CSO Beethoven Triple Concerto - program 11-18-22

DIGITAL PROGRAM BOOK

November 18 & 19 Belk Theater

Erina Yashima, conductor Tai Murray, violin Julie Albers, cello

Anne-Marie McDermott, piano

charlottesymphony.org

CONTENTS

page 2

WHAT’S INSIDE...

A Message from the President & CEO 3 Concert Program 5 Artist Biographies 6 2021-22 Musician Roster 14 Musician Spotlight 16 About the CSO 17 Program Notes 18 Annual Fund Donors 24 Corporate & Foundation Sponsors 30 Giving Societies 32 Infusion Fund 35 Board of Directors & Trustees 36 Administration 37

join the musical dialogue What did you think of the performance?

@cltsymphony #cltsymphony

WELCOME

page 3

Welcome to your CSO! I’m so excited to welcome you back to the Charlotte Symphony this month for a wide variety of performances that speak to the Orchestra’s incredible breadth, agility, and spirit of discovery! A busy November begins with a live performance of Michael Abels’ score to the groundbreaking horror film Get Out. The very next night, acclaimed singer/ songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Rhiannon Giddens joins the Orchestra for our Annual Gala to perform works from her Grammy Award-winning album They’re Calling Me Home.

The following week, CSO musicians perform side-by-side with the talented young musicians of the Charlotte Symphony Youth Orchestras, performing works by Dvořák, Grieg, and Elgar. And audiences will be dancing in the aisles when the world’s top ABBA tribute band joins the Orchestra to perform the band’s most iconic hits.

Later in the month, rising star Erina Yashima will lead the CSO in Berlioz’ Symphonie fantastique, as well as Beethoven’s rarely performed Triple Concerto with a powerhouse trio of soloists. And finally, we head into the holidays with a trip on The Polar Express, followed by a joyful holiday concert pairing our majestic brass section with the incredible 3,500pipe organ at Charlotte’s First United Methodist Church.

This is what we mean when we say that the Charlotte Symphony is for everyone. So whether you’re here to experience gospel horror in Get Out, sing along to “Dancing Queen,” or revel in the glory of Beethoven’s “Triple,” we’re so glad that you’ve decided to join us!

Enjoy the performance! We look forward to sharing a wonderful season of Thanksgiving with you!

David Fisk President & CEO

The CSO is…

MORE THAN WHAT’S ONSTAGE.

Did you know that the Charlotte Symphony is much more than what you see on the Belk and Knight Theater stages?

Beyond the Classical, Pops, Family, and Movie Series in the theaters, we work to uplift, entertain, and educate our community through inclusive education programs and community performances.

• The CSO has three programs for young musicians: the Youth Orchestra, the Youth Philharmonic, and the Youth Ensemble.

CSO musicians participate in coaching throughout the year, and even perform with the young musicians!

• Reaching approximately 15,000 students each season, we also have extensive school programs, including Project Harmony, “Music and the Holocaust,” and “One Musical Family” Education Concerts.

• We perform throughout the region, from community parks and schools to breweries, senior care centers, and places of worship all season long.

The CSO is…FOR EVERYONE. To learn more, visit charlottesymphony.org

CONCERT PROGR AM

page 5

Friday, November 18, 2022 at 7:30pm Saturday, November 19, 2022 at 7:30pm Belk Theater at Blumenthal Performing Arts Center Erina Yashima, conductor Tai Murray, violin Julie Albers, cello Anne-Marie McDermott, piano MIKHAIL GLINKA (1804-1857) Overture to Ruslán and Lyudmíla LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Concerto for Piano, Violin, Cello & Orchestra in C Major, Op. 56, “Triple” I. Allegro II. Largo III. Rondo alla Polacca Tai Murray, violin Julie Albers, cello Anne-Marie McDermott, piano INTERMISSION HECTOR BERLIOZ (1803-1869) Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14 I. Reveries — Passions II. A Ball III. Scene in the Country IV. March to the Scaffold V. Dream of a Witches’ Sabbath concert duration: approximately 1 hour, 40 minutes.

There will be one 20-minute intermission.

This weekend’s performances are made possible in part by a generous gift from

Mr. Douglas Young

CONDUCTOR BIO

page 6

Erina Yashima guest conductor

German-born conductor Erina Yashima is the First Kapellmeister at the Komische Oper Berlin, taking on the position in September 2022. Yashima had previously been the Assistant Conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra between 2019 and 2022, where she assisted Music Director Yannick Nézet Séguin and conducted the orchestra in concerts in Philadelphia and Saratoga.

As a rising star in the industry, Yashima has performed all over the world with acclaimed ensembles and orchestras.

Recent highlights include debuts with the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, NDR Radiophilharmonie Hanover, Orchestra della Toscana, Arena di Verona, Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal, Albany Symphony, Eugene Symphony, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, and Niederrheinische Sinfoniker, as well as returns to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony and Philadelphia Orchestra. Yashima also conducted a new production of Così fan tutte in her debut with the Washington National Opera, and has led a production of Rusalka at the Theater Krefeld und Mönchengladbach. Her final debut of the 21-22 season was at the Ravello Festival, conducting the Orchestra Giovanile Luigi Cherubini.

The 2022-23 season will see Yashima debut with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, WDR Funkhausorchester, Beethoven Orchester Bonn, Hawaii Symphony Orchestra, and the Charlotte Symphony. At the Komische Oper Berlin, Yashima will conduct a variety of productions and programmes including Die Zauberflöte, Rusalka, Così fan tutte, Hamlet, a subscription concert, and the 75th Anniversary Gala. Yashima will also conduct two productions of Don Giovanni, one at the Teatro del Giglio in Lucca and Teatro Goldoni in Livorno, and the other at the Ravenna Festival, Teatro Galli in Rimini, and Teatro Verdi in Salerno.

Yashima made her opera debut at the Salzburg Festival in 2017 with a production of Der Schauspieldirektor for children. (continued next page)

CONDUCTOR BIO

(continued)

page 7

She conducted Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro in Novara and Ravenna in February 2019, and Rossini’s La Cenerentola both in 2017 in Lucca and again in 2018 in Piacenza with the Luigi Cherubini Youth Orchestra as well as Don Giovanni at the Teatro Verdi di Pisa.

Since 2015, Yashima has been studying with Riccardo Muti.

As winner of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s Sir Georg Solti Conducting Apprenticeship, Yashima assisted Maestro Muti and worked closely with the Civic Orchestra of Chicago.

During this period, Yashima collaborated with cellist Yo-Yo Ma and assisted conductors such as Esa Pekka Salonen, Christoph Eschenbach, and Edward Gardner.

Yashima was an active participant of the Italian Opera Academy in Ravenna, working with Riccardo Muti on Verdi’s Falstaff, as well as in Bernard Haitink’s masterclass at the Lucerne Festival and was a finalist at the INTERAKTION workshop with musicians from major German orchestras.

GUEST ARTIST BIO

page 8

Tai Murray violin

Described as “superb” by The New York Times, violinist Tai Murray has established herself a musical voice of a generation.

