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6 FROM THE PRESIDENT & CEO

Dear RPO Family, Welcome to another historic RPO season in Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre! It has been an exciting start to the 2010-2011 Season for the RPO and we look forward to continuing that momentum in the months ahead. Those of you who joined us for our season opener with Christopher Seaman conducting Tchaikovsky’s triumphant Fourth Symphony know

WALTER COLLEY IMAGES that those performances were simply spectacular. I look forward to many more special musical moments as we celebrate Christopher this season. I am sure you have noticed the many new amenities that greet you this season. Betty’s Café, named for our dear friend and tireless advocate, Betty Strasenburgh, can be found on the Orchestra level as you enter from the lobby. The exit doors onto Gibbs Street now have windows, adding natural light and ambiance to the space. The beautifully renovated Ranlet Lounge on the balcony level now serves Box Seat Patrons and annual donors above $2,500— where they can enjoy a drink or dessert before the concert or during intermission. It’s hard to believe that it’s already time to start thinking about the holiday season. This year, we’re celebrating in a big way with The Bausch and Lomb RPO Holiday Extravaganza! which runs from November 26 through January 8. During this time, the RPO again joins forces with the Rochester City Ballet for the timeless favorite The Nutcracker, November 26-28. The holiday celebration continues with Handel’s Messiah on December 9 and 11. These concerts coincide with the long-awaited opening of the new Eastman School wing, including the Wolk Atrium with its stunning new Dale Chihuly chandelier, our new box office and gift shop, and the exquisite new Hatch Recital Hall. To round out the holiday celebrations, the RPO presents Gala Holiday Pops, December 17-19 in Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre. Rochester native and Broadway star Donna Lynne Champlin joins the Orchestra for this family favorite. To kick-off the New Year, the Extravaganza continues with Bugs Bunny at the Symphony, January 7 and 8, where Looney Tunes favorites come to Kodak Hall on a giant screen as the RPO performs the music live. You may remember last winter when the RPO announced a new project—a handsome new book entitled The Eastman Theatre: Fulfilling George Eastman’s Dream. The book is in its final stages of production, and if you have not already done so, I highly recommend adding it to your holiday gift-giving list. Written by Elizabeth Brayer, the noted local author of the definitive biography of George Eastman, this large-format book features stunning architectural images by the acclaimed photographer Andy Olenick and an opulent design by Kathy D’Amanda of MillRace Design Associates. There is a special pre-order price of $70, so order yours today by calling 454-2100 or online at www.rpo.org/eastmantheatrebook. As always, enjoy the performance! Sincerely,

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Christopher Seaman, Music Director Jeff Tyzik, Principal Pops Conductor Michael Butterman, Principal Conductor for Education and Outreach The Louise & Henry Epstein Family Chair, Funded in perpetuity Arild Remmereit, Music Director-Designate 2010-2011 Season VIOLIN I CELLO ENGLISH HORN TUBA Juliana Athayde, Stefan Reuss, Principal Anna Steltenpohl W. Craig Sutherland, Concertmaster The Clara and Edwin Principal CLARINET The Caroline W. Gannett Strasenburgh Chair Kenneth Grant,+ Principal TIMPANI & Clayla Ward Chair Funded in perpetuity The Robert J. Charles Ross, Principal Funded in perpetuity Kathleen Murphy Kemp, Wilfredo Degláns, Assistant Principal Strasenburgh Chair The Harold and Funded in perpetuity Associate Concertmaster Lars Kirvan Joan Feinbloom Chair Min Na Lee Funded in perpetuity Shannon Nance, Christopher Haritatos Andrew Brown Jim Tiller, Assistant Concertmaster Mary Ann Wukovitz Alice Meyer Assistant Principal Perrin Yang Benjamin Krug Tigran Vardanyan Yu-Wen Wang E-FLAT CLARINET PERCUSSION Ellen Rathjen Ingrid Bock Min Na Lee Jim Tiller, Principal Janice Macisak Melissa Burton Anderson BASS CLARINET Brian Stotz William Hunt Lindsey Crabb~ John McNeill Andrew Brown Sabina Slepecki Hilary Glen~ Robert Patterson Kenneth Langley BASSOON Jillian Pritchard BASS Lise Stoddard Abraham Weiss, Principal Colin Corner, HARP Joanna Owen Charles Bailey Principal Grace Wong, Principal An-Chi OuYang Martha Sholl The Anne Hayden The Eileen Malone Chair, Margaret Leenhouts McQuay Chair CONTRA-BASSOON A Tribute by Mr. and Mrs. Hee Sagong~ Funded in perpetuity Charles Bailey Harcourt M. Sylvester VIOLIN II Michael Griffin, Funded in perpetuity HORN Assistant Principal Barbara Dechario David Brickman, Principal W. Peter Kurau,+ Principal Daryl Perlo, Jack Stauber* The Cricket and KEYBOARD Assistant Principal Robert Zimmerman Frank Luellen Chair Joseph Werner, Principal Gaelen McCormick Patricia Sunwoo Funded in perpetuity The Lois P. Lines Chair Jeff Campbell+ John Sullivan Elizabeth Porter, Funded in perpetuity Eric Polenik Lara Sipols Assistant Principal Cary Ratcliff Nancy Hunt FLUTE Jennifer Burch PERSONNEL MANAGER Boris Zapesochny David Angus Rebecca Gilbert, Principal Joseph Werner Liana Koteva Kirvan The Charlotte Whitney Patrick Walle Jeremy Hill PRINCIPAL LIBRARIAN Allen Chair TRUMPET Ainur Zabenova Funded in perpetuity Kim Hartquist Douglas Prosser,+ Principal Heidi Brodwin Joanna Bassett The Elaine P. Wilson Chair STAGE MANAGER Lee Wilkins Jan Angus+ Wesley Nance Curtis Bradley VIOLA Diane Smith Herbert Smith ASSISTANT STAGE Melissa Matson, Principal PICCOLO Paul Shewan MANAGER Michael Larco, Joanna Bassett TROMBONE Dave Miller Assistant Principal Jan Angus+ Marc Anderson Mark Kellogg,+ Principal * On Leave Elizabeth Seka OBOE The Austin E. Erik Behr, Principal Hildebrandt Chair + Full-time faculty at the Olita Povero Eastman School of Music Michail Verba* The Dr. Jacques M. Funded in perpetuity Lipson Chair Lisa Albrecht ~ Eastman School of Music Linda Kirkwood Orchestral Studies Diploma Funded in perpetuity Lisa Steltenpohl Andrew Chappell Intern David Hult Anna Steltenpohl Samantha Rodriguez John Upton Heidi Stauber

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10 CHRISTOPHER SEAMAN, Music Director

2010-2011 marks United Kingdom orchestras including the Music Director City of Birmingham Symphony, the Christopher Bournemouth Symphony, the Royal Seaman’s thirteenth Liverpool Philharmonic, the Royal Scottish season with the National Orchestra, the Ulster Orchestra, and Rochester Philhar- the various BBC orchestras. He also has led monic Orchestra. the symphony orchestras of Budapest, Prague, The internationally Warsaw, Trondheim, and the North German renowned, British- Philharmonic, among others, and will make born conductor has return visits this season to Portugal and the

ED CHAPPEL become an integral Czech Republic. part of the Greater Rochester community and He visits Australia annually, conducting the is recognized as having raised the artistic level major orchestras there (often including of the Orchestra to its present excellence. In concerts in the Sydney Opera House) and May 2009, the University of Rochester also leading master classes for young awarded him an Honorary Doctor of Music Australian conductors. degree. He will conclude his tenure as the RPO’s longest-serving Music Director in June 2011. His recordings include performances with the Royal Philharmonic, the Philharmonia Recognized worldwide as one of today’s Orchestra, and the National Youth Orchestra leading conductors, he previously served as of Britain. Seaman has recorded two CDs Principal Conductor of the BBC Scottish with the RPO, one with pianist Jon Symphony and Northern Sinfonia, Nakamatsu released in 2001, and one with conductor-in-residence with the Baltimore pianist Olga Kern, released in 2003 and Symphony Orchestra, and Music Director of hailed by the Democrat and Chronicle as the Naples Philharmonic in Florida. “sensational.” Highly sought-after internationally as a guest His third and final RPO recording project, conductor and noted for his strong command featuring Vaughan Williams’ “London” of a broad repertoire, Seaman has regular Symphony and Serenade to Music, will be engagements in North America, Israel, released on harmonia mundi in 2011. Eastern Europe, the Far East, Australia, and New Zealand, as well as in Great Britain. Recent guest conducting engagements in Visit www.rpo.org North America have included the orchestras of Vancouver, Columbus, Seattle, Omaha, for more information and San Antonio, and the Eastern Music including music clips, Festival in North Carolina. He previously has conducted the orchestras of Pittsburgh, program notes, concert Detroit, Houston, San Francisco, Saint Louis, details, tickets, Utah, New Jersey, Minnesota, Cincinnati, Colorado, Louisville, and Atlanta. For several and more! summers, he has conducted concerts at the Aspen Festival and also taught at the American Academy of Conducting at Aspen. Abroad, his schedule includes concerts with all of the London orchestras; the major

117 JEFF TYZIK, Principal Pops Conductor

Grammy Award- was premiered by the Rochester Philharmonic winner Jeff Tyzik Orchestra in January 2010. has earned a His compositions and arrangements have reputation as one been recorded by the London Symphony of America’s most Orchestra, Rochester Philharmonic, Erich innovative pops Kunzel and the Cincinnati Pops, Doc conductors, Severinsen and the Royal Philharmonic recognized for his Orchestra, Vancouver Symphony, Winnipeg brilliant arrange- Symphony, Summit Brass, and the Eastman ments, original Wind Ensemble.

TYLER BOYE programming, and engaging rapport with audiences of all ages. Tyzik has produced a GRAMMY Award- The 2010-11 season marks his seventeenth winning album, The Tonight Show Band with season as Principal Pops Conductor of the Doc Severinsen, Vol. 1. In May 2007, Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. He also harmonia mundi released his recording serves as Principal Pops Conductor of the conducting works by Gershwin with pianist Oregon Symphony and the Vancouver Jon Nakamatsu and the Rochester Symphony Orchestra. Philharmonic, which reached No. 3 on the Billboard classical chart. He also has produced Highly sought-after as a guest conductor, and composed theme music for many of the Tyzik’s recent guest appearances include the major television networks and released six of Boston Pops and the Philadelphia Orchestra his own albums. at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center. He also has appeared with the Cincinnati Pops, Tyzik lives in Rochester with his wife, Jill. the New York Pops, the orchestras of Dallas, For more information, please visit Detroit, and Milwaukee, and the Los Angeles www.jefftyzik.com. Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl, among others. Tyzik made his U.K. debut with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra in June 2010. Become a fan A native of Hyde Park, N.Y., Tyzik began his life in music at age nine playing the cornet. of the RPO He studied both classical and jazz throughout on Facebook! high school and went on to earn both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the Eastman School of Music, where he studied Follow us on composition/arranging with Radio City Twitter for the Music Hall’s Ray Wright and jazz studies with the great band leader Chuck Mangione. latest news: An accomplished composer and arranger, www.twitter.com/ Tyzik has written over 160 works for orchestra, including a trombone concerto SuperRPO commissioned by the National Endowment for the Arts and performed at Carnegie Hall. His newest commission, a timpani concerto,

128 MICHAEL BUTTERMAN, Principal Conductor for Education and Outreach The Louise and Henry Epstein Family Chair

Michael Butterman From 2000 to 2007, Butterman held the post is making his mark of Associate Conductor for the Jacksonville as a model for Symphony in Florida. For six seasons, he also today’s conductors served as Music Director of Opera Southwest and is recognized in Albuquerque, N.M. Prior to joining the for his commit- Jacksonville Symphony, Butterman was ment to creative Director of Orchestral Studies at the LSU artistry, innovative School of Music for five years, and was programming, and Principal Conductor of the LSU Opera audience and com- Theater. Previously, he held the post of

