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Official Program Magazine of the Houston Symphony 615 Louisiana, Suite 102, Houston, Texas 77002 (713) 224-4240 • www.houstonsymphony.org
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Join the Symphony over the Thanksgiving holidays for a special performance of Beyond the Score® Vivaldi’s Four Seasons.
NPR’s Miles Hoffman premieres the Symphony’s brand new ACCESS series this month!
On Stage and Off 26 Chorus 4 Credits 28-35 Donors 9 From the Orchestra 9 Hans Graf 6 Letter to Patrons 8 Orchestra and Staff 27 Symphony Society
Features 7 Fall Event Recap 18 Upcoming Performances 36 Backstage Pass
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Fall has been a busy season at the Symphony! Flip to our Fall Event Recap and catch up on what you missed.
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This month, we are very pleased to present the North American premiere of THE MATRIX LIVE–the full length, Oscar®-winning film with the sound and power of the Houston Symphony performing the score live. Composer and conductor Don Davis will lead the orchestra in this special concert on November 3. Next, we welcome back Duncan Copp, the producer and director of the second film in our HD Odyssey series Orbit—An HD Odyssey, for a technical rehearsal of this multimedia project before its world premiere in February. The project focuses on planet Earth and features two virtuosic scores – John Adams’ Short Ride in a Fast Machine and Richard Strauss’ Also sprach Zarathustra. High-definition images from NASA’s shuttle missions, the International Space Station and satellites orbiting Earth will tell an awe-inspiring story about our home planet. With a second performance just announced, you now have two chances to enjoy this exciting multimedia experience on February 17 and 18. We’d like to especially recognize The Boeing Company, Enbridge and The Alkek and Williams Foundation for their support of this wonderful project. Then, we debut our brand new concert format – the ACCESS Series sponsored by American Express – on November 18. The concerts, a collection of three Friday evenings, will begin an hour earlier at 7:00 p.m. and will be shorter in length with no intermission. As ACCESS host, Miles Hoffman from National Public Radio will bring an interactive spin to the performances through onstage interviews and conversations about the repertoire. On November 18, the orchestra will perform Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 3, along with Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 25 performed by celebrated American pianist Emanuel Ax. Following the concert, you can stay for a special discussion session with Hans Graf, Emanuel Ax and Miles Hoffman. Also, each ACCESS evening begins with a pre-concert Meet and Greet with complimentary hors’ d’oeuvres and a cash bar. We are especially grateful to American Express for its support of this new series. The holidays will soon be upon us, and Magical Musical Morning is a holiday tradition at the Symphony. This year’s event, A Spoonful of Sugar, on Sunday, December 4 at River Oaks Country Club, promises to be a delightful celebration for families and children of all ages. Join us for holiday fun featuring a musical instrument petting zoo, pictures with Santa, cookie decorating, craft activities, musical entertainment and a delicious brunch buffet. Event proceeds will benefit Symphony Scouts, a new program that introduces young children, ages 3 to 6, to orchestral instruments and the beauty of music through interactive and small-group presentations by musicians of the Houston Symphony. Piloted earlier this year to rave reviews, Symphony Scouts will be expanded to area schools and the greater Houston community. Contact Vickie Hamley for tickets and find more information at SpecialEvents@houstonsymphony.org or 713-238-1485.
Fall Event Recap. ................................................................................... In this season of giving thanks, we would like to thank you for participating in the flurry of special events and patron gatherings at the Houston Symphony this fall! Opening Night
September 10, 2011 Opening Night set the tone for a jubilant social season! The event surpassed its fundraising goal – with the proceeds supporting the Houston Symphony’s Educational and Outreach programs. Chairs Kathi and Bill Rovere hosted the black-tie affair at The Corinthian, following the majestic performance of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, Ode to Joy, with Music Director Hans Graf leading the way! The event honored long-time patrons Helen and Jim Shaffer, as well as our generous Community Partner, The Methodist Hospital System.
Composer’s Circle September 14, 2011
How can you get an “insider” experience at the Houston Symphony? With a contribution of $500 or more to our Annual Fund, you will receive an invitation to a Composer’s Circle event. At this year’s Composer’s Circle gathering, guests participated in a discussion about the Houston Symphony’s commission to commemorate the 10th anniversary of 9/11. Musicians Allen Barnhill and Matthew Strauss played excerpts from Shades of Memory with composer Pierre Jalbert filling in the orchestration on the piano. Music Director Hans Graf, Executive Director/CEO Mark C. Hanson and Pierre Jalbert discussed the creative process of preparing for the premiere of a new work for orchestra. Call 713-337-8500 to learn about the next Composers’ Circle event this spring.
November 2011
Orchestra and Staff. .......................................................................................... Mark C. Hanson, Executive Director/CEO
Hans Graf, Music Director
Martha GarcĂa, Assistant to the Executive Director
Roy and Lillie Cullen Chair Michael Krajewski,
Meg Philpot, Director of Human Resources
Robert Franz,
Principal Pops Conductor
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double Bass: David Malone, Acting Principal Mark Shapiro, Acting Associate Principal Eric Larson Robert Pastorek Burke Shaw Donald Howey Michael McMurray
First Violin: Frank Huang, Concertmaster Max Levine Chair Eric Halen, Associate Concertmaster Ellen E. Kelley Chair Assia Dulgerska, Assistant Concertmaster Cornelia and Meredith Long Chair Qi Ming, Assistant Concertmaster Fondren Foundation Chair Marina Brubaker, Hewlett-Packard Company Chair Alexandra Adkins MiHee Chung Sophia Silivos Rodica Gonzalez Ferenc Illenyi Si-Yang Lao Kurt Johnson Christopher Neal Sergei Galperin
Flute: Aralee Dorough, Principal General Maurice Hirsch Chair John Thorne, Associate Principal Judy Dines Allison Jewett**
Second Violin: Jennifer Owen, Principal Hitai Lee, Acting Associate Principal Kiju Joh Mihaela Oancea-Frusina Ruth Zeger Margaret Bragg Martha Chapman Kevin Kelly Christine Pastorek Amy Teare Sarah Ludwig* Emily Herdeman*
Bass Trombone: Phillip Freeman Tuba: Dave Kirk, Principal
Oboe: Anne Leek, Acting Principal Lucy Binyon Stude Chair Xiaodi Liu, Acting Associate Principal Colin Gatwood Adam Dinitz
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Hans Graf Biography..........................................................................................
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Known for his wide range of repertoire and creative programming, distinguished Austrian conductor Hans Graf—the Houston Symphony’s 15th Music Director—is one of today’s most highly respected musicians. He began his tenure here on Opening Night of the 2001-2002 season. Prior to his appointment in Houston, he was music director of the Calgary Philharmonic, the Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, the Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra and the Iraqi National Symphony Orchestra. A frequent guest with all of the major North American orchestras, Graf has developed a close relationship with the Boston Symphony and appears regularly with the orchestra during the subscription season and at the Tanglewood Music Festival. He made his Carnegie Hall debut with the Houston Symphony in January 2006 and returned leading the Orchestra of St. Luke’s in March 2007. He and the Houston Symphony were invited to appear at Carnegie Hall in January 2010 to present the New York premiere of The Planets—An HD Odyssey and will return in May 2012 to participate in Carnegie’s Spring for Music Festival. Internationally, Graf conducts in the foremost concert halls of Europe, Japan and Australia. In October 2010, he led the Houston Symphony on a tour of the UK to present the international premiere of The Planets—An HD Odyssey. He has participated in the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Bregenz, Aix en Provence and Salzburg Festivals. His recent U.S. festival appearances include Tanglewood, Blossom Music Festival, Aspen Music Festival and the Grant Park Music Festival in downtown Chicago. An experienced opera conductor, Graf first conducted the Vienna State Opera in 1981 and has since led productions in the opera houses of Berlin, Munich, Paris and Rome, including several world premieres. Recent engagements include Parsifal at the Zurich Opera and Boris Godunov at the Opera National du Rhin in Strasbourg. Born in 1949 near Linz, Graf studied violin and piano as a child. He earned diplomas in piano and conducting from the Musikhochschule in Graz and continued his studies with Franco Ferrara, Sergiu Celibidache and Arvid Jansons. His career was launched in 1979 when he was awarded first prize at the Karl Böhm Competition. His extensive discography includes recordings with the Houston Symphony, available through houstonsymphony.org: works by Bartók and Stravinsky, Zemlinsky’s Lyric Symphony, Berg’s Three Pieces from the Lyric Suite and a DVD of The Planets—An HD Odyssey. Graf has been awarded the Chevalier de l’ordre de la Legion d’Honneur by the French government for championing French music around the world and the Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold for Services to the Republic of Austria. Hans and Margarita Graf have homes in Salzburg and Houston. They have one daughter, Anna, who lives in Vienna.
From the Orchestra........................................................................................... Photo by Leah Polkowske
On behalf of the musicians of the Houston Symphony, it gives me great pleasure to welcome you to Jones Hall and November’s terrific roster of concerts. This fall, we have already seen a wonderful start to the season, including the arrival of four new members to our orchestra and an exhilarating performance of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 on Opening Night. This month, we will perform repertoire ranging from Brahms’ Symphony No. 2 and Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 25 with the inimitable Emanuel Ax, to the Music of Paul McCartney and the score to The Matrix, performed alongside a screening of the film. Not only is it an exciting challenge to play such a wide variety of musical styles, it keeps us equipped for the physical demands of our instruments. As with most professional orchestras, we average eight to 10 hours of rehearsal for any given weekend of concerts. That is not a lot of time to prepare a whole new program at a top-notch level! Therefore, we are expected to arrive at the first rehearsal with all the notes, dynamics and tempo changes down cold, so that together with our conductor, we can focus on making inspiring music as a group. Musicians are often referred to as “small muscle athletes.” Whether it be the nimble fingers of a violinist or the resilient facial muscles of a trumpet player, we each need to stay in shape like members of a sports team. If one of the Houston Texans showed up for the first week of the season after a summer of floating in the pool and drinking margaritas, he probably wouldn’t have a very productive game! The Adam Dinitz same goes for orchestra musicians, and although most of us may not look like NFL players, it takes an Oboe and English horn extreme amount of strength to perform a delicate Mozart concerto one week and a powerful movie score the next. So, next time you are chatting with one of us, ask about our personal “fitness routine!” In the meantime, I hope you enjoy this month’s first-rate offering of musical diversity.
November 2011
Program
Notes.................................. THE MATRIX (USA 1999) The Wachowskis, directors Don Davis, composer
Symphony Special Thursday, November 3, 2011 7:30 pm Jones Hall
Matrix Live: Film in Concert *Don Davis, conductor *Jonathan Wells, boy soprano Houston Symphony Chorus Charles Hausmann, director Davis The Matrix 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 INTERMISSION 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 *Houston Symphony debut
Main Title—Trinity Infinity White Rabbit Sneak Rue Eve Unable to Speak The Road to Truthville The Lafayette Mirror The Power Plant Welcome to the Real World Aboard the Nebuchadnezzar The Truth No Return Bow Whisk Orchestra The Dojo Fight Switch or Break Show Jump Program Mentoring Morpheus What a Mindjob Cypher Conspicuous Departure & Arrival Spoon Boy Sermon Oraculous Honesty Act One Finale – For You Alone Act Two Entr’acte – Main Title Reprise The Hotel Ambush—Exit Mr. Hat Cypherpunk Think Tank A Virus There is no Elevator Bullet Time Trinity Ability Ontological Shock The Subway Fight Neo on the Run Anything is Possible
Jonathan Wells is a member of the Houston Children’s Chorus. MATRIX LIVE - Film in Concert is a production of EUROPEAN FILMPHILHARMONIC INSTITUTE, courtesy of Warner Bros. Entertainment Agency of production: Columbia Artists Music, LLC 10 www.houstonsymphony.org
In cinematic terms, The Matrix certainly set new standards. The editing, the sound and the visual effects all received Oscars® and the costume and set design attracted as much attention as the Asian cinema-inspired fighting scenes. Film experts enthused about the bullet time technique where the camera revolves around flying bullets recording their flight in slow-motion. It is this feeling of unreality that dominates the film’s atmosphere from the beginning. That it also transfers to the audience is primarily due to the film’s orchestral music composed by Don Davis. It starts off very quietly in the background. There are fast string glissandos without discernible direction, the violins turn into a mysterious whirring sound, double basses provide a muffled rumble and overlaid horns and trumpets add the occasional shrill accent. Again and again, the music merges with mysterious sounds and sound effects and it takes some time until clear score structures emerge. In the film’s quieter moments, unchanging tone sequences are layered on top of each other, choral arrangements give the settings a mystical atmosphere while explosive orchestral passages with powerful percussion accompany the dramatic scenes. Davis achieved the feat of combining
What is the Matrix? Thomas Anderson, played by Keanu Reeves, is a computer programmer who has been plagued for years by the feeling that something is not quite right with his life. Searching for the reason why, he comes across the term “Matrix” on the Internet. Under the alias Neo, he makes contact with a group of hackers to find out more. Already being watched by the mysterious Agents, he finally gets to meet Morpheus, the leader of the hackers, who informs Neo that his entire life has been spent in a computer-simulated world. He takes Neo to the real world where it is now around the year 2199. At this stage, the humans have lost the battle against the intelligent machines they created in the past. The machines keep humans in gigantic power stations and harvest their energy—their brains connected to an intricate computer world that simulates real life. From a space ship, Morpheus, Neo and the hacker team enter the Matrix where the ultimate duel between man and machine takes place.
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modern musical styles with the dramaturgical requirements of an action film. The influence of 1960s Minimal Music, characteristically based on constantly repeating patterns, can be heard in many places of the score. The instrumentation also shows clear references to works such as John Adams’ “Harmonielehre” (1985) or Philip Glass’ oratorio “Itaipu” (1990). This is particularly evident in the scene in which Neo makes the decision to swallow the red pill allowing him to leave simulated reality for the first time. One of the most interesting features, in terms of new music, is the scene where Neo is being questioned by the Agents. Employing the technique of aleatorics, Davis lets his orchestra improvise freely over several brief sections, thus creating an outlandish, oppressive texture which our ears find hard to decipher. Uncoupled from the screen and presented as a contemporary work, these sounds would probably be avoided by many classical music fans. In The Matrix, however, they present a highly effective stylistic device. With the audience able to hear many nuances and compositional details that fall victim to loud sound effects in the film version, some scenes now leave a deeper impression. Davis conducts the orchestra both by sight and with the help of a time signal, via headphones, that is indispensible when musical accents coincide with events of the screen. Electronically programmed modern pop music also plays an important role in The Matrix soundtrack. Several scenes are accompanied by BigBeat techno music, a sub-genre, that emerged in the late 1990s. Brachial rhythms deviating in structure from the previously straight techno bass combine with rock guitar riffs, modern synthesizer sounds and, at times, aggressive vocals. One of the first representatives of this sub-genre were the British band, The Prodigy, whose song “Mindfields” plays in the club where Neo meets hacker Trinity, and the British duo Propellerheads whose “Spybreak” provides the music for the famous lobby scene. The coexistence of orchestral and electronic music is one of the main reasons why The Matrix attracted such special attention. When rebel leader Morpheus takes Neo into a simulated city scene as part of the Matrix training program, strings merge with computer beats in “Clubbed to Death” by techno producer Rob D. Once again, the sound design epitomizes the convergence of the real and digital worlds. It is exactly this interface between man and machine, reality and virtuality, that fascinated society at the dawn of the new millennium.
