APRIL - MAY 2018 I ISSUE 6

OZ WITH ORCHESTRA

CIRQUE DE LA SYMPHONIE

FAREWELL ALEXANDER

VANCOUVER SYMPHONY ON TOUR Photographer: Nardella Photography

MESSAGE FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

This is the final concert programme for the 70th Anniversary Season of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, and there are fine concerts all the way through to the end of the season.You will not want to miss the WSO playing live with the beloved and musically ground breaking film, The Wizard of Oz. This is followed by the WSO 70th Anniversary Gala, and the spellbinding spectacle of Cirque de la Symphonie.

Our final Classics Series concerts of the season on May 11 and 12 features Richard Strauss’ epic and moving work, A Hero’s Life. This will be the final weekend of Classics performances with Alexander

Photographer: Leif Norman Mickelthwate serving as the WSO’s music director. This concert gives us all an opportunity to thank Alexander for his excellent service to the WSO and to the community as a whole. We thank Alexander for the energy and passion he brought to his work with the orchestra and for the wonderful way in which he engaged with our community. His contribution will have a lasting impact on the orchestra and on the community. Following the concert, each night, there will be an opportunity for audience members to meet and thank Alexander personally on the Piano Nobile.

We close the WSO’s 70th Anniversary Season with a visit from the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra on tour to celebrate their 100th Anniversary Season. The VSO’s appearance in Winnipeg has a special connection and relevance for the WSO because it will be conducted by Maestro Bramwell Tovey, who was the WSO’s sixth music director. He was an important musical force in Winnipeg from 1989 to 2001, and he will be remembered as the founder of the WSO’s New Music Festival. Appearing with the orchestra is internationally acclaimed violinist , whose early professional career was supported and nurtured by the WSO.

All of us at the WSO thank you for making the orchestra part of your life in this season. We encourage you to select your concerts for the coming season and take advantage of the Early Bird savings that are available until May 13th. The WSO also has an exciting summer season from June 16 to July 4, 2018. Visit wso.ca/1819summer for full details.

Have a wonderful summer, and we will see you in September for The Asper Foundation Opening Night Gala with Emanuel Ax.

Terence Sargeant Chair of the WSO Board

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April – May 2018 I OVERTURE 3 CONDUCTORS AND COMPOSERS

Alexander Mickelthwate, Music Director German conductor is renowned for his “splendid, richly idiomatic readings” (LA Weekly),“fearless” approach and “first-rate technique” (Los Angeles 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 twelfth 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 Manitoba Scene), the orchestra was the only Canadian ensemble in the showcase. Alexander will begin his role as Music Director of the Oklahoma Philharmonic for the 2018-2019 Season.

Julian Pellicano, Resident Conductor A conductor with expansive musical interests, Julian Pellicano is a formidable interpreter of the symphonic repertoire.The Winnipeg Free Press says of Pellicano,“His versatility is truly astonishing…”Marking his fifth season with the WSO, the 2017-2018 season includes appearances at the inaugural edition of the Ciclo de Música Contemporánea in Oviedo, Spain, a return to the Louisiana Philharmonic and his first appearance conducting the

Photographer: Nardella Photography Inc. Royal Winnipeg Ballet among many other highlights. The creation, with Dr. Paul Lehrman, of a new performance edition of George Antheil's Ballet Mecanique first brought Pellicano to the public’s attention. Conductor of the Norfolk Contemporary Ensemble since 2008, Pellicano is recognized for his transparent interpretations of contemporary music. He studied conducting as a fellow at the Yale School of Music. An autodidact, he was accepted to the Peabody Conservatory as a percussionist without typical classical training, and continued his studies at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm, Sweden and at the Yale School of Music and was a member of the critically acclaimed Yale Percussion Group. Pellicano also holds a degree in philosophy from The Johns Hopkins University.

Harry Stafylakis, Composer-in-Residence,WNMF Festival Director Harry Stafylakis (b. 1982) hails from Montreal and is now 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,Vancouver, Spokane, Stamford,Victoria, and PEI symphonies, McGill Chamber Orchestra, ICE, Contemporaneous, 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 Canada Council, NYSCA, and New Music USA. He is an Associate Composer of the Canadian Music Centre and a member of the NYC composer collective ICEBERG New Music. 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

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MUSIC DIRECTOR CELLOS TRUMPETS Alexander Mickelthwate Yuri Hooker, Principal Chris Fensom, Principal Leana Rutt, Assistant Principal Paul Jeffrey RESIDENT CONDUCTOR Isaac Pulford **Desiree Abbey Julian Pellicano Alex Adaman TROMBONES COMPOSER-IN-RESIDENCE Arlene Dahl Steven Dyer, Principal Harry Stafylakis Carolyn Nagelberg Keith Dyrda Emma Quackenbush FIRST VIOLINS Sean Taubner BASS TROMBONE Gwen Hoebig, Concertmaster **Stephen Clayton, Principal The Sophie-Carmen Eckhardt- BASSES *Julia McIntyre, Principal Gramatté Memorial Chair, endowed Meredith Johnson, Principal by the Eckhardt-Gramatté Foundation TUBA Karl Stobbe, Associate Concertmaster Andrew Goodlett, Assistant Principal Chris Lee, Principal Mary Lawton, Assistant Concertmaster Travis Harrison Chris Anstey Paul Nagelberg TIMPANI Mona Coarda Bruce Okrainec Mike Kemp, Principal Teodora Dimova Daniel Perry Tara Fensom **Anna Scheider PERCUSSION Hong Tian Jia Frederick Liessens, Principal Meredith McCallum FLUTES Sonia Shklarov HARP Jan Kocman, Principal Julie Savard Richard Turner, Principal Jun Shao **Laura MacDougall Endowed by W.H. & S.E. Loewen

SECOND VIOLINS OBOES Jeremy Buzash, Principal Beverly Wang, Principal ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL Elation Pauls, Assistant Principal Robin MacMillan MANAGER Karen Bauch Chris Lee Kristina Bauch ENGLISH HORN PRINCIPAL LIBRARIAN Elizabeth Dyer Robin MacMillan, Principal Bokyung Hwang Greg Hamilton Rodica Jeffrey CLARINETS ASSISTANT LIBRARIAN Susan McCallum Micah Heilbrunn, Principal Laura MacDougall Takayo Noguchi *Jane Pulford Taylor Eiffert Claudine St-Arnauld *On Leave BASSOONS **Temporary Position VIOLAS Alex Eastley, Principal Daniel Scholz, Principal Kathryn Brooks, Acting Principal Please note: Non-titled (tutti) Anne Elise Lavallée, string players are listed Assistant Principal HORNS alphabetically and are seated Marie-Elyse Badeau Patricia Evans, Principal according to a rotational system. Laszlo Baroczi Ken MacDonald, Associate Principal Richard Bauch Fred Redekop is the official Piano James Robertson Greg Hay Tuner and Technician of the WSO. Michael Scholz Caroline Oberheu Heather Wilson Michiko Singh

April – May 2018 I OVERTURE 5 From the first day you arrived, your creative force was felt across this city. Whether talking to business leaders, high school students, or hanging out at the hockey rink, you have been an ambassador for the symphony and our art form everywhere you go, trying new things every step of the way. It will be a hard act to follow. We will miss you. Thank you for sharing your energy with us. Best wishes in Oklahoma,

Photographer: Ken MacDonald and we will see you back here on this stage again soon. Bravo! - Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra CELEBRATING MOMENTS FROM MAESTRO ALEXANDER MICKELTHWATE’S 12 YEARS WITH THE WINNIPEG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA.

With energy and creativity, Alexander Mickelthwate has taken the WSO to new heights and distant stages. From the diving boards of Pan Am Pool to the stage of Carnegie Hall, there has never been a dull moment. During Alexander’s time as Music Director, music critic Norman Lebrecht called the WSO “an orchestra with a sound all its own." Countless Manitoba, Canadian and World Premieres have marked his tenure. Highlights include collaborations with Philip Glass, Itzhak Perlman, The Barenaked Ladies, Dawn Upshaw, Dame Evelyn Glennie, and Tanya Tagaq, numerous editions of the Winnipeg New Music Festival and the creation of the Indigenous Music Festival.

Photos (from bottom left): Alexander with Mayor Brian Bowman at the WSO's With Glowing Hearts Gala, Canada Day at The Forks, Alexander with American composer Philip Glass at the 2018 Winnipeg New Music Festival; Alexander and the orchestra at Carnegie Hall in New York; Alexander in performance with violinist Joshua Bell.

