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MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR OF THE WSO BOARD

As the New Year begins, let me wish you all a very happy and healthy year. And, a musical year.What better way is there to bring happiness into your life than with music, especially the music of our own, fabulous WSO?

I would like to introduce myself as the new President of the Board of Directors.This is my sixth year as a member of the Board and my first as President. Music has always been a part of my life. My tastes are eclectic, ranging from “old-school”rock and roll to folk to jazz and opera, and, of course, classical. Giving back to my community is also something that is important in my life. So, when, I was asked to join the Board of the Symphony, in 2011, I didn’t hesitate.To be chosen, this past September, as President of one of the jewels of Winnipeg’s renowned cultural scene is a great honour.

The Board has two principal roles. One is to provide oversight of the management of the Orchestra to ensure that it continues to operate.The fact that, in a few weeks, it will be seventy years since the incorporation of the WSO attests to the success of past and present Boards in this goal.The second responsibility is to play a significant role in ensuring financial stability.The WSO depends on three sources of income: ticket sales, government grants and charitable donations.With much competition for entertainment dollars, there is a limit to the amount to be raised through ticket sales.With so many demands on public resources, the same is true of government funding. More and more, we must rely on the generosity of individuals and corporations in our community to help us provide musical experiences of the highest quality.

You can play a part in ensuring that the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra continues to serve our community for years to come. Consider adding the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra to your will as a beneficiary of your estate.You can help the WSO and you can also provide a tax benefit to your estate. Becoming a donor now and in your estate planning is an important way to ensure that the WSO continues to provide inspiration, relaxation, refreshment, and joy to our lives.

Terence Sargeant Chair of the WSO Board

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January – February 2017 I OVERTURE 3 CONDUCTORS AND COMPOSERS

Alexander Mickelthwate, Music Director German conductor Alexander Mickelthwate is renowned for his “splendid, richly Photographer: Grajewski Fotograph Inc. Fotograph Grajewski Photographer: 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 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 Los Angeles Philharmonic 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 Manitoba 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 Photographer: Nardella Photography Inc. Photography Nardella Photographer: 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 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 co-curator of the Winnipeg New Music Festival. His works have been performed by the American Composers Orchestra, the 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 Council and NYSCA. Upcoming projects in 2016-2017 include premieres and performances by the ,Winnipeg, and Vancouver symphonies. A graduate of McGill University, Stafylakis is a doctoral candidate at The Graduate Center, CUNY,and lectures at the City College of New York. His doctoral research, supported by SSHRC, examines the conception of rhythm and meter in progressive metal.

4 OVERTURE I January – February 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 Piano 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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Alexander Mickelthwate, conductor Alexandra Eastley, bassoon CLASSICS Yuri Hooker, cello Karl Stobbe, violin Beverly Wang, oboe

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Symphony No.80 in D minor Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) Allegro spiritoso Adagio Menuetto e Trio Finale: Presto

Sinfonia Concertante in B-flat major, Op. 84 Franz Joseph Haydn Allegro Andante Allegro con spirito

- INTERMISSION - Symphony No.5 in F major,Op.76 Antonin Dvorˇák (1841-1904) Allegro, ma non troppo Andante con moto Andante con moto, quasi l’istesso Tempo – Allegro scherzando Finale: Allegro molto

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January – February 2017 I OVERTURE 7 good orchestra gave him both security soloists-with-orchestra format had PROGRAM NOTES plus the chance to concentrate on become popular in Paris where by James Manishen writing symphonies.“I could Pleyel had been living. Pleyel’s experiment, observe what heightened opening concert on February 27, Shadows Radiant the effect and what weakened it,”he 1792 was a success. Haydn, not to Harry Stafylakis wrote.“I had to become original.” One be outdone, presented a Sinfonia b. Montreal /1982 can imagine the pleasure the Prince and Concertante of his own a week later Composed: 2016 his aristocratic guests received on that was so well received, the World Premiere hearing Haydn’s superb and original audience demanded it be repeated Symphony No.80 of 1784. on the following week’s concert. “A troubling question: how to celebrate the history of a Though the work begins with the Haydn scored the solo portion nation – any nation – dramatic tang of Haydn’s “Sturm und as two pairs of high and low without acknowledging Drang”(storm and stress) symphonies instruments, all the soloists the proverbial skeletons in that came in the earlier decade, more conveying their identities in its closet? The same light that we shine on entertaining territory soon arrives with virtuosic fashion. Following the our most noble thoughts and deeds an engaging tune that gives way orchestral introduction, the “band” radiates shadows behind those very to a “music box”motif ending the takes over in fresh, sunny fashion. accomplishments; the brighter the light, exposition of the opening movement. The second movement is a model the darker the shadow. The Adagio is almost of Mozartean balance of simple song with tenderness.The Menuetto moves from embellishment.The finale is almost Perhaps,then,it is only right to celebrate D-minor to D-major in the Trio,whose an operatic romp, the solo genuinely,with a healthy dose of self- theme comes from the Gregorian chant instruments inviting the mind’s eye reflection,humility,and a hint of “Incipit lamentatio”from the to envision a comic scene of mourning.” Lamentations of Jeremiah.The clever characters before the joyful close. – Harry Stafylakis syncopations that open the tripping finale dare one to find the beat. Symphony No. 5 Symphony No. 80 Antonin Dvorˇák Franz Joseph Haydn Sinfonia Concertante b.Bohemia/September 8,1841 b.Rohrau,Lower Austria/March 31,1732 Franz Joseph Haydn d. Prague / May 1, 1904 d. Vienna / May 31, 1809 Composed: 1792 Composed: 1875 Composed: 1783-1784 First performance: March 9, 1792 First performance: March 25, 1879 Last WSO performance: 2000 (London), conducted by the composer (Prague), Adolf Cech, conductor – Michael Morgan, conductor Last WSO performance: 2000 – Andrey February 1875 was a Boreyko, conductor, with Douglas Haydn didn’t have much breakout year for Bairstow, oboe; Karl Stobbe, violin; contact with the activity Antonin Dvorˇák.The Vincent Ellin, bassoon and Arkadiusz of European musical life, young Bohemian Tesarczyk, cello notwithstanding his two composer was barely famous London sojourns Haydn’s two visits to London were so earning a living as a church organist, that took place after 1790 when Prince successful that they gave the composer had been married just over a year Nikolaus of the famous Esterházy celebrity status similar to what Handel and was expecting his first child family died and was succeeded as was given in his heyday as London’s when the tide turned. A grant prince by his son, Anton. musical talk-of-the town. program had been established by Emperor Franz Joseph to help Since 1761 Haydn had been employed Haydn’s first London visit occurred struggling artists in the eastern by the Esterházy family as chief between January 1791 and the summer provinces of the Austro-Hungarian keyboard player, conductor of the full- of 1792 as part of a series of concerts Empire. Dvorˇák applied, and with time orchestra and overall music organized by violinist-impresario Johann renowned critic Eduard Hanslick and administrator. But following Anton’s Peter Salomon.In December 1791, Johannes Brahms on the jury panel, succession, costly musical activities were Haydn’s former pupil Ignaz Joseph Pleyel Dvorˇák not only received the highest reduced and Haydn was free to travel, appeared on the scene with the desire to stipend but official endorsements which he welcomed since he had had offer some concerts too, in recognition of from both luminaries. It was Dvorˇák’s little time to explore nearby Vienna or his old teacher and the musical buzz first recognition outside his Italy where he had long wanted to learn Haydn had created with the Salomon homeland. more about that country’s opera but series. never did visit. “Genuine and original,”Hanslick and A Haydn symphony would be included Brahms wrote as their first official Haydn’s isolation at the magnificent on Pleyel’s program along with a review of Dvorˇák’s talent, going on Esterháza Palace and the availability of a “Sinfonia Concertante,”whose multi- to supply him artistic guidance and

Veuillez vous adresser au service des abonnés ou consulter le site www.wso.ca pour la traduction en français. 8 OVERTURE I January – February 2017 contacts that sparked a flurry of of the Slavonic ,at which time development.The Andante follows a writing from the excited composer. Simrock purchased the rights to the three-part form framed by cello, with Brahms would later recommend Symphony, issuing it as Op.76 to infer, a brighter centerpiece.The Scherzo Dvorˇák to the publisher Simrock, for promotion, that the composer had teems with melody, especially fertile whose firm would profit nicely from a large catalog. Dvorˇák was proud of in the trio section.The finale’s the international success of Dvorˇák’s his Fifth and as his career muscular opening in the minor key Slavonic Dances in 1887. flourished, he returned to the Fifth leads way to a dark-to-light journey, often. with heroic brass to revive the Symphony No.5 was composed in opening motive in triumphant just over a month.The premiere had Rustling woods and sunny spirits resolution. to wait four years as interest in pervade the three-themed opening Dvorˇák was mild prior to publication movement and its spacious

CLASSICS ARTIST BIOS Papa Haydn

Alexandra Eastley, bassoon critical and audience acclaim: his 2007 Alex Eastley joined the Winnipeg Rococo Variations with the WSO was lauded Symphony Orchestra as Principal as one of the best classical performances of Bassoon in 2007. She completed the decade by the Winnipeg Free Press, and her Bachelor of Music Degree at in 2011 The Strad magazine spoke of his the Curtis Institute of Music and performance of Britten as being among the earned her Master's Degree in “outstanding performances” of the inaugural solo bassoon performance from McGill University. International Cello Festival of Canada. An avid From February through June, 2016, Alex was chamber musician,Yuri also appears regularly guest Principal Bassoon with the Auckland with the Winnipeg Chamber Music Society Philharmonia Orchestra in New Zealand. She has and Groundswell. performed in the UK as guest Principal Bassoon with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, the Ulster As well as performing,Yuri is an inspiring and Orchestra and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. dedicated teacher whose students are regularly recognized locally and nationally In the realm of improvised music, Alex has with awards and scholarships. As well as played with the London Improvisers Orchestra maintaining a private teaching studio, he (UK), the Dutch Impro Academy in Amsterdam, served as the Sessional Instructor of Cello at Vitamin-S in Auckland, and at the Audio the University of Manitoba from 2004-2008, Foundation in Auckland. An album of and in the summer of 2011 he launched the improvised music with her group Civvie will be Rosamunde Summer Music Academy for released in early 2017. young string players.Yuri holds a Bachelor of In addition to teaching privately, Alex has Music degree from Brandon University, which taught at International Music Camp at the he followed with graduate studies under Janos Peace Gardens and the Curtis Institute of Music Starker at Indiana University. Young Artists Summer Program. She has served as sessional instructor at the University of Karl Stobbe, violin Manitoba and Memorial University, and she Karl Stobbe is recognized as one joined the faculty of Brandon University in 2014. of Canada’s most accomplished and diverse violinists, noted for his Yuri Hooker, cello generous, rich sound, and long, Principal cellist of the WSO,Yuri poignant phrasing. As a Hooker is well known for his concertmaster, soloist, or chamber passionate and soulful musician, he has been an audience favourite in interpretations of a wide range small settings and large venues. Avie Records’ of repertoire. His frequent solo 2014 recording of Karl performing Ysaÿe’s Solo appearances have met with Violin Sonatas was nominated for a ,

