Mozart’s Divertimento for Wind Quintet with Milhaud, Arnold & Bartók

MOZART’S DIVERTIMENTO FOR WIND QUINTET WITH MILHAUD, ARNOLD & BARTÓK DECEMBER 3, 2020–JANUARY 2, 2021

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TONIGHT’S CONCERT

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Welcome

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Utah Symphony

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Board of Trustees

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USUO 2020 Pandemic Activities

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Season Sponsors

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Donors

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Administration

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Planned Giving

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Tanner & Crescendo Societies

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Utah Symphony Guild

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Education

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Acknowledgments

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ARTIST’S PROFILE

Program notes and artist bios for upcoming and past performances are available on utahsymphony.org.

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NOTES ON THE PROGRAM

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WELCOME

In my short time in Utah, one thing has been remarkably clear: this state is filled with people who love and prioritize the arts. As your new President and CEO of Utah Symphony | Utah Opera, I couldn’t be more honored and excited to serve our community as we work together to uphold and build upon the legacy of this unique organization.

Steven Brosvik President & CEO

While many industries have taken a massive hit because of COVID-19, the arts in particular came to a complete stand-still last spring. All of us had to face the tough question: How do we preserve the magic of live performance when we cannot congregate as a community in person? I am so proud of the tireless efforts of USUO’s Board, staff, musicians, and community for coming together to find a path which has returned live performances for distanced audiences back to our stages.

I hope that you enjoy the creative programs we’re offering. They are designed not only to inspire, transport, and entertain you, but to do so with the safety of the public, our artists, and our staff as our foremost concern.

We still have discoveries, decisions, and milestones ahead of us, but let us relish this moment together.

Thank you for joining us in this communal experience of great live music. You play a leading role in fulfilling our mission, and the entire USUO family extends to you our heartfelt thanks. It is great to have you with us for this performance and we look forward to seeing you again and again this season.

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UTAH SYMPHONY Thierry Fischer, Music Director

The Maurice Abravanel Chair, endowed by the George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation Conner Gray Covington Associate Conductor

VIOLA* Brant Bayless

Principal The Sue & Walker Wallace Chair

Barlow Bradford Symphony Chorus Director

Yuan Qi

VIOLIN* Madeline Adkins

Associate Principal

Elizabeth Beilman† Julie Edwards Joel Gibbs Carl Johansen Scott Lewis John Posadas Whittney Thomas

Concertmaster The Jon M. & Karen Huntsman Chair, in honor of Wendell J. & Belva B. Ashton

Kathryn Eberle

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CELLO* Matthew Johnson

Ralph Matson†

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Acting Principal The J. Ryan Selberg Memorial Chair

Laura Ha

Andrew Larson

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Acting Associate Principal

John Eckstein Walter Haman Anne Lee Louis-Philippe Robillard Kevin Shumway Pegsoon Whang

David Park

Assistant Concertmaster

Claude Halter

Principal Second

Wen Yuan Gu

BASS* David Yavornitzky

Associate Principal Second

Evgenia Zharzhavskaya

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PICCOLO Caitlyn Valovick Moore

TRUMPET Travis Peterson

OBOE James Hall

Jeff Luke

Principal The Gerald B. & Barbara F. Stringfellow Chair

Robert Stephenson Associate Principal

Lissa Stolz ENGLISH HORN Lissa Stolz CLARINET Tad Calcara

Lee Livengood BASS CLARINET Lee Livengood E-FLAT CLARINET Erin Svoboda-Scott BASSOON Lori Wike

Caitlyn Valovick Moore

Llewellyn B. Humphreys Brian Blanchard Stephen Proser

• First Violin •• Second Violin

* String Seating Rotates † On Leave

# Sabbatical †† Substitute Member

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Lisa Byrnes

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Principal

Sam Elliot

Associate Principal

BASS TROMBONE Graeme Mutchler

PERCUSSION Keith Carrick

Associate Principal

James Allyn Andrew Keller Edward Merritt Jens Tenbroek Thomas Zera

FLUTE Mercedes Smith

TROMBONE Mark Davidson

Erin Svoboda-Scott

Karen Wyatt•• Joseph Evans LoiAnne Eyring Lun Jiang Rebekah Johnson Veronica Kulig David Langr Melissa Thorley Lewis Hannah Linz•• Yuki MacQueen Alexander Martin Rebecca Moench Hugh Palmer• David Porter Lynn Maxine Rosen Barbara Ann Scowcroft• Ju Hyung Shin• Bonnie Terry• Julie Wunderle

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Peter Margulies Paul Torrisi

TIMPANI George Brown

Corbin Johnston

HARP Louise Vickerman

Associate Principal

Principal The Norman C. & Barbara Lindquist Tanner Chair, in memory of Jean Lindquist Pell

Assistant Principal Second

Associate Principal

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Principal The Edward & Barbara Moreton Chair

Leon Chodos

Associate Principal

Jennifer Rhodes CONTRABASSOON Leon Chodos HORN Edmund Rollett

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Eric Hopkins

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Orchestra Personnel Manager

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES ELECTED BOARD Thomas M. Love* Chair

David L. Dee* Alex J. Dunn Dr. Julie Aiken Hansen Senator Daniel Hemmert Stephen Tanner Irish Thomas N. Jacobson Abigail E. Magrane Brad W. Merrill Robin J. Milne Judy Moreton Dr. Dinesh C. Patel Frank R. Pignanelli Gary B. Porter Jason Price Shari H. Quinney Miguel R. Rovira Dr. Shane D. Stowell Naoma Tate Thomas Thatcher W. James Tozer Jr.

