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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.

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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

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 Paran Amirinazari Laura Mericle

Christine Hauptly Annin Clayton Tillotson Aaron Yarmel

VIOLIN II

Xavier Pleindoux

Principal

Dr. Stanley and Shirley Inhorn Chair Hillary Hempel

Assistant Principal Elyn L. Williams Chair

Peter Miliczky Rolf Wulfsberg

Olga Draguieva Kathryn Taylor Wendy Buehl

Geri Hamilton Robin Ryan Matthew Dahm Marley Haller Jerry Loughney Maynie Bradley Michelle Kaebisch

VIOLA

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CELLO

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OBOE

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CLARINET

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Carol Rosing

HORN

Linda Kimball

Principal

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Michael Szczys

William Muir

Ingrid Mullane, Assistant

TRUMPET

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TROMBONE

Joyce Messer

Principal

Fred and Mary Mohs Chair Benjamin Skroch

BASS TROMBONE Mark Hoelscher

TIMPANI

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96th Season | Overture Hall | Subscription Concert No. 7

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John DeMain, Conductor Garrick Ohlsson, Piano

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Egmont Overture, Op. 85

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN

Concerto No. 5 for Piano and Orchestra in E-flat Major, Op. 73 (“Emperor”)

Allegro Adagio un poco mosso Rondo: Allegro

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Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67

Allegro con brio Andante con moto Scherzo: Allegro Allegro

Since his triumph as winner of the 1970 Chopin International Piano Competition, pianist Garrick Ohlsson has established himself worldwide as a musician of magisterial interpretive and technical prowess. Although long regarded as one of the world’s leading exponents of the music of Frédéric Chopin, Mr. Ohlsson commands an enormous repertoire, which ranges over the entire piano literature. A student of the late Claudio Arrau, Mr. Ohlsson has come to be noted for his masterly performances of the works of Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert, as well as the Romantic repertoire. To date he has at his command more than 80 concertos, ranging from Haydn and Mozart to

works of the 21st century, many commissioned for him. In the 18/19 season he launched an ambitious project spread over multiple seasons exploring the complete solo piano works of Brahms in four programs to be heard in New York, San Francisco, Montreal, Los Angeles, London and a number of cities across North America. In concerto repertoire ranging from Mozart and Beethoven to Brahms and Barber, he returned to the Nashville, Oregon, Dallas Symphonies, Washington Kennedy Center with Melbourne Symphony and internationally with orchestras in Seoul, Helsinki, Zagreb, Tallinn, Manchester and London.

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In February 2020 he accomplished a seven city recital tour across Australia just prior to the closure of the concert world due to Covid-19. An avid chamber musician, Mr. Ohlsson has collaborated with the Cleveland, Emerson, Tokyo and Takacs string quartets, including most recently Boston Chamber Players on tour in Europe. Together with violinist Jorja Fleezanis and cellist Michael Grebanier, he is a founding member of the San Franciscobased FOG Trio. Passionate about singing and singers, Mr. Ohlsson has appeared in recital with such legendary artists as Magda Olivero, Jessye Norman, and Ewa Podleś.

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Mr. Ohlsson’s ten-disc set of the complete Beethoven Sonatas, for Bridge Records, has garnered critical acclaim, including a GRAMMY® for Vol. 3. The latest CDs in his ongoing association with Bridge Records are the Complete Scriabin Sonatas, “Close Connections,” a recital of 20th-Century pieces, and two CDs of works by Liszt.

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A native of White Plains, N.Y., Garrick Ohlsson began his piano studies at the age of 8, at the Westchester Conservatory of Music; at 13 he entered The Juilliard School, in New York City. His musical development has been influenced in completely di erent ways by a succession of distinguished teachers, most notably Claudio Arrau, Olga Barabini, Tom Lishman, Sascha Gorodnitzki, Rosina Lhévinne and Irma Wolpe. Mr. Ohlsson was awarded First Prizes at the 1966 Busoni Competition in Italy and the 1968 Montréal Piano Competition, the Avery Fisher Prize in 1994 and received the 1998 University Musical Society Distinguished Artist Award in Ann Arbor, MI. He is the 2014 recipient of the Jean Gimbel Lane Prize in Piano Performance from the Northwestern University Bienen School of Music, and in August 2018 the Polish Deputy Culture Minister awarded him with the Gloria Artis Gold Medal for cultural merit. He is a Steinway Artist and makes his home in San Francisco.

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PROGRAM NOTES

MAY 6-7-8, 2022

Program

Notes

All through this season, the Madison Symphony Orchestra is celebrating the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth, though a year late, thanks to COVID-19. Our closing concert is devoted to three of his works, all composed during what has been called his “Heroic Decade”—the enormously prolific years between 1802 and 1812, during which he forged a truly individual musical style. We begin with one of many works tied to the ideal of heroism, his dramatic overture to Goethe’s Egmont. We then welcome back audience favorite Garrick Ohlsson as soloist in Beethoven’s powerful fifth piano concerto. Mr. Ohlsson has previously appeared with the orchestra in 1984 (Rachmanino , Concerto No. 3), 1985 (Mozart, Concerto No. 25), 2002 (Brahms, Concerto No. 2), 2009 (Rachmanino , Concerto No. 3), 2012 (Tchaikovsky, Concerto No. 2), and 2016 (Brahms, Concerto No. 1). The program ends with the most familiar of Beethoven’s symphonies, the magnificent fifth.