January – February 2017 I OVERTURE 9 CLASSICS ARTIST BIOS Papa Haydn and received worldwide attention, including Michael Rusinek and performs chamber London’s Sunday Times who called Karl “a master music regularly. She will be continuing her soloist, recalling the golden age of violin playing… studies at Curtis in the Artists’ Diploma producing a breathtaking range of tone colours.” He program. Beverly was a member of the has performed in ’s most famous Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra for six concert halls, including New York’s Carnegie Hall and years. She has attended Le Domaine Forget Boston’s Jordan Hall, and has shared the stage with Music Festival, Aspen Music Festival, Pacific some of the most important and eclectic violinists of Music Festival, Colorado College, and our day, from James Ehnes to Mark O’Connor. Tanglewood Music Center as a guest artist.

Beverly Wang, oboe Prior to entering Curtis, she studied with Beverly Wang is recent graduate Sarah Jeffrey, principal oboe of the Toronto from the Curtis Institute of Music Symphony Orchestra, and Mark Rogers, who studied with Richard principal oboe of the Canadian Opera Woodhams, principal oboe of the Company Orchestra and the National Philadelphia Orchestra. While at of Canada Orchestra. Beverly has been Curtis, she has worked with Fabio playing the oboe since age eight. Luisi, Simon Rattle, Christopher Eschenbach and numerous outstanding conductors in the Curtis ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS: Orchestra, Opera and Chamber Orchestra. Yufei Liu, violin; Momoko Matsumura, viola; Beverly has been coached by Daniel Matsukawa, Caitlin Broms-Jacobs, oboe

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GREAT-WEST LIFE Presto Mambo!

Platypus Theatre Julian Pellicano, conductor

Written and directed by Peter Duschenes Musical direction by Alain Trudel Artistic advisors: Lisa Griffiths and Hélène Ducharme Puppets and masks by Claude Rodrigue, Sandra Turgeon and Colin St-Cyr Duhamel KIDS CONCERTS Costumes: Sarah Waghorn LIFE GREAT-WEST Performers: Danielle Desormeaux and Peter Duschenes Stage Manager:Wendy Rockburn

This production was co-commissioned by The National Arts Centre Orchestra, The Vancouver Symphony, the Edmonton Symphony and the Toronto Symphony.

Tico Tico no Fubá Zequinha de Abreu Alma Llanera Pajarillo Pedro Elías Gutiérrez Liberty Bell March John Phillip Sousa Potpourri Lavalois Marc Bélanger Oblivion Astor Piazzolla Drum Magic Alain Trudel La Mariposa Traditional (arr.Trevor Wagler) Duelo from “Hommaje a Federico Garcia Lorca” Silvestre Revueltas La Bruja Traditional (arr.Trevor Wagler) Danzas Cubanas Robert Sheldon Gabriel’s Oboe from “The Mission” Ennio Morricone Spanish No.1 from “La Vida Breve” Manuel De Falla (arr. Chapelier) “Mambo”from West Side Story Leonard Bernstein (arr. Maurice Peress)

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January – February 2017 I OVERTURE 13 GREAT-WEST LIFE KIDS CONCERTS ARTIST BIOS Presto, Mambo!

Platypus Theatre his roles in Platypus shows, he has also acted and Since 1989, almost one million directed with companies across Canada and the young audience members and is a recent recipient of a have been introduced to Chalmer’s Fellowship from the Ontario Arts classical music through Council.When Peter isn’t busy helping the Gimquat Platypus Theatre. After more than 500 find her song, he and his wife Sarah are helping performances with more than 60 orchestras their children, Magda and Theo, find their socks. worldwide, Platypus has established itself as one of North America’s premiere music education Danielle Desormeaux, actor theatre companies. Original and engaging Danielle is one of the more storylines are presented in an intelligent and adaptable creatures in the Platypus interactive way, with music always taking the Theatre touring company.You can lead role. Children laugh, sing and empathize see her as the Gimquat in How the with the characters while learning musical Gimquat Found Her Song,as Corky concepts, styles, and much more. In 2006, one in Bach to the Future, as Emily in of Platypus’ most cherished productions How Emily Saves the Orchestra and as a hobo in Rhythm the Gimquat Found her Song was produced for in Your Rubbish,a production she helped create.She TV and went on to win several awards is a highly-accomplished actor who has worked including Best Children’s Program at the extensively in theatre, in , and also as several prestigious Banff World Television Festival. In animated characters on TV. She is also an 1991, Platypus was the subject of a nationally experienced improviser and clown, and has written broadcast documentary on CTV, followed by a and created a number of critically-acclaimed works. PBS full-performance broadcast in 2000. During Danielle has been a part of the Platypus touring its 25th anniversary year, Platypus will premiere company for 17 years but will never forget “the first its eighth original production, Presto, Mambo!, time I heard a live orchestra playing on stage with in partnership with four orchestras across me it literally took my breath away. I couldn’t Canada. Other Platypus Productions include believe how powerful the sound was.Then I Emily Saves the Orchestra, Rhythm in your thought:Wow! Best job ever!” Rubbish, Bach to the Future, Charlotte and the Music-Maker, Flicker of Light on a Winter’s Night, Wendy Rockburn, stage manager and Peter and the Wolf. Want to know who and what goes where and when and how? Wendy’s Peter Duschenes, writer, the one who has it well under director and performer control. Since 2005,Wendy has expertly juggled all of the details for Thousands of young classical Platypus Theatre productions, from music fans have Peter to thank monster’s heads to lighting cues. Not only does she for introducing them to manage the Platypus touring company’s stage, but symphonic music. He cofounded she also works with theatres all over Eastern and the Platypus Theatre touring Central Canada. And as often as possible, she jets off company in 1989 to make to far places to photograph the world, and has been orchestral music accessible for youth, and more known to skydive over the desert in Namibia or than half a million concert-goers have outrace a gaucho in Argentina. Her favorite part benefitted from his creativity. As an award- about Platypus shows is watching the kids follow winning playwright, Peter’s writing credits every turn in the story in rapt attention. And the include - among others - all eight Platypus climax of the Gimquat still makes her cry, even after all of productions, the television adaptation of How these years. No wonder we’re wild about Wendy! the Gimquat Found Her Song,which won Best Children’s Program at the prestigious Banff ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS: World Television Festival in 2008. In addition to Tony Cyre, percussion;Victoria Sparks, percussion

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Now You See Me 2:Fanfare Brian Tyler The Hateful Eight:L’Ultima Diligenza di Red Rock Ennio Morricone Gods of Egypt:Bek and Zaya’s Theme* Marco Beltrami Storks:Suite** Jeff Danna & Mychael Danna Kubo and the Two Strings:Suite* Dario Marianelli Zootopia:Suite** Michael Giacchino The Legend of Muay Thai:9 SATRA:Suite* Ryan Shore Star Trek Beyond:Main Theme Michael Giacchino

- INTERMISSION - – The Force Awakens: March of the Resistance Rey’s Theme Scherzo for X-Wings The Jedi Steps and Finale Sharknado 4:The 4th Awakens: Main Title* Chris Ridenhour Indignation:Can You Hear Me* Jay Wadley Doctor Strange:Suite* Michael Giacchino The Light Between Oceans:End Credits* Alexandre Desplat The Magnificent Seven:Seven Riders* James Horner & Simon Franglen X-Men – Apocalypse:You’re X-Men/End Titles* John Ottman

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January – February 2017 I OVERTURE 17 AIR CANADA POPS ARTIST BIOS Soundtracks Live

Ryan Shore, conductor Ryan Shore is a two -time Best Score), R.L.Stine's Monsterville: Cabinet of Souls Emmy Award (including a (Emmy nomination, Best Score), Prime (Universal), 2016 Emmy Nomination) and Harvard Man (Lions Gate), The Girl Next Door Grammy Award Nominated (Anchor Bay), Scooby-Doo! WrestleMania Mystery 1 & composer and songwriter for 2 (Warner Bros),Stan Helsing (Anchor Bay), Cabin film, television, games, Fever 2 (Lions Gate), and Numb (Sony). records and theater. His television credits includes both score and songs He was named Assistant Music Director and for Disney’s newest animated series Penn Zero: Part Contributing Composer / Arranger / Time Hero,songs for Sesame Street (PBS), and music Orchestrator for the , where for P.O.V. (Emmy nomination) and The X Factor (FOX). he worked with artists including , , , , ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS: ,Tim McGraw, , Neil Patrick Laura MacDougall, flute; Caitlin Broms-Jacobs, oboe; Harris, and . Sharon Atkinson, clarinet; Allen Harrington, bassoon; Tony Cyre, percussion; Victoria Sparks, Shore has scored over 30 feature percussion; Donna Laube, keyboard including The Shrine (Grammy nomination,

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Daniel Raiskin, conductor CLASSICS Bella Hristova, violin

Sur les rives du Saint-Maurice, Op. 78 Jacques Hétu (1938-2010)

Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor,Op. 26 Max Bruch (1838-1920) Prelude: Allegro moderato – Adagio Finale: Allegro energico

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January – February 2017 I OVERTURE 21 rippling waters and then the roar of Concerto No. 1 is a work of heartfelt PROGRAM NOTES the waterfall. Evocation at first of a beauty and melodic richness. Bruch by James Manishen distant smithy (an iron forge that called the opening movement a drove the city’s economy in earlier “Prelude,”with a slow introduction Sur les rives du Saint-Maurice times); gradually, the noisy activity leading to a touching dialogue between Jacques Hétu draws nearer, then bursts into a fury: soloist and orchestra. A forceful section b.Trois-Rivières, Québec/August 8, 1938 the fires emanating from the blast for orchestra alone leads to the Adagio, d. Saint-Hippolyte/February 9,2010 furnace project terrifying shadows with three lovely themes shared all Composed: 2009 which create the ‘Devil’s Fountain.’ around.The finale begins with suspense, First performance: September 13, 2009 leading to a vibrant theme from the (Trois-Rivières),Jacques Lacombe, Epilogue – the Lull: Remembrance of soloist rich in double stops. Closing in conductor the ancestors. Gradual return to the rousing fashion, the work is a definition First WSO performance tumult of the Festive city. of what memorable lyricism is all about. The city of Trois- Brass and percussion dominate the Symphony No 2 Rivières is about opening fanfare. Clarinets and Jean Sibelius midway between bassoons announce the march-like b.Hämeenlinna,Finland/December 8,1865 Montréal and hymn of the first European settlers, d. Järvenpää, Finland/September 20, 1957 Québec City, at the confluence of the with commentary from the upper Composed: 1901-02 St. Maurice and St. Lawrence Rivers. Its woodwinds emulating birdcalls. First performance: March 8, 1902 name derives from the two small islands English horn plays a traditional (Helsinki), conducted by the composer at the opening of the St. Maurice, which melody of the Indian First Nation.” Last WSO performance: 2011 – form three mouths at the St. Lawrence. Alexander Mickelthwate, conductor Founded in July 1634 by French Violin Concerto No. 1 explorers and missionaries, the city is Max Bruch After eight centuries of one of the most historic in Canada. b.Cologne/January 6,1838 rule by Russia and d.Friedenau,Berlin/October 2,1920 Sweden, turn-of-the- In 2009, in anticipation of the city’s Composed: 1865-1866 century Finland was 375th anniversary, the Orchestre First performance: April 24, 1866 experiencing a pent-up Symphonique de Trois-Rivières (OSTR) (Coblenz), with Otto von Königslöw as desire for recognition of its own identity. commissioned a composition from soloist and the composer conducting In his teens, Sibelius had been immersed Jacques Hétu, one of Canada’s most Last WSO performance: 2004 – Victor in this new groundswell of Finnish pride prominent composers and a native son Feldbrill, conductor, with Scott St. John and through the deeply felt patriotism in of Trois-Rivières. as soloist his early music, the signature Finlandia Sur les Rives du Saint-Maurice is an especially, Sibelius reckoned he had the Though a widely extended 15-minute movement that power to become a cultural figurehead. admired composer and divides into two principal sections That power became signed and sealed conductor in his day, played without pause. A prologue and when in 1900 conductor Robert Kajanus Max Bruch’s earliest epilogue frame an historical overview took the Helsinki Philharmonic on a enduring fame came of the city and its surroundings.The European tour with Sibelius in tow as his composer’s note in the score provides from his G minor Violin Concerto.With assistant.The tour was a great success the scenario: earliest sketches begun in 1857 when and brought Sibelius’ music to a wide Bruch was a student at age 19, audience. “Prologue – Festive Fanfare; the through refining the work after review splendour of the landscape and the by the great violinist Joseph Joachim In 1901, Sibelius found himself in Italy whirlpool of the waters:The River in 1866 to whom Bruch dedicated the enjoying the warmth and culture of that separates into three channels to create piece, the final product produced such country where much of the Symphony a perfect site for a city. an enormous hit across Europe and No.2 was conceived, but it would take a America (premiered there by Sarasate) further 20 years before Finland would Prehistoric Times – At dawn, at the that it dogged the composer with be free of Russian rule. Certainly the edge of the woods near the river, a requests from violinists to play it, ardor of the finale’s big tunes can be hymn announces the arrival of overshadowing everything else he thought to underscore latent desires, explorers and missionaries, then bird had produced. Further frustration among other similar happenings songs precede those of the natives; all came after selling the rights to the throughout the work.Though Sibelius of them gathering around a procession Concerto to the publisher August dismissed any political nods to liberty which quickly disappears into the mist. Cranz for a one-time payment, that scholars and friends tried to attach, Present Day – The sun rises. A stroll on denying Bruch any further funds from the premiere was so successful one can an upstream stretch of the river; the many subsequent performances. certainly sympathize with the times.

Veuillez vous adresser au service des abonnés ou consulter le site www.wso.ca pour la traduction en français. 22 OVERTURE I January – February 2017 Symphony No. 2 marked a transition the great Romantic tradition Sibelius by various episodes leading to a to the mature Sibelius and is among sprang from.The first movement memorably grieving string theme. his most popular works. Its sound is builds around a shimmering string The third movement scherzo instantly recognizable as Sibelius’ motive over which woodwinds becomes set off by a heartfelt syntax, where themes seem to self- invoke a folk-like theme.The second melody in its central trio, with a construct from fragments, formal movement begins with a bleak bridge leading to one of the most structures bend without breaking undercurrent of pizzicato strings and uplifting and inspiring finales in the and angular unsettled tonality sets timpani, the opening statement Romantic symphonic literature. apart the more comforting aspects of arriving in octave bassoons followed

CLASSICS ARTIST BIOS Romantic Melody

Daniel Raiskin, conductor the United States and abroad, including A son of a prominent performances of a concerto written for her by musicologist, Daniel Raiskin her husband David Ludwig–a work grew up in St. Petersburg. He commissioned by a consortium of eight major attended music school and later orchestras across the US. the celebrated conservatory in his native city, where he studied Winner of the 2013 Avery Fisher Career Grant, violin, viola and conducting. At the age of Hristova is the recipient of First Prizes in the twenty, Daniel Raiskin left the Soviet Union to 2009 Young Concert Artists International continue his studies in Amsterdam and Auditions and the 2007 Michael Hill Freiburg. Inspired to take up the baton by an International Violin Competition in New encounter with the distinguished teacher Lev Zealand, and was Laureate of the 2006 Savich, he also took classes with Maestri such International Violin Competition of as Mariss Jansons, Neeme Järvi, Milan Horvat, Indianapolis. She has had numerous Woldemar Nelson und Jorma Panula. Raiskin, noteworthy solo appearances with orchestras who cultivates a broad repertoire, often looks including a performance alongside Pinchas beyond the mainstream in his strikingly Zukerman and the Orchestra of St. Luke’s at conceived programmes. Lincoln Center, and as soloist with the New York String Orchestra under Jaime Laredo at He was Chief Conductor of the Staatsorchester Carnegie Hall. A sought-after chamber Rheinische Philharmonie in Koblenz (2005- musician, she has been a featured performer 2016) and held the same title with the Artur at Australia’s Musica Viva, Music@Menlo, Music Rubinstein Philharmonic Orchestra in Lódz from Angel Fire, Chamber Music Northwest, (2008-2015). From the 2017-2018 season the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, and onwards, Daniel Raiskin will be Principal Guest Conductor at the Belgrade Philharmonic Marlboro Music. Her most recent projects Orchestra. include her much-admired recording Bella Unaccompanied (A.W.Tonegold Records) and Bella Hristova, violin a commission of Second String Force by iconic Celebrated for her passionate, American composer Joan Tower. powerful performances, beautiful sound, and A former member of CMS Two, Hristova compelling command of her attended the Curtis Institute of Music, where instrument, violinist Bella she worked with Ida Kavafian and Steven Hristova is a young musician Tenenbom, and received her Artist Diploma with a growing international career. Her 2016- with Jaime Laredo at Indiana University. She 2017 season features extensive concerto, plays a 1655 Nicolò Amati violin. recital, and chamber music performances in

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Valentine’s Special

Julian Pellicano, conductor Sarah Jo Kirsch, soprano1 Sistema Winnipeg Orchestra & Choir 2 SPECIAL Alexander Mickelthwate, piano3 Maureen Scurfield a.k.a Miss Lonelyhearts, host

Overture to West Side Story Leonard Bernstein arr. Maurice Peress Intermezzo from Cavalleria rusticana Pietro Mascagni Quando m’en vo (Musetta’s Waltz) Giacomo Puccini from La Bohème1 Una Voce Poco Fa from Barber of Seville1 Gioacchino Rossini Romeo and Juliet Overture-Fantasy Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

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You Are Loved (Don’t Give Up) 2 Thomas Salter arr. Larry Moore Bolero Maurice Ravel Carmen: Georges Bizet Prélude & Aragonaise Seguedille Habenera Les Toreadors Claire de lune3 Claude Debussy Bacchanale from Samson et Delila Camille Saint-Saëns

Tuesday,Februay 14 8:00 p.m. Concert Sponsor:

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January – February 2017 I OVERTURE 25 SPECIALS ARTIST BIOS Valentine’s Special

Sarah Jo Kirsch, soprano Miss Lonelyhearts Sarah Jo Kirsch is a Maureen Scurfield a.k.a. Miss soprano/vocalist currently Lonelyhearts has been based in Winnipeg, Canada. Winnipeg's advisor to the ripped, She continues to make waves torn, wounded and worn since as a recitalist and soloist in 1981. She has written her popular North America, Europe, and daily column for both the the Middle East.Winner of the 2014 Winnipeg Sun and the Winnipeg Free Press, as Eckhardt-Gramatté National Music well as newspapers outside the province. She Competition, she has been described as knows all the most intimate secrets of the "...one of the finest contemporary dramatic people of this city, and keeps them. She's a vocalists in Canada today..." (Calgary Herald) country girl from Manitou, Manitoba and is "...with the ability to get under the skin known for her horse sense. She says,"In my of everything she sings..." (Winnipeg Free column I try to give advice,that people can Press). actually take." To that end she is frank, practical, warm and kind, with a lusty and Outside of regular performances in mischievous sense of humour. Winnipeg this 2016-2017 season, Sarah Jo performs Handel's Messiah at the American She also writes a column called Scene & Heard University of Beirut and makes her Swedish about cool events happening around the city -- debut in a world premiere performance of a like this musical adventure for Valentine's Day. new electroacoustic work by Örjan Sandred In recent years, she has started facilitating at the Uppsala Konsert & Kongress. She is courses of out-of-the-box adventures for wild also a member of Winnipeg's a cappella women over 30.Why? "Exciting adventures chamber choir Polycoro, is half of make for exciting people, who inspire experimental a/v duo The Gritty, and is the passionate relationships that last." host of the Diamond Lane 2-6, Monday to Friday, on Winnipeg's Classic 107 FM. ADDITIONAL MUSICIAN: Avalon Lee, bass Sistema Winnipeg Orchestra & Choir

Sistema Winnipeg is a daily, intensive orchestral program that focuses on children with the fewest resources and greatest need.The program delivers musical training, including stringand wind instrument instruction and choral singing, to 150 children after school in Winnipeg’s inner city and North end, at no cost to participants.

