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They are not so different.

New sounds and new places.

They transport us beyond our ordinary lives.

To experience exotic and magical destinations.

Inviting us to hear and see and taste and smell.

And most of all, making us feel.

Opening our minds.

Lifting our hearts.

Enriching our souls.

Let us take you there.

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2021–2022

The E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Series Very Rev. Anthony E. Marques, Rector | Daniel Sañez, Artistic Director

Performed on period instruments featuring

the Cathedral Schola Cantorum with Three Notch’d Road Baroque Friday, May 6, 2022 | 7:30PM | FREE tickets via richmondcathedral.org/concerts

Violins of Hope

Thursday, September 9, 2021, 7:30pm Tickets via violinsofhoperva.com

Annual Commonwealth Catholic Charities Christmas Concert featuring the Richmond Symphony Orchestra

Monday, November 29, 2021, 7:00pm Tickets via www.cccofva.org

Prophecy | Nativity – FREE featuring Forgotten Clefs

Monday, December 6, 2021, 11:00am RSVP via richmondcathedral.org/concerts

Annual Advent Lessons and Carols – FREE featuring the Musicians of the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart

Friday, December 10, 2021, 7:30pm Free tickets via richmondcathedral.org/concerts

The VCU Health Orchestra – FREE

Friday, June 24, 2022, 7:30pm Free tickets via richmondcathedral.org/concerts

For updates and to obtain your tickets for free concerts, please visit richmondcathedral.org/concerts Free concerts are generously made possible by the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation www.richmondsymphony.com

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INDEX WELCOME LETTER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 RICHMOND SYMPHONY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 RICHMOND SYMPHONY CHORUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 ARTISTIC BIOGRAPHIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-11 2021/22 MUSICIAN ROSTER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 2021/22 CHORUS ROSTER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 BOARD OF DIRECTORS & FOUNDATION TRUSTEES . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 STAFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 “NEW WORLD” SYMPHONY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17-19 CELLO VIRTUOSITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21-23 BEETHOVEN’S FIFTH! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25-27 LET IT SNOW! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 A BAROQUE HOLIDAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31-32 BACH & SCHUMANN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 VIOLIN VIRTUOSITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37-39 GUEST ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40-47 CORPORATE, FOUNDATION, & GOVERNMENT GIFTS . . . . . . . 48-49 INDIVIDUAL GIFTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49-54 TRIBUTE GIFTS IN HONOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54-56 TRIBUTE GIFTS IN MEMORY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57-58 RICHMOND SYMPHONY LEAGUE GIFTS OF MERIT . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 RENNOLDS SOCIETY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 HOW TO GIVE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 SPECIAL THANKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 GENERAL INFORMATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

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WELCOME LETTER WELCOME! This season is full of extraordinary music – full of joy, power, expression and depth. We hope you find something you love, and discover a little something new.

As we start our first full season together, we also welcome many other new faces to the Symphony. Board Chair Elizabeth Cabell Jennings brings her leadership, her commitment to the Richmond community and her love of the Symphony to her new role leading the Board. The three of us, together with the Board, artistic team, administrative staff and the orchestra musicians, are honored to bring you these performances and wonderful artists.

Two of our extraordinary guest artists will be participating in short artist residencies. In October, cellist Sterling Elliot not only joins the Symphony in the performance of Haydn’s second Cello Concerto, but will be visiting Richmond for a week – taking part in masterclasses, school visits, community pop-ups and more.

In January, we will have a similar visit from violinist Stefan Jackiw.

Education and community programs continue to be at the heart of the Symphony’s activities, and expanded through the Richmond Symphony School of Music – where there are not just courses for children, but adult learning, and pre-college opportunities. Whether looking for concerts for families, engaging education programs, or the intersection of orchestra and other musical genres – the Richmond Symphony has something for you.

2021/22 provides a glimpse into the lives of today’s visionaries – living composers demonstrating the power of music in our society and in our lives; powerful symphonies that have stood the test of time; soloists and visiting artists who embody the spirit of the music they have studied for decades; and the talented, incredible members of the Richmond Symphony, who are together again to bring these thrilling works to life.

We invite you to enjoy, to listen, to learn, and to engage. We hope you love the programs as much as we have loved bringing them to you.

- Valentina Peleggi, Music Director & Lacey Huszcza, Executive Director

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R ICHMO ND SYMPH ONY VISION: Changing lives through the power of music.

MISSION: The Richmond Symphony performs, teaches and champions music to inspire and unite our communities.

The Richmond Symphony is dedicated to joy, connection, expression, and collaboration through music. Founded in 1957, the Symphony includes an orchestra of 70 professional musicians and the 150-voice all-volunteer Richmond Symphony Chorus. The Richmond Symphony is overseen by a 35-member Board of Directors and managed by 28 staff members.

Each season, the Richmond Symphony offers more than 200 public performances for approximately 200,000 patrons through concerts and educational programs.

The Symphony also maintains an active touring schedule that brings live symphonic performances to rural communities. Through community festivals, the Symphony makes a significant impact on participating neighborhoods by combining the power of music with community investment. These community festivals allow for free outdoor musical experiences and serve thousands of people a year, creating unique opportunities for the public to engage with the Richmond Symphony and encouraging community pride through music and collaboration.

Additionally, the Symphony joins with Virginia Opera and Richmond Ballet for presentations each season and collaborates with other arts organizations for special projects.

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R ICHMO ND SYMPH ONY C H O R US The Richmond Symphony Chorus is an award-winning, auditioned, all-volunteer ensemble of 150 members from the Richmond region. It performs regularly with the Richmond Symphony, Richmond Ballet, and in stand-alone performances around the community. The chorus members, ages 16-85, are a diverse group – teachers, medical professionals, attorneys, business leaders, students, artists – all sharing a love of choral singing. James Erb founded the Richmond Symphony Chorus in 1971 to perform Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis under the baton of renowned conductor Robert Shaw. Erb, a professor at the University of Richmond and a scholar of Renaissance music, led the group for 36 years. Erin Freeman became director in 2007 and has led its singers in performances in Richmond, Wintergreen, the Kennedy Center, Carnegie Hall, and Paris, France. (See Dr. Freeman’s profile in the program.) Repertoire ranges from classical masterworks to opera to pops favorites. Annual performances of Handel’s Messiah and Let It Snow Christmas Pops are highlights of the Symphony season. In 2018, the Chorus was featured in the Grammy-nominated recording of the premier performance of Children of Adam by American composer Mason Bates and Vaughan Williams’ Dona Nobis Pacem. May of 2019 found the Chorus moving from the Carpenter Theatre stage to backstage to the lobby in a rousing performance of Bizet’s Carmen with soloist Denyce Graves, while fall included performances under the direction of celebrated conductors Marin Alsop and George Manahan. Throughout the 2020/21 season, the Chorus participated in virtual rehearsals and performances, finally gathering to sing at an outdoor concert in June at Forest Hill Park. The Chorus celebrates its 50th anniversary this season, with performances of Haydn’s Creation in April and Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony in May. (If you’re interested in auditioning for the Chorus, please visit www.rschorus.com/auditions.)

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Norrkoping Symphony, National Symphony RTE, and Orchestre Symphonique de Quebec.

Ms. Peleggi previously served as Resident Conductor of the São Paulo Symphony Orchestra and Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor of the São Paulo Symphony Chorus. During her years with the Sao Paulo Symphony Peleggi conducted many subscription concerts and created innovative community projects. She won the APCA Prize in 2016 as Conductor of the Year from the Sao Paulo Society of Critics of the Arts and was voted “Young Talent of 2017” by readers of Brazil’s specialist music magazine Revista Concerto. Since 2019 she has been Music Director (responsible for Italian repertoire) of the Theatro Sao Pedro in Sao Paulo, where she has conducted L’Italiana in Algeri and Cimarosa’s Il Matrimonio Segreto.

VALENTINA PELEGGI Music Director & Lewis T. Booker Music Director Chair Valentina Peleggi is Music Director of the Richmond Symphony (Virginia, USA).

Described by the BBC Music Magazine as a “rising star”, Peleggi has led orchestras from around the world including the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Brussels Philharmonic, Orchestra della Toscana, Orchestra del Teatro Petruzzelli di Bari, and Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. She made her Garsington Opera debut in 2021 conducting a new production of Rossini’s Le Comte Ory with the Philharmonia Orchestra in the pit. She was a Mackerras Fellow at English National Opera in 2018 and 2019, conducting Carmen, Boheme, Orpheus in the Underworld, and Dido and Aeneas.

2021 saw the release of her first CD, featuring a cappella works by Villa Lobos in a new critical edition for Naxos, guest edited by Ms. Peleggi and performed by the Sao Paulo Symphony Chorus.

In 21/22 she conducts a new production at the Opera de Lyon in her debut at the house and returns to the Teatro Verdi di Trieste for Rigoletto. Upcoming symphonic guest conducting includes: Residentie Orkest, Antwerp Symphony, Orchestre Philharmonique Royale de Liege, Orquesta Gulbenkian, I Pomeriggi Musicali di Milano, 8

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The first Italian woman to enter the conducting programme at the Royal Academy of Music of London, she graduated with distinction and was awarded the DipRAM for an outstanding final concert as well as numerous other prizes, and was recently honoured with the title of Associate. She furthered her studies with David Zinman and Daniele Gatti at the Zurich Tonhalle and at the Royal Concertgebouw masterclasses. She won the 2014 Conducting Prize at the Festival International de Inverno Campos do Jordão, received a Bruno Walter Foundation Scholarship at the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music in California, and the Taki Concordia Conducting Fellowship 2015-2017 under Marin Alsop.

Peleggi holds a Master in Conducting with honours from the Conservatorio Santa Cecilia in Rome, and in 2013 was awarded the Accademia Chigiana’s highest award, going on to assist Bruno Campanella and Gianluigi Gelmetti at Teatro Regio di Torino, Opera Bastille Paris, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Teatro Regio di Parma, and Teatro San Carlo. She also assisted on a live worldwide broadcast and DVD production of Rossini’s Cenerentola with the Orchestra Nazionale della RAI. From 2005 to 2015 she was the Principal Conductor and Music Director of the University Choir in Florence and remains their Honorary Conductor, receiving a special award from the Government in 2011 in recognition of her work there.

Ms. Peleggi is passionate about the arts and holds a master in Comparative Literature.

Valentina Peleggi is represented by Intermusica worldwide.

CHI A -HS UAN LIN

Associate Conductor & Jack and Mary Ann Frable Associate Conductor Chair

Hailed by the Virginia Gazette as “a rock solid” and “animated” conductor, Chia-Hsuan Lin delights audiences throughout the world with her trademark energy and command. Formerly the Assistant Conductor of the Fort Wayne Philharmonic, she is in her sixth year as Associate Conductor of the Richmond Symphony Orchestra, and she was named the Interim Music Director of the Contemporary Youth Orchestra of Cleveland in 2020. Highlights of her tenure with RSO include appearances on the Masterworks and Metro Collection subscription series, Handel’s Messiah, Symphony Pops, family concerts, and a record crowd exceeding 19,000 for Henrico County’s “Red, White, and Lights” Independence Day celebration in 2018.

After Lin’s RSO Masterworks in November 2019, Clarke Bustard wrote, “I’ve heard the Brahms Fourth [Symphony] played in concert by half a dozen great orchestras, led by some of the most esteemed conductors of the past three generations. I’ve never heard a more compelling live performance than this one.” (Letter V)

Chamber Orchestra, Virginia Symphony, Fort Wayne Philharmonic, Williamsburg Symphony, Richmond Ballet, Peninsula Music Festival Orchestra, Academy of Taiwan Strings, and Taipei Philharmonic Chorus. A former member of the Taipei Percussion Group, Lin’s innovative streak continues with premieres of new works by Chris Thile, Stephen Prutsman and Laura Schwendinger. She has also been a featured guest with Classical Revolution RVA, bringing classical music to unconventional settings.

Lin is a trained percussionist and holds a Doctorate in Orchestral Conducting from Northwestern University.

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DANI E L MYSSY K

Assistant Conductor & Director of Richmond Symphony Youth Orchestra

Assistant Conductor of the Richmond Symphony, Canadian-American conductor Daniel Myssyk was Music Director of the Montreal based Orchestre de chambre Appassionata from 2000 to 2016.

In recent years, he has made critically acclaimed appearances with Les Grands Ballets Canadiens and the Lubbock Symphony Orchestra, among others. In 2015, Myssyk made his debut in Guanajuato (Mexico) where he has been returning almost every season since. In 2019, return engagements have brought him back to Canada to conduct the Orchestre symphonique de Trois-Rivières and the Orchestre de la Francophonie.

Myssyk’s recordings have received widespread critical acclaim. “Czech Serenades” with works by Suk and Dvořák, was nominated for best recording of the year at the “ADISQ” awards, Quebec’s equivalent of the Grammys and at the Prix Opus from the Conseil québécois de la musique.

