Dec. 2022 Program Book, A Madison Symphony Christmas

ABOUT THE ORCHESTRA

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MADISON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

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THE MADISON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA THANKS ITS SEASON PARTNERS

John DeMain CONDUCTOR

In his 29th 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 nearly three 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.

Prior engagements include visiting San Francisco Opera as guest conductor for General Director David Gockley’s farewell gala, 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 Tazewell Thompson’s 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) He was also planning to conduct the premiere of Blue at the Washington National Opera in March 2020. DeMain also serves as artistic director for Madison Opera and in their 2022–2023 season conducts Salome, Trouble in Tahiti, and The Marriage of Figaro. He has been a regular guest conductor with Washington National Opera at the Kennedy Center and has made appearances at the Teatre Liceu in Barcelona, New York City Opera, Michigan Opera Theatre, Los Angeles Opera, Seattle Opera, San Francisco Opera, Virginia Opera, Lyric Opera of

Chicago, Aspen Music Festival, Portland Opera, and Mexico’s National Opera.

During his distinguished 17-year tenure with Houston Grand Opera, DeMain led a history-making 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

Suzanne Beia

Concertmaster

William and Joyce Wartmann Chair

Leanne Kelso

Associate Concertmaster

Steinhauer Charitable Trust Chair Huy Luu

Associate Concertmaster

George and Candy Gialamas Chair Olga Pomolova

Associate Concertmaster Maynie Bradley

Assistant Concertmaster Endowed by an Anonymous Friend Neil Gopal Annetta H. Rosser Chair

Jon Vriesacker

Katherine Floriano Laura Burns Wes Luke Laura Merical Vinícius Sant’Ana

VIOLIN II

Xavier Pleindoux

Principal Dr. Stanley and Shirley Inhorn Chair Hillary Hempel Assistant Principal Elyn L. Williams Chair Holly Wagner Rolf Wulfsberg

Olga Draguieva Kathryn Taylor Wendy Buehl

Geri Hamilton Matthew Dahm Michelle Kaebisch

VIOLA

Christopher Dozoryst

Principal James F. Crow Chair Katrin Talbot Assistant Principal Diedre Buckley Renata Hornik Elisabeth Deussen Davis Perez Janse Vincent Jennifer Paulson

CELLO

Karl Lavine Principal Reuhl Family Chair Mark Bridges Assistant Principal Patricia Kokotailo and R. Lawrence DeRoo Chair

Karen Cornelius Lindsey Crabb Jordan Allen Margaret Townsend Lisa Bressler Derek Handley

BASS

Robert Rickman Principal Carl Davick Assistant Principal Zachary Betz

Tom Mohs Chair Jeff Takaki August Jirovec Mike Hennessy

FLUTE

Stephanie Jutt Principal

Terry Family Foundation Chair Dawn Lawler

PICCOLO

Linda Pereksta

OBOE

Izumi Amemiya

Principal

Jim and Cathie Burgess Chair Andrea Gross Hixon

ENGLISH HORN

Andrea Gross Hixon

CLARINET

JJ Koh Principal Barbara and Norman Berven Chair Nancy Mackenzie

BASSOON

Cynthia Cameron Principal Amanda Szczys

HORN

Linda Kimball Principal Steve and Marianne Schlecht Chair Ricardo Almeida Michael Szczys William Muir Dafydd Bevil, Assistant

TRUMPET

John Aley

Principal Marilynn G. Thompson Chair John Wagner Megan Aley

TROMBONE

Joyce Messer

Principal

Fred and Mary Mohs Chair

Benjamin Skroch

BASS TROMBONE

Benjamin Zisook

TUBA

Joshua Biere

Principal TIMPANI

Jaime Cardenas

Principal

Eugenie Mayer Bolz

Foundation Chair

PERCUSSION

Anthony DiSanza

Principal

JoAnn Six Plesko and E.J. Plesko Chair

Richard Morgan

Nicholas Bonaccio

HARP

Johanna Wienholts

Principal

Endowed by an Anonymous Friend

ORGAN

Gregory Zelek

Principal

The Elaine and Nicholas Mischler Curatorship

PIANO/CELESTE

Daniel Lyons

Principal Stephen D. Morton Chair

Orchestra Committee

Lisa Bressler, Chair

Mark Bridges, Vice-Chair/Treasurer

Rolf Wulfsberg, Secretary

Joshua Biere, Member-at-large

JJ Koh, Member-at-large

Librarian

Jennifer S. Goldberg

John and Carolyn Peterson Chair

Stage Manager

Benjamin Skroch Property Manager

John Straughn

Personnel Manager

Alexis Carreon

Reinhart proudly supports the Madison Symphony Orchestra’s artistic and educational mission to enhance the cultural, intellectual and creative vibrancy of our community.

MAJOR FUNDING

provided by ADDITIONAL FUNDING provided by with funds from the State of Wisconsin and the National Endowment for the Arts

Richard and Pamela Reese, in memory of Maurice and Arlene Reese Judith and Nick Topitzes An Anonymous Friend

Endowment support for the music library collection is the gift of John & Carolyn Peterson.

The Overture Concert Organ is the gift of Pleasant T. Rowland.

Endowment support for “A Madison Symphony Christmas” is the gift of Carl M. Hudig.

The Madison Symphony Christmas Angels were designed and sculpted by Angelina Paoli.

John DeMain | Music Director

97th Season | Overture Hall | Subscription Program No. 4

Fri., Dec. 2, 7:30 pm | Sat., Dec. 3, 8:00 pm | Sun., Dec. 4, 2:30 pm

John DeMain, Conductor Adriana Zabala, Mezzo-Soprano Nathaniel Stampley, Baritone

Madison Symphony Chorus, Beverly Taylor, Director Mount Zion Gospel Choir, Leotha and Tamera Stanley, Directors

Madison Youth Choirs, Michael Ross, Artistic Director Izumi Amemiya, Oboe Suzanne Beia, Violin Texts and Translations on p. 40

15TH-CENTURY CHANT

O Come, O Come Immanuel (arr. John Rutter)

ALL

GEORGE FRIDERICK HANDEL

For Unto Us a Child is Born from Messiah

MADISON SYMPHONY CHORUS

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH

2. Adagio from Concerto in C minor for Oboe and Violin, BWV 1060R

MS. AMEMIYA

MS. BEIA

PIETRO YON

Gesù Bambino (arr. Frederick H. Martens)

MS. ZABALA

MADISON YOUTH CHOIRS

MACK WILBERG

One December Bright and Clear

MADISON YOUTH CHOIRS

TRADITIONAL SWEDISH MELODY

How Great Thou Art (arr. Dan. Forrest)

MR. STAMPLEY

MADISON SYMPHONY CHORUS

RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

Magnificat

MS. ZABALA

WOMEN OF THE MADISON SYMPHONY CHORUS

ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK

Gloria from the Mass in D Major

MADISON SYMPHONY CHORUS

GEORGE FRIDERICK HANDEL

Hallelujah from Messiah

MADISON YOUTH CHOIRS

MADISON SYMPHONY CHORUS

INTERMISSION

NICOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV

Dance of the Tumblers from The Snow Maiden

TRADITIONAL MORAVIAN CAROL

Angel Tidings (arr. John Rutter)

MADISON YOUTH CHOIRS

AMERICAN FOLK HYMN

Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing (arr. Mack Wilberg)

MADISON YOUTH CHOIRS

MADISON SYMPHONY CHORUS

TRADITIONAL SPANISH VILLANCICO

Los peces en el río (arr. Scott Gendel)

MS. ZABALA

JOSÉ RAMÓN GOMIS

A la nanina nana (arr. Scott Gendel)

MS. ZABALA

MR. STAMPLEY

RODGERS/HAMMERSTEIN

My Favorite Things from The Sound of Music (arr. Robert Russell Bennett)

MS. ZABALA

BERNARD/SMITH

Winter Wonderland (arr. James Stephenson)

MR. STAMPLEY

MILLER/JACKSON

Let There Be Peace on Earth (arr. Mark Hayes)

MADISON YOUTH CHOIRS

MADISON SYMPHONY CHORUS

REGNEY/SHAYNE BAKER

Do You Hear What I Hear? (arr. Leotha Stanley)

MOUNT ZION GOSPEL CHOIR

LEOTHA

STANLEY

The Spirit of Christmas is Love

MOUNT ZION GOSPEL CHOIR

LEOTHA STANLEY

Christmas Bells: The Message They Ring

MR. STAMPLEY

MOUNT ZION GOSPEL CHOIR

MADISON YOUTH CHOIRS

MADISON SYMPHONY CHORUS

Christmas Carol Sing-Along (arr. Randol Alan Bass)

ALL WORDS ON P. 42

WELCOME TO THE MSO!

