Missa Solemnis Program Book, April 2022

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DEMAIN | CONDUCTOR

In his 27th season as music director of the Madison Symphony Orchestra (MSO), Grammy and Tony Award-winning conductor John DeMain is noted for his dynamic performances on concert and opera stages throughout the world. American composer Jake Heggie assessed the conductor’s broad appeal, saying, “There’s no one like John DeMain. In my opinion, he’s one of the top conductors in the world.”

During his over two decades in Madison as the MSO music director, DeMain has consistently raised the quality of the orchestra by introducing blind auditions and continuously expanding the repertoire to encompass ever more challenging and virtuosic works, including the highly-acclaimed

performances of the complete symphonies of Gustav Mahler. DeMain also oversaw the move into the world-class Overture Hall and expanded the subscription season to triple performances.

His active conducting schedule has taken him to the stages of the National Symphony, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, the symphonies of Seattle, St. Louis, Pittsburgh, Detroit, Columbus, Houston, San Antonio, Long Beach, and Jacksonville, along with the Pacific Symphony, Boston Pops, Aspen Chamber Orchestra, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, London Sinfonietta, Orchestra of Seville, the Leipzig MDR Sinfonieorchester, and Mexico’s Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional.

JOHN

Prior engagements include visiting San Francisco Opera as guest conductor for General Director David Gockley’s farewell gala, the Glimmerglass Festival in New York to conduct Sweeney Todd, Northwestern University to conduct Carlisle Floyd’s Susannah, and the Washington National Opera at the Kennedy Center in D.C. to conduct Kurt Weill’s Lost in the Stars. In 2019, he conducted the world premiere of Blue at the Glimmerglass Festival to critical acclaim — he “drew a vibrant performance from an orchestra of nearly 50 players; the cast was superb.” (The New York Times)

DeMain also serves as artistic director for Madison Opera and in their 2021–2022 season conducts Lucia di Lammermoor, She Loves Me, and Orpheus in the Underworld. He has been a regular guest conductor with Washington National Opera at the Kennedy Center, New York City Opera, Michigan Opera Theatre, Los Angeles Opera, Seattle Opera, San Francisco Opera, Virginia Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, the Glimmerglass Festival in upstate New York, Aspen Music Festival, Portland Opera, and Mexico’s National Opera.

During his distinguished 17-year tenure with Houston Grand Opera, DeMain led a historymaking production of Porgy and Bess, winning a Grammy Award, Tony Award, and France’s Grand Prix du Disque for the RCA recording. In spring 2014, the San Francisco Opera released an HD DVD of their most recent production of Porgy and Bess, conducted by John DeMain. DeMain began his career as a pianist and conductor in his native Youngstown, Ohio. He earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees at The Juilliard School and made a highly acclaimed debut with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. DeMain was the second recipient of the Julius Rudel Award at New York City Opera and one of the first six conductors to receive the Exxon/National Endowment for the Arts Conductor Fellowship for his work with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra.

DeMain holds honorary degrees from the University of Nebraska and Edgewood College and he is a Fellow of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters. He resides in Madison and his daughter, Jennifer, is a UW–Madison graduate.

ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL FOR THIS CONCERT

VIOLIN I

Naha Greenholtz

Concertmaster

William and Joyce Wartmann Chair

Suzanne Beia Co-Concertmaster

Steinhauer Charitable Trust Chair

Leanne Kelso League

Associate Concertmaster

George and Candy Gialamas Chair Huy Luu

Associate Concertmaster

Olga Pomolova

Assistant Concertmaster Endowed by an Anonymous Friend Chang-En Lu

Annetta H. Rosser Chair

Neil Gopal

Elspeth Stalter-Clouse

Tim Kamps

Jon Vriesacker

Katherine Floriano Laura Burns Paran Amirinazari Laura Mericle

Christine Hauptly Annin Clayton Tillotson

VIOLIN II

Xavier Pleindoux

Principal

Dr. Stanley and Shirley Inhorn Chair Hillary Hempel

Assistant Principal Elyn L. Williams Chair

Peter Miliczky

Wes Luke Rolf Wulfsberg

Olga Draguieva Kathryn Taylor

Wendy Buehl

Geri Hamilton

Matthew Dahm Marley Haller Jerry Loughney Maynie Bradley Michelle Kaebisch

VIOLA

Christopher Dozoryst

Principal James F. Crow Chair Katrin Talbot Assistant Principal Diedre Buckley Elisabeth Deussen Janse Vincent Jennifer Paulson Ina Georgieva Marie Pauls Alexis Carreon Molly O’Brien Ria Hodgson David Beytas

CELLO

Karl Lavine

Principal Reuhl Family Chair Mark Bridges Assistant Principal Karen Cornelius Lindsey Crabb Jordan Allen Margaret Townsend

Lisa Bressler Becky Pan Amy Harr Aaron Fried

BASS

David Scholl Principal Robert Rickman Assistant Principal Jeff Takaki

Tom Mohs Chair August Jirovec Jason Niehoff Kris Saebo Brad Townsend

FLUTE Stephanie Jutt Principal Terry Family Foundation Chair Elizabeth Marshall

OBOE

Andrea Gross Hixon Principal

Jim and Cathie Burgess Chair Laura Medisky

CLARINET

JJ Koh Principal Barbara and Norman Berven Chair Nancy Mackenzie

BASSOON

Cynthia Cameron Principal Amanda Szczys

CONTRABASSOON Carol Rosing

HORN

Michael Szczys

Principal Steve and Marianne Schlecht Chair

Ricardo Almeida

William Muir

Matt Beecher

Ingrid Mullane, Assistant

TRUMPET

John Aley

Principal Marilynn G. Thompson Chair Dave Cooper

TROMBONE

Joyce Messer

Principal Fred and Mary Mohs Chair Benjamin Skroch

BASS TROMBONE

Mark Hoelscher

TIMPANI

John Jutsum Principal Eugenie Mayer Bolz Foundation Chair

HARPSICHORD

Gregory Zelek

ORGAN

Orchestra Committee

Lisa Bressler, Chair

Mark Bridges, ViceChair/Treasurer

Rolf Wulfsberg, Secretary

Joshua Biere, Member-at-large

JJ Koh, Member-at-large

Librarian

Kathryn Taylor John and Carolyn Peterson Chair

Property Manager

Gregory Zelek Principal

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John DeMain | Music Director

96th Season | Overture Hall | Subscription Concert No. 6 Fri., Apr. 8, 7:30 pm | Sat., Apr. 9, 8:00 pm | Sun., Apr. 10, 2:30 pm

John DeMain, Conductor Naha Greenholtz, Violin

Madison Symphony Chorus, Beverly Taylor, Director Sara Duchovnay, Soprano Briana Hunter, Mezzo-soprano Clay Hilley, Tenor Kenneth Kellogg, Bass

FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN (1732-1809)

Concerto No. 4 in G Major for Violin and Orchestra Allegro moderato Adagio Allegro MS. GREENHOLTZ

INTERMISSION

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)

Missa Solemnis, Op. 123 Kyrie Gloria Credo Sanctus Agnus Dei MS. DUCHOVNAY

MS. HUNTER MR. HILLEY MR. KELLOGG

MADISON SYMPHONY CHORUS

Beverly Taylor has been the Director of the Madison Symphony Chorus since 1996 and Director of Choral Activities at UW–Madison since 1995.

Prior roles include Associate Conductor of the Madison Symphony Orchestra, Conductor of the Boston Bar Association Orchestra, Music Director of the Back Bay Chorale, and Associate Director of Choral Activities at Harvard University. Ms. Taylor has been a guest conductor at the Artur Rubenstein Philharmonic Orchestra in Poland, the St. Louis

Symphony Chorus, the Vermont Symphony, the Harvard Chamber Orchestra, the Madison Opera, the U.S. Air Force Band and Orchestra, the Harvard Radcli e Collegium Musicum, and the Wellesley Chamber Singers.

Ms. Taylor graduated from the University of Delaware and Boston University School for the Arts and received a fellowship with Chorus America and an orchestral fellowship at Aspen. She is the co-author of Wisdom, Wit and Will: Women Conductors on their Choral Art

BEVERLY TAYLOR | MSO CHORUS DIRECTOR

MADISON SYMPHONY CHORUS

BEVERLY TAYLOR, DIRECTOR DREW COLLINS, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

Formed in 1927, the Madison Symphony Chorus gave its first public performance on February 23, 1928, and has performed regularly with the Madison Symphony Orchestra ever since. The chorus is comprised of more than 150 volunteer musicians who come from all walks of life who enjoy combining their artistic talent. In 2017, the chorus sang three Brahms Requiems in Germany with regional orchestras under Ms. Taylor’s direction.

