MARCH 2017 I ISSUE 5 Photographer: Richard Termine

THE SECOND CITY GUIDE TO THE SYMPHONY

MENDELSSOHN’S ELIJAH

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MESSAGE FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

In March, we live with the pleasure of anticipating musical favourites from two seasons of programs. It is somewhat delightful to start thinking about the wonderful concerts coming up in the 2017-2018 season and selecting just the right mix of Classics concerts, Air Pops concerts and Specials, while at the same time savouring every moment of the concerts remaining in the 2016-2017 season. This is indeed a special time of year. Spend time with the season brochure and visit the web site, wso.ca, for more information on the concerts next year. Be certain to book your subscriptions by April 9th so that your name can be entered into the draw for Air Canada tickets to any North American location served by Air Canada.

As you know, the coming season is our 70th Anniversary Season. There are many concerts that pay homage to the WSO’s wonderful history while also pointing toward new opportunities and, as we think about the coming year, we want to encourage subscribers to share personal stories of their connections with the WSO.Tell us about the ways the WSO has had an impact on your life. Stories can be funny, serious, or thought provoking. Send you contributions to this project to [email protected] so that we can use these glimpses into WSO history throughout the year. Photos would also be appreciated. Tell us about your favourite concerts, the funniest moments, your WSO traditions; all of this is part of the legacy of a seventy-year-old organization at work in its community.

The concerts featured this month are among the finest we offer this season. Hear the celebrated Canadian pianist Angela Hewitt, don’t miss the opportunity to poke a little fun at symphonic traditions with Second City’s Guide to the , immerse yourself in the glorious texts and melodies from Mendelsohn’s Elijah, and take in a children’s concert featuring the always entertaining Mr. Mark.This March, we also begin our Thursday Night Classics series at the Club Regent Event Centre. Experience the most popular symphonic classics in an intimate and lovely setting.

There is no shortage of wonderful choices to immerse yourself in wonderful musical adventures. Enjoy the music, the gradual lengthening of the days and the promise of spring.

Trudy Schroeder Executive Director Symphony Orchestra

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March 2017 I OVERTURE 3 CONDUCTORS AND COMPOSERS

Alexander Mickelthwate, Music Director German conductor Alexander Mickelthwate is renowned for his “splendid, richly idiomatic readings” (LA Weekly),“fearless” approach and “first-rate technique” ( Times). Critics have noted Alexander’s extraordinary command over the Austro-Germanic repertoire, commenting on the “passion, profundity, emotional intensity, subtlety and degree of perfection achieved” in Bruckner’s Symphony

Photographer: Grajewski Fotograph Inc. No. 7 as “miraculous” (Anton Kuerti, 2011). Following on from his tenure as Assistant Conductor with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, which he completed in 2004, Alexander Mickelthwate was Associate Conductor of the for three years, under the direction of Essa-Pekka Salonen. Now in his tenth season as Music Director of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, Alexander has significantly developed the orchestra’s profile through active community engagement and innovative programming initiatives like the annual Winnipeg New Music Festival and the Indigenous Music Festival. Chosen to perform at the Carnegie Hall Spring For Music Festival in New York, May 2014, due to “creative and innovative programming” (CBC Scene), the orchestra was the only Canadian ensemble in the showcase.

Julian Pellicano, Resident Conductor Julian Pellicano’s boundless musical appetite makes him a formidable interpreter of the symphonic repertoire as well as a versatile conductor in a wide range of genres. He is currently the Resident Conductor of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, Artist in Residence at the Norfolk Chamber Music festival, and Music Director of the University of Manitoba Symphony Orchestra. From 2009 to 2013, he served as Music Director of the

Photographer: Nardella Photography Inc. Longy School of Music Conservatory Orchestra where he established a rigorous and distinctive new orchestral program. Pellicano has conducted the Orquestra Sinfonica de Porto Alegre (Brazil), Hartford Symphony Orchestra, Eastern Connecticut Symphony, New Britain Symphony,The Kallisti Ensemble, Boston’s Dinosaur Annex Ensemble and Milwaukee's Present Music. He has worked in masterclasses with Kurt Masur, Peter Eötvös, Zsolt Nagy, Martyn Brabbins, and Carl St. Clair. An autodidact, he was accepted to the Peabody Conservatory as a percussionist without typical classical training. He also holds degrees from the Royal College of Music (Stockholm), and the Yale School of Music where he was awarded the 2008 Presser Music Award and the Philip F.Nelson Award.

Harry Stafylakis, Composer-in-Residence Harry Stafylakis (b. 1982, Montreal) is a Canadian–American composer based in NYC. He is the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra's Composer-In-Residence and Festival Director of the WSO's Winnipeg New Music Festival. His works have been performed by the American Composers Orchestra, the Toronto,Winnipeg, Spokane, Stamford,Victoria, and PEI symphonies, McGill Chamber Orchestra, Mivos Quartet, Quatuor Bozzini, and Aspen Contemporary Ensemble, among others. Awards include the Charles Ives Fellowship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the ASCAP Foundation’s Leonard Bernstein Award, four SOCAN Foundation Awards for Young Composers, and grants from the and NYSCA. Stafylakis holds degrees from McGill University and The Graduate Center, CUNY,and lectures at the City College of New York. His doctoral research, supported by SSHRC, examines rhythm and meter in progressive metal. www.hstafylakis.com

4 OVERTURE I March 2017 WINNIPEG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 2016-2017 SEASON

MUSIC DIRECTOR CELLOS TRUMPETS Alexander Mickelthwate Yuri Hooker, Principal Isaac Pulford, Acting Principal Leana Rutt, Assistant Principal Paul Jeffrey RESIDENT CONDUCTOR Alex Adaman Brian Sykora Julian Pellicano Arlene Dahl TROMBONES COMPOSER-IN-RESIDENCE Carolyn Nagelberg Steven Dyer, Principal Harry Stafylakis Emma Quackenbush Keith Dyrda Sean Taubner FIRST VIOLINS BASS TROMBONE Gwen Hoebig, Concertmaster BASSES Julia McIntyre, Principal The Sophie-Carmen Eckhardt- Meredith Johnson, Principal Gramatté Memorial Chair, endowed Andrew Goodlett, Assistant Principal TUBA by the Eckhardt-Gramatté Foundation Travis Harrison Chris Lee, Principal Karl Stobbe, Associate Concertmaster Paul Nagelberg Mary Lawton, Assistant Concertmaster TIMPANI Bruce Okrainec Chris Anstey Mike Kemp, Principal Mona Coarda Daniel Perry Rodica Jeffrey PERCUSSION Hong Tian Jia FLUTES Frederick Liessens, Principal Meredith McCallum Jan Kocman, Principal Jane Pulford Martha Durkin HARP Sonia Shklarov Richard Turner, Principal Julie Savard PICCOLO Endowed by W.H. & S.E. Loewen Jun Shao Martha Durkin ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL SECOND VIOLINS OBOES **Jeremy Buzash, Principal MANAGER Beverly Wang, Principal Chris Lee *Darryl Strain, Principal Robin MacMillan Elation Pauls, Assistant Principal PRINCIPAL LIBRARIAN Karen Bauch ENGLISH HORN Raymond Chrunyk Kristina Bauch Robin MacMillan, Principal **Teodora Dimova ASSISTANT LIBRARIAN *Elizabeth Dyer Laura MacDougall Bokyung Hwang CLARINETS Susan McCallum Micah Heilbrunn, Principal Takayo Noguchi Michelle Goddard *On Leave Claudine St-Arnauld **Temporary Position BASSOONS VIOLAS Alex Eastley, Principal Please note: Non-titled (tutti) Daniel Scholz, Principal Kathryn Brooks string players are listed Anne Elise Lavallée, alphabetically and are seated Assistant Principal HORNS according to a rotational system. Laszlo Baroczi Patricia Evans, Principal Margaret Carey Fred Redekop is the official Ken MacDonald, Associate Principal Richard Bauch Tuner and Technician of the WSO. James Robertson Greg Hay *Merrily Peters Caroline Oberheu Mike Scholz Michiko Singh

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Angela Hewitt Plays Ravel

Benjamin Wallfisch, conductor

Angela Hewitt, piano CLASSICS

Arc of Horizon Harry Stafylakis (b. 1982)

Nights in the Gardens of Spain Manuel de Falla (1876 -1946) “At the Generalife”: Allegretto tranquillo e misterioso “Distant Dance”: Allegretto giusto “In the Gardens of the Mountains of Córdoba”: Vivo

- INTERMISSION - Piano Concerto in G major Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) Allegramente Adagio assai Presto

Suite from the Ballet, The Firebird (1919 version) Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) Introduction The Dance of the Firebird Round Dance of the Princesses Infernal Dance of the King Kastchei Berceuse Finale

Friday, March 10 8:00 p.m. Classics A Saturday, March 11 8:00 p.m. Series Sponsor: Official Radio Station Pre-Concert Chat on the Piano Nobile at 7:15 p.m. of the WSO Classics:

SPECIAL CONDENSED MATINEE Stravinsky: Suite from the Firebird Friday, March 10 10:30 a.m.