Please turn off your electronic devices and cell phones for the duration of the concert. Photography and video are not permitted during the performance. Please take and share photos at the end of the concert. Masks are encouraged but optional for this performance. Thank you!

Adriana Zabala

MEZZO-SOPRANO

Mezzo-soprano Adriana

Zabala enjoys a vibrant and unique career that includes opera, song repertoire, new works, concert and oratorio. Within the last few seasons, Ms. Zabala has been seen with Seattle Opera, Florentine Opera, Minnesota Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, Arizona Opera, Opera Saratoga, Minnesota Orchestra, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, the Jacksonville Symphony, the Virginia Symphony, the Madison Symphony, the New York Festival of Song, and at the Caramoor International Music Festival among others. In 2021, Ms. Zabala was the recipient of the Distinguished Vocal Artist award from The America Prize,

which recognizes sustained excellence throughout a vocalist’s career.

In summer 2022, Ms. Zabala debuted as Maddie in Jake Heggie’s Three D ecembers with Berkshire Opera, with a sound that OperaWire hailed as, “full and crisp and loaded with nuance.” Recent seasons have also featured her talent for contemporary music, bringing her to Madison Opera as Mary Johnson in Fellow Travelers and Abilene’s Mother in Edward Tulane (postponed due to COVID-19) both at Minnesota Opera. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Ms. Zabala starred as Susan B. Anthony in the filmed premiere of Steven Mark Kohn’s The Trial of Susan B. Anthony, for which Mr. Kohn won The American Prize in Composition,

co-produced by ADA Artist Management, Berkshire Opera Festival, Minnesota Opera, Austin Opera, Opera Colorado, and San Diego Opera.

Other career highlights for Ms. Zabala include Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro with Opera Colorado and Minnesota Opera, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with the Handel & Haydn Society, Manja in the world premiere of Steal a Pencil for Me with Opera Colorado, Paula in Florencia en el Amazonas with both San Diego Opera and Madison Opera, and Lucy in Fellow Travelers with Minnesota Opera. In the 2016-

2017 season, she sang the title role in Sister Carrie with Florentine Opera, Amore in L’abore di Diana and Lucy Talbot in Dinner at Eight both with Minnesota Opera, the Komponist in Ariadne auf Naxos with Berkshire Opera Festival, a concert with Madison Opera in the Park, Handel’s Messiah with the Charlotte Symphony, and Bach’s St. Matthew Passion with Quad City Symphony and the Colorado Symphony in addition to jumping in with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra for Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater.

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• Bring you live performances by some of the best organists in the world

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Nathaniel Stampley

BARITONE

Nathaniel Stampley is delighted to make his debut at the Madison Symphony Orchestra. His Broadway credits include: Paradise Square, CATS, The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess, The Color Purple (original production and the revival), The Lion King (Broadway and the West End). Off- Broadway performances: The Secret Life of Bees, Atlantic Theater Company; Big Love, Signature Theatre (NY); and The First Noel, Classical Theatre of Harlem (AUDELCO nomination). Regional performances: Paul Robeson, Crossroads Theatre; Man of La Mancha (Joseph Jefferson Award Actor in a Principal Role-Musical), The Bridges

of Madison County (Jeff nomination) Marriott Theatre; The Gershwins ’ Porgy and Bess, The A.R.T.; Abyssinia, North Shore Music Theatre; Pacific Overtures, Chicago Shakespeare Theater; Strike Up the Band and One Touch of Venus, Auditorium Theatre’s Ovations! series; Violet, Once on This Island and Big River (Joseph Jefferson Award nomination), Apple Tree Theatre; Milwaukee Repertory Theater’s The Color Purple, Dreamgirls, and Man of La Mancha; The Skylight Music Theater’s Harriet, the Woman Called Moses, El Capitan, Girl Crazy, and The King and I. Nathaniel’s concerts include: The Marriage of Figaro and Songs from Around the World with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra.

He recorded with the Elgin Symphony Orchestra (Naxos), he performed Something Wonderful, a Rogers and Hammerstein tribute concert, at Lincoln Center; The Weill Music Institute concert series at Carnegie Hall: Musical Explorers and Link Up with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s. Other concerts include Lyrics and Lyricists at the 92Y, the Grand Teton Music Festival, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, El Paso Symphony Orchestra, the Springfield Symphony Orchestra, and Bernstein’s (Deutsche Grammophon),

Story with the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra conducted by Yannick NézetSéguin. He also appeared on the hit television shows, Law & Order: SVU (NBC), The Blacklist (NBC) and Blue Bloods (CBS). He is an Artistic Associate at the Milwaukee Repertory Theater.

He is also a Lunt- Fontanne Fellow awarded by the Ten Chimneys Foundation, a Milwaukee native, and a proud graduate of the University

Beverly Taylor MSO CHORUS DIRECTOR

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 Radcliffe 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.

MADISON SYMPHONY CHORUS

Beverly Taylor, Director Drew Collins, Assistant Director Dan Lyons, Accompanist and Manager

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, Orff’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, Rachmaninoff’s magnificent The Bells, Vaughan Williams's Toward the Unknown Region, and excerpts from Handel’s Solomon, among others.