In recent seasons, the Chorus has joined the MSO for such awe-inspiring works as Mahler’s Symphony of a Thousand, Or ’s Carmina Burana, Janáček’s Glagolitic Mass, Rossini’s jubilant Stabat Mater, the Requiems of both Verdi and Mozart, Holst’s The Planets, John Adams’ challenging On the Transmigration of Souls, Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 (Resurrection), excerpts from Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess, Rachmanino ’s magnificent The Bells, Vaughan Williams's Toward the Unknown Region, and excerpts from Handel’s Solomon, among others.

SOPRANO

Bethany Ackeret

Jill Bailey

Megan Besley

Judith Brauer

Jennifer Christensen

Barbara Eggleston*

Christine Esche

Saira Frank

Angela Gifford

Alison Gim Hannah Greene

Kate Grovergrys

Kimberly R. S. Han

Margaret Harrigan*

Rose Heckenkamp-Busch

Lisa Hermanson

Janet Joe

Marjasana Kay

Maureen Kind

Veronica Kleckner

Julie Klein

Marie Kulackoski

Sarah Lang

Eleanor Mayerfeld

Grace McClusky

Allyson Mills

Claudia Berry Miran

Connie Nelson

Sally Norman

Vanessa Orr

Kristen Radley

Susan Roehlk

Erin Selbee

Natalie Sorden

Joette Suloff

Samantha Tushaus

Sarah Walker

Pam Wilinski

ALTO

Sharon Blattner Held*

Penny Carlson

Roberta Carrier

Johanna Chworowsky

Wendy Coleman

Lavonne Dettmers*

Jean Druckenmiller

Susan Ecroyd

Tammy Elmer

Gwen Evans

Tola Ewers

Denise Garvin

Bryn Golden Gretta Gribble

Jane Henneberry

Rebecca Hillary

Margaret Irwin Amy Johnson

Jessica Jones

Estelle Katz

Sally Lanz

Heather Laurila

Denise Martin

Rachel Mokelke-Heineman

Fran Puleo Moyer

Laura Muller

Annemarie Newman

Jacklyn O'Brien

Samantha Peters

Angela Reisetter

Melissa Richardson

Erin Robbins

Kirstin Roble

Kathleen Schell

Nancy Shook

Laurie Silverberg

Latisha Smith-Chase

Robin Swadley Anastasia Tomanek Holly Vest

Amber Walker

TENOR

Bradley Carter Drew Collins

Jeff Cooper Robert Factor Loren Glasbrenner

David Hanson John Hayward Drew Kaiser James Kleckner

Kathy Lewinski

James Mauk

William Nelson*

Mitchell Patton Casey Schenkel

Scott Seyforth

David Snook James Staskal

LeRoy Stoner Thomas Swartz Peggy Wireman Craig Wuerzberger

BASS

Jeff Bauer

Jeff Boyce Mike Byrne George Cleary Mark Danforth

Robert DeBroux Robert Dinndorf David Flanders Robert Gentile Glenn Hanson Charles Hodulik

Alexander Jankowski

David Johnson

Robert Knight Jacob Nachtigal Donald Olsen Christopher Pinon Greg Polacheck

Dave Roever George Shook Zachary Stalter-Clouse John Unertl Bob Warren James Wear Ryan Westergaard Craig Wille*

*Section Leader

OFFICERS

Tola Ewers, President

Maureen Kind, Secretary Dan Lyons, Manager

NAHA GREENHOLTZ | VIOLINIST

Naha Greenholtz is concertmaster of both the Madison Symphony Orchestra and the Quad City Symphony Orchestra. Since her solo debut at 14, concerto performances have included engagements with the San Francisco Ballet, National Ballet of Canada, Calgary Philharmonic, and National Repertory Orchestras, as well as the Vancouver, Oregon, Omaha, Memphis, Burnaby, and Kelowna Symphonies, among many others.

In 2019 she appeared as guest concertmaster with the Chicago Philharmonic (in collaboration with the English National Ballet) and made her Australian debut in a

concertmaster residency with the Australian Ballet in Melbourne. She has also held positions with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra and the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, joining the latter as Associate Concertmaster.

Ms. Greenholtz was born in Kyoto, Japan and began her violin studies at age three. She studied with Donald Weilerstein and Joel Smirno at Juilliard and with William Preucil at CIM, and performs on a 1778 Antonio Gragnani violin. She became concertmaster of the Madison Symphony Orchestra in 2011 at the age of 26. Her position is endowed by William & Joyce Wartmann.

SARA DUCHOVNAY | SOPRANO

Sara Duchovnay, Soprano, was introduced to opera by her grandfather, before continuing on to receive a Bachelor of Music from the Hartt School of Music and a Master of Music from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Early in her career, notable credits included Zerlina in Don Giovanni with Opera Santa Barbara; Nanetta in Falsta and Stella in A Streetcar Named Desire with Opera San Jose; Jemmy in Guillaume Tell and Blondchen in

Die Entführung aus dem Serail with the Southern Illinois Music Festival; and Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro with Pacific Opera Project. She sang her first Nedda in Pagliacci in 2019, and other roles in Sara’s repertoire now include Donna Anna and Donna Elvira (Don Giovanni ), Rusalka (Rusalka), and Alcina (Alcina), as well as Nedda (Pagliacci ), Susannah (Susannah), and Leonora (Il trovatore).

BRIANA HUNTER | MEZZO-SOPRANO

Briana Hunter, Mezzo-Soprano, recently debuted as Hannah Before in Laura Kaminsky’s As One at the Kaufman Music Center in New York. Additional recent performances include creating the role of Dee Dee Reyes in Hillard and Boresi’s TheLast American Hammer ; Annie and Strawberry Woman in Porgy and Bess at the Glimmerglass Festival; and Giovanna in Rigoletto and Gertrude Stein in Ricky Ian Gordon’s 27 at Michigan Opera Theatre, for which she won the EncoreMichigan award for Best Performance in an Opera. At the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, she performed the role of Flora in La Traviata, as well as Pvt. Stanton in the world premiere of

An AmericanSoldier. She made her Lincoln Center Theater debut in a gala performance of Camelot starring Lin Manuel Miranda. Ms. Hunter has held additional roles with the Music Academy of the West, Michigan Opera Theatre, Knoxville Opera, American Opera Projects, and the Sarasota Opera. She is a Lotte Lenya Competition finalist and winner of the Lys Symonette Award from The Kurt Weill Foundation for Music. She participated in the I SING BEIJING program where she performed at The National Center for the Performing Arts. Ms. Hunter holds a M.M. from the Manhattan School of Music and a B.A. from Davidson College.

Clay Hilley, Tenor, has appeared on many international stages in the most demanding operatic repertoire. In the 2020-21 season, Mr. Hilley was engaged to sing Walther von Stolzing in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg with the Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, the title role of Siegfried at Nationaltheater Mannheim, Fidelio at Prague State Opera and Washington National Opera, Aïda at Pittsburgh Opera, the title role of Der Zwerg at San Francisco Opera, and the role of Phoebus in Schmidt’s Notre Dame for the St. Gallen Festival. Emerging as a world class Straussian tenor, he has sung Menelaus in

Die ägyptische Helena with Gil Rose and Odyssey Opera and Gundelfingen in Feuersnot with Leon Botstein and the American Symphony Orchestra at Carnegie Hall. The Wagner Society of New York presented Clay Hilley with its Top Prize, the Robert Lauch Award, in 2015. He received his Bachelor of Music degree in Music Education at the University of Georgia, a Master of Music degree in Vocal Performance from Georgia State University, a Professional Studies Certificate from the Manhattan School of Music, and a Performer’s Certificate from the Opera Institute at Boston University.

CLAY HILLEY | TENOR

Kenneth Kellogg, Bass, was born and raised in Washington, D.C. where he began formal training at the Duke Ellington School of the Performing and Visual Arts. His professional roles include staples of opera repertoire: the title role in Mozart’s Don Giovanni, Mephistopheles in Gounod’s Faust, Don Alfonso in Mozart’s Cosi fan tutte, Ramfis and Il Re in Verdi’s Aida, Colline in Puccini’s La Boheme, the title role of Handel’s Hercules, The King in Handel’s Ariodante, Osmin in Mozart’s Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Sarastro and the Speaker in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, Sparafucile in Verdi’s Rigoletto, and Fasolt in Wagner’s DasRheingold. Jeanine Tesori and Tazewell Thompson’s

opera Blue was written for him, and was named the best new opera of 2020 by the Music Critics Association of North America. Mr. Kellogg has worked with many leaders in the field at houses including San Francisco Opera, LA Opera, Washington National Opera, Seattle Opera, Atlanta Opera, Washington Concert Opera, Canadian Opera Company, Opera Tampa, Opera Memphis, Opera North Carolina, and Opera Parallele. Mr. Kellogg in an Alumnus of the Adler Fellowship Program at San Francisco Opera and the Domingo-Caftriz Emerging Artist Program at Washington National Opera. He also holds degrees from the University of Michigan and Ohio University.

