Peninsula Symphony: Anthony McGill Program Book April 2023

Mitchell Sardou Klein MUSIC DIRECTOR & CONDUCTOR

Anthony McGill

APRIL 7 & 8

San Mateo Performing Arts Center Heritage Theatre, Campbell

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WELCOME FROM PSO BOARD OF DIRECTORS

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TONIGHT’S PROGRAM

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PROGRAM NOTES

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MUSIC DIRECTOR & CONDUCTOR

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RESIDENT CONDUCTOR

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FEATURED ARTIST: ANTHONY MCGILL

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SEASON 74 CONTINUES

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PENINSULA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA - APRIL 2023

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ANNOUNCING SEASON 75

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ADOPT-A-MUSICIAN

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SUPPORTERS

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BOARD, STAFF & VOLUNTEERS

PSO program copyright ©2023 Peninsula Symphony Orchestra PENINSULA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 146 Main Street, Suite 102 Los Altos, CA 94022 (650) 941-5291 peninsulasymphony.org

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from PSO Board of Directors Welcome to the third subscription concert of the Peninsula Symphony’s 74th Season! As a lifelong clarinetist, and member of the PSO clarinet section for over 30 years, I am extremely excited to have Anthony McGill as our soloist tonight! Anthony McGill is principal clarinet of the New York Philharmonic, and an Avery Fisher Prize winner. He is also a frequent performer in the Bay Area with the Music at Menlo series! Tonight he is performing the Weber Clarinet Concerto No. 1, and the beautiful Première rapsodie for clarinet and orchestra

by Claude Debussy. In addition to these fabulous clarinet pieces, the orchestra will perform Gustav Mahler’s Fifth Symphony! Composed in 1901-1902, this is a truly monumental work.

Whether you are here for the first time, have attended for many years, or have volunteered, donated, or supported us in other ways, I am delighted that we have loyal patrons in the audience. We could not fulfill our mission to provide accessible, affordable performances and educational opportunities throughout the Peninsula without the support of so many of you. It is truly a group effort, and every contribution is noticed and deeply appreciated. Tonight is also special, in that you will hear for the first time about the Peninsula Symphony’s landmark 75th Season, beginning this coming October 2023! We have a spectacular lineup of great music and all-star soloists. More information can be found soon at www.peninsulasymphony.org.

If you enjoy what you hear tonight, we encourage you to spread the word and bring a friend next time around. Word-of-mouth is by far the highest form of compliment we can receive!

Warmly, Ron Miller Co-chair, PSO Board of Directors

Anthony McGill April 7, 2023 / San Mateo Performing Arts Center April 8, 2023 / Heritage Theatre, Campbell Mitchell Sardou Klein, Music Director & Conductor Nathaniel Berman, Resident Conductor Anthony McGill, Clarinet Claude Debussy, Première rapsodie Anthony McGill, clarinet Carl Maria von Weber, Clarinet Concerto No.1, Op. 73, in F Minor I. Allegro II. Adagio ma non troppo III. Rondo: Allegretto Anthony McGill, clarinet - Intermission Gustav Mahler, Symphony No. 5, in C# Minor I.

1. Traeurmarsch. In gemessenem Schritt. Streng. Wie ein Kondukt 2. Stürmisch bewegt, mit größter Vehemenz II. 3. Scherzo. Kräftig, nicht zu schnell III. 4. Adagietto. Sehr langsam 5. Rondo-Finale THE CONCERT IS GENEROUSLY SPONSORED

BY LOCAL CLARINETISTS AND ENTHUSIASTS: Janet Averett / Katherine Boster / Chelsea Chambers Nancy Farmer / Sheri Frumkin / Nicole Galisatus Jimmée Greco / Ginger Kroft / Nora Lemmon Sue Macy /Ron Miller / Gary Sears The Somersille Sibley Family / Linda Wilson This concert is made possible by the generous support from The David and Lucile Packard Foundation

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PROGRAM NOTES

By Larry Laskowski The Clarinet The modern clarinet. We tend to take it for granted. It has been an essential member of the symphony orchestra for a long time, and of course the clarinet is the ‘violin’ of the wind ensemble and military band, and also an essential player in many chamber ensembles. Yet the modern clarinet really is a marvel. Four octave range, a wide dynamic space, remarkable agility, and an impressive palette of tonal color.

The clarinet came into its own in the late 18th century. Lots of innovations: new technology, new keying systems, innovative ways of enabling the clarinetist to be virtuosic and expressive and flexible. The result was that important composers became entranced with this new instrument and its talented players. Mozart was perhaps the first to be captivated, but others followed.

Claude Debussy, Première rapsodie (1910) By 1910 Debussy (1862 – 1918) had established a secure reputation in the world of French music. It wasn’t an easy road for him, yet he had achieved a certain preeminence. The French system of musical pedagogy was indeed very strict.

The Paris Conservatory was the dominant training ground for young instrumentalists. At that time, the modern clarinet was firmly established in the orchestra and as a chamber and solo instrument. So, in 1910 Debussy was asked to compose an examination piece for the clarinetists at the conservatory.

Debussy would write it. The students would have about a month to learn it and memorize it and perform it for the conservatory judges.