Soprano

Jill Bailey

Carol Barth

Judith Brauer

Alexis Buchanan

Jennifer Burian

Lisa Burns

Jennifer Christensen

Ellen Clark

Kajsa Dalrymple

Barbara Eggleston*

Christine Esche

Susan Galasso

Angela Gifford

Hannah Greene

Kate Grovergrys

Kimberly R. S. Han

Margaret Harrigan*

Rose Heckenkamp-Busch

Sara Hendrickson

Lisa Hermanson

Patricia Jenkins-Bock

Janet Joe Marjasana Kay

Mina Kianovsky

Maureen Kind

Veronica Kleckner

Julie Klein

Marie Kulackoski

Sarah Lang Grace McClusky

Cecelia Milner

Claudia Berry Miran Connie Nelson

Sally Norman

Vanessa Orr

Kristen Radley

Susan Roehlk

Erin Selbee

Natalie Sorden

Mary Subkoviak

Joette Suloff

Nadine Thomas

Samantha Tushaus

Sarah Walker

Pam Wilinski

Sophie Wohltjen

Sophie Wolbert Alto

Sharon Blattner Held*

Tiffany Brunhoefer

Penny Carlson

Roberta Carrier

Johanna Chworowsky

Wendy Coleman

Lavonne Dettmers*

Jean Druckenmiller

Susan Ecroyd

Tammy Elmer Gwen Evans

Tola Ewers

Denise Garvin

Holly Gefroh

Bryn Golden

Gretta Gribble

Jen Hanna

Jane Henneberry

Rebecca Hillary Amy Johnson

Jessica Jones

Susan Jones

Estelle Katz

Corri Kohn

Sally Lanz

Heather Laurila

Denise Martin

Rachel Mokelke-Heineman

Fran Puleo Moyer

Annemarie Newman

Jacklyn O'Brien

Samantha Peters

Susan Peterson

Rhianna Reed

Emily Regenold

Angela Reisetter

Kristen Roman

Kathleen Schell

Nancy Shook

Lucy Sieber

Laurie Silverberg

Latisha Smith-Chase

Robin Swadley

Anastasia Tomanek

Amber Walker

Julianne Wilke

Tenor

Gordon Brand

Bradley Carter

Drew Collins

Jeff Cooper

Robert Factor

Loren Glasbrenner

David Hanson

John Hayward

John Heaton

John Kjentvet

James Kleckner

Kathy Lewinski

William Nelson*

Cole Pantano

Mitchell Patton

Scott Seyforth

David Snook

James Staskal

LeRoy Stoner

Thomas Swartz

Dan Turek

Craig Wuerzberger

Bass

Jeff Bauer

James Blanchard

Jeff Boyce

Carl Buttke

Mike Byrne

Mark Danforth

Robert DeBroux

Robert Dinndorf

Alan Ferguson

David Flanders

Robert Gentile

Michael Green

Glenn Hanson

Lincoln Hartford

Sam Heater

Charles Hodulik

Colin Holden

Alexander Jankowski

Peter Kleinschmidt

Jules Lee

Donald Olsen

Greg Polacheck

Mark Rasmussen

Michael Schmit

George Shook

Glen Siferd

Chris Sink

Zachary Stalter-Clouse

James Wear

Ryan Westergaard

Craig Wille*

Isaac Wojcicki

Brad Wolbert

*Section Leader

Officers

William Nelson, President

Rose Heckenkamp-Busch, Vice President

Samantha Tushaus, Secretary

CHOIRS

Madison Youth Choirs (MYC) is dedicated to inspiring youth with a choral experience that fosters creativity, reflection, and the exploration of diverse ideas.

MYC welcomes singers of all ability levels, and annually serves hundreds of young people, ages 7-18, through a wide variety of choral programs in our community. Cultivating a comprehensive music education philosophy that inspires a spirit of inquiry leading students to become "expert noticers," MYC creates accessible, meaningful opportunities for youth to thrive in the arts and beyond.

MYC STAFF

Carrie Enstad*, Calli Ingebritsen, Margaret Jenks*, Lisa Kjentvet, Marie McManama*, David Olson, Margaret Stansfield, Randal Swiggum, Conductors/Instructors

*denotes conductor that prepared singers for this concert

Michael Ross*, Artistic Director

Lynn Hembel, Executive Director

Nicole Sparacino, Development Director

Ian Disjardin, Operations Manager

Katie Paape, Operations Assistant

MEMBERS OF MADISON YOUTH CHOIRS

Olaife Adegbite

Samuel Aizenstein

Olive Andersen

Lily Anderson

Sylvie Anderson

Michael Anschutz

Julian Arenas

Adela Arrington

Ava Bachhuber

Annie Bai

Linus Ballard

Olive Ballard

Chiara Bauer

Gabbi Bedua

Tali Berge

Felix Berkelman

Chloe Berman

Jo Bernstein

Grace Billingham

Anna Block

Jeana Bolt

Annabelle Bradbury

Calvin Branum

Tori Broker

Ruby Burgess

Evelyn Busse

Eleanor Byrnes

Cora Callaghan

Brynn Campbell

Eloise Cao

Maia Caruth

Nina Chan

Lila Chanas

Dominica Costanzo-Adkins

Violet Covarrubias

Lena Cox

Kalea Cummings

Eleanor Cunningham

Lily Davidson

Karista Deuhs

Phoebe DeWitt

Andrew Dotzour

Josiah Eenigenburg

Berit Enstad

Lana Fabish

Sasha Fafinski

Lily Fellenz

Ariel Frydman

Isla Gard

Henry Gehrenbeck

Mad Goetsch

Natalie Graybar

Gabrielle Graybar

Emily Graybar

Ellie Grovergrys

Maeve Hallaran

Tasha Ham

Kate Hannon

Ayla Harlowe

Madeleine Hayward

Gabby Hellmer

Emily Henderson

Ellie Hershberger

Dylan Hesthaven

Aimon Houten

Mackenzie Hutchings

Anya Isaac Riley Jackson

Jayquan Jaeger

Cece Jaeger

Alleanah Jammeh

Naomi Jovaag

Viv Kahn

Greta Karlson

Onnalin Ketilson Noah Kienitz

Isa Killian

Amin Kouraichi

Braiden Kovell

Chandini Krejkarek

Fiona Lalor

Nia Lashley

Josie Lauer

Sebby LeBarron

Alma Lusson

Amy Ma

Agnes Mackey

Sarinah Mackey

Leila Madureira-Alvarez

Charles Malueg

Eva Malueg

Ari Marckel

Anthony Marino

Carita Marino

Maggie Matthews

Kayah McCants

Emma Meyer

Finn Miess

Lia Molle

Jacob Monday

Katherine Moore Maya Moxley

Ceci Myers

Lily Nelson Pamina Nemet

Luca Nicometo

Emily Nie Tenzin Nyidon

Freyda Oler

Jojo Olson

Ella Orrock

Sofia Ortiz-Lunyova

Devika Pal

Zoey Peterson

Nora Pitt

Sena Pollock

Treva Pollock

Julia Ravindran

Venisha Reddy

Sophia Richards

Sophia Rodriguez

Cora Rogers

Elliot Ross Maddie Rude

Marvella Saucedo-Zenti

Evan Sercombe

Evan Sherer Freya Sherer

Chopper Sheskey

Joseph Sheskey

Kaysa Simonson

Kinsey Sinclair

Johanna Smith

Maddie Sorenson

Logan Spahos

Linden Spry

Maci Stauffacher

Thora Stetson

Audrey Stokosa

Cora Storm

Hale Streicher

Megan Streit

Hannah Tang Ben Thom

Gus Tills

Rhiannon Tool

Joan Torbleau Shrom Tripathi

Hannah True

Mark Vandenberg

Pach Vang

Antonio Vazquez

David Vazquez Anahi Vazquez

Allie Vens

Isobel Voss

Anna Wagner

Claire Wagner

Greta Wagner

Abigail Wagner

Ally Walters

Laura Wang

Liam Weitner

Owen Weitner

Scarlett Welch

Talya Whitmore

Clara Wilker

Eleanor Winkle-Wagner

Lia Wochenske

Jenna Wuerzberger

Peyton Yancey

Phoebe Yancey

Phoebe Yeun

Annie Younkin

Elizabeth Younkle Adele Zolik

MOUNT ZION GOSPEL CHOIR

Tamera and Leotha Stanley, Directors

This is the 17th year of MTZ being represented at the MSO Christmas Concert. Other churches from the surrounding area are also represented. Leotha & Tamera are very appreciative of the recurring invitation to come and share the music that has been gifted within them. Please enjoy this year's new creations: "Christmas Bells" and "The Message They Ring!"

MEMBERS OF THE MT. ZION GOSPEL CHOIR

Soprano

Claire Olsen

Candace Patterson

Sarah Jordan Alto

Tamera Stanley LaTanya Baldwin Angie Kier

Tenor

Rene Robinson Christian Watts Director Carola Gaines Keys

Leotha Stanley

Bass Vanessa McDowell Drums O'Malley Lomax

We at the Madison Symphony Orchestra believe that music is for everyone. Music enriches our lives with beauty, inspiration and comfort. It is an especially precious resource for those in need — the child who has a difficult time in school or at home — the elderly woman living in a nursing home who cannot care for herself or remember where she is. We bring music into people’s lives where they are touched deeply or even transformed.

From very young children and families, to students, to the elderly and those with health challenges, we share music with our diverse community through 17 Education and Community Engagement Programs, 5 of which are highlighted here. While over 25,000 individuals are reached annually, there are still more people who can benefit from experiencing live music. It is our goal to continue to expand the impact of our programs and connect with even more people each year. With your help, we can realize this goal. We invite you to learn more about our free and lowcost programs and how you can support this powerful work. Join us on our journey to enrich, engage, and inspire our community through music. Thank you!

Students had the chance to realize that musicians were real people and ask them questions.

