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5 Message from the Music Director 7 Message from the Board President 9 Message from the Executive Director 11 Board of Directors & Advisory Council 12 14 Season Sponsors 18 Berkeley Symphony Legacy Society 21 Program 23 Program Notes 35 Music Director: Joana Carneiro 39 Guest Conductor: Elim Chan 41 Artists’ Biographies 51 Berkeley Symphony 55 Music in the Schools 57 2016/17 Membership Benefits 59 Annual Membership Support 66 Broadcast Dates

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December 8, 2016 3 4 December 8, 2016 Message from the Music Director

Dear Friends, It is my great pleasure to welcome you to our final concert of 2016.

This event marks a great partnership photo by Rodrigo de Souza with BBC Scottish Symphony and Pittsburgh Symphony in co-commissioning Macmillan’s fourth symphony. You may remember James Macmillan from our 2010/11 season, when we performed his riveting Seven Last Words from the Cross. His music, even when secular, is imbued with a deep spirituality. The work presented tonight pays tribute to a great influence on Macmillan, Robert Carver, in particular his Missa sum Sacrum Mysterium.

The idea of 4ths continues in our program as we will be playing Beethoven’s fourth concerto with the wonderful Shai Wosner. Last time we collaborated in Berkeley, Shai amazed us by playing Ligeti’s piano concerto. I am very happy to welcome Shai back in a completely different context, in which we will again enjoy not only his sheer clarity and virtuosity, but also his introspective and sensitive qualities.

This is what Berkeley Symphony is about, moving us through the history of music with great relationships with composers like Macmillan and performers like Wosner. Once again, thank you for your continued support. I wish you musical, peaceful and happy holidays and can’t wait to welcome you back in 2017.

Joana Carneiro

December 8, 2016 5 6 December 8, 2016 Message from the Board President

Welcome, all, to this, our second concert of the season!

We are excited to once again welcome pianist Shai Wosner to our stage and also

Elim Chan, our guest conductor for this photo © Margaretta K. Mitchell evening.

Our 16/17 season continues to bring you the very best from your Berkeley Symphony! As we continue to strive to curate the perfect experience for you, our audience and loyal patrons, you will soon be hearing from Berkeley Symphony. We want to know your thoughts and feelings and engage you in a dialogue with us so that we can know and meet your needs.

It is vital for orchestras to work to preserve and keep alive this important art form. Berkeley Symphony is committed to bringing you new and adventurous works, classic masterpieces, and support a strong arts education in with our award-winning Music in the Schools program. Music is binding, healing, and inspiring. We want to make YOUR experience with the Berkeley Symphony a great one and very much look forward to hearing from you.

This evening, please sit back and enjoy James MacMillan’s Symphony No. 4, a US Premiere that we have commissioned for you in partnership with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Pittsburgh Symphony, as well as the familiar Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4.

We at Berkeley Symphony wish you happy holidays and look forward to seeing you next in January.

Warm regards,

Tricia Swift

December 8, 2016 7 8 December 8, 2016 Message from the Executive Director

Dearest Friends,

Welcome to the second concert of our season, an evening filled with photo by Marshall Berman music that embodies the transcendent power of hope.

Berkeley Symphony is committed to bringing you adventurous programming in each and every performance. Tonight is no exception as we share with you the US premiere of James MacMillan’s Symphony No. 4—a piece that is reverential and truly soulful, a vehicle transporting us away from the material world into the realm of the spirit.

These words have also described Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4, a piece which is deeply spiritual, as if Beethoven somehow feeling trapped in a dark place is looking up at the light, hoping for peace and solace. The incomparable pianist Shai Wosner takes us on this enlightening journey.

With their innovation and passion, Beethoven and MacMillan reflect the heart and soul of Berkeley and offer us a perfect evening of reflection and inspiration.

I wish you all a very healthy, joyous and prosperous holiday season!

René Mandel

December 8, 2016 9 10 December 8, 2016 Board of Directors & Advisory Council

Board of Directors Executive Committee Tricia Swift, President Kathleen G. Henschel, Vice President for Governance Shariq Yosufzai, Vice President for Development Gertrude Allen, Vice President for Community Engagement John Dewes, Treasurer Brian James, Secretary René Mandel, Executive Director

Directors Advisory Council (continued) Susan Acquistapace Anita Eblé Sandra Floyd Karen Faircloth Ellen L. Hahn Bereket Haregot William Knuttel Buzz & Lisa Hines Janet Maestre Susan Hone Peter Mandell Jennifer Howard & Anthony J. Cascardi Sandy McCoy Edith Jackson Ed Osborn Kenneth A. Johnson & Nina Grove Thomas Reicher Todd Kerr Thomas W. Richardson Jeffrey S. Leiter Deborah Shidler Bennett Markel Michael Taddeii Jan McCutcheon Advisory Council Bebe & Colin McRae Jan McCutcheon, Co-Chair Helen & John Meyer Lisa Taylor, Co-Chair Deborah O’Grady & John Adams Marilyn Collier, Chair Emerita Elisabeth & Michael O’Malley Michele Benson Maria José Pereira Judith Bloom Marjorie Randell-Silver & Eric Silver Norman Bookstein Kathy Canfield Shepard & John Shepard Joy Carlin Jutta Singh Ron & Susan Choy Lisa & James Taylor Marilyn & Richard Collier Alison Teeman & Michael Yovino-Young Dianne Crosby Paul Templeton & Darrell Louie Charli & John Danielsen Anne & Craig Van Dyke Carolyn Doelling Yvette Vloeberghs

December 8, 2016 11 The Orchestra

Joana Carneiro Music Director Viola (continued) Sponsored by Brian James & Shariq Yosufzai Clio Tilton Sponsored by Helen & John Meyer Sponsored by Marcia Muggli & Ed Osborn Patrick Kroboth Sponsored by Lisa & Jim Taylor Alexandra Leem Sponsored by Anonymous Ivo Bokulic Kent Nagano Conductor Laureate Kristen Steiner Elim Chan Guest Conductor Peter Liepman I Dan Stanley Franklyn D’Antonio Concertmaster Matthew Szemela Associate Concertmaster Carol Rice Principal Emanuela Nikiforova Assistant Concertmaster Sponsored by Getrude Allen Candace Sanderson Stephanie Wu Assistant Principal Stephanie Bibbo Wanda Warkentin Hee-Guen Song Eric Gaenslen Larisa Kopylovsky Kenneth Johnson Ilana Thomas Peter Bedrossian Shawyon Malek-Salehi Jason Anderson Ernest Yen Krisanthy Desby Annie Li Margaret Moores John Bernstein Sylvia Woodmansee Kristen Kline Bert Thunstrom Bass Michel Taddei Principal Violin II Sponsored by East Bay Community Foundation Sarah Wood Principal Robert Ashley Assistant Principal Sponsored by Tricia Swift Jon Keigwin Karsten Windt Assistant Principal Alden F. Cohen David Cheng Aleksey Klyushnik Daniel Lewin Andrew de Stackelberg Monika Gruber Tess Varley Flute Rick Diamond Emma Moon Principal Sponsored by Janet & Marcos Maestre Ann Eastman Stacey Pelinka Kevin Harper Charles Zhou Piccolo Quelani Penland Stacey Pelinka Rose Marie Ginsburg Viola Deborah Shidler Principal Tiantian Lan Principal Sponsored by Jan & Michael McCutcheon Darcy Rindt Assistant Principal Bennie Cottone

12 December 8, 2016 English Horn Bennie Cottone Thomas Hornig Principal Sponsored by Kathleen G. Henschel & John W. Dewes Anthony (Tony) Collins Mark Brandenburg Principal Bass Trombone Jeannie Psomas Wayne Solomon

Bass Clarinet Jeannie Psomas Jerry Olson Principal

Bassoon Carla Wilson Principal Kevin Neuhoff Principal Ravinder Sehgal Percussion Ward Spangler Principal Erin Irvine Timothy Dent D. Allen Biggs Horn Scott Welsh Alex Camphouse Principal Harp Meredith Brown Wendy Tamis Principal Loren Tayerle Michael Shuldes Piano/Celesta Thomas Reicher Miles Graber Principal

Trumpet Franklyn D’Antonio Co-Orchestra Manager Scott Macomber Principal Joslyn D’Antonio Co-Orchestra Manager Kale Cumings Quelani Penland Librarian Nick Antipa David Rodgers, Jr. Stage Manager

December 8, 2016 13 2016/17 Season Sponsors

Gertrude Allen

ertrude Allen has lived in Berkeley since graduating G from UC more than fifty years ago. She and her husband enjoyed Berkeley Promenade Orchestra— predecessor of Berkeley Symphony—at the UC Art Museum. They have been subscribers off and on ever since. After raising two children and a ten-year period working as a Policy Analyst in the Office of the President of UC, Gertrude has engaged in volunteer work as a docent at Strybing Arboretum, the Oakland Museum and now at the East Bay Regional Parks Botanic Garden in Tilden Park. She is concerned about the future of live music and wants to do all she can to pass it along to future generations.

