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C e l a c i s u M e w ith M a ti n é Catch These Artists Catching Fire in the Music World!.

Sunday, February 19 3 PM Memorial Hall

• 2019 Tchaikovsky Competition Gold Medal and Grand Prix Winner “Alexandre is Liszt reincarnated. I’ve never heard anyone play the piano as he does.”

—Jerry Dubins, Fanfare Magazine

CINCINNATI DEBUT

Alexandre Kantorow PIANO

• Winner of 2022 German SWR Young Opera Stars Competition

Sunday March 26 7 PM Memorial Hall

• Awarded Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Orchestra Prize, selected by orchestra members

USA DEBUT

Valerie Eickhoff MEZZO-SOPRANO

TBA PIANO

• Performed and collaborated with orchestras, with stunning virtuosity, in approximately 70 countries on five continents

Sunday May 7 3 PM Anderson Hills United Methodist Church 7515 Forest Road, Cincinnati 45255

“…demonstrates lyrical sensitivity and ravishing technical mastery…”

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JANUARY/ FEBRUARY 2023

CONTENTS 4

Directors & Advisors

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Welcome from the President & CEO

6

Upcoming Concerts

8

Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra “We Believe”

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Feature: Relationships: A Bridge Between Communities

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Feature: Pops—Indoor Fireworks: Tchaikovsky Spectacular

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Spotlight: Meet the Orchestra’s New Assistant Conductors

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Spotlight: Meet Our New Orchestra Musicians, Part II

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Feature: CSO—A Theatrical Vision: New Contexts for Familiar Works

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Spotlight: Why We Give, Part I

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Spotlight: Forging a New Path

30

Orchestra Roster

31

Artistic Leadership: Louis Langrée, John Morris Russell, Matthias Pintscher and Damon Gupton

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Guest Artist Biographies

43

Concerts and CSO Program Notes: Jan. 6–7: Sibelius Symphony No. 2 | Jan. 13–14: Grieg: Peer Gynt In Concert | Jan. 20: CSO Chamber Players | Jan. 21–22: Tchaikovsky & Prokofiev | Jan. 27–29: Pops Tchaikovsky Spectacular | Feb. 3–4: Thibaudet Plays Liszt

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Financial Support

76

Opus: Honoring Subscribers of 25+ Years

80

Administration

ALSO look for the Jan/Feb “Of Note” found on p. 61 of this issue of Fanfare Magazine.

ON THE COVER: Music Director Louis Langrée. Credit: Claudia Hershner

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9 Central to the Orchestra’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DE&I) plan is the support of dedicated community partners.

Read about two of these partnerships on pp. 9–11.

12 Indoor fireworks are in store Jan. 21–22, when the Cincinnati Pops presents its Tchaikovsky Spectacular.

Principal Pops Guest Conductor Damon Gupton shares his excitement about all things Tchaikovsky, especially the 1812 Overture, on pp. 12–13.

20 “…it’s always a joy to share the stage with actors, singers and chorus. It’s also very Cincinnatian, this sense of adventure in playing with things out of their usual box,” says Music Director Louis Langrée. Find out how a “theatrical vision” gives new context to familiar works in the CSO’s Jan–Feb concerts, pp. 20–25.

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Dianne Rosenberg, Chair Robert W. McDonald, Immediate Past Chair Sue McPartlin, Treasurer and Vice-Chair of Finance Usha C. Vance, Secretary Timothy Giglio and Gerron L. McKnight, Esq., Vice-Chairs of Volunteerism Anne E. Mulder, Vice-Chair of Community Engagement Charla B. Weiss, Vice-Chair of Institutional Advancement Melanie Healey, Vice-Chair of Leadership Development

Directors Dorie Akers Heather Apple Michael P. Bergan Kate C. Brown Ralph P. Brown, DVM Trish Bryan* Otto M. Budig, Jr.* Andria Carter Melanie M. Chavez Michael L. Cioffi Andrea Costa Adrian Cunningham Gabe Davis Kelly M. Dehan Alberto J. Espay, M.D. Dr. Maria Espinola Mrs. Charles Fleischmann III* Lawrence Hamby Delores Hargrove-Young

Francie S. Hiltz* Joseph W. Hirschhorn* Brad Hunkler Lisa Diane Kelly Edna Keown Patrick G. Kirk, M.D. Florence Koetters Jonathan Kregor Peter E. Landgren John Lanni Shannon Lawson Spencer Liles* Edyth B. Lindner* Will Lindner Timothy Maloney Holly Mazzocca James P. Minutolo Laura Mitchell John A. Moore Jennifer J. Morales Theodore Nelson Lisa Lennon Norman Bradford E. Phillips, III Aik Khai Pung James B. Reynolds* Jack Rouse* Lisa M. Sampson Patrick Schleker Digi France Schueler Valarie Sheppard Stephanie A. Smith Albert Smitherman Kari Ullman David R. Valz Randolph L. Wadsworth, Jr.* Daniel Wachter *Director Emeritus

BOARD OF DIRECTORS DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION (DE&I) COMMITTEE and COMMUNITY ADVISORY COUNCIL In May 2020 the realities of systemic inequity, injustice and racism in America were once again laid bare by the murder of George Floyd. That summer, the CSO created a 10-point DEI Action Plan to prioritize the Orchestra’s work to better represent and serve the entirety of the Cincinnati community.

Action items included the continued amplification of BIPOC artists on stage and in education programs; a review of hiring and compensation practices; organization-wide implicit bias training; increased mentorship opportunities; and the creation of a standing CSO Community Advisory Council (CAC) to strengthen ties to the community. We thank our many partners on the CAC and on our standing DE&I committee who are helping us with this important work.

CSO Board of Directors DE&I Committee Charla B. Weiss, Lead Heather Apple Ralph Brown Adrian Cunningham Maria Espinola Delores Hargrove-Young Lisa Kelly David Kirk* Gerron McKnight Lisa Lennon Norman Jack Rouse Lisa Sampson Stephanie Smith *Community Volunteer Primary Staff Liaison: Harold Brown Other Staff Members: Tiffany Cooper, Kyle Wynk-Sivashankar

Community Advisory Council Desire Bennett, Design Impact Daniel Betts, Cincinnati Recreation Commission Jackie Taggart Boyd, Cincinnati Convention and Visitors Bureau/CincyUSA Alexis Kidd, Seven Hills Neighborhood Houses

Christopher Miller, National Underground Railroad Freedom Center Joele Newman, Peaslee Neighborhood Center Candra Reeves, Urban League of Greater Southwestern Ohio Leslie Rich, Ioby John P. Scott, Community Engagement Partners Billy Thomas, Cincy Nice Staff: Tiffany Cooper, Harold Brown

Multicultural Awareness Council Susan Carlson Andria Carter Piper Davis Dara Fairman Kori Hill Alverna Jenkins Beverley Lamb Carlos Garcia Leon Aurelia “Candie” Simmons Jaime Sharpe Quiera Levy Smith Daphney Thomas Alford West Staff: Tiffany Cooper, Harold Brown

WELCOME FROM THE PRESIDENT AND CEO

©Roger Mastroianni

We are excited to share what we have planned for you in 2023.

Dear Friends, Welcome to the New Year and to Music Hall. We’re glad that you’re here with us.

With each new year, it is natural for us to reflect on the previous one and make resolutions for the year ahead. We set personal goals and make plans to reach those goals. The time bank returns to full, and we decide how best to use that time. An institution like ours is no different. The turning of the page in the calendar encourages us to take stock of what we have accomplished together and look forward to the remainder of the season and much more. We are excited to share what we have planned for you in 2023.

In this issue of Fanfare Magazine, we provide behind-the-scenes glimpses of our January and February concerts and feature people and partnerships that help advance the work we do in the community. In Ken Smith’s story, we hear from Music Director Louis Langrée, guest conductor Thomas Søndergård, and violinist Randall Goosby for an overview of upcoming CSO concerts and their unique insights into the theatricality of performing music on stage. In the sidebar, Director of Concert Theatre Works Bill Barclay discusses his recreation of Peer Gynt, which showcases dynamic interplay between orchestra, chorus and actors in a creative distillation of Edvard Grieg’s score to Henrik Ibsen’s play. And, we celebrate Lunar New Year with special performances of Chen Qigang’s The Five Elements and Zhou Tian’s The Palace of Nine Perfections, along with music by Ravel and by Liszt, featuring pianist and friend Jean-Yves Thibaudet. In Erica Reid’s story, we hear from Cincinnati Pops Principal Guest Conductor Damon Gupton about his music and film career and uncover his personal affinity for the music of Tchaikovsky. This issue also includes feature stories about our partnership with the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, our Diversity Fellowship program, special profiles on our new musicians and assistant conductors, and more.

We are one of only a handful of 52-week orchestras in America, and our calendar is full of performances and activity that would not be possible without the unwavering support of our Board of Directors, musicians, staff, volunteers, community partners, and you, our audience. It takes a community of people who believe in our mission to seek and share inspiration in order to dream big, make plans, take action, and share in music together. Thank you for joining us on our journey. We wish you all the best in this New Year.

With gratitude,

Jonathan Martin

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C O M I N G U P AT M U S I C H A L L FEB 2023 Sing-A-Long-A SOUND OF MUSIC FEB 26 SUN 1 pm & 7 pm† John Morris Russell host †Brought to you by the Cincinnati Pops; does not include the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

MAR 2023 DEATH & TRANSFIGURATION MAR 4 & 5 SAT 7:30 pm; SUN 2 pm* Louis Langrée conductor Elizabeth Freimuth horn R. STRAUSS Horn Concerto No. 1 Samuel ADAMS Variations [World Premiere, CSO Co-Commission] R. STRAUSS Death and Transfiguration

Film In Concert MARVEL’S BLACK PANTHER MAR 10–12 FRI & SAT 7:30 pm; SUN 2 pm ©2019 All Rights Reserved, ©Marvel

THE MERMAID MAR 17 & 18 FRI & SAT 7:30 pm Kevin John Edusei conductor Simone Lamsma violin F. MENDELSSOHN Die schöne Melusine (“The Fair Melusine”) E. KORNGOLD Violin Concerto A.v. ZEMLINSKY Die Seejungfrau (“The Mermaid”)

BEETHOVEN’S FIFTH MAR 24–26 FRI 11 am; SAT 7:30 pm; SUN 2 pm Anna Rakitina conductor Sterling Elliott cello A. DVOŘÁK Cello Concerto Richard AYRES No. 52, I. Saying Goodbye L.v. BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5

Lollipops Concert SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE CASE OF THE MISSING MAESTRO MAR 25 SAT 10:30 am Concert Sponsor: Cincinnati Symphony Club

CSO PROOF: SURREALIST EL TROPICAL MAR 29 & 30 WED & THU 8 pm Rosie Herrera Dance Theatre Rosie Herrera choreographer Clyde Scott video and production designer Luke Kritzeck lighting and production designer

APR 2023 SHOSTAKOVICH SYMPHONY NO. 5 APR 7 & 8 FRI & SAT 7:30 pm Louis Langrée conductor Stephen Hough piano Daníel BJARNASON New Work, Part I [US Premiere, CSO Co-Commission] S. RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 1 D. SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 5

CLASSICAL ROOTS APR 14 FRI 7:30 pm* John Morris Russell conductor Classical Roots Community Choir Artist Sponsor: Jeffrey & Jody Lazarow and Janie & Peter Schwartz Family Fund

N. RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Russian Easter Overture Billy CHILDS Saxophone Concerto [CSO Co-Commission] M. MUSSORGSKY Pictures at an Exhibition (arr. Ravel)

MAHLER SYMPHONY NO. 7 APR 21 & 22 FRI 11 am; SAT 7:30 pm Matthias Pintscher conductor G. MAHLER Symphony No. 7 Concert Sponsor: Peter Landgren and Judith Schonbach Landgren

CSO CHAMBER PLAYERS APR 21 FRI 7:30 pm, Wilks Studio BEN FOLDS APR 25 TUE 7:30 pm Ben Folds singer-songwriter-pianist RAGTIME In Concert APR 28-30 FRI & SAT 7:30 pm; SUN 2 pm John Morris Russell conductor

MAY 2023 SAINT-SAËNS ORGAN SYMPHONY MAY 5-7 FRI & SAT 7:30 pm; SUN 2 pm Louis Langrée conductor Víkingur Ólafsson piano Friday & Saturday H. BERLIOZ Overture to Les francs-juges (“The Judges of the Secret Court”) M. RAVEL Concerto in G Major for Piano and Orchestra C. SAINT-SAËNS Symphony No. 3, Organ Sunday H. BERLIOZ Overture to Les francs-juges (“The Judges of the Secret Court”) H. BERLIOZ “Marche des Gardes” from Les francs-juges (“The Judges of the Secret Court”) C. SAINT-SAËNS Danse macabre C. SAINT-SAËNS Symphony No. 3, Organ

AN AMERICAN IN PARIS MAY 12 & 13 FRI 11 am; SAT 7:30 pm Louis Langrée conductor Courtney Bryan piano and composer D. MILHAUD La création du monde (“The Creation of the World”) Courtney BRYAN Piano Concerto [World Premiere (orchestral version), CSO Co-Commission] E. “Duke” ELLINGTON Night Creature G. GERSHWIN An American in Paris (ed. Clague) Presenting Sponsor: HORAN

CSO CHAMBER PLAYERS MAY 12 FRI 7:30 pm, Wilks Studio FOR A FULL LIST OF UPCOMING EVENTS AND ADDITIONAL INFO

VISIT CINCINNATISYMPHONY.ORG Louis Langrée Music Director • John Morris Russell Cincinnati Pops Conductor *For more info on our livestreams visit cincinnatisymphony.org/live Music Hall | 1241 Elm St | Cincinnati, OH | 45202

THESE ARE YOUR MOMENTS

PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION APR 15 & 16 SAT 7:30 pm; SUN 2 pm Ramón Tebar conductor Steven Banks saxophone

WE BELIEVE music lives within us all regardless of who we are or where we come from. We believe that music is a pathway to igniting our passions, discovering what moves us, deepening our curiosity and connecting us to our world and

to each other.

— Representation and visibility matter. As we strive to be the most relevant orchestra in America, we begin with these statements that recognize historical problems in our Organization and industry and define our hopes for the future.

We are committed to diversity, equity and inclusion Our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion is catalyzed by systemic injustice and inequality perpetuated by individuals and institutions. We believe that reflecting our community and the world around us at every level—on stage, behind-the-scenes, and in neighborhoods throughout the region—is essential to the CSO’s present and future.

We honor the land and Indigenous peoples We acknowledge that Cincinnati Music Hall occupies land that has been the traditional land of the Hopewell, Adena, Myaamia (Miami), Shawandasse Tula (Shawanwaki/Shawnee), and Wahzhazhe Manzhan (Osage) peoples, who have continuously lived upon this land since time immemorial. We honor past, present and future Indigenous peoples.

FEATURE

Relationships: A Bridge Between Communities

by TYLER M. SECOR

Community engagement is about developing relationships for the sake of the relationship…it’s about creating a space where we can coexist together to the mutual benefit of all of us.”

—Tiffany Cooper

The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra adopted a new 10-year strategic plan in 2019. At the core of this plan is a set of goals and objectives to further the CSO’s existing Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DE&I) initiatives. In 2020, following the racial unrest and society’s desperate need to change the systemic inequity, injustice and racism of our culture, the CSO accelerated and prioritized its DE&I work.

This work is not a centralized effort by one department, but an organization-wide effort to change the status quo. The creators of the 2019 strategic plan and the 2020 DE&I Action Plan recognized that the CSO could not engage in this work without the support of dedicated community partners who would advise at all levels of the Organization, to ensure that the Orchestra would meet its vision of being the most relevant orchestra in America.

Central to the Orchestra’s work in the community is the dedicated staff of the community engagement team. When the Director of Community Engagement and Diversity, Tiffany Cooper, and the Community Engagement Manager, Amanda Franklin, met with me to discuss the CSO’s ongoing efforts to engage with various community organizations for this story, the conversation quickly turned to developing a better understanding of what “community engagement” means and how that work manifests.

“Community engagement is about developing relationships for the sake of the relationship,” stated Cooper. “It should never be transactional. But it’s about creating a space where we can coexist together to the mutual benefit of all of us.”

Engagement with the community is not a new phenomenon at the CSO; instead, it stretches back to the 1989–90 season with the formation of the CSO Outreach Initiative Committee, which was soon renamed the Multicultural Awareness Council (MAC). MAC’s founding and ongoing DJ Sherman DJ-ing before the Cincinnati Pops concert featuring Hip Hop artist Common.

Credit: JP Leong

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Members of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra performing at the National Underground Freedom Center in November 2022.

Credit: Tyler Secor

mission is to increase participation of AfricanAmerican and Latine communities into all facets of the CSO. MAC has established and advised on numerous new programs and initiatives that continue to this day, many of which are based on relationships developed by MAC members.

MAC’s relationship with African-American churches resulted in the creation of Classical Roots: Linking Cultures through Music, a CSO Sound Discoveries: Music for the Community program best known today as “Classical Roots.”

The Nouveau Program, founded in 2007 and co-presented by MAC, formed a partnership between young African American string students and area African American churches.

“Our current community engagement efforts were not developed in a bubble,” remarked Cooper. “MAC has been building relationships with the African American community for 30-plus years; what we do now is an extension of those relationships.”

Over the last several seasons, the community engagement team has nurtured new relationships with organizations such as the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center and Elementz.

The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center (NURFC) opened in August 2004 on the banks of the Ohio River in downtown Cincinnati, the great natural barrier that separated the slave states of the South from the free states of the North. The NURFC illuminates the true meaning of inclusive freedom by presenting permanent and special exhibits that inspire, public programming that provokes dialogue and action, and educational resources that equip modern abolitionists.

“The NURFC serves as the Black cultural hub of the city and the incubator where everyone goes for important cultural events,” stated Cooper.

A relationship with a cultural hub organization provides a lens into what other events are happening throughout the city and ensures

that the CSO is amplifying and working with community members, and not having competing events or programs.

“Christopher Miller, senior director of education and community engagement at NURFC, and I became close colleagues,” stated Cooper (Miller also serves on the CSO’s Community Advisory Council). “We were talking about how the CSO and NURFC could find a regular cadence by which to collaborate that would be mutually beneficial.”

The CSO and NURFC have collaborated on numerous events, but most recently for NURFC’s Fifth Third Community Days. The Fifth Third Foundation has made possible free admission to the Freedom Center on the fifth and third Sundays of each month. To help amplify these free days, the CSO musicians have played free concerts in the Harriet Tubman Theater on several of these Sundays.

Elementz is Cincinnati’s premier Hip Hop Cultural Arts Center. The Center was founded in 2002 as a direct response to the killing of Timothy Thomas, a young black man, and the social unrest in Over-the-Rhine that followed. Elementz was created to give voice to young people in the urban core and to disrupt the status quo, encouraging positive change in the community through civic engagement. Elementz embraces and leverages the richness of Hip Hop Culture to continue to help young people be catalysts of change and to engage in creative futures. They work to intentionally Preserve, Protect and Advance Hip Hop as art, culture and a global economic and creative force, while helping young people prepare for the creative workforce by providing academic and social-emotional support as well as exposures to generate opportunities for future success.

Elementz provides educational opportunities around DJ-ing, poetry and creative writing, music production and dance. Members also have the ability to book studio time for creative projects.

Members of Elementz have been part of a number of CSO events, but Hip Hop artist Common’s appearance with the Cincinnati Pops in October 2022 provided a natural opportunity to collaborate with Elementz.

Before the concert, an Elementz dance crew, along with DJ Sherman, turned the foyer of Music Hall into a Hip Hop performance space, which set the tone for the entire concert and also showcased the enormous talent of Cincinnati’s Hip Hop community.

These types of ongoing collaborations help to “build relationships with very important cultural organizations in our city that continue to help us think in more meaningful ways about the relevancy of our work,” said Cooper.

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POPS FEATURE

Indoor Fireworks: Tchaikovsky Spectacular

by ERICA REID

While Tchaikovsky is an important composer with an astounding legacy, Gupton suggests Tchaikovsky Spectacular is as much about, in his words, “having a good time.”

Odds are you have heard the tail end of Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture. The unforgettable rhythms of its explosive climax are a popular choice for Independence Day celebrations and have played a prominent role in pop culture, ranging from The Muppet Show to V for Vendetta. And the Cincinnati Pops made a legendary recording with Telarc in 1979 that included the use of actual military cannons—the state-of-the-art digital recording of the cannons was so effective that the album was famously capable of destroying audio equipment when played at full volume (the album even carried a warning, “Caution! Digital Cannons…are recorded at a very high level. Lower levels are recommended for initial playback until a safe level can be determined for your equipment”).

However, even though 1812 (whose proper title is actually The Year 1812, Solemn Overture) is what music lovers might call a “warhorse,” there is still a decent chance that your listening experience is incomplete. “Not often do you get to do the 1812 in its complete form, so that’s unique,” says Pops Principal Guest Conductor Damon Gupton, who will lead the Orchestra in Tchaikovsky Spectacular January 28–29 [the January 27 performance will be led by CSO Assistant Conductor Samuel Lee]. “Not to mention there’s some tricky stuff in the 1812 Overture. People, I think they sleep on that a little bit,” he says, laughing. “The middle section that is often cut can be gnarly. Some nice, gnarly keys in that piece.”

Pops Principal Guest Conductor Damon Gupton conducts the Cincinnati Pops in October 2022 for the one-night-only concert featuring Common. Credit: JP Leong

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The audience’s recognition won’t end with the 15-minute Overture, either. “This is a program that’s appropriate for everyone,” says Gupton.

“If you’ve never been to Music Hall, this is a great introduction to what the Orchestra can do, because some of the tunes will definitely be familiar.” Along with classical music newcomers, who will find this a welcoming, family-friendly concert, Gupton is also excited to attract “people who love to hear this Orchestra play.”

To that end, Gupton and the Pops have packed the Spectacular with Tchaikovsky’s greatest hits, including suites from his exceedingly popular and enduring ballets, Swan Lake and The Sleeping Beauty. These timeless stories are cultural touchpoints, and Tchaikovsky’s vivid and achingly beautiful music helps ensure these fairytales will continue to move us for centuries to come.

Tucked between the sizzling fireworks and romantic gestures of the Tchaikovsky Spectacular are quiet, but no less powerful and poignant, moments. The program includes selections from Tchaikovsky’s chamber pieces such as the Andante cantabile movement from his First String Quartet and, as Gupton explains, “a little piece that I like from Album for the Young.” While this sweet “Morning Prayer” was originally written for piano, the Pops will perform a lovely orchestration for strings.

Audiences will also enjoy an all-too-rare chance to see Damon Gupton on the podium, as the Pops’ Principal Guest Conductor keeps a packed schedule. Outside of his engagements with the Cincinnati Pops, this season Gupton will also conduct the music of John Williams with the New Jersey and Dallas symphony orchestras, lead The Philadelphia Orchestra through the score of Marvel Studios’ Black Panther, and provide the narration for Wynton Marsalis’ The Ever Fonky Lowdown with the Juilliard Jazz Orchestra.

All this is on top of the acting work that keeps him traveling to New York, Los Angeles, and beyond! At the time of this writing, Gupton is shooting episodes of Law and Order, working on the second season of the Showtime series Your Honor, and anticipating the release of the Apple TV+ series The Big Door Prize, in which he is a cast member. (If you can’t wait, another of Gupton’s recent projects for Apple TV+, the Samuel L. Jackson vehicle The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey, is currently available for streaming.)

From top: Cover art from the CD rerelease of the 1978 Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra recording of Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture.

The CD liner note warning about the digital cannons. A picture (from the CD liner notes) of one of the cannons used in the 1979 recording of the 1812 Overture.

It’s safe to say that Gupton knows his way around all things theatrical, making him an ideal bandleader for the Tchaikovsky Spectacular.

Gupton considers the Spectacular an opportunity for joy as a new year begins. “I think it is very important that orchestras play good, solid music that people like to hear,” he says. “I think the things we’ve been through, and are going through, in this current climate and the last two years, warrant people coming to the concert hall and having a good time and enjoying the fantastical world of certain composers.” While Tchaikovsky is an important composer with an astounding legacy, Gupton suggests Tchaikovsky Spectacular is as much about, in his words, “having a good time.”

“And I’m all for that too,” he adds with a smile.

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SPOTLIGHT: New Assistant Conductors

Meet the Orchestra’s New Assistant Conductors

by MEGHAN ISAACS

The CSO welcomes two new Assistant Conductors to the podium this season.

Samuel Lee and Daniel Wiley will assist Music Director Louis Langrée and Cincinnati Pops Conductor John Morris Russell, as well as help lead various educational and community engagement activities throughout the season.

Coincidentally, both Samuel and Daniel both dreamed of being conductors from a young age, although each took a slightly different career path before landing back in the world of orchestral conducting. Both also consider their relationships with the members of the Orchestra as one of mutual learning and inspiration.

