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Welcome from the President & CEO

15 E.T. The Extra Terrestrial –

In Concert

January 12 & 13 9 The Orchestra 19 Bach & Brahms 12 RPO Board of Directors

January 14 13 Bravo to Our Sponsors 38 Bravo to Our Generous Supporters 25 Night on Bald Mountain

January 18 & 20 46 About Your RPO

31 Audra McDonald

January 25

33 Peter and the Wolf

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Dear Friends, Happy New Year from the RPO! We kick off 2018 with the exciting news that Music Director Ward Stare has renewed his contract through the 2020/21 season, even as he makes his Metropolitan Opera conducting debut. He’ll return to Rochester just in time to announce the 2018/19 season with Principal Pops Conductor Jeff Tyzik at our free Season Preview Concert in Kodak Hall on January 30th, so save the date!

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And here’s a sneak peek at our 2018/19 season: the response to November’s Harry Potter and The Sorcerer’s Stone™ in Concert was so enthusiastic that we will continue the Harry Potter Film Concert Series next season with Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets in Concert on January 11 & 12, 2019.

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Many thanks to those of you who chose to celebrate the holidays with us, whether it was at The Nutcracker, ‘The Snowman’ and ‘The Bear,’ Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, or Gala Holiday Pops. We hope you made some wonderful holiday memories with friends and family.

We’re also grateful for the outpouring of community support for our largestever Year-End Holiday Challenge that ended December 31st. Like orchestras all over the U.S., the RPO’s ticket sales cover only 40% of our operating costs.

Therefore, we rely on contributions in order to continue to serve up to 170,000 people each year –34,000 of them youngsters – through ticketed concerts, and education and community events throughout the region. To learn more and find out how your tax-deductible gift can support the RPO, please call our Development Office at 585-399-3649.

Our January concerts exemplify the wide range of concerts that the RPO delivers. From E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial™ in Concert with John Williams’ Academy Award®-winning score, to Night on Bald Mountain featuring 23-yearold cello sensation Andrei Ioniţă, and from Sunday Matinee: Bach & Brahms, to Broadway superstar Audra McDonald, we are proud to present excellent programs that engage, educate, and entertain.

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Jeff Tyzik, conductor Ashley Brown, vocals

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It’s supercalifragilistic! Ashley Brown originated the role of Mary Poppins on Broadway and starred as Belle in Beauty and the Beast. Now the “golden-throated” (Time Out Chicago) singer makes her RPO debut with an evening of classic songs from Broadway and beyond.

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TCHAIKOVSKY’S SWAN LAKE

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Ward Stare, conductor | David Halen, violin Rochester City Ballet, David Palmer, artistic director

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DVOŘÁK Slavonic Dances (features Rochester City Ballet) BARTÓK The Miraculous Mandarin Suite TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Suite from Sleeping Beauty and Swan Lake RAVEL La Valse SPONSORED BY: GOUVERNET ARTS FUND AT THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

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LATIN HEAT WITH THE MAMBO KINGS

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Jeff Tyzik, conductor The Mambo Kings | Camille Zamora, vocals

KODAK HALL AT EASTMAN THEATRE

Since their orchestral debut with Jeff Tyzik and the Rochester Philharmonic more than 20 years ago, the Mambo Kings have earned a national reputation for their unique blend of Cuban and jazz rhythms.

The perennial favorite returns to the RPO for a night guaranteed to be muy caliente, also featuring Latina vocalist Camille Zamora.

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WARD STARE Music Director

Our Conductors

This season at the RPO, Stare will collaborate with Itzhak Perlman and returning favorite pianists Olga Kern and Misha Dichter. Stare will also lead a Beethoven Festival, Bizet’s Carmen in Concert, and two world premieres by celebrated composers Allen Shawn and Jennifer Higdon. 2016–17 season highlights included collaborations with Yo-Yo Ma and Grammy-winning violinist James Ehnes. Stare also led a three-weekend salute to the music of American composers, as well as Puccini’s La Bohème in Concert, and a world-concert premiere by AcademyAward winning composer Eliot Goldenthal.

Stare’s recent seasons have seen a number of highly anticipated debuts with orchestras around the world, including performances with the Baltimore Symphony, Sydney Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony, Toronto Symphony, and the Calgary Philharmonic. Last season he made his debut with the Hawaii Symphony Orchestra followed by his return to the St. Louis Symphony in December.

Stare’s frequent collaboration with the Lyric Opera of Chicago began with his debut in 2012 conducting performances of Hansel and Gretel; he returned in 2013 to lead Die Fledermaus, and again in November 2014 to lead Porgy and Bess to rave reviews. He made his debut with the Washington National Opera conducting Donizetti’s comic opera L’Elisir d’amore in 2014.

2017–18 Season

Appointed the 12th music director of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra in July 2014, Rochester native Ward Stare has been described as “inspiring musicians to impressive heights” by The New York Times, and “a dynamic music director” by Rochester CITY Newspaper. This December, Stare will make his debut at the Metropolitan Opera for nine performances of Franz Lehár’s The Merry Widow, with Grammy-winning mezzo-soprano Susan Graham in the title role.

Stare was trained as a trombonist at The Juilliard School in Manhattan. At 18, he was appointed principal trombonist of the Lyric Opera of Chicago and has performed as an orchestral musician with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the New York Philharmonic, among others. As a soloist, he has concertized in both the U.S. and Europe. wardstare.com

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Stare served as resident conductor of the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra from 2008 to 2012. In 2009, he made his highly successful Carnegie Hall debut with the orchestra, stepping in at the last minute to lead H. K. Gruber’s Frankenstein!

The 2013–14 season saw his return to the Atlanta and Detroit symphony orchestras, as well as his debuts with the Syracuse Symphoria, the Jacksonville Symphony, and the Naples Philharmonic with Lang Lang as soloist.

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EX-OFFICIO Rebecca Gilbert Orchestra Representative

Curtis S. Long President & CEO

David C. Heiligman Chairperson, Honorary Board

Robert A. Woodhouse Treasurer Elizabeth F. Rice Secretary Jules L. Smith, Esq. Immediate Past Chairperson

INGRID A. STANLIS CHAIRPERSON OF THE BOARD

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OFFICERS Ingrid A. Stanlis Chairperson of the Board

Stephen B. Ashley Vice Chairperson

2017–18 Season

RPO Board of Directors

Maintaining and operating the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra (Founded in 1923—Incorporated in 1930)

(TERM EXPIRES FEB. 2018) La Marr J. Jackson, Esq. David Lane Michael Pietropaoli Christopher N. Pipa Dr. Stephen I. Rosenfeld Katherine T. Schumacher Jules L. Smith, Esq. Deborah Wilson (TERM EXPIRES FEB. 2019) Dr. Steven E. Feldon Marjorie L. Goldstein Dr. Sandra S. Johnson Mark Siwiec Ingrid A. Stanlis Jason Thomas Steven H. Whitman Robert A. Woodhouse (TERM EXPIRES FEB. 2020) Stephen B. Ashley Dr. Andrew J. Elliot James T. Englert Ilene L. Flaum Michael Gioja Michael B. Millard Elizabeth F. Rice Dr. Sidney H. Sobel Alex Yudelson

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Curtis S. Long President & CEO Dr. Jamal J. Rossi Dean, Eastman School of Music Jules L. Smith, Esq. Immediate Past Chairperson W. Craig Sutherland Orchestra Representative HONORARY BOARD David C. Heiligman Chairperson Nancy Beilfuss James M. Boucher Paul W. Briggs William L. Cahn Catherine B. Carlson Louise Epstein Joan Feinbloom Betsy Friedman Patrick Fulford Ronald A. Furman Mary M. Gooley A. Thomas Hildebrandt Marie Kenton Dr. James E. Koller Harold A. Kurland, Esq. Cricket and Frank Luellen Elizabeth F. Rice Nathan J. Robfogel, Esq. Jon L. Schumacher, Esq. Katherine T. Schumacher Betty Strasenburgh Josephine S. Trubek Suzanne D. Welch Patricia C. Wilder The RPO expresses its gratitude to all those who have served as Honorary Board members in the past.

PAST RPO CHAIRPERSONS 1930–32: Edward G. Miner* 1932–34: Simon N. Stein* 1934–38: George E. Norton* 1938–41: Leroy E. Snyder* 1941–42: Frank W. Lovejoy* 1942–43: Bernard E. Finucane* 1943–46: L. Dudley Field* 1946–48: Edward S. Farrow, Jr. * 1948–51: Joseph J. Myler* 1951–52: Joseph F. Taylor* 1952–55: Raymond W. Albright* 1955–57: Arthur I. Stern* 1957–59: Thomas H. Hawks* 1959–61: Walter C. Strakosh* 1962–63: Ernest J. Howe* 1963–65: O. Cedric Rowntree* 1965–67: Frank E. Holley * 1967–69: Thomas C. Taylor* 1969–71: Thomas H. Miller* 1971–72: Mrs. Frederick J. Wilkens* 1972–73: Edward C. McIrvine 1973–74: Robert J. Strasenburgh* 1974–75: John A. Santuccio 1975–76: Robert J. Strasenburgh* 1976–78: Dr. Louis Lasagna* 1978–80: Edward C. McIrvine 1980–82: Peter L. Faber 1982–84: Paul F. Pagerey* 1984–85: Peter L. Waasdorp* 1986–89: Robert H. Hurlbut* 1989–91: Paul W. Briggs 1991–93: Karen Noble Hanson 1993–95: Ronald E. Salluzzo 1995–98: A. Thomas Hildebrandt 1998–00: Harold A. Kurland, Esq. 2000–04: David C. Heiligman 2004–06: Ingrid A. Stanlis 2006–09: James M. Boucher 2009–11: Suzanne D. Welch 2011–13: Elizabeth F. Rice 2013–15: Dr. Dawn F. Lipson 2015-17: Jules L. Smith, Esq. * Deceased

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A STEVEN SPIELBERG Film

DEE WALLACE PETER COYOTE HENRY THOMAS as ELLIOTT Music by JOHN WILLIAMS Written by MELISSA MATHISON

E.T. The Extra Terrestrial —In Concert

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from the composer

Steven Spielberg’s film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial has always held a special place in my heart, and I personally think it’s his masterpiece. In looking at it today, it’s as fresh and new as when it was made in 1982. Cars may change, along with hairstyles and clothes… but the performances, particularly by the children and by E.T. himself, are so honest, timeless and true, that the film absolutely qualifies to be ranked as a classic.

What’s particularly special about tonight’s concert is that we’ll hear one of our great symphony orchestras, the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, performing the entire score live, along with the complete picture, sound effects and dialogue.

I know I speak for everyone connected with the making of E.T. in saying that we’re greatly honored by this event… and I hope that tonight’s audience will find great joy in experiencing this magical film.