Kathleen G. Henschel & John W. Dewes

athleen G. Henschel, formerly finance manager K at Chevron Corporation, joined Berkeley Symphony’s Board of Directors in 2004, and was President from 2006 to 2011. An active Bay Area philanthropist, she currently serves as Treasurer photo by juliecheshire.com of Chanticleer. John W. Dewes, formerly General Manager of Public Affairs at Chevron Corporation, is an active volunteer in Walnut Creek. He joined the Berkeley Symphony Board in 2015.

Brian James & Shariq Yosufzai

rian James is a member of Berkeley B Symphony’s Board of Directors. Shariq Yosufzai serves on the Advisory Council of Berkeley Symphony, the Board of Directors of the San Francisco , and the Board of Trustees of Cal Performances, and is a past Chair of the Board of the California Chamber of Commerce.

14 December 8, 2016 Ed Osborn & Marcia Muggli

arl D. Osborn (Ed), now retired, was a E founding partner of Bingham, Osborn & Scarborough (BOS), an investment management and financial planning firm based in San Francisco and Silicon Valley. He has been on the Board of Directors of Berkeley Symphony for four years and was formerly the chair of the Finance Committee. His wife, Marcia F. Muggli, has worked for Delta Airlines for over 40 years. When not enjoying the Bay Area (and especially Berkeley Symphony), Ed and Marcia spend part of the year at their second home on Cape Cod.

Thomas W. Richardson & Edith Jackson

homas W. Richardson, Jr. joined the Board T of Directors of the Berkeley Symphony in 2015. Formerly with Blyth Eastman Dillon and Wells Fargo Investment Advisors, Tom has been an independent real asset investor and investment advisor for thirty-five years. Edith Jackson owned and operated a retail Mayan clothing and handicrafts store in San Francisco, and practiced family law in El Cerrito for over twenty years. She is a tennis player, an avid volunteer at Audubon Canyon Ranch, and serves on the Advisory Board of Berkeley Symphony.

Tricia Swift

ricia Swift is a prominent Real Estate Broker in T Berkeley and the East Bay. She has been actively involved in music throughout her life. As a college

student, she was a member of the Harvard University photo © Margaretta K. Mitchell Memorial Church , and she sang with the Chorus for twenty-four years before retiring from singing in 2010. She was also an original cast member of the inaugural production of the California Revels. She has been a member of Berkeley Symphony’s Board of Directors since 2009 and now serves as President.

December 8, 2016 15 2016/17 Season Sponsors (continued)

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December 8, 2016 17 Berkeley Symphony Legacy Society

Legacy giving will ensure that Berkeley Symphony’s music and education programs for children will continue to delight and inspire us for generations. Thank you to those who have made bequests to Berkeley Symphony as part of their estate planning. If you are interested in supporting our long-term future, please contact Mollie Budiansky at 510.841.2800 x303 or [email protected].

Legacy Society Member Lisa Taylor: In her own words . . .

“Growing up in , I was introduced to classical music through Leonard Bernstein’s Young People’s Concerts and my elementary school’s arts curriculum, which encouraged every third grader to play a string instrument. I briefly played the violin before switching to piano and even studied at the Mannes School of Music while in eighth grade. “When I moved to Berkeley in 1979, I joined the Friends of the Berkeley Symphony Orchestra, eventually serving as its President for a year. Berkeley Symphony quickly became part of my extended family, and my involvement as a volunteer, Board member, and Advisory Council member has now spanned 35 years. Legacies Pledged “I greatly value the organization’s commitment Gertrude Allen to adventurous programming, its support of Joan Balter emerging composers, and its wonderful Music in the Schools program, which introduces a new Norman Bookstein & generation to the joys of listening to and making Gillian Kuehner music—an important legacy in which I am proud Kathleen G. Henschel to take part.” Kenneth Johnson & Nina Grove Jeffrey S. Leiter Legacies Received Janet & Marcos Maestre Bennett Markel Margaret Stuart E. Graupner Tricia Swift Rochelle D. Ridgway Lisa Taylor Harry Weininger

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20 December 8, 2016 Program II: Reverence

Thursday, December 8, 2016 at 8:00 pm Zellerbach Hall

Elim Chan guest conductor

James MacMillan Symphony No. 4 US Premiere and Co-Commission with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Pittsburgh Symphony INTERMISSION

Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major Allegro moderato Andante con moto Allegro assai vivace Shai Wosner piano

Shai Wosner is represented exclusively by Opus 3 Artists.

Tonight’s concert will be broadcast on KALW 91.7 FM on May 8, 2017 at 9pm. Please switch off your cell phones, alarms, and other electronic devices during the concert. Thank you.

C oncERT Sponsors Tonight’s performance is made possible by the generous support of

Tricia Swift and Mark & Cynthia Anderson

Gertrude Allen | Kathleen G. Henschel & John W. Dewes Brian James & Shariq Yosufzai | Thomas Richardson & Edith Jackson Ed Osborn & Marcia Muggli | Tricia Swift

December 8, 2016 21 22 December 8, 2016 Program Notes

James MacMillan (b. 1959) music. In 1990, MacMillan first came to international notice with the premiere Symphony No. 4 of The Confession of Isobel Gowdie at the BBC Proms. Retelling the story of Born on July 16, 1959 in , , a woman who had been burned as a James MacMillan currently resides in witch in 17th-century Scotland during , Scotland. MacMillan composed a terrible period of fanaticism, this his Symphony No. 4 in 2014/15 on a work had a remarkable impact, proving co-commission from Berkeley Symphony with the composer’s mastery of large-scale the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and orchestral writing and his ability to Pittsburgh Symphony. com-municate with a wider audience. First performance: Donald Runnicles led the It heralded the career breakthrough for BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in the one of the pre-eminent composers of world premiere on 3 August 2016 at Royal our time. Albert Hall in London; with this performance, Two years later, also at , Berkeley Symphony is giving the U.S. MacMillan’s fellow Scot and premiere. The Symphony No. 4 is scored percussion virtuoso for 2 flutes (2nd doubling piccolo), 2 introduced Veni, Veni, Emmanuel, his (2nd doubling English horn), 2 highly influential first per-cussion (2nd doubling ), , concerto that boasts a track record contrabassoon, 4 horns, 3 , 3 of nearly 500 hundred performances , tuba, timpani, 3 percussionists around the world. But along with his (, aluphone, xylophone, success as an orchestral composer, the , small triangle, temple bowls prolific MacMillan has become known (dobaci), timbales, cymbals, tubular bells, as a master of contemporary choral steel drum, tom-tom, , tuned music through his two Passion settings , , sizzle cymbal, suspended and other works of sacred music. cymbal, tam-tam), harp, piano(celesta), and (As of the date this program went to strings. Duration: approximately 37 minutes. press, he had just been shortlisted for the 2016 British Composer Awards ir James MacMillan, who was born in in the category of choral music.) His S 1959 in the town of Kilwinning, south extensive catalogue also encompasses of on Scotland’s west coast, three , music theater pieces, developed an interest in composing and chamber music. MacMillan, while still a child. He recalls that the who simultaneously pursues an impetus came from seeing the pleasure international conducing career, also his coal-miner grandfather found in runs a new music festival in his home

