MARCH–APRIL 2018

Embarking on a new era of extraordinary music-making and community engagement

RESOUNDING: THE CAMPAIGN FOR THE BSO’S SECOND CENTURY

BALANCHINE CHOREOGRAPHY BRINGS A TCHAIKOVSKY CLASSIC TO LIFE EIGHT NEW FLOORS. INFINITE NEW STORIES.

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Pending final approval from Maryland Department of Aging MARCH/ CONTENTS APRIL 2018

2 From the Board Chair and the President 4 In Tempo: News of Note 6 BSO Live: Calendar of Events 7 Orchestra Roster 8 Resounding The Campaign for the BSO's Second Century 10 From Vienna to Broadway EIGHT NEW FLOORS. MAR 8–11 15 Schubert The Great MAR 15–17 INFINITE NEW STORIES. 20 Rachmaninoff’s Transcendent Fantasy MAR 23 –25 26 Symphonic Dances APR 6 –8

30 Vegas Nights with Frankie Moreno APR 12–15 31 Mahler’s Titan APR 19 –21 35 Tchaikovsky with Balanchine APR 26 & 29

With the Grand Expansion of Roland Park center – and culminating with the construction Off The Cuff: 8 Place, retirement living in Baltimore City opens of an 8-story addition to include 60 spacious Tchaikovsky with Balanchine a fascinating new chapter at the intersection new residences and indoor parking, the new APR 27 & 28 of who you are and what you love. Roland Park Place will be the perfect setting 38 Campaign Donor Roll Starting with an extensive renovation – a new for your Baltimore story. Honor Roll dining venue, theater and performing arts Your story begins at the new Roland Park Place. 44 51 Board of Directors & Staff 52 Impromptu: YaoGuang Zhai, Clarinet 4 5 ▼ ON THE COVER READY FOR MOVEIN 443.338.6176 Patrons attending a family concert at the FALL 2020 RolandParkPlace.org Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall

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elcome dear friends and thank you for joining us Just for another concert by our added! internationally renowned WBaltimore Symphony Orchestra. As the BSO embarks upon its second 100 years, we are proud to share with you some exciting news about a significant new endeavor. In January, we announced the launch of Resounding: The Campaign for the BSO’s Second Century. This historic fundraising effort seeks to raise $65 million over the next two years to build the BSO’s endowment, to sustain our growth and vitality and expand the reach of our innovative and ground-breaking artistic and educational programs.

As one of the largest and most important fundraising efforts undertaken to date, Resounding has already made tremendous progress, raising over $43 million towards our goal. Funds secured through the Campaign will enable the BSO to attract and retain NPR'S SCOTT SIMON our world-class musicians and guest artists, engage new and diverse audiences, push our JOINS THE BSO IN A orchestra to new heights, and expand the reach of our pioneering educational programs and community engagement initiatives.

In this issue of Overture, you will read more about the Campaign and our steadfast commitment to artistic excellence and to ensuring that future generations of Marylanders, especially those for whom the BSO might have been out of reach in the past, always have the opportunity to experience the moving and powerful experience of a live orchestral performance. SAT, MAY 5 | 7 PM As you reflect on what the BSO means to you and your family, we encourage you MARIN ALSOP, Music Director SCOTT SIMON, commentator to make this fundraising effort a resounding success by making an investment today that will enable us to enrich the lives of even more Marylanders tomorrow. BERNSTEIN // Overture to Candide JOHN WILLIAMS, LUCIANO BERIO AND Your support of the Campaign will ensure another century of extraordinary JOHN CORIGLIANO // Selections from music-making and community engagement. Birthday Bouquet BERNSTEIN // Selections from West Side To learn more about the Resounding Campaign and our exciting plans for the future, Story and On The Town please contact the BSO Campaign Office at 410.783.8055 or [email protected]. Join us for this unique BSO concert as NPR’s Weekend Edition Saturday host On behalf of our Board of Directors, musicians and staff, thank you for your devotion to Scott Simon joins Marin Alsop on stage for music, for your faithful attendance at performances and for your continued generosity, an exploration of Bernstein’s genius. This special performance features a lively which makes all of our concerts and programs possible. Enjoy the performance! commentary on Marin’s musical mentor Leonard Bernstein and selections from Bernstein’s iconic music including West Side Story, Candide and On The Town.

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– 2019 2018 SEASON

THE ARTISTRY, THE EXCITEMENT, THE PASSION BSO announces 2018–2019 season

elebrated guest artists, beloved concertos, lots of particular will delight in exploring a host of popular works in new music and…Star Wars! The BSO’s 2018–2019 store: concertos by Dvořák, Vivaldi, Sibelius, Tchaikovsky and season has it all! From the opening concert featuring Brahms are all features of the season. Beethoven’s revolutionary “Eroica” Symphony and BSO musicians take up prominent solo parts as well. Members stellar pianist Garrick Ohlsson, to closing with of the horn section come together for Schumann’s brilliant CMahler’s towering Symphony No. 9, the new season includes Konzertstück, a dazzling showpiece of the literature. Concertmaster Baroque masterpieces, world premieres and everything in between. Jonathan Carney and Principal Oboe Katherine Needleman also “We are thrilled to announce the upcoming 2018–2019 season give solo concerto performances. at the BSO,” says Vice President and General Manager Tonya And the ever-popular movie with orchestra concerts return in McBride Robles. “The new lineup of artists and performances a big way: Star Wars, Harry Potter, An American in Paris, West Side 1961 METRO GOLDWYN-MAYER STUDIOS INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ©

offers something exciting for every music lover out there.” Story and The Nightmare Before Christmas will enchant audiences, LAINEZ; SHERVIN LEE; CHRIS JOHN; NATHAN MITCHELL; PAUL Superstar vocalist Leslie Odom, Jr. is one of the big names bringing treasured films to hall. joining the BSO in 2018–2019, which also sees appearances by Leon Fleisher, Joshua Bell, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Colin Currie, To subscribe and to view the complete lineup of exciting WEST SIDE STORY Tine Thing Helseth and Leila Josefowicz. Violin fans in performances, visit BSOmusic.org/subscribe! (LEFT TO RIGHT)

4 TEMPO AT THE BSO Balanchine choreography brings a Tchaikovsky classic to life

t the end of April, Marin Alsop leads Tchaikovsky with Balanchine, a collaboration that sees the BSO team up with Adancers from the Baltimore School for the Arts (BSA) to present Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings with original choreography by the legendary George Balanchine. Though Tchaikovsky is arguably best-known for his ballet music with works like and , the Serenade George Balanchine

was not originally composed for dance. With staging by Deborah GEORGE BALANCHINE TAKEN FIRE AT ISLAND, MA,1950 PHOTO51, TO BY TANAQUIL LECLERQC Wingert and coaching from Heather Watts, two former dancers who worked directly with Balanchine, Alsop, the BSO and the BSA dancers add visual depth to Tchaikovsky’s gorgeous melodies. For Alsop, this project has a special significance. “I have a long personal history with the New York City Ballet and George Balanchine,” she says. “My father was concertmaster of the orchestra during Balanchine’s tenure and my mother played cello in the orchestra. “As a child, I watched ‘Mr. B.’ work with the incredibly gifted dancers in the company, and I was always moved by how committed he was to letting the music lead the ballet. “Heather Watts was one of the principal dancers that I knew at the company, and when I approached her about recreating one of Balanchine’s iconic works with the BSA and BSO, she loved the idea.” Catch Tchaikovsky with Balanchine in both classical and Off The Cuff formats April 26 through 29 at Strathmore Baltimore School for the and the Meyerhoff. Arts dancer MEG GOLDMAN MEG

NEW FROM NAXOS Romeo and Juliet set for spring release

his spring, Naxos Records releases a new recording of Marin Alsop and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra performing Prokofiev’s Tcomplete Romeo and Juliet. Based on the play by William Shakespeare, Prokofiev’s interpretation is a dramatic ballet in four acts. The BSO recorded Romeo and Juliet on October 19 and 20, 2015, at the Joseph 1961 METRO GOLDWYN-MAYER STUDIOS INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. © Meyerhoff Symphony Hall. In two discs, the recording covers the entire work and marks the BSO’s first new release in three years. Bernstein’s Symphony No. 3, “Kaddish,” preceded the Prokofiev CD, recorded in 2012 and released in 2015, WEST SIDE STORY PAUL MITCHELL; NATHAN JOHN; CHRIS LEE; SHERVIN LAINEZ; LAINEZ; SHERVIN LEE; CHRIS JOHN; (LEFT NATHAN TO RIGHT) MITCHELL; PAUL also on the Naxos label.

5 BSO KEY UPCOMING EVENTS MAY/JUNE 2018 events at The Music Center at Strathmore [S] and at the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall [M]

Liszt and Brahms MUSIC BOX live Red, White and Blue FRI, MAY 18, 8 PM M SAT, MAY 19, 8 PM S SAT, JUN 2, 10 AM SUN, MAY 20, 3 PM M & 11:30 AM M

MARIO VENZAGO, CONDUCTOR KIT ARMSTRONG, PIANO Shostakovich’s LISZT // LES PRÉLUDES Hidden Themes MOZART // PIANO CONCERTO NO. 22 IN E-FLAT MAJOR THU, JUN 7, 8 PM M BRAHMS // SYMPHONY NO. 3 FRI, JUN 8, 8 PM M IN F MAJOR SAT, JUN 9, 8 PM S Beloved conductor Mario SUN, JUN 10, 3 PM M Venzago directs Liszt’s most MARIN ALSOP, MUSIC DIRECTOR popular symphonic poem, JON KIMURA PARKER, PIANO Les Préludes. Brahms’ Third BERNSTEIN // SLAVA! A POLITICAL Leonard Bernstein Symphony spans the full range of OVERTURE human emotion, from excitement BERNSTEIN // SYMPHONY NO. 2, to despair. Mozart’s vivacious “THE AGE OF ANXIETY” Piano Concerto No. 22 is matched SHOSTAKOVICH // SYMPHONY NO. 5 IN D MINOR To Bernstein Salute to Bernstein by young virtuoso Kit Armstrong. with Love SAT, MAY 5, 7 PM M The BSO’s season culminates Gershwin’s Piano with a duo of transformative FRI, MAY 4, 8 PM M MARIN ALSOP, MUSIC DIRECTOR composers. Shostakovich’s SUN, MAY 6, 3 PM M SCOTT SIMON, COMMENTATOR Concerto Symphony No. 5, celebrated MARIN ALSOP, MUSIC DIRECTOR BERNSTEIN // OVERTURE TO CANDIDE THU, MAY 31, 8 PM S in its time by both repressed NICOLA BENEDETTI, VIOLIN JOHN WILLIAMS, LUCIANO BERIO AND FRI, JUN 1, 8 PM M audiences and Soviet officials, ) JOHN CORIGLIANO // SELECTIONS M is a stunning example of the JOHN WILLIAMS, LUCIANO BERIO FROM BIRTHDAY BOUQUET SAT, JUN 2, 8 PM AND JOHN CORIGLIANO // symphony as artistic salvation. BERNSTEIN // SELECTIONS FROM WEST MARIN ALSOP, MUSIC DIRECTOR SELECTIONS FROM Bernstein’s Slava! and “The Age GERSTEIN SIDE STORY AND ON THE TOWN KIRILL GERSTEIN, PIANO BIRTHDAY BOUQUET of Anxiety” use art to cultivate BERNSTEIN // SERENADE Join us for this unique BSO STRAVINSKY // SUITE FROM poignant messages that BERNSTEIN // SYMPHONIC DANCES concert as NPR’s Weekend (1919) FROM WEST SIDE STORY resonate throughout time. Edition Saturday host Scott Simon GERSHWIN // CONCERTO IN F BERNSTEIN // THREE DANCE EPISODES SCHUMANN // SYMPHONY NO. 2 FROM ON THE TOWN joins Marin Alsop on stage for an IN D MAJOR SPECIAL EVENT exploration of Bernstein’s genius. The BSO celebrates Leonard Marin Alsop leads Stravinsky’s An Evening with ); MARCO BORGGREVE( Bernstein’s centennial with Nicola SUPERPOPS dazzling Firebird, which John Williams Benedetti, one of the most concludes with one of the most WED, JUN 13, 8 PM M

Raiders of the BENEDETTI sought-after violinists of her exalted finales in all of music. generation. This performance of Lost Ark: Movie MARIN ALSOP, MUSIC DIRECTOR Gershwin’s Concerto in F is a JOHN WILLIAMS, CONDUCTOR Bernstein favorites includes works with Orchestra blend of traditional classical JOHANNES MOSER, CELLO by modern composers written in THU, MAY 10, 8 PM S forms and the freedom of homage to his genius. Music Director Marin Alsop and FRI, MAY 11, 8 PM M American jazz. After a year Join us in the lobby of the without writing music, world-renowned, Academy SAT, MAY 12, 8 PM M Meyerhoff for a post-concert Schumann’s incredibly Award-winning composer John SUN, MAY 13, 3 PM M appearance on Friday, May 4, personal Second Williams lead the Baltimore featuring Nicola Benedetti. JACK EVERLY, PRINCIPAL POPS Symphony expresses Symphony Orchestra in a CONDUCTOR his triumph over program featuring the music of darkness. his acclaimed film scores, Under the baton of Jack Everly, including selections from experience Raiders of the Lost Star Wars, Harry Potter, Ark like never before as the E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, BSO performs John Williams’ Kirill Gerstein Memoirs of a Geisha, epic score alongside the classic Raiders of the Lost Ark Steven Spielberg film. and more.

Nicola Benedetti COURTESY OF THE LEONARD BERNSTEIN OFFICE(BERSTEIN); SIMON-FOWLER(

6 OVERTURE / BSOmusic.org ORCHESTRA ROSTER 2017–2018 SEASON MARIN ALSOP, MUSIC DIRECTOR, HARVEY M. AND LYN P. MEYERHOFF CHAIR

Jack Everly, Principal Pops Conductor Markus Stenz, Principal Guest Conductor Nicholas Hersh, Associate Conductor and Artistic Director of BSYO

FIRST VIOLINS CELLOS E-FLAT CLARINET HARP Jonathan Carney ∫ Dariusz Skoraczewski † ∫ Lin Ma Sarah Fuller** Concertmaster, Principal, Joseph Acting Principal Ruth Blaustein and Rebecca BASSOONS Rosenberg Chair Meyerhoff Chair Fei Xie* KEYBOARD Wyatt Underhill † Chang Woo Lee Principal Lura Johnson** Acting Associate Associate Principal Harrison Miller Sidney M. and Miriam MUSIC DIRECTOR Concertmaster, Lachezar Kostov Acting Principal Friedberg Chair Wilhelmina Hahn Assistant Principal Bassoon Waidner Chair Bo Li ∫ Julie Green Gregorian ORCHESTRA Marin Alsop Boram Kang Seth Low Assistant Principal PERSONNEL Acting Assistant Esther Mellon Schuyler Jackson Jinny Kim Marin Alsop is an inspiring and Concertmaster Kristin Ostling Director of powerful voice in the international music Kenneth Goldstein Se-Doo Park CONTRABASSOON Orchestra Personnel scene who passionately believes that Wonju Kim Lukasz Szyrner David P. Coombs Matthew Urquhart Gregory Kuperstein Assistant Personnel “music has the power to change lives.” Gregory Mulligan BASSES HORNS Manager She is recognized across the world for Rebecca Nichols* Robert Barney Philip Munds her innovative programming and for her E. Craig Richmond Principal, Willard and Principal, USF&G LIBRARIANS Kevin Smith Lillian Hackerman Foundation Chair Michael Ferraguto deep commitment to education and the Ellen Pendleton Troyer Chair Gabrielle Finck Principal, development of audiences of all ages. Andrew Wasyluszko David Sheets Associate Principal Constance A. and Her success as Music Director of the Jina Lee** Associate Principal Lisa Bergman Ramon F. Getzov Chair Tian Zhao** Timothy Dilenschneider Austin Larson Raymond Kreuger Baltimore Symphony Orchestra has Mark Huang Joy Branagan** Associate been recognized by the extension of her SECOND VIOLINS Jonathan Jensen ) tenure until 2021. After her appointment Qing Li Eric Stahl TRUMPETS STAGE PERSONNEL Principal, E. Kirkbride Drew Banzhaf** Andrew Balio Ennis Seibert in 2007, Alsop launched OrchKids, and Ann H. Miller Chair Principal, Harvey Stage Manager which provides music education and GERSTEIN † Ivan Stefanovic FLUTES M. and Lyn P. Todd Price instruments to Baltimore’s underserved Associate Principal Emily Skala Meyerhoff Chair Assistant Stage Angela Lee ∫ Principal, Dr. Clyde René Hernandez Manager youth. She became Music Director of Assistant Principal Alvin Clapp Chair Assistant Principal Charles Lamar the São Paulo Symphony Orchestra in Audrey Wright Marcia Kämper Nathaniel Hepler Audio Engineer 2012 and made history in 2013 as the Leonid Berkovich Lauren Sileo** Matthew Barker Mario Serruto Leonid Briskin Electrician first female conductor of the BBC’s Last

); MARCO BORGGREVE( Holly Jenkins PICCOLO TROMBONES Night of the Proms, which she returned Julie Parcells Marcia Kämper Aaron LaVere * On leave to conduct in 2015. Sunjoo Park Acting Piccolo Principal, Alex Brown ** Guest musician Alsop conducts the world’s major Christina Scroggins* & Sons Chair Performing with an BENEDETTI James Umber OBOES John Vance instrument (†) or a bow (∫) orchestras including the Leipzig Charles Underwood Katherine Needleman on loan to the BSO from the Gewandhaus Orchestra, Royal Principal, Robert H. and BASS TROMBONE private collection of the family of Marin Alsop. VIOLAS Ryda H. Levi Chair Randall S. Campora Concertgebouw Orchestra and the ∫ Lisa Steltenpohl Melissa Hooper The musicians who perform London Philharmonic Orchestra. As Principal, Peggy Assistant Principal TIMPANI for the Baltimore Symphony a student of Leonard Bernstein, Alsop Meyerhoff Michael Lisicky James Wyman Orchestra do so under the th Pearlstone Chair Principal terms of an agreement is central to his 100 -anniversary Noah Chaves Christopher Williams between the BSO and ENGLISH HORN the Local 40-543, AFM. celebrations, conducting Bernstein’s Mass Associate Principal Jane Marvine Assistant Principal at the Ravinia Festival, where she serves Karin Brown Kenneth S. Battye and Assistant Principal Legg Mason Chair PERCUSSION as Musical Curator for 2018 and 2019. Jacob Shack Christopher Williams She recently concluded a 25-year tenure Peter Minkler CLARINETS Principal, Lucille as Music Director of the Cabrillo Festival Sharon Pineo Myer YaoGuang Zhai Schwilck Chair Delmar Stewart Principal John Locke of Contemporary Music in California. Jeffrey Stewart Lin Ma Brian Prechtl Alsop is the only conductor to receive Mary Woehr Assistant Principal Ford Musician Awardee the MacArthur Fellowship and was Jenni Seo** William Jenken recently appointed Director of Graduate Conducting at the Peabody Institute. She attended the Juilliard School and Music Director Emeritus Yuri Temirkanov, Yale University, which awarded her an Gonzalo Farias, BSO-Peabody Conducting Fellow Honorary Doctorate in 2017. COURTESY OF THE LEONARD BERNSTEIN OFFICE(BERSTEIN); SIMON-FOWLER(

MAR–APR 2018 / OVERTURE 7 RESOUNDING!

The CampaignSecond Century for the BSO’s Maloney by Devon

In January, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra announced the launch of Resounding: The Campaign for the BSO’s Second Century. The comprehensive Campaign aims to raise $65 million by December 2019 to ensure the financial viability of the BSO, which celebrated its centennial in the 2015–2016 season, through the institution’s second 100 years and beyond.

Resounding will raise $50 As one of the premier Marin Alsop leads the BSO at the million for the organization’s orchestras in the country and Joseph Meyerhoff endowment, $10 million for around the world, and as the Symphony Hall the BSO’s Baltimore Symphony state’s largest arts organization, (Above). OrchKids Bucket Band (Right). Youth Orchestras (BSYO) and the BSO sees growing its OrchKids education programs endowment as essential to its and $5 million in expanded mission to promote artistic Annual Fund support. excellence, engage new and “The announcement of this diverse audiences and expand Campaign brings me and our music education opportunities dedicated Board members and for young people. Campaign Committee members “This Campaign will help a feeling of great excitement,” us to sustain and advance the says Barbara Bozzuto, BSO BSO, its exceptional musicians demonstrate incredible passion contributions account for Board Chair and Resounding and our innovative concerts and for our great orchestra, we have approximately 60% of the Campaign Co-Chair. “The programs that reach hundreds of made remarkable progress,” organization’s operating Campaign will help secure thousands of people each year,” Kjome continues. “With this budget. These gifts are the best possible future for says BSO President and CEO generous support, two-thirds fundamental to maintaining the BSO. Strengthening our Peter Kjome. of the Campaign goal has been the BSO’s world-class concerts endowment and expanding the The Campaign has already achieved. We are optimistic that and artistic programming. reach of our stellar educational achieved significant momentum, these substantial commitments The Campaign will also programming will ensure that raising over $43 million towards will help inspire the significant raise $10 million to advance the the BSO continues to remain its $65 million goal. As one of participation of many others.” BSO’s educational programs by a cultural gem. The generous the most important campaigns Part of the Campaign will expanding the reach of OrchKids commitments secured to date in the BSO’s history, it will raise $5 million to augment and BSYO and supporting are a true testament to the provide key support as the the BSO’s Annual Fund and collaborative efforts between many people who love our institution embarks upon its provide additional operating the two. Orchkids and BSYO orchestra and recognize the second century. support while endowment provide an array of educational vital role that the BSO “With the leadership of our funds are being secured opportunities that enrich the plays in the cultural fabric Board and visionary community and invested. In line with lives of countless talented of our region.” leaders who continue to other orchestras, annual young students in the region.

This Campaign will help us to sustain and advance the BSO, its exceptional musicians and our

“ —Peter Kjome innovative concerts and programs that reach hundreds of thousands of people each year.” 8 Baltimore Symphony Youth Orchestras and OrchKids with BSO Music Director Marin Alsop (Left). Baltimore Symphony Youth Orchestras (Above).

“This Campaign will ensure Celebrating the that the BSO has the appropriate launch of the resources needed, both today BSO’s Resounding and in the future, to sustain the artistic excellence of this world- Campaign class orchestra and continue the important work of bringing To celebrate the launch of the BSO’s music into the communities we Resounding Campaign, events serve through programs such as were held January 19–20, 2018 OrchKids and the BSYO. Upon at the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony the Campaign’s completion, we Hall and The Music Center at will have the reinforced stability Strathmore. Pictured below are Guests at the Meyerhoff were treated to a special fanfare by the BSO’s trumpet to continue our traditions of a few of the many guests who were section. Pictured left to right are: Andrew Balio (Principal), Nathaniel Hepler, innovation and relevance.” in attendance. Matthew Barker and René Hernandez (Assistant Principal). Campaign Committee member and BSO English Horn player Jane Marvine, now in her 39th year with the orchestra, spoke about the importance of the Campaign. “This is a monumental moment for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra,” she says. “Not only is the artistic level of our concerts at its peak, Sandra Brown, Deborah Witt Paul Araujo, Marnie Fallon, Sandy Mike Hansen, Nancy Randa our extraordinary leadership and and Ed Whitman and Mark Laken and Susan and and Debbie Smith Charles Shubin commitment from all segments of the organization are making a lasting impact in our community and transforming lives.” Specifically, BSYO gifts and bring the youth orchestras to of Baltimore’s students. The Following decades of received through Resounding more under-served communities program, which is celebrating stewardship and investment by will provide merit and need- in the region. its tenth anniversary in 2018, leaders throughout the region, based scholarships that will Campaign funds raised in currently serves over 1,300 today the BSO is one of the top enhance the musical caliber of support of OrchKids will allow students in seven locations orchestras in the country, serving the ensemble and broaden the the program to maintain its high throughout the city. more than 350,000 people each reach of the program to ensure standard of outstanding music “I am extremely proud to be year. Resounding: The Campaign that tuition is never a barrier instruction, to evaluate and a part of this transformation for the BSO’s Second Century to participation. Additionally, revise its curriculum, to measure and what it can mean for our will ensure another century of funds will increase access to the musician and education progress city and our region,” says BSO extraordinary music-making and BSO for students and parents and to serve a larger number Music Director Marin Alsop. community engagement. FROM VIENNA TO BROADWAY About the Artists MUSIC CENTER AT STRATHMORE Jack Everly Thursday, March 8, 2018, 8pm Jack Everly is the JOSEPH MEYERHOFF SYMPHONY HALL Principal Pops Friday, March 9, 2018, 8pm Conductor of the Saturday, March 10, 2018, 8pm TAMMARO MICHAEL Indianapolis and Sunday, March 11, 2018, 3 pm Baltimore symphony orchestras, Naples Philharmonic Orchestra and the National Arts Centre Jack Everly, Principal Pops Conductor Orchestra (Ottawa). He has conducted Ted Keegan, vocalist the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Ben Crawford, vocalist Hollywood Bowl, The New York Pops vocalist Kristen Plumley, at Carnegie Hall and appears regularly Baltimore Choral Arts Society Chorus, Anthony Blake Clark, Music Director with the Cleveland Orchestra at Blossom Franz Lehar (arr. Gamley) Overture to The Merry Widow Music Center. Everly conducts over 90 performances in more than 22 North Lehar “Polonaise,” “Chorus” and “Vilia” from The Merry Widow American cities this season. As music director of the National Lehar “You Are My Heart’s Delight” Memorial Day Concert and A Capitol from The Land of Smiles Fourth on PBS, Everly proudly leads the Arthur Seymour Sullivan Overture to The Mikado National Symphony Orchestra in these Friml, Post & Hooker “Song of the Vagabonds” patriotic celebrations on the National from The Vagabond King Mall. These concerts attract hundreds of thousands of attendees, and the Friml, Wright & Forrest “The Donkey Serenade” from The Firefly broadcasts reach millions of viewers Romberg & Donnelly “The Student Marching Song” and represent some of the highest-rated from The Student Prince programming on PBS. Romberg & Donnelly “Serenade” from The Student Prince Everly is the also music director of the Duke Energy Yuletide Celebration, Jerome Kern (arr. Bennett) “You Are Love” from Showboat an over-30-year tradition. He led the Johann Strauss, Jr. & Brown “I’m in Love with Vienna” ISO in its first Pops recording, Yuletide from The Great Waltz Celebration, Volume One, which included INTERMISSION three of his own orchestrations. Other recordings include In The Presence, Cole Porter (arr. Bennett) “Kiss Me, Kate!” featuring the Czech Philharmonic Lerner & Loewe (arr. Salinger) Main Title from Gigi and Daniel Rodriguez; Sandi Patty’s Broadway Stories; the soundtrack to Borodin, Wright & Forrest “And This Is My Beloved” from Kismet Disney’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame; Andrew Lloyd Webber Selections from Phantom of the Opera and Everything’s Coming Up Roses: (arr. Custer) The Complete Overtures Of Jule Styne. Lloyd Webber “Masquerade” from Phantom of the Opera Originally appointed by Mikhail Baryshnikov, Everly was conductor of Lloyd Webber “Music of the Night” the American Ballet Theatre for 14 years, from Phantom of the Opera where he served as music director. In Leonard Bernstein “Make Our Garden Grow” from Candide addition to his ABT tenure, he teamed with Marvin Hamlisch on Broadway The concert will end at approximately 10 pm on Thursday, Friday and Saturday shows that Hamlisch scored. He and 5 pm on Sunday. conducted Carol Channing hundreds of times in Hello, Dolly! in two separate PRESENTING SPONSORS: Broadway productions. Everly, a graduate of the Jacobs School SUPPORTING SPONSOR: of Music at Indiana University, is a recipient of the 2015 Indiana Historical

10 OVERTURE / BSOmusic.org 41st SYMPHONY DESIGNERS’ SHOW HOUSE

Presented by The Baltimore Symphony Associates

“oakland” May 20–June 10, 2018

$25 in advance/$30 at the door Tuesday–Sunday: 10am–4pm • Thursday: 10am–8pm • Closed Monday

Historic “Oakland” in Baltimore County’s Tickets go on sale April 15 and can be Greenspring Valley will be the setting for this purchased through the Baltimore Symphony annual event, which features the work of some Orchestra box office at 410.783.8000, at of Maryland’s most talented interior designers BSOmusic.org or at Graul’s Markets and other and doubles as a fundraiser for the BSO’s local businesses. For a complete list, please visit the educational programs. Wander through the website or call 410.783.8023. three-story Flemish bond brick manor owned by Edgar Allan Poe III to enjoy more than 20 designed rooms and spaces with touches like www.facebook.com/BSDSH intricate arch moldings, leaded glass transoms, and a new kitchen with handmade floor tiles.