Professor Myssyk has been Virginia Commonwealth University’s Director of Orchestral Activities since 2007. Under his leadership, three VCU Opera productions of “The Gondoliers” (2015), “The Old Maid and the Thief” (2012), and “Hansel & Gretel” (2011) won top prizes at the National Opera Association competition.

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His involvement toward the youth reflects a well-honed passion for music education.

In addition to his work at VCU, he is a regular collaborator with Senior Regional Orchestras throughout Virginia, among others. He was appointed conductor of the Richmond Symphony Youth Orchestra in 2018.

In the early 2000s, Myssyk was a conducting fellow at the Aspen Music Festival and School where he spent two summers under the tutelage of David Zinman. A student of Larry Rachleff, he received his Masters Degree in Conducting from the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University in 2006.

E R I N FRE E MAN

Director of Richmond Symphony Chorus & James Erb Choral Chair

Versatile, engaging, and spirited, conductor and artistic leader Erin Freeman serves in multiple positions throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia and maintains a national presence through guest conducting engagements. Freeman is Director of the award-winning Richmond Symphony Chorus, Artistic Director of Wintergreen Music, Director of Choral Activities at Virginia Commonwealth University, and Resident Conductor of the Richmond Ballet, the State Ballet of Virginia.

Guest conducting engagements include the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Portland (Maine) Symphony Orchestra, South Carolina Philharmonic, Savannah Symphony, Charlottesville Symphony Orchestra, Virginia Symphony Orchestra, and additional ensembles in New York, Massachusetts, Maryland, Virginia, Georgia, Missouri, North Carolina, and Illinois. She has conducted at Carnegie Hall, Boston Symphony Hall, La Madeleine in Paris, and the Kennedy Center, and has conducted and/or prepared the Richmond Symphony Chorus for multiple recordings, including the 2019 GRAMMY-nominated release of Mason Bates’ Children of Adam on the Reference Recording label. After a year of creating online experiences for multiple

organizations and leading the 2021 in-person Wintergreen Music Festival, in 2021-2022, Freeman returns to the podium in engagements with the Virginia, Portland, Williamsburg, and Richmond Symphony Orchestras, choral preparation for the Defiant Requiem Foundation, a performance of Faure’s Requiem in Carnegie Hall with Distinguished Concerts International New York, two productions with the Richmond Ballet, and the Richmond Symphony Chorus’ long-awaited 50th anniversary celebration, featuring Haydn’s The Creation.

A recent finalist for Performance Today’s Classical Woman of the Year, Freeman has also been named one of Virginia Lawyers Weekly’s “50 Most Influential Women in Virginia” and an “Extraordinary Woman Leader” by the VCU School of Business.

Freeman holds degrees from Northwestern University (BMus), Boston University (MM), and Peabody Conservatory (DMA).

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2021/22 MUSICIAN ROSTER VIOLIN Daisuke Yamamoto, Concertmaster, Tom & Elizabeth Allen Concertmaster Chair Adrian Pintea, Associate Concertmaster Ellen Cockerham Riccio, Principal Second Violin Meredith Riley,* Associate Principal Second Violin, Bob & Nancy Hill Associate Principal Second Violin Chair Alana Carithers Catherine Cary Jill Foster Justin Gopal Alison Hall Jeannette Jang Timothy Judd* Susanna Klein Stacy Matthews Anna Rogers Susan Spafford Jocelyn Adelman Vorenberg Ross Monroe Winter Susy Yim VIOLA Molly Sharp, Principal, The Mary Anne Rennolds Chair HyoJoo Uh, Associate Principal Zsuzsanna Emödi Elizabeth Gopal Wayne Graham* Stephen Schmidt Derek Smith Jocelyn Smith CELLO Neal Cary, Principal Jason McComb, Associate Principal, RSL Chair Ryan Lannan Schuyler Slack, Kenneth and Bettie Christopher Perry Foundation Chair Barbara Gaden Adrienne Gifford-Yang Peter Greydanus Ismar Gomes

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DOUBLE BASS Andrew Sommer, Principal Rumano Solano, Associate Principal Kelly Ali Alec Hiller Peter Spaar FLUTE Mary Boodell, Principal Jennifer Debiec Lawson, Associate Principal Catherine Broyles PICCOLO Catherine Broyles OBOE Victoria Chung, Principal Shawn Welk, Associate Principal ENGLISH HORN Lauren Williams, Principal+ CLARINET David Lemelin, Principal Edward Sundra, Associate Principal E-FLAT CLARINET Edward Sundra, Principal

TRUMPET Samuel Huss, Principal Brian Strawley, Associate Principal Mary Bowden TROMBONE Evan Williams, Principal Scott Winger BASS TROMBONE Scott Cochran TUBA Vacant TIMPANI James Jacobson, Principal PERCUSSION Clifton Hardison, Principal Robert Jenkins David Foster HARP Lynette Wardle, Principal PIANO & CELESTE Russell Wilson, Principal, Quincy & Anne Owen Cole Chair

BASS CLARINET Sara Reese

+ acting * leave of absence

BASSOON Thomas Schneider, Principal Matthew Lano, Associate Principal+

With the exception of title positions, string sections are listed alphabetically.

CONTRABASSOON Vacant HORN Dominic Rotella, Principal Devin Gossett, Second Horn The Luzi & George Wheeler Second Horn Chair Erin Lano, Associate Principal Roger Novak

As of September 7, 2021

2021/22 CHORUS ROSTER Erin Freeman, Director and James Erb Choral Chair Barbara Baker, Manager Ingrid Keller, Rehearsal Pianist

SOPRANO Lauren Lexa Crapanzano, Music Section Leader Faith A. Alejandro Gerry Baldwin Gabrielle Francesca Bergeret Leslie Brewer Brittany Brooks Hailey Broyles Carrie Bullard Ann Whitfield Carter Leigh Anne Clary Miranda Clayton Victoria Cottrell Lauren Lexa Crapanzano Shirley B. Diggs Courtnei A. Fleming Claire Foley Sharon B. Freude Lisa C. Fusco Catrina J. Garland Sarah George Bethanie Glover Kerry L. Grey Jennifer Hagen Amanda Halverson Cathern Hazelwood Cynthia Hickman Ella Nelson Johnson Amanda Khalil Nina Lankin Ashley Larson Ashley M. Love Gail A. Lyddane Leslie Maloney Eve Minter Ariel Mitchell Lucy Wagner Mitzner Terry Moffett Anna Moore Jeanne Patton Stephanie Poxon Samantha P. Sawyer Allison Elliott Schutzer Johanna Scogin Margaret Duncan Storti Darlene Walker Temple Ann Voss

Mary Ellen Wadsworth Madeleine Wagner Emily Anderson Walls Michele Wittig Ally Yablonski ALTO Rachel Foster Fish, Music Section Leader Andrea Johnson Almoite Jan Altman Barbara Baker Caroline Bass Barbara C. Batson Kerry Blum Lida Bourhill Elaina F. Brennan Ayana Butler Sarah Capehart Melva Carle Laura Altman Carr Linda H. Castle Charlene Nash Christie Erin Clapp Pamela Cross Mary Butler Eggleston Kathryn Rawley Erhardt Maria J. K. Everett Rachel Foster Fish Elizabeth Goodwin Caroline Guske Elizabeth C. Harper Shannon Hooker Crystalyn Jass Kirkpatrick Sadie Lougée Liz Manning Julia Martin Judy Mawyer Janna Maxey Sarah McGrath Kristen Melzer Melisse Menchel Charity Myers Kyndal Owens Kenna Payne Janet Tice Powell Egon Powers

Kevin L. Barger, Assistant Rehearsal Pianist Melva Carle, Rehearsal Assistant Carl Eng, Rehearsal Assistant

Lynne H. Read Patricia Reddington Nancy Reed * Jane Pulliam Riddle Charlotte Rowe Meaghan Rymer Faith D. Sartoris * Katherine Shenk Jayne Sneed Mary Lou P. Sommardahl Maureen Stinger Jane Koenig Terry Alexandria Vandervall Casey Vandervall Sally Warthen * Becca Wethered TENOR Aaron Todd, Music Section Leader Benjamin T. Almoite Ric Anderson Rick Axtell Kevin L. Barger Matt Barger Caleb Caldwell David Carter Joshua Ellis Carl J. Eng Ed Galloway Jody Gordon Roy A. Hoagland Zachary James William N. Marshall Tommy Miller William Miller Christopher Nixon Charles H. O’Neal * Wesley Pollard Jim Rakes Henry P. Robb Craig E. Ross Rick Sample Aaron Todd Steve Travers Roger Wooldridge BASS John Luther, Music Section Leader Ed Alexander

Matt Benko Jim Bennett Mike Champlin David C. Cooley Don Creach Andrew J. Dolson Zack Frank Christopher J. Hinkle David Hoover Don Irwin Marc Kealhofer Daniel Kobb Aaron Loy John Luther Kevin Mann Martin McFadden Douglass Moyers W. Hunter Old Val Puster Stephen G. Read William Bradley Roberts James V. Romanik Michael Simpson Alexei Staruk Richard Szucs Jon A. Teates Paul C. Tuttle Hunter Williamson Stephen V. Wright Charles Kelly Zbinden

*Active membership since the Chorus’s first performance in 1971.

The Chorus thanks Epiphany Lutheran Church for the use of its facilities for rehearsals and auditions.

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RICHMOND SYMPHONY BOARD OF DIRECTORS Mrs. Elizabeth Cabell Jennings Chair Mr. George L. Mahoney Immediate Past Chair Dr. Elisabeth M. Wollan* Vice Chair Mr. Rick Sample Treasurer Mr. John L. Walker III Secretary

Lacey Huszcza Executive Director

DIRECTORS

Mr. Joshua Bennett Mr. Phillip H. Bennett Mr. Stuart Blain Mr. John Bock Dr. John W. Braymer Ms. Priscilla A. Burbank Mrs. Sandra Chase Ms. Angel Clarke Mrs. Alison W. Eckis Mr. Gary Flowers Mrs. Cheryl G. Goddard Mrs. Rebecca J. Horner D. Brennen Keene, Esq. Mr. Christopher W. Lindbloom, DMA Mr. J. Theodore Linhart Mr. William Mears Mr. Patrick Murtaugh Mr. Roger D. Neathawk Ms. Valentina Peleggi Mr. Kamran P. Raika Mr. Leon E. Roday Ms. Maura Scott Dr. Richard A. Szucs

Mr. Brandon C. Taylor Mrs. Marcia H. Thalhimer Mrs. Ludi Webber Mark W. Wickersham, Esq. Mr. Mark Wolfram Mrs. Bucci Zeugner

RICHMOND SYMPHONY FOUNDATION TRUSTEES The Richmond Symphony Foundation is organized and established for cultural and charitable purposes benefiting the Richmond Symphony through its endowment. Gifts, planned gifts, and/or bequests may be made to the Foundation; if you choose to notify us, please contact Trish Poupore, c/o Richmond Symphony, 612 East Grace Street, Suite 401, Richmond, Virginia 23219 or tpoupore@richmondsymphony.com. For additional information, please call Trish Poupore at 804.788.4717, ext. 115.

