November 2023 Program Book: Symphony Gems

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Symphony Gems November 17, 18 & 19

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1 FRI 7:30 PM 2 SAT 8:00 PM 3 SUN 2:30 PM

A Madison Symphony Christmas Our traditional and beloved Christmas concert returns in all of its aural and visual splendor, with our own Madison Symphony Chorus, The Madison Youth Choirs, and the Mt. Zion Gospel Choir. Joining us will be soprano Evelyn Saavedra, who recently starred in our Voices of Spring organ gala, bringing to us a voice of great beauty and a charming personality as well. Those of you who attended last summer’s Opera in the Park will remember Limmie Pulliam’s show stopping performance of Puccini’s Nessun dorma. This remarkable tenor will join us as well, for a perfect way to start the holiday season.

– John DeMain, Music Director MAJOR SPONSORS: American Printing, Fiore Companies, Inc., Richard and Pamela Reese, in memory of Maurice and Arlene Reese, An Anonymous Friend, BMO, Peggy and Tom Pyle, Judith and Nick Topitzes ADDITIONAL SPONSORS: Flad Architects, Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c., Wisconsin Arts Board

JOHN DEMAIN, Conductor EVELYN SAAVEDRA, Soprano LIMMIE PULLIAM, Tenor MADISON SYMPHONY CHORUS, Beverly Taylor, Director MOUNT ZION GOSPEL CHOIR, Tamera and Leotha Stanley, Directors MADISON YOUTH CHOIRS, Michael Ross, Artistic Director

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Table of Contents ABOUT THE ORCHESTRA Contact the Symphony............................................... 5 John DeMain Biography............................................. 6 Orchestra Personnel for this Concert..................... 8 Ticket Information........................................................ 53 Overture Hall Information.......................................... 53 Boards and Administration ....................................... 54

SYMPHONY GEMS, NOV 17, 18 & 19 Concert Sponsors......................................................... 10 Program.......................................................................... 11 Jonathan Biss Biography........................................... 12 Program Notes............................................................. 20

SUPPORT Individual Donors......................................................... 32 Stradivarius Society Members.................................. 43 Business, Foundation and Government Donors................................................... 44 Madison Symphony Orchestra Endowment Donors.................................................. 46 Tributes........................................................................... 48 Index of Advertisers.................................................... 57

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John DeMain MUSIC DIRECTOR

In his 30th 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.” In January 2023 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Opera Association, the NOA’s highest award.

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During his 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 2023–2024 season conducts Tosca, The Anonymous Lovers, and Candide.

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

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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.

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Orchestra Personnel For This Concert VIOLIN I

Naha Greenholtz Concertmaster

VIOLA

Christopher Dozoryst Principal

FLUTE

Stephanie Jutt Principal

William and Joyce Wartmann Chair

James F. Crow Chair

Terry Family Foundation Chair

Suzanne Beia Co-Concertmaster

Diedre Buckley Assistant Principal

Dawn Lawler Linda Pereksta

Steinhauer Charitable Trust Chair

Dove Family Chair

Huy Luu Associate Concertmaster

Renata Hornik Elisabeth Deussen Janse Vincent Jennifer Paulson David Beytas Hanna Pederson Ina Georgieva Melissa Snell Marie Pauls Molly O’Brien

PICCOLO

CELLO

Andrea Gross Hixon

George and Candy Gialamas Chair

Olga Pomolova Associate Concertmaster Maynie Bradley Assistant Concertmaster Endowed by an Anonymous Friend

Kina Ono Annetta H. Rosser Chair

Neil Gopal Elspeth Stalter-Clouse Tim Kamps Jon Vriesacker Laura Burns Paran Amirinazari Alec Tonno Naomi Schrank Clayton Tillotson David Huntsman

VIOLIN II

Xavier Pleindoux Principal Dr. Stanley and Shirley Inhorn Chair

Hillary Hempel Assistant Principal Elyn L. Williams Chair

Peter Miliczky Holly Wagner Rolf Wulfsberg Kathryn Taylor Wendy Buehl Geri Hamilton Robin Ryan Matthew Dahm Wes Luke Laura Mericle Abigail Schneider Carol Carlson

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Karl Lavine Principal Reuhl Family Chair

Mark Bridges Assistant Principal Patricia Kokotailo & R. Lawrence DeRoo Chair

Karen Cornelius Knapp Family Chair

Lindsey Crabb Jordan Allen Margaret Townsend Lisa Bressler Jean Hatmaker Alex Chambers-Ozasky Rebecca Pan

BASS

David Scholl Principal Robert Rickman Assistant Principal Carl Davick Tom Mohs Chair

August Jirovec Isaac Polinsky Mike Hennessy Brett Lewis Jason Niehoff

Linda Pereksta

OBOE

Izumi Amemiya Principal Jim and Cathie Burgess Chair

Andrea Gross Hixon Laura Medisky

ENGISH HORN CLARINET JJ Koh Principal

Barbara and Norman Berven Chair

Nancy Mackenzie Joseph Sanchez

E-FLAT CLARINET Nancy Mackenzie

BASS CLARINET Gregory Smith

BASSOON

Cynthia Cameron Principal Amanda Szczys

CONTRABASSOON Carol Rosing

HORN

TUBA

Dafydd Bevil Acting Principal

Orchestra Committee

Tom Curry Principal

Steve and Marianne Schlecht Chair

Mark Bridges, Chair Joshua Biere, Vice-Chair Elspeth Stalter-Clouse, Secretary David Scholl, Treasurer Lisa Bressler, Member-at-large

TIMPANI

Ricardo Almeida Michael Szczys William Muir Linda Kimball, Assistant

Jaime Cardenas Principal

Librarian

E ugenie Mayer Bolz Foundation Chair

TRUMPET

Jennifer S. Goldberg John and Carolyn Peterson Chair

PERCUSSION

John Aley Principal

Stage Manager

Anthony DiSanza Principal

Marilynn G. Thompson Chair

John Wagner Dave Cooper

Benjamin Skroch

JoAnn Six Plesko and E.J. Plesko Chair

TROMBONE Joyce Messer Principal

Richard Morgan Nicholas Bonaccio Greg Hinz

Property Manager

HARP

Alexis Carreon

John Straughn

Personnel Manager

Johanna Wienholts Principal

Fred and Mary Mohs Chair

Benjamin Skroch

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Endowed by an Anonymous Friend

BASS TROMBONE Benjamin Zisook

in memory of “Jim was an outstanding scientist, teacher, musician, human being and friend. I am pleased to sponsor the MSO’s November 2023 concerts in his memory.”

– MYRNA LARSON

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JAMES F. CROW JANUARY 18, 1916 – JANUARY 4, 2012

Jim was a world-famous geneticist and professor of genetics at UW-Madison. Also a talented violist, he was a member of the Madison Symphony Orchestra from 1949 to 1994 and a devoted classical music fan and philanthropist.

