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onductor, pianist, composer and pedagogue Robert Spano is known for his unique communicative abilities. Beginning his 14th season as Music Director of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, this imaginative conductor has quietly been responsible for nurturing the careers of numerous classically-trained composers and conductors. As Music Director of the Aspen Music Festival and School, he oversees the programming of more than 300 events and educational programs for 630 students, including Aspen’s American Academy of Conducting.

The Atlanta School of Composers reflects Spano’s commitment to American contemporary music. He has led ASO performances at Carnegie Hall (2014-2015 marks Spano’s ninth consecutive season as a guest of that prestigious venue), Lincoln Center, and the Ravinia, Ojai and Savannah Music Festivals. Guest engagements include the New York and Los Angeles philharmonics, San Francisco, Boston, Cleveland, Chicago and Philadelphia symphony orchestras, as well as Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala, BBC Symphony and Amsterdam’s Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. He has conducted for Covent Garden, Welsh National Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Houston Grand Opera and the 2005 and 2009 Seattle Opera productions of Wagner’s Ring cycles.

Following Britten’s War Requiem in Carnegie Hall and Verdi’s Aida in Atlanta, Spano conducted the world premiere of Steven Stucky’s The Classical Style in Ojai and reprised the opera at Carnegie Hall in December. In addition to his hands-on leadership and eight Festival concerts at The Aspen Music Festival and School, Spano’s Hölderlin Songs premiered in August with soprano Susanna Phillips.

Recordings for Telarc, Deutsche Grammophon and ASO Media, have received seven Grammy® Awards, with the latest going to an all-Vaughan Williams disc released in September. Spano is on faculty at Oberlin Conservatory and has received honorary doctorates from Bowling Green State University, the Curtis Institute of Music, Emory University and Oberlin. Maestro Spano was inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame in 2012 and is proud to live in Atlanta.

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In 2014-15, Maestro Spano conducts two world premieres with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, and joins both the Houston Grand Opera and Houston Symphony. Guest conducting in Milwaukee, Philadelphia, Helsinki, Copenhagen, Kuala Lumpur and Hong Kong is woven with Spano’s passion for education with the Curtis Institute of Music’s Orchestra on tour, and the New England Conservatory Philharmonic.

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The inspiration behind inspiration, as imagined by Creation/Creator composer Christopher Theofanidis

By Andrew Alexander

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he 13th-century Persian poet Rumi tells a story in which, one by one, a group of people enter a dark room where there’s an elephant. The first one goes in, touches the trunk and imagines he’s encountered a slithering creature shaped like a waterpipe. Another touches an ear and comes out to tell the others that it’s an animal shaped like a fan. Another touches a leg

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and describes it as the column of a temple, while still another touches a tusk and concludes he’s come across some sort of porcelain sword. So, Rumi says, each of us touches one place and understands things in our own way. But if we each took a candle and entered together, we could understand the whole.

“I thought that was a great metaphor for coming to a subject through many different

disciplines and pulling it together by listening to each other,” says composer Christopher Theofanidis.

The story from Rumi opens his new work Creation/Creator, which will have its world premiere with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (ASO), April 23-25, under the baton of Music Director Robert Spano. The performance will be presented in the Theater of a Concert format, with stage direction by James Alexander, and recorded live for release on CD on the ASO Media Label.

Theofanidis says that his evening-length work on the theme of creation pulls together a number of perspectives from many different sources, including spiritual leaders, scientists, philosophers, writers

and artists, in order to create a conversation about something that may be too large to understand from a single point of view. In fact, the composer began the rather daunting commission of writing a piece on the theme of ‘creation’ by talking to his Yale colleagues. “We started looking at a lot of different texts, from literature, from religion, from science, from various traditions, histories and different cultures,” says Theofanidis. “I started to cobble together something that felt like a big statement on the subject.”

The texts for the movements of his new work are drawn from sources his colleagues suggested, sources as diverse as the mystic Rumi, Albert Einstein, Truman Capote, the early scientists of ancient Greece, Michelangelo, Chinese creation myths and the French poet Paul Verlaine. One of the things that Theofanidis found most surprising when considering the different points of view on creation is how much they had in common. “It’s as if they are in a conversation with each other about how things began in the universe,” he says. “That was really revelatory, just the commonality of them. They all have something to do with each other.”

Theofanidis’ Creation/Creator is divided into movements, and just as each section showcases vastly different texts, each also utilizes a very different musical approach.

The piece’s 15 movements contain moments of poetry recitations, a capella choral pieces, straightforward orchestral music, electric guitar, saxophone, percussion and vocal sections for soloists: Soprano Jessica Rivera, Mezzo-Soprano

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…beautiful texts… are so clear; they prompt us to ask the big existential questions.

Kelley O’Connor, Tenor Thomas Cooley, Bass Evan Boyer and Baritone Nmon Ford. “They’re all woven into the sound world,” says Theofanidis.

“It’s an unusual presentation. I don’t even know the right word for the piece.”

Director James Alexander will stage the new work, as he has with other Theater of a Concert presentations at Atlanta Symphony Hall, including A Flowering Tree, La bohème and Dr. Atomic. “When I hear music I see images,” says Alexander.

“I’ve had very vivid dreams and images about Chris’ piece. The beautiful texts he’s chosen are so clear; they prompt us to ask the big existential questions.”

Alexander says he immediately envisioned the letter ‘O’ as in the word oratorio, and as it also appears in ‘creation’ and ‘creator.’ An “O” became the image for the floor of the Symphony Hall stage to pictorially represent the universe. The performers will also stand in front of a circular screen on which images of the various philosophers, writers and thinkers from the work’s texts will be projected, along with composite images of an eggshaped cloud, the double helix of DNA and the human heart.

Vocal soloists will perform dressed in white, while the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus, dressed in black and silver, will act as a sort of classic Greek chorus. “I want the singers to feel like they’re all narrators,” says Alexander. “At the beginning, they will physically create the shape of an elephant with just their bodies.”

Alexander says that one thing that’s especially striking about Theofanidis’ approach is the way in which it melds big serious themes about the origin of 18 Atlanta Symphony Orchestra | aso.org

existence with a sharp sense of humor, a playful combination he tried to replicate in the staging of the work. “I was really touched by how much humor there is in the piece,” he says. “It’s a dichotomy that comes through in his music, too. It’s a piece that’s really going to make people think.”

But in the end, Alexander sees his job in staging such works as a subtle one: to help convey ideas in images without upstaging the music. “Why would you invite people to come see your Rolls Royce and then put a cloth over it?” he says. “I try to create an image that’s not going to overwhelm the audience, that’s not going to upstage the singers or the orchestra, but just give an understanding to underpin the text or music.”

In the end, both Theofanidis and Alexander agree that Robert Spano’s willingness to work with contemporary composers and experiment with new concert staging ideas allows them to explore big themes in their work. “I have the deepest connection with Robert that I have musically with anyone,” says Theofanidis. A member of Spano’s Atlanta School of Composers, which seeks to engage and commission contemporary composers, Theofanidis has worked with the ASO for 14 years. “He cultivates his professional relationships to allow for growth and independent thinking.

It’s very collaborative and non-dictatorial and that attitude carries over into making music with the Orchestra.”

Andrew Alexander is an independent critic who lives in Atlanta.

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CARL MARIA VON WEBER was born in Eutin, Germany, on November 18, 1786, and died in London, England, on June 5, 1826. The first performance of Der Freischütz took place at the Schauspielhaus in Berlin, Germany, on June 18, 1821, conducted by the composer. The Overture to Der Freischütz is scored for two flutes, two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, four horns, two trumpets, three trombones, timpani and strings.

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erman composer Carl Maria von Weber’s early 19th-century masterpiece, Der Freischütz (“The Freeshooter”) is one of opera’s pioneering works. Weber first encountered the story of “The Freeshooter” in 1810, when he read a volume of ghost tales. It was not until 1817 that Weber began to compose the opera, setting to music a libretto fashioned that same year by romanticist Friedrich Kind. Weber conducted the premiere of Der Freischütz, which took place at the Playhouse in Berlin on June 18, 1821. A wildly successful Vienna production followed that October. It was not long before Weber’s new opera took Europe by storm.

Weber’s Der Freischütz embodies several elements of Romanticism. The opera reflects a fascination with nature and German folk heritage, as well as the supernatural. The score’s remarkable harmonic daring, increased importance of the orchestra, and the use of symbolic musical leitmotifs (“leading motifs”) all foreshadow the operas of Richard Wagner

(1813-1883). Wagner himself acknowledged the profound influence of Weber’s masterpiece upon his own music dramas.

The story of Der Freischütz takes place in Bohemia, around 1650. Max, a young huntsman, has lost his marksmanship skills. In order to gain the hand of his beloved Agathe, and become the Head Ranger, Max must win a shooting contest to be held the following day. Max enters into a compact with the devil in order to assure his victory. At the contest, however, the devil is defeated. Max is placed on probation for a year. After the probation’s successful conclusion, Max will be able to wed Agathe.

The orchestral Overture foreshadows the course of the opera. The slow introduction (Adagio) juxtaposes sinister forces with the beauties of the forest. The ensuing quicktempo section (Molto vivace) depicts a struggle between the devil and the forces of good—the latter embodied by the beautiful Agathe. A triumphant C-Major statement of a portion of Agathe’s aria, expressing her love for Max, brings the Overture to a resplendent conclusion.

Concerto No. 14 in E-flat Major for Piano and Orchestra, K. 449 (1784) WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART was born in Salzburg, Austria, on January 27, 1756, and died in Vienna, Austria, on December 5, 1791. The first performance of the Piano Concerto No. 14 took place in Vienna on March 17, 1784, with the composer as soloist. In addition to the solo piano, the Concerto No. 14 is scored for two oboes, two horns and strings.

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During the mid-1780s, Mozart’s career in Vienna reached its apex. Mozart was in constant demand as a composer, pianist and

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Overture to Der Freischütz (1821)

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teacher. One of his most lucrative ventures was a series of “academies”—Lenten subscription concerts sponsored by the composer that featured Mozart performing his own music.

Between the years 1784 and 1786, Mozart composed twelve piano concertos. The first in this series was the Concerto No. 14, which he completed on February 9, 1784. Mozart wrote most of his Piano Concertos for his own performance at the subscription concerts.

But Mozart originally wrote the Concerto No. 14 for his pupil, Barbara Ployer, daughter of the agent of the Salzburg court in Vienna (Mozart told Leopold that for this Concerto, Ployer “paid me handsomely”). Mozart also composed his G-Major Concerto (K. 453) for Fräulein Ployer.

Nevertheless it appears that Mozart was the soloist in the first public performance of his Piano Concerto No. 14, part of a March 17, 1784 Vienna academy. Following that concert, Mozart reported to his father: “The first concert on March 17 went off very well.

The hall was full to overflowing; and the new concerto I played won extraordinary applause. Everywhere I go I hear praises of that concert.”

The Concerto No. 14 is in the traditional three movements. The first (Allegro vivace), in ¾ time, opens with an orchestral presentation of the principal themes. The soloist enters with elaborate versions of the thematic material. A solo cadenza for the pianist leads to a final, lively statement by the ensemble. The lovely slow movement (Andantino) begins with the orchestra’s introduction of the principal themes. But once the soloist enters, he predominates to movement’s close. The finale (Allegro ma non troppo) is a lively rondo, based upon a theme introduced at the outset.

The recurring theme assumes its most sparkling character in the tripping 6/8 episode that concludes the work.

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Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Opus 120 (1841, rev. 1851) ROBERT SCHUMANN was born in Zwickau, Germany, on June 8, 1810, and died in Endenich, Germany, on July 29, 1856. The first performance of the Symphony No. 4 took place at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig, Germany, on December 6, 1841, with Ferdinand David conducting. The Symphony No. 4 is scored for two flutes, two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, four horns, two trumpets, three trombones, timpani and strings.

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Robert Schumann composed his D-minor Symphony from late spring to the fall, 1841. The premiere took place at the Leipzig Gewandhaus on December 6, 1841.

The conductor was Ferdinand David, the concertmaster of the Gewandhaus Orchestra.

One critic noted: “The audience was visibly surprised by (Schumann’s)…symphony… since he linked the movements together, thus confusing many concert-goers. Some of them, in their musical devotion, believed that the entire symphony was one rather long movement.”

Schumann maintained faith in his D-minor Symphony. As he wrote to a friend, “I know (it is) not at all inferior to the First, and must succeed sooner or later.” However, ten years would elapse before Schumann would again turn his attention to the work (by that time, Schumann had composed two more Symphonies, and so, the D-minor was ultimately published as his Fourth). In 1851,

The revised version of Schumann’s D-minor Symphony received its premiere, under the composer’s baton, in Düsseldorf on March 3, 1853. The premiere, and subsequent performances, proved to be highly successful, establishing the Schumann Fourth as a Romantic symphony of the highest inspiration.

The lack of pauses between movements, which so confused the audience at the 1841 premiere, soon became recognized as one of the work’s strengths. This technique, coupled with the return and metamorphoses of thematic material throughout the Symphony, create an orchestral journey of remarkable unity and dramatic momentum.

Musical Analysis I. Ziemlich langsam; Lebhaft (Quite slowly; Lively)—The Symphony begins with a brooding, slow introduction (Ziemlich langsam), featuring motifs that will serve as the basis for thematic material throughout the work. The music accelerates into the restive, principal theme (Lebhaft), introduced by the strings, flutes and oboes. An ominous chord serves to herald the development section, which features the expected manipulation of the central theme. But, the development also presents new thematic material— an aggressive, fanfare-like motif, played fortissimo by the winds, as well as a flowing, dolce melody, initially sung by the first violins.

