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A Message from the Chair of the Board of Trustees 5 2018-2019 Musician Roster 7 JANUARY 25-26 9 Beethoven Marathon: Joanna Plays Beethoven FEBRUARY 23 17 Hotel California: A Salute to the Eagles MARCH 1-2 21 Spanish Flamenco Festival: From Seville to the New World MARCH 15-16 29 Nordic Myths Festival: Grieg’s Piano Concerto MARCH 23 37 Jurassic Park In Concert Board of Trustees/Administration 45 Friends of the Columbus Symphony 46 Columbus Symphony League 47 Partners in Excellence 48 Corporate and Foundation Partners 48 Individual Partners 49 In Kind 52 Tribute Gifts 52 Legacy Society 55 Future Inspired 56 Concert Hall & Ticket Information 58 ADVERTISING Onstage Publications 937-424-0529 | 866-503-1966 e-mail: [email protected] www.onstagepublications.com The Columbus Symphony program is published in association with Onstage Publications, 1612 Prosser Avenue, Dayton, Ohio 45409. The Columbus Symphony program may not be reproduced in whole or in part without written permission from the publisher. Onstage Publications is a division of Just Business!, Inc. Contents © 2019. All rights reserved. Printed in the U.S.A. BRAVO JANUARY/FEBRUARY/MARCH 2019 4 A MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES Dear Columbus Symphony Supporter, As the wonderful performances of our 2018-19 season continue, we again thank you for your support of quality, live performances of orchestral music in our community! We end our busy January with Beethoven Marathon: Joanna Plays Beethoven (January 25 & 26, Ohio Theatre). Concertmaster Joanna Frankel makes her solo debut with the Columbus Symphony, performing Beethoven’s spiritual Violin Concerto. Rossen Milanov also conducts the epic “Eroica” Symphony to complete the program. Following that is a stage spectacle that faithfully and accurately reproduces the multi-Grammy Award-winning sounds of the Eagles. Hotel California: A Salute to the Eagles (February 23, Ohio Theatre) includes megahits like “Take it Easy,” “Heartache Tonight,” and “Hotel California.” After last year’s success, the Spanish Flamenco Festival returns with Griset Damas and the Flamenco Dance Company of Columbus. The Spanish Flamenco Festival: From Seville to the New World (March 1 & 2, Palace Theatre) comes to the newly-renovated Palace Theatre with John Axelrod, Music Director of the Royal Seville Symphony, conducting the Columbus Symphony. The program is inspired by adventure and enchantment, and concludes with Dvorˇák’s richly melodic New World Symphony. We continue with the Nordic Myths Festival: Grieg’s Piano Concerto (March 15 & 16, Ohio Theatre), which features Alessio Bax on piano in the beautiful concerto. Opening the concert is Wagner’s Celtic myth-inspired love story of Tristan and Isolde, and Finnish myths come to life in the expansive music of Sibelius, accompanied by original video art by Jason Gay. Our Pops series continues with one of the biggest movie franchises of all time, Jurassic Park in Concert (March 23, Ohio Theatre). The 25th anniversary of the movie features the visually stunning imagery and groundbreaking special effects in this action-packed adventure. Experience Jurassic Park like never before as it is projected in HD with the full Columbus Symphony playing John Williams’ iconic score live to picture. On behalf of the musicians, staff, and board of the Columbus Symphony, we sincerely thank you for your enduring support, enthusiasm, and faith in this organization. Please enjoy tonight’s performance! Sincerely, Lisa Barton Chair, Columbus Symphony Board of Trustees BRAVO JANUARY/FEBRUARY/MARCH 2019 5 BRAVO JANUARY/FEBRUARY/MARCH 2019 6 2018/2019 MUSICIAN ROSTER Rossen Milanov, Music Director Andrés Lopera, Assistant Conductor Ronald J. Jenkins, Chorus Director VIOLINS Christina Saetti ENGLISH HORN TUBA Joanna Frankel Ann Schnapp Robert Royse James Akins Concertmaster Steven Wedell Principal Jack and Joan George Chair CLARINETS Leonid Polonsky VIOLONCELLOS David Thomas TIMPANI Associate Concertmaster Luis Biava Principal Benjamin Ramirez David Niwa Principal Rhoma Berlin Chair Principal Assistant Concertmaster Andy and Sandy Ross Chair Mark Kleine American Electric Power Alicia Hui Wendy Morton Paul Bambach Foundation Chair Principal Second Assistant Principal Martin and Sue Inglis Chair Gay Su Pinnell Chair BASS CLARINET PERCUSSION Rhonda Frascotti **Marjorie Chan Philip Shipley Assistant Principal Second William Denza Principal Mary Jean Petrucci Pei-An Chao Mary Davis Jack Jenny **Mikhail Baranovsky SAXOPHONE Brian Kushmaul Michael Buccicone Victor Firlie Michael Cox Tom Guth Cameron Leach Leah Goor Burtnett William Lutz Amber Dimoff Mark Kosmala BASSOONS David Edge Sabrina Lackey Betsy Sturdevant Jeffrey Singler Principal HARP Robert Firdman Sheldon and Rebecca Taft Chair Rachel Miller Joyce Fishman Douglas Fisher Symphony