The title character of Goethe’s drama Egmont—based upon a real historical figure—personifies heroism and self-sacrifice. These qualities clearly come through in the overture to Beethoven’s incidental music to the play, culminating in its victorious ending.

by J. Michael Allsen

Ludwig van Beethoven

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

Egmont Overture, Op. 85 Composed: Between 1809 and June 1810.

Premiere: The complete incidental music to Egmont, including the overture, was first played at the Burgtheater in Vienna on June 15, 1810.

Previous MSO Performances: 1940, 1949, 1989, 1994, 1999, and 2017. Duration: 9:00.

Background

Beethoven upheld the ideals of human dignity and freedom in his music and writings, and much the same can be said for the work of contemporary poet and playwright Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832). In his play Egmont, first published in 1786, Goethe freely adapts the story of the 16th-century Flemish nobleman Lamoral van Egmont, who was betrayed by his Spanish overlords. Egmont served the Spanish king well, defeating the French in battle and ruling as a provincial governor. However, his challenge to the Spanish persecution of Protestants in their conquered territories

angered the king. Egmont was sentenced to be beheaded, and his stirring speech from the sca old touched o a rebellion against Spanish tyranny. The personal relationship between Beethoven and Goethe dates from 1810, when Beethoven was commissioned to write incidental music for a new production of Egmont.

At first, their correspondence went through a mutual friend, Bettina von Arnim, but they eventually met in person, at Teplitz in July of 1812. Although they had long been mutual admirers, it is evident from their own descriptions of the meeting that their personalities clashed. In a letter to a friend written a few months later, Goethe states: “His talent amazed me. However, unfortunately, he is an utterly untamed personality; he is not altogether wrong in holding the world detestable, but surely does not make it more enjoyable for himself or others by his attitude.” Beethoven’s own impressions were no more complimentary. In a letter to his publisher, he notes that: “Goethe delights far too much in the court atmosphere, far more than is becoming in a poet.”

What You’ll Hear

The Egmont Overture is set in sonata form. It sets the scene with a solemn introduction, in which strident dotted figures alternate with lighter music in the woodwinds. The end of this introduction leads smoothly

into the body of the movement, a triple-meter Allegro. There is a stormy main and an agitated transition leads to the second theme, a transformation of the introduction’s opening material. The brief development section is entirely concerned with the main theme. In the recapitulation that follows, the Beethoven extends the second theme with a short section of development. Rather than a conventional coda, Beethoven ends a grand dramatic pause, and entirely new material. This exhilarating music is used again at the end of the drama, as Egmont climbs the sca old to his death. In commissioning the music for Egmont, Goethe specified that this moment should not be a lament, but rather, a “Symphony of Victory.”

Beethoven’s fifth and final piano concerto was composed as Napoleon’s armies were besieging Vienna, and it was first performed there while the French still occupied the city. It is a bold, and even defiant work given the times in which it was created.

Ludwig van Beethoven

Concerto No. 5 for Piano and Orchestra in E-flat Major, Op. 73 (“Emperor”) Composed: 1809.

Premiere: November 28, 1811 with Friedrich Schneider as soloist, in Leipzig, Germany.

Previous MSO Performances: 1934 (Stanislaw Szpinalski), 1968

(Paul Badura-Skoda), 1979 (Claudio Arrau), 1990 (Andre-Michael Schub), 2000 (Horacio Guttierez), 2004 (André Watts) and 2011 (Simone Dinnerstein).

Duration: 30:00.

Background

In 1809, Beethoven was living in a Vienna besieged and eventually occupied by Napoleon’s troops. In a letter to his publisher, the composer complained that: “I have brought forth little that that is coherent: almost nothing but a fragment here and there. The entire course of events has a ected my body and my soul. I am still unable to enjoy the country life, so indispensable to me; Heaven knows how it will go on... What a destructive, coarse life around me: nothing but drums, cannon, and human misery of all sorts.” Despite the chaos of 1809, however, Beethoven was able to finish his last and largest piano concerto during that year. By this point, his deafness had advanced to the point that a performance with him as soloist was impossible, and its first performance was played by Friedrich Schneider in Leipzig. Beethoven’s friend Carl Czerny played the Vienna premiere a year later.

It is ironic that the fifth piano concerto has come to bear the title of the man responsible for the misery in Vienna. Beethoven had expressed great admiration for Napoleon Bonaparte just a few years

earlier, but turned against him in 1803 when Napoleon had himself crowned Emperor. (There is the famous story of Beethoven violently crossing out the original dedication of the “Eroica” symphony—changing the dedication to Napoleon to “the memory of a great man.”)