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USUO 2020 PANDEMIC ACTIVITIES

The Utah Symphony is thrilled to be back on the stage of Abravanel Hall! We express gratitude and thanks for the heartwarming support received from our community and colleagues during a time of uncertainty. While we haven’t been able to offer typical performances due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we’ve still been busy finding ways to connect the community—from a distance—through great live music. Below, discover how Utah Symphony has brightened social media feeds, curated online educational resources, contributed to pandemic relief efforts, and even given world premieres of new pieces from home during quarantine.

Within a week of Utah’s schools closing in March, our Education Department organized existing digital content, converted other items to be shared digitally, and developed new ideas to help support teachers, parents and students in our suddenly digital-only learning environment. Utah Symphony’s School from Home page now offers Virtual Assemblies, education videos featuring the Musicians of the Utah Symphony, symphony bingo, listening music scavenger hunts, and “Ask a Musician” boxes.

In addition, the new Virtual Listening Room on utahsymphony.org includes links to streaming, curated playlists, past performance clips, and Ghost Light Podcast episodes. The latter series includes a special edition talking about the ways that music has connected humanity in times of crisis throughout history, as well as “Music Knows Exactly How You Feel” and “Live Music After Corona.”

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In April, our orchestra musicians, staff, opera chorus members, and our volunteer network teamed up to express thanks to all of our supporters who have donated tickets to cancelled performances and stepped up their donations to make sure this organization continues well into the future. The Utah Opera costume shop team also completed several hundred masks in just two weeks to donate to Salt Lake Regional Medical Center.

KSL TV included our very own Tad Calcara (whose Good Mornin’ video on has 16,000+ shares and over 1 million views on Facebook) in a feature about the creative ways that people are finding to use music as salve during isolation. Tad’s other popular videos include arrangements of George Gershwin’s Somebody Loves Me and Irving Berlin’s Puttin’ on the Ritz.

Four Utah Symphony trumpet players also

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Fanfare of Hope and Solidarity

recorded the theme song for ‘CBS Sunday Morning’ from their homes.

Other creative musical endeavors shared

by Utah Symphony musicians include Associate Principal Trombone Sam Elliot playing a Bach two-part invention with a ‘Sam Elliot from the past’; Violin Lynn Rosen playing Jean-Marie Leclair’s Sonata for Two Violins with herself; Associate Principal Clarinet Erin SvobodaScott playing all three parts of a klezmer folk tune; and Principal Trumpet Travis Peterson, with the aid of recent guest conductor Jerry Steichen (all the way from his living room in Manhattan), performing “The Lord’s Prayer” for Easter. Violin Yuki MacQueen took social distancing seriously by performing a duet from a distance of 2000 miles with a student of hers from Haiti, Alexandre Santya.

Concertmaster Madeline Adkins also joined seven of her concertmaster

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colleagues from around the country to perform the slow movement of Bach’s Double Concerto in D Minor, all from their respective homes.

In May, Utah Symphony shared a musical thank you to essential workers featuring Utah Symphony musicians playing Aaron Copland’s Fanfare for the Common Man. Governor Gary Herbert, Congressional Representative Ben McAdams, and Senator Luz Escamilla joined Utah Symphony Musical Director Thierry Fischer and Interim President & CEO Pat Richards in a special introduction to the glorious music by our musicians set to photos of the valiant healthcare workers, essential staff, and first responders risking their lives to help us through this stressful time.

On May 8th, Utah Symphony celebrated our 80th anniversary! Our online birthday

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community. Humanity has and will always work together to further music’s flexible, diverse capacity and innate power. The magnificence and energy of massed musical resources, such as an orchestra, are humbling, inspiring, and exemplify hope, solidarity and teamwork.”

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party included interviews with Music Director Thierry Fischer, former orchestra members, and recent guest artist Augustin Hadelich; performances by Utah Symphony musicians; birthday wishes from previous guest artists; a special message from Interim President & CEO Pat Richards; and even cake! We hope that you were able to join the celebration.

May also brought the two world premieres of pieces commissioned by Utah Symphony. First was Fanfare of Hope and Solidarity by Augusta Read Thomas. This piece was composed in late April and early May and recorded by the musicians of the orchestra in their homes, then audio engineered by Stoker White and Funk Studios and video produced and edited

by Andrea Peterson. We believe this was the first world premiere by an American orchestra during the time of COVID-19.

