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BUFFALO PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA TABLE OF CONTENTS | APRIL 17 – MAY 5, 2015 BPO Board of Trustees/BPO Foundation Board of Directors 11 BPO Musician Roster 15 Glenn Miller Orchestra 19 Concert Sponsor: RBC Wealth Management April 17 & 18 Dr. Seuss Meets the BPO! 23 BPO Kids Series April 19 Na Zdrowie Poland! 25 M&T Bank Classics Series April 24 & 25 The Music of Michael Jackson 33 Concert Sponsor: Eric Mower & Associates Guest Artist Sponsor: Anthony Baldi & Associates May 1 Bond and Beyond: 50 Years of 007 39 BPO Pops Series May 2 Carnival of the Animals 43 BlueCross BlueShield Day at BPO Kids Series May 3 Side-By-Side 45 with the Buffalo Academy for Visual and Performing Arts May 5 Corporate Sponsorships 47 Meet a Musician 48 Annual Fund 51 Spotlight on Sponsor 58-59 Patron Information 61 CONTACT VoIP phone service powered by BPO Administrative Offices (716) 885-0331 Development Office (716) 885-0331 Ext. 420 BPO Administrative Fax Line (716) 885-9372 Subscription Sales Office (716) 885-9371 Box Office (716) 885-5000 Group Sales Office (716) 885-5001 Box Office Fax Line (716) 885-5064 Kleinhans Music Hall (716) 883-3560 Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra | 499 Franklin Street, Buffalo, NY 14202 www.bpo.org | [email protected] Kleinhan's Music Hall | 3 Symphony Circle, Buffalo, NY 14201 www.kleinhansbuffalo.org 9 MESSAGE FROM BOARD CHAIR

Dear Patrons, As the Buffalo Philharmonic’s 2014-15 season comes to a close, it’s natural to reflect on the past year. Many good things have happened at your BPO. This season we saw leading artists like Renee Fleming, Celtic Thunder, and Alan Parsons perform with the orchestra. We became only the fourth orchestra to perform Bartok’s “Bluebeard’s Castle” using sets designed by glass artist Dale Chihuly. We presented in-depth explorations of the works of Rachmaninoff, Beethoven and Charles Ives. The works of Florent Schmitt challenged both orchestra and audience, and Photo: Dylan Buyskes, Onion Studio, Inc. were recorded for release on Naxos, to bring greater attention to this long-overlooked composer. Thousands of children attended a BPO Kids concert with their families or experienced a Music for Youth concert with their classes. It was also a season of collaborations. The BPO worked with the Irish Classical Theater Company to bring you Moliere’s “Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme” with Strauss’ incidental music. We partnered with Shea’s and Neglia Ballet Artists to present “The Nutcracker,” and collaborated with Road Less Traveled Productions to present Beethoven’s Complete Incidental Music to “Egmont” with a narrator. The Albright-Knox Art Gallery worked with us on our Know the Score and BPO Kids series. The Burchfield Penney Art Gallery, Buffalo and Erie County Public Library system, and University at Buffalo joined us in exploring the works of Charles Ives. We are deeply appreciative of the support of our collaborators, and of our audience. Together, we’ve been able to not just survive, but thrive and make a positive contribution to the classical music field. In the coming weeks, you’ll be hearing a lot about some of the great things that are in store for the future of the BPO. We hope you will continue on this journey with us.

Sincerely,

Louis P. Ciminelli Chair, Buffalo Philharmonic Society Inc.

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BUFFALO PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA SOCIETY, INC. | Board of Trustees OFFICERS Louis P. Ciminelli, Chair Dennis Black, Vice Chair-Chair Elect Angelo Fatta, Vice Chair Randall Odza, Secretary Stephen Swift, Treasurer

BOARD OF TRUSTEES Cindy Abbott Letro Monte Hoffman† LIFE MEMBERS Martin Anderson Martha Hyde Ida Christie Karen Arrison Martha Malkiewicz Anthony J. Colucci, Jr. Douglas Bean Matthew Phillips G. Wayne Hawk James Beardi Gary Schober Wilfred Larson Anthony Cassetta Roger Simon Edwin Polokoff Janz Castelo † Robert Skerker John N. Walsh, III Arthur Cryer Timothy Smith † Robert G. Weber Peter Eliopoulos Scott Stenclik Warren E. Emblidge Jr. Gary Szakmary JoAnn Falletta* Nicole Tzetzo Music Director Michal Wadsworth John Fleischman* John Yurtchuk Erie County Music Educators Association Daniel Hart* Executive Director *ex-officio Robbie Hausmann † † musician representatives

BUFFALO PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA FOUNDATION | Board of Directors Louis P. Ciminelli Martin Anderson Michael Munschauer Chair Jeremy Briggs Beck Bob Skerker Todd M. Scherrer Treasurer Mark T. Branden Michael Wurst John J. Zak Secretary 11 JOANN FALLETTA, MUSIC DIRECTOR Angelo and Carol Fatta Endowed Chair JoAnn Falletta is internationally celebrated as a vibrant ambassador for music, an inspiring artistic leader, and a champion of American symphonic music. An effervescent and exuberant figure on the podium, she has been praised by The Washington Post as having “Toscanini’s tight control over ensemble, Walter’s affectionate balancing of inner voices, Stokowski’s gutsy showmanship, and a controlled frenzy worthy of Bernstein.” Acclaimed by The New York Times as “one of the finest conductors of her generation”, she serves as the Music Director of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and the Virginia Symphony Orchestra and Principal Guest Conductor of the Brevard Music Center. Ms. Falletta is invited to guest conduct many of the world’s finest symphony orchestras. Her upcoming guest conducting highlights include debuts in Belgrade (Serbia), Shenzhen China, Sweden, and a European tour with the Stuttgart Orchestra. Recent appearances include return engagements with the Warsaw, Detroit, Phoenix, Krakow, Puerto Rico and Hawaii Symphony Orchestras and debuts with the Gothenburg Symphony, Stuttgart Philharmonic, Belgrade Philharmonic, the Orchestra of St. Luke’s at Carnegie Hall, and a 13 city US tour with the Irish Chamber Orchestra and soloist James Galway. Falletta is the recipient of many of the most prestigious conducting awards including the Seaver/ National Endowment for the Arts Conductors Award, the coveted Stokowski Competition, and the Toscanini, Ditson and Bruno Walter Awards for conducting, as well as the American Symphony Orchestra League’s prestigious John S. Edwards Award. She is an ardent champion of music of our time, introducing over 500 works by American composers, including more than 110 world premieres. Hailing her as a “leading force for the music of our time”, she has been honored with twelve ASCAP awards. Ms. Falletta serves as a Member of the National Council on the Arts. Under her direction, the Buffalo Philharmonic is continuing its trajectory as one of the most recorded orchestras in America. During the 2013 – 14 season, Naxos released four new BPO CDs, Gliere’s Symphony No. 3, Tyberg’s Symphony No. 2, Duke Ellington’s Black, Brown, and Beige, and Gershwin’s Concerto in F, Rhapsody in Blue, Strike up the Band and Promenade. In 2014-15, Naxos plans to release two new BPO discs of the music of Bela Bartók and Florent Schmitt. The BPO released “Nordic Masters” and “Built for Buffalo” on its own Beau Fleuve label. Performance highlights include Bartók’s Bluebeard’s Castle with Dale Chihuly glass installations, a Charles Ives multimedia concert/ exploration, a fully staged Moliere Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme with the Irish Classical Theatre and Rachmaninoff and Beethoven Festivals. Since stepping up to the podium as Music Director of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra in the fall of 1999, Maestro Falletta has been credited with bringing the Philharmonic to a new level of national and international prominence. Under her direction, the Buffalo Philharmonic has become one of the leading orchestras for the Naxos label, earning a double Grammy Award in 2009 for their recording with soprano Hila Plitmann of John Corigliano’s “Mr. Tambourine Man,” and six Grammy nominations. This season, the BPO will once again be featured on national broadcasts of NPR’s Performance Today and SymphonyCast, and international broadcasts through the European Broadcasting Union. In addition to her current posts with the Buffalo Philharmonic, the Virginia Symphony and the Brevard Music Center, Ms. Falletta has held the positions of artistic advisor to the Honolulu Symphony, music director of the Long Beach Symphony Orchestra, associate conductor of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Principal Guest Conductor of the Phoenix Symphony, and music director of the Denver Chamber Orchestra, the Queens Philharmonic and the Women’s Philharmonic. From 2011 – 2014 she served as Principal Conductor of the Ulster Orchestra in Northern Ireland where she made her debut at London’s prestigious Proms with the orchestra in 2011 and also has made five recordings for Naxos including music of Gustav Holst, Irish composer Ernest John Moeran and American composer John Knowles Paine. Ms. Falletta received her undergraduate degree from the Mannes College of Music in New York and her master’s and doctorate degrees from The Juilliard School. 12 BUFFALO PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA STEFAN SANDERS, ASSOCIATE CONDUCTOR Montante Family Endowed Chair Stefan Sanders is an imaginative conductor, devoted educator and ardent champion of many types of music. He has collaborated with an array of distinguished artists such as violinist Gil Shaham, Fred Childs from public radio’s Performance Today, country sensation The Texas Tenors and the esteemed Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano, to name a few. Guest conducting engagements in the U.S and abroad include the San Antonio Symphony, Naples Philharmonic, Austin Symphony Orchestra, Symphoria (Syracuse, NY), Bohuslav Martinu Philharmonic (CZ), Austin Lyric Opera, Corpus Christi Opera and the Round Top International Festival Institute. Past positions have included Music Director and Conductor for the Round Rock Symphony (TX) where he attracted much praise for innovative programming, new venues and collaborations with local arts organizations, attracting broader audiences and redefining the orchestra’s role in its community, Assistant Conductor for the Austin Symphony Orchestra, Music Director of the University Orchestra at the University of Texas at Austin and Apprentice Conductor for the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra. Prior to a career as a conductor, Sanders was an internationally renowned trombonist, having performed as a soloist in the United States, Asia and Europe. His performance of Eric Ewazen’s Concerto for Bass Trombone and Orchestra, with the Czech Philharmonic, can be heard on the Albany Records label. Sanders was a member of the Buffalo Philharmonic’s trombone section for seven seasons and has performed with several orchestras including the New York Philharmonic, Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Seattle Opera’s 2001 production of Wagner’s Ring Cycle and the Florida Orchestra. Mr. Sanders was also invited by Sir Elton John to play in the orchestra for his Radio City Music Hall concerts in 2004 recorded for the Bravo Television Network. Beginning formal conducting studies at the University of Texas at Austin, Mr. Sanders continued his studies as a fellow at the American Academy of Conducting at Aspen under the tutelage of maestros Robert Spano, Larry Rachleff and Hugh Wolff. He is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin and the Juilliard School.

13 HISTORY OF THE BUFFALO PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA As Buffalo’s cultural ambassador, the Grammy Award-winning Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra under Music Director JoAnn Falletta presents more than 120 Classics, Pops, Rock, Family and Youth concerts each year. After the rise and fall of several forerunners, the BPO was founded in 1935, performing most often at the Elmwood Music Hall, which was located at Elmwood Ave. and Virginia St., and demolished in 1938 as its permanent home, Kleinhans Music Hall, was constructed. During the Great Depression, the orchestra was initially supported by funds from the Works Progress Administration and the Emergency Relief Bureau. Over the decades, the orchestra has matured in stature under outstanding conductors including William Steinberg, Josef Krips, Lukas Foss, Michael Tilson Thomas, Maximiano Valdes, Semyon Bychkov and Julius Rudel. The orchestra has welcomed many distinguished guest performers, such as Isaac Stern, Aaron Copland, Van Cliburn, Igor Stravinsky, Renee Fleming and Yo-Yo Ma. During the tenure of JoAnn Falletta, who has served as music director since 1998, the BPO has rekindled its history of radio broadcasts and recordings, including the release of 32 new CDs. The BPO’s Naxos recording of composer John Corigliano’s “Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems of Bob Dylan,” won two Grammys. Their recordings are heard on classical radio worldwide.

