DSO Performance Magazine — Spring 2015 Issue No. 3 by Detroit Symphony Orchestra

Performance THE MAGAZINE OF THE DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA • SPRING 2015

The Music Continues

DSO Spends Summer Months in Southeast Michigan

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Table of Contents Departments

Concerts

4 Board Leadership 5 Governing Members 8 Volunteer Council 9 Orchestra Roster 10 Welcome from CEO

Concerts, artist biographies and program notes begin on page 17. Also read program notes before concerts in Performance magazine online at dso.org/performance

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Features

33 DSO Staff 34 Maximize Your Experience

12 Meet the Musician: Wei Yu

35 Donor Roster

14 The Music Continues

46 Upcoming Concerts

Orchestra in Action

32 DSO Takes Virtual Field Trip

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Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Inc. LIFETIME DIRECTORS Samuel Frankel † David Handleman, Sr.†

Dr. Arthur L. Johnson † Clyde Wu, M.D.

CHAIRMEN EMERITI Peter D. Cummings

Stanley Frankel

Robert S. Miller

Alfred R. Glancy III James B. Nicholson

DIRECTORS EMERITI Robert A. Allesee Floy M. Barthel Madeleine H. Berman John A. Boll, Sr. Richard A. Brodie Lois and Avern Cohn Marianne T. Endicott Sidney Forbes Ruth Frank Barbara Frankel

Herman H. Frankel Paul Ganson Mort and Brigitte Harris Gloria Heppner Hon. Damon J. Keith Richard P. Kughn Harold Kulish Dr. Melvin A. Lester Robert E.L. Perkins, DDS Marilyn Pincus

Lloyd E. Reuss Jack A. Robinson Marjorie Saulson Alan E. Schwartz Jean S. Shapero David Usher Barbara C. Van Dusen Arthur A. Weiss, Esq.

OFFICERS Phillip Wm. Fisher, Chairman Mark A. Davidoff, Vice Chair, Financial Operations and Sustainability, Treasurer

Arthur T. O’Reilly, Officer-at-large, Secretary

Dr. Herman Gray, Vice Chair, Philanthropy

Glenda D. Price, Ph.D., Vice Chair, Governance and Human Resources

Michael J. Keegan, Vice Chair, Strategy and Innovation

Anne Parsons, President & CEO James B. and Ann V. Nicholson Chair

BOARD OF DIRECTORS The Board of Directors is responsible for maintaining a culture of high engagement, accountability and strategic thinking. As fiduciaries, Directors of the Board oversee all DSO financial activities and assure that resources are aligned with the DSO mission. Robert H. Bluestein Maureen T. D’Avanzo Richard L. DeVore James C. Farber, Chairman, Governing Members Samuel Fogleman Ralph J. Gerson Randall Hawes, Orchestra Representative Rev. Nicholas Hood III Ronald M. Horwitz

Úna O’Riordan, Orchestra Representative Chacona W. Johnson William P. Kingsley Bonnie Larson Matthew B. Lester, Chairman, Board of Trustees Arthur C. Liebler Laura Marcero Xavier Mosquet Joseph Mullany David R. Nelson

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Faye A. Nelson Stephen R. Polk Bernard I. Robertson Hon. Gerald E. Rosen Deborah Savoie, Volunteer Council President David Sherbin Janice Uhlig James G. Vella Hon. Kurtis T. Wilder Dr. M. Roy Wilson Clyde Wu, M.D. † Deceased

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES Matthew B. Lester, Chairman

The Board of Trustees is tasked with shepherding the long-term strategy of the DSO to fully implement the organization’s entrepreneurial capabilities while developing and presenting new strategies and objectives.

Ismael Ahmed Rosette Ajluni Devon Akmon Daniel Angelucci Janet Ankers Penny B. Blumenstein Elizabeth Boone Gwen Bowlby Ke vin Brown Orchestra Representative Joanne Danto Stephen R. D’Arcy Karen Davidson Linda Dresner Eugene Driker J. Mikel Ellcessor Annmarie Erickson Jennifer Fischer Sven O. Gierlinger Allan D. Gilmour Malik Goodwin

Carol Goss Antoinette Green Leslie Green Robert Gillette Deirdre Groves Michele Hodges Richard H. Huttenlocher Sharad Jain Renee R. Janovsky Joseph Jonna Joel D. Kellman Jack Liang Joshua Linkner Virginia Lundquist Florine Mark Pe ter McCaffrey Orchestra Representative David McCammon Lois A. Miller James C. Mitchell, Jr. Scott Monty

Sean M. Neall Tom O’Brien Maury Okun Dr. William Pickard Gerrit Reepmeyer Richard Robinson Chad Rochkind Laura Hernandez-Romine Afa Sadykly Veronika Scott Lois Shaevsky Jane Sherman Stephen Strome Mark Tapper Michael R. Tyson Dana Warg Gwen S. Weiner Jennifer Whitteaker R. Jamison Williams Dr. Margaret E. Winters

GOVERNING MEMBERS Governing Members is a philanthropic leadership group designed to provide unique, substantive, hands-on opportunities for leadership and access to a diverse group of valued stakeholders. Governing Members are ambassadors for the DSO and advocates for arts and culture in Detroit and throughout Southeast Michigan. This list reflects gifts received from February 1, 2014 through February 1, 2015. For more information about the Governing Members program, please call Cassie Brenske at 313.576.5460.

OFFICERS James C. Farber Chairman Jan Bernick Vice-Chair, Philanthropy & Stewardship

Arthur T. O’Reilly Chairman Emeritus

Jiehan Alonzo Vice-Chair, Engagement Frederick J. Morsches Member at Large dso.org

Maureen T. D’Avanzo Vice-Chair, Outreach & Recruitment

Bonnie Larson Member at Large

Kenneth Thompkins Orchestra Representative

Johanna Yarbrough Orchestra Representative

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GOVERNING MEMBERS Howard Abrams & Nina Dodge Abrams Joshua & Judith Adler Mrs. Roger M. Ajluni Ann G. Aliber Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. Alonzo Richard & Jiehan Alonzo Daniel & Rose Angelucci Mr. & Mrs. Norman Ankers Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Anthony Mr. & Mrs. Eugene Applebaum Dr. & Mrs. Ali-Reza R. Armin Mr. David Assemany & Mr. Jeffery Zook Mr. & Mrs. John Axe Ms. Sharon Backstrom Ms. Ruth Baidas Nora Lee & Guy Barron Mr. & Mrs. Lee Barthel Mr. Mark Bartnik & Ms. Sandra J. Collins Mr. J. Addison Bartush David & Kay Basler Mr. & Mrs. Martin S. Baum Mary Beattie Mr. & Mrs. Richard Beaubien Ms. Margaret Beck Mr. Chuck Becker Mrs. Harriett Berg Mandell & Madeleine Berman Foundation Drs. John & Janice Bernick Mr. & Mrs. Robert H. Bluestein George & Joyce Blum Penny & Harold Blumenstein Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Bluth Dr. & Mrs. Jason H. Bodzin Mr. & Mrs. John A. Boll, Sr. Mr. & Mrs. Jim Bonahoom Dr. & Mrs. Rudrick E. Boucher Don & Marilyn Bowerman Gwen & Richard Bowlby Mr. Anthony F. Brinkman Mr. & Mrs. Richard A. Brodie Mr. Scott Brooks Mr. & Mrs. Mark R. Buchanan Michael & Geraldine Buckles Mr. H. William Burdett, Jr. Dr. Carol S. Chadwick & Mr. H. Taylor Burleson Julie Byczynski & Angus Gray Philip & Carol Campbell Dr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Carson Mr. Daniel Clancy & Mr. Jack Perlmutter Gloria & Fred Clark Lois & Avern Cohn Jack, Evelyn & Richard Cole Family Foundation Dr. & Mrs. Charles G. Colombo Mrs. RoseAnn Comstock Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Cook Dr. & Mrs. Ivan Louis Cotman Mr. & Mrs. Gary L. Cowger Mr. Gary Cone & Ms. Aimée Cowher Mr. & Mrs. Raymond M. Cracchiolo Thomas & Melissa Cragg Julie & Peter Cummings Mrs. Barbara Cunningham Suzanne Dalton & Clyde Foles Christopher & Pamela Danato Dr. Joseph D. Daniel & Mr. Alfredo Silvestre

Joanne Danto & Arnold Weingarden Marvin & Betty Danto Family Foundation Deborah & Stephen D’Arcy Fund Jerry P. & Maureen T. D’Avanzo Barbara A. David Margie Dunn & Mark Davidoff Lillian & Walter Dean Beck Demery Mr. Kevin S. Dennis & Mr. Jeremy J. Zeltzer Ms. Leslie Devereaux Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. DeVore Adel & Walter Dissett Mr. & Mrs. Mark Domin Linda Dresner & Ed Levy, Jr. Eugene & Elaine Driker Paul + & Peggy Dufault Mr. Michael J. Dul Mr. & Mrs. Robert Dunn Mr. Roger Dye & Ms. Jeanne A. Bakale Edwin & Rosemarie Dyer Dr. Leo & Mrs. Mira Eisenberg Dr. & Mrs. A. Bradley Eisenbrey Marianne Endicott Mr. & Mrs. John M. Erb Sanford Hansell & Dr. Raina Ernstoff Mary Sue & Paul Ewing Jim & Margo Farber Mr. David Faulkner Mr. & Mrs. Anthony C. Fielek Mrs. Kathryn L. Fife Mr. & Mrs. David Fischer Ron Fischer & Kyoko Kashiwagi Mr. & Mrs. Alfred J. Fisher III Mr. & Mrs. Herbert Fisher Max M. & Marjorie S. Fisher Foundation Mrs. Marjorie S. Fisher Dr. Marjorie M. Fisher Ms. Mary D. Fisher Mr. Michael J. Fisher Mr. & Mrs. Phillip Wm. Fisher Mr. & Mrs. Steven Fishman Mr. David Fleitz Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Fogleman Sidney and Madeline Forbes Emory M. Ford, Jr. + Endowment Dr. Saul & Mrs. Helen Forman Barbara Frankel & Ronald Michalak Dale & Bruce Frankel Herman & Sharon Frankel Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Frankel Maxine & Stuart Frankel Ms. Carol A. Friend & Mr. Mark T. Kilbourn Mr. & Mrs. Daniel E. Frohardt-Lane Lynn & Bharat Gandhi Mr. & Mrs. Eugene A. Gargaro, Jr. Dorothy & Byron+ Gerson Mr. & Mrs. Ralph J. Gerson Drs. Lynda & Conrad Giles Allan D. Gilmour & Eric C. Jirgens Mrs. Gale Girolami Dr. Kenneth & Roslyne Gitlin Ruth & Al Glancy Dr. & Mrs. Theodore Golden Dr. Robert T. Goldman Mr. Nathaniel Good Dr. Allen Goodman & Dr. Janet Hankin Goodman Family Charitable Trust Robert & Mary Ann Gorlin

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Mr. Jason Gourley & Mrs. Rebekah Page-Gourley Dr. & Mrs. Herman Gray, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. James A. Green Dr. & Mrs. Steven Grekin Mr. Jeffrey Groehn Mr. & Mrs. James Grosfeld Alice Berberian Haidostian Mr. Kenneth Hale Robert & Elizabeth Hamel Randall L. & Nancy Caine Harbour Mrs. Betty J Harrell Mr. & Mrs. Morton E. Harris Scott Harrison & Angela Detlor Mr. Lee V. Hart & Mr. Charles L. Dunlap Cheryl A. Harvey Dr. & Mrs. Gerhardt Hein Mr. & Mrs. Demar W. Helzer Ms. Nancy Henk Dr. Gloria Heppner Ms. Doreen Hermelin Mr. & Mrs. Ross Herron Mr. Eric J. Hespenheide & Ms. Judith V. Hicks Mr. Michael E. Hinsky & Tyrus N. Curtis Mr. & Mrs. Norman H. Hofley Lauri & Paul Hogle Dr. Deanna & Mr. David B. Holtzman Jack & Anne Hommes Ms. Barbara Honner Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Horwitz Mr. Matthew Howell & Mrs. Julie Wagner Mr. F. Robert Hozian Mr. & Mrs. Joseph L. Hudson, Jr. Julius & Cynthia Huebner Foundation Richard H. & Carola Huttenlocher Mr. & Mrs. A. E. Igleheart Nicki & Brian Inman Ira & Brenda Jaffe Mr. Sharad P. Jain Mr. & Mrs. Richard J. Jessup Mr. John S. Johns Chacona W. Johnson Mr. George Johnson Lenard & Connie Johnston Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Jonna Mrs. Ellen D. Kahn Faye & Austin Kanter Mr. & Mrs. Norman D. Katz Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Keegan Betsy & Joel Kellman Martin & Cis Maisel Kellman Michael E. Smerza & Nancy Keppelman Mr. Patrick J. Kerzic & Stephanie Germack Kerzic Dr. David & Elizabeth Kessel The Stephanie & Frederic Keywell Family Fund Mrs. Frances King Mr. & Mrs. Russell King Mr. & Mrs. William P. Kingsley Thomas & Linda Klein Ms. Margot Kohler Dr. Harry & Katherine Kotsis Robert C. & Margaret A. Kotz Mr. & Mrs. Harold Kulish Mr. & Mrs. James A. Kurz David & Maria Kuziemko Mr. Dennis & Michele La Porte dso.org

Joyce LaBan Dr. Raymond Landes & Dr. Melissa McBrien-Landes Drs. Lisa & Scott Langenburg Ms. Sandra Lapadot Ms. Anne T. Larin Mrs. Bonnie Larson Dolores & Paul Lavins Mr. David Lebenbom+ Mr. Henry P. Lee Marguerite & David Lentz Allan S. Leonard Max Lepler & Rex L. Dotson Mr. & Mrs. Ralph LeRoy, Jr. Dr. Melvin A. Lester Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Lester Mr. Daniel Lewis Mr. & Mrs. John D. Lewis Mr. & Mrs. Arthur C. Liebler Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Lile Mr. Gregory Liposky The Locniskar Group Daniel & Linda Lutz Mr. Robert A. Lutz Mrs. Sandra MacLeod Mr. & Mrs. Charles W. Manke, Jr. Mervyn & Elaine Manning Mr. & Mrs. David S. Maquera Esq Michael & Laura Marcero Ms. Florine Mark Maureen & Mauri Marshall David & Valerie McCammon Dr. & Mrs. Peter M. McCann M.D. Ms. LeAnne McCorry Mr. & Mrs. Alonzo McDonald Alexander & Evelyn McKeen Patricia A. & Patrick G. McKeever Susanne O. McMillan Dr. & Mrs. Donald A. Meier Dr. & Mrs. David Mendelson Mrs. Thomas Meyer Thomas & Judith Mich Ms. Deborah Miesel Mr. Louis Milgrom John & Marcia Miller Mr. & Mrs. Eugene A. Miller Mr. & Mrs. Leonard G. Miller Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Miller Dr. Robert & Dr. Mary Mobley Mr. & Mrs. Jeremy Modell Dr. Susan & Mr. Stephen Molina Eugene & Sheila Mondry Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Craig R. Morgan Ms. Florence Morris Mr. Frederick Morsches Cyril Moscow Mr. & Ms. Xavier Mosquet Mr. Joseph Mullany Dr. Stephen & Dr. Barbara Munk Joy & Allan Nachman Ed & Judie Narens Geoffrey S. Nathan & Margaret E. Winters David R. & Sylvia Nelson Mr. & Mrs. Albert T. Nelson, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. James B. Nicholson Jim & Mary Beth Nicholson Patricia & Henry Nickol Mr. & Mrs. David E. Nims Joanna P. Morse & Arthur A. Nitzsche Mariam C. Noland & James A. Kelly Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Nycek Mrs. Jo Elyn Nyman dso.org