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Youth Concerts

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Program Notes

DECEMBER 2-3-4, 2022

Program Notes by J. Michael Allsen

Welcome to A Madison Symphony Christmas! As always, this concert is a rich and varied feast of music for the season, ranging from serious to lighthearted, and from classical works to popular holiday favorites. We welcome a pair of fine vocal soloists: Madison favorite, mezzo-soprano Adriana Zabala, and baritone Nate Stampley, a UW–Madison grad and Broadway star. The Madison Symphony Chorus is joined by two community choirs: groups from the Madison Youth Choirs and the Mt. Zion Gospel Choir. We also feature soloists from the orchestra: violinist Suzanne Beia, and our new principal oboist, Izumi Amemiya. And as always, after a rousing Gospel finale, you get a chance to join in.

The music of John Rutter (b. 1945) is nearly always part of our holiday concerts, and here we begin with his setting of the Christmas hymn that has the most ancient roots of all, O Come, O Come Immanuel. This hymn has its

origins in the series of “O antiphons” (O sapientia, O radix Jesse, and several others) that were chanted as early as the 8th century at Vespers on the days leading up to Christmas—each one invoking an aspect of Jesus. In 1851, an English clergyman, John Mason Neale, adapted these ancient texts as an English poem, O Come, O Come Emmanuel and it was then set to the melody of a 15th-century plainchant hymn, Veni, Veni Emmanuel. Rutter’s arrangement is straightforward and effective, beginning with an unadorned version of the hymn in its beautiful simplicity.

In 1717 George Friderick Handel (1685-1759) moved to England to compose and produce opera. For nearly two decades, Handel was the most successful impresario in England, but by the 1730s, Handel’s Italian opera had gone out of fashion, and he turned increasingly to the English oratorio. His oratorios—dramatic renderings of Biblical stories familiar to his English audiences—were enormously successful, and their popularity endured and grew long after Handel’s death. Messiah, composed in 1741 is, of course, Handel’s most enduring “hit,” but it is somewhat unusual among his oratorios in that his text is a pastiche of direct quotes from the St. James version of the Bible. The chorus For Unto Us a Child is Born is drawn from Part I, a series of texts from the New Testament on Christ’s birth, and Old Testament prophecies—in this case a passage from the Book of Isaiah. Handel was never shy about recycling his own music, and in this case, borrowed nearly all of the chorus’s music from an earlier secular cantata. The striking statements of “Wonderful” and “Counselor” were created anew for this chorus, however.

Though Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) spent most of career at the Thomaskirche in Leipzig, he seems to have spent some of the happiest years of his life at the court of Prince Leopold of Anhalt-Cöthen. Bach served as Kapellmeister at Cöthen from 1717 until he left for Leipzig. Much of his composition at Cöthen was instrumental: chamber and orchestra, including most of the famous “Brandenburgs,” and his orchestral suites. The prince maintained a small, but very skilled orchestra, including several fine soloists. The Concerto in C minor for Oboe and Violin, BWV 1060R was among the works written for the Cöthen orchestra. The violin part could have been intended for any one of a number of violinists at the court and the oboe part was probably written for Bach’s colleague Johann Ludwig Rose, who doubled as oboist in the orchestra and as the Prince’s private fencing instructor! No score for the concerto survives, but in about 1736, Bach rearranged the piece as a concerto for two harpsicords (BWV 1060). This version was intended for use by Bach’s Collegium musicum in Leipzig, a group of amateur and

professional players that Bach directed throughout the 1730s. The editors of the critical edition of Bach’s works used this keyboard version of the concerto to reconstruct the original version heard at this concert. Bach’s lyrical second movement (Adagio) is spacious enough to allow the two soloists to fully express an elegant theme. Their gracefully interweaving lines are set above a muted string background, until a short cadenza at the end.

work is a feature for the younger voices of the Madison Youth Choirs. Mack Wilberg (b.1955), director of the famed Mormon Tabernacle Choir, wrote his One December Bright and Clear in 2001 for treble-voice choir. This work, a setting of words by David Warner, is a bright, folk-like melody that breaks joyfully into a round and then into full harmony.

The hymn How Great Thou Art was originally written in Swedish in 1885, as O store Gud (O Great God) by Carl Boberg, and it was soon paired with a traditional Swedish melody. The familiar English lyrics were penned in 1949 by an English missionary, Stuart K. Hine. This grand arrangement by Dan Forrest begins with a forceful choral introduction before the tune enters, working its way to a richlyharmonized final verse.

Pietro Yon (1886-1943) was an organist and church composer. Born in Italy, Yon emigrated to New York City in 1907, where he held a series of prestigious posts, eventually serving as organist at St. Patrick’s cathedral from 1927 until his death. Yon was admired as a virtuoso performer, and composed dozens of works for the organ. His catalog of works also includes an oratorio, nearly two dozen masses, and many smaller choral and keyboard pieces, but his best-known composition by far is the Christmas song Gesù Bambino, composed in 1917. It is heard here in an arrangement for children’s choir and mezzo-soprano soloist. The next

One of the great ironies in the career of Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) is that this composer—a professed atheist for much of his life who later drifted into what his wife described as a “cheerful agnosticism”— seems so much to have embodied modern English sacred music. Beginning with his edition of The

English Hymnal (1906), he composed a huge body of hymn tunes, anthems, Christmas carols, and larger sacred works. In his Magnificat, he turned to one of the most traditional of liturgical texts, one of the Biblical canticles (Luke 1: 46-55), sung here in English. This prayer, in the voice of Mary, is her response to the Annunciation that she had conceived a child by the Holy Spirit. The Magnificat was sung during the Vespers (Evensong) service in both the Catholic Church and the Church of England. Vaughan Williams’s Magnificat was composed for the mezzo-soprano Astra Desmond in 1932, and is among the most innovative settings of this text. He was careful to place a note in the score that his version “is not intended for liturgical use”—recognizing that both the spirit and the form of this work made it unsuitable for the staid ritual of the church. He wrote to his friend Gustav Holst that this was an effort to “lift the words out of the smug atmosphere which had settled on them after being sung at evening service for so long.” Here we have not merely a prayer, but a dramatic scene with three characters. While the soloist sings the canticle, a chorus of women plays the role of the Angel of the Annunciation, inserting new Biblical text. A third character appears in the guise of a solo flute, described by Vaughan Williams as “the disembodied visiting spirit”—that is, the spirit that enters Mary’s womb. The choral music of the Angel is ethereal throughout, while the flute’s line is unabashedly sensuous. Mary’s part is operatic in both its style and in its breadth of emotion, from her ecstatic opening phrase to the power—and even warlike anger—of the line “He

hath shewed strength with his arm.” After a great moment of choral rapture on “and of his Kingdom there shall be no end,” the ending is quiet and understated, with a passionate duet between the soloist and flute, and a hushed prayer by the chorus.

Though Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904) has most often been represented in Overture Hall by his orchestral works, he was also a prolific and sensitive choral composer throughout his career. Some of his choral works— particularly his great settings of Latin sacred texts: the Stabat Mater, Te Deum, Requiem, and the Mass in D Major—were tremendously popular in their time, and remain in the choral repertoire today. The Mass in D Major is his only surviving setting of the Latin Mass: he wrote and discarded a pair of masses as a young man, while still studying at the Prague Organ School, but the Mass in D Major was a mature work written by an accomplished and, by then, world-famous composer. Dvořák composed it in 1887 at the request of a wealthy Czech architect and patron, Josef Hlávka, for the consecration of a private chapel on Hlávka’s estate. This initial version was a small-scale work that reflected the resources Hlávka could provide: soloists, chorus, and organ. Dvořák’s London publisher Novello, published the work, but Novello almost immediately asked for a larger version. The version heard here, with orchestral accompaniment was completed in 1893, and was premiered in London on March 11 of that year. The choral Gloria movement heard here sets the standard Latin text from the Mass. It begins with a—well—glorious choral fanfare on the ecstatic

opening words. Dvořák’s setting heightens the changing meaning of the text, with a fugue leading to a more prayerful middle section with a simple organ accompaniment. This gradually leads to more exalted music and a rousing fugal coda on the words Cum sancto spiritu.