HISTORY OF KLEINHANS MUSIC HALL Since 1940, the orchestra’s home has been Kleinhans Music Hall, which enjoys an international reputation as one of the finest concert halls in the world due to its superb acoustics. Kleinhans Music Hall was built thanks to the generosity and vision of Edward and Mary Seaton Kleinhans and the stewardship of their charitable dreams by the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo, and the support of the federal government. The Community Foundation was bequeathed the estates of Mr. and Mrs. Kleinhans, who made their fortune from the clothing store that bore their name, and who died within three months of each other in 1934. The Public Works Administration, an agency of the New Deal, provided crucial funding that made it possible to complete the hall. The Kleinhans, who were music lovers, specified their money was to be used “to erect a suitable music hall…for the use, enjoyment and benefit of the people of the City of Buffalo.” The BPO performed at Kleinhans Music Hall’s official opening on Oct. 12, 1940, under the baton of Franco Autori. Kleinhans Music Hall was designed by the Finnish father-and-son team of Eliel and Eero Saarinen, along with architects F.J. and W.A Kidd. Kleinhans is known for its combination of graceful structural beauty and extraordinary acoustics. Eliel Saarinen’s aim was to create “an architectural atmosphere…so as to tune the performers and the public alike into a proper mood of performance and receptiveness, respectively.” In 1989, the hall was designated a National Historic Landmark, the highest designation of significance a site or structure can receive. Kleinhans is owned by the City of Buffalo but run by a separate 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation. Its Board of Directors is: Chris Brown, chair; Mary Ann Kresse; Cindy Abbott Letro, Karen Arrison, Bob Skerker; Wayne Wisbaum, chair emeritus; Byron Brown, Mayor of the City of Buffalo; David Rivera, Niagara District Councilmember, City of Buffalo; and Stephen Stepniak, of the City of Buffalo Department of Public Works. 14 BUFFALO PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

JOANN FALLETTA, MUSIC DIRECTOR Angelo and Carol Fatta Endowed Chair STEFAN SANDERS, ASSOCIATE CONDUCTOR Montante Family Endowed Chair FIRST VIOLIN BASS TRUMPET Amy Glidden Daniel Pendley Alex Jokipii assoc. concertmaster principal principal Louis P. Ciminelli Family Foundation Garman Family Foundation Geoffrey Hardcastle Chair Endowed Chair Philip Christner Ansgarius Aylward Brett Shurtliffe asst. concertmaster assoc. principal TROMBONE Marylouise Nanna Michael Nigrin Jonathan Lombardo2 Douglas Cone John Haas principal Deborah Greitzer Makoto Michii Timothy Smith Frances Kaye Edmond Gnekow Diana Sachs Jonathan Borden BASS TROMBONE Alan Ross Jeffrey Dee Melanie Haas FLUTE Andrea Blanchard-Cone Christine Lynn Bailey Loren Silvertrust principal TUBA Megan Prokes Linda Greene Don Harry Natalie Debikey Scanio principal SECOND VIOLIN PICCOLO Antoine Lefebvre TIMPANI Natalie Debikey Scanio principal Matthew Bassett Jacqueline Galluzzo OBOE principal assoc. principal * Dinesh Joseph Joseph Peters asst. principal Richard Kay Brian Greene* Jeffrey Jones Anna Mattix Frances Morgante PERCUSSION Donald McCrorey ENGLISH HORN Mark Hodges Robert Prokes Anna Mattix principal Amy Licata Dinesh Joseph Dmitry Gerikh CLARINET Diane Melillo John Fullam HARP Shieh-Jian Tsai principal Suzanne Thomas Patti DiLutis principal VIOLA Salvatore Andolina Valerie Heywood principal E-FLAT CLARINET MUSIC LIBRARY Natalie Piskorsky Patti DiLutis Patricia Kimball assoc. principal principal librarian Matthew Phillips BASS CLARINET Travis Hendra Kate Holzemer & SAXOPHONE associate librarian Janz Castelo Salvatore Andolina Ning-ning Jin STAGE MANAGERS Zachary Collins BASSOON Richard George Glenn Einschlag Master Property Person CELLO principal IATSE local 10 Maxwell Pipinich Roman Mekinulov Charles Gill Martha Malkiewicz principal Assistant Property Person Jane D. Baird Endowed Chair CONTRABASSOON IATSE local 10 Feng Hew Martha Malkiewicz assoc. principal Nancy Anderson FRENCH HORN Monte Hoffman1 Jacek Muzyk Robert Hausmann principal 1 Chair dedicated to the memory David Schmude Kay Koessler Endowed Chair Amelie Fradette Daniel Kerdelewicz of Maer Bunis 2 Chair dedicated to the memory assoc. principal of Scott Parkinson Daniel Sweeley * Jay Matthews = Temporary Appointment Duane Saetveit 15 16

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Friday, April 17, 2015 at 10:30 AM Saturday, April 18, 2015 at 8:00 PM BPO POPS THE GLENN MILLER ORCHESTRA Nick Hilscher, conductor and vocalist Natalie Angst, vocalist The Moonlight Serenaders Moonlight Serenade Cherokee Tuxedo Junction Now I Know A String Of Pearls Get Me to the Church On Time Just Imagine Little Brown Jug Begin The Beguine Long Ago and Far Away September in the Rain Chattanooga Choo Choo Poinciana The American Patrol INTERMISSION Over There I've Got you Under My Skin Pennsylvania 6-5000 I Know Why Love Me or Leave Me Summertime (I've Got a Gal in) Kalamazoo In The Mood Moonlight Serenade

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Patrons are asked to turn off all cell phones, pagers and signal watches. The use of cameras and recording devices is strictly prohibited. 19 GLENN MILLER & THE GLENN MILLER ORCHESTRA Glenn Miller was born on March 1, 1904, in Clarinda, Iowa. The first Glenn Miller Orchestra, formed in 1937, was a financial failure. In March 1938, he launched his second band, and unlike the first band, it became an enormous success, with multiple hit records and huge box office sales. In 1941, Glenn Miller and his Orchestra had more hit records in one year, including “A String of Pearls,” than anybody in the history of the recording industry. Although other songs had sold over a million record copies, Miller’s 1941 recording of “Chattanooga Choo Choo” received the first Gold Record ever awarded. Back in the days of the big band era of the forties, any dance band worth its salt had a distinctive theme song. The theme of Glenn Miller and his Orchestra was the beautiful “Moonlight Serenade,” and it is still the signature tune of the Glenn Miller Orchestra. Miller originally wrote the music of the song as an exercise for a course in arranging. He composed it long before he organized his band, when he was a trombonist and arranger with Ray Noble’s band. Today, it is considered a pop music standard. At the height of its popularity, Miller disbanded his musical organization in 1942 to volunteer for the army. He then organized the famous Glenn Miller Army Air Force Band. On December 15, 1944, Major Glenn Miller took off in a single engine plane from England – against his better judgment – to precede his band to France, never to be seen again. The army declared him dead one year later. Due to popular demand, the Miller Estate authorized the formation of the present Glenn Miller Orchestra in 1956. They have been on the road longer and more continuously than any other Big Band. They cover over a 100,000 miles a year, working most every night for 48 weeks out of every 52: nearly 300 playing dates, performing for more than a half million people annually. The “Road Book” carried by the Glenn Miller Orchestra contains more than 300 charts, many of them out of the original library. The complete library totals over 1,700 compositions including all of the original charts from both the civilian band and the Army Air Force Band. It features contributions from many fine arrangers including Bill Finegan, Jerry Gray, Billy May, Mort Lindsay, Deane Kinkaide, Joe Cribari, and Dave Wolpe. The Glenn Miller Orchestra has always been very musical, disciplined, and visually entertaining. And it has its own distinctive “sound.” That sound is created by the clarinet holding the melodic line, doubled or coupled with the tenor sax playing the same notes; and the harmonies produced by three other saxophones, while growling trombones and wailing trumpets add their oo-ahs. It is now more than 75 years since Glenn Miller first succeeded with the Orchestra, which still bears his name. Except for a few years following his disappearance, Glenn’s orchestra and music have been heard around the world continuously since 1938. 20 BUFFALO PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA NICK HILSCHER, CONDUCTOR AND VOCALIST A native of Atlanta, Georgia, Nick Hilscher began his professional career in his teens. His early musical influences were Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, Frank Sinatra, Glenn Miller, and Tommy Dorsey. A piano student of Atlanta’s Harris Wheeler, Hilscher continued his studies at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama. He was awarded runner-up in the 1997 Alabama Collegiate Artists Piano Competition. He graduated from Samford University in the spring of 2000 with a degree in piano performance. In 1998, he became the featured male vocalist with the Glenn Miller Orchestra, and took a year off from college to work with them. After earning his degree, he returned to sing with the Glenn Miller Orchestra. His touring has taken him to all fifty states, Canada, Mexico, Europe, South America, and Japan. He is featured on several albums with the Glenn Miller Orchestra. He sang with the Glenn Miller Orchestra until February 2005, when he left to pursue a solo career. In 2005, he was the featured vocalist for a 100th birthday celebration of Tommy Dorsey with the Juilliard Jazz Orchestra. He was also the featured vocalist with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra on a cruise celebrating Tommy Dorsey’s 100th birthday. He continued in that role after the cruise and became director after the death of the legendary Buddy Morrow. His first performance as music director of the Glenn Miller Orchestra was on January 12, 2012. NATALIE ANGST, VOCALIST While growing up in Vacaville, California, Natalie Angst followed in her sister’s footsteps and started performing in musical theatre as a toddler. As her artistic passions developed, she started playing cello at age 5, in addition to taking acting and modeling classes. Eventually, all of these talents were recognized through musical theatre awards, cello performances on CDs, acting jobs in television commercials and movies, and professional modeling for the prestigious FORD agency. As a teenager, her love for classics from the 1930s and 1940s swing era, developed and grew. As a member of The Honeybee Trio, a vocal group who drew musical inspiration from The Andrews Sisters, Glenn Miller, and other artists from the World War II era, she performed professionally throughout the San Francisco Bay Area from the trio’s beginnings in October 2008 through February 2014. During that time, their fan base expanded internationally, and they performed with the California Pops Orchestra and sang the national anthem at a San Francisco Giants home game. In 2013, they were invited to sing at the Glenn Miller Birthplace Society festival held annually in Clarinda, Iowa. At this festival, The Honeybee Trio first heard the Glenn Miller Orchestra live, a life-altering experience for all of them...especially Natalie, who joined the Glenn Miller Orchestra on March 2, 2014. To learn more about The Honeybee Trio, visit www.honeybeetrio.com 21 Stergios CUSTOM TAILORING

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Sunday, April 19, 2015 at 2:30 PM BPO KIDS DR. SEUSS MEETS THE BPO! Stefan Sanders, conductor Leah Wietig, soprano Celina Rose Velasquez, child soprano Thomas Owen, narrator