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Dr. & Mrs. Dongwhan Oh Mr. & Mrs. Joshua Opperer Mr & Mrs. Arthur T. O’Reilly David+ & Andrea Page Mr. Randall Pappal Mrs. Margot Parker Anne Parsons & Donald Dietz Mr. & Mrs. Richard G. Partrich Mrs. Sophie Pearlstein Mr. & Mrs. Roger S. Penske Mr. Charles Peters Mr. & Mrs. Bruce D. Peterson Mr. and Mrs. Kris Pfaehler Dr. William F. Pickard Mrs. Bernard E. Pincus Mrs. Helen F. Pippin Dr. Klaudia Plawny-Lebenbom The Polk Family Mr. & Mrs. William Powers Dr. Glenda D. Price Reimer Priester Mrs. Susan Priester Mr. Ronald Puchalski Ms. Michele Rambour Mr. & Mrs. Richard Rappleye Mr. Richard Rapson Drs. Stuart & Hilary Ratner Ms. Ruth Rattner Drs. Yaddanapudi Ravindranath & Kanta Bhambhani Carol & Foster Redding Mr. & Mrs. Dave Redfield Mr. & Mrs. Gerrit Reepmeyer Dr. Claude & Mrs. Sandra Reitelman Mr. Jason Remisoski Denise Reske Mr. Luis Resto Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd E. Reuss Barbara Gage Rex Dr. & Mrs. John Roberts Bernard & Eleanor Robertson Jack & Aviva Robinson Mrs. Ann C. Rohr Laura & Seth Romine Dr. Erik Rönmark & Mrs. Adrienne Rönmark Norman & Dulcie Rosenfeld Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Rosowski Mr. R. Desmond Rowan Jane & Curt Russell Mr. & Mrs. James P. Ryan Mrs. Lois V. Ryan Martie & Bob Sachs Dr. Mark & Peggy Saffer Dr. Hershel Sandberg Marjorie & Saul Saulson Ms. Martha A. Scharchburg & Mr. Bruce Beyer Ms. Mary Schlaff David & Carol Schoch Mr. & Mrs. Alan E. Schwartz & Mrs. Jean Shapero Mr. & Mrs. Alan S. Schwartz Mr. & Mrs. Kingsley G. Sears Mr. & Mrs. Fred Secrest Mr. Merton J. & Beverly Segal Elaine & Michael Serling Mark & Lois Shaevsky Mr. Igal Shaham Mrs. Jean Shapero Ms. Cynthia Shaw Abbe & David Sherbin Mr. & Mrs. Larry Sherman

Mr. & Mrs. James H. Sherman Dr. Les & Mrs. Ellen Siegel Coco & Robert Siewert Mr. & Mrs. Donald R. Simon William & Cherie Sirois Mr. & Mrs. Leonard W. Smith Mr. Michael J. Smith & Mrs. Mary C. Williams Mr. & Mrs. S. Kinnie Smith, Jr. William H. & Patricia M. Smith John J. Solecki Richard Sonenklar & Gregory Haynes Renate & Richard Soulen Dr. Gregory Stephens Mr. Clinton F. Stimpson, Jr. Dr. Mack Stirling Dr. & Mrs. Charles D. Stocking Mr. & Mrs. Ray Stone Mrs. Kathleen Straus & Mr. Walter Shapero Mr. & Mrs. John Stroh III Stephen & Phyllis Strome Dorothy I. Tarpinian Shelley & Joel Tauber Dr. & Mrs. Howard Terebelo Alice & Paul Tomboulian Dr. Doris Tong & Dr. Teck M. Soo Mr. & Mrs. Michael Torakis Mark & Janice Uhlig David Usher Dr. Vainutis Vaitkevicius Amanda Van Dusen & Curtis Blessing Mrs. Richard C. Van Dusen Mr. & Mrs. Charles B. Van Dusen Mr. Robert VanWalleghem Mr. James G. Vella Mr. & Mrs. George C. Vincent Mr. & Mrs. William Waak Dr. & Mrs. Ronald W. Wadle Mr. & Mrs. Edward Wagner Mr. Michael A. Walch & Ms. Joyce Keller Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan T. Walton Gary L. Wasserman S. Evan & Gwen Weiner Mr. Herman W. Weinreich Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Weisberg Ambassador & Mrs. Ronald N. Weiser Arthur & Trudy Weiss Janis & William Wetsman/The Wetsman Foundation Mr. & Mrs. John Whitecar Beverly & Barry Williams Mr. & Mrs. R. Jamison Williams Dr. M. Roy & Jacqueline Wilson Dr. & Mrs. Ned Winkelman Rissa & Sheldon Winkelman Mr. Jonathan Wolman & Mrs. Deborah Lamm Ms. Cathy Cromer Wood Dr. & Mrs. Clyde Wu David & Bernadine Wu June Kar Ming Wu Dr. & Mrs. Robert E. Wurtz Mrs. Judith G. Yaker The Yousif Family Mr. & Mrs. Alan Zekelman Dr. & Mrs. Seymour Ziegelman Paul M. Zlotoff Milton & Lois Zussman

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SUPPORTING THE ARTS Honigman is proud to support the DSO, one of our community’s outstanding cultural institutions. We applaud our many colleagues’ current service as Directors and Trustees, and as Gabrilowitsch Society and Governing Members leaders. In particular, we honor our founding partner Alan E. Schwartz for his more than 50 years of service on the DSO board.

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VOLUNTEER COUNCIL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Deborah Savoie, President

Julie Zussman, Recording Secretary

Lori Knollenberg, Acting V.P. for Membership

Ginny Lundquist, President-Elect and Executive Vice President

Esther Lyons, V.P. for Administrative/Office Services

E. Jane Talia, V.P. for Neighborhood/Residency Ambassador

Debra Partrich, Chief Financial Officer

Ellie Tholen, V.P. for Communication/ Public Relations

Karla Sherry, V.P. for Special Events Marlene Bihlmeyer, V.P. for Youth Music Education

BOARD OF DIRECTORS Mary Beattie Gwen Bowlby Drew Esslinger

Laura Fogleman Sandie Knollenberg Susan Manser

Staff Liaison Lindsey Evert

Magda Moss Dolores Reese Charlotte Worthen

Coco Siewert, Parliamentarian

Orchestra Representatives Mark Abbott Dave Everson

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Leonard Slatkin, Music Director Music Directorship endowed by the Kresge Foundation Jeff Tyzik, Principal Pops Conductor Terence Blanchard, Fred A. and Barbara M. Erb Jazz Creative Director Chair Neeme Järvi, Music Director Emeritus Michelle Merrill, Assistant Conductor, Phillip and Lauren Fisher Community Ambassador Gabriela Lena Frank, Music Alive Composer-in-Residence First Violin Yoonshin Song Concertmaster Katherine Tuck Chair Kimberly Kaloyanides Kennedy Associate Concertmaster Alan and Marianne Schwartz and Jean Shapero (Shapero Foundation) Chair Hai-Xin Wu Assistant Concertmaster Walker L. Cisler/Detroit Edison Foundation Chair Jennifer Wey Assistant Concertmaster Marguerite Deslippe* Rachel Harding Klaus* Laurie Landers Goldman* Eun Park Lee* Adrienne Rönmark* Laura Soto* Greg Staples* Jiamin Wang* Mingzhao Zhou*

Cello Wei Yu Principal James C. Gordon Chair Dahae Kim Assistant Principal Dorothy and Herbert Graebner Chair Robert Bergman* David LeDoux* Peter McCaffrey* Haden McKay* Úna O’Riordan* Paul Wingert*^ Victor and Gale Girolami Chair

Second Violin Adam Stepniewski Acting Principal The Devereaux Family Chair Ron Fischer* Will Haapaniemi* Hae Jeong Heidi Han* Sheryl Hwangbo* Hong-Yi Mo* Robert Murphy* Alexandros Sakarellos* Joseph Striplin* Marian Tanau* Jing Zhang*

Harp Patricia Masri-Fletcher Principal Winifred E. Polk Chair

Viola James VanValkenburg Acting Principal Julie and Ed Levy, Jr. Chair Caroline Coade Acting Assistant Principal Hang Su Glenn Mellow Shanda Lowery-Sachs Hart Hollman Han Zheng Alexander Mishnaevski Principal Emeritus dso.org

Bass Kevin Brown Principal Van Dusen Family Chair Stephen Molina Assistant Principal Linton Bodwin Stephen Edwards Larry Hutchinson

Flute David Buck Principal Women’s Association for the DSO Chair Jung-Wan Kang+ Sharon Sparrow Assistant Principal Bernard and Eleanor Robertson Chair Jeffery Zook Piccolo Jeffery Zook Oboe Open Principal Jack A. and Aviva Robinson Chair Geoffrey Johnson+ Maggie Miller Chair Brian Ventura Assistant Principal Monica Fosnaugh

English Horn Monica Fosnaugh

Bass Trombone Randall Hawes

Clarinet Ralph Skiano Principal Robert B. Semple Chair Open PVS Chemicals Inc./Jim and Ann Nicholson Chair Laurence Liberson Assistant Principal Shannon Orme

Tuba Dennis Nulty Principal

E-Flat Clarinet Laurence Liberson Bass Clarinet Shannon Orme Barbara Frankel and Ronald Michalak Chair Bassoon Robert Williams Principal Victoria King Michael Ke Ma Assistant Principal Marcus Schoon Contrabassoon Marcus Schoon Horn Karl Pituch Principal Bryan Kennedy Scott Strong Johanna Yarbrough David Everson Assistant Principal Mark Abbott Trumpet Hunter Eberly Principal Lee and Floy Barthel Chair Kevin Good Stephen Anderson Assistant Principal William Lucas Trombone Kenneth Thompkins Principal Reed Capshaw+ Randall Hawes

Percussion Joseph Becker Principal Ruth Roby and Alfred R. Glancy III Chair Andrés Pichardo-Rosenthal Assistant Principal William Cody Knicely Chair Joshua Jones African-American Orchestra Fellow Timpani Jeremy Epp Principal Librarians Robert Stiles Principal Ethan Allen Personnel Managers Stephen Molina Orchestra Personnel Manager Heather Hart Rochon Assistant Orchestra Personnel Manager Stage Personnel Dennis Rottell Stage Manager Steven Kemp Department Head Matthew Pons Department Head Michael Sarkissian Department Head Legend * These members may voluntarily revolve seating within the section on a regular basis + substitute musician ^ on sabbatical

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Welcome Dear Friends, You may or may not realize that where you’re sitting right at this very moment, surrounded by original woodwork and early 20th century murals, is one of the world’s greatest concert halls. Orchestra Hall was built in 1919 to the meticulous specifications of then DSO music director, Ossip Gabrilowitsch, and has remained one of the most acoustically-perfect spaces in which to hear an orchestra play. These four walls have played a direct role in elevating this ensemble as a cultural asset to Detroit, which is why we’re so proud our beautiful music now emanates far beyond them. In November we debuted Live From Orchestra Hall: Classroom Edition in every Detroit Public School K-8 classroom. Thanks to support from the Mandell and Madeleine Berman Foundation, some 45,000 students locally and across the nation experienced a live DSO concert, a first for many of them. In May, we’ll debut a new look for this groundbreaking educational tool to an even larger audience. Learn more on page 32. And nearly every week, thousands of people worldwide tune in to to our Live From Orchestra Hall classical performances at dso.org/live as virtual DSO audience members. On page 14 you’ll read about multiple places where you can hear your DSO, in the months after the Orchestra Hall Classical season concludes in late May. This season we announced the renaming of our Neighborhood Concert Series for the late William Davidson, who pioneered the idea that DSO performances in suburban venues would be both a necessary and rewarding way to connect with the community that sustains us. Much of the repertoire you’ll hear during the remainder of the season was designed to be heard in a concert hall like the one in which you’re enjoying the current performance; pieces like Bruckner’s Symphony No. 4 (April 24-25) or Mahler’s Symphony No. 1 (May 21-23) require a large stage and superior acoustics for maximum enjoyment. The smaller, more intimate stages in our neighborhoods allow us to share smaller-scale works in an environment that places you, the audience, in the middle of the action. We encourage you to check out dso.org/neighborhood and participate in the full recognition of Mr. Davidson’s dream.

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Meet the Musician WEI YU Principal Cello, James C. Gordon Chair

he announcement that Wei Yu would join the DSO as its new principal cello couldn’t have come at a better time. DSO Music Director Leonard Slatkin was in New York to conduct at Avery Fisher Hall where Yu performed in the cello section for eight years as a member of the New York Philharmonic. Slatkin announced Yu’s position with the DSO that week at SubCulture, New York’s new music and performing arts club, where Slatkin’s closest friends from the industry celebrated his 70th birthday and digital release of his greatest hits album. Yu was in attendance and thrilled that Slatkin invited him on stage to make the announcement. “When I was growing up, I heard about the DSO and its history of legendary conductors,” Yu said. “And now here I am, principal cellist in this orchestra. Wow, it’s overwhelming!” Yu grew up in Shanghai where he was first exposed to music when his great uncle took him to hear Yo-Yo Ma. Soon after, he began his cello studies at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, then moved to Calgary, Canada when he was 18 to attend Mount Royal University’s Morningside Music Bridge program, later to North Park University in Chicago for an undergraduate degree and finally to the Juilliard School for a master’s degree. “It’s quite amazing how life takes you

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on such an incredible adventure,” he said. “Being a member of the New York Philharmonic taught me a lot about being a professional musician, how to always perform at my highest level and always be mentally on top of my game. My first concert as a member of the orchestra was actually its opening gala, featuring Yo-Yo Ma himself. I couldn’t believe it.” Now that he is settled in Detroi, Yu looks forward to working with fellow DSO musicians and colleagues on a personal level to share his passion for music in all settings. “During my first week in Detroit I felt very strongly that the DSO is a group of passionate musicians who devote their time to serving the local community,” Yu said. “Classical music has the power to connect with people and unite them. The DSO plays a significant role in the culture of the city and is a beacon for civic pride. I am very proud to be part of the team.” In his first week with the DSO, Yu opened Ginastera’s Variaciones Concertantes and received praise from Detroit Free Press classical music critic Mark Stryker. “Nearly all of the soloists made strong impressions, but special mention must go to new principal cellist Wei Yu… The grace, poise, liquid legato and purity of tone and pitch that Yu produced in these few moments were stunning in their authority and beauty — a very good sign for the future of the orchestra.” dso.org

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Make a Joyful Noise: Renaissance Art and Music at Florence Cathedral is organized by the High Museum of Art, Atlanta, in collaboration with the Opera di Santa Maria del Fiore, Florence, Italy. The exhibition is made possible by the National Endowment for the Arts. Funding for the conservation of the Cantoria has been provided by Friends of Florence. In Detroit, generous support has been provided by Anthony L. Soave. Additional support has been provided by Carol and Peter Walters and Kathleen and Robert Rosowski. Above: Fragment of a Choral Leaf: Framed Historiated ‘S’ with the Pentecost, Matteo di Filippo Torelli, 1420-1422, ink, tempera, and gold leaf on parchment. Detroit Institute of Arts

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hen the season concludes in the DSO and his generous support Orchestra Hall in early June, helped to strengthen the organization the music continues as the in many ways, including support of Detroit Symphony Orchestra performs the DSO’s domestic and international throughout tours. the communities that surround its “Bill Davidson had a passion for Midtown home. connecting communities through A generous grant from the William the presentation of DSO concerts, Davidson Foundation allows the DSO using us as eager ambassadors to strengthen its newly renamed for all that is great about the city of William Davidson Detroit,” said Anne Parsons, Neighborhood Concert DSO President and CEO. Series. Now in its fourth “He inspired us to create season, the series takes the Neighborhood Concert the DSO to seven metro Series as a way to increase Detroit neighborhoods this our reach and provide summer, including Beverly greater accessibility. We Hills, Bloomfield Hills, thank everyone at the William Canton, Dearborn, Grosse Davidson Foundation for their Pointe, Southfield and outstanding and continuous West Bloomfield Township. WILLIAM DAVIDSON support and for allowing us The grant will also support to recognize Bill by renaming additional performance and education the series in his honor.” activities outside of Orchestra Hall, In 2014, the neighborhood concert throughout the next three years. series allowed the DSO to reach Announced this fall, the series nearly 800 households that previously honors philanthropist William had never attended a DSO concert. Davidson, former president and CEO Of those new households, 14 percent of Guardian Industries Corp. Davidson went on to attend one or more shared a long-lasting relationship with concerts at Orchestra Hall.