KENNETH KELLOGG | BASS

ENDOWMENT GIVING The Century Society

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The Evjue Foundation, Inc. Linda I. Garrity

Terry Haller

Carl M. Hudig

Dr.

Myrna Larson

Carla and Fernando Alvarado Diane Ballweg

Chuck Bauer & Chuck Beckwith Barbara and Norman Berven Rosemarie and Fred Blancke

Mayer Bolz Family Foundation Jim and Cathie Burgess Margaret Christy Pat and Dan Cornwell

James F. Crow

George Gay George and Candy Gialamas

Tyrone and Janet Greive

Stanley and Shirley Inhorn Arno and Hazel Kurth

James Victor Lathers Peter Livingston and Sharon Stark Madison Symphony Orchestra League Nicholas and Elaine Mischler David and Kato Perlman

John L. Peterson

The Reuhl Family Pleasant T. Rowland Harry D. Sage JoAnn Six Gareth L. Steen Harry and Evelyn C. Steenbock Steinhauer Charitable Trust Thomas E. Terry Marilynn Thompson Katherine and Thomas Voight

William and Joyce Wartmann Elyn L. Williams Margaret C. Winston Six Anonymous Friends

gratefully acknowledge our Century Society members. These donors have committed $100,000 or more to the Madison Symphony Orchestra’s endowment, outright and/or through their estates.

IN LOVING MEMORY OF FRED BLANCKE

Fred loved music throughout his life. As a child his mother took him to matinee concerts at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, and with his father he went to organ concerts in the churches of Amsterdam and environs. As a young man he enjoyed traveling and going to the Salzburg Music Festival and other great concert halls. Some twenty years ago he discovered the Madison Symphony and became a subscriber and concert sponsor the same year. Two decades later, the Madison Symphony continues to grow, and under the leadership of John DeMain has developed into one of the most noted regional orchestras in the country. Fred felt grateful that he was able to contribute to the Madison Symphony during his lifetime and beyond by joining the Stradivarius Society and Century Society.

Fred felt that music has the power to allow us entrance into a metaphysical world that transforms, heals and inspires. Because he was a physician, this quote held particular meaning for him: “Music can heal the wounds which medicine cannot touch.” – D. Mridha

May the sublime beauty of Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis help to bring healing to our troubled world.

– ROSEMARIE BLANCKE

PROGRAM NOTES

APRIL 8-9-10, 2022

Program

Notes

This concert begins with a feature for concertmaster Naha Greenholtz, Haydn’s Violin Concerto No. 4. We then continue our season-long tribute to Beethoven with his largest sacred work, the MissaSolemnis. The Madison Symphony Orchestra and Chorus are joined by four distinguished vocal soloists for this immense work: soprano Sara Duchovnay, mezzo-soprano Briana Hunter, tenor Clay Hiley, and bass Kenneth Kellogg.

Haydn composed this concerto for the private orchestra of his patron, Prince Esterházy. A work of subtle virtuosity, it is set in the standard three-movement Classical form: an expansive opening, a songlike slow movement, and a fast-paced finale.

Franz Joseph Haydn

Born: March 31, 1732, Rohrau, Austria. Died: May 31, 1809, Vienna, Austria.

Concerto No. 4 in G Major for Violin and Orchestra

Composed: 1760s.

Premiere: Unknown, though probably at the Eszterházy court in the 1760s.

Previous MSO Performance: This is our first performance of the work.

Duration: 20:00.

by J. Michael Allsen

Background

In 1761, Haydn took a position in the court of the fabulously wealthy Hungarian Prince Paul Anton Esterházy. For the next 30 years, Haydn—who rose to the rank of Kapellmeister (chief musician) in 1766—was employed exclusively by the Esterházy family and his work schedule and what he composed were almost entirely determined by the court. For example, the court divided its time between the Esterházy palace in Eisenstadt, near Vienna and the magnificent country estate known as Esterháza, 30 miles east, across the Hungarian border—meaning a biannual move for all of the hundreds of servants, including musicians. Haydn seems to have thrived in this environment, and composed hundreds of works for the Esterházies, from operas and symphonies to chamber music. The court had its own small orchestra, generally no more than 15 players, but including several fine musicians. One of these was the concertmaster, Alois Luigi Tomasini. Tomasini had initially been hired as a valet, but the Prince, knowing of his musical talent, sent Tomasini to Venice to study violin. (Tomasini probably studied with Leopold Mozart as well, and later took

composition lessons from Haydn.)

When Haydn joined the court in 1761, Tomasini was the principal violinist, and all four of Haydn’s violin concertos were likely written for him.

What You’ll Hear

Though it is conventionally listed as his Violin Concerto No. 4, this work may be the earliest of the four, written relatively soon after Haydn joined the Esterházy court. Scored for strings only, it is laid out in the conventional three-section form, beginning with a fast movement (Allegro moderato). The orchestra lays out a pair of relaxed, genial themes, which are then picked up in decorated form by the solo violin. The solo line develops these themes with several surprising turns to the minor, before a full recapitulation and a solo cadenza. The movement ends with a short coda. The Adagio is simply lovely, with a lyrical theme and gentle accompaniment laid out by the orchestra before being taken up and embellished by the solo violin. The middle section begins with a brief moment of uneasiness, and culminates in a short solo cadenza, before the orchestra returns to the opening music. The good-humored finale (Allegro) is tied together by a lively theme heard at the beginning, this alternates with contrasting material, including some brilliant passages for the soloist.

Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis (Solemn Mass) the last and largest of his sacred works, is a massive setting of the Latin mass, though Beethoven’s music for these deeply traditional texts often reflects his own distinctive spirituality.

Ludwig van Beethoven

Born: December 17, 1770 (baptism date), Bonn, Germany. Died: March 26, 1827, Vienna, Austria.

Missa Solemnis, Op. 123 Composed: Between 1818 and 1823.

Premiere: April 7, 1824, St. Petersburg, Russia.

Previous MSO Performance: 1947, 1948, and 2003. Duration: 72:00.

Composing “a grand sacred work” Though, unlike his onetime teacher Haydn, he was never employed by an aristocratic patron, Beethoven benefited throughout his career by his friendships with members of the Viennese nobility. One of his most faithful supporters was Archduke Rudolph, a member of the Hapsburg family, and brother of the reigning Austrian Emperor. He had first come to Beethoven for piano lessons when Rudolph was a teenager, and their relationship remained close for nearly 25 years. Rudolph granted financial backing, but also remained personally friendly and supportive to the composer,

even as Beethoven became more eccentric and withdrawn. For his part, Beethoven composed several works dedicated to Rudolph: two of his piano concertos, the piano sonatas “Les Adieux” and “Hammerklavier,” the “Archduke” piano trio, the Grosse Fuge for string quartet and other works. When it was announced that Rudolph would be raised as a Cardinal and enthroned as Archbishop of Olmütz (Olomouc), Beethoven immediately o ered to compose a mass for the occasion. In June 1819, he wrote to Rudolph: “The day when a solemn mass by myself is performed as part of the ceremonies for Your Imperial Highness will be the happiest day of my life, and God will inspire me, so that my poor gifts may contribute to the glorification of this solemn day.”

Rudolph’s coronation was planned for March 20, 1820, but Beethoven had actually been sketching a setting of the mass for some time before writing his letter to Rudolph. However, the “solemn mass” was not even close to being finished in March 1820—it would in fact be three more years before he completed the score. Composing this enormous work was a clearly a personal struggle. His friend Anton Schindler, reported that one day in August 1819, he arrived at Beethoven’s following a noisy argument between Beethoven and his servants. The servants had both quit and the neighbors were upset. Schindler and a few

friends entered the house, and “behind a locked door, we heard the master singing parts of the fugue of the [Gloria]—singing, howling, stamping. After we had been listening for a long time to this almost terrifying scene, and were about to go away, the door opened, and Beethoven stood before us with distorted features, fearful to behold. He looked as if he had been in mortal combat with the whole host of contrapuntists, his everlasting enemies. His first utterances were confused, as if he had been disagreeably surprised at our having overheard him.”