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Director Steven Spielberg’s heartwarming masterpiece is one of the brightest stars in motion picture history. Filled with unparalleled magic and imagination, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial follows the moving story of a lost little alien who befriends a 10-year-old boy named Elliott.

Experience all the mystery and fun of their unforgettable adventure in the beloved movie that captivated audiences around the world.

PRODUCTION CREDITS E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial in Concert produced by Film Concerts Live!, a joint venture of IMG Artists, LLC and The Gorfaine/Schwartz Agency, Inc. Producers: Steven A. Linder and Jamie Richardson Production Manager: Rob Stogsdill Production Coordinator: Sophie Greaves Worldwide Representation: IMG Artists, LLC Supervising Technical Director: Mike Runice Technical Director: Matt Yelton Music Composed by John Williams Music Preparation: Jo Ann Kane Music Service Film Preparation for Concert Performance: Ramiro Belgardt Technical Consultant: Laura Gibson Sound Remixing for Concert Performance: Chace Audio by Deluxe The score for E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial has been adapted for live concert performance.

With special thanks to: Universal Studios, Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy, John Williams, David Newman, Chris Herzberger, Tamara Woolfork, Adrienne Crew, Darice Murphy, Mark Graham and the musicians and staff of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra www.filmconcertslive.com

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artists MATTHEW KRAEMER, guest conductor Matthew Kraemer is quickly making his mark among young American conductors for his inspired performances and versatility. Following an extensive international search, Kraemer was appointed music director and principal conductor of the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra in July 2015. He additionally serves as music director of the Butler County Symphony and recently completed his fifth and final season as Music Director of the Erie Chamber Orchestra.

His active guest conducting schedule has included appearances with many of the nation’s finest orchestras, including the Atlanta, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Columbus, Houston, Indianapolis, Jacksonville, Nashville, North Carolina, Saint Louis, Spokane, Syracuse, and Toledo symphony orchestras, as well as Canada’s Mississauga Symphony and Hamilton Philharmonic and in Europe with the Vidin Philharmonic and the Orquesta de Cadaqués. Upcoming season highlights include performances of Brahms’ Symphony No. 2, Dvorak’s Symphony No. 8, Nielsen’s Symphony No. 4, Holst’s The Planets, Orff’s Carmina Burana, Strauss’ Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, and a 70th anniversary semi-staged production of Cole Porter’s Kiss Me Kate. The 2017-18 season features debut performances with the Niagara Symphony and Marion Philharmonic, in addition to return engagements with the Indianapolis Symphony, Binghamton Philharmonic, and West Michigan Symphony. Kraemer is also a frequent RPO guest conductor, most recently in November 2017 on the RPO’s OrKIDStra series.

An Indiana native, Kraemer studied conducting in Vienna, Austria with Salvador Mas Conde, and was twice a fellowship conductor at the American Academy of Conducting at Aspen. matthewkraemer.com

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JOHN WILLIAMS, composer

In a career spanning more than five decades, John Williams has become one of America’s most accomplished and successful composers for film and for the concert stage, and he remains one of our nation’s most distinguished and contributive musical voices. He has composed the music for more than one hundred films, including all eight Star Wars films, the first three Harry Potter films, Superman, Memoirs of a Geisha, Home Alone and The Book Thief. His 45-year artistic partnership with director Steven Spielberg has resulted in many of Hollywood’s most acclaimed and successful films, including Schindler’s List, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Jaws, Jurassic Park, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, the Indiana Jones films, Saving Private Ryan, and Lincoln. Mr. Williams has composed themes for four Olympic Games. He served as music director of the Boston Pops Orchestra for fourteen seasons and remains their Laureate Conductor. He has composed numerous works for the concert stage including two symphonies, and concertos commissioned by many of America’s most prominent orchestras. Mr. Williams has received five Academy Awards and 50 Oscar nominations (making him the second-most nominated person in the history of the Oscars), seven British Academy Awards, twenty-three Grammys, four Golden Globes, and five Emmys. In 2003, he received the Olympic Order (the IOC’s highest honor) for his contributions to the Olympic movement. In 2004, he received the Kennedy Center Honors, and in 2009 he received the National Medal of Arts, the highest award given to artists by the U.S. Government. In 2016 he received the 44th Life Achievement Award from the American Film Institute—the first time a composer was honored with this award.

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HANDEL

Entrance of the Queen of Sheba from Solomon

J.S. BACH

Suite No. 1 in C major for Orchestra, BWV 1066 21:00

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I. Overture II. Courante III. Gavatte I Gavatte II IV. Forlane V. Menuet I Menuet II VI. Bourrée I Bourrée II VII. Passepied I Passepied II

Serenade No. 1 in D major, Opus 11

I. Allegro molto II. Scherzo III. Adagio non troppo IV. Menuetto I - Menuetto II V. Scherzo VI. Rondo

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GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL

Entrance of the Queen of Sheba, from Solomon Solomon is one of Handel’s later oratorios, debuting in London in 1749. The identity of its librettist has been lost, but the Biblical sources are clear: Kings I and Chronicles II from the Old Testament. Solomon contains little dramatic action, save for familiar episodes depicting the title character’s renowned wisdom. This festive sinfonia, with its delightful writing for a pair of oboes, introduces the third part of the oratorio.

b. Halle, Germany February 23, 1685 d. London, England April 14, 1759

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH

Suite No. 1 in C Major, BWV 1066: Overture

By Bach’s time, virtually every significant German composer had written overturesuites for large instrumental ensembles. He probably composed the four orchestral suites at different times throughout his career. Suite No. 1 opens with a substantial overture.

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b. Eisenach, Germany March 21, 1685 d. Leipzig, Germany July 28, 1750

JOHANNES BRAHMS

Serenade No. 1 in D Major, Op. 11 In 1857, when Brahms was 24, he took up the position of Music Director in the German town of Detmold. The many performances of serenades and divertimenti by Mozart and Haydn that he heard there stimulated him to compose two such works of his own.

b. Hamburg, Germany May 7, 1833 d. Vienna, Austria April 3, 1897

He began the first serenade that same year. It eventually underwent several revisions, partly because he wasn’t certain, at first, if he was composing a serenade or a symphony.

He scored the original version for just nine instruments: flute, two clarinets, bassoon, horn and string quartet, and it had only three movements. On the advice of his friends, Clara Schumann and Joseph Joachim, he rearranged it for a larger chamber ensemble, and expanded the music to six movements.

The première of the final version, scored for full symphony orchestra and definitively labelled Serenade No. 1, took place in Hanover on March 3, 1860, under Joachim’s direction.

The first movement contrasts a noble first theme, introduced by the horns, with a wistful subject in the violins. Despite its title, the first of the two scherzos is a restrained creation, more a relaxing intermezzo than a rollicking musical jest. The serenade’s emotional heart lies in the following adagio, the longest and most expressive movement of the six. Its effortless flow of peaceful melody rises to an eloquent climax.

The alternation of two subdued minuets makes up the fourth movement. The first is scored for five wind instruments, plus cellos; the second adds violins and violas. The second scherzo is a much more robust affair than his first. Its prominent role for horns lends it the flavor of the hunt. What better way to wrap up even so vast and important a serenade as this than with a playful rondo? Earthy humor combines with moments of tenderness to conclude Brahms’s homage to the great musical diversions of the past. © 2017 Don Anderson. All rights reserved.

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artists MATTHEW KRAEMER, guest conductor Matthew Kraemer is quickly making his mark among young American conductors for his inspired performances and versatility. Following an extensive international search, Kraemer was appointed music director and principal conductor of the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra in July 2015.

He additionally serves as music director of the Butler County Symphony and recently completed his fifth and final season as Music Director of the Erie Chamber Orchestra.

MATTHEW KRAEMER

His active guest conducting schedule has included appearances with many of the nation’s finest orchestras, including the Atlanta, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Columbus, Houston, Indianapolis, Jacksonville, Nashville, North Carolina, Saint Louis, Spokane, Syracuse, and Toledo symphony orchestras, as well as Canada’s Mississauga Symphony and Hamilton Philharmonic and in Europe with the Vidin Philharmonic and the Orquesta de Cadaqués. Upcoming season highlights include performances of Brahms’ Symphony No. 2, Dvorak’s Symphony No. 8, Nielsen’s Symphony No. 4, Holst’s The Planets, Orff’s Carmina Burana, Strauss’ Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, and a 70th anniversary semi-staged production of Cole Porter’s Kiss Me Kate. The 2017-18 season features debut performances with the Niagara Symphony and Marion Philharmonic, in addition to return engagements with the Indianapolis Symphony, Binghamton Philharmonic, and West Michigan Symphony. Kraemer is also a frequent RPO guest conductor, most recently in November 2017 on the RPO’s OrKIDStra series.

An Indiana native, Kraemer studied conducting in Vienna, Austria with Salvador Mas Conde, and was twice a fellowship conductor at the American Academy of Conducting at Aspen. matthewkraemer.com

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JAN 20 8 PM KODAK HALL AT EASTMAN THEATRE

Marcelo Lehninger, conductor Andrei Ioniţă, cello

MAURICE RAVEL Suite of Five Pieces from Ma Mère l'Oye [Mother Goose] 16:00

I. Pavane of the Sleeping Beauty 1:27

II. Tom Thumb 3:18

III. Laideronette, Empress of the Pagodas 4:04

IV. Conversations of Beauty and the Beast 4:00

V. The Enchanted Garden 3:08 DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major

for Cello and Orchestra, Opus 107

I. Allegretto

II. Moderato

III. Cadenza

IV. Allegro con moto

Andrei Ionita, cello

28:00 6:27 11:42

Night on Bald Mountain

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INTERMISSION MODEST MUSSORGSKY Orch. Rimsky-Korsakov

A Night on Bald Mountain 12:00

CLAUDE DEBUSSY Nocturnes

I. Nuages [Clouds] II. Fêtes [Festivals] III. Sirènes [Sirens]

25:00 7:25 6:25 11:05

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MAURICE RAVEL

Mother Goose Suite Ravel’s music mirrors the face he showed to the world: cool, dapper, sophisticated. Yet beneath this façade beat a heart that yearned for the innocence and simplicity of youth. This nostalgia took concrete form in Mother Goose, a suite of five delicate miniatures for piano duet inspired by fairy tales. He composed it from 1908 to 1910, and prepared this transcription for small orchestra in 1911.

b. Ciboure, France March 7, 1875 d. Paris, France December 28, 1937

Pavane of the Sleeping Beauty sets the once-upon-a-time scene in gentle, pastel hues. This mood continues in the second section. The tiny boy Hop-o’-my-thumb (known in English as Tom Thumb), lost in the forest, discovers to his dismay that birds have eaten up the trail of breadcrumbs he left to help find his way back home. Animation enters in the third section, spiced with a far eastern accent.