Mr. George Y. Wheeler III President Mr. Jose Luis Murillo Vice President Mrs. Tara H. Matthews Treasurer Lacey Huszcza Secretary

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Mrs. Maureen Ackerly, Esq. Mr. Wallace B. Millner III Mr. Thomas N. Allen Dr. Richard L. Morrill Mr. David B. Bradley Mr. Randall S. Parks Mr. J. Alfred Broaddus, Jr. Mr. Ernesto Sampson

Mrs. Ann T. Burks Mrs. Anne Marie Whittemore, Esq. Mr. David M. Carter Mr. Robert L. Chewning Mr. Nicomedes De León Mr. Wendell Fuller Mrs. Carolyn Garner Ms. Kristian Gathright Mr. James B. Hartough Ms. Helen Lewis Kemp, Esq. Mrs. Marlene D. Jones Mr. George L. Mahoney

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RICHMOND SYMPHONY STAFF ADMINISTRATION

RICHMOND SYMPHONY CHORUS

Lacey Huszcza, Executive Director Gail Henshaw, Director of Finance & Administration Shacoya Henley, Accounting & Human Resources Manager

Barbara Baker, Manager Ingrid Keller, Rehearsal Pianist

ADVANCEMENT & PATRON COMMUNICATIONS Frances Sterling, Director of Advancement & Patron Communications Trish Poupore, Donor Relations Director Amy Buhrman, Assistant Director of Marketing & Sales Portia Chan, Grants Writer Victoria Cottrell, Donor Relations Manager Ashley Duong, Special Events Coordinator Kira Gay Hiller, Senior Manager of Patron Services & Sales Geneva Knight, Patron Services Assistant Ashley Moore, Production Designer Ryan Scott, Business Relations Coordinator Zoe Thomas, Donor Relations Coordinator

EDUCATION & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Walter Bitner, Director of Education & Community Engagement Marcey Leonard, RSSoM Program Manager & Community Partnerships Manager Amy Pintea, MAP & Housing Coordinator Jonathan Sanford, Education Coordinator Jennifer Tobin, Assistant Director of Education & Youth Orchestra Manager

OPERATIONS Jennifer Arnold, Director of Artistic Planning & Orchestral Operations Brent Bowden, Production Manager Kelly Ali, Interim Personnel Manager Matthew Gold, Orchestra Librarian Brent Klettke, Special Events & Assistant Production Manager Pete Mathis, Operations Manager

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“NEW WORLD” SYMPHONY Valentina Peleggi, Music Director Louis Schwizgebel, Piano Saturday, September 25, 2021 at 8:00 PM Sunday, September 26, 2021 at 3:00 PM Dominion Energy Center

ADOLPHUS HAILSTORK Fanfare on Amazing Grace PRICE Piano Concerto in One Movement Louis Schwizgebel, Piano INTERMISSION DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Opus 95, “From the New World” Adagio - Allegro molto Largo Molto vivace Allegro con fuoco

Louis Schwizgebel is the 2021/22 Florence Robertson Givens Guest Artist

The Richmond Symphony is partially funded by the Virginia Commission for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts and CultureWorks & the Arts and Cultural Funding Consortium - supported by City of Richmond and the Counties of Hanover & Henrico

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PROGRAM NOTES HAILSTORK: FANFARE ON AMAZING GRACE What does it mean to write “American music”? Valentina Peleggi launches her second season as Music Director of the Richmond Symphony by exploring this question of identity from multiple points of view.

Dvořák considered the same issue as a temporary immigrant to the New World in the 1890s, and the result is one of the best-loved symphonies in the repertoire, which concludes this program. But Peleggi also includes works by African American composers whose voices are essential to the American experience and who deserve to be better known.

We begin with a short piece by a distinguished living composer whose 80th birthday is being celebrated this season. Though he grew up in Albany, New York, Adolphus Hailstork has strong connections to Virginia, where he has long made his home. An influential teacher, he now serves as Professor and Eminent Scholar at the Old Dominion University School of Music.

Hailstork has written across a broad spectrum of genres, ranging from songs, piano pieces, and chamber and choral music to orchestral works including symphonies and operas on various facets of the American experience, such as Rise for Freedom, about the Underground Railroad hero John Parker.

The words to Amazing Grace were penned by the Englishman John Newton, after his conversion—the author of the tune remains unknown—but this gospel hymn has become intimately associated with American history (in the Civil War and Vietnam War/civil rights era in particular) and with the tradition of the African-American spiritual. Rather than merely arrange the familiar tune, Hailstork transforms it through references to the exhilarating majesty of the Baroque fanfare. A version of the piece, which he originally wrote for organ, was transcribed for concert band and played at President Biden’s Inauguration earlier this year.

FLORENCE PRICE: PIANO CONCERTO IN ONE MOVEMENT Black composers “were left out of the American school of composition … in the ’20s…or the ’40s of Copland,” as Hailstork has observed. “Now it’s time to make our own impact and to add to the American repertoire, and that should include us.” That also means reassessing the achievements of composers like Florence Price, whose remarkable achievements have been shamefully neglected until recent years.

Born Florence Beatrice Smith in Little Rock in 1887, she left the Jim Crow South as part of the Great Migration, eventually making Chicago her base. Price faced obstacles as both a woman and an African American but forged ahead to produce a prolific oeuvre of songs, works for solo piano and organ, chamber music, and symphonies and concertos.

And during her lifetime, Florence Price did gain recognition. At the height of the Great Depression, in 1933, her First Symphony was premiered by the Chicago Symphony. The Piano Concerto in One Movement similarly made a strong impression when it was unveiled in 1934 by the Woman’s Symphony Orchestra of New York, with her former student and fellow Black composer Margaret Bonds as the soloist. But the complete score has not survived, so the orchestration had to be posthumously reconstructed.

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Price condenses the conventional concerto format of three movements (fast-slow-fast) within the span of a single movement. In The Heart of a Woman, the first-ever biography of the composer, Rae Linda Brown describes this D minor Concerto as an imaginative synthesis of the Romantic era tradition of the solo concerto (with influences from Brahms, for example) with “melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic aspects of African American music.”

ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK: SYMPHONY NO. 9 IN E MINOR, OP. 95 (“FROM THE NEW WORLD”) Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904) arrived in the New World in 1892 to direct the National Conservatory of Music located in New York City’s Lower East Side. It had been recently established by the philanthropist Jeannette Thurber to foster an authentically American art—at a time when Eurocentric cultural values predominated. Thurber’s forward-looking ideas extended to opening up the Conservatory to welcome and support women, African Americans, and other minorities as students.

Dvořák became an enthusiastic supporter of this progressive program. As a Czech, he was himself a minority within the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Soon after arriving in New York, he observed that America possessed rich raw material in its own folk idioms, declaring that “the future music of this country must be founded on what are called Negro melodies.”

In fact, it was one of the composer’s Black students at the Conservatory, Harry Burleigh, who exposed Dvořák to a range of African-American spirituals. Dvořák’s “original purpose” in writing this symphony, according to the scholar Douglas Shadle (also an authority on Florence Price), was “to acknowledge contributions Black musicians had already been making to the American cultural landscape.”

Dvořák titled what became his last symphony “from the New World”—and it made a sensation at its premiere at Carnegie Hall in 1893. The Symphony unfolds with all the power and narrative force of an epic. Without quoting actual American melodies, Dvořák uses tunes that at times seem reminiscent of spirituals—especially in the unforgettable Largo. Like Florence Price, Dvořák also uses dance rhythms in the Scherzo, while the finale brings us back to the power of brass fanfares.

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CELLO VIRTUOSITY Chia-Hsuan Lin, Conductor Sterling Elliott, Cello Saturday, October 23, 2021 at 8:00 PM Sunday, October 24, 2021 at 3:00 PM Dominion Energy Center

MELISSA DUNPHY Overdrive HAYDN Concerto in D Major for Cello and Orchestra, H. VIIb:2 Allegro moderato Adagio Allegro Sterling Elliott, Cello INTERMISSION STRAVINSKY Suite from Pulcinella (1949 revision) Sinfonia Serenata Scherzino Tarantella Toccata Gavotta Duetto Minuetto - Finale PROKOFIEV Classical Symphony, Opus 25 (Symphony No. 1) Allegro con brio Larghetto Gavotte: Non troppo allegro Finale: Molto vivace

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PROGRAM NOTES MELISSA DUNPHY: OVERDRIVE Passionately engaged with music as a transformative art that is connected to issues of the real world— including efforts on behalf of social justice—Melissa Dunphy was born in Brisbane, Australia, to a Chinese mother and a Greek father. Her concert opener Overdrive , which she describes as “a fanfare for the modern age,” sparkles with a rhythmic, colorful orchestral energy that makes a perfect entrée to the Classical and Neoclassical works with which it shares the program.

JOSEPH HAYDN: CELLO CONCERTO IN D MAJOR Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) is praised as a pioneer and innovator of the Classical era symphony and string quartet, and he composed prolifically in both of these genres. But only two cello concertos by Haydn survive. An early one in C major had long been assumed lost and was only rediscovered two centuries later. The Cello Concerto in D major is one of several concertos Haydn wrote for the musicians of the court orchestra of his longtime patron, Prince Esterházy, which he directed over a period of decades.

Haydn composed the D major Concerto for Anton Kraft, principal Esterházy cellist in the 1780s—the composer’s final decade of service with the Prince. Curiously, while several concertos attributed to Haydn have proved to be spurious over the years, the reverse is the case for this work. Scholars speculated for a century and a half that the D major Concerto might actually have been penned by Kraft, but a manuscript score with the composer’s signature was rediscovered in 1951, proving its authenticity.

Kraft likely contributed technical advice and cadenzas (which are not written into the score). The style of this piece suggests that this excellent cellist must have commanded a delicious lyricism. In fact, the degree of sheer, relaxed lyricism in the D major Concerto may have fooled scholars who normally do not associate this quality with Haydn.

For example, the first movement, which is longer than the other two combined, opens with a long, singable melody that hints at the leisurely musical argument to unfold. Even the ornamentation and transitional passages possess a distinctly lyrical spin. The cello part is challenging and requires much use of the upper register as well as double stops (playing two notes simultaneously with a bow stroke).

IGOR STRAVINSKY: SUITE FROM PULCINELLA (1949 REVISION) Soon after the Classical Symphony by his younger colleague, Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) became engaged in another ballet for the Paris-based company that had produced his initial breakthrough ballets (including The Rite of Spring). Pulcinella is the gateway work to a new phase, known as Neoclassicism, in which Stravinsky began to recycle material and stylistic gestures from the past, but with a modern attitude. The unique voice of Stravinsky remains recognizable behind the mask—just as it does with Pablo Picasso (who designed the costume and sets for the original ballet production in 1920).

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tradition of improvised theater. Pulcinella survives attacks by his jealous enemies and gets to marry his sweetheart in the end.

Stravinsky extracted from the ballet score a shorter concert suite made up of dances and other 18th-century forms. His previous ballets had relied on massive orchestras, but here he restricted himself to a chamber-sized ensemble, in keeping with the inspiration from 18th-century sources. In Pulcinella, he retained the original melodies and bass harmonies of this source material, to the point that, as Stravinsky pointed out, “the remarkable thing … is not how much but how little has been added or changed.” Yet the musical perspective is unmistakably from the early 20th century. It is in those telling little details that an extraordinary alchemy works its magic.

SERGEI PROKOFIEV: CLASSICAL SYMPHONY, OPUS 25 Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) burst on the scene as a brash young upstart. During the turbulent first year of the Bolshevik Revolution, in 1917, he somehow managed to produce an astonishing amount of music, including the First Violin Concerto and the first of his seven symphonies. The Romantic era had culminated in a concept of gigantic, universe-encompassing symphonies—above all as seen with Gustav Mahler, who died in 1911—but the young Russian made his debut in the genre with a Haydn-flavored excursion of modest proportions.

In his autobiography, Prokofiev explained one practical reason behind this: “I deliberately did not take my piano with me [during a summer getaway to the country], for I wished to try composing without it….I had been toying with the idea of writing a whole symphony without the piano. I believed that the orchestra would have more natural and transparent colors.”

The key of D major carried association from the 18th century of majestic optimism, which is reinforced by Prokofiev’s celebratory use of trumpets and timpani. Despite his Classical models, which extended beyond Haydn, all of the musical material is Prokofiev’s own. He uses harmonic surprises that underscore this music in no simple “imitation” of the past.

Full of punchiness, charm, and lyrical poise, the Classical Symphony is a valentine to the past that manages at the same time to be forward-looking. The breakneck finale, for example, rushes onward like a burning firecracker, translating Haydnesque high spirits into a new century.

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BEETHOVEN’S FIFTH! Valentina Peleggi, Music Director Katherine Needleman, Oboe Saturday, November 13, 2021 at 8:00 PM Sunday, November 14, 2021 at 3:00 PM Dominion Energy Center

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PROGRAM NOTES GIPPS: SYMPHONY NO. 2 IN B MAJOR, OP. 30 AND OBOE CONCERTO IN D MINOR, OP. 20 Beethoven had to contend with his own demons—including his worsening deafness—to give his inner visions concrete form. But the career of the English composer Ruth Gipps (1921-1999) reminds us of how the biases built into external social structures have prevented a vast array of worthy composers from gaining the attention they deserve. After all, this remarkable figure, whose 100th anniversary this year has prompted reevaluation of her legacy, made a powerful impression as she embarked on her multifaceted career, which, in addition to composing, included her gifts as a pianist, oboist, conductor, and educator. Yet she struggled throughout her life with gender discrimination and the resistance against women’s creative contributions inculcated by the centuries-long dominance of men in music.

Another hindrance to Gipps’s reputation was her historical fate as a composer in the post-Second World War decades. Despite the objections of audiences, pressure to adhere to the latest compositional advances (in serialism, electronic music, and the like) was intense. But Gipps rejected the avant-garde, though, as Music Director Valentina Peleggi notes, her music contains “some surprising harmonic ideas.”

Gipps did have advocates who recognized her quality early on. Sir Henry Wood, pioneer of the BBC Proms (the world’s largest classical music festival), programmed one of her pieces in 1942 for the prestigious Last Night of the Proms—but it wasn’t until this summer that her music was once again featured on the Proms.