March 2017 I OVERTURE 7 Nights in the Gardens of Spain and go in the second movement, PROGRAM NOTES Manuel de Falla with traces of the Orient. Bridging to by James Manishen b. Cadiz, Spain / November 23, 1876 the finale, the music takes on the d. Alta Gracia, Argentina / November 14, 1946 feeling of sâmira, which the Moors Arc of Horizon Composed: 1915 described as a gypsy revelry by Harry Stafylakis First performance: April 9, 1916 (Madrid) night. Falla treats this in the form of b. Montreal/1982 conducted by Fernandez Arbós with a copla, resembling the rondo form’s Composed: 2015 José Cubiles as soloist returning motifs. A quiet ending First performances: Chamber orchestra Last WSO performance: 2004; Michelle welcomes sleep. version: August 26, 2015 (Lake George, Mourre, conductor, with Angela Cheng NY), conducted by Roger Kalia; Full as soloist Piano Concerto in G major orchestra version: November 6, 2015 Maurice Ravel (Spokane), conducted by Eckhart Preu, Falla was living in Paris b. Ciboure, France / March 7, 1875 conductor between 1907 and 1917 d. Paris, France / December 28, 1937 First WSO performance where he befriended Composed: 1929-1931 Debussy, Ravel and “When you grow up by First performance: January 14, 1932 Dukas, all of whom had (Paris) conducted by the composer the sea you spend a good become entranced with sun-drenched deal of time looking at with Marguerite Long as soloist Iberian images that both motivated Last WSO performance: 2007; the horizon.You wonder music (Ravel’s Rhapsodie espagnole and what on earth the waves Alexander Mickelthwate, conductor, Debussy’s Ibéria) and contributed to an with Louis Lortie as soloist might bring – and where the sea might exotic sense of Spain in France at the deposit you – until one day you know you time. Dukas, especially, encouraged Falla Stravinsky and have lived between two places, the scene to compose, and the genesis of Nights in Rachmaninoff had of arrival and the point of departure.” the Gardens of Spain came in a set of success with piano – Andrew O’Hagan, solo piano pieces Falla entitled works composed for The Atlantic Ocean: Essays (2008) Nocturnes.When Falla showed the themselves to tour with and Ravel wanted the same for “The title is drawn from the Greek pieces to his compatriot composer Isaac himself. Back from a successful tour horizon kyklos – “separating circle”– Albéniz and the famous Spanish pianist to the United States, where Ravel which symbolizes the sliver of visible Ricardo Viñes, both encouraged him to had also celebrated his 53rd birthday horizon that always remains in the orchestrate the pieces into a larger in March at a party for him with the distance no matter how much one tries symphonic setting. 29-year-old George Gershwin to reach it. Falla left Paris at the outbreak of war in present, Ravel seemed to have As a resident of NYC hailing from 1914. He had been mostly impoverished wanted to become more of a Montreal, I have travelled between the during his years in Paris but became a performing pianist. As he began to two cities countless times since celebrity on his return home to Madrid compose a new piano concerto in childhood. At the midpoint of that due to the success of his opera La Vida 1929, Ravel rekindled an interest in voyage, Lake George has always stood Brève in November, 1914. Out of that, Chopin and Liszt while also starting out as a landmark signaling my Falla received the commission from work on a piano concerto for left departure from one place and conductor Fernandez Arbós to hand alone commissioned by the imminent arrival at another. complete Nights in the Gardens of Spain. pianist Paul Wittgenstein, who had lost his right arm in the First World This manifests itself tangibly as radio “If these ‘symphonic impressions’have War. broadcasts dissolve, replaced by new achieved their object, the mere All these happenings occurred ones ahead, but with significant overlap enumeration of their titles should be a simultaneously. Ravel’s two-hand and signal crossing along the way. sufficient guide to the hearer,”Falla concerto however would be an Unfailingly, this transition from one wrote.“The music does not pretend to entertainment, a “divertissement”he “home”to another evokes tangled and be descriptive; but something more originally decided to call it, keeping conflicting emotions of aspiration, than the sounds of festivals and dances longing, regret, fear, and nostalgia. its moods light, entertaining and has inspired these ‘evocations in sound,’ obviously with a tang of jazz and Musically, Arc of Horizon emerges from for melancholy and mystery play their Gershwin, whose Piano Concerto in this symbolic personal transition parts also.” F had been composed five years between my past in progressive metal Small winding intervals signal a earlier and Ravel no doubt knew. and my present in concert music – I variation opening movement, fragrant Ravel could not find the time to seem to perpetually chase whichever with the scent of the luxurious gardens horizon seems newest, and having learn to play his new concerto when of the 13th-century Moorish village arrived I turn back to chase it again.” it was finished in the autumn of Generalife.Vibrant fiesta rhythms come – Harry Stafylakis Veuillez vous adresser au service des abonnés ou consulter le site www.wso.ca pour la traduction en français. 8 OVERTURE I March 2017 1931. His friend and long-time The Firebird (1919 Version) slow off the mark to reply. Stravinsky was interpreter Marguerite Long took Igor Stravinsky thrilled to be Diaghilev’s next choice and on the task, as she had been asking b. Lomonosov, Russia Oranienbaum, eagerly accepted the commission. Ravel to compose such a work for Russia / June 5/17, 1882 Stravinsky’s teacher Rimsky-Korsakov was some time.The premiere was a d. New York / April 6, 1971 adept at this kind of writing and much of great success and a world tour was Composed: 1909-1910 those skills had rubbed off on the young planned, but declining health only First performance: June 25, 1910 (Paris) composer, perhaps a reason he accepted allowed Ravel and Long a four- conducted by Gabriel Pierné in spite of being handed a six-month month European tour with the Last WSO performance: 2012; Alexander deadline to complete the score. work. It proved to be the last major Mickelthwate, conductor score he composed. A recording Stravinsky indeed borrowed from Rimsky with Long performing and Ravel Serge Diaghilev knew he in the way he balanced edgy chromatic conducting was made in . had found a composer to harmony for the ballet’s magical be reckoned with when he creatures, with alternately a more The dazzling opening movement heard the first notes of 27- traditional modal-diatonic style for the recalls Ravel’s Basque folk roots, year-old Igor Stravinsky’s mortals in the tale, in which the Firebird followed by several nostalgically dazzling orchestral miniature Fireworks in helps a young prince rescue a princess drawn themes. A haunting almost 1908. Diaghilev was forming his Ballet from the ogre Kastchei, winning her Satie-like simplicity permeates the Russe at the time and preparing the heart.Though the music’s grass roots are Adagio, with an especially tender company for its first Parisian season. in the Romantic tradition, there is no return of the theme in the English Envisioning a new ballet filled with mistake Stravinsky’s musical syntax is at horn.The finale is a jazz-infused Russian magic and fantasy, Diaghilev had the brink of the 20th century. showcase whose episodes originally approached senior composers breathlessly fall over each other, Nikolai Tcherepnin, who declined, The 1919 version contains six scenes in a ending with a tumbling close. followed by Anton Liadov, who was too brilliant musical summation of the old and promise of the new.

CLASSICS ARTIST BIOS Angela Hewitt Plays Ravel

Benjamin Wallfisch, conductor Angela Hewitt, piano Acclaimed worldwide as In 2016, Angela Hewitt embarked on a conductor and composer, major project entitled ‘The Bach Odyssey,’ Benjamin Wallfisch has which comprises all of Bach’s keyboard conducted such works in twelve recitals over the next four as the London Philharmonic, years. Hewitt will present these Los Angeles Philharmonic performances in major cities and venues and the Sydney Symphony at venues around the world including London’s Wigmore Hall, New including the Hollywood Bowl and Sydney York’s 92nd Street Y,Ottawa’s National Arts Centre, as Opera House. He has collaborated with well as in Tokyo and Florence. Other recital highlights artists including , this season include Vienna Konzerthaus, Rotterdam’s De and , and has held the positions Doelen, and a tour of Australia with Musica Viva. of Associate Conductor of the English Chamber Orchestra and Music Director of Other highlights of Hewitt’s 2016-2017 season include the Crested Butte Music Festival of the Baltimore Symphony and Winnipeg Symphony Colorado. Golden Globe® and Emmy® orchestras, the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, nominee Benjamin Wallfisch is recognized and the National Arts Centre Orchestra, Ottawa. Hewitt as one of the leading film composers of his also directs Festival Strings Lucerne from the keyboard generation, with a career spanning over a and earlier this year toured the UK with with Vienna’s decade and 60 feature films. He has Tonkünstler Orchestra. composed music for such legendary film makers as , Rupert Wyatt, ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS: Gore Verbinksi and Lars von Trier, and has Yufei Liu, violin; Momoko Matsumura, viola; Laura MacDougall, been recognized with awards and flute; Caitlin Broms-Jacobs, oboe; Allen Harrington, bassoon; nominations at the Academy Awards®, Todd Martin, assistant horn; Tony Cyre, percussion; Victoria BAFTAs® and . Sparks, percussion; Darryl Friesen, keyboard

March 2017 I OVERTURE 9 12 OVERTURE I March 2017 The Second City Guide to the Symphony SOUNDBYTES The Second City: Ensemble: Carly Heffernan Marty Adams Matt Baram Allison Price Ashley Botting Kevin Vidal Lara Rae, host Julian Pellicano, conductor

Written by: Carly Heffernan, Scott Montgomery,

Matthew Reid and Klaus Schuller AIR CANADA POPS Original Music Composed by Matthew Reid Directed by: Chris Earle Executive Producer: Andrew Alexander Producer: Klaus Schuller Associate Producer: Sophie Santerre Stylist: Laura Gardner

First produced in collaboration with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Peter Oundjian.