Thomas shared her thoughts on the project: “I believe music feeds our souls.

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The second premiere was Longing from Afar by Dai Fujikura. This piece is about being together even when we’re physically apart, and was recorded live via a video conference. Fujikura drew inspiration for this piece by “considering how all musicians make sound together even when we are all physically far apart.” Both premieres are still available on the Utah Symphony Facebook and YouTube pages.

One of the most exciting announcements of the summer was of the 2021 Deer Valley Music Festival, a year in advance!

If you bought tickets for the 2020 festival performances or the Temptations at Abravanel Hall, you will be sent new tickets for the corresponding 2021 concerts. For all of you who are dreaming of escaping into great live music in the mountains again, tickets for the 2021 festival are on sale now at deervalleymusicfestival.org.

Another exciting announcement came in June, with the appointment of Steven Brosvik as the next President and CEO of Utah Symphony | Utah Opera. Steve has many years’ experience in leadership roles with Baltimore Symphony, San Antonio Symphony, Houston Symphony and Nashville Symphony. He loves “Being one of the people who helps support

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Another wonderful opportunity to support USUO came thanks to the Alternative Visions Fund, an anonymous donor advised fund of the Chicago Community Foundation, which has awarded USUO a matching challenge grant in support of the Alternative Visions COVID-19 Relief Fund Challenge at USUO. All contributions received before October 1 will be matched on a 1:1 basis up to a total maximum match of $500,000. If you have been considering a contribution to USUO or increasing your annual gift, doing so before October 1 will make your investment go twice as far.

In August, a new 5,000 square foot public art piece was unveiled in downtown Salt Lake City that celebrates the impact

of Utah women—past and present— in commemoration of the centennial anniversary of the 19th Amendment. The mural was commissioned by Zions Bank and is located on the east-facing wall of the Dinwoody Building located at 37 West 100 South. It includes current Utah Symphony musicians Concertmaster Madeline Adkins and Principal Flute Mercedes Smith, as well as long-time volunteer Lona Mae Lauritzen, and is a beautiful contribution to our community.

At another small, outdoor Park City event this summer, one guest remarked, “It was a thrill to just hear a live performance.

I had to wipe a tear away to hear such beautiful music.” We feel the same way, and hope you do tonight as well. Thank you for helping Utah Symphony to once again connect the community through great live music. Please enjoy our reimagined 2020–21 season!

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Mercedes Smith, flute James Hall, oboe Tad Calcara, clarinet Leon Chodos, bassoon Edmund Rollett, horn

DARIUS MILHAUD: La Cheminée du Roi René

MOZART: Divertimento for Wind Quintet, K. 270

BARTÓK: Romanian Folk Dances

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ARTISTS’ PROFILES

Mercedes Smith Flute

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Mercedes Smith is Principal Flutist of the Utah Symphony.

A Texas native, she served as Principal Flutist of the Houston Grand Opera and Houston Ballet Orchestras for nearly a decade and has performed with numerous orchestras including the Seattle Symphony, San Diego Symphony, Houston Symphony, and Pacific Symphony.

Awarded First Prize in the National Flute Association’s 2010 Young Artist Competition, Ms. Smith has performed multiple times in Carnegie Hall, Europe, and Asia, and performed as guest Principal Flutist for the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra’s 2018 European Tour. She is currently on the faculty of Miami Summer Music Festival and has performed with Grand Teton Music Festival, Oregon Bach Festival, Tanglewood, Music Academy of the West, Verbier Festival Orchestra, and Marlboro Music Festival. Ms. Smith was accepted as a scholarship student at the Manhattan School of Music at the age of 16 and is greatly indebted to her teachers Michael Parloff, Jeanne Baxtresser, and Dr. Ronda Mains. Ms. Smith lives in Salt Lake City with her husband, violinist David Porter, and serves as Board Chairman of Salty Cricket—a music program for those in underserved communities.

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ARTISTS’ PROFILES

James Hall is currently Principal Oboe of the Utah Symphony, having previously performed as a member of the Erie Philharmonic, Ohio Chamber Orchestra, and Mexico City Philharmonic.

He has spent summers participating the Grand Teton Music Festival, Park City Chamber Music Festival, Deer Valley Music Festival, and Waterloo Music Festival and has been featured as Oboe soloist with the Utah Symphony, the Juilliard Orchestra, Arlington (VA) Symphony, and Interlochen Arts Academy Orchestra.

James has also given recitals in New York, Boston, Cleveland, and throughout the Wasatch Front, and was a featured performer at the International Double Reed Society Conferences held in Banff, Canada in 2002 and Provo, Utah in 2008.

