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WHAT’S INSIDE III...... WELCOME FROM THE MUSIC DIRECTOR V...... MESSAGE FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR VII...... WELCOME FROM THE BOARD CHAIR X...... XIII...... PERSONNEL APRIL 6/7, 2019: XIX...... TCHAIKOVSKY’S MAY 4, 2019: XXVII...... STAR WARS & MORE: A SALUTE TO XXXV...... 2018-2019 SPONSORS XXXIX...... CONDUCTOR’S CIRCLE XL...... INDIVIDUAL GIVING XLIII...... IN HONOR, CELEBRATION, & MEMORY XLIV...... ENCORE SOCIETY FOUNDATIONS, CORPORATIONS & XLV...... GOVERNMENT AGENCIES XLV...... IN-KIND DONATIONS XLVII...... BOARD & STAFF ALBANY MUSICIAN XLVIII...... HOUSING PROGRAM

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(Syracuse) since 2015. In addition to his work in Syracuse, Larry is in great demand as a guest conductor all across the country. He has also been an active part of our Capital Region community because of his children’s involvement in the Empire State Youth Orchestra.

We are so excited to present this year’s American Music Festival, “Sing Out, New York!” in late May and early June. Events will explore the storied legacy of New York’s rich cultural history in the fight for inclusion and equality. Two milestone anniversaries frame the festival: the centennial of the passage of the 19th Amendment, giving women the right to vote, and the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising. If you’ve never been to the Festival before, this year is a fabulous time to try one of the most exciting musical experiences we offer. Explore recitals of contemporary music for piano, voice, and chamber ensembles, sample local beer and cider at the “First Draughts” reading session, bring your kids to our Suffragist Brunch and Monumental Music in Troy’s Monument Square, or hang out for late night happenings in the EMPAC Studio. The Festival will feature more than 22 events, with 50 new and recent WELCOME FROM THE works by 38 . With so many new and recent works in a wide variety of performance settings and MUSIC DIRECTOR interactive formats, you are sure to find many things that will excite and uplift you. Dear Friends, Before we get to the Festival, we hope you’ll join us for I was thrilled to present our “Bolero and More” program our “Star Wars & More: A Salute to John Williams” pops in early March. “Bolero” is one of those pieces that is concert on Saturday, May 4 (7:30pm, Palace Theatre). adored and ridiculed in equal measure; Ravel himself We’ll be playing Williams’ very best film music, including grew to hate it, because its success so eclipsed that of selections from Superman, Raiders of the Lost Ark, his many other, more “serious” works. But, I must say, Harry Potter, E.T., and Star Wars. In fact, May 4 is both hearing our brilliant Albany Symphony musicians each National Star Wars Day and Free Comic Book Day, so take their turn coming to the fore to present their solo you can be sure there will be extra surprises in store. version of that hypnotic, haunting melody, then joining in So, put on your very best extra-terrestrial costume (not powerful unison to sing it together, made my hair stand required), and bring the entire family for an out-of-this- th on end. I felt, as ever, immensely proud and privileged to world evening with the orchestra. May the 4 be with share in their magnificent virtuosity and artistry. There’s you! Also, if you have young children or grandchildren, something wonderfully communal about the experience we hope you’ll bring them to our “Tiny Tots” concerts in for listeners as well, and I could feel our savvy, engaged Albany and Saratoga the week of May 6-9. Albany Symphony audience living every moment of the piece as intensely as we were. As we head toward the thrilling end of the season, I want to thank you again for your involvement with the Albany We still have many more thrilling communal artistic Symphony. Our orchestra exists to provide exceptional, adventures to share with you this season. The orchestra thought-provoking, and deeply resonant musical and I are delighted to welcome Lawrence Loh as our experiences for and with you, and we are very proud and guest conductor on April 6 & 7 for a beautiful pair of honored that you are taking the journey with us. concerts at the acoustically-perfect Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, featuring Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 4, a Warm Regards, premiere by Polina Nazaykinskaya, and the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto with Chee-Yun, one of our favorite guest artists. It is always a special treat for the orchestra to work with a fellow conductor from upstate New York like Larry, who has been Music Director of Symphoria David Alan Miller Music Director

ALBANY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA | III IV | ALBANY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA I’d like to contrast these milestones with a recent release from the Institute for Composer Diversity. Each year, the Institute, which is based at SUNY Fredonia, analyses the programming of 50 American for works by women composers and composers of color. The Albany Symphony is ranked #1 in the percentage of works by women composers in the 2019-20 season. In case you are interested in the analysis and the list of orchestras, here is the URL: www.composerdiversity.com/orchestra-seasons. We are #19 in the percent of works by composers of color. More thoughts on this ranking in a future program book letter.

The mission of the Albany Symphony is to celebrate our living musical heritage. Our heritage includes the masterpieces and master composers of the past. (I welcome debate on my personal list: Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, Stravinsky, Lutoslawski, Bernstein.) The canon gets richer and richer

© Gary Gold Photography through the decades and centuries; we bring these works to life in performances for our community. MESSAGE FROM THE But living has another meaning: we also champion EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR the music of our time and its creators. Not every orchestra can do this successfully. We are truly fortunate to have unusually talented and Dear Friends, dedicated musicians and music director who have the artistry and pioneering spirit to tackle and do What happens in the Capital Region doesn’t stay in justice to the masterworks AND the never-before- the Capital Region. performed works.

In a state capital on the other side of the country, Also, not every orchestra has the community and the local paper featured the following headline: audience that we do. You are an extraordinary “Sac Philharmonic will make history with first audience in your willingness to Listen Adventurously composition from a woman on program.” The article and openness to new voices and perspectives. Your lets us know the concert also marks the “first time dedication as ticket buyers, donors, concert-goers, in its history—the SPO is presenting the work and champions is absolutely essential to our work of a living composer…” The composer is Loren in transforming lives through the power of music. Loiacono and the work is an Albany Symphony Thank you for keeping live orchestral music and commission, Sleep Furiously. David Alan Miller was the masterpieces from the past, present, and future the Promethean guest conductor for this past embedded in the fabric of our community. February 23, 2019 concert.

Then on February 24, the Richmond (VA) Symphony performed another Albany Symphony commission, Reena Esmail’s My Sister’s Voice, which many of you remembered from last season’s American Anna Kuwabara Music Festival concert. Executive Director

To answer the question: do the pieces we commission have a life beyond their premieres? The answer is a resounding yes!

ALBANY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA | V VI | ALBANY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA I wouldn’t have tried otherwise—and I continue to be surprised and delighted by the variety of options that we offer. The Festival is the Albany Symphony’s most public way of bringing our mission to the community of Troy, NY and our greater Capital Region, and we hope you’ll join us and share your feedback. Consider purchasing a Festival Pass for full access to all the concerts and events, or try the full orchestra concert on Saturday, June 1.

Attending the American Music Festival is in many ways like seeing the full potential of the Albany Symphony at work. The Festival allows the orchestra to demonstrate so much more than our ability to perform beautiful music. The Symphony is a mentor for young composers and artists; a hub for the creation of new music; a center for multi-generational arts education; an economic driver for regional tourism and commerce; and a meeting point for our diverse community members to exchange ideas. The Albany Symphony is well on our way to truly representing what a 21st century orchestra should look like, moving WELCOME FROM THE beyond the concert hall and into our community.

BOARD CHAIR Now, more than ever, we hope that you will help us share the Albany Symphony’s story throughout our We’re on our way to completing a wonderful 2018–19 region. Like every orchestra, the Symphony relies season, and want to thank you for being a part of our on our audiences to be our greatest champions, journey this year. Your support and participation have and there are many ways for you to support the enabled us to present some of our best programs organization. Making an annual fund contribution, yet. It’s been thrilling to look out over our audiences purchasing a season subscription, donating your time filling the Palace Theatre and Troy Savings Bank or in-kind services, or advocating for the orchestra Music Hall, and to see so many new and old friends within your town or neighborhood are all ways to coming together to share in the unique experience of invest in our mission. an Albany Symphony concert.

