HOUGH PLAYS SAINT-SAËNS Symphony Hall,

Wednesday 19 May 2021, 2.00pm & 6.30pm

Edward Gardner – Conductor Stephen Hough – Piano

Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto No.4 25’ Mazzoli Violent, Violent Sea 9’ Debussy La Mer 23’ OUR CAMPAIGN FOR MUSICAL LIFE IN THE WEST MIDLANDS OK, so we’ve got a summer of staycations ahead – but today we’re off Your support of the CBSO’s The Sound of the to the Mediterranean without even leaving Symphony Hall! Former Future campaign will raise £12.5m over five CBSO Principal Guest Conductor Edward Gardner is always a welcome years to: visitor here in Birmingham, and he’s our tour guide on a voyage that  Accelerate our recovery from the takes us to the sun-kissed seascapes of ’s La Mer Covid-19 crisis so that we can get back to (you’d never guess that he composed it in Eastbourne). As for Stephen enriching people’s lives through music as Hough – well, the man whom critics have called “our greatest living quickly as possible pianist” is another old friend of the CBSO. Today he brings energy,  Renew the way we work for our second elegance and genius-level insight to Saint-Saëns’ passionate Fourth century, opening up the power of Piano Concerto – you’ll wonder why we don’t hear it more often. music to an even broader cross-section of society whilst securing our tradition of artistic excellence.

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Supported by Supported by 1 Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) mainly to recall the secondary theme of the previous Andante but also to issue a reminder, just once, of the chorale melody from that Piano Concerto No.4 in C minor, same section. Then, on a change of tempo to Allegro and after a brief fanfare on horns and trumpets, the peroration begins. Set proudly in Op.44 C major, it is based, inevitably, on the chorale theme, which is repeated in a variety of orchestral and piano colours, alternated with Allegro moderato – Andante some not very interesting subsidiary material, and elevated as far as it Allegro vivace – Andante – Allegro will go before a sparkling coda finishes it off. The verdict of the apprehensive Parisian public was that, while they Having only recently been horrified by hisDanse macabre and didn’t like it quite as much as the Second Piano Concerto in G minor, having long hated his Third Piano Concerto, the Parisian public must the Concerto in C minor was a very acceptable if eccentric addition have been more than a little apprehensive about what they would to the repertoire. hear when Saint-Saëns gave the first performance of his Piano Concerto No.4 in C minor at the Concerts Colonne in October 1875. Programme note © Gerald Larner But no concerto begins less sensationally. Without so much as a preliminary flourish from either the piano or the orchestra, the first violins enter quietly and almost hesitantly with a theme of modestly classical character and the piano just as quietly repeats it in slightly varied rhythms and harmonies. What is going on here? Missy Mazzoli (b.1980) In fact, as anyone who recognised the kinship between the theme of this Allegro moderato and that of the last movement of Mozart’s Violent, Violent Sea Piano Concerto in C minor might already have guessed, a theme and variations is going on here. However, although the variations proceed in a classically regular cycle of eight-bar phrases, shared evenly at first Violent, Violent Sea was commissioned by the Barlow Endowment between soloist and orchestra, the piano figuration becomes ever and the League of Composers Chamber Orchestra, and was more extravagant, more Lisztian than Mozartian, and the harmonies premiered at Miller Theater in in June 2011. more chromatic. This work began with more of an emotional impression than a Just at the point where the variation structure seems to be breaking precise musical idea. My early notes for the piece look something down, activity ceases and the tempo changes to Andante for what is, like this: in effect, a slow movement in A flat major. Beginning with one of those prophetic passages one sometimes finds in Saint-Saëns, in LOUD BUT SLOW. LIGHT BUT DARK. VIBRAPHONE. HOW TO DO THIS? spite of his alleged conservatism, an atmospheric episode that could almost have been written by Rachmaninov precedes the entry of the To my relief I eventually did figure out “how to do this.” The work main theme on woodwind. If this chorale-like melody is not simple evolved significantly from these early sketches but my idea of enough to grasp on first hearing, it should certainly be familiar by the creating a loud, dense work with conflicting light and dark sides end of a movement designed specifically – though by no means unpoetically and not without the introduction of a seductive remained intact. The result is a ten-minute piece with a deceptively secondary theme on the piano – to fix it firmly in the memory. sparkling exterior and dark, slow-moving chords at its core. These chords grind against each other, dissolve into glissandos and The Allegro vivace in C minor, which follows the Andante after a short crescendo into surprising dissonances under the glistening patina of pause while the strings remove their mutes, is the scherzo section of vibraphone and marimba. This work is dedicated to Sheila Mazzoli, the work. Brilliantly written and neatly constructed in three parts, with who loves the sea more than anyone. a middle section that gallops away on one note, the scherzo is not so self-contained as to exclude frequent references back to the theme of the opening Allegro moderato. Another Andante intervenes, Programme note © Missy Mazzoli