“Technically flawless… vivacious and scintillating… It is without doubt that Murray’s style of playing is more mature than that of many seasoned players… “ (Muso Magazine).

Appreciated for her elegance and effortless ability, Murray creates a special bond with listeners through her personal phrasing and subtle sweetness. Her programming reveals musical intelligence. Her sound, sophisticated bowing and choice of vibrato, remind us of her musical background and influences, principally, Yuval Yaron (a student of Gingold & Heifetz) and Franco Gulli. Winner of an Avery Fisher Career Grant in 2004, Tai Murray was named a BBC New Generation Artist (2008 through 2010). As a chamber musician, she was a member of Lincoln Center’s Chamber Music Society II (2004-2006).

She has performed as guest soloist on the main stages world-wide, performing with leading ensembles such as the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Symphony Orchestra, and all of the BBC Symphony Orchestras. She is also a dedicated advocate of contemporary works (written for the violin). Among others, she performed the world premiere of Malcolm Hayes’ violin concerto at the BBC PROMS, in the Royal Albert Hall.

As a recitalist Tai Murray has visited many of the world’s capitals having appeared in Berlin, Chicago, Hamburg, London, Madrid, New York’s Carnegie Hall, Paris and Washington D.C., among many others.

Tai Murray’s critically acclaimed debut recording for Harmonia Mmundi of Ysaye’s six sonatas for solo violin was released in February 2012. Her second recording with works

by American Composers of the 20th Century was released by the Berlin-based label eaSonus, and her third disc with the Bernstein Serenade on the French label Mirare. (continued next page)

GUEST ARTIST BIO

(continued)

page 9

Murray is an Assistant Professor, Adjunct, of violin at the Yale School of Music, where she teaches applied violin and coaches chamber music. She earned artist diplomas from Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music and the Juilliard School.

Tai Murray plays a violin by Tomaso Balestrieri fecit Mantua ca. 1765, on generous loan from a private collection.

GUEST ARTIST BIO

page 10

Julie Albers cello

American cellist Julie Albers is recognized for her superlative artistry, her charismatic and radiant performing style, and her intense musicianship. She was born into a musical family in Longmont, Colorado and began violin studies at the age of two with her mother, switching to cello at four. She moved to Cleveland during her junior year of high school to pursue studies through the Young Artist Program at the Cleveland Institute of Music, where she studied with Richard Aaron. Miss Albers soon was awarded the Grand Prize at the XIII International Competition for Young Musicians in Douai, France, and as a result toured France as soloist with Orchestre Symphonique de Douai.

Ms. Albers made her major orchestral debut with the Cleveland Orchestra in 1998, and thereafter has performed in recital and with orchestras throughout North America, Europe, Korea, Taiwan, Australia, and New Zealand. In 2001, she won Second Prize in Munich’s Internationalen Musikwettbewerbes der ARD, and was also awarded the Wilhelm-Weichsler-Musikpreis der Stadt Osnabruch . While in Germany, she recorded solo and chamber music of Kodaly for the Bavarian Radio, performances that have been heard throughout Europe. In 2003, Miss Albers was named the first Gold Medal Laureate of South Korea’s Gyeongnam International Music Competition.

In North America, Miss Albers has performed with many important orchestras and ensembles. Recent performances have included exciting debuts on the San Francisco Performances series and with the Grant Park Music Festival where she performed Penderecki’s Concerto Grosso for 3 cellos with Mr. Penderecki conducting. Past seasons have included concerto appearances with the Orchestras of Colorado, Indianapolis, San Diego, Seattle, Vancouver, and Munchener Kammerorchester among others.

(continued next page)

GUEST ARTIST BIO

(continued)

page 11

In 2014, Miss Albers was named principal cellist of the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. In addition to this appointment, she regularly participates in chamber music festivals around the world. 2009 marked the end of a three-year residency with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Two. She is currently active with the Albers String Trio and the Cortona Trio. Teaching is also a very important part of Miss Albers’ musical life. She currently is Assistant Professor and holds the Mary Jean and Charles Yates Cello Chair at the McDuffie Center for Strings at Mercer University in Macon, Georgia.

Miss Albers’ debut album with Orion Weiss includes works

by Rachmaninoff, Beethoven, Schumann, Massenet, and Piatagorsky and is available on the Artek Label. Julie Albers performs on a N.F. Vuillaume cello made in 1872 and makes her home in Minneapolis with her husband, Bourbon, and their dog, Dozer.

GUEST ARTIST BIO

page 12

Anne-Marie McDermott piano

Pianist Anne-Marie McDermott is a consummate artist who balances a versatile career as a soloist and collaborator. She performs over 100 concerts a year in a combination of solo recitals, concerti and chamber music. Her repertoire choices are eclectic, spanning from Bach and Haydn to Prokofiev and Scriabin to Kernis, Hartke, Tower and Wuorinen.

In the recent seasons, Ms, McDermott performed with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Buffalo Philharmonic, North Carolina Symphony, Charlotte Symphony, Huntsville Symphony, Alabama Symphony, San Diego Symphony, the Oregon Mozart Players, and the New Century Chamber Orchestra.

Recital engagements have included the 92nd Street Y, Alice Tully Hall, Town Hall, The Schubert Club, Kennedy Center, as well as universities across the country. Ms. McDermott has curated and performed in a number of intense projects including: the Complete Prokofiev Piano Sonatas and Chamber Music, a Three Concert Series of Shostakovich Chamber Music, as well as a recital series of Haydn and Beethoven Piano Sonatas. Most recently, she commissioned works of Charles Wuorinen and Clarice Assad which were premiered in May 2009 at Town Hall, in conjunction with Bach’s Goldberg Variations.

As a soloist, Ms. McDermott has recorded the complete Prokofiev Piano Sonatas, Bach English Suites and Partitas (which was named Gramophone Magazine’s Editor’s Choice), and most recently, Gershwin Complete Works for Piano and Orchestra with the Dallas Symphony and Justin Brown.

In addition to her many achievements, Anne-Marie McDermott has been named the Artistic Director of the famed Vail Valley Music Festival in Colorado, which hosts the New York Philharmonic, the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Dallas Symphony in addition to presenting over 40 chamber music concerts throughout the summer. She is also Artistic Director of two new Festivals; The Ocean Reef Chamber Music Festival and The Avila Chamber Music Celebration in Curacao. (continued next page)

GUEST ARTIST BIO

(continued)

page 13

As a chamber music performer, Anne-Marie McDermott was named an artist member of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center in 1995 and performs and tours extensively with CMS each season. She continues a long standing collaboration with the highly acclaimed violinist, Nadja Salerno Sonnenberg.

As a duo, they have released a CD titled Live on the NSS label and plan to release the Complete Brahms Violin and Piano Sonatas in the future. Ms. McDermott is also a member of the renowned piano quartet, Opus One, with colleagues Ida Kavafian, Steven Tenenbom and Peter Wiley.

She continues to perform each season with her sisters, Maureen McDermott and Kerry McDermott in the McDermott Trio. Ms. McDermott has also released an allSchumann CD with violist, Paul Neubauer, as well as the Complete Chamber Music of Debussy with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.