If tradition is to be believed, the designation “Emperor” dates from the first Vienna performance in 1812, when one of Napoleon’s occupying soldiers, overcome by the majesty of the concerto, cried out: “c’est l’empereur!” The name stuck, though it is certain that Beethoven, whose short-lived admiration for Napoleon had long since passed by that time, would have disapproved of the designation. The fifth concerto was, in fact, dedicated to Beethoven’s most faithful patron, the Archduke Rudolph.

Several writers have commented on the “military” nature of the concerto, citing the influence of French music, particularly the socalled “military concerto.” Indeed, the first movement can be heard as a kind of “battle” between the soloist and orchestra, although its mood is jubilant throughout. If the drums and cannon that surrounded Beethoven in 1809 a ected this concerto, the human misery did not.

What You’ll Hear

The first movement (Allegro) opens with a dramatic introduction: three orchestral chords which serve as launching pads for short solo cadenzas.

The orchestral exposition begins quietly, with a martial theme in the violins. There is a long chromatic scale and trill by the soloist, and the piano begins its exposition with a dolce treatment of the opening theme. The development begins in the same manner as the exposition—with a chromatic scale and trill—and is concerned almost entirely with the first theme. This lengthy and intense section closes with a long piano flourish and recapitulation of the opening theme by orchestra and soloist. The recapitulation closes with a relatively brief cadenza written by Beethoven. Cadenzas written by the composer, rather than improvised on the spot were still a new development at this time, and Beethoven was obliged to put a note in the score to the pianist, reminding him to “directly attack what is written here.”

The second movement (Adagio un poco mosso) begins with a hymnlike melody in the strings. The piano plays a contrasting cantabile melody, which closes with a rising series of trills. Together, the soloist and orchestra provide a looselystructured set of variations on the main theme. As the last variation dies away, Beethoven cunningly works his way back to the concerto’s home key, and after a brief pause, the soloist launches directly into the final movement (Rondo:Allegro). Its rough and joyous main theme is first presented by solo piano, and then by full orchestra. This alternates

with contrasting episodes. The end of the movement contains a final surprise. The orchestra is suddenly quiet, leaving only the piano and timpani to play a long diminuendo. When the sound has all but died away, the piano suddenly bursts forth with a final showy display, and the movement closes with an orchestral statement of the main theme.

Certainly the best-known of Beethoven’s orchestral works is the stunning fifth symphony. Beginning with the unforgettable four-note motive that dominates the first movement, Beethoven continuously develops his musical ideas through a lyrical slow movement, a fierce scherzo, and a triumphant finale.

Ludwig van Beethoven

Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67

Composed: Between 1804 and 1808.

Premiere: December 22, 1808, at the Theatre an der Wein in Vienna. Previous MSO Performances: 1929, 1948, 1952, 1970, 1983, 1997, 2004, and 2011.

Duration: 34:00.

“It is merely astonishing and grandiose.”

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Background

Although preliminary sketches of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 date from as early as 1804, the bulk of the work was written in

1807-08, at roughly the same time as the Symphony No. 6. Both symphonies were performed for the first time at a benefit concert in Vienna on December 22, 1808. The program for this landmark (and marathon) event also included excerpts from his Mass in C and the concert aria Ah,perfido, together with premieres of two works with Beethoven himself at the piano, the PianoConcerto No. 4 and the hastily-composed ChoralFantasy

After a bit of initial resistance from audiences and his fellow musicians—this was, after all, a truly avantgarde work—the Symphony No. 5 was recognized as a masterpiece, and has remained the single most familiar of Beethoven’s works since then.

This was a remarkable work for its time…or any time. Though not as long as his groundbreaking “Eroica” symphony of 1803, this work is played by an expanded orchestra that includes instruments seldom heard in earlier symphonies: piccolo, contrabassoon, and trombones. Beethoven was obviously proud of this innovation, and wrote to Count Franz von Oppersdorf that “...this combination of instruments will make more noise, and what is more, a more pleasing noise than six kettledrums!” Also new is the degree to which all of the four movements are linked thematically. The famous fournote motive of the opening movement reappears in all three successive movements, and

nearly all of the main musical ideas are linked in some way.

What You’ll Hear

There is no more recognizable motive in Western music than the opening four notes of the first movement. Whether or not Beethoven attached a specific meaning to this motto is unclear. His first biographer, Anton Schindler reported that Beethoven referred to this motive as “Fate knocking at the door,” but this may be apocryphal. Later times have attached all sorts of meanings it. For example, during World War II, because of its identity with the Morse Code “V,” it became the musical emblem of Allied victory. At the same time, it was viewed as one of the most purely “German” nationalistic works by the Nazis.

In purely musical terms, however, Beethoven’s use of this rhythm in the opening movement is a work of genius. With two statements of this four-note motto, Beethoven brusquely tosses aside the stately Classical tradition of long, slow introductions, and jumps directly into the body of the movement (Allegro con brio). The opening theme is almost entirely spun out from the motto, and even the second theme, stated sweetly by the strings, is brazenly announced by the motto from the horns. The motto is also the focus of the development section, which includes some stunning orchestral e ects. The headlong rush of the recapitulation is abruptly broken by a brief oboe cadenza, seemingly at odds with the nature of this movement, but actually a

logical continuation of the main theme. Beethoven reserves his most savage fury for the coda, the longest single section of this movement, and another section of intense development.