SAMUEL LEE

to become a conductor and for his cousin to

Originally from Seoul, South Korea, Samuel

become a composer. (Their dreams for their

Lee was born into a musical family. His mother

children came true, as Samuel’s cousin is working

was a singer, and he had two musical aunts—

as a composer in Chicago.) Samuel’s aunts

one a pianist and the other a viola professor.

started teaching him piano and violin when he

The women plotted for Samuel to grow up

was four years old, and he later took to the viola as his primary instrument.

Samuel’s musical education continued throughout his youth, and he moved to Berlin to further his viola studies with Tabea Zimmermann.

Through his studies, he met his colleagues in the Novus String Quartet, with whom he played for ten years.

“When I was young my dream was to become a conductor, but I ended up doing advanced studies in viola performance. After graduating, I wanted to start my career over again, this time with a major in conducting,” said Samuel. While studying conducting, he also worked as a viola professor and conductor at Bach Music High School in Berlin.

Looking for more conducting experience, he found the CSO’s Assistant Conductor position online, applied, and was invited to audition. Not only is this Samuel’s first job in the U.S., but it was also his very first time auditioning as a conductor.

The best conducting advice Samuel has received so far? Trust the musicians; trust your colleagues. In following this advice, Samuel often finds inspiration from his colleagues in the orchestra. “Many conductors think we have to

Samuel Lee

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give all the information and control the orchestra,

During the pandemic, Daniel worked with the

but so often the sound and musical ideas start

Windsor Symphony to create a digital education

from the orchestra itself.”

concert series that ultimately reached 123,000

As Samuel settles into the lifestyle and culture

students across the U.S. and Canada—a point

of the U.S., Cincinnati Pops Conductor John Morris

of pride he considers a highlight of his career.

Russell has been introducing him to some favorite

For him, the ultimate goal of music education

Cincinnati pastimes, including Reds baseball,

is simply to inspire the next generation to value

Graeter’s ice cream and Skyline Chili. Because

what classical music can do to enrich their lives.

of his work with the Pops, Samuel has also been

The best piece of advice Daniel ever received

discovering American pop music, and he loves it.

applies both to music and to life: Try not to dwell

When not working or exploring Cincinnati,

too long on things. “Conductors can be slightly

Samuel can be found spending time with friends,

neurotic and let things fester because we really

watching movies (particularly old classic films),

care, but there’s something to be said about

and reading books. He also has a long list of

being in the moment. To allow the music (and

places in the U.S. he wants to visit when he gets

life, for that matter) to happen without forcing it

the opportunity, including Hawaii, Alaska and

is certainly something I don’t do perfectly every

Niagara Falls.

day, but something I really strive towards in my daily life.”

You may find Daniel in his spare time “flushing

DANIEL WILEY

his brain” on a run or cooking. Of course, he

Invited by his middle school band director, Daniel

frequently listens to music, whether it’s what

Wiley first found himself on the conductor’s

the CSO is performing in a given week, or a mix

podium at age 13. After that experience, he knew

of classical and other genres. Currently on the

he wanted to be a conductor, but he didn’t yet

playlist? Richard Strauss and Elton John.

know what form that would take.

He went on to pursue an education degree at Boise State University with the goal of becoming a high school band director. During college, he discovered his love for conducting orchestral music, and his career goals shifted accordingly. Upon graduation, he took a job as a junior high choral director for a couple of years before pursuing a master’s degree in orchestral conducting at the University of North Texas.

He started his doctoral work there as well, but landing his first job as Associate Conductor of the Windsor Symphony Orchestra put his academic pursuits on pause.

Considering both of Daniel’s parents and both sets of grandparents were teachers, education is in his blood and continues to inform his approach to music. Two things happen when young people attend an orchestra concert, he said. “One, we are fostering a deeper sense of awareness, and by doing so, creating more complete humans that understand the world a little bit better. Two, we are championing other arts and community partners and making authentic connections [between the disciplines].”

Daniel Wiley

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SPOTLIGHT: New Orchestra Musicians

Meet Our New Orchestra Musicians, Part II

by MEGHAN ISAACS

This season, Fanfare is highlighting the large “class” of musicians who are beginning their tenures with the CSO. In this month’s profile, we meet Principal Librarian Christina Eaton, violist Dan Wang, violist Emilio Carlo and cellist Isabel Kwon. Three of these four musicians are familiar faces to CSO audiences: Christina was promoted from her previous role as Associate Principal Librarian, and Emilio and Dan are both alumni of the CSO/CCM Diversity Fellowship. Each of these talented additions to the CSO’s roster enjoys a variety of diverse interests outside of their careers, and all are thrilled to be with the CSO this year.

Christina Eaton, Principal Librarian

Christina Eaton

Christina Eaton’s career as an orchestra librarian happened almost by chance. Originally from Pittsburgh, Christina (whose parents are both musicians) had a violin in her hands by age three. Although she played all through college at the University of Dayton, she didn’t major in music because she did not aspire to a performance career. Instead, she majored in English and, after graduation, landed a job back in Pittsburgh working for an advertising firm—which she hated.

While planning a trip to Washington, D.C., she found herself on the National Symphony Orchestra’s (NSO) website buying concert tickets; while browsing, she wandered onto the “Employment Opportunities” page. She applied for a position as an Assistant Librarian. “Six weeks later, I lived there,” said Christina. “They knew I was green as grass, but figured I was teachable and treated my position like an internship.” She quickly fell in love with the job. Her first two bosses at the NSO, Marcia Farabee and Shelley Friedman, were notable influences for Christina, in the way they modeled orchestra librarianship and maintained work/life balance.

After about three years in D.C., she won the job as Head Librarian for the Phoenix Symphony. In 2008, she won the job as Associate Principal Librarian here in Cincinnati, and she embarked on her new role as Principal Librarian at the start of the current season.

For Christina, the excitement of being behind the scenes and working closely with musicians and conductors makes for an engaging career. “It’s cliché, but CSO musicians are such a welcoming group and wonderful to work with. They’re all experts, so I always have someone to ask very specific questions of,” she said.

Another aspect of the job that Christina particularly enjoys is her role as the CSO’s unofficial historian. “The CSO’s long history is really fascinating.

It’s amazing to take a step back and see that I’m a link in the chain here.

You can pull a set of orchestra parts off the shelf and see the handwriting of a previous librarian or musicians who have been here,” she said.

In her spare time, you’ll find Christina in her kitchen either baking or canning. A regular Findlay Market shopper, she has standing orders with some of the farmers and merchants to fuel her hobby.

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As Christina takes on her new role, she reflects on the team that makes it happen. “We have an outstanding library team here, including the Assistant and Associate Principal librarians, Chorus and Youth Orchestra librarians, and five dedicated volunteers. The library would not be functioning if not for this full team!”

Dan Wang, viola

Dan Wang

Dan Wang’s path to the CSO started with playing the violin in her hometown of Shenyang, China. After studying at the Hong Kong Academy for the Performing Arts, she continued working on her master’s degree in violin at CCM. After considering again what she wanted to do, she spent one year on a DMA degree in violin before taking a break. During the break, she made the decision to switch to the viola. “I have always loved the sound of viola. It expresses the feelings of our hearts more directly than any other instrument,” Dan said.

In 2017, two years after taking up the viola, she became a CSO/CCM Diversity Fellow. “I think the Fellowship is the best thing that happened to me in my career,” said Dan. “[During the Fellowship] I could get a lot of support from mentors in the program and take lessons from different people who gave me valuable suggestions,” she said.

The support from the program, especially the mock auditions available to her as part of the Fellowship, strengthened her musicianship. In 2019, she won a job with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, where she stayed before returning to Cincinnati at the start of the current CSO season.

Dan’s biggest cheerleader along the way has been her mom. “She loves music very much. She’s the person that guided me into a music career, and she’s always supporting me,” she said.

While preparing for the pressure of auditions, the best advice Dan received was simple: be yourself. “I’m a person who overthinks a lot, and sometimes it’s not good for me. My advice to others is to never give up, and just focus on the audition,” she said.

When not working or practicing, Dan enjoys time with her family and her two dogs. She also loves cooking, especially Chinese food and spicy food. She considers Cincinnati her home and is happy to be back.

Emilio Carlo, viola

Emilio Carlo

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Emilio Carlo grew up in the Bronx, where his grandfather owned a record shop and where Emilio heard and learned to love all kinds of music, particularly R&B and salsa. He learned to play Latin percussion instruments, and his great uncle (who was a famous singer in Puerto Rico) taught Emilio some music as well. Those early influences ensured music would always be part of Emilio’s life.

When he was a teenager, Emilio moved to PG County, Maryland (PG is the oft-used short form for Prince George’s), where he discovered the viola. He initially wanted to try jazz (his cousin is a jazz trumpeter), but playing brass or wind instruments would have been very difficult since he was about to be fitted for orthodontia; he was also discouraged from his next choice, upright bass, due to its size. “All that was left was viola or violin. It kind of just stuck from there,” said Emilio. He earned his undergraduate degree at the University of Cincinnati CollegeConservatory of Music (CCM), then became part of the first class of the CSO/CCM Diversity Fellowship.

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Emilio says his time as a Fellow propelled his career by helping him learn to function within a section. “It gave me a ‘fall on my face free’ card,” he said. After the Fellowship, he stayed in Cincinnati freelancing for a year, followed by time spent with the Nashville and New World symphony orchestras before returning to Cincinnati.

Emilio’s mother has been his strongest influence and cheerleader. “She has always been that voice of reason and encouragement when I felt like everything was falling apart,” he said.

He has also found support from his colleagues, particularly Joanne Wojtowicz (his mentor with the Diversity Fellowship), Zoya Leybin (violinist with the Nashville Symphony), and Titus Underwood (Principal Oboist of the Nashville Symphony).

When he’s not practicing, you’ll find Emilio outside with his dog, Ghost.

He’s also been building on his grandfather’s record collection. And of course, he loves to eat. His current favorite restaurant is Mazunte, though he was also recently introduced to Sebastian Bakehouse. “It was the first time I ate something and literally just stopped what I was doing and screamed, ‘This is amazing!’”

Isabel Kwon, cello From her early days growing up in Michigan Isabel Kwon shew she “couldn’t stop [herself] from going into music.” The strong music community in her hometown supported her, and Isabel found herself among cello teachers who all put humanity first. “They emphasized being a good, caring person and a part of the community first, and after that came being a good musician,” she said. “That kind of warm environment made me want to continue in music.”

In addition to her new position with the CSO, Isabel is also pursuing her doctorate in cello performance (with minors in music theory and arts administration) through Indiana University. Her professor, Eric Kim, is a former Principal Cellist of the CSO. “It’s fun to talk to people in the CSO who remember him. I wish I could have seen him in those days!” said Isabel.

Aside from Kim and her other cello teachers, one of the most influential figures in Isabel’s life has been her best friend, the violinist, entrepreneur and television commentator Sumire Hirotsuru, whom she met in her days studying at Juilliard. “She taught me not to be afraid to go for goals or dreams, even if there’s not always a clear path.”

A big part of Isabel’s life as a cellist is her passion for tango. A distant relative, who also happens to play cello and went to Juilliard, has a husband who is a bandoneon player. They invited Isabel to the Stowe Tango Music Festival in Vermont, and she fell in love with the genre. She enjoys the excitement and appreciation the audiences show and how they often get up and dance during tango performances. “In the future, I really want to bring tango into the major orchestra scene, while keeping it as authentic as possible to the Argentinian tango,” said Isabel.

Besides playing pick-up tango concerts with her friends, Isabel spends her free time cooking, baking and practicing her latte art. She loves living near the natural beauty Cincinnati offers. “I live in Mount Adams, and driving into the city you see the sun hitting the buildings on the hills. You can choose to be both rural and urban depending on where you go.”

Isabel Kwon

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A Theatrical Vision: New Contexts for Familiar Works

by KEN SMITH

Credit: Mark Lyons

Louis Langrée conducts the CSO in Christopher Rouse’s Sixth Symphony, September 2022. Credit: JP Leong

“Sometimes we forget what music means. It’s not simply about dramatic intensity, or beautiful melodies. We need to be nourished not just by the music’s beauty but also by its meaning and context.”

—Louis Langrée

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Despite the pitfalls of the past few seasons, the Covid-19 pandemic gave us plenty of room for contemplation.

For Louis Langrée, much of his recent time is still spent pondering music he’s long planned to bring to the podium. “Sometimes we forget what music means,” he says. “It’s not simply about dramatic intensity, or beautiful melodies. We need to be nourished not just by the music’s beauty but also by its meaning and context.”

Now that he officially divides his time between the symphonic world as CSO Music Director and the opera house as director (since early November 2021) of Paris’s Opéra-Comique, Langrée has particularly devoted his thoughts to some upcoming CSO programs where the music has moved from the dramatic to the concert stage. The most evident example, he says, is the “concert-staged” production of Edvard Grieg’s music from Peer Gynt reunited with Henrik Ibsen’s original storyline, originally scheduled for the 2020–21 season and finally appearing at Music Hall on January 13 and 14.

“I must say, it’s always a joy to share the stage with actors, singers and chorus. It’s also very Cincinnatian, this sense of adventure in playing with things out of their usual box,” says Langrée, comparing the event to the CSO’s 2017 multimedia staging of Maeterlinck’s play Pelléas et Mélisande with Faure’s incidental music.

Not only does the music gain new dramatic strength when supported by a theatrical vision, it also tweaks the context of music we thought

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Above: A video still from the 2020 CSO livestream of Julia Perry’s Homunculus C.F. led by Louis Langrée. Left: Thomas Søndergård (©Andy Buchanan)

we knew.

Audiences will probably be surprised to hear the May Festival Chorus featured during In the Hall of the Mountain King, Langrée says.

The production’s director Bill Barclay adds, “We usually think of Morning Mood as a classic Norwegian landscape, but actually Grieg was portraying a sunrise in the Sahara desert.” (See sidebar on Barclay’s production.) Tying the evening together will be Finnish violinist Pekka Kuusisto, who, after playing (and whistling!) though Icelandic composer Daníel Bjarnason’s highly theatrical Violin Concerto, returns in costume as a roving Hardanger fiddle player in Peer Gynt.

Guest conductor Thomas Søndergård followed a comparable algorithm in matching composers for his CSO debut on January 6 and 7. Already knowing that Britten’s Violin Concerto with soloist Augustin Hadelich was on the program, Søndergård decided to open with On the Cliffs of Cornwall, the Prelude to Act II of Ethel Smyth’s opera The Wreckers. “I once paired Smyth and Britten on a Pride program in Copenhagen,” he says. “For that concert, it was Cornwall and Britten’s Young Apollo, but his Violin Concerto was written around the same time and the two pieces are quite similar.” From there, Søndergård moved on to Sibelius’s Symphony No. 2, which

he compares to Britten in spirit. “Both Britten and Sibelius were brave in using simple melodies and dance-like rhythms,” he says. “They both remained connected to the child within themselves and were able to bring out the child in each of us.”

A rather different bit of recontextualized theatricality turns up in Langrée’s program on January 21 and 22, which ends with Prokoviev’s Symphony No. 3 and opens with Julia Perry’s Homunculus C.F., a piece for harp, keyboards and percussion that Langrée discovered during the pandemic and performed previously with CSO musicians only in an audience-less livestream concert. “A piece with so much atmosphere and drama needs an audience,” says Langrée, who has made championing the music of Akron-born Perry a personal mission.

The piece’s title, Latin for “little men,” reveals the music’s “Faustian dimension,” Langrée says, alluding to a scene in Goethe’s drama where Faust’s apprentice brings Homunculus to life through alchemy. “You don’t need to know any of this, just like you don’t need to analyze the piece’s structure, to see how the music directly impacts an audience,” he adds. “How is it possible that Varèse’s Ionisation is rightly acknowledged as a masterpiece while Julia Perry’s music disappeared completely?”

Between Perry’s percussive impulses and Prokoviev’s Third Symphony—largely reworking

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music from the Russian master’s long-neglected fellow Parisian Chen Qigang. “They share, in very opera The Fiery Angel—comes Tchaikovsky’s different languages, a similar orchestral color,” Violin Concerto, a perennial favorite with concert says Langrée, who conducted Chen’s Elements audiences that will almost certainly be colored by in Paris, Brussels and Detroit, but has not led the the theatrical trappings of the rest work since coming to Cincinnati of the program, Langrée says. in 2013.

Violinist Randall Goosby, “Everywhere I performed this who picked up the Tchaikovsky music, audiences were intrigued concerto this season for the and mesmerized,” he says. “You first time in nearly a decade, can really feel the Chinese flavor, fully embraces that sense of and yet Qigang was also the final rediscovery. “Being bookended student of Olivier Messiaen, one of by two such theatrically charged the 20th century’s great composers and himself a great lover of Asian works will certainly urge me to cultures.” Working from a similar support the spirit of the evening,” orchestral palette, Langrée fills the he says. “There’s already so much rest of the evening with Ravel’s drama and excitement in the Rapsodie espagnole (“a similar Tchaikovsky, that creating any l’invitation au voyage,” he says, more of a theatrical atmosphere will “despite different destinations”) have audiences grabbing the edge of Violinist Randall Goosby.

Credit: Kaupo Kikkas and Liszt’s Second Piano Concerto, their seats.” with soloist Jean-Yves Thibaudet, bringing a The season’s spirit of rediscovery continues compatible range of musical colors. right through the CSO’s Lunar New Year tribute “Any successful program comes from bringing on February 3 and 4, beginning with a reunion different people together, for different reasons, of sorts with Zhou Tian, whose Concerto for under different circumstances,” Langrée adds.

Orchestra (commissioned and recorded by the “For some people, this program will mark an CSO) was nominated for two Grammy Awards occasion to celebrate their culture and their New in 2018. Balancing Zhou’s The Palace of Nine Year holiday. For many others, it will be a chance Perfections, the program also features The Five to discover musical works they don’t know.”

Elements, an early work by Langrée’s Beijing-born Zhou Tian after the world premiere of his Concerto for Orchestra by the CSO in May 2016, Louis Langrée conducting. Credit: AJ Waltz

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SIDEBAR

Bill Barclay discusses how he reshaped Grieg’s Peer Gynt for the modern concert hall

by KEN SMITH

Back in 1876, Peer Gynt marked an historic collaboration between two of Norway’s most illustrious artists, but in practical terms the marriage didn’t last.

Edvard Grieg’s music went on to become a wordless favorite on the concert stage, while most revivals of Henrik Ibsen’s play do away with Grieg’s score altogether. Writer/composer Bill Barclay cites the cause of divorce as “irreconcilable differences.”

“No one today would dare to do Ibsen and Grieg together the way the play first premiered,” says Barclay, whose staging mediates an artistic reconciliation.

“Ibsen’s story is febrile, long, massively unedited. It would take nearly five hours and require forces that no theatre would support. Our version, on the other hand, fits on the second half of a concert program.”

First commissioned by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Barclay’s staging starts with the music—not just Grieg’s two concert suites but also additional incidental music rediscovered in the 1980s—then judiciously adds bits of Ibsen’s text to relate the story, theatrically seasoned with staging, lights, costumes and a bit of puppetry.

“I call this ‘concert-theatre,’ because we put music and theatre on equal footing,” he explains. “When music is subservient to theatre, there’s a class system with actors above the musicians. When drama is subservient to the music, as with

From above: Barclay’s Peer Gynt from the premiere at Boston Symphony Orchestra (©Robert Torres). Henrik Ibsen, portrait by Henrik Olrik, 1879. Barclay’s Peer Gynt from the most recent performance at Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra (©Jake Hill).

opera, everything serves the score but you’re not locked into the story the way you are with a great movie or play. Here, the actors retreat when the music is front and center, and when the orchestra slips into incidental music the actors enter and color the story in real time.”

Originally a popular dramatic poem, Peer Gynt has always suffered as a play script, Barclay says. “At its heart, this is an unstageable tale spanning some 60 years and encompassing the greatest hits of Norwegian folklore,” he says. “There are dramatic gems and fabulous comic impulses, but there’s no way to realistically portray hundreds of child trolls and an underground monster. But putting this in the concert hall, where the protagonist is definitely the orchestra and chorus, we have to use our imagination anyway.”

country. You might use Grieg’s music ironically—throw in bits of In the Hall of the Mountain King—but if you reconceive Peer as, say, a rock and roll star, you’re probably not going to reach for Anitra’s Dance.”

For Barclay, though, the original partnership is mostly the point.

“By rewriting Ibsen’s work myself, I can condense the story points to establish the setting Grieg was trying to portray,” Barclay says. “I think it’s possible to recreate the incredible collaboration between these two titanic figures, using as much of the original material as possible, but distilled and reshaped to fit our needs in the concert hall today.”

Although Ibsen’s play has seen a resurgence in recent years, it rarely uses Grieg’s original score—usually because those productions find a modern archetype for Ibsen’s capitalistic, selfaggrandizing title character.

“Most directors want to free themselves from the 19th-century formula that Ibsen and Grieg created,” he says. “If you have a contemporary setting, you’re probably going to use rock, or electronic dance music, or even Fanfare Magazine | 25

SPOTLIGHT: Why We Give

Why We Give, Part I

by TYLER M. SECOR

From full concerts at Music Hall to small pop-up performances in local neighborhoods and everything in between, our generous and dedicated donors, sponsors and concertgoers make it all possible. Over the next several issues, we will share the special stories behind why our donors give to the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and Cincinnati Pops. As you will read, each reason is different, but their passion for this Orchestra is a constant. Our donors and their inspiring stories will ensure that the unique sound of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and Cincinnati Pops will always resound.

You can join our family of donors online at cincinnatisymphony.org/donate or by contacting the Philanthropy Department at 513.744.3271.

MICHAEL AND KATHY RADEMACHER

that three generations of our family in the Glee Club,” said Kathy. As a lifelong Cincinnatian, Mike remembers going to Music Hall for the Young People’s Concerts when he was a young boy, and his parents had Pops tickets for over 35 years.

Kathy learned to play piano at a young age and still plays today. “Music has been a constant in my life,” reflected Kathy.

With such deep connections to music, perhaps the story of their first date is not so surprising.

“Well, on our first date in May 1982, Mike took me to a May Festival concert with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra at Music Hall,” reminisced Kathy. “I was sold from that moment forward.”

They celebrate 39 years of marriage this year so, needless to say, the first date was a success. But, that first date at Music Hall forever cemented music as an integral part of their lives and relationship.

“The arts in Cincinnati is one Michael and Kathy Rademacher, March 2022. Credit: Claudia Hershner of the best things about this city,” said Mike. “Every weekend Kathy and I are Mike and Kathy met while working on their either at Music Hall or at another arts event in the undergraduate degrees at Miami University city. We feel it is our social obligation to give to (Oxford, OH). Kathy’s family had a long history the Orchestra because it has given us so much.” of attending Miami University and participating “The musicians give their heart and soul and in the Miami University Men’s Glee Club. “My dad, are passionate about their work,” said Kathy. “It his three brothers, Mike, and our nephew, Kyle, is an absolute pleasure to give to the Orchestra. all sang in the Glee Club, so we like to consider “Should we tell him the story of our first date?” asks Kathy as we spoke via Zoom in early November.

“Sure, go ahead,” consented Mike.

Well, that first date story is quite remarkable, but let’s first set the scene.

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We give what we can because we love the music and we want the music to be around for everyone to love, too. Cincinnati is blessed to have so much talent.”

What keeps Mike and Kathy coming back year after year and concert after concert?

For Kathy it is the depth of the music. “When the music starts, it is like I am transported to another plane. The beauty of the music and the comfortable and welcoming environment allow me to sink into the music.”

For Mike it is the ritual of the concert experience, the social experience, and the wonder that is Music Hall. “I know when we come to the CSO it is going to be a great concert. I like to be there early, listen to the pre-concert talk, see the people, and be part of the history and energy of Music Hall.”

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how I was looking forward to seeing them at Music Hall.” A chance meeting with a member of the Orchestra family began another lifelong friendship for Kathy.

Kathy and Thea’s friendship extended beyond the walls of Music Hall. “Thea and I would often ride the bus home together from work,” recalled Kathy. It wasn’t long until a deep and meaningful relationship developed between the two.

What keeps Kathy coming back year after year and concert after concert?

With Kathy’s friendships extending to the musicians and artistic leaders on stage, she feels “like I am a huge part of the symphony and its community,” said Kathy. “I cannot imagine my life without the CSO.” Kathy has donated what she could throughout her life, but she was particularly grateful to be able to underwrite one of the solo fanfares the Orchestra commissioned at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic. Georgia Stitt’s Fanfare for the Ups and Downs was made possible by

“In 1979, when I was 22 years old, I attended an outdoor parks concert in Norwood,” remembered Kathy as we met at Music Hall following an open Pops rehearsal. “A buffet had been arranged after the concert and that is where I met Robert Howes, who played viola in the Orchestra.” This meeting sparked a lifelong friendship between Kathy and Robert.