As always, we return to Handel’s Messiah for the finale to our first half: the concluding Hallelujah chorus from Part II. This chorus, undoubtedly the single most famous work by Handel, has been a sensation since the first performance of Messiah in Dublin in 1742. 50 years later, while on tour in England, Joseph Haydn heard a festival performance of Messiah in May of 1791, and was profoundly moved: bursting into tears during the Hallelujah chorus. (The experience was a primary inspiration for his own great oratorio, The Creation, of 1798.) The chorus is heard today in contexts that Handel—tireless self-promoter though he was—never dreamed of: movies, TV ads and sitcoms, and in cover versions in styles ranging from gospel and jazz to rock, punk, and rap. The music is in no danger of becoming a mere cliché, however: it remains true to Handel’s original intent. Following the first performance of Messiah in London, the composer remarked: “My Lord, I should be sorry if I only entertained them. I wished to make them better.”

Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov (18441908) completed The Snow Maiden (Snegorouchka) in 1881—one of innumerable Romantic operas based upon fairy tales. It retells the story from Russian folklore—by way of a popular 1873 play—of the love of the young fairy princess, the Snow Maiden, who

has been raised by mortals, for a young man of her village. This kind of fairy tale rarely ends “happily ever after,” and this one is no exception, as both the Snow Maiden and her lover die in the end. However, though it is a tragedy, The Snow Maiden includes some of Rimsky-Korsakov’s finest operatic writing, and it apparently remained one his personal favorites among his own works. There is nothing tragic about the opera’s Dance of the Tumblers, which opens our second half. This energetic and bumptious music opens Act III of the opera, where the villagers are throwing a wild party in celebration of the visiting Tsar.

John Rutter is celebrated as both a choral conductor and as a composer of choral works, from small anthems to settings of the Gloria, Magnificat, and Requiem. Rutter has explained that Christmas music has “…always occupied a special place in my affections, ever since I sang in my first Christmas Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols as a nervous ten-year-old boy soprano. For me, and I suspect for most of the other members of the Highgate Junior School Choir, it was the high point of our singing year, diligently rehearsed and eagerly anticipated for weeks beforehand. Later, my voice changed and I turned from singing to composition, but I never forgot those early Highgate carol services.” His Angel Tidings, published in 1969, was based upon a Moravian carol, though the words are Rutter’s own. This is a bright and joyful song of celebration over the birth of Jesus.

The hymn Come Thou Fount of Every

Blessing was written in 1758 by the British pastor Robert Robinson. In the United States, this hymn was paired with an anonymous tune known as Nettleton. This had first appeared in 1813 in a “shape-note” collection titled Wyeth’s Repository of Sacred Music. (Shape-note music, in which noteheads are printed in different shapes corresponding to solfege syllables, was a distinctly American tradition created in the late 18th century. Like Nettleton, many of these tunes have a rustic, sturdy beauty.) This arrangement by Mack Wilberg opens simply with an a capella verse by the women that replicates the simple spirit of the original, moving gradually towards a lushlyorchestrated conclusion.

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Our next two works are Christmas songs in Spanish, in arrangements created especially for this concert by local composer Scott Gendel. Los peces en el rÍo—a familiar favorite in the Spanish-speaking world—is an anonymous song from Spain. It is a villancico, a form from the Middle Ages, and the song itself is ancient,

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possibly dating from as early as the 13th century. Its verses describe the beauty and gentleness of the Virgin Mary and the poverty of her baby boy, but its refrain is a joyful reminder that the entire earth celebrated the birth of the Baby Jesus, even the fish in the river. The line “Beben y beben y vuelven a bebe” (They drink and drink, and drink again) is probably meant to evoke an image of the fish chattering excitedly to one another. According to Gendel, Adriana Zabala, for whom this arrangement was created, describes this song as a kind of “anti-Silent Night.” That is, that the birth of Jesus is not met by quiet and calm but by noisy joy! A la nanita nana was arranged as a duet for both of our vocal soloists. This song was published in 1904 by the Spanish songwriter José Ramón Gomis (1856-1939). It was written as a tender lullaby, with the kind of soothing, murmuring refrain heard in lullabies of every culture. Gendel injects a gentle dance feel into this setting, reflecting, as he says, the “swaying and dancing of a mother rocking a child.”

We continue with features for our vocal soloists. The Sound of Music was the eighth and final collaboration of composer Richard Rodgers and lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II. Beginning with Oklahoma! in 1943, they created a series of phenomenally successful musicals that ruled the Broadway stage, most of them becoming equally successful Hollywood movies. The Sound of Music, a fictionalized version of the story of the von Trapp Family singers, was a smash hit on Broadway when it opened in 1959, running for some 1443 performances. The 1965 movie version was every bit as big a hit, becoming one of

the highest-grossing films of all time. My Favorite Things is a feature for Maria, the high-spirited governess of the von Trapp children—sung by Mary Martin on Broadway and by Julie Andrews on film. It is a quirky list of those things that she thinks about to cheer herself up whenever it’s needed. Winter Wonderland was one of many cheerful holiday songs that came out of the Great Depression. It was a 1934 collaboration by lyricist Richard Smith and composer Felix Bernard, and was a No.2 hit that year for the Guy Lombardo orchestra. The song, with its cozy, sentimental imagery of snowmen and cold winter walks—and warming by the fire afterwards—had tremendous staying power and was a hit for both Perry Como and the Andrews Sisters in the 1940s. Since then, it’s never left the list of holiday standards.

Let There Be Peace on Earth (And

Let It Begin With Me) was written by the husband-wife team of Sy Miller and Jill Jackson, as they were at a weeklong retreat on a California mountaintop. Miller later recalled: “One summer evening in 1955, a group of 180 teenagers of all races and religions, meeting at a workshop

high in the California mountains locked arms, formed a circle and sang a song of peace. They felt that singing the song, with its simple basic sentiment—’Let there be peace on earth and let it begin with me,’ helped to create a climate for world peace and understanding. When they came down from the mountain, these inspired young people brought the song with them and started sharing it...” This inspirational song has developed an association with the Christmas season, but its appeal and intent are much wider—it became, for example, a widely-heard anthem of peace amidst the anger and sadness following the 9/11 attacks.

standard Do You Hear What I Hear? in 1962 and it became a huge hit for Bing Crosby in 1963, selling over a million records. Though usually heard as a sentimental song to the Baby Jesus, Regney later said “I am amazed that people can think they know the song, and not know it is a prayer for peace.” It was written in October 1962, at the height of the Cuban Missile Crisis, when nuclear war seemed imminent. Contrary to their usual practice, Regney wrote the lyric, and his wife wrote the melody. The result was a song that they found so moving that they couldn’t bear to sing it at first. The final stanza, with its “Pray for peace, people everywhere!” makes this as relevant in 2022 as it was in 1962. The Mount Zion group then sings a Stanley original, The Spirit of Christmas is Love, which was introduced at these concerts in 2014. Our finale, sung by every voice on stage, is a newly-written song by Stanley, Christmas Bells: The Message They Ring

And then, friends, it’s your turn to sing... program notes ©2022 by J. Michael Allsen

Once again this year, we are privileged to welcome the Mount Zion Gospel Choir and its directors Leotha and Tamera Stanley, presenting gospel songs for the season arranged for these concerts by Leotha Stanley. Mount Zion opens with a new gospel arrangement of Do You Hear What I Hear? This holiday standard was written in 1962 by composer Noel Regney and his wife, lyricist Gloria Shayne Baker wrote the holiday

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Texts and translations

Dvořák, Gloria from Mass in D Major

Gloria in excelsis Deo et in terra pax hominibus bonae voluntatis. Laudamus te, benedicimus te, adoramus te, glorificamus te. Gratias agimus tibi propter gloriam tuam.

