Beyond the Score
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Mahler: Symphony No. 4 – Heaven or Earth? March 19
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Table of Contents ABOUT THE ORCHESTRA Contact the Symphony...........................................3 John DeMain Biography........................................4 Orchestra Personnel for this Concert.....................6 Ticket Information...................................................41 Overture Hall Information......................................41 Boards and Administration .....................................42
BEYOND THE SCORE®, MAR 19 Concert Sponsor.....................................................8 Program...................................................................9 About Beyond The Score®......................................10 Kyle Knox Biography..............................................11 Emily Secor Biography............................................12 James Ridge Biography.........................................13 Colleen Madden Biography...................................13 Gavin Lawrence Biography.....................................14 Dan Lyons Biography..............................................14 Pogram Notes.........................................................18
SUPPORT Individual Donors...................................................24 Stradivarius Society Members...............................33 Business, Foundation and Government Donors..........................................34 Madison Symphony Orchestra Endowment Donors......................................... 36 Tributes....................................................................38
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John DeMain CONDUCTOR
In his 29th season as music director of the Madison Symphony Orchestra (MSO), Grammy and Tony Awardwinning 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
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2023 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Opera Association, the NOA's highest award. 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.
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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 madisonsymphony.org
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.
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ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL FOR THIS CONCERT VIOLIN I
Naha Greenholtz Concertmaster
William and Joyce Wartmann Chair
Leanne Kelso Co-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
Elspeth Stalter-Clouse Tim Kamps Katherine Floriano Laura Burns Laura Mericle Clayton Tillotson Carolyn Van De Velde Eric Bate Sahada Buckley 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 Olga Draguieva Kathryn Taylor Wendy Buehl
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Robin Ryan Matthew Dahm Wes Luke Chang-En Lu Michelle Kaebisch Abigail Schneider
BASS
VIOLA
Zachary Betz Jeff Takaki August Jirovec Mike Hennessy Jason Niehoff
Christopher Dozoryst Principal James F. Crow Chair
Katrin Talbot Assistant Principal Dove Family Chair
Diedre Buckley Renata Hornik Elisabeth Deussen Janse Vincent David Beytas Melissa Snell Ina Georgieva Hanna Pederson Marie Pauls Mary Deck
CELLO
Karl Lavine Principal
Reuhl Family Chair
Mark Bridges Assistant Principal
Patricia Kokotailo and R. Lawrence DeRoo Chair
Lindsey Crabb Jordan Allen Margaret Townsend Lisa Bressler Ryan Louie Becky Pan Amy Harr Aaron Fried
David Scholl Principal Robert Rickman Assistant Principal Carl Davick Tom Mohs Chair
FLUTE
Linda Pereksta Principal
Terry Family Foundation Chair
Dawn Lawler Danielle Breisach Iva Ugrcic
PICCOLO
Danielle Breisach Iva Ugrcic
OBOE
Izumi Amemiya Principal
Jim and Cathie Burgess Chair
Andrea Gross Hixon Lindsay Flowers
ENGLISH HORN Lindsay Flowers
CLARINET JJ Koh Principal
Barbara and Norman Berven Chair
Nancy Mackenzie Gregory Smith
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E-FLAT CLARINET Nancy Mackenzie
BASS CLARINET Gregory Smith
BASSOON
TRUMPET
PIANO
Marilynn G. Thompson Chair
Stephen D. Morton Chair
John Aley Principal
John Wagner David Cooper
Daniel Lyons Principal
Orchestra Committee
Cynthia Cameron Principal Amanda Szczys Carol Rosing
TIMPANI
Eugenie Mayer Bolz Foundation Chair
Mark Bridges, Chair Joshua Biere, Vice-Chair Rolf Wulfsberg, Secretary David Scholl, Treasurer JJ Koh, Member-at-large
CONTRABASSOON
PERCUSSION
Librarian
HORN
JoAnn Six Plesko and E.J. Plesko Chair
Carol Rosing
Michael Szczys Principal
Steve and Marianne Schlecht Chair
Ricardo Almeida William Muir Matthew Beecher Ingrid Mullane
Jaime Cardenas Principal
Anthony DiSanza Principal
Jennifer S. Goldberg
John and Carolyn Peterson Chair
Richard Morgan Nicholas Bonaccio Thomas Ross
Stage Manager
HARP
John Straughn
Johanna Wienholts Principal
Endowed by an Anonymous Friend
Benjamin Skroch
Property Manager Personnel Manager Alexis Carreon
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THANK YOU TO OUR GENEROUS SPONSOR for supporting these performances
EXCLUSIVE SPONSOR
Pleasant T. Rowland Foundation
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.
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!
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John DeMain | Music Director 97th Season | Overture Hall
Sunday, March 19, 2:30 p.m.
Kyle Knox, Conductor James Ridge, Actor Colleen Madden, Actor Gavin Lawrence, Narrator Emily Secor, Soprano Dan Lyons, Piano BEYOND THE SCORE® Mahler: Symphony No. 4 — Heaven or Earth?
MR. RIDGE MS. MADDEN MR. LAWRENCE MR. LYONS
INTERMISSION GUSTAV MAHLER (1860-1911) Symphony No. 4 in G Major Bedächtig, nicht eilen (Deliberate, unhurried)
In gemächlicher Bewegung, ohne Hast (In measured tempo, without haste) Ruhevoll, poco adagio (Calm, somewhat slowly)
Sehr behaglich (At ease)
MS. SECOR
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ABOUT BEYOND THE SCORE ®
A Production of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Gerard McBurney, Creative Director
For newcomers to classical music and longtime aficionados alike, each Beyond the Score® presentation is a dramatic exploration of a composer’s music. Through live actors, stunning visual projections and virtuosic fragments of live music, the compelling story of the composer’s life and art unfolds, illuminating the world that shaped the music’s creation. Under creative director Gerard McBurney’s leadership, each of the 30 Beyond the Score presentations weave together theater, music and design to draw audiences into the concert hall and into a work’s spirit. Initially conceived in 2005 by Martha Gilmer, Beyond the Score® has become one of the most successful and original audience development tools in the field of classical music. The program
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seeks to open the door to the symphonic repertoire for firsttime concertgoers as well as to encourage an active, more fulfilling way of listening for seasoned audiences. At its core is the live format of musical extracts, spoken clarification, theatrical narrative, and hand-paced projections on large central surfaces, performed in close synchrony. After each program, audiences return from intermission to experience the resulting work performed in a regular concert setting, equipped with a new understanding of its style and genesis. Beyond the Score® was quickly recognized by orchestras in the United States and abroad; and its expanded licensing program has since brought performances to live audiences throughout the United States and the world. In addition, selected performances are also available for online viewing at beyondthescore.org.
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Madison Opera, and later helped coordinate a studio artist showcase in the first ever collaboration between that company and WYSO. Other stage credits include Albert Herring, The Turn of the Screw, and Transformations with UW Opera, as well as Die Fledermaus, The Gondoliers and H.M.S. Pinafore with Madison Savoyards. Additionally he has conducted UW Music Clinic’s High School Honors Orchestra.
Kyle Knox CONDUCTOR
In the fall of 2018, Kyle Knox assumed the positions of Music Director of the Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestras and Associate Conductor of the Madison Symphony Orchestra.
Recent past and upcoming conducting credits include the Milwaukee Symphony (on both their Family and Connections concert series), the Madison Symphony’s Beyond the Score® (including Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring and Mahler’s Symphony No. 4), their full annual Education Series (including their Fall and Spring Youth Concerts, Community Concerts, Symphony Soup, and the Bolz Final Forte), as well as Concert on the Green. In works for the stage, Kyle led Mark Adamo’s Little Women for
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He was formerly a clarinetist with the Milwaukee Symphony, Santa Fe Opera, and Philadelphia Orchestras, and on faculty at UW-Milwaukee. His festival credits include Tanglewood, Spoleto (Italy), Santa Fe Chamber Music, and Bowdoin Summer Music Festivals, as well as the New York String Orchestra Seminar. He has recorded for the Koch and Naxos labels and has been featured numerous times on NPR’s Performance Today. Kyle has premiered works by Osvaldo Golijov, Tan Dun, Sean Shepherd, Huang Ruo, and Jonathan Leshnoff, among many others. Nico Muhly’s chamber work Service Music (2004) was written for and dedicated to him. His debut album, a recording of Conrad Susa’s chamber opera Transformations (the work’s world premiere recording) was recently released on Spotify. Kyle studied conducting with James Smith, and clarinet with Ricardo Morales and Yehuda Gilad. He holds degrees from Juilliard and UW-Madison.
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(Lindsay Christians, The Capital Times).
