InTune | September 2021

THE HOUSTON SYMPHONY MAGAZINE

SEPTEMBER 2021

Beethoven's Fifth Andrés Conducts

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ONCE UPON A TIME: ALAN MENKEN’S BROADWAY

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OPENING NIGHT WITH RENÉE FLEMING

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ANDRÉS CONDUCTS BEETHOVEN'S FIFTH

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THE ARTISTRY OF AUGUSTIN HADELICH

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Your Houston Symphony

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Once Upon a Time: Alan Menken's Broadway

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September 17, 18 & 19 �����������������������������������������������������20 The Artistry of Augustin Hadelich. . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Opening Night with Renée Fleming

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YOUR SYMPHONY EXPERIENCE JONES HALL

ETIQUETTE

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OROZCO-ESTRADA MUSIC DIRECTOR

ROY AND LILLIE CULLEN CHAIR

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Energy, elegance, and spirit—that is what particularly distinguishes Andrés Orozco-Estrada as a musician.

Since the 2020–21 Season, he has brought these strengths to bear as principal conductor of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra. In addition, he has been Music Director of the Houston Symphony since the 2014–15 Season, and after eight outstanding years, the 2021–22 Season will be his last as Music Director.

Orozco-Estrada was principal conductor of the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra from September 2014 to July 2021 and said goodbye in June 21 with a major concert at the Alte Oper, about which the Frankfurter Rundschau wrote: "The image of a balance of human impeccability, communicative passion, and the highest professionalism emerged. An orchestra, it was understood, wants to enjoy its work and at the same time make serious musical progress, and of course that sounds easier than it is. But it is precisely the combination of dancelike playfulness and an unconditional search for perfection that obviously distinguishes the Colombian's work."

Orozco-Estrada regularly conducts Europe's leading orchestras, including the Vienna Philharmonic, the Berlin Philharmonic, the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden, the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, the Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest, the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, and the Orchestre National de France, as well as major U.S. orchestras such as the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Philadelphia Orchestra. He has also conducted concerts and opera performances at the Berlin State Opera and the Salzburg Festival with outstanding success.

In the 2021–22 Season, he tours with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra for the first time in Austria (Graz, Salzburg, Bregenz), Europe (Spain, France, Germany), and Asia (Taiwan, China, Korea). Additionally, he conducts a new production with his orchestra at the Theater an der Wien (Catalani, La Wally) and takes the podium at the open-air concert in the Museumsquartier.

Orozco-Estrada also appears with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Staatskapelle Berlin, and the Staatsoper Unter den Linden, where he will conduct the New Year's Concert 2021–22 and a revival of Tosca, as well as with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France and the Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai. Also this season, a tour with the Filarmonica della Scala will take him to Bucharest, the Grafenegg Festival, and to the Dvořák Prague International Music Festival, where the orchestra will open the festival under his direction, accompanied by a TV broadcast.

Orozco-Estrada is particularly committed to new concert and media formats, as well as premieres of young composers. The inaugural concert with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra featured the world premiere of a commissioned composition by Dutch composer Carlijn Metselaar. Another world premiere of a work by the Austrian composer Johannes Maria Staud follows in 2022.

The Wiener Symphoniker Youth Talent also celebrated its premiere, in which exceptional musical talents were allowed to work on a solo piece with orchestral accompaniment and then present it in concert. There will be another Wiener Symphoniker Youth Talent in June 2022.

Working with young musicians is very close to his heart, and in 2019 he went on tour in Europe with the Filarmónica Joven de Colombia, of which he has been principal conductor since 2021. Since November 2018, Orozco-Estrada has also been principal conductor of the Freixenet Symphony Orchestra of the Reina Sofía School of Music in Madrid, Spain. He will tour Europe with both orchestras in the 2021–22 Season.

His CD releases on the Pentatone label have received much attention: with the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, he made recordings of Stravinsky's Firebird and Rite of Spring, which were praised by critics as "hauntingly beautiful" (Gramophone). His concert recordings of Richard Strauss's operas Salome and Elektra have also enjoyed great success. With the Houston Symphony, he released a “zestful” Dvořák cycle “with warm colours” (Pizzicato). He has also recorded all Brahms and Mendelssohn symphonies.

Born in Medellín (Colombia), Andrés Orozco-Estrada began his musical education by playing the violin, receiving his first conducting lessons at the age of 15. In 1997 he moved to Vienna, where he was accepted into the conducting class of Uroš Lajovic, a student of the legendary Hans Swarowsky, at the renowned Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst. Orozco-Estrada lives in Vienna.

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ROSTER

ORCHESTRA Andrés Orozco-Estrada

Juraj Valčuha Music Director Designate Steven Reineke Principal POPS Conductor Robert Franz Associate Conductor Yue Bao Ting Tsung and Wei Fong Chao Foundation

Conducting Fellow Betsy Cook Weber Director, Houston Symphony Chorus

FIRST VIOLIN Yoonshin Song, Concertmaster Max Levine Chair Eric Halen, Co-Concertmaster Ellen E. Kelley Chair Qi Ming, Assistant Concertmaster Fondren Foundation Chair Marina Brubaker Tong Yan MiHee Chung Sophia Silivos Rodica Gonzalez Ferenc Illenyi Si-Yang Lao Kurt Johnson Christopher Neal Sergei Galperin

VIOLA Joan DerHovsepian, Acting Principal Wei Jiang, Acting Associate Principal George Pascal*, Assistant Principal Sheldon Person Fay Shapiro Daniel Strba Phyllis Herdliska

Music Director Roy and Lillie Cullen Chair

SECOND VIOLIN MuChen Hsieh, Principal Amy Semes, Associate Principal Annie Kuan-Yu Chen Mihaela Frusina Jing Zheng Martha Chapman Tianjie Lu Anastasia Ehrlich Tina Zhang Boson Mo COMMUNITY-EMBEDDED MUSICIANS David Connor, double bass Rainel Joubert, violin

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CELLO Brinton Averil Smith, Principal Janice and Thomas Barrow Chair Christopher French, Associate Principal Anthony Kitai Louis-Marie Fardet Jeffrey Butler Maki Kubota Xiao Wong Charles Seo Jeremy Kreutz DOUBLE BASS Robin Kesselman, Principal Timothy Dilenschneider, Associate Principal Mark Shapiro Eric Larson Andrew Pedersen Burke Shaw Donald Howey

FLUTE Aralee Dorough, Principal General Maurice Hirsch Chair Matthew Roitstein, Associate Principal Judy Dines Kathryn Ladner PICCOLO Kathryn Ladner OBOE Jonathan Fischer, Principal Lucy Binyon Stude Chair Anne Leek, Associate Principal Colin Gatwood Adam Dinitz ENGLISH HORN Adam Dinitz CLARINET Mark Nuccio, Principal Thomas LeGrand, Associate Principal Christian Schubert Alexander Potiomkin E-FLAT CLARINET Thomas LeGrand BASS CLARINET Alexander Potiomkin Tassie and Constantine S. Nicandros Chair BASSOON Rian Craypo, Principal Issac Schultz, Associate Principal Elise Wagner Adam Trussell CONTRABASSOON Adam Trussell

HORN William VerMeulen, Principal Mr. and Mrs. Alexander K. McLanahan Endowed Chair Robert Johnson, Associate Principal Brian Thomas Nancy Goodearl Ian Mayton TRUMPET Mark Hughes, Principal George P. and Cynthia Woods Mitchell Chair John Parker, Associate Principal Robert Walp, Assistant Principal Richard Harris TROMBONE Bradley White, Acting Principal Phillip Freeman BASS TROMBONE Phillip Freeman TUBA Dave Kirk, Principal TIMPANI Leonardo Soto, Principal Matthew Strauss, Associate Principal PERCUSSION Brian Del Signore, Principal Mark Griffith Matthew Strauss HARP Megan Conley, Principal KEYBOARD Scott Holshouser, Principal *on leave

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TRUSTEES

2021–22 SEASON

SOCIETY BOARD of

Executive Committee John Rydman President Steven P. Mach Chairman

Janet F. Clark Immediate Past President Mike S. Stude Chairman Emeritus Paul Morico General Counsel

Barbara McCelvey Secretary John Mangum^ Executive Director/CEO Margaret Alkek Williams Chair

Barbara J. Burger Chair, Finance Brad W. Corson Chair, Governance & Leadership Evan B. Glick Chair, Popular Programming Mary Lynn Marks Chair, Volunteers & Special Events Sippi Khurana Chair, Education Robert Orr Chair, Strategic Planning

Leslie Siller President, Houston Symphony League Manolo Sánchez Chair, Marketing & Communications Ed Schneider Chair, Community Partnerships Miles O. Smith Chair, Artistic & Orchestra Affairs William J. Toomey II President, Houston Symphony Endowment Bobby Tudor At Large

Jesse B. Tutor Chair, Audit Andrés Orozco-Estrada^ Music Director Roy and Lillie Cullen Chair Adam Dinitz^ Musician Representative Mark Hughes^ Musician Representative Mark Nuccio^ Musician Representative John Parker^ Musician Representative ^Ex-Officio

GOVERNING DIRECTORS Marcia Backus Gary Beauchamp Tony Bradfield Bill Bullock Barbara J. Burger Terry Cheyney Janet F. Clark Lidiya Gold Rick Jaramillo Sippi Khurana, M.D. Carey Kirkpatrick Kenny Kurtzman Rochelle Levit, Ph.D. Cora Sue Mach **

Steven P. Mach Rodney Margolis** Jay Marks ** Mary Lynn Marks Billy McCartney Barbara McCelvey Paul R. Morico Robert Orr Chris Powers John Rydman** Miles O. Smith Quentin Smith Anthony Speier William J. Toomey II

Bobby Tudor ** Betty Tutor ** Jesse B. Tutor ** Judith Vincent Margaret Alkek Williams **

Ex-Officio Brad W. Corson Adam Dinitz Evan B. Glick Mark Hughes John Mangum Mark Nuccio Andrés Orozco-Estrada John Parker Manolo Sánchez Ed Schneider Leslie Siller

FRIENDS OF JONES HALL REPRESENTATIVES Ronald G. Franklin

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Steven P. Mach

Barbara McCelvey

Robert Orr

TRUSTEES Jonathan Ayre Janice Barrow ** David J. Beck James M. Bell Jr. Devinder Bhatia, M.D. Nancy Shelton Bratic Terry Ann Brown** Eric Brueggeman Ralph Burch Dougal Cameron John T. Cater** Michael H. Clark Virginia Clark Evan D. Collins, M.D., MBA Brad W. Corson Andrew Davis, Ph.D. Denise Davis Tracy Dieterich Bob Duff Joan Duff Jeffrey B. Firestone Eugene A. Fong Aggie L. Foster Julia Anderson Frankel Ronald G. Franklin Evan B. Glick Gary L. Hollingsworth Stephen Incavo, M.D. Brian James I. Ray Kirk, M.D. David Krieger Andrew Go Lee, M.D. Ulyesse J. LeGrange** Carlos J. López Michael Mann, M.D. Jack Matzer Jackie Wolens Mazow Alexander K. McLanahan Marilyn Miles Shane A. Miller Aprill Nelson Tammy Tran Nguyen Leslie Nossaman Scott Nyquist Edward Osterberg Jr. David Pruner Gloria G. Pryzant Miwa Sakashita Manolo Sánchez Ed Schneider Christian Schwartz Dilanka Seimon Helen Shaffer** Robert B. Sloan, D.D., Theol.

