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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.
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
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.
Naha Greenholtz
Concertmaster
William and Joyce Wartmann Chair
Suzanne Beia
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Leanne Kelso
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Huy Luu
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Olga Pomolova
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Endowed by an Anonymous Friend
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Kina Ono
Neil Gopal
Elspeth Stalter-Clouse
Tim Kamps
Jon Vriesacker
Katherine Floriano
Laura Burns
Paran Amirinazari
Alec Tonno
Naomi Schrank
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
Geri Hamilton
Robin Ryan
Matthew Dahm
Chang-En Lu
Laura Mericle
Madlen Breckbill
Christopher Dozoryst
Principal
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Katrin Talbot
Assistant Principal
Dove Family Chair
Diedre Buckley
Renata Hornik
Elisabeth Deussen
Janse Vincent
Jennifer Paulson
Hanna Pederson
David Beytas
Melissa Snell
Ina Georgieva
Molly O’Brien
Karl Lavine
Principal
Reuhl Family Chair
Mark Bridges
Assistant Principal
Patricia Kokotailo & R. Lawrence DeRoo Chair
Karen Cornelius Knapp Family Chair
Lindsey Crabb
Margaret Townsend
Lisa Bressler
Derek Handley
Trace Johnson
Jean Hatmaker
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David Scholl
Principal
Robert Rickman
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Carl Davick
Tom Mohs Chair
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ENGISH HORN
Lindsay Flowers
CLARINET
JJ Koh
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Gregory Smith
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Matt Sintchak
Matthew Koester
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Cynthia Cameron
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Amanda Szczys
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Carol Rosing
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Ricardo Almeida
Michael Szczys
William Muir
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John Aley
Principal
Marilynn G. Thompson Chair
John Wagner
David Cooper
TROMBONE
Joyce Messer
Principal
Fred and Mary Mohs Chair
Benjamin Skroch
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Benjamin Zisook
TUBA
Joshua Biere
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John Jutsum
Principal
Eugenie Mayer Bolz
Foundation Chair
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Anthony DiSanza
Principal
JoAnn Six Plesko and E.J. Plesko Chair
Richard Morgan
Nicholas Bonaccio
HARP
Johanna Wienholts
Principal
Endowed by an Anonymous Friend
PIANO
Daniel Lyons
Principal
Stephen D. Morton Chair
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Steve Roberts
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John DeMain | Music Director 98th Season | Overture Hall | Subscription Program No.
John DeMain, Music Director Terrence Wilson, Piano
AARON COPLAND (1900-1990)
Suite from “Appalachian Spring”
GEORGE GERSHWIN (1898-1937)
Rhapsody in Blue
MR. WILSON
JOHN ADAMS (B. 1937)
The Chairman Dances (Foxtrot for Orchestra)
HOWARD HANSON (1896-1981)
Symphony No. 2, Op. 30, “Romantic”
Adagio—Allegro
Andante con tenderezza
Allegro con brio
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Acclaimed by the Baltimore Sun as “one of the biggest pianistic talents to have emerged in this country in the last 25 years,” pianist Terrence Wilson has appeared as soloist with the symphony orchestras of Atlanta, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Dallas, Detroit, Houston, Washington, DC (National Symphony), San Francisco, St. Louis, and with the orchestras of Cleveland, Minnesota, and Philadelphia and the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. Conductors with whom he has worked include Christoph Eschenbach, Alan Gilbert, Neeme Järvi, Jesús LópezCobos, Lawrence Renes, Robert Spano, Yuri Temirkanov, Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, Gunther Herbig and Michael Morgan.
Abroad, Terrence Wilson has played concerti with such ensembles as the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra in Switzerland, the Malaysian Philharmonic, the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, and the Orquestra Sinfonica do Estado de Minas Gerais in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. He has toured with orchestras in the US and abroad, including a tour of the US with the Sofia Festival Orchestra (Bulgaria) and in Europe with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra conducted by Yuri Temirkanov.
An active recitalist, Terrence Wilson made his New York City recital debut at the 92nd Street Y, and his Washington, DC recital debut at the Kennedy Center. In Europe he has given recitals at the Verbier Festival in Switzerland, the Lourvre in Paris, and countless other
major venues. In the US he has given recitals at Lincoln Center in New York City (both Alice Tully Hall and Avery Fisher Hall), the Ravinia Festival in Chicago, the Caramoor Festival in Katonah, NY, San Francisco’s Herbst Theatre, and for the La Jolla Chamber Music Society. An avid chamber musician, he performs regularly with the Ritz Chamber Players. Festival appearances include the Blossom Festival, Tanglewood, Wolf Trap, with the San Francisco Symphony at Stern Grove Park, and an appearance with the Grant Park Symphony Orchestra on July 4, 2015 before an audience of over fifteen thousand.
During the 2021-2022 season Wilson returned as soloist with the Alabama and Nashville Symphony Orchestras. He also made his debut with the Roanoke Symphony and returned to the Boulder Philharmonic. In the fall, the Chamber Music Society of Detroit presented Wilson with the Escher Quartet performing Brahms' Piano Quintet in F minor. He also appeared at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center in April 2022 performing music by Julius Eastman and Clarence Barlow. In May 2021, Wilson performed Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 21, K.467 with the New Jersey Symphony, of which a video was produced and is available for viewing on YouTube.
