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CHAIRMAN
Robert M. Green, Jr.
Dear Symphony Supporter,
On behalf of the Greensboro Symphony Board
of Directors, our President, Lisa Crawford, and the
entire Symphony staff, I welcome you to the 20152016 Greensboro Symphony Masterworks, POPS,
and Chamber Music Concert Series.
The Tanger Outlets Masterworks Series opens
with the patriotic Lincoln Portrait narrated by
Hollywood star, Peter Coyote. October's concert
kicks off Halloween weekend with an Evening of
Mystery featuring Irish pianist, Cathal Breslin.
We begin 2016 with world-renowned violinist,
Pinchas Zukerman, in concert with our Maestro Sitkovetsky, performing
Bach's Concerto for Two Violins in d minor. The program will continue with
Johannes Brahms’s Double Concerto for Violin & Cello in a minor featuring
Pinchas Zukerman and his lovely spouse, Amanda Forsyth. This is a concert
that no one should miss. We finish out the season in April and May featuring
cellist, Sergey Antonov, along with pianist, Inna Faliks. Once again, another
phenomenal Masterworks Season!
The Tanger Outlets POPS Series begins with an October magical journey
into the World of Disney’s Animated Feature
Film Sequences, all brought to life through the
“A season of
voices of four Broadway stars. We end 2015
unforgettable
with a celebratory New Year's Eve starry night
at the Oscar's featuring many of your favorite
music lies ahead,
Hollywood classics. Our traditional Valentine's
supported by an
concert will be a Broadway Tribute. The POPS
Season culminates in April with the outstanding
extremely strong
Music of the Eagles, a must-see celebration of
one of the most prolific Grammy Award-winning
organization.”
bands of all times.
Our extraordinary Rice Toyota Chamber Series opens in September with
Maestro Sitkovetsky & Friends. Following concerts will feature our outstanding
guest artists playing selections from Prokofiev, Ravel, Mozart, Shostakovich,
Beethoven, and Tchaikovsky.
The Symphony Guild continues to be an integral part of the tremendous
success of our organization through their sponsorship of eight comprehensive
music programs that reach over 50,000 students in four counties, including
our stellar Youth Orchestra.
A season of unforgettable music lies ahead, supported by an extremely
strong organization. We have many to thank for making the 2015-2016 season
a grand success: our musicians, our GSO Board Members who give so much
of their time and financial resources to ensure our success, and the tireless
efforts of the Greensboro Symphony staff. A special "THANK YOU" goes out to
our annual donors, corporate sponsors, Playbill advertisers, and of course, our
season-ticket subscribers. Without your generosity and unwavering support,
our "Crown Jewel" of the Greensboro arts community would not exist.
Again, we graciously thank everyone! We know that you will enjoy another
extraordinary season of music!
Sincerely,
Robert M. Green, Jr.
Chairman of the Board
GREENSBORO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Chairman Robert Green
Chairman-Elect Garson Rice
Past Chair & Vice Chair Management Committee Susan Schwartz
Vice Chair Scott Duggan
Vice Co-Chair Development Peggy Hamilton
Vice Co-Chair Development Charles Compton
Vice Chair-Artistic Advisory Tim Smyth
Assistant Vice Chair- Artistic Advisory Sam LeBauer
Vice Chair-Marketing Katie Klod
Chair of GSO Endowment Fund Trustees Lisa Bullock
Secretary Myrna Carlock
Treasurer Phil Petros
Asst. Treasurer Ryan Homer
Guild President Andrea Knupp
Guild President-Elect Sharon Kasica
*President & CEO Lisa Crawford
*Music Director Dmitry Sitkovetsky
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Margaret Arbuckle
Elaine Ashley
Jason Bodford
Nancy Bogard
Gail Buchanan
Lisa Bullock
Charles Calkins
Myrna Carlock
Vanessa Carroll
Charles Compton
Amy Conley
Darren Cossaart
Betsy Craft
Lisa Crawford
Scott Duggan
Eric Eley
Bill Fraser
Robert Green
Patrick Guido
Kathy Manning
Megan Millard
Carole Moore
Ann Mueller
David F. Parker
Phil Petros
Carol Rauch
Garson Rice
Peter Rogers
Laura Santana
Rebecca Schlosser
Susan Schwartz
Dmitry Sitkovetsky
Anne Smith
Tim Smyth
Dennis Stearns
Steven Thaggard
Bernadette Trinidad
Corey Williams
Bob Woodward
Fred Guttman
Peggy Hamilton
Robert Harris
Shawn Houck
Ryan Homer
Chris Howard
DK Jeong
Suzanne Johnson
Orton Jones
Sharon Kasica
Ches Kennedy
Bob Klepfer, Jr
Katie Klod
Andrea Knupp
Ann E. Kroupa
Svetlana Krylova
Joe LeBauer
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Dear Symphony Supporter,
We have a breathtaking season
planned for you. The choices are
many, whether you enjoy a Tanger
Outlets Masterworks or POPS
performance, the Rice Toyota
Sitkovetsky and Friends Chamber
Series, or have a child or grandchild
in one of the Lincoln Financial
Keep Kids in Tune education
programs which bring the gift of
music to more than 50,000 children in our area every year.
The Symphony is one of Greensboro’s great “quality of
life” assets that keeps growing better and better each year.
While you may think you are coming to enjoy incredible
music performed by first class musicians and our world class
music director, you are also supporting an organization which
has become one of several key attractions in Greensboro for
economic development. The Symphony in its many roles plays
a critical role in attracting and retaining companies and good
employees (and new jobs) to the Triad.
How can you help enrich Greensboro’s Symphony?
• Ask friends to join you for a concert and experience for themselves
how music can be a catalyst to calm those tough days and restore your
soul,
• Volunteer to help with our Symphony Guild, comprised of more than
300 women who share a passion for music and help promote awareness
and raise funds for our education programs,
• Become involved with our Heritage Society, a part of the Greensboro
Symphony Endowment, and help ensure the Symphony will be a
fiscally strong asset for our children, grandchildren and generations to
come.
I invite you to step forward and make a difference in our Symphony! I
look forward to hearing from you and sharing our excitement. Thank you!
Sincerely,
Lisa Crawford
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successful career as a violinist, conductor, arranger, festival director & also a TV presenter.
Sitkovetsky has performed as a soloist with a number of the world’s
leading orchestras including the Berlin, New York and Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestras, Leipzig Gewandhaus, Concertgebouw Orchestra,
all of the major London orchestras, NHK of Japan, Chicago, Philadelphia
and Cleveland orchestras. He has performed at a number of high-profile
festivals including Salzburg, Lucerne, Edinburgh, Verbier, Enescu (Bucharest), Ravinia, Hollywood Bowl, Mostly Mozart and Festival del Sole (Napa
Valley). In 2003, he was appointed Music Director of the Greensboro Symphony Orchestra, a position he currently holds with great success.
Sitkovetsky’s guest engagements represent his extremely diverse
range of activities. Highlights of the last season included a concerto
performance with the Symphony of Napa Valley under the baton of Sir
Neville Marriner (Mozart); play/conduct programs with the SPHINX
orchestra at the Festival del Sole (Napa Valley); Kioi Sinfonietta of Tokyo (Bach, Tchaikovsky), return engagements with the Japan Century
Orchestra (Bach, Mendelssohn, Beethoven), Moscow Virtuosi (Mozart,
Tchaikovsky), Tallin Chamber Orchestra (Dohnanyi, Britten); concerts
with Slovakian Philarmonic of Bratislava (Beethoven, Rachmaninov),
Slovenian Philarmonic of Ljubljana (Adams, Corigliano, Rachmaninov),
collaboration with Peter Coyote as a narrator in Copland’ Lincoln Portrait
& Britten’s Young Person’s Guide to the orchestra in Napa Valley as well as
recitals with Pavel Giliov in Germany (Schnittke, Prokofiev, Beethoven) as
part of Villa Musica project.
Among his guest-engagements in the upcoming 2015-16 season he
will play all Bach Solo Sonatas & Partitas at the Ravello Festival, will play
chamber music concerts at La Jolla Chamber Music Festival (Taneyev,
Shostakovich), return at the Enescu Festival in Bucharest with his New
European String Chamber Orchestra (Shchedrin, Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich) and collaborate with Moscow Soloists & Yuri Bashmet (Mozart),
Moscow Philharmonic & Viktoria Mullova (Shostakovich, Prokofiev),
Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra & Vladimir Fedosseyev (Prokofiev) as
well as Odense Symfoniorkester (Bach/Sitkovetsky, Mendelssohn). He
will conduct his first opera production – Puccini’s La Boheme – with Vaasa
Opera in Finland, where he was the Artistic Director of the Korsholm
Festival for 10 years.
Sitkovetsky has built a flourishing career as a conductor. From
1996–2001, he was Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor of the
Ulster Orchestra and then appointed Conductor Laureate, and from
2002–2005 held the position of Principal Guest Conductor of the Russian State Orchestra. From 2006–2009, he was the Artist-in-Residence
at the Orquesta Sinfonica de Castilla y Leon (Spain). Sitkovetsky is the
founding director of the New European Strings Chamber Orchestra (NES
CO) established in 1990 which is comprised of distinguished string players from Eastern & Western Europe. Since his successful transcription
of Bach’s Goldberg Variations for string trio and string orchestra, he has
transcribed more than 50 works mostly for strings by Haydn, Beethoven,
Brahms, Dohnanyi, Bartók, Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich, Stravinsky and
Schnittke. He has been a member of ASCAP since 1985 and his transcriptions are published by Doblinger, Sikorski and Schirmer. His transcription
of Chopin Preludes commissioned by the Verbier Festival for the 20th
Anniversary Gala in July 2013 was performed by such artists as Frost,
Pletnev, Wang, Trifonov, Ax, Pressler, Bashmet, Kavakos, Frang, Capuçon
among many others, was shown live on Medici TV. His latest transcription of Stravinsky Divertimento commissioned by the Orpheus Chamber
Orchestra will be premiered at Carnegie Hall on 5th December 2015.
Sitkovetsky was the Artistic Director of a number of festivals including
the Korsholm Music Festival in Finland (1983-1993 and 2002), Seattle
International Music Festival (1992-1997), The Silk Route of Music Festival in Baku, Azerbaijan (1999) and has worked with a diverse range of
artists such as Argerich, Ashkenazy, Bashmet, Davidovich, Harrell, Kissin, Maisky, Ohlsson, Penderecki, Repin, Schnittke and Shchedrin. From
2003-2006 Sitkovetsky was a co-music director of the Festival del Sole in
Cortona where his NES CO was an orchestra-in-residence and performed
with such artists as Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Marcelo Alvarez, Bobby McFerrin, Evelyn Glennie, Denis Matsuev, Sir Antonio Pappano & many others.