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Once Upon a Dance!

McConnell Irish Dancers1 2 Odette Heyn-Projects, Odette Heyn C.M. SOUNDBYTES Sarah Sommer Chai Folk Ensemble 3 Rusalka Ensemble 4 Ça Claque! 5 AIR CANADA POPS Sistema Winnipeg Dancers 6 W. Darling, vocalist 7 Julian Pellicano, conductor

Stick Dance4 arr.V. Gronsky Lord of the Dance1 Ronan Hardiman Mishaela3 Gil Dor/NOA, arr. Peter Wiebe Mizmor Laila3 Nini/Dor, Achinoan/Gil, arr. Peter Wiebe The Firebird 2 Igor Stravinsky Introduction Infernal Dance of King Kastcheï Finale Tamlynn’s Reel 5 Ça Claque! Bon Voyage5 Ça Claque!

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Medley: Hava Nagila/Reach Tapuach/Shir Sameach3 arr. Rick Boughton Jigsaw Gigue5 Ça Claque! Arr. Claude Lapalme Karpaty4 Trad. arr.V.Debelyy & Z.Moroz Buckaroo Holiday from Rodeo Aaron Copland Dizzy 7, 2 W. Darling Hora Hopak 3,4 arr. Claude Lapalme

Friday, February 17 8:00 p.m. Pops Series Sponsor: Saturday, February 18 8:00 p.m. Sunday, February 19 2:00 p.m. Presenting Media Sponsor:

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January – February 2017 I OVERTURE 28 AIR CANADA POPS ARTIST BIOS Once Upon a Dance!

McConnell Irish Dancers Orchestra. In 2006, Odette was nominated for McConnell Dancers the “Woman of the Year” award for Arts and are one of the Culture through the YWCA. Odette created oldest Celtic Irish two full-length works, which were hailed with dance groups in glowing reviews, for the WSO’s La Noche de los North America. Mayas and the Rite of Spring. She also Originally founded choreographed for WSO’s Adventures in Music in Ireland over 80 years ago, the school was and SoundBytes. In 2012, Odette choreographed established in Winnipeg, Canada in 1947. for the off-Broadway production Requiem for a McConnell Dancers are recognized for their Lost Girl and, in 2013, Mata Hari, in unique, high calibre, performance-style and in December 2013 for the WSO. Odette dancing, which encompasses both traditional performed in WCD’s Rachel Browne Tribute and contemporary forms of . Tour in January 2013. In June 2013, Odette was McConnell School of Dance is a member of the recipient of the Winnipeg Arts Council’s Cumann Rince Náisiúnta (CRN), based in “Investors Group Making a Difference Award – Dublin, Ireland and their award-winning for extraordinary contribution to the arts.”She dancers compete at the CRN World Irish Dance is delighted to be returning to choreograph Championships in Ireland. McConnell Dancers for this project. were founding members of Folklorama and have performed at the Olympic Games, Today’s dancers in The Firebird are Carol-Ann Commonwealth Games, and with well-known Bohrn, Kayla Henry, Brett Owen, and Becky performers such as “The Irish Rovers,”“Tommy Swadon.The dancers in Dizzy are Brett Owen Makem,”and “The Irish Descendants.”The and Kendra Penner. group has travelled the world to perform at International Dance Festivals, Peru (2007), Sarah Sommer Chai Folk Ensemble Costa Rica (2009), Bulgaria (2011), Disney The Chai Folk World (2012), Ireland, (2013), Peru (2016). In Ensemble has been August 2013, they were honoured to be the widely acclaimed as only Canadian Irish to be invited North America's to perform in Ireland as part of The Gathering oldest and largest in Dublin and Limerick, Ireland. Israeli ensemble. Founded in 1964 by the late Sarah Odette Heyn-Projects Sommer, Chai has built an international Odette Heyn, as reputation for the unique blend of Co-Founder and international dance, music and song that gives Co-Director of the it its name...Hebrew for "alive." Professional Program of The A truly all-encompassing Jewish cultural School of experience, Chai is made up of more than 40 Contemporary Dancers, has choreographed dancers, singers and musicians. It is the only works, both nationally and internationally, for Israeli folk ensemble in North America to various performances including The Festival perform exclusively to live musical of Canadian , the Olympics accompaniment. Danscene (Calgary 1988) the Kuan Du Arts Chai will be presenting a concert-length show Festival in Taipei,The Vancouver Symphony in June 2017 at the Royal Manitoba Theatre Orchestra,The Edmonton Symphony Centre, featuring new works as well as the Orchestra and The Calgary Philharmonic group’s first original music commission.

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Rusalka Ukrainian Dance Ensemble Since its inception in 2009, Ça Claque! has recorded a 4 track demo CD and a 12 track full-length CD, the latter was nominated for a 2013 Western Canada Music Award in the Francophone Recording of the Year Category.The group has represented Canada internationally in Costa Rica, Peru and Chile and has participated in countless local, national and international festivals. For over half a century Rusalka has been capturing In July 2014, the group performed at the the imagination of audiences around the world, Calgary Stampede – National Music with its often fiery, always colourful presentation Centre VIP Private Reception – alongside of Ukrainian dance. Rusalka has toured over five continents, performed for heads of state, religious Paul Brandt, Jim Cuddy and Buffy Sainte- figures and royalty, which has placed Rusalka Marie. among one of the most widely recognized Ukrainian dance groups in the world. Rusalka is Hayley Gene Penner, vocalist currently under the artistic direction of Valentyna Hayley Gene Penner is a Dmytrenko. Canadian pop singer who started off penning hits This year marks the 55th Anniversary of Rusalka! for others. Recently This milestone will be celebrated with a Gala on releasing six tracks on a Saturday May 6, 2017.To find out more details on project under the name this event and to keep up with the ensemble W. Darling, Penner has gained praise from and it endeavors check the website – publications like Noisey, Nylon and taste www.rusalka.mb.ca makers like Paste magazine as well as achieving millions of listens on Spotify Deep within each dancer burns a passion to off her first release. showcase the power and beauty of Ukrainian dance and they are eager to share with audiences the experience that is, Rusalka! Having performed at iconic venues such as Madison Square Garden and Red Ça Claque! Rocks Amphitheater, she is a seasoned Get ready to clap your performer. Penner is currently working hands and tap your on her debut album under her own feet to the high-energy name to be released next year on performances of Ça Universal music and is thrilled or be back Claque!. Feel the rhythm, working with the WSO. experience ‘la joie de vivre,’ and discover French-Canadian and Métis folklore – traditional as well as contemporary – through music and dance.

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32 OVERTURE I January – February 2017

Gershwin & Shostakovich

Alexander Mickelthwate, conductor CLASSICS Sara Davis Buechner, piano

Dust Devils Vivian Fung (b. 1975) Rhapsody in Blue George Gershwin (1898-1937) Second Rhapsody for Piano and Orchestra George Gershwin

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Symphony No.12 in D minor (The Year 1917) Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) Revolutionary Petrograd: Moderato Allegro - Razliv:Adagio - Aurora: Allegro - The Dawn of the People: Allegro Played without pause

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Pre-Concert Chat on the Piano Nobile at 7:15 p.m.

