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ASO | music director Robert Spano

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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 will reprise 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 premiere in August with soprano Susanna Phillips.

Recordings for Telarc, Deutsche Grammophon and ASO Media, have received six Grammy™ Awards with an allVaughan 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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Maestro Spano conducts three 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.

ASO | leadership 2014-2015 Board of Directors Officers Karole F. Lloyd Chair

D. Kirk Jamieson Chair Elect

Howard D. Palefsky Treasurer

Shirley C. Franklin Paul R. Garcia † Carol Green Gellerstedt Virginia A. Hepner* Tad Hutcheson Roya Irvani Clayton F. Jackson Camille Kesler* Mark Kistulinec Steve Koonin Carrie Kurlander Edward A. Labry III James H. Landon Donna Lee † Hank Linginfelter

Xia Liu Kelly L. Loeffler Meghan H. Magruder Brian F. McCarthy Penny McPhee† Michael J. Merlin Terence L. Neal E. Fay Pearce, Jr. Suzanne Tucker Plybon Patricia H. Reid† Ronda Respess* William Schultz John Sibley† H. Hamilton Smith†

Directors Jim Abrahamson† Neil H. Berman Paul Blackney Brett M. Blumencranz Frank H. Boykin Mary Rockett Brock Janine Brown C. Merrell Calhoun Bill Carey S. Wright Caughman, M.D. Ronald M. Cofield Russell Currey Carlos del Rio, M.D. Lynn Eden

Paul Snyder Gail Ravin Starr Joseph M. Thompson Ray Uttenhove S. Patrick Viguerie Detlev von Platen Kathy N. Waller Thomas Wardell Mark D. Wasserman John B. White, Jr. Richard S. White, Jr. Patrice WrightLewis† Camille Yow

Board of Counselors Mrs. Helen Aderhold Elinor Breman Dr. John W. Cooledge John Donnell Jere Drummond Carla Fackler Charles Ginden

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Robert Spano Music Director The Robert Reid Topping Chair * Donald Runnicles Principal Guest Conductor The Neil and Sue Williams Chair *

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Michael Krajewski Principal Pops Conductor Joseph Young Assistant Conductor; Music Director of the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra The Zeist Foundation Chair*

MICHAEL KRAJEWSKI Norman Mackenzie Director of Choruses The Frannie and Bill Graves Chair Russell Thomas 2014/15 Artist-inResidence

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David Coucheron Concertmaster The Mr. and Mrs. Howard R. Peevy Chair* The Mabel Dorn Reeder Honorary Chair* Associate Concertmaster TBD The Charles McKenzie Taylor Chair* Justin Bruns Assistant Concertmaster Jun-Ching Lin Assistant Concertmaster Anastasia Agapova Carolyn Toll Hancock John Meisner Christopher Pulgram** Carol Ramirez Juan Ramirez Olga Shpitko Denise Berginson Smith Kenn Wagner Lisa Wiedman Yancich

Principal - TBD The Atlanta Symphony Associates Chair* Sou-Chun Su Acting Principal / Associate Principal The Frances Cheney Boggs Chair* Jay Christy Assistant Principal Sharon Berenson David Braitberg Noriko Konno Clift David Dillard Eleanor Kosek Ruth Ann Little Thomas O’Donnell** Ronda Respess Frank Walton

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Elizabeth Koch Tiscione Principal The George M. and Corrie Hoyt Brown Chair* Yvonne Powers Peterson Associate Principal Samuel Nemec Emily Brebach ENGLISH HORN

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Laura Ardan Principal The Robert Shaw Chair* Ted Gurch Associate Principal William Rappaport Alcides Rodriguez** E-FLAT CLARINET

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Robert Spano, recently named a 2014 “Profile in Courage” recipient by Musical America, continues his 14th year as ASO Music Director.

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W NNINGS Whether you crave something daringly novel or yearn for the pleasures of the tried and true, ASO in 2015 has offerings that are sure to please.

By Madeline Rogers

hat does the New Year mean to you? Renewal? A fresh start? A resolve to embrace something shockingly different? Or a moment to look back? Revisit cherished memories? Reunite with old friends? Welcome to 2015 with the ASO, where you will have a chance to experience all of that and more: featured artists with rock-star charisma, world premieres and rarely heard gems, evenings of old favorites and reunions with cherished friends. We like to think of our 2015 offerings as our valentine to Atlanta, so you’ll also find a sprinkling of programs that explore the many faces of love, from bodice-ripping passion to the sweetly romantic.

Love fills the air in late January when the Orchestra performs Siegfried Idyll, penned

by Richard Wagner in 1870 as a gift for his wife, who heard it as she descended for breakfast on her birthday in 1870. It will be performed on a program with Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 24 and Beethoven’s Fourth Symphony, all led by guest conductor Matthias Pintscher, joined by pianist Inon Barnatan (Jan 22, 24, & 25).

The following week, hold onto your hats for appearances by organ virtuoso Cameron Carpenter and his custom-built International Touring Organ (Jan 29, 30, 31 & Feb 1). If organ music makes you think “church,” Carpenter’s program of French music with the Orchestra ( January 29, 31, & February 1) and his solo recital (January 30) will change your mind, as this keyboard master—who favors sky-high Mohawk hair and sequined trousers—plies the mighty console, producing sonorities he calls “suggestive, licentious and violent.”

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March 12/14

March 19/21

MILOŠ INGRID FLITER KARADAGLIĆ INGRID FLITER RODRIGO: CHOPIN: Piano Concerto No. 2 Fantasia para un gentilhombre

March 26/27

May 28/30

CHOPIN: PIANO CONCERTO NO. 2

NIELSEN: An Imaginary Journey to the Faroe Islands RACHMANINOV: Symphony No. 2

JOHN STORGÅRDS conductor

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DVOŘÁK: Cello Concerto

BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 4

LYNN HARRELL

YEFIM BRONFMAN April 23/25

May 7/9

CHRISTOPHER THEOFANIDIS

CREATION / CREATOR LEILA JOHN ADAMS: Scheherazade.2

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the virtuosic Piano Concerto by his fellow Frenchman Maurice Ravel (April 30 & May 2); guest conductor Roberto Abbado in a program of Italian favorites (May 14 & 16); and Yefim Bronfman joining the ASO and One of the hallmarks of Music Director Music Director Robert Spano for Beethoven Robert Spano’s 14-year tenure at the ASO (May 28 & 30). has been his embrace of new music by The Bronfman program will also feature American composers and his nurturing a work which explores a theme that has of the Atlanta School of Composers. This inspired so many composers: love and pasSpring brings Creation/Creator by Atlanta sion. Rimsky-Korsakov’s lush symphonic School composer Christopher Theofanidis suite Scheherazade is based on tales spun by (April 23 & 25). The work, written as part the eponymous heroine, the young bride of of a year-long Emory University project a sultan in “Arabian Nights,” who devises investigating creation from myriad angles, 1,001 stories to divert her groom who had a sets myths from around the world. Mr. nasty habit of murdering his wives.

Spano calls it “a 21st-century answer to Composer Gustav Mahler had his share of Haydn’s Creation.” The soloists, all good love troubles: his wife, Alma, ultimately friends of the ASO, include soprano Jessica betrayed him, but what survived from that Rivera, mezzo-soprano Kelley O’Connor, tortured relationship are several works dedtenor Thomas Cooley, baritone Nmon Ford icated to her, including the Symphony No. and bass Evan Boyer along with the Atlanta 5 and the song “Liebst du um c. Shönheit,” Symphony Orchestra Chorus. (“If You Love For Beauty”), which is part For something a bit more intimate, but equally electrifying, don’t miss this season’s return of 31-year-old guitarist Miloš Karadaglić playing Rodrigo’s ravishing Fantasia para un gentilhombre (March 19 & 21).

There’s more new music on tap – in fact the ASO premiere of a new piece – when one of America’s most respected living composers, John Adams, conducts the first performances of his Scheherazade.2 (Symphony for Violin and Orchestra) with violin soloist Leila Josefowicz (May 7 & 9). The program also includes works by Liadov and Respighi.

of a moving song cycle called Rückert Lieder. Both will be led by Principal Guest Conductor Donald Runnicles (March 5).

The season concludes with another take on the themes of love and passion, Saint-Saëns’ sizzling Samson et Dalila (June 4, 5, & 6).

The full-length work will feature the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus and a powerThe new year also brings many opportunities house line-up of soloists: Stephanie Blythe as to reunite with familiar works and favorite “Dalila,” Stuart Skelton as “Samson,” and performers, starting with a solo turn by ASO Greer Grimsley in the role of the “High Priest.”

Concertmaster David Coucheron in Bruch’s In a season that will quicken the pulses in so soulful Violin Concerto No. 1, conducted many ways, we would be remiss if we overby guest conductor Tito Muñoz (Feb 5&7). looked the enduring love affair between the Or plan to catch up with these always wel- ASO, its audiences and its Music Director: come visiting artists: violinist Midori playing “It’s amazing to think that, after 14 years, Schumann (February 19 & 21); cellist Lynn our musical adventure continues at such a Harrell with Dvořák’s heartbreaking Cello fresh and inspiring level,” says Mr. Spano.

Concerto (March 26 & 27); pianist Emanuel Ax and guest conductor Lionel Bringuier in Madeline Rogers, former director of publications a sparkling concerto by Mozart (April 9, 11 at the New York Philharmonic, is a creative & 12); Jean-Yves Thibaudet ripping through consultant to non-profits, based in New York. encoreatlanta.com | Atlanta’s Performing Arts Publication 17

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Delta’s community spirit worldwide continues to be a cornerstone of our organization. As a force for global good, our mission is to continuously create value through an inclusive culture by leveraging partnerships and serving communities where we live and work. It includes not only valuing individual differences of race, religion, gender, nationality and lifestyle, but also managing and valuing the diversity of work teams, intracompany teams and business partnerships.

Solo pianos used by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra are gifts of the Atlanta Steinway Society and in memory of David Goldwasser. The Hamburg Steinway piano is a gift received by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra in honor of Rosi Fiedotin.

The Yamaha custom six-quarter tuba is a gift received by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra in honor of Principal Tuba player Michael Moore from The Antinori Foundation.

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Concerts of Thursday, January 8, at 8:00pm, Friday, January 9, at 6:30pm, and Saturday, January 10, 2015, at 7:30pm.

Asher Fisch, Conductor Daniil Trifonov, piano FRANZ LISZT (1811-1886) Les préludes, Symphonic Poem No. 3 (1848) SERGEI RACHMANINOV (1873-1943) Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Opus 43 (1934)

Daniil Trifonov, piano

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RICHARD STRAUSS (1864-1949) Ein heldenleben (A Hero’s Life), Opus 40 (1898)

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The concert of First Friday, January 9, featuring the Rachmaninov and Strauss works only, will be performed without intermission.

Les préludes, Symphonic Poem No. 3 (1848) FRANZ LISZT was born in Raiding, Hungary, on October 22, 1811, and died in Bayreuth, Germany, on July 31, 1886. The first performance of Les préludes took place in Weimar, Germany, on February 28, 1854, with the composer conducting the Weimar Court Orchestra. Les préludes is scored for piccolo, three flutes, two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, four horns, two trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, field drum, cymbals, bass drum, harp and strings.

First ASO Classical Subscription Performances: December 19 and 20, 1957, Arthur Fiedler, Conductor.

Most Recent ASO Classical Subscription Performances: May 11, 12 and 14, 2006, Roberto Minczuk, Conductor.

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es préludes is the third of twelve symphonic poems (an orchestral work that tells a story in music) written by Franz Liszt during the Hungarian composer, pianist, and conductor’s tenure at the Weimar court (1848-1861). Les préludes is based upon a poem of the same name, included in the 1823 collection, New Poetic Meditations,

by Alphonse de Lamartine (1790-1869).

Liszt completed Les préludes in 1854, and conducted the premiere in Weimar on the 28th of February. Les préludes enjoyed great popularity during the composer’s lifetime, and this thrilling symphonic poem continues to be one of Liszt’s most-performed orchestral works.

In a preface to the score of Les préludes, Liszt provided the following synopsis:

note of which is sounded by Death?