James Hall Oboe

An alumnus of The Juilliard School, James studied Oboe with Elaine Douvas, Principal Oboe of the Metropolitan Opera, chamber music with flutist Julius Baker, oboist Ronald Roseman, and violinist Dorothy DeLay, and was featured Oboe soloist with the Juilliard Orchestra on that orchestraõs tour of Asia. He subsequently attended the Cleveland Institute of Music, where he continued his studies with the legendary John Mack, former Principal Oboist of the Cleveland Orchestra. He has also participated in masterclasses and seminars given by such artists as John De Lancie, Robert Marcellus, Georg Solti and Leonard Bernstein.

A native of Corpus Christi, Texas, James is the son of a naval officer, and grew up in such diverse locales as Iceland, Spain, and Greece, as well as the U.S.. An ardent traveler, he recently accomplished his goal of visiting all the permanently populated continents.

When he’s not making reeds, James enjoys trying new Mexican food recipes and hiking in the foothills above his home in the Avenues with his Lab/Pointer mix Bruno.

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Tad Calcara Clarinet

Tad Calcara has been principal clarinet of the Utah Symphony since 1999. He began piano at age five and studied clarinet at age 12 with his father. He then attended Manhattan School of Music where his teachers included Leon Russianoff. He completed his undergraduate at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and then continued his studies with a Master Degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music.

His summers were spent at the music festivals of Tanglewood, Aspen, and Music Academy of the West. In addition Mr Calcara was grand prize winner of the San Diego Musical Merit Competition as well as finalist in the both the Buffet International Clarinet and Ima Hogg Competitions. Mr. Calcara was awarded the Gino Cioffi Memorial Prize at the Tanglewood Music Center for outstanding woodwind instrumentalist in 1998. Prior to his appointment with the Utah Symphony he performed with the New World Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, and the Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra.

On several occasions Mr. Calcara has appeared as soloist with various orchestras including, the Cleveland Orchestra, New World Symphony, the Texas Festival Orchestra at Round Top and the Big Band Jazz Hall of Fame Orchestra. Mr. Calcara’s performance of Bernstein’s Prelude Fugue & Riffs with Michael Tilson Thomas and the New World Symphony was recorded on the RCA Red Seal CD New World Jazz (1998). His solo appearances with the Utah Symphony include the clarinet concertos of Mozart (2002, 2011) , Copland (2000, 2001, 2017) , Artie Shaw (1999, 2000, 2001, 2005) and Lutoslawki (2003). His performance of the Artie Shaw Clarinet Concerto was featured on KSL’s annual Salute to the Utah Symphony television special in 2001. Mr. Calcara’s New Deal Swing show, a musical tribute to the Big Bands of the 1930s & 40s was featured several times on the Utah Symphony Pops series at Abravanel Hall and Deer Valley. In recital he has performed for Radio France in Montpellier, NPR and in the spring of 1999, the first ever New World Symphony Honors Concert.

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In addition to his work in classical music, Mr. Calcara continues performing in the world of Jazz. His interest in early Jazz and Swing music was encouraged by weekend “jam sessions” with his grandfather who was a former band leader. As a specialist in the music of the Swing Era of the 1930s & 40s, his New Deal Swing Orchestra (NDS) has been a local favorite since the group was established in 2003. NDS was featured

with the Utah Symphony, Salt Lake Jazz Festival, Excellence in the Community Series and centennial tributes to Benny Goodman and Artie Shaw. Mr. Calcara is also music director of the Big Band Jazz Hall of Fame Orchestra in San Diego. His work with this ensemble over the past ten years has produced several CDs/DVDs and collaborations with many surviving Big Band artists most notably Ellington vocalist Herb Jeffries.

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ARTISTS’ PROFILES

Leon Chodos has been in the role of Contrabassoonist and Associate Principal Bassoonist with the Utah Symphony since 2007. Prior to his time with the Utah Symphony, Mr. Chodos was the contrabassoonist with the Oregon Symphony, the Colorado Symphony and the San Jose Symphony.

Mr. Chodos received his Bachelor of Music from California State University, Northridge, studying with Michele Grego. He received his Masters of Music from the University of Michigan and studied with Richard Beene and Robert Williams.

Leon Chodos Basson

Edmund Rollett Horn

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During his time with the Utah Symphony, Mr. Chodos has performed many concerts with the Nova Chamber Music Series. He is also currently the Adjunct professor of bassoon for Utah State University and Utah Valley University. He has also performed at the Grand Teton Music Festival.

A native of Santa Fe, New Mexico, Edmund Rollett joined the Utah Symphony in 2014 as Associate Principal Horn, and appointed Acting Principal Horn by Thierry Fischer the following year. He appears regularly with the Grand Teton Music Festival, and has held Principal positions in the National Symphony of Mexico, and the Mexico City Philharmonic. Mr. Rollett is a noted solo and chamber musician, concertizing in Mexico, Europe and throughout the intermountain West. He is a frequent collaborator on the NOVA chamber series, notably including the Utah premiere and second-ever performance of Last Autumn, Michael Hersch’s monumental cycle for Horn and Cello, together with Nori Kishi. Mr. Rollett was privileged to study horn under several of the world’s great players and pedagogues, in Chicago with Gail Williams and William Barnewitz, and in Pittsburgh with Dennis Abelson and William Caballero. When not on stage, he enjoys time with his wife and two daughters, serving in church, and exploring the beauty of the Wasatch Front in all seasons.

