JANUARY - FEBRUARY 2018 I ISSUE 3

NIELSEN & MOZART

THE TWINS AND THE MONSTER

MUSIC OF THE ICE WITH KURT BROWNING

VALENTINE’S DAY: BROADWAY IN LOVE

CHARLES CHAPLIN: CITY LIGHTS LIVE

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MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR OF THE WSO BOARD

Happy New Year! All of us at the WSO wish you good health, happiness and much great music in the coming year.

The Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra is halfway through its 70th Anniversary Season, and all of us are looking forward to many more wonderful concerts and programs in the coming months. I am particularly looking forward to seeing the orchestra work with a number of fine guest conductors in the next few months.We are delighted to welcome Winnipegger Keri-Lynn Wilson to conduct the

Photographer: Leif Norman January 12th and 13th concerts featuring a new work by WSO’s Composer-in-Residence Harry Stafylakis, Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 5 and Nielsen’s Symphony No. 3. February 9th and 10th will see a return visit by José Luis Gomez, and on February 23rd and 24th, Yaron Traub will conduct a concert featuring the music of Spain.

For those of us looking for some special entertainment, there will be an opportunity from January 19th to 21st to enjoy the excellent music that provides inspiration for great figure skating performances with Canadian icon Kurt Browning. February 16th to 18th will allow us to become reacquainted with the genius of Charlie Chaplin in City Lights.

While the details are not included in this issue of Overture, the Winnipeg New Music Festival, January 27 – February 2, promises to be an unforgettable opportunity to encounter the remarkable creative force Philip Glass.This is a Festival that will be remembered for its international scope and importance.

There is indeed much to celebrate in the 70th Anniversary Season. All of us who enjoy the WSO’s performances and programs want to see this community resource here to serve future generations. We know that the environment is becoming increasingly difficult for cultural institutions, and so building additional stability for the orchestra is an important legacy that we can leave for our community. I invite you to consider supporting the WSO’s Endowment Fund at The Winnipeg Foundation by making a generous gift this year, or by making a gift to the WSO in your will and becoming a part of the WSO’s Legacy Circle. We can all play a part in ensuring the presence of an excellent orchestra in Winnipeg for the years to come.

Terence Sargeant Chair of the WSO Board

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January – February 2018 I OVERTURE 3 CONDUCTORS AND COMPOSERS

Alexander Mickelthwate, Music Director German conductor Alexander Mickelthwate is renowned for his “splendid, richly idiomatic readings” (LA Weekly),“fearless” approach and “first-rate technique” (Los Angeles Times). Critics have noted Alexander’s extraordinary command over the Austro-Germanic repertoire, commenting on the “passion, profundity, emotional intensity, subtlety and degree of perfection achieved” in Bruckner’s Symphony

Photographer: Grajewski Fotograph Inc. No. 7 as “miraculous” (Anton Kuerti, 2011). Following on from his tenure as Assistant Conductor with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, which he completed in 2004, Alexander Mickelthwate was Associate Conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic for three years, under the direction of Essa-Pekka Salonen. Now in his twelfth season as Music Director of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, Alexander has significantly developed the orchestra’s profile through active community engagement and innovative programming initiatives like the annual Winnipeg New Music Festival and the Indigenous Music Festival. Chosen to perform at the Carnegie Hall Spring For Music Festival in New York, May 2014, due to “creative and innovative programming” (CBC Manitoba Scene), the orchestra was the only Canadian ensemble in the showcase.

Julian Pellicano, Resident Conductor A conductor with expansive musical interests, Julian Pellicano is a formidable interpreter of the symphonic repertoire.The Winnipeg Free Press says of Pellicano,“His versatility is truly astonishing…”Marking his fifth season with the WSO, the 2017-2018 season includes appearances at the inaugural edition of the Ciclo de Música Contemporánea in Oviedo, Spain, a return to the Louisiana Philharmonic and his first appearance conducting the

Photographer: Nardella Photography Inc. Royal Winnipeg Ballet among many other highlights. The creation, with Dr. Paul Lehrman, of a new performance edition of George Antheil's Ballet Mecanique first brought Pellicano to the public’s attention. Conductor of the Norfolk Contemporary Ensemble since 2008, Pellicano is recognized for his transparent interpretations of contemporary music. He studied conducting as a fellow at the Yale School of Music. An autodidact, he was accepted to the Peabody Conservatory as a percussionist without typical classical training, and continued his studies at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm, Sweden and at the Yale School of Music and was a member of the critically acclaimed Yale Percussion Group. Pellicano also holds a degree in philosophy from The Johns Hopkins University.

Harry Stafylakis, Composer-in-Residence,WNMF Festival Director Harry Stafylakis (b. 1982) hails from Montreal and is now based in NYC. He is the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra's Composer-In-Residence and Festival Director of the WSO's Winnipeg New Music Festival. His works have been performed by the American Composers Orchestra, the Toronto,Winnipeg,Vancouver, Spokane, Stamford,Victoria, and PEI symphonies, McGill Chamber Orchestra, ICE, Contemporaneous, Mivos Quartet, Quatuor Bozzini, and Aspen Contemporary Ensemble, among others. Awards include the Charles Ives Fellowship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the ASCAP Foundation’s Leonard Bernstein Award, four SOCAN Foundation Awards for Young Composers, and grants from the Canada Council, NYSCA, and New Music USA. He is an Associate Composer of the Canadian Music Centre and a member of the NYC composer collective ICEBERG New Music. Stafylakis holds degrees from McGill University and The Graduate Center, CUNY,and lectures at the City College of New York. His doctoral research, supported by SSHRC, examines rhythm and meter in progressive metal. www.hstafylakis.com