As we near the end of the year, I want to encourage We’ll see you at the Festival! you to consider attending our grand finale, the American Music Festival in late May and early June. Sincerely, Whether you are a long-time subscriber, a first-time listener, a connoisseur of new music or a fan of traditional fare, the Festival is a unique opportunity to see the Albany Symphony at our very best. For me, the Festival is an accessible way to try out composers, artists, and multimedia experiences that Jerry Golub for the Albany Symphony Board of Director

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Grammy Award-winning conductor David Alan Miller has established a reputation as one of the leading American conductors of his generation. Music Director of the Albany Symphony since 1992, Mr. Miller has proven himself a creative and compelling orchestra builder. Through exploration of unusual repertoire, educational programming, community outreach and recording initiatives, he has reaffirmed the Albany Symphony’s reputation as the nation’s leading champion of American symphonic music and one of its most innovative orchestras. He and the orchestra have twice appeared at “Spring For Music,” an annual festival of America’s most creative orchestras at New York City’s . In 2018, they appear at the “SHIFT Festival” at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. Other accolades include ’s 2003 Ditson Conductor’s Award, the oldest award honoring conductors for their commitment to American music, the 2001 ASCAP Award for Innovative Programming and, in 1999, ASCAP’s first-ever Award for Outstanding Educational Programming. In July, 2017, he and the Albany Symphony commemorated the Bicentennial of the Erie Canal with “Water Music NY,” an epic, week-long orchestral barge journey from Albany to Buffalo, NY, performing seven major collaborative works for orchestra and collaborating arts groups in seven Canal-side communities.

Frequently in demand as a guest conductor, Mr. Miller has worked with most of America’s major orchestras, including the orchestras of Baltimore, Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Houston, Indianapolis, , New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and San Francisco, as well as the New World Symphony, the Boston Pops and the . In addition, he has appeared frequently throughout Europe, Australia and the Far East as guest conductor.

X | ALBANY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Mr. Miller received his Grammy Award in January 2014 for his Naxos recording of ’s “,” with the Albany Symphony and Dame . His extensive discography also includes recordings of the works of Todd Levin with the London Symphony Orchestra for , as well as music by , , and Michael Torke for London/Decca, and of Christopher Rouse and Luis Tinoco for Naxos. His recordings with the Albany Symphony include discs devoted to the music of , Aaron J. Kernis, , Morton Gould, , and on the Albany Records label.

A native of Los Angeles, David Alan Miller holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of , Berkeley and a master’s degree in orchestral from The . Prior to his appointment in Albany, Mr. Miller was Associate Conductor of the . From 1982 to 1988, he was Music Director of the , earning considerable acclaim for his work with that ensemble. Mr. Miller and his family live in Slingerlands, NY.

MISSION STATEMENT: The Albany Symphony celebrates our living musical heritage. Through brilliant live performances, innovative educational programming, and engaging cultural events, the Symphony enriches a broad and diverse regional community. By creating, recording, and disseminating the music of our time, the Albany Symphony is establishing an enduring artistic legacy that is reshaping the nation’s musical future.

ALBANY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA | XI XII | ALBANY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA The Albany Symphony Orchestra’s string sections use ALBANY SYMPHONY revolving seating. Players behind the stationary chairs change seats systematically and are listed alphabetically. ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL

DAVID ALAN MILLER, HEINRICH MEDICUS MUSIC DIRECTOR

VIOLIN VIOLA FLUTE TRUMPET Jill Levy Noriko Futagami Ji Weon Ryu Eric M. Berlin CONCERTMASTER PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL LIFETIME CHAIR, ENDOWED IN Jake Chabot Eric J. Latini GOLDBERG PERPETUITY BY CHARITABLE TRUST THE ESTATE OF OBOE TROMBONE Eiko Kano ALLAN F. NICKERSON Karen Hosmer Greg Spiridopoulos ASSISTANT Sharon Bielik PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL CONCERTMASTER ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL Grace Shryock + Karna Millen Elizabeth Silver ^ Carla Bellosa Nathaniel Fossner Jamecyn Morey ^ Daniel Brye BASS TROMBONE Paula Oakes ^ Ting-Ying Chang-Chien ENGLISH HORN Charles Morris Funda Cizmecioglu Anna Griffis Nathaniel Fossner PRINCIPAL SECOND Dana Huyge + TUBA VIOLIN Hannah Levinson CLARINET Derek Fenstermacher + Mitsuko Suzuki Weixiong Wang PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL CELLO PRINCIPAL SECOND VIOLIN Susan Ruzow Debronsky IN MEMORY OF Barbara Lapidus ^ PRINCIPAL F.S. DEBEER, JR. Kuljit Rehncy ENDOWED BY SPONSORED BY -ELSA DEBEER PRINCIPAL MARISA AND AL DE SALVO & IN MEMORY OF ALLAN EISEMANN SUSAN THOMPSON JUSTINE R.B. PERRY PERCUSSION Gabriela Rengel ^ Erica Pickhardt -DAVID A. PERRY Richard Albagli John Bosela ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL Bixby Kennedy PRINCIPAL Brigitte Brodwin Petia Kassarova ^ Mark Foster Ouisa Fohrhaltz Kevin Bellosa BASSOON Scott Stacey * Heather Frank-Olsen Matthew Capobianco Stephan Walt Emily Frederick Marie-Thérèse Dugré PRINCIPAL HARP Rowan Harvey Catherine Hackert ENDOWED IN Lynette Wardle Margret E. Hickey Hikaru Tamaki PERPETUITY BY PRINCIPAL Christine Kim THE ESTATE OF Sooyeon Kim BASS RICHARD SALISBURY PERSONNEL MANAGER Aleksandra Labinska Bradley Aikman William Hestand Susan Debronsky Kae Nakano PRINCIPAL Yinbin Qian Philip R. Helm HORN LIBRARIAN Yue Sun ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL William J. Hughes Elizabeth Silver Muneyoshi Takahashi Michael Fittipaldi ^ PRINCIPAL Harriet Dearden Welther Luke Baker Joseph Demko UNION STEWARD James Caiello Alan Parshley Nathaniel Fossner Jeffrey Herchenroder + Victor Sungarian SYMBOL KEY ^ STATIONARY CHAIR + ON LEAVE * SUBSTITUTE FOR 2018–2019 SEASON

MISSION STATEMENT: The Albany Symphony celebrates our living musical heritage. Through brilliant live performances, innovative educational programming, and engaging cultural events, the Symphony enriches a broad and diverse regional community. By creating, recording, and disseminating the music of our time, the Albany Symphony is establishing an enduring artistic legacy that is reshaping the nation’s musical future.

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TCHAIKOVSKY’S VIOLIN CONCERTO

LAWRENCE LOH, CONDUCTOR CHEE-YUN, VIOLIN

Polina Nazaykinskaya Fenix* (b. 1987)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto (1840 – 1893) Chee-Yun, violin I. Allegro moderato II. Andante III. Finale. Allegro vivacissimo

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Felix Mendelssohn Symphony No. 4, “Italian” (1913 – 1996) I. Allegro vivace II. Andante con moto III. Con moto moderato IV. Saltarello: Presto

*World Premiere

This concert is generously sponsored by:

All programs and artists are subject to change. During the performance, please silence and refrain from using mobile devices. Recording and photographing any part of the performance is strictly prohibited.