The enchanted dawn of every existence is heralded by Love, yet in whose destiny are not the first throbs of happiness interrupted by storms, whose violent blasts dissipate his fond illusions, consuming his altar with fatal fire? And where is it to be found the cruelly bruised soul, that having become the sport of one of these tempests, does not seek oblivion in the sweet quiet of rural life? Nevertheless, man seldom resigns himself to the beneficial calm that at first chained him to Nature’s bosom.

No sooner does the trumpet sound the alarm, than he runs to the post of danger, be the war what it may, that summons him to its ranks. For there he will find again in the struggle complete self-realization and the full possession of his forces.

Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Opus 43 (1934) SERGEI RACHMANINOV was born in Semyonovo, Russia, on April 1, 1873, and died in Beverly Hills, California, on March 28, 1943. The first performance of the Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini took place in at the Lyric Opera House in Baltimore, Maryland, on November 7, 1934, with the composer as soloist, and Leopold Stokowski conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra. In addition to the solo piano, Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini is scored for piccolo, two flutes, two oboes, English horn, two clarinets, two bassoons, four horns, two trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, orchestra bells, suspended cymbals, snare drum, triangle, cymbals, bass drum, harp and strings.

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First ASO Classical Subscription Performance: March 31, 1956, Artur Rubinstein, Piano, Henry Sopkin, Conductor.

Most Recent ASO Classical Subscription Performances: February 25, 26 and 27, 2010, Jon Kimura Parker, Piano, Mei-Ann Chen, Conductor.

The Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Sergei Rachmaninov’s final work for solo piano and orchestra, was completed in 1934 and premiered that same year in Baltimore on November 7. Rachmaninov was the piano soloist, performing with Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra. That Christmas Eve, those same musicians recorded the work for RCA. This invaluable historical document (think of what we would give for recordings of Mozart, Beethoven or Chopin interpreting their own compositions!) remains available.

Rachmaninov’s famed prodigious technique, which allowed him to negotiate the most difficult passages with ease and clarity, is evident throughout the 1934 recording.

Equally striking is a lack of the interpretive indulgences and excesses many assume to be integral to the performance of late-Romantic repertoire. In truth, Rachmaninov’s taut, straightforward (and flawlessly executed) rendition of his Rhapsody is ideally suited to a work notable for its unity of construction, logical sequential argument, inexorable forward movement, and admirable partnership of soloist and orchestra.

(1782-1840). Although the Rhapsody is performed as a single continuous movement, it actually divides rather neatly into four sections: Variations I-XI constitute the opening fast portion (with cadenza), Variations XII-XV are a combination minuet and scherzo, Variations XVI-XVIII offer a slow interlude, and Variations XIX-XXIV constitute the lively, concluding portion.

The Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini teems with felicities that, at every turn, display Rachmaninov’s skill and imagination as a composer. Take, for example, the work’s opening measures, in which the first variation precedes the introduction of the theme itself!

Rachmaninov’s preoccupation with the ancient Dies Irae chant is well documented, and it is fascinating to see how the composer weaves this music into Variations VII, X, and XXIV. Certainly the inclusion of the Dies Irae (“Day of Wrath”), as well as the use of the bone-rattling col legno effects in Variation IX, inject a diabolical element into the Rhapsody. Even the unforgettable Andante cantabile melody in Variation XVIII is the product of a bit of compositional legerdemain, as it is derived from an inversion of the original Paganini theme.

Rachmaninov believed that each musical piece contained what he termed “the point,” the work’s culminating moment.

In the Rhapsody, “the point” bursts onto the scene in the concluding variation, with the Paganini theme overwhelmed by a blazing account of the Dies Irae. Still, While the term “Rhapsody” traditionalRachmaninov offers one last delightful ly suggests a rather free-flowing piece, surprise, as the Rhapsody ends not with Rachmaninov’s composition is, in fact, a the expected orchestral bang. Instead, the tightly organized series of twenty-four varisoloist teases the listener with a hushed ations on the principal theme of the Caprice fragment of the Paganini theme.

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comments to Rolland and in the grandiose music of Ein heldenleben—seems highly at odds with a life that was remarkable for its RICHARD STRAUSS was born in Munich, lack of adventure and heroism.

Germany, on June 11, 1864, and died in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, on September 8, 1949. The first performance of Ein heldenleben took place at the Museumsgesellschaft of Frankfurt am Main, Germany, on March 3, 1899, with the composer conducting. Ein heldenleben is scored for piccolo, three flutes, four oboes, English horn, E-flat clarinet, two clarinets, bass clarinet, three bassoons, contrabassoon, eight horns, two trumpets in E-flat, three trumpets in B-flat, three trombones, B-flat tenor tuba, bass tuba, timpani, small military drum, cymbals, suspended cymbals, tam-tam, triangle, bass drum, large tenor drum, two harps and strings.

First ASO Classical Subscription Performance: March 10, 1965, Robert Mann, Conductor.

Most Recent ASO Classical Subscription Performances: April 13, 14 and 15, 2006, Robert Spano, Conductor.

During the last decade or so of the nineteenth century, Richard Strauss elevated the orchestral tone poem to new and dazzling heights. The composer often called upon immortal literary characters as the basis for such orchestral works as Macbeth (1888), Don Juan (1888), Also sprach Zarathustra (1896), and Don Quixote (1897).

Strauss’s selection of his next protagonist raised a few eyebrows. “I do not see why I should not compose a symphony about myself; I find myself quite as interesting as Napoleon or Alexander,” Strauss confided to his friend and admirer, Romain Rolland.

The generous self-assessment—both in his

It is perhaps important to keep in mind that Strauss was a man with a keen sense of humor and the capacity to laugh at himself.

A comment by Strauss also helps to place Ein heldenleben in context: “I think so strongly of Don Quixote and Ein heldenleben as being directly linked together that in particular Don Quixote is only fully and completely comprehensible when put side by side with Heldenleben.”

It is clear that the perceptions of a man who mistakes windmills for giants, and sheep and goats for enemy soldiers, do not comport with objective reality. But it is precisely the heroic strivings against all odds and reality that make Cervantes’s knight-errant such an endearing character. And it is perhaps the aspiration in all of us to the heroic that allows the listener to thrill to the saga depicted so masterfully in Strauss’s Ein heldenleben, despite its lack of confluence with the composer’s actual life.

Richard Strauss completed the full score of Ein heldenleben on December 27, 1898.

Strauss dedicated the work to conductor Willem Mengelberg and the Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam. But it was Strauss who conducted the Museumsgesellschaft of Frankfurt am Mein in the work’s March 3, 1899 premiere.

Ein heldenleben comprises six episodes, performed without pause.

I. The Hero—The work begins with a bold statement of the protagonist’s wide-ranging main theme, followed by the introduction of numerous subsidiary themes associated with the Hero.

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Ein heldenleben (A Hero’s Life), Opus 40 (1898)

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II. The Hero’s Adversaries—Here, Strauss meets his critics, portrayed by a cacophonous series of motifs, played by the woodwinds and brass.

III. The Hero’s Companion—A solo violin portrays Strauss’s wife Pauline, whom the composer describes as “very complex, very feminine, a little perverse, a little coquettish, never like herself, at every minute different from how she had been the moment before.” After a passionate love sequence, the cackling of the hero’s adversaries is heard in the distance. The sound of trumpets summons the hero to battle against his enemies.

IV. The Hero’s Deeds of War—Over the din of drums and trumpet calls, the motifs of the Hero and his enemies collide in a passage of extraordinary violence and energy.

Finally, the Hero emerges victorious.

V. The Hero’s Works of Peace—This episode includes quotes from prior Strauss compositions such as Don Juan, Also sprach Zarathustra, Death and Transfiguration, Don Quixote and Till Eulenspiegel.

VI. The Hero’s Retreat From the World— Recollections of prior conflicts finally resolve peacefully. A final majestic statement fades to a serene conclusion.

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ASO | 1.8/9/10 | guests since conducted at the Metropolitan In March 2014, Israeli conductor Asher Opera (Rigoletto, Parsifal), Lyric Opera of Fisch became Principal Conductor and Chicago, Houston Grand Opera and San Artistic Advisor of the West Australian Francisco Opera. Now a regular guest at Symphony Orchestra in Perth. Mr. Fisch leading European opera houses, Mr. Fisch is currently Principal Guest Conductor of has conducted all the major German and the Seattle Opera, where he conducted its Austrian opera houses including Berlin, quadrennial Wagner Ring Cycle in summer Munich, Dresden, Leipzig and Vienna; 2013, and his former posts include Music Milan’s Teatro alla Scala; Paris Opera; the Director of the New Israeli Opera (1998- Royal Opera House, and Covent Garden.

2008) and the Wiener Volksoper (1995- Mr. Fisch is also an accomplished pianist, and released his first solo disc of Wagner 2000).

A seasoned conductor in both the operatic piano transcriptions in 2012 on the Melba and symphonic worlds, his appointment label.

ASHER FISCH, Conductor

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to WASO is Mr. Fisch’s first chief artistic position with a symphony orchestra.

Known best for his interpretative command of core German and Italian repertoire of the Romantic and post-Romantic era, in particular Wagner, Brahms, Strauss, and Verdi, he also conducts a wide variety of other repertoire from Gluck to contemporary works and serves as an advocate of such composers as Avner Dorman and others.

For his first WASO season, Mr. Fisch begins his tenure with a Mozart-Strauss-Wagner program, in which he is also the soloist, performing Mozart Piano Concerto K.466.

The season’s varied programs include a range of contemporary and classical repertoire which culminated in a complete Beethoven Symphony Cycle in August 2014.

Mr. Fisch began his conducting career as Daniel Barenboim’s assistant and kappellmeister at the Berlin Staatsoper.

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ussian pianist Daniil Trifonov has made a spectacular ascent to classical music stardom since winning First Prize at both the Tchaikovsky and Rubinstein competitions in 2011 at the age of 20.

Mr. Trifonov launched the 2014-15 season with the Seattle Symphony, making his debut in Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto, which is also the vehicle for his upcoming Japanese tour with the Mariinsky Orchestra and Valery Gergiev.

Last season saw the release of Trifonov: The Carnegie Recital, the pianist’s first recording as an exclusive Deutsche Grammophon artist.

Further recital engagements took the pianist from Chicago to London, Paris, Vienna, Berlin, Amsterdam, Rio de Janeiro, and other international musical hotspots, and he collaborated with 19 of the world’s foremost orchestras, including the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the symphony orchestras of Washington, San Francisco and London.

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Born in Nizhny Novgorod in 1991, Trifonov began his musical training at the age of five, and went on to attend Moscow’s Gnessin School of Music as a student of Tatiana Zelikman, before pursuing his piano studies with Sergei Babayan at the Cleveland Institute of Music. He has also studied composition, and continues to write for piano, chamber ensemble, and orchestra.

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During the 2010-11 season Mr. Trifonov won medals at three of the music world’s most prestigious competitions, taking Third Prize in Warsaw’s Chopin Competition, First Prize in Tel Aviv’s Rubinstein Competition, and both First Prize and Grand Prix – an additional honor bestowed on the best overall competitor in any category – in Moscow’s Tchaikovsky Competition. In 2013 he was also awarded the prestigious Franco Abbiati Prize for Best Instrumental Soloist by Italy’s foremost music critics.

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Delta Classical Concert Concerts of Thursday, January 15, at 8:00pm, and Saturday, January 17, 2015, at 7:30pm.

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SERGEI PROKOFIEV (1891-1953) Concerto No. 2 for Violin and Orchestra in G minor, Opus 63 (1935) 27 MIN I. Allegro moderato II. Andante assai III. Allegro, ben marcato

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PETER ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893) Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Opus 74 47 MIN (“Pathétique”) (1893) I. Adagio; Allegro non troppo

II. Allegro con grazia

III. Allegro molto vivace

IV. Finale. Adagio lamentoso

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SAMUEL BARBER was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania, on March 9, 1910, and died in New York on January 23, 1981. The first performance of Second Essay for Orchestra took place at Carnegie Hall in New York on April 16, 1942, with Bruno Walter conducting the New York Philharmonic. The Second Essay for Orchestra is scored for piccolo, two flutes, two oboes, English horn, two clarinets, bass clarinet, two bassoons, four horns, three trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, bass drum, suspended cymbal, side drum, tam-tam and strings.

First ASO Classical Subscription Performances: January 22, 23 and 24, 1981, Calvin Simmons, Conductor.

Most Recent ASO Classical Subscription Performances: April 2, 3 and 4, 2009, Robert Spano, Conductor.