In the summer of 2022, Wilson appeared as a guest of the Aspen Music Festival, performing with the Aspen Chamber Symphony and Robert Spano. He returned for chamber music performances at the St. Augustine Music Festival in August, and made his debut on the Maverick Concert Series in Woodstock,
NY. Wilson also returned as piano faculty at the Brevard Music Center in Western North Carolina, and had a teaching residency at Boston University’s Tanglewood Institute.
In the 2022-2023 season, Wilson had numerous engagements as soloist with such orchestras as the Pasadena and Stockton Symphonies in California. He also performs recitals in Boston and Kansas City.
Terrence Wilson has received numerous awards and prizes, including the SONY ES Award for Musical Excellence, an Avery Fisher Career Grant, and the Juilliard Petschek Award. He has also been featured on several radio and television broadcasts, including NPR’s “Performance Today,” WQXR radio in New York, and programs on the BRAVO Network, the Arts & Entertainment Network, public television, and as a guest on late night network television. In 2011, Wilson was nominated for a Grammy in the category of “Best Instrumental Soloist With an Orchestra” for his (world premiere) recording with the Nashville Symphony conducted by Giancarlo Guerrero of Michael Daugherty’s Deus ex Machina for piano and orchestrawritten for Wilson in 2007.
Terrence Wilson is a graduate of The Juilliard School, where he studied with Yoheved Kaplinsky. He has also enjoyed the invaluable mentorship of the Romanian pianist and teacher Zitta Zohar. A native of the Bronx, he resides in Montclair, New Jersey. In March 2021, Wilson was appointed to the piano faculty at Bard College Conservatory of Music.
I am so excited to bring my childhood experience of listening to the music of my Cuban heritage while growing up in Miami to my home in Madison. This program will demonstrate the tremendous versatility of our Overture Concert Organ in a way that you all have not heard before. I contacted my childhood guitar teacher, Alvaro Bermudez, to help put together a band of some of the best classical and jazz musicians in Miami.
Magela Herrera, flute, Alvaro Bermudez, guitar, Yarelis Gandul, percussion, and Alex Hernandez, bass, will join forces with me and our Mighty Klais to present a bilingual program of both classical and popular Latin-American music. We will even premiere the lyrics that my grandfather wrote to one of the most popular Cuban songs of his day. I cannot wait to bring this joyous and emotional event to our Madison community.
– Greg Zelek, Principal Organist and Elaine and Nicholas Mischler Curator of the Overture Concert Organ
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MAGELA HERRERA, Flute
ALVARO BERMUDEZ, Guitar
YARELIS GANDUL, Percussion
ALEX HERNANDEZ, Bass
GREG ZELEK, Organ
MARGARITA LECUONA, Babalú
ERNESTO LECUONA, Andalucia, Danza Negra, La Comparsa
ASTOR PIAZZOLLA, Oblivion, Libertango
MOISÉSSIMONS, El Manisero “The Peanut Vendor”
J.S. BACH, “Little” Fugue in G minor, BWV 578
ARMANDOMANZANERO, Somos Novios
“It’s Impossible”
RAMÓNNOBLE, Fantasia-Toccata
ALBERTODOMÍNGUEZ, Perfidia
MIGUELMATAMOROS, Son de La Loma
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SEPTEMBER 22-23-24, 2023
ProgramNotes by
J. Michael AllsenOur opening concert brings together music from four American composers, opening with a suite from Copland’s great ballet score Appalachian Spring Pianist Terrence Wilson then joins the Madison Symphony Orchestra for Rhapsody in Blue, Gershwin’s successful fusion of Jazz style and Classical form. Maestro DeMain (celebrating his 30th season with the MSO!) has described The ChairmanDances as a “prequel” to John Adams’s 1986 opera NixoninChina. In The ChairmanDances, Adams portrays the characters of Chairman Mao and his former wife with an eclectic blend of minimalism and other styles. The program ends with the deeply satisfying second symphony of Howard Hanson.
One of the defining American works of the 20th century, Appalachian Spring is the last of Copland’s great trilogy of “American” ballets, following Billy the Kid (1938) and Rodeo (1942).
Born: November 14, 1900, Brooklyn, New York. Died: December 2, 1990, Sleepy Hollow, New York.
Suite from “Appalachian Spring”
Composed: 1943-44. The orchestral suite heard at these concerts was written in 1945,
and premiered that year by the New York Philharmonic.
Premiere: October 30, 1944, Washington, DC.
Previous MSO Performance: Appalachian Spring—or excerpts from it—has been played many times by the MSO, beginning in 1964. Our most recent performance of the complete suite at these concerts was in September 2013.
Duration: 25:00.
The ballet, created by choreographer Martha Graham, is set on the early 19th century American frontier. It centers on the marriage of a young couple and the community that surrounds them. Appalachian Spring was created in response to a 1942 commission from the Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge Foundation of the Library of Congress, for a new ballet by the Martha Graham dance company. Graham, who knew Copland’s earlier ballet scores Billy the Kid and Rodeo, asked him to provide a score for this new ballet, which was also to be on an American theme. The result, which Copland titled simply Ballet for Martha, is one of the landmark works of American twentieth-century music, and reflects a new, sometimes austere, but more accessible style Copland adopted in the late 1930s. (The title AppalachianSpring was applied by Graham, who took it from a poem by Hart Crane.) The original version of the score, written for a small
“It is essentially the coming of a new life. It has to do with growing things. Spring is the loveliest and saddest time of the year.”