Don Davis, conductor
Donald R. Davis has enjoyed a successful and widely varied musical career as a seminal and prolific composer of contemporary orchestral and chamber works, as well as a dramatic composer and conductor of film and television music. Born in 1957 in Anaheim, California, Davis began studying instrumental music at age 9 and composition at age 12. He continued his education at the University of California at Los Angeles and studied individually with composers. His compositions have been performed at the Monday Evening Concerts at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, at many contemporary music concerts and festivals and at recitals of instrumental and vocal artists from whom he regularly receives commissions. His Afterimages for violin and piano was a finalist in the Dutilleux International Composition Competition and was later performed at an IRCAM Artist Series concert at the Centre Pompidou in Paris by Maryvonne Le Dizès and Dimitri Vassilakis of the Ensemble Intercontemporain. His full-length opera, Río de Sangre, was premiered in 2010 by Milwaukee’s Florentine Opera Company. Excerpts were premiered as a concert suite by the Los Angeles Master Chorale and Orchestra in 2005; Albany Records has released a CD of the opera. His string quartet, Bleeding Particles, has been released on an Albany Records CD of West Coast composers, and his piano piece, Illicit Felicity, was released on Gloria Cheng’s Piano Dance: A 20 th Century Portrait on Telarc Records. Davis was recognized with prizes in the ICA/Taper Foundation Commission Competition, the 1983 International Gaudeamus MusicWeek, the 1983 Valentino Bucchi Competition for String Quartet, the Symposium V for New Band Music, three B.M.I. Awards to Student Composers, two ASCAP Foundation Grants to Young Composers and two Emmy Awards. He has composed numerous film and television scores, including the Warner Bros. feature film trilogy The Matrix, The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions. November 2011 11
Program
Friday, November 4, 2011 8 pm Saturday, November 5, 2011 8 pm Sunday, November 6, 2011 7:30 pm Jones Hall
Michael Krajewski, conductor
The Music of Paul McCartney Michael Krajewski, conductor Tony Kishman, bass guitar, piano, vocals Chria Camilleri, drums, vocals John Merjave, guitar Jim Owen, rhythm guitar, piano, vocals Eleanor Rigby Blackbird A Leaf Cello Submarine Songs for Linda 1 Warm and Beautiful: slow, rubato 2 Golden Earth Girl: poco rubato 3 Calico Skies: Allegro 6 My Love: slow Lady Madonna
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Much in demand across the United States and Canada, Michael Krajewski delights concertgoers with his imaginative and entertaining programs and his wry sense of humor. Audiences leave his concerts smiling, remembering the evening’s music and surprises. Maestro Krajewski joined the Houston Symphony as Principal Pops Conductor in 2000. His fans especially enjoy his Star Spangled Salute at Miller Outdoor Theatre and The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, and the Houston holiday tradition, Very Merry Pops. Krajewski also serves as principal pops conductor of the Jacksonville and Atlanta symphony orchestras. He previously held that position with the Long Beach, New Hampshire and New Mexico symphony orchestras. As guest conductor, he has performed with the Boston Pops and the Hollywood Bowl orchestras, and with symphonies across the U.S., including those of Baltimore, Dallas, Detroit, Minnesota, Phoenix, St. Louis, San Antonio, San Francisco and more. In Canada, he has led Ottawa’s National Arts Centre Orchestra
Tony Kishman and the Live and Let Die Band Lennon-P. McCartney-L. McCartney Lennon-McCartney P. McCartney-L. McCartney Lennon-McCartney P. McCartney-L. McCartney P. McCartney-L. McCartney Lennon-McCartney P. McCartney Lennon-McCartney P. McCartney-L. McCartney Lennon-McCartney Lennon-McCartney
Band On the Run Hello, Goodbye Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey When I’m Sixty Four Jet Silly Love Songs I Saw Her Standing There Yesterday The Long and Winding Road Live and Let Die Let It Be Golden Slumbers
Presenting Sponsor Appearances by Principal Pops Conductor Michael Krajewski are generously sponsored by Cameron Management. This weekend’s performances are generously sponsored by Ernst & Young, LLP. The Houston Symphony currently records under its own label, Houston Symphony Media Productions, and for Naxos. Houston Symphony recordings also are available on the Telarc, RCA Red Seal, Virgin Classics and Koch International Classics labels. 12 www.houstonsymphony.org
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Krajewski
POPS
Cynthia Woods Mitchell at Jones Hall
Lennon-McCartney/G. Prechel Lennon-McCartney/S. Routenberg P. McCartney/R. Nelson Lennon-McCartney/J. Stephenson P. McCartney-L. McCartney/Nelson Lennon-McCartney/Prechel
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.................................................................................................................... and the Edmonton and Winnipeg symphonies. Krajewski has performed with an eclectic group of artists including Sir James Galway, Marilyn Horne, Roberta Flack, Judy Collins, Art Garfunkel, Al Hirt, Cab Calloway, The Kingston Trio, Ben E. King, Mary Wilson, Patti Austin, Preservation Hall Jazz Band and Pink Martini. He conducts the upcoming video Silver Screen Serenade with violinist Jenny Oaks Baker that airs worldwide on BYU Broadcasting. He has led the Houston Symphony on two holiday albums: Glad Tidings and Christmas Festival. With degrees from Wayne State University and the University of Cincinnati CollegeConservatory of Music, Krajewski furthered his training at the Pierre Monteux School for Conductors and Orchestra Musicians. He was a Dorati Fellowship Conductor with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and later served as that orchestra’s assistant conductor. Michael Krajewski lives in Orlando, Florida, with his wife, Darcy.
During the 1990s, Kishman joined the classic recording group, Wishbone Ash. He recorded lead vocals for Illuminations, the band’s first studio album in nearly a decade. Tony Kishhman is regarded by “Beatlemaniacs” as the world’s best McCartney look-alike/sound-alike. Even after 30 years, he is proud to bring the most brilliant pop music in history to a new generation of Beatles fans. He still plays the original Hoffner Bass that was provided to him by Beatlemania producers in 1978. With only a few string changes over the years, the bass has main-
tained its authenticity. He has recorded for RCA Records and Mercury Records.
Chris Camilleri, drums, vocals
Born and raised on Long Island, New York, Chris Camilleri started listening to Beatles records at a young age and, inspired by Ringo, took up the drums, the instrument to which he has devoted his professional career. He has played drums for major classic rock touring artists, including Peter Noone (of Herman’s Hermits fame), Badfinger, Micky Continued on page 21
Kishman Tony Kishman, bass guitar, piano, vocals
Actor, singer and recording artist, Tony Kishman is the featured performer and producer of Live and Let Die, Paul McCartney’s music backed by symphony orchestra. He also developed and stars in the Beatles tribute show, Twist and Shout. Additionally, he performs in the Beatles symphony show, Classical Mystery Tour, which has toured to great acclaim, filling concert halls throughout the U.S. and Europe. For six years, Kishman starred in the national and international tours of Broadway’s smash hit, Beatlemania. He has been regarded as the quintessential Paul McCartney because of his uncanny resemblance, both visually and vocally, to the beloved Beatle. Kishman was a young kid from Tucson when he first auditioned for Beatlemania in 1977. He worked up “Can’t Buy Me Love,” “Yesterday” and “Hey Jude,” learning just enough piano to get him through the audition. Hired immediately, he was soon touring the world. The group received high acclaim from Sir George Henry Martin who admitted its look and sound was as close to the real thing as possible. “At times I drifted,” he told Kishman. Each song reminded him of his studio time with the Beatles. November 2011 13
Program
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A THOUSAND YEARS OF GOOD PRAYERS Zhou Tian (1981-) Recording: None commercially available
Fidelity Investments Classical Series Thursday, November 10, 2011 8 pm Saturday, November 12, 2011 8 pm Sunday, November 13, 2011 2:30 pm Jones Hall
Brahms’ Second Symphony *Christoph Koenig, conductor *Elizabeth Keusch, soprano *Quinn Patrick, mezzo-soprano *Steven Tharp, tenor *Stephen Bryant, bass-baritone Houston Symphony Chorus Charles Hausmann, director Zhou Tian A Thousand Years of Good Prayers Schubert Mass No. 3 in B-flat major, D.324 I Kyrie: Adagio con moto II Gloria: Allegro vivace—Adagio—Tempo I III Credo: Allegro vivace—Adagio—Tempo I IV Sanctus: Adagio maestoso V Benedictus: Andante con moto VI Agnus Dei: Andante molto—Allegro moderato INTERMISSION Brahms Symphony No. 2 in D major, Opus 73 I Allegro non troppo II Adagio non troppo III Allegretto grazioso (Quasi andantino) IV Allegro con spirito *Houston Symphony debut
Instrumentation: three flutes (one doubling piccolo), two oboes, English horn, two clarinets, E-flat clarinet, two bassoons, contrabassoon, four horns, three trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, harp, piano and strings Composer Zhou Tian took the title of this composition from an ancient Chinese proverb. “It is a proverb regarding relationships,” he says, “and basically it means that it would take a thousand years of prayers to bring about any good relationship. “That concept moved me and I wanted to create a musical piece to convey a sense of spiritual bliss. There might be a religious background in the root of the saying, but that’s not what I’m trying to do. I just wanted the spiritual part of it conveyed musically. Stylistically, it aspires to something pure. Sometimes, I almost want to present a Zen-like quality, because of the subject,” he says. A Thousand Years of Good Prayers was commissioned by the Green Bay Symphony Orchestra in Michigan, where Zhou served as composer-in-residence. The work was premiered there by Christoph Campestrini in October 2009. Essentially, it is a gentle 10minute tone poem, set forth in several sections and quite exquisitely scored for a large standard orchestra. Though the horns open the work with bold, arresting musical statements, this strong introduction gives way to several gentler, lyrical sections, achieving a sense of closure in a quiet echo of the horn theme toward the end of the work. Zhou was born in Hangzhou, China. He came to the United States for his college education at Philadelphia’s Curtis Institute of Music and The Juilliard School in New York. He has major musical credits in both countries, including a nationally telecast performance of his large choral-orchestral work, The Grand Canal, celebrating the 60th anniversary of the People’s Republic of China, plus several significant American musical awards and performances. He has been granted permanent U. S. residency and is a new music faculty member at Colgate University.
Thursday evening’s performance is generously sponsored by Gary Hollingsworth and Ken Hyde. The Classical Season is endowed by The Wortham Foundation, Inc. in memory of Gus S. and Lyndall F. Wortham.
MASS NO. 3 IN B-FLAT MAJOR, D.324 Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
The printed music for Brahms’ Symphony No. 2 was donated by Patricia L. Casey, in honor of the fine musicians of the Houston Symphony.
Recording: Bruno Weil conducting the Chorus Viennensis, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and the Vienna Boys Choir (Sony Classical Vivarte Series)
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Instrumentation: pairs of oboes, bassoons, horns and trumpets, three trombones, timpani, organ and strings
.................................................................................................................... Schubert composed six complete settings of the Roman Catholic mass. The last two masses have been performed by the Houston Symphony in recent seasons. The Third Mass in B-flat major was composed near the beginning of his mass cycle in 1815, and it was probably premiered at the little baroque–style parish church in the district of Lichtental in northwest Vienna, where the Schubert family lived. The mass falls between the categories of “missa brevis,” couched in the tradition of the shorter masses of Haydn and Mozart, and the longer “missa solemnis,” appropriate only for concert performance beginning with Beethoven’s late setting of the mass text. It was composed at a time when settings intended for liturgical use were confined to a maximum 45 minutes, in order not to extend religious services too far beyond their normal length. Restrictions notwithstanding, the B-flat major Mass is a bold, vigorous work that shows impressive maturity on the part of its 18-year-old composer. While the work observes many conventions of late Classical-era mass composition, the chorus and orchestra intone the opening “Kyrie eleison” forcefully, almost in the nature of a demand rather than a quiet plea. Typically, the soloists take up the “Christe eleison,” but they are soon joined by the chorus, and the vocal-choral combination persists until the end of the movement. The verbose texts of the Gloria and Credo call for considerable efficiency in a musical setting, and Schubert begins both as brisk allegro movements, relaxing the tempo of the Gloria into an expressive adagio when the supplications, “Miserere nobis” begin. The same treatment is accorded to the Credo movement at the beginning of the “Et incarnatus” section. Interestingly, Schubert restates the main musical ideas and fast tempos of each movement at the halfway point, creating a degree of thematic unity and recapturing the energy needed to propel both movements to climactic endings. The Sanctus is a spacious, powerful declamation, whose chordal texture is given over to a largely undivided chorus. Its expressive marking, adagio maestoso, is entirely appropriate to the importance Schubert attaches to this musical statement praising God. In typical fashion, the Benedictus is sung by the soloists with a reduced orchestral ensemble, and it is set in a more florid musical texture. Soloists and chorus alternate in decorative musical phrases throughout the first two phrases of the Agnus Dei, but the quietly pleading character of the music suddenly switches to an optimistic mood in the swinging dance-like music Schubert composed for the concluding “Dona nobis pacem.”
SYMPHONY NO. 2 IN D MAJOR, OPUS 73 Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) Recording: Christoph Eschenbach conducting the Houston Symphony (Virgin Classics, MP3 only); Christoph von Dohnányi conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra (Signum UK) Instrumentation: pairs of flutes, oboes, clarinets and bassoons, four horns, two trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani and strings In 1876, Johannes Brahms won his 21-year struggle to complete his First Symphony. That accomplishment not only earned him an honored place alongside Beethoven in the world of
symphonic composition, but freed his creative spirit. Suddenly, he entered into the most productive period of his career, producing three more symphonies, three concertos, two major overtures and numerous keyboard, vocal, choral and chamber music masterworks over the next decade. The Second Symphony was the first major orchestral work to appear, and it was completed the very next year. While this D major symphony is obviously the work of the very same Brahms, its relaxed, genial character is sometimes as different from the frowning C minor symphony as day is from night. It was composed in the
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Notes continued......................... sunny rural environment of Pörtschach, a remote lakeside village in the Carinthian Alps of Southern Austria. Biographer Karl Geiringer has recorded a characteristic quote on the symphony by Brahms’ close friend, the surgeon and amateur pianist Theodor Billroth: “It is all rippling streams, blue sky, sunshine, and cool green shadows. How beautiful it must be at Pörtschach!” Billroth’s comment is especially applicable to the easy, rocking themes that dominate the exposition of the first movement and to the gentle Austrian minuet that makes up the third movement. Though the first movement builds up a typical Brahmsian storm in its central development section and its lengthy coda, the themes set forth at the beginning of the movement are mostly lyrical and untroubled. But even here, Brahms’ stylistic fingerprints are readily apparent in a motivic imitation that shadows the opening horn theme and in the long, spun-out character of a subsidiary violin theme that soon follows. In his contrapuntal wizardry, Brahms combines the two themes when they return at the beginning of the recapitulation. If sunlight is obscured by clouds anywhere in the symphony, it is in the beautiful but plaintive slow movement that opens with one of Brahms’ heartfelt cello themes. Gorgeous touches of his unique orchestration abound in this movement, along with elusive harmonic colors. The third movement is the gentlest of minuets, interspersed with two trios. Each of its sections becomes a variant of what came before and contrast is achieved by sudden changes in the pulse. The extroverted finale makes an oblique reference to the symphony’s two opening themes, then builds climax upon climax in a gigantic movement that concludes in a brassy display, invariably bringing cheering audiences to their feet. ©2011, Carl R. Cunningham
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Koenig Christoph Koenig, conductor
Christoph Koenig’s conducting is marked by an energetic and serious approach to musical collaboration and thoughtful and stimulating programming. He is currently principal conductor of the Orquestra Sinfónica do Porto Casa 16 www.houstonsymphony.org
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Keusch Elizabeth Keusch, soprano
Elizabeth Keusch is as an artist to watch. She recently performed in Walt Disney Concert Hall with the Los Angeles Philharmonic in works by Castiglioni and Kurtág and in the Seattle Chamber Players’ Icebreaker III Festival. This season, she returns to the Chameleon Arts Ensemble of Boston for Harbison’s Book of Hours and Seasons, sings Messiah with the Peniel Concert Choir at Avery Fisher Hall and collaborates with Bang on a Can in Lost Objects. Orchestral performances include Beethoven’s 9th Symphony with Dallas, Baltimore and Indianapolis Symphony Orchestras, Mind of Winter and Whitman Settings with Berlin Philharmonic and New World Symphony, Liszt’s Missa Solemnis with the American Symphony Orchestra, Handel’s Messiah with the Minnesota Orchestra and the Mater Gloriosa in Mahler’s 8th Symphony with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Keusch champions chamber music and new music. She toured Portugal with Ensemble Contrapunctus (2006), and has had successive
collaborations on Los Angeles Philharmonic’s Green Umbrella Series, with Boston Musica Viva, Collage New Music (Boston), the Seattle Chamber Players and Kammerensemble Neue Musik Berlin. She holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of North Texas, a Masters of Music Degree and an Artist Diploma from New England Conservatory, where she was named the 2001 Presidential Scholar. She was also a Tanglewood Fellow (1997, 1999). She lives in Worcester, Massachusetts.