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Lawrence Loh

awrence Loh is Music Director of Symphoria (Syracuse, NY) and the West Virginia Symphony. LLoh concluded his 12-year tenure as Music Director of the Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic in 2017. Loh’s had a decade-plus association with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra where he currently leads annual pops and other select programs. engagements include the National (Washington D.C.), Indianapolis, Tacoma, Naples, Knoxville, Florida, Dallas, Loh’s previous positions include: Artistic Director and El Paso, San Luis Obispo, Edmonton, Colorado, Principal Conductor of the Syracuse Opera; Resident Charleston (SC), Detroit, Malaysia, Daejeon (South Conductor of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; Korea), and Greater Bridgeport Orchestras. His Music Director of the Pittsburgh Youth Symphony summer appearances include the festivals of Bravo Orchestra; Associate Conductor of the Dallas Vail Valley, Aspen (CO), Mann Center in Philadelphia, Symphony Orchestra; Associate Conductor of the Breckenridge, Las Vegas, Hot Springs (AR), the Colorado Symphony Orchestra and Music Director Kinhaven Music School (VT) and the Performing Arts of the Denver Young Artists Orchestra. Institute (PA). In the summer of 2016, he made his debut at Tanglewood, conducting Shostakovich’s th Having a particular affinity for pops programming, 5 Symphony with the Boston University Tanglewood Lawrence Loh has been engaged for repeat Institute Young Artists Orchestra. performances with Chris Botti, Idina Menzel, Ann Hampton Callaway, the Texas Tenors and more. He Lawrence Loh received his Artist Diploma in has assisted John Williams on multiple occasions Orchestral Conducting from Yale, his Masters in and conducted numerous sold out John Williams Choral Conducting from Indiana University and his tribute concerts. He is particularly adept at conducting BA, and Certificate of Management Studies, from concerts synchronizing live orchestral music with the University of Rochester. film and has led Star Wars Ep. IV, Jaws, Pixar in Concert, Disney in Concert, Wizard of Oz and Lawrence Loh was born in southern California of Singin’ in the Rain among others. Korean parentage and raised in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. He and his wife Jennifer have a son, Charlie, Lawrence Loh is active as a guest conductor, both and a daughter, Hilary. Follow him on instagram in the U.S. and abroad including engagements @conductorlarryloh or twitter @lawrenceloh or visit this season with the Seattle Symphony; his website www.lawrenceloh.com. Symphony and the Albany Symphony. Recent

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Polina has received a music education both in Russia and the . She graduated from the Tchaikovsky Conservatory College in Moscow, with concentrations in both composition, under Konstantin Batashov, and violin. Polina then continued her studies of composition at the Yale School of Music with and Ezra Laderman, graduated with honors, and is now completing her Polina Nazaykinskaya Doctorate in Composition at the CUNY Graduate Center with Tania León. Polina is also a Teaching orn in Togliatti, Russia, Polina has been studying Artist at the Composers music since the age of four, and composed her Bridge Program and an Adjunct Lecturer of Bfirst large-scale work at 14. She went on to Composition at Brooklyn College Conservatory. create music for both chamber and full orchestras, as well as art songs, film music, a musical theater Fenix works, an opera, and, recently, her first symphony, April Song. In June 2018, The RIOULT Dance he symphonic poem “Fenix” is an emotional NY premiered Polina’s first ballet, Nostalghia. journey through the darkness towards the light. The premiere took place at The Joyce Theater in TAs an artist and a citizen I’m drawn to the New York City. This season The Albany Symphony experience of overcoming adversity, surviving the Orchestra will premiere Polina’s new symphonic loss and with the power of inspiration and spirituality poem “Fenix”. emerging from the ashes renewed, reborn and ever more compassionate. I feel that right now we need Polina has received many national and international very much the sense of sympathetic compassion awards, including the Scholarship from among people and music has the power and The American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the emotional intelligence to help us find a connection Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans, to our own hearts and to those around us. We are while her music received laudatory reviews from defined by our mortality yet it is the promise of soul the press, including . Polina’s everlasting that defines our humanity. Fenix (Spanish music has been performed by the Russian National for Phoenix) is an ancient symbol of renewal that Orchestra, the , the Metropolitan lends a powerful and poetic image to this catharsis: Symphony Orchestra, the Yale Philharmonia a majestic creature that spreads its wings and soars Orchestra, the Youth Symphony Orchestra of Russia, to new heights. I hope that my new symphonic the Omsk Philharmonic Orchestra, the St. Olaf poem “Fenix” will inspire the audience to look Philharmonia, the U.S. Army Orchestra, the Hermitage inwards and find the renewal in their hearts. Orchestra and chorus. Polina has collaborated with top conductors, including Osmo Vänskä, Teodor Program note by Polina Nazaykinskaya Currentzis, Fabio Mastrangelo, and Hannu Lintu.

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Chee-Yun

iolinist Chee-Yun’s flawless technique, dazzling tone, and compelling artistry have enraptured Vaudiences on five continents. Charming, charismatic, and deeply passionate about her art, Chee-Yun continues to carve a unique place for herself in the ever-evolving world of . For additional information and to sign up for her A winner of the Young Concert Artists International e-newsletter, please visit www.chee-yun.net. Auditions and a recipient of the Avery Fisher Career Grant, Chee-Yun has performed with many of the Pytor Ilyich Tchaikovsky world’s foremost orchestras and conductors. She has appeared with the San Francisco, Toronto, Pittsburgh, he music of Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) is Dallas, Atlanta, and National symphony orchestras, as indispensable in virtually every genre: ballet well as with the Saint Paul and Los Angeles Chamber T(think The Nutcracker and Swan Lake); concertos Orchestras. As a recitalist, Chee-Yun has performed in (one for violin, three for piano, and Rococo Variations many major U.S. cities, including New York, Chicago, for Cello and Orchestra); operas (Eugene Onegin Washington, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Atlanta. and The Queen of Spades are staples); overtures In 2016, Chee-Yun performed as a guest artist for the (Romeo and Juliet and 1812); songs and chamber Secretary General at the United Nations in celebration music; and six symphonies. In all of these works, of Korea’s National Foundation Day and the 25th Tchaikovsky is the consummate romantic. His anniversary of South Korea joining the UN. In 1993, melodies are passionate; his orchestrations are Chee-Yun performed at the White House for President colorful; his gestures are bold. Some discredit him Bill Clinton and guests at an event honoring recipients for wearing his heart on his sleeve, but he was of the National Medal of the Arts. inventive enough not to be merely an exhibitionist.

Her most recent recording, Serenata Notturno, released Concerto for Violin and Orchestra by Decca/Korea, is an album of light classics that went platinum within six months of its release. In addition ided by Josef Kotek, a young violinist/student to her active performance and recording schedule, with whom he was enamored, and with whom Chee-Yun is a dedicated and enthusiastic educator. Ahe was spending time after his disastrous Her past faculty positions have included serving as the marriage to Antonina Milukova, Tchaikovsky wrote resident Starling Soloist and Adjunct Professor of Violin the concerto rather quickly in the summer of 1878. at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Leopold Auer, to whom Tchaikovsky originally showed Music and as Visiting Professor of Music (Violin) at the work, demurred about playing it as written: some the Indiana University School of Music. From 2007 to of the passages were not aesthetically pleasing 2017, she served as Artist-in-Residence and Professor or technically suitable for the violin. He offered of Violin at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. suggestions, but the composer made his dedication to Adolph Brodsky instead, who premiered it in Chee-Yun plays a violin made by Francesco Ruggieri Vienna on December 4, 1881, Hans Richter conducting. in 1669. It is rumored to have been buried with a Auer later changed his tune, so to speak, and became previous owner for 200 years and has been profiled its champion, though he did make alterations in the by . solo part and taught his students his arrangement.

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embellishments from the clarinet and the flute, and then the movement goes without pause into the third—a rip-roaring contrast to the restrained second.