GLENN ROSS munity engagement. Associate Conductor of the Columbus Pro Now in his eleventh season as the RPO’s Musica Orchestra, and served as Music Principal Conductor for Education and Director of the Chamber Opera, Studio Outreach—the first position of its kind in the Opera, and Opera Workshop at the Indiana United States—Butterman is also Music University School of Music. For two seasons, Director for both the Boulder Philharmonic he was also the Associate Music Director of and the Shreveport Symphony orchestras. the Ohio Light Opera, conducting over 35 Beginning in the fall of 2009, he assumed the performances each summer. additional post of Resident Conductor for the At Indiana University, Butterman conducted Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra. a highly acclaimed production of Leonard Also in demand as a guest conductor, Bernstein’s little-known 1600 Pennsylvania Butterman has appeared recently with the Avenue in a series of performances at the symphonies of Detroit, Houston, Colorado, Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C, Oregon, Kansas City, Hartford, San Antonio, receiving unanimous praise from such Syracuse, New Mexico, Louisiana, Spokane, publications as The New York Times, Santa Fe, Mobile, and Peoria, as well as Washington Post, Variety, and USA Today. He Pensacola Opera and Asheville Lyric Opera. subsequently was invited to New York at the Summer appearances include Tanglewood, request of the Bernstein estate to prepare a the Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival in performance of a revised version of the work. Colorado, and the Wintergreen Music Butterman’s work has been featured in five Festival in Virginia. nationwide broadcasts on public radio’s Butterman gained international attention as a Performance Today, and can be heard on two diploma laureate in the Prokofiev Internation- CDs recorded for the Newport Classics label. al Conducting Competition and as a finalist A third CD, in which he conducts the RPO in the prestigious Besançon International in two narrated works for families, is Conducting Competition. As the 1999 scheduled for release this season. recipient of the Seiji Ozawa Fellowship, he studied at Tanglewood with Robert Spano, Jorma Panula, and Maestro Ozawa, and shared the podium with Ozawa to lead the Peter vs.TheWolf season’s opening concert. In 1997, he was February 13 at 2:00 pm sponsored by UNESCO to lead the National Performance Hall at Hochstein Philharmonic Orchestra of Moldova in a concert of music by great American masters. www.rpo.org/orKIDStra

139 ROCHESTER PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA, INC. Maintaining and operating the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra (Founded in 1923 - Incorporated in 1930) OFFICERS EX-OFFICIO PAST RPO CHAIRPERSONS Suzanne D. Welch Erik Behr 1930-32 - Edward G. Miner* Chairperson of the Board Orchestra Representative 1932-34 - Simon N. Stein* Charles H. Owens James M. Boucher 1934-38 - George E. Norton* President & CEO Immediate Past Chairperson 1938-41 - Leroy E. Snyder* Patrick C. Burke Jennifer Burch 1941-42 - Frank W. Lovejoy* Vice Chairperson Orchestra Representative 1942-43 - Bernard E. Finucane* Patrick Fulford Douglas Lowry 1943-46 - L. Dudley Field* Vice Chairperson Dean, Eastman School of Music 1946-48 - Edward S. Farrow, Jr. * Ingrid A. Stanlis Charles H. Owens 1948-51 - Joseph J. Myler* Vice Chairperson President & CEO 1951-52 - Joseph F. Taylor* Keith M. Wilson Paula H. Pattison 1952-55 - Raymond W. Albright* Vice Chairperson Chairperson, Volunteer Services 1955-57 - Arthur I. Stern* Elizabeth F. Rice Committee 1957-59 - Thomas H. Hawks* Treasurer Josephine S. Trubek 1959-61 - Walter C. Strakosh* William D. Eggers Chairperson, Honorary Board 1962-63 - Ernest J. Howe* 1963-65 - O. Cedric Rowntree* Secretary HONORARY BOARD James M. Boucher 1965-67 - Frank E. Holley * Josephine S. Trubek Immediate Past Chairperson 1967-69 - Thomas C. Taylor* Chairperson 1969-71 - Thomas H. Miller* BOARD OF DIRECTORS Dr. James E. Koller 1971-72 - Mrs. Frederick J. Wilkens* (Term Expires Jan. 2011) Vice Chairperson 1972-73 - Edward C. McIrvine Dr. Sarah Atkinson Dr. John Bouyoucos 1973-74 - Robert J. Strasenburgh* Patrick J. Kelly Paul W. Briggs 1974-75 - John A. Santuccio Nannette P. Nocon William L. Cahn 1975-76 - Robert J. Strasenburgh* Paula H. Pattison Catherine B. Carlson 1976-78 - Dr. Louis Lasagna* Gregory W. Smith Louise Epstein 1978-80 - Edward C. McIrvine Jules L. Smith Harold & Joan Feinbloom 1980-82 - Peter L. Faber Jay M. Friedman (Term Expires Jan. 2012) 1982-84 - Paul F. Pagerey Mary M. Gooley David W. Ackroyd 1984-85 - Peter L. Waasdorp David C. Heiligman Dr. John M. Bennett 1986-89 - Robert H. Hurlbut A. Thomas Hildebrandt William D. Eggers 1989-91 - Paul W. Briggs Robert H. Hurlbut La Marr J. Jackson 1991-93 - Karen Noble Hanson Robert D. Hursh Elizabeth F. Rice 1993-95 - Ronald E. Salluzzo Dr. Jacques M. Lipson Dr. Friederike Seligman 1995-98 - A. Thomas Hildebrandt Cricket & Frank Luellen Dr. Gwen K. Sterns 1998-00 - Harold A. Kurland I.A. Morris Dr. Sidney S. Weinstein 2000-04 - David C. Heiligman Dr. Paul F. Pagerey Suzanne D. Welch 2004-06 - Ingrid A. Stanlis Herbert L. Rees Deborah Wilson 2006-09 - James M. Boucher Nathan J. Robfogel * Deceased (Term Expires Jan. 2013) Jon L. Schumacher Patrick C. Burke Katherine T. Schumacher Dr. Steven E. Feldon Norman M. Spindelman Patrick Fulford Betty Strasenburgh Marie Kenton Patricia C. Wilder Dawn F. Lipson The RPO expresses its gratitude to all Dr. Kishan Pandya those who have served as Honorary Anne Sartori Board members in the past. Ingrid A. Stanlis Keith M. Wilson

1410 STAFF Thanks to our

Administration generous sponsors! Charles H. Owens, President & CEO Philharmonics Series Ellen Beck+, Executive Assistant Sam Krall* Artistic Operations and Education Chris Beyer, Concert Production Manager & Audio Engineer Barbara Larson, Manager of Education and Community Programs orKIDStra Series Dylan Smith, Artistic Coordinator Doris Sze Chit Lee ~ Scott Lykins ~ Development Sarah Goldstein Post, Director of Development Operations Official Hotel of the RPO Marilyn Merrigan, Manager of Volunteers & Special Events Dan House, Annual Giving Coordinator Rebecca Smithorn, Coordinator of Institutional Giving Sasha Shatalov ~ Finance & Administration Ronald L. Steinmiller, Vice President of Finance & Official Box Seat Valet Parking Administration Nancy Atwood-Stone, Director of Information Systems Irene Shaffer, Manager of Human Resources Mark Pignagrande, Staff Accountant Marketing & Communications Nancy Goldsmith Zawacki, Vice President of Marketing & Concert Sponsors Communications October 28 - November 20, 2010 Janice Hanson, Manager of Marketing & Electronic Communication Nicole Cerrillos Philipp, Public Relations Specialist Pavel Sullivan, Marketing Coordinator Brian Piazza, Manager of Patron Relations Kyle Schwab, Box Office Manager Michael Ciaccia, Assistant Box Office Manager David T. Meyer+, House Manager Patron Services Representatives Abby Chapman-Duprey+ Matthew Grills+ Molly Groden+ Brittany Harrington+ Lillian Matchett+ Jubin Matloubieh+ Media Sponsors Marcy Savastano+ Jessica Sindel+ Rochester Philharmonic League Laura Morihara+, RPL Administrator Rochester Philharmonic Youth Orchestra Susan Basu+, Manager

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16 ROCHESTER PHILHARMONIC YOUTH ORCHESTRA

David Harman, Music Director The Rochester Philharmonic Youth Orchestra is a symphonic orchestra composed of 100 of Greater Rochester’s most accomplished middle- and high-school musicians. Sponsored by the Education Department of the RPO, the RPYO was founded in 1970 to provide enriching musical ensemble experiences to very accomplished students from varied backgrounds. It facilitates musical, personal, and social development within a challenging and supportive environment and lays an excellent musical foundation for future professional or amateur careers in music. Admitted through competitive annual auditions, RPYO musicians rehearse and perform under the direction of Dr. David Harman and with mentors from the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. Rochester Philharmonic Youth Orchestra Board of Directors, 2010-2011 David Ackroyd Gregory Parris Ex-Officio Past Board Chairs Chairperson Daniel Stare Susan Basu Joyce Burrell Randall Curren Fred Weingarten David Harman Jeanne Gray Julia Figueras Mary Ellen Womack Charles Owens William Cahn Roselyn Freedman-Baum Grace Wong Josephine Whang Darrell Haynes Darrell Haynes RPYO Music Director RPYO Manager Ruth Messinger David Harman Susan Basu William Munch

The RPYO Celebrates the Opening of its 40th Season with a Concert of Musical Favorites Sunday, November 14, 2010, at 3:00 pm • Performance Hall at Hochstein DAVID HARMAN, CONDUCTOR THE PENFIELD HIGH SCHOOL CHORALE Diane Abrahamian, conductor KAMEN (arr. Nance) Brass Fanfare from Robin Hood BEETHOVEN Overture to Egmont SIBELIUS Finlandia VERDI “Il Pensiero” from Nabucco The Anvil Chorus” from Il Travatore The Penfield High School Chorale VON SUPPÉ Poet and Peasant Overture RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Capriccio espagnole General Admission Tickets: $10.00 Adults and $5.00 Students and Seniors Tickets are available from: the RPO Box Office at 454-2100, the RPYO at 454-7311 x224, online at www.rpo.org, and from RPYO musicians.

The RPYO is sponsored by the Education Department of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra

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Founded by George Eastman in 1920, ESL Federal Credit Union is a full-service financial institution with $3.8 billion in assets. ESL employs more than 600 people locally and has about 300,000 members worldwide. ESL is one of the largest, most progressive and most successful credit unions in the country. They are a progressive employer, too—known for valuing people and sharing their success with their employees. ESL is the community’s financial partner that makes ordinary tasks simple, easy, and even enjoyable. Members love ESL because they provide helpful, friendly, informative, and utterly reliable service with a personal touch. ESL is an important part of the fabric of Rochester, and their contributions to the community are truly ‘Beyond Measure.’ The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra would like to extend our sincere gratitude to ESL for their sponsorship of the Philharmonic Series. Their commitment is a testament to their dedication, not only to the RPO, but to the entire community which it serves. The RPO musicians, staff, and board are all sincerely grateful for ESL’s support in helping us share the music we love with our friends and neighbors all over the greater Rochester area.