2 Claude Debussy The central scherzo, “Games of Waves,” is so flexibly constructed that it seems to proceed on spontaneous impulse and so (1862–1918) resourcefully scored that it seems to reflect every chance change of wind, current or light. Broadly, however, it is in three parts, the first of

La Mer which presents an apparently infinite variety of thematic ideas – a dance on the cor anglais, a quicker flight of trills and triplet figures De l’aube à midi sur la mer on the violins, a kind of bolero with its melodic line carried by cor Jeux de vagues anglais again under a rhythmic ostinato on flutes and clarinets. Dialogue du vent et de la mer These are developed in the middle section, where another new theme makes its entry in the form of a trumpet call to urge the Debussy completed the orchestration of La Mer at Eastbourne in movement towards its climax. Debussy’s melodic invention is still 1905. He had started the work two years earlier while on holiday at not exhausted: in what might otherwise be called a recapitulation Bichain in Burgundy, which is about as far from the sea as one can second violins and cellos introduce a waltz that rises through the get in France. But, as the composer explained, he had “an endless strings in ever increasing animation before the wind drops and store of memories of the sea and, to my mind, they are worth more leaves the sea comparatively becalmed. than the reality, whose beauty weighs down thought too heavily.” There is little calm in the last movement, which opens with the low Besides, La Mer is not just an exercise in observation. Declared rumble of an approaching storm on cellos and basses and a gust of enemy of the symphony though the composer was, Debussy’s “three wind on woodwind. As well as its descriptive function, however, the symphonic sketches” are at least as symphonic as picturesque. At “Dialogue of the Wind and the Sea” has a long-term structural duty to the same time, while the imagery is clearly inspired by the movement perform. Within a few bars it recalls two motifs from the beginning of of the sea and the changing light, it is more often a case of the work, including the muted trumpet theme which was converted generalised atmosphere than specific detail. to the midday horn chorale at the end of the first movement. Certainly, no one listening to the first movement, “From Dawn to The main theme of this third movement, which is shaped as a rondo, Midday on the Sea”, could seriously claim, as Erik Satie so wittily did, is the chromatic melody on woodwind that seems to be running to have “a particular liking for the little bit at a quarter to eleven”. It is before a swift but capricious wind. The first episode recalls the safe to assume only that the movement opens in darkness and ends trumpet theme, but at the bottom of the pitch range this time on under the bright sun of midday – and that those two events bassoons and pizzicato cellos and basses, without relaxing the correspond to the slow introduction, where several of the main pressure until a distant echo of the chorale version of the same thematic features begin to take shape, and the expansive coda, theme is heard on four horns. The chorale appears once more where the most important of them emerges in full glory. The towards the end of the movement where – intoned by the whole of intervening structure is divided into two parts, one a little quicker the brass section in counterpoint with the wind-swept rondo theme than the other. The first floats in on rippling violins and violas and on woodwind – it fulfils its long-destined function of tying the whole more deeply undulating cellos. They bring with them a variety of work, symphony and seascape, indivisibly together. themes which are to be combined in a brief but extraordinary climax of conflicting rhythms. The second surges forward on a handsomely harmonised entry of eight cellos and, after its central climax, recalls Programme note © Gerald Larner on cor anglais and muted trumpet a theme first heard on those same instruments in the slow introduction. This theme, it turns out, when it appears in chorale form on four horns in the coda, is the theme intended from the start to carry the sunrise message of the whole movement.

Here I am again with my old friend the Sea. It is still unfathomable and beautiful. It is one of the things in nature that really put you in your place. The trouble is, no one has enough respect for the Sea… It shouldn’t be allowed, those bodies disfigured by everyday life soaking themselves in it: but, really, all those arms, those legs moving in such ridiculous rhythms, it’s enough to make the fish weep. In the Sea there should be nothing but Sirens. But how can we expect those admirable creatures to come back to waters frequented by such bad company?

