with Singapore Symphony Orchestra, National Arts Centre Orchestra (Ottawa), Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, as well as The Philharmonia Orchestra, Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra and Norrlands Opera to conduct Brahms’ Requiem. She continues her collaboration with the Royal Opera House, London, conducting Gerald Barry’s The Intelligence Park.

A gifted communicator, Jessica Cottis works widely as an advocate for classical music and is a regular contributor to BBC radio and television programmes, commenting on a wide range of topics, from opera to architecture, synaesthesia, and acoustics.

Micah Heilbrunn, clarinet

Born in London, Ontario, Micah Heilbrunn is currently Principal Clarinet of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra. A graduate of the Interlochen Arts Academy, he received both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Michigan, and his principal teachers include Jerome Summers, Deborah Chodacki, Robert Crowley and Joaquin Valdepeñas. Micah has served as Principal Clarinet with the Symphony Nova Scotia, and has been on the clarinet faculty of Brandon University, the University of Windsor, and at the University of Manitoba. He has been a featured artist at the Aspen Music Festival, the Ottawa Chamber Music Festival, the Agassiz music festival, the Las Vegas Music Festival and the Scotia Festival of Music, and has been heard in broadcasts both on the CBC and National Public Radio. Micah is an active orchestral and chamber

musician, and has appeared playing principal clarinet as a guest with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, the Canadian Opera Company, and the National Arts Center Orchestra. Micah has been a member of the Aspen Contemporary Ensemble and Brave New Works ensemble, and has performed in Toronto New Music concerts as well as Winnipeg’s Groundswell.

Daniel Scholz, viola

Born in Saskatchewan, Daniel Scholz holds a Bachelor of Music Education Degree from the University of Regina, and pursued graduate studies at McGill University and at the University of British Columbia, where he was a student of Gerald Stanick. Daniel is the principal viola of the WSO and the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra, and is a core member of The Winnipeg Chamber Music Society and the Rembrandt String Quartet. As a solo artist he has performed concertos with the WSO, the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra, MusicBarock, Okanagan Symphony and the Vancouver Chamber Players, and toured Europe with the Nordic Symphony as guest principal viola. He was also a prize-winner at the Lionel Tertis International Viola Competition, the most prestigious event of its kind, held on the Isle of Man. Daniel has performed and taught at many of Canada’s major festivals and is a faculty member of the University of Manitoba Summer Chamber Music Program, Amici Stringfest in Calgary and Winnipeg’s Rosamunde Summer Festival. ■

ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS Caitlin Broms-Jacobs, oboe Laura MacDougall, flute Victoria Sparks, percussion Brendan Thompson, percussion

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Once Upon a Love Song

Mark Masri, tenor

Pop tenor Mark Masri – once studying to become a doctor – decided early in his academic career to pursue his first love, music. “Music is kind of like medicine, I guess; it heals the body and soothes the soul.” This philosophy is what has guided Mark to create the haunting lyrics and melodies that have been his trademark. He’s a JUNO and Grammy nominee, multi-Covenant Award winner, and has performed/recorded with the likes of

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Is It O.K. I Am Only You Sweeping the Ashes It Doesn’t Matter Anymore Weak in the Knees For You What I Wouldn’t Do – INTERMISSION –

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New York Voices

POPS SPECIAL New York Voices Christmas Special

Serena Ryder with orchestra

New York Voices was With the dawn of the 21st century, NYV increased born in the mid-1980s releases its currency the jazzServes world You via collaborations If YourinMemory Well (2007), at upstate as the Count Basie status.

Is itinstitutions O.K. (2009),such achieving gold-selling Toronto-based vocal New York’s andwith College.

Orchestra, Paquito d’Rivera, and the Dizzy In 2012, her single “Weak in the Knees” also powerhouseIthaca Serena Ryder isPeter an aspiring GillespieGold All-Star Big Band.They also launched a certification. artist adoredEldridge, by fans,an peers and jazz achieved pianist came jazz education initiative, inaugurating its Vocal critics alike, in part who due to her late to Serena’s 2017 release Utopia spawned the singing; Kim Nazarian, Jazz Camp for aspiring jazz singers in 2008. (A raw and earnest songwriting, Gold single “Got Your Number” as well as the who dreamed of a and life on Broadway;electric and Darmon European version of the Camp began in 2016). beautifully live hits “Electric Love” and “Ice Age.” In late 2018, Meader, a saxophonist and self-described “choral geek,” Each of its members has also established a career performances. She has received Rolling Stone named Ryder’s critically acclaimed came together in the school’s vocalsixjazz ensemble. as an educator: Eldridge is a voice professor at numerous accolades, including prestigious Christmas record Christmas Kisses as the Number Director Dave Reilly included all threeAward of them, well Berklee College of Music; Nazarian is vocal jazz JUNO Awards, a MuchMusic Video foras Best 5 Best New Christmas Album of the year. ■ asRock Caprice Fox, in an ensemble he’d been invited to instructor at Ithaca College and artist-inVideo for “Stompa,” and a Canadian Screen bring on a tour of European jazz festivals.“It seemed to residence at both Bowling Green State University Award for Achievement in Music – Original Song.

MUSICIAN College in Cleveland; go overtosoher well that Darmon and I decided to keep it ADDITIONAL and Tri-C Community Prior chart-smashing album, Harmony Brendan Thompson, percussion going, try to make something happen professionally,” Kinhan is an adjunct faculty member at New York (2013), she also enjoyed success with previous Eldridge recalls.“Kim and Caprice were part of that University; and Meader is an artist in residence at original band, and we slowly but surely made the Indiana University. transition to New York City in 1988.”There they met ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS: Sara Krieger, who became the fifth member of the band Nenad Zdjelar, bass; Derrick Gardner, trumpet; Reilly had named “New York Voices.”

Will Bonness, keyboard; Victoria Sparks, percussion

Serena Ryder

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UNDER $500

The WSO gratefully acknowledges the following companies and organizations whose generous support helps to ensure musical enrichment within our community.