He has an active and varied
recording career with an extensive discography which includes
all the major violin concerti, numerous chamber music works as
well as orchestral recordings that
he’s conducted. In 2010, Hänssler Classic released a boxed set
of the complete Mozart Violin
Sonatas with Antonio Pappano
and Konstantin Lifschitz. On
the Concertgebouw Live label,
there was a release of Dutilleux’s
L’Arbre des Songes with the
Concertgebouw Orchestra and
Mariss Jansons. Recently, Nimbus Alliance released a newly
recorded version of the Bach’s Goldberg Variations and 15 Sinfonias for
string trio to great critical acclaim. In June 2015 his orchestral transcription of the Bach Goldberg Variations, which he performed with Kioi Sinfonietta in February 2015 in Tokyo, was released in Japan on MeisterMusic.
Sitkovetsky shows a keen interest in performing contemporary repertoire - he premiered the violin concerti written for him by John Casken
(1995) and Krzystof Meyer (2000) and often performs works by Dutilleux,
Penderecki, Schnittke, Pärt and Rodion Shchedrin, who has written several works for Sitkovetsky both as violinist and conductor. In September
2012 he conducted the premiere of Jakov Jakoulov’s Concerto for clarinet
& harp in Greensboro, NC as part of the UNCG New Music Festival & GSO
Chamber Music series “Sitkovetsky & friends”. In May 2014 Sitkovetsky
gave the world premiere of the violin concerto written for him by Nimrod
Borenstein. The latest premiere for Dmitry’s 60th birthday was the work
of Mark Engebretson for soprano, solo violin & strings which was be part
of “DIMA-60!” Extravaganza held in Greensboro on 28th September 2014
with Julia Sitkovetsky singing the soprano part.
In 2014 Sitkovetsky added another string of artistic accomplishments
to his bow – he became a TV presenter in the program called “Visiting
with Dmitry Sitkovetsky” commissioned by the Russian Kultura Channel. The first four programs went on air in June 2014 with great public &
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Luci White
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Noah Hock
Caroline Jones
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Anne Sellitti, Assistant Principal
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Jennifer Alexandra Johnston
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David Mullikin
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Kay Hensley
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Michael Ashton, Assistant Principal
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Mara Barker
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Peter Coyote
CONCERT PROGRAM
Emily Siar
Richard Strauss
Don Juan, Op.20
Aaron Copland
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Peter Coyote, narrator
INTERMISSION
Peter Coyote has had an
extensive career as an actor,
director, screenwriter, narrator,
and author. He has appeared
in over 70 films, some of his
more famous roles being Keys
in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial and
Porter Reese in Timerider: The
Adventure of Lyle Swann. He
has worked for many acclaimed
directors, such as for many
directors, including, Pedro
Almodóvar, Martin Ritt, Roman
Polanski, and Diane Kurys.
After a short apprenticeship
at the San Francisco Actor’s
Workshop, he joined the San
Francisco Mime Troupe, a
radical political street theater.
In the Mime Troupe, he directed
the first cross-country to tour of
“The Minstrel Show, Civil Rights
in a Cracker Barrel,” a highly
controversial piece closed by
the authorities in several cities.
The cast was arrested several
times before a tour of eastern
colleges
and
universities,
ending triumphantly in New
York City, where they were
invited and sponsored by
comedian Dick Gregory. The
following year, a play, “Olive
Pits,” that Peter co-wrote,
directed and performed in, won
a Special OBIE from New York’s
Village Voice newspaper. Peter
has done extensive voice-over
— continued next page —
Emily Siar graduated Summa
Cum Laude and Phi Beta
Kappa from the University
of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill, where, as a Kenan Music
Scholar, she studied with Dr.
Jeanne Fischer and earned a
BM in Vocal Performance and
a BA in Women’s and Gender
Studies. During her studies at
UNC, Emily performed in opera
workshop and worked with
distinguished visiting artists,
including
Anthony
Dean
Griffey, Dawn Upshaw, David
Daniels, Arlene Shrut, and
Frederica von Stade.
In the summer of 2012,
Emily was chosen to attend
Marilyn Horne’s prestigious
Music Academy of the West
in Santa Barbara, California.
She was subsequently invited
to participate in Ms. Horne’s
“The
Song
Continues”
Masterclass series at Carnegie
Hall, where she was seen on
the stage of Weill Recital Hall
as a participant in renowned
collaborative pianist Dalton
Baldwin’s masterclass. Emily
returned to the Music Academy
in the summer of 2013 to
sing the role of Papagena
in a new production of Die
Zauberflöte, directed by David
Paul. The following summer,
Emily attended SongFest as a
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Edvard Grieg
Music from Ibsen’s Dramatic Poem,
Peer Gynt
Prelude: At the Wedding
Abduction of the Bride; Ingrid’s Lament
Dance of the Mountain King’s Daughter
The Death of Ase
Prelude: Morning Mood
Solveig’s Song (with soprano)
Anitra’s Dance
Peer Gynt’s Homecoming
Solveig’s Cradle Song (with soprano)
In the Hall of the Mountain King
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Emily Rose Siar, soprano
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PROGRAM NOTES
GUEST ARTIST BIOS
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Don Juan, Op.20 by Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
One of the musical genres for which Richard
Strauss is best known is the “tone poem": This is
a single-movement work for orchestra associated
with an external idea, usually a poem or story, and
often labeled as “program” music. By contrast,
pieces not inspired by a story are called “absolute”
music. The Brahms symphonies are examples.
Don Juan is a literary character who is
a voracious womanizer. Many authors and
musicians have presented this story, most notably
Mozart in his opera, Don Giovanni. Strauss based
his composition on a poem by the Hungarianborn Nikolaus Lenau. In this version, the main
character is in search of the ideal woman, and, of
course, breaks the hearts of several women as the
story unfolds. Toward the end of Lenau’s poem,
Don Juan realizes that he has hurt many women
and allows himself to be stabbed to death by the
brother of one of them.
Many dramatic encounters in the story are
heard in the themes: from tender love music
played by the oboe to Don Juan’s noble persona
majestically represented by the horns. Strauss
ends the work with music depicting Don Juan’s
death.
The first performance of Don Juan was
in 1888 in Weimar, where Strauss was Court
Kapellmeister. The 24-year-old Strauss scored
and conducted this work for a large orchestra.
Lincoln Portrait by Aaron Copland (1900-1990)
With works like Rodeo, Appalachian Spring,
Fanfare for the Common Man, and Billy the
Kid, many of Aaron Copland’s compositions are
considered quintessentially American. Lincoln
Portrait has similar nationalistic roots. In the
early stages of World War II, conductor Andre
Kostelanetz commissioned three American
composers for a concert of music that expressed
“the magnificent spirit of our country.” In
addition to Copland’s music, the other newlycomposed American works on the program were
William Schuman’s, New England Triptych and
Ferde Grofé’s, Hudson River Suite. The concert
was presented by the Cincinnati Symphony
Orchestra, with Kostelanetz conducting, in May,
1942.
Copland’s first choice was to dedicate the work
to Walt Whitman, but Kostelanetz persuaded the
composer that a political figure of world statue
would be better for the patriotic nature of this
concert. Abraham Lincoln seemed an ideal choice.
For a performance by the Boston Symphony
in 1943, Copland described Lincoln Portrait:
"I worked with musical materials of my own
with the exception of two songs of the period:
the famous 'Camptown Races' which, when used
by Lincoln supporters during his Presidential
campaign of 1860, was sung to the words, 'We're
bound to work all night, bound to work all day. I'll
bet my money on the Lincoln hoss…,' and a ballad
that was first published in 1840 under the title
'The Pesky Sarpent,' but it is better known today
as 'Springfield Mountain.'
The composition is roughly divided into three
main sections. In the opening section I wanted
to suggest something of the mysterious sense
of fatality that surrounds Lincoln's personality.
Also, near the end of that section, something of
his gentleness and simplicity of spirit. The quick
middle section briefly sketches in the background
of the times he lived. This merges into the
concluding section where my sole purpose was
to draw a simple but impressive frame about the
words of Lincoln himself."
Peer Gynt, Op.23, Incidental Music for Ibsen’s Play by Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)
In 1867, the Norwegian playwright and poet,
Henrik Ibsen, wrote a large literary work, Peer
Gynt, which tells of the travails and successes of
the title character. The author originally intended
this to be an extended poem, but when he
decided to make it a stage play instead, he asked
his friend and fellow Norwegian, Edvard Grieg,
to write music to accompany it. The composer
readily accepted.
The depth of the story presented a challenge
to Grieg. Although he initially described it as “an
unmanageable subject,” he was able to find a way to
deal with the subject matter. His wife later wrote,
“The more he saturated his mind with the
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powerful poem, the more clearly he saw that he
was the right man for a work of such witchery and
so permeated with the Norwegian spirit.”
Grieg conducted the first performance in
February 1876 in Oslo but then added new
pieces for revivals in 1885 and 1902. The entire
incidental music has 23 movements and lasts
approximately 90 minutes. In 1888 and 1893,
the composer extracted movements from the
large work to create two popular suites. Tonight’s
performance is a hybrid that uses most of the
two suites and additional movements from the
complete incidental music.
Coyote —
work, lending his voice to over
120 films. His mellow voice, often
compared to Henry Fonda’s, is a
gift that won him an Emmy in 1992
for his narration of the “The Meiji
Revolution” episode, part of the
PBS American Experience ten-part
series called “The Pacific Century.”
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Night of Mystery
CONCERT PROGRAM
Paul Dukas
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Franz Liszt
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The Sorcerer’s Apprentice by Paul Dukas (1865-1935)
Sometimes a piece of music is known
from performances on the concert stage,
and other times it is familiar because of its
use in another medium. Paul Dukas’s The
Sorcerer’s Apprentice is an example of the
latter.
This symphonic poem was written in
1896-97 and was based on Goethe’s 1797
poem of the same name. Dukas’s music
follows the German playwright’s story in
exquisite detail. Although the piece was
highly regarded as concert music, it was
not all that well known until 1940, when
Walt Disney used The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
in his animated film, Fantasia. The piece
reached a huge audience and achieved
great popularity. Of course, the apprentice was played by none other than Mickey
Mouse!
Mephisto Valse No.1 for Solo Piano by Franz Liszt (1811-1886): Totentanz for Piano and Orchestra
Between 1859 and 1885, Liszt wrote
four Mephisto Waltzes. The first two were
originally for orchestra and later arranged
for piano. The third and fourth were written for piano. Mephisto Waltz No. 1 is the
best known of the four. Liszt portrays a
scene from Faust - Nikolaus Lenau’s version, not Goethe’s - where Faust dances a
waltz of great abandon at a wedding feast.