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UPCOMING WILLIAM DAVIDSON NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERTS Buy tickets at dso.org/neighborhood or call 313.576.5595

SIBELIUS & GRIEG

John Storgårds, conductor David Buck, flute Thu., Mar. 19 at 7:30 p.m. in Southfield Fri., Mar. 20 at 10:45 a.m. in Dearborn Sun., Mar 22 at 3 p.m. in Beverly Hills

MOZART & TCHAIKOVSKY

With plans to reach more people this season and with the foundation’s support, the DSO has extended its Soundcard all-access student pass beyond Classical, Pops and Jazz concerts to include the William Davidson Neighborhood Concert Series. Students can purchase a $25 Soundcard for the season and receive free access to concerts with a valid student ID. Soundcards are available at dso.org/soundcard. The DSO also performs outdoor concerts in the summer, including the 23rd Annual Salute to America concert, a classic Independence Day celebration at Greenfield Village July14, led by Assistant Conductor Michelle Merrill. On July 10 and 11, the DSO will return to the historic Edsel and Eleanor Ford House for a lakeside concert and fireworks. Former DSO Assistant Conductor Teddy Abrams will conduct joined by vocalist Morgan James. Look for DSO Violinist Hong-Yi Mo (pictured on cover) in the neighborhoods this spring and summer! dso.org

Leonard Slatkin, conductor Jaime Laredo, violin Sharon Robinson, cello Sun., Apr. 26 at 3 p.m. in Beverly Hills

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Joshua Weilerstein, conductor Louis Schwizgebel, piano Thu., Apr. 30 at 7:30 p.m. in Southfield Fri., May 1 at 10:45 a.m. in Dearborn

HAYDN & BACH

Nicholas McGegan, conductor Karl Pituch, horn Thu., May 14 at 7:30 p.m. in West Bloomfield Fri., May 15 at 8 p.m. in Canton Sat., May 16 at 8 p.m. in Bloomfield Hills Sun., May 17 at 3 p.m. in Grosse Pointe Woods

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Marcelo Lehninger, conductor Andrew von Oeyen, piano Thu., Jun. 25 at 7:30 p.m. in Southfield Fri., Jun. 26 at 8 p.m. in Clinton Township Sun., Jun. 28 at 3 p.m. in Beverly Hills

MOZART & VIVALDI Andrés Cárdenes, conductor and violin Thu., Jul. 16 at 7:30 p.m. in West Bloomfield Fri., Jul. 17 at 8 p.m. in Canton Sat., Jul. 18 at 8 p.m. in Bloomfield Hills Sun., Jul. 19 at 3 p.m. in Grosse Pointe Woods Tickets are just $25, $10 for students DE TROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA • SPRING 2015 15

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Chamber Music Society of Detroit Saturday, March 21 at 8PM

Seligman Performing Arts Center in Beverly Hills

The Miró Quartet

Haydn: String Quartet in D minor, Op. 76, No. 2 Schuller: String Quartet No. 5 (Detroit premiere) Beethoven: String Quartet in E major, Op. 59, No. 3

Sunday, March 29 at 3PM

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Inon Barnatan, piano Bach: Toccata in E minor, BWV 914 Franck: Prelude, Choral et Fugue Barber: Sonata in E-flat minor, Op. 261 Schubert: Sonata in A Major, D. 959

Saturday, April 11 at 8PM

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featuring Wu Han, Daniel Hope, Paul Neubauer, David Finckel Mahler: Piano Quartet in A minor Schumann: Piano Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 47 Brahms: PIano Quartet in G minor, Op. 25

Friday, May 1 at 8PM The Music Box at the Max M. Fisher Music Center

Classical Jam—Tangos!

Nuevo Tango music of Astor Piazzolla plus selections from traditional tango repertoire. Program features two professional Argentine Tango dancers!

Saturday, May 16 at 8PM

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The Brentano String Quartet

Haydn: String Quartet in Bb-Major, Op. 50, No. 1 Vijay Iyer: Quintet for Piano and Strings (Midwest Premiere) Beethoven: String Quartet in C-sharp minor, Op. 131 Pre-concert screening of the film A Late Quartet (2012)

Tickets: $30-60, Students: $15-30

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Your Orchestra in Action Classical Roots Celebration Touches Young Lives with Your Support For 37 years, the contributions of African American composers and musicians have been the centerpiece of the DSO’s annual Classical Roots concert. To further address the shortage of African American musicians in professional orchestras, the Classical Roots Celebration was founded to support, among other efforts, the DSO’s CHAIRMAN PHILLIP WM. FISHER AND African American Fellowship program, DIRECTOR CHACONA JOHNSON RECOGNIZE currently held by percussionist Joshua JOSEPH STRIPLIN AT THIS YEAR’S Jones, 23. CLASSICAL ROOTS. This year the Classical Roots concert and Celebration impacted the most young people in its history, with nearly double the amount of people under 40 attending compared to the previous year, and more than 200 students attending the Friday morning performance. One group of students from Detroit’s Cass Technical High School Women of Tomorrow Mentor and Scholarship Program experienced Classical Roots for the first time and were invited to a special meet and greet with DSO musicians, featuring composer George Walker and his son and soloist Gregory Walker. This opened the students’ eyes to the opportunities available to African American artists. Cass Tech Senior Rosana Alvarez said she appreciated the chance to take time out of the school day to learn about the musicians’ inspiring lives: “My favorite part about the field trip to the Detroit Symphony Orchestra was definitely getting to meet the musicians. Learning about their lives was so interesting, and they are all so talented!... I also learned that orchestras and music can…represent a greater cause and inform others about events and issues.” One musician in particular caught the students’ interest – Classical Roots honoree Joseph Striplin, the DSO’s first African American musician. Before joining the DSO, Striplin also got his start at Cass Tech. When he joined the DSO he kept his focus on education and served as Associate Conductor of the Detroit Symphony Civic Orchestra, the DSO’s pre-professional training orchestra.

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Leonard Slatkin, Music Director, Music Directorship endowed by the Kresge Foundation Neeme Järvi, Music Director Emeritus Jeff Tyzik, Principal Pops Conductor Terence Blanchard, Jazz Creative Director Michelle Merrill, Assistant Conductor, Phillip and Lauren Fisher Community Ambassador Gabriela Lena Frank, Music Alive Composer-in-Residence

Saturday, May 2, 2015 at 8 p.m. Sunday, May 3, 2015 at 3 p.m. in Orchestra Hall JOSHUA WEILERSTEIN, conductor LOUIS SCHWIZGEBEL, piano Benjamin Britten “Four Sea Interludes” from (1913-1976) Peter Grimes, Op. 33a Dawn: Lento e tranquillo Sunday morning: Allegro spiritoso Mo onlight: Andante comodo e rubato Storm: Presto con fuoco Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Concerto No.9 in E-flat major, (1756-1791) K.271, “Jeunehomme” Allegro Andantino Rondo: Presto Louis Schwizgebel, piano INTERMISSION

Arvo Pärt Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten (b.1935)

Robert Schumann Symphony No. 1 in B-flat major, (1810-1856) Op. 38, “Spring” An dante un poco maestoso - Allegro molto vivace Larghetto Sc herzo: Molto vivace Allegro animato e grazioso Mr. Schwizgebel’s appearances are made possible by the Bonnie Ann and Robert C. Larson Guest Pianist Fund. This performance will be webcast at dso.org/live

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PROFILES JOSHUA WEILERSTEIN

LOUIS SCHWIZGEBEL

Joshua Weilerstein, who last year completed a three-year appointment as Assistant Conductor of the New York Philharmonic, is artistic director designate of the Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, and will begin his tenure in the 2015–16 season. Born into a musical family, his career was launched when he won the Malko Competition for Young Conductors in 2009. He has rapidly become one of the most sought-after young conductors in the world. With a repertoire ranging from Gesualdo to Rouse, he is committed to opening the traditional classical repertoire to new audiences, enlivening and broadening concert-going and creating a natural dialogue between musicians and their public. The 2014-15 season brings him back to the New England Conservatory of Music, his alma mater, where he received dual Master of Music degrees in 2011. Weilerstein believes in the fundamental importance and value of music education. During his time as the New York Philharmonic’s Assistant Conductor he was heavily involved in Young People’s Concerts, and he also served as Concertmaster of Discovery Ensemble, a Boston-based chamber orchestra dedicated to presenting classical music to inner-city schools. While still in his teens he established a close link with the Orquesta Sinfónica Simón Bolívar as the ensemble’s first non-Venezuelan guest violinist, and then as conductor in 2010 and 2012.

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Born in Geneva in 1987, SwissChinese pianist Louis Schwizgebel has been described as “already one of the great masters of the piano” by Res Musica (July 2014). At the age of 17 he won the Geneva International Music Competition and, two years later, the Young Concert Artists International Auditions in New York. In 2012 he won 2nd prize at the Leeds International Piano Competition and in 2013 he was announced as a BBC New Generation Artist. Schwizgebel performs regularly in Switzerland, he has played at all major festivals including Progetto Martha Argerich and Menuhin Festival Gstaad and in 2013 was one of five pianists invited to perform a Beethoven concerto at the Verbier Festival with Charles Dutoit. In August 2014 Louis made a hugely successful BBC Proms debut playing Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No.1 with Edward Gardner and the National Youth Orchestra of GB, which was broadcast on BBC TV. Louis records for Aparté and his first solo disc, Poems, which features works by Ravel, Liszt, Holliger and Schubert was released in 2013 to exceptional critical claim. His recording of Beethoven’s First and Second Piano Concertos with the London Philharmonic Orchestra/ Thierry Fischer was released at the end of 2014. DE TROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA • SPRING 2015 19

SPECIAL THANKS TO THE BONNIE ANN AND ROBERT C. LARSON GUEST PIANIST FUND The Bonnie Ann and Robert C. Larson Guest Pianist Fund helps the Detroit Symphony Orchestra deliver unsurpassed musical experiences by annually underwriting the performances of extraordinary guest pianists such as Louis Schwizgebel. On behalf of the artists and audiences who will benefit from this important new fund now and in the years to come, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra is so very grateful to Bonnie Larson for her generous support.

PROGRAM NOTES “Four Sea Interludes” from Peter Grimes, Op. 33a BENJAMIN BRITTEN B. Nov. 22, 1913 in Lowestoft, England D. Dec. 4, 1976 in Aldeburgh, England PREMIERED IN CHELTENHAM, ENGLAND ON JUNE 13, 1945 WITH THE LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA AND THE COMPOSER CONDUCTING. SCORED FOR 2 FLUTES DOUBLING ON PICCOLO, 2 OBOES, 2 CLARINETS, 1 DOUBLING ON E-FLAT CLARINET, 2 BASSOONS, CONTRABASSOON, 4 HORNS, 2 TRUMPETS, PICCOLO TRUMPET, 3 TROMBONES, TUBA, TIMPANI, PERCUSSION, HARP AND STRINGS. (APPROX. 16 MINUTES)

enjamin Britten has emerged as one of the most important English composers of the 20th century, and one of the period’s most important operatic composers, regardless of nationality. Peter Grimes, which quickly entered the repertoire of opera companies worldwide, was a turning point in Britten’s career and marked his ascension to international prominence. He began work on the opera shortly after returning to England from an American sojourn during the war years (1939–1942).

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Building on the success of Peter Grimes, Britten would go on to write 15 more operas, often exploring the relationship between the individual and society. Peter Grimes offers an ambivalent portrait of a reclusive fisherman and his strained interactions with his neighbors (complicated by the deaths of two apprentices under his tutelage). The opening movement, “Dawn: Lento e tranquillo,” is taken from an optimistic point in the otherwise dark work, where Peter Grimes has just been found innocent in the death of his first apprentice; in many ways it represents a hopefulness for Grimes’s future. Like waves breaking upon the shore, the music returns again and again to the opening theme in the flute and strings, and alternates with a progressively menacing lower brass part that foretells of future tragedy. “Sunday morning: Allegro spiritoso” depicts a bustling scene where the townsfolk are preparing to go to church while two characters relax by the shore. The piece alternates between an ostinato (a repeated melodic pattern) in the horns accompanying a quirky woodwind melody above it, and a calmer dso.org

passage using low strings upon which the flute seems to dance. The consistent ringing of the church bell soon reminds the townsfolk to leave the peaceful reverie. The third interlude, “Moonlight: Andante comodo e rubato,” is the most contemplative of the set and again reveals Britten’s fascination with repeated melodies and contrasting ideas. The opening progression in the strings and winds is juxtaposed with a bird-like chirping from the flutes, xylophone and harp. Saving the most dramatic contrast for last, the storm movement crashes into the calmness achieved by the third interlude. The timpani and the brass section take center stage, representing the archetypical and violent uprising of nature — a torrent during which Grimes’ boat is lost at sea. The DSO last performed Benjamin Britten’s “Four Sea Interludes” from Peter Grimes in April 2009 with Leonard Slatkin conducting. The DSO debut took place in January 1956 at the Masonic Temple with Paul Paray conducting. Program Note by Phil Duker, Ph.D., music theory instructor at UofM.