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thank you TO OUR GENEROUS SPONSORS for supporting these performances

PRESENTING SPONSOR

Myrna Larson, in memory of James F. Crow

MAJOR FUNDING

provided by

David and Kato Perlman

ADDITIONAL FUNDING provided by

Godfrey & Kahn, S.C. Ronald J. and Janet E. Johnson Prairie Trust Sharon Stark, in memory of Peter Livingston

with funds from the State of Wisconsin and the National Endowment for the Arts

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

The Hamburg Steinway piano is the gift of Peter Livingston and Sharon Stark in memory of Magdalena Friedman.

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John DeMain | Music Director 98 Season | Overture Hall | Subscription Program No. 3 th

Fri., Nov. 17, 7:30 pm | Sat., Nov. 18, 8:00 pm | Sun., Nov. 19, 2:30 pm

John DeMain, Conductor Jonathan Biss, Piano WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756-1791) Symphony No. 35 in D Major, K. 385, “Haffner” Allegro con spirito Andante Minuet Presto ROBERT SCHUMANN (1810-1856) Concerto in A Minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 54 Allegro affetuoso Intermezzo: Andantino grazioso Allegro vivace

MR. BISS

INTERMISSION WILLIAM LEVI DAWSON (1899-1990) Negro Folk Symphony The Bond of Africa Hope in the Night O, Le’ Me Shine, Shine Like a Morning Star

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Jonathan Biss PIANO

Pianist Jonathan Biss is also a world-renowned educator and critically-acclaimed author who channels his deep musical curiosity into expansive performances and projects in the concert hall and beyond. Praised as “a

superb pianist and also an eloquent and insightful music writer” (The Boston Globe) with “impeccable taste and a formidable technique” (The New Yorker), Biss has appeared internationally as a soloist with the Los Angeles and New York Philharmonics, the Boston, Chicago, and San Francisco Symphonies, and the Cleveland and Philadelphia Orchestras as 12

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well as the BBC Symphony, the London Philharmonic, and Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, among many other ensembles.

A performer whose repertoire ranges from the core canon to contemporary commissions he is also Co-Artistic Director alongside Mitsuko Uchida at the Marlboro Music Festival, where he has spent fifteen summers.

In the 2023-24 season, Biss, who has been heralded as “one of today's foremost Beethoven exponents” (Chicago Tribune), returns to perform his music with the Saint Louis Symphony and Stéphane Dénève, the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and Ramón Tebar, and the Philadelphia Orchestra and Yannick Nézet-Seguin at Carnegie Hall, in a concert celebrating the late Rafael

Vinoly. Throughout the season, Biss will present a new project that pairs solo piano works by Schubert with new compositions by Alvin Singleton, Tyson Gholston Davis, and Tyshawn Sorey at San Francisco Performances, Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner museum, the Scottsdale Center For The Performing Arts, among many others. Biss continues his long-standing collaboration with Mitsuko Uchida with concerts featuring Schubert’s music for piano 4-hands at Carnegie Hall, Princeton University Concerts, and Philadelphia Chamber Music Society. He will also appear with the Brentano Quartet at Chamber Music Society of Salt Lake City, Chamber Music Detroit, Club Musical de Québec, the Royal Conservatory of Toronto, and Philadelphia Chamber Music Society.

European engagements for the 202324 season include performances with Mitsuko Uchida at the Salzburg and Gstaad Festivals, and London’s Wigmore Hall; Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 2 with the London Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of conductor Karina Canellakis; and a performance of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No 1. with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and conductor Ryan Bancroft. Biss also reunites with the Elias String Quartet for concerts in the U.K., culminating at the Wigmore Hall. In the new year, Biss will perform works by György Kurtág and Schubert in Milan and Jerusalem.

He concludes his European season with the Orchestre de chambre de Paris

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and conductor Pekka Kuusisto with a performance of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 2 and Timo Andres’s The Blind Banister, part of his ongoing Beethoven/5 commissioning project, in association with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, which paired each Beethoven concerto with a new concerto composed in response. The project has commissioned a number of today’s leading composers, including Brett Dean, Caroline Shaw, Timo Andres, Sally Beamish, and Salvatore Sciarrino.

Prior to the Beethoven/5 project, Biss commissioned works by David Ludwig, Leon Kirchner, Lewis Spratlan, and Bernard Rands.

Coinciding with the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth in 2020, Biss recorded the composer’s complete piano sonatas, and offered insights to all 32 landmark works via his free, online Coursera lecture series Exploring Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas. In March 2020, Biss gave a virtual recital presented by 92NY, wherein he performed Beethoven’s last three piano sonatas for an online audience of more than 280,000 people.

That year, Biss released his fourth book, UNQUIET: My Life with Beethoven (2020), the first Audible Original by a classical musician and one of Audible’s top audiobooks of 2020.

Biss is the recipient of numerous honors, including the Leonard Bernstein Award, the Andrew Wolf Memorial Chamber Music Award, an Avery Fisher Career

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Grant, the Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award, and a Gilmore Young Artist Award. His albums for EMI won the Diapason d’Or de l’Année and Edison awards. He was an artist-in-residence on American Public Media’s Performance Today and was the first American chosen to participate in the BBC’s New Generation Artist program. He is also on the piano faculty of the New England Conservatory.

Biss is a third-generation professional musician; his grandmother is Raya Garbousova, one of the first famous female cellists (for whom Samuel Barber composed his Cello Concerto), and his parents are violinist Miriam Fried and violist/violinist Paul Biss. Growing up surrounded by music, Biss began his piano studies at the age of six, with his first musical collaborations alongside his mother and father. He studied with Evelyne Brancart at Indiana University and Leon Fleisher at the Curtis Institute of Music.

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OUT AT THE SYMPHONY

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Join your Madison Symphony Orchestra for a special Out at the Symphony social gathering and A Madison Symphony Christmas on Friday, December 1!

Immediately following the concert, you’re invited to the after-party with hors d’oeuvres and drinks in the second-floor wwwPromenade Lounge.

This is your chance to meet Madison Symphony Orchestra musicians, Music Director John DeMain, swpecial guests, and connect with members of the LGBTQIA+ community and friends age 21 and above.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1 7:30 PM CONCERT IN OVERTURE HALL AFTER-PARTY IN PROMENADE LOUNGE

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Free Community Carol Sing Bring your pipes, and your friends and family, to raise a joyful noise with the Overture Concert Organ! Always a fan favorite, the Carol Sing will get everyone in the mood for Christmas. Join Madison Symphony Orchestra Principal Organist Greg Zelek and special guest Mark Hetzler, Trombone, for this wonderful event that is sure to delight audiences of all ages. MSO Carol Sings are free and open to the public. All ages are welcome, and no tickets or reservations are needed. Each event takes place in Overture Hall and lasts 45 minutes to one hour.

