BPO 2021-2022 Season: Program Book 5 by Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

TABLE OF CONTENTS | FEBRUARY 10 - MARCH 12 BPO Board of Trustees/BPO Foundation Board Directors

BPO Musician Roster

Winter Journey

A Chris Botti Valentine

Tales from the Movies

Classical Fireworks

Prokofiev’s Piano

The Music of John Denver

Spotlight on Sponsors

Sponsor a Musician

Annual Fund

Patron Information

BPO Special Event February 10 BPO Pops Series February 12 BPO Kids Series February 13

M&T Bank Classics Series February 18 and 19 M&T Bank Classics Series March 4 and 5 BPO Pops Series March 11 and 12

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MESSAGE FROM THE BOARD CHAIR Western New Yorkers are familiar with the chill that February brings, but a winter journey from another time will envelop Kleinhans Music Hall on February 10. This Winter Journey details triumph in the face of unfathomable challenge, and author and former Performance Today host, Martin Goldsmith, visits for a screening of the short film based on his inspirational book, The Inextinguishable Symphony: A True Story of Music and Love in Nazi Germany. The unprecedented multimedia event, in partnership with the Buffalo International Jewish Film Festival and provided support by the German Embassy, includes a questionand-answer session with Goldsmith and Maestro JoAnn Falletta, and will conclude with the BPO’s stirring performance of Carl Nielsen’s “The Inextinguishable” Symphony. Fast-forward to the present, and another facet of music and love is on display in the smooth jazz of popular trumpeter, Chris Botti, who rejoins the BPO on Valentine’s Day weekend with his sultry, romantic tones. Then fireworks explode when Canadian pianist Stewart Goodyear performs the dramatic Piano Concerto of composer and educator Adolphus Hailstork, a Rochester, NY native, in a program that also features lively European folk tunes and Tchaikovsky’s depiction of a battle with Fate. The themes of trial, heroism, and love continue into March with an overture originally written for an operatic fairy tale, and more magnificent piano awaits when 20-year-old phenom, Alexander Malofeev, tackles Prokofiev’s dazzling Piano Concerto No. 3. Then Jim Curry takes us home with his spot-on interpretation of the Music of John Denver on March 11 & 12, in a heartwarming tribute to the iconic singer-songwriter and environmentalist, who wrote so lovingly about caring for our planet. My wife, Carolyn, and I hope that your lives are also filled with music and love, and that our Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra is instrumental in providing you with those irreplaceable attributes.

Sincerely,

John R. Yurtchuk Chair, Board of Trustees Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra Society, Inc.

BUFFALO PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA BOARD OF TRUSTEES AS OF SEPTEMBER 1, 2021 OFFICERS John R. Yurtchuk, Chair Scott Stenclik, Vice Chair — Chair-Elect

Angelo Fatta, Treasurer Peter Eliopoulos, Secretary

BOARD OF TRUSTEES Cindy Abbott Letro Douglas Bean Jonathan Borden † Janz Castelo † Anne Conable Stephen B. Edge, MD* JoAnn Falletta* Amy Habib Rittling Daniel Hart* Jim Hettich Mark Hodges †

James Iglewski William Keefer Ronald Luczak Alex Montante Allan C. Ripley* Casimiro D. Rodriguez, Sr. Rev. Melody I. Rutherford Diana Sachs † Robin G. Schulze, Ph.D Joseph Sedita Brett Shurtliffe †

Sonny Sonnenstein Karen Sperrazza Christine Standish David Stark Rev. Jonathan Staples Stephen T. Swift John Zak*

*ex-officio † musician representatives

LIFE MEMBERS Anthony Cassetta Randall Odza Edwin Polokoff

John N. Walsh, III Robert G. Weber

BUFFALO PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA FOUNDATION

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

John J. Zak, Chair Holly Hejmowski, Treasurer Alexs Spellman, Secretary Michael Munschauer

Karen Arrison John Yurtchuk

JOANN FALLETTA MUSIC DIRECTOR

Multiple Grammy Award-winning conductor JoAnn Falletta serves as Music Director of the Buffalo Philharmonic, Music Director Laureate of the Virginia Symphony, Principal Guest Conductor of the Brevard Music Center, and Artistic Adviser of both the Hawaii Symphony and the Cleveland Institute of Music Orchestra. Recently named as one of the 50 great conductors of all time by Gramophone Magazine, she is hailed for her work as a conductor, recording artist, audience builder and champion of American composers. As Music Director of the Buffalo Philharmonic, Falletta became the first woman to lead a major American ensemble. She has guest conducted over a hundred orchestras in North America, and many of the most prominent orchestras in Europe, Asia, South America and Africa.

She has won two individual Grammy Awards, including the 2021 Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance as Conductor of the Buffalo Philharmonic in the world premiere Naxos recording, Richard Danielpour’s “The Passion of Yeshua.” In 2019, she won her first individual Grammy Award as conductor of the London Symphony in the Best Classical Compendium category for Spiritualist, her fifth world premiere recording of the music of Kenneth Fuchs. Her Naxos recording of Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems of Bob Dylan with the BPO received two Grammys in 2008, and her 2020 Naxos recording with the BPO of orchestral music of Florent Schmitt recently received the Diapason d’Or Award. Upcoming releases for Naxos include the complete William Walton Façade, with narrators Kevin Deas, Hila Plitmann, and Minnesota Public Radio Host Fred Child, and the Virginia Arts Festival Chamber Players and Scriabin’s Poem of Ecstasy with the BPO. Falletta is a member of the esteemed American Academy of Arts and Sciences, has served by presidential appointment as a Member of the National Council on the Arts during the Bush and Obama administrations, and is the recipient of many of the most prestigious conducting awards. She has introduced over 500 works by American composers, including well over 100 world premieres. ASCAP has honored her as “a leading force for music of our time.” In 2019, JoAnn was named Performance Today’s Classical Woman of The Year. Falletta is a strong advocate and mentor for young professional and student musicians. She has led seminars for women conductors for the League of American Orchestras, and established a unique collaboration between the Buffalo Philharmonic and the Mannes College of Music to give up-andcoming conductors professional experience with a leading American orchestra. She has held the positions of Principal Conductor of the Ulster Orchestra, Principal Guest Conductor of the Phoenix Symphony, Music Director of the Long Beach Symphony Orchestra, Associate Conductor of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, and Music Director of the Denver Chamber Orchestra and The Women’s Philharmonic. After earning her bachelor’s degree at Mannes, Falletta received master’s and doctoral degrees from The Juilliard School. When not on the podium, JoAnn enjoys playing classical guitar, writing, cycling, yoga and is an avid reader. For more information, visit www.joannfalletta.com.

JOHN MORRIS RUSSELL PRINCIPAL POPS CONDUCTOR A master of American musical style, John Morris Russell has devoted himself to redefining the American orchestral experience. He is in his fifth season as Principal Pops Conductor of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra. Mr. Russell made his debut with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra in the fall of 2014, and later that season was named the third conductor to hold the position following in the footsteps of Doc Severinsen and Marvin Hamlisch. Mr. Russell’s concerts at the BPO reflect the diversity of American musical styles: from Classics to Jazz, Hollywood to Broadway, Country&Western to Rhythm&Blues. This season, Mr. Russell conducts Motown, Broadway, Holiday concerts, and Star Wars. Maestro Russell is also Conductor of the renowned Cincinnati Pops, one of the world’s most iconic and beloved pops orchestras. With his position at The Pops, Mr. Russell leads sold-out performances at Cincinnati Music Hall, the Taft Theater, and Riverbend Music Center; additionally, he conducts the orchestra in concerts throughout the Greater Cincinnati region as well as domestic and international tours. Creator of the orchestra’s Classical Roots series, he also conducts the Pops family concert series and the annual USO Tribute Cincinnati Gala. The Cincinnati Pops recorded legacy continues under Mr. Russell’s leadership. He led the Cincinnati Pops on their first-ever Florida tour, and in 2017 he led the orchestra’s sixth tour to Asia including performances in Shanghai and Taipei. For the last nine seasons, Mr. Russell has served as Music Director of the Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra in South Carolina, and conductor of the prestigious Hilton Head International Piano Competition. Under his leadership, the HHSO has enjoyed unprecedented artistic growth. Mr. Russell leads the orchestra in masterwork subscription concerts annually. Between 2001-2012 Maestro Russell served as Music Director of the Windsor Symphony Orchestra in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, where he fostered a decade of unprecedented artistic growth. He led the WSO in seventeen national broadcasts on CBC Radio 2, and the orchestra’s first nationally televised production for the CBC series Opening Night, which received the orchestra’s first Gemini Award Nomination. Maestro Russell was named Conductor Laureate of the Windsor Symphony Orchestra in 2012. As a guest conductor, John Morris Russell has worked with many of North America’s most distinguished ensembles. He has served as Associate Conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony, Associate Conductor of the Savannah Symphony Orchestra, Director of the Orchestral Program at Vanderbilt University, and Music Director with the College Light Opera Company in Falmouth, Massachusetts. He received a Master of Music degree in conducting from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in music from Williams College in Massachusetts. He has also studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, the Cleveland Institute of Music, the Aspen Music Festival in Colorado, and the Pierre Monteux School for Conductors in Hancock, Maine.

JAMAN E. DUNN

ASSISTANT CONDUCTOR Jaman E. Dunn is currently the Assistant Conductor with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Artistic Director of the Buffalo Master Chorale, and the Founder and Music Director of the Polaris Orchestra. A native of Chicago, IL, he attended The Ohio State University for his undergraduate studies, earning a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance under the study of Dr. C. Andrew Blosser. Mr. Dunn earned his Master of Music in Orchestral Conducting under the instruction of Maestro Bruce Hangen at The Boston Conservatory at Berklee.

In addition to his orchestral activities, Mr. Dunn has also maintained a vocal career which began during his time in central Ohio. With a strong focus on oratorio and sacred music, Mr. Dunn has been Bass Soloist for performances of the Requiems of Mozart and Verdi, Handel’s Messiah, Gounod’s St Cecilia Mass, Schubert’s Mass in E ; Jesus in Bach’s St. John Passion; and Baritone Soloist in Carmina Burana. He has also been a part of opera productions including Falstaff, Il Barbiere di Siviglia, La Bohème, La Traviata, Cavalleria Rusticana, and Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor. In a professional capacity, it is Mr. Dunn’s continued goal to raise awareness of African-American performers in classical music at all levels and in all mediums.

HISTORY OF THE BUFFALO PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA As Buffalo’s cultural ambassador, the Grammy Award-winning Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra under Music Director JoAnn Falletta presents more than 120 Classics, Pops, Rock, Family and Youth concerts each year. After the rise and fall of several forerunners, the BPO was founded in 1935, performing most often at the Elmwood Music Hall, which was located at Elmwood Ave. and Virginia St., and demolished in 1938 as its permanent home, Kleinhans Music Hall, was constructed. During the Great Depression, the orchestra was initially supported by funds from the Works Progress Administration and the Emergency Relief Bureau. Over the decades, the orchestra has matured in stature under outstanding conductors including William Steinberg, Josef Krips, Lukas Foss, Michael Tilson Thomas, Maximiano Valdes, Semyon Bychkov and Julius Rudel. The orchestra has welcomed many distinguished guest performers, such as Isaac Stern, Aaron Copland, Van Cliburn, Igor Stravinsky, Renee Fleming and Yo-Yo Ma.During the tenure of JoAnn Falletta, who has served as music director since 1998, the BPO has rekindled its history of radio broadcasts and recordings, including the release of 51 new CDs. The BPO’s Naxos recording of composer John Corigliano’s “Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems of Bob Dylan,” won two Grammys. Our recordings are heard on classical radio worldwide.

HISTORY OF KLEINHANS MUSIC HALL Since 1940, the orchestra’s home has been Kleinhans Music Hall, which enjoys an international reputation as one of the finest concert halls in the world due to its superb acoustics.