Podium $25,000 + Johnston Group Inc. The WSO Women’s Committee Resident Artist $10,000–24,999 Caspian Construction Junior League of Winnipeg Legacy Fund Terracon Development Ltd. Travel Manitoba Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Co Principal Chair $5,000–9,999 Cambrian Credit Union ft3 Architecture Landscape Interior Design James Richardson & Sons, Limited Qualico Telus Assistant Principal Chair $2,500–4,999 J.K. May Investments Ltd. Premier Printing Ltd. Orchestra Chair $1,000–2,499 Long & McQuade Musical Instruments Maxim Truck & Trailer Pollard Banknote Limited Music Stand $500–999 Coghlan’s Limited Mid West Packaging Limited Councillor Devi Sharma Number Ten Architectural Group

Barn Hammer Brewing Canadian Association of Communicators in Education European Art Glass Ltd. InterGroup Consultants Ltd. Patill/St. James Insurance Bruce Miltenberg Real Estate, in memory of Loren Karlowsky

Foundations

Burton A. & Geraldine L. Robinson Fund – The Winnipeg Foundation Ross Robinson Family Foundation Fund – The Winnipeg Foundation Esther & David Sanders Foundation of Winnipeg Sandra & Harvey Secter Family Fund David & Leda Slater Memorial Fund – Jewish Foundation of Manitoba The Inga & Anna Storgaard Fund Leslie John Taylor Fund – The Winnipeg Foundation Marylla van Ginkel Memorial Fund

Based on 12 months accumulative giving

Honourary Chair Daniel Raiskin, Music Director Diamond MC $50,000 + Michael Nesbitt Platinum MC $25,000–49,000

The WSO gratefully acknowledges the following Foundations: Robert & Ina Abra Family Fund – The Winnipeg Foundation Elizabeth B. Armytage Fund – The Winnipeg Foundation The Benevity Community Impact Fund Sylvia & Robin Cowan Foundation D’Addario Foundation Nita Eamer Memorial Fund – The Winnipeg Foundation Foundation for Choral Music in Manitoba Francofonds Inc. The Bertram Austin Goodman, Mary Easton McLaren Goodman & Dorothy Jean Goodman Foundation Marjory Alexander Graham & Family Fund The Mavis Gray Family Foundation Jewish Foundation of Manitoba George Warren Keates Memorial Fund – The Winnipeg Foundation Allen & Marion Lambert Fund Lutz Family Foundation Marjory Stewart McLaren Fund John & Carolynne McLure Fund – The Winnipeg Foundation Moffat Family Fund – The Winnipeg Foundation John & Shelley Page Maurice (Moe) & Ethel Pierce Fund Program for the Enrichment of French in Education Siobhan Richardson Foundation Inc. Richardson Foundation

The Maestro’s Circle recognizes patrons whose significant philanthropy furthers the musical artistry of the WSO.

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. Dr. Siana Attwell Lucienne Blouw Dolores P. Brommell Lorraine & Gerry Cairns Hugh B. Cowan Greg Doyle & Carol Bellringer Mrs. Audrey F. Hubbard Richard & Carol Jones Koren & Leonard Kaminski Henry Katz, in memory of Dena Kevin & Els Kavanagh Margaret Kellermann McCulloch & Paul McCulloch Erwin Kitsch M. Michel D. Lagacé Robin Wiens & Emilie Lagacé-Wiens Gail Loewen Bill & Shirley Loewen Dr. Brendan MacDougall Nathan & Carolyn Mitchell Lesia Peet Beth M. Proven Edward Fisher & Lyse Rémillard Olga & Bill Runnalls Trudy Schroeder June Slobodian Muriel Smith Mrs. Elizabeth Szirom Edith A. Toews Dr. Helen A. Toews Donn K. Yuen 8 Anonymous

Gail Asper, OC, OM, LLD & Michael Paterson James Cohen & Linda McGarva-Cohen Joanne DeFehr & Marten Duhoux Daniel Friedman & Rob Dalgliesh Bill & Shirley Loewen Curt & Cathy Vossen Gold MC $10,000–24,999 Marjorie Blankstein, CM, OM, LLD Timothy & Barbara Burt Elmer & Hilda Hildebrand Duncan & Judy Jessiman Peter & Dana Jessiman Kevin & Els Kavanagh Naomi Levine & Arthur Mauro Grant & Eleanor MacDougall Scott MacDonald & Tracey Novak Dr. Bill Pope & Dr. Elizabeth Tippett-Pope Daniel Raiskin Don & Anne Reimer Hartley & Heather Richardson Rubin Spletzer Dr. Ken & Lorna Thorlakson Bob & Heather Williams Jens Wrogemann

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Silver MC $5,000–9,999

Black Tie $1,500–2,499

Dr. Tatiana Arcand Lucienne Blouw Herb & Erna Buller Raymond & Elsie Chrunyk Art & Leona DeFehr John & Gay Docherty The Bill & Margaret Fast Family Foundation Inc. David Folk & Laurel Malkin Deborah Gray Sara Gray Robin Hildebrand Michael & Glenna Kay Fernand Kirouac Aaron Lewis, in memory of Norma & Ernst Schell Kevin & Betty McGarry Ron & Sandi Mielitz Ken & Judy Murray Michael Nozick & Cheryl Ashley Frank & Jeanne Plett Gerry & Barb Price Shirley Richardson Tannis Richardson Lea Stogdale Jim & Jan Tennant Arni Thorsteinson & Susan Glass David C. Wilson 2 Anonymous