Oz with Orchestra

Julian Pellicano, conductor SOUNDBYTES

Directed by Victor Fleming, King Vidor, George Cukor, Norman Taurog Produced by Mervyn LeRoy Screenplay by Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson, Edgar Allan Woolf Based on The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum Starring Judy Garland Jack Haley

Frank Morgan Billie Burke THE MOVIES BMO NIGHT AT Ray Bolger Margaret Hamilton Bert Lahr Charley Grapewin Incidental music by Herbert Stothart Songs by Harold Arlen (music) and E.Y.Harburg (lyrics) Cinematography Harold Rosson Edited by Blanche Sewell Production company Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Release date: August 25, 1939 (USA) Runtime: 101 minutes

In 2008, The Wizard of Oz was voted the Number One Fantasy movie of all time by the American Film Institute, and is also included in the United States National Film Registry as being deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." PRODUCTION CREDITS: Producer John Goberman Original orchestrations reconstructed by John Wilson and Andrew Cottee The producer wishes to acknowledge the contributions and extraordinary support of John Waxman (Themes & Variations) A Symphonic Night at the Movies is a production of PGM Productions, Inc. (New York) and appears by arrangement with IMG Artists. Film courtesy of Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

Saturday, April 21 7:30 p.m. BMO Night at Sunday, April 22 2:00 p.m. the Movies Sponsor:

MUSICIANS IN THE MAKING Pre-Concert Performance on the Piano Nobile, Saturday, 6:45 p.m. Music for Young Children Sunday, 1:15 p.m. Suzuki Music Winnipeg Inc.

ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS: Todd Martin, horn; Laurel Ridd, flute; Sharon Atkinson, clarinet/alto saxophone; Chris Byman, clarinet; Allen Harrington, bassoon/contra bassoon; Victoria Sparks, percussion; Tony Cyre, drum kit/percussion; Donna Laube, piano/celeste; Earl Stafford, synth; Keith Price, guitar

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Cirque de la Symphonie: Cirque Goes to the Cinema

Cirque de la symphonie: Presented by: SOUNDBYTES Vladimir Tsarkov, Alina Sergeeva, Ekaterina Borzikova, Pavel Korshunov, Vitalii Buza,Vitaly Prikhodko AIR CANADA POPS Julian Pellicano, conductor

Main title from Superman John Williams All That Jazz from Chicago John Kander Harry’s Wondrous World from John Williams Harry Potter & the Sorcerer’s Stone Mission Impossible Lalo Schifrin Main theme from Gladiator Hans Zimmer Devil’s Dance from Witches of Eastwick John Williams Flight to Neverland from Hook John Williams - INTERMISSION - Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl Klaus Badelt Hoe-Down from Rodeo Aaron Copland William Tell: Overture Rossini Chariots of Fire Vangelis West Side Story: Overture Leonard Bernstein arr. Peress Waltz from Swan Lake Tchaikovsky My Heart Will Go On from Titanic James Horner Boléro Ravel

Friday, April 27 8:00 p.m. Pops Series Sponsor: Saturday, April 28 8:00 p.m. Sunday, April 29 2:00 p.m. Presenting Media Sponsor:

MUSICIANS IN THE MAKING Pre-Concert Performance on the Piano Nobile, Friday, 7:15 p.m. Sistema Winnipeg, St John’s High School Saturday, 7:15 p.m. Westgate String Orchestra Sunday, 1:15 p.m. Sistema Winnipeg, Elwick School

April – May 2018 I OVERTURE 13 AIR CANADA POPS ARTIST BIOS Cirque de la Symphonie: Cirque Goes to the Cinema

Cirque de la Symphonie Academy Awards and the 2011 Latin Billboard Cirque de la Symphonie is an exciting Awards. He has performed for celebrities such as production designed to bring the magic of Russell Simmons, P.Diddy and Shaquille O'Neal and cirque to the music hall. It is an elegant corporate events for major companies such as adaptation of some of the most amazing cirque Microsoft, Formula1, Mercedes-Benz, and Cirque du acts performed on a stage shared with the full Soleil.Vitalii excels in multiple cirque acts, such as symphony orchestra, showcasing many of the duo hand-balancing, straps, Cyr wheel, spinning best artists in the world.The audience is thrilled cube, Chinese pole and the Russian bar. and bedazzled by aerial flyers, acrobats, contortionists, dancers, jugglers, balancers, and Ekaterina Borzikova strongmen.These accomplished veterans Ekaterina Borzikova is a graduate of include world record holders, gold-medal the prestigious School of Olympic winners of international competitions, Reserve in St. Petersburg, Russia, Olympians and some of the most original talent where she concluded ten years of ever seen. Each performance is perfectly training in gymnastics and another choreographed to classical masterpieces, four years of training in . raising cirque artistry to a fine arts level. Adding Her training included everything from a stunning visual element to the concert elephant riding to aerial bungees. A dynamic experience, these aerialists and acrobats professional circus performer, Ekaterina has been provide a three-dimensional entertainment involved with all aspects of the art form as a extravaganza. Orchestras play with enhanced performer and creator of unique acts. She is a ten- enthusiasm, while patrons marvel at the jaw- year veteran of Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey dropping spectacle of aerialists flying overhead Circus and is an accomplished performer on the and astonishing acrobatic feats. Fusing the aerial platform with the Kabanov Troupe, aerial power and majesty of the live orchestra with straps, and lyra. She was the recipient of the Jean- the best of cirque artistry, Cirque de la Louis Marsan Award as an outstanding performer. Symphonie is the only cirque company in the Ekaterina is also an amazing hand-balancer and world that performs exclusively with symphony contortionist, and she performs an aerial duo on orchestras. Over one hundred orchestras silk fabrics with Cirque de la Symphonie. worldwide have featured Cirque de la Vitaliy Prikhodko & Pavel Korshunov Symphonie in sold-out venues, adding energy The amazing strength and and excitement to the concert experience. Join balancing act of Acro Duo, us on Facebook and explore our website for consisting of Vitaliy images, video, schedule, reviews, and more: Prikhodko and Pavel www.cirquedelasymphonie.com Korshunov, is one of the most dynamic acts ever Vitalii Buza presented on stage.Vitaliy Vitalii Buza began his gymnastic is a native of Ukraine, where training in the Republic of he graduated from Kiev State Moldova and soon competed as Circus College. He began his an elite gymnast with the career with the National Russian national team. At the Circus of Ukraine, winning first place at the New age of 16,Vitalii joined the Ukrainian Circus Festival. His acrobatic experience Moscow State Circus as a professional acrobat includes worldwide tours with Nikulin’s Moscow and toured throughout Europe. After a move to Circus. Pavel, a native of Voronezh, Russia, is a the U.S., he starred in productions at Sea World, three-time national champion of Russia, two-time Universal Studios and Walt Disney World. He has World Champion and two-time Champion of the been featured in numerous TV ads and won a World Cup in acrobatic sport. A former veteran role in the Walt Disney movie Enchanted.Vitalii with Cirque du Soleil’s Varekai, Pavel is a multi- also performed at the 2006 Latin Grammy talented performer on straps, Russian swing, Awards, the 2007 NFL Pro Bowl, 2010 trampoline, and acrobatics.

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AIR CANADA POPS ARTIST BIOS Cirque de la symphonie: Cirque Goes to the Cinema

Vova Tsarkov Alina Sergeeva Vova Tsarkov comes from Alina Sergeeva is a third-generation circus a famous circus family rich performer from Russia. She began in the traditions of Russian performing on stage at the age of three circus artistry.Trained by with her family in a hand balancing adagio masters in the circus arts, act with her father, later branching out into he exhibits exceptional various acts such as aerial silks, lira, and talents and skills in all of his hoops. Alina’s professional performances have taken her performances. His “Mask” act is a around the world to countries in South America, Europe, fascinating blend of illusion and juggling and Asia. Along the way, she won the “most talented” skills.Vova is a worldwide star, having award for youth performers in Brazil. Alina’s career in the performed in the major productions from U.S. includes numerous circus tours, corporate shows, Las Vegas to Korea. He enchanted cruise ship productions and special events. Alina has audiences in Busch Gardens’ cirque shows, starred in numerous Cirque de la Symphonie productions starred in dozens of special corporate as an amazing hula hoops performer, with accompanying events, and with many symphony hand balancing, acrobatic and skills. Her orchestras across North America.Vova is mastery of illusion includes the amazing quick change one of the most multi-talented and magic jacket acts. performers in Cirque de la Symphonie, with performances that include various ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS: juggling acts, the spinning cube and Anna Milan, horn assistant; Todd Martin, horn; Allen frame, diablo, and other uniquely Harrington, bassoon; Laurel Ridd, flute; Tony Cyre, percussion; entertaining acts. Victoria Sparks, percussion; Donna Laube, keyboard

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On behalf of DARRELL GEBHARDT Family, Partners, & Associates

Proud supporter of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, we celebrate and wish them a huge success on their 70th Anniversary!

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Farewell Alexander

Alexander Mickelthwate, conductor

Bomsori Kim, violin CLASSICS

Concert Sponsor: Photographer: Nardella Photography

The Promised Hand Iman Habibi (b. 1985)

Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 99 Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) Nocturne: Moderato Scherzo: Allegro non troppo Passacaglia: Andante Burlesca: Allegro con brio

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Ein Heldenleben (A Hero’s Life), Op. 40 Richard Strauss (1864-1949) The Hero The Hero’s Adversaries The Hero’s Companion The Hero’s Battlefield The Hero’s Works of Peace The Hero’s Retreat from the World, and Fulfillment

Played without pause

Friday, May 11 8:00 p.m. Classics A Saturday, May 12 8:00 p.m. Series Sponsor:

Official Radio Station WINNIPEG’S Pre-Concert Chat on the Piano Nobile of the WSO Classics: CLASSIC at 7:15 p.m.