ACT I ACT II Big C Behind the Scenes Life Is A Symphony The Curse of Immortality Symphony Bluff Sabre Dance by Khachaturian Jingle They Have Names My First Love Improv The Key Of Life When They Played You’re Late Bach Off Dance of the Comedians by Smetana Close Audience ID 2001 Program Subject to Change. Check Out My Flute

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Pre-Concert Performance on the Piano Nobile, hosted by Canadian Improv Games Friday, 7:15 p.m. Massey Improv Saturday, 7:15 p.m. MBCI Cake Batter Sunday, 1:15 p.m. Canadian Improv Games

March 2017 I OVERTURE 11 AIR CANADA POPS ARTIST BIOS The Second City Guide to the Symphony

Lara Rae, host Scott Montgomery, co-writer Lara Rae is an award-winning comic Originally from Winnipeg, and the co-founding (and confounding) Manitoba, Scott is a writer, Artistic Director of the Winnipeg producer, (sometimes) actor, and Comedy Festival. She was one of the alumnus of The Second City developers of the international hit Toronto. He's also a member of television show Little Mosque on the Falcon Powder, a friendship Prairie. Lara is an avid fan of "long hair" music, based comedy experiment with whom he particularly Mahler, and is the opera reviewer for CBC co-created/wrote/executive produced and starred Manitoba. She lives in Wolseley (almost) with her two in the online series The Whole Truths, which you rats and Nina who are more partial to gangsta rap. can (and should!) check out at CBC Comedy. Select credits include:Writer, Odd Squad The Second City (PBS/TVO);Writer/Executive Story Editor, Young Executive Producer: Andrew Alexander Drunk Punk (Rogers);Writer/Co-Executive Producer: Klaus Schuller Producer, Ron James: Fast Forward and Ron James Associate Producer: Sophie Santerre The Big Picture (CBC);Writer/ Co-executive Stylist: Laura Gardner producer, The Ron James Show, seasons 2-5 (CBC); Production Assistant: Georgia Priestley-Brown Creator/Writer/Producer for the web series’ Canadian History Minute, and Your Path To The Second City / The Toronto Enlightenment; and Senior Writer/Correspondent, Symphony Orchestra The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos (CBC). The Second City Guide to the Symphony debuted with Carly Heffernan, ensemble, co-writer the Toronto Symphony Carly Heffernan is thrilled to Orchestra (TSO) in late 2014, and makes its first North once again play a part in American tour in the 2016-2017 season. Founded in bringing together the symphony 1922, the TSO is one of Toronto’s—and Canada’s— and The Second City. She is an most important cultural institutions, recognized alumna of the Second City internationally, and a distinguished and active Toronto where she wrote and supporter of new Canadian and international work. performed in four hit revues.Television credits The Second City has delighted audiences for more include: The Other Kingdom, Lost & Found Music than 55 years as the world's premier comedy theatre, Studios, Spun Out, Odd Squad, But I'm Chris with resident stages in Toronto and Chicago, and Jericho,The L.A.Complex and This Hour Has touring companies all over the world.The TSO and The 22 Minutes. Carly has written for George Second City are pleased to present this unique Stroumboulopoulos Tonight, Royal Canadian Air collaboration, with the hope of sharing the symphony Farce and CBC Radio’s, The Irrelevant Show, she is with comedy fans, and vice versa. a former member of the award-winning sketch troupe The Sketchersons and the female, award- Klaus Schuller, producer, co-writer nominated, comedy cocktail, She Said What! Klaus Schuller is the Producer and Executive Director of The Second City Matthew Reid, composer, sound Canada. He has produced dozens of designer, co-writer, piano shows for the Second City including Matthew Reid has been the recent smash hit The Hotline composing music and making Always Blings Twice and Global TV’s The comedy since the time he was Second City Project. As a writer, he has written and too short to ride on roller composed several musicals for young audiences as coasters. For ten years he well as animation properties for Warner Brothers, composed and performed songs Nickelodeon, and Viacom. Klaus would like to thank and live soundtracks for Toronto's world famous Victor Borge and Peter Schickele for proving that The Second City comedy theatre. He's also the is hilarious. award-winning composer of Derek Frey's (head

12 OVERTURE I March 2017 of Tim Burton Productions) critically acclaimed film, The World, is renown all over Europe where he Green Lake. In addition, Matt has composed for and continues to tour and teach improvisation. Matt licensed his music for film, television, games, web was part of the ensemble cast of Seed, a sitcom for series, art galleries, museum exhibits, clown operas, CityTV and the CW, and played Mr, Stark on and pyrotechnical circus events.To boot, he Nickelodeon’s Make It Pop. He also plays Dr.Van composed an auto tune version of John Cage's 4'33". Chris in the new Suicide Squad movie. Seriously. Check it out on YouTube. As a comedian, he contributed years of jokes and insights to The Ashley Botting, ensemble Second City productions and his critically acclaimed Ashley Botting is an alumna of The sketch duo, Reid Along with Browning, and has been Second City Mainstage, where she making very weird things since 1999. Hey, for all you wrote and performed in four revues, investors willing to take a risk, they recently created including How to Kill A Comedian, a musical version of Fargo. Surprisingly hummable! and Sixteen Scandals. Other theatre credits: One Night Only, a completely Chris Earle, director improvised two-act musical (Klifffer Entertainment). Chris Earle is thrilled to be a part of this Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish (Studio180) unique collaboration between the The Second City Guide to the Symphony (Roy Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra and Thomson Hall, 2014), Impromptu Splendour: The Second City. A veteran Toronto- Improvised Sondheim (Winnipeg Jewish Theatre), based director, playwright, and actor, Chicago Sketchfest. TV credits: Straight Talk (CTV he has worked and played with The News Channel), Odd Squad (TVO/PBS), Schitt’s Creek Second City for over two decades, directing eight (CBC), Coming In (CBC Punchline). Animation main stage revues including The Hotline Always Blings credits: The Ridonculous Race, Arthur, Beywheelz, Z- Twice and the Canadian Comedy Award winners Squad.Writing credits: NOW Magazine,The Toronto Sixteen Scandals and Something Wicked Awesome This Star,TheLoop.ca, shortlisted for The CBC Canada Way Comes. His plays include Democrats Abroad (NYC Writes: Bloodlines prize. Regular panelist and writer Fringe Excellence Award), Russell Hill (seven Dora for Because News on CBC Radio.Two-time Dora nominations including Outstanding New Play), nominee, three-time Canadian Comedy Award- Radio :30 (Dora Award – Outstanding New Play, winner. Chalmers Award), Big Head Goes to Bed (co-written with Shari Hollett), as well as a slew of scripts for Ross Marty Adams, ensemble Petty’s annual panto musicals, including Peter Pan in Marty Adams is an actor and writer Wonderland, Cinderella, and Robin Hood (Dora whose career has taken him all nomination – Outstanding New Musical). His work as across the board in the an actor includes appearances for Tarragon Theatre entertainment industry. He wrote (The Trouble with Mr.Adams, Miracle Mother, Faust, and performed in four main stage Russell Hill),Theatre Columbus (The Knee Plays 2, revues with The Second City Doubt), Crows Theatre,Theatre Passe Muraille, the Toronto. He is a multiple Canadian Comedy Award Blyth Festival, and numerous shows for the Toronto recipient, winning Best Comedic Play three years Fringe. in a row. Marty has worked as a stand up comedian with Yuk Yuk’s international. Select film Matt Baram, ensemble and TV credits include: Orphan Black, Scare Tactics, Matt Baram is a veteran of the Nick Cannon’s Mission: 4Count, Saw 4, and Hemlock legendary The Second City Comedy Grove. In 2015, Marty was nominated for a Theatre in Toronto where he wrote Canadian Screen Award for Best Supporting and performed in six Mainstage Actor/Guest Star in a comedy series for his work in revues. He has also performed in Spun Out. 2016 brought another Canadian Screen both dramatic and comedic plays Award nomination for Best Performance in a across Canada and is a recipient of the Canadian Sketch/Variety comedy series for The Second City Comedy Award for Best Male improviser. His award- Project, which was also nominated for best winning theatre company,The National Theatre of Sketch/Variety Comedy Series.