Sandra Altner Dr. Linda Asper Shibashis Bal Francis Booth Emily Burt & Tyler Makodanski Steven & Ruth Chipman Jan & Kevin Coates Arlene Dahl Ben & Shari Diamond Ryan & Janice Diduck Steven Dyer Joan & Glen Dyrda Dr. Michael Nelson & Dr. Selena Friesen Jocelyn McKillop & Mark Gabbert Guillermo Rocha Medical Corporation Chelsey Hiebert Richard & Carol Jones Nora Kaufman John Kearsey Margaret Kellermann McCulloch & Paul McCulloch Mr. Sotirios Kotoulas Rob & Idelle Kowalchuk Peter & Ellen Kroeker Dr. Judith Littleford Marten W. Duhoux Architect Inc. Brent Mazur & Nancy Quiring Gord & Sherratt Moffatt Valerie Mollison Drs. Kenneth & Sharon Mould Diane Payment & Roxroy West Lesia Peet, in memory of Nicholas & Phyllis Chopp Jean-Francois Phaneuf Carolynne Presser Beth M. Proven Dr. Diane Ramsey Jim & Leney Richardson Rick Riess & Jean Carter Sanford & Deborah Riley Julia K. Ryckman Terry Sargeant & Margaret Haney Trudy Schroeder Cheryl & Lorne Sharfe Pam Simmons Muriel Smith Marlene Stern & Peter Rae Dr. & Mrs. Eric Vickar Don & Florence Whitmore 1 Anonymous

Concertmaster’s Bow $2,500–4,999 Doneta Brotchie, CM & Harry Brotchie Pierce & Amy Cairns Brenlee Carrington Trepel Dr. Albert & Lee Friesen Micah Heilbrunn David & Diane Johnston Gail Loewen, in memory of her mother, Sue Lemmerick Christine Skene & Nick Logan Dr. David Lyttle Dr. Neil & Ms. Elaine Margolis Barry & Carol McArton Ted & Mary Paetkau Wayne & Linda Paquin Fran Pollard Olga & Bill Runnalls Winnifred Sim Dr. Leslie Simard-Chiu & Dr. Aaron Chiu Ian R. Thomson & Leah R. Janzen E. Toews Professor A.M.C. Waterman Klaus & Elsa Wolf Sandy Woytowich

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Friends of the WSO support the WSO each season.

Honourary Chair Gwen Hoebig, Concertmaster Symphony $600–1,499 Andrew L. Cooke Medical Margaret-Lynne & Jim Astwood Lesley Baizley Beth Grubert/ Baked Expectations G. & D. Bird Helga & Gerhard Bock Dr. & Mrs. Brian & Cathie Bowerman Sheldon & Penny Bowles Sheila & David Brodovsky Lorraine & Gerry Cairns John Corp & Mary Elizabeth McKenzie Ruth Crook Margaret Cuddy Isaac Benjamin Diamond Kathleen Estey Wayne Forbes Robert & Linda Gold Gregg & Mary Hanson Daniel Heindl & Eugene Boychuk Margaret & Peter Hughes Robert Jaskiewicz Marianne Johnson Lawrence Jones Millie & Wally Kroeker Katarina Kupca Francoise Lesage & Ken Mills Dr. & Mrs. John & Natalie Mayba Jonathan E. Mitchell Sharon Mooney Terry & Vi Moore Margaret Moroz Vera Moroz Bob & Cindy Newfield Bonnie & Richard Olfert Perce & Elizabeth Schirmer Foundation Donna & Ian Plant Marina Plett-Lyle Tim Preston & Dave Ling Iris Reimer Levi & Tena Reimer Barbara Scheuneman Dr. Marlis Schroeder Judy Nichol & Jim Skinner Debbie Spracklin Murray & Loretta Steinbart Hartley & Margaret Stinson June & Lorne Thompson

Dr. & Mrs. Willem T.H. van Oers Hans & Diana Werner Grace M. Wiebe Raymond & Shirley Wiest Debbie Wilson 5 Anonymous Concerto $300–599 Gordon Anderson Gorden Andrus & Adele Kory Pat & Harvey Anton Cheryl & Earl Barish F. Bell Bruce Bertrand-Meadows Richard & Joy C. Betts Mr. & Mrs. F. Buckmaster Carol Budnick Sel & Chris Burrows Gerald Callow Audrey Campbell Sylvia Cassie Shelley Chochinov Dave Christianson & Vera Steinberger Dr. Minna Rose Chung Ron Clement Drs. David & Kathleen Connor Joy Cooper & Martin Reed Irene & Robert Corne Gary & Fiona Crow Peter Czaplinski Olga Dilay Gordon & Roberta Dingman Hilary Druxman John & Ada Ducas R. & E. Dupuis Beverley & Fred Dyck Helene Dyck William & Kristine Easton Nelma Fetterman Marcia Fleisher Judith & Peter Flynn James Thomson Memorial Fund – The Winnipeg Foundation Paul Gemmiti Penny Gilbert Karmen Gill Dr. & Mrs. W.L. Gordon Patricia Guy Don & Jerri Hall Mr. & Mrs. Allen Hattie Teresa A. Hay Marilyn & Helios Hernandez Ken & Marilyn Holland N. & L. Holliday Audrey F. Hubbard Margaret Jeffries Joseph & Judith Malko Family Fund – The Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation Koren & Leonard Kaminski Maureen Kilgour & Richard Goulet

T.G. Kucera Fraser & Joan Linklater Ms. Deborah Linney Pat & Jim Ludwig Nola McBurney Maureen McIntosh Louise McLandress Neil Middleton Nathan & Carolyn Mitchell Margaret & Fred Mooibroek Mikaela Oldenkamp Harold & Ingrid Peters-Fransen Pat Philpott Carol Poulin Rosemary Prior Guy Prokopetz Juta Rathke Michael Rennie Barbara Sabanski Ed & Susan Schmidt Dr. & Mrs. Alvin & Ethel Schroeder Harald & Vicky Schulz Marie Shannon Phil & Nancy Shead Merrill & Shayna Shulman Gary & Gwen Steiman Lorne Sunley Paul Swart Dr. & Mrs. David Swatek Tom & Lori Thomas C. & R. Thomsen Carol & Neil Trembath Susan Twaddle Dr. Cornelia van Ineveld & D. Strang Robert Vineberg Thuraya Weedon Diane Weselake Edith Wiebe Karin Woods Harry & Evelyn Wray Arlene Young & Robert O’Kell Betty Young 5 Anonymous Serenade $150–299 Kaeren Anderson Doug Arrell & Dick Smith Ted & Betty Ash John & Janet Bailey Brenda Batzel K. Beach Nelson Dick & Minnie Bell Bruce & Joyce Berry Susan & Edwin Bethune Joan Blight Shirley Book T. Patrick & Mary Jo Carrabre Donna Carruthers Laura Chan & Herman Lam Stephen Smith & Melina Chow Julie Collings Glynis Corkal Helle Cosby