ROBERT KAPILOW Green Eggs and Ham LORENZO PALOMO The Sneetches

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23 LEAH WIETIG, SOPRANO A graduate of Crane School of Music at SUNY Potsdam, Leah (Schneider) Wietig performed with the Crane Opera Ensemble in such productions as The Mikado, The Threepenny Opera, and Orpheus and the Underworld. In Buffalo, Wietig has performed with O’Connell and Company, Alleyway Theater, and Opera Sacra. She made her solo debut in 2007 singing with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra inHansel and Gretel and has returned to the BPO as a guest soloist for the concert Poulenc to Puccini and excerpts from Faust at Shea’s Performing Arts Center. She performs on a regular basis with the BPO as a soloist and narrator for their education program. She has also performed with the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra singing Bach’s Magnificat. She teaches private voice lessons at her studio, Main Stage Studios. She also owns and operates New Buffalo Productions with her husband, Chris. NBP produced Jason Robert Brown’s musical The Last Five Years and brought Brown to Buffalo to conduct a youth master class. Wietig has taught for Camp Broadway, The Academy of Theatre Arts, Arts in Education Institute and most recently, Nardin Academy. CELINA ROSE VELASQUEZ, CHILD SOPRANO Celina is a 5th grader at Potters Road Elementary School. She is a singer, pianist, actor and dancer. Most recently Celina played the role of Veruca Salt in her school’s production of Willy Wonka Kids. This past Christmas she played an orphan and sang a solo in Trinity United Methodist Church’s production of A Time for Christmas. Celina has sung the National Anthem multiple times including performing at Batavia Downs Casino and Raceway and Salvatore’s Italian Gardens. Celina takes dance classes at Dance Spectrum. She also studies piano and voice with Leah Wietig. She is excited to be making her debut with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra. TOM OWEN, NARRATOR Tom is no stranger to the Buffalo Philharmonic stage. He has been seen in the productions of “The Music Man” as Mayor Shinn and in “Kiss Me Kate” as Baptista. He has also narrated “The Carnival of Animals,” “The Little Engine That Could,” and “Red Robin.” He is also no stranger to the Buffalo theater scene having performed on the stages of Artpark, Kavinoky, MusicalFare, Alleyway and Theatre of Youth. Tom has also performed on stages throughout the United States. Some of his favorite roles include Captain/ Hennessey, “Dames at Sea;” Innkeeper, “Man of LaMancha;” and Sir Evelyn, “Anything Goes.” Tom is also a 3 time Artie Award winner as Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Musical for Charlemagne, “Pippin;” Vincent VanRhine, “Eat TV;” and Caldwell B. Cladwell, “Urinetown.” Musical revues include: “Closer Than Ever;” “Side by Side by Sondheim;” “A Grand Night for Singing;” “Cole;” “Starting Here, Starting Now;” and “The World Goes Round.” Tom will soon be seen on the stage of the Kavinoky Theater in the musical “She Loves Me.” 24 BUFFALO PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

Friday, April 24, 2015 at 10:30 AM Saturday, April 25, 2015 at 8:00 PM

NA ZDROWIE POLAND! JoAnn Falletta, conductor Jacek Muzyk, french horn Yoonie Han, piano

MIECZYSLAW Symphonic Prologue to KARLOWICZ The White Dove, Op. 6

KRZYSZTOF Concerto for Horn and PENDERECKI Orchestra, “Winterreisse” Jacek Muzyk, french horn

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FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN Concerto No. 1 in E minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 11 I. Allegro maestoso II. Romanze III. Rondo Yoonie Han, piano

Musically Speaking sponsored by Patrons are asked to turn off all cell phones, pagers and signal watches. The use of cameras and recording devices is strictly prohibited. 25 JACEK MUZYK, FRENCH HORN Jacek Muzyk, born in Krakow, Poland, began studying French Horn at age 18 and graduated with a master’s degree from the Academy of Music in Krakow. Muzyk earned his second master’s degree at the Mannes College of Music in New York City under David Jolley. He continued his education at the Juilliard School of Music under William Purvis and at Rice University under William VerMeulen. Muzyk returned to Poland and worked with top Polish orchestras, including Sinfonia Varsovia, the National Philharmonic of Warsaw, Polish Radio Orchestra, and the Krakow Philharmonic. In 1999, he was nominated Principal Horn for Krystian Zimerman’s Polish Festival Orchestra, the elite group of Poland’s finest musicians that toured Europe and the United States with more than 40 performances of Chopin’s concertos. The tour won numerous accolades, including a Grammy Award. In 2002, Muzyk moved to the United States, where he played with the Houston Grand Opera and Dallas Symphony before being appointed Principal Horn with the Buffalo Philharmonic. He made guest appearances with the Chicago Symphony, the Houston Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony, Saint Louis Symphony, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra and orchestras in the US, Asia, Europe, and South America, often as soloist. Muzyk has given masterclasses and recitals throughout all habitable continents. His solo recordings for the Polish Radio label include Mozart’s Concertos (including all concertos); Bach Music for French Horn (Cello Suites 1, 2, and 3); and Horn Constellation (Muzyk plays a duet with his son Michal in one of the selections). After winning the Associate Principal Horn position with the Houston Symphony and performing there for a year, Muzyk returned to Buffalo and continues as Principal Horn for the BPO. He recently earned a doctoral degree from the Academy of Music in Krakow.

YOONIE HAN, PIANO Praised for her “flowing tones, poetic phrasing and heavenly singing melodies” (Cincinnati Enquirer) and her “musical imagination and feel for complex textures” (Washington Post), South Korean pianist Yoonie Han has won top prizes in distinguished international competitions and the highest accolades for her performances. In 2009, she won South Korea’s Gawon Music Award as the “most brilliant pianist aged 17 to 31 of any nationality who possesses the most promising potential for global prominence.” She won first prize in the Washington International Piano Competition (2011), the Fulbright Concerto Competition (2011), Juilliard’s Gina 26 BUFFALO PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

Bachauer International Piano Competition (2008), the Cincinnati World Piano Competition (2008) and the Kosciuszko Foundation National Chopin Competition (2005). Following her 2001 grand-prize victory in the Korea National Music Competition, she was named “most promising young artist” by the Korean Ministry of Culture. Having made her solo debut with the Seoul Philharmonic at age 13, Han has since performed with the Berlin Symphoniker, Helsinki Philharmonic, Houston Philharmonic, Banff Festival Orchestra and I Pomeriggi Musicali in Milan under such conductors as Leif Segerstam, Philippe Entremont and Lior Shambadal. She has played at Alice Tully Hall, Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center, Frick Collections, Berlin Philharmonie, the Salle Cortot in Paris, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam and Se-Jong Performing Arts Center in Korea. Her performances have aired on WQXR-New York, Chicago’s WFMT and NPR’s “Artist Showcase” series. Han received her bachelor’s degree from the Curtis Institute, studying with Eleanor Sokoloff, and master’s degree from the Juilliard School as a student of Robert McDonald. She is pursuing her doctorate at SUNY Stony Brook and studying with Philippe Entremont. Yoonie Han is a Steinway Artist. ALEXANDRA PREUCIL, GUEST CONCERTMASTER Alexandra Preucil was appointed Assistant Concertmaster of the Cleveland Orchestra in April 2013 and has been a member of the violin section since 2008. Preucil graduated from the Cleveland Institute of Music with a bachelor’s degree in music and a minor in dance. While in school, she held the position of Assistant Concertmaster with the Akron Symphony Orchestra and the Canton Symphony Orchestra and was a member of the Svanito Quartet. Preucil was selected to be in the Cleveland Institute of Music’s Young Artist Program, during which time she was concertmaster of the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra. Preucil has appeared as soloist and chamber musician with ensembles around the world. She has performed at summer festivals, including The Mainly Mozart Festival, The Highlands-Cashiers Chamber Music Festival, The Festival der Zukunft, The Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival, and Music From Angel Fire. In addition to performing as a member of the Orchestra, Preucil is active in teaching and community education programs and serves as Music Artistic Advisor to the Cleveland Ballet.

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27 PROGRAM OVERVIEW: This weekend we pay tribute to Poland’s beautiful musical legacy, and also celebrate the vibrant Polish community of Buffalo and western New York. Music of Chopin- the incomparable poet of the piano- is front and center, with the brilliant pianist Yoonie Han making her Kleinhans debut. We are also proud to feature our own star, principal hornist Jacek Muzyk, as he performs a concerto by his country’s greatest living composer, Krzysztof Penderecki. Karlowicz’s haunting Music for the White Dove will introduce you to another of Poland’s treasured composers. And I will “give away a surprise”- Yoonie has a special encore prepared in honor of our Polish-Americans in the audience. She will play the beloved Warsaw Concerto from the movie Dangerous Moonlight. Na Zdrowie!

PROGRAM NOTES Mieczyslaw featured a set of six evocative tone poems, Karlowicz including The White Dove, composed in Polish composer 1900 at age 24. and conductor Inspired by a play by Jozafat Nowinski, born: December 11, 1876, Karlowicz composed a rhapsodic canvas Wiszniewo, Lithuania in symphonic timbres. On the manuscript died: February 8, 1909, score, the composer provided a summary Tatra Mountains of the storyline, which also serves as a guide to the music. Set in Poland in the Middle Symphonic Prologue to “Bianca de Molena” Ages, the narrative has been translated for “The White Dove” these performances by BPO hornist Daniel Kerdelewicz. Allegro non troppo; Lento; Andante “Carlo Carraro, a knight-errant wandering These are the first performances of this work around the world under an alias of Jan du on the Classics series; duration 11 minutes Lieu, arrives in the city of Molena in order to fight for his right to the throne. At the Born in Lithuania, Mieczyslaw Karlowicz entrance of the city he hears a charming began his musical life with violin lessons song coming from the castle gardens. at age seven. His formative education Paying no attention to danger, he jumps initiated in Germany, and concluded at the over the fence to search for the woman Gorki School in Warsaw. Karlowicz then who is singing. He finds her, and the charm returned to Germany where he pursued of her grace arouses great passion in him. advanced instruction at the University of He does not know however that this is Berlin, studying violin with Florian Zajic and Princess Bianca. The moment he discovers composition with Heinrich Urban. During this, an abyss between them is revealed; as that time Karlowicz developed an affinity years ago Carraro had killed her brother for the fables and legends in the operas of in a duel and now he has arrived to fight Richard Wagner, and for the symbolic tone Bianca’s father. His love for Bianca triumphs. poems of Tchaikovsky and Richard Strauss. He enlists in the prince’s army and in the At Karlowitz’ tragic death from an accident war Carraro himself initiates, effectively on a hiking trip, his orchestral catalog fights himself. 28 BUFFALO PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