Domine Deus, rex coelestis, Pater omnipotens, Domini Fili unigenite, Jesu Christe altissime, Domine Deus, Agnus Dei, Filius patris.

Qui tollis peccata mundi, miserere nobis, suscipe deprecationem nostram. Qui sedes ad dexteram patris, miserere nobis. Quoniam tu solus sanctus, tu solus Dominus, tu solus altissimus, Jesu Christe.

Cum sancto spiritu in gloria Dei Patris. Amen.

Glory to God in the highest, and on earth, peace towards men of good will. We praise you, we bless you, we adore you, we glorify you. We give thanks to you for your great glory.

Lord God, heavenly king, Father almighty, Lord, the only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ, the most high, Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father.

You, who takes away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us, receive our prayers. You, who sits at the right hand of the Father, have mercy upon us. For you alone are holy, You alone are the Lord, you alone are the Lord, O Jesus Christ.

With the Holy Spirit, in the glory of God the Father. Amen.

La Virgen se está peinando entre cortina y cortina Sus cabellos son de oro y el peine es de plata fina.

Pero mira cómo beben los peces en el río. Pero mira cómo beben por ver a Dios nacido

Beben y beben y vuelven a bebe; los peces en el río por ver a Dios nacer.

La Virgen está lavando y tendiendo en el romero; los angelitos cantando y el romero floreciendo.

Pero mira cómo beben…

El niño está pobre que no tiene una cunita; los angelitos del cielo la van a hacer una pajita. Pero mira cómo beben…

Gomis, A la nanita nana

A la nanita nana, nanita ea, nanita ea, Mi niño tiene sueño, bendito sea, bendito sea.

Fuentecita que corre clara y sonora, ruiseñor que en la selva cantando llora: calla mientras la cuna se balancea. A la nanita nana…

The Virgin is combing her hair between the curtains. Her hairs are of gold and the comb of fine silver. But look at how the fishes in the river drink. But look how they drink at the sight of God new-born.

They drink and drink and drink again; the fishes in the river, at the sight of God new-born.

The Virgin is washing and tending to the rosemary; The little angels are singing and the rosemary bursts into bloom. But look at how the fishes…

The little boy is poor not having a crib; the little angels of heaven are making him a bed of straw. But look at how the fishes…

Lullaby-by lullaby, lullaby. My baby boy is sleepy, Bless him, bless him.

Little spring bubbling clear and loud, nightingale singing sadly in the forest: keep quiet while the cradle rocks. Lullaby-by…

Christmas Carol Sing Along

O Come All Ye Faithful

O come, all ye faithful Joyful and triumphant O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem Come and behold him Born the King of angels O come, let us adore Him O come, let us adore Him O come, let us adore Him Christ the Lord Sing, choirs of angels Sing in exultation Sing all ye citizens of heaven above Glory to God All Glory in the highest O come, let us adore Him O come, let us adore Him O come, let us adore Him

Christ the Lord

Away in a Manger

Away in a manger, no crib for a bed

The little Lord Jesus laid down His sweet head

The stars in the heavens looked down where He lay The little Lord Jesus asleep on the hay

The First Noel

The First Noel

The Angels did say Was to certain poor shepherds In fields as they lay In fields where they Lay keeping their sheep

On a cold winter's night That was so deep Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel Born is the King of Israel! Joy to the World Joy to the world! the Lord is come Let earth receive her King Let every heart prepare Him room And heaven and nature sing And heaven and nature sing And heaven, and heaven and nature sing

Joy to the world! the Savior reigns Let men their songs employ While fields and floods, rock, hills, and plains

Repeat the sounding joy, repeat the sounding joy Repeat, repeat the sounding joy

Silent Night

Silent night, holy night

All is calm, all is bright Round yon virgin mother and child Holy infant so tender and mild Sleep in heavenly peace Sleep in heavenly peace

Hark the Herald Angels Sing

Hark! the herald angels sing Glory to the new-born King Peace on earth, and mercy mild God and sinners reconciled Joyful, all ye nations, rise Join the triumph of the skies

With angelic hosts proclaim Christ is born in Bethlehem Hark! the herald angels sing Glory to the new-born King Hail, the heaven-born Prince of Peace Hail, the Sun of Righteousness

Light and life to all He brings, risen with healing in His wings. Mild He lays His glory by Born that we no more may die Born to raise the sons of Earth

Born to give us second birth Hark! the herald angels sing Glory to the new-born King

We Wish You a Merry Christmas

We wish you a Merry Christmas

We wish you a Merry Christmas

We wish you a Merry Christmas And a happy new year Good tidings we bring To you and your kin Good tidings for Christmas And a happy new year

We wish you a Merry Christmas

We wish you a Merry Christmas We wish you a Merry Christmas And a happy new year

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*Total includes gifts supporting: MSO’s 2022-2023 Annual Campaign; MSOL 2022-2023 Events & General Support; 2022-2023 Organ Concerts; Friends of the Overture Concert Organ’s 2022-2023 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.

Love will lead us to a quiet place.

BY LEONARD BERNSTEIN

BY KURT WEILL

Don’t miss this electric double-bill by two great theatrical composers.

FEBRUARY 3 & 5, 2023 CAPITOL THEATER

Warm up this winter with a double-bill about longing and connection. Leonard Bernstein’s Trouble in Tahiti is thoroughly American in its story of a 1950s suburban couple struggling to nd happiness, with an irresistibly jazz-tinged score. Kurt Weill’s e Seven Deadly Sins combines dance and song to tell of a woman on a journey across the U.S., resisting sin in every city she visits. Kanopy Dance joins us for Weill’s “ballet chanté.”

Sung in English with projected text | 608.258.4141 | madisonopera.org/TahitiSins

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

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38 Anonymous Friends

We also thank 86 donors for their contributions of $1 to $49.

CORPORATE PARTNERS MAKE MUSIC (NO AUDITION REQUIRED!)

Each season, Madison-area businesses help the Madison Symphony Orchestra share live, classical music with over 60,000 people annually by providing generous financial support for our concerts and Education & Community Engagement Programs.

Are you a business leader who values having high quality arts and culture in our community? Through a partnership with the MSO, your business can help to keep our community a unique and vibrant cultural, intellectual and creative hub, while raising your profile among a distinctive audience.

The MSO is pleased to offer recognition and entertainment benefits to our business donors. Visit madisonsymphony.org/corporategiving to learn more.

Photos by Amandalynn Jones

The best path forward

PREEMINENT LEGAL REPRESENTATION

For over a century, we have worked side-by-side with our clients to navigate the complex legal issues affecting their lives. We know the best counsel comes with a wide lens and the perspective to see all available options. Together, we can chart the best path forward.

Orchestral music enhances life and deserves our continued support. I had the privilege to hire our Maestro John DeMain and every year I am enriched by the MSO’s exceptional music. This quality of music must continue well beyond my life.” Beverly Simone

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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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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Alexis Buchanan & James Baldwin

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Barbara & John DeMain

Robert Dinndorf

ESTATE GIFTS RECEIVED

Elizabeth S. Anderes

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Judy Ashford

Helen Barnick

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BUSINESS, FOUNDATION AND GOVERNMENT DONORS

Madison Symphony Orchestra Madison Symphony Orchestra League

Friends of the Overture Concert Organ

The Madison Symphony Orchestra and our affiliate 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, general contributions, and gifts-in-kind.

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 2022-2023 Season* as of November 9, 2022.

$100,000 or more

Madison Symphony Orchestra Foundation Madison Symphony Orchestra League NBC 15

$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 Madison Media Partners

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.

John and Carolyn Peterson Charitable Foundation, Inc.