The second movement (Andante con moto) is a very freelyconstructed theme and variations. The theme is laid out first by violas and cellos and then more robustly by full orchestra. After three imaginative variations, Beethoven launches into a section of very free development, beginning with a lovely pastoral passage from the woodwinds. The scherzo (Allegro) begins mysteriously in the low strings, but soon picks up as much power as the opening movement, with a statement of the motto by the horns. The central trio moves from minor to major, and has a blustering theme in the lower strings developed in fugal style. When the main idea returns, it is strangely muted, and it quickly becomes apparent that this movement is not going to end in any conventional way. In place of a coda, there is a long and mysterious interlude, building gradually towards the most glorious moment in this work: the triumphant C Major chords that begin the finale.

The fourth movement (Allegro) is where Beethoven suddenly augments the orchestra with trombones and contrabassoon. This orchestral e ect, probably inspired by contemporary opera, is stunning. The opening group of themes, stated by full

orchestra, is noble and forceful and the second group, played by strings and woodwinds is more lyrical, but no less powerful. The development focuses on the second group of themes, expanding this material enormously. Just as the development section seems to be finished, there is a reminiscence of the scherzo—bewildering at first, but then perfectly logical as it repeats the movement’s transitional passage and leads to the return of the main theme. While the recapitulation is rather conventionally laid out, the vast coda continues to break new ground. As in the development section, things seem to be winding to close when Beethoven takes an unexpected turn: in this case a quickening of tempo to end the symphony in a mood of grand jubilation.

The Last Word Goes to Berlioz

According to an account by Hector Berlioz, he brought his former teacher Jean-François Le Seur to an early performance of the Symphony No. 5 in Paris. After the final bars, the old man was so excited by the piece that his head was reeling, and he wryly complained that: “One should not be permitted to write such music.” Berlioz replied: “Calm yourself—it will not be done often.”

program notes ©2021 by J. Michael Allsen

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FOCO operates as part of Madison Symphony Orchestra Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Memberships are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.

Learn more at madisonsymphony.org/foco | 608-257-3734

222 W Washington Ave Suite 460 Madison, WI 53703

INDIVIDUAL DONORS

Madison Symphony Orchestra Madison Symphony Orchestra League

Friends of the Overture Concert Organ

The Madison Symphony Orchestra & our a liate organizations rely on generous donor support to fund the fulfillment of The Symphony’s mission each year. We gratefully acknowledge all individual donors for their gifts & sponsorships to the Madison Symphony Orchestra, Madison Symphony Orchestra League, &/or Friends of the Overture Concert Organ. Donors are listed according to the total amount of their monetary donations supporting the 2021-2022 Season* as of April 21, 2022.