Emily Secor SOPRANO
Praised for her “spicy and rich lyric soprano,” Wisconsin native Emily Secor enjoys performing on and off the operatic stage. Upcoming
engagements include covering the “Trio soprano” in Berstein’s Trouble in Tahiti with Madison Opera, the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition (Minnesota District), soprano soloist in Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 with the Madison Symphony Orchestra, and covering “Susanna” in Madison Opera’s production of Le nozze di Figaro. Emily recently performed the role of “Diana” in Madison Opera’s production of Orpheus in the Underworld. “In this heavenly firmament, a few stars light up the stage… Emily Secor steals scenes as Diana the huntress, punctuating phrases with slaps of her riding crop.”
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In conjunction with the Madison Symphony Orchestra, Emily was a featured soloist for "A Virtual Madison Symphony Christmas," a pre-recorded Christmas program that aired during the month of December 2020. Described as "a sheer delight," her performance received glowing accolades: "She sparkles on an aria from 'Messiah' (“He Shall Feed His Flock”) and brings loads of charm to 'It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year.' Thanks to the virtual format, I can listen to her shimmery rendition of 'O Holy Night' three times." (Lindsay Christians, The Capital Times). Emily’s tenure as one of Madison Opera’s Studio Artists spanned two seasons. The 2019-2020 season included performances of the role of Annina and covering the role of Violetta in La Traviata, and Miss Lightfoot in Fellow Travelers. Performances during the 2018-2019 season included covering the role of Nedda in I Pagliacci, performing the role of Mrs. Nordstrom and covering Anne Egerman in A Little Night Music, and performing the role of First Woodsprite and covering the title role in Rusalka. Other operatic performances include covering the role of First Woodsprite in Rusalka as an Apprentice Artist with the Des Moines Metro Opera (2018), performing the role of Liz Taylor in scenes from Jackie O. by Michael Dougherty and Gretel in Hansel and Gretel at the University of Northern Iowa (2018). As a soloist, she has performed with the Luther College Symphony and Combined Choirs for Handel’s Messiah. Emily also regularly 2022 | 2023 SEASON
performs the "Star Spangled Banner" for events like University of Wisconsin sporting events, Military Veteran recognition ceremonies (Quilts of Valor), and other various ceremonies. Emily also works as a church musician, leading contemporary worship each week. She sings often for weddings, funerals, and other events. Emily is a graduate of the University of Northern Iowa where she received a Master of Music degree in Vocal Performance, and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Vocal Performance from Luther College in Decorah, Iowa.
and Bluntchli. He has also worked with Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Milwaukee Chamber Theatre, Renaissance Theaterworks, Next Act Theatre, Forward Theater, Madison Repertory, as well as Madison Symphony Orchestra, Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra and Con Vivo. James has directed with CTM and Two Crows.
Colleen Madden ACTOR
James Ridge NARRATOR
James Ridge is a core company actor with American Players Theatre. Over 25 seasons, roles with APT include John Heminges, King Berenger, Cyrano, Iago, Mr. Bennet, Teach, Richard III, Jacques, Touchstone, Shylock, Malvolio, Puck, Charles Dickens, Lickcheese madisonsymphony.org
Colleen Madden is a core company actor with American Players Theatre. Some favorites
from more than 20 years with APT are Nora (Doll's House Part II), Beatrice (Much Ado), Beatrice (A View from the Bridge), Elizabeth (Syringa Tree), Posthumous/Cloten (Cymbeline), Ariel (The Tempest), Pegeen Mike (Playboy of the Western World), and Sonya (Uncle Vanya).
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Gavin Lawrence
Dan Lyons
Gavin Lawrence is in his 7th season with American Players Theatre as a core company member.
Holding piano performance degrees from DePaul University and a doctoral performance degree from UW-Madison,
ACTOR
He recently portrayed the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in Katori Hall’s, The Mountaintop, and played the title role in last season’s Oedipus. He has worked at Steppenwolf, Woolly Mammoth, Goodman, Arena Stage, Baltimore Centerstage, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Denver Center Theatre Company, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Mixed Blood, Guthrie, Children’s Theater Company, IRT, First Stage, Skylight Music Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Kansas City Rep, Florida Studio Theatre, and the City Theatre. Film and TV work includes: Joe Somebody, Justice and Chicago PD. Gavin is an AUDELCO AWARD winner and a graduate of Howard University. He hosts the APT podcast, In The Wake Of Our Shadow: Black Voices.
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PIANO
Daniel Lyons is the Principal Pianist of the Madison Symphony Orchestra. His teachers include Dmitry Paperno, Howard Karp and Mary Sauer. While completing his doctoral program, he researched and performed piano compositions of Russian composer Rodion Shchedrin. He was also the founder of Madison Academy of Music, a private music studio in Madison that provides private instrumental instruction along with one of the country’s largest and most successful Kindermusik programs. In addition to maintaining a private teaching studio, he serves on the faculty of the UWWhitewater Summer Piano Clinic and continues to perform as a soloist and accompanist. He lives in Madison with his wife, Monica, and three children, Kenny, Tatiana and Alexander. 2022 | 2023 SEASON
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Program Notes MARCH 19, 2023
Program Notes by J. Michael Allsen
Gustav Mahler One of our more popular features over the past few seasons have been presentations in the Beyond the Score® series developed by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. These innovative programs combine live actors, multimedia, and the orchestra to present deep and entertaining background on a featured work— followed by performance of the full work. At this program, led by our Associate Conductor, Kyle Knox, actors James Ridge, Colleen Madden, and Gavin Lawrence from American Players Theatre will be on stage for the story of Mahler’s joyous Symphony No.4. Soprano Emily Secor will sing the final movement: a song describing a child’s colorful vision of Heaven.
Mahler’s Symphony No 4, the smallest and most joyful of his symphonies, was completed during his stressful first years as conductor of the Vienna Philharmonic.
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Born: July 7, 1860, Kalischte, Bohemia.
Died: May 18, 1911, Vienna, Austria.
Symphony No. 4 in G Major
Composed: Mahler composed the fourth movement in 1892. The opening three movements were written during the summers of 1899 and 1900. Premiere: November 23, 1901 in Munich, with Mahler conducting the Kaim Orchestra. Previous MSO Performance: 1969 (with Bettina Bjorksten as soloist), 1985 (Lorna Haywood), 1998 (Helen Donath), and 2016 (Alisa Jordhelm). Duration: 57:00. Background
Des Knaben Wunderhorn (The Boy’s Magic Horn), a collection of folk poetry, had a profound effect on Mahler. He set several of these poems to music early in his career, and the poems were in the background of the first four of his symphonies, including the vocal finale of the fourth. 2022 | 2023 SEASON
Mahler’s fourth symphony represents a kind of peaceful interlude in his series of works: not only is it something of a miniature by Mahler’s standards (a work of less than an hour’s duration, scored for a relatively modest orchestra), it is almost completely upbeat and joyful. This is not the fierce, triumphant joy that closes the second symphony, nor is it the exaltation that ends the third— here, it is a simple, childlike joy that pervades most of the symphony and reaches its purest expression in the fourth movement’s song. This joy does not reflect the stress of Mahler’s life at the time. In 1898, he accepted the post of Music Director for the Vienna Philharmonic, at that time the best orchestra in the world. Mahler had converted to Catholicism as part of his campaign for this position, but antisemitism remained a hindrance throughout his time in Vienna. His authoritarian style did not please the musicians, and his unorthodox and highly personal interpretations drew fire from conservative Viennese critics. The upside of all this controversy was that ticket revenues soared, and that management loved him! He eventually resigned his post in 1901. Mahler’s output as a composer fell in 1898, even during his preciouslyguarded summer holiday. In the summer holiday of 1899, however, he had a burst of creativity and sketched out much of the opening three movements, finishing the symphony the following summer. One of Mahler’s inspirations in this period was Des Knaben Wunderhorn (The Boy’s Magic Horn, 1805-1808) a collection of German folk-poetry, madisonsymphony.org
collected and heavily edited by the German poets Achim vom Arnim and Clemens Brentano, together with some of their own poems. These texts, filled with folk-religion and fairytale imagery—an idealized version of country life—were hugely popular among the German Romantics. Several composers, Weber, Mendelssohn, Schumann, and Brahms among them, set Wunderhorn texts to music. But the collection was a particularly powerful source of inspiration for Mahler, generating several song-settings and playing a role in the creation of his first four symphonies, three of which include solo settings of Wunderhorn poems. These texts seem to have had a special significance for Mahler, who viewed these simple, sometime naïve poems as symbolic of events in his own life. The three movements written in 1899-1900 were composed to complement a work written some eight years earlier. In 1892, Mahler wrote an orchestral setting of the poem Das himmlische Leben (The Heavenly Life) from the Wunderhorn collection. His setting of this poem went through two different incarnations before it found a home in the Symphony No.4. It was originally an independent song for soprano and orchestra, but then in 1896, Mahler included the piece as the seventh movement of his enormous Symphony No.3, with the title “What the Child Tells Me.” He abandoned this plan, and set the movement aside. It eventually found a home as the core of Symphony No.4. The opening three movements serve as preparation for this sublime
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song—according to Mahler: “In the first three movements, there reigns the serenity of a higher realm, a realm strange to us, oddly frightening, even terrifying. In the finale, the child, who in his previous existence belonged to this higher realm, tells us what it all means...”