Greg Cox Marlene J. Crielaard Linda Daniels & Ronald Littlejohn Tom Dercola George B. Elias John J. Enns Howard & Angela Epp Ursula Erhardt Margaret E. Faber Juliana & Rick Fast Cheryl Ferguson Hon. Janice Filmon Arnold & Christa Froese Harold & Alice Funk George & Carol Gamby Jim & Betty Gaynor Penny Gilbert Dr. & Mrs. Andrew & Karen Gomori Marj Grevstad Irene Groot-Koerkamp & Greg Edmond M. Beth Harris Helen & Peter Hayward Dorothy Huebert Rudy & Gail Isaak David Jacobson Ernest P. Janzen Ross & Betty Jo Johnston Drs. Keith & Gwyneth Jones Marilyn Kapitany Henry Katz, in memory of Dena Kenneth & Kathleen Kemp Heather Kirkham Marion B. Korn Mona Koropatnick Jennifer Krestanowich Janet Kuchma Don Lawrence Saul & Kathy Leibl Nancy Leigh Bernard Léveillé & Moira Swinton Tom & Lovie Liewicki Rose & Dick Lim Lorraine MacLeod Dr. & Mrs. A.G. Macrodimitris Jackie Markstrom Linda Martin Frank & Terry Martin Kathy Martinuk Sheldon & Janice McLeod S. McMillan Glen Mead Jocelyn Millard Sylvia Mitchell D.E. Morrison Morna-June Morrow John & Margaret Mundie Judith Murphy Kris Olafson Truus Oliver Eleanor Payne Stella C. Pena Sy Rick Pinchin

Ian & Ann-Margret Plummer Richard & Cornelia (Connie) Pope Edna Poulter Lois Powne Donna & Gordon Price Dr. Fiona Punter Bryan & Diana Purdy Esther & Reynold Redekopp Pat & Bill Reid Louis Ricciuto Nichole Riese Kevin Rollason & Gail MacAulay Nicola Schaefer Matt Schaubroeck Dr. Marlis Schroeder Dr. Robert J. Schroth Janet Schubert Kurt Schwarz Charlene Scouten Dr. L. Sekla Claire Sevenhuysen Mr. & Ms. Ed Shwedyk Margot Sim Brenda Sklar David & Lorraine Smith Brenda Snider Nata & Avery Spigelman Dr. & Mrs. Ian & Karen Sutton Elizabeth Szirom Margaret Taylor Ross & Bette Jayne Taylor Dr. Robert Thomas Edith A. Toews Andrea Towers Herbert & Shirley Wildeman Donna Wills Clinton Wilmot Joan Wise 16 Anonymous Prelude $75–149 Trish Allison-Simms Joan Anderson Allan & Rochelle Baker Alison Baldwin Barbara & Bruce Ball Robert Baragar Marilyn Barker & Michael Barker-Fyfe Robert Barton Ralph & Eileen Baxter Audrey Belyea Eric Bergen Ken & Olwyn Betcher Diane Bewell Matthew & Lauren Bolley J. & J. Braun Jackie Brignall Mr. & Mrs. G.G. Brodsky, QC Chris Brown & Pat McCullough Gloria Brown Irene Brown Dee Buchwald Kevin Burns

John Burrows Victoria Stayner-Albl Pensy Chan Patti Cherney Lawrie & Bea Cherniack Melina Chow Candee Clark Beth Connery Marlene Crielaard Maxine Cristall Judy & Werner Danchura G.D. Beth Derraugh Claire Dionne Herbert & Norma Driver R. Duddek Linda & Paul Dueck Linda Edel Lisa Edel Scott & Margaret Edmonds John & Marilyn Ekins Margaret Elaine Ellis Greg & Linda Fearn Helen Feniuk J.C. Flynn Margo Foxford Marguerite Fredette Gitta Fricke Lise Laverdure & Francois Gauvin Joycelyn & Bryan Gawryluk D. Gooch Marj Grevstad DeLloyd & Katie Guth Saul & Lolly Guttman George Haidau B. & R. Hall Margaret W. Harvie Larry & Evelyn Hecht Marilyn Hido Darlene Hildebrand & Steve van Vlaenderen Hermina & Peter Hildebrand Brian Hirsch Cathy Hobday Mary Holmen Richard & Karen Howell Karen Hurst William J. Hutton Victor Isfeld Rozin & Cathy Iwanicki Alan Janzen & Leona Sookram Father Stan A. Jaworski Crystal & Gunter Jochum Brent & Karen Johnson Bev Kawchuk Patricia Kellendonk Erwin Kitsch Edward & Helen Kolomaya Jacki & Sheldon Koven Kozub/Halldorson Family Patricia Kuchma Ron Lambert Ingrid Lee Helen Litz Barry & Patricia Lloyd

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Zeeba Loxley Al & Pat Mackling Barbara Main Priya Mani Allan Mapes Harold Mawhinney Samara May Dr. & Mrs. Ihor Mayba Angela McDonald C. & J. McIntyre Terri & Jim McKerchar Garfield McRae Linda Meckling Estelle Meyers Bob & Penny Miller Peter Miller & Carolyn Garlich Sheila Miller Peter Morgan Joan Ann Morton Cathy Moser Charlotte Murrell Mel & Sharon Myers Bonnie Neil Fredy Y. Noriega David & Hermine Olfert Dr. Shelley Page Oscar Pantaleon, Jr. Margaret Parker Sonjia Pasiechnik Nettie Peters Cristian Popescu Rose Popowich Ken & Geri Porath Phyllis Portnoy & Rory Egan James & Christine Prendergast Tom & Lorainne Prescott Judith Putter Marie Ann Reeves M. Reguly Daryl & Sheila Reid Eleanor Riach Melissa Rice Tracy Ridley Susan Rosner Joan Sabourin Johnny & Pearly Rule Salangad William Scheidt Henriette Schellenberg David Schroeder R. Schroeder Mr. Gunter Schupke B.J.N. Scott Gail & Murray Singer Kaye Snatenchuk Wilma Sotas Garry & Linda Specht Geri & Peter Spencer Eleanor Stardom Bonnie Hoffer-Steiman & Lionel Steiman Helena Stelsovsky Sally Stephens Bill & Billie Stewart