This was a trying time for Beethoven. After the tremendous burst of creativity during what has been known as the “Heroic Decade” (1802-1812), he composed few large works over the next six years. Personal problems seem to taken precedence over composition. By 1812, Beethoven was completely deaf, and was increasingly isolated. His unsuccessful a air with the woman known only as his “immortal beloved” (probably Antonie Brentano) that year, was his last lasting attachment to a woman, and it seems that he reconciled himself with remaining a bachelor forever. He was estranged from his brother Johann, and his brother Caspar Carl died in 1814, leaving Beethoven co-custodian of his nephew Karl. Beethoven’s obsessive attempts to gain sole custody of his nephew dominated

the next several years, reaching a peak of nasty litigation against the boy’s mother at the very time he was attempting to finish the MissaSolemnis.

The composition of his innovative “Hammerklavier” sonata in 1818 seems to have been a crucial turning point: he returned in an active way to composition and produced a dazzling series of works over the next eight years. The twin peaks of this late period are the MissaSolemnis and the SymphonyNo.9, completed in 1824. Though he missed the March 1820 deadline for Rudolph’s coronation, Beethoven continued to work periodically on the MissaSolemnis between work on the ninth symphony and other projects. An autograph score of the Missa was delivered to Archbishop Rudolph on March 19, 1823, the inscription “From the heart, may it go to the heart.”— nearly three years to the day after the intended event.

The MissaSolemnis had grown far beyond a traditional setting of the Catholic mass, and it proved di cult to get it performed in Vienna. It was far too big to be sung as part of an actual church service, and the Catholic authorities in Vienna forbade the performance of the mass text in a purely concert setting. One of Beethoven’s aristocratic admirers, Russian Prince Nicholas Galitzin, arranged for a premiere by the Philharmonic Society in St. Petersburg, later writing an enthusiastic account to the

composer in Vienna: “The e ect on the public cannot be described, and I have no fear of exaggerating when I say on my part that have never heard anything so sublime…” In May of 1824, after another patron, Prince Lichnowsky, intervened with the Church censors, Beethoven programmed the Kyrie,Credo, and AgnusDei of the Missa—billed as “Three Grand Hymns with Solo and Chorus”— on a concert that also included the premiere of his Symphony No.9. There was no complete performance in Vienna until 1845, long after Beethoven’s death.

The Music—A Personal Vision

There are no texts as steeped in tradition as the Latin texts of the mass, the central ritual of the Roman Catholic Church. For more than 1500 years, the texts of the “Ordinary” of the mass—Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, and Agnus Dei—have been sung at Catholic services, and they have been set to music thousands of times, from plainchant to polyphonic settings to elaborate versions for chorus and orchestra. Beethoven’s previous setting of the mass, the Mass in C of 1807 is a fairly conventional piece, very much in the style of Masses by Mozart and Haydn. In the MissaSolemnis, it is clear that he set out to do something new.

Beethoven was not a practicing Catholic, but his religious faith was strong, if unconventional. In 1818, he wrote: “God above everything! For an eternal, all-knowing Providence guides the fortune

and misfortune of mortal men.”

In working on the MissaSolemnis, he took great pains to make sure that he properly understood every word of the Latin text. He did not actually change the texts themselves, but the way he set those texts to music subtly reflects his personal spiritual vision. Beethoven the humanist, for example, sets the words et in terra pax hominibus bonae voluntatis (and on earth, peace towards men of good will) with a clear stress on homibus (men). In contrast, Beethoven disposes of CredoinSpiritumSanctum (I believe in the Holy Spirit)—one of the foundations of Catholic belief—with tremendous haste.

The MissaSolemnis also stands as one of the most strenuous choral works ever written. The scoring of the work means that choral voices seldom have a chance to rest in the course of over 70 minutes. Beethoven also uses a rather dense orchestration that makes constant projection critical, and the parts are often di cult contrapuntal lines in extreme vocal range. It is equally challenging for the solo singers—as in the closely contemporary ninth symphony, Beethoven uses his soloists as an ensemble, with few lengthy ariastyle passages, and relatively few long stretches of rest.

What You’ll Hear

The Kyrie is relatively conventional in form: as most composers had done before him, Beethoven used a three-part form, as suggested by the form of the text—Kyrie

eleison / Christe eleison / Kyrie eleison (Lord have mercy / Christ have mercy / Lord have mercy). The opening Kyrie begins with solemn chords, and woodwind lines that blend seamlessly into the first entrance of the soloists. The Christe is more plaintive, with contrapuntal lines from the soloists answered by the chorus. The final Kyrie is a recapitulation of the opening mood.

The Gloria is much more complex, in keeping with the complexities of the text. The majestic music of Gloriainexcelsis Deo (Glory to God in the highest) returns at a few points as a kind of motto linking the movement together. This opening section has a quieter contrasting episode, but builds to a climactic fugue on glorificamus te (we glorify You). The next section is generally quiet and happy, with a couple of brief flourishes on JesuChriste and filiuspatris (Son of the Father). The lengthy central section is dominated by the soloists. Beethoven then uses the Gloria music to set Quoniam tusolussanctus (for You alone are holy), and them launches into a monumental closing fugue on ingloriaDeiPatris (in the glory of God the Father). This intensity doubles for the closing Amen

Credo—the Nicene Creed—is the longest text of the mass, and once again Beethoven uses a multi-sectional form. A forceful theme sung by the basses at the outset serves as a unifying musical motto. The entire opening section is carried by the chorus

and remains in this same mood. There is a distinct change of character and key at Quipropter (Who for us and our salvation descended from Heaven)—and a nice bit of musical word-painting with rapidly descending lines on descendit. The soloists make their first entrance on Etincarnatus (and He was made flesh) which is not in a major or minor key, but in a Dorian mode reminiscent of Medieval chant. Beethoven makes full use of the dramatic break between sepultus est (was buried) and etresurrexit (and He rose again) with an exultant choral phrase. He disposes of a great deal of text—and a great number of central Catholic doctrines— relatively quickly in a gentle fugue, beginning on CredoinSpiritum Sanctum. Amen is a lovely closing moment for the soloists and orchestra.

The Sanctus (Holy, holy, holy) begins with a restless and slow orchestral passage and the intonation of Sanctus above sober trombone chords. A more excited passage and brief fugue on Hosannahinexcelsis (Hosanna in the highest) round o this brief opening section. Beethoven titles the section that follows Praeludium. One of the relatively few long instrumental passages in the MissaSolemnis, it relates to typical Austrian church practice of the day, where the organ would improvise a brief prelude as the Host is elevated before the Benedictus. There is a beautiful violin solo that extends above a hushed intonation of Benedictus

(Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord) by the chorus basses, and its expansion by the soloists. Typically, the first Hosanna fugue is repeated at the end, but here Beethoven creates an entirely new fugue from the violin solo’s motives, beginning with a grave statement by the trombones. This is only a brief episode, and the violin returns to bring the movement to a serene conclusion. AgnusDei (Lamb of God), one of the shorter texts of the mass, is here given a tremendously expansive treatment. It begins in a somber mood in the lower voices of the orchestra and chorus, supporting the bass solo. This gradually expands to solos by the tenor and mezzo-soprano. At Donanobispacem (Grant us peace) the meter shifts to 6/8 and Beethoven begins a grand double fugue culminating in soaring lines from the female soloists. There is another break in texture: suddenly trumpets and drums interject a distinctly military note, before Beethoven begins a magnificent fugal finale with a long militarystyle “interruption.” In his score, Beethoven wrote “a sign of peace” as one last series of timpani strokes is finally pushed aside by the chorus in a final triumphant statement of Dona nobis pacem. program notes ©2021 by J. Michael Allsen

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BY JACQUES OFFENBACH

APRIL 29 & MAY 1, 2022 OVERTURE HALL

Orpheus and Eurydice are unhappily married, so she is delighted to die and go to the Underworld with Pluto. When Public Opinion demands that Orpheus rescue her, he seeks the assistance of Jupiter, who is having his own trouble with rebellious gods who are bored of Mt. Olympus. Everyone soon decides to go down to Hades to have fun.

Spoo ng both mythology and humanity, O enbach’s smash-hit operetta contains mortals in love, gods in disguise, lively tunes, and a very famous can-can.

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I hear there’s a party in hell. Let’s go!

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SAVE THE DATES!

2022–2023 Organ Performances

Tuesday, September 27, 2022 Tuesday, October 25, 2022 Tuesday, February 28, 2023 Tuesday, April 18, 2023

Learn more: madisonsymphony.org/organ

BECOME A SYMPHONY AMBASSADOR

Have you ever wanted to volunteer for the Symphony? We’re always looking for people to lend their time and talent to help us spread the word about our upcoming concerts. You’ll receive a pair of tickets to the concert(s) you help promote as a thank you for your time! Learn more at madisonsymphony.org/ambassador

COMMUNITY AMBASSADOR

Help us distribute posters to local businesses. Bring your venue ideas, or we’ll connect you with our local contacts.