The movement is subtitled, “The Dance in
the Village Inn.”
Liszt was fascinated and preoccupied
with death and composed a number of
works that related to death in some way.
One example is the piece on tonight’s program, Totentanz, The Dance of the Dead.
This virtuoso work for piano and orchestra uses the medieval chant melody, “Dies
Irae,” Day of Wrath, as its principal theme.
Liszt gives the listener a wide range of
variations—from the romantic to the diabolic—as the piece moves towards its dramatic ending. Totentanz was completed in
1849 and revised in 1853 and 1859.
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Prokofiev’s “Dance of the Knights”
but, because of the restrictive and conseris from the opening act of his ballet, Rovative attitude towards art in the Soviet
meo and Juliet, which was first performed
Union at the time, Prokofiev reverted to
by the Kirov Ballet in St. Petersburg in
Shakespeare’s original ending.
September, 1935. This production was
The Dance of the Knights is also known
uniquely going to have a happy conclusion,
as the Montagues and Capulets. It has
been adapted for use by rock bands, in
movies and television series, and even as
the title theme for broadcasts of NFL football in Great Britain.
Danse Macabre, Op.40 by Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921)
Danse Macabre was originally writSaens’s orchestral version was completed
ten for voice and piano in1872, with the
in 1874.
text describing the wild dance of Death.
The composition begins with the harp
The original poem, by Henri Cazalis, tells
tolling the twelve strokes of midnight.
of skeletons running through the forest,
Death, portrayed by the violin, enters with
the cracking bones of dancers, and Death
a demonic dissonance. In the midst of the
playing a dance tune on his violin. Saintmusic, we can hear the “Dies Irae,” which
was also used in Totentanz. The climax of
the music depicts skeletons as they become more and more active; but once the
cockerel crows, as played by the oboe, the
skeletons return to their graves.
GUEST ARTIST BIO
Valse Triste by Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
In 1903, the Finnish composer, Jean
Sibelius, wrote incidental music for a play
entitled Death, which included a movement with a tempo indication of “slow
waltz.” In the following year, he revised
this movement and called it Valse Triste
or Sad Waltz.
The story accompanied by this music
continued from previous page
tells of a sick woman in her bed at night.
A waltz melody comes from afar, and
she awakens and begins to move. Otherworldly couples join her, eventually gyrating to a wild rhythm. A knock on the
door interrupts the dance and the guests
vanish. Death has arrived.
Night on Bald Mountain by Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881)
In 1867, Mussorgsky composed a
Just like The Sorcerer’s Apprentice,
short tone poem based on a Russian tale
Night on Bald Mountain became well
set on the eve of Kupala Night, The Feast
known through Disney’s Fantasia. In the
of St. John the Baptist. Set during the
film, Mussorgsky’s music accompanies
summer solstice, the work evokes images
the Witches’ Sabbath, which is why the
of pagan festivities, various rituals, and
piece is now associated with Halloween
the gathering of witches and spirits. The
rather than summer as was the original
original title of the music was St. John’s
intent.
Night on Bald Mountain. Mussorgsky finished it on June 23 of that year, the eve
of St. John’s Day.
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Benjamin Frith and Alexander Melnikov.
He then lived in Madrid for two years
studying with Joaquin Soriano. In
2008 he received a Doctor of Musical
Arts Degree in Piano Performance from
the University of Michigan, studying
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Pinchas Zukerman Gala
GUEST ARTISTS
Pinchas Zukerman
CONCERT PROGRAM
Amanda Forsyth
Felix Mendelssohn
The Hebrides Overture
Johann Sebastian Bach
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Dmitry Sitkovetsky, violin
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and Ottawa. The name Pinchas
Zukerman is equally respected as
violinist, violist, conductor, pedagogue, and chamber musician.
Pinchas Zukerman’s 20142015 season included over 100
worldwide performances, bringing him to multiple destinations
in North America, Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia. He completed his 16th and final season
as Music Director of the National
Arts Centre Orchestra of Ottawa.
In his sixth season as Principal
Guest Conductor of the Royal
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Rapids, and Dallas symphonies.
Recent tours to Australia and
South Africa have included recitals
and major orchestral concerts. In
March 2014, Ms. Forsyth made
her Carnegie Hall debut with the
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra.
As a founding member of the
Zukerman Chamber Players she
has visited Germany, Israel, Italy,
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Double Concerto in A minor
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The Hebrides by Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Some of Mendelssohn’s best-known
works were born out of his travels. The
“Italian” Symphony, Symphony No.4, is
a great example of this, as is the work
on tonight’s program.
In 1829, Mendelssohn was invited
to visit England by the Philharmonic
Society. He then went to Scotland,
where he worked on his Symphony
No.3, the “Scottish” Symphony. During
this time, he traveled to different parts
of the country. One area in particular,
the Hebrides, was particularly moving
to him. While there, he thought of a
melody that would eventually be used
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as the opening theme of this music. He
included the notation for this theme
in a letter to his sister, Fanny, in which
he said, “In order to make you understand how extraordinarily the Hebrides
affected me, I send you the following,
which came into my head there.”
Mendelssohn completed the work in
December 1830, naming it The Lonely
Island, but revised it two years later and
renamed it The Hebrides. Sometimes it
is also called Fingal’s Cave, named after
the cave in that region.
Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV 1043 by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Bach’s “Double Concerto” is one of
the most recognized pieces in classical
music. He wrote it in 1730-31 when
we was the cantor for the St. Thomas
School in Leipzig. A few years later,
he arranged it for two harpsichords.
Typical of many Baroque concerti, the
solo instruments are accompanied
by a small orchestra of strings and
basso continuo. The “basso continuo”
is a keyboard instrument sometimes
joined by a cello or bassoon.
Diego, Kansas City, Tucson, Budapest, Salzburg, Berlin, Korea, Hamburg, and Australia. As a recitalist, he has performed in Berlin,
Istanbul, Seattle, San Diego and Ottawa, and
with the Zukerman Chamber Players in Italy,
Spain, Australia, China, Japan and Korea.
A devoted and innovative pedagogue, Mr.
Zukerman chairs the Pinchas Zukerman Performance Program at the Manhattan School
of Music, where he has pioneered the use of
distance-learning technology in the arts. In
Canada, he has established the NAC Institute
for Orchestra Studies and the Summer Music
Institute encompassing the Young Artists,
Conductors and Composers Programs.
Pinchas Zukerman studied at The Juilliard School with Ivan Galamian. He has been
awarded the Medal of Arts, the Isaac Stern
Award for Artistic Excellence and was appointed as the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts
Initiative’s first instrumentalist mentor in
the music discipline. Pinchas Zukerman’s extensive discography contains over 100 titles,
and has earned him 2 Grammy awards and 21
nominations.
Double Concerto in A minor, Op.102 by Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Brahms wrote his Double Concerto
for a very personal reason—to recover
a lost friendship. The composer had
had a long-time bond with violinist
Joseph Joachim. Brahms dedicated
many works to Joachim, including his
only violin concerto. The two worked
very closely during the composition of
the concerto, and Brahms relied quite
heavily on Joachim’s advice.
A rift between composer and violinist occurred during Joachim’s divorce.
Apparently, Joachim claimed that
his wife, Amalie, had an affair with
Brahms’s publisher, and Brahms wrote
a private letter of support to her. When
Amalie showed this letter to her husband, Joachim felt betrayed that his
closest musical friend and collaborator
would side with his soon-to-be ex-wife.
Might Brahms have thought of writing another concerto for Joachim to be
a musical apology? Some scholars have
pondered this, but have speculated
that such a gesture would have been rejected by the violinist as a transparent
scheme to get back in Joachim’s good
graces.
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But then, Robert Hausmann, who
was the cellist in Joachim’s string quartet, asked Brahms to write a concerto
for him. The composer contemplated
writing a cello concerto, but then
thought a concerto for violin and cello
might give him the opportunity to
work with Joachim again and to mend
their friendship.
Brahms then wrote a formal letter
to Joachim to introduce the idea of a
double concerto. After the violinist
consented, Brahms asked for his advice
on some preliminary musical sketches.
One of these melodies even quotes a
portion of a violin concerto by Viotti,
which was one of Joachim’s favorite
works.
The plan had its intended effect.
When the work was finished, Brahms,
Joachim, and Hausmann met at Clara
Schumann’s home to rehearse it. A private performance was given in BadenBaden on September 21, 1887, and the
first public performance was on October 18. On his manuscript score that
Brahms gave to Joachim, the composer
wrote, “To him for whom it is written.”
Forsyth —
New Zealand, Turkey, and performed for
the Petra Conference for Nobel Laureates in
Jordan. In addition, this ensemble has had
a series in New York at the 92nd Street Y
and has performed several South American
tours. In March 2013, Ms. Forsyth returned
to Asia with the ensemble for concerts
in Taiwan, China and Japan followed by
concerts in Santa Monica, CA and Scottsdale,
AZ. Summer festival appearances included
Ravinia, Tanglewood, Verbier and Edinburgh
in 2013. She has performed regularly at
Japan’s Miyazaki Festival and in May 2011
she appeared in gala fundraising concerts
following the Japanese earthquake disaster. In
late 2013, Ms. Forsyth returned to Australia
for performances with the Sydney Symphony,
the West Australian Symphony and the
Adelaide Symphony.
Born in South Africa, Ms. Forsyth moved
to Canada as a child and began playing cello
at age three. She became a protégé of William
Pleeth in London, and later studied with
Harvey Shapiro at the Juilliard School. Ms.
Forsyth performs on a rare 1699 Italian cello
by Carlo Giuseppe Testore.
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Winter Dreams
CONCERT PROGRAM
Pytor Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No.1 in G minor, Op.13,
“Winter Dreams”
Dreams of a Winter Journey,
Allegro tranquillo
Land of Desolation, Land of Mists,
Adagio cantabile ma non tanto
Scherzo. Allegro scherzando giocoso
Finale. Andante lugubre—Allegro maestoso
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Artists of the USSR. Titovets immigrated to the United States with
his wife, Lyuba, from Russia in 1992. Titovets has participated
in competitions with the National Academy of Design, in New
York, and the Oil Painters of America. He won Best of Show in
the International Fine Art Competition four years in a row among
competitors in his region, and for many years running, was selected
as a guest artist for Great American Artists and Artists of America.
His work is included in public and private collections worldwide,
including those of actress Sophia Loren and the King of Spain, His
Majesty Juan Carlos. He resides in El Paso, Texas.