The themes interact throughout the remainder of the movement, finally leading to a grand climax, featuring a glorious transformation of the dolce melody. The second movement follows without pause.

and cellos. The strings then reprise music from the opening movement’s slow introduction.

That music also serves as the basis for the Romanze’s central portion, featuring an enchanting violin solo. The oboe melody returns to conclude the movement, leading directly to the Scherzo.

III. Scherzo. Lebhaft (Lively)—The Scherzo’s forceful, principal theme, played by the violins, is again based upon music from the slow introduction to the opening movement.

The woodwinds punctuate this theme with the fanfare motif from the first movement’s development section. The contrasting Trio section features a serene variant of the Romanze’s violin solo. A reprise of the Scherzo and Trio sections leads, without pause, to the final movement.

IV. Langsam; Lebhaft (Slow; Lively)— Music from the slow introduction to the first movement now serves as the basis for the mysterious transition (Langsam) to the finale’s vigorous, quick-tempo, principal section (Lebhaft), in D Major. The arresting opening theme of the Lebhaft portion is, once again, an ingenious synthesis of motifs from the opening movement. The exposition also features more lyrical themes that predominate throughout the remainder of the finale, as the Symphony sprints to a whirlwind close.

II. Romanze. Ziemlich langsam (Romance.

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Schumann penned extensive revisions to the D-minor Symphony.

ASO | 4.9/11/12 | artists LIONEL BRINGUIER, Conductor

PAOLO DUTTO

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rench conductor Lionel Bringuier’s artistic maturity and interpretative depth have made him a mainstay with the world’s foremost orchestras and led to his appointment as Chief Conductor and Music Director of the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, where, in his inaugural season, his vision and energy are helping to usher in a new era. Since coming to international attention at 19, when he took first prize and the Prix du Public at the 2005 Besancon Young Conductors Competition, Bringuier has appeared as guest conductor with the New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Leipzig Gewandhaus and BBC Symphony Orchestra.

Bringuier’s leadership of the Tonhalle celebrates the orchestra’s rich history while expanding its repertoire, strengthening its commitment to community engagement, and extending its international reach. To launch the appointment, he inaugurated Esa-Pekka Salonen’s new role as Creative Chair with world premiere performances of Salonen’s Karawane, a Tonhalle cocommission, and introduced Yuja Wang as the new Artist-inResidence. He also embarks on a multiseason Ravel cycle that will feature two Tonhalle premieres. Beyond Zurich, Bringuier’s 201415 season includes debuts with the Bavarian Radio Symphony, Israel Philharmonic, and London’s Philharmonia Orchestra; returns to the Cleveland Orchestra, Leipzig Gewandhaus, and Icelandic Symphony; a collaboration with Emmanuel Ax; the German premiere of Karawane; and subscription concerts with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France.

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In 2007, Bringuier was appointed under Salonen as Assistant Conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, becoming at 21 the youngest in the orchestra’s history. He was reappointed under Gustavo Dudamel and subsequently promoted to Resident Conductor, serving concurrently as Music Director of Spain’s Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y León.

Besides guesting with ensembles including the San Francisco Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, Munich Philharmonic, and Royal Concertgebouw, he regularly conducts the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte Carlo and the newly-formed Alma Chamber Orchestra in Paris.

Bringuier’s discography includes Saint-Saëns concertos with Renaud and Gautier Capucon, and two Chopin albums with Nelson Freire.

EMANUEL AX, piano

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orn in Lvov, Poland, Emanuel Ax captured public attention in 1974 when he won the first Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Competition; he went on to win the Young Concert Artists Michaels Award (1975), and the Avery Fisher Prize (1979).

In the 2014-15 season, Mr. Ax will participate in the Toronto Symphony’s Celebrate the Piano festival and a European tour with the Philadelphia Orchestra and Yannick Nézet-Séguin. Throughout the season, he will return to the orchestras of New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Boston, Cincinnati, Dallas, Washington, Nashville, Atlanta, St. Louis, Montreal and Ottawa.

Recitals will take him to Vancouver, San Francisco and the Midwest, ending in Lincoln Center’s Tully Hall, where he will also appear in duo with baritone Simon Keenlyside. In Europe, he will return to the Berlin Philharmonic, followed by a tour to Vienna, Salzburg, Graz and London,

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A Grammy® winning artist exclusive to Sony Classical since 1987, his most recent release is a recital disc exploring “variations” by composers including Haydn, Schumann and Copland. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and holds honorary doctorates from Yale and Columbia Universities.

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performing Winterreise with Simon Keenlyside, as well as presenting both Brahms Concerti in Amsterdam and Paris with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe under Bernard Haitink. Other European orchestras this season feature the London Symphony, Czech Philharmonic, Tonhalle Zurich and the National Orchestras of Toulouse and Lyon.

ASO | 4.17/18 | program AtlantaSymphonyOrchestra Robert Spano, Music Director Donald Runnicles, Principal Guest Conductor

POPS! Classic Soul Concerts of Friday, April 17, at 8:00pm, and Saturday, April 18, 2015, at 8:00pm.

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Micheal Krajewski, Conductor Capathia Jenkins, vocalist Darius de Hass, vocalist Melissa Joseph , backup vocalist Shala Whitehead , backup vocalist Nick Yaquinto, backup vocalist

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NORMAN JESSE WHITFIELD & BARRETT STRONG (arr. Gregory Prechel) I Heard It Through The Grapevine NICKOLAS ASHFORD & VALERIE SIMPSON (arr. Sam Shoup) You’re All I Need To Get By AL GREEN, WILLIE MITCHELL & AL JACKSON, JR. (arr. Shoup) Let’s Stay Together

arr. & orch. Prechel Temptations and Four Tops Medley OTIS REDDING (arr. Kerry Maule) Respect ORLANDO MURDEN & RON MILLER (arr. Joel Pierson) For Once In My Life JEFF BARRY, ELLIE GREENWICH & PHIL SPECTOR (arr. Randall Fleischer) River Deep Mountain High INTERMISSION

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STEVIE WONDER (orch. Roger Holmes) Stevie Wonder Medley STEVIE WONDER (orch. Steven Reineke) Signed, Sealed, Delivered JOHN FOGERTY (arr. Fleischer) Proud Mary BARRY WHITE (arr. Tim Berens) Love’s Theme arr. Michael O. Mitchell, Darius de Haas & Capathia Jenkins The Closer I Get To You / Where Is the Love?

SAM COOKE (arr. Reineke) A Change is Gonna Come JIM WEATHERLY (arr. Shoup) The Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me NICKOLAS ASHFORD & VALERIE SIMPSON (arr. Fleischer) Ain’t No Mountain High Enough

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CAROLE KING & GERRY GOFFIN (arr. Shoup) Natural Woman

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TYE CARSON

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nown for his entertaining programs and clever humor, Michael Krajewski is a much sought after conductor of symphonic pops. In addition to being the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra’s Principal Pops Conductor, he assumes the same role with the Houston Symphony, Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra and the newly appointed Music Director of The Philly Pops.

As a guest conductor Michael has performed with the Cleveland and Philadelphia Orchestras; the Boston and Cincinnati Pops; the San Francisco, Baltimore, Detroit, Indianapolis, Seattle, Dallas, St. Louis, Pittsburgh and National Symphonies and with numerous other orchestras across the United States. In Canada he has led Ottawa’s National Arts Centre Orchestra, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Calgary Philharmonic and the Edmonton, Winnipeg and KitchenerWaterloo Symphonies.

Other international appearances include performances in Dublin and Belfast with the Ulster Orchestra as well as performances with the Hong Kong Philharmonic, Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra, the Iceland Symphony Orchestra and this season’s debut with Spain’s Bilbao Symphony Orchestra.

original “Sounds of Simon & Garfunkel” program all over North America, featuring national touring artists AJ Swearingen and Jonathan Beedle. Michael’s other collaborative programs have included such artists as Jason Alexander, Roberta Flack, Judy Collins, Art Garfunkel, Kenny Loggins, Ben Folds, Ann Hampton Callaway, the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, The Chieftains, Pink Martini, Rockapella, Cirque de la Symphonie, Classical Mystery Tour and The Midtown Men. With degrees from Wayne State University in Detroit and the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, Michael furthered his training at the Pierre Monteux Domaine School for Conductors. Michael lives in Orlando, Florida with his wife Darcy. When not conducting he enjoys travel, photography and solving crossword puzzles.

CAPATHIA JENKINS, vocalist

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he Brooklyn-born and raised actress, Capathia Jenkins, created the role of ‘Medda’ in the hit Disney production of Newsies on Broadway. She made her Broadway debut in The Civil War, where she created the role of Harriet Jackson. She then starred in the Off-Broadway 2000 revival of Godspell, where she wowed audiences with her stirring rendition of ‘Turn Back, O Man’, which can Michael is the conductor of the video still be heard on the Silver Screen Serenade with violinist Jenny original cast recording. She returned to Oaks Baker that aired worldwide on BYU Broadway in The Look of Love and was Broadcasting. On recording, he has led the critically acclaimed for her performances Houston Symphony on two holiday albums: of the Bacharach/David hits. Capathia then “Glad Tidings and Christmas Festival.” In created the roles of ‘The Washing Machine’ 2014/2015 Michael will be conducting his in Caroline, Or Change and ‘Frieda May’ 30 Atlanta Symphony Orchestra | aso.org

Award. Most recently, she was seen in Nora Ephron’s Love, Loss and What I Wore.

An active concert artist, Ms. Jenkins has appeared with orchestras around the world.

She was also a soloist with the Festival Cesky Krumlov in the Czech Republic.

In 2011, she had the great honor of performing in the Broadway Ambassadors to Cuba concert as part of the Festival De Teatro De La Habana. Ms. Jenkins was also a guest soloist with Peter Nero and the Philly Pops and John Morris Russel and the Cincinnati Pops.

DARIUS DE HAAS, vocalist

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usical artist and Broadway actor, Darius de Haas, is a singular performer known for his soaring tenor voice and an emotional honesty that has captivated audiences with his work on stage, recordings and concert venues around the world. He made his Broadway debut in Kiss of the Spiderwoman, followed by Lincoln Center’s revival of Carousel, the original cast of Rent, The Gershwins’ Fascinating Rhythm, Marie Christine, and the 20th anniversary concert of Dreamgirls (for the Actor’s Fund). He won an Obie award for his leading performance in the Pulitzer nominated Running Man (MusicTheater Group).

Other notable OffBroadway, regional, touring and premiere credits include his

He made his Carnegie Hall debut with the Cincinnati Pops under Erich Kunzel and has since been a guest soloist with several orchestras and musical organizations including the National Symphony, The Philly Pops, Orchestra of St. Lukes, The Los Angeles Master Chorale and Luckman Jazz Orchestra, The New York Festival of Song, and The Alvin Ailey Dance Theater.

Other notable performances include the concerts Too Hot To Handel at Carnegie Hall (conducted by Marin Alsop with The Baltimore Symphony) and Duke Ellington’s Sacred Concert of Music at Disney Concert Hall. Darius is also featured on numerous recordings, including his award-winning solo debut CD, Darius de Haas: Day Dream-Variations on Strayhorn.

MELISSA JOSEPH, soprano

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elissa Joseph, soprano, is a senior at Georgia State University studying voice performance. She is currently studying with Kay Paschal. Hailing from Bristol, PA, she has performed alongside Fredericka von Stade at the 30th annual Harrower Summer Opera Workshop and with Indra Thomas at Walter Huff’s Choral Silver celebration. In 2014, Ms. Joseph was a semi-finalist at the National NATS Competition and a third place winner at the Southeastern Region NATS Competition. While at Georgia State,

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in Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me, where role as Cain in Children of Eden (Papermill she sang ‘Stop the Show’ and brought the Playhouse), Saturn Returns (Public Theater), Once On This Island (1st National house down every night.

In 2007, she went back to Off-Broadway Tour), the John Adams/June Jordan opera I and starred in (mis) Understanding Was Looking At The Ceiling and Then Mammy-The Hattie McDaniel Story, for I Saw the Sky and Jesus Christ Superstarwhich she was nominated for a Drama Desk Gospel at the Alliance Theater.

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ASO | 4.17/18 | artists she has performed the role of Sarah Good in The Crucible, Mrs. Henry Davis in Street Scene and she has also sung the Offertorio from Verdi’s Requiem. Additionally, she has taken her efforts across campus and has sung the National Anthem at several sporting events. Her talents have taken her to France to compete and tour alongside the Georgia State University singers. Melissa is strongly committed to the Georgia State community and serves as a Hoover Chorale Scholar and a University Scholar. This year Ms. Joseph anticipates on competing in the second round of the Classical Singer National Competition. Upon graduation in May, Melissa hopes to attend graduate school in the Northeast.

SHALA WHITEHEAD, soprano

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hala Whitehead is a lyric soprano and graduate student at Georgia State University. She is in the studio of Kay Paschal. This spring she will be performing the role of Mimi in the production of La bohème. In May 2014, she performed in a concert honoring African American Composers in The Music of African American Composers Concert. In April 2014, she performed the role of Ann Putum in Robert Wards opera, The Crucible. In December 2013, she was a guest soloist in the Go Light Your World Christmas concert for AID Atlanta at Saint Mark United Methodist Church. She helped honor Verdi’s 200th birthday in the Viva Verdi concert with the Musica Sacra Atlanta, where she performed Pace, Pace Mio Dio. She has performed in the opera’s The Crucible, Die Zauberflöte, Carmen, Les contes d’Hoffmann, Street Scene, Sour

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Angelica, and an original opera entitled LaRoche, which premiered in Atlanta in 2005 with the Ameri-Color Opera.

