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Volume 91, Book 4 • JANuARY 30 – FeBRuARY 15
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CONTENTS
CONTENTS
CEO.........6
From the Board Chair and President & CEO.........5
Orchestra............................7
Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra............................6
Biographies.................................................8
Conductor Biographies
..................................................7
The Christopher Seaman
Chair........................................
10
Conductor Laureate Chair
...........................................9
Inc. ............... 12
Orchestra, Inc..................10
Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra,
RPO Staff.........................................................................13
Staff..........................................................................11
Orchestra..............14
Rochester Philharmonic Youth Orchestra..............12
Sponsor Spotlight...........................................................13
Spotlight..........................................................15
Corporate Partners & Foundations
Foundations.........................15
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Carnegie Hall Sponsors and
Campaign for Artistic Excellence.
.............................16
Excellence...............................14
Maestro’s Circle..............................................................14
Circle.............................................................16
Friends....................................................18
Philharmonic Friends.....................................................16
Philharmonics
Series
Philharmonics
Series
No.No.
9: 9:
Debussy,Saint-Saëns,
Saint-Saëns,
Ravel,
Stravinsky
Debussy,
Ravel,
Stravinsky
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January 30 & February 1, 2014.
2014...................................21
Philharmonics
Series
Philharmonics
Series
No.No.
10: 10:
Price,Schwantner,
Schwantner,
Gershwin,
Ellington
Price,
Gershwin,
Ellington
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February 6, 7, & 8, 2014..............................................
2014 ...............................................27
Pops Series
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No.
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Singin’
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February 14 & 15, 2014..............................................
2014 ...............................................35
Volunteers!................................... 38
Applause for Our Volunteers!....................................38
RPO........................................................... 41
About Your RPO............................................................41
For Your
Information................................................... 42
Your Information.....................................................42
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From the Board Chair and President & CEO
Dear Friends,
The 90th Anniversary Season of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra in 2012–13 was a year
of stark contrasts. Noteworthy advancements in our programming and community engagement
were often shrouded by the public controversy surrounding the early termination of our music
director’s contract. Financially, the picture was also mixed, with record results for the Annual
Campaign offset by under-performance in underwriting support and at the box office.
Looking back on the year, it is important to remind ourselves—and those in the Rochester
community who care deeply about symphonic music and the RPO—that there was much to be
proud of in the organization’s artistic output. Week after week, the extraordinary musicians of
the RPO performed exhilarating concerts that brought audiences to their feet.
Among the most notable achievements last season were three world premieres: Jeff Tyzik’s
Images: Musical Impressions of an Art Museum, commissioned by the Memorial Art Gallery to
celebrate its 100th anniversary in 2013; The Freedom Zephyr by the late Eastman School of
Music Dean Douglas Lowry, a work commissioned by the RPO and inspired by Rochester’s
role in the Underground Railroad; and Water of Life, an RPO commission from the Californiabased composer Karen Tanaka.
Beyond the many free public concerts, concerts for school-age children, and other educational
activities that are typical of every RPO season, the Orchestra’s anniversary year also saw us
reaching out in exciting new ways to deepen our partnerships with numerous artists and
institutions in our region.
By the end of the fiscal year on August 31, 2013, the organization’s collective focus was very
much on the future. The Music Director Search Committee, led by former Board Chair Ingrid
Stanlis, had a well-organized music director search process well under way, and an Operational
Sustainability Task Force, chaired by Patrick Fulford, was wrestling with the RPO’s underlying
fiscal challenges and exploring every possible strategy for achieving financial stability.
Whether you’re a frequent attendee or an occasional concertgoer, a generous donor or a loyal
volunteer, we thank YOU for the role you have played in supporting the RPO as it transitioned
through a difficult year into a bright, new era of collaboration, community engagement, creative
thinking, and forward momentum.
For the past 90 years, the RPO has been Rochester’s orchestra, and we remain more committed
than ever to the ideals of our founder, George Eastman. Together, we will perpetuate the
Rochester Philharmonic’s remarkable legacy of great performances and service to the
community for another 90 years.
Dawn F. Lipson
Chairperson of the Board
Charles H. Owens
President & CEO
The full annual report—with artistic highlights, attendance figures, and financial
statements—is posted on the RPO web site at rpo.org.
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beyond measure.
Jeff Tyzik, Principal Pops Conductor
Michael Butterman, Principal Conductor for Education and Outreach
The Louise & Henry Epstein Family Chair, funded in perpetuity
Christopher Seaman, Conductor Laureate
The Christopher Seaman Chair, supported by Barbara and Patrick Fulford and The Conductor Laureate Society
2013–2014 SEASON
VIOLIN I
Juliana Athayde,
Concertmaster
The Caroline W. Gannett
& Clayla Ward Chair
Funded in perpetuity
Wilfredo Degláns,
Associate Concertmaster
Shannon Nance,
Assistant Concertmaster
Perrin Yang
Supported in part this season by
Charles & Cindy Gibson
Tigran Vardanyan
Ellen Rathjen
Thomas Rodgers
William Hunt
Kenneth Langley
Charles Morey
Timothy Lee
Jeremy Hill
An-Chi Lin
Margaret Leenhouts
VIOLIN II
David Brickman, Principal*
Daryl Perlo,
Acting Principal
Molly Werts,
Acting Assistant Principal
Patricia Sunwoo
John Sullivan
Lara Sipols
Nancy Hunt
Boris Zapesochny
Liana Koteva Kirvan
Heidi Brodwin
Ainur Zabenova
Evie Chen
Julianne Gray
Markiyan Melnychenko
VIOLA
Melissa Matson, Principal
John & Carol Bennett
Marc Anderson,
Elizabeth Seka
Olita Povero
Lisa Steltenpohl
Ben Geller
Samantha Rodriguez
Wendy Richman
David Hult
Christiana Reader
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CELLO
ENGLISH HORN
Stefan Reuss, Principal*
The Clara and Edwin
Strasenburgh Chair
CLARINET
W. Craig Sutherland,
Principal
Kenneth Grant,+ Principal
The Robert J.
Strasenburgh Chair
TIMPANI
Kathleen Murphy Kemp,
Acting Principal
Elizabeth & Larry Rice
Lars Kirvan,
Christopher Haritatos
Mary Ann Wukovitz
Benjamin Krug
Samuel Pierce-Ruhland
Andrew Barnhart
Ingrid Bock
Melissa Burton Anderson
BASS
Colin Corner, Principal
The Anne Hayden
McQuay Chair
Michael Griffin,
Assistant Principal
Gaelen McCormick
Edward Castilano
Fred Dole
Jeff Campbell+
Eric Polenik
Duane & Ida Miller
Kieran Hanlon~
FLUTE
Rebecca Gilbert, Principal
The Charlotte Whitney
Allen Chair
Joanna Bassett
Josephine Trubek
Jan Angus+
Diane Smith
PICCOLO
Joanna Bassett
Jan Angus+
OBOE
Erik Behr, Principal
The Dr. Jacques M.
Lipson Chair
Anna Steltenpohl
Geoffrey Sanford
Anna Steltenpohl
William Amsel
Andrew Brown
Alice Meyer
E-FLAT CLARINET
William Amsel
BASS CLARINET
Andrew Brown
SAXOPHONE
Ramon Ricker+
Jeff & Sue Crane
BASSOON
Matthew McDonald,
Principal
The Ron and Donna
Fielding Chair
Charles Bailey
Martha Sholl
CONTRA-BASSOON
Charles Bailey
HORN
W. Peter Kurau,+ Principal
The Cricket and
Frank Luellen Chair
Byron Johns,
Assistant Principal
Jennifer Burch
David Angus
Kathy & John Purcell
Stephen Laifer
TRUMPET
TUBA
Rob W. Goodling
Charles Ross, Principal
The Harold and
Joan Feinbloom Chair
Jim Tiller,
Assistant Principal
PERCUSSION
Jim Tiller, Principal
Brian Stotz
John McNeill
Bill & Ruth Cahn
Robert Patterson
Jillian Pritchard Fiandach
HARP
Grace Wong, Principal
The Eileen Malone Chair,
A Tribute by Mr. and Mrs.
Harcourt M. Sylvester
Barbara Dechario
KEYBOARD
Joseph Werner, Principal
The Lois P. Lines Chair
Cary Ratcliff
PERSONNEL
MANAGER
Joseph Werner
PRINCIPAL LIBRARIAN
Kim Hartquist
STAGE MANAGER
Curtis Bradley
ASSISTANT STAGE
MANAGER
Douglas Prosser,+ Principal David Zaccaria
The Elaine P. Wilson Chair * On Leave
Wesley Nance
+ Full-time faculty at the
Eastman School of Music
Herbert Smith
~ Eastman School of Music
Paul Shewan
TROMBONE
Mark Kellogg,+ Principal
The Austin E.
Hildebrandt Chair
Orchestra Studies
Diploma Intern
Lisa Albrecht
Jeffrey Gray
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TYLER BOYE
Grammy Award
winner Jeff Tyzik
has earned a
reputation as one
of America’s most
innovative pops
conductors,
recognized for his
brilliant arrangements, original
programming, and
engaging rapport with audiences of all ages.
The 2013–14 season marks his twentieth
season as principal pops conductor of the
Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. He also
serves as principal pops conductor of the
Oregon Symphony, Florida Orchestra, and
starting this season, the Seattle, Detroit, and
Dallas symphony orchestras. In April 2012, he
was inducted into the Rochester Music Hall
of Fame, alongside Cab Calloway, Chuck
Mangione, and five other notable figures.
Highly sought-after as a guest conductor,
Tyzik recently appeared with the Boston
Pops, Cincinnati Pops, Dallas Symphony,
Milwaukee Symphony, Toronto Symphony,
Indianapolis Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra
at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center, and
the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the
Hollywood Bowl. Tyzik made his U.K. debut
in June 2010 in Edinburgh and Glasgow
with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
A native of Hyde Park, N.Y., Tyzik began his
life in music at age nine playing the cornet.
He studied both classical and jazz throughout
high school and went on to earn both his
bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the
Eastman School of Music, where he studied
composition/arranging with Radio City
Music Hall’s Ray Wright and jazz studies with
the great band leader Chuck Mangione.
An accomplished composer and arranger,
Tyzik has written over 200 works for
orchestra, including a trombone concerto
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commissioned by the National Endowment
for the Arts and performed at Carnegie Hall.
His timpani concerto was premiered by the
Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra in January
2010. Tyzik’s newest commission, Images:
Musical Impressions of an Art Gallery, debuted
on the RPO’s Philharmonics Series in
November 2012 and the orchestral version of
his New York Cityscape was premiered on the
Pops Series in collaboration with Rochester
City Ballet in February 2013.