The violin asserts its dominance here with a mini- cadenza that serves as a bridge to the fireworks. A calm section follows, and then the fireworks pop again. At its most explosive the music is in the At the work’s premiere, the noted music critic Eduard character of a Cossack Trepak, the dance performed Hanslick called the work “long and pretentious” and by men with crossed arms who squat and leap, squat said that “the violin was not played but beaten black and leap, legs out. Tchaikovsky toys with us over and blue.” Today’s public adores this concerto, and the next couple of pages, quickly shifting back and so do performers: Chac’un a son gout! forth from bravura to reflective passages, providing ravishing and moody licks for individual winds (like The first movement starts sweetly in the orchestra, a call-and-response between the oboe and the outlining an inverted D-major triad, but then rumbling clarinet). The ending is about as exciting as anything in the percussion and some mysterious playing by the one can imagine, with the main theme getting a royal oboes suggest a mood more dramatic than sweet. workout and the soloist zipping over the strings. The soloist eases into a memorable tune, which soon gives way to fireworks. The soloist also introduces Program note by Paul Lamar the second main melody, equally as elegant as the first. More languid passages, with the soloist in a Felix Mendelssohn high tessitura, ensue, followed by the main tune, with all orchestral forces, the brass in particular, giving o read the biography and the criticism of Felix the melody a martial air. The soloist returns with Mendelssohn (1809-1847) is to be left with marvelous riffs on the first tune, including difficult Tmixed feelings. Chief among them is admiration double-stopping. The demanding cadenza, which comes for a prodigious composing talent, a restorer of unusually early in the movement, allows the soloist interest in Bach through a renowned production of to explore the range of the instrument. A trill leads the Saint Matthew Passion, and a conductor of the highly to a beautiful flute passage and the restatement of regarded Gewandhaus Orchestra of Leipzig. There’s the two chief tunes: recapitulation. The coda begins also sadness at his early death and the lingering when Tchaikovsky thwarts a return to the martial feeling of “if only.” Rage? His music was banned by declaration and gives us one more minute of fiendishly the Nazis on the basis of his Jewish background. challenging playing. Note the rhythmic accents. And there’s a perplexity about the slight hesitation to accord him the highest status among composers The G minor second movement, in 3/4 time, is called because, as Curt Sachs opined, “His music has Canzonetta: little song. It opens with a tender passage nothing to tell of passion, struggle and despair… for wind choir. The A section melody (springing from His works were born of a loving, not a bleeding, a D to a G and then exploring a G-minor scale) in heart.” (Small wonder, then, that Edward Downes the violin climbs; the B section tune, with major mode is prompted to say, “Perhaps the time has come elements and more speed and passion than the A, to forgive him for being happy.” Why shouldn’t we? emerges. Throughout, however, the violin’s line is Felix means “happy.”) singing and melancholic. The A melody returns, with

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If one listens to the music, there is no mistaking the largeness of spirit, the feeling of joy, and the unfettered breathlessness of a perpetually youthful spirit, qualities which, by their authenticity, make any reservations a piffle. The Violin Concerto? A Midsummer Night’s Dream? Elijah? The Octet ? The Piano Concerto No. 1? Who can fail to be impressed and grateful? mood is a bit sorrowful throughout, perhaps more Symphony No. 4 (“Italian”) descriptive of a funeral march than a spiritual one. Listen for the flutes lightly threading their way nspired by trips to Scotland and Italy in 1829- through the string melody, and note the use of 1830, Mendelssohn composed two symphonies spiccato (the bouncing of the bow off the strings) Iand an overture. Many great artists from northern to maintain the forward stepping motion. Europe have been inspired by visits to Italy. Think, for example, of E.M. Forster, whose novels Where How charming this third movement, in 3/4 time, is. Angels Fear to Tread and A Room With a View are It’s arranged in the standard ABA form. The strings about the transformative power of sun and scenery dominate the tunes of the menuetto (A) sections on the English when they find themselves in the (with repeats), and the winds and horns are featured Mediterranean. Mendelssohn seems to have been prominently in the middle trio (B) section. Interestingly, similarly moved by his trip. He wrote, “The whole there’s a clever mini-coda, combining elements country had such a festive air that I felt as if I from both A and B. were a young prince making his entry.” The last movement, marked Saltarello: Presto, is In the sunny key of A major, the symphony opens the briefest of the four, but what it lacks in length with fairly panting winds, quickened heartbeats, it makes up for in excitement. A saltarello is an old perhaps, at being in Italy. Then the lively strings Italian dance. Reportedly, the movement, in 6/8, jump in. For 10½ minutes the movement sails often staccato, in a headlong motion, was inspired along with such youthful elan that it is difficult to by the free-for-all carnival experience Mendelssohn know when to breathe. There are two themes had in Rome. Listen for the striking contrasts in here, the first announced by the violins (leaping up, dynamics, and notice how the orchestra makes outlining an A-major triad) and the second by the texture alternately robust and tissue-thin. the clarinets. The themes receive the standard sonata-allegro treatment: exposition, development, Symphony No. 4 was first performed in 1833, but recapitulation, and coda. Mendelssohn remained dissatisfied with it and kept tinkering with it until he died. Don’t you think he The second movement is a lyrical andante, inspired, got it right? maybe, as musicologist Edward Downes suggests, “by a religious procession which we know Program note by Paul Lamar Mendelssohn saw in the streets of Naples.” The

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STAR WARS & MORE: A SALUTE TO JOHN WILLIAMS

DAVID ALAN MILLER, CONDUCTOR

John Williams Superman March (b. 1932) Raiders March

Suite from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

Theme from Jaws

Three Pieces from Schindler’s List

Born on the Fourth of July

Theme from Jurassic Park

“Flying Theme” from E.T.

Star Wars Suite

Program order subject to change. Concert includes a 20-minute intermission.

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ALBANY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA | XXVII MAY 4 7:30PM PROGRAM NOTES

John Williams orn in New York City in 1932, the Juilliard-trained John Williams has had a remarkable career. He has written Bmuch classical music, including his Elegy for Cello and Orchestra, which the ASO performed in January of 2013, with Yo-Yo Ma as soloist; and “On Willows and Birches” (Concerto for Harp), which the ASO presented in November of 2011, with the BSO’s Ann Hobson Pilot as soloist. Fans of the certainly know him as its Hedwig’s Theme: Hedwig is a magical owl. The haunting conductor from 1980-1993. But it is, of course, as the creator celesta plays a dotted rhythm tune in 3/8, while the strings of film scores that most of us think of him. He cut his cinema whizz up and down, gossamer-like. The full orchestra then teeth with some of the best movie composers of all time— takes up the melody. Wikipedia notes that this theme is used Alfred Newman, Franz Waxman, and Bernard Hermann— throughout the film series: think Wagner’s leitmoftifs. and from the late ‘60s to the present day, he has produced The Sorcerer’s Stone: A slow, four-bar march tune, built around sounds that are as evocative of sights as Proust’s madeleine minor thirds, appears in the bassoons and clarinets, so low was to the Frenchman’s memories of the past. As one listener that one has to listen hard to hear them. The melody is really to a YouTube performance of tonight’s first piece so aptly a ground bass, repeated over and over. The other members put it, “Can anyone remember the Man of Steel theme? But of the orchestra appear, and a huge crescendo, replete with as soon as I start listening to this I can see all the greatest chimes, shakes the stage. It is rather terrifying. scenes from Superman The Movie in my mind. And more importantly it brings back the emotions. That’s just how great Nimbus 2000: This is the name of Harry’s broomstick. and memorable this piece is.” The winds only play this movement, with flutes and oboes prominent, creating a laughing tone with staccato gestures, In preparation for these notes, I watched YouTube descending lines, and triplets. performances of all the pieces you are about to hear. I am including comments by other viewers because they represent, Harry’s Wondrous World: Notice how deftly Williams moves in a profound and democratic way, how complete is the from 3/4 to 2/4 to 6/8, slipping in and out of meters. Every devotion of many moviegoers to the medium and how very tall yearning melody and bit of orchestral color suggest wonder, John Williams stands in the history of that medium. and when we think about many of the films Williams has scored and whose excerpts we are hearing this evening, he has Superman March found the orchestral vocabulary to create a sense of awe— t’s all brass, all the time. Of course, the rest of the orchestra of the world of fantasy, of the natural world, and of space. is on hand, earning its pay by providing occasional contrasts, Suite from Jaws Ibut this is really about Superman, the man of another metal! lassical composers have always liked to write music Raiders of the Lost Ark March depicting the ocean: Debussy’s La Mer and Britten’s n ABA form, this excerpt begins with the clarion call of the CBilly Budd come quickly to mind. But it’s the “Shark trumpets, that most heroic of instruments. The dotted figure, Theme” from Williams’s 1975 Oscar-winning Jaws score Ithe modulation, and the syncopation suggest the swagger that has totally captured the general public’s imagination. It of Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford). A lush tune in the cellos begins in the depths of the orchestra, appropriately enough, evokes his more romantic swashbuckling (think Karen Allen) and that repetitious rocking on an E/F is scary enough to before returning to the first theme. Three sequels followed— make ocean bathing a questionable pastime. The second and maybe a fourth in 2021? section, called “Out to Sea,” is light and atmospheric, with pizzicato strings and the flute evoking a sea chanty. The third Suite from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone movement is “Shark Cage Fugue,” and a fugue is the perfect musical technique to suggest confusion and mayhem. his suite of four tunes from John Williams’s 2001 score stands alone as a concert piece, but those familiar with Three Pieces from Schindler’s List Tthe film version of the first Harry Potter book will no doubt visualize scenes that these melodies underpin. Williams ive of tonight’s movies were directed by Steven Spielberg, went on to write the music for the next two Harry Potter and this one, a 1993 Oscar-winner for both Spielberg adaptations as well. Fand Williams, reveals Williams’s ability to explore yet other emotions, in this case, grief—the grief of the Holocaust. that he was trying “to capture the awesome beauty and It opens with “Remembrances,” marked “triste.” Strings, sublimity of the dinosaurs in nature.” Public opinion? Here’s including the harp, dominate. The solo violin alludes to the one: “The most influential theme in my life. Goosebumps every famous theme that will be taken up in the last movement. time I listen to it. It’s amazing how John Williams could create The meter shifts frequently from 4/4 to 3/4, creating a little such an impeccable and pertinent score for (a) species that instability. The key is A minor. died 65 millions ago.” The middle movement, called “Jewish Town (Krakow Ghetto- “Flying Theme” from E.T. Winter ’41),” is a restrained dance, with Klezmer colors, lilting grace notes, and mournful double-stopping. nother Oscar-winning score from 1982. The flute and the oboe noodle around in a playful way over The final movement, in ABA form, fully explores the well- Apropulsive strings. Then the strings offer up a soaring known haunting theme in the A section, with the B part slightly melody, one that begins with the leap of a fifth, then a whole rhapsodic. It, too, is in A minor, an unremittingly poignant key. octave—enough to lift a bicycle off the ground, right? “I wish he was immortal. He is the King of Themes,” says one of the Born on the Fourth of July YouTube viewers. he score for this 1989 film includes original music by Star Wars Suite John Williams as well as eight songs by other artists. TBecause the story focuses on the Vietnam War, the he minute we hear the opening chords of the trumpet is front and center, though not playing reveille or taps. score from this 1977 movie, a vivid picture Instead, its tone is mournful, and the growling double basses Tsnaps into our consciousness and we are suddenly punctuate the emotion. Then follows a sweeping, passionate on a galactic ride with Han Solo, Luke Skywalker, Princess melody, a tune shortly picked up by the solo trumpet, followed Leia, R2D2, etc. Oh, how deeply embedded in our collective by the orchestra, and then concluding with the trumpet’s consciousness is this music: the martial beat of the main searching tune that opens the piece. As one commenter wrote title or the Imperial March or the Throne Room and End Title on the YouTube page, “Whenever I hear this on classic FM, it (brassy, declamatory), the tender Princess Leia Theme (flute, stops me in my tracks. I just have to listen but it makes me horn, strings), and the playful Yoda material (string, flute, tearful.” Mission accomplished, Mr. Williams. piccolo, harp). Theme from Jurassic Park And here’s a post from three years ago: “Everyone who learns to play in an orchestra learns about classical music and plays kind of mysterious horn solo, outlining an inverted Beethoven, Mozart, Handel, etc., but deep down, they all want E-flat major chord, shortly gives way to a full-orchestra to be in an orchestra and play music from Star Wars.” Astatement of the main tune, a dotted rocking on B-flat, A, B-flat. The music is grand, and Williams himself has said Program notes by Paul Lamar