Jim R. Smith Mike S. Stude ** Ishwaria Subbiah, M.D. L. Proctor (Terry) Thomas III Shirley W. Toomim Margaret Waisman, M.D. Fredric A. Weber Mrs. S. Conrad Weil Robert Weiner Vicki West Steven J. Williams Frank Wilson David J. Wuthrich Ellen A. Yarrell Robert Yekovich Ex-Officio David V. Flores Kusum Patel Jessie Woods **Lifetime Trustee

PAST PRESIDENTS OF THE HOUSTON SYMPHONY SOCIETY Mrs. Edwin B. Parker Miss Ima Hogg Mrs. H. M. Garwood Joseph A. Mullen, M.D. Joseph S. Smith Walter H. Walne H. R. Cullen Gen. Maurice Hirsch Charles F. Jones Fayez Sarofim John T. Cater Richard G. Merrill Ellen Elizardi Kelley John D. Platt E.C. Vandagrift Jr.

J. Hugh Roff Jr. Robert M. Hermance Gene McDavid Janice H. Barrow Barry C. Burkholder Rodney H. Margolis Jeffrey B. Early Michael E. Shannon Ed Wulfe Jesse B. Tutor Robert B. Tudor III Robert A. Peiser Steven P. Mach Janet F. Clark

PAST PRESIDENTS OF THE HOUSTON SYMPHONY LEAGUE Miss Ima Hogg Mrs. John F. Grant Mrs. J. R. Parten Mrs. Andrew E. Rutter Mrs. Aubrey Leno Carter Mrs. Stuart Sherar Mrs. Julian Barrows Ms. Hazel Ledbetter Mrs. Albert P. Jones Mrs. Ben A. Calhoun Mrs. James Griffith Lawhon Mrs. Olaf LaCour Olsen Mrs. Ralph Ellis Gunn Mrs. Leon Jaworski Mrs. Garrett R. Tucker Jr. Mrs. M. T. Launius Jr. Mrs. Thompson McCleary Mrs. Theodore W. Cooper Mrs. Allen W. Carruth Mrs. David Hannah Jr. Mary Louis Kister Mrs. Edward W. Kelley Jr. Mrs. John W. Herndon Mrs. Charles Franzen Mrs. Harold R. DeMoss Jr. Mrs. Edward H. Soderstrom Mrs. Lilly Kucera Andress Ms. Marilou Bonner Mrs. W. Harold Sellers

Mrs. Harry H. Gendel Mrs. Robert M. Eury Mrs. E. C. Vandagrift Jr. Mrs. J. Stephen Marks Terry Ann Brown Nancy Strohmer Mary Ann McKeithan Ann Cavanaugh Mrs. James A. Shaffer Lucy H. Lewis Catherine McNamara Shirley McGregor Pearson Paula Jarrett Cora Sue Mach Kathi Rovere Norma Jean Brown Barbara McCelvey Lori Sorcic Jansen Nancy B. Willerson Jane Clark Nancy Littlejohn Donna Shen Dr. Susan Snider Osterberg Dr. Kelli Cohen Fein Vicki West Mrs. Jesse Tutor Darlene Clark Beth Wolff Fran Fawcett Peterson

PAST PRESIDENTS OF THE HOUSTON SYMPHONY LEAGUE BAY AREA Fran Strong Selma Neumann Julia Wells Dagmar Meeh Priscilla Heidbreder Harriett Small Nina Spencer Elizabeth Glenn Ebby Creden Charlotte Gaunt Norma Brady Cindy Kuenneke Helen Powell Sharon Dillard Diane McLaughlin Roberta Liston Suzanne Hicks Sue Smith

Shirley Wettling Jo Anne Mills Phyllis Molnar Pat Bertelli Emyre B. Robinson Dana Puddy Angela Buell Pat Brackett Joan Wade Yvonne Herring Deanna Lamoreux Glenda Toole Carole Murphy Patience Myers James Moore Mary Voigt Martha McWilliams Vicki P. Buxton

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FEATURED PROGRAM

ONCE UPON A TIME: ALAN MENKEN'S BROADWAY Friday

September 3

8:00 p.m.

Jones Hall

Saturday

September 4

8:00 p.m.

Jones Hall & Livestream

Sunday

September 5

2:30 p.m.

Jones Hall

Steven Reineke, conductor Katie Rose Clarke, vocalist Matt Doyle, vocalist Jordan Donica, vocalist Montego Glover, vocalist

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About the MUSIC Once Upon A Time: Alan Menken's Broadway •

American composer Alan Menken is best known for his work on films during the “Disney Renaissance” period of the 1990s. With the help of partner Howard Ashman, the two penned songs that defined a generation of Disney history, earning a host of awards along the way.

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In addition to his work with Disney, Menken also composed several hit musicals for the stage, including Little Shop of Horrors, Newsies, and Sister Act.

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Menken has been nominated for an Oscar 19 times, winning eight of those nominations. This gives him the distinction of the second highest number of wins in the music category.

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At its conception, Beauty and the Beast was not intended to be a musical. Thankfully, the original plot was eventually reworked, and Menken brought to life unforgettable numbers like “Beauty and the Beast” and “Be Our Guest”.

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Program BIOS Steven Reineke | conductor Steven Reineke has established himself as one of North America’s leading conductors of popular music. In addition to his role as Principal POPS Conductor of the Houston Symphony, this season, he celebrates his 10th anniversary as music director of The New York Pops at Carnegie Hall. Additionally, he is principal pops conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.

Steven is a frequent guest conductor with The Philadelphia Orchestra and his extensive North American conducting appearances include Atlanta, Cincinnati, Edmonton, San Francisco, and Sarasota.

On stage, he has created programs and collaborated with a range of leading artists from the worlds of hip hop, Broadway, television, and rock, including Common, Kendrick Lamar, Nas, Sutton Foster, Megan Hilty, Cheyenne Jackson, Wayne Brady, Peter Frampton, and Ben Folds, among others. In 2017, he was featured on NPR’s All Things Considered leading the National Symphony Orchestra, in a first for the show’s 45-year history, performing live music excerpts between news segments. In 2018, Steven led the same orchestra and hip hop legend Nas performing his seminal album, Illmatic, on PBS’s Great Performances.

As the creator of more than 100 orchestral arrangements for the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, Steven’s work has been performed worldwide, and can be heard on numerous Cincinnati Pops Orchestra recordings on the Telarc label. His symphonic works Celebration Fanfare, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Casey at the Bat are performed frequently in North America, including performances by the New York Philharmonic and Los Angeles Philharmonic. His Sun Valley Festival Fanfare commemorated the Sun Valley Summer Symphony’s pavilion, and his Festival Te Deum and Swan’s Island Sojourn were debuted by the Cincinnati Symphony and Cincinnati Pops Orchestras. His numerous wind ensemble compositions are published by the C.L. Barnhouse Company and are performed by concert bands worldwide.

A native of Ohio, Steven is a graduate of Miami University of Ohio, where he earned Bachelor of Music degrees with honors in both trumpet performance and music composition. He lives in New York City with his husband, Eric Gabbard.

Katie Rose Clarke | vocalist Katie Rose Clarke’s Broadway roles have included Ellen in Miss Saigon, Hannah Campbell in Allegiance, Glinda in Wicked, and Clara Johnson in Light in the Piazza. She joined national tours of Wicked and Light in the Piazza as well as the regional production as Cathy Hiatt in Last Five Years at the Long Wharf Theatre (2014, Winner, Best Actress, Connecticut Critics Circle Award). She performed the East Coast debut of Craig Lucas’ play Prayer for My Enemy as Marianne Noone at the Long Wharf Theatre Company directed by Bartlet Sher. She also appeared in the staged concert of Parade as Mrs. Phagan, conducted

by Jason Robert Brown at Lincoln Center. TV and film credits include the national broadcast of Live from Lincoln Center presents The Light in the Piazza, NCIS: New Orleans (CBS), The Good Wife (CBS), and the upcoming independent film Maybe There’s a Tree.

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Program BIOS Matt Doyle | vocalist Matt Doyle is currently starring as Jamie in the Broadway revival of Company. His previous Broadway credits include Spring Awakening, War Horse, Bye Bye Birdie, and The Book of Mormon. He has starred in numerous Off-Broadway productions, including Sweeney Todd, Brooklynite, Jasper in Deadland, and A Clockwork Orange. Film and TV credits include The Code, Private Romeo, and a recurring role on Gossip Girl. Matt has performed at Carnegie Hall with the New York Pops.

Jordan Donica | vocalist Jordan Donica is currently starring as Jordan Chase in the third season of the CW’s Charmed and recently guest starred in the award-winning Blue Bloods. Jordan originated the role of Freddy Eynsford-Hill in the 2018 Tony-nominated Lincoln Center Theater production of My Fair Lady. He also starred as Marquis de Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson in the first Los Angeles and San Francisco companies of Hamilton.

An Indianapolis native, Jordan made his debut starring as the leading man, Raoul, Vicomte de Chagny, in the historic Broadway production of The Phantom of the Opera. In addition to his theater and TV work, he was featured at the Washington National Opera gala at The Kennedy Center, the Pasadena Symphony, and the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. He starred as Sir Lancelot in Lincoln Center Theater’s gala production of Camelot opposite Lin Manuel Miranda.