Part of Robert and Kathy’s friendship was that “Robert brought me to concerts and I fell in love with the music and the Orchestra,” declared Kathy. Pretty soon, Kathy became a subscriber, but still frequently attended concerts Kathy Grote, John Morris Russell and Thea Tjepkema, March 2019. with Robert. Kathy also Credit: Claudia Hershner started to become friends Kathy’s generosity. Principal Clarinet Christopher with other Orchestra members as Robert brought Pell played Stitt’s fanfare for the July 4, 2020 her backstage. Her love for all things CSO grew. livestream, the first livestream presented by the “In 1995, I was reading about the new assistant Pops after the 2020 pandemic shutdown. conductor the Orchestra had hired,” recalled “There is something special about knowing Kathy. Shortly thereafter a new couple moved in that you helped to bring a piece of music into across the street from Kathy. “I saw a guy walking existence,” remarked Kathy. “I was delighted to to his car in the neighborhood and thought to see this fanfare as part of the Pops livestream.” myself ‘isn’t that the new assistant conductor?’”

As we spoke, you could see on Kathy’s face As it turns out John Morris Russell (JMR) and his and hear in her voice the love and admiration she wife Thea Tjepkema were Kathy’s new neighbors. has for the Orchestra and the musicians. “I love John was the guest celebrity at a Cincinnati classical music,” Kathy remarked, “and for me, Zoo event that Kathy attended. “I walked over Cincinnati has the best orchestra in the world.” and introduced myself,” said Kathy. “I told them all about my experiences with the Orchestra and

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Forging a New Path

by CSO STAFF

In American orchestras, most orchestra musicians are white. This lack of diversity on stage represents, perhaps, the single greatest challenge that exists in the classical arts. The problem isn’t necessarily a scarcity in “It is our honor to available musicians of color, but deficiencies in the existing pathways to support the CSO/ the professional level. The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and University CCM Diversity of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CSO/CCM) Diversity Fellowship is forging a new path by eliminating barriers to professional Fellowship program. We have experiences, educational opportunities and access to funding.

“The lack of diversity on stage is a systemic issue that requires a a great passion systemic approach,” explained President & CEO of the CSO Jonathan for music and Martin. “We recognize this, and the CSO/CCM Diversity Fellowship, while music’s ability serving to open doors for the Fellows, has also catalyzed the development of deeper DE&I strategies and programs at the CSO.” to transform “Representation and visibility matter,” said Harold Brown, The Honorable lives, and we Nathaniel R. Jones Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer. “In addition to being can see the outstandingly talented musicians, the people on stage need to reflect the transformation people in our community. When we see ourselves on stage, then we can through the see ourselves in the audience, our children can see themselves as future musicians, we see ourselves on the Board, we see ourselves as subscribers Diversity and donors. Diversity on stage does not just benefit the Orchestra, it Fellowship benefits the whole organization and community.” program.”

One of the first programs of its type, the CSO/CCM Diversity —Scott Weiss and Fellowship was created in 2015 to amplify and support string players Dr. Charla Weiss from populations historically underrepresented in American orchestras.

Fellows receive a specialized two-year graduate degree-level education that offers traditional conservatory training through CCM alongside professional development and mainstage performance opportunities with the CSO. Each Fellow receives full-tuition scholarship support, a $10,000 per year graduate stipend, and a one-time Graduate School Dean’s Excellence Award of $3,000.

Each Fellow also receives compensation of $8,000 per season while performing with the CSO. To date, 28 musicians have participated in the Fellowship program.

“Learning what it feels like to sit in a professional orchestra, to critically listen and contribute to the total sound of the ensemble, cannot be replicated. It is lived experience that prepares our Fellows for their next steps, and we are dedicated to providing that experience for future cohorts,” said Carol Dary Dunevant, CSO Director of Learning, who manages the Fellowship program.

“I applied to 11 different colleges, and this was the only one I applied to that provided education and professional experience,” recalls Luis Arturo Celis Avila, a bassist and 2021–22 Diversity Fellow. “The professional experience we receive with the Fellowship is incomparable. We are simply ahead when we graduate because we have performed with the CSO.” Since the Fellowship’s inception, 11 Diversity Fellows have won auditions with orchestras in the United States. For the Luis Arturo Celis Avila, Diversity Fellowship alumnus and new CSO bassist. current 2022–23 season, Emilio Carlo, Luis Arturo Celis Avila and Dan Wang won positions with the CSO; Denielle Wilson with 28 | 2022–23 SEASON

Dr. Charla Weiss speaking at the 2022 Artist’s Circle donor event. Credit: Claudia Hershner

the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; and Magdiell Antequera with Artis-Naples.

Success isn’t only measured by those Fellows who win orchestral musician positions.

Fellows have also pursued careers offstage in administrative and education positions.

“The network I developed through the Fellowship program workshops led me to my first job after graduation,” said Alexis Shambley, a violinist and 2018–20 Diversity Fellow. “I became a teaching artist at MyCincinnati, a free music program in Price Hill for students beginning in third grade. Now I have branched into orchestral administration as a member of the CSO marketing department.”

Blake-Anthony Johnson (2016–17) and Ian Saunders (2017–19) have also transitioned into administrative and education roles, respectively.

Johnson currently serves as the President and CEO of the Chicago Sinfonietta, becoming the first African American executive to guide a nationally renowned orchestra. His work focuses on providing access and public service to all people through community and education-based initiatives. Saunders recently joined the String Training Education Program (STEP) as its artistic director after serving as the Dean of artistic and social change at the Longy School of Music. In his new role, he aims to expand education efforts in the development of young musicians.

“We recognize that professional careers can evolve in many different ways,” said Martin. “We

are proud of each and every one of our Diversity Fellows for their musicianship and dedication to accelerating change in the industry, on and off the stage.”

The successes of the Fellowship have not gone unnoticed by the industry nor the Cincinnati community.

From the program’s inception, The Mellon Foundation has been the lead funder and partner for the CSO/CCM Diversity Fellowship and has recently renewed its commitment to funding the program through 2026. Beginning with the 2022– 23 season, Scott Weiss and Dr. Charla Weiss, CSO Board Member and Chair of CSO Board’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee, will join The Mellon Foundation to support the program in ways that complement the foundation’s grant.

The Weisses believe in the mission of the Orchestra and they want to break down the barriers that hold back audiences and musicians alike. Their goal is to have “an Orchestra for everyone.”

“It is our honor to support the CSO/CCM Diversity Fellowship program,” said Dr. Charla Weiss. “We have a great passion for music and music’s ability to transform lives, and we can see the transformation through the Diversity Fellowship program. We are thrilled to play a part in helping orchestras reflect the people and vibrancy of the communities in which they serve.”

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LOUIS LANGRÉE, Music Director Louise Dieterle Nippert & Louis Nippert Chair

JOHN MORRIS RUSSELL, Cincinnati Pops Conductor Louise Dieterle Nippert & Louis Nippert Chair

Matthias Pintscher, CSO Creative Partner Damon Gupton, Pops Principal Guest Conductor Samuel Lee, Assistant Conductor Ashley and Barbara Ford Chair

Daniel Wiley, Assistant Conductor Ashley and Barbara Ford Chair

FIRST VIOLINS Stefani Matsuo

CELLOS Ilya Finkelshteyn

CLARINETS Christopher Pell

TIMPANI Patrick Schleker

Concertmaster Anna Sinton Taft Chair

Principal Irene & John J. Emery Chair

Principal Matthew & Peg Woodside Chair

Felicity James

Daniel Culnan*

Principal Emma Margaret & Irving D. Goldman Chair

Associate Concertmaster Tom & Dee Stegman Chair

Norman Johns**

Philip Marten First Assistant Concertmaster James M. Ewell Chair++

Eric Bates Second Assistant Concertmaster Serge Shababian Chair

Kathryn Woolley Nicholas Tsimaras– Peter G. Courlas Chair++

Anna Reider Dianne & J. David Rosenberg Chair

Mauricio Aguiar§ Anne G. & Robert W. Dorsey Chair

Minyoung Baik James Braid Marc Bohlke Chair given

by Katrin & Manfred Bohlke

Michelle Edgar Dugan Donald & Margaret Robinson Chair

Rebecca Kruger Fryxell Clifford J. Goosmann & Andrea M. Wilson Chair

Gerald Itzkoff Jean Ten Have Chair

Sylvia Mitchell Jo Ann & Paul Ward Chair Charles Morey†

Luo-Jia Wu SECOND VIOLINS Gabriel Pegis Principal Al Levinson Chair

Yang Liu* Harold B. & Betty Justice Chair

Scott Mozlin** Henry Meyer Chair

Kun Dong Cheryl Benedict Evin Blomberg§ Rachel Charbel Ida Ringling North Chair

Chika Kinderman Hyesun Park Paul Patterson Charles Gausmann Chair++

Stacey Woolley Brenda & Ralph Taylor Chair++

VIOLAS Christian Colberg Principal Louise D. & Louis Nippert Chair

Christopher Fischer

Ona Hixson Dater Chair Karl & Roberta Schlachter Family Chair

Daniel Kaler§

Hiro Matsuo

Peter G. Courlas– Nicholas Tsimaras Chair++

Alan Rafferty Ruth F. Rosevear Chair

BASSES Owen Lee Principal Mary Alice Heekin Burke Chair++

James Lambert* Thomas Vanden Eynden Chair

Stephen Jones** Trish & Rick Bryan Chair

Boris Astafiev§ Luis Arturo Celis Avila Gerald Torres Rick Vizachero

Vicky & Rick Reynolds Chair in Honor of William A. Friedlander

Ronald Aufmann

Martin Garcia* Hugh Michie

Julie Spangler+

Patricia Gross Linnemann Chair

FRENCH HORNS Elizabeth Freimuth Principal Mary M. & Charles F. Yeiser Chair

[OPEN]* Ellen A. & Richard C. Berghamer Chair

Molly Norcross**

Susanne & Philip O. Geier, Jr. Chair Mary & Joseph S. Stern, Jr. Chair

Charles Bell TRUMPETS Robert Sullivan Principal Rawson Chair Jackie & Roy Sweeney Family Chair

Steven Pride Otto M. Budig Family Foundation Chair++

OBOES Dwight Parry

Christopher Kiradjieff

Principal Josephine I. & David J. Joseph, Jr. Chair

TROMBONES Cristian Ganicenco

Lon Bussell* Stephen P. McKean Chair

Emily Beare

Principal Dorothy & John Hermanies Chair

Joseph Rodriguez**

Principal Alberta & Dr. Maurice Marsh Chair++

James P. Thornton Chair James P. Thornton Chair

CONTRABASSOON Jennifer Monroe

Douglas Lindsay* PICCOLO Rebecca Tutunick

Michael Culligan* Joseph Bricker *

KEYBOARDS Michael Chertock

Duane Dugger

Jane & David Ellis Chair

Principal Susan S. & William A. Friedlander Chair

Principal Emalee Schavel Chair++

Lisa Conway

Henrik Heide*† Haley Bangs

PERCUSSION David Fishlock

Morleen & Jack Rouse Chair

Principal Cynthia & Frank Stewart Chair

Principal Charles Frederic Goss Chair

Morleen & Jack Rouse Chair

Marc Wolfley+

HARP Gillian Benet Sella

FLUTES Randolph Bowman

Joseph Bricker*

BASSOONS Christopher Sales

Acting Associate Principal Sweeney Family Chair in memory of Donald C. Sweeney

Julian Wilkison** Rebecca Barnes§ Emilio Carlo† Stephen Fryxell

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Ixi Chen

Laura Kimble McLellan Chair++

Theodore Nelson

ENGLISH HORN Christopher Philpotts

Caterina Longhi Gabriel Napoli Denisse Rodriguez-Rivera Dan Wang Joanne Wojtowicz

Associate Principal and E-flat Clarinet Robert E. & Fay Boeh Chair++

Marvin Kolodzik & Linda S. Gallaher Chair for Cello Isabel Kwon† BASS CLARINET

Acting Associate Principal Grace M. Allen Chair

Melinda & Irwin Simon Chair

Joseph Morris*

Second/Assistant Principal Trombone

BASS TROMBONE Peter Norton TUBA Christopher Olka Principal Ashley & Barbara Ford Chair

CSO/CCM DIVERSITY FELLOWS~ Tyler McKisson, viola Luis Parra, cello Samantha Powell, cello LIBRARIANS Christina Eaton Principal Librarian Lois Klein Jolson Chair

Elizabeth Dunning Acting Associate Principal Librarian

Cara Benner Interim Assistant Librarian

STAGE MANAGERS Brian P. Schott Phillip T. Sheridan Daniel Schultz Andrew Sheridan § Begins the alphabetical listing of players who participate in a system of rotated seating within the string section. * Associate Principal ** Assistant Principal † One-year appointment + Cincinnati Pops rhythm section ++ CSO endowment only ~ Funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

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LOUIS LANGRÉE, Music Director Louise Dieterle Nippert & Louis Nippert Chair Louis Langrée has been Music Director of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra since 2013, Music Director of the Mostly Mozart Festival at Lincoln Center since 2003, and was appointed Director of Théâtre national de l’Opéra Comique in Paris in Chris Lee 2021 November 2021. Two of his Cincinnati recordings were Grammy nominated for Best Orchestral Performance: Transatlantic, with works by Varèse, Gershwin and Stravinsky; and Concertos for Orchestra, featuring world premieres by Sebastian Currier, Thierry Escaich and Zhou Tian. On stage, his Pelléas et Mélisande trilogy contrasted settings by Fauré, Debussy and Schoenberg. A multi-season Beethoven [R]evolution cycle has paired the symphonies with world premieres, as well as recreation of the legendary 1808 Akademie. During the Covid pandemic, Langrée was a catalyst for the Orchestra’s return to the stage in the fall of 2020 with a series of digitally streamed concerts.

Between the start of his tenure and the conclusion of the CSO’s 2022–23 season, Langrée and the CSO will have commissioned or cocommissioned 42 new orchestral works and he will have conducted 32 premieres from a wide range of composers, including Julia Adolphe, Daníel Bjarnason, Jennifer Higdon, Jonathan Bailey Holland, Kinds of Kings, David Lang, Missy Mazzoli, Nico Muhly, André Previn, Caroline Shaw and Julia Wolfe, and the world premiere of Christopher Rouse’s Symphony No. 6, Rouse’s final opus.

He has guest conducted the Berlin Philharmonic, Vienna Philharmonic, London Philharmonic, LA Philharmonic, New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, Budapest Festival Orchestra, NHK Symphony, Orchestre National de France and Leipzig Gewandhaus, as well as Orchestre des Champs-Elysées and Freiburg Baroque. He frequently conducts at the leading opera houses, including Vienna Staatsoper, Teatro alla Scala, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Lyric Opera of Chicago and Bavarian Staatsoper, and at festivals including Glyndebourne, Aix-enProvence, BBC Proms, Edinburgh International and Hong Kong Arts.

A native of Alsace, France, he is an Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur and Officier des Arts et des Lettres, and he is an Honorary Member of the Confrérie Saint-Étienne d’Alsace, an Alsatian winemakers’ brotherhood dating to the 14th century.

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JOHN MORRIS RUSSELL Cincinnati Pops Conductor Louise Dieterle Nippert & Louis Nippert Chair A master of American musical style, Grammynominated conductor John Morris Russell, a.k.a. “JMR,” has devoted himself to redefining the American orchestral experience. In his 11th year as conductor of the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, Russell continues to reinvigorate the musical scene throughout Cincinnati and across the continent with the wide range and diversity of his work as a conductor, collaborator and educator. As Music Director of the Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra in South Carolina Russell leads the prestigious Hilton Head International Piano Competition, and as Principal Pops Conductor of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra he follows in the footsteps of Marvin Hamlisch and Doc Severinsen. Guest conducting engagements have included many of the most distinguished orchestras in North America: the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Boston Pops, National Symphony, and the orchestras of Toronto, Vancouver, Dallas, Detroit and Pittsburgh.

With the Cincinnati Pops, Russell leads sold-out performances at Music Hall, concerts throughout the region, and domestic and international tours— including Florida in 2014 and China/Taiwan in 2017.

His visionary leadership at the Pops created the “American Originals Project,” which has garnered both critical and popular acclaim in two landmark recordings: American Originals (the music of Stephen Foster) as well as American Originals: 1918. In 2020 the American Originals Project: The Cincinnati Sound, featuring Late Night with David Letterman musical director Paul Shaffer, celebrated the beginnings of bluegrass, country, rockabilly, soul and funk immortalized in recordings produced in the Queen City. Russell’s other recordings with The Pops include Home for the Holidays, Superheroes, Carnival of the Animals and Voyage.

Recent collaborations with artists around the world include Aretha Franklin, Emanuel Ax, Amy Grant and Vince Gill, Common, Garrick Ohlsson, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Jon Kimura Parker, Ann Hampton Callaway, Michael McDonald, Cho-Liang Lin, Sutton Foster, George Takei, Megan Hilty, Ranky Tanky, Steve Martin, Katharine McPhee, Brian Wilson, Cynthia Erivo and Leslie Odom, Jr.

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MATTHIAS PINTSCHER CSO Creative Partner

DAMON GUPTON Pops Principal Guest Conductor

The 2022–23 season is Matthias Pintscher’s final season as Music Director of the Ensemble intercontemporain (EIC), the world’s foremost contemporary music ensemble, founded in 1980 by Pierre Boulez. In his decade-long artistic ©Franck Ferville leadership of the EIC, Pintscher continued and expanded the cultivation of new work by emerging composers of the 21st century, alongside performances of iconic works by the pillars of the avant-garde of the 20th century.

As a conductor, Pintscher maintains relationships with several of the world’s most distinguished orchestras, among them the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Amsterdam’s Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. As guest conductor in Europe, he makes debut appearances this season with the Wiener Symphoniker and Gürzenich Orchester of Cologne, and he returns to the Royal Concertgebouw, BRSO, BBC Scottish SO, Barcelona Symphony, and Berlin’s Boulez Ensemble. In North America, he makes prominent debuts with the Philadelphia Orchestra and Kansas City Symphony, in addition to regular visits to the Cincinnati Symphony and repeat guest engagements with the Detroit Symphony, Baltimore Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic and New World Symphony. Pintscher has also conducted several opera productions for the Berliner Staatsoper, Wiener Staatsoper, and the Théatre du Châtelet in Paris. He returns to the Berliner Staatsoper in 2023 for Der fliegende Holländer.

Pintscher is well known as a composer, and his works appear frequently on the programs of major symphony orchestras throughout the world.

In August 2021, he was the focus of the Suntory Hall Summer Festival—a weeklong celebration of his works with the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, as well as a residency by the EIC with symphonic and chamber music performances. His newest work, Assonanza, a violin concerto written for Leila Josefowicz, was premiered in January 2022 with the Cincinnati Symphony. Another 2021–22 world premiere was neharot (“rivers”), a co-commission of Suntory Hall, Staatskapelle Dresden, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande and Los Angeles Philharmonic. matthiaspintscher.com

Damon Gupton is the first-ever Principal Guest Conductor of the Cincinnati Pops. A native of Detroit, he served as American Conducting Fellow of the Houston Symphony and held the post of assistant conductor of the Kansas City Symphony. His ©Damu Malik conducting appearances include the Boston Pops, Orchestra of St. Luke’s, Detroit Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, Atlanta Symphony, Baltimore Symphony, National Symphony Orchestra, Toledo Symphony, Fort Worth Symphony, Florida Orchestra, San Diego Symphony, Long Beach Symphony, San Antonio Symphony, Princeton Symphony, Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte Carlo, NHK Orchestra of Tokyo, Orquesta Filarmonica de UNAM, Charlottesville Symphony, Brass Band of Battle Creek, New York University Steinhardt Orchestra, Kinhaven Music School Orchestra, Vermont Music Festival Orchestra, Michigan Youth Arts Festival Honors Orchestra, Brevard Sinfonia, and Sphinx Symphony as part of the 12th annual Sphinx Competition. He led the Sphinx Chamber Orchestra on two national tours with performances at Carnegie Hall and conducted the finals of the Seventh Cliburn International Amateur Piano Competition and the 2021 Classic FM Live at Royal Albert Hall with Chineke!.

Gupton received his Bachelor of Music Education degree from the University of Michigan, where he delivered the commencement address to the School of Music, Theatre and Dance in 2015. He studied conducting with David Zinman and Murry Sidlin at the Aspen Music Festival and with Leonard Slatkin at the National Conducting Institute in Washington, D.C. Awards include the Robert J. Harth Conducting Prize and The Aspen Conducting Prize. He is the inaugural recipient of the Emerging Artist Award from the University of Michigan School of Music and Alumni Society and a winner of the Third International Eduardo Mata Conducting Competition.

An accomplished actor and graduate of the Drama Division of the Juilliard School, Gupton has had roles in television, film and on stage, most recently in series regular roles on the upcoming Big Door Prize for Apple TV, as well as The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey starring Samuel L. Jackson. damongupton.com

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CSO & POPS GUEST ARTISTS: January–February 2023 CSO JAN 6–7: Sibelius Symphony No. 2 THOMAS SØNDERGÅRD, conductor Danish conductor Thomas Søndergård is the current Music Director of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra (RSNO), following six seasons as Principal Guest Conductor.

Søndergård succeeds Osmo Vänskä as Music Director of the Minnesota ©Bjarke Johansen Orchestra, becoming Music Director Designate from the 2022–23 season and assuming the full Music Director role from 2023–24. Between 2012 and 2018, he served as Principal Conductor of BBC National Orchestra of Wales (BBC NOW), after stepping down as Principal Conductor and Musical Advisor of the Norwegian Radio Orchestra.

The 2022–23 season sees returns to Edinburgh International Festival and the BBC Proms with the RSNO. Plans for the RSNO main season include a full Brahms symphony cycle, Britten’s War Requiem and further European touring.

Søndergård makes extensive guest appearances in the U.S. this season and, on the operatic stage, following his Reumert Award-winning appearance for Die Walküre, he will return to Royal Danish Opera to conduct Strauss’ Elektra. Also in his native Denmark, he returns to the Danish National Symphony Orchestra to conduct the world premiere of Rune Glerup’s Violin Concerto with Isabelle Faust.

In January 2022, Søndergård was decorated with a prestigious Royal Order of Chivalry—the Order of Dannebrog (Ridder af Dannebrogordenen) by Her Majesty Margrethe II, Queen of Denmark. thomassondergard.com

AUGUSTIN HADELICH, violin Named Musical America’s 2018 “Instrumentalist of the Year,” Augustin Hadelich’s 2022–23 season highlights include return engagements with the Philadelphia Orchestra and Boston Symphony, as well as the U.S. premiere of a new violin concerto, ©Suxiao Yang written for him by Irish composer Donnacha Dennehy, with the Oregon Symphony in the fall.

Augustin Hadelich has appeared with virtually every major orchestra in North America, and his worldwide presence has been rapidly rising with recent appearances with the Berlin Philharmonic, Hamburg Elbphilharmonie, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, London Philharmonic, as well as numerous engagements in the Far East, South America and Australia.

Among his numerous recordings, Hadelich’s recording with the Seattle Symphony of Dutilleux’s Violin Concerto, L’Arbre des songes, was the winner of a 2016 Grammy Award for “Best Classical Instrumental Solo.”

Born in Italy, the son of German parents, Hadelich is now an American citizen. He holds an Artist Diploma from The Juilliard School, where he was a student of Joel Smirnoff.

Augustin Hadelich is on the violin faculty of Yale School of Music at Yale University. He plays the violin “Leduc, ex-Szeryng” by Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesù of 1744, generously loaned by a patron through the Tarisio Trust. augustinhadelich.com

CSO JAN 13–14: Peer Gynt in Concert PEKKA KUUSISTO, violin Violinist, conductor and composer Pekka Kuusisto is Artistic Director of the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra and Principal Guest Conductor and Artistic Co-Director of the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra from the 2023–24 season. He is ©Kaapo Kamu also Artistic Partner with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, a Collaborative Partner of the San Francisco Symphony, and Artistic Best Friend of Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.

In the 2022–23 season, Kuusisto debuted with Berliner Philharmoniker and performs with the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra. He returns to orchestras such as The Cleveland Orchestra, the San Francisco and Cincinnati symphony orchestras, as well as Gürzenich-Orchester Köln and Mahler Chamber Orchestra. He also debuts as a conductor with the Philharmonia, Gothenburg, and City of Birmingham symphony orchestras. He is also Artist-in-Residence for Sinfonieorchester Basel, with whom he appears as conductor, soloist and recitalist.

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In 2022, Kuusisto released his first album as conductor, the Stravinsky and Beethoven Concerti (Warner), and as soloist performing the world premiere recording of Adès’ Märchentänze for violin and orchestra (Ondine). In 2021, Kuusisto and the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra presented the album First Light (Pentatone).