Gipps had another champion in George Weldon, conductor of the City of Birmingham Orchestra (of which she was a member, playing oboe and English horn). He led the premiere of the Symphony No. 2 on October 3, 1946. Gipps began composing it in August 1945 as her entrance in a competition to write a “victory symphony” marking the end of the Second World War in Europe.

The Second Symphony unfolds as a single movement but is constructed of sections suggesting the character of a multi-movement symphony. The epic grandeur of the opening gives way to a lyrical elaboration of the main themes and then a military march that grows and then fades. The equivalent of a meditative slow movement follows, and eventually the work again gathers martial energy, leading to a triumphant conclusion.

Growing up in southeast England, Ruth Gipps was a prodigy pianist who also began composing as a child.

She took up her position as oboist with the Birmingham Orchestra in 1944 but had already written the Concerto in D minor for her instrument in 1941, at the age of 20. Like the majority of Gipps’s oeuvre, this piece has not even been recorded yet. Already we hear the young Gipps proclaiming a confident, distinctive, warm-hearted voice in the Concerto. Of her style overall, Peleggi says she admires its “strength and core,” adding that “there is a structure in the Second Symphony that reminds me very much of Beethoven.”

BEETHOVEN: SYMPHONY NO. 5 IN C MINOR, OP. 67 Every composition was once new: even a piece as uber-famous as Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, which has come to symbolize the power of orchestral music itself, was not immediately greeted as a revered icon. In fact, its world premiere happened a few days before Christmas in 1808 in a marathon concert in a

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dreadfully under-heated Viennese theater. One of the critics admitted that it was impossible to give a verdict “after a single first hearing” but complained that the performances were “unsatisfactory in every respect.”

It would take time for orchestras to master how to articulate Beethoven’s language, in which each gesture carries essential weight. The opening bars are scored for the entire string orchestra plus clarinets. What they play is the musical equivalent of the fission of a nucleus that sets off an unstoppable chain reaction of ideas. This dramatic opening in C minor (without the note C yet being heard!) suggests some sort of confrontation and has become a microcosm of the entire Fifth. But there’s no indication in that famous musical gesture of the triumph that will arrive in the finale. In other words: we have to experience the entire symphony to appreciate Beethoven’s ingenious architecture.

The Andante presents a set of variations on two contrasting ideas that alternate: the first is a serene, widely ranging melody, the second a compactly shaped, militaristic fanfare. In the Scherzo, Beethoven returns to the key of C minor, which held connotations of existential struggle and despair for him. The Scherzo’s spooky, Gothic soundscape, with its chilling “special effects,” takes a different turn from the tightly argued tragedy of the first movement. It leads through a mysterious musical fog of barely audible sounds into the blazing glory of the finale, built on fanfare gestures in exuberant C major.

Arriving at such a fevered pitch of victory might have been anti-climactic — what could follow this? But Beethoven ingeniously reprises the “spooky” Scherzo music, making the effect of the fanfare blaze freshly thrilling when it returns. No wonder that for the Second World War Allies in Ruth Gipps’s generation, the Fifth became an irresistible sonic token of the grimness of the war and the hoped-for defeat of evil.

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LET IT SNOW! Chia-Hsuan Lin, Conductor Richmond Symphony Chorus Erin Freeman, Director of Richmond Symphony Chorus Saturday, November 27, 2021 at 8:00 PM Dominion Energy Center

Carols, classics, sing-a-longs, and sparkling holiday favorites like Jingle Bell Rock, We Wish You A Merry Christmas, Sleigh Ride, and many more! Make sure to bring your bells and cheerful spirit to this beloved holiday tradition. Selections for this concert will be announced from the stage.

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Join us for a 90-minute, up close and personal cabaret-style series that honors a diverse line-up of Virginia's music artists as they share with you their legendary journeys and passion for their craft – all accompanied by the songs of their pasts.

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A BAROQUE HOLIDAY Chia-Hsuan Lin, Conductor Dominic Rotella, Horn Evan Williams, Trombone Richmond Symphony Chorus Erin Freeman, Director of Richmond Symphony Chorus Saturday, December 4, 2021 at 7:30 PM Dominion Energy Center

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BACH & SCHUMANN Emanuele Andrizzi, Conductor Mary Boodell, Flute Friday, January 21, 2022 at 7:30 PM Perkinson Center for the Arts Sunday, January 23, 2022 at 3:00 PM Randolph-Macon College

C.P.E. BACH Concerto in D Minor for Flute and String Orchestra Allegro Un poco andante Allegro di molto Mary Boodell, Flute SCHUMANN Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major, Opus 97 “Rhenish” Lebhaft Scherzo: Sehr mässig Nicht schnell Feierlich Lebhaft

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Be vewry, vewry quiet, because your favorite Looney Tunes are coming to the Altria Theater on Sunday, February 13 at 3pm. Experience the classic Warner Bros. cartoons projected on the big screen with live music by the Richmond Symphony. “What’s Opera, Doc?”, “The Rabbit of Seville,” and other beloved favorites.

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VIOLIN VIRTUOSITY Valentina Peleggi, Music Director Stefan Jackiw, Violin Saturday, January 29, 2022 at 8:00 PM Sunday, January 30, 2022 at 3:00 PM Dominion Energy Center

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PROGRAM NOTES ROXANNA PANUFNIK: ALMA’S SONGS WITHOUT WORDS When the 22-year-old Alma Schindler, the daughter of a prominent landscape painter in Vienna, married Gustav Mahler in 1902, she agreed to his demand that she give up her own ambitions as a composer and instead play the role of “loving companion and understanding partner.” Mahler, her senior by almost two decades, relented shortly before his death and had five of the songs Alma had written in her youth printed by his publisher. But Alma never succeeded in recovering her identity as a gifted young composer that had been quashed—though she lived long enough to witness the Mahler Renaissance that was kindled in the 1960s.

The prolific British composer Roxanna Panufnik similarly emerged as a prodigy with a particular love of writing for the voice. Daughter of a major Polish composer who defected to the United Kingdom in the 1950s, Panufnik was commissioned by Music Director Valentina Peleggi and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra to orchestrate these three songs from Alma Mahler’s original settings for voice and piano alone.

For each song, Panufnik replaces the vocal line with a different section of the orchestra: with cellos for “Hymn” (No. 1), oboes and English horn for “Storm” (No. 2), and brass and horns for “Hymn to the Night” (No. 3). Quotes from the Korngold Violin Concerto are interwoven as transitional material.

Alma’s songs, remarks Panufnik, “are beautiful and extraordinary—in their intensity, their passion, and almost feverish swings in mood and tempo… One could compare these sudden dramatic changes of dynamic and moods (sometimes mid-phrase) to her frequent changes of romantic allegiance between the many men who were understandably captivated by her beauty and her brilliance.”

ERICH KORNGOLD: CONCERTO IN D MAJOR FOR VIOLIN AND ORCHESTRA, OP. 35 Something of the vast influence Alma wielded on those around her can be seen in the fact that Erich Korngold (1897-1957) dedicated to her a work for which the stakes were very high: the Violin Concerto, which he wrote in 1945 at a turning point in his career, when he was hoping to make a comeback to the world of concert music. The gesture also implied an homage to her long late husband Gustav Mahler, who had become a mentor to the teenage Korngold in his Viennese years, when he was hailed as a prodigy comparable to Mozart.

In the 1930s, Korngold pursued the new opportunities afforded by the film industry, shuttling between Old World Vienna and sunny Southern California. He was working on his score for The Adventures of Robin Hood when the Nazis annexed Austria. Korngold made his new home in the US, focused on writing music for Warner Brothers until the Second World War ended.

In the summer of 1945, Korngold determined to make his return to “classical music,” though he had become typecast as a Hollywood composer with the Violin Concerto. Thanks to Jascha Heifetz’s passionate advocacy of the work, it became his signature piece.

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written for various film scores. It showcases his high level of craftsmanship, appealing lyricism, and skill as an orchestrator. As a counterweight to the first two movements’ lofty lyricism, Korngold allows an animated virtuosity to have the final say.

JOHANNES BRAHMS: SYMPHONY NO. 1 IN C MINOR, OP. 68 In 1876, just three years before Alma Mahler was born, Johannes Brahms was finally ready to unveil his First Symphony to the world. It was a long time in the making. Brahms agonized over it, all told, for some 21 years. He both feared and longed for comparison with the legacy of Beethoven, destroying earlier efforts before he began to focus on the score in the 1870s. And critics hastened to measure it against what Beethoven had achieved, accusing Brahms of “borrowing” the “Ode to Joy” theme from the Ninth for the Grand Tune of his own finale. “Any fool can see that,” grumbled Brahms—the point being how dramatically different his treatment and conclusion are from Beethoven’s.

The First Symphony opens with the only slow introduction to appear in any of Brahms’s four symphonies, marked by ominous timpani beats and a tormented landscape that writhes with tension. The pace suddenly accelerates with a shock: Brahms splinters and fuses his thematic throughout the first movement.

An unexpected calm descends at the end, but the music’s terrifying tensions are far from resolved.

Brahmsian lyricism comes to the fore in the second movement. In place of the usual scherzo, Brahms then offers a more relaxed, pastoral intermezzo. All of this prepares for the epic that awaits in the lengthy final movement, the gravitational focus of the First Symphony. We get another slow, suspenseful introduction (complete with those ominous timpani) and the buildup to a tense climax. But Brahms then drastically shifts the vista and opens up our first hope of breakthrough as the horns call out a tune he was said to heard from an alphorn while traveling in Switzerland.

Its counterpart is the noble string melody that echoes the “Ode to Joy.” But there are no soloists or chorus here. Brahms disproves the fear that “everything had already been said” with a grandly orchestrated denouement that makes a fresh case for the purely instrumental symphony.

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EM A NUE LE ANDRIZZI Guest Conductor

Educated in Rome’s rich conservatory tradition as a conductor, composer, and pianist, Maestro Emanuele Andrizzi, whose conducting has been praised as “admirable” by the Chicago Tribune and full of “spirit and thoughtfulness” by the San Diego Union Tribune, is a versatile musician with vast experience in the symphonic, operatic, choral, and ballet repertoires and a passion for the broad spectrum of musical arts.

He has collaborated with prestigious companies including the Lyric Opera of Chicago, San Diego Opera, Chicago Philharmonic, Opera Theater of St. Louis, and Filarmonica Marchigiana.

In 2019, he brought his expertise in Italian opera to a team of international artists who joined together and created the Opera Festival of Chicago (OFC).

The OFC, of which Maestro Andrizzi was appointed Music Director, has premiered in the Summer 2021 to public and critical acclaim and aspires to become America’s go-to hub for world-class Italian opera performances.

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Mo. Andrizzi is a dedicated and enthusiastic educator. He has worked since 2013 as the Principal Conductor at the Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University. His work with young musicians has extended to collaborations with international artist programs, including the Ryan Opera Center, the Mediterranean Opera Studio and Festival, and Opera in the Ozarks. Mo. Andrizzi has conducted many All-State, Honors, and Youth Orchestras, sharing his passion for the musical arts with young musicians from around the world. Among his many public recognitions, he has been awarded the 2021 Conductor of the Year Prize by the Illinois Council of Orchestras.

M ARY BO O DELL Flute

Mary Boodell is the Principal Flutist of the Richmond Symphony in Virginia. Praised as one of the city’s “most versatile and venturesome musicians,” she has won acclaim not only for her orchestral playing but also for her numerous chamber music performances. Equally at home in baroque and contemporary music, Ms. Boodell has performed at festivals across the US and Europe, including at the Los Angeles Hollywood Bowl, Eastern Music Festival, Festival of Two Worlds in Spoleto, Italy, Wolf Trap, VA, and regularly at the Staunton Music Festival, VA. Before coming to the Richmond Symphony, Ms. Boodell played Principal Flute with the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra in Tennessee and the Civic Orchestra of Chicago. Since 2004, she has played baroque and modern flutes as a member of the Chamber Music Society of Central Virginia, an organization dedicated to bringing world-class chamber music to Richmond.

Born in Chicago, Ms. Boodell received her Bachelor of Music at the Oberlin Conservatory and her Master of Music at Northwestern University, studying with some of the country’s most respected flutists, Robert Willoughby and Walfrid Kujala. A devoted teacher herself, she has taught at the University of Richmond and the Richmond Symphony School of Music, coaches youth symphony players, and performs regularly with the RSO Woodwind Quintet in Richmond-area public schools. Her students have gone on to major conservatories and top orchestral jobs.

When not performing, she enjoys biking, swimming, cooking, yoga, and exploring the city of Richmond, where she lives with her family.