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uring the time Samuel Barber composed his Violin Concerto (1940), he also worked on the Second Essay for Orchestra. Barber completed the Second Essay on March 15, 1942. The following day, Barber shared the score with conductor Bruno Walter, who was interested in featuring American works in his concerts with the New York Philharmonic.

Walter and the New York Philharmonic performed the world premiere of Barber’s Second Essay for Orchestra at New York’s Carnegie Hall on April 16, 1942.

A month later, Eugene Ormandy conducted the Philadelphia Orchestra in the Second Essay. The Second Essay soon received further performances by several

prominent orchestras, further solidifying Barber’s reputation in the United States and indeed, throughout the world.

The Second Essay’s arresting opening measures feature the flute, and then the bass clarinet, introducing a wide-ranging dolce, espressivo theme over hushed accompaniment by the bass drum (Andante, un poco mosso). The melody is soon developed by other winds and finally, the strings, as the music builds to a radiant climax. The violas sing the second principal theme (Con moto), related to the first, and developed in energetic fashion by the orchestra. A sforzando chord by the entire ensemble heralds a vibrant fugue, based upon a puckish theme (again related to the first) and launched by the clarinet (Molto allegro ed energico). The fugue reaches a hushed, mysterious resolution. The Second Essay concludes with a majestic chorale transformation of music from the work’s opening section (Più tranquillo, ma sempre muovendo).

Concerto No. 2 for Violin and Orchestra in G minor, Opus 63 (1935) SERGEI PROKOFIEV was born in Sontsovka, Russia, on April 23, 1891, and died in Moscow, Russia, on March 5, 1953. The first performance of the Violin Concerto No. 2 took place in Madrid, Spain, on December 1, 1935, with Robert Soëtans as soloist and Enrique Arbos conducting the Madrid Symphony Orchestra. In addition to the solo violin, the Concerto is scored for two flutes, two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, two trumpets, two horns, triangle, suspended cymbal, castanets, snare drum, bass drum, triangle and strings.

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ASO | 1.15/17 | program to the soloist’s introduction of the tender, lyrical central theme. Restatements of the melody alternate with contrasting sections Most Recent ASO Classical Subscription of varying moods and colors. The virtuoso Performances: January 8, 9 and 10, finale (Allegro, ben marcato), a rondo in 2004, Cecylia Arzewski, Violin, Robert the style of a rustic peasant dance, stands Spano, Conductor. in sharp contrast to the refinement of the n his autobiography, Sergei Prokofiev preceding two movements. recalled the circumstances surrounding Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Opus 74 the creation of his Violin Concerto No. 2: Viktor Tretyakov, Violin, Michael Palmer, Conductor.

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In 1935 a group of admirers of the French violinist (Robert) Soëtans asked me to write a violin concerto for him, giving him exclusive rights to perform it for one year. I readily agreed since I had been intending to write something for the violin at that time and had accumulated some material. As in the case of the preceding concertos, I began by searching for an original title for the piece, such as “concert sonata for violin and orchestra,” but finally returned to the simplest solution: Concerto No. 2. Nevertheless, I wanted it to be altogether different from No. 1 both as to music and style.

Despite Prokofiev’s apparent desire that

his Second Violin Concerto stand in sharp contrast to the First, most commentators have noted the similarly elegant and lyric nature of the two works. Regardless of Prokofiev’s stated intent, what emerged is a work of enduring charm and grace that demands the highest level of technical mastery from the soloist.

PETER ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY was born in Kamsko-Votkinsk, Russia, on May 7, 1840, and died in St. Petersburg, Russia, on November 6, 1893. The first performance of the “Pathétique” Symphony took place in St. Petersburg on October 28, 1893, with the composer conducting. The “Pathétique” Symphony is scored for piccolo, three flutes, two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, four horns, two trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, bass drum, cymbals, tam tam and strings.

First ASO Classical Subscription Performance: April 25, 1948, Henry Sopkin, Conductor.

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eter Ilyich Tchaikovsky conducted the world premiere of his Sixth and final Symphony, the “Pathétique,” in St. Petersburg on October 28, 1893.

Nine days later, Tchaikovsky was dead The Concerto is in three movements. The at the age of 53. For years, the accepted opening movement (Allegro moderato) explanation of Tchaikovsky’s demise, first is based upon two themes, both introadvanced by his brother, Modest, was that duced by the soloist. In the slow second the composer died as a result of the cholmovement (Andante assai), clarinets and era epidemic then plaguing Russia. pizzicato strings introduce an ascending figure that serves as the accompaniment Throughout his life, Tchaikovsky frequently suffered from depression, and, on 30 Atlanta Symphony Orchestra | aso.org

A consensus on this volatile issue is unlike-

composer’s brother, Modest) was far from a triumph. The critics and audience—no doubt bewildered by the work’s frequently morbid tone and unconventional structure—offered a lukewarm reception. Still, Tchaikovsky maintained faith in his new Symphony, and informed his publisher: “It’s not that it displeased, but it produced some bewilderment.

As far as I’m concerned, I take more pride in it than in any other of my works.”

ly. Nevertheless, it is difficult to listen to Tchaikovsky’s final Symphony and not sense the composer’s premonition of his own demise. As Tchaikovsky confided to In time, Tchaikovsky’s “Pathétique” has his nephew, Vladimir Davïdov, to whom become recognized as the composer’s symhe dedicated the “Pathétique” Symphony: phonic masterpiece, a fitting summation of the life and career of Russia’s most Whilst I was on my travels I had beloved composer. It is a work of extraoran idea for another symphony, a dinary power, a Symphony that presents programme symphony this time; a stunning array of emotions, cast in a but the programme will be left as bold, revolutionary format. Tchaikovsky an enigma—let people guess it for left no doubt as to his affection for the themselves. This programme is so “Pathétique.” He wrote to Davïdov: “I intensely personal that as I was definitely consider it the best, and, in parmentally composing it on my travels I ticular, the most sincere of all my works. frequently wept copiously.

I love it as I have never loved any of my Whatever program Tchaikovsky intended for other musical offspring.” the Sixth Symphony, he chose a unique road for its musical journey. Tchaikovsky’s Fourth and Fifth Symphonies—both depictions of a struggle with fate—conclude with rousing, triumphant finales. However, Tchaikovsky informed Davïdov that, in the “Pathétique,” “Formally there will be much that is new in this symphony, and incidentally the Finale won’t be a loud Allegro but, on the contrary, a very slow-moving Adagio.”

Tchaikovsky realized his departure from symphonic convention might well hinder the work’s acceptance. As he admitted to Davïdov: “I shall consider it the usual (thing) and unsurprising if this symphony is torn to pieces or is little appreciated; it won’t be the first time (this has happened).”

The first movement opens with a pensive slow introduction (Adagio) that foreshadows the principal Allegro non troppo.

The fierce battle depicted in the central portion of the opening movement finally resolves to a peaceful close. Instead of the traditional slow second movement, Tchaikovsky substitutes a leisurely dance (Allegro con grazia). The music is in the character of a waltz, but is set in a 5/4 meter that imparts a sense of unease— even, perhaps, of disorientation. The third movement is a vigorous march (Allegro molto vivace) that propels to a stunning close. After a final struggle, the slow-tempo closing movement (Adagio lamentoso) fades to heartbreaking silence.

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at least one prior occasion, attempted to kill himself. In the past few decades, evidence has surfaced that Tchaikovsky may have committed suicide, perhaps in order to avoid public humiliation over an illicit relationship.

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Alsop took up the post of Principal Conductor of the São Paulo Symphony Orchestra in 2012 and became Music Director in July 2013. Since 1992, Marin Alsop has been Music Director of California’s Cabrillo Festival of JULIAN RACHLIN, violin Contemporary Music, where she has built ulian Rachlin is one of the most a devoted audience for new music. exciting and respected violinists of our time. For the last 24 years, he has Marin Alsop has guest-conducted the great been captivating audiences around the orchestras of the world: Philadelphia, world with his distinctively rich sound, Cleveland, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Royal superb musicianship and outstanding Concertgebouw, La Scala Philharmonic i n t e r p r etations. and many others. In Europe, she regularly He has established returns to the Frankfurt Radio Symphony, close relationships Royal Stockholm Philharmonic and the Czech Philharmonic. Alsop has a close with many of the prestigious relationship with the London Symphony most conductors and and London Philharmonic, appearing with orchestras.

Always both orchestras most seasons, as well as with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. willing to expand his musical horizons, Marin Alsop is the recipient of numerous Julian is also praised as a viola player and, awards and is the only most recently, as a conductor. conductor to receive the prestigious MacArthur Recent engagements include appearances Fellowship, given to US with the Munich Philharmonic and Lorin residents in recognition Maazel, the Mariinsky Orchestra and of exceptional creative Valery Gergiev, the London Philharmonic work. She was inducted and more. As conductor, he led, among othinto the American ers, the Czech Philharmonic and the Israel Classical Music Hall Philharmonic. of Fame in 2010 and was the only classical Born in Lithuania in 1974, Mr. Rachlin musician to be included in The Guardian’s immigrated to Vienna in 1978. He studied “Top 100 women,” celebrating the with the eminent pedagogue Boris Kuschnir centenary of International Women’s Day at the Vienna Conservatory and took private in 2011. In 2012 Alsop was presented with lessons with Pinchas Zukerman. He gained Honorary Membership (HonRAM) of the international acclaim overnight in 1988 by Royal Academy of Music, London.

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arin Alsop’s outstanding success as Music Director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra since 2007 has been recognized by two extensions in her tenure, now confirmed until 2021.

Born in New York City, Marin Alsop attended Yale University and received her Master’s Degree from The Juilliard School.

Her conducting career was launched when, in 1989, she was a prize-winner at the Leopold Stokowski International Conducting Competition and in the same year was the first woman to be awarded the Koussevitzky Conducting Prize from the Tanglewood Music Center, where she was a pupil of Leonard Bernstein.

In 2012, Julian performed the world premiere of Krzysztof Penderecki’s Concerto Doppio at the Vienna Musikverein with Janine Jansen and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Mariss Jansons. This concerto was commissioned by the Musikverein and is dedicated to Julian.

Mr. Rachlin plays the 1704 “ex Liebig” Stradivari, on loan to him courtesy of the Dkfm. Angelika Prokopp Privatstiftung.

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winning the “Young Musician of the Year” Award at the Eurovision Competition in Amsterdam. He them became the youngest soloist ever to play with the Vienna Philharmonic, making his debut under Riccardo Muti. Since September 1999, Mr. Rachlin has been on the faculty at the Konservatorium Wien University.

ASO | 1.22/24/25 | program AtlantaSymphonyOrchestra Robert Spano, Music Director Donald Runnicles, Principal Guest Conductor

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RICHARD WAGNER (1813-1883) Siegfried Idyll (1870)

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(1806) I. Adagio; Allegro vivace II. Adagio III. Menuetto. Allegro vivace IV. Allegro ma non troppo

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Siegfried Idyll (1870) RICHARD WAGNER was born in Leipzig, Germany, on May 22, 1813, and died in Venice, Italy, on February 13, 1883. The first performance of Siegfried Idyll took place at the Wagners’ home in Tribschen, Switzerland, on December 25, 1870.

Siegfried Idyll is scored for flute, oboe, two clarinets, bassoon, two horns, trumpet and strings.

First ASO Classical Subscription Performance: January 13, 1954, Henry Sopkin, Conductor.

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n the summer of 1864, Richard Wagner began an affair with Cosima von Bülow— the daughter of Franz Liszt, and wife of conductor and pianist Hans von Bülow.

Richard and Cosima’s first child, Isolde, was born in 1865. Richard and Cosima later moved to a villa in Tribschen (Wagner spelled it “Triebschen”), at Lake Lucerne.

Their second daughter, Eva, was born at Tribschen in 1867. The birth of Richard and Cosima’s son, Siegfried, took place two years later.

I can give you no idea, my children, about this day, nor about my feelings.

I shall only tell you quite barely what happened: As I awoke, my ear caught a sound, which swelled fuller and fuller; no longer could I imagine myself to be dreaming; music was sounding, and such music! When it died away, Richard came into my room with the children and offered me the score of the symphonic birthday poem. I was in tears, but so was all the rest of the household. Richard had arranged his orchestra on the staircase, and thus our Triebschen was consecrated forever...