Piano Concerto No. 9 in Eb Major, K. 271, “Jeunhomme” WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART

B. January 27, 1756 in Salzburg, Austria D. December 5, 1791 in Vienna, Austria SCORED FOR SOLO PIANO, 2 OBOES, 2 HORNS AND STRINGS. (APPROX. 30 MINUTES)

rom his childhood, Mozart was closely associated with the piano, both as performer and composer. When he was only 4 he had already

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demonstrated his remarkable abilities at the keyboard, and just three years later he embarked on an extended concert tour of Europe, at which time he garnered astonished praise from members of the nobility and professional musicians. At these concerts, the young Mozart would improvise on themes given to him by members of the audience, and these improvisations were often so successful that some of them were later written down and published. Later on, during the years 1784-1786, he produced what biographer Alfred Einstein referred to as “…a miracle of productivity, the highpoint of his instrumental composition.” In that astonishingly short period of time he produced his six Haydn string quartets, the Prague Symphony, the opera The Marriage of Figaro, and 12 piano concertos, six of which date from 1784 alone. The present concerto, written in 1777, is a quantum leap into the realm of genius from the preceding one, which was merely a well-crafted, delightful composition. K. 271 is a highly original, forwardlooking work, which Mozart surpassed only in some of his late concertos, and which contains not just inspiration of the highest level but a wonderful string of surprises, both musical and structural. There is in short, nothing in the previous concertos to compare with the extraordinary originality and inventiveness in this one. For years this early masterpiece was known — and in some circles, still is known — by the nickname Jeunhomme, French for “young man.” For roughly 100 years it was thought that this referred to the last name of the young French pianist, a Mlle. Jeunhomme, for whom the concerto was written, but this nickname, now clearly discredited, appears to have DE TROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA • SPRING 2015 21

been given to the work in 1912 by two French scholars in a Mozart biography, even though Mozart himself referred to the work as a concerto for Madamme Jenamy, or Jenomy. Happily, modern research by the Austrian musicologist and Mozart expert Michael Lorenz has revealed the true story. The lady in question was Louise Victoire Noverre, the daughter of a French dancing master named Jean Georges Noverre, and was born in Strasbourg in January of 1749. The father, as it turns out, was a fine dancer and a major figure in the history of French ballet, and a close friend of Mozart. The two men first met in Vienna in February of 1773 on the occasion of a ball given for the benefit of the elder Noverre, who had been hired by the Viennese court in the summer of 1767. The year after that move to the Austrian capitol, the young Louise married a wealthy merchant named Joseph Jenamy, who came from a most distinguished family which had moved to Vienna at the beginning of the 18th century. Louise had visited Salzburg in December of 1776 on the way to visit her father in Paris, and the following month Mozart wrote this Eb Major concerto for her as a way of ingratiating himself into Noverre’s circle. According to sources in Vienna, young Louise was a fine pianist, as can be deduced from the technical difficulties in the concerto. Incidentally, although Louise certainly could have played the concerto somewhere, there is no credible evidence that she ever did. The concerto opens with an amazing experiment: a short orchestral fanfare which is interrupted immediately by the piano, something which Mozart never again used, but which Beethoven used on two occasions. The second movement is Mozart’s first concerto movement in a minor key, 22

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and with a rather dark orchestration becomes an almost operatic utterance of profound emotion featuring beautiful melodic embellishments. If this movement is tragic opera, the finale is comic opera, and is a very innovative excursion into rondo form, which simply means a repeated principal section interspersed with contrasting material. The DSO last performed Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 9 in February 2003 with Paolo Carignani conducting and Angela Hewitt as soloist. The DSO debut took place in November 1951 at the Masonic Temple with Paul Paray conducting Eugene Istomin as soloist.

Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten ARVO PÄRT

B. September 11, 1935 in Paide, Estonia SCORED FOR STRINGS AND BELL. (APPROX. 6 MINUTES)

rvo Pärt first came to wide notice in Eastern Europe by taking first place in the All-Union Young Composers’ Competition in 1960 for two choral works, a cantata for children’s chorus and orchestra entitled Our Garden, and an oratorio entitled The World’s Stride. Around this time he began to experiment with serial techniques, and in 1960 produced a work called Nekrolog which was the first 12-tone piece written in Estonia. He also was developing a kind of collage technique in which he used quotations from the music of other composers. In 1968 he produced Credo, a major work for piano, chorus and orchestra, but because of its religious text it was banned in the Soviet Union, and this effectively stopped his explorations dso.org

of serialism and the use of collage. Feeling that he had come to a creative dead end, during the following eight years, Pärt wrote mostly film scores, but began a long and intensive study of Gregorian Chant, sacred choral works of the Medieval and Renaissance eras, and Orthodox liturgical music. It was at this time that he converted to the Russian Orthodox religion. The music which he began to produce after this hiatus was radically different than anything he had written previously, and used an innovative style which he referred to as “tintinnabuli,” that is imitating the sound of bells. In 1977 he wrote three works in this new style which are among his most-admired creations, namely Fratres, Tabula rasa and the present Cantus. Pärt also has said that this music is similar to light being refracted through a prism, in that the music may give each listener a slightly different experience. Once again his music ran afoul of the political authorities, and in 1980 he and his family moved to Vienna, finally settling in West Berlin. This short but very expressive Cantus was written in 1977, and as such is one of the earliest examples of his “tintinnabuli” style. It was composed as an elegy to mourn the death in December of 1976 of the distinguished English composer Benjamin Britten, a composer whom Pärt greatly admired for possessing a kind of purity which he had always been seeking, and whom he viewed as a kindred spirit. Even though the Cantus is basically a secular work, it is nevertheless a meditation on death and how we all relate to it. The work begins and ends with silences which are actually written into the music, and form a framework which can be experienced as a spiritual dso.org

dimension. Each string part, with the exception of the viola part, is divided into two groups, one playing the notes of a pure A-minor scale, the other playing only the three notes of an A-minor chord. This second group, according to the composer, represents the subjective world of sin and suffering, while the first group represents the objective world of forgiveness. Why did Britten’s death touch Pärt so deeply? In his words, “During this time I was obviously at a point where I could recognize the magnitude of such a loss. Inexplicable feelings of guilt arose in me, for I had just discovered Britten for myself. Just before his death I had begun to appreciate the unusual purity of his music, and for a long time I wanted to meet Britten personally, but now it would not be possible.” The DSO last performed this Cantus during a European tour in October 2001 with Leif Segerstam conducting. The DSO debut took place in November 1991 with Neeme Järvi conducting.

Symphony No. 1 in Bb Major, Op. 38 (“Spring”) ROBERT SCHUMANN

B. June 8, 1810 in Zwickau, Germany D. July 29, 1856 in Endenich, near Bonn, Germany SCORED FOR 2 FLUTES, 2 OBOES, 2 CLARINETS, 2 BASSOONS, 4 HORNS, 2 TRUMPETS, 3 TROMBONES, TIMPANI, TRIANGLE AND STRINGS. (APPROX. 30 MINUTES)

t is a curious fact of music history that six of the 19th century’s finest and most influential composers were born within four years of each

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other, 1809-1813. They were, in chronological order, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Chopin, Liszt, Verdi and Wagner. Growing up in the shadow of Berlioz (born in 1803), they became a powerful gathering of forces, and were members of the first generation to closely identify with the Romantic movement, which had already developed in the other arts. Along with a strong influence from literature, these men were conditioned by the Italian operatic tradition of the 1820s, by late Schubert, and by a renewed interest in music of the late Baroque era, meaning music from roughly the middle of the 18th century. One of Schumann’s salient qualities is his ability to speak directly to each listener — one of the main goals of the Romantic Movement. Schumann has also until recently taken a good deal of criticism as an orchestrator, but this needs some clarification. One of the most frequent complaints about his orchestration is that it is too thick and over-scored, but there probably was a reason for this. Once Schumann moved to Dusseldorf he had to deal with an orchestra of less than first-rate quality, and he may have simply doubled so many parts as a way of ensuring that the notes in question would be heard properly. Whatever the case, there is one over-riding aspect of all of this which must be taken into account: as the period instrument specialists have demonstrated so impressively, if you play Schumann’s orchestral works on the instruments for which they were written (particularly the brass) and with an ensemble of the size Schumann dealt with, these “problems” by and large simply vanish, and one is left with a sound close to his intentions. One of the most famous real-life romances of the 19th century began 24

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when Schumann met the 9-year-old piano prodigy daughter of his teacher Friedrich Wieck. By the time she turned 16, he realized that he was deeply in love with her, feelings which were returned by Clara. Unfortunately, the elder Wieck’s opposition to this relationship was negative in the extreme, and it was only after years of litigation and a court ruling against him that the two were able to marry. It turned out to be a very happy union, and among other things, Clara became the foremost interpreter of her husband’s music. The happy couple settled in Leipzig after their marriage, and this proved to be a very fortuitous choice. Mendelssohn had recently become conductor of the Gewandhaus Orchestra in that city, and turned it into one of the finest in all of Europe. He also founded the Leipzig Conservatory, became its director, and took Schumann on as a professor. Mendelssohn eventually became a great admirer of Schumann’s music, and the two men, after some initial problems, became close friends and colleagues. Unlike most composers who would write works in several genres at a time, Schumann tended to concentrate on one type of music for an extended period, and was wont to work on a new piece almost night and day until it was completed. So it was that in 1841 some pent-up energies began to erupt, and in that year he produced, among other things, his first real symphony, the present “Spring” Symphony. In the fall of 1840 Schumann had visited Beethoven’s grave and found lying on it a steel pen to which he then attached an almost mystical significance. When he began work on the Bb Major symphony the following January, he used this pen to sketch the work, completing it in just dso.org

four days. Working at his usual manic pace, the orchestration was finished in February, after which Mendelssohn started rehearsing the new symphony, which had its premiere in Leipzig at the end of March. In spite of some awkward writing which created difficulties for many of the players, the first performance was very successful, which Schumann said was received with more enthusiasm than any other symphony since the Beethoven 9th. The symphony, written in the cold and darkness of winter, and pointing to the coming light and warmth of spring, would seem to be a musical counterpart of the struggle and eventual victory of his marriage to Clara Wieck. He also once said that he wanted the new work “…to suggest the world becoming green, perhaps

with a butterfly hovering, and then in the Allegro to show everything to do with spring coming to life.” Schumann originally gave titles to all four movements: “Spring’s Awakening”; “Evening”; “Merry Playmates”; and “Spring in Full Bloom,” but these were deleted before the work was published. It is worth mentioning that the last movement quotes a theme from his earlier piano work entitled Kreisleriana, which recalls the romantic inspiration of that exuberant piano composition. The DSO last performed Schumann’s Symphony No. 1 in March 2006 with Jun Märkl conducting. The DSO debut took place in March 1919 in Arcadia Auditorium with Ossip Gabrilowtisch conducting.

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Friday, May 8, 2015 at 10:45 a.m. Saturday, May 9, 2015 at 8 p.m. in Orchestra Hall HANNU LINTU, conductor LYNN HARRELL, cello

Jean Sibelius Pohjola’s Daughter, Op. 49 (1865-1957)

Augusta Read Thomas Cello Concerto No. 3, “Legend of the (b.1964) Phoenix” performed in one movement Lynn Harrell, cello INTERMISSION Dmitri Shostakovich Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47 (1906-1975) Moderato Allegretto Largo Allegro non troppo

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PROFILES HANNU LINTU

LYNN HARRELL

Hannu Lintu is a prominent Finnish conductor known for exploring neglected orchestral repertoire, as well as for promoting contemporary music. Trained in piano and cello at the Turku Conservatory and the Sibelius Academy, he studied conducting with Atso Almila, Jorma Panula and Eri Klas, and participated in master classes with Ilja Musin. He also received instruction from MyungWhun Chung. Lintu was the chief conductor of the Turku Philharmonic Orchestra from 1998- 2001, and served as chief conductor and artistic director of the Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra from 2002-2005. In 2009 he became chief conductor of the Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra and in 2010 was named chief conductor designate of the Finnish Radio Symphony. Lintu is also the principal guest conductor of the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra in Dublin. In addition to performing with orchestras across Europe, he has guest conducted in North America, South America, Asia and Australia. He has led many of the world’s finest orchestras, including the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and many others. Lintu has recorded for Ondine, Alba, Naxos, Ricordi, Claves, Hyperion and Danacord.

As a consummate soloist, chamber musician, recitalist, conductor and teacher, Lynn Harrell has been placed in the highest echelon of today’s performing artists. In recent seasons he has particularly enjoyed collaborating with violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter and pianist André Previn. In January 2004 the trio appeared with the New York Philharmonic performing the Beethoven Triple Concerto with Maestro Masur. A majorly accomplished recording artist, Harrell’s extensive discography of more than 30 recordings includes the complete Bach Cello Suites (London/Decca). Together with Itzhak Perlman and Vladimir Ashkenazy, Harrell was awarded two Grammy Awards – in 1981 for the Tchaikovsky Piano Trio and in 1987 for the complete Beethoven Piano Trios (both Angel/ EMI). In June 2010, along with his wife violinist Helen Nightengale, Harrell founded the HEARTbeats Foundation, a 501(c) charity. Based in Los Angeles, the HEARTbeats Foundation strives to help children in need harness the power of music to better cope with, and recover from, the extreme challenges of poverty and conflict.