Regional credits include: Jesus in Jesus Christ Superstar (Weathervane Playhouse), ensemble in South Pacific (Utah Shakespeare Festival), featured performer in The Greenshow (USF), Captain/Hennessy in Dames at Sea (Otterbein Summer Theatre), and Romeo in Romeo and Juliet (Noblesville Shakespeare in the Park, Indianapolis Mitty Most Impressive Actor award 2013). His film credits include Coda: An Independent Film by Abe Purvis. Jordan was featured at the American Songbook Hall of Fame celebration at the invitation of Michael Feinstein. He directed the 2015 Festival Play, Little Prints, a new student work that he is currently re-working with playwright Anna Mulhall, and he is writing a musical, Bully. He directed a gala performance of Exonerated at Northwestern University for the Center of Wrongful Convictions featuring Harry Lennix and Katrina Lenk.

Jordan is a 2016 graduate of Otterbein University, where he graduated cum laude with a BFA in Musical Theatre. An ambassador for The Innocence Project, family is everything to Jordan because without the “little village” of women who raised him, he would not be where he is today. “Every day is a gift,” he says.

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Program BIOS Montego Glover | vocalist Montego Glover is a Tony Award nominee, two-time Drama Desk Award winner, Outer Critics’ Circle Award winner, Outer Critics’ Circle Award honoree, and Drama League Award nominee. Her Broadway credits include Hamilton (Angelica Schuyler), Memphis (Felicia Farrell), Les Misérables (Fantine), It Shoulda Been You (Annie Shephard), and the original Broadway production of The Color Purple (Celie & Nettie).

Montego has been a guest artist at La Jolla Playhouse, Seattle’s 5th Avenue Theatre, Lincoln Center Theater, and the Old Globe, among others, earning an IRNE Award, a Helen Hayes nomination, and a Craig Noel nomination.

In addition to the Houston Symphony, Montego has been privileged to work as guest artist with The New York Pops, Jazz at Lincoln Center, New York City Center, The National Symphony Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Cincinnati Symphony, Jacksonville Symphony, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, Caramoor Music Festival, Calgary Philharmonic, Sun Valley Symphony Orchestra, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, and the Smith Center in Las Vegas.

TV and film projects include: Bull, Black Box, The Following, Hostages, Smash, The Good Wife, White Collar, Golden Boy, Law & Order, Made in Jersey, and the independent feature film Broken Soldier.

She has enjoyed numerous commercial campaigns, voiceovers, narration, and animated characters for television, gaming, film, and new media.

Currently, Montego can be seen on Evil, season 2, streaming on Paramount Plus for CBS. Upcoming projects include a limited television series and a highly anticipated animated series, currently in development, both for Netflix; and narration for an audiobook celebrating inspiring women from around the globe.

Montego has served as a member of the Artists’ Committee for the Kennedy Center Honors and Lincoln Center Theater. She is a New York PopsEd Ambassador, a Judge for the National High School Music Theatre Awards (the Jimmy’s), and a member of the Broadway Green Alliance. @MontegoGlover, www.MontegoGlover.com

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FEATURED PROGRAM

OPENING NIGHT WITH RENÉE FLEMING Saturday

September 11

7:30 p.m.

Jones Hall

Steven Reineke, conductor Renée Fleming, soprano S. REINEKE J. CORIGLIANO HANDEL R. HAHN/C. GOLDSCHMITZ

Celebration Fanfare And the People Stayed Home Poem by Kitty O’Meara

Dank sei dir, Herr L’heure exquise from Chansons grises Lyrics by Paul Verlaine

R. HAHN

Si mes vers avaient des ailes

COPLAND

Suite from The Tender Land

Lyrics by Victor Hugo II. Party Scene III. Finale, The Promise of Living

LEONCAVALLO

Musette svaria sulla bocca viva from La Bohéme

F. CILEA

Io son l’umile ancella from Adriana Lecouvreur

RODGERS/D. WALKER J. KANDER/J. THALKEN RODGERS/R. MATHES A. LIPPA

Lyrics by Ruggero Leoncavallo Lyrics by Arturo Colautti

Carousel Waltz Winter/Love and Love Alone from The Visit Lyrics by Fred Ebb

Hello, Young Lovers from The King and I Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II

The Diva Lyrics by Andrew Lippa

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These performance is brought to you in part by

Program BIOS Steven Reineke | conductor Please see biography on page 14.

Renée Fleming | soprano Renée Fleming is one of the most highly acclaimed singers of our time, performing in the world’s greatest opera houses and concert halls. Honored with four Grammy awards and the US National Medal of Arts, Renée has sung for momentous occasions from the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony to the Diamond Jubilee for Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace.

In 2014, she became the first classical artist to sing “The Star-Spangled Banner” at the Super Bowl.

Renée has starred in and hosted an array of television broadcasts, including The Met: Live in HD and Live from Lincoln Center. Her voice is featured on the soundtracks of Best Picture Oscar winners The Shape of Water and The Lord of the Rings.

During the pandemic, Renée’s performances on digital platforms have included streamed concerts for the Metropolitan Opera, the Kennedy Center, Lyric Opera of Chicago, and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.

In 2020, she launched Music and Mind LIVE, a weekly web series that explores the intersection of music and arts with human health and the brain, amassing more than 650,000 views from 70 countries. In recent years, Renée has become known as a leading advocate for research at the intersection of the arts and health.

In 2019, Renée performed world premieres of works

by André Previn and Kevin Puts with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and starred in the London premiere of The Light in the Piazza, later bringing the acclaimed production to Los Angeles and Chicago.

Renée earned a Tony nomination for the 2018 Broadway production of Carousel. She is artistic advisor to the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, co-artistic director of Aspen Opera Theater and VocalArts, and artistic director of Carnegie Hall’s SongStudio. Other honors include the Fulbright Lifetime Achievement Medal, Germany’s Cross of the Order of Merit, France’s Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur, and honorary doctorates from numerous leading universities. www.reneefleming.com InTUNE — September 2021 | 19

FEATURED PROGRAM

ANDRÉS CONDUCTS BEETHOVEN'S FIFTH Friday

September 17

8:00 p.m.

Jones Hall

Saturday

September 18

8:00 p.m.

Jones Hall & Livestream

Sunday

September 19

2:30 p.m.

Jones Hall

Andrés Orozco-Estrada, conductor Yefim Bronfman, piano Yoonshin Song, violin Brinton Averil Smith, cello G. BRIDGETOWER/ K. RIVERA BEETHOVEN

Henry: A Ballad (Houston Symphony Commision, World Premiere) Concerto for Piano, Violin, Cello and Orchestra in C major, Opus 56 (Triple) I. Allegro II. Largo— III. Rondo alla Polacca

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Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Opus 67 I. Allegro con brio II. Andante con moto III. Allegro— IV. Allegro

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About the MUSIC G. BRIDGETOWER/K. RIVERA Henry: A Ballad (HS commission, world premiere) •

George Bridgetower (1778–1860)was an AfroEuropean composer and violinist. Although born in Poland, Bridgetower spent much of his time in England, and performed numerous concerts across Europe.

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Bridgetower was a talented violinist and began giving concerts at just 10 years old. After touring Europe for several years, the Prince Regent (the future King George IV) took a strong interest in Bridgetower and funded his musical education, later employing him to perform in his orchestra in London.

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While visiting Vienna, Bridgetower met and befriended Beethoven, who dedicated his Violin Sonata No. 9 to Bridgetower. The two had a falling out, and the sonata was later rededicated to violinist Rudolphe Kreutzer.

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Composed in 1812, Henry: A Ballad is one of the only surviving works by Bridgetower, and was written shortly after completing his Bachelors of Music degree in Cambridge. Originally written for voice and piano, this energetic song was dedicated to “Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales”.

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This piece, originally for voice and piano, was arranged for orchestra by composer Kyle Rivera. Rivera previously collaborated with the Houston Symphony for its 2019 Resilient Sounds program, where student composers worked with Houston-area refugees to create original music describing their stories.

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About the MUSIC BEETHOVEN Concerto for Piano, Violin, Cello and Orchestra in C major, Opus 56 (Triple) •

Beethoven’s Triple Concerto in C major, published in 1804, is written for a solo trio of violin, cello, and piano with orchestra. This is the only concerto Beethoven composed featuring multiple solo instruments and remains the only well-known example of a concerto for piano trio.

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Beethoven began composing this work in 1803, around the same time he composed his legendary Third Symphony (Eroica), which marked the beginning of his “middle period” of composition and a transition to a more Romantic style of writing.

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It is claimed that this concerto was written for Archduke Rudolf of Austria, a royal pupil, patron, and friend, who studied piano and composition under Beethoven. Allegedly, Beethoven wished to give the young Archduke, then 16, an impressive concerto which would be relatively easy to play on piano alongside virtuosic parts for the violin and cello. However, it is unknown whether the Archduke ever performed the concerto in concert.

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Beethoven frequently highlights the solo cello using thematic melodies, which he uses to begin each of the three movements as well as to introduce new themes throughout the piece. He writes in the upper range of the instrument, and pairs it with melodic material in the violin in order to ensure that it is audible over the sound of the soloists and orchestra.

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The first movement begins in a stately march tempo. The second movement serves as a slow and lyrical introduction to the dancelike third movement, which begins without pause.

BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Opus 67 •

Beethoven began sketches of his fifth symphony in 1804, immediately after completing his third symphony, but did not finish it until 1808. This marked a difficult period in Beethoven’s own life: his deafness was growing more severe, he was struggling financially, and the ongoing turmoil of the Napoleonic Wars threatened to destroy his homeland. This symphony takes listeners on a dramatic trajectory from tragedy to triumph, inspired in no small part by the events of Beethoven’s own life.

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The Fifth Symphony is largely inspired by a single, four-note gesture, the legendary shortshort-short-long rhythm which opens the first movement and is carried throughout the piece.

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The short-short-short-long rhythm serves as the fabric from which the entire symphony is woven and can be found throughout the rest of the piece. The second movement explores variations on two new ideas, but still makes rhythmic allusions to material from the first movement. The third movement, a scherzo, opens with an ominous melody in the low strings.

This is interrupted suddenly by the horns, which call back the same four-note rhythm from the beginning of the symphony. The expansive fourth movement, which begins without pause, gives a triumphant end to Beethoven’s symphonic tale.

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Beethoven uses an expansive instrumentation, including the addition of contrabassoons, piccolos, and trombones, marking the very first time trombones had been used in a symphonic setting.

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About the MUSIC •

Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony was premiered in December 1808 in Vienna, alongside his Symphony No. 6 and Piano Concerto No. 4. It proved to have a profound influence on symphonic writing from that point forward, both through the relationship between movements and their journey from tragedy to triumph.

Program BIOS Andrés Orozco-Estrada | conductor Please see biography on page 6.