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Born: January 27, 1756, Salzburg, Austria.

Died: December 5, 1791, Vienna, Austria.

Program Notes NOVEMBER 17-18-19, 2023 Program Notes by J. Michael Allsen

Symphony No. 35 in D Major, K. 385, “Haffner”

Composed: Composed in July and August of 1782; revised in March 1783.

Premiere: The composer conducted the first performance at the Burgtheater in Vienna on March 23, 1783.

Our November program opens with a bright work by Mozart, his “Haffner” Symphony.

We then welcome back pianist Jonathan Biss, who previously appeared with the Madison Symphony Orchestra in 2010, playing Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 9. Here, he plays a romantic masterwork, Schumann’s Piano Concerto. After intermission we present William Levi Dawson’s Negro Folk Symphony, a 1934 work that uses spirituals and other Black styles as part of a musical reflection upon the history of African Americans.

This work, the first symphony Mozart completed after moving to Vienna in 1781, is brilliant and celebratory in tone.

Previous MSO Performance: 1962, 1976, and 2000.

Duration: 23:00.

Background

The symphony was initially a sixmovement serenade, written in honor of Siegmund Haffner, a Mozart family friend in Salzburg. Mozart composed this work at lightning speed—in less than four weeks—in part to pacify his demanding father.

In July of 1782, Mozart was at a very busy point in his career, and making a mark in Vienna, his newly-adopted home town. He had just completed a successful German Singspiel, The Abduction from the Seraglio, and had several other projects on the front burner, when his father wrote from Salzburg with a request for a new work. Leopold Mozart noted that a friend, Siegmund Haffner, was being raised to the nobility, and that Wolfgang should provide an appropriately impressive new piece for the occasion. Six years earlier, Mozart had composed an eight-movement serenade to celebrate a Haffner family wedding (K.250), and Leopold clearly had something similar in mind. On July 20, he wrote back to his father: “I am up to my ears in work. By a week from Sunday, I must arrange my opera for

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wind instruments, or someone else will do it and secure the profits instead of me. And now you ask for a new symphony, too! How on earth can I do that? ...well, I will have to stay up all night, for that is the only way; for you, dearest father, I will make the sacrifice.

You may rely on having something from me in each mail delivery.”

concert, and the fourth appeared at the end, framing a program of piano and instrumental works (including the newly-written Piano Concerto No.13), and vocal solos.

True to his word, he mailed the opening Allegro a week later, but soon fell behind. A few days later, he wrote to his father: “One cannot do the impossible! I won’t scribble inferior stuff—so I cannot send the whole symphony until next mail day.” He actually had some non-musical concerns at that moment: his romance with Constanze Weber. He and Constanze were married on August 4. Leopold strongly disapproved of this marriage, and perhaps to mollify his father, Wolfgang was able to get five more movements in the mail by August 7. (Honeymoons were short in those days...) Whether or not the music arrived in time to be played at Haffner’s ennoblement is not known.

• A brisk opening is sonata form.

Five months later, Mozart was involved in arrangements for an “academy” to be held at the Burgtheater in March. In early January, wrote to his father, asking for the score for the serenade he had composed for Haffner.

It actually took several letters of increasing desperation, but eventually Leopold returned the music. On February 15, Mozart wrote back to Salzburg: “Most heartfelt thanks for the music you have sent me...my new Haffner symphony has positively amazed me, for I had forgotten every single note of it. It must surely produce a good effect.” He reworked the serenade into a symphony to fit Viennese tastes: abandoning an introductory march (K.385a) and a second minuet (now lost), and adding pairs of flutes and clarinets to the outer movements. The academy on March 23 was a great success, playing to a packed house, and turning a handsome profit for Mozart. The first three movements of the symphony were played at the beginning of the

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What You’ll Hear

The symphony is laid out in four movements: • A calm slow movement.

• A rough-edged minuet with a contrasting central trio.

• A fast-paced finale that references a melody from his recently-completed opera The Abduction from the Seraglio.

The symphony begins with D Major fanfares from the brass: a reflection of this work’s original ceremonial intent. (Mozart apparently chose D Major because it was his father’s favorite key.)

This opening movement (Allegro con spirito) might begin in this rather festive way, but it is not just a noisy celebratory piece: throughout the movement, there are constant turns to the minor and quirky modulations that give this music a surprisingly unsettled tone.

The two middle movements were clearly intended for the courtly world of Salzburg, and sound very much like pieces from his earlier serenades. The lovely Andante—the longest movement in the work—is a lightly-scored series of beautiful melodies which are embellished and decorated throughout. The Minuet that follows is perhaps a bit more rough-edged than courtly.

The outer sections sound much like Haydn, with a bit of peasant-dance influence, but the central trio has a more lilting quality.

The finale (Presto) contains an interesting melodic reference: the main theme presented in the first couple of measures seems to have been based on Osmin’s final aria Ha! Wie will ich triumphieren! from The Abduction from the m a d i s o n s y m p h o n y. o r g / 2 3 - 2 4

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A Perfect Pair: Mozart & Mahler This month, I not only continue to celebrate my 30th anniversary season, but I celebrate a milestone birthday. I have chosen two desert island favorites of mine for the occasion and invite you to come celebrate with me. Joyce Yang played so wonderfully a few seasons ago, that I wanted to bring her back immediately. She will play one of the great piano concertos of Mozart. Mozart is considered the perfect pairing with Gustav Mahler, so I have done just that.

Mahler’s great fifth symphony, with its famous Adagietto movement extracted for the movie Death in Venice, is a colossal work for a very large orchestra. The Adagietto movement is scored only for harp and strings and is of exquisite beauty. This will be the MSO’s second performance of this masterwork. Treat yourself to the sonic experience of a Mahler symphony and the sublime perfection of a Mozart piano concerto.

JOHN DEMAIN, Conductor JOYCE YANG, Piano

music Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K. 491 Gustav Mahler, Symphony No. 5

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Seraglio. Here, Osmin (the bad guy) is singing “Ha! How I will rejoice when they lead you to the scaffold, and put the rope around your neck!” Whether Mozart was simply reusing a good tune, or had some darker reference in mind (maybe thumbing his nose at the Salzburg nobility, or Leopold?) is unknown. The mood of this movement is mostly joyful, though as in the opening movement, there are several surprising turns to the minor.

Schumann’s Piano Concerto is one of the leading romantic solo works for piano, balancing virtuosity and intense thematic development.

Robert Schumann

Born: June 8, 1810, Zwickau, Germany.

Died: July 29, 1856, Endenich (Bonn), Germany.