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PROGRAM NOTES Pohjola’s Daughter JEAN SIBELIUS

B. December 8, 1865 in Hameenlinna, Finland D. September 20, 1957 in Jarvenpaa, Finland SCORED FOR 2 FLUTES, PICCOLO, 2 OBOES, ENGLISH HORN, 2 CLARINETS, BASS CLARINET, 2 BASSOONS, CONTRABASSOON, 4 HORNS, 2 TRUMPETS, 2 CORNETS, 3 TROMBONES, TUBA, TIMPANI, HARP AND STRINGS. (APPROX. 12 MINUTES)

he Finnish master Sibelius was very fortunate during his lifetime in receiving adulation and fame to a degree that few other composers enjoyed. Nevertheless, apart from the Scandinavian countries, his music gained a foothold only in English-speaking countries, England in particular. What his music holds is closely related to the geography and sensibilities of northern Europe, and that is at once a strength and a liability. It also deals with nature in a way which uniquely combines two traditions, the 19th-century tone poem and the classical tradition with its emphasis on key changes and dramatic contrast. Sibelius had a remarkable identification with nature and a preoccupation with mythology which caused him to largely ignore the human predicament, except when it affected man’s relationship with nature. It might be said that the deeper the nationality of a work of art, the more deeply personal it is for its creator; and conversely, the more deeply a work of art becomes part of a national consciousness, the greater its effect is on the meanings which legend and landscape have for all men everywhere. In the fall of 1894 he wrote to his wife from Munich, “I have found my old self again, musically speaking. Many things are now clear to me: I am really a tone painter and poet. Liszt’s view of music is the one

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to which I am closest, hence my great interest in the symphonic poem.” Even though he developed primarily into a composer of absolute music (namely his seven symphonies and the Violin Concerto), he never lost his connection with the symphonic poem. In the poems he strove in the main to translate the poetic mood of the story, and rarely to describe any specific events. Pohjola’s Daughter is one of the rare exceptions. Sibelius developed a musical language which sounds like no other, and composer John Adams once said that he could orchestrate a C Major chord and make it sound utterly his own. The British writer Neville Cardus once wrote, “Sibelius justified the authority of his old age by saying that while other composers were manufacturing cocktails, he was offering the public pure cold water.” The composer also said very poetically, “Music is for me like a beautiful mosaic which God has put together. He takes all the pieces in his hand, throws them into the world, and we have to re-create the picture from the pieces.” Pohjola’s Daughter came at a very fruitful time in Sibelius’ career, when he had just finished the revised version of the Violin Concerto, and even as he was working on the tone poem he was already contemplating the basic materials of the Third Symphony. The direct inspiration for this work appears to have been a performance of Strauss’ tone poem Ein Heldenleben (A Hero’s Life) which he heard in Berlin, and which made him determined to create a similar work with a colorful and brilliant orchestral palette. In fact, he thought originally about calling the work A Hero’s Adventure, but this was eventually scrapped. It took some time for this tone poem to reach its final form, and the earliest sketches which dso.org

found their way into the work date from 1901, when he was in Italy working on the Second Symphony. Like many of Sibelius’ programmatic works, this was based on material from the Finnish national epic called the Kalevala, and originally was intended to be about the legend of Luonnotar and the origin of the world. There exists an unfinished manuscript from 1905 with that title, but it really was the first version of what became Pohjola’s Daughter, and was completed the following year. (So there is no confusion, Sibelius did write a work called Luonnotar for soprano and orchestra in 1913, but it bears no relation to this early version, the two works being based on quite different Kalevala stories.) About this time Sibelius began work on an oratorio called Marjatta, also based on a story from the Kalevala. He wrote a good deal of music for the oratorio but never finished it; some of this music was put into Pohjola’s Daughter and some found its way into the Third Symphony. The story tells of Vainamoinen, the lusty old wizardhero of the Kalevala, who is returning home from the gloomy northern land of Pohjola (The North Country) when he suddenly catches sight of the beautiful daughter of Pohjola sitting at her spinning wheel high on the arc of a rainbow weaving a golden tapestry. He instantly falls in love with her and asks her to come down and join him, but she says she will do so only if he can accomplish a series of seemingly impossible tasks such as splitting a horsehair with a blunt knife, tying an egg into invisible knots, and building a boat from the fragments of her spindle and shuttle. With his own special magic he manages to deal with the first two, but in attempting to build the boat he slips, hits a rock with his axe and the blade shatters, a fragment of it lodging dso.org

in his knee. He realizes that the lady has gotten the best of him, and so he resumes his journey alone, sadder but wiser, leaving the beautiful daughter to make fools of other heroes. Sibelius himself conducted the first performance of this colorful and dramatic work in St. Petersburg, Russia with the orchestra of the famed Maryinsky Theatre in December of 1906.

Cello Concerto No. 3 (“Legend of the Phoenix”) AUGUSTA READ THOMAS B. April 24, 1964 in Glen Cove, New York

SCORED FOR SOLO CELLO, 2 FLUTES, PICCOLO, OBOE, ENGLISH HORN, 2 CLARINETS, BASS CLARINET, BASSOON, CONTRABASSOON, 2 HORNS, 2 TRUMPETS, PICCOLO TRUMPET, 2 TROMBONES, PERCUSSION (BASS DRUM, BONGOS, CLAVES, CONGAS, CROTALES, GLOCKENSPIEL, TOM-TOM, MARIMBA, CYMBALS, TAIKO (LARGE JAPANESE DRUM), TENOR DRUM, TRIANGLE, TUBULAR BELLS, VIBRAPHONE & WOOD BLOCK), HARP, PIANO, CELESTE AND STRINGS. (APPROX. 26 MINUTES)

ne of this country’s busiest and most prolific composers, with over 100 compositions written since the age of 30, Thomas is currently University Professor of Composition at the University of Chicago, and was Mead Composer-In-Residence with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra from 1997 to 2006. From 1993 to 2001 she was an assistant professor, then associate professor, at the Eastman School of Music, and from 2001 to 2006 was the Wyatt Professor of Music at Northwestern University. She continues her involvement with Northwestern University by serving on the Dean’s Music Advisory Board. She was elected Chair of the Board of the American Music Center in 2005,

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and held that position until 2008. She frequently teaches at the Tanglewood Music Center in the summers (where she was a Fellow in 1989), and in 2009 was Director of the Festival of Contemporary Music there. She is a fellow of the Royal Academy of Music in London, a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and has received a number of honors and awards, chief among them from the Guggenheim, Koussevitsky and Siemens foundations. She has received commissions from major orchestras, ballet companies and chamber music ensembles both here and in Europe, with first performances following soon thereafter, and in 2010 her website listed no less than 45 different local and international premieres. In 2007 Thomas’ composition entitled Astral Canticle was one of two finalists for that year’s Pulitzer Prize for Music. About her philosophy of composition, she has said, “Old music deserves new music, and new music needs old music. You can sense the perfumes of my metaphorical grandparents, and this is a wonderful tradition that I adore, understand and care about, but I have my feet facing forward. Although my music is highly notated, precise, carefully structured and soundly proportioned…I like to have the feeling that it is being organically self-propelled---on the spot---as if the listeners are overhearing an un-notated improvisation. Organic and at every level concerned with transformations and connections, my music is always leading me to a fundamental goal: to try to compose a work in which every musical parameter is allied holistically.” The Cello Concerto No. 3 was commissioned by the Boston Symphony Orchestra through the generous support of Mr. and Mrs. William G. Brown, with additional 30

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support from Catherine and Paul Buttenweiser, and from the New Works Fund established by the Massachusetts Cultural Council. Thomas wrote the concerto with the BSO, cellist Lynn Harrell and the acoustics of Symphony Hall in mind; she began work in January of 2012 and finished in October of that year. With Christoph Eschenbach conducting, the concerto was premiered March 14, 2013. She is unusual among contemporary composers in that she has written several large-scale works for the same instrument: three violin concertos, two trombone concertos, and now three cello concertos. Of the over 100 works composed in the last 25 years, almost all of them have poetic titles or subtitles, many referring to ancient legends. In this case it is the centuries-old legend of the Phoenix, a supernatural creature that lives for 1000 years. Once that time is over, it builds its own funeral pyre and jumps into the flames. After it dies it is reborn from the ashes, and goes on the live another 1000 years. Thomas does not always begin a work with a title in mind, and Legend of the Phoenix was affixed to the concerto as its content developed, providing a platform for a general atmosphere and imagination rather than any specific narrative. In creating the work, Thomas investigated as much as she could about Lynn Harrell: his recordings and videos and interviews and master classes, and in so doing discovered a performer for whom lyricism was most important. After finishing the concerto, Thomas and Harrell got together about a month before the due date to read through the work. “I wanted Lynn to have time, if there was something he didn’t like, to tell me so that I could get it all done. [He said] ‘Don’t change a note.’” Another way in which Thomas is unusual is that she does not make a short score or piano reduction of a new work before orchestrating it: she dso.org

actually draws a picture or map of how it will develop, and with Phoenix she used four visual art sketches, one for each section. In describing the concerto, in which the four sections are tied together without a break, she said, “This piece is extremely colorful, very optimistic, full of sunshine. It’s clean; it’s not big mud puddles of orchestration. The overall effect is very positive, and so the idea of something rising out of the ashes seems very positive. Things keep re-emerging and re-building and re-sounding.” Among the designations Thomas has given to the sections of the concerto are “Majestic; blazing; illuminated,” “Poetic and ardent,” “Rhapsodic, vivacious, capricious,” and “Whimsical; sprightful; playful.”

Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47 DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH

B. Sept. 25, 1906 in St. Petersburg, Russia D. Aug. 9, 1975 in Moscow, Russia PREMIERED ON NOV. 21, 1937 BY THE LENINGRAD (NOW ST. PETERSBURG) SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, CONDUCTED BY YEVGENY MRAVINSKY. SCORED FOR 2 FLUTES, PICCOLO, 2 OBOES, TWO CLARINETS, E-FLAT CLARINET, 2 BASSOONS, CONTRABASSOON, 4 HORNS, 3 TRUMPETS, 3 TROMBONES, TUBA, PERCUSSION (BASS DRUM, CYMBALS, ORCHESTRA BELLS, SNARE DRUM, TAM-TAM, TRIANGLE, XYLOPHONE), TIMPANI, 2 HARPS, PIANO, CELESTE AND STRINGS (APPROX. 46 MINUTES).

Soviet composer at the height of communist rule in his native Russia, Shostakovich is the prime example of a creative artist forced to operate within a totalitarian system. Though subject matter and style were often dictated by the government, he managed to produce works of great strength and beauty. During the notorious Stalinist purges of the 1930s, during which time more than 10 million people were executed dso.org

or exiled, Shostakovich was severely rebuked for his experimental Fourth Symphony, which the State deemed not to be proper music. The composer was forced to make a difficult decision: either face artistic (and possibly personal) persecution, or compromise his standards in favor of “rehabilitation.” After several years of political anonymity, he staked his entire salvation on a single work, the Fifth Symphony. With this work, composed between April 18 and July 30, 1937, Shostakovich produced a broad, expansive fourmovement symphony very much in the 19th-century Romantic tradition. Dissonance gave way to a firmly rooted tonality, and experimentation to strict symphonic form. The composer said that his Fifth Symphony was conceived “lyrically from beginning to end,” to suggest the progress of a life’s journey from tragedy to a climactic finale of optimism and joy. Throughout history, artists have thumbed their noses at authorities who were too dense to see through parody and satire, and Shostakovich was no different. Of the finale, he wrote in his memoirs (smuggled out of Russia after the composer’s death): “The rejoicing is forced, created under threat…it’s as if someone were beating you with a stick and saying ‘Your business is rejoicing, your business is rejoicing,’ and you rise, shaky, and go marching off, muttering, ‘Our business is rejoicing, our business is rejoicing.’ What kind of apotheosis is that? You have to be a complete oaf not to hear that.” Critical and popular reaction to the Fifth Symphony was almost hysterically enthusiastic and the piece has since become one of Shostakovich’s most popular works, a favorite of audiences around the globe. The DSO last performed Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5 in January 2010. DE TROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA • SPRING 2015 31

EDUCATION DSO Takes Virtual Field Trip Free Classroom Edition Webcast Returns to Schools This May

his past November, the DSO took nearly 45,000 students nationwide on an “American Adventure,” a musical journey across the US with curricular ties that emphasized history, technology and language arts. For the first time, students experienced the launch of Classroom Edition, an educational expansion of the Live from Orchestra Hall free HD webcast series. Classroom Edition returns May 14 with “Musical Tales” to teach students the many ways music can be used to tell a story. The DSO will be joined onstage by host Damon Gupton, DSO Assistant Conductor Michelle Merrill, ballerinas from the Ballet Americana Company and baritone Michael Miller performing selections from Rossini’s Barber of Seville, John Williams’ Children’s Suite from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone and more. In the fall, nearly 70 Detroit schools tuned in to Classroom Edition, including all of Detroit Public Schools’ K-8 classes, a total of more than 30,000 students, many of whom would not otherwise be able to see the performance because of transportation issues. An additional 172 schools throughout the country also participated. Classroom Edition builds on the legacy of the DSO’s popular Educational Concert Series (ECS), which for years has exposed area youth to orchestral performances, in both historic Orchestra Hall and the community. Now, with the development of this groundbreaking educational tool, select ECS performances each season will be adapted to provide an engaging classroom experience, complete with an interactive lesson plan archive aligned with national music education curriculum standards. Streaming at dso.org/classroom or through the DSO to Go mobile app, Classroom Edition is available to global audiences for live viewing. The Classroom Edition series is made possible by the support of the Mandell and Madeleine Berman Foundation.

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MAXIMIZE YOUR EXPERIENCE Priority Service for our Members Subscribers and donors who make a gift of $1,000 or more annually receive priority assistance. Just visit the Member Center on the second floor of the Max M. Fisher Atrium for help with tickets, exchanges, donations, or any other DSO needs. Herman and Sharon Frankel Donor Lounge Governing Members who make a gift of $3,000 or more annually enjoy complimentary beverages, appetizers, and desserts in the Donor Lounge, open an hour and a half prior to each concert through to the end of intermission. For more information on becoming a Governing Member contact Cassie Brenske at 313.576.5460 or cbrenske@dso.org. Dine at the DSO Located on the second floor of Orchestra Hall, Paradise Lounge will be open prior to most concerts featuring gourmet dinners, decadent desserts, classic cocktails, small production wines, and craft beers. Bars will be available throughout the Max M. Fisher Music Center prior to concerts and during intermission. For your convenience, you may place your beverage orders pre-concert and your drink will be waiting for you at intermission. Parking, Security, and Lost & Found During M-1 construction, valet parking is available for most concerts for only $12 with vehicle drop-off and pick-up on Parsons Street near the corner of Woodward Avenue. Donor valet and pick-up, (patrons who give $7,500+), is available at the stage door behind the Max M. Fisher Music Center. Parking is available for $7 in the Orchestra Place Parking Structure located on Parsons Street, with overflow in a nearby DSO lot. Handicap parking is also available. Other parking options include Woodward Gardens on Woodward Avenue near Alexandrine Street and Wayne State University Parking near Whole Foods on John R Street. The DSO offers shuttle bus service to Coffee Concerts from select locations for $12. Please call 313.576.5130 for information. When purchasing tickets at the Box Office, DSO offers patrons one hour of free parking in the Orchestra Place Parking Structure during daytime box office hours. Lost & Found is located at the security desk by the stage entrance. They can be contacted at 313.576.5199. Accessibility Parking is available in the Orchestra Place Parking Structure for patrons with applicable permits. There are elevators, barrier-free restrooms and accessible seating in all areas of the Max M. Fisher Music Center. Security personnel are available at the entrances to help patrons requiring extra assistance in and out of vehicles. Hearing assistance devices are also available. Please see the House Manager or any usher for additional assistance.