What You’ll Hear
The symphony is in four movements: • A large opening movement that develops two distinct themes in an innovative way. • A rather sinister scherzo, featuring the solo violin in the guise of a demonic fiddler. • A tranquil slow movement. • The concluding movement is a song for solo soprano, setting a poem from the Wunderhorn collection. The opening movement is set in an unorthodox sonata form. The opening bars set a pastoral mood
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with a chirping combination of flutes and sleighbells—a motto that serves to mark off the sections of this form, and which will reoccur in the finale. The exposition continues in perfectly Classical form, as two main ideas are introduced. The first of these is a lilting melody introduced by the strings and picked up by the solo horn and woodwinds. The second, much more sonorous and flowing, is heard in the cellos. A wry little episode for oboe, bassoon, and clarinet rounds off the exposition, and the sleigh bells begin a lengthy development section which works out the material laid out previously, and moves gradually towards one of the few forceful moments in the symphony, led by the trumpets—a moment that quickly subsides. The recapitulation, also signaled subtly by the motto, brings back the main thematic material, but out of order and in transformed fashion. The clearest statement of the opening theme is reserved for the very end, just before a brief, sparkling coda. Mahler’s original title for the second movement was Freund Hein spielt auf (Friend Hein Plays). Hein, a figure from Austrian folktales, was a demonic fiddler who led people into Hell with his playing. Also in the background of this deliberately spooky movement is a self-portrait by the Romantic painter Arnold Böcklin, a picture that shows the artist listening as the figure of Death fiddles just behind his shoulder. True to the subject-matter, much of the scherzo is carried by fiddling from a solo violin. (Mahler directs that the violinist tune all 2022 | 2023 SEASON
strings a whole-step high, and play “like a country fiddler,” creating a deliberately shrill effect.) This brilliantly-orchestrated movement is a series of contrasts between the slightly macabre music of the scherzo and contrasting episodes of lighter character. In comparing the second and third movements, Mahler wrote: “The scherzo is so uncanny, almost sinister, that your hair may stand on end. Yet in the following Adagio, where all complications are dissolved, you will feel that it really wasn’t all that sinister...” This quiet and serene movement is a pair of interlocked theme-andvariations forms, one dominated by string sonorities and the other by woodwinds. The movement explodes briefly with trumpets and horns at the end, but is quickly hushed. The fourth movement follows after a brief pause.
The culmination of this work, Mahler’s setting of Das himmlische Leben, is simplicity itself. The stanzas of the poem are set in an uncomplicated strophic form: essentially the same music with some variation for each stanza of poetry. This poem seems to call for a very direct setting, with its innocent images of a heaven populated by friendly saints, where the tables are overflowing with the best food (a Romantic German take on The Big Rock Candy Mountain!), and where heavenly music resounds. The movement begins with a clarinet solo, which introduces the tune sung by the soprano. After the opening stanzas, the orchestra enters with a frantic-sounding version of the first movement’s motto. The next stanzas, dealing with the death of St. John’s “little lamb” (Christ), are set in a minor key and again set off by a statement of the motto. Major tonality returns again for the stanzas detailing the heavenly feast, which are punctuated by woodwind motives. After a brief moment, the motto returns, but the orchestra continues with a quiet passage that leads into the final stanzas, now in a luminous E Major—this serene mood remains until the final chord quietly dies away.
program notes ©2022 by J. Michael Allsen Complete program notes for the 2022-23 season are available at www.madisonsymphony.org.
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ENDOWMENT GIVING
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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. Carla and Fernando Alvarado Diane Ballweg Chuck Bauer and Chuck Beckwith Barbara and Norman Berven Rosemarie and Fred Blancke Eugenie Mayer Bolz Family Foundation Jim and Cathie Burgess Martha and Charles Casey Margaret Christy Pat and Dan Cornwell James F. Crow William and Alexandra Dove The Evjue Foundation, Inc. Linda I. Garrity George Gay George and Candy Gialamas Tyrone and Janet Greive Terry Haller Carl M. Hudig Dr. Stanley and Shirley Inhorn Patricia Kokotailo and R. Lawrence DeRoo Arno and Hazel Kurth
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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.
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The Madison Symphony Orchestra & our affiliate organizations rely on generous donor support to fund the fulfillment of The Symphony’s mission each year. We gratefully acknowledge all individual donors for their gifts & sponsorships to the Madison Symphony Orchestra, Madison Symphony Orchestra League, &/or Friends of the Overture Concert Organ. Donors are listed according to the total amount of their monetary donations supporting the 2022-2023 Season* as of March 6, 2023.
$20,000 & ABOVE
Norm & Barbara Berven Rosemarie & Fred Blancke W. Jerome Frautschi & Pleasant Rowland Susan S. Harris Myrna Larson Roma Lenehan Marvin J. Levy Sandra L. Osborn David & Kato Perlman
$10,000-$19,999
Fernando & Carla Alvarado Diane Ballweg Dr. Annette Beyer-Mears Marian & Jack Bolz Louise & Ernest Borden Scott & Janet Cabot Martha & Charles Casey Lau & Bea Christensen Audrey Dybdahl Joan Fudala & Richard Dike John & Christine Gauder Kennedy Gilchrist & Heidi Wilde Dr. & Mrs. Frank Greer Jane Hamblen & Robert F. Lemanske Janet Hyde Dr. Stanley & Shirley Inhorn Howard Kidd & Margaret Murphy Larry & Julie Midtbo Claudia Berry Miran Elaine & Nicholas Mischler Fred & Mary Mohs Nancy Mohs Stephen Morton Cyrena & Lee Pondrom Peggy & Tom Pyle Richard & Pamela Reese
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Kay Schwichtenberg & Herman Baumann Lise R. Skofronick William Steffenhagen Janet Streiff Judith & Nick Topitzes Fred A. Wileman Jim & Jessica Yehle One Anonymous Friend
$5,000-$9,999
Jeff & Beth Bauer William & Claudette Banholzer Joel & Kathryn Belaire Robert Benjamin & John Fields Karl Bethke Dennis & Lynn Christensen James Dahlberg & Elsebet Lund Phil Daub Bob Erb & Wendy Weiler Dan & Natalie Erdman Steven Ewer & Abigail Ochberg Dr. Thomas & Leslie France Marilyn Hahn Melinda & Mark Heinritz Ronald J. & Janet E. Johnson James & Joan Johnston Ann Lindsey & Charles Snowdon Doug & Norma Madsen Gary & Lynn Mecklenburg Barbara J. Merz Mark & Joyce Messer Lorrie & Kevin Meyer Ann Miller Coleman Michael Oliva & Patricia Meyer Joan D. Pedro Pamela Ploetz & John Henderson Walter & Karen Pridham Beth & Peter Rahko Steven P. Robinson Family Fund
Barbara & Richard Schnell Rodney Schreiner & Mark Blank Thomas Rae Smith & Jennifer A. Younger Gerald & Shirley Spade John F. Suby Greg & Jenny Williams One Anonymous Friend
$2,500–$4,999