“Due to his bravery the battle is won but Krzysztof when the old prince discovers that his Penderecki savior is also the man who killed his son, Polish composer the prince curses and rejects Carraro. and conductor Bianca can not bear to be separated from born: November 23, 1933, her beloved knight and is overwhelmed Debica, Poland to know he was the one who killed her brother. She dies of a broken heart. Carraro declines his right to the throne, and gives Horn Concerto “Winterreise” his fortune away to the indigent. He gives orders to erect a marble monument of These are the first performances of this work Bianca with Christ holding a white dove on the Classics series; duration 18 minutes above her.” Krzysztof Penderecki is one of the most Karlowicz opens the curtain in a grand, renowned composers of our time. He tonal-poetic manner. And while the initial arrived on the scene just as the avant-garde scene painting looks briefly to Wagner, began its exciting and controversial trek the nature of the music reveals a kinship through the wild and woolly 1960s. Few to the picturesque modes of story ballet composers were so agile as Penderecki from the late, 19th-century. The curtain to appropriate modern modes, manners rises with an orchestral flourish, conjuring and techniques into a personal ‘signature the lofty aspirations of Carlo Carraro. In style’ in the ever-expanding universe of turn, emotive phrases from the woodwinds new music. Over three or four decades, his and strings suggest an evolving love motif, scores eventually found an identity in the made urgent by resounding brass. But in domain known as Neo-Romanticism. deft and subtle turns, the score reveals the emerging heartache of Princess Bianca and With regard to formal training, Penderecki’s her father. Deeply cast timbres leave no advanced studies on the violin and doubt as to the coming denouement. For composition were completed at the the closing vignette, celestial shimmers in renowned Krackow Academy, where his the woodwinds and strings, and lamenting primary teachers in composition were Artur Malawski and Stanislaw Wiechowicz. colors in the horns convey the hovering Penderecki later became the director of white dove in pristine A major. the Academy, a position he held for fifteen As an aside about the nature and style of years. He also served on the faculty of Yale Karlowicz’s settings, a brief digression is University in the mid-1970s. The composer’s worthy: The artistic heritage of Eastern catalog includes more than 30 large, choral Europe has two distinct and very opposite settings on biblical themes and text from the sides - one marked by sheer joy and Latin liturgy, as well as about 50 works for exalted beauty, the other replete with orchestra, including diverse concertos for regret and sorrow, even remorse. The violin, viola, cello, piano, flute and horn. The dichotomy can be found everywhere - in latter, featured on this BPO program, was legends, painting, literature, theater, ballet completed in 2008. and opera. On the lighter side, there are Your devoted annotator had the good fortune many national legends and folk tales that to meet maestro Penderecki some years are full of zest and bright energy. But ago at the Warsaw Autumn Festival. He was sometimes the darker side gets prime altogether gracious and deeply serious about time. For example, composer Franz Liszt the greater mission of music as a means of described the inscrutable Żal of the Polish personal expression in our vastly complicated spirit, where even the happiest and most world. For local reference, the Buffalo lovely moments are tempered by a sense Philharmonic was the first major orchestra of ‘the inevitable.’ to record Penderecki’s music with the 1968 29 Nonesuch release of De Natura Sonoris and horn react in such a way that the two tones Capriccio, conducted by Lukas Foss. mix and generate additional tones, known as ‘combination tones’. The result is a remarkable Penderecki’s Horn Concerto carries a cryptic chord of several notes, all harmonically caption: “Winterreise” (Winter Journey), the related and all sounded at once.” very famous title of the great song cycle by Franz Schubert. Given the immense celebrity of Schubert’s masterwork, Penderecki surely Frédéric Chopin knew that such a title would require an Polish-French composer explanation. But like Brahms, Mahler and and pianist many others, he declines to acknowledge born: March 1, 1810, the doubtless connection. In any case, the near Warsaw; answer derives from the music itself, scored died: October 17, 1849, as a flowing, rhapsodic narrative. Indeed, an Paris itinerary is at hand, marked Passacaglia (an ancient Spanish dance from the Baroque Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 11 Age, followed by variations). We note that Allegro maestoso Penderecki’s use of the ancient term is Romance: Larghetto unusual here, in that a particular, main theme Rondo: Vivace is not possible to define in the conventional sense. It seems that, serving as metaphor, First Classics performance: December the term Passacaglia reflects a continuing 13, 1938, with pianist Rosina Lhevinne, evolution rather than specific variations. conducted by Franco Autori; most recent The tour begins with hazy, distant timbres performance: October 5, 2003, with pianist from the orchestra. Natural, open intervals Horacio Gutiérrez, conducted by JoAnn Falletta; duration 35 minutes in the horns convey a primitive ambiance before the solo horn enters in the ‘Helden Born near Warsaw of a Polish mother and a horn’ style (heroic horn calls, made famous French father, Chopin’s exceptional gift was by Wagner and Richard Strauss). The nuance spotted very early on. However, his family and of the music may remind some listeners of teachers decided that the young genius would another well-known travelog from Wagner’s not be exploited in the manner of the child Ring cycle, i.e. the ‘Rhine Journey’ which Mozart, to whom he was often compared. Yet recalls both the soaring Valkyries on high all of Warsaw understood that its enfant chérie and Sigfried’s horn signals on terra firma. would one day depart for the artistic capitals Apart from those reference points, of Europe. Frédéric also knew it would not be Penderecki offers an adventurous journey for enough to reach out as a keyboard virtuoso the solo horn, with brief show-case cadenzas - he would also be expected to present along the way. The concerto is ‘through- new music by his own hand, like Mozart and composed’ in one continuous movement. Beethoven before him. Thus he scored and premiered two piano concertos during 1829- Our soloist is the BPO’s principal hornist, 30, his final year at home. Written at the age of Jacek Muzyk, who remarks: nineteen, they would be the only concertos to “Penderecki’s Horn Concerto is written to emerge from his lyrical pen. (A curious detail, highlight virtually every possible character as in the case of Beethoven’s first two piano and technique of the French horn. In concertos: the numbering of the concertos addition to many lyrical moments, he also was inverted because they were published in features three or four brief cadenzas. One reverse order.) of them calls for the technique known as But with regard to the real purpose behind “multiphonics,” in which a player produces the new concertos, cherchez la femme: one note while ‘singing’ or vocalizing another Chopin had fallen hopelessly in love with pitch at the same time. The acoustics of the a beautiful and gifted young soprano, 30 BUFFALO PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

Constantia Gladowska, a fellow student at the to cast a mystic spell - the wordless poetry of Warsaw Conservatory. In letters to his friends Frédéric Chopin. the composer admitted that the concertos After completing the work, Frédéric wrote to were scored as secret valentines for his a friend: “My concerto is finished and I feel like desiderata - as he had yet to find the courage to present himself to her in person. He wrote: a novice, just as I felt before I knew anything of the keyboard. It is far too original, and I shall “Perhaps to my own misfortune I have already end up by not being able to learn it myself.” found my ideal, whom I worship faithfully and sincerely. Six months have elapsed, and About the central Romance, the composer I haven’t yet exchanged a syllable with her added: of whom I dream every night - she who was “In a calm and melancholy manner, the music doubly in mind when I composed the second reflects the impression one receives when the movement.” eye rests on a beloved landscape that calls up Despite all this most historians infer that Chopin in one’s soul beautiful memories - for instance never returned to the concerto form because on a fine moonlit spring night. I have written he found his preferred style in works for solo for violins with mutes as an accompaniment to piano - the Nocturnes, Ballades, Mazurkas, it. I wonder if that will have a good effect. Well, Waltzes, etc. But given the composer’s Byronic time will show.” disposition, Chopin most likely never returned Given the lyricism of this music and Chopin’s to the concerto form just as he never returned own commentary, it is impossible to avoid to his beloved Poland - and as he could never reference to the elegant Nocturnes, return to his beloved Constantia. The pair composed in his Paris years under the inspired eventually became friends, although, with gaze of another yet another woman, the her feet on the ground, the young debutante French authoress George Sand. married a Warsaw businessman not long after. But until his untimely death, Frederic kept her Marked Vivace, the finalRondo is charged with letters hidden among his personal effects. the energy of a spirited dance, and fanciful Bundled in a small packet, they were found virtuosity is required from the soloist at every neatly tied with a ribbon, in his own hand titled turn. It should also be noted that Chopin’s - ‘My Sorrow.’ own keyboard style was often reviewed to be exceedingly refined and light in touch, Although Opus 11 begins with an upper-case accounting in part for the feather-weight Romantic theme, its harmonic and rhythmic ambiance which pervades the orchestral structures are essentially classical. A long writing. orchestral introduction offers a traditional scheme until the solo piano enters and begins program notes by Edward Yadzinski

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Friday, May 1, 2015 at 8:00 PM THE MUSIC OF MICHAEL JACKSON Martin Herman, conductor Justin Avery, keyboards James Delisco, lead singer Eldon Sully, guitar Felicia Barton, singer Bob Habib, drums Kelli Reisen, singer Wes Smith, bass PROGRAM TO BE ANNOUNCED FROM THE STAGE

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Patrons are asked to turn off all cell phones, pagers and signal watches. The use of cameras and recording devices is strictly prohibited. MARTIN HERMAN, CONDUCTOR Martin Herman has appeared as guest conductor with symphony orchestras in North America, Europe, Australia, and Canada. His most recent engagements include the Buffalo Philharmonic and the Ft. Worth Symphony Orchestra with Windborne’s “Music of the Rolling Stones” and “Music of the Eagles.” He recently guest-conducted Das Sinfonie Orchester Berlin at the Berlin Philharmonie Kammermusiksaal and continues as music director and arranger for “Classical Mystery Tour” in recent performances with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra in the Sydney Opera House, Seattle Symphony, Detroit Symphony, North Carolina Symphony, Long Beach Symphony, Vancouver Symphony, San Diego Symphony, and Florida Orchestra. Herman also served as music director and conductor with Downtown Opera in Long Beach, California, conducting premieres of new operas in the U.S. and the Czech Republic. In the fall of 2009, he was conductor and music director at LaMaMa Theatre in New York City where he led performances of his one-act opera, “The Doctor,” based on Chekhov short stories. He has served as assistant conductor with the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players and conductor of the Berkeley Young Musicians Program Orchestra and U.C. Berkeley Summer Orchestra. Additionally, Herman has conducted several orchestra crossover projects in Amsterdam and Berlin. Herman studied conducting and composition at Duke University, University of Pennsylvania, and University of California, Berkeley and spent two years in Paris, France on a Fulbright Grant and U.C. Berkeley Ladd Prix de Paris where he worked as conductor and composer with the “New American Music in Europe” and “American Music Week” festivals. He has received recognition for his work in the promotion of international cultural exchange from the Trust for Mutual Understanding, New York City. 33 JAMES DELISCO, LEAD SINGER James Delisco recently returned to Windborne’s ‘Music of Michael Jackson’ symphonic tour across the U.S., Canada, and Asia, headlining as the late ‘King of Pop’ Michael Jackson. Delisco, a 5-octave countertenor who sings most of MJ’s songs in their original key, also takes on the moves of MJ with his own flair. Delisco is a guest entertainer on Celebrity Cruise lines, Royal Caribbean and others. His one-man show, “Legends of Music,” takes the audience on a journey of great music by such artists as Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, and Sammy Davis Jr. He is currently recording an EP, with a website launch and single release later this year. His debut at the Las Vegas Hilton launched a run of Vegas performances. He made his reality television debut on E! Network’s 2005 series “The Entertainer,” hosted by Wayne Newton. Delisco won the title of “The Entertainer,” competing with nine other contestants from a pool of over 25,000. As an international entertainer and producer, Delisco orchestrated his nine- member band FunkyDeep in Macau, which still performs at the Venetian Macau Resort in the Bellini Lounge. He also produced Delisco & FunkyDeep in Singapore in the summer of 2010 and Macao, China in the fall of 2008 and 2009. Formerly a principal in the Broadway hit “Aida” in the role of Mereb, Delisco also starred on Broadway in 1997 in “Smokey Joe’s Cafe.” He was featured in the Broadway hit musical “Ragtime” in 1998. In 2009, he completed the U.S. national tour with “Jesus Christ Superstar,” as Judas Iscariot.