Laideronnette (Little Ugly One), Empress of the Pagodas, takes a bath, accompanied by a gamelan-like orchestra of instruments made from nuts and shells. Next, Beauty and the Beast converse. She sings a warm, airy clarinet waltz; he growls coarsely via the contrabassoon. The final section, The Fairy Garden, bids a wistful farewell to the land of enchantment as it rises to a shimmering, radiant climax.

DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH

Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-flat Major, Op. 107 Like so many Soviet/Russian cello works, Shostakovich’s two cello concertos were inspired by and dedicated to the eminent soloist, Mstislav Rostropovich. Shostakovich knew that Rostropovich wished dearly to receive a concerto from him, but the composer’s wife warned the soloist never to mention it; she knew it would appear only when the time was right.

b. St. Petersburg, Russia September 25, 1906 d. Moscow, Russia August 9, 1975

That time proved to be the summer of 1959. Rostropovich recalled that “When I learned that Shostakovich had finished the Cello Concerto, I immediately went up to Leningrad. I received the score on the evening of August 2, and I learned the work in four days exactly. I went to Shostakovich’s dacha to play the concerto through to him. He said, ‘Now just hang on a minute while I find a music stand for you...’ I had been waiting for this and said, ‘Dmitri Dmitrievich, but I don’t need a stand.’ He said, ‘What do you mean, you don’t need a stand?’ ‘You know, I’ll play from memory.’ ‘Impossible, impossible...’” The play-through proceeded and gave complete satisfaction to composer and soloist alike.

A strong vein of satiric humor runs through the opening movement. Over a march-like beat, the soloist, who is given scarcely a bar of rest, engages in dialogues with various sections and soloists of the orchestra. The remainder of the concerto is played as a continuous whole. The slow movement is mournful and highly expressive. It leads into a solo cadenza of harrowing difficulty, followed by the exuberant, though at times caustic revels of the finale.

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MODEST MUSSORGSKY Night on Bald Mountain

As early as 1858, Mussorgsky conceived the idea of composing a piece inspired by Russian author Nikolai Gogol’s story, St. John’s Eve. It includes a witches’ Sabbath, held on Mt. Triglav, a desolate peak in Ukraine.

Between that time and 1880, he produced three versions of this project.

None of them was performed in his lifetime. Five years after his death, his friend Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov took Mussorgsky’s final version as the basis for his own, the one you will hear at this concert.

b. Karevo, Russia March 21, 1839 d. St. Petersburg, Russia March 28, 1881 Arranged by Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov

It was published with the following program attached: Subterranean sounds of unearthly voices.

Appearance of the Spirits of Darkness, followed by that of the god Tchernobog (the Devil of Russian folk lore). Glorification of Tchernobog and celebration of the Black Mass. Witches’ Sabbath. At the height of the orgy the bell of the little village church is heard from afar. The Spirits of Darkness are dispersed. Daybreak.

CLAUDE DEBUSSY Three Nocturnes

As far back as 1892, Debussy sketched but did not complete a work called Three Twilight Scenes, which may have been the basis for the Nocturnes.

Four years later, he contemplated a set of three nocturnes for violin and orchestra, but he and the intended soloist, Eugène Ysaÿe, disagreed on the contents. Debussy went ahead and completed it, but without the part for solo violin. The first two movements, the purely instrumental ones, were premièred in Paris during December 1900. The first full performance, including Sirènes, with its added, wordless female chorus, was given the following October.

b. St. Germaine-en-Laye, France August 22, 1862 d. Paris, France March 25, 1918

In musical terms, as featured in the piano pieces by Chopin, Field, Fauré and others, nocturne usually refers to a quiet, dreamy work suggesting the night. This was not what Debussy had in mind. “The title Nocturnes,” he wrote, “is to be taken here in a more general and above all in a more decorative sense.

Therefore we are not concerned here with the usual form of the nocturne, but with everything that this word contains in the way of impressions and special effects of light.

“Nuages (Clouds) – this is the unchangeable aspect of the sky with the slow and melancholy procession of the clouds, ending in an anguish of grey softly tinted with white. Fêtes (Festivals) – here we have the movement, the dancing rhythm of the atmosphere, with flashes of sudden light; there is also the episode of a procession, a dazzling and purely imaginary vision, passing through the festivity and mingling with it; but the background remains and persists – always the festival with its blending of music and luminous specks of dust participating in a universal rhythm. Sirènes (Sirens) – the sea and its numberless rhythms; then among the waves touched with silver by the moon, the mysterious song of the Sirens is heard, laughs, then passes on.” © 2017 Don Anderson. All rights reserved.

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artists Marcelo Lehninger, Conductor Brazilian-born Marcelo Lehninger is in his second year as Music Director of the Grand Rapids Symphony. He previously served as Music Director of the New West Symphony in Los Angeles, MARCELO LEHNINGER ANDREI IONIŢĂ for which the League of American Orchestras awarded him the Helen H. Thompson Award for Emerging Music Directors. Marcelo was appointed Assistant Conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra by James Levine, and, after a very successful two year tenure that included stepping in for Maestro Levine on short notice in Boston and on tour at Carnegie Hall, was later promoted to Associate Conductor.

Mr. Lehninger’s 2017-18 season includes his debut with the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, and a return to the Slovenian Philharmonic, which he leads on tour to Vienna. Closer to home, Mr. Lehninger debuts with the Charlotte and Tucson Symphonies, and returns to the North Carolina Symphony and Rochester Philharmonic. He returns to Carnegie Hall with the Grand Rapids Symphony, the orchestra’s first performance at the famed venue in thirteen years.

As a guest conductor in the United States, Mr. Lehninger has led the Chicago, Pittsburgh, Houston, Detroit, Baltimore, Seattle, Milwaukee, National, Jacksonville, New Jersey, Indianapolis, Omaha, Chautauqua, Hartford, and Fairfax Symphonies; the Florida and Louisville Orchestras; and the Rochester and Orlando Philharmonics.

Before dedicating his career to conducting, Mr. Lehninger studied violin and piano. He holds a Master's degree from the Conductors Institute at New York's Bard College, where he studied conducting under Harold Farberman and composition with Laurence Wallach. His mentors also include Kurt Masur, Leonard Slatkin, and Roberto Tibiriçá.

Andrei Ioniţă, Cello The phenomenal young cellist Andrei Ioniţă was awarded the Gold Medal at the 2015 XV International Tchaikovsky Competition. The Times of London recently raved that Andrei is “…one of the most exciting cellists to have emerged for a decade.” A versatile musician focused on giving gripping, deeply felt performances, Andrei has been recognized for his passionate musicianship and technical finesse.

The 2015-16 season featured major debuts with the Mariinsky Orchestra and Valery Gergiev at Cadogan Hall in London, as well as performances with the Deutsches Symphonie Orchester Berlin, the St. Petersburg Philharmonic, the Filarmonica di Bologna, and the George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra in Bucharest.

Andrei was born in 1994 in Bucharest and began taking piano lessons at the age of five before receiving his first cello lesson three years later. He studied under Ani-Marie Paladi in Bucharest and under Jens Peter Maintz at the Universität der Künste Berlin.

Andrei Ioniţă is a scholarship recipient of the Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben and performs on a cello made by Giovanni Battista Rogeri from Brescia in 1671, generously on loan from the foundation.

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artists Gwendolyn H. Gassler, Music Director Gwendolyn H. Gassler, co-founder and Music Director of Concentus Women’s Chorus, (www.concentus.org) earned her Master of Music Degree in Choral Conducting at the Eastman School of Music, and her BA at Colgate University.

GWENDOLYN H. GASSLER Ms. Gassler has led Concentus Women’s Chorus since its inception in 2001.

She has prepared Concentus to sing with the RPO in performances of Holst’s “The Planets” and R. Vaughan Williams “Folksongs of the Four Seasons. In addition to her work with Concentus, she recently served as Interim Director for the University of Rochester/Eastman School of Music Women’s Chorus and the Pittsford First Presbyterian Church Choir.

Active as singer in Rochester area ensembles, Gwen was Assistant Conductor of Rochester Oratorio Society under the direction of Dr. Roger Wilhelm’s for 18 years, and for 2 years with current Music Director, Dr. Eric Townell.

Ms. Gassler is a frequent participant in the Summer Choral Institute in Ogontz, New Hampshire where she’s studied choral masterworks with British conductors Sir David Willcocks, Richard Marlow, David Hill, and Timothy Brown.

Concentus Women’s Chorus, Gwendolyn H. Gassler, Music Director Anna Atwater Kristen Dettman Tansy Deutsch Kathy Grant Cathy Heckert Donna Himmelberg Dede Holmes Laura Jones Kara Juszczak Rebecca Kemp Kate McCurdy Suzanne McMillan Annie Nichol Jennifer Phillips Johanna Rehbaum Monika Reifenstein Margaret Symington Nina Varon Kristen Dettman Denise Young Michelle Young-Brown

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artists AUDRA MCDONALD, vocalist and actress

Audra McDonald is unparalleled in the breadth and versatility of her artistry, as both a singer and an actress. The winner of a record-breaking six Tony Awards, two Grammy Awards, and an Emmy Award, she was named one of Time magazine’s 100 AUDRA MCDONALD ANDY EINHORN most influential people of 2015 and received a 2015 National Medal of Arts – America’s highest honor for achievement in the arts – from President Barack Obama. Blessed with a luminous soprano and an incomparable gift for dramatic truth telling, she is as much at home on Broadway and opera stages as she is in roles on film and television. In addition to her theatrical work, she maintains a major career as a concert and recording artist, regularly appearing on the great stages of the world.

On the concert stage, McDonald has premiered music by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer John Adams and sung with virtually every major American orchestra—including the Boston Symphony, Chicago Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, National Symphony, New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, and San Francisco Symphony—and under such conductors as Sir Simon Rattle, Esa-Pekka Salonen, and Leonard Slatkin. She made her Carnegie Hall debut in 1998 with the San Francisco Symphony under the baton of Michael Tilson Thomas in a season-opening concert that was broadcast live on PBS. Internationally, she has sung at the BBC Proms in London (where she was only the second American in more than 100 years invited to appear as a guest soloist at the Last Night of the Proms) and at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, as well as with the London Symphony Orchestra and Berlin Philharmonic. Her last performance with the RPO was in January 2015.

ANDY EINHORN, guest conductor

Leading Broadway music director and conductor, Andy Einhorn, directs concerts in the 17/18 season with the Utah Symphony, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, National Arts Centre Orchestra and the New Jersey Symphony. He’s currently the Music Supervisor and Musical Director for the new Broadway production of Hello Dolly! starring Bette Midler. Einhorn’s Broadway credits include Holiday Inn, Woody Allen’s Bullets Over Broadway, Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella, Evita, Brief Encounter, The Light in the Piazza, and Sondheim on Sondheim. He recently served as music director and conductor for the Châtelet Theatre’s production of Sondheim’s Passion in Paris and in Einhorn made his New York Philharmonic debut with world-renowned trumpeter Chris Botti.