Archie & Shirley Stone Lorron Agencies Ltd. David Szwajcer Charles Tax Robert & Barbara Tisdale Elizabeth Toews Dr. Helen A. Toews Shelley Turnbull Edith Ugrin Judy & Francisco Valenzuela Barry & Gail Veals Roy & Nancy Vincent Gordon & Charlotte Walkty Jim & Joan Warbeck Myrna & Noah Weiszner Evelyn Wener Dorcas & Kirk Windsor Terrie Woodward Patrick Wright Dr. & Mrs. Klaus Wrogemann Libby Yager & Billy Brodovsky Anne Yankiwski Donn K. Yuen 19 Anonymous Sonatina UNDER $75 Linda Anderson Dorothy Arnold Aaron Bailey Jonathan Baker Shellometh Baladad Veronique Barthet Debbie Baty Richard & Karen Bauch The Benevity Community Impact Fund Eva Berard Donald & Edith Besant Doug Blaylock Dick J. Bloemheuvel Richard Bowering Jean Boyes Jocelyne Brar Paul & Doreen Bromley Dorothy Broomhall Alfred Buelow Linda Campbell Amiya Chakraborty Rosemary Chambers Sister Josephine Chudzik S.K. Clark Katherine Cobor & Gordon Steindel Karen Couch Peggy Cove June Cowan Fred J. Cross Jean Curtis D. Cymbalist Ashleigh Czyrnyj Bob & Alison Darling

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Karen Derkacz Amanda Douglas Spencer Duncanson Madison Espie Marianne Farag Marg Fast Vera & Peter Fast Jenny Fehr Dr. Theo Fourie Hilda Franz Anne Friesen Marie Elizabeth Friesen Irma Froese Bonnie Geller Eleanor Giffin Heather F. Graham Paul Granelli Inga Granovskaya Faye Grant Marie-Alice Grassick Victoria Gretchen Marianne Gruber Gertrude Hamilton Leslie Hancock Audrey Hawkins Barbara Herriot-Miller Margaret Hill Dr. Stella Hryniuk Lee & Theresa Huscroft Ishbel Isaacs & Deborah Isaacs Brent Johnson Paul & Bonnie Johnson Karen Kaplen Gordon C. Keatch Thomas Keenan Katie Kirkpatrick Sandi Kneller Dorothy Knowles Irene Kuhtey Ms. Carole Kurdydyk Anne La Tour Karen Lagadi Betty Laing Linda Lamoureux Chantal Lancaster Elizabeth Lansard Daniel Christian Lavallee Nancy Leblond David & Sherrill Levene Lisa Lewis Katrina Limberatos Rick Linden Jacqueline Louer Patricia Loustel William & Christina MacKay Linda Magne Joyce Manwaring Audrey Mark Irene Marriott Dennis & Cherylynn Martai Patricia McDowell Shirley McGregor Dan & Heidi McInnis

Jim McLaren Ardythe McMaster Iona McPhee Sandi Mitchell Lisa Molin Brenda Morlock Kim Morton Youssef Mouzahem Josh & Kimberly Muehling Cathy Nieroda Claudette Novak Alice Oswald Shirley & Graham Padgett Georgine Palmquist Hubert & Linda Parker Judy Pateman Patricia Mary Patterson Ellen Peel & Neil Bruneau Denise Penley Ken Penner Diana Peters Janis Pregnall Joanne Prygrocki Susan Renard Pat Repa Beverley Ridd Heather Robbins V. Rosolowich Zev Rumstein Shirley Russell Elaine Rust Violeta Sabo Gary & Jackie Sallows Eduardo Saveliovsky Jessie Sawicz Jim & Susan Shaw Norrine Shobrooke Arlene Sinclair Fred & Margaret-Ann Smith Nancy Sommerfeld Lorne Stelmach Robert B. Stinson Katrina Stratton Muriel Sutherland Ms. Dianne Szelag Edith Sharon Taylor Bill & Barb Toews Nellie Tokarchuk Shirley Twerdun Glen Angus Webster Annemarie Wiebe Cathy Wiebe Theresa Wiktorski Lilli Williams Myra Wolch & Saul M. Cherniack Alan & Linda Wright Bruno Zimmer Marissa Lousie Zurba 13 Anonymous

Festival donors help to further the musical artistry of the WSO’s New Music Festival. Thank you!

Premier Patron $50,000 + Michael Nesbitt Ensemble $10,000–49,999 Caspian Construction Daniel Raiskin

Sharon Mooney Mrs. Brenda Morlock Margaret Moroz Bob & Cindy Newfield Mikaela Oldenkamp Dr. Bill Pope & Dr. Elizabeth Tippett-Pope Beth M. Proven Pat & Bill Reid Michael Rennie Olga & Bill Runnalls Barbara Scheuneman Muriel Smith Marlene Stern & Peter Rae Arni Thorsteinson & Susan Glass Stephanie M. van Nest Karin Woods Anne Yankiwski 1 Anonymous

Sistema Winnipeg is a free daily after-school 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 whose support makes a difference in the everyday lives of these children. Thank you!

Honorary Chair Naomi Woo, Music Director

Soloist $5,000–9,999

Vivace $1,500 +

Grant & Eleanor MacDougall Kevin & Betty McGarry Sandi & Ron Mielitz Dr. Ken Thorlakson Jens Wrogemann

E. Toews Jim & Jan Tennant Lea Stogdale Shirley Richardson Jean-Francois Phaneuf Junior League of Winnipeg Legacy Fund Chelsey Hiebert Winnipeg Youth Orchestras 1 Anonymous

Friends $20–4,999 Dr. Linda Asper Beth Grubert/ Baked Expectations Alison Baldwin G. & D. Bird Jackie Brignall Kevin Burns Timothy & Barbara Burt T. Patrick & Mary Jo Carrabre Peter Czaplinski Kathleen Estey Guillermo Rocha Medical Corporation Don & Jerri Hall Marilyn & Helios Hernandez Hilda & Elmer Hildebrand Koren & Leonard Kaminski Patricia Kellendonk Kozub/Halldorson Family Ron Lambert Bernard Léveillé & Moira Swinton Frank & Terry Martin Sheila Miller

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!