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MUSIC DIRECTOR CELLOS TRUMPETS Alexander Mickelthwate Yuri Hooker, Principal Chris Fensom, Principal Leana Rutt, Assistant Principal Paul Jeffrey RESIDENT CONDUCTOR Isaac Pulford **Desiree Abbey Julian Pellicano Alex Adaman TROMBONES COMPOSER-IN-RESIDENCE Arlene Dahl Steven Dyer, Principal Harry Stafylakis Carolyn Nagelberg Keith Dyrda Emma Quackenbush FIRST VIOLINS Sean Taubner BASS TROMBONE Gwen Hoebig, Concertmaster **Stephen Clayton, Principal The Sophie-Carmen Eckhardt- *Julia McIntyre, Principal BASSES Gramatté Memorial Chair, endowed Meredith Johnson, Principal by the Eckhardt-Gramatté Foundation TUBA Karl Stobbe, Associate Concertmaster Andrew Goodlett, Assistant Principal Chris Lee, Principal Mary Lawton, Assistant Concertmaster Travis Harrison Chris Anstey Paul Nagelberg TIMPANI Mona Coarda Bruce Okrainec Mike Kemp, Principal Teodora Dimova Daniel Perry Tara Fensom PERCUSSION **Anna Scheider Hong Tian Jia Frederick Liessens, Principal Meredith McCallum Sonia Shklarov FLUTES HARP Julie Savard Jan Kocman, Principal Richard Turner, Principal Jun Shao Endowed by W.H. & S.E. Loewen OBOES SECOND VIOLINS Beverly Wang, Principal ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL Jeremy Buzash,Principal Robin MacMillan Elation Pauls, Assistant Principal MANAGER Karen Bauch Chris Lee ENGLISH HORN Kristina Bauch Robin MacMillan, Principal Elizabeth Dyer PRINCIPAL LIBRARIAN Bokyung Hwang Greg Hamilton Rodica Jeffrey CLARINETS ASSISTANT LIBRARIAN Susan McCallum Micah Heilbrunn, Principal Laura MacDougall Takayo Noguchi Taylor Eiffert *Jane Pulford Claudine St-Arnauld BASSOONS *On Leave Alex Eastley, Principal **Temporary Position VIOLAS Kathryn Brooks Daniel Scholz, Principal Please note: Non-titled (tutti) Anne Elise Lavallée, HORNS string players are listed Assistant Principal alphabetically and are seated Patricia Evans, Principal Marie-Elyse Badeau according to a rotational system. Laszlo Baroczi Ken MacDonald, Associate Principal Richard Bauch James Robertson Fred Redekop is the official Piano Greg Hay Caroline Oberheu Tuner and Technician of the WSO. Michael Scholz Michiko Singh Heather Wilson

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Keri-Lynn Wilson, conductor Alexandre Da Costa, violin Jayne Hammond, soprano*

Matthew Pauls, baritone* CLASSICS

Holocene Extinction Harry Stafylakis (b.1982) Eden Arrival Threnody Hammerfall

Concerto No. 5 for Violin and Orchestra Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) in A major, K. 219 “Turkish” Allegro aperto Adagio Tempo di Menuetto – Allegro – Tempo di Menuetto