Ms. McDermott studied at the Manhattan School of Music with Dalmo Carra, Constance Keene and John Browning. She was a winner of the Young Concert Artists auditions and was awarded an Avery Fisher Career Grant.

Ms. McDermott regularly performs at Festivals across the United States including, Spoleto, Mainly Mozart, Sante Fe, La Jolla Summerfest, Mostly Mozart, Newport, Caramoor, Bravo, Chamber Music Northwest, Aspen, Music from Angelfire, and the Festival Casals in Puerto Rico, among others.

MUSICIANS

page 14

YOUR CHARLOTTE SYMPHONY Christopher Warren-Green, Conductor Laureate & Music Adviser Christopher James Lees, Resident Conductor FIRST VIOLINS

DOUBLE BASSES

Calin Ovidiu Lupanu, Concertmaster The Catherine & Wilton Connor Chair

Kurt Riecken, Principal

Joseph Meyer, Associate Concertmaster

Jeffrey Ferdon

Kari Giles, Assistant Concertmaster

Jason McNeel

Judson Baines, Assistant Principal

Ernest Pereira°* Susan Blumberg°°

FLUTES

Jane Hart Brendle

Victor Wang, Principal The Blumenthal Foundation Chair

Emily Chatham°° Ayako Gamo Jenny Topilow°° Dustin Wilkes-Kim Hanna Zhdan SECOND VIOLINS Oliver Kot, Principal The Wolfgang Roth Chair Kathleen Jarrell, Assistant Principal The Pepsi-Cola Foundation of Charlotte Chair Carlos Tarazona° Monica Boboc Tatiana Karpova Ellyn Stuart Martha Geissler Sakira Harley VIOLAS

Amy Orsinger Whitehead Erinn Frechette PICCOLO Erinn Frechette OBOES Hollis Ulaky, Principal The Leo B. Driehuys Chair‡ Erica Cice Terry Maskin ENGLISH HORN Terry Maskin CLARINETS Taylor Marino, Principal The Gary H. & Carolyn M. Bechtel Chair Samuel Sparrow

Benjamin Geller, Principal The Zoe Bunten Merrill Principal Viola Chair

Allan Rosenfeld

Alaina Rea, Assistant Principal

E♭ CLARINET

Ellen Ferdon

Samuel Sparrow

Cynthia Frank Viara Stefanova

BASS CLARINET

Ning Zhao

Allan Rosenfeld

Matthew Darsey† CELLOS Jonathan Lewis, Principal The Kate Whitner McKay Principal Cello Chair Marlene Ballena, Acting Asst. Principal Alan Black, Principal Emeritus Jeremy Lamb Sarah Markle

BASSOONS Joshua Hood, Acting Principal Naho Zhu† CONTRABASSOON Naho Zhu†

MUSICIANS

page 15

(continued)

HORNS

TIMPANI

Byron Johns, Principal The Mr. & Mrs. William H. Van Every Chair

Jacob Lipham, Principal The Robert Haywood Morrison Chair

Andrew Fierova Robert Rydel

PERCUSSION

Richard Goldfaden Philip Brindise†

Brice Burton, Principal HARP

TRUMPETS Alex Wilborn, Principal The Betty J. Livingstone Chair

Andrea Mumm Trammell, Principal The Dr. Billy Graham Chair

Jonathan Kaplan Gabriel Slesinger, Associate Principal The Marcus T. Hickman Chair TROMBONES John Bartlett, Principal Thomas Burge BASS TROMBONE Scott Hartman, Principal TUBA Colin Benton, Principal The Governor James G. Martin Chair

ARTISTIC OPERATIONS Carrie Graham, Director of Artistic Planning Tim Pappas, Acting Director of Operations Nixon Bustos, Principal Music Librarian Bradley Geneser, Assistant Librarian Erin Eady, Interim Personnel Manager John Jarrell, Stage Manager

This roster lists the full-time members of the Charlotte Symphony. The number and seating of musicians onstage varies depending on the piece being performed. ° Non-revolving position °° Alternates between first and second violins † Acting member of the Charlotte Symphony ‡ Funded by The Symphony Guild of Charlotte, Inc. * On leave

The Charlotte Symphony is a proud member of the League of American Ochestras.

MUSICIAN SPOTLIGHT

page 16

ERICA CICCE

Oboe

Member of CSO since 2006 hometown: Natick, MA

FUN FACTS • I was the only American oboist invited to participate in the first oboe master class at the Académie Musicale de Villecroze, France with Alexei Ogrintchouk.

• I have a motorcycle and I go on father-daughter trips. Last year we did the Dragon Tail: 318 curves in 11 miles.

• I love to cook in my free time!

For more information about Charlotte Symphony musicians, visit

charlottesymphony.org

ABOUT THE CSO

page 17

One of the premier music organizations in the Southeastern United States and the oldest operating symphony orchestra in the Carolinas, the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra (CSO) connects with more than 100,000 music lovers each year through its lively season of concerts, broadcasts, community events, and robust educational programs. The CSO is committed to its mission of uplifting, entertaining, and educating the diverse communities of Charlotte-Mecklenburg and beyond through exceptional music experiences.

The Charlotte Symphony upholds the highest artistic integrity and takes bold steps to engage with its community through music. Its 62 professional, full-time time musicians perform throughout the region — from community parks and breweries, to places of worship and senior care centers — and offer significant educational support, aimed at serving the underresourced areas of our community.

The Charlotte Symphony is deeply committed to the notion that music, accessible to all and experienced in its many forms, enriches and unifies our community. The CSO believes in equity and inclusion and strives to be an industry leader in imaginative, relevant programming by intentionally seeking out women conductors, underrepresented in our industry, and conductors, composers, and guest artists of color.

Founded in 1932, the Charlotte Symphony plays a leading cultural role in the Charlotte area and aims to serve the community as a civic leader, reflecting and uniting our region through the transformative power of live music.

OUR MISSION The Charlotte Symphony uplifts, entertains, and educates the diverse communities of Charlotte-Mecklenburg and beyond through exceptional musical experiences.

OUR VISION Reaching out through the transformative power of live music, the Charlotte Symphony will be a civic leader, reflecting and uniting our region.

For more information, visit us online at

charlottesymphony.org

PROGR AM NOTES

page 18

by Ken Metzer

MIKHAIL GLINKA born: June 1, 1804 in Novospasskoye, Russia died: February 15, 1857 in Berlin, Germany

Overture to Ruslán and Lyudmíla (1842)

premiere: December 9, 1842 in St. Petersburg

Mikhail Glinka is one of the great pioneers in the history of Russian music. After studying in St. Petersburg, Glinka traveled to Italy and Germany in the early 1830s. There, Glinka heard and studied the music of Beethoven, as well as the Italian bel canto opera composers Gaetano Donizetti and Vincenzo Bellini. Glinka himself wrote works based upon themes from popular Italian operas. But in his memoirs, Glinka recalled: All the pieces that I wrote to please the Milan composers…only served to convince me that I had followed a path foreign to my own instincts and frankly, that I could never be an Italian myself. Feelings of homesickness led me to gradually find my own Russian form of expression.