Since 2011 Einhorn has served as music director and pianist for Six-Time Tony Award Winner, Audra McDonald, performing with her at such prestigious orchestras and venues including The Philadelphia Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, National Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Opera, Avery Fisher Hall, Carnegie Hall, Walt Disney Concert Hall and Teatro Real, Madrid. They recently recorded performances for an upcoming telecast with the Sydney Symphony at the Sydney Opera House in Australia. Einhorn has also music directed for Barbara Cook at Feinstein’s and Toronto’s Royal Conservatory of Music.

His tour work includes Sweeney Todd, The Light in the Piazza, Mamma Mia!, and The Lion King.

Einhorn’s work can be heard on the current touring production of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s The Sound of Music. Einhorn has worked at Goodspeed Opera House, Signature Theatre, Oregon Shakespeare Festival and PaperMill Playhouse. He was principal vocal coach and pianist for Houston Grand Opera’s An Evening with Audra McDonald, a double-bill of Poulenc’s La Voix Humaine and LaChiusa’s Send.

Recording credits include Bullets Over Broadway, Cinderella, Evita, Sondheim on Sondheim (Grammy Nom) Stage Door Canteen and McDonald’s newest release, Go Back Home. He served as the music director for HBO’s Peabody Award winning documentary Six by Sondheim and music supervisor for Great Performances Peabody Award winning special “Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy” on PBS. Andy Einhorn is an honors graduate of Rice University in Houston, Texas.

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Rachel Waddell, guest conductor Steven Stull, narrator Nazareth College Dance Ensemble Heather Roffe, director

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The Tortoise and the Hare

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Peter and the Wolf, Opus 67

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Peter and the Wolf

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SERGEI PROKOFIEV

Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67 Prokofiev longed for the fame and fortune that he believed he could find outside the Soviet Union. After spending nearly two only mildly successful and increasingly unhappy decades in the west, he returned home during the mid-1930s. For the remainder of his life, he regularly had trouble giving the Soviet cultural authorities the kind of simple, uplifting music they demanded. This delightful, evergreen piece was an exception.

b. Sontsovka, Ukraine April 27, 1891 d. Moscow, Russia March 5, 1953

Prokofiev often took his two young sons, Oleg and Sviatoslav, to performances at the Moscow Children’s Musical Theatre. He got to know Natalia Satz, the theater’s director, and in early 1936 they decided to create a new work together. It was designed to introduce children to the instruments of the orchestra, and to lay the foundation for an appreciation of classical music. He and Satz settled on a fairy-tale-type story involving the interaction of humans and animals. Prokofiev didn’t like the version of the text that was prepared for him, so he wrote a new one himself. He composed the music and wrote the text for Peter and the Wolf in less than a week!

He gave each character in the story its own musical theme, and each theme features a different solo instrument or a section of the orchestra. He made marvelous, charming choices: flute for the bird, oboe for the duck, clarinet for the cat, horns for the wolf, and bassoon for Peter’s grandfather. For Peter, since his personality had more facets than the animal characters, Prokofiev decided to use all the strings of the orchestra, with their wide variety of musical colors.

The first, impromptu performance with piano accompaniment delighted a group of children, but the formal première on May 2, 1936 met with only a lukewarm response, and it attracted little notice. One reason for this was the fact that Satz, who had planned to narrate the first performance, fell ill, and her substitute was inexperienced. A second public performance quickly turned the tide, launching its enduring global success. It is quite likely the most frequently performed of all compositions designed for children (many adults find it entertaining, too!). A galaxy of celebrities has narrated recordings of the piece, from Melissa Joan Hart, Sting and Patrick Stewart to Alice Cooper, David Bowie, Sophia Loren, Ben Kingsley and Sean Connery.

When Prokofiev toured America in 1938, he conducted the Boston Symphony Orchestra in the first North American performance of Peter and the Wolf. He also visited the Walt Disney film studio in Los Angeles. He played Peter and the Wolf on an old piano for Disney himself. Inspired by the music, Disney and his coworkers created an animated version of Peter and the Wolf, as a part of the 1946 multi-part feature film entitled Make Mine Music. You can watch a video clip about this incident, in which an actor portrays Prokofiev, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaHc01uwGXg © 2017 Don Anderson. All rights reserved.

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RACHEL L. WADDELL, guest conductor Rachel L. Waddell is the newly-appointed Director of Orchestral Activities at the University of Rochester, where she directs the symphony and chamber orchestras and chamber ensemble program. Prior to her move to Rochester, she RACHEL WADDELL STEVEN STULL served as the Associate Conductor of the Canton Symphony Orchestra, a professional regional orchestra in northeastern Ohio, and Music Director of the award-winning Canton Youth Symphonies.

During her time with Canton, Waddell conducted over eighty performances, including masterworks, pops, and education concerts. In 2016 she conducted the Ohio premier of Christopher Theofanidis’ Dreamtime Ancestors with the CSO. Waddell’s innovative programming and passion for community engagement has made her a popular conductor with audiences of all ages. Her educational programs explored such topics as music and revolution, geometry and musical form, and bilingualism. Under Waddell’s leadership, the Canton Youth Symphony expanded to three orchestras, and was named the 2015 Youth Orchestra of the Year by the Classics Alive Foundation in Los Angeles.

In addition to her work with the CSO and CYS, Waddell became the first women to guest conduct Cleveland’s Suburban Symphony Orchestra in 2016. She has held previous positions as Conductor of Oberlin Conservatory’s Northern Ohio Youth Orchestra, Assistant Conductor of the Miami Music Festival in Florida, and Apprentice Conductor of the Las Vegas Philharmonic. Cleveland Classical has described Waddell’s conducting as “distinctly animated” with “charismatic fervor….a sensibility eagerly reciprocated by the orchestra as it responded with marvelous tonal depth and palpable exuberance.”

STEVEN STULL, narrator Steven Stull first appeared with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra in 1998. With the RPO he has performed music of Rodgers and Hammerstein, Gilbert and Sullivan, Aaron Copland, Stephen Foster, Jeff Tyzik, and has narrated How the Grinch Stole Christmas, The Night Before Christmas and The Swineherd. He has appeared with Glimmerglass Opera, Syracuse Opera, Tri-Cities Opera, Artpark, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Opera Theater of Pittsburgh, Kyrgyz State Opera, and with orchestras in Ithaca, Buffalo, Anchorage, Binghamton, Erie, Jacksonville, and Norwalk. He sang in over fifty performances with the Syracuse Symphony, Symphony Syracuse and Symphoria. Mr. Stull has appeared in nearly eighty performances with West Virginia Symphony Orchestra and can be heard on their recordings Home for the Holidays and Tales from the West Virginia Hills. His other recordings include The Pulse of an Irishman - Irish and Scottish Songs arranged by Beethoven, Opera Cowpokes, Christmas from the Heart of New York. He is heard as the Wolf in the recording of Grant Cooper’s Boyz in the Wood with the Cayuga Chamber Orchestra. Recent performances include Arthur in Camelot, the world premiere of the opera Pushed Aside by Persis Vehar, Handel’s Messiah with Symphoria, and Holiday Pops with the Cayuga Chamber Orchestra. A graduate of the Eastman School of Music and Oberlin College Conservatory, Steven co-directs the CRS Barn Studio with choreographer Jeanne Goddard. Together they present an eclectic series of music and dance performances on the CRS Growers organic vegetable farm overlooking Cayuga Lake in Ithaca, NY. His numerous recordings are available from operacowpokes.com

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Heather Roffe, Choreographer/ Ensemble Director Heather Roffe: (MFA) is an Associate Professor and the Program Director of Dance at Nazareth College. Roffe is an active scholar in the field of dance, presenting HEATHER ROFFE nationally and internationally on Dance Pedagogy, Somatics, and Dance and Feminism, guest teaching in academic and professional venues, and creating choreography as part of her creative/academic research. She has performed nationally and internationally with the Garth Fagan Dance Company, and at Jacob’s Pillow, the International Dance Festival, and the American Dance Guild Festival, in her own work, with Bill Evans Dance Company, FuturPointe Dance, and Assemblage Dance. Roffe’s choreography has been presented in venues across the country and internationally, and has been commissioned by dance companies and college programs. Most recently, her choreography was presented in the International DUMBO Dance Festival in NYC, October 2017. She is thrilled to be directing the Nazareth Dance Ensemble for this production of Peter and the Wolf in collaboration with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra.

Jake Smith, Peter Jake Smith is a senior Dance Major and Musical Theatre Minor. Jake's most recent credits include Tomas in A Dolls House with Nazareth College, Sohovik in Damn Yankees, Travis in Footloose, and Wolf in Little Red and the Three Pigs (tour) with Tibbits Opera House in Michigan. Jake would like to thank Heather Roffe and the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra for this incredible opportunity.

Andrea "Onge" Alati, The Wolf Andrea "Onge" is from Rochester, NY and is currently a 3rd year Dance major at Nazareth College. She has been trained in all areas of dance throughout her 18 years of training. Some highlights from this past year: Andrea trained at the Joffrey Ballet School Summer intensive for three weeks in July, and traveled to NYC in October to perform with Heather Roffe Dance Co. in the International DUMBO Dance Festival. Onge is excited to see what is next for her as she continues to reach for her dreams!

Maria Rodriguez, The Cat Maria Rodriguez is a sophomore student double majoring in the public health and dance department at Nazareth College. She was born in Arecibo, Puerto Rico where her dance training started at the age of four.

During her sixteen years of training, she has been exposed to ballet, jazz, modern, contemporary, hiphop, Caribbean and many more styles of dance. Some of her repertoire includes the Nutcracker, Coppelia, variations of Serenade, Paquita, Peter Pan, Alice in Wonderland and many more. In addition, she is a member of the Boys and Girls Club in Arecibo, PR, where she likes to work with children of different age levels and teach them about dancing by learning different movements together with the music. Intense training developed great respect and deep discipline for the art while working with notable professors including Carmela Landa, Kyrsha Cruz, Indalecia Perez, Marcela Figueroa, Lourdes Gomez, Robert Rosario, Arleane Lopez, Jamey Lavarette, Heather Roffe, Fidel Orrillo, Paige Cummings, Eran Hanlon and Heather Acomb.

Ayla Wells, The Bird Ayla’s love for dance brought her to Interlochen Arts Academy. While at Interlochen she received the opportunity to preform with DanceWorks Chicago and Dance Now! Miami. She additionally studied abroad at the Académie Américaine de Danse de Paris. Wells was a gust artist on tour with the Albany Berkshire Ballet & worked with the Charlottesville Ballet. She was most recently a company member with New York State Ballet.