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ST ERLI NG ELLIOTT Cello

Cellist Sterling Elliott has appeared as a solo artist with numerous orchestras across the United States, including the New York Philharmonic; the Boston, Virginia, and Cleveland Symphony orchestras. His concerto performances have taken place in prestigious venues such as Carnegie Hall in New York City and Symphony Hall in Boston. Sterling began his cello studies at the age of three and joined his family ensemble, The Elliott Family String Quartet, comprised of his brother, sister, and mother. Sterling made his solo debut at the age of 7 when he became the first place Junior Division winner of the PYO Concerto Competition. This was the beginning of many other notable accomplishments which recently includes being awarded a 2021 Avery Fisher Career Grant, 2021 Salon de Virtuosi Career Grant, first prizes in the 2019 National Sphinx Competition Senior Division, 2019 Mondavi Center Young Artists Competition, and the 2019 Camerata Artists International Competition.

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Sterling has attended numerous festivals such as Music@Menlo, ChamberFest Cleveland, Taos School of Music, Kneisel Hall, Perlman Music Program, Aspen Music Festival, and others. Sterling currently studies with Joel Krosnick and Clara Kim at the Juilliard School as a proud recipient of a Kovner Fellowship.

ST EFAN J AC KIW Violin

Stefan Jackiw is one of America’s foremost violinists, captivating audiences with playing that combines poetry and purity with an impeccable technique. Hailed for playing of “uncommon musical substance” that is “striking for its intelligence and sensitivity” (Boston Globe), Jackiw has appeared as soloist with the Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, New York, Philadelphia, and San Francisco symphony orchestras, among others.

In Summer 2021, Jackiw returned to the Cleveland Orchestra performing Prokofiev 2 with Rafael Payare, the Boston Symphony performing Mozart Concerto no. 5 with Alan Gilbert, and the Aspen Music Festival performing the Beethoven Triple Concerto, alongside Alisa Weilerstein, and Inon Barnatan.

In the 2021-2022 season, he will premiere a new violin concerto by Conrad Tao with the Atlanta Symphony and the Baltimore Symphony; he will also return to the Indianapolis Symphony to

perform Korngold Concerto, and to the Oregon Symphony with Schumann Concerto. In Europe, he will perform with the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra and Alan Gilbert, and with Orchestre National de Lyon under Nikolaj Znaider.

Born to physicist parents of Korean and German descent, Stefan Jackiw began playing the violin at the age of four.

His teachers have included Zinaida Gilels, Michèle Auclair, and Donald Weilerstein. He holds a Bachelor of Arts from Harvard University, as well as an Artist Diploma from the New England Conservatory, and is the recipient of a prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant.

Jackiw plays a violin made in 1750 in Milan by G.B. Guadagnini, on generous loan from a private collection. He lives in New York City.

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KAT HE RI NE NEEDLEMAN Oboe

Katherine Needleman is a multifaceted musician and native of Baltimore. She won first prize in the International Double Reed Society’s Gillet-Fox Oboe Competition in 2003 followed by their Inaugural Commissioning Competition in 2020.

Passionately devoted to the delivery of new music and the exploration of relationships between composers and performers, Needleman has commissioned and premiered numerous works. She gave the United States premiere of Brenno Blauth’s Concertino as soloist and conductor with the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia. After Needleman gave the West Coast premiere of Christopher Rouse’s Oboe Concerto at the Cabrillo Festival, Rouse asked Needleman to make the premiere recording with the Albany Symphony. Similarly, Needleman premiered and recorded Kevin Puts’ oboe concerto, Moonlight, with the Baltimore Symphony.

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During the COVID-19 lockdown, she presented a series of eleven weekly solo oboe recitals to an online audience of more than 75,000 and growing. She utilized her childhood piano skills in several recordings made during lockdown, including both oboe sonatas of J.S. Bach and her own oboe and English horn sonatas. An improviser since early childhood, she released the album Marmalade Balloon with distinguished colleagues of the Mico Nonet.

As Artistic Director of Coffee, Patisserie, and Classical Music at An Die Musik in Baltimore, she focuses on music which has been historically marginalized for live and online audiences. She has performed widely as an oboe recitalist, as guest principal oboist with four of the US’s “Big Five” orchestras, and as the Baltimore Symphony’s principal oboist since 2003.

D OMI NI C ROTELLA Horn

Dominic Rotella is currently Principal Horn of the Richmond Symphony.

Prior to this appointment in 2018, he served as Principal Horn of the Orquesta Filarmónica de Santiago (Chile) and has held positions with the Louisville Orchestra, New World Symphony, and Civic Orchestra of Chicago. He performs occasionally as guest principal horn with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and has played with numerous premier ensembles, including the Chicago, Cincinnati, and Houston Symphony Orchestras.

Dominic’s past summer engagements include the Sun Valley Music Festival, Charlottesville Opera, Lake Placid Sinfonietta, and, since 2013, an annual appearance at the Lakes Area Music Festival in Brainerd, Minnesota.

Bachelor of Music degree in horn performance. More recently, he returned to school and completed three semesters of graduate coursework at the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University under the tutelage of world-renowned horn pedagogue William VerMeulen.

Dominic was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, grew up in the small town of Holderness, New Hampshire, then spent twelve years in Louisville, Kentucky. He has now lived in seven states and two countries and finds it increasingly difficult to answer the question, “Where are you from?”

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LOU IS S CHW IZGEBEL Piano

Louis Schwizgebel has been described as “a genuine virtuoso, a spirited young genius with real depth” (Fono Forum) and an “insightful musician” (New York Times).

He is praised repeatedly for his poise, elegance, imagination, expressive lyricism and crystalline articulation. He performs regularly in recital and with the finest orchestras across the globe and has received critical acclaim for his recordings.

Schwizgebel’s recent debuts include engagements with the Bavarian Radio Symphony, Frankfurt Radio Symphony and Bern Symphony orchestras in Europe, with Cincinnati Symphony, Omaha Symphony and Louisiana Philharmonic orchestras in the US, and further afield with the Tasmanian Symphony and Auckland Philharmonia Orchestras.

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Symphony, Oslo Philharmonic, Vienna Symphony, Utah Symphony, Nagoya and Shanghai Philharmonic orchestras.

In solo recital and chamber music, Schwizgebel performs regularly at the major festivals and halls including most recently London’s Wigmore, Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, Rheingau Festival, Klavierfest Ruhr, and Singapore International Piano Festival.

Schwizgebel was born in 1987 in Geneva. He studied with Brigitte Meyer in Lausanne and Pascal Devoyon in Berlin, and then later at the Juilliard School with Emanuel Ax and Robert McDonald, and at London’s Royal Academy of Music with Pascal Nemirovski.

At the age of seventeen he won the Geneva International Music Competition and, two years later, the Young Concert Artists International Auditions in New York. In 2012 he won second prize at the Leeds International Piano Competition and in 2013 he became a BBC New Generation Artist.

E VA N WI LLI AMS Trombone

A native of Georgia, Evan Williams holds a Bachelor of Music Performance Degree from Columbus State University, a Master of Music Degree from the University of Texas at Austin (UT), and he is currently working towards a Doctor of Musical Arts Degree in Trombone Performance at UT and worked as a Teaching Assistant for the Trombone Studio. His principal teachers include Nathaniel Brickens and Bradley Palmer.

Orchestral Trombone Competition, which is hosted by the Minnesota Orchestra. As a soloist, Mr. Williams has also been featured with the University of Texas, Columbus State Trombone Choir, the Fort Benning Army Brass Band and the Victoria University Wind Ensemble.

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CORPORATE, FOUNDATION, & GOVERNMENT GIFTS

LEAD GIFTS $100,000+ Altria Group, Inc.+ Chesterfield County City of Richmond Community Foundation for a greater Richmond Endeavour Legacy Foundation E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation The Robert G. Cabell III and Maude Morgan Cabell Foundation Richard S. Reynolds Foundation

VIRTUOSO’S CIRCLE $50,000-$99,999 Davenport & Company LLC Dominion Energy+ Pauley Family Foundation* Richmond Symphony League School Board of the City of Richmond Slatten-MacDonald Fund of the Community Foundation for a greater Richmond The Linhart Foundation Virginia Commission for the Arts

CONDUCTOR’S CIRCLE $25,000- $49,999 CultureWorks & The Arts and Cultural Funding Consortium Henrico County Herndon Foundation The Kenneth and Bettie Corbin Perry Foundation Moses D. Nunnally, Jr. Charitable Trust B R.E.B. Foundation Weinstein Properties, Inc. 48

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$10,000-$24,999 Allan and Margot Blank Foundation Atlantic Union Bank Bob and Anna Lou Schaberg Foundation Covington Travel Donald Edgar Steeber Charitable Trust Hanover County Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP Keiter Louise B. Cochrane Charitable Foundation Massey Foundation National Endowment for the Arts Richmond Association of Realtors TCV Trust and Wealth Management, Inc. The Clovelly Foundation The Rea Charitable Trust Richmond Area Rotary Clubs Tilghman Family Foundation

CONCERTMASTER’S CIRCLE $5,000-$9,999 Bank of America+ Charles G. Thalhimer and Family Foundation Chesapeake Corporation Foundation Elmwood Fund, Inc. Emily S. and Coleman A. Hunter Charitable Trust Kathryn & W. Harry Schwarzschild Fund KPMG LLP Margarete and Siegfried Eckhaus Charitable Trust Markel Corporation+ Martha Mabel Moore Charitable Trust PGA TOUR Charities+ The Reinhart Foundation The Estes Foundation

The Weathertop Foundation Troutman Pepper LLP Truist+ Wauford Group $2,500-$4,999 Christian Family Foundation Deloitte M&T Bank Patient First Medical Centers Wells Fargo+

MUSICIAN’S CIRCLE $1,000-$2,499 Blue & Gray Self Storage CSAA Insurance Group+ Chericoke Foundation ExxonMobil Foundation+ Heartland Charitable Trust John A. Cable Foundation Kelleher HVAC Mutual Assurance Society of Virginia RECO Industries, Inc. Ridgeway Foundation RiverFront Investment Group Spider Management Company, LLC The Fatherree Foundation The Huntly Foundation Whitley/Service Roofing & Sheet Metal Company

$500-$999 American Endowment Foundation Blackwood Development Company, Inc. JUUL Labs+ Morton G. and Nancy P. Thalhimer Foundation T. Rowe Price Charitable The Micawber Foundation Thompson Audio Services $250-$499 Archways Advisors, Inc. CarMax+ McKesson Medical-Surgical Inc.+ TabbCo $100-$249 AMS Planning & Research Corp+ Fife Family Foundation Inc. Johnson & Johnson+ Marsh & McLennan+ PNC Foundation+ Richmond Jewish Foundation The GE Foundation+ Virginia Credit Union, Inc.+ + Denotes Matching Gift Company *Deceased

INDIVIDUAL GIFTS

This list reflects unrestricted gifts to the annual fund, gifts given during special events, and concert tickets donated back to the Richmond Symphony between July 1, 2020 and June 30, 2021.

We have made every effort to list names correctly.

If we have made an error, please contact Victoria Cottrell at 804.788.4717 ext. 102.

Contributions made after June 30, 2021 will be reflected in next season’s program.

Mr. Robert F. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Hays T. Watkins Bucci and John Zeugner

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VIRTUOSO’S CIRCLE

$25,000- $49,999 Mr.* and Mrs. Ellis M. Dunkum The Garner Family Jane and Jim Hartough Dr. Eugene W. and Mrs. Katharine Pauley Hickok Mr. and Mrs. George L. Mahoney Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth M. Perry Margaret M. Disharoon Charitable Lead Trust

$50,000+ Anonymous Ms. Sheila Johnson Mary and Ted Linhart Mr. Jose Murillo and Ms. Caroline Orlando Robert E. Rigsby

$10,000-$24,999 Anonymous (2) Mr. and Mrs. Thomas N. Allen Ms. Priscilla A. Burbank and Mr. Michael J. Schewel Mr. and Mrs. Philip P. Burks Jr.