Kay & Martin Barrett Shaila & Thomas Bolger Anne W. Bolz Patricia Brady & Robert Smith Ellsworth & Dorothy Brown Stephen Caldwell & Judith Werner Richard & Marilyn Cashwell Doug & Sherry Caves Anne-Marie & Paul Correll Wallace & Peggy Douma Marilyn Ebben John W. Erickson Timothy & Renée Farley Charles N. Ford & Sharon L. James Dolores & Paul Gohdes Tyrone & Janet Greive Terry Haller Mike & Beth Hamerlik Curt & Dawn Hastings Dr. Brandon S. Hayes Charles & Tammy Hodulik Bob & Louise Jeanne Nancy Jesse & Paul Menzel Valerie & Andreas Kazamias Terry & Mary Kelly Robert & Judy Knapp Michael & Linda Lovejoy Charles McLimans & Dr. Richard Merrion Eric & Hilary Moleski Peder & Jeanne Moren
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Dr. John Morledge David Myers Paul & Maureen Norman Kevin & Cheryl O'Connor Jon & Fung Wai D. Parker Kari Peterson & Ben De Leon Reynold V. Peterson Robert A. Reed Doug & Katie Reuhl Michael & Claire Ann Richman Patty & Dan Schultz Joe & Mary Ellyn Sensenbrenner Harold & Marilyn Silvester Mary Lang Sollinger Dr. Steven Stoddard Jerry & Vicki Swedish Elizabeth Sykes George & Catherine Tesar Anne M. Traynor Selma Van Eyck Marc Vitale & Darcy Kind Toby Wallach Katie & Ellis Waller Carolyn White Bob & Elsie Wilson Nancy & Edward Young Bob & Cindy Zellers Ledell Zellers & Simon Anderson One Anonymous Friend
$1,500–$2,499
Brian & Rozan Anderson Emy Andrew Dennis Appleton & Jennifer Buxton Jeffrey & Angela Bartell Janneke & Richard Baske Chuck Bauer & Chuck Beckwith Diane Bless M. Lynn Bonneau Doug Brejcha & Tracey Anton Bradford Brown & Maribeth Gettinger Daniel & Joyce Bromley Cathie Burgess Donna Carnes Steve & Shirley Crocker William & Alexandra Dove Barbara Drake Kristine Euclide & Douglas Steege Ray & Mary Evert Clayton & Belle Frink Katharine Gansner George Gay Dr. Robert & Linda Graebner Greg & Carol Griffin Philip & Dale Grimm Kim Hah
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Elizabeth & Bezalel Haimson John Hands & Karen Kendrick-Hands David Harding & Julie Marriott Betty & Edward Hasselkus Sharol Hayner Jim & Kathy Herman Walter & Barbara Herrod Ana & Paul Hooker Robert Horowitz & Susan B. King Charles James Sue & Paul Jobst Maryl R. Johnson, M.D. John Jorgensen & Olga Pomolova Darko & Judy Kalan Robert Keller & Catherine Kestle Mooyoung Kim & Anna Myeong Dr. & Mrs. Ivan Knezevic Patricia Kokotailo & R. Lawrence DeRoo John & Barbara Komoroske Richard & Judy Kvalheim James & Karen Laatsch Jennifer & Jim Lattis Fern & Bill Lawrence Allan & Sandra Levin Helen & Ernest Madsen David & Ann Martin Helen & Jeffrey Mattox Wendy McCurdy Joseph Meara & Karen Rebholz Barbara A. Melchert Jon & Cookie Miller Mark & Nancy Moore Thomas H. Nash III & Corinna Gries Drs. Dexter Northrop & Lynn Van Campen Kay & Pete Ogden Dr. Zorba & Penelope Paster Dr. Evan & Jane Pizer Robert & Kathleen Poi Myron Pozniak & Kathleen Baus The Children of Harold A. & Marian E. Rafoth Don & Carol Reeder Janet Renschler DeeDee & Bing Rikkers James Roeber Pat & Jeff Roggensack Sarah Rose Ron Rosner & Ronnie Hess Wayne Schwalen & Barbara Fleeman Georgia Shambes Robert Shumaker & Janet Kilde Shumaker Catherine & Charles Sih Eileen M. Smith Reeves Smith & Glenna Carter Sharon Stark & Peter Livingston
Eric & Sandra Statz Marilynn Thompson James J. Uppena Dr. Condon & Mary Vander Ark Carol & Donald Wahlin Ann Wallace Glenn & Jane Watts Frances Weinstein Faye Pauli Whitaker John & Peggy Zimdars Three Anonymous Friends
$750–$1,499
Mike Allsen Ellis & Susan Bauman Keith & Juli Baumgartner James & Diane Baxter Lawrence Bechler Dr. Robert Beech & Jean-Margret Merrell-Beech Darrell & Michelle Behnke David & Karen Benton Judy & Rick Berry Randall Blumenstein & Marci Gittleman Michael Bridgeman & Jack Holzhueter Ellen Burmeister Wayne Chaplin & Gail Bergman Betty Chewning & Family Quinn & Mike Christensen Barbara & Ted Cochrane David Coe Louis Cornelius & Pris Boroniec Richard & Susan Davidson Robert & Diane Dempsey Becky Dick Ruth Downs Charles & Bonnie Dykman Janet Faulhaber Michael & Anne Faulhaber Roberta Gassman & Lester Pines Michael George & Susan Gardels Robert & Vivian Ghiz Evan & Emily Gnam Ei Terasawa Grilley Jeff & Ann Hayes Paul & Patricia Heiser William Higbee Cynthia S. Hiteman David & Kathleen Irwin Bobbie & Steve Jellinek Aileen Jensen Rosemary & Lee Jones Eric & Caroline Klemm Rolf Killingstad Daniel King Michele Davanis Klaus
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Roberta Kurtz Sandra Kutler Constance Lavine & Fred Holtzman Richard & Joan Leffler Jonathan & Susan Lipp Margaret Luby Bruce & Ruth Marion Diane Mayland & Mike Hennessy Patricia McQuiddy Sharifa Merchant Christine & Jeff Molzahn Dennis & Karen Neff Vicki & Marv Nonn Peter & Leslie Overton William & Patricia Paul Gary & Mary Peterson Judith Pierotti Mary Pinkerton & Tino Balio Timothy Reilley & Janet Nelson Lorraine & Gary Roberts Bill & Rhonda Rushing Kathleen Schell Dean & Orange Schroeder Charles Scott Dr. Philip Shultz & Marsha VanDomelen Dr. Beverly S. Simone Dennis & Judy Skogen Chris & Ron Sorkness Stuart Family Edith Sullivan Richard Tatman & Ellen Seuferer John & Carol Toussaint Jon & Susan Udell Teresa Venker Willis & Heijia Wheeler Jeffrey Williamson Helen L. Wineke Jeffrey Wright & Jatinder Cheema Susan & Rolf Wulfsberg Anders Yocom & Ann Yocom Engelman Fred Younger Five Anonymous Friends
$500–$749
Jason & Erin Adamany Bert & Diane Adams Anne Altshuler & David Sulman Peggy Anderson Patricia Bernhardt
Mark & Sim Boyle Bruce & Nancy Braun Catherine Briggs & Marthea Fox Joyce A. Bringe Thomas L. Bruckner Catherine Buege Jewel & Ron Carlson Theodore & Eileen Collins Judy Craig 'Richard & Peggy Daluge Jean Druckenmiller Marlene Duffield & Terry Walton Callaghan Jerome Ebert & Joye Ebert Kuehn Edward & Rosanne Ehrlich Jane Eisner Mark Erdmann Jan Etnier Eric & Amanda Frailing Paul Fritsch & Jim Hartman Robert & Carol Frykenberg Rosalee Gander Lynn Gilchrist Joel & Jacquie Greiner George & Joan Hall Robert & Judith Havens Sandra Haynes Mitzi & Bernard Hlavac Evelyn Howell Paul & Lynne Jacobsen Kris S. Jarantoski Jerome & Dee Dee Jones Charlene Kim Larry M. Kneeland Catherine & Douglas Knuth Erna & Keith Kostuch Richard & Claire Kotenbeutel Jimm Krogstad Tom Kurtz Richard & Meg LaBrie David Lauth & Lindsey Thomas Ed & Julie Lehr Mike & Kathy Lipp José Madera & Kimberly Santiago Joan & Doug Maynard Joy C. Miller Oscar Mireles & Diana Gonzalez Rick & Jo Morgan Robin Moskowitz
Marian & Bill Nasgovitz Sharon Newlun Dan & Judy Nystrom Daniel O'Brien Despina & Ted Papageorge James & Anne Marie Papageorge David Parminter Patricia Paska Amy & Mark Pauli William E. Petig Gerald & Christine Popenhagen Faith Portier Barbara Prindiville Nancy Rathke Steven & Katie Reuhl Kathryn Richardson Don & Barb Sanford Monique & David Scher Curt & Jane Smith Lanny & Margaret Smith Jurate Stewart Ross Swaney Millard & Barbara Susman Marcia E. Topel Deni Topitzes James N. Topitzes & Stacy Kaber Jim (Dimitri) Topitzes & Deborah Davis Kent Topitzes Ellen M. Twing Jon & Susan Udell Karen & Stuart Updike Jeffrey Wagner Jerome & Karen Wallander Ronald & Janet Wanek Richard & Barbara Weaver Julia Weiser David Willow George A. Zagorski The Zanoni Family One Anonymous Friend
$250–$499
Hilde & Julius Adler Derek Aimonetto & Glenn Rowe Lyle J. Anderson Mary Pikul Anderson Ron & Sharon Anderson Sally E. Anderson Carolyn Aradine
*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.