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da Música (2009-14) and principal conductor and music director of the Solistes Européens in Luxembourg. Last season, Koenig’s U.S. debut with the New Jersey Symphony resulted in an immediate re-engagement. This season, in addition to his Houston debut, he appears with the orchestras of Colorado, Indianapolis, Phoenix, Toronto and Vancouver. Worldwide, he has appeared with numerous orchestras throughout Europe, New Zealand and China. Koenig’s reputation rose swiftly after stepping in at short notice to direct the Zürich Opera’s 2003 production of Jonathan Miller’s Die Entführung aus dem Serail. He has also led them in productions of Die Zauberflöte and Il Turco in Italia. Other operatic productions include Die Entführung aus dem Serail at the Teatro Real/Madrid, Don Giovanni at the Staatsoper in Stuttgart and Die Zauberflöte and Rigoletto at the Deutsche Oper Berlin. Koenig was born in Dresden, where he sang as a boy soprano in the famous Dresdner Kreuzchor. He later studied conducting, piano and voice at the Hochschule für Musik in Dresden.
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Quinn Patrick, mezzo-soprano
Quinn Patrick’s recent season highlights include her Syracuse Symphony and Messiah Festival of the Arts in Lindsborg (KS) debuts and a return to Mercury Opera Rochester as Zerlina in Don Giovanni. Past engagements include her Lincoln Center debut with The National Chorale singing Copland’s In the Beginning and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, a series of Messiah appearances in upstate New York and a return to the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (BPO) for a Mozart Birthday Celebration Gala. Recently, she debuted in Carnegie Hall with Mozart’s Coronation Mass and Brusa’s Missa Pro Defunctis with the New England Symphonic Ensemble, and she was soloist in Mozart’s Mass in C with the BPO. A native of Texas, Patrick graduated from Trinity University in San Antonio and the University of Colorado at Boulder, participated in the Glimmerglass Opera Young American Artists Program and the Baltimore Opera Studio. She placed second in the 2006 National Association of Teachers of Singing Artist Award Competition, was a Metropolitan Opera Auditions Regional Finalist (1998, 1999) where she won Violette J. McCarthy and Spencer Foundation Awards, was a Finalist in the 1997 National Society of Arts and Letters Voice Competition and was a Finalist in the 1998 Denver Lyric Opera Guild Competition.
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Steven Tharp, tenor
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Verdi Requiem and Britten’s War Requiem. Tharp has recorded for Decca, Delos, Newport, Albany and Naxos. His world-premiere recording of the complete songs of Edward MacDowell, accompanied by the late James Barbagallo, earned a Grammy® Award nomination, and his recording of Frank Martin’s Le Vin Herbé was an Editor’s Choice in Opera News. This year includes a CD release of Fauré songs. This season, he returns to the National Symphony Orchestra of Mexico with Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 and the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra in Mozart’s Requiem, among other engagements.
the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, Bryant has delighted audiences with a repertoire spanning from Mozart and Verdi to Virgil Thomson and Stewart Wallace.
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Tharp returns to the Nationale Reisopera after appearing in Opera Seria, Boris Godunov, Les Contes d’Hoffmann and Snow White. He has performed with the Metropolitan, New York City and Netherlands Operas among others, performing more than 50 operatic roles.
Stephen Bryant, bass baritone Tharp has appeared with the New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Cleveland Orchestra. His concert repertoire extends from Monteverdi to John Musto, includes the masterpieces of the 18th and 19th century—the Bach passions, the masses of Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert; the oratorios of Handel, Haydn and Mendelssohn—and extends to Elgar’s Dream of Gerontius, Schönberg’s Gurre-Lieder, the
Grammy® nominee Stephen Bryant’s career in concert and opera has earned him acclaimed performances in the U.S., Europe, the Middle East and Asia. He was nominated for a Grammy® for Best Opera Recording in Tan Dun’s Marco Polo on Opus Arte (December 2009). Bryant has sung with the New York City Opera, the San Francisco Opera, the Santa Fe Opera, the Indianapolis Opera and other renowned companies. In performance with major orchestras from The New York Philharmonic and Philadelphia Orchestra, to
A premiere interpreter of the works of Academy Award®-winning composer Tan Dun, Bryant created the role of Dante in the world premiere of the opera Marco Polo. He reprised the role at London’s Barbican Centre for a performance broadcast by the BBC. Stephen holds a bachelor’s from Oberlin and a master’s from the University of Michigan. On the voice faculty at William Paterson University, he lives in Montclair, New Jersey, with his wife, Caryl, and their two sons, David and Andrew.
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P re-Concert reception with Houston Symphony musicians and Miles Hoffman. Beverage service available with complimentary hors d’oeuvres. Location: Main Lobby
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8:30 pm P ost-Concert discussion with the artists Location: in the theater Hans Graf, conductor Emanuel Ax, piano Miles Hoffman, host Mozart Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major, K.503 I Allegro maestoso II Andante III Allegretto Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 3 in D major, Opus 29 (Polish) I Introduzione e Allegro: Moderato assai (Tempo di marcia funebre)—Allegro brillante II Alla tedesca: Allegro moderato e semplice III Andante: Andante elegiaco IV Scherzo and Trio: Allegro vivo V Finale: Allegro con fuoco (Tempo di Polacca)
Miles Hoffman, host
As music commentator for Morning Edition, National Public Radio’s flagship news program, Miles Hoffman is heard regularly by a national audience of some 14 million people. His sparkling feature, “Coming to Terms,” was a weekly favorite for 13 years (1989-2002) on NPR’s Performance Today, and he is the author of The NPR Classical Music Companion, now in its 10th printing (Houghton Mifflin Company). Hoffman has been a featured speaker for universities, orchestras, festivals, chamber music series and community organizations throughout the United States. He has presented keynote addresses for the International Viola Congress, the American String Teachers Association National Conference and the National Conference of the Association of Music Personnel in Public Radio. In 2003, he gave the commencement address at Centenary College of Louisiana in Shreveport and was awarded an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters. The previous year, Hoffman served as host and commentator for the National Symphony Orchestra’s Festival of Favorites. On several occasions, he has delivered the Bach Lecture at the Annual Winter Park
Hans Graf’s biography appears on page 9. Emanuel Ax’ biography appears on page 23. Program notes begin on page 22.
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This weekend’s performances are generously sponsored by Linda and Gene Dewhurst. The printed music for Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 3 was donated by Paula & Alfred Friedlander. The Houston Symphony currently records under its own label, Houston Symphony Media Productions, and for Naxos. Houston Symphony recordings also are available on the Telarc, RCA Red Seal, Virgin Classics and Koch International Classics labels.
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.......................................... Bach Festival and served in residence to perform a solo recital (2005). He has also delivered the President’s Lecture at the University of Montana and a University Convocation address at Southern Adventist University. During the 1999-2000 season, Hoffman appeared as onstage host and commentator, as well as pre-concert lecturer, for the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. He has given special lectures for the National Symphony Orchestra, the Phoenix Symphony Orchestra and the Richmond Symphony, in addition to numerous talks in connection with his solo viola performances and his appearances with the American Chamber Players.
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Dolenz of The Monkees, Joe Walsh and other Beatles-era bands.
John Merjave, guitar
John Merjave was originally a drummer until a high school garage band led him to the guitar. He writes and performs with his band, 27 West, and collaborator Kevin Thomas. Merjave began playing in the Beatles’ tribute band, Liverpool, in 2001 and has played the George Harrison lead guitar role ever since. Liverpool is the official house band of The Fest for Beatle Fans, an annual convention in New York City and Chicago, among other cities. He plays cover and original songs with a number of bands, and in 2010, joined a new project, “Three of a Kind,” a power trio with bassist/vocalist Mick Redmond and drummer John Mullane.
Jim Owen, rhythm guitar, piano, vocals
Singer, arranger and musician, Jim Owen was 16 when he made his first professional appearance in a Beatles tribute band. He was soon touring internationally with various productions of Beatlemania. In addition to his featured role in Live and Let Die and Twist & Shout, he currently stars in Classical Mystery Tour, which he developed and produced. Owen grew up in Huntington Beach, California. He began studying piano at 6 and won honors in various piano performance competitions through his teenage years. He was 8 years old when he first heard The Beatles and promptly decided to study the guitar.
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Notes.................................. by Carl Cunningham LAST ROUND Osvaldo Golijov (1960-)
Fidelity Investments Classical Series Saturday, November 19, 2011 8 pm Sunday, November 20, 2011 2:30 pm Jones Hall
Emanuel Ax Plus Tchaikovsky 3 Hans Graf, conductor Emanuel Ax, piano O. Golijov Last Round I Movido, urgente II Muertes del Angel (Deaths of the Angel): Lentissimo Mozart Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major, K.503 I Allegro maestoso II Andante III Allegretto INTERMISSION Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 3 in D major, Opus 29 (Polish) I Introduzione e Allegro: Moderato assai (Tempo di marcia funebre)—Allegro brillante II Alla tedesca: Allegro moderato e semplice III Andante: Andante elegiaco IV Scherzo and Trio: Allegro vivo V Finale: Allegro con fuoco (Tempo di Polacca) Hans Graf’s biography appears on page 9. Shell Favorite Masters Series
This weekend’s performances are generously sponsored by Linda and Gene Dewhurst. Saturday evening’s appearance of Emanuel Ax is generously sponsored by Ann and Hugh Roff. The Classical Season is endowed by The Wortham Foundation, Inc. in memory of Gus S. and Lyndall F. Wortham. The printed music for Golijov’s Last Round was donated by Mr. and Mrs. Alexander K. McLanahan. The printed music for Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 3 was donated by Paula & Alfred Friedlander. The Houston Symphony currently records under its own label, Houston Symphony Media Productions, and for Naxos. Houston Symphony recordings also are available on the Telarc, RCA Red Seal, Virgin Classics and Koch International Classics labels. These concerts are being recorded for future broadcast on Classical 91.7 FM, the Radio Voice of the Houston Symphony and Classical Season Media Sponsor.
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Recording: Eric Jacobsen conducting The Knights (Sony) Instrumentation: strings only, in two orchestras “An apotheosis of the tango” could well be the most apt description of Argentinian composer Osvaldo Golijov’s Last Round, his memorial tribute to that country’s revered tango composer, Astor Piazzolla. Piazzolla died suddenly of a stroke in 1992, at the height of his musical powers. “He left us without saying goodbye,” Golijov recalls, quoting lines from an old tango in his preface to Last Round. He continues: “I composed Last Round (the title is borrowed from a short story on boxing by Julio Cortázar) as an imaginary chance for Piazzolla’s spirit to fight one more time. The piece is conceived as an idealized bandoneon (a small, keyless accordion-like instrument which has become the essential instrument for tango ensembles in Argentina). “There are two movements: the first represents the act of a violent compression of the instrument, and the second a final, seemingly endless opening sigh (it is actually a fantasy over the refrain of the song, ‘My Beloved Buenos Aires,’ composed by the legendary Carlos Gardel in the 1930s). “But Last Round is also a sublimated tango dance,” Golijov asserts. In describing its chamber-ensemble version for two string quartets and a single double bass, he states: “Two quartets confront each other, separated by a focal bass, with violins and violas standing up as in the traditional tango orchestra. The bows fly in the air as inverted legs in criss-crossed choreography, always attracting and repelling each other, always in danger of clashing, always avoiding it with the immutability that can only be acquired by transforming hot passion into pure pattern.” The string-orchestra version, which calls for 41 players, magnifies the criss-cross effect nearly five-fold. PIANO CONCERTO NO. 25 IN C MAJOR, K.503 Wolfgang Amadè Mozart (1756-1791) Recording: Leon Fleisher, with George Szell conducting the Cleveland Orchestra (CBS great performances) Instrumentation: flute, two oboes, two bassoons, two horns, two trumpets, timpani and strings Beyond the sheer number and quality of his piano concertos, Mozart’s great achievement in this medium consisted in merging the soloistic principles inherited from the baroque concerto with the organic logic inherent in
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Recording: Neeme Järvi conducting the Gothenberg Symphony (BIS) Instrumentation: two flutes, piccolo, two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, four horns, two trum-
Tchaikovsky’s Third Symphony is one of his leastknown symphonies, despite the fact that it was composed in the summer of 1875—right between two of the composer’s most famous masterworks: the First Piano Concerto and the ballet, Swan Lake. Biographer David Brown theorizes that, in reaction to the critical lashing Tchaikovsky had received from Nikolai Rubinstein, his mentor at the Moscow Conservatory, over structural freedom of his piano concerto, he strove for greater restraint in the formal design of the symphony. The large forms of opening and closing symphonic movements were always a challenge for Tchaikovsky, and it was not until the Fifth Symphony a decade later that he ideally blended his talent for beautiful melody and passionate expression into the inherited traditions of symphonic form. The D major Symphony marks a step in that progress, and it is unique for being his only symphony in a major key and the only one with five movements, rather than the customary four. The work begins with a long, dark, shadowy slow introduction, not in the major key, but in D minor. Its thematic fragments gradually evolve and accelerate as they pass from the strings to the horn and then the woodwinds, emerging as the bold opening theme when the tonality turns to D major in the Allegro section of this sonata movement. Three themes are set forth, followed by a long, contrapuntal development, and an expanded restatement of the themes, ending in a vigorous coda. Tchaikovsky was a master of waltz music, and his designation, “alla tedesca,” for the second movement reveals a charming piece in the hesitation-waltz style of an Austrian Ländler. Tiptoeing woodwinds provide a contrast of tone colors in the Trio section. The heart of the symphony is found in its exquisite slow movement, a lyrical idyl which builds to a passionate, full-throated climax at the height of its central song form. It is enhanced with a lengthy introduction, whose pensive themes are colorfully distributed among solo winds and horn, and are recalled in a coda balancing the end of the movement. The fourthmovement Scherzo is one of Tchaikovsky’s icy little marches, whose light, dashing passagework in the strings and flutes is punctuated by tart interjections from the woodwinds—and eventually a noisy trombone. The concluding polonaise gives the symphony its nickname, Polish, and it is one of many such dances strewn throughout Tchaikovsky’s operas, ballets and orchestral works. Despite some weighty contrapuntal episodes that slow the center of the movement, this spirited polonaise regains its energy in a quite bombastic ending. ©2011, Carl R. Cunningham
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SYMPHONY NO. 3 IN D MAJOR, OPUS 29 (POLISH) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
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classical symphonic form. That success is nowhere more apparent than in the great C major Concerto, K.503, that crowned a string of 15 piano concertos Mozart composed during the five-year period 1782-86. While it may not be the most popular concerto among this group, it is certainly one of the grandest and most probing concertos of the set. Its tonality of C major prompts a spirit of boldness in the music, immediately announced in a martial introduction full of the sound of trumpets and drums. Amazingly, Mozart anticipates some of Haydn’s symphonic experiments by using this introductory theme to punctuate major sections in the first movement—the entrance of the piano, the recapitulation and the end of the coda following the solo cadenza. Like many a Mozart sonata-allegro form, the first movement contains numerous short themes. In the case of this concerto, they provide unity as well as variety, for most of these themes stem from a common rhythm of three eighth notes followed by one or more quarter notes. The movement is also one of the most contrapuntal examples of Mozart’s concerto writing, for the orchestra is heavily involved in thematic display and development, sometimes with several different melodic lines competing for the listener’s attention. Chiaroscuro harmonies shade the brilliant character of the music, as the prevailing C major unexpectedly gives way to C minor episodes and thematic sequences suddenly leap to remote tonalities. The Andante stands nicely in the company of poetic slow movements found in many of Mozart’s mature concertos. The poignant theme of this song form is fully stated by the orchestra before the piano enters with a more decorative version. The large seven-part rondo concluding the concerto is a typically bubbling Mozart finale. Once again, the orchestra leads off and, once the piano enters, there is almost a steady stream of decorative figuration, again unexpectedly changing its rhythmic values to provide delightful variety to the music. Though Mozart apparently composed the concerto for an Advent concert in 1786, there is no documentation that the concert took place. It may have been performed at a Lenten concert in 1787, and it was included in a concert at Leipzig’s Gewandhaus on May 12, 1789, during a tour Mozart made of northern Germany. Sadly, the concert was so poorly subscribed that Mozart had to give away most of the tickets.