December 8, 2016 23 24 December 8, 2016 town of Cumnock, which he established sacred or secular. It focuses on what in 2014. the composer calls “rituals of music” spanning centuries, from the Scottish “In an age when populism and Renaissance composer Robert Carver modernism seem like irreconcilable (c. 1485-1570) to hints of Olivier poles,” writes the BBC’s Stephen Messiaen. Cast in one ever-changing, Johnson, “James MacMillan’s music continues to hold out the hope of ever-transforming movement, the integration, the healing of painful music of this new symphony suggests divisions, of transcendence.” The key the process of time’s passage itself. to this accomplishment can perhaps And for all its abstraction, it may be be found, Johnson suggests, in the experienced as a “spiritual journey,” as Scottish composer’s natural gift The Scotsman observed after the world for storytelling through the vehicle premiere at last summer’s BBC Proms. of music. Many of these narratives The conductor was another fellow Scot, draw on MacMillan’s faith as a devout Donald Runnicles, to whom MacMillan Catholic—overtly, as in his St. Luke dedicated his Symphony No. 4 in honor and St. John Passion settings, or of his 60th birthday. programmatically, as found in the James MacMillan has provided the following Piano Concerto No. 3 (“The Mysteries commentary on his Symphony No. 4: of Light,” from 2008), inspired by meditations associated with the Rosary, My earlier three employed or in the tone poem Woman of the programmatic elements, whether Apocalypse (2012), a musical reflection exploring poetic imagery or literary on artistic representations of a scene references, but this new work is from the Book of Revelation. Similarly, essentially abstract. I’m interested the first of MacMillan’s symphonies— here in the interplay of different unnumbered but subtitled “Vigil” types of material, following upon a (1997)—is the final part of Triduum, fascination with music as ritual that an orchestral triptych related to the has stretched from Monteverdi in the celebration of Easter. Religion has early 17th century through to Boulez been central to MacMillan’s self- and Birtwistle in the present day. understanding as a composer, much as There are four distinct archetypes in it was for J.S. Bach and Anton Bruckner. the symphony, which can be viewed The most recent previous score as rituals of movement, exhortation, MacMillan titled a symphony is the petition, and joy. These four ideas are Symphony No. 3, “Silence,” from 2002, juxtaposed in quick succession from which made reference to a novel by the outset, over the first five minutes the Japanese writer Shusaku Endo. or so. As the work progresses these can The Symphony No. 4, however, marks be individually developed in an organic a significant departure from such way, or can co-mingle, or they can be programmatic elements, whether opposed and argumentative.

December 8, 2016 25 Well Orchestrated Travel whether simple or sublime

26 December 8, 2016 Over a slow-moving tread, an angular, of interplay develops between the modal melody is heard on muted “ancient” music and the speeding up and oboe, accompanied process, even when the symphony by a sonorous chorale on English seems to “begin again,” this time horn and horns. The first of many in a related mode. The cello section imperceptible accelerations brings gradually emerges as a principal forward clarinets and solo violas in an protagonist, pulling the music to a urgent and insistent theme revolving serene and ethereal core, featuring around just a few adjacent notes. resonating temple bowls. Above this the pleading strings splay The earlier splaying strings are heard out downwards, becoming more again, almost in a mirror image before animated, leading to the first quick the music takes a few dramatic twists and joyful music on wind, xylophone, leading to its final acceleration. and piano, interrupted by rushing strings. In broad terms, from here —© Sir James MacMillan the symphony has a trajectory from slow to fast: the pace may step back for some more reflective episodes, Ludwig van Beethoven but there is a general cranking-up of (1770-1827) tempo and energy driving through the single movement. The work as a whole Piano Concerto No. 4 in G is also a homage to Robert Carver, the major, Op. 58 most important Scottish composer of the High Renaissance, whose intricate Born on December 16, 1770, in Bonn; died multi-part choral music I’ve loved on March 26, 1827, in Vienna. Beethoven since performing it as a student. There composed the Piano Concerto No. 4 in are allusions to his 10-voice Mass Dum 1805-06. sacrum mysterium embedded in my work First performance: Following its private and at a number of points it emerges premiere in March 1807 at the palace of one from across the centuries in a more of Beethoven’s patrons, the public premiere discernible form. The vocal lines are was on December 22, 1808 in Vienna, with muted and muffled, literally in the the composer as the soloist. In addition to distance, as they are played delicately solo piano, the Concerto is scored for flute, by the back desks of the violas, , 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 , 2 horns, 2 and double basses. trumpets, timpani, and strings. Duration: approximately 35 minutes. As the music gets faster we hear some of the main themes recurring in different contexts, becoming more udwig van Beethoven’s fascination fanfare-like and animated. Ideas L with the piano concerto format are stretched and developed but stretches back to his teenage years in continually thrown forwards. A kind Bonn. He was around 13 when he made

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28 December 8, 2016 his first effort to compose such a which concluded this marathon event. concerto. It’s intriguing to realize that Perhaps the sheer aesthetic overload just at this time Mozart was beginning numbed the impression made by to produce his famous series of piano the Concerto (not to mention the concertos in Vienna—works that underrehearsed orchestra and a lack would elevate the genre to the same of heating in the theater on a bleak, level of artistry and imagination cold Vienna night). In any case, the as the Classical symphony. All the Fourth Concerto fell into neglect until while, Mozart’s innovations went Felix Mendelssohn posthumously hand in hand with producing a much- made a case for this extraordinarily needed source of income to support appealing score. his freelance career in the big city. In his first three mature piano After Beethoven moved to Vienna in concertos, Beethoven had already 1792, he put a personal stamp on the fully absorbed what he could learn Mozartian legacy when he performed from the models Mozart had left his late predecessor’s D Minor behind. The Concerto No. 4 ventures Concerto (K. 466) in public, provided into strikingly new territory. And, as with cadenzas of his own making. mentioned, it represents Beethoven’s The genre of the concerto was unintended farewell as a solo especially attractive during the years performer of his own concertos, since before deafness forced Beethoven to worsening deafness would make it abandon his career as a piano soloist. impossible for him to premiere his It allowed him to combine the roles final completed piano concerto, the of composer and performer in a big Fifth (“Emperor”). The Fourth Concerto public setting: like Mozart, it was as a also shows the impressive variety of keyboard virtuoso that the ambitious guises Beethoven’s so-called “heroic” young musician from Bonn made his style from his middle period could name. Indeed, the Piano Concerto assume. Here, that style’s signature No. 4 would mark the occasion of dramatic energy is combined with a Beethoven’s final appearance as a serenely lyrical outlook. The early- solo performer with orchestra. 20th-century German music critic Paul Bekker eloquently captured That took place as part of a legendary this aspect when he observed that concert on December 22, 1808, the Fourth is “characterized by which also happened to include the quiet, reflective gravity, by a latent premieres of the Fifth and Sixth energy, capable from time to time of Symphonies, as well as still other expressing intense vitality, but usually pieces, such as the unusual Choral preserving the mood of tranquility.” Fantasy for piano, orchestra, and chorus (again featuring Beethoven as In a sense, the Fourth ruminates on soloist), which looks ahead in some the concerto idea itself, taking a step respects to the Ninth Symphony and back to reflect on still-untapped