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NOTES ON THE PROGRAM

By Jennifer Rhodes

USUO Wind Quintet Program Instrumental chamber music evolved out of vocal polyphony. Renaissance composers gradually incorporated instrumental lines into their works, usually doubling vocal parts. Eventually stand-alone instrumental works gained popularity. In the Renaissance, Baroque, and Classical eras wind instruments were somewhat crude, but over the course of the next few centuries manufacturing improved greatly. The instruments became larger and more complex, with better dynamics and intonation. Baroque era trio sonatas showcased string and wind instruments in soloistic roles. Telemann in particular wrote many of these lovely works which can be seen as the forerunners of the modern string quartet and woodwind quintet.

Joseph Haydn wrote many Classical string quartets but it wasn’t until the end of the 1700s that the woodwind quintet was established as a traditional ensemble.

Unlike the string quartet, the wind quintet consists of five very different-sounding instruments: Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, and French Horn. Franz Danzi (1763-1826) wrote the first true wind quintets. He is best known for these compositions, of which there are 9. While these works established the wind quintet as we know it today, they didn’t really push the envelope in terms of what the instruments can do. Czech composer Anton Reicha (1770–1836), a contemporary of Danzi, wrote 24 wind quintets in which the ensemble flourished.

The wind quintet wasn’t popular with

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Classical and Romantic composers, though Mozart and Beethoven both wrote quintets for piano and winds (no flute). Larger wind ensembles were more in vogue in their times. Mozart wrote several sextets (2 oboes, 2 bassoons, and 2 horns), as well as his wonderful wind serenades (octet) and Gran Partita (10 players). Beethoven also wrote for similarsized ensembles, mixing winds and strings.

In the 20th Century composers began writing for the wind quintet in earnest. Paul Hindemith, Arnold Scoenberg, Samuel Barber, Jean Françaix, Karl Nielsen, Györgi Ligeti have all written quintets which test the limits of the instruments’ abilities and showcase many colors and effects.

The Utah Symphony Wind Quintet’s program represents a variety of styles and genres. Two of the pieces are reorchestrations of other works (neither done by the composer). Mozart’s Divertimento in Bb K 270 was originally for wind sextet - 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 2 horns and Bartók wrote Romanian Folk Dances for solo piano and later for orchestra. Malcolm Arnold’s Three Sea Shanties and Darius Milhaud’s La cheminée du roi René were both composed specifically for wind quintet.

See if you can hear a difference in the writing styles for the specific instruments.

Mozart’s Divertimento in Bb, K 270 is part of a set of 5 sextets written between 1775–1777. These works were Tafelmusik, or dining music to be played as background at banquets at the court of the Archbishop of Salzburg. Mozart used many sophisticated tone colors and advanced the various instruments’ roles,

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NOTES ON THE PROGRAM for example making the first bassoon a solo voice - no longer relegated to playing the accompanimental bass line.

Béla Bartók composed his Romanian Folk Dances in 1915 for solo piano, and reworked it for orchestra two years later. It is a set of six pieces based on folk tunes that would have originally been played on fiddle or fife. Each of the six movements is quite short, with the entire piece lasting only about 5 minutes. The movements are: 1.

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Bot tánc / Jocul cu bâtă (Stick Dance) - inspired by a melody Bartók heard played by two gypsy violinists in a Transylvanian village Brâul (Sash Dance) - a traditional Romanian dance which uses a sash around the dancers’ waists Topogó / Pe loc (In One Spot) - slow and haunting, it evokes a middle eastern flute over an open 5th drone.

Bucsumí tánc / Buciumeana (Dance from Bucsum) - a slow Romanian folk dance Román polka / Poarga Românească (Romanian Polka) - a quick dance Aprózó / Mărunțel (Fast Dance) two distinct melodies played as one movement

Darius Milhaud’s La cheminée du roi René (The Chimney of King René) Op. 205 is an adaptation of a film score by the composer for the 1939 film Calvalcade d’amour. The story is set in the 15th-century court of King René I, in Aix-en-Provence which was also Darius Milhaud’s birth place. The composer was always fascinated by the castle and its history. The story of the film is one of medieval courtly love and the piece consists of seven short movements: 7.

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Cortège (procession) Aubade (dawnsong)

9. Jongleurs (jugglers) 10. La maousinglade (sarabande) 11. Joutes sur l’Arc (jousting on the River Arc) 12. Chasse à Valabre (hunting at Valabre) 13. Madrigal nocturne (nocturnal madrigal) Listen for melodies played by the various instruments, in particular the oboe in movement 4, and the hunting horn depicted in the Chasse à Valabre. Elsewhere in the piece renaissance ornamentation can be heard, and classical elements in the nocturnal madrigal conclude the piece.