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Society Living Legends Award and holds the Yuletide Celebration in Indianapolis, an Honorary Doctorate of Arts from singing with the 90-piece Indianapolis Franklin College in his home state of Symphony Orchestra. He has given Indiana. He has been a proud resident of solo performances with the Detroit, -­ €‚ƒ€„ the Indianapolis community for over 15 Syracuse, Charleston, West Virginia, years and, when not on the podium, you Portland, Pittsburgh, Ottawa, Baltimore, can find Everly at home with his family, Las Vegas, Fort Worth, Rockford and which includes Max the wonder dog. Edmonton symphony orchestras; the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra; the Jack Everly last appeared with the BSO in Omaha Symphony; and the National January 2018 conducting Diva to Diva: from Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Ella to Adele with Ann Hampton Callaway. Center, among others. Keegan is founding member of The Ted Keegan Phat Pack, which was named the “Best Ted Keegan is proud All-Around Performer” by the Las Vegas to be the 12th Phantom Review Journal. He made his Broadway LESLEY BOHMLESLEY of Broadway’s The debut in the highly acclaimed revival Phantom of the Opera. of Sweeney Todd, where he was seen as He is a native of Anthony. Other Broadway and national Watertown, NY, with an undergraduate tour credits include Cyrano: The Musical, degree from Ithaca College and a graduate Mordred in Camelot with Robert Goulet, degree from the University of North Kander and Ebb’s The World Goes ‘Round Carolina at Greensboro. He has been seen and in the European tour of the Kopit and as the Phantom in The Phantom of the Yeston production of Phantom. Opera on Broadway, the national tour and Phantom: The Las Vegas Spectacular. Ted Keegan last appeared with the BSO in He has performed the role in over October 2016, performing in Broadway’s 24 states across the country. He has had Leading Men, Jack Everly conductor. the great pleasure of appearing as the Phantom on television, performing live Ben Crawford from Rockefeller Center for the Today Ben Crawford began Show on NBC. He has the distinction his Broadway career MOVIEMOVIE WITHWITH ORCHESTRA:ORCHESTRA: of being the actor who has sung the role when he covered the in front of the largest audience ever, roles of Javert and performing at Madison Square Garden Jean Valjean in the singing “The Phantom of the Opera” original revival of Les Misérables. Since during the half-time show of the NBA then, his Broadway credits include this All-Star Game. season’s Charlie & The Chocolate Factory Keegan was deeply involved in the (Mr. Salt), Shrek the Musical (Shrek), George Gershwin Centennial Celebration. Big Fish (Don Price and Ed Bloom, THU, MAY 10 | 8 PM STRATHMORE He performed unpublished works by understudy) and On The Twentieth FRI, MAY 11 | 8 PM MEYERHOFF Gershwin at the opening of the George Century (Bruce Granit, understudy SAT, MAY 12 | 8 PM MEYERHOFF and Ira Gershwin Room at the National and Max Jacobs, understudy), SUN, MAY 13 | 3 PM MEYERHOFF Archives in Washington, D.C., which starring Kristin Chenoweth and Peter JACK EVERLY, Principal Pops Conductor The New York Times reviewed as one of Gallagher. Other on-stage credits Under the baton of Jack Everly, the ten best musical events of the year. include Evita (Che), 110 In The Shade experience Raiders of the Lost Ark He has also sung Gershwin with Audra (Starbuck), Next to Normal (Dr. like never before as the BSO performs McDonald in New York and with Marin Madden), Titanic (Frederick Barrett), John Williams' epic score alongside the classic Steven Spielberg film. Mazzie at the opening of the Santa Fe Chasing Rainbows (Frank Gumm), Chamber Music Festival. Guys and Dolls (Sky Masterson), TICKETS FROM $30 Keegan appeared in the Frank Loesser Carousel (Billy Bigelow), A New Brain Presenting Sponsors: BGE, An Exelon Company and Total Wine & More Celebration at Symphony Space in New (Gordon), Oklahoma! (Jud), Oliver! York City and was a soloist at the Lincoln (Bill Sykes), Jasper In Deadland (Mister BSOMUSIC.ORG | 410.783.8000 Center’s Avery Fisher Hall. He hosted Lethe), Merrily We Roll Along, 35MM

12 OVERTURE / BSOmusic.org CO-PRESENTED BY and Irma La Duce. He has appeared in concert with the Indianapolis, Baltimore, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, in cooperation with the League of American Orchestras Grant Park and Chicago symphony orchestras; Rochester and Naples philharmonics; and The National Arts Centre in Ottawa. Soundtracks include On the Twentieth Century, Big Fish, Merrily, 35MM, Writing Kevin Taylor and Frozen. Crawford also appears in the film The Standbys, a documentary focusing on Broadway swings, standbys and understudies.

Ben Crawford appeared with the BSO in October 2016, performing Broadway’s Leading Men, Jack Everly, conductor.

Kristen Plumley A soprano with a sparkling voice to match her personality, RICHARD BLINKOFF RICHARD Connecticut native April 9–15, 2018 Kristen Plumley brings her joy of being on stage to every role she D.C.’s future-facing festival of performs. Lauded as “sensationally note- perfect” (St. Petersburg Times), “a roguish symphonic innovation returns! comedienne” (The Middletown Press) and “Met-worthy” (The Dallas Morning News), Plumley has portrayed Adina $25 tickets to all Kennedy Center Concert Hall performances (L’Elisir d’Amore) and Gilda (Rigoletto) Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra Albany Symphony with Greensboro Opera Company, Literary inspirations plus Music exploring water’s role Norina (Don Pasquale) and Zerlina (Don ballet choreography in building NY community Giovanni) with Virginia Opera, Barbarina (The Marriage of Figaro) with New York Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra National Symphony Orchestra City Opera, Nannetta (Falstaff ) and All-Polish program with superstar All-Russian program, in memory of Dmitri Hvorostovsky Amor (Orfeo ed Euridice) with Opera cellist Alisa Weilerstein Festival of New Jersey, Sophie (Werther) with Chautauqua Opera, Adele (Die Plus thrilling free concerts, educational events, Fledermaus) with Boheme Opera (NJ) and community activities all around the city and Opera Theatre of Connecticut, Boundary-breaking music makers 21st-century takes on classical Despina (Così fan tutte) with Lyric from across the country favorites Opera of Cleveland, the Sultan of Egypt (Glück’s Les Pelerins de la Mecque) with New works by today’s most exciting Performances in museums L’Opéra Français de New York, Yum- composers and unexpected spaces Yum (The Mikado) with Opera Memphis and Josephine (H.M.S. Pinafore) with Tickets and info at (202) 467-4600 Nevada Opera. Other roles to her credit include Juliette or SHIFTfestival.org For all other ticket-related customer service inquiries, (Roméo et Juliette), Lauretta (Gianni call the Advance Sales Box Office at (202) 416-8540. Schicchi), Kathy (Student Prince) and Generous support of the SHIFT Festival is provided through a matching grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; musical theater favorites Maria (West by the D.C. Commission on the Arts & Humanities, which receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts; Side Story), Carrie (Carousel), Fiona by Dr. Gary Mather and Ms. Christina Co Mather; and by Michael F. and Noémi K. Neidorff and The Centene Charitable Foundation. (Brigadoon) and Laurey (Oklahoma!). Additional support is provided by Abramson Family Foundation, Betsy and Robert Feinberg, and Morton and Norma Lee Funger.

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On the concert stage, Plumley has the Berlin Radio Choir. Recently, Clark performed a broad spectrum of works, was the assistant chorus master for the including Mozart’s “Coronation” Mass Berlin Philharmonic’s performance of and Haydn’s “Mass in Time of War” with Stravinsky’s Oedipus Rex under the baton the New England Symphonic Ensemble of Sir John Eliot Gardiner. at Carnegie Hall; Mozart’s Mass in C For the past 21 years, WMAR Minor and Elgar’s “For the Fallen”; Bach’s television has featured Choral Arts in an “Coffee” Cantata; Respighi’s “Laud to hour-long special, Christmas with Choral the Nativity”; Bach’s Cantata No. 1; A Arts, which won an Emmy® Award in Yuletide Celebration with the Indianapolis 2006. The chorus was also featured in and Portland symphony orchestras the PBS documentary Jews and Christians: and the Seattle Symphony; and An Baltimore Choral Arts Society A Journey of Faith, broadcast nationwide, Evening of Gilbert and Sullivan with the and Anthony Blake Clark and on NPR’s Special Coverage in the fall symphony orchestras of St. Louis and The Baltimore Choral Arts Society, now of 2001. The ensemble has been featured Memphis, Richmond Symphony and the in its 52nd season, is one of Maryland’s frequently on The First Art (Public Radio Minnesota Orchestra. premier cultural institutions. The International), Performance Today (NPR) Enthusiastic about contemporary Symphonic Chorus, Full Chorus, and VOX (XM Radio). In Europe, Choral works, she has been active in many new Orchestra and Chamber Chorus perform Arts was featured in a program devoted operas at the prestigious Banff Centre throughout the mid-Atlantic region, as to the music of Handel, broadcast on for the Arts (Alberta, Canada) and in well as in Washington, D.C., New York Radio Suisse Romande. On local radio, companies throughout New York City. and Europe. Baltimore Choral Arts was featured on Plumley received an Artist Diploma Conductor and composer Anthony Choral Arts Classics, a program on WYPR in opera from the Hartt School of Music Blake Clark began his first season as hosted by Music Director Emeritus Tom and a Bachelor of Arts in psychology and music director of Baltimore Choral Arts Hall that features the Choral Arts Chorus music from Holy Cross College. Twice a Society in summer 2017. Clark has led and Orchestra. winner in the Connecticut Opera Guild ensembles in the U.S. and Europe, and In 2010, Choral Arts released Christmas Scholarship Competition, she is also a his compositions have been heard across at America’s First Cathedral on Gothic recipient of the Richard F. Gold Career the country as well as in the U.K. and Records, recorded at the Baltimore Grant (Shoshana Foundation). the Czech Republic. He has prepared Basilica, which includes familiar choruses for Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Christmas favorites as well as premieres Kristen Plumley last appeared with the BSO Simon Halsey, Gijs Leenaars and Julian by Rosephanye Dunn Powell and James in April 2016, performing Broadway Divas, Wilkins for performances with ensembles Lee III. A recording with Dave Brubeck, Jack Everly, conducting. including the Berlin Philharmonic and featuring Brubeck’s oratorio The Gates of Justice, was released internationally on the Naxos label in 2004; Choral Arts is Jack Everly also featured on Introducing the World of American Jewish Music on Naxos. Choral Arts has two other recordings in current release: Christmas with Choral Arts and a live recording of the Rachmaninoff All-Night Vigil. Acclaimed artists collaborating with Choral Arts have included Sweet Honey in the Rock, Chanticleer, Dave Brubeck, the King’s Singers, Anonymous 4, Peter Schickele, Kathy Mattea and others. Baltimore Choral Arts’ innovative programs often feature both choral and orchestral music, stage and theater works.

Baltimore Choral Arts Society last appeared with the BSO in November 2016, performing Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, Marin Alsop, conductor.

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the Berlin Philharmonie in May 2017. In December 2015, Shani stepped in MUSIC CENTER AT STRATHMORE on short notice for an indisposed Franz Thursday, March 15, 2018, 8pm Welser-Möst for concerts with the Vienna

JOSEPH MEYERHOFF SYMPHONY HALL Philharmonic in the Musikverein, where Friday, March 16, 2018, 8 pm he directed Bach’s Concerto in D Minor Saturday, March 17, 2018, 8pm from the keyboard and conducted Mahler’s Symphony No. 1, winning high praise from the critics and a standing ovation from the public. Lahav Shani, conductor Recent and upcoming highlights Nikolai Lugansky, piano include engagements with the Sergei Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, op. 16 Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, London Symphony Orchestra, Scherzo: Vivace Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Moderato Dresden Staatskapelle, Tonhalle-Orchester Finale: Allegro tempestoso Zürich, Budapest Festival Orchestra, Nikolai Lugansky Boston Symphony Orchestra, Rundfunk- Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Philharmonia INTERMISSION Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris, Philadelphia Orchestra, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, Franz Schubert Symphony No. 9 in C Major, D. 944, “The Great” Bamberger Symphoniker and Orchestre Andante - Allegro, ma non troppo Philharmonique de Radio France. Andante con moto Scherzo: Allegro vivace In October 2013, Shani was invited Allegro vivace to open the season of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra—Globes, The concert will end at approximately 10 pm. reviewing one of the performances, wrote that “this concert will be remembered as a dizzying, perhaps even historic event in the history of the Israel Philharmonic.” An immediate PRESENTING SPONSOR: re-invitation followed for the next two

The appearance of guest conductor Lahav Shani and pianist Nikolai Lugansky seasons. His close relationship with the is generously underwritten through the Young Artist sponsorship of the Israel Philharmonic started in 2007 Peggy & Yale Gordon Trust when he performed Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto under the baton of Zubin Mehta and continued in 2010 when he joined Mehta and the About the Artists In January 2016, Shani stood in orchestra on tour in Asia, where he for Philippe Jordan, conducting the participated as solo pianist, conductor’s Lahav Shani Vienna Symphony Orchestra on a major assistant and as double bass player. Prodigiously gifted European tour including concerts in Paris, Shani was born in 1989 in Tel Aviv. 28-year-old Israeli Frankfurt and Munich. He started his piano studies at six with conductor Lahav In the 2017–2018 season, Shani Hannah Shalgi and continued with MARCO BORGGREVEMARCO Shani’s conducting becomes principal guest conductor of the Arie Vardi at the Buchmann-Mehta career was launched Vienna Symphony Orchestra. In June School of Music in Tel Aviv. He then when he won first prize at the 2013 2014, Shani made a sensational debut in went on to complete his studies in Gustav Mahler International Conducting Berlin, replacing Michael Gielen, with conducting with Christian Ehwald and Competition in Bamberg. Since then, he the Berlin Staatskapelle with concerts at piano with Fabio Bidini, both at the has quickly established himself as one of the Berlin Konzerthaus and the Berlin Academy of Music Hanns Eisler Berlin. the most talked-about young conducting Philharmonie. He returned to conduct In recent years he has been mentored talents, making a huge impression with the orchestra for four performances of La by Daniel Barenboim. his astonishing maturity and natural, Bohème in December 2016 at the Berliner instinctive musicality. Staatsoper and for orchestral concerts in Lahav Shani makes his BSO debut.

MAR–APR 2018 / OVERTURE 15 BACH IN BALTIMORE & the SCHUBERT THE GREAT Baltimore Jewish Council present Yom Ha’Shoah 2018 Holocaust Commemoration and Concert Nikolai Lugansky Sonata and The Seasons, released in June Described by 2017, was met with enthusiastic reviews A TRIBUTE TO THE HUMAN SPIRIT: Gramophone as “the and was described as “insightful and most trailblazing and mature” (The Guardian). meteoric performer Lugansky is artistic director of the verdi’s DOUTRE/NAÏVECAROLINE of all,” Nikolai Tambov Rachmaninoff Festival and Lugansky is a pianist of extraordinary is also a supporter of, and regular requiem depth and versatility. performer at, the Rachmaninoff Estate He regularly works with top-level and Museum of Ivanovka. Sunday, April 15 at 4 pm conductors such as Charles Dutoit, Lugansky studied at Moscow’s Chizuk Amuno Congregation Vladimir Jurowski, Gianandrea Central Music School and the Moscow Pikesville, MD Noseda, Mikhail Pletnev, Yuri Conservatoire, where his teachers Temirkanov and Osmo Vänskä. included Tatiana Kestner, Tatiana featuring Concerto highlights for the 2017–2018 Nikolayeva and Sergei Dorensky. He Bach in Baltimore Choir & Orchestra Morgan State University Choir season include engagements with the was awarded the honor of People’s Artist Natanya Washer, soprano London and Baltimore symphony of Russia in April 2013. Jeffrey Williams, bass orchestras, Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Hong Nikolai Lugansky makes his BSO orchestral Tickets are FREE but required debut. (with $1.25 handling fee). Call Kong Philharmonic, Junge Deutsche 410.941.9262 or go online Philharmonie and the Yomiuri Nippon at bachinbaltimore.org Symphony Orchestra. He will also take About the Concert part in European tours with the Russian PIANO CONCERTO NO. 2 IN G MINOR 1988 National Orchestra and the Royal 2018 Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra Sergei Prokofiev YEARS and Sakari Oramo. Born in Sontsovka, Ukraine, April 23, 1891; A regular recitalist the world over, died in Moscow, U.S.S.R., March 5, 1953 upcoming performances include London’s Wigmore Hall, Paris’ Théâtre Sergei Prokofiev was only 21 and still a des Champs-Élysées, New York’s student at the St. Petersburg Conservatory 92nd Street Y, Washington Performing when he wrote his ambitious Second Arts, Aix-en-Provence, Lisbon, Tokyo, Piano Concerto in 1912–1913. A cosseted Rio de Janiero and the Great Hall of only child and extremely precocious, he the Moscow Conservatoire. Lugansky had driven his illustrious teachers crazy. STUDY PARTICIPANTS NEEDED regularly appears at some of the world’s Rarely bowing to authority, he even most distinguished festivals, including La argued publicly about orchestration with Roque d’Anthéron, the Verbier Festival, the master himself, Nikolai Rimsky- Tanglewood, Aspen and Ravinia. His Korsakov. For all his temerity, Prokofiev Study on Genetics chamber music collaborators include only received mediocre marks in Vadim Repin, Alexander Kniazev, composition, but in 1914, he did capture and Facial, Jaw, Mischa Maisky and Leonidas Kavakos. the Rubinstein Prize, the Conservatory’s & Headache Pain Nikolai Lugansky has won a number highest honor for pianists. of awards for his many recordings. His His musical voice was already YOU MAY QUALIFY IF: recital CD featuring Rachmaninoff’s basically formed: brilliant, sardonic, in • You are 18–65 years of age piano sonatas won the Diapason d’Or love with clashing harmonies and spiky • You speak and and an ECHO Klassik Award, whilst rhythms. What Richard Aldrich of understand English • You are healthy OR have his recording of concertos by Grieg and The New York Times wrote of his piano recently had headaches Prokofiev with Kent Nagano and the playing in 1918 seems already to have or pain in your face or jaw Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin been true five years earlier: “He is an was a Gramophone Editor’s Choice. individual virtuoso with a technique all Compensation for participation and parking vouchers are provided His earlier recordings have also won a his own. He can create big sonorities, number of awards, including a Diapason sometimes mellow to richness, more Contact Dr. Colloca’s Lab at d’Or, BBC Music Magazine Award and often brittle and raucous. His fingers [email protected] ECHO Klassik prize. Lugansky’s most are steel, his wrists steel, his biceps and or at 410-706-5975 recent disc of Tchaikovsky’s Grande triceps steel.”

16 OVERTURE / BSOmusic.org The Second Piano Concerto created almost as big a scandal at its premiere in the imperial resort of Pavlovsk, outside St. Petersburg, on September 5, 1913 as Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring had in Paris a few months earlier. One critic wrote that Prokofiev’s performance “left the listeners frozen with fright, hair standing on end.” Another, apparently as bewildered by the work as anyone there, described the event in detail: “A youth with the face of a high school student appears on stage ….He sits down at the piano and starts either wiping off the keys or trying them out to see which produce a high or low sound….The audience is uncertain…. A few… leave their seats. The young artist concludes his concerto with a mercilessly dissonant combination of sounds from the brass. The scandal in the audience is now full-blown. The majority of them are hissing. Prokofiev bows impudently and plays an encore.” Today the Second Piano Concerto remains a provocative work, primarily because of its staggeringly difficult solo part. Written to show off its composer’s brilliant, idiosyncratic skills, it gives the soloist no quarter—from its formidable four-minute-long cadenza in the first movement to its nonstop scherzo and gigantic conclusion. Its tone is mostly aggressive, and its orchestral part, though subservient to the soloist, is bold to stridency. The first movement, however, begins softly as the pianist introduces a reflective theme, inspired by Russian folk melodies. Eventually, the music accelerates, and the soloist launches an angular theme with Summer Intensive short, sharp attacks and the ironic style so characteristic of Prokofiev. Swooning, somewhat impressionistic music for the 2018 orchestra leads to the great solo cadenza, With Vanessa Zahorian which takes over the task of developing the two themes. Toward the conclusion, & Davit Karapetyan Prokofiev marks the music “colossale” as Former Principal Dancers the pianist erupts with cascades of virtuosic with San Francisco Ballet arpeggios and scales. The brass instruments are also thinking “colossale” as they lead the orchestra back for an oversized July 16 - August 10 recapitulation of the angular second theme. The amphetamine-driven second- paballetacademy.org movement scherzo gives the soloist no 717.774.7474 Camp Hill, PA

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breather as he executes relentless sixteenth- note figurations at an extremely fast Vivace tempo. Movement three is titled “Intermezzo,” a term that usually means a gentle interlude, but not here. The orchestra establishes a brutal march beat, with heavy thumps of the bass drum, harsh blasts from trombones and trumpets and macabre descending scales in the clarinets. This is music that is both menacing and mischievous. Until this moment, the pianist has always been the dominant figure, but now the orchestra seems to be driving him along on its destructive course. Marked “Allegro tempestoso,” the finale opens in a whirlwind of sound with the The BSO soloist introducing a choppy, wide-ranging theme. Eventually, the tempo eases, and the mood is transformed as the pianist determination to write what he called love. The first movement begins with presents a strongly contrasting melody, “a grand symphony,” worthy of Beethoven’s a lengthy introduction that is a crucial calm and repetitious in Russian folksong achievements in the field. The result was element of the work, establishing its style. This theme gets an extensive dubbed the “Great C Major” to distinguish mood, color and thematic substance. working out, incorporating yet another it from his more modest Sixth Symphony, Two horns sing a simple but majestic lengthy solo cadenza. But ultimately, the the “Little C Major.” melody whose first-measure “do-re-mi” tempestoso mood engulfs the music again Because the symphony’s manuscript pattern and second-measure dotted and carries soloist and orchestra to a bears the date March 1828, musicologists rhythm will be repeated in themes slam-bang finish, capped by the “merciless for many years believed it was composed throughout the work. Variations on dissonances” in the brass that so shocked in that last year of the composer’s life. this tune build excitingly to the main its first listeners. But recent evidence suggests it was Allegro section. Full of chugging energy, drafted in the summer of 1825. Most its first group of themes is propelled by Instrumentation: Two flutes, two oboes, likely, Schubert returned to the work those dotted rhythms and dominated two clarinets, two bassoons, four horns, two in 1828 to make final changes; the by the strings. By contrast, the folk- trumpets, three trombones, tuba, percussion manuscript shows many scratched-out like second theme uses smooth, gently and strings. and rewritten passages. Sadly, he never accented rhythms and features oboes heard a performance of the work now and bassoons. The tug-of-war between acknowledged by many as his greatest. this woodwind poignancy and the SYMPHONY NO. 9 IN C MAJOR The symphony languished fierce energy of the strings generates Franz Schubert unperformed until 1839 when Robert the movement’s complex drama. Born in Vienna, Austria, January 31, 1794; Schumann visited Schubert’s brother Throughout, quiet but insistent horn died in Vienna, Austria, November 19, 1828 Ferdinand in Vienna and discovered there and trombone calls remind us of the a treasure trove of the composer’s works. majestic opening theme. In an expansive We tend to think of Schubert as a Looking through this score, he recognized coda, the whole orchestra blazes forth Romantic composer of the generation an “entirely new world that opens that theme. after Beethoven, but in fact he lived before us.” Schumann quickly sent it to The tone of mingled pathos and passion his entire life in the master’s shadow, Mendelssohn at the Leipzig Gewandhaus intensifies in the second movement dying just a year and a half after him. Orchestra, and there on March 21, 1839, in A minor. “I feel myself the most Too shy to attempt to win Beethoven’s it finally had its first performance. unfortunate, the most miserable being friendship, Schubert worshipped him The “Great C Major” is like no other in the world,” Schubert wrote a friend from afar, faithfully attending concerts symphony before or since in its orchestral in 1824. “Think of a man whose health of his music. He was in the audience sound, its uniquely Schubertian will never be right again, and who from at the first performance of the Ninth combination of dramatic energy with despair over the fact makes it worse Symphony on May 7, 1824, and it is very wistful lyricism and its uncanny ability instead of better, think of a man…whose likely that experience strengthened his to inspire in the listener both awe and splendid hopes have come to naught.”