NICK YAQUINTO, baritone

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ick Yaquinto is a senior music major at Georgia State University, studying vocal performance in the studio of Grammy® award-winning tenor Richard Clement. Recently, he premiered at the Atlanta Symphony as Papageno in their production of My Family Valentine and participated in the Atlanta Opera’s 2015 24 Hour Opera Project. This past year he won an encouragement award at the District level of the 2015 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions and was selected as the winner of the Compass Group Night of the stars talent search, and was flown out to Orlando to perform at the Hard Rock Live in Universal Studios. He has also performed several roles on the Georgia State Opera Theater stage, including Schaunard in La bohème, Figaro in Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Thomas Putnam in The Crucible and this past summer performed as Demetrius in Harrower Opera Workshop’s production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Nick is set to graduate in May of 2015 and aspires to continue singing professionally in the coming years.

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Symphony Safari Family Concert ASO | 4.18 | program

Concert of Saturday, April 18, at 11:00am.

Joseph Young, Conductor GIOACCHINO ROSSINI

Overture to La gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie)

LEROY ANDERSON

Old MacDonald Had a Farm

AARON COPLAND

“Hoe-Down” from Rodeo

MODEST MUSSORGSKY (orch. Carl Simpson)

“Ballet of the Chicks in their Shells” from Pictures at an Exhibition: Part III

LEROY ANDERSON

The Waltzing Cat

PETER ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY No. 1, “Scene” from Swan Lake: Suite, Op. 20a PAUL WHITE

No. 5, “Mosquito Dance” from Five Miniatures for Orchestra

NIKOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV “Flight of the Bumblebee” from Tale of the Tsar Saltan JULIUS FUCIK

Der alte Brummbär (Grumbling Bear), comic polka for bassoon & orchestra, Opus 210

PAUL WHITE

No. 4, “Hippo Dance” from Five Miniatures for Orchestra

CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS (arr. Michael Kurth)

“The Elephant” from Carnival of the Animals

HENRY MANCINI (arr. Calvin Custer)

“Baby Elephant Walk” from Tribute to Henry Mancini

JACQUES OFFENBACH (arr. Carl Binder)

“Can-Can” (Galop) from Orpheus in the Underworld

CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS

“Tortoises” from Carnival of the Animals

GIOACCHINO ROSSINI

“Galop” from William Tell Overture Allegro vivace

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JOSEPH YOUNG, Assistant Conductor, Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra Music Director

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oseph Young became Assistant Conductor of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (ASO) and Music Director of the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra in June 2014. Mr. Young assists with the artistic leadership of the Orchestra and serves as the primary conductor for the ASO’s education and community concerts.

In 2007, Mr. Young made his professional debut as the first recipient of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO)-Peabody Institute Conducting Fellowship, and he worked with the BSO through 2009. His recent conducting engagements include the Colorado Symphony Orchestra, Tucson Symphony, Charleston Symphony Orchestra, Delaware Symphony Orchestra and Orquestra Sinfónica do Porto Casa da Música.

Mr. Young’s other professional accolades include being named a semi-finalist in the 2013 Gustav Mahler International Conducting Competition and being featured in the League of American Orchestras prestigious Bruno Walter National Conductor Preview. Additionally he was the first recipient of the Sir Georg Solti Foundation Career Grant for young conductors. He has furthered his conducting studies at the Cabrillo Contemporary Music Festival, the 2010 Jorma Panula International Master class in Porto, Portugal, and at the Tanglewood Music Center.

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Prior to joining the ASO, Mr. Young was Resident Conductor of the Phoenix Symphony.

He also spent a season as Assistant Conductor and a League of American Orchestras Conducting Fellow with the Buffalo Philharmonic.

JEFF ROFFMAN

Mr. Young received a bachelor’s degree in music education from the University of South Carolina in 2004 and completed his graduate studies in conducting with Gustav Meier and Markand Thakar at the Peabody Conservatory in 2009.

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Robert Spano, Music Director Donald Runnicles, Principal Guest Conductor

The concerts this evening will be recorded live for a forthcoming CD. It is essential that you silence all cell phones. Thank you for being a part of the ASO’s recording history!

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KEN MELTZER, ASO Program Annotator Ken’s in-depth program notes, detailed musical analysis and listening samples can be found online: aso.org/encore.

Podcasts of Ken’s pre-concert lectures are at: kenmeltzer.com.

To contact Ken, please email Ken.Meltzer@ woodruffcenter.org.

Delta Classical Concert Concerts of Thursday, April 23, at 8:00pm, and Saturday, April 25, 2015, at 7:30pm.

Robert Spano, Conductor James Alexander, stage director & designer Jessica Rivera, soprano Kelley O’Connor, mezzo-soprano Thomas Cooley, tenor Nmon Ford, baritone Evan Boyer, bass Shannon Eubanks, actor Steven Cole, actor Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus, Norman Mackenzie, Director of Choruses CHRISTOPHER THEOFANIDIS (b. 1967) Creation/Creator, for Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra (2015) 80 MIN I. Elephant in the Dark (Rumi) quintet of soloists, chorus, orchestra II. God Tapestry (Rig Vedas, Kabir) i. Creation Hymn (Rig Vedas) (chorus, soprano, tenor, chorus, orchestra) ii. The Dawn (Rig Vedas) (soprano, mezzo, orchestra) iii. The Bhakti Path (Kabir) (quintet of soloists, chorus, orchestra) III. P an Gu and the Egg-Shaped Cloud (Chinese creation myth) narrator (baritone soloist), orchestra IV. This Dream, Strange and Moving (Je fais souvent ce rêve étrange et penetrant) (Paul Verlaine) recited/recorded text, orchestra V. A Very Small Stage (Carl Sagan)

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(inspired by Truman Capote)

chorus, orchestra XIV. I, a Universe of Atoms

(Richard Feynman)

tenor, chorus, orchestra XV. All Things Bound in a Single Book (The Sefer Yetzirah, Hermann Melville, Dante)

quintet of soloists, chorus, orchestra

World Premiere, Commissioned by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Robert Spano, Music Director Jon H. Weir, Lighting Design Angie Burkhardt, Costume Coordinator Symphony V.0 James Alexander, Creative Director Jon H. Weir, Lighting Designer Brian Pirkle, General Manager Ryan Richards, Technical Director Jeff Ponder, Video Director Brad Sitton, Content Creator

Creation/Creator, for Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra (2015) CHRISTOPHER THEOFANIDIS was born in Dallas, Texas, on December 18, 1967.

Creation/Creator is scored for soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone and bass solos, actor, actress, two flutes (2nd dbl piccolo), two oboes, (2nd dbl English horn), three clarinets (2nd dbl alto saxophone/3rd dbl bass clarinet), two bassoons (2nd dbl contrabassoon), four horns, three trumpets, three trombones, tuba, harp, electric guitar, electric bass, synthesizer, timpani, three percussion and strings.

These are the World Premiere Performances.

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hese world premiere performances of Creation/Creator are a continuation of the long and treasured collaboration between the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, its Music Director Robert Spano, and the distinguished American composer Christopher Theofanidis.

Maestro Spano led the Houston Symphony in the 2000 world premiere of Mr. Theofanidis’s Rainbow Body. Robert Spano and the ASO later recorded Rainbow Body for Telarc Records, and have frequently performed the work, both in Atlanta, and on tour.

In 2001, Robert Spano led the Brooklyn Philharmonic in Mr. Theofanidis’s one-act comic opera, The Cows of Apollo (libretto by William Hoffman). This summer at the Aspen Music Festival, Maestro Spano will lead a performance of The Cows of Apollo, paired with Steven Stucky and Jeremy Denk’s The Classical Style.

In 2005, Maestro Spano and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus performed the world premiere of Mr. Theofanidis’s The Here and Now (2005), commissioned by Robert Spano. In addition to performances in

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VI. L aboratories of the Universe

(dialogue between scientists and philosophers)

quintet of soloists, orchestra VII. I n the Eternal (St. Augustine)

a cappella chorus VIII. Two Girls (Denise Levertov)

soprano soloist, orchestra IX. Ms. Margaret Cavendish

actress, orchestra X. Between Green Thread and Broccoli

(Tony Hoagland)

a cappella chorus XI. The Creation (James Weldon Johnson)

solo actor XII. An Angel in the Marble

(dialogue between artists)

quintet of soloists, chorus, orchestra XIII. The Music it Makes

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In 2009, Maestro Spano and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra gave the world premiere of Mr. Theofanidis’s Symphony, commissioned by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra with the generous participation of The Savannah Music Festival and the Immanuel & Helen Olshan Texas Music Festival. Maestro Spano and the ASO recorded the Theofanidis Symphony for the ASO Media Label. And in September of 2010, Maestro Spano and the ASO premiered Mr. Theofanidis’s Une Certaine Joie de Vivre, composed in celebration of Robert Spano’s 10th anniversary as Music Director.

Christopher Theofanidis on his Creation/Creator

Creation/Creator is a work that explores the relationship between the active sense of what it means to create something and the seemingly more passive sense of observing or being inspired by a creation already in front of you. Appreciating something for its beauty, complexity, and humanity (which is the way most of us experience religion, the arts, the sciences, and other disciplines) puts us within a particular framework of thinking; the act of creating something comes with a different mentality.

The libretto of Creation/Creator reflects a kind of fluid movement between these two “voices” in hopes of shifting the “either/ or” way of thinking.

In assembling the libretto for this work, I sought texts that appealed to me and cohered at some deeper philosophical level but allowed myself great variety of style and presentation in the music/text itself. I had the luxury of three researchers (Amy Beth Kirsten, Carla Baricz, Tyler Griffith) who assisted me in compiling texts from the various disciplines represented. I 38 Atlanta Symphony Orchestra | aso.org

started with the notion that the impulse to create is something that comes from somewhere—for many it is a divine inspiration, for many it is the search for some kind of truth—and this impulse connects us all at a deeper level. As one sage mentioned, “We are all sparks off of the divine spark.”

The following are some comments on the work’s various movements: Elephant in the Dark—The short opening invites everyone to the party; Rumi, in a beautiful metaphor, says that all of us, from our various lives and perspectives, can only understand the whole in a limited way, but if we came together and each shared what we knew, and listened to each other, we would have a better sense of the whole. I saw this as particularly germane to the greater work’s dialogue.

God Tapestry—A larger movement of three interconnected poems from Hindu writings; the opening poem is from one of the earliest religious texts, the Rig Vedas, and is called “The Hymn to Creation,” appropriately enough. I love this poem because it asks questions—it is not just a deliberation on the way things are; it essentially starts the work by inviting the audience to ask things about origins.

The second poem, The Dawn, is really beautiful, and draws a parallel between the sun at dawn and the creative impulse.

The last poem in this set is The Bhakti Path, and this one talks about the strange relationship of creating to the ego, and how one ironically has to both ultimately have and lose the ego to create.

Pan Gu and the Egg Shaped Cloud—One of the many fantastical creation stories I came across; it is Chinese in origin, and I love it because it shows the birth of order from chaos, and it highlights the impulse

to organize. Further, it brings out the idea that this impulse to create inspires others to themselves create, and it is this spreading of the creative impulse that keeps back the chaos.

author wrote in a slightly catty way; it talks about how she as an authoress can create empires and worlds greater than Caesar or Alexander the Great...and all with a lot less suffering.

This Dream, Strange and Moving—An orchestral feature movement with a spoken stanza from a Verlaine poem—this symbolist poem talks about the elusiveness of the creative process—why each time it is both completely new and somehow the same.

Between Green Thread and Broccoli—A humorous reminder to find joy in creating and in the appreciation of simple things.

of the Universe—The scientists I have quoted who are in dialogue here inspired me in that they are talking about the motivation behind the sciences they pursue as much as the sciences themselves—the sense of joy and wonder that drives them to pursue what they are looking for. They are also dealing with the “big questions” that religion itself deals with.

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In the Eternal—This marvelous text from St. Augustine succinctly lays out the foundation of the questions of religion, philosophy, and science in a mysterious prose; it struck me as particularly powerful because it uses some of the same vocabulary as modern science to describe time, decay, and creation.

from the Harlem Renaissance poet, James Weldon Johnson; it tells the traditional biblical story of the creation in a wonderful vernacular.

An Angel in the Marble—This movement

is the same kind of dialogue and response as Laboratories of the Universe, only this time centered around the artist’s response.

The title comes from what Michelangelo wrote about how he created: “I saw an angel in the marble, and I carved until I set him free.”

The Music it Makes—Truman Capote said that he wasn’t interested in the creation itself, but in “the music it makes”, which gave me another great excuse to have a short orchestral feature number after the chorus sings this introductory text.

I, a Universe of Atoms—An elegant prose

by the great physicist Richard Feynman, reflecting upon how the creation is a marvel from the smallest to the largest levels of existence.

Two Girls—A lovely poem that talks about how the artist’s work may delight someone in a way that the artist herself could not have foreseen, and about the beauty of creating something for others.

All Things Bound in a Single Book—A weaving together of several texts from the Jewish Book of Creation (the Sefer Yetzirah), along with texts of Hermann Melville, and finally Dante, which ultimately culminates in imploring the audience to engage creation directly themselves.

Ms. Margaret Cavendish—An hilarious

—Christopher Theofanidis

epilogue to a book that the 17th-century

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A Very Small Stage—A poetic and beautiful sketch from Carl Sagan puts humanity in its proper context, and in some ways sets the stage for the following movement.

The Creation—A purely narrated text

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hristopher Theofanidis has had performances by many leading orchestras from around the world, including the London Symphony, the New York Philharmonic, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Moscow Soloists, the National, Atlanta, Baltimore, St. Louis, Detroit Symphonies, and many others. He also has served as Composer of the Year for the Pittsburgh Symphony during their 2006- 2007 Season, for which he wrote a violin concerto for Sarah Chang.