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APRIL
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ALL TICKETS $25
massenet
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greg zelek & thomas mesa boulanger
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After our first performance together back in 2019 and a solo performance of Dvořák’s Cello Concerto with the MSO, Thomas Mesa returns as we collaborate once again in a program of organ and cello music. Mr. Mesa and I will both perform works by women composers, such as Nadia Boulanger’s gorgeous Trois Pièces, as well as a solo cello work written for him by Spanish composer Andrea Casarrubios. We will close this exciting evening with a commissioned work written for the two of us, Daniel Ficarri’s Sonata in C minor for Organ and Cello, which was inspired by our first performance at Overture Hall. You won’t want to miss the world premiere of this incredible piece! — Greg Zelek Principal Organist and Curator of the Overture Concert Organ Greg Zelek, Organ Thomas Mesa, Cello
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PRESENTING SPONSOR
William Steffenhagen
MAJOR SPONSOR
Jane Hamblen and Robert F. Lemanske
PROGRAM Jules Massenet, Méditation from Thaïs Nadia Boulanger, Trois Pièces Andrea Casarrubios, Seven J.S. Bach, Fugue in D major, BWV 532 Daniel Ficarri, Sonata for Organ and Cello (world premiere) Dates, artists, and programs subject to change.
David & Ruth Arnold Gregg & Kristina Auby George Austin & Martha Vukelich-Austin Nancy Baillies & Kevin Gould Karen Baker Rose Barroilhet Christine K. Beatty Donald & Deborah Beduhn Linda & Howard Bellman Robert & Donna Betzig Beth Binhammer & Ellen Hartenbach Rebecca Blank & Hanns Kuttner Terry Bloom & Prudy Stewart Dorothy A. Blotz Miriam & Brian Boegel Daniel & Stacey Bormann Brooks & Virginia Brenneis Bill & Sue Bridson Charles & Joanne Bunge Dennis & Jean Carlson Evonna Cheetham Arlen & Judy Christenson Scott Ciano Sam Coe Stan & Debbie Cravens Ruth N. Dahlke R. Christian & Kathy Davis Rahel Desalegne & Girma Tefera Geke de Vries & Herman Felstehausen Michael & Carla Di Iorio Bob & Paula Dinndorf Russell & Janis Dixon Blake Doss Paul Dvorak Fred & Deborah Edelman Crystal Enslin David Falk & JoAnne Robbins Marc & Marcia Fink Wes & Ankie Foell Donna B. Fox John Gadow Barbara Gessner Lori Grapentine Dianne Greenley Susan Gruber Arlene P. Hart Brian Haltinner Hoyt Halverson & Katherine Morkri Wava Haney Mary Ann Harr Grinde John Hayward & Susan Roehlk John & Sarah Helgeson Cornelia Hempe Michael Hobbs & Sherry Boozer-Hobbs Helen Horn & Ralph Petersen
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Barbara S. Hughes Margaret & Paul Irwin Paul & Lynne Jacobsen Stan & Nancy Johnson Richard & Charlotte Johnston Maryanne & Robert Julian Alisa Kemnitz Paul Kent Patricia M. King Connie Kinsella & Marc Eisen Noël Marie & Steven Klapper Robert Klassy Chris & Marge Kleinhenz Doug Knudson & Judith Lyons Erna & Keith Kostuch Richard & Claire Kotenbeutel James Krikelas Beverly Larson David Lawver Yvonne Lee Jane & Benny Leonard Peggy Lescrenier Richard & Jean Lottridge Joan Lundin John & Mary Madigan Karl & Vel Marquardt Bruce Matthews & Eileen Murphy Thomas & Elvice McAlpine Chandler McKelvey Cynthia McKenna Tony & Joanna Mennenga Doris Mergen Ken Mericle & Mindy Taranto Arthur Hans & Terry Ellen Moen Genevieve Murtaugh Bill & De Nelson Casey & Eric Oelkers Ron & Jan Opelt Julie Ottum & David Runstrom Jon Pennycuff & Paul Dunch John S. Pepple Lori & Jack Poulson Gary & Lanette Price Stephen Pudloski & Elizabeth Ament John & Rose Rasmus Kathleen Rasmussen Jane Reynolds Richard A. Rossmiller James & Carol Ruhly Jerry Salzberg & Liz Howard James Samsal Wilton Sanders & Sue Milch Rob & Mary Savage Gary & Barbara Schultz Magdolna Sebestyen Andreas & Susanne Seeger
Ronald & Ann Semmann Linda Shaw Maureen Skelton Demetrios Skias & Gloria Kelly Karen Smith Tricia & Everett Smith Kathy & Gabor Speck Pat & John Steffen Andrew Stevens Sue & David Stone Eugene Strangman Elaine Strassburg Charles & Diane Stumpf Jeanie & Tim Sullivan Susan Thomson Mark & Nanette Thompson Harry Tschopik Janet M. Van Vleck Nancy Vedder-Shults & Mark Shults Sarah Jane Voichick Arnold & Ellen Wald Nancy Webster Cleo & Judy Weibel David L. Weimer & Melanie Manion Urban Wemmerlöv & Mary Beth Schmalz Leonard & Paula Werner Derrith Wieman & Todd Clark M.J. Wiseman Patricia Hable Zastrow Thomas & Karen Zilavy Two Anonymous Friends
$50–$249
Arnold Alanen & Lynn Bjorkman Ian Alderman Carolyn B. Anderson Reed & Jan Andrew Rita Applebaum Fred & Carol Appleton Allen Arntsen Livia Asher Jim & Sue Bakke Lawrence & Donna Balch Dennis & Beverly Ball The Baranko Family Charles & Elizabeth Barnhill Kathryn Bartling Norm & Marion Beachley Connie & David Beam Allan Beatty Peter Beatty & Eve Drury Bill Beaudreau Ronald Benavides James & Sharon Berkner Niles & Linda Berman Jo Bernhardt & Ralph Topinka
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Mary Berryman Agard Ed & Lisa Binkley Lynn & Cheryl Binnie Jake & Philip Blavat Candace & Phill Bloedow Catherine Bloomer Randy & Marcia Blumer Judith & Allen Bodden Steven Braithwait Waltraud A. Brinkmann Ludwig & Nancy Bruch Wendy & Douglas Buehl Lynn Burke Mary & Ken Buroker Larry & Mary Kay Burton Darren & Stephanie Bush Judith & William Busse Heather & Mark Butler Robert Butz & Susan Alexander Ann Campbell Sally Carpenter & Barry Strauss Mary Caulfield Rick Chandler & Heidi Pankoke Leigh Barker Cheesebro Robert Chiesa & Jane Rouleau Birgit Christensen & Paul Rabinowitz Janet Cibula Randall & Pamela Clouse Betty Cohen Linda Cohn & Gary Miller Ken & Vicki Colle Elizabeth A. Conklin Richard & Virginia Connor Jane Considine James Conway & Kathy Trace The Corden Family Sally & Mike Corry Dan Cotter Judy Courtney Sheila Coyle Robin Craig & Mark Rzchowski Kathy Cramer Dawn Crim & Elton Crim Jr. Eileen Cripps Stenberg Randall Crow & Patricia Kerr John Daane Nanette Dagnon Beverly Dahl Debra Dahlke & Robert Gake Betsy Curtis D'Angelo Gretchen d'Armand Gary Davis & James Woods Sally & James Davis Suzanne Davis James & Edith Davison Carl & Eve Degen
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Terri Deist Kathleen DeMets & Greg Bollom Royce Dembo Gregory Dennis Laura & Erik Dent Edouard & Jeannine Desautels Charles & Sarah Dill Paul DiMusto & Molly Oberdoerster Donalea Dinsmore Glenn & Grace Disrude Dan & Carole Doeppers David Dohler Danielle Dooge Rosemary M. Dorney Sue Dornfeld John & Molly Dowling Paula K. Doyle Richard & Doris Dubielzig John & Deidre Dunn George & Regina Dunst Katrina Dwinell & Jane Oman Luke & Adrienne Eberhardy Janine Edwards Barbara G. Eggleston Alan & Ramona Ehrhardt Susan E. Eichhorn Sandra Eisemann Albert & Ann Ellingboe William & Jill Emmons Sheila & Ron Endres John Englesby Jean Taylor Erickson Kathryn & Jeffry Erickson Phyllis Ermer Johanna Fabke Zsuzsa Fabry & Matyas Sandor Elizabeth Fadell Joanna Kramer Fanney Douglas & Carol Fast Ed Feige & Elizabeth Palay Jean L. Feinstein-Lyon Jean Ferreira Kloehn & Ted Kloehn Phillip & Deborah Ferris Alan & Cindy Finesilver Susan & James Fiore Peter Fisher & Cyndy Galloway James & Judy Fitzgerald Grace Fleming Marshall & Linda Flowers Michael Forget Emily & Milton Ford Carol Fosshage Bobbi Foutch-Reynolds & Jim Reynolds Evelyn Fox John & Signe Frank Mary Frantz