March 2017 I OVERTURE 13 AIR CANADA POPS ARTIST BIOS The Second City Guide to the Symphony

Allison Price, ensemble Kevin Vidal, ensemble Allison Price is a Canadian Comedy Kevin Vidal was born and raised in Award-winning and Dora Toronto. He decided to pursue his nominated alumnus of The Second love of acting in his last year of high City, where she wrote and school and can now be seen doing performed in four critically theatre and improv around the city. acclaimed revues including Sixteen He is an alumnus of The Second Scandals and The Meme-ing of Life. Additional City and recently starred in City TV's Sunnyside,for theatre includes Dance Animal (Robin Henderson which he won a Canadian Screen Award for "Best Productions); People Suck (Nutmeg Productions); Performance In A Variety/Sketch Series By An pool (no water) and Pieces (Cue6 Productions); Individual/Ensemble.”Kevin's previous theatre The Anger in Ernest and Ernestine (Beacon Theatre). credits include; Sixteen Scandals,We Can Be Heroes As one half of the award-winning sketch comedy (The Second City), RENT (Lower Ossington duo Haircut, Allison has performed at festivals in Theatre), Hairspray (Curtain Call Players), Radio Chicago and Toronto and as a part of Just For Active Drag Queens of the Year 3000 (Toronto Laughs. She is the co-creator and star of the web Fringe), RENT (Fallen Rock), and Skule Nite 0T9/1T0 series SLUMBER PARTY and the upcoming The Lost (UofT Skule). Pages for CBC Comedy.Television and film credits include appearances on Odd Squad, Max & Shred, ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS: A Puppy For Christmas and The New Yorker Presents. Laura MacDougall, flute; Caitlin Broms-Jacobs, oboe; Allison is a graduate of Ryerson Theatre School. Victoria Sparks, percussion; Tony Cyre, percussion

14 OVERTURE I March 2017 March 2017 I OVERTURE 15 Legacy Notes– A Marriage Imbued with Music

Lorraine and Gerry Cairns both love the piano. The Cairns’ love of the orchestra inspired them to “It’s our favourite instrument. ”They both took become donors, but Gerry and Lorraine have also lessons when they were younger although taken the steps to leave a gift in their wills to the neither carried on with it past their teenage WSO.“The symphony has brought so much years. As Gerry puts it, he has the piano in his pleasure and enjoyment to our lives, we feel it is head and in his heart, but not in his fingers. But, our duty to give back. Sometimes the funding that doesn’t keep them from model for the WSO is difficult loving music and being so it’s important to give subscribers to the Winnipeg “The symphony something to keep it going. Symphony Orchestra (WSO). has brought so We wanted to help the much pleasure symphony in the long-term so Gerry’s love of music started when other people can enjoy the he was a kid living in Pilot Mound. and enjoyment to orchestra long into the future.” He, his two brothers, and sister our lives, we feel sang in Christmas concerts and When asked if they had a were called the “Cairns Kids.”Then it is our duty to message for other people who in 1949 when he was living on a give back. might be thinking of doing a ” legacy donation in their will farm in Killarney, he remembers - Gerry and Lorraine Cairns hearing Ilene Farrell singing on to the WSO, Gerry replied, the radio from New York City. “To me, it is an honour to Lorraine’s earliest memories of music were give this money. Even if they made some small singing in a choir as a teenager. contribution in their will, they will really contribute to the life of the symphony. I They both got to love the WSO when they strongly encourage people worked at the Winnipeg Free Press. Gerry was to leave a legacy even if just 17 and was working nights as a copy boy for it’s a small amount. the paper. In those days the WSO rehearsed in Every bit helps.” the Free Press board room every Sunday evening. Music would drift down the hallway into the newsroom.“Walter Kaufmann was the conductor in those days. I would stand in the doorway and listen and he wouldn’t notice me there,” remembers Gerry. One Sunday evening, Gerry invited Lorraine up to the board room to listen to the orchestra and that’s when she became hooked.“We became subscribers shortly after that,”says Lorraine. “Our seats were on the balcony in the old auditorium and we had to crane our necks to see.” They have been subscribers ever since.“We find the symphony to be very uplifting. It has a calming effect and boosts our Gerry and Lorraine Cairns’love of the WSO spirits,”explains Lorraine. lead them to establish a gift in their will. 16 OVERTURE I March The Legacy Circle exists to recognize the following patrons whose foresight ensures that the WSO plays on for all Manitobans for generations to come.The WSO gratefully acknowledges Legacy Circle members for their planned future gift.

Siana Attwell, PhD W. H. Loewen Muriel Smith Greg Doyle & Bellringer Dr. Brendan MacDougall Dr. Stephen & Mrs. Elizabeth Szirom Mrs. Lucienne Blouw Margaret Kellermann McCulloch Edith A.Toews & Dr. Helen A.Toews Lorraine & Gerry Cairns Nathan & Carolyn Mitchell Robin Wiens & Emilie Lagacé-Wiens Kevin & Els Kavanagh Lesia Peet Donn K.Yuen Michel D. Lagacé Beth M. Proven 2 anonymous Gail E. Loewen Edward Fisher & Lyse Rémillard S. E. Loewen Trudy Schroeder

We gratefully acknowledge and remember these thoughtful individuals whose legacy gifts have been received. Most of these gifts are managed as part of the WSO Endowment Fund at the Winnipeg Foundation and provide disbursements that sustain the orchestra each year in perpetuity.

Dorothy Mildred Armstrong Gertrude Louise Elliott Mary Nesti Mary Besler Barbara Endres Ruth Palmour Norma Bingeman Mollie English Joseph Paolucci Jonathan Birks Robert Ross Forrester Gladys Pearson Daphne Florence Bolton Michael Furby Rosalie Richman Eileen Bruce Islay Galbraith Harold Edgar Shiells D. Brummitt-Feasby Madeleine Suzanne Gauvin Anne Shore L R Buggey Frank Gladky Margaret Simmons Elizabeth Buggey Doris May Hall Kathleen Elisabeth Sinclair Mary Christie Nora Jean Hansell Robert Skinner Ethel Marjorie Colpitts Harold Hunter Jean Pierre Soulodre R.J. Cook Philip Carson Huntley Ronald George Spencer Dorothy Cook Donald Winkler Hurd Margaret Eileen Weir Edith Kathleen Crowston Leroy Montgomery Johnson Michael Zaluski Bente Cunnings George Keates Myra Davidson Florence May Kelley Pearl Day Lois M. Kendall Vera Elizabeth De Wet Helen Leckie To learn more about Esther May Dempsey Mavis Cass Levins Legacy Gifts, please contact Adeline Denton Gordon P.Linney Beth Proven, VP Development Margaret Allison Doak Margaret Ann MacKenzie Daphne Edwards Susan Martin at 204-949-3989 or Doris K. Elliott Gertrude Caroline Mueller [email protected]

March 2017 I OVERTURE 17 The Official Radio Station for the WSO Masterworks Series.

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Elroy Friesen, conductor Monica Huisman, soprano Catherine Daniel, mezzo-soprano John Tessier, tenor Gregory Dahl, baritone Simon Burns, boy soprano CLASSICS University of Manitoba Choirs: University of Manitoba Singers, University of Manitoba Women’s Chorus, University of Manitoba Alumni Chorus, Elroy Friesen, director University of Manitoba Concert Choir, Catherine Robbins, director