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January – February 2018 I OVERTURE 7 Violin Concerto No. 5 leaping melody, swirling ornaments PROGRAM NOTES Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and drone bass convey the exotic. by James Manishen b. Salzburg / January 27, 1756 Occurring before the rondo’s theme is d.Vienna / December 5, 1791 last heard, complete with double basses Holocene Extinction Composed: 1775 slapping the strings with the wood of Harry Stafylakis First performance: 1775 (Salzburg), with the bow, the return of the minuet b. Montreal / 1982 the composer as soloist theme feels as if the dancers have Composed: 2017 Last WSO performance: 2004; Simon exerted enough, gently easing their steps towards the quietly elegant close. World Premiere Streatfeild, conductor, with Gwen Hoebig The Holocene epoch, which as soloist Symphony No. 3 ‘Espansiva’ spans the past 11,700 years, Mozart keenly observed Carl Nielsen encompasses the totality of the concerto form during b. Sortelung, Denmark / June 9, 1865 humanity’s written history. his travels across England, d. Copenhagen / October 3, 1931 Our species’s staggering Germany, France and Italy Composed: 1910-1911 growth and development into Earth’s first as a young man. At the First performance: February 28, 1912 global superpredator is unprecedented in time, concertos were grab-bags of the (Copenhagen), conducted by the the known history of the planet. An old and the new, with Italianate “moto composer unintended consequence of this explosive perpetuo”rhythms and the “ritornello” Last WSO performance: 1976; rise is the pervasive impact humanity has form of returning themes Piero Gamba, conductor had on the environment. Human predation’s predominating.This, plus the emergence effects on food webs, the destabilization of of sonata-allegro form, with its Born in the same Eastern biodiverse habitats, industry’s role in climate contrasting themes and structural Denmark township as change, overpopulation, and profligate recapitulations, offered telling Hans Christian Andersen, consumption are among the principal causes opportunities for Mozart to explore in Carl Nielsen is among the of an increase in the extinction rate of plant growing the concerto as a genre. most original of all Scandinavian composers. His six and animal species to between 100–1,000 Mozart’s five Violin Concertos were symphonies become more adventurous times higher than natural background rates. composed during five months in 1775 as the cycle progresses, the Third a The Earth has experienced five mass and with each one Mozart shows an melodic mélange describing, as Nielsen extinction events in its history, spread out intense re-evaluation over the scholar Robert Simpson wrote,“the over hundreds of millions of years. predecessor. He was just 19-years-old, outward growth of the mind’s scope Humanity is the first species to have but with a compelling and fertile and the expansion of life that comes imagination, plus formidable skills on directly precipitated such a cataclysm – from it,”going on to suggest Nielsen’s the violin. (Mozart’s father Leopold was what has been termed the sixth mass “sense of human energy and enjoyment a renowned violin teacher whose of life”in exhilarating fashion. extinction, or the Holocene extinction. published methods were widely used, This work is a symphonic poem, a meditation and young Wolfgang had dazzled on Opening with 26 violent explosions all on our unfortunate complicity in this the instrument during his first Italian on A, a waltz of enormous scale ensues, ongoing mass extinction event.The narrative tour at age seven). the melody driving forward with is set in four continuous movements. variations Nielsen returns to throughout Mozart’s last Violin Concerto, No. 5 the work reminding of Brahms’s in A major, is the jewel of the set.The The first, Eden,imagines an idyllic Earth stechniques in developing variations. before the growth of humanity. It seeks to opening movement immediately capture the simplicity and balance of the diverts with its unusual structure – the The second movement Andante soloist entering with a short, dignified world as depicted in our origin myths. pastorale reflects Nielsen’s rural Adagio,and then a different lyrical childhood on the island of Funen. Gradually, a sense of foreboding invades melody that what the orchestra sets the dreamlike naivety of the opening. Beginning gently with horn and strings, out with. New material and richer the music moves into darker realms In Arrival,humanity enters the scene.A harmonic development ensue. later resolved by wordless baritone and frenetic increase in energy and aggression The second movement is a lovely soprano human voices in contented depicts our rapid proliferation and sonatina (sonata-allegro form but communication, as if similar to takeover of the ecosystem. without a development passage).The impressionistic painting where, as Finale contains the Turkish connection: Nielsen expressed “the contours wash Threnody,from the Greek ,or out in an atmospheric haze.” “wailing ode,”is an exercise in catharsis, a an “interruption”as it were, whose musical elements convey the popularity purely emotional response to this ongoing The third movement Allegretto un poco of Turkish subjects in Western Europe at tragedy. features a restless oboe theme that the time, for which Mozart provides a spreads throughout the orchestra The finale, Hammerfall,evokes the lusty confrontation with the infidel East! before concluding peacefully.The Finale massiveness and cold brutality of industry, The movement is a rondo in the style begins with a march whose an unstoppable force subjugating the of a minuet, interrupted with a lively intensification reminds of Mahler, with musical landscape with mechanical “contra dance”section of lusty Nielsen’s characteristic harmonic side- implacability. Hungarian and gypsy tunes – more steps from earlier on signed and sealed - Harry Stafylakis Turkish style than substance,as the at the blazing close. Veuillez vous adresser au service des abonnés ou consulter le site www.wso.ca pour la traduction en français. 8 OVERTURE I January – February 2018 CLASSICS ARTIST BIOS Nielsen & Mozart

Keri-Lynn Wilson, conductor Philharmonic and the Toronto Symphony. He has Keri-Lynn Wilson is a guest worked with conductors such as Rafael Frühbeck conductor of leading de Burgos, Lorin Maazel, Leonard Slatkin, Matthias international opera companies Bamert,Vasily Petrenko and Yannick Nézet-Séguin. and orchestras.This season, Among Da Costa's chamber music colleagues have Ms.Wilson conducted a new been Menahem Pressler and Elizabeth Leonskaya. production of Verdi’s Aida at the ENO in London. Il Barbiere di Siviglia at the As a recording artist, he has more than 25 solo CDs, Bayerische Staatsoper München, Rusalka in among them, his JUNO Award-winning recording Prague and a new production of Bizet’s Carmen of the concertos by American composer Michael in Warsaw will follow, as well as numerous Daugherty, with the Montreal Symphony under orchestral concerts. Recently, Ms.Wilson Pedro Halffter for Warner Classics. He now records conducted at the Bolshoi Opera (Don Carlo), for Spectra and SONY Classical. the Bayerischer Rundfunk Orchestra (Roméo and Juliette), the NDR Orchestra (Rigoletto), Alexandre Da Costa is also Head of Strings and Otello at the Montreal Opera, and in Valencia Associate Professor at the Edith Cowan University, (L'Elisir D'Amore) and Bilbao (Don Giovanni). She and Artistic Director of the Laurentians Classical also made her debut with the Canadian Opera Festival of Canada. Alexandre Da Costa plays the Company in Toronto (Tosca). A native of “Deveault” Stradivarius of 1701 loaned by his Winnipeg, Canada, Ms.Wilson studied the flute, friends Guy and Maryse Deveault. piano and violin. At the Juilliard School in New York, she was a student of renowned flutist Jayne Hammond, Soprano Julius Baker and made her debut at Carnegie A recent graduate of the Desautels Hall at the age of 21. Upon graduation, she was Faculty of Music, soprano Jayne the Associate Conductor at the Dallas Hammond is already being Symphony Orchestra until 1998, when she recognized for her concert work in launched her international career as a guest Western Canada. Jayne has conductor. appeared as a soloist with the Victoria Symphony (Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Alexandre Da Costa,Violin Night’s Dream), the Pacific Baroque Festival In 1998, at age 18, Alexandre Da (Handel’s Silete venti), the Victoria Baroque Players Costa obtained a Master’s Degree (Bach’s Wachet Auf!), the University of Manitoba in violin and went on to study with Symphony Orchestra (Mozart’s Exsultate Jubilate), Zakhar Bron in Europe. In 2010, he and the University of Manitoba Singers received the prestigious Virginia- (Stravinsky’s Les Noces). Equally at home on the Parker Prize, one of Canada’s operatic stage, recent roles include Kate highest cultural distinctions. Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly (Pacific Opera Victoria), Casilda in The Gondoliers (Opera Winner of many national and international first NUOVA), Clorinda in La Cenerentola and prizes, Alexandre Da Costa has been guest soloist Lucia/Gardner in a school tour production of for nearly two thousand concerts and recitals Angela and her Sisters (University of Manitoba), and Suor Infermiera in Suor Angelica (Manitoba throughout the Americas, Europe, Oceania and Underground Opera). Jayne looks forward to Asia. He has performed in major halls such as performing the role of Elsie Maynard in the Vienna’s Musikverein, Berlin’s Philharmonie, New Gilbert & Sullivan Society of Winnipeg’s York's Carnegie Hall, and played with prestigious production of Yeomen of the Guard this spring. orchestras such as the London Royal Philharmonic, the Montreal Symphony, the Berlin Symphony, the Vienna Symphony, the Prague