Debbie Baty Doug Blaylock Shelley Chochinov Candee Clark Marlene J. Crielaard Linda Edel Cheryl Ferguson Eleanor Giffin Crystal & Gunter Jochum Maureen Kilgour & Richard Goulet Karen Lagadi Dan & Heidi McInnis Cathy Nieroda Henriette Schellenberg Barbara Scheuneman Brenda Sklar Telus Jim & Jan Tennant Donna Wills Alan & Linda Wright

Con Brio $600–1,499 Timothy & Barbara Burt Margaret & Peter Hughes Dr. David Lyttle Jonathan E. Mitchell Perce & Elizabeth Schirmer Foundation Dr. Bill Pope & Dr. Elizabeth Tippett-Pope Judy Nichol & Jim Skinner Grace M. Wiebe Allegro $150–599 Ted & Betty Ash John & Janet Bailey Brenda Batzel K. Beach Nelson Helga & Gerhard Bock Shirley Book Doneta Brotchie, CM & Harry Brotchie Carol Budnick Audrey Campbell Canadian Association of Communicators in Education Stephen Smith & Melina Chow Dave Christianson & Vera Steinberger Dr. Minna Rose Chung Juliana & Rick Fast

Nelma Fetterman Hon. Janice Filmon Judith & Peter Flynn Nicole Gautron Penny Gilbert Karmen Gill Teresa A. Hay Margaret Jeffries Nancy Leigh Deborah Linney Grant & Eleanor MacDougall Dr. Neil & Ms. Elaine Margolis Jackie Markstrom Kathy Martinuk Maureen McIntosh Nathan & Carolyn Mitchell Morna-June Morrow Stella C. Pena Sy Edna Poulter Guy Prokopetz Dr. Fiona Punter Levi & Tena Reimer Nichole Riese Nicola Schaefer Ed & Susan Schmidt Dr. Marlis Schroeder Kurt Schwarz Marie Shannon Margot Sim Cathy Skene Debbie Spracklin Hartley & Margaret Stinson Ross & Bette Jayne Taylor Dr. Robert Thomas June & Lorne Thompson James Thomson Memorial Fund – The Winnipeg Foundation Carol & Neil Trembath Dr. Cornelia van Ineveld & D. Strang Thuraya Weedon Edith Wiebe The Women’s Committee Arlene Young & Robert O’Kell Betty Young 8 Anonymous Conmoto $1–149 Marilyn Barker & Michael Barker-Fyfe Veronique Barthet Richard & Karen Bauch Ralph & Eileen Baxter Audrey Belyea The Benevity Community Impact Fund Diane Bewell Jocelyne Brar J. & J. Braun Sheila & David Brodovsky Paul & Doreen Bromley Lorraine & Gerry Cairns Linda Campbell Victoria Stayner-Albl

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Rosemary Chambers Glynis Corkal Helle Cosby Bob & Alison Darling R. Duddek Spencer Duncanson Linda Edel John & Marilyn Ekins Marianne Farag Greg & Linda Fearn Margo Foxford Hilda Franz Joycelyn & Bryan Gawryluk Marie-Alice Grassick Marianne Gruber DeLloyd & Katie Guth Gertrude Hamilton Audrey Hawkins Barbara Herriot-Miller Hermina & Peter Hildebrand Mary Holmen Lee & Theresa Huscroft Victor Isfeld Brent Johnson Thomas Keenan Edward & Helen Kolomaya Jennifer Krestanowich Anne La Tour Linda Lamoureux Ingrid Lee Lisa Lewis Tom & Lovie Liewicki Helen Litz Zeeba Loxley Priya Mani Allan Mapes Angela McDonald Iona McPhee Linda Meckling Jocelyn Millard Sandi Mitchell Margaret Moroz Vera Moroz Kim Morton Youssef Mouzahem Bonnie Neil Fredy Y. Noriega Claudette Novak Robert O’Kell Alice Oswald Dr Shelley Page Oscar Pantaleon, Jr. Judy Pateman Patricia Mary Patterson Ken Penner Rose Popowich James & Christine Prendergast Tom & Lorainne Prescott Beth M. Proven Marie Ann Reeves M. Reguly Louis Ricciuto Joan Sabourin Eduardo Saveliovsky Barbara Scheuneman

Trudy Schroeder Janet Schubert Harald & Vicky Schulz B.J.N. Scott Charlene Scouten Mr. & Ms. Ed Shwedyk Wilma Sotas Garry & Linda Specht Eleanor Stardom Bill & Billie Stewart David Szwajcer Ross & Bette Jayne Taylor Bill & Barb Toews Judy & Francisco Valenzuela Gordon & Charlotte Walkty Diane Weselake Annemarie Wiebe Cathy Wiebe Myra Wolch & Saul M. Cherniack Dr. & Mrs. Klaus Wrogemann Libby Yager & Billy Brodovsky 13 Anonymous GENERAL WSO

The WSO gratefully acknowledges the following patrons whose foresight helps to ensure long-term financial support for the WSO. Thank you!

The Robin Wiens & Emilie Lagacé-Wiens WSO Endowment Fund Blumie & Iser Portnoy Endowment Fund Lorraine & Gerry Cairns Raymond Davis Marion Delaney Helene Dyck Marilyn & Helios Hernandez Jeffrey & Caron Sveistrup K.O. Marilynne Keil, in memory of David H. Skinner Pamela Lockman Alison Mendres Liz Patzer Barbara Scheuneman Ivor & Lorna Schledewitz Colleen Schneider Lynn & Bill Shead Daniel & Maureen Sitar Lorne Sunley Jim & Jan Tennant Faye Warren James & Claudia Weselake Bronwen Yewdall

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ENDOWMENT FUND Sistema Winnipeg gratefully acknowledges those who have started their own named funds at The Winnipeg Foundation.