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January – February 2017 I OVERTURE 35 and as influential possibilities for sequence but George felt it had PROGRAM NOTES modern compositions. Rhapsody in Blue potential within a concert work and by James Manishen was the highlight of the evening. expanded it to what he first called “Rhapsody in Rivets.”Orchestrating Dust Devils Gershwin conceived the piece on a the piece in New York between Vivian Fung Boston bound train, as he said “with its March and May of 1931, he changed b. Edmonton / 1975 steely rhythms, its rattlety-bang… I the name to Second Rhapsody,and Composed: 2011, revised 2014 suddenly heard – and even saw on hired an orchestra to help him make First performance: July 30, 2011 paper – the complete construction of refinements, with himself (Greensboro, NC), Gerard Schwarz, Rhapsody.”Gershwin heard the work as performing the solo role.“In many conductor a “musical kaleidoscope of America – of respects,”he wrote to a friend,“it is First WSO performance our vast melting pot, of our the best thing I’ve written.” unduplicated national pep, of our “Dust Devils is the blues, our metropolitan madness.”With Gershwin premiered Second journey of emotional only one month’s notice to finish it, Rhapsody in Boston with swirls in my mind, Gershwin asked that Whiteman’s Koussevitzky on January 29, 1932. A sometimes calm, but arranger Ferde Grofé do the tour was arranged and the New York more often than not, full of raw and orchestration. premiere took place February 5th. intense energy. The opening starts quite Though praised, it did not receive forcefully and darts back and forth, In one long movement beginning with culminating in a fiery pounding of the the acclaim of Rhapsody in Blue eight its unforgettable clarinet glissando years before but was noted for its timpani, which wanes and brings this (that emerged in rehearsal), Rhapsody section to mere silent breaths in the brass. more unified structure than the first in Blue is more a collection of great Rhapsody if not quite as original in A slow section ensues, filled with upward show tunes than a symphonic material.Today it is a valuable cascades of arpeggios that interrupt the argument, allied to piano writing that addition to the catalogue of ethereal atmosphere. An ominous eerie would have made Liszt smile.The Gershwin’s concert works, of which string section follows leading to a music’s refinement, energy and he would have been undoubtedly powerful chorale in the brass, which inspired tunes certainly underscore proud. overtakes the music and brings the what Walter Damrosch told Gershwin: 10-minute work to an emphatic close.” “You have made a lady of jazz.” Symphony No. 12 – Vivian Fung Dmitri Shostakovich Second Rhapsody b. St Petersburg, Russia/September 25, 1906 Rhapsody in Blue George Gershwin d.Moscow/August 9,1975 George Gershwin Composed: 1931 Composed: 1960-1961 b.Brooklyn,NY/September 26,1898 First performance: January 29, 1932 (Boston) First performance: October 1, 1961 d.Hollywood,CA/July 11,1937 conducted by Serge Koussevitzky with the (Leningrad) Yevgeny Mravinsky, conductor Composed: 1924; orchestrated by Ferde Grofé composer as soloist First WSO performance First performance: February 12, 1924 (New York) Last WSO performance: 1995 – Bramwell conducted by Paul Whiteman with the composer Tovey, conductor, with Wayne Marshall as soloist On September 14, as soloist 1960, Shostakovich When Hollywood movies learned to Last WSO performance: 2014; Julian Pellicano, joined the Communist conductor, with Emily Bear as soloist speak in 1927, the studios rushed to sign the top talent available to Party, stating that he Bandleader Paul Whiteman, contribute to the new medium. Since was glad and honored the so-called “King of Jazz,” musicals were essential, Fox Studios to represent Soviet culture and was on a mission when he signed George and Ira Gershwin in embody its ideology. He had invited Gershwin to April 1930 to supply music for a film achieved worldwide fame at that compose Rhapsody in Blue. titled Delicious to star Janet Gaynor and time and accepted a commission for For years Whiteman had been smoothing Charles Farrell. Once in Hollywood, the a new work for the 22nd Party out the rougher edges of jazz to appeal brothers became the talk-of-the-town Congress the following year. more to white middle-class American and George’s music was much Shostakovich said that he had long audiences. In 1924, he wanted to convince performed, including the Los Angeles wanted to compose a large-scale a classical audience that jazz could be Philharmonic’s local premiere of work on the subject of the October acceptable and no less valid a musical Rhapsody in Blue conducted by Artur 1917 Revolution, whose architect realm to what they were used to. Rodzinski. Whiteman’s famous February 12th was Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, since as a concert – an “Experiment in Modern The Gershwins produced six songs for boy, he had been an eyewitness to Music”was one of the most significant the movie plus a background some of its events.The Revolution nights in American music, imprinting jazz sequence designed to underscore the was much in Shostakovich’s mind at as a uniquely American happening both bustling activity of New York streets. the time he was composing his First in the immediacy of its communication Fox used only one minute of the Symphony in 1924-25. He returned

Veuillez vous adresser au service des abonnés ou consulter le site www.wso.ca pour la traduction en français. 36 OVERTURE I January – February 2017 to its subject in his Second Symphony theme, a hymnal melody first heard in But one would be remiss not to of 1927, marking the tenth the cellos and basses, returns mention Shostakovich’s purported anniversary of the Revolution.The throughout the work as a motto. A 1979 memoirs Testimony,for here we Symphony No. 11 (The Year 1905) was quiet drum motive leads without learn of the Russian characteristic of composed in 1957 to mark the 40th pause to the second movement yurodivy – which has been permitted anniversary. Razliv,an area north of Petrograd to and employed by Russian artists where Lenin hid in a peasant hut from the 15th century on and of One month after joining the Party in directing the Revolution’s early which Shostakovich describes with 1960, Shostakovich announced a activities. Somber winds infer the affectionate insight. four-movement Twelfth Symphony to desolation of the place. be subtitled The Year 1917: In The yurodivy is a kind of "holy fool" – Memory of Lenin. Clear and The third movement Aurora is named the person who sees what's really accessible in idiom to the public, the for the battleship that launched a going on in society and has the Twelfth Symphony was shell through the window of the audacity to say it, but only in a kind of enthusiastically received at its Winter Palace. Again the hymnal code implying the exact opposite for Leningrad premiere and was motto is heard in the bass trombone the perceptive receiver. Stating this performed again to three sold-out and tuba soon followed by the full message in code is protection against audiences in Moscow. orchestra. A percussion transition the wrath of the authorities.Though leads to the finale, The Dawn of the Shostakovich’s possible yurodivy- Entitled Revolutionary Petrograd,the People.Unison horns forecast the inspired ambivalence in the closing first movement’s brooding coming victory, contrasted by lighter pages of the Twelfth Symphony may declaration recalls Russian nationalist violins. Recollections of previous never be ascertained, its invitation composers of the past.The second material close the work in triumph. looms large.

CLASSICS ARTIST BIOS Gershwin & Shostakovich

Sara Davis Buechner With an active repertoire of more than 100 piano Sara Davis Buechner is concertos ranging from A (Albeníz) to Z one of the leading (Zimbalist) -- one of the largest of any concert concert pianists of our pianist today – she has appeared as soloist with time, praised worldwide many of the world’s première orchestras. as a musician of Audiences throughout North America have “intelligence, integrity applauded Ms. Buechner’s recitals in venues such and all-encompassing technical prowess” as Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center (New York Times). Japan’s InTune magazine and the Hollywood Bowl; and she enjoys wide says:“When it comes to clarity, flawless success throughout Asia where she tours tempo selection, phrasing and precise annually. control of timbre, Buechner has no superior.” Sara Davis Buechner’s numerous recordings have received prominent critical appraisal. Her In her twenties, Ms. Buechner was the extensive discography includes music by Bach, winner of a bouquet of prizes at the Brahms, Busoni, Dvofiák, Mozart, Stravinsky and world’s première piano competitions -- Turina; Hollywood piano concertos by Bernard Queen Elisabeth of Belgium, Leeds, Herrmann and Franz Waxman; rare American Salzburg, Sydney and Vienna. She won the music of George Gershwin, Dana Suesse, Pauline Gold Medal at the 1984 Gina Bachauer Alpert and Joseph Lamb; and the complete piano International Piano Competition, and was music of Miklós Rózsa. Her piano artistry may also a Bronze Medalist of the 1986 be heard on the recent DVD of Carl Dreiser’s 1925 Tschaikowsky International Piano silent film Master of the House,available through Competition in Moscow. the Criterion Collection.