Though Debussy wrote the Première rapsodie as an examination piece, it has been in the standard repertoire for virtuoso clarinetists ever since. One movement, improvisatory in style. The Debussy orchestration is very subtle and effective. But Debussy was pressing those clarinet students to do everything the clarinet could do: range, dynamics, lyricism, quick fingers, quick tongue … and some of the most sublimely beautiful clarinet melodies ever written... a real test. And then of course there’s Debussy’s genius as a composer which is not to be overlooked. Imagine being a clarinet student and having the opportunity to essentially debut a Debussy composition - a short piece in which there are many opportunities for both the solo clarinet and Debussy to amaze us. A test and an experience that as listeners we’re happy to relive.

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PROGRAM NOTES Carl Maria von Weber, Concerto No. 1 for Clarinet in f minor (1811) We think of Beethoven as the successor to Mozart, but we shouldn’t forget that there was also Carl Maria Von Weber (1786-1826). Weber is properly credited with pushing German opera into the Romantic era with Der Freischütz (1811) and his other operas, essentially reinventing German opera and paving the way for other composers to follow. He found a somewhat darker and more colorful vision of what opera could do, and we hear that in his fascination for the clarinet. Weber was inspired by a particular player, Heinrich Baermann, and hence wrote several important pieces for the clarinet. Weber saw that the clarinet could be just as expressive as an opera singer. All the technique, the colors, the expressive gestures. Hence the f minor concerto has been a beloved staple in the repertoire ever since.

The concerto is in three movements. The first movement (Allegro) is very reminiscent of Mozart, and it gives the clarinet a wide range of expressive opportunities. The second movement (Adagio ma non troppo) is very lyrical, virtually an extended aria for the clarinet.

And the passages for clarinet and French horns are both innovative and just plain gorgeous.

The last movement (Rondo: Allegretto) is light, fast, and fun.

With this concerto Weber helped put the clarinet on the list of celebrated solo instruments.

And we still enjoy hearing it today.

Mahler Symphony No. 5 (1901) Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) was probably one of the most complicated and conflicted of the great composers, and he was also a phenomenal conductor. Lots of different trends influenced him: • •

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“Gemütlichkeit” A difficult word to translate into English. Often referred to as coziness or comfort. It’s a happy domestic state when all is familiar and well, and we relax into good feeling. It’s somehow essential to the Viennese soul.

The high culture of artistic Vienna at the time. From the food (ah, those pastries) to the visual arts to the writing to the dance to fashion: Lots of decorative touches. You just can’t have too much fancy icing or too many curves in your statue. Elegance at the highest level. Some would claim that it’s perhaps overly indulgent. Others just enjoy it.

There was also a very serious and darker side to life in Vienna at that time. Freud was doing important work there. Science was making consequential strides into new territory. Philosophy was in the air, thoughts and writings that took life’s struggles and fundamental existential questions very seriously. Also, at the time many people foresaw that WWI was inevitable, so some in high society took the attitude that it was advisable to enjoy life while they could.

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Mahler’s Jewish family heritage is also in play here. We hear many references to Jewish musical traditions. Even though Mahler converted to Christianity (probably to further his career), those welcome and interesting Jewish influences remain.

In much of Mahler’s music there’s a sense of irony. As listeners we’re asked to believe in something, only to find that it is quickly transformed into something else with an entirely different emotional profile, and then into something else again. It’s a kind of musical kaleidoscope that keeps turning and changing the view.

Mahler’s knowledge of the orchestra, and his willingness to pull out all the stops (and add some new ones) are characteristic strains. Like Maurice Ravel and Richard Strauss, the orchestra was for him a manageable instrument, and one that could always be advanced and used in new ways.

And then there’s a certain straightforward and genuine religiosity that sometimes comes into play, a kind of optimistic and comforting redemption.

The fifth symphony is in five separate movements: I Trauermarsch (funeral march) In gemessenem Schritt. Streng. Wie ein Kondukt. (In a measured pace. Strict. Like a cortege.)

Grief in many of its manifestations. Death was a constant reality in his life – 8 of his siblings died in childhood. There’s solemn ceremony (the opening trumpet call), there’s anger, there’s denial and memory and regret and sorrow and love and longing. It’s all there for us to feel. The recent movie Tár (2022) used this movement both at the beginning of the film and near the end of the film. At the conclusion of the movie the violence of the music’s grief led to actual violence on stage, an understandable Hollywood representation of the power of Mahler’s music. Very interesting that this movement has had such staying power.

II. Stürmisch bewegt. Mit grösster Vehemenz. (moving stormily, with the greatest vehemence) The fantasy in music is usually understood to be a free-form piece often improvised by a keyboard player. The music moves dramatically between contrasting ideas and shows the players’ ability to portray different moods and styles, but somehow link them together into a coherent whole.

This movement is an orchestral fantasy, which one would think is impossible. With a symphony orchestra every detail must be carefully notated and rehearsed. But Mahler manages to make this movement sound like an improvised fantasy. It moves among many moods, textures, dynamic levels, instrumentation combinations, and tempi quite freely. In places it takes up pieces of the opening movement’s funeral march (Mahler tells us that the first two movements are connected, and should be played with only a brief pause); in another place there’s a triumphant brass chorale. There are also tender and heartfelt passages as well. Just about anything you can think of is in there. Don’t listen so much for coherence. Just be astonished and enjoy the ride.

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PROGRAM NOTES III. Scherzo, Kräftig, nicht zu schnell (Scherzo, vigorously, not too fast) A scherzo, yes, but not a joke. Instead it’s a good natured invitation to the dance, as the composer moves into a happier realm. At times it’s a Viennese waltz, at other times a more country-like, leisurely, tender, and elegant Austrian ländler.