December 8, 2016 29 30 December 8, 2016 possibilities in the interplay between musicologist Leon Plantinga discusses the one and the many. This is obvious what he calls a “ruling conundrum” of from the stunning opening gesture: the entire first movement, according Beethoven casts aside the convention to which the piano appears “as leader, of an introductory orchestral showing occasional fine bursts of exposition of the themes. Instead, virtuosity, but remaining all the while the piano-as-protagonist launches a devoted to the cause of tranquil and solo statement, the entire orchestra nuanced reflection, a curb on the stepping aside. Even more unusually, orchestra’s propensity for energetic this involves no dramatic fireworks but motion, for direct action.” rather emanates a subdued, almost The brief Largo was interpreted by prayerful attitude—though embedded later Romantics as a hidden miniature within those opening measures is an “tone poem” re-enacting the ancient energetic rhythmic pattern that will myth of Orpheus—specifically, the carry through the movement. It’s worth epi-sode in which the legendary noting that this pattern is a cousin, musician-poet succeeded in taming rhythmically speaking, of the “fate” the Furies in the Underworld in order motto from the Fifth Symphony— to seek out his beloved Eurydice. (In indeed of several works from this this connection, it’s interesting to period, including the Sixth Symphony— note the association sometimes made on which Beethoven was also working between the otherwise abstract Fifth when he composed the Fourth Piano Symphony and ancient tragedy.) Concerto. (The Fifth is often described To be sure, Beethoven establishes as “exhausting” the potential of that a sense of dramatic dialogue in the rhythmic idea—yet Beethoven clearly movement’s structure, which is also knew much more remained to be mined based on a rethinking of how the from it.) Brief as it is, the opening piano soloist can dialogue with the ensemble solo embodies a tension, between the (reduced to strings in this case). The lyrical and the propulsively dynamic, great musicologist Joseph Kerman that will prove to be fundamental to the has pointed out that we perceive work. the confrontations between the The magical point of transfer when orchestra’s stern declamations and the (likewise subdued) orchestra takes the piano’s soft, lyrical pleading not over from the piano brings a luminous as non-sequiturs but “as a precisely change of key, thus prolonging the modulated series of responses”—as a aura of reverie and further signaling musical “conversation” that implies that much of the Fourth’s drama will “crisis and reconciliation,” with that play out as new ways of presenting and process also happening between the staging the rapport between soloist lines, as it were. This is the musical and orchestra. In his study of all of reading of the transformation that Beethoven’s concertos, the eminent occurs (without reliance on an implied

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The rondo finale, not unexpectedly, contains the most straightforwardly extroverted music of the concerto. The main theme is propelled by an irresistible rhythmic charge; to this sound picture Beethoven adds the martial sonorities of timpani and drums. Yet he continues to explore the implications of the contrast between the lyrical and the dynamic so characteristic of the Fourth Concerto: a sweetly pensive second theme strays far from the battlefield spirit implicit in the call-to-arms rondo theme. Beethoven even seems to foreshadow something of the rhetoric of war and peace to which he will later turn to illuminate the “Dona nobis pacem” in the Missa Solemnis. At the same time, the sheer playfulness of this music is so refined that the Piano Concerto No. 4 remains a perennial source of joy for performers and audiences alike.

—© Thomas May Thomas May writes about the arts for a variety of international publications and blogs at memeteria.com.

December 8, 2016 33 34 December 8, 2016 Music Director: Joana Carneiro

oted for her vibrant Nperformances in a wide diversity of musical styles, Joana Carneiro has attracted considerable attention as one of the most outstanding young conductors working today. In 2009, she was named Music Director of Berkeley Symphony, succeeding Kent Nagano and becoming only the third music

director in the 40-year history of the photo by Rodrigo de Souza orchestra. She also currently serves as official guest conductor of the Gulbenkian Orchestra, working there at least four weeks every year. In January 2014 she was appointed Principal Conductor of the Orquesta Sinfónica Portuguesa and Teatro Sao Carlos in Lisbon.

Carneiro’s growing guest- career continues to develop very English National Opera conducting quickly. Recent and future highlights the world stage premiere of John include engagements with the Adams’s The Gospel According to Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, the Other Mary, and recently she Swedish Radio Symphony, conducted a production of La Passion Helsinki Philharmonic, Hong Kong de Simone at the Ojai Festival. Joana Philharmonic and the Gothenburg also works regularly with singer/song- Symphony, as well as a production writer Rufus Wainwright, conducting of Van der Aa’s Book of Disquiet with his orchestral programme in Lisbon the London Sinfonietta. In 2016/2017 and Hong Kong in 2015/16. she will make her debut with the San Elsewhere Joana has previously Francisco Symphony, at London’s conducted the Royal Liverpool Barbican with the Britten Sinfonia, Philharmonic, Royal Philharmonic and at Theater Bonn in Germany. Orchestra, Orchestre Philharmonique She continues to be sought after for de Radio France, Ensemble Orchestral contemporary programmes and in de Paris, Orchestra de Bretagne, 2014/15 she made her debut at the Norrköping Symphony, Norrlands

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36 December 8, 2016 Opera Orchestra, Residentie Orkest/ Academy. From 2002 to 2005, she Hague, Prague Philharmonia, Malmo served as Assistant Conductor of Symphony, National Orchestra of the L.A. Chamber Orchestra and as Spain and the Orchestra Sinfonica del Music Director of the Young Musicians Teatro la Fenice at the Venice Biennale, Foundation Debut Orchestra of Los as well as the Hong Kong Philharmonic, Angeles. From 2005 through 2008, Macau Chamber Orchestra and Beijing she was an American Symphony Orchestra at the International Music Orchestra League Conducting Fellow Festival of Macau. In the Americas, she at the Philharmonic, has led the Los Angeles Philharmonic, where she worked closely with Toronto Symphony, St. Paul Chamber Esa-Pekka Salonen and led several Orchestra, Detroit Symphony, performances at Walt Disney Concert Colorado Symphony, Indianapolis Hall and the Hollywood Bowl. Symphony, Los Angeles Chamber A native of Lisbon, she began her Orchestra, New World Symphony and musical studies as a violist before São Paulo State Symphony. receiving her conducting degree from In 2010, Carneiro led performances of the Academia Nacional Superior Peter Sellars’s stagings of Stravinsky’s de Orquestra in Lisbon, where she Oedipus Rex and Symphony of Psalms studied with Jean-Marc Burfin. at the Sydney Festival, which won Carneiro received her Masters degree Australia’s Helpmann Award for Best in orchestral conducting from Symphony Orchestra Concert in 2010. Northwestern University as a student She conducted a linked project at the of Victor Yampolsky and Mallory New Zealand Festival in 2011, and as Thompson, and pursued doctoral a result was immediately invited to studies at the University of Michigan, work with the Sydney Symphony and where she studied with Kenneth New Zealand Symphony orchestras on Kiesler. She has participated in master subscription. classes with Gustav Meier, Michael Tilson Thomas, Larry Rachleff, Jean As a finalist of the prestigious Sebastian Bereau, Roberto Benzi and 2002 Maazel-Vilar Conductor’s Pascal Rophe. Competition at , Carneiro was recognized by the jury Carneiro is the 2010 recipient of for demonstrating a level of potential the Helen M. Thompson Award, that holds great promise for her future conferred by the League of American career. In 2003/04, she worked with Orchestras to recognize and honor Maestros Kurt Masur and Christoph music directors of exceptional promise. von Dohnanyi and conducted the In 2004, Carneiro was decorated London Philharmonic Orchestra, by the President of the Portuguese as one of the three conductors Republic, Mr. Jorge Sampaio, with the chosen for London’s Allianz Cultural Commendation of the Order of the Foundation International Conductors Infante Dom Henrique.

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38 December 8, 2016 Guest Conductor: Elim Chan

orn in Hong Kong, Elim Chan B became the first female winner of the Donatella Flick Conducting Competition in December 2014 photo by Lau Kwok Kei as a result of which she held the position of Assistant Conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra in 2015/16. From the 2017/18 season she assumes the title of Chief Conductor of NorrlandsOperan and has been appointed to the Dudamel Fellowship programme with the Los Angeles Philharmonic in 2016/17.

Recent notable highlights include her debut with the Mariinsky Orchestra in Spring 2016, as a result of a personal invitation from Valeriy de Universidad Nacional Autónoma Gergiev, both in St. Petersburg de Mexico, the National Arts Centre and on tour in Mexico as well as Orchestra, Ottawa and the Orchestre her debut at the Lucerne Festival de la Francophonie as part of the NAC with the Lucerne Festival Academy Summer Music Institute in 2012 where Orchestra. This season sees her she worked with Pinchas Zuckerman, debut with Lucerne Symphony, her participation in the Musical Orchestre Philharmonique de Olympus Festival in St. Petersburg, Luxembourg, Orchestre National de workshops with the Cabrillo Festival Belgique, Australian Youth Orchestra, and Baltimore Symphony orchestras Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, (with , Gerard Schwarz Norrköping Symphony and Orquesta and Gustav Meier). She also took part Filarmonica de Gran Canaria as well in masterclasses with Bernard Haitink as her North American debuts with in Lucerne in Spring 2015. the Berkeley, Detroit and Chicago Elim Chan holds degrees from Symphony orchestras. Chan will Smith College and the University of make a return visit in 2017 to the Hong Michigan. Whilst there, she served Kong Philharmonic and will conduct as Music Director of the University a variety of New Years concerts with of Michigan Campus Symphony Orchestra Haydn di Bolzano e Trento. Orchestra and the Michigan Pops Previous engagements include her Orchestra. She also received the Bruno debuts with Orquesta Filarmonica Walter Conducting Scholarship in 2013.