CORPORATE PARTNERS, FOUNDATIONS, & ORGANIZATIONS The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra gratefully acknowledges the following corporate, foundation, and community organizations for their generous support. Listings are as of September 15, 2010. Please call 454-7311 x244 with questions or corrections. SYMPHONY Nixon Peabody LLP OVERTURE Hazlow Electronics ($50,000 & ABOVE) PAETEC Communications, ($3,000-$4,999) May K. Houck Foundation First Niagara Financial Group* Inc. Allstate Insurance Inc. L&B Worldwide Wegman Family Charitable Paychex, Inc.* Arts and Cultural Council for Kovalsky-Carr Electric Supply Foundation The Pike Company Greater Rochester M/E Engineering Wegmans Food Markets Time Warner Cable Cornell/Weinstein Family Morning Musicale Elaine P. & Richard U. Unity Health System* Foundation New Horizons Band & Wilson Foundation University of Rochester Fidelity Investments Orchestra Medical Center Ann & Gordon Getty Postler & Jaeckle Corp. CONCERTO Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP Foundation Rochester Midland Corporation ($25,000-$49,999) Xerox KPMG, LLP Rochester Philharmonic League Bausch & Lomb Macy’s Rubens Family Foundation Davenport-Hatch Foundation SUITE ($5,000-$9,999) The Louis S. & Molly B. Sentry Group Eastman Kodak Company* AAA of Western and Central Wolk Foundation xpedx Fiandach & Fiandach New York G.W. Lisk, Inc. of Clifton Bergmann Associates PARTNER ($1,000-$2,999) ASSOCIATE ($600-$999) Springs Boylan, Brown, Code, Vigdor ALSTOM Signaling Alleson of Rochester, Inc. Joseph Rippey Private & Wilson LLP Foundation Cooper-Haims Advisors, LLC Foundation Corning Incorporated Clara Baird Charitable Lead Fieldtex Products, Inc. MVP Health Care Foundation Trust O’Connell Electric Co. Wendy’s Restaurants of Joseph & Anna Gartner Bartholomew Health Care Qualitrol Company, LLC Rochester Foundation Group Rochester Homebuilders Zimmer Sales & Service Corp. Hylan Enterprises Inc. Billitier Electric, Inc. Association Manning Squires Hennig Co. Caldwell Manufacturing Co. Stantec Consulting Services Inc. SONATA Ortho Clinical Diagnostics, a Chaintreuil Jensen Stark Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth C. ($10,000-$24,999) Johnson & Johnson Architects LLP Townson Foundation Anthony J. Costello & Son* Company The Elizabeth F. Cheney Bank of America SUPPORTER ($300-$599) Riedman Foundation Foundation The Brown Group - Private Anonymous (1) Rochester Area Community Mary W. Clark Charitable Banking & Investment Canandaigua National Bank Foundation Lead Trust Group of Merrill Lynch and Trust - Castle Fund for Music T.M. and M.W. Crandall Constellation Brands DATROSE Education Foundation Dominion Transmission Exele Information Systems, Inc. - Rufus K. Dryer II Fund Durwood Management The Gertrude Chanler RPO Insley-McEntee Equipment - The John F. Wegman Fund Fibertech Networks Fund Co., Inc. Spindler Family Foundation Gannett Foundation Glover Crask Charitable Trust Fieldtex Products, Inc. Thomson Reuters The Guido and Ellen Palma Harter Secrest & Emery LLP Karpus Investment Marie C. & Joseph C. Wilson Foundation M&T Bank Management Foundation Harris Beach PLLC

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Landsman Development Corp. CMI Communications Max of Eastman Place Wayside Gardens Leuze Electronic Constellation Brands Nan Miller Gallery Youngblood Disposal Systems Manning & Napier Advisors Current Service Nixon Peabody LLC MATCHING GIFT Matthews & Fields Lumber Co. Design New York Magazine Onnie’s Closet COMPANIES Gary & Nancy Penisten Maureen Dobies Outdoor Accents Bank of America Family Foundation Doyle Security Pittsford Federal Credit Union ExxonMobil Reimar Piano Tuning Service Entercom pixelpunk creative Gleason Foundation Vanden Brul Foundation Frontier Riverside Catering IBM Corporation Mr. & Mrs. Philip R. Wegman Fabulous Flowers Rochester Linoleum Illinois Tool Works Foundation Georgetown Discount Liquors & Carpet One GIFTS IN KIND Johnson & Johnson Glatley Piano Forte Sherwin Williams Alliance Barter, Inc. JPMorganChase Goose Watch Winery Southern Wine & Spirits of Bill Pines OppenheimerFunds Inc. Lou Iannone, Cardboard Artist Upstate New York Bourbon Street Parade Tauck Foundation Jay Advertising Studio at Linden Oaks Budget Blinds - Webster Verizon Ketmar Development Corp. Carol Tabbone Cheryl Bagley Designs *Members of the Corporate Box Seat Keuka Spring Winery Time Warner Cable Clark Moving and Storage Society Virtu

MAESTRO’S CIRCLE The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra gratefully acknowledges the generous individuals who help us continue to enrich and inspire the community through the art of music. Listings are as of September 15, 2010. Please call 454-7311 x238 with questions or corrections. PRESTO Josephine S. Trubek Margaret Carnall David & Grace Strong ($25,000 & ABOVE) William Watson Mr. & Mrs. Terrance Carney Mrs. Schuyler Townson Anonymous & Suzanne Welch Betsy & John Carver Catherine Usandivaras Nancy & Harry Beilfuss Keith & Betsy Wilson Joan & Paul Casterline Jean & Bill Weber Louise Epstein Eric I. Zeller Dr. Eric Dreyfuss Dr. & Mrs. Burton D. Wilson Ronald & Donna Fielding ALLEGRO ($5,000-$9,999) Tim Eldred Robert A. Woodhouse John R. Ertle Sherman Levey Anonymous (2) ADAGIO ($1,000-$2,499) & Deborah Ronnen Samir & Sato Farid Mr. & Mrs. Paul W. Briggs Anonymous (9) Dr. Jacques & Mrs. Dawn James & Catharine Ford Joan & Harold Feinbloom Robert E. & Carol G. Achilles Lipson Robert & Joanne Gianniny Gail R. Flugel Miriam H. Ackley Mr. & Mrs. I.A. Morris Paul & Carol Goldberg Jeff & Alleen Fraser Barbara & David Ackroyd Betty Strasenburgh Mr. & Mrs. Charles Hallagan William B. Hale James T. & Jacqueline Adams Lewis & Patricia Ward-Baker Karen Noble Hanson David & Barrie Heiligman Edward & Joan After Louise Woerner Mr. & Mrs. William Z. Harper Marc & Ann Iacona Marvin & Frederica Amstey & Don Kollmorgen Alan J. Harris Mr. & Mrs. Cameron Jameson Allan & Polly Anderson Kathleen Holt & Stephen Lurie VIVACE MKathleen & Patrick Kelly Christian & Courtney Andreach Dr. Jack & Harriette Howitt ($10,000-$24,999) Harold & Christine Kurland Dave & Jan Angus Mr. & Mrs. Ernest J. Ierardi Mrs. Frank W. Lovejoy, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. James V. Aquavella Sarah D. Atkinson, M.D. Marcia Karch Marcia & Douglas Lowry Mr. & Mrs. Mehdi N. Araghi & Steven Hess Norman & Judith Karsten MDan & Kiki Mahar Etta K. Atkin James S. Badger Dave & Mary Alice Kendall Carol & John Bennett Allen J. Mardorf Reuben Auspitz MRichard & Karen Knowles Jim & Karen Boucher Mr. Lawrence Martling & Dawn Goodelk Mr. & Mrs. Wm. Konar Patrick & Irene Burke Charles & Rita Myers Dr. & Mrs. Robert S. Bakos Nancy & David Lane Louis & Allis D’Amanda Drs. Raman & Savita Qazi, Christopher Barry Joanne Lang William Eggers M.D. & David Omdahl Jane & Jim Littwitz & Deborah McLean Elise & Stephen Rosenfeld Mr. & Mrs. Bruce B. Bates Mrs. Robert J. Macon Dr. & Mrs. Steven Feldon Ron & Sharon Salluzzo Mr. & Mrs. Richard G. Bennett William P. McCarrick Carolyn & Roger Friedlander Friederike & Joel Seligman Dr. & Mrs. Robert F. Betts Mrs. Gilbert G. McCurdy Jay & Betsy Friedman Jules L. Smith Stuart & Betsy Bobry Mr. & Mrs. James R. Barbara & Patrick Fulford & Alexandra Northrop Bob Bradacs McMillen Mr. & Mrs. Ronald A. Furman Frank M. & Mary Lou Stotz Mr. & Mrs. Joseph C. Briggs Deanne Molinari Mr. & Mrs. Robert D. Hursh Mrs. Richard L. Turner Peter W. Briggs Jim & Ginny Morris Marie & Charlie Kenton John Urban Priscilla & Rob Brown John & Annabel Muenter Jim & Marianne Koller Dr. Sidney & Linda S. Weinstein Lisa Brubaker Bernard & Molly Panner Cricket & Frank Luellen Robin & Michael Weintraub Josh & Beth Bruner David & Marjorie Perlman Nannette Nocon Patricia & Michael Wilder Barbara & John Bruning Mrs. Charlton I. Prince & Karl Wessendorf Doug & Chris Brush ANDANTE ($2,500-$4,999) William & Barbara Pulsifer Charles H. Owens Richard F. Brush Anonymous (7) Dr. Suzanne H. Rodgers M Ann Burr & A. Vincent Buzard John & Paula Pattison Mr. & Mrs. George M. Angle Sunny & Nellie Rosenberg B. Edward Cain Fayga Press Gail & James Biben John B. Rumsey Dick & Marcia Calabrese Larry & Elizabeth Rice Allen & Joyce Boucher Richard & Vicki Schwartz MPaul & Anne Sartori Alan & Nancy Cameros William L. & Ruth P. Cahn MGloria A. Smith Katherine T. & Jon L. Philip & Jeanne Carlivati Mr. & Mrs. Harlan D. Calkins Janet Buchanan Smith Schumacher Pam & Ron Castor Paul R. & Mary Allison MSandra & Richard Stein Ingrid Stanlis & Paul Donnelly Tina Chandler Callaway Robert C. Stevens Richard & Gwen Sterns

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Mr. & Mrs. Russell D. George Greer John McMath Peter Schott Chapman Jean E. Groff Dr. & Mrs. Neal McNabb & Mary Jane Tasciotti Thomas Chase Brigitte & Klaus Karen Mead Nancy & David Schraver Dr. Lawrence & Mrs. Rita Gueldenpfennig Marion & Ed Mench Steven M. Schwab Chessin Patricia A. Guttenberg Dr. & Mrs. Edward Messing Mrs. Frederick Schwertz Dr. & Mrs. Tim Clader Dr. & Mrs. Robert J. Daniel M. Meyers Anthony & Gloria Sciolino Ann & Don Clarke Haggerty Ken & Nancy Mihalyov Gretchen Shafer Lorraine W. Clarke Peggy & David Hall Dr. & Mrs. Michael Millard Mr. & Mrs. Thomas P. Shea Sarah H. Collins Joan & Alfred Hallenbeck Duane & Ida Miller Mary E. Sherman Dr. John & Carol R. Condemi George & Mary Hamlin Mary & Don Monefeldt Ginny Skuse Marj & Wiles Converse Don & Nancy Hare Ilene Montana Alice & Ken Slining T. Scott & Constance Coots Marguerite Harris & Dr. & Mrs. James E. Moon Carol Snook in memory of Mary Cowden Lawrence Kotowicz Paul & Helga Morgan Richard Snook & Michael Neary Warren & Joyce Heilbronner Mr. & Mrs. Edward Mullen Dr. & Mrs. Sidney H. Sobel Jeff & Sue Crane Walter B.D. Hickey, Jr. Mrs. Edward T. Mulligan Susan & David Spector Joyce Crofton Tom & Nan Hildebrandt Ruth & Gary Myers Glenna & Norman Mrs. Nancy G. Curme David C. & Patricia M. Hinkle Mr. & Mrs. Philip Neivert Spindelman Joseph & Judith Darweesh Dr. & Mrs. Christopher Sara Niemeyer MDaniel & Susan Stare Horace R. Davis Hodgman Kathy & Ted Nixon Mrs. Andrea Stewart Michael & Anne DeStefano William & Kathleen Hoeger Larry & Betsy Novy Dr. Robert & Sally Jo Stookey Gary DeTaeye John & Ginny Hoenig Drs. Avice O’Connell & Mrs. Frank V. Summers Tex & Nicki Doolittle Gwendolyn & David L. Timothy O’Connor Henry & Ellen Thiede Janis Dowd & Daan Zwick Hoffberg Mrs. Betty L. Paddock J. Russell & Kathleen Thomas MMs. Marilyn Drumm Dr. Robert J. Holzhauer Dr. Paul Pagerey Miriam Thomas Dr. & Mrs. James Durfee Norman Horton Dr. & Mrs. Kishan Pandya Stephen & Shirley Townsend David P. & Margaret M. Durr Mary Jo & Jack Hultz Jane Parker Dr. & Mrs. Eugene P. Toy In Memoriam for Anita B. Marjorie S. Humphrey & Francis Cosentino Marcia & David Trauernicht Dushay by Frederick Mr. & Mrs. Robert H. Patricia & Philip Parr Bancroft-Tubbs Family Fund Dushay, M.D. Hurlbut Clifford & June Parton Krestie Utech Mr. & Mrs. Lester Eber Bob & Elaine Jacobsen Dr. & Mrs. Lee D. Pollan Mrs. Robert van der Stricht Maria Echaniz Dr. Ralph F. Jozefowicz Michael & Marybeth Betsy Van Horn Dr. Steven & Susan Eisinger Daryl & Charles Kaplan Pomeroy Ann & Robert Van Niel Mr. & Mrs. James T. Englert David Kates Brock & Sandra Powell Wayne & Anne Vander Byl Gerald G. Estes Richard Killmer Mrs. Frederick I. Price Bill & Jean Vincent-Rapp Julia B. Everitt Rose-Marie Klipstein Katherine & John Purcell Dr. Laura von Doenhoff Trevor & Elizabeth Ewell Myrta & Robert Knox Susan A. Raub Harry & Ruth Walker Sherman & Anne Farnham Karen S. Kral Dr. & Mrs. Vincent F. Reale John & Elizabeth Wallace MJill Sutton Finan Marcy & Ray Kraus in loving Dr. & Mrs. Ronald Reed, M.D MSkip & Karen Warren Ilene & David Flaum memory of Charlotte Kraus Mr. & Mrs. Thomas S. MCarolyn & Jack Weaver Joseph A. Floreano Barbara & Jack Kraushaar Richards Ann Weitzel Jack & Vera Fogg Ernest & Sarah Krug Mr. & Mrs. Frank J. Riedman Stephen Wershing John & Sandy Ford Werner & Susan Kunz Mary Rob Mrs. Frederick C. White In Memory of Dr. & Mrs. Ronald Kwasman, D.D.S. Mrs. Stanley M. Rogoff Mrs. Kay R. Whitmore Charles R. Fordyce Lane Family Fund Mrs. David Romig Puck & Claes Winqvist Mr. & Mrs. Richard C. Fox John & Alice Leddy Tom & Ellen Rusling Kitty & Sergeant Wise Dr. & Mrs. Elmar Frangenberg Norman & Arlene Leenhouts Drs. Carl & OJ Sahler Elise & Joseph Wojciechowski Kevin Frick Gay & Don Lenhard Drs. Eva & Jude Sauer Mrs. Jessie P. Woodward Ann & Tim Fulreader Dr. & Mrs. Anthony J. Leone, William Saunders Carol Ritter Wright & Helen & Dan Fultz Jr. Peggy Savlov William Wright Johanna M. Gambino in Dr. & Mrs. Hobart A. Lerner James Scanzaroli William & Anne Young memory of Jerry J. Gambino T.C. & Pam Lewis MCorporate Matching Gift William L. Gamble John & Dolores Loftus Dr. Richard & Josie Gangemi Edith M. Lord Mrs. Richard J. Garrett, Sr. Arthur E. Lowenthal Winston E. Gaum Harold D. Lowry Support the RPO today! Craig & Shirley George Swaminathan & Janice Madhu Patti & Dick George Joseph J. Mancini Please give today & help make the music Mr. & Mrs. Wesley P. Ghyzel Mrs. William P. Manry happen. Call Dan House at (585) 454-7311 Tom & Kelly Gilman Kathryn Markakis & x252, or donate online at www.rpo.org. Mr. & Mrs. Donald Ginsberg Geoffrey Williams Rob W. Goodling Saul & Susan Marsh Thank you! Patricia Goodwin Mrs. Bruce P. Marshall Marsha R. Gottovi Frances & Robert Marx Suzanne Gouvernet Sandra McDonald Julia Grant Carol A. McFetridge Jeanne Gray in memory of Melissa McGrain Robert C. Gray & Andrew Stern Russell Greenawalt Pamela McGreevy Karl Greenhagle Bruce & Eleanor McLear