Things sometimes get worked up into complicated emotional confusion, but ultimately, we return to good nature. The orchestration is sublime (including some wonderful passages for solo French horn) and difficult to execute, and some harmonies are exquisitely modern. Accounts tell us that the first rehearsal didn’t go well, and Mahler said something like: “The Scherzo is an accursed movement! It will have a long history of suffering! For fifty years conductors will take it too fast and make nonsense of it. The public – oh, heavens – how should it react to this chaos that is eternally giving birth to a world that then perishes in the next moment, to these primordial sounds, to this blustering, bellowing, roaring ocean, to these dancing stars, to these shimmering flashing breathing waves?” Just one of the many challenges this symphony has to offer.

IV. Adagietto, Sehr langsam (very slow) The adagietto is one of the most beloved movements in the entire symphonic repertoire, a love song to his beloved Alma. The orchestration is astounding, using just the string section (including harp), and Mahler’s portrayal of peace and beauty on the one hand, and pain and heartache on the other is very striking. It’s no wonder that Visconti chose to use it in his film “Death in Venice” (1971).

V. Rondo-Finale Finally, the sky has cleared, and we have a lighthearted and playful finale. Lots of cheerful interchange between various instruments, as well as plenty of fugue-like polyphony (probably a consequence of Mahler’s recent serious study of Bach’s music). There are some dark moments, but the movement returns to its cheerful colors and ends in a rousing virtuosic joyous conclusion that’s very far from the opening movement’s emphasis on grief and mourning.

People have debated the issue of coherence in the symphony as a whole. It’s a long and complex work, so how exactly does it hold together (if it does)? Most agree that while the music can sprawl a bit here and there and go off in many different directions, it’s really a depiction of a very personal story, a journey through a complex and varied musical, cultural, and emotional landscape.

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MUSIC DIRECTOR & CONDUCTOR Mitchell Sardou Klein

Music Director & Conductor Music Director and Conductor Mitchell Sardou Klein brings extensive conducting experience in the US, Europe, Australia and Japan to his leadership of the Peninsula Symphony. During his 36 years on the Symphony’s podium, he has guest conducted the Seattle Symphony, New Polish Philharmonic, Suddetic Philharmonic, Richmond Symphony, Eastern Philharmonic and many other orchestras in the US and Europe. In California he has led Symphony San Jose (formerly Symphony Silicon Valley), the San Jose Symphony, the Santa Rosa Symphony, the Inland Empire/Riverside Philharmonic, Ballet San Jose, the California Riverside Ballet and the Livermore-Amador Philharmonic and others. He co-founded and is Music Director of the Peninsula Youth Orchestra, which he has taken on concert tours of England, France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Belgium, Holland, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Finland, Latvia, and Estonia.

Maestro Klein directed over a hundred concerts as Associate Conductor of the Kansas City Philharmonic (where he was also Principal Pops Conductor and Principal Conductor of Starlight Theater, the Philharmonic’s summer home), and also served as Music Director of the Santa Cruz Symphony. He also has extensive experience in conducting ballet orchestras, including the Kansas City, Lone Star, Oakland, and Westport Ballets, as well as the Theater Ballet of San Francisco and les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo. Before turning to the podium, he performed as a cellist for many years. Known to most everyone as Mitch, he enjoys travel, photography, jazz and visual arts in his spare time.

Since 1984, he has been Director of the Irving M. Klein International String Competition.

Held in San Francisco each June, the Competition has become one of the most prominent in the world, featuring prizes totaling over $35,000, attracting applicants from more than twenty nations annually, and launching numerous major international concert careers.

Critics have consistently praised his work. The San José Mercury described his performance with Symphony Silicon Valley in 2012 as a “gorgeous performance; big, enveloping and wonderfully luxuriant.” The San Mateo County Times described him in 2007 as “Super Conductor: Mitchell Sardou Klein, music director of the Peninsula Symphony, led his musicians through another triumphant concert. The Peninsula Symphony just keeps getting better and better. Great works and great performances by all.” The Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza proclaimed, “The American conductor quickly established a fine rapport with his orchestra. Klein is a musician who has the musical score in his head, rather than his

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MUSIC DIRECTOR & CONDUCTOR head in the score, which he demonstrated ably. The creative conception and artistic shape which he brings to his work comes from deep inside him.”

Maestro Klein is a winner of many prestigious awards, including the 2008 Diamond Award for Best Individual Artist, the Silver Lei Award from the 2009 Honolulu Film Festival (for the World Premiere of Giancarlo Aquilanti’s La Poverta), the 2000 ASCAP Award for Programming of American Music on Foreign Tour, the 2001 Jullie Billiart Award from the College of Notre Dame for Outstanding Community Service, a 1996 award for the year’s best television performance program in the Western States (for the one-hour PBS program about him and the Peninsula Symphony) as well as the 1993 Bravo Award for his contribution to the Bay Area’s cultural life.

Mr. Klein was born in New York City, into a musical family that included members of the Claremont and Budapest String Quartets. He began cello studies at age four with his father, Irving Klein, founder of the Claremont Quartet. His mother, Elaine Hartong Klein, danced with the Metropolitan Opera Ballet.

Cited for his “keen judgment, tight orchestral discipline, feeling for tempo, and unerring control,” Maestro Klein has conducted many significant world, American, and West Coast premieres, including works by Bohuslav Martinu, Meyer Kupferman, Joan Tower, Hans Kox, George Barati, Benjamin Lees, Giancarlo Aquilanti, Melissa Hui, Rodion Shchedrin, Brian Holmes, Ron Miller, Lee Actor, Michael Thurber, Jonathan Russell, Alvin Brehm, and Margaret Garwood. He has appeared frequently on national and international broadcasts, including National Public Radio, the Voice of America, the WFMT Fine Arts Network, PBS Television, and KQED television. He lives in Oakland, California with his wife, violist Patricia Whaley. Their daughter, Elizabeth, lives and works in Washington D.C.