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Matthew Pauls, Baritone Baritone Matthew Pauls has Matthew has been delighted to perform as a been praised for his on-stage featured soloist with ensembles such as the poise and magnificent singing Saskatoon Symphony,Windsor Symphony, (Opera Canada). Selected stage Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional del Paraguay, credits include, Figaro in Le Nozze Canadian Chamber Choir, Pro Coro Canada, di Figaro,Don Inigo Gomez in Winnipeg Singers, and the Guelph Chamber Choir. L’Heure Espagnole,Father Christmas in Merry Matthew teaches at Canadian Mennonite Christmas Stephen Leacock,Dr.Falke in Die University in the area of voice and music theory. Fledermaus,Benoit in La Bohème,Marullo in He is also the conductor of the CMU Men’s Chorus. Rigoletto,Frank Maurant in Street Scene,and Masetto in Don Giovanni. On the concert stage, ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS: Matthew has performed numerous works such Momoko Matsumura, violin; Anna Scheider, bass; as Mendelssohn’s Elijah,Handel’s Messiah, Laura MacDougall, flute; Laurel Ridd, flute; Caitlin Haydn’s Creation,Mozart’s Requiem,Fauré’s Broms-Jacobs, oboe; Tracy Wright, oboe; Sharon Requiem, and Vaughan Williams’ Dona Nobis Atkinson, clarinet; Allen Harrington, bassoon; Pacem and Five Mystical Songs. Donna Laube, keyboard

10 OVERTURE I January – February 2018 January – February 2018 I OVERTURE 11 12 OVERTURE I January – February 2018 GREAT-WEST LIFE The Twins and the Monster

Dandi Productions Julian Pellicano, conductor

Norma Lewis, narrator KIDS CONCERTS GREAT-WEST LIFE GREAT-WEST

Story by Tololwa Mollel Adapted and Directed by Doug McKeag Original Score by John Estacio Carved masks by The Old Trout Puppet Workshop

About Dandi Productions Dandi Productions was established by their productions with a keen sense of performers Doug McKeag and Onalea humour, top-notch performers, and the Gilbertson to develop, promote and tour new highest of entertainment standards. and innovative symphony works for Young Featuring puppets by the Old Trout Puppet Orchestra audiences. Dandi presented the Workshop,these concerts are in turn North American Premieres of three Roald spellbinding, heartbreaking, scary and Dahl “Revolting Rhymes,”and produced the hysterically funny. World Premieres of two additional full- orchestra concert-stories: The Mysterious Dandi has toured across North America, and Maestro and The Twins and the Monster.As has performed with the Toronto,Vancouver, Artistic Producers, Doug and Onalea believe Edmonton and Winnipeg Symphony passionately in the fundamental importance Orchestras, l’orchestres symphoniques de of music in young peoples’lives. As singers Québec and Montréal, the Calgary and actors themselves, they have appeared Philharmonic,The Grand Rapids Symphony; with major theatres across Canada, in a wide and was presented at the Hollywood Bowl variety of musicals and plays.They develop by the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

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January – February 2018 I OVERTURE 13 GREAT-WEST LIFE KIDS CONCERTS ARTIST BIOS The Twins and the Monster

John Estacio, Composer On Twins,Tolo says,”My grandmother loved In the past 12 years, John has to tell stories, usually at suppertime to keep served as Composer-in- us from nodding off, as supper took so long Residence with the Calgary to prepare. Some of the stories were about Philharmonic Orchestra, the monsters.Those stories certainly kept us Calgary Opera, the Edmonton awake! We were truly terrified as we listened Symphony and Pro Coro to grandmother’s stories, but we were also Canada. His compositions have been played thrilled. In creating the monster in Twins,I across Canada and in the United States. borrowed from my grandmother’s yarns and Orchestra works include Borealis; Solaris; added my own imagined features for the A Farmer’s Symphony;and Triple Concerto for monster’s character.What I love most about Violin,Violincello, Piano and Orchestra.His opera being a storyteller is the opportunity to Filumena premiered in Calgary in 2003. John bring an imaginary world to life through was recently nominated for two JUNO Awards characters, images, sounds, and of course, for his CD of orchestral compositions Frenergy: song. I also love to listen to stories, for as my The Music of John Estacio. grandmother taught me, to be a good storyteller, you have to be a good listener.” About the Twins project, John says,“my inspiration for the music comes from my Norma Lewis, Performer collaborators, both Tolo’s entertaining story Norma Lewis is a born and and Doug’s engaging script.The story is a raised Calgarian of Caribbean quintessential tale of good versus evil, with a descent, and has been a couple of twists.Writing the music for the story performer most of her life. is a lot like writing music for a film – there are She is the co-producer and characters and scenes and action and it is my founder of Maple Salsa job to make sure the music is an accurate Theatre, whose mandate has focussed on representation of what is happening in the bringing “spicy”international theatre to story. A collaborative opportunity such as this Alberta Audiences. Ms. Lewis performed in is always a joy. As a composer, I spend most of José Rivera’s Cloud Tectonics,and one of her my working time in isolation, so I welcome the most challenging roles in Mamagorka,by chance to work with other artists.” the late Mexican Playwright Gerardo Mancebo de Castillo Trejo. Originally a Tololwa M. Mollel, Author Political Science Major at the University of “Tolo”was born in Tanzania,and Calgary, Ms. Lewis’passion for social and now lives in Canada. He is a political issues has brought a new angle to storyteller and dramatist, and her creative career. After performing in the children’s author of fifteen controversial play The Laramie Project by books, including the Governor Moises Kaufman, she performed her first General’s Award-winning The self-created piece, JOY.Norma has Orphan Boy; Rhinos for Lunch, Elephants for performed The Twins and the Monster across Supper; Song Bird;and My Rows and Piles of Canada. Coins.Tololwa’s books have been published in the U.S., Australia, Britain, South Africa and Canada. Several of his works have been adapted for the stage, including The Flying Tortoise; Subira, Subira; A Promise to the Sun;and The Visit of the Sea Queen.