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performs Schubert’s last six piano sonatas over two concert programs, comparing the pieces to “six thick novels, rich with insight about the

Photo by Marco Borggreve human condition.” He performs the series this season in Israel, with performances in the U.S. and Japan scheduled for the 2017/18 season.

Beyond Schubert, Mr. Wosner has also been praised for inventive pairings of classical and modern masters. His latest recording, featuring concertos and solo works by Haydn and Ligeti with the Danish National Symphony conducted by Shai Wosner, piano Nicholas Collon, was released in June ianist Shai Wosner has attracted on the Onyx label to wide acclaim P international recognition for his and was named “Concerto Choice” exceptional artistry, musical integrity, (September 2016) by BBC Music and creative insight. His performances Magazine, which wrote: “Wosner’s of a broad range of repertoire—from notes describe these composers’ Beethoven and Schubert to Ligeti and use of humor as like’ two distant the music of today—reflect a degree relatives sharing an old family joke.’ of virtuosity and intellectual curiosity Wit nevertheless rubs shoulders that has made him a favorite among effortlessly with intensity and even moments of terror—that Ligeti slow audiences and critics, who note his movement involves sounds that “keen musical mind and deep musical resemble a siren and a police whistle. soul” (NPR’s All Things Considered). It’s the intelligence, perception and In the 2016/17 season, Mr. Wosner dazzling energy of Wosner’s playing launches a new solo recital series, that makes all this possible and vivid.” Schubert: The Great Sonatas, which His earlier Onyx releases have also continues his critically acclaimed explored links between stylistically engagement with the composer’s contrasting composers, including an music. Described as a “Schubertian album of solo works by Brahms and of unfaltering authority and Schoenberg and an album of works character” by Gramophone, Mr. Wosner by Schubert and Missy Mazzoli.

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42 December 8, 2016 Such juxtaposition is also a central the Wallis Annenberg Center for the feature in Mr. Wosner’s joint program Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, The with the Aurora Orchestra and Phillips Collection in Washington, DC, Nicholas Collon in London, in which and in Sedona, AZ. Last season, the he performs concertos by Ligeti and duo performed the series at London’s Mozart and solo works by Chopin, Wigmore Hall, which was recorded for Glass, Hindemith, and Nancarrow. fall 2016 release on Onyx Classics. Other concerto appearances in the In addition to his Onyx releases, Mr. 2016/17 season include Mr. Wosner’s Wosner’s discography includes a return to the Berkeley, Columbus, duo recording with Ms. Koh, titled Fresno, Jacksonville, North Carolina, Signs, Games + Messages, on the Cedille and Jerusalem symphonies, as label. Weaving traditional Central well as a performance of the Berg European folk music with 20th-century Chamber Concerto in Germany with modernism, the recording features violinist Veronika Eberle and the works by Bartók, Janácˇek, and Kurtág, Kammerakademie Potsdam. including the latter’s duet piece for The music of Beethoven is also a which the album was named. major focus for Mr. Wosner this year Mr. Wosner is a recipient of Lincoln in recital, chamber, and concerto Center’s Martin E. Segal Award, an performances. In addition to Avery Fisher Career Grant, and a performing the composer’s last Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award—a three piano concertos with various prize he used to commission orchestras in the U.S., he continues Michael Hersch’s concerto Along two Beethoven collaborations: the Ravines, which he performed Bridge to Beethoven—a recital with the Seattle Symphony and series with violinist Jennifer Koh— Deutsche Radio Philharmonie in and the complete works for cello its world and European premieres. and piano with . He was in residence with the BBC Among the Bridge to Beethoven as a New Generation Artist, during performances this season is a which he appeared frequently program in Philadelphia featuring with the BBC orchestras, including the local premiere of Vijay Iyer’s conducting Mozart concertos from Bridgetower Fantasy. In New York, the keyboard with the BBC Scottish Mr. Wosner and Ms. Koh also perform Symphony Orchestra. He returned a recital of works by Beethoven, to the BBC Scottish Symphony in Debussy, Fauré, and contemporary both subscription concerts and composers György Kurtág and Proms performances with Donald Kaija Saariaho. Mr. Wosner and Mr. Runnicles and appeared with the Kirshbaum’s 2016/17 performances BBC Philharmonic in a live broadcast of Beethoven’s complete works for from Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall. cello and piano include concerts at As a concerto soloist in the U.S., Mr.

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44 December 8, 2016 Wosner has appeared with the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra. orchestras of Atlanta, Baltimore, Widely sought after by colleagues Berkeley, Chicago, Cleveland, for his versatility and spirit of Dallas, Indianapolis, Los Angeles, partnership, Mr. Wosner has Milwaukee, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, collaborated as a chamber musician and San Francisco, among others. with numerous artists, including In addition to the BBC orchestras, Martin Fröst, Lynn Harrell, Dietrich he has performed abroad with the Henschel, Cho-Liang Lin, Christian Barcelona Symphony, Bournemouth Tetzlaff, and Pinchas Zukerman. He Symphony, Frankfurt Radio has also collaborated with leading Symphony, Gothenburg Symphony, chamber ensembles, including the LSO St. Luke’s, National Arts Centre Grammy Award-winning Parker Orchestra, Nieuw Sinfonietta Quartet in The Schubert Effect Amsterdam, Orchestre National recital series. Mr. Wosner is a former de Belgique, Staatskapelle Berlin, member of Lincoln Center’s Chamber and the Vienna Philharmonic, Music Society Two and performs among others. Mr. Wosner has regularly at various chamber also appeared with the Orpheus, music festivals, including Chamber St. Paul, and Los Angeles Chamber Music Northwest in Portland, the Orchestras, having conducted the Jerusalem Chamber Music Festival, latter from the keyboard in a 2010 the Oregon Bach Festival, the Piano concert that was broadcast on Aux Jacobins festival in France, American Public Radio. and the Santa Fe Chamber Music Mr. Wosner has worked with such Festival. Recent chamber music conductors as Daniel Barenboim, engagements include collaborations Jirˇí Beˇlohlávek, James Conlon, Alan with the Pro Musica Society at the Gilbert, Gunther Herbig, James Judd, Maison Symphonique de Montreal Zubin Mehta, Peter Oundjian, Donald and the Le Club Musical de Quebec Runnicles, Leonard Slatkin, Jeffrey at le Palais Montcalm in Canada; performances of works by Brahms, Tate, and Yan Pascal Tortelier, and Schumann, and Takemitsu with the has performed at summer festivals Friends of Chamber Music in Denver, including the Bowdoin International Colorado; and appearances at the Music Festival, Bravo! Vail festival, Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, Grand Teton Music Festival, Mainly Laguna Beach Music Festival, and Mozart Festival in San Diego, Mostly the Ravinia Festival. Among his Mozart Festival at Lincoln Center, recent solo recitals, he performed and Ravinia Festival. For several a program of Gershwin and consecutive summers, he was Dvorˇák at The Phillips Collection in involved in the West-Eastern Divan Washington, D.C. Workshop led by Mr. Barenboim and toured as soloist with the Born in Israel, Mr. Wosner

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46 December 8, 2016 enjoyed a broad musical education faculty at the Longy School of Music in from a very early age, studying Boston. He resides in New York with his piano with Emanuel Krasovsky as wife and two children. well as composition, theory, and improvisation with André Hajdu. He For more information on Mr. Wosner, later studied at The Juilliard School please visit his fan page on Facebook with Emanuel Ax. Mr. Wosner is on the and go to shaiwosner.com.

a conductor, working as Composer/ Conductor with the BBC Philharmonic between 2000 and 2009, and appointed Principal Guest Conductor Photo Gatward by Philip of the Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic from 2010. He was awarded a CBE in January 2004.