Concerto in A Minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 54 Composed: 1833-1845.

Premiere: December 5, 1845, in Dresden.

The soloist was Clara Schumann, and it was conducted by Ferdinand Hiller, to whom the score is dedicated.

Previous MSO Performances: 1975 (Rudolf Firkusny), 1999 (Jon Kimura Parker), and 2011 (Christopher Taylor).

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Duration: 31:00.

Background

Schumann wrote this work for his wife, Clara Schumann, a composer in her own right and one of the most prominent touring virtuosos of the period. She made the concerto a centerpiece of her repertoire and her many performances 40 years helped to popularize it across Europe.

Though he was a composer who was absolutely in love with the piano, and a man married to one of the great virtuosos of the age, Schumann was notoriously unsuccessful at producing piano concertos. There are at least three early concertos, which were sketched when he was in his twenties, but left incomplete. There are also a couple of fine single-movement works for piano and orchestra from late in his career, the Konzertstück (1850) and the Introduction and Allegro (1853). He only completed one concerto, however, the A minor concerto of 1845...but it is a really good one!

Sketches for the concerto date from as early as 1833, but the impetus for completing it seems to have been Schumann’s marriage to Clara Wieck at the end of 1840. Their relationship had begun when Clara was only a teenager, and the wedding was delayed for years by her father. Clara was just beginning a career as a piano soloist, and Robert had long planned to write a concerto for her. In 1838, he wrote to her from Vienna about this work: “My concerto is a compromise between a symphony, a concerto, and a huge sonata. I now see that cannot write a concerto for the virtuosos—I must plan something else.”

That “something else” was a single-movement work titled Phantasie that was a departure from the flashy but sometimes empty virtuoso pieces that were the mainstay of 19th century pianists.

It is a gentle and thoroughly Romantic piece that focuses on thematic development rather than showy fireworks. He completed this work

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in 1841, and Clara played it during a rehearsal of Robert’s “Spring” Symphony on August 13. He would eventually adapt the Phantasie as the first movement of a three-movement concerto.

He completed the Intermezzo and the finale in the summer of 1845. On July 31, Clara wrote in her diary: “Robert has finished his concerto, and handed it over to the copyist. I am happy as a king at the thought of playing it with an orchestra.” The new concerto was very successful in its Desden premiere, and Clara quickly repeated it in Leipzig and Vienna. It became the cornerstone of Clara Schumann’s solo repertoire, and was popularized by her many performances over the next 40 years.

What You’ll Hear

The concerto is in three movements: • A lengthy movement that focuses on the development of a single theme.

• A songlike Intermezzo. Near the end, a reference to the opening movement’s main theme leads directly into the third movement.

from the first movement’s main melody. The central passage, carried by the low strings, is more lyrical and sustained. After a short development, and a return of the opening material, Schumann brings back a fragment of the first movement theme to lead directly into the final movement (Allegro vivace), whose main melody is based upon the same material. This movement is also set in sonata form, but where the opening movement focused intensely upon a single melodic idea, here the composer seems to have given his imagination free reign, as a whole series of distinct melodies spring forth in the exposition. The development begins with a wonderful string fugato, which is soon overlaid by yet another new theme.

The movement comes to close with a lengthy coda—not a crashing conclusion, but a calm and continued development that is virtuosic while retaining a light touch to the end.

Dawson’s symphony brings together a host of Black musical styles, most importantly the spiritual, in a profound reflection on African American history.

• A bright finale. Like the opening, this is set in sonata form, but here Schumann spins out several ideas.

The opening movement (Allegro affetuoso) begins with a furious burst of piano chords, but soon settles into a gentler character, with an oboe theme that is soon picked up by the soloist. The movement is set in sonata form, but nearly all of the important thematic material is derived from this opening theme. The piano dominates, but there are several nice bits of orchestral writing as the soloist plays against solo woodwind passages.

After a development that focusses on the primary theme, and a shortened recapitulation, the end of the movement features the soloist in a finelydrawn cadenza, and a shift to march character.

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William Levi Dawson

Born: September 26, 1899, Anniston, Alabama.

Died: May 2, 1990, Montgomery, Alabama.

Negro Folk Symphony

Composed: Completed 1934, revised 1952.

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Premiere: November 20, 1934, at Carnegie Hall in New York City, by the Philadelphia Orchestra, conducted by Leopold Stokowski.

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

Duration: 29:00.

Background

The Negro Folk Symphony, Dawson’s only orchestral work, had a very high-profile premiere in 1934, but remained relatively obscure until the last few decades, when it has been rediscovered by a new generation of musicians and listeners.

William Levi Dawson was one of the most talented African American composers in a generation that included Harry T. Burleigh, William Grant Still, Florence Price, Ulysses Kay, and others. He was born in Alabama, and at age 15, left for Tennessee to study at the famed Tuskeegee Institute (now Tuskeegee University).

After his graduation, he taught public school music in Kansas and gigged as a jazz trombonist, while also earning a music degree at Kansas City’s Horner Institute of Fine Arts. Dawson spent the late 1920s in Chicago, pursuing additional studies at the Chicago Musical College and the American Conservatory of Music, while also leading a church choir and performing on trombone. (He appeared with Louis Armstrong and other notable jazz musicians, while also playing principal trombone in the Chicago Civic Orchestra!) In 1931, he accepted an invitation to return to Tuskegee as a professor. He would teach there until 1956, and built the Tuskeegee Choir into an internationally-recognized ensemble. Following his retirement, Dawson toured extensively as a guest conductor.

For Dawson and many of his Black contemporaries, the spiritual was a wellspring of inspiration. Many of these traditional religious

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songs—both “sorrow songs” and “jubilees”— dated from the days of slavery, and the no less turbulent late 19th century. Dawson was involved with spirituals throughout his life, arranging and publishing dozens of them for chorus. Spirituals were also the foundation for his only orchestral work, the Negro Folk Symphony. As he explained in his program notes for its premiere: “In this composition, the composer has employed three themes taken from typical melodies over which he has brooded since childhood, having learned them at his mother’s knee.” Earlier that year, Dawson showed the score to the conductor Leopold Stokowski, who suggested a few changes and programmed the symphony on four concerts performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra that November in Carnegie Hall. Despite an enthusiastic response from both audiences and critics, the Negro Folk Symphony remained largely forgotten after this. In 1952, following a trip to West Africa, Dawson revised the work, particularly the first movement, to incorporate African musical elements, rhythm, and instruments. Stokowski finally recorded the work, in this new version, with the American Symphony Orchestra in 1963.

Like the works of Florence Price (whose third symphony we played in May), there has been renewed interest in the Negro Folk Symphony in recent years.

What You’ll Hear

The symphony is set in three movements, each of which has a programmatic meaning: • A movement in traditional sonata form that quotes a spiritual and refers to several Black styles.