Glinka’s search for a Russian “form of expression” culminated in triumph on December 9, 1836, in St. Petersburg. There, Glinka’s opera A Life for the Tsar premiered at the Imperial Theater. A Life for the Tsar, based upon an incident in Russian history, and featuring Russian folk melodies, immediately won the hearts of the St. Petersburg audience. Glinka’s A Life for the Tsar is universally recognized as the first Russian national opera.

Glinka’s second opera, Ruslán and Lyudmíla, premiered in St. Petersburg on December 9, 1842. Based upon a fantastic tale by Alexander Pushkin, Ruslán and Lyudmíla takes place in 9th century Russia. Lyudmíla, daughter of the Grand Prince of Kiev, is about to marry the knight Ruslán. When monsters kidnap Lyudmíla, Ruslán sets out to rescue his beloved, with (after much adventure) happy results.

While complete performances of Ruslán and Lyudmíla are rare outside of Russia, the opera’s Overture has become a concert hall favorite. The brief and sparkling orchestral work, featuring melodies from the opera, sprints to a brilliant close. (continued next page)

PROGR AM NOTES

page 19

(continued)

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN born: December 17, 1770 in Bonn, Germany died: March 26, 1827 in Vienna, Austria

Concerto for Piano, Violin, Cello & Orchestra in C Major, Opus 56, “Triple” (1804) composed: 1803-4 premiere: 1808 in Vienna, Austria

By the turn of the 18th century, Ludwig van Beethoven had established himself as one of Vienna’s most prominent musicians — a virtuoso pianist and composer of the first rank. Just as it seemed nothing could stand in the way of his continued rise to greatness, tragedy struck. In 1800, Beethoven, not yet thirty, began to realize that his hearing was deteriorating. The onset of deafness was only a matter of time.

The irony was not lost on Beethoven; soon, he would be a composer unable to hear his own musical creations. On October 6, 1802, he wote the letter to his brothers known as the Heiligenstadt Testament, confessing that his hearing loss: ...almost made me despair, and I was on the point of putting an end to my life—The only thing that held me back was my art. For indeed it seemed to me impossible to leave this world before I had produced all the works I felt the urge to compose; and thus I have dragged on this miserable existence—a truly miserable existence.

Beethoven responded to his adversity by composing at a furious pace. Masterpieces from the first decade of the 19th century include his Symphonies Nos. 2-6, the “Razumovsky” String Quartets, the “Waldstein” and “Appassionata” Piano Sonatas, and his only opera, Fidelio. The Triple Concerto belongs to that same fruitful period. Beethoven began composition of the Concerto in late 1803, completing the work in the summer of 1804.

The Triple Concerto is scored for a trio of soloists (violin, cello and piano) and orchestra. Beethoven composed the Triple Concerto around the same time as his path-breaking “Eroica” Symphony. However, the Concerto’s three movements present a far more genial and lyrical side of Beethoven’s craft. The opening Allegro is the most expansive of the work’s three movements. A hushed Largo leads, without pause, into the finale (Rondo alla Polacca), based upon a polonaise, a sparkling Polish dance.

(continued next page)

PROGR AM NOTES

(continued)

page 20

HECTOR BERLIOZ born: December 11, 1803 in La Côte-Saint-André, France died: March 8, 1869 in Paris, France

Symphonie fantastique Opus 14 (1830)

premiere: December 5, 1830 in Paris

In September 1827, Hector Berlioz, then a 23-year-old student at the Paris Conservatory, attended productions by an English touring company of Shakespeare’s Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet. In the performances, Harriet Smithson, a beautiful and young Irish actress, portrayed the tragic heroines Ophelia and Juliet. Berlioz immediately fell in love with her.

Berlioz did everything within his power to try to get Smithson to take notice of him, but without success. In February of 1830, Berlioz wrote to his sister: “I am about to commence my grand symphony (Episode in the Life of An Artist), in which the development of my infernal passion will be depicted.”

On April 16 of that same year, Berlioz announced that his Symphony was complete.

The premiere of the Symphonie fantastique took place at the Paris Conservatory on December 5, 1830, with FrançoisAntoine Habeneck conducting the Orchestra of the Société des Concerts du Conservatoire. The drama, innovation, and sheer audacity of the young composer’s vision stunned the audience. By the time Harriet Smithson returned to Paris in 1832 and attended a performance of the “Fantastic Symphony,” it seemed the actress was the only person in the entire city who didn’t realize she was the inspiration for the music. When Smithson discovered the truth, she finally agreed to meet Berlioz. After a brief courtship, the two wed on October 3, 1833. Franz Liszt and Heinrich Heine served as witnesses.

In the early 1840s, Smithson and Berlioz separated. Even after the acrimonious conclusion of their marriage, Berlioz acknowledged his artistic kinship with Harriet Smithson, and the profound influence she exercised upon his development as an artist. Toward the end of her life, Smithson suffered paralysis. After Harriet Smithson’s death in 1854, Liszt wrote to Berlioz: “She inspired you, you loved her and sang your love, her mission was fulfilled.”

(continued next page)

PROGR AM NOTES

page 21

(continued)

The Irish actress Harriet Smithson (1800-1854), painted by English artist George Clint.

Smithson was the inspiration for Berlioz’s Symphony fantastique — and later, his wife.

Contemporary portraits of Harriet Smithson as Ophelia (left) and Juliet (right), during her 1827 performances with Charles Kemble’s English touring company at the Théâtre de l’Odéon in Paris. (continued next page)

PROGR AM NOTES

(continued)

page 22

Berlioz, a gifted and prolific writer himself, provided the following program notes for the 1845 published edition of his Symphonie fantastique.

A young musician of morbidly sensitive temperament and lively imagination poisons himself with opium in an attack of lovesick despair. The dose of the narcotic, too weak to kill him, plunges him into a deep slumber accompanied by the strangest visions, during which his feelings, his emotions, his memories are transformed in his sick mind into musical images. The Beloved herself becomes for him a melody, a cyclical theme (idée fixe) that he encounters and hears everywhere.

(Note: The idée fixe is introduced approximately five minutes into the opening movement by the flute and first violins.)

I. Reveries — Passions At first he recalls that sickness of the soul, those intimations of passion, the apparently groundless depression and intoxication he experienced before he met the woman he adores; then the volcanic love that she inspired in him, his delirious anguish, his furious jealousy, his return to tenderness, his religious consolation.

II. A Ball He meets his beloved again in the midst of the tumult of a glittering fête.

III. Scene in the Country On a summer evening in the country, he hears two shepherds piping back and forth a ranz des vaches (the traditional melody of Swiss shepherds for summoning their flocks); this pastoral duet, the peaceful landscape, the rustling of the trees gently rocked by the wind, some prospects of hope he recently found—all combine to soothe his heart with unusual tranquility and brighten his thoughts. But she reappears, he feels his heart tighten, he is smitten with sad foreboding: what if she were to prove false?…One of the shepherds resumes his simple tune; the other no longer responds. The sun sets…distant roll of thunder…solitude…silence.