The Tannis M. Richardson Sistema Endowment Fund The Michael Nozick Family Sistema Endowment Fund The Marjorie & Morley Blankstein Sistema Endowment Fund Alison Mendres Pat Michalski, in honour of Donn Yuen’s retirement Faye Warren OTHER DONATIONS Dr. David Annandale, in honour of Robert O’Kell Rex & Connie Blamey, in memory of Barbara Filuk Angela Blouin, in honour of Otto & Ellen Gebhardt Lucienne Blouw, in memory of “Trix” Sally Boulding, in memory of Richard Deadman Rae Bradshaw, celebrating Bob O’Kell’s 80th birthday Stephen Brodovsky, in memory of our grandparents, Ethel & Moe Pierce Harry & Doneta Brotchie, in memory of Barb Filuk Arthur Chow, in honour of Bob O’Kell Joyce Cormack, in memory of Lawrence Margaret Cuddy, in honour of Dr. Robert O’Kell’s birthday Raymond Cunningham, in honour of Ted & Lacona Cunningham Ryan & Janice Diduck, in memory of Mary Diduck Harry & Mary Lynn Duckworth, in honour of Dr. Robert O’Kell Martha Epstein, in memory of Donald Epstein Dr. Michelle Faubert, for Arlene Young’s efforts Judith & Peter Flynn, in honour of Anthony Waterman Judith & Peter Flynn, in honour of Arlene Young’s birthday Judith & Peter Flynn, in honour of Robert O’Kell’s birthday

Heather Graham, in memory of Harold George Vogt Shirley Hicks, in honour of our grandson, Reeve Hicks, and his wife, Stephanie Arlene Hintsa, in memory of Marilyn Kathryn Hofley, in celebration of Lorraine Cairns’ special milestone birthday Alison Holliday, in honour of Lynda Holliday Dr. Susan Holt, in honour of Teresa Lee Marilynne Keil, in memory of David H. Skinner Ed & Helen Kolomaya, in memory of Dawn Louise Sitar Edith Landy, in memory of David Landy Dr. Mark Libin, in honour of Robert O’Kell Norma Linney, in memory of Bernice Blakeman Lori Luby, in honour of Sarah Luby Anne MacKay & Paul Edwards, in memory of Barb Filuk Lydia MacKenzie, in loving memory of Donn Jane Markesteyn, in honour of Lucienne Blouw Pat Michalski, in honour of Donn Yuen’s retirement Dr. Thomas Nesmith, in honour of Dr. Robert O’Kell Brian O’Leary, in honour of William Bunkowsky Donald Pearen, in honour of Robert O’Kell Lesia Peet, in memory of Burtie & Doris Bass Lesia Peet, in memory of Marion Ruth Maxwell Patricia Pollard, in memory of Gary Pollard Leslie Rentz, in honour of Linda Meckling Leslie Rentz, in memory of Greg Rentz Joan Sabourin, in memory of David Banks Edward Sale, in honour of Judith & Ben Flynn Sam & Claudia Sarbit, in memory of David Edwards Sharna Searle, in honour of the newlyweds, Erica Schultz & Phil Denomme Paul & Christine Soubry, in memory of Barb Filuk Nata & Avery Spigelman, in memory of Margaret Dalgliesh

Marianne Staub, on the occasion of the birthday of Mrs. Rose Millet Melissa Steele & George Toles – Happy birthday, Bob O’Kell Frances Stewart, in honour of Glennda Tully & Holly Hewens Ross Taylor, in honour of Bette Jayne Taylor’s 72nd birthday Betsy Thorsteinson, in memory of Ruth Dowse Richar Turner, in memory of Wally Fox-Decent Ricki Valcourt, in honour of Bettina von Kampen Stephanie Van Nest, in memory of Blair Simpson Breandan Waddell-Flynn, in honour of Judith Flynn Dr. Vanessa Warne, in celebration of Robert O’Kell’s birthday Terence Wiebe, in memory of Lorne Karlowsky Debbie & Robert Witzke, in memory of the late Mayer Rabkin Arlene Young & Robert O’Kell, in honour of Judith Prescott Flynn’s birthday Wanda Young, in memory of Edwin Yee ESTATE GIFTS RECEIVED The Estate of Paula Achtemichuk The Estate of Daphne Bolton The Estate of Barbara Cook The Estate of Ellen B. Hirst The Estate of Elizabeth Pawlicki The Estate of Jean Sanderson NETHERLANDS TOUR ADOPT A MUSICIAN AND DONORS Thank you to the following musician adopters and donors who are contributing to make our Netherlands Tour in May 2020 a reality. We still need your help. Contact Beth for more information at bproven@wso.mb.ca.

Iris Abraham Dr. Russell & Mrs. Donna Albak Gorden Andrus & Adele Kory Dr. Tatiana Arcand Gail Asper, OC, OM, LLD & Michael Paterson Agnes Bailey Rosemary Beal Florence Bell

Marjorie Blankstein, CM, OM, LLD Lucienne Blouw Jacqueline Brignall Timothy & Barbara Burt Lorraine & Gerry Cairns Carla Campbell Norm & Sylvia Cassie Thor & Chrystyna Choptiany Ray & Elsie Chrunyk James Cohen & Linda McGarva-Cohen Susan Cooke Marlene J. Crielaard Margaret Cuddy Art & Leona DeFehr Marten Duhoux & Joanne Duhoux-DeFehr Urlene Edwards Ursula Erhardt Bill & Margaret Fast Catherine Flower David Folk & Laurel Malkin Gitta Fricke Daniel Friedman & Rob Dalgliesh ft3 Architecture Landscape Interior Design Paul Godard Susan Glass & Arni Thorsteinson Golden West Broadcasting Ltd. Deborah Gray Sara Gray Elba Haid Isobel Harvie Margaret Harvie Elmer & Hilda Hildebrand Robin Hildebrand Duncan & Judy Jessiman Peter & Dana Jessiman Colleen Jury Kevin & Els Kavanagh Michael & Glenna Kay Margaret Kellermann McCulloch Fernand Kirouac Hubert & Bernice Kleysen Eva Lavallee Art Mauro & Naomi Levine Aaron Lewis William H. & Shirley Loewen Janice Lutz Drs. Grant & Eleanor MacDougall Joann L. MacMorran Paul R.J. McCulloch Jane McGrigor Gord & Sherratt Moffatt Margaret Moroz D. Elizabeth Morrison Ken & Judy Murray Michael F.B. Nesbitt Joan S. Papushka Lesia Peet Marina Plett-Lyle