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RESIDENT CONDUCTOR Nathaniel Berman Resident Conductor

Nathaniel Berman maintains an active presence as a performer and music educator in the San Francisco Bay Area. A faculty member at UC Santa Cruz since 2007, he is conductor of the UCSC Concert Choir and the UCSC Wind Ensemble and has appeared as guest conductor of the UCSC Orchestra and the University Opera Theater. Nathaniel has held the position of Music Director of the Santa Cruz County Youth Symphony since 2011 and has appeared as guest conductor of the Santa Cruz County Symphony in annual collaborative concerts with the Youth Symphony.

A strong advocate for new music, Nathaniel is Artistic Director of the San Franciscobased new music ensemble Ninth Planet (formerly Wild Rumpus), with whom he has led premieres of commissioned works by dozens of composers, and he appears as conductor of new music on Innova, Other Minds, and Pinna recordings. Nathaniel has appeared as guest conductor with Empyrean Ensemble at UC Davis in June of 2019, as well as leading the world premiere of The Pressure by Brian Baumbusch, at San Francisco’s Other Minds Festival at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater. In March of 2023, he will conduct the premiere performance of Prospero’s Island, a new opera by Alan Shearer, at Herbst Theater in San Francisco.

Nathaniel has been a member of the professional new-music chorus Volti, where he also served as Assistant Conductor, and has sung with early music ensembles Pacific Collegium and Euouae. Originally a trumpet player, he now keeps up his brass chops playing euphonium in the Balkan brass band Inspector Gadje.

Nathaniel received his Master’s degree in conducting from UC Santa Cruz, where he studied with Nicole Paiement. He grew up playing duets with his dad, a jazz pianist and singer.

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FEATURED ARTIST Anthony McGill Hailed for his “trademark brilliance, penetrating sound and rich character” (The New York Times), clarinetist Anthony McGill is one of classical music’s most recognizable and brilliantly multifaceted figures. In addition to his dynamic international solo and chamber music career, McGill is principal clarinet of the New York Philharmonic—the first African-American principal player in the organization’s history.

In 2020, he was awarded the Avery Fisher Prize, one of classical music’s most significant awards given in recognition of soloists who represent the highest level of musical excellence. McGill was honored to take part in the 2009 inauguration of President Barack Obama, premiering a piece written for the occasion by John Williams and performing alongside violinist Itzhak Perlman, cellist Yo-Yo Ma, and pianist Gabriela Montero.

McGill appears regularly as a soloist with top orchestras around North America, including the New York Philharmonic, Metropolitan Opera, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, San Diego Symphony, and Kansas City Symphony. This season he performs “You Have the Right to Remain Silent” by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Anthony Davis with the Detroit and Boston Symphony Orchestras. He’ll also serve as the Orlando Philharmonic’s Artist-in-Residence, and during this series of performances he’ll premiere a new clarinet arrangement of the Bologne (Chevalier de Saint-Georges) Violin Concerto in A major, Op. 5, No. 2.

This past June, he performed as part of The Re-Collective Orchestra, the first-ever all-Black orchestra to play the Hollywood Bowl, in a CNN broadcast commemorating the first year Juneteenth was recognized as a Federal holiday.

As a chamber musician, McGill is a favorite collaborator of the Brentano, Daedalus, Guarneri, JACK, Miró, Pacifica, Shanghai, Takács, and Tokyo Quartets, as well as Emanuel Ax, Inon Barnatan, Gloria Chien, Yefim Bronfman, Gil Shaham, Midori, Mitsuko Uchida, and Lang Lang.

In 2022-23, he reunites with the Grammy Award-winning Pacifica Quartet on a seven city tour in support of their new album “American Stories” (November 11, Cedille Records). Each work on the album is by a living composer, and shares unique perspectives shaped by the American experience–being unhoused on Los Angeles’ Skid Row (Ben Shirley), the murder of four young girls in the 1963 Birmingham church bombing (Richard Danielpour), the early young life of Muhammed Ali (Valerie Coleman), and the encounter of indigenous Americans (James Lee III).

Also, this season, Anthony joins soprano Susanna Phillips and pianist Myra Huang in concerts in Cleveland and New York. He’ll collaborate with comedian (and fellow clarinetist!) Kimberly Clark (Tiffany Haddish Presents: They Ready - Season 2 on Netflix) for a unique storytelling comedy project in development debuting at Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara in June 2023.

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FEATURED ARTIST He has toured with Musicians from Marlboro and regularly performs for the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society. His festival appearances include Marlboro, Mainly Mozart, Ravinia, Skaneateles, Tanglewood, and the Music@Menlo, Santa Fe, and Seattle Chamber Music Festivals.

A graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music, McGill previously served as the principal clarinet of the Metropolitan Opera and associate principal clarinet of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.

McGill is an ardent advocate for helping music education reach underserved communities and for addressing issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion in classical music. He serves on the faculty of The Juilliard School and the Curtis Institute of Music, where he holds the William R. and Hyunah Yu Brody Distinguished Chair. He is the Artistic Director for Juilliard’s Music Advancement Program, a weekend program dedicated to students who demonstrate a commitment to artistic excellence, which actively seeks young musicians from backgrounds underrepresented in classical music.