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Barbar a Van Dusen, Honorary Chair

he 1887 Society is a tribute to the storied past of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and recognizes those among our patrons with unique DSO histories who have made a legacy commitment to our work. Members receive recognition in each issue of Performance magazine and an annual society luncheon, as well as enjoying a special package of benefits throughout the DSO season. If you have arranged for a legacy gift, or for more information on ways to do so, please contact Jessica Luther, Planned Giving Manager, at 313.576.5052. The Detroit Symphony Orchestra Board of Directors is pleased to honor the 1887 Society. These patrons, friends and subscribers have named the Orchestra in their estate plans. Ms. Doris Adler Dr. & Mrs. William C. Albert Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Allesee Dr. Lourdes A. Andaya Mr. & Mrs. Eugene Applebaum Dr. Augustin & Nancy Arbulu Ms. Sharon Backstrom Sally & Donald Baker Mr. & Mrs. Lee Barthel Mr. & Mrs. Mandell L. Berman Mrs. John G. Bielawski† Mrs. Betty Blair Robert T. Bomier Gwen & Richard Bowlby Mr. Harry G. Bowles† William & Julia Bugera Dr. & Mrs. Victor J. Cervenak Eleanor A. Christie Ms. Mary Christner Lois & Avern Cohn Mrs. RoseAnn Comstock Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Cook Dorothy M. Craig Mr. & Mrs. John Cruikshank Ms. Leslie C. Devereaux Mr. John Diebel Mr. Roger Dye & Ms. Jeanne A. Bakale Ms. Bette J. Dyer Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. Eidson Marianne T. Endicott Mr. & Mrs. Stephan† Sharf Ms. Dorothy Fisher Mrs. Marjorie S. Fisher Mr. Emory Ford, Jr.† Dr. Saul & Mrs. Helen Forman Barbara Frankel & Ron Michalak Herman & Sharon Frankel Mrs. Rema Frankel† Jane French Dr. Byron P. & Marilyn Georgeson Mr. Joseph & Mrs. Lois Gilmore Ruth & Al Glancy dso.org

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Donna & Eugene Hartwig Dr. & Mrs. Gerhardt Hein Ms. Nancy B. Henk Mr. & Mrs. Thomas N. Hitchman Mrs. Patricia Hobar† Mr. & Mrs. Richard N. Holloway Paul M. Huxley & Cynthia Pasky David & Sheri Jaffa Mr. & Mrs. Thomas H. Jeffs II Richard & Involut Jessup Lenard & Connie Johnston Ms. Carol Johnston Carol M. Jonson Drs. Anthony & Joyce Kales Faye & Austin Kanter Norb+ & Carole Keller Dr. Mark & Mrs. Gail Kelley June K. Kendall Dimitri+ & Suzanne Kosacheff Mr. & Mrs. Arthur J. Krolikowski Mary Clippert LaMont Mrs. Bonnie Larson Ann C. Lawson Mr. Phillip Leon† Allan S. Leonard Dr. Melvin A. Lester Harold Lundquist & Elizabeth Brockhaus Lundquist Mr. & Mrs. Eric C. Lundquist Roberta Maki Eileen & Ralph Mandarino Mr. Glenn Maxwell Mr. Leonard Mazerov Rhoda A. Milgrim John & Marcia Miller Jerald A. & Marilyn H. Mitchell Mr. & Mrs. L. William† Moll Craig & Shari Morgan Beverley Anne Pack Mr. Dale J. Pangonis Ms. Mary W. Parker Sophie Pearlstein Helen & Wesley Pelling

Dr. William F. Pickard Mrs. Bernard E. Pincus Ms. Christina Pitts Mrs. Robert Plummer Mr. & Mrs. P. T. Ponta Ms. Linda Rankin & Mr. Daniel Graschuck Mr. & Mrs. Douglas J. Rasmussen Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd E. Reuss Barbara Gage Rex Ms. Marianne Reye Katherine D. Rines Bernard & Eleanor Robertson Ms. Barbara Robins Jack & Aviva Robinson Dr. Margaret Ryan Mr. & Mrs. Donald & Janet Schenk Mr. Donald Schultz † Stephanie & Fred Secrest Ms. Marla Shelton Ms. June Siebert Mr. & Mrs. Walter Stuecken Mr. & Mrs. Alexander C. Suczek Alice & Paul Tomboulian Mr. David Patria & Ms. Barbara Underwood Mrs. Richard C. Van Dusen Mr. & Mrs. Melvin VanderBrug Mr. & Mrs. George C. Vincent Mr. & Mrs. Keith C. Weber Mr. Herman Weinreich John & Joanne Werner Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Wilhelm Mr. Michel Williams Ms. Nancy S. Williams† Mr. Robert S. Williams Ms. Barbara Wojtas Ms. Treva Womble Elizabeth B. Work Dr. & Mrs. Clyde Wu Ms. Andrea L. Wulf Mr. Milton Zussman

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The Annual Fund

Gifts received between September 1, 2013 and January 31, 2015 Being a Community-Supported Orchestra means you can play your part through frequent ticket purchases and generous annual donations. Your tax-deductible Annual Fund donation is an investment in the wonderful music at Orchestra Hall, around the neighborhoods, and across the community. This honor roll celebrates those generous donors who made a gift of $1,500 or more to the DSO Annual Fund Campaign. If you have a question about this roster, or to make a donation, please contact 313.576.5114 or dso.org/donate.

The Gabrilowitsch Society honors individuals who support us most generously at the $10,000 level and above. Janet and Norm Ankers, chairs

Giving of $250,000 and more Mandell & Madeleine Berman Foundation Julie & Peter Cummings Max M. & Marjorie S. Fisher Foundation

Ruth & Al Glancy Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Frankel Mr. & Mrs. James B. Nicholson Mrs. Richard C. Van Dusen

Mrs. Marjorie S. Fisher Giving of $100,000 and more Marvin & Betty Danto Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Phillip Wm. Fisher Emory M. Ford, Jr.† Endowment

Mr. & Mrs. Morton E. Harris Mrs. Bonnie Larson Mrs. Sophie Pearlstein The Polk Family

Giving of $50,000 and more

Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. Alonzo

Ms. Leslie Devereaux

Mr. & Mrs. Lee Barthel

Linda Dresner & Ed Levy, Jr.

Mrs. Cecilia Benner

Ms. Deborah Miesel

Penny & Harold Blumenstein

Bernard & Eleanor Robertson

Mrs. RoseAnn Comstock

Dr. & Mrs. Clyde Wu

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Giving of $25,000 and more Mr. & Mrs. Eugene Applebaum Mr. & Mrs. John A. Boll, Sr. Mr. & Mrs. Richard A. Brodie Mr. Gary Cone & Ms. Aimée Cowher Mr. & Mrs. Raymond M. Cracchiolo Mrs. Kathryn L. Fife Mr. & Mrs. David Fischer Sidney & Madeline Forbes Barbara Frankel & Ronald Michalak Herman & Sharon Frankel Mr. & Mrs. Ralph J. Gerson

Mr. Daniel Lewis Mr. & Mrs. Eugene A. Miller Mr. & Mrs. Bruce D. Peterson Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd E. Reuss Mr. & Mrs. Alan E. Schwartz & Mrs. Jean Shapero Mr. & Mrs. Larry Sherman Mr. & Mrs. Donald R. Simon Mr. James G. Vella Mr. & Mrs. Paul M. Zlotoff

Giving of $10,000 and more Daniel & Rose Angelucci Mr. & Mrs. Norman Ankers Mr. Chuck Becker Mr. & Mrs. Robert H. Bluestein Mr. & Mrs. Jim Bonahoom Gwen & Richard Bowlby Michael & Geraldine Buckles Lois & Avern Cohn Margie Dunn & Mark Davidoff Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. DeVore Marianne Endicott Jim & Margo Farber Dr. Marjorie M. Fisher Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Fogleman Mr. & Mrs. Edsel B. Ford II Dr. Saul & Mrs. Helen Forman Dale & Bruce Frankel Ms. Carol A. Friend & Mr. Mark T. Kilbourn Mr. & Mrs. Eugene A. Gargaro, Jr. Dorothy & Byron † Gerson Mrs. Gale Girolami Mary Ann & Robert Gorlin Dr. & Mrs. Herman Gray, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. James Grosfeld Dr. Gloria Heppner Ms. Doreen Hermelin Mr. & Mrs. Norman H. Hofley Lauri & Paul¥ Hogle Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Horwitz Richard H. & Carola Huttenlocher Mr. Sharad P. Jain Chacona W. Johnson Faye & Austin Kanter Mr. & Mrs. Norman D. Katz dso.org

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Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Keegan Mr. David Lebenbom † Marguerite & David Lentz Mr. & Mrs. Ralph LeRoy Jr Dr. Melvin A. Lester Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Lester Bud & Nancy Liebler Michael & Laura Marcero David & Valerie McCammon Dr. Robert & Dr. Mary Mobley Cyril Moscow Geoffrey S. Nathan & Margaret E. Winters David R. & Sylvia Nelson Jim & Mary Beth Nicholson Mariam C. Noland & James A. Kelly Mrs. Jo Elyn Nyman Anne Parsons¥ & Donald Dietz Mr. & Mrs. Richard G. Partrich Mr. Charles Peters Dr. William F. Pickard Ms. Ruth Rattner Jack & Aviva Robinson Martie & Bob Sachs Dr. Mark & Peggy Saffer Marjorie & Saul Saulson Mark & Lois Shaevsky Abbe & David Sherbin Richard Sonenklar & Gregory Haynes Dr. Doris Tong & Dr. Teck M. Soo Mr. Robert VanWalleghem Arthur & Trudy Weiss Mr. & Mrs. John Whitecar Mr. & Mrs. R. Jamison Williams

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Giving of $5,000 and more Richard & Jiehan Alonzo Drs. John & Janice Bernick Mr. & Mrs. Gary L. Cowger Deborah & Stephen D’Arcy Fund Jerry P. & Maureen T. D’Avanzo Joanne Danto & Arnold Weingarden Beck Demery Mr. & Mrs. John M. Erb Ron Fischer¥ & Kyoko Kashiwagi Mr. & Mrs. Alfred J. Fisher, III Mr. & Mrs. Herbert Fisher Ms. Mary D. Fisher Mr. Michael J. Fisher Mr. & Mrs. Steven Fishman Mr. David Fleitz Allan D. Gilmour & Eric C. Jirgens Dr. Kenneth & Roslyne Gitlin Dr. Robert T. Goldman Goodman Family Charitable Trust Dr. Allen Goodman & Dr. Janet Hankin

Mr. & Mrs. James A. Green Mr. Lee V. Hart & Mr. Charles L. Dunlap Ms. Nancy Henk Mr. Eric J. Hespenheide & Ms. Judith V. Hicks Mr. & Mrs. A. E. Igleheart Mr. & Mrs. Richard J. Jessup Lenard & Connie Johnston Michael E. Smerza & Nancy Keppelman Mr. Patrick J. Kerzic & Stephanie Germack Kerzic Dr. David & Elizabeth Kessel Mrs. Frances King Mr. & Mrs. Harold Kulish The Locniskar Group Ms. Florine Mark Alexander & Evelyn McKeen Patricia A. & Patrick G. McKeever Susanne O. McMillan John & Marcia Miller Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Miller Mr. & Mrs. Craig R. Morgan Mr. & Ms. Xavier Mosquet Mr. Joseph Mullany

Mr. & Mrs. Albert T. Nelson, Jr. Patricia & Henry Nickol Mr. & Mrs. David E. Nims Mr & Mrs. Arthur T. O’Reilly Mr. & Mrs. Roger S. Penske Mrs. Bernard E. Pincus Mrs. Helen F. Pippin Dr. Glenda D. Price Dr. & Mrs. John Roberts Mrs. Lois J. Ryan Elaine & Michael Serling Mr. & Mrs. Leonard W. Smith John J. Solecki Renate & Richard Soulen Mr. & Mrs. John Stroh III David Usher Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan T. Walton Gary L. Wasserman S. Evan & Gwen Weiner Dr. & Mrs. Ned Winkelman David & Bernadine Wu Ms. June Wu Dr. & Mrs. Robert E. Wurtz Dr. & Mrs. Seymour Ziegelman Milton & Lois Zussman

Giving of $2,500 and more Howard Abrams & Nina Dodge Abrams Joshua & Judith Adler Dr. Roger & Rosette Ajluni Ann G. Aliber Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Anthony Dr. & Mrs. Ali-Reza R. Armin Mr. David Assemany & Mr. Jeffery Zook¥ Mr. & Mrs. John Axe Ms. Sharon Backstrom Ms. Ruth Baidas Nora Lee & Guy Barron Mr. Mark Bartnik & Ms. Sandra J. Collins Mr. J. Addison Bartush David & Kay Basler Mr. & Mrs. Martin S. Baum Mary Beattie Mr. & Mrs. Richard Beaubien Ms. Margaret Beck Mrs. Harriett Berg George & Joyce Blum Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Bluth Dr. & Mrs. Jason H. Bodzin 38

Dr. & Mrs. Rudrick E. Boucher Don & Marilyn Bowerman Mr. Anthony F. Brinkman Mr. Scott Brooks Mr. & Mrs. Mark R. Buchanan Mr. H. William Burdett, Jr. Dr. Carol S. Chadwick & Mr. H. Taylor Burleson Julie Byczynski¥ & Angus Gray Philip & Carol Campbell Dr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Carson Mr. Daniel Clancy & Mr. Jack Perlmutter † Gloria & Fred Clark Dr. Thomas Clark & Annette Clark Jack, Evelyn & Richard Cole Family Foundation Dr. & Mrs. Charles G. Colombo Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Cook Dr. & Mrs. Ivan Louis Cotman Thomas & Melissa Cragg Mrs. Barbara Cunningham Suzanne Dalton & Clyde Foles Dr. Joseph D. Daniel &

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Mr. Alfredo Silvestre Barbara A. David Lillian & Walter Dean Mr. Kevin S. Dennis & Mr. Jeremy J. Zeltzer Adel & Walter Dissett Mr. & Mrs. Mark Domin Christopher & Pamela Donato Eugene & Elaine Driker Paul† & Peggy Dufault Mr. Michael J. Dul Mr. & Mrs. Robert Dunn Mr. Roger Dye & Ms. Jeanne A. Bakale Edwin & Rosemarie Dyer Dr. Leo & Mrs. Mira Eisenberg Dr. & Mrs. A. Bradley Eisenbrey Sanford Hansell & Dr. Raina Ernstoff Mary Sue & Paul Ewing Mr. David Faulkner Mr. & Mrs. Anthony C. Fielek Mr. & Mrs. Daniel E. FrohardtLane Lynn & Bharat Gandhi † Deceased

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Drs. Lynda & Conrad Giles Dr. & Mrs. Theodore Golden Mr. Nathaniel Good Mr. Jason Gourley & Mrs. Rebekah Page-Gourley Dr. & Mrs. Steven Grekin Mr. Jeffrey Groehn Alice Berberian Haidostian Mr. Kenneth Hale Robert & Elizabeth Hamel Randall L. & Nancy Caine Harbour Mrs. Betty J Harrell Scott Harrison¥ & Angela Detlor Cheryl A. Harvey Dr. & Mrs. Gerhardt Hein Mr. & Mrs. Demar W. Helzer Mr. & Mrs. Ross Herron Mr. Michael E. Hinsky & Tyrus N. Curtis

Dr. Deanna & Mr. David B. Holtzman Jack & Anne Hommes Ms. Barbara Honner Mr. Matthew Howell & Mrs. Julie Wagner Mr. F. Robert Hozian Mr. & Mrs. Joseph L. Hudson, Jr. Julius & Cynthia Huebner Foundation Nicki ¥ & Brian Inman Ira & Brenda Jaffe Mr. John S. Johns Mr. George Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Jonna Mrs. Ellen D. Kahn Betsy & Joel Kellman Martin & Cis Maisel Kellman The Stephanie & Frederic Keywell Family Fund