His compositions and arrangements have
been recorded by the London Symphony
Orchestra, Rochester Philharmonic, Erich
Kunzel and the Cincinnati Pops, Doc
Severinsen and the Royal Philharmonic
Orchestra, Vancouver Symphony, Winnipeg
Symphony, Summit Brass, and the Eastman
Wind Ensemble.
Tyzik won a Grammy Award for producing
The Tonight Show Band with Doc Severinsen,
Vol. 1. In May 2007, harmonia mundi
released his recording conducting works by
Gershwin with pianist Jon Nakamatsu and
the Rochester Philharmonic, which reached
No. 3 on the Billboard classical chart. He also
has produced and composed theme music for
many of the major television networks and
released six of his own albums.
Tyzik lives in Rochester, with his wife, Jill. For
more information, please visit jefftyzik.com.
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GLENN ROSS
Michael Butterman
is making his mark
as a model for
today’s conductors
and is recognized
for his commitment
to creative artistry,
innovative programming, and audience
and community
engagement.
Now in his fourteenth season as the RPO’s
principal conductor for education and
outreach—the first position of its kind in the
United States—Butterman is also music
director for both the Boulder Philharmonic
and the Shreveport Symphony orchestras. He
is also the resident conductor of the
Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra, a post he
has held since 2009.
He made his debut with the renowned
Cleveland Orchestra in 2012, and was
immediately reengaged for two concerts the
following season. Other recent engagements
include appearances with the symphonies of
Detroit, Houston, Colorado, Oregon, Kansas
City, Hartford, San Antonio, Syracuse, New
Mexico, California, Louisiana, Spokane, El
Paso, Santa Fe, Mobile, Peoria, and WinstonSalem, and the Pensacola Opera and Asheville
Lyric Opera. Summer appearances include
Tanglewood, the Bravo! Vail Valley Music
Festival in Colorado and the Wintergreen
Music Festival in Virginia. In the 2013–14
season, he makes his debut with the
Charleston Symphony.
Butterman gained international attention as a
diploma laureate in the Prokofiev
International Conducting Competition and
as a finalist in the prestigious Besançon
International Conducting Competition. As
the 1999 recipient of the Seiji Ozawa Fellowship, he studied at Tanglewood with Robert
Spano, Jorma Panula, and Maestro Ozawa,
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and shared the podium with Ozawa to lead
the season’s opening concert. In 1997, he was
sponsored by UNESCO to lead the National
Philharmonic Orchestra of Moldova in a
concert of music by great American masters.
From 2000 to 2007, Butterman held the post
of associate conductor for the Jacksonville
Symphony in Florida. For six seasons, he also
served as music director of Opera Southwest
in Albuquerque, N.M. Prior to joining the
Jacksonville Symphony, Butterman was
director of orchestral studies at the LSU
School of Music for five years, and principal
conductor of the LSU Opera Theater.
Previously, he held the post of associate
conductor of the Columbus Pro Musica
Orchestra, and served as music director of the
Chamber Opera, Studio Opera, and Opera
Workshop at the Indiana University School
of Music. For two seasons, he was also the
associate music director of the Ohio Light
Opera, conducting over 35 performances
each summer.
At Indiana University, Butterman conducted
a highly acclaimed production of Leonard
Bernstein’s little-known 1600 Pennsylvania
Avenue in a series of performances at the
Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.,
receiving unanimous praise from such
publications as The New York Times,
Washington Post, Variety, and USA Today. He
subsequently was invited to New York at the
request of the Bernstein estate to prepare a
performance of a revised version of the work.
Butterman’s work has been featured in five
nationwide broadcasts on public radio’s
Performance Today, and can be heard on two
CDs recorded for the Newport Classics label.
A third CD, in which he conducts the RPO
in two narrated works for families, was
released in May 2011. For more information
about Michael Butterman, visit
michaelbutterman.com.
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ED CHAPPEL
Music director of
the RPO from
1998–2011,
Christopher
Seaman is credited
with having raised
the artistic level of
the Orchestra to its
present level of
excellence, and has
played a major part
in its increased recognition and community
support. He was a vital influence in bringing
about the magnificent renovation of the
Eastman Theatre.
Recognized worldwide as one of today’s
leading conductors, he previously served as
principal conductor of the BBC Scottish
Symphony and Northern Sinfonia,
conductor-in-residence with the Baltimore
Symphony Orchestra, and music director of
the Naples Philharmonic in Florida. Highly
sought-after internationally as a guest
conductor and noted for his strong command
of a broad repertoire, Seaman has regular
engagements in North America, Europe,
Israel, the Far East, Australia, and New
Zealand, as well the United Kingdom.
His 2013–14 season includes concerts with
the Melbourne Symphony, Pacific Symphony,
Milwaukee Symphony, Nashville Symphony,
the orchestra of Porto (Portugal), and the
Chautauqua Festival, as well as engagements
in the U.K. and master classes for young
conductors in Australia.
His recordings include performances with the
Royal Philharmonic, the Philharmonia
Orchestra, and the National Youth Orchestra
of Britain. Seaman has recorded three CDs
with the RPO for harmonia mundi, one with
pianist Jon Nakamatsu (2001), one with
pianist Olga Kern (2003), and a Vaughan
Williams recording released in March 2012.
In July 2013, University of Rochester Press
published Seaman’s Inside Conducting, a wise
but entertaining look at the art of
conducting.
The Christopher Seaman Conductor Laureate Chair
The Christopher Seaman Chair is supported by funds from Barbara and Patrick Fulford and The
Conductor Laureate Society, recognized below. We sincerely appreciate the support of these
most generous patrons, who made it possible to honor former music director Christopher
Seaman’s 13 dedicated years in a very special way.
The Conductor Laureate Society
Gold Baton ($100,000)
Barbara & Patrick Fulford
Podium
($50,000-$99,999)
Joan & Harold Feinbloom
Concertmaster
($25,000-$49,999)
Anonymous (2)
Mr.* & Mrs. Robert
Hurlbut, Sr.
Cricket & Frank Luellen
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Principal
($10,000-$24,999)
Anonymous (2)
Lisa Brubaker,
James Viscardi,
Louise Woerner &
Don Kollmorgen
William Eggers &
Deborah McLean
Louise Epstein
Ronald & Donna* Fielding
Steven Hess &
Sarah Atkinson, M.D.
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Hursh
Harold & Christine Kurland
Ann Mowris Mulligan
Robin Lehman & Marie Rolf
Nick & Susan Robfogel
Ingrid Stanlis &
Paul Donnelly
Drs. Richard & Gwen Sterns
Frank* & Mary Lou* Stotz
Conductor Laureate
Supporters
Paul & Bea Briggs
David & Barrie Heiligman
Jim & Marianne Koller
Dawn & Jacques Lipson
Nannette Nocon &
Karl Wessendorf
Charles H. Owens
Peggy Savlov
Jon & Katherine Schumacher
Joel Seligman
Suzanne D. Welch &
William D. Watson
Robin & Michael Weintraub
Deborah Wilson
* Deceased
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beyond measure.
Maintaining and operating the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra (Founded in 1923 - Incorporated in 1930)
OFFICERS
Dawn F. Lipson
Chairperson of the Board
Charles H. Owens
President & CEO
Ilene L. Flaum
Vice Chairperson
John K. Purcell
Vice Chairperson
Mark Siwiec
Vice Chairperson
Ingrid A. Stanlis
Vice Chairperson
Steven Hess
Treasurer
Jules L. Smith
Secretary
Elizabeth F. Rice
Immediate Past Chairperson
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
(Term Expires Jan. 2014)
Ilene L. Flaum
Steven Hess
Patrick J. Kelly
Marie Kenton
Michael B. Millard
Sandra A. Parker
John K. Purcell
Jules L. Smith
Jeffrey A. Wadsworth
David W. Ackroyd
Dr. John M. Bennett
William D. Eggers
La Marr J. Jackson
Ross P. Lanzafame
Elizabeth F. Rice
Dr. Stephen I. Rosenfeld
Katherine T. Schumacher
Robert B. Stiles
Deborah Wilson
James M. Boucher
William E. Cherry
Lauren Dixon
Dr. Steven E. Feldon
Patrick Fulford
Dawn F. Lipson
Mark Siwiec
Ingrid A. Stanlis
Dr. Eugene P. Toy
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EX-OFFICIO
Erik Behr
Orchestra Representative
William L. Cahn
Chairperson, Honorary Board
Wesley Nance
Orchestra Representative
Charles H. Owens
President & CEO
Elizabeth F. Rice
Immediate Past Chairperson
Dr. Jamal J. Rossi
Dean, Eastman School of Music
HONORARY BOARD
William L. Cahn
Chairperson
Cricket Luellen
Vice Chairperson
Nancy & Harry Beilfuss
James M. Boucher
Dr. John Bouyoucos
Paul W. Briggs
Catherine B. Carlson
Louis & Allis D’Amanda
Louise Epstein
Harold & Joan Feinbloom
Jay M. Friedman
Mary M. Gooley
David C. Heiligman
A. Thomas Hildebrandt
Robert D. Hursh
Dr. James E. Koller
Harold A. Kurland
Dr. Jacques M. Lipson
Frank Luellen
Dr. Paul F. Pagerey
Nathan J. Robfogel
Jon L. Schumacher
Katherine T. Schumacher
Norman M. Spindelman
Betty Strasenburgh
Josephine S. Trubek
Suzanne D. Welch
Patricia C. Wilder
The RPO expresses its gratitude to all
those who have served as Honorary
Board members in the past.