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ALBANY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA | XXXIII XXXIV | ALBANY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA The Albany Symphony acknowledges the support ALBANY SYMPHONY of our corporate sponsors whose contributions recognize the importance of the Albany Symphony in building civic pride, 2018-2019 educating our youth, and contributing to the cultural life of all people in the Capital Region. As of February 7, 2019.. CORPORATE SPONSORS

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This concert season has also been made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency, the City of Albany, grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Fund for Music, the Capital District Economic Development Council, Vanguard-Albany Symphony, and the support of our donors, subscribers, and patrons.

ALBANY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA | XXXV XXXVI | ALBANY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ALBANY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA | XXXVII XXXVIII | ALBANY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA The Albany Symphony is grateful to the following individuals for their vital ongoing support. This list represents ALBANY SYMPHONY gifts received during the period between July 1, 2017 and February 7, 2019. CONDUCTOR’S CIRCLE

LEGACY BATON LEVEL Dush Pathmanandam Nicholas Faso and The Family of Morton Gould ($200,000+) Dwight and Rachel Smith Meaghan Murphy Mrs. Margaret Joynt Dr. Heinrich Medicus * I. David and Lois Swawite Dr. and Mrs. Reed Ference Judy and Bill Kahn Mrs. Jeanne Tartaglia Karen Hartgen-Fisher Dr. and Mrs. Peter G. Kansas PLATINUM BATON Mrs. Harriet Thomas Susan Jacobsen Holly Katz and William Harris LEVEL ($25,000+) Drs. Hannelore Wilfert and Spencer and Stacy Jones Robert J. Krackeler Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Karl Moschner Ruth and Don Killoran Dr. and Mrs. Neil Lempert Bender IV Merle Winn Sara Lee and Barry Larner Mr. Donald Lipkin and Dr. Benjamin Chi Georgia and David Lawrence Mrs. Mary Bowen The Estate of BRONZE BATON LEVEL Dr. and Mrs. Bruce Maston Alan and Karen Lobel Ms. Adella Cooper ($2,500+) Judith B. McIlduff Tom and Sue Lyons Jerel and Geraldine Golub Gemma and Jason Allen Nicholas Normile and Dr. and Mrs. Richard Marcia Nickerson Dr. Melody A. Bruce and Elizabeth Kauffman MacDowell John J. Nigro Dr. David A. Ray The O’Bryan Family Judy and Ted Marotta David M. Rubin and Mrs. Sally Mott Carter * Foundation Mrs. Nancy McEwan Carol L. Ju Elsa G. DeBeer* Henry and Sally Peyrebrune Richard and Beverly Faith A. Takes Dr. and Mrs. Ephraim Glinert William and Susan Picotte Messmer Alan Goldberg Alan and Leiz Beth Sanders Hilary and Nicholas Miller GOLD BATON LEVEL Charitable Trust Paul and Janet Stoler Marcia and Robert Moss ($10,000+) Joseph T. Gravini and Robert P. Storch and Hugh and Vaughn Nevin Charles and Charlotte Elizabeth M. Cope Sara M. Lord Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Older Buchanan Anthony P. Hazapis Barbara Wiley Deborah Onslow Marcia and Findlay Cockrell Darrell Wheeler and Mr. Scott A Wilson Marc and Melissa Paquin Drs. Marisa and Donovan Howard Miriam and Jim Parmelee Allan Eisemann Ellen Jabbur CONDUCTOR’S CIRCLE John and Maggie Picotte Sherley Hannay Anna Kuwabara and MEMBER LEVEL Dr. Richard Propp Kip and Douglas Hargrave Craig Edwards ($1,000+) Dr. Nina Reich The Herman Family Charles M. Liddle III Anonymous (2) Lee and Donna Rosen Daniel and Celine Kredentser Steve and Vivian Lobel John and Dawn Abbuhl Richard D. Ruby Bob and Alicia Nielsen John R. Peckham Robert and Susan Allen Harry Rutledge and Mrs. Louise W. Marshall Dr. David A. Perry and Wallace and Jane Altes Nancy Barhydt-Rutledge Chet and Karen Opalka Ms. Susan Martula Hermes and Linda Ames Jacqueline and Paul Mr. Chris Wilk and John and Sara Regan Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Shapiro Mrs. Christine Standish Mark J. Rosen and Amodeo Herb and Cynthia Shultz John L. and A.C. Riley Leslie Newman Linda and Michael Barnas Lee Smith Henry and Joni Pohl Sharon Bedford and Ronald and Nadine Stram SILVER BATON LEVEL Elissa R. Prout Fred Alm Marie D. Takes ($5,000+) Larry and Clara Sanders Dr. and Mrs. Donald Bourque Bonnie Taylor and Anonymous (2) Rabbi Scott Shpeen Kirk Cornwell and Daniel Wulff Dr. Thomas Freeman and Dale Thuillez Claire Pospisil Mr. and Mrs. Anders and Ms. Phyllis Attanasio Micheileen Treadwell Dr. Harry and Ellen DePan Mary Ellen Tomson Rhea and Jim Clark Mary DeGroff and Lila Touhey Susan and Bill Dake CONDUCTOR’S CIRCLE Robert Knizek Virginia E. Touhey Al DeSalvo and MEMBER LEVEL Ruth Dinowitz Michele Vennard and Susan Thompson ($1,500+) Dr. Keith Edwards Gordon Lattey Eitan and Malka Evan Beth and Rob Beshaw David Ernst Candace Weir Ms. Judith Grunberg Peter and Debbie Brown Mrs. Patricia Fallek Mrs. Jane Wait The Hershey Family Paul and Bonnie Bruno Steven and Lucia Fischer Michael and Margery Tom Freeman Dr. A. Andrew Casano Mrs. Lois M. Foster Whiteman Edward M. and Drs. Ellen Cole and Mr. Paul J. Goldman Harry and Connie Wilbur Sally S. Jennings Douglas North Jill Goodman and Austin Woodward Mr. and Mrs. E. Stewart Dr. Joyce J. Diwan Arthur Malkin Jones Jr. Mrs. Joy Emery Dr. and Mrs. Robert J. *asterisk represents Lori and Mark Lasch Gordon deceased individuals