18 OVERTURE / BSOmusic.org Schubert knew, or at least suspected, that the syphilis he contracted in 1822 was a death sentence. Yet he lived out his remaining years with optimism and boundless creativity, and one can ™š›œ-™š›ž Ÿ¡¢Ÿ£¤ perhaps hear that drama given musical expression in this movement. Over a relentless march beat, a solo oboe sings a plucky melody that Donald Francis Tovey called a “heart-breaking show of spirit in adversity.” Loudly, the strings mock the oboe’s tune. This section alternates with another in which the violins deliver a consoling, downward- flowing hymn-like theme in the major. Upon the return of the oboe music, the two repeated notes that gently end its first phrase erupt into a terrifying crisis of dissonance. After a dramatic pause, cellos offer comfort and the violin hymn returns to complete the recovery. The third movement is a scherzo in the Beethovenian style, full of rhythmic drive and bold energy. But it contains music that is quintessential Schubert: a middle trio section in the style of an Austrian ländler (the precursor of the waltz) featuring the woodwind band’s most beguiling sonorities. It is one of the most enchanting of his creations. The finale immediately engulfs us in a whirlwind of fire and speed. The sense of forward momentum is relentless, intensified by 88 consecutive measures of devilishly fast triplets for the strings, spinning under the woodwinds’ quietly obsessive second theme. Still greater force emerges from the four repeated notes that innocently begin that theme. Schubert metamorphoses them into FRI, MAY 4 | 8 PM • SUN, MAY 6 | 3 PM pounding hammer strokes that, in MARIN ALSOP, Music Director Tovey’s words, are “as powerful and NICOLA BENEDETTI, violin terrible as anything in Beethoven or JOHN WILLIAMS, LUCIANO BERIO AND JOHN CORIGLIANO // Birthday Bouquet Michelangelo.” But Schubert, the BERNSTEIN // Serenade lyrical genius, is strong enough to wield BERNSTEIN // Symphonic Dances from West Side Story them, and with their help, he creates a BERNSTEIN // Three Dance Episodes from On The Town dramatic finish Beethoven would have The BSO celebrates Bernstein’s centennial with Nicola Benedetti, one of the most sought-after violinists of her generation. This performance of Bernstein favorites surely applauded. also includes works by modern composers written in homage to his genius. Together, they illustrate how impossible it is to singularize Bernstein’s brilliance. Instrumentation: Two flutes, two oboes, Presenting Sponsor: M&T Bank two clarinets, two bassoons, two horns, two trumpets, three trombones, timpani and strings. JOSEPH MEYERHOFF SYMPHONY HALL

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JOSEPH MEYERHOFF SYMPHONY HALL Friday, March 23, 2018, 8pm Sunday, March 25, 2018, 3pm

MUSIC CENTER AT STRATHMORE Saturday, March 24, 2018, 8pm

Peter Oundjian, conductor The Magic of the Baroque YaoGuang Zhai, clarinet Saturday, March 10, 7:30pm Sergei Rachmaninoff The Isle of the Dead, op. 29 Friends School, Forbush Auditorium 5114 N. Charles Street, Baltimore Edward Polochick, conductor Carl Maria von Weber Concerto No. 2 in E-flat Major José Cueto, violin | Fatma Daglar, oboe for Clarinet and Orchestra, op. 74 CAB Chamber Orchestra and Chorus Allegro Romanza: Andante Alla polacca YaoGuang Zhai

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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, op. 17, Afternoon Tea with the “Little Russian” Mendelssohn Piano Trio Andante sostenuto - Allegro vivo Sunday, April 29, 3:30pm Andantino marziale, quasi moderato The Engineers Club at the Scherzo Garrett-Jacobs Mansion, Finale: Moderato assai 11 W Mt Vernon Place, Baltimore Peter Sirotin, violin Fiona Thompson, cello The concert will end at approximately 9:50 pm on Friday and Saturday and Ya-Ting Chang, piano 4:50 pm on Sunday. Photo by Lisa-Marie Mazzucco Friday, March 23: Join clarinetist YaoGuang Zhai in the Meyerhoff lobby after the concert for a post-concert performance.

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20 OVERTURE / BSOmusic.org Last season, Oundjian led the TSO on a major tour of Israel and Europe. Oundjian was appointed music director of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra (RSNO) in 2012. Under his baton, the orchestra has enjoyed several successful tours, including one to China, and has continued its relationship with Chandos ~ David Zinman Records. Oundjian concludes his six-year All concerts at Peabody are now tenure with the RSNO at the end of the FREE! 2017–2018 season. Peabody Wind Ensemble Peabody Symphony Orchestra Oundjian was recently named artistic Wednesday, April 11 at 7:30 pm Saturday, April 21 at 8:00 pm advisor for the Colorado Music Festival, and this season he returns to the Atlanta Harlan D. Parker, conductor David Zinman, guest conductor Herbert Greenberg, violin and NHK symphony orchestras and the Igor Stravinsky: Symphonies of Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra. Wind Instruments Christopher Rouse: Violin Concerto Few conductors bring such musicianship Walter Hartley: Concerto for 23 Winds Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 15 and engagement to the world’s great Alexandra Gardner: Perseids in A major, Op. 141 podiums, from Berlin, Amsterdam and Dana Wilson: Piece of Mind Tel Aviv to New York, Chicago and Sydney. He has also appeared at some of the great annual gatherings of music and Reserve seats at music-lovers, from the BBC Proms and the peabody.jhu.edu/events Prague Spring Festival to the Edinburgh or by calling 667-208-6620. Festival and the Philadelphia Orchestra’s Mozart Festival, where he was artistic director from 2003 to 2005. Oundjian was principal guest conductor PRESENTING THE NEW of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra from Now accepting 2006 to 2010 and artistic director of the reservations Caramoor International Music Festival in New York between 1997 and 2007. Hillside Homes! Since 1981, he has been a visiting professor at the Yale School of Music and was awarded the university’s Sanford Medal for distinguished service to music in 2013. A different style of living comes to Broadmead. Peter Oundjian last appeared with the BSO in We are completing plans to April 2015, conducting Mussorgsky’s Pictures add 52 new homes and fully at an Exhibition. renovate the amenities on YaoGuang Zhai our beautifully scenic campus. YaoGuang Zhai is Learn more about the area’s only principal clarinet Quaker-guided, not-for-profit, Conceptual of the Baltimore rendering continuing care retirement community. Symphony Orchestra. Appointed by Marin Alsop in 2016, he became the first Chinese- Call 443-330-7128 born clarinetist to hold such a position in a to learn more about major North American orchestra. He was ™ Hillside Homes. previously associate principal clarinet of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra (TSO), 13801 York Road • Cockeysville, MD 21030 • www.broadmead.org appointed by Maestro Peter Oundjian, Pending Approval by the Maryland Department of Aging for 5 years. The Toronto Star said that

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Zhai “played with mesmerizing grace,” About the Concert life and the ever-hovering prospect of and The Globe and Mail has stated that he death. A happy marriage and a brilliantly “delivered the most beautiful lyrical playing THE ISLE OF THE DEAD successful career as a pianist, conductor of the evening.” Sergei Rachmaninoff and composer did little to alter this A native of Tai Yuan, China, Zhai began Born in Oneg, Russia, April 1, 1873; died in morbid outlook. Throughout his music, playing the violin at age three and later Beverly Hills, CA, March 28, 1943 Rachmaninoff sprinkled a haunting, switched to the clarinet. He studied at the downward-sinking motive drawn China Central Conservatory in Beijing, Many composers are reticent about from the famous “Dies Irae” (“Day of the Idyllwild Arts Academy in California admitting that any non-musical ideas lie Judgment”) chant used for the Roman and the Curtis Institute of Music. In 2009, behind their compositions, but Sergei Catholic office of burial. Naturally, it he represented Curtis on tour in the U.S. Rachmaninoff was not among them. plays a very prominent role in this tone as the solo and chamber clarinetist; his “When composing, I find it of great help poem, which goes beyond a musical solo performance was awarded the Curtis to have in mind a book just recently read, description of the painting to become Institute CD of the Year. He has won the a beautiful picture or a poem,” he said. a powerful meditation on the battle Hellam Competition, Aspen Music Festival And in the case of his 1909 tone poem between death and the life force. Concerto Competition, the Blount- The Isle of the Dead—which is arguably During the opening moments of Slawson Young Artists Competition, the the greatest purely orchestral work he the piece, Rachmaninoff creates an Spotlight Award and the Pacific Symphony ever wrote—he found his inspiration in uncanny atmosphere of stillness and Concerto Competition. After graduation, an art gallery. foreboding. We gradually become aware he held the position of principal clarinet In 1880, the Swiss painter Arnold of a rocking motion emerging deep in with the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra Böcklin created a contemplative painting the lower strings; set to an irregular for two seasons. for a young widow that he called Insel der 5/8 beat, it represents the sound of the Along with his solo appearances Toten (The Isle of the Dead). Inspired by boat’s oars moving through the water. with the BSO and the TSO, Zhai has Ponza, a volcanic island west of the Bay The orchestra’s dark sound—even the performed with the Shanghai, Pacific, of Naples, this painting depicts a scene brass’ brilliance is suppressed—expresses Montgomery, Victoria and Springfield of mysterious, mesmerizing psychological a brooding melancholy. Eventually, a symphony orchestras; the Toronto power. Michael Steinberg describes it lovely, poignant melody soars upward Summer Music Festival Orchestra; and eloquently: “Ominous clouds, gray and in the violins and spreads to the high the American Academy of Conducting purple touched with gold, darken the woodwinds. Under it, we hear in the Orchestra (Aspen). He has participated sky. Tall cypresses are framed between cellos a version of the downward-rocking in music festivals such as the Hong Kong jutting, vertical rocks in whose sides “Dies Irae” motive. The two ideas battle International Chamber Music Festival, [burial] chambers have been hollowed each other to a powerful climax over the Music from Angel Fire Festival, Laguna out. A boat, two figures in it both with now violently surging sound of the oars Beach Chamber Music Festival, Aspen their backs to us, approaches the portal beating the water, perhaps representing Music Festival, Pacific Music Festival set into the rude sea-wall.…The one the boat’s arrival on shore. (Japan), Beijing International Clarinet who rows is dark, only slightly defined Now the music subsides into a Festival, Toronto Summer Music Festival, against boat and water. The figure in steadier 3/4 beat and a new mood and ChongQing International Clarinet white standing at the bow is bent over a as Rachmaninoff beyond the Festival in China. coffin draped in white and garlanded in painting itself to his broader theme. Brass Zhai was one of the clarinetists chosen to red.…No human voice is heard here and somberly intone the “Dies Irae” motive record the Royal Conservatory of Music’s no bird sings. There is no sound save the again, but this does not deter the strings exam-level commercial CD, which has muted splash of oars.” and woodwinds from vaulting upward been sold across North America. He played Interestingly, Rachmaninoff did not with a tender, yearning melody that the principal clarinet during the live recording initially see the painting itself, but only composer called his “life theme.” The life of Messiah with the TSO and Sir Andrew a black-and-white reproduction of it. force is very strong and fights tenaciously, Davis, released by Chandos Records. “The massive architecture and the mystic but is ultimately struck down savagely by Zhai is a member of the clarinet message made a marked impression on the power of death (represented by the faculty at the National Youth Orchestra me,” he wrote. “If I had seen the original brass). Death’s victory is confirmed by of China, the Curtis Institute of Music first, I might not have composed the the “Dies Irae” theme tolling at different Summer Festival and the Master Players work.” The image’s implied message speeds throughout the orchestra. The Music Festival. He is a Buffet Crampon of man’s mortality appealed strongly opening rocking motion of the oars Performing Artist. to a dark streak in Rachmaninoff’s returns, but now the mood is gentler, personality. From his youth, he had been less bitter as the violins sing a consoling YaoGuang Zhai makes his BSO solo debut. haunted by the transience of human melody above.

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CLARINET CONCERTO NO. 2 IN E-FLAT MAJOR Carl Maria von Weber Born in Eutin, Germany, November 18, 1786; died in London, England, June 5, 1826

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SING In the Allegro first movement, Weber absorb Western European techniques seizes our attention immediately with a alongside folk sources and still be TO YOUR bold and dashing orchestral exposition, authentically Russian. AUDIENCE. which builds excitement for the delayed However, in 1872 these opposing entrance of the soloist. And the clarinetist visions briefly united. For during a happy WITH lives up to all this anticipation by beginning summer spent at Kamenka, his sister with a plunge of three octaves from a Sasha’s country estate in the Ukraine, OVERTURE . keening high note to the instrument’s Tchaikovsky composed his Second deepest chalameau register. The extreme Symphony: a delightful work that used differences in tonal quality of the clarinet three Ukrainian and Russian folksongs, are exploited throughout this concerto. as well as other folksong-inspired melodies Exciting as that movement is, it is of his own, as its central thematic material. actually the slow movement and finale When Tchaikovsky played its finale at that are the concerto’s highlights. In an evening party at Rimsky-Korsakov’s the G-minor second movement, Weber home at the end of the year, the assembled carries his soloist into the world of opera members of the “Mighty Handful” and makes him a great singing diva. The were ecstatic in their praise. “The whole clarinet’s magnificently arching phrases company almost tore me to pieces with echo pure bel canto singing; late in the rapture,” he remembered. The symphony’s movement, it launches a tragic recitative first public audience in Moscow on passage we could almost put words to. February 7, 1873 was equally enthusiastic. In his last movements, Weber always In this, the least brooding and most sought maximum brilliance. That’s extraverted and joyful of his symphonies, certainly the case here with his Alla polacca Tchaikovsky achieved virtually all finale, in the style of a vivacious Polish the objectives of the “Handful,” using dance. This is fiendishly challenging music indigenous folk material to create a for the soloist, but in the midst of all the rich and satisfying four-movement virtuoso fireworks, Weber also finds time symphonic structure. A friend quickly for some charm and sweetness. dubbed it the “Little Russian”: “Little Reach over 150,000 patrons Russia” was a commonly used nickname of the BSO five times a year Instrumentation: Two flutes, two oboes, for Ukraine. But despite its immediate two bassoons, two horns, two trumpets, success, the composer—as was often in Overture, a program that’s timpani and strings. the case with Tchaikovsky—felt a about more than just nagging dissatisfaction with the work. beautiful music. At the turn of the year 1879–1880, he SYMPHONY NO. 2 IN C MINOR undertook a drastic overhaul of the score, RESERVE YOU Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky recomposing much of the first movement AD SPACE TODAY! Born in Votkinsk, Russia, May 7, 1840; as well as tightening and re-scoring nearly died in St. Petersburg, Russia, everything else. It is this revised version November 6, 1893 we hear now. As the first movement opens, solo As Russian composers strove to create horn, followed by bassoon, introduces TO ADVERTISE, CONTACT: a distinctive national voice in the us to the first of the folk melodies: a Ken Iglehart second half of the 19th century, two Ukrainian version of “Down by Mother [email protected] rival camps developed. One was the Volga,” a soulful Slavic tune that will group of five composers known as the play a large role in this sonata-form Lynn Talbert “Mighty Handful” (Rimsky-Korsakov, movement. Tchaikovsky gives this melody [email protected] Mussorgsky, Borodin, Balakirev and an extensive workout before creating his Call 443.873.3916 Cui) who believed that Russian concert own theme, derived from “Mother Volga” Now also distributed at Strathmore music could not achieve its own sound and based on a vigorous five-note idea, for Music Center in Bethesda unless it were based on native folk music. the main Allegro vivo section. Oboes and The other camp really consisted of only other woodwinds then offer a contrasting one composer—Tchaikovsky—who was melody, soft and languishing in the style convinced that Russian music could freely of the composer’s ballet music. But soon

24 OVERTURE / BSOmusic.org Making Beautiful the punchy five-note theme storms back to complete the exposition. A tempestuous development section brings back the original version of “Mother Volga,” played hauntingly by clarinets in their dusky low register. As other instruments take up this theme, it contends energetically with the five-note theme. After at Howard County’s the recapitulation section, the music returns Premier Retirement to where it began, with the melancholy MusicCommunity sound of a horn singing the folk tune. Residences are 99% reserved. Tchaikovsky rescued the wedding- Be the first to join the Priority List march melody from his operatic failure for the first that become available! Undine and made it the subject of his Andante marziale second movement. A pungent ensemble of clarinet, bassoon and timpani emphasizes its droll, slightly enigmatic character. Soon strings add a countermelody above, its smooth flow 9000 Fathers Legacy contrasting nicely with the march’s Ellicott City, MD 21042 clipped notes. Flutes and oboes introduce 877-203-7299 | www.MillersGrant.org the symphony’s second genuine folk tune, a plangent Slavic melody “Spin, O My Spinner.” Tchaikovsky treats it to a number of subtly beautiful scorings. The scintillating third-movement scherzo flutters like a humming bird in the sunlight. Its middle section sounds as if it were based on folksong, but it is the composer’s own invention. The finale is dominated by the melody of the third Ukrainian folksong, “The Crane.” We hear it first in a slow, brass-dominated proclamation that many commentators have likened to the sonorous splendor of Mussorgsky’s “Great Gate of Kiev” in his Pictures at an Exhibition. Then the tempo accelerates, and the violins begin a light, BALTIMORE CHORAL ARTS PRESENTS scampering version of this same tune. Its only companion is a gently sashaying syncopated theme, also in the violins. Tolling deep brass drive both themes Duruflé Requiem through a whirlwind of keys. Tchaikovsky uses increasing speed and full-orchestra Sunday, May 6, 2018 at 3 pm • St. Paul’s Episcopal Church intensity to build an exhilarating, Anthony Blake Clark leads the Full Chorus in the original organ version crowd-pleasing finish. of the Duruflé Requiem, showcasing the magnificent organ in the historic St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. The program also includes Benjamin Britten, Instrumentation: Two flutes, piccolo, two Edward Elgar, and Leonard Bernstein. FREE parking is available in St. Paul oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, four horns, Place Garage beside the church. two trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion and strings. A pre-concert Choral Conversation will be held at 2:00 pm inside the church | Tickets $20-$40.

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Shanghai, conducting premieres and world premieres, including the German premiere JOSEPH MEYERHOFF SYMPHONY HALL of a cello concerto by Pascal Dusapin with Friday, April 6, 2018, 8pm cellist Alisa Weilerstein and an orchestral Sunday, April 8, 2018, 3pm work by Dieter Ammann with the Tonhalle-Orchester Zurich in June 2016. MUSIC CENTER AT STRATHMORE Saturday, April 7, 2018, 8pm Internationally, Stenz’s touring schedule takes him to the Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, the Bern Symphony Orchestra, Markus Stenz, Principal Guest Conductor the Hallé Orchestra in Manchester and Arabella Steinbacher, violin Leeds and the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra on a tour throughout Japan Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 1 in C Major, op. 21 performing Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9. Adagio molto - Allegro con brio His extensive discography was recently Andante cantabile con moto enlarged by the addition of the Dutch Menuetto: Allegro molto e vivace Simplicius Finale: Adagio - Allegro molto e vivace premiere of K. A. Hartmann’s Simplicissimus (Challenge Classics); Erich Korngold Violin Concerto in D Major, op. 35 the complete Mahler symphonies Moderato nobile (Oehms Classics), which was selected Romance: Andante among the Quarterly Critic’s Choice Finale: Allegro assai vivace by the German Record Critics’ Award Arabella Steinbacher Association; and various Schoenberg recordings with the Gürzenich-Orchestra INTERMISSION Cologne, which earned the 2016 Gramophone Classical Music Award for Sergei Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dances, op. 45 Best Choral Album. Non allegro Andante con moto (Tempo di valse) Markus Stenz last appeared with the BSO Lento assai - Allegro vivace in October 2017, conducting selections The concert will end at approximately 10 pm on Friday and Saturday from Wagner’s Parsifal. and 5 pm on Sunday. Arabella Steinbacher

PRESENTING SPONSORS: HART SAMMY Arabella Steinbacher is celebrated as one of today’s leading violinists, since giving About the Artists and principal guest conductor of the her outstanding debut with the Orchestre Hallé. His previous positions have Philharmonique de Radio France under Markus Stenz included artistic director and chief Sir Neville Marriner in Paris in 2004. Markus Stenz is conductor of the Melbourne Symphony, Known for her extraordinarily varied principal conductor music director of the Montepulciano repertoire, Steinbacher plays all major JOSEP MOLINA JOSEP of the Netherlands Festival and principal conductor of the Classical and Romantic violin concertos, Radio Philharmonic London Sinfonietta. as well as those of Bartók, Berg, Glazunov, Orchestra, principal Trained at the School of Music in Katchaturian, Milhaud, Prokofiev, guest conductor of the Baltimore Cologne under Volker Wangenheim and Schnittke, Shostakovich, Stravinsky, Symphony Orchestra and conductor- at Tanglewood with Leonard Bernstein Szymanowski, Hindemith, Hartmann in-residence of the Seoul Philharmonic and Seiji Ozawa, Stenz has been awarded and Sofia Gubaidulina’s Offertorium, Orchestra. He has appeared at many an Honorary Fellowship of the Royal to name a few. of the world’s major opera houses and Northern College of Music and the In Germany, Steinbacher frequently international festivals. Silberne Stimmgabel (Silver Tuning Fork) plays with all major orchestra, including Until the summer of 2014, he was of the state of North Rhein/Westphalia. the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Gürzenich-Kapellmeister and general Recent engagements have taken Stenz the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, music director of the City of Cologne, all over the world, from São Paulo to the Staatskapelle Dresden, the WDR

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Symphony Orchestra, the Munich international and national music prizes his Third, Fifth and Ninth symphonies; Philharmonic and the NDR Symphony and nominations, she was twice awarded instead, this symphony is witty and joyous Orchestra under conductors such as the with the ECHO Klassik. from beginning to end. Yet already his late Lorin Maazel, Herbert Blomstedt, Steinbacher has been recording unmistakable voice and daring approach Riccardo Chailly, Charles Dutoit, exclusively for Pentatone Classics since are on display, especially in the bold Christoph Eschenbach, Thomas 2009. Born into a family of musicians, she third-movement scherzo. Far more than Hengelbrock, Marek Janowski, has played the violin since the age of three a summation of what the composer had Yannick Nézet-Séguin and Christoph and studied with Ana Chumachenco at learned from 18th-century symphonic von Dohnáyi. the Munich Academy of Music since the tradition, the First delivered a warning Internationally, Steinbacher appears age of nine. Israeli violinist Ivry Gitlis shot of the revolution he would launch with the New York Philharmonic; the is a source of musical inspiration and just three years later with his Third Boston, Chicago, London, National, guidance of hers. Symphony, the dramatic “Eroica.” NHK, São Paulo and Sydney symphony Steinbacher currently plays the 1716 The First was probably written in orchestras; Cleveland, Philadelphia and “Booth” Stradivarius, generously loaned 1799 –1800, though sketches for it go Philharmonia orchestras; San Francisco, by the Nippon Music Foundation. back to 1795–1796. Beethoven was slow Seattle and Vienna symphonies; Orchestre to tackle the symphonic genre; he waited National de France; Orchestre de Paris; Arabella Steinbacher last appeared with the until he was nearly 30 and had already and Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra. Her BSO in April 2012, performing Beethoven’s written two piano concertos, many debuts at the Salzburg Festival, at the Violin Concerto, Jun Märkl, conductor. sonatas and six string quartets. Under his Proms and at Carnegie Hall have been baton, his maiden symphony premiered praised by international press. About the Concert in Vienna on April 2, 1800 at a benefit In the 2016–2017 season, Steinbacher concert to raise money for himself; at appeared as principal guest artist with SYMPHONY NO. 1 IN C MAJOR this concert, he also performed his First the Frankfurter Museumsorchester under Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Concerto and works by Mozart Hartmut Haenchen. Highlights of the Born in Bonn, Germany, December 16, 1770; and Haydn. Haydn had been Beethoven’s season included her first tour with the died in Vienna, Austria, March 26, 1827 teacher off and on since the young Oslo Philharmonic and Vasily Petrenko composer arrived in Vienna in 1792, and performances of Hindemith’s Far too many people dismiss Beethoven’s and, not surprisingly, the First Symphony Violin Concerto with the San Francisco First Symphony as a lightweight imitation pays considerable tribute to the older Symphony under Marek Janowski, with of Haydn and Mozart, unworthy to be composer’s effervescent style. the Danish National Symphony Orchestra compared with the mighty symphonies With his very first chords—a pungent under Fabio Luisi and with the RSB that followed. It is true that we find here dissonance resolving to a harmony not Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra and almost nothing of the heroic grappling belonging to the home key of C— Vladimir Jurowski, among others. with issues of human aspiration and Beethoven serves notice that his is a new As a CARE ambassador, Steinbacher triumph over adversity that dominates voice. In fact, throughout the brief slow continually supports people in need. In December 2011, she toured Japan, commemorating the tsunami of the same The BSO year. The DVD, Music of Hope, with her recordings of this tour, was later released. Her new CD Fantasies, Rhapsodies and Daydreams with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo and Lawrence Foster includes virtuosic pieces by Saint-Saëns, Ravel, Vaughan Williams, de Sarasate, Massenet and Waxman. Earlier recordings include a Mozart album with the Festival Strings Lucerne, a CD with sonatas by Richard Strauss and Franck with pianist Robert Kulek and a collaboration with the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande and Charles Dutoit with violin concertos by Mendelssohn and Tchaikovsky. Among many