Emanuel Ax, piano
Born in Lvov, Poland, Emanuel Ax moved to Canada when he was a young boy. His studies at The Juilliard School were supported by the sponsorship of the Epstein Scholarship Program of the Boys Clubs of America, and he subsequently won the Young Concert Artists Award. He attended Columbia University, where he majored in French. Ax captured public attention in 1974 when he won the first Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Competition in Tel Aviv. In 1975, he won the Young Concert Artists Michaels Award, and four years later, the coveted Avery Fisher Prize. This season, he visits leading orchestras through the U.S. and Europe. He collaborates with the San Francisco Symphony in the American Mavericks Festival presented in San Francisco, Ann Arbor and New York. And he will serve as curator and participant with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for a two-week spring residency “Keys to the City.” In London’s Wigmore Hall, he performs a series of Beethoven Sonata programs with violinist Leonidas Kavakos. Ax has been an exclusive Sony Classical recording artist since 1987. Recent releases include Mendelssohn Trios with Yo-Yo Ma and Itzhak Perlman, Strauss’ Enoch Arden narrated by Patrick Stewart and discs of two-piano music by Brahms and Rachmaninoff with Yefim Bronfman. He has received Grammy® Awards for the second and third volumes of his cycle of Haydn’s piano sonatas and for recordings of the Beethoven and Brahms sonatas for cello and piano with Yo-Yo Ma. In 2004-05, he contributed to an International Emmy® AwardWinning BBC documentary commemorating the Holocaust that aired on the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. Emanuel Ax lives in New York City with his wife, pianist Yoko Nozaki. They have two children, Joseph and Sarah. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and holds honorary doctorates of music from Yale and Columbia Universities. November 2011 23
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Notes.................................. by Carl Cunningham
VIOLIN CONCERTOS, OPUS 8, NOS. 1-4 (THE FOUR SEASONS) Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Saturday, November 26, 2011 7:30 pm Jones Hall
Recording: Benjamin Schmid, soloist and conductor, with the Salzburg Camerata Academica (Oehms)
Beyond the Score® Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons
Instrumentation: string ensemble and harpsichord
Eric Halen, violin
On December 14, 1725, the Amsterdam Gazette carried an announcement that the city’s music publisher, Michel Charles Le Cène, had issued 12 violin concertos by Vivaldi in a collection titled The Contest of Harmony and Invention. The edition was dedicated to the Bohemian count Wenceslas von Morzin and in his dedicatory letter, Vivaldi confessed that the first four concertos, The Four Seasons, were actually old works the count had long since received, heard—and presumably paid for! While such sly double-dealing with the ownership of artistic properties was not uncommon in the 18th century, Vivaldi’s confession alerts us that his celebrated set of descriptive concertos was composed a good bit earlier than it was published. Very few of Vivaldi’s works are dated, but scholar Paul Everett estimates The Four Seasons was composed between 1718 and 1720. The new published version was enhanced by four sonnets describing seasonal events the composer had depicted in his fanciful concertos. Vivaldi apparently wrote these sonnets himself (they’re hardly anything Petrarch would have autographed) and he took pains to place individual phrases from the poems above corresponding descriptive lines in the music. Thus the singing birds in the second line of “Spring” are identified with the trills and warbling figuration of the first solo violin passage; the lightning, thunder and darkened skies described in the poem’s second stanza are matched with an episode of teeth-rattling tremolos and sudden whooshing scale passages in the orchestral part. One particularly droll musical description involves the steady “woof-woof” rhythm played by the viola in the slow movement of the “Spring” concerto. Vivaldi identified it as the shepherd’s dog, barking while his master sleeps in the meadow. A great many cameos of rural life pass in review as the poems tell of summer’s oppressive heat and sudden thunderstorms, peasants drinking, dancing and hunting during the fall harvest, or stamping the snow off their feet, slipping and falling through the winter ice as they rush toward the hearth and its warm, crackling fire. For that reason, the musical texture of The Four Seasons is rich in thematic ideas as Vivaldi seeks to portray these successive cameos in terms of sound. Unlike the typical baroque concerto, whose individual move-
Vivaldi Examples from Violin Concertos, Opus 8, Nos. 1-4 (The Four Seasons) INTERMISSION Vivaldi Violin Concerto in E major, Opus 8, No. 1, RV 269 (La primavera) I Allegro II Largo III Allegro Vivaldi Violin Concerto in G minor, Opus 8, No. 2, RV 315 (L’estate) I Allegro non molto II Adagio III Presto Vivaldi Violin Concerto in F major, Opus 8, No. 3, RV 293 (L’autunno) I Allegro II Adagio molto III Allegro Vivaldi Violin Concerto in F minor, Opus 8, No. 4, RV 297 (L’inverno) I Allegro non molto II Largo III Allegro Beyond the Score® is produced by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
Gerard McBurney, creative director, Beyond the Score® Martha Gilmer, executive producer, Beyond the Score® Caroline Moores, production stage manager This concert is generously sponsored by Janice H. Barrow.
The appearance of Eric Halen is generously sponsored by Scott and Judy Nyquist. The SoundPlusVision series is sponsored by the Alkek & Williams Foundation and supported in part by an endowment fund from The Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts Fund for Creative Initiatives. The Houston Symphony currently records under its own label, Houston Symphony Media Productions, and for Naxos. Houston Symphony recordings also are available on the Telarc, RCA Red Seal, Virgin Classics and Koch International Classics labels. Image Credits: Art Institute of Chicago The Bridgeman Art Library The Field Museum, Chicago The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK Lebrecht Music & Arts Mary Evans Picture Library The Board of Trustees, National Gallery of Art, Washington Universita di Pavia, Italy The Henry Watson Music Library, Manchester, UK
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.................................................................................................................... ments are often unified by repetitive rhythms and a single thematic idea, the music of The Four Seasons undergoes constant change. ©2011, Carl R. Cunningham
Halen
Biography...................
Eric Halen, violin
Recognized by the Houston Chronicle as a Houston favorite, Houston Symphony Associate Concertmaster Eric Halen’s violin playing has been described by critics as “sterling” and “tenderly expressive and dramatic.” Halen joined the Houston Symphony as assistant concertmaster in 1987. In 1997, he assumed the position of associate concertmaster and served as acting concertmaster for the 2005-06, 2008-09 and 2009-10 seasons. He grew up in a family of violinists. His
parents were both professionals, and his brother, David Halen, is concertmaster of the Saint Louis Symphony. After earning his bachelor’s degree at Central Missouri State University where he studied violin with his father, Dr. Walter Halen, he received his master’s degree at age 20 from the University of Illinois, while studying with Sergiu Luca. At age 23, he became artist-teacher of violin at Texas Christian University. Eric Halen has performed in solo and chamber music programs in the U.S. and abroad, including solo appearances with the Saint Louis and Houston Symphonies. He is currently an artist-teacher of violin at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music. BEYOND THE SCORE® CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Begun in 2005, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s (CSO) Beyond the Score has become one of classical music’s most successful and original audience development tools. The program seeks to open the door to the symphonic repertoire for first-time concertgoers and encourage an active, more fulfilling way of listening for seasoned audiences. The lifeblood of Beyond the Score is its firm rooting in the live tradition: musical extracts, spoken clarification, theatrical narrative and hand-paced projections on a screen performed in close syn-
chrony—an arresting and innovative approach that illuminates classical music more idiomatically than other methods. After a 60-minute program focusing on a single masterwork, audiences return from intermission to experience the piece performed in a regular concert setting, equipped with a new understanding of its style and genesis. This format’s potential was quickly recognized by other orchestras and a rapidly expanding licensing program has since brought Beyond the Score to audiences throughout the U.S., Canada and Holland. Recognizing that a large population is economically or geographically unable to attend these performances in person, the CSO also offers digital video downloads of select programs. These free downloads feature live recordings of the first half of the programs presented at Symphony Center in Chicago. In September 2008, the CSO released Shostakovich’s Fourth Symphony, led by Principal Conductor Bernard Haitink, on its CSO Resound label. Accompanying this Grammy® Award–winning recording of the symphony is a free DVD of the gripping Beyond the Score production examining Shostakovich’s controversial and powerful work—the first commercially released video from this acclaimed concert series. For more information on Beyond the Score, including video downloads, visit www.beyondthescore.org.
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Houston Symphony Chorus.............................................................................. Photo by jeff fitlow
Hausmann Charles Hausmann, director
Dr. Charles S. Hausmann was named director of the Houston Symphony Chorus in 1986 and is celebrating his 25th anniversary in the 2011-12 season. He has prepared the group for more than 600 concerts, led them on numerous tours to Mexico and Europe, and worked with more than 40 acclaimed conductors including Hans Graf, Christoph Eschenbach, Claus Peter Flor and Robert Shaw. His extensive repertoire includes most of the major choral/orchestral masterworks. As director of graduate choral studies and professor of conducting at the University of Houston’s Moores School of Music since 1985, Hausmann supervises the master’s and doctoral programs in choral conducting, teaches choral conducting and literature and conducts the Moores School Choral Artists—a graduate chamber choir. An active church musician, he has conducted church choirs in Colorado, Kentucky, New Jersey and Texas. He currently serves as Director of Choral Music at Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church in Houston where he led the Houston Symphony and Chorus in a performance of Mendelssohn’s St. Paul (spring 2008). Hausmann frequently appears as a guest conductor, lecturer, clinician and soloist. He led the Chorus on its fourth European tour in 2007, appearing as guest conductor during the Prague Spring Festival. He and the Chorus share a 24-year collaboration with Mexico City’s Orquesta Sinfónica de Minería, recently performing Mendelssohn’s Elijah with former Houston Symphony Associate Conductor Carlos Miguel Prieto. This season, Hausmann prepares the Chorus for Very Merry Pops, Handel’s Messiah and Orff’s Carmina Burana, among others.