Kleinhans Music Hall was built thanks to the generosity and vision of Edward and Mary Seaton Kleinhans and the stewardship of their charitable dreams by the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo, and the support of the federal government. The Community Foundation was bequeathed the estates of Mr. and Mrs. Kleinhans, who made their fortune from the clothing store that bore their name, and who died within three months of each other in 1934. The Public Works Administration, an agency of the New Deal, provided crucial funding that made it possible to complete the hall. The Kleinhans, who were music lovers, specified their money was to be used “to erect a suitable music hall…for the use, enjoyment and benefit of the people of the City of Buffalo.” The BPO performed at Kleinhans Music Hall’s official opening on Oct. 12, 1940, under the baton of Franco Autori. Kleinhans Music Hall was designed by the Finnish father-and-son team of Eliel and Eero Saarinen, along with architects F.J. and W.A. Kidd. Kleinhans is known for its combination of graceful structural beauty and extraordinary acoustics. Eliel Saarinen’s aim was to create “an architectural atmosphere…so as to tune the performers and the public alike into a proper mood of performance and receptiveness, respectively.” In 1989, the hall was designated a National Historic Landmark, the highest designation of significance a site or structure can receive. Kleinhans is owned by the City of Buffalo but operated by a separate 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation. Its Board of Directors is Jeremy Oczek, chair; Karen Arrison, vice chair; Stephanie Simeon, secretary and treasurer; Cindy Abbott Letro; Peter Eliopoulos; Tania Werbizky; and city officials including Byron Brown, Mayor of the City of Buffalo, and David Rivera, Niagara District Councilmember.

JOANN FALLETTA, MUSIC DIRECTOR

Angelo and Carol Fatta Endowed Chair

JOHN MORRIS RUSSELL, PRINCIPAL POPS CONDUCTOR JAMAN E. DUNN, ASSISTANT CONDUCTOR FIRST VIOLIN

BASS

Nikki Chooi concertmaster Amy Glidden assoc. concertmaster Louis P. Ciminelli Family Foundation Endowed Chair Ansgarius Aylward asst. concertmaster Clement Luu 2nd asst. concertmaster** Douglas Cone Deborah Greitzer Diana Sachs Alan Ross Melanie Haas Andrea Blanchard-Cone Loren Silvertrust Hee Sagong

Daniel Pendley principal Garman Family Foundation Endowed Chair Brett Shurtliffe assoc. principal Michael Nigrin Edmond Gnekow Jonathan Borden Nicholas Jones Gary Matz

SECOND VIOLIN

Natalie Debikey Scanio

Antoine Lefebvre principal Jacqueline Galluzzo assoc. principal Richard Kay Robert Prokes Frances Morgante Amy Licata Shieh-Jian Tsai Xiaofan Liu Iain Crampton*

VIOLA

Caroline Gilbert principal Anna Shemetyeva assoc. principal Matthew Phillips Kate Holzemer Natalie Piskorsky Janz Castelo Maria Hardcastle*

CELLO

Roman Mekinulov principal Jane D. Baird Endowed Chair Feng Hew assoc. principal Nancy Anderson Robert Hausmann 2 David Schmude Amelie Fradette Eva Herer*

FLUTE

Christine Bailey Davis principal Linda Greene Natalie Debikey Scanio

Jay Matthews Daniel Sweeley

TRUMPET

Alex Jokipii principal Geoffrey Hardcastle Philip Christner

TROMBONE

Jonathan Lombardo1 principal Timothy Smith

BASS TROMBONE

Filipe Pereira

TUBA

PICCOLO

(vacant)

OBOE

Matthew Bassett principal Dinesh Joseph assistant principal

ENGLISH HORN

Mark Hodges principal Dinesh Joseph

Henry Ward principal Joshua Lauretig Anna Mattix Anna Mattix

CLARINET

TIMPANI

PERCUSSION

HARP

William Amsel principal Patti DiLutis Salvatore Andolina

Madeline Olson principal

E-FLAT CLARINET

Travis Hendra acting principal librarian

Patti DiLutis

BASS CLARINET AND SAXOPHONE

Salvatore Andolina

BASSOON

Glenn Einschlag principal Hunter Gordon*

CONTRABASSOON

(vacant)

FRENCH HORN

Jacek Muzyk principal Kay Koessler Endowed Chair Daniel Kerdelewicz assoc. principal Sheryl Hadeka

MUSIC LIBRARY

STAGE MANAGERS

Charles Gill Assistant Property Person IATSE Local 10

Chair dedicated to the memory of Scott Parkinson

Chair dedicated to the memory of Maer Bunis

One Year Appointment

** Temporary Appointment

Thursday, February 10, 2022 at 6:00 PM

BPO Special Event

WINTER JOURNEY

JoAnn Falletta, conductor Martin Goldsmith, special guest

6:00pm

Screening of Winter Journey documentary Kleinhans Mary Seaton Room

7:30pm

Discussion with JoAnn Falletta and Martin Goldsmith Light refreshments served

8:00pm

Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra Performance Kleinhans Main Auditorium

NIELSEN

8:45pm

Symphony No. 4, Op. 29, "The Inextinguishable" I. Allegro II. Poco allegretto III. Poco adagio quasi andante IV. Allegro Meet & Greet book and CD signing Kleinhans Lobby

Support provided by

Presented in collaboration with the Buffalo International Jewish Film Festival. Patrons are asked to turn off all electronic devices. The use of cameras and recording devices is strictly prohibited.

PROGRAM OVERVIEW The Kulturbund was an all-Jewish performing arts ensemble maintained by the Nazis between 1933 and 1941. The emotional connection between the experiences of the Kulturbund musicians in their last months of time together and the powerful symphony that they were rehearsing is absolutely electrifying. Carl Nielsen was devastated by the Great War, and he turned away from the romantic music he was writing to create his masterpiece, his Inextinguishable Symphony, in 1914. The piece was a portrait of that time, filled with conflict and violence. But there are moments of innocence, of pastoral simplicity, of tenderness, as if Nielsen tries to give us a sense of the gentleness of life in pre-war Europe. There are sections of searing emotion, of pain and suffering. But most of all, this symphony is about hope. Nielsen said, "Wars kill men, but war can never kill the spirit of man." Nielsen strongly believed that the inherent goodness of the human being could never be destroyed. He takes us on a journey through the dark landscape of these four movements - all connected without pause - which climaxes near the end in a tremendous battle between two timpanists and the orchestra. But the orchestra, in music of incandescent nobility, swells up and embraces the menacing timpani, overwhelming the force of war with hope and renewal. The Kulturbund musicians were very aware of the meaning of this remarkable work, and in their terrible situation they drew strength and hope from rehearsing Nielsen's work. The orchestra was disbanded before they were able to perform the symphony. We can only hope that the memory of that music continued to provide some small measure of comfort as they faced the tragic and terrifying end of their lives. We are grateful for the collaborations that brought this evening to fruition: support from the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany, Washington, the interest of the Buffalo International Jewish Film Festival in participating, and the presence of Martin Goldsmith at our screening and talkback to provide insight into his family’s personal history and involvement.

ABOUT MARTIN GOLDSMITH

Martin Goldsmith is the author of The Inextinguishable Symphony: A True Story of Music and Love in Nazi Germany, which tells the riveting story of the Kulturbund, an ensemble that included Mr. Goldsmith’s parents. The Inextinguishable Symphony is the basis of the acclaimed 2019 film Winter Journey, co-written by Mr. Goldsmith, directed by Anders Ostergaard, and starring Bruno Ganz in his very last film. Mr. Goldsmith is also the author of Alex’s Wake: A Voyage of Betrayal and a Journey of Remembrance, the story of his grandfather and uncle, who were two of the more than 900 passengers on the ill-fated Jewish refugee ship St. Louis in 1939, and his own six-week journey in their footsteps in 2011. Mr. Goldsmith also wrote and performed six Composer Portraits of the lives and music of Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Dvořák, and Copland on stage at the John F. Kennedy Center with conductor Leonard Slatkin and the National Symphony Orchestra. Martin Goldsmith has been a classical music radio programmer and presenter for more than fifty years. He semi-retired three years ago from Sirius XM Satellite Radio in Washington, DC, where he now hosts music programs on weekend afternoons. He was the company’s initial Director of classical music programming, beginning in 2000. For ten years, from 1989 to 1999, he served as the host of “Performance Today,” National Public Radio’s daily classical music program. During Mr. Goldsmith’s tenure as host, “Performance Today” won the coveted Peabody Award for broadcasting.

THE STORY BEHIND WINTER JOURNEY

“The first scene of the opera Die Walkure, the second of the four operas making up Richard Wagner’s Ring Cycle, takes place in the house of Hunding, a fierce warlord. The central feature of Hunding’s dwelling is a mighty ash tree, its trunk soaring up from the floor, its branches forming a canopy over the roof." “In the house where I grew up with my father, my mother, and my brother, there was also an enormous tree growing up through the roof, its great trunk dominating the enclosed space. In many ways we shared a perfectly ordinary family life. But none of us ever acknowledged the tree." “The tree wasn’t real, of course. But its impact on my family was overwhelming. This immense presence in our house was the fate of my parents’ families - Jews who lived in Germany in the 1930s - and my parents’ escape from that fate. And, as in so many other families like ours, it was something we never spoke of.” Thus did I begin The Inextinguishable Symphony, the first of two books I’ve written in an attempt to learn the truth about what had befallen the Goldschmidts of Oldenburg. Let me hasten to tell you that talk about what had happened in the Old World was never overtly forbidden in our house, that my brother Peter and I were never shushed when we attempted to steer the conversation in a certain direction. We simply never made such attempts. As a family, we didn’t discuss what had occurred in 1930s Germany for the same reason that we never brought up the topic of bauxite mining in Peru. They were both subjects that simply didn’t exist for us. And yet, Peter and I couldn’t escape the fact that, while so many of our friends could go over the river and through the woods to Grandmother’s house at Thanksgiving, something from the past had made such excursions impossible for us. There was one time when Peter mustered the courage to ask our father what had happened to our grandparents, our uncle and aunt. His brief reply: “They died in the war.” As I grew into adulthood, I became increasingly interested in piercing the veil of silence and mystery that surrounded the story of my family. In 1992, the year I turned 40, I met my father in his hometown of Oldenburg. He showed me the site of his father’s women’s clothing store and we posed for a photograph on the doorstep of the grand house on Gartenstrasse where he grew up, the house that was seized by the Nazis just weeks after they assumed power. Gradually, these shadowy people - my vanished family, whom I’d never known - began to take on human form. Back in the USA, in Tucson, Arizona, where my parents had retired, I began asking my father questions about his past. And slowly, through my father’s memories and bolstered by more than two years’ worth of research, I learned about the Jewish Kulturbund, a remarkable collection of German Jewish artists who performed exclusively for Jewish audiences, an ensemble that included my parents, Guenther Ludwig Goldschmidt of Oldenburg and Rosemarie Gumpert of Duesseldorf. I completed work on The Inextinguishable Symphony shortly before midnight on New Year’s Eve, 1999, and the book was published the following autumn. On a soft April morning in 2009, my father died at the age of 95. And then, exactly eleven months later my brother, Peter Goldsmith, whom many of you remember as the founding Program Director of Buffalo’s classical music radio station WNED-FM, suddenly succumbed to a heart attack. He was only 60 years old.