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Saturday, May 2, 2015 at 8:00 PM BPO POPS BOND AND BEYOND: 50 YEARS OF 007 Michael Krajewski, conductor Debbie Gravitte, soprano JOHN BARRY/Jeff Tyzik The James Bond Theme JOHN BARRY/Wendell Smith Theme from From Russia with Love JOHN BARRY/Nic Raine Theme from You Only Live Twice JOHN BARRY/Nic Raine On Her Majesty's Secret Service/ A View to a Kill JOHN BARRY/Wendell Smith Theme from Diamonds Are Forever Debbie Gravitte, soprano DAVID ARNOLD/Don Black Theme from The World is Not Enough Debbie Gravitte, soprano JAMES STEPHENSON Concerto for Cell Phone DAVID ARNOLD/ Suite from Casino Royale and Gregory Prechel Quantum of Solace JOHN BARRY/Tim Berens Suite from Goldfinger Debbie Gravitte, soprano INTERMISSION SLOAN & BARRI/ "Secret Agent Man" Gregory Prechel Debbie Gravitte, soprano QUINCY JONES/Tim Berens "Soul Bossa Nova" (Theme from Austin Powers) STEPHEN SONDHEIM/ "Sooner or Later" from Dick Tracy Gregory Prechel Debbie Gravitte, soprano HENRY MANCINI "Inspector Clouseau Theme" from The Pink Panther THOMAS NEWMAN/ Suite from Skyfall Gregory Prechel ADKINS & EPWORTH/ Theme from Skyfall Wendell Smith Debbie Gravitte, soprano JOHN BARRY/Jeff Tyzik The Best of Bond Patrons are asked to turn off all cell phones, pagers and signal watches. The use of cameras and recording devices is strictly prohibited. 39 MICHAEL KRAJEWSKI, CONDUCTOR Known for his entertaining programs and humor, Michael Krajewski is Music Director of The Philly Pops and Principal Pops Conductor of the Houston, Atlanta and Jacksonville Symphonies. He has guest-conducted the Buffalo, Cleveland and Philadelphia Orchestras; the Boston and Cincinnati Pops; the Baltimore, Detroit, Seattle, Pittsburgh and National Symphonies, and numerous other orchestras across the United States. In Canada, he has led Ottawa’s National Arts Centre Orchestra, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Calgary Philharmonic, and the Winnipeg Symphony. Other international appearances include performances with Ireland’s Ulster Orchestra, the Hong Kong Philharmonic, Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra, the Iceland Symphony Orchestra and Spain’s Bilbao Symphony Orchestra. He conducted the video “Silver Screen Serenade” with violinist Jenny Oaks Baker that aired worldwide on BYU Broadcasting. He led the Houston Symphony on two holiday albums: Glad Tidings and Christmas Festival. Michael will return to the BPO in fall to conduct his original Sounds of Simon & Garfunkel program which has been well-received across North America. Other collaborative programs have included such artists as flutist James Galway, mezzo Marilyn Horne, and pop artists Jason Alexander, Roberta Flack, Judy Collins, Art Garfunkel, Wynonna Judd, Ben Folds, Doc Severinsen, Patti Austin, Ann Hampton Callaway, The Chieftains, Pink Martini, Classical Mystery Tour, and The Midtown Men. Krajewski earned degrees from Wayne State University in Detroit and the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, and furthered his training at the Pierre Monteux Domaine School for Conductors. He was a Dorati Fellowship Conductor with the Detroit Symphony and later served as that orchestra’s assistant conductor. He was resident conductor of the Florida Symphony and was music director of the Modesto Symphony Orchestra for eleven years. He lives in Orlando, Florida with his wife Darcy. DEBBIE GRAVITTE, SOPRANO Debbie Gravitte has had a varied career, taking her from the Broadway stage to the symphony hall and points between. She won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for “Jerome Robbins’ Broadway,” along with a Drama Desk Award Nomination and the New York Showstopper Award. After making her Broadway debut in the original cast of “They’re Playing Our Song,” she went on to appear in “Perfectly Frank,” “Blues In The Night,” “Ain’t Broadway Grand,” “Zorba,” “Chicago,” and “Les Miserables.” She has appeared in the Encores series productions of “The Boys From Syracuse,” “Tenderloin,” and “Carnival” at New York’s City Center. 40 BUFFALO PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

She has sung with numerous orchestras, including The Cleveland Orchestra, Boston Pops, National Symphony (with Marvin Hamlish), and Atlanta, Pittsburgh, Utah, St. Louis, Houston and San Diego Symphonies. Overseas, she has sung with the London, Aalborg, Gotesborg, Jerusalem and Birmingham Symphonies; Stockholm and Munich Philharmonics; and Symphonica of Brazil. On television, she co-starred on the CBS series “Trial And Error” and NBC’S “Pursuit Of Happiness,” and starred in several specials for PBS, including “Live From The Kennedy Center,” “Boston Pops Celebrate Bernstein,” “Rodgers & Hart for Great Performances,” and Ira Gershwin’s 100th Birthday Celebration from London’s Royal Albert Hall and Carnegie Hall. She recently finished her latest CD, “Defying Gravity.” Other recordings include “Calamity Jane,” “Unsung Sondheim,” “Lucky Stiff,” “Miss Spectacular,” “Broadway Christmas,” “Miss Spectacular,” “Tenderloin,” and “Zorba.” She debuted with the New York City Ballet singing in Peter Martin’s “Thou Swell” at Lincoln Center. She appeared with Bette Midler in the Universal film, “Isn’t She Great?” and can be heard in Disney’s “The Little Mermaid.” Debbie is a proud and tired mother of three beautiful children.

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Sunday, May 3, 2015 at 2:30 PM CARNIVAL OF THE ANIMALS

DAY AT BPO Stefan Sanders, conductor Claudia Hoca, piano Matthew Prohaska, piano TBA, narrator STRAVINSKY Dance of the Firebird from The Firebird Suite (1919 revision) RIMSKY-KORSAKOV/Finck The Flight of the Bumble Bee ROSSINI Overture to William Tell GROFÉ On the Trail from Grand Canyon Suite SAINT-SAËNS Carnival of the Animals - Narration by Peter Schickele I. Introduction and Royal March of the Lion II. Hens and Roosters III. Horses of the Tartary (Fleet Animals) IV. Tortoises V. The Elephant IV. Kangaroos VII. Aquarium VIII. People With Long Ears IX. The Cuckoo in the Depths of the Forest X. Aviary XI. Pianists XII. Fossils XIII. The Swan XIV. Finale Claudia Hoca, piano Matthew Prohaska, piano Patrons are asked to turn off all cell phones, pagers and signal watches. The use of cameras and recording devices is strictly prohibited. 43 CLAUDIA HOCA, PIANO Claudia Hoca is a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, where her teachers included Eleanor Sokoloff and Mieczyslaw Horszowski. She has a Master’s Degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo, where she studied with Leo Smit. A Fulbright grant enabled her to return to her native Austria, where she pursued advanced studies under Bruno Seidlhofer. Hoca is the recipient of numerous awards, including top prizes in the Chopin Young Pianist Competition and the Washington International Bach Competition. While still a teenager, she appeared with the Boston Pops under Arthur Fiedler, the Philadelphia Orchestra, and the New York Philharmonic in a Young People’s Concert, broadcast live on network television. She has played over 20 different concertos with the Buffalo Philharmonic under conductors Semyon Bychkov, Christopher Keene, Kazuyoshi Akiyama, Hermann Michael, Carlos Kalmar, and Maximiano Valdes, among others. She has appeared in recital in the United States and abroad, and is much sought after as a chamber music collaborator. Her recordings include a premiere recording of the piano music of Leo Smit on the Spectrum label and two collaborations with Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York under the direction of Richard Kapp: Swiss composer Frank Martin’s Petite Symphonie Concertante and Poulenc’s Aubade, issued as an unedited live performance, both available on the Essay label. She is often seen on the Kleinhans stage as orchestral pianist with the BPO and has for the past four summers been the orchestral pianist of the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra.

MATTHEW PROHASKA, PIANO Matthew Prohaska was born in Buffalo, New York, and started his piano studies at age 6. In high school, he performed in ensembles as both a trumpet player and a pianist, and also held a part-time job as a vocal accompanist. However, he did not start serious piano study until meeting his current teacher, Claudia Hoca, in the summer of 2012. Matthew was a winner of the University of Rochester Concerto Competition, and performed Prokofiev’s First Piano Concerto with the UR Symphony Orchestra in April. He has also participated in workshops with Father Sean Duggan and Phyllis East. Matthew plans to return to the University of Rochester in the fall to continue his studies in chemical engineering and music. 44 BUFFALO PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

Tuesday, May 5, 2015 at 7:00 PM

BUFFALO PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA SIDE-BY-SIDE WITH THE BUFFALO ACADEMY FOR VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS Stefan Sanders, conductor

DUKAS The Sorcerer's Apprentice

JOHN WILLIAMS Harry's Wonderous World from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

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$1,000 - $4,999 Accounting Group of Western New York Ferguson Electric AXA Network Fox Run Orchard Park Bonadio Group Landmark Wealth Management Buffalo Dental Lawley Insurance Computer Task Group McGard Insurance Copper Bee Designs Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Curbell Medical Reid Group e3communications West Herr Auto Group Now is the time to invest in Buffalo. Now is the time to invest in the BPO. Please contact Wendy Diina, Associate Director of Development (716) 242-7826 | [email protected] 47 MEET A MUSICIAN: MAKOTO MICHII Music has taken Makoto Michii from Hokkaido to Buffalo, but it was hardly a straight line. The longtime BPO bassist began his career with Japan Philharmonic in Tokyo and was headhunted by Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra upon its 1963 inception. He performed with the noted Sogetsu New Direction contemporary music ensemble in Japan before winning a Fulbright Fellowship to perform with the University at Buffalo’s Center for Creative Performing Arts under Lukas Foss, who was also the BPO’s music director at the time. While in the United States, Michii was awarded the Koussevitzky Fellowship by Boston Symphony’s Summer Festival, and spent a summer performing in Tanglewood. He was honored with the Henry Cabot Prize, and was invited to join the Boston Symphony’s bass section. As he readied for his move to Boston, though, he ran into a snag. Due to his status as a Fulbright Scholar, he was unable to obtain permanent residency, which was required to accept the job. More trouble lay ahead: he received a letter warning that he could be deported. Foss assisted him with smoothing out his status, and a year and a half after the BSO’s offer, Michii joined the Buffalo Philharmonic and has been a dedicated member of the orchestra ever since. Offstage, Michii enjoys golf, downhill skiing, and reading Japanese novels in Japanese. He enjoys Buffalo for its four seasons, friendly people, and reasonable cost of living. Its proximity to international attractions such as Niagara Falls and Toronto allowed him to see visiting friends and family from Japan often. For nearly 40 years, he has also worked as a certified piano technician after learning the craft at the Chautauqua Institute. A mentor of his suggested finding a sideline to provide stable income during a financially troubled time for the orchestra, and Michii chose this line of work because he is mechanically gifted and because of its relation to music. He has found it to be beneficial to his performance career. “Through learning and doing the piano technology, I became a better musician for the reason that I grasp music more in totality. Piano as an instrument represents all the parts of symphony music. So I look at music in totality and then perform my part accordingly. Eventually, I came to know how important it is to know the ‘focused sound’ of each instrument of orchestra to convey the beauty of music to the audience,” Michii said. After more than 45 years with the orchestra, Michii still hopes to perform more works by Chopin, his favorite composer. He has especially enjoyed working with the various luminaries who have served as guest conductors of the BPO during his tenure, including Leonard Bernstein and Leopold Stokowski. His wife, Takako, is active in the Friends of the BPO and can be seen volunteering at many concerts and events. They have two grown sons, both engineers, and one grandchild. His advice to aspiring musicians is very simple. “Becoming a professional musician is not a matter of choice. If you have doubt whether or not, then do not even attempt. This is what great Leonard Bernstein said. I believe in it.”

48 BUFFALO PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA SPONSOR A MUSICIAN Guest concertmaster Natalie Piskorsky, Patti DiLutis, clarinet Sponsored by Clement and associate principal viola Sponsored by Dennis P. Quinn Karen Arrison Sponsored by Dr. Patricia and *Burt Notarius Salvatore Andolina, Ansgarius Aylward, clarinet/saxophone assistant concertmaster Matthew Phillips, viola Sponsored by Nancy L. Dowdell Sponsored Anonymously Sponsored by Mr. and Mrs. George G. Herbert Glenn Einschlag, bassoon Marylouise Nanna, first violin Sponsored by Dr. and Sponsored by El and Kate Holzemer, viola Mrs. Friedrich J. Albrecht Shell Schneiderman Sponsored by Ms. Cindy Abbott Letro and Mr. Francis M. Letro Martha Malkiewicz, Douglas Cone, first violin bassoon/contrabassoon Sponsored by Bradford Lewis, Ph.D. Janz Castelo, viola Sponsored by Frances L. Morrison Sponsored by Anthony J. and Diana Sachs, first violin Barbara Cassetta Duane Saetveit, french horn Sponsored by Gordon and Sponsored by Cheryl and Gretchen Gross Feng Hew, John Howe associate principal cello Alan Ross, first violin Sponsored by Kenneth Schmieder, Jay Matthews, french horn Sponsored by Anthony J. and in loving memory of Nancy L. Julian Sponsored by Philip H. Hubbell, in Carmela M. Colucci loving memory of Jayne T. Hubbell Monte Hoffman, cello Loren Silvertrust, first violin Sponsored by Mr. and Alex Jokipii, principal trumpet Sponsored by Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Skerker Sponsored by Nancy L. Dowdell Mrs. George F. Phillips, Jr. Robert Hausmann, cello Timothy Smith, trombone Megan Prokes, first violin Sponsored by Sally and Sponsored by Arthur W. and Sponsored in honor of Dr. Doreen Donald Dussing Elaine I. Cryer Rao by Sue Fay & Carl David Schmude, cello Jeffrey Dee, bass trombone Antoine Lefebvre, Sponsored by Jim and Sponsored by Edward N. Giannino, Jr. principal second violin Michal Wadsworth Sponsored by Dorothy Westhafer Matthew Bassett, timpani Amelie Fradette, cello Sponsored by Bonnie and Jacqueline Galluzzo, Sponsored by Ms. Cindy Abbott Nick Hopkins associate principal second violin Letro and Mr. Francis M. Letro Sponsored by Sandra and Dinesh Joseph, percussion Dennis McCarthy Brett Shurtliffe, Sponsored by Lynne Marie Finn, on associate principal bass behalf of Superior Group Richard Kay, second violin Sponsored by Mr. Bruce C. Baird and Sponsored by Joyce L. Wilson Mrs. Susan O’Connor-Baird *deceased