Yefim Bronfman | piano Internationally recognized as one of today’s most acclaimed pianists, Yefim Bronfman stands among a handful of artists regularly sought by the most illustrious conductors, chamber musicians, orchestras, festivals, and recital series. His commanding technique, power, and exceptional lyrical gifts are consistently acknowledged by the press and audiences alike.

Widely praised for his solo, chamber, and orchestral recordings, Yefim has been nominated for six Grammy Awards, winning in 1997 with Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Los Angeles Philharmonic for their recording of the three Bartók Piano Concerti. His prolific catalog of recordings includes works for two pianos by Rachmaninoff and Brahms with Emanuel Ax, the complete Prokofiev concerti with the Israel Philharmonic and Zubin Mehta, a Schubert/Mozart disc with the Zukerman Chamber Players, and the soundtrack to Disney’s Fantasia 2000. His most recent CD releases include the 2014 Grammy-nominated Magnus Lindberg’s Piano Concerto No. 2 commissioned for him and performed by the New York Philharmonic conducted by Alan Gilbert on the Da Capo label.

Now available on DVD are his performances of Liszt’s second piano concerto with Franz WelserMöst and the Vienna Philharmonic, Beethoven’s fifth piano concerto with Andris Nelsons and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Rachmaninoff’s third concerto with the Berlin Philharmonic and Sir Simon Rattle, and both Brahms Concerti with Franz Welser-Möst and The Cleveland Orchestra.

Born in Tashkent in the Soviet Union, Yefim Bronfman immigrated to Israel with his family in 1973, where he studied with pianist Arie Vardi, head of the Rubin Academy of Music at Tel Aviv University. In the United States, he studied at The Juilliard School, Marlboro School of Music, and the Curtis Institute of Music, under Rudolf Firkusny, Leon Fleisher, and Rudolf Serkin. A recipient of the prestigious Avery Fisher Prize, one of the highest honors given to American instrumentalists, he was further honored as the recipient of the Jean Gimbel Lane prize in piano performance from Northwestern University and an honorary doctorate from the Manhattan School of Music.

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Program BIOS Yoonshin Song | violin Max Levine chair Acclaimed as “a wonderfully talented violinist…whose sound and technique go well beyond her years,” violinist Yoonshin Song was born in South Korea, where she began her musical studies at age 5. Making her solo debut with the Seoul Philharmonic at age 11, she has since built a successful performing career internationally.

Yoonshin was appointed Concertmaster of the Houston Symphony in August 2019. Prior to that she held the same position with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra for seven seasons. Yoonshin has also served as guest concertmaster of the Budapest Festival Orchestra under Iván Fischer.

Beyond her first chair duties, Yoonshin has performed as a soloist with many orchestras around the world, including the Houston Symphony, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, the Utah Symphony, the New Mexico Philharmonic Orchestra, the Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, the Paul Constantinescu Philharmonic Orchestra, the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, the KBS Philharmonic Orchestra, among many others. The highlights of her 2020–2021 season as a soloist include concertos with the Budapest Festival Orchestra, the Houston Symphony, and the New Mexico Philharmonic Orchestra.

She has also participated as a soloist and chamber musician in numerous leading music festivals, including the Marlboro, Deer Valley, Great Lakes, and Aspen Music Festivals in the United States; the Miyazaki Chamber Music Festival in Japan; and the Verbier, Lucerne, and Bayreuth Festivals in Europe.

Yoonshin has earned many prestigious prizes throughout her career, including top prize awards in the Lipizer International Violin Competition in Italy; the Lipinski & Wieniawski International Violin Competition in Poland; the Henry Marteau International Violin Competition in Germany; and first prize at the Stradivarius International Competition in the United States. She studied under the tutelage of Donald Weilerstein at the New England Conservatory and continued her studies with Robert Mann and Glenn Dicterow at the Manhattan School of Music.

Brinton Averil Smith | cello Janice and Thomas Barrow Chair Musician sponsored by Mike Stude Cellist Brinton Averil Smith continues to win rave reviews for virtuosic performances with musical ideals rooted in the golden age of string playing. His debut recording of Miklós Rózsa’s Cello Concerto with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra won widespread international critical acclaim, with Gramophone praising Smith as a “hugely eloquent, impassioned soloist,” and his recording of the chamber music of Fauré with Gil Shaham was chosen by numerous critics as one of the year’s best albums. A passionate advocate of compelling unfamiliar repertoire, Smith recently gave the North American premieres of rediscovered works of Jean Sibelius and Alexander Zemlinsky. Smith’s performances, hailed as “stunningly beautiful” by the American Record Guide, have been broadcast on CBS’s Sunday Morning and on the radio throughout the United States, including American Public Media’s Performance Today and 24 | Houston Symphony

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Smith has appeared regularly as a soloist with the Houston Symphony since joining the orchestra as Principal Cellist in 2005. Prior to this appointment, he was the first musician chosen by Lorin Maazel to join the New York Philharmonic and was Principal Cellist of the San Diego and Fort Worth Symphonies. As a chamber musician, Smith has collaborated with artists including Yo-Yo Ma, Gil Shaham, Cho-Liang Lin, James Ehnes, Lynn Harrell, Sarah Chang, Dawn Upshaw, and members of the Beaux Arts Trio and the Guarneri, Emerson, Juilliard, Cleveland, and Berg quartets.

Smith is also a faculty member of the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University and Aspen Music Festival.

The son of a mathematician and a pianist, Smith was admitted to Arizona State University at age 10, where he took courses in mathematics, music, and German. At age 17, Smith completed a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics. He then became a student of Eleonore Schoenfeld at the University of Southern California, where he was also a teaching assistant in the mathematics department, and completed work for a Master of Arts in Mathematics at age 19. He subsequently studied with the renowned cellist Zara Nelsova at The Juilliard School, where he received a Doctor of Musical Arts, disserting on the playing of Emanuel Feuermann. Smith resides in Houston with his wife, pianist Evelyn Chen, their daughter, Calista, and two slightly evil, but kind-hearted dogs. For further information, please visit www.brintonaverilsmith.com

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THE ARTISTRY OF AUGUSTIN HADELICH Friday

September 24

8:00 p.m.

Jones Hall

Saturday

September 25

8:00 p.m.

Jones Hall & Livestream

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September 26

2:30 p.m.

Jones Hall

Augustin Hadelich, violin and leader Jonathan Fischer, oboe J. S. BACH

Concerto in C minor for Oboe, Violin, Strings and Continuo I. Allegro II. Adiago— III. Allegro

SHOSTAKOVICH/ M. ZINMAN-A. PUSHKAREV

J. S. BACH

Sonata for Violin, Percussion and String Orchestra, Opus 134 I. Andante II. Allegretto III. Largo—Andante—Largo

Partita No. 3 in E major for Solo Violin, BWV 1006.1 I. Preludio

C. de SAINT-GEORGES

Violin Concerto in A major, Opus 5, No. 2 I. Allegro II. Largo III. Rondeau

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About the MUSIC J. S. BACH Concerto in C minor for Oboe, Violin, Strings and Continuo •

The only surviving manuscript of Bach’s Concerto in C minor is scored for two harpsichords. This is believed to be an arrangement of an earlier concerto written for oboe and violin. It was common for composers of Bach’s time to frequently rearrange their older compositions for different instruments to ensure they would continue to be played.

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Most of Bach’s concerti were composed between 1717 and 1723, which is when this original concerto is thought to have been written. The harpsichord arrangement appears not to have been completed until around 1736, at a time when Bach had little opportunity to perform outside his own home due to the demands of his job as Cantor in Leipzig, Germany.

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The first movement begins with a theme in the violin and oboe that is gradually transformed as the piece progresses. The lyrical oboe melody, which opens the second movement, is traded gently between the two soloists as it unwinds.

The lively third movement alternates between the soloists and the orchestra in typical Baroque concerto style.

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SHOSTAKOVICH/M. ZINMANA. PUSHKAREV Sonata for Violin, Percussion and String Orchestra, Opus 134 •

Composed in 1968, the Violin Sonata was one of the last pieces Shostakovich wrote.

It was dedicated to the Russian violinist David Oistrakh, who premiered it in 1969, in celebration of his 60th birthday.

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About the MUSIC in the somber nature of his music.

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This Sonata is characterized by dark, restless textures in the outer two movements, which contrast with the frenzied, chaotic second movement. The sparse and restless first movement begins with four notes in the violin (D, E-flat, C, and B), which spell out Shostakovich’s initials in German (D-S-C-H). The middle movement begins suddenly and takes the listener through a wild and relentless scherzo. The third movement spins out a series of dark variations on a simple bass line, picked out by the violin after a short introduction.

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Melodies throughout all three movements are based on a 12-tone row, a modern composition technique in which all 12 chromatic pitches are used in a specific sequence.

J. S. BACH Partita No. 3 in E major for Solo Violin, BWV 1006.1, I. Preludio •

Bach’s Partita No. 3 in E major is the last in the set of six sonatas and partitas he wrote for the violin and was composed sometime between 1717 and 1720.

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Like the concerto heard earlier in the program, this partita was written during Bach’s time as conductor of the court orchestra at Anhalt-Cöthen, Germany, where he had access to many talented musicians who could play his music. However, it’s also possible that Bach played these himself as well; his towering profile in composition often overshadows his varied musical gifts as a talented boy soprano and later as a violinist, organist, and harpsichordist.

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This program highlights the partita’s exuberant first movement, the Preludio, which consists almost solely of “semiquavers,” or sixteenth notes. The Preludio is one of Bach's most famous instrumental compositions and he later rescored it for organ and orchestra in the Cantata, BWV 29. All of the solo partitas reflect Bach’s mastery of the violin both as a performer and a composer, as only someone intimately familiar with the violin as a performer could understand it’s limitations and possibilities which are so well expressed in the partitas and sonatas. Bach’s works for solo violin are unsurpassed in technique and musical quality.

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In an interview with violinist Laurie Niles, soloist Augustin Hadelich explains: "The Baroque was an era of excess, of flamboyant characters… not what one often associates with Bach, if you think of him as this austere German church composer. But even when he writes religious music, the music is always dancing, and there are dances in so many of his pieces."

C. de SAINT-GEORGES Violin Concerto in A major, Opus 5, No. 2 •

Joseph Bologne de Saint-Georges was a virtuoso violinist and composer of the Classical era.

He is remembered as the first known classical composer of African ancestry.

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Born to a French plantation owner and his African slave, Saint-Georges contended with racism and discrimination at every stage of his life and career. Nevertheless, he became an acclaimed soloist and composer, and even served as the concertmaster and conductor of the Concert de la Loge Olympique, the leading orchestra in Paris.