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Music of the Ice with Kurt Browning

Kurt Browning, host SOUNDBYTES Lucas Waldin, conductor Geoffrey Tyler, vocalist AIR CANADA POPS

An American in Paris Suite Gershwin; arr. John Whitney Suite from Casablanca Max Steiner Gayane:Khachaturian;arr.Maurice Frank Dance of the Rose Maidens Dance of Ayshe Hopak Sabre Dance Sing, Sing, Sing Louis Prima; arr. Lucas Waldin Swan Lake:Tchaikovsky Scène Dance of the Little Swans La cumparsita Gerardo Matos Rodriguez; arr.Waldin Selections from The Producers Mel Brooks; arr.Ted Ricketts Singin’ in the Rain Nacio Herb Brown / Arthur Freed; arr. John McPherson - INTERMISSION -

Selections from The Phantom of the Opera Andrew Lloyd Webber; arr. Calvin Custer Dance of the Buffoons from The Snow Maiden Rimsky-Korsakov What a Wonderful World Bob Thiele / George David Weiss; arr.Waldin ABBA Medley Andersson / Ulvaeus / Anderson; arr.Waldin Symphony No.5:Adagietto Mahler Boléro Ravel

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January – February 2018 I OVERTURE 17 AIR CANADA POPS ARTIST BIOS Music of the Ice with Kurt Browning Lucas Waldin Professional Championships, a Lou Marsh Trophy for Lucas Waldin is a dynamic and versatile top Canadian athlete (in 1990), Lionel Conacher conductor whose flare for audience Award winner (1990 and 1991), Order of Canada engagement and passion for recipient (in 1990), an American Skating World performance have delighted audiences Professional Skater of the Year Award (in 1998), and a across North America. Gustav Lussi Award from the Professional Skaters' Association (in 2001). Based in Edmonton, Alberta, Lucas joined the Edmonton Symphony as Resident Conductor in On March 25, 1988 World Championships in Budapest, 2009 and was subsequently appointed Artist-in- Hungary, Browning landed the first quadruple jump Residence and Community Ambassador, the first ever in competition.This accomplishment is listed in position of its kind in North America. He has the Guinness Book of Records. Browning is also known appeared with the orchestra over 150 times and has for his footwork. He was inducted into Canada's Sports collaborated with artists such as Angela Cheng, Jens Hall of Fame in 1994 and Canada's Figure Skating Hall Lindemann, Sergei Babayan and Bill Eddins, and of Fame in 2001. conducted in Carnegie Hall during the ESO's His energy and talent are welcomed by his fans and participation in the 2012 Spring for Music festival. embraced by his fellow skaters. An absolute Lucas was awarded the Jean-Marie Beaudet Award craftsman on skates, Kurt's natural humour and in Orchestral Conducting by the Canada Council for rapport with the audience will always be an obvious the Arts and received a Citation Award from the City highlight of his performance. of Edmonton for his outstanding achievements in arts and culture. Kurt enjoyed co-hosting Battle of the Blades with Ron Maclean for three years and in the fourth and final With an ability to slide easily between styles and year of the show he was the head judge for the genres, Lucas has worked with a range of pop and competition. He has provided colour commentary for crossover artists including Carly Rae Jepsen, Ben figure skating competitions on NBC and ABC, and is Folds, Chantal Kreviazuk, the Barenaked Ladies and currently working for CBC. Kurt has been a performer Buffy Sainte-Marie, in addition to conducting in the iconic touring show Stars on Ice for 28 years, presentations such as Disney in Concert, Blue Planet and was recently On-Ice Director for the new Cirque Live,and Cirque de la Symphony.Lucas has been a de Soleil show "Crystal." guest conductor for numerous orchestras in Canada and the U.S., including the Kitchener-Waterloo Geoffrey Tyler, vocalist Symphony, the National Arts Centre Orchestra, the Geoffrey Tyler is a Canadian Toronto Symphony, the Louisiana Philharmonic and actor/singer/dancer, musician, and the Houston Symphony, while this season will see director who has work extensively debuts with the Victoria Symphony, the Regina across Canada, as well parts of the U.S. Symphony, the Winnipeg Symphony and the Calgary and Europe, including London's West Philharmonic. End for close to 25 years. His performances have A native of Toronto, Ontario, Lucas received degrees spanned most medias: stage, screen, television, radio, in both flute and conducting from the Cleveland and recordings. Over the past few years Geoffrey has Institute of Music. branched out into Directing as well, but still retains his love of being in front of the footlights. Kurt Browning Born in Rocky Mountain House, Alberta Geoffrey is also a Performance Coach and and raised in Caroline, Alberta, Choreographer for professional and competitive Browning was a four-time Canadian figure skating, a Director/Choreographer of figure skating champion and four-time commercial skating shows working internationally World Champion. He represented throughout the last four years. It's something that Canada in three Winter Olympics, 1988 (finishing 8th has come to him fairly recently in his career, but he overall), 1992 (6th) and 1994 (5th), and was given is loving it, and hopes to do much more. the privilege of carrying the Canadian flag during the opening ceremonies of the 1994 games in ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS: Lillehammer, Norway. Browning's other Laurel Ridd, flute; Sharon Atkinson, clarinet; achievements are numerous, including three Donna Laube, keyboard; Tony Cyre, percussion; Canadian Professional Championships, three World Victoria Sparks, percussion