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David and Karen Carter Pete and Sandra Chase Dr. and Mrs. William D. Covington Stephen M. and Cheryl G. Goddard Family Fund Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Hill Pate and Bill Mears Wallace B. and Tina B. Millner Mr. and Mrs. A. Scott Moncure Mr. and Mrs. Leon E. Roday Mr. Rick Sample and Ms. Celia Rafalko Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Smith Marcia and Harry Thalhimer Thomas L. Disharoon Charitable Lead Trust Dr. John R. Warkentin

CONCERTMASTER’S CIRCLE $5,000-$9,999 Anonymous (1) Mr. A. Marshall Acuff Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Philip H. Bennett Mr. Joshua and Dr. Susan Bennett Mr. John Bock Meta and John Braymer Dr. and Mrs. O. Christian Bredrup, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur S. Brinkley III Jaron and Jennifer Clay Mr. Ralph R. Crosby, Jr. Mr. Donald L. Creach and Ms. Karen A. Raschke Mr. Nicomedes de León and Ms. Cecilia Barbosa Alison Eckis via the Richmond Symphony League Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Farrell* David and Catherine Foster Ms. Cary L. W. Fountain Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Jennings III Mr. William Urban and Mrs. Anne Kenny-Urban Dr. Christopher Kogut and Dr. Thomas Peyser Mr. Brian C. Lansing and Ms. Maura L. Scott Christopher W. Lindbloom and Nancy G. Powell Mrs. Joan Losen Chris and Tara Matthews Read F. and Virginia W. McGehee Roger Neathawk and Chuck Miller Mary Lloyd and Randy Parks Mr. and Mrs. Dale and Carol Porfilio Mr. William H. Schwarzschild III Paul and Nancy Springman Chris Szabo and Goenpo Dorji Ruth and Richard Szucs Mr. and Mrs. Brandon Taylor Mr. and Mrs. Richard G. Tilghman Barbara B. and James E. Ukrop Mr. and Mrs. John L. Walker III Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Webber Dr. Elisabeth S. Wollan Mrs. Henry A. Yancey, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Wilhelm Zuelzer 50

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$2,500-$4,999 Anonymous (1) Mr. and Mrs. Stuart W. Blain Mrs. Caroline Y. Brandt Mr. Ramon M. Brinkman Mr. and Mrs. J. Alfred Broaddus Jr. Dr. Jennifer A. Cable and Mr. David Lingerfelt Elizabeth R. Cronly Lewis and Gale Drew Mark Flynn and Sue Rowland Mrs. Suzanne B. Franke The Honorable Barbara J. Gaden Dr. and Mrs. Stanley A. Goldman Mr. and Mrs. William H. Goodwin, Jr. Drs. Jill and Monroe Harris, Jr. Mrs. Penelope B. Holladay Faye W. Holland Waverly Glenn Hurt Fund for the Arts Mr. D. Brennen Keene Sheila Leckie Mr. and Mrs. John B. Levy Mr. and Mrs. H. Morris Logan Dr. and Mrs. Richard L. Morrill Mr. and Mrs. Kelly O’Keefe Mrs. Mary Bryan Perkins Cherry Peters Mr. Kamran Raika and Dr. Ana C. Raika June and Chuck Rayfield Helen B. and W. Taylor Reveley III Ms. Beverly Rogers Mrs. Pamela Kiecker Royall Mr. and Mrs. Laurens Sartoris Charol Shakeshaft and Dale Mann Michael and Pat Shutterly Lynn and Chuck Taylor Dr. and Mrs. Roger H. Tutton Chet and Mary Lou Wade Mr. and Mrs. Harry J. Warthen III Mark W. and Kristin P. Wickersham Ms. Mary Denny Wray

MUSICIANS CIRCLE $1,000-$2,499 Anonymous (5) Dr. and Mrs. David M. Abbott Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin C. Ackerly Jr. Cheryl Michael and Bruce Amateau Ruth and Franco Ambrogi Kelly and Tiff Armstrong Brad and Frazier Armstrong Jen Arnold Kevin and Beth Barger Ms. Melody Barnes Temple and Lynn Bayliss Matt and Lilli Benko Ingrid and Nathan Bick Shelley and Richard Birnbaum

Kerry and Joel Blum Rosa E. Bosher Mr. and Mrs. David B. Bradley Jacquelyn K. Brooks Jim and Marguerite Bruce Mrs. Lissy S. Bryan Elaine and Bill Bugg Mr. J.P. Causey Mike Champlin Mr. and Mrs. Henry S. Chenault Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Chewning Sandra and John Christian Angel Clarke The Honorable and Mrs. Mark T. Cox IV The Community Impact program of the Community Foundation for a greater Richmond Ronald and Betty Neal Crutcher Mrs. W. Thomas Cunningham, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Barbu A. Demian Mr. and Mrs. Allen DeWalle James and Nadine Donachy Ms. Anne Gordon Downing Jane Kornegay Eng and Carl J. Eng Mr. and Mrs. Frederick S. Fisher III Mrs. Mary Fisher David Fisk and Anne O’Byrne John and Nancy Fitzgerald Mr. Rick Fox Dr. William Jackson Frable Kingsbery W. and Carla C. Gay Family Fund Mrs. Maggie Georgiadis Paul Gilding and Amy Marschean Steve and Rhonda Girard Maria Gogova Dr. and Mrs. Dean R. Goplerud Mr. and Mrs. Michael R. Hanville Tom and Beverly Harris Jane and Lee Harris Eleanor Harris Elizabeth D. Hayter Angela Ho-Chen Mr. and Mrs. David Horner Lacey Huszcza and Dan Stott Mr. Charlie Inch Carolyn and Stanley Jones Glen and Marlene Jones Mr. Michael Patrick Kehoe and Ms. Bevin Joyce Kehoe Mrs. Anne W. Kenny Jane and Joe Knox Mr. and Mrs. Frank R. Kuhn Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Large Edward and Rebecca Lawson Rick Linker Paul and Lissie Lowsley-Williams Mr. J. M. Martinez de Andino Kay Mast

Sally M. Maynard Mr. and Mrs. Perry Miles Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Moffett, Jr. Douglass Moyers Mr. and Mrs. John F. Newsom III Mr. and Mrs. Ian A. Nimmo Mr. and Mrs. James W. Norvelle Ms. Judith O’Brien Terry and Linda Oggel Joseph O’Hare and Wallace Beard Elizabeth Miller Parrish Mr. Bob Podstepny Mrs. Patricia P. Pusey Frank Raysor Jack and Cindy Reasor Mr. and Mrs. Donald G. Reich Dr. John Reynolds Mr. and Mrs. David L. Richardson Mr. and Mrs. Daniel L. Riddle Alice and Ed Rivas Donald M. Robelen Jerry Samford Frank Dellinger and James Schuyler Mrs. Alice H. Spalding and Mr. Henry C. Spalding, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Elliott Spanier Wilson and Claudia Sprenkle Bruce Borden Stevens Paul and Bonita Stockmeyer Margaret R. Thomas Endowment Fund William T. Van Pelt III $500-$999 Anonymous (5) Cyndy Alaimo George Allan Larry and Kathryn Allen Gene and Barbara Anderson Ann Archer Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Bachmann Joanne Barreca Angela P. and Andre S. Basmajian Barbara C. Batson Mrs. Myra T. Bennett Mr. Paul Benson and Ms. Kimberly Vullo Ms. Mary Beringer Walter Bitner and Melanie Delvalle Dr. Erika M. Blanton and Mr. Marion E. Blanton III Charles and Victoria Bleick Mrs. Lewis T. Booker* James I and Julia M Brebner Elaina Brennan Dr. and Mrs. Owen W. Brodie Dr. Donald S. and Beejay Brown Mr. John B. Bruehl Dr. John B. H. Caldwell Mr. and Mrs. George E. Calvert, Jr. www.richmondsymphony.com

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Mrs. Rejena G. Carreras Michael Chang and Robert Herrig David and Christine Charbonneau Julie Cillo Col. and Mrs. Robert M. Clewell Paul Cline Janet Coon Ms. Deborah Davis Dr. and Mrs. Emmanuel N. Dessypris Dr. Margaret L. DuVall and Dr. Robert E. Petres Matthew Edwards Mrs. Corbin P. Ensign Mrs. Nancy Finch Mr. and Mrs. James H. Fisher James Fogel and Meg Krilov Ralph and Jocelyne Graner The Rev. Dr. Bruce and Katherine Gray Anthony Graziano and Ronald Geraci Matthew and Kerry Grey Michael Bartolf and Melanie Haimes-Bartolf Mr. and Mrs. Brenton S. Halsey Drs. Neil W. Henry and Elizabeth S.Hodges Gail Henshaw Mrs. William M. Hill Mr. Russell Holladay Don Irwin and Stoner Winslett Ms. Nancy Jackson Kathy James-Webb Ella and David Johnson Mr. and Mrs. David Kehlenbeck Mr. and Mrs. Heyn v. K. F. Kjerulf Mr. Joseph Kochuba Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Koertge Dr. and Mrs. John Thomas Lanning Melissa and James Lee Mr. and Mrs. Floyd L. Lewis Diana Rupert Livingston Mr. and Mrs. Michael Lott John F. and Deborah A. Luther Celia K. Luxmoore and David J. Baker Beth and Ry Marchant Mr. Paul Marecki Doctors Marquina Travis Massey and Luciana Vozza Ms. Lynne McClendon Hunter and Heather McGuire Caroline Miller Phyllis Anne Moore J. Dabney and Betty Booker Morriss The Morton Family Fund Catherine T. Neale Lisa Niemeier Mr. and Mrs. Grayson Page Mr. Scottie Pate Kenna and John Payne Ms. Angelene V. Pell Mr. and Mrs. M. Dale Phillips 52

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Mrs. Fred G. Pollard Drs. John and Carolyn Port Robert D. Potts Dr. G. V. Puster Jr. and Dr. Martha Schulman Mrs. Mary A. Ready Ann Reavey and Peter Gilbert Nancy B. Reed Jane W. Reeves Mr. and Mrs. Jay W. Robinson Barbara Null and Dan Rusnak Virginia and Joseph Sandford Ruth and Carl Schalm Mrs. Mareke Schiller Jon Pildis and Christy Schragal Mrs. Susan Bailey Scott Ms. Cornelia C. Serota Mr. Richard M. Simon Michael Simpson Mr. and Mrs. Russ Singer Mr. and Mrs. David Slankard Katherine Smallwood and Robert Gottschalk Dr. Lori Verdol Smithson Jim and Boo Smythe Dr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Sobieski Mary Lou and Charlie Sommardahl Ray and Connie Sorrell Dr. and Mrs. R. P. Sowers III Mrs. Lois Hurst Steeber Mrs. John R. Williams Street Carroll David Swenson Mr. and Mrs. Brent Tarter Roy and Jane Terry Morton G. and Nancy P. Thalhimer Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Michael Thalhimer Mr. and Mrs. Wilson R. Trice Esq. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Warren Dr. and Mrs. William J. Welstead, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Needham Bryan Whitfield Michael Wildasin Matthew and Susan Williams Mr. Thomas W. Williamson Jr. Ms. Jane Ellen Holliday Wilson Suzanne P. Wiltshire Jack and Helen Winn Dr. David B. Rottman Mr. and Mrs. Ronald W. Witt $250-$499 Anonymous (8) Tom and Susan Allen Mr. and Ms. Wayne S. Ambler Ellen Anderson Mrs. Jean R. Appich Ms. LaVonda S. Bailey Glenna Bailey Ms. Barbara L. Baker Carol G. Baker

Mr. Clifford Barcliff Gary and Christi Barranger Lisa Crutchfield and Olaf Barth David and Mary Alice Beeghly Allen Belden Jr. David H. Berry John Berry Mr. Thomas S. Berry Jr. Mr. Lloyd W. Bostian Jr. Dr. and Mrs. John Bowman Mary Boyd David and Julie Brantley Joan T. Briccetti Mr. Gordon H. Brostrom and Ms. Carol Rotelli Cynthia Brown Dr. and Mrs. Charles D. Burch III Mr. John R. Butcher Ms. Jane H. Carlson Mr. and Mrs. J. Scott Carreras Mr. and Mrs. Miles Cary, Jr. Neal and Catherine Cary Kevin and Ann Casey Jessica Casey C. Lewis Casey Kathleen Christesen James and Dorothy Cluverius The Rev. Dr. Vienna Cobb-Anderson Mr. Kevin B. Conner Ms. Mary C. Corley Mrs. Jane E. Covington Jeff and Donna Coward Mr. and Mrs. Donald T. Cowles Mr. Benjamin Cronly Ms. Katharine Crowl Mr. Michael Cuomo and Mr. Aaron Ellerbrock Bruce Curran Rainey Dankel Elisabeth Dementi Mr. Henry Ayon and Ms. Paula Desel Mr. and Mrs. John R. Dillehay Dr. Edward C. Dillon Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Dimitriou Marie Do Andrew J. Dolson and Elizabeth C. Manning Mr. and Mrs. Bob Donnelly Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Douglass Mr. and Mrs. John Dowling Ms. Marya Dull Ms. Mary Butler Eggleston Mr. and Mrs. Daniel M. Ennis Jim and Linda Ferree Ms. Betty Forbes James and Fransiska Franke Erin Freeman and Drew Cahoon Sharon B. Freude Susan Scharpf Gentry David and Mary Gilligan