After lunch the orchestra came into our house downstairs, and now the Idyll was heard once again, to the profound emotion of us all.

Wagner originally entitled this work Triebschener Idyll, with Fidi’s Birdsong and Orange Sunrise, as a Symphonic Birthday Greeting from Richard to Cosima. Wagner never intended this composition to be made public. Later, however, during a period of severe financial duress, Wagner agreed to the score’s publication, with the title Siegfried Idyll.

In Siegfried Idyll, Wagner incorporates several melodic themes that also appear in his epic cycle of heroic operas, The Ring of the Nibelung. But in the Siegfried Idyll, the themes are part of an instrumental work of extraordinary beauty, tenderness and introspection. As such, Wagner’s Siegfried Idyll provides another, and most valuable Cosima Wagner’s birthday was December window to the artistry of one of opera’s 24. On Christmas morning, 1870, Richard most revolutionary composers.

Wagner presented his special gift to Cosima. In her diary, Cosima described the magical event:

After Hans von Bülow agreed to divorce Cosima, she and Wagner married on August 25, 1870. That November, Richard Wagner composed a special musical birthday gift for his wife, one that also served to commemorate the birth of Siegfried, whom the couple nicknamed “Fidi.”

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Concerto No. 24 for Piano and Orchestra in C Minor, K. 491 (1786) 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. 24 took place at the Burgtheater in Vienna on April 7, 1786, with the composer as soloist. In addition to the solo piano, the Concerto No. 24 is scored for flute, two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, two horns, two trumpets, timpani and strings.

First ASO Classical Subscription Performance: February 22, 1948, Eugenia Snow, Piano, Henry Sopkin, Conductor.

Most Recent ASO Classical Subscription Performances: November 1, 2 and 3, 2012, Stewart Goodyear, Piano, Asher Fisch, Conductor.

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Mozart certainly adheres to this approach in his Concerto No. 24, there is also no question that this magnificent work is often one of profound darkness, and even of despair. It is one of only two Mozart Piano Concertos in the minor key (the other is the 1785 No. 20 in D minor, K. 466). Mozart also employs the largest orchestra he had used to that date for a Piano Concerto.

The C-minor Concerto both epitomizes the grace and elegance of the late 18th century, and foreshadows the torrid Romantic expression that was soon to follow.

The Concerto No. 24 is in three movements.

The first (Allegro) opens with the strings and bassoons quietly intoning the ominous principal theme that soon takes on a far more aggressive character. The winds introduce a plaintive descending theme that also serves as the basis for the entrance of the soloist. The themes are the foundation for extended, florid excursions by the soloist. After a solo cadenza, the opening movement finally resolves to a pianissimo whisper. The slow-tempo second movement (Larghetto), in E-flat Major, and featuring reduced orchestration (no trumpets or drums) and restrained dynamics, is far more introspective than its predecessor. The pianist sings the lovely principal theme that returns throughout, alternating with contrasting episodes. The finale (Allegretto) is a series of variations on a theme, introduced at the outset by the ensemble. The final portion, in C minor and a skipping 6/8 meter, provides an intriguing and perhaps rather unsettling conclusion to this superb work.

ne of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s most lucrative activities during the height of his popularity in Vienna was a series of Lenten subscription concerts, also known as “academies.” These concerts, sponsored by Mozart, featured the composer performing his own music. Often, the highlight of the academy was the premiere of a new Mozart concerto for piano and orchestra, with the composer as soloist.

From 1784-1786, Mozart composed twelve Piano Concertos, three of which were completed between December of 1785 and March of 1786. Mozart finished the last of this trio—No. 24 in C minor, K. 491—on March 24, 1786. The composer was the soloist in the Concerto’s April 7 premiere, Symphony No. 4 in B-flat Major, Opus which took place at the Vienna Burgtheater.

60 (1806) Mozart once stated that “(p)assions, LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN was baptized in whether violent or not, must never be Bonn, Germany, on December 17, 1770, and expressed to the point of exciting disgust, died in Vienna, Austria, on March 26, 1827. and…must never offend the ear.” And while The Symphony No. 4 is scored for flute, two

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oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, two horns, two trumpets, timpani and strings.

First ASO Classical Subscription Performance: November 27, 1951, Henry Sopkin, Conductor.

with a man who, through genius and force of will, overcame the greatest obstacles, including deafness.

Still, we know from contemporary accounts that Beethoven did, indeed, possess a robust sense of humor. And, we should also bear in Most Recent ASO Classical Subscription Performances: March 22, 23 and 24, 2012, mind that in his early years, Beethoven was a student of the greatest of all symphonic Leonidas Kavakos, Conductor. humorists, Franz Joseph Haydn. In listening uring the summer of 1806, Ludwig to the Fourth, it is appropriate to recall van Beethoven visited his friend and what Haydn wrote of his young pupil in patron, Prince Karl Lichnowsky, who 1793: “Beethoven will in time become one owned a Silesian country estate. During that of the greatest musical artists in Europe, and visit, Lichnowsky introduced Beethoven I shall be proud to call myself his teacher.” to Count Franz von Oppersdorf, whose castle was located nearby. Oppersdorf, an The Symphony is in four movements. The avid music-lover, greeted Beethoven with a first opens with an extended and mysterious performance of the composer’s Symphony slow-tempo introduction (Adagio). A No. 2, played by the Count’s own court crescendo leads to a whiplash motif in the strings, the springboard to the skipping orchestra. principal motif of the Allegro vivace. The It was on that occasion that Count slow-tempo second movement (Adagio) Oppersdorf commissioned Beethoven to begins with a repeated figure in the second write a new symphony. Beethoven had violins. This serves as the accompaniment already begun work on what would become for the lovely cantabile (i.e., in a singing known as his Symphony No. 5. However, style) opening theme, played by the first he temporarily put that work aside, in order violins, and later repeated by the winds. to compose the B-flat Major Symphony for Beethoven titled the Fourth Symphony’s Prince Oppersdorf. Beethoven composed third movement a Minuet (Menuetto. his Fourth Symphony during the months Allegro vivace). But in truth, the third of September and October 1806, while movement is a fine example of the Minuet’s residing at Prince Lichnowsky’s estate. The more vigorous cousin, the Scherzo. The Symphony probably received its premiere in principal Scherzo alternates with the more March of the following year, at the Vienna pastoral Trio section. A brief horn call Palais Lobkowitz. precedes a concluding fortissimo chord.

It was Robert Schumann who characterized The finale (Allegro ma non troppo) opens Beethoven’s Fourth Symphony as, “a slender with a perpetuum mobile figure in the Greek maiden between two huge Nordic strings, establishing the playful mood that giants.” It is certainly true that the Fourth predominates throughout. The coda seems does not present the epic struggles found to proceed toward a quiet resolution, but, in the “Eroica” and Fifth Symphonies. suddenly, a raucous exclamation brings the Nevertheless, there is plenty of drama in the Symphony No. 4 to a fortissimo conclusion.

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ASO | 1.22/24/25 | guests MATTHIAS PINTSCHER, Conductor

Philharmonie in Cologne, one of Germany’s atthias Pintscher is the Music Director and Europe’s most active concert venues, of the Ensemble Intercontemporain, will feature Pintscher as the 14/15 focus artentering his second season in 2014-15. He ist with four portrait concerts, two of which continues his partnership with the BBC he will conduct. The 14/15 concert season Scottish Symphony Orchestra as its Artist- is capped off with summer festival plans in-Association, conducting concerts in both in Lucerne, Helsinki (Avanti Festival), and the regular subscription and contemporary Grafenegg, Austria. In September 2014, series, covering the entire repertoire of Pintscher joined the composition faculty at music from the Baroque period to contem- the Juilliard School. porary. In May 2014, he also began a three- INON BARNATAN, piano year appointment as Artist-in-Residence Hailed as “a true poet of the keyboard, with the Danish National Symphony and refined, searching [and] unfailingly commuChamber Orchestras. Equally accomplished nicative” (Evening Standard, London), the as conductor and composer, Pintscher sees pianist Inon Barnatan has been named as his two main spheres of activity as entirely the New York Philharmonic’s first Artist-incomplementary; he has created significant Association, a major three-season appointworks for the world’s leading orchestras, ment highlighted by multiple concerto and and his intrinsic understanding of the score chamber collaborations with the orchesfrom the composer’s perspective informs his tra. His 2013 recording of Schubert’s late ability to communicate on the podium. sonatas reveals “superior playing, in which

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In the 2014-15 season, Matthias Pintscher will make several important debuts including the Los Angeles Philharmonic, National Symphony Orchestra (Washington, DC), National Arts Centre Orchestra (Ottawa), and Bayerische Rundfunk. He will take the Ensemble Intercontemporain on tour to Cologne, Strasbourg, Milan, and lead a special concert at the Barbican in London in celebration of Pierre Boulez’s 90th birthday. He returns to the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Deutsche Sinfonie-Orchester Berlin, Hamburg Philharmonic, Helsinki Phiharmonic, both the Danish National Radio and Chamber Orchestras, as well as the symphony orchestras of Melbourne and Sydney. In addition, the 38 Atlanta Symphony Orchestra | aso.org

penetrating musicianship, compelling interpretive insight, and elegant pianism achieve near perfect equilibrium” (BBC Music magazine), while his solo album Darknesse Visible was designated one of the “Best of 2012” by the New York Times.

On relocating to the United States in 2006, Mr. Barnatan was quick to make his mark on the American music scene. He won a prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant just three years later and has performed with most of the nation’s foremost ensembles, including the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the symphony orchestras of Atlanta, Dallas, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Houston, Philadelphia, and San Francisco. Internationally, Mr. Barnatan has performed with

such leading orchestras as the Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Deutsche Symphonie Orchester Berlin, National Arts Centre Orchestra and many more Born in Tel Aviv in 1979, Mr. Barnatan started piano at the age of three and made his orchestral debut at eleven. His studies connect him to some of the last century’s most distinguished pianists and teachers: he studied with Professor Victor Derevianko, himself a pupil of Russian master Heinrich Neuhaus, before studying with Maria Curcio – a student of the legendary Artur Schnabel – and Christopher Elton at London’s Royal Academy of Music, and has since been taught and mentored by Leon Fleisher. In 2006 Mr. Barnatan moved to New York City, where he currently resides.

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ASO | 1.29/31/2. 1 | program AtlantaSymphonyOrchestra Robert Spano, Music Director Donald Runnicles, Principal Guest Conductor

Delta Classical Concert Concerts of Thursday, January 29, 2015, at 8:00pm, Saturday, January 31, 2015, at 7:30pm, and Sunday, February 1, 2015, at 2:00pm.

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Jun Märkl, Conductor Cameron Carpenter, organ OLIVIER MESSIAEN (1908-1992) L’Ascension, Quatre Méditations symphoniques pour orchestra (1933) 27 MIN

I. Majesté du Christ demandant sa gloire à son Père (Majesty of Christ Beseeching His Glory of His Father)

II. Alléluias sereins d’une âme qui désire le ciel (Serene Hallelujahs of a Soul Desiring Heaven)

III. Alléluia sur la trompette, alleluia sur la cymbale (Hallelujah on the Trumpet, Hallelujah on the Cymbal)

IV. Prière du Christ montant vers son Père (Prayer of Christ Ascending to His Father) The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Classical Series is presented by Delta Air Lines.

FRANCIS POULENC (1899-1963)

Concerto in G minor for Organ, String Orchestra and Timpani (1938) 23 MIN

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CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS (1835-1921)

Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Opus 78 (“Organ Symphony”) (1886) 36 MIN

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Cameron Carpenter, organ

I. Adagio; Allegro moderato.

Poco adagio II. Allegro moderato; Presto. Maestoso; Allegro Cameron Carpenter, organ

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OLIVIER MESSIAEN was born in Avignon, France, on December 10, 1908, and died in Paris, France on April 27, 1992. The first performance of L’Ascension took place at the Salle Rameau in Lyon, France, on February 9, 1935, with Robert Siohan conducting.

L’Ascension is scored for three flutes, two oboes, English horn, two clarinets, bass clarinet, three bassoons, four horns, three trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, tambourine, timpani, triangle, cymbals, suspended cymbal, bass drum and strings.