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ADVOCATE ($700-$999) Kathleen McNamara Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Balta Mrs. Maurice J. Cornell Anonymous (3) Carl Mercendetti Elise Banfield Barry R. Corwin Armando & Leita Acosta & Valerie Maresh Barbara Bansbach William Costello Dr. Betsy Ann Balzano Margaret & Bob Mecredy Michael Bargmann James Craig John & Mary Bartholomew Ferne F. Merrill Tom Bartolini Ms. Ann Marie Crilly David Bassett Jonathan Mink Susan & Asish Basu John & Mary Crowe Hays & Karen Bell & Janet Cranshaw Karen Baumgartner Mr. & Mrs. Frederick Curran Mr. & Mrs. Rodney Blumenau Richard W. & Joyce K. Mitchell Bruce H. Beasor Roy Czernikowski Jeff & Kathy Bowen Dr. & Mrs. William L. Morgan John & Ellen Beck & Karin Dunnigan Dr. Mrs. Albert Brault Mrs. William B. Morse Stuart Beecher Dr. Salvatore & Joan Dalberth Claire M. Brown Ruth I. Morton Miss Anne Bell Beth & Tad D’Ambrosio Marilyn R. Brown Harold & Evelyn Munson Donald Bennett Carolyn & Bill Daniels Sharon & Philip Burke Dr. & Mrs. R. Joseph Naples Mr. & Mrs. Donald Bennett Dr. & Mrs. L. Claude David Mary Ellen & Alan Burris Mildred G. Ness David M. Berg Jerry & Myrna Davidson Jane A. Capellupo Elizabeth Neureiter-Seely & Dawn K. Reidy Dr. & Mrs. H. George Mr. & Mrs. George A. Cefalu Nancy & Richard Netwon Dr. & Mrs. Paul Bernstein Decancq, Jr. Mary Ellen Clark W. Robert Nolan Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Ken & Jean DeHaven MChristine Colucci Suzanne J. O’Brien Bielaska, Jr. Bonnie & Duane DeHollander MSamuel B., Jr. Robert & Penelope Peterson Sandra H. Bierbrauer Janis DeMay-Connor & Marlene Dattilo H.R. Powers Eric & Marcia Birken Jeanne DeNike Linda Wells Davey Margaret Quackenbush Dr. & Mrs. Donald Bishop Dr. Elise dePapp Jacques & Monique Delettrez James & Barbara Reno MRobert & Barbara Blake John J. Devuyst, Jr. Don & Jean Delwiche Daniel & Nancy Robbins Lynne & Christopher Blank Josephine Dewey Joseph & Marie DeRitis Mr. & Mrs. Richard M. Mary Bodensteiner Nancy & Sreeram Dhurjaty Dr. William W. Destler Rosenbaum Don & Peggy Bolger Jane Dieck & Dr. Rebecca Johnson Thomas & Elizabeth Ross Susan & Peter Bondy Donald & Stephanie Doe Wendell & Mary Discher Dr. Frank & Elizabeth Salamone Agneta M. Borgstedt, M.D. Warren Doerrer Gail & Douglas Doonan Ruth & Sidney Salzman Larry J. Boudens Mar & Lita Doromal MMr. & Mrs. Richard J. Egan Joan & Arthur Segal MWilliam & Grace Boudway Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Douglas Carol & Tom Elliott Robert & Nancy Shewan Don & Jackie Bowman Jane T. Duerr Mohsen Emami, M.D. Mr. & Mrs. Michael O. Shipley Judith Boyd Mrs. C.M. Durland Samuel J. & Marsha R. Fico Mr. & Mrs. Raymond C. Stark Nancy & Chuck Boyer Richard F. Eisenberg Rochelle & Paul Fine Margaret A. Strite Mr. & Mrs. G. Sheldon Brayer Larry & Peggy Elliott Mr. & Mrs. Lee J. Fleckenstein MMr. & Mrs. Michael Sundberg Mr. & Mrs. James T. Briggs Holly Elwell George & Marie Follett Frank & Rose Swiskey Mr. & Mrs. Wayne Brigman Mr. & Mrs. R. Clinton Emery Richard & Suressa Forbes Mimi & Sam Tilton Dr. & Mrs. George G. Browning Craig Epperson Peter & Nancy Gaess Dorothy & Marshall Tyler Wilma M. Brucker Barbara Erbland Evelyn J. Garufo Gary & Marie VanGraafeiland Nancy Brush & John Parker MRichard Ermer Dr. & Mrs. David Gentile Joseph Werner & Diane Smith Josephine Buckley Eleanor R. Evans Nancy & Carl Gerard Charles & Carolyn Whitfield Eileen Buholtz MDonald & Jean Eygnore Essie & Irving Germanow Dale & Lorraine Whittington David J. & Margaret M. Burns Mrs. Walter Fallon Dr. & Mrs. Charles J. Gibson Ed & Wilma Wieranga Eric & Lee Caine Udo Fehn & Christine Long Mr. & Mrs. Burton Gordon Mrs. John T. Wigg Norris Carlson Clara S. Firth Janet & Roger Gram Mrs. Gerald G. Wilmot Mary Carlton Mr. & Mrs. Gordon L. Fiske Dr. & Mrs William Grammar Mr. & Mrs. Reyton Wojnowski Harold Carter, Jr. F. Peter Flihan Barbara J. Granite Cynthia Woolbright & William John & Diane Caselli Holly Foerstch & Ted Wells Barbara Jean Gray-Gottorff H. Spelman Diane & Roger Cass Mr. & Mrs. Timothy P. Forget Alan & Julie Griesinger Alan Woy W.V. Castle, Jr. John & Chris Forken Helen E. Halligan Kevin & Trude Wright Robert & Susan Chapman Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Forsyth Joan Holub Handfield Nancy & Mark Zawacki in memory of Lucille Giglia Ernest & Eleanor Found Marilyn & Dick Hare Mr. & Mrs. Ted Zornow David & Mary Cheeran Mrs. Richard Freeman Peggy & Don Cherr Mrs. Bernard L. Friedman Mark & Barbara Hargrave BENEFACTOR ($375-$699) Mrs. Emily V. Harris Dr. & Mrs. William Chey Thomas Froom Anonymous (30) Mr. & Mrs. H. Lawrence Helfer Mr. & Mrs. Thomas R. Chiavetta Marjorie & James Fulmer Mrs. William G. Aldridge Gwyneth Hunting Marilyn Christopher Henry & Isabel Gadjo Dr. Norman Allentoff Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence S. Iwan Kathleen Chugg John & Miriam Ganze Frank & Marina Aloi Stephen & Leslie Jacobs Victor Ciaraldi Mr. & Mrs. David Gardner Dr. & Mrs. Henry W. Altland Ronald & Martha Jodoin & Kathy Marchaesi Sharon Garelick Mr. & Mrs. John D. Andersen Mr. & Mrs. Bruce M. Kennedy Jack & Barbara Clarq Holly Garver Peter & Jane Anderson Marilyn & David Klass Jeanne Clidas Connie Gates & Jenny Lloyd Professor & Mrs. William A. Mr. & Mrs. William Koch Alan Cohen & Nancy Bloom MMr. & Mrs. Darrell Geib Andrews Salvatore & Sandra LaBella Gloria & Pincus Cohen Richard & Joyce Gilbert Mr. & Mrs. F. L. Angevine, Jr. Debby & Elliott Landsman David & Donna Cole Jean & Dr. Al Ginkel Allegra Angus Helen Lenhard Dwight & Winifred Collin Robert & Marie Ginther Dr. & Mrs. E. David Mr. & Mrs. James A. Locke III Mary Ellen Collinge Warren & June Glaser Appelbaum Sue & Michael Lococo Mr. & Mrs. Gerald E. Collins Mrs. Coral T. Glassman Betsy & Gerald Archibald Betty Lohr Tom & Michelle Conners Mrs. John H. Glavin MDr. & Mrs. Edward C. Atwater Angela Mambro Dorothy Connors John & Roslyn Goldman Jean Boynton Baker Stephen Matkowsky Walter Cooper Mrs. Marvin N. Goldstein Ruth & William Balderston III