Raelene & LisaAnn Freitag Janet & Byron Frenz Perry & Carolyn Frey Richard & Patricia Friday Anna & Suraya Gade Greg & Clare Gadient Kenneth & Molly Gage Robert & Janine Gage Susan Gandley Alan & Kathy Garant Russell & Suzanne Gardner Thomas & Kimberly Garrison Thomas H. Garver Laurie Gauper Lona George Charles & Janet Gietzel Caroline & Mike Gilbert Fr. C. Lee & Edith M. Gilbertson Joan Gilbertson Pauline Gilbertson & Peter Medley Carl & Peggy Glassford William & Sharon Goehring Janice Golay Michael G. Goldsberry Oliver & Sharon Goldsmith Caesar & Deborah Gonzaga William & Marilyn Gorham Sam Gratz Philip Greenwood David Griffeath & Catherine Loeb Connie Grogan Paul Grossberg & Dean Ziemke Janice Grutzner Ed & Gloria Grys Dale & Linda Gutman Magdalene Hagedorn Bob & Beverly Haimerl Jan & Jane Hall Thomas & Vicki Hall Hallada Family Jeffrey Hamm Terese Hansen William Hansen Don & Mary Harkness Margaret Harrigan & Richard Ross Bennette & Susan Harris Paul L. Hauri H. William & Susan Hausler Dan Hayes Betty B. Hayward Gregg Heatley & Julie James Cheryl Heiliger Tiffany Highstrom Nona Hill & Clark Johnson William & Sara Lee Hinckley Michael & Bernice Hirsch
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Nancy Hochstetter Ryan Hoffland & Heidi Bardenhagen Les & Susan Hoffman Paul & Debra Hoffman Constance & David Hoogerland Kurt Hornig & Alfredo Sotomayor Roger & Glenda Hott James & Cindy Hoyt Jim & Lee Huffer Robert & Ellen Hull Barbara Hultberg Chris & Kathryn Hurley Linda & Jeff Huttenburg Teresa & Joshua Hyman Don Hynek Frank Iltis Mark & Catherine Isenberg Craig & Marilyn January Kathleen Jeffords Brandon & Sarah Jellison Greg & Doreen Jensen Sherry Jimieson Paul & Sarah Johnsen Aaron & Sarah Johnson Dan & Janet Johnson Doug & Kathy Johnson Heather Johnson Theresa & Pell Johnson Karen Johnston Susan & Conrad Jostad Judy Karofsky Virginia Kaufman Arlan Kay Joseph Kay Juliana Kellenberger Jordan Kenik & Laura Phillips Kristine Kennedy Heidi & Matt Kenney Charles & Susan Kernats Duane & JoAnn Kexel Melissa Keyes & Ingrid Rothe Jamie King Patricia M. King Fran Kittell James Kleeman James Klein & Mary Knapp Daniel Knepper Laurie & Gus Knitt Michael J. Komar Marian Korth & Mim Jacobson Kevin & Theresa Kovach Robert & Lynne Krainer Mark Kremer Catherine Krier Jeffrey & Marisa Krosschell
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Shirley Krsinich Pauline Kuelbs Polly & Jim Kuelbs Kathleen K. & Richard R. Kuhnen Merilyn Kupferberg Pierre & Laurie La Plante Ann Lacy John & Marie LaFontaine Paul Lambert & Anne Griep William Lane Robert Lang Mary & Steve Langlie Jim Larkee Jerome Lawler Richard & Lynn Leazer Edward Lee Steven & Sarabeth Lemoine Ann Leon Sally Leong Madelyn Leopold Roger & Sherry Lepage Gary E. Lewis Michael Lietke Patrick Litscher Judith A. Louer Richard & Judy Loveless Doug & Mary Loving Kara Luedtke Kathy Luker Mary Ellen MacDonald Ronald & Carol Mach Frank & Nancy Maersch Garrick & Susan Maine Richard Margolis John Marhoefer & Mary Beth Schlagheck Barbara C. Martin Ruth & Bob Martin Edward Matkom Carol McCarthy Gordon & Janet McChesney Kathleen McElroy & David Newby Barbara McFarland Paul & Jane McGann Ted McGinnis Julie McGivern & Tom Smith James & Elaine McNeil Kate Meagher Lori J. Merriam Janet E. Mertz & Jonathan M. Kane Kathleen & Richard Miller Linda Miller Margaret & Paul Miller Regina Millner Michael Mills Linda Mintener & Bob Jones
Rolf & Judith Mjaanes Wendy Moeller Carla Moore Kim Moreland Jennifer Morgan Judith & Paul Moriarty Jessica & Ashley Morrison Terry Morrison Gary & Carol Moseson Ann & David Moyer Bruce Muckerheide & Robert Olson David P. & Karen Murphy Karen & Craig Myers Raymond Nashold John & Carol Naughton Charles & Terri Neider Lana Nenide Agate Nesaule Jeff Nickols Mary Lou Nord Andrew Nowlan Darlene M. Olson Richard & Marcia Olson Richard & Mary Ann Olson Bonnie Orvick Jim Ostrander Jessica & Grzegorz Pac William & Melissa Papineau Barbara Park Zaia Parker James & Barbara Patch Mitchell L. Patton Phillip & Karen Paulson John Pearson & David Dodd Elizabeth Perry Barbara Peterman Erin Peters Ernest J. Peterson Roger & Linda Pettersen Shaili Pfeiffer Larry & Jan Phelps Russell & Marveen Phelps Rex Piercy & Lee Johnsen Margaret Planner & James Curtis Brian & Jackie Podolski Ann Pollock & James Coors Tom Popp Virginia Porter & Ronald Niece Steve & Robin Potter Sue Poullette Sarah Pozdell Barbara & Michael Pratzel Nancy Priegel Paula Primm Thomas & Janet Pugh
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Ross Radel Donald & Roz Rahn Bryan Rainey Jason & Sarah Rasmusen Loren & Margaret Rathert Sherry Reames Mary Ann Rehberg Dr. Luke & Michelle Rehrauer Bill & Joan Richner Claire M. Rider Kirsten Rindfleisch Eric Ristau Cathy River Kathleen Roberg John Rose & Brian Beaber Howard & Mirriam Rosen Fred & Mary Ross Karen & Harry Roth Carol Rounds Robert & Nancy Rudd Janet Ruszala-Coughlin & Tim Coughlin Dean Ryerson Carol Ryff Steven & Lennie Saffian Matt & Linda Sanders Ruth M. Sanderson Bela & Ruth Sandor Ann & Dennis Saye Nan & Bob Schaefer Dennis & Janice Schattschneider Iva Hillegas Schatz Jeffrey & Gail Schauer John & Susan Schauf Dale Schmidt Phillip Schneider Beverly Schrag Dorothy I. Schroeder David & Gail Schultz Leah Schultz & Zachary Larson Brenda & David Scidmore Ann & Gary Scott Linda Seaquist Vicki Semo Scharfman Bassam Shakhashiri Sandy Shepherd Daryl Sherman Jackson Short Carolin Showers Thomas & Myrt Sieger Daniel & Cheryl Siehr LeeAnn Sinclair Rochelle Sincox J.R. & Patricia Smart Wendy Smiley Matney Derrick & Carrie Smith
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Robert & Suzanne Smith Latisha Smith-Chase Harvey & Judith Sokolow Steve Somerson & Helena Tsotsis Chris & Ron Sorkness Sarah Spaulding Alice Spencer Kenneth Spielman Mary Spike Gary & Jackie Splitter Rex & Alla Sprietsma Dennis & Barb Spurlin Robert & Barbara Stanley Joanne Stark Chuck & Shirley Stathas Gareth L. Steen Franklin & Jennie Stein Michael Stemper Gary & Karen Stephens Paul & Jill Stiegler Donald & Kris Stone Chuck Stonecipher Jonathan & Jessica Storey JoAnne & Ken Streit Dewitt & Julia Strong Mary & Robert Stroud Marta & Jeffery Stumbras David & Shirley Susan Jerry & Georgie Suttin Janet S. Swain Ross Swaney Donald & Judith Taylor Cheri Teal Howard & Elizabeth Teeter Rayla Temin Deborah Tetzlaff Gerald & Priscilla Thain Gary & Louise Thompson Stephen Thompson Karin & Douglas Thurlow Karen & Russell Tomar Scott Torgeson Dan & Char Tortorice Pamela & Tom Truesdell Anna Trull & John Stofflet Colleen & Tim Tucker Thomas Tuttle Fred & Gail Tyszka Nancy Van Brunt Rob & Beth Van den Burg Doris J. Van Houten John & Shelly Van Note Kurt & Nicole Van Tiem Juan & Jennifer Vargas John & Bonnie Verberkmoes
Elena Vetrina & Wallace Sherlock Jeanne & Frank Vitale Jane & Sarah Voichick Liz Vowles Greg L. Wagner Marty Wallace Sarah Wangler & Sean Kuhl John & Janine Wardale Linda K. Warren Jeremy & Sarah Watt Morris & Carolyn Waxler Janice Weatherhogg Jeffrey Weber & Debbi Peterson Scott Weber & Martha Barrett John & Jane Wegenke Julia Weiser Cathy & Bruce Weiss Sally Wellman Jim Werlein & Jody Pringle Karl & Ellen Westlund Dorothy Whiting Wade W. Whitmus Steven & Ellen Wickland Joan Wiersma Eric & Margaret Wilcots Royce Williams & Judith Siegfried Bambi Wilson Scott & Donna Wilson Rick Wirch Meg Wise & David Tenenbaum Scott & Jane Wismans Brad Wolbert Eric Wolf Marjorie Wood & Thomas Bernthal Matthew Woodard John & Nancy Woods Charlotte Woolf Marcia Wright David Wuestenberg Dick & Katie Yde Keith & Natalie Yelinek John Young & Gail Snowden Tim & Barbara Zander William & Beverly Zarnstorff Ronald Zerofsky Debra Zillmer & Daniel Leaver Joan N. Zingale Sarah & Jeffrey Zutz 52 Anonymous Friends We also thank 102 donors for their contributions of $1 to $49.