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livier Messiaen was one of the most prolific and influential French composers of the 20th century. In conversation with Claude Samuel, Messiaen described what he attempted to depict in his music: The first idea that I wished to express— and the most important, because it stands above them all—is the existence of the truths of the Catholic faith. I’ve the good fortune to be a Catholic. I was born a believer, and it happens that the Scriptures struck me even as a child. So a number of my works are intended to bring out the theological truths of the Catholic faith. That is the first aspect of my work, the noblest and, doubtless, the most useful and valuable; perhaps the only one which I won’t regret at the hour of my death.

L’Ascension, each of the four “symphonic meditations” includes a title, followed by an illustrative Biblical text.

I. Majesté du Christ demandant sa gloire à son Père. “Père, l’heure est venue, glorifie ton Fils, afin que ton Fils te glorifie.” (Prière sacerdotale du Christ, évangile selon Saint Jean). Majesty of Christ Beseeching His Glory of His Father. “Father, the hour is come; glorify Thy Son, that Thy Son also may glorify Thee.” (Sacerdotal Prayer of Christ, Gospel According to St. John, 17:1) II. Alléluias sereins d’une âme qui désire le ciel. “Nous vous en supplions, ô Dieu,… faites que nous habitons aux cieux en esprit.” (Messe de l’Ascension). Serene Hallelujahs of a Soul Desiring Heaven. “We beseech you, O God…allow us to live in Heaven in spirit.” (Mass of the Ascension) III. Alléluia sur la trompette, alleluia sur la cymbale. “Le Seigneur est monté au son de la trompette…Nations, frappez toutes des mains; célébrez Dieu par des cris d’allégresse!” (Psaume 46). Hallelujah on the Trumpet, Hallelujah on the Cymbal.

“The Lord has risen to the sound of the trumpet…Nations, clap your hands; celebrate God with cries of exultation!” (Psalm 46)

IV. Prière du Christ montant vers son Père. “Père,…j’ai mainfesté ton nom aux hommes…Voilà que je ne suis plus dans le monde; mais eux sont dans le monde, et moi je vais a toi.” (Prière sacerdotale du Christ, évangile selon Saint Jean). Prayer of Christ Ascending to His Father. “Father…I have manifested Thy name unto the men…

Messiaen composed L’Ascension in 1933. And now I am no more in the world, The premiere took place at the Salle but they are in the world, and I come to Rameau in Lyon, France, on February 9, Thee.” (Sacerdotal Prayer of Christ, Gospel 1935, as part of the Concerts Siohan, led According to St. John, 17:6,11) by conductor Robert Siohan. In the score of encoreatlanta.com | Atlanta’s Performing Arts Publication 41

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L’Ascension, Quatre Méditations symphoniques pour orchestra (1933)

ASO | 1.29/31/2. 1 | program Concerto for two pianos, but a Poulenc en route to the cloister—a fifteenth century FRANCIS POULENC was born in Paris, Poulenc, if you like.”

France, on January 7, 1899, and died there The premiere of the Organ Concerto took on January 30, 1963. The first public per- place in Paris on December 16, 1938. The formance of the Organ Concerto took private performance, held in the Hôtel place at the Salle Gaveau in Paris on Singer-Polignac, featured Maurice Duruflé June 21, 1939, with Maurice Duruflé, solo- as organ soloist, and Nadia Boulanger, conist, and Roger Désormière, conducting. In ducting. The concert also included music addition to the solo organ, the Concerto is by Henry Purcell and Bach. The public premiere took place on June 21, 1939 at scored for timpani and strings. the Paris Salle Gaveau. Duruflé was once First ASO Classical Subscription again the soloist, and Roger Désormière Performances: February 25 and 27, 1982, conducted.

Michael Murray, Organ, Robert Shaw, Concerto in G minor for Organ, String Orchestra and Timpani (1938)

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rench composer Francis Poulenc’s Concerto for Organ, String Orchestra and Timpani was commissioned by the Princess Edmond de Polignac (1865-1943).

The Princess, born in the United States as Winnaretta Singer, was heiress to the Singer Sewing Machine fortune. She was a great patron of the arts, who both commissioned numerous works and received dedications from prominent composers.

The Concerto is in a single movement, comprising several episodes. The slow-tempo opening section (Andante) alternates imposing organ statements with more introspective music. The strings launch the propulsive Allegro giocoso, in the character of a dialogue between the ensemble and soloist.

The action suddenly halts, yielding to an extended lyrical section (subito Andante Moderato), in which the organ’s dotted-rhythm melody becomes the basis for music of haunting beauty. Toward the close, the mood becomes increasingly agitated.

The soloist’s fortissimo outburst receives a seraphic reply from the strings. This leads to a tempestuous episode (Tempo Allegro, Molto Agitato), capped by the organ’s fff statement, punctuated by thundering timpani. The strings’ descending figure and the organ’s response segue to a brief slow-tempo episode (Très Calme, Lent). Echoes of previous sections (Tempo de l’Allegro initial, Tempo Introduction Largo) culminate in the emphatic closing bars.

The Princess originally commissioned the Organ Concerto in 1934, but Poulenc did not complete the work until 1938. During the interim period, the composer underwent a profound transition in his life.

Following the death of his dear friend, composer Pierre-Octave Ferroud (1900-1936), Poulenc made a pilgrimage to the shrine of the Black Madonna in Rocamadour, France. There, Poulenc rediscovered the Catholic faith that began to inform his Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Opus 78 compositions, both religious and secular. As (“Organ Symphony”) (1886) Poulenc wrote to composer Jean Françaix of the Organ Concerto: “This is not the happy-go-lucky Poulenc who wrote the 42 Atlanta Symphony Orchestra | aso.org

the Philharmonic Society of London in his new Symphony, and was also the soloist in his Fourth Piano Concerto.

The London audience’s response to the Symphony was generally positive. After the concert, Saint-Saëns was given an audience with the Prince of Wales, later crowned King Edward VII. The January 9, 1887 Paris premiere, again conducted by Saint-Saëns, was yet another success. After the performance, as Saint-Saëns descended the podium, composer Charles Gounod proclaimed: “There goes the French Beethoven!”

The Saint-Saëns Third, with its stunning orchestration and ingenious thematic First ASO Classical Subscription manipulation, is one of the most important Performances: November 29 and French symphonies of the second half of 30, December 1, 1974, Robert Shaw, the nineteenth century. Camille Saint-Saëns Conductor. did not compose another symphony during Most Recent ASO Classical Subscription the final thirty-five years of his life. As he Performances: October 11, 12 and 13, remarked: “I have given all that I have to 2007, Pinchas Zukerman, Conductor. give...What I have done I shall never do amille Saint-Saëns composed his Third again.”

Symphony at the request of the Phil- The Third Symphony comprises two prinharmonic Society of London. Saint-Saëns cipal sections, each with two parts. Part had been contemplating a new symphony I begins with a brief slow introduction for some time. A few months after the 1885 (Adagio), leading to the principal Allegro commission, the composer informed the moderato, and a restless string figure that Philharmonic that the work was: will appear in various guises throughout the Symphony. In the slow-tempo portion well under way. It will be terrifying, of Part I (Poco adagio), the organ accomI warn you...This imp of a symphony panies the violins, violas and cellos, as they has gone up a half-tone; it didn’t want play the affecting principal melody. to stay in B minor and it is now in

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C minor. It will be a treat for me to conduct it. Will it be a treat, though, for the people who hear it? That is the question. It’s you who asked for it. I wash my hands of the whole thing.

The opening portion of Part II (Allegro moderato), serving the function of a traditional scherzo, opens with a dialogue between the strings and thundering timpani. A quicksilver Presto episode introduces, The premiere of the Third Symphony took according to the composer, “a fantastic place in London’s St. James’s Hall on May spirit.” The final portion of the “Organ 19, 1886. The evening was a great personal Symphony” (Maestoso; Allegro) brings the triumph for Saint-Saëns. The composer led work to a majestic close. encoreatlanta.com | Atlanta’s Performing Arts Publication 43

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CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS was born in Paris, France, on October 9, 1835, and died in Algiers, Algeria, on December 16, 1921. The first performance of the “Organ Symphony” took place at St. James’s Hall in London, England, on May 19, 1886, with the composer conducting the London Philharmonic Society. The “Organ Symphony” is scored for piccolo, three flutes, two oboes, English horn, two clarinets, bass clarinet, two bassoons, contrabassoon, four horns, three trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, piano (four-hands), organ, cymbals, suspended cymbal, triangle, bass drum and strings.

ASO | 1.29/31/2. 1 | guests JUN MÄRKL, Conductor

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frequent guest in Japan; alongside his regular visits to the NHK Symphony Orchestra, he guests at the Pacific Music Festival Sapporo and with the Mito Chamber Orchestra, and teaches at the Kunitachi Music Conservatoire.

un Märkl has conducted some of the world’s leading orchestras, including the Cleveland Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, NHK Symphony Orchestra, Czech Philharmonic, Munich Philharmonic, Oslo Philharmonic and Tonhalle Orchester Zürich. CAMERON CARPENTER, organ Mr. Märkl was Music Director of the ameron Carpenter is having a ball Orchestre National de Lyon from 2005smashing the stereotypes of organists 11 and of the MDR Symphony Orchestra and organ music, and all the while generLeipzig until 2012. Last year, he was ating international acclaim and controverhonored by the French Ministry of Cultrue sy unprecedented in his field. Cameron’s with the Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des repertoire – from the complete works of Lettres, in recognition of his tenure in Lyon. J. S. Bach to film scores, his original com-

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Born in Munich, his German father was a distinguished Concertmaster and his Japanese mother a solo pianist. Mr. Märkl studied violin, piano and conducting at the Musikhochschule in Hannover, and went on to study with Sergiu Celibidache in Munich and with Gustav Meier in Michigan.

In 1986 he won the conducting competition of the Deutsche Musikrat and a year later won a scholarship from the Boston Symphony Orchestra to study at Tanglewood with Leonard Bernstein and Seiji Ozawa.

Mr. Märkl is also well known for his operatic conducting, and has worked for many years with the state operas of Vienna, Munich, Semperoper Dresden, and the Bavarian State Opera. He made his Royal Opera House, London, debut with Götterdämmerung in 1996 and at the Metropolitan Opera with Il Trovatore in 1998, has conducted complete Ring Cycles at the Deutsche Oper Berlin and at the New National Theatre Tokyo.

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positions and hundreds of transcriptions and arrangements – is probably the largest and most diverse of any organist. He is the first ‘concert organist’ in history to prefer the digital organ to the pipe organ and to champion it as the future of the instrument.

In 2014, Cameron launched his International Touring Organ (used in tonight’s concert) – a monumental cross-genre digital organ built by Marshall & Ogletree to his own design – in extensive tours in Europe and the USA. His Sony Music debut album, If You Could Read My Mind, entered Billboard’s Traditional Classical chart at No. 1 on its US release.

A former child prodigy, Cameron Carpenter trained at The American Boychoir School, the North Carolina School of the Arts and has two degrees from The Juilliard School.

He holds the 2012 Leonard Bernstein Award, is the first solo organist ever nominated for a GRAMMY® Award for a solo album and has appeared with many of the great orchestras around the world. He has spoken and debated at think tanks and conferences including TED, IdeaCity, The Entertainment Gathering, and many more.

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s we celebrate the season of giving thanks, we are honored to include in this program all donors giving over $250 to the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra’s fundraising campaigns during the last twelve months.

This remarkable list includes those among us who have been transformed by music, whether during one evening or over the course of a lifetime. Those among us who understand the Orchestra’s role in providing music education across our schools, enhancing our quality of life and being a beacon of Atlanta’s cultural sophistication for the entire world.

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.

Bravo!

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Friends of the Orchestra (2) Mrs. Anne Cox Chambers Delta Air Lines The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation The Woodruff Arts Center

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A Friend of the Orchestra The Coca-Cola Company Mrs. Charles A. Smithgall Jr. Ticketmaster

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A Friend of the Orchestra Madeline & Howell E. Adams Jr. Bank of America Carl Black Buick GMC Ms. Lynn Eden First Data Corporation GE Asset Management Global Payments Inc. Abraham J. & Phyllis Katz Foundation Turner Broadcasting System Inc. Wells Fargo

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Accenture LLP Anheuser-Busch Companies Inc. The Livingston Foundation Inc. Susan & Thomas Wardell

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A Friend of the Orchestra Susan & Richard Anderson The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation Celebrity Cruises Marcia & John Donnell Equifax Inc. Georgia Power Company William Randolph Hearst Foundations Invesco Victoria & Howard Palefsky Philips The Reiman Foundation Superior Plumbing Services Inc. Mr. & Mrs. John B. White Jr.* The Zeist Foundation Inc.