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Mr. & Mrs. Julian M. Gordon Dr. & Mrs. Robert H. Jones Jim & Anne McMonagle Mrs. James A. Rockwell in Jean Gostomski Miles & Silvija Jones Katharine M. McNally memory of Rev. James A. Robert & Jeanne Grace Jack & Anne Kampmeier George E. Mercier Rockwell Mr. & Mrs. William Grason, Jr. Barbara & Robert Kay Pete & Sally Merrill Dr. Gerald & Maxine Rosen Mr. & Mrs. Newton H. Green MHendrik & Elizabeth Keesom Emmett & Mary E. Miller Hannah & Arnold Rosenblatt Ed. & Terry Grissing Mrs. Maryel Kellogg Hinda & Michael Miller Dick & Bea Rosenbloom Marion Griswold Thomas & Ann Kelly Margaret-Anne Milne Mrs. Wilfrid Rowe, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Michael R. Janet Kemp Mr. & Mrs. Steven Modica Mr. & Mrs. Philip Rubenstein Griswold Robert J. Kennedy Richard & Mary Moglia- Andrea Rudolph & Rosalind M. Mr. Robert C. Grossman Mr. & Mrs. Alvie Kidd Cannon Rudolph Dr. & Mrs. Robert Gulick Jack & CB Kinsella Robert & Patricia Morriss Carol & Charles Ruffing Ann L. Haag Dr. Armin Klein Dr. & Mrs. Arthur J. Moss Mr. & Mrs. Victor E. Salerno, Jr. Mrs. Laura J. Hameister & Dr. Grace Harlow-Klein Darryl Mounts Dr. & Mrs. Robert M. Santo William Hamilton, Jr. Brunhilde Knapp & Susan Wilke-Mounts Dr. Alvani D. & Carol M. Santos Nancy & Henry Hamlin Glenn & Nancy Koch Dr. & Mrs. Stephen Munson Ed & Gabriel Saphar Martin & Sherrie Handelman Paulina & Lawrence Kovalsky Mr. Raymond L. Nelson Carl & Barbara Sassano Michael Hardy Drs. Richard Kreipe Helene & Bruce Newman Susan Scanlon Robert T. & Mary Ann Hargrave & Mary Sue Jack Nancy & Richard Newton & Croft K. Hangartner MJanis & Ralph Harper Dr. & Mrs. Jacob Krieger Mr. & Mrs. George J. Novak David & Antonia Schantz Felice Harris Dr. Paul La Celle Jennie & Jim Oberholtzer Marjorie Schmale Halbert & Judith Harris Rev. William Laird W. Smith & Jean O’Brien Suzanne & Michael Schnittman Louise B. Harris Dr. & Mrs. Leo R. Landhuis Robert & Betty Oppenheimer David & Naomi Schrier Timothy & Christine Hassett Sally & Lou Langie Jim & Linda Orgar J. T. Schroeder Art & Pam Hatton Andreas & Linda Langner Lorene Osborn Joan M. Schumaker Dr. Allyson Haymes Craig & Susan Larson Karen O’Toole Elaine & Peter Schwarz & Mr. Robert Vit & family Diana Lauria Rita B. Otterbein Glynis A. Scott MDarrell Haynes Mr. & Mrs. Alfred Lawson David E. Owens William Alan Seale Barbara & Warren Heiligman Edith M. Lehr Joseph & Nancy Pagano Wolf Seka Mrs. Robert A. Heinle Werner & Sandra Lemke The Rev Marilyle Sweet Page Mr. & Mrs. Eugene P. Seymour Richard Henshaw James & Kathleen M. Leo Myrna & Gary Paige Wayne & Sonja Shelton Ms. Judith Hensley Jennifer Leonard Mrs. Richard Palermo Dean & Marjorie Sholl MBarbara & Dieter Hentschel & David Cay Johnston Dwight M. Palmer Carol C. Shulman Bill & Betty Herbert Doris & Austin Leve David & Monica Panipinto Myron S. Silver & Rivka Chatman Dr. & Mrs. Raul Herrera Marion & Lawrence Lewin Dr. Robert E. & Teresa M. Daniel & Sarah Singal Merrill & Dianne Herrick Sarah F. Liebschutz Parker MSimi & Leonard Singer Stephen & Mary Heveron-Smith Ken & Katherine Lindahl Jonathan R. Parkes Richard Skanron Corinne Hickey Dr. Erwin Loewen & Marcia Bornhurst Parkes Nancy A. Skelton Carol & Michael Hirsh & Anita Rosenfeld Marcella S. Pavelka MLonnie & Constance Slapar Art & Barb Hirst Dr. & Mrs. Norman R. Loomis Paul Petersen David & Elizabeth Smith Sam & Rosanne Hodgetts Mr. & Mrs. John Looney Thomas W. Petrillo Robert & Norma Snyder John & Barbara Holder Doris & George Luckey & William R. Reamy Charles H. Speirs MJim & Alice Holihan Edward J. & Kathleen L. Lynd Channing & Marie Philbrick Barbara & John Spoonhower Sheila & Josh Hollander John & Judy Lynd Al & Ann Piato Dean V. Stanley Jack & Nancy Hollingsworth Nancy & Jim MacWhinney David & Virginia Pixley Arthur & Catherine Steffen Audrey W. Holly Chuck & Elaine Maginness Joyce & Victor Poleshuck Mr. & Mrs. Rudolph Steiner Mr. & Mrs. John B. Hood Emma L. Maher Joyce R. Pollack Robert & Elizabeth Sterrett Al & Peela Hooke H. Edwin Maier Dr. Jack Porcello Ann H. Stevens Richard & Donna Hooker & Barbara Ann Mattle Sue Powell & William J. Shattuck Carol E. Hopkins Ralph Manchester William & Elizabeth Powell Mary & Robert Stevenson Dr. Robert E. Horn & Cynthia Christy Vera Powley Dr. & Mrs. Alexander Strasser Mrs. Samter Horwitz Ms. Elizabeth Mangerian Dr. Jack Presberg Mark & Kathleen Suher Mr. & Mrs. William N. Hosley Sandy & Jack Maniloff Bill & Edie Prest MMr. & Mrs. Michael Sundberg Drs. Geza & Minou Hrazdina Jeffrey & Laura Markwick Mary Jane Proschel Dr. Hechmat & Marjorie Mr. & Mrs. Jerome L. Huff Dr. & Mrs. Robert Marquis Bill & Beverly Pullis Tabechian Dr. Kelly R. Huiatt Dr. & Mrs. Steven M. Marsocci Barry & Jean Rabson Katherine S. Taylor H. Larry & Dorothy Humm MLinda A. Mauck Mr. & Mrs. Larry Ramsey- Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Herbert Humphrey Dr. & Mrs. Paul Maurer Macomber Therkildsen James R. Humphrey, Sr. Mr. & Mrs. William C. Mayer Ruth L. Rappenecker Krishna & Joanna Thiagarajan Richard & Joyce Humphreys Mary Lou Maynard Dr. & Mrs. Kenneth Reed MGeorge & Marsha Tillson Mr. & Mrs. Christopher J. Judie & George Mayo Richard & Susan Reed Robert E. Titus Husson C. Thomas & Emily McCall Dr. & Mrs. Paul Reeves Celia & Doug Topping Earl & Mary Ingersoll Stuart & Mary Soons McCarty Stan & Anne Refermat Mrs. W.J. Torrens Joan Irving Gilbert Kennedy McCurdy Bob & Shirley Rheinwald Bill & Mary Anna Towler Dewey Jackson Mr. & Mrs. D. Richard Mr. & Mrs. Donn P. Rice Mr. Ivan Town La Marr J. Jackson Esq. McDougal Ray & Judy Ricker Donald & Donna Traver Bruce Jacobs Richard McGrath Sandra & Eugene Riley John & Betty Travis Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Jenkins James & Rita McHale Nancy & Art Roberts William J. Tribelhorn Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. John Terrence McIntee Dr. & Mrs. Gordon N. Mr. & Mrs. Perry R. Trout, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. H. Douglas Jones Brian McLaughlin Robinson Mr. Pin S. Tschang

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Marion Tucker Jo Ann Wiebeld Tribute gifts are a special way to remember loved ones or Robert & Terri Tugel Peggy Wier commemorate special occasions such as birthdays, anniversaries, J. Michael & Sally Turner Dr. James & Nancy Wierowski weddings, births, or graduations. If you would like to make a Mr. & Mrs. Arthur G. Tweet Mr. & Mrs. William Wilcox memorial or honorarium gift, please contact the RPO Development Eugene & Gloria Ulterino Susan & Paul Wilkens Department at 454-7311 x252. Mr. & Mrs. Bart Valvano Mr. Christopher R. Wilkins, Sr. IN MEMORY OF . . . IN HONOR OF . . . Charles & Susan Van Buren Ms. Sally D. Wilkins Tim Mano Bob & Carol Ann Achilles Mrs. Marjorie Van Demark Henry Williams Alice & Roger Pratt Marion & Harold Gingery MBruce & Lauri Van Hise & Barbara Dimmick John A. Tripp Jim Van Meter Leonore & Lee Wiltse Joseph Pavone & Marlene Piscitelli Stephen L. Wolak Alice & Roger Pratt Dr. & Mrs. Jacob Krieger’s Margaret Vanas Charles & Susan Wolfe Peter Pinziralli 50th Anniversary Domenick Vitulli Dr. Gary J. Friend Alice & Roger Pratt Jean Banfield & Alan Blumenstock Bonnie & Ted Voll, Jr. & Lois Wolff-Friend Morris Secon Mr. & Mrs. William Grace Wong Margie Sabath Get well Stefan Reuss VonDohlen Peter Woods Helene C. Friedman RPO Usher Staff Gretchen Voss Charlotte C. Wright Nathan & Susan Robfogel Jerald Rotenberg’s Nancy & Tom Walters George & Caroline Wu RPO Usher Staff Birthday Mrs. Herbert Watkins Eileen M. Wurzer Beatrice & Paul Roxin Jean Banfield & William B. Webber Joan & Joe Yanni Alan Blumenstock Susan C. & Robert E. Weber Laura & Joel Yellin Stephen C. Weber William & Anne Young John & Kathryn Weider Lawrence & Susan Yovanoff David Welker Mr. & Mrs. Robert Zajkowski Richard & Shirley Wersinger Bernie & Virginia Zeifang Dr. & Mrs. Tae B. Whang Barbara Zinker Elsie Wiberg Karen & Sy Zivan Mr. & Mrs. Stanley W. Widger, Jr. MCorporate Matching Gift

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24 4119 ROCHESTER PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA CHRISTOPHER SEAMAN, MUSIC DIRECTOR

PHILHARMONICS SERIES Liszt,VaughanWilliams, Dvorvák Thursday, October 28, 2010, at 7:30 pm John Nelson, guest conductor Saturday, October 30, 2010, at 8:00 pm Erik Behr, oboe Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre The Dr. Jacques M. Lipson Chair 2010-2011 Season • Program No. 3

Franz Liszt Mephisto Waltz No. 1 12:00 Ralph Vaughan Williams Concerto in A minor for Oboe and String Orchestra 19:00 I. Rondo Pastorale: Allegro moderato II. Minuet and Musette: Allegro moderato III. Finale (Scherzo): Presto Erik Behr, oboe ______Intermission Antonín Dvorvák Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 70 38:00 I. Allegro maestoso II. Poco adagio III. Scherzo: Vivace IV. Finale: Allegro

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A Note from the Music Director The program begins with a really virtuosic piece—Liszt’s first Mephisto Waltz. In this It is always a pleasure to know that a highly original work, the waltz acquires a conductor of John Nelson’s distinction and surprisingly sinister and demonic slant. experience is conducting the Orchestra. Former Music Director of the Indianapolis Then it is the turn of one of our very own Symphony Orchestra and Ensemble players to shine as soloist. Erik Behr, our Orchestral de Paris, Nelson last conducted the principal oboist, joined the RPO in 2007. RPO in 1988. You have heard him perform solos many

25 21 PROGRAM NOTES, continued times, but this is his first featured solo episode is called The Dance in the Village Inn; appearance, following up on his successful the one for piano solo is known as Mephisto duet this past summer with our Waltz No. 1. Liszt composed three further concertmaster, Juliana Athayde. He will play Mephisto Waltzes and a Mephisto Polka. Vaughan Williams’ pastoral Oboe Concerto. The first waltz illustrates the following Dvorvák’s Seventh Symphony, with which program with dazzling vividness and color: John Nelson concludes the program, shows “At an inn in the village, a marriage revel is in the powerful influence Brahms had on the progress, and the night is noisy with the Czech composer. But while the themes, the sound of music, dancing, and drunken orchestral textures, and the structure of each laughter. Mephisto and Faust happen upon movement could be described as Brahmsian, the scene and Faust is persuaded to enter and there is always the sense of Dvorvák’s Czech join in the fun. At this point the village roots, in the kind of melodies he wrote and fiddler, either wearied or befuddled, is playing especially the rhythms. The third movement with a certain indifference; and Mephisto has a particularly attractive and catchy snatches the violin from his hands and plays Slavonic rhythm. music of such irresistible seductiveness that Faust, already under the spell of his unnaturally recovered youth, seizes upon a voluptuous village maiden, dances with her ——————————————— madly, wildly, yet enticingly, and in a few Mephisto Waltz No. 1 minutes has danced her out of the inn and Franz Liszt into the woods. The music gradually becomes b. Raiding, Hungary / October 22, 1811 fainter, the nightingale sings his amorous d. Bayreuth, Germany / July 31, 1886 song, and the rest is silence.” – Franz Liszt ______Some early audiences found this music First performed by the RPO on January 14, shocking. The Boston Gazette howled that “it 1960; Theodore Bloomfield, conductor. Last has about as much propriety on program performed on October 18, 2006; Robert Franz, after Schumann and Handel as a wild boar conductor. would have in a drawing room.” Another, Many composers of the Romantic era were more progressive critic called it “the ne plus drawn to the macabre. The medieval legend ultra of weirdness and unbridled sensuality in of Faust, the learned doctor who sells his soul the whole domain of music, and one of the to the Devil in exchange for great knowledge most remarkable tours de force of and eternal youth, attracted legions of them. imagination, combination, and instruments.” Some, including Liszt, even created more than one Faust piece. Perhaps he felt the same ——————————————— pull that Faust did, between the divine and Concerto in A Minor for Oboe and String the diabolical. Orchestra Ralph Vaughan Williams A few years after completing his mammoth b. Down Ampney, England / October 12, 1872 orchestral work A Faust Symphony (1854), he d. London, England / August 26, 1958 returned to the same territory and created ______Two Episodes from Lenau’s Faust, drawing This is only the second performance of this piece inspiration from poet Nikolaus Lenau’s by the RPO. First performed by the RPO on version of the story. He prepared two versions February 6, 1997; Lan Shui, conductor; Laura of them. In the orchestral edition, the second Griffiths, soloist.