• A slow movement dominated by a solemn lament: a remembrance of the time of slavery.

• An outwardly playful finale based upon a pair of spirituals, though

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also music with constant hints of darker emotion.

The symphony is in three movements beginning with The Bond of Africa, representing the “missing link from a human chain when the first African was taken from the shores of his native land and sent into slavery.” Dawson clearly channels Black musical idioms throughout, beginning with the bluesy horn and English horn solos at the opening. (This phrase—the “missing link”—reappears in the movement as a kind of lament.) A theme introduced by the oboes is the spiritual Oh, m’ Lit’l’ Soul Gwine-A Shine. The movement continues in an energetic classical form, with a series of themes introduced and developed. However, there is an overlay of references to Black styles ranging from the juba dance, banjo songs, and African rhythms to contemporary Jazz and Blues.

According to Dawson, Hope in the Night represents “the humdrum life of a people whose bodies were baked by the sun and lashed with the whip for two hundred and fifty years; whose lives were proscribed before they were born.”

This is desolate music beginning with a tolling gong and a plodding background to a lament.

This idea alternates with livelier and more hopeful music.

The main theme of the final movement is the spiritual that Dawson uses as its title, O, Le’ Me Shine, Shine Like a Morning Star! This emerges playfully in the opening section.

He also incorporates Hallelujah, Lord, I Been Down Into the Sea. Though the overall effect of this movement is lively and upbeat, there are hints of darkness intruding throughout. This is in keeping with Dawson’s note that it depicts “the merry play of children yet unaware of the hopelessness beclouding their future.”

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

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As we approach the Madison Symphony Orchestra’s centennial in 2025, our hope is to acknowledge 100 Century Society members for their endowment commitments of $100,000 or more.

We invite you to join these distinguished donors in helping the Madison Symphony Orchestra realize its vision to be a leader in classical music performance, education, community engagement, and artistic innovation for generations to come. Endowment gifts may be made for general or specific purposes. For information about minimum gift levels and naming requirements, contact Casey Oelkers, Director of Development, (608) 260-8680 x228. All inquiries will be kept confidential.

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John Rose & Brian Beaber Howard & Mirriam Rosen Fred & Mary Ross Richard A. & Rossmiller John & Rachel Rothschild Carol Rounds Robert & Nancy Rudd James & Carol Ruhly Janet Ruszala-Coughlin & Tim Coughlin Dean Ryerson Carol Ryff Steven & Lennie Saffian Matthew & Linda Sanders Nan & Bob Schaefer Dennis & Janice Schattschneider Jeffrey & Gail Schauer John & Susan Schauf Tom & Lynn Schmidt Phillip Schneider Gerald Schneider Steven & Debra Schroeder Andreas & Susanne Seeger Vicki Semo Scharfman Sandy Shepherd Daryl Sherman Jackson Short Carolin Showers Dr. Richard Shropshire Thomas & Myrt Sieger Nan Sievert J.R. & Patricia Smart Robert & Suzanne Smith Terrell & Mary Smith Steve Somerson & Helena Tsotsis

Alice Spencer Kenneth Spielman Nakkiah & Korvid Stampfli Joanne Stark Chuck & Shirley Stathas Gareth L. Steen Pat & John Steffen Franklin & Jennie Stein John & Catherine Steinhauer Michael Stemper David Stone JoAnne & Ken Streit Jim Struve & Kate Roberts Jerry & Georgie Suttin Cheri Teal Howard & Elizabeth Teeter Gerald & Priscilla Thain Ashley Thomas Eric Thompson Gary & Louise Thompson Tom & Dianne Totten Margaret Trepton Colleen & Tim Tucker Karalee Tyrrell Frederic & Gail Tyszka Doris J. Van Houten John & Shelly Van Note John & Bonnie Verberkmoes Rebekah Verbeten Elena Vetrina & Wallace Sherlock Angela Vitcenda & Jerry Norenberg Liz Vowles Grace Wahba & David Callan Greg Wagner & Fred Muci

John & Janine Wardale Jeremy & Sarah Watt Scott Weber & Martha Barrett Nancy Webster Karl & Ellen Westlund Dorothy Whiting Wade W. Whitmus Steven & Ellen Wickland Nancy & Tripp Widder Rebecca Wiegand Eric & Margaret Wilcots Eve Wilkie Bambi Wilson Bill & Jackie Wineke Rick Wirch Scott & Jane Wismans Brad Wolbert & Rebecca Karoff Barbara Wolfe Marcia Wright David Wuestenberg John Young & Gail Snowden Ronald Zerofsky Debra Zillmer & Daniel Leaver Joan N. Zingale 35 Anonymous Friends We also thank 197 donors for their contributions of $1 to $49.

Learn about the music and composers one hour before each concert in Overture Hall (FREE to all ticketholders) JANUARY: A Perfect Pair: Mozart & Mahler – Michael Allsen MARCH: Favorites of Mine & Your Choice – Michael Allsen APRIL: Boundless Beauty – Randal Swiggum MAY: Fiesta Finale – Michael Allsen

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is the soul’s language; it touches, fulfills, communicates. “ Music Our legacy gift helps future generations share our joy of Madison Symphony Orchestra music and friendship.”

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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.

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 Michael K. Bridgeman Alexis Buchanan & James Baldwin Scott & Janet Cabot Clarence Cameron & Robert Lockhart Martha & Charles Casey Elizabeth A. Conklin Barbara & John DeMain 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 Claudia Berry Miran Elaine & Nicholas Mischler Stephen D. Morton Reynold V. Peterson David & Kato Perlman Judith Pierotti Michael Pritzkow Gordon & Janet Renschler Joy & David Rice Joan & Kenneth Riggs

Harry & Karen Roth Edwin & Ruth Sheldon Dr. Beverly S. Simone JoAnn Six Mary Lang Sollinger Sharon Stark & Peter D. Livingston Gareth L. Steen Jurate Stewart John & Mary Storer Richard Tatman & Ellen Seuferer Marilynn Thompson Ann Wallace Richard & Barbara Weaver Carolyn & Ron White John Wiley & Andrea Teresa Arenas Mary Alice Wimmer Helen L. Wineke Ten Anonymous Friends

ESTATE GIFTS RECEIVED

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 Janet Nelson Sandra L. Osborn Elmer B. Ott Ethel Max Parker Josephine Ratner Mrs. J. Barkley Rosser

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

Elizabeth S. Anderes Donald W. Anderson Helen Barnick Norman Bassett Nancy Becknell DeEtte Beilfuss-Eager Theo F. Bird Marian & Jack Bolz 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

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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 2023-2024 Season* as of August 31, 2023. $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 Capitol Lakes The Evjue Foundation, Inc. Fiore Companies, Inc. National Endowment for the Arts Nimick Forbesway Foundation Walter A. and Dorothy Jones Frautschi Charitable Unitrust Wisconsin Arts Board with additional funds from the State of Wisconsin and the National Endowment for the Arts

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$10,000–$14,999 An Anonymous Friend Boardman Clark Law Firm John J. Frautschi Family Foundation Kenneth A. Lattman Foundation, Inc. Lake Ridge Bank Madison Gas & Electric Foundation, Inc. Marriott Daughters Foundation PBS Wisconsin University Research Park West Bend Mutual Insurance Company

$5,000–$9,999 American Family Insurance Bishops Bay Country Club The Burish Group at UBS 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 The Gialamas Company, Inc. Godfrey & Kahn, S.C. M3 Insurance Prairie Trust Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c.