Debussy to Jacques Durand, Le Puys, near Dieppe, 8 August 1906

3 THE PERFORMERS Edward Gardner Stephen Hough Conductor Piano

Chief Conductor of the Bergen Named by The Economist as one Philharmonic since October of Twenty Living Polymaths, 2015, Edward Gardner has led the Stephen Hough combines a orchestra on multiple distinguished career as a pianist international tours, including with those of composer and writer. performances in Berlin, Munich He was the first classical performer and Amsterdam, and at the BBC to be awarded a MacArthur Proms and Edinburgh International Festival. Edward was recently Fellowship and was made a Commander of the Order of the British appointed Principal Conductor Designate of the London Empire (cbe) in the New Year’s Honours 2014. Philharmonic Orchestra, with his tenure starting in September 2021. In June 2020, Stephen reopened , performing the UK’s In demand as a guest conductor, the previous two seasons saw first live classical music concert in a major venue since the Edward debut with the New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony nationwide lockdown in March. Later that summer he made his 29th Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, appearance at the BBC Proms performing Beethoven’s Piano Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, Concerto No.2 with BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Currently Wiener Symphoniker and the Royal Opera House in a new production scheduled concerts in 2020/21 include concerto performances with of Káťa Kabanová; while returns included engagements with the the Philharmonia, London Philharmonic, Royal Liverpool Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra del Philharmonic, Royal Philharmonic, Bournemouth Symphony, Seoul Teatro alla Scala di Milano and Royal Opera House (Werther). Philharmonic and Sydney Symphony orchestras. The 2020/21 season saw Edward open the London Philharmonic Stephen is a regular guest at festivals such as Salzburg, Mostly Orchestra’s season in a series of streamed concerts. Highlights with Mozart, Edinburgh, La Roque-d’Anthéron and Aldeburgh. Recent the Bergen Philharmonic included a celebration of Beethoven’s highlights include performances with the New York Philharmonic, the 250th anniversary with a two-week festival. Guest conducting London Philharmonic Orchestra, Wiener Symphoniker, Cleveland highlights, and projects that will be rearranged due to COVID-19, Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra, and the Finnish Radio, Tokyo, include performances with the Symphonieorchester des Toronto, Singapore and Iceland symphony orchestras. Bayerischen Rundfunks, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Stephen’s discography of over 60 CDs has garnered international Cleveland Orchestra, Chicago and Montreal Symphony Orchestras, awards including the Diapason d’Or de l’Année, several Grammy Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin and Finnish Radio nominations, and eight Gramophone Awards. Recent releases Symphony Orchestra. include Beethoven’s complete piano concertos (with the Finnish He also continues his longstanding collaborations with the City of Radio Symphony Orchestra under Hannu Lintu), ‘The Final Piano Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, where he was Principal Guest Pieces’ of Brahms, ‘Vida Breve’ and solo piano works by Debussy. His Conductor from 2010-16, and the BBC Symphony Orchestra, award-winning iPad app The Liszt Sonata was released by Touch whom he has conducted at both the First and Last Night of the Press in 2013. BBC Proms. As a composer Stephen is writing the commissioned work for the Music Director of English National Opera for ten years (2006-15), 2022 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, to be performed Edward has an ongoing relationship with New York’s Metropolitan by 30 competitors in 2022. His String Quartet No.1 will be premiered Opera where he has conducted productions of La damnation de by the Takács Quartet in December 2021. He has been Faust, Carmen, Don Giovanni, Der Rosenkavalier and Werther. commissioned by Wigmore Hall, Musée du Louvre, London’s National Elsewhere, he has conducted at La Scala, Chicago Lyric Opera, Gallery, Westminster Abbey, , the Genesis Glyndebourne Festival Opera and Opéra National de Paris. Foundation, Gilmore International Keyboard Festival, the Walter W. Naumburg Foundation, the Cliburn Foundation, Orquesta Sinfónica A passionate supporter of young talent, Edward founded the Hallé de Euskadi and the Wind Quintet. His music is Youth Orchestra in 2002 and regularly conducts the National Youth published by Josef Weinberger Ltd. Orchestra of Great Britain. He has a close relationship with the Juilliard As an author, his collection of essays Rough Ideas: Reflections on School of Music, and with the who Music and More, published by Faber & Faber in 2019, won the 2020 appointed him their inaugural Sir Conducting Royal Philharmonic Society Awards’ Storytelling category and was Chair in 2014. named one of Financial Times’ Book of the Year 2019. His first novel, Born in Gloucester in 1974, Edward was educated at Cambridge and The Final Retreat, was published by Sylph Editions in 2018. He has the Royal Academy of Music. He went on to become Assistant been published widely and is an Honorary Bencher of the Middle Conductor of The Hallé and Music Director of Glyndebourne Touring Temple, an Honorary Member of the Royal Philharmonic Society, a Opera. His many accolades include being named Royal Philharmonic 2019-22 Visiting Fellow at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, a Visiting Society Award Conductor of the Year (2008), an Olivier Award for Professor at the Royal Academy of Music, the International Chair of Outstanding Achievement in Opera (2009) and receiving an OBE for Piano Studies at the Royal Northern College of Music, and is on the Services to Music in the Queen’s Birthday Honours (2012).  faculty of The in New York. 