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During the French Revolution, he served as the colonel of the first Black regiment in Europe, the "Légion Saint-Georges".

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About the MUSIC •

Saint-Georges wrote a wide variety of music, including seven operas, but it was his instrumental compositions that earned him the most success. His writing was refined and elegant, and often showcased his own virtuosity on the violin.

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Saint-Georges’s Violin Concerto in A major, No. 2 is a highly technical and demanding piece in three movements, as was typical for concertos of the time. The rich and virtuosic first movement contains several contrasting themes, which return throughout the piece, and features multiple cadenzas written by Augustin Hadelich himself. The second movement offers a reprieve from the activity of the opening, with lyrical melodies in the violin floating above a gentle orchestral accompaniment. A lively rondo concludes the piece, characterized by a recurring tune first played by the orchestra.

Program BIOS Augustin Hadelich | violin and leader Augustin Hadelich is one of today’s great violinists. He has mastered a wide-ranging and adventurous repertoire and is often referred to by colleagues as a musician's musician. Named Musical America’s 2018 "Instrumentalist of the Year", he is consistently cited worldwide for his phenomenal technique, soulful approach, and insightful interpretations.

Augustin won the 2016 Grammy Award for Best Classical Instrumental Solo for his recording of Dutilleux’s Violin Concerto, L’Arbre des songes, with the Seattle Symphony under Ludovic Morlot (Seattle Symphony MEDIA). A Warner Classics Artist, his first release was a recording of Paganini’s 24 Caprices in 2018. His Brahms and Ligeti violin concertos with the Norwegian Radio Orchestra under Miguel Harth-Bedoya, followed in 2019. A new recording Bohemian Tales, including the Dvořák Violin Concerto with the Bavarian Radio Orchestra conducted by Jakub Hrůša, was released in 2020 to high acclaim. Other recent discs include live recordings of the violin concertos of Tchaikovsky and Lalo (Symphonie espagnole) with the London Philharmonic Orchestra on the LPO label (2017) and a series of releases on the AVIE label, including a CD of the violin concertos by Jean Sibelius and Thomas Adès (Concentric Paths), with Hannu Lintu conducting the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra (2014). This disc was nominated for a Gramophone Award and listed by NPR as one of its Top 10 Classical CDs of the year.

Born in Italy, the son of German parents, Augustin is now an American citizen. He holds an artist diploma from The Juilliard School, where he was a student of Joel Smirnoff. He is recipient of the Gold Medal at the 2006 International Violin Competition of Indianapolis, an Avery Fisher Career Grant (2009), a Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship (2011), the inaugural Warner Music Prize (2015), a Grammy Award (2016), and an honorary doctorate from the University of Exeter (2017).

Augustin Hadelich plays the "Leduc, ex-Szeryng" by Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesù of 1744, generously loaned by a patron through the Tarisio Trust. www.augustin-hadelich.com

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Program BIOS Jonathan Fischer | oboe Lucy Binyon Stude Chair Jonathan Fischer joined the Houston Symphony as principal oboe in September 2012 and was invited to join the faculty of the University of Houston in September 2014. Prior to his appointment with the Houston Symphony, Fischer served as associate principal oboe with the San Francisco Symphony for nine seasons. He has also held positions with The Cleveland Orchestra, the Lyric Opera of Chicago, Grant Park Orchestra, Santa Fe Opera, Canadian Opera Company, Savannah Symphony, and the New World Symphony. Fischer has performed as a guest principal with many of the nation’s leading orchestras including the Boston, Chicago, and Baltimore Symphony Orchestras, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the St. Louis and Atlanta Symphonies, and the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra.

He has performed as a soloist with the Houston Symphony, Grant Park Symphony, New World Symphony, and the San Francisco Symphony.

Fischer currently teaches at the University of Houston’s Moores School of Music and Texas Music Festival. He has taught and performed at the Aspen Music Festival and the Oberlin Conservatory.

He has given masterclasses at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, the San Francisco Conservatory, Rice University, and University of Michigan, and has been a coach at the New World Symphony. He holds a degree from the Curtis Institute of Music, where he studied with Richard Woodhams.

A native of South Carolina, Fischer now enjoys living in the Heights with his dog, a Louisiana Catahoula mix.

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$5,000+ Lilly and Thurmon Andress ** Dr. & Mrs. Jeffrey B. Aron ** Ann & Jonathan Ayre ** Mr. & Mrs. Philip A. Bahr Dr. Saul and Ursula Balagura Anne Boss Mr. & Mrs. Michael E. Bowman James and Judy Bozeman Barbara A. Brooks Barry & Janet Burkholder Marilyn Caplovitz Donna and Max Chapman Dr. Angela Chen Barbara A. Clark & Edgar A. Bering Donna M. Collins Mr. & Mrs. Byron Cooley Mr. & Mrs. Larry Corbin Ms. Miquel A. Correll Lois and David Coyle Jacqueline Harrison & Thomas Damgaard Rania & Jamal Daniel Andrew Davis & Corey Tu Ms. Elisabeth DeWitts Kathy and Frank Dilenschneider Mike and Debra Dishberger Connie Dyer Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Elsenbrook The Ensell Family Mr. Parrish N. Erwin Jr. Paula & Louis Faillace Ms. Ursula H. Felmet Dr. and Mrs. Richard Fish Mrs. Mary Foster-DeSimone & Mr. Don DeSimone Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Franco Bill & Diana Freeman Mr. Patrick R. Friday & Ms. Beverley Babcock

Ms. Eugenia C. George Nancy D. Giles Suzan & Julius Glickman Mr. and Mrs. Eric J. Gongre The Greentree Fund Bill Grieves Mary N. Hankey Mark & Ragna Henrichs Mr. & Mrs. Frank Herzog Mrs. Ann G. Hightower Ronny Hofmann Steve and Kerry Incavo Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Jankovic Stephen Jeu and Susanna Calvo Phil and Josephine John** Beverly Johnson Mr. and Mrs. John F. Joity Debbie & Frank Jones Dr. Rita Justice Ms. Linda R. Katz Gwen & Dan Kellogg Mr. William L. Kopp Golda Anne Leonard Ms. Nancey G. Lobb Patricia & Bob Lunn Evi & Steve Marnoy Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Matiuk Terry & Kandee McGill Mr. and Mrs. Michael McGuire Mr. & Mrs. William B. McNamara Alice R. McPherson, M.D. Mr. and Mrs. Harvin Moore IV Dr. Jack Moore Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Nelson Bobbie Newman Rochelle & Sheldon Oster Katherine & Jonathan Palmer Mr. and Mrs. Raul Pavon Michael P. and Shirley Pearson

Mr. David Peavy and Mr. Stephen McCauley Mrs. Fran Fawcett Peterson ** Mr. Robert J. Pilegge Tim and Katherine Pownell Roland and Linda Pringle Edlyn & David Pursell Cris & Elisa Pye Laurie A. Rachford Vicky & Michael Richker Mr. & Mrs. George A. Rizzo Jr. Mr. Floyd W. Robinson Dr. Douglas and Alicia Rodenberger Mr. Robert T. Sakowitz Harold H. Sandstead, M.D. Susan D. & Fayez Sarofim Mrs. Nan Schissler Susan and Ed Septimus ** Donna and Tim Shen Mr. & Mrs. Steven Sherman Leslie Siller ** Dr. and Mrs. John Slater Janet & Edward Stones Pat Studdert Drs. Ishwaria & Vivek Subbiah Susan L. Thompson Eric and Carol Timmreck Nanako & Dale Tingleaf Pamalah and Stephen Tipps Ms. Carol Vobach General & Mrs. Jasper Welch Nancy B. Willerson ** Doug and Kay Wilson Woodell Family Foundation Sally and Denney Wright Robert and Michele Yekovich Edith & Robert Zinn Erla & Harry Zuber Anonymous (2)

$2,500+ Dr. & Mrs. George J. Abdo Pat and John Anderson Mr. Tom Anderson Mr. and Mrs. Stephen J. Banks Dr. & Mrs. Philip S. Bentlif Drs. Henry & Louise Bethea Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Bickel Helene Booser Robert and Gwen Bray Jane and Ron Brownlee Mr. & Mrs. Bruce G. Buhler Ms. Deborah Butler Cheryl & Sam Byington Mr. and Mrs. Raul Caffesse

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Mr. Steve Carroll & Ms. Rachel Dolbier Mr. and Mrs. Brady F. Carruth Drs. David A. Cech and Mary R. Schwartz Mrs. Chaing-Lin Chen Matt Chuchla Jimmy and Lynn Coe Ms. Jeanette Coon and Thomas Collins Mr. and Mrs. William V. Conover II Mr. and Mrs. Michael F. Cook James Cross Mr. and Mrs. Rene Degreve

Joseph and Rebecca Demeter Jeanette and John DiFilippo Ms. Cynthia Diller Mrs. Edward N. Earle David and Carolyn Edgar Mr. William P. Elbel and Ms. Mary J. Schroeder Jeannine and Patrick Flynn Edwin Friedrichs & Darlene Clark ** Mr. and Mrs. Neil Gaynor Wendy Germani Allyson & Elliot Gershenson Kathy & Albrecht Goethe

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas K. Golden Ms. Paula Goldstein Marcos Gonzalez Mr. & Mrs. Herb Goodman Julianne & David Gorte Mr. and Mrs. Hans Graf Eric and Angelea Halen Dr. & Mrs. Carlos R. Hamilton Jr. Kathleen & Dick Hayes Maureen Y. Higdon ** Dr. Holly Holmes Mr. and Mrs. John Homier Musicians of the Houston Symphony Inc. Mickie and Ron Huebsch Mr. & Mrs. Matt Hurley ** Rick C. Jaramillo Arlene Johnson Kathryn L. Ketelsen Jane & Kevin Kremer Dr. Hilary Beaver & Dr. Andrew Lee

Mr. William W. Lindley Mr. Jeff H. Lippold Mr. and Mrs. Michael L. Mason David and Heidi Massin Mr. and Mrs. Mark Matovich William D. & Karinne McCullough ** Larry and Lyn Miller Mrs. Suzanne Miller Mr. & Mrs. Thomas L. Molloy Denise Monteleone Richard & Juliet Moynihan Mr. and Mrs. Geoffrey B. Newton Kay M. Onstead Mrs. Dana Puddy Tadd Pullin Clinton and Leigh Rappole Jasmina & Morris Rubin Mr. & Mrs. John Ryder Dr. and Mrs. Raymond Sawaya Lawrence P. Schanzmeyer Nicole & Julian Seiguer