Jeffrey Jones, second violin Makoto Michii, bass Sponsored by Mr. and Sponsored by The Hicks Fund Mrs. George G. Herbert Christine Lynn Bailey, Diane Melillo, second violin principal flute Sponsored by Jack & Ellen Koessler Sponsored by Michael and Roberta Joseph Shieh-Jian Tsai, second violin Sponsored by Joyce L. Wilson Anna Mattix, oboe/english horn Sponsored by Bonnie and Valerie Heywood, Nick Hopkins principal viola Sponsored by Harriet B. Stewart* and John Fullam, principal clarinet Marie A. Marshall Sponsored by Roberta and Michael Joseph

To learn more about the Sponsor a Musician program, please contact Jesselyn Zailac at (716) 242-7899 or [email protected]. 49

BUFFALO PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA ANNUAL FUND The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra gratefully acknowledges contributions, grants and sponsorships received from the following individuals, corporations and foundations who gave $500 and above. While the thousands upon thousands of donors whose gifts ranged from $1 to $499 are too numerous to list here, we gratefully acknowledge those additional individuals, groups, companies and foundations who give to us so generously. Millonzi Society Maestro’s Circle Concertmaster Circle $150,000+ $10,000-$24,999 $5,000-$9,999 Anonymous (1) Anonymous (1) Ms. Cindy Abbott Letro Mrs. Vanda Albera Anonymous Dr. and Mrs. Fred Albrecht and Mr. Francis M. Letro The Cameron and Jane Baird Martin G. & Linda Anderson Sue Fay Allen & Carl Klingenschmitt Joan & Peter Andrews Foundation Mr. Charles Balbach Family Foundation The Reverend and Mrs. Peter Bridgford Andy T. Anselmo Louis P. Ciminelli Family Britton Trust Ansie Baird Buffalo Bills, Inc. Albert J. and Toni Baratto Foundation Anthony J. & Barbara Cassetta James and Linda Beardi The Robert & Patricia Colby Foundation James M. Beardsley & Ellen M. Gibson Carol & Angelo Fatta Arthur W. & Elaine Cryer Better Buffalo Fund at the Community Foundation for Jennifer Dowdell and Nancy Dowdell The John R. Oishei Greater Buffalo Sally & Don Dussing Mr. & Mrs. Hazard K. Campbell Foundation Bob & Doris Drago Mrs. Ann Cohn Members, Erie County Music Anthony J. and Carmela M. Colucci Educators Association Peter & Maria Eliopoulos Ms. JoAnn Falletta Mr. & Mrs. Warren E. Emblidge, Jr. & Mr. Robert Alemany Neil and Doris Farmelo $50,000-$149,999 Mr.* and Mrs. Peter B. Flickinger Lynne Marie Finn Clement & Karen Arrison The Foundation William & Marjorie* Gardner for Jewish Philanthropies Sarah Goodyear Brent D. Baird Patricia & William Frederick Gordon and Gretchen Gross Dick & Pat* Garman Charles J. Hahn* & Joy Rogers The Cullen Foundation George & Bodil Gellman The Hahn Family Foundation Ann & Gordon Getty Foundation Mr. Thomas J. Hanifin Mulroy Family Foundation Daniel & Barbara Hart Barbara W. Henderson Carlos and Elizabeth Heath Foundation The Hicks Fund John & Carolyn Yurtchuk Mr. and Mrs. George G. Herbert Monte Hoffman & Niscah Koessler Bonnie & Nick Hopkins David and Lucinda Hohn John & Cheryl Howe Mrs. L. Nelson Hopkins, Jr. Mr. Philip H. Hubbell, John J. and Maureen O. Hurley In memory of Jayne T. Hubbell Drs. Clement and Margot Ip $25,000-$49,999 Martha & Tom Hyde Mr. and Mrs. Philip C. Kadet The Seymour H. Knox Ms. Ellen Koessler Mr. and Mrs. Brian D. Baird Foundation, Inc. John W. & Mary M. John W. Koessler, III Koessler Foundation Mr. Bruce C. Baird and Kenneth A. & Gretchen P. Krackow Mrs. Mary M. Koessler The Linton Foundation W. & J. Larson Family Foundation Mrs. Susan O’Connor-Baird Sandra and Dennis McCarthy Bradford Lewis, Ph.D. Frances L. Morrison Marie A. Marshall The Baird Foundation Nangee Morrison In Memory of Harriet B. Stewart Dr. and Mrs. George H. Nancollas Mr. and Mrs. Carl J. Montante, Sr. Mrs. Catherine M. Beltz Dr. Patricia & Burt* Notarius Mr. & Mrs. Reginald B. Newman, II Daniel C. Oliverio Robert J. & Martha B. Fierle NOCO Foundation, Inc. The Ralph F. Peo Fund at the CFGB Foundation Donald F. & Barbara L. Newman Dennis Quinn Family Foundation David & Joan Rogers Grigg Lewis Foundation, Inc. The Vincent and Harriet Ms. Catherine F. Schweitzer Palisano Foundation Scott R. & Rachel C. Stenclik Roberta & Michael Joseph J. Warren Perry and Edwin F. Stohrer, Jr. Charles Donald Perry Memorial Fund Steve and Nicole Swift Montgomery Family Frederick S. & Phyllis W. Pierce Carolyn & Joe Voelkl Family Fund Lorinda McAndrew Voelkle Foundation Foundation El & Shell Schneiderman Nellie B. Warner Endowment Fund Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Skerker Irv & Elaine Weinstein Mr. & Mrs. George F. Phillips, Jr. Joyce L. Wilson Dorothy Westhafer 51 Encore Circle Joanne and Frank Collins Charitable Principal’s Circle Foundation $2,500-$4,999 $1,750-$2,499 Dr. Elizabeth Conant and Ms. Camille Cox Anonymous (1) Ellen Todd Cooper Anonymous (1) Drs. Kevin and Elizabeth Barlog Marilyn R. Cornelius Gary and Marjorie Abelson Cole & Nancy Bergan Nancy A. Cunningham Doug and Ellen Bean William & Ida Christie Fund for Music Roger and Roberta Dayer Dennis & Leilani Black Elizabeth G. Clark Juan and Sylvia De Rosas Mark Chason and Mariana Amy L. Clifton & Theodore B.K. Walsh Dr. and Mrs. David C. Dean Botero-Chason Emerging Leaders in the Arts Buffalo James and Mary Frances Derby Mr. and Mrs. Joseph S. DePaolo William Freyd & Diana Carlson Tim and Lois DiCarlo Judith Clarke & Alan Dozoretz Friends of the BPO Duane and Nancy Dipirro R. Irene Dwigans Drs. James Grunebaum & Joan M. Doerr Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Easton Penelope Prentice Ellen & Victor Doyno Paul Erisman Michele O. Heffernan Robert Joel Drago Marion S. Fay & John J. Cordes George T. Driscoll, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Ralph W. Hinds, III Peter and Ilene Fleischmann Drs. Philip Dvoretsky & Linda Ludwig Dr. & Mrs. Curtis F. Holmes Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Easton Joseph & Anna Gartner Foundation Professor Joseph Kelly, Esq. Edward N. Giannino, Jr. Jeanne C. Eaton C.F. and A.F. Kurtz Dr. Edward G. Eberl Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Gioia Norma Jean Lamb Dr. Samuel Goodloe, Jr. The Honorable and Mrs. Leo J. Fallon Earle I. Mack Foundation Dr. Robert Fenstermaker Ms. Constance A. Greco Margaret V. Manzella Trust Ferguson Electric Foundation Dr. Elisabeth Zausmer Randy & Diana Martinusek Mr. Kim A. Ferullo and Dr. Angel A. Gutierrez Anne Moot Joyce E. Fink Edwin P. Hart Emmett & Carol Murphy George Byron Fisher Mr. & Mrs. G. Wayne Hawk Irene E. Norton Thomas and Grace Flanagan Dave & Katie Hayes Mr. and Mrs. Randall M. Odza Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Fleming Mr. and Mrs.* Robert Irwin Tom & Lois Pause William and Beth Fleming Dr. Robert & Hana Jacobi Henry and Patty Porter Mrs. Burt P. Flickinger, Jr. Bruce and Gail Johnstone Ms. Georgeann W. Redman Rose H. and Leonard H. Frank Joy Family Foundation Denise & Ron Rezabek Community Endowment Fund Dwight King & Leslie Duggleby Dr. Annie Schapiro Laurence & Eileen Franz Douglas G. & Nancy Kirkpatrick Gary & Barbara Schober Mr. and Mrs. David Fried Nancy B. Thomas James & Leslie Kramer Mr. Richard L. Friend Mrs. Mary W. Wickett Charles & Judith Manzella Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Giambra Mr. and Mrs. K. Wiedenhaupt Mr. & Mrs. William E. Mathias II Joe and Lynne Giroux Mr. and Mrs. James D. Newman Marjorie Girth New York Council for the Humanities Bravo Circle Dr. and Mrs. Louis Goldberg Mr. and Mrs. Sanford M. Nobel Susan Graham & Jon Kucera $1,000-$1,749 Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Greene Don and Jane Ogilvie Anonymous (2) Mr. Gary B. Greenfield Richard & Karen Penfold Dr. George N. Abraham Mr. and Mrs. Paul R. Guenther Nancy and Louis* Reif Mr. and Mrs. Philip C. Ackerman Ken & Gladys Hardcastle Mr. & Mrs. John Reinhold Kenneth & Maura Africano Van & Dianne Harwood Frances M. Rew Rita Argen Auerbach Philip M. & Marion Henderson Deborah Henning and Thomas Rolle Ronald E. and Mary L. Banks Mr. and Mrs. Sherlock A. Herrick, Jr. Nancy L Julian* and Dr. and Mrs. Anthony Bannon George M. Hillenbrand, II Mr. Kenneth Schmieder Steve Earnhart and Jennifer Barbee Richard & Lynn Hirsch Ms. Anne Schneider & Dave & Wendy Barth Luella Johnson Mr. Ronald L. Frank Dr. David B. Bender Craig & Deborah Johnston Joseph & Carole Sedita Anne Bonte Dr. & Mrs. Stephen T. Joyce Drs. Robert & Maxine Seller James A. Brophy and Fraser B. Drew* Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth R. Kahn Lowell and Ellen Shaw Gary and Willow Brost William P. Keefer Deetta & Frank Silvestro Elaine & Mel Brothman Kathleen Keenan-Takagi Joan & Roger Simon Dorothy J. Brown Michael & Marilee Keller Drs. Stephen and Monica Spaulding Dr. and Mrs. John L. Butsch Milton Kicklighter Buffalo Bills Youth Foundation James and Karen Stephenson The Herbert & Ella Knight Drs. Douglas R. and Barbara B. Bunker Barry Swartz Family Charitable Fund The Reverends Sarah Buxton-Smith and Carol & John Kociela Jim & Connie Tanous Stephen J.S. Smith Ken & Paula Koessler Nicole and Nicholas Tzetzo Margaret C. Callanan Dr. Bernard Kolber Vogt Family Foundation Rudolph and Ann Casarsa Bob & Liz Kolken Jim and Michal Wadsworth Barbara & Jerry Castiglia Robert J. and Mary Ann Kresse Ted & Ingrid Wetherbee Mr. & Mrs. James L. Cecchini Katherine Kubala Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Wetter Richard & Elisabeth Cheney Risé & Kevin Kulick C. Richard and Joyce T. Zobel Nan & Will Clarkson Drs. Jeffrey Lackner & Mrs. Ruth Cohan Ann Marie Carosella Joan & Michael Cohen Michael & Stephanie Laipple 52 BUFFALO PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