My grief led to the reawakening of my desire to learn more about my family, since I was now the last Goldsmith standing. In the spring of 2011 I spent six weeks on the roads of Germany, France, and Poland in hot pursuit of my grandfather Alex and my uncle Helmut, who had been two of the more than 900 Jewish refugees on board the ill-fated SS St. Louis. Our parallel journeys formed the basis of my second book about those times, Alex’s Wake. In the spring of 2016 I received an email from a man claiming to be a Danish director named Anders Ostergaard, saying that he wanted to make a film based on The Inextinguishable Symphony. I think that my first impulse was to assume that this Ostergaard fellow was the second cousin of that internet sensation, the Nigerian prince who would shower me with riches in return for a few minutes of my time. Luckily, I used my Google machine to learn that Anders Ostergaard was not only a genuine director but he had made a documentary that had been nominated for an Academy Award in 2009. I replied to his email very much in the affirmative, Anders jumped on the first flight from Copenhagen to Washington, and he and I began hammering out ideas for his film. Anders likes to employ what in the literary world is known as “narrative non-fiction,” in that he uses actors to dramatize the cold, hard facts of the true stories he tells. And what a coup it was for him to land the great, late, Swiss-born actor Bruno Ganz to play my father. Best known for his roles as the angel Damiel in Wings of Desire and Adolf Hitler in Downfall, Bruno Ganz uncannily inhabits my father in the film Winter Journey that debuted at the International Documentary Film Festival in Amsterdam in November of 2019. It would be Bruno’s very last film before his death in February of that year. Which brings us all to this evening in Buffalo. JoAnn Falletta described herself as “overwhelmed” when I first proposed - long ago last April - that the Buffalo Philharmonic might consider combining a screening of Winter Journey with a performance of music associated with the Kulturbund. She went on to declare that combining the film with a performance of Carl Nielsen’s “Inextinguishable” Symphony “would be incredible,” and promised to engage the BPO management team. She then concluded her email by writing, “I am very grateful that you thought of me.” No, JoAnn, it is I who is deeply, deeply grateful to you for once more proving yourself to be a musical pioneer, the first Music Director in America to get behind this idea that I hope will be replicated by orchestras and chamber music societies throughout the land. I am grateful on behalf of my family, in particular my brother, who held you in such high regard as both artist and friend. And my gratitude goes deeper as I realize that you are connected to the Kulturbund in a most special way. My parents met by chance in Frankfurt in 1936, during rehearsals and two performances by the Frankfurt Kulturbund orchestra. The conductor of that esteemed ensemble was a fine musician named Hans Wilhelm Steinberg. Later that same year Herr Steinberg emigrated, first to Palestine and then to the United States where, in 1945, now known as William Steinberg, he began a seven-year stint as Music Director of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra. And so, Maestra Falletta, in a very real sense you are a direct descendent of the brave and beautiful music-makers of that inextinguishable band of artists. For that, and for so much more, Vielen Dank!

PROGRAM NOTES Carl Nielsen (Danish; 1865-1931) Symphony No. 4, Op. 29, “The Inextinguishable” (1916) I. Allegro II. Poco allegretto III. Poco adagio quasi andante IV. Allegro Born on the Danish island of Funen to a large, poor family, Carl Nielsen’s parents exposed him to folk music through his formative years. His mother’s songs were with him through his life, and his father’s cornet and fiddle playing transferred to the child, who played brass instruments in the local military band, and would pursue a career as an orchestral violinist. His education at the Royal Academy in Copenhagen not only helped him fine-tune his skills as a violinist, but also exposed him to music theory and composition, and he would develop keen aesthetic views of music and the visual arts. As a playing member of the Royal Danish Orchestra, he soaked up the repertoire and took advantage of conducting opportunities. As Nielsen gained in his career, he married Anne Marie Brodersen. The aspiring sculptor matched Nielsen for his interest in the arts, but as they started to build a young family, her career independence caused stress for the romantically distractible composer. Meanwhile, Nielsen was gaining notoriety for his symphonic work as well as his cantatas and incidental music for the theatre. In 1901 he was granted an annual government stipend, and in 1903 established a fruitful relationship with a publisher. In the teens, he was engaged as a full-time conductor and landed a professorship at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen, where he remained until he died from a heart attack in 1931. Nielsen’s powerful music was deeply connected to his Danish roots, but he explicitly rejected the politics of artistic nationalism, as well as the complexities of German Romanticism popular during his life. He much preferred to channel

older models, such as Renaissance polyphony, or the classical voices of the eighteenth century. Through these structures, he developed his own modern sound that would be celebrated as a unique voice of Denmark, and a folk hero, breaking out of peasantry and onto the international artistic stage. His fourth symphony (“Inextinguishable”), composed during the Great War, harnessed the Danish mentality of fortitude, and became his most-performed work. For Nielsen, the notion of inextinguishability is not a programmatic indication, but an ethos. The act of music-making was to him an expression of the will to live, an act of protest amidst the greatest war the world had ever seen. Throughout the symphony, Nielsen’s propensity for abrupt stylistic and mood shifts offers the suggestion of a world in violent change while being challenged by humanity and its need to persist. Opening with a distressful cry, winds and timpani combine in a cacophonous plea, then strings take over with a driving rhythm. In the contrasting second section, the music calms to a pastoral chorus of winds, as if in the face of danger, resorting to a simpler, communal means of expression. Dramatic changes in musical scenery create a clever control over this juxtaposition of tension and triumph. Throughout, dense orchestral counterpoint and warring brass are interrupted by the cries of the “will to live” theme, first voiced by the clarinets in the opening. In the movement’s triumphant climax, the trumpets sound the theme that then descends into the depths of the brass, and the music settles into a warm embrace. The timpani lead quietly into the second movement. The strings and timpani combine for a sparse, mysterious opening to the Allegretto. The mood quickly changes as the woodwinds alone sing a joyous chorale. After a smattering of comforting melodic manipulations, the strings return with a cunning pizzicato accompaniment. The brief second movement offers a convivial respite of melodic winds, concluding with a lonely clarinet. The Adagio counters with a much more heart-

wrenching scene. The strings open with a lofty fortissimo, then a cold melody accompanied only by punctuating timpani and low pizzicato stings. A second line is introduced and the two combine with aching tension. A variation of the “will to live” theme, three quickly descending notes, is layered throughout as tense brass interruptions seek to disrupt the ensemble. Overlapping lines increase the mounting pressure, leading to an elated climax. Exhausted, the settling music is then joined by a cloud of dizzying strings. Following a grand pause, the finale is underway with sweeping string lines in conversation with the winds. Roaring brass seek to sully the mood which then becomes treacherous. Again,

Nielsen adroitly brings the volume down to a hush without losing the underlying energy. Simple string lines are heard in a captivating, echoing dialogue. An epic battle ensues. Throughout the symphony, the timpani have quietly played a pivotal role that is unleashed as two timpanists placed on opposing sides of the orchestra launch threatening volleys at one another. The billowing orchestra can be heard calling out with the “will to live” theme in a grand triumph. Nielsen concludes his massive symphony with a clear voice announcing victory over terror.

Chaz Stuart, 2021

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BPO POP SERIES

A CHRIS BOTTI VALENTINE

Bradley Thachuk, conductor Chris Botti, trumpet

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CHRIS BOTTI, TRUMPET Since the release of his 2004 critically acclaimed CD, °When I Fall in Love,” Chris Botti has become the largest-selling American instrumental artist. His success has crossed over to audiences usually reserved for pop music, and his ongoing association with PBS has led to four #1 jazz albums, as well as multiple Gold, Platinum, and Grammy Awards. Most recently, his latest album, “Impressions,” won the Grammy for Best Pop Instrumental Album. Performing worldwide and selling more than four million albums, he has found a form of creative expression that begins in jazz and expands beyond the limits of any single genre. Over the past three decades, Botti has recorded and performed with the best in music, including Sting, Barbra Streisand, Tony Bennett, Lady Gaga, Josh Groban, Yo-Yo Ma, Michael Bublé, Paul Simon, Joni Mitchell, John Mayer, Andrea Bocelli, Joshua Bell, Aerosmith's Steven Tyler, and even Frank Sinatra. Hitting the road for as many as 300 days per year, the trumpeter has also performed with many of the finest symphonies and at some of the world's most prestigious venues, from Carnegie Hall and the Hollywood Bowl to the Sydney Opera House and the Real Teatro-di San Carlo in Italy. “Impressions,” Botti's 2012 Columbia Records and Grammy-winning release, is the latest in a stellar parade of albums - including “When I Fall in Love” (2004), “To Love Again: The Duets” (2005), “Italia” (2007), and the CD/DVD “Chris Botti in Boston” (2009) - that has firmly established him as a clarion voice in the American contemporary music scene. Playing with his uniquely expressive sound and soaring musical imagination, Botti is joined on the disc by featured artists Andrea Bocelli, Vince Gill, Herbie Hancock, Mark Knopfler, and David Foster in a warm, intimate celebration of melodic balladry. With “Impressions” and the albums that preceded it, Chris Botti has thoroughly established himself as one of the important, innovative figures of the contemporary music world.

BRADLEY THACHUK, GUEST CONDUCTOR Bradley Thachuk is the Music Director of the Niagara Symphony Orchestra (NSO) in Canada, entering into his 11th season as their artistic leader and conductor in September 2021. He is also the conductor for the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra’s BPO Rocks! series, conductor and arranger for Steve Hackett’s “Genesis Revisited” project, and a lecturer in Orchestral Literature at the world-renowned Glenn Gould School at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto. A respected and devoted artist, he has received many awards including Established Artist 2016 in Niagara, given to an artist of international stature who has benefitted the artistic life in the Niagara region, being selected by the National Arts Centre (Canada) as the only Canadian in an international field to be featured in their Young Conductor Showcase, receiving the David Effron Fellowship at the Chautauqua Institute, and being awarded a Corbett Scholarship at the University of Cincinnati, allowing him to pursue his entire graduate education tuition-free. A versatile and diverse musician, Mr. Thachuk has also established himself globally as one of the handful of conductors who moves easily between the classical and rock worlds. He is a highly sought-after symphonic arranger, but he also has the legitimacy and skills as a symphony conductor, which allows him to see a project through from inception to performance. He is quite uniquely positioned in this capacity and has worked with artists in many genres. His work on Steve Hackett’s worldwide Blu-Ray/DVD/CD release “Genesis Revisited Band & Orchestra: Live at Royal Festival Hall,” and appearances in Europe with this project have been met with critical acclaim. Recent and upcoming projects include Blue Rodeo, Styx, Dave Mason of Fleetwood Mac and Traffic, Carl Palmer of Emerson, Lake and Palmer, Bahamas, ABC’s Dancing with the Stars franchise, Tony-Award winning Heather Headley, Sarah Slean, Chantal Kreviazuk, The Beach Boys, and Air Supply. An advocate of contemporary music, he has led world, Canadian, and U.S. premieres of works by John Estacio, Joseph Schwantner, Kevin Lau, Stewart Goodyear, Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, Roydon Tse, Robert A. Baker, and Ronald Royer, amongst others A native of Toronto, Canada, Mr. Thachuk started his music studies in classical guitar at the age of 5. Having established a performing career by the age of 9, he eventually began studies of the French horn and piano before entering the University of Toronto to pursue his Bachelor’s Degree in Music Performance as a guitarist. Following graduation, his sights set on conducting, and he began the Special Program for Conductors at the University of Toronto. Following studies at the Janacek Academy in Brno, Czech Republic he pursued his Masters and Doctorate degrees at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and completed his studies with NHK Symphony Orchestra ( Japan), Orchestre de Paris (France), and Tonhalle Orchestra (Switzerland) Music Director, Paavo Järvi.