William Pope & Elizabeth Tippett-Pope Lois Powne Carolynne Presser Beth M. Proven Peter & Jennie Prystupa Rabobank Don & Anne Reimer Hartley & Heather Richardson Richardson Foundation Susan Richardson Henriette Ricou & Jure Manfreda Tamara & Garry Roehr William & Olga Runnalls Helen Schaetzle

Pietra Shirley Arlene Skull Rubin Spletzer The Bill & Margaret Fast Family Foundation Inc. The Mauro Family Foundation Travel Manitoba Eve Vickar Curt & Cathy Vossen Nancy Weedon Robert & Heather Williams David Wilson Winnipeg Airports Authority Listing as of November 29, 2019

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PRESIDENTS OF THE WINNIPEG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 1948–51 1951–53 1953–55 1955–57 1957–58 1958–61 1961–62 1962–64 1964–65 1965–67 1967–69 1969–71 1971–73 1973–74 1974–76 1976–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84

Hon. Mr. Justice J.T. Beaubien Mr. J.M. Sinclair Dr. Digby Wheeler Mr. W.D. Hurst Dr. Hugh H. Saunderson Mr. E.W.H. Brown Mr. David Slater The Hon. Mr. Justice Monnin Mr. Norman J. Alexander Mr. R.W. Richards Mr. W.R. Palmer Mr. E.J. Smith Dr. M.M. Pierce Mr. H.S. Brock-Smith Mr. Allan G. Moffatt Mr. Julian D.T. Benson Mr. John L. Buckworth Mr. N. Roger McFallon Mr. John F. Fraser Mr. William W. Draper Mr. John O. Baatz Mr. Andrew D.M. Ogaranko, QC

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Dec. 2006 – Jun. 2007 2007–2012 2012–2016 2016–2019 2019 – present

Mr. Harold Buchwald, QC Mr. Michel Lagacé Mr. William H. Loewen Mrs. Julia DeFehr Mr. Gordon Fogg Mrs. Helen Hayles Mr. Anthony Brookes Mrs. Helen Hayles Mr. William Norrie Mr. William Loewen Mr. Bruce MacCormack Mr. Roger King Ms. Patti Sullivan Mr. Wally Fox-Decent Ms. Carol Bellringer Mr. Harvey I. Pollock, QC (Interim President) Dr. Brendan MacDougall Ms. Dorothy Dobbie Mr. Timothy E. Burt, CFA Mr. Terry Sargeant Curt Vossen

PRESIDENT’S ADVISORY COUNCIL Ida Albo Al Alexandruk Sandra Altner Mal Anderson Carol Bellringer Marilyn Billinkoff Doneta Brotchie Bonnie Buhler John Buhler Timothy E. Burt James Carr Dorothy Dobbie Greg Doyle Jamie Dolynchuk

Julia DeFehr Susan Feldman Jack Fraser Alan Freeman Evelyn Friesen Elba Haid Helen Hayles Kaaren Hawkins Sherrill Hershberg Peter Jessiman Ian Kay Dr. Maureen Kilgour Roger King, QC Bill Knight

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Silvester Komlodi Michele Lagacé Zina Lazareck Gail Leach Dr. Hermann Lee Naomi Levine Bill Loewen Jackie Lowe Dr. Brendan MacDougall Dr. Eleanor MacDougall Don MacKenzie Bill Marr Michael Nozick Harvey I. Pollock, QC

Dr. William Pope John Rademaker Lenny Richardson Tannis Richardson Ed Richmond Lorne Sharfe William Shead Graeme Sifton Joanne Sigurdson Muriel Smith Bonnie Staples-Lyon Brenlee Carrington Trepel Richard Turner Dennis Wallace

WSO BOARD & STAFF | 2019/20 SEASON BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Curt Vossen, President Daniel Friedman, Vice President Rob Kowalchuk, CPA, CA, Treasurer Michael D. Kay, Corporate Secretary Terry Sargeant, Past President Lucienne Blouw Emily Burt, MBA, CFA James Cohen Arlene Dahl Marten Duhoux Steven Dyer Dr. Selena Friesen

OUR DISTINGUISHED PATRONS

Margaret Harvie Micah Heilbrunn Robin Hildebrand Edward Jurkowski Margaret Kellermann McCulloch Sotirios Kotoulas Uri Kraut Gail Loewen Robin MacMillan Julia Ryckman Marlene Stern Daniel Raiskin, Ex Officio Trudy Schroeder, Ex Officio

Trudy Schroeder, Executive Director Lori Marks, Confidential Executive Assistant ARTISTIC

Daniel Raiskin, Music Director Julian Pellicano, Associate Conductor Naomi Woo, RBC Assistant Conductor Harry Stafylakis, Composer-in-Residence & Co-Curator, Winnipeg New Music Festival HONORARY STAFF

Alexander Mickelthwate, Director Emeritus Bramwell Tovey, Conductor Laureate ARTISTIC OPERATIONS & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

Jean-Francois Phaneuf, VP Artistic Operations & Community Engagement James Manishen, Artistic Operations Associate Laura Lindeblom, Production Manager Tatiana Carnevale, Operations Coordinator Sheena Sanderson, Stage Manager Stuart Bremner, Stage Supervisor Greg Hay, Orchestra Personnel Manager Greg Hamilton, Principal Librarian Aiden Kleer, Assistant Librarian Brent Johnson, Education & Community Engagement Manager

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Lyn Stienstra, CPA, CMA, VP Finance & Administration Sandi Mitchell, Payroll & Accounting Administrator Oscar Pantaleon Jr, Finance & Administration Assistant MARKETING

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