Malcolm Arnold’s Three Sea Shanties was composed in 1943 for woodwind quintet.

It is one of the better-known quintet works, due to Arnold’s imaginative writing and quirky renditions. It is based on three well-known tunes.

Movement I – What Should We Do With A Drunken Sailor?

This movement depicts the sailor’s drunkenness through quickly varying tempos and wobbly-sounding atonality.

Movement II – Boney was a Warrior This movement is slower and more introspective. A lovely melody is handed off between all 5 instruments - most notably the french horn which starts and ends the movement.

Movement III – Johnny Come Down to Hilo This movement is creative, uniquelycomposed, and exciting. You won’t hear a better written woodwind quintet piece.

Each instrument gets to shine, with a rhythmic melody passed throughout the ensemble. This one is always a crowdpleaser and we really hope you enjoy it!

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Hearst Foundation Roger & Susan Horn The Right Reverend Carolyn Tanner Irish & Frederick Quinn Edward & Barbara Moreton Estate of Pauline C. Pace Perkins-Prothro Foundation Kenneth† & Jerrie Randall

The Evelyn Rosenblatt Young Artist Award Bill & Joanne Shiebler James R. & Susan Swartz Norman C. Tanner & Barbara L. Tanner Trust O.C. Tanner Company M. Walker & Sue Wallace

GIFTS MADE IN HONOR Marie Nelson Bennett Neill & Linda Brownstein Peggy Chase Dreyfous Paula Fowler Kem Gardner

Burton & Elaine Gordon Barbara Scowcroft & Ralph Matson Matthew & Maria Proser Pat Richards

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This list includes donations received from July 1, 2019 to September 29, 2020.

USUO’s 2020–21 season is funded in part by the CARES Act and the Utah State Legislature through Utah Arts & Museums. * in-kind donation

** in-kind & cash donation

$100,000 OR MORE The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Foundation Lawrence T. & Janet T. Dee Foundation George S. & Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation Marriner S. Eccles Foundation The Florence J. Gillmor Foundation

Emma Eccles Jones Foundation Larry H. & Gail Miller Family Foundation John & Marcia Price Foundation O.C. Tanner Company Salt Lake County Shiebler Family Foundation Sorenson Legacy Foundation

State of Utah Summit County Restaurant Tax / RAP Tax Utah Division of Arts & Museums / National Endowment for the Arts Utah State Legislature / Utah State Board of Education Zions Bank

Kahlert Foundation League of American Orchestras

Grand America Hotel* William Randolph Hearst Foundation

Goldman Sachs Janet Q. Lawson Foundation Frederick Q. Lawson Foundation Love Communications* McCarthey Family Foundation Nora Eccles Treadwell

Foundation Charles Maxfield & Gloria F. Parrish Foundation Moreton Family Foundation Schmidt Family Foundation Simmons Family Foundation Struck* Utah Office of Tourism

$50,000 TO $99,999 Anonymous AHE/CI Trust Dominion Energy

$25,000 TO $49,999 Arnold Machinery Brent & Bonnie Jean Beesley Foundation Carol Franc Buck Foundation Cache Valley Electric Chevron Corporation C. Comstock Clayton Foundation

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$10,000 TO $24,999 Anonymous B.W. Bastian Foundation Bank of America Caffé Molise* HJ & BR Barlow Foundation Johnson Foundation of the Rockies Marie Eccles Caine FoundationRussell Family Matthew B. Ellis Foundation

Onstage Ogden Orange County Community Foundation Park City Chamber / Visitors Bureau Promontory R. Harold Burton Foundation Regence Blue Cross Blue Shield Richard K. & Shirley S. Hemingway Foundation

S.J. & Jessie E. Quinney Foundation The Christian V. & Lisa D. Young Family Foundation The Joseph & Evelyn Rosenblatt Charitable Fund Summit Sotheby’s WCF Insurance W. Mack & Julia S. Watkins Foundation

M Lazy M Foundation Microsoft Corporation Millcreek Coffee Roasters* Morris Murdock Travel Orem City CARE Tax Park City Community Foundation Rancho Market Ray, Quinney & Nebeker Foundation Raymond James & Associates Robert S. Carter Foundation Rocky Mountain Power Foundation Rodney H. & Carolyn Hansen Brady Charitable Foundation Rotary Club of Salt Lake Salt Lake City Arts Council

Snow, Christensen & Martineau Foundation Spitzberg-Rothman Foundation Summerhays Music Center Tesoro Petroleum Corporation Texas de Brazil* The Fanwood Foundation Western Office The Val A. Green & Edith D. Green Foundation US Bank Utah Autism Foundation Victor Herbert Foundation

$1,000 TO $9,999 AC Hotel Salt Lake City/Downtown* Adib’s Rug Gallery Bambara* Bertin Family Foundation Better Days CBRE City Creek Center Corning Incorporated Foundation D’Addario Foundation David Dee Fine Arts Grandeur Peak Global Advisors Henry W. & Leslie M. Eskuche Charitable Foundation Holland & Hart J. Wong’s Thai & Chinese Bistro*