League Chair BASSES Jeanne Norton Erin Gilliland Rudy Albach Cynthia Cioffari Kirstin Greenlaw Principal Gyusun Han Nationwide Chair CONTRABASSOON PIANO/CELESTE Tatiana V. Hanna John Pellegrino Cynthia Cioffari Caroline Hong Rachel Huch Assistant Principal Reinberger Foundation Chair ** James Faulkner Heather Kufchak HORNS KEYBOARDS William Manley Russell Gill Brian Mangrum Jena Huebner Principal Suzanne Newcomb Aurelian Oprea Mariko Kaneda Gail Norine Sharp Jean-Etienne Lederer Julia Rose Ariane Sletner Jon Pascolini Associate Principal Adam Koch ORGAN Zoran Stoyanovich James Hildreth Anna Svirsky FLUTES Colin Bianchi Elaine Swinney Niles Watson Amy Lassiter Principal Kimberly McCann * Indicates musician David Tanner Nationwide Chair on leave during the Jonquil Thoms Megan Shusta Heidi Ruby-Kushious Charles Waddell 2018–2019 Season Olev Viro *Genevieve Stefiuk ** Begins the Manami White Janet van Graas TRUMPETS Lori Akins alphabetical listing VIOLAS Daniel Taubenheim of players who Jeffrey Korak Karl Pedersen PICCOLO Lisa and Chris Barton Chair participate in a Principal Janet van Graas Brian Buerkle system of rotated Gay Su Pinnell Chair seating within the Brett Allen Lori Akins Tom Battenberg Assistant Principal string section. **Leslie Dragan OBOES TROMBONES Dee Dee Fancher *Stephen Secan Andrew Millat KEYBOARD Mary Ann Farrington Principal Principal TECHNICIAN Nathan Mills Richard Howenstine Doug Brandt Yu Gan Assistant Principal Kenichiro Matsuda Robert Royse Patrick Miller BASS TROMBONE LIBRARIANS Jessica Smithorn Joseph Duchi Jean-Etienne Lederer Chris Saetti Principal Librarian Elizabeth Graiser The Musicians of the Columbus Symphony are members of, and represented by, the Central Ohio Federation of Musicians, Local 103 of the American Federation of Musicians. BRAVO JANUARY/FEBRUARY/MARCH 2019 7 BRAVO JANUARY/FEBRUARY/MARCH 2019 8 FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 2019, 8:00 P.M. SATURDAY, JANUARY 26, 2019, 8:00 P.M. BEETHOVEN MARATHON: JOANNA PLAYS BEETHOVEN THE OHIO THEATRE Columbus Symphony Masterworks Series Rossen Milanov, conductor Joanna Frankel, violin • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Concerto in D major for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 61 I. Allegro ma non troppo II. Larghetto III. Rondo: Allegro Joanna Frankel, violin INTERMISSION LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55 (“Eroica”) I. Allegro con brio II. Marcia funebre: Adagio assai III. Scherzo: Allegro vivace IV. Finale: Allegro molto THIS CONCERT IS DEDICATED IN MEMORY OF ERNEST AND AURELIA STERN. ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY BRAVO JANUARY/FEBRUARY/MARCH 2019 9 ROSSEN MILANOV, conductor Milwaukee, Baltimore, Seattle, and Fort Worth symphonies, as well as the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center and Link Up education projects with Carnegie Hall featuring the Orchestra of St. Luke’s and Civic Orchestra in Chicago. Internationally, he has collaborated with BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra de la Suisse Romand, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Aalborg, Latvian, and Hungarian National Symphony Orchestras, Slovenain Radio Symphony Orchestra, and the orchestras in Toronto, Vancouver, KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic (South Africa), Mexico, Colombia, Sao Paolo, Belo Horizonte, and New Zealand. In the Far East, he has appeared with Respected and admired by audiences and musicians NHK, Sapporo, Tokyo, and Singapore Symphonies, alike, Rossen Milanov is currently the music director of and the Malaysian and Hong Kong Philharmonics. the Columbus Symphony Orchestra (CSO), Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra, Princeton Symphony Orchestra, Noted for his versatility, Milanov is also a welcomed and the Orquesta Sinfónica del Principado de presence in the worlds of opera and ballet. He Asturias (OSPA) in Spain. has collaborated with Komische Oper Berlin for Shostakovich’s Lady Macbeth of Mtzensk), Opera In 2017, Milanov received an Arts Prize from The Oviedo for the Spanish premiere of Tchaikovsky’s Columbus Foundation for presenting Beethoven’s Mazzepa and Bartok’s Bluebeard’s Castle (awarded Ninth Symphony as part of the CSO’s 2017 Picnic best Spanish production for 2015), and Opera with the Pops summer series. Under his leadership, Columbus for Verdi’s La Traviata. the organization has expanded its reach by connecting original programming with community-wide initiatives, An experienced ballet conductor, he has been seen such as focusing on women composers and nature at New York City Ballet and collaborated with some conservancy, presenting original festivals, and of the best-known choreographers of our time, such supporting and commissioning new music. Mats Ek, Benjamin Millepied, and most recently, Alexei Ratmansky in the critically