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OVERTURE ($3,000–$4,999) The Ashley Group Caldwell Manufacturing Co Chapman-Davenport Charitable Gift Fund The Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation Cornell/Weinstein Family Foundation Rufus K. Dryer II Fund Hazlow Electronics, Inc. Harter Secrest & Emery LLP Konar Foundation LaBella Associates Rochester Eyecare Group, P.C. Spindler Family Foundation

SUPPORTER ($300–$599) Bosch Security Systems Diamond Packaging Genesee Valley Pennysaver Inc. Navitar Inc. Riedman Foundation Star Headlight and Lantern Co., Inc.

GIFTS IN KIND Sarah D. Atkinson, M.D. and CONCERTO Steven Hess ($25,000–$49,999) Michael Butterman and AVANGRID Foundation Jennifer Carsillo Constellation Brands City Newspaper Davenport-Hatch Foundation Constellation Brands Glover Crask Charitable Trust Digital Audio Visual PARTNER Rochester Regional Health Environments ($1,000–$2,999) System Hedonist Artisan ALSTOM Signaling Foundation Chocolates M and T Bank Charitable Ames Amzalak Memorial Trust Tom and Nan Hildebrandt Foundation Bancroft-Tubbs Family Fund KidsOutAndAbout.com SONATA Brighton Securities JR McCarthy ($10,000–$24,999) Brown & Brown, Inc. Ramerman Leadership Group Melvin and Mildred Eggers Chase Manhattan Bank Ingrid Stanlis Family Charitable Foundation T.M. and M.W. Crandall Ward Stare ESL Charitable Foundation Foundation Jeff and Jill Tyzik Gertrude Chanler RPO Fund Fred L. Emerson Foundation Wegmans High Falls Advisors F. I. Hutchins Charitable Trust Rochester Red Wings Max and Marian Farash Sheila Konar Fund for Rochester Museum & Science Charitable Foundation Alzheimer’s Services Center Daisy Marquis Jones Kovalsky-Carr Electric Supply The Little Theatre Foundation Monroe Motor Products Parts Woodcliff Hotel & Spa KeyBank Plus A Gust of Sun Winery & Oppenheimer Funds Inc. New Horizons Band and Vineyard Summers Foundation Inc. Orchestra Agness Wine Cellars Guido and Ellen Palma SUITE MATCHING GIFT COMPANIES Foundation ($5,000–$9,999) Apple, Inc. PayPal Giving Fund Ann and Gordon Getty Bank of America The Pike Company Inc. Foundation Discover Financial Services Pinnacle Investments LLC The MAGIC Center at RIT ExxonMobil Foundation Rochester Philharmonic Premium Mortgage Fidelity Charitable Matching League Corporation Gift Program Uniland Development Co Rochester Midland IBM Corporation Waldron Rise Foundation Corporation The Louis S. and Molly B. Wolk Johnson and Johnson Rubens Family Foundation Lincoln Financial Foundation Foundation St. John's Home Matching Gift Program John F. Wegman Fund ASSOCIATE J. P. Morgan Chase and Co. ($600–$999) Morgan Stanley Diamond Packaging SalesForce Matching Gift Lake Beverage Corporation Program

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GEORGE EASTMAN LEGACY SOCIETY

The George Eastman Legacy Society honors those individuals who have included the RPO in their estate plans.

Interested in joining a growing group of dedicated individuals who appreciate the value that the RPO brings to their lives and the life of our community? Contact 585-454-7311 X 249 to find out how you can help ensure that the RPO will be here for future generations.

Anonymous (1) Nancy & Harry* Beilfuss Carol & John Bennett Jack and Carolyn Bent Ellen S. Bevan Stuart & Betsy Bobry William L. & Ruth P. Cahn Margaret J. Carnall Joan & Paul Casterline Dr. & Mrs. John J. Condemi Paul Donnelly Janis Dowd & Daan Zwick Joan Feinbloom Donald & Elizabeth Fisher Suressa & Richard H. Forbes Catherine & Elmar Frangenberg Carolyn & Roger Friedlander Betsy Friedman Barbara & Patrick Fulford Rob W. Goodling Mary M. Gooley Barbara Jean Gray-Gottorff George Greer* Mrs. Laura J. Hameister Warren and Joyce Heilbronner Jean Hitchcock

Norman L. Horton H. Larry & Dorothy C. Humm Mr.* & Mrs. Robert D. Hursh Jim & Marianne Koller Marshall and Lenore Lesser Drs. Jacques* & Dawn Lipson Sue & Michael Lococo William C. and Elfriede K. Lotz Cricket & Frank Luellen Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Mahar Joseph J. Mancini Pete & Sally Merrill Robert J. & Marcia Wishengrad Metzger Mrs. Elizabeth O. Miller Deanne Molinari Paul Marc & Pamela Miller Ness Suzanne F. Powell Eileen D. Ramos William Rapp Dr. Ramon L. and Judith S. Ricker Dr. Suzanne H. Rodgers* Wallace R. Rust Peggy W. Savlov David & Antonia T. Schantz William & Susan Schoff Peter Schott & Mary Jane Tasciotti

Jon L. & Katherine T. Schumacher Gretchen Shafer Ingrid Stanlis Ann & Robert Van Niel Lewis & Patricia Ward-Baker Fred M. Wechsler Robin & Michael Weintraub Michael and Patricia Wilder Kitty J. Wise Nancy & Mark Zawacki Alan Ziegler & Emily Neece Ivan Town Harry & Ruth Walker Susan and Lawrence Yovanoff Mr. & Mrs. Ted Zornow The RPO is most grateful for the generous gifts from the estates of Edith B. Arganbright, Jean Boynton Baker, Norris F. Carlson, William L. Gamble, Jean Groff, William B. Hale, Mrs. Samter Horwitz, Eleanor T. Patterson, Ernest Raschiatore, Gretchen Shafer, and Elbis A. Shoales, M.D. *Deceased

MAESTRO’S CIRCLE

The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra gratefully acknowledges the generous individuals listed here who help us continue to enrich and inspire the community through the art of music. While space only permits us to list gifts made at the Benefactor level and above, we value the generosity and vital support of all donors. Thank you so very much! Listings are in recognition of annual giving from December 1, 2016 to November 30, 2017. If we have made an error or omission on this list, please accept our sincere apologies and please call 585.454.7311 x 249 so we may correct our oversight.

MAESTRO ($50,000 AND ABOVE) Anonymous Stephen and Janice Ashley Catherine B. Carlson Joan Feinbloom Ronald and Susan Fielding

Mr. and Mrs. Ronald A. Furman Dr. Dawn Lipson Cricket and Frank Luellen Mrs. Marjorie Morris Joan M. Pfeifer*

Dr. Suzanne Rodgers* Mrs. Robert M. Santo James G. Scanzaroli*

PRESTISSIMO ($25,000–$49,999) Anonymous (1) Mr. and Mrs. Bruce B. Bates Allen and Joyce Boucher William L. and Ruth P. Cahn Mary Cowden Mr. and Mrs. James T. Englert Jeff and Alleen Fraser

Barbara and Patrick Fulford Suzanne Gouvernet Larry and Elizabeth Rice Sunny and Nellie Rosenberg Elise and Stephen Rosenfeld Katherine T. and Jon L. Schumacher Dr. and Mrs. Sidney H. Sobel

Ingrid Stanlis Richard and Sandy Stein Mrs. Mary Alice Wolf Louise Woerner and Don Kollmorgen Robert A. Woodhouse

PRESTO ($15,000–$24,999) Jim and Maria Boucher Dr. Eric Dreyfuss Dr. and Mrs. Steven Feldon Ilene and David Flaum Mike and Tabatha Gioja Mr. and Mrs. Julian Goldstein

Marie and Charlie Kenton Jim and Marianne Koller Sherman Levey and Deborah Ronnen Mr. and Mrs. Michael Millard Sandra A. Parker and John M. Summers Jules L. Smith and Alexandra Northrop

Dr. Eugene Toy Josephine Trubek Krestie Utech Michael and Patricia Wilder

VIVACE ($10,000–$14,999) Anonymous (1) Drs. Eric and Edie Bieber Paul and Mary Callaway Ralph Craviso Marion Fulbright

David and Barrie Heiligman Jody and Bruce Hellman Dr. Sandra Johnson Jane Labrum Joanne Lang

Mrs. Richard Palermo Christopher and Elaine Pipa Dr. Eva Pressman and Dr. Seth Zeidman Steven and Christine Whitman

*Deceased MMatching Gift

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ALLEGRO ($5,000–$9,999) Anonymous (1) Miriam H. Ackley Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Bielaska, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Paul W. Briggs Mr. Thomas Burns Mary Ellen Burris Mr. and Mrs. Harlan D. Calkins Alan L. Cameros Dr. Thomas Caprio and Ann Leonhardt Joan and Paul Casterline Jeff and Sue Crane Joyce Crofton Mrs. Nancy G. Curme Alison and John Currie William Eggers and Deborah McLean Carolyn and Roger Friedlander Helen and Dan Fultz

Patty and Dick George Joanne Gianniny Rob W. Goodling Howard T. Hallowell III Stephen Lurie and Kathleen Holt Norman Horton Dr. Jack and Harriette Howitt Miles and Silvija Jones Dr. Ralph F. Jozefowicz Daryl and Charles Kaplan Norman and Judith Karsten Dr. and Mrs. Anthony J. Leone, Jr. Swaminathan and Janice Madhu Dan and Kiki Mahar Mr. Joseph J. Mancini Mr. Lawrence Martling Paul Marc and Pamela Miller Ness Douglas and Diana Phillips

Kathy Purcell Dr. and Mrs. Ronald Reed Nathan and Susan Robfogel Drs. Daniel and Charlotte Ryan Ron and Sharon Salluzzo Richard and Vicki Schwartz Mr. and Mrs. Eugene P. Seymour Nancy A. Skelton Janet Buchanan Smith Wayne and Mary Gale Smith Robert C. Stevens John Urban Robin and Michael Weintraub

ANDANTE CIRCLE ($2,500–$4,999) Anonymous (2) Robert E. and Carol G. Achilles Barbara and David Ackroyd Edward and Joan After Allan and Polly Anderson Elaine Anderson Allegra Angus Betsy Ann Balzano William J. Beenhouwer Carol and John Bennett Mr. and Mrs. Richard G. Bennett Stuart and Betsy Bobry Barbara and John Bruning Philip and Jeanne Carlivati Margaret J. Carnall Betsy and John Carver Bill and Victoria Cherry Mary Ellen Clark Christine Colucci Dr. John Condemi Tex and Nicki Doolittle Michele Dryer Rose Duver Larry and Kas Eldridge John R. Ertle Gerald G. Estes Trevor and Elizabeth Ewell Robert P. Fordyce in Memory of Dr. and Mrs. Charles R. Fordyce Jonathan Foster Dr. and Mrs. Elmar Frangenberg Shirley B. and Kevin Frick Betsy Friedman Dr. and Mrs. Charles J. Gibson