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ADMINISTRATION ADMINISTRATION Steven Brosvik

Barlow Bradford

Symphony Chorus Director

PATRON SERVICES Faith Myers

David Green

Director of Orchestra Personnel

Merry Magee

President & CEO

Walt Zeschin

Senior Vice President & COO

Julie McBeth

Executive Assistant to the CEO

Collette Cook

Executive Assistant to the Sr. VP and COO & Office Manager

OPERA ARTISTIC Christopher McBeth

Andrew Williams

Orchestra Personnel Manager

Lance Jensen

Executive Assistant to the Music Director Symphony Chorus Manager

SYMPHONY OPERATIONS Cassandra Dozet

Director of Orchestra Operations

Opera Artistic Director

Melissa Robison

Carol Anderson Principal Coach

Program Publication & Front of House Director

Director of Production

Production & Stage Manager

Chip Dance

Michelle Peterson

Kate Henry

Michaella Calzaretta

Operations Manager

Opera Chorus Master

Brooke Hundley

Opera Production Coordinator

OPERA TECHNICAL Jared Porter

Jeff F. Herbig

Properties Manager & Assistant Stage Manager

Lyndsay Keith

Artist Logistics Coordinator

Senior Technical Director

Robyne Anderson

Kelly Nickle

2nd Assistant Stage Manager

Properties Master

DEVELOPMENT Leslie Peterson

Dusty Terrell

Scenic Charge Artist

Vice President of Development

COSTUMES Verona Green

Jessica Proctor

Director of Institutional Giving

Costume Director

Jessica Cetrone

Olivia Custodio

Kierstin Gibbs LisaAnn DeLapp

Heather Weinstock

Amanda Reiser Meyer

Lisa Poppleton

Milivoj Poletan

Nikki Orlando

Tiffany Lent

Ellesse Hargreaves

Donna Thomas

MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS Jon Miles

Director of Individual Giving

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Director of Special Events & DVMF Donor Relations

Rentals Assistants

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Development Operations Manager

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Development Assistant

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SYMPHONY ARTISTIC Thierry Fischer

Symphony Music Director

Renée Huang

Vice President of Symphony Artistic Planning

Kathleen Sykes

Marketing Manager - Patron Loyalty

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Sales Manager

Andrew J. Wilson

Patron Services Manager

Hallie Wilmes

Patron Services Assistant

Genevieve Gannon

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Director of Information Technologies

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EDUCATION Paula Fowler

Director of Education & Community Outreach

Kyleene Johnson

Symphony Education Manager

Annie Farnbach

Symphony Education Assistant

Director of Communications & Digital Media

Anthony Tolokan

Conner Gray Covington

Director of Patron Engagement

Digital Content Producer

Associate Conductor & Principal Conductor of the Deer Valley® Music Festival

Robert Bedont

Marketing Manager - Audience Development

Nina Starling

Website Content Coordinator We would also like to recognize our interns and temporary and contracted staff for their work and dedication to the success of utah symphony | utah opera.

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SUPPORT GREAT LIVE MUSIC IN OUR COMMUNITY WITH A GIFT TO THE ANNUAL FUND Please join our wonderful Utah Symphony | Utah Opera family of donors who sustain great live music in our community. As a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, USUO is thankful for your generosity that supports our musicians, singers, artisans, crew and staff. Your gift now will make an impact as we plan for the future.

The CARES Act has enacted new rules around charitable giving. The bill makes a new charitable deduction available for up to $300 per taxpayer, regardless of whether you itemize your deductions. Furthermore, if you do itemize, you may elect to deduct qualified contributions of up to 100% of your adjusted gross income in 2020. Please consult your tax advisor or financial planner to determine the impact of CARES Act changes on your personal tax situation.

CONSIDER USUO IN YOUR ESTATE PLANNING We never know what the future holds, but our eyes have been opened to how crucial planning ahead is. The pandemic has caused many of us to contemplate our legacy, assess our priorities, and plan for the future. Perhaps now more than ever, we recognize how important and meaningful it is to have a place where we can gather as a community to be uplifted and inspired by great music. If you want to ensure the future legacy of Utah Symphony | Utah Opera for future audiences to enjoy, please include USUO in your estate planning.

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“YOU ARE THE MUSIC WHILE THE MUSIC LASTS.”~T.S. Eliot

Utah Symphony | Utah Opera offers sincere thanks to our patrons who have included USUO in their financial and estate planning.

Please contact Leslie Peterson at lpeterson@usuo.org or 801-869-9012 for more information, or visit our website at usuo.giftplans.org.