Elijah, Op. 70 Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) Part I

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March 2017 I OVERTURE 19 In June, Elijah was nearing Though Mendelssohn may not have PROGRAM NOTES completion. Mendelssohn sent the been the man of the theatre that by James Manishen German-language original to another Handel obviously was, Elijah is friend, the eclectic William steeped in intense drama. Despite a Elijah Bartholomew in London, for a fitting seeming liability of being a series of Felix Mendelssohn English translation. A violinist and isolated tableaux rather than b. Hamburg / February 3, 1809 hymn writer, Bartholomew had continuous unfolding action, the d. Leipzig / November 4, 1847 served the same purpose for St.Paul, music’s power and vision overcome Composed: 1846 Mendelssohn’s Second Symphony any shortcomings in the storytelling. First performance: August 26, 1846 (Lobgesang) and many of the (Birmingham, ) conducted composer’s songs. Elijah, the Hebrew prophet, by the composer undertakes a mission to destroy the Last WSO performance: 2006; Final preparations for the premiere pagan cults of Baal and idolatrous Henry Engbrecht, conductor began when Mendelssohn arrived in worship of foreign gods that Jezebel, England on April 17, 1846.That year wife of King Ahab, brought to the Mendelssohn’s first he was serving as co-conductor of people of Israel.The central episode oratorio St.Paul had been the Birmingham Festival with the in Elijah’s complex tale is the contest such a success, with 50 famous pianist Ignaz Moscheles, who on Mt. Carmel with the prophets of performances over 18 helped Mendelssohn in choosing the Baal: the Lord alone is able to send months following its May, solo singers and engaging over 80 fire from heaven, and the Israelites 1836 Düsseldorf premiere, he began to orchestral musicians from London, all thus learn that they can have no envision a sequel on an even grander of whom would travel by special other god before the Lord. scale, settling on the Old Testament train to Birmingham that August subject of Elijah. Mendelssohn had following three days of rehearsals in The first of Elijah’s two parts opens extensively studied the Old Testament London. An additional 40 musicians with the prophet’s curse of drought, and one passage from the First Book of would be hired in Birmingham along over intonations of trombones, Kings struck him in particular for its with a chorus of 270 singers. followed by a stormy fugal Overture musical possibilities, the text “And depicting the plight of the Israelites. behold, the Lord passed by.” Anticipation was at a fever pitch and A tenor aria seeks divine comfort. In Mendelssohn wrote to his close friend, the premiere did not disappoint, the the next scene, Elijah is at the brook the poet and London-stationed audience of over 2000 shouting of Cherith protected by a group of Hanover diplomat Karl Klingemann, to approval with four arias and four angels, who command him to see if he would be interested in choruses encored on demand - an journey to Zarepath where he will sketching a libretto.They arranged to unheard of reception for an oratorio. find a widow with food to sustain meet in August, 1837 when When Mendelssohn left England in him during the drought, as promised Mendelssohn would be conducting the October, he was Britain’s most by God.The widow’s son is near British premiere of St.Paul at the celebrated composer since Handel. death and Elijah revives the boy over Birmingham Festival. a chorus of praise. But Mendelssohn was unsatisfied Since Klingemann didn’t show much and wanted to refine the work The third scene of Part I finds Elijah interest in the subject’s personality and further, as he had done with his presenting himself to King Ahab and Mendelssohn had a full slate of “Scottish”and “Italian”symphonies. announcing that the drought is to activities going on - conducting the He returned to England for a two- end. Elijah challenges Ahab’s priests Leipzig Gewandhaus concerts, directing week period in April 1847 to conduct of Baal to prove the power of their the Leipzig Conservatory of which he performances of the revised Elijah in god.The priests call upon Baal to was the founder in 1842, composing London, Birmingham and bring fire to a sacrificial animal, but and travelling - Elijah stalled until the Manchester.The trip included other nothing happens. Elijah’s prayers are summer of 1845, when Mendelssohn concerts that would leave the frail answered and he prays for rain.The formally received a commission from composer in a state of nervous clouds gather, and the people offer the Birmingham Festival’s director for a exhaustion at the end of his stay. their monumental chorus “Thanks be follow-up work to St.Paul. When Mendelssohn returned to to God: He laveth the thirsty land!” Leipzig and learned of the death of Mendelssohn enlisted Julius Schubring his beloved sister Fanny, he collapsed Part II is more serene than the first, to help him with the libretto. Schubring in grief.Though he managed to dealing with Elijah’s flight from the was a respected theologian who had complete the String Quartet in F wrath of Jezebel, his time in the previously assisted with the texts of minor and fragments of an oratorio wilderness and the appearance of St.Paul and who understood Christus after that, Elijah proved to be God to the prophet, whose faith is Mendelssohn’s proposed dramatic Mendelssohn’s last important work reinvigorated before being swept to thrust for the new work. By early 1846, before his death on November 4, 1847. Heaven in a fiery chariot. work on Elijah was in full force. Veuillez vous adresser au service des abonnés ou consulter le site www.wso.ca pour la traduction en français. 20 OVERTURE I March 2017 CLASSICS ARTIST BIOS Elijah

Elroy Friesen, conductor WSO, broadcasted by the CBC, Mendelssohn's Described as “innovative, Lobegesang with the VSO, Four Songs for Cello and expressive, and dynamic,” Elroy voice by Previn with the VSO, Beethoven’s 9th Friesen is Director of Choral Studies Symphony with both the VSO and the RSO, Falstaff at the University of Manitoba with MOA and the world premiere of A Prairie Boy’s where he conducts numerous Life by John Greer. choirs, and teaches graduate and undergraduate conducting and music education. Simon Burns, Boy Soprano His award-winning ensembles tour nationally and Simon loves soccer, singing, internationally, and are frequently recorded and dancing, acting, and spending time broadcasted by the CBC. They enjoy collaborating with his friends and with his dog, with many outstanding local and national arts Noot. He has been an active soloist organizations, including the Winnipeg Symphony and chorister in the École Riverview Orchestra, the Royal Canadian College of School Choir (where he is in Grade 6), Organists,WSO New Music Festival, Soundstreams Winnipeg School Division Honour Choir, and First Canada, Groundswell,Vancouver Chamber Choir, Mennonite Church Junior Choir. He has been a MusikBarock Ensemble, Manitoba Chamber member of The Winnipeg Boys’ Choir since 2015. Orchestra, and the Latvian Radio Choir. He has sung solos in Benjamin Britten’s Ceremony of Carols in 2016 with First Mennonite, under the Dr. Friesen studied at the University of Manitoba direction of Yuri Klaz, and in 2015 with The (B. Mus., B. Ed., M. Mus.) and at the University of Winnipeg Boys’ Choir under Earl Stafford, as part of Illinois (DMA). He is in demand as a clinician, the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra season. He adjudicator, and conductor throughout Canada, appeared in the Little Opera Company's Hansel the United States, and Europe. and Gretel in 2015. Simon has Grade 3 cello and Monica Huisman, soprano regularly participates in the Winnipeg Music Dutch-Canadian Soprano, Monica Festival in choral, vocal, and cello classes. He is Huisman has been hailed as excited to be making his first solo appearance on possessing a soprano voice that the Centennial Concert Hall stage. "embodies both flawless technique and dramatic impact" (Opera Catherine Daniel, mezzo-soprano Canada). Ms. Huisman has Catherine Anne Daniel, mezzo- delighted audiences from Amsterdam's soprano, is currently based in Concertgebouw to Guatemala City with the Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Her reputation of her “silken" voice "consistently upcoming projects for this season crafting each note into a work of art" (Winnipeg include: Singing First Maid in Free Press). Edmonton Opera’s production of Elektra, singing Jezebel and the Angel in Elijah She has soared on the stages of Vancouver Opera, with the WSO and singing Elisabetta in Calgary Opera, Edmonton Opera, Pacific Opera Knoxville Opera’s production of Maria Stuarda. Victoria,The Netherlands Opera, Manitoba Opera, Opera Ontario and Saskatoon Opera in Last season’s engagements included singing productions of Carmen, Marriage of Figaro, Cosi First Maid in Opéra de Montréal’s production of Fan Tutte, Don Giovanni, Cunning Little Vixen, La Elektra, returning to Edmonton to sing Boheme, Magic Flute, Hansel and Gretel and Lakme. Mercedes in their production of Carmen and a Many of these performances have been summer Porgy and Bess tour in Germany. broadcasted by CBC Radio on Saturday Afternoon The 2015-2016 season featured Catherine at the Opera. singing Third Lady with Edmonton Opera’s Magic Flute and a European tour of Porgy and Recent engagements included Villa Lobos' Bess. She sang Messiah with l’Orchestre Bachianas Brasileiras with Rio International Cello Symphonique de Sherbrooke and participated in Festival in Rio di Janeiro, Mahler's 4th with the the Opéra de Montréal Gala. Arthur Kaptainis

March 2017 I OVERTURE 21 CLASSICS ARTIST BIOS Elijah from the Montreal Gazette wrote “mezzo- Gregory Dahl, baritone soprano Catherine Anne Daniel applied a Gregory Dahl has attained a position bright, forward sound and vivacious acting of prominence among baritones of his style to the ode from Strauss’s Ariadne auf generation with performances notable Naxos.” Catherine graduated from the for richness of characterization and a University of Manitoba with an Integrated remarkable vocal authority. Mr. Dahl’s Music/Education degree in 2007.There she performances in Pelleas et Melisande for studied voice with Opera Theater of St. Louis were hailed for his Tracy Dahl. “appealingly lyrical baritone [that] emphasized Golaud’s inner turmoil over his villainy.” John Tessier, tenor The JUNO Award-winning Dahl’s current season is highlighted by his debut at the Tenor, John Tessier, has English National Opera as Tomsky in Tchaikovsky’s Pique garnered international Dame and he was featured by the Canadian Opera attention and praise for the Company as Sharpless in Madama Butterfly. L’Opéra de beauty and honesty of his Montréal welcomes him back to the Wilfrid Pelletier stage voice, for a refined style and as Nilakantha in Saint-Saëns’ Samson et Dalila and he also artistic versatility, and for his handsome, looks forward to Escamillo in Carmen for Calgary Opera. youthful presence in the lyric tenor Last season, he was Ford in Falstaff for L’Opéra de repertoire. He has worked with many of Montréal, Silvano in Ballo In Maschera for the Canadian the most notable musicians of our day Opera Company, Macbeth for L’Opéra de Québec, including Plácido Domingo, Lorin Maazel, Golaud in Pélleas et Mélisande for Against the Grain Emmanuel Haim,Valery Gergiev, Charles Theatre and an engagement at the Dutoit, , Bryn Terfel, Sir covering the role of Mandryka in Arabella. Thomas Allen,Thomas Hampson, Pinchas Zukerman, Itzhak Perlman, Deborah Voigt, University of Manitoba Choirs Samuel Ramey, Bobby McFerrin, John Nelson, Franz Welser-Möst, Donald Elroy Friesen and Catherine Robbins, directors Runnicles, Robert Spano, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Dame Gwyneth Jones, Carlos Alvarez and Bernard Labadie. Appearances of the recent past and near future include performances at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden,Wiener University of Manitoba Singers (Elroy Friesen, director) Staatsoper, Carnegie Hall,Teatro Colon, University of Manitoba Women’s Chorus Oper Frankfurt, Grand Théâtre de Genève, (Elroy Friesen, director) English National Opera,Washington University of Manitoba Alumni Chorus National Opera, Seattle Opera, the New (Elroy Friesen, director) York Philharmonic,Wiener Musikverein, University of Manitoba concert Choir Cleveland Orchestra, Royal Liverpool (Catherine Robbins, director) Philharmonic, Orchestre National de Lyon, The last three decades have brought the University of Ensemble Orchestral de Paris, and the Manitoba choirs to prominence as performing ensembles Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Equally in Canada; they are known for their innovative and inspired comfortable in the genres of opera, performances of new and traditional choral repertoire. oratorio and recital, Mr.Tessier is also in high demand for coaching, master The various U of M choirs appear frequently with classes, and private consultations. His leading professional organizations having performed discography includes recordings on the and recorded Arvo Pärt’s Litany with the Hilliard Naxos,Telarc, BIS, Challenge Records and Ensemble and the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, and Dorian labels. Glen Buhr’s Ritchot Mass with the Penderecki String Quartet. Premieres of new music also include Canzoni