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You can help preserve the MSO’s legacy of great music for future generations by For more information about the Stradivarius Society or to plan your gift to the MSO, including the Symphony in your estate plans. Call (608) 257-3734 to learn more. contact Robin Garcia at 257-3734 or rgarcia@madisonsymphony.org.
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 Diane Ballweg Margaret B. Barker Chuck Bauer & Chuck Beckwith Dr. Annette Beyer-Mears Rosemarie & Fred Blancke Shaila & Tom Bolger Marian & Jack Bolz Michael K. Bridgeman Alexis Buchanan & James Baldwin Scott & Janet Cabot Clarence Cameron & Robert Lockhart Martha & Charles Casey Elizabeth A. Conklin Barbara & John DeMain Robert Dinndorf
ESTATE GIFTS RECEIVED Elizabeth S. Anderes Donald W. Anderson Judy Ashford Helen Barnick Norman Bassett Nancy Becknell DeEtte Beilfuss-Eager Theo F. Bird Kenneth Bussan Margaret Christy Frances Z. Cumbee Teddy Derse Ruth & Frederick Dobbratz Dr. Leroy Ecklund Mary J. Ferguson Linda I. Garrity Maxine A. Goold Beatrice B. Hagen Martin R. Hamlin Sybil A. Hanks Elizabeth Harris
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Audrey & Philip Dybdahl Jim & Marilyn Ebben George Gay Tyrone & Janet Greive Terry Haller Robert Horowitz & Susan B. King Dr. Stanley & Shirley Inhorn Richard & Meg LaBrie Steven Landfried Ann Lindsey & Charles Snowdon Elaine & Nicholas Mischler Stephen D. Morton Reynold V. Peterson David & Kato Perlman Judith Pierotti Michael Pritzkow Sheila Read 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 John Wiley & Andrea Teresa Arenas Mary Alice Wimmer Helen L. Wineke Ten Anonymous Friends
Julian E. Harris Jane Hilsenhoff Carl M. Hudig Martha Jenny Lois M. Jones Shirley Jane Kaub Helen B. Kayser Patricia Koenecke Teddy H. Kubly Arno & Hazel Kurth James V. Lathers Renata Laxova Stella I. Leverson Lila Lightfoot Jan Markwart Geraldine F. Mayer Mr. & Mrs. Frederick W. Miller Elmer B. Ott Ethel Max Parker Josephine Ratner
Mrs. J. Barkley Rosser 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
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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 March 8, 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 Harris Bank Capitol Lakes The Evjue Foundation, Inc. Fiore Companies, Inc. John and Carolyn Peterson Charitable Foundation, Inc. Kenneth A. Lattman Foundation, Inc. National Endowment for the Arts Nimick Forbesway Foundation Walter A. and Dorothy Jones Frautschi Charitable Unitrust An Anonymous Friend (Jennie H. Olson Charitable Foundation, Inc.)
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$10,000–$14,999
Boardman Clark Law Firm John J. Frautschi Family Foundation Madison Community Foundation Madison Gas & Electric Foundation, Inc. Marriott Daughters Foundation PBS Wisconsin University Research Park West Bend Mutual Insurance Company 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, a component fund of the Madison Community Foundation 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 M3 Insurance 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. Wisconsin Public Radio Woodman’s Food Markets
$2,500–$4,999
AE Business Solutions 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 West Bend Community Foundation's West Bend Mutual Insurance Company Charitable Fund WPS Health Solutions
$1,000–$2,499
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
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Iltis Family Fund Laffey, Sebranek, Auby & Ristau, S.C. Madison Arts Commission Neider & Boucher, S.C. Surroundings Events and Floral Veridian Foundation An Anonymous Friend (UnityPoint Health – Meriter Foundation for COG 2022)
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 Music Family Charitable Fund Herb Kohl Charities 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 Target Corporation TMH Masonry, LLC 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.
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 Judy Ashford 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 Anne & Robert Bolz Marian & Jack Bolz Ernest & Louise Borden Daniel & Stacey Bormann Carl & Judy Bowser Patricia Brady & Robert Smith Nathan Brand Frank & Pat Burgess Jim & Cathie Burgess Mary P. Burke Capital Newspapers Capitol Lakes Thomas & Martha Carter
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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 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 Marie & Hap Johnson Peter & Ellen Johnson Rosemary B. Johnson Stan & Nancy 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
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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 Gary E. Lewis Ronald L. & Jean L. 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 Hal & Christy Mayer Oscar G. & Geraldine 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
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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 & 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.
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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 Berven Gary E. Lewis Barbara Peterman 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 Elspeth Stalter-Clouse Randall & Pamela Clouse In honor of Judith Topitzes Marilyn Ebben William & Jill Emmons Karen & Harry Roth 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 Ellen Burmeister Kathryn & Jeffry Erickson Johanna Fabke Lona George Tyrone & Janet Greive Nicole Hallada Jeffrey Hamm Samuel C. Hutchison Audrey Lazanas Michael Lietke Wendy Smiley Matney Kathleen McElroy & David Newby Marjorie Miller Erin Peters Schubert Club Rex & Alla Sprietsma
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Chuck Stonecipher Sara Truesdale-Mooney Ann Wallace Charlotte Woolf In memory of Martin Clarke Charles Holmburg Barbara Knapp Mr. & Mrs. R. Kupp Carol & James Weber Chris & Kristin Weber
In memory of Carl Gulbrandson Elaine & Nicholas Mischler In memory of Richard W. Hahn Marilyn Hahn In memory of Marika Fischer Hoyt Elizabeth Perry In memory of Renate Madsen Marian & Jack Bolz
In memory of Barbara DeMain Emy Andrew
In memory of Michael McKenna Kristine Andrews
In memory of Warren Downs Ruth Downs
In memory of Mary Mohs Emy Andrew Marian & Jack Bolz Dr. Stanley & Shirley Inhorn Elaine & Nicholas Mischler JoAnn Six Carolyn White
In memory of Jean Taylor Erickson: Mary Berryman Agard Kathryn Bartling Terri Deist Sheila & Ron Endres Michael George & Susan Gardels Lona George Joan Gilbertson Susan Gruber Lisa Grueneberg Michael & Bernice Hirsch Teresa & Joshua Hyman Judy Karofsky Marian Korth & Mim Jacobson Karen Johnston Allan, Sandra & Jeremy Levin Roe Parker & Deborah Firkins Margaret Planner & James Curtis Dale Schmidt Donald & Judith Taylor Karin & Douglas Thurlow TMH Masonry, LLC Steven & Krista Tweed Jeanne & Frank Vitale Mary & Warren Willauer Henry Zander In memory of Celia Fine Caroline & Mike Gilbert In memory of Andrew Fondrk, Sr. Vicki & Drew Fondrk
In memory of Diane Nixon Elizabeth A. Conklin In memory of Susan Derse Phillips The Baranko Family Bill & Ellen Dupuy Madison Community Foundation James & Carol Ruhly Joe Vande Slunt Janice Weatherhogg Two Anonymous Friends 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
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In memory of Velma Ritcherson Elaine & Nicholas Mischler
In memory of Luis Sequeira Marta & Jeffery Stumbras
In memory of Sherri Talbert Jessica Talbert
In memory of Margaret Schroeder Emy Andrew Norm & Barbara Berven Samuel C. Hutchison Anne & Duncan Sauer
In memory of Charles Snowdon Patricia Bernhardt Marian & Jack Bolz Catherine Buege Marilyn Ebben Dr. Stanley & Shirley Inhorn Darko & Judy Kalan Valerie & Andreas Kazamias Peter & Leslie Overton
In memory of Dr. Roy & Louise Yeazel Samuel C. Hutchison
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
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In memory of Gerald Spade Paul Berge & Patricia Sweeney In memory of Rita D. Stofflet Anna Trull & John Stofflet In memory of Kristina Cuthbert Stuart Todd Stuart In memory of Patricia Davey Struck Larry Bechler
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“ APRIL
This performance by the violinist [ Blake Pouliot ] was one of the best I’ve ever seen here. He was terrific. — MSO subscriber
TICKETS $20-$98 madisonsymphony.org, the Overture Center Box Office or (608) 258-4141
dazzling violin & spring britten
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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
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PROGRAM Benjamin Britten, Four Sea Interludes Camille Saint-Saëns, Violin Concerto No. 3 in B minor Johannes Brahms, Symphony No. 2 in D major
ADDITIONAL SPONSORS The Burish Group at UBS Rodney Schreiner and Mark Blank Wisconsin Arts Board
Dates, programs, and artists subject to change.