PAST RPO CHAIRPERSONS
1930–32 - Edward G. Miner*
1932–34 - Simon N. Stein*
1934–38 - George E. Norton*
1938–41 - Leroy E. Snyder*
1941–42 - Frank W. Lovejoy*
1942–43 - Bernard E. Finucane*
1943–46 - L. Dudley Field*
1946–48 - Edward S. Farrow, Jr. *
1948–51 - Joseph J. Myler*
1951–52 - Joseph F. Taylor*
1952–55 - Raymond W. Albright*
1955–57 - Arthur I. Stern*
1957–59 - Thomas H. Hawks*
1959–61 - Walter C. Strakosh*
1962–63 - Ernest J. Howe*
1963–65 - O. Cedric Rowntree*
1965–67 - Frank E. Holley *
1967–69 - Thomas C. Taylor*
1969–71 - Thomas H. Miller*
1971–72 - Mrs. Frederick J. Wilkens*
1972–73 - Edward C. McIrvine
1973–74 - Robert J. Strasenburgh*
1974–75 - John A. Santuccio
1975–76 - Robert J. Strasenburgh*
1976–78 - Dr. Louis Lasagna*
1978–80 - Edward C. McIrvine
1980–82 - Peter L. Faber
1982–84 - Paul F. Pagerey
1984–85 - Peter L. Waasdorp*
1986–89 - Robert H. Hurlbut*
1989–91 - Paul W. Briggs
1991–93 - Karen Noble Hanson
1993–95 - Ronald E. Salluzzo
1995–98 - A. Thomas Hildebrandt
1998–00 - Harold A. Kurland
2000–04 - David C. Heiligman
2004–06 - Ingrid A. Stanlis
2006–09 - James M. Boucher
2009–11 - Suzanne D. Welch
2011–13 - Elizabeth F. Rice
* Deceased
The Rochester Philharmonic
Orchestra is a member of
beyond measure.
Administration
Charles H. Owens, President & CEO
Ellen Beck, Executive Assistant
Artistic Operations & Education
Richard Decker, Vice President of Artistic Administration
Chris Beyer, Concert Production Manager & Audio Engineer
Barbara Larson, Director of Education
David T. Meyer+, House Manager
Chaowen Ting, Jungho Kim, Conducting Fellows
Development
Deborah C. Bleier, Director of Institutional Giving
Lauri Van Hise, Director of Leadership Giving
Pavel Sullivan, Associate Director of Annual Giving &
Donor Relations
Taylor Freitas, Assistant Director of Institutional Giving
Brigid Ryan, Manager of Volunteers & Special Events
Stephen T. House, Development Assistant
Zachary Preucil~
Jennifer Zhou~
Sarah Kramer~
Finance & Administration
Ronald L. Steinmiller, Vice President of Finance &
Administration
Nancy Atwood-Stone, Director of Information Systems
Irene Shaffer, Manager of Human Resources
Mark Pignagrande, Staff Accountant
Teddy Sainphor, Office Administrator
Marketing & Communications
Thanks to our
generous sponsors!
2013–14 Season
Pops Series
orKIDStra Series
Ithaca Series
Corning Incorporated
Foundation
Official Hotel of the RPO
Katie Sejba, Vice President of Marketing & Communications
Michael J. Ciaccia, Box Office & Theatre Shop Manager
Kathryn Judd, Marketing Manager
Lani C. Toyama, Box Office Administrator
Samuel Krall+, Marketing Analyst
Mary Baron~
Box Office Representatives
Kara Aymerich+
Marc Cataldi+
Abby Chapman-Duprey+
Sammi Cohen+
Molly Groden+
Jubin Matloubieh+
Marcy Savastano+
Teresa Villalobos+
Rochester Philharmonic League
Concert Sponsors
January 31– February 15, 2014
Alfred Davis & Brunhilde Knapp
Artists Performance Fund
Media Sponsors
Laura Morihara+, RPL Administrator
Rochester Philharmonic Youth Orchestra
Susan Basu+, Manager
Zachary Hammond~
+ Indicates Part-time
~ Indicates Catherine Filene Shouse
Arts Leadership Intern from the
Eastman School of Music
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beyond measure.
David Harman, Music Director
The Rochester Philharmonic Youth Orchestra is a symphonic orchestra composed of 100 of
the Greater Rochester Area’s most accomplished middle- and high-school musicians.
Sponsored by the Education Department of the RPO, the RPYO was founded in 1970 to
provide enriching musical ensemble experiences to very accomplished students from varied
backgrounds. It facilitates musical, personal, and social development within a challenging and
supportive environment and lays an excellent musical foundation for future professional or
amateur careers in music. Admitted through competitive annual auditions, RPYO musicians
rehearse and perform under the direction of Dr. David Harman and with mentors from the
Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra.
Rochester Philharmonic Youth Orchestra Board of Directors, 2013–2014
David Ackroyd
Chairperson
Judy Binder
Vicky Feathers
Julia Figueras
Roselyn Freedman-Baum
Jeanne Gray
Virginia Griffin
David Hou
Alice Kanack
Tanya Kantor
Molly Merrigan
Ruth Messinger
Bill Munch
Irene Narotsky
Jim & Linda Orgar
Gregory Parris
Don Russo
Dan Stare
Tammy Sutliff
ROCHESTER PHILHARMONIC
YO U T H O R C H E S T R A
Fred Weingarten
Mary Ellen Womack
Grace Wong
Ex-Officio
Susan Basu
David Harman
Charles Owens
Josephine Whang
Former Board
Chairs
Joyce Burrell
Jeanne Gray
William Cahn
RPYO Staff
David Harman
Music Director
Susan Basu
Manager
Musical
Adventures
SIDE-BY-SIDE ConCert
CONCERT with
WITH the
THE
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ROCHESTER PhilhArMoniC
PHILHARMONIC orCheStrA
ORCHESTRA
roCheSter
SUNDAY
SuNDAY
03.09
PM
3 pM
KODAK HALL
AT EASTMAN
THEATRE
David Harman, Conductor
RPYO Concerto Competition Winners:
Ethan Hasiuk,Timpani | Martine Thomas,Viola
James Guo,Violin | Philip Glick,Trombone
David Steinhardt, Guitar
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Wendy’s Old Fashioned Hamburgers has been feeding tummies and
minds since 1969. Founder Dave Thomas knew at the age of eight that
he wanted to own the “best restaurant in the world.” Thomas never felt
more like part of a loving family than when he and his adoptive father,
Rex, went out to eat together. He envisioned Wendy’s as a place where
families could share a good meal and spend quality time together, and
hoped to use his success to give back to the community.
Wendy’s Restaurants of Rochester Owner Richard Fox carries on Thomas’s dedication to
community service through several of his own initiatives. Programs include Wendy’s Read to
Succeed, Birthday Club, Product Donations, Incentives and Awards, Wendy’s Bus Program, and
Wendy’s Fundraising. Wendy’s Restaurants of Rochester has been the presenting sponsor for the
RPO OrKIDStra series since 1980. The RPO thanks Wendy’s Restaurants of Rochester for its
continued support of the orchestra’s education and community outreach programming.
Corporate Partners, Foundations & Organizations
The RPO gratefully acknowledges the following corporate, foundation, and community organizations for their generous
support. Listings are as of December 31, 2013. Please call 454-7311 x232 with questions or corrections.
SYMPHONY
($50,000 & ABOVE)
Davenport-Hatch Foundation
G.W. Lisk, Inc. of Clifton
Springs
Wegman Family Charitable
Foundation
Elaine P. & Richard U.
Wilson Foundation
CONCERTO
($25,000–$49,999)
Canandaigua National Bank
& Trust
Fibertech Networks
Wendy’s Restaurants of
Rochester
SONATA ($10,000–$24,999)
The Gertrude Chanler RPO
Fund
Constellation Brands
Dominion Transmission, Inc.
Glover-Crask Charitable
Foundation
High Falls Advisors
Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics
Rochester General Hospital
Unity Health System
SUITE ($5,000–$9,999)
American Packaging Corp
Corning Incorporated
Joseph & Anna Gartner
Foundation
The Przysinda Family
Foundation
Spindler Family Foundation
The Community Foundation
Thomson Reuters
OVERTURE
($3,000–$4,999)
SUPPORTER ($300–$599)
Kevin Gavagan
Kurt & Judy Feuhern
Lisa’s Liquor Barn
Mann’s Jewelers
Mark Siwiec & Duffy Palmer
Marketview Liquor
Max of Eastman Place
Michael Butterman &
Jennifer Carsillo
Nancy Gong Glass
Next
Door Bar and Grill
GIFTS IN KIND
Patricia Wilder
Alliance Barter, Inc.
Pearl Street Grill
Adrian Jules Ltd.
Restaurant 2 Vine
Alexandra Northrop &
Richie Rich Events
PARTNER ($1,000–$2,999)
Jules Smith
Robin Lehman
Brown & Brown, Inc.
Amore
Caldwell Manufacturing Co.
Anthony Road Wine Company Spa at the Del Monte
Steve Hess & Sarah Atkinson,
T.M. & M.W. Crandall
Bristol Harbor Resort
MD
Foundation
Buffalo Bills
Suzanne Welch & Bill Watson
Flaum Management
Christine & Paul Knoblauch
Time Warner Cable
Company, Inc.
Christopher Seaman
Wegmans Food Markets
Genesee Valley Penny Saver
Constellation Brands
Whitehouse Liquor & Wine
Harter Secrest & Emery LLP Current Services
Zimmer Sales & Service Corp.
Hazlow Electronics, Inc.
Dixon Schwabl
May K. Houck Foundation
Ed & Barbara Burns
MATCHING GIFT
Kovalsky-Carr Electric Supply Ellwanger Estate
COMPANIES
Manning & Napier Advisors
Entercom
Bank of America
New Horizons Band &
Georgetown Liquor
ExxonMobil
Orchestra
Hamilton AV
Gleason Foundation
The Pike Company Inc.
Hedonist Artisan Chocolates
IBM Corporation
Poole Professional - NY, Inc.
Tom & Nan Hildebrandt
Johnson & Johnson
Rochester Gas & Electric Corp. Ingrid Stanlis & Paul Donnelly JPMorganChase
Rochester Philharmonic
Janet Kellner & Jim Kurtz
Oppenheimer Funds Inc.
League
Jay Advertising
Pfizer Foundation
Jet Blue Airlines
Verizon
ASSOCIATE ($600–$999)
John Grieco
Klein Reinforcing Services,
Jon & Kathy Schumacher
Inc.
JR McCarthy
O’Connell Electric Co.
The Elizabeth F. Cheney
Foundation
Cornell/Weinstein Family
Foundation
Rufus K. Dryer II Fund
Durwood Management, Inc.
Hastings Family Foundation
Harris Beach PLLC
Marie C. & Joseph C. Wilson
Foundation
The Louis S. & Molly B.
Wolk Foundation
DATROSE
Matthews & Fields Lumber Co.
Messner Flooring Re:Source
Gary & Nancy Penisten
Family Foundation
Star Headlight & Lantern
Co., Inc.
Vanden Brul Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Philip R. Wegman
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Carnegie Hall Sponsors
Campaign for Artistic Excellence
The RPO gratefully acknowledges the following
donors who have contributed to make possible the
performance of Howard Hanson’s Merry Mount
at Carnegie Hall in New York City on May 7,
2014 as part of the Spring For Music Festival.