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Symphony No.1 in G minor, Op.13, “Winter Dreams” by Pytor Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Shortly after Tchaikovsky graduated
from the St. Petersburg Conservatory,
early in 1866, he began his first symphony. What should have been a joyful first
endeavor turned out to be challenge for
him. After several months of work on the
symphony, Tchaikovsky was emotionally
spent. He wrote to his brother, Modest,
“My nerves are again as upset as they
would be.”
Part of his upset was because Tchaikovsky had shown the new piece to his
former teachers, Anton Rubinstein and
Nikolai Zaremba, and they were extremely critical of the music. Zaremba
even insisted that the young composer
change one of the themes in the first
movement; this original melody no longer exists. During this time, Tchaikovsky
saw a doctor for his nervous and physical
exhaustion and was told he was “one step
away from insanity.” He was ordered to
rest completely.
After Tchaikovsky recovered, he returned to the symphony. Still, by the end
of 1966, Rubenstein and Zaremba did
not approve of the work as a whole but at
least were supportive of the middle two
movements. These were performed at a
concert of the Russian Musical Society in
February, 1867, but they were not well
received.
Tchaikovsky persisted with his composition. Finally in February, 1868, the
completed symphony was performed and
was very well received. His tenacity to
finish the symphony had proven worthwhile.
This symphony is not as programmatic as it is descriptive. Tchaikovsky
himself supplied the titles for the first
two movements: “Dreams of a Winter
Journey” and “Land of Desolation, Lands
of Mists.” These movements create what
some scholars describe as “frozen” and
“sober” images. The final two movements
rely solely on tempo markings without
any additional extra-musical references.
characters, and even suggestions for
some compositional styles.
Tchaikovsky’s schedule meant that his
work on the new ballet had to concentrated within certain time periods. When
he finished the music the following May,
he wrote, “In all, I worked ten days in October, three weeks in January, and a week
now! And so in all about forty days.”
Although the performance of the ballet dancers in the January, 1890 pre-
miere was highly regarded, it was the
music that caused the greatest stir. Since
that time, the score of The Sleeping Beauty
has charmed audiences for more than a
century. Tchaikovsky called it a “dancing
symphony”; and a former New Yorker
critic once wrote, “The score is the ballet.”
In 1880, to celebrate the completion
of the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour
in Moscow, Tchaikovsky was asked to
compose a commemorative piece. The
organizers of the festivities planned to
have an outdoor concert in front of the
church; and Tchaikovsky used this opportunity to make his new music a huge
event, complete with a military band,
church bells, and cannons.
Originally entitled “The Year 1812,”
the overture was also used to celebrate
the successful Russian defense against
Napoleon’s advancing army in 1812.
The piece itself can be heard as a blowby-blow account of the events surrounding the attempted military takeover. We
can hear the Russian national anthem,
“God Save the Czar;” a Russian Orthodox
Church hymn, “God Save Thy People;” a
Russian folk song that celebrates Tchaikovsky’s home country; and, of course,
“La Marseillaise” for Napoleon and his
French troops. In the triumphant conclusion, we hear the church bells ringing
across the land and the firing of the cannons.
Suite from Sleeping Beauty by Tchaikovsky
In May, 1888, Tchaikovsky was asked
to compose the music for a new ballet to
be performed at Saint Petersburg’s Maryinsky Theater. The composer readily accepted and began to study the Brothers
Grimm’s adaptation of Charles Perrault’s
story, which would soon become The
Sleeping Beauty. Tchaikovsky was given
a very exact set of requirements that included the number of counts for each of
the dances, separate themes for the main
1812 Overture by Tchaikovsky
The 1812 Overture is one of classical
music’s best-known pieces. With its cannon fire at the climactic conclusion, it has
long been a staple of July 4th celebrations
and other outdoor performances worldwide. Tchaikovsky actually had lukewarm
feelings about it: “The ‘Overture’ will be
very loud and noisy, but I wrote it without any warm feelings of love and so it
will probably be of no artistic worth.” The
audiences’ reaction has surpassed the
composer’s assessment of the music, and
the 1812 Overture continues to be a perennial crowd pleaser.
“Inspiration is a guest that does not willingly visit the lazy.”
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Overture to The Bartered Bride3ÍĜ#"'.((1824-1884)
Bedřich Smetana is often called “the
father of Czech” music; but his desire
to create a nationalistically Czech music did not come to him until he heard
a most critical remark. When Johann
Herbeck, an important Viennese conductor and musician, said that Czechs were
incapable of making music of their own,
Smetana vowed to prove him wrong. "I
swore there and then that no other than I
should beget a native Czech music.”
One of his pieces most closely associated with the Czech lands was The
Bartered Bride, a comic opera that tells
the story of love—with more than a few
humorous side stories—set in a rural village in the Czech countryside. It was first
performed on May 30, 1866, and has delighted audiences ever since.
The composition of the overture is a
bit unusual. Most overtures are written
after the rest of the opera is finished, but
Smetana composed this overture first.
Its jubilant opening and lively rhythms
make it a great introduction to the comical story to follow.
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In 1865, when he was 24, Dvořák began to compose a cello concerto for the
cellist in the theater orchestra where
Dvořák played viola. He gave the cellist
a copy of the work in progress and then
abandoned it. Nothing about this piece
was heard again until it was found in the
cellist’s estate 60 years later.
In the years that followed, several different cellists asked Dvořák to compose a
large work for cello, but he was reluctant
to do so. He thought this instrument
played an important role in the orchestra and string quartet but was not a good
solo instrument. “High up it sounds nasal, and low down it growls” is how he
described the cello’s sound.
In 1894, while serving as director of
the National Conservatory in New York,
Dvořák heard Victor Herbert, one of the
faculty members at the music school,
perform a new cello concerto. Apparently Herbert’s treatment of the cello was
different from what Dvořák would have
imagined, and this was the impetus the
Czech composer needed to begin work
on his Concerto in B minor. He later remarked to Brahms, “Why on earth didn’t
I know that one could write a cello concerto like this? Had I known, I would
have written one long ago.”
The first movement of the concerto
has some of Dvořák’s most inspired music. The orchestral introduction is rich
and varied, and the music becomes even
more expressive once the solo cello en-
ters. The moving second movement is
influenced by the composer’s sadness
because his sister-in-law, whom Dvořák
once loved, had recently passed. The
composer even included part of her favorite song as a tribute. The final movement is lively until just before the end.
Dvořák describes the final moments of
the concerto: “The Finale closes gradually diminuendo, like a sigh, with reminiscences of the first and second movements—the solo dies down…then swells
again, and the last bars are taken up by
the orchestra and the whole concludes in
a stormy mood."
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significant pieces were written: Chopin’s
F minor Ballade, the second version
of Liszt’s Transcendental Etudes, Mendelssohn’s Scottish Symphony, Wagner’s
Rienzi, and Verdi’s Nabucco. The work
on Schumann’s piece came quickly. He
sketched it in four days in late January
and completed the scoring in February.
The first performance was on March 31
with Felix Mendelssohn conducting.
The title, Spring, came to Schumann
after he completed the symphony. When
the piece was performed in Berlin, he
wrote the following to the conductor:
“Could you breathe a little of the longing for spring into your orchestra as they
play? That was what was most in my mind
when I wrote [the symphony] in January
1841. I should like the very first trumpet
entrance to sound as if it came from on
high, like a summons to awakening. Further on in the introduction, I should like
the music to suggest the world’s turning
green, perhaps with a butterfly hovering in the air, and then, in the Allegro, to
show how everything to do with spring is
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Valses Nobles et Sentimentales by Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Ravel was enamored by the waltz. He
used it as the inspiration for La Valse,
which he composed in 1920, and the
work performed tonight, Valses Nobles
et Sentimentales, which was originally
written for piano and orchestrated the
following year. For Valses Nobles et Sentimentales, Ravel turned to the music of the
Viennese composer, Franz Schubert. In
1823, Schubert published two collections
of waltzes entitled Valses nobles and Valses sentimentales. Ravel’s Valses Nobles et
Sentimentales do not distinguish between
the “noble” and “sentimental” waltzes
as Schubert’s did. The music consists of
seven waltzes and a slow epilogue.
Piano Concerto No.2 in C Minor, Op.18 by Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
Following the poor premiere of his first
symphony in 1897, Rachmaninoff sank
into a deep depression and malaise. He
later wrote, “All my self confidence broke
down. A paralyzing apathy possessed me.
I did nothing at all and found no pleasure
in anything. Half my days were spent on
a couch sighing over my ruined life.”
Rachmaninov’s aunt had been treated
for a similar emotional malady by a Moscow physician, Dr. Nicholas Dahl, and
Rachmaninoff began treatments with
him as well. At the first session, the doctor asked the composer what composition he wished to create. Rachmaninoff
replied “a piano concerto.” During the
daily treatments, which included some
hypnosis, the composer repeatedly
heard, “You will start to compose a concerto. You will work with the greatest of
ease. The composition will be of excellent
quality.” The sessions began to work. Between the fall of 1900 and spring of 1901,
the concerto was finished. Rachmaninoff
himself played the first performances.
The melodies of the concerto became
very popular and found their way into
pop culture. They can be heard in Frank
Sinatra’s “Full Moon and Empty Arms,”
Eric Carmen’s “All by Myself,” and in
various television programs and sporting
events.
different aspect of ocean life. The opening movement, “From dawn to noon on
the sea,” imitates the maritime moods
one might experience during these hours.
“Play of the waves,” the second movement, is quick and nimble, as one might
expect to see in the intricacy of flowing
water. The finale, “Dialogue of the wind
and the sea,” is animated and majestic,
again fitting the image of the ocean.
Debussy composed La Mer between
1903 and 1905. He actually completed
it in a hotel on the coast of the English
Channel. The first performance was in
Paris on October 15, 1905.
hour in length, his longest work. For
concert hall performances, two suites of
excerpts have been extracted. Suite No.
2, performed tonight, is frequently heard
in orchestral concerts. Ravel was a master
orchestrator, and he used a large ensemble for the music. Some of the unusual
instruments in the score are alto flute,
English horn, and a sizable percussion
session featuring crotales and a wind machine.
La Mer by Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Debussy’s La Mer - “The Sea” - is one
of the finest examples of impressionism
in music. The composer depicts rich evocations of the ocean using a multitude of
orchestral colors and creative and progressive harmonies. The piece has three
movements, which Debussy actually calls
three symphonic sketches. Each of these
sketches paints a picture in sound of a
Daphnis and Chloé Suite No.2 by Ravel
Daphnis et Chloé is a ballet. In 1909,
Sergei Diaghilev requested that Ravel
compose the score for a performance by
his Ballets Russes. The premiere, on June
8, 1912, was conducted by Pierre Monteux. Vaslav Nijinsky and Tamara Karsavina danced the lead roles.