4 CITY OF BIRMINGHAM SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Home and Away Rattle’s successors Sakari Oramo (1998-2008) and (2008-15) helped cement that global reputation, and continued to build on the CBSO’s tradition of fl ying the fl ag for Birmingham. As the only professional symphony orchestra based between Bournemouth and Manchester, the orchestra tours regularly in Britain – and much further afi eld. The CBSO has travelled to Japan and the United Arab Emirates in previous seasons, and in December 2016 made its debut tour of China. And its recordings continue to win acclaim. In 2008, the CBSO’s recording of Saint-Saëns’ complete piano concertos was named Best Classical Recording of the last 30 years by Gramophone.

Now, under the dynamic leadership of Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, Associate Conductor Michael Seal and Assistant Conductor Jaume Santonja Espinós, the CBSO continues to do what it does best – playing great music for the people of Birmingham and the Midlands.

Meet the Family The CBSO Chorus – a symphonic choir made up of “amateur professionals”, trained by Simon Halsey cbe – is famous in its own © Ben Ealovega right. The CBSO Children’s Chorus and Youth Chorus showcase singers as young as six. Through its unauditioned community choir – CBSO SO Vocal in Selly Oak – the CBSO shares its know- Under the baton of its Music Director Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, how and passion for music with communities throughout the city. the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO) is the The CBSO Youth Orchestra gives that same opportunity to young fl agship of musical life in Birmingham and the West Midlands, instrumentalists aged 14-21, off ering high-level training to the next and one of the world’s great orchestras. generation of orchestral musicians alongside top international conductors and soloists. Based in Symphony Hall, Birmingham, in a normal year the orchestra performs over 150 concerts each year in Birmingham, the UK These groups are sometimes called the “CBSO family” – over and around the world, playing music that ranges from classics 650 amateur musicians of all ages and backgrounds, who work to contemporary, fi lm music and even symphonic disco. With a alongside the orchestra to make and share great music. But the far-reaching community programme and a family of choruses CBSO’s tradition of serving the community goes much further. Its and ensembles, it is involved in every aspect of music-making in Learning and Participation programme touches tens of thousands the Midlands. But at its centre is a team of 75 superb professional of lives a year, ranging from workshops in nurseries to projects musicians, and a 100-year tradition of making the world’s greatest that energise whole neighbourhoods. And everyone’s welcome music in the heart of Birmingham. at CBSO Centre on Berkley Street. As well as being a friendly, stylish performance venue for the lunchtime concert series That local tradition started with the orchestra’s very fi rst symphonic Centre Stage and contemporary jazz concerts by Jazzlines, the concert in 1920 – conducted by Sir . Ever since then, CBSO’s rehearsal base is home to Birmingham Contemporary through war, recessions, social change and civic renewal, the CBSO Music Group and Ex Cathedra. Having recently enjoyed it’s 100th has been proud to be Birmingham’s orchestra. Under principal birthday, the CBSO, more than ever, remains the beating heart of conductors including , George Weldon, Andrzej Panufnik musical life in the UK’s Second City.  and Louis Frémaux, the CBSO won an artistic reputation that spread far beyond the Midlands. But it was when it discovered the young British conductor in 1980 that the CBSO became internationally famous – and showed how the arts can help give a new sense of direction to a whole city.

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VIOLIN I DOUBLE BASS TRUMPET # Zsolt-Tihamér Visontay Anthony Alcock * Jonathan Holland * # # Jonathan Martindale * Julian Atkinson * Richard Blake * Anna Smith Damián Rubido González Jonathan Sheppard Philip Brett Mark Goodchild *# # Colin Twigg Julian Walters * CORNET # # Jane Wright Sally Morgan * Jonathan Quirk * Elizabeth Golding # Martin Rockall Mark Robinson # FLUTE # Colette Overdijk * Marie-Christine Zupancic * TROMBONE # Ruth Lawrence * Japheth Law Richard Watkin * Julia Åberg * Anthony Howe *# Stefano Mengoli * Katharine Gittings Elizabeth May BASS TROMBONE # David Vines * VIOLIN II OBOE Peter Campbell-Kelly * Juliana Koch TUBA Kate Suthers* Emmet Byrne * # Graham Sibley * Moritz Pfister # Catherine Arlidge * COR ANGLAIS TIMPANI # Amy Jones * Rachael Pankhurst * Matthew Hardy * Charlotte Skinner * Bryony Morrison * CLARINET PERCUSSION Georgia Hannant * Oliver Janes * # Adrian Spillett * Heather Bradshaw * # Joanna Patton * Andrew Herbert * Timothy Birchall # Toby Kearney * Gabriel Dyker * BASS CLARINET HARP VIOLA Mark O’Brien *