Pekka Kuusisto plays the Antonio Stradivari Golden Period c. 1709 “Scotta” violin, generously loaned by a patron through Tarisio. harrisonparrott.com/artists/pekka-kuusisto

CAMILLA TILLING, soprano Swedish soprano Camilla Tilling has been performing on the world’s leading opera, concert and recital stages for over two decades while building an impressive discography that includes Die Schöpfung with Symphonieorchester des ©Maria Östling Bayerischen Rundfunks, a portrait album of Gluck and Mozart Arias, and numerous recitals on the BIS label dedicated to the Lieder of Schubert and Strauss, among others.

In the 2022–23 season, Tilling gives the premiere of Daniel Nelson’s Chaplin Songs with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and performs Irgen-Jensens’ Japanischer Frühling alongside Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 with the Karajan-Akademie of Berliner Philharmoniker. She joins the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra for Bach’s St. Matthew Passion, Washington’s National Symphony Orchestra for Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, and the Oregon Symphony Orchestra for Osvaldo Golijov’s Three Songs. A consummate recitalist, Camilla Tilling presents her new program “Jenny Lind: Love and Lieder” at Spivey Hall, Oxford Lieder Festival, Gothenburg Opera and Schloss Elmau.

Tilling was a soloist in Bernard Haitink’s historic final concert with Radio Filharmonish Orkest at Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, and she has toured extensively in Peter Sellars’ stagings of Bach’s St. Matthew Passion and St. John Passion with Berliner Philharmoniker and Sir Simon Rattle. harrisonparrott.com/artists/camilla-tilling

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MAY FESTIVAL CHORUS Robert Porco, Director Matthew Swanson, Associate Director of Choruses Heather MacPhail, Accompanist Christin Sears, Conducting Fellow Kathryn Zajac Albertson, Chorus Manager Bryce Newcomer, Chorus Librarian The May Festival Chorus has earned acclaim locally, nationally and internationally for its musicality, vast range of repertoire, and sheer power of sound. The Chorus of 130 avocational singers is the core artistic element of the Cincinnati May Festival as well as the official chorus of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (CSO) and the Cincinnati Pops.

The May Festival Chorus has strengthened its national and international presence through numerous PBS broadcasts of live concerts and several award-winning recordings, many in collaboration with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and Cincinnati Pops. Most recently, a live recording of Robert Nathaniel Dett’s The Ordering of Moses featuring Music Director Laureate James Conlon conducting the Chorus and the CSO at Carnegie Hall was released to critical acclaim in 2016 (Bridge Records).

The May Festival Chorus has garnered awards in recognition of its continuing artistic excellence and performances throughout the state, including the Spirit of Cincinnati USA Erich Kunzel Queen City Advocate Award from Cincinnati USA Convention and Visitors Bureau and the Irma Lazarus Award from the Ohio Arts Council’s annual Governor’s Awards for the Arts. mayfestival.com/chorus ROBERT PORCO has been recognized as one of the leading choral musicians in the U.S., and throughout his career he has been an active preparer and conductor of choral and orchestral works, including most of the major choral repertoire, as well as of opera. In 2011 Porco ©Roger Mastroianni received Chorus America’s “Michael Korn Founders Award for Development of the Professional Choral Art.” In 2016 he led the May Festival Chorus and Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra in a performance of Mendelssohn’s Elijah for Chorus America’s National Conference.

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Porco’s conducting career has spanned geographic venues and has included performances in the Edinburgh Festival; Taipei, Taiwan; Lucerne, Switzerland; Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, Israel; and Reykjavik, Iceland; and at the May Festival, Tanglewood Music Festival, Berkshire Music Festival, Blossom Festival and Grant Park Festival. He has been a guest conductor at the May Festival and with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and The Cleveland Orchestra, among others.

The 2022–23 season is Robert Porco’s 34th as Director of Choruses.

THE MAY FESTIVAL CHORUS, Peer Gynt Sopranos Natalie Badinghaus Tracy Bailey Laurel Boisclair Ellsworth Caitlyn Byers Joanna Chapman Renee Cifuentes Ally Clifton Kathy Dietrich Jennifer Dobson Rachel Dummermuth Melissa Haas Gaynelle Hardwick Dana Harms Mary Wynn Haupt Sara Hook Alexandra Kesman Lisa Koressel Judith C. LaChance Hilary Landwehr Julia Lawrence Julia Marchese Audrey Markovich Alison Peeno Justine Alexandra Samuel Noelle Scheper Julia H. Schieve Mary Ann Sprague Patricia Wilkens Samantha Zeiger Altos Robin Bierschenk Kathy Falcon Sally Vickery Harper Spence B. Ingerson Karolyn L. Johnsen Jenifer Klostermeier Julie Laskey Katherine Loomis Elaine P. Lustig Kathy Mank Teri McKibben Jennifer Moak Kate Robertson Christy Roediger

Amanda Schwarz Rosenzweig Karen Scott-Vosseberg Sarah Stoutamire Christine Wands Robin Rae Wiley Tenors Lawrence Adams Lydia Rose Ball David Gillespie Robert Henderson Fansheng Kong Elijah Lanham Kevin Leahy Matthew Leonard Robert Lomax H. Scott Nesbitt Jason Ramler Edward Rosenberry Adam Shoaff David W. Skiff Stephen West Barry Zaslow Basses Mark Barnes Jim Baxter Andrew L. Bowers Darren Bryant Matthew Cheek Antonio Cruz Steven L. Dauterman David Dugan Steve France Kim P Icsman Christopher Kanney Paul Kostoff Jim Laskey D. Stuart Lohrum John McKibben James V. Racster Mitch Radakovich Joshua Wallace Mark Weaver Paul Wessendarp

CONCERT THEATRE WORKS BILL BARCLAY is artistic director of Concert Theatre Works and Music Before 1800 in New York City. He was director of music at London’s Shakespeare’s Globe from 2012 to 2019, where he produced music for 130 productions and 150 concerts, composing 12 shows including Hamlet Globe-to-Globe, which was performed in 197 countries. Broadway and West End credits as Music Supervisor include Farinelli and the King, Twelfth Night and Richard III, all starring Sir Mark Rylance.

Collaborators in the last year include the National Symphony Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Center, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Music of the Baroque, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Handel & Haydn Society, Gandini Juggling, United Strings of Europe, Chautauqua Institution, Caramoor Festival, Winston-Salem Symphony, Leeds International Concert Series, King’s Place, and the Harlem Chamber Players.

New concert-theatre works next year include Secret Byrd, touring to 15 cities with The Gesualdo Six and Fretwork, and Letters to a Young Poet with the Brodsky Quartet in its 50th year, premiering at the Aldeburgh Festival.

As a composer, Barclay’s original music has been performed for President Obama, the British Royal Family, the Olympic Torch, the United Nations, and refugee camps in Jordan and Calais. He recently created a new Four Seasons Recomposed for Max Richter on period instruments with the puppetry masters Gyre & Gimble. He conducted Soumik Datta’s King of Ghosts on tour with City of London Sinfonia, and the USACH Orchestra in Chile.

His newest concert-theatre work, The Chevalier, will have its UK debut at the London Philharmonic Orchestra next year. concerttheatreworks.com

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CALEB MAYO (Peer Gynt) originated the role of Peer with the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 2017. Stage credits include Los Angeles: Hamlet (Inner Circle Theatre), Antigone, The Beaux Stratagem (A Noise Within), Much Ado About Nothing, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Knightsbridge Theatre); Washington, D.C.: Cyrano, Henry IV Part 1, Henry IV Part 2, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Rivals (The Shakespeare Theatre); Boston: Twelfth Night (Commonwealth Shakespeare Company), To Kill A Mockingbird (Huntington Theatre Company); and Lewiston: Moonshine (The Public Theatre).

Film credits include One-Eyed Monster, Plato’s Symposium, The Time Machine, Hoax, The Proposition and 10,000 AD. Television credits include Criminal Minds, and online credits include ftrhstry. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Drama from Vassar College and has studied with the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, the American Repertory Theatre, Shakespeare & Company, the Rebel Shakespeare Company, and the Beverly Hills Playhouse.

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BOBBIE STEINBACH (Åse) is a long-time actor, director and acting coach based in Boston.

She has performed in countless plays and musicals with many local and regional theatre companies, including The Lyric Stage, New Repertory Theatre, Huntington Theatre Company, Commonwealth Shakespeare, Boston Symphony, Greater Boston Stage Company, Michigan Opera Theatre, Cherry County Playhouse and Boston Playwrights’ Theatre. She is a Founding Member of Actors’ Shakespeare Project (ASP), and, as a Resident Actor with ASP, she has trod the boards in 22 of the Bard’s plays, one of which, Timon of Athens, was directed by Bill Barclay.

In 2016 the Theatre Communications Guild honored Steinbach with a prestigious two-year Resident Actor Fox Fellowship for Distinguished Achievement, for which she partnered with ASP to develop a company project, I Am Lear, and a solo show, In Bed with the Bard. She is also the 2016 Huntington Theatre Company’s LuntFontanne Fellow and was honored with an Elliot Norton Award for Outstanding Actress for a

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trio of performances. She recently added a new credit to her resume as host of All Together Now, streaming on YouTube and Facebook, where she presented and interviewed performing artists, composers and writers from around the world. bobbiesteinbach.com ROBERT WALSH (The Button Molder) OffBroadway credits include Gloucester Blue (Cherry Lane Theatre), Big Maggie (Douglas Fairbanks Theatre), Penelope (Perry St. Theatre), and company member for Theater of the Open Eye and Riverside Shakespeare Company. In Boston he has been seen in Ah, Wilderness! and Hamlet (Huntington Theatre), Our Town, Mass Appeal, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Merrimack Rep), Sins of the Mother, The Subject Was Roses (Gloucester Stage), ‘ART’, The Cocktail Hour (New Rep), Next Fall (Speakeasy Stage), and Coriolanus, Macbeth, Henry V (Commonwealth Shakespeare Co.), and King Lear, Henry IV, Titus Andronicus, and Hamlet, among others, for the Actors’ Shakespeare Project, where he was also a founding company member. Walsh’s regional credits include Streamers (Arena Stage), Anna Christie (Stage West), Romeo and Juliet (Portland Stage Co.), Peter Pan (Barter Theatre), and The Children’s Hour (American Stage Festival).

Television credits include Body of Proof (ABC), One Life to Live, The Guiding Light and Another World. Film appearances include Black Mass, The Spirit of Christmas, Evening; State and Main; Amistad; Eight Men Out; The Spanish Prisoner; In Dreams and Turk 182! For seven years he was the Artistic Director of Gloucester Stage Company and is an Associate Professor of the Practice at Brandeis University. He directed the on-field ceremonies for the 1999 All-Star Game for Major League Baseball.

KORTNEY ADAMS (Ingrid, Anitra, Ensemble) is a native of St. Louis, and has been working as an actor, director and teaching artist in Boston since 2002. Regional credits include A Human Being Died that Night (Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre), Becky’s New Car (Lyric Stage Co. of Boston), Two Gentlemen of Verona (Commonwealth Shakespeare Company), Pippi Longstocking and Aladdin (Wheelock Family Theatre), Voyeurs de Venus (Company One), Doubt (Gloucester Stage Co.), After Mrs. Rochester (IRNE for Best Supporting Actress, Wellesley Summer Theatre), Young Nerds of Color, Harriet Jacobs, and the world premiere of From Orchids to Octopi (Underground Railway Theater), and the role of Barbara Demarco in the long-running hit Shear Madness. Recent films include The Makeover, R.I.P.D., The Proposal and On Broadway. Adams is the Education Manager for Central Square Theater and the Managing Director of Theatre Espresso, which uses Theatre in Education to introduce young people to issues of social justice and the law.

DANIEL BERGER-JONES (Aslak, Begriffenfeldt, Ensemble) is a Bostonbased actor, producer, director and entrepreneur.

In the classical music world, he has enjoyed sharing the stage with the Boston Symphony Orchestra (Peer Gynt), Virginia Symphony Orchestra (Florenz’s Antony and Cleopatra), the Boston Pops (Peter and the Wolf), The BYSO (Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Peter and the Wolf), Boston Chamber Symphony, Odyssey Opera, and other small companies and performances which have given equal delight. As a stage actor, he has been in productions with the ART, Huntington, Lyric Stage, Speakeasy Stage, Boston Playwright’s Theatre, Actors’ Shakespeare Project, Shakespeare & Company, and many other small companies. As a cofounder of the Boston Fringe Theatre company Orfeo Group, he enjoyed three Elliot Norton Awards for Best Production by a Fringe Company in five years, starring in five of the group’s critically acclaimed

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productions. Currently, he is Executive Director of a non-profit boutique tour company called Cambridge Historical Tours, giving entertaining tours of history, science and art throughout the Greater Boston area. He is the host of the new podcast, A People’s History of Food and Drink, the first season of which is now available wherever podcasts are found.

CAROLINE LAWTON (The Woman in Green, Ensemble) is a Boston-based actor who recently received her master’s degree in Classical Theatre at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. Since returning from London, Lawton has been seen on Boston stages in Orlando, The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife (Lyric Stage), Charlotte’s Web and Trumpet of the Swan (Wheelock), Oceanside (Merrimack Rep), Women Who Mapped the Stars (Poets Theatre), Shear Madness (Charles Playhouse) and Reconsidering Hanna(h) (Boston Playwrights), as well as numerous films and commercials.

International credits include Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune (Chipping Norton Theatre), A Woman of No Importance (Clandon Park) and Private Thoughts in Public Spaces (CASA Festival). U.S. theatre credits include Taming of the Shrew (Commonwealth Shakespeare), Arcadia and Comedy of Errors (Publick Theatre), An American Daughter (SpeakEasy Stage), The Underpants (Lyric Stage) and Mr. Sensitivity (NY International Fringe Festival). Film and television credits include Confessions of a Shopaholic, One Night Only, Scotch Hill, Casting About, My Brother Jack, Guiding Light and Castle Rock.

When not on stage or leading her double life working in a biotech company in the immunooncology space, Lawton can be found hanging upside down from the ceiling...studying aerial acrobatics at Esh Circus Arts.

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RISHER REDDICK (The Dovre King of the Trolls, Mads Moen, Ensemble) cut his teeth as an actor working with many regional theaters, including Shakespeare & Company, The American Repertory Theatre and Actors Shakespeare Project.

From 2007 to 2012 Reddick produced, directed, and acted in plays with his theatre company, Orfeo Group, garnering praise from audiences and critics alike and winning three Elliot Norton Awards for outstanding production. As a teacher he has worked with theatre companies and universities across the country and is currently on faculty at UMass Amherst. These days, Reddick works primarily as a director, re-imagining classics and devising new plays both in professional and academic settings. He is currently working on a new project, To the Table, a civic engagement piece using story, song and food to facilitate conversation between community stakeholders, and later this year he will direct an intimate production of Harold Pinter’s Old Times presented in homes throughout New England. Reddick holds a BFA in acting from Boston University and an MFA in directing from Northwestern University.

CRISTINA TODESCO (Scenic Designer) is based in Boston and is a scenic designer working in both theater and film. Theater companies and institutions include Actors Shakespeare Project, Boston Conservatory at Berklee, Company One, Capital Rep, Commonwealth Shakespeare Company, the Culture Project, Huntington Theatre, Merrimack Repertory Theater, New England Conservatory, New Repertory Theater, Olney Theater Center, Poet’s Theater, Shakespeare & Company, Speakeasy Stage Company, Summer Play Festival, Trinity Rep, Wheelock Family Theater, and Williamstown Theater Festival, among many more. She is a frequent collaborator with Sally Taylor and the artists in Taylor’s Consenses, a festival that mines the deep connectivity between art mediums. Todesco has designed for the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Symphony Hall in Boston and at Tanglewood in the Berkshires. For Outstanding Design, she is the recipient of four Elliot Norton Awards and an IRNE Award. She received her MFA in scenic design from Boston University’s School of Theatre Arts, where she currently teaches.

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CHARLES SCHOONMAKER (Costume and Puppet Designer) has extensive experience designing costumes for television, theatre, dance and opera. Current projects for Concert Theatre Works include Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Grieg’s Peer Gynt, and The Chevalier. For Boston Baroque, his credits include Handel’s Agrippina and Monteverdi’s Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria. Boston Midsummer Opera involvements include The Barber of Seville, Don Pasquale, The Italian Girl in Algiers, Trouble in Tahiti and Bon Appetit. Schoonmaker is the recipient of four Daytime Emmy Awards for his work in television and the IRNE for best costume design for Venus in Fur at the Huntington Theatre in Boston. Additional regional theatre credits include productions at Israeli Stage, Arts Emerson, the Berkshire Theatre Group, Dorset Theatre Festival, Chester Theatre Company, Weston Playhouse, Northern Stage, Bay Street Theatre, Riverside Theatre (FL), and seven seasons as the resident costume designer at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival. Other dance credits include The Richmond Ballet, The Atlanta Ballet, Nashville Ballet, BAM Next Wave, Alvin Ailey Dance Theatre, Dance Theatre of Harlem and The Limon Company. Television credits include

All My Children, As the World Turns and Another World. He teaches costume design at Bennington College. charles-schoonmaker.com.

MAURA GAHAN (Puppet Co-Designer and Puppet Realization). For more than 20 years, Maura Gahan has studied, created and performed with large and small scale puppets around the world for theater and dance performances, orchestras, parades, festivals, pageants, bicycle shows and schools. Gahan has enjoyed collaborating with dozens of companies and artists, including the Bread and Puppet Theater (full-time member 2007–13), Dance Hegginbotham/Redwing Blackbird Theater, National Symphony Orchestra, Vermont Symphony Orchestra, Robert Ashley/ Steve Paxton, and Ensemble Pi. Gahan is currently an MFA Teaching Fellow in Dance at Bennington College.

NICOLE PIERCE (Dance Choreography) is a choreographer, dancer, performance artist and video maker. She founded and ran EgoArt, Inc., a dance theater company, for which she created more than 30 works. Her work is hailed as “expansive, muscular movement etched with vivid detail.” A classically trained pianist

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and teacher, much of her output is musically inspired, leaning on rhythm, texture and innate musicality. She collaborates regularly with painter/sculptor Michael Prettyman, with whom she creates dances for camera using found or invented art environments. Lastly, Pierce is a monologist skirting the line of standup comedy, wherein she uses autobiographical content to tell universal stories.

JUSTIN SEWARD (Production Manager). Before stepping into the role as production manager, Justin Seward worked as props designer for past CTW productions of A Midsummer Night’s Dream and A Soldier’s Tale. He resides in Boston and works full-time as Asst. Props Director for the Huntington Theatre Company, 2013 Regional Theatre Tony Award recipient.

Seward also regularly freelances for Antiques Roadshow (Asst. Set Decorator,) the Boston Pops, and Boston Symphony/Tanglewood. He has produced props for various Broadway and off-Broadway productions including The 39 Steps, Porgy and Bess, Sons of the Prophet, All the Way and Finding Neverland. Seward has worked for various companies, including Opera Theatre of St. Louis, Seagle Festival, North Shore Music Theatre

and American Repertory Theatre. He is a proud member of the Society of Properties Artisan Managers. justinsewardprops.com

CSO JAN 21–22: Tchaikovsky & Prokofiev RANDALL GOOSBY, violin Signed exclusively to Decca Classics in 2020 at the age of 24, American violinist Randall Goosby is acclaimed for the sensitivity and intensity of his musicianship alongside his determination to make music more inclusive and accessible. ©Kaupo Kikkas Highlights of Goosby’s 2022–23 season include the Philadelphia Orchestra and San Francisco Symphony, and returns to the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra and Los Angeles Philharmonic, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, and Dallas Symphony Orchestra. Goosby also debuts in South Korea in recital and in Japan with the Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa. Upcoming

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recital appearances include the La Jolla Music Society, Vancouver Recital Series, Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, and the Schubert Club International Series.

June 2021 saw the release of Goosby’s debut album for Decca titled Roots, a celebration of African American music that explores its evolution from the spiritual through to presentday compositions.

Deeply passionate about inspiring and serving others through education, social engagement, and outreach activities, in 2022–23 Goosby will host a residency with the Iris Collective in Memphis with pianist Zhu Wang. Together they will explore how the students’ family history can relate to music and building community collaboration through narrative and performances.

Goosby plays a 1735 Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesu, on generous loan from the Stradivari Society. randallgoosby.com

POPS JAN 27–29: Tchaikovsky Spectacular: 1812 Overture DAMON GUPTON, conductor (Jan. 28–29) Visit p. 32 for a biography of Pops Principal Guest Conductor Damon Gupton.

SAMUEL LEE, conductor (Jan. 27) First prize winner of the BMI International Conducting Competition in Bucharest and the International Conducting Competition in Taipei, Samuel Lee was appointed Assistant Conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, beginning in the 2022–23 season.

In addition to several recent guest conducting engagements throughout Europe and Asia, Lee was a Conducting Fellow with the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music in 2021 and 2022, where he worked with conductors Cristian Măcelaru, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Octavio MásArocas and Marin Alsop.

Since 2016 Samuel Lee has been the chief conductor of the C.P.E. Bach Musikgymnasium orchestra Berlin. Also an active violist, Lee served as a viola professor at Hochschule für Musik und Theater “Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy” in Leipzig, Germany until 2022.

From 2009 until 2017, Lee was the violist of Novus String Quartet, and he was the second prize winner of the 61st International Music Competition of ARD Munich and first prize winner of the Salzburg International Mozart Competition.

Lee is an alumnus of Hochschule für Musik “Hanns Eisler” Berlin.

CSO FEB 3–4: Thibaudet Plays Liszt JEAN-YVES THIBAUDET, piano For more than three decades, Jean-Yves Thibaudet has performed worldwide, recorded more than 50 albums, and built a reputation as one of today’s finest pianists. He plays a range of solo, chamber and orchestral repertoire— ©E Caren from Beethoven through Liszt, Grieg and Saint-Saëns, to Khachaturian and Gershwin, and to Olivier Messiaen, Chen Qigang, James MacMillan, Richard Dubugnon and Aaron Zigman.

Thibaudet is the first-ever Artist-in-Residence at the Colburn School in Los Angeles, where he makes his home. In 2017, the school announced the Jean-Yves Thibaudet Scholarships, funded by members of Colburn’s donor community.

Thibaudet records exclusively for Decca; his extensive catalogue has received two Grammy nominations, two ECHO Awards, the Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik, the Diapason d’Or, the Choc du Monde de la Musique, the Edison Prize, and Gramophone awards. His most recent album is 2021’s Carte Blanche.

Among his numerous commendations is the Victoire d’Honneur, a lifetime career achievement award and the highest honor given by France’s Victoires de la Musique. In 2010 the Hollywood Bowl honored Thibaudet for his musical achievements by inducting him into its Hall of Fame. Thibaudet was awarded the title Officier by the French Ministry of Culture in 2012. In 2020, he was named Special Representative for the promotion of French Creative and Cultural Industries in Romania. He is co-artistic advisor, with Gautier Capuçon, of the Festival Musique & Vin au Clos Vougeot. jeanyvesthibaudet.com

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SIBELIUS SYMPHONY NO. 2 | 2022–23 SEASON FRI JAN 6, 11 am SAT JAN 7, 7:30 pm Music Hall

THOMAS SØNDERGÅRD, conductor AUGUSTIN HADELICH, violin Ethel SMYTH

“On the Cliffs of Cornwall,” Prelude to Act II of The Wreckers

(1858–1944)

Benjamin BRITTEN (1913–1976)

Concerto No. 1 for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 15 Moderato con moto Vivace Passacaglia: Andante lento (un poco meno mosso)

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Jean SIBELIUS (1865–1957)

Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 43 Allegretto Andante, ma rubato Vivacissimo— Finale: Allegro moderato

These performances are approximately 120 minutes long, including intermission.

The CSO is grateful to CSO Season Sponsor Western & Southern Financial Group.

The performance of Ethel Smyth’s On the Cliffs of Cornwall is made possible by a generous gift from James and Linda Miller.

The appearance of Augustin Hadelich is made possible by an endowed gift to the Fund for Great Artists by Mr. and Mrs. Joseph S. Stern, Jr. The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra is grateful for the support of the Louise Dieterle Nippert Musical Arts Fund of the Greenacres Foundation and for the thousands of people who give generously to the ArtsWave Community Campaign. This project was supported in part by the Ohio Arts Council, which receives support from the State of Ohio and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Pre-Concert Talks are made possible by an endowed gift from Melody Sawyer Richardson.

WGUC is the Media Partner for these concerts.

The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra in-orchestra Steinway piano is made possible in part by the Jacob G. Schmidlapp Trust.

Steinway Pianos, courtesy of Willis Music, is the official piano of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and Cincinnati Pops.

Listen to this program on 90.9 WGUC March 5 at 8 pm, followed by 30 days of streaming at cincinnatisymphony.org/replay.