22 OVERTURE I March 2017 Romane by Sid Robinovitch, Styx by Kancheli, Raft U of M choir membership is open to all of the Medusa by Veda Hille, and Sid Robinovitch’s University of Manitoba students and all general Cantus Borealis (2011) with the Manitoba community members. For audition information Chamber Orchestra. contact: [email protected]

In addition to the university choirs’ extensive ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS: performance of new works, they regularly Allen Harrington, bassoon; Peter Collins, bass perform traditional choral repertoire and trombone; Cary Denby, organ masterworks. Recent concerts have included Handel’s Messiah, Bach’s Weihnachtsoratorium, Mozart’s Requiem, Stravinsky’s Symphony of Psalms, and Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana.

The University Singers and Women’s Chorus have toured extensively throughout the Americas and Europe, recently including Serbia, Hungary, Montenegro, Iceland, Finland, and Sweden.This coming May, the University Singers will be touring Slovenia, Croatia and Italy.

March 2017 I OVERTURE 23

GREAT-WEST LIFE Melodius Prime vs The Boyz of Noise!

Julian Pellicano, conductor Mark Cameron, entertainer Bryn Dubberley as LeeAnne / Harmony Carlos Gonzales as Gavin / Melodious Prime KIDS CONCERTS Kelsey Miller as Hullabaloo LIFE GREAT-WEST Liam Sato as Havoc Patrick Cameron as Konfused Yuya Mizushima as Hoopla Philippe Jacques, choreographer

Morning from Peer Gynt Superhero Saturday Mark Cameron Sabre Dance Aram Khachaturian Danse espagnole from Swan Lake Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Danse infernale from The Firebird Igor Stravinsky Wiener Blut Waltz Johann Strauss Jr. Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 Franz Liszt Symphony No. 5 in C minor: I. Allegro con brio Prelude from Thus Spake Zarathustra Richard Strauss

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March 2017 I OVERTURE 25 GREAT-WEST LIFE KIDS CONCERTS ARTIST BIOS Melodius Prime vs The Boyz of Noise!

Mr. Mark as Kaos taking classes at the Royal Winnipeg Ballet for the His real name is Mark Cameron but past five years including hip hop, tap, jazz and he has been known to countless musical theatre. He played the role of a Mountie for kids and their families as Mr. Mark, two years in the production of the Nutcracker. He has creator of wild and wonderful music also performed in a number of other Royal Winnipeg for kids to sing and dance to. Armed Ballet productions. Just last year, Carlos held five with a truckload of enthusiasm and distinct roles in his school production of Shrek Junior, a truckload of instruments, his shows are always including the role of Baby Shrek and Lord Farquaad’s lively and engaging! Father.Through the performing arts program at Grant Park High School he has appeared in two Ad When he is not gallivanting around the world with Astra productions. Manny Tuba, the WSO’s greatest spokesperson, Mr. Mark is either busy performing at children’s Kelsey Miller as Hullabaloo festivals across Canada, or making orchestras out Kelsey Miller is 18-years-old and an of junk with kids, as part of Manitoba Arts Council’s Aspirant with Canada's Royal Artists in the School Program. If he’s not doing Winnipeg Ballet. She is originally that, he is most likely at Canada’s Royal Winnipeg from Red Deer, Alberta, and after Ballet School, where he has been an accompanist moving away from Alberta five years and teacher since 1989. ago, she has been dancing in Winnipeg ever since. She has never danced during a Bryn Dubberley as LeeAnne / Harmony symphony performance and was very excited when At 13, Bryn Dubberley is a veteran choreographer Philippe asked her to join. performer, having appeared in a number of productions with the Liam Sato as Havoc Royal Winnipeg Ballet. In addition to Liam Saito is an Aspirant in the Royal her role as Blue, the little sister of Winnipeg Ballet School, where he has Princess Irene in Twyla Tharp's The been a student for the past five years, Princess and the Goblin, she has had four different graduating from the professional roles in Nutcracker (mouse, party child, angel, and division in 2015. Liam grew up in reindeer). Bryn was a member of the ensemble for Massachusetts and began dancing at “Defilé-Mixed program,”and has danced at the age 7 with Rose and Charles Flachs at Massachusetts RWB Gala, the opening ceremony of the Canadian Academy of Ballet. In 2012, Liam competed in the Museum for Human Rights, and several times in New York finals of Youth America Grand Prix. Liam is “Ballet in the Park.” also an alumnus of the 2015 Jacob's Pillow Summer Ballet Intensive, and has performed with the Royal Bryn began taking classes at the RWB when she Winnipeg Ballet in such productions as Twyla Tharp’s was three. In addition to the RWB Intensive The Princess and the Goblin, Nutcracker, Giselle, and Training Program, her classes this year include jazz, Peter Pan, as well as Q-Dance 2016. hip hop, lyrical, modern and musical theatre. Bryn is a Grade 8 French Immersion student. Patrick Cameron as Konfused A Winnipeg-born performer, Patrick Carlos Gonzales as Gavin / Melodious Prime Cameron studied with the RWB’s Since Carlos was 3-years-old, he has Professional Division and preformed gravitated to the stage. Starting in numerous productions with their with performing at the Brazilian company including the roles of Pavilion, demonstrating Capoeira, a Seryozha in Anna Karenina and Brazilian Martial Art, he continued Dieter in Nutcracker. In addition to their stage to demonstrate his love for the productions, he had involvement with their stage by developing skills as a magician (Carlos the documentary film series Ballet Girls and the full Magnificent), a hula-hoop artist, and a hip hop length feature, Tu Tu Much. animator at his school talent shows. Carlos has been

26 OVERTURE I March 2017 GREAT-WEST LIFE KIDS CONCERTS ARTIST BIOS Melodius Prime vs The Boyz of Noise!

After his tenure with the RWB, Patrick Philippe Jacques, choreographer preformed in Danny Schur’s production of Philippe Jacques, a graduate of the Royal Strike!, and later went on to being an active Winnipeg Ballet School’s Aspirant Program, member of the Winnipeg arts and culture performed and toured internationally in community as a board member of Reel Pride many of the RWB company’s productions Film Festival. He returns to join Mr. Mark, his while in the School and after. During this father, on stage this year with the WSO to help time, Philippe also explored the realm of him bring their joy of music and art as part of choreography, creating for his fellows Aspirants, the David the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra’s, Great- Suzuki Blue Dot Tour and the Gardiner Museum of Ceramics West Life Kids Concerts. in Toronto. His independent works include Text Me,created in partnership with Beyond Borders ECPAT Canada, and Una Yuya Mizushima as Hoopla Vida Mejor, created on principal dancer Jaime Vargas for the Yuya Mizushima has been 2015 International Metropolis Conference. His desire to dancing since the age of 3, expand his contemporary vocabulary led him to participate first training at a private in programs such as the Nederlands Danz Theatre Summer classical ballet studio in and Springboard Danse Montréal. He is currently working Japan before being accepted as a choreographer and artistic coordinator for the Royal to the Royal Winnipeg Ballet Winnipeg Ballet School, while dancing independently. His School Professional Division in 2014. latest appearance was in the 2016 Q Dance. Mizushima graduated in 2016 from the ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS: Professional Division and has since been training in the RWB Aspirant Program. Allen Harrington, bassoon; Peter Collins, bass trombone; Tony Cyre, percussion

March 2017 I OVERTURE 27

Mozart & Serenades

Marcelo Lehninger, conductor CLASSICS

Symphony No. 35 in D major, K. 385,“Haffner” (1756-1791) Allegro con spirito Andante Menuetto Presto