Mr. Theofanidis holds degrees from Yale, the Eastman School of Music, and the University of Houston, and has been the recipient of the International Masterprize (hosted at the Barbican Centre in London), the Rome Prize, a Guggenheim Fellowship, six ASCAP Gould Prizes, a Fulbright Fellowship to France, a Tanglewood Fellowship, and the American Academy of Arts and Letters’ Charles Ives Fellowship. In 2007 he was nominated for a Grammy for best composition for his chorus and orchestra work, The Here and Now, based on the poetry of Rumi. His orchestral concert work, Rainbow Body, has been one of the most performed new orchestral works of the last ten years, having been performed by over 100 orchestras internationally.

Mr. Theofanidis’ has recently written a ballet for the American Ballet Theatre, a work for the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra as part of their ‘New Brandenburg’ series, and he currently has two separate opera commissions for the San Francisco and Houston Grand Opera companies.

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orchestra. He has served as a delegate to the US-Japan Foundation’s Leadership Program and is a former faculty member of the Peabody Conservatory and the Juilliard School. He currently teaches at Yale University.

JAMES ALEXANDER, creative director

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reation/Creator Oratorio represents James Alexander’s seventh collaboration with The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Previous Theater of a Concert presentations with The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra include, A Flowering Tree, Madama Butterfly, La bohème, Stravinsky’s Nightingale, Bernstein on Broadway and Dr. Atomic.

Mr. Alexander has had an extensive career in the performing arts, where amongst other things he founded a music theatre company in his native Scotland, managed The Boston Pops and directed both plays and musicals in London’s West End. Mr. Alexander has also served on The Decca Record Company A&R team, managed classical soloists and conductors and produced television and staged operas on three continents.

In Europe, his productions and engagements range from staging The Flying Dutchman with The Royal Scottish National Orchestra to various productions with Scottish Opera, Opera North, The Gabrieli Consort & Players (Venice & London), to serving as the Associate Director of the Olivier Award-winning Carmen Jones at London’s Old Vic Theatre.

In the US, Mr. Alexander has been a longtime collaborator with Maestro Seiji Ozawa

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CHRISTOPHER THEOFANIDIS, composer

In 2012, Mr. Alexander founded and became Creative Director for SymphonyV.0, a Georgia-based production company realizing revolutionary presentations for symphony orchestras and opera companies using pioneering lighting effects and sound technology. After launching SymphonyV.0 with The Atlanta Symphony’s production of A Flowering Tree, Mr. Alexander created a four-concert Stokowski Festival with The Philadelphia Orchestra integrating 3D mapping, lighting and other technology inside Philadelphia’s Academy of Music.

Ms. Rivera made her European operatic debut as Kitty Oppenheimer in Peter Sellars’s acclaimed production of John Adams’s Doctor Atomic with the Netherlands Opera. She repeated that role in her debut at the Lyric Opera of Chicago; with the Metropolitan Opera under the direction of Alan Gilbert; and with Robert Spano and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.

This season, Mr. Alexander has scripted and directed The Academy of Music’s 158th Anniversary Concert at Philadelphia’s Academy of Music, uniting the acting talent of Al Pacino with The Philadelphia Orchestra, and at Easter he revived his universally acclaimed minimalist staging of Bach’s St. Matthew Passion for The Philadelphia Orchestra under Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin.

JESSICA RIVERA, soprano

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oprano Jessica Rivera is a frequent guest soloist with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, and is known for her work with contemporary composers. She originated the role of Kumudha in John Adams’s opera, A Flowering Tree, in a production directed by Peter Sellars as part of the New Crowned Hope Festival in Vienna.

Recent appearances include the role of Pat Nixon in John Adams’s Nixon in China as part of a multi-city European tour with the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by the composer and two appearances at Carnegie Hall in the season as a part of the Hall’s Voices from Latin America focus.

Ms. Rivera’s other career highlights include the role of Margarita Xirgu in Madrid’s Teatro Real in Golijov’s Ainadamar; the Cartagena Festival in Colombia for Golijov’s La Pasión según San Marcos; her Boston Symphony Orchestra debut in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony; and a solo recital presented by San Francisco Performances.

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ossessing a voice of uncommon allure, musical sophistication far beyond her years, and intuitive and innate dramatic artistry, the Grammy® Award-winning mezzo-soprano Kelley O’Connor has emerged

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Since then, she has performed A Flowering Tree for her debut with the Berliner Philharmoniker with Sir Simon Rattle and, under the composer’s baton, with the Cincinnati Opera, San Francisco Symphony, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Orchestra of St. Luke’s at Lincoln Center, the London Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican Centre, and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Robert Spano.

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and The Boston Symphony, where he helped create stagings of Elektra, Salome, Pique Dame, Idomeneo and the 50th Anniversary production of Peter Grimes at Tanglewood.

At the Cincinnati Opera, he collaborated with conductor Sir Roger Norrington on an acclaimed production of Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro, hailed by Opera News as, “a perfect combination of tastefulness and humor.”

as one of the most compelling performers of her generation. During the 2014-15 season, the California native’s impressive calendar includes, amongst many others, Mozart’s Requiem with Louis Langrée and the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra at Lincoln Center, Leoš Janáček’s Glagolitic Mass with the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Alan Gilbert and Debussy’s La Damoiselle élue and Duruflé’s Requiem with Donald Runnicles conducting the Berliner Philharmoniker.

Recent concert seasons include performances of Beethoven’s Mass in C during an international tour with Franz Welser-Möst and the Cleveland Orchestra, John Adams’ El Niño under the baton of Vladimir Jurowski with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, a US recital tour with soprano Jessica Rivera and pianist Robert Spano, including a performance at Carnegie Hall, Ravel’s Scheherazade with Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Philharmonia Orchestra at the Edinburgh Festival, Bach’s St. Matthew Passion with Robert Spano and the Atlanta Symphony and many others.

Ms. O’Connor has sung Janáček’s The Cunning Little Vixen with Alan Gilbert and the New York Philharmonic, numerous performances with Gustavo Dudamel, including Bernstein’s “Jeremiah” Symphony on an international tour with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Mahler’s “Resurrection” Symphony with the Simón Bolívar Orchestra, excerpts from Roussel’s Padmâvatî and the world premiere of a vocal work written for Ms. O’Connor by the legendary Indian musician, Zakir Hussain, in addition to multiple other roles. Ms. O’Connor has received unanimous international, critical acclaim for her numerous performances as 42 Atlanta Symphony Orchestra | aso.org

Federico García Lorca in Osvaldo Golijov’s Ainadamar. Ms. O’Connor created the role for the world premiere at Tanglewood, under the baton of Robert Spano, and subsequently joined Miguel Harth-Bedoya for performances of Golijov’s piece with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Walt Disney Concert Hall.

For her debut with the Atlanta Symphony in Ainadamar, she joined Robert Spano for performances and a Grammy® Awardwinning Orchestra Deutsche Grammophon recording. Her discography also includes Lieberson’s Neruda Songs with Robert Spano and the Atlanta Symphony, as well as Adams’ The Gospel According to the Other Mary with Gustavo Dudamel Orchestra and the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with Franz Welser-Möst and the Cleveland Orchestra.

EVAN BOYER, bass

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van Boyer is a recent graduate of the Ryan Opera Center at Lyric Opera of Chicago.

In the 2014-15 season, Mr. Boyer will sing the role of Masetto in Don Giovanni with the Seattle Opera, as well as Colline in La bohème with the Palm Beach Opera. He also sees performances of the Armchair/Tree in L’enfant et les Sortilèges with Seiji Ozawa’s Music Academy in Japan.

Orchestral engagements include Mozart’s Requiem with the Dallas Symphony and the Houston Symphony, as well as Handel’s Messiah with the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra.

Mr. Boyer opened last season with the Lyric Opera of Chicago at Millennium Park, and also sang the role of Lodovico in Otello at the Lyric. Additionally, he performed Sarastro in The Magic Flute in a new production with Los

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THOMAS COOLEY, tenor

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homas Cooley has been praised for his clear, supple, lyrical, powerful and expressive voice. These qualities, combined with his musicianship and sense of style makes him equally at home on the opera, concert and recital stages. As a concert performer, Thomas Cooley appears throughout Europe and the U.S. with major orchestras and ensembles such as the Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig, the Bavarian Radio Orchestra, the Bach Collegium Stuttgart, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Cleveland Orchestra, the Minnesota Orchestra, the Atlanta Symphony, and the Orchestra of St. Luke’s.

His concert repertoire encompasses over 400 years of music including the works of Monteverdi, Bach, Händel, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Elgar, Kodály, Britten, and Penderecki. Of his debut with the Cologne Philharmonie as the Evangelist in Bach’s St. Matthew Passion, one reviewer

As an operatic performer, his repertoire ranges from Monteverdi and Händel, through Mozart and Rossini, to the present day. Recent performances include Peter Quint in Turn of the Screw with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Krinprinz in Kevin Puts’ Silent Night with the Cincinnati Opera and Bob Boles with the St. Louis Symphony at Carnegie Hall. As a member of the ensemble at the Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz in Munich, he sang such roles as Ferrando in Cosi fan tutte, Tamino in Die Zauberflöte, Belmonte in Die Entführung aus dem Serail, the title role in Idomeneo and Count Almaviva in Rossini’s Il Barbiere di Siviglia.

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Mr. Boyer completed his tenure at the Ryan Opera Center in 2012-13. Throughout that season he was heard in productions of Simon Boccanegra, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, La bohème, and Rigoletto. Subsequently, Mr. Boyer made his debut with the Canadian Opera Company as 1st Soldier in Salome, followed by performances as the 2nd Commisaire in Dialogues des Carmelites. He also sang the role of Colline in La bohème with the Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional in the Dominican Republic.

wrote, “Especially Thomas Cooley stood out among the strong soloists. A better Evangelist, with such intensity and sensibility, can hardly be imagined.”

NMON FORD, baritone

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featured soloist on the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra’s 2010 Grammy Awardwinning album Transmigrations (Telarc) and the four-time 2006 Grammy Award-winning (including Best Classical Recording) Songs of Innocence and of Experience (Naxos), Panamanian-American Nmon Ford enjoyed many successful debuts over the past year, among them the role of Jochanaan (Salome) with Opéra National de Bordeaux and the title role of Ernest Bloch’s Macbeth at Chicago Opera Theater.

This season Nmon performed Brahms’ Requiem with the Milwaukee Symphony, the role of Scarpia in Tosca with Madison Opera, Porgy and Bess – A Symphonic Suite at Austria’s Grafenegg Festival and Orff’s Carmina Burana with the ASO and Robert

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Angeles Opera, and returned to the Canadian Opera Company, singing Samuel in Un ballo in maschera.

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Spano. After singing Mahler’s Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen with Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire (ONPL), he was immediately re-engaged by the ONPL for Mahler’s Kindertotenlieder and Fauré’s Requiem.

Nmon appeared at Teatro Comunale di Bologna in the title role of Pier Luigi Pizzi’s production of Don Giovanni, followed by the role of Escamillo in Carmen at the Szeged Open-Air Festival in Hungary. In recent seasons, he sang his first engagements at the Sferisterio Festival in Macerata, Italy in the title role of a new production of Attila and as Holofernes in a new production of Juditha Triumphans, preceded by Don Giovanni and the title role in The Emperor Jones at Teatro delle Muse di Ancona (Italy) and Escamillo at Palm Beach Opera.

Nmon’s recordings include Vai DaCapo – Songs of Delight (Universal Records; Billboard Top 20, Classical and Classical Crossover), Vaughan Williams’ Serenade to Music (Concord) with Robert Spano and the ASO, and Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody (In-Akustik). Upcoming engagements include Simon Boccanegra at Opéra National de Boredeaux and Brahms’ Requiem with the ASO and Robert Spano at Carnegie Hall.

STEVEN COLE, Actor

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nternationally acclaimed American character tenor Steven Cole made his professional debut singing Monsieur Triquet in Eugene Onegin with the Boston Symphony under Seiji Ozawa at Tanglewood. Specializing in character tenor roles, he has a remarkably varied repertoire with more than 70 roles from Monteverdi to Ligeti.

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Mr. Cole’s recent seasons exemplify his extraordinary versatility: Ariadne auf Naxos at the Liceo in Barcelona, the Witch in Hansel und Gretel with the Boston Symphony, the Four Valets in Les contes d’Hoffmann in Lausanne, Le prince de Boetie in Orphée aux enfers in Granada, Monostatos in Die Zauberflöte in Cagliari, Prince Orlofsky in Die Fledermaus at the Austrian operetta festival of Bad Ischl, performances of his Animals, Big and Small recital in Hannover, and a concert version of Ligeti’s Le grand macabre with the BBC Orchestra at the Barbican. He also recently performed in La fanciulla del West in Seattle, Die Zauberflöte in Rome, Sartorio’s Giulio Cesare at the Innsbruck Baroque Festival in Austria, and Les contes d’Hoffmann with the Marseille Opera.

Mr. Cole made his Metropolitan Opera debut as the Tanzmeister in Ariadne auf Naxos under James Levine. He has sung with the Cleveland Orchestra and the Chicago Symphony and performed Janáček’s From the House of the Dead with Rafael Kubelik conducting the New York Philharmonic. During the course of his career, he has returned many times to the San Francisco Opera (Die Zauberflöte, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Boris Godunov, Khovanshchina and La fanciulla del West), and he has performed with Canadian Opera, Houston, Washington, Chicago Lyric and Seattle Opera.