# Katherine Thomas * Chris Yates * BASSOON # Stephanie Beck Adam Romer * # Nikolaj Henriques * Angela Swanson Andres Yauri David BaMaung * TOY PIANO Emily Newman Catherine Bower * James Keefe # Michael Jenkinson * Jessica Tickle * Margaret Cookhorn * Amy Thomas # # Elizabeth Fryer * HORN Helen Roberts # Elspeth Dutch * CELLO Jonathan Maloney # # Mark Phillips * Eduardo Vassallo * Jeremy Bushell * Sarah Berger # # # Martin Wright Recipient of the CBSO Long Service Award David Powell * # Kate Setterfield * * Supported player Miguel Fernandes * # Jacqueline Tyler * # Catherine Ardagh-Walter * # Helen Edgar *

6 MEMBERS AND SUPPORTERS

EXCEPTIONAL SUPPORTERS MAJOR DONORS MEMBERS Graham Russell & Gloria Bates The following individuals, trusts We are grateful to the following Over 1,500 members contribute (*Ruth Lawrence) and companies have nurtured the supporters for their major gift s annually to ensure the orchestra’s Gillian Shaw CBSO’s world-class excellence and this year. vital work both on and off the Eleanor Sinton (*Adrian Spillett) broad community reach by concert platform can happen. Mr D P Spencer (*Oliver Janes) off ering exceptional philanthropic £100,000+ Thank you to each and every one Lesley Thomson (*Jessica Tickle) support to the CBSO and the CBSO John Osborn in support of the Osborn of you. Basil & Patricia Turner Development Trust’s private Music Directorship (*Marie-Christine Zupancic) endowment fund over time, either Howard & Judy Vero (*Richard Watkin) by making major gift s, by leaving a £50,000+ Michael Ward legacy or through sustained BENEFACTORS (£10,000+) Diana & Peter Wardley (*Oliver Janes) David and Sandra Burbidge Lady Alexander of Weedon annual giving. Peter How Robert Wilson (*Emmet Byrne) Viv & Hazel Astling (*Graham Sibley) John Yelland Obe & Anna Alison & Jamie Justham (*David Vines) Felonious Mongoose in memory of City of Birmingham Orchestral Barry and Frances Kirkham (*Catherine Bower) Endowment Fund Dolores (*Richard Blake) Chris & Jane Loughran and our other anonymous supporters. (*Jonathan Martindale) Rachel Baker Memorial Charity Maurice Millward (*Chris Yates) SYMPHONY CIRCLE (£5,000+) The late Roy Collins Clive & Sylvia Richards Charity The following players are supported by John Cole & Jennie Howe Dunard Fund (Principal Supporter of the CBSO’s work anonymous members of the (*Peter Campbell-Kelly) John Osborn CBE with young people) Overture, Concerto and Symphony Gill & Jonathan Evans Garfi eld Weston Foundation Jerry Sykes in support of keynote Circles, to whom we are very grateful: (*Charlotte Skinner) concert programming Mark Goodchild Len Hughes & Jacquie Blake Barclays (*Catherine Ardagh-Walter) Joanna Patton The late Miss G Brant (*Anthony Alcock) Mark Phillips David & Sandra Burbidge £25,000+ Sue & Graeme Sloan Adam Römer John Ellerman Foundation Sir Dominic and Lady Cadbury and our other anonymous supporters. Katherine Thomas Esmée Fairbairn Foundation The John Feeney Charitable Trust Charles Henry Foyle Trust + The JABBS Foundation CONCERTO CIRCLE (£2,500 ) OVERTURE CIRCLE (£1,000+) The Barwell Charitable Trust Alison & Jamie Justham Mike & Jan Adams (*Eduardo Vassallo) Allan & Jennifer Buckle Barry & Frances Kirkham Katherine Aldridge in memory of Chris (*Jonathan Holland) Maurice Millward Michael Allen in memory of Yvonne Mrs Jayne Cadbury Clive & Sylvia Richards Charity Roger & Angela Allen Jill S Cadbury (*Julia Åberg) (Principal Supporter of the CBSO’s Miss J L Arthur (*Julian Walters) Isabel, Peter and Christopher in loving work with young people) Kiaran Asthana memory of Ernest Churcher Jerry Sykes Mr M K Ayers (*Elspeth Dutch) Mr & Mrs S V Barber Charlie & Louise Craddock The late Mr P S Day John Bartlett & Sheila Beesley (*Kirsty Lovie) Deutsche Bank (*Mark O’Brien) Mike & Tina Detheridge The late Elnora Ferguson Michael Bates (*Andrew Herbert) The late Mrs Marjorie Hildreth Tim & Margaret Blackmore The ENT Clinic Peter How Christine & Neil Bonsall Duncan Fielden & Jan Smaczny The Helen Rachael Mackaness Mrs Jennifer Brooks in memory of David (*Matthew Hardy) Charitable Trust (*Julia Åberg) David Gregory (*Stefano Mengoli) The late Blyth and Myriam Major Helen Chamberlain in memory of Allan David Handford (*David Powell) Mrs Thelma Justham Chamberlain (*Sally Morgan) The Andrew Harris Charitable Trust The Leverhulme Trust Gay & Trevor Clarke (*Bryony Morrison) Cliff Hubbold The LJC Fund Dr Anthony Cook & Ms Susan Elias David Knibb in memory of Lorraine Chris and Jane Loughran Ann Copsey (*Jon Quirk) The late Martin Purdy John Cunningham-Dexter Valerie Lester (*Jacqueline Tyler Mbe) The late Norman Thomas Julian & Lizzie Davey Paddy & Wendy Martin (*David The late Sheri and Mrs Janet Tullah Anita Davies (*Jeremy Bushell) BaMaung) The Roger & Douglas Turner Tony Davis & Darin Qualls Carol Miller Charitable Trust Jenny Dawson Patrick & Tricia McDermott Wolfson Foundation Dr Judith Dewsbury in memory of Tony (*Helen Edgar & Rachael Pankhurst) (*Kate Setterfi eld) Carole McKeown & David Low Alan Faulkner (*Miguel Fernandes) Elisabeth Fisher (*Colette Overdijk) Carol Miller Wally Francis Frank North (*Kate Suthers) J Godwin Angela O’Farrell & Michael Lynes Anita & Wyn Griffi ths (*Toby Kearney) Mary & Tony Hale John Osborn (*Gabriel Dyker) In memory of Harry and Rose Jacobi Dianne Page (*Catherine Arlidge Mbe) Tony & Shirley Hall Gerard Paris (*Amy Marshall) Keith & Mavis Hughes Simon & Margaret Payton Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (*Julian Atkinson) Basil Jackson Robert Perkin Mr Michael & Mrs Elaine Jones