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Schumann and Beethoven

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Manfred Overture, Op. 115 Robert Schumann (1810-1856)

Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37 Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Allegro con brio Largo Rondo: Allegro

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Symphony No.3 in E-flat major,Op.97 “Rhenish” Schumann Lebhaft Scherzo: Sehr mässig Nicht schnell Feierlich Lebhaft

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SPECIAL CONDENSED MATINEE Robert Schumann: Symphony No.3 in E-flat major (Rhenish) Friday,February 9 10:30 a.m.

January – February 2018 I OVERTURE 21 Piano Concerto No. 3 heights, developing it further and PROGRAM NOTES Ludwig van Beethoven extending its dramatic elements well by James Manishen b. Bonn / December 17, 1770 beyond its classical roots, vivaciously d.Vienna / March 26, 1827 letting C minor go to C major at its Manfred Overture Composed: 1797-1803 bounding close. Robert Schumann First performance: April 4, 1803 with the b. Zwickau, Saxony / June 8, 1810 composer as soloist Symphony No. 3 “Rhenish” d. Endenich (Bonn) / July 29, 1856 Last WSO performance: 2003; Alexander Robert Schumann Composed: 1848 Mickelthwate, conductor, with Michael Kim Composed: 1850 First performance: March 14, 1852 as soloist First performance: February 6, 1851 (Leipzig), conducted by the composer (Dusseldorf), conducted by the composer Last WSO performance: 2002; The conditions of Last WSO performance: 2007; Markand Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor Beethoven’s premiere of his Thakar, conductor Piano Concerto No.3 would As Schumann once said, be quite amusing if they The beautiful city of Düsseldorf became music’s role was to shed weren’t so fraught with home to Robert Schumann, his wife light on the depths of the stress for the composer. Beethoven’s Clara and their seven children on human heart. friend Emanuel Schikaneder was the September 2, 1850. Schumann took on his new duties as conductor of a most Schumann’s volatile Romantic nature, director of Vienna’s Theater-an-der-Wien, capable local orchestra, heading a music allied to a refined literary background – and the two were hatching plans for festival, and enjoying living in the heart his father was a bookseller and Beethoven’s only opera Fidelio in 1803. of the Rhineland which was an area he Schumann grew up surrounded by Since opera could not be performed always loved. Schumann’s last books – led to an intense love for the during Lent, the theatre was available for productive years of music-making writings of Lord Byron, whose restlessly Beethoven to present some of his would be there, and his “Rhenish” tormented verse drama Manfred (1817) instrumental works, which was Symphony holds up a mirror to the provoked music of real affinity from the opportune since he hadn’t produced a idyllic surroundings. composer in 1848.When Schumann concert of his own music in three years. The date was set during April 1803 and began reciting Manfred out loud for the Though designated Number 3 because it first time, he reportedly burst into tears Beethoven was looking forward to introducing his Third Piano Concerto, as was the third to be published, the and had to stop. well as his Second Symphony on the bill. “Rhenish”was actually the last of Schumann’s four symphonies to be Clara Schumann referred to Manfred as a Schikaneder had a rival in the court- written and arose from a visit he made witch drama. It tells of a Swiss nobleman subsidized Kärtnertortheater, whose to Cologne on September 29, 1850. who in wanderlust through the Alps director Baron Peter von Braun had ideas There he witnessed a grand ceremony at seeks to evoke the spirit of his much- of his own to snare an audience that Cologne’s great Cathedral where its loved dead sister by engaging spirits of evening. He not only mounted Haydn’s Archbishop had been elevated to the the earth and air. But Manfred finds that Creation,a huge hit in Europe at the time, rank of Cardinal.The magnificent service they are of no help, so he goes to the but snapped up Vienna’s best musicians, became the motive for the Symphony’s ghost of the Evil Principle whose leaving Beethoven with a rag-tag group fourth movement – contrapuntal in style ambiguous answers fail to satisfy Manfred. for his concert for which just one six-hour whose mystical sonority is enhanced by At the end, defying religious rehearsal on the concert day was oboes, bassoons and noble voices of redemption and supernatural authority, scheduled. Beethoven played his Third trombones who appear for the first time Manfred gives his soul only to death. Concerto mostly from memory, not in the work at that point. writing it down until a year later for a As something like this proved performance by his pupil Ferdinand Ries. The opening movement exudes joy in the impossible to stage, Schumann Though the mild audience response was land and the river, with a notable conceived incidental music to undoubtedly due to the spotty development section.The second accompany a German translation in performance, Beethoven knew he had a movement suggests a drinking song in a poetic recitation. He completed the good work and enjoyed a laugh in the slow Ländler, the peasant dance that was Overture in early November of 1848,and pub afterwards with his page-turner who the forerunner of the waltz.The brief third finished 15 additional pieces by had had fits trying to turn mostly invisible movement is a kind of German barcarolle November 23rd. Schumann conducted pages encoded with scrawls! suggesting Heine’s Rhine poem The