National Endowment for the Arts Nimick Forbesway Foundation

$10,000–$14,999

Boardman Clark LLP

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

American Girl's Fund for Children Bishops Bay Country Club

The Burish Group at UBS Capitol Bank DeWitt LLP

Exact Sciences Flad Architects Fields Auto Group

The Gialamas Company, Inc. Gialamas Family Foundation Godfrey & Kahn, S.C. Hooper Foundation

John A. Johnson Foundation, a component fund of the Madison Community Foundation

Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c. Stafford Rosenbaum LLP

Steinhilber Swanson 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 Woodman’s Food Markets

An Anonymous Friend

$2,500–$4,999

American Family Insurance Bucky Book

The Capital Times Kids Fund

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

Group Health Cooperative of South Central Wisconsin

The Madison Club

SHINE Technologies

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

$1,000–$2,499

AE Business Solutions

BRAVA Magazine

Farley’s House of Pianos

Festival Foods

Goodman’s Jewelers Inc. Hook & Fade

J.H. Findorff & Son Inc.

Johnson and Johnson Matching Gifts Program

Laffey, Sebranek, Auby & Ristau, S.C. Madison Arts Commission

Neider & Boucher, S.C.

Surroundings Events and Floral Veridian Foundation

An Anonymous Friend

UP TO $999

Alliant Energy Foundation

Matching Gifts Program

AmazonSmile Foundation Association of Equipment Manufacturers

Blackhawk Country Club Brink Lounge

Bristol-Myers Squibb Matching Gift Program

Carey Fused Glass

Choles Floral

Costco Wholesale Corporation

Drumlin Ridge Winery Food Fight, Inc.

FoxArneson, Inc.

Friede & Associates

Graft Madison Heid Music & Heid Family Foundation

Holy Wisdom Monastery

Le Personal Chef, LLC

Madison Central Business Improvement District

Madison Trust for Historic Preservation

Michael F. Simon Builders, Inc.

Mullins Group LLC

Nothing Bundt Cakes

Old National Bank

107 State Park Bank

Radiance Skin Therapy & Laser Center

Schubert Club

Serendipity Labs

Stark Company Realtors

The Suby Group

Tommy Van Ess First Weber Realty

United Way of Dane County Unlimited Decorating of Wisconsin Inc.

Vintage Brewing Company

The Zimdars Company, Inc.

*Total includes donations that support 2022-2023 Madison Symphony Orchestra Concerts, 2022-2023 Organ Concerts, 2022-2023 Education and Community Engagement Programs; Madison Symphony Orchestra League's 2022-2023 Events and Activities including Concert on the Green 2022; and Friends of the Overture Concert Organ’s 2022-2023 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.

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. These gifts are invested in perpetuity to ensure the MSO’s continuing fiscal stability and its legacy of great music for generations to come. Learn more at madisonsymphony.org/endowment.

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

Patricia Brady & Robert Smith

Nathan Brand

Jim & Cathie Burgess

Frank & Pat Burgess

Mary P. Burke

Capital Newspapers

Capitol Lakes

Thomas & Martha Carter

Tony & Deri Cattelino

Lau & Bea Christensen

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

Ruth & Frederick Dobbratz Estate

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

Patricia Kokotailo & R. Lawrence DeRoo

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

José Madera & Kimberly Santiago

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

John Wiley & Andrea Teresa Arenas

Elyn L. Williams

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.

towering piano & virtuosity

Yefim Bronfman could clearly climb any mountain of piano literature on his own, but being his climbing partners on this Mt. Everest of concertos will make for an incomparable performance of Rachmaninoff’s towering opus. A first MSO performance of Schubert’s exuberant third symphony, and a first performance of Bartók’s suite from his ballet will challenge our fine orchestra to a fiery display of orchestral virtuosity. — John DeMain, Music Director

John DeMain, Conducting Yefim Bronfman, Piano

PROGRAM

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

MAJOR

ADDITIONAL SPONSORS

bartók

schubert

rachmaninoff

TRIBUTES

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

In honor of Jean Alderman

Ian Alderman

In honor of Barbara Berven Gary E. Lewis

In honor of Marian and Jack Bolz William & Alexandra Dove

In honor of Evie Dale Sue Chapman

In honor of Marc Fink William & Alexandra Dove

In honor of Kitty Moore Doug Waterman

In honor of Fred Schrank Robert Dempsey

In honor of Judith Topitzes

Marilyn Ebben

William & Jill Emmons Karen & Harry Roth

In honor of Barbara Nemetz Weigner Marjorie Sutton

In honor of Nancy and Edward Young Gary E. Lewis

In memory of Carl Bowser L. Gordon Medaris & Nancy Korda

In memory of Eva Wright Buzecky Association of Equipment Manufacturers

Dan Cotter

Gretchen d'Armand

Johanna Fabke

Lona George Tyrone & Janet Greive

Nicole Hallada

Jeffrey Hamm

Audrey Lazanas

Michael Lietke

Wendy Smiley Matney

Kathleen McElroy & David Newby

Marjorie Miller

Erin Peters

Schubert Club

Rex & Alla Sprietsma

Chuck Stonecipher

Sara Truesdale-Mooney

Ann Wallace

Charlotte Woolf

In memory of Marin Clarke Chris & Amanda Bach

Charles Holmburg

Barbara Knapp

Mr. & Mrs. R. Kupp

MaryLou Lexvold-West Gretchen Nagle

Paul Reilly

Carol & James Weber Chris & Kristin Weber

In memory of Barbara DeMain Emy Andrew Maryann Sumi & Carl Sinderbrand

In memory of Jean Taylor Erickson

Mary Berryman Agard

Kathryn Bartling

Terri Deist

Sheila & Ron Endres

Michael George & Susan Gardels Lona George Joan Gilbertson

Michael & Bernice Hirsch

Teresa & Joshua Hyman

Judy Karofsky

Marian Korth & Mim Jacobson

Allan, Sandra & Jeremy Levin

Margaret Planner & James Curtis

Dale Schmidt

Jeanne & Frank Vitale Mary & Warren Willauer Steven & Krista Tweed

In memory of Dr. Barry Greenberg William & Edie Swift

In memory of Carl Gulbrandson Elaine & Nicholas Mischler

In memory of Richard W. Hahn Marilyn Hahn

In memory of Raymond Anthony Levandowski Stan Szczepanowski

In memory of Renate Madsen Marian & Jack Bolz

In memory of Michael McKenna Kristine Andrews

In memory of Gale Meyer Vicki & Alan Hamstra

In memory of Mary Mohs Emy Andrew Marian & Jack Bolz

Dr. Stanley & Shirley Inhorn Elaine & Nicholas Mischler JoAnn Six Carolyn White

In memory of Richard and Ursula Myers

Ted Robinson-Myers

In memory of Diane Nixon Elizabeth A. Conklin

In memory of Elizabeth J. Pope Kara Luedtke

In memory of Gordon Renschler Marilyn Ebben

In memory of George Reuhl

Peter & Marcia Brenner

Valerie & Andreas Kazamias Richard Searer & Cathi Wiebrecht-Searer United Way of Dane County

In memory of Kenneth Riggs Chuck & Shirley Stathas

In memory of Margaret Schroeder Emy Andrew

Dr. Robert & Linda Graebner

Dr. Stanley & Shirley Inhorn Mr. & Mrs. R. Kupp Nancy Love Elaine & Nicholas Mischler Anne & Duncan Sauer

Ruth Sheldon, M.D. Patricia & John Terry Mary Webster Robert & Lucille Westervelt

In memory of Luis Sequeira Marta & Jeffery Stumbras

In memory of Jacqueline Ann Shively Kay Hagerty Ken & Peggy Bremer

In memory of Kristina Cuthbert Stuart Todd Stuart

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 Office. Single tickets for 22/23 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 22/23 Overture Concert Organ tickets are $25, and Organ Student Rush tickets are all $10.

SUBSCRIPTIONS for our 22/23 Symphony season have closed. Stay tuned for information on our 23/24 Symphony and Organ seasons to be announced in early 2023!

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 Office 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 staff. If you need to leave during the concert, please exit quietly and wait to be reseated by an usher at an appropriate break.