Support the Houston Symphony Chorus Endowment The Houston Symphony Chorus Endowment supports activities that enrich Houston’s musical life and enhance the high professional standards of the all-volunteer Chorus. For more on how you can help ensure the artistic future of the Chorus, call the Symphony’s Development office at (713) 3378528 or visit hschorus.org. 26 www.houstonsymphony.org
Charles Hausmann, Director Paulo Gomes Assistant Director
Sarah Berggren Chorus Manager
Scott Holshouser Accompanist
First Soprano Ramona Alms Alice Beckstrom Sarah Berggren Robyn Branning Anna Brozick Laura Christian Monica M. Davis Clarice Gatlin Marta Giles Amanda Harris Sophia Hou Amy Ingram Allison Jewett Sarah Keifer Jennifer Klein Salyer Veronica Lorine * • Pamela Magnuson Rita Minter Lydia Musher Theresa Olin Karen Rennar Wendy Ridings Rhonda Ryan Heidi Sanders Beth Slaughter Deborah Spencer Annie Treverton Lisa Trewin Tania Van Dongen Beth Anne Weidler Megan Welch Pamela Wilhite Natalyn Whitis Jessica L. Williams
First Alto Krista Borstell Jami Bruns Patricia Bumpus Barbara Bush Thea Chapman Elizabeth Chitwood Nancy Christopherson Robin Clarkson Leah Bell Davis Christine Economides Mary Gahr • Susan Hall Judy Hill Kristin Hurter Berma Kinsey Joyce Lewis * • Mary Lopushansky Ashley Maack Gene Marie Matthews Lisa Morfin Cynthia Mulder Jennifer L. Phan Linda Renner Linda Richardson Carolyn Rogan Holly Rubbo June Russell Maria Schoen Andrea Slack Shelby Stratman Vicki Westbrook Bonnie Wilson Patsy Wilson
Darrell Mayon * • Jim Moore Peter Peropoulos Bradley Persinger Douglas Rodenberger Gottfried Schiller David Schoen Tony Sessions Charles Thornburg Aaron Verber
Second Soprano Yoset Altamirano Lisa Anders Laura Bohlmann • Nancy Bratic Anne Campbell Debby Cutler Vickie Davis Corita Dubose Karen Fess-Uecker Kellie Garden Debbie Hannah • Megan Henry Amanda Hopping * • Sylvia Hysong Yukiko Iwata Natalia Kalitynska Sapna Kumar • Carol Ostlind Linda Peters Susan Scarrow Vicki Seldon Paige Sommer Veronica A. Stevens Cecilia Sun Caryssa Treider Nancy Vernau
Second Alto Melissa Bailey Adams • Sarah Wilson Clark M. Evelyn Clift Rochella Cooper Cecilia Corredor Andrea Creath Robin Dunn Holly Eaton Rachel El-Saleh Thi Ha Denise Holmes Catherine Howard Lois Howell * • Crystal Meadows Lynne Moneypenny Nina Peropoulos Laurie Reynolds Holly Soehnge Mary Voigt Kaye Windel-Garza First Tenor Robert Browning James R. Carazola Patrick Drake Richard Field • Robert Gomez James Patrick Hanley Steven Hazel Donald Howie Francisco J. Izaguirre
Second Tenor Bob Alban Jeff Bingham Randy Boatright Harvey Bongers William Cole Donn Dubois Jorge Fandino Mark Ferring Joseph Frybert John Grady Craig Hill Philip Lewis Micah Meads William L. Mize Dave Nussmann Greg Railsback Allen Roberts Rick Selby Lesley C. Sommer Dewell Springer Tony Vazquez Leonardo Veletzuy John W. Werner * • Lee Williams First Bass Joe Anzaldua Rich Arenschieldt Greg Barra Justin Becker Claude Bitner John Bond Bruce Boyle Christopher Burris Peter Christian Steve Dukes Leigh Fernau Will Hailey Taylor Harper Scott Hassett Stephen M. James * • Jay Lopez Clemente Mathis William McCallum Chris Ming Matt Neufeld Kevin Newman David Salazar Gary Scullin Stephen Shadle Mark Standridge Sam Stengler Paul Van Dorn Joe Villarreal Kevin Wallace
Tony Sessions Librarian Second Bass Steve Abercia * • Wilton T. Adams Bill Cheadle John Colson Roger Cutler Paul Ehrsam Tom Everage Chris Fair Ian Fetterley David M. Fox Yevgeny Genin Michael Gilbert Matt Henderson Terry Henderson George Howe Nobuhide Kobori Alan MacAdams • Ken Mathews Bryan J. McMicken Scott Mermelstein Clyde L. Miner Greg Nelson Bill Parker John Proffitt • Robert Reynolds Daniel Robertson Doug Sander Andrew Shramm Eric Skelly Richard White James Wilhite
* Section Leader • Council Member
As of October 1, 2011
Symphony Society Board. ................................................................................. Executive Committee............................................................................................... President Chairman of the Board Robert B. Tudor III Jesse B. Tutor President-elect and Vice President, Finance Robert A. Peiser
Executive Director/CEO Mark C. Hanson Chairman Emeritus Mike Stude
Vice President, Artistic and Orchestra Affairs Brett Busby
Vice President, Board Governance and Secretary Steven P. Mach
Vice President, Volunteers Barbara McCelvey
Vice President, Popular Programming Allen Gelwick
Vice President, Education Cora Sue Mach
Vice President, Development David Wuthrich
Vice President, Audience Development and Marketing Gloria G. Pryzant
General Counsel Paul R. Morico
President, Endowment Gene Dewhurst
EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS
Martha GarcĂa, Assistant Secretary Mark Hughes, Orchestra Representative Rodney Margolis Burke Shaw, Orchestra Representative Donna Shen, President, Houston Symphony League Brinton Averil Smith, Orchestra Representative Ed Wulfe, Immediate Past Chair
At-Large Members Ulyesse LeGrange Jay Marks Helen Shaffer
Governing Directors..................................................................................................... * Janice Barrow Darlene Bisso Marie Bosarge Terry Ann Brown Ralph Burch Prentiss Burt Brett Busby * John T. Cater Janet Clark Michael H. Clark Scott Cutler Lorraine Dell Viviana Denechaud Gene Dewhurst Michael Doherty Susanna Dokupil Kelli Cohen Fein
Julia Frankel David Frankfort Allen Gelwick Stephen Glenn Susan Hansen Gary L. Hollingsworth Ryan Krogmeier Ulyesse LeGrange Rochelle Levit Nancy Littlejohn April Lykos Cora Sue Mach Steven P. Mach Beth Madison Rodney Margolis Jay Marks Mary Lynn Marks
Jackie Wolens Mazow Billy McCartney Barbara McCelvey Gene McDavid * Alexander K. McLanahan Kevin Meyers Paul Morico Arthur Newman Robert A. Peiser Fran Fawcett Peterson Geoffroy Petit David Pruner Stephen Pryor Gloria G. Pryzant Kathi Rovere John Rydman Manolo Sanchez
Helen Shaffer Jerome Simon Jim R. Smith David Steakley Mike Stude Robert B. Tudor III * Betty Tutor * Jesse B. Tutor Margaret Waisman Fredric A. Weber Vicki West Margaret Alkek Williams * Ed Wulfe David Wuthrich Cary P. Yates Robert A. Yekovich
Samuel Abraham Philip Bahr Anthony Bohnert Meherwan Boyce Walter Bratic Lynn Caruso Audrey Cochran Louis Delone Tom Fitzpatrick Craig A. Fox Stanley Haas Kathleen Hayes
Brian James Joan Kaplan I. Ray Kirk Roslyn Larkey Carolyn Mann Paul M. Mann Judy Margolis Brian McCabe Marilyn Miles Tassie Nicandros Scott Nyquist Edward Osterberg Jr.
J. Hugh Roff Jr. Michael E. Shannon Jule Smith Michael Tenzer L. Proctor (Terry) Thomas Stephen G. Tipps Mrs. S. Conrad Weil Robert Weiner David Ashley White James T. Willerson Steven J. Williams
Ex-Officio Martha GarcĂa Mark C. Hanson Mark Hughes Susan Osterberg Burke Shaw Donna Shen Brinton Averil Smith Glenda Toole
Trustees. .................................................................................................................
* Life Trustee
............................................................................................................................ ENDOWMENT TRUSTEES Gene Dewhurst, President Prentiss Burt Janet Clark Marilyn Miles Michael Mithoff Jesse Tutor 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
Past Presidents of the Houston Symphony League Miss Ima Hogg Mrs. John F. Grant Mrs. J. R. Parten Mrs. Andrew E. Rutter Mrs. Aubrey Leon Carter Mrs. Stuart Sherar Mrs. Julian Burrows Ms. Hazel Ledbetter Mrs. Albert P. Jones Mrs. Ben A. Calhoun Mrs. James Griffith Lawhon Mrs. Olaf La Cour 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 H. Carruth Mrs. David Hannah Jr. Mary Louis Kister Ellen Elizardi Kelley 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 Nancy Willerson Jane Clark Nancy Littlejohn
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Annual Campaign Donors. ......................................................................................... The Houston Symphony gratefully acknowledges those who support our artistic, educational and community engagement programs through their generosity to our Annual Fund and our Special Events. Donors receive a wide array of benefits for the current season and recognition for one year following the date of their gifts. Below is a listing of those who have so generously given within the past 12 months. We are honored to count these donors among our closest Houston Symphony friends, and we invite you to consider becoming a member of one of our giving societies. For more information, please contact our Development Department at: (713) 337-8500.
Leadership Gifts
Ima Hogg Society – $150,000 or More
Anonymous (1) Dr. & Mrs. W. E. Bosarge Lieutenant Governor David H. Dewhurst Mrs. Alfred C. Glassell Jr. Ms. Beth Madison, Madison Benefits Group Inc. Mr. George P. Mitchell Mr. M. S. Stude Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Tudor III Mr. & Mrs. Jesse B. Tutor Margaret Alkek Williams Maestro’s Society – $50,000 - $74,999 Gene & Linda Dewhurst Maestro Hans Graf & Mrs. Graf Rochelle & Max Levit
Concertmaster’s Society – $25,000 - $49,999 Anonymous (2) Janice Barrow Mr. & Mrs. Edward F. Blackburne Jr. Mr. Michael H. Clark & Ms. Sallie Morian Mr. & Mrs. Russell M. Frankel Ms. Sharin Shafer Gaille Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Griswold Dr. Gary L. Hollingsworth & Dr. Ken Hyde Drs. M.S. & Marie-Luise Kalsi Mr. & Mrs. Marvin Kaplan
Mr. & Mrs. Ulyesse J. LeGrange Joella & Steven P. Mach Jay & Shirley Marks Barbara & Pat McCelvey Mr. & Mrs. Alexander K. McLanahan Nancy & Robert Peiser Mr. & Mrs. David R. Pruner Mrs. Sybil F. Roos Mr. & Mrs. James A. Shaffer Mr. & Mrs. Jim R. Smith
Principal Musician’s Society $15,000 - $24,999 Marian & Gary Beauchamp Captain & Mrs. W. A. “Cappy” Bisso III Mr. & Mrs. J. Brett Busby Janet F. Clark Leslie Barry Davidson & W. Robins Brice Angel & Craig Fox Stephen & Mariglyn Glenn Cora Sue & Harry Mach Mr. & Mrs. Rodney H. Margolis 28 www.houstonsymphony.org
Mr. & Mrs. Billy McCartney Ann & Hugh Roff Mr. & Mrs. Clive Runnells Laura & Michael Shannon Mr. & Mrs. Robert R. Springob, Laredo Construction, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Fredric A. Weber Dede & Connie Weil Mr. & Mrs. Steven Jay Williams
..................................................................................................................................... Artist/Conductor’s Society $10,000 - $14,999 Anonymous (3) Mr. & Mrs. Philip A. Bahr Mr. & Mrs. Charles G. Black III Mr. & Mrs. W. T. Carter IV Mr. & Mrs. Gerald F. Clark Mr. & Mrs. Brandon Cochran Ms. Jan Cohen Dr. Scott Cutler Mr. Richard Danforth Dr. & Mrs. Alexander Dell Mr. & Mrs. Michael Dokupil Mrs. William Estrada Aubrey & Sylvia Farb Dr. Kelli Cohen Fein & Martin J. Fein Mr. S. David Frankfort
Dr. & Mrs. William D. George Mr. & Mrs. Richard D. Hansen Mr. Brian James Dr. & Mrs. I. Ray Kirk Mr. & Mrs. Meredith J. Long Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Lykos Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Michael Mann Dr. & Mrs. Paul M. Mann Mr. & Mrs. J. Stephen Marks Dr. & Mrs. Malcolm L. Mazow Betty & Gene McDavid Stephen & Marilyn Miles Ms. Peggy Overly & Mr. John Barlow Mr. & Mrs. Alvin Owsley Mr. & Mrs. Steven Owsley
Mr. & Mrs. William J. Rovere Jr. Mrs. Maryjane Scherr Mr. & Mrs. Haag Sherman Mr. Louis H. Skidmore Jr. David & Paula Steakley Alice & Terry Thomas Paul Strand Thomas Stephen & Pamalah Tipps Margaret Waisman, M.D. & Steven S. Callahan, Ph.D. Vicki & Paul West Mr. & Mrs. Ed Wulfe
Miss Catherine Jane Merchant Mr. & Mrs. Kevin O. Meyers Dr. & Mrs. Robert M. Mihalo Mr. Cameron Mitchell Sue A. Morrison Bobbie & Arthur Newman Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan E. Parker Kathryn & Richard Rabinow Mr. & Mrs. William K. Robbins Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Ken N. Robertson Mr. Glen A. Rosenbaum Ms. Amanda Savo Donna & Tim Shen
Julia & Albert Smith Foundation Dr. Alana R. Spiwak & Sam Stolbun Mr. Stephen C. Tarry Ann & Joel Wahlberg Mr. Jim T. Willerson Nancy Willerson Isabel B. & Wallace S. Wilson Cyvia & Melvyn Wolff Mr. & Mrs. C. Clifford Wright Nina & Michael Zilkha
Debbie & Frank Jones Drs. Blair & Rita Justice Mr. & Mrs. Richard D. Kinder Mary Louis Kister Mr. & Mrs. Alfred Lasher III Dr. & Mrs. Fred R. Lummis Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Stevens Mafrige Mr. & Mrs. Clarence Mayer Mr. & Mrs. George McCullough Mrs. Beverly T. McDonald Sidney & Ione Moran Paul & Rita Morico Nancy & Lucian Morrison Mr. & Mrs. Richard P. Moynihan Mary & Terry Murphree Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Nelson Mr. & Mrs. Edward C. Osterberg Jr. Mr. Howard Pieper Mr. Robert J. Pilegge Mrs. Lila Rauch Mr. Carlos Rossi Mr. & Mrs. Manolo Sanchez Mr. & Mrs. Richard P. Schissler Mr. & Mrs. Mark R. Smith Mr. Yale Smith Mr. & Mrs. Antonio M. Szabo Mr. Jonathan Tinkle
Ann Trammell Stephen & Kristine Wallace Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin Warren Robert G. Weiner Ms. Jennifer R. Wittman Woodell Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. David J. Wuthrich Winthrop A. Wyman & Beverly Johnson Dr. & Mrs. Robert Yekovich Erla & Harry Zuber
Musician’s Society $7,500 - $9,999 Anonymous (1) Eric S. Anderson & R. Dennis Anderson Dr. & Mrs. Meherwan P. Boyce Mr. & Mrs. Walter V. Boyle Mr. & Mrs. Walter Bratic Ms. Terry A. Brown The Robert & Jane Cizik Foundation Allen & Almira Gelwick Lockton Companies Mr. & Mrs. Fred L. Gorman Jo A. & Billie Jo Graves Christina & Mark Hanson Dr. & Mrs. Bernard Katz Conductor’s Circle $5,000 - $7,499 Anonymous (1) Mr. &. Mrs. Karl H. Becker Dr. Alan Bentz & Ms. Sallymoon S. Benz Ms. Dianne Bowman Ruth White Brodsky Mrs. George L. Brundrett Jr. Barry & Janet Burkholder Marilyn Caplovitz David & Nona Carmichael Mrs. Lily Carrigan Margot & John Cater William J. Clayton & Margaret A. Hughes Roger & Debby Cutler Mr. & Mrs. Rodney Cutsinger Mr. & Mrs. James D. Dannenbaum Judge & Mrs. Harold DeMoss Jr. Mr. & Mrs. David Denechaud Mr. & Mrs. Paul F. Egner Jr. Mr. Roger Eichhorn Mary Ann & Larry Faulkner Mr. George B. Geary Mrs. Aileen Gordon William A. Grieves & Dorothy McDonnell Grieves Mr. & Mrs. W. R. Hayes Mr. & Mrs. Frank Herzog Mr. & Mrs. David V. Hudson Jr.