– MARTHA GRAHAM
group of woodwinds, strings and piano, won the 1945 Pulitzer Prize for music, and Copland quickly produced two more versions of the score in 1945: a suite for full orchestra, and a complete ballet score for full orchestra.
The scenario for Graham’s ballet centers around a young pioneer couple who are about to be married in early 19th-century Pennsylvania, and around their newly-built homestead. The couple receives visits and advice from neighbors and a revivalist preacher, and are finally left alone to their new lives and home. Copland’s music is optimistic and evocative, calling up images of strength, courage, and religious faith from the American frontier. His earlier ballets had used folk songs to create an American quality, but nearly all of the melodic material in AppalachianSpring is Copland’s own—only at the climactic point of the ballet does he introduce folk material in the guise of an old Shaker melody.
its characters. At the end, Copland’s stirring “Shaker Variations” lead into the quiet conclusion.
The Appalachian Spring Suite is cast in eight sections, which are played without pauses. In his notes to the first performance of the suite in 1945, Copland gave the following description:
“1.Very slowly. Introduction of the characters, one by one, in a su used light.
2.Fast. Sudden burst of A Major arpeggios to start the action. A sentiment both elated and religious is the keynote to this scene.
3.Moderate. Duo for the Bride and her Intended— scene of tenderness and passion.
4. Quite fast. The Revivalist and his flock. Folksy feelings—suggestions of square dances and country fiddlers.
5. Still faster. Solo dance of the Bride—presentiment of motherhood. Extremes of joy and fear.
6.Very slowly (as at first). Transition scene to music reminiscent of the introduction.
Copland’s score was the perfect accompaniment to Graham’s scenario. The spare, unadorned music of the opening conveys a sense of boundless space on the frontier, and the music that follows the action of the ballet represents the dignified simplicity of
7. Calm and flowing. Scenes of daily activity for the Bride and her Farmer-Husband. There are five variations on a Shaker theme. The theme, sung by a solo clarinet, was taken from a collection of Shaker melodies compiled by Edward D. Andrews, and published under the title The Gift to be Simple. The melody I borrowed and used almost literally is called ‘Simple Gifts’. It has this text: ‘Tis the gift to be simple, ‘Tis the gift to be free, ‘Tis the gift to come down Where we ought to be.
8. Moderate. Coda. The Bride takes her place among her neighbors. At the end, the couple are left quiet and strong in their new house. Muted strings intone a hushed, prayer-like passage. The close is reminiscent of the opening music.”
We begin with Leonard Bernstein, who was a major influence on Music Director John DeMain’s early life and career. Bernstein had a knack for bringing lighthearted populism into the concert hall. Though written in the late 1940s, Shostakovich’s first concerto makes use of traditional musical forms, including a famous Passacaglia, favored by composers like Bach 200 years earlier. Feared by violinists and loved by audiences, it was a hit from the day it was written and is one of the true masterpieces of the solo violin repertoire. The final work is Brahms’ G minor Piano Quartet, orchestrated by Schoenberg. These will be the MSO’s first ever performances of this remarkable work. Schoenberg took Brahms’ chamber work and transformed it into a kaleidoscope of 20th-century orchestral color, giving virtually every instrument the spotlight.
– Kyle Knox, Associate ConductorPRESENTING SPONSOR: Pleasant T. Rowland Foundation
MAJOR SPONSORS: Diane Ballweg, Scott and Janet Cabot, Madison Symphony Orchestra League, University Research Park
ADDITIONAL SPONSORS: Robert Benjamin and John Fields, Joan Johnston, Ann Lindsey, in memory of Chuck Snowdon, Barbara J. Merz, John and Twila Sheskey Charitable Fund, Wisconsin Arts Board
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21 SAT 8:00 PM
22 SUN 2:30 PM
KYLE KNOX, Conductor NAHA GREENHOLTZ, Violin music
Leonard Bernstein, Three Dance Variations from “Fancy Free”
Dmitri Shostakovich, Concerto No. 1 in A minor for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 77(99)
Johannes Brahms, (orchestrated by Arnold Schoenberg), Piano Quartet in G minor, Op. 25
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Gershwin’s 1924 Rhapsody in Blue was his first great success in fusing Jazz style and Classical form and scoring.
George Gershwin
Born: September 26, 1898, New York City, New York.
Died: July 11, 1937, Los Angeles, California.
Rhapsody in Blue
Composed: January and February, 1924.
Premiere: Gershwin was the piano soloist with the Paul Whiteman Orchestra in the premiere, in New York City on February 12, 1924.
Previous MSO Performances: 1929 (Sigfrid Prager), 1963 (Arthur Becknell) 2002 (Leon Bates), 2010 (Joel Weng, at the Final Forte competition), and 2012 (Martina Filjak).
Duration: 16:00.