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JAN 6–7 PROGRAM NOTES ETHEL SMYTH Born: April 22, 1858, Sidcup, United Kingdom Died: May 8, 1944, Woking, United Kingdom

“On the Cliffs of Cornwall,” Prelude to Act II of The Wreckers

Ethel Smyth

Composed: 1903 Premiere: The opera was

first performed November 11, 1906 in Leipzig, Richard Hagel conducting Instrumentation: 2 flutes, piccolo, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, bass drum, crash cymbals, chimes, snare drum, suspended cymbals, tam-tam, tenor drum, triangle, harp, strings CSO notable performances: These performances are the work’s CSO premiere.

Duration: approx. 9 minutes

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Ethel Smyth’s long-neglected The Wreckers is one of the most brilliant, and most disturbing, operas from the turn of the last century. Smyth herself was an utterly fascinating figure: the first woman to have an opera performed at a major venue (Covent Garden and The Met), she was also an active fighter for women’s suffrage and an incisive memoirist who openly discussed her lesbianism. She was the first female composer to receive the knighthood: she became Dame Ethel in 1922.

The richness of Smyth’s harmonic language and orchestration in The Wreckers betrays Richard Wagner’s influence, but she had a dramatic vision all her own, in which philosophy, religion and politics all played a part. Smyth and Henry Brewster (her only male lover, who wrote the libretto in French as Les naufrageurs) based their three-act opera on a Cornish myth. According to the myth, coastal populations lured ships to the rocks to cause them to founder; they would then plunder the ships and kill the crews. (A recent study claims that while the plundering of sunken vessels was common, there is little historical evidence for any intentional wrecking of ships.) In the opera, the very survival of the village depends on this criminal activity, which is condoned by their spiritual leader as the will of God. Anyone who tries to warn the ships away from danger is condemned to death as a traitor. To the spiritual leader’s horror, it turns out that the warning beacon was lit by his own wife and her lover, who must then pay for this deed with their lives.

The prelude “On the Cliffs of Cornwall” introduces Act II, in which the treason is committed. The music is ominous, full of dramatic tension that explodes in a climactic tutti before returning to the gloomy mysteries of the opening.

—Peter Laki

BENJAMIN BRITTEN Born: November 22, 1913, Lowestoft, United Kingdom Died: December 4, 1976, Aldeburgh, United Kingdom

Concerto No. 1 for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 15 The 1930s were an extraordinary decade for violin concertos. Within ten short years, Stravinsky, Prokofiev, Schoenberg, Berg, Bartók, Szymanowski, Walton and Barber (and others) all wrote major concertos that brought a significant shift within the violin repertoire. And before the decade was out, a young Benjamin Britten added another masterpiece to this rich musical harvest—a composition that may have been overshadowed by some of its distinguished contemporaries and, in fact,

by Britten’s own later music, but it fortunately has been heard more frequently in recent years.

Britten’s Concerto was written for a Catalan violinist named Antonio Brosa (1894–1979), who premiered it at Carnegie Hall with the New York Philharmonic under John Barbirolli on March 28, 1940. Britten and his professional and personal partner, the tenor Peter Pears, had been living in the United States since June 1939; they knew that war in Europe was imminent and, as committed pacifists and conscientious objectors, they

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wanted to remove themselves from the dangerous scene. Yet if they were able to escape physically, they couldn’t help being emotionally affected by the tragic times. Britten had actually begun working on his Violin Concerto in England the year before, “with a somewhat dutiful air,” as biographer Humphrey Carpenter writes. By the time the work was finished after Britten’s move across the Atlantic, it certainly no longer had anything dutiful about it. It is a passionately dramatic, vibrant work, commonly interpreted as a requiem for the victims of the Spanish Civil War. In fact, Britten had just visited Spain in 1936, the year the war broke out, for a music festival in Barcelona. There Antonio Brosa performed Alban Berg’s Violin Concerto, which demonstrably influenced Britten. Brosa and Britten also played Britten’s Suite for Violin and Piano at the same festival.

Britten’s Violin Concerto opens with a timpani solo playing a fundamental rhythmic motif that is subsequently used as counterpoint to the violin’s lyrical melody. The diabolical scherzo that follows the haunting first movement in some ways foreshadows Shostakovich’s First Concerto, written almost a decade later. Its middle section, which obsessively develops a relatively simple, almost folk-like, theme, culminates in a stunning trio for two piccolos and tuba, which in turn leads into the recapitulation. Britten inserted his cadenza before the finale (again anticipating Shostakovich); the cadenza is based on the rhythmic motif with which the whole work began. The final movement is written in the form of a passacaglia, a set of variations on a bass melody first presented by the three trombones. The variations grow more and more animated until, suddenly, the tempo broadens to largamente, preparing for the recitative-like lament that ends the work with the musical equivalent of a question mark.

—Peter Laki

JEAN SIBELIUS Born: December 8, 1865, Hämeenlinna, Finland Died: September 20, 1957, Ainola Järvenpää, Finland

Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 43 Jean Sibelius was much more than Finland’s most famous composer.

For the Finns, he was, and still is, a national hero who expressed what was widely regarded as the essence of the Finnish character in music. In his symphonic poems, Sibelius drew on the rich tradition of the ancient Finnish epic, the Kalevala. And in his seven symphonies he developed a style that has come to be seen as profoundly Finnish and Nordic. It was a logical continuation of the late Romantic tradition inherited from Brahms, Grieg and Tchaikovsky, and, at the same time, a highly personal idiom to which he clung steadfastly in the midst of a musical world filled with an increasing multiplicity of new styles.

Each of Sibelius’s symphonies has its own personality. The Second is distinguished by a predilection for melodies that sound like folksong— although Sibelius insisted that he had not used any original folk melodies in the Symphony. We know, however, that he was interested in the traditional music of his country and, in 1892, he visited Karelia, the Eastern province of Finland known for the archaic style of its songs. It was perhaps this avowed interest in folksong that prompted commentators to suggest a patriotic, political program for the Symphony. None other than the conductor Georg Schnéevoigt, a close friend of Sibelius’s and one of the most prominent early performers of his music, claimed that the first movement depicted the quiet pastoral life of the Finnish people and that

Benjamin Britten, 1968 (London Records)

Composed: 1939 Premiere: March 29,

1940, New York, John Barbirolli conducting the New York Philharmonic, Antonio Brosa, violin Instrumentation: solo violin, 3 flutes (incl. 2 piccolos), 2 oboes (incl.

English horn), 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, bass drum, crash cymbals, glockenspiel, snare drum, suspended cymbals, tenor drum, triangle, harp, strings CSO notable performances: First Performance: October 2006, Andrey Boreyko conducting and Hilary Hahn, violin. Most Recent Performance: May 2017 with Robert Treviño conducting and Midori, violin.

Duration: approx. 34 minutes

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subsequent movements represented, in turn, the Russian oppressors, the awakening of national resistance, and, finally, the triumph over foreign rule.

These ideas were certainly timely at the turn of the century, when Finland was in fact ruled by the Czar, though Sibelius himself never claimed to have had an extra-musical program in mind. (But neither did he disavow Schnéevoigt’s interpretation.)

In the first movement, Sibelius “teases” the listener by introducing his musical material by bits and pieces and taking an unusually long time to establish connections among the various short motifs introduced.

The gaps are filled in only gradually. Eventually, however, the outlines of a symphonic form become evident and by the end of the movement everything falls into place. In his 1935 book on Sibelius’s symphonies, British composer and critic Cecil Gray observed:

Jean Sibelius

Composed: 1901 Premiere: March 8, 1902,

Helsinki, Jean Sibelius conducting the Helsinki Orchestral Society Instrumentation: 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, strings CSO notable performances: First Performance: February 1912, Leopold Stokowski conducting. Most Recent Performance: October 2013, Rafael Payare conducting. Other: The CSO released the Symphony No. 2 in 2002 on its Sibelius/Tubin CD, Paavo Järvi conducting.

Duration: approx. 43 minutes

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…whereas in the symphony of Sibelius’s predecessors the thematic material is generally introduced in an exposition, taken to pieces, dissected, and analysed in a development section, and put together again in a recapitulation, Sibelius in the first movement of the Second Symphony inverts the process, introducing thematic fragments in the exposition, building them up into an organic whole in the development section, then dispersing and dissolving the material back into its primary constituents in a brief recapitulation.

The second movement (Tempo andante, ma rubato) opens in an exceptional way: a timpani roll followed by an extended, unaccompanied pizzicato (plucked) passage played in turn by the double basses and the cellos. This gives rise to the first melody, marked lugubre (mournful) and played by the bassoons (note the exclusive use of low-pitched instruments). Slowly and hesitatingly, the higher woodwinds and strings enter. Little by little, both the pitch and the volume rise, and the tempo increases to poco allegro, with a climactic point marked by fortissimo chords in the brass. As a total contrast, a gentle violin melody, played triple pianissimo (ppp) and in a new key, starts a new section. The lugubre theme, its impassioned offshoots, and the new violin melody, dominate the rest of the movement. The movement ends with a closing motif derived from this last melody, made more resolute by a fuller orchestration.

The third movement (Vivacissimo) is a dashing scherzo with a short and languid trio section. The singularity of the trio theme, played first by the oboe, is that it begins with a single note repeated no less than nine times, yet it is immediately perceived as a melody. The rest of the theme is eminently melodic, with a graceful tag added by the two clarinets. After a recapitulation of the scherzo proper, the trio is heard another time, followed by a masterly transition that leads directly into the triumphant Finale.

The first theme of the Finale is simple and pithy; it is played by the strings, with forte (loud) dynamics, to a weighty accompaniment by low brass and timpani. The haunting second theme has a four-line structure found in many folksongs; it is played by the woodwinds, much more softly than the first theme, though eventually rising in volume. After a short development section, the triumphant first theme and the folksonglike second both return. Repeated several times with the participation of ever greater orchestral forces, the second theme builds up to a powerful climax. The first theme is then restated by the full orchestra as a concluding gesture.

—Peter Laki

GRIEG: PEER GYNT IN CONCERT | 2022–23 SEASON FRI JAN 13, 7:30 pm SAT JAN 14, 7:30 pm Music Hall

LOUIS LANGRÉE, conductor PEKKA KUUSISTO, violin and Hardanger violin CAMILLA TILLING, soprano (Solveig) MAY FESTIVAL CHORUS, Robert Porco, director CONCERT THEATRE WORKS, Bill Barclay, director Daníel BJARNASON

Violin Concerto

(b. 1979)

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Edvard GRIEG

Peer Gynt

(1843–1907)

Music by Edvard Grieg Written and directed by Bill Barclay Adapted from the play by Henrik Ibsen Produced by Concert Theatre Works

These performances are approximately 125 minutes long, including intermission.

The CSO is grateful to CSO Season Sponsor Western & Southern Financial Group.

The appearance of the May Festival Chorus is made possible by a generous gift from the Nancy & Steve Donovan Fund for Chorus and Orchestra.

The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra is grateful for the support of the Louise Dieterle Nippert Musical Arts Fund of the Greenacres Foundation and for the thousands of people who give generously to the ArtsWave Community Campaign. This project was supported in part by the Ohio Arts Council, which receives support from the State of Ohio and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Pre-Concert Talks are made possible by an endowed gift from Melody Sawyer Richardson.

WGUC is the Media Partner for these concerts.

The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra in-orchestra Steinway piano is made possible in part by the Jacob G. Schmidlapp Trust.

Steinway Pianos, courtesy of Willis Music, is the official piano of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and Cincinnati Pops.

Listen to this program on 90.9 WGUC March 12, 2023 at 8 pm, followed by 30 days of streaming at cincinnatisymphony.org/replay.

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JAN 13–14 PROGRAM NOTES DANÍEL BJARNASON Born: February 26, 1979 in Iceland

Violin Concerto

©Camilla Jessel Panufnik

Daníel Bjarnason, ©Saga Sig

Composed: 2017 Premiere: August 22,

2017 at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, Gustavo Dudamel conducting the Los Angeles Philharmonic; Pekka Kuusisto, violin Instrumentation: solo violin, 2 flutes (incl. piccolo), 2 oboes, 2 clarinets (incl. bass clarinet), 2 bassoons (incl. contrabassoon), 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, tuba, timpani, bass drum, congas, glockenspiel, roto toms, snare drum, temple blocks, tom-toms, xylophone, piano, strings CSO notable performances: These performances are the work’s CSO premiere.

Duration: approx. 20 minutes

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Among Iceland’s leading musical figures is conductor, composer and curator Daníel Bjarnason, born in 1979 and trained in Reykjavík before taking his advanced studies in conducting at the Hochschule für Musik in Freiburg, Germany. Bjarnason’s compositions—works for chamber ensembles and for orchestra, songs, choruses, film scores, music for dance, and the opera Brothers, based on Susanne Bier’s 2004 film—have been performed by the major Scandinavian orchestras and in London, Paris, New York, Cincinnati, Detroit, Ottawa, Hamburg and other music centers across Europe and America. Bjarnason has had an especially close association with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, whose “Reykjavik Festival”—an eclectic, multi-disciplinary, 17-day event in which he was featured as conductor and composer—he curated in 2017.

Bjarnason composed his Violin Concerto in 2017 for the Finnish virtuoso Pekka Kuusisto; Gustavo Dudamel conducted the Los Angeles Philharmonic in its premiere at the Hollywood Bowl on August 22, 2017, during that very same “Reykjavík Festival.” Kuusisto performed the work widely in Europe and America thereafter and recorded it with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra under the composer’s direction in 2020. The Concerto was first performed under the title Scordatura (from the Italian for “out-of-tune”), indicating a deliberate mistuning of one or more strings.

The scordatura in Bjarnason’s work, now titled simply Violin Concerto, tunes the violin’s G string, the instrument’s lowest, down to D, the pitch that serves as a root, a reference point, throughout the work’s continuous, 25-minute duration.

The soloist begins alone, whistling along with a quiet tune plucked noteby-note on the instrument. Those lines diverge and the orchestra enters, hesitantly at first but with slowly increasing challenge to the soloist.

The violin reclaims prominence with a tiny solo cadenza, after which the orchestral strings ethereally echo the work’s opening tune. The brasses then draw more aggressive music from the ensemble, which the soloist again subdues into a quiet, icy passage that is reduced to a soft rumbling in the timpani. The bent, sliding notes and strange bowing effects of the partly improvised cadenza that follows offer other types of “scordatura.”

The next section begins tentatively in pizzicato basses and regathers some energy, but gives way to another solo cadenza, this one recalling the glassy sounds and whistling of the opening. The orchestra tries to build to a vigorous close, but it is repeatedly overtaken by the soloist’s calming, repeated notes, and the Concerto evaporates into whisps of ascending sound, as though the music were being released from earthly restraints.

—Dr. Richard E. Rodda

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EDVARD GRIEG Born: June 15, 1843, Bergen, Norway Died: September 4, 1907, Bergen, Norway

Peer Gynt Music by Edvard Grieg Written and directed by Bill Barclay Adapted from the play by Henrik Ibsen Produced by Concert Theatre Works Originally commissioned by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

CAST and Production Credits Solveig: Camilla Tilling Hardanger violin: Pekka Kuusisto Peer Gynt: Caleb Mayo Åse: Bobbie Steinbach The Button Molder: Robert Walsh Ingrid, Anitra, Ensemble: Kortney Adams Aslak, Begriffenfeldt, Ensemble: Daniel Berger-Jones The Woman in Green, Ensemble: Caroline Lawton The Dovre King of the Trolls, Mads Moen, Ensemble: Risher Reddick Voice of the Boygen: Will Lyman Scenic Designer: Cristina Todesco Costume and Puppet Designer: Charles Schoonmaker Puppet Co-Designer and Puppet Realization: Maura Gahan Assistant Costume Designer: Rachel Padula-Shufelt Costume construction: Stephanie Macklin Dance Choreography: Nicole Pierce Sound Designer: David Reiffel Properties: Justin Seward and Cristina Todesco Stage Manager: Chaal Aydiner Associate Producer: Kimberly Schuette Production Manager: Justin Seward In January 1874, Grieg received a letter from the playwright Henrik Ibsen asking him to provide incidental music for a revival in Oslo of Peer Gynt, a philosophical fantasy with moralistic overtones to which the composer was not immediately attracted. Grieg was, however, rather badly in need of money at the time, and Ibsen’s offer of a sizeable share of the proceeds from the production proved irresistible. Grieg thought at first that he would need to compose no more than a few short sections of music, but he failed to take into account the contemporary Norwegian taste in theatrical productions, which demanded an entertainment not unlike a modern musical comedy, with extended musical selections separated by spoken dialogue. Ibsen accordingly shortened the text of the original 1867 version of the play to accommodate the new music. As it turned out, Grieg’s score contained some 23 separate numbers and cost him nearly two years of work. His effort bore fruit. The music for Peer Gynt, in the form of two orchestral suites, won him international fame and personal economic security, and raised him to the highest position in Scandinavian music.

Peer Gynt (George Bernard Shaw suggested that “Pare Yoont” is about as close to the Norwegian pronunciation as it was possible to come in English) is the central character of Ibsen’s play. The work is ostensibly a fantasy, but Ibsen used the genre as a thinly veiled essay upon the apathy and vacillation that he felt were characteristic of the Norwegian people.

Grieg at first disagreed with Ibsen’s thesis—the main reason for his initial reluctance to become involved with the project—but he later changed his opinion. “How shockingly true to life the poet sketched our national

Edvard Grieg, 1888. Photo: Elliot and Fry

Composed: Grieg

composed the original work in 1874–75.

Premiere: The original premiered on February 24, 1876 in Oslo, conducted

by Johan Hennum. The Barclay adaptation premiered on October 19, 2017, Ken-David Masur conducting the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

Instrumentation: SAB vocal soloists, SATB chorus, solo Hardanger fiddle, 3 flutes (incl. 3 piccolos), 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, bass drum, chimes, crash cymbals, snare drum, tamtam, tambour de Basque, triangle, xylophone, harp, organ, piano, strings CSO notable performances: These performances are the CSO premiere of Bill Barclay’s adaptation of Peer Gynt.

Duration: approx. 75 minutes

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character,” he wrote after Ibsen’s death. Most of the play’s characters assume allegorical functions: they are more Jungian archetypes than true individuals. The death of Åse, Peer’s mother, for example, represents not just the loss of a loved one but, on Ibsen’s allegorical plane, also evokes “the dying of nature in the autumn, far up in the North—the disappearance of the sun for months, leaving this globe in a ruddy darkness,” according to Henry T. Finck.

Grieg outlined the plot of the play in the preface to the score of the Second Suite, though it needs to be pointed out that, as with Åse, the episodes and characters he mentions have a deeper, symbolic significance than is apparent from this brief précis: Peer Gynt, the only son of poor peasants, is drawn by the poet as a character of morbidly developed fancy and a prey to megalomania.

In his youth, he has many wild adventures—comes, for instance, to a peasants’ wedding where he carries the bride up to the mountain peaks.

There he leaves her so that he may roam about with wild cowherd girls.

He then enters the land of the Mountain King, whose daughter falls in love with him and dances for him. But he laughs at the dance and its droll music, whereupon the enraged mountain folk wish to kill him.

But he succeeds in escaping and wanders to foreign countries, among others to Morocco, where he appears as a prophet and is greeted by Arab girls. After many wonderful guidings of Fate, he at last returns as an old man, after suffering shipwreck on his way to his home, which is as poor as he left it. There the sweetheart of his youth, Solvejg, who has stayed true to him for all these years, meets him, and his weary head at last finds rest in her lap.

—Dr. Richard E. Rodda

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A Note from the Writer/Director Henrik Ibsen’s sprawling verse play has always been intimidating to stage.

His protagonist encounters a who’s who of Scandinavian folklore across three continents, 40 scenes and 60 years. As a contrast, Grieg’s original incidental score survives neatly in two concert suites, fashioned by the composer after the 1876 Oslo premiere. This new adaptation tonight tries to tame the story while going back to the wilder incidental score, mining for fresh bits of Grieg you’ve probably not heard before.

It’s hard to identify a more exuberant writer than Ibsen in 1867. In its grab bag of genres from fantasy to naturalism, Peer Gynt is said to anticipate the literary modernism of the First World War. I rather think it anticipates film, cutting from place to place, exploring fantastical imagery, and using comedy to connect us to Peer the person (who many believed had actually lived). Those innovations still amaze readers today, and all this before he wrote his greatest plays: Hedda Gabler, A Doll’s House, Ghosts, The Wild Duck and The Master Builder.

Like the play that barely contains him, Peer has a foot in both romantic and modernist impulses. A dreamer and an opportunist, he pursues the world’s temptations in the mold of the self-made man, only to realize at death’s door the hollowing consequences of individualism. In all the translations I’ve read, the word “Self” reigns supreme in Peer Gynt. His simple aim is to be who he is above all else. After all, didn’t Shakespeare counsel us to be true to thyself “above all”? Peer dares us to criticize him for this. What is amazingly insightful is, in the decades since Ibsen wrote Peer Gynt, our global industrialized economy has only increasingly spun on this idea, as does our social media, celebritizing the Self one Instagram photo at a time. But where does compassion factor in? Where meaning?

Is pleasure all? Peer’s cautionary tale of hedonism becomes more relevant with each passing day.

It is a joy to bring theatrical tools so fully into the concert hall with this iconic score. Too often, Peer Gynt is only known to us through Grieg’s greatest hits. I have labored to find homes for as many unfamiliar movements from the original score as I could. To serve the music, the text had to be written from scratch, economizing the narrative while retaining the spirit of Ibsen’s many different meters and rhyme schemes. We have committed to a rare fully staged presentation in the concert hall so that Grieg’s iconic music can reunite with the grandeur of the story and the caprice of its characters. Above all, we have stayed true to the spirit of equal partnership between Ibsen and Grieg in our “concert-theatre” approach. I hope we are honoring these legends most, however, in making something that feels true to us, too.

—Bill Barclay

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—Bill Barclay

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CSO CHAMBER PLAYERS | 2022–2023 SEASON

Chamber Players

Krzysztof PENDERECKI (1933–2020)

FRI JAN 20, 7:30 pm Harry T. Wilks Studio, Music Hall

Quartet for Clarinet and String Trio Notturno: Adagio Scherzo: Vivacissimo Serenade: Tempo di Valse Abschied: Larghetto Ixi Chen, clarinet Eric Bates, violin Caterina Longhi, viola Theodore Nelson, cello

John HARBISON (b. 1938)

Quintet for Winds Intrada Intermezzo Romanza Scherzo Finale Haley Bangs, flute Dwight Parry, oboe Joseph Morris, clarinet Christopher Sales, bassoon Molly Norcross, French horn

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Duo concertante per violino e contrabbasso Anna Reider, violin Boris Astafiev, double bass

Johannes BRAHMS (1833–1897)

String Quartet No. 3 in B-flat Major, Op. 67 Vivace Andante Agitato (Allegretto non troppo) Poco allegretto con variazione Stefani Matsuo, violin Gabriel Pegis, violin Christian Colberg, viola Ilya Finkelshteyn, cello

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JAN 20 PROGRAM NOTES KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKI Born: November 23, 1933, Dębica, Poland Died: March 29, 2020, Kraków, Poland

Quartet for Clarinet and String Trio Krzysztof Penderecki’s Quartet for Clarinet and String Trio represents an important milestone in his compositional development, both in terms of his chamber music oeuvre and his evolution away from the chaotic musical language of previous works. Commissioned by the SchleswigHolstein Music Festival and premiered in Lübeck in 1993, the Quartet for Clarinet and String Trio falls into the composer’s chronology at the point where his synthesis period was acquiescing to a more cohesive idiom.

Of the final movement of the quartet, titled Abschied (“farewell”), the composer writes:

Krzysztof Penderecki

Composed: 1993 Premiere: August 13,

1993 in Lübeck, Krzysztof Penderecki conducting Duration: approx. 15 minutes

The question should be asked: a farewell to what? Maybe to some kinds of music, yet not necessarily the final farewell. There have been periods of time in my life when I would become interested in one type of music and then I would return to some other type. Recently, this mischievous goblin which has been always present somewhere in my music and my personality has calmed down, giving way to lyricism and concentration.

The time has come to retreat into privacy again, to leave the turmoil.

All four movements draw the listener toward the city of Vienna. A performance of Viennese composer Franz Schubert’s String Quintet in C Major (D. 956, Op. posth. 163) had left a deep impression on Penderecki and motivated him to conceive the first movement and the serenade.

The restlessness of the cello line and the unison violin/cello melody in Schubert’s quintet are reflected in the opening and in the fourth movement of Penderecki’s composition. The second and fourth movements bear telltale signs of other successors of Vienna’s musical heritage: Arnold Schoenberg in the scherzo and Alban Berg in the Abschied.