(continued next page)

PROGR AM NOTES

(continued)

page 23

IV. March to the Scaffold He dreams he has murdered his Beloved, that he has been condemned to death and is being led to the scaffold. The procession advances to the sound of a march that is now somber and agitated, now brilliant and solemn, in which the muffled sound of heavy steps is suddenly juxtaposed with the noisiest clamor. At the end, the idée fixe returns for a moment like a final thought of love, suddenly interrupted by the death blow.

V. Dream of a Witches’ Sabbath He imagines himself at a Witches’ Sabbath, among a hideous throng of ghouls, sorcerers and monsters of every kind, assembled for his funeral. Ominous sounds, groans, bursts of laughter, distant cries that other cries seem to answer. The Beloved’s melody reappears, but it has lost its noble and timid character; it has become a vulgar dance tune, unworthy, trite and grotesque: there she is, coming to join the Sabbath…A roar of joy greets her arrival…

She takes part in the infernal orgy…The funeral knell, a burlesque parody of the Dies irae…the witches’ round… the dance and the Dies irae are heard together.

Portrait of a young Berlioz by Emile Signol, at the Académie de France, Villa Medici, where Berlioz spent some time as a Prix de Rome laureate during his trip to Italy in 1831-1832.

SUPPORTERS

page 24

We gratefully acknowledge these generous donors to the Charlotte Symphony Annual Fund.

This list reflects gifts received between July 1, 2021 through November 1, 2022.

BENEFACTOR CIRCLE $100,000+ Anonymous Catherine & Wilton Connor

Jerry & Rosalind Richardson Douglas Young

$50,000 – $99,999 Roberta H. Cochran Ellen M. Fitzsimmons & Greg Rogowski

Patrick J. O’Leary Paul & Kathy Reichs

$25,000 – $49,999 Joan & Mick Ankrom Richard & Ruth Ault Dr. Milton & Arlene Berkman Philanthropic Fund Mark & Judith Brodsky DG Brungard Foundation Jean & Dick Cornwell Linda & Bill Farthing John & Maria Huson Jane & Hugh McColl

M. Marie Mitchell † Richard J. Osborne Torsten & Kim Pilz Carolyn Shaw In Memory of Dr. Chandler Thompson John & Andromeda Williams

$15,000 – $24,999 Ralph S. Grier Richard Krumdieck Betty P. & Jeffrey J. Lee DeDe & Alex McKinnon Debbie & Pat Phillips

Judy & Derek Raghavan Ann & Fritz Rehkopf Elizabeth Connor Stewart

$10,000 – $14,999 Anonymous Francisco & Jeannette Alvarado Katharine & Frank Bragg Mr. & Mrs. R. Alfred Brand III Lynne & Colby Cathey Margarita & Nick Clements Janet M. Haack Chris & Susan Kearney Ginger Kelly Page & Ed Kizer Hartmut & Irene Kossack David & Ellen Leitch

Ms. Nina Lesavoy Laszlo & Anna Littmann Susan & Loy McKeithen Alex & Ulrike Miles Jay & Elizabeth Monge Joan Morgan Eleanor W. Neal Mica & Keith Oberkfell M.A. Rogers Mike Rutledge Thomas & Sherry Skains

For more information on how to make a gift to the CSO Annual Fund, please contact Libby Currier, Annual Fund Manager, at 704.714.5137 or lcurrierl@charlottesymphony.org.

SUPPORTERS

page 25

(continued)

VIRTUOSO CIRCLE $5,000 – $9,999 Howard P. Adams & Carol B. McPhee Tiffany & Jason Bernd Bill & Robin Branstrom Jan & Ed Brown Shirley & Michael Butterworth The Jack H & Ruth C. Campbell Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Kieth Cockrell Donna & Alvaro de Molina Mary Anne Dickson Peggy & Richard Dreher Lisa & Carlos Evans Christoph & Robin Feddersen Thomas & Heather Finke Carol & Ron Follmer Karen Fox Dr. Robert A. Gaines Sarah & Frank Gentry Joy S. Greene Chris Jensen Robert & Vivian Lamb Taylor Marino Susanne & Bill McGuire Brent & Ann Milgrom Mr. & Mrs. Brian T. Moynihan Emily & Nima Pirzadeh Sally & Russell Robinson Nancy & Charlie Robson Pat Rodgers Sara Garcés Roselli & Dan Roselli JD & Katrina Schurter Mr. & Mrs. Harley F. Shuford, Jr. Emily & Zach Smith Melinda & David Snyder Ms. Andrea J. Stevenson Drs. Jennifer Sullivan & Matthew Sullivan Drs. Chris & Lillian Teigland Judith & Gary Toman John & Andromeda Williams Suzie & Nick Trivisonno In Memory of Tess Verbesey Kevin & Jill Walker Floyd Wisner & Glenda Colman Richard & Lisa Worf

$3,500 – $4,999 Wedge & Debbie Abels Jan & Bob Busch David J.L. Fisk & Anne O’Byrne Joan & Parker Foley Charles & Caren Gale Staci & Adam Marino Richard I. McHenry & Cynthia L. Caldwell Mr. & Mrs. Paul McIntosh Elizabeth J. McLaughlin Chuck Miller & Marcy Thailer Mr. Glenn Mincey & Mrs. Macie Mincey Courtney Reichs Mixon Peter & Janet Nixon Tony & Linda Pace Edgar & Karen Whitener

$2,500 – $3,499 Mrs. Harriet B. Barnhardt Bill & Georgia Belk Cathy Bessant & John Clay Ms. Melody Birmingham Philipp J. Bischoff Si & Michael Blake Joye D. Blount & Jessie J. Knight Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Alan Blumenthal Dr. & Mrs. O. Robert Boehm Twig & Barbara Branch Dorothy & Mike Connor Melissa Cornwell Brian & Morgan Cromwell Alfred & Amy Dawson Phil & Mary Delk Cheryl DeMaio Peggy & Charles Dickerson Mrs. Carolyn Faison Alex & Patty Funderburg Mr. Billy L. Gerhart, in memory of Judith Gerhart Angela & Michael Helms Ivan Hinrichs Brian & Juliet Hirsch Carol A. Hitselberger & Robert Petty Jim & Peggy Hynes Shirley & Bob Ivey David S. Jacobson Ginger Kemp Dr. & Mrs. Christ A. Koconis Meghan & Luis Lluberas George McLendon & Carol Quillen Rob Roy McGregor Dee Dee McKay Dick Metzler

(continued next page)

SUPPORTERS

page 26

(continued)