$20,000 & ABOVE

Fernando & Carla Alvarado

Diane Ballweg

Norm & Barbara Berven

Rosemarie & Fred Blancke

W. Jerome Frautschi & Pleasant Rowland

Myrna Larson

Roma Lenehan

Marvin J. Levy

Elaine & Nicholas Mischler

Stephen Morton

Sandra L. Osborn

David & Kato Perlman

Cyrena & Lee Pondrom

Lise R. Skofronick

One Anonymous Friend

$10,000-$19,999

Dr. Annette Beyer-Mears

Louise & Ernest Borden

Scott & Janet Cabot

Audrey Dybdahl

Marilyn Ebben

Joan Fudala & Richard Dike

Kennedy Gilchrist & Heidi Wilde

Susan S. Harris

Dr. Stanley & Shirley Inhorn

Howard Kidd & Margaret Murphy

Ann Lindsey & Charles Snowdon

Doug & Norma Madsen

Barbara Melchert & Gale Meyer

Claudia Berry Miran

Fred & Mary Mohs

Nancy Mohs

Peggy & Tom Pyle

Richard & Pamela Reese

Kay Schwichtenberg & Herman Baumann

William Steffenhagen

Janet Streiff

Judith & Nick Topitzes

Fred A. Wileman Jim & Jessica Yehle

Three Anonymous Friends

$5,000-$9,999

William & Claudette Banholzer

Chuck Bauer & Chuck Beckwith

Jeff & Beth Bauer

Joel & Kathryn Belaire

Robert Benjamin & John Fields Marian & Jack Bolz

Martha & Charles Casey Dennis & Lynn Christensen

Ann Miller Coleman

Anne-Marie & Paul Correll

James Dahlberg & Elsebet Lund

Wallace & Peggy Douma

Bob Erb & Wendy Weiler

Dr. Thomas & Leslie France

John & Christine Gauder

Dr. & Mrs. Frank Greer

Jane Hamblen & Robert F. Lemanske

Janet Hyde

Ronald J. & Janet E. Johnson

James & Joan Johnston

Shree Kalluri & Family

Mary & Terry Kelly Gary & Lynn Mecklenburg Barbara J. Merz

Mark & Joyce Messer

Michael Oliva & Patricia Meyer

Reynold V. Peterson

Pamela Ploetz & John Henderson

Walter & Karen Pridham

Beth & Peter Rahko

Ted Robinson-Myers

Rodney Schreiner & Mark Blank

Gerald & Shirley Spade

John F. Suby Greg & Jenny Williams One Anonymous Friend

$2,500–$4,999

Kay & Martin Barrett

Keith & Juli Baumgartner

Shaila & Thomas Bolger

Anne W. Bolz

Patricia Brady & Robert Smith

Ellsworth & Dorothy Brown

Stephen Caldwell & Judith Werner

Richard & Marilyn Cashwell

Derilyn Cattelino

Lau & Bea Christensen

Becky Dick

Steven Ewer & Abigail Ochberg

Timothy & Renee Farley

Charles N. Ford & Sharon L. James

Dolores & Paul Gohdes

Tyrone & Janet Greive

Terry Haller

Mike & Beth Hamerlik

Curt & Dawn Hastings

Dr. Brandon S. Hayes

Dr. Perry A. Henderson

Bob & Louise Jeanne

Sue & Paul Jobst

Valerie & Andreas Kazamias

Michael & Linda Lovejoy

Dr. Renate E. Madsen

Connie Maxwell

Mark & Joyce Messer

Peder & Jeanne Moren

Dr. John Morledge

David Myers

Paul & Maureen Norman

Kevin & Cheryl O'Connor

William & Patricia Paul

Joan D. Pedro

Doug & Katie Reuhl

Steven P. Robinson Family Fund

Patty & Dan Schultz

Harold & Marilyn Silvester

Thomas Rae Smith & Jennifer A. Younger

Dr. Steven Stoddard

Jerry & Vicki Swedish

Elizabeth Sykes

Thomas E. Terry

John & Carol Toussaint

Selma Van Eyck

Marc Vitale & Darcy Kind

Toby Wallach

Katie & Ellis Waller

Bob & Elsie Wilson

Nancy & Edward Young

Bob & Cindy Zellers

Ledell Zellers & Simon Anderson One Anonymous Friend

$1,500–$2,499

Brian & Rozan Anderson

Ron & Sharon Anderson

Emy Andrew

Dennis Appleton & Jennifer Buxton

Beth Baldwin

Jeffrey & Angela Bartell

Diane Bless

Daniel & Joyce Bromley

Bradford Brown & Maribeth Gettinger

James & Catherine Burgess

Donna Carnes

Glenn Chambliss & Diane Derouen

Steve & Shirley Crocker

Kari Peterson & Ben De Leon

William & Alexandra Dove

Barbara Drake

Charles & Bonnie Dykman

Kristine Euclide & Douglas Steege

Ray & Mary Evert

Clayton & Belle Frink

Katharine Gansner

George Gay

Dr. Robert & Linda Graebner Greg & Carol Griffin Philip & Dale Grimm

Kim Hah

Betty & Edward Hasselkus

Sharol Hayner

Jim & Kathy Herman Walter & Barbara Herrod Ana & Paul Hooker

Robert Horowitz & Susan B. King

Charles James Nancy Jesse & Paul Menzel

Maryl R. Johnson, M.D. John Jorgensen & Olga Pomolova Darko & Judy Kalan

Robert Keller & Catherine Kestle

Dr. & Mrs. Ivan Knezevic James & Karen Laatsch Jennifer & Jim Lattis Bill & Fern Lawrence Allan & Sandra Levin

Helen & Ernest Madsen Julie Marriott & David Harding David & Ann Martin Helen & Jeffrey Mattox