Mr. & Mrs. Russell King Mr. & Mrs. William P. Kingsley Thomas & Linda Klein Ms. Margot Kohler Dr. Harry & Katherine Kotsis Robert C. & Margaret A. Kotz Mr. & Mrs. James A. Kurz David & Maria Kuziemko Mr. Dennis & Michele La Porte Joyce LaBan Dr. Raymond Landes & Dr. Melissa McBrien-Landes Drs. Lisa & Scott Langenburg Ms. Sandra Lapadot Ms. Anne T. Larin Dolores & Paul Lavins Mr. Henry P. Lee Allan S. Leonard Max Lepler & Rex L. Dotson

Distinguished Donor Spotlight MONA AND RICHARD L. ALONZO

After Mona and Richard Alonzo arrived in the suburbs of Detroit in 1968, they became subscribers to the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, making frequent trips to Detroit. The DSO is proud to celebrate the longstanding support of Gabrilowitsch Society members Richard and Mona Alonzo, as well as their son Richard Alonzo and his wife Jiehan, now Governing Members and strong supporters of the DSO in their own right. “The important thing to us is to encourage people to go to the hall to hear the exceptional music, which is what really matters. Get them attending. The effort the DSO is putting forth to expose young people is really positive for the future of the orchestra, and we truly feel that the orchestra has been rejuvenated over the past three seasons.” A family tradition, Mona, Dick, Jiehan and Richard, all subscribe to the Saturday Classical Series. They are thrilled with the changes happening in Midtown and the surrounding area and only see growth in Detroit’s future. “We want the DSO to thrive, for the sake of the city,” they said. “We support it so that it can continue to grow and exist for all generations. Our support is an investment in Detroit.” The DSO is grateful for the Alonzo family’s dedication to the music and their motivation to inspire all generations to not only attend concerts, but also to support the overall mission of this organization and to deliver unsurpassed musical experiences that embrace and inspire individuals, families and the communities. dso.org

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Mr. & Mrs. John D. Lewis Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Lile Daniel & Linda¥ Lutz Mr. Robert A. Lutz Mrs. Sandra MacLeod Mr. & Mrs. Charles W. Manke, Jr. Mervyn & Elaine Manning Mr. & Mrs. David S. Maquera Esq Maureen & Mauri Marshall Dr. & Mrs. Peter M. McCann Ms. LeAnne McCorry Mr. & Mrs. Alonzo McDonald Dr. & Mrs. Donald A. Meier Dr. & Mrs. David Mendelson Mrs. Thomas Meyer Thomas & Judith Mich Mr. Louis Milgrom Mr. & Mrs. Leonard G. Miller Mr. & Mrs. Jeremy Modell Dr. Susan & Mr. Stephen¥ Molina Eugene & Sheila Mondry Foundation Ms. Florence Morris Mr. Frederick Morsches Dr. Stephen & Dr. Barbara Munk Joy & Allan Nachman Ed & Judie Narens Joanna P. Morse & Arthur A. Nitzsche Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Nycek Dr. & Mrs. Dongwhan Oh Mr. & Mrs. Joshua Opperer David† & Andrea Page Mr. Randall Pappal Mrs. Margot Parker Mr. & Mrs. Kris Pfaehler Dr. Klaudia Plawny-Lebenbom Mr. & Mrs. Jack Pokrzywa Mr. & Mrs. William Powers Mrs. Susan Priester Reimer Priester

Mr. Ronald Puchalski Ms. Michele Rambour Mr. & Mrs. Richard Rappleye Mr. Richard Rapson Drs. Stuart & Hilary Ratner Drs. Yaddanapudi Ravindranath & Kanta Bhambhani Carol & Foster Redding Mr. & Mrs. Dave Redfield Mr. & Mrs. Gerrit Reepmeyer Dr. Claude & Mrs. Sandra Reitelman Mr. Jason Remisoski Denise Reske Barbara Gage Rex Mrs. Ann C. Rohr Seth & Laura Romine Dr. Erik Rönmark¥ & Mrs. Adrienne Rönmark¥ Norman† & Dulcie Rosenfeld Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Rosowski Mr. R. Desmond Rowan Jane & Curt Russell Mr. & Mrs. James P. Ryan Dr. Hershel Sandberg Ms. Martha A. Scharchburg & Mr. Bruce Beyer Dr. Sandy Koltonow & Dr. Mary Schlaff David & Carol Schoch Mr. & Mrs. Alan S. Schwartz Mr. & Mrs. Kingsley G. Sears Mr. & Mrs. Fred Secrest Mr. Merton J. & Beverly Segal Mr. Igal Shaham Mrs. Jean Shapero Ms. Cynthia Shaw Mr. & Mrs. James H. Sherman Dr. Les & Mrs. Ellen Siegel Coco & Robert Siewert William & Cherie Sirois William H. & Patricia M. Smith

Mr. Michael J. Smith & Mrs. Mary C. Williams Mr. & Mrs. S. Kinnie Smith, Jr. Dr. Gregory Stephens Mr. & Mrs. C. F. Stimpson Dr. Mack Stirling Dr. & Mrs. Charles D. Stocking Mr. & Mrs. Ray Stone Mrs. Kathleen Straus & Mr. Walter Shapero Stephen & Phyllis Strome Dorothy I. Tarpinian Shelley & Joel Tauber Dr. & Mrs. Howard Terebelo Alice & Paul Tomboulian Mr. & Mrs. Michael Torakis Mark & Janice Uhlig Dr. Vainutis Vaitkevicius Amanda Van Dusen & Curtis Blessing Mr. & Mrs. Charles B. Van Dusen Mr. & Mrs. George C. Vincent Mr. & Mrs. William Waak Dr. & Mrs. Ronald W. Wadle Mr. & Mrs. Edward Wagner Mr. Michael A. Walch & Ms. Joyce Keller Mr. Herman W. Weinreich Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Weisberg Ambassador & Mrs. Ronald N. Weiser Janis & William Wetsman/The Wetsman Foundation Beverly & Barry Williams Dr. M. Roy & Jacqueline Wilson Rissa & Sheldon Winkelman Mr. Jonathan Wolman & Mrs. Deborah Lamm Mr. Warren G. Wood Mrs. Judith G. Yaker The Yousif Family Mr. & Mrs. Alan Zekelman

Giving of $1,500 and more Mr. & Mrs. Ismael Ahmed Dr. Edward Alpert Dr. & Mrs. Gary S. Assarian John & Carol Aubrey Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Aviv Drs. Richard & Helena Balon Mr. John Barbes Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey A. Berner Linda & Maurice S. Binkow Ms. Jane Bolender Mr. & Mrs. J. Bora Ms. Nadia Boreiko Ms. Julie Borman

Mrs. Ethel Brandt Mr. Paul Brandt/P&B Building Co. Mr. & Mrs. Stephen A. Bromberg Ms. Evelyn Burton Steve & Geri Carlson Mr. & Mrs. Richard H. Carr Mr. David Carroll Ronald & Lynda Charfoos Mr. Fred J. Chynchuk Dr. & Mrs. Richard H. Cohan Mr. & Mrs. Brian G. Connors Mr. & Mrs. Thomas A. Cracchiolo

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Mr. & Mrs. Alfred J. Darold Gordon & Elaine Didier Mr. & Mrs. Henry Eckfeld Mr. & Mrs. Howard O. Emorey Marjory & Donald Epstein Stephen Ewing Mr. Samuel Frank Ms. Marilyn R. Galloway Mrs. Janet M. Garrett Mr. & Mrs. Joe & Lois Gilmore Andrew Glassberg & Barbara Martin Dr. Linda Golumbia † Deceased

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Dr. & Mrs. Paul Goodman Mr. & Mrs. Luke Ponder Dr. & Mrs. Joe L. Greene Mr. Donald Guertin Mr. & Mrs. Robert Hage Mr. & Mrs. Michael Harding Donna & Eugene Hartwig Mr. & Mrs. Howard Heicklen Jeremiah¥ & Brooke Hess Ms. Elizabeth Ingraham Ms. Nadine Jakobowski Mr. & Mrs. Randel Jamerson Mr. & Mrs. Charles R. Janovsky Mr. Paul Joliat Jean Kegler June K. Kendall Ms. Ida King Mr. James Kirby Mr. & Mrs. Harvey Kleiman Mr. & Mrs. Thomas N. Klimko Mr. & Mrs. Victor Kochajda/Teal Electric Co. Miss Kathryn Korns Mr. James Kors & Ms. Victoria King¥ Mr. & Mrs. Kosch

Martin & Karen Koss Barbara & Michael Kratchman Richard & Sally Krugel Mr. Michael Kuhne Dr. Arnold Kummerow Mr. John Kunz Mr. & Mrs. Robert LaBelle Mr. Lawrence Larson Mr. Charles Letts Drs. Donald & Diane Levine Jeffrey & Marsha Miro Dr. Amit & Dr. Meeta Mohindra Dr. Van C. Momon, Jr. & Dr. Pamela Berry Ms. Sascha Montross Mr. & Mrs. Scott Monty Mr. & Mrs. Geoffrey W. Newcomb Mrs. Ruth Nix Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. Norling In Memory of Joan C. O’Brien Mr. & Mrs. Robert Parys Noel & Patricia Peterson Charlene & Michael Prysak Mrs. Hope Raymond Mr. & Mrs. Gerald F. Ross

Mr. & Mrs. Hugh C. Ross Mr. & Mrs. George Roumell Mr. David & Mrs. Terese Ireland Salisbury Mr. Wayne Sherman Mr. Lawrence Shoffner Marci & Marv Shulman Mrs. Fredrick M. Sibley Ted & Mary Ann Simon Mr. Mark Sims & Ms. Elaine Fieldman Dr. & Mrs. Robert Sokol Mr. & Mrs. Andreas H. Steglich Dr. & Mrs. Choichi Sugawa Mr. & Mrs. James W. Throop Mr. & Mrs. John P. Tierney Barbara & Stuart Trager Dr. John Tu Dr. Stanley Waldon Mr. Patrick Webster Ms. Janet Weir Max & Mary Wisgerhof Drs. William & Prudentia Worth Mr. Richard D. Zimmerman Frank & Ruth Zinn Barbara Zitzewitz

Blockbuster Fund

Gifts received September 1, 2013 to January 31, 2015 Gifts to the Detroit Symphony Orchestra Blockbuster Fund support those exceptional projects, partnerships and performances that boldly advance the DSO’s mission “to be a leader in the world of classical music, embracing and inspiring individuals, families and communities through unsurpassed musical experiences.” Blockbuster gifts fund defining initiatives that are outside the annual budget such as touring, Live from Orchestra Hall webcasts, certain community engagement and education partnerships, and capital and technology infrastructure. Mr. & Mrs. Mark Abbott Mr. Teddy Abrams All Seasons West Bloomfield American Jewelry & Loan Mr. Jeffrey Antaya Baldwin Public Library Mr. & Mrs. Lee Barthel Bloomfield Township Public Library Mr. & Mrs. Richard A. Brodie Cabaret (313) Children’s Hospital of Michigan Clark Hill P.L.C. Mr. & Mrs. Peter D. Cummings Dr. Joseph D. Daniel & Mr. Alfredo Silvestre Mr. Alex DeCamp Deloitte Detroit 300 Conservancy DTE Energy Foundation Jim & Margo Farber dso.org

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Mrs. Marjorie S. Fisher Mr. & Mrs. Phillip Wm. Fisher Sidney & Madeline Forbes Ford Motor Company Barbara Frankel & Ronald Michalak Mr. & Mrs. Herman H. Frankel Mr. & Mrs. Morton E. Harris Hartford Memorial Baptist Church Honigman Miller Schwartz & Cohn LLP Mr. Michael Jalving John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Mrs. Bonnie Larson League of American Orchestras Lee Hecht Harrison Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Lester McGregor Fund Michigan Municipal League Ms. Deborah Miesel

Mr. & Mrs. Eugene A. Miller Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Miller Momentum Worldwide Geoffrey S. Nathan & Margaret E. Winters New Music USA Mr. & Mrs. George Nyman Olympia Entertainment Phillip & Elizabeth Filmer Memorial Charitable Trust Mr. Reimer Priester Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Sachs Mr. & Mrs. Alan S. Schwartz Mr. Marc A. Schwartz Mr. & Mrs. Larry Sherman Ms. Margaret Smith Trinity Senior Living Communities Mr. & Mrs. George C. Vincent Mr. Gary L. Wasserman WDET

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Corporate Partners $500,000 and more

Jim Nicholson

CEO, PVS Chemicals

$200,000 and more

Gerard M. Anderson

President, Chairman and CEO, DTE Energy Corporation

Faye Nelson President, DTE Energy Foundation

Mark Fields

James Vella

President & CEO, President, Ford Motor Company Fund Ford Motor Company

Mary Barra

Chairman and CEO General Motors Corporation

Vivian Pickard President General Motors Foundation

$100,000 and more

Keith J. Allmann

President and CEO, MASCO Corporation

$50,000 and more Target Corporation

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Melonie Colaianne

President, MASCO Corporation Foundation

$20,000 and more

American House Senior Living Communities Amerisure Insurance Global Automotive Alliance Greektown Casino Macyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s MGM Grand Detroit Casino Rock Ventures, LLC dso.org

$10,000 and more Butzel Long Delphi Foundation Dykema Honigman Miller Schwartz & Cohn, LLP Huron Consulting Group KPMG LLP Lear Corporation Oakwood Healthcare PNC Bank PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP REDICO St. John Providence Health System Talmer Bank and Trust Telemus Capital Partners, LLC University of Michigan Warner Norcross & Judd LLP Wolverine Packing Company

$5,000 and more BASF Corporation Contractors Steel Company Creative Benefit Solutions, LLC Denso International America, Inc. Flagstar Bank Midwest Medical Center One Detroit Center $1,000 and more The Aquarium Shop Avis Ford, Inc. Coffee Express Roasting Company CRStager Darling Bolt Company Delta Dental Plan of Michigan Dickinson Wright LLP Foley & Lardner LLP

Hotel St. Regis Huntington National Bank KlearSky Solutions, LLC Lakeside Ophthalmology Center Lambert, Edwards & Associates Madison Electric Company Meadowbrook Insurance Group Michigan First Credit Union Plante and Moran, PLLC PSLZ, LLP Save Our Symphony Schaerer Architextural Interiors Urban Science Applications

Support from Foundations and Organizations

The Detroit Symphony Orchestra acknowledges and honors the following foundations and organizations for their contributions to support the Orchestra’s performances, education programming, and other annual operations of the organization. This honor roll reflects both fulfillments of previous commitments and new gifts during the period beginning September 1, 2013 and January 31, 2015. We regret the omission of gifts received after this print deadline. $500,000 and more The William M. Davidson Foundation Max M. & Marjorie S. Fisher Foundation Samuel & Jean Frankel Foundation $250,000 and more The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan Detroit Symphony Orchestra Volunteer Council Hudson-Webber Foundation John S. and James L. Knight Foundation The Kresge Foundation McGregor Fund $100,000 and more Fred A. & Barbara M. Erb Family Foundation Ford Foundation National Endowment for the Arts

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$50,000 and more Matilda R. Wilson Fund Michigan Council for Arts & Cultural Affairs $25,000 and more Ann & Gordon Getty Foundation Children’s Hospital of Michigan Foundation DeRoy Testamentary Foundation Eleanor & Edsel Ford Fund $10,000 and more Maxine and Stuart Frankel Foundation Alice Kales Hartwick Foundation Moroun Family Foundation Myron P. Leven Foundation Oliver Dewey Marcks Foundation Sage Foundation $5,000 and more Benson & Edith Ford Fund Henry Ford II Fund Herbert & Elsa Ponting Foundation

Marjorie & Maxwell Jospey Foundation Mary Thompson Foundation Young Woman’s Home Association $1,000 and more Charles M. Bauervic Foundation Clarence & Jack Himmel Fund Don & Dolly Smith Foundation Frank & Gertrude Dunlap Foundation James & Lynelle Holden Fund Japan Business Society of Detroit Foundation Ledgeways Charitable Trust Loraine & Melinese Reuter Foundation Louis & Nellie Sieg Foundation Ludwig Foundation Fund Meyer & Anna Prentis Family Foundation Samuel L. Westerman Foundation Sigmund & Sophie Rohlik Foundation Sills Foundation The Village Club

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Performance Volume XXIII • Spring 2015 2014–15 Season

Editor Gabrielle Poshadlo gposhadlo@dso.org 313.576.5194 Assistant Editor Asia Rapai arapai@dso.org DSO Administrative Offices Max M. Fisher Music Center 3711 Woodward Ave. Detroit, MI 48201 Phone: 313.576.5100 Fax: 313.576.5101 DSO Box Office: 313.576.5111 Box Office Fax: 313.576.5101 DSO Group Sales: 313.576.5130 Rental Info: 313.576.5050 Email: info@dso.org Web site: dso.org Subscribe to our e-newsletter via our website to receive updates and special offers. dso.org/performance Performance is published by the DSO and Echo Publications, Inc. — Echo Publications, Inc. 248.582.9690 echopublications.com Tom Putters, president tom@echopublications.com Toby Faber, advertising director To advertise in Performance, call 248.582.9690 or email info@echopublications.com — To report an emergency during a concert, call 313.576.5119. To make special arrangements to receive emergency phone calls during a concert, ask for the house manager. Activities of the DSO are made possible in part with the support of the National Endowment for the Arts and the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs.