Sunday, February 13, 2022 at 2:30 PM

BPO Kids Series

TALES FROM THE MOVIES

Jaman E. Dunn, conductor

JOHN WILLIAMS ALAN MENKEN / Michael Kosarin; orch. by Doug Besterman

The Flag Parade from Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace

Beauty and the Beast Overture

JOHN POWELL / Sean O'Loughlin

Suite from How To Train Your Dragon

JOHN WILLIAMS

Theme from Jurassic Park

KRISTEN ANDERSON & ROBERT LOPEZ / Bob Krogstad JOHN WILLIAMS ARLEN/ Rebecca Pellett DANNY ELFMAN/John Wasson

Music from Frozen Rey's Theme from Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens Somewhere Over the Rainbow from The Wizard of Oz Music from Spider-Man

JOHN WILLIAMS

Flying Theme from E.T. (The Extra Terrestrial)

JOHN WILLIAMS

Harry's Wondrous World from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

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Friday, February 18, 2022 at 10:30 AM Saturday, February 19, 2022 at 7:30 PM

Classic Series

CLASSICAL FIREWORKS

JoAnn Falletta, conductor Stewart Goodyear, piano

ENESCO ADOLPHUS HAILSTORK

Rumanian Rhapsody No. 1 in A major, Op. 11 Piano Concerto I. Moderato II. Adagio III. Lento-Vivace Stewart Goodyear, piano INTERMISSION

TCHAIKOVSKY

Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36 I. Andante sostenuto II. Andantino in modo di canzona III. Scherzo: Pizzicato ostinato IV. Finale: Allegro con fuoco

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STEWART GOODYEAR, PIANO Proclaimed "a phenomenon" by the Los Angeles Times and "one of the best pianists of his generation" by the Philadelphia Inquirer, Stewart Goodyear is an accomplished concert pianist, improviser and composer. Mr. Goodyear has performed with, and has been commissioned by, many of the major orchestras and chamber music organizations around the world. Last year, Orchid Classics released Mr. Goodyear's recording of his suite for piano and orchestra, "Callaloo," and his piano sonata. His recent commissions include a Piano Quintet for the Penderecki String Quartet, and a piano work for the Honens Piano Competition. Mr. Goodyear's discography includes the complete sonatas and piano concertos of Beethoven, as well as concertos by Tchaikovsky, Grieg, and Rachmaninov, an album of Ravel piano works, and an album entitled "For Glenn Gould," which combines repertoire from Mr. Gould's US and Montreal debuts. His Rachmaninov recording received a Juno nomination for Best Classical Album for Soloist and Large Ensemble Accompaniment. Mr. Goodyear's recording of his own transcription of Tchaikovsky's "The Nutcracker (Complete Ballet)," was chosen by the New York Times as one of the best classical music recordings of 2015. His discography is released on the Marquis Classics, Orchid Classics, and Steinway and Sons labels. His new album, entitled "Phoenix," will be released on the Bright Shiny Things label in October 2021, and will include Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition. Highlights for the 2021-22 season are his Boston debut at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, return engagements at the Chamber Music Society of Detroit, the Ladies Morning Musical Club (Montreal, Canada), l’Orchestre Symphonique de Quebec, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, and the Vancouver and Indianapolis Symphonies, and his debut with the National Symphony Orchestra (Washington, DC), in addition to this weekend’s appearance with the BPO.

PROGRAM OVERVIEW The musicians and I have been really looking forward to this brilliant program. The Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 is one of the most dramatic and triumphant symphonic statements ever composed, and will give our BPO a fantastic chance to shine! You will love the Enescu Rumanian Rhapsody - gypsy music at its most colorful, with swirling folk dances and wild violin writing that will amaze you. I am most excited about my dear friend, Adolphus Hailstork, visiting Buffalo to hear his amazing piano concerto, played by virtuoso Stewart Goodyear. Dolph was my neighbor in Norfolk, and he is one of our country's most important and beloved composers. He actually wrote his piano concerto for Daniel Hart and for me for our Virginia Symphony debut at Carnegie Hall. We are thrilled to welcome Dolph and Stewart to Buffalo!

PROGRAM NOTES

George Enescu (Romanian; 1881-1955) Romanian Rhapsody No. 1 in A major, Op. 11 (1901) Born in a small Romanian village in 1881, George Enescu was verifiably a musical prodigy, excelling at the violin and finishing his first composition at age 5. His father took notice and brought him to the Vienna Conservatory, where he would be only the second student given an age dispensation. He graduated at 12 years old, two years before the earliest allowed admittance age of 14. He continued his studies in Paris, and would go on to be one of the world’s most sought-after musicians for his compositions, his virtuosity as a violinist, and his command as a conductor, which led to international recognition and work in the United States and throughout Europe. His interest in Romanian folk music and its use in his compositions, as well as his championing of contemporary Romanian composers, cemented him as an icon in the history of Romanian culture. Some of his earliest works are now his most oft-performed, two Romanian Rhapsodies for Orchestra dating from 1901. As a nineteenyear-old student in Paris, the Rhapsody in A major was a carefully crafted combination of Romanian folk tunes, the first of which is a drinking song first heard in the reeds. The arrangement is initially hesitant, but becomes effusive and convivial, dancing off the page with gusto. Enescu was afforded the opportunity to

conduct both Rhapsodies in their 1903 premiere, and they remained a staple in his conducting career, including his final appearance in New York in 1950. The Rhapsodies serve as a parallel with their composer: Romanian to the core, youthfully exuberant, profoundly virtuosic, and totally beloved by audiences and performers.

Adolphus Hailstork (American; b. 1941) Piano Concerto (1992) I. Moderato II. Adagio III. Lento – Vivace Born in Rochester and raised in Albany, New York, as a young student Adolphus Hailstork excelled at a wide range of instruments, including violin, piano, organ, and voice. He would receive his doctorate in composition from Michigan State University in 1971, having also studied at the Manhattan School of Music, the American Conservatory of Fontainebleau in France, as well as Howard University. Among his teachers were H. Owen Reed, David Diamond, and Nadia Boulanger. Prior to his doctoral work, he spent two years stationed in Germany in the U.S. Army (1966-68). His storied education led him to professorships at Norfolk State University and Old Dominion

University in Norfolk, Virginia, where he has taught for decades. A fixture in American music, his music blends his African-American heritage with the rigor of his classical education. The 1992 Piano Concerto was commissioned by a consortium of orchestras and premiered by Leon Bates at the keyboard, under the direction of JoAnn Falletta. The introductory notes of the Concerto present a vaguely pentatonic, even bluesy theme, but the wandering tonality envelopes the movement in mystery. At first with the strings and piano in a stark unison, the music becomes richly orchestrated with an energized momentum. The piano dances across the keyboard with jagged rhythms and sweeping lines, but concludes with a fading nocturnal mood that prepares for the Adagio. The central movement opens with foggy horns, but from the mist appears a lonesome piano that presents a songlike melody, beautiful for its simplicity. Lush strings fill the texture, allowing the piano to become increasingly dramatic, leading to a tense climax. The music calms for a peaceful, yet achingly nostalgic conclusion. The Adagio and finale dovetail, with the concluding movement opening with a brief Lento that then hits the gas for a fiercely angular strut. The orchestra introduces the unyielding rhythmic drive with the piano joining with virtuosic commentary. The movement covers enormous territory, with various clever orchestrations and shape-shifting moods. The energetic rhythms calm, making way for a brief moment of tranquility in introspective musings, cloaked in mystery. The orchestra gains a head of steam for a grand conclusion.

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Russian; 1840-1893) Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36 (1878) I. Andante sostenuto II. Andantino in modo di canzona III. Scherzo: Pizzicato ostinato – Allegro IV. Finale: Allegro con fuoco

Tchaikovsky had few public romantic engagements. His first marriage was a brief but passionate relationship with a Belgian soprano, and a decade later his second short marriage with a former student ended in disaster. Most historians agree that clues point to the likelihood that Tchaikovsky was a homosexual, no doubt a perilous situation in his historical circumstances. The pains of his personal life were mended by a relationship with another woman who entered the picture around the time of his second marriage. Nadezhda von Meck was a wealthy patroness who took a liking to Tchaikovsky’s work, supporting him both financially and emotionally for thirteen years, beginning in 1877. Their relationship was entirely platonic and artistically collaborative, but most peculiarly, the two agreed never to meet and corresponded through letters only. The first work the two collaborated on was the Fourth Symphony, completed amidst the settling dust of his collapsed second marriage. Much has been said about the Symphony’s connection to Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, which has served as a model for composers seeking to explore fate. For both composers, an introductory fanfare represents fate. For the bereft Tchaikovsky, the F minor opening was meant to capture hopelessness, the vain attempt to achieve happiness, and the arresting nature of fate. The massive opening movement spans nearly half the entire Symphony’s length. Tchaikovsky’s wandering valse melody is varied extensively through moments of victory, tumultuous danger, and peaceful calm. Formidable trumpets recall the opening fanfare as strings wail the theme with dissent, and the orchestra comes to a crashing halt. The Andantino, now in B-flat minor, begins with a melancholic vocalese from a lonely oboe. The melody is passed to the strings, then the bassoons with violas, each with a varied accompaniment leading to passionate melodic crests. The movement’s juxtaposing middle, now in F major, is filled with chromatically creeping melodies and lush counterpoint that climbs new emotional peaks. The feeling is victorious, even upon a return to the movement’s opening melodies. However, the ambiguous movement

ends with sparsely orchestrated conversations, punctuated with a question mark. The clever Scherzo opens an endless stream of plucked strings who quietly hint at hopeful resolution. The strings rest as the woodwinds initiate a country dance. The witty melody increases its tempo with the help of staccato brass. The quiet pizzicato strings return, but the orchestra combines for a festive climax, concluded with a whisper. The grim fate of the F minor opening is countered in the finale with a triumphant F major

fortissimo of grand chords and a cascade of running notes. Tchaikovsky intersperses the victorious movement with a Russian folk melody, “The Birch Tree,” which tells of a tree that is used to source materials for musical instruments. Here, Tchaikovsky varies the melody with three repetitions, interspersed with the introductory theme. One can imagine Tchaikovsky using the simple melody as a protest in the face of his grim fate, instead choosing to create music when faced with despair.

Chaz Stuart, 2021

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Friday, March 4, 2022 at 10:30 AM Saturday, March 5, 2022 at 7:30 PM

Classic Series

PROKOFIEV’S PIANO

JoAnn Falletta, conductor Alexander Malofeev, piano

GLINKA PROKOFIEV

Overture to Ruslan and Ludmila Concerto No. 3 in C major for Piano and Orchestra, Op.26 I. Andante - Allegro II. Tema con variazioni III. Allegro ma non troppo Alexander Malofeev, piano INTERMISSION

SCRIABIN

Symphony No. 2 in C minor, Op. 29 I. Andante - Allegro giocoso II. Allegro III. Andante - Piu vivo, poco agitato IV. Tempestoso V. Maestoso

ALEXANDER MALOFEEV, PIANO Young, “Russian genius,” (Corriere della Sera) Alexander Malofeev came to international prominence when he won the International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians in 2014 at age thirteen. Reviewing the performance, Amadeus noted, “Contrary to what could be expected of a youngster … he demonstrated not only high technical accuracy but also an incredible maturity. Crystal clear sounds and perfect balance revealed his exceptional ability.” Since this triumph, Malofeev has quickly established himself as one of the most prominent pianists of his generation. Recent and upcoming orchestral and recital highlights around the world include an appearance with the New World Symphony and Michael Tilson Thomas, Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra with Patrick Summers, La Scala Orchestra and Lucerne Festival Orchestra with Riccardo Chailly, the Philadelphia Orchestra, Münchner Symphoniker, RAI National Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra of the Teatro di San Carlo, Prague Philharmonia, Lausanne Chamber Orchestra, Russian National Orchestra, Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra, the Concertgebouw Amsterdam—where he opened the 30th anniversary concert of the renowned Meester Pianists series—Teatro alla Scala, Philharmonie de Paris, Queensland Performing Arts Centre, National Centre for the Performing Arts in China, Kaufman Music Center, Mariinsky Theatre, Tonhalle in Zurich, Boston Celebrity Series, Tilburg Recital Series, Vancouver Recital Society, a 2019 Asia tour with the Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala under Riccardo Chailly, a performance with the Mariinsky Orchestra in St. Petersburg commemorating the 175th anniversary of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, concerts at the Hong Kong Arts Festival, with the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra in Tokyo, and with the Orchestra of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia in Rome. Festival appearances have included the Ravinia Festival, Festival Napa Valley, Aspen Music Festival, La Jolla Music Festival, Lucerne Festival, and Stars of the White Nights Festival in Russia, among many others. In addition to his First Prize at the Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians, he has won numerous awards and prizes at international competitions and festivals, including the Grand Prix of the International Competition for Young Pianists Grand Piano Competition, the Premio Giovane Talento Musicale dell’anno, and Best Young Musician of 2017. Also in 2017, Alexander Malofeev became the first Young Yamaha Artist. In 2019, he received second prize at the first China International Music Competition. In the spring of 2020, Sony Classical released the Tchaikovsky 2020 box-set celebrating the 180th anniversary of Tchaikovsky with a recording of his First Concerto performed by Alexander Malofeev with the Tatarstan National Symphony Orchestra and Alexander Sladkovsky. Alexander Malofeev was born in Moscow in October 2001 and is a graduate of the Gnessin Moscow Special School of Music. In 2019, he entered the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory.