Grand Patron’s Circle $2,500 - $4,999
Anonymous (1) Dr. & Mrs. Jeffrey B. Aron Mr. Richard C. Bailey Mrs. Bonnie Bauer Dr. & Mrs. Devinder Bhatia Mr. & Mrs. James D. Bozeman Mrs. Catherine Campbell Brock & Dr. Gary Brock The Honorable & Mrs. Peter Brown Mr. & Mrs. Sean Bumgarner Mr. Ralph Burch Dr. & Mrs. William T. Butler Toba Buxbaum Mr. & Mrs. Thierry Caruso November 2011 29
Annual Campaign Donors. ......................................................................................... Mr. William E. Colburn Lois & David Coyle Mr. & Mrs. Louis F. DeLone J.R. & Aline Deming Mr. James Denton Mr. & Mrs. Carr P. Dishroon Mr. & Mrs. Michael Doherty Mr. William Elbel & Ms. Mary J. Schroeder Mr. Parrish N. Erwin Jr. Mr. & Mrs. J. Thomas Eubank Diane Lokey Farb Mr. & Mrs. Donald Faust Sr. Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Ference Mrs. Arvia Few Ron & Tricia Fredman Mr. Edwin C. Friedrichs & Ms. Darlene Clark Dr. & Mrs. Robert H. Fusillo Thomas & Patricia Geddy Mrs. Lila-Gene George Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Glanville Mr. & Mrs. Buddy Haas Mr. & Mrs. James E. Hooks Mr. & Mrs. Francis S. Kalman Mr. & Mrs. Richard P. Keeton Mr. & Mrs. Gary Kenney William & Cynthia Koch Mr. & Mrs. Ryan Krogmeier Mr. Willy Kuehn Mrs. Margaret H. Ley Mr. James Lokay Mr. & Mrs. William L. Maynard Mr. & Mrs. William B. McNamara Mr. & Mrs. Pershant Mehta Mr. & Mrs. Robert Mitchell Mr. & Mrs. Richard Mithoff Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Moore Julia & Chris Morton Edward Oppenheimer Mr. & Mrs. Gary Petersen Mr. Michael H. Price Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Pryor Mr. & Mrs. Thomas R. Reckling III Michael & Vicky Richker Drs. Alejandro & Lynn Rosas Dr. Philip D. Scott & Dr. Susan E. Gardner Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Simon Mr. & Mrs. Tad Smith Mr. & Mrs. Louis J. Snyder Joel V. & Mary M. Staff Dr. & Mrs. C. Richard Stasney Mr. & Mrs. James R. Stevens Mr. & Mrs. Keith Stevenson Mr. & Mrs. Gene Van Dyke C. Harold & Lorine Wallace Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Wray Cary P. Yates Edith & Robert Zinn Sustaining Patron’s Circle $1,000 - $2,499
Anonymous (7) Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Abraham Mr. & Mrs. Elliot Abramson Mr. & Mrs. Edgar D. Ackerman Mrs. Harold J. Adam Joan & Stanford Alexander Mrs. Nancy C. Allen, President Greentree Fund 30 www.houstonsymphony.org
Frances & Ira Anderson John & Pat Anderson Mr. & Mrs. William J. Anderson Mr. & Mrs. Anthony P. Apollo Mr. Maurice J. Aresty Mr. & Mrs. John M. Arnsparger Mr. Alan Aronstein Mr. & Mrs. Paul H. Asofsky Mr. Jeff Autor Mr. Jamil Azzam Mrs. Nancy Bailey Stanley & Martha Bair Julie Ann & Matthew Baker Dr. & Mrs. Christie Ballantyne Mr. & Mrs. John A. Barrett Ms. Deborah S. Bautch Dr. & Mrs. Arthur L. Beaudet Drs. Henry & Louise Bethea Ms. Joan H. Bitar Mrs. Thomas W. Blake Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Bolam Mr. Teodoro Bosquez Mr. & Mrs. Robert Bray Joe Brazzatti Mr. & Mrs. John B. Brent Mr. & Mrs. Maurice Bresenhan Katherine M. Briggs Steve & Diana Brown Mr. & Ms. Bruce Buhler Lilia Khakinova & C. Robert Bunch Mrs. Anne H. Bushman Mr. & Mrs. Raul Caffesse Ms. Marjorie Carter Cain Mr. William Caudill Dr. Robert N. Chanon Mr. & Mrs. Paul D. Chapman Mr. & Mrs. Allen Clamen Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Clarke Mr. & Mrs. James G. Coatsworth Mr. Mark C. Conrad Mr. H. Talbot Cooley Dr. & Mrs. James D. Cox The Honorable & Mrs. William C. Crassas Mr. & Mrs. Robert Creager Sylvia & Andre Crispin Mr. & Mrs. T. N. Crook Mr. & Mrs. James W. Crownover Mr. & Mrs. Harry H. Cullen Jr. Mr. Carl Cunningham Mr. & Mrs. Jeremy Davis Mr. Denis A. DeBakey & Ms. Lavonne Cox John & Tracy Dennis Mr. & Mrs. Mark Diehl Mike & Debra Dishberger Mr. & Mrs. Jack N. Doherty Mr. & Mrs. James P. Dorn Drs. Gary & Roz Dworkin Mr. & Mrs. Edward N. Earle Carolyn & David Edgar Mrs. Carolyn Grant Fay Dr. Judith Feigin & Mr. Colin Faulkner Jerry E. & Nanette B. Finger Dr. & Mrs. Ronald Fischer John C. Fitch Mr. & Mrs. Tom Fitzpatrick Mr. Jeff Fort Ms. Beth Freeman Paula & Alfred Friedlander Mr. Douglas Garrison Mrs. Alan Gaylor Mr. John Gee Mr. Jerry George Mr. Michael B. George
Mrs. Joan M. Giese Dr. & Mrs. Jack Gill Walter Gilmore Mr. Mauro Gimenez & Ms. Connie Coulomb Mr. & Mrs. Morris Glesby Mr. Morris Glespy Gary & Marion Glober Mr. & Mrs. Bert H. Golding Helen B. Wils & Leonard Goldstein Robert & Michelle Goodmark Dr. & Mrs. Brad Goodwin Mr. Carlos Gorrichategui Ms. Joyce Z. Greenberg Mr. Charles H. Gregory Mary & Paul Gregory Mr. Michael Haigh Mrs. Thalia Halen Dr. & Mrs. Carlos R. Hamilton Mr. & Mrs. Bob Hammann Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Hanna Mr. & Mrs. Paul Hanson Marion S. Hargrove Mr. & Judge Frank Harmon III Ms. Claudia Hatcher Dr. & Mrs. Eric J. Haufrect Mr. & Mrs. Eric Heggeseth Mr. & Mrs. David Hemenway Mark & Ragna Henrichs Marilyn & Robert M. Hermance Mr. & Mrs. Robert P. Herrmann Ann & Joe Hightower Mr. & Mrs. Doug R. Hinzie Mr. Tim Hogan Mrs. Holly Holmes Mr. & Mrs. Alex Howard Mr. & Mrs. Norman C. Hoyer Eileen & George Hricik Mr. Mark Hughes Mr. & Mrs. R. O. Hunton Mr. Bradford Irelan Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Isham Dr. & Mrs. Robert Ivany Mr. & Mrs. Edward F. Jackson Mr. Jacek Jaminski Dr. & Mrs. Joseph Jankovic Mr. & Mrs. John F. Joity Dr. & Mrs. Robert E. Jordon Mr. & Mrs. Harvey Katz Sam & Cele Keeper Linda & Frank S. Kelley Mr. & Mrs. Mavis Kelsey Jr. Lucy & Victor Kormeier Ms. Deborah Kosich Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Lane Ms. Joni Latimer Mr. & Mrs. Robin Lease Mr. & Mrs. Gordon Leighton H. Fred & Velva G. Levine Mr. William W. Lindley Ms. Barbara Lister Mr. & Mrs. H. Arthur Littell Ms. Nancey Lobb Mr. & Mrs. John Lollar Robert & Gayle Longmire Mr. & Mrs. Paul F. Longstreth Mr. & Mrs. Michael L. Mason Mr. & Mrs. J.A. Mawhinney Jr. Mr. & Mrs. James W. McCartney Mr. & Mrs. Andrew McFarland Mr. & Mrs. John M. McGill Mr. & Mrs. Michael McGuire Mr. & Mrs. Martin McIntyre Mr. & Mrs. Lance McKnight
..................................................................................................................................... Barnett & Diane McLaughlin Alice R. McPherson, M.D. Melba Hoekstra Miers Estate Mr. & Mrs. David A. Mire Mr. & Mrs. John C. Molloy Dr. Eleanor D. Montague Ms. Marsha L. Montemayor Mr. & Mrs. Gerarld Moynier Mr. & Mrs. Marvin Mueller Daniel & Karol Musher Mr. & Mrs. Charles G. Nickson Steve & Sue Olson Mr. & Mrs. John S. Orton Mr. Austin M. O’Toole & Ms. Valerie Sherlock Jane & Kenneth Owen Mr. & Mrs. Robert Pacini Mr. Robert Pastorek Mr. & Mrs. Raul Pavon Michael & Shirley Pearson Mr. & Mrs. James D. Penny Dr. & Mrs. Bruce Perry JoAnn & John Petzold Dr. & Mrs. Jorge Pinera Mr. James D. Pitcock Dr. & Dr. Eduardo Plantilla Mr. John Potts Mrs. Dana Puddy Darla & Chip Purchase Mr. Dale Qualls & Mrs. Melissa McWilliams Dr. & Mrs. Henry H. Rachford Jr. Mr. Thomas P. Randt Clinton & Leigh Rappole Anne D. Reed Mr. Charles M. Reimer Dr. Alexander P. Remenchik & Ms. Frances Burford Mr. & Mrs. Allyn Risley Ms. Janice Robertson & Mr. Douglas Williams Ms. Franelle Rogers Ms. Regina J. Rogers Dr. & Mrs. Franklin Rose Mr. Edward Ross Mr. Kent Rutter Mr. Barry Samuels Mary Louise & David Sanderson Harold H. Sandstead, M.D. Mr. & Mrs. David Saperstein Mr. & Mrs. Raymond E. Sawaya Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Schanzmeyer Beth & Lee Schlanger Mr. Ed Schneider & Ms. Toni A. Oplt Drs. Helene & Robert Schwartz Mr. Ralph D. Sikes Mr. & Mrs. Steve Sims Barbara & Louis Sklar Mr. & Mrs. William T. Slick Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Wesley Smith Mr. & Mrs. William A. Smith Dean & Kay L. Snider Mr. & Mrs. John Speer Carol & Michael Stamatedes Richard P. Steele & Mary J. McKerall Cassie B. Stinson & Dr. R. Barry Holtz Emily C. Sundt Mrs. Mary Swafford Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas L. Swyka Mr. & Mrs. Albert S. Tabor Jr. Mr. Mark Taylor Mr. Jim Teague & Ms. Jane DiPaolo Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Thielke
Jean & Doug Thomas Mr. & Mrs. Ralph B. Thomas Ms. Virginia Torres Mr. & Mrs. Timothy J. Unger Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Vallee Mr. & Mrs. William A. Van Wie Ms. Jana Vanderlee Mr. Danny Ward & Ms. Nancy Ames Mr. & Mrs. Peter S. Wareing Mr. & Mrs. James D. Webb Mr. & Mrs. Eden N. Wenig Mr. John Wetsel & Mrs. Joanne Breihan-Wetsel Mr. & Mrs. Patrick J. Whelan Mr. David Ashley White Carlton & Marty Wilde Dr. & Mrs. Rudy C. Wildenstein Mr. & Mrs. Thomas H. Wilson Ms. Elizabeth Wolff Dr. & Mrs. Jerry S. Wolinsky Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Yankowsky Mr. & Mrs. William A. Young Mr. & Mrs. Charles Zabriskie Mrs. Betsy I. Zimmer
Composer’s Circle $500 - $999
Anonymous (18) Wade & Mert Adams Ms. Henrietta K. Alexander Ms. Joan Ambrogi Mr. & Mrs. Thurmon Andress Corbin & Char Aslakson Mr. & Mrs. John C. Averett Mr. & Mrs. David M. Balderston Mr. & Mrs. Carlos Barbieri Dr. David Barry Mr. Allen J. Becker Ms. Bernice Beckerman Carolyn & Arthur Berner Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Bickel Mr. Edward P. Bornet Ms. Joan Boss Bob F. Boydston Mr. & Mrs. Richard H. Brackett Ms. Sally Brassow Mr. Malcolm Brewer & Mrs. Irina S. Dudley Mr. Chester Brooke & Mrs. Nancy Poindexter Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Brophy Mr. & Mrs. Jos C. Brown Fred & Judy Brunk Mr. & Mrs. Fred Buckwold Mr. Christopher Buehler & Ms. Jill Hutchison John T. & Elizabeth Burdine Ms. Cheryl Byington Mr. & Mrs. Charles Callery Mr. & Mrs. Joseph L. Campbell Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Cantrell Jr. Mr. Petros Carvounis K.D. Charalampous, M.D. Mr. William H. Choice III Virginia A. Clark Mrs. Barbora Cole Mr. & Mrs. Todd Colter Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Colton Mr. & Mrs. Dave Coolidge Michael T. Coppinger Ms. Miguel A. Correll Mr. William S. & Dr. Mary Alice Cowan Mr. & Mrs. Timothy J. Crull
Ms. Ann Currens Dr. & Mrs. Clotaire D. Delery Paul & Debbie Dougharty Mr. Paul Dougharty Elizabeth H. Duerr Mr. & Mrs. A. C. Dumestre Dr. Burdett S. & Mrs. Kathleen C.E. Dunbar Ms. Consuelo Duroc-Danner Mr. Ramsay M. Elder Mildred & Richard Ellis Dr. Kenneth L Euler Mr. & Mrs. William Evans Dr. & Mrs. Louis A. Faillace Robert H. Fain Jr., M.D. Mr. Robert Fisher Rachel Frazier Martha & Gibson Gayle Jr. Ms. Lucy Gebhart Mr. & Mrs. Duane V. Geis Mr. & Mrs. Harry Gendel Ms. Carolyn Gibbs & Mr. Rick Nelson Debbie & Kyle Gibson William E. Gipson Mr. Marita Glodt Mr. & Mrs. Herbert I. Goodman Ms. Melissa Goodman Mr. Bert Gordon Dr. & Mrs. Harvey L. Gordon Mr. Garrett Graham Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas Greenaw Dennis Griffith & Louise Richman Mr. Doug Groves Gaye Davis & Dennis B. Halpin Rita & John Hannah Michael D. Hardin W. Russel Harp & Maarit K. Savola-Harp Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Harrell Dr. & Mrs. William S. Harwell Mr. & Mrs. William Haskins Mr. & Mrs. Brian Haufrect Ms. Ann Lents & Mr. J. David Heaney Mr. & Mrs. Frank L. Heard Jr. Ms. Lynn Herbert Mr. & Mrs. Fred D. Herring Mr. & Mrs. John R. Heumann Mr. & Mrs. W. Grady Hicks Mr. & Mrs. Ross K. Hill Mr. John Hodgin Mr. & Mrs. John Homier Dr. Matthew Horsfield & Dr. Michael Kauth Mr. Steve Hulsey Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth C. Isham Mr. Mark Johansson Mr. & Mrs. Okey B. Johnson Ms. Karen Juul-Nielsen & Mr. Rick Garnett Mr. & Mrs. Yoshi Kawashima Mr. & Mrs. Edward Kelley Ms. Karen Kelley Mr. John Kelsey & Ms. Gaye Davis Mr. & Mrs. Tom Kelsey Dr. & Mrs. Sherwin Kershman Nora J. Klein, M.D. Mr. & Mrs. William H. Knull III Mr. & Mrs. Wilfred M. Krenek Suzanne A. & Dan D. Kubin Mr. James Leatherby Ms. Golda K. Leonard Mr. James C. Lindsey Lisle Violin Shop
Mr. Kelly Bruce Lobley Mrs. Sylvia Lohkamp Mr. & Mrs. Robert Martin Ms. B. Lynn Mathre & Mr. Stewart O’Dell Mr. & Mrs. Rod McAdams Mr. & Mrs. James McBride Lawrence McCullough & Linda Jean Quintanilla Bill & Karinne Mc Cullough Dr. A. McDermott & Dr. A. Glasser William E. Joor, III & Rose Ann Medlin Mrs. Diane Merrill Mr. Ronald A. Mikita Mr. & Mrs. Arnold M. Miller Ms. Kristen Miller Mr. & Mrs. Herbert G. Mills Mr. Willis B. Mitchell John & Ann Montgomery Ms. Deborah Moran Mr. & Mrs. Richard Murphy Alan & Elaine Mut Ms. Jennifer Naae Mr. & Mrs. Geoffrey B. Newton Mr. Robert Nichols Ms. Dorothy Nicholson John & Leslie Niemand Nils & Stephanie Normann Mr. & Mrs. D. D. Oldham Mr. & Mrs. Rufus W. Oliver III Katy Optiks Mr. & Mrs. Morris Orocofsky Mr. & Mrs. Enrique Ospina Mr. Patrick C. Oxford Mr. & Mrs. Robert Page Mr. Jonathan Palmer Rachel & Michael Pawson Mr. & Mrs. James L. Payne Ms. Glena Pfenning Grace & Carroll Phillips Mr. Carmelo Pieri Mr. Robert W. Powell Doris F. Pryzant Elias & Carole Qumsieh Dr. Mike Ratliff Mr. & Mrs. Hugh M. Ray Mr. & Mrs. Dwain Reeves Mrs. Constance Rhebergen Hilda & Hershel Rich Mrs. Barbara Riddell Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Rinehart Mr. & Mrs. James T. Robinson Drs. Herbert & Manuela Roeller Mr. & Mrs. Keith A. Rogers Milton & Jill Rose Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Rubbo Brittany Sakowitz Mr. & Mrs. Rufus Scott Charles & Andrea Seay Mr. & Mrs. Vic Shainock Ms. Marcia Smart Mr. Brinton A. Smith & Ms. Evelyn Chen Mr. Hilary Smith Mr. Marcus B. Smith Mr. & Mrs. William Smith John L. Snyder Mrs. Lynn Snyder Mr. Nicholas Sollenne Mrs. Donna Sprudzs Mr. Myron F. Steves Dr. & Mrs. David Sufian Mrs. Louise Sutton Ms. Jeanine Swift Mr. & Mrs. George Tallichet November 2011 31