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After a lengthy search for a personal style, 1936; Sir Hamilton Harty, conductor. Last Vaughan Williams found his voice by tapping performed on March 8, 2008; Thomas Wilkins, into England’s rich treasury of folk song, and conductor. the magnificent heritage of its Tudor-era v For Dvorák, music’s primary function was to music. The warmth, spirituality, and humor praise the many aspects of life that gave him of those sources played a significant role in joy. As he put it in a letter he wrote to a many of his compositions. The example he friend during the composition of his Seventh set of bringing together traditional sources Symphony, “Today I have just finished the with modern techniques paved the way for second movement of my new symphony, and British composers of later generations, such as am again as happy and contented in my work Benjamin Britten, to continue and elaborate as I always have been and, God grant, may the practice. always be, for my slogan is and always shall The Oboe Concerto was commissioned and be: God, love, and country! And that alone premiered by the internationally celebrated can lead to a happy goal.” English soloist, Léon Goossens. Several other What won him his place in musical history distinguished composers wrote music was his unsurpassed ability to subject his expressly for him, including Sir Edward Elgar appealing, folk-flavored themes to the and Benjamin Britten. disciplines of classical composition. His finest Vaughan Williams completed the concerto in creations offer a virtually irresistible blend of 1943, but difficult wartime conditions art and craft, of emotion and intellect. They delayed the premiere until the following year. also surmount any considerations of national Its gentleness gives little hint of the back- origin. They are works of art that speak ground to its creation. It includes material for directly to the hearts of listeners everywhere. a scherzo that had been discarded from the By the mid-1880s, his Slavonic Dances and recently composed Fifth Symphony. other folk-inspired compositions had won The soloist has little ‘breathing room,’ playing him a following throughout Europe. A token almost continually from first bar to last. The of this renown came in June 1884, when the first movement, Rondo Pastorale, communi- Philharmonic Society of London bestowed an cates equal parts warmth, whimsy, and honorary membership upon him. In return, wistfulness. The personality of Minuet and he agreed to write them a new symphony, his Musette, the brief, sprightly second move- seventh. ment, lies closer to the countryside than the He decided to take the opportunity to satisfy ballroom. The concluding Scherzo demands a goal which had been occupying his virtuosity from the soloist for the first time. thoughts for some time: a desire to expand The energetic opening alternates with a his creative range. This wish sprang from his reflective section, leading to an emotionally realization that the folk-based style he had enigmatic conclusion. been cultivating had its limitations. In order ——————————————— to win recognition as a great composer, regardless of origin, he knew he would have Symphony No. 7 in D Minor, Op. 70 v to write music which, like the works of his Antonín Dvorák friend and mentor, Brahms, communicated b. Nelahozeves, Bohemia / September 8,1841 universal sentiments through international d. Prague, Bohemia / May 1, 1904 ______musical language. First performed by the RPO on February 20, He worked on his latest piece with great

2327 PROGRAM NOTES, continued energy and determination. He completed it After the emotional tempests of the opening on March 17, 1885. He then traveled to movement, the second begins in a mood of London to conduct the first performance, tranquil reverie. Solace proves elusive, and to accept his Philharmonic membership. however. Troubling emotions intrude upon The premiere on April 22 was received this idyll at regular intervals. The scherzo is warmly, but without quite as much cordiality driven by bracing dance rhythms, but here it as some of his earlier music. Within just a few wears what is for Dvorvák an unusually stern years, however, the symphony went on to expression. For all the symphony’s dark establish itself on the continent, thanks to the touches, it does eventually end on a note of advocacy of such important conductors as triumph, one snatched at the last possible Hans von Bülow. Following this maestro’s moment from the jaws of defeat. introduction of the Seventh in Berlin during v © 2010 Don Anderson. All rights reserved. 1889, Dvorák was so pleased and grateful that he pasted a picture of Bülow on the manu- script and inscribed underneath it, “Glory be to you! You brought this work to life!” Want to hear more? The Seventh achieves everything that Dvorvák Visit wished it to. Emotionally powerful and richly www.rpo.org/recordguide scored, it is a work of which any composer for recommended recordings (including Brahms) might be proud. As he planned, the folk-like elements which play of the works featured on such an important role in much of his output tonight’s concert. are here displayed less prominently.

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2824 JOHN NELSON, guest conductor ERIK BEHR, oboe The Dr. Jacques M. Lipson Chair The distinguished conductor John Nelson Erik Behr was is internationally appointed Principal renowned for his Oboe of the Rochester interpretation of large Philharmonic Orchestra Romantic works in May 2007. Prior to including the great joining the RPO, he works of Berlioz. was Principal Oboe of Central to Nelson’s the Houston Grand work is the interpretation of the great sacred Opera and Houston choral literature. Nelson holds the title of Ballet. Behr has performed as guest principal Directeur Musicale Honoraire of the with the Atlanta Symphony and as a guest Ensemble Orchestral de Paris and artistic with the Seattle and Houston symphonies. director of Soli Deo Gloria. During the summer, he performs alongside Born in Costa Rica, Nelson studied at The his wife, Juliana Athayde, at Sun Valley Juilliard School where he won the Irving Summer Symphony and Mainly Mozart Berlin prize in conducting. He has held the Festival. He also has performed at the Spoleto title of Music Director of the Indianapolis and Casals Festivals, with the Chamber Symphony Orchestra, Opera Theatre of St. Orchestra of Philadelphia, and in the world’s Louis, and Caramoor Music Festival in New great concert halls as part of the Jeunesses York. From 1998 to 2008, he was Directeur Musicales World Orchestra under Kurt Masur. Musicale of the Ensemble Orchestral de Paris. In addition to concerto appearances with He is the recipient of numerous awards, Houston Ballet and the RPO, Behr was the including a Grammy for his recording of solo English horn in the recording of Handel’s Semele (Deutsche Grammophon). Honegger’s Concerto da Camera with the RTV Nelson has conducted many of the world’s Slovenia Orchestra, solo oboe in Mozart’s great orchestras, in the U.S. including the Sinfonia Concertante on tour with the Irish New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles, National Youth Orchestra, and a member of Boston, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, and San the World Wind Quintet performing at the Francisco Symphony orchestras, and in Edinburgh International Festival, Kilkenny Europe with the Leipzig Gewandhaus, Festival, and Maribor Festival. Dresden Staatskappelle, Gurzenich Orchestra Behr was on the oboe faculty at the in Cologne, Academia di Santa Cecilia in University of Houston prior to joining the Rome, Oslo and Rotterdam Philharmonic, RPO and is presently Adjunct Professor at Orchestre National de France, and London Roberts Wesleyan College. He has taught Philharmonic Orchestra. master classes and coached chamber music Recent and future engagements include La and orchestral courses throughout Europe Finta Gardiniera at La Monnaie, Der Freischutz and America. He received his bachelor’s and Damnation of Faust at Geneva Opera, The degree (cum laude) at Arizona State Trojans at Netherlands Opera, Boston University, his master’s from Temple Symphony, Cincinnati Symphony, Royal University, and is currently completing his Flanders Philharmonic, Singapore Symphony, doctorate from Rice University. His principal Sydney Symphony, Hong Kong teachers have been Robert Atherholt, Richard Philharmonic Orchestras, and the Chamber Woodhams, and Martin Schuring. Orchestra of Europe.

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POPS SERIES Concert sponsored by Broadway Baby! Friday, November 5, 2010, at 8:00 pm Jeff Tyzik, conductor Saturday, November 6, 2010, at 8:00 pm Debbie Gravitte, soprano Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre 2010-2011 Season • Program No. 2

Jule Styne (arr. R. R. Bennett) Funny Girl - Overture for Orchestra Jule Styne (arr. Russ Kassoff) Let Me Entertain You Richard Rodgers (arr. Kassoff/Firth) I Enjoy Being A Girl Irving Berlin (arr. Such) Mister Monotony Jule Styne “Don’t Rain on My Parade” from Funny Girl Cole Porter (arr. Bennett) Kiss Me Kate Selections Cole Porter (arr. Kassoff) My Heart Belongs to Daddy Jerry Herman If He Walked Into My Life Today George Gershwin (arr. Matz/Fagin) I Got Rhythm ______Intermission Leonard Bernstein (arr. Tyzik) New York, New York John Kander “And All That Jazz” from Chicago John Kander When You're Good to Momma John Kander (arr. Larry Moore) “Maybe This Time” from Cabaret Jule Styne (arr. R. R. Bennett) Selections from Gypsy Stephen Schwartz Defying Gravity Benny Andersson (arr. Such) Mama Mia / Dancing Queen Andrew Lloyd Webber “Memory” from Cats Andrew Lloyd Webber “Don’t Cry For Me Argentina” from Evita

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Debbie Gravitte Her orchestra appearances include the received the Tony National Symphony with Marvin Hamlisch, Award for her critically Cleveland Orchestra, Boston Pops, acclaimed performance Cincinnati Pops, Philadelphia Orchestra, in Jerome Robbins’ Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, and the Broadway, along with Atlanta, San Diego, and St. Louis sym- the New York Show- phonies. Her most recent RPO performance stopper Award and a was with the Broadway Divas in 2009. Drama Desk Award Overseas, she has appeared with the Hong nomination. She made her Broadway debut Kong Philharmonic, London Symphony in the original cast of They’re Playing Our Orchestra, Stockholm Philharmonic, the Song, and went on to appear in Blues in the Gotesborg and Jerusalem symphonies, the Night, Perfectly Frank (Drama Desk Award Royal Scottish National Orchestra, National Nomination), Zorba, Ain’t Broadway Grand?, Sinfonica of Brazil, as well as the Munich Chicago, and Les Misérables. Gravitte appeared Philharmonic. in London in Jerry Herman’s Mack and Mabel at the Drury Lane Theatre. She has Gravitte is featured on many recordings performed her nightclub act worldwide, from including her three solo CDs: Defying Gravity, New York’s Rainbow and Stars to London’s The Alan Menken Album, and The MGM Pizza on the Park. In Atlantic City, she has Album. PBS specials include Ira Gershwin’s had the honor to open for George Burns and 100th Birthday Live from Carnegie Hall and Jay Leno. In Concert with The Boston Pops.