Serenade for Winds, Cello and Bass in Antonin Dvorˇák (1841-1904) D minor, Op. 44 Moderato quasi Marcia Menuetto:Tempo di Menuetto – Presto – Tempo di Menuetto Andante con moto Finale: Allegro molto – Moderato, quasi Tempo di Marcia – Allegro molto

- INTERMISSION - Concert Music for Strings and Brass, Op. 50 Paul Hindemith (1895-1963) Part I Mässig schnell, mit Kraft – Sehr breit, aber stets fliessend Part II Lebhaft – Langsam – Lebhaft

Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48 Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) Pezzo in forma di Sonatina: Andante non troppo - Allegro moderato Waltz: Moderato - Tempo di valse Elégie: Larghetto elegiaco Finale (Théma russe): Andante – Allegro con spirito

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March 2017 I OVERTURE 28 Serenade for Winds musicians would play while arriving PROGRAM NOTES Antonin Dvorˇák and leaving. Dvorˇák opens the D minor Serenade with a march that by James Manishen b. Bohemia / September 8, 1841 d. Prague / May 1, 1904 provides more sun than the key of Symphony No. 35 “Haffner” Composed: 1878 D minor suggests.The Menuetto Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart First performance: November 17, 1878 that follows is born from Czech folk b. Salzburg / January 27, 1756 (Prague) conducted by the composer. dance, the trio resembling a furiant. d.Vienna / December 5, 1791 Last WSO performance: 1997, The heartfelt slow movement is the Composed: 1782 Bramwell Tovey, conductor work’s emotional centerpiece, while First performance: March 23, 1783 (Vienna) the finale brings back the opening Last WSO performance: 2006; February, 1875 was a march that culminates in a rousing Alexander Mickelthwate, conductor breakout year for coda. Antonin Dvorˇák.The Mozart’s fortunes had young Bohemian Concert Music for Strings certainly looked up by the composer was barely and Brass summer of 1782. In his earning a living as a Paul Hindemith personal life, he was church organist, had been married b. Hanau, nr Frankfurt / November 16, preparing for his marriage to just over a year and was expecting his 1895 Constanze Weber. Commissions were first child when the tide turned. A d. Frankfurt / December 28, 1963 coming and Mozart’s acclaim as a pianist grant program had been established Composed: 1930 and composer for the piano in the piano- by Emperor Franz Joseph to help First performance: April 3, 1931 mad city of Vienna was growing. His struggling artists in the eastern (Boston) conducted by Serge opera/singspiel The Abduction from the provinces of the Austro-Hungarian Koussevitzky Seraglio was in final stages of completion. Empire. Dvorˇák applied, and with First WSO performance All this after just one year in Vienna, renowned critic Eduard Hanslick and where the young composer had come on the jury panel, At the age of 13, from Salzburg to seek his fortune. Dvorˇák not only received the highest Hindemith was stipend but official endorsements admitted to the That July, Mozart received a letter from from both luminaries. It was Dvorˇák’s Conservatory in his father with news that a special honour Frankfurt to study was coming to the Burgomaster of first recognition outside his homeland. Salzburg, Siegmund Haffner, for whom violin and “Genuine and original,”Hanslick and composition.When his father was Mozart had composed the “Haffner” Brahms wrote as their first official killed in action during World War I, Serenade K. 250 for the wedding of review of Dvorˇák’s talent, going on to the young Hindemith had to Siegmund’s daughter.The Burgomaster supply him artistic guidance and support his family as a performing was being promoted to a position of contacts that sparked a flurry of musician. He went on to become nobility and a sequel-serenade was being writing from the excited composer. In not only one of the noted violists of requested from Salzburg’s favourite son. 1877, Brahms recommended Dvorˇák his time, but by the early 1920s, was Mozart knew he had to supply his best to the publisher Simrock, whose firm widely recognized as one of effort and delivered a new six-movement would later profit from the Germany’s most talented composers serenade in just two weeks. international success of Dvorˇák’s through his appearances at the In early 1783, Mozart was putting together a Slavonic Dances, modeled on Brahms’s Hungarian Dances. famous concerts of new music at concert and recalled his efforts from the past the Donaueschingen Music Festival. summer. Maybe he could make a symphony Dvorˇák’s first composition of 1878 was out of the new serenade, he thought. Adding the lovely Serenade for two oboes, Hindemith’s music during this early flutes and clarinets to the scoring and two clarinets, two bassoons, three period aligned with the avant- discarding two movements, the new horns, cello and bass.This was likely a garde expressionism trending in “Haffner”Symphony was a great success at tribute to Brahms, who’s earlier Germany at the time. But following the concert on March 23, 1783. Emperor Serenade in A major had also been his appointment to the Festival’s Joseph was there, enthusiastically applauding. scored for woodwinds, horns and low administrative committee in 1923, Hindemith adopted a more inward, The opening movement recalls Handel in strings. Dvorˇák would later achieve fame as a conductor, and the premiere soul-based form of expression while its ceremonial clothes and Haydn in the also looking back to a neo-classical resourceful workings out of its single of the new Serenade marked his debut in that role. A month later in veneer recalling J.S. Bach. theme.The second movement is an Hindemith allied this in a language elegant sonatina (sonata form minus a Vienna, Dvorˇák met Brahms for the first time to thank him effusively for of contrapuntal workings out of development section).The Menuetto is motives, clearly directed thematic suitably formal, with an aria-like trio.The his inspiration and efforts on behalf of development and a lyrical yet chattering rondo-finale jumps from the the young composer. expressive objectivity designed to gate – “as fast as possible,”Mozart The customary classical serenade strip away post-Romantic instructed, with still more nods to Haydn. that was often played outdoors emotionalism.This singular style A rousing close no doubt stirred the opened and closed with a march the Emperor. emerged in Hindemith’s famous Veuillez vous adresser au service des abonnés ou consulter le site www.wso.ca pour la traduction en français. 29 OVERTURE I March 2017 1934 opera Mathis der Maler and Serenade for Strings Tchaikovsky originally conceived the remained in his music to the end Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Serenade as a symphony though he told of his life. Hindemith’s Concert b.Votkinsk, Russia / May 7, 1840 Jurgenson that it could also be suitable for a Music for Strings and Brass of 1930 d. St. Petersburg, Russia / November 6, 1893 string quartet or an orchestral suite. Following stood at the outset of this new Composed: 1879-1880 a few amateur performances, a St. Petersburg period. First performance: October 30, 1881 premiere took place with great success, the (St. Petersburg) conducted by Eduard famous Waltz immediately encored. Similar The Boston Symphony Orchestra Nápravnik successes followed in Moscow, Hamburg, of that time was a magnificent Last WSO performance: 1999; Marin Prague, London, Paris and the United States ensemble, its conductor Serge Alsop, conductor during Tchaikovsky’s 1891 visit, where he Koussevitzky celebrated for conducted his Marche Solennelle on the performances and premieres of In 1879,Tchaikovsky’s opening concert at the new Carnegie Hall. new music (Prokofiev’s Fourth publisher Peter Jurgenson Symphony, Stravinsky’s Symphony asked the composer for Tchaikovsky regarded the first movement of Psalms among much else).The some kind of celebratory as an homage to Mozart. A full bodied Concert Music for Strings and Brass piece to honour the Silver introduction leads to a warmly affectionate was one of a number of works Jubilee of the coronation of stance in the animated melody that commissioned by the orchestra in Czar Alexander II. Tchaikovsky recognized follows, rounding out this sonatina celebration of its 50th anniversary, the importance of the request and the movement with a return of the rich and Hindemith exploited its 1812 Overture was the result, though the opening material.The Waltz follows, one capabilities to the fullest. In two composer was quick to admit that his of Tchaikovsky’s most famous.The work’s large subdivided parts of tightly heart was not really in its creation, dramatic centerpiece arrives with the argued narrative, the music sets unapologetically claiming a lack of artistic Elégie.The finale opens with a Russian apart the strings and brass value in the Overture’s noisy theme derived from a Volga work song amicably yet brilliantly, the closing programmatic outcome. Simultaneously that was included in a book of folk music pages capped off with an exciting and perhaps out of necessity, he was by Mili Balakirev. More folk material Gershwin-esque coda reiteration working on a project that very much was, ensues in the Allegro, this time a street of the stabbing three-note theme the Serenade for Strings. It proved to be a song from the Kolomna area near that opens the second part. balm for his career and became one of his Moscow. A recall of the work’s introduction favourite creations. gives way to a stirring close.