• Please feel free to take photos before and after the concert, and during intermission! Once the lights dim, please turn off 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 ensure your safety. We invite you to visit madisonsymphony.org/health 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, 2022-2023

OFFICERS

Ellsworth Brown

President

Mike Hamerlik Vice President Kay Schwichtenberg Vice President Lynn Stathas Vice President Jane Hamblen

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. Jeffrey Bauer

Darrell Behnke

Ellsworth Brown Janet Cabot Martha Casey

Jessica Cavazos

Elton Crim

James Dahlberg

Robert Dinndorf

Audrey Dybdahl

Marc Fink

Jane Hamblen

Michael Hamerlik

David Harding

Mark Huth

Valerie Kazamias

Howard Kidd Ann Lindsey

José Madera

Oscar Mireles Richard Morgan

Paul Norman

Kevin O'Connor

Cyrena Pondrom Margaret Pyle Steven Reuhl Michael Richman Carole Schaeffer Monique Scher Kay Schwichtenberg Derrick Smith Mary Lang Sollinger Tamera Stanley Judith Topitzes Eric Wilcots

ADVISORS

Elliott Abramson Jason Adamany Michael Allsen Emy Andrew Rosemarie Blancke Michael Bridgeman Camille Carter Kristine Euclide Tyrone Greive Michael Hobbs Robert Horowitz Stephanie Lee Joseph Meara Gary Mecklenburg Lawrence Midtbo Abigail Ochberg Greg Piefer

Jacqueline Rodman Marilyn Ruffin Lynn Stathas Todd Stuart Ellis Waller Carolyn White Anders Yocom Stephen Zanoni

LIFE DIRECTORS

Marian Bolz Terry Haller Stanley Inhorn Nicholas Mischler Douglas Reuhl

HONORARY DIRECTORS

Jack Daniels, III, President Madison College Kathy Evers,

FirstLadyofthe State of Wisconsin

Joe Parisi, DaneCountyExecutive

DIRECTORS

EMERITUS

Helen Bakke

Wallace Douma Perry Henderson Fred Mohs Stephen Morton Velma Ritcherson Beverly Simone John Wiley

EX OFFICIO

DIRECTORS

Elliott Abramson

Robert Lemanske

Elaine Mischler Douglas Reuhl Jacqueline Rodman Lynn Stathas Nancy Young

EX OFFICIO

ADVISORS

Lisa Bressler Mark Bridges Susan Cook William Nelson Oriol Sans

MADISON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA FOUNDATION INC. BOARD, 2022–2023

OFFICERS

Douglas Reuhl

President Nicholas Mischler Vice President Robert A. Reed Secretary-Treasurer

DIRECTORS

Elliott Abramson Marian Bolz Ellsworth Brown

Beth Dettman

Gary Mecklenburg

Elaine Mischler

Nicholas Mischler

Fred Mohs

Gregory Reed

Robert A. Reed

Douglas Reuhl

MADISON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA LEAGUE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, 2022–2023

OFFICERS

Nancy Young President

Barbara Berven President-Elect

Beth Rahko

Immediate Past President Ledell Zellers

Recording Secretary Janet Renschler Corresponding Secretary Leslie Overton Treasurer Louise Jeanne VP-Administration Rozan Anderson AVP-Administration

Kathy Forde VP-Communications Cathy Buege AVP-Communications

Nakkiah Stampfli

Facebook & Annual Report

Lori Poulson

VP-Education

Jacqui Shanda AVP-Education

Judy Kalan Behind the Music

Jessica Yehle VP-Membership Recruitment/Retention

Michael Bridgeman

VP-Membership Records

Lynn Stegner VP-Special Projects

Carole Schaefer

AVP-Special Projects Kathy Belaire & Barbara Berven

Symphony Gala Michael & Claire Ann Richman

ConcertontheGreen

Linda Lovejoy

Parties of Note Beth Rahko

MSOL Connect

Jan Cibula

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, 2022–2023

OFFICERS

Robert Lemanske

President

David Willow Secretary-Treasurer Jim Baxter Past President

DIRECTORS

Fernando Alvarado

Barbara Berven Ellsworth Brown Janet Cabot Eric Frailing Mary Ann Harr Grinde

Ellen Larson

David Parminter

Rhonda Rushing

Eileen Smith

William Steffenhagen Teri Venker

ADVISORS

Diane Ballweg

Marian Bolz

John Gauder

Terry Haller Gary Lewis Elaine Mischler

Vicki Nonn Reynold Peterson Anders Yocom

EXOFFICIO

Greg Zelek, Organ Curator

MADISON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC.

ADMINISTRATION

Robert Reed Executive Director

Ann Bowen General Manager Alexis Carreon Office &Personnel Manager Jennifer Goldberg OrchestraLibrarian

Lisa Kjentvet

Director of Education & Community Engagement

TBA

Education & Community Engagement Manager

Casey Oelkers

Director of Development Leah Schultz

Manager of Individual Giving Aleeh Schwoerer

Manager of Grants & Sponsorships

Peter Rodgers

Director of Marketing

Amanda Dill Marketing/Communications Manager

Lindsey Meekhof Audience Experience Manager

Greg Zelek

Overture Concert Organ Curator/Principal Organist

heroic piano & premiere

I can’t wait to experience one of the piano world’s newest stars as Benjamin Grosvenor plays the Beethoven third piano concerto. And we get to hear for the first time a work by Jessie Montgomery, who has taken the symphonic world by storm. We close the concert with one of my favorite composers, Antonín Dvořák, and the magnificent work that brought him international acclaim — John DeMain, Music Director

Jessie Montgomery, Coincident Dances Ludwig van Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor Antonín Dvořák, Symphony No. 6 in D major

MARCH

SINGLE PERFORMANCE

Beyond the Score®

Mahler: Symphony No. 4 – Heaven or Earth?

Beyond the Score®, again conducted by our wonderfully talented Kyle Knox and supported by three star actors from American Players Theatre plunges into the depths of this deeply romantic work. Emily Secor, who has the voice of an angel, and who delighted us on our streamed Christmas concert of 2020, returns to sing the angelic last movement.

— John DeMain,

Music Director

In 1892, Mahler completed a musical setting of a colorful folk poem, a child’s vision of heaven. Eight years later, he constructed an entire symphony around this song, a work filled with childlike joy. Through visual media, live actors and breathtaking music, we’ll explore the history of the work, telling the story of the life and times of Gustav Mahler and the events that inspired one of his greatest compositions. Then, experience the work in its entirety performed in the second half.

Beyond the Score® is a production of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Gerard McBurney, Creative Director for Beyond the Score®

James Ridge

Colleen

Madden

Gavin

Lawrence

Dan Lyons

Emily Secor

Kyle Knox, MSO Associate Conductor

britten

saint-saëns

brahms

This performance by the violinist [ Blake Pouliot ] was one of the best I’ve ever seen here. He was terrific.

MSO subscriber

madisonsymphony.org, the Overture Center Box Office or (608) 258-4141

dazzling violin & spring

Canadian virtuoso Blake Pouliot, who dazzled our audience with the Mendelssohn violin concerto, turns his musical acumen to Saint-Saëns’ third violin concerto. Britten’s mesmerizing sea interludes from his operatic masterpiece Peter Grimes opens the program, and another personal favorite of mine, and I hope yours, the second symphony of Brahms, will help usher in the spring.

— John DeMain, Music Director

John DeMain, Conducting Blake Pouliot, Violin

MAJOR SPONSORS

Scott and Janet Cabot

Capitol Lakes

Kay Schwichtenberg and Herman Baumann Fred Wileman

ADDITIONAL SPONSORS

The Burish Group at UBS Rodney Schreiner and Mark Blank Wisconsin Arts Board

PROGRAM

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

Dates, programs, and artists subject to change.

[ Blake Pouliot ] was incredible . . . so young and so very talented . . . a joy to watch and listen to the amazing sounds coming from his instrument. MSO subscriber

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