SPECIAL CONDENSED MATINEE Richard Strauss: Ein Heldenleben Friday, May 11 10:30 a.m.

April – May 2018 I OVERTURE 19 by the authorities to ban abstract or A Hero’s Life PROGRAM NOTES difficult music that might be Richard Strauss by James Manishen challenging for the Soviet people to b. Munich, Germany / June 11, 1864 accept. Only simple music glorifying d. Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany / The Promised Hand the State would be allowed. September 8, 1949 Iman Habibi Shostakovich knew both purges had Composed: 1898 b.Tehran, Iran / 1985 come from Stalin. First performance: March 3, 1899 Composed: 2015 After the 1936 purge he responded (Frankfurt) conducted by the composer First performance: February 21, 2015 with his magnificent Fifth Symphony Last WSO performance: 2006, Alexander (Vancouver), Jin Zhang, conductor and soon became a world figure. But Mickelthwate, conductor First WSO performance the 1948 censure was too much to Ein Heldenleben (A Hero’s bear, and he decided to withhold “Life’s most magical Life) was the seventh of releasing any of his substantial works moments often rush by us Strauss’orchestral tone hastily.We feel frustrated, as for a fair hearing until after Stalin was out of the picture. Stalin’s death on poems. As the year 1898’s we try to grasp on only to March 5, 1953 – the same day as most talked-about surrender in the end to the Prokofiev’s – was like a dam bursting composer, his latest offering was much incessant order of time: you may not for Shostakovich. His Violin Concerto anticipated by press and public alike, as possess! And while moments are not to be No.1 waited until 1955 for its his earlier showpieces (Don Juan,Also owned, their magic is eternal.We keep premiere by David Oistrakh, who had sprach Zarathustra and others) were that magic safe in our hearts. Soon we worked on the score with imaginative and stunningly realize it is not enough.We still fear that Shostakovich and was one of the orchestrated works that carried time may one day wash away. In an effort greatest violinists of the time. programmatic orchestral music to to resist the forgetfulness of time, we heights not experienced since Berlioz. Shostakovich’s alleged memoirs express ourselves through art, hoping that Testimony reveal that the genesis of Strauss immodestly claimed that the the physical manifestation of an emotion the Concerto came from a combined story was not about material heroism will make it last longer. bond to Jewish folklore plus the moral but the kind of heroism describing the issue of what had happened to the struggles in life that lead to elevation of Much like Prokofiev does in Romeo and Jews during the terror of World War II. the soul.What emerged though turned Juliet, I celebrate the serenity of love and Shostakovich was deeply affected by out to be a musical self-portrait in six its ability to bring peace and unite the Holocaust, yet also by what he parts. mankind in times of chaos. The Promised called the multifaceted flavour and Hand portrays a day of my life. In it, there is spirit of Jewish music, its ability to “be The first three parts portray the a day’s worth of paradoxes: from the rush, happy while it is tragic…almost characters: the Hero (Strauss himself, to the elation, then the lighting of a always laughter through tears...”As with all his pride, moods and obstinacy), candle, and the perpetuity of a glance. always in Shostakovich’s major works, his Adversaries (the critics, though the symphonic argument is powerful, Strauss doesn’t directly say so), and his I dedicate this piece to my wife, Deborah, compelling and plotted with airtight Companion (beloved yet complex and in memory of our wedding day.” logic. In this concerto too, his initials manipulative wife Pauline, depicted by -Iman Habibi become a musical signature: D, E-flat the solo violin).The fourth section The (German S), C, H (German B-natural). Hero’s Battlefield is a vividly “modern” Violin Concerto No. 1 display of uproar.Through the Dmitri Shostakovich In the opening Nocturne, the solo sustaining inspiration of the b. St Petersburg, Russia / September 25, 1906 violin grows continuously from the Companion over all the clashing blades d. Moscow / August 9, 1975 dark string melody underneath, the and general mayhem, a triumphant Composed: 1947-48 centre-piece of the movement a finish of victory closes this battlefield of First performance: October 29, 1955 powerful statement leading to the music. (Leningrad) Yevgeny Mravinsky, conductor, return of the quieter opening with David Oistrakh as soloist. material to close.The wild Scherzo The fifth section The Hero’s Works of Last WSO performance: 2011, Dmitry couldn’t be more different, recalling Peace holds Strauss to a mirror as Sitkovetsky, conductor, with Korbinian the similar one in the Tenth themes from some of his earlier works Altenberger as soloist Symphony, a work Shostakovich are recalled to elevate the soul in called “about Stalin.” The Passacaglia achievement.The closing section brings It was déjà vu for uses the ancient variation form of a back the Adversaries again with the Shostakovich in 1948 as he repeating theme layering increasingly Hero battling it out. Anger subsides as composed his Violin Concerto elaborate material on top, with the English horn gently brings back his No.1. He had felt the purge in deeply moving results.The Finale is a theme, but more strife agitates him. As 1936 when his opera Lady stunning virtuosic display that he becomes consoled by the solo violin, Macbeth of Mtsensk was called “muddle”by encapsulates previous material to Peace descends on his spirit and the Soviet officialdom. Again he was close this brilliant, complex yet most music rapturously closes. condemned in 1948 in the general purge accessible masterwork.

Veuillez vous adresser au service des abonnés ou consulter le site www.wso.ca pour la traduction en français. 20 OVERTURE I April – May 2018 Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition. Violin Wieniawski Henryk astonishing success atthe15th cameontheheelsofher in 2010.This debut an internationally acclaimedconcert whichledto International MusicCompetition, the youngest prizewinner ofthe4thSendai gainingattention began in2010as Bomsori Competition. and theJuilliard School’s annualConcerto the 3rd ChinaInternational Competition, Violin International JeanSibelius Competition,Violin the10th Queen ElisabethCompetition, the InternationalTchaikovsky Competition, prize winsofnote includethe15thOther violin Kim, Bomsori ARTIST BIOS recognized violinists. generation ofinternationally ofanemerging part has establishedherselfas Kim Bomsori Competition, International Music Winner ofthe62ndARD Farewell Alexander CLASSICS International ecsin itraSak,pruso;Oii ice,harp OliviaRitchey, percussion; Sparks, Victoria percussion; Tony Cyre, trombone; Cass, Ryan trumpet; Sykora, Brian trumpet; Perry, Marvin horn; Olivia Quackenbush, horn; AidenKleer, horn; Sturgess; Micajah horn; Martin, Todd bassoon/contra bassoon; AllenHarrington, bassoon; Breton, Karine bassoon; Antoine St-Onge, clarinet; Dassios, Mike clarinet; Chris Byman, flute; Laurel Ridd, flute; Conway, Alex oboe; DanielleJohannes, oboe; Caitlin Broms-Jacobs, ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS: New York. the Carnegie Hall, Blechaczandthedebutrecital at with pianistRafal duotour Symphoniker,Tonkünstler Orchester Vienna, withNürnberger withJaapvanconcerts Zweden, The at upcoming seasonhighlightsare concerts 1774 violinby JoannesBaptistaGuadagnini. shecurrently plays ona Asiana InstrumentBank, ofKumho thesupport scholarship student.With Diplomaasafull- currently pursuingherArtist where sheis at of MusicDegree The Juilliard School, ShealsoearnedherMaster NationalUniversity. Seoul Bomsoriisagraduate of A native ofSouthKorea, April –May2018 I OVERTURE 21

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Vancouver Symphony on Tour

Bramwell Tovey conductor Marion Newman mezzo-soprano* SPECIAL James Ehnes violin+ Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

O Canada Calixa Lavallée Ancestral Voices* Bramwell Tovey I In Arcady II The Last Bison III The Letter IV Bring Light to the Truth Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77+ Johannes Brahms I Allegro non troppo II Adagio III Allegro giocoso, ma no troppo vivace – Poco più presto - INTERMISSION - Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 Enigma Edward Elgar Theme: Andante Var. 1: C.A.E.: L’istesso tempo Var. 2: H.D.S-P.:Allegro Var. 3: R.B.T. Allegretto Var. 4: W.M.B. Allegro di molto Var. 5: R.P.A.:Moderato Var. 6: Ysobel: Andantino Var. 7: Troyte: Presto Var. 8: W.N.: Allegretto Var. 9: Nimrod: Adagio Var. 10: Dorabella (Intermezzo): Allegretto Var. 11: G.R.S.: Allegro di molto Var. 12: R.G.N.: Andante Var. 13: (***) (Romanza): Moderato Var. 14: E.D.U. (Finale (Allegro)

Wednesday, May 23 8:00 p.m. Sponsors: Winnipeg Concert We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council Sponsor: for the Arts, which last year invested $153 million to bring the arts to Canadians throughout the country. Tour Supporters: Alan and Gwendoline Nous remercions le Conseil des arts du Canada de Pyatt Foundation son soutien. L’andernier, le Conseil a investi 153 Michael L. Fish millions de dollars pout mettre de l’art dans la vie des Canadiennes et des Canadiens de tout le pays. Fred Withers and Kathy Jones Community Engagement Initiative:

April – May 2018 I OVERTURE 23 The text of the first song is drawn To live in freedom, / in peace and PROGRAM NOTES from a work of the English security. / The right to life… Romantic poet John Keats (1795- 1821), and describes Arcady, a The Vancouver Sun summed up the Ancestral Voices pastoral paradise. It was written in emotional trajectory of the cycle, Bramwell Tovey CM OM 1819, when the western frontier of saying “we go from a misty vision of b. Essex, England / July 11, 1953 what would become Canada was an earthly paradise, through a Preparing for the just being opened up. lament for degradation of the Canada150 celebrations, natural world, a bitter scherzo to a …In the dales of Arcady, / what men Bramwell Tovey chose to text of bureaucratic weasel words, or gods are these? / What maidens mark the occasion with a then on to an ambiguous loth? / What mad pursuit? / What musical gift. For the final struggle to escape?… conclusion acknowledging past concert of the VSO’s wrongs, longing and hoping for the 2016-2017 season, he created a four- The next selection is from a longer possibility of reconciliation.” movement song cycle, titled Ancestral poem, The Song of the Last Bison by Voices, which could in some way Charles Mair (1838-1927).The son (VSO, with notes from David Gordon address both the commemoration of of Scottish immigrants in Lanark, Duke,The Vancouver Sun) the 1867 Confederation of the Upper Canada, he became a “Dominion of Canada,”as well as the crusading Canada First nationalist, a Violin Concerto in D Major, impact of that proclamation on journalist and poet. His imperialist Op. 77 people who had already been living stance might cast Mair in a Johannes Brahms on those same lands for hundreds, if negative light, except for his b. Hamburg, Germany / May 7, 1833 not thousands of years.With this work, success as an advocate of peaceful d.Vienna, Austria / April 3, 1897 Tovey offers his thoughts on a settlement of the West (as a By the time Brahms complicated part of our shared bulwark against American Canadian legacy: the fraught began work on this expansion) and his well-meaning relationship between First Nations and marvelous concerto in praise for the dignity of the native subsequent arrivals. 1878, he and Joseph peoples. Mair is also recognized as Joachim had been an early conservationist, for his part Before the première performance of friends for twenty-five in promoting a sanctuary for bison. the work, Bramwell Tovey spoke with years. One of the most outstanding David Gordon Duke of The Vancouver …Strange men,who ravaged our musicians of the era, Joachim won Sun, and explained,“I was very moved domain / and ringed us around with fame as a violinist, chamber musician, by the reconciliation commission that fire. / Pale enemies who slew with conductor, and composer. Like Brahms, took place a few years ago. As a fairly equal mirth / the harmless or the he wore conservative musical colours. new Canadian I didn’t live here when hurtful things of earth… Both of them favoured the Classical the residential schools existed, but I poise and purity of Beethoven, over the got interested in the politics, and The texts then turn away from the Romantic excess of such contemporary what a terrible thing they were. I don’t poetic to the bureaucratic, with the composers as Berlioz, Liszt and Wagner. like it when artists bang political third text simply called The Letter. drums, but I thought I might be able Joachim studied the concerto-in- to create something that reflects, if The ‘Dear Sir…’instruction was progress closely and made numerous you like, the shame of it all. I don’t discovered in the colonial archives, suggestions to make it more practical. want to get into the controversy of specifically setting out the kind of Brahms ignored almost all of them, cultural appropriation, so there’s no advice that led to the disastrous choosing to follow his own replication of First Nations music — policies of the residential schools. inclinations.With Joachim as soloist, which I’m not even qualified to and Brahms himself conducting, the attempt anyway. I’ve decide to stick Sow the seeds / and separate,isolate, concerto received its première in entirely with non-aboriginal educate,assimilate / and forcibly, Leipzig on New Year's Day, 1879. language; everything is actually from effectively / kill the Indian in the child. my own cultural tradition, if you like.” The warm, expansive introduction to While the music and texts stem from The fourth song is taken from texts the opening movement sets the tone non-aboriginal sources,Tovey was by two Canadian Prime Ministers - and scale for the entire segment. Beethoven-esque in scale and careful to seek out the perspective Stephen Harper and Justin Trudeau ambition, the movement and advice of someone with First - about the legacy of the schools, nevertheless bears Brahms's own Nations heritage.The songs were and from a United Nations text on stamps of urgency and introspective created for and written in consultation the rights of aboriginal peoples. lyricism. An especially dramatic with mezzo-soprano soloist Marion …Bring light to the truth. / What passage sets up the violinist’s Newman, who has Kwagiulth and _ happened and why. / They had no cadenza, which as expected is Stó:lo First Nations roots. right to dignity. / No right to live. / substantial rather than showy. Continued on page 26 24 OVERTURE I April – May 2018 The Official Radio Station for the WSO Masterworks Series.

Winnipeg’s only dedicated classical & jazz music station answered,‘Nothing – but something featuring her chosen instrument. A PROGRAM NOTES might be made of it; Powell would rambunctious variation featuring Continued from page 24 have done this (Variation 2) or timpani and trombones then Nevinson would have looked at it showed us Arthur Troyte Griffith, an The heartfelt slow movement begins like this (Variation 12).’Variation 4 outgoing architect. Variation 8 took sweetly and quietly with a spotlight on the was then played, and the question a glowingly coloured look at a wind section.The solo oboe emerges with asked,‘Who is that like?’ The answer young woman named Winifred the lovely, expressive main theme, which was,‘I cannot say, but it is exactly the Norbury. the soloist takes up and elaborates.The way W.M.B. (William Meath Baker) goes out of the room.You are doing Nimrod offered Elgar’s heartfelt music generates a limited amount of something which I think has never tribute to one of his most steadfast emotional heat, but it dissolves back into been done before.’Thus, the work friends, German-born music editor the opening serene reverie. grew into its full shape.” and journalist August Johannes Jaeger.The fleet, delicately The finale is also reserved, at least in Elgar never fully explained a mystery orchestrated Variation 10 brought comparison with contemporary concertos he had woven into it. In later years he us Dora Penny, portraying her such as Tchaikovsky's.The recurring refrain stated that throughout the variations stammer in a delicately affectionate is a jovial, heavy-footed peasant dance.This “another and larger theme ‘goes,’but manner.The boisterous Variation 11 is the most technically demanding section it is not played. It was so well known presented not so much its of the concerto. But as always, elements of that it was strange no one had dedicatee, organist George display never overwhelm good taste and discovered it.”Its identity remains Robertson Sinclair, as his bulldog musical substance. unknown. Dan, leaping into the river to fetch a stick. Program note © 2014 Don Anderson After the rather melancholy theme has been presented, the affectionate A gorgeous cello solo is featured Variations on an Original Theme Variation 1 characterized Elgar’s wife, in Variation 12, depicting Basil G. Caroline Alice.The nervous bustle of Nevinson, who played that Op. 36 Enigma Variation 2 mimicked Hew David Sir Edward Elgar instrument. Variation 13 painted a Steuart Powell’s characteristic warm- rather somber portrait of Lady Mary b. Broadheath, England / June 2, 1857 up at the piano, while the third Lygon.The finale is a self-portrait, d.Worcester, England / February 23, 1934 variation’s light-hearted mood written, as Elgar stated,“at a time recalled the mimicking talents of when friends were dubious and The origins of the “Enigma” Richard Baxter Townshend.The generally discouraging as to the Variations date from October sharply accented Variation 4 composer’s musical future.”His 21, 1898. As Elgar recalled, presented a portrait of the brusque reply to their doubtfulness was “One evening after a long country squire William Meath Baker. bold and self-confident. and tiresome day’s teaching, It is followed in Variation 5 by a aided by a cigar, I musingly gently dreaming picture of music Program note © 2017 Don Anderson played on the piano the theme as it now lover Richard Penrose Arnold. stands.The voice of Lady Elgar asked with Elgar portrayed the amateur violinist a sound of approval ‘What was that?’I Isabel Fitton in a lyrical variation Veuillez vous adresser au service des abonnés ou consulter le site www.wso.ca pour la traduction en français.