$2,500 – $3,499 (continued) Celene & Marc Oken Dr. Reta R. Phifer Kathleen D. Prokay Amanda & Cory Rogers Mr. & Mrs. Robert R. Rollins, Jr. Bette Roth Nancy E. Simpson Marsha & Robert L. Stickler Mrs. H. Dickson Stowe Dr. Mark R. Swanson Deborah J. Cox & Bob Szymkiewicz Richard R. Taylor Dr. John A. Thompson, Jr. & Dr. Lee Rocamora James H. Trexler & Kelly Zellars Dr. Cynthia H. Tyson Drs. Iris Cheng & Daniel Uri Paul & Susan Vadnais Ms. Dana Vestal Ellen & Jimmie Wade Mary Claire & Dan Wall Dr. Shanté Williams

PATRON CIRCLE $1,500 – $2,499 Marcia Adams Melissa & Daren Anderson Ross & Michele Annable Dan & Barbara Austell Dianne & Brian Bailey Sharon Baker & Peter Moore Merilyn & Craig Baldwin Erskine & Crandall Bowles Mary & Charles Bowman Brian Bridgford & Sally Gambrell Bridgford Mr. Donald Butler Ms. Catherine P. Carstarphen David M. Cody Jeanie & Tom Cottingham Neil & Claire Cotty Mr. R. Stuart Dickson Elizabeth Betty Eaton Arlene H. Elisha Mrs. Geraldine S. Emmert Timothy & Kara Gallagher Mr. Peter F. Guild Katherine G. Hall Anne J. Henderson Steven Hershfield & Mary Jo Germain Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin F. Hill, Jr. Gene & Helen Katz Dr. & Mrs. Jack Kramer Anna Marriott Leslie & Michael Marsicano Jim & Dottie Martin

Cricket Weston & David Molinaro Caroline Olzinski Mr. Vincent Phillips & Mr. Paul Pope John & Wilma Pinter Larry & Dale Polsky John & Susan Rae Mr. & Mrs. William Seifert Mr. & Mrs. Pope A. Shuford Morris & Patricia Spearman Robert & Maxine Stein Ann & Wellford Tabor Tillie S. Tice Daniel & Kathleen Troy Grant Webb Linda & Craig Weisbruch Mrs. Eugenia N. White Bryan Wilhelm Deems Wilson Ms. Deborra Wood & Mr. Russell Propst

$1,000 – $1,499 Anonymous Ashley & Steve Allen JWD Atchison Mary Lou & Jim Babb Mr. & Mrs. Lincoln A. Baxter Morgan Beggs John & Katherine Beltz Shirley W. Benfield Donald H. & Barbara K. Bernstein Family Foundation Ms. Brett Blumenthal & Mr. David Wax Herbert Browne Jane & Larry Cain Ralph & Sam Canfield Ms. Elizabeth Carr Bill & Pauline Chinnis Mr. Mark Copeland & Mrs. Kathleen Goldammer-Copeland Ann F. Copeland Dr. & Mrs. Mark Couture Sarah & Larry Dagenhart Gwin Dalton Christopher & Elizabeth Daly Dan & Jeannette Davis Ralph & Troyann Dougherty Bob & Judy Erb Lucy Quintilliano & Leonard Fumi Jenn & Taylor Gherardi Carol & Joseph Gigler Barry & Laurie Guy Joyce & Ed Hamilton Patrick & Johanne Hawk Fran & Greg Hyde Paul & Linda Ibsen Vickie & Eugene Johnson Lea & Stuart Johnson

(continued next page)

SUPPORTERS

page 27

(continued)

Mr. & Mrs. John E. Kibler Mr. & Mrs. Luke Kissam Marilyn Kroll Maria Kurtz Jennie Buckner & Steve Landers James Lynch Holly & Christopher Maurer Ms. Nydia McCrohan Martha Monserrate Susan D. Montgomery Eugene P. Kueny & Don C. Niehus Mr. & Mrs. E. O. Oakley Michael & Debbie O’Hara Karen L. Oldham Anita & Gale Pendergraph Barbara M. Pooley Dr. William G. Porter Morry Alter & Joan Rasmussen Brendan Reen Rita & Thomas Robinson William R. Rollins Mrs. Gail C. Salmon Dr. Stephen P. Schultz & Donna Dutton Jane Perry Shoemaker Katy & Raleigh Shoemaker Michael Silverman Molly & Conrad Sloan Scott Smith Murray & Hazel Somerville Ken Spielfogel & Richard Withem Al & Alice Sudduth Adam & Sienne Taylor Mr. & Mrs. James Traylor Sarah S. Tull Mrs. William K. Van Allen Mr. & Mrs. Michael Van Glish Bill & Rita Vandiver Dr. & Mrs. Bill Chu & Jin Wang Pam & Steve West Peter White David Wilcox Ms. Judith Wood Mrs. Anne Yudell

$500 – $999 Anonymous Michael & Lee Abbott Doug & Lynda Abel Mark Abrams & Iris Prandi Mr. Lester Ackerman & Mr. Layton Campbell Larry Anderson Leigh & Rhonda Armistead Mrs. Natascha A. Bechtler Bob & Cathy Becker Dr. John L. Bennett & Mr. Eric T. Johnson Mr. James Biddlecome Jeffrey Boghosian

David Bower & Ann Richardson Ms. Marianne Bragg James Broadstone Aram & Scott Bryan Mr. Charles Budd Greg & Mary Lou Cagle Barbara F. Caine Ms. Lisa Callen Maggie Callen Hobart B. Cheyne Ms. Michele T. Classe Mr. Thomas E. Collins, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Charles E. Cook Mr. Kilian Cooley Mr. & Mrs. Alpo F. Crane Ellen M. Crowley Rufus Dalton Dr. Roy E. DeMeo, Jr. & Ms. Linda A. Evanko Thomas & Kris Duffy Virginia Dulaney Ms. Helen Edwards Rebecca Elliott Martin Ericson, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. J. Murray Fadial Doug Faris Tom & Gail Fennimore Lawrence W. Fetner, Jr. Trae & Kate Fletcher Robert & Catherine Flynn Melisa & Frank Galasso Dr. John & Eileen Gardella Stephen C. & Jean S. Geller Mr. & Mrs. Kodwo Ghartey-Tagoe Pete & Stacy Gherardi Sarah Goad Mr. Walter H. Goodwin, Esq. Dan & Linda Gordon Ms. Cynthia Greenlee Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Groth Ms. Tara Harris Mr. & Mrs. Lowrance Harry Mr. Charles Haughey Mr. & Mrs. Michael D. Heafner Mr. Stefan Heinzelmann Logan & Jennifer Henderson Mr. James Howell & Mrs. Deanna Kelly Ben & Christy Hume Pete & Phyllis Johnson Michael & Priscilla Johnson Tim & Kathryn Johnson E. Joann Jones Joseph & Patty Kahle Eugene & Alice Merrill Kavadlo Steven & Mary Kesselman Nancy H. Kiser Theodore & Dorothy Kramer Jonathan Lamb

(continued next page)

SUPPORTERS

page 28

(continued)

$500 – $999 (continued)