Diane Mayland & Mike Hennessy

Jane McGinn

Charles McLimans & Dr. Richard Merrion

Joseph Meara & Karen Rebholz

Jon & Cookie Miller

Mark & Nancy Moore

Thomas H. Nash III & Corinna Gries

Drs. Dexter Northrop & Lynn Van Campen

Kay & Pete Ogden

Dr. Zorba & Penelope Paster

Robert & Kathleen Poi

Phila & Ronald Poff

Myron Pozniak & Kathleen Baus

John A. Rafoth

Timothy Reilley & Janet Nelson

Michael & Claire Ann Richman

DeeDee & Bing Rikkers

Pat & Jeff Roggensack

Sarah Rose

Joe & Mary Ellyn Sensenbrenner

Georgia Shambes

Catherine & Charles Sih

Dr. Beverly S. Simone

Eileen M. Smith

Hans & Mary Lang Sollinger

Sharon Stark & Peter D. Livingston

Richard Tatman & Ellen Seuferer

George & Catherine Tesar

Marilynn Thompson

Anne M. Traynor

Jon & Susan Udell

Carol & Donald Wahlin

Ann Wallace

Glenn & Jane Watts

Frances Weinsteind

Faye Pauli Whitaker

Carolyn White

John Wiley & Andrea Teresa Arenas

Mary Alice Wimmer

Roy Yeazel

John & Peggy Zimdars

Six Anonymous Friends

$750–$1,499

Ellis & Susan Bauman

James & Diane Baxter

Lawrence Bechler

Darrell & Michelle Behnke

Randall Blumenstein & Marci Gittleman

Catherine Briggs & Marthea Fox

Betty Chewning

Mike & Quinn Christensen

Phil Daub

Richard & Susan Davidson

Robert & Diane Dempsey

Patricia Kokotailo & R. Lawrence DeRoo

Jane Eisner

Michael & Anne Faulhaber

Robert & Carol Frykenberg

Roberta Gassman & Lester Pines

Robert & Vivian Ghiz

Jeff & Ann Hayes

Cynthia S. Hiteman

Mitzi & Bernard Hlavac

Charles & Tammy Hodulik

David & Kathleen Irwin

Bobbie & Steve Jellinek

Aileen Jensen

Stan & Nancy Johnson

Rosemary & Lee Jones

Tim Kamps & Laura Mericle

Robert & Judy Knapp

John & Barbara Komoroske

Roberta Kurtz

David & Hilda Kuter

Sandra Kutler

Richard & Judy Kvalheim

Constance Lavine & Fred Holtzman

Charles Leadholm & Jeanne Parus

Margaret Luby

Clare & Michael McArdle

Patricia McQuiddy

Oscar Mireles & Diana Gonzalez

Deane Mosher & Frances Fogerty

Dennis & Karen Neff

Jon Parker & Jung Wai D Hui

Gary & Mary Peterson

Judith Pierotti

Mary Pinkerton & Tino Balio

Dr. Evan & Jane Pizer

Don & Carol Reeder

James Roeber

Ron Rosner & Ronnie Hess

Bill & Rhonda Rushing

Kathleen & Ronald Schell

Dean & Orange Schroeder

Charles Scott

Linda Shaw

Dr. Philip Shultz & Marsha Van Domelen

Eric & Sandra Statz

Dr. Condon & Mary Vander Ark

Teresa Venker

Willis & Heijia Wheeler

Jeffrey & Nancy Williamson

David Willow

Helen L. Wineke

Jeffrey Wright

& Jatinder Cheema

Anders Yocom & Ann Yocom Engelman

Fred Younger George & Dorothy Zografi

Six Anonymous Friends

$500–$749

Bert & Diane Adams

Mike Allsen

Peggy Anderson

Carolyn Aradine

Dr. Robert & Jean-Margret Beech

David & Karen Benton

Bruce & Nancy Braun

Brooks & Virginia Brenneis

Bill & Sue Bridson

Joyce A. Bringe

Thomas & Joyce Bruckner

Alexis Buchanan & James Baldwin

Catherine Buege

Rueben Buse & Mary Murray Wayne Chaplin & Gail Bergman

Barbara & Ted Cochrane

Marshall & Arlene Colburn

Louie Cornelius & Pris Boroniec

Judy Craig

Jerome Cronin

Richard & Peggy Daluge Bill & Kim Donovan

The Doyle Family Marlene Duffield & Terry Walton-Callaghan

Jerome Ebert & Joye Ebert Kuehn

Edward & Rosanne Ehrlich William & Lynne Watrous Eich

Robert & Suma Elwell

Janet Faulhaber

Robert Forbess & Eunice Reep

Eric & Amanda Frailing

Paul Fritsch & Jim Hartman

Rosalee Gander Evan & Emily Gnam

Joel & Jacquie Greiner

Ei Terasawa Grilley

Robert & Judith Havens

Ivan Haynes

Sandra Haynes

William Higbee

Kris S. Jarantoski

Norman Johnson

Jerome & Dee Dee Jones

Chris & Marge Kleinhenz

Larry M. Kneeland

Catherine & Douglas Knuth

Mary & Scott Kolar

Erna & Keith Kostuch

Richard & Claire Kotenbeutel

Tom Kurtz

Eric & Alyson Larson

Paul & Laurie Lata

David Lawver

Richard & Joan Leffler

Ed & Julie Lehr

Mike & Kathy Lipp

Laird Marshall & Alice D'Alessio

Hal & Christy Mayer

Joan & Doug Maynard

Rick & Jo Morgan

Earl & Eleanor Munson

Anne & David Nerenz

Sharon Newlun

Dan & Judy Nystrom

Daniel O'Brien

Pamela Oliver & John Lemke

David & Barbara Parminter

Peter S. Pessoa

William E. Petig

Barbara Prindiville

Roger & Nancy Rathke

Drs. Joy & David Rice

Lorraine & Gary Roberts

James & Carol Ruhly

Jerry Salzberg & Liz Howard

Bela & Ruth Sandor

Wayne & Barbara Schwalen

Penelope Shackelford

Lanny & Margaret Smith

Diane Sorensen

*Total includes gifts supporting: MSO’s 2021-2022 Annual Campaign; MSOL 2021-2022 Events & General Support; 2021-2022 Organ Concerts; Friends of the Overture Concert Organ’s 20212022 Annual Campaign. MSOL and FOCO basic membership dues and 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.