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Mr. & Mrs. Paul J. Blackney Brown-Forman Beverages Worldwide Connie & Merrell Calhoun Mr. & Mrs. Bradley Currey Jr. Catherine Warren Dukehart Roger F. Kahn Betty Sands Fuller Fulton County Arts Council Paul & Carol Garcia Ann & Gordon Getty Foundation The Home Depot Inc. D. Kirk Jamieson, Verizon Wireless Jones Lang LaSalle Inc. The J. W. Fund Kimberly-Clark Corporation Lucy R. & Gary Lee Jr. Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company The Charles Loridans Foundation Inc. Massey Charitable Trust Mueller Water Products Inc. Terence L. & Jeanne P. Neal* Newell Rubbermaid PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Publix Super Markets and Publix Super Markets Charities Inc. Patty & Doug Reid Rock-Tenn Company Ryder Systems Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Robert K. Steel

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

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Steinway Piano Galleries SunTrust Bank Trusteed Foundation — Walter H. & Marjory M. Rich Memorial Fund The Mark & Evelyn Trammell Foundation Vineyard Brands Inc. Adair & Dick White Mrs. Sue S. Williams The Vasser Woolley Foundation Inc.

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A Friend of the Orchestra AGCO Corporation Alpharetta Convention & Visitors’ Bureau ARSC Bacardi USA Julie & Jim Balloun Ms. Juanita Baranco Bell Family Foundation Liz & Frank Blake Alexandra & Brett Blumencranz Mr. David Boatwright The Breman Foundation Inc. The Walter & Frances Bunzl Foundation Camarena Tequila Mr. & Mrs. Michael H. Campbell Janet Davenport in honor of Norman Mackenzie Cari K. Dawson & John M. Sparrow EY Ms. Nancy Field & Mr. Michael Schulder Mary D. Gellerstedt Georgia Lottery GMT Capital Corporation Nancy D. Gould Drs. Jeannette Guarner & Carlos del Rio Jan & Tom Hough JBS Foundation Ann A. & Ben F. Johnson III* The Philip I. Kent Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Donald R. Keough Amy & Mark Kistulinec Pat & Nolan Leake Anne Morgan & Jim Kelley Morgens West Foundation Caroline & Joe di Donato O’Donnell Franca G. Oreffice The Sally & Peter Parsonson Foundation

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*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 Dominic Guercio & Robert Rigsby The Robert Hall Gunn Jr. Fund Gene Haywood Mr. & Mrs. Douglas J. Hertz Tad & Janin Hutcheson Roya & Bahman Irvani Mr. & Mrs. Baxter Jones Paul & Rosthema Kastin Donald S. Orr & Marcia K. Knight Lance Toland Associates George H. Lanier The Sartain Lanier Family Foundation Lillian Balentine Law The Links Inc. — Azalea City Chapter Dr. & Mrs. John E. Maupin Mr. & Mrs. Brian F. McCarthy Mr. Justin R. McLain Miller’s Ale House John F. & Marilyn M. McMullan Walter W. Mitchell Moe’s Southwest Grill Ms. Suzanne E. Mott Dansby Margaret H. Petersen In memory of Dr. Frank S. Pittman III Mr. & Mrs. Joel F. Reeves Vicki & Joe Riedel Betsy & Lee Robinson Donald Runnicles Amy & Paul Snyder Geraldine Dillard Stutz Sherry P. Taylor, MD Verifone Village Tavern Joan N. Whitcomb Dr. Thomas E. Whitesides Jr. Russell Williamson & Shawn Pagliarini Suzanne Bunzl Wilner Zeliff & Wallace Advisory Company Inc.

$3,500+

A Friend of the Orchestra ACI Worldwide Aadu & Kristi Allpere* Mr. & Mrs. Stephen D. Ambo Atlanta Falcons Youth Foundation Inc. Bahama Breeze Jack & Helga Beam Rita & Herschel Bloom Margo Brinton & Eldon Park Jacqueline A. & Joseph E. Brown Jr. Capgemini Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Chorba Carol Comstock & Jim Davis* Mr. & Mrs. Brant Davis* Sally & Larry Davis Mr. & Mrs. Andrew J. Delany Deloitte & Touche LLP Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Dragt The Elster Foundation David & Patty Emerson Dr. & Mrs. Carl D. Fackler Caroline Gilham Deedee & Marc Hamburger* Sally W. Hawkins Mr. Sean Heckert The Hellen Ingram Plummer Charitable Foundation Inc. Robert & Sherry Johnson Dick & Georgia Kimball* Dr. & Mrs. James T. Laney* Deborah & William Liss* Dr. & Mrs. James T. Lowman Belinda & Gino Massafra Mr. & Mrs. Albert S. McGhee Gregory & Judy Moore Morris, Manning & Martin Mr. & Mrs. Scott Nathan Robert & Mary Ann Olive David Paule & Gary Mann Provaré Technology Inc. S. A. Robinson Mr. & Mrs. George P. Rodrigue

Russell Reynolds Associates In memory of Willard Shull Hamilton & Mason Smith Barry & Gail Spurlock Mrs. C. Preston Stephens Stephen & Sonia Swartz The Elster Foundation Lizanne Thomas & David Black Burton Trimble TSYS UNISYS Alan & Marcia Watt* Dr. & Mrs. James O. Wells Jr. Patrice M. Wright- Lewis H. & T. Yamashita*

$2,000+

Friends of the Orchestra (7) Phyllis Abramson Dr. Evelyn R. Babey Dr. & Mrs. David Bakken Asad Bashey Mr. & Mrs. R. Edwin Bennett B. Sandford Birdsey III Ms. Laura J. Bjorkholm & Mr. John C. Reece II Leon & Linda Borchers Edith H. & James E. Bostic, Jr., Family Foundation Dr. & Mrs. Anton J. Bueschen Dr. Aubrey M. Bush & Dr. Carol T. Bush Mr. & Mrs. Russell E. Butner Charles Campbell & Ann Grovenstein-Campbell Mr. & Mrs. Walter K. Canipe Mr. & Mrs. Chuck Carlin Susan & Carl Cofer Ralph & Rita Connell Dr. & Mrs. William T. Cook Jean & Jerry Cooper Mr. & Mrs. Thomas G. Cousins Peter & Vivian de Kok Mr. Philip A. Delanty Xavier Duralde & Mary Barrett Greg & Debra Durden

Ms. Betty W. Dykes & Mr. Lars Steib Dr. Francine D. Dykes & Mr. Richard H. Delay Mary Frances Early Christopher & Sonnet Edmonds George T. & Alecia H. Ethridge Ellen & Howard Feinsand Mach Flinn John & Michelle Fuller Ed & Judy Garland Peg Simms Gary Drs. John & Gloria S. Gaston Dr. Mary G. George & Mr. Kenneth Molinelli Michael Gillen Marty & John Gillin Mary C. Gramling Dr. & Mrs. Alexander Gross Rand & Seth Hagen Betty L. Hammack & Charles Meredith M.D. Dr. Lewis H. Hamner III Hansberger & Merlin Harald R. Hansen* John & Martha Head Mr. & Mrs. John E. Hellriegel Virginia Hepner & Malcolm Barnes Kenneth R. Hey Mr. Harvey & Dr. Sarah Hill* Alan & Lucy Hinman Harry & Tatty Howard Stephanie & Henry Howell In memory of Byron P. Harris Richard & Linda Hubert Dr. & Mrs. James M. Hund Mr. John Hunter The Hyman Foundation Ms. Bettina A. Jackson Cantador Mary & Wayne James Cynthia Jeness Aaron & Joyce Johnson Mr. W. F. & Dr. Janice Johnston Mr. & Mrs. William K. Kapp Jr. Mr. & Mrs. L. Michael Kelly

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

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Mark B. Kent & Kevin A. Daft Paul & Camille Kesler Kinetix LLC Ms. Allyson Kirkpatrick Mr. & Mrs. Alan M. Knieter Mr. & Mrs. John E. Kranjc Dr. & Mrs. Scott I. Lampert Isabel Lamy Lee Olivia A. M. Leon J. Bancroft Lesesne & Randolph Henning Mrs. William C. Lester* Dr. Fulton D. Lewis III & Mr. Neal Rhoney Mr. & Mrs. J. David Lifsey Lime Media Group Inc. Joanne Lincoln Mr. & Mrs. Paul A. Lutz* Mr. & Mrs. Frederick C. Mabry Barbara & Jim MacGinnitie Elvira & Jay Mannelly Kay & John Marshall Martha & Reynolds McClatchey Mrs. Mary Ruth McDonald* Mr. Mark F. McElreath Ms. Shelley S. McGehee Dr. Larry McIntire Birgit & David McQueen Virginia K. McTague Tom & Jennifer Merkling Angela & Jimmy Mitchell Lilot S. Moorman & Jeffrey B. Bradley The Mortimer Family* Janice & Tom Munsterman Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Murphy Dr. & Mrs. R. Daniel Nable Lebby Neal Melanie & Allan Nelkin Barbara & Sanford Orkin Peach State Freightliner Trucks Mr. & Mrs. Andreas Penninger Susan Perdew Leslie & Skip Petter Elise T. Phillips Doris D. Pidgeon in memory of Rezin E. Pidgeon Jr.

Mary Kay & Gene Poland The Reverend Neal P. Ponder Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Quigley Mr. Leonard B. Reed Dr. & Mrs. W. Harrison Reeves Sr. Ricoh Roger & Lynn Lieberman Ritvo Betsy & Lee Robinson Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. Rodgers The Gary W. Rollins Foundation John T. Ruff Jane & Rein Saral Dr. & Mrs. Robert M. Schultz June & John Scott Patrick & Donna Scullin Mr. & Mrs. Samuel R. Shapiro Angela & Morton Sherzer Beverly & Milton Shlapak W. Henry Shuford & Nancy Shuford Helga Hazelrig Siegel Lewis Silverboard Sydney Simons Baker & Debby Smith Mrs. J. Lucian Smith* Johannah Smith Dr. Steven & Lynne Steindel* John & Yee-Wan Stevens Lou & Dick Stormont 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

$250+

Friends of the Orchestra (17) The Hon. & Mrs. Gregory A. Adams Mr. & Mrs. Michael Adamson Mr. Paul Alfieri Mr. & Mrs. John Allan Ms. Margaret Allen Dr. William D. Amis & Dr. Paula S. Amis Mr. Mark Andersen & Mr. William Anderson Antista Fairclough Design Ms. Tanika Antonio Dr. Beverly J. Armento & Dr. Rebecca More Mr. Gregory Armijo Mr. & Mrs. Chris F. Bachelder Mrs. Ann Marie Baggett Tammy & Chad Bagwell Mr. & Mrs. John C. Bair Ms. Joanne Balen Mr. & Mrs. McCary Ballard Mr. & Mrs. Robert Banker Mr. & Mrs. William R. Banks* Anthony Barbagallo & Kristen Fowks Mr. Jose Barbosa Mr. & Mrs. Warren E. Bare Mr. & Mrs. Michael Barker Jim & Suzanne Barksdale Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Barrett Mr. & Mrs. Morris L. Barto* Everette Bass Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Bass Mr. & Mrs. James Bealle Mr. Ernest W. Beals Denise & Lexi Smith Mr. Herschel V. Beazley Mr. & Mrs. Victor A. Bell Jr.