Background
In early 1924, Gershwin found that a casual conversation with bandleader Paul Whiteman about a “Jazz concerto” had suddenly become a public commitment: to write a large-scale work for piano and orchestra...in the space of a month! The result, Rhapsody in Blue, was a phenomenal success.
By 1924, Gershwin was a huge success on Broadway, and well-regarded as a pianist. It was at this time that Paul Whiteman conceived one of the most ambitious concerts of the Roaring ‘20s. Whiteman, the self-styled “King of Jazz,” announced an “Experiment in Modern Music” for February 12, 1924, a concert that would supposedly answer the question “What is American Music?” Whiteman planned to bring together Jazz of all styles with Classical music, and newly-composed works by composers such as Irving Berlin and Victor Herbert. Whiteman and Gershwin had casually chatted about a large-scale Jazz-style orchestral work for the Whiteman Orchestra. But this casual commitment became a fait accompli when Gershwin read the New York Herald’s January 3 announcement that he was “already at work” composing a “Jazz concerto” for Whiteman’s grand concert! Composing a concerto in just over a month was a daunting task for a composer who had never written a work of this scale, and he already had several heavy Broadway commitments. Rather than attempting a traditional concerto, Gershwin settled on a “rhapsody”—a much less rigorous form that would allow him to develop musical ideas freely. According to a letter by Gershwin, the final inspiration for the score came during a train trip to Boston for the opening of his show Sweet LittleDevil:
“It was on the train, with its steely rhythms, its rattlety-bang that is often stimulating to a composer—I frequently hear music in the heart of noise—I suddenly heard—and even saw on paper—the complete construction of the rhapsody from beginning to end. No new themes came to me, but I worked on the thematic material already in my mind, and tried to conceive the composition as a whole. I heard it as a musical kaleidoscope of America, of our vast melting pot, of our national pep, of our blues, our metropolitan madness. By the time I reached Boston, I had a definite plot of the piece, as distinguished from its actual substance.”
Given Gershwin’s relative inexperience in writing for orchestra, and the short lead time available, much of the orchestration was done by Whiteman’s sta arranger, Ferde Grofé. In the end, Whiteman’s pretentious and over-long “Experiment” was a qualified success. However, Gershwin’s Rhapsody inBlue—the 24th work on a program of 25 pieces—stole the show.
The Rhapsody evolves freely from one idea to another. Gershwin was a powerful pianist and wrote the virtuoso solo part for himself. He probably improvised some of the long solo passages on the spot at the first performance.
The Rhapsody opens with a famous clarinet glissando, the trademark lick of Ross Gorman, Whiteman’s lead clarinetist, which Gershwin adopted as the perfect lead-in to the first theme. The piece develops freely, with one theme flowing naturally into the next, and with increasing intensity, until the piano takes a long solo and slows the tempo. The central section is based upon a romantic melody that sounds like a nod to Tchaikovsky with a bit of jazz punctuation. There is a recapitulation, and the piece ends aggressively, with the solo piano playing its loudest.
[MSO historical note: In February 1929, only five years after its premiere, the orchestra’s first conductor, Sigfrid Prager, programmed the Rhapsody in Madison. Prager played the solo piano part, and local musician Richard Church conducted. Prager was apparently nervous enough about the audience reaction to such a “controversial” new work that he published an article a few days before the concert in the Wisconsin State Journal, explaining the Rhapsody and asking the audience to approach it with an “open mind.” He needn’t have worried: the audience loved it, and Prager repeated the work “by popular demand” at a concert in May! - M.A.]
The Chairman Dances is an orchestral work related to Adams’s 1986 opera Nixon in China.
John Adams
Born: February 15, 1947, Worcester, Massachusetts.
The Chairman Dances (Foxtrot for Orchestra)
Composed: The Chairman Dances, composed in 1985, is an orchestral work related to Adams’s opera Nixon in China.
Premiere: This piece was performed before the opera as whole was complete: it was premiered by the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra on January 31, 1986. (The opera was first performed in October 1987 by the Houston Grand Opera: a production conducted by John DeMain.)
Previous MSO Performances: 1989 and 1998.
Duration: 13:00.
Background
Nixon in China is an opera b ased on the events of President Nixon’s 1972 visit to China. The Chairman Dances accompanied a scene cut from the final version of Act III. a banquet on the final night of the visit.
Richard Nixon’s 1972 trip to China was the greatest diplomatic coup of his presidency. The staunchly anti-Communist Nixon surprised the world by visiting a then-closed and isolated China, and meeting both with Premiere Zhou Enlai and Chairman Mao. Though the actual results of the visit were limited, it was a powerfully symbolic opening in what had been a hostile relationship. Some 15 years later, John Adams wrote Nixonin China—his first full-length opera—on the events of the three-day presidential visit to Peking.
Adams is one of several composers whose music is frequently characterized—sometimes misleadingly—as “minimalist.” This style, pioneered in the 1960s and 1970s by composers such as Steve Reich, Philip Glass, Terry Riley, LaMonte Young, and Adams, featured constant repetition, and simple musical changes that are carried out gradually over a long period of time. In the last 40 years, Reich, Glass, and Adams have all moved far beyond the original minimalist style, and by the mid 1980s, when he wrote Nixon inChina, Adams was already working with an eclectic range of styles and techniques. Nixonin China, which Adams described as a “docu-opera,” was a three-year collaboration with director Peter Sellars, and librettist Alice Goodman. It is notable for its intense character development, and for its innovative use of operatic conventions. The ChairmanDances was premiered while the rest of the opera was still in progress.