Arthur E. and Ellen Shelton Hinda Simon Richard & Mary Spies Georgiana Stanley Elizabeth and Alan Stein Juliana and Stephen Tew Jean and Doug Thomas Sal and Denise Torrisi Patricia Van Allan Dean Walker H. Richard Walton Alton and Carolyn Warren Jay & Gretchen Watkins Dr. and Mrs. Richard T. Weiss Dr. Robert Wilkins and Dr. Mary Ann Reynolds-Wilkins ** Loretta & Lawrence Williams Ms. Cynthia Wolff Jerry & Gerlind Wolinksy Anonymous (6)

$1,000+ Ms. Jennifer Albanese Joan and Stanford Alexander Maurine Alfrey Jorge Alvarez Rick Ankrom Dr. Douglas K. Anthis Sylvia & Edward Arnett John Arnsparger & Susan Weingarten Dr. and Mrs. Roy Aruffo Mr. Wael Asi Mr. Jeff Autor Mr. & Mrs. David M. Balderston Dr. and Mrs. William S. Banks III Mrs. Myra Barber Ms. Phoebe Barnard Deborah Bautch Mr. and Mrs. Clarke Bean Drs. Nancy Glass & John Belmont Mr. & Mrs. Frank R. Benton Dr. Joan H. Bitar Mr. Paul Bitner Jeb & Cynthia Blackwell Mrs. Ginger Blanton Gerald Bodzy George Boerger Ms. Cyndi Bohannon Mr. Russell Boone Mr. Kevin J. Bradford Joe Brazzatti Dr. and Mrs. Larry Brenner Ms. Helen Harding & Dr. Patrick Briggs

Mr. Chester Brooke and Dr. Nancy Poindexter Sally and Laurence Brown Kristen & David Buck Dr. Fred Buckwold Vicki Buxton Mr. Joseph L. Campbell Jr. Dorothy E.F. Caram, Ed.D Mr. & Mrs. Terry Carius Margot & John Cater Mr. F. Martin Caylor Mr. Per Staunstrup Christiansen Mr. and Mrs. William Coates Richard Collins George W. Connelly Ms. Sylvia Lohkamp & Mr. Tucker Caughlen Mr. Carl R. Cunningham Mrs. Rochelle Cyprus Matthew Dangel Douglas Davis Ms. Anna M. Dean Sonya DeLange Joe Dellinger Mr. & Mrs. E. E. Deschner Ms. Irma Diaz-Gonzalez and Mr. Roberto Gonzalez Mr. and Mrs. Jack N. Doherty Mr. and Mrs. James P. Dorn T. Michael Dossey Bob & Mary Doyl Drs. Rosalind and Gary Dworkin Ramsay M. Elder

Mr. Stephen Elison Ms. Priscilla Ennis & Mr. Frank Perez Charles & Joyce Ericsson Annette and Knut Eriksen Mr. & Mrs. J. Richard Espinosa Dick Evans and Gloria Portela Mr. Paul Fatseas Ms. Marguerite Ference Larry Finger Carol and Larry Fradkin Mr. & Mrs. Felix Fraga Elizabeth & Ralph* Frankowski Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Frautschi Ms. Lee Friedman Janet & Mickey Frost Martin Gambling Ms. Leslie Gassner Ms. Lucy Gebhart Thomas & Patricia Geddy Joan M. Giese Dr. Michael Gillin and Ms. Pamela Newberry Robin & Mark Gladstein Susan and Kevin Golden Kathy and Marty Goossen Timothy & Janet Graham Catherine Green Joyce Z. Greenberg Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Gregory Louise Richman & Dennis Griffith Nicholas Gruy

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Mr. Darrin Davis and Mr. Mario Gudmundsson Ms. Lillian Guo Paul and Suzanne Haines Bunny Halvorson Deborah Happ ** Mr. and Mrs. Franklin J. Harberg Jr. Claudia & David Hatcher Mr. and Mrs. Quinn J. Hebert Dean & Beth Hennings Eliane Herring and Jim Goltz Judy Herrington Mr. & Mrs. W. Grady Hicks Charles and Jeannette Hight Theresa Hochhalter Susan Hodge & Mike Stocker Mr. Stanley Hoffberger Mr. and Mrs. Roy Hollingsworth Dr. Vicki Huff & Dr. Eric Boerwinkle Valerie Jalufka Sharon Jamison Ed and Anne Janes Ms. Darilyn Jones Mady & Ken Kades ** Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Katz Lynda and Frank Kelly Robin Kesselman Dr. and Mrs. James Killian Gary and Tempe Kitson Mr. & Mrs. William H. Knull III Marcia & Douglas Koch Mrs. Judy Koehl Stephanie & Ed Larsen Dr. and Mrs. Morton Leonard Jr. Sabria & Kevin Lewis Anne Lineberry Lance Lively Mr. Tony Lutkus Mr. & Mrs. Peter MacGregor Mr. & Mrs. Hubert Magee Nancy Ann Mann Eric Martin Mr. and Mrs. Alan May Jr. Linda and Jim McCartney John McDonald Mr. & Mrs. D. Bradley McWilliams Ernie and Martha McWilliams Dr. Amy Mehollin-Ray Ms. Miriam Meriwani M.S. Lee David Mincberg & Lainie Gordon Mrs. Jean Mintz Ginni and Richard Mithoff Mr. and Mrs. Richard S. Moen Gerry Montalto Michelle Mower Jo Ann and Marvin Mueller

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Mr. & Mrs. Richard Murphy Daniel & Karol Musher Alan & Elaine Mut Jackie Mutschler Leah Patterson and Dick Nagaki Richard & Stella Guerra Nelson Mr. and Mrs. Randolph J. Ney Phong Patrick Nguyen Leslie & John Niemand Mr. and Mrs. Anthony J. Nocella Eugene Nosal and Nelda Gilliam Ms. Kathryn O'Brien John and Kathy Orton Macky Osorio Mr. and Mrs. Marc C. Paige Michael and Ruth Pancherz Manuel and Nancy Parra George & Elizabeth Passela Kathy Patrick Jason Penner Jesus Alejandro Perez Rementeria Linda Tarpley Peterson Grace and Carroll Phillips Dr. and Mrs. James L. Pool Jenny and Tadjin Popatia Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Powers Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Pybus Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Florante Quiocho Dr. Michael and Janet Rasmussen Mrs. Christi Rawls Glenda & David Regenbaum Mr. & Mrs. J.B. Reimer Linda & David Retherford Mrs. Janet Rhodes ** James L. Rice III Brian Rishikof & Elena Lexina Jim & Sue Robertson John & Anna Robertson Linda & James Robin Carolyn Rogan Mrs. Adelina Romero Drs. Alex & Lynn Rosas Rosemarie and Jeff Roth Irving L. Potter Rhonda Routh Mr. Richard Rowell Brenda and Mansel Rubenstein Debbie Brooks Ruffing Ramon and Chula Sanchez Carol and Kamal Sandarusi Mrs. Holly Sansing Gina & Saib Saour ** Beth & Lee D. Schlanger Martin Schleuse & Mindy Guthrie Mr. Tony W. Schlicht Susan Scruggs Mrs. Lynda G. Seaman Mr. and Mrs. Dilanka Seimon Ms. Heidi Seizinger

Victor E. Serrato Mr. & Mrs. Paul Shack Mr. and Mrs. Tom Simms Lisa & Jerry Simon Barbara & Louis Sklar Emily D. Smith Joel Smith & Tina Lee Lawrence Smith Mrs. Lynn Snyder Sam & Linda Snyder Mr. William T. Snypes and Ms. Suzanne Suter Mr. David Stanard & Ms. Beth Freeman Ms. Claudia Standiford Mr. and Mrs. Timothy M. Stastny Richard P. Steele and Mary J. McKerall Robert Stephens Kimberly & David Sterling Mr. and Mrs. James R. Stevens Jr. Bill Stevens Meredith & Ralph Stone Mr. and Mrs. Edward F. Stuart Mr. and Mrs. Albert S. Tabor Jr. Bradmark Technologies Kerry Taylor Emily H. & David K. Terry Mr. & Mrs. James G. Theus Linda and Paul Thomas Scott Ulrich Mr. and Mrs. Timothy J. Unger John and Mary Untereker Dr. Brad and Mrs. Frances Urquhart Mr. and Mrs. William Van Wie Hallie A. Vanderhider Mr. Chief Veith Mr. James Walker Mr. and Mrs. John B. Wallace Larry and Connie Wallace Mr. and Mrs. David Walstad Douglas and Carolynne White Ms. Lorri White Sarah Jane & Robert White Sara White Dr. Simon Whitney Carlton Wilde Doug Williams and Janice Robertson Mr. James Winget Jennifer R. Wittman Patricia Wolfe Ms. Beth Wolff ** Mr. and Mrs. James W. Woodruff Thomas Yarbrough Dr. & Mrs. Frank S. Yelin Mr. and Mrs. Charles Zabriskie Anonymous (14)

** Education Donor

Young Associates COUNCIL The Houston Symphony’s Young Associates Council (YAC) is a philanthropic membership group for young professionals, music aficionados, and performing arts supporters interested in exploring symphonic music within Houston’s flourishing artistic landscape. YAC members are afforded exclusive opportunities to participate in musically focused events that take place not only in Jones Hall, but also in the city’s most sought-after venues, private homes, and friendly neighborhood hangouts. From behind-the-scenes interactions with the musicians of the Houston Symphony to jaw-dropping private performances by world-class virtuosos, the Houston Symphony’s Young Associates Council offers incomparable insight and accessibility to the music and musicians that are shaping the next era of orchestral music.