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introduction, we’re not sure what the by Jascha Heifetz, performing with the key really is; only the abrupt opening of VIOLIN CONCERTO IN D MAJOR St. Louis Symphony. the main Allegro con brio section confirms Erich Korngold As a Heifetz vehicle, this concerto was that it is C major. An aggressive but Born in Brno, (now Czech Republic), designed to be a true virtuoso showpiece plain first theme is, like Beethoven’s best May 29, 1897; died in Hollywood, CA, for the soloist, but, interestingly, it also symphonic themes, rich in developmental November 29, 1957 used themes from several of Korngold’s potential. Contrasting with it is a limpid, film scores. The yearning principal graceful second theme, launched by a duet Erich Korngold was one of the most gifted theme with which the violin opens the of oboe and flute. Following the custom composing prodigies in musical history. first movement comes from Another of the day, this exposition section is The Snowman, the ballet he wrote when Dream (1937). After some playfully quick repeated before moving on to a taut, he was 11 (he received some help in its transitional music, the violin turns to an dramatic development. Here, Beethoven scoring from his teacher Alexander von even more soaring and bittersweet theme; shows he is already skilled at breaking Zemlinsky), was produced at the Vienna this is from Juarez, a 1939 historical epic apart the elements of his first theme and Court Opera in 1910. By the time he starring Bette Davis. coaxing marvelous new possibilities out reached 13, he was able to create his own Korngold’s Oscar®-winning score for of the fragments. scoring for his concert overture for large Anthony Adverse provides the lovely, rather The Andante cantabile second movement, orchestra, Der Schauspiel Ouverture, which sentimental theme for the slow movement, in the key of F major, actually sounds much was taken up by nearly all the major “Romance.” Here, the violinist sings from more like an 18th-century courtly minuet conductors in Europe. None other than the heart and shows off the sweetness than does the third movement, which seems Gustav Mahler pronounced him a genius. of the instrument’s upper register. The mislabeled as a minuet. The second violins But it was in opera that Korngold luscious orchestral writing conjures open with a mincing Haydnesque theme particularly shone. At 17, he astonished nocturnal mystery. that grows into a little fugue as the other Vienna with his lurid tale of lust and The breathless rondo-form finale calls instruments enter. Gracious and gentle revenge Violanta, which won Puccini’s for the kind of fiery, high-speed playing at as this movement is, it does contain an praise. And in his early 20s, he wrote his which Heifetz excelled. When the violin unsettling rhythmic accompaniment, first masterpiece, the opera Die tote Stadt (“The finally finds time for a real singing theme, heard in the timpani, that adds considerable Dead City”), which is still in the repertoire. it is the title music from The Prince and excitement to the development section when However, Korngold’s subsequent career the Pauper (1937); this also later receives a it is passed to the strings. did not lead to more triumphs in the grand treatment from the orchestra. But Beethoven called his third movement concert hall and opera house. Instead, mostly this finale is about the soloist’s a minuet, but it is really the first of the in 1934, it sent him to Hollywood ability to dazzle us with sheer technique faster and tougher scherzo movements where his superb orchestrating skills and charisma. he developed to replace the older court enhanced the Mendelssohn-based score dance. It is full of bold harmonic for Max Reinhardt’s legendary film of A Instrumentation: Two flutes including modulations and dueling cross-rhythms Midsummer Night’s Dream. Then, for the piccolo, two oboes including English horn, two between instruments. The middle trio next decade, Korngold flourished as one clarinets, bass clarinet, two bassoons including section features the woodwinds (they play of Hollywood’s most sought-after score contrabassoon, four horns two trumpets, an important role throughout this work) writers, specializing in romantic costume trombone, timpani, percussion, harp, celesta and, although initially gentler, crescendos dramas (often starring Errol Flynn) such and strings. at the end to match the vigor of the as Captain Blood and The Adventures of scherzo. This is the symphony’s most Robin Hood. He won two Oscars® for his forward-looking movement. scores (Anthony Adverse in 1936 and The SYMPHONIC DANCES The last movement reverts to the Adventures of Robin Hood in 1938). In Sergei Rachmaninoff exuberant, whirlwind style of a Haydn fact, his popularity in Hollywood saved Born in Oneg, Russia, April 1, 1873; finale. It opens with a loud, portentous his life, for the Jewish Korngold was in died in Beverly Hills, CA, March 28, 1943 chord suggesting serious matters ahead. But California when his native Vienna fell its trick opening lets the cat out of the bag. to the Nazis in 1938. By 1940, Sergei Rachmaninoff, then Here, Beethoven proved that, despite his Korngold, now forced to stay in 67 and in failing health, believed his squabbles with Haydn, he had learned America, paid dearly for his film successes. composing career was over. Since fleeing much from the old master. To his sorrow, the classical world spurned Russia during the Bolshevik Revolution him for selling out to Hollywood. In in late 1917 for refuge in Western Europe Instrumentation: Two flutes, two oboes, 1946, he tried to rehabilitate his career and America, he had managed to create two clarinets, two bassoons, two horns, with his sumptuously romantic Violin only five substantial works, including his two trumpets, timpani and strings. Concerto. Its 1948 premiere was played popular Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini.

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and Rachmaninoff gives us the last of his heart-stirringly beautiful tunes, introduced by the alto saxophone, a visitor from Big Band jazz. Violins soon sweep up this gorgeous melody, steeped in the flavor of Russian folk song. In the closing coda, the strings sing a lovely Russian chant-like melody: a theme from the composer’s First Symphony, a bitter failure in his youth but now recalled with tranquility through a radiant mist of bells, harp and piano. Movement two’s dance is a fantasmic waltz, like something heard in a dream. It is introduced by ominous brass chords that return to disturb its flow. With difficulty, the orchestra tries to launch the waltz; finally, the English horn succeeds in establishing the swaying melody. Occasionally, the waltz blossoms lushly in the strings, but biting harmonies constantly undercut any sentimentality. The finale opens with the weary sighs of old age. Here, Rachmaninoff’s The BSO cello section old nemesis, the “Dies Irae” (“Day of Judgment”), a Gregorian chant he used so often in his music, returns as the Many factors contributed to it, completing it just in time for its composer contemplates death. The music Rachmaninoff’s creative drought. Exile premiere by the Philadelphians on seems to describe a man’s final struggle for from Russia had turned his life upside January 3, 1941. life and then its end, as woodwinds vanish down. He had forfeited a considerable His swan song, Symphonic Dances, upward over a harp glissando. Music of fortune there and, in America, was forced is a retrospective work that sums up mourning issues from the depths of the to turn to arduous annual tours as a Rachmaninoff’s musical and personal orchestra. But the tempo soon accelerates concert pianist to support his family. One philosophy. Yet it is also an astonishingly to a dance of triumph. The “Dies Irae” of the greatest pianists of our century, youthful creation that shows the composer chant sounds again in the brass, but is he soon rebuilt his fortune, but a life on at the peak of his powers. With its vanquished by a rhythmically vivacious Pullman cars exacted a heavy price on his incisive dance rhythms, it was intended Orthodox chant melody rising from low composing. More important was the loss for the ballet, to be choreographed by strings. This is the song “Blagosloven of his native land. “When I left Russia, Rachmaninoff’s friend, the great Russian Yesi, Gospodi” from Rachmaninoff’s I left behind the desire to compose: choreographer Michel Fokine, but choral masterpiece All-Night Vigil, losing my country I lost myself also,” he Fokine’s sudden death in 1942 sadly killed telling of Christ’s resurrection. Here, commented. “To the exile whose musical that possibility. Here, Rachmaninoff the composer seems to be joyfully roots, traditions and background have creates a wondrous kaleidoscope of proclaiming his own faith in resurrected been annihilated, there remains no desire instrumental colors from the mellow life. At the end of the score, he wrote the for self-expression.” crooning of an alto saxophone to the words: “I thank Thee, Lord!” But the desire for self-expression still dry-bones clatter of a xylophone, as he smoldered. In the summer of 1940, surveys the world with the wisdom of Instrumentation: Two flutes, piccolo, it blazed up again for the last time. a man approaching life’s end. two oboes, English horn, two clarinets, On August 21, he startled his friend In the first movement, the violins bass clarinet, two bassoons, contrabassoon, Eugene Ormandy, conductor of his softly establish the incessant chugging alto saxophone, four horns, three trumpets, favorite Philadelphia Orchestra, with rhythm of the first dance. Woodwinds three trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, news of a new composition. Ormandy trace a three-note descending idea that harp, piano and strings. happily accepted the new work, and soon grows into the nervously driven Rachmaninoff rushed to orchestrate main theme. Then the tempo slows, Notes by Janet E. Bedell, © 2018

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MUSIC CENTER AT STRATHMORE Thursday, April 12, 2018, 8pm

JOSEPH MEYERHOFF SYMPHONY HALL Friday, April 13, 2018, 8pm Saturday, April 14, 2018, 8pm Sunday, April 15, 2018, 3pm

Jack Everly, Principal Pops Conductor Frankie Moreno, vocalist

Program to be announced from stage. This program will include a 20-minute intermission.

This concert will end at approximately 10 pm on Thursday, Friday and Saturday and 5 pm on Sunday.

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About the Artists Honey.” This led to more television shows, magazine covers and sold-out concerts Jack Everly at venues including Carnegie Hall, the For Jack Everly’s bio, please see pg. 10. Kennedy Center and the Hollywood Bowl. He received an Emmy® nomination for Frankie Moreno his national TV special Songs at Home To many, Frankie and now has a nation-wide PBS special in Moreno has been a staple steady rotation titled Frankie Moreno In THE BSO STORE: in the music catalogue Concert, which is capturing the attention • Great gifts for years. To others, he is of millions and leaving lasting impressions. • Beautiful jewelry virtually brand new. Moreno’s last collaboration for Sony Moreno started as a child prodigy pianist Records with world-renowned violinist • Maestra Alsop’s and multi-instrumentalist. He was first Joshua Bell reached Number One on the complete discography introduced to American audiences at the Billboard Charts in two separate categories. • Music books for children age of ten with his debut on CBS’s Star Other artists included on this album • And much more! Search. Twice-named “Las Vegas Headliner were Sting, Josh Groban, Chris Botti, of the Year,” Moreno has been wowing Kristin Chenoweth and Regina Spektor. audiences from coast to coast performing Together, they filmed Great Performances: his new mix of original and classic hits with Live at Lincoln Center for PBS. Moreno his vintage soul-pop sound. and Groban have since recorded another Moreno is currently collaborating on album together, which hit the Top Ten new music with producer, engineer and on Billboard, featuring Placido Domingo, guitar legend Pat Thrall, who has worked Gloria Estefan, Allison Krauss, Chick with artists including Katy Perry, Christina Corea and many more. Aguilera, Beyoncé and Justin Bieber. Moreno toured the U.S. with Grammy®- “Frankie is one of the most naturally gifted nominated artist Billy Currington and musicians I’ve ever worked with. We both country superstar band Sugarland. Moreno share the same vision for his music, so it’s a also joined the multi-platinum group fun and exciting process,” says Thrall. Air Supply for its world tour as musical Contact us at 410.783.8160 His performance on ABC’s Dancing with director. He wrote the group’s recent radio or [email protected] the Stars brought him into America’s living single “Dance With Me,” which reached rooms again, performing his hit “Tangerine the Top 40 on Billboard.

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MUSIC CENTER AT STRATHMORE Thursday, April 19, 2018, 8pm

JOSEPH MEYERHOFF SYMPHONY HALL Friday, April 20, 2018, 8pm Saturday, April 21, 2018, 8pm

Markus Stenz, Principal Guest Conductor Jonathan Carney, violin Dariusz Skoraczewski, cello Ryo Yanagitani, piano

Ludwig van Beethoven Concerto for Violin, Cello and Piano in C Major, op. 56, “Triple Concerto” Allegro Largo Rondo alla polacca Jonathan Carney Dariusz Skoraczewski Ryo Yanagitani INTERMISSION THE CITY Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 1 in D Major, “Titan” Langsam. Schleppend IS IN Kräftig bewegt Feierlich und gemessen, ohne zu schleppen YOUR Stürmisch bewegt POCKE T. The concert will end at approximately 10 pm.

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GoDowntownBaltimore.com About the Artists Born in New Jersey, Carney hails from a musical family, with all six members can help you find a place to eat, Markus Stenz having graduated from The Juilliard a place to grab a drink, a place For Markus Stenz’s bio, please see pg. 26. School. After completing his studies with to see a show, and a Ivan Galamian and Christine Dethier, Markus Stenz last appeared with the BSO he was awarded a Leverhulme Fellowship place to call your own. in April 2018, conducting Rachmaninoff’s to continue his studies in London at the Symphonic Dances. Royal College of Music. After enjoying critically acclaimed Jonathan Carney international tours as both concertmaster Concertmaster and soloist with numerous ensembles, CHRIS LEE LEE CHRIS Jonathan Carney is in Carney was invited by Vladimir Ashkenazy his 17th season with the to become concertmaster of the Royal Baltimore Symphony Philharmonic Orchestra in 1991. He Orchestra after 12 was also appointed concertmaster of the seasons in the same position with London’s Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra in Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. 1994 and the Basque National Orchestra

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in 1996. Recent solo performances have debut CD, Cello Populus, is a collection of Piano competition and a laureate of included concertos by Bruch, Korngold, contemporary solo pieces with works by the Minnesota International Piano- Khatchaturian, Sibelius, Nielsen, the Hindemith, Ligeti, Crumb, Penderecki, e-Competition, the Dr. Luis Sigall Brahms Double Concerto and Vaughan Saariaho and Lutosławski. Praised as “a International Piano competition in Viña Williams’ The Lark Ascending, which truly exceptional album that leaves listeners del Mar (Chile) and the Hilton Head was featured as a live BBC broadcast eagerly waiting for another installment,” International Piano Competition. from London’s Barbican Hall. His the recording earned attention that led Yanagitani has made concerto recordings include concertos by Mozart, to Skoraczewski’s winning Baltimore’s appearances with orchestras around Vivaldi and Nielsen; sonatas by Brahms, prestigious Baker Artist Award in 2013. the world, including the Vancouver Beethoven and Franck; and a disc of His second recording with pianist Symphony Orchestra, the Montreal virtuoso works by Sarasate and Kreisler Michael Sheppard, Cello Phantasia, Metropolitan Orchestra, San Antonio with his mother Gloria Carney as features music by Schumann, Franck and Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra and pianist. New releases include Beethoven’s Rachmaninoff. Together with violinist the Tokyo Kioi Symphonietta. His “Archduke” and “Ghost” trios, Schubert’s Igor Yuzefovich, they’ve recorded pieces performances have taken him to such Cello Quintet and a Dvořák disc with by Brahms, Shostakovich and Schoenfield venues as the Kennedy Center, The recordings of the Terzetto and four as the Monument Piano Trio. National Gallery of Art, Library of Romantic pieces for violin. As a recitalist and chamber musician, Congress, Carnegie Hall, Suntory Hall Carney is passionate about music Skoraczewski has appeared on series in Tokyo and Salle Cortot in Paris, education and currently serves as artistic including Chamber Music by Candlelight, among others. director for the Maryland Classic Youth Music in the Valley and Music in the Great He is also a sought-after chamber Orchestras. He is an artist-in-residence at Hall. He has also appeared at Weill Hall, musician, performing in a wide range of the Baltimore School for the Arts, one of Barge Music Festival and Merkin Hall in settings, from the duo sonata repertoire the country’s premier high schools, and New York City. He is currently artist-in- to large ensembles. Yanagitani currently also serves on its Board of Directors. residence at An Die Musik. presides as one of the core members of Carney is presently on the faculty of Skoraczewski began his musical the Evermay Chamber Ensemble and the Brevard Music Center, an intensive education at the age of six in Warsaw, is frequently invited as guest pianist to seven-week summer music festival in the Poland, studying with Zbigniew Liebig chamber music festivals across the U.S. mountains of western North Carolina. and Andrzej Zieliński. As a scholarship A recipient of many scholarships and As a sought-after clinician, he gives master recipient at the Peabody Conservatory, awards, Yanagitani has been endowed classes throughout the U.S. and abroad. he studied with world-renowned cellist twice by the Canadian Arts Council Carney performs on a 1687 Stradivarius, Stephen Kates. with a grant as an Emerging Artist the “Mercur-Avery,” on which he uses Skoraczewski plays a 1702 Carlo and is a recipient of the Arthur Foote Vision strings by Thomastik-Infeld. Giuseppe Testore cello, generously Scholarship from the Harvard Musical on loan from Marin Alsop in memory Association. He was also awarded the Jonathan Carney last appeared with the BSO of her mother, Ruth Alsop. Sony Foundation of America Career in October 2017, performing Bruch’s Scottish Grant through the Salon de Virtuosi of Fantasy, Markus Stenz, conductor. Dariusz Skoraczewski last appeared with the New York and a Washington Award by BSO in October 2017, performing R. Strauss’ the S&R Foundation of Washington, Dariusz Don Quixote, Jun Märkl, conductor. D.C. He has also been an artist-in- Skoraczewski residence of the Maxwell Shepherd Fund Principal Cellist Dariusz Ryo Yanagitani of Connecticut. He has released two solo Skoraczewski has Hailed by The CDs of works by Chopin and Debussy,

CHRISTIAN COLBERG been described by Washington Post as as well as a CD in collaboration with the The Baltimore Sun as “A pianist’s pianist,” cellist Dai Miyata in Japan.

having “lush tone, expressive style and JACQUES LEE WOOD Ryo Yanagitani has Yanagitani received his Doctor of solid technique….” He has delighted established himself Musical Arts degree from the Yale School audiences across the U.S., Europe and as one of Canada’s shining artists. His of Music under the tutelage of Boris Asia with his artistry and virtuosic success includes winning the gold medal Berman and an Artist Diploma from command of the cello. As a soloist, he at the 10th San Antonio International the Cleveland Institute of Music under has performed with orchestras including Piano Competition, where he was Sergei Babayan. He was an instructor for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and also given special recognition for a the chamber music program at Yale and the National Philharmonic. performance of the complete Chopin was a visiting assistant professor of piano Skoraczewski’s repertoire includes works ballades. He is also the grand prize at the University of British Columbia in from the Baroque era to the present. His winner of the Hugo Kauder International Vancouver. He held the post of principle

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begins very quietly with cellos and basses mysteriously previewing the principal theme from the depths of the orchestra. Then Beethoven dramatically builds this theme through a lengthy crescendo to a heroic fortissimo. A regal orchestral summons soon brings the soloists on stage, with the cello singing the principal theme. The soloists dominate the development section, which takes on the tone of a strenuous quarrel among the three. The very slow second movement is brief but unforgettable. It is essentially an extraordinarily beautiful and moving aria for the cello, eventually blossoming into a duet with the violin over a florid The BSO piano accompaniment. The finale is a Rondo alla polacca. Made famous by Chopin, the polonaise artist-in-residence for S&R Foundation including his namesake, and purportedly is an aristocratic Polish dance dating and now holds the post of artistic dreamed of playing in a trio set within back to the Renaissance with a strongly director of the Ryuji Ueno Foundation the grander context of the orchestra. In accented characteristic rhythm. in Washington, D.C. 1803–1804, when work on his opera Beethoven’s polonaise refrain is a sweeping, Fidelio was being delayed by problems at unforgettable tune of subtle beauty. Later Ryo Yanagitani makes his BSO debut. the Theater an der Wien, Beethoven took in the movement, listen for the dramatic up Rudolf’s challenge. return of this refrain over a spectacular About the Concert The challenge was formidable: how long trill in the piano. Near the end, to showcase not one but three soloists Beethoven surprises us by switching from CONCERTO FOR VIOLIN, CELLO equally within the confines of the the polonaise rhythm of 3/4 to 2/4 for a AND PIANO IN C MAJOR concerto format that Beethoven had virtuoso high-speed version of the refrain Ludwig van Beethoven already delineated in his first three led by the violin. Born in Bonn, Germany, December 16, 1770; piano concertos. Obviously, something died in Vienna, Austria, March 26, 1827 was going to have to give; therefore, Instrumentation: Flute, two oboes, two in order to give equal time to all of his clarinets, two bassoons, two horns, two Throughout the first half of his career, soloists, Beethoven had to prune the trumpets, timpani and strings. Beethoven was fascinated by the chamber orchestral part. Another problem was ensemble known as the piano trio— how to balance the solo parts so the piano, violin and cello. In fact, his very deep-toned cello would not be covered SYMPHONY NO. 1 IN D MAJOR first opus number consisted of three by the brilliant violin and powerful Gustav Mahler piano trios. The most famous of his works piano. Beethoven solved this by writing Born in Kalischt, (now Czech Republic), July 7, in this genre is the beloved “Archduke” the cello part mostly in its highest 1860; died in Vienna, Austria, May 18, 1911 Trio of 1810–1811, and it was this very register and by making it the leader of Archduke, Rudolf of Austria, youngest the trio, introducing all the principal When Gustav Mahler, age 29, son of Emperor Leopold II and brother themes. Because Archduke Rudolf’s premiered his First Symphony in to Emperor Franz, who probably piano technique was not on the virtuoso Budapest on November 20, 1889, the instigated the creation of the unusual level of Beethoven’s, the piano part is not audience responded with tepid applause work we hear tonight. as difficult as the violin and cello parts, and scattered boos. At subsequent Rudolf was a gifted pianist and but so clever is Beethoven’s writing the performances in Berlin and in Vienna, musician who became Beethoven’s listener will seldom be aware of this. the reaction was even more negative. most devoted patron, only composition The Allegro first movement, in the Only audiences in Prague and in student and—within the limits of home key of C major, sets the tone for the Amsterdam (where conductor Willem their different stations—close friend. work: it is big in scale and length, giving Mengelberg and the Concertgebouw He performed Beethoven’s piano trios, an impression of imperial grandeur. Yet it Orchestra were creating something of