Stafford Rosenbaum LLP Steinhilber Swanson LLP Sub-Zero Group, Inc. SupraNet Communications, Inc.

U.S. Bank von Briesen & Roper, s.c.

Wisconsin Public Radio Woodman’s Food Markets Hooper Foundation

$2,500–$4,999 Adesys IT Specialists Capitol Bank Farley’s House of Pianos Group Health Cooperative of South Central Wisconsin Laffey, Sebranek, Auby & Ristau, S.C. The Madison Club UW Health, UnityPoint Health – Meriter, Quartz WPS Charitable Foundation

$1,000–$2,499 An Anonymous Friend Baird/The Woodford Group BRAVA Magazine Faith Morledge - Sprinkman Real Estate Festival Foods Goodman’s Jewelers Inc. J.H. Findorff & Son Inc. Hooper Foundation Laffey, Sebranek, Auby & Ristau, S.C. Stark Company Realtors The Suby Group Surroundings Events and Floral Veridian Foundation Wisconsin Solar Design, Inc.

Up to $999 Blackhawk Country Club Catalent Pharma Solutions LLC FoxArneson, Inc. Fuhrman & Dodge, S.C. Le Personal Chef, LLC Madison Arts Commission Madison Black Chamber of Commerce Meriter Health Services, Inc. Michael F. Simon Builders, Inc. Murphy Desmond S.C.

Promega Corporation Sigma Alpha Iota Alumnae Stroud, Willink & Howard, LLC United Way of Dane County Ward-Brodt Music The Zimdars Company, Inc. *Total includes donations that support 2023-2024 Madison Symphony Orchestra Concerts, 2023-2024 Organ Concerts, 2023-2024 Education and Community

Engagement Programs; Madison Symphony Orchestra League's 2023-2024 Events and Activities including Concert on the Green 2023; and Friends of the Overture Concert Organ’s 2023-2024 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. .

Friends of the Overture Concert Organ (FOCO) play an important role in supporting the Madison Symphony Orchestra’s Overture Concert Organ programming. FOCO helps the Symphony: • Bring you live performances by some of the best organists in the world • Produce a variety of free education and outreach programs to benefit our community • Tune and maintain the Overture Concert Organ Members receive invitations to behind-the-scenes events and opportunities to meet our guest organists. Become a member and show your support for this unique aspect of the MSO! Memberships begin at $35.

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

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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

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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 William & Alexandra Dove 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 Robert & Judy Knapp 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 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 Claudia Berry & David E. Miran 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

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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 Dr. Joy K. Rice 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 Twila Sheskey 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.

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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 and Norm Berven Barbara Peterman In honor of John DeMain Catherine & Charles Sih An Anonymous Friend In honor of Hillary Hempel An Anonymous Friend In honor of Elspeth Stalter-Clouse Randall & Pamela Clouse In memory of Anne Bolz Norm & Barbara Berven Melinda & Mark Heinritz Dr. Stanley and Shirley Inhorn Stan & Nancy Johnson Valerie & Andreas Kazamias Melissa Keyes & Ingrid Rothe William & Judy Mayer Meriter Foundation, Inc. Elaine & Nicholas Mischler Jeanne Myers The Rusy Family Eileen Cripps Stenberg United Way of Dane County In memory of Jack and Marian Bolz Diane Ballweg Norm and Barbara Berven Martha & Charles Casey Jean Druckenmiller Tyrone & Janet Greive Dr. Stanley & Shirley Inhorn Jesse & Nancy Ishikawa Valerie & Andreas Kazamias Madison Community Foundation Meriter Foundation, Inc. Elaine & Nicholas Mischler Robert A. Reed Janet Renschler Don & Barb Sanford Mary Lang Sollinger Eileen Cripps Stenberg Judith & Nick Topitzes

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In memory of Marian Bolz Kevin Bonderud Daniel & Joyce Bromley Vivien Hudig Margaret Luby Richard & Jean Lottridge Jeanne Myers Carolyn White

In memory of Celia Fine Caroline & Mike Gilbert

In memory of Joanne Berg Janet & Keith Hilts Clarice Arsers

In memory of Howard Kidd Eric, Jill, Ryan & Emma Biegansky Jerry Doss Martha & Charles Casey Doug & Kay Horan Rex Gromer & Myra Huth The Hogerty Family Valerie & Andreas Kazamias Susan Lorenz Elaine & Nicholas Mischler Robert A. Reed Dennis & Ann Saye Thomas Scheetz John Sensenbrenner John & Deanna Swanson Daniel & Irene Thearle Katie & Ellis Waller Carolyn White

In memory of Eva Wright Buzecky Association of Equipment Manufacturers Ellen Burmeister Kathryn & Jeffry Erickson Samuel C. Hutchison In memory of Margaret Rupp Cooper Marjorie Sutton In memory of Barbara DeMain Emy Andrew In memory of Alexandra Dove Martha and Charles Casey In memory of Warren Downs Ruth Downs In memory of Jean Taylor Erickson Susan Gruber Lisa Grueneberg Karen Johnston Roe Parker & Deborah Firkins Donald & Judith Taylor Karin & Douglas Thurlow TMH Masonry, LLC Henry Zander In memory of Janet Faulhaber Steve & Jane Carrola Michael & Anne Faulhaber Dan & Mary Fose Stroud, Willink & Howard, LLC Ward-Brodt Music Two Anonymous Friends

In memory of Marika Fischer Hoyt Norm & Barbara Berven Rosemary M. Dorney Jennifer & Jim Lattis Elizabeth Perry

In memory of John Kjentvet Mike Allsen Deb & Scott Anderson Sarah & Scott Bentley Norm & Barbara Berven Matthew Clayton & Elizabeth Odders-White Bob & Paula Dinndorf Timothy Dybevik Euchre Group Friends Tola Ewers Dan & Mary Fose Michael & Carey Fose Michael George & Susan Gardels Timothy Harms & Diane Davia-Harms Ann & Peter Herb Jerrine Kjentvet Christine Kramschuster