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Richard & Mrs Gill Postill Catherine Duke C Predota Tim Cherry Kath & Mike Poulter Naomi & David Dyker Roger Preston Tim Clarke & family Eileen Poxton in memory of Chris Eckersley Eileen & Ken Price Professor & Mrs M H Cullen Reg Poxton Linda & William Edmondson Richard and Lynda Price Roger and Liz Dancey Dr & Mrs R C Repp Alex & Fran Elder John Randall Robin & Kathy Daniels Ray Smith Robert van Elst Dr and Mrs K Randle John and Sue Del Mar Sheila & Ian Sonley Miss E W Evans Katy and David Ricks Professor Sir David Eastwood Andy Street Dr D W Eyre-Walker Peter & Pauline Roe Mr G L & Mrs D Evans John & Dorothy Tesh Jill Follett and John Harris David & Jayne Roper Geoff & Dorothy Fearnehough Professor & Mrs J A Vale Chris Fonteyn Mbe Jane and Peter Rowe Nicola Fleet-Milne William & Janet Vincent Jack & Kathleen Foxall Helen Rowett & David Pelteret Susan and John Franklin Tony & Hilary Vines Susan & John Franklin Christopher and Marion Rowlatt Mr R Furlong & Ms M Penlington Peter Walling Agustín Garcia-Sanz Dr Gwynneth Roy Averil Green in memory of Terry Green Julie & Simon Ward Alan and Christine Giles Vic & Anne Russell Mr Doug James Stephen Williams Professor J E Gilkison & Prof T Hocking Mrs L J Sadler Dr M Kershaw John & Daphne Wilson Stephen J Gill Carole & Chris Sallnow Miss C Midgley Geoff & Moira Wyatt R & J Godfrey Stephen Saltaire Nigel & Sarah Moores Mr Paul C Wynn Jill Godsall William and Eileen Saunders Andrew & Linda Murray Laura Greenaway in memory of Margaret and Andrew Sherrey and our other anonymous supporters. Magdi & Daisy Obeid David Richards Dr & Mrs Shrank Chris & Eve Parker Paul Hadley Keith Shuttleworth Phillipa & Laurence Parkes Roger & Gaye Hadley Elizabeth Simons