The RPO launched the Campaign for Artistic Excellence
in 2012 to enable the Orchestra to work toward its long-term
goals of attracting and retaining the best possible artistic
talent, continuing a tradition of community service, building
national recognition, and ensuring financial stability and
organizational excellence.
CARNEGIE
AMBASSADOR
($50,000 & ABOVE)
$100,000 & ABOVE
$15,000–$29,999
$50,000–$99,999
$10,000–$14,999
CARNEGIE
BENEFACTOR
($10,000–$24,999)
Melvin & Mildred Eggers
Georgia P. Gosnell
Family Charitable
Foundation
Wilson Foundation
National Endowment for
the Arts
CARNEGIE CHAMPION
($25,000–$49,999)
Anonymous
G. W. Lisk Company, Inc.
Dr. Jacques & Mrs. Dawn
Lipson
Wilson Foundation
Louise Woerner &
Don Kollmorgen
$30,000–$49,999
Marie & Charlie Kenton
Robin & Michael
Weintraub
$5,000–$9,999
William Eggers &
Deborah McLean
High Falls Advisors
Maestro’s Circle
The RPO gratefully acknowledges the generous individuals who help us continue to enrich and inspire the community
through the art of music. Listings are as of December 2, 2013. Please call 454-7311 x232 with questions or corrections.
PRESTISSIMO
($50,000 & ABOVE)
Dr. Jacques & Mrs. Dawn
Lipson
Mrs. Marjorie Morris
PRESTO
($25,000–$49,999)
Anonymous
Bill & Victoria Cherry
William Eggers &
Deborah McLean
Louise Epstein
Larry & Elizabeth Rice
Elise & Stephen Rosenfeld
Louise Woerner &
Don Kollmorgen
VIVACE
($10,000–$24,999)
Sarah D. Atkinson, M.D. &
Steven Hess
Carol & John Bennett
Jim Boucher
William L. & Ruth P. Cahn
Lauren Dixon &
Michael Schwabl
Mr. & Mrs. James T. Englert
Dr. & Mrs. Steven Feldon
Ronald Fielding
Ilene & David Flaum
Carolyn & Roger Friedlander
Jay & Betsy Friedman
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald A. Furman
Robert & Joanne Gianniny
Suzanne Gouvernet
Jean E. Groff
Mr. & Mrs. Robert D. Hursh
Marie & Charlie Kenton
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Mr. & Mrs. Wm. Konar
Ross P. Lanzafame
Dr. & Mrs. Michael Millard
Charles H. Owens
Sandra A. Parker &
John M. Summers
Fayga Press
Larry & Elizabeth Rice
Sherman Levey &
Deborah Ronnen
Katherine T. & Jon L.
Schumacher
Mark Siwiec & Duffy Palmer
Jules L. Smith &
Alexandra Northrop
In memory of Karl Speitel
Ingrid A. Stanlis &
Paul R. Donnelly
Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Stiles
Dr. Eugene & Mrs. Catherine
Toy
Josephine S. Trubek
Jeffrey Wadswoth
Michael & Patricia Wilder
ALLEGRO
($5,000–$9,999)
Anonymous (2)
Marlene Alva in memory of
Ruth G. Alva
Mr. & Mrs. Paul W. Briggs
Chris & Tom Burns
Mr. & Mrs. Harlan D. Calkins
Catherine B. Carlson
Joan & Paul Casterline
Dr. Eric Dreyfuss
Jeff & Alleen Fraser
Patricia A. Guttenberg
William B. Hale
Irene K. Hess
Stephen Lurie &
Kathleen Holt
Patrick & Kathleen Kelly
Harold & Christine Kurland
Joanne Lang
Douglas* & Marcia Lowry
Mr. Lawrence Martling
Deanne Molinari
Mrs. Richard Palermo
Dr. & Mrs. Ronald Reed
Sunny & Nellie Rosenberg
Ron & Sharon Salluzzo
Dr. & Mrs. Sidney H. Sobel
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Sandra & Richard Stein
Robert C. Stevens
Dr. Sidney & Linda S. Weinstein
Keith & Betsy Wilson
ANDANTE
($2,500–$4,999)
Anonymous (3)
Miriam H. Ackley
Mr. & Mrs. Richard G.
Bennett
Judith M. Binder &
Barbara Erbland
Stuart & Betsy Bobry
Barbara & John Bruning
Mary Ellen Burris
Paul & Mary Callaway
Margaret J. Carnall
Mr. & Mrs. Terrance Carney
Betsy & John Carver
Tina Chandler
Mr. & Mrs. Russell D.
Chapman
Ann & Don Clarke
Jeff & Sue Crane
Richard & Michele Decker
Richard & Janet Dray
Larry & Kas Eldridge
John R. Ertle
Helen & Dan Fultz
Patty & Dick George
Dr. & Mrs. Charles J. Gibson
Mr. & Mrs. Donald Ginsberg
Paul & Carol Goldberg
Rob W. Goodling
George & Mary Hamlin
Alan J. Harris
Norman Horton
Dr. Jack & Harriette Howitt
Mr. & Mrs. Ernest J. Ierardi
La Marr J. Jackson, Esq.
Daryl & Charles Kaplan
Norman & Judith Karsten
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Richard & Karen Knowles
Myrta & Robert Knox
Marcy & Ray Kraus in loving
memory of Dr. Allan &
Charlotte Kraus
Ernest & Sarah Krug
Nancy & David Lane
Dr. & Mrs. Anthony J. Leone,
Jr.
Dr. & Mrs. Hobart A. Lerner
Jane & Jim Littwitz
Swaminathan & Janice Madhu
Dan & Kiki Mahar
Joseph J. Mancini
Saul & Susan Marsh
William P. McCarrick
Pamela McGreevy
Mr. & Mrs. James R. McMillen
Duane & Ida Miller
James E. Morris, Esq.
John Muenter
Charles & Rita Myers
Paul Marc &
Pamela Miller Ness
Bernard & Molly Panner
Brock & Sandra Powell
Maestro’s Circle, CONTINUED
Roy Czernikowski &
Karin Dunnigan
Joseph & Judith Darweesh
Linda Wells Davey
Horace R. Davis
Bonnie & Duane DeHollander
Michael & Anne deStefano
Gary DeTaeye
Tex & Nicki Doolittle
Gail & Douglas Doonan
Janis Dowd & Daan Zwick
Michele Dryer
Dr. & Mrs. James Durfee
In Memoriam for Anita B.
Dushay by Frederick
Dushay, M.D.
ADAGIO ($1,000–$2,499)
Rose Duver
Anonymous (9)
Robert E. & Carol G. Achilles Ellen & Lester Eber
Dr. Steven & Susan Eisinger
Barbara & David Ackroyd
Mohsen Emami, M.D.
Jacqueline Adams
Gerald G. Estes
Edward & Joan After
Dr. & Mrs. Henry W. Altland Julia B. Everitt
Trevor
& Elizabeth Ewell
Stephanie & Geoffrey Amsel
John & Kristy Farar
Marvin & Frederica Amstey
Samuel J. & Marsha R. Fico
Allan & Polly Anderson
Rochelle & Paul Fine
Mr. & Mrs. F.L. Angevine, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. George M. Angle Thomas & Janet Fink
Mr. & Mrs. Lee J. Fleckenstein
Allegra Angus
Joseph A. Floreano
Dave & Jan Angus
Gail R. Flugel
Dr. & Mrs. Robert S. Bakos,
John & Sandy Ford
M.D.
In Memory of Dr. & Mrs.
Christopher Barry &
Charles R. Fordyce
David Omdahl
Jonathan Foster
John & Mary Bartholomew
Mr. & Mrs. Richard C. Fox
Tom Bartolini
Dr. & Mrs. Elmar Frangenberg
David Bassett
Shirley B. & Kevin Frick
Mr. & Mrs. Bruce B. Bates
N. Gadziala & R. J. Looney
William J. Beenhouwer
Johanna
M. Gambino in
David M. Berg &
memory of Jerry J. Gambino
Dawn K. Riedy
William L. Gamble
Dr. & Mrs. Paul Bernstein
Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Bielaska, Dr. Richard & Josie Gangemi
David & Patricia Gardner
Jr.
Ann S. Garrett
Allen & Joyce Boucher
Winston E. Gaum
John & Kristine Bouyoucos
Dr. & Mrs. David Gentile
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph C. Briggs
Craig
& Shirley George
Claire M. Brown
Mrs. Essie Germanow
Priscilla & Rob Brown
Mr. & Mrs. Wesley P. Ghyzel
Susan Kay Brown
Tom & Kelly Gilman
Dr. & Mrs. George G.
Warren & June Glaser
Browning
Patricia Goodwin
Josh & Beth Bruner
Ann Burr & A. Vincent Buzard Burton Gordon
Jean Gostomski
Terryl & Terence Butwid
Janet & Roger Gram
Alan Cameros
Jeanne Gray in memory of
Philip & Jeanne Carlivati
Robert C. Gray
Oliver Chanler
George Greer
Margaret & Donald Cherr
Alan & Julie Griesinger
Dr. & Mrs. Tim Clader
Gaye Gronlund & Bruce Corner
Mary Ellen Clark
Brigitte & Klaus Gueldenpfennig
Lorraine W. Clarke
Dr. & Mrs. Robert J. Haggerty
Sarah H. Collins
Dr. John & Carol R. Condemi Jeffrey & Lynne Halik
Peggy & David Hall
Marj & Wiles Converse
Joan & Alfred Hallenbeck
Mary Cowden &
Hugh & Mary Clare Hamlin
Michael Neary
Karen Noble Hanson
Joyce Crofton
Marguerite Harris &
Mrs. Nancy G. Curme
Lawrence Kotowicz
William & Barbara Pulsifer
Mrs. Norma Riedman
John B. Rumsey
Paul & Brigid Ryan
Richard & Vicki Schwartz
Janet Buchanan Smith
Norman & Glenna
Spindelman
David & Grace Strong
Dr. Suzanne H. Rodgers
Mrs. Schuyler Townson
Krestie Utech
Ann & Robert Van Niel
Kitty J. Wise
Robert A. Woodhouse
Timothy & Christine Hassett
Warren & Joyce Heilbronner
Richard Henshaw
Walter B.D. Hickey, Jr.