In addition to The Confession of Isobel Gowdie, which launched MacMillan’s international career at the BBC Proms in 1990, his orchestral output includes his first Veni, Veni, Emmanuel, premiered by Evelyn Glennie in 1992 and which has since received close to 500 performances James MacMillan, composer worldwide. MacMillan’s music has been programmed extensively ames MacMillan read music at at international music festivals, University and took J including the Edinburgh Festival in Doctoral studies in composition 1993, the Bergen Festival in 1997, the at with John South Bank Centre’s 1997 Raising Casken. After working as a lecturer at Sparks festival in London, the Manchester University, he returned Queensland Biennial in 1999, the to Scotland and settled in Glasgow. BBC Barbican Composer Weekend in The successful premiere of Tryst at 2005 and the Grafenegg Festival in the 1990 St Magnus Festival led to his 2012. A documentary film portrait of appointment as Affiliate Composer MacMillan by Robert Bee was screened of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra. on ITV’s South Bank Show in 2003. Between 1992 and 2002 he was Artistic Director of the Philharmonia Works by MacMillan from the 1990s Orchestra’s Music of Today series also include Seven Last Words from the of contemporary music concerts. Cross for chorus and string orchestra, MacMillan is internationally active as screened on BBC TV during Holy Week

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48 December 8, 2016 1994, Inés de Castro, premiered by by the São Paulo Symphony in 2014, Scottish Opera in 1996 and given a and Symphony No.4 premiered at second production in 2015, a triptych the 2015 BBC Proms. Works with choir of orchestral works commissioned by include a festive setting of the Gloria the London Symphony Orchestra: The (to mark the 50th anniversary of the World’s Ransoming, a Cello Concerto for consecration of Coventry Cathedral), , and Symphony: St. Luke Passion for chorus and chamber “Vigil” premiered under the baton of orchestra and Stabat Mater for chorus Rostropovich in 1997, and Quickening and string orchestra. His one-act for The Hilliard Ensemble, chorus chamber opera Clemency has been and orchestra, co-commissioned by performed in London, Edinburgh and the BBC Proms and the Philadelphia Boston. 2014 saw MacMillan launching Orchestra. a new music festival in his home town MacMillan works composed in the of Cumnock. 2000s include Piano Concerto No.2 In terms of recordings, the Koch first performed with choreography Schwann disc of The Confession of by Christopher Wheeldon at New Isobel Gowdie and Tryst won the 1993 York City Ballet, A Scotch Bestiary Gramophone Contemporary Music commissioned to inaugurate the Record of the Year Award, and the new organ at Disney Hall with soloist BMG recording of Veni, Veni, Emmanuel Wayne Marshall and the Los Angeles won the 1993 Classic CD Award for Philharmonic conducted by Esa-Pekka Contemporary Music. MacMillan Salonen, and premiered discs on the BIS label include the and toured by Welsh National complete Triduum conducted by Osmo Opera in 2007. His St. John Passion, Vänskä, the clarinet concerto Ninian co-commissioned by the LSO, Royal and the trumpet concerto Epiclesis. Concertgebouw Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra and Berlin Radio A MacMillan series on Chandos with Choir, was premiered under the baton the BBC Philharmonic includes The of Sir in 2008. Berserking, Symphony No.3: “Silence” which won a Classical Brit award in The past five years have brought a 2006, Quickening and The Sacrifice. Other successful sequence of concertos: acclaimed recordings include Mass for violinist , pianist and Seven Last Words from the Cross on Jean-Yves Thibaudet (his third Hyperion and discs on the Naxos, Black piano concerto), oboist Nicholas Box, Coro, Linn, LSO Live and Challenge Daniel, violist and Classics labels. percussionist (his second percussion concerto). Orchestral James MacMillan was awarded a scores have included Woman of the Knighthood in the 2015 Queen’s Apocalypse premiered by Marin Alsop Birthday honours. He is published at the Cabrillo Festival and performed exclusively by Boosey & Hawkes.

December 8, 2016 49 50 December 8, 2016 Berkeley Symphony photo by Dave Weiland

he mission of Berkeley Symphony Zellerbach Hall. A national leader in T is to champion symphonic music music education, the Orchestra partners as a living art form, creating live with the Berkeley Unified School District performances and educational programs to produce the award-winning Music that engage the intellect, spark the in the Schools program, providing curiosity, and delight the spirit of comprehensive, age-appropriate music Berkeley and surrounding Bay Area curricula to more than 4,600 local communities. elementary and middle school students

Recognized nationally for its spirited each year. In association with the programming, Berkeley Symphony has Piedmont Center for the Arts, Berkeley established a reputation for presenting Symphony presents an annual chamber major new works for orchestra alongside music series at the Center called Berkeley fresh interpretations of the classical Symphony & Friends. European and American repertoire. It Berkeley Symphony was founded in 1969 has been honored with an Adventurous as the Berkeley Promenade Orchestra Programming Award from the American by Thomas Rarick, a protégé of the Society of Composers, Authors and great English Maestro Sir Adrian Boult. Publishers (ASCAP) in eleven of the past Under its second Music Director, Kent twelve seasons. Nagano, who took the post in 1978, the Under the baton of Music Director Orchestra charted a new course with Joana Carneiro, the Orchestra performs innovative programming that included four main-stage concerts a year in rarely performed 20th-century scores.

December 8, 2016 51 In 1981, the internationally renowned living composers, which include several French composer Olivier Messiaen prominent contemporary Bay Area journeyed to Berkeley to assist with the composers such as John Adams, Paul preparations of his imposing oratorio Dresher, and Gabriela Lena Frank. The Transfiguration of Our Lord Jesus Berkeley Symphony has introduced Bay Christ, and the Orchestra gave a sold- Area audiences to works by rising young out performance in San Francisco’s composers, many of whom have since Davies Symphony Hall. In 1984, achieved international prominence. Berkeley Symphony collaborated with Celebrated British composer George Frank Zappa in a critically acclaimed Benjamin, who subsequently became production featuring life-size puppets Composer-in-Residence at the San and moving stage sets, catapulting the Francisco Symphony, was first Orchestra onto the world stage. introduced to the Bay Area in 1987 when Berkeley Symphony entered a new era Berkeley Symphony performed his in January 2009, when Joana Carneiro compositions Jubilation and Ringed by became the Orchestra’s third Music the Flat Horizon; as was Thomas Adès, Director in its 40-year history. Under whose opera Powder Her Face was debuted Carneiro, the Orchestra continues its by the Orchestra in a concert version in tradition of presenting the cutting 1997 before it was fully staged in New edge of classical music. Together, they York City, London and Chicago. Visit are forging deeper relationships with www.berkeleysymphony.org.

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ore than 4,600 school children Meach year benefit from Berkeley Symphony’s Music in the Schools program:

• Over 200 In-Class Sessions are provided photo by Dave Weiland free of charge and include curriculum booklets with age-appropriate lessons addressing state standards for music education. Music in the Schools Sponsors • Over 150 Ensemble Coaching Sessions and (Gifts of $2,500 and above annually) master classes in area middle schools. Anonymous (3) Susan & Jim Acquistapace • Eleven Meet the Symphony concerts are Gertrude Allen performed free of charge in elementary Mark & Cynthia Anderson schools each fall. Berkeley Public Schools Fund • Six I’m a Performer concerts, also free Bernard E. and Alba Witkin Charitable of charge, provide young musicians with Foundation an opportunity to rehearse and perform Bernard Osher Foundation with Berkeley Symphony. Judith L. Bloom California Arts Council • Four free Family Concerts provide an Ronald & Susan Choy opportunity for the whole family to Ann & Gordon Getty experience a Berkeley Symphony Jill Grossman concert together. Ellen Hahn Ann Fischer Hecht All Music in the Schools programs are Kathleen G. Henschel & John W. Dewes provided 100% free of charge to children Jennifer Howard & Tony Cascardi and their families. We are grateful to the Mr. & Mrs. Robert Edward Kroll individuals and institutions listed on this Helen & John Meyer page whose financial contributions help Music Performance Trust Fund make Music in the Schools possible. But more National Endowment for the Arts help is needed to fully fund the program . . . The Rudolph and Lentilhon G. Von Fluegge Foundation, Inc. Please join those making Music in the Dr. Ruedi Naumann-Etienne and Annette Schools a reality! Donate online and Campbell-White designate your gift as “Restricted—Music Betty Pigford in the Schools Program.” Or simply mail a Thomas W. Richardson & Edith Jackson contribution to: Berkeley Symphony, Music Tricia Swift in the Schools Fund, 1942 University Ave. Lisa & James Taylor Union Bank Foundation Suite #207, Berkeley, CA 94704 Shariq Yosufzai & Brian James www.berkeleysymphony.org/mits Thanks also to those giving up to $2,500 annually.