Mr. and Mrs. Karlis Graubics Holly Hanson Mr. and Mrs. Ashton B. Hardy Pam and Dale Hartough Roy and Loral Hoagland Karen and Barry Hofheimer Jean and David Holman Dr. and Mrs. Lowrey H. Holthaus Bert Huszcza Dr. and Mrs. Robison B. James Ms. Marcia L. Jaureguizar Mr. and Mrs. Gavin D. Jeffs Mr. and Mrs. Michael B. Jezierski Mr. and Mrs. Douglas S. Jones Barbara and Harry Kaplowitz Leslie Anne Kay Drs. Gerd and Birgit Kobal Ms. Karen Kinslow Ms. Julia Klele Lyn and Don Kocen Dr. and Mrs. Warren W. Koontz Jeanne K. Kreiser Fred and Terry Laine Roger Lamanna Ben and Laura Lewis Augustine W. Lewis Maia Linask and Grant Rissler Nathan Longest Mr. and Mrs. Dustin Love Christopher J. Lumpkin Gail and James Lyddane Jane S. Lyon Mrs. Leslie Maloney Melissa Wuslich Marrion Michael and Jeanine Maruca Julie McConnell and Jerry Zerkin Bernie and Jamie McDonald Dr. and Mrs. Charles McDowell Mr. and Mrs. R. Wheatley McDowell Dr. and Mrs. Grayson B. Miller, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. David G. Morgan Dr. Dawn G. Mueller John and Katherine Munro Jack and Katherine Nelson Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Niedermayer Trudy Norfleet Jon Nystrom Charles H. O’Neal Bonnie and Jim Overacre Mr. and Mrs. Carl Patow Mr. Harry Perkins Mrs. Betty Perkinson Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Perrin Mr. and Mrs. Peter Pettit Catherine S. Plotkin Mr. Robert A. Proctor III Deborah and Joel Ray www.richmondsymphony.com

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Mr. and Mrs. William H. Sydnor Roger Tarpy and Jean Roberts Ms. Virginia Taylor Mrs. Jan Taylor Ms. Patricia C. Temple Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Thompson Tad and Sue Thompson Ms. Judith Watson Tidd Ms. Louise Tull Carol and Albert Turner Mr. and Mrs. Paul C. Tuttle Kristine von Ruffer Robert and Mary Ellen Wadsworth Mrs. Katherine B. Wallace Gary and Sara Wallace Mr. and Mrs. Mark Waller Michéle and John Walter Jane G. Watkins Marie Westbrook Marsden Williams Janet and Andrew Wilson Mary Ann Wilson Mr. William D. Wittorff Helen and Phin Wood Yellow Cello Music

TRIBUTE GIFTS IN HONOR This list reflects annual fund contributions received between July 1, 2020 and June 30, 2021.

We have made every effort to list names correctly.

If we have made an error, please contact Victoria Cottrell at 804.788.4717 ext. 102.

Contributions made after June 30, 2021 will be reflected in next season’s program.

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Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Boodell Jane Marcus Angela P. and André S. Basmajian

IN HONOR OF MS. DORIS H. ADAMS Allison and Matthew Schutzer

IN HONOR OF BARBARA BAKER Anonymous

IN HONOR OF MASON BATES Angela P. and André S. Basmajian

IN HONOR OF JORDAN BEKENSTEIN Drs. Jon and Lori Bekenstein

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IN HONOR OF JOHN BOCK Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Jennings III Carroll David Swenson

IN HONOR OF MARY BOODELL

IN HONOR OF CHRIS BREDRUP Sarah H. Richardson

IN HONOR OF LISA BYRD Mr. and Mrs. George L. Mahoney

IN HONOR OF ALANA CARITHERS Angela P. and André S. Basmajian

IN HONOR OF NEAL CARY Angela P. and André S. Basmajian David and Kimberly Terzian

IN HONOR OF CATHERINE CARY Angela P. and André S. Basmajian

IN HONOR OF ROBERT AND ANNE CHEWNING Caroline Miller

IN HONOR OF ANGEL CLARKE Mr. and Mrs. George L. Mahoney

IN HONOR OF SALLIE AND RICHARD CROSS Elaine and Archer Yeatts

IN HONOR OF DRS. RONALD A. AND BETTY NEAL CRUTCHER Sandra Peart and Craig Heinicke

Kenna and John Payne Nancy B. Reed Roy and Jane Terry Mr. Stephen Wright

IN HONOR OF LISA C. FUSCO Angela P. and André S. Basmajian

IN HONOR OF MR. AND MRS. TOM GARNER Mrs. Robert H. Hackler In honor of Maria Gogova Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Jennings III

IN HONOR OF ALLISON HALL John Richardson

IN HONOR OF L. J. DEWEY

IN HONOR OF MR. AND MRS. ROBERT E. HILL

Lisa Dewey

Anonymous

IN HONOR OF ELIZABETH AND ELLIS DUNKUM

IN HONOR OF REBECCA HORNER

Mike Beall and Julian Hillery

IN HONOR OF MARY BUTLER EGGLESTON Anonymous

IN HONOR OF KAREN K. FISHER Elizabeth Fisher

IN HONOR OF DAVID FISK

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Jennings III Mr. William Urban and Mrs. Anne Kenny-Urban

IN HONOR OF LACEY HUSZCZA AND FRANCES STERLING Justine Winn

IN HONOR OF JAMES JACOBSON Martin and Mary Jacobson

Mrs. Susan Bailey Scott

IN HONOR OF SUE ANNE KLINEFELTER

IN HONOR OF DAVID FISK AND ANNE O’BYRNE

IN HONOR OF JOANNE KONG

Anonymous

Angela P. and André S. Basmajian

Angela P. and André S. Basmajian

IN HONOR OF GARY FLOWERS Mr. and Mrs. George L. Mahoney

IN HONOR OF SUSY YIM AND RYAN LANNAN

IN HONOR OF MIRIAM FOGEL James Fogel and Meg Krilov

IN HONOR OF MIRIAM FOGEL AND JIM JACOBSON Beth D. Jacob

IN HONOR OF DR. ERIN FREEMAN Ms. Barbara L. Baker Angela P. and André S. Basmajian Kerry and Joel Blum Mr. Donald L. Creach and Ms. Karen A. Raschke Mr. Michael Cuomo and Mr. Aaron Ellerbrock Melanie Kohn Day and Roland Karnatz Kathryn Rawley Erhardt Sharon B. Freude

Angela P. and André S. Basmajian Judith Lannan

IN HONOR OF JENNIFER DEBIEC LAWSON Ms. Celeste Hope

IN HONOR OF LARRY AND VICKY LEWKOW Penny Lobred

IN HONOR OF CHIA-HSUAN LIN Jim and Linda Ferree Ms. Judith O’Brien

IN HONOR OF JUDY MAWYER Angela P. and André S. Basmajian

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IN HONOR OF JASON MCCOMB Angela P. and André S. Basmajian

IN HONOR OF VINCENT MEYER Mr. and Mrs. Richard Anderson

IN HONOR OF PATRICK MURTAUGH Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Jennings III

IN HONOR OF PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE MUSICIANS

IN HONOR OF FRANCES MAYHEW STERLING Ms. Maureen A. Neal

IN HONOR OF CAROLYN AND GEOFF STIFF Dr. and Mrs. Alvin I. Goldstone

IN HONOR OF BRANDON TAYLOR Mr. and Mrs. George L. Mahoney

IN HONOR OF MARCIA THALHIMER

Michael Bartolf and Melanie Haimes-Bartolf

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Thalhimer

IN HONOR OF THE MUSICIANS

IN HONOR OF THE CHARLES TROXELL FAMILY

Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin C. Ackerly Jr.

IN HONOR KELLY O’KEEFE

Glenna Bailey

Mr. and Mrs. George L. Mahoney

IN HONOR OF JOCELYN VORENBERG

IN HONOR OF VALENTINA PELEGGI

Dr. and Mrs. Charles Cleland Nancy and Alan Spector

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas N. Innes Dr. Mitchell Merling Mr. Mary Denny Wray Nancy B. Booker Charitable Trust

IN HONOR OF KEN AND CHRIS PERRY Mrs. Corbin P. Ensign Mr. Mary Denny Wray

IN HONOR OF RICHMOND SYMPHONY CHORUS

IN HONOR OF SHAWN WELK Bill and Phyllis Welk

IN HONOR OF JOHN AND JANETTE WHITE Mrs. Debbie W. Kurtz

IN HONOR OF RUSSELL WILSON Angela P. and André S. Basmajian

IN HONOR OF MARK WOLFRAM

Karin and Robert Foster

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Jennings III

IN HONOR OF DAVID ROBINSON

IN HONOR OF MARY DENNY WRAY

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Mr. Paul Benson and Ms. Kimberly Vullo George Scott Kathleen and Bagley Reid

IN HONOR OF RICK SAMPLE Angela P. and André S. Basmajian

IN HONOR OF ROSS SAVEDGE Anne and Edwin Savedge

IN HONOR OF STEPHEN SCHMIDT Angela P. and André S. Basmajian Melinda P O’Neal and Maureen Ragan Mr. and Mrs. Carl B. Schmidt

IN HONOR OF MOLLY SHARP Ann Archer Angela P. and André S. Basmajian

IN HONOR OF STEVEN SMITH Ellen Anderson

IN HONOR OF ANDREW J. SOMMER Phyllis Sommer 56

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IN HONOR OF CHERYL YANCEY James and Dorothy Cluverius

IN HONOR OF BUCCI ZEUGNER Mr. and Mrs. Leavenworth M. Ferrell II Martha Alsop Faulkner

TRIBUTE GIFTS IN MEMORY IN MEMORY OF BETTY B. ALLAN George Allan Patricia Brockenborough

IN MEMORY OF ANNE D. ANDERSON George Wayne Anderson

IN MEMORY OF PHILIP J. BAGLEY III Sally T. Bagley IN MEMORY OF SHIRLEY FAHRBACH BAKER Hollis and Gary Bondurant

IN MEMORY OF TED BENNETT Mrs. Myra T. Bennett

IN MEMORY OF MARILYN J. BLAKE Mr. Greg Blake

IN MEMORY OF LEON AND LOUISE HIRSCH & FRANK AND EVELYN BODOFSKY Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Bodofsky

IN MEMORY OF NANCY B. BOOKER Anonymous Sarah Ayling Marion and Jonathan Baumgarten Miss Eugenia H. Borum Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Brooks Cynthia T. Booker Kelly Chopus Ms. Myra E. Clements Elizabeth Coffield Mr. and Mrs. Ellis M. Dunkum Katherine Ertle Mary T. Garner Bob and Emily Gaskill Ransone and Carolyn Hartz Mr. and Mrs. David W. Hartz Ms. Elinor Hoover Helen Horowitz Hunter and Kayt Jonsson Kristina Kendall Mr. David Lowenstein John T. Mallory Elizabeth P Maxwell Constance Booker Moe Janice R. Moore Mrs. Carol Rayner and Mr. S. H. Rayner Robin Shield Wilhelmina Seward Spear Mrs. J. Randall Street

Linda Taylor Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Ukrop Mrs. Katherine B. Wallace Suzanne P. Wiltshire Mr. Roland C. Woodward Mrs. Henry A. Yancey, Jr. Frances Zehmer

IN MEMORY OF VICTOR BOURIL Joanne Barreca

IN MEMORY OF MARION ELIZABETH BROOKS Paul and Kim Riley

IN MEMORY OF HAL CARLE Ms. Cornelia C. Serota

IN MEMORY OF ERCIL HOWARD CASEY C. Lewis Casey

IN MEMORY OF PAULINE KITTRELL CHRISTIAN Sandra and John Christian

IN MEMORY OF GEORGE AND PATRICIA CONTI Theresa Conti

IN MEMORY OF BILL COON Janet Coon

IN MEMORY OF MARY AND GEORGE DICK The Owen Family

IN MEMORY OF MARGIE AND TOM DISHAROON Davenport Margaret M. Disharoon Charitable Lead Trust Thomas L. Disharoon Charitable Lead Trust

IN MEMORY OF NANCY TOOKER DULEY Veronica and Jerry Wauford

IN MEMORY OF EMMA GRAY EMORY William H. Emory

IN MEMORY OF DR. JAMES B. ERB Anonymous Angela P. and André S. Basmajian Judy Mawyer

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IN MEMORY OF RUTH BADER GINSBURG Mrs. Henry A. Yancey, Jr.

IN MEMORY OF NEAL HANCHEY Mrs. Lee Hanchey

IN MEMORY OF CHRISTIAN LEE HOWERTON Mary Lou and Charlie Sommardahl

IN MEMORY OF DR. W. GLENN HURT

Elizabeth Schorpp Mr. and Mrs. Harry J. Warthen III Mrs. Henry A. Yancey, Jr.

IN MEMORY OF STANLEY F. PAULEY Meta and John Braymer Mrs. Henry A. Yancey, Jr.

IN MEMORY OF NED AND MARY ANNE RENNOLDS

Mrs. Henry A. Yancey, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Hatley N. Mason III Bucci and John Zeugner

IN MEMORY OF MRS. ELAINE JACKSON

IN MEMORY OF NED RENNOLDS

Tina Jackson

Mrs. Helen Scott Reed

IN MEMORY OF THE HONORABLE THOMAS O. JONES

IN MEMORY OF ANN BEVAN ROBBINS

Angela P. and André S. Basmajian

Jayne Sneed

IN MEMORY OF J.H. “BUDDY” KUHNS

IN MEMORY OF LT. COL. AND MRS. HENRY S. SALMON, JR.