PROGRAM OVERVIEW What is more exciting than a program of all Russian music? It is repertoire that the musicians of the BPO love, and play with a special fire and enthusiasm! Glinka's breathless Ruslan and Ludmila opens the program, and we close with Scriabin's beautiful second symphony, a work that we are recording as our next NAXOS adventure. Astonishing virtuoso Alexander Malofeev is making his much anticipated debut with the Buffalo Philharmonic this weekend. The Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 3 is a great vehicle to present this young man destined for greatness, and we are delighted to welcome him to Kleinhans.

PROGRAM NOTES Mikhail Glinka (Russian; 1804-1857) Overture to Ruslan and Ludmila (1842) Many of classical music history’s greatest scores have come from the pens of Russian composers, but the nation’s contribution caught fire only in the later part of the nineteenth century. At the time of Mikhail Glinka’s birth in 1804, there was nearly no compositional activity of note occurring in Russia. Born to a wealthy family, Glinka was afforded the highest possible education one could receive in St. Petersburg, which included piano instruction from Irish composer John Field. Continuing his education meant travel to Milan, Vienna, and Berlin, where he was saturated in the best music Europe had to offer. Returning home in the 1830s, he would stamp his name in the history books as Russia’s first composer of significance, catalyzing the nation’s industrious classical music scene. In addition to his lengthy catalogue, which features a number of vocal and choral works, as well as chamber and orchestral music, are two operas of significance: his 1936 A Life for the Tsar, and Ruslan and Lyudmila, a five-act opera from 1842 based on the epic 1820 fairy tale poem of Alexander Pushkin. The opera overtures popularity is in no small part due to Glinka’s ability to stitch together moods ranging from intrigue to ecstatic excitement with memorable melodies and engaging orchestration.

Sergei Prokofiev (Russian; 1891-1953) Concerto No. 3 in C major for Piano and Orchestra (1921) I. Andante – Allegro II. Tema con variazioni III. Allegro, ma non troppo From Russian-born pianist/composer Sergei Prokofiev finished his Third Piano Concerto in 1921, which he premiered as soloist with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. However, the thirty-year-old firebrand had begun work on the concerto as early as 1913. His journey from the St. Petersburg Conservatory to the CSO— and back—is a glimpse at early twentieth century world politics. Devilishly good at the keyboard as a student at the St. Petersburg Conservatory, he quickly developed a reputation as an edgy modernist for his performances of his own challengingly dissonant compositions. Perhaps these early works, such as his first two Piano Concertos, did not endear him to local audiences, but his travels to Paris did lead to important work with the forward-thinking Ballets Russes. The coming decades would require calculated maneuvers to keep his head above water. Upon the onset of the First World War, Prokofiev re-enrolled in school to avoid fighting,

but the Revolution of 1917 led to his flight to America, where he could focus on his career in a less politically tumultuous setting. His career in the U.S. proved to be an unpredictable mix of performances and commissions. Having cultivated an international reputation, Stalin lured this prized composer home with the promise of professional stability. Another World War and the tight grip of the Soviet government certainly made such stability a fantasy, but he enjoyed work and prominence until his death on March 5, 1953. In a devastating twist of irony, his passing was scarcely recognized since it was the same day as Joseph Stalin’s death. By 1921, Prokofiev had seen his fair share of political turmoil (although it barely scratched the surface), but he was happy to be on American soil for the next phase of his career. The Third Piano Concerto was completed while vacationing in Brittany, and following its American premiere, it became canon with a subsequent European premiere in 1922 under Sergei Koussevitzky’s baton. The work was immediately heralded for its brilliance. Prokofiev’s youthful inventiveness is on full display as beautiful lyricism contrasts with exciting dissonances, and the relationship between soloist and ensemble demonstrates intellectual brilliance. Of his five stunning piano concertos, his third stands as his most beloved and oft-performed.

transition to a second variation, a reckless militaristic gallop. This is followed by a syncopated tarantelle, but a contrasting fourth variation creates a haunting mood. The final variation is a sunny allegro that pieces together fragments of the original theme. The theme is heard again, but the movement concludes with an ominous exchange. Prokofiev described his finale as an argument between the orchestra and soloist, possibly extending from the final bars of the previous movement. The ensemble fires volleys, and the pianist returns fire with dramatic runs. The moody middle section is countered in an ecstatic conclusion which features the most stunning virtuosity of the work.

Alexander Scriabin (Russian; 1871-1915) Symphony No. 2 in C minor, Op. 29 (1901) I. Andante – Allegro giacoso II. Allegro III. Andante – Piu vivo, poco agitato IV. Tempestoso V. Maestoso

The opening Andante features serene woodwinds, but the brief introduction is interrupted by a flurry of strings who lead to the soloist’s entrance, and it’s off to the races. Prokofiev’s constantly changing tonal centers captivate the listener as new melodies and moods appear around every turn. The gymnastic performance is countered by a dreamy lyrical section in the center of the movement, but the breathtaking musical banter returns, leading to a final climactic coda.

Alexander Scriabin has set himself apart from other historical musical figures for his atypical approach to musical thought. The external influences of modern philosophy, metaphysics, theosophy, and synesthesia impacted his approach to tonality—or his adventures away from it—cultivating a mysterious persona beloved by his colleagues during his lifetime, but a deeply polarizing posthumous reputation.

The oldest portion of the work is the set of variations heard in the central movement. Here, the sarcastic wit of a younger Prokofiev is on full display, first with the theme, a flirty gavotte (an old French dance) presented by the orchestra alone, followed by the first variation played by the piano alone. Here, the piano varies the theme with a sumptuously broad interpretation, but the orchestra returns in a

Born to a modest noble Russian family, Scriabin’s father was an astute military man, and his aunt exposed the child to the piano at a young age. Curious and hardworking, Scriabin enlisted in a youth military corps, but his small stature afforded him time to practice rather than drill. Despite his small hands, he later excelled at the Moscow Conservatory, even overcoming a major hand injury.

In the 1890s, he began a celebrated career as a pianist, traveling abroad and eventually landing a gig as a teacher at the Moscow Conservatory. Meanwhile he composed often, limiting his compositions to the keyboard or orchestra, almost completely avoiding chamber music. His style was of the densely rich late romantic idiom, replete with complex harmonies and lush orchestrations. His first stylistic period is typically categorized as concluding with his Second Symphony. Leaving Russian in 1903, he took his family on concert tours throughout Europe and the United States as he continued to develop his grandiose compositional voice. His final years in Russia were marked by massively imaginative plans to theatricize his works with colors, such as his unrealized spiritually motivated multi-media project to be performed in the Himalayas. He explored how tonality was associated with color, and his tone poems were connected to his metaphysical religious and philosophical theories. He gradually abandoned traditional tonality in parallel but unconnected to Arnold Schoenberg, but his boldest ideas went unrealized when his life was cut short at the height of his career by an aggressive skin infection. He was so beloved by his contemporaries that Rachmaninoff raised money for his family with a concert tour of his works (the only time he played another composer’s work in performance). History however was unkind to Scriabin, and his music was often banned for its

non-traditional religious connotations. Recent interest in this peculiar figure though has revived his reputation as a unique contributor to modern musical thought. While many progressives in the history of modern musical approach have sought to abandon historical forms, Scriabin relied on them as a means to present his musical ideas. The Second Symphony is largely conventional in form, and his use of cyclical thematic transformation binds the five movements together. The work as a whole is divided into thirds, with the first two and final two movements played without break, bookending the central Andante. The opening is grimly atmospheric with the dark low register of the clarinet presenting a cindering C minor theme. The quailing pace of the opening movement grasps an internal turmoil, whereas the contrasting second gallops with poised effort. The strings’ valiant theme is overcome by foreboding brass. The central Andante opens in a fluttering daybreak. A solo violin introduces a singing melody that is accompanied by calming bird calls. The lushly chromatic movement is a respite from the treacherous outer movements. The fourth movement is a fiery storm that rages and billows with danger. However, the C minor opening has now converted to a glorious triumph in the C major finale, announced by proud strings and ringing brass.

Chaz Stuart, 2021

Friday, March 11, 2022 at 10:30 AM Saturday, March 12, 2022 at 7:30 PM

BPO Pops Series

THE MUSIC OF JOHN DENVER

Ron Spigelman, conductor Jim Curry, guitar, vocals Anne Curry, mandolin, guitar, vocals Diane Ireland, flute Tom Williams, bass, vocals Larry Ruckman, drums, percussion

Rather than follow a set program, we invite you to enjoy the performance as it unfolds on stage. You are sure to remember the wonderful hits that are so well connected to John Denver’s legacy. Songs such as: “Annie’s Song” “Rocky Mountain High” “Thank God, I'm a Country Boy” “Fly Away” “Calypso” “Sunshine on My Shoulders” “Take Me Home Country Roads” …to name a few Therefore, let the spontaneity of this amazing live performance be as much a part of your entertainment as the music itself. Enjoy the show!

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JIM CURRY, VOCALS, GUITAR After being awarded a full Rotary International scholarship to study music and voice and being selected to sing as the voice of John Denver in the CBS Television Movie “Take Me Home, the John Denver Story,” there was no doubt that Jim Curry would continue to sing the praises and songs of America’s Troubadour – John Denver. As a life-long fan, Curry dedicated himself to continue John Denver’s legacy of songs and his message of love and caring for our planet to future generations. Since 2002, the combined talents of Jim and his band have brought John’s music back to thousands upon thousands of people. Jim is honored to have had John Denver band members join him in some of the most prestigious venues in the country. Curry also works behind the scenes to preserve Denver’s music. Most notable is Jim’s collaboration with Lee Holdridge in rebuilding and preserving Denver’s original symphony arrangements. Jim Curry was a key performer in the induction of John Denver to the Colorado Music Hall of Fame show hosted by Olivia Newton John. Curry was also the host of the official John Denver Estate show which toured the United States and Australia. Jim’s latest project is titled “Such a Wild Place” and was produced by two of John Denver’s band members, Pete Huttlinger and Chris Nole. It includes four original songs co-written by Jim Curry and also includes three unreleased songs written by John Denver. Jim continues to perform John Denver’s heartfelt songs on cruise ships, in symphony halls, and in performing arts centers to growing audiences all over the world. “Jim Curry was over there sounding like John Denver. A couple of times I closed my eyes and went back 15 years.” - Pete Huttlinger, Guitar player for John Denver, Nashville, TN “It was an amazing evening! We have had many star performers; The Beach Boys, Tony Bennett, Three Dog Night, and America. Jim Curry ranks among the best we’ve ever had.” - Daniel Young, Thrivent Corporation, Keystone, CO

ANNE CURRY, MANDOLIN, GUITAR, VOCALS California native Anne Curry tours exclusively with husband Jim Curry, in the “Tribute to the Music of John Denver” shows. Starting with guitar at the age of 10, and adding mandolin along the way, her musical influences began with folk singers such as Burl Ives and Pete Seeger. Her studies in vocal music confirmed her affinity for singing harmonies and she is the director of the vocal arrangements in the shows that she and Jim produce together. A consummate performer, Anne has the honor of performing with exceptionally talented musicians, and the opportunity to travel the world.

DIANE IRELAND, FLUTE Flautist Diane Ireland began her music career in Canada, studying the flute in Calgary, Alberta, with Clifford Hails. She continued her flute studies in Utrecht, the Netherlands, returning to Winnipeg, Canada, at the age of 17 to perform with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra. She also performed with the Winnipeg Ballet Orchestra, and the CBC Orchestra in Winnipeg. She has held positions with the Fort Worth Orchestra in Fort Worth TX, the Merced Symphony Orchestra in Merced, California, and the Central California Conservatory Theater in Merced. Diane now resides in Colorado Springs, CO., and tours extensively with Jim and Anne Curry.