Lorelei. the premiere of the Overture in Leipzig As with the Fifth Symphony, the Third “The air grows cool in the twilight,and on March 14, 1852. Franz Liszt led the Concerto is in C minor and sets the key softly the Rhine flows on.” Following the complete drama with all of Schumann’s out clearly from the first motive. Piano majestic fourth movement, one exits the incidental music on June 2 of that year, and orchestra are equal partners, living in Cathedral in the lively Finale,which proclaiming Schumann’s efforts as the emotional narrative of the Romantic suggests a sun-lit outdoor square filled among his greatest successes.The era, especially so in the second movement with revelers. A triumphant recall of the Overture,with its large sonata-allegro which is an extended aria that is sensuous Cathedral music follows, with a nod to the form and tempestuous drama, follows and tranquil by turn.The Rondo takes the first movement’s opening theme in the the plot. classical form of a returning theme to new exultant coda. Veuillez vous adresser au service des abonnés ou consulter le site www.wso.ca pour la traduction en français. 22 OVERTURE I January – February 2018 San Antonio.San of Orchestra Chamber the and Orchestras Symphonyand EdmontonWinnipeg the to return also will He de Tenerife. Sinfónica Orquesta and Symphony Louisiana the include will season this engagements known YoungComposers NewProject. well- TSO’s the of alumnus an Constantino, Anthonyby work a of premiereworld the and birth LeonardBernstein's of anniversary 100th Festivalthe Song celebrating the Tucsonwith programmestwo Desert Shaham; Gil Sandovaland Arturo Yo-YoMa, Gomezwillconduct concerts including the Tucson with Symphony, 2017-2018, In Orchestra. Macau the Symphonyand Edmonton the with engagements return and Orchestra, Symphony Daegu Canaria, Gran de Filarmónica Orquesta Orchestra, Philharmonic Szczecin Symphony, Antonio,Winnipeg San of Orchestra Chamber with appearances included also season Orchestra.The the Tucson of SymphonyDirector Music named Gomez saw season 2016-2017 The Giovanni oéLi oe,conductor Gomez, Luis José of Mozart’sof performances led he where Como di Sociale Teatro1813 Orchestra the of conductor principal was he 2015, to 2012 From Porto. do SinfonicaOrquesta and Sinfonietta Basel Symphony, Hamburg Ottawa, of OrchestraCentre Arts National Orchestras, Symphony Rapids Grand and Houston the Madrid, of SymphonyOrchestra National RTVE the with worked has he then, Since jury. the from decision unanimous rare securingsensationala and September2010, in Frankfurt in Competition Conductor’s ARTIST BIOS ARTIST ,to name a few. Le Nozze di Figaro di Nozze Le International Sir Georg Solti Georg Sir International the Firstat Prizewon he when attention international Gomezwascatapulted to Luis José conductor Spanish Venezuelan-born, The CLASSICS Schumann and Beethovenand Schumann and Don ahrn h,Piano Chi, Katherine of the Honens International Piano Competition. Piano International Honens the of Laureate a and Competition, Piano International Busoni the at prizewinner a named been has Chi Festival Ms. and Vancouver. Music, Summer Santander Germany’sRuhr, Kammermusik, Osnabrück Marlboro, DomaineForget, Banff, Launadière, Canada’sSound, Festivalthe of Aldeburgh, include appearances Festival and TorontoSinfonia. Philharmonie Westfalen; Neue the Orchestra; Chamber Manitoba Montreal; de Musici I Orchestra; Centre Arts National symphony Canada’s Orchestra; Radio Victoria CBC orchestras; and Vancouver Toronto, Bay, Quebec,Thunder Philadelphia, NovaScotia, Kitchener-Waterloo, Rapids, Grand Edmonton, Columbus, Colorado, Congress; Calgary, of Alabama, the Library the Symphony; Vancouver the with appeared has She Festival. Keyboard International Gilmore the for Fliter, Ingrid Ridge induoaMusic recital Society withand, Maple Foundation, Piano International Honens January – February 2018 2018 February – January Canada’s Chamber Music Kelowna, Music Canada’sChamber with Art, of FreerGallery the at recitals in Orchestra; Symphony Edmonton the with Minor A Grieg’s performs in Concerto Chi Katherine 2017-2018, In I OVERTURE 23 OVERTURE

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Thursday,February 14 8:00 p.m.

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January – February 2018 I OVERTURE 25 SPECIAL ARTIST BIOS Valentine’s Day: Broadway in Love

Lisa Vroman, vocalist From Broadway to Miserables; Rosabella in The Most Happy Fella classics, on stage and in (New York City Opera) as Marion Paroo in concert, Lisa Vroman has The Music Man (with Shirley Jones and Patrick established herself as Cassidy); Lili Vanessi in Kiss Me Kate one of America's most Glimmerglass Opera / St. Louis MUNY; Anna versatile voices. She has Leonowens in The King and I (Lyric Opera of been regarded as a Virginia). For PBS, she played Johanna in “musical and theatrical Sweeney Todd in Concert (Patti LuPone, marvel,” by The San Francisco Chronicle, as George Hearn) and was Christine (Phantom well as “one of American Musical Theater’s of the Opera) in Hey, Mr. Producer! (London most beautiful voices,” by acclaimed Broadway Royal Gala) Ms.Vroman is a regular guest producer Sir Cameron Mackintosh. Among her artist with symphonies including San extensive repertoire, Ms.Vroman starred on Francisco, Cleveland, Hong Kong, Broadway, in San Francisco, and Los Angeles as Philadelphia, Seattle, Atlanta, Detroit, as well Christine Daaé in The Phantom of the Opera. as Boston Pops (Keith Lockhart), Philly Pops Her many roles include: Rosalinda in Die (Peter Nero), and New York Pops (Carnegie Fledermaus;both Fantine and Cosette in Les Hall). Please visit www.lisavroman.com