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32 ROCHESTER PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA CHRISTOPHER SEAMAN, MUSIC DIRECTOR

PHILHARMONICS SERIES Concert sponsored by Berlioz, Mendelssohn, Brahms Thursday, November 11, 2010, at 7:30 pm Larry Rachleff, guest conductor Saturday, November 13, 2010, at 8:00 pm Augustin Hadelich, violin Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre 2010-2011 Season • Program No. 4

Hector Berlioz Roman Carnival Overture 9:00 Felix Mendelssohn Concerto in E minor for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 64 27:00 I. Allegro molto appassionato II. Andante III. Allegretto non troppo—Allegro molto vivace Augustin Hadelich, violin ______Intermission Johannes Brahms Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68 45:00 I. Un poco sostenuto—Allegro II. Andante sostenuto III. Un poco allegretto e grazioso IV. Adagio—Più andante—Allegro non troppo, ma con brio

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A Note from the Music Director (he never played a keyboard instrument!), breaking all the accepted rules of melody and A warm welcome to tonight’s guest harmony—yet everything he wrote was so conductor, Larry Rachleff, who is in his 13th effective. A big feature of this brilliant season as Music Director of the Rhode Island overture is the lovely solo for English horn Philharmonic. The concert begins with a near the beginning. sure-fire success—Roman Carnival Overture by Berlioz. What an extraordinary character Mendelssohn was the opposite of Berlioz, in this redheaded Frenchman was—unorthodox fact he is reputed to have said that after 33 31 PROGRAM NOTES, continued handling a Berlioz score you needed to wash with musical conservatives, and the creation your hands! This genius was as fastidious as of music brimming over with imagination Berlioz was wild, but in the end they and vitality. As soon as he read the auto- apparently became good friends. The Violin biography of Benvenuto Cellini, the spirited, Concerto is considered by many to be the unconventional 16th-century Italian perfect example of its genre, balancing goldsmith, artist, and adventurer, he sensed brilliance with profound musical expression, such a deep personal affinity with him that he and orchestrated with the utmost delicacy. decided to compose an opera based on The lightness and charm of the finale are Cellini’s life. Its debut in Paris in 1838, alas, reminiscent of the Midsummer Night’s Dream proved a total fiasco. music. Tonight’s soloist, the violinist Augustin Six years later, Berlioz salvaged some of the Hadelich, has established himself as a leading score by fashioning a concert overture from player of our time, winning the International two of the principal melodies: a love song Violin Competition of Indianapolis and an (memorably transcribed for solo English Avery Fisher Career Grant. He returns to the horn), and an example of the vigorous Italian RPO after his spectacular performance last folk dance, the saltarello. He christened the season with the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto. result Roman Carnival, referring to the festive Then Mr. Rachleff conducts Brahms first scene in the opera where the saltarello is symphony which, when it first appeared, was performed. The overture won immediate and accused of being “Beethoven’s Tenth”! Brahms, lasting success, since it is one of the most encouraged by Robert Schumann and his dazzling showpieces in the entire orchestral wife Clara, saw himself as the successor to repertoire. Beethoven, and tried to aim for similarly high standards. When this symphony finally ——————————————— appeared after some 20 years’ hard work, Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64 musicians like Hans von Bulow and the critic Felix Mendelssohn Hanslich were quick to recognize its true b. Hamburg, Germany / February 3, 1809 worth, which indeed we will this evening! d. Leipzig, Germany / November 4, 1847 ______First performed by the RPO on March 21, 1940; José Iturbi, conductor; Mischa Elman, soloist. Last performed on April 22, 2006; Daniel ——————————————— Hege, conductor; Juliana Athayde, soloist. Roman Carnival Overture, Op. 9 Mendelssohn lived during a period of Hector Berlioz transition in music. The purity of expression b. La Côte-Saint-André, France / and the sense of form established by the great December 11, 1803 figures of the Classical period—Haydn, d. Paris, France / March 8, 1869 ______Mozart, and the young Beethoven—were gradually giving way to the more emotional, First performed by the RPO on October 24, more brightly colored Romantic style of 1923; Eugene Goossens, conductor. Last Berlioz, Weber, Chopin, and Schumann. His performed on October 28, 2000; Christopher particular gift was to stake out a middle Seaman, conductor. ground between these two schools. He Berlioz not only wrote Romantic music, he combined elements from both of them into a lived the Romantic life, as well, crammed style distinctively his own. with tempestuous love affairs, lively feuds

3432 PROGRAM NOTES, continued His enormous musical gifts, which had ——————————————— shown themselves at a very early age, prepared Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 68 him for an adult career packed with activity. Johannes Brahms He was in constant demand as composer, b. Hamburg, Germany / May 7, 1833 conductor, pianist, and musical administrator. d. Vienna, Austria / April 3, 1897 In addition to his understandable efforts to ______promote his own compositions, his generosity First performed by the RPO on January 16, 1924; of spirit led him to use his various positions Albert Coates, conductor. Last performed on to further the causes of his fellow composers, March 31, 2007; Christopher Seaman, conductor. both living and deceased. It is no exaggeration, for example, to say that the Brahms needed many years to develop his exalted reputation now enjoyed by own, individual approach to symphonic Johann Sebastian Bach can be traced back to writing. A large part of his difficulty sprang 1829, when Mendelssohn revived, after a from his awe of Beethoven, even though long period of neglect, that composer’s many of his supporters and colleagues— magnificent St. Matthew Passion. including the celebrated musical couple, Robert and Clara Schumann—saw him as Six years later, Mendelssohn took up the post the earlier composer’s true symphonic heir. “I of Music Director of the Gewandhaus shall never write a symphony,” he told a Orchestra of Leipzig. Under his patient, friend, conductor Hermann Levi. “You have exacting supervision, only a few years passed no idea how the likes of us feel when we hear before that ensemble’s concerts came to be the tramp of a giant like him behind us.” considered the finest given anywhere in Europe. The orchestra’s concertmaster, Time and circumstance eventually convinced Mendelssohn’s old friend, Ferdinand David, Brahms to renounce that vow. When he was made important contributions to that 21, his first hearing of Beethoven’s Ninth upgrading process. In gratitude, Mendelssohn Symphony so overwhelmed him that he set composed this Violin Concerto for him. out to compose a symphony of his own. His David performed the premiere, in Leipzig on sketches refused to fit that form, so he ended March 13, 1845. Mendelssohn being too ill up using them in his Piano Concerto No. 1 to conduct, his assistant, Niels Gade, and A German Requiem. Several years and performed the honors instead. several pieces later (the two charming serenades included), the Variations on a The concerto is a beautifully polished work of Theme by Joseph Haydn (1873) finally art, combining sureness of construction with announced to the world that Brahms had passion, warmth, and playfulness. arrived at a unique and commanding Mendelssohn directed that its three sections orchestral style, one where warmth and body be played without any breaks between them, of sound take precedence over instrumental a typical Romantic practice designed to color for its own sake. increase the music’s cohesiveness and sense of momentum. The majority of the concerto’s Meanwhile, he had been working on his dramatic content unfolds during the urgent official first symphony. He finally felt it ready first movement. The following section is an to be heard, some 20 years after he had begun interlude of gentle melodic beauty. A brief it. The first performances, in 1876, were great bridge passage then ushers in the impish successes, confirming in Brahms’ mind that finale. Its solo fireworks are backed by the he really did possess the necessary skills to kind of light, gossamer orchestration which follow in Beethoven’s footsteps as a great became a Mendelssohn trademark. composer of symphonic music.

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Brahms’ admirers included the eminent air to balance what has preceded it. At this conductor Hans von Bülow. It was he who point in the symphony, listeners may be grouped Brahms together with Bach and wondering where this sequence of moods is Beethoven as the “Three Great B’s of Music.” leading. Brahms at first withholds his answer. He and others expanded upon this adulation He begins his finale with a prelude which is by referring to Brahms’ First Symphony as virtually as stark in tone as the one which “Beethoven’s Tenth.” opened the first movement. Though the composer may not have But its fatalistic grumblings are quickly appreciated the comparison, in certain senses dispelled by the heartfelt chorale melody it is inescapable. The symphony’s atmosphere which is the principal theme of the finale’s of victory through struggle, for example, links main body. Brahms acknowledged its family it with Beethoven’s symphonic ideals, relationship to the “Ode to Joy” theme from especially with those expressed in his Fifth Beethoven’s Ninth (“Any jackass can see that!” (which is also set in the same key, C Minor). was how he put it). He builds this movement Brahms’ use of a chorale melody in the finale with vast architectural and instrumental skill, calls to mind Beethoven’s Ninth, as well. as the symphony unfolds towards its grand, affirmative conclusion. As was to be the case with each of his four symphonies, in No. 1, Brahms sets forth the © 2010 Don Anderson. All rights reserved. main weight of his arguments in the first and last movements. Each is prefaced by an introduction in slow tempo. The one which begins the symphony sets the somber, Want to hear more? dramatic mood which also characterizes the more vigorous but equally austere first Visit movement proper. The second movement www.rpo.org/recordguide offers a restful interlude, one with scarcely a for recommended recordings moment of contrasting drama. of the works featured on Even though the third movement is hardly a tonight’s concert. scherzo, it provides a breath of fresh, lighter

3634 LARRY RACHLEFF, guest conductor AUGUSTIN HADELICH, violin

Now celebrating his With his poetic style 13th season as Music and dazzling technique, Director of the Rhode Augustin Hadelich has Island Philharmonic, established himself as a Larry Rachleff also rising star among the serves as Director of new generation of Orchestras and the violinists. This summer’s Walter Kris Hubert highlight was his sen-

chair at Rice University’s O’CONNOR ROSALIE sational debut with The Shepherd School of Music in Houston. New York Philharmonic under Alan Gilbert During his career, he also has been Music at the Bravo! Vail Valley Festival playing the Director of the San Antonio Symphony. Mendelssohn Concerto. Other upcoming highlights include re-engagements with The Rachleff is in constant demand as a guest Cleveland Orchestra and the Los Angeles conductor. Recent and upcoming Philharmonic, as well as debuts with the engagements include the orchestras of Utah, symphonies of Atlanta, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Houston, Seattle, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Phoenix, Seattle, Utah, and Vancouver. Phoenix, Dayton, and Toledo, among many others. Summer festival engagements include Gold medalist of the 2006 International Tanglewood, Aspen, Interlochen, Brevard Violin Competition of Indianapolis and Music Festival, Music Academy of the West, winner of an Avery Fisher Career Grant, Opera Theatre of Lucca, Italy, and the Grand Hadelich made three Carnegie Hall Teton Music Festival. In 1993, he was appearances in 2008: his orchestral debut selected as one of four American conductors performing the Brahms Double Concerto to lead The Cleveland Orchestra at Carnegie with the Fort Worth Symphony; his highly Hall under the mentorship of Pierre Boulez. successful recital debut; and Mozart’s Violin This is his RPO debut. Concerto No. 5 with the New York String Orchestra under Jaime Laredo. He made his A former faculty member of Oberlin RPO debut in 2009 with Tchaikovsky’s Conservatory, where he was Music Director Violin Concerto. of Orchestras and Conductor of the Contemporary Ensemble, Rachleff also served Hadelich has recorded two highly acclaimed as conductor of the Opera Theatre at the CDs for Naxos: Haydn’s complete violin University of Southern California. He has concerti with the Cologne Chamber conducted and presented master classes all Orchestra, and Telemann’s complete Fantasies over the world, including the Chopin for Solo Violin. A CD of masterworks was Academy in Warsaw, the Zurich Hochschule, released by AVIE in October 2009, with conservatories in Sydney and Queensland, another coming out in late 2010. Australia, The Juilliard School, New England Born in Italy in 1984, the son of German Conservatory, and Royal Northern College in parents, Hadelich holds a graduate diploma the U.K. and artist diploma from The Juilliard School, As a dedicated advocate of contemporary where he was a student of Joel Smirnoff. He music, Rachleff has collaborated with leading plays on the 1723 “Ex-Kiesewetter” Stradivari composers including Samuel Adler, the late violin, on loan from Clement and Karen Luciano Berio, George Crumb, Michael Arrison through the generous efforts of the Daugherty, and John Harbison, among others. Stradivari Society. For more information, please visit www.augustin-hadelich.com.

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38 ROCHESTER PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA CHRISTOPHER SEAMAN, MUSIC DIRECTOR

PHILHARMONICS SERIES Dvorvák, Rachmaninoff, Sibelius Thursday, November 18, 2010, at 7:30 pm Christopher Seaman, conductor Saturday, November 20, 2010, at 8:00 pm Olga Kern, piano Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre Ms. Kern performs on a Steinway piano donated in 2010-2011 Season • Program No. 5 honor of Jon Nakamatsu, a special friend of the RPO.