SUSAN ZAESKE

The Madison Symphony Orchestra League (MSOL) is committed to supporting the artistic, educational and financial goals of the Madison Symphony Orchestra. MSOL member activities include:

• Fun, creative fundraising events

• Youth and community outreach

• Fellowship, bridge, music and more!

Members receive invitations to parties, luncheons and concert previews, and opportunities to volunteer. Love the Symphony? Join the League! Memberships begin at $35.

MSOL operates as part of Madison Symphony Orchestra Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Memberships are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.

Learn more at madisonsymphony.org/msol | 608-257-3734 222 W Washington Ave Suite 460 Madison, WI 53703

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Charlotte & Claude Woods

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One Anonymous Friend

$250–$499

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Doug Knudson & Judith Lyons

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Jane Reynolds

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James Samsal

Wilton Sanders & Sue Milch

Urban Wemmerlöv & Mary Beth Schmalz

Andreas & Susanne Seeger

Barbara & Richard Schnell Gary & Barbara Schultz

Ronald & Ann Semmann

Mark Shults & Nancy Vedder-Shults

Maureen Skelton

Demetrios Skias & Gloria Kelly

Curt & Jane Smith

Tricia & Everett Smith

Reeves Smith & Glenna Carter

Thomas Sobota

Lon & Sue Sprecher

Eugene Strangman

Andrew Stevens

William & Edie Swift

Mark & Daria Thomas

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John & Shelly Van Note

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Nancy Webster

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Leonard & Paula Werner

Emily & Rob Wixson

Barbara Wolfe & Bob Haveman

Rolf & Susan Wulfsberg

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Nine Anonymous Friends

$50–$249

Jason & Erin Adamany

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George & Donna Beestman

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Niles & Linda Berman

Kerry Berns & Joseph Rossmeissl

Lynn & Cheryl Binnie

Stephen & Ellen Blitz

Diane Bjorklund & Paul Blumberg

Barbara Blodi & Justin Gottlieb

Catherine Bloomer

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Judith & Allen Bodden

Steven Braithwait

Mary & Judith Braucht

Dr. Danielle & Jeffrey Breisach

Mary Brewer

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Ludwig & Nancy Bruch

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Lynn Burke

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Emily Blair Stribling & Robert Stribling

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David & Shirley Susan Jerry & Georgie Suttin

Marjorie Sutton

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Cheri Teal

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David Tenenbaum

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Barbara J. Thomas

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Dan & Char Tortorice

Tom & Dianne Totten

Margaret Trepton

Peggy Troller

Anna Trull & John Stofflet

Thomas Tuttle

Doris J. Van Houten

Theodora van Houten

John & Bonnie Verberkmoes

Ed & Jan Vidruk

Connie Von Der Heide

Liz Vowles

Mary Waarvik

Greg L. Wagner

Marty Wallace

John & Janine Wardale

Linda K. Warren

Jeremy & Sarah Watt

Ronald Weber

Scott Weber & Martha Barrett

Mary Webster

John & Jane Wegenke

Rita Weiland

Frank & Mariana Weinhold

Barbara Weitz

Harvey & Bonnie Wendel

Robert & Lucille Westervelt

Dorothy Whiting Wade W. Whitmus

Steven & Ellen Wickland

Rebecca & Marvin Wiegand

Joy Wiggert

Royce Williams & Judith Siegfried

Bambi Wilson

Bill & Jackie Wineke

Scott & Jane Wismans

Brad Wolbert & Rebecca Karoff

Eric Wolf

James & Lorna Wong

Nancy Woods

Charlotte Woolf

Marjorie Wood & Thomas Bernthal

Marcia Wright

Keith & Natalie Yelinek

John Young & Gail Snowden

Bethel Zabell

Steven & Patty Zach

George A. Zagorski

Ronald Zerofsky Joan N. Zingale 72 anonymous friends

We also thank 394 donors for their contributions of $1 to $49.

Carol Ryff

The best path forward

PREEMINENT LEGAL REPRESENTATION

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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

Grand Dialogue Dinda, Nocturne Weaver, Toccata Rachmanino , Vocalise Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 Lost Chord

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

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

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.

Every concert presented by the Madison Symphony Orchestra under the baton of John DeMain brings me great joy. I have designated a gift for the Symphony in my will to help ensure the orchestra will have outstanding artistic leadership for generations to come.

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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.