SHANNON EUBANKS, Actor

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hannon Eubanks is a southern native who built her career in Los Angeles and New York, performing in classical repertory across the U.S., from Alaska Repertory Theatre to the Alabama Shakespeare Festival to

Her series television career began on Lou Grant, followed by a stint on Dynasty, and then to New York, where she created the role of Ann Alden Forbes on the ABC daytime drama Loving. Television movies include Alienation of Affection (Lifetime), Night John (Disney), The Price of Heaven (CBS), The Margaret Mitchell Story (NBC), Pop Rocks (ABC Family), and the Hallmark Hall of Fame production of Secrets: The Other Anna (ABC). Feature films include The Patriot, Lightning Bug, Runaway Jury, Twenty Years After, Something to Talk About, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil and Justice. Recent network series appearances include the recurring role of Bastianna Natale on The Originals, Drop Dead Diva and East Bound and Down for HBO. Atlanta Theatre audiences have seen her on the Alliance stage in Tuck Everlasting and The Color Purple, plus many others. She is the wife of actor James Donadio and proud step-mom of actress Kate Donadio MacQueen.

NORMAN MACKENZIE, Conductor

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s Director of Choruses for the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra since 2000 and holder of its endowed Frannie and Bill Graves Chair, Norman Mackenzie was chosen to help carry forward the creative vision of legendary founding conductor Robert Shaw to a new

generation of music lovers. At the ASO, he prepares the Choruses for all concerts and recordings, works closely with Robert Spano on the commissioning and realization of new choral-orchestral works and conducts holiday concerts annually. Mr. Mackenzie also serves as Organist and Director of Music and Fine Arts for Atlanta’s Trinity Presbyterian Church and pursues an active recital and guest conducting schedule.

Mr. Mackenzie has been hailed by The New York Times as Robert Shaw’s “designated successor.” In his 14-year association with Mr. Shaw, he was keyboardist for the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Principal Accompanist for the ASO Choruses, and ultimately assistant choral conductor. In addition, he was musical assistant and accompanist for the Robert Shaw Chamber Singers, the Robert Shaw Institute Summer Choral Festivals in France and the United States, and the famed Shaw/ Carnegie Hall Choral Workshops. He was choral clinician for the first three workshops after Mr. Shaw’s passing and partnered with Robert Spano for the 2011 Carnegie Hall Workshop featuring the Berlioz Requiem.

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he Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus (ASOC) was founded in 1970 by former ASO Music Director Robert Shaw. Comprising 200 auditioned voices, the Chorus is an all-volunteer organization that performs on a regular basis with the ASO and is featured on many of the Orchestra’s recordings.

Led by ASO Director of Choruses Norman Mackenzie, the Chorus is known for its precision and expressive singing quality. Their recordings with the ASO have won multiple Grammy® Awards, including Best Choral Performance, Best Classical Recording and Best Opera Recording. Those include Vaughan Williams’ A Sea Symphony and the Berlioz Requiem.

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the Shakespeare Society of America’s Globe Playhouse in Los Angeles. Ms. Eubanks has performed in over 180 principal roles, including Juliet, Rosalind, Lady MacBeth, Elmire in Tartuffe, Sonia in Vanya and Raina in Arms and the Man. A five-time Los Angeles Drama Critics’ Circle Award nominee, she created the role of Connie in Cowards at the Marilyn Monroe, Sally Hite in Yankee Wives at the Court and Irina in Poor Murderer at the Coronet.

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The ASOC performs large choral-symphonic works with the full Orchestra under the batons of Music Director Robert Spano and Principal Guest Conductor Donald Runnicles.

In addition, the Chorus has been involved in the creation and shaping of numerous worldpremiere commissioned choral works.

The Chorus made its debut at New York’s Carnegie Hall in 1976 with a performance of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9. In addition, the Chorus performed in Washington, D.C., for President-elect Jimmy Carter’s Inaugural Concert in 1977. The chorus has traveled to Germany three times to be a special guest of the Berlin Philharmonic in December 2003 for performances of Britten’s War Requiem, in May 2008 for the Berlioz Requiem and in December 2009 for a week of Brahms Requiem performances — all with ASO Principal Guest Conductor Donald Runnicles.

Within the Chorus, there is an auditioned group of 60 musicians called the ASO Chamber Chorus. The Chamber Chorus, which formed before the larger Chorus in 1967, performs music of the Baroque and Classical eras, as well as works by modern masters.

ANGELA MALONE, costume designer

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ngela Malone received her MFA in costume design for theatre from Indiana University in 2008. She was the costume shop manager at Butler University from 2011-14.

Ms. Malone designed Two Maples, As You Like It, and Tartuffe for the Butler theatre department. At IU she designed Measure for Measure (Thesis), Urinetown and American Maul. She received her BFA from the University of North Texas. Angie was the costume designer for Franklin College from 2009-11.

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worked as a draper, first hand, and wardrobe supervisor for the Indianapolis Repertory Theatre. She was an assistant costume designer for Yuletide Celebration at the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra from 2007-10. She has designed several shows for Cardinal Stage Company in Bloomington, IN, including Les Misérables, Willy Wonka, Pippi Longstocking, Wizard of Oz, Charlotte’s Web, Annie, Go Dog Go!, All My Sons, My Fair Lady, Grapes of Wrath, The Sound of Music, If you Give a Mouse a Cookie and Doubt. Ms. Malone has recently moved to Atlanta where she has built costumes for TV episodes for ABC and is designing for the Center of Puppetry Arts. Visit her website at: http://angieburkhardtmalone. daportfolio.com SYMPHONY V.0

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Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus Jeffrey Baxter, Choral Administrator The Florence Kopleff Chair

Norman Mackenzie, Director of Choruses The Frannie and Bill Graves Chair SOPRANO 1

Ariel Barnes Rachel Bloemer Sakinah Davis Liz Dean Laura Foster Meg Granum Michelle Griffin Victoria Kolterman Arietha Lockhart** Alexis Lundy Mindy Margolis Patricia Nealon* Joneen Padgett Stacey Tanner Brianne Turgeon* Lori Beth Wiseman Kara Mia Wray Wanda Yang Temko* Natalie York Eaker SOPRANO 2

June Abbott** Sloan Atwood* Jessica Barber Barbara Brown Kelly Campobasso Ellen Chase Martha Craft Ellen Dukes** Katherine Folds Mary Goodwin Kathleen KellyGeorge Eda Mathews**

Rachel O’Dell Vickie Orme Lindsay Patten Chantae Pittman Donna Ross Linda Searles Sydney SmithRikard Paula Snelling* Anne-Marie Spalinger* Tommie Storer Emily Tallant Cheryl Thrash** Donna Weeks*

Katherine Murray* Meesook Sonu Rachel Stewart** Diana Strommen Nancy York ALTO 2

Nancy Adams* Michelle Austin Stephanie Bizardi Meaghan Curry Cynthia Goeltz DeBold** Michèle Diament Sally Kann ALTO 1 Nicole Khoury* Deborah Katherine Boland** MacKenzie Rachel Bowman Lynda Martin Meagan Bradford Andrea Schmidt Donna CarterSharon Simons Wood* Alexandra Tanico Laurie Cronin Virginia Patricia DinkinsThompson* Matthews* Sarah Ward Pamela Kiki Wilson** Drummond* Diane Beth Freeman Woodard** Pamela Griffin* TENOR 1 Noelle Hooge Jeffrey Baxter** Beverly Hueter Jack Caldwell* Janet Johnson* Daniel Cameron* Virginia Little* Joseph Cortes Staria Lovelady Clifford Edge** Paige Mathis* Steven Farrow** Holly McCarren* Wayne Gammon Frances Leif GilbertMcDowell** Hansen Linda Morgan** James Jarrell Keith Langston

Peter Marshall, Accompanist

Jeffrey LeCraw Ariel Merivil Clinton Miller Christopher Patton Stephen Reed † Nathan Schreer Mark Warden* TENOR 2

Mark Barnes Curtis Bisges Justin Cornelius Charles Cottingham † Phillip Crumbly* Jeffrey Daniel Joseph Few* Hamilton Fong Keith Jeffords* Steven Johnstone* David Lamb Jonathan Marvel Michael Parker Marshall Peterson* Brent Runnels Clifton Russell Caleb Waters Robert Wilkinson Mark Zekoff BASS 1

David Hansen** Nick Jones † Jameson Linville Peter MacKenzie Jason Maynard Andrew Riechel Mark Russell Kendric Smith † Owen Talley Aaron Villalobos Edgie Wallace Edward Watkins** BASS 2

Philip Barreca Charles Boone Brian Brown* Joseph Champion John Cooledge † Rick Copeland* Joel Craft** Paul Fletcher Andrew Gee* Timothy Gunter* Eric Litsey** Evan Mauk Eckhart Richter* John Ruff* Jonathan Smith Timothy Solomon** Benjamin Temko Gregory Whitmire* Keith Wyatt*

Michael Arens* Richard Brock* Russell Cason* * 20+ years Trey Clegg of service Steven Darst* ** 30+ years of service Leroy Fetters Jon Gunnemann* † Charter member (1970)

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Delta Classical Concert

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The concert of Friday, May 1, is performed without intermission, and includes the Stravinsky, Ravel and Gershwin works.

The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Classical Series is presented by Delta Air Lines.

Abraham J. & Phyllis Katz Foundation ZWJ Investment Counsel The use of cameras or recording devices during the concert is strictly prohibited. Please be kind to those around you and silence your mobile phone and other hand-held devices.

KEN MELTZER, ASO Program Annotator Ken’s in-depth program notes, detailed musical analysis and listening samples can be found online: aso.org/encore.

Podcasts of Ken’s pre-concert lectures are at: kenmeltzer.com.

To contact Ken, please email Ken.Meltzer@ woodruffcenter.org.

Concerts of Thursday, April 30, at 8:00pm, Friday, May 1, at 6:30pm, and Saturday, May 2, 2015, at 7:30pm.

Robert Spano, Conductor Elizabeth Koch Tiscione, oboe Laura Ardan, clarinet Keith Buncke, bassoon Brice Andrus, horn Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano MICHAEL GANDOLFI (b. 1956) Imaginary Numbers (2015)

I. Sky and Water

II. Duetti Misteriosi III. Hymn of the Five Suns IV. Mandelbrot’s Scherzo Elizabeth Koch Tiscione, oboe Laura Ardan, clarinet Keith Buncke, bassoon Brice Andrus, horn

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World premiere. Commissioned by Paul and Linnea Bert—In honor of their long-time friendship with Dede and Tony Spano and Robert Spano, Music Director of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.

IGOR STRAVINSKY (1882-1971) Suite from The Firebird (1910, 1919 Revision) 23 MIN

I. Introduction: The Firebird and Her Dance; Variation of the Firebird

II. The Princesses’ Round: Khorovode III. Infernal Dance of King Kastcheï IV. Berceuse

V. Finale INTERMISSION

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20 MIN

GEORGE GERSHWIN (1898-1937) An American in Paris (1928)

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Imaginary Numbers (2015) MICHAEL GANDOLFI was born in Melrose, Massachusetts, on July 5, 1956. Imaginary Numbers is scored for solo oboe, clarinet, bassoon and horn, and an orchestra comprising two flutes, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, two horns, trumpet, trombone, timpani, percussion, harp and strings.

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aul and Linnea Bert, of the Memphis Symphony, have been strong supporters of my work, with which they became acquainted through the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra performances of my music over the years. As a consequence of this, Paul and Linnea have scheduled and commissioned several works of mine, and have overseen the premieres and performances of these works by the Memphis Symphony.

What began as a professional relationship quickly developed into a wonderful friendship, which led to the couple’s most recent request that I compose a concerto for four soloists and orchestra. The choice of the soloists’ instrumentation (oboe, clarinet, French horn and bassoon) was Paul and Linnea’s, but it is anything but arbitrary.

Paul and Linnea are longstanding friends of Robert Spano and his parents, Tony and Dede Spano. Paul asked that this piece acknowledge their friendship. Early on in their lives, the two couples played three of the four instruments (Tony - clarinet, Dede

- oboe, Linnea - bassoon, Paul - oboe).

All four love the French horn. Linnea and Dede literally grew up together, playing in band and orchestra from their childhoods.

It was a pleasure for me to accept this commission, and to dedicate my work to these wonderful people as well as to the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. It is a work that celebrates a loving friendship and a shared passion for music.

In preparing the piece, I studied Haydn’s Sinfonia Concertante, a glorious concerto for four soloists (oboe, bassoon, violin and ‘cello). My first thought was to use that as a model. However, when I started composing, I quickly realized that I was diverging from this initial intent. I did choose an orchestra that is comparable in size to Haydn’s, but I add a second flute (Haydn uses one), trumpet, trombone, harp, and percussion; and I use one orchestral oboe and one orchestral bassoon, as opposed to Haydn’s choice to use two of each. In summary, the weight of each orchestral complement is somewhat similar, albeit my instrumentation is a bit heftier and affords more color, without delving into the extravagances of a Romantic-era or modern-era full-orchestra, which I felt was unsuitable for the more intimate result that I was seeking in this work.

Imaginary Numbers is cast in four movements, totaling about twenty-two minutes in length. Its title is a play on words.

‘Imaginary number’ is a term coined by Descartes to describe a mathematical concept that today is known as a ‘complex number.’ ‘Number’ might also refer to a dance, as in a dance ‘number.’ I play with both meanings in the piece.

The first movement, Sky and Water, derives from an M.C. Escher lithograph.

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I. Allegramente

II. Adagio assai III. Presto Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

ASO | 4.30/5.1/2 | program Sky and Water I., the title of Escher’s work, depicts geese descending from the sky that smoothly morph into fish as they enter the water. I composed a rhythmical pattern that has two interpretations (one pulsates, the other ‘swings’) that morph from one to the other (and back) in the course of the movement; a musical corollary to Escher’s visual work.

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The second movement, Duetti Misteriosi, is a pas-de-deux (duet dance), which casts playful music alongside mysterious music.

Its elaborate form expresses a carefully circumscribed symmetry that is wound around a raging, middle section.