ALBANY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA | XXXIX ALBANY SYMPHONY The Albany Symphony is grateful to the following individuals for their vital ongoing support. This list represents cumulative annual gifts received during INDIVIDUAL GIVING the period between July 1, 2017 and February 7, 2019.

PATRON CIRCLE Dr. and Mrs. Pradeep Paul Osterdahl and Wheelock Whitney III ($250+) Haldar Deborah Hrustich Sara and Lawrence Wiest Anonymous (2) Katharine B. Harris Carol and Ed Osterhout Anthony Wildman Ms. Kay Abbuhl Mr. John S. Harris Ruth and Peter Pagerey Katherine W Wiley Kelly and Richard Alfred Nancy Ross and Patricia Patrick Arthur and Anne Young Jane and S.H. George Allen Robert Henshaw Sarah Pellman Dayle Zatlin and Ms. Jennifer Amstutz Lee Helsby and Charles Pinckney Joel Blumenthal Francis Armenia Joseph Roche Cynthia A. Platt and Lynn Ashley and Ms. Lynn Holland David T. Luntz APPLAUSE CIRCLE Lawrence Snyder Karen Hunter Michiyo and Chris Powhida ($75+) Rhonda and Donald Ballou Janet and John Hutchison Marlene and Howard Anonymous Diana Bangert-Drowns Mary and Howard Jack Pressman Wilfred Ackerly Rose and James Barba Craig Jacksland David Riedman Virginia and Michael Adler Anne and Henry Bankhead Christine Jaworski George and Gail Richardson Dr. Edith Agnes Allen Larry H. Becker Amber and Graham Jones Tammy Jo and Suzanne Anderson Greta B. Berkson Judith and Herbert Katz Steven Sanders Elizabeth and John Antonio Phyllis and John Bader Borel Deborah Roth and Emilie Gould and Suzanne Anderson Mrs. Kathleen Bragle Alan Kaufman Robert Scher Elizabeth Arden Diane and William Brina Timothy J. Keegan Dr. John Schroeder Mr. Mark L. Aronowitz Dr. and Mrs. Neil C. Brown Jr. Barbara and Roger Kessel Janie and Jim Schwab Jeffrey Asher Timothy Burch Samuel Kirschner Mr. John Sciuto Rita and Bob Auriett Marcia Goldfeder and Debra J. Lambek Margaret and John Seppi Miriam Trementozzi and Jim Caiello Keith C. Lee Cynthia Serbent James Ayers Ann and Anthony Cantore Jean and Rob Leonard Mrs. Monica Short Joseph and Barbara Baggott Mr. Michael D. Carroll David Lester Alicia Sikora Sheelagh Hanna Baily Wanda Causseaux and Dr. Martha L. Lepow Stephen J. Sills, MD Mr. and Mrs. Robert and Bruce Caster Carolyn and James Levine Elizabeth and Aaron Silver Diana Bangert-Drowns David Clark Paula Levine Mr. Arnold Slowe Laurence Beaudoin Janet R. Conti Jeffrey Levy Roseanne Fogarty and Anita Behn Anna Coon David and Elizabeth Perry Smith Christine Berbrick Jane and John Corrou Liebschutz Mr. Robert J Sneeringer Olha and Elmer Bertsch Mr. Wilson Crone Susan G. Limeri Mr. Eugene M. Sneeringer, Jr. Mr. Albin Berzinis Charles Cronin Ms. Athena V. Lord Lynn Ashley and Christopher Betts Mrs. Pernille Aegidius Dake Ms. Patricia E. Lowry Lawrence Snyder Joseph Bevak Drs. Faith and Paul Davis Alexandra S. Lusak Ms. Elizabeth Sonneborn Susan and Guthrie Birkhead Carol and Ed de Cosmo C. Ursula W. MacAffer Drs. Susan Standfast-Wright Diane Bischoff Caitlin A. Drellos Elise Malecki and Theodore Wright Peter Bogyo Robert S. Drew Barbara and Charles Amy J. Steiner Alexandra Bolton-Schultes Mr. Michael Edelman Manning Paula Stopera Mrs. Patricia Boudreau Joan and Carl Ekengren Rebecca and Cory Martin Alexandra Jane Streznewski Douglas and Judith Bowden Annmarie and Herb Ellis Louise and Larry Marwill Marie and Harry Sturges Mary Bradley Ben and Linda English Patricia and Joseph P. Stevi and William Swire Naomi Bradshaw Barbara and Edward Evans Mascarenhas Mr. Michael Tobin Mrs. Mary J. Brand Thomas Evans Hon. Daniel McCoy Avis and Joseph Toochin Ann and David Brandon Werner Feibes Mrs. Frances McDonald Ms. Virginia E. Touhey Charles Braverman and Ms. Judith Fetterley Patrick McNamara Cheryl Mugno and Ms. Julia Rosen Mr. James Fortino Karen Melchner William Trompeter Dorice Brickman Sharon and Marvin Alan D. Miller William Tuthill and Miss Caroline Evans Bridge Freedman Mary and Stephen Muller Gregory Anderson Mary and David Briggs Janice and Robert Frost Wendy Jordan and Kevin B. Tully Mr. Kevin Michael Bronner Jr. Mary McCarthy and Frank Murray John Vagianelis Ms. Marianne Bross David Gardam Jessie A. Myers Candice and Patrick L Bryce Allen S. Goodman Heidi and Lee Newberg van Roey William Bub Shirley and Herbert Gordon Joseph Nicolla Jody and John van Voris Mr. Simon J. Butler Mary and Robert Gosende Arlene Nock, M.D. Matie Flowers and Stanley M. Byer Tom Gough Helen J. O’Connor Joseph Visalli Victor L. Cahn Larry and Betty Gross Michele O’Neal Stephanie Wacholder Iggy and Claudia Calabria June Wallace Ms. Alison V. Calvagno

XL | ALBANY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA The Albany Symphony is grateful to the following individuals for their vital ALBANY SYMPHONY ongoing support. This list represents cumulative annual gifts received during the period between July 1, 2017 and February 7, 2019. INDIVIDUAL GIVING