Annual Campaign Donors. ......................................................................................... Mrs. Nina P. Tate Mr. Kerry Taylor Ms. Betsy Mims & Mr. Howard D. Thames Jacob & Elizabeth Thomas Mr. & Mrs. Tom Thweatt Ms. Cathleen J. Trechter Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Tremant Mr. Gerard Trione Mr. & Mrs. D.E. Utecht Dr. & Mrs. Gage VanHorn Mr. Earl Vanzant Dean B. Walker Betty & Bill Walker Mr. & Mrs. David Ward Mr. & Mrs. William B. Wareing Mr. Kenneth W. Warren Mr. & Mrs. James A. Watt Drs. A. & J. Werch Mr. Burt Wilson Mrs. Beth Wolff Ms. Laura Woods Mr. Randall Wright Mr. & Mrs. Emil Wulfe
Patron’s Circle $250 - $499
Anonymous (21) Mr. & Mrs. Kingsley Agbor William & Nancy Akers Mr. & Mrs. Edward Allen Mr. & Mrs. Steve Ameen Mr. & Mrs. Les Antalffy Mr. & Mrs. Don S. Aron Mr. John B. Ashmun Mr. & Mrs. Gabriel Baizan The Honorable & Mrs. James A. Baker III Mr. & Mrs. Saul Balagura Ms. Virginia C. Ballard Mr. & Mrs. Don Barnhill Mr. & Mrs. Seth Barrett Mr. Daniel Barretto Mr. A. Greer Barriault & Ms. Clarruth A. Seaton Dr. & Mrs. Robert C. Bast Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Joshua L. Batchelor Ann B. Beaudette Father Albert J. Beck Barbara & Jim Becker Ms. Roberta Benson Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Beshears Mr. & Mrs. Ed Billings Bonnie L. Siff & Ira J. Black Mr. & Mrs. George Boerger Mr. Arno S. Bommer Mr. Philip Booth Ms. Suzie Boyd Dr. Arthur W. Bracey Ms. Cynthia Breneman Dr. & Mrs. R. L. Brenner Mrs. Barbara Britt Mr. J. W. Brougher Sally & Laurence Brown Mrs. Norma Jean Brown Ms. Carol Brownstein Joan K. Bruchas & H. Philip Cowdin Mr. Frank Bryan Ms. Courtney Brynes Mr. & Mrs. William Bumpus Mrs. Shirley Burgher Mr. & Mrs. Gerald J. Bush Mr. Gary Cacciatore W. M. Calvert Virginia & William Camfield Mr. Carlos Campo Mrs. Marjorie H. Capshaw Mr. & Mrs. Kevin J. Casey Mr. & Mrs. John M. Cavanaugh
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Dr. Diana S. Chow Jim R. & Lynn Coe Shirley & Alan Cohn Mr. & Mrs. Tulio Colmenares Mr. & Mrs. Clayton A. Compton Mr. & Mrs. Michael F. Cook Mr. David Corder Ms. Jeanne A. Cox Mr. & Mrs. John F. Crawford Nigel Curtlet Dr. & Mrs. Joel Cyprus Mrs. Christina Daniels Mr. Michael Deavers Ms. Caroline Deetjen Mr. & Mrs. Rene Degreve Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Demeter Ms. Kay S. Derry Mr. & Mrs. Joseph B. Derzapf Mr. John A. Dickinson Ms. Dora Dillistone Ms. Judy Dines Mr. & Mrs. Ira Dinitz Mr. & Mrs. Malcolm Ditto Mr. & Mrs. George Dobbin Col. & Mrs. John Jay Douglass Patrick & Risha Dozark Mr. & Mrs. Clifford C. Dukes Mr. Kevin F. Dvorak Mr. & Mrs. Alfred H. Ebert Jr. Mrs. Karen A. Edgmon Mr. & Mrs. William J. Eggleston Mr. Paul Ehrsam Mr. & Mrs. Dean Eicher Mr. Howard Eisner Ms. Leslie Elkins Mr. & Mrs. Peter Erickson Dr. Lillian R. Eriksen & Dr. James Turley Mr. Lee Eubanks Mr. Mike Ezzell Mr. & Mrs. John R. Farina Ms. Ann S. Farrell Ms. Ursula H. Felmet Cathy Fishburn Mr. & Mrs. Theodore C. Flick Mr. James B. Flodine & Ms. Lynne Liberato Ms. Sheri Flores Mrs. Lisa Forgan Dewitts Mr. & Mrs. John M. Forney Mr. & Mrs. Michael S. Francisco Ms. Johnella V. Franklin Mr. Ralph F. Frankowski Ms. Diane L. Freeman Robert A. Furse, M.D. Dr. Abdel K. Fustok Mr. & Mrs. Mike Gallagher Mrs. Holly Garner Ms. Margaret Wendy Germani Mr. & Mrs. Peter Gillette Mr. Charles J. Gillman Ms. Heidi Good Dr. & Mrs. David Gorenstein Mr. Jon Kevin Gossett Mr. Ned Graber Mrs. Howard Grekel Mr. Dane Grenoble Mr. & Mrs. Laurent Gressot Mr. Steve K. Grimsley Ms. Jo Ann C. Guillory Dr. & Mrs. Howard Gutstein Zahava Haenosh Mr. Teruhiko Hagiwara Mr. & Mrs. Curtis D. Haines Mr. & Mrs. Uzi Halevy Mr. Jeff Hansen & Mrs. Kelly Marts Ms. Karen Harding Mr. & Mrs. Tod P. Harding Mr. Paul Harmon Ms. Anna K. Hathaway-McKee Mr. & Ms. Malcolm Hawk William & Lana Hazlett Mr. & Mrs. Walter A. Hecht
Mr. David T. Hedges Jr. Mr. John Heiny Mr. & Mrs. Dean Hennings Ms. Hilda R. Herzfeld Mr. David Hoffman Ms. Constance Holderer Jacque Holland S.y. & Y.j. Kim Hong Ms. Denene Hooper Mr. & Mrs. Aaron Howes Mrs. Patricia P. Hubbard Ms. Vicki Huff Mr. & Mrs. Dean Huffman Mr. & Mrs. James R. Hutton Ms. Jennifer Isadore Mr. Joseph Ivey Ms. Ariel James Mr. & Mrs. Edwin R. Janes Mr. & Mrs. Paul M. Janicke Mrs. Paula Jarrett Mr. & Mrs. George C. John Mr. & Mrs. John W. Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Mark Johnson Mr. Robert E. Johnson Mr. Raymond Jones Mr. Guido Kanschat Dr. & Mrs. Andrew P. Kant Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Kantor Dr. & Mrs. Ira Kaufman, M.D. Mr. & Mrs. Curtis R. Kayem Ms. Arlette Keene Mr. & Mrs. James A. Keller Mr. & Mrs. David Kendall Mr. & Mrs. Hermen Key Ms. Malgorzata Kloc-Stepkowska Mr. & Mrs. John Klug Dr. & Mrs. Michael Koehl Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Koski Mr. & Mrs. Sam Koster Mr. & Mrs. Melvin Krezer Jr. Mr. Quin Kroll Mr. Vijay Kusnoor Mr. Tom Kvinta Mr. Kent Lacy Mr. & Mrs. James C. Lamoreux Mr. Doug Lawing Dr. & Mrs. William R. Leighton Jr. Mr. & Mrs. William Leighton Mr. & Mrs. Robert Leonard Mr. & Mrs. Earl L. Lester Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Philip Lewis Sharon Lipsky, M.D. Ms. Priscilla L. List Mr. William Looser Louise & Oscar Lui Mr. & Mrs. Peter MacGregor Tom & Kathleen Mach Mr. & Mrs. N. K. Maer Jr. Mr. John Maguire Mrs. D.B. Marchant Ms. Renee Margolin Drs. A. J. & Mary Ella Round Marian Carole Nadelman Marmell Mr. David Martin Mr. Mark Matovich Dr. Toshimatsu Matsumoto Ms. Suzanne McCarthy Mr. & Mrs. Edward McCullough Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence McManus Odette & James McMurrey Mr. & Mrs. James L. Mc Nett Mr. & Mrs. Joseph R. Melanson Jr. Mrs. Dorri Melvin Dr. Robert A. Mendelson Mr. Russell J. Miller & Mrs. Charlotte M. Meyer Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Mireles Mr. & Mrs. Michael Mithoff Mr. & Mrs. John H. Monroe Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Jess R. Moore Ms. Lauren Morgan
Mr. & Mrs. Ryan Moss Ms. Joan B. Murphy Mr. & Mrs. Robert N. Murray Mr. Arturo Narro Mr. & Mrs. R. Michael Nash Mary Murrill North Marjory & Barry Okin Mr. & Mrs. Albert Ong Mr. & Mrs. Ken O’Rear Mr. & Mrs. Sheldon I. Oster Ms. Jennifer Owen Linda & Jerry Paine Dr. & Mrs. Joseph Penn Ms. Linda Peterson Mr. & Mrs. W. Hugh Phillips III Mark H. & Lynn K. Pickett Mr. Timothy N. Pitts & Mrs. Kathleen Winkler Mr. Warren B. Pond Jr. Mr. Arthur Preisinger Mr. & Mrs. Roland W. Pringle Mr. & Mrs. Richard Prinstein Mr. & Mrs. Larry & Nita Pyle Mr. & Mrs. Manuel E. Quintana Mr. & Mrs. Paul Ramirez Mr. & Mrs. William M. Ramos Mr. & Mrs. Venu Rao Mr. & Mrs. William B. Rawl Ms. Joanna Raynes Loreta & Ronald Rea Mr. & Mrs. John Q. Reans Vicki & J.B. Reber Ralph & Becky Reed Robert & Anne Reed Ms. Louisa B. Reid Mr. & Mrs. Norman T. Reynolds Mr. & Mrs. Walter Rhodes Mr. & Mrs. Claud D. Riddles Mr. & Mrs. William F. Rike Mr. James L. Robertson Ms. Shari Rochen John & Peggy Romeo Mr. Daniel J. Romero Mr. & Mrs. Mervin Rosenbaum Mr. Autry W. Ross Ms. Charlotte A. Rothwell Mr. & Mrs. Gregory M. Ruffing Mr. & Mrs. John E. Ryall Mrs. Eleanor Rydeen Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Saltzberg Dr. & Mrs. David Sapire Mr. & Mrs. Kent Savage Mr. Donald Schmuck Mrs. Jill Schroeder Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Schwaab Mr. & Mrs. Paul Shack Jonathan & Marcia Shear Art & Ellen Shelton Pamela & Richard Sherry Mr. & Mrs. Charles C. Shumaker Mr. Barrett Sides Mrs. Ray Simpson Mrs. Josephine Smith Mr. & Mrs. Richard Smith Mr. & Mrs. Stephen N. Smith Mr. & Mrs. Tom Smith Hans C. Sonneborn James C. Stanka Ms. Georgiana Stanley Ms. Blanche Stastny Mr. & Mrs. Donald K. Steinman Mr. & Ms. Gary Stenerson William F. Stern Mr. Charles Stewart Mr. & Mrs. William G. Straight Dr. John R. Stroehlein & Ms. Miwa Sakashita Ms. Lori Summa Mr. & Mrs. John L. Sutterby Ms. Barbara Swartz Ms. Rhonda J. Sweeney
..................................................................................................................................... Ms. Jessica Taylor Ms. Susan L. Thompson Mr. & Mrs. M. Dale Tingleaf David & Ann Tomatz Mr. Tom Tomlinson Mr. & Mrs. Louis E. Toole Dr. & Mrs. Karl Tornyos Mr. Jon D. Totz Mr. Herbert Towning Mr. James Trippett
Mr. & Mrs. Eugene N. Tulich Dr. Robert Ulrich & Ms. June R. Russell Mr. & Mrs. Dixon Van Hofwegen Jan & Don Wagner Mr. William Walker Mr. & Mrs. Bill Warburton Ms. Sandria Ward Mr. Paul Wehner Mr. & Mrs. Kane C. Weiner Ms. Bryony Jane Welsh
Mrs. Corinne H. Wheeler Mr. Richard White Mrs. Amber Wilbanks Mr. Patrick Wilson Miriam & Marcos Witt Mr. & Mrs. Stephen R. Wood Miss Susan Wood Mrs. Michael Woolcock Ms. Kristi Wright Mrs. Peggy J. Wylie
Mr. Le Roy Yeager Mr. Elan Yogeswaren Mr. Ray Young Mr. & Mrs. Mark Yzaguirre Ms. Carmen Zatorski
As of October 1, 2011
Chorus Endowment Donors........................................................................................... $500 or more
As of October 1, 2011
Anonymous Nadene and James Crain Paul and Vickie Davis Taylor Faulkner
Robert Lee Gomez Philip and Audrey Lewis Gerald and Shirley Mathews Dave B. Nussmann Nina and Peter Peropoulos
Karen and Hank Rennar Holly S. Rubbo Jennifer Klein Salyer Susan Scarrow Paige and Rich Sommer
Beth Anne Weidler & Stephen M. James Jennifer Young
In Kind Donors......................................................................................................... As of October 1, 2011
Alexander’s Fine Portrait Design Baker Botts L.L.P. Bergner & Johnson BKD, LLP Bright Star Classical 91.7 FM Cognetic Mr. Carl R. Cunningham
Darryl & Co. Deville Fine Jewelry DocuData Solutions The Events Company Foster Quan LLP Hilton Americas - Houston Houston Chronicle Jackson and Company JOHANNUS Organs of Texas Jim Benton of Houston LLC
The Lancaster Hotel Limb Design Martha Turner Properties Meera Buck Minuteman Press – Post Oak Music & Arts Neiman Marcus New Leaf Publishing, Inc. Nos Caves Vin PaperCity
Rice University Saint Arnold’s Brewery Shecky’s Media, Inc. Spec’s Wines, Spirits & Finer Foods United Airlines Valobra Jewelry & Antiques John Wright/Texprint Yahama
Houston Symphony Pops Patrons............................................................................................................ Principal Pops Conductor’s Circle $5,000 or More
Mr. & Mrs. Edward F. Blackburne Jr. Ms. Sara J. Devine Allen & Almira Gelwick - Lockton Companies Mr. & Mrs. Fred L. Gorman Dr. & Mrs. Bernard Katz Dr. & Mrs. Paul M. Mann Paul & Rita Morico Mary & Terry Murphree Mr. Robert J. Pilegge Mr. & Mrs. William K. Robbins Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Ken N. Robertson Mrs. Sybil F. Roos Mrs. Maryjane Scherr David & Paula Steakley
Grand Patron Pops $2,500-$4,999
Rita & Geoffrey Bayliss Mr. & Mrs. Byron F. Dyer Mr. & Mrs. Allan Quiat Linda & Jerry Rubenstein Mr. & Mrs. Leland Tate Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence D. Wallace
Pops Patron $1,500-$2,499
Mr. & Mrs. James E. Dorsett Carol & Larry Fradkin Mr. Robert Grant Michael & Darcy Krajewski Mr. & Mrs. Mark S. Rauch Mr. & Mrs. Ben A. Reid Shirley & Marvin Rich Dr. & Mr. Adrian D. Shelley Mr. Roger Trandell
Ms. Jody Verwers Mr. & Mrs. William B. Welte III
Headliner $1,000-$1,499
Ms. Tara Black Mrs. Alan Gaylor Mr. & Ms. Eric J. Gongre Mr. & Mrs. George A. Helland Dr. & Mrs. Raghu Narayan Mr. Anthony G. Ogden Roman & Sally Reed Mr. & Mrs. John T. Riordan Mr. & Mrs. George A. Rizzo Jr. Mrs. Annetta Rose Mr. Morris Rubin Ms. Amanda Tozzi Sally & Denney Wright
Producer $500-$999
Mr. Stephen J. Banks Mr. John S. Beury Ms. Barbara A. Brooks Mr. John Carmichael Mr. & Mrs. Warren J. Carroll Barbara Dokell Mr. & Mrs. Jerry L. Hamaker Mr. Don E. Kingsley Dr. George S. Knapp Mr. & Mrs. Joe T. McMillan W. R. Purifoy Ms. Phyllis Schaffer Mr. & Mrs. Tim Shaunty Norbert F. Stang Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Thompson Dr. & Mrs. James A. Twining
Director $250-$499
Anonymous (1) Mr. & Mrs. David Archibald Mr. Donald Bates Mr. Jay T. Brown Mr. & Mrs. Rick A. Burris Ms. Debbie Culp John & Joyce Eagle Mr. & Mrs. Charles Grant Mr. & Mrs. Jim Gunther Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Hansen Mr. & Mrs. Dale Hardy Jess Hines Jr. Mr. Larry January Mr. & Mrs. Bill Johnston Ms. Mary Keathley Charles C. & Patricia Kubin Mr. & Mrs. Roger Lindgren Ms. Doris M. Magee Mr. & Mrs. Carrol R. McGinnis Mr. & Mrs. Roger Medors Mr. Gerard & Mrs. Helga Meneilly Mr. James Miner Judy & Bill Pursell Mr. Robert Schick Mr. & Mrs. David K. Smith Ms. Jane B. Thompson Mr. & Mrs. Carl N. Tongberg Mr. Lam Tran Dr. Holly & Mr. Michael Varner Dr. & Mrs. William C. Watkins Mr. & Mrs. Don Wilton As of October 1, 2011
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Annual Campaign Donors. ............................................................................... Foundations......................................................................................................