In 2020, in concert with a $30,000 charitable gift from the Avery Fisher Artist Program designated to a charity of McGill’s choice, McGill and Weston Sprott, Dean of the Preparatory Division of The Juilliard School, established the Weston Sprott and Anthony McGill MAP Summer Scholarship Fund so MAP students can take part in summer programs and festivals.

In 2021 The Juilliard School announced a permanent endowment grant of $50 million for its Music Advancement Program (MAP) from Crankstart, which will fund full-tuition scholarships for all MAP students and program expansion.

In the aftermath of the killing of George Floyd on May 25, 2020, McGill launched a powerful musical protest video urging people to #TakeTwoKnees in demonstration against the death of George Floyd and historic racial injustice. His video went viral and hundreds of artists and citizens amplified the message and responded to the protest with their own videos using the hashtag #TakeTwoKnees.

McGill has been covered in The New York Times and the The New Yorker and has appeared on National Public Radio, Performance Today, and Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood. He has served as the Artist-in-Residence for WQXR. McGill recorded the Nielsen Clarinet Concerto with Alan Gilbert and the New York Philharmonic.

His previous album with the Pacifica Quartet was Mozart and Brahms Clarinet Quintets. He and his brother, Demarre McGill, joined the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras & Allen Tinkham, to record Winged Creatures, an album of works for flute, clarinet, and orchestra.

Demarre and Anthony also recorded Portraits with pianist Michael McHale. In 2021, Anthony and pianist Gloria Chien released Here With You, an album of favorite works by Brahms, Weber, and Montgomery of longtime friends and frequent recital collaborators. McGill’s self-titled debut recording, also recorded with Chien, features early 20th century works by Gershwin, Rachmaninoff, Debussy, and Poulenc. McGill serves on the board of directors for Cedille Records and the Harmony Program, and on the advisory councils for the InterSchool Orchestras of New York and Time In Children’s Arts Initiative. He is a Vandoren Artist and Buffet Crampon Artist.

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FAMILY CONCERT: Musical Magic

SUNDAY, APRIL 16, 2023 at 3PM

We are thrilled to welcome GRAMMY nominee and Avery Fisher career grant recipient College of Santwo-time Mateo Theater

Jennifer Frautschi to the Peninsula Symphony stage for the third time. She has garnered worldwide acclaim as a deeply expressive, musically adventurous violinist with impeccable technique and a wide-ranging repertoire. After a recent performance of the Brahms Violin Concerto, Cleveland Classical wrote: ‘We witnessed the most magnificent performance by a guest soloist in recent memory. From the outset of the Brahms Concerto, she was a stunning presence, her playing a breathtaking conflation of grace and grit, and at times downright ferocious.’

Jennifer Frautschi will be performing three popular and thrilling showpieces for violin: Ravel’s Tzigane, Kreisler’s Liebesfreud, and Saint-Saëns’ Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso. She was the First Prize winner of the Klein Competition in 1991.

Ms. Frautschi’s concerto appearances have included the Los Angeles Philharmonic under Pierre Boulez, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under Christoph Eschenbach, Minnesota Orchestra under Osmo Vänskä, Boston Philharmonic, Buffalo Philharmonic, Cincinnati Symphony, Florida Orchestra, Milwaukee Symphony, Rhode Island Philharmonic, St Paul Chamber Orchestra, Utah Symphony, Lincoln Center’s Mostly Mozart Festival, and Orchestra The Wreckers Overture of the Teatro di San Carlo Opera House. Her 2022-23SMYTH, season features engagements with the BRAHMS, with Double Concerto Indianapolis Symphony and New World Symphony, re-engagements the New Mexico Philharmonic and the Santa Rosa Symphony, and a residency Pictures at the North Carolina School MUSSORGSKY, at an Exhibition of the Arts. During the 2022 summer season, she has been invited to perform with Chamber Music Northwest, Charlottesville Chamber Music Festival, Music@Menlo, Santa Fe Music Three of the most beloved orchestra together Festival, Salt Bay Chamberfest, Sarasota Music works Festival,for Tippet Rise, and come Vivace Festival.

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SEASON Klein Competition winners: James Baik and Gabrielle

ORCHESTRA APRIL 2023 Music Director & Conductor Mitchell Sardou Klein Resident Conductor Nathaniel Berman Violin I Debra Fong, Concertmaster Kate Wahl, Asst. Concertmaster Kimberly Bonnett Peter Cheng Daniel Cher Genevieve Coyle Tara Iyer Jeffrey Lin Drew Mendinueto Girish Nanjundiah Matt Springer Judy Streger Alexander Wang Tracy Wang Violin II Deborah Passanisi, Principal Brad Gibson, Assistant Principal Susanne Bohl Kevin Dong Frank Rahn Jshon Thomas David Williams Brittany Xiao Xinzhi Xue Angela Yeh Hanna Yoshimoto Jane Zhang

Viola Patricia Whaley, Acting Principal Katherine Bukstein Silvio Rocha Charlie Tian Doug Tomm Jolynda Tresner Karen Tsuei Carolyn Worthington Jennie Yang Cello Thomas Shoebotham, Acting Principal Monica Anuforo Abraham Aragundi Cyrus Behroozi Garth Cummings Paul Federighi Gail Hammler Chris Healy Jill Hirsh Tetsu Ishihara Susan Magrini Christian Selig Janet Sloan