Dr. and Mrs. William D. Lawrence Mr. and Mrs. Frederick S. Wood Bette J. Brunish Dr. and Mrs. Louis Lazar Paul M. Wos Drs. Douglas & Barbara Bunker Susan B. Lee Stephen McCabe & Gretchen Wylegala Mr. William D. Burns* Mrs. Kalista Lehrer Cynthia Zane & Stephen Mazurak Joseph & Susan Cardamone Jordan & Holly Levy Paul Zarembka Catherine M. Campbell Stewart & Faye Levy Jackie Castle Gerald and Jody Lippes Mr. & Mrs. James Cecchini Howard & Lorna Lippes Patron Circle Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Chur Jack & Inez Lippes $750-$999 Mrs. John Churchill Anne and Alan Lockwood Morton & Natalie Abramson David Ciesla Madison Community Foundation Nancy S. Barrett Mrs. Mary Clark Mr. and Mrs. Dan Clark Judy Marine Tim and Belle Butler Debby and Gary Cohen Jim & Kathy Marshall Janet M. Casagrande Elsie P. & Lucius B. McCowan Joan & Michael Cohen Miss Victoria A. Christopher Columbus McKinnon Corp. Private Charitable Foundation Dr. Sebastian & Marilyn Ciancio Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon E. Merritt Conax Technologies LLC Andrea and Don Copley Martin E. Messinger Mr. and Mrs. John R. Connolly, Jr. Philip & Marguerite Coppens Enrico & Marisa Mihich Ellen Todd Cooper Mr. and Mrs. John A. Mitchell Dr. & Mrs. Harold G. Corwin, Jr. David & Mary Ann Coulson Ms. Sally J. Moehlau Michael P. D’Ambrosio Annette M. Cravens Donna & Leo Nalbach Miriam and Peter Dow Teresa Danforth Michael & Janette Neumeister Stephen & Suzanne Evans Rebecca and John Davidson Franklin & Colleen Nice Dr. & Mrs. Louis Goldberg Beverly J. Davies Dr. & Mrs. James P. Nolan William & Lucy Grad Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Desha Mr. & Mrs. Patrick O’Brien Edwin M. Johnston, Jr. Margaret Diamond & Jacob Schactner Alphonso & Marcia O’Neil-White Charles J. Kaars David A. DiCarlo Judith Parkinson Mr. and Mrs. John M. Laping Richard and Cornelia Dopkins David T. Duff Robert J. Patterson Dr. John Leddy & Dr. Carmen Alvarez Marianne G. Dunn Reverend Diane & Craig Phinney George L. Mayers Mr. and Mrs. Edward Eardley Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Polokoff John E. Milner Mr. & Mrs. Donald A. Ebel Paul J. Polokoff Gregory Photiadis & Sandra Chelnov Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Efron Susan Potter Darwin and Ruth Schmitt Rosemary Elliott Mr. & Mrs. Theodore J. Pyrak William Kenneth Schmitt Fund Nitza & Avery Ellis Ms. Elaine Ragusa Edwin and Virginia Sprague Erie and Niagara Insurance Association Marilyn L. Reeves Freddie M. Thompson Mr. and Mrs. Robert Falkner Corinne & Victor Rice Foundation Jeffrey J. Thompson Michael R. Fiels & Mary T. Ricotta Mary Anne Rokitka Dr. & Mrs. Raymond C. Vaughan Mr. and Mrs. Edward B. Fisher Maureen W. & Dr. Richard J. Saab Dr. & Mrs. Richard A. Wiesen John Fleischman, Jr. Anne Saldanha M.D. Pierre & Barbara Williot Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Flickinger Saldanha Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. James C. Yuhnke Rita A. Forman W. Scott & Kristin Saperston Mr. and Mrs. David M. Zebro Sergio Fornasiero William F. & Elizabeth Savino Ellen S. Friedland, Ph.D. Daniel J. Schmauss and Thomas A. Hays, M.D. Dr. Gilbert Schulenberg Crescendo Rose M. Furman Betty Schultz $500-$749 Mrs. Sue S. Gardner Caren & Stuart Shapiro Theodore & Joan Geier Mrs. Brenda K. Shelton Anonymous (1) Mr. David Alexander Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas Gentile Shuman Family Foundation Inc. and Ms. Margaret McDonnell Grand Island Transit Corp. Robert and Dixie Siegel Steve & Jean Ambroselli George Grasser Drs. George & Sharon Simpson Burtram W. & Ellen Anderson Great Lakes Anesthesiology Juanita & Neville Spring Rita M. Antolena Carol A. Greiner Gerould R. Stange Mr. and Mrs. James M. Arena Kathryn Karlic & Peter Gross Malcolm & Alma Strachan John and Amy Bair Kenneth W. Gross Marilyn & Irving Sultz Susan Baird Robert & Kathryn Hallborg Ms. Carol Sundberg Teo & Jennifer Balbach Mrs. Marion P. Hanson Gary R. Sutton Bradford H. Banks Charles* and Virginia Harrington Gary and Katharina Szakmary Tom & Judy Beecher Maryanne Harvey Joseph R. Takats Foundation C. S. Behler Paul and Suellen Hassett Ivan Tarnopoll Berardi Immigration Law Arlene Haug John & Susan Thomas Alice F. Bird Barbara R. Hayes Terry & Jerry Thomas Dr. Ann M. Bisantz & Dr. Albert H. Titus Edward and Karen Healy Jeffrey Ting Renate Bob Dr. and Mrs. Reid R. Heffner, Jr. Phyllis Tobin Mr. & Mrs.* Franklin Bossler Mr. and Mrs. R. Bradley Herbert Judy and Peter Travers Mr. and Mrs. Hilary P. Bradford Dr. Theodore Herman & Connie & Jack Walsh Brian Parisi Copiers Systems, Inc. Ms. Judith Ann Cohen Robert & Elisabeth Wilmers Laura Hurd Brodie Ms. Marie Olive Hewett Wayne & Janet Wisbaum Dorothy J. Brown Charles & Janet Hodges Women’s Philharmonic Advocacy Mr. and Mrs. Bruce R. Brown Duncan C. Hollinger 53 Mr. & Mrs. John G. Horn Dr. & Mrs. Donald E. Miller Mrs. Leonard Semski Lindsey Humes Joan and Hugh Miller Mr. Eugene M. Setel Laura Hurd Dr. & Mrs. Herman S. Mogavero Jr. Peter Siedlecki and Lynnette N. Mende Ms. Suzanne M. Jacobs Dr. Michael C. Moore Mr. William P. Siegler William & Genevieve James Ms. Sandra G. Morrison Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Silvey Thomas & Deborah Jasinski Dr. Robert Moskowitz Mr. Carlton M. Smith Drs. Richard & Barbara Jurasek Thomas Muka and Juliann Van Woert Kurt & Melissa Spaeth Kathie A. Keller Eleanor T. Murray Rosemarie C. Steeb Marie L. Keller Michael & Janette Neumeister Dr. and Mrs. John B. Stevens, III Kenney, Shelton, Liptak & Nowak LLP Philip Nicolai and Mary Louise Hill Mr. & Mrs. David G. Strachan Mr. & Mrs. John Kirwan Dr. & Mrs. James P. Nolan Dr. and Mrs. Harry A. Sultz Juliet Kline Philip L. Nones Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Symons Robert & Barbara Klocke Susan D. Nusbaum Cynthia Swain & Stephen Edge Julie Klotzbach & Gary Diamond Tim O’Brien Fund at the FJC Mr. Paul Tarantino James & Mona Kontos Bernie & Linda O’Donnell Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Telford Mr. Charles Korn & Dr. Deborah Raiken Osmose Sally S. Tiebel Paul & Marilyn Koukal Ann C. Pappalardo Mr. & Mrs. Jack Tillotson Kreher Fund at the Community Laurence J. & Sylvia Paul Guy Tomassi Foundation for Greater Buffalo Mr. and Mrs. Walter F. Pawlowski The Travel Team Inc./ Ms. Joan Kuhn Mr. & Mrs. James R. Peterson American Express Eleanor F. Kurlan Dr. and Mrs. John H. Peterson The Trbovich Family Foundation Ted Kuzniarek Mary G. Peterson Ron and Susan Uba Peter T. Lansbury, Ph.D. Anthony Piccione U-C Coatings Corporation Mr. and Mrs. Paul R. Lazarus The Pierce Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Alan Vogt Lehigh Construction Group Inc. Karen L. Podd Vogt Family Foundation J.P. Bullfeathers J. Forrest Posey Suzanne J. Voltz Don & Lori Leone Dr. & Mrs.* Theodore C. Prentice Robert T. Vosteen Fern & Joel Levin Joseph & Linda Priselac Mr. William Vosteen Dr. George R. Levine Charles and Joanne Privitera Peter A. Vukelic & Rivona H. Ehrenreich Lauren & Jean Rachlin John* & Linda Wadsworth Liazon Bryna K. Ram Mr. and Mrs. John T. Walmsley Dorothy M. Lien Martha J. Reddout R. Thomas Weeks Mrs. Celia Linder James & Diane Reschke Jeff & Susie Wellington Anne & Alan Lockwood Mr. Nelson C. Ribble Ms. Marlene A. Werner Jerry & Joelle Logue Diane Rittling Dr. & Mrs. Milton M. Weiser Robert & Patricia Long Dr. & Mrs. Donald W. Robinson Edwin & Judy Wolf M&T Insurance Agency Dianne & Irving Rubin Dr. and Mrs. Douglas F. Wright Dr. and Mrs. Walter S. Mayo Maryann Saccomando Freedman Arden and Julie Wrisley Peter & Rebecca McCauley Gordon & Harriet Sacks Gregory and Donna Yungbluth Barbara A. McCulloch Scott & Ardeen Schaefer John & Deanna Zak Dr. G. Allen McFarren Mr. and Mrs. Roger L. Schintzius Zaxis Architectural, PC Claire Miller McGowan Mr. and Mrs. C. Jacob Schneider Amy M. Zeckhauser Raymond* & Louise McGrath David Schopp Mr. & Mrs. George M. Zimmerman McLain Foundation Gwendolyn R. Schopp Mr. & Mrs. Robert Zinter Mrs. Anita Kaye Militello Mr. and Mrs. William D. Schulz Walter M. Zylka, Jr. Mrs. Joseph J. Militello Henry P. and Tricia Semmelhack Wine & Spirits Guild of America *deceased

Gift-In-Kind Partners Ms. Cindy Abbott Letro & The Café at 59 Allen Street, Inc. Oliver’s Restaurant Mr. Francis M. Letro City Wine Merchant Christopher Scinta Photography Antoinette’s Sweets, Inc. Comfort Inn and Suites Downtown Premier Wine and Spirits Arlington Place Pictures The Copy Store Shannon Pub Avenue Art & Frame Cumbo, Inc. Spirit of Buffalo Clement & Karen Arrison Eber Bros. Wine & Liquor Corp. Time Warner Cable Bennett Direct, Inc. Enterprise Car Rental Try-It Distributing Brian Parisi Copiers Systems, Inc. Paul Ferington Vaspian Buffalo and Erie County Public Library Jaeckle, Fleischmann & Mugel, LLP Virginia Arts Festival Buffalo Limousine The Mansion on Delaware Ave. Wilcro Inc. Buffalo News McCullagh Coffee WNED Buffalo Spree Publishing, Inc. Wendy & Jim Monday Butterwoods Bakery Oliver’s Candies Check out YOUR Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra online!