Tom & Nan Hildebrandt
Susan Holliday
Mary Jo & Jack Hultz
Marjorie S. Humphrey
Gwyneth Hunting
Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence S. Iwan
Stephen & Leslie Jacobs
Bob & Elaine Jacobsen
Miles & Silvija Jones
Dr. Ralph F. Jozefowicz
Dr. & Mrs. Harold Kanthor
Jim Kurtz & Jan Kellner
Kathleen & Randy Kemp
Mr. & Mrs. Bruce M. Kennedy
Robert J. Kennedy
Richard & Sidney Killmer
Karen S. Kral
James & Elaine Kraus
Barbara & Jack Kraushaar
Helen & Peter Kristal
Charles Krunsenstjerna
Werner & Susan Kunz
David & Andrea Lambert
Lane Family Fund
Ms. Connie Leary
John & Alice Leddy
Norman & Arlene Leenhouts
Gay & Don Lenhard
Vincent & Christina Lenti
Mr. & Mrs. James A. Locke III
Sue & Michael Lococo
John & Dolores Loftus
Harold D. Lowry
Lara Maloney
Kathryn Markakis &
Geoffrey Williams
Mrs. Bruce P. Marshall
Frances & Robert Marx
Mrs. Gilbert G. McCurdy
Carol A. McFetridge
Bruce & Eleanor McLear
Dr. & Mrs. Neal McNabb
Karen Mead
Marion & Ed Mench
Carl Mercendetti &
Valerie Maresh
Pete & Sally Merrill
Dr. & Mrs. Edward Messing
Daniel M. Meyers
Ann & Steve Mischissin
Glenda Mitter
Paul & Helga Morgan
Mr. & Mrs. Edward Mullen
Dr. & Mrs. Stephen Munson
Mr. & Mrs. Philip Neivert
Elizabeth Neureiter-Seely
Sara L. Niemeyer
Kathy & Ted Nixon
Artistic Excellence Society
The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra is pleased to introduce
the Artistic Excellence Society (AES): a giving circle that
recognizes annual campaign donors for making three-year
pledges of $2,500 or more per year to the RPO. The AES is
designed to more deeply engage our most passionate supporters
and to ensure financial stability and ongoing support. To
learn more, contact Lauri Van Hise at 585-454-7311 x280
or lvanhise@rpo.org.
Chris & Tom Burns
Mary Ellen Burris
Margaret J. Carnall
Mr. & Mrs. Russell D.
Chapman
Jeff & Sue Crane
Lauren Dixon &
Michael Schwabl
Dr. Eric Dreyfuss
Larry & Kas Eldridge
James & Ellen Englert
Louise Epstein
Charles & Cindy Gibson
Rob W. Goodling
George & Mary Hamlin
Mr. & Mrs. Robert D.
Hursh
Ralph F. Jozefowicz
Myrta & Robert Knox
Stephen Lurie &
Kathleen Holt
Dr. Jacques &
Mrs. Dawn Lipson
Jane & Jim Littwitz
Swaminathan & Janice
Madhu
Deanne Molinari
Paul Marc &
Pamela Miller Ness
Charles H. Owens
William & Barbara Pulsifer
Dr. & Mrs. Ronald Reed
Katherine T. &
Jon. L. Schumacher
Vicki & Richard Schwartz
Nancy Skelton
Ingrid A. Stanlis &
Paul R. Donnelly
Dr. & Mrs. Tae B. Whang
Michael & Patricia Wilder
Kitty J. Wise
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Maestro’s Circle, CONTINUED
Suzanne J. O’Brien
Drs. Avice & Timothy
O’Connor
Paul F. Pagerey
Jane Parker &
Francis Cosentino
Patricia & Philip Parr
Mr. Kirkwood Personius
Karen A. Petras
Douglas Phillips
Kyle Polite
Mrs. Frederick I. Price
Bill & Beverly Pullis
Bill & Jean Vincent-Rapp
Susan A. Raub
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas S. Richards
Carol Ritter Wright &
William Wright
Daniel & Nancy Robbins
Mrs. James A. Rockwell in
Memory of Rev. James A.
Rockwell
Mrs. Stanley M. Rogoff
Dr. Marie Rolf &
Mr. Robin Lehman
Mrs. David Romig
Drs. Carl & O.J. Sahler
Dr. & Mrs. Robert M. Santo
Drs. Eva & Jude Sauer
William Saunders
Peggy Savlov
James G. Scanzaroli
Robert & Nina Schor
Peter Schott &
Mary Jane Tasciotti
Nancy & David Schraver
Mrs. Frederick Schwertz
Anthony & Gloria Sciolino
Libba & Wolf Seka
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas P. Shea
Wayne & Sonja Shelton
Robert & Nancy Shewan
Nancy A. Skelton
Virginia Skuse &
Mr. Frank Grosso
Skip & Karen Warren
Stephen R. Webb
Ann Weitzel
Stephen Wershing
Mary O’C. Westbrook
Carol Whitbeck
Mrs. Frederick C. White
Mrs. Kay R. Whitmore
Donald Wichman
Ms. Christine Wickert
Ms. Sally D. Wilkins
James H. Willey
Timothy & Teresa Wilson
Puck & Claes Winqvist
Elise & Joseph Wojciechowski
Mr. & Mrs. Reyton Wojnowski
Charlotte C. Wright
Joan & Joe Yanni
Bill & Wende Young
Alice & Ken Slining
Susan & David Spector
Kenneth T. & Eva M. Steadman
Richard & Gwen Sterns
Mrs. Andrea Stewart
Dr. Robert & Sally Jo Stookey
Margaret A. Strite
Pavel Sullivan
Eleanor Summers
Frank & Rose Swiskey
Margaret & Charles Symington
Dr. & Mrs. Henry A. Thiede
J. Russell & Kathleen Thomas
Miriam Thomas
Robert & Diane Tichell
David & Marcia Trauernicht
Bancroft-Tubbs Family Fund
Mrs. Richard L. Turner
J. Michael & Sally Turner
Dorothy Tyler
Mrs. Robert van der Stricht
Dr. Laura von Doenhoff
Harry & Ruth Walker
M
Mary Jane Proschel
Margaret Quackenbush
Robert & Anne Quivey
Mr. & Mrs. Richard M.
Rosenbaum
Gary B. & Scott A. Schaefer
Elaine & Peter Schwarz
Catherine & Richard Seeger
Joan & Arthur Segal
Robert & Norma Snyder
Stephen & Shirley Townsend
John & Betty Travis
M
Bruce & Lauri Van Hise
Jim Van Meter &
Marlene Piscitelli
Richard & Brenda Vuillequez
Jean & Bill Weber
Joseph Werner & Diane Smith
Dale & Lorraine Whittington
Ed & Wilma Wierenga
Dr. James & Nancy Wierowski
Linda & Robert G. Wyman
Laura & Joel Yellin
Karen & Sy Zivan
Mr. & Mrs. Ted Zornow
Hays & Karen Bell
Drs. Jane & Douglas Bennett
Dr. Robert Bennett &
Dr. Judy Kerpelman
Chris & Jodi Beyer
Eric & Marcia Birken
Chrystine Blackwell
Mrs. Barbara Blake
Lynne Blank
James R. Boehler
Don & Peggy Bolger
Dr. & Mrs. Philip P. Bonanni
Angela Bonazinga &
Catherine Lewis
Susan & Peter Bondy
Agneta M. Borgstedt, M.D.
Donna & Ed Bott
M
William & Grace Boudway
Judith Boyd
In memory of Helene P.
Lovenheim
Dr. & Mrs. Albert Brault
Judy Brenna
Mr. & Mrs. John N. Brennan
Mr. & Mrs. James T. Briggs
Elaine & Wayne Brigman
Marilyn R. & Barry Brown
Susann Brown & Terence Chrzan
Wilma M. Brucker
Doug & Chris Brush
June Brush
Nancy Brush & John Parker
Richard F. Brush
Fay Bryant
Eileen Buholtz
Martha Bullock
David J. & Margaret M. Burns
Bruce & Shirley Burritt
James Butler
Judith L. Byorick &
Gary J. Schulze
Eric & Lee Caine
M Corporate
Matching Gift
*Deceased
Philharmonic Friends
ADVOCATE ($700–$999)
Anonymous (6)
Mr. & Mrs. Martin Abkowitz
Carol Aldridge
Peter & Jane Anderson
Dr. & Mrs. James V. Aquavella
Mr. & Mrs. Mehdi N. Araghi
Betsy & Gerald Archibald
John & Lisa Baron
Steve & Anne Bauer
Karen Baumgartner
Brenda Beal
Mr. & Mrs. Donald Bennett
Mr. & Mrs. Rodney Blumenau
Jeff & Kathy Bowen
Don & Jackie Bowman
Josephine Buckley
Jane A. Capellupo
Mr. & Mrs. James D. Clifford
Jacques & Monique Delettrez
Janis DeMay-Connor
Jane Dieck
Celia Dilworth
Wendell & Mary Discher
William & Cynthia Dougherty
M
Ms. Marilyn Drumm
David & Dorothy DuBois
Mrs. C.M. Durland
M
Mr. & Mrs. Richard J. Egan
Carol & Tom Elliott
Mrs. Walter Fallon
Sherman & Anne Farnham
George & Marie Follett
John & Chris Forken
Peter & Nancy Gaess
Dr. & Mrs. William Grammar
Barbara J. Granite
Ed & Terry Grissing
Mrs. Laura J. Hameister
Marilyn & Dick Hare
Felice Harris
Louise B. Harris
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David & Marian Hartney
Mr. Lawrence Helfer
Grace Wong
Art & Barb Hirst
John & Ginny Hoenig
John & Barbara Holder
Carol E. Hopkins
Dr. Robert E. Horn
H. Larry & Dorothy Humm
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PHILHARMONICS SERIES
Debussy, Saint-Saëns, Ravel, Stravinsky
Thursday, January 30, 2014, at 7:30 PM
Saturday, February 1, 2014, at 8 PM
Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre
2013–14 Season • Program No. 9
Fabien Gabel, guest conductor
Philippe Quint, violin
Claude Debussy
Prélude à l’Après-midi d’un faune (Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun)
10:00
Camille Saint-Saëns
Concerto No. 3 in B minor for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 61
I. Allegro non troppo
II. Andantino quasi allegretto
III. Molto moderato e maestoso – Allegro non troppo
29:00
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Intermission
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Maurice Ravel
Une barque sur l’océan (A Boat on the Ocean)
7:00
Maurice Ravel
Tzigane for Violin and Orchestra
9:00
Igor Stravinsky
Suite from The Firebird (1919 revision)
I. Introduction and Dance of the Firebird
II. Dance of the Princesses
III. Infernal Dance of King Kastchei
IV. Berceuse
V. Finale
19:00
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Program Notes
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Prélude à l’Après-midi d’un faune
(Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun)
Claude Debussy
b. St. Germaine-en-Laye, France / August 22,
1862
d. Paris, France / March 25, 1918
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First performed by the RPO on October 17,
1923; Eugene Goossens, conductor. Last
performed on April 10, 2010; James Gaffigan,
conductor.