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Bass Suesan Taylor, Principal Rahul Iyer Bruce Moyer Grant Parker Michael Tong Jeff Wachtel Flute Patricia Harrell, Principal Vivian Boudreaux Yukoh Hammura Kristin Kunzelman Oboe/English Horn Audrey Gore, Principal Dane Carlson Joel Greene Peter Stahl Clarinet Nicole Galisatus, Acting Principal Jimmée Greco Ron Miller Bassoon Juliet Hamak, Acting Principal Jonathan Westerling Kyoko Yamamoto

ORCHESTRA Trumpet Mike Marmarou, Principal Nicholas Duncan Robert Fitt Mike Pakaluk Trombone David Allmon, Co-Principal Rami Hindiyeh, Co-Principal Todd Weinman Tuba Johnathan Hsu, Principal Timpani Michael Jay Bresler, Principal Percussion Emily Hendricks, Co-Principal Paul Burdick Benedict Lim Michael MacAvoy Erica Richstad Harp Kristin Lloyd Music Librarian Joel Greene

Horn Brian W. Holmes, Co-Principal Randy Nickel, Co-Principal David Dufour Naomi Dushay Anna Newman Bob Satterford Paul Schneider

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Lara Downes Jon Kimura Parker

Celebrating

Season

Gaeun Kim

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OCT / Lara Downes JAN / At the Movies MAR / Gaeun Kim

(2023 Klein Competition Winner)

MAY / Jon Kimura Parker Coming Soon!

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ADOPT-A-MUSICIAN

LIFETIME ADOPTED MUSICIANS Mitchell Sardou Klein Deborah Passanisi Dr. Lauren Speeth

Conductor Violin II Violin II

Paula Uccelli Frank & Annette Rahn Elfenworks Foundation

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ADOPTED BY

Nathaniel Berman Resident Lily Tian & Victor Ge Conductor Debra Fong Concertmaster Katherine & Roy Bukstein David Allmon Trombone Jacqui Smith Lianne Araki Oboe Patricia L. Griffin Kathryn Barnard Flute/Piccolo Kenneth Shirriff Susanne Bohl Violin II Diana Lloyd Michael Bresler Timpani/ Celeste Everson Misfeldt Percussion Beatrice Chau Violin II Gayle Flanagan Peter Cheng Violin I Albert Cha Daniel Cher Violin I Monte Mansir & Susanne Stevens Kristin Chesnutt Oro Violin II Karin Chesnutt, Dorothy Falman & Mildred Saxman Garth Cummings Cello Sheri Frumkin David Dufour Horn Hannelore Draper Nicole Galisatus Clarinet Penny Barrows

in memomry of John Barrows Brad Gibson Violin II Teri Quick John Givens Bassoon Juliet Hamak & George Yefchak Audrey Gore Oboe Monte Mansir & Susanne Stevens Joel Greene Oboe Al & Liz Dossa; Jim Fung Juliet Hamak Bassoon John Givens Patricia Harrell Flute/Piccolo Krista & Jerry Terstiege Brian Holmes Horn Mary Gundelach Johnathan Hsu Tuba Yvonne Hampton Elizabeth Ingber Viola Robert Fitt Susan Macy Clarinet Alan Kalman; Jacqui Smith Sue Magrini Cello Monte Mansir & Susanne Stevens Mike Marmarou Trumpet Ronald Miller Vineet Mehta Violin II Sheree Kajiwara Bruce Moyer Bass Margrit Rinderknecht

& Richard Siemon; Suesan Taylor Grant Parker Bass Suesan & Barr Taylor Frank Rahn Violin II Nichole Edraos & Jim Augustus Kay Saito Shafi Flute/Piccolo Ronald Miller Jerry Saliman Viola Dorothy Saxe

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Kirsten Shallenberg Cello Jacqui Smith Matt Springer Violin I/ Monte Mansir & Susanne Stevens Timpani Judy Streger Violin I Alan & Spike Russell Suesan Taylor Bass Martin Chai & Gray Clossman Jshon Thomas Violin II Sheri & Michael Frumkin Renee Tostengard Violin I Juliet Hamak & George Yefchak Jolynda Tresner Viola Brian Holmes; Roy & Victoria Sasselli Alex Wang Violin II Paul & Melonie Brophy Carolyn Worthington Viola Richard Izmirian Kyoko Yamamoto Bassoon John Givens

Would you like to adopt a musician? It is our goal to have the entire orchestra adopted as a special way of supporting us.

For information on this meaningful program, please reach out to Chelsea Chambers, Executive Director at chelsea@peninsulasymphony.org or (650) 941-5291 to learn more about this opportunity.

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SUPPORTERS

Thank you to our special donors who have helped keep Peninsula Symphony alive and vibrant during these difficult times. Our donor listing below is a compilation of total giving received between January 1, 2022 and March 16, 2023. If you see an error in this listing or would like more information on ways you can contribute to Peninsula Symphony, please reach out to Executive Director Chelsea Chambers by emailing chelsea@peninsulasymphony.org.