8 Mr N R Skelding CENTENARY DONORS The late Colin Graham ENDOWMENT DONORS Ed Smith Thank you to those who have David & Lesley Harrington We are grateful to all those who Mary Smith & Brian Gardner chosen to make a gift to the CBSO Tricia Harvey have given to the CBSO in memory of John and Jen in its centenary year. The late Mrs Marjorie Hildreth Development Trust’s private Ray Smith Katherine Aldridge Mr Trevor & Mrs Linda Ingram endowment fund, thus enabling Matthew Somerville and Deborah Kerr Baltimore Friends of the CBSO Robin & Dee Johnson the orchestra to become more Lyn Stephenson Professor Dame Sandra Dawson Alan Jones & Andrew Orchard self-suffi cient for the long term. Robin and Carol Stephenson Chris Morley Ms Lou Jones Mike & Jan Adams Anne Stock Members of the Newport Music Coach The late William Jones Arts for All Mr & Mrs J B Stuffi ns Peter Macklin Viv & Hazel Astling J E Sutton The late Mr & Mrs F. McDermott & The Barwell Charitable Trust Barbara Taylor in memory of LEGACY DONORS Mrs C. Hall In memory of Foley L Bates Michael Taylor We’re incredibly grateful to the The late Myriam Josephine Major Bridget Blow cbe Bryan & Virginia Turner following individuals who have The late Joyce Middleton Deloitte John & Anne Turney chosen to remember the CBSO in Philip Mills Miss Margery Elliott Mrs J H Upward their will, passing on the baton for The late Peter & Moyra Monahan Simon Fairclough Clive Kerridge & Suzan van Helvert music-lovers of the future. The late Arthur Mould Sir Dexter Hutt Bob & Louise Vivian In memory of Chris Aldridge The late June North Irwin Mitchell Solicitors Stephen Vokes & Erica Barnett The late Terence Baum Stephen Osborne The Justham Trust Tim & Wendy Wadsworth The late Elizabeth Bathurst Blencowe Gill Powell Mrs Thelma Justham Kit Ward The late Mr Peter Walter Black Tony Davis & Darin Qualls Barry & Frances Kirkham Ann Warne Philip Bowden The late Mrs Edith Roberts Linda Maguire-Brookshaw Neil Warren Allan & Jennifer Buckle Philip Rothenberg Mazars Charitable Trust Mrs M L Webb The late Miss Sheila Margaret Burgess The late Mr Andrew Roulstone Andrew Orchard & Alan Jones Elisabeth & Keith Wellings Smith The late Thomas Edward Scott John Osborn Mr & Mrs J West Isabel Churcher Mrs C E Smith & Mr William Smith Margaret Payton Roger & Sue Whitehouse The late Colin W Clarke Pam Snell Roger Pemberton & Monica Pirotta Mr William & Mrs Rosemary Whiting Mr and Mrs P Cocking The late Mrs Sylvia Stirman David Pett Pippa Whittaker The late Roy Collins The late Mrs Eileen Summers Pinsent Masons John and Pippa Wickson David in memory of Ruth Pauline Holland Miss K V Swift Martin Purdy Richard and Mary Williams Tony Davis & Darin Qualls John Taylor Peter & Sally-Ann Sinclair Barry and Judith Williamson The late Mr Peter S. Day Mr D M & Mrs J G Thorne Jerry Sykes John Winterbottom Mark Devin John Vickers Alessandro & Monica Toso Ian Woollard Alistair Dow Mrs Angela & Mr John Watts Patrick Verwer The late Mary Fellows Philip Wilson R C & F M Young Trust and our other anonymous supporters Alan Woodfi eld and our Friends. Felonious Mongoose Valerie Frankland and our other anonymous donors. * Player supporter Jill Godsall Credits correct as of 17 May 2021

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9 The support we receive from thousands of individual donors, public funders, THANK YOU businesses and private foundations allows us to present extraordinary performances and to create exciting activities in schools and communities. Your support makes such a diff erence and is much appreciated.

Public Funders Corporate Partners

Supporter of Schoolsʼ Concerts

Education Partners William King Ltd

Partners in Orchestral Development Trusts and Foundations 29th May 1961 Charitable Trust Lillie Johnson Charitable Trust ABO Trust’s Sirens Programme The Kobler Trust Miss Albright Grimley Charity James Langley Memorial Trust The Andor Charitable Trust The Leverhulme Trust The Lord Austin Trust LG Harris Trust The John Avins Trust LJC Fund Backstage Trust Limoges Charitable Trust The Rachel Baker Memorial Charity The S & D Lloyd Charity Bite Size Pieces The Helen Rachael Mackaness Charitable Trust The Boshier-Hinton Foundation The McLay Dementia Trust In-kind supporters British Korean Society The James Frederick & Ethel Anne Measures Charity The Charles Brotherton Trust The Anthony and Elizabeth Mellows Charitable Trust The Edward & Dorothy Cadbury Trust MFPA Trust Fund for the Training of Handicapped Edward Cadbury Charitable Trust Children in the Arts The George Cadbury Fund Millichope Foundation The R V J Cadbury Charitable Trust The David Morgan Music Trust CBSO Development Trust The Oakley Charitable Trust City of Birmingham Orchestral Endowment Fund The Patrick Trust The John S Cohen Foundation The Misses C M Pearson & M V Williams The George Henry Collins Charity Charitable Trust The Concertina Charitable Trust Perry Family Charitable Trust Baron Davenport’s Charity The Bernard Piggott Charitable Trust The D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust PRS Foundation’s The Open Fund for Organisations Dunard Fund The Radcliffe Trust The W E Dunn Trust The Rainbow Dickinson Trust John Ellerman Foundation The Ratcliff Foundation The Eveson Charitable Trust Clive & Sylvia Richards Charity Globeflow The John Feeney Charitable Trust Rix-Thompson-Rothenberg Foundation George Fentham Birmingham Charity The M K Rose Charitable Trust Allan and Nesta Ferguson Charitable Settlement The Rowlands Trust Fidelio Charitable Trust RVW Trust The Garrick Charitable Trust The Saintbury Trust The Golsoncott Foundation The E H Smith Charitable Trust Grantham Yorke Trust F C Stokes Trust The Grey Court Trust Sutton Coldfield Charitable Trust The Grimmitt Trust C B & H H Taylor 1984 Trust Funders The Derek Hill Foundation G J W Turner Trust The Joseph Hopkins and Henry James Sayer Charities The Roger & Douglas Turner Charitable Trust John Horniman’s Children’s Trust Garfield Weston Foundation The Irving Memorial Trust The Wolfson Foundation The JABBS Foundation The Alan Woodfield Charitable Trust www.prsformusicfoundation.com Thank you also to our Major Donors, Benefactors, Circles Members, Patrons and Friends for their generous support. For more information on how your organisation can engage with the CBSO, please contact Simon Fairclough, CBSO Director of Development, on 0121 616 6500 or [email protected]