This masterpiece of musical atmosphere
heralded the emergence of Debussy’s mature
style. Poet Stéphane Mallarmé wrote L’aprèsmidi d’un faune in 1876. When Debussy
encountered it some 10 years later, he
recognized in it a style similar to his view of
music. The words of the poem are those of a
faun or satyr, a lazy, pleasure-loving half-man,
half-goat creature from Classical mythology.
Debussy described his musical reflection as “a
very free rendering of Stéphane Mallarmé’s
beautiful poem. It does not purport to
contain everything that is in the poem. It is
rather a succession of scenes in which the
desires and dreams of the faun pass through
in the heat of the afternoon. Then, tired of
chasing the frightened nymphs and naiads, he
gives in to intoxicating sleep.”
Music as free and as sensuous as this had
never been heard before. Its improvisational
quality would become a Debussy trademark.
Conjured out of silence by the
unaccompanied call of the faun’s flute, it
evokes Mallarmé’s hazy, dream-like ideas with
effortless tonal magic. Short phrases melt one
into the other; solo winds take the spotlight
in turn; coolness alternates with passion.
Recalling the premiere, conductor Gustave
Doret wrote, “There was a vast silence in the
hall as I ascended the podium with some
emotion, but full of confidence. I waited a
long moment, after imposing silence on the
audience, then our marvellous flutist Barrère
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unrolled his opening theme. Suddenly I felt
behind my back a completely captivated
public! The triumph was complete, so much
so that I did not hesitate to break the rule
forbidding encores. The orchestra was
delighted to repeat this work, which it had
come to love and which, thanks to them, the
audience had now accepted.”
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Violin Concerto No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 61
Camille Saint-Saëns
b. Paris, France / October 9, 1835
d. Algiers, Algeria / December 16, 1921
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First performed by the RPO on January 13, 1983;
David Zinman, conductor; Joseph Swensen,
soloist. Last performed on November 5, 2005;
Jun Märkl, conductor, Kristin Lee, soloist.
During a period in French music when composers’ reputations rested first of all with their
degree of success in the emotional world of
opera, Saint-Saëns proved himself a maverick
by preferring the cooler, more abstract realm
of instrumental music. He composed the last
of his three violin concertos for Pablo de
Sarasate, previously the inspiration for his
Violin Concerto No. 1, and the Introduction
and Rondo capriccioso. He wasn’t alone in
drawing inspiration from the sovereign skills
of this Spanish-born, Paris-resident virtuoso:
Edouard Lalo (Symphonie espagnole), Max
Bruch (Concerto No. 2 and Scottish Fantasy),
and Antonín Dvořák (Mazurek) also created
works especially for him.
Regarding Concerto No. 3, Saint-Saëns
wrote, “During the composition of this
concerto, Sarasate gave me invaluable advice,
to which is certainly due the considerable
degree of favor it has met with on the part of
violinists themselves.” Sarasate gave the
premiere in Paris on January 2, 1881. He was
not initially pleased with it, feeling it was
insufficiently virtuosic to fully satisfy the
public. It was only after Belgian soloist
Eugene Ysaÿe won great success with it that
Program Notes, CONTINUED
Sarasate’s enthusiasm revived and he took it
into his repertoire. Its dramatic content is
confined to the outer movements. They also
offer frequent opportunities for violinists to
show off their technical prowess. The sweet,
melodious second movement provides an
interlude of graceful repose.
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Une barque sur l’océan (A Boat on the Ocean)
Maurice Ravel
b. Ciboure, France / March 7, 1875
d. Paris, France / December 28, 1937
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First performance by the RPO.
Ravel composed the five-movement suite,
Miroirs (Mirrors, or Reflections), in 1904 and
1905. He dedicated each piece to a member
of Les Apaches (The Ruffians), a group of
young, avant-garde Parisian poets, painters, and
musicians to which he belonged. A Spanish
pianist (and fellow Apache), Ricardo Viñes,
premiered Miroirs in Paris on January 6, 1906.
One movement, Alborada del gracioso (The
Jester’s Morning Song) bears a Spanish title and
has a bold, wickedly satirical character. It met
with such success at the premiere that Viñes
encored it immediately. The other pieces, to
which Ravel gave French names, are more
concerned with atmosphere, and evoking a
variety of creatures and locations: Noctuelles
(Night Moths); Oiseaux tristes (Sad Birds); Une
barque sur l’océan (A Boat on the Ocean); and
La vallée des cloches (The Valley of the Bells).
Une barque is the longest piece in the
collection. It is a sweeping water image, part
delicate, part majestic. In it, Ravel expanded
upon and deepened the style of his earlier
piano piece, Jeux d’eau (Play of the Water). He
created an orchestral transcription of Une
barque sur l’océan shortly after composing the
piano original. Uncertain of that version’s
value, he withdrew it in 1907 after a single
performance. It was released for further
performance only after his death.
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Tzigane
Maurice Ravel
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First performed by the RPO on January 7, 1965;
Laszlo Somogyi, conductor; Millard Taylor,
soloist. Last performed on April 21, 2007; Peter
Bay, conductor; Amy Beth Harmon, soloist.
In 1922, Ravel heard a recital by Hungarian
violinist Jelly D’Aranyi. After the concert, she
played gypsy melodies at his request.
Intrigued, he decided to pay homage both to
her and her music in this fiery composition,
Tzigane (the French word for a female gypsy).
She gave the premiere of the original, violinand-piano version in London during April
1924. Ravel created the even more colorful
arrangement with orchestral accompaniment
over the following summer. It opens with a
long, elaborate unaccompanied violin solo.
The orchestra then enters quietly, ushering in
a dashing, kaleidoscopic segment overflowing
with virtuoso fireworks.
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The Firebird: Suite (1919 revision)
Igor Stravinsky
b. Oranienbaum, Russia / June 17, 1882
d. New York, New York / April 6, 1971
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First performed by the RPO on November 6,
1924; Eugene Goossens, conductor. Last
performed on February 19, 2011; Sarah
Ioannides, conductor.
Stravinsky’s balletThe Firebird belongs to his
first creative period, when his music still
showed the influence of the colorful, folkbased style favored by his teacher, RimskyKorsakov. It came into being thanks to
impresario Sergei Diaghilev. For the second
Parisian season of his celebrated company, Les
Ballets russes, Diaghilev envisioned a lavishly
mounted new dance production, its plot
adapted from Russian fairy tales. He
entrusted the scenario and choreography to
esteemed dance master Mikhail Fokine.
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When his first choice as composer, his former
music teacher Anatoly Lyadov, was judged
too slow to complete the score on time,
Diaghilev cast about for a replacement.
Familiar with Stravinsky through the orchestrations he had contributed to Diaghilev’s
ballet Les Sylphides, and impressed with two
of Stravinsky’s brief, original orchestral pieces,
Diaghilev offered the 27-year-old composer a
commission for The Firebird. The premiere,
in Paris on June 25, 1910, achieved a
glittering triumph, launching Stravinsky into
the front rank of contemporary composers.
This concert suite contains roughly half the
music of the complete score. It follows the
sequence of the original scenario. With the
help of a magic firebird, the hero, Prince Ivan,
rescues a group of spellbound princesses from
the clutches of an evil magician, Kastcheï.
Stravinsky’s music is highly atmospheric,
colorful, imaginative and melodious. It
includes two Russian folk songs, one a lyrical
tune for the princesses, the other the majestic
hymn which closes the score. The whirling,
nightmarish Infernal Dance performed by
Kastcheï and his monstrous subjects is a
tour-de-force of orchestral brilliance.
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Among the leading
conductors of his
generation, Fabien
Gabel was appointed
music director of the
Orchestre Symphonique
de Québec in 2011.
Gabel first attracted
international attention
in 2004 as winner of the prestigious
Donatella Flick conducting competition in
London, which gave him the opportunity to
conduct the London Symphony Orchestra
and led to his appointment as the orchestra’s
assistant conductor.
Gabel made his professional conducting debut
with the Orchestre National de France in
2003 and has returned frequently, recording
an award-winning disc with mezzo-soprano
Marie-Nicole Lemieux and performing a
televised concert with soprano Natalie Dessay.
Recent and upcoming highlights include successful debuts with the BBC Symphony and
the Oslo Philharmonic, and performances with
the Dresden Staatskapelle, Norwegian Opera
Orchestra, Brussels Philharmonic, Montreal
Opera (Manon Lescaut), Toronto Symphony,
National Arts Centre Orchestra (Ottawa),
Royal Flemish Orchestra, and the Bremen
Philharmoniker. This is his RPO debut.
Born in Paris to a family of accomplished
musicians, Gabel began studying trumpet at
the age of six, honing his skills at the
Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique
de Paris and later at the Musik Hochschule of
Karlsruhe. He went on to play in Parisian
orchestras under the direction of such
prominent conductors as Pierre Boulez, Sir
Colin Davis, Riccardo Muti, Seiji Ozawa,
Simon Rattle, and Bernard Haitink. In 2002,
Gabel pursued his interest in conducting at
the Aspen Summer Music Festival, where he
studied with David Zinman. Other mentors
include Bernard Haitink, Sir Colin Davis,
and Paavo Jarvi.
Philippe Quint, VIOLIN
PAVEL ANTONOV
Fabien Gabel, GUEST CONDUCTOR
Award-winning violinist
Philippe Quint is a
multi-faceted artist
whose wide range of
interests has led to
several Grammy
nominations for his
albums; performances
with major orchestras
throughout the world at venues ranging from
the Leipzig Gewandhaus to Carnegie Hall; a
leading role in a major independent film,
Downtown Express; and explorations of tango
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Price, Schwantner, Gershwin, Ellington
Thursday, February 6, 2014, at 7:30 PM
Friday, February 7, 2014, at 7:30 PM
Ford Hall at Ithaca College
Michael Morgan, guest conductor
Joyce Yang, piano
Florence Beatrice Price
Symphony No. 3 in C Minor
III. Juba – Allegro
IV. Scherzo – Finale
10:00
Joseph Schwantner
New Morning for the World, “Daybreak of Freedom”
23:00
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Intermission
______________________________________________________________________________________
George Gershwin
Concerto in F Major for Piano and Orchestra
I. Allegro
II. Adagio – Andante con moto
III. Allegro agitato
29:00
Joyce Yang, piano
Edward “Duke” Ellington (Arr. Peress)
Harlem
18:00
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Symphony No. 3 in C Minor: Third and
Fourth Movements
Florence Price
b. Little Rock, Arkansas / April 9, 1887
d. Chicago, Illinois / June 3, 1953
__________________________________
The first female African-American composer
to earn a national reputation, and to have a
symphony performed by a major orchestra
(No. 1 in E Minor, Chicago Symphony
Orchestra, 1933), Florence Price enjoyed
considerable renown during her lifetime, and
in recent years has come to be recognized as a
significant American composer of the 1930s
and 1940s. Selections from her 300
compositions have been performed by such
front-rank musicians as soprano Leontyne
Price and contralto Marian Anderson.