Risoluto ($50k +) California Small Business Administration The David and Lucile Packard Foundation Fortissimo ($10k - $24,999) Katherine & Roy Bukstein Monte Mansir & Susanne Stevens Mervyn L. Brenner Foundation Maria Shim & Nicholas Fox Crescendo ($5k-$9,999) Anonymous Arcadia Foundation John Givens Mary Gundelach Deborah Passanisi in honor of Sheri Frumkin Teri Quick in honor of Brad Gibson William & Diane Reuland Shriners Hospitals Paula Uccelli in honor of Sheri Frumkin Presto ($2,500 - $4,999) Anonymous in appreciation of Jeffrey Wachtel Anonymous in honor of Sheri Frumkin Anonymous in honor of Ruth & Roy Dunn Anonymous (4) Barbara Erickson Joel Greene Diana Lloyd Michael Marmarou Vineet Mehta Ronald S. Miller Redwood City Arts Commission Jacqueline Smith Jeff & Gwyn Wachtel

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SUPPORTERS Scherzo ($1,000-$2,499) Anonymous (2) Janet Averett Susanne Bohl Robert & Barbara Brandriff in memory of Dorothy Lunn Nathan Brookwood & Patricia Hendriks Martin Chai Gregory & Chelsea Chambers in honor of our dedicated musicians and staff Tom Cooper in memory of Mary Hom Howard & Diane Crittenden Erika Crowley in honor of Nancy Pellizzer and in memory of Margot Haygood Stanley Dirks Gene Esswein Pamela Ferris Gayle Flanagan Sheri & Michael Frumkin in memory of Elsie Robertson Lily Tian & Victor Ge Brad Gibson Juliet Hamak & George Yefchak in appreciation of Sheri Frumkin Patricia Harrell Benjamin & Kaoru Hollin Intel Corporation Richard Izmirian Alan Kalman Mitchell Sardou Klein & Patricia Whaley James Kleinrath & Melody Singleton Lauren Koenig Alex Kurosawa Susan & Donald Magrini Bill & Linda Malmstrom in honor of Sheri Frumkin Joe & Mollie Marshall Celeste Everson Misfeldt Prudential Caroline & Chris Rackowski Rita’s Rainbows in honor of Sheri Frumkin Alan & Spike Russell Jerry & Ellen Saliman Sara & Phillip Salsbury

Marianne & John Silva-Oba in memory of Sharon Nora Silva Suesan & Barr Taylor Todd & Andrea Weinman Wells Fargo Foundation Anne Wharton David A. Williams & Hilary Benton in appreciation of Sheri Frumkin Carolyn & Tim Worthington Y&H Soda Foundation Rachel Youmans Vivace ($500-$999) David & Michelle Allmon Anonymous in appreciation of Kay Saito Shafi Anonymous (2) Apple Inc Jim Augustus & Nichole Edraos Kathryn Barnard & Kenneth Shirriff Penny Barrows in memory of John Barrows Louis Caputo Albert Cha Sylvia & Fun Pang Chau Daniel Cher Karin & Jim Chesnutt Al & Liz Dossa Hannelore Draper Anne Esparza Robert Fitt Meiying Forney & Steve Shatas Jim Fung Google, Inc. Jimmée Greco Dawn Grench in honor of Herb Grench Patricia L. Griffin Roger & Elizabeth Hagman Yukoh Hammura Karen & Ken Imatani Sheree Kajiwara James & Nancy Kyser Susan Lin in appreciation of Chelsea, Mitch, Jim, and all the amazing folks at PSO!

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Susan Macy Anna Newman & Mueen Ghani in memory of Richard Newman Randy & Janie Nickel Craig & Wendy Nishizaki Nvidia Deb & Dan Ross in appreciation of Alan Russell David Sacarelos & Yvette Lanza John & Christine Sanguinetti Dorothy Saxe Gary Sears Margrit Rinderknecht & Richard Siemon Lorraine Smith in memory of Elsie Robertson Anita Stewart & Kaj Rekola Sue Larson Family Fund Linda Wilson Hanna & Yoshihiro Yoshimoto

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Allegro ($250-$499) Judith & David Anderson Anonymous (3) Michael & Merrie Asimow Michael & Adrienne Bresler Kathleen Brown Dr. Patricia Campbell & John Miaullis Jenny Chan-Sakauye Sharon Chortack Sloane Citron Judy Davis in memory of Marilyn & Harold Mindell Barbara Gilmore Mateo Go Robert Goldware John Gookassian David Greene in honor of Big Monkey Ann & Salek Hamer John Haugh

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SUPPORTERS Joseph & Bette Hirsch in honor of David Anderson Brian Holmes & Jolynda Tresner Ernst & Susan Hoyer Mela & Peter Hwang Sandy & Norman Koo Kenneth Krieg & Carol Dolezal Ginger Kroft Larry Laskowski Nora & Galen Lemmon Marcia Leonhardt in honor of Judy Preves Anderson and David Anderson Amy Lit Harvey Lynch Richard & Beverly Marconi Linelle Marshall Diane Merchant Kirt Minor in appreciation of Dane Carlson Pamela Moore Beth Morris Michelle Oberman & Lawrence Marshall in honor of Maestro Mitch Klein Neil Panton Wesley & Linda Petit Laura Pitchford The Somersille Sibley Family Matt Springer & Wei Ai Judy & Ivan Streger Rachel Tasch Michael Tong & Luna Wang Mary Urbach in honor of Sheri Frumkin Nina Weil Barbara Weis in honor of Warren, Kay, and George Weis Teri & Robert Whitehair Lan Zhang