Photo by Todd Maughan

Mary Alice Wimmer

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

Emy Andrew

Dennis Appleton & Jennifer Buxton

Judy Ashford

Diane Ballweg

Margaret B. Barker

Chuck Bauer & Chuck Beckwith

Dr. Annette Beyer-Mears

Rosemarie & Fred Blancke

Shaila & Tom Bolger

Marian & Jack Bolz

Michael K. Bridgeman

Alexis Buchanan & James Baldwin

Scott & Janet Cabot

Clarence Cameron & Robert Lockhart

Martha & Charles Casey

Elizabeth A. Conklin Barbara & John DeMain

ESTATE GIFTS RECEIVED

Elizabeth S. Anderes

Donald W. Anderson

Helen Barnick

Norman Bassett

Nancy Becknell

DeEtte Beilfuss-Eager

Theo F. Bird

Kenneth Bussan

Margaret Christy

Frances Z. Cumbee

Teddy Derse

Dr. Leroy Ecklund

Mary J. Ferguson

Linda I. Garrity

Maxine A. Goold

Beatrice B. Hagen

Martin R. Hamlin

Sybil A. Hanks

Elizabeth Harris

Julian E. Harris

Robert Dinndorf

Audrey & Philip Dybdahl

Jim & Marilyn Ebben

George Gay Tyrone & Janet Greive

Terry Haller

Robert Horowitz & Susan B. King

Dr. Stanley & Shirley Inhorn Richard & Meg LaBrie Steven Landfried

Ann Lindsey & Charles Snowdon

Elaine & Nicholas Mischler

Stephen D. Morton Reynold V. Peterson

David & Kato Perlman

Judith Pierotti

Michael Pritzkow

Gordon & Janet Renschler Joy & David Rice

Jane Hilsenhoff

Carl M. Hudig

Martha Jenny

Lois M. Jones

Shirley Jane Kaub

Helen B. Kayser

Patricia Koenecke

Teddy H. Kubly

Arno & Hazel Kurth

James V. Lathers

Renata Laxova

Stella I. Leverson

Lila Lightfoot

Jan Markwart

Geraldine F. Mayer

Mr. & Mrs. Frederick W. Miller

Elmer B. Ott

Ethel Max Parker

Josephine Ratner

Mrs. J. Barkley Rosser

Joan & Kenneth Riggs

Harry & Karen Roth

Edwin & Ruth Sheldon

Dr. Beverly S. Simone

Hans and Mary Lang Sollinger Family Fund

Sharon Stark & Peter D. Livingston

Gareth L. Steen

Jurate Stewart

John & Mary Storer

Richard Tatman & Ellen Seuferer

Marilynn Thompson

Ann Wallace

John Wiley & Andrea Teresa Arenas Mary Alice Wimmer Helen L. Wineke

Ten Anonymous Friends

Harry D. Sage

Joel Skornicka

Chalma Smith

Marie Spec

Charlotte I. Spohn

Evelyn C. Steenbock

Harry Steenbock

Virginia Swingen

Gamber F. Tegtmeyer, Jr. & Audrey Tegtmeyer

Katherine Voight

William & Joyce Wartmann

Sally & Ben Washburn

Sybil Weinstein

Mr. & Mrs. J. Wesley Thompson

Glenn & Edna Wiechers

Elyn L. Williams

Margaret C. Winston

Jay Joseph Young

Two Anonymous Friends

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 April 19, 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, Inc. Madison Media Partners, The Capital Times, and Madison.com

Walter and Dorothy Jones Frautschi Fund, a component fund of the Madison Community Foundation

$15,000–$24,999

BMO Harris Bank Capitol Lakes Fiore Companies, Inc. The Gialamas Company, Inc. John and Carolyn Peterson Charitable Foundation, Inc. National Endowment for the Arts

$10,000–$14,999

The Burish Group at UBS

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

Bishops Bay 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 Fields Auto Group 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 Sub-Zero Group, Inc. SupraNet Communications, Inc. TDS Telecommunications LLC U.S. Bank

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

$2,500–$4,999

American Family Insurance The Capital Times Kids Fund

Colony Brands, Inc.

Friends of the Overture Concert Organ

Green Bay Packers Foundation

Group Health Cooperative of South Central Wisconsin Madison Club

SHINE Technologies

Steinhilber Swanson LLP

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

$1,000–$2,499

Alliant Energy Foundation Matching Gifts Program

BRAVA

Farley’s House of Pianos Goodman’s Jewelers

Iltis Family Fund

Laffey, Sebranek, Auby & Ristau, S.C. 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 Blackhawk Country Club Choles Floral FoxArneson, Inc.

GE Foundation Matching Gifts Program

Heid Music & Heid Family Foundation

Michael F. Simon Builders, Inc. Microsoft Matching Gifts Program Old National Bank Park Bank Promega Corporation

Salesforce Matching Gifts Program

State Farm Insurance Companies

Unlimited Decorating of Wisconsin Inc. Wisconsin Solar Design, Inc. W.W. Grainger, Inc.

The Zimdars Company, 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

Bill Charlap

Sat. · May 21, 2022 · 7:30 PM

Sun. · May 22, 2022 · 2:00 PM

Sara Daneshpour

Sat. · Jun. 11, 2022 · 7:30 PM

All concerts are held at Farley’s House of Pianos 6522 Seybold Rd.

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

Patricia Brady & Robert 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 Anne Sauer 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 front 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. 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 Manager

TBA Audience Experience Manager Greg Zelek

Overture Concert Organ Curator/Principal Organist