STUDENT AMBASSADOR

If you’re a student at UW–Madison or Madison College, distribute flyers around campus.

CONCERT AMBASSADOR

Arrive early to MSO concerts and help greet patrons as they arrive in the lobby.

We both love classical music and believe it is so important for children to be exposed to it early on. We have chosen to support the MSO’s youth education programs through our estates so that future generations of children can benefit from our wonderful orchestra.

You can help preserve the MSO’s legacy of great music for future generations by including the Symphony in your estate plans. Call (608) 257-3734 to learn more.

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Kenneth and Joan Riggs

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PLANNED GIVING: THE STRADIVARIUS SOCIETY

The individuals listed below have informed the MSO that they have included gifts for the Symphony in their estate plans. If you have remembered the Symphony in your will, living trust, or have made other arrangements for a future gift, we would love to know so we can thank you! We honor all requests for anonymity. Contact Casey Oelkers at (608) 260-8680 x228 for more information.

Fernando & Carla Alvarado

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ESTATE GIFTS RECEIVED

Elizabeth S. Anderes

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Rick Mackie RETIREMENT

On June 30, the Madison Symphony Orchestra bade farewell to its Executive Director of 22 years, Rick Mackie. During his time with the Symphony, Rick oversaw the orchestra’s move into Overture Hall and the installation of the Overture Concert Organ He expanded the Symphony’s performance schedule from two-concert weekends to triples .

Rick is a program builder and was instrumental in the creation, establishment, enhancement or inclusion of programs such as MSO’s awardwinning HeartStrings® arts-in-healthcare community engagement program, “ The Final Forte ” statewide broadcast partnerships with PBS Wisconsin and WPR, Carnegie Hall’s LinkUp education program and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s “ BeyondtheScore® ” multi-media series. Rick successfully led the organization through the recession of 2008, has built and mentored a strong team of arts administrators, and graciously delayed his retirement to guide the organization through the COVID-19 pandemic.

The MSO Board of Directors established the Richard H. Mackie Catalyst Fund as the repository for all gifts made in Rick’s honor. The Fund will support the MSO’s future Education & Community Engagement Programs and will provide catalyst funding for new initiatives to expand the Symphony’s reach as the organization approaches its 100th anniversary season in 2025-2026.

As of January 31, 2022, 128 donors have contributed $101,600 to the Catalyst Fund. Contributions will continue to be accepted. To add your contribution, mail a check payable to Madison Symphony Orchestra, 222 W Washington Ave Ste 460, Madison, WI 53703, or donate online at madisonsymphony.org/mackie .

RICHARD H. MACKIE CATALYST FUND

The following donors have contributed $101,600 to the Richard H. Mackie Catalyst Fund as of January 31, 2022.

Hilde & Julius Adler

Fernando & Carla Alvarado

Brian & Rozan Anderson

Emy Andrew

Diane Ballweg

Jeffrey & Angela Bartell

Jeff & Beth Bauer

Ellis & Susan Bauman

Joel & Kathryn Belaire

Norm & Barbara Berven

Dr. Annette Beyer-Mears

Rosemarie & Fred Blancke

Marian & Jack Bolz

Michael Bridgeman & Jack Holzhueter

Daniel & Joyce Bromley

Ellsworth & Dorothy Brown

Wendy & Douglas Buehl

Laura Burns

Scott & Janet Cabot

Martha & Charles Casey

Pat & Dan Cornwell

Betty Harris Custer & Corkey Custer

James Dahlberg & Elsebet Lund

Carl & Kimberly Davick

Kari Peterson & Ben De Leon

Ann & Philip Dettwiler

Bob & Paula Dinndorf

Wallace & Peggy Douma

Marilyn Ebben

William & Lynne Watrous Eich

Tola Ewers

Timothy & Renee Farley

Marc & Marcia Fink

Charles N. Ford & Sharon L. James

Linda Franklin

W. Jerome Frautschi Foundation

Clayton & Belle Frink

David Gersbach

Norman & Amanda Gilliland

Tyrone & Janet Greive

Emily Gruenewald

Terry Haller

Jane Hamblen & Robert F. Lemanske

Frank Hanson & Linda Kimball

Dr. Perry A. Henderson

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Janet Hyde

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Bob & Louise Jeanne

Evelyn Jennings

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James & Joan Johnston

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Howard Kidd & Margaret Murphy

Marc Vitale & Darcy Kind

Noël Marie & Steven Klapper

James & Karen Laatsch

Steven E. Landfried

Myrna Larson

Fern & Bill Lawrence

Gary E. Lewis

Ann Lindsey & Charles Snowdon

Richard & Jean Lottridge

Michael & Linda Lovejoy

Margaret Luby

José & Kimberly Madera

Julie Marriott & David Harding Helen & Jeffrey Mattox

Connie Maxwell

Clare & Michael McArdle

Sharifa Merchant

Barbara Melchert & Gale Meyer

Oscar Mireles & Diana Gonzalez

Elaine & Nicholas Mischler

Stephen Morton

William Muir & Bob Wright

Paul & Maureen Norman

Drs. Dexter Northrop & Lynn Van Campen

Kevin & Cheryl O'Connor Casey & Eric Oelkers

Aaron Olver & Erin Celello

Sandra L. Osborn & Marshall Finner

Peter & Leslie Overton Reynold V. Peterson Deb Piper

Pamela Ploetz & John Henderson

Isaac Polinsky

Cyrena & Lee Pondrom

Jack & Lori Poulson

Walter & Karen Pridham

Charitable Fund

Peggy & Tom Pyle

Beth & Peter Rahko

Janet Renschler

Doug & Katie Reuhl

Michael & Claire Ann Richman

Velma J. Ritcherson

Jacqueline Rodman

Beverly Schrag

Jacqui & John Shanda

Catherine & Charles Sih Dr. Beverly S. Simone

JoAnn Six

Hans & Mary Lang Sollinger

Lynn Stathas

Gareth L. Steen

John Straughn

Richard Tatman & Ellen Seuferer

Kathryn & Robert Taylor

Mark & Daria Thomas

Judith & Nick Topitzes

Teresa Venker

Ann Wallace

Katie & Ellis Waller

Mary Webster

Carolyn White

Kennedy Gilchrist & Heidi Wilde

Fred A. Wileman

John Wiley & Andrea Teresa Arenas

Mary Alice Wimmer

Rolf & Susan Wulfsberg

Anders Yocom & Ann Yocom Engelman

Nancy & Edward Young

Ledell Zellers & Simon Anderson

John & Peggy Zimdars

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GREG ZELEK, WITH THE DIAPASON BRASS AND TIMPANI

In my first of many collaborations with fellow Madison musicians, I am excited to perform alongside The Diapason Brass quintet and timpani in a concert that will pair our Mighty Klais with some of the loudest instruments in the orchestra. This program of music written for a variety of pairings will include Gigout’s Grand Choeur Dialogue, a transcription of Rachmanino ’s famous Vocalise, and an arrangement of Bach’s famous Toccata and Fugue in D minor for organ and timpani. Audiences will enjoy the expressive and fluid partnership of MSO’s Principal Trumpet, John Aley, and the newly appointed trumpet professor at UW LaCrosse, Matthew Onstad; the warm sounds of MSO’s Principal Horn, Linda Kimball; the creative flair of UW Madison’s trombone professor, Mark Hetzler; the thrilling facility of MSO’s Principal Tuba, Josh Biere; and the thunderous rhythm of MSO’s Principal Timpani, John Jutsum. The event will have me pulling out all the stops on our Overture Concert Organ to match the excitement and volume of my colleagues on stage!

Greg Zelek, Principal Organist and Elaine and Nicholas Mischler Curator of the Overture Concert Organ

Greg Zelek, Organ

Gigout, Grand Choeur Dialogue Rachmanino, Vocalise DiLorenzo, Fire Dance Dinda, Nocturne

J.S. Bach, Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 Sullivan, The Lost Chord Guilmant, Final from Symphony No. 1 in D minor

SPONSORS

William Steffenhagen Elaine and Nicholas Mischler

DISCOVER

John Aley Trumpet

Mark Hetzler Trombone

Matthew Onstad Trumpet

Linda Kimball Horn

John Jutsum Timpani

Joshua Biere Tuba

“Zelek is quite extraordinary in the classical music world.”