Ravel called the music a “choreographic symphony.” The full ballet is about an
“Music, I feel, must be emotional first and intellectual second.”
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Susan S. Griswold
Jim and Judy Guidone
Rabbi Fred and Nancy Guttman
The Honorable and
Mrs. A. Robinson Hassell
Thomas F. and Sandra C. Henley
Robert and Judy Herron
Carole and Aaron Hilmer
Lori Holt
John Hoyt
Vicky and Sam Hunt
Kay and Clyde Hunt
Daniel and Paula James
Jim and Frances Jochum
Paul and Sara Jones
Gloria and Thomas Jordan
Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth Kasica
Sharon and Robert Katana
In memory of Elizabeth B. Gabriel
by Barbara and Alan Key
Mr. and Mrs. David K. Kinser
Bonnie and John Knab
Edward and Joanne Koehler
Dr. and Mrs. Robert Kriegsman
Derek Krueger and Gene Rogers
Margery Lane
Curtis and Terry Lashley
William and Janet Law
Hugh and Anita Lawson
Don and Connie Leonard
Paul and Jean Leslie
Clarence E. Lloyd, Jr
Lisa Lloyd
Neil and Bridget Macpherson
Nancy Y. Madden
Elaine and Ben Marks
Bud and Reba Maxson
Dan and Bonnie McAlister
Rosemary McGee
Amanda McGehee
Peter and Karen Meyers
Robert and Bonnie Miller
Margaret and Patrick Miller
Paul and Janet Morien
Karol B. Murks
Dan and Ninevah Murray
Carol Sue Newton
Talmage and Jana Nowell
Norma B. Nudelman
Leah F. Overman
Caroline Panzer
Cameron Gordon Peck
Charlene Pell
Dr. Judy Penny
Dorothy and Robert Peters
Roy and Betty K. Phipps
Dr. and Mrs. George H. Pierson, Jr.
Roger and Nan Poplin
Richard and Janet Potter
Kathryn Ramsay
Hilary and Jane Rauch
In memory of E. Kemp Reece
by Janie Reece
Bill and Donna Richardson
Lane and Karen Ridenhour
Kitty and George Robison
Hans and Ellen Roethling
Mary Rogg
Lloyd and Ruth Roghelia
Marnie and Jerry Ruskin
Dr. and Mrs. William Sasser
Carl and Leigh Seager
Mr. and Mrs. W. David Sellers
Matthew Sergio
In memory of Ray Johnson
by Anne Skinner
Jim and Susan Slagle
Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Sleeper
In honor of Nancy J.R. Wells
by Yvonne Smothers
Sandra J. Snider
William and Ann Snyder
Marian K. Solleder
Pam and David Sprinkle
Bill and Sue Stafford
Cindy and Rick Stark
Dr. and Mrs. H. Frank Starr, Jr.
Ralph and Nancy Stevens
Eileen Stirling
Lawrence and Dale Stoehr
Dr. and Mrs. Ronald F. Sural
Florence Sutler
Peggy R. Tager
Stuart and Barbara Teichman
Mark and Elizabeth Van Horn
David and Carol Van Schoick
Richard and Sylvia Vanore
Arnold and Brigitte Vogt
Bob and Ginny Waldron
Ken and Suzy Walker
Charles A. Ward
Diane and James Watkins
Mrs. Frank Weiner
Len and Judy White
Lynda Dodson Williams
Jeaneane Williams
Martha Wilson
Jim and Brenda Wilson
Amanda S. Wood
Lynette Wrenn
Henry and Karen Zompa
In honor of Mr. Gary & Mrs. Ellen Taft
by WellSpring Retirement Community
In honor of Congressman Howard Coble
by WellSpring Retirement Community
Scott and Nancy Culclasure
Keith Cushman and Deb Bell
Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Demaree, Jr.
Ms. Kay Doost
Sally Earnest
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Kathryn F. Eskey
Mary Carlan Eubanks
Mary Spencer Ferchaud
Charles J. and Alice H. Fisher
Margaret Flannery
J. Paul Ford
Gordon Forester
Sherri R. Forrester
Bill and Alane Frakes
Elissa M. Fuchs
Felice Gavin
Carolyn Gribnau
Mary and Kevin Haggerty
Shirley B. Hamilton
Max and Cathy Harless
Mr. and Mrs. Roy H. Harris
Jean Haynes
Jack Heath
Chip and Cathy Hicks
Ms. Karen Hogarth
Anne and Mike Honer
Barbara T. Hughes
Pat Hurley
Judith R. Hyman
Patricia J. Jacobs
Gwen Jeffreys
Sarah Jeong
Gene and Karen Johnston
Alfred E. Jones and Dr. Tony G. LeTrent-Jones
Anne Jones
Joyce Jones
Ms. Diane Joyner
Paul and Laura Kilmartin
Elizabeth Knollmeyer
Amanda D. Lange
Johnnye Letterman
Karen Lisenby
Andrew Long, Jr.
Karen Marshall
Betty C. Masters
Sandy and Jim McCall
Butch and Tricia Mendenhall
Gerald D. Miller
John and Caroline Mitchell
Dr. and Mrs. Robert Mowry
Walt and Barbara Mueller
Floyd Nesbitt
Mariana Newton
Phyllis Parker
Ed and Phyllis Parkerson
Sarah Pearlman
Janet Plummer
Joan N. Poole
Melody and Josh Rose
In honor of the birthday of Lillian Rauch
by Mark Rosenbaum
Anne and James Rouse
Sawyer Exterminating, Inc.
Mary Fran Schickedantz
George and Phyllis Setzer
Harold and Ann Shelton
Bill Sims, Jr.
Ken and Catherine Sisk
Sue and Fred Starr
Elmer and Margaret Straight
Diane Taylor
George and Lee Templeton
Gary and Kay Tesh
Dave and Sandy Thompson
Joyce Traver
Ruth Van Lehn
Lynne and William Watson
Janice Whitesell
Jon Yellin and Dr. Barbara Morgan
Jean Young
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Anonymous
Mary B. AbuSaba
Carolyn and Donald Allen
Jim and Betty Allen
Betty Angel
Jim and Joan Armstrong
Kay and R.B. Arthur
Jerome and Colleen Assal
Vernon and Dea Aune
Tom and Donna Baker
Bob and Carolyn Banks
George and Barbara Barker
Bauman Family Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Beasley
Kathleen and Sion Bell
Al and Margaret Birge
James and Judith Bolzan
Beth Brannan
Sydney and Hannah Britt
Ouida B. Brown
Nancy and Trip Brown
Jean R. Buchert
Nancy R. Bulmer
Robert and Carol Burklin
Elizabeth F. Campbell
Anne Christopher
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Coble
Sue A. Cole
Our sincere appreciation to supporters of the 2015-2016 Annual Campaign. This list is current as of September 9, 2015. If you would like to be a part of this year’s campaign, please
contact Daniel Crupi: 336.335.5456, ext. 239 or [email protected]
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ENDOWMENT
The Fund
TRUSTEES
Lisa Bullock, Chairman, Sally B. Cone, Robert Harris, Jr., A. Robinson Hassell, Ann Elizabeth Kroupa
Lee Lloyd, Lewis R. Ritchie, William R. Rogers, Ph.D., Jonathan Smith
History of the Endowment
In 1985, the seeds of the Greensboro Symphony Endowment Fund (GSEF) were planted
by Symphony Guild President, Rachel Hull Galyon. Under her leadership, the Guild raised an
additional $50,000 during the 1985-1986 season to contribute toward endowing the $250,000
Concertmaster’s Chair, completed in 1995, marking the official launch of the GSEF. The leadership
torch was passed to Guild member, Caroline M. Lee, who devoted more than twenty years to the
development and growth of the fund. In 1995, Guild member Kay Edwards and GSO Board Member, Maurice Jennings, launched a successful campaign to surpass the GSEF’s $1 million milestone.
During the 2001-2002 season, the fund surpassed $2.5 million with a special initiative spearheaded by Caroline Lee. In 2001, Barbara Cone led a secret campaign undertaken by Endowment
donors to establish the Associate Concertmaster’s Chair in honor of Caroline M. Lee. Since 2006,
Cathy and Garson Rice have served as co-chairs of the Endowment Committee. The Greensboro
Symphony Endowment Fund celebrated its 25th Anniversary in 2012 with assets totaling over
$4,000,000 and is currently valued at over $4.5 million dollars.
A special $25,000 gift was given to celebrate the Endowment’s 25th Anniversary in 2011 to be
used for development and marketing resources. During the 2014-2015 season, a distribution of
$150,000 was made to the Symphony for its annual operating budget, received in January 2015.
CAROLINE M. LEE ASSOCIATE CONCERTMASTER’S CHAIR
Caroline Lee tirelessly led the Greensboro Symphony Endowment Fund for more then twenty
years. To honor her years of service and the remarkable growth of the Fund, the Guild and
Symphony friends honored Caroline by endowing the Associate Concertmaster’s Chair in 2001.
NAMED FUNDS: $Œő,őőő’¥ŔŚ,ŚŚŚ
Anonymous
Mr. and Mrs. Thaddeus A. Adams, III
Dorothy B. and T. Clyde Collins
Marion Stedman Covington
Amelia Tatum Daniel Memorial
by Samuel Cameron Tatum
Warren Moore and Anne Moore Diaz
Memorial by Jean Paul Moore
George W. and Anna B. Dickieson
Kay Bryan Edwards by KPB Corporation
Ronda Ellen and Kenneth Kornfeld
Mrs. E. Pierpoint Gill
Herbert and Mary Frances Hazelman
Michel Family Foundation
In honor of Sally Millikin
by Steve Millikin
Dr. E. Phillip Morgan Memorial
by Inga Borgstorm Morgan,
Kent and Carolyn Morgan
Carolyn and Harold O’Tuel
Doris R. Preyer,
Trustee William Y. Preyer, Jr. CLU
Lynn R. and Karl E. Prickett Fund
Mr. And Mrs. J. W. Werner, Jr.
HERITAGE SOCIETY
The Heritage Society is composed of those
who provided bequests in their wills to the
Greensboro Symphony Endowment Fund.
Gifts may be in honor or as a memorial.