As of October 1, 2011
$1,000,000 & above * Houston Endowment, Inc.
* Houston Symphony League The Wortham Foundation Inc.
$500,000-$999,999
* M. D. Anderson Foundation
The Alkek & Williams Foundation * Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo Educational Fund * John P. McGovern Foundation
$25,000-$49,999
Ann & Gordon Getty Foundation The Humphreys Foundation * Sterling-Turner Foundation
$10,000-$24,999
$100,000-$499,999
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation * The Brown Foundation The Cullen Foundation The Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts The Cynthia & George Mitchell Foundation Madison Charitable Foundation * Spec’s Charitable Foundation
$50,000-$99,999
Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation
* Bauer Family Foundation Carleen & Alde Fridge Foundation * The Melbern G. & Susanne M. Glasscock Foundation * George & Mary Josephine Hamman Foundation * Houston Symphony League Bay Area * The Powell Foundation * Vivian L. Smith Foundation The Schissler Foundation * Vaughn Foundation Warren Family Foundation
$2,500-$9,999
Stanford & Joan Alexander Foundation * The Becker Family Foundation * Ray C. Fish Foundation William E. & Natoma Pyle Harvey Charitable Trust Huffington Foundation Leon Jaworski Foundation William S. & Lora Jean Kilroy Foundation * Robert W. & Pearl Wallis Knox Foundation Lubrizol Foundation Mithoff Family Foundation * Kinder Morgan Foundation * Lynne Murray, Sr. Educational Foundation The Helmle Shaw Foundation Strake Foundation Susman Family Foundation
Government Donors
* City of Houston National Endowment for the Arts State Employee Charitable Campaign * Texas Commission on the Arts * Sponsors of Houston Symphony Education & Outreach Programs
Corporations...................................................................................................... As of October 1, 2011
$100,000-$499,999 BBVA Compass Fidelity Investments United Airlines
$50,000-$99,999
Baker Botts LLP * Cameron International Corporation Chevron ConocoPhillips * ExxonMobil Frost Bank * GDF SUEZ Energy North America * Marathon Oil Corporation The Methodist Hospital System * Shell Oil Company TOTAL UBS * Weatherford International Ltd.
$25,000-$49,999 $5,000-$9,999 American Express Philanthropic Program Beck, Redden & Secrest, LLP Bloomberg, L.L.P. Andrews Kurth, LLP * Devon Energy Corporation * The Boeing Company Google, Inc. Chubb Group of Insurance Companies Greater Houston Partnership * Macy’s Foundation Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. KPMG LLP Oceaneering International Inc. $10,000-$24,999
* Bank of America Bracewell & Giuliani LLP * CenterPoint Energy Cooper Industries, Inc. Crown Castle International Corp. * Enbridge Energy Company, Inc. Ernst & Young Northern Trust Palmetto Partners The Rand Group, LLC Regions Bank SPIR STAR, Ltd. Star Furniture USI Insurance Services LLC Vinson & Elkins LLP * Vitol Inc * Wells Fargo * Wood Group Management Services
* Randalls Food Markets, Inc. Russell Reynolds Associates, Inc. Stewart Title Company * Swift Energy Company
Gifts below $4,999
Allen Edmonds Shoe Corp. The Blue Jeans Bar Corp GEM Insurance Agencies Geste LLC Intercontinental Exchange Marvin Consulting SEI Global Institutional Group Smith, Graham & Company * Sponsors of Houston Symphony Education & Outreach Programs
Corporate Matching Gifts........................................................................................ Aetna Akzo Nobel AT&T Bank of America Boeing Cardinal Healthcare Caterpillar 34 www.houstonsymphony.org
Chevron Coca-Cola El Paso Corporation Eli Lilly and Company ExxonMobil Fannie Mae General Electric
General Mills Goldman, Sachs & Co. Halliburton Hewlett-Packard IBM ING Financial Services Corporation JPMorgan Chase
KBR Kirby Corporation Occidental Petroleum SMART Modular Technologies, Inc. Spectra Energy
Legacy Society. ................................................................................................. The Legacy Society honors those who have included the Houston Symphony in their long-term estate plans through bequests, life-income gifts or other deferred-giving arrangements. Members of the Legacy Society enjoy a variety of benefits, including an annual musical event, featuring a renowned guest artist. The Houston Symphony would like to extend its deepest thanks to the members of the Legacy Society – and with their permission, we are pleased to acknowledge them below. If you would like to learn more about ways to provide for the Houston Symphony in your estate plans, please contact our Development Department at: (713) 337-8500 or plannedgiving@houstonsymphony.org. Anonymous (9) Mrs. Jan Barrow George & Betty Bashen Dorothy B. Black Ermy Borlenghi Bonfield Ronald C. Borschow Anneliese Bosseler Joe Brazzatti Zu Broadwater Terry Ann Brown Dr. Joan K. Bruchas & H. Philip Cowdin Eugene R. Bruns Sylvia J. Carroll William J. Clayton & Margaret A. Hughes Leslie Barry Davidson Harrison R. T. Davis Judge & Mrs. Harold DeMoss Jr. Jean & sJack Ellis The Aubrey and Sylvia Farb Family Ginny Garrett Michael B. George Stephen & Mariglyn Glenn Mr. & Mrs. Keith E. Gott Randolph Lee Groninger Marilyn & Robert M. Hermance Dr. Gary L. Hollingsworth Dr. Edward J. & Mrs. Patti Hurwitz Kenneth Hyde Mr. Brian James Drs. Rita & Blair Justice Dr. & Mrs. Ira Kaufman, M.D. John S. W. Kellett Ann Kennedy & Geoffrey Walker
Dr. & Mrs. I. Ray Kirk Mr. & Mrs. Ulyesse LeGrange Mrs. Frances E. Leland Dr. Mary R. Lewis E. W. Long Jr. Sandra Magers Rodney H. Margolis Mr. & Mrs. Jay Marks James Matthews Dr. and Mrs. Malcolm Mazow Mr. & Mrs. Gene McDavid Charles E. McKerley Mr. & Mrs. Alexander K. McLanahan Miss Catherine Jane Merchant Dr. & Mrs. Robert M. Mihalo Ron Mikita Katherine Taylor Mize Ione Moran Sidney Moran Sue A. Morrison and Children Mr. & Mrs. Richard P. Moynihan Gretchen Anne Myers Bobbie & Arthur Newman Mr. Dave B. Nussmann Edward C. Osterberg Jr. Joan D. Osterweil Imogen “Immy” Papadopoulos Sara M. Peterson Mr. Howard Pieper Geraldine S. Priest Daniel F. Prosser Gloria & Joe Pryzant Mrs. Dana Puddy
Walter M. Ross Mr. & Mrs. Michael B. Sandeen Charles K. Sanders Charles King Sanders Mr. & Mrs. Charles T. Seay II Mr. & Mrs. James A. Shaffer Dr. & Mrs. Kazuo Shimada Jule & Albert Smith Mr. & Mrs. Louis J. Snyder Mike & sAnita Stude Emily H. & David K. Terry Stephen G. Tipps Mr. & Mrs. Jesse B. Tutor Dr. Carlos Vallbona & Children Margaret Waisman, M.D. & Steven S. Callahan, Ph.D. David M. Wax & Elaine Arden Cali Robert G. Weiner Geoffrey Westergaard Jennifer R. Wittman Mr. & Mrs. Bruce E. Woods Mr. & Mrs. David Wuthrich As of October 1, 2011 sDeceased
In Memoriam..................................................................................................... We honor the memory of those who in life included the Houston Symphony in their estate plans. Their thoughtfulness and generosity will continue to inspire and enrich lives for generations to come! Mr. Thomas D. Barrow W. P. Beard Mrs. H. Raymond Brannon Anthony Brigandi Lawrence E. Carlton, M.D. Mrs. Albert V. Caselli Lee Allen Clark Jack Ellis Mrs. Robin A. Elverson Frank R. Eyler Helen Bess Fariss Foster Christine E. George Mrs. Marcella Levine Harris General & Mrs. Maurice Hirsch
Miss Ima Hogg Burke & Octavia Holman Mrs. L. F. McCollum Joan B. McKerley Monroe L. Mendelsohn Jr. Mrs. Janet Moynihan Constantine S. Nicandros Hanni Orton Stewart Orton, Legacy Society co-founder Dr. Michael Papadopoulos Miss Louise Pearl Perkins Walter W. Sapp, Legacy Society co-founder J. Fred & Alma Laws Lunsford Schultz
Ms. Jean R. Sides John K. & Fanny W. Stone Dorothy Barton Thomas Mrs. Harry C. Wiess Mrs. Edward Wilkerson
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Backstage Pass. ................................................................................................. Dr. Margaret Waisman and Dr. Steven S. Callahan, musician sponsors Birthplace and education: Steven was born in Houston and earned a B.S. from the University of Houston and a Ph.D. in psychology from Texas Tech University. Margaret was born in Tampa, Florida, and received an A.B. from Duke University and an M.D. from Tulane University. Joined the Houston Symphony: Margaret has been a member of the Board of Trustees since 1978. Earliest musical memory: Margaret— My mother told me that I hummed Brahms’ lullaby back to her when I was an infant. All in the family: Steven is a mild-mannered psychologist by day and a rock star by night. He plays keyboard professionally in Backbeat, a rock band. I’m a pianist. I took piano lessons from age 6 to 15. I will never forget my first piano lesson, on my 6th birthday. I wanted to play a concerto immediately, complete with orchestra! Although I initially wanted to become a concert pianist, I realized early that I was good, but not good enough. At about age 11, I wanted to become a piano teacher, but by age 14, I knew I would become a physician. My father, a physician, was very artistic. As a child, he played violin. He loved classical music, and some of my fondest memories are of going to symphonic performances with him. Current listening: In my CD player is cellist Lynn Harrell’s new release, The Known Unknowns. Favorite Symphony experience: Relaxing and enjoying the gorgeous music. The musicians are so talented and Maestro Graf’s interpretations are so beautiful, that it is a pleasure to be at concerts and hear live music performed brilliantly. Pastime and good company: Steven likes to perform with his rock band. I like to read and hike. Becoming a Musician Sponsor: We met Mark Griffith when he was a new musician with the HS, and our previous sponsored musician, violinist Susan Valkovich, had died tragically in an automobile accident. Mark needed a sponsor, and we needed a musician. We met in the Green Room at intermission, and we clicked. We feel close to Mark and have rejoiced with him at the birth of his two children. I love receiving photos of the children and hearing how he spends his time away from the Houston Symphony. The Houston Symphony anchors me to Houston. It’s not just important: it is essential. I cannot imagine living here without it. A Houston without a world-class symphony orchestra is unthinkable to me. I want to do everything I can to support it. Sponsor Benefits: Being a Musician Sponsor is important because it enables an audience member to know the musicians, and not just “his” musician because the social events involve the entire orchestra. Then, at least for me, when I look at the orchestra from my seat, I know who is who and think of interactions we have had. 36 www.houstonsymphony.org
Mark Griffith, percussion Birthplace: I was born in Mexico City, Mexico. My parents were missionaries there, and we moved to the U.S. when I was 2 years old. About four years ago, my parents returned to Mexico where they expect to work for some time. Education: I went to high school in Duncanville, a suburb of Dallas. I received a Bachelor of Music from Wheaton College in Chicago, and a Master of Music from the University of Michigan. Joined the Houston Symphony: August 2004 Began studying my instrument: I started playing percussion at age 11 when I signed up for the middle school band. The band director met with students individually to determine which instrument they should play. She was convinced I should play the trumpet, but I felt so strongly about playing percussion that I rose out of my 11-year-old timidity to say so. Discovering my vocation: Several things led me to seek a career in music, but I distinctly remember two performances that moved me strongly in this direction. Incidentally, both of them have connections to our current Houston Symphony season. The first was a performance of Rachmaninoff’s Second Piano Concerto by pianist André Watts, who was just here last month. I was a teenager at the time, but was blown away by his power and musicality. The second was a performance of Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 11. It’s an amazingly powerful, deeply moving, thought-provoking piece of music, and I can’t wait to perform it with the Houston Symphony in May, both here and in Carnegie Hall. Pastime and good company: I have two kids, ages 1 and 4, and I spend a lot of time with them and my wife, Katherine. One of my favorite activities outside the orchestra is flying airplanes. I have a private pilot’s license, and I absolutely love the freedom that is found in the sky. The weather is cooler up high, and you can’t beat the view! Keeping it fresh: I love the variety involved with playing percussion. In many ways, the instruments themselves keep music-making fresh for me. Most commonly, I play cymbals or the mallet instruments in the orchestra. But it’s not uncommon to play dozens of instruments over the course of a month, even some pretty crazy ones. A few weeks ago, I played the water gong—one player strikes the gong with mallets while another lowers the gong into a tub of water creating an eerie effect.