– Jon Hornbacher, PBS Wisconsin Life

Madison Symphony Orchestra Madison Symphony Orchestra League Friends of the Overture Concert Organ

The Madison Symphony Orchestra and our a liate organizations rely on generous donor support to fund the fulfillment of our mission each year. We gratefully acknowledge all companies, foundations and government agencies for their grants, sponsorships and general contributions.

Organizations that have contributed to the Madison Symphony Orchestra, Madison Symphony Orchestra League, and/or Friends of the Overture Concert Organ are listed according to the total amount of their donations supporting the 2021-2022 Season* as of March 21, 2022.

$100,000 or more

Madison Symphony Orchestra Foundation Madison Symphony Orchestra League NBC 15 US Small Business Administration

$50,000–$99,999 Pleasant T. Rowland Foundation

$25,000–$49,999

American Printing Irving and Dorothy Levy Family Foundation, Inc.

The Madison Concourse Hotel & Governor’s Club Madison Magazine Walter and Dorothy Jones Frautschi Fund, a component fund of the Madison Community Foundation Wisconsin State Journal and Madison.com

$15,000–$24,999

BMO Harris Bank Capitol Lakes Fiore Companies, Inc.

John and Carolyn Peterson Charitable Foundation, Inc. National Endowment for the Arts

$10,000–$14,999

The Burish Group at UBS The Gialamas Company, Inc.

John J. Frautschi Family Foundation John W. Thompson and Jane A. Bartell Charitable Foundation Kenneth A. Lattman Foundation, Inc.

Madison Community Foundation

Madison Gas & Electric Foundation, Inc. Marriott Daughters Foundation PBS Wisconsin University Research Park Wisconsin Arts Board with additional funds from the State of Wisconsin and the National Endowment for the Arts

$5,000–$9,999

Boardman & Clark LLP Capitol Bank

Dane County Arts, with additional funds from the Endres Mfg. Company Foundation, The Evjue Foundation, Inc., charitable arm of The Capital Times, the W. Jerome Frautschi Foundation, and the Pleasant T. Rowland Foundation

DeWitt LLP

Exact Sciences Flad Architects

Godfrey & Kahn, S.C. Hooper Foundation

J.H. Findorff & Son Inc.

John A. Johnson Foundation, a component fund of the Madison Community Foundation Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c. Stafford Rosenbaum LLP

SubZero/Wolf Appliance Co. SupraNet Communications, Inc. TDS Telecom U.S. Bank

von Briesen & Roper, s.c. West Bend Mutual Insurance Company Wisconsin Public Radio An Anonymous Friend

$2,500–$4,999

American Family Insurance

The Capital Times Kids Fund

Colony Brands, Inc.

Green Bay Packers Foundation

Group Health Cooperative of South Central Wisconsin SHINE Technologies

Steinhilber Swanson LLP

UW Health, UnityPoint Health – Meriter, Quartz WPS Health Solutions

$1,000–$2,499

Alliant Energy Foundation Matching Gifts Program

Farley’s House of Pianos

Iltis Family Fund

Madison Arts Commission

Neider & Boucher, S.C.

Surroundings Events and Floral Wahlin Foundation, Inc. on behalf of Stoughton Trailers

An Anonymous Friend

UP TO $999

AmazonSmile Foundation FoxArneson

GE Foundation Matching Gifts Program

Heid Music & Heid Family Foundation

Michael F. Simon Builders, Inc. Microsoft Matching Gifts Program

Old National Bank Promega Corporation Salesforce Matching Gifts Program State Farm Insurance Companies Unlimited Decorating of Wisconsin Inc. Wisconsin Solar Design, Inc. W.W. Grainger, Inc.

*Total includes donations that support 2021-2022 Madison Symphony Orchestra Concerts, 20212022 Organ Concerts, 2021-2022 Education and Community Engagement Programs; Madison Symphony Orchestra League's 2021-2022 Events and Activities; and Friends of the Overture Concert Organ’s 2021-2022 Annual Campaign. Fundraising event ticket purchases are not included. We have made every effort to ensure the accuracy of this list. If you believe an error has been made, please contact our development department at (608) 257-3734.

Salon Piano Series presents

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John O’Conor

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An all-Beethoven concert for the ages, charged with the energy and invention of the master’s Heroic Period and the spectacular pianism of a towering artist of magisterial interpretive and technical prowess. John DeMain, Conductor Garrick Ohlsson, Piano Beethoven, Egmont Overture Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 5 inE-flat major, “Emperor” Beethoven, Symphony No. 5 in C minor

ENDOWMENT DONORS

The Madison Symphony Orchestra is deeply grateful to these generous donors who have contributed $1,000 or more to the Symphony’s endowment, including gifts made directly to the Madison Symphony Orchestra Foundation and gifts made to the Great Performance Campaign Fund benefitting the Madison Symphony Orchestra. These gifts are invested in perpetuity to ensure the MSO’s continuing fiscal stability and its legacy of great music for generations to come.

Alliant Energy Foundation

Altria Group, Inc.

Carla & Fernando Alvarado

American Family Insurance Dreams Foundation, Inc.

American Girl, Inc.

Anchor Bank

Mel Anderes

Brian & Rozan Anderson

Ron & Sharon Anderson

Estate of Donald W. Anderson

Emy Andrew

George Austin & Martha Vukelich-Austin

Jim & Sue Bakke

Helen Baldwin

Diane Endres Ballweg

Estate of Betty J. Bamforth

Estate of Helen Barnick

Jeffrey & Angela Bartell

Nancy Becknell

Chuck Bauer & Chuck Beckwith

DeEtte Beilfuss-Eager & Leonard Prentice Eager, Jr. Barbara & Norman Berven

Ed & Lisa Binkley

Robert & Caryn Birkhauser

Tom & Shaila Bolger

Marian & Jack Bolz

Anne & Robert Bolz

Ernest & Louise Borden

Daniel & Stacey Bormann

Carl & Judy Bowser

Nathan Brand

Jim & Cathie Burgess

Frank & Pat Burgess

Mary P. Burke

Capital Newspapers

Capitol Lakes

Thomas & Martha Carter

Tony & Deri Cattelino

Estate of Margaret Christy

Marc & Sheila Cohen

Mildred & Marv Conney

Pat & Dan Cornwell

James F. Crow

Culver’s VIP Foundation, Inc.

Frances Z. Cumbee Trust

CUNA Mutual Group Corkey & Betty Custer

Teddy Derse

Dorothy Dittmer

Philip & Audrey Dybdahl Dr. Leroy Ecklund

Jim & Marilyn Ebben

Richard & Frances Erney

Eugenie Mayer Bolz

Family Foundation Ray & Mary Evert

The Evjue Foundation, Inc.

The Charitable Arm of The Capital Times

David Falk & Joanne Robbins

Thomas A. Farrell

Janet Faulhaber

First Business Bank of Madison

First Weber Group

Flad & Associates

John & Colleen Flad

Rockne Flowers

Foley & Lardner

Jean & Werner Frank W. Jerome Frautschi

Walter A. & Dorothy Jones Frautschi

Friends of the Overture

Concert Organ

Clayton & Belle Frink

Paul Fritsch & Jim Hartman

William & Jane Hilsenhoff

Linda I. Garrity

John & Christine Gauder

Candy & George Gialamas

The Gialamas Company, Inc.

Albert Goldstein, in memory of Sherry Goldstein

Dr. Robert & Linda Graebner

Anthony & Linda Granato

Fritz & Janice Grutzner

Terry Haller

Dorothy E. Halverson

Jane Hamblen & Robert Lemanske

Estate of Martin Hamlin

Julian & Elizabeth Harris

Curtis & Dawn Hastings

Ann & Roger Hauck

Peggy Hedberg

Roe-Merrill S. & Susan Heffner

Jerry M. Hiegel

Tom & Joyce Hirsch

Hooper Corp./General Heating & Air Conditioning, Inc.

Carl M. Hudig

J. Quincy & Carolyn Hunsicker

Dr. Stanley & Shirley Inhorn

J.H. Findorff & Son Inc.

Ralph & Marie Jackson

Allen Jacobson

Kris S. Jarantoski

Peter & Ellen Johnson

Marie & Hap Johnson

Stan & Nancy Johnson

Rosemary B. Johnson

Johnson Bank

Estate of Lois M. Jones

JPMorgan Chase

Darko & Judy Kalan

Carolyn Kau & Chris Hinrichs

Shirley Jane Kaub

Valerie & Andreas Kazamias

Terry & Mary Kelly

Kenneth R. Kimport

Charles & Patricia Kincaid

Joan Klaski & Stephen Malpezzi

James & Andrea Klauck

Patricia G. Koenecke

William Kraus & Toni Sikes

Estate of Theodora H. Kubly

Estate of Arno & Hazel Kurth

Michael G. Laskis

Estate of James Victor Lathers

Renata Laxova Lee Foundation

Estate of Stella I. Leverson

Ronald L. & Jean L. Lewis

Gary E. Lewis

Robert Lightfoot

Laura Love Linden

Madison Gas & Electric Foundation, Inc.