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Marcelo Lehninger, conductor Brazilian-born Marcelo well as return engagements with, Minas Gerais Lehninger is the newly- Philharmonic, Slovenian Philharmonic, New Mexico appointed Music Director of Philharmonic,Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, and the Grand Rapids Symphony. the Bard Orchestra, the orchestra of his alma mater. He previously served as Music Director of the New West Career highlights include North American guest Symphony in Los Angeles, for which the conducting engagements with the Chicago, League of American Orchestras awarded him Pittsburgh, Houston, Detroit, Baltimore, Seattle, the Helen H.Thompson Award for Emerging Toronto, Milwaukee and National Symphony Music Conductors. Marcelo was appointed Orchestras; and in Europe, with the Deutsches Assistant Conductor of the Boston Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Orchestre Symphony Orchestra by James Levine, and Philharmonique de Radio France, Orchestre was later promoted to Associate Conductor. National de France, Lucerne Symphony, Lausanne Earlier in his career, Marcelo served as Chamber Orchestra, and tours with the Associate Conductor of the Minas Gerais Concertgebouw Orchestra assisting Mariss Philharmonic in Brazil, and Music Advisor of Jansons; and Orchestre National de France, Leipzig the Youth Orchestra of the Americas. Gewandhaus Orchestra, and NY Philharmonic assisting Kurt Masur. Marcelo has conducted all Mr. Lehninger’s 2016-2017 season includes major orchestras of Brazil and across South debuts with the Sydney, Melbourne, America. Colorado, Hawaii,Toledo, and Portland Symphonies; the Colorado Springs ADDITIONAL MUSICIAN: Philharmonic; and Symphony ; as James Langridge, trumpet

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Alpha Masonry ft3 Architecture Landscape Interior Mrs. Kathy Parry in honour of Mary and Robert Thomas Mr. Ron Bell Design "PINK" RCN 4760 Deborah Thorlakson in Celebration Donna & Gordon Price in Honour Timothy & Barbara Burt Evelyn & Ricardo Galima of Mrs.Tannis Richardson's of Donald MacDonald Ms. Brenlee Carrington Trepel Gardon Construction Ltd. Mr. & Mrs. Ben & Nadia Hanuschak Birthday Mr. & Mrs. Bill & Lynn Shead Art & Leona Defehr Betsy F Thorsteinson in Memory of Jim Skinner & Judy Nichol, in Jocelyn and Mark Gabbert in Catherine Harrison Ruediger & Lydia Hedrich Ruth Dowse honour of James Edward memory of Benjamin John D&R Herntier Edith A.Toews Skinner and the late James West Flynn Robin Hildebrand Neil & Carol Trembath Edward Nichol Michael S Gray Fund C/O Private Arlene Hintsa in Memory of Marilyn Judith & Francisco Valenzuela Jim & Jan Tennant in honour of Giving Foundation Karen Hiscott Ms. Christine Van Cauwenberghe Stan and Ralph Hanson Mr. Elmer Hildebrand Patricia Holbrow Curt & Cathy Vossen 3 Anonymous Mr. & Mrs. Philippe Le Dorze William J. Hutton Gerri Weigeldt Listing as of Feb 1 2016 – Feb 14, 2017 38 OVERTURE I March 2017 PRESIDENTS OF THE WINNIPEG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

1948-51 Hon. Mr. Justice J.T. Beaubien 1984-86 Mr. Harold Buchwald, Q.C. 1951-53 Mr. J. M. Sinclair 1986-88 Mr. Michel Lagacé 1953-55 Dr. Digby Wheeler 1988-90 Mr.William H. Loewen 1955-57 Mr.W. D. Hurst 1990-92 Mrs. Julia DeFehr 1957-58 Dr. Hugh H. Saunderson 1992-94 Mr. Gordon Fogg 1958-61 Mr. E.W. H. Brown 1994-96 Mrs. Helen Hayles 1961-62 Mr. David Slater 1996-97 Mr. Anthony Brookes 1962-64 The Hon. Mr. Justice Monnin 1997-98 Mrs. Helen Hayles 1964-65 Mr. Norman J. Alexander 1998-99 Mr.William Norrie 1965-67 Mr. R.W. Richards Feb 1999-May 1999 Mr.William Loewen 1967-69 Mr.W. R. Palmer Jun 1999-2000 Mr. Bruce MacCormack 1969-71 Mr. E. J. Smith 2000-Feb 03 Mr. Roger King 1971-73 Dr. M. M. Pierce Mar 2003-Dec 2003 Ms. Patti Sullivan 1973-74 Mr. H. S. Brock-Smith Dec 2003-Jan 2005 Mr.Wally Fox-Decent 1974-76 Mr. Allan G. Moffatt Jan 2005-Jul 2006 Ms. Carol Bellringer 1976-78 Mr. Julian D.T. Benson Jul 2006-Nov 2006 Mr. Harvey I Pollock, QC 1978-79 Mr. John L. Buckworth (Interim President) 1979-80 Mr. N. Roger McFallon Dec 2006-Jun 2007 Mr. Brendan MacDougall 1980-81 Mr. John F.Fraser 2007-2012 Ms. Dorothy Dobbie 1981-82 Mr.William W. Draper 2012-2016 Mr.Timothy E. Burt, CFA 1982-83 Mr. John O. Baatz 2016-present Mr.Terry Sargeant 1983-84 Mr. Andrew D. M. Ogaranko, Q.C.

PRESIDENT’S ADVISORY COUNCIL

Al Alexandruk Helen Hayles Harvey I Pollock, QC Mal Anderson Kaaren Hawkins Dr.William Pope Carol Bellringer Sherrill Hershberg John Rademaker Marilyn Billinkoff Ian Kay Kathleen Richardson Doneta Brotchie Roger King Tannis Richardson John and Bonnie Buhler Bill Knight Leney Richardson James Carr Michel Lagacé Ed Richmond Edmund Dawe, D.M.A. Zina Lazareck Lorne Sharfe Dorothy Dobbie Gail Leach William Shead Greg Doyle Dr. Hermann Lee Graeme Sifton Jamie Dolynchuk Naomi Levine Joanne Sigurdson Julia De Fehr Bill Loewen Muriel Smith Susan Feldman Jackie Lowe Bonnie Staples-Lyon Barbara Filuk Dr. Brendan MacDougall Brenlee Carrington Trepel Wally Fox-Decent Don MacKenzie Dennis Wallace Jack Fraser Bill Marr Evelyn Friesen Ed J. Martens Elba Haid Michael Nozick

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS OUR DISTINGUISHED PATRONS Terence Sargeant, Alan Freeman Her Honour the Honourable President Daniel Friedman Janice C. Filmon C.M., O.M. Curt Vossen, Dr. Selena Friesen Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba Vice President Micah Heilbrunn The Honourable Brian Pallister, Rob Kowalchuk, Robin Hildebrand Premier of Manitoba Treasurer Peter Jessiman His Worship Brian Bowman, Michael Kay, Margaret Kellermann Mayor of the City of Winnipeg Corporate Secretary McCulloch Timothy E. Burt, CFA Maureen Kilgour Mr.W.H. Loewen & Mrs. S.E. Loewen, Past President Silvester Komlodi WSO Directors Emeritus Ida Albo Sotirios Kotoulas Sandra Altner Dr. Eleanor MacDougall WOMEN'S COMMITTEE EXECUTIVE Lucienne Blouw Sherratt Moffatt Sherratt Moffatt, President Emily Burt, MBA, CFA Richard Turner Winnifred Warkentin,Vice-President James Cohen Trudy Schroeder, Executive Sylvia Cassie, Past President Arlene Dahl Director Nancy Weedon,Treasurer Marten Duhoux Alexander Mickelthwate, Agnes Bailey, Secretary Steven Dyer Music Director Florence Bell, Asssistant

ALEXANDER MICKELTHWATE, MUSIC DIRECTOR TRUDY SCHROEDER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Bramwell Tovey, Conductor Laureate Julian Pellicano, Resident Conductor EXECUTIVE OFFICE Lori Marks, Confidential Executive Assistant FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION Lyn Stienstra,VP Finance & Administration ARTISTIC OPERATIONS & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Sandi Mitchell, Payroll & Accounting Administrator Jean-Francois Phaneuf,VP Artistic Operations & Oscar Pantaleon Jr., Finance & Administration Assistant Community Engagement SALES & AUDIENCE SERVICES James Manishen, Artistic Operations Associate Ryan Diduck,VP Sales & Audience Services Evan Klassen, Production Manager Desiree La Vallee, Patron Services Coordinator Sheena Sanderson, Stage Manager Theresa Huscroft, Group Events Representative Chris Lee, Orchestra Personnel Manager Rachel Himelblau, Patron Services Representative Aaron Lewis, Sales Specialist Ray Chrunyk, Principal Librarian Patron Services Representatives (p/t): Laura MacDougall, Assistant Librarian Phil Corrin Melissa Houston Lawrence Rentz, Stage Supervisor Meg Dolovich Laura Gow Brent Johnson, Education & Community Kristie Enns Crystal Schwartz Engagement Manager Shevaun Fortune Stephanie Van Nest Amy Wolfe, Education Coordinator Jason Hayes Lindsay Woolgar, Education Programs Coordinator (Term) MARKETING & DEVELOPMENT Shannon Darby, Sistema Winnipeg Manager Neil Middleton,VP Marketing & Sponsorship Beth Proven,VP Development Carol Cassels, Development Manager Carol Linsday, Campaign & Events Coordinator Shenna Song, Development Coordinator Sarah Panas, Marketing & Communications Coordinator Matt Brooks, Designer Diana Chabai, Intern S.Thompson Designs Inc.

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