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Bramwell Tovey CM OM, conductor festival dedicated to contemporary music, as well Grammy® and Juno® award- as the founding of VSO Orchestral Institute at winning conductor/composer Whistler (VSOIW). In 2017-2018, Maestro Tovey’s Bramwell Tovey was appointed VSO season will include monumental works such Music Director of the Vancouver as The Dream of Gerontius, by Elgar, Bruckner’s Symphony Orchestra in 2000. Symphony No. 9, Britten’s Peter Grimes, and the He is also the Artistic Advisor of “Resurrection” Symphony of Mahler. As the VSO the VSO School of Music. His unprecedented reaches its centenary, Mr.Tovey will be honoured 18-year tenure has included complete with the title of Music Director Emeritus. Mr.Tovey symphony cycles of Beethoven, Mahler, is a Fellow of the in Brahms, the establishment of an annual London, the Royal Conservatory of Music in

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by the andasa exciting“very newtalent” sexuality” was widelypraised for her “superbly sinuous Opera 2005inthetitlerole of Magazine noted as"ashow stealer" ( wens”( sweetness” Conductor Orchestra. oftheBBCConcert assumed thepositionofPrincipal he 2018, andinJanuary programme, and oversees BU’s extensive orchestra University where heteaches conducting ofBoston hejoinedthefaculty In 2017, the Order to ofCanada music. for services of Officer he wasappointed anhonourary In2013, Kwantlen and Winnipeg. Manitoba, the universities ofBritishColumbia, 28 OVERTURE reconciliation. andcontinuing anactive roletake in organizations wishingtoan advisorfor arts as Sheismuchsoughtafter Nations identity. thatspeak to Marion’sand concerts First operas world premieres ofseveral works, Upcoming appearances include Awards. CBC’s NationalAboriginalAchievement has beenfeatured five timesasasoloiston Solennelle ae he,violin James Ehnes, Falla’s includesHandel’srepertoire Herextensive choirs across Canada. symphoniesand with thebestensembles, hasperformed Marion stage, On theconcert mezzo-soprano Marion Newman, Toronto andholds concert hallsandwithmanyconcert ofthemost ARTIST BIOS El AmorBrujo Irish Examiner .InherIrishdebutwithCork’s ). andMozart’s , Opera Canada at thesametimeaninnate but voice andpower, hasheft Newman’sMarion “beautiful Scottish mezzo-soprano Irishand English, Nations, regularly intheworld’s great appearing on five continents, in37countries has performed Canadian violinistJamesEhnes probing musicianship, and forKnown hisvirtuosity Kwagiulth andStó:lo I April –May2018 honourary degrees from honourary Rossini’s , . ) andshehasbeen Requiem BBC Music Carmen Messiah Vancouver Symphony On Tour Petite Messe _ . Marion Marion . First she , ,De and MaestroBramwell Tovey. whowork with members musicianfaculty VSO world, professional musiciansfrom allaround the 90 emerging, world-class summermusicprogram involving an annual, also staged OrchestralVSO Institute at Whistler (VSOIW), theorganization has downtown Since 2015, Vancouver. itopenedthe Schoolof Musicin VSO In 2011, year. programs experienced by over 50,000children each The maintains extensive educationandcommunity VSO at theconclusion ofthecurrent season. upthebaton from andhewilltake Maestro Tovey VSO, Otto Tausk ofthe Designate wasnamedMusicDirector Maestro InFebruary 2017, organization’s 100thseason. 2018-2019willmarkthe the Lower Mainland. Theatre andnumerous additionalvenues throughout annuallyby the performed inthehistoricVSO Orpheum are 150concerts Over eachseason. guest artists 250,000 peopleandfeatures more than50celebrated The to anannualaudience ofover performs VSO and thethird largest symphony orchestra inthecountry. organization west ofOntario arts largest performing About the VSO currently lives inFlorida withhiswife andchildren. He James plays Stradivarius the"Marsick" of1715. Philharmonic Orchestra andAndrew Manze. the Beethoven Concerto withtheRoyal LiverpoolViolin Onyx Classicsreleased hisrecording of of2017, October In Tovey won bothaGrammy® andaJuno®award. Walton withthe violinconcertos andBramwellVSO and Barber Hisrecording oftheKorngold, Kernis. and Antonio Vivaldi to JohnAdams andAaron-Jay Bach featuring musicthatranges from J.S. recordings, James hasanextensive discography ofnearly50 appointed oftheOrder ofCanada. JamesaMember theGovernor ofCanada General In2010, Columbia. Brandon University andtheUniversity ofBritish James hasreceived doctorates from honourary Chamber MusicSociety. oftheSeattle Director andtheArtistic Quartet heisalsothefirstviolinistofEhnes solo work, Inadditionto his celebrated orchestras andconductors. ntttos the institutions; arts performing successful and most active is oneofCanada’s Symphony Orchestra the Vancouver Founded in1919,

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Hall Pat and Bill Reid Allan & Rochelle Baker Marj Grevstad Ms. Linda Harlos & Mr. Adrian Mr. Daryl & Mrs. Sheila Reid Barbara & Bruce Ball Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth W. & Marjorie Wildsmith Anne Reid and the MacLarty Mr. Robert Baragar Grower Beth & Raymond Harris Family in Memory of Norman Ms. Margaret Barbour Ms. Marion Guinn Teresa A. Hay MacKay, 38 Years As a Member Robert Barton Katie & DeLloyd Guth Ms. Marilyn Hido of the French Horn Section of In Memory of Robert Coates Saul & Lolly Guttman Ms. Susan Hildebrandt WSO and Personnel Manager Neovation Learning Solutions Ms. Joanne Hampson Mr. & Mrs. J.K. Holland for some time Isaak & Tina Bergen Meghan Hansen Patti Holm Eleanor Riach Eric Bergen Mr. & Mrs. Ben & Nadia Hanuschak Carl & Vi Hultin Robert & Vera Ripley Donald & Edith Besant Ms. Erin Harley William J. Hutton Mrs. Patricia Romeyn Ms. Diane Bewell Mrs. Phyllis Hatskin P.Ilavsky Frances E. 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Brown Ms. Marilyn Kapitany Schroeder Shaun Humphries 34 OVERTURE I April – May 2018 Huynh Van Ho Blumie Portnoy Sonatina John Heath Rozin & Cathy Iwanicki Ms. Lois Powne Arshad Ahsanuddin Paul Henteleff Alan Janzen & Leona Sookram Mr. Guy Prokopetz Jonathan Alvaran Mrs. Margaret Hill Ursula & Sandor Kelemen Ms. Joanne Prygrocki Alyssa Amposta Arlene Hintsa in Memory of Patricia Kellendonk Dr. Fiona Punter Michelle Berger at Ecole Marie Marilyn Erwin W. Kitsch Bryan & Diana Purdy Anne Gaboury Mrs. Cathy Hobday Nadine & Herb Klassen Erin Rafferty Mr. Lance Arthur Anderson Walter & Victoria Hrabluk Ms. Mary Klassen Holly Rafferty Dr. John Badertscher Barbara Hunnie John Knowles & Kathryn Knowles Shane Rafferty Mrs. Susan Baird Mr. & Mrs. Peter & Rosalind Ed & Helen Kolomaya Mrs. Marieann Reeves Veronique Barthet Husband Ron Lambert Ms.Teresa Reilly Ralph & Eileen Baxter Ishbel Isaacs Lisa & Ted Mrs. Barbara Rempel Mrs. Eva Berard David & Heather Jenkins Edith Landy, in Memory of Theresa Rempel Mrs. Lori Bettig Susan Johnson David Landy Mr. Louis Ricciuto Mr. Dick J. Bloemheuvel Victoria Johnston Langrell Family Jim & Pat Richtik Sally Boulding Mr. Gordon C. Keatch Mrs. Ingrid Lee Mr. & Mrs. Robert & Vera Ripley Mr. Laurence Brandt Katie Kirkpatrick Mr. & Ms. Saul & Kathy Leibl Gisela Roger Joan Braun Mrs.Vera Kostyshyn Kozub/Halldorson Family Mr. Francois Lentz Mr. Chris Rudd Monica Brechka Mr. & Mrs. Ken & Marie Kuhn Mr. & Mrs. David & Sherrill Levene Mr. Johnny Rule Salangad & Ms. Ms. Shirley Brown Ms. Irene Kuhtey Jennifer Lidstone Pearly Rule Salangad Mr. & Mrs. Alfred & Mildred Buelow Anne La Tour Tom & Lovie Liewicki David & Helen Saude Susan Burchill Ms. Betty Laing Albert & Helen Litz R. Schroeder Sheila Burland Elizabeth Lansard Barry & Patricia Lloyd Dr. Marlis Schroeder Divna Calic Canada Guaranty Frances Lemieux Pamela Lockman Ms. Janet Schubert Kim Lentowitsch Canadian Association of Gift Roger Lowe Mr. Ken Schykulski Linda Litwack in memory of Planners Manitoba Chaper Mr. & Mrs. Chris and Lori Luby Robert Shaw & Chris Krawchenko Mayer Rabkin Aline Caron Al & Pat Mackling Lynn & Bill Shead Gail Loewen S. K. Clark Dr. Sabine Mai Heida & Skuli Sigfusson Mrs. Sharon Love Melissa Colquhoun James Manishen Patricia Simcoe-Rosenbaum & Roger & Norma Lowe Mr. Alfred Cornies Margaret (Bouskill) Maw Harvey Rosenbaum Zeeba Loxley Karen Couch Harold S. Mawhinney & Judy Moon Ms. Kaye Snatenchuk Jennifer Lukovich Mr. Fred J. Cross Jemara Fay Jordan Sodowsky Christopher MacNutt Jean Cunningham Dr. & Mrs. Ihor Mayba Geri & Peter Spencer Pat & Murray Macrae Mr. & Mrs.Ted & Lacona J. Doreen McCormick Ms. Nata L. Spigelman Barbara Main Cunningham Dr. Ian McIntyre Mr. & Mrs. Starodub Mr. Allan Mapes D. Cymbalist C. & J. McIntyre Mrs. Pat Stefanchuk Frank & Terry Martin Cheryl McNabb & Gerald Davis Bonnie Hoffer-Steiman & Lionel Carl Ar Darby Marian Martin in memory of Quinton & Maureen McNaught Steiman Shannon Darby Eleanor Annandale Ms. Linda Meckling Ms. Sally Stephens Mr. & Mrs. Ken & Monique Davis Emily Mayoralgo Karen Menkis Mr. & Mrs. Lorne & Lorna Stevens Silvia V. de Sousa Hugh McCabe Dr. Adrienne Meyers Art Turner & Lyn Stienstra Mrs.Wilna Dehls Kelly McGonigal Estelle Meyers Mrs. Marilyn Stothers Mrs. Michele Del Rizzo Jim McLaren In Honour of Donn Yuen's Ms. Karen Swain L. N. Delisle Mrs. Jean McLennan Retirement Mary and Robert Thomas Ms. Shawna Dempsey Sen. Marilou McPhedran Ms.Terrylynn Desrosiers Ms. Sue Miclash Mrs. Deborah Thorlakson Ms. Kathleen Michener Mrs. Ethel Dil Peter Miller & Carolyn Garlich Betsy F.Thorsteinson Mrs. Jocelyn Millard Monica Dinney Ms. Sheila Miller Toad Hall Toys Inc. Bob & Penny Miller Paul Dueck Margaret & Fred Mooibroek In Memory of Ronald George Howard Miller Ms. Margaret Elaine Ellis Mrs. Joan Ann Morton Spencer Harry & Annette Minuk Pam Eyland John & Margaret Mundie Henry & Elizabeth Toews Sandi Mitchell Ross Feldman Leesa Munroe Ms. Josette Toye Carolyn and Nathan Mitchell Dr. Jeannette Filion-Rosset Mel & Sharon Myers Edith Ugrin Mr. Gordon Mitchell Mrs. Cindy Flynn Mrs. Sheila Mymryk Mr. Michael van Lierop Ms. Sandra Mitchell Bonny Fraser Ms. Bonnie Neil Ms. Stephanie M. van Nest M. Mohr Joycelyn and Bryan Gawryluk Dr. Sidney & Gwen Nelko Barry and Gail Veals Jon Montes Jim & Betty Gaynor Ms. Judy M. Nichol & Dr. Jim Hugo and Anny Veldhuis Maureen Morin Bonnie Geller Skinner Ken & Mary Warmbrod Kim Morton Mr. David P.Giesbrecht Fred & Karen Nicholson David & Hermine Olfert Shawn & Beth Watters Mr. Richard Gillanders Ms. Helen O'Neill Truus Oliver Mrs. Evelyn Wener Heather F.Graham Alice Oswald Allan & Hazel Osborn James & Claudia Weselake Ms. Gail Granger Mrs. Clarice Owen Mr. Douglas Page Westminster United Church Jeff Green Shirley & Graham Padgett Kathleen Parums Dr. Gaynor Jane Williams Barry & Susan Greenberg in Patricia Mary Patterson Sonjia Pasiechnik Dorcas & Kirk Windsor Memory of Mayer Rabkin Mrs. Liz Patzer Ms. Nettie Peters Andrew Winkless Mrs. Noreen Greenberg Donald Pearen Ingrid Peters-Fransen Ms. Joan Wise Victoria Gretchen Ellen Peel & Neil Bruneau Ms. Pat Philpott Myra Wolch and Saul M. Cherniack Ms. Marianne Gruber Robert Peterson Ian & Ann-Margret Plummer Patrick Wright Raul Gutierrez Ms. Bettina Pfeiffer Ms. Danuta Podkomorska Libby Yager and Billy Brodovsky Michael & Elaine Shnier Grant & Gail Pierce Gabriela Popescu Donn K.Yuen Gertrude Hamilton Denise Piper Ken & Geri Porath 7 Anonymous Helen & Peter Hayward Randy Pitch