Florence Price graduated from the New
England Conservatory of Music in 1906.
By then she had already been composing for
several years. The eminent composer George
Whitefield Chadwick recognized her talent
and took her on as a pupil. She spent her
immediate postgraduate years performing and
teaching in the southern states, then relocated
to Chicago in 1927. Despite considerable hardships, she established herself there as a respected pianist, organist, teacher and composer.
Here is how she described Symphony No. 3.
“It was composed in the late summer of 1938,
laid aside for a year and then revised. It is
intended to be Negroid in character and
expression. In it no attempt, however, has
been made to project Negro music solely in
the traditional manner. None of the themes
are adaptations or derivations of folk songs.
The intention behind the writing of this work
was a not too deliberate attempt to picture a
cross-section of present-day Negro life and
thought with its heritage of that which is past,
paralleled, or influenced by concepts of the
present day.”
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The symphony was premiered in 1940 by the
Michigan WPA Symphony Orchestra with
Valter Poole conducting. It is a colorful and
melodically appealing work. The third movement, Juba, recreates a type of joyous AfricanAmerican plantation dance. The middle
section is slower and bluesy. The finale presses
ahead with vigor and determination, leading
to a grand, triumphant conclusion.
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New Morning for the World,“Daybreak of
Freedom”
Joseph Schwantner
b. Chicago, Illinois / March 22, 1943
__________________________________
While developing a profile as a leading American composer, Schwantner also served on the
faculties of The Juilliard School of Music,
Eastman School of Music (1970-2001), and
the Yale School of Music. His music is noted
for its deft implementation of luminous color
and fluctuating rhythms in a dramatic and
unique style. It has been championed by such
conductors as Leonard Slatkin and Marin
Alsop, and artists including Dame Evelyn
Glennie and Sharon Isbin among many others.
He won a Pulitzer Prize in 1969 for Aftertones
of Infinity. Recent commissioners include the
National Symphony Orchestra, eighth
blackbird, and the Indianapolis Symphony.
New Morning for the World, “Daybreak of
Freedom,” was commissioned by AT&T for
the Eastman Philharmonia Orchestra. David
Ephron conducted the premiere on January
15, 1983, in Washington, D.C. That was the
birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., a
most appropriate occasion because he is the
subject of the music, and from whose speeches
Schwantner drew the text. The composer has
written of him as “a man of great dignity and
courage whom I have long admired.”
The music opens with a violent episode
evoking Dr. King’s tragic death, followed by a
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ambitions. As the piece unfolds, music of
eloquent lyricism and quiet determination
represents the strength of his convictions and
his peaceful methods of instituting them.
Following the speech that includes the words
“We’re on the move now,” the music offers a
jubilant prediction of a more just society ahead.
The piece ends in peaceful serenity with words
from Dr. King’s most famous speech, and
members of the orchestra humming quietly.
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Piano Concerto in F Major
George Gershwin
b. Brooklyn, New York / September 26, 1898
d. Hollywood, California / July 11, 1937
__________________________________
First performed by the RPO on December 2,
1948; Erich Leinsdorf, conductor; Byron Janis,
soloist. Last performed on July 3, 2010; Michael
Butterman, conductor; Marcus Roberts, soloist.
Walter Damrosch, conductor of the New
York Symphony Orchestra, was in the
audience when Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue
made its debut in 1924. Impressed by its
unprecedented amalgamation of popular and
classical styles, he commissioned Gershwin to
compose a full-scale piano concerto.
The first performance took place in Carnegie
Hall on December 3, 1925. The audience
acclaimed the concerto and its composer/
performer, but the critics were more reserved
in their judgment. They found the concerto
less convincing than the rhapsody on several
fronts, including novelty and length. Listeners
have never stopped caring for it, however,
making it the most frequently played
concerto by any American composer.
For the premiere, Gershwin wrote the following description: “The first movement employs
the Charleston rhythm. It is quick and
pulsating, representing the young, enthusiastic
spirit of American life. It begins with a rhythmic
motive given out by the kettledrums,
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supported by the other percussion instruments,
and with a Charleston motive introduced by
bassoons, horns, clarinets, and violas. The
principal theme is announced by the bassoon.
Later, a second theme is introduced by the
piano. The second movement has a poetic,
nocturnal atmosphere which has come to be
referred to as the American blues, but in a
purer form than that in which they are
usually treated. The final movement reverts to
the style of the first. It is an orgy of rhythms,
starting violently and keeping the same pace
throughout.”
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Harlem
Edward “Duke” Ellington
b. Washington, D. C. / April 29, 1899
d. New York, New York / May 24, 1974
__________________________________
One of the all-time greats of jazz, Ellington
toured with his band for decades, and composed countless songs and instrumental pieces
that have strongly maintained their popularity.
He regularly created more ambitious works:
musicals (Jump for Joy); film scores (Anatomy
of a Murder); incidental music for plays
(Timon of Athens); a ballet (The River); sacred
music (In the Beginning, God); and numerous
extended instrumental suites (Black, Brown
and Beige, Three Black Kings, Liberian Suite).
According to Ellington’s autobiography,
Harlem was commissioned in 1950 for the
NBC Symphony Orchestra and its celebrated
conductor, Arturo Toscanini, as part of a
multi-composer suite entitled Portraits of New
York. Those artists never performed it, but
Ellington and his jazz band did. Later, he
engaged other musicians (their names vary
from one account to another) to prepare the
commonly heard version which combines the
jazz ensemble with a symphony orchestra.
Here’s how Ellington described the contents
of the piece: “We would like now to take you
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on a tour of this place called Harlem. It has
always had more churches than cabarets. It is
Sunday morning. We are strolling from
110th Street up Seventh Avenue, heading
north through the Spanish and West Indian
neighbourhood toward the 125th Street
business area. Everybody is nicely dressed,
and on their way to or from church. Every-
body is in a friendly mood. Greetings are
polite and pleasant, and on the opposite side
of the street, standing under a street lamp, is a
real hip chick. She, too, is in a friendly mood.
You may hear a parade go by, or a funeral, or
you may recognize the passage of those who
are making civil rights demands.”
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Michael Morgan, GUEST CONDUCTOR
While a student at Oberlin College
Conservatory of Music, he spent a summer at
the Berkshire Music Center at Tanglewood,
where he studied with Gunther Schuller and
Seiji Ozawa and first worked with Leonard
Bernstein. After winning the Hans Swarowski
International Conductors Competition at age
23, he became assistant conductor of the
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra under
Leonard Slatkin. He also has served for
several seasons as the music director of the
Sacramento Philharmonic and returns
annually to teach conducting at Tanglewood.
His operatic debut was in 1982 at the Vienna
State Opera conducting Mozart’s The
Abduction from the Seraglio. In 1986, Sir Georg
Solti chose him to become the assistant
conductor of the Chicago Symphony
Orchestra, a position he held for five years
under both Solti and Daniel Barenboim.
In addition to his duties with Oakland East
Bay Symphony, Maestro Morgan serves as
artistic director of Oakland Youth Orchestra,
artistic director of Festival Opera in Walnut
Creek, artistic advisor to the Peoria Symphony
in Illinois, and teaches the graduate conducting course at the San Francisco Conservatory
of Music. He also is the music director of the
biennial Gateways Music Festival in Rochester.
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PIANO
Pianist Joyce Yang
captivates audiences
across the globe with
her stunning virtuosity
combined with her
virtuosity, lyricism, and
magnetic stage presence.
She has established
herself as one of the
leading artists of her generation through her
innovative solo recitals and notable
collaborations with the world’s top orchestras.
In 2010, she received an Avery Fisher Career
Grant—one of classical music’s most
prestigious accolades.
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the Oakland East Bay
Symphony for more
than a decade. He has
appeared with the New
York Philharmonic
several times at the
invitation of Leonard
Bernstein, and also has
conducted the New York City Opera, the
National, Haifa, Baltimore, Houston, Seattle,
Detroit, Atlanta, and Vancouver symphonies,
as well as the Royal Flanders, Los Angeles,
and Warsaw philharmonics and the
Philadelphia Orchestra. His last RPO
appearance was in January 1988.
Joyce Yang,
Yang came to international attention in 2005
when she won the silver medal at the 12th
Van Cliburn International Piano Competition.
The youngest contestant, she took home two
additional awards: the Steven De Groote
Memorial Award for Best Performance of
Chamber Music and the Beverley Taylor Smith
Award for Best Performance of a New Work.
She has appeared with orchestras around the
world including the New York Philharmonic,
Chicago Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, San Francisco
Symphony, Baltimore Symphony, Houston
Symphony, and BBC Philharmonic. She has
worked with such distinguished conductors as
Edo de Waart, Lorin Maazel, James Conlon,
Leonard Slatkin, David Robertson, Bramwell
Tovey, and Jaap van Zweden. Her last
performance with the RPO was in July 2012
for Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto.
Born in Seoul, South Korea, Yang received
her first piano lesson at age four. By age ten
she had entered the School of Music at the
Korea National University of Arts, and in
1997, moved to the United States to study at
The Juilliard School with Dr. Yoheved
Kaplinsky. She graduated from Juilliard with
special honor.
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Singin’ in the Rain
Friday, February 14, 2014, at 8 PM
Peter Bay, guest conductor
Film Credits
CAST
Gene Kelly...........................................................Don Lockwood
Donald O’Connor ..............................................Cosmo Brown
Debbie Reynolds.................................................Kathy Selden
Jean Hagen..........................................................Lina Lamont
Millard Mitchell ..................................................R.F. Simpson
Cyd Charisse .......................................................Dancer
Douglas Fowley...................................................Roscoe Dexter
Rita Moreno........................................................Zelda Zanders
SCREENPLAY BY
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Betty Comden
DIRECTED BY
Gene Kelly (Director and Choreographer)
Stanley Donen
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About Singin’ in the Rain
Topping the American Film Institute’s list of
25 Greatest Movie Musicals of all time, this
film masterpiece features award-winning onscreen performances by Gene Kelly, Donald
O’Connor, and Debbie Reynolds. Released in
1952, it offers a lighthearted depiction of
Hollywood in the late 1920s and the
transition from silent films to “talkies.”