Warren and June Glaser Paul and Carol Goldberg Deborah G. Goldman Jean Gostomski Janet and Roger Gram George and Mary Hamlin Warren and Joyce Heilbronner Tom and Nan Hildebrandt David C. and Patricia M. Hinkle Mr. and Mrs. Ernest J. Ierardi La Marr J. Jackson, Esq. Leslie H. Jacobs in memory of Stephen D. Jacobs Dr. and Mrs. Harold Kanthor Mr. and Mrs. Bruce M. Kennedy Robert J. Kennedy Richard and Karen Knowles Marcy and Ray Kraus in loving memory of Dr. Allan and Charlotte Kraus Deanna and Charles Krusentsjerna Susan and Werner Kunz Harold and Christine Kurland Jennifer Leonard and David Cay Johnston Dr. and Mrs. Hobart A. Lerner Barbara L. Lobb John and Dolores Loftus Edith M. Lord Nancy Macon Diana Marquis Mrs. Bruce P. Marshall Gilbert Kennedy McCurdy Bruce and Eleanor McLear Mr. and Mrs. James R. McMillen

James E. and Janet L. Morris Sara L. Niemeyer Drs. Avice and Timothy O'Connor Karen A. Petras Mr. David C. Pixley and Ms. Laura V. Morressey Brock and Sandra Powell Mr. Andrew Publow Susan A. Raub Nancy and Vincent Reale Norma Riedman Mrs. Stanley M. Rogoff Carol Ritter Wright and William Wright John B. Rumsey Drs. Carl and O.J. Sahler Ron Sassone Libba and Wolf Seka Glenna Spindelman in memory of Norman Spindelman Bob and Gayle Stiles David and Grace Strong Catherine Toy Ann and Robert Van Niel Skip and Karen Warren Stephen R. Webb Dr. Sidney and Linda S. Weinstein Mary K. Welch Dr. and Mrs. Tae B. Whang Mrs. Frederick C. White Kitty J. Wise Charlotte J. Wright

PHILHARMONIC FRIENDS ADAGIO CIRCLE ($1,000–$2,499) Anonymous (7) Daniel and Elizabeth Abbas Dr. G Richard and Elaine Abbott Mrs. Martin Abkowitz Carol Aldridge Dr. and Mrs. Henry W. Altland Stephanie and Geoffrey Amsel Marvin and Frederica Amstey Mr. and Mrs. F.L. Angevine, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. George M. Angle Dave and Jan Angus Mr. and Mrs. Mehdi N. Araghi Peter Arcadi Betsy and Gerald Archibald Domenic and Hilary Argentieri Bob and Jody Asbury John and Mary Bartholomew Jeanne Beecher Hays and Karen Bell

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Susan and Peter Bondy Agneta M. Borgstedt, M.D. Shirley Bowen and Tracy Perkins Simon and Josephine Braitman Susann Brown and Terence Chrzan June Brush Nancy Brush and John Parker Josephine Buckley Sharon and Philip Burke Bruce and Shirley Burritt Ann Burr and A. Vincent Buzard Mr. and Mrs. Terrance Carney Gary R. Chadwick Oliver Chanler Robert and Susan Chapman in memory of Lucille Giglia Victor Ciaraldi and Kathy Marchaesi Lorraine W. Clarke Elizabeth Claypoole

Cheryl Collins Roy Czernikowski and Karin Dunnigan Mrs. Joan Dalberth Judith and Joseph Darweesh David F. Dean Richard and Michele Decker Ms. Faith Delehanty Bonnie and Duane DeHollander Dr. Elise dePapp Nancy and Sreeram Dhurjaty Stephanie and Douglas Dickman Jane Dieck Donald and Stephanie Doe Gail and Douglas Doonan Ellen and Lester Eber Dr. Steven and Mrs. Susan Eisinger Carol and Tom Elliott Mohsen Emami, M.D.

ADAGIO CIRCLE ($1,000–$2,499) CONTINUED Donna M. Landry Louise W. Epstein Ross P. Lanzafame Julia B. Everitt Ms. Connie Leary Sherman and Anne Farnham John and Alice Leddy Julie Figel Gay and Don Lenhard Thomas and Janet Fink Lenore and Marshall Lesser Gail R. Flugel Doris and Austin Leve George and Marie Follett T.C. and Pam Lewis Suressa and Richard Forbes Jane and Jim Littwitz Mrs. Timothy P. Forget James and Susan Locke Ann and Steve Fox Sue and Michael Lococo Barbara L. Frank John and Judy Lynd Mrs. Margaret Freeman and Mr. Russell Madsen Thomas Lennox Pamela Krug Maloof Marjorie and James Fulmer Sandy and Jack Maniloff Johanna M. Gambino in memory of Saul and Susan Marsh Jerry J. Gambino Frances and Robert Marx Dr. Richard and Josie Gangemi Richard and Catherine Massie David and Patricia Gardner Carol and John Matteson Sharon Garelick William and Erin McCune Winston E. Gaum Mr. Michael McCusker Jacquie and Andrew Germanow Dick and Sandra McGavern Richard and Joyce Gilbert Pamela McGreevy Robert and Marie Ginther Mr. and Mrs. John F. McNamara Patricia Goodwin Marion and Ed Mench Robert and Jeanne Grace Pete and Sally Merrill Dr. and Mrs. William Grammar Daniel M. Meyers Barbara J. Granite Ken and Nancy Mihalyov Jeanne Gray in memory of Duane and Ida Miller Robert C. Gray Hinda and Michael Miller Mr. and Mrs. Newton H. Green Jonathan Mink and Janet Cranshaw Russell and Kathleen Green Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Moncrief Mrs. Judith Greenberg in memory of Mr. and Mrs. Paul F. Morgan her husband, Mr. Harvey Greenberg Ann Morris Alan and Julie Griesinger Jack and Laura Morrissey David Louis Guadagnino Theodore H. Morse Brigitte and Klaus Gueldenpfennig Otto Muller-Girard Susan and James Haefner Harold Munson Peggy and David Hall Dr. and Mrs. Stephen Munson Mrs. Laura J. Hameister Dr. Gary and Mrs. Ruth Myers David and MaryAnn Hamilton Mr. and Mrs. Philip Neivert Ms. Barbara Hamlin Kathy and Ted Nixon Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Hanna Jann Nyffeler Robert T. and Mary Ann Hargrave W. Smith and Jean O’Brien Louise Harris William J. O'Connor, Jr. Bernice Hatch Peter Oddliefson and Kay Wallace Dirk Bernold and Karen Hatch Mrs. Virginia S. Pacala Mr. Lawrence Helfer Dr. Vivian Palladoro Dr. and Mrs. Raul Herrera Jane Parker and Francis Cosentino Merril and Dianne Herrick Patricia and Philip Parr Elizabeth and John T. Hessney Dee and Horace E. Perry Walter B.D. Hickey, Jr. Edward J. Pettinella Art and Barb Hirst Channing and Marie Philbrick Dan and Sandy Hollands Charitable Fund Mrs. Theodore L. Horne Ann Piato Andrew and Kathleen Holt Joyce and Victor Poleshuck Dr. Robert E. Horn and Lee Pollan Dr. Patricia Nachman Bill and Beverly Pullis H. Larry and Dorothy C. Humm William and Barbara Pulsifer Dr. Hadene D. Hunter Robert and Anne Quivey Dr. and Mrs. Bernard Isaacson Jacklin Randall-Ward Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence S. Iwan Richard and Susan Reed Bob and Elaine Jacobsen Stand and Anne Refermat Dr. and Mrs. H. Douglas Jones E. Rennert Hendrik and Elizabeth Keeson Mr. and Mrs. Thomas S. Richards Patrick and Kathleen Kelly Doria Scortichini and Chris Ritchlin Marilyn and David Klass Nancy and Art Roberts Marcella Klein Dr. and Mrs. Gordon N. Robinson Glenn and Nancy Koch Suzanne Robinson Elsbeth J. Kozel Elizabeth and Donald Roemermann Karen S. Kral Antonio and Patricia K. Rosati Chari Krenis Dr. Gerald and Maxine Rosen David and Andrea Lambert

Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Rosenbaum Thomas and Elizabeth Ross Jamal and Pam Rossi Ed and Gabriel Saphar Drs. Eva and Jude Sauer Susan Scanlon and Croft K. Hangartner Gary B. Schaefer Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence M. Schenck Paul and Barbara Schmied Peter Schott and Mary Jane Tasciotti Schreiner Family Fund Catherine and Richard Seeger Joan and Arthur Segal Sonja Shelton Robert and Nancy Shewan Gary and Cathy Simpson Daniel and Sarah Singal Mr. and Mrs. Michael O. Shipley Carol C. Shulman Alice and Ken Slining Janet H. Sorensen Susan and David Spector Daniel and Susan Stare Richard Steinheider Chris Stenzel Ann H. Stevens and William J. Shattuck Dr. Robert and Mrs. Sally Jo Stookey Margaret A. Strite Jim Sullivan Eleanor Summers Margaret and Charles Symington Mark and Lois Taubman Dr. and Mrs. Henry A. Thiede Jason Thomas Miriam Thomas Robert and Diane Tichell Dr. and Mrs. Mark Tornatore Mrs. Schuyler Townson David and Marcia Trauernicht Sally Turner Mrs. Marshall Tyler Eugene and Gloria Ulterino Gary and Marie VanGraafeiland Jim and Linda Varner Timothy and Debbie Veazey Gretchen Voss Harry and Ruth Walker Mrs. Herbert Watkins Deborah Watson Pierce and Elizabeth Webb Irene and Alan Weinberg Ann Weitzel Linda Wells Davey Joseph Werner and Diane Smith Stephen Wershing Nancy Weyl Carol Whitbeck Yvonne White Dale and Lorraine Whittington Christine Wickert Ed and Wilma Wierenga Dr. James and Mrs. Nancy Wierowski James H. Willey Eileen M. Wurzer Caroline and Richard Yates Bill and Wende Young Carol Zajkowski Deborah and Mark Zeger Mr. and Mrs. Ted Zornow Daan Zwick

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ADVOCATE ($700-$999) Anonymous (2) Mary Elaine Aldoretta and Richard Burandt Peter and Jane Anderson Dr. and Mrs. Dean Arvan Dr. and Mrs. Edward C. Atwater Gloria Baciewicz Ann Bauer Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Blumenau Don and Jackie Bowman Linda Bretz Josh and Beth Bruner Veronica and Larry Burling Keith and Joan Calkins Dr. and Mrs. Robert H. Carrier John and Diane Caselli Gerard and Joanne Caschette David and Mary Cheeran Jack and Barbara Clarq Jules Cohen, M.D. Mary Lewis Consler Janice Currie Mr. and Mrs. Edward P. Curtis, Jr. Teri Davis Jeanne Denike Jane Dunham Holly K. Elwell Marcia L. Elwitt Mrs. R. Clinton Emery D. Craig Epperson and Dr. Beth Jelsma Gordon J. Estey Mrs. Walter Fallon Udo Fehn and Christine Long Mr. and Mrs. Lee J. Fleckenstein F. Peter Flihan John and Sandy Ford Barbara L. Frank Sandra and Neil Frankel Judith Fulmer Muriel and Bob Gabbey Richard T. Galvin Michael Garrett Anne Gilson John and Roslyn Goldman Jane Gorsline