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a Mahler clique) applauded warmly. attached to his symphonies. Unsatisfied, boozy, with lurching glissandos for For in what was probably the most he returned many times to revise this the strings and some tipsy dissonant remarkable and daring first symphony work: reducing it to the conventional harmonies for the woodwinds. ever written (only Berlioz’s Symphonie four movements and refining its The funeral-march third movement fantastique can match its shock value), orchestration. The version we hear now in D minor is what really outraged Mahler revealed himself as fully and is his last word from 1906. Mahler’s first audiences, for it mixes radically himself, and audiences simply Mahler admitted the work was tragedy and levity, “vulgar” music were not ready for that. inspired by a passionate love: “The with “serious” symphonic themes in Strangely, Mahler had expected an symphony begins where the love a schizophrenic manner unique to easy success. As he later told his friend affair ends; it is based on the affair this composer. The stifled sound of a Natalie Bauer-Lechner: “Naively, I which preceded the symphony in the muted solo bass lugubriously introduces imagined it would be child’s play for emotional life of the composer.” It the German children’s song “Brüder performers and listeners, and would also incorporated themes from the Martin” (better known to us as “Frère have such immediate appeal that I composer’s early song cycle, Songs of a Jacques”) as a funeral dirge, which should be able to live on the profits and Wayfarer, written in 1884. spreads solemnly in canon through go on composing.” Yet he was also fully Mahler marked the slow introduction the orchestra. Then Mahler abruptly aware of the originality of his artistic to the first movement “Wie ein launches an incongruous episode of vision. Of his first two symphonies Naturlaut”—“like a sound of nature.” up-tempo popular music, circa 1880, he wrote: “My whole life is contained He compared it to life awakening on a mingling traces of klezmer with the in them: I have set down in them my beautiful spring morning. A quiet pedal schmaltz of a Hungarian gypsy cafe. experience and suffering…to anyone on A, stretching from highest violins And then amid all this craziness, he who knows how to listen, my whole life to lowest basses, hovers expectantly. offers up a lyrical section of great peace will become clear.” Gradually, little motives come to life: a and loveliness, using the melody of the When Mahler was composing this pattern of descending notes in various last of the Wayfarer songs, in which work, he would have dearly loved to woodwinds, a military fanfare on the the unhappy lover finds solace under have been able “to live on the profits,” clarinets (Mahler grew up in an army a linden tree. for he was leading a rather precarious garrison town), woodwind bird calls. “The cry of a wounded heart” existence. There were no summers off Then the tempo accelerates, the key (Mahler’s description) assaults us in the or peaceful cottages deep in the woods solidifies on D major, and we hear in screaming, violently dissonant opening for him then, and any composing he the cellos the jaunty walking theme of of the finale. Hysteria reigns for many accomplished had to be done in odd the second song of the Wayfarer cycle, in moments, only to yield unexpectedly to hours, often late at night. He jumped which the disappointed lover strides out peace: one of Mahler’s most beautiful rapidly from one opera house to another, into the countryside to drown his grief spun-out melodies shared between the as assistant and eventually conductor. in nature’s beauty. Notice how parts of cellos and violins. The frenzy returns, Symphony No. 1 was composed during the theme are tossed chamber-music but trumpet fanfares hint of triumph the winter of 1887–1888 in moments style from instrument to instrument; to come. But first we return to the stolen from his work as co-conductor of this is a Mahler trademark you will hear slow morning music with which the the Leipzig Stadttheater; by May, he had throughout the work. Later, the walking symphony began. In a final struggle, been forced to resign. In September, he song returns and gradually builds to the heavy downward-swooping violin signed a contract with the Royal Opera a big climax, the only loud moment motive from that movement finds House in Budapest, but that too lasted in this subtle movement. En route to resolution in the trumpet victory theme. little more than a year. this climax, listen for a series of heavily Following Mahler’s instructions, the The symphony the Budapest audience accented, downward swoops in the seven horn players rise to their feet heard was different from the one we violins; this anguished music will return and play “as if to drown out the entire hear today. Already an innovator in much later in the symphony’s finale. orchestra” in one of the most thrilling matters of symphonic form, Mahler The second movement is a robust conclusions in the symphonic repertoire. had originally created a five-movement peasant ländler dance based on the work, including a slow movement, composer’s 1880 song, “Hans und Instrumentation: Four flutes including two “Blumine,” that he eventually tossed Grethe,” and likely inspired by his piccolos, four oboes including English horn, out. He called it a “Symphonic Poem.” rural Bohemian childhood. The three bassoons including contrabassoon, seven The subtitle “Titan,” after a novel by clattering sounds are the violas and horns, four trumpets, three trombones, tuba, Jean Paul Richter, was later added, cellos striking the strings with the two timpani, percussion harp and strings. then dropped as Mahler grew uneasy wooden part of their bows. The middle with having non-musical programs section is very sentimental, even a little Notes by Janet E. Bedell, © 2018

34 OVERTURE / BSOmusic.org TCHAIKOVSKY WITH BALANCHINE About the Artists JOSEPH MEYERHOFF SYMPHONY HALL Marin Alsop Thursday, April 26, 2018, 8pm For Marin Alsop’s bio, please see pg. 7. Saturday, April 28, 2018, 7pm Off The Cuff

MUSIC CENTER AT STRATHMORE Friday, April 27, 2018, 8:15pm Off The Cuff Sunday, April 29, 2018, 3pm MEG GOLDMAN GOLDMAN MEG

Marin Alsop, Music Director Baltimore School for the Arts Dancers Staged by Deborah Wingert Coached by Heather Watts Baltimore School for the Arts Dancers Baltimore School for the Arts (BSA) is Pyotr Ilyich Romeo and Juliet Fantasy-Overture a nationally recognized public arts high Tchaikovsky school that provides its students with Tchaikovsky Suite from Swan Lake, op. 20a intensive pre-professional training in Scène the arts in conjunction with a rigorous Valse academic curriculum. BSA graduates go Dance of the Swans on to the most selective arts and university Scène programs nationwide and achieve Hungarian Dance, Czardas prominence in theater, film, music, dance Scène and visual arts. Additionally, BSA’s highly acclaimed TWIGS program offers free INTERMISSION Romeo and Juliet, Swan Lake and Intermission are included on April 26 and April 29 programs only. after-school arts instruction to 700 city elementary and middle school children Tchaikovsky Serenade for Strings, op. 48 from schools across Baltimore, as well as Pezzo in forma di sonatina: other outreach initiatives to thousands Andante non troppo - Allegro moderato more. Founded in 1979, the school is an Walzer: Moderato, Tempo di valse integral and vibrant part of Baltimore’s Elégie: Larghetto elegiaco educational and cultural communities. Finale (Tema Russo): Andante - Allegro con spirito

The Baltimore School for the Arts Dancers last appeared with the BSO in June 2016, performing Copland’s Appalachian Spring, Marin Alsop, conductor.

Deborah Wingert The concert will end at approximately 10 pm on Thursday, 9:15 pm on Friday, Deborah Wingert began 8 pm on Saturday and 5 pm on Sunday. her training at the Saturday, April 28: Join us in the Meyerhoff lobby for an after-party Central Pennsylvania featuring live entertainment, food and drink specials. Made possible Youth Ballet under by The Wallace Foundation. Marcia Dale Weary and became a scholarship student at the School of American Ballet in New York. At the

PRESENTING SPONSOR: age of 16, she was selected by George Balanchine to join New York City Ballet. SUPPORTING SPONSOR: During her 15 years with the company, Wingert danced over 25 principal, solo and featured roles in productions that

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include Balanchine’s A Midsummer Night’s including a Doctorate honoris causa from linked the dark, chant-like theme that Dream, Coppelia, Orpheus, Symphony in C, Hunter College. opens the work with the character of Friar Jewels, Who Cares?, Stars and Stripes, Laurence who marries the young lovers. The Nutcracker, The Four Temperaments About the Concert This theme plays an important role in the and Mozartiana; ’ The middle development section—striving Concert and Antique Epigraphs; and ROMEO AND JULIET FANTASY- in the horns against the jagged principal Peter Martins’ The Sleeping Beauty. OVERTURE theme representing the battles between A principal and soloist with numerous Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky the Capulets and Montagues, just as in nationally acclaimed companies, her film Born in Votkinsk, Russia, May 7, 1840; died in the play Laurence tries in vain to bring and television credits include George St. Petersburg, Russia, November 6, 1893 the families together. Notice how craftily Balanchine’s The Nutcracker® (Time- Tchaikovsky introduces his famous love Warner), PBS’ Great Performances: Dinner Though it is now more than 400 years theme, one of the most inspired this great With Balanchine, Balanchine: Dance in old, Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet still melodist ever wrote. He first presents it America (Serenade and Western Symphony), reigns as the most compelling of all love with very subdued scoring—an English Peter Martins’ Concerto for Two Solo stories. And it holds as much allure for horn solo over violas—saving its full Pianos and Live from Lincoln Center: composers as for movie directors. In passion for later when it returns soaring A Midsummer Night’s Dream. 1869, the 28-year-old Tchaikovsky was aloft in the violins. Wingert is one of a small group of artists just recovering from breaking off his only selected by The George Balanchine Trust romance with a woman—the fascinating Instrumentation: Two flutes, piccolo, two to set his choreography. In this capacity she Belgian opera singer Desirée Artôt— oboes, English horn, two clarinets, two bassoons, has traveled throughout the U.S., setting when he was urged to use this subject four horns, two trumpets, three trombones, tuba, and staging the Balanchine repertoire to transform his pain into art by fellow timpani, percussion harp and strings. for Butler University, Indiana University, Russian composer, Mily Balakirev. Baltimore School for the Arts, Joffrey Ballet A member of the five Russian nationalist Chicago and Central Pennsylvania Youth composers known as the “Mighty SUITE FROM SWAN LAKE Ballet, to name a few. Handful,” Balakirev became more famous Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Wingert is head faculty at Manhattan for the compositions he inspired in others Youth Ballet and is on faulty at the Ailey than for his own works, and the young If only Tchaikovsky had lived another year School, Professional Division. She has Tchaikovsky was one of his protégés. On and a half, he would have seen his first been a guest instructor for Princeton a long walk together, he suggested Romeo ballet, Swan Lake, in a production worthy University and Harvard University, UCSB, and Juliet as the perfect program for a of the masterpiece it is and witnessed the Interlochen, Jessica Lang Dance, Kyle symphonic poem and followed that up beginning of its enduring popularity as Abraham: AIM, Sarasota Ballet, BalletMet with a letter detailing how the work should perhaps the greatest of all story . and New York City Public Library. be laid out. Tchaikovsky latched onto the For on January 27, 1895—just over idea immediately, but used his own artistic a year after the composer’s death— Heather Watts discretion about Balakirev’s suggestions. St. Petersburg’s Maryinsky Theatre Heather Watts joined The first version of his “Fantasy-Overture” premiered a triumphant production, with New York City Ballet was written in just six weeks at the end of choreography by the greatest ballet master (NYCB) in 1970 and 1869. But when he heard it performed of the age, Marius Petipa.

INEZ AND VINDOODH AND INEZ was one of the last of in Moscow in March 1870, Tchaikovsky The situation was hardly so auspicious the famed Balanchine decided it needed considerably more work. when Swan Lake received its world ballerinas. Watts worked closely with In revisions made soon after, he added premiere at Moscow’s Bolshoi Theatre on George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins the brooding opening that so perfectly March 4, 1877. The set design was poor, at NYCB, retiring from the stage in 1995. establishes a mood of tender pathos, and the choreography uninspired and the She has been a contributing editor at Vanity before publishing it in 1880, he devised orchestral playing so sloppy that few of Fair since 1995, has created academic the startling conclusion, confirming the the critics present even noticed how good courses on Balanchine’s life and work at tragic denouement with eight searing Tchaikovsky’s music was. And, moreover, Harvard University, was a visiting lecturer B-major chords. with this score and the tragic storyline it in dance at Princeton University and has The musical events of Tchaikovsky’s expressed, Tchaikovsky was attempting led residencies at University of California, first masterpiece are so well known they something revolutionary for Russian Santa Barbara. Watts was a fellow at the need little explanation; they convey ballet in that period. 19th-century Russian Center for Ballet and the Arts at NYU in virtually all the dramatic elements of audiences liked their ballets to be decorative 2014 and is currently an affiliate fellow Shakespeare’s play except the scenes of and entertaining, with light and diverting there. She has received numerous awards, comic relief. Some commentators have music and just enough plot to link the

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dances together. Instead, with Swan Lake, Act Three ball scene. The “Russian Dance” borrowed certain Mozartean stylistic Tchaikovsky gave them a heart-breaking was added by Tchaikovsky after he’d conventions, his all-string orchestra is romance with a tragic ending, expressed composed the score at the request of the much larger than the dozen or so players by music of compelling emotional power. 1877 production’s ballet master, who felt used for Mozart’s serenades, and the heart The story, which Tchaikovsky may have that a dance in their own national style was of the work is purely his own. In fact, had a hand in writing, tells of young Prince needed to please the audience. this piece truly belongs to the world of Siegfried, who, having turned 21, is being From Act Four, the “Finale” is the final Tchaikovsky’s great ballets Swan Lake, urged by his mother to marry a suitable ten minutes of the ballet, dramatically Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker; princess. But instead, in Act Two he follows tracing the tragic denouement. In a storm- exquisitely choreographed by George the flight of a flock of swans to a magical riven night, Siegfried frantically pursues Balanchine, it has effectively become lake where they are transformed into Odette back to the lake and begs her his fourth ballet. beautiful maidens. Siegfried falls in love forgiveness for his betrayal. The two lovers In the key of C major and in four with their leader, the entrancing Odette. throw themselves into the lake, thus freeing movements, it opens with a stately slow Act Three takes place at a palace ball, the other swans to become women again. introduction emphasizing the lushness where noble families have brought their of string sonority in rich chords. This eligible daughters for Siegfried’s inspection. Instrumentation: Two flutes, piccolo, two leads to two themes: the first smooth An evil sorcerer, however, ensnares him oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, four horns, and yearning, the second suggesting with a black-clad beauty, Odile, who looks two trumpets, two cornets, three trombones, fleet footwork with staccato violins and exactly like Odette. Too late, Siegfried tuba, timpani, percussion harp and strings. violas over a plucked accompaniment. realizes he has been betrayed, and in Act Both sections are repeated before the Four he rushes back to the lake to beg opening music returns to provide a grand, Odette’s forgiveness, with fatal results. SERENADE FOR STRINGS IN C MAJOR symmetrical close. We will hear music from the Suite Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky The two middle movements are published posthumously in 1900 to among Tchaikovsky’s jewels. First comes capitalize on Swan Lake’s newfound In 1877, Tchaikovsky made the a glorious, sweeping waltz. It is followed popularity. Its first number, “Scène,” is disastrous decision of trying to mask his by the third-movement “Elegy,” with its the music that opens Act Two as Siegfried homosexuality by marrying an infatuated mood of tender nostalgia. Its introductory arrives at the lakeshore and sees the swan young music student, Antonina Milyukova. rising scales echo the melodic shape maidens for the first time. The yearning Within a week of the wedding, he fled of the waltz. The first violins then oboe melody—one of Tchaikovsky’s from his bride and suffered a nervous sing the principal theme to pizzicato finest melodic inspirations—is the theme breakdown; the aftermath darkened both accompaniment; this soon grows into a associated with the swans and particularly his personal life and his creative work for passionate between the violins with Odette. years to follow. Fearing public scandal, he and cellos. Tchaikovsky was the master of the shunned Moscow and St. Petersburg and The finale opens with the high, balletic waltz, and the “Waltz” from retreated to country estates belonging to floating violin notes that closed “Elegy.” Act One’s party in celebration of Prince his family or close friends. Tchaikovsky then spins them into Siegfried’s coming of age is one of his Kamenka, the estate outside Kiev a Russian folk tune: a Volga barge- earliest and best examples. A big, multi- belonging to his elder sister and her hauling song previously used in his sectional dance, it wonderfully contrasts husband, became one of Tchaikovsky’s folksong collection of 1869. This neatly the warmth of strings against the cool safe havens. There, in the fall of 1880, accelerates into another folk tune from glitter of woodwinds. he composed simultaneously two of his that collection, which constitutes the After the charmingly airy “Dance of most popular works: the 1812 Overture main theme of the vivacious Allegro con the Little Swans,” comes the enchanted and the Serenade for Strings. While spirito section. To close, Tchaikovsky pas de deux (another “Scène”) from Act he despised the Overture, written on returns to the stately introduction from Two in which Odette, represented by the commission, he poured all his love and the Serenade’s first movement and solo violin, and Siegfried, by the solo cello, craft into the Serenade. reveals a delicious surprise. As the tempo express their love for each other. This also The love stemmed from Tchaikovsky’s accelerates again, we discover that this features one of the greatest harp passages in passion for Mozart, his favorite composer. noble music is none other than the finale’s the orchestral repertoire. Again, the theme “I don’t just like Mozart, I idolize him,” vivacious Russian folksong decked out in of yearning for the unattainable ideal is he wrote his devoted patroness Nadezhda sumptuous court costume. achingly expressed here. von Meck. The Serenade pays homage The “Hungarian Dance” and the to the enchanting world of Mozart’s Instrumentation: String orchestra. “Russian Dance” are from the colorful serenades and divertimentos, such as Eine parade of national character dances of the kleine Nachtmusik. But while Tchaikovsky Notes by Janet E. Bedell, © 2018

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Resounding: The Campaign for the BSO’s Second Century is a $65 million campaign to build the BSO’s endowment—sustaining the organization’s growth and vitality and expanding the reach of our innovative and ground-breaking artistic and educational programs. Funds secured through the Campaign will enable the BSO to attract and retain our world-class musicians and guest artists, engage new and diverse audiences and expand the reach of our OrchKids and Baltimore Symphony Youth Orchestras (BSYO) education programs.

The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra is enormously grateful to those who are investing in the future of the organization through their support of the Resounding Campaign. We thank the following individuals, corporations, and foundations who have made endowment, OrchKids, BSYO and increased annual fund gifts totaling $43 million between September 1, 2012 and January 31, 2018 in support of this historic fundraising effort.

For more information on Resounding: The Campaign for the BSO’s Second Century or to make a gift, contact: Angel Terol, BSO Second Century Campaign Director at 410.783.8055 or [email protected].

$5,000,000 AND UP Richard and Rosalee Davison Terry M. and James Rubenstein, M.D. George and Frances Alderson Robert E. Meyerhoff and Rheda Becker Ben and Zelda Cohen Charitable The Salmon Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Tedd Alexander, III The Zanvyl and Isabelle Krieger Fund Foundation The Estate of Henry Sanborn Karl and Kathy Alexander Richard and Rosalee C. Davison The Honorable Steven Schuh and ALH Foundation, Inc. $1,000,000–$4,999,999 Foundation, Inc. Ms. Dania Blair David and Bonnie Allan Joseph and Harvey Meyerhoff Family Ms. Lois S. Hug Stephen and Gail Shawe David Allen Charitable Funds Dr. James and Lynne LaCalle Sherman Family Foundation Mrs. Elise Allen Mr.* and Mrs. Kingdon Gould, Jr. The Estate of John Larsen George and Betsy Sherman Ms. Shirley Allen Shelter Foundation, Inc. The Lord Baltimore Capital Joanne Gold and Andrew Stern Stephen and Kristen Allen Patricia and Mark K. Joseph Corporation The Estate of Ingeborg Weinberger Thomas and Carol Allen Dr. Solomon H. Snyder, MD Louis B. Thalheimer Willow and Hollys Allen Juliet Eurich $50,000–$99,999 Ms. Marin Alsop $500,000–$999,999 Catherine and George McClelland Anonymous AmazonSmile Paul M. Angell Family Foundation National Endowment for the Arts In memory of James Gavin Manson Christoph and Joanna Amberger Helmut D.W. Bauer Arnold and Alison Richman The Abell Foundation American Trading & Production Thomas S. and Barbara M. Bozzuto Doris W. Sanders The Estate of Hazel Ann Fox Corporation Eddie C. and C. Sylvia Brown Family Alena and David M. Schwaber H&S Bakery, Inc. Ms. Barbara Ames Foundation Ms. Nancy E. Smith Mr. Bill Paterakis Paul and Donna Amico Bunting Family Foundation Mrs. Sonia D. Blumenthal Mr. Will P Amland France-Merrick Foundation $100,000–$249,999 Mrs. Betty Himeles and The Martin S. Diana Andrews The Hecht-Levi Foundation Anonymous (2) Himeles, Sr. Foundation Ms. Susan Angell Sandra Levi Gerstung The Estate of Nancy Berger The Letaw Family Foundation, Inc. The Estate of Ms. Barbara Appell Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin H. Griswold, IV Mr. David H. Bernstein Dr. Thomas Pozefsky Steven and Kristen Appel Gwynne and Leonard Horwits The Jacob and Hilda Blaustein The Rales Foundation Arnold and Suzanne Applefeld Constance R. Caplan Foundation The Estate of Lawrence Roberts Mrs. Ruth Aranow Dr. Phyllis R. Kaplan The Estate of Phyllis Brill Barry and Susan Rosen Mr. Paul Araujo Mr. Nicholas G. Klise Ingrid and Robert Coutts Jacob S. Shapiro Foundation Louise Armstrong Sarellen and Marshall A. Levine, MD Kenneth W. DeFontes and at the suggestion of Tina and Todd Armstrong Earl and Darielle Linehan Donna C. DeFontes Jane Baum Rodbell Belinda Arrington The Henry and Ruth Blaustein Freda Dunn Stanley Rodbell Ms. Mary Ann Ashcraft Rosenberg Foundation Alan and Carol Edelman Jonathan and Carol Zenilman Jill Asman Bruce Rosenblum and Lori Laitman Mr.* and Mrs. Thomas Fallon Mr. William Backstrom Susan and Charles Shubin Haswell M. and Madeline S. Franklin UNDER $50,000 Calvin H. Baker and Lidia Paz-Baker David and June Trone John Gidwitz Anonymous (2) Mrs. Carol Lynn Baker The Estate of Albert and Martha Walker The Goldsmith Family Foundation Herbert and Betty Aaron Mr. Gary Baldwin Ellen W.P. Wasserman Beth Goldsmith Dr. Eileen Abel David and Susan Ball The Estate of Hilda Perl Goodwin Emile Bendit and Diane Abeloff F.G. Ball $250,000–$499,999 Mr. and Mrs. Douglas W. Hamilton, Jr. Mr. Harland Abraham Ms. Barbara L. Ballard Michael J. Batza, Jr. and Patrica K. Batza Hoffberger Family Philanthropies Eric and Robin Ace Ms. Betty Ballard Charles T. Bauer Foundation Jeffrey and Harriet Legum William and Dorothy Achor The Baltimore City Foundation Ellen and Ed Bernard The Estate of Bernice Levinson William L. and Victorine Q. Adams Dr. and Mrs. Lenwood Ivey Richard and Carol Bernstein Middendorf Foundation Foundation Baltimore County Commission on the Mary Catherine Bunting Bill and Dottie Nerenberg Mrs. Marjorie Rodgers Cheshire Arts & Sciences The Estate of Sergui and Robinne Linda Hambleton Panitz Ms. Kathryn Adams Baltimore Estate Planning Council Comissiona Scott Phares and Judy Witt Phares AHS Charm City Chapter Baltimore Office Of Promotion The Estate of Margaret Cooke Michael* and Priya Pinto Mr. Zachary Alberts And The Arts

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Baltimore Ravens Thomas Bozzuto and Robin Madigan Jennifer Cawthra Mr. Jackson Curreri Baltimore Women’s Giving Circle Stanley and Dorah Brager Matthew Cellini Meosotis Curtis Bank of America Mr. Charles Bragg Ms. Jeanne Celtnieks Ms. Raymarlyn Curtis Penny Bank David and Helen Braitman Juno Chang and Kyungeun Park Ms. Ellen B Cutler Dr. Mitchell Bard Boudewien and Paul Brand Ronald McDonald House Charities Carol and John Cyphers Lee Barker Shirley Brandman and Howard Shapiro Ms. Susan Gerrity Chase Ms. Maris St. Cyr Ms. Danielle Barner Mr. Thomas Brantigan Ms. Karen Chasen D’Addario Foundaion John and Ruella Barnes Ms. Rosemarie Brazeau Mr. James Chen Sophie Dagenais Mr. John I. Barnes, II Carolyn and David Braverman Ms. Lenis Chen James and Anne Dale Ms. Mabel Barron Ms. Shirley Braverman Hosea T. Chew Ms. Laurel Damashek James and Sheila Barry The Peter David Brendsel Fund For Ms. Rebecca Howell Chew Linwood Dame Anjula Batra Children Literacy Mr. Wayne G. Ching Dr. Dallas Dance Ms. Kimberly M Battista Ms. Amy Brennan Chipotle Irwin Danels Lillian and Don Bauder Rebecca and Josh Brenner Mrs. Kristine Cho Marcia Daniel Mr. Brian Bayerle Mr. Robert Breyer Mrs. Constance Chriss Patricia Daniel John Beach Paul and Jane Brickman Jean Christianson Jane and Worth Daniels Ms. Jane Beard Jeremy Bridges Mrs. Karen Cicmanec Mr. Ron Daniels and Ms. Joanne Rosen Sheldon and Arlene Bearman Dr. Nancy Bridges Mr. George Ciscle Mrs. Sarah David Ms. Stephanie Bechtel Susan Bridges and Bill Van Dyke The Classic Catering People Tema S. David John and Mary Ann Beckley Ms. Jeanne Brinkley Classical Conversations of Ellicott City Mr. Thomas E. Davies Mrs. Sarah Beckwith Ms. Janet Briscoe Clayton Baker Trust Hal Davis and Susan Levine Claire Beissinger Thomas and Michele Broemmelsiek Sally Clayton and Leslie Graef Miss Cynthia Dawson Ms. Heidi Bell Ms. Martha Bromberger-Barnea CLD Partners Douglass and Susan Day Harry and Janice Benham Ms. Jenny Bromley Clean Currents Ms. Kathryn L. Day Ms. Eileen Bennett Steven Brooks and Ann Loar Brooks Aris and Jennifer Cleanthous Jovonne Day-Miles David Bercuson Ms. Sarah Brooner Emery and Edith Cleaves Ms. Jovonne C Day-Miles Ms. Lane K. Berk Brown Capital Management Ms. Tara Clifford Mr. Eugene M. de Lara Barry D. and Linda F. Berman Brown Memorial Woodbrook The Clinton Family Fund Lisa DeCamp Ms. Cynthia Berman Presbyterian Church Mrs. Mary Close Deering Family Foundation Gerardine Berman Karen and Robert Brown Mary Jo and Brad Closs Dorothy and Stephen Degaray Howard and Deborah Berman Kristen Handy-Brown Samuel Parker Clothier Mr. James DeGraffenreidt and Bunny Bernstein Ms. Lynette Brown Ms. Sybil R Coblenzer Dr. Mychelle Farmer Mr. Toby Bernstein Ms. Amy Bruce Mrs. Anne Codd Mrs. Marion DeGroff Betty Huse MD Charitable Foundation Ms. Jeanne Brush Alan and Deborah Cohen Ms. Camille Delaney-McNeil and Ms. Danielle Beyers Ms. Sandra Brushart Allen and Ellen Cohen Aaron McNeil BGE Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Howard and Barbara Cohen Judy Delbera Robert Biagiotti Player’s Committee Howard and Nancy Cohen Lisa Delima Marjorie Bigham Mr. Stephen C. Buckingham Ms. Nancy L Cohen Mrs. Barbara DeLouise Elizabeth Binford Dr. David G Bundy Samuel Cohen and Joan Piven-Cohen J Denlinger Judy and Dave Binkley Mr. Peter Van Buren Dr. Steven Cohen Mr. Miguel Dennis William and Martha Bishai Ms. Susan L. Burgert Ms. Suzanne Cohen Ms. Barbara K Dent John and Carol Bishop Ms. Lori Burghauser Ms. Jill Cohen Marie des Jardins and John Park Scott and Katherine Bissett Kathleen and Brian Burr Ms. Corinne Coleman Mrs. Tanya Deshields-Yates Bithgroup Technologies, Inc. Mark and Dana Burrough Paula Coleman Kevin and Loretta D’Eustachio Mr. Black Jeffrey and Ann Burt Mr. and Mrs. Reco Collins Mrs. Mariam D’Eustachio Mrs. Irene E Black Dr. Nancy Burton-Prateley Philip and Mary Combs Ms. Geraldine Diamond Ms. Katherine Blakeslee Mrs. Amy Burwen The Joseph Mullan Company Susan Dibs and M. Douglas Baker Mr. Louis Blank Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Butler Conductors Guild Betty Lee and Dudley P. Digges Mary and Morton Blaustein Aaron Bycoffe Connect2Give Memorial Fund The Morton K. and Jane Blaustein Ms. Sharon Byrd Constantine Commercial Construction Lenox Dingle Foundation Charles and Judy Cahn Paul Converse and Wienshet Teklu Sheila Ann Dixon Nancy Blaustein and J. Harrington Cal Ripkin Sr. Foundation, Inc. Ms. Mary Cook William Dixon Mrs. Marilyn Bliden James Calderwood and Joyce Johnson Reverend Ralph Cook Miss Sylvia Betts Dodd Miriam Blitzer Ms. June Caldwell Charles and Joan Cooper Ms. April Dodge Rachel Bloch Dr. Nathan H. Carliner Ms. Julia Cooper Carol Dodson The Estate of Jean Louise Bloom Jaice Campbell Mr. Michael Cooper Leslie Donnelly Joyce and Robert Bloor Ms. Janice Campbell Mr. Phillip Cooper Ms. Barbara A. Donohoe Mia Bock The Canticle Singers Of Baltimore Mark Coplin Kevin Donovan and Sandra Asirvatham Ms. Brenda J. Bodian Daryl Caplan and Bob Bryant Corporate Office Properties Trust Ms. Anna Dopkin Ms. Carol Bogash Jamie Caplis John Corona Harriet Dopkin and Steve Montgomery Elizabeth Boison Benjamin and Myrna Cardin Corrigan Sports Enterprises Mr. James Doran John and Carolyn Boitnott Theodore and Gregory Carski Ms. Marjorie Corwin Ms. Victoria Dorf Mrs. Barbara Bond Dr. Nathan H. Carliner Fund Frank and Jane Costanzi Mrs. Alice Dorshow John and Elizabeth Bond of the BCF Mr. David Costello Ms. Marcia Dresner Boomerang Fund For Artists Ms. Margaret Carlton Alex and Chrissy Cotsalas Larry and Jane Droppa Randy and Jean Boone Carrolltowne Elementary Mr. Nicholas Coutros Gloria and Lindsay Dryden Charles Booth John H Carter Barbara and William Cowie Mr. L. Dyson Dryden Adam and Meredith Borden Tyonne Carter Ms. Erma S. Craig Shaojia Du and Xiaoyin Wang Neal and Winnie Borden The Annie E. Casey Foundation Ms. Barbara Crawley Norman and Valerie Dubin Dr. Andrea Bowden Ms. Meghan K Casey Cristina Creager DuBois Circle Ledley Boyce Ms. Mary V. Cashdollar Margaret O. Cromwell Family Fund Craig and Nan Duerling Mr. Gerald Boyd, Sr Mr. Allen Cassity Mr. Michael Cryor Elvis Dumervil Ms. Winsome Boyd William and Kristina Catto The Honorable Elijah Cummings David and Yehudis Eagle Woody and Sandra Boyd Robert and Penny Catzen Mr. Max Curran Brian Eakes