Dolce ($100-$249) John & Barbara Adams Anonymous in honor of Sheri Frumkin Anonymous in honor of Gail Hammler Anonymous (2) Jo Anne Bailey Wate & Johanna Bakker Barbara Barth Janet Bell Dick & Penny Bennett Rebecca Berger in honor of Jerry Saliman Lorraine Bodie Janice Boelke Barbara Bogomilsky Andre & Marina Broido in appreciation of Sheri Frumkin Lina Broydo Juliette Bryson David & Janet Cain Frank & Charlotte Cevasco in honor of Debbie Passinisi Seema Cicerone in appreciation of Frank Rahn Mary Elise Clarity Joseph Coha Nicholas Duncan Thomas Ehrlich Nancy Farmer Howard Feinberg David Fernandez & Lori Krauss Melinda Fielding Kristine Forney Madeleine Frankel Susanne Geller Gilead Sciences, Inc. Marguerite Gonzales Chris & Elke Groves Lisa L. Gruman in memory of Evelyn Holzman Linda Hagarty Yvonne Hampton

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Ward Hoffman & Karlette Warner Marshall & Roberta Hollimon Perry Hopkins Ben Hsu & Brenda Porter Jennie Johnson Seymour Kaufman Jeffrey Koseff & Thalia Anagnos Sandra Krakowski Sharon Krawetz Paul & Jackie Kuckein Lena Kuhar Carole Kushnir Pamela Lampkin & Robert Zipkin Richard Leder & Cherrill Spencer in appreciation of Mitch Klein and team Lori McBride Judi McManigal Patricia Meyer Amanda & Walter Mok Vonya Morris Amanda Myers Anthony & Amy Oro Sharon Peters Ken & Farrell Podgorsek in appreciation of Sheri Frumkin

SUPPORTERS

J. Richard & Karen S. Recht Marilyn Reisen Cheryl & John Ritchie Cynthia Robbins-Roth Alison Ross in appreciation of Linda Dunn Stephen & Joanne Rovno Bill & Sherrean Rundberg Roy & Victoria Sasselli Marian Schmidt Marvin & Ellen Schwartz Dana Scoby in memory of Robert T. and Jane Anderson Cheatham Noel Shirley in honor of Susan Shirley Ruth A. Short Judy Siegel Ilene Sokoloff Jane Stahl Laura Sternberg David Swerdlove & Carol Winston Karl Talarico Chris & Carol Thomsen in appreciation of Jeff Wachtel Carolyn Tucher Barrie Wilber

IN LOVING MEMORY: Peninsula Symphony lost a dear friend and long-time supporter in December 2022. Ken Rodgorsek, whose impact as a community leader, activist and philanthropist was felt in so many communities in the Bay Area, unexpectedly left us. His generosity in supporting art and education over the years has been a testimony of how one man’s vision and commitment can benefit countless others. For the PSO family and patrons, every time we hold one of the beautiful program books printed by his San Jose Mailing business, it will remind us of what Ken meant to us in the performing arts community. As we celebrate his life this month, please donate in Ken’s name to one of the following organizations he held dear: Northern California Innocence Project (NCIP.org) and San Jose Public Library Foundation (SJPLF.org). Also support your neighborhood with your time and money. Thank you, Ken.

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Peninsula Symphony is seeking board candidates!

Our 74th Season is filled with exceptionally gifted guest artists and classical masterworks in a series titled “Music Forward”. We are excited to present nationally and internationally recognized soloists to our audiences.

Our musicians and our patrons are ecstatic and grateful for the return to live performances in the concert halls. Our current board is comprised of community members with experience in the realms of finance, high tech, teaching, volunteer musicians and marketing. They are elected by the membership for up to three 3-year terms.

We are actively seeking new board members! This is a great way to live your best life while making a meaningful contribution to your community. The major requirement is a passion for classical symphonic music and a willingness to roll up your sleeves, as we are definitely a working board. We especially welcome diverse voices that can help our symphony better reflect our community, and are always happy to find board members with expertise in financial management, law, HR, event planning, or educational/youth/virtual programming.

If you are interested in a board position or just want to learn more about what is involved, please message us - we’d love to talk to you more about these opportunities! Also, if you know someone outside our current community who has the right skills and might be interested, feel free to pass this notice on.

Chelsea Chambers, Executive Director - chelsea@peninsulasymphony.org

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BOARD, STAFF & VOLUNTEERS

PENINSULA SYMPHONY BOARD OF DIRECTORS Ben Hollin, Co-Chair / Chair, Marketing Committee Ron Miller, Co-Chair / Chair, Education Committee Alan Russell, Vice Chair Randy Nickel, Secretary Katherine Bukstein, Chair, Governance Committee Daniel Cher Barbara Erickson, Treasurer / Chair, Finance Committee Juliet Hamak, Orchestra Rep Alex Kurosawa Diana Lloyd Deborah Passanisi, Chair, Development Committee Jeff Wachtel

PENINSULA SYMPHONY STAFF Mitchell Sardou Klein, Music Director & Conductor Nathaniel Berman, Resident Conductor Chelsea Chambers, Executive Director Jim Fung, Director of Marketing & Digital Content Jenny Ugale, Development & Operations Associate Faye Chapman, Bookkeeper Joel Greene, Music Librarian Kristin Kunzelman, Stage Manager Greg van der Veen, Stage Manager Linda Dunn, Office Volunteer Nicole Nguyen, Intern Heidi Hau, Piano Competition Coordinator Amelia Yee, Front of House & Volunteer Coordinator

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The mission of the Peninsula Symphony is to enrich the lives of people in our community with inspiring, innovative, high-quality musical presentations at affordable prices, and to promote music education through engaging programs for children and adults.

The Peninsula Symphony Association of Northern California is a 501(c)3 Non-Profit Corporation, Federal Tax ID 94-6106974.

Peninsula Symphony 146 Main Street, Suite 102 Los Altos, CA 94022 (650) 941-5291 / info@peninsulasymphony.org PeninsulaSymphony.org

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