Ian Campbell Barbara and Eugene Garber Melissa and Robert Kind Donna and John Moroney Mr. and Mrs. Charles and Ronald Geuther Elinor King Sheila Mosher Eva Carlson Gilbert Gier Doris Kirk Shelley Gilroy and Mr. and Mrs. Richard Carlson Barbara Gigliotti Edith Kliman Reid Muller Sarah Carroll Shelley Gilroy Adam C. Knaust Bill Murphy Kenneth and Janice Carroll Mary Gitnick Beatrice Kovasznay Elizabeth Muthersbaugh Paul and Donna Castellani Alba and Anthony Giordano Margaret Kowalski Dr. Judith Mysliborski Lois and Patrick Caulfield Dr. Virginia Giugliano Diane and David L. Kvam Elizabeth Nathan Michael Cawley Karen and Charles Goddard Philip W Labatte William Nathan Suzanne and Lonnie Clar Elizabeth Goldstein Mary LaFleur Christy D’Ambrosio and Ms. Rae Clark Ms. Sonja Krause Goodwin Charles LaGattuta Raymond Newkirk John Clarkson Christine Govin Rosemary Lamb Glenn Newkirk Scott Clugstone Susanna Grannis Joann Lamphere Norman Nichols Mr. Aaron R Coble Deborah and Wayne Gray Rebecca and Richard Langer David Niles James R. Cochran Chris and Shirley Greagan Ann Lapinski Thaddeus and Carol Obloy Ms. Lillian Cohen Barbara H. Green Angela Sheehan and Donald R. Odell Ann and William W. Collins John Grego Franklin Laufer Kathy Ordway Mr. and Mrs. Thomas and Lois Griffin Lori and Peter Lauricella Bradford Oswald Anne Connolly Dr. David E. Guinn Amy Lauterbachpokorny Andrea and Neal Packer David Connolly Wilma Gundersen Jeannine Laverty William Panitch Steven Cramer Henry Hamelin Sally Lawrence Edward Parran Mr. Joseph Culella Thomas Hamill Dorothy Lee Eileen and Charles Pettie Ms. Ellen-Deane Cummins Philip Hansen Eunju Lee Deborah and David Phaff Clifford Danielson David Harris Laura Leeds Thomas and Jacqueline David A. Danner Dr. and Mrs. Joseph J. Hart Matthew Leinung Pillsworth Philip Degaetano Kathleen Hartley Martha Lepow Diana Praus Michele and Garrett Degraff Leif Hartmark Karen B. Levy Tina W. Raggio Sharon Desrochers Michele and David Hasso Bessie Malamas and Paul and Margaret Randall Dr. and Mrs. Anthony Jane and John Hawn Robert Limage Laura Rappaport Detommasi Robert R. Henion III Karen Lipson Mary Redmond Kathleen Deweese William Hetzer Michele and Michael Litty James Regilski Paul Dichian Thea Hoeth Pat and Mike Loudis Margaret M. Rendert Heather Diddel Susan Hollander Jill Loew H. Juergen Reiche Dr. and Mrs. Frank Dimase Martin Hotvet Nancy and Robert Lynk Kendall and Christopher Reilly Marianne Donovan Karen Hitchcock Marguerite MacDonald Thomas Rice Terrell Doolen Lucinda Huggins William Madigan Gail and George Richardson Jan and Lois Dorman Karen Hunter Richard and Beverly Wayne and Monica Robert Dorkin Marilyn Hunter Magidson Raveret Richter Marilyn and Peter Douglas Patricia Ilnicki Irene Marshall Jill and Richard Rifkin Deslyn Dyer Dorothy and Donald Charles Martin Susan and Kenneth Dr. and Mrs. Frederick A. Ingebritsen Susan Martula Ritzenberg Eames Harold Iselin Dawn Maynus Kate Robertson Mr. and Mrs. Eberle Mary James James McClymonds Dr. Eric S. Roccario Loretta Ebert Edwards Jennings Ann and Nixon McMillan Steven Rocklin Hope Engel Priscilla and Eric Johnson Peter Meixner Brigid Rockwell Ann Eppelmann Philip Johnson Ruth Mendel Harlan D. Root Dorothy Ellinwood Laura H. Jonas Dr. and Mrs. John Mesch Karen and Michael Rosen Donna Faddegon Phil Kahn Anne Messer Rosemarie Rosen Daniel Fariello Marilyn Kaltenborn David Metz Jay Rosenblum Lisa and Jason Fesmire James and Susan Kambrich Hilaire and Judith Meuwissen Marin Ridgway and Arthur Fontijn Laurence Kaminsky Raymond Michaels Don Ruberg Susan Forster Marcia and John Keefe Dr. Alan D. Miller Christina Ryba Ann and Ricky Fortune Christine Miles and Carol Bianco-Miller and Atef Saleh Nancy Frank John Kelliher Daniel Miller Pearl and Harris Sanders Julius and Efrosini Frankel Julia and Gordon Kilby Victoria Miller Robert Sanders Judith and Roy Fruiterman Patricia A Kennedy Michelle Miller-Adams Joal Savage Marjory Fuller Tracy Kennedy Patricia Mion Lois and Barry Scherer John Gable Gordon Kilby Sean Moloney Alice Schrade

ALBANY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA | XLI ALBANY SYMPHONY The Albany Symphony is grateful to the following individuals for their vital ongoing support. This list represents cumulative annual gifts received during INDIVIDUAL GIVING the period between July 1, 2017 and February 7, 2019.

Martha Schroeder Dennis Skidmore Biria St. John Wendy B. Wanninger Dorothy and Ralph Schultz Gloria Sleeter Jeannette Storch David Wasser Janie and Jim Schwab Martha and Arnold Slowe Larry Storch Lois and William Webb Howard A Segal Rex Smith Martha Strohl Dawn Weinraub Maureen and Dennis Selzner Ellen Prakken and Adele and Norman Jerry and Elizabeth Weiss April Seney John Smolinsky Strominger Charles Weissman Taimi and Bryan Shanley Kathy Snow Dennis Sullivan Renee Whitman Judy Shapiro Rosalie and Roger Sokol Kathleen Sullivan Winnie and Julie and Bill Shapiro Richard Sokoler Carole and Richard Sweeton Frederick Wilhelm Patricia and Edward Shapiro Joyce A. Soltis Rose-Marie Weber and Jean and John Wilkinson Dolores A. Shaw Nurit Sonnenschein Peter Ten Eyck Priscilla and Paul Wing Hon. Kathy Sheehan and Susan St. Amour Joseph and Mr. and Mrs. John Wood Bob Sheehan Laura Staff Patricia Thatcher Alice Woods Nina and Aaron Sher Cora and Olaf Stackelberg Dr. Donald Thurston Elizabeth and Frank Woods Angie Sherman Lois and John Staugaitis Michael A. Tobin Rain Worthington Glenna Shiflett Kenneth Staul Sara and Dave Torrey Barbara Youngberg Susan V. Shipherd Donald Stauffer Terry and Daniel Tyson William and Ann Silverstein Mary Lynch and Linda Ulrich Barbara Zautner Stephen Simmons Rudy Stegemoeller Linda Underwood Barbara and Donna Simms Ann L. Stewart Janet Vine Michael Zavisky Marianne and Heather Stewart Lawrence Waite Linda Zenner Manfred Simon William Stewart Jeffrey Walton

XLII | ALBANY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ALBANY SYMPHONY IN HONOR, CELEBRATION, & MEMORY

In Loving Memory of In Loving Memory of In Loving Memory of In Memory of Adella Cooper Frederick S. deBeer, Jr. Beatrice & Paul Pagerey Miss Eileen C. Jones David Scott Allen Robert Herman Peter & Ruth Pagerey Elsa G. deBeer Dr. & Mrs. Neil Lempert In Memory of In Loving Memory of Adelaide Muhlfelder Elsa deBeer In Loving Memory of Jim Panton Jo Ann & Buzzy Hofheimer In Honor of F. William Joynt Bonnie & Paul Bruno Susan Thompson Marisa Eisemann Dr. & Mrs. Donald Bourque Marcia & Findlay Cockrell Peter & Rose-Marie Dr. Heinrich Medicus Nancy Goody In Loving Memory of Ten Eyck Mary Anne & Robert Lanni In Memory of Dr. Heinrich Medicus Sarah & Patrick Carroll Drs. Marisa & Allan Dr. Alvin K. Fossner Carol and Ronald Bailey Charlotte & Charles Carl and Cathy Hackert Paul and Bonnie Bruno Eisemann Buchanan Elsa deBeer David Alan Miller John J. Nigro In Memory of Alan Goldberg In Memory of New York Council Allan D. Foster Mrs. Lois V. Foster Harry G. Taylor Justine R. B. Perry of Nonprofits Dr. David A. Perry David Scott Allen In Memory of In Honor of Greta Berkson Rachel Galperin David Alan Miller In Loving Memory of Mary & Tom Harowski Margaret & Robert Schalit Lois & Barry Scherer Vera Propp Mary James Susan St. Amour Dr. Richard Propp In Honor of Sally & Edward Jennings In Honor of In Memory of Leigh & Louis Lazaron Jerry Golub Sara & Barry Lee Larner Miranda, Elias, and Felix Shapiro Susan Limeri Ari Miller Jacqueline & Paul Shapiro Ann Silverstein In Loving Memory of Bonnie Friedman & In Memory of Anna Taglieri Roger Hannay Gerald Miller Enid Watsky Alan Goldberg Nancy Winn In Loving Memory of Merle Winn Don B. O’Connor Helen J. O’Connor As of February 7, 2019 XLIV | ALBANY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA The Albany Symphony is deeply grateful to the foundations, corporations, and government ALBANY SYMPHONY agencies whose ongoing support ensures the vitality of our orchestra. This list represents FOUNDATIONS, CORPORATIONS, gifts received during the period between July 1, 2017 and February 20, 2019. AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES

$100,000+ Price Chopper’s Golub $2,500+ $1,000+ East Acres Foundation BST and Co. CPAs, LLP Adirondack Trust (Heinrich Medicus)* Sano-Rubin Construction CAP COM Federal Insurance / Amsure Empire State Development Stuyvesant Plaza Credit Union Allsquare Wealth Foundation, The Swyer Companies Capital Bank a Donor Advised Fund of $50,000+ Carl E. Touhey Foundation Depfa First Albany Renaissance Charitable New York State Council Securities LLC Foundation on the Arts $5,000+ Discover Albany Albany Medical Center Alice M. Ditson Fund Ellis Medicine Arthur J. Gallagher and Co. $25,000+ AllSquare Wealth Hippo’s Capital Bank and Aaron Copland Fund Management, LLC McNamee Lochner P.C. Trust Company for Music Barry Alan Gold MVP Health Care Cass Hill Development Faith Takes Family Memorial Fund The Peckham Family Company Foundation Café Cappricio Foundation Charles L. and Elizabeth P. Nigro Companies CDPHP The Robison Family Gerli Foundation, Inc. General Electric Company Foundation E. Evan Foundation $10,000+ Lucille A. Herold Sequence Development Firestone Family Foundation Amphion Foundation Charitable Trust Alfred Z. Solomon Hampton Inn - Averill Park Education The Hershey Family Fund Charitable Trust Syracuse/Clay Foundation May K. Houck Foundation The David and Sylvia Janney Montgomery Scott The Bender Family Hugh Johnson Advisors, LLC Teitelbaum Fund, Inc. Lia Inifiniti Foundation Nigro Companies Wine and Dine for the Arts National Grid Fenimore Asset Omni Development Company NBT Bank Management, Inc. Picotte Family Foundation $1,500+ Nolan and Heller, LLP GE Foundation The John D. Picotte City of Amsterdam Pioneer Bank Hannay Reels, Inc. Family Foundation Dawn Homes Management Repeat Business M & T Charitable Rivers Casino Janney Montgomery Systems Inc. Foundation Stewart’s Shops Scott LLC Whiteman Osterman and National Endowment St. Mary’s Healthcare Hanna LLP for the Arts Vanguard-Albany Symphony Nielsen Associates *asterisk represents deceased individuals

ALBANY SYMPHONY IN-KIND DONATIONS

City of Albany/The Palace Crisan Bakery Hampton Inn Pearl Grant Richmans Theatre Enchanted Florist of Albany John Keal Music Surroundings Floral Jim Rua, Café Capriccio Gary Gold Photography Preville Technology Yono’s/dp

ALBANY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA | XLV XLVI | ALBANY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ALBANY SYMPHONY BOARD & STAFF

OFFICERS EX-OFFICIO DIRECTORS Jerry Golub, Chair Catherine Hackert, Chair, Albany Symphony Beth Beshaw, Vice Chair Orchestra Committee Faith A. Takes, Vice Chair Marilyn Hunter, Co-President, Vanguard- David Rubin, Treasurer Albany Symphony, Inc. John Regan, Secretary Susan Jacobsen, Co-President, Vanguard- Alan P. Goldberg, Chairman Emeritus Albany Symphony, Inc. Marisa Eisemann, MD, Immediate Past Chair Hon. Kathy Sheehan, Mayor, City of Albany

BOARD OF DIRECTORS DIRECTORS' COUNCIL Gemma Louise Allen Matthew Bender IV, Chair Guha Bala Rhea Clark Melody Bruce, MD Karol Gordon Charles Buchanan Sherley Hannay Benjamin E. Chi John B. Kinum Marcia Cockrell Charles M. Liddle III Ellen Cole, Ph.D. Judith B. McIlduff Nicholas J. Faso John J. Nigro Joseph T. Gravini Pradeep Haldar, Ph.D. STAFF Anthony P. Hazapis Anna Kuwabara, Executive Director Edward M. Jennings Mark P. Lasch FINANCE Steve Lobel Scott Allen, Director of Finance Cory Martin Marcia Nickerson DEVELOPMENT Anne Older Tiffany Wright, Development Assistant Deb Onslow Dush Pathmanandam MARKETING & PATRON SERVICES Barry Richman Justin Cook, Marketing & John L. Riley Patron Services Manager Rabbi Scott Shpeen Amanda Irwin, Box Office & Micheileen Treadwell Patron Services Coordinator Darrell Wheeler, Ph. D. EDUCATION & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Sophie Moss, Director of Education & Community Engagement

OPERATIONS Derek Smith, Operations & Programming Manager Susan Ruzow Debronsky, Personnel Manager Elizabeth Silver, Music Librarian

ALBANY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA | XLVII ALBANY SYMPHONY MUSICIAN HOUSING PROGRAM

Did you know that many of the musicians of the Albany Symphony do not live in the Capital Region? Musicians travel from New York, Boston even as far as Montreal to play with the Albany Symphony. Typically when a musician comes to play here they are here Thursday night through Sunday. Through the generosity of local host families, The Albany Symphony Musician Housing Program was created. This is a critical part of our organization which enables us to attract musicians of the highest caliber. Without the generosity and support of our host families we would not be able to maintain the high caliber of musicians who are members of our orchestra. Many of our hosts have created strong bonds with the musicians that stay with them, creating friendships that will last a lifetime.

The Albany Symphony Orchestra extends a very special thank you to patrons who are generously providing housing for musicians during the 2018-2019 season. Please contact Susan Debronsky, housing coordinator, at [email protected], for information on how to host ASO musicians!

Jenny Amstutz Bill Lawrence & Alan Ray Camille & Andrew Allen Eunju Lee & Brian Fisher Dan Bernstein & Efrat Levy Sigrin & Jonathan Newell Concetta Bosco Susan Martula & David Perry Mimi Bruce & David Ray Anne Messer & Dan Gordon Charles Buchanan Helen J. O’Connor Charles & Charlotte Buchanan Marlene & Howard Pressman Barbara Cavallo Debby Roth & Alan Kaufman Ben Chi Reese Satin Diane Davison Joan Savage Susan & Brian Debronsky Dodie & Pete Seagle Michelle DePace & Steven Hancox Julie & Bill Shapiro Nancy & John DiIanni Lorraine Smith Star Donovan Onnolee & Larry Smith Lynn Gelzheizer Lois & John Staugaitis Catherine & Carl Hackert Harriet Thomas Debra & Paul Hoffman Andrea & Michael Vallance Frank Hughes Marjorie & Russ Ward Susan Jacobsen Carol Whittaker Marilyn & Stan Kaltenborn Dan Wilcox Nettye Lamkay & Robert Pastel Barbara Wiley Eric Latini Merle Winn

XLVIII | ALBANY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

PROTECTING THE WILDEST JUNGLES ON THE PLANET.

MAIN STREET. PRESCHOOL. THE PLAYGROUND. The environment isn’t just some far off place. It’s the lawn beneath our feet, the food on our plate, and the air we breathe. And it’s why the Natural Resources Defense Council is working to protect the most important places on Earth. Whether it’s the rainforest, the arctic, or your living room. To learn more, go to NRDC.org. And help protect the jungle creatures in your backyard.

Because the environment is everywhere.