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Guests attending a reception January 15, 2018 to celebrate the launch of the BSO’s Resounding Campaign. Pictured left to right:

Eddie and Sylvia Brown and Olivia, Terry Rubenstein, Lynn Deering, Betsy Sherman, Marin Alsop and BSO Concertmaster Jonathan Carney Alexander and Keith Lee Marin Alsop and Rose Ellen Greene Earl and Darielle Linehan and Keyboardist Lura Johnson

Nancy and Alan Eason Jerome and Rosemarie Fleg The GiveCorps Foundation Ms. Stephanie Hack John and Donna Easton Kelly Fleming Mrs. Suzanne L Given Eric Hadaway The Estate of William B. Eddisson Ms. Lois Flowers Corliss and Thomas Glennon Kenneth and Arlene Haddock Donna Eden Veronica Foley Michael and Jane Glick Ms. Marian Hahn Ms. Joyce Edington Eric and Amy Forseter Ms. Jeanette Glose Kathryn Haller and Jeffrey Johnson Edwards & Hill Communications, LLC Fortineaux Associates Ms. Kayla Gluck Fern and J. Edward Hamel Gretchen Edwards Laurlene Straughn Pratt Foundation Mr. Christopher Gocke Carole Hamlin and C. Fraser Smith Willem Van Eeghen Parks & People Foundation Mr. Adam Goers Brian and Carolyn Hammock Dr. Georgia Franyo-Ehlers T. Rowe Price Foundation Mr. Justin Golart Robert and Beverly Handwerger Ms. Paula Ferris Einaudi William Randolph Hearst Foundation Mrs. Louise Goldberg Ms. Lincolnette Handy Mary and James Elliott Mr. Robert Fowler Lewis and Louise Goldfine Kristen Handy-Brown Todd Elliott Stephen and Jayne Frank Barry and Florence Goldgeier James Hanes Stuart and Margery Elsberg Mr. Stan Frazier David and Eleanor Goldstein Taylor Hanex Mrs. Gabriella Emmett John and Elaine Freeman Thomas and Andrea Goldstein Michael and Ann Hankin Mr. and Mrs. John H. Engel Arlene and Kenneth Friedman Ms. Jenny Good Richard Hannigan M Enright Ellen Friedman Katherine Goodrich Dr. Michael Hansen and Epworth United Methodist Chapel Ms. Judith Friedman Marion and James Goodrich Ms. Nancy Randa Mr. Raphael D. Erfe Mr. Donald Fry Carol and Russell Gordon James and Linda Happel Ms. Carol Erhardt Dr. Jillian Fry Ms. Lynne T. Gorman Mrs. Beth Happick Yener and Brenda Erozan Mr. David Fu The Estate of Dailinia Gorn Har Sinai Congregation Ms. Karen McNamara Esposito Mrs. Ann Fugett The Samuel G. And Margaret A. Gorn Bernadene Harper Patrick and Janice Eteme Dr. Erin Fults Foundation Ronald and Carol Harrell Mr. Alan W Evans Ms. Jane Fun Julie and Stephen Gottlieb Dr. Jacqueline Harris Charles and Beth Evans Ms. Lisa Gaffney Ms. April Gottsagen Ms. Kati Harrison Exchange Club of Highlandtown Inc. Marina and John Gaffney Dr. Meredith Gould Ms. Pat Hartley Exelon Corporation Kathleen and John Gagnon Mr. James Gouldmann Wilbert and Lillie Hawkins John Eyring Ms. L. Denise Galambos Mr. and Mrs. Leslie H. Graef Dr. Carla Hayden Family League of Baltimore City, Inc. Mr. Matthew Gallagher Grafton Consulting LLC Joanne Hayes and Deidre Carroll Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Farinacci Ms. Nancy Gallagher Mr. Andrew Graham Maurice and Lisa Haywood Seth Goldman and Julie Farkas Ms. Christina Gallo Ms. Jean Elizabeth Graham Donald and Sybil Hebb Mrs. Kathleen D. Farno Ms. Ethel W. Galvin Ms. Betsy Granek Mrs. Anita Heffernan Ms. Carmen L. Farrior Gamma Boule Foundation Mrs. Toni Greenberg Mrs. Shanna Heilveil Arthur and Eena Feld Ms. Barbara Gamse Mrs. Emily Greene John Heinlein Mark and Beth Felder Nona Gandelman Dr. Sue Greene David and Linda Hellmann Mrs. Katherine Feldmann Jeffrey Gangwisch and Robbye Apperson Mrs. Marlene Greenebaum Ms. Rhonda Henderson Sandra Feldman Lyle Garitty Ms. Peggy Greenman William Henderson Melissa and Ilya Feliciano Pinkney and Yvonne Garner Mrs. Lauren Greenwald The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation Mr. H. Stephen Fender Mr. Robert Garnet Alison Greer Mrs. Hortense H. Henry Jianhua Feng and Zhibing Chen Leete and Jamie Garten Mr. Demetreus Gregg The Herbert Bearman Foundation Mrs. Allison Ferguson John and Christine Gazurian Molly Gregory Mr. Barry Herman Marlene and Walter Ferguson Ms. Gail Geller Nancy Gregory Ms. Miriam Herman Ms. Gladys Fernandez Judith Geller and Michael Raitzyk Mr. J. David Greydanus Ms. Annalise Heron Kathleen and Jorge Fernandez Ms. Gretchen Genello Ulrike Gross Thomas and Sandra Hess Mark Fetting and George Smith Generosity Richard and Linda Grossi Mr. Martin K.P. Hill Mr. Stephen Filer John Gerwig PNC Financial Services Group Robert and Sandra Hillman Bonnie Finch Phyllis Joy Gestrin Mrs. Donna Lucia Guarino Martin and Paula Himeles Matthew Firor Ms. Vera Gibbs Leonard and Susan Guberman Richard and Margaret Himelfarb Alvin and Hilda Fisher Wilson and Jeanne Gildee Ms. Claude Helene Guillemard Joseph and Bette Hirsch Frances Fisher Raquel Whiting Gilmer Ronald and Cynthia Gunderson Gina and Daniel Hirschhorn Morton and Ann Fisher Susan Gilson Joann Gusdanovic and Lisa Evans Peter and Lisa Hoffberger Sara Fishman Mr. and Mrs. James L. Ginsburg Ms. Julia Guth Barbara Hogan Frederick Flaccavento Ms. Arlene Gioia Ms. Adelaide A Habel Terry Hogan Ms. Joanne Flax Mr. John M Gipson Miles and Ronnie Haber Ralph and Sharon Holzman

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Homeless Angels Ms. Helene Kahn Mr. Alexander Lacquement Mr. Phillip E. Hooks Mr. Henry Kahn Mark and Sandy Laken Horseshoe Casino Baltimore Kaiser Permanente Tracy Lambros Kathleen Vander Horst Hinrich and Christine Kaiser Ms. Patricia A Landis Ms. Jane Houck Paul Kalb and Susan Ascher John Landon Campaign House of Musical Traditions Harvey Kallens and Bonnie Schulman Shannon Landwehr Committee Ms. Susan Hovanec Ms. Audrey Kallman Col. Stephen Langenberg Walter and Stephen Howard Mr. Stratton Kalpaxis Stephen M. and Maria T. Lans Ms. Susan Hoye Mr. Mumtaz B Kammerer Mr. Jason Lasher Dr. and Mrs. Freeman Hrabowski, III Mr. Aaron Jordan Kaplan Ms. Donna Lashof Barbara M. Bozzuto David and Lily Huang Kappa Kappa Psi Mr. Bruce Lauber Co-Chair Ms. Jane L. Hughes Dr. and Mrs.* Murray Kappelman Ann-Marie Lawlor Mr. Sean Hull Mr. Peter Karpoff Ms. Wendy Lawner Thomas S. Bozzuto Roger and Linda Hultgren Ms. Nancy Eliza Kass Mr. Jim Lawrence Co-Chair Sarah Humphreys and Lawrence Mason P. Kates Rangini Lawrence Ms. Dorothy M Hunt Dr. and Mrs. Eric Katkow Mary and Philip Leaf Maestra Marin Alsop Paul and Jennifer Huston Howard and Marion Katz League of American Orchestras Mr. Chris Hutchinson Louis and Minna Katz Mr. and Mrs. John LeBarton Rick Bernstein David and Susan Hutton Barbara P. Katz Lainy LeBow-Sachs Ms. Elisabeth Hyleck Jennifer Katze and Anthony Kraus Alexis P. Lecouras Jonathan Carney Takeru Igusa and Catherine Renggli Mr. Loren Bruce Kayfetz Thomas LeDoux Victor and Jan Ilenda Mr. Steve Kearney Kathleen and Kenneth Lee Kenneth W. DeFontes, Jr. Joo Hyun Im Monica Kearns Ms. Paula H Lee Menchey Music Service, Inc. Ms. Joyce Keating Brian and Kathy Lee Candlelight Concert Society, Inc. Mrs. Julia Keelty Dr. Jennifer Lee-Summers Allan Jensen, MD Alan and Karen Ingalls Mr. James T. Kelley, III Ms. Linda Lee Gary and Iris Ingber The Kenneth S. Battye Charitable Trust Ronald Lee Fred Lazarus IV Mrs. Tina Iosue Bernard and Joanne David and Rebecca Leege Sister Mary Irving Ms. Delores Kerr Dr. Sandra R. Leichtman Jonna Lazarus The Isaac & Leah M. Potts Ms. Tatevik Khoja-Eynatyan Ruth and Jay Lenrow Foundation, Inc. Ms. Helen A. Kiefert Angeles de Leon Lainy Lebow-Sachs Mrs. Padma Iyer Ms. Genevieve Ann Kiel Scott and Laurie Lerman Ronna Jablow Laurie Kim Lerner Holdings, LLC Sandra Levi-Gerstung Ms. Kathleen Jackson Byron King Margot and Larry Lessans Mr. Peter Jackson Andrea Kirsch William and Joanne Levasseur Peter T. Kjome Hillary Jacobs Mr. Stephen Kiser Ms. Keisha A. Leverette Richard Jacobs Peter Kjome and Kristen Morrison Leonard and Cynthia Levering Marshall A. Levine, MD Sanford and Ann Jacobson Michael and Clara Klein Mrs. Sara W Levi David and Ulrike Jaller Ms. Joan Klein Roger Levin and Janet Siegel Jane Marvine Wendy and Chris Jeffries Marcel and Barbara Klik Ms. Emily R. Levitas Allynnore Jen Edward and Louise Klohr Andrea LeWinter and Stephen Seliger Catherine McClelland Mrs. Eleanor Jenks Ms. Kristin Kluge Orville and Marion Lewis Brenda Jews Ms. Regan Knapp Claudia Lewis Joseph Meyerhoff II The Jim & Patty Rouse Charitable Robert and Joyce Knodell Ms. Emily Li Foundation Marion I. & Henry J. Knott Foundation Li Li Sen. Barbara Mikulski Joan G. And Joseph Klein Jr. Mr. Martin Knott Ava Lias-Booker and Earl Booker Foundation William Koerner Frances and Edward Lieberman Terry M. Rubenstein Dana and David Johns Mr. Rick Kohr Ms. Janine Linden Johns Hopkins Hospital Ms. Hillary Kolodner Ms. Jennifer Lindner Dan Shykind Johns Hopkins University Nicholas and Stephanie Konstant Ms. Lynne Lipsitz Ms. Mary Johnson Danielle Koontz Mr. William C Litsinger, Jr Lisa Steltenpohl Mr. Adrian Johnson Sallyann Koontz Joan and David Little F and Kathleen Johnson Dr. Elizabeth Koopman Mrs. Susan Liss James Wyman Ms. Mary L Johnson Mrs. Theresa M. Kopasek Mrs. Harry R. Locke Amy Johnson Rita and I.J. Kopin Lockhart Vaughan Foundation Mrs. Janet Johnson Lawrence Koppelman and Ms. Joan C. Lockman Mrs. Mabel Johnson Elizabeth Ritter Mr. Alan Long Sen. Martin Madden Sandi Johnson Dr. Bernard F. Kozlovsky Mr. and Mrs. Ron Lorentzen Andrea and Michael Madsen Ms. Janet C Johnston Mr. James B Kraft Frank E. and Miriam Loveman Mr. and Mrs. Howard Majev Ms. Ernestine Jones Jolivet Ms. Cynthia Kratz Foundation Ms. Sarah W Majoros Ms. Diana Jolley Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Kremen Harold and Judith Lowe Maller Wealth Advisors Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Jolley Julian Krolik and Elaine Weiss Mrs. Maxine D. Lowy Ms. Sarah Mallonga Mary and Dale Jolliffe Evan and Toni Krometis Peggy and Chao Lu Ms. Maureen Malone Mr. James Edward Jones Sara Krusenstjerna Ms. Anna C Luther Donald and Brigitte Manekin Arthur Jones, III Kristen Krzyzewski and David Yalowitz Ms. Jane Lynn Ms. Marsha Manekin Christopher Jones Edmond and Linda Kulp Mr. Christopher J. Lyon Amy Mann Ms. Debbie Jones Richard and Paola Kulp Stefan MacGillis Ms. Sara Manning Ms. Melanie Jones Yann and Beatrice Kulp Ms. Carolyn Machamer Denise Maple Kristin Jurkscheit Edoardo Kulp Robb and Barb MacKie Mr. Thierry Marbach Angie Jusino Joshua Kulp and Julie Zuckerman Ms. Ellen Macks Shirley Marcus-Allen Ms. Joanne Juskus Mr. Sunil Kumar Ann and Thomas MacLellan Ms. Elizabeth B Mariani Anson and Jonathan Justi Julie Kurland and Marcia Diehl Mary MacVey Marcia Markowitz Heather Kadel Ms. Bonnie D Kutch Mr. Randy Macy Mrs. Gloria Marrow Ms. Ann H Kahan Min Kwon and Hyeyon Roh Macy’s, Inc. Jake and Jennifer Martin

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William and Carol Martin Mrs. Jennifer Morehouse Mr. Richard Osial Erica Reaves Virginia Martin Mr. Ramal Moreland Richard and Lois Pace Raymond L Reed Patrick Martinez Carolyn and Charles Morgan Alexis Pace and Szu Burgess Randi Reichel Jason and Andrea Marx Suzanne and Thomas Morgan Ms. Margaret Pagan Elizabeth and Charles Reichelt Mr. Joel Marx Mr. Jared Morgan Mr. Stephen Painter Joseph and Judith Reiff Maryland State Arts Council Ms. Maureen Morgan Ms. Ellen-Jane K Pairo Mignon Reik Julie Masiello Ms. Paulette Morgan Mr. Jonathan Palevsky Mr. Salem Reiner Mr. Andy Maslar Terry Morgenthaler and Millie Paniccia Michael Reisch and Lily Jarman-Reisch Ms. Gloria Jean Mason Patrick Kerins Cindy Paradies and Larry Moscow Ms. Dee Dee Remenick Lydia Mason and Mark Ingram Shelley and Dan Morhaim Mr. and Mrs. Gazzater Parham Ms. Karen E Renaud Jason Mathias Joseph Morra Bruce and Nancy Paris Mr. William Reuling Ms. Barbara Matthews Cynthia Neverdon Morton Mrs. Young Ah Park Ms. Amy Rhodes Lance Matthiesen Ms. Elizabeth K. Moser Jung Park Carl and Bonnie Richards Daniel and Agnes Mazur Ms. Trina Mostyn Mrs. Marcia Park Dr. William Richards Michael McCaffery and Beverly Mr. Joseph Francis Mrozek Ms. Nancy Parker Dina Richardson Wendland Mr. Kirk Mullen Edward and Kathleen Patey Mrs. Tona A. Riggio Mr. Ronald McCallum Mrs. Joy Munster Maureen Patton The Estate of Robert Riley Ms. Mary Stuart McCamy Mr. William Murphy Ms. Pamela Paulk Mrs. Lynda Aalpoel Riley David and Susan McCardell Mrs. Carrie Murrie Ms. Ana Pavich Stephen Robb and Judy Honig Ms. Valencia McClure Claire Myer and Robert Schuck The Pearl Foundation Maria Robertson The Estate of Carol McCord Mr. Andrew Myer Ms. Amy Peck Cecil and Donna Robinson Mr. Leo C. McDonagh Roy and Gillian Myers Ms. LaTasha Peele Dr. Maya Rockeymoore Ms. Jamie McDonald Margot B Nadien Peggy & Yale Gordon Trust Dr. Ann Rogers Sen. Nathaniel J. McFadden Dr. Sheila Namir Catherine and Luis Penafiel Mr. Jonathan Rogers James and Eve McGovern Mr. Marc Narkus-Kramer Mrs. Catherine Penafiel Mrs. Ashleigh Rohm Ms. Kathleen McGuire Thomas and Judith Nassau William and Kathleen Pence Roland Park Women’s Club Mr. Jim McIntyre Ms. Amy Nathan Ms. Margaret Penhallegon Sara Rollfinke Vatrice McKoy National Arts and Humanities Kimberly and Aurelio Perez-Lugones Mr. Edgar Romero Ms. Florence A. McLean Youth Program Patsy Perlman Mr. David Ropp Ms. Bettye J. Meadows Ms. Virginia W. Naylor Joan Perrault Sondra Rose Jeffrey and Anita Meddin Anne and Gerald Nelson Ms. Stephanie Pettaway Bev Rosen and Russ Morris Mr. Marcia Medina Mr. David Nelson Ms. Jacquie Perry Susan Rosen Mr. Gary S. Melnick Netcraftsmen Geraldine Perry Mr. Benjamin Rosenberg Lauren Mendelsohn Network for Good Ms. Julie Perry Ms. Barbara Rosenberger Ms. Michelle N Mendez Mrs. Cynthia Neverdon-Morton Mr. Lawrence Peskin Howard and Michelle Rosenbloom Ms. Carol Merrell Ms. Mariette Hiu Newcomb Mr. Thomas Peter Mrs. Beth C. Rosenwald Abel Merrill Jennifer and Thomas Newlin Misha and Lis Petkevich Gary and Naomi Rosner Dr. Maria W. Merritt Miss Alexandra Ng Ms. Ruth Pettus Phyllis and David Ross Mr. Randolph Metcalfe David Nickels and Gerri Hall Ms. Thien-Kim Pham Mary Ross and Donna Martin Ms. Jill Meyer Mr. Ron Nicodemus Jonathan Philipson Paul Rothman and Frances Meyer Harvey and Phyllis Meyerhoff Ms. Arline Nitzberg Ms. Lesley Pierce Ms. Amalie R. Rothschild Joseph Meyerhoff and Dawna Cobb Ms. Anna Noon Mr. Wendell Pierce Lissa Rotundo Neil and Sayra Meyerhoff Norfolk Southern Foundation Ms. Jo-Ann Pilardi Roundwood Fund Mr. Lou Mezzanotte Antonella Nota and Mark Clampin Thomas and Natalie Pilon Ted and Lucinda Rouse Daniel and Kay Michaelis Mark and Alice Notis Audrey and Thomas Pinkney Suzan Rouse Ms. Susan Middaugh Ruth and Michael Notis Michael and Lisa Pintzuk Clark and Constance Row Gary and Jill Miller Ms. Anne-Marie Ntagahoraho Arthur and Judith Pittenger Ms. Maryann Rozzell Herbert and Carrie Miller Susan K Numrich PLDA Interiors Mr. Michael S Rubenstein Stephen and Susan Miller Andrew and Sharon Nussbaum Ms. Judith Plott Mr. Peter Ruchkin Mrs. Barbara Miller Mr. Charles Ober Teresa Pollet Dr. Janice Marie Rusnak Ms. Deborah Miller Ms. Heather O’Brien Elizabeth Porter Mr. Ira Russcol Mr. Stanley Miller David and Laura O’Callaghan Ms. Deborah Lou Potee Ms. Kristin L. Bussell Hilary B. Miller and Mr. Colm O’Comartun Anne and Roger Powell Neil and JoAnn Ruther Dr. Katherine Bent Elizabeth O’Connell William and June Powers The Honorable and Mrs. Boyd Janis Millete Mrs. Charleen O’Connor Ms. Jennifer Powers Rutherford Carol and Noah Minkin Diane O’Conor The Estate of Margery Pozefsky Christine Rutkowski Elizabeth and William Minkin Ryan and Katherine O’Doherty Ronda Pozoulakis Ms. Elizabeth Ryan Cynthia Minkovitz Steven and Sherri O’Donnell President’s Committee Ann Sacks Mr. Brian Stokes Mitchell Antoinette O’Donnell on the Arts and Humanities Ruth Sadler and Robert Byrnes John and Jolie Mitchell III Elizabeth O’Gara Ms. Virginia Probasco Kelly Sage Ms. Patricia J. Mitchell Lee and Marilyn Ogburn Mrs. Stephanie Prange Proestel Ms. Keiko Saito Ms. Peg Mitchell Mr. Garrick Ohlsson Herbert and Linda Proper Elise and David Saltzberg Ms. Francine Mittelman Jerry O’Keefe Daniel Pugh Jeffrey and Diana Samet Herbert and Miriam Mittenthal Mr. Timothy Thomas O’Leary Ms. Toni Purdy Jon and Barbara Samuels Dr. Margaret Mohler-Strahan David Oleynik Fangtu Qiu and Emily Li Mrs. Jeanne Samuels Mrs. Deborah Molesworth Mrs. Hannah Elaine Oliver Mr. Jacob Radin Wendy Sanborn Rick Monfred Miss Chiara Olivi Sandra Marie Ragusa Ms. Kirsten E. Sandberg Charles and Linda Monk Ms. Elizabeth Olson Mr. Chris Rahl Ms. Maureen Sandberg Wes and Dawn Moore Mr. Steven Oney Ms. Chris Raitzyk Sander and Norma K. Daniel Moore and Elizabeth Pierce Mr. Michael O’Pecko Harry and Marian Randall Buchman Fund Ms. Lisa Moore Kevin O’Reilly Kathy Randolph Dina and John Sarbanes Stephanie Moore Ms. Bonnie Orrison Lauren Rausch Mrs. Jennifer Sarlin Claudia Morales Dr. Adaora Osakwe Mr. William Ray Ms. Molla Sarros Robert and Lila Mordhorst Nancy Osborn and Martin Beilin Dr. Bonnie Reagan David and Ann Saunders