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MANAGEMENT BOARD Chief Executive Stephen Maddock OBE* Chair David Burbidge cbe DL PA to Chief Executive Niki Longhurst*† Deputy Chair David Roper Elected Trustees Tony Davis Head of Orchestra Management Jane Fielding (Maternity Cover) Adrian Rutter Susan Foster Orchestra Manager Claire Dersley* Joe Godwin Assistant Orchestra Manager Alan Johnson Emily Ingram Platform Manager Peter Harris* Sundash Jassi Assistant Platform Manager Robert Howard Chris Loughran Librarian Jack Lovell-Huckle Lucy Williams Co-Librarian William Lucas Birmingham City Council Head of Artistic Planning Anna Melville Nominated Trustees Cllr Sir Albert Bore Planning & Tours Manager Hannah Muddiman† Cllr Alex Yip Project Manager Claire Greenwood† Player Nominated Trustees Elspeth Dutch Assistant Planning Manager Maddi Belsey-Day Helen Edgar Director of Learning & Engagement Lucy Galliard Additional Player Representative Margaret Cookhorn Learning & Participation Manager Katie Lucas Community Projects Offi cer Adele Franghiadi Hon Secretary to the Trustees Mark Devin Youth Ensembles Offi cer Rebecca Nicholas Schools Offi cer Carolyn Burton Chorus Manager Poppy Howarth CBSO DEVELOPMENT TRUST Children’s & Youth Chorus Offi cer Ella McNamee Chair Chris Loughran DL Research Assistant Adam Nagel*† Trustees Charles Barwell Obe Director of Marketing & Communications Gareth Beedie Gordon Campbell CRM & Insight Manager Melanie Ryan*† Wally Francis Publications Manager Jane Denton† John Osborn cbe Assistant Marketing Manager Harriet Green David Pett Digital Content Producer Hannah Blake-Fathers Hon Secretary to the Trustees John Bartlett Marketing Volunteer Christine Midgley*#

Director of Development Simon Fairclough CAMPAIGN BOARD Head of Philanthropy Francesca Spickernell Membership & Appeals Manager Eve Vines† Chair David Burbidge cbe, DL Events & Relationship Management Executive Megan Bradshaw Susan Foster Development Operations Offi cer Melanie Adey Peter How Development Administrator Bethan McKnight† Jamie Justham Trust Fundraiser Fiona Fox Her Honour Frances Kirkham cbe Chris Loughran DL Director of Finance Annmarie Wallis John Osborn cbe Finance Manager Dawn Doherty Payroll Offi cer Lindsey Bhagania† Honorary Medical Advisors: Assistant Accountant Graham Irving Dr Rod MacRorie. Association of Medical Finance Assistant (Cost) Susan Price Advisors to British Orchestras/BAPAM HR Manager Hollie Dunster CBSO Centre Manager Niki Longhurst*† Professor Sir Keith Porter. Technical & Facilities Supervisor Tomoyuki Matsuo Consultant, University Hospitals Birmingham Assistant CBSO Centre Manager Peter Clarke* Receptionist Sev Kucukogullari† PLAYERS’ COMMITTEE Chair Jo Patton Vice Chair Mark Phillips Richard Watkin Andy Herbert Kirsty Lovie Colette Overdijk Heather Bradshaw * Recipients of the CBSO Long Service Award † Part-time employee # Volunteer Matthew Hardy

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