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[ 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
Photo Credit: Lauren Hurt
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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.
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• 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.
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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 Douglas Reuhl Treasurer Elliott 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 Bryan Chan 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
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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, First Lady of the State of Wisconsin Joe Parisi, Dane County Executive
DIRECTORS EMERITUS
Helen Bakke Wallace Douma Perry Henderson Fred Mohs Stephen Morton Beverly Simone John Wiley
EX OFFICIO DIRECTORS
Elliott Abramson Robert Lemanske Elaine Mischler Douglas Reuhl Jacqueline Rodman Lynn Stathas Nancy Young
EX OFFICIO ADVISORS Josh Biere Mark Bridges Susan Cook William Nelson
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
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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 Concert on the Green 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
Ellen Larson David Parminter Rhonda Rushing Eileen Smith William Steffenhagen Teri Venker
ADVISORS
EX OFFICIO
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 Beth Bauer Barbara Berven Ellsworth Brown Janet Cabot Quinn Christensen Eric Frailing Mary Ann Harr Grinde *denotes a deceased member
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ADVISORS
Diane Ballweg Marian Bolz John Gauder Terry Haller Gary Lewis Elaine Mischler Vicki Nonn Reynold Peterson Anders Yocom Greg Zelek Organ Curator
MADISON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC.
ADMINISTRATION
Robert Reed Executive Director Ann Bowen General Manager Alexis Carreon Office & Personnel Manager Jennifer Goldberg Orchestra Librarian Lisa Kjentvet Director of Education & Community Engagement Katelyn Hanvey 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
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Monday, June 19, 2023
Bishops Bay Country Club Registration is open now! Join us for the Madison Symphony Orchestra League’s annual fundraiser benefitting the MSO’s Education and Community Engagement Programs. Mike Leckrone, UW Band Director Emeritus will once again join the event as our celebrity guest.
SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE
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GOLF PACKAGE $395 per person ($195 tax-deductible) Play in the golf tournament and have your photo taken with Mike Leckrone. This package includes golf, box lunch, reception, concert, and dinner. RECEPTION, CONCERT & DINNER $195 per person ($145 tax-deductible) — EARLY BIRD pricing! $225 per person ($175 tax-deductible) — beginning April 4 Enjoy cocktails and hors d’oeuvres before the concert, followed by dinner. MSO’s dynamic Associate Conductor, Kyle Knox will lead the orchestra, and Professor Leckrone will guest conduct one piece. In celebration of Juneteenth, the Let Freedom Ring concert will feature selections by African American composers Florence Price and William Grant Still, plus Aaron Copland and Antonín Dvořák. The winner of the MSO’s Bolz Young Artist Competition will perform a dazzling solo with the orchestra.
Learn more & register now: madisonsymphony.org/cog
RSVP BY: MONDAY, JUNE 5, 2023 EARLY BIRD: APRIL 3
The Madison Symphony Orchestra League (MSOL) is committed to supporting the artistic, educational and financial goals of the Madison Symphony Orchestra. MSOL member activities include: • Fun, creative fundraising events • Youth and community outreach • Fellowship, bridge, music and more! Members receive invitations to parties, luncheons and concert previews, and opportunities to volunteer. Love the Symphony? Join the League! Memberships begin at $35. MSOL operates as part of Madison Symphony Orchestra Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Memberships are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.
Learn more at madisonsymphony.org/msol | 608-257-3734 222 W Washington Ave Suite 460 Madison, WI 53703
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OUT
Join us for two special social gatherings at our 4/14/ April concert! Connect with members of the LGBTQ+ community and
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friends at Out at the Symphony. This special event offers an opportunity to
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meet MSO Musicians, Music Director John
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DeMain, and other special guests. All tickets are $50 and include a
dazzling violin & spring
Circle-level concert ticket, plus an exclusive post-concert reception with hors d’oeuvres and complimentary beverages.
Love great music. Find it here.
Photo: Lauren Hurt
OUT AT THE SYMPHONY PROMOTIONAL PARTNERS:
John DeMain, Conducting Blake Pouliot, Violin
Buy tickets online only: madisonsymphony.org/out Learn more: madisonsymphony.org/pouliot
celebrate
with us
Photo: Peter Rodgers
Programs, dates, and artists subject to change.
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John DeMain’s 30th anniversary season begins in September 2023! Our 2023–2024 Symphony season will surprise and delight you. Subscriptions available soon. Mark your calendar:
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SEPT. 22, 23 & 24
JAN. 19, 20 & 21
Copland, Gershwin, Adams & Hanson
Mozart & Mahler
John DeMain, Conducting Terrence Wilson, Piano
John DeMain, Conducting Joyce Yang, Piano
OCT. 20, 21 & 22
FEB. 24 ( SINGLE CONCERT )
Bernstein, Shostakovich & Brahms
NEW — MSO at the Movies
Kyle Knox, Associate Conductor Naha Greenholtz, Violin
Kyle Knox, Associate Conductor MAR. 15, 16 & 17
NOV. 17, 18 & 19 Mozart, Schumann & Dawson John DeMain, Conducting Jonathan Biss, Piano
Higdon, Kabalevsky, and new audience choice (Beethoven, Dvořák, Rimsky-Korsakov plus your write in selection) John DeMain, Conducting Steven Isserlis, Cello
DEC. 1, 2 & 3 A Madison Symphony Christmas John DeMain, Conducting Evelyn Saavedra, Soprano Limmie Pulliam, Tenor Madison Symphony Chorus, Beverly Taylor, Director Madison Youth Choirs, Michael Ross, Artistic Director Mount Zion Gospel Choir, Tamera and Leotha Stanley, Directors
APR. 12, 13 & 14 Verdi John DeMain, Conducting Alexandra LoBianco, Soprano Margaret Gawrysiak, Mezzo-soprano Jon Burton, Tenor Kyle Ketelsen, Baritone Madison Symphony Chorus, Beverly Taylor, Director MAY 3, 4 & 5 Moncayo, de Falla & Revueltas John DeMain, Conducting Rachid Bernal, Piano Mariachi los Camperos
Discover more & subscribe: madisonsymphony.org/23-24
MAY
5 FRI. 7:30 PM 6 SAT. 8:00 PM 7 SUN. 2:30 PM
ALL TICKETS $20-$98
madisonsymphony.org, the Overture Center Box Office or (608) 258-4141
renaissance & passion Jeni Houser
Justin Kroll
Ben Edquist
Enjoy an all-out thrilling climax to our season with audience favorite Carmina Burana with its highly rhythmic and primitive score performed by Beverly Taylor’s MSO Chorus and three dynamic soloists (whom many of you will know from their recent work with Madison Opera). And MSO audiences will get to know Florence Price, a highly popular composer from the 1930s, who is having a major renaissance in the symphonic world. — John DeMain, Music Director John DeMain, Conducting Jeni Houser, Soprano Justin Kroll, Tenor Ben Edquist, Baritone Madison Youth Choirs, Michael Ross, Artistic Director Madison Symphony Chorus, Beverly Taylor, Director Madison High School Choirs, Anthony Cao, Director
MAJOR SPONSORS Madison Media Partners Diane Ballweg Carla and Fernando Alvarado Janet Hyde ADDITIONAL SPONSORS Robert Benjamin and John Fields Ann Lindsey and Charles Snowdon Stafford Rosenbaum LLP Wisconsin Arts Board
PROGRAM
Florence Price, Symphony No. 3 in C minor Carl Orff, Carmina Burana
Dates, artists, and programs subject to change.