Mrs. Jean G. Bell Mr. & Mrs. Louis Benton Paul & Linnea Bert in honor of Maestro Robert Spano Susan & Jack Bertram Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Betenia Ms. Sandra R. Blackwood Shirley Blaine Dr. & Mrs. Donald Block Mr. & Mrs. Fredric Bloemeke Dr. & Mrs. Jerome B. Blumenthal Suzanne & Rob Boas* Mr. & Mrs. George Boltwood Mr. Don Bonar & Mr. Elmer Langham Mr. Merritt S. Bond Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. Bonstein Jr. Dan & Merrie Boone Foundation Ms. Elaine Bourdeaux Ms. Kristin Boyle Dr. Curtis Bradford Mr. & Mrs. L. Travis Brannon Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Breakstone Mr. & Mrs. Timothy D. Breer James L. Bross Mr. Jackson A. Bross Molly Bass Brown Robert & Lisa Brown Thomas & Lucy Browning Dr. Barbara S. Bruner Mr. & Mrs. Rod D. Bunn Drs. Patricia & John S. Burd Ms. Diana Burden Mr. Richard H. Burgin Mr. Walter Burnett Mr. Michael P. Burns Mr. & Mrs. Michael Butdorf Sissy & Joel Butler Mrs. William F. Byrnes Mrs. Kyle R. Cade Dr. Wayne E. Campbell M.D. Dr. Richard Carlson Mr. & Mrs. William J. Carney Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Carr Dr. & Mrs. William J. Casarella

*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 Mr. & Mrs. George E. Case III Mary C. & David F. Cawley Nathaniel & Ingrid Chafee Ms. Janet M. Chapman Ms. Diane Chauffe Mr. & Mrs. Jerome K. Chautin Frank & Mary Chew Mr. Brian Christjohn Mr. & Mrs. Alan D. Chunka Mr. & Mrs. W. Christopher Clark Peggy & Tony Clarke Mr. & Mrs. Robert Clayton Ms. Melodie H. Clayton Mrs. Gwen Cleghorn Donald & Karen Clewell Mr. & Mrs. Alva C. Cobb* David H. Cofrin Judith & Elliott Cohen Malcolm & Ann Cole Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Cole Mr. Blake Cole Mr. Nicolas Collins D. D. Conrad Ms. Cathryn V. Cook John & Linda Cooke Mr. Michael Cooley Dr. & Mrs. Max Cooper Mr. & Mrs. David B. Cooper Mr. Kenneth Cornwall Mr. & Mrs. David Corts Jr. Ms. Martha E. Cotter & Mr. Powell Cotter Ms. Erin Cousar Ms. Lisa Cowart Bales Ms. Jane Cox Dr. & Mrs. Mark Crawshaw Mr. & Mrs. Dennis M. Crean Billy & Kay Crouch K & J Title Works Gray & Marge Crouse Mr. Jimmy W. Crowe Mr. & Mrs. Erik Curns Mrs. Lavona Currie Dr. Marian E. Dabney Dr. & Mrs. F. Thomas Daly Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Harold T. Daniel Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan J. Davies Mr. & Mrs. Erroll B. Davis Jr.

Ms. Priscilla A. Davis Mr. & Mrs. Alex Day Susan Day & Jonathan Easterling Mark & Julie De Jong Mr. & Mrs. Geoffrey A. Dear Mr. & Mrs. Donald Defoe* Marianne S. & Robert* DeHaan Mr. & Mrs. Reed Deupree Harold & Sandra Dickerson Mrs. Barbara Dillingham Dr. & Mrs. Morton B. Dimenstien Ms. Elizabeth Dimling Mr. Mark Ditsler Ms. Nina S. Dobbs Steven & Jean Marie Doctor Jack & Jill’s: A Consignment Boutique Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Donovan Mr. & Mrs. Marion W. Dorazewski Katherine & Bertis Downs Mr. & Ms. Gary L. Dresser Mr. & Mrs. David W. Drews Mr. & Mrs. Brian Dyson Elizabeth Eakes Mr. Kevin S. Early Arnold & Sylvia Eaves Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. Edge Mr. Ray Edge Mr. Raymond F. Edge Mr. & Mrs. John D. Edison Geoffrey G. Eichholz Dr. & Mrs. Norman L. Elliott Dr. Elizabeth M. Ellis Mr. & Mrs. H. Alan Elsas Mr. Laurence W. Entrekin Mr. Jerry L. Siegel & Dr. AnnRita L. Hader The Hon. & Mrs. Jack Etheridge Dr. & Mrs. Bruce Lee Evatt Jim & Nancy Ewing Ms. Mary A. Fair Mr. & Mrs. James Farmer Mr. & Mrs. Clayton H. Farnham Mr. & Mrs. Paul G. Farnham Mr. Eric Feron

Ms. Virginia M. Ferrell & Mr. Jack Raymer Lisa Fey* Dr. Mary M. Finn Mr. & Mrs. William A. Flinn Gina Foil Mr. & Mrs. Philip D. Folger Robert Fornal & John Watson Ms. Maria Francis Dr. & Mrs. Richard D. Franco Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth D. Franklin Sarah Freeman Homer S. French Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Matt Friedlander Mr. Norman C. Frost Tom & Donna Fullilove Bill & Carolyn Gaik Mr. & Mrs. Sebastien Galtier Dr. & Mrs. Robert M. Gantt Representative Pat Gardner & Mr. Jerry Gardner Alma R. Garrette Mary Anne Gaunt Mr. Walter A. George III & Mrs. Sally George Mr. & Mrs. Dale C. Gerhardt Mr. & Mrs. Howard M. Gibbs Edward & Virginia Gignoux* Mr. & Mrs. Jerome Gilbert David M. Gittelman Mr. Thomas P. Glanton Mr. & Mrs. James L. Gole Mr. & Mrs. Robert Golomb Mr. Mitchell O. Goodman & Ms. Wendy Orent Hugh Goodwin in memory of Barbara Goodwin Carol H. Gordon Mr. Kenneth L. Gould Dr. & Mrs. Carl Grafton Mrs. Louise Grant Mr. & Mrs. Donald H. Gray Jr. Dr. & Mrs. David Greene William Eiselstein & Andrew Greene Mr. & Mrs. David Gregory

Mr. & Mrs. Richard Griffiths Roger Allen Grigg & Elizabeth S. Vantine Mr. & Mrs. George N. Gundersen* Dr. & Mrs. David Gushee John B. Haberlen Mr. & Mrs. Isaac N. Habif Dr. Getachew Hagos Dr. Sylvia Halleck Mrs. Anne Haltiwanger Ms. Anne Hammond Mr. & Mrs. Donald Handell Dr. & Mrs. Eugene Harley Dr. & Mrs. C.R. Harper Mr. David J. Harris Joe B. Harrison Phil & Lisa Hartley Mr. Walter B. Harvey Mrs. Charlotte T. Harvey Dr. & Mrs. J. Rhodes Haverty Mr. James W. Hays John & Martha Head Dr. & Mrs. Howard L. Hecht Ms. Susan V. Herrin Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Heller Ms. Mary Hendrix Richard L. Henneman & Janet L. Fath* Dr. & Mrs. Kenneth L. Herrmann Mr. & Mrs. Ronald G. Hertlein Ms. Edith Heter Arthur Heyman & Shirley Michalove Mr. John Hilleary Alan & Lucy Hinman Phillip & Cathy Hodges Louise Hoff Thomas & Catherine Hoffmann J. Mac & Chippy Holladay James E. Honkisz* Mr. & Mrs. Duane L. Hoover James & Bridget Horgan Mr. Gurdon Hornor Mrs. Sally Horntvedt Gerald D. Horowitz Foundation Mr. Joseph M. Hovanes Jr. Mr. Carl V. Huber Mr. & Mrs. David C. Huffman

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

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Mr. & Mrs. Fred Hughes Mr. & Mrs. Gregory A. Hundt Marguerite Ingram Mr. & Mrs. Francis Jack Mr. & Mrs. Glen O. Jackson Mrs. Lou B. Jewell Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Willie Johnson Mr. Timothy A. Johnson & Mrs. Margaret Wood Mrs. Benita P. Johnson Ms. Melissa Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Lynn H. Johnston Mr. & Mrs. Andrew T. Jones Mr. Ezra B. Jones III William L. & Sally S. Jorden Dr. & Mrs. Rafael L. Jurado Mr. & Mrs. Stephen J. Kalista Ms. Regina Kane & Mr. Jeffery Dworetz Mr. & Mrs. Theodore Kaplan Ms. Elena Kaplan Ed & Teresa Kennedy Robert & Vevonna Kennedy Mr. & Mrs. Joshua Ketchie Mrs. Anne P. Key Carol Ann Kilburn Mr. Norman & Dr. Bettina Kilburn Mrs. Donna Jane Kilgore Mr. & Mrs. Curtis Kimball Dr. Candance KimbroughGreen Ann T. Kimsey* Ms. Carlene T. Kincaid Mr. Kyle Knab Mr. Matthew Ko Mrs. Jo W. Koch Mr. & Mrs. James M. Koelemay Jr. Mr. George & Dr. Marjorie B. Kossoff Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth H. Kraft Mr. & Mrs. Dennis H. Lacoss Dr. & Mrs. William C. Land Jr.

The Honorable & Mrs. John S. Langford Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Tom E. Lantz Ms. Katherine Larder* Mr. & Mrs. Theodore J. Lavallee Sr. Mr. & Mrs. David LaWare* Mr. & Mrs. Igor Lazar Mr. & Mrs. Chris Le Ione & John Lee Elizabeth J. Levine Mr. & Mrs. William L. Levine Steven & Ellen Levy Doreen Lewis Kenna Libby Mr. A. Warren Lippitt & Dr. Jean A. Muench Mr. John Little & Mrs. Kathleen Casses Dr. Valerie Jagiella Barbara M. Long Mr. & Mrs. William G. Loventhal Mr. & Mrs. Paul Lukasiewicz Mr. Kevin & Dr. Jennifer Lyman Deirdre Lyons-Gary Mr. & Mrs. Carol Lyttle Fredrick Makori Maurice “Ted” & Gloria Maloof Dr. Harvey Mannes Mr. & Mrs. Edward M. Many Ms. Deborah A. Marlowe M. Jackson Marr Dr. & Mrs. Joseph H. Martin Jr. Mr. Jeffrey Martin Mrs. June T. Martin Sharan & Tony Martin Iain & Nancy Matheson Mr. & Mrs. James H. Matthews Jr. Mr. & Mrs. William A. Matthews III Luis Maza Ann E. Pasky Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth B. McCoy Mr. & Mrs. William J. McCranie III Miss Joey McCraw Robert & Elba McCue Mr. & Mrs. Joseph McCullough

Mr. & Mrs. John McCutcheon Mr. & Mrs. Richard W. McGinnis Toni McGowan Robert & Deborah McKeeman Mr. & Mrs. John McKibben Ms. JoAnn McLean Marsha & Tom McMurrain Ms. Phyllis McNeill & Mr. Peter Brannigan Mr. & Mrs. Eugene F. Meany* Mr. & Mrs. A. J. Medlin Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Robert F. Metz Elsa Ann Gaines & Joe Meyer Ms. Caroline Miklosovic & Ms. Allison Taylor David & Kara Miller Luine B. Miller Mr. & Mrs. Norman F. Miller Mr. Donald Miller Mr. Scott Miller Mrs. Dorothy H. Miller Ms. Ann M. Miller & Mr. Charles S. Raben Ms. Gin Miller Lonnie & Agneta Mimms Mr. & Mrs. Thomas B. Mimms Jr. Keith & Lisa Mitchell Mr. & Mrs. Edward Mitchell Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Sean Molley Mrs. Sarah Montgomery Dr. & Mrs. Melvin R. Moore Ms. Florence L. Moran Carter & Hampton Morris Tim & Kate Morris Dr. Patricia Moulton Mr. & Mrs. Mark I. Murovitz Mrs. Sherry Murphy David & Teresa Murray Janine & Chuck Musholt Wayne & Nancy Musselwhite Mr. & Mrs. Stephen L. Naman David Neises John & Agnes Nelson Kent C. Nelson & Ann Starr

Mr. & Mrs. Jon L. Nelson Mr. & Mrs. Randolph Newman David Perrin Nicholson & Raul Castro Dr. Edward O. Nix Mr. Gary Noble Mr. & Mrs. Tom Norris Mr. & Mrs. Leon Novak Mr. & Mrs. Jim Nowicki Marcia & Kevin Nuffer Ms. Susan C. Nussrallah Godfrey & Mary Ann Oakley Mr. Charles O’Brien III Lynn & Galen Oelkers Ms. Karla P. Olterman Mrs. Mary Ann D. Oprisch Dr. John D. Orme Dr. & Mrs. Keith D. Osborn Mr. Philip Ott Chip & Julie Oudin Mr. John C. Owens Mrs. Sherri & Mr. Steve Ozcomert Mr. & Mrs. Robert I. Paller Ms. Dorothy M. B. Palmer Adelisa Panlilio & Andrew Eilers Mr. & Mrs. Charles Paparelli Mr. Mark A. Parison & Mr. Robert D. Woodman Mr. & Mrs. William A. Parker Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Timothy J. Peaden Mr. Steve M. Peck Mr. & Mrs. Robbie C. Peele Mrs. Clarence L. Peeler Dr. Allan & Dr. Lori Peljovich Tremayne A. Perry* Mr. & Mrs. W. Ray Persons Pete & Charlotte Pfeiffer Mr. & Mrs. S. Howard Pharr III George & Susan Phillips Mr. & Mrs. Charles M. Phillips Ms. Cheryl A. Phillips Simon & Barbara Pines Mr. & Mrs. Douglas S. Pisik Dr. & Mrs. Alan L. Plummer Anne & Miriam Pollock