The work begins with persistently pulsing music, which gradually evolves, giving way to a more lush style, and eventually to a foxtrot. The original rhythmic energy returns— now with a lyrical overlay—before the piece winds quietly to close.
Adams describes its composition as follows:
“The ChairmanDances was an ‘out-take’ of Act III of NixoninChina Neither an ‘excerpt’ nor a ‘fantasy on themes from,’ it was in fact a kind of warmup for embarking on the creation of the full opera. At the time, 1985, I was obliged to fulfill a long-delayed commission for the Milwaukee Symphony, but having already seen the scenario to Act III of NixoninChina, I couldn’t wait to begin work on that piece. So The ChairmanDances began as a ‘foxtrot’ for Chairman Mao and his bride, Chiang Ch’ing, the fabled ‘Madame Mao,’ firebrand, revolutionary executioner, architect of China’s calamitous Cultural Revolution, and (a fact not universally realized) a former Shanghai movie actress.”
This music was initially intended for the final scene of the opera, a formal banquet for the Nixons, hosted by Mao, who looks down from an enormous portrait. Though this scene did not appear in the final version, Adams describes the action:
“Chiang Ch’ing, a.k.a. Madame Mao, has gatecrashed the Presidential Banquet. She is first seen standing where she is most in the way of the waiters. After a few minutes, she brings out a box of paper lanterns and hangs them around the hall, then strips down to a cheongsam, skin-tight from neck to ankle and slit up the hip. She signals the orchestra to play and begins dancing by herself. Mao is becoming excited. He steps down from his portrait on the wall, and they begin to foxtrot together. They are back in Yenan, dancing to the gramophone...”
According to Adams, the final act is about love and aging. In its final state, Mao, Chiang Ch’ing, and the Nixons reminisce about the simpler days gone by: the Nixons about the early days of their marriage and his tour of duty in World War II, and the Maos about the months before the Revolution, when they spent quiet times together in the caves at Yenan. These reminiscences are treated
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with humor in The Chairman Dances—as in the chugging opening music associated with Mao or Chiang Ch’ing’s more seductive dance. But the end result is sweet and melancholy.
As a successful composer, and as the longtime director of the famed Eastman School of Music, Howard Hanson was one of the leading American musicians of the middle 20th century. His fine “Romantic” Symphony remains his most popular work today.
Nebraska, Howard Hanson would become one of the most influential American musicians of the 20th century. After studies with the great American composition teacher Percy Goetschius at Northwestern University, Hanson spent the early 1920s in Rome, studying with Ottorino Respighi. He returned to the United States in 1924, and was appointed director of the Eastman School of Music, a position he held for four decades. Under Hanson’s leadership, the Eastman School became one of America’s leading conservatories, and he helped to train a whole generation of younger American musicians and composers. Both as a leader in several arts groups (including the Music Teachers National Organization) and as leading American conductor, he championed contemporary works by American composers. Hanson’s own musical style has generally been labeled “neo-Romantic” and his works, particularly the symphonies, were clearly influenced by the music of Sibelius and Grieg.
Born: October 28, 1896, Wahoo, Nebraska. Died: February 26, 1981, Rochester, New York.
Symphony No. 2, Op. 30, “Romantic”
Composed: 1930.
Premiere: November 28, 1930, by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, under Serge Koussevitsky.
Previous MSO Performance: 1955.
Duration: 29:00.
The symphony was commissioned by Hanson’s friend, Serge Koussevitsky, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
Born into a Swedish immigrant family in Wahoo,
He had a long association with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and its music director, Serge Koussevitsky, and when the BSO celebrated its 50th anniversary in 1930-31, Hanson was one of several leading composers from whom Koussevitsky commissioned works. The premiere of Hanson’s Symphony No.2, was a success, and it has proved to be the most enduringly popular of his seven symphonies. Hanson gave it the subtitle “Romantic,” and this is a piece that clearly looks back to the 19th century in its sentiment and sweeping melodies. It is also composed in the mold of Sibelius and Brahms, with development of a few themes across its three movements.
The work is laid out in three movements: An opening movement, with a slow introduction, and a faster main section that features two distinctly contrasting ideas.
A tender second movement, with a lovely main theme from the flutes.
A finale which brings back the themes of the first movement and ends in an exciting coda.
The opening movement begins with a rather mysterious introduction (Adagio) that quickly builds to a peak of intensity, and just as quickly dies away. The aggressive main theme (Allegro) is carried by the brass, and mood is gradually calmed by tender oboe and horn solos. The strings introduce a lyrical second theme below a horn countermelody. In place of a development, there is a luscious bit of chamber music for solo woodwinds and horn. Tension increases gradually until a varied recapitulation of the two main ideas. The movement closes quietly, in the mood of the second theme.