Penderecki had originally conceived the Quartet as a work of seven movements, which accounts for the idiosyncrasies of proportion among the four movements that constitute the piece in its final form. Indeed, it is the Abschied that anchors the Quartet. Clocking in at eight minutes, it is as long as the other movements combined. In its opening 16 measures, the composer unifies the work by reiterating motives from the previous three movements. A lyrical clarinet line leads into a violin cadenza, followed by the barest outlines of a recapitulation. Finally, the composer permits an inkling of tonal resolution as the cello settles onto a low F pedal and the work draws to its sublime, ethereal “farewell.”

—Dr. Scot Buzza

JOHN HARBISON Born: December 20, 1938, Orange, New Jersey

Quintet for Winds I regarded the writing of a quintet for woodwinds as challenging. It is not a naturally felicitous combination of instruments, such as a string quartet.—John Harbison

With his 1979 Quintet, John Harbison clearly overcame the obstacles to the merging of five instruments distinct in their timbres, their ranges, their expressive possibilities, and their limitations. The resulting work is extremely challenging to play—its classical transparency notwithstanding.

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John Harbison

Composed: 1979,

commissioned by the Naumburg Foundation Premiere: April 15, 1979 in Boston’s Jordan Hall by the Aulos Quintet Duration: approx. 22 minutes

The piece opens with an Intrada structured on modulations of timbre and harmony. The upper registers of horn and bassoon give way to a melody in the upper winds, joined by the bassoon before the full quintet takes the movement to its conclusion. The Intermezzo second movement contains an asymmetrical, lilting tune that brings to mind the Intermezzo interrotto of Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra. The Romanza alternates lush, cantabile lines with an ironic, playful motive before winding down to a placid state of equilibrium. The structure of the Scherzo reveals its kinship to the symphonic scherzo of the 19th century: the only remaining vestige of its minuet origins are its two similar outer sections encasing a slower, contrasting middle trio. The Finale is a kaleidoscope of everchanging texture and character that invokes associations with a full range of musical idioms, from the wind quintets of Anton Reicha to George Gershwin’s An American in Paris.

The composer writes: I was determined to deal in mixtures rather than counterpoints, and to strive for a classical simplicity of surface—to maximize what I felt to be the great strength of the combination, the ability to present things clearly. The piece especially emphasizes mixtures and doublings and maintains a classically simple surface. It is extremely challenging to play, and one of the principal rewards of the piece has been the opportunity to work with a number of resourceful, inquisitive, and fearless wind players in the mutually beneficial expansion of their repertory.

—Dr. Scot Buzza PENDERECKI: Duo concertante per violino e contrabasso Composed: 2010 Premiere: March 9, 2011, Hanover, Germany; AnneSophie Mutter, violin, and Roman Patkoló, bass Duration: approx. 6 minutes

KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKI

Duo concertante per violino e contrabbasso Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki was the most fêted composer of the 20th century by quite a large margin, boasting a ledger of honors and accolades unparalleled by any other composer of his century. Over the course of six decades, he collaborated with an impressive roster of international artists and often conceived works with specific performers in mind. At age 12, German violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter began a lifelong collaboration with the composer that resulted in his tailoring many of his works to her talents, including his second violin concerto (Metamorphoses), his second violin sonata, and the Duo concertante per violino e contrabbasso.

Mutter describes how she believes Penderecki’s worldview is mirrored in his compositions: I think the gentle impression which Krzysztof Penderecki’s music leaves is that he is a wonderful reminder of historic moments. Sadly, a lot of history is filled with drama, grief, and death, and that is why some of his greatest music actually relates to that […] For all of these very sorrowful and unique moments in all of their tragic color, he is able to find a musical language which is so personal and so true to that moment in history.

The Duo concertante was commissioned by the Anne-Sofie Mutter Stiftung for Highly Gifted Musicians and conceived for the violinist to perform with bassist Roman Patkoló. The Italian title draws on another piece for violin and double bass, Giovanni Bottesini’s 1880 Gran duo concertante, originally for two double basses with orchestra.

Penderecki’s work captivates the listener with mercurial moods, vacillating from brooding to playful, from to lush to manic. The work

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opens with the indication Quasi una cadenza, and quickly unfolds into a five-note figure that volleys between the two players against a backdrop of virtuoso passages every bit as colorful as they are astonishing: Penderecki explores a full range of expressive possibilities in the span of five minutes, including scordatura (alternate string tuning), tremolo, glissandos, pizzicato, left-hand pizzicato, double stops, natural and artificial harmonics, striking the strings with the fist, percussive effects on the body of the instrument, and bowing on the back side of the bridge.

The technical challenges of the work are formidable. But in the hands of gifted performers who can thoughtfully engage their audience, the Duo concertante per violino e contrabbasso rewards the listener handsomely, indeed.

—Dr. Scot Buzza

JOHANNES BRAHMS Born: May 7, 1833, Hamburg, Germany Died: April 3, 1897, Vienna, Austria

String Quartet No. 3 in B-flat Major, Op. 67 On a program of music by Krzysztof Penderecki (1933–2020) and John Harbison (b. 1938), how does the 19th-century Viennese composer Johannes Brahms fit?

Brahms, without renouncing beauty and emotion, proved to be a progressive in a field which had not been cultivated for half a century… progress in the direction toward an unrestricted musical language which was inaugurated by Brahms the Progressive.

The above statement from the oft-quoted article by Arnold Schoenberg, “Brahms the Progressive” from his 1950 book Style and Idea, provides at least a philosophic reason: Brahms is the composer who opened the door to a free musical language, which ushered in the age of the “emancipation of the dissonance” (Schoenberg’s term) and compositional techniques such as 12-tone, free atonality and extended tertian harmony. Within the context of our modern ears, the innovation of Brahms’ music is, perhaps, lost to us, but within the context of this program we can hear the progressiveness that Schoenberg did.

The compositional shadow of the 122 string quartets written by Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven loomed over Brahms, and he painstakingly revised and edited his first two string quartets for nearly a decade before they were published in 1873 as Op. 51. Brahms would contribute only one additional quartet to the repertoire, Op. 67.

Brahms equally toiled over the symphonic genre. He started his first symphony in 1862 and it remained unfinished in 1875. He wrote to his friend Franz Wüllner in the summer of 1875, “I stay sitting here, and from time to time write highly useless pieces in order not to have to look into the stern face of a symphony.” One of these “useless pieces” was the Op. 67 string quartet.

The first two of Brahms’ string quartets are dark, dramatic, broody and often sentimental. In contrast, the third is witty, light-hearted and, as Clara Schumann wrote, “too delightful for words.” This change in character has not diminished the technical demands nor his compositional novelty. As James M. Keller wrote, “We find Brahms not less proficient in his mastery— Brahms always astonishes—but he seems to a large degree freed from his compositional demons.”

—Tyler M. Secor

Krzysztof Penderecki

Composed: 1875, while

on vacation in Ziegelhausen near Heidelberg Premiere: October 30, 1876 in Berlin by the Joachim Quartet Duration: approx. 34 minutes

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TCHAIKOVSKY & PROKOFIEV | 2022–23 SEASON SAT JAN 21, 7:30 pm SUN JAN 22, 2 pm Music Hall

LOUIS LANGRÉE, conductor RANDALL GOOSBY, violin Julia PERRY (1924–1979)

Piotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY (1840–1893)

Homunculus C.F. for percussion ensemble, with harp and piano Concerto in D Major for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 35 Allegro moderato. Moderato assai. Allegro giusto Canzonetta: Andante— Allegro vivacissimo

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Sergei PROKOFIEV (1891–1953)

Symphony No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 44 Moderato Andante Allegro agitato Andante mosso—Allegro moderato

These performances are approximately 105 minutes long, including intermission.

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The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra is grateful for the support of the Louise Dieterle Nippert Musical Arts Fund of the Greenacres Foundation and for the thousands of people who give generously to the ArtsWave Community Campaign. This project was supported in part by the Ohio Arts Council, which receives support from the State of Ohio and the National Endowment for the Arts.

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JAN 21–22 PROGRAM NOTES JULIA PERRY Born: March 25, 1924, Lexington, Kentucky Died: April 24, 1979, Akron, Ohio

Homunculus C.F. for percussion ensemble, with harp and piano Within the changing dynamics of the Post-World War II concert hall, composer/conductor Julia Perry emerged as one of a number of Black women composers whose music would point to new forms of experimentation. Unlike her peers Margaret Bonds, Undine Smith Moore, Hale Smith and George Walker, Julia Perry remains much of an enigma.

But her musical activity and rich, diverse catalog frames a different perspective of how Black composers and musicians navigated the politics of the Post-World War II concert scene.

Julia Perry was born in Lexington, Kentucky in 1924, but spent most of her formative years in Akron, Ohio. Her studies of violin, piano and voice prepared her for enrollment at Westminster Choir College after graduating high school. Perry expanded her musical studies to also include conducting and composition while at Westminster. She graduated with a bachelor’s degree in 1947 and a master’s in 1948.

Soon thereafter, Perry moved to New York, where she studied composition at Juilliard. The 1950s marked a period in which Perry’s development as a composer and conductor progressed significantly. In 1951, she began what would prove to be a long and rewarding musical relationship with composer Luigi Dallapiccola. She studied with the composer first at the Berkshire Music Center at Tanglewood, but the financial support of a Guggenheim Fellowship led to her continuing this work in Florence a year later. It was also during this period that she studied with famed composer/conductor/pedagogue Nadia Boulanger in France.

Perry spent much of the decade following World War II in Europe, studying, concertizing and conducting. Like many Black musicians, she participated in concert tours and lectures sponsored by the United States Information Agency. Perry’s compositional voice soon displayed her mastery of modernist styles such as minimalism, atonality and serialism, along with the neo-Romantic aesthetic that flourished among Black composers during the height of the Harlem Renaissance.

Perry’s work during the 1960s included short-term teaching stints at Florida A&M University and Atlanta University, and the cultivation of a private studio offering piano instruction. She composed prolifically, producing a catalog that stretched across genres. Her oeuvre came to include symphonies, opera, chamber music, choral anthems, arrangements of spirituals, and art songs. Despite the prolific nature of her work, only a few of Perry’s compositions were recorded during her lifetime. One was the well-known chamber work Homunculus C.F. The work was written during the summer of 1960, when Perry was living in an apartment that was located above her father’s medical practice in Akron. The clinical environment of the office drew Perry to the Faustian legend—more specifically Wagner, the central character’s apprentice, and his experiments that resulted in the creation of a small man, Homunculus.

It is the organic nature of alchemy—combination, transformation, creation—that underscores the structure and form of Perry’s composition.

Homunculus C.F. is written for percussion instruments, harp, xylophone, vibraphone, celesta and piano. Although the piece is fairly short, its form is realized through four sections that center on the introduction of base

Julia Perry

Composed: 1960 Premiere: January 28,

1965, for a recording by the Manhattan Percussion Ensemble, Paul Price conducting Instrumentation: timpani, bass drum, crash cymbals, snare drum, suspended cymbals, vibraphone, wood blocks, xylophone, harp, celeste, piano CSO notable performances: First Performance: November 2020 at a livestream-only concert, Louis Langrée conducting.

Duration: approx. 6 minutes

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elements—rhythm, melody, harmony—that are then combined and varied in a systematic way, which can be viewed as a replication of the alchemical process that resulted in the creation of Homunculus. Melodic and harmonic elements are grounded in what Perry called the Chord of the Fifteenth (C.F.), the superimposition of two major seventh chords (E G# B D# F# A# C# E#). In the liner notes to the 1965 recording Perry wrote, “having selected percussion instruments for my formulae, then maneuvering and distilling them by means of the Chord of the Fifteenth, this musical test tube baby was brought to life.”

The work begins with rhythmic interplay between the non-pitched instruments (woodblocks, snare and bass drum, and cymbals). This exchange is amplified with the entrance of the timpani in what proves to be a transitional moment, introducing both melodic and harmonic elements that are varied in the next three sections. The second section is marked by the timpani establishing the foundational pitch of the C.F. (E-natural) as it engages with the harp.

The interplay between harp and timpani is soon interrupted by the entrance of the vibraphone and celesta, which introduces a new motive, further underscoring the harmonic aspects of the work. Having now established the elemental aspects of the work, Perry uses the last section of the work to bring them all together, culminating in the full articulation of her musical alchemy—her creation, the Chord of the Fifteenth.

In 1964, Perry received a grant from the National Institute of Arts and Letters, which financed a recording with the label Composers Recordings, Inc. (CRI). A year later, Homunculus C.F. was performed at the Manhattan School of Music. It worth noting that it is one of two works

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in Julia Perry’s catalog that references the Faust legend. The other is a play called Fisty M-E! Despite the many health challenges that significantly affected her professional work during the 1970s, Perry continued to compose. She died on April 24, 1979, in Akron at age 55. Unfortunately, much of Perry’s personal writings and manuscripts was lost during the years that followed her death. These circumstances have contributed to her music falling into relative obscurity. However, renewed interest in the life and music of Julia Perry will hopefully not only rectify this, but also illuminate the true depth and diversity of her artistry.

—Dr. Tammy Kernodle

PIOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY Born: May 7, 1840, Kamsko-Votkinsk, Russia Died: November 6, 1893, Saint Petersburg, Russia

Concerto in D Major for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 35 There is certainly no shortage of great masterpieces that met with negative criticism at their premiere, but few have fared worse than Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto. This may sound surprising, since this work, now one of the most popular of all concertos, has none of the revolutionary spirit of Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring, Wagner’s Ring cycle or Beethoven’s Eroica, to name just three works that generated heated controversies around the time of their premieres. Yet there were some distinct ways in which the Tchaikovsky concerto clashed with the expectations of people who had very strong opinions about what a violin concerto ought to be like.

The great violinist and teacher, Leopold Auer, for whom the concerto was written, rejected it. And the Viennese critic Eduard Hanslick, a friend of Brahms and a fierce opponent of Wagner, uttered the immortal phrase after the 1881 premiere that the concerto “stank to the ear.” The harshness and vulgarity of these opinions could not help but exacerbate Tchaikovsky’s depressive tendencies that were never far from the surface.

The composer never forgot Hanslick’s diatribe to the end of his days.

Why this unusually strong resistance to a work that did not attempt to challenge the existing world order but wanted “simply” to be what it was: a brilliant and beautiful violin concerto? In Hanslick’s case, the answer may lie in the critic’s inability to accept symphonic music that was not Germanic in spirit. The first great violin concerto to come from Russia, Tchaikovsky’s work certainly struck a chord that was disconcertingly foreign in Vienna. (It is ironic that Hanslick thought of Tchaikovsky as a Russian barbarian, while in Russia, the composer was considered a “Westernizer” who was not as truly and completely Russian as Balakirev and his circle, known as the “Mighty Five.”) As for Auer, the novel technical demands of the piece may have seemed to him insurmountable at first; yet, to his credit, he soon took a second look and changed his mind. He became a great advocate of the concerto, and taught it to many of his star students, whose list included Mischa Elman, Jascha Heifetz and Efrem Zimbalist.

The concerto was written in the spring of 1878. In order to recover from the recent trauma of his ill-fated and short-lived marriage to Antonina Milyukova, Tchaikovsky retreated to the Swiss village of Clarens, on the shores of Lake Geneva, accompanied by his brother Modest, and a 22-year-old violinist named Iosif Kotek, who assisted him in matters of violin technique. The composition progressed so effortlessly that the whole concerto was written in only three weeks, with an extra week taken

Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Composed: March 17–

April 11, 1878, at Clarens on Lake Geneva, Switzerland Premiere: December 4, 1881, Vienna, Hans Richter conducting; Adolf Brodsky, violin Instrumentation: solo violin, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani, strings CSO notable performances: First Performance: January 1899, Frank Van der Stucken conducting with Willy Burmester, violin. Most Recent: November 2019, Louis Langrée conducting with Gil Shaham, violin.

Other: November 1913, Ernst Kunwald conducting and Fritz Kreisler, violin; January 1919, Eugène Ysaÿe conducting and Mischa Elman, violin.

Duration: approx. 36 minutes

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One of the things that makes this concerto so great is surely the ease with which Tchaikovsky moves from one mood to the next…

up by the orchestration. During this time, Tchaikovsky wrote not only the three concerto movements that we know, but a fourth one as well: the initial second movement, “Méditation,” was rejected at an early runthrough and replaced with the present “Canzonetta,” written in a single day. Due to Auer’s initial unfavorable reaction, no violinist accepted the work for performance for three years, until the young Adolf Brodsky, a Russianborn virtuoso living in Vienna, chose it for his debut with the Vienna Philharmonic, so uncharitably described by Hanslick.

One of the things that makes this concerto so great is surely the ease with which Tchaikovsky moves from one mood to the next: lyrical and dramatic, robustly folk-like and tenderly sentimental moments follow one another without the slightest incongruity, similarly to Tchaikovsky’s famous Piano Concerto No. 1, written three years earlier. Another remarkable feature is the combination of virtuosity with emotional depth: although the technical difficulties of the solo part are tremendous, every note also expresses something that goes far beyond virtuosic fireworks.

All in all, it is one of the greatest violin concertos ever written, and no critic after Hanslick has ever challenged its status again or smelled anything unpleasant in the work!

—Peter Laki

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SERGEI PROKOFIEV Born: April 23, 1891 (April 11, Old Style), Sontsovka, Russia (Ukraine) Died: March 5, 1953, Moscow, Russia

Symphony No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 44 Prokofiev’s Third Symphony is based on thematic material from the opera The Fiery Angel, which the composer had been working on from 1919 to 1927. This work—one of Prokofiev’s boldest creations—was never performed in its entirety during the composer’s lifetime. Despairing of seeing his opera produced, the composer used music from it in a symphony, which at least reached the concert hall in 1929.

One sign of the operatic origins of this music may be found at the very beginning of the first movement, which unmistakably sounds like a musical “curtain.” The themes are subjected to an enormous range of transformations in harmony and orchestration, before the movement ends with a pianissimo version of the initial “curtain” motif.

In the second movement, Prokofiev manages, as he so often does, to make the familiar appear unfamiliar. Through subtle changes of harmony and orchestration, he turns what would otherwise be fairly conventional melodic writing into an uncommon event, full of tension and mystery.

The third movement is, without a doubt, the most modern section of the Symphony. In this eerie scherzo, Prokofiev divided each string section (except the basses) into three subsections and had them play elaborate interlocking rhythmic figures that are punctuated by the muted glissandos of the first violins. This whole complex is constantly moving along a dynamic scale, from piano to forte and back again. The movement’s Trio is a much more conventional Allegretto section, after which the scherzo is repeated. The concluding solemn epilogue is nothing but a slower version of the first movement’s “curtain” idea.

The Finale begins with an energetic Andante mosso for full orchestra, leading into a frenzied Allegro moderato. One of the themes from the second movement returns, played not softly this time but fortissimo by the full orchestra against a menacing background. There is a mysterious tranquillo episode, but it is not long before the Allegro moderato returns with even more “bite” than before.

—Peter Laki

Sergei Prokofiev, ca. 1918

Composed: 1928 Premiere: May 27, 1929,

Paris, Pierre Monteux conducting the Orchestre Symphonique de Paris.

Instrumentation: 2 flutes, piccolo, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, bass drum, campanelli, castanets, crash cymbals, snare drum, suspended cymbals, tamtam, tambour de Basque, 2 harps, strings CSO notable performances: First/Most Recent Performance: February 2008, Pietari Inkinen conducting Duration: approx. 34 minutes

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Congratulations to Cincinnati Symphony Youth Orchestra (CSYO) Concerto Competition winners Vivian Chang and Ari Peraza. Vivian Chang (a sophomore at Mason High School) will perform the first movement of Jean Sibelius’ Violin Concerto on the May 14 CSYO Philharmonic concert. Ari Peraza (a senior at Wyoming High School) will perform the first movement of Samuel Barber’s Cello Concerto on the CSYO/CSO Side by Side concert on April 23. cincinnatisymphony.org/csyo

CSYO Concerto Competition winners Vivian Chang and Ari Peraza

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LOUIS LANGRÉE, conductor JEAN-YVES THIBAUDET, piano CHEN Qigang (b. 1951)

Wu Xing (“The Five Elements”) Sui (Water) Mu (Wood) Huo (Fire) Tu (Earth) Jin (Metal)

Franz LISZT (1811–1886)

Concerto No. 2 in A Major for Piano and Orchestra Adagio sostenuto assai—Allegro agitato assai Allegro moderato Allegro deciso Allegro animato

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The Palace of Nine Perfections

ZHOU Tian (b. 1981)

Maurice RAVEL (1875–1937)

Rapsodie espagnole Prélude à la nuit (“Prelude to the Night”) Malagueña Habanera Feria (“Festival”)

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FEB 3–4 PROGRAM NOTES CHEN QIGANG Born: August 28, 1951, Shanghai, China

Wu Xing (“The Five Elements”)

Chen Qigang. Photo: Wang Hong

Composed: 1998–99, commissioned by Radio France Premiere: May 21, 1999, Paris, Didier Benetti conducting the Orchestre National de France Instrumentation: 3 flutes, 3 oboes, 3 clarinets, 3 bassoons, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, harp, celeste, piano, strings CSO notable performances: These are the first CSO performances of The Five Elements.

Duration: approx. 10 minutes

The “Five Elements” describes a system of thought originating in ancient Chinese Daoist philosophy. These elements represent five basic stages along the Yin-Yang developmental process: water, fire, metal, wood and earth. Ancient Chinese philosophers used this concept to explain the form of everything on earth and the mutually interdependent relationship between all objects and beings. This way of seeing the world emphasized unity and described the changeable quality of matter as well as the transformations it could undergo. This is China’s oldest theoretical system.

In this work, I wanted not only to express the individual character of each element, but also the logical series of transformations that connects them. I sought to use music to explore the interdependent evolution that connects human beings to the physical world. These two domains at times seem completely separate, while at other times they seem to complement one another. Finally, they coalesce into a unified vision of the world, boundless and encompassing both domains of existence.

I also decided to express my personal view of the relationship between these elements, to propose a musical interpretation of what I consider each element’s symbolic meaning, and thus to suggest an ordering of the five elements based on their successive generation. I decided on the order of water, wood, fire, earth and, finally, metal.

For me, water is the strongest element, but it is also characterized by tranquility. Wood is the richest element, and the most varied. Fire represents life and warmth, but it is not aggressive. Earth is the basic substance, a starting point, a generative principle. Metal refers to strength and light.

—Chen Qigang

FRANZ LISZT Born: October 22, 1811, Doborján, kingdom of Hungary, Austrian Empire (now Raiding, Austria) Died: July 31, 1886, Bayreuth, Germany

Concerto No. 2 in A Major for Piano and Orchestra

Franz Liszt, 1858

Composed: 1839–40 Premiere: January 7,

1857, Weimar, Franz Liszt conducting, Hans von Bronsart, piano Instrumentation: solo piano, 3 flutes (incl. piccolo), 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, crash cymbals, strings

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As pianist, Franz Liszt helped usher in an age of virtuosity, in which spectacular showmanship and transcendental technique merged on the stage in ways that irrevocably altered the dynamics of the concert experience. As composer, he developed new genres like the rhapsody and symphonic poem, while transforming traditional ones like the sonata and symphony. Born in Hungary, raised speaking German, living his formative years in Paris, and spending the last quarter of his life in Weimar, Rome and Budapest, Liszt projected a cosmopolitan orientation that ran counter to the increasingly militant strains of nationalism that sounded across Europe during his lifetime.

While Liszt’s earliest compositions show a deep debt to the works of Czerny (with whom he studied), Hummel, Moscheles, and Weber, drafts of his earliest extant music for piano and orchestra (1830s) are decidedly Romantic—confrontational with tradition, highly individualistic, esoterically referential, formally open-ended, and physically and mentally taxing.

Liszt likely avoided the genre of the piano concerto during his virtuoso years because he had found such wild success with his large-scale fantasies on popular operas of the day, arrangements of movements

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of Beethoven’s symphonies and Schubert’s art songs, and extended improvisations. His retirement from the concert stage in the late 1840s gave him a long overdue opportunity to collect, reevaluate and revise the miscellany of sketches, drafts and published compositions he had produced over the last two decades. The Piano Concerto in A Major seems to have begun life in 1839, the same year as the Totentanz. Liszt returned to both works several times in the 1840s and 1850s before completing them in the 1860s.

The version of the Piano Concerto in A Major played today offers an excellent window into Liszt’s mid-century aesthetic. Most provocative is the Concerto’s casting in a single movement.

The A-major Concerto’s foundational musical idea comes right at the beginning, with clarinets and oboes playing a wistful, almost melancholy chromatic melody that is colored by an intimate group of bassoons and flutes. The solo piano inveigles its way into this small ensemble with a rich accompaniment, then pivots to a more truculent transformation of the theme. As the orchestra increases its activity, the piano responds in kind, with a massive, quasi-orchestral cadenza. Three thematic transformations quickly follow: a dramatic martial theme in D minor, a leaping half-step motive in D-flat major, and a frenzied figure in B-flat minor in the dancefriendly meter of 6/8.