$250 – $499

Christopher James Lees Mr. Michael Lewandowski Mr. George Linfors Lucinda Nisbet Lucas Mr. Calin Lupanu Dr. & Mrs. William W. MacDonald Francis & Paula Martin Tom & Sandy Meckley Mr. & Mrs. Kiran H. Mehta Roy H. Michaux Eric Miller Tim Black & Debbie Miller Anne & Brad Mitchell Sallie & Joe Moody Tom & Sally Moore Gary & Fran Morrison In Memory of Patricia Nims Sara & Tom Nolan Nancy Olah & Bill Pace Pamela Pearson & Charles Peach Gwen Peterson & Tom Hodge Janet & Rick Pfeiffer Catherine Philpott Mr. John H. Pickett Dr. & Mrs. R. Pinkney Rankin, Jr. Haywood & Sabine Rankin Jane & Milburn Ratteree Casey Rentch Robert & Christine Rydel John Schroeder, in honor of Patty McArthur Mr. Andrew Silliker Dr. & Mrs. Henry L. Smith II Rebecca & Eric Smith John-Palmer Smith Julia J. Souther Mr. & Mrs. Larry Stern Kathryn Stewart Sam & Martha Stowe Wesley & Claudia Sturges George & Brenda Sweet Ms. Sarah Teague Nancy & Dick Thigpen Ms. Catherine E. Thompson & Mr. Martin Hunter Tim Timson Jenny & Ken Tolson James & Melanie Twyne Greg & Sandy Vlahos Lyman Welton Barnet & Harriet Weinstock Dr. Thomas H. White Mr. & Mrs. John A. Yakob Ms. Barbara Yarbrough Dan & Susan Yardley Dr. & Mrs. T. Price Zimmermann

Anonymous (2) Andrew & Karen Antoszyk Judi Bainbridge Dr. & Mrs. Michael J. Bell Mortimer & Josephine Cohen Fund Mr. & Mrs. Alexander Bierce Stuart Blackmon Lawton & Janette Blandford Megan Blankemeyer List Mr. Nicholas Bonevac Steve Bost David H. & Barbara J. Burns Robert & Jo Anne Caruso Mary Case Rev. Janice Chalaron Amanda & Kevin Chheda Ms. Catherine Choudary Ms. Dorothy Cole Ron & Shirley Coffman Tom Covington Mr. Todd Croy Leeda Currin Mr. Michael Curtis Rennie Cuthbertson Virginia A. Davis Doug & Diane Doak Mike Dyer John Alday & Rebecca Fant James C. Fort Chakana Fowler Jerry Fox Toni Freeman Richard & Karen Fuentes Harvey & Cindy Gantt Donna Gibson Craig & Myra Green Mr. & Mrs. William Griesmyer Spencer Guthery John & Mary Habit Elizabeth Hage Mr. Christopher Harris Roger K. Hill Barbara Holt Ms. Kelli Hopp-Michlosky Dr. & Mrs. Alexander Horowitz James Horton & Kathy Reardon Karin & Robert Hudson Betty Hunter Cynthia B. Irby Margot Kaiser Mr. H.G. Karn & Mrs. Sandra Washburn Madhu Katta Judy & Ron Kaufman John J. Kelly, Jr. Carolyn Wells Kibler John & Ardis Koch

(continued next page)

SUPPORTERS

page 29

(continued)

Mrs. S. Lacy Ms. Wendy Laxton Steven Light John J. Locke Skip & Ginny Long Dr. & Mrs. Thomas T. Long III Bruce & Leigh Marsh Ms. Rosemarie Marshall & Mr. Lee Wilkins Theodore & Katherine Martinez Ed & Wendy Matthews Steve & Tammy Matula Jill Maxwell Kim & Alan Maxwell Ms. Judy Mayo James & Stephanie McGarvey Kimberly Moore-Wright Dr. & Mrs. Michael E. Norman Dimitris & Jennifer Papageorgiou Cookie & Jerry Parnell Rose & Bailey Patrick Bradley & Sharon Patterson Mr. Conrad Puckett Emily & Brian Reinicker Dr. Livia Robicsek

Mr. & Mrs. Albert E. Rodgers Nancy Rutledge & Jim Rutledge Sarah E. Schoedinger Eileen Scholl Dr. & Mrs. Marvin Shapiro Ginny Shaw Carol Smith James & Ellie Stephens Larry Stratemeyer Brenda Gail Summers Carrie & Jeffrey Teixeira Melissa M. Tolin Patti Tracey & Chris Hudson Ms. Nancy Tretsch Sarah & Tim Turner Minyan Wang Jenny & Henry Ward Ms. Leslie Webster Mr. Erik Weghorst Mr. & Mrs. Richard J. Wertheimer Mrs. Carol Wilson Allen & Clara Wolfe Karen & Charles Wolff

Support your CSO. With your gift, the Charlotte Symphony uplifts, entertains, and educates the diverse communities of Charlotte-Mecklenburg and beyond through exceptional musical experiences.

Every gift makes a difference.

Make your contribution today:

charlottesymphony.org/give-today

SPONSORS

page 30

CORPORATE PARTNERS We are grateful for the following outstanding corporate funders:

$250,000 +

$100,000 - $249,999

$20,000 - $49,999

$10,000 - $19,999

$5,000 - $9,999 Atrium Health Kingfisher Capital The Dunhill Hotel

For more information, please contact Amanda LoCascio, Director of Corporate Engagement at 704.714.5138 or alocascio@charlottesymphony.org

SPONSORS

page 31

GOVERNMENT & FOUNDATION SUPPORT We are grateful for the following outstanding foundation and government funders:

$100,000 +

$50,000 - $99,999

Dickson Foundation

The Truist Charitable Fund is a donor-advised fund created by Truist and administered by The Winston-Salem Foundation

$20,000 - $49,999

DG Brungard Foundation Mariam & Robert Hayes Charitable Trust The Trexler Foundation

$10,000 - $19,999

Blumenthal Foundation Charlotte Mecklenburg Community Foundation Cole Foundation Dunspaugh-Dalton Foundation, Inc. John S. & James L. Knight Foundation The Maurer Family Foundation

$5,000 - $9,999 AT&T Foundation The George W. & Ruth R. Baxter Foundation The Jack H & Ruth C. Campbell Foundation The Charlotte Assembly

$2,500 - $4,999 Barnhardt/Thomas Trust Kathryn Stephenson Pipe Organ Endowment Foundation Stanly County Community Foundation Winer Family Foundation

For more information, please contact Toni Freeman, Grant Writer at development@charlottesymphony.org

SUPPORTERS

page 32

We invite your firm to join this special group of corporate supporters committed to keeping the music alive — enriching Charlotte and the surrounding communities as a first-class place to work and live.

$5,000 +

$2,500 - $4,999 Moore & VanAllen Park Inc.

$500 - $2,499 Carter Troutman Pepper World Famous Golf Carts of South Carolina For more information, please contact Amanda LoCascio, Director of Corporate Engagement at 704.714.5138 or alocascio@charlottesymphony.org

The Charlotte Symphony Orchestra recognizes donors of exceptional generosity whose cumulative giving to the CSO exceeds $1 million with the designation of Music Director Society.