The two concluding movements are much more compact. The second movement (Andante con tenderezza) begins with a gentle theme played by the flutes. An extended interlude recalls the foreboding mood of the first movement’s
introduction, but this soon gives way to an exultant horn theme. The movement closes with a reprise of the opening music.
The whole point of the finale (Allegro con brio) seems to be to work its way towards a restatement of the main ideas of the opening movement, bringing the symphony’s thematic development full circle. It begins with nervous energy—flickering woodwinds and brass fanfares that clearly show the influence of his study with Respighi. A quieter interlude leads to an insistent pulsing from the strings and a series of increasingly intense brass fanfares. The opening movement’s main theme finally reappears. Hanson then proceeds to the second theme of the opening movement, now transformed into something bold and triumphant. He breaks this mood briefly with a short woodwind interlude, but then concludes the movement with a grand, brassy coda.
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Ann Lacy
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William Lane
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Judith & Paul Moriarty
Terry Morrison
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Bruce Muckerheide & Robert Olson
Mary Murray
Mary & Michael Myers
Raymond Nashold
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Je Nickols
Mary Lou Nord
Andrew Nowlan
Richard & Mary Ann Olson
Ron & Jan Opelt
Bonnie Orvick
Peter & Leslie Overton
Barbara Park
Ryan Parks & Birke Knipping
Mitchell L. Patton
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Eric A. Peterson
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Tom Pierce
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Phila & Ronald Po
Ann Pollock & James Coors
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Paula Primm
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Fred & Mary Ross
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Dean Ryerson
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Nan & Bob Schaefer
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John & Susan Schauf
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Sandy Shepherd
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Alice Spencer
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Nancy Webster
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Rebecca Wiegand
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Eve Wilkie
Bambi Wilson
Bill & Jackie Wineke
Rick Wirch
Scott & Jane Wismans
Brad Wolbert & Rebecca Karo
Barbara Wolfe
Marcia Wright
David Wuestenberg
John Young & Gail Snowden
Ronald Zerofsky
Debra Zillmer & Daniel Leaver
Joan N. Zingale
32 Anonymous Friends
We also thank 182 donors for their contributions of $1 to $49.
Praise to Timothy Farley! It is simply amazing how he manages to restore old pianos and to bring them to new life again.
–Paul Badura SkodaI am profoundly grateful to Timothy Farley, piano rebuilder, scholar, technician and tuner par excellence, for demonstrating the precious benefits there are in applying older, traditional tunings to keyboard instruments.
–Peter Serkin‘A thing of beauty is a joy for ever.’ And so it is with Farley’s restored pianos.
See and hear pianos at farleyspianos.com
After his last performance in Madison in 2017 alongside his wife, violinist Lisa Shihoten, Ken Cowan now returns to Overture Hall for a solo concert. With a program featuring selections from Elgar’s Organ Sonata and Bach’s powerful Prelude and Fugue in E minor , as well as Mr. Cowan’s own virtuosic transcription of Liszt’s Mephisto Waltz , I know the audience will be awed by Mr. Cowan’s incredible technique and refined artistry.
– Greg Zelek, Principal Organist and Elaine and Nicholas Mischler Curator of the Overture Concert Organ
Charles-Marie Widor, Allegro from Symphony VI
Olivier Messiaen, Le Banquet céleste
Edward Elgar, Sonata in G, Op. 28
J.S. Bach, Prelude and Fugue in E minor, BWV 548
Franz Liszt, Mephisto Waltz No. 1 (“The Dance in the Village Inn”)
MAJOR SPONSORS:
Shirley Spade, in memory of Gerald Spade
Jane Hamblen and Robert F. Lemanske
Friends of the Overture Concert Organ
ALL TICKETS $25-$35
madisonsymphony.org, the Overture Center Box O ce or (608) 258-4141
Dates, artists, and programs subject to change.
November brings two great staples of the symphonic repertoire, Mozart’s “Ha ner” Symphony in our first performances in over twenty years, and another all-time favorite of mine, Schumann’s Piano Concerto I am so looking forward to welcoming back the brilliant pianist Jonathan Biss who has a special a nity for this concerto. It is also with great excitement that we will perform William Dawson’s Negro Folk Symphony for the first time. This work, which was greeted with great acclaim when it was premiered under the baton of Leopold Stokowski in 1934, was all but forgotten until recently, and has been heralded as a masterpiece. Using Negro folk melodies and spirituals as its thematic source, the work is colorfully orchestrated and an absolute delight to listen to. I wanted to perform this work with the orchestra the minute I first heard it and so look forward to sharing it with you.
PRESENTING SPONSOR: Myrna Larson, in memory of James F. Crow
MAJOR SPONSORS: Madison Gas & Electric Foundation, Inc., David and Kato Perlman
ADDITIONAL SPONSORS: Godfrey & Kahn, S.C., Ronald J. and Janet E. Johnson, Prairie Trust, Sharon Stark, in memory of Peter Livingston, Wisconsin Arts Board
november
17 FRI7:30 PM
18 SAT 8:00 PM
19 SUN 2:30 PM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Symphony No. 35 in D Major, K. 385 “Haffner ”
Robert Schumann, Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54
William Levi Dawson, Negro Folk Symphony
ALL TICKETS $15-$102 madisonsymphony.org, the Overture Center Box O ce or (608) 258-4141
Dates, artists, and programs subject to change.