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Venture Fund

Gifts received September 1, 2013 to January 31, 2015 Gifts to the Detroit Symphony Orchestra Venture Fund are contributions that support projects, partnerships and performances taking place in the current season. Venture gifts are generally onetime and non-renewable in nature and fund initiatives that are included in the annual budget such as DSO concerts, Civic Youth Ensembles, community engagement and partnerships, and DSO Presents and Paradise Jazz concert series. Ms. Janet Allen Mrs. John G. Bielawski † Mr. Harry G. Bowles† Mr. Walter B. Bridgforth Hon. & Mrs. Avern Cohn Edsel & Eleanor Ford House Mrs. Rema Frankel † Mr. & Mrs. Herman H. Frankel Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Frankel Gail & Rice Productions Inc Mrs. Patricia Hobar † Jill Fox Revocable Trust Danialle & Peter Karmanos Mr. & Mrs. Eric B. Larson Mr. David Lebenbom † Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Ledoux Mr. Philip Leon † M Studio Music Shop, Inc. Marvin & Betty Danto Family Foundation Michael Willoughby & Associates Ms. Nihal Mouhidden † Mrs. Sophie Pearlstein Dr. William Pickard Ms. Ruth Rattner Mr. & Mrs. Stephan † Sharf Mr. & Mrs. Harold Silk Mr. Leonard Slatkin Mr. & Mrs. R. Jamison Williams

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Tribute Gifts

Gifts received between September 1, 2014 and end to January 31, 2015 Tribute Gifts to the Detroit Symphony Orchestra are made to honor accomplishments, celebrate occasions, and pay respect in memory or reflection. These gifts support current season projects, partnerships, and performances such as DSO concerts, education programs, free community concerts and family programing. For information about making a Tribute Gift, please call 313.576.5114 or visit dso.org/tribute. In Memory of John Beceden Betty Beceden In Memory of George Bedrosian Dr. Augustin Arbulu Mr. Brian Einhorn

In Memory of Joan Flohr Mrs. Marjorie Deacon Mr. William Kohn James & Katharine Stasevich

In Memory of Bette Borin Mrs. Barbara Frankel & Mr. Ronald Michalak

In Memory of Eleanor Gamble Delta Dental Plan of Michigan Mark & Sandra Haasis Health Alliance Plan J.U.S.T. Foundation

In Memory of Irene M. Broner Mr. Will Broner

In Honor of James S. Garrett The LeVigne Family

In Honor of Caroline Coade Dr. & Mrs. George Coade

In Memory of Louis Geisling Mr. & Mrs. Lee G. Sobotka

In Memory of David Cocagne Ms. Geraldine Barlage

In Memory of Helen Gilbride Mrs. Sheila Book Mr. & Mrs. John H. Fildew Mr. & Mrs. John Nicholson

In Memory of Marvin Crawford, Sr. Mrs. Alice Haidostian Anne Parsons & Donald Dietz Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Maguire Eloise F. Tholen In Honor of Maureen & Jerry D’Avanzo Yale & Anna Levin In Honor of Avi Davidoff & Amanda Bunn Daniel & Linda Lutz In Memory of Ronald Davidoff Stanley & Judy Frankel In Honor of Phillip Wm. Fisher Mr. & Mrs. Tom Goldberg In Memory of Victor Donati Ms. Laurie Cardinale Mr. & Mrs. Daniel J. Donati Mrs. Jackie L. Fullenkamp Ms. Janet Hunt Mr. & Mrs. James A. Laugal Mr. & Mrs. Alexander McKeen Mrs. Julie Oliver The Crate & Barrel Family Mr. Michael Tuchman Mr. & Mrs. Irwin Vogel Mr. & Mrs. Robert Wendling In Memory of Ed Drey Reverend Catherine M. Beaumont In Honor of the Eichenhorn Family Mrs. Ralle K. Rothman

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In Memory of Teresa Giulani Reverend Catherine M. Beaumont In Honor of Ruth Krathwohl Mr. Brian Carney & Ms. Judith Herndon In Honor of Harold Kulish Ms. Mary Dudley In Honor of Juanita Latimer Lee & Diana Warshay In Memory of Morton R. Lazar Mr. & Mrs. Stuart Frankel Mr. Scott Hamburger In Memory of David Lebenbom Atrium Centers, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Lee Barthel Mr. & Mrs. Harold Blumenstein Mrs. Gloria Cohen Mr. & Mrs. Joshua D. Eichenhorn Mr. & Mrs. Isidor Eisenberg Feinberg Consulting, Inc Dr. Dexter Fields MD Health Care Association of Michigan Ms. Mary House Ms. Darlene Maneli The Peplinski Group Mr. & Mrs. Karl Schaefer Ms. Sharon Schuster In Memory of Allen Ledyard Mr. & Mrs. Paul Laughlin In Memory of Ronald E. Milner Mr. & Mrs. H. Richard Fruehauf, Jr.

In Memory of Mildred Moss Dr. & Mrs. Hershel Sandberg In Memory of Eleanor Ruth Murray Ms. Susan L Meek In Honor of James B. Nicholson Richner & Richner LLC In Memory of Paul Paray Mr. Tom Godell In Honor of Michele Rambour & Gary Glenn Daniel & Jane Lehman In Memory of Nina Schneyer Dr. & Mrs. Seth R. Eaton MD Mr. & Mrs. David Friedlander Ms. Julie A Rodecker Donna & Lawrence Sklar Sheila & Steve Urman In Honor of Margaret Spear Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Wilbert In Memory of Inez Stevens Mr. & Mrs. Donald Isaacs Ms. Florence L. Kalenius Mr. & Mrs. Casimer C. Marzec Ms. Karen Stevens In Memory of Gerald Thome Ms. Megan Lizbinski In Honor of Alex Trajano Walter Rönmark In Memory of L. Warren Tucker Mrs. Sandra Tucker In Honor of Barbara Van Dusen Dr. & Mrs. James W. Gell In Memory of William Vassell Mrs. Kaleope Allen Mrs. Violet Newton In Honor of Mr. Alvin B. Waddles Adult Learning Institute In Honor of our clients and associates Michael Willoughby & Associates In Honor of Clyde & Helen Wu Mrs. Barbara Van Dusen

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UPCOMING CONCERTS

AT THE MAX M. FISHER MUSIC CENTER DSO PRESENTS

PARADISE JAZZ SERIES

Fri., Mar. 27 at 8 p.m.*

Fri., Apr. 17 at 8 p.m.*

EDDIE PALMIERI LATIN JAZZ BAND OTHER PRESENTERS

WSU MONDAYS AT THE MAX Mon., Mar. 30 at 7:30 p.m.*

DSO PRESENTS

TAKE 6

Fri., Apr. 3, 2015 at 7:30 p.m.*

JOHN & GERALD CLAYTON DUO CLASSICAL SERIES

BRUCKNER’S FOURTH

Leonard Slatkin, conductor Jaime Laredo, violin Sharon Robinson, cello Fri., Apr. 24 at 8 p.m. Sat., Apr. 25 at 8 p.m. Mozart Overture to The Magic Flute André Previn Double Concerto Bruckner Symphony No. 4, “Romantic” ppa elibom oG ot OSD eht no ro evil/gro.osd ta enilno hctaW

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Wed., Apr. 8, 2015 at 7 p.m. Detroit Film Theater In partnership with the DIA

POPS SERIES

GOLDEN AGE OF BROADWAY Bob Bernhardt, conductor Lisa Vroman, vocalist Doug LaBrecque, vocalist Fri., Apr. 10 at 10:45 a.m. Sat., Apr. 11 at 8 p.m. Sun., Apr. 12 at 3 p.m.

CLASSICAL SERIES

EXOTIC ADVENTURES

Leonard Slatkin, conductor Isabelle Druet, mezzo soprano Kimberly Kaloyanides Kennedy, violin Simon Mulligan, piano Thu., Apr. 16 at 7:30 p.m. Fri., Apr. 17 at 10:45 a.m. Sat., Apr. 18 at 8 p.m. Ra vel Overture de Féerie from Shéhérazade Ginastera Piano Concerto No. 1 Ravel Two Hebraic Melodies Ginastera Pampeana No. 1 Ravel Shéhérazade Song Cycle Ginastera Suite from Estancia ppa elibom oG ot OSD eht no ro evil/gro.osd ta enilno hctaW

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CIVIC & EDUCATION

CIVIC JAZZ LIVE! Civic Jazz Orchestra Kris Johnson, conductor Fri., Apr. 17 at 6:15 p.m.*

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CIVIC & EDUCATION

CIVIC FAMILY EXPERIENCE Civic Youth Ensembles Sun., Apr. 26 at 1 p.m.*

NEIGHBORHOOD SERIES

MOZART & TCHAIKOVSKY Leonard Slatkin, conductor Jaime Laredo, violin Sharon Robinson, cello Sun., Apr. 26 at 3 p.m. at Seligman Performing Arts Center, Beverly Hills

OTHER PRESENTERS

WSU MONDAYS AT THE MAX

University Orchestra and Choral Showcase Mon., Apr. 27 at 7:30 p.m.*

NEIGHBORHOOD SERIES

MOZART & MORE

Joshua Weilerstein, conductor Louis Schwizgebel, piano Thu., Apr. 30 at 7:30 p.m. at Congregation Shaarey Zedek, Southfield Fri., May 1 at 10:45 a.m. at Ford Community & Performing Arts Center, Dearborn

CIVIC & EDUCATION

CIVIC SHOWCASE

Civic Youth Orchestra & Civic Wind Ensemble Fri., May 1 at 7:15 p.m.* Pre-Concert at 6 p.m. in Orchestra Hall — Tickets start at $15 dso.org

*DSO does not appear on this program.

(THE KEEPER AND THE DOVE)

Programs and artists are subject to change

LA CENTINELA Y LA PALOMA

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DSO PRESENTS

For tickets, call 313.576.5111 or visit dso.org

CLASSICAL SERIES

MOZART & MORE

MIDORI AND MAHLER’S FIRST!

Joshua Weilerstein, conductor Louis Schwizgebel, piano Sat., May 2 at 8 p.m. Sun., May 3 at 3 p.m. Br itten “Four Sea Interludes” from Peter Grimes Mozart Piano Concerto No. 9, “Jeunehomme” Arvo Pärt Cantus Schumann Symphony No. 1, “Spring”

Leonard Slatkin, conductor Midori, violin Thu., May 21 at 7:30 p.m. Fri., May 22 at 10:45 a.m. Sat., May 23 at 8 p.m. Ga briela Lena Frank Concertino Cusqueño (DSO Premiere) Walton Concerto for Violin and Orchestra Mahler Symphony No. 1

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CLASSICAL SERIES

LYNN HARRELL

CLASSICAL SERIES SEASON FINALE:

Hannu Lintu, conductor Lynn Harrell, cello Fri., May 8 at 10:45 a.m. Sat., May 9 at 8 p.m. Sibelius Pohjola’s Daughter Au gusta Read Thomas Cello Concerto No. 3 (DSO Premiere) Shostakovich Symphony No. 5

TOSCA IN CONCERT

CIVIC & EDUCATION

Leonard Slatkin, conductor Terence Blanchard Quintet with musicians of the DSO Thu., Jun. 4 at 8 p.m.*

Leonard Slatkin, conductor Fri., May 29 at 8 p.m. Sun., May 31 at 3 p.m. PUCCINI Tosca (DSO Premiere)

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PARADISE JAZZ SERIES

A TALE OF GOD’S WILL (A REQUIEM FOR KATRINA)

DETROIT CHILDREN’S CHOIR SPRING CONCERT

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Sat., May 9 at 2 p.m.*

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DSO PRESENTS

Nicholas McGegan, conductor Karl Pituch, horn Thu., May 14 at 7:30 p.m. at The Berman Center for the Performing, W. Bloomfield Fri., May 15 at 8 p.m. at The Village Theater at Cherry Hill, Canton Sat., May 16 at 8 p.m. at Kirk in the Hills Presbyterian Church, Bloomfield Hills

Brent Havens, conductor Randy Jackson, vocals Wed., Jun. 10 at 7:30 p.m.

POPS SERIES

GERSHWIN’S PORGY & BESS Jeff Tyzik, conductor Ja nice Chandler-Eteme & Kevin Deas, vocalists Fri., Jun. 12 at 10:45 a.m. & 8 p.m. Sat., Jun. 13 at 8 p.m. Sun., Jun. 14 at 3 p.m.

Sun., May 17 at 3 p.m. at Our Lady Star of the Sea, Grosse Pointe Woods

POPS SERIES

MIDTOWN MEN

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DARK SIDE OF THE MOON THE MUSIC OF PINK FLOYD

HAYDN & BACH

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NEIGHBORHOOD SERIES

Fri., May 15 at 8 p.m. Sat., May 16 at 8 p.m. Sun., May 17 at 3 p.m.

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“ Live from Orchestra Hall” webcasts at dso.org/live

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