Anonymous (2) Bank of America Corporation Catherine & Wilton Connor Goldman, Sachs & Co. The Leon Levine Foundation John S. & James L. Knight Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Hugh L. McColl, Jr. Robert Haywood Morrison Foundation C. D. Spangler Foundation The Symphony Guild of Charlotte, Inc. Wells Fargo Corporation For more information, please contact Leslie Antoniel, Director of Donor Engagement, at 704.714.5139 or lantoniel@charlottesymphony.org.

SUPPORTERS

page 33

The Encore Society includes individuals who have made provisions for the CSO in their estate plans. We are honored to recognize their support: Anonymous (3) Geraldine I. Anderson† Richard & Ruth Ault Baldwin Family Trust Barnhardt Thomas Trust Larry & Joyce† Bennett Donald H. & Barbara K. Bernstein Mark & Louise Bernstein† Twig & Barbara Branch Saul Brenner Mike & Joan Brown† Mrs. Joan Bruns† Jan & Bob Busch Dr. Helen G. Cappleman, Ph.D.† Jim Cochran† Robin Cochran Charles & Peggy Dickerson Mr. Martin Ericson, Jr. Dr. & Mrs.† Jerry H. Greenhoot Peter & Ann Guild William G. & Marguerite K. Huey Fund† Dr. Nish Jamgotch, Jr.

Betty & Stanley Livingstone† Nellie McCrory† M. Marie Mitchell† Cricket Weston & David Molinaro Joan & Richard Morgan Don C. Niehus Eva Nove Richard J. Osborne Gwen Peterson & Tom Hodge James Y. Preston† Mrs. Clayton (Dusty) Pritchett Ann & Fritz Rehkopf Elizabeth Waring Reinhard Nancy W. Rutledge Mike Rutledge Harriet Seabrook Mr. & Mrs. William Seifert Morris & Patricia Spearman Bob & Maxine Stein Dr. Ben C. Taylor III Mr. & Mrs. Hans Teich Cordelia G. Thompson Tim Timson † Deceased

Leave a lasting legacy of great music through your planned gift.

For more information, contact Leslie Antoniel at 704.714.5139.

November 25 & 26

7:30 pm | Belk Theater

It’s Christmas Eve and we’re boarding The Polar Express™!

Tom Hanks stars in this instant holiday classic filmed in dazzling performance-capture animation that makes every moment magical.

THE POLAR EXPRESS and all related characters and elements © & ™ Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. (s22)

704.972.2000 | charlottesymphony.org

The Charlotte Symphony is supported, in part, by the Infusion Fund and its generous donors.

Multimillion Dollar Commitment City of Charlotte $1.5 million and above Bank of America C.D. Spangler Foundation / National Gypsum Company John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Trane Technologies $600,000 - $1 million Albemarle Foundation Atrium Health Barings Duke Energy Honeywell JELD-WEN, Inc. LendingTree Foundation Lowe’s Companies, Inc. Novant Health Red Ventures Truist $300,000-$600,000 Ally Financial The Centene Charitable Foundation Childress Klein Properties Coca-Cola Consolidated Deloitte EY The Gambrell Foundation Moore & Van Allen PwC Robinson, Bradshaw & Hinson, P.A. Rodgers Builders Wells Fargo Up to $300,000 Fifth Third Bank Foundation For The Carolinas Deidre and Clay Grubb Leslie and Michael Marsicano Jane and Hugh McColl Nucor Corporation PNC Bank Premier, Inc. Jane and Nelson Schwab

LEADERSHIP

page 36

BOARD OF DIRECTORS Linda McFarland Farthing Chair John Williams Vice Chair Mick Ankrom Treasurer David Fisk President & CEO Melissa Anderson Joye D. Blount Thomas Burge* Mike Butterworth Nick Clements Catherine Connor Mary Delk*

Denise DeMaio Richard Krumdieck Yih-Han Ma Alex McKinnon Ulrike W. Miles Glenn Mincey Ylida Roberson Robert Rydel* Melinda Snyder Jennifer Sullivan Jenny Tolson* Kevin Walker Shanté Williams, PhD *ex officio

BOARD OF TRUSTEES Richard Osborne, Chair Jane & Hugh McColl Ruth & Richard Ault Susan & Loy McKeithen Kat Belk Elizabeth J. McLaughlin Arlene & Milton Berkman George McLendon Jason & Tiffany Bernd Patrick J. O’Leary Frank Bragg Debbie & G. Patrick Phillips Robin & Bill Branstrom Paul Reichs Derick & Sallie Close Nancy & Charles Robson Robin Cochran Patricia A. Rodgers Wilton Connor M.A. Rogers Jeanie & T. Thomas Cottingham III Dan & Sara Garces Roselli Brian Cromwell Katrina & JD Schurter Alessandra & Pasquale De Martino Carolyn Shaw Alvaro & Donna de Molina Tom Skains Peggy & Richard Dreher Emily & Zach Smith Lisa Hudson Evans Bob & Marsha Stickler David Furr Cynthia Tyson Todd Gorelick Braxton Winston Janet Haack Richard Worf Reginald B. Henderson, Esq. Albert Zue Mark & Whitney Jerrell Jeff Lee Gov. James G. Martin

ADMINISTR ATION

page 37

EXECUTIVE David J. L. Fisk, President & CEO Samantha Hackett, Executive Administrator ARTISTIC OPERATIONS (see p. 15) DEVELOPMENT Shayne Doty, Vice President of Development Leslie Antoniel, Director of Donor Engagement Amanda LoCascio, Director of Corporate Engagement Libby Currier, Annual Fund Manager Tammy Matula, Database Manager Jennifer Gherardi, Campaign Coordinator Senta Harvey, Annual Fund & Sponsorships Associate FINANCE Wendy Laxton (Laxton CFO Services), Fractional Vice President of Finance Chazin & Company, Financial Services HUMAN RESOURCES Maribeth Baker (Catapult), Human Resources Counselor Amy Hine, Office Administrator LEARNING & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Aram Kim Bryan, Vice President of Learning & Community Engagement Emily Gordon, Project Harmony Manager Dylan Lloyd, Youth Orchestras Manager Peyton Wulff, Learning Manager Jirah Montgomery, Youth Orchestras Assistant MARKETING Candace Sykes, Vice President of Marketing & Patron Experience Deirdre Roddin, Director of Institutional Marketing & Communications Nicole Glaza, Senior Manager of Digital Marketing Chad Calvert, Visual Communications Manager Laura Thomas, Marketing Manager Meghan Starr, Patron Communications Manager Garrett Whiffen, Ticketing Manager

128 S. Tryon Street, Suite 350 Charlotte, NC 28202 tickets: 704.972.2000 office: 704.972.2003

charlottesymphony.org

DIVINE. PASSIONATE. WONDROUS.

Christopher Warren-Green, conductor Charlotte Master Chorale

December 2 – 4 Knight Theater

Conductor Laureate Christopher Warren-Green returns to the Charlotte stage to lead his worldrenowned interpretation of Handel’s Messiah, featuring a quartet of soloists and Charlotte Master Chorale. Hallelujah!

704.972.2000 | charlottesymphony.org