TOM WILLIAMS, BASS, VOCALS Tom Williams' musical experience is vast and varied. He has appeared with a long list of legendary performers, including Bob Hope, Steve Allen, Dizzy Gillespie, James Moody, and Frankie Vasquez. He has performed at many of the world's most prestigious jazz festivals, including the Montreux Jazz Festival, the Newport Jazz Festival, and the Toronto Jazz Festival. A former member of the prestigious Airmen of Note, Tom was a featured soloist with the band and many of his compositions and arrangements were performed at major music and jazz festivals. He has enjoyed numerous successes with his writing including a first place award from the Mid-Atlantic Song Writing Contest, and the use of his compositions for the nationally broadcasted television program, "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous." Tom’s recording career spans over 30 years. He has conducted clinics and seminars for many of the nation's leading high schools, colleges, and universities. He has taught jazz bass and jazz ensembles at Towson University, George Washington University, and Shepherd University. Tom has been performing with Jim Curry’s John Denver Tribute for more than 15 years.

LARRY RUCKMAN, DRUMS, PERCUSSION Larry Ruckman has been drumming professionally for over fortyfive years. In 1975, at eighteen years of age, he started his career as the youngest employee on Carnival Cruise Lines very first ship, “The Mardi Gras,” as the show band drummer backing all worlds of musical performers. In his experiences, Larry has had the pleasure of working with the late great band leader Cab Calloway, as well as Ann-Margret, Peaches and Herb, Spiral Staircase, and John Mayer. Larry has worked on thirteen cruise ships and many road bands, playing any and every kind of music for a living. He now resides in Baltimore, Maryland and has been performing with Jim Curry’s John Denver Tribute for the last six years.

BUFFALO OPERA UNLIMITED presents

SPOTLIGHT ON BLACK COMPOSERS

William Grant Still Margaret Bonds Ulysses Kay Adolphus Hailstork Jaman Dunn, conductor

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25 7:30 p.m. SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 27 2:30 p.m.

ROCKWELL HALL PERFORMING ARTS CENTER Tickets: Box Office 716-878-3005, online at www.buffalostatepac.org Major funders: The Cullen Foundation, New York State Council on the Arts

SPONSOR A MUSICIAN Nikki Chooi, concertmaster

Janz Castelo, viola

Jay Matthews, French horn

Ansgarius Aylward, assistant concertmaster

Feng Hew, associate principal cello

Sheryl Hadeka, French horn

Sponsored by Dennis P. Quinn

Salvatore Andolina, clarinet/saxophone

Jennifer Dowdell, in memory of Charles and Nancy Dowdell

Daniel Kerdelewicz, associate principal, French horn

Sponsored by Gretchen Wylegala and Steven McCabe * deceased

To learn more about the Sponsor a Musician program, please contact Guy Tomassi at (716) 242-7821 or gtomassi@bpo.org.

ANNUAL FUND

The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra gratefully acknowledges contributions received from the following individuals and foundations who gave $500 and above through April 12, 2021. While the thousands upon thousands of donors whose gifts ranged from $1 to $499 are too numerous to list here, we gratefully acknowledge those additional individuals, groups, companies and foundations who give to us so generously.

MILLONZI SOCIETY $150,000+ The Cameron and Jane Baird Foundation Carol & Angelo Fatta The John R. Oishei Foundation The Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation John & Carolyn Yurtchuk

$50,000-$149,999 Anonymous Mr. Brent Baird Brian and Barbara Baird Mark Chason & Mariana Botero Chason Louis P. Ciminelli Family Foundation The Robert and Patricia Colby Foundation Cullen Foundation Carlos and Elizabeth Heath Foundation W. & J. Larson Family Foundation Mulroy Family Foundation The Walter Schmid Family Foundation Charitable Trust Christine Standish & Chris Wilk

$25,000-$49,999 Clement & Karen Arrison Mr. Bruce C. Baird & Mrs. Susan O'Connor-Baird The Montgomery Family Foundation Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Legacy Funds at CFGB Roy and Ruth Seibel Family Foundation

Maestro’s Circle $10,000-$24,999

Cindy Abbott Letro and Francis Letro Paul and Vanda Albera Sue Fay Allen & Carl Klingenschmitt The Baird Foundation Mr. Charles Balbach The Better Buffalo Fund at the CFGB Anthony & Barbara Cassetta Arthur W. & Elaine I. Cryer Bob & Doris Drago Ms. JoAnn Falletta & Mr. Robert Alemany Judith Fisher Robert J. & Martha B. Fierle Foundation Patricia & William Frederick George and Bodil Gellman Mrs. Amy Habib-Rittling and Mr. Mark Rittling Mr. and Mrs. George G. Herbert Hooper Family Foundation Mr. Philip H. Hubbell Clement and Margot Ip Bruce and Gail Johnstone Roberta & Michael Joseph Mrs. Ellen T. Koessler Bradford Lewis Donald MacDavid Charitable Trust Mr.* and Mrs. Reginald B. Newman II Mr.* and Mrs. George F. Phillips, Jr. Adam Rome and Robin Schulze Joseph & Carole Sedita Sonny & Diane Sonnenstein David M. Stark & Cynthia Baird Stark Scott R. and Rachel C. Stenclik The Vincent and Harriet Palisano Foundation Jack Walsh, in memory of Connie Walsh Robert and Judith Wetter The Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation

Concertmaster’s Circle $5,000-$9,999

Anonymous (4) Oliver G. & Sarah Sloan Bauman Fund for the Arts James and Linda Beardi James M. Beardsley & Ellen M. Gibson Barbara Bunker Mr. Joseph F. Casey Frank and Wilma Cipolla Conable Family Foundation Michael D'Ambrosio Wendy Diina

Donald F. & Barbara L. Newman Family Foundation Jennifer Dowdell, in memory of Charles and Nancy Dowdell Sally and Don Dussing Peter & Maria Eliopoulos Stephen Edge and Cynthia Swain Edward N Giannino, Jr E Joseph and Lynne Giroux Sarah Goodyear Ms. Constance A. Greco Dr. Elisabeth Zausmer and Dr. Angel A. Gutierrez Daniel and Barbara Hart David and Eva Herer David and Lucinda Hohn Dr. and Mrs. Curtis F. Holmes John J. and Maureen O. Hurley Robert and Hana Jacobi Linda Johnson Edwin M. Johnston, Jr. Ken & Paula Koessler Mr. and Mrs.* Philip Kadet - The Linton Foundation Mr. Warren Lippa Lorinda McAndrew Voelkle Foundation Charles & Judith Manzella Stephen McCabe and Gretchen Wylegala Dennis and Sandra McCarthy Mr. and Mrs. James D. Newman Patricia Notarius/ Premier Group Marie and Jay Novello, in memory of Don and Eileen Brutvan Douglas & Laurette* Oak Pappalardo Family Foundation Michelle & Gerald Parrish Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Polokoff Mr. Dennis P. Quinn David & Joan Rogers Ronald Frank* & Anne Schneider Dr. Gilbert Schulenberg Lowell and Ellen Shaw Stephen and Monica Spaulding Gary and Katharina Szakmary Robert and Nancy Warner Memorial Fund at the FJP Martha and John Welte

Encore Circle $2,500-$4,999

Anonymous (3) Dr. George N. Abraham Douglas Bean and Elisa Kreiner Ann N. Bonte The Reverend* and Mrs. Peter Bridgford Gary & Willow Brost

Mr. & Mrs. John Burkholder Joanne Castellani & Michael Andriaccio William & Ida Christie Fund for Music Ms. Elizabeth G. Clark Ms. Anne E. Conable Alan Dozoretz Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Easton Marion Fay Ms. Mary A. Ferguson Mrs. Marta Fernandez Thomas and Grace Flanagan Ilene and Peter Fleischmann Beth Fleming AnneMarie Farmer and David Gaydosh Dr. Samuel Goodloe, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Greene Dave & Katie Hayes Dr. Barbara W. Henderson Philip & Marion Henderson Martha & Tom Hyde Mr. James & Mrs. Diana Iglewski Mr. & Mrs. Jeremy Jacobs Jr. Joseph & Anna Gartner Foundation Joy Family Foundation Mr. William P. Keefer Joseph M. Kelly In memory of W. R. Keppel from S. A. K. Dwight King & Leslie Duggleby Susan B. Lee Steve & Sandy Levinthal Mr. Ron Luczak Sr. Beatrice Manzella William and Jane Mathias Mr.* and Mrs. Sheldon E. Merritt Denise Meyers-Rezabek Frances L. Morrison Michael and Lorrie Munschauer Dr. Thomas Nochajski OSC Charitable Foundation Mary Jane and Walter Pawlowski Frederick S. & Phyllis W. Pierce Family Fund Mrs. Susan A. Potter Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Priselac, Jr. Ms. Georgeann W. Redman Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Renner Mr. Thomas Rolle and Ms. Deborah Henning Dr. Richard J. Saab/Maureen Wilson Saab Ken Schmieder and Nancy Julian* Miss Louise E. Seereiter Dr. Maxine Seller Simple Gifts Fund Dr. Joyce E. Siriann Ronald Struzik Drs. Mark and Maansi Travers Nicholas & Nicole Tzetzo Barry & Donna Winnick John and Deanna Zak

Bravo Circle $1,000-$2,499 Anonymous (9)

Morton & Natalie Abramson Dr. and Mrs. Fred and Bonnie Albrecht JoAnne Alderfer Burtram W. & Ellen Anderson Liz & John Angelbeck Ann Holland Cohn Endowment Fund at the FJP Rita Argen Auerbach Reverend James M. Augustyn Mr. and Mrs. Teo Balbach Mr. Steve Earnhart and Mrs. Jennifer Barbee Drs. Kevin and Elizabeth Barlog Thomas R Beecher, Jr. Dr. David B. Bender Mr. Thomas Boeck Tim and Mary Lou* Butler Dr. and Mrs. John L. Butsch William Catto & Katharine Pierce Cheryl Christie Ms. Rosemary Christoff Dolan in memory of Gerald Christoff, composer and pianist Dr. Sebastian & Marilyn Ciancio Dr. and Mrs. Michael E. Cohen Jennifer Read and Craig Colder John and Patricia Connolly Dr. and Mrs. Harold G. Corwin, Jr. Patti Cosgrove Legacy II Fund at the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo Mr. and Mrs. David Croen Jean McGarry and James F. Cunning Peter S. and Elizabeth H. Curtis Jane M D'Agostino Ian Danic Beverly Davies Clotilde & Trey Dedecker Mr. and Mrs. Joseph S. DePaolo James & Mary Frances Derby Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Detwiler Tony* & Kathy Diina Duane & Nancy DiPirro Mrs. Carol Donley Richard and Cornelia Dopkins Miriam & Peter Dow Ellen & Victor* Doyno Patricia K Duffner Edward G Eberl Mr. and Mrs. Kim A. Ferullo Joyce E. Fink Mr. and Mrs. Michael Flaherty Jr. Robert and Ruth Fleming The Honorable and Mrs. Leslie G. Foschio Ms. Margaret A. Frainier Rose H. and Leonard H. Frank Community Endowment Fund Eileen & Laurence Franz Mr. and Mrs. David Fried Ms. Carol A. Golder Marc J. Goldstein Dr. Susan Graham and Dr. Jon C. Kucera George and Cecelia Grasser Adrienne Tworek-Gryta and Matt Gryta