Marvin and Barbara Gray Barbara Jean Gray-Gottorff Ed and Terry Grissing Mr. Robert C. Grossman Stephen Gullace Barbara and A. Michael Hanna Ronald W. Hansen Mr. and Mrs. Lee Hasiuk Gil and Judy Hawkins Barbara Heiligman Barbara and Dieter Hentschel Michael R. Herzog Drs. Ryan and Makiko Hoefen Mr. and Mrs. Ned Holmes Carol E. Hopkins Drs. Geza and Minou Hrazdina H. Larry and Dorothy C. Humm Mr. and Mrs. Christopher J. Husson Mr. and Mrs. John Hustler Robert and Merilyn Israel Mary Kay and Charles Jackson Dewey Jackson Bruce Jacobs Ronald and Martha Jodoin Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert F. Jordan Lori and Frank Karbel Marilyn and John Kiesling Kenneth R. Knight Mrs. Ellen Konar Diane S. Koretz Dr. and Mrs. Jacob Krieger Salvatore and Sandra LaBella Wilfred LeBlanc Michael Mathew C. Thomas and Emily McCall Richard McGrath Margaret and Bob Mecredy Richard and Joyce Mitchell Carolyn Lee Mok Ilene Montana Morning Musicale Dr. Philip S. Nash Matthew Nesci Margaret and David Oakes Mildred Ortbach Ms. Marilyn Petz

Mr. and Mrs. Edward Polidor Barry and Jean Rabson Patricia and William Rahn Rene Reixach Bob and Shirley Rheinwald Nancy K. Rice G. W. Richter Mrs. James A. Rockwell in Memory of Rev. James A. Rockwell Judy and Bill Rose Dr. Harry and Ellen Rosen Dick and Bea Rosenbloom William Saunders Suzanne and Michael Schnittman David and Naomi Schrier Rich Sensenbach Mary E. Sherman Mr. and Mrs. Earl H. Sexton Robert and Norma Snyder Charles H. Speirs Jean and Harold Stacey Kenneth T. and Eva M. Steadman Arthur and Catherine Steffen Alison and Ron Steinmiller David and Abby Stern Elizabeth and Robert Sterrett Kevin Stone and Nancy AtwoodStone Eric Thompson John and Betty Travis Mr. and Mrs. George Treier Wayne and Anne Vander Byl Jo Ann F. Vierthaler John and Susan Volpel Ellen Wagner Brian Waldmiller Miss Delores Welkley Mrs. Lyndon Wells Jean G. Whitney Puck* and Claes Winqvist Charles and Susan Wolfe Grace Wong Jeff Wright and Betty Wells Kevin and Trude Wright Laura and Joel Yellin

BENEFACTOR ($375-$699) Anonymous (6) Karen Abbas Robert and Anne Allen Zita Anderson A. Joseph Antos Dr. and Mrs. E. David Appelbaum Jane and John August Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Balta Karen Bancroft Kathleen Bankey M.J. Barclay Denise Bartalo Steve and Anne Bauer Brenda Beal John and Ellen Beck Miss Anne Bell William Bellows Ms. Kate M. Bennett David Berg Mary Ellen Bigler Nancy Bird Dr. and Mrs. Alan F. Bloom Ann Borgstrom John Bovenzi Jeff and Kathy Bowen Brendan Boyce Robert and Ann Marie Bradley

Daan Braveman Mr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Briggs Henra S. Briskin Joanne and Kenneth Brotherton Marilyn R. Brown Anita and Mark Brown Eric and Wendy Bruestle Eileen Buholtz Brian and Mary Jane Burke Mr. and Mrs. Bruce C. Burkey David J. and Margaret M. Burns Joyce C. Burwell Lori Busch Mr. and Mrs. Donald S. Cameron Hal and Elise Carter Mark Cascino Ms. Barbara J. Case Mr. Brendan Casey Richard E. Cavers Dr. Lawrence and Mrs. Rita Chessin Alan Cohen and Nancy Bloom Gloria and Pincus Cohen Roger Coleman Barbara A. Colucci Thomas Conners Mr. George J. Conte, Jr. John and Catherine Coulter

John and Mary Crowe Jimena Cubillos Mr. and Mrs. Dan Davies Robert and Sandi DeBruycker Ken and Jean DeHaven Janice DeJager Jacqies and Monique Delettrez Ken Desrosiers Zach Dietz Kathleen Dill Wendell and Mary Discher Gilbert Dissen Jacqueline Distefano Warren Doerrer Glen Dragon Dr. and Mrs. James Durfee Daniel Dwyer Michael C. Dwyer Joanne Eccles Dianne Edgar Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Egan Larry and Peggy Elliott Mr. and Mrs. Henry A. Emmans Wolf and Carolyn Ettinger Joan and Peter Faber Edward and Jennifer Faringer David Ferris

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BENEFACTOR ($375-$699) CONTINUED Shirley M. and E. Robert Ferris Dr. Paul Fine Clara S. Firth Mrs. David G. Flint Susan and Leslie Foor John and Chris Forken Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Forsyth Ruth Freeman Dr. Jonathan W. Friedberg Linda and David Friedman Dr. Gary J. Friend and Mrs. Lois B. Wolff-Friend Kevin Frisch Sue Gaffney Mr. and Mrs. Lorin R. Gallistel Connie Gates and Jenny Lloyd Ms. Janet L. Gates M. Lois Gauch Mary Anna and Darrell Geib Thomas Giblin Walter Gilges Tom and Kelly Gilman Brock and Amanda Glann Bruce Goldman Mr. and Mrs. Chad Goodchild Dane and Judy Gordon Ken Grant Gay Jane Greene Karl Greenhagle David Griffin and Susan Warner Michael and Joanna Grosodonia Laurene and Bob Guerin Sue Habbersett Mr. and Mrs. Gary D. Haines Gloria Hall Robert and Deborah Hall Sharon and Mark Hamer David and Edna Hamlin Joe Hammele Martin and Sherri Handelman Joan Holub Handfield Hon Paul E. Haney Marilyn and Dick Hare Alan J. Harris Eleanor G. Hartquist A. Scott Hecker Amy R. Hecker & Howard F. Decker Margaret Hedges Carol Herring Florence M. Higgins Dr. & Mrs. Christopher Hodgman James & Alice Holihan Audrey W. Holly Tala and Mark Hopkins Mr. & Mrs. William Hosley Larry and Barbara Howe Mrs. Jay W. Howk Dr. Kelly R. Huiatt Mary M. Huth Marjorie S. Humphrey Fulltec LLC/ Agop Ispentchian Ms. Cynthia Jankowski Janet S. Jennison David and Patricia Jewell Maryanne Jones Nancy Jones Ronald and Marcia Joy Mrs. Joan Kalen Philip Kasey Barbara and Robert Kay Mrs. Robert E. Keim William and Jean Keplinger Elthea King Mr. & Mrs. Edward Klehr Susan Knauer Hon Joan S. Kohout Mark & Mona Friedman Kolko Mr. and Mrs. Mordecai Kolko Paulina and Laurence Kovalsky

Helen & Peter Kristal Dr. and Mrs. Leo R. Landhuis Lou Langie Diana Lauria Paul Law Dr. Pamela A. Leve Sarah F. Liebschutz Charles and Gwendolyn Linn Sandra Hawkes Lloyd Mrs. Elfriede K. Lotz Susan & Chris Luedde Jeremiah Casey and Patrick Macey Mr. and Mrs. Achilles Mafilios John and Chen Magee Angela Mambro Frank Mandery James and Patricia Mangin Mrs. Carroll Manning Marjory Marshall Dr. Charles D. Maskiell William H. Mathews Judie and George Mayo David McCartney Stan and Janis McCormack Kevin McCune Ms. Vera McCune H. Winn McCray Edward McDonald Sandra McDonald Mr. & Mrs. D. Richard McDougal Dr. George J. McVey Dennis L. Mellander Margaret Merli Mr. & Mrs. Harry P. Messina Jr. Mrs. Ruth Monaco James Moore Jane Morale Mr. and Mrs. Gerard Muhl John Mulcahy Joseph and Linda Mulcahy Dr. Donald Munger Susan T. Murphy Rose Mary & Thomas Myers Mildred G. Ness John Barbara Neumann Dr. Richard & Nancy Newton Mike and Pat Niles Jason and Lea Nordhaus Susan Nutt Bob O’Brien Mrs. Frieda O’Hanlon Margie O’jea Ms. Yoko Ooyama Debra & George Orosz Robert Owens Damodar Pai Robert J. Palmer Jonathan R. Parkes and Marcia Bornhurst-Parkes John & Diane Parrinello Mr. Steven Parsons Esther and Tom Paul Marcella S. Pavelka Mr. and Mrs. Claude Peters Mary Ann and Jeffrey Peters David & Shirley Petherbridge Thomas W. Petrillo and William R. Reamy Mr. and Mrs. Dom C. Piazza Allyson and Webster H. Pilcher Linda E. Postler Beth and Lyle Prairie Susan and Donald Pritchard Mary Jane Proschel Dr. and Mrs. Edwin Przybylowicz Patricia Pullano Margaret Quackenbush Jerry and Janice Rachfal Eileen D. Ramos

Mariana and John Rhoades Dr. and Mrs. Henry Richter Dr. Ramon L. and Judith S. Ricker Donald and Ernstine Rickner Riedman Foundation Sandra and Eugene Riley Nancy Robbins Ronald Rockwell Hannah and Arnold Rosenblatt Peter Royle Tom and Ellen Rusling Hon. Franklin T. and Cynthia Russell Paul and Jean Salisbury Ms. Yvonne J, Saner Dr. Alvani D. and Carol M. Santos Linda & Tom Sargent Mark Davis Scatterday Roberty & Cynthia Schlauch Caroline Schultz Joan M. Schumaker Charene Schuth George J Schwartz, M.D. Barbara Lee Scott Carolyn S. Selbig Joseph Shanahan Robert Hallstrom and Lily Shaw Mr. and Mrs. Thomas P. Shea Robert L. Shrader Joseph Simpson Judith & Michael Slade Karen Smallman Mr. Thomas Smith Bruce & Laura Smoller Stephen and Karen Snell Carol Snook in Memory of Richard Snook Ed Solorzano Ms. Suzanne Spencer Richard K. Sprenkle Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Stehler Donna Stein Barry Steinberg Craig Stevens Brian & Amy Story Patricia and Howard Stott Mr. Elmar Strazds Robert and Catherine Sykes William Taillie Yoshiko Tamura and Bruce M. Lee Daniel Taramasco Robert & Doris Teamerson David and Carol Teegarden Frances I. Tepper Jonathan G. Terry Alexandra Terziev and Allan Greenleaf Woodlief and Marrillan Thomas Roberta Thornbury Bottomless Brewing Mimi & Sam Tilton Celia and Doug Topping William J. Towler William J. Tribelhorn Mr. and Mrs. A. Gene Trimble Jeffrey True Julie Tubbs Robert and Terri Tugel John and Janet Tyler John R. Unson Paul & Joan Van Ness Margaret Vanas Charles and Susan VanBuren Betsy Van Horn John Vankerhove Stephen and Linda Venuti Thomas and Jeanne Verhulst Vic Vinkey John and Anne Vogtle Robert Vosteen