The third movement, Hymn of the Five Suns, is a chorale with episodes that feature the soloists’ individual voices, all of which I hear as a slow dance. ‘Five Suns’ is a term found in creation myths. The Aztecs and Nahua peoples refer to the ‘Five Suns’ as five cycles of creation and destruction, four of which they claim have already occurred. The Hymn-like quality of the opening chorale led me to this title.

The fourth movement, Mandelbrot’s Scherzo, is a fast and playful dance that affords the soloists and orchestra the opportunity to display their technical wares before closing the piece. Mandelbrot Sets are based on complex numbers.

I am indebted to Paul, Linnea, Tony and Dede for their longstanding support of my work and for their warm and enduring friendship. I am also indebted to the fine soloists of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. I am blessed to have such extraordinary artists presenting my work.

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more importantly, for all that they do to ensure the highest level of artistry that has been the hallmark of their existence, and has defined their position at the top of the ranks of the greatest musical institutions of our time.

-Michael Gandolfi Suite from The Firebird (1910, 1919 Revision) IGOR STRAVINSKY was born in Lomonosov, Russia, on June 17, 1882, and died in New York on April 7, 1971. The first performance of The Firebird took place at the Paris Opéra on June 25, 1910, with Gabriel Pierné conducting. The 1919 Suite from The Firebird is scored for piccolo, two flutes, two oboes, English horn, two clarinets, two bassoons, four horns, two trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, xylophone, tambourine, triangle, cymbals, suspended cymbal, bass drum, harp, piano, celeste and strings.

First ASO Classical Subscription Performance: January 21 and 22, 1960, Henry Sopkin, Conductor.

Most Recent ASO Classical Subscription Performances: March 4, 5 and 6, 1999, Yoel Levi, Conductor.

ASO Recording: Telarc CD-80039, Robert Shaw, Conductor.

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ussian composer Igor Stravinsky composed his ballet, The Firebird, at the invitation of Sergei Diaghilev, impresario of the Ballets Russes. The triumphant premiere took place in Paris on June 25, 1910. The Firebird’s winning synthesis of lyric and dramatic elements, couched in dazzling orchestration, captured the imagination of the Paris audiences and catapulted Stravinsky to national and international prominence.

The Story of The Firebird

I. Introduction: The Firebird and Her Dance; Variation of the Firebird—The story of The

II. The Princesses’ Round: Khorovode—The Prince comes to the courtyard of an enchanted castle, where he finds thirteen beautiful Princesses, captives of the evil magician Kastcheï. The Princesses warn Prince Ivan not to enter the castle, for Kastcheï has the power to turn intruders to stone. The Prince boldly ignores their warnings.

III. Infernal Dance of King Kastcheï—The Prince suddenly encounters Kastcheï’s horrible servants, and ultimately, the magician himself.

Kastcheï tries to turn the Prince into stone, but the hero produces the Firebird’s magic feather.

The Firebird appears and forces Kastcheï and his followers into a frenetic dance.

IV. Berceuse—When Kastcheï and his followers are exhausted, the Firebird lulls them to sleep.

V. Finale—Kastcheï and his retinue are destroyed. All of the prisoners are set free, including the Thirteenth Princess, whom the Prince weds.

Piano Concerto in G Major (1931) MAURICE RAVEL was born in Ciboure, Basses-Pyrénées, France, on March 7, 1875, and died in Paris, France, on December 28, 1937. The first performance of the G-Major Piano Concerto took place at the Salle Pleyel in Paris on January 14, 1932, with Marguerite Long as soloist and the composer conducting the Lamoureux Orchestra. In addition to the solo piano, the G-Major Concerto is scored for piccolo, flute, oboe, English horn,

B-flat clarinet, E-flat clarinet, two bassoons, two horns, trumpet, trombone, harp, timpani, snare drum, wood block, triangle, tam-tam, suspended cymbal, whip, bass drum and strings.

First ASO Classical Subscription Performances: January 10, 1963, Philippe Entremont, Piano, Henry Sopkin, Conductor.

Most Recent ASO Classical Subscription Performances: October 6 and 8, 2011, Terrence Wilson, Piano, Mei-Ann Chen, Conductor.

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oward the close of 1927, Maurice Ravel embarked upon a four-month tour of the United States and Canada. While in America, Ravel had the opportunity to meet such musicians as George Gershwin and Paul Whiteman. In fact, Ravel and Gershwin traveled to Harlem on several occasions to listen to jazz. Ravel was greatly impressed by what he termed “the national music of the United States.”

Ravel completed his Piano Concerto in G in the fall of 1931. In an interview, Ravel acknowledged that the jazz he so enjoyed in the United States influenced the G-major Concerto. Ravel queried: “What is being written today without the influence of jazz?

It is not the only influence, however; in the concerto one also finds bass accompaniments from the time of Bach, a melody that recalls Mozart, the Mozart of the Clarinet Quintet, which by the way is the most beautiful piece he wrote.” Of course, the success of the G-major Concerto is the product of Ravel’s remarkable ability to synthesize these various and potentially disparate influences into an engaging, unified and individual work.

The Concerto in G Major is in three movements. The first movement (Allegramente) opens with the soloist accompanying a vivacious piccolo melody, apparently based upon

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Firebird is based upon Russian folk legend.

While wandering in the forest at night, the Prince Ivan encounters a magic Firebird. The Prince is entranced by the Firebird’s beauty and captures her. However, the Prince takes pity on the Firebird and sets her free. In gratitude, the Firebird gives the Prince one of her feathers, and promises to aid him in his hour of need.

ASO | 4.30/5.1/2 | program a Basque folk tune. Ravel introduces several additional themes, notably a descending blues passage. The inspiration for the Concerto’s slow second movement (Adagio assai) was its counterpart in Mozart’s Clarinet Quintet, K. 581 (1789). The virtuoso finale (Presto) is the Concerto’s most overtly jazz-influenced movement.

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An American in Paris (1928) GEORGE GERSHWIN was born in Brooklyn, New York, on September 26, 1898, and died in Hollywood, California, on July 11, 1937. The first performance of An American in Paris took place at Carnegie Hall in New York on December 13, 1928, with Walter Damrosch conducting the New York PhilharmonicSymphony Society. An American in Paris is scored for piccolo, three flutes, two oboes, English horn, two clarinets, bass clarinet, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, two bassoons, four horns, three trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, xylophone, orchestra bells, snare drum, wood block, tom-toms, cymbals, suspended cymbal, taxi horns, bass drum, triangle, celeste and strings.

First ASO Classical Subscription Performance: March 3, 1953, Henry Sopkin, Conductor.

Most Recent ASO Classical Subscription Performances: November 19, 20 and 22, 2009, Robert Spano, Conductor.

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n March of 1928, George Gershwin departed New York for Europe, and trips to Paris, London and Vienna. Prior to that time, Gershwin received a commission from conductor Walter Damrosch and the New York Symphony Society (later, the New York Philharmonic-Symphony Society) for a new orchestral work. Gershwin returned to New York in June, where he completed An American in Paris a month before the work’s

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premiere. Walter Damrosch conducted the Carnegie Hall concert, which took place on December 13, 1928.

In describing his An American in Paris, Gershwin observed: “This new piece, really a rhapsodic ballet, is written very freely and is the most modern music I’ve yet attempted.” An American in Paris opens with music depicting the protagonist strolling throughout Paris (Gershwin went to great time and expense to find authentic French taxi horns for inclusion in the work’s premiere). Later, according to Gershwin: “Our American friend perhaps after strolling into a café and having a couple of drinks, has succumbed to a spasm of homesickness.” But finally, “the homesick American, having left the café and reached the open air, has disowned his spell of the blues and once again is an alert spectator of Parisian life. At the conclusion, the street noises and French atmosphere are triumphant.”

In 2010, the Hollywood Bowl honored Thibaudet for his musical achievements by inducting him into its Hall of Fame. His recordings have been nominated for two Grammy Awards and won many prizes, including the Schallplattenpreis, the Diapason d’Or, Choc du Monde de la Musique, a Gramophone Award, two Echo Awards and the Edison Prize. In 2010, Thibaudet released his latest CD, Gershwin, featuring big jazz band orchestrations of Rhapsody in Blue, Variations on I Got Rhythm, and Concerto in F live with the Baltimore Symphony and its music director, Marin Alsop.

Thibaudet was the soloist on the Oscar- and Golden Globe-award winning soundtrack to Atonement and the O s c a r- n o m i n a t e d Pride and Prejudice.

In 2012, Jean-Yves recorded the soundtrack of the film Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, composed by Alexandre Desplat. Known for his style and elegance, Thibaudet wears a concert wardrobe designed by Vivienne

Westwood. Previously a Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, Thibaudet was awarded the title Officier by the French Ministry of Culture in 2012.

ELIZABETH KOCH TISCIONE, oboe

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rincipal Oboe Elizabeth Koch Tiscione, joined the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (ASO) at the beginning of the 2007-2008 season. She currently holds the George M. and Corrie Hoyt Brown Chair.

In addition to her responsibilities with the ASO, Ms. Tiscione plays Principal Oboe at the Grand Teton Music Festival, Festival Mozaic, Strings! Music Festival and is on faculty at Colorado College Summer Music Festival. She has performed as a guest musician with the orchestras of San Francisco, Detroit, Philadelphia, St. Louis, Baltimore, Rochester, Buffalo and the Orpheus and St. Paul Chamber Orchestras. Recent solo engagements include Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony, and Dekalb Symphony Orchestra.

She has been featured on NPR’s From the Top and Performance Today, and she has also performed at many chamber music festivals throughout the country, including Tannery Pond, Cape Cod, Twickenham and the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.

Ms. Tiscione has a love for teaching and is currently a faculty member at Kennesaw State University. She also teaches internationally at Festicamara in Medellin, Colombia, and has a private studio in Atlanta.

LAURA ARDAN, clarinet

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rincipal Clarinet Laura Ardan has been with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (ASO) since 1982 and holds the endowed Robert Shaw Chair.

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ean-Yves Thibaudet, considered one of the best pianists in the world, has the rare ability to combine poetic musical sensibilities with dazzling technical prowess. His talent at coaxing subtle and surprising colors and textures from even old favorites led The New York Times to exclaim “…every note he fashions is a pearl…the joy, brilliance and musicality of his performance could not be missed.”

Thibaudet, who has performed around the world for more than 30 years and recorded more than 50 albums, has a depth and natural charisma that have made him one of the most sought-after soloists by today’s foremost orchestras, conductors and festivals.

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Ms. Ardan has performed in the Tanglewood, Marlboro, Mostly Mozart, and Bellingham Music Festivals. A frequent guest of the Atlanta Chamber Players, Georgian Chamber Players, and Emory Chamber Music Society, she plays regularly at the Highlands Chamber Music Festival in North Carolina and the Grand Teton Chamber Music Festival in Wyoming.

A student of Roger Hiller and Stanley Drucker, Ms. Ardan attended The Juilliard School of Music on scholarships from both Juilliard and the Naumburg Foundation.

Before joining the ASO, she was a resident clarinetist and teaching artist at the Lincoln Center Institute for four years. She also played in the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra for two seasons.

BRICE ANDRUS, horn

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rincipal Horn of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (ASO), Brice Andrus joined the ASO in 1966, while still a student at Georgia State University, and moved up to the principal’s chair in 1975. His recent solo appearances with the Atlanta Symphony include Richard Strauss’ Horn Concerto No. 2, Oliver Knussen’s Concerto for Horn, the Britten Serenade, and Mozart’s Concerto No. 4. He has recorded over 80 albums with the ASO, including the first digital symphony orchestra recording and 12 Grammy® winners.

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with the Summit Brass and was a featured artist at the International Horn Society Workshops in 1993 and 1999 at which he received the Society’s Punto Award recognizing distinguished service. He has performed in festivals at Highlands –Cashiers Chamber Music Festival, Amelia Island and the Grand Tetons. He also was a featured artist at the 2011 and 2012 National Brass Symposiums.

He has also performed with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Pittsburgh, San Francisco and National Symphonies.

Mr. Andrus studied horn with Forrest Standley and Dale Clevenger.

He currently teaches at Georgia State University and is married to Susan Welty, the ASO’s Associate Principal Horn.

KEITH BUNCKE, bassoon

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eith Buncke has been Principal Bassoon of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra since 2014. He is a recent graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, where he studied with Daniel Matsukawa.

Born in Orange, CA, he grew up in Lake Oswego, OR and started playing bassoon at age 10, studying with Lyle Dockendorff and Mark Eubanks. He continued his studies at the Interlochen Arts Academy with Dr. Eric Stomberg.

Keith has attended many summer music festivals including Tanglewood, Music Academy of the West, Pacific Music Festival,

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She has been a featured soloist with the Orchestra in works by Mozart, Weber, Debussy, Copland, Bernstein, Finzi, Rossini, Shaw, and Michael Gandolfi, and has also performed with the Cleveland Quartet.

In 2011, he achieved semifinalist status in the Fischoff Chamber Music Competition Junior Division with his trio from Interlochen Arts Academy. In February 2010, he performed Vivaldi’s Concerto in E minor with the Interlochen Academy Orchestra as a winner of the school’s concerto competition. He has also been a featured performer on NPR’s From The Top and was named a semifinalist for Presidential Scholar in the Arts in 2011. He made his concerto debut with the MetroArts Young Artists Concert at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall when he was 15.

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Sarasota, Aspen and the Boston University Tanglewood Institute. A winner of the Music Academy of the West’s Concerto Competition, he performed the first movement of Hummel’s Bassoon Concerto with the Academy Festival Orchestra in Santa Barbara on July 20, 2013. He has also performed Mozart’s Bassoon Concerto in Sedona, AR with the Verde Valley Sinfonietta in April 2012.