December 8, 2016 55 The Academy Uncommon Excellence of Thought and Character in a Vibrant School Community The Academy is an independent K-8 school with a 45-year legacy of academic rigor in a fun and nurturing environment: • Experienced, passionate teachers • Commitment to small class sizes • Highly-interactive instruction • Challenging curriculum Visit our website to learn more: www.theacademyschool.org

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56 December 8, 2016 2016/17 Membership Benefits Ticket sales cover only a portion of concert expenses. And our Music in the Schools program— offered free of charge to thousands of children each year—is entirely Membership-driven! Your Membership makes Berkeley Symphony thrive, and provides many opportunities to make the most of your concert-going experience. Consider adding a Membership to your subscription—or increase your level of Membership in support of the 2016/17 season.

Friends Circle of Members Supporting Member: $100+ • Advance e-newsletter notice of discounts and special events. • Listing in season concert programs. Associate Member: $300+ (All of the above plus . . .) • Invitation for two to an open rehearsal of the orchestra. Principal Member: $750+ (All of the above plus . . .) • Invitation to select special events including post-concert receptions with Music Director Joana Carneiro, musicians, soloists and/or visiting composers. Symphony Circle of Members Concertmaster: $1,500+ (All of the above plus . . .) • Invitations to two exclusive Symphony Circle Salon Receptions hosted by Music Director Joana Carneiro. • Two free guest concert passes. Conductor: $2,500+ (All of the above plus . . .) • Invitations to all exclusive Symphony Circle Salon Receptions hosted by Music Director Joana Carneiro. • Invitation to an exclusive Musicians’ Dinner and “closed” rehearsal for you and guests. Sponsorship Circle of Members Founding Sponsors: $5,000+ (All of the above plus . . .) • VIP access to Berkeley Symphony intermission Sponsors’ Lounge at Zellerbach Hall. • Opportunities to be recognized as a concert sponsor, musician sponsor, or guest soloist sponsor. • Special “Sponsorship Dinner” opportunities with Music Director Joana Carneiro. • A total of four or more free concert guest passes.

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Thank you to the following individuals for making the programs of Berkeley Symphony possible. A symphony is as strong as the community that supports it. Thank you to the following individuals for making Berkeley Symphony very strong indeed. Your generosity allows the defiantly original music to be heard, commissions world-class composers, and impacts the lives of thousands of children in hundreds of classrooms each year.

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Executive Sponsors SYMPHONY Circle GIFTS $10,000 and above Conductor Level Anonymous $2,500 and above Susan & Jim Acquistapace Anonymous (2) Gertrude Allen Judith L. Bloom William Knuttel Ms. Dianne Crosby Janet & Marcos Maestre Gloria Fujimoto Sarah Coade Mandell & Peter Mandell Gary Glaser & Christine Miller Jan & Michael McCutcheon Ann Fischer Hecht & Shawn Hecht Deborah O’Grady & John Adams Bennett Markel

December 8, 2016 59 Conductor Level Norman A. Bookstein & Gillian Kuehner $2,500 and above (continued) Deborah Shidler & David Burkhart Patrick McCabe Joy Carlin Michael & Becky O’Malley Marilyn & Richard Collier Marcia Muggli & Ed Osborn Karen S. Faircloth Betty Pigford Buzz & Lisa Hines Mr. & Mrs. Robert Edward Kroll Fredric Jacobson Pat & Merrill Shanks & Mary Murtagh Alison Teeman & Michael Yovino-Young René Mandel Lois & Gary Marcus Concertmaster Level Gifts of $1,500 or more Bebe & Colin McRae Anonymous Noel & Penny Nellis Sallie & Edward Arens Ed Vine & Ellen Singer-Vine

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Principal Level Bruce Dodd Sandra Bernard $750 and above Gini Erck & David Petta Elizabeth Raymer & Ragna Anonymous Karen Fagerstrom Boynton Ronald & Patricia Adler Marianne & John Gerhart Cara Bradbury Phyllis Brooks Schafer Peggy Griffin David Bradford Robin Bradley Crystal & Craig Bryant Stuart & Sharon Gronningen Tammy Button Ms. Carol Christ Bonnie & Sy Grossman Kathy Canfield Shepard & John Richard & Christine Colton Sophie Hahn & Eric Bjerkholt Shepard Sheila Duignan Alan Harper & Carol Baird Mark Chaitkin & Cecilia Storr Jack & Ann Eastman Trish & Tony Hawthorne Cindy Chang & Christopher Anita Eblé Valerie & Richard Herr Hudson Mary & Stan Friedman Richard Hutson Cindy Chase Doris Fukawa & Marijan Pevec Richard & Miki Keldsen Zeo & Terry Coddington Daniel & Kate Funk René Mandel Frederick & Joan Collignon Theresa Gabel & Timothy Helen Marcus & David Dr. Lawrence R. Cotter Zumwalt Williamson Franklyn & Joslyn D’Antonio Chuck & Olivia Hasty Carrie McAlister Jan Davis Lynne La Marca Heinrich & Geraldine & Gary Morrison Robert & Loretta Dorsett Dwight Jaffee Lance & Dalia Nagel Beth & Norman Edelstein Jeffrey S. Leiter Thomas & Mary Reicher Rachel Eidbo Arthur & Martha Luehrmann Barbara & Nigel Renton Ilse & James Evans Marjorie Randolph Ms. Polly Rosenthal Bennett Falk & Margaret Robert Sinai & Susanna Tony Schilling Moreland Schevill John Skonberg Ms. Mary Ellen Fine Michel Taddei Scott Sparling Tom & Tallie Fishburne Anne & Craig Van Dyke Geoffrey S. Swift Bruce Fitch—BHS Class of 1968 Nancy & Charles Wolfram (Member, Berkeley High Marta Tobey School Band) Sheridan & Betsey Warrick Associate Level Ms. Brenda Fitzpatrick $300 and above Marcia Flannery Anonymous (2) Supporting Level Jeremy Fookes Angela Archie $100 and above Ednah Beth Friedman Catherine Atcheson & Anonymous (2) Julie Gardner Christian Fritze Joel Altman Isabelle Gerard Fred & Elizabeth Balderston Marian K. Altman Ellen Gierson Ms. Bonnie J. Bernhardt Karthiga Anandan Jeffrey Gilman & Carol Reif Christel & Jurg Bieri Ms. Jane Anderson Judith A. & Alexander J. Glass George & Dorian Bikle Allison Baker Joan Glassey Carl Blumenstein Joan Balter Stuart Gold Stuart & Virginia Canin Kevin Bastian & Dolores Dalton Edward Gordon Gray Cathrall William W. Beahrs Harold Graboske Mary Claugus Ms. Emily H Benner Steven E. Greenberg Joe & Sue Daly Edward Bennett Victoria Grey Dennis & Sandy De Domenico Michele Benson Elaine Grossberg Lisa Delan Berkeley Symphony Janet Guggenheim Elliott & Liz Deloach Elaine & David I. Berland Ervin & Marian Hafter