January – February 2017 I OVERTURE 37 WSO SUPPORTERS In Memory of Peter D. Curry Mrs. Marjorie Blankstein Jewish Foundation of Manitoba Mrs. Lucienne Blouw Bruce and Catherine Jones Fund, the Brenlee Carrington Trepel & Winnipeg Foundation The Maestro’s Circle recognizes Brent Trepel George Warren Keates Memorial Fund patrons whose significant Doneta & Harry Brotchie Mr. & Mrs. John & Bonnie Buhler Allen and Marion Lambert Fund philanthropy furthers the The WSO gratefully acknowledges Ms. Emily Burt Lutz Family Foundation musical artistry of the WSO. the following companies whose Jan & Kevin Coates generous support helps to ensure Marjory Stewart McLaren Fund Honourary Chair Art & Leona DeFehr musical enrichment within our The Winnipeg Foundation – John Alexander Mickelthwate, Frank & Agnes DeFehr community. and Carolynne McLure Fund Music Director Glen & Joan Dyrda Program for the Enrichment of Philipp & Ilse Ens Platinum Baton Podium French in Education Douglas C. 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Michael Nozick & Cheryl Ashley Dr. Judith Littleford Royal Bank of Canada Ron & Sandi Mielitz Gail Loewen in Memory of Urbanink Frank & Jeanne Plett Her Mother Sue Lemmerick Barb & Gerry Price Jackie Lowe & Greg Tallon Music Stand The Legacy Circle exists to Crosier Kilgour & Partners Ltd. Hartley & Heather Richardson Margaret Kellermann recognize the following patrons McCulloch Price Industries Limited Tannis Richardson* whose foresight ensures that the Dr. Lea Stogdale Ms.Valerie Mollison Galsworthy Holdings Ltd. WSO plays on for all Manitobans Dr. Michael Nelson & Number Ten Architectural Group for generations to come. The WSO Concertmaster's Bow Dr. Selena Friesen Red River Cooperative Ltd. gratefully acknowledges Legacy Gail Asper & Michael Paterson Ted & Mary Paetkau Winmar Property Restoration Circle members for their planned Herb & Erna Buller Athina Panopoulos & Ernest & Anastasia Cholakis Gordon Sinclair Riser future gift to the WSO. Frank & Agnes DeFehr Donna and Bill Parrish C.M. A. Akman & Son Ltd. Siana Attwell, PhD John & Gay Docherty Lesia Peet European Art Glass Ltd. Greg Doyle and Carol Bellringer Marten & Joanne Duhoux Dr. Beryl Peters & Dr. Blair Peters InterGroup Consultants Ltd. Mrs. Lucienne Blouw Bill & Margaret Fast Harvey I. Pollock Q.C. Mid West Packaging Limited Lorraine and Gerry Cairns Dr. Albert & Mrs. Lee Friesen Dr. & Mrs. Brian Postl Patill/St. James Insurance Barb & Gerry Price Kevin & Els Kavanagh James Gibbs Mrs. Audrey F.Hubbard Beth M. Proven Michel D. Lagacé Christine Skene & Nick Logan John & Violet Rademaker Gail E. Loewen Foundations Dr. David Lyttle Dr. Diane Ramsey The WSO gratefully acknowledges S. E. Loewen Elaine & Neil Margolis Dr. Donald S. Reimer & W. H. Loewen the following foundations: Brent Mazur Mrs. Anne Reimer Dr. Brendan MacDougall Jim & Leney Richardson* Robert & Ina Abra Family Fund Ken and Judy Murray Margaret Kellermann McCulloch Mrs. Shirley Richardson - the Winnipeg Foundation Wayne & Linda Paquin Nathan & Carolyn Mitchell Diane Payment and Roxroy West Mr. Rick Riess & Mrs. Jean Carter The Noreen & Robert Allen Lesia Peet Lawrie & Fran Pollard Sanford & Deborah Riley Charitable Trust Beth M. Proven Dr. Bill Pope & Dr. Elizabeth Tamara & Garry Roehr Elizabeth B. Armytage Fund Edward Fisher & Lyse Rémillard Tippett-Pope* Olga & Bill Runnalls Brandon Area Community Terry Sargeant & Margaret Haney Trudy Schroeder Ian R.Thomson & Leah R. Janzen Foundation Trudy Schroeder Muriel Smith Professor A.M.C.Waterman The Winnipeg Foundation - Chipman Cheryl & Lorne Sharfe Edith A.Toews & Dr. Helen A. Family Foundation Fund Black Tie Jimmy & Morse Silden Toews Sylvia & Robin Cowan Foundation Mr. Austin Abas M.Winnifred Sim Robin Wiens and Emilie Lagacé- Ms. Sandra Altner Nita Eamer Memorial Fund Pam Simmons* Wiens Aubrey & Dr. Linda Asper Francofonds Inc. Jack & Elaine Sine Donn K.Yuen Shibashis Bal Muriel Smith Marjory Alexander Graham & Mr. Jim Barrett 2 Anonymous Mrs. B Rae Spear Family Fund Mr. R.D. Bell Jim & Jan Tennant 38 OVERTURE I January – February 2017 Susan Glass & Arni Thorsteinson Dr. & Mrs. David Connor Serenade Mr. Rick Pinchin Mr. Richard Turner Irene & Robert Corne Trish Allison-Simms Irvin & Sandra Plosker Curt & Cathy Vossen Ruth Crook Kaeren Anderson Ruth Carol & Leonard Podheiser Martin & Michelle Weinberg Ms. Linda Daniels Linda Armbruster Don & Carol Poulin Don & Florence Whitmore Esther and Hy Dashevsky Doug Arrell & Dick Smith Donna & Gordon Price Klaus & Elsa Wolf Mr. Marcel A. Desautels Mr. Philip Ashdown Esther and Reynold Redekopp Klaus and Dorit Wrogemann Mark & Stephanie Dufresne Dick & Minnie Bell Levi & Tena Reimer 1 Anonymous Mrs. Elfrieda H. Dupuis Mrs. Jean M. Bradley Hans & Gabriele Schneider * Founding Members Beverley & Fred Dyck Sel & Chris Burrows Marie Schoffner Helene Dyck Ms. Donna Carruthers Dr. & Mrs. Alvin and Ethel Mr. & Mrs.W. Easton Ron Clement Schroeder David and Kathleen Estey Julie Collings Dr. Robert J. Schroth Honourable Gary and Honourable Pam & Andrew Cooke Dr. L. Sekla Janice Filmon Martin Reed & Joy Cooper Phil & Nancy Shead Friends of the WSO support Doug & Phyllis Flint Gary & Fiona Crow Ms. Brenda Snider the WSO each season. Mr.Wayne Forbes Mr. Bradley J. Curran Ms. Deborah Spracklin Penny Gilbert Honourary Chair Mr.Tom Dercola Gary & Gwen Steiman Dr. & Mrs.W. L. Gordon Gwen Hoebig, Concertmaster Mr. & Mrs. Gordon Dingman Mr. & Mrs. Lorne & Lorna Stevens Bruno Gossen Faye Dixon in Memory of Graham Margaret & Hartley Stinson Symphony Ms. Debbie Grenier John & Ada Ducas Paul Swart Patricia Guy Margaret-Lynne & Jim Astwood Donna Ekerholm Dr. & Mrs. David Swatek Gordon E. Hannon David & Gillian Bird George B. Elias Dr. & Mrs. S. Szirom Gregg & Mary Hanson Lorraine and Gerry Cairns Ms. Ursula Erhardt Dr. & Mrs. John Taylor Daniel Heindl & Eugene Boychuk Pierce & Amy Cairns Margaret E. Faber Tom & Lori Thomas Mrs. Elsie Hignell John Corp and Mary Elizabeth Marcia Fleisher Mr. & Mrs. Bruce S.Thompson Bob & Biddy Hilton McKenzie Kevin & Pam Friesen June & Lorne Thompson N & L Holliday Margaret Cuddy Arnold & Christa Froese C. & R.Thomsen Robert Jaskiewicz Miss O. Dilay George & Carol Gamby Neil & Carol Trembath Koren & Leonard Kaminski Carrie Ferguson Eileen George Ms. Edna Walpole Robert & Linda Gold J. Gartner & L. Kampeas Maureen Kilgour and Richard Larry & Susanne Greer Jack & Bernice Watts Marianne Johnson Dr. Don and Jerri Hall Harvey & Sandra Weisman Lawrence Jones Goulet Dr. Istvan Kinizsi Beth & Raymond Harris Debbie Wilson Millie & Wally Kroeker L. G. Herd Ms. Joan Wise Katarina Kupca Ray Kohanik & Terri Ashcroft T.G. Kucera Carole Holke Alfred & Lina Woelke W.K. Labies Ken & Marilyn Holland Karin Woods Jack & Zina Lazarek Family Mr. Don Lawrence Ms. Francoise Lesage & Mr. Ken Richard & Karen Howell Joan Wright Foundation Helmut & Dorothy Huebert Mr. John Yarema Mr. & Mrs. Barry & Carol McArton Mills James & Pat Ludwig Mrs. Joan M. Hunter 10 Anonymous Mr. & Mrs. Sheldon McLeod David Jacobson Gord & Sherratt Moffatt Scott MacDonald & Tracey Novak Prelude Douglas MacEwan Terry & Shirley James Ms. Marina Plett-Lyle Patricia Allen & Len Dueck Dr. & Mrs. John & Natalie Mayba Ms. Marilyn Kapitany Carolynne Presser Larissa Ashdown Terri & Jim McKerchar Henry Katz in Memory of Dena Fred & Carolyn Redekop Janice & Brian Bailey Mrs. E. Louise McLandress Heather Kirkham Jim & Pat Richtik Allan & Rochelle Baker Amanda McLeod Mrs. Marion B. Korn Barbara Scheuneman Barbara & Bruce Ball Margaret & Fred Mooibroek Mona Koropatnick Dr. & Mrs. M.R. Steinbart Robert Barton Margaret Moroz Elaine & Patrick Lamonica Ms. Marilyn Thompson Audrey Belyea Drs. Kenneth & Sharon Mould Mr. Norman Leathers Dr.Willem van Oers & Mrs. Eric Bergen Bonnie & Richard Olfert Jennifer Lidstone Margaretha van Oers Bruce & Joyce Berry Carole & Cam Osler Rose & Dick Lim Raymond & Shirley Wiest Donald & Edith Besant Donna & Ian Plant Fraser & Joan Linklater Herbert & Shirley Wildeman Ms. Joanne Biggs Tim Preston & Dave Ling Al & Pat Mackling 3 Anonymous Lorne & Rosada Bride Rosemary Prior Ms. Lorraine MacLeod Susan Brownstone Brock & Fred & Carolyn Redekop Mr. John Macrae Concerto Thomas Brock J. Reichert Dr. Angelos and Pauline Judy & Jay Anderson Greg & Sylvia Brodsky Ms. Iris Reimer Macrodimitris Gorden Andrus & Adele Kory Miss Dorothy Broomhall Mme. Henriette Ricou Ruth May Cheryl & Earl Barish Mr. Chris Brown Judge & Mrs. Charles & Naida David and Francesca McBean F. Bell Mr. E. Brown Rubin Ms. Nola McBurney Zita & Mark Bernstein Family Irene Brown F.E. Sanderson Mrs. Jean McLennan Foundation Jean Brown A. Schroeder Glen Mead Mr. & Mrs. C.R. Betts Ms. Carol Budnick Merrill & Shayna Shulman Mr. & Mrs.Walter & Gladys Mildren Helga & Gerhard Bock Leona Burdeniuk Dr. & Mrs. M.R. Steinbart Mrs. Mona Mills Dr. & Mrs. Brian and Cathie Mr. Gerald Callow Dr. J.M.Trainor Nathan & Carolyn Mitchell Bowerman Laura Chan Susan Twaddle Sylvia Mitchell Mr. Jim Bracken Mrs. Patti Cherney Mr. Robert Vineberg John & Margaret Mundie Sheila & David Brodovsky Bea and Lawrie Cherniack Diane Weselake D. Munro Mr. & Mrs. F.Buckmaster Mrs. Leona Christiansen David C.Wilson Patricia Mary Patterson Gail Carruthers Ms. Marcella Copp Harry & Evelyn Wray Cameron Pauls Nancy Cipryk Helle Cosby 4 Anonymous Ms. Pat Philpott January – February 2017 I OVERTURE 39 Stephen Crane Mrs. Joan Ann Morton Ms. Arline Christopherson Sonjia Pasiechnik Judy & Werner Danchura Leesa Munroe S.K. Clark Trudy Patzer Ms. Janice Dietch David & Hermine Olfert Mr. & Dr. Brad Cloet Ellen Peel & Neil Bruneau Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence & Brenda Miss Jenny Olynyk Mrs. Barbara Coombs Mr. Irwine Permut Donald Shirley & Graham Padgett Mr. Alfred Cornies Ken & Geri Porath Sally R. Dowler Mrs. Henny Paritzky Karen Couch Mrs. Glennys Propp Herbert & Norma Driver Ms. Nettie Peters Ms. Judy Crawford Bryan & Diana Purdy