Donald O’Connor won a Golden Globe for
Singin’ in the Rain. Screenwriters Betty
Comden and Adolph Green received an
award from the Writers Guild of America for
Best Written Musical. In addition, Jean
Hagen was nominated for an Academy
Award as Best Actress in a Supporting Role,
and the film was also nominated for Best
Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture).
In 1989, Singin’ in the Rain was among the
first 25 films chosen for the newly established
National Film Registry for films that are
deemed “culturally, historically, or aesthetically
significant” and earmarked for preservation
by the United States Library of Congress.
PRODUCTION CREDITS
Producer: John Goberman
Music Preparation: Larry Spivack
Original orchestrations reconstructed by:
John Wilson, Paul Campbell, and Andrew
Cottee.
The producer wishes to acknowledge the
contributions and extraordinary support of
John Waxman (Themes & Variations).
A Symphonic Night at the Movies is a
production of PGM Productions, Inc.
(New York) and appears by arrangement with
IMG Artists.
Peter Bay, GUEST CONDUCTOR
Peter Bay is music
director of the Austin
Symphony Orchestra
and of the Hot Springs
Music Festival in
Arkansas. In 2012, he
completed a 20-year
tenure as music director
of the Britt Festival
Orchestra in Jacksonville, Oregon. He also
has held positions with the Erie Philharmonic,
Annapolis Symphony Orchestra, Breckenridge
Music Festival, Richmond Symphony, and
four different conducting posts with the
Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. His last
RPO appearance was in May 2013.
Bay has appeared with 65 different orchestras
including the National, Chicago, St. Louis,
Houston, Dallas, Baltimore, New Mexico,
New Jersey, North Carolina, Virginia, West
Virginia, Colorado, Hawaii, Jacksonville,
Richmond, Alabama, Arkansas, Canton,
Eugene, Fort Worth, Buffalo, and Springfield
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symphonies, among others. Summer music
festival appearances have included Aspen,
Music in the Mountains, Grant Park, Ravinia,
Round Top, OK Mozart, and Skaneateles.
He is the primary conductor for the ASO’s
performances with Ballet Austin and made
his Austin Lyric Opera debut in 2002 with
André Previn’s A Streetcar Named Desire. His
recordings include the U.S. premiere of
Britten’s The Sword in the Stone with the
Richmond Symphony and Voices, featuring
the percussion ensemble NEXUS and the
Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra.
A native of Washington, D.C., Bay is a
graduate of the University of Maryland and
the Peabody Institute of Music. In 1994, he
was one of two conductors selected to
participate in the Leonard Bernstein
American Conductors Program. He was also
a prizewinner of the Leopold Stokowski
Competition sponsored by the American
Symphony Orchestra in New York.
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volunteer organizations and active committees. For more information on how you can lend your time and
talents to the RPO, call 454-7311 x243.
Volunteer Services Committee
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Special Events Oversight Committee
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“Need a Lift” Program
Michele Bello, Dispatcher
Volunteer Enrichment Committee
Joanna Bassett, Shannon Nance,
and Angel Lin
“Rear Guard” Volunteers
Jean Webster, Chair
Rochester Philharmonic League
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Philharmonic Orchestra’s educational programs for young people and encourage the musical talent of our
youth. Its projects include escorting at the Orchestra’s educational concerts, in-school docent presentations,
the Young Artist Auditions for the area’s outstanding high school-age musicians, an annual Glimmerglass
Opera trip, the popular Music, Munch & Mingle series—where members and guests attend RPO
rehearsals followed by lunch with an RPO musician—and the Gibbs Street Assistance program. To learn
more, call the League office: 454-7311 x254 or visit rpo.org/League.
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Kitty Wise, Vice-President
Naomi Schrier, Secretary
Margie Sabath, Treasurer
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About Your RPO
The RPO’s long line of notable music
directors includes Eugene Goossens, José
Iturbi, Erich Leinsdorf, David Zinman, and
Christopher Seaman, now our Conductor
Laureate (The Christopher Seaman Chair,
Supported by Barbara and Patrick Fulford and
The Conductor Laureate Society). The RPO
also has performed under the batons of such
renowned guest conductors as Fritz Reiner,
Leonard Bernstein, Sir Thomas Beecham,
and Leopold Stokowski.
Principal Pops Conductor Jeff Tyzik, inducted
into the Rochester Music Hall of Fame in
2012 as part of its inaugural class, has earned
a national reputation for excellence in pops
programming during his tenure with the
RPO, and celebrates his 20th anniversary
with the Orchestra this season.
The Orchestra is also at the vanguard of
music education, naming Michael Butterman
as Principal Conductor for Education and
Outreach (The Louise and Henry Epstein
Family Chair)—the first position of its kind
in the country. In addition to performing
concerts for more than 14,000 students of all
ages each year, RPO musicians visit every
elementary school in the Rochester City
School District through the Primary
Ensembles Program.
In 2002, the RPO received the New York
State Governor’s Arts Award for excellence
and community service. In addition to
annual Around the Town concerts, two Citysponsored concerts—2013’s RPO Community
Chorus Concert and 2014’s Side by Side: RPO
KYLE SCHWAB
Since its founding by George Eastman in
1922, the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra
has been committed to enriching and
inspiring our community through the art of
music. Currently in its 91st year, the RPO is
dedicated to maintaining its high standard of
artistic excellence, unique tradition of musical
versatility, and deep commitment to
education and community engagement.
& Community Orchestra Concert—brought
talented community members right onto the
Kodak Hall stage to perform with the
Orchestra.
In 2005, 2006, and 2012, the American
Society of Composers, Authors, and
Publishers (ASCAP) and the American
Symphony Orchestra League honored the
RPO with an ASCAP Award for
Adventurous Programming, recognizing the
Orchestra’s commitment to music written in
the last 25 years.
Today, the RPO presents up to 150 concerts
per year, serving nearly 200,000 people
through ticketed events, education and community engagement activities, and concerts in
schools and community centers throughout
the region. A highlight of the 2013–14 season
is the RPO’s performance at Carnegie Hall on
May 7, 2014, as part of the Spring For Music
festival. The Orchestra also presents a concert
series in Ithaca each season, and RPO concerts
also are rebroadcast on WXXI 91.5 FM.
As one of the great American orchestras, the
RPO aspires to be an institution driven by a
culture of confidence, adventure, excellence,
and success; the premier cultural organization
in the region and the hub of cultural life yearround; and recognized nationally for artistic
and organizational excellence, creativity, and
innovation.
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For Your Information
Paid parking for Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre
is available at the East End Garage, located next to
the theatre with entrances on Main, Scio, and
Swan Streets. Paid parking for the Performance
Hall at Hochstein is available at the Sister Cities
Garage, located behind the school at Church and
Fitzhugh Streets.
RPO tickets may be purchased Monday–
Saturday from 10 AM–5 PM (10 AM–3 PM on
non-concert Saturdays). The Box Office is located
at 433 East Main Street in the Eastman East Wing.
On concert evenings, tickets may be purchased for
that evening’s concert beginning 60 minutes prior to
the performance. Tickets may be charged by calling
585-454-2100, or visit us online at rpo.org, where
you can use the print-at-home option when
purchasing tickets. RPO tickets also are available at
all Rochester-area Wegmans. Discounts are
available for senior citizens, students, and children.
Groups of 10 or more also can receive discounts of
20% or more. Call Michael Ciaccia at 585-4547311 x268 for more information.
Pre-Concert Talks are held one hour prior to
Philharmonics concerts in the orchestra level of the
theatre. Ticket-holders are invited to attend.
Seating for people with wheelchairs and special
needs is available in all venues; please see the house
manager for assistance. People who use wheelchairs
can enter Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre through
the first entrance to the lobby on Gibbs Street, or
via the Eastman East Wing. Audio systems are
available at Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre;
headsets may be obtained from an usher prior to
the performance. An elevator is located in the oval
lobby of Kodak Hall and in the East Wing.
Assistance dogs are welcome at any performance
and do not require special arrangements. Large
print programs are available upon request.
Restrooms and coat check are available on the
basement, mezzanine, and balcony levels of Kodak
Hall. A wheelchair-accessible restroom is available
on the first floor—please see an usher for assistance.
Refreshments are available for purchase in Betty’s
Café located on the orchestra level of Kodak Hall
at Eastman Theatre. Food and drink are not
permitted in the seating area of the theatre, except
for bottled water.
Cough drops are available through the generosity
of Wegmans Food Markets. Dispensers are located
in the lobby and balcony of the theatre.
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Concert etiquette calls for patrons to refrain from
whispering, rustling programs, or unwrapping
cough drops once the conductor has taken the
podium. Traditionally, applause is held until the
end of multi-movement pieces. Please refer to your
program for the number and title of movements.
As a courtesy to the performers and audience,
patrons arriving after a performance has started will
be seated between movements or pieces. We ask that
patrons who find it necessary to leave early do so at
an appropriate break. If for any reason you find it
necessary to be reseated, please contact an usher and
your request for a different seat will be addressed
by House Management in a timely manner.
Please turn off ALL electronic devices—
including cellular phones, pagers, or watch
alarms that may sound during the concert.
Pagers may be left with the house manager along
with your exact seat location. For legal reasons,
cameras and recording devices are not allowed to
be on, or operated, while in the hall.
In case of an emergency in the Theatre, please do
not call 911—please see an usher. Kodak Hall at
Eastman Theatre has security personnel on-site.
Please note that all ushers have been trained in
emergency procedures and will assist patrons in the
event of a Theatre evacuation.
Emergency messages may be relayed by leaving
your exact seat location with your family and
paging services. The emergency phone numbers are:
• Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre: 585-274-1121
• Hochstein School of Music and Dance
Operations Manager: 585-261-8807
Lost and found: Items found in Kodak Hall after
an RPO performance will be held at the Eastman
Theatre Box Office, located in the East Wing of
the Eastman Theatre. For more information, please
call 585-454-2100.
If you find that you cannot attend a performance,
please don’t let your tickets go unused. Tickets
make excellent gifts for family, friends, colleagues,
and clients. If you are unable to make other
arrangements, please consider donating your
tickets to us as a tax-deductible contribution.
Return your tickets to the RPO no later than
2 PM the day of the performance to make them
available for resale. Tickets may not be returned for
a tax credit after the concert has taken place.
For more information about the RPO,
please visit rpo.org.
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