December 8, 2016 61 62 December 8, 2016 Supporting Level Winton & Margaret Terry Rillera $100 and above McKibben Marc A. Roth (continued) Suzanne & William McLean Constance Ruben Ms. Catherine A Hebert Howard & Nancy Mel Julianne H. Rumsey William & Judith Hein Susan Messina Sheila Sabine Sarah S. Hendrickson Junichi & Sarah Miyazaki Doug Sager Florence Hendrix Eileen Murphy & Michael George Scharffenberger Gray Maj-Britt Hilstrom Brenda Shank, M.D., Ph.D. Ms. Ruth Okamoto Nagano Deborah & Eric Asimov James R. Shay & Steven F. Ms. Anita Navon Darlene & Ira Holston Correll Ms. Dianne Nicolini Russell & Penelope Jack Shoemaker Mary Lee & John Noonan Phyllis Isaacson Jessie Shohara John Nuechterlein Ken Johnson & Nina Grove Tim Smallsreed Michael & Andrea Pflaumer Isaac Kaplan & Sandra Carl & Grace Smith Kaplan Schwarcz Lawrance Phillips Ms. Carla Soracco Irene & Kiyoshi Katsumoto Therese M. Pipe Sylvia Sorell & Daniel Kane David Kessler & Nancy Manuel & Connie Pires Margaret Sparks Mennel Leslie & Joellen Piskitel Bruce & Susan Stangeland Laura & Paul Kuhn Evan Painter & Wendy David Stull Samuel & Tamara Kushner Polivka Frances & Ronald Tauber Andrew Lazarus & Naomi Lucille & Arthur Poskanzer Randy & Ting Vogel Janowitz Jo Ann & Buford Price David & Marvalee Wake Shelly Gin & Don Lee Lisa & Mark Rafael David & Pennie Warren Catherine Lloyd Dr. & Mr. Megin Scully Reed Randi & Herb Long Minuth Gerald Weber Kim & Barbara Francoise Rees Dr. George & Bay Westlake Marienthal Erin & Mark Rhoades Nancy Wolfe Martha Mastracci Suzanne Riess Mrs. Charlene M. Woodcock Alex Mazetis Donald Riley & Carolyn Gordon & Evie Wozniak Suzanne McCulloch Serrao Katinka Wyle

We thank all who contribute to Berkeley Symphony, including those giving up to $100 annually and those whose gifts have been received since press time. Recognition levels exclude fundraising event auction item purchases and purchases of base-level tickets to fundraising events. While every attempt has been made to assure accuracy in our list of supporters, omissions and misspellings may occur. Please call 510.841.2800 x303 to report errors. We appreciate the opportunity to correct our records.

Honor and Memorial Gifts Thank you for gifts made in honor or remembrance of the following individuals . . .

In Honor of:

Kenneth Johnson & Nina Grove Marilyn & Richard Collier Robin Bradley Elaine & David I. Berland Victoria Grey Janet Maestre Isaac Kaplan & Sandra Kaplan Schwarcz Kevin Bastian & Dolores Dalton

Gifts received between November 8, 2015 and November 8, 2016

December 8, 2016 63 64 December 8, 2016 Annual Institutional Gifts

Berkeley Symphony is proud to recognize these corporations, foundations, community organizations and government programs. These institutions are supporting our communities through their commitment to Berkeley Symphony and the arts.

Gifts received between November 8, 2015 and November 8, 2016

$50,000 and above Up to $2,500 (continued) The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation Epicurious Garden Meyer Sound Laboratories, Inc. Extreme Pizza Genentech, Inc. $25,000 and above Microsoft, Inc. Berkeley Public Schools Fund Mu Phi Epsilon, Berkeley Alumni Clarence E. Heller Charitable Chapter Foundation Soop National Endowment for the Arts Tides Foundation

$10,000 and above Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation Matching Gifts A.V. Thomas Produce The following companies have matched Bernard E. and Alba Witkin Charitable their employees’ or retirees’ gifts to Foundation Berkeley Symphony. Please let us know if your company does the same by con- The Bernard Osher Foundation tacting René Mandel at 510.841.2800 x308 California Arts Council or [email protected]. Chevron Corporation Anchor Brewing Co. City of Berkeley Chevron Corporation East Bay Community Foundation Genentech, Inc. The Grubb Co. Microsoft, Inc. Jill Grossman Family Charitable Fund LaSalle Financial Services

$5,000 and above Union Bank Foundation Wallis Foundation Zellerbach Family Foundation

$2,500 and above Music Performance Trust Fund

Up to $2,500 Amazon Smile Anchor Brewing Co. The Rudolph and Lentilhon G. Von Fluegge Foundation, Inc.

December 8, 2016 65 Broadcast Dates

Relive this season’s concerts on KALW 91.7 fm

KALW is proud to be Berkeley Symphony’s Season 2016/17 Media Sponsor

4 Mondays at 9pm in May 2017

Hosted by KALW’s David Latulippe

Program I: Oct. 13, 2016 will be broadcast on May 1

Program II: Dec. 8, 2016 will be broadcast on May 8

Program III: Jan. 26, 2017 will be broadcast on May 15

Program IV: May 4, 2017 will be broadcast on May 22

66 December 8, 2016 In-Kind Gifts Special thanks to these individuals and businesses whose generous donations of goods and services are crucial in helping Berkeley Symphony produce our concerts and education programs while keeping expenses as low as possible.

Susan & Jim Acquistapace Lama Beans Café Ajanta LaSalette Restaurant A.V. Thomas Produce Alexander Leff Eric Asimov & Deborah Hofmann Jeffrey Leiter Peter Asimov Los Angeles Philharmonic Aurora Theatre Company René Mandel Natasha Beery & Sandy McCoy Peter Mandell & Sarah Coade Mandell Berkeley Repertory Theatre Rivers-Marie Wines Berkeley Symphony Richard Martin Bistro Liaison Jan & Michael McCutcheon George Boziwick Helen & John Meyer Cain Vineyards Mueller Family Vineyards Cal Performances Music@Menlo Kathy Canfield Shepard—Canfield Design Music in the Vineyards Studios Napa Valley Youth Symphony Chez Panisse Restaurant and Café National Geographic Unique Lodges Corison Winery New World Symphony Joy Carlin Mitchell Newman Club Cascadas de Baja Philharmonia Baroque Richard Collier Picante Restaurant Cottage Grove Inn Piedmont Piano Company (Jim Callahan) Carolyn Doelling Simone Porter Dyer Vineyards Portuguese National Symphony Jack & Ann Eastman Quivira Vineyards Anita Eblé Marjorie Randell-Silver—Copper Leaf Extreme Pizza Productions FIVE Restaurant San Francisco Opera Gary Glaser & Christine Miller San Francisco Symphony Anne & Matt Golden Linda Schacht & John Gage Gray Cathrall—Piedmont Post Saga Musical Instruments Green Music Center Deborah Shidler Gulbenkian Foundation Hiram Simon Kathleen G. Henschel & John W. Dewes Jutta Singh—Jutta’s Flowers Buzz & Lisa Hines Tia Stoller—Stoller Design Group Susan Hone Tricia Swift Brian James & Shariq Yosufzai Blair Tindall Jericho Canyon Vineyards Anne & Craig Van Dyke Kenneth Johnson & Nina Grove Yvette Vloeberghs Philippa Kelly The Wild Cat Education and Conservation Todd Kerr—Berkeley Times Fund Brian Koh Angela & William Young William Knuttel Michael Yovino-Young

December 8, 2016 67 BRING IN THIS AD TO RECEIVE A 1O% DISCOUNT ON ANY PURCHASE OF GIFTS AND FLOWERS

68 December 8, 2016 Administration Contact & Creative Staff Tickets available by phone, fax, René Mandel, Executive Director mail, e-mail, or online: Andrew Leshovsky, Director of Berkeley Symphony Marketing 1942 University Avenue, Suite 207, Sarah Thomas, Director of Operations Berkeley, CA 94704 510.841.2800 Fax: 510.841.5422 Samantha Noll, Patron Services [email protected] Manager www.berkeleysymphony.org Mollie Budiansky, Development & Marketing Associate find us on

Cindy Michael, Finance Director Jean Shirk, Public Relations Consultant James Taylor, Corporate Development Associate

Franklyn D’Antonio, Co-Orchestra Manager

Joslyn D’Antonio, Co-Orchestra Workshops Manager Poetry Quelani Penland, Librarian Fiction David Rodgers, Jr., Stage Manager Memoir Stoller Design Group, Graphic Design

Dave Weiland, Photography 1600 Shattuck Ave, Elie Khadra, Videographer Suite 216, Above Barney’s Johnson Digital Audio, Recording Engineer Manuscript Consulting Program Andreas Jones, Design & Production College Stoller Design Group, Cover Design Essay Writing John McMullen, Advertising Sales Thomas May, Program Notes Calitho, Printing

December 8, 2016 69 Advertiser Index

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