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BENEFACTOR ($375-$699) CONTINUED Arthur Waite Lisa Waldman John S. & Ann E. Walker Marjorie Wallace Lawrence and Diane Wardlow Betsy and Peter Webster Mr. & Mrs. Fred Weingarten Miss Sue Whan

Charles and Carolyn Whitfield Mr. and Mrs. William Wilcox Leonore and Lee Wiltse Carol Wischmeyer Mr. & Mrs. G. Robert Witmer Jr. Carol Y. Witzel Beatrice and Michael Wolford Elizabeth D. Woodard

Peter Woods Ellen G. Young Marsha Young Alex Yudelson Susan and Maurice Zauderer Robert & Deborah Zeman

BRAVO TRIBUTES

Tribute gifts are a special way to remember loved ones or commemorate special occasions such as birthdays, anniversaries, weddings, births, or graduations. If you would like to make a memorial or honorarium gift, please contact the RPO Development Office at 585.454.7311 x249 IN HONOR OF… Ida Miller on her 80th birthday Fred Dole Eric Polenik John McNeill Ellen Beck for her 23 years of service to the RPO Sue and Michael Lococo Burt Segelin on his birthday Dr. and Mrs. Gary Friend Ingrid Stanlis as the new Board Chair this season Sue and Michael Lococo An-Chi Lin Janice Bradley

Ellen Rathjen Tony and Jennifer Higgins Andrea Weinstein Anne M. Kress and Ned Davis

Bravo to Our Volunteers

Donald Welt Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Scott Nathan and Susan Robfogel Mrs. Anne Talarico Louis Rappaport Mr. and Mrs. Peter Kristal Robert Heinold Elmar and Catherine Frangenberg Mr. Werner Baum Dr. Roselyn Freedman Baum Herb and Joan Vanden Brul Vanden Brul Foundation

Samantha Rodriguez John Dehority

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IN MEMORY OF… Diana Bishop Domtar Paper Company

Frank Desantis Mr. and Mrs. David W. Ackroyd Ms. Deb Miska Sharon and Duane Majon Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Simiele

VOLUNTEER FOR THE RPO

Interested in volunteering for the RPO? Contact Kathy Miller, Manger of Volunteer Services at (585) 454-7311 x243 or kmiller@rpo.org for the following opportunities: USHER: Greet, seat, and care for the patrons while attending concerts.

BOX SEAT CONCIERGE: Offer enhanced services and care for patrons in Box Seats.

GIBBS STREET ASSISTANT: Ensure patrons safely exit their car and enter the theatre.

GIVE-A-LIFT PROGRAM: Drive eligible patrons 55+ to and from concerts.

ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT: Support the RPO office on weekdays.

EDUCATION: Assist with children’s activities and concerts.

ROCHESTER PHILHARMONIC LEAGUE

Rochester Philharmonic League volunteers are ambassadors for the RPO. Our activities focus on introducing young people to classical music through RPO Education Concerts and on fostering the musical talent of our youth through Young Artist Auditions.

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES INCLUDE • Planning and hosting the annual Young Artist Auditions • Ushering for RPO school concerts at Kodak Hall MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS INCLUDE • Open rehearsals & lunchtime conversations with RPO musicians at Music, Munch & Mingle series

BOARD OF DIRECTORS Kathleen Bankey, president Eileen Ramos, past-president Catherine Frangenberg, vice president Mary-Ellen Perry, secretary Paul Ness, treasurer Mary Ann Giglio Connie Kaminski Daryl Kaplan Bonnie Kramer Audry Liao

585-399-3654

Brenda Murphy-Pough JoBeth Nichols Marcia Bornhurst Parkes Betty Schaeffer Vic Vinkey

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DEVELOPMENT Domenic Argentieri, Vice President of Development Mark Zeger, Manager of Institutional Giving Robert Dermody, Manager of Major Gifts Andrea Weinstein, Major Gifts Officer Kimberly Cenzi, Manager of Annual Giving Kathy Miller, Manager of Volunteer Services Katherine A. Kennedy, Coordinator of Development Services Danika Felty, Special Events Coordinator and Development Assistant Rachel Barnett, Wendy Tohl, Caroline Seaberg Interns FINANCE Mark Pignagrande, Finance Manager Nancy Atwood-Stone, Director of Information Systems Irene Shaffer, Manager of Human Resources Laura Viau, Office Administrator

PATRON SERVICES CENTER Edward W. Solorzano, Director Emily Gisleson, Assistant Manager Jenni Kohler, Direct Sales Manager Kari Swenson, Ticket Database Manager Ortensia de Loren, Patron Services Assistant Troy Tette, Patron Services Assistant David T. Meyer +, House Manager Olivia Case +, Senior Sales Representative Abby Chapman-Duprey + Aiden Lewis + Randy Fultz + Joshua Schairer + ROCHESTER PHILHARMONIC LEAGUE Laura Morihara +, RPL Administrator ROCHESTER PHILHARMONIC YOUTH ORCHESTRA Irene Narotsky +, Manager Misty Drake, Intern

2017–18 Season

ARTISTIC OPERATIONS & EDUCATION Richard Decker, Vice President of Artistic Administration Barbara Brown, Director of Education Rebecca Sealander, Concert Production Manager Yunn-Shan Ma, Conducting Fellow William Hume, Education Intern

MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS Robert Sweibel, Interim Vice President of Marketing & Communications Simona Benenati, Marketing & Communications Assistant Mary Rice, Marketing & Digital Assistant Sally Cohen PR, Publicist ^

RPO Staff

ADMINISTRATION Curtis S. Long, President and CEO Ronald L. Steinmiller, Chief Operating Officer

+ Part Time * Intern ^ Consultant

ROCHESTER PHILHARMONIC youth ORCHESTRA

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MAR 4

3 PM KODAK HALL EASTMAN THEATRE

Universal Sounds-A World Odyssey

Side-by-Side with the RPO Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Overture, Op. 36 Holst: The Planets, mvts. 1, 2, 6, & 4 Dvořák: Cello Concerto No. 2, Owen Cummings, soloist F. Strauss: Horn Concerto, Trevor Healy, soloist

Tickets available by phone 585-454-2100, online at rpo.org, or in person at the RPO Patron Services Center.

Advance Sales Tickets = $15 adults & $10 students/seniors; At Venue Door Tickets = $17 & $12.

CONTRIBUTE TO OUR FUTURE - DONATE TO THE RPYO!

Donations support the RPYO which provides an enriching educational and orchestral performance program for musically advanced high school students. Your contributions are used for financial aid, to purchase sheet music, to support our mentorship program and to support the general operations of our youth orchestra. Donations in memory or honor of individuals are warmly welcomed.

Donate HERE: www.tinyurl.com/RPYODonations

2017–18 BOARD OF DIRECTORS Vicky Feathers Jeanne Gray Rus Healy David Hou Dave Lane, Board Chair Michael Loeb John Lucia, Treasurer Linda Orgar Jim Orgar Brian Scudder Kelly Scudder Dan Stare Frederic Weingarten Roxanne Willard Cindy Yancy

EX-OFFICIO Susan Basu Barbara Brown David Harman James Mick Music Director Irene Narotsky, Manager Molly Werts, RPO Liasion Josephine Whang

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ERICH CAMPING

Since its founding by George Eastman in 1922, the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra has been committed to enriching and inspiring our community through the art of music. Currently in its 95th year, the RPO is dedicated to maintaining its high standard of artistic excellence, unique tradition of musical versatility, and deep commitment to education and community engagement.

Today, the RPO presents up to 120 concerts per year, serving nearly 170,000 people through ticketed events, education and community engagement activities, and concerts in schools and community centers throughout the region. Nearly one-third of all RPO performances are educational or community-related. In addition, WXXI 91.5 FM rebroadcasts approximately 30 RPO concerts each year.

For more information, visit rpo.org.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION TICKETS: The RPO Patron Services Center is located at 108 East Avenue, in downtown Rochester. Free 15-minute parking is available outside the RPO Patron Services Center, which is open Monday-Saturday 10 AM- 5 PM. Four-way flashers must be used when parking in these spaces.

NIGHT-OF-CONCERT PURCHASES: For night-of-concert purchases, RPO will-call tickets and concert tickets are available at the Eastman Theatre Box Office (433 East Main Street) starting 90 minutes prior to concert time.

PARKING: Paid parking for Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre is available at the East End Garage, located next to the theatre. Paid parking for the Performance Hall at Hochstein is available at the Sister Cities Garage, located behind the school at Church and Fitzhugh Streets.

PRE-CONCERT TALKS: Philharmonics ticket-holders are welcome to attend free pre-concert talks, held one hour before all Philharmonics concerts in the orchestra level of the theatre.

SERVICES FOR PATRONS WITH DISABILITIES: Wheelchair locations and seating for those with disabilities are available at all venues; please see the house manager or an usher for assistance. Elevators are located in the oval lobby of Kodak Hall and in the East Wing. A wheelchair-accessible restroom is available on the first floor.

SERVICES FOR HARD-OF-HEARING PATRONS: Audio systems are available at Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre; headsets may be obtained from an usher prior to the performance.

CHANGING SEATS: If you find it necessary to be reseated for any reason, please contact an usher who will bring your request to the House Manager.

LOST AND FOUND: Items found in Kodak Hall will be held at the Eastman Theatre Box Office, 433 E. Main Street.

For more info, call 585-274-3000.

ELECTRONIC DEVICES: The use of cameras or audio recording equipment is strictly prohibited. Patrons are asked to turn off all personal electronic devices prior to the performance.

REFRESHMENTS: Food and drink are not permitted in the concert hall, except for bottled water. Refreshments are available for purchase in Betty’s Café located on the orchestra level of Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre.

TICKET DONATION: If you are unable to attend a concert, please consider donating your tickets to us as a

tax-deductible contribution. Return your tickets to the RPO no later than 2 PM the day of the performance to make them available for resale.

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