April – May 2018 I OVERTURE 35 Dr. & Mrs. James Popplow Rezutek Family Howard Miller Mr. Daryl & Mrs. Sheila Reid Janis Pregnall Anne Yankiwski Ms. Sheila Miller Anne Reid and the MacLarty Family in Mr. James & Christine Prendergast Ms. Ruth Zahodnik Conor Mulholland Memory of Norman MacKay, 38 Mr. & Mrs.Thomas Prescott Mr. & Mrs. Edward & Susan Michael Nesbitt Years As a Member of the French Valerie Raber Zwingerman in Memory of Bob and Cindy Newfield Horn Section of WSO and W Rannie & Elaine Walker Mayer Rabkin Dr. Rashmi Nigam Medical Corp Personnel Manager for some time Karen Rassmussen-Oke 12 Anonymous Mikaela Oldenkamp Margot A. Ross M. Reguly Lesia Peet Barbara Scheuneman Ms. Pat Repa Randy Pitch Brenda Sklar Beverley Ridd Dr. Bill Pope & Dr. Elizabeth Tippett- Ross & Bette Jayne Taylor Heather Robbins Pope Jim & Jan Tennant Ettie Robinson Phyllis Portnoy & Rory Egan Ward Tweet Melissa Steele Beth M. Proven 2 Anonymous Festival donors help to further Dr. Clare Ramsey Jean Robson the musical artistry of the WSO’s Kelly Regula Dental Corp Sandra Rosen New Music Festival. Thank you! Mrs.V. Rosolowich Pat and Bill Reid Margot A. Ross Mrs. France Adams Michael Rennie John & Shirley Russell Jean Altemeyer Guillermo Rocha Medical Brittany Rycroft Janet Ash & Associates Ltd. Corporation Sistema Winnipeg is a daily Eduardo & Olga Saveliovsky Aubrey & Dr. Linda Asper Steve Ruddy & Pauline Boisselle after-school program offered Jessie Sawicz Baked Expectations Olga & Bill Runnalls at no cost to participants that Nicola Schaefer Neil Bardal Funeral Centre Barbara Scheuneman enriches the lives of children and Kay Schalme Ms.Trudy Blight Robert Shaw & Chris Krawchenko young people with the fewest Mary Agnes Welch Dr.Tenley Nicole Bower Medical Dr. Moti Shojania resources and the greatest Charlene & Harry Schwartz Corporation Jordan Sodowsky need. The WSO gratefully Mrs. Elaine Silverberg Jackie Brignall Marlene Stern acknowledges the following Gail & Murray Singer Stephen Brodovsky Stobart Agency Ltd patrons whose support makes a Evelyn R. Smith in Memory of Kevin Burns Dr. Kenneth Thorlakson difference in the everyday lives of these children. Thank you! Mayer Rabkin Dr. David Camoriano Susan Glass & Arni Thorsteinson Mr. & Mrs. Robert Smith Pat & Mary Jo Carrabre Mr. Ron Timlick Mr. & Mrs. John & Claudia Corona Honourary Chair Darby Spafford University of Manitoba Icelandic Daniel Scholz, Principal Viola Garry & Linda Specht Cushman & Wakefield Department Ms. Meg Specht Dr. Peter Czaplinski Ms. Stephanie M. van Nest Maestoso Gerry & Jasmin St. Laurent Ms. Shawna Dempsey Brad Vannan The Bertram Austin Goodman, Sandra & Robert Dewey Marianne Staub VQ Salon Mary Easton McLaren Goodman Dr. R. Dookeran Medical Dr. Camelia Stefanovici Sherri Walsh & Dr. Louis Ludwig and Dorothy Jean Goodman Corporation George Stolarskyj Meeka Walsh Foundation Andrea Dyhe Archie & Shirley Stone Dr. Marnie Waters Richardson Foundation Robert Enright Muriel Sutherland Mr. & Mrs. Hymie & Shaaron RBC Foundation Kathleen & David Estey Dianne Szelag Weinstein Winnipeg Jets True North Foundation Randy Ewanika Frank Talbot Mr. Neil Wilcox Vivace Ms. Susan Feldman Gladys Tarala Karin Woods Wayne Forbes Manitoba Community Services Ms. Linda Thomas Dr. Jens J.Wrogemann Daniel Friedman & Rob Dalgliesh Council Phyllis Thomson Anne Yankiwski Mrs. Elba Haid Mr. & Mrs. Barry & Carol McArton Ms. Melita Tonogai 2 Anonymous Dr. & Mrs. Don & Jerri Hall The Thomas Sill Foundation Inc Sherri Towaij Michael & Elaine Shnier Telus Hien Tran Mrs. Lisa Hastings Con Brio Shelley Turnbull Marilyn & Helios Hernandez Bridgeport Office Solutions Ward Tweet Patti Holm Dr. Ken Fowler Cathy Tymm in Honour of Marianne Johnson Souchay Gossen Family Foundation Meg Specht's Birthday Mr. Peter Johnson Share the Music is a unique The Winnipeg Foundation - Mauro Carole Urias Richard & Carol Jones outreach initiative of the WSO Family Fund Mrs. Arlene van Ruiten Koren & Leonard Kaminski that allows economically Allegro Denis Vincent J. Gartner & L. Kampeas disadvantaged children and Mrs. Nancy Vincent Kevin & Els Kavanagh their families to attend WSO Dr. David Barnard Mr. R.D. Bell Irv & Toby Vinsky in Memory of Patricia Kellendonk performances. Thank you for Andy Burgess Mayer Rabkin Ms. Jose Koes helping to Share the Music! Timothy & Barbara Burt Miss A. H.Wagstaffe Kozub/Halldorson Family Ms. Margaret Barbour Rev. Msgr. Michael Buyachok Dr. Jackie Walker Ron Lambert Lucienne Blouw in memory of Mr. David Christianson Patricia & Lorne Wallace Lisa & Ted Mr. & Mrs. Paul A.Walton Hermi van den Berg Gordon & Jeannine Cornell Iceland Naturally Lucienne Blouw in Honour of Louise Mr. Glen Angus Webster Greg & Linda Fearn Bernie Léveillé & Moira Swinton Nebbs and Paul Godard Morgan Wege Judith & Peter Flynn Drs. Grant & Eleanor MacDougall Mrs. Marlene J. Crielaard Mr. James Wernham Judith & Peter Flynn in honour of John Maguire & Susan Collison Don & Jerri Hall in Memory of Grace M.Wiebe Arlene Young's Birthday Drs. Joshua Manusow & Kristen Aunt Lois Anderson Annemarie Wiebe Judith & Peter Flynn in memory of Creek Huynh Van Ho Ms. Barbara Wiebe Diena Young Frank & Terry Martin In Memory of Mary Harrison Theresa Wiktorski Judith & Peter Flynn in memory of Brent Mazur & Nancy Quiring Pat & Murray Macrae Andrew Wihelm-Boyles Emily Wilcosh Shana Menkis Mr. Gordon Mitchell Jocelyn and Mark Gabbert Peter Wilk Ron & Sandi Mielitz Dr. Sidney & Gwen Nelko Mr. Gary B. Goossen