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Beethoven Circle (gifts valued at more than $100,000) Anonymous (3) Doyle Arnold & Anne Glarner Edward R. Ashwood & Candice A. Johnson Dr. J. Richard Baringer Haven J. Barlow Marcy & Mark Casp Shelly Coburn Raymond & Diana Compton Anne C. Ewers

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Anonymous (3) Eva-Maria Adolphi Dr. Robert H.† & Marianne Harding Burgoyne Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth E. Coombs Paul (Hap) & Ann† Green Robert & Carolee Harmon Richard G. & Shauna† Horne Virginia A. Hughes Ms. Marilyn Lindsay† Turid V. Lipman

Flemming & Lana Jensen James Read Lether Daniel & Noemi P. Mattis Anthony & Carol W. Middleton, Jr., M.D. Robert & Diane Miner Glenn Prestwich Kenneth A.† & Jeraldine S. Randall Mr.† & Mrs. Alvin Richer

Patricia A. Richards & William K. Nichols Sharon & David† Richards Harris H. & Amanda P. Simmons E. Jeffery & Joyce Smith G.B. & B.F. Stringfellow Norman† & Barbara† Tanner Mr. & Mrs. M. Walker Wallace

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Dan & June Ragan Mr. Grant Schettler Glenda & Robert† Shrader Mr. Robert C. Steiner & Dr. Jacquelyn Erbin† JoLynda Stillman Joann Svikhart Frederic & Marilyn† Wagner Jack R. & Mary Lois† Wheatley Edward J. & Marelynn Zipser

CRESCENDO SOCIETY OF UTAH OPERA Anonymous Mr. & Mrs. William C. Bailey Judy Brady & Drew W. Browning Dr. Robert H.† & Marianne Harding Burgoyne Shelly Coburn Dr. Richard J. & Mrs. Barbara N. Eliason Anne C. Ewers Edwin B. Firmage

Joseph & Pat Gartman Paul (Hap) & Ann† Green John & Jean† Henkels Edward R. Ashwood & Candice A. Johnson Clark D. Jones Turid V. Lipman Herbert C. & Wilma Livsey Richard W. & Frances P. Muir Marilyn H. Neilson

Carol & Ted Newlin Patricia A. Richards & William K. Nichols Mr.† & Mrs. Alvin Richer Jeffrey W. Shields G.B. & B.F. Stringfellow Norman† & Barbara Tanner Dr. Ralph & Judith Vander Heide Edward J. & Marelynn Zipser †Deceased

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UTAH SYMPHONY GUILD OUR MISSION

Because we believe great music can elevate the human spirit, the purpose of the Guild is to foster, promote, and facilitate the operation of the Utah Symphony Orchestra financially, socially, and educatonally.

It is our honor to maintain a gift shop throughout the year which raises funds for our orchestra. We have added all our available items to the “online store” and all proceeds go to USUO. We will continue adding events as social distancing requirements allow to aid in rasing funds for our great orchestra.

We will sponsor the Youth Guild and outreach violin lessons again this season, and we appreciate your ongoing support of these important community programs.

To join or renew your membership in the guild you may go to our web page and fill out the new members information. www.utahsymphonyguild.org Carolyn Abravanel Eva-Maria Adolphi Wendy Ajax Fran & Tom Akimoto Georgia L. Anderson Reva Anderson Margaret Anderson Wirth Linda Babcock Brenda Bailey William Scot Barraclough & Tom D. Camomile Dominic Barsi Randy & Jeni Bathemess Jean E. Barton Charmaine Bauer Suzanne & Clisto Beaty Maxine Beckstead Karol Behling Janet Bennett Heather Benson Eve Bertran-Hales & Don Hales Joan Blanck Rose Marie Breinholt Chip & Anne Browne Nancy Browning & Michael Homer Mary Ellen B. Caine Akemi Call Gertrud Carpenter

Mary A. Carter Renee Christensen Cecile Christiansen Lynne Church Dianne Clark Doyle Clayburn Melou Cline Beth & Boyle Cole Kathleen Coon Peggy Cordon Marcia Cowley-Keen Janet Cox Tom Cox Carolyn Creek-McCallister Susan L. Croft Wendy & John Crossman Kathryn C. Culbertson Robert & Caprene Curtis William and Bonnie Daniloff Frances Darger Marlene Dazley Joyce De Forest & Robert Duke De Forest Laura Diaz Moore Nancy Dietzler Amy Dixon Carol Elliott Judy Emery Jennifer Fairbourn Rosemary Fairbourn

Reece Fawcett Thierry & Catherine Fischer Carolyn Fredin Patricee Annee Gallagher Patricia A. Giovanazzo Marian & Sidney Green Simon Gretsch SandyLee & David Griswold Janet Hales Kathleen Hall Laurie Hallam Gerry Hanni Shirley M. Hanson Carolee Harmon Nancy Hayes Janet Healy Kristin Hill Sally W. Hodel Kathie & Chuck Horman Rebecca & Stephen Howard Leigh Hutchison Isabella Iasella Mateusz Jagiello Darlene Jenkins Carl Johansen Scott Johnson & Rebecca McGarry Beverly C. Johnson Arlene Jonsson Charlotte Jordan Continued on page 36…

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