Anonymous Bequests
Nan and John Bayersdorfer
Anne Rendleman Daniel
Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Guirlinger
Claire Kelleher
Pearl E. and Robert A. Kraay
E. Joseph LeBauer
Sam and Joan LeBauer
Caroline M. and N. Clayton Lee
Susan and Dale Miller
Roy E. and Christine P. Rizzo
Kitty and George Robison
Connie and Robin Saul
Florence G. Young
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ENDOWMENT
Chairs by Section
Unavailable
Violin
Percussion
Flute
Clarinet
Bassoon
Horn
Timpani
Available
Viola
Cello
Tuba
Giving Options
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Conductor
ENDOWMENT
The Chairs
Patrons of chairs receive permanent listing in the playbill, public recognition and preferential parking. The Greensboro Symphony is
grateful for their generous support in building the Endowment Fund. For more information on how you may play a part in the continuation
of the Symphony’s great music and education programs, please call co-chairs Cathy and Garson Rice at 336-273-1426.
MAESTRO’S PODIUM $Ŗőő,őőő
Endowed by bequest
MAESTRO’S PODIUM EMERITUS
CHAIR $Ŕőő,őőő
ASSOCIATE AND ASSISTANT
PRINCIPAL CHAIRS · $ŗő,őőő
Kay Bryan Edwards Chair
by Joseph M. Bryan, Jr.
Milton J. Jackson Memorial Chair
by Lenora W. Jackson
Jeanne Maxwell Hassell Chair
by Charles M. Hassell
YOUTH ORCHESTRA
CONDUCTOR’S CHAIR $œŘŖ,őőő
1 CHAIR AVAILABLE
Carolyn J. Maness Chair
by John R. Maness
CONCERTMASTER’S
CHAIR $œŖő,őőő
Greensboro Symphony Guild
THE DISTINGUISHED GUEST
ARTIST PIANO CHAIR $œŖő,őőő
In honor of Linda M. Jones
THE YOUTH PHILHARMONIC
CHAIR $ŒŖő,őőő
In honor of Dr. Jean B. Brooks.
ASSOCIATE CONCERTMASTER’S
CHAIR $ŒŖő,őőő
In Honor of Caroline M. Lee
ASSISTANT CONCERTMASTER’S
CHAIR $Œőő,őőő
Garson L. Rice, Jr. Chair
by Catherine G. Rice and Children
SECTION CHAIRS · $ŕő,őőő
Austin Family Chair
by Patricia Austin Sevier
Richard Kelly Bowles, Jr.
Memorial Chair
by Louise H. and R. Kelly Bowles
Family Foundation
Brough-Webber Chair
by Elizabeth Brough Webber
and William R. Webber
Lillian Daley Brown Memorial Chair
by the Massey Trust through
Nancy C. and Alex S. Brown, Jr.
Beverly Cooper Moore and
Irene Mitchell Moore Chair
Willie and Lisa Bullock Chair
by Willie and Lisa Bullock
LILLIAN RAUCH BEGINNING
STRINGS PROGRAM
$Œőő,őőő
Mr. Lenoir Chambers
Memorial Chair
by Mr. Lenoir Chambers Wright
PREMIUM PRINCIPAL CHAIRS
$Œőő,őőő
John E. and Martha S.
Chandler Chair
Fraser Family Chair
by Susan and Bill Fraser
Barbara S. and Herman
Cone, Jr. Chair
by Donna M. and Herman Cone III
Eleanor Downes Mewborn Chair
In Memory of Carolyn Riddle Downes
PRINCIPAL CHAIRS · $řő,őőő
Elaine Wolf Cone Memorial Chair
by Barbara S. and Herman Cone, Jr.
Kathleen Price Bryan
Memorial Chair
by Kay Bryan Edwards and Family
Richard and Danahy Family Chair
by Mary C. Richard Danahy and Patrick
Danahy
Peter B. Bush Memorial Chair
by Mary Ann Bush and Children
George W. Dickieson Chair
GSO Conductor 1951-1963
by Anna B. Dickieson
Irene Mitchell Moore and
Beverly Cooper Moore Chair
Lucy and Clark Dixon
Memorial Chair
by Jack C. Dixon
Marie C. and Ed Faulkner Chair
by Marie C. and Ed Faulkner
Barbara B. and Robert E.
Lavietes Chair
C. Scott Lee Chair
by Caroline M. and N. Clayton Lee
Dorothy G. Frank Chair
by Stanley M. Frank
Alice Mae and William M. Lineberry
Memorial Chair
by Helen H. and Albert S. Lineberry, Sr.
Hughlene Bostian Frank and
William Allen Frank Chair
R. Bradford Lloyd Chair
by Mary Ruth and Robert B. Lloyd, Jr.
James Autha Freeze
Memorial Chair
by J. Thurman and Peg Freeze
The Michael and Anna Lodico Chair
by Flo and Bill Snider
Greensboro Opera Company Chair
by Peggy and Phil Johnson
Lynn Carroll Haley Chair
by Michael W. Haley
Joan T. and William L.
Hemphill Chair
Sally London Hobbs
Memorial Chair
by Johnnye and J. T. Hunter
Rachel Smothers Hull and
Worth Brantley Hull Chair
Linda B. and Maurice
Jennings Chair
Jimmie Irene Johnson
Memorial Chair
by Dr. Harry W. Johnson and Family
Joy C. Morrison Chair
by William H. Morrison, Jr.
Carole Swope Monroe Chair
by Edwin Brent Monroe
Alice Wilson Pearce Chair
by Woody Pearce
Ethel Clay Price Memorial Chair
by Kathleen Price Bryan Family Fund
Lynn R. Prickett Memorial Chair
by the Lynn R. and Karl E. Prickett Fund
Royce O. Reynolds Chair
by Jane W. Reynolds
Dr. William R. and Beverley C.
Rogers Chair
David Vincent Sherman Chair
by Ann, Beth and Becky Sherman
Mary Ellen and Elizabeth
Anne Kavanagh Chair
by Ellen C. and B. John Kavanagh
Sidney J. Stern, Jr. Memorial Chair
by Katherine G. Stern
Preston Wylie Keith and Martha
Elizabeth Allred Keith Chair
by Dr. Preston Keith and Marty Keith
Richard W. and Carlotta M.
Treleaven Memorial Chair
by Carl W. and Lina Z. Treleaven
Janie C. and E. Kemp Reece Chair
Walter W. King, Jr. Memorial Chair
by Elizabeth Yates King
Frederick Kent Wilkins
Memorial Chair
by Kaye Andrews Wilkins and Children
Joyce C. Kiser Memorial Chair
by Mose Kiser, Jr. and Family
Betty F. and Robert P.
Williams Chair
Kroupa Family Chair
by Bob and Ann Kroupa
Thomas E. and Elaine R.
Wright Chair
Ellen and Gary Taft Chair
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Music — Learning for Life
A Message from Greensboro Symphony Guild President, Andrea Knupp
It is with great pride and anticipation that the Greensboro Symphony Guild welcomes the 20152016 season of the Greensboro Symphony Orchestra. Under the direction of Maestro Dmitry
Sitkovetsky, our exciting Masterworks and Chamber Series bring a well-planned and enjoyable program for all of our Symphony patrons. The ever popular Pops Series, with Resident Conductor Nate
Beversluis, will once again delight audiences with varied and spectacular offerings sure to please
everyone!
As a volunteer support organization, the Greensboro Symphony Guild members are a diverse
group of community leaders and friends. Since our inception in 1964, we have promoted the Greensboro Symphony Orchestra and its many educational programs throughout the Piedmont Triad. More
than $2,000,000 from fundraisers has been given to support the endowment and music education
programs of the Greensboro Symphony Orchestra. Music education is at the forefront of our mission
and goals for the Symphony Guild. Each year, we enrich the lives of more than 50,000 pre-school
through high-school aged children through school concerts and partnership programs. The Greensboro Symphony Youth Orchestra continues to be a strong focus of our support through scholarships
and coaching sessions.
This year’s theme, “Music – Learning for Life” underscores the importance of bringing music to
all ages in our community. Music education enhances the quality of our lives and engages both our
young people and adults in the magic and stimulation of social, language and creative development.
Award winning programs supported by the Guild have remained a significant cornerstone of our
community while being recognized and honored by the League of American Orchestras. In 1985, the
Guild was honored with the President’s Volunteer Action Award by President Ronald Reagan.
Our Guild will kick off the year with an exciting Big Band, Bourbon & Blandwood event downtown at the Blandwood Mansion and Gardens. Join us as we dance the night away under sparkling
chandeliers, with dinner and bourbon tastings to delight every palate. The 38th Annual Symphony
Presentation Ball will be Monday, December 28. Twenty four young women will serve as ambassadors for the Symphony Orchestra and music education. Suellen Milton will serve as Honorary Chair.
In April, we will sponsor the 4th biennial Super Sale, an amazing array of items for every shopper’s
delight. From furniture to linens, clothing to housewares, there will be something for everyone! Our
Tennis Tournament will return in May engaging many tennis players of every level in an exciting day
of play. And new to the Guild this year, we will be offering two Musicale Sundays. Join us for a social
evening which will include a musical performance by a small ensemble sure to please our members
and friends.
On these pages are the logos and names of those companies and friends who have so generously
supported us this year. We are extremely grateful for their generosity and contributions to the Guild
and the Greensboro Symphony Orchestra.
For more information about the Guild, please visit our newly updated website at
www.gsoguild.org or follow us on Facebook or Twitter. To contact us directly, you may email us at
[email protected] or call our office at 336 632-1812. We welcome your interest
and support.
Warm regards,
Andrea Knupp
President, Greensboro Symphony Guild
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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
MANY THANKS TO OUR
œőŒŖ’œőŒŗ GUILD SPONSORS
President Andrea Knupp
President Elect Sharon Kasica
VP Education Nancy Bogard
VP Fundraising Lori Holt
VP Operations Laura Green
VP Marketing/Publicity Ann Mueller
Secretary Brenda Macfadden
Treasurer Cindy Stark
Past President Rebecca Schlosser
Executive Assistant Susan Mackey
GUILD
œőŒŖ’œőŒŗ ACTIVITIES
AND PROJECTS
October 10, 2015
Big Band, Bourbon & Blandwood
Dinner, dancing and bourbon tastings
at the Blandwood Mansion and
Gardens, 7:00 – 11:00pm
MAJOR EVENT CHAIRS
December 6, 2015
BIG BAND, BOURBON & BLANDWOOD
Musicale Sunday, 4:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.
Social with Ensemble performance
by Giannini Brass
FALL SIGNATURE EVENT
Event Chairs
Laura Green, Kristie Smith
December 28, 2015
Symphony Presentation Ball,
Sheraton Greensboro Hotel
At Four Seasons, 7:30 p.m.