All three of these transformations strongly conceal their connection to the Concerto’s opening theme, so it is a welcome relief when the piano’s arpeggiated accompaniment returns, this time to support a solo cello melody. Structurally, this appearance signals the beginning of the classical concerto’s slow movement, in which Liszt spins out several variations. A cadenza ends this section, after which the orchestra recalls earlier musical ideas—prominent among them, the martial theme—while the piano thunders up and down the keyboard.

Liszt saves his most ostentatious thematic transformation for the Concerto’s most important structural event: the return to the home key of A major, which in turn initiates a wholesale review of materials heard earlier in the work. Important, though, is that Liszt treats this structural mandate to recall as an opportunity to transform further. Thus, the first solo section that follows offers a different kind of arpeggiation that accompanies clarinets, bassoons and upper strings. Likewise, the piano’s forays into the instrument’s higher registers are not thick and bombastic as before, but light and playful, as if the day’s cannon fire had given way to the night’s fireflies. A frenzied coda provides one more opportunity to review and transform before bringing the work to the inevitably thunderous conclusion.

—Dr. Jonathan Kregor

ZHOU TIAN Born: 1981, Hangzhou, China

The Palace of Nine Perfections The Palace of Nine Perfections was inspired by a painting under the same name by Yuan Jiang, believed to date from 1691. Though I learned about the painting growing up in China, it was not until 2003 when I first saw the real work at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

I was immediately moved by it—the sumptuous color on silk depicts a Daoist paradise, and yet, there is something mystical, dark, embedded underneath. Inspired, I wanted to create a musical reaction to Yuan’s vision, hoping we could see as well as hear The Palace of Nine Perfections.

The work, consisting of three major parts, ranges from epic to extremely

LISZT, cont.

CSO notable

performances: First Performance: March 1904, Frank Van der Stucken conducting with Alfred Reisenauer, piano. Most Recent: February 2015, Paavo Järvi conducting with Khatia Buniatishvili, piano. Other: February 1982, Michael Gielen conducting with pianist Alfred Brendel (including a performance at Carnegie Hall, February 22, 1982); November 1957, Thor Johnson conducting with pianist Claudio Arrau; February 1965, Max Rudolf conducting with pianist Jeanne-Marie Darré.

Duration: approx. 24 minutes

Zhou Tian, ©Harley-Seeley

Composed: 2004 Premiere: March 29,

2004, Field Concert Hall, Philadelphia, Benjamin Schwartz conducting the Curtis Symphony Orchestra Instrumentation: 2 flutes, piccolo, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, E-flat clarinet, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, bass drum, chimes, crotale, crash cymbals, glockenspiel, large bell, slapstick, snare drum, suspended cymbals, tam-tam, triangle, harp, celeste, strings CSO notable performances: These are the first CSO performances of The Palace of Nine Perfections.

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intimate. Through a lush orchestral palette, I sought to create a fusion of folky musical elements and fresh approaches to orchestration and timbre.

—Zhou Tian

MAURICE RAVEL Born: March 7, 1875, Ciboure, Basses-Pyrénées, France Died: December 28, 1937, Paris, France

Rapsodie espagnole Maurice Ravel

Composed: 1907–08 Premiere: March 15, 1908

in Paris, conducted by Édouard Colonne.

Instrumentation: 2 flutes, 2 piccolos, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 3 bassoons, sarrousophone, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, bass drum, castanets, crash cymbals, snare drum, suspended cymbals, tam-tam, tambour de Basque, triangle, xylophone, 2 harps, celeste, strings CSO notable performances: First Performance: October 1926, Fritz Reiner conducting.

Most Recent: September 2012, William Eddins conducting. Other: Jesús López Cobos and the CSO recorded the work on the 1988 Ravel: Boléro, Rapsodie espagnole, et al. CD. Duration: approx. 16 minutes

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“Ravel’s Spain was an ideal Spain inherited from his mother, a lady who used to delight me with her conversation, always in fluent Spanish, about the youthful years she had spent in Madrid. Then I could understand with what fascination her son must have heard the frequent retelling of these reminiscences, the songs and the dances associated with them. And that also explains not only the attraction Ravel felt for this country of his childhood dreams, but also why he had such a strong preference for the rhythm of the Habanera—the song form that was most in vogue during his mother’s day in Madrid.” Manuel de Falla, Spain’s greatest composer, wrote those words about his French colleague to explain the persistent Spanish strain in Ravel’s music. Not only this Spanish Rhapsody but also Boléro, Alborada del gracioso and L’heure espagnole attest to the Hispanic interests fostered by his mother’s stories and his Basque birthplace on the slopes of the Pyrenees.

In the years immediately following his failure to win the Prix de Rome in 1905, Ravel enjoyed a burst of creativity fueled by his freedom from academic restraints for the first time in his life. In the late summer of 1907, when he first took up the Rapsodie espagnole, he was bothered by the street noises bombarding his apartment in Paris, and some friends offered him the use of their yacht moored at Valvins. He gladly accepted, and soon took up the life of a recluse, seeing no one except the boat’s gruff but likable captain, with whom he shared his meals. Ravel worked quickly, and he was soon able to return to Paris with the finished score.

By 1908, when the Rapsodie espagnole was launched into the world, Ravel’s name was one of the most widely known in French music.

The occasion of the premiere added yet another bit of notoriety to his reputation, since the audience received Ravel’s new work with a mixed reaction. The galleries, which held many of Ravel’s supporters, enthusiastically acclaimed the piece, but a certain murmuring rose from the lower levels of the Théâtre du Châtelet, where the more staid members of the audience congregated. Above the rustling, Florent Schmitt, Ravel’s close friend and fellow composer, called out, “Just once more, for the gentlemen below who haven’t been able to understand.” The Malagueña section was encored by the sympathetic performers, and, despite some critical carping, the work became a success.

Rather than a single span of music, the Rapsodie espagnole is really a miniature suite of three dances with a prelude. Ravel described the first section of the Rapsodie, Prélude à la nuit (“Prelude to the Night”), as “voluptuously drowsy and ecstatic.” The Malagueña was based on a genre that was initially a Spanish courting dance that had developed into a virtuoso vehicle for the café singers of the 19th century. The Habanera, whose rhythm is similar to that of the tango, is an orchestration of Ravel’s piano piece of 1895, subtitled in both versions Au pays parfumé que le soleil caresse (“In the fragrant land caressed by the sun”). The Feria (“Festival”) is an exhilarating depiction of an Iberian holiday.

—Dr. Richard E. Rodda

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Eleanora C. U. Alms Trust, Fifth Third Bank, Trustee Rosemary and Frank Bloom Endowment Fund*+ Cincinnati Bell Foundation Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Val Cook Nancy & Steve Donovan* Sue and Bill Friedlander Endowment Fund*+ Mrs. Charles Wm Anness*, Mrs. Frederick D. Haffner, Mrs. Gerald Skidmore and the La Vaughn Scholl Garrison Fund Fred L. & Katherine H. Groll Fund for Musical Excellence Fred L. & Katherine H. Groll Fund for Great Artists Fred L. & Katherine H. Groll Trust Pianist Fund The Carol Ann and Ralph V. Haile, Jr. Foundation Endowment Fund Anne Heldman Endowment Fund** Mr. and Mrs. Lorrence T. Kellar+ Lawrence A. & Anne J. Leser* Mr. & Mrs. Carl H. Lindner** PNC Financial Services Group The Procter & Gamble Fund Vicky & Rick Reynolds Fund for Diverse Artists+ Melody Sawyer Richardson* Rosemary and Mark Schlachter Endowment Fund*+ The Harold C. Schott Foundation, Francie and Tom Hiltz Endowment Fund+ Peggy Selonick Fund for Great Artists Dee and Tom Stegman Endowment Fund*+ Mr. & Mrs. Joseph S. Stern, Jr. Fund for Great Artists U. S. Bank Foundation* Sallie and Randolph Wadsworth Endowment Fund+

Rosemary & Frank Bloom * Cincinnati Financial Corporation & The Cincinnati Insurance Companies The Margaret Embshoff Educational Fund Kate Foreman Young Peoples Fund George & Anne Heldman+ Macy’s Foundation Vicky & Rick Reynolds*+ William R. Schott Family** Western-Southern Foundation, Inc. Anonymous (3)+

Ruth Meacham Bell Memorial Fund Frank & Mary Bergstein Fund for Musical Excellence+ Jean K. Bloch Music Library Fund Cora Dow Endowment Fund Corbett Educational Endowment** Belmon U. Duvall Fund Ewell Fund for Riverbend Maintenance Linda & Harry Fath Endowment Fund Ford Foundation Fund Natalie Wurlitzer & William Ernest Griess Cello Fund Fred L. & Katherine H. Groll Trust Music Director Fund for Excellence

William Hurford and Lesley Gilbertson Family Fund for Guest Pianists The Mary Ellyn Hutton Fund for Excellence in Music Education Josephine I. & David J. Joseph, Jr. Scholarship Fund Richard & Jean Jubelirer & Family Fund* Elma Margaret Lapp Trust Jésus López-Cobos Fund for Excellence Mellon Foundation Fund Nina Browne Parker Trust Dorothy Robb Perin & Harold F. Poe Trust Rieveschl Fund Thomas Schippers Fund Martha, Max & Alfred M. Stern Ticket Fund Mr. & Mrs. John R. Strauss Student Ticket Fund Anna Sinton & Charles P. Taft Fund Lucien Wulsin Fund Wurlitzer Season Ticket Fund CSO Pooled Income Fund CSO Musicians Emergency Fund *Denotes support for Annual Music Program Fund **Denotes support for the 2nd Century Campaign +Denotes support for the Fund for Musical Excellence

JAN 14 – FEB 5

GRAND HORIZONS

by Bess Wohl

REGIONAL PREMIERE

COMEDY

MORNING SUN by Simon Stephens REGIONAL PREMIERE

DRAMA An 25 enchanting FEB – MAR 19 mystery is afoot!

SEASON FUNDER

www.ensemblecincinnati.org

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HONOR ROLL OF CONTRIBUTORS The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and Cincinnati Pops are grateful to the following individuals that support our efforts by making a gift to the Orchestra Fund. We extend our heartfelt thanks to each and every one and pay tribute to them here.

You can join our family of donors online at cincinnatisymphony.org/donate or by contacting the Philanthropy Department at 513.744.3271.

PLATINUM BATON CIRCLE Gifts of $50,000 and above

Mr. and Mrs. Frederick E. Bryan, III § Michael L. Cioffi Sheila and Christopher C. Cole Susan Friedlander § Healey Liddle Family Foundation, Mel & Bruce Healey Patti and Fred Heldman Harold C. Schott Foundation, Francie & Tom Hiltz Dr. Lesley Gilbertson and Dr. William Hurford Florence Koetters Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. McDonald Jo Anne and Joe Orndorff Marilyn J. and Jack D. Osborn § Vicky and Rick Reynolds Dianne and J. David Rosenberg Mike and Digi Schueler Irwin and Melinda Simon Tom and Dee Stegman Jackie and Roy Sweeney Family Fund* Mr. Randolph L. Wadsworth Jr. § Scott and Charla Weiss

GOLD BATON CIRCLE Gifts of $25,000–$49,999 Dr. and Mrs. Carol G. Fischer Karlee L. Hilliard § Edyth B. Lindner Calvin and Patricia Linnemann Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Maloney Mrs. Susan M. McPartlin G. Franklin Miller and Carolyn Baker Miller Moe and Jack Rouse § Ann and Harry Santen § Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Ullman Nancy C. Wagner and Patricia M. Wagner § Anonymous (1)

SILVER BATON CIRCLE Gifts of $15,000–$24,999

Michael P Bergan and Tiffany Hanisch Dr. and Mrs. John and Suzanne Bossert § Mr. and Mrs. Larry Brueshaber Mr. Gregory D. Buckley and Ms. Susan Berry-Buckley Ms. Melanie M. Chavez Robert and Debra Chavez Stephen J Daush Kelly Dehan and Rick Staudigel Mr. and Mrs. John C. Dupree Mrs. Charles Fleischmann Ashley and Bobbie Ford § CCI Design, Molly and Tom Garber L. Timothy Giglio

Tom and Jan Hardy § Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Hirschhorn § Mr. and Mrs. Paul Isaacs Patrick and Mary Kirk Marvin P. Kolodzik § Mrs. Erich Kunzel Peter E. Landgren and Judith Schonbach Landgren John and Ramsey Lanni Will and Lee Lindner Joseph A. and Susan E. Pichler Fund* Elizabeth Schulenberg Mrs. Theodore Striker Sarah Thorburn Dale Uetrecht Mr. and Mrs. JD Vance Mrs. James W. Wilson, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. James M. Zimmerman § Anonymous (1)

CONDUCTOR’S CIRCLE Gifts of $10,000–$14,999

Mr. and Mrs. Lars C. Anderson, Sr. Robert D. Bergstein Mrs. Thomas E. Davidson § Dianne Dunkelman Dr. and Mrs. Alberto Espay Mr. and Mrs. Tom Evans Anne E. Mulder and Rebecca M. Gibbs Mr. and Mrs. Scott Gruner Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Hone Whitney and Phillip Long Mark and Tia Luegering Holly and Louis Mazzocca In memory of Bettie Rehfeld Mr. Bradford Phillips III Mr. Michael E. Phillips David and Jenny Powell Bill and Lisa Sampson Mark S. and Rosemary K. Schlachter § Mr. Dennis Schoff and Ms. Nina Sorensen In memory of Mary and Joseph S. Stern, Jr Ralph C. Taylor § Tomcinoh Fund* Mr. and Mrs. David R. Valz DeeDee and Gary West § Anonymous (1)

CONCERTMASTER’S CIRCLE Gifts of $5,000–$9,999

Drs. Frank and Mary Albers Thomas P. Atkins Mrs. Thomas B. Avril Joe and Patricia Baker Kathleen and Michael Ball Robert and Janet Banks Dava Lynn Biehl § Louis D. Bilionis and Ann Hubbard

Mr. Henry Boehmer Robert L. Bogenschutz Dr. Ralph P. Brown The Otto M. Budig Family Foundation Gordon Christenson Sally and Rick Coomes K.M. Davis Dennis W. and Cathy Dern Jean and Rick Donaldson Nancy and Steve Donovan Connie and Buzz Dow Mrs. Diana T. Dwight Mr. Shaun Ethier and Empower Media Marketing Mr. and Mrs. James T. Fitzgerald Marlena and Walter Frank Dr. and Mrs. Harry F. Fry Kathy Grote in loving memory of Robert Howes § Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Hamby John B. and Judith O. Hansen Ms. Delores Hargrove-Young William and Jo Ann Harvey Dr. James and Mrs. Susan Herman Mr. and Mrs. Bradley G. Hughes Mr. Marshall C. Hunt, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Geoffrey Keenan Mr. and Mrs. Lorrence T. Kellar Michael and Marilyn Kremzar Richard and Susan Lauf Mrs. Jean E. Lemon § Adele Lippert Mrs. Robert Lippert Elizabeth and Brian Mannion Alan Margulies and Gale Snoddy David L. Martin Mr. Jonathan Martin Mandare Foundation Barbara and Kim McCracken § Mr. Gerron McKnight Linda and James Miller James and Margo Minutolo George and Sarah Morrison III Mr. and Mrs. David W. Motch David and Beth Muskopf Mr. Arthur Norman and Mrs. Lisa Lennon Norman Dr. Manisha Patel and Dr. Michael Curran Ms. Thienthanh Pham Drs. Marcia Kaplan and Michael Privitera Mr. Aftab Pureval Terry and Marvin Quin Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Quinn, Jr. Melody Sawyer Richardson § Ellen Rieveschl § Elizabeth and Karl Ronn § James and Mary Russell Dr. E. Don Nelson and Ms. Julia Sawyer-Nelson Martha and Lee Schimberg

Ms. Valarie Sheppard Sue and Glenn Showers § Rennie and David Siebenhar Elizabeth C. B. Sittenfeld § Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Skidmore § Michael and Donnalyn Smith Dr. Jean and Mrs. Anne Steichen Nancy Steman Dierckes § Brett Stover § Christopher and Nancy Virgulak Dr. Barbara R. Voelkel Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Wachter Mrs. Ronald F. Walker Mrs. Paul H. Ward § Jonathan and Janet Weaver Donna A. Welsch Cathy S. Willis Irene A. Zigoris Anonymous (2)

ARTIST’S CIRCLE Gifts of $3,000–$4,999

Dr. Charles Abbottsmith Mr. and Mrs. Richard N. Adams William Albertson Mr. Nicholas Apanius Mr. and Mrs. Gérard Baillely Ms. Marianna Bettman Glenn and Donna Boutilier Thomas A. Braun, III § Peter and Kate Brown Janet and Bruce Byrnes Susan and Burton Closson Dr. Thomas and Geneva Cook Peter G. Courlas § Mr. and Mrs. John Cover Mr. and Mrs. James Dealy George Deepe and Kris Orsborn Bedouin and Randall Dennison Jim and Elizabeth Dodd Mrs. Jack E. Drake Patricia Dudsic Dr. and Mrs. Stewart B. Dunsker David and Kari Ellis Fund* Ann A. Ellison Hardy and Barbara Eshbaugh Mr. and Mrs. Richard Fencl Yan Fridman Frank and Tara Gardner Naomi Gerwin Dr. and Mrs. Ralph A. Giannella Thomas W. Gougeon Lesha and Samuel Greengus Dr. and Mrs. Jack Hahn Dr. Donald and Laura Harrison Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Heidenreich Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Hicks Ruth C. Holthaus In Memory of Benjamin C. Hubbard § Mr. and Mrs. Michael C. Hughes Dr. Richard and Lisa Kagan

From left: Mayor Aftab Pureval, his wife Dr. Whitney Whitis, and guests meet Common after the Oct. 25 concert. CSO Board Member Dr. Charla Weiss speaking at the Artist’s Circle Dinner on Sept. 24.

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From left: Board Member Khai Pung and Ann Porter at the Artist’s Circle Dinner on Sept. 24. CSO Board Member Kari and Jon Ullman attend the Sept. 24 Artist’s Circle Dinner.

Dr. Robert W. Keith and Ms. Kathleen Thornton Don and Kathy King Lynn Klahm Jeff and Mary Ann Knoop Marie and Sam Kocoshis Mary Kay Koehler Mr. Frank P. Kromer Mr. Shannon Lawson Dr. and Mrs. Lynn Y. Lin Merlanne Louney Mr. and Mrs. Donald Marshall Ms. Amy McDiffett Mary Ann Meanwell Ms. Sue Miller Mr. and Mrs. David E. Moccia § Jennifer Morales and Ben Glassman Ms. Mary Lou Motl Phyllis Myers and Danny Gray Mr. and Mrs. John Niehaus Dr. and Mrs. Richard Park § Poul D. and JoAnne Pedersen Alice Perlman Alice and David Phillips Mark and Kim Pomeroy Michael and Katherine Rademacher Beverly and Dan Reigle Sandra Rivers James Rubenstein and Bernadette Unger Mr. & Mrs. Peter A. Schmid Rev. Dr. David V. Schwab Sandra and David Seiwert Mr. Rick Sherrer and Dr. Lisa D. Kelly William A. and Jane Smith Elizabeth A. Stone Margaret and Steven Story Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Tinklenberg Dr. and Mrs. Galen R. Warren Jim and George Ann Wesner Jo Ann Wieghaus Sheila Williams Ronna and James Willis Matt and Lindsay Willmann Andrea K. Wiot Steve and Katie Wolnitzek Carol and Don Wuebbling Anonymous (2)

SYMPHONY CIRCLE Gifts of $1,500–$2,999

Jeff and Keiko Alexander § Dr. Rob and Ashley Altenau Beth and Bob Baer Mrs. Gail Bain Mr. Randi Bellner and U.S. Bank David and Elaine Billmire Mr. and Mrs. Rodd Bixler Dorothy Anne Blatt Dr. and Mrs. William Bramlage Ms. Jaqui Brumm Rachelle Bruno and Stephen Bondurant Chris and Tom Buchert Dr. Leanne Budde Ms. Deborah Campbell § Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Carothers Tom Carpenter and Lynne Lancaster Dr. Alan Chambers Catharine W. Chapman § James Clasper and Cheryl Albrecht Carol C. Cole § Dr. George I. Colombel

Randy K. and Nancy R. Cooper Ms. Andrea Costa Marjorie Craft Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Curran, III § Mr. Louis M. Dauner and Ms. Geraldine N. Wu Mr. and Mrs. John G. Earls § Barry and Judy Evans Gail F. Forberg § Dr. Charles E. Frank and Ms. Jan Goldstein Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Fricke Linda P. Fulton § Mrs. Jay N. Gibbs Donn Goebel and Cathy McLeod Dr. and Mrs. Glenn S. Gollobin Drew Gores and George Warrington Mr. and Mrs. Gary Greenberg Jim and Jann Greenberg Bill and Christy Griesser Esther B. Grubbs § Mrs. Jackie Havenstein Donald and Susan Henson Mr. Fred Heyse Mr. Joe Hoskins Mr. Bradley Hunkler Heidi Jark and Steve Kenat Barbara M. Johnson Ms. Sylvia Johnson Holly H. Keeler Bill and Penny Kincaid Juri Kolts Mr. and Mrs. Richard Kovarsky Carol Louise Kruse Mrs. John H. Kuhn § Jo Ann and George Kurz Charles and Jean Lauterbach Mary Mc and Kevin Lawson Dr. Carol P. Leslie Mr. Peter F. Levin § Elizabeth Lilly* Drs. Douglas Linz and Ann Middaugh Mrs. Marianne Locke Mr. and Mrs. Clement H. Luken, Jr. Edmund D. Lyon Allen-McCarren Stephanie and Arthur McMahon Stephanie McNeill Becky Miars John and Roberta Michelman Terence G. Milligan Dr. Stanley R. Milstein § Mrs. Patricia Misrach Ms. Laura Mitchell Mrs. Sally A. More Susan E. Noelcke Rick Pescovitz and Kelly Mahan Sandy Pike § James W. Rauth § Drs. Christopher and Blanca Riemann Stephen and Betty Robinson Ms. Jeanne C. Rolfes Nancy and Raymond Rolwing Jens G Rosenkrantz Marianne Rowe § Nancy Ruchhoft Dr. and Mrs. Michael Scheffler George Palmer Schober Tim and Jeannie Schoonover James P. Schubert Jacqueline M. Mack and Dr. Edward B. Silberstein Stephanie A. Smith

Stephen and Lyle Smith Bill and Lee Steenken Christopher and Meghan Stevens Mrs. Donald C. Stouffer Mr. and Mrs. Richard Stradling, Jr. Rich and Nancy Tereba Linda and Nate Tetrick Susan and John Tew Janet Todd Neil Tollas and Janet Moore Barbie Wagner Dr. and Mrs. Matthew and Diana Wallace Michael L. Walton, Esq Ted and Mary Ann Weiss David F. and Sara K. Weston Fund Virginia Wilhelm Rev. Anne Warrington Wilson Robert and Judy Wilson David and Sharon Youmans Andi Levenson Young and Scott Young Mr. and Mrs. Dan Zavon Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Zierolf Ms. Nancy Zimpher Anonymous (11)

CONCERTO CLUB Gifts of $500–$1,499

Christine O. Adams Judith Adams Romola N. Allen § Mr. and Mrs. Jay Allgood Lisa Allgood Mr. Thomas Alloy & Dr. Evaline Alessandrini Paul and Dolores Anderson Mr. and Mrs. Frank Andress Dr. Victor and Dolores Angel Nancy J. Apfel Mr. and Mrs. Keith Apple Judy Aronoff and Marshall Ruchman Ms. Laura E. Atkinson Mr. David H. Axt and Ms. Susan L. Wilkinson Ms. Patricia Baas Dr. Diane S. Babcock § Mrs. Mary M. Baer Jerry and Martha Bain Mr. and Mrs. Carroll R. Baker Mr. Sean D. Baker Jack and Diane Baldwin William and Barbara Banks Peggy Barrett § Mrs. Polly M. Bassett Michael and Amy Battoclette Ms. Shirley Bear Ms. Bianca Gallagher Dr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Bell Mr. Oliver Benes Ms. Doris Bergen Fred Berger Dr. Allen W. Bernard Dr. David and Cheryl Bernstein Glenda and Malcolm Bernstein Sharon Ann Kerns and Mike Birck Randal and Peter Bloch Ava Jo Bohl Ms. Sandra Bolek Ron and Betty Bollinger Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Borisch Towne Properties Dr. Carol Brandon