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Ms. Brenda Saunders Ellwood and Thelma Sinsky Mr. Benjamin D Tauber D’Arcy and Bruce Weinberger Mr. William Saunders Barbara and Joseph Skillman Ms. Holly Ann Taylor Brian and Karen Weinstein John and Gioia Sawchuk Dr. and Mrs. James W. Slack Ms. Angel Terol Sheldon and Harriet Weinstock Terrence Sawyer Jacqueline and Phill Slavney Mr. Andrew J. Tesoro Ilene and Stephen Weiss SC&H Group, LLC Ms. Beth Slepian Ms. Claudia Tesoro Mr. Fred Weiss Ellen Schaefer John S Slifka David and Carolyn Thayer Mr. Joseph Weiss Susan Scharf Mr. John R Sliger Ms. Debra Therit Marie Wells Mr. Wayne R Schaumburg Ms. Anne Sloan Ms. Susan Beth Thomas Ms. Qiana Wells Ms. Irma Schechter Jaime Slocum Thomas Wilson Foundation Dr. Toni Wengerd Ms. Ann Scheck Mr. Graylin Smith Dr. Freeda Thompson Christopher and Anne West Amy Bober-Schenerman and Mark The Honorable and Mrs. James T. Mr. Fred Thomsen Westhoff Family Foundation Schenerman Smith Ms. Carrie Thornbery Ms. Sheila Wexler Mr. Benjamin Scherer Elizabeth and Claire Smith Amy and Eric Tich Calbraith and Aimee Wheaton Joanne Schmader and Michael Casassa Karen and Michael Smith Ms. Karline Tierney Marvina Whethers John and Deborah Schmidt Ms. Nancy E Smith Maria and Chuck Tildon Ms. Louise M. White Linda Schmidt Norman and Rona Smith Mrs. Anne Tilmes Ms. Rita B Whiting The Honorable Kurt L. Schmoke and Ms. Patricia M Smith Sarah Titus Mr. Kenneth Whitley Dr. Patricia L. Schmoke, MD The Honorable James and Sandy Smith Ms. Elizabeth J Toole Mrs. Mary Ellen Whitman Greg and Pauline Schneider Dr. and Mrs. William Smulyan Mrs. Normina L Torres Gerard Whitmore Ms. Jean Schoenleber Lee and Gloryann Snyder Towson University Scott and Mary Wieler Dr. Hendrik P Scholl Ms. Shirley Snyder Alice Tracy Mr. Thomas Wilcox Dee and Robert Schuette Ms. Stephanie Snyder Carol Traub Mr. Eugene Wilkins Rick and Tracey Schultz Ms. Joan Sobkov Travelers Foundation Jeri S Wilkins Fred and Janet Schutzman Richard and Lorna Solomon Jim and Karen Trennepohl William G. Baker, Jr Jim and Charlene Schwark Alfred and Jill Sommer True Q, LLC Memorial Fund Eleanor Schwark Joyce and Yeong Song Ms. Carole Trump Mr. R. Adam Williams Mr. Neil Herbert Schwartz Ms. Geetika Sood Ms. Kristen Tubman Margaret D Williams Frederick and Kathleen Schwarz Southwest Airlines Robin and Harold Tucker R Williams Barbara Schweizer Courtney Spangler Stanley and Cynthia Tucker Ms. Judith D. Willner Mr. James Scott Dr. Frank Sparandero Ms. Kelley Tucker Ms. Caroline Wilner Lyndi Scott-Strite/Sturla Ms. Betty Spear Rebecca Tucker Judy and Fred Wilpon Mr. Wayne Scott Speedwell Foundation Kathy Tugendhat Ms. Felecia Wilson Paula Seabright and Gabriel Hightower Scott and Heather Speert Ms. Kathryn Turner William and Mary Beth Wilson Second Presbyterian Ms. Suzanne Spencer Kristin and Rex Turner Susan Savits Winson Church of Baltimore Don Spero and Nancy Chasen Mr. Donald Tynes Ricco Winters Mrs. Sarah Sedlak Kimberly Spiro Evans and Rose Tyson Mr. Daniel Wise Clair Segal Mrs. Mary T Sprow Uber Frank Witter and Mary Forbes Witter Dr. Priya Sekar Mr. Donald Tynes, Sr James and Therese Ulmer Allen Wolf Valerie Serrall Ms. Teerada Sripaipan Ms. Marlene Underwood Mrs. Melissa Wolf Alexis Seth Eric and Karen Stahl United Way Central MD Woman’s Club of Roland Park Ms. Alexis Seth Barbara and Frederick Stam United Way Of Greater Kansas City Mr. Ken Wong Maxine Seyboth Terry and Deborah Stambaugh Dana Valery Ken and Catherine Woodbury Judith Shamir Michael and Katherine Stanka Ms. Kathryn Vaselkiv Sarah Woodson and Steven Rokita M. and Barbara Shapiro Jerrica Stanley Mr. Eric Veiel Mrs. Sandra Wool Mr. Ronald and Kathryn Shapiro Wilma and Lee Starkey Venable LLP Ms. Barbara Worsham Stephen and Anita Shaw Mr. Charles Starkey Eric and Noreen Victor John and Ann Wotell Ms. Joanne Shea Joan Stearman Marguerite and Umberto VillaSanta Ms. Frances Ann Wright Mark and Lauren Sheehan Ms. Patricia Stephens Jan and Robert Wagner Wright Family Foundation Dr. Louise Sheiner Ronald and Susie Stern Frank and Jane Walker Dr. Andrea Wurster Ms. Martha E. Shelhoss Ms. Andrea Stern Kent and Suzanne Walker Mattie Wynne Ms. Barbara Shelhoss Stephen and Sue Sternheimer Ms. Doris Walker Nicholas and Ellen Yancich Stephen Shepard and Peggy Hetrick Deborah Stetson Mr. Harley Walker Ellen Yankellow and Bill Chapman Ms. Patricia Shiflett Alexandra Stevens Ms. Christine L Wallace Rong Ye and Max Hu Ms. Gloria Shin Susan Stewart Ms. Catherine A Walsh Charles and Carol Yoder Ms. Mary Shine Shale Stiller and Ellen Heller Ms. Jacqueline Walsh Ms. Eileen Yoffe Lucia Shoemaker and John Schwab Ms. Carrie Wilson Stockwell Eleanor and Michael Walton Kyle and Melissa Yoon Samuel and Josephine Shore Ms. Shirley H Stokes Ms. Frances Warner Ellen Yorke Mr. Craig Shore Corey Stone John and Susan Warshawsky Michael and Barbara Young Burdette and Judith Short Ms. Jacquelyn Stone Mr. and Mrs. David Warshawsky Mr. Neil Young Alexander and Patricia Short Geary L. Stonesifer Mrs. Manuele D Wasserman Pamela Young Mr. Sheldon Shugarman Mr. Thomas Stosur Leland and Marjory Watermeier Paul and Deborah Young-Hyman Mrs. Virginia G. Shuger David and Susan Straus Ms. Tracy Watkins Norman and Mary Youskauskas Richard and Francine Shure Ms. Angela M Strope Ms. Barbara J. Watson Robert and Miriam Zadek Leonard and Virginia Siems Jeffrey and Erin Strovel Michelle and Trevin Wear Ms. Ellen Kahan Zager Jean Silber Ms. Harriet Stulman Elizabeth and John Weaver Joanne Zarling Rachel Silber Mrs. Bonnie Stump Meg and Paul Weber Ms. Marya Zeigler Ms. Gillian Silver Ms. Barbara Styrt Lisa and Paul Webster Mr. Shawn Zeigler Morton and Harriet Silverstein Dr. Robert Summe Lazar Wechsler and Kaethe Wechsler- Mr. Jonathan Zenilman Mrs. Alyssa Silverstein Dr. Edward Syron Jentzsch Lydia Zieglar Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Simms Dr. Michael Szedlmayer The Wednesday Club Steve Ziger Ms. Marjorie B. Simon Ms. Margaret Taliaferro Francie Weeks and Scott Shane The Estate of Dr. Mildred Zindler Mrs. Elizabeth Simon-Higgs Ms. Sharron D Tan Wen Wei Jeff Zoller Mrs. Muriel Simon James and Carolyn Tancock Cara Weiman Wendy and Mike Singer Ms. Milagritos Tapia Mr. Howard Weinberg * Deceased

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OCTOBER 1, 2016–DECEMBER 31, 2017 The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra is deeply grateful to the individual, corporate, foundation and government donors whose generosity to the Annual Fund supports our artistic, education and community engagement initiatives. Gifts were received from the following donors between October 1, 2016 and December 31, 2017. Please note that this Annual Fund listing does not include the generous gifts made in support of the Endowment, OrchKids and/or the BSO Gala. To donate, please contact the BSO Members Office at 410.783.8124 or visit BSOmusic.org/donate.

THE CENTURY CLUB Ensign C. Markland Kelly, Jr. The Charles T. Bauer Foundation $100,000 or more Memorial Foundation Andrew and Janet Hartman Marin Alsop The Huether-McClelland Foundation Erin Becker Richard and Carol Bernstein George and Catherine^ McClelland Dr. Emile A. Bendit and Diane Abeloff Henry and Ruth Blaustein Rosenberg Scott Phares and Judy Witt Phares Mr. and Mrs. Ed Bernard Foundation and the Estate Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Richman Diane and Leland Brendsel of Ruth Marder Esther and Ben Rosenbloom Foundation Steven Brooks and Ann Loar Brooks The Bozzuto Family Charitable Fund Michelle and Howard Rosenbloom Mr. and Mrs. George L. Bunting, Jr. Sarellen and Marshall Levine Hon. Steve Schuh and Family Ms. Mary Catherine Bunting Hecht-Levi Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Charles I. Shubin Ms. Kathleen A. Chagnon Mrs. Robert H. Levi * and Mr. and Mrs. Gideon N. Stieff, Jr. August and Melissa Chiasera Sandra Gerstung Mr. and Mrs. Robert Coutts Joseph and Harvey Meyerhoff Family MAESTRA’S CIRCLE DIAMOND Mr. and Mrs. William H. Cowie, Jr. Charitable Funds $15,000–$24,999 The Rothschild Charitable Foundation Robert E. Meyerhoff and Rheda Becker Anonymous Ellen and Linwood Dame Bruce Rosenblum and Lori Laitman Mr.* and Mrs.* Alexander Armstrong Chapin Davis Investments Alena and David M. Schwaber Mr. and Mrs. Jack Biddle III Mr. and Mrs. H. Chace Davis, Jr. Dr. and Mrs.* Solomon H. Snyder The Bunting Family Foundation Elizabeth Emerick Mr. and Mrs. David J. Trone Caswell J. Caplan Charitable Ms. Margaret Ann Fallon Income Trusts/Constance R. Caplan Joanne Gold and Andrew A. Stern FOUNDER’S CIRCLE The Charlesmead Foundation Wendy M. Jachman $50,000–$99,999 Mr. and Mrs. Richard Davison Riva and Marc Kahn Thomas Brener Alan and Carol Edelman Loren Kayfetz and Pat Pannell Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation Mr. Ira B. (Bill) Fader Jr. William La Cholter and Jenny R. Mann Mr.* and Mrs. Kingdon Gould, Jr. Francis Goelet Charitable Lead Trusts Estate of Richard M. Lansburgh Dr. and Mrs. Allan Jensen Sandra Levi Gerstung Richard Wayne Ley Patricia and Mark Joseph Dr. Michael Hansen and Nancy Randa Macht Philanthropic Fund Mr. and Mrs. Stephen D. Shawe Stanley* and Linda Hambleton Panitz of the AJC Mr. * and Mrs. William Mulligan Morris Shapiro Family Foundation Sayra and Neil Meyerhoff Ellen W.P. Wasserman Barbara Katz Elizabeth K. Moser Drs. Yuan and Reiko Lee Dr. Selvin Passen $25,000–$49,999 The John J. Leidy Foundation, Inc. William and Kathleen Pence Anonymous (2) Howard Majev and Janet Brandt Majev The Pete Store, LLC Donna and Paul Amico Virginia West Martin RCM&D / Albert R. Counselman The Jacob and Hilda Blaustein Foundation Hilary B. Miller and Dr. Katherine N. Bent Barry and Susan Rosen Robert H. Boublitz Mr. Joel J. Rabin and Dr. Nancy Kohn Rabin Dr. and Mrs. John H. Sadler “In Memory of Harry A. Boublitz” Terry M. and James Rubenstein The Honorable and Mrs. James T. Smith, Jr. The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Shykind Melissa and Philip Spevak Foundation Richard C. and Julie I. Vogt Mr. Andrew A. Stern and Mrs. Joanne Gold Ruth Carol Fund David and Chris Wallace Thalheimer-Eurich Charitable Fund, Inc. Sara and Nelson* Fishman Ellen Yankellow and William Chapman Marcella Welch The Goldsmith Family Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Loren Western The Peggy and Yale Gordon Trust MAESTRA’S CIRCLE PLATINUM Mr. Edward Wiese Young Artist Sponsor $10,000–$14,999 Barbara and Mike Young Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin H. Griswold IV Anonymous SC&H Group Mrs. Barbara Gruver “In Memory of Gavin and Mary Manson” Nancy Hackerman Dr. James Albrecht * Deceased Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Hamilton Jr. Stanley Asrael ^ Governing Members Executive Committee

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Beth Horton at our Evening Hank Bauer and Ron Dencker Jeffrey and Sonya Lee at our Evening Dalia Mitnick at the Barnes Open Rehearsal. on the Governing Members trip Open Rehearsal. Foundation on the Governing to Philadelphia. Members trip to Philadelphia.

BSO AT THE MEYERHOFF Mr. Charles Miller Marilyn and David Carp Len and Betsy Homer HONOR ROLL Margot and Cleaveland Miller Shaun F. Carrick and Ronald W. Bill and Ann Hughes The following donors contribute to Jolie and John Mitchell Griffin Elayne and Benno Hurwitz support music and music education Dr. and Mrs. C.L. Moravec Ms. Susan Chouinard “In Memory of John T. Ricketts III” throughout the Baltimore community. Mrs. Joy Munster^ Joan Piven-Cohen and Samuel T. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Jehl Mr. and Mrs. Bill Nerenberg Cohen Susan B. Katzenberg MEYERHOFF GOVERNING Kevin and Diane O’Connor Wandaleen and Emried Cole Mr. James T. Kelley III MEMBERS GOLD Dr. and Mrs. David Paige Steven P. Collier and Louise and Richard F. Kemper $5,000–$9,999 Dr. and Mrs.* Lawrence C. Pakula Dr. Elizabeth H. Jones Townsend and Bob Kent Anonymous (4) Marge Penhallegon^ Mr. and Mrs. John W. Conrad, Jr. Paul Konka^ and Susan Dr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Allen Helene and Bill Pittler David and Vivien Coombs Dugan-Konka^ Frederick Apfel and Meredith Pattin Rona and Arthur Rosenbaum David and Ellen Cooper David* and Barbara Kornblatt Barry D. and Linda F. Berman Neil J.and JoAnn N. Ruther Charles A. Corson Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Kremen Deborah and Howard M. Berman Dr.* and Mrs.^ Marvin M. Sager Robert Daffer Ms. Patricia Krenzke and Bunny Bernstein Mr. and Mrs. J. Mark Schapiro Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Dahlka, Jr. Mr. Michael Hall Mr. and Mrs. John Blodgett Francesca Siciliano and Mark Green The Dopkin-Singer-Dannenberg Ms. Kristen Krzyzewski and Dr. and Mrs. Paul Z. Bodnar Dr. and Mrs. Harris J. Silverstone Foundation Dr. David Yalowitz John and Bonnie Boland Dr. and Mrs. Charles S. Specht Mrs. Margery Dannenberg* Dr. James and Mrs. Lynne LaCalle Cape Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Carvel Tiekert Dr. and Mrs. Cornelius Darcy Dr. and Mrs. Donald Langenberg Turner B. and Judith R. Smith Delegate Christopher and Anne West Mr. and Mrs. William F. Dausch Anna and George Lazar Mr. Timothy Chapman Susan Wolman Arthur F. and Isadora Dellheim Ruth and Jay Lenrow Mr. and Mrs.* Elbert Cole Laurie S. Zabin Foundation, Inc. Doris and Vernon Lidtke The Aaron Copland Fund for Music Dr. and Mrs. Daniel Drachman Dr. Frances and Mr. Edward Lieberman Faith and Marvin Dean MEYERHOFF GOVERNING Mr. and Mrs. Larry D. Droppa Darielle and Earl Linehan Dr. and Mrs. Thomas DeKornfeld MEMBERS SILVER Bill and Louise Duncan Ms. Louise E. Lynch Ronald E. Dencker $3,000 –$4,999 Mr. and Mrs. Laurence Dusold Donald and Lenore Martin Helen P. Denit Charitable Trust Anonymous (5) Donna Z. Eden and Henry* Goldberg Ms. Beverly Wendland and Kathy and Frank Dilenschneider Dr. and Mrs. Robert J. Adams Deborah and Philip English Mr. Michael McCaffery Walter B. Doggett III, E*Trade Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Adkins Michaeline Fedder and Beverly Winter Drs. Edward and Lucille McCarthy Dr. Sylwester J. Dziuba George and Frances Alderson John and Pam Ferrari John Meyerhoff, MD and Lenel Dr. Sonia and Dr. Myrna Estruch Mr. Paul Araujo David and Merle Fishman Srochi-Meyerhoff Samuel^ and Andrea Fine Jackie and Eugene Azzam Dr. and Mrs. Jerome L. Fleg Drs. Dalia and Alan Mitnick Ellen Bruce Gibbs Mrs. Thomas H.G. Bailliere, Jr. Ms. Lois Flowers Dr. Mellasenah Y. Morris Sandra and Barry Glass The Cameron and Jane Baird Mr. and Mrs. John C. Frederick Rex Myers Betty E. and Leonard H. Golombek Foundation JoAnn and Jack Fruchtman Ms. and Mr. Jan Neiman Dr. Todd Phillips and Sarah and Cameron Baird John A. Galleazzi and Elizabeth A. Phyllis Neuman, Ricka Neuman and Ms. Denise Hargrove^ Donald L. Bartling Hennessey Ted Niederman Sandra and Thomas Hess Ms. Franca B. Barton and Gale Gillespie Roger F. Nordquist, Mr.* and Mrs. J. Woodford Mr. George G. Clarke Laura Gamble and Rob Gillison “In Memory of Joyce C. Ward” Howard, Jr. Hellmut D.W. Bauer Helaine and Louis Gitomer “In Memory of the Rev Howard G. David and Susan D. Hutton Dr. and Mrs. Mandell Bellmore Brian and Gina Gracie Norton and Charles O. Norton” Susan and Stephen Immelt Donna and Stanley Ber Toni Greenberg Ann Norton Richard and Brenda Johnson Mr. and Ms. Hugh Bethell Dr. Diana Griffiths Drs. Antonella Nota and Mark The Ralph and Shirley Klein Ellen Baron Blaustein and Mordecai P. Edward and Sandra Gutman Clampin Foundation, Inc. Blaustein, M.D. Anne and Stephen Hahn Anne M. O’Hare Peter Kjome and Kristen Morrison Betsy and John Bond Carole Hamlin^ and C. Fraser Smith^ Drs. Erol and Julianne Oktay Miss Dorothy B. Krug David E. and Alice R. Brainerd Gary C. Harn Dr. Bodil B. Ottesen Mark and Sandy Laken^ Dr. Helene Breazeale Melanie and Donald Heacock Mac and Helen* Passano Lainy LeBow-Sachs and Leonard* Sachs Dr. Rudiger and Robin Breitenecker Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Hearn Dr. and Mrs. Frederick Pearson Mangione Family Enterprises Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Broadus III Mr. David L. Heckman Beverly and Sam* Penn Eileen Mason Barbara and Ed Brody Mrs. Hya Heine Mr. Matthew Pisanelli “In Memory of Joseph H. Mason” Dr. and Mrs. Donald D. Brown Betty Jean and Martin* S. Himeles, Sr. David and Lesley Punshon-Smith Mrs. Lorie Ann Mayorga Dr. Robert P. Burchard Barbara and Sam Himmelrich Peter E. Quint Norfolk Southern Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Robert Butler John Hirsch and Rebecca M. Dr. Jonas Rappeport and Alma Smith Dan and Agnes Mazur Mr. and Mrs. S. Winfield Cain Cowen-Hirsch Susan Gerrity Chase Media Support Services Inc. Walter and Kathy Capp Bruce and Caren Beth Hoffberger Paul Rivkin M.D. and Karen Jackson Sheila J. Meyers Michael and Kathy Carducci Robert and Marilyn J. Hoffman Nathan and Michelle Robertson

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Richard and Diane Roca Robert A. and Jeanne Cordes James Daily Bruce and Lynne Stuart Rogers-Wilbur Foundation, Inc. Ernie and Linda Czyryca Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Darr Marinos and Sebbie Svolos Jeffrey D. Rothstein MD, PhD and Mrs. Nancy S. Elson Mr. and Mrs. William C. Dee Bill and Lisa Tate Lynn A. Bristol PhD Robert Greenfield Dr. Alfred J. DeRenzis Shelly Briggs Underhill Robert W. Russell Ms. Stephanie Hack Nicholas F. Diliello Robert and Sharonlee Vogel Beryl and Philip Sachs Frieda and Robert Hallock Dr. Jeanne A. Dussault and Mr. Mark Charles and Mary Jo Wagandt Dr. and Mrs. Michael Salcman Lloyd Helt and Ruth Gray A. Woodworth Charles Emerson Walker PhD Ms. Doris Sanders Betsy and George Hess Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Elsberg and Mr. and Mrs. Kent Walker Lois Schenck and Tod Myers Thelma Horpel the Elsberg Family Foundation Drs. Susan and James Weiss Marilyn and Herb* Scher Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Hubbard, Jr. Beth and Mark Felder Leslie and James J. Wharton Jeff M. Schumer Max H. Jordan, Jr. Mr.* and Mrs. Maurice R. Feldman Ms. Martha Whitty Dr. and Mrs. James L. Scott Drs. Harold and Norma Kanarek Dr. and Mrs. William Fox Jennifer and Leonard Wilcox M. Sigmund and Barbara K. Shapiro Marcel and Barbara Klik Dr. and Mrs. Donald S. Gann Dr. and Mrs. E.F. Shaw Wilgis Philanthropic Fund Andrew Lapayowker and Sarah Audrey and Stanford G. Gann, Sr. Christopher H. Winslow Stephen Shepard and Peggy Hetrick McCafferty George Garmer Sander L. Wise Thom Shipley and Chris Taylor Melvin Lessing Mr. Price and Dr. Andrea Gielen Laura and Thomas Witt Francine and Richard Shure Art and Barbara Lynch Michael and Jane Glick Dr. Richard Worsham and Jean Silber Louise D. and Morton J. Macks Family Judith A. Gottlieb Ms. Deborah Geisenkotter Ronnie and Rachelle Silverstein Foundation, Inc. Mr. Charles H. Griesacker John Singer Marina Macks Kahn and Joel and Mary Grossman BSO AT STRATHMORE Ellwood and Thelma Sinsky Peter Kahn Mr. and Mrs. Donald Gundlach HONOR ROLL Ms. Leslie J. Smith Genine and Josh Fidler Mary Hambleton The following donors contribute to Ms. Nancy E. Smith Ellen and Lawrence Macks Paulette G. Hammond the BSO at Strathmore Artistic Fund to Carolyn B. Mills and Dr. John A. Dr. Frank C. Marino Foundation Mr.* and Mrs. E. Phillips Hathaway support music and music education Snyder Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Mathews Mr. and Mrs. Robert Helm throughout Montgomery County and the Mr. and Mrs. Lee M. Snyder Sally J. Miles Barbara and Michael Hettleman DC Metro community. Dr. and Mrs. John Sorkin “In Memory of Richard Kastendieck” Mr. and Mrs. Scott Jacobs Anita and Mickey Steinberg Patricia J. Mitchell Honor and John Johnson STRATHMORE GOVERNING Mr. Edward Steinhouse Dr. Eddie Molesworth Ann H. Kahan MEMBERS GOLD Mrs. Dorothea S. Stieff James D. Parker Judith L. Kahl $5,000–$10,000 Janice Collins and James Storey Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Petrucci Elizabeth M. Kameen Anonymous (2) Harriet Stulman Mr. and Mrs. John Brentnall Powell Dr. Richard M. Katz and Stanley Asreal Susan and Brian Sullam Catherine Renggli and Takeru Igusa Martha Lessman Katz Community Foundation for the Ruth and Robert Taubman Mr. and Mrs. Randall S. Robinson Mrs. Shirley Kaufman National Capital Region Mr. and Mrs. Paul G. Tolzman Mrs. Barbara K. Scherlis Ann and David Keith The Charles Delmar Foundation Raymond G. Truitt and Mary K. Karen and Richard Soisson George and Catherine Klein Marcia Diehl and Julie Kurland Tilghman Mr. and Mrs. Paul Sponseller Fran and Geoffrey Kroll Ms. Marietta Ethier Ms. Joan Wah Ronald Stiff and Roberta Van Meter Allan Krumholz Mary Martin Gant William and Salli Ward Anne Worthington Charles R. Kuning Dr. Phyllis R. Kaplan John and Susan Warshawsky Drs. Paul and Deborah Young-Hyman Edward and Rebecca Lawson Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Keller Susan G. Waxter Dr. and Mrs. Ronald P. Lesser Mr. and Mrs. Stephen M. Lans Martha and Stanley Weiman MEYERHOFF SYMPHONY Len and Cindy Levering David Leckrone and Marlene Berlin Dr. and Mrs. Matthew R. Weir SOCIETY SILVER Dr. and Mrs. Bernard Levy Marie Lerch and Jeff Kolb Mr. and Mrs. David Weisenfreund $1,200–$1,999 Joseph S. Massey Dr. James and Jill Lipton^ John Hunter Wells Anonymous (3) Ms. Elizabeth Masterson Susan Liss and Rabbi Fred Reiner Sean and Jody Wharry Phyllis and Leonard J. Attman Mrs. Kenneth A. McCord James Lynch and Anne Woodard Lynch Ms. Camille B. Wheeler and James Ayars Jim and Sylvia Mcgill Howard and Linda Martin^ Mr. William B. Marshall Amy and Bruce Barnett Tim Meredith Edgar McCulloch Gerald White Mr. Edward L. Bednarz Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Miller Mr. and Mrs. Humayun Mirza Mrs. Louise S. Widdup Arthur and Carole Bell Herbert and Miriam Mittenthal Dr. William W. Mullins Mark and Lisa Wiegmann Mr. and Mrs. Charles Berry Jr. Ms. Marita Murray David Nickels and Gerri Hall^ Mr. and Mrs. Barry F. Williams Roy Birk Michael and Rosemary Noble Mr. Dave Pauza and Ms. Maria Salvato Dr. and Mrs. Donald E. Wilson Dr. John Boronow and Susan F. O’Connor Jan S. Peterson and Alison E. Cole Ms. Beverly Winter Ms. Adrienne Kols Margaret O’Rourke William B. and Sandra B. Rogers Wright Family Foundation “In Memory of John R. H. Mary Beck Patil Mike and Janet Rowan^ Chris and Carol Yoder and Charlotte Boronow” Dr.* and Mrs. Arnall Patz Daniel and Sybil Silver Dr. Jinmin Zhou and Ms. Han Jin Mr. and Mrs.* Charles R. Booth Dr. Mark D. Phillips and John and Susan Warshawsky Mr. and Mrs. Donald W. Zurwelle Drs. Joanna and Harry Brandt Ms. Samira Saliba Phillips Dr. Edward Whitman^ Ms. Jean K. Brenner Mr. and Mrs. James Piper Clark-Winchcole Foundation MEYERHOFF SYMPHONY Jean B. Brown Mr.* and Mrs. Morton B. Plant Ms. Deborah Wise / Edith and Herbert SOCIETY GOLD Mrs. Robert W. Brown Mr. and Mrs. Elias Poe Lehman Foundation, Inc. $2,000–$2,999 Chuck and Beth Bullamore Carl and Bonnie Richards Anonymous (3) Paula and Peter Burger Mr. and Mrs. Frank B. Rosenberg STRATHMORE GOVERNING Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Abrams Donald and Catherine Burke Mr. Seymour S. Rubak MEMBERS SILVER Mr. and Mrs. W. Michael Andrew Family Fund John B. Sacci and $3,000–$4,999 Robert and Dorothy Bair Dr. and Mrs. Arthur L. Burnett Nancy Dodson Sacci Leonard and Gabriela Bebchick Chris H. Bartlett Mr. and Mrs. David Callahan Benjamin and Margaret Schapiro Dr. Nancy Bridges Richard O. Berndt Mr. and Mrs. Claiborn Carr Peter and Susan Scheidt Mr. Vincent Castellano Harriet and Bruce Blum Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Carvell Ronald and Cynthia Schnaar The Clarke Family Charitable Carolyn and John Boitnott David P. and Rosalie Lijinsky Chadwick Mr. and Mrs. Howard Schoenfeld Foundation Loretta Cain John and Donna Cookson Burdette Short Collins Family Fund Mr. Matthew S. Cole and Mr. and Mrs. Reagan M. Crawford Joan and Edward Sills Dr. and Mrs. Bruce A. Feldman Dr. Jean Lee Cole Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Crooks Mr. and Mrs. Scott Smith Anthony and Wyn Fitzpatrick