54 BUFFALO PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA PLANNED GIVING Musical Heritage Society We are pleased to list the current members herein because they have realized the importance of “the gift that keeps giving.” Each of these individuals or couples have made provisions for a contribution to the BPO in their estate plans and while there are many different methods, the most common is by adding the BPO as a beneficiary in one’s will. Anonymous (3) Sarah & Donald Dussing Susan Potter Charlotte C. Acer Mr. Neil R. Farmelo Dennis Quinn Elizabeth & John Angelbeck Angelo & Carol Fatta Virginia Ann Quinn Charles Balbach Mrs. Marion Fay Evelyn Joyce Ramsdell Jennifer Barbee Judith & John* Fisher Sylvia L. Rosen Donald M. Behr & Samuel E. Lolinger* Edward N. Giannino, Jr. John and Susan Rowles The Reverend and Mr. & Mrs. Byron R. Goldman Nancy E. Ryther* Mrs. Peter W. Bridgford Susan J. Grelick Paul and Gerda Sanio James A. Brophy & Fraser B. Drew* Gordon & Gretchen Gross Kenneth Schmieder, Anthony J. Cassetta Marion Hanson In memory of Nancy L. Julian Barbara & Jerry Castiglia Margaret W. Henry Catherine F. Schweitzer Gerard and Rachel Catalano Mr. & Mrs. George G. Herbert Roger & Joan Simon Mrs. Ida Christie Monte & Cheryl* Hoffman Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Skerker Miss Victoria A. Christopher Mrs. L. Nelson Hopkins, Jr. Dennis M. Smolarek In honor of JoAnn Falletta and Mr. Philip H. Hubbell Jane Snowden* Donald McCrorey in memory of Jayne T. Hubbell Harriet Stewart* Dr Sebastian and Mrs Marilyn Ciancio Bruce and Gail Johnstone David D. Stout & Louis & Ann Louise Ciminelli Dr. & Mrs. Kenneth R. Kahn Janet E. Popp Stout Ms. Elizabeth G. Clark Kathleen Keenan-Takagi Gerald R. Strauss Mr. & Mrs. William M. Clarkson The Herbert & Ella Knight Sue W. Strauss Miss Mary E. Clemesha* Family Charitable Fund Nancy B. Thomas Ruth Cohan Norma Jean Lamb Therese M. Vita Mrs. George Cohn Eric E. & Ruth F. Lansing Jim and Michal Wadsworth, Dr. Elizabeth Conant Mr. & Mrs. Wilfred J. Larson as trustees of the Mulroy, Marilyn R. Cornelius Bradford Lewis, PhD Heath and Colby Foundations Dr. Sharon F. Cramer and Francie D. & Joel N. Lippman Mrs. Robert Warner* Mr. Leslie R. Morris* Marie Marshall Mrs. Marjorie W. Watson In honor of the BPO Viola section Mr.* & Mrs. J. A. Mattern Mrs. Dorothy Westhafer Beverly Davies Donna & Leo Nalbach Wayne & Janet Wisbaum Mrs. Roberta Dayer Drs. Howard & Karen Noonan Betty Ann Withrow Mr. Tim DiCarlo Robert & Marion North Fund Mr.* & Mrs. J. Milton Zeckhauser Mr. and Mrs. Anthony N. Diina Mrs. Frederick S. Pierce Charles* & Nancy Dowdell Edwin Polokoff *deceased

Trusts Anonymous D. Bruce and Gail Johnstone Fund at Susan Harvey Prentis Fund AJL Fund the CFGB Margaret Frank Rofot Charitable Lead Trust Cameron Baird Fund The Herbert & Ella Knight Family Natalie Kubera Roth Fund Benderson BPO Endowment Fund Charitable Fund Martin and Barbara Schechtman Virgil A. and Margaret L. Black Memorial Fund John and Carol Kociela Fund at the CFGB Charitable Remainder Unitrust Philip & Joyce Celniker Fund Janet K. Larkin & John D. Larkin III Fund William Kenneth Schmitt Fund Mildred Bork Conners & Joseph E. Albert H. Laub Bequest Dr. & Mrs. Roy E. Seibel Philanthropic Fund Conners Fund Donald I. MacDavid Charitable Trust Joseph and Loretta Swart Fund Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra Marie A. Marshall Fund Nellie B. Warner Endowment Fund Society Inc. Endowment Fund MPZ Endowment Fund Charlotte Potter Whitcher Trust Grace Neff Daniels Memorial Benjamin and Lila Obletz Howard F. Gondree Fund Endowment Fund Joan Hetzelt Hanifin Memorial Fund Mary Louise Olmsted Fund

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The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra endorses the LEAVE A LEGACY® WESTERN NEW YORK program, an initiative of the WNY Planned Giving Consortium and a public awareness campaign of the National Committee on Planned Giving. 55 City of Buffalo National Endowment Government for the Humanities Mark Poloncarz, County Executive and Erie County Legislature Betty Jean Grant New York State Council Erie County Kevin R. Hardwick on the Arts Thomas A. Loughran Edward A. Rath, III Patrick B. Burke Ted B. Morton Lynne M. Dixon National Endowment for the Arts New York Council Joseph C. Lorigo for the Humanities Barbara Miller-Williams John J. Mills Regional Economic Peter J. Savage, III Development Councils

You can celebrate a significant occasion, remember a loved one, TRIBUTE REGISTRY commemorate a milestone, or recognize someone special with an honorary or memorial gift in their name to the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra. These gifts were received between February 10 and March 10, 2015. In Honor of: In Memory of: Charles F. Harrington James M. Beardsley & Ellen M. Gibson Mr. Ronald Biersbach Ron Luczak Joseph Cardina Jr. Mr. and Mrs. David Birkinbine Rich Products Corporation Carol Schmidt Dan & Sue Hornbarger Mrs. Helen Reilly Sam Harlan Schonfeld Nancy L. Julian Barry Schonfeld Dr. Fraser B. Drew Kenneth Schmieder James A. Brophy Kerilyn Svea Reisch George T. Driscoll, Jr. Rich and Sandy Bisesi Ann Duffy Bellows Mrs. Marianne Sprague Michael A. Tritto, Sr. Mrs. Carol Schuster

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SPOTLIGHT ON SPONSOR

For the lawyers and staff of Harter Secrest & Emery LLP, a full-service law firm located in downtown Buffalo, supporting the needs of our region’s exceptional not-for-profit organizations is woven into the fabric of our law firm culture. From raising funds for international relief initiatives to tutoring and mentoring children in local schools to advising start-up companies on Buffalo’s West Side through the Westminster Economic Development Initiative, we are privileged to share our skills and resources for the benefit of the many communities that make up Western New York. Harter Secrest & Emery supports a wide variety of organizations through volunteer service, fundraising, pro bono legal work and ongoing legal representation. In addition to these efforts, a number of our attorneys have served as directors for many area not-for-profit organizations, including the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra. We are honored once again this year to partner with the BPO in enriching the lives of our region’s young people by underwriting the BPO’s fabulously successful West Side Connection. Thank you, BPO, for the wonder you instill in your listeners and the passion with which you represent Western New York. 58 SPOTLIGHT ON SPONSOR

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59 BPO ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF Administration Nicole Bodemer Ambrose Price Daniel Hart Financial Accountant Group Sales Coordinator Executive Director Jacqueline Henry John Van Haneghan Diana Martinusek Receptionist/Finance Assistant Patron Services Supervisor Executive Assistant Susan Hill Bethany Erhardt Payroll and Accounts Patron Services Representative Development Payable Associate Laura Curthoys Jennifer Barbee Marketing Patron Services Representative Harmony Shulman Director of Development Susan M. Schwartz Patron Services Representative Katie Bates Director of Marketing Crescendo Campaign Coordinator and Communications Scott Kurchak James Cichocki Kate Jenkins Patron Services Representative Special Events & Communications Coordinator Subscription Sales Annual Fund Coordinator AndréeRenée Simpson Christine Kramer Wendy Diina Advertising and Promotions Subscriptions Supervisor Associate Director of Development Coordinator Lawrence Cahee Barbara A. McCulloch Cary Michael Trout Debbie Camizzi Manager of Information Resources Graphic Designer Consultant Andrew Dickerson Alison Merner Ed Yadzinski Solomon Dixon Communications and Program Annotator & Historian Sarah Mayer Research Coordinator Guy Tomassi Operations Amanda Paruta Major and Planned Gifts Officer Don Nelson Christopher Simmons Jesselyn Zailac General Manager Kleinhans Music Operations and Lisa J. Gallo Hall Staff Development Assistant Director of Operations Chuck Avery Jennifer N. Comisso Master Electrician, IATSE local 10 Education and Personnel Manager Danny Gill Community Elaine Riek Sound Engineer, IATSE local 10 Engagement Audience Services Manager Charlie McDonald Robin Parkinson Brian Seibel Chief Engineer Director of Education and Event Manager Maggie Shea Community Engagement Sales and Patron Services Building Services Manager Jeff Dabbelt Michael Giambra Education Manager Director of Sales/Patron Services Adam Cady Finance Patron & Ticket Services Manager Kevin James Katherine LeTeste Director of Finance Box Office Assistant Manager

60 BUFFALO PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA PATRON INFORMATION

Lobby doors open 90 minutes before the concert is scheduled to begin, or earlier depending on pre-concert activities. All performances begin promptly at the designated time.

Handicapped Seating And Shuttle Service and BPO Assistance Preferred Restaurants Patrons requiring special assistance are urged to contact the Box Office prior to attending Shuttle Service from D’Youville College the concert. Handicapped seating is located Park and ride from D’Youville College on the main floor on the outside aisles from Lot D, 430 West Avenue, for all Saturday rows A-CC. Handicapped parking is available. performances. The lot is less than a quarter Please notify the parking attendant upon of a mile away from Kleinhans and provides a arriving of your needs. Hearing Assistance quick and easy way to get to the hall without Devices are available at the coat check. Please walking. Parking and shuttle service are free of note, there is no elevator to the balcony level. charge. Shuttles begin at 6:30 PM and end 30 minutes after the conclusion of the concert. Cameras, Recording Devices Parking may be available for other concerts. Photography is permitted in the hall before Please join our email club at bpo.org or call and after concerts, but all devices must the Box Office for updated information. be turned off during a concert. It is strictly forbidden to record or photograph a concert, Salvatore’s Symphony Shuttle $10 as it presents a distraction to the musicians and Salvatore’s Italian Gardens offers shuttle other patrons. service at the rear corner of their parking lot for just $10. This is a convenient and great Late Arrivals way to avoid any traffic or parking hassles. Patrons arriving after the performance has Call the reservation hotline at (716) 885- started will be seated at the discretion of 5000 and press 4 to reserve your place. the House Manager. Seating will not be until Start your evening with a gourmet dinner the first suitable break or at intermission. Late at Salvatore’s before the concert, selecting seating may not be in the purchased location. from a prix fixe “Symphony Menu” for $31. Call (716) 683-7990 for dinner reservations. Kleinhans Music Hall maintains a smoke-free Dinner and shuttle sold separately. The environment. shuttle leaves promptly at 7 PM. All programs and artists are subject to change without notice. Henry’s Restaurant Sorry, no refunds or exchanges on single ticket Enjoy dinner at Henry’s on the ground floor purchases. of Kleinhans Music Hall before evening BPO concerts. For more information or to make Medical /Security reservations, call (716) 881-4438. Security staff is available at all times and an EMT 31 Club is on site for all concerts and performances. Please notify an usher or staff member is there On N. Johnson Park and Elmwood Ave. in is a medical or security need. Buffalo, offers complimentary shuttle service for diners to and from Kleinhans on all concert nights. Call (716)332-3131 for reservations or more information. Check out YOUR Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra online!

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