Lenmark Gomsrud Linn Funeral & Cremation Services Robert Matthews Lynn & Bob McFadyen Steve & Rita Nordness Casey & Eric Oelkers Julie Ottum & David Runstrom David & Molly Petroff Emily & Brian Propst & Family Robert A. Reed Janet Reichl & Will Rietveld Sarah Robertson David & Jane Rockwell Valerie Voelz Rosenthal Michael Ross & Kirsten Fruit Lisa Schuebel Jim & Deb Schultz Leah Schultz Jacqui & John Shanda Duane & Jamie Vandermause Sharon Voelz David & Stephanie VonBehren Heidi Weber Carolyn White Joan Wiberg Two Anonymous Friends In memory of Peter Livingston Martha & Charles Casey Elaine & Nicholas Mischler

The Baranko Family Sara & Toby Campbell Philip Caravello Bill & Ellen Dupuy Janna Frank Julie Hagen Carol Hutchison Integral LLC Arlyn Lulewicz Madison Community Foundation Joe Manes Carla Moore James & Carol Ruhly Joe Vande Slunt Janice Weatherhogg John & Mary Witte Three Anonymous Friends

In memory of Anne Stanke Daniel & Lavonne Dettmers

In memory of Robert J. Rodini The Kleinhenz Family Dr. Evan & Jane Pizer

In memory of Rita D. Stofflet Anna Trull & John Stofflet

In memory of Margaret Schroeder Emy Andrew Norm & Barbara Berven

In memory of Hiram Pearcy Tyrone & Janet Greive Dr. Stanley & Shirley Inhorn Jerry and Vicki Swedish Carolyn White An Anonymous Friend In memory of Susan Derse Phillips Donald W. & M. Marilyn Anderson Foundation

In memory of Charles Snowdon Patricia Bernhardt Marian & Jack Bolz

In memory of Mary Mohs Emy Andrew In memory of Dexter Northrop Charles Elson Karen Jones & Lian Yu Warren & Dorothy Rebholz In memory of Janet Nelson Elaine & Nicholas Mischler

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In memory of Hans Sollinger Pamela Ploetz & John Henderson Two Anonymous Friends

In memory of Velma Ritcherson Elaine & Nicholas Mischler

In Memory of Mary Schroeder Fred & Carol Appleton Janis Arnovich Dee Baldock Judy Courtney Marilyn Ebben Jim & Lee Huffer Nona Hill & Clark Johnson Patricia M. King Cheryl & Thomas Kuster Linda & Michael Lovejoy Margaret & Paul Miller Karen & Craig Myers James & Barbara Patch Barbara & Michael Pratzel Nancy Priegel Cathy River Alice Spencer Chuck & Shirley Stathas Gordon & Karen Tuffli Jerome & Karen Wallander

In memory of Lawrence Lundy Betty Chewning & Family

Catherine Buege Martha & Charles Casey Marilyn Ebben Tyrone & Janet Greive Dr. Stanley & Shirley Inhorn Darko & Judy Kalan Valerie & Andreas Kazamias Linda & Michael Lovejoy Elaine & Nicholas Mischler Peter & Leslie Overton Joann Six Ellis & Catharine Waller Carolyn White

In memory of Kristina Cuthbert Stuart The Stuart Family In memory of Patricia Davey Struck Larry Bechler

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BY JOSEPH BOLOGNE CHEVALIER DE SAINT-GEORGES

Keely Futterer as Léontine

David Blalock as Valcour

Yazid Gray as Ophémon

DIRECTED BY Stephanie Havey CONDUCTED BY Michelle Rofrano FEATURING The Madison Symphony Orchestra

FEBRUARY 2 & 4, 2024 CAPITOL THEATER “He loves me... Who is he?”

A beautiful young widow is disillusioned with romance. Her dear friend is sending her anonymous love letters to express his feelings.

Will true love prevail? (It’s a comedy, so of course it will.)

Premiering in 1780, The Anonymous Lover is the only surviving opera by Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges. A pioneering Black composer, conductor, and violinist, Bologne achieved great renown throughout 18th-century France. Brighten up winter with the Wisconsin premiere of this charming opera!

Sung in French with English dialogue and projected English translations TICKETS 608.258.4141 | madisonopera.org/Anonymous

Saturday, December 16, 7:00 p.m.

City Church, 4909 E. Buckeye Rd.

TICKETS: $25

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TICKET INFORMATION SINGLE TICKETS are available at madisonsymphony.org and through the Overture Center Box Office. Single tickets for 23/24 Symphony masterworks concerts are $15-$102, and MSO at the Movies tickets are $15-$102. 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. 23/24 Overture Concert Organ tickets are $25 or $35, and Organ Student Rush tickets are all $10.

SUBSCRIPTIONS for our 23/24 seasons are now closed.

Stay tuned for information about our 24/25 Symphony and Organ seasons, to be announced in Spring 2023.

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

OVERTURE HALL INFORMATION RESTROOMS

GUEST CONSIDERATIONS

Women’s and men’s restrooms are located on each level of Overture. Family assist/gender inclusive restrooms, available to persons of any gender identity and expression, are available in the following areas:

The musicians and your fellow audience members thank you!

• Lower-Level Rotunda: to the right of the stairway.

• First floor lobby / Overture Hall: near coat check.

• Second floor: Gallery 2—second door to the left off the elevators.

Amenities at gender-inclusive restrooms include: • Lockable door to provide privacy for individual users • Ample room for an assistant/family member, if needed • Accessible sink, stool and urinal (floor level) • Changing stations • Power-assist doors (Level 1 restrooms only)

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 assistivelistening device, please alert an usher at the concert. Braille programs are also available upon request. Please contact Amanda at adill@madisonsymphony.org at least three weeks prior to the concert you wish to attend.

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• 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.

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

• Food and beverages are available at bars and concession stands in the Overture Lobby. Beverages are allowed in Overture Hall, but please enjoy food in the lobby.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.