Lisa Edel Ingrid Peters-Fransen Mr. & Mrs.Ted Cunningham Mrs. Avis Raber Mrs. M.L. Elliott Mrs. Helene Picton D. Cymbalist Ms. Pat Repa John & Martha Enns Ian & Ann-Margret Plummer Beth Derraugh Gisela Roger Katharine Enns Ms. Clare Pollock Marlene & Fred Dickson Mrs.V. Rosolowich Siegfried Enns Cristian Popescu Mrs. Ethel Dil John & Shirley Russell John & Ruth Ens Waltraut Riedel-Baun Ms. Marian Dore Kay Schalme Don and Martha Epstein Kevin Rollason & Gail MacAulay Paul Dueck William Scheidt Doug & Joanne Flynn Frances E. Rowlin Ms. Sheila M. Dumore Mrs. Edna Schneider Mrs. Marguerite Fredette Mr. & Mrs. John Sadler Ms. Georgette Durand Izzy Shore Mrs. Margaret Funk Mr. Johnny Rule Salangad & Ms. D. Gooch Pearly Rule Salangad Vera & Peter Fast Mrs. Elaine Silverberg Matthew Gossen Advancement David Schroeder Mr. Paul Ficek Mr. & Mrs. Robert Smith Trust R. Schroeder Cal & Lois Finch Mrs. Joyce Smyth Ms. Mavis E. Gray Ms. Janet Schubert Hilda Franz Mrs. Marilyn Stothers Marj Grevstad Viola J. Schultz Ms. Anne Friesen Lorne Sunley Irene Groot-Koerkamp & Greg Mr. Ken Schykulski Mrs. Donna Friesen Muriel Sutherland Edmond Charlene Scouten Mr. Joe Furber Mrs. Joan Swaffer Dr. Don & Jerri Hall Mr. & Mrs. Ed & Elaine Segstro Mrs. Cathy Gervais Gladys Tarala Miss Marilyn Hall Marilyn & Jon Seguire Mrs. Barbara Gessner Ross & Bette Jayne Taylor Dr. Bonnie Hallman Mr. & Ms. Ed Shwedyk Mr. Christopher Golden Ms. Anne Thiessen Ms. Meghan Hansen Louis & Shirley Ann Simkulak Heather Graham Ms. Doreen Thorlacius Linda A. Harlos Geri & Peter Spencer Mrs. Inga Granovskaya Nancy & Geoff Tidmarsh Mrs. Phyllis Hatskin Mr. & Mrs. Starodub Victoria Gretchen Ms. Andrea Towers Teresa A. Hay Ms. Helena Stelsovsky Mr. Anthony (Tony) Griffin Shelley Turnbull Millie Hemmelgarn Archie & Shirley Stone Ms. Marianne Gruber Ms. Eleanor Urquhart Marilyn & Helios Hernandez Dr. & Mrs. Ian & Karen Sutton Ms. Marion Guinn Denis Vincent Ms. Shirley Hicks Juris & Aija Svenne B. & R. Hall Mrs. Laurabelle Wallace Ms Marilyn Hido Robert & Barb Tisdale Gertrude Hamilton Mr. Glen Angus Webster Sonia & Harvey Hosfield Edith A.Toews Mrs. Helen Hayward Miss Christine Wojcikowski Rozin & Cathy Iwanicki Henry & Elizabeth Toews Kelly Hearson Beverley Zimmerman Jacqueline Iwasienko Dr. Helen A.Toews Jean Highmoor 11 Anonymous Wilfred & Dorothy James Mrs. C.M.Valentine Dorothy L. Hodgson Alan Janzen & Leona Sookram Barry and Gail Veals Stella Hryniuk Father Stan A. Jaworski Jesse Vorst Mrs. Mary-Ann Hudjik Ross & Betty Jo Johnston Elizabeth M.Wall William J. Hutton Ms. Bev Kawchuk Jim & Joan Warbeck Pat Jarrett Mr. & Mrs.W. J. Kinnear Jack Watts David & Heather Jenkins Alfonz & Susan Koncan Waverley Tenant Association The WSO gratefully acknowledges Mrs. Alvina Koshy Mrs. Evelyn Wener Brent & Karen Johnson the following patrons whose Jacki & Sheldon Koven Dorcas & Kirk Windsor Mr.Tim Kasprick foresight helps to ensure long- Kozub/Halldorson Family Mr. Edwin Yee Mr. Gordon C. Keatch term financial support for the D. Kristjanson Donn K.Yuen Katie Kirkpatrick WSO. Thank you! Miss Patricia Kuchma 16 Anonymous Ms. Betty Laing Edwin & Susan Bethune Edith Landy, in Memory of David Elizabeth Lansard Sonatina Lorraine and Gerry Cairns Landy Wayne & Helen LeBlanc Stephen Choy & Gina Yoo Helen La Rue Maryvonne & Robert Alarie in Mr. Gabriel Lemoine Dorothy Comer and Her Daughters Mrs. Ingrid Lee Memory of William Cole Katrina Limberatos in Memory of Fern Royds Mr. R. Leroeye Jacqueline Anderson John & Carol MacKenzie Albert & Helen Litz Dr. John Badertscher Joyce Manwaring Ray G. Davis Lorron Agencies Ltd. Ms. Donna Beaton Mr. & Mrs. Jeff & Karen L. Mark Helene Dyck Roger Lowe Ms. Denise Belanger & Mr. Sidney Mrs. Irene Marriott Marilyn & Helios Hernandez G. & G. Lowry Shapire Dr. & Mrs. Ihor Mayba Marilynne Keil, in Memory of David H. Skinner Dr Amrit Malik Mrs. Eva Berard Hugh McCabe Judith Meunier C. & J. McIntyre Anna Bird Ms. Susan McCarthy Grant & Janet Saunders Violet McKenzie Shirley Book Mr. Derek McLean Barbara Scheuneman Mrs. Geraldine McKinley Frances Booth Ardythe McMaster Jim & Jan Tennant Jean McLennan Norma Bortoluzzi Lyle McNichol & Frances Stewart James & Claudia Weselake Mr. & Mrs. Erhard Meier Marilyn Boyd Mrs. Jocelyn Millard 1 Anonymous Estelle Meyers Mrs. Diane Brine Maureen Morin Walter A. Mildren Wendy & Ken Broadfoot Mr. Robert Nix Carolyn Garlich and Peter Miller Sheila Burland Shirley & Graham Padgett Mrs. Mona Mills Mr. John Burrows Mrs. Margaret Parker Dr. Stan & Wendy Moroz Canon Canada Inc. 40 OVERTURE I January – February 2017 Muriel Smith B. & R. Hall Ms. Maureen Southam Carrie Solmundson Teresa A. Hay Ms. Deborah Spracklin Terrell Stephen Larry & Evelyn Hecht Herbert Stewart Ms. Marlene Stern Monique Henderson In honour of Kinzel Keys Jon Stewart Katherine Himelblau Mrs. Joan Swaffer Festival donors help to further Sally Sweatman Dorothy L. Hodgson Ms. Ruth Swan the musical artistry of the Tetrem Capital Management Mrs. Katherine Hoeppner Dr. & Mrs. S. Szirom WSO’s New Music Festival. Ms. Stephanie M. van Nest Huynh Van Ho Dr. Teresa Sztaba Thank you! Curt & Cathy Vossen Ishbel Isaacs, in Loving Memory Mr. & Mrs. Robert Tapscott Alpha Masonry Ms. Meeka Walsh of Gijsbert Crielaard James & Marlene Taylor Aubrey & Dr. Linda Asper Karin Woods Ms. Margaret Jeffries Ross & Bette Jayne Taylor Alison Baldwin Dr. Jens J.Wrogemann Mr. & Mrs. C Jenkins Etta Telford in Memory of Gijsbert Jackie Brignall 1 Anonymous Ross & Betty Jo Johnston Crielaard Kevin Burns Marilyn Kapitany Jim & Jan Tennant Timothy & Barbara Burt Kevin & Els Kavanagh Anne Thiessen in Memory of Gijsbert David Carr Ursula & Sandor Kelemen Crielaard Jill Carr & Alex Snukal Ms. Mary Klassen Mrs. Bonnie E Thiessen in Memory of Dr. & Mrs. David Connor Share the Music is a unique Sandra Kneller Gijsbert Crielaard Ravi Dookeran outreach initiative of the WSO Mr. Eugene S. Kovach Ms. Mia Timmermans Mrs. Ann England that allows economically Cycelia Lazarowich in Memory of Ms. Melita Tonogai Herbert Enns disadvantaged children and Gijsbert Crielaard Fran & Estela Violago Robert Enright their families to attend WSO Frances Lemieux E. Sylvia Warrington Daniel Friedman & Rob Dalgliesh performances. Thank you for Ms. Marion Lewis Professor A.M.C. Waterman Wendy Gale helping to Share the Music! Tom Liewicki in memory of Lovie Betty Wayborn in Memory of Gijsbert Tyler Gompf Liewicki Crielaard Stepan Gordienko Katherine Devine & George Andrich Dr. Judith Littleford Carmel Wayborn in Memory of Dr. Alexander Grunfeld & Silvester Pat & Harvey Anton Dr. Brendan MacDougall Gijsbert Crielaard Komlodi Ms. Margaret Barbour Dr. Sabine Mai Bruno Zimmer Dr. Don & Jerri Hall Ralph & Eileen Baxter James Manishen 24 Anonymous Ms. Helen Hawrysh Bernice Blakeman Elaine & Neil Margolis Dr.Wolfgang Heidenreich in Mrs. Lucienne Blouw, in Memory C & V Martens Support of Composer Henryk of Gijsbert Crielaard Mr. Peter Martin Gorecki for the 2016-17 WNMF Ms. Patricia Bozyk Reina & Mark McDowell - in Memory Marilyn & Helios Hernandez Sheila & David Brodovsky of Gijsbert Crielaard Mr. & Mrs. Elmer Hildebrand Ms. Carol Budnick Jean & Mike McIlrath Sistema Winnipeg is a free daily Bonnie Dee & Richard Jakubowski Ms. Linda Campbell Mr. Sheldon Leonard McLeod after-school program offered at Kim Jeremic Ms. Rheo Catt Mrs. Jose Meers no cost to participants that Drs. Keith & Gwyneth Jones Eileen & Ted Ms. Pat Michalski enriches the lives of children and Koren & Leonard Kaminski Shelley Chochinov L & D Mitchell young people with the fewest Ms. Jose Koes Ray Cloutier in Memory of M. Mohr resources and the greatest Konstantinos Kotoulas & Family Gijsbert Crielaard Margaret Moroz in Memory of need. The WSO gratefully Dr.Thomas G Kucera Joan C. Cohen Gijsbert Crielaard acknowledges the following Ron Lambert Marlene Crielaard, In Memory of Vera Moroz patrons whose support makes a Moira Swinton and Bernie Léveillé Gijsbert Crielaard Bill & Hilda Muir difference in the everyday lives Hideo Mabuchi Michele Del Rizzo Dr. Sidney & Gwen Nelko of these children. Thank you! Drs. Eleanor & Grant MacDougall Dr. & Mrs. Harold Diamond M. Nancy Lynn O'Brien Mr. & Mrs. Cam & Joy MacLean Monica Dinney in Memory of Honourary Chair D Ogale Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries Gijsbert Crielaard Daniel Scholz, Principal Viola Truus Oliver Lori Marks Doreen Docking Sam O. Mr. Frank Martin Ms. Enid Durward Maestoso Mrs. Alice Oswald Ms.Theresa Martin Ken Dyck Burns Foundation Mr. & Mrs. David & Wanda Pike Brent Mazur Shaun Dyck in Memory of Gijsbert RBC Foundation The A. K. Menkis Medical Crielaard Ms. Clare Pollock Richardson Foundation Corporation Mr. & Ms. John Edwards Ms. Rose Popowich Ron & Sandi Mielitz Don & Martha Epstein Rosemary & Walter Prychodko Vivace Ms. Sheila Miller Kathy Feader Ms. Marlene Reguly Boeing Canada Winnipeg Mrs. Brenda Morlock Honourable Gary & Pat and Bill Reid Cavalia Inc. Margaret Moroz Honourable Janice Filmon Ms. Lyse Remillard The Winnipeg Foundation Matthew Narvey Dr. Leeann Fishback Tannis Richardson Michael Narvey Dorothy Flight Don & Joceline Ringach, Pamela Con Brio Cindy Newfield Mrs. Louise Friesen Ringach & Chris Jordan Garth Lee Strings Mikaela Oldenkamp Mrs. Joyce Fyke David & Elena Roberts Souchay Gossen Family Foundation Mr. Chris Pearce Jocelyn and Mark Gabbert Mr. & Mrs. Norm Sagert Michael S Gray Fund Lesia Peet George & Carol Gamby Olive Sayers Manitoba Community Services Kathleen Polischuk & Richard Francois Gauvin Barbara Scheuneman Council Derksen The Staff of GD5 in Memory of Your HR Support Co. The Winnipeg Foundation - George Dr. Bill Pope & Dr. Elizabeth Gijsbert Crielaard Mr. Walter Silicz and Tannis Richardson Fund Tippett-Pope Mr. Richard Gillanders Mrs. Roslyn Silver Rotary Club of Winnipeg North Bill Reid Dr. Don & Jerri Hall In memory of Lois Ms. Brenda Sklar Don & Lorraine Swanson Majid & Moti Shojania Anderson Debbie Smith