Thomas J. Hanifin BPO Fund II at the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo Mr. and Mrs. Van N. Harwood, Jr. Ms. Sharon M. Heim and Mr. David Wahl Carla J. Hengerer Amy & Eduardo Heumann Nancy Higgins Richard and Lynn Hirsch Monte Hoffman, Niscah Koessler Mr. Paul A. Hojnacki Duncan C. Hollinger John and Janice Horn Mr. Bernhard Huber, Jr. Mrs. Pamela R. Jacobs Kevin and Kelly James Karen Jarvis Thomas and Deborah Jasinski Luella H. Johnson Craig and Deborah Johnston Mr. Alex Jokipii and Ms. Shari L. McDonough Mr. and Mrs. Benoy Joseph Mr. Charles J. Kaars Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth R. Kahn Dr. Kathleen Keenan-Takagi Milton Kicklighter Mr. and Mrs. Douglas G. Kirkpatrick Robert and Barbara Klocke Rosalind & Michael Kochmanski Carol & John* Kociela Mr. and Mrs. Jean Pierre A. Koenig Bob & Liz Kolken Dr. Daniel Kosman and Dr. Gabriela Popescu Mr.* and Mrs. Robert J. Kresse Risé & Kevin* Kulick Drs. Jeffery Lackner and Ann Marie Carosella Mr. Donald Latt Dr. John Leddy and Dr. Carmen Alvarez Drs. David B. and Madeline A. Lillie Ms. Donna J. Ludwig Judy Marine Randy & Diana Martinusek Mr. George L. Mayers Mr. and Mrs. John R. McClester Elsie P. & Lucius B. McCowan Private Charitable Foundation Ms. Michaelene J. McFarlane Ms. Barbara Mellerski-Farkas Dr. and Mrs. Franklin H. Meyer David & Gail Miller Ms. Pennie C. Hoage Mitchell Family Philanthropic Fund at the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo Mr. and Mrs. Carl J. Montante, Sr. Anne Moot Ms. Sharon F. Mortin Robert Moskowitz and Mary McGorray Sandra Mundier Philip Nicolai and Mary Louise Hill Dr. Michael F. Noe Mr. Phillip L. Nones

Mr. and Mrs. Randall M. Odza Mr. Gerald Pacillo Eleanor & Tony Paterson Lois & Tom Pause Dr. & Mrs. Philip Penepent Mr. & Mrs. Richard C. Penfold Erin Peradotto David Schopp and Mark Peszko Ms. Christye Peterson and Mr. Peter J. Grogan Gregory Photiadis and Sandy Chelnov Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Plyler Karen L. Podd Keith & Beth Podgorny Mr. Paul J. Polokoff Dr. Igor and Dr. Martina Puzanov Ted and Mary Ann Pyrak Peter & Nancy Rabinowitz Ms. Stephanie Robb Mary Anne Rokitka Ms. Elaine Rubenstein Mr. Philip Rumore Mrs. Frances C. Rumsey William and Elizabeth Savino Ruth and Darwin Schmitt Fund at the CFGB Susan and Jeffrey Schwartz Mr. Michael B. Sexton and Dr. Sandra Sexton Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence D. Seymour Caren and Stuart C. Shapiro Mr. and Mrs. Robert Shappee Larry & Barbara Sherman Mr. and Mrs. John W. Sherman Charles E. and Penelope R. Shuman Philanthropic Fund Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Sperrazza Mr. Gerould R. Stange Ruth and Ted Steegmann Alma Owen Strachan Jan Svec Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Symons Mr. Ronald G. and Mrs. Margaret N. Talboys Susan & John Thomas Mr. Jeffrey J. Thompson Mr. and Mrs. John C. Thompson Dr. Albert H. Titus and Dr. Ann M. Bisantz Hon. and Mrs. Paul A. Tokasz Garin Tomaszewski Lyle & Phil Toohey Dr. & Mrs. Raymond C. Vaughan Janet D. Vine Dr. and Mrs. P.K. Wallace Nellie B. Warner Endowment Fund William & Valerie Warren William Weiss Dr. & Mrs. Richard A. Wiesen Wayne* & Janet Wisbaum Paul M. Wos Arden and Julie Wrisley The Yadzinski Family Charles and Maura Yates Gregory and Donna Yungbluth Cynthia Zane & Stephen Mazurak Mr. Paul Zarembka

Dr. Gregory Castiglia & Dr. Valerie Zingapan Drs. Bill Ziter & Cathy Gogan C. Richard and Joyce T. Zobel

Crescendo $500-$999

Anonymous (2) Ms. Gail Adema Eileen M. & Erik S. Anderson Susan Baird Bradford Banks Mary L. and Ronald E* Banks Karen A. Barbee Mr. Richard C. Batt Mark & Debbie Bauer Henry E. and Susan W. Beamer Endowment Fund at CFGB Mr. Donald M. Behr Ms. Linda M. Betzer Peg Beyer Mr. and Mrs. Terrence Bisson Alan and Barbara Blackburn Bruce and Jill Brown Ms. Bette J. Brunish R. R. Bujnicki Mr. & Mrs. David Bullions Mr. & Mrs. Dean & Patricia Burgstahler Mr. and Ms. Randall Burkard Drs. Evan & Virginia Calkins* Dr. Mireya B. Camurati Joseph and Susan Cardamone Jerry* & Barbara Castiglia Miss Victoria A. Christopher Emmy Lou Churchill Mr. Michael Charles Cimasi Ginger and Gordon* Comstock Bob and Susan Conklin Diana M. Conroy Mrs. Donanne S. Coovert Andrea and Don Copley Paulette Crooke & Michael Toner Croucher - Fletcher Charitable Fund Ms. Ellen J. Daly Walter & Rosemary Dannhauser Mr. and Mrs. David Day Dr.* and Mrs. David C. Dean Jonathan Dewald Gary Diamond & Julie Klotzbach Lusyd W. Doolittle Robert G Dunford Drs. Philip Dvoretsky & Linda Ludwig Mr. Edward Eardley Amy P. Early M.D. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Efron Marla Eglowstein Dr. Richard S. Elman and Dr. Nora Meaney-Elman Mr. and Mrs. James S. Fanning Dr. W. Ferguson Mr. & Mrs. Paul Ferington Denise Ferkey and Jeffrey Swaluk Mrs. Judith Ferrentino Mr. and Mrs. Karl D. Fiebelkorn Michael R. Fiels Family in honor of William J. Coughlin

Edward* and Cynthia Fisher John & Imelda Fitzpatrick Dr. Peter Fletcher Rita A. Forman Howard and Laurie Foster Maryann Saccomando Freedman Patricia B. Frey, Ed.D. Rick Friend John Fudyma and Sarah Fallon Mrs. Joanne Gaffin Sue Gardner William H. Gardner Jeffrey & Norma Gentner Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth T. Glaser Mr. and Mrs. Peter H. Grace Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Greenlee Mr. and Mrs. William Greenman Ms. Jane Griffin Kenneth W. Gross Mr. and Mrs. William H. Gurney Martha Haseley Edward and Karen Healy Dr. and Mrs. Reid R. Heffner, Jr. Mrs. Patricia Helfrich Mr. and Mrs. Fred R. Hemmer Ann W Herman Dr. Theodore Herman and Ms. Judith Ann Cohen Richard and Laura Hill Dr. & Mrs. Ralph W. Hinds, III Mr. Raymond and Mrs. Virginia Hohl Arleen Hollas Mr. & Mrs. Paul Homer Michael Huber Scott and Alyssa Hunt Hunt Charitable Foundation/Peter & Mary Jo Hunt Yasushi Innami Dr. Thomas A. Jambro William & Genevieve James Mr. and Mrs. Carl E. Jennings Claire E. Johnson Larry E. Jones and Nancy J. Rosenbloom Drs. Richard and Barbara Jurasek Faye Elizabeth Justicia Linde Nathan Kahn David & Karen Howard Ms. Jennifer Kartychak Theresa Kazmierczak Jane and John Kearns Verna Kieffer Juliet E. Kline Mr. and Mrs. Paul C. Koppmann Mr. Charles Korn & Dr. Deborah Raiken George Kotlewski James and Leslie Kramer Ms. Rosemary Kuca and Mr. Kevin J. Hagerty Joan Kuhn David & Marilyn Kurzawa Dr. and Mrs. Kevin W. Lanighan Mr. and Dr. John M. Laping Ruth and Dick Lasure Paul E Lehman Msgr. Fred Leising Fern & Joel Levin Dorothy M. Lien

Christopher Lightcap Catherine & Matt Lincoln Howard and Lorna Lippes Joel & Andree Lippes Dr. Thomas & Donna Lombardo Karen Magee Ms. Linda Marsh Robert & Elsie Martino Randy & Diana Martinusek Ms. Elaine Mackensen May Dr. & Mrs. Philip McCarthy Mr. Scott W. McCone Louise McGrath McLain Foundation Michael and Lucille Melton Alicia Meyers Dr. and Mrs. Donald E. Miller Mrs. Sharon P. Miller Mr. John E. Milner Dr. & Mrs. Herman S. Mogavero Jr. Robert and Nancy Morey Mark Lauretig & Susan Morgenstern Sandra G. Morrison JFF and JFFLabs Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Nice Susan D. Nusbaum Bernard & Linda O'Donnell Benjamin and Lila Obletz Endowment Fund Jeremy and Sally Oczek Laurence & Sylvia Paul Mr. Rick Paulson Jo Anne Brocklehurst Robert S. Petersen Rodney P. Pierce James and Nancy Poole Henry & Patty Porter Dr. Kevin & Merle Pranikoff John & Betty Preble Joseph and Pamela Priest Ms. Carol Dean Privitera Charles and Joanne Privitera

Linda and Patrick Rankin Mr. Alex J. Ratkowski Mrs. Kathrin Reid Al and Cindy Ripley Randolph & Cathy Ritz Mr. and Mrs. Casimiro D. Rodriguez Mr. and Mrs. Edward L. Schaefer Ms. Elizabeth S. Rundle Revs. Melody and Rodney Rutherford Scott & Ardeen Schaefer Barbara & Daniel Schifeling Mr. and Mrs. Roger L. Schintzius John & Connor Cardot-Schloop Paul J. Schulz Alvin Schuster & Gladys Gifford Eleanor Scott Mary Anne Seifert Henry & Tricia Semmelhack Dr. Mary Ellen Shaughnessy Ms. Nancy Shepard Mr. Joseph A. Shifflett Peter Siedlecki & Lynnette Mende Mr. and Mrs. Roger T. Sieracki Mr. Jeremy Smith Lynne G. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Sodaro James and Karen Stephenson Mr. Edwin F. Stohrer, Jr. Joan R. Strachan Ms. Mary J. Syrek Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Szymkowiak Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Thompson Dr. & Mrs. Thomas B. Tomasi Mr. Guido A. Tomassi Sheila Trossman Dr. and Mrs. Stephen J. Turkovich Frederick Turner John H. Twist, D.D.S. Ilona Tylwalk Chris and Kathy Tzetzo Charitable Fund Susan & Ron Uba

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Van Nortwick Dr.* and Mrs. Rocco C. Venuto Ms. Suzanne J. Voltz Mr. William Vosteen Ms. Suzanne Sheard-Walsh Karen Wehn Norman and Carole Weingarten Ms. Marlene A. Werner Bud and Sandy Whistler Mr. and Mrs. K. Wiedenhaupt Mr. Martin Wolpin Quinn & Jewell Wright Ms. Kelly Ann Wright Mr. Bryan Zielenieski

TRIBUTE REGISTRY

You can celebrate a significant occasion, remember a loved one, or recognize someone special with an honor or memorial gift to the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra. These gifts were received between December 1, 2021 and December 31, 2021.