Honorary Chair, Suellen Milton
SYMPHONY PRESENTATION BALL
Honorary Chair Suellen Milton
Chair Beverly Wright
Vice Chair Laura Wolf
April 3, 2016
Wally West
MUSICALE SUNDAYS
Music Resource
www.wallywest.com
Chairs
Brenda Glenn, Gayle Koonce
Mitzie Weatherly
Andrea and Ralph Knupp
in honor of Laura and Robert Green,
GSO Board President
SUPER SALE
Anonymous
in honor of Kristie Smith
Chairs
Nancy Beaver, Elizabeth Craft
Vice Chairs
Karen Hundgen, Vanessa Skenes
Botanica Flowers and Gifts
Carriage House Antiques and Home Décor
Contemporary Lady
DLM Builders, Inc.
TENNIS TOURNAMENT
Chairs
Olivia Gillespie, Sherri Hill
Home Instead Senior Care
Lori and Mark Holt
Landmark Builders
Southern Engraving Co.
Spring Garden Storage
Wolfe Homes
Musicale Sunday, 4:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.
Social with Ensemble performance
April 23, 2016
Super Sale
707 E. Bessemer Ave.
(former Trader’s Chevrolet Building)
May 5, 2016
Guild Tennis Tournament
Starmount Forest Country Club
All income raised is returned to the GSO and its
education programs. We thank each of you for your
continuing generosity in supporting the Guild.
The Symphony Guild’s Speakers Bureau is available
to visit your organization or business. Guild
representatives will share highlights of the Guild’s
rich 50-year-old history and traditions, its mission
and purpose, and the exciting programs made
available to share music education throughout the
Piedmont Triad. For more information or to schedule
a presentation, please contact the Symphony Guild at
(336) 632-1812 or www.gsoguild.org
We are on Facebook and Twitter!
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Keep Kids in Tune
The Greensboro Symphony Orchestra education programs offer the experience, excitement and understanding of classical music to the whole community.
Education programs include presentations by small ensembles, performances by the full orchestra, student performance programs, and more!
PRELUDES
Distinguished speakers share insight in to
Masterworks series programs.
• Preludes take place in the Moon Room at Dana
Auditorium and in the Lower Lobby of Aycock
Auditorium.
• Guest speakers begin 45 minutes prior to
Thursday Masterworks concerts
• Saturday evening Preludes are joined by Music
Director Dmitry Sitkovetsky and guest artists, one
hour prior to the beginning of the concerts.
LILLIAN RAUCH BEGINNING STRINGS PROGRAM
A Collaboration between the Greensboro Symphony, UNCG School of
Music, Theatre, and Dance and Peck Elementary School. Coordinated
by Dr. Rebecca MacLeod (UNCG), it utilizes American String Teachers’
Association (ASTA) curriculum and is considered a model program.
Main objectives
• Provides string instruments and instruction free of charge
• Nurtures and develops students’ creative talents
• Prepares students for challenging opportunities in music and life
• Provides music education majors with the opportunity to explore and
develop as teachers in a diverse setting
Guest artists who have visited the program:
• Members of Sphinx Orchestra
• Harlem Quartet
• Conductor John McLaughlin Williams
MUSIC AT MIDDAY
GSO small ensembles perform at community venues.
• Woodwind, Brass, String, and Percussion groups
• Concerts take place in the Spring
• Audience members can meet musicians
and ask questions
Celebrations
• Program has grown to involve over 150 students
• Students and alumni have performed for Maya Angelou, and
Gloria Ladson-Billings
• Graduates of the program continue to perform in middle and high school
orchestras and the Greensboro Symphony Youth Orchestra program.
• Based on the success of Peck graduates, Jackson Middle School now has
a school orchestra.
• The Peck Alumni Leadership Program provides private lessons to graduates
of Peck who return to rehearse, perform, and mentor younger students.
ORKIDSTRA
These concerts are for three- to five- year olds and their families.
• Annual Performances for 500+ children in the Guilford Child
Development Head Start program
• Public performances at venues including: Greensboro Science Center,
Greensboro Children’s Museum, North Carolina Zoo (Asheboro)
• Children’s book narrated by local storyteller Logie Meachum
• Illustrations and text projected for easy reading
• Performance by GSO Percussion Ensemble
• Movement activities and sing-alongs
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IN-SCHOOL ENSEMBLES
GSO small ensembles perform in every Guilford
County Schools elementary school.
• Woodwind, Brass, String, and Percussion
groups
• Concerts take place in the Winter and Spring
• Introduces students to the sections of the
orchestra, prepares them for full Elementary
Concerts, and encourages children to study a
musical instrument.
• Students can meet musicians and ask
questions
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CONCERT PROGRAMS
• Serve over 18,000 elementary students
in the following counties:
• Guilford
• Alamance
• Rockingham
• Randolph
• A new program each year, with varied
combinations of music and storytelling,
music and history, or music and dance
• Theme for Spring 2016 is
“Pirates, Princesses, and Pizzicato”
EDUCATION
HIGH SCHOOL PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM
• Supported directly by the Greensboro
Symphony Guild
• Greensboro Symphony musicians visit
high schools to perform, teach, and mentor
students
• Participating high school performing
ensembles then perform onstage prior to
GSO Masterworks concerts
• High school students invited to stay and hear
their mentors perform
• Past partnership schools include:
Ragsdale
Grimsley
Weaver
Northern Guilford
Page
Penn-Griffin
Southwest Guilford
Western Guilford
Northwest Guilford
HIGH SCHOOL NIGHT
MUSIC IN THE MIDDLE
STUDENTS:
• Hear members of the GSO live
at your school!
• Sign up for free High School or
College Night tickets!
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Masterworks concerts!
• Attend a free Youth Orchestra
concert!
• Audition for Youth Orchestra!
ADULTS:
• Coordinated with High School Partnership
Program performances in May
• ANY high school student can request up
to four free tickets - email highschool@
greensborosymphony.org in the month
prior to the concert
• Annual concerts for 6,000 Guilford County
middle school students
• Combinations of traditional and contemporary
music for orchestra, with multimedia
• Theme for Fall 2015 is “The Science of
Sound” including live on-stage oscilloscope
and spectrograph displays.
• For both Music in the Middle and the
Elementary Concerts, teachers and students
receive preparatory materials at the beginning
of the school year
Get
Involved!
• Attend Pre-Concert Preludes!
• Hear Music at Midday
performances in the community!
• Encourage family members to
audition for Youth Orchestra!
• Support education programs
through donations!
• Join the GSO Guild or the
Friends of the GSYO!
TICKETS
Student tickets are always just $6 for
Masterworks series concerts & only $12 for
POPS concerts! This offer is open to students
of any age with valid ID.
EDUCATION SPONSORS
CONTACT
Call 336-335-5456 or email education@
greensborosymphony.org for more
information.
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Greensboro Symphony
Youth Orchestra
The mission of the Greensboro Symphony Youth Orchestra (GSYO) is to provide a professionally
directed environment for young musicians to study, prepare, and perform music, to serve the
community at large by providing high quality, free performances, to complement school music
programs, and to encourage and advocate the arts, music, and music education
in the Piedmont Triad region. GSYO Music Director and GSO Resident Conductor
Nate Beversluis leads the program into its 45th season.
ENSEMBLES: Beginning originally as a single ensemble,
the GSYO program has grown to include five groups
with progressive educational goals, offering
opportunities for young players through advanced high
school students. The GSYO program includes students
up through grade 12 from Greensboro, Burlington,
Chapel Hill, Southern Pines, Salisbury, and Southern
Virginia. Students take part in weekly rehearsals and
sectionals, two to five public performances per year,
domestic and international performing trips, chamber
music, and various related social and cultural activities.
Students are placed into ensembles by audition. For
information on each individual ensemble’s educational
focus and entry requirements, see the Youth Orchestra
website, www.GSYO.org.
TOURS: The GSYO has a track record of successful
regional performances including Elizabeth City,
Albemarle, and Tryon, NC, and the Piccolo Spoleto
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Goldberg Variations
Johann Sebastian Bach
(1685-1750)
Arranged
Dmitry Sitkovetsky
(b. 1954)
Johann Gottlieb Goldberg was a keyboard player in the court of
Count Kaiserling, the Russian ambassador to Saxony. When Bach,
the great Baroque composer, heard the Count mention he would
like some new keyboard pieces for Goldberg to play, he was inspired
to write a large set of variations, which he thought would be well
received. The Count was very pleased when he heard the completed
music and presented Bach with a golden goblet filled with precious
coins.
The Goldberg Variations are at the pinnacle of Baroque variation
form. Bach presents an aria to begin and conclude the piece and,
between the two, gives us 30 masterful variations on this theme.
Dima Sitkovetsky’s arrangement for string ensemble captures the
essence of this music well-known throughout the world.
Aria
Variations 1-30
Aria
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Marjorie Bagley, violin II
Stephanie Ezerman, violin II
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Brandon Ironside, violin II
Scott Rawls, viola
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Sonata for Flute and Piano
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
Poulenc wrote his Flute Sonata in 1957 for the French
flutist, Jean-Pierre Rampal. It was dedicated to the memory of
Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge, an American patron of chamber
music. Written in three movements, it is one of the most
frequently performed works in the flute repertoire.
I. Allegretto
II. Cantilena: Assez
III. Presto giocoso
Prokofiev composed his ballet music for Romeo and Juliet
in 1935, but it was not produced until 1940 because of fear
of reprisal by Soviet censors. Three movements from the large
ballet are performed tonight in an arrangement for clarinet
and piano.
I. Young Juliet
II. Masks
III. Mercutio
Guillaume Connesson is professor of composition at the
Conservatoire National de Région d'Aubervilliers, France.
Techno Parade was written in 2002 for flute, clarinet, and
piano. It is a virtuosic piece featuring non-stop energy and
extended technical display for the instrumentalists.
Cathal Breslin, piano
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Kelly Burke, clarinet
Prokofiev composed his ballet music for Cinderella between
1940 and 1944. The work premiered at the Bolshoi Theater in
November, 1945.
I.Valse
II. Good Fairy of Winter
III. Masurka
Dmitry Sitkovetsky, violin
Cathal Breslin, piano
The French Ravel was a fan of American jazz, and he
included jazz-influenced music in several of his compositions.
The second movement of this sonata is entitled “Blues,” after
what is perhaps the most original musical style to come out
of the United States.
I. Allegretto
II. Blues. Moderato
III. Perpetuum mobile. Allegro
Dmitry Sitkovetsky, violin
Cathal Breslin, piano
Cathal Breslin, piano
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Selections from Romeo and Juliet
for Clarinet and Piano
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Cathal Breslin, piano
Kelly Burke, clarinet
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Techno Parade for
Flute, Clarinet and Piano
Guillaume Connesson (b.1970)
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Selections from Cinderella
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Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
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Mozart’s delightful divertimenti were written to entertain guests
at weddings and other special events. Whereas divertimenti with
five movements are very typical, Divertimento, K.187 is somewhat
unusual in its theme and variations movement and the slow tempo
featured at the beginning of the final movement.