Young Associate Premium Ann & Jonathan Ayre Lauren & Mark Bahorich Kimberly & James Bell Carrie and Sverre BrandsbergDahl Taylor Chambers Denise Davis

Young Associate

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Drs. Laura & William Black Eric Brueggeman Tatiana Chavanelle Mr. and Mrs. Eric Cheyney Parker Cragg Megan E. Brown and John Degenstein Carolyn and Patrick Gaidos

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$2,500+

Valerie Palmquist Dieterich and Tracy Dieterich Vicky Dominguez Claudio Gutierrez Elaine & Jeff Hiller Elissa and Jarrod Martin Shane Miller

$1,500+ Laurel Flores Rebecca & Andrew Gould Ashley and John Horstman Robin Kesselman Kirby and David Lodholz Dr. Paul Muri and Stephanie Weber Aprill Nelson

Emily & Joseph Morrel - Porter Hedges LLP Juliet Moths Toni Oplt & Ed Schneider Kusum & K. Cody Patel Liana & Andrew Schwaitzberg Becky Shaw Drs. Ishwaria & Vivek Subbiah Nadhisha and Dilanka Seimon Mr. and Mrs. Quentin Smith Mr. Leo Soto Michelle Stair Justin Stenberg Ms. Elise Wagner Dr. Genevera Allen & Dr. Michael Weylandt

For more information, please contact Katie Salvatore, Gift Officer / Board Liaison at katie.salvatore@houstonsymphony.org, 713.337.8544

Frost Bank and the Houston Symphony—two institutions that have served Texans for more than a century—are happy to partner on the Frost Bank Gold Classics series in the 2021-22 season. From Andrés Conducts Beethoven’s Fifth in September to Season Finale: Beethoven 9 in May, Frost is proud to bring outstanding music to Houston music lovers this year.

Companies don’t get to be 153 years old unless they have helped generations of customers achieve their financial goals — and Frost is renowned for its award-winning customer service. Frost has received the highest ranking in customer satisfaction in Texas in the J.D. Power U.S. Retail Banking Satisfaction Study for 12 consecutive years, and ranked among the top banks in the nation based on customer scores in the American Banker/Reputation Institute Survey.

To learn more about Frost Bank and the services it provides, visit www.frostbank.com.

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Corporate, Foundation, & Government PARTNERS The Houston Symphony is proud to recognize the leadership support of our corporate, foundation, and government partners that allow the orchestra to reach new heights in musical performance, education, and community engagement, for Greater Houston and the Gulf Coast Region.

CORPORATE PARTNERS Principal Corporate Guarantor  $250,000 and above Spec’s Wines, Spirits & Finer Foods / Spec’s Charitable Foundation* ** Grand Guarantor  $150,000 and above ConocoPhillips** Houston Public Media— News 88.7 FM; Channel 8 PBS* KTRK ABC-13* Phillips 66** Guarantor  $100,000 and above BBVA** Houston Methodist* Kalsi Engineering PaperCity* Tenenbaum Jewelers* United Airlines* Underwriter  $50,000 and above Baker Botts L.L.P.* Bank of America BB&T Now Truist Cameron Management* Chevron** ENGIE** Frost Bank Houston Baptist University Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo** Kirkland & Ellis The Lancaster Hotel* Occidental** Rand Group, LLC* Shell Oil Company** Vinson & Elkins LLP

(as of August 1, 2021)

Sponsor  $25,000 and above EOG Resources The Events Company* H-E-B/H-E-B Tournament of Champions** Marine Foods Express, Ltd. Neiman Marcus* Perry Homes PNC Bank** Sidley Austin LLP SPIR STAR, Ltd. The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center Wells Fargo Partner  $15,000 and above City Kitchen* Glazier’s Distributors* Gorman’s Uniform Service Jackson and Company* Locke Lord LLP Lockton Companies of Houston USI Southwest

Benefactor  $5,000 and above Bank of Texas Barclay’s Wealth and Investment Management Beck Redden LLP The Master Caregiver Company Russell Reynolds Associates, Inc. University of Houston University of St. Thomas* Wortham Insurance and Risk Management Patron  Gifts below $5,000 Amazon Baker Hughes Beth Wolff Realtors Christian Dior Mercantil ONEOK, Inc. Quantum Bass Center* SEI, Global Institutional Group Smith, Graham & Company Stewart Title Company TAM International, Inc.

* Includes in-kind support Supporter **Education and Community  $10,000 and above Engagement Support Houston First Corporation* Kinder Morgan Foundation** Macy’s** Mark Kamin & Associates New Timmy Chan Corporation Nordstrom** Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, L.L.P. Quantum Energy Partners Silver Eagle Distributors* Zenfilm*

For information on becoming a corporate partner, please contact Timothy Dillow, Director, Corporate Relations, at timothy.dillow@houstonsymphony.org or 713.337.8538.

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FOUNDATIONS & GOVERNMENT AGENCIES (as of August 1, 2021) Diamond Guarantor  $1,000,000 and above The Brown Foundation, Inc. The Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts Houston Symphony Endowment** Houston Symphony League The Wortham Foundation, Inc. Premier Guarantor

 $500,000 and above

The Alkek and Williams Foundation City of Houston through Houston Arts Alliance The Cullen Foundation The C. Howard Pieper Foundation Grand Guarantor

 $150,000 and above

City of Houston through the Miller Theatre Advisory Board** The Hearst Foundation** The Humphreys Foundation The Jerry C. Dearing Family Foundation** MD Anderson Foundation Texas Commission on the Arts**

Guarantor  $100,000 and above The Elkins Foundation The Houston Arts Combined Endowment Fund

Underwriter

 $50,000 and above

Beauchamp Foundation The Fondren Foundation Houston Symphony Chorus Endowment LTR Lewis Cloverdale Foundation John P. McGovern Foundation** The Powell Foundation** The Robbins Foundation**

Sponsor  $25,000 and above Albert and Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation National Endowment for the Arts The Vivian L. Smith Foundation** The William Stamps Farish Fund Partner  $15,000 and above Edward H. Andrews Foundation Ruth & Ted Bauer Family Foundation** Barbara Bush Literacy Foundation** The Melbern G. & Susanne M. Glasscock Foundation**

William E. & Natoma Pyle Harvey Charitable Foundation** The Hood-Barrow Foundation Houston Symphony League Bay Area** William S. and Lora Jean Kilroy Foundation The Schissler Foundation The Vaughn Foundation Supporter  $10,000 and above The Carleen & Alde Fridge Foundation Petrello Family Foundation Radoff Family Foundation Anonymous Benefactor

 $5,000 and above

Leon Jaworski Foundation The Scurlock Foundation Keith & Mattie Stevenson Foundation Strake Foundation** Patron

 Gifts below $5,000

The Lubrizol Foundation **Education and Community Engagement Support

For information about becoming a foundation or government partner, please contact Christina Trunzo, Director, Foundation Relations, at christina.trunzo@houstonsymphony.org or 713.337.8530

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Houston Symphony ENDOWMENT The Houston Symphony Endowment is a separate non-profit organization that invests contributions to earn income for the benefit of the Houston Symphony Society.

TRUSTEES William J. Toomey II, President David Krieger James Lee

Lynn Mathre Jerry Simon Scott Wise

An endowed fund can be permanently established within the Houston Symphony Society through a direct contribution or via a planned gift such as a bequest. The fund can be designated for general purposes or specific interests.

For more information, please contact Alex de Aguiar Reuter, Senior Associate, Endowment & Administration, at alex.reuter@houstonsymphony.org or 713.337.8532.

ENDOWMENT FUNDS $100,000 + Accenture (Andersen Consulting) Fund AIG American General Fund M.D. Anderson Foundation Fund Mr. & Mrs. Philip Bahr Fund Janice H. & Thomas D. Barrow Fund Ronald C. Borschow Fund The Brown Foundation Guest Pianist Fund The Brown Foundation’s Miller Outdoor Theatre Fund in memory of Hanni & Stewart Orton Margarett & Alice Brown Endowment Fund for Education Lawrence E. Carlton, M.D. Endowment Fund for Youth Programs Jane & Robert Cizik Fund The Janet Clark Fund Cooper Industries, Inc. Fund The Cullen Foundation Maestro’s Fund The Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts Fund for Creative Initiatives DuPont Corporation Fund Elkins Charitable Trust Agency Fund The Margaret & James A. Elkins Foundation Fund Virginia Lee Elverson Trust Fund William Stamps Farish Fund Dr. Kelli Cohen Fein & Martin J. Fein Fund Richard P. Garmany Fund for the Houston Symphony League Concerto Competition Jo A. & Billie Jo Graves Fund George & Mary Josephine Hamman Foundation Fund The William Randolph Hearst Endowed Fund for Education Programs

General & Mrs. Maurice Hirsch Memorial Concert Fund in memory of Theresa Meyer and Jules Hirsch, beloved parents of General Maurice Hirsch, and Rosetta Hirsch Weil and Josie Hirsch Bloch, beloved sisters of General Maurice Hirsch Houston Arts Combined Endowment Fund The Houston Symphony Chorus Endowment Fund Mr. & Mrs. Marvin Kaplan Fund Ann Kennedy & Geoffrey Walker Fund Rochelle & Max Levit Fund Mary R. Lewis Fund for Piano Performance Mach Family Audience Development Fund Mr. & Mrs. Rodney H. Margolis Fund Mr. & Mrs. J. Stephen Marks Fund/ The Marks Charitable Foundation Marian & Speros Martel Foundation Fund Speros P. Martel Fund Barbara & Pat McCelvey Fund The Menil Foundation Fund Monroe Mendelsohn Jr. Estate George P. & Cynthia Woods Mitchell Summer Concerts Fund Sue A. Morrison & Children Fund National Endowment for the Arts Fund Stewart Orton Fund Papadopoulos Fund C. Howard Pieper Foundation Nancy & Robert Peiser Fund Fayez Sarofim Guest Violinist Fund through The Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts Selma S. Neumann Fund

For a complete listing of Endowment Funds visit our website at houstonsymphony.org/endowment.

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Legacy SOCIETY The Legacy Society honors those who have included the Houston Symphony Endowment in their long-term estate plans through a bequest in a will, life-income gifts, or other deferred-giving arrangements.