Madison Investment Advisors, Inc.

Madison Symphony Orchestra League

Madison Symphony Orchestra

New Year’s Eve Ball 2003

Douglas & Norma Madsen

Margaret Christy Revocable Trust

Estate of Jan Markwart

Marshall & Ilsley Foundation, Inc.

Connie Maxwell

Oscar G. & Geraldine Mayer

Hal & Christy Mayer

Clare & Michael McArdle

Richard & Mary McGary

Elizabeth McKenna

Michael & Cynthia McKenna

Richard & Jean McKenzie

Howard & Nancy Mead

Gary & Lynn Mecklenburg

Gale Meyer

Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

Susanne Michler

Nicholas & Elaine Mischler

Dan & Ellyn Mohs

Fred & Mary Mohs

Tom & Nancy Mohs

Alfred P. Moore & Ann M. Moore

Katharine Morrison

Mortenson Family Foundation

Stephen D. Morton

Walter Morton Foundation

Jeanne Myers

Stephen & Barbara Napier

National Guardian Life Insurance Company

Vicki & Marv Nonn

Norman Bassett Trust

Daniel & Judith Nystrom

Casey & Eric Oelkers

Sandra L. Osborn

John & Carol Palmer

Park Bank

Estate of Ethel Max Parker & Cedric Parker

Catherine Peercy

John L. Peterson

Reynold V. Peterson Larry & Jan Phelps E. J. Plesko

Thomas & Janet Plumb

Potter Lawson Architects Martin & Lynn Preizler

Marie B. Pulvermacher

Quarles & Brady LLP

Estate of Josephine Ratner David Reinecke

Douglas & Katherine Reuhl

George & Jean Reuhl

Thomas & Martha Romberg

Mrs. J. Barkley Rosser

Dan Rottier & Frankie Kirk Rottier

Patrick M. Ryan

Harry Sage

Douglas Schewe

Stephen & Marianne Schlecht

Richard and Barbara Schnell

Donald K. Schott

Margaret & Collin Schroeder William & Pamela Schultz Marti Sebree

Joe & Mary Ellyn Sensenbrenner Millie & Irv Shain

Terry & Sandra Shockley Paul & Ellen Simenstad

JoAnn Six

Lise Skofronick

Joel Skornicka

Eileen Smith

Estate of Chalma Smith

Hans & Mary Lang Sollinger

Glenn & Cleo Sonnedecker

Marie Spec

Spohn Charitable Trust

Mike & Sandy Stamn

Karen & Jacob Stampen

Harriet Statz

Estate of Evelyn Carol Steenbock

Estate of Harry & Evelyn Steenbock

Steinhauer Charitable Trust

Joseph & Jamie Steuer

Peg Gunderson Stiles

John & Janet Streiff

Virginia Swingen

W. Stuart & Elizabeth Sykes

John & Leslie Taylor

Gamber & Audrey Tegtmeyer, Jr. Terrance & Judith Paul Advised Fund

Tom Terry Marilynn Thompson

Estate of Mr. & Mrs. J. Wesley Thompson

Jeff & Barbara Ticknor

Todd & Elizabeth Tiefenthaler

Harry & Marjorie Tobias

Nick & Judy Topitzes

John & Carol Toussaint

U.S. Bank Foundation

Jon & Susan Udell

Virchow, Krause & Co.

Katherine & Thomas Voight

W. Jerome Frautschi Foundation

Thomas & Rita Walker

Ann Wallace

Walter A. & Dorothy Jones Frautschi Charitable Trust

William & Joyce Wartmann

Sally & Ben Washburn

Estate of Sybil Weinstein

Jeff & Cindy Welch

Edwenna Rosser Werner

Bob & Lu Westervelt

John & Joyce Weston

Jerry & Enid Weygandt

Carolyn & Ron White

Wiechers Survivor’s Trust

Thomas & Joyce Wildes

Georgia & John Wiley

Bill Williamson

Margaret C. Winston

Wisconsin Energy Corporation Foundation

Kathleen Woit

Anders Yocom & Ann Yocom Engelman

Jay J. Young

Five Anonymous Friends

We also thank the donors who have made endowment gifts up to $999.

TRIBUTES

The Madison Symphony Orchestra gratefully acknowledges the following donors for their contributions honoring family & friends.

In honor of Jean Alderman Ian Alderman American Family Insurance

In honor of John DeMain Jerry M Salzberg, Esq. & Elisabeth Howard, M.S.

In honor of Scott Johnson Norman Johnson

In honor of Richard Mackie 128 donors to the Richard H. Mackie Catalyst Fund

In honor of Fred Schrank Robert & Diane Dempsey

In honor of Elspeth Stalter-Clouse Randall & Pamela Clouse

In honor of Judith E. Topitzes Karen & Harry Roth

In honor of Barbara Nemetz Weigner Marjorie Sutton

In memory of Martin Clarke Amanda Bach MaryLou Lexvold-West Gretchen Nagle Paul Reilly

In memory of Marvin L. Conney Diane Agans Elaine & Nicholas Mischler

In memory of Barbara DeMain Charles James Maryann Sumi and Carl Sinderbrand

In memory of Ivy Dreizin

Sharon & Bradley Kahn Thomas & Margie Krauskopf Elaine & Nicholas Mischler

In memory of James Ebben Janet Renschler

In memory of Jean Frank William & Sara Lee Hinckley Jeff & Kristi Hoffman Donald & Joan Schuette Ruth Sheldon Mark Stuart Terry & Mary Warfield

In memory of Pat Gopal Raj Gopal

In memory of Dr. Barry Greenberg William and Edie Swift

In memory of Palmer Haynes Lydia Haynes

In memory of Greg Hettmansberger John Bickford

In memory of Leroy Hoekman Nancy Hoekman

In memory of Raymond Anthony Levandowski Stanley Peter Szczepanowski

In memory of Michael McKenna Kristine Andrews Richard & Nancy Latta Stephen and Marilyn Riederer

In memory of Gale Meyer Vicki and Alan Hamstra

In memory of Richard & Ursula Myers Ted Robinson-Myers

In memory of Gordon Renschler

Marian & Jack Bolz Audrey Dybdahl

In memory of Margaret Schroeder

Dr. Robert & Linda Graebner Stanley & Shirley Inhorn Nancy Love Nicholas & Elaine Mischler Ruth Sheldon Patricia Terry Mary Webster Robert Westervelt

In memory of Jaqueline Shively Ken & Peggy Bremer Kay Hagerty

In memory of Sherri Talbert Jessica Talbert

In memory of Margaret C. Winston John Erickson

TICKET INFORMATION

SINGLE TICKETS are available at madisonsymphony.org and through the Overture Center Box O ce. Single tickets for 21/22 Symphony masterworks concerts are $20-$98, and Beyond the Score® tickets are $18-$74. Seniors (62 and over) and students save 20% in select seating areas. Students can also purchase up to two $15 Student Rush tickets beginning on the Friday of the concert weekend or on each concert day. All 21/22 Overture Concert Organ tickets are $20, and Organ Student Rush tickets are all $10.

SUBSCRIPTIONS for our 22/23 season are now open! A preview of the season is printed on the inside back cover of this program book. Discover more at madisonsymphony.org/22-23 ! New subscribers save up to 50%.

Please take note: we guarantee a refund for tickets to any concert that cannot be performed for any reason.

OVERTURE HALL INFORMATION

RESTROOMS

Women’s and men’s restrooms are located on each level of Overture Hall.

ACCESSIBILITY

Overture Center is fully accessible to persons with mobility, hearing, and visual impairments. Ushers are available at each concert to assist you. Wheelchair or transfer seating is available; please notify the Overture Center Box O ce when purchasing your ticket. If you require an assistive-listening device, please alert an usher at the concert.

GUEST CONSIDERATIONS

The musicians and your fellow audience members thank you!

• Please arrive early to ensure plenty of time to get through security and to be seated. If you arrive late, you will be seated during an appropriate break in the music at the discretion of the house sta . If you need to leave during the concert, please exit quietly and wait to be reseated by an usher at an appropriate break.

•If you need to be reached during the concert, leave your cell phone with an usher along with your seat number. To contact a patron in an emergency, call (608) 258-4972 with the patron’s name and seat and row number. Please leave this information with anyone who might need to contact you.