Dmitry Sitkovetsky, violin
Emi Hildebrandt, violin
Noah Hock, viola
Alex Johnston, cello
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String Sextet in D minor,
Souvenir de Florence, Op.70
Pytor Ilyich Tchaikovsky
(1840-1893)
I. Allegro
II. Tema con variazioni
III. Menuetto—Trio
IV. Adagio
V. Menuetto—Trio
VI. Andante—Allegro molto
When Tchaikovsky was elected into the Saint Petersburg Chamber
Music Society in 1886, he was asked to compose a new piece for a
sextet of 2 violins, 2 violas, and 2 cellos. He was challenged by this
unique instrumental group and delayed composing the piece. Four
years later he wrote, “I started working on [the sextet] three days
ago and am writing with difficulty, handicapped by lack of ideas and
the new form. One needs six independent but, at the same time,
homogenous voices. This is frightfully difficult.”
In 1890, while on holiday in Florence, a melody came to Tchaikovsky
that he incorporated in the piece. Finally, after more work and
modifications, the Souvenir de Florence had a successful premiere for
the Chamber Music Society in 1892. On the program tonight is the
original sextet version of Souvenir de Florence. The music was later
adapted for string orchestra.
I. Allegro con spirito
II. Adagio cantabile e con moto
III. Allegretto moderato
IV. Allegro con brio e vivace
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Sonata for Cello and Piano
in D minor, Op. 40
Dmitri Shostakovich
(1906-1975)
The Cello Sonata was one of Shostakovish’s early works. He
finished it in 1934 shortly after his opera, Lady Macbeth, had its
controversial first performance. Turmoil in Shostakovich’s life
continued during the composition of the sonata as he divorced
his wife, Nina, and fell in love with a student. He later remarried
Nina. The four-movement work was premiered on Christmas day in
Moscow.
I. Allegro non troppo
II. Allegro
III. Largo
IV. Allegro
Smetana is primarily known for his larger works including the
opera, The Bartered Bride, the overture from which was performed last
night, and his nationalistic Ma Vlast - “My Country” - for orchestra.
He only ventured into the realm of chamber music three times: two
string quartets and the trio on tonight’s program.
I. Moderato assai
II. Allegro, ma non agitato
III. Finale: Presto
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Smetana was in mourning while composing the trio. He had just lost
his eldest daughter, Fritzi, on September 6, 1855. She was just fiveyears-old. He poured his grief into this chamber music piece, which
can especially be heard in the slower fourth movement, right before a
faster ending. In the third movement, Smetana quotes a protest song
that was used in the rebellion of the 1840s.
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Inara Zandmane, piano
Sergey Antonov, cello
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Ludwig van Beethoven
(1770-1827)
Beethoven’s 1797 Quintet for Piano and Winds, one of his early
works, is modeled after a similar 1784 quintet by Mozart. Both works
share the same instrumentation, keys, overall organization, and
even dotted rhythms in the first movement. Although in many ways
Beethoven’s Quintet can be considered “Mozartean,” the younger
composer still shows us how he was breaking away from the earlier
classical model and beginning to move toward his more expansive
later music.
I. Grave—Alegro ma non troppo
II. Andante cantabile
III. Rondo: Allegro ma non troppo
The history of Schubert’s Notturno is somewhat uncertain. Some
scholars believe that this short piece was from 1826 as the original
slow movement for the composer’s Piano Trio in B-flat, D.898, and
that Schubert later wrote a different movement that he liked better.
Others think that this was music that came from Gmunden, in the
lake country east of Salzburg, where Schubert stayed for six weeks in
1825. The melody for the center section comes from a melody that
a group of pile drivers sang while they worked. This theory suggests
that the music was from 1827.
I. Moderato
II. Quasi variazione
III. Allegro risoluto
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Maurice Ravel
(1875-1937)
Inna Faliks, piano
Ashley Barrett, oboe
Kelly Burke, clarinet
Carol Bernstorf, bassoon
Bob Campbell, horn
Inna Faliks, piano
Dmitry Sitkovetsky, violin
Brooks Whitehouse, cello
The title, “Notturno,” was only given to the music when it was first
published in 1945. Schubert never attached that descriptive name
to the music.
Ravel used Aloysius Bertrand’s literary collection, Gaspard
de la Nuit - Fantaisies à la manière de Rembrandt et de Callot, as the
inspiration for this solo piano piece. This three-movement work,
known for its difficulty, was first performed on January 9, 1909 in
Paris.
Three poems for solo piano
after Aloysius Bertrand
I. Ondine
II. Le Gibet
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Make It A Night Out
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The Greensboro Symphony and the fine restaurants listed below are
collaborating to make your concert evenings special. The Subscriber Dining
Card is offered only to our Masterworks and POPS subscribers.
On nights of our performances, the restaurants will offer a special as
listed below. Show your Subscriber Dining Card and your concert tickets to
your server by 6PM on the concert nights to ensure adequate time for an
enjoyable dinner.
Subscribe by January 31, 2016 to be eligible for the Dining Card. Call
336-335-5456 for more information.
1618 Downtown
downtown
with symphony ticket
B. Christopher’s Restaurant
10% off for each pair
of tickets,
201 N. Elm St.,
274-5900, bchristophers.com
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10% off each diner’s bill
312 S. Elm St.,
312-4143, 1618concepts.com
excludes alcoholic beverages
Café Europa
10% off for each pair
200 N. Davie St. Ste. 15.,
389-1010
excludes alcoholic beverages
Koshary
Free appetizer
200 S. Elm St.,
763-0944, mykoshary.com
with 2-dinner purchase
of tickets,
Liberty Oak Restaurant
10% off entrée
100-D W. Washington,
273-7057, libertyoakrestaurant.com
excludes alcoholic beverages
Mark’s Restaurant
15% Off Meal
616 Dolley Madison Road
387-0410, marksrestaurantnc.com
with purchase of 2 entrées; reservation req.
for 12/31 & 2/13, alcohol excluded
Oakcrest Family Restaurant
Buy One Menu Item,
Get One Free
2435 Battleground Ave.
254-3344, oakcrestrestaurant.com
with the purchase of 2 beverages; 12% gratuity
Sakura Ichiban
20% off Total Bill
3015 High Point Rd.
316-0629, sakuraichiban.net
per pair of tickets
Sapporo Japanese Steak House
10% off Entrée
2939-C Battleground Ave.
282-5345, sapporojapaneserestaurant.net
per pair of tickets
Table 16, New World Cuisine
Four course menu $35,
600 South Elm St.
279-8525, table16restaurant.com
dietary substitutions allowed - 20% gratuity
Taste of Thai
Free Healthy Wrapped
Appetizer
1500 Mill St., Westover Gallery of Shops, 273-1318,
tasteofthaigreensboro.com
One per ticket; 18% gratuity
Undercurrent Restaurant
10% off Meal
327 Battleground Ave.
370-1266, undercurrentrestaurant.com
excludes alcoholic beverages;
20% gratuity
Zoe’s Kitchen
3352 W. Friendly Ave.
632-9080, zoeskitchen.com
10% off Entrée
excludes alcoholic beverages
Denotes restaurant special offer is available on any night throughout the season.
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ADVERTISER INDEX
Please mention that you saw our advertisers in the
Greensboro Symphony Orchestra playbill when you visit or call. Enjoy!
1618 Downtown .................................................................70
Melt Kitchen & Bar ...........................................................20
A & A Plants ........................................................................22
Mercedes Benz of Greensboro......................................7
Abigail E. Peoples, PLLC...............................................68
Name That Tune ...............................................................26
Aladdin Travel ....................................................................76
Neurofeedback Associates, Inc. .................................62
Arts Greensboro ............................................................... 80
New Garden Friends School........................................88
Barber Center for Plastic Surgery .............................24
Noteworthy Piano Service ............................................76
Bel Canto Company ........................................................87
Our State Magazine ........................................................72
Berkshire Hathaway | Yost & Little...........................24
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Cafe Europa.........................................................................22
Phoenix Asian Cuisine ....................................................38
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Centerpointe ........................................................................21
Rice Toyota .......................................................................... 14
Chateau Morrisette ..........................................................64
River Landing at Sandy Ridge ....................................34
3224 Battleground Avenue
Greensboro, NC 27408
Classical Voices of North Carolina ...........................86
Schiffman's Jewelers ......................................................... 8
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Cobb Animal Clinic ..........................................................87
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Shamrock Environmental Corp..................................20
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Shores Fine Dry Cleaning ................................................9
Dakota & Friends ..............................................................45
Smith, James, Rowlett & Cohen, LLP ....................... 6
Davis Forensic Group .....................................................34
SnoWhite Cleaners ..........................................................34
Day Job Editing .................................................................20
Southeastern Orthopaedic Specialists ...................84
Designs North.....................................................................86
Stearns Financial Services Group.............................. 41
DMJ Wealth Advisors ....................................................66
The Art Shop....................................................................... 41
Eastern Music Festival ....................................................74
The Extra Ingredient........................................................66
Erickson Advisors Wealth Management ...............22
The Fresh Market...............................................................18
Friends Homes, Inc..........................Inside Back Cover
The Music Academy of North Carolina .................70
Gia Restaurant ..................................................................76
The Natural Dog ...............................................................76
Greensboro Bodywork....................................................86
The Village at Brookwood .............................................19
Greensboro College ........................................................42
Tom Chitty & Associates ..............................................46
Greensboro Science Center ........................................74
Twin Lakes Community .................................................70
Greensboro Symphony Guild .........................20 & 66
Tyler, Redhead & McAlister ......................................... 41
Gundlach Insurance Agency, Inc. ..............................68
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Hanes Lineberry Funeral Service ..............................70
UBS..........................................................................................64
Havana Phils Cigar Company .. Inside Front Cover
UNCG Performing Arts Series...................................25
High Point Bank.................................................................... 1
UNCG University Libraries ..........................................62
In Mozart's Footsteps .....................................................68
Undercurrent Restaurant ..............................................64
Jonathan Smith & Co. ...................................................... 4
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Kilpatrick, Townsend & Stockton, LLP ...................10
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Kisco Senior Living ............................................................12
Well Spring Retirement Community ......................30
Kriegsman Furs .....................................................................3
Wells Fargo Advisors ...................................Back Cover
Lap of Love Veterinary Hospice ................................86
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Lincoln Financial Group ................................................ 60
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