Listening to live classical music is one of our great joys. The Madison Symphony Orchestra brings brilliant music to our ears and inspires our souls, whether in the concert hall or through community engagement programs. Our estate gift will help insure that this gorgeous music by our beloved symphony is available to all for generations to come.”
Elaine and Nicholas MischlerYou 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.
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
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
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
Julian E. Harris
Jane Hilsenho
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 & 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
Harry D. Sage
Joel Skornicka
Chalma Smith
Marie Spec
Charlotte I. Spohn
Evelyn C. Steenbock
Harry Steenbock
Virginia Swingen
Gamber F. Tegtmeyer, Jr. & Audrey Tegtmeyer
Katherine Voight
William & Joyce Wartmann
Sally & Ben Washburn
Sybil Weinstein
Mr. & Mrs. J. Wesley Thompson
Glenn & Edna Wiechers
Elyn L. Williams
Margaret C. Winston
Jay Joseph Young
Two Anonymous Friends
Madison Symphony Orchestra
Madison Symphony Orchestra League
Friends of the Overture Concert Organ
The Madison Symphony Orchestra and our a liate organizations rely on generous donor support to fund the fulfillment of our mission each year. We gratefully acknowledge all companies, foundations and government agencies for their grants, sponsorships, 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 Harris Bank
Capitol Lakes
The Evjue Foundation, Inc.
Fiore Companies, Inc.
National Endowment for the Arts
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
$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.
Sta ord 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
$2,500–$4,999
Adesys IT Specialists
Capitol Bank
Farley’s House of Pianos
Group Health Cooperative of South Central Wisconsin
La ey, 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. Findor & Son Inc.
Hooper Foundation
La ey, 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 e ort to ensure the accuracy of this list. If you believe an error has been made, please contact our development department at (608) 257-3734.
TENTH ANNIVERSARY JAN BARTOŠ
OCT. 14, 2023
Kabeláč, Janáček, Smetana
MAXIM LANDO
NOV. 11, 2023
Price, Liebermann, Liszt
AVERY GAGLIANO
JAN. 27, 2024
Chopin, Prokofiev, Schubert
ILYA YAKUSHEV
FEB. 17, 2024
Schumann, Prokofiev
SE-HEE JIN
MAR. 10, 2024
Bach, Rachmaninoff, Harbison, Likhuta
BILL CHARLAP & RENEE ROSNES
APR. 6 & 7, 2024
Four-hand jazz piano duets
SHAI WOSNER
APR. 21, 2024
Schubert, Harbison, Beethoven
Tickets at SalonPianoSeries.org
All concerts are held at Farley’s House of Pianos
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
Je rey & Angela Bartell
Nancy Becknell
Chuck Bauer & Chuck Beckwith
DeEtte Beilfuss-Eager & Leonard Prentice Eager, Jr.
Barbara & Norman Berven
Ed & Lisa Binkley
Robert & Caryn Birkhauser
Tom & Shaila Bolger
Marian & Jack Bolz
Anne & Robert Bolz
Ernest & Louise Borden
Daniel & Stacey Bormann
Carl & Judy Bowser
Patricia Brady & Robert Smith
Nathan Brand
Jim & Cathie Burgess
Frank & Pat Burgess
Mary P. Burke
Capital Newspapers
Capitol Lakes
Thomas & Martha Carter
Tony & Deri Cattelino
Lau & Bea Christensen
Estate of Margaret Christy
Marc & Sheila Cohen
Mildred & Marv Conney
Pat & Dan Cornwell
James F. Crow
Culver’s VIP Foundation, Inc.
Frances Z. Cumbee Trust
CUNA Mutual Group
Corkey & Betty Custer
Teddy Derse
Dorothy Dittmer
Ruth & Frederick Dobbratz Estate
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 Hilsenho
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 He ner
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. Findor & 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
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 Strei
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
Je & 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
Je & 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.
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 honor of Nick and Judy Topitzes
Marilyn Ebben
William & Jill Emmons
In memory of Anne Bolz
Norm & Barbara Berven
Melinda & Mark Heinritz
Dr. Stanley & 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 & Barbara Berven
Jean Druckenmiller
Tyrone and 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
In memory of Marian Bolz
Kevin Bonderud
Daniel & Joyce Bromley
Vivien Hudig
Margaret Luby
Richard & Jean Lottridge
Jeanne Myers
Carolyn White
In memory of Joanne Berg
Janet & Keith Hilts
Clarice Arsers
In memory of Eva Wright Buzecky
Association of Equipment Manufacturers
Ellen Burmeister
Kathryn & Je ry Erickson
Nicole Hallada
Samuel C. Hutchison
Sara Truesdale-Mooney
Ann Wallace
In memory of Margaret Rupp Cooper
Marjorie Sutton
In memory of Barbara DeMain
Emy Andrew
In memory of Warren Downs
Ruth Downs
In memory of Jean Taylor Erickson
Kathryn Bartling
Terri Deist
Sheila & Ron Endres
Lona George
Michael George & Susan Gardels
Joan Gilbertson
The Hallada Family
Susan Gruber
Lisa Grueneberg
Michael & Bernice Hirsch
Teresa & Joshua Hyman
Karen Johnston
Judy Karofsky
Marian Korth & Mim Jacobson
Allan, Sandra & Jeremy Levin
Roe Parker & Deborah Firkins
Margaret Planner & James Curtis
Dale Schmidt
Donald & Judith Taylor
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Rome, 1800. As political storms gather, the opera singer Floria Tosca risks everything to save her lover, the painter Cavaradossi, from sinister police chief Baron Scarpia.