Janice Kuhns

John S. & Emily J. Salmon

IN MEMORY OF OPIE D. LINDSAY

IN MEMORY OF STANLEY H. SCHER

Ms. Susan Lindsay

Ms. Judith Atlas and Mr. Barry L. Jackson

IN MEMORY OF DR. PETER J. LIPOWICZ

IN MEMORY OF FREDERICK E. SMITH, JR.

Rachel Lipowicz

Mrs. Constance L. Smith

IN MEMORY OF BETTY LITTON

IN MEMORY OF SUSAN SPURRELL

Arlene Litton Opengart

Richmond Symphony League

IN MEMORY OF BILL MCCLINTOCK

IN MEMORY OF DONALD STEEBER

Rev. and Mrs. Charles Hunt

Mr. James R. Wickham The Steward School

IN MEMORY OF JOHN FREDERIC MERRITT Anonymous

IN MEMORY OF DEBORAH SUE MINDEN Mr. Gary Goldberg

IN MEMORY OF DR. JAY NOGI Mrs. Sandi Nogi

IN MEMORY OF MARGARET O’BRIEN

IN MEMORY OF MCKINNEY V. TAYLOR Mrs. Jan Taylor

IN MEMORY OF EVELYN TWILLEY Mr. and Mrs. Howard M. Twilley

IN MEMORY OF LOU WILSON Angela P. and André S. Basmajian

Ms. Mary Denny Wray Mrs. Henry A. Yancey, Jr.

IN MEMORY OF CHARLES F. WILTSHIRE

IN MEMORY OF OUR PARENTS

IN MEMORY OF HENRY A. YANCEY, JR., MD

Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Niedermayer

Angela P. and André S. Basmajian Mrs. Henry A. Yancey, Jr.

IN MEMORY OF ALAN PATERSON Angela P. and André S. Basmajian

IN MEMORY OF DOROTHY ANN PAULEY Dr. and Mrs. O. Christian Bredrup, Jr. Meta and John Braymer 58

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Be a member who supports the Richmond Symphony through fundraising, education, and community engagement.

Celebrate music, enjoy events, and be part of the next Designer House team.

Please visit RichmondSymphonyLeague.org

RICHMOND SYMPHONY LEAGUE GIFTS OF MERIT Gifts of $300 - $999 Reverend Dr. Vienna Cobb Anderson Jimma Attaway Avery Point Joanne Barreca David and Julie Brantley Geoff and Allene Cahill Joe Cariati Alison Wood Eckis Karen Fisher Suzanne Franke Maria E. Gallegos Cheryl and Terry Keller Jennifer and Jason Keller Liberty Homes-Shawn Tuthill Carol Meese Barbara Newlin Ann Parsons Linda Phillips Chuck and Denise Ritchie Dr. And Mrs. Randy Sledd Pat Wasiuk Veronica and Jerry Wauford Gifts of $1,000 - $4,999 Mike and Mary Ball

Myra T. Bennett David and Linda Berry Geoffrey and Allene Cahill Donna Criddle Nancy Hill Terry Lacy Andy Little George Mahoney Terry Manikowski Midlothian Tennis Club Lisa and George Ruzek Wendy Sydnor Matt and Susan Williams Jack and Helen Winn Gifts of $5,000+ Philip and Ann Burks Faye W. Holland Frank and Elinor Kuhn Chuck Larivey Chuck and June Rayfield Penny Tuthill Butch and Ludi Webber Wills Financial Group Cheryl Yancey

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RENNOLDS SOCIETY Edmund A. Rennolds, Jr. (affectionately known as “Ned”) and his wife, Mary Anne, were founders of the Richmond Symphony with Brigadier General Vincent Meyer and Emma Gray Trigg. Ned and Mary Anne were synonymous with the Richmond Symphony. They worked tirelessly to help establish the orchestra – volunteering in many capacities, housing musicians, holding meetings and receptions in their home, supporting the orchestra financially, and giving valued guidance. They agreed to lend their name to the Rennolds Society hoping membership would grow and help sustain the future of the Richmond Symphony.

It’s easy to join the Rennolds Society – enjoy special events for members, use of the Dominion Energy Center for the Performing Arts Donor Lounge, and help secure the future of the orchestra! Members have an interest in the Symphony and have made provisions for the orchestra in their will or other estate planning vehicle.

Tom and Elizabeth Allen

Lisa C. Fusco

Mrs. Gordon C. Raab *

Anonymous (4)

The Honorable Barbara J. Gaden

June and Chuck Rayfield

Dr. Virginia A. Arnold *

Mrs. Ross S. Gibson Sr. *

Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Reed, Jr.

Joanne Barreca and Vic Bouril *

Ross S. Gibson Jr. *

Edmund A. Rennolds, Jr. *

Mr. Matthew T. Blackwood *

Jane and Jim Hartough

Mr. and Mrs. W. Taylor Reveley III

Nancy * and Lewis T. * Booker

Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Hill

Robert E. Rigsby

Laura E. McBride Box and

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Jefferson III

David B. Robinson, CPA

Glen and Marlene Jones

Lisa and Leon Roday

Lawrence Ryan Jones and

T. Raysor Salley, Jr. *

Richard E. Box Mrs. Caroline Y. Brandt Drs. Meta and John Braymer

Mary Lynn Jones

Rick Sample

Dr. and Mrs. O. Christian Bredrup, Jr.

Frank and Elinor Kuhn

Miss Goldie H. Burkholder *

Celia K. Luxmoore and David J. Baker

Ann Turner Burks

Jane S. and James T. * Lyon

Mrs. Elizabeth G. Schneider *

Mrs. Royal E. Cabell, Jr. *

Dr. Edgar E. MacDonald *

Lawson and Joanne Sherman

Stephen and Claire Capel

John B. Mann

Mr. and Mrs. Donald E. Steeber*

Miss Phyllis Cartwright *

Bob * and Mary Coleman * Martin

Marcia and Harry Thalhimer

Neal Cary

Ms. Sarah Maxwell *

Mr. * and Mrs. Charles G.

The Rev. Dr. Vienna Cobb-Anderson

Emma Gray Emory * and

Miss Hannah Lide Coker *

Howard McCue, Jr. *

Eric L. Schellenberger and Joan M. Spyhalski

Thalhimer Sr. Mrs. Nancy White Thomas *

Lucille B. * and Robert O. Cole *

Mrs. John H. McDowell *

Rebecca R. Trader

Waverly M. Cole, M.D. *

David A. and Charlotte A. McGoye

Dr. E. Randolph Trice *

Dr. John R. Cook *

Mr. Dana E. McKnight

Dr. John R. Warkentin

Janet C. Coon

Lynn and Pierce * McMartin

Butch and Ludi Webber

Don Creach and Karen Raschke

Jeffrey and Heather Miller

Robert H. Welch *

Charles “Chuck” Dabney *

Mr. * and Mrs. * William Read Miller

Perry A. Weyner *

Elizabeth R. and Ellis M.* Dunkum

Virginia B. and A. Scott Moncure

Dr. Elisabeth M. Wollan

Emma Gray Emory * and

Gerald Morgan, Jr. *

Cheryl G. and Henry A.

Howard McCue, Jr. *

J. Dabney and Betty Booker Morriss

Ruth and James Erb *

Mr. * and Mrs. * Johnson C. Moss, Jr.

Marilyn Lipsitz Flax and

Margaret I. * and Walter J. * O’Brien, Jr.

Robert L. Flax Mrs. Suzanne Franke

Yancey, Jr., M.D. * John and Bucci Zeugner

Mrs. Hunter R. K. Pettus (Patsy) G. V. Puster, Jr.

For information, please contact Trish Poupore, Donor Relations Director, tpoupore@richmondsymphony.com

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IN MEMORY OF ELLIS M. DUNKUM Mr. and Mrs. Thomas N. Allen Margaret Barlow Mr. and Mrs. Michael S. Beall Douglas and Donna Browne Elaine and Bill Bugg Eleanor Campbell and Gordon Hammond Mr. Ralph R. Crosby, Jr. Donna Brooks Fetrow Ms. Mary Ann Haske Margaret Ruffin Horvath Donna Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Crawley F. Joyner III Mr. Frank R. Kuhn Barbara D. Long

(FORMER FOUNDATION TRUSTEE)

Mr. and Mrs. J. Robert Mooney Ann Caroline Posey Nancy Rock Poti Mr. and Mrs. Merle E. Robertson Jr. John W. Sanderson Marcia and Harry Thalhimer Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Ukrop William B. Vaughan III Tom Visotsky Suzanne E. Wade Veronica and Jerry Wauford Mr. and Mrs. Daniel L. Williams, Jr. James W. Zug

Celebrating his support of Richmond Symphony Music Education Programs.

GIVE A GIFT TO THE RICHMOND SYMPHONY! By becoming a Richmond Symphony donor, you partner with us on our mission to change lives through the power of music. Your gift ensures the artistic excellence of the Richmond Symphony, attracts world-class artists to our city, brings welcoming free community festivals to our neighborhoods, and enriches educational offerings for music lovers of all ages.

HOW TO GIVE » Give or pledge online at www.richmondsymphony.com/give » Call us at 804.788.4717 » By check in the mail to: The Richmond Symphony ATTN: Victoria Cottrell 612 East Grace St., Suite 401, Richmond, VA 23219

STOCK GIFTS AND TRANSFERS Financial Institution: Pershing DTC #0443 Account # DA4003996 Account name: Richmond Symphony Annual Fund Gift Account Financial Institution: Pershing DTC #0443 Account # DA4004002 Account name: Richmond Symphony Foundation The Richmond Symphony’s Tax ID is 54-6024033.

THANK YOU! A warm thank you to everyone who generously donated to the annual fund during the 2020/21 season. The music plays on because of your support. We are looking forward to connecting you with Richmond Symphony musicians, conductors, and guest artists in new and unique ways as this captivating season unfolds.

QUESTIONS? Contact Victoria Cottrell, Donor Relations Manager 804.788.4717, x 102 vcottrell@richmondsymphony.com www.richmondsymphony.com

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GENERAL INFORMATION CONTACT Richmond Symphony Patron Services 612 East Grace Street, Suite 401 Richmond, VA 23219 804.788.1212 patronservices@richmondsymphony.com Open Monday-Friday 9am-5pm Voicemail and email are checked 2 hours prior to concerts.

TICKET INFORMATION » Child tickets are good for ages 3-18. » Discounts are available for College Students with a valid student ID. » Group discounts are available for groups of 8+. Some restrictions apply. » Subscribers may exchange tickets; some restrictions apply. Contact Patron Services for more information. » At this time, single ticket buyers who feel ill or have been recently exposed to Covid-19 may exchange tickets by contacting Patron Services at least 2 hours prior to the performance. » If you are unable attend a concert, call Patron Services (804.788.1212) prior to the concert date to donate your tickets and receive a receipt for your taxes.

PURCHASE TICKETS & SUBSCRIPTIONS

LATE SEATING Late arrivals will be seated by ushers at an appropriate break in the music as determined by management.

COAT CHECK The Carpenter Theatre offers a free coat check at the Concierge desk. Altria Theater has a free coat check in the ballroom downstairs. Other venues do not offer a coat check.

PHOTOGRAPHY Feel free to take pictures without a flash during the concert and share them with us on Facebook or Instagram. We ask that you turn down the brightness of your screen and stay mindful of your neighbors.

VIDEO OR AUDIO RECORDING Due to copyright laws, audio and video recording is strictly prohibited inside the concert hall.

PLAN YOUR VISIT Go to our Plan Your Visit page at www.

RichmondSymphony.com or call Patron Services for information on restaurants and parking near the theater.

Online Visit our website at RichmondSymphony.com

DONATE Donations can be submitted online at www.RichmondSymphony.com/give, by phone at 804.788.4717 ext. 102, or mailed to the Richmond Symphony at the address above. We thank you for your support!

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By Phone 804.788.1212

Visit the Altria Theater box office to purchase tickets to any Richmond Symphony concert. Tickets may also be purchased at the venue at least 1½ hours before any concert (subject to availability).

Subscriptions and group tickets cannot be purchased at the box office.

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NEW THIS SEASON! MASTERWORKS COMPANION COURSE: Join Richmond Symphony Concertmaster Daisuke Yamamoto and Director of Education & Community Engagement Walter Bitner for this deep dive into the music of our 2021/22 Masterworks Season. Each class in this unique companion course will focus on the repertoire of the Symphony’s next Masterworks concert and feature a special guest with a critical role in the performance.

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