36 OVERTURE I April – May 2018 Margaret & Peter Hughes Ms. Catherine Flower Robert Peterson Kevin & Els Kavanagh Mrs. Cindy Flynn Grant & Gail Pierce Bill and Shirley Loewen Bonny Fraser Patricia Pollard in Memory of Dr. David Lyttle Joycelyn and Bryan Gawryluk Gary Pollard Miss Heather Menzies Dr. & Mrs. Jon Gerrard Dr. Bill Pope & Dr. Elizabeth GENERAL WSO Jonathan E. Mitchell In Memory of James Joseph ("Jim") Tippett-Pope The WSO gratefully acknowledges the Gibbons Mrs. Edna Poulter Yvonne Morier following patrons whose foresight Penny Gilbert Ms. Lois Powne Mr. & Dr. John & Joan Morriss helps to ensure long-term financial Ms. Gail Granger Mr. James & Christine Prendergast Kevin Neiles & Tracy Koga support for the WSO. Thank you! Profs. Robert O'Kell & Arlene Young Suzanne Gray Mr. & Mrs.Thomas Prescott Raul Gutierrez Beth M. Proven Mr. Jean-Francois Phaneuf Judy & Jay Anderson Maurice (Moe) & Ethel Pierce Fund Mr. & Mrs. Ben & Nadia Hanuschak Dr. David Punter Dr. Siana Attwell Mrs. Shirley Richardson Audrey A. Hawkins in memory of her Valerie Raber Shibashis Bal Mr.Walter Silicz mother, Mrs. Janice Hawkins Erin Rafferty Sheila & David Brodovsky Jim & Jan Tennant Shirley Hicks Shane Rafferty Lorraine and Gerry Cairns E.Toews Robin Hildebrand Holly Rafferty Katherine Cobor & Gordon Steindel Faye Warren Karen Hiscott Mrs. Marieann Reeves Maryann Hudjik Tannis Richardson Elsie Williston Glynis Corkal Carl & Vi Hultin Mrs. Shirley Richardson 1 Anonymous D.J. Cowan Shaun Humphries Ettie Robinson Mr. Ray Davis Conmoto P. I l av s k y Melissa Steele Helene Dyck Jonathan Alvaran Susan Johnson Jean Robson Ruth & Ernest Epp Alyssa Amposta Victoria Johnston Mr. Chris Rudd Ms. Ursula Erhardt Michelle Berger at Ecole Marie Anne Rick & Caroline Josephson Ms. Miriam Rudolph Greg & Linda Fearn Gaboury Kevin & Els Kavanagh Joan Sabourin Dr. LeeAnn Fishback Marilynne Keil, in Memory of David Mr.Terry Sargeant Betty & Ted Ash Ms. Catherine Flower H. Skinner Nicola Schaefer Mrs. Susan Baird Mrs. Gitta Fricke Marion & Bill Kinnear Barbara Scheuneman In Memory of Robert Coates Marilyn & Helios Hernandez Janet, Susan, Kathie Beach in Dr. Alexander Grunfeld & Silvester Perce & Elizabeth Schirmer Komlodi Foundation Ms. Marilyn Kapitany Memory of Garnet & Betty Beach Marilynne Keil, in Memory of Neovation Learning Solutions Mr. & Mrs. Ken & Marie Kuhn Ed & Susan Schmidt David H. Skinner Isaak & Tina Bergen Kim Lentowitsch Trudy Schroeder Margaret Kellermann McCulloch & Ms. Diane Bewell Albert & Helen Litz Harald & Vicky Schulz Paul McCulloch Mr.William Richard Bloxom Gail Loewen Olga & Myron Shatulsky Sheila & David Brodovsky Zeeba Loxley Jim Skinner & Judy Nichol Aaron Lewis Alexis Kochan & Nestor Budyk Drs. Grant & Eleanor MacDougall Darby Spafford Nick Logan & Christine Skene Susan Burchill Dr. Brendan MacDougall Ms. Meg Specht Brent Mazur & Nancy Quiring Ms. Judi L. Burling Lydia MacKenzie in Honour of John Marianne Wojtas Staub in honour of Mr. & Mrs. Barry & Carol McArton Mr. Bryan Byhre J. March and His Parents Eileen Zaluski Dola and Beverly Judith Meunier Lorraine & Gerry Cairns Allan Malbranck Karan Pope's 60th Birthday Margaret Moroz Mrs. Audrey Campbell Joseph and Judith Malko Family Mrs. Pat Stefanchuk Gabriela Popescu Canada Guaranty Fund Art Turner & Lyn Stienstra Blumie & Iser Portnoy Endowment Canadian Maple Wings Association - James Manishen Todd Tanchak Fund Winnipeg Chapter Manitoba Children's Museum In Honour of Bette Jayne Taylor Pat and Bill Reid Melina Chow Jackie Markstrom Ross & Bette Jayne Taylor Levi & Tena Reimer Marian Martin in memory of Eleanor Jennifer & Brian Thiessen Fred Coakes Ms. Iris Reimer Annandale Mary and Robert Thomas Anna-Lisa Cohen Mr. Louis Ricciuto Margaret (Bouskill) Maw Phyllis Thomson D.J. Cowan Ross & Allana Robinson Emily Mayoralgo Betsy F Thorsteinson in Memory of Greg Cox Kelly McGonigal Ruth Dowse Olga & Bill Runnalls The Crawford & McCarver Family Mrs. Maureen McIntosh Toad Hall Toys Inc. Pietra Shirley Tracey Cullen Dr. Ian McIntyre Edith A.Toews Mr. & Mrs. Daniel & Maureen Sitar Carl Ar Darby Quinton & Maureen McNaught in Carol & Neil Trembath Ms. Karen Swain Shannon Darby Memory of Barry Anderson Cathy Tymm in Honour of Meg Dr. & Mrs. David Swatek Silvia V. de Sousa Mr. & Mrs. Q. McNaught in Memory Specht's Birthday Frank Talbot Mrs. Michele Del Rizzo of Merrily Peters Carole Urias James & Joanne Teitsma L. N. Delisle Ms. Linda Meckling Strang/van Ineveld Family Jim & Jan Tennant Mr. & Mrs. Ryan & Janice Diduck Karen Menkis Mr. Michael van Lierop The Winnipeg Foundation Monica Dinney Mr. Neil Middleton In memory of Blair Simpson Susan Glass & Arni Thorsteinson Jennifer Dobson in honour of H Dr. Kyle Millar Mr. & Mrs. Gordon & Charlotte Walkty In Memory of Ronald George Marie Nelson Carolyn and Nathan Mitchell Shawn & Beth Watters Spencer Dr. Harry & Mrs. Mary Lynn Gord & Sherratt Moffatt Thuraya Weedon Duckworth in Memory of Diena Garnet Ward Vera Moroz Noah & Myrna Weiszner James & Claudia Weselake Young Morna-June Morrow Diane Weselake Harry & Mary Duckworth in honour Robin Wiens and Emilie Lagacé- Kim Morton Westminster United Church Wiens of Arlene Young's birthday Mrs. Sheila Mymryk WhoDunit? Mystery Bookstore Raymond & Shirley Wiest Don & Gloria Dyck Ms. Bonnie Neil Ms. Barbara Wiebe Edith Wilde John and Marilyn Ekins North Kildonan United Church Peter Wilk Ms. Ursula Erhardt Alice Oswald Dr. Gaynor Jane Williams David C.Wilson Ms. Karin Erhardt Judith Owens In Memory of Lloyd and Blanche Karin Woods Kathleen Estey in memory of Joanne Oscar Pantaleon Jr. Morrissey Mr. John Yarema Maxwell Garth & Diane Panting Libby Yager and Billy Brodovsky 3 Anonymous Pam Eyland Patricia Mary Patterson In honour of Arlene Young's Birthday Rick & Julie Fast Donald Pearen in honour of Arlene Don & Betty Young Michael Feld Young's Special Birthday In Honour of Donn Yuen's Retirement Ross Feldman Lesia Peet 20 Anonymous April – May 2018 I OVERTURE 37 ALEXANDER MICKELTHWATE William J. Hutton Nora, Fran, Betty & Al, ENDOWMENT FUND Margaret Jeffries Bev & Bruce In memory of Shelley Chochinov in Honour of Ursula & Sandor Kelemen Merrily Peters Alexander Mickelthwate John Knowles & Kathryn Knowles Kevin & Els Kavanagh in memory of Barbara & Brian Crow in Honour of Ed & Helen Kolomaya Jacqueline Desmarais Alexander Mickelthwate Mrs.Vera Kostyshyn Nadine & Herb Klassen in Memory In honour of Robert Dalgliesh and Anne La Tour of Mayer Rabkin Daniel Friedman Edith Landy, in Memory of David Linda Litwack In memory of Bruno Gossen in Honour of Landy Mayer Rabkin Alexander Mickelthwate Langrell Family Sharon Love in Memory of Richard & Carol Jones Mrs. Ingrid Lee Jeannine McCallum Lydia MacKenzie in Honour of Frances Lemieux Denise Piper In memory of Alexander Mickelthwate, in Mr. & Mrs. David & Sherrill Levene Katherine (Kay) Lee Loving Memory of Donn Tom & Lovie Liewicki Bill Pope & Elizabeth Tippett-Pope Lawrie & Fran Pollard Dr. Sabine Mai in honour of Bill & Shirley Barbara Scheuneman Mr. Allan Mapes Loewen's 60th Anniversary Lynn & Bill Shead Elaine & Neil Margolis Bill & Elizabeth Pope in Honour of Jim Skinner & Judy Nichol in Cheryl McNabb & Gerald Davis Bert & Lee Friesen's 50th Honour of Alexander Margaret & Fred Mooibroek Anniversary Mickelthwate Kim Morton Charlene & Harry Schwartz in Hien Tran Charlotte Murrell Memory of Mayer Rabkin Mr.Tom Mutter and Ms. Raena Robert Shindleman and Family In Buksak memory of Mayer Rabkin Ms. Judy M. Nichol & Dr. Jim Skinner Evelyn R. Smith In memory of Wayne & Linda Paquin Mayer Rabkin ENDOWMENT FUND Mrs. Liz Patzer Sherri Towaij in memory of Mayer Sistema Winnipeg gratefully Ms. Bettina Pfeiffer Rabkin acknowledges those who have Ms. Pat Philpott Irv & Toby Vinsky In memory of started their own named funds Carolynne Presser Mayer Rabkin at The Winnipeg Foundation. Mr. Guy Prokopetz Margaret Wollner, in memory of The Marjorie & Morley Blankenstein Dr. Fiona Punter Dr. Stephen Szirom Sistema Endowment Fund W Rannie & Elaine Walker Mr. & Mrs. Edward & Susan The Tannis M. Richardson M. Reguly Zwingerman In memory of Sistema Endowment Fund Levi & Tena Reimer Mayer Rabkin Mrs. Barbara Rempel 1 Anonymous The Michael Nozick Family Mrs. Shirley Richardson Listing as of March 25, 2018 Sistema Endowment Fund Jim & Pat Richtik Mr. John A. Bailey Mrs. Patricia Romeyn Veronique Barthet Sandra Rosen Ralph & Eileen Baxter Eduardo & Olga Saveliovsky Audrey Belyea Kay Schalme Mr. & Mrs. Harvey & Irene Bergner Ms. Debbie Spracklin Shirley Book Ms. Helena Stelsovsky Frances Booth Mrs. Elizabeth Szirom Sally Boulding Mrs. Deborah Thorlakson Joan Braun Patricia & Lorne Wallace Ms. Shirley Brown Annemarie Wiebe Mr. E. Brown Grace M.Wiebe Mrs. Dee Buchwald Ms. Ruth Zahodnik Rev. Msgr. Michael Buyachok 11 Anonymous Helle Cosby D.J. Cowan OTHER DONATIONS The Crawford & McCarver Family Lucienne Blouw In memory of Mr. & Mrs. Ken & Monique Davis Nancy Lambert Siegfried Enns Lucienne Blouw In memory of John J. Enns Alexander Mickelthwate's S & G Fast Father Dr. Jeannette Filion-Rosset Lucienne Blouw In honour of Mr. David P.Giesbrecht Marlene Crielaard and Alan At Music for Young Children®, we encourage children to be Katie & DeLloyd Guth Schmitt's Wedding more creative, inventive, imaginative and expressive through Mr. & Mrs. Ben & Nadia Hanuschak Lucienne Blouw In memory of our keyboard-based music education program. We provide them with a unique set of skills that will carry throughout their Ms. Linda Harlos & Mr. Adrian Louise Nebbs lives. Whether it’s improving their grades, enhancing coordination Wildsmith Barry & Susan Greenberg In skills for their athletic activities, or to learn the rewarding skill of Teresa A. Hay memory of Mayer Rabkin playing the piano; MYC® is the first key to getting them there. Ms. Shirley Hicks Nessie & David Greenberg in Teaching opportunities available! Mr. Steve van Vlaenderen Memory of Mayer Rabkin For more information, please contact: Ms. Susan Hildebrandt Saul & Lolly Guttman In memory of Marilyn Unrau, MYCC Bob & Biddy Hilton Dr. Stephen Szirom Regional Coordinator - Western Canada Arlene Hintsa in Memory of Marilyn Dr. & Mrs. Paul Henteleff in memory 1.877.603.3MYC [email protected] Walter & Victoria Hrabluk of Dr. Stephen Szirom Carl & Vi Hultin Harvelyn, Catherine, Lisa, Pam,