January – February 2017 I OVERTURE 41 Allegro Margaret Jeffries ANNUAL CAMPAIGN Alpha Masonry Peter Jessiman The WSO gratefully Mr. Ron Bell Joseph and Judith Malko Family Fund At the Strategic Charitable acknowledges the following Timothy & Barbara Burt patrons whose generosity helped Ms. Brenlee Carrington Trepel Giving Foundation Ms. Nadia Kamienski to support orchestral music in The Winnipeg Foundation - Chief our community. Thank you! Justice Richard J. Scott and Ms. Jayne Laverne Kapac Mary Scott Fund Kevin & Els Kavanagh Ms. Sylvia L. Barr Marilynne Keil Jocelyn and Mark Gabbert in Frances Booth Dr. Terry Klassen & Ms. Grace Dueck memory of Benjamin John West Wendy Broadfoot Zandra Lea in Honour of Paul and Flynn Lori Butler Pamela Connolly Mr. Elmer Hildebrand Eileen Chaban Mrs. Anita Malbranck Mr. & Mrs. Philippe Le Dorze Jean Cunningham Mrs. Maureen McIntosh Ms. Gail E. Loewen Ellen Curtis Iona McPhee Dr. David Lyttle Piotr Czaykowski & Anne Worley Ms. Linda Meckling Lisa Edel Lydia MacKenzie in Honour of John Ron and Sandi Mielitz Donna Ekerholm J. March and His Parents Ms. Marlene Milne Wayne Forbes Tom McIlwham Ms. Francine Morin Ron & Sandi Mielitz Mr. Robert Nix Ms. Susan Hildebrandt Scott MacDonald & Tracey Novak Ms. Lucy Nykolyshyn Carole Holke Mr. Jean-Francois Phaneuf Mr. David Pate Margaret Jeffries Maurice (Moe) & Ethel Pierce Fund, Leena Patel Ken Kinsley Jewish Foundation of Manitoba Patricia M. Patterson in Memory of Paul Kosowan Ms. Charlotte Robbins Max & Pearl Kuran and P. M . L i t w i n Jim & Jan Tennant Mary Kuran; In Honour of Aubrey Margolis E.Toews Beatrice Kuran, Jean Kuran Bob and Betty McCamis Strang / van Ineveld Family and Una Kuran D. Morrison Faye Warren Mr. Blair Peppler Ms. Lillian Murphy John Wells Mrs. Edna Poulter Ellen Peel & Neil Bruneau Ms. Lois Powne Mr. Irwine Permut Conmoto Joan Sabourin Dr. Robert Schroth ADESA Winnipeg Ms. Corazon Saquilayan Mrs. Doreen Shanks Kathleen & Ken Alder Mrs. Claudia Sarbit Pam Simmons James & Faye Alward in Honour of Mr. Terry Sargeant Mr. & Mrs. A.E. Stanton Margot J. Alward Heather Sarna 9 Anonymous Ralph & Eileen Baxter In Memory of Jean Sauder Jennifer Beirnes Nicola Schaefer Remembrance Day Byrnes Benoit Barbara Scheuneman Rheo Catt in memory of Rex Catt Ms. Diane Bewell Perce & Elizabeth Schirmer Tammy Brock in Honour of Noah In Memory of Graham Dixon Foundation Barbara Filuk in Honour of Alex Weiszner's 65th Birthday Ed & Susan Schmidt Pitkethly Paul & Doreen Bromley Trudy Schroeder Ms. Catherine Flower Lorraine & Gerry Cairns Mrs. Mary Scott Ms. Robin Hildebrand Camerata Nova Betty & Sam Searle Ms. Betty Laing in Honour of All Mrs. Audrey Campbell Olga & Myron Shatulsky Veterans Dave Christie Wilma Sotas In Memory of Robert Coates Diane Stewart Albert & Helen Litz, in Honour of Helen Bergen, Music Director FGUC Telpay Inc. Our Veterans Joan C. Cohen Mary and Robert Thomas Margaret Mahon in Honour of her Dr. & Mrs. Jamit And Courtney Deborah Thorlakson in Celebration Father,Thomas Hoey McGown Dhaliwal of Mrs. Tannis Richardson's Birthday C. & J. McIntyre in Honour of All Claire Dionne Greg Tramley in Memory of Dave Veterans Bob Dueck and Joan Duerksen Hunt Neil Middleton in memory of Caroline Elder Neil & Carol Trembath Michael Bundon Ms. Catherine Flower Ms. Terry Trupp Mrs. Kathy Parry in honour of Judith Flynn Judith & Francisco Valenzuela "PINK" RCN 4760 Peter Flynn Ms. Christine Van Cauwenberghe Donna & Gordon Price in Honour Hilda Franz Curt & Cathy Vossen of Donald MacDonald ft3 Architecture Landscape Interior Gerri Weigeldt Jim Skinner & Judy Nichol, in Design Dr. Noah Weiszner honour of James Edward Helena Jane Gahungu Diane Weselake Skinner and the late James Evelyn & Ricardo Galima In Honour of Doug and Edward Nichol Gardon Construction Ltd. Loreen Buss’ Marriage Jim & Jan Tennant in honour of Mr. & Mrs. Ben & Nadia Hanuschak WhoDunit? Mystery Bookstore Stan and Ralph Hanson Robin Hildebrand Grace M. Wiebe 3 Anonymous Arlene Hintsa in Memory of Marilyn Karin Woods Karen Hiscott Wynward Insurance Group Listing as of Dec 1 2015 – Dec 1, 2016 Patricia Holbrow Libby Yager & Billy Brodovsky William J. Hutton 4 Anonymous

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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

January – February 2017 I OVERTURE 43 WSO BOARD & STAFF 2016-2017 SEASON

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 Ray Chrunyk, Principal Librarian Aaron Lewis, Sales Specialist Laura MacDougall, Assistant Librarian Patron Services Representatives (p/t): Lawrence Rentz, Stage Supervisor Phil Corrin Melissa Houston Brent Johnson, Education & Community Meg Dolovich Laura Gow Engagement Manager Kristie Enns Crystal Schwartz Shevann Fortune Stephanie Van Nest Amy Wolfe, Education Coordinator Jason Hayes Lindsay Woolgar, Education Programs Coordinator (Term) Shannon Darby, Sistema Winnipeg Manager MARKETING & DEVELOPMENT Neil Middleton,VP Marketing & Sponsorship Beth Proven,VP Development Carol Cassels, Development Manager Shenna Song, Development Coordinator Sarah Panas, Marketing & Communications Coordinator Matt Brooks, Designer Diana Chabai, Intern S.Thompson Designs Inc.

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