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No. 011400627 COA #92 EPSP1616-01CJ 100111 CLIENT ESC / St. Paul’s Towers PUBLICATION Berkeley Symphony AD NAME Bette Ferguson REFERENCE NUMBER EPSP616-01cj_Bette_01_mech TYPE Full Page Color - Inside Front Cover TRIM SIZE 4.75” x 7.25” ISSUE 2011/12 Season MAT’LS DUE 9.01.11 DATE 08.22.11 VERSION 01 mech AGENCY MUD WORLDWIDE 415 332 3350 Berkeley Symphony 2011-12 Season 5 Message from the President 7 Board of Directors & Advisory Council 9 Message from the Music Director 11 Joana Carneiro 13 Berkeley Symphony 16 October 27 Orchestra 19 October 27 Program 21 October 27 Program Notes 31 October 27 Guest Artists 41 December 8 Program 43 December 8 Program Notes 53 December 8 Guest Conductor Jayce Ogren 55 December 8 Guest Artists 57 Meet the Orchestra 60 Music in the Schools 63 Under Construction 65 Contributed Support 72 Advertiser Index Season Sponsors: Kathleen G. Henschel and Official Wine Sponsor of Berkeley Symphony: Presentation bouquets are graciously provided by Jutta’s Flowers, the Official Florist of Berkeley Symphony. Berkeley Symphony is a member of the League of American Orchestras and the Association of California Symphony Orchestras. No photographs or recordings of any part of tonight’s performance may be made without the written consent of the management of Berkeley Symphony. All programs subject to change. Berkeley Symphony, 1942 University Ave., Ste. 207, Berkeley, CA 94704 510.841.2800 • Fax: 510.841.5422 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.berkeleysymphony.org To Advertise: 510.652.3879 October 27 and December 8, 2011 3 Why your whole family should go to UC Berkeley At the UC Eye Center in Berkeley, good vision is a family affair. From kids 6 to 9 months old to mature grandparents, we have everything it takes for complete examinations, a vast Eyewear Center for glasses and contact lenses, and the latest in Wavefront laser surgery. Please see us soon! Call (510)642-2020 to schedule an appointment. Open to the public 7 days a week. Free parking with appointments. Visit us at www.CalEyeCare.org Proud to be part of the Berkeley Symphony family 4 October 27 and December 8, 2011 Message from the President ast month I was where you are now sitting, L listening to an engaging performance of Mozart’s Gran Partita by thirteen wind play- ers of Berkeley Symphony, part of Cal Perfor- mance’s Fall Free for All. I was surrounded by an enthusiastic audience that listened with keen attention to this fifty minute masterpiece. Most of the audience, I suspect, had never heard the Gran Partita before, and I was seated next to a group of teenagers who perhaps had never even been inside Zellerbach. As I think back to that performance, it was carrying out one of the three major goals of Berkeley Sym- phony: to bring the finest works of musical in- vention to the broadest possible audience. Our two other goals are to provide music education for all of the Berkeley elementary schools (and, in the future, for other schools in the East Bay) and to support, through commissioning new works and public performances, music of the most recent vintage (or even still “in the barrel,” in the case of our Under Construction concerts). In short, Berkeley Symphony is dedicated to the performance of music as a living, ever- changing art form and to the education and entertainment of present and future audiences. John Adams, whose music has been performed at a number of Berkeley Symphony concerts, has observed that new works of music “are immediately subjected to the most daunting acid test of all, having to precede or follow a masterpiece, a classic that not only is intimately known by the audience but also is most likely a creation of time-tested durability.” Chapela and Brahms, Lei Liang and Sibelius, Dutilleux and Debussy, Frank and Bartók—all are acid tests that are part of Joana Carneiro’s exciting third season as our music direc- tor. Thank you for joining us with ears eager to explore new, sometimes daringly new, sound worlds and to compare them with sound worlds of the past. And thank you for your support of our mission. Tom Reicher October 27 and December 8, 2011 5 6 October 27 and December 8, 2011 Look on the back of your ticket! Board of Directors & Advisory Council Board of Directors Advisory Council Executive Committee Marilyn Collier, Chair President Thomas Z. Reicher, Gertrude Allen Partner, Cooley LLP Michele Benson Kathleen G. Henschel, Past President Finance Manager, Chevron Corp (Retired) Joy Carlin Robert Hetler, Vice President—Development Ron Choy Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers (Retired) John Danielsen Janet Maestre, Vice President—Governance Jennifer DeGolia Flute Instructor/Orchestra Member (Retired) Anita Eblé Vice President—Community Engagement Victor Vazquez, Karen Faircloth Branch Manager, Union Bank Gary Glaser Judith Bloom, Treasurer Certified Public Accountant Reeve Gould Stuart Gronningen, Secretary Lynne LaMarca Heinrich Orchestra Member Buzz Hines Marilyn Collier, Advisory Council Chair Sue Hone Philanthropist Brian James René Mandel, Executive Director Edith Jackson Directors Kenneth Johnson Susan Acquistapace Jeffrey S. Leiter Professor of Biology, Mills College Bennett Markel Norman Bookstein Consultant Bebe McRae James Donato Helen Meyer Partner, Shearman & Sterling LLP Christine Miller Ellen L. Hahn Penny Nellis Community Leader Deborah O’Grady William Knuttel Marjorie Randell-Silver Winemaker and Proprietor, William Knuttel Winery Thomas Richardson Kim Marienthal Realtor, Coldwell Banker Linda Schacht Janet McCutcheon Jutta Singh McCutcheon Construction Lisa Taylor Ed Osborn Paul Templeton Principal; Bingham, Osborn & Scarborough, LLC Carol Jackson Upshaw Kathy Canfield Shepard Anne Van Dyke President, Canfield Design Studios, Inc. Yvette Vloeberghs Deborah Shidler Orchestra Member Shariq Yosufzai Tricia Swift Realtor, The Grubb Co. Michel Taddei Orchestra Member October 27 and December 8, 2011 7 Dinner before or après-concert drinks at A Berkeley gastropub and full-service restaurant in the Hotel Durant featuring local, organic menu selections. 2600 Durant Avenue (cross street Bowditch), Berkeley Hotel (510) 845-8981 Henry’s (510) 809-4132 hoteldurant.com henrysberkeley.com 8 October 27 and December 8, 2011 Message from the Music Director Dear friends, It is with great joy that I welcome you to the 2011-12 sea- son, my third as Music Director of Berkeley Symphony. The past two years with the orchestra have been a photo by David S. Weiland profound source of happiness; I have learned so much and been moved by the music-making of our incredible musicians, and by seeing all of you new and not-so-new friends at the concerts. Berkeley Symphony has always been an orchestra that looks ahead into the future and believes in playing music that reflects our time, and we have worked hard so that this season stands as a great testament to it. In this first half of the season, we welcome back Enrico Chapela, whom the orchestra commissioned last season and whose eclectic musical style has generated much excitement and won him accolades from around the world. His work Li Po, which fuses electronic soundtrack with the sound of the orchestra, promises to be a delightful and indelible treat! Joining Enrico, the orchestra, and myself in the season opening concert is the fierce and highly talented German cellist, Johannes Moser, performing Shostakovich’s First Cello Concerto The orchestra’s homage to the sounds and composers of our time continues on December 8 with the music of Lei Liang and Lou Harrison. I am also very proud that we will have a chance to hear someone who has been a champion of new music—pianist Sarah Cahill. Sarah will share the stage with our guest conductor Jayce Ogren, former Assistant Conductor of the Cleveland Orchestra, who contin- ues to captivate audiences in both concert hall and opera houses. I also want to use this opportunity to welcome the orchestra’s new leadership: Board President Tom Reicher, and Executive Director René Mandel. Both men have an inextinguishable passion for music, an extraordinary vision for Berkeley Sym- phony, and an unwavering dedication to the mission of the orchestra. We are very lucky to have them at the helm of this organization. Thank you for your support of Berkeley Symphony. Our commitment is to music and to you—to serve you, to have you play and move with us, and to make you happier with our music. Before the lights are dimmed for tonight’s concert, I would like to leave you with these three little words: listen, feel, embrace! All my best, October 27 and December 8, 2011 9 l Mitchel K. Margaretta 2011 and ©2010 Photos Face to ace F A Portrait Event At a fraction of my custom price Call for future dates and more info Gallery: margarettamitchell.com/f2f MARGARETTAK. MITCHELL PHOTOGRAPHY 510 655-4920 ❖ MARGARETTAMITCHELL.COM Berkeley photographer Margaretta K. Mitchell’s film, FIRE RUIN RENEWAL, part of The Phoenix Firestorm Project, is a documentary, with music by John Adams, of the devastation by fire of Mitchell’s 1925 “storybook” home, and the landmark’s laborious restoration.