38 OVERTURE I April – May 2018 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 Dr. 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 Elba Haid Michael Nozick Mal Anderson Helen Hayles Harvey I Pollock, QC Carol Bellringer Kaaren Hawkins Dr.William Pope Marilyn Billinkoff Sherrill Hershberg John Rademaker Doneta Brotchie Ian Kay Kathleen Richardson John and Bonnie Buhler Roger King Tannis Richardson Timothy E. Burt, CFA 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

April – May 2018 I OVERTURE 39 WSO BOARD & STAFF 2017-2018 SEASON

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

ALEXANDER MICKELTHWATE, MUSIC DIRECTOR TRUDY SCHROEDER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Bramwell Tovey, Conductor Laureate Julian Pellicano, Resident Conductor EXECUTIVE OFFICE Harry Stafylakis, Composer-in-Residence,WNMF Festival Director Lori Marks, Confidential Executive Assistant

ARTISTIC OPERATIONS & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SALES & AUDIENCE SERVICES Jean-Francois Phaneuf,VP Artistic Operations & Ryan Diduck,VP Sales & Audience Services Community Engagement Desiree La Vallee, Patron Services Supervisor James Manishen, Artistic Operations Associate Theresa Huscroft, Group Events Representative Sheena Sanderson, Stage Manager Rachel Himelblau, Patron Services Coordinator Tatiana Carnevale, Operations Coordinator Patron Services Representatives (p/t): Chris Lee, Orchestra Personnel Manager Meg Dolovich Paul Longtin Greg Hamilton, Principal Librarian Sandesh Fernandez Emma Milner Laura MacDougall, Assistant Librarian Shevaun Fortune Alyssa Ramsay Lawrence Rentz, Stage Supervisor Jason Hayes Stephanie Van Nest Brent Johnson, Education & Community Laura Gow Engagement Manager Shannon Darby, Sistema Winnipeg Manager MARKETING & DEVELOPMENT Neil Middleton,VP Marketing & Sponsorship FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION Beth Proven,VP Development Lyn Stienstra,VP Finance & Administration Carol Cassels, Development Manager Sandi Mitchell, Payroll & Accounting Administrator Shenna Song, Development Coordinator Oscar Pantaleon Jr., Finance & Administration Assistant Desiree La Vallee, Campaign & Event Coordinator Vincent Houghtaling, Development Intern Sarah Panas, Marketing & Communications Officer Diana Chabai-Booker, Communications Assistant S.Thompson Designs Inc.

CONTACT US: BOX OFFICE: 204-949-3999 [email protected] ADMIN OFFICE: 204-949-3950 [email protected] wso.ca

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