*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 Barbara & Marty Pollock John P. Pooler Stanley & Virginia Powell James E. & Sharon V. Radford Ms. Lavanya Ramanujan Mr. & Mrs. Ernest Ramsay Mr. & Mrs. Charles A. Raper Mr. & Mrs. Robert Ratonyi Bill & Bamby Ray John Reed & Amy Rowley Ms. Joyce Reedy Dr. Susan Reef Ms. Kathryn W. Reid Ms. Susan E. Reid Mrs. Susan H. Reinach Mr. Wes Reynolds* Mr. Ed Rhein LeeAnne Richardson & James Diedrick Mrs. Barbara Riff Colonel & Mrs. Doug J. Riffey Ms. Brenna Rizzardi Ms. Lillie M. Robbins Ms. Shelley Roberts Dr. Saundra Robinson Carolyn L. Robison David F. & Maxine A. Rock Mr. & Mrs. Clyde A. Rodbell Sidney & Phyllis Rodbell Mr. & Mrs. Michael Roman Dan & Carolyn Roper Mr. & Mrs. Norman H. Rosner Ms. Jane Royall & Mr. John Lantz Eric Ruben Mr. David Russell Angela Ryan Mr. & Mrs. Daryll J. Samples* Mr. & Mrs. Larry R. Samuelson Gretchen Nagy & Allan Sandlin Ms. Sally Sangster Mr. & Mrs. Milton Saul Paul S. Scharff & Polly G. Fraser Dr. & Mrs. Stefan H. Schmieta Mr. & Mrs. John F. Schraudenbach Mr. & Mrs. Charles R. Schreck

Caroline Wainright & Colby Schwartz Dr. & Mrs. Sanford Schwartz Mr. Sam Schwartz & Ms. Lynn Goldowski Mr. & Mrs. David Scoular Mr. & Mrs. Roger M. Scovil Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan Self Dr. & Mrs. George P. Sessions Mr. & Mrs. William A. Sessions Mr. Alexander Shane & Ms. Cynthia Peng Ms. Mary Sherman* Mr. & Mrs. James Sherwood IV Mr. Khonie Shlevich Alan & Marion Shoenig Douglas & Robin Shore Mr. Roger Simon & Ms. Mary Monsees Dr. Richard Simpson* Mr. & Mrs. David L. Sjoquist Bill & Susan Small Marjorie M. Smith M.D. Mr & Mrs. Gerald E. Smith Mr. & Mrs. Emmett Smith Mr. & Mrs. Robert Smith Mr. & Mrs. Robert Smith David & Mei Snyder Mr. William F. Snyder Dr. Seymour & Helena Solodar Mr. David Sowell Mr. & Mrs. John E. Sowers Mrs. Jack J. Spalding Anne-Marie Sparrow Dr. & Mrs. James O. Speed Elizabeth Morgan Spiegel Mrs. Rosemarie Spielman Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas T. Spina Jr. Dr. Odessa K. Spraggins Mr. & Mrs. Stanley M. Srochi Dr. & Mrs. David Stacy Aaron & Elaine Stambler Irene & Howard Stein Mr. & Mrs. Warren N. Steinberg Ms. Martha B. Stephens & Ms. Linda B. August Mr. & Mrs. Scott G. Stephenson Ms. Jennifer Stewart Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Stoecker

Esther & Jim Stokes Dr. Leslie J. Story Dr. & Mrs. John P. Straetmans Mr. & Mrs. A. Pinckney Straughn Mr. & Mrs. Kenard G. Strauss Ms. Andrea Strickland & Mr. N. J. Cohen Mr. & Mrs. J. G. Strom Mr. Frederick Stuart Dr. & Mrs. Ramon A. Suarez Beth & Edward Sugarman Mr. Brian Sullivan Mr. & Mrs. George Sutherlin Dr. & Mrs. Kenneth B. Swanson Michael & Francoise Szikman Mr. & Mrs. Alva Tabor III* Dr. & Mrs. Kenneth Taratus Ms. Elaine M. Tarkenton Mr. & Mrs. Edward M. Tate Ms. Barbara Taylor Ms. Leslie M. Taylor & Mr. David Pratt Mr. & Mrs. Thomas H. Teepen Ms. Linda F. Terry & Mr. Claude Terry Mr. John Teuscher Dr. & Mrs. Richard Thio Karen Thomas Mr. Michael A. Thomas Dede & Bob Thompson Carolyn & Tom Thorsen Ms. Mary Thurlow Mr. Joe M. Timberlake Willard & Wanda Timm Mr. Stephen Timme Mr. Russell B. Tippins & Mr. Randy New C. Barry & Louisa Titus Roger & Brenda Torri Mr. & Mrs. William H. Townsend Denise & Jim Traicoff Ms. Mary F. Trembath Ms. Elizabeth R. Trulock Jeremy S. Uchitel Mr. & Mrs. Chase Underwood Charles & Carol VanOver Mr. & Mrs. Alphonso J. Varner

Ms. Susana Velez Ms. Emasue Vereen Mr. Earl Verigan Mr. & Mrs. William P. Vestal Frank Vinicor M.D. Mr. & Mrs. Joseph B. Vivona Mr. & Mr. Larry B. Vogler M.D. Fritz & Norma Von Ammon Mrs. Joyce Vroon Stayce & Robert Wagner Richard & Adele Ward Clay & Mary Jo Warner Ms. Alice Jane Wasdin Carolyn & Dick Wasser Mr. & Mrs. Randolph O. Watson Mrs. Ruthie Watts Mr. & Mrs. F. Wayne Weaver Thomas R. Webb Mrs. Patricia Webber Dr. & Mrs. Collin J. Weber Brooke & Winston Weinmann The Rev. Dr. & Mrs. John Westerhoff Dr. & Mrs. Talbert Williams Mr. A. Joseph Williams & Ms. Teresa F. Fleming Professor Robert Williams & Mr. Charles C. Montgomery Betty Williford Russell F. Winch Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Winkler Elliott & Susan Winton Mr. & Mrs. Steven Wisener Mr. & Mrs. Michael K. Wolensky Raymond Woller & Doris Kadish Mr. K. Brent Woodruff Mr. & Mrs. Robert R. Woodson Henry Wu Harold & Jane Wyatt Mr. & Mrs. Gary Wygant Mr. & Mrs. William Yadlosky* Drs. Holly & Marty York Chuck & Pat Young Dale & Ellen Zeigler

*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

Atlanta Symphony Associates The volunteer organization of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

2014-2015 ASA Board of Directors Camille Kesler President Sylvia Davidson Immediate Past President Leslie Petter Advisor Belinda Massafra Secretary & Nominating Chair

Marie Hannon Treasurer Bunny Davidson Membership VP Pat King Education VP Glee Lamb Fundraising VP

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Celeste Pendarvis Marketing VP Wadette Bradford & Jonathan Brown Bravo Unit Chairs Martha Head & John Head Concerto Unit Chairs Joan Abernathy Encore Unit Chair

Corrie Johnson & Joanne Chesler Gross Ensemble Unit Chairs Nancy Cox & Nancy Chunka Intermezzo Unit Chairs

corporate & government | support

Classical Title Sponsor Classic Chastain Title Sponsor Family and POPS! Presenting Sponsor

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Atlanta School of Composers Presenting Sponsor

Free Park Concert Series Title Sponsor

Supporter of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus

Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs

Major support is provided by the City of Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs.

Major funding is provided by the Fulton County Board of Commissioners.

This program is supported in part by the Georgia Council for the Arts (GCA) through the appropriations of the Georgia General Assembly. GCA also receives support from its partner agency, the National Endowment

This program is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.

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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 33 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 Center’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 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 *Board Members Beauchamp C. Carr Challenge Fund Donors

Donations for Woodruff Arts Center Annual Campaign June 1, 2013 – May 31, 2014

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ASO | staff EXECUTIVE Terry Neal Interim President & Chief Executive Officer Bob Scarr Archives Program Manager

EDUCATION & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Mark B. Kent Vice President, Education & Community Engagement Katherine Algarra Program Assistant for Student Music Programs Niki Baker Manager of Ensembles & Instructions Kaitlin Gress Arts Vibe Teen Program Coordinator Tiffany I. M. Jones Education Associate for Audience Development Ahmad Mayes Manager of Community Programs

MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS Lucio Petroccione Vice President for Stategic Business Development Dave Adan Director of Special Events OPERATIONS and Programs Julianne M. Fish Dallas Greene Vice President & General Season Tickets Assistant Manager, ASO Holly Hanchey Paul Barrett Director of Marketing & Senior Production Patron Experience Stage Manager Meko Hector Richard Carvlin Marketing Production Stage Manager Manager Alex Malone Tegan Ketchie Managing Producer Manager of Broad Symphony Pops!

Based Giving Jesse Pace Melanie Kite Orchestra Operations & Subscriptions Office Hall Rental Coordinator Manager Susanne Watts Pamela Kruseck ASO PRESENTS Assistant Orchestra Manager of Group Trevor Ralph Personnel Manager Sales & Tourism Vice President, Chief Russell Williamson Jan Lochmann Operating Officer Orchestra Personnel Director of Revenue Clay Schell Manager Management Vice President, Alesia Mack ARTISTIC Programming Director of Season Tickets Evans Mirageas Holly Clausen & Customer Service Vice President for Artistic Director of Marketing Robert Phipps Planning Lisa Eng Publications Director Graphic Artist Carol Wyatt Thomas Pinckney Executive Assistant to the Ashley Majher Group & Corporate Music Director & Principal Marketing & Promotions Sales Manager Guest Conductor Coordinator Brandon Sheats Jeffrey Baxter Natacha McLeod Database Manager Choral Administrator Marketing Manager Robin Smith Ken Meltzer Verizon Wireless Subscription & ASO Insider & Amphitheater at Education Sales Program Annotator Encore Park Kourtnea Stevenson Christopher McLaughlin Katie Daniel Group & Corporate Artist Assistant Director of Sales Sales Associate Deborah Honan Karen Tucker Office & Customer Service Season Tickets Associate Manager & Venue Rental Sean Ward Coordinator Communications Specialist Brandon Schleicher Russell Wheeler Facility Manager Director of Group & Rebecca Simmons Corporate Sales Director of Ticketing at ASO Presents Jack Stiegler Director of Operations

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WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER STAFF FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION Susan Ambo Vice President of Finance Shannon McCown Assistant to the Vice President of Finance Peter Dickson Senior Accountant Nicole Epstein Venues Accountant Kimberly Hielsberg Senior Director of Financial Planning & Analysis Stephen Jones Symphony Store April Satterfield Controller DEVELOPMENT Jessica Langlois Development Director, Annual Giving Rebecca Abernathy Associate Director, Developmnet Operations, Advancement Services Tammie Cotton Gift Entry Assistant, Advancement Services Brien Faucett Manager, Corporate Philanthropy Melissa Muntz Grants Manager, Advancement Services Johnnie Oliver Manager, Development Research Advancement Services Gokul Parasuram Gift Entry Coordinator, Advancement Services Kate Robson Donor Communications & Stewardship Manager, Long-Term Giving Lauren Turner Individual Giving Manager, Annual Giving Trammell Williams Development Assistant, Annual Giving

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.

SINGLE TICKETS Call 404.733.5000 10 a.m.-8 p.m. MondayFriday; noon-8 p.m. Saturday-Sunday.

Service charge applies. Phone orders are filled on a best-available basis.

GROUP DISCOUNTS Groups of 10 or more save up to 15 percent on most ASO concerts, subject to ticket availability. Call 404.733.4848.

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.

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.

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 404.733.4375

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