In Honor of Cindy Abbott Letro Pamela R. Jacobs Jennifer Barbee Peter and Maria Eliopoulos BPO Musicians and Staff Ruth and Dick Lasure West Wind Consulting Frank and Melanie Chamberlain & Edwin and Marilou Munschauer Michael and Lorrie Munschauer Emma Daines David and Carol Hall

Rosemary Dannhauser Joe and Susanne Amico

Roger Simon Drs. Robert and Alice Rosenthal

JoAnn Falletta Miss Victoria A. Christopher Peter and Ilene Fleischmann Linda Grant Mrs. Patricia Helfrich

Tim Smith Bruce and Sue Smith

Dan Hart Ezra and Marcia Zubrow Peter and Ilene Fleishmann Fran Palmerton Jill Feasley

Guy Tomassi Jerilyn Hickey & Eric Frasch Christine Standish and Christopher Wilk OSC Charitable Foundation James M. Wadsworth Ms. Mary Wadworth

Reidun Reitan Kirsten Reitan

In Memory of Marguerite Bukowski Michael and Nancy Brady

Janet Fedor Susan Stiffler

Joanne Poch, Ph.D. Mr. Joel M. Poch

Constance Walsh Ms. Sally Walsh

Charles and Dorothy Campbell Lori Baker

James Howell Patricia Howell

Donald Roberson Joanne Roberson

Wayne Wisbaum Mrs. Sharon P. Miller

Olga Lockwood Elizabeth Gunnell

Florence Ruszaj Edward Yadzinski Mr. and Mrs. Michael Ruszaj Kevin E. Kazmierczak The Yadzinski Family Marian B. Scribner Linda D. Scribner

Dr. Virginia Calkins Dr. Susan Graham and Dr. Jon Kucera Anne Cavalcoli Mr. Mark Cavacoli Gerald Christoff Ms. Rosemary Christoff Dolan Curtis L. Clark John and Patricia Clark Dr. Sidney Cohen Ms. Lee Cohen Dr. Elizabeth Conant Camille Cox Joseph Cosgrove Patti Cosgrove Charles and Nancy Dowdell Jennifer Dowdell Nancy Eberhard Elizabeth Gunnell

W.R. Keppel S. A. Keppel William and Virginia Kirkpatrick Elizabeth Gunnell Mrs. Marilynn Kregal Dr. and Mrs. Murray Ettinger Ronald McMahon The McMahon Family Muriel and Richard Marcus Ms. Lesley Carlson Judy Parkinson Mark and Stacy Parkinson William F. Phillips Mr. and Mrs. Alan Beeck Ms. Carolyn Higbie Mr. and Mrs. Jay Roth Mr. and Mrs. Angus and Anne Watkins

David Strachan Joan Strachan Maksym Sugorovskiy Daniel J Cantor Albert Thompson Freddie M. Thompson Bob Thornton Ms. Bev Halligan Robbye Thornton Luigi Tomassi Guy Tomassi Louis Tumino Tumino Family Charlotte Vogelsang Mrs. Karen W. Kreiner & Mr. Christopher P. Vogelsang

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GOVERNMENT

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PLANNED GIVING

Musical Heritage Society

We are pleased to list the current members herein because they have realized the importance of “the gift that keeps giving.” Each of these individuals or couples have made provisions for a contribution to the BPO in their estate plans and while there are many different methods, the most common is by adding the BPO as a beneficiary in one’s will. Angelo & Carol Fatta Anonymous (4) Mrs. Frederick S. Pierce Marion Fay Charlotte C. Acer Edwin Polokoff Dr. Mildred J. Fischle* Elizabeth & John Angelbeck Susan Potter Rita Argen Auerbach Judith & John* Fisher Dennis Quinn Charles Balbach Marjorie* and William Gardner Virginia Ann Quinn Jennifer Barbee Richard E. Garman* Donald M. Behr & Samuel E. Edward N. Giannino, Jr. Evelyn Joyce Ramsdell Lolinger* Mr. George Eagan Ginther Sally Rohrdanz* Mr. & Mrs. Byron R. Goldman The Reverend* and Sylvia L. Rosen Ms. Constance A. Greco Mrs. Peter W. Bridgford John and Susan Rowles Susan J. Grelick James A. Brophy & Fraser B. Drew* Nancy E. Ryther* Gordon* & Gretchen Gross Daniel R. Burch Peter Hall & M.E. O'Leary Anthony J. Cassetta Paul and Gerda Sanio Marion Hanson* The Joanne Castellani and Kenneth Schmieder, Michael Andriaccio Charitable Trust Margaret W. Henry In memory of Nancy L. Julian Mr. & Mrs. George G. Herbert Barbara & Jerry* Castiglia Gilbert Schulenberg Monte & Cheryl* Hoffman Gerard and Rachel Catalano Betty J. Schultz Mrs. L. Nelson Hopkins, Jr.* Cheryl I. Christie Philip H. Hubbell Ida Christie* Catherine F. Schweitzer in memory of Jayne T. Hubbell Victoria A. Christopher Joseph and Carole Sedita Paul A. Imbert In honor of JoAnn Falletta and Roger & Joan Simon Robert and Hana Jacobi Donald McCrorey Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Skerker Bruce and Gail Johnstone Dr. Sebastian* and Mrs. Marilyn Dennis M. Smolarek Theresa Kazmierczak Ciancio Dr. & Mrs. Kenneth R. Kahn Louis & Ann Louise Ciminelli Jane Snowden* Kathleen Keenan-Takagi Ms. Elizabeth G. Clark Monica and Steve Spaulding The Herbert & Ella Knight Mr.* & Mrs.* William M. Clarkson Harriet Stewart* Family Charitable Fund Mary E. Clemesha* David D. Stout & Rosalind and Michael Kochmanski Ruth Cohan* Janet E. Popp Stout Dr. Merrily Kuhn and Mr. James Mrs. George Cohn Kulwicki Anne Conable Gerald R. Strauss Norma Jean Lamb* Dr. Elizabeth Conant Sue W. Strauss Eric E. & Ruth F. Lansing Ellen Todd Cooper Cecelia Tachok* Mr. * & Mrs. * Wilfred J. Larson Rev. Raymond G. Corbin Nancy B. Thomas Kalista S. Lehrer* Marilyn R. Cornelius Therese M. Vita Steve & Sandy Levinthal Dr. Sharon F. Cramer and Bradford Lewis, PhD Mr. Leslie R. Morris* Jim and Michal Wadsworth, Gerald & Barbara Lipa in honor of the BPO Viola Section as trustees of the Mulroy, Francie D. & Joel N. Lippman Sandra B. Cumming Heath and Colby Foundations Beverly Davies Marie Marshall* Dr. Bernard D. Wakefield* Clarence Davis, Jr.* Mr.* & Mrs. J. A. Mattern Mrs. Robert Warner* Mrs. Roberta Dayer Sandra and Dennis McCarthy Tim DiCarlo Michael and Lorrie Munschauer Marjorie W. Watson Mr.* and Mrs. Anthony N. Diina Donna & Leo Nalbach Dorothy Westhafer* Charles* & Nancy* Dowdell Rev. Russell A. Newbert Wayne* & Janet Wisbaum Ellen & Victor* Doyno Drs. Howard & Karen Noonan Elizabeth Ann Withrow Sarah & Donald Dussing Robert & Marion North Fund Jeanne C. Eaton* Mr.* and Mrs.* J. Milton Zeckhauser George F. Phillips, Jr.* *deceased

Trusts

Anonymous AJL Fund Lawrence M. Appleby Fund at the CFGB Cameron Baird Fund Benderson BPO Endowment Fund Virgil A. and Margaret L. Black Memorial Fund Philip & Joyce Celniker Fund Irwin H. Cheskin Fund at the CFGB Mildred Bork Conners & Joseph E. Conners Fund Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra Society Inc. Endowment Fund Grace Neff Daniels Memorial

Anne Catt Filer Fund at the CFGB Howard F. Gondree Fund Joan Hetzelt Hanifin Memorial Fund D. Bruce and Gail Johnstone Fund at the CFGB The Herbert & Ella Knight Family Charitable Fund John and Carol Kociela Fund at the CFGB Janet K. Larkin & John D. Larkin III Fund Albert H. Laub Bequest Donald I. MacDavid Charitable Trust Marie A. Marshall Fund MPZ Endowment Fund Benjamin and Lila Obletz

Endowment Fund Mary Louise Olmsted Fund Susan Harvey Prentis Fund Margaret Frank Rofot Charitable Lead Trust Natalie Kubera Roth Fund Martin and Barbara Schechtman Charitable Remainder Unitrust William Kenneth Schmitt Fund Dr. & Mrs. Roy E. Seibel Philanthropic Fund Joseph and Loretta Swart Fund Nellie B. Warner Endowment Fund Charlotte Potter Whitcher Trust

To ensure your wishes are carried on for the BPO for generations to come, you may call Guy Tomassi (716) 242-7821 for more information. The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra endorses the LEAVE A LEGACY® WESTERN NEW YORK program, an initiative of the WNY Planned Giving Consortium and a public awareness campaign of the National Committee on Planned Giving.

BPO ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF Administration Daniel Hart

President & Executive Director

Diana Martinusek

Finance

Sales and Patron Services

Kevin James

Adam Cady

Vice President, Finance & Administration

Associate Director of Patron Services

Nicole M. Bodemer

Executive Assistant

Jennifer Colwell

Associate Director of Finance

Development

Jacqueline Henry

Jennifer Barbee

Finance/Accounts Payable Associate

Associate Executive Director & Vice President, Development

Susan Hill

Associate Director of Development

Andrea Bickford

Mindy Takacs Eli Campbell

Special Events Coordinator

Patron Services Supervisor

Payroll and HR/ Benefits Administrator

Finance Assistant

Marketing

Patron Services Representatives Anne Boucher Bethany Erhardt Edward Lonergan Amy Sturmer

Patrick O’Herron

Kleinhans Music Hall Staff

Jordan Walker

AndréeRenée Simpson

Reneé Radzavich

Luke Borkowski

Kelcie Hanaka

Katie Bates Johnson Annual Fund Manager

Guy Tomassi

Major and Planned Gifts Officer Development Assistant

Kleinhans Capital Campaign Coordinator

Vice President, Marketing & Communications Marketing Manager

Digital Marketing Manager

Cary Michael Trout

Graphic Designer/Consultant

Education and Mikaela Huber Community Engagement Marketing Assistant Robin Parkinson,

Vice President, Education & Community Engagement

Rachael Pudlewski Education Manager

Operations

Brian Seibel

Event Manager

Building Services Coordinator

Michael Cassidy Chief Engineer

Dennis Nawojski

Concessions Manager

Alister Bouvart

Parking & Set Up Supervisor

Alison Bolton

Vice President, Artistic & Orchestra Operations

Connor Schloop

Operations Manager

Sarah Lewandowski

Orchestra Personnel Manager

Corinna Scozzaro

Audience Services Manager

Ryder Shelley

Operations Assistant

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PATRON INFORMATION WHAT TO KNOW AT THE BPO • Kleinhans Music Hall will open 90 minutes before a concert’s scheduled start, or earlier depending on pre-concert activities. • Special assistance in the areas of parking, seating, and hearing will be accommodated to the best of our ability. Please contact the Box Office ahead of your visit. -Options are available for patrons using mobility aids or requesting a wheelchair accessible location and accompanying companion seating. -Hearing Assistance Devices are available at the coat check. -Please note: there is no elevator to the balcony level. • It is strictly forbidden to record, photograph, or film during a performance in the Main Auditorium. Photography is permitted in the hall before and after concerts. • Late arrivals will be seated at the first suitable break or at intermission. Late seating may not be in the purchased section. • Security staff is available at all times, and an EMT is on site for all concerts and performances. Please notify an usher or staff member if there is a medical or security need. • Kleinhans Music Hall maintains a smoke-free environment. • All programs and artists are subject to change without notice. • Sorry, no refunds or exchanges on single ticket purchases.

Shuttle Service and BPO Preferred Restaurants

BPO Parking at Kleinhans $8 evening and Sunday performances; $5 Coffee concerts and BPO Kids performances.

FREE Park and Ride Shuttle (SELECT Saturdays)

Shuttle service begins at 6pm and ends 30 minutes after the conclusion of the concert.

• D’Youville College Lot D, 430 West Avenue between Connecticut & Porter Ave, 14213 (SELECT Saturday performances only) • BPO Clement House Lot, 786 Delaware Avenue corner of Summer Street, 14209 (SELECT Saturday performances only) Shuttle service is only available for SELECT dates. Please join our email club at bpo.org or call the Box Office for updated information. SALVATORE’S SYMPHONY SHUTTLE Saturday Nights $15 per person, leaving promptly at 6:30pm from the rear of the lot near the water tower, 6461 Transit Rd. and Genesee St. in Depew. Call the reservation hotline at (716) 885-5000 and select “shuttle” option to reserve your place, or reserve online at bpo.org MARCATO by Oliver’s at Kleinhans Music Hall A new concept for fine dining on Kleinhans Lower Level. For more information or to make reservations, call (716) 877-9662. SALVATORE’S ITALIAN GARDENS 6461 Transit Rd. and Genesee St. in Depew. Call (716) 683-7990 for dinner reservations. Dinner and shuttle sold separately.

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