Antonín Dvorvák Carnival Overture, Op. 92 9:00 Sergei Rachmaninoff Concerto No. 2 in C minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 18 32:00 I. Moderato II. Adagio sostenuto III. Allegro scherzando Olga Kern, piano ______Intermission Jean Sibelius Symphony No. 1 in E minor, Op. 39 38:00 I. Andante, ma non troppo—Allegro energico II. Andante, ma non troppo lento III. Scherzo: Allegro IV. Finale (quasi una fantasia): Andante—Allegro molto

PROGRAM NOTES

A Note from the Music Director celebration and wild festivity, enhanced by the brilliant orchestration, particularly in the We begin tonight’s concert with one of my v use of the tambourine. Listen for the favorite overtures: Dvorák’s Carnival. This nostalgic middle section, with the poetic use was originally written as one of a set of three of the English horn and solo violin. intended to be played together, but immedi- ately overtook the other two in popularity, and It is always a big occasion when Olga Kern nowadays is almost always played on its own. returns to Rochester. The RPO first met Olga From the very first note, there is a feeling of when we recorded Tchaikovsky’s First Piano

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Concerto together. Her wonderful technique, negative elements. Early in 1891, he set out poetic imagination, and warm personality to compose an orchestral piece designed to took her to all our hearts. Tonight she plays express his views on it. The project evolved one of the great piano concertos: into a cycle of three overtures or symphonic Rachmaninoff’s Second. poems, to which he gave the working title Nature, Life, and Love. He intended them to Tonight’s symphony is another of my be performed as a unit, although his wish has favorites: Sibelius’ First. This is by far the only rarely been carried out. To bind them to- most romantic of all his symphonies, clearly gether, he created a melody, a “nature” theme, showing the influence of composers like which appears in each of them. He conducted Tchaikovsky and Rimsky-Korsakov. The their joint premieres in Prague on April 28, difference is that his own individuality shines 1892, just before embarking for a three-year through from the very opening—a lonely stay in New York. By the time they were clarinet solo over a quiet drum-roll. Then the published in 1894, he settled on calling them music explodes into life, with energy, power, In Nature’s Realm, Carnival, and Othello. and the occasional sunny spell! The theme of the second movement is one of the saddest While the thoughtful, contented first and tunes ever written, after which the stormily dramatic third overtures have been rumbustious, almost violent, scherzo provides neglected, Carnival has become his most an effective contrast. The finale begins with popular short orchestral work. Aside from the the theme of the opening clarinet solo, but peaceful central interlude (where he this time it is played forte by the full strings. introduces the “nature” theme on solo The main part of the movement is bustling clarinet), it is all rambunctious energy, a clear and energetic, with a broad second theme display of his joyous enthusiasm for life. which is unashamedly romantic. This glorious tune appears again in full splendor at ——————————————— the end of the movement, but as it reaches its Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18 height it seems to disintegrate before our very Sergei Rachmaninoff eyes, as if Sibelius was saying goodbye for ever b. Oneg, Russia / March 20, 1873 to that musical style, and was about to move d. Beverly Hills, California, March 28, 1943 on to something new. ______First performed by the RPO on February 16, 1928; Eugene Goossens, conductor; Henrietta Schumann, soloist. Last performed on July 18, ——————————————— 2009; Christopher Seaman, conductor; Joyce Carnival Overture, Op. 92 Yang, soloist. Antonín Dvorvák In 1897, the disastrous premiere of b. Nelahozeves, Bohemia / September 8, 1841 Rachmaninoff’s First Symphony threw his d. Prague, Bohemia / May 1, 1904 ______promising career as a composer into disarray. For three agonizing years, he found himself First performed by the RPO on October 16, unable to write another significant note of 1924; Eugene Goossens, conductor. Last music. His family persuaded him to seek the performed on May 6, 2006; Christopher help of Dr. Nikolai Dahl, a psychoanalyst. Seaman, conductor.

v As the composer recalled, “My relations had To Dvorák, “nature” meant more than woods told Dr. Dahl that he must at all costs cure and fields. It was the driving force behind life me of my apathetic condition and achieve itself, and it contained both positive and

4038 PROGRAM NOTES, continued such results that I would again begin to performed on February 10, 2001; Christopher compose. Dahl asked what manner of Seaman, conductor. composition they desired and had received Sibelius established one of the most impor- the answer, ‘a concerto for pianoforte,’ for this tant links between the music of the 19th and I had promised to the people in London and 20th centuries. Beginning his symphonic had given it up in despair. Consequently I career in the melodious, lushly scored, and heard the same hypnotic formula repeated emotionally heated style of late Romanticism, day after day while I lay half asleep in my he concluded it as the foremost figure in the armchair in Dr. Dahl’s study, ‘You will begin school of modern music that favors unadorned to write your concerto . . . . You will work directness of sound, form, and content. with great facility . . . . The concerto will be of excellent quality . . . .’ It was always the Finland’s culture during his youth was same, without interruption. dominated by art from Western Europe and Russia. He determined to forge a distinctly “Although it may sound incredible, this cure Finnish musical style. He did so not by really helped me. Already at the start of the working with folk music, but by capturing summer, I was composing once more. The the bold, visionary spirit of the people. It was material accumulated, and new musical ideas only after he had established himself that he began to stir within me—many more than I first heard authentic Finnish tunes. He was needed for my concerto. By autumn I had astonished to hear how closely his music completed two movements (the Andante and resembled them. the Finale) . . . . These I played that same season at a charity concert conducted by Sikti For his initial efforts in writing concert music . . . . with gratifying success . . . . By the with a Finnish character, he turned for spring I had finished the first movement inspiration to the Kalevala, his country’s (Moderato) . . . and felt that Dr. Dahl’s national cycle of mythological tales. The treatment had strengthened my nervous sys- results were the symphonic poem Kullervo, tem to a miraculous degree. Out of gratitude and the Lemminkäinen Suite. Similarly I dedicated my Second Concerto to him.” patriotic works from this early period include a brace of pieces drawn from incidental scores Rachmaninoff performed it many times, and for historical stage pageants: Karelia Overture recorded it twice. The reasons for its ongoing and Karelia Suite; the first suite of Historic popularity are clear. It traverses a satisfying Scenes, and Finlandia. His fellow Finns emotional arc, from initial gloom to conclud- greeted them with tremendous enthusiasm. ing triumph. The themes are attractive and memorable; Rachmaninoff clothed them in He remained content to compose exclusively lush orchestral colors; and the solo part is bril- within this nationalist programmatic vein liant, mirroring the power and expressiveness only for a limited period. He recognized that of the composer’s own performing skills. to win himself more than simply a local reputation, he would have to create successfully in ——————————————— the abstract forms of international music. Symphony No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 39 By 1898, he felt sufficiently confident and Jean Sibelius experienced to write a symphony, a genre b. Hämeenlinna, Finland / December 8, 1865 considered at the time the highest form of d. Järvenpää, Finland / September 20, 1957 ______musical expression. He conducted the premiere of Symphony No. 1 himself, in Helsinki First performed by the RPO on November 29, on April 26, 1899. It won an exceptionally 1929; Eugene Goossens, conductor. Last

3941 PROGRAM NOTES, continued warm reception. Soon afterwards it won concludes with strong pizzicato chords. The success abroad, too, laying the foundation for slow movement begins with a heartfelt string what became his towering international theme. A series of contrasting episodes stature. To his great satisfaction, his reputation follows, some fanciful, some lyrical, leading to was founded upon his abilities as a composer, a harsh and agitated climax. Finally, the not just the novelty of being Finnish. opening subject returns to restore calm. Symphony No. 1 presents many turns of Timpani set the pace for the following phrase and touches of harmony and scherzo, a dynamic piece fuelled by a orchestration which would become tremendous sense of forward drive. Horns increasingly familiar in later works. With its introduce the contrasting trio section, an oasis rich colors (including inventive use of the of repose amidst the fireworks. The finale harp) and overt emotional expressiveness, opens with a passionate restatement of the however, it is the least economical, the most theme which began the first movement. The Romantic Sibelius symphony. Naturally, for main body contrasts drama with yearning, the work of a fairly young musician, it the latter expressed in another big, passionate displays the influences of other composers he tune. The conclusion is emotionally admired. Among them are Borodin, enigmatic, and once again pizzicato. Bruckner, and above all, Tchaikovsky. Sibelius © 2010 Don Anderson. All rights reserved. had heard Tchaikovsky’s Sixth Symphony in 1894, when it was barely a year old, and it impressed him deeply. Afterwards he wrote to his wife, “There is much in that man that I Want to hear more? recognize in myself.” Visit The Sibelius First opens quietly, mysteriously, www.rpo.org/recordguide with the solo clarinet giving out a melancholy for recommended recordings theme. This introduction paves the way for the first movement proper, an epic creation of the works featured on built on an array of sharply characterized tonight’s concert. ideas. After a grand build-up in tension, it

4240 EASTMANOLGA KERN, THEATRE piano RENOVATION & EXPANSION

You will notice some changesOlga Kern, within the thestriking wing.with a There co-presentation will be an ofentrance her talents to the in March Eastman Theatre complexyoung this Russian season! Gold Enjoy buildingand April directly of 2011. across from the East End a brand new culinary Medalexperience winner at RPO of the Parking Garage, making access to the Theatre Also this season, Kern will perform with the concerts in the new Betty’s2001 VanCafé Cliburn, located even easier. Other features include: symphonies of Detroit, Anchorage, Nashville, right next to the WegmanInternational Family Gallery. Piano •Dallas, A magnificent Virginia, St.large-scale, Louis, Pittsburgh, suspended Dale You can get refreshmentsCompetition—whose and sit back with Madison,Chihuly Johnson sculpture City, created Syracuse, especially and for the friends at one of a dozenperformance tables. The of new the Colorado.new atrium She also has been invited to glass windows in the originalRachmaninoff solid wood Piano perform at Longwood Gardens, the Sanibel exterior doors will let Concertoin lots of naturalNo. 3 madelight, • The 222-seat Hatch Recital Hall—a Music Festival, the Winter Park Bach Festival, andher thegive first you woman a view ofto what’sachieve happening this distinction on contemporary equivalent of Kilbourn Hall the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, Gibbsin over Street. 30 years—made It’s the new her space New to Yorksee and City be •and New Drake restrooms University. at every In January level of 2012,the wing— Kern seen!debut in Carnegie’s Zankel Hall in May willincluding tour North the AmericaOrchestra in level a special recital 2004. Eleven days later she returned to New There also have been additional enhance- program with violinist Vladimir Spivakov, York to play at Carnegie again, this time on • New elevators enhancing accessibility to ments to the Ranlet Lounge off the balcony their first outside of Europe. the stage of the Isaac Stern Auditorium at the every level of the Theatre and the new wing lobby, in preparation for its new function as a invitation of Carnegie Hall. Kern records exclusively with harmonia patron lounge on RPO evenings. As one of the features of the new Eastman mundi, and her highly anticipated Chopin Kern is a magnetic performer with one of the School wing, the RPO will be moving its In early December, the 32,000-square-foot Sonatas CD was released in May 2010. Her most prodigious techniques of any young Box Office into the Wolk Atrium Eastman School expansion project will be discography also includes a recording of pianist. This season, the Dallas Symphony December 6th, with convenient short-term completed, with the spacious, multi-story Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 with Orchestra and Van Cliburn Foundation will parking spaces out front and a new Gift Wolk Atrium connecting the original Christopher Seaman and the RPO. honor Kern’s Cliburn victory 10 years ago Shop. Stay tuned for more information on Eastman Theatre building with the new the Box Office move.

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194143 APPLAUSE FOR OUR VOLUNTEERS

Heartfelt thanks to our more than 850 volunteers for their ongoing and vital contributions to education, office, community involvement, special events, and theatre operations. Below is a list of the RPO’s formal volunteer organizations and active committees. For more information on how you can lend your time and talents to the RPO, call 454-7311 x243. Volunteer Services Committee The Committee reports directly to the RPO Board and is responsible for the viability of the entire RPO volunteer program. Committee members represent various areas of RPO volunteer activity. Paula Pattison, Chair Michele Bello Dawn Lipson Naomi Schrier Diane Baltadonis Mary M. Gooley Janice Macisak Carole Avery Webster Susan Basu Patricia A. Harrison Margaret-Anne Milne Josephine Whang Charles Kaplan David Schantz Active Committees Special Events Oversight Committee RPO Archive Committee Provides long-range planning and Archives the history of the RPO with assistance from evaluation for event fundraisers. the Sibley Music Library at Eastman. Paula Pattison, Chair Volunteer Voice Volunteer Enrichment Committee Production of a monthly electronic Plans and presents enrichment programs newsletter for volunteers. exclusive to volunteers. David Schantz, Chair Anna Steltenpohl, Chair “Rear Guard” Volunteers “Need a Lift” Program Provides assistance for RPO rehearsals. Offering transportation to RPO concerts. Jean Webster, Chair Michele Bello, Dispatcher

Rochester Philharmonic League Founded in 1929, the RPL is an active organization of men and women who support the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra’s educational programs for young people and encourage the musical talent of our youth. League membership is open to all. To learn more, call the League office: 454-7311 x254 or visit www.rpo.org/League. Charles Kaplan, President Carol Shulman, President-Elect Marjorie Converse, Vice-President Margie Sabath, Treasurer Roselyn Freedman-Baum, Secretary

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