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On behalf of your Atlanta Symphony Orchestra – musicians, volunteers and staff – we thank you for playing such an important part in the music we work so passionately to create and share.

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Mr. & Mrs. Edward W. Stroetz Jr. The Reverend Karl F. Suhr Mr. & Mrs. Alex Summers David & Kelly Taylor Mr. & Mrs. George B. Taylor Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Mark Taylor Kimberly S. Tribble & Mark S. Lange Mr. Wit Truitt Annie-York Trujillo & Raul Trujillo Sheila L. Tschinkel Bill & Judy Vogel Mr. & Mrs. William C. Voss Drs. Jonne & Paul Walter The Reverend & Mrs. Donald Welles Jr. David & Martha West Sally Stephens Westmoreland Hubert H. Whitlow Jr. Mrs. Frank L. Wilson, Jr. Mary Lou Wolff Jan & Beattie Wood in memory of Bill Lester and in honor of Rhonda Respess Dr. & Mrs. William Yang Mr. & Mrs. John C. Yates

*We are grateful to these donors for taking the extra time to acquire matching gifts from their employers. **Deceased.

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ASO | support Henry Sopkin Circle Recognizing planned gifts that benefit the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Anonymous (20) Madeline & Howell E. Adams, Jr. Mr.** & Mrs. John E. Aderhold Mr. & Mrs. William Atkins Dr. & Mrs. William Bauer Neil H. Berman Mr.** & Mrs. Sol Blaine W. Moses Bond Mr.** & Mrs. Robert C. Boozer Elinor A. Breman James C. Buggs Mr. & Mrs.** Richard H. Burgin Hugh W. Burke Wilber W. Caldwell Mr. & Mrs. C. Merrell Calhoun Cynthia & Donald Carson Lenore Cicchese** Margie & Pierce Cline Dr. & Mrs. Grady S. Clinkscales, Jr. Robert Boston Colgin Dr. John W. Cooledge John R. Donnell Pamela J. Drummond Catherine Warren Dukehart Ms. Diane Durgin Kenneth P. Dutter Arnold & Sylvia Eaves Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. Edge Elizabeth Etoll Brien P. Faucett

Dr. Emile T. Fischer A. D. Frazier, Jr. Nola Frink Betty & Drew** Fuller Sally & Carl Gable William & Carolyn Gaik Mr.** & Mrs. L. L. Gellerstedt, Jr. Ruth Gershon & Sandy Cohn Micheline & Bob Gerson Mr. & Mrs. John T. Glover Robert Hall Gunn, Jr., Fund Billie & Sig** Guthman James & Virginia Hale Sally & Paul** Hawkins John & Martha Head Ms. Jeannie Hearn Barbara & John Henigbaum Richard E. Hodges Mr. & Mrs. Charles K. Holmes, Jr. Mr.** & Mrs. Fred A. Hoyt, Jr. Jim & Barbara Hund Clayton F. Jackson Mary B. James Calvert Johnson Herb & Hazel Karp Anne Morgan & Jim Kelley Bob Kinsey James W. & Mary Ellen** Kitchell Paul Kniepkamp, Jr. James H. Landon Ouida Hayes Lanier

Ione & John Lee Lucy Russell Lee & Gary Lee, Jr. Mr.** & Mrs. William C. Lester Liz & Jay** Levine Robert M. Lewis, Jr. Jane Little Mrs. J. Erskine Love, Jr. Nell Galt & Will D. Magruder K Maier John W. Markham Linda & John Matthews Dr. Michael S. McGarry Mr. & Mrs. Richard McGinnis John & Clodagh Miller Mr. & Mrs. Bertil D. Nordin Roger B. Orloff Dr. Bernard** & Sandra Palay Dan R. Payne Bill Perkins Mr.** & Mrs. Rezin E. Pidgeon, Jr. The Reverend Neal P. Ponder, Jr. William L. & Lucia Fairlie Pulgram Vicki J. & Joe A. Riedel Helen & John Rieser Dr. Shirley E. Rivers David F. & Maxine A. Rock Mr.** & Mrs. Martin H. Sauser Mr. Paul S. Scharff & Ms. Polly G. Fraser

Dr. & Mrs. George P. Sessions Charles H. Siegel** Mr. & Mrs. H. Hamilton Smith Mrs. Lessie B. Smithgall Elliott Sopkin Elizabeth Morgan Spiegel Gail & Loren Starr Peter James Stelling C. Mack** & Mary Rose Taylor Jennings Thompson IV Kenneth & Kathleen Tice Mr. H. Burton Trimble, Jr. Steven R. Tunnell Mary E. Van Valkenburgh Adair & Dick White Mr. & Mrs. John B. White, Jr. Hubert H. Whitlow, Jr. Sue & Neil** Williams Mrs. Frank L. Wilson, Jr. Joni Winston George & Camille Wright Mr.** and Mrs. Charles R. Yates

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THE WOODRUFF CIRCLE Woodruff Circle members each contribute more than $250,000 annually to support the arts and education work of the Woodruff Arts Center, the Alliance Theatre, Arts for Learning, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, and the High Museum of Art. We are deeply grateful for these 32 partners who help ensure the arts thrive in our community.

$1+ MILLION

$500,000-$999,999

A Friend of the Woodruff Arts Center Georgia Power Foundation, Inc. The Goizueta Foundation Hagedorn Family SunTrust Foundation SunTrust Bank Teammates and The SunTrust Trusteed Foundations: Florence C. and Harry L. English Memorial Fund Walter H. and Marjory M. Rich Memorial Fund Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. Wells Fargo

$250,000-$499,999 AT&T Bank of America Lucinda Bunnen The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, Inc. Deloitte, its Partners & Employees Fulton County Arts Council Nancy & Holcombe T. Green, Jr. The Home Depot Fay & W. Barrett Howell The Kendeda Fund Sarah & Jim Kennedy Marilyn & Donald Keough The Estate of Florence Kopleff The Sara Giles Moore Foundation PNC PwC, Partners & Employees The Rich Foundation, Inc. Louise Sams Mrs. Charles A. Smithgall, Jr. Ticketmaster UPS

THE PATRON CIRCLE The Woodruff Arts Centerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Annual Campaign set an all-time record, raising more than $9.6 million, thanks to the generosity of Patron Circle donors and their contributors.

Campaign gifts support our shared services model, which funds campus-wide operations. $500,000+ The Coca-Cola Company Georgia Power Foundation, Inc. SunTrust Foundation SunTrust Bank Teammates and The SunTrust Trusteed Foundations: Florence C. and Harry L. English Memorial Fund Walter H. and Marjory M. Rich Memorial Fund $300,000+ Cox Interests: Anne Cox Chambers* Atlanta Journal Constitution James M. Cox Foundation Cox Radio Group Atlanta WSB-TV Deloitte, its Partners & Employees The Home Depot PwC, Partners & Employees UPS

$200,000+ Bank of America The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, Inc. Delta Air Lines, Inc. EY, Partners & Employees Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. $150,000+ Alston & Bird LLP Cushman & Wakefield of Georgia King & Spalding Partners & Employees KPMG LLP, Partners & Employees The Sara Giles Moore Foundation The Rich Foundation, Inc.

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$100,000+ AT&T Equifax Inc. & Employees Invesco Ltd. Kay and Doug Ivester Jones Day Foundation and Employees Kaiser Permanente The Marcus Foundation, Inc. Wells Fargo The David, Helen & Marian Woodward Fund $75,000+ AGL Resources Inc. Chick-fil-A Foundation Kilpatrick Townsend LLP The Sartain Lanier Family Foundation * Mr. and Mrs. David M. Ratcliffe Regions Financial Corporation RockTenn

$50,000+ Susan and Richard Anderson Neil K. Aronson & Wendy L. Conrad Birch Communications Camp-Younts Foundation Crawford & Company Frank Jackson Sandy Springs Toyota and Scion Jones Lang LaSalle NCR Foundation Novelis PNC Primerica Sutherland Asbill and Brennan LLP The Zeist Foundation, Inc. $25,000+ Arby’s Foundation Atlanta Foundation Lisa & Joe Bankoff * BB&T Corporation Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation Cousins Properties Foundation John & Mary Franklin Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence L. Gellerstedt III * Georgia Natural Gas Georgia-Pacific GMT Capital Corporation Greenberg Traurig, LLP Holder Construction Company The Imlay Foundation, Inc. Lou Brown Jewell The Joe E. Johnston Foundation Sarah & Jim Kennedy The Klaus Family Foundation * The Ray M. & Mary Elizabeth Lee Foundation, Inc. Livingston Foundation, Inc. Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP Newell Rubbermaid Norfolk Southern Foundation Printpack, Inc. & The Gay and Erskine Love Foundation Patty and Doug Reid Family Foundation Rollins, Inc. Rooms to Go Children’s Fund Sam’s Club and WalMart Stores, Inc. SCANA Energy

Southwest Airlines Southwire Company Carol & Ramon Tomé Family Fund Troutman Sanders LLP United Distributors, Inc. Verizon Waffle House, Inc. Gertrude & Williams C. Wardlaw Fund Frances Wood Wilson Foundation, Inc. Woodruff Arts Center Employees Yancey Bros. Co. $15,000+ A Friend of the Woodruff Arts Center Aaron’s Inc. ABM Onsite Services ACE Charitable Foundation Acuity Brands A.E.M. Family Foundation Mr. Peter Aman * Arnall Golden Gregory LLP Assurant Specialty Property Atlanta Marriott Marquis Atlantic American Corporation Atlantic Trust Anna & Ed Bastian* Susan R. Bell & Patrick M. Morris * Laura & Stan Blackburn * Bluetube Interactive Ms. Lisa Borders * The Boston Consulting Group The Brand Banking Company The George M. Brown Trust Fund of Atlanta, Georgia Bryan Cave LLP Capital Guardian Trust Company Casey-Slade Group, Merrill Lynch Center Family Foundation The Chatham Valley Foundation, Inc. Mr. Thomas C. Chubb * Ann & Jeff Cramer * CSX Mr. & Mrs. Bradley Currey, Jr. * Michael S. Donnelly * Fifth Third Bank First Data Corporation Mr. and Mrs. Martin L. Flanagan * Gas South, LLC Genuine Parts Company Price Gilbert, Jr. Charitable Fund Grant Thornton LLP Harland Clarke Mr. Phil Harrison * HD Supply

Virginia A. Hepner & Malcolm Barnes * The Howell Fund, Inc. * Isdell Family Foundation Weldon H. Johnson Family Foundation J.P. Morgan Chase Foundation The Thomas M. & Irene B. Kirbo Charitable Foundation Thomas H. Lanier Family Foundation Lanier Parking Solutions The Barbara W. & Bertram L. Levy Fund * The Blanche Lipscomb Foundation, Inc. Karole & John Lloyd * Kurt P. Kuehn & Cheryl Davis * Macy’s Foundation Majestic Realty Mohawk Industries, Inc. & Mr. and Mrs. Frank H. Boykin Vicki & John Palmer The Sally & Peter Parsonson Foundation, Inc. Piedmont Charitable Foundation, Inc. Post Properties, Inc. Jane and Joe Prendergast Quikrete Mary & Craig Ramsey Regal Entertainment Group, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. William H. Rogers, Jr. * Louise Sams & Jerome Grilhot * Selig Enterprises, Inc./The Selig Foundation * Smith & Howard Karen & John Spiegel State Bank & Trust Company Claire E. Sterk and Kirk Elifson * Tishman Speyer Properties Mark and Evelyn Trammell Foundation Trimont Real Estate Advisors, Inc. Mr. Paul E. Viera * Sue & John Wieland Mr. & Mrs. James B. Williams Mrs. Sue S. Williams Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, LLP Wood Partners Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Yellowlees *2014/2015 Board Members Beauchamp C. Carr Challenge Fund Donors

Donations for Woodruff Arts Center Annual Campaign June 1, 2013 – May 31, 2014 If you would like to make an individual, foundation or corporate contribution to the Woodruff Center Annual Campaign, please contact: Jamie.Clements@woodruffcenter.org (individual or foundation) or Lisa.Robinson@woodruffcenter.org (corporate).

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dining guide

ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A GREAT NIGHT OUT? Try one of these local restaurants before or after the show. For dinner-and-show packages, visit encoreatlanta.com/offers.

AMERICAN

MURPHY’S — This restaurant has one of the

THE LAWRENCE — Midtown’s newest restau-

city’s top brunch menus, but it’s known for

rant concept where quality, innovation, style

great people-watching and its contemporary

and comfort are the focus to delivering an unex-

comfort food. 997 Virginia Ave., 404-872-0904,

pected and unique experience to the Midtown,

murphysvh.com, VH

Atlanta community. The Lawrence strives to rethink food in a fresh way in a comfortable in

ONE. MIDTOWN KITCHEN — Dine on fresh,

town neighborhood setting. 905 Juniper Street,

seasonal American cuisine in a club-like atmo-

404-961-7177. thelawrenceatlanta.com, M

sphere near Piedmont Park. 559 Dutch Valley Rd., 404-892-4111, onemidtownkitchen.com. M

LOBBY — The menu focuses on seasonal fare at this sophisticated American restaurant in the

TWO URBAN LICKS — “Fiery” American

lobby of TWELVE Atlantic Station. 361 17th St.,

cooking meets live music at this hip hangout.