CRESCENDO CIRCLE $100,000 + Dr. & Mrs. George J. Abdo Priscilla R. Angly Jonathan & Ann Ayre Janice Barrow Jim Barton James Bell Joe Anne Berwick* James & S. Dale Brannon Walter & Nancy Bratic Joe Brazzatti Terry Ann Brown Mary Kathryn Campion & Stephen Liston Drs. Dennis & Susan Carlyle Janet F. Clark Virginia A. Clark Mr. William E. Colburn Darrin Davis & Mario Gudmundsson Harrison R.T. Davis Andria N. Elkins Jean & Jack* Ellis

The Aubrey & Sylvia Farb Family Eugene Fong Mrs. Aggie L. Foster Michael B. George Stephen & Mariglyn Glenn Evan B. Glick Jo A. & Billie Jo Graves Deborah Happ & Richard Rost Jacquelyn Harrison & Thomas Damgaard Marilyn & Bob Hermance Dr. Rita Justice Dr. James E. & Betty W. Key Mr. & Mrs. U. J. LeGrange Joella & Steven P. Mach Michelle & Jack Matzer Dr. & Mrs. Malcolm L. Mazow Bill & Karinne McCullough Muffy & Mike McLanahan Dr. Georgette M. Michko Dr. Robert M. Mihalo* Mr. & Mrs. Marvin H. Mueller

Drs. John & Dorothy Oehler Gloria G. Pryzant Evie Ronald* Donna Scott Charles & Andrea Seay Michael J. Shawiak Jule* & Albert* Smith Mr. & Mrs. Louis J. Snyder Mr. Rex Spikes Mike & Anita* Stude Mr. & Mrs. Jesse B. Tutor Elba L. Villarreal Margaret Waisman, M.D. & Steven S. Callahan, Ph.D. Mr. & Mrs. Fredric A. Weber Robert G. Weiner Vicki West in honor of Hans Graf Susan Gail Wood Jo Dee Wright Ellen A. Yarrell Anonymous (1)

Farida Abjani Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey B. Aron Myra W. Barber Daniel B. Barnum George* & Betty Bashen Dr. Joan Hacken Bitar Dorothy B. Black Kerry Levine Bollmann Ermy Borlenghi Bonfield Zu Broadwater Mr. Christopher & Mrs. Erin Brunner Eugene R. Bruns Cheryl & Sam* Byington Sylvia J. Carroll Dr. Robert N. Chanon William J. Clayton & Margaret A. Hughes Mr. & Mrs. Byron Cooley The Honorable* & Mrs. William Crassas Dr. Lida S. Dahm Leslie Barry Davidson Judge* & Mrs.* Harold DeMoss Jr. Susan Feickert Ginny Garrett Mr. & Mrs. Harry H. Gendel Mauro H. Gimenez & Connie A. Coulomb Bill Grieves

Mr. Robert M. Griswold Randolph Lee Groninger Claudio J. Gutierrez Mr. & Mrs. Jerry L. Hamaker Mrs. Gloria Herman Timothy Hogan & Elaine Anthony Dr. Gary L. Hollingsworth Dr. Edward J. & Mrs. Patti Hurwitz Dr. Kenneth Hyde Brian & Catherine James Barbara & Raymond Kalmans Dr. & Mrs. Ira Kaufman, M.D. Dr. & Mrs. I. Ray Kirk Enid Knobler* Mrs. Frances E. Leland Samuel J. Levine Mrs. Lucy Lewis Sandra Magers David Ray Malone & David J. Sloat Mr. & Mrs. Rodney H. Margolis Jay & Shirley* Marks James G. Matthews Mary Ann & David McKeithan Dr. Tracey Samuels & Mr. Robert McNamara Mr. & Mrs. D. Bradley McWilliams Catherine Jane Merchant

Marilyn Ross Miles & Stephen Warren Miles Foundation Sidney & Ione Moran Richard & Juliet Moynihan Gretchen Ann Myers Patience Myers Mr. John N. Neighbors, in memory of Jean Marie Neighbors Mr. & Mrs. Richard C. Nelson Bobbie Newman John & Leslie Niemand Leslie Nossaman Dave G. Nussmann* John Onstott Macky Osorio Edward C. Osterberg Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Edmund & Megan Pantuliano Imogen “Immy” Papadopoulos Christine & Red Pastorek Peter & Nina Peropoulos Linda Tarpley Peterson Sara M. Peterson Darla Powell Phillips Jenny & Tadjin Popatia Geraldine Smith Priest Dana Puddy Patrick T. Quinn Lila Rauch Ed & Janet Rinehart

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Mr. Floyd W. Robinson Walter Ross Mr. & Mrs. James A. Shaffer Dr. & Mrs. Kazuo Shimada Lisa & Jerry Simon Tad & Suzanne Smith Sherry Snyder Marie Speziale Emily H. & David K. Terry

Stephen G. Tipps Steve Tostengard, in memory of Ardyce Tostengard Jana Vander Lee Bill & Agnete Vaughan Dean B. Walker Stephen & Kristine Wallace Geoffrey Westergaard Nancy B. Willerson

Jennifer R. Wittman Lorraine & Ed* Wulfe David & Tara Wuthrich Katherine & Mark Yzaguirre Edith & Robert Zinn Anonymous (6) *Deceased

If you are interested in learning more about making the Symphony a part of your estate plans by joining the Legacy Society, please contact Alex de Aguiar Reuter, Senior Associate, Endowment & Administration, at alex.reuter@houstonsymphony.org or 713.337.8532.

MUSICIAN SPONSORSHIPS Donors at the Conductor’s Circle Silver Baton level and above are provided the opportunity to be recognized as sponsoring a Houston Symphony Musician. For more information, please contact Samantha Sheats, Major Gifts Officer, at samantha.sheats@houstonsymphony.org or 713.337.8534.

Janice Barrow Sophia Silivos, First Violin Gary & Marian Beauchamp Martha Chapman, Second Violin

Michael H. Clark & Sallie Morian George W. Pascal, Assistant Principal Viola Roger & Debby Cutler Tong Yan, First Violin

Nancy & Walter Bratic Christopher Neal, First Violin Joan and Bob Duff Robert Johnson, Mr. Gordon J. Brodfuehrer Associate Principal Horn Maki Kubota, Cello The Ensell Family Ralph Burch Donald Howey, Double Bass Robin Kesselman, Kelli Cohen Fein & Martin Fein Principal Double Bass Ferenc Illenyi, First Violin Barbara J. Burger Andrew Pedersen, Double Bass Mr. & Mrs. Russell M. Frankel Aralee Dorough, Principal Mary Kathryn Campion, PhD Flute Rodica Gonzalez, First Violin Mr. and Mrs. Steven Gangelhoff Drs. Dennis & Susan Carlyle Judy Dines, Flute Louis-Marie Fardet, Cello Stephen & Mariglyn Glenn Jane & Robert* Cizik Christian Schubert, Clarinet Qi Ming, Assistant Evan B. Glick Concertmaster Tong Yan, First Violin Janet F. Clark Mr. & Mrs. Fred L. Gorman MuChen Hsieh, Christopher French, Principal Second Violin Associate Principal Cello Virginia A. Clark ** Gary L. Hollingsworth & Julia Churchill, Violin – Kenneth J. Hyde Shepherd School-Houston Robert Walp, Symphony Brown Foundation Assistant Principal Trumpet Community-Embedded Musician Fellow 44 | Houston Symphony

Drs. M.S. & Marie-Luise Kalsi Eric Halen, Co-Concertmaster Joan Kaplan Mark Nuccio, Principal Clarinet Dr. Sippi and Mr. Ajay Khurana** David Connor, Double Bass – Community-Embedded Musician Dr. & Mrs. I. Ray Kirk Linda Goldstein, Viola – Retired Mr. & Mrs. U. J. LeGrange Thomas LeGrand, Associate Principal Clarinet Rochelle & Max Levit Sergei Galperin, First Violin Cora Sue & Harry Mach Joan DerHovsepian, Associate Principal Viola Joella & Steven P. Mach Eric Larson, Double Bass Mrs. Carolyn & Dr. Michael Mann Ian Mayton, Horn Mr. & Mrs. Rodney H. Margolis Eric Halen, Co-Concertmaster Mr. & Mrs. J. Stephen Marks Brian Del Signore, Principal Percussion

Mr. Jay Marks Sergei Galperin, First Violin Michelle & Jack Matzer Kurt Johnson, First Violin Dr. & Mrs. Malcolm L. Mazow Rodica Gonzalez, First Violin Barbara & Pat McCelvey Adam Dinitz, English Horn Muffy and Mike McLanahan William VerMeulen, Principal Horn Martha & Marvin McMurrey Rodica Gonzalez, First Violin Rita & Paul Morico Elise Wagner, Bassoon Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Nelson Mihaela Frusina, Second Violin Bobbie Newman Rodica Gonzalez, First Violin Scott & Judy Nyquist Sheldon Person, Viola Dr. Susan Osterberg and Mr. Edward C. Osterberg, Jr. MiHee Chung, First Violin Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan E. Parker Nancy Goodearl, Horn Dave & Alie Pruner Matthew Strauss, Percussion Gloria & Joe Pryzant Matthew Strauss, Percussion Jean & Allan Quiat Phillip Freeman, Bass Trombone Ron & Demi Rand Annie Chen, Second Violin

Lila Rauch Christopher French, Associate Principal Cello

Judith Vincent Matthew Roitstein, Associate Principal Flute

Mrs. Sybil F. Roos Mark Hughes, Principal Trumpet

Margaret Waisman, M.D. & Steven S. Callahan, Ph.D. Mark Griffith, Percussion

Mr. Glen A. Rosenbaum Aralee Dorough, Principal Flute

Stephen & Kristine Wallace Allen Barnhill, Principal Trombone – Retired

Linda & Jerry Rubenstein Brian Del Signore, Principal Percussion

Mr. & Mrs. Fredric A. Weber Megan Conley, Principal Harp

John & Lindy Rydman / Spec’s Wines, Spirits & Finer Foods Anthony Kitai, Cello Mr. & Mrs. James A. Shaffer Eric Halen, Co-Concertmaster Margaret & Joel Shannon** Rainel Joubert, Violin – Community-Embedded Musician Laura & Michael Shannon Rian Craypo, Principal Bassoon

Robert G. Weiner & Toni Blankman Anastasia Erhlich, Second Violin Vicki West Rodica Gonzalez, First Violin Steven & Nancy Williams MiHee Chung, First Violin Jeanie Kilroy Wilson & Wallace S. Wilson Xiao Wong, Cello Mr. & Mrs. C. Clifford Wright Jr. Jarita Ng, Viola

Bequest from the Estate of Tad & Suzanne Smith Ed Wulfe Marina Brubaker, First Violin Dave Kirk, Principal Tuba Alana R. Spiwak & Sam L. Nina & Michael Zilkha Stolbun Kurt Johnson, First Violin Wei Jiang, Viola Mike Stude Brinton Averil Smith, Principal Cello

*Deceased *Education Donor

Bobby & Phoebe Tudor Bradley White, Associate Principal Trombone Mr. & Mrs. Jesse B. Tutor Daniel Strba, Viola

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The Music You Love Is Back!

The Houston Symphony is returning to the stage of Jones Hall for a full 2021–22 Season of world-class music.

In celebration of his final year, Music Director Andrés Orozco-Estrada will conduct beloved works of the repertoire that require all our performing forces—including Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony and Mahler’s transcendent Resurrection Symphony.

We are thrilled to be back, but we need your support as we return to full orchestral performances.

Will you support the 2021–22 Season with a gift to protect and restore the Houston Symphony as we return to Jones Hall?

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