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George and Joni Gold Mr. Harvey A. Cohen and INVEST IN INNOVATION AND Neil R. Greene and Ellen G. Miles Mr. Michael R. Tardif Marc E. Lackritz and Mary DeOreo^ Mr. and Mrs. Richard Dante BECOME A BSO MEMBER TODAY! Burt and Karen Leete^ Mr. and Mrs. David Cohen Darrell Lemke and Chuck Fax and Michele Weil Maryellen Trautman Ms. Mary W. Ferguson Kari Peterson and Benito R. and Drs. Charles and Cynthia Field Ben De Leon Mr. and Mrs. Karl Flicker BSO Members enjoy exciting benefits that bring them even Lynn Rhomberg Mr. and Mrs. Roberto B. Friedman closer to the music, beginning at $75 with a behind-the-scenes Roger and Barbara Schwarz Robert and Carole Fontenrose look at a BSO rehearsal. At higher levels, you can celebrate with Don Spero and Nancy Chasen Mary and Bill Gibb your BSO musicians at cast parties, and our Governing Mr. Alan Strasser and Carol and Jerry Gimmel Ms. Patricia Hartge Dr. and Mrs. Sanford A. Glazer Members (donors $3,000 and above) enjoy priority ticketing Alan V. Asay and Mary K. Sturtevant Drs. Marlene and Bill Haffner and other exclusive benefits. Dr. Diana Locke and Sara and James A. Harris, Jr. Mr. Robert E. Toense Keith and Linda Hartman Visit: BSOmusic.org/membership Call: 410.783.8124 Thomas M. Ward Rita Mahon and Richard Henry Email: [email protected] Sylvia and Peter Winik Esther and Gene Herman Marc and Amy Wish Ellen and Herb Herscowitz David A. and Barbara L. Heywood STRATHMORE SYMPHONY Linda Lurie Hirsch UPCOMING BSO MEMBER EVENTS SOCIETY GOLD Madeleine and Joseph Jacobs* All events are open to both Meyerhoff and Strathmore $2,000 –$2,999 Ms. Daryl Kaufman members, regardless of the host venue. The Adler Family Foundation Peter Kimmel and Stephanie Jackson Nancy and Anthony Abell Ms. Kathleen Knepper Anonymous Anita Difanis and Richard Krajeck Upcoming Meyerhoff Events: Caroline W. and Rick Barnett R. Noel Longuemare Cecil Chen and Betsy Haanes Frank Maddox and Glenda Finley CAST PARTY Dr. Mark Cinnamon and Michael and Judy Mael FRI, MAR 16 Ms. Doreen Kelly Mr. Mark Mattucci and Immediately following the performance Dimick Foundation Ms. Judith A. Furash Meyerhoff Lounge John C. Driscoll Michael McCollum and Jennfier Ricks SYMPHONY SOCIETY SILVER MEMBERS Robert and Patricia Fauver David and Kay McGoff AND HIGHER ($1,200+) Dr. Edward Finn David and Anne Menotti Dr. and Mrs. Harvey R. Gold Merle and Thelma Meyer AFTER HOURS WITH THE BSO Drs. Joseph Gootenberg and Dr. and Mrs. Stanley R. Milstein TUES, MAY 1 Susan Leibenhaut Ms. Marita Murray 6 pm David and Anne Grizzle Kevin W. Parker John Gidwitz Recital Hall John and Linda Hanson Mr. and Mrs. Peter Philipps GOVERNING MEMBERS SILVER AND HIGHER ($3,000+) Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Hoefler Thomas Plotz and Catherine Klion Fran and Bill Holmes Andrew and Melissa Polott Betty W. Jensen Martin Poretsky and Henriette van Eck OPEN REHEARSAL Stephen Kramer Donald and Carolann Regnell FRI, MAY 4 R. Noel Longuemare Richard and Melba Reichard 9:15 am Light Refreshments Florentina Mehta Dr. and Mrs. Gerald Rogell 10 am Rehearsal Rita and Bernard Meyers Jo Ellen and Mark Roseman BEETHOVEN-LEVEL MEMBERS AND HIGHER ($150+) Herb and Rita Posner Mr. and Mrs. Robert Rosenbaum Mr. and Mrs. Barry Rogstad Dr. Janice Marie Rusnak Donald M. Simonds Dr. and Mrs. S. Gerald Sandler Upcoming Strathmore Events: Karen Rosenthal and Estelle Luber Schwalb M. Alexander Stiffman Steven and Donna Shriver DONOR Dr. and Mrs. Leonard Wartofsky Marshall and Deborah Sluyter APPRECIATION CONCERT Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Spero SAT, APR 7 STRATHMORE SYMPHONY Gary Hartmann and Lori Stone 6 pm SOCIETY SILVER Margot and Phil Sunshine The Music Center at Strathmore $1,200–$1,999 Mr. and Mrs. Richard Swerdlow BACH-LEVEL MEMBERS AND HIGHER ($75) Anonymous (5) Dr. Andrew Tangborn Charles Alston and Susan Dentzer Janice and Richard Tullos Mr. and Mrs. Larry Avrunin Elizabeth and Bill Weber OPEN REHEARSAL WITH FULL ORCHESTRA Mr. William J. Baer and Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Weiner THU, APR 19 Ms. Nancy H. Hendry David Wellman and Dr. Marilyn Bate Marjorie Coombs Wellman 4 pm Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Bergman Ms. Susan Wellman The Music Center at Strathmore Sherry and David Berz Len Wiener and Edie Herman BACH-LEVEL MEMBERS AND HIGHER ($75) Bea and Roger Blacklow Allan and Wendy Williams Ms. Jane B. Boynton Dr. Ann M. Willis Mr. Richard H. Broun and Lynne Yao EVENTS SUBJECT TO CHANGE Ms. Karen E. Daly H. Alan Young and Sharon For Meyerhoff events, please RSVP to Gordon F. Brown Bob Young, Ph.D. [email protected] or 410.783.8074. Ms. Sharon Phyllis Brown For Strathmore events, please RSVP to Frances and Leonard Burka * Deceased [email protected] or 301.581.5215. Charitable Fund ^ Governing Members Executive Sue Carlton Committee

MAR–APR 2018 / OVERTURE 47 BALTIMORE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA GALA CONTRIBUTORS LEAD GOVERNMENT FUNDERS The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra is funded by operating grants from the Maryland State Arts Council, the Baltimore County Commission on the Arts and Sciences, the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, the Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County, Howard County Arts Council, Carroll County Government and the Maryland State Department of Education.

The Citizens of Baltimore County

SPONSORS AND BUSINESS PARTNERS THE CENTURY CLUB: $100,000 OR MORE

SHERIDAN FOUNDATION

FOUNDER’S CIRCLE: $50,000–$99,999

$25,000–$49,999

WILLIAM G. BAKER, JR. MEMORIAL FUND Creator of the Baker Artist Award, www.bakerartistawards.org

$10,000 –$24,999

$5,000 –$9,999 CITY CAFÉ GEORGETOWN PAPER STOCK LEGG MASON GLOBAL ASSET MANAGEMENT CORPORATE OFFICE PROPERTIES TRUST OF ROCKVILLE MILES & STOCKBRIDGE D. F. DENT AND COMPANY THE HARTFORD ZUCKERMAN SPAEDER LLP

$1,000 –$4,999

ADVANCED BUSINESS SYSTEMS FEDERAL PARKING, INC. S. KANN SONS COMPANY FOUNDATION AMPHION FOUNDATION IBM NORTH AMERICA AMELIE AND BERNEI BURGUNDER EAGLE COFFEE COMPANY INC. INDEPENDENT CAN COMPANY STANLEY BLACK & DECKER ELLIN & TUCKER NUMBER TEN FOUNDATION

For more information on joining our team of generous institutional funding partners, please contact the Development office at 410.783.8022 or [email protected].

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The BSO gratefully acknowledges the generosity of the following corporations, foundations and Individuals who have kindly contributed to the BSO Gala 2017.

PRESENTING SPONSOR GOLD SPONSOR INDIVIDUAL SILVER LEVEL SPONSORS The Baltimore Orioles Ellen and Ed Bernard Herbert and Michele Better Georgia and Peter Angelos E*Trade Katharine Caldwell Walter Doggett Jason C. Cherubini GREAT ARTIST SPONSOR Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth W. DeFontes Jr Clearbrook Global Advisors Robert E. Meyerhoff and Rheda Becker Gordon Feinblatt LLC Peter and Christine Espenshade Kramon & Graham PA Dr. Michael Hansen and Nancy Randa SIGNATURE SPONSOR Ms. Lainy Lebow-Sachs Martin and Paula Himeles The Whiting –Turner Contracting Co. Harriet and Jeffrey Legum Ms. Susan Hovanec DIAMOND SPONSOR Saul Ewing LLP Paul Konka and Susan Dugan-Konka The Shelter Foundation Dr. Solomon Snyder Ms. Melody McCrey Patricia and Mark Joseph T. Rowe Price Joseph Meyerhoff The Flury Williams Group at Elizabeth and William Minkin EMERALD SPONSOR Morgan Stanley Dr. Carol Morris BGE, An Exelon Company Transamerica Bill Nerenberg and Dorothy Rosenthal Brightview Senior Living / The Shelter Group David and Christine Wallace Theo and Blanche Rodgers The Cordish Companies WGVC.Com Neil and JoAnn Ruther Hilary B. Miller & Dr. Katherine N. Bent Schaefer Construction Management The Henry & Ruth Rosenberg Foundation SILVER SPONSOR Cy Smith and Adina Amith and Rosemore, Inc. City Café Geary L. Stonesifer Brenda Brown Rever and Phil Rever Deloitte Mary Tilghman and Raymond Truitt Wendell Pierce/Nelson Kohl Apartments Downtown Piano Works Ms. Susan G Waxter Dan and Theresa Shykind Dr. and Mrs. Matthew R. Weir PLATINUM SPONSOR Johns Hopkins Medicine The Baltimore Ravens J.P. Morgan DONATIONS The Bozzuto Group Loyola University Maryland Advanced Medical Management Brown Advisory McGuire Woods LLP The Baltimore Sun Media Group The Caplan Family Foundation RSM US LLP Blibaum & Associates, P.A. CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Zuckerman Spaeder LLP The Classic Catering People, Inc. Gallagher, Evelius & Jones LLP Jonas and Renee Cohen Sandra Levi Gerstung INDIVIDUAL GOLD LEVEL SPONSORS Drs. Sonia and Myrna Estruch Denise Hargrove and Todd Phillips Ms. Michelle Baylor Brolo Sara Fishman Sarellen and Marshall Levine Mr. Vincent Castellano Flowers and Fancies M&T Bank Kathleen Chagnon Glenn Ross MedStar Health Larry and Jane Droppa Kingdon Gould, Jr.* and Mary Gould Harvey M. Meyerhoff Fund Alan and Carol Edelman Louis and Minna Katz Judy and Scott Phares Mr. John P. Hollerbach Marc May PNC Bank Marc and Riva Kahn Transamerica Life Insurance Company SC&H Group, LLC Lawrence Koppelman and Elizabeth Ritter Rhonda Overby and Joseph Haskins The Honorable Steven R. Schuh and Family Mangione Family Enterprises Mr. John Hunter Wells Smith, Gildea & Schmidt, Jim Smith Sayra and Neil Meyerhoff The Honorable and Mrs. James T. Smith, Jr. Ms. Patricia Mitchell Stephen and Gail Shawe David and Nancy Paige SunTrust Bank Rosenberg Martin Greenberg LLP Total Wine & More Ms. Barbara Wolf University of Maryland School of Medicine Wolman Family

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Nick and Morris had many professional and avocational interests, sharing a passion for horticulture and a wide range of creative endeavors. They designed, built and landscaped Rocky Hollow Gardens, a weekend house in York County PA, which became their retirement home and a renowned tour destination. Through the years, BSO concert nights remained a priority for them, regardless of the commute and weather. Nick declares that he knows “absolutely nothing about music,” although he can identify composers within a few bars of hearing a piece. “I don’t know how to read music, and I don’t know how to make music. I do, however, know how to listen to music.” His appreciation is self-taught, through avid listening to library recordings and dedicated concert attendance. Nick is deeply moved by live performance and often brought to tears. The BSO’s performance of Rimsky-Korsakov’s Capriccio Espagnol is a favorite memory. Nick chose to honor the life he and Nicholas Klise Morris shared through a legacy gift to the BSO. As they had no children or “I am fortunate to be called an old man, and as such, I family, “What is a guy like me going to have many stories to tell. Each one will help explain, do? I am going to think about what was bit by bit, why the BSO has meant so much to me.” the most important thread woven into all of those little life stories.” Thus, in support of the BSO’s Nicholas Klise started attending BSO and artist, noted for his architectural Resounding Campaign, Nick made an concerts in 1963, walking to the Lyric illustrations. Morris taught high school endowment gift through his trust. “The BSO from Bolton Hill with his new partner, ecology and later joined Becton Dickinson has been a part of my history—but my Morris West. Right away they became as a microbiologist. They were together memory of music should not exonerate me subscribers, although neither had a prior fifty-four years and celebrated their from foresight. I want the BSO to live way connection to music. Nick was an art marriage two months before Morris beyond me.” For Nick, being a music lover student at MICA and became an architect passed away in 2014. means “giving a legacy to that love.”

YOUR MUSICAL LEGACY Please let us know if you have named the BSO in your estate plans—we would like to thank you! To learn more, please contact Sara Krusenstjerna, Director of Philanthropic Planning, at 410.783.8087 or [email protected]. Please visit BSOmusic.giftplans.org.

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS DIRECTORS EMERITI Erin Mellott John Waters Peter Murphy ANNUAL FUND MANAGER RECEPTIONIST TICKET SERVICES MANAGER Barry D. Berman, Esq. OFFICERS Joanne M. Rosenthal Frank Wise Michael Suit Constance R. Caplan DIRECTOR OF PRINCIPAL GIFTS HOUSEKEEPER TICKET SERVICES AGENT Barbara M. Bozzuto* & GOVERNMENT RELATIONS CHAIR Murray M. Kappelman, M.D. Carole Wysocki Richard Spero DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION & Peter T. Kjome* M. Sigmund Shapiro COMMUNITY LIAISON FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT BALTIMORE SYMPHONY PRESIDENT & CEO BSO AT STRATHMORE ASSOCIATES James T. Smith Izabel Zambrzycki Lainy LeBow-Sachs* SENIOR ARTISTIC PLANNING MANAGER/ Marguerite Walsh Latesha Taylor PRESIDENT VICE CHAIR DEVELOPMENT OPERATIONS ASSISTANT TO THE MUSIC DIRECTOR CHAIR LAUREATE COORDINATOR Hilary B. Miller* Barbara Dent SECRETARY VICE CHAIR Michael G. Bronfein Angel Terol DIRECTOR, BSO SECOND MARKETING & The Honorable Barbara Kelly Kenneth W. DeFontes, Jr. CENTURY CAMPAIGN PUBLIC RELATIONS TREASURER Steven R. Schuh* TREASURER Calman J. Zamoiski, Jr. Erika Williams Meredith Burke Betsy Osterman MEMBER EVENTS COORDINATOR GRAPHIC DESIGNER PARLIAMENTARIAN Kathleen A. Chagnon, Esq.* SECRETARY Rebecca Bute Sandy Feldman BOARD OF TRUSTEES— DIRECTOR OF MARKETING IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT BALTIMORE SYMPHONY FINANCE & COMMUNICATIONS ENDOWMENT TRUST & INFORMATION Freddye Silverman BOARD MEMBERS Rafaela Dreisin VICE PRESIDENT, TECHNOLOGY AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT MANAGER Rick Bernstein Chris Bartlett COMMUNICATIONS CHAIR Janice Johnson Sandra Files Jo Kendig A.G.W. Biddle, III SENIOR ACCOUNTANT Barbara M. Bozzuto DIGITAL MARKETING MANAGER VICE PRESIDENT, EDUCATION Kelly Cantley Evinz Leigh Melissa Hom Carolyn Lassahn Kenneth W. DeFontes, Jr ADMINISTRATION ASSOCIATE August J. Chiasera GROUP SALES MANAGER VICE PRESIDENT, MEETINGS Peter T. Kjome & PROGRAMS Kyle Steele Theresa Kopasek Robert B. Coutts Joseph Meyerhoff, II DIRECTOR OF ACCOUNTING MARKETING & PR ASSOCIATE Florence McLean Alan S. Edelman* VICE PRESIDENT, Rick Monfred Donna Waring Devon Maloney RECRUITMENT/MEMBERSHIP Michael F. Ernst PAYROLL ACCOUNTANT ASSISTANT PUBLIC RELATIONS The Honorable Steven R. Schuh MANAGER Helene Breazeale Sandra Levi Gerstung Jeff Wright VICE PRESIDENT, Andrew A. Stern DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION Beth Varden SPECIAL SERVICES/EVENTS Dr. Michael G. Hansen* TECHNOLOGY SENIOR GRAPHIC DESIGNER Calman J. Zamoiski, Jr. Larry Albrecht Christian C. Johansson Kaila Willard VICE PRESIDENT, SYMPHONY STORE MARKETING & PR MANAGER Robert C. Knott * BOARD EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE GENERAL MANAGER Vicki McAdory † EX-OFFICIO OFFICE MANAGER Dr. Sunil Kumar Kevin Brown DIRECTOR OF FACILITIES ORCHKIDS Marc E. Lackritz Sharniece Adams † Tiffany Bryan Sandy Laken STAFF DIRECTOR OF PATRON SERVICES LEAD SITE COORDINATOR GOVERNING MEMBERS CHAIR Rebecca Cain Rachel Burbank Marshall A. Levine, MD DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS LEAD SITE COORDINATOR Peter T. Kjome Ava Lias-Booker, Esq. PRESIDENT & CEO Shirley Caudle Camille Delaney ORCHKIDS SENIOR SITE MANAGER Howard Majev, Esq. Barbara Gourdin HOUSEKEEPER EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT Alvin Crawley April Dodge Liddy Manson DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR Sarah Beckwith MANAGER OF FACILITIES Valencia McClure VICE PRESIDENT & CFO Rose Ferguson Hana Morford HOUSEKEEPER ORCHKIDS TEACHING E. Albert Reece, M.D. Raquel Whiting Gilmer & LEARNING MANAGER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, ORCHKIDS overture Barry F. Rosen* Zoe Fried OPERATIONS MANAGER Kay Sheppard Jamie Kelley ORCHKIDS SITE MANAGER PRODUCTION Ann L. Rosenberg VICE PRESIDENT OF DEVELOPMENT Jessica Harris Devon Maloney Terry M. Rubenstein* ARTISTIC/OPERATIONS Nick Skinner Linda Moxley ORCHKIDS DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS COORDINATOR EDITOR Stephen D. Shawe, Esq. VICE PRESIDENT OF MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS Nicholas Hersh Mairin Srygley Janet E. Bedell Dan Shykind ORCHKIDS SITE MANAGER Tonya McBride Robles ARTISTIC DIRECTOR / PROGRAM ANNOTATOR CONDUCTOR OF YO, BSYO Solomon H. Snyder, M.D.* VICE PRESIDENT Dan Trahey Beth Varden & GENERAL MANAGER ORCHKIDS ARTISTIC LIAISON David Trone Jinny Kim SENIOR GRAPHIC DESIGNER DIRECTOR OF ORCHESTRA Mollie Westbrook Gregory W. Tucker PERSONNEL ORCHKIDS LEAD SITE COORDINATOR Meredith Burke DEVELOPMENT GRAPHIC DESIGNER Marguerite Walsh † Alicia Kosack Kerrigan Dougherty PRESIDENT, BALTIMORE SYMPHONY Louis Diez MANAGER OF BALTIMORE SYMPHONY ARTISTIC & PROGRAM OPERATIONS ASSOCIATES DIRECTOR OF ANNUAL FUND AND YOUTH ORCHESTRAS COORDINATOR Baltimore magazine DEVELOPMENT OPERATIONS Design and Print Division Amy Webb Jeanette Matte Gabriella Giannini PRODUCTION MANAGER 1000 Lancaster Street, Suite 400 Jeffrey T. Zoller † INSTITUTIONAL GIVING TICKET SERVICES Baltimore, MD 21202 CHAIR, BALTIMORE SYMPHONY COORDINATOR MaryAnn Poling 410.873.3900 YOUTH ORCHESTRAS CONDUCTOR OF CO, BSYO Amy Bruce Demetreus Gregg DIRECTOR OF TICKET SERVICES Ken Iglehart CAMPAIGN & RESEARCH Abhijit Sengupta & ANALYTICS DIRECTOR ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF ARTISTIC PLANNING LIFE DIRECTORS Morgan Gullard [email protected] Annalise Eberhart Heron Jared Thigpen MANAGER OF SPECIAL EVENTS 443.873.3916 Peter G. Angelos, Esq. ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF DIRECTOR OF FOOD & BEVERAGE Michael Tranquillo Rheda Becker INSTITUTIONAL GIVING Eric Johnson Renee Thornton TICKET SERVICES AGENT ART DIRECTOR Yo-Yo Ma Monica Jilling HOUSEKEEPER ANNUAL FUND MANAGER, Timothy Lidard Lynn Talbert Harvey M. Meyerhoff BSO AT STRATHMORE Matthew Urquhart MANAGER OF VIP TICKETING ADVERTISING ASSISTANT PERSONNEL MANAGER ACCOUNT REPRESENTATIVE Robert E. Meyerhoff Sara Krusenstjerna Juliana Marin DIRECTOR OF PHILANTHROPIC Nana Vaughn SENIOR TICKET AGENT [email protected] Linda Hambleton Panitz PLANNING CONDUCTOR OF SO, BSYO FOR STRATHMORE 443.974.6892

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