Robert and Joan Broersma Mrs. Jo Ann C. Brown Marian H. Brown Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Brown Jacklyn and Gary Bryson Bob and Angela Buechner Alvin W. Bunis, Jr. Donald L. and Kathleen Field Burns Daniel A. Burr Jack and Marti Butz John J Byczkowski Ms. Cindy Callicoat Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Canarie Mike and Shirley Chaney Dee and Frank Cianciolo Fund* James Civille Bob and Tisha Clary Mr. David Clodfelter Beverly Kinney and Edward Cloughessy Mr. Robert Cohen and Ms. Amy J. Katz Fred W. Colucci Dr. Pearl J. Compaan Marilyn Cones Dr. Margaret Conradi Janet Conway Robin Cotton and Cindi Fitton Dennis and Patricia Coyne Martha Crafts Bev and Bob Croskery Tim and Katie Crowley Mr. and Mrs. Henry F. Dabek, Jr. Mr. Joseph and Mrs. Lori Dattilo Diane Kolleck Loren and Polly DeFilippo Stephen and Cynthia DeHoff Robert B. Dick, Ph.D. Ms. Rhonda Dickerscheid John and Maureen Doellman Drs. Gerald Dorn and Deborah Hauger Robert W. Dorsey § George Dostie Jack and Diane Douglass Meredith and Chuck Downton Mr. James Doyle Jim and Karen Draut Emilie and David Dressler Ms. Andrea Dubroff Tom and Leslie Ducey Tom and Dale Due David and Linda Dugan Mr. Corwin R. Dunn Michael D. and Carolyn Camillo Eagen Joseph and Kristi Echler Mr. and Mrs. Dale Elifrits Mr. Daniel Epstein Barbara Esposito-Ilacqua Walter & Mary Ann Feige Ms. Barbara A. Feldmann Mrs. Michelle Finch Richard and Elizabeth Findlay Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Fischer Michael and Bonnie Fishel Anne and Alan Fleischer Ms. Nancy B. Forbriger Janice and Dr. Tom Forte Mr. and Ms. Bernard Foster Susan L. Fremont Mr. Gregrick A. Frey In memory of Eugene and Cavell Frey Mr. and Mrs. Fred Friedman Michael and Katherine Frisco Mr. and Mrs. James Fryman

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FINANCIAL SUPPORT Marjorie Fryxell Dudley Fulton Christophe Galopin Mrs. James R. Gardner Ms. Jane Garvey Mark S. Gay David J. Gilner Dr. and Mrs. Charles J. Glueck Mr. and Mrs. Jim Goldschmidt Robert and Cynthia Gray Carl and Joyce Greber Dr. Anthony and Ann Guanciale Dr. Janet C. Haartz and Kenneth V. Smith Alison and Charles Haas Mrs. R. C. Haberstroh Mary and Phil Hagner Peter Hames Ham and Ellie Hamilton Walter and Karen Hand In memory of Dr. Stuart Handwerger James and Sally Harper Dr. Catherine Hart Mariana Belvedere and Samer Hasan Amy and Dennis Healy Kenneth and Rachel Heberling Mrs. Betty H. Heldman § Howard D. and Mary W. Helms Mrs. E. J. Hengelbrok, Jr. Michelle and Don Hershey Janet & Craig Higgins Kyle and Robert Hodgkins Ms. Leslie M. Hoggatt Mr. and Mrs. Sam R. Hollingsworth Richard and Marcia Holmes Ms. Sandra L. Houck Melissa Huber Deanna and Henry Huber Ed & Sarah Hughes Mr. Gordon Hullar Dr. Maralyn M. Itzkowitz Mrs. Charles H. Jackson, Jr. Mark and Caitlin Jeanmougin Marcia Jelus Linda Busken and Andrew M. Jergens § David & Penny Jester Scott and Patricia Joseph Lois and Kenneth Jostworth Jay and Shirley Joyce Mr. and Mrs. Robert Judd Dr. Jerald Kay Dr. James Kaya and Debra Grauel Arleene Keller John and Molly Kerman Dr. and Mrs. Richard Kerstine Mr. and Mrs. Dave Kitzmiller Georgianne and Tom Koch Paul and Carita Kollman Carol and Scott Kosarko Mr. Robert Kraus Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Kregor Kathleen B. and Michael C. Krug Fund* Dr. Diane Krumanaker, DVM Mark & Eliisabeth Kuhlman Patricia Lambeck Evelyn and Fred Lang

Asher Lanier Ms. Sally L. Larson Mrs. Julie Laskey Mr. and Mrs. John C. Layne Mr. Alvin R. Lee Mrs. Judith A. Leege in memory of Philip B. Leege Patricia E. Leo Mr. and Mrs. Lance A. Lewis Mrs. Maxine F. Lewis Iris Libby Ms. Presley Lindemann Mr. Arthur Lindsay Paula and Nick Link Mr. Ajene Lomax Mr. Steven Kent Loveless Dr. and Mrs. Robert R. Lukin Timothy and Jill Lynch Marshall and Nancy Macks Mr. and Mrs. Julian A. Magnus Dr. and Ms. Mark Mandell-Brown Andrew and Jean Martin Ms. Cynthia Mason David Mason § Mr. and Mrs. Dean Matz Tim and Trish McDonald Robert and Heather McGrath Mr. Bernard McKay Mark McKillip and Amira Beer Mrs. Karin McLennan Charles and JoAnn Mead Ms. Carol M. Meibers Ms. Nancy Menne Dr. and Mrs. Richard A. Meyer Michael V. and Marcia L. Middleton Rachel and Charlie Miller Mr. Roger Miller Sonia R. Milrod Mr. Steven Monder Eileen W. and James R. Moon Regeana and Al Morgan Vivian Kay Morgan Mrs. Ivan Morse Mr. Scott Muhlhauser Miami University College of Creative Arts Mrs. and Mr. Katie Murry Kevin and Lane Muth Alan Flaherty and Patti Myers § Mr. William Naumann Mr. and Mrs. Norman Neal Mr. Ted Nelson and Ms. Ixi Chen Mr. Gerald Newfarmer Jim and Sharon Nichols Jane Oberschmidt § Maureen Kelly and Andrew O’Driscoll Mr. Gerardo Orta Nan L. Oscherwitz Elizabeth Osterburg Eric Paternoster Don and Margie Paulsen The Pavelka Family John and Francie Pepper * Mr. Mark Phillips Ann and Marty Pinales Patsy & Larry Plum Mr. and Mrs. Richard Post

Mr. Robert Przygoda Dr. Aik Khai Pung Ms. Mary Redington Mrs. Angela M. Reed Dr. and Mrs. Robert Reed Mrs. Hera Reines Dr. Robert Rhoad and Kitsa Tassian Rhoad Stephanie Richardson Mr. David Robertson Laurie and Dan Roche Mr. and Mrs. Samuel A. Rodner Mr. and Mrs. Ian Rodway Dr. Anna Roetker Stanley & Shannon Romanstein Bob and Mary Ann Roncker Dr. and Mrs. Gary Roselle Amy and John Rosenberg Mr. and Mrs. G. Roger Ross Patricia Rouster Dr. Deborah K. Rufner J. Gregory and Judith B. Rust Dr. Richard S. Sarason and Ms. Anne S. Arenstein Mr. Christian J. Schaefer Mr. Joseph A. Schilling Ms. Carol Schleker Jane and Wayne Schleutker Dr. and Mrs. Michael Schmerler Frederick R. Schneider Glenda C. Schorr Fund* Carol J. Schroeder § Mary D. Schweitzer Joe Segal and Debbie Friedman Mr. and Mrs. Thomas P. Semancik Drs. Mick and Nancy Shaughnessy The Shepherd Chemical Company Michael Shepherd Hal and Sandy Shevers Alfred and Carol Shikany Ms. Joycee Simendinger Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Skirtz Ms. Martha Slager Susan and David Smith Ms. Margaret Smith Mark M. Smith (In memory of Terri C. Smith) Phillip and Karen Sparkes Mrs. John A. Spiess Paula Spitzmiller Marian P. Stapleton Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Stautberg Ms. Ruth M. Stechschulte Susan M. and Joseph Eric Stevens Mr. Jason V. Stitt Nancy and Gary Strassel Mr. George Stricker, Jr. Mr. Mark Stroud Patricia Strunk § Ms. Judi Sturwold Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Sullivan Dr. Alan and Shelley Tarshis Mr. Fred Tegarden Carlos and Roberta Teran Dr. Rachel Thienprayoon George and Pamela Thomas

Mr. and Mrs. J. Dwight Thompson Pamela and Paul Thompson Dr. Ilse van der Bent William and Bonnie VanEe Ms. Barbara Wagner Mary and Jack Wagner § Mr. and Mrs. James L. Wainscott Jane A. Walker Sarella Walton Mrs. Louise Watts Mr. Gerald V. Weigle, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Welsh Maryhelen West Mr. Donald White Ms. Elizabeth White Janice T. Wieland Ms. Desiree Willis Mr. Dean Windgassen and Ms. Susan Stanton Windgassen § Craig and Barbara Wolf Mrs. Ann Wolford Don and Karen Wolnik Rebecca Seeman and David Wood Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wylly III Mr. John M. Yacher Jeff Yang Mrs. Darleen Young Judy and Martin Young Mr. David Youngblood and Ms. Ellen Rosenman David A. and Martha R. Yutzey Dr. and Mrs. Daryl Zeigler Meg Zeller and Alan Weinstein Moritz and Barbara Ziegler Thomas and Joyce Zigler Mr. Richard K. Zinicola and Ms. Linda R. Holthaus David and Cynthia Zink John and Mary Ann Zorio Ms. Jayne Zuberbuhler Anonymous (17)

GIFTS IN-KIND

Mrs. Katherine Anderson Ms. Melanie M. Chavez Drive Media House Graeter’s Ice Cream Ms. Sandy Gross Harris Media Co. Jones Day Mr. and Mrs. Tim Ross The Voice of Your Customer List as of November 14, 2022 * Denotes a fund of The Greater Cincinnati Foundation. § Denotes members of The Thomas Schippers Legacy Society. Individuals who have made a planned gift to the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and Pops Orchestra are eligible for membership in the Society. For more information, please contact Kate Farinacci at 513.744.3202.

GIFT OF MUSIC: September 21–November 14, 2022 The following people provided gifts to the Gift of Music Fund to celebrate an occasion, to mark a life of service to the Orchestra, or to commemorate a special date. Their contributions are added to the Orchestra’s endowment. For more information on how to contribute to this fund, please call 513.744.3271.

In Honor of Dan & Rebecca Coleman Ms. Joan Van Loozenoord

In Honor of Joe Hirschhorn’s birthday Ms. Nancy Gladstone

In Memory of Henry W. Broge, Jr. Mrs. Vera Broge

In Honor of Tim Giglio’s 60th birthday Ms. Kathy Nardiello

In Memory of Marvin & Joan Jester Mr. David Jester

In Memory of George Rehfeldt Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Hirschhorn

In Memory of John Brian Terlescki Mr. and Ms. Jeffrey Corken

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In Memory of Dr. Felix Raul Canestri Charlotte Houghteling Barbie Morrisey Timothy Smith Nicki Wood In Memory of Darleen Lambert Nancy Hatfield

FINANCIAL SUPPORT

THE THOMAS SCHIPPERS LEGACY SOCIETY Thomas Schippers was Music Director from 1970 to 1977. He left not only wonderful musical memories, but also a financial legacy with a personal bequest to the Orchestra. The Thomas Schippers Legacy Society recognizes those who contribute to the Orchestra with a planned gift.

We thank these members for their foresight and generosity. For more information on leaving your own legacy, contact Kate Farinacci at 513.744.3202.

Mr. & Mrs. James R. Adams Jeff & Keiko Alexander Mrs. Robert H. Allen Paul R. Anderson Mrs. Charles William Anness Carole J. Arend Donald C. Auberger, Jr. Dr. Diane Schwemlein Babcock Henrietta Barlag Peggy Barrett Jane* & Ed Bavaria Dava Lynn Biehl David & Elaine Billmire Walter Blair Lucille* & Dutro Blocksom Rosemary & Frank Bloom Dr. John & Suzanne Bossert Dr. Mollie H. Bowers-Hollon Ronald Bozicevich Thomas A. Braun, III Joseph Brinkmeyer Mr. & Mrs. Frederick Bryan, III Harold & Dorothy Byers Deborah Campbell & Eunice M. Wolf Myra Chabut Catharine W. Chapman Michael L. Cioffi & Rachael Rowe Mrs. Jackson L. Clagett III Norma L. Clark* Lois & Phil* Cohen Leland M.* & Carol C. Cole Grace A. Cook Jack & Janice Cook Mr. & Mrs. Charles Cordes Andrea D. Costa Peter G. Courlas & Nick Tsimaras* Mr. & Mrs. Charles E Curran III Amy & Scott Darrah, Meredith & Will Darrah & children Caroline H. Davidson Harrison R.T. Davis Ms. Kelly M. Dehan Amy & Trey Devey Robert W. Dorsey Jon & Susan Doucleff Mr. & Mrs. John Earls Barry & Judy Evans

Linda & Harry Fath Alan Flaherty Mrs. Richard A. Forberg Ashley & Barbara Ford Guy & Marilyn Frederick Rich Freshwater & Family Susan Friedlander Mr. Nicholas L. Fry Linda P. Fulton H. Jane Gavin Mrs. Philip O. Geier* Kenneth A. Goode Clifford J. Goosmann & Andrea M. Wilson Mrs. Madeleine H. Gordon J. Frederick & Cynthia Gossman Kathy Grote Esther Grubbs, Marci Bein & Mindi Hamby William Hackman Vincent C. Hand & Ann E. Hagerman Tom & Jan Hardy William L. Harmon Bill Harnish* & John Harnish Dr. & Mrs. Morton L. Harshman Mary J. Healy Frank G. Heitker Anne P. Heldman Betty & John* Heldman Ms. Roberta Hermesch Karlee L. Hilliard Michael H. Hirsch Mr. & Mrs. Joseph W. Hirschhorn Daniel J. Hoffheimer Kenneth L. Holford Mr. George R. Hood Mr. & Mrs. Terence L. Horan Mrs. Benjamin C. Hubbard Susan & Tom Hughes Carolyn R. Hunt Dr. William Hurford & Dr. Lesley Gilbertson Mr. and Mrs. Paul Isaacs Julia M. F. B. Jackson Michael & Kathleen Janson Andrew MacAoidh Jergens Jean C. Jett Frank Jordan Margaret H. Jung Mace C. Justice Karen Kapella Dr. & Mrs.* Steven Katkin

Rachel Kirley & Joseph Jaquette Carolyn Koehl Marvin Kolodzik Randolph & Patricia Krumm Theresa M. Kuhn Warren & Patricia Lambeck Owen and Cici Lee Steve Lee M. Drue Lehmann Mrs. Jean E. Lemon Mr. Peter F. Levin George & Barbara Lott Mr.* & Mrs. Ronald Lyons Marilyn J. Maag Margot Marples David L. Martin Allen* & Judy Martin David Mason Mrs. Barbara Witte McCracken Laura Kimble McLellan Dr. Stanley R. Milstein Mrs. William K. Minor Mr. & Mrs. D. E. Moccia Kristin & Stephen Mullin Christopher & Susan Muth Patti Myers Susan & Kenneth Newmark Dr. & Mrs. Theodore Nicholas Patricia Grignet Nott* Jane Oberschmidt Marja-Liisa Ogden Julie & Dick* Okenfuss Jack & Marilyn Osborn Dr. & Mrs. Richard E. Park, MD Mr. & Mrs. Charles H. Pease Poul D. & JoAnne Pedersen Sandy & Larry* Pike Mrs. Harold F. Poe Anne M. Pohl Irene & Daniel Randolph James W. Rauth Barbara S. Reckseit Melody Sawyer Richardson Ellen Rieveschl Elizabeth & Karl Ronn Moe & Jack Rouse Marianne Rowe Ann & Harry Santen Rosemary & Mark Schlachter Carol J. Schroeder Mrs. William R. Seaman Dr. Brian Sebastian

Mrs. Mildred J. Selonick Mrs. Robert B. Shott Sue & Glenn Showers Irwin and Melinda Simon Betsy & Paul* Sittenfeld Sarah Garrison Skidmore Adrienne A. Smith David & Sonja* Snyder Marie Speziale Mr. & Mrs. Christopher L. Sprenkle Michael M. Spresser Barry & Sharlyn Stare Cynthia Starr Bill & Lee Steenken Tom & Dee Stegman Barry Steinberg Nancy M. Steman John and Helen Stevenson Mary* & Bob Stewart Brett Stover Dr. Robert & Jill Strub Patricia M. Strunk Ralph & Brenda* Taylor Conrad F. Thiede Minda F. Thompson Carrie & Peter Throm Dr. & Mrs. Thomas Todd Nydia Tranter Dick & Jane Tuten Thomas Vanden Eynden and Judith Beiting Mr. & Mrs. Robert Varley Mr. & Mrs. James K. Votaw Mr. & Mrs.* Randolph L. Wadsworth Jr. Jack K. & Mary V. Wagner Nancy C. Wagner Patricia M. Wagner Mr.* & Mrs. Paul Ward Jo Anne & Fred Warren Mr. Scott Weiss & Dr. Charla Weiss Anne M. Werner Gary & Diane West Charles A. Wilkinson Susan Stanton Windgassen Mrs. Joan R. Wood Alison & Jim Zimmerman * Deceased New Schippers members are in bold

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We APPLAUD Our Loyal CSO and Pops Subscribers We thank every subscriber whose investment in the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and Cincinnati Pops makes these concerts possible. We would not be on stage without you! Thank you especially to the following subscribers whose loyalty and support has extended 25–50 years or more. *

Opus

50 & 25 Subscribers of 50 years or more:

List as of November 17, 2022

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Opus 50 & 25 SUBSCRIBERS Mr. Eli E. Shupe, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. David C. Siebenhar Mr. and Mrs. Jay Sien Lise and Kevin Sigward Mr. Mark Silbersack Deborah Silverman, M.D. Dr. and Mrs. Barry J. Simon Mr. David Simon Mr. and Mrs. Irwin B. Simon Mrs. Linda Simon Mr. Tim Sisson Mr. and Mrs. Doug S. Skidmore Mrs. Heidi M. Smakula Mr. and Mrs. Gary A. Smith J. K. and Vicki Smith Ms. Michele A. Smith Dr. Jennifer S. Smith Mr. Richard K. Smith Ms. Nedra Sneed Eugene and Peggy Somoza Ms. Patricia A. Songer Mr. and Mrs. Andrew P. Speno Mr. Matthew J. Spiro Mr. and Mrs. Richard R. Sprigg Ms. and Mr. Brenda C. Stanley Mr. and Mrs. William G. Steenken Mrs. Trista K. Stegman Mr. and Mrs. Jacob K. Stein Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Stephenson Ms. Marjorie A. Stephenson Mr. Richard Sternberg Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Stevens Mr. and Mrs. Francis H. Stewart Miss Judy Stockmeier and Mr. Raymond Dick Mr. and Mrs. Gary E. Stoelting Ms. Margaret M. Story Mr. and Mrs. Michael Stough Mr. Victor Shaffer Mr. Brett A. Stover Mr. and Mrs. William R. Stowell Mr. and Mrs. Richard F. Stradling Mr. and Mrs. Gary L. Strassel Dr. Joseph Stratman Mr. Ronald H. Straub and Ms. Karen M. Nagel

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Ms. Mary U. Vicario Mr. and Mrs. Miguel Villalba Mrs. Mary Ellen H. Villalobos Mr. and Mrs. Christopher F. Virgulak Mr. and Mrs. Paul R. Vollbracht Ms. Molly A. Vollmer Mr. and Mrs. James K. Votaw Mr. and Mrs. Randolph L. Wadsworth Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Wagner , Jr. Nancy Wagner and Patricia Wagner Mr. and Mrs. James A. Waldfogle Mrs. Brenda Walker Robert and Joan Wallace Dr. and Dr. Mark Wallingford Mr. and Mrs. Denis F. Walsh Ms. Lesly Sue H. Walters Mr. Michael L. Walton Ms. Sarella M. Walton Dr. Robert J. Warden Mr. and Mrs. Michael W. Ware Mr. and Mrs. David W. Warner Mr. and Mrs. Howard P. Warner Dr. and Mrs. Jerry Warner Claude and Camilla Warren Frederick and Jo Anne Warren Mr. and Mrs. Chad Warwick Mr. and Mrs. Richard Wayman Mr. and Mrs. Terry N. Webb Mr. and Mrs. Richard Webster Dr. and Mrs. Warren A. Webster Mrs. William N. Weed Ms. Marilyn J. Wehri Mr. Gerald Weigle, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Daniel L. Weinstein Mr. and Mrs. Richard Weis Mr. and Mrs. James E. Wesner DeeDee and Gary West Mr. John H. Westenkirchner Mr. and Mrs. Howard Wetzler Mrs. Margaret L. Whalen Dr. and Mrs. Stephen P. Whitlatch Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Whittenburg Mrs. Ann Wicks Janice T. Wieland

Mr. and Mrs. Garth Wiley Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Wilhelm Shirley Gershuny-Korelitz Mr. and Mrs. James A. Williams Dr. Jeffrey C. Williams Ms. Catherine S. Willis Mr. and Mrs. Robert Willis Mrs. James W. Wilson, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John W. Wintz Mrs. Andrea K. Wiot Ms. Donna S. Wirth Mr. and Mrs. Richard B. Wissel Ms. Barbara J. Witte Mr. and Mrs. Craig V. Wolf Mrs. Ann Wolford Gary and Cindy Mr. and Mrs. Donald Wolnik Steve and Katie Wolnitzek Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wood Mr. and Mrs. David H. Wood Mr. and Mrs. Carl Woodrow Mr. Tom Woodruff Mr. and Mrs. William A. Wortman Charles Wright Ms. Barbara L. Wuest Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Wuestefeld Mr. Alvin Wulfekuhl Mr. and Mrs. Geoffrey Wyght Mr. and Mrs. Wayne C. Wykoff Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Wylly John M. Yacher Emel Yakali Mr. Won-Bin Yim Mr. and Mrs. David C. Youmans Carol J. Yungbluth Mr. and Mrs. John E. Zeller Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Ziek , Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Zierolf Mrs. Irene Zigoris Donald and Karen Zimmerman Ms. Sue Zimmerman Dr. and Mrs. David C. Zink Ms. Mary L. Zubelik

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ADMINISTRATION OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT & CEO Jonathan Martin President & CEO Andrea Maisonpierre Hessel Executive Assistant to the President and CEO ARTISTIC PLANNING & PRODUCTION Robert McGrath Chief Operating Officer Shannon Faith Assistant to the Chief Operating Officer Artistic Planning Nate Bachhuber Vice President of Artistic Planning Anthony Paggett Director of Artistic Planning [Open] Assistant, Artistic Planning and Music Director Nick Minon Artist Liaison Sam Strater Senior Advisor for Cincinnati Pops Planning Shuta Maeno Artistic Planning Intern Production Paul Pietrowski Vice President of Orchestra & Production

Learning Carol Dary Dunevant Director of Learning

Emma Steward Donor Engagement Coordinator

Hollie Greenwood Learning Coordinator

Penny Hamilton Philanthropy Assistant

Ian McIntyre Sound Discoveries Teaching Artist

Kate Farinacci Director of Special Campaigns and Legacy Giving

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Stephanie Lazorchak Graphic Designer

Patrick Koshewa Philanthropy Intern

Amber Ostaszewski Director of Audience Engagement

Jaysean Johnson Education Programs Intern Elizabeth Reyna CCM Arts Administration Graduate Assistant COMMUNICATIONS Felecia Tchen Kanney Vice President of Communications Tyler Secor Director of Publications & Content Development Charlie Balcom Social Media Manager Wajeeh Khan Communications Intern

Brenda Tullos Director of Orchestra Personnel Naomi Sarchet Orchestra Personnel & Operations Manager

Tiffany Cooper Director of Community Engagement and Diversity

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Amanda Franklin Community Engagement Manager

Carlos Javier Production Manager, Pops Digital Content & Innovation KC Commander Director of Digital Content & Innovation Lee Snow Digital Content Technology Manager Corinne Wiseman Digital Content Manager Kaitlyn Driesen Digital Production Manager

Nicole Ortiz Community Engagement Intern PHILANTHROPY Mary McFadden Lawson, CAP® Chief Philanthropy Officer Sean Baker Director of Institutional Giving Kristin Hill Institutional Giving Coordinator Bhavya Nayna Channan Corporate Relations Manager Leslie Hoggatt, CFRE Director of Individual Giving and Donor Services Catherine Hann, CFRE Assistant Director of Individual Giving

FINANCE & DATA SERVICES Richard Freshwater Vice President & Chief Financial Officer Finance Kristina Pfeiffer Director of Finance, CSO

Michelle Lewandowski Director of Marketing Stephen Howson Director of Web and Audience Insight Alexis Shambley Marketing Assistant

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PATRON SERVICES Supervisors Ellisen Blair Hannah Kaiser Laura Ruple

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