• Please feel free to take photos before and after the concert, and during intermission! Once the lights dim, please turn o all cell phones and electronic devices.

• Please do not wear perfumes, colognes or scented lotions as many people are allergic to these products.

• Smoking is not permitted anywhere in Overture Center for the Arts.

• Children ages six and older with tickets are welcome at all MSO concerts. Children of all ages are welcome at the Christmas concerts.

• The coat-check room is open when the weather dictates and closes 20 minutes after the performance ends.

• Eating and drinking are not permitted during Madison Symphony Orchestra performances. Please unwrap cough drops and candies before the concert begins.

Please take note: We will adhere to all public health guidelines and cooperate with Overture Center for the Arts to assure your safety (requirements include proof of COVID-19 vaccination and wearing masks). We invite you to visit madisonsymphony.org/faq for more information on health and safety. Overture Center safety information can be found at overture.org/health

BOARDS AND ADMINISTRATION

MADISON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC. BOARD OF DIRECTORS, 2021-2022

OFFICERS

Ellsworth Brown

President

Mike Hamerlik Vice President Kay Schwichtenberg Vice President

Lynn Stathas Vice President Martha Casey Secretary Doug Reuhl Treasurer Elliot Abramson Member-at-large Paul Norman Member-at-large Jacqueline Rodman Member-at-large Elaine Mischler

Immediate Past President

DIRECTORS

Carla Alvarado Brian Anderson Ruben Anthony, Jr. Je rey Bauer

Darrell Behnke

Ellsworth Brown Janet Cabot

Martha Casey

Jessica Cavazos

James Dahlberg Kimila Daniels

Robert Dinndorf Audrey Dybdahl

Marc Fink

Jane Hamblen

Michael Hamerlik

David Harding Mark Huth

Shree Kalluri

Valerie Kazamias Howard Kidd

Darcy Kind

Ann Lindsey

José Madera Nicholas Mischler

Oscar Mireles

Paul Norman Kevin O’Connor Cyrena Pondrom Margaret Pyle Steven Reuhl

Michael Richman Jacqueline Rodman Kay Schwichtenberg

Derrick Smith Mary Lang Sollinger Lynn Stathas Judith Topitzes Stephen White

ADVISORS

Elliott Abramson Jason Adamany Emy Andrew Rosemarie Blancke Michael Bridgeman Camille Carter Kristine Euclide

Tyrone Greive Terry Haller

Robert Horowitz Connie Maxwell Joseph Meara Gary Mecklenburg Larry Midtbo Regina Millner Richard Morgan Abigail Ochberg Greg Piefer

Sverre Roang Marilyn Ru n Tamera Stanley Ellis Waller Carolyn White Anders Yocom Stephen Zanoni

LIFE DIRECTORS

Marian Bolz Stanley Inhorn Douglas Reuhl

HONORARY DIRECTORS

Jack Daniels, III, President Madison College Kathy Evers, FirstLady of the State of Wisconsin Joe Parisi, DaneCountyExecutive DIRECTORS

EMERITUS

Helen Bakke

Wallace Douma

Perry A. Henderson Fred Mohs Stephen Morton Velma Ritcherson Beverly Simone John Wiley

EX OFFICIO DIRECTORS

James Baxter Elaine Mischler Nancy Young

EX OFFICIO ADVISORS

Susan Cook Lisa Bressler Tola Ewers Peter Kuzma Je Takaki

MADISON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA FOUNDATION INC. BOARD, 2021–2022

OFFICERS

Douglas Reuhl President TBA Vice President TBA Secretary-Treasurer

DIRECTORS

Elliot Abramson

Marian Bolz

Ellsworth Brown

Beth Dettman

Gary Mecklenburg

Elaine Mischler

Nicholas Mischler Fred Mohs

MADISON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

LEAGUE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, 2021–2022

OFFICERS

Nancy Young President

Barbara Berven President-Elect

Beth Rahko

Immediate Past President Ledell Zellers

Recording Secretary Emy Andrews Corresponding Secretary Leslie Overton

Treasurer Louise Jeanne VP-Administration Rozan Anderson AVP-Administration

Cathy Buege VP-Communications Jacqui Shanda AVP-Communications

Lori Poulson

VP-Education Ann Dettwiler

AVP-Education Judy Kalan Behind the Music

Jessica Yehle

VP-Membership Recruitment/Retention

Janet Cabot

VP-Membership Records Mark and Daria Thomas VP-Special Projects Carole Schaefer

AVP-Special Projects Kathy Belaire & Barbara Berven Symphony Gala Beth & Peter Rahko Concert on the Green

Linda Lovejoy

Parties of Note

Beth Rahko

MSOL Connect

Christine Ramkey VP-Social Activities

Marilyn Ebben

Ladies Bridge Jim Patch Mens Bridge

Jessica Morrison Fall Luncheon

Pat Bernhardt Holiday Party

Valerie Kazamias Mid-Winter Luncheon Rosemarie Blancke Spring Luncheon/Annual Meeting

ADVISORS

Pat Bernhardt

Rosemarie Blancke

Marian Bolz

Janet Cabot Marilyn Ebben

Valerie Kazamias Fern Lawrence Ann Lindsey Linda Lovejoy Elaine Mischler Chuck Snowdon Judith Topitzes Carolyn White

FRIENDS OF THE OVERTURE CONCERT ORGAN BOARD OF DIRECTORS, 2021–2022

OFFICERS

Jim Baxter

President

Reynold Peterson Secretary-Treasurer

Ellsworth Brown Past President

DIRECTORS

Fernando Alvarado

Barbara Berven

Katie Biegel

Janet Cabot Eric Frailing Mary Ann Harr Grinde Ellen Larson

Rob Lemanske

David Parminter

Rhonda Rushing

Eileen Smith

William Ste enhagen

Teri Venker

David Willow

ADVISORS

Diane Ballweg

Marian Bolz

John Gauder

Terry Haller Gary Lewis Connie Maxwell Elaine Mischler Vicki Nonn Anders Yocom

EX-OFFICIO

Greg Zelek, Organ Curator

MADISON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC.

ADMINISTRATION

Robert Reed Executive Director Ann Bowen General Manager Alexis Carreon

O ce&Personnel Manager Kathryn Taylor OrchestraLibrarian Kathryn Schwarzmann Director of Education & Community Engagement

Lisa Kjentvet EducationAssistant Casey Oelkers

Director of Development Leah Schultz

Manager of Individual Giving Aleeh Schwoerer

Manager of Grants& Corporate Giving Peter Rodgers

Director of Marketing Amanda Dill Marketing/Communications

Specialist

TBA Audience Experience Manager Greg Zelek

Overture Concert Organ Curator/Principal Organist

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , Oboe Concerto in C major Ludwig van Beethoven , Symphony No. 9 in D minor

John DeMain , Conducting Marc Fink , Oboe Laquita Mitchell , Soprano

Kirsten Larson , Mezzo-soprano

Jared Esguerra , Tenor Matt Boehler , Bass

Madison Symphony Chorus , Beverly Taylor, Director

NOV. 11, 12 & 13

Arturo Márquez , Danzón No. 2 Max Bruch , Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky , Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Pathétique

John DeMain , Conducting Christina and Michelle Naughton , Piano Duo

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2023

JAN. 20, 21 & 22

Franz Schubert , Symphony No. 3 in D major Béla Bartók , The Miraculous Mandarin Sergei Rachmaninoff , Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor

John DeMain , Conducting Yefim Bronfman , Piano

FEB. 17, 18 & 19

Jessie Montgomery , Coincident Dances Beethoven , Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor Antonín Dvořák , Symphony No. 6 in D major John DeMain , Conducting Benjamin Grosvenor , Piano

APR. 14, 15 & 16

Benjamin Britten , Four Sea Interludes Camille Saint-Saëns , Violin Concerto No. 3 in B minor Johannes Brahms , Symphony No. 2 in D major

John DeMain , Conducting Blake Pouliot , Violin

MAY 5, 6 & 7

Florence Price , Symphony No. 3 in C minor Carl Orff , Carmina Burana

John DeMain , Conducting Jeni Houser , Soprano Justin Kroll , Tenor Ben Edquist , Baritone Madison Symphony Chorus , Beverly Taylor, Director

MARCH 19

Beyond the Score® Gustav Mahler , Symphony No. 4 in G major

SINGLE PERFORMANCE

Kyle Knox , Conducting • Emily Secor , Soprano • Dan Lyons , Piano James Ridge , Actor • Colleen Madden , Actor • Gavin Lawrence , Narrator

Programs, dates, and artists subject to change.

Photo: Peter Rodgers