Based on a French play that scandalized critics and was a smash hit with audiences, Puccini’s opera is theatrically sensational, musically thrilling, and justi ably renowned. Don’t miss this tour de force of soaring music and headlong drama.
“And before him all of Rome trembled...”DIRECTED BY Frances Rabalais CONDUCTED BY John DeMain FEATURING The Madison Opera Chorus and the Madison Symphony Orchestra Michelle Johnson as Tosca Craig Irvin as Scarpia Limmie Pulliam as Cavaradossi
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 DirectorMAJOR 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
1 FRI7:30 PM
2 SAT 8:00 PM
3 SUN 2:30 PM
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
ALL TICKETS $15-$102 madisonsymphony.org, the Overture Center Box O ce or (608) 258-4141
Dates, artists, and programs subject to change.
SINGLE TICKETS are available at madisonsymphony.org and through the Overture Center Box O ce. 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 Symphony season are available through October! New subscribers save up to 50% o single ticket prices and enjoy benefits all season long, including priority seating, unlimited ticket exchange, missed concert insurance, and more. Learn more at madisonsymphony.org/23-24.
Please take note: we guarantee a refund for tickets to any concert that cannot be performed for any reason.
Women’s and men’s restrooms are located on each level of Overture.
Overture Center is fully accessible to persons with mobility, hearing, and visual impairments. Ushers are available at each concert to assist you. Wheelchair or transfer seating is available; please notify the Overture Center Box O ce when purchasing your ticket. If you require an assistivelistening device, please alert an usher at the concert.
The musicians and your fellow audience members thank you!
•Please arrive early to ensure plenty of time to get through security and to be seated. If you arrive late, you will be seated during an appropriate break in the music at the discretion of the house sta . If you need to leave during the concert, please exit quietly and wait to be reseated by an usher at an appropriate break.
•Please feel free to take photos before and after the concert, and during intermission! Once the lights dim, please turn o all cell phones and electronic devices.
•Please do not wear perfumes, colognes or scented lotions as many people are allergic to these products.
•Smoking is not permitted anywhere in Overture Center for the Arts.
• 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
MADISON SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA INC. BOARD OF DIRECTORS, 2023-2024
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
Carla Alvarado
Brian Anderson
Ruben Anthony, Jr.
Je rey 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 Schae er
Monique Scher
Kay Schwichtenberg
John Sims
Derrick Smith
Tamera Stanley
Lynn Stathas
Todd Stuart
Anna Trull
Eric Wilcots
Michael Zorich
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 Ru n
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, FirstLady of the State of Wisconsin
Joe Parisi, DaneCountyExecutive
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
Mark Bridges
Dan Cavanaugh
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
ORCHESTRA LEAGUE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, 2023–2024
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
Lori Poulson, VP Education
Jacqui Shanda, AVP Education
Judy Kalan, Behind The Music: Concert Previews
Jessica Yehle, VP Membership Recruitment/Retention
Michael Bridgeman, VP Membership Records
Lynn Stegner, VP Special Projects
Carole Schae er, AVP Special Projects
Ann Lindsey & Judy Topitzes, Symphony Gala
Claire Ann and Michael Richman, Concert on the Green
Beth Rahko, MSOL Connect & Musicology Moments
Jan Cibula, VP Social Activities
Jessica Morrison, Fall Luncheon
Pat Bernhardt, Holiday Party
Valerie Kazamias, Midwinger Luncheon
Rosemarie Blancke, Spring Luncheon & Annual Meeting
Marilyn Ebben, Ladies Bridge
Jim Patch, Men's Bridge
Pat Bernhardt
Rosemarie Blancke
Janet Cabot
Marilyn Ebben
Valerie Kazamias
Fern Lawrence
Ann Lindsey
Linda Lovejoy
Elaine Mischler
Janet Renschler
Judy Topitzes
Carolyn White
CONCERT ORGAN BOARD OF DIRECTORS, 2022–2023
Robert Lemanske President
David Willow Secretary-Treasurer
Jim Baxter Past President
Fernando Alvarado
Beth Bauer
Barbara Berven
Ellsworth Brown
Janet Cabot
Quinn Christensen
Eric Frailing
Mary Ann Harr Grinde
Ellen Larson
David Parminter
Rhonda Rushing
Eileen Smith
William Ste enhagen
Teri Venker
Diane Ballweg
John Gauder
Terry Haller
Gary Lewis
Elaine Mischler
Vicki Nonn
Reynold Peterson
Anders Yocom
Greg Zelek, Organ Curator
INC.
Robert Reed, Executive Director
David Gordon, Executive Assistant & Board Liaison
Ann Bowen, General Manager
Alexis Carreon, O ce & 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
Emmett Sauchuck, Manager of Grants & Sponsorships
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
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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.
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