404-961-7370, lobbyattwelve.com, M

820 Ralph McGill Blvd., 404-522-4622, twourbanlicks.com. M

THE MELTING POT — The premiere fondue restaurant where guests can enjoy a choice of fondue cooking styles and a variety of unique entrees, salads and indulgent desserts. Four Atlanta locations. 754 Peachtree St. NE, 404389-0099, meltingpot.com. M 66 Atlanta Symphony Orchestra | aso.org

NEIGHBORHOODS CODES: A-Alpharetta, B-Buckhead, DK-Dekalb, D-Downtown, DW-Dunwoody, IP-Inman Park, M-Midtown, OFW-Old Forth Ward, P-Perimeter Mall area, SS-Sandy Springs, VH-Virginia Highland, NA-North Atlanta, V-Vinings, W-Westside

AMERICAN/STEAKHOUSE

CREOLE/CAJUN

PRIME — Enjoy steak, sushi and seafood in

PARISH — New Orleans-inspired dishes and a

a festive atmosphere near Lenox Mall. 3393

fully stocked raw bar; a Nawlins-inspired brunch is

Peachtree Rd. NE, 404-812-0555, h2sr.com. B

served on the weekends. Downstairs, a market sells sandwiches, spices, pastries and beverages. 240 N.

RUTH’S CHRIS STEAKHOUSE — A favorite local steak house with multiple locations near

Highland Ave., 404-681-4434, parishatl.com. OFW

shopping and entertainment hotspots. Sides are

EUROPEAN FUSION

generous, and the quality of the steaks and sea-

ECCO — Esquire Magazine named this casual

food is excellent. Four locations: Alpharetta, 11655

bistro a “Best New Restaurant in America.” It’s

Haynes Bridge Road, 770.777.1500; Buckhead,

also gotten raves for its killer wine list, wood-

3285 Peachtree Road N.E., 404.365.0660;

fired pizzas, and impressive meat and cheese

Centennial Olympic Park, 267 Marietta St.,

menus. 40 Seventh St. NE, 404-347-9555,

404.223.6500; Kennesaw, 620 Chastain Road

ecco-atlanta.com. M

N.W., 770.420.1985; ruthschris.com. A, B, D

ITALIAN

SOUTH CITY KITCHEN — With a stylish,

DAVIO’S NORTHERN ITALIAN

Southern-contemporary menu, this DiRoNA

STEAKHOUSE — Located at Phipps Plaza in

restaurant helped make grits hip for the business

the heart of Buckhead is Atlanta’s newest dining

crowd. Two locatons: Midtown: 1144 Crescent

destination. 3500 Peachtree Rd., NE, 404-844-

Ave., 404-873-7358; Vinings: 1675 Cumberland

4810, davios.com/atl. B

Pkwy., 770-435-0700, southcitykitchen.com. M, V LA TAVOLA — Serving classic Italian cuisine in

ASIAN/FUSION

the heart of Virginia-Highland. 992 Virginia Ave.,

AJA RESTAURANT & BAR — Serving modern

404-873-5430, latavolatrattoria.com. VH

Asian cuisine, Aja has a 150-seat patio overlooking Buckhead and a huge lounge, where diners

VENI VIDI VICI — Upscale Italian fare, including

nosh on dim sum and sip mai tais. 3500 Lenox

homemade pastas, in relaxed-but-elegant

Rd., Ste. 100, 404-231-0001, h2sr.com. B

setting near Symphony Hall. 41 N.W. 14th Street, 404.875.8424, buckheadrestaurants.com. M

BREWPUB/ GOURMET PUB FARE GORDON BIERSCH — Fresh-brewed beers

MEDITERRANEAN/LATIN/ ASIAN FUSION

are a tasty accent to this brewery-restaurant’s

SHOUT — A young crowd keeps Shout’s rooftop

hearty pizzas, salads and sandwiches. For a

lounge hopping every night. The menu reflects

small additional fee, pre-show diners can leave

a mix of Mediterranean, Far Eastern and South

cars in the lot while they’re at the Fox. Two

American influences. 1197 Peachtree St. NE,

locations: Midtown: 848 Peachtree St. NE, 404-

404-846-2000, h2sr.com. M

870-0805; Buckhead: 3242 Peachtree Rd. NE, 404-264-0253, gordonbiersch.com. M, B

MEXICAN AGAVE — Offering creative Southwestern

TAP — A gastropub offering easy-to-share pub

Fusion, tequila bar and specialty margaritas.

fare and an extensive beer selection. The patio is

Rated excellent by Zagat 2003-2011. Just a

a great place to chill after work. 1180 Peachtree

short drive from the Fox Theatre. 242 Boulevard

St. N.E., 404.347.2220, tapat1180.com. M

SE, 404-588-0006. agaverestaurant.com, OFW

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ASO | dining guide ALMA — A refreshing new approach to contemporary Mexican cuisine. Bright, fresh ingredients and traditional regional influences come together with other Latin American flavors in vibrant dishes that feel familiar and new all at once. 191 Peachtree St. NE, 404-968-9662, alma-atlanta.com. D

At Ruth's Chris, try the Bread Pudding With Whiskey Sauce (left). Falcons QB Matt Ryan is an eat-out kind of guy. You’ll often find him at Davio’s (above).

GOLDFISH — This fun seafood/sushi restaurant has happy hour specials Monday-Friday and nightly entertainment in its lounge. 4400 AshfordCANTINA TEQUILA & TAPAS BAR — Located

Dunwoody Road, 770.671.0100, h2sr.com. P

in the Terminus building on the corner of Peachtree and Piedmont roads. It features

LURE — A modern interpretation of a classic

authentic Mexican cuisine and has become

fish house with a focus on seasonality and

Buckhead’s newest watering hole. 3280

freshness. 1106 Crescent Ave., 404-817-3650.

Peachtree Rd. NW, Terminus 100, Ste. 150, 404-

lure-atlanta.com. M

892-9292, h2sr.com. B OCEAN PRIME — A modern American supper EL TACO — An eco-friendly watering hole

club committed to serving the highest-quality

serving fresh Mexican food made with all-natural

seafood, steak, handcrafted cocktails and

meats and tasty margaritas. 1186 North Highland

award-winning wines. 3102 Piedmont Road N.E.,

Ave. N.E., 404-873-4656, eltaco-atlanta.com.VH

404.846.0505. oceanprimeatlanta.com B

SEAFOOD/SUSHI

SPANISH

COAST SEAFOOD AND RAW BAR — Serving

NOCHE — A Virginia-Highland favorite known for

Atlanta’s freshest seafood and island cocktails.

its Spanish-style tapas dishes and margaritas.

The menu incorporates classics including crab

1000 Virginia Ave., 404.815.9155, h2sr.com. VH

and corn hush puppies, a signature seafood boil, and a variety of raw or steamed oysters,

STEAK/SUSHI

clams and mussels, along with signature fresh

STRIP — This sophisticated steak, seafood

catch entrees. 111 West Paces Ferry Road N.W.,

and sushi restaurant offers an in-house DJ and

404.869.0777, h2sr.com. B

a rooftop deck. Atlantic Station at 18th Street, 404.385.2005, h2sr.com. M

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FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION Susan Ambo Vice President of Finance Shannon McCown Assistant to the Vice OPERATIONS President of Finance Paul Barrett Peter Dickson Senior Production Senior Accountant Stage Manager Nicole Epstein Richard Carvlin Venues Accountant Lucio Petroccione Stage Manager Vice President for Strategic Kimberly Hielsberg Alex Malone Senior Director of Business Development Managing Producer Financial Planning Dallas Greene Symphony POPS! & Analysis Season Tickets Assistant ASO PRESENTS Jesse Pace Stephen Jones Tegan Ketchie Trevor Ralph Orchestra Operations & Symphony Store Manager of Broad Vice President, Chief Hall Rental Coordinator Based Giving April Satterfield Operating Officer Russell Williamson Controller Melanie Kite Clay Schell Orchestra Manager Subscriptions Office Vice President, DEVELOPMENT Susanne Watts Manager Programming Orchestra Personnel Jessica Langlois Pamela Kruseck Holly Clausen Director of Development Manager Manager of Group Director of Marketing Barbara Brown Kourtnea Stevenson Sales & Tourism Lisa Eng Assistant Orchestra Associate Director of Alesia Mack Graphic Artist Personnel Manager Development Director of Season Tickets Natacha McLeod Elizbeth Bixby & Customer Service ARTISTIC Marketing Manager Manager of Thomas Pinckney Evans Mirageas Individual Support Verizon Wireless Group & Corporate Vice President for Amphitheater at Melissa Muntz Sales Manager Artistic Planning & Encore Park Grants Manager Operations Brandon Sheats Katie Daniel Database Manager Carol Wyatt Director of Sales Executive Assistant to Robin Smith Deborah Honan the Music Director & Subscription & Office & Customer Service Education Sales Principal Guest Conductor Manager & Venue Rental Karen Tucker Jeffrey Baxter Coordinator Choral Administrator Season Tickets Associate Brandon Schleicher Ken Meltzer Russell Wheeler Facility Manager ASO Insider & Director of Group & Rebecca Simmons Program Annotator Corporate Sales Director of Ticketing Christopher McLaughlin at ASO Presents Orchestra Operations Jack Stiegler Manager Director of Operations William Strawn Marketing Coordinator EDUCATION & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Katherine Algarra Program Assistant for Student Music Programs Kaitlin Gress Arts Vibe Teen Program Coordinator Tiffany I. M. Jones Education Associate for Audience Development Ahmad Mayes Manager of Community Programs

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MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS Kristen Delaney Vice President of Marketing and Communications Holly Hanchey Director of Marketing & Patron Experience Robert Phipps Publications Director

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ASO | ticket info CAN’T ATTEND A CONCERT? If you can’t use or exchange your tickets, please pass them on to friends or return them to the box office for resale. To donate tickets, please phone 404.733.5000 before the concert begins. A receipt will be mailed to you in January acknowledging the value of all tickets donated for resale during the year.

WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER BOX OFFICE Open 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Monday; 10 a.m. - 8 p.m. Tuesday – Friday; and noon – 8 p.m.

Saturday; noon - 5 p.m. Sunday. Please note: All single-ticket sales are final. No refunds or exchanges. All artists and programs are subject to change.

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www.atlantasymphony.org Order any time, any day! Service charge applies. Allow two to three weeks for delivery. For orders received less than two weeks before the concert, tickets will be held at the box office.

GIFT CERTIFICATES Available in any amount for any series, through the box office. Call 404.733.5000.

DONATE Tickets sales only cover a fraction of our costs. Please consider a donation to your ASO. Call 404.733.4262 or visit aso.org.

ASO | general info LATE SEATING Patrons arriving later are seated at the discretion of house management.

Reserved seats are not guaranteed after the performance starts. Late arrivers may be initially seated in the back out of courtesy to the musicians and other patrons.

SPECIAL ASSISTANCE All programs of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra are accessible to people with disabilities. Please call the box office (404.733.5000) to make advance arrangements.

SYMPHONY STORE The ASO’s gift shop is located in the galleria and offers a wide variety of items, ranging from ASO recordings and music-related merchandise to T-shirts and mugs. Proceeds benefit the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.

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THE ROBERT SHAW ROOM The ASO invites donors who contribute at least $2,000 annually to become members of this private dining room for cocktails and dining on concert evenings — private rentals available. Call 404.733.4860.

IMPORTANT PHONE NUMBERS Concert Hotline (Recorded info) 404.733.4949 Symphony Hall Box Office 404.733.5000 Ticket Donations/Exchanges 404.733.5000 Subscription Information/Sales 404.733.4800 Group Sales 404.733.4848 Atlanta Symphony Associates 404.733.4865 (Volunteers) Educational Programs 404.733.4870 Youth Orchestra 404.733.5038 Box Office TTD Number 404.733.4303 Services for People 404.733-5000 with Special Needs 404.733.4800 Lost and Found 404.733.4225 Symphony Store 404.733.4345 Donations & Development 404.733.4262

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calendar PAGANINI:

Violin Concerto No. 5 SERGEJ

Leila Josefowicz JOHN ADAMS: Scheherazade.2

May concerts

KRYLOV

MAY 7/9 | Delta Classical Thu: 8pm/Sat: 7:30pm LIADOV: The Enchanted Lake RESPIGHI: Pines of Rome John Adams, conductor

MUSIC OF THE

MAY 14/16 | Delta Classical Thu: 8pm/Sat: 7:30p BERLIOZ: Roman Carnival Overture BOCCHERINI/BERIO: Ritirata Notturna di Madrid MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No. 4, “Italian” Roberto Abbado, conductor MAY 9 | ASYO Sat: 1:30pm FINALE CONCERT Joseph Young, conductor

ERA

ROB PHIPPS

RIMSKYKORSAKOV

MAY 22/23 | POPS!

MAY 28/30 | Delta Classical

STEVEN REINEKE 8pm RYAN SILVERMAN Fri/Sat: Thu: 8pm/Sat: 7:30pm POPS! NIKKI RENEE DANIELSReineke, conductor SIBELIUS: The Bard Steven conductor

vocalist

vocalist

MAY 22/23

Ryan Silverman, vocalist Nikki Renee Daniels, vocalist

BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 4 Robert Spano, conductor Yefim Bronfman, piano

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ASO | gallery 2015 SYMPHONY GALA On Saturday, March 7, the ASO hosted its fifth annual Symphony Gala. The evening included a performance by Broadway star, comedian and actor Jason Alexander (left) with the ASO. The Coca-Cola Company and Delta Airlines were sponsors for the evening. Proceeds from the evening benefited the Orchestra and its education and community engagement programs.

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3 4 Recently the Atlanta Symphony Associates hosted a luncheon honoring past presidents.

In attendance were: (seated L-R) Barbara Wylly 1975-76, Marcy McTier 1990-92, Camille Kesler 2014-16, Sue Williams 1976-77, Suzy Wasserman 2008-10; (standing L-R) Sylvia Davidson 2012-14, Liz Troy 2004-06, Beverly Shlapak 2000-01, Belinda Massafra 201012, Leslie Petter 2006-08, Pat Leake 1992-94, Judy Schmidt 2002-04, Lucy Lee 1996-98.

Not pictured but in attendance: Donna Izlar 1978-79.

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