26 OVERTURE I January – February 2018

Charles Chaplin: City Lights Live

Written, Directed and Produced by Charles Chaplin

Assistant Directors: Harry Crocker, Henry SOUNDBYTES Bergman, Albert Austin Photographers: Rollie Totheroh, Gordon AIR CANADA POPS Pollock, Mark Marklatt Setting: Charles D. Hall Production: United Artists

Music composed by Charles Chaplin except “la Violetera”by José Padilla Original musical arrangement by Arthur Johnston; Original musical direction by Alfred Newman 2004 restoration of Chaplin’s score by Timothy Brock

Julian Pellicano, conductor

The Cast A Tramp ...... Charlie Chaplin An Eccentric Millionaire ....Harry Myers A Blind Girl ...... Virginia Cherrill His Butler...... Allan Garcia BMO NIGHT THE AT MOVIES Her Grandmother ...... Florence Lee A Prizefighter ...... Hank Mann

Release date: March 7, 1931 (USA) Runtime: 87 minutes Wandering the city streets, the Little Tramp happens upon a blind flower girl who mistakes him for a rich man.The Tramp later saves a drunken millionaire who is attempting to drown himself in the river.The millionaire becomes his best friend. That is, until he sobers up and no longer recognizes the Tramp… In City Lights,friendship and social ranking are not always as they seem.We enter a world of a disenchanted bourgeoisie, where a tramp is king and a blind girl is queen. In 2008, City Lights was voted #1 on the American Film Institute's list of the ten best romantic comedies of all time.

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January – February 2018 I OVERTURE 29 34 OVERTURE I January – February 2018 A Night in Spain

Yaron Traub, conductor

Gaëlle Solal, guitar CLASSICS

Suite Española Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909) Castilla orch.Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos Granada Asturias Aragón Symphonie Minute José Evangelista (b.1943) Envol (Flight) Méloppé (Chant) Combat Presto chromatique Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar and Orchestra Joaquín Rodrigo (1901-1999) Allegro con spirit Adagio Allegro gentile - INTERMISSION - Danzas Fantásticas, Op. 22 Joaquín Turina (1882-1949) Exaltación (Ecstacy) Ensueño (Daydream) Orgia (Revel) El sombrero de tres picos (The Three-Cornered Hat)Manuel de Falla (1876-1946) Suite No. 1 Introduction – Afternoon Dance of the Miller's Wife (Fandango) The Corregidor The Grapes Suite No. 2 The Neighbors Miller's Dance (Farruca) Final Dance

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January – February 2018 I OVERTURE 31 computer science led him to Montreal, Aranjuez has an idyllic setting PROGRAM NOTES where he settled in 1970 studying surrounded by royal parks and forests by James Manishen composition with André Prevost and and was a favourite retreat of Spanish Bruce Mather. Since 1979, he has taught nobility where the royals would enjoy Suite Española at the University of Montreal. life in high fashion. Rodrigo chose to Isaac Albéniz “This short work in four contrasting inhabit its musical equivalent in his b. Camprodon, Spain / May 29, 1860 much-loved guitar concerto, looking d. Cambo-les-Bains, France / May 18, 1909 movements reproduces, in miniature, the form of a symphony. The music is mostly back to an epoch where in an expanded Composed: 1886-1896; orchestrated by role the guitar might, as he said,“possess Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos nervous and light, and the tempo rapid. the wings of the harp, the heart of the First WSO performance The piece is thus in contrast to the majority of symphonies in the repertoire, grand piano and the soul of the As a child, Isaac Albéniz was which is predominated by works of grand guitar….to sound like the hidden one of the most spectacular proportions in duration, instrumentation breeze that stirs the tree tops in the piano prodigies of his time. and powerful expression. parks, and it should be only as strong as Aided by an ambitious father, a butterfly, and as dainty as a veronica.” at age 12 Albéniz was met with The first movement, Envol,is built thunderous applause on tours of South around a very rapid theme suggesting The Concierto de Aranjuez has become America, the United States and Spain. By the flight of a bird.The second, Mélopée, the most popular guitar concerto in the 1873, he was considered a mature pianist features a melismatic melody of an history of the instrument. Its three and by 1880 he was crediting a brief improvisational character, climbing in traditional movements embody period of study with Liszt as the catalyst register and intensity. Combat is a very different elements of an older and more rhythmic piece interspersed with short that perfected his piano technique. chivalrous Spain than the time when the rests. Presto chromatique is made up of piece was conceived. In 1883, Albéniz met composer-folklorist lines rapidly ascending and descending. Felipe Pedrell who invigorated the young The opening movement is Symphonie minute is dedicated to my pianist to his Spanish musical roots. Moving characteristically rhythmic and dance- children.” to France in 1893, Albéniz gave up his - José Evangelista like.The celebrated Adagio is the career as a performer and became a personification of Spanish hondo (deep composer who would soon become a Concierto de Aranjuez song), whose memorable English horn major representative of the Spanish side of Joaquín Rodrigo introduction and succeeding guitar musical impressionism in keyboard works b. Sagunto