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BOARDS AND ADMINISTRATION MADISON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC. BOARD OF DIRECTORS, 2023-2024

OFFICERS

Ellsworth Brown, Chair Michael Richman, Chair-Elect Jane Hamblen, Secretary Douglas Reuhl, Treasurer José Madera, Member-at-large Elaine Mischler, Immediate Past Chair Paul Norman, Member-at-large Kay Schwichtenberg, Member-at-large Derrick Smith, Member-at-large Lynn Stathas, Member-at-large

DIRECTORS

Carla Alvarado Brian Anderson Ruben Anthony, Jr. Jeffrey Bauer Ellsworth Brown Martha Casey Jessica Cavazos Bryan Chan Elton Crim James Dahlberg Bob Dinndorf Audrey Dybdahl Marc Fink Jane Hamblen David Harding Mark Huth Mooyoung Kim Ann Lindsey José Madera Oscar Mireles Rick Morgan Margaret Murphy Paul Norman Kevin O’Connor Jon Parker Cyrena Pondrom Margaret Pyle Michael Richman Carole Schaeffer Monique Scher Kay Schwichtenberg John Sims Derrick Smith Tamera Stanley

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Lynn Stathas Todd Stuart Anna Trull Eric Wilcots Michael Zorich

ADVISORS

Elliott Abramson Jason Adamany Michael Allsen Ted Bilich Rosemarie Blancke Michael Bridgeman Janet Cabot Camille Carter Benito De Leon Kristine Euclide Laura Gallagher Tyrone Greive Michael Hobbs Bob Horowitz Valerie Kazamias Stephanie Lee Joseph Meara Gary Mecklenburg Larry Midtbo Abigail Ochberg Greg Piefer Jacqueline Rodman Marilyn Ruffin Mary Lang Sollinger Judith Topitzes Ellis Waller Carolyn White Anders Yocom Stephen Zanoni

LIFE DIRECTORS Terry Haller Stanley Inhorn Nicholas Mischler Douglas Reuhl

HONORARY DIRECTORS Jack Daniels, III, President Madison College Kathy Evers, First Lady of the State of Wisconsin Joe Parisi, Dane County Executive

DIRECTORS EMERITUS Helen Bakke Wallace Douma Perry A. Henderson Fred Mohs Stephen Morton Beverly Simone John Wiley

EX OFFICIO DIRECTORS Robert Lemanske Elaine Mischler Barbara Berven Mark Bridges William Nelson

EX OFFICIO ADVISORS Josh Biere Dan Cavanagh Daniel Davidson

MADISON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA FOUNDATION INC. BOARD, 2023–2024

OFFICERS

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

DIRECTORS

Elliott Abramson Ellsworth Brown Joanna Burish Elizabeth Dettman Jill Friedow Gary Mecklenburg Elaine Mischler Nicholas E. Mischler Gregory Reed Douglas Reuhl

MADISON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA LEAGUE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, 2023–2024

OFFICERS

Barbara Berven, President Judy Kalan, President-Elect Nancy Young, Immediate Past President Ledell Zellers, Recording Secretary Janet Renschler, Corresponding Secretary Leslie Overton, Treasurer Nancy Young, Past President & Nominations 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

ADVISORS

ADVISORS

Jessica Morrison, Fall Luncheon Pat Bernhardt, Holiday Party Valerie Kazamias, Midwinter Luncheon Rosemarie Blancke, Spring Luncheon & Annual Meeting Marilyn Ebben, Ladies Bridge Jim Patch, Men's Bridge

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Alexis Carreon, Office & Personnel Manager Jennifer Goldberg, Orchestra Librarian Lisa Kjentvet, Director of Education & Community Engagement

Emmett Sauchuck, Manager of Grants & Sponsorships

Beth Rahko, MSOL Connect & Musicology Moments Jan Cibula, VP Social Activities

Ann Bowen, General Manager

David Willow Secretary-Treasurer

Don Sanford, Parties of Note

Claire Ann and Michael Richman, Concert on the Green

David Gordon, Executive Assistant & Board Liaison

Casey Oelkers, Director of Development

Beth Bauer Barbara Berven Janet Cabot Quinn Christensen Audrey Dybdahl Mary Ann Harr Grinde Mark Huth Ellen Larson Latimer Charles McLimans Doug McNeel David Parminter Rhonda Rushing Jennifer Younger

Ann Lindsey & Judy Topitzes, Symphony Gala

Robert Reed, Executive Director

Robert Lemanske President

DIRECTORS

Carole Schaeffer, AVP Special Projects

ADMINISTRATION

Katelyn Hanvey, Education & Community Engagement Manager

Judy Kalan, Behind The Music: Concert Previews

Lynn Stegner, VP Special Projects

MADISON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC.

OFFICERS

William Steffenhagen President-Elect

Michael Bridgeman, VP Membership Records

Greg Zelek, Organ Curator

FRIENDS OF THE OVERTURE CONCERT ORGAN BOARD OF DIRECTORS, 2023-2024

Jacqui Shanda, AVP Education

Jessica Yehle, VP Membership Recruitment/Retention

EX OFFICIO

Pat Bernhardt Rosemarie Blancke Janet Cabot Marilyn Ebben Valerie Kazamias Fern Lawrence Ann Lindsey Linda Lovejoy Elaine Mischler Janet Renschler Judy Topitzes Carolyn White

Leah Schultz, Manager of Individual Giving

Yumian Cui, Data & Analytics Manager Peter Rodgers, Director of Marketing Amanda Dill, Marketing/ Communications Manager Lindsey Meekhof, Audience Experience Manager Greg Zelek, Overture Concert Organ Curator/Principal Organist

Fernando Alvarado Diane Ballweg James Baxter Ellsworth Brown John Gauder Terry Haller Gary Lewis Elaine Mischler Vicki Nonn Reynold Peterson Teri Venker Anders Yocom

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Mt. Zion Gospel Choir...................................................................................51

Farley’s Salon Piano Series .......................................................................28

NBC15/WMTV.................................................................................................41

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The Madison Concourse Hotel .................................................................25

SupraNet Communications, Inc...............................................................56

Madison Gas & Electric Foundation, Inc...............................................39

University Research Park...........................................................................39

Madison Magazine........................................................................................35

Wisconsin Public Radio...............................................................................40

Madison Media Partners.............................................................................52

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NEW

MSO at the Movies

KYLE KNOX, Conducting

february

24 SAT 2:30 PM This special concert celebrates 25 years of the music and animation of Disney and Pixar films.

Pixar in Concert will feature music and visuals from 15 classics, including Pixar’s inaugural full-length computer animated film “Toy Story” (1995), and the Academy Award®-winning films “Finding Nemo,” “The Incredibles,” “Ratatouille,” “WALL-E,” “Up,” “Coco” and “Toy Story 3.”

With full-scale cinematic visuals projected above live musical performance, this memorable program features score highlights by Oscar® and Grammy®-winning composers Randy Newman (“Toy Story” films, “Monsters Inc.,” “Monsters University,” “Cars”) and Michael Giacchino (“The Incredibles,” “Incredibles 2,” “Ratatouille,” “Up,” “Inside Out,” “Coco”), plus music by Thomas Newman (“Finding Nemo,” “Finding Dory,” “WALL-E”).

I N C O N C EI RNT C O N C E R T

MAJOR PERFORMANCE SPONSORS: NBC 15, Madison Symphony Orchestra League, American Family Insurance, Hooper Foundation

ALL TICKETS $15-$80

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

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Dates, artists, and programs subject to change.

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