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JANUARY - FEBRUARY 2016 I ISSUE 3 GWEN HOEBIG PLAYS SYMPHONIE ESPAGNOLE LA BOTTINE SOURIANTE LIVE WITH THE WSO AN EVENING OF MASTERS: MOZART, BRAHMS, SCHUMANN KIDS CONCERTS: AROUND THE WORLD WITH MANNY TUBA THE STREISAND SONGBOOK WITH ANN HAMPTON CALLAWAY wso.ca I 204-949-3999 MESSAGE FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Welcome to the 2016 portion of the 2015-2016 season. Perhaps you have made a decision to add more music to your life in the coming year. This is always a good thing to do.There are many ways to experience the WSO that may add some interesting elements to your WSO adventures.The concerts in this part of the year include the lively and engaging La Bottine Souriante to start the year, an Evening of Masters including Mozart, Brahms and Schumann, Kids Concerts, and, of course, the 25th anniversary edition of the Winnipeg New Music Festival. (It is amazing how quickly those years pass.) If you do not currently come to the Centennial Concert Hall much before the concert start time, I’d like to encourage you arrive by 7:15 pm so that you can take in the pre-concert chat or the pre-concert performers. This is an opportunity to hear from the conductor and the guest artists, and learn interesting details about the concert you are about to hear. I can also recommend the Dinner & Symphony series. Five concerts in the year were selected for this program. For example, there will be a Dinner & Symphony program attached to the February 13th Barbara Streisand Songbook concert. For these events, you come to the Piano Nobile for 5:30 pm and you are seated at a table with other WSO patrons. A dinner designed to complement the musical program will be presented by chef David Bergmann of Bergmann’s on Lombard.The food is good, the chance to meet and chat with other music lovers is always a pleasure, and the participants are well positioned to enjoy the pre-concert activities. If you have never tried one of these experiences, book early for the February 13th concert. It will be the smart Valentine that organizes a wonderful outing like this in advance of Valentine’s day. Best wishes for 2016 from all of us at the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra. Trudy Schroeder Executive Director Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra January – February 2016 I OVERTURE 1 WSO SPONSORS, FUNDERS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The WSO proudly acknowledges the ongoing support of the following sponsors, media and funders: COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PARTNER EDUCATION & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS IN MEMORY OF PETER D. CURRY POPS KIDS CONCERTS CLASSICS A SERIES SERIES SERIES WSO IN BRANDON POWER SMART HOLIDAY TOUR INDIVIDUAL CONCERTS SOUNDCHECK PROGRAM CANADA DAY AT THE FORKS POPS PRESENTING OFFICIAL RADIO STATION OFFICIAL RADIO STATION MEDIA SPONSOR OF MEDIA PARTNER OF THE POPS SERIES OF THE WSO CLASSICS WSO KIDS CONCERTS PIANO RAFFLE CAR RAFFLE CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY MATCHING SHARE DONATION CAMPAIGN THE MUSIC Women’s Committee of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra FUNDERS January – February 2016 I OVERTURE 3 CONDUCTORS Alexander Mickelthwate, Music Director German conductor Alexander Mickelthwate is renowned for his “splendid, richly idiomatic readings” (LA Weekly),“fearless” approach and “first-rate technique” (Los Angeles Times). Critics have noted Alexander’s extraordinary command over the Austro-Germanic repertoire, commenting on the “passion, profundity, emotional intensity, subtlety and degree of perfection achieved” in Bruckner’s Symphony No. 7 as “miraculous” (Anton Kuerti, 2011). Following on from his tenure as assistant conductor with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, which he completed in 2004, Alexander Mickelthwate was associate conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic for three years, under the direction of Essa-Pekka Salonen. Now in his tenth season as music director of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, Alexander has significantly developed the orchestra’s profile through active community engagement and innovative programming initiatives like the annual New Music Festival and the Indigenous Music Festival. Chosen to perform at the Carnegie Hall Spring For Music Festival in New York, May 2014, due to “creative and innovative programming” (CBC Manitoba Scene), the orchestra was the only Canadian ensemble in the showcase. As well as significantly contributing to the New Music Festival and Indigenous Festival, Alexander led the orchestra’s first out of province tour since 1979 to the National Arts Centre in Ottawa, launched the International Conducting masterclasses, the New Music Festival 2012 film project and played a major part in the acoustic overhaul of the Centennial Concert Hall. Photographer: Grajewski Fotograph Inc. Julian Pellicano, Resident Conductor Julian Pellicano’s voracious musical appetite makes him a formidable interpreter of the symphonic repertoire. He is currently resident conductor of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, Artist-in-Residence at the Norfolk Chamber Music festival, and music director of the University of Manitoba Symphony Orchestra. Pellicano has built his career by following an unconventional path.The creation, with Dr. Paul Lehrman, of a new performance edition of George Antheil's Ballet Mecanique first brought Pellicano to the public’s attention. From 2009 to 2013 he served as music director of the Longy School of Music Conservatory Orchestra where he established a rigorous and distinctive new orchestral program. Pellicano has conducted the Orquestra Sinfonica de Porto Alegre (Brazil), Hartford Symphony Orchestra, Eastern Connecticut Symphony, New Britain Symphony, The Kallisti Ensemble, Boston’s Dinosaur Annex Ensemble and Milwaukee's Present Music. He has worked in masterclasses with Kurt Masur, Peter Eötvös, Zsolt Nagy, Martyn Brabbins, and Carl St. Clair. As a young musician he played drums, percussion, organ, and accordion in rock, blues and jazz groups. An autodidact, he was accepted to the Peabody Conservatory as a percussionist without any formal training. He holds degrees from the Peabody Conservatory, the Royal College of Music (Stockholm), and the Yale School of Music where he was awarded the 2008 Presser Music Award and the Philip F.Nelson Award. He premiered Martin Bresnick’s critically acclaimed opera My Friend's Story at the International Festival of Arts and Ideas and conducted at Carnegie Hall with the Yale Philharmonia Orchestra. Photographer: Nardella Photography Inc. 4 OVERTURE I January – February 2016 WINNIPEG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 2015-2016 SEASON MUSIC DIRECTOR CELLOS TRUMPETS Alexander Mickelthwate Yuri Hooker, Principal Isaac Pulford, Acting Principal Leana Rutt, Assistant Principal Paul Jeffrey RESIDENT CONDUCTOR Alex Adaman Brian Sykora The Patty Kirk Memorial Chair Julian Pellicano Arlene Dahl Carolyn Nagelberg FIRST VIOLINS TROMBONES Emma Quackenbush Gwen Hoebig, Concertmaster Steven Dyer, Principal Sean Taubner The Sophie-Carmen Eckhardt- Keith Dyrda Gramatté Memorial Chair, endowed BASSES by the Eckhardt-Gramatté Foundation BASS TROMBONE Meredith Johnson, Principal Karl Stobbe, Associate Concertmaster Julia McIntyre, Principal Mary Lawton, Assistant Concertmaster Andrew Goodlett, Assistant Principal TUBA Chris Anstey Travis Harrison Chris Lee, Principal **Jeremy Buzash Paul Nagelberg Bruce Okrainec Mona Coarda TIMPANI Daniel Perry Rodica Jeffrey **Mike Kemp, Acting Principal Hong Tian Jia Meredith McCallum FLUTES PERCUSSION Julie Savard Jan Kocman, Principal Frederick Liessens, Principal Jun Shao Martha Durkin *Karin Andreasen HARP *Simon MacDonald PICCOLO Richard Turner, Principal Martha Durkin Endowed by W.H. & S.E. Loewen SECOND VIOLINS Darryl Strain, Principal OBOES Elation Pauls, Assistant Principal Beverly Wang, Principal ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL Karen Bauch Robin MacMillan MANAGER Kristina Bauch Chris Lee **Calvin Cheng ENGLISH HORN PRINCIPAL LIBRARIAN **Teodora Dimova Robin MacMillan Raymond Chrunyk Elizabeth Dyer **Jonathan Garabedian CLARINETS ASSISTANT LIBRARIAN Bokyung Hwang Micah Heilbrunn, Principal Laura MacDougall Takayo Noguchi Michelle Goddard Claudine St-Arnauld *Jane Pulford BASSOONS *On Leave *Susan McCallum Alex Eastley, Principal **Temporary Position Kathryn Brooks VIOLAS Please note: Non-titled (tutti) string players are listed Daniel Scholz, Principal HORNS alphabetically Anne Elise Lavallée, Patricia Evans, Principal Assistant Principal and are seated according to a Ken MacDonald, Associate Principal rotational system. Laszlo Baroczi James Robertson Margaret Carey The Hilda Schelberger Memorial Chair Fred Redekop is the official Piano Richard Bauch Caroline Oberheu Tuner and Technician of the WSO. Greg Hay Michiko Singh Merrily Peters Mike Scholz January – February 2016 I OVERTURE 5 La Bottine Souriante live with the WSO Julian Pellicano, conductor SOUNDBYTES La Bottine Souriante Éric Beaudry: vocals, guitar, mandolin, bouzouki, foot tapping Pierre Bélisle: piano, Rhodes, B-3, piano-accordion David Boulanger: violin, vocals, foot tapping Benoit Bourque: vocals, accordion, bones, jaw harp Jean-François Gagnon-Branchaud: vocals, violin, foot tapping AIR CANADA POPS Robert Bob Ellis: bass trombone Jean Fréchette: saxophone, flute, recorder, percussion Jocelyn Lapointe: trumpet François Marion: bass, electric bass Sandy Silva: percussive dance André Verreault: trombone Pops Hoedown Richard Hayman Ouverture 99 La Bottine Souriante /Jean Fréchette / Gilles Bellemare La Montagne Du Loup Marchand-Forest / Daniel Desaulniers Mon Père Richard Pellan / Jean Fréchette / Daniel Desaulniers Barrer les portes Traditional / Jean-François Gagnon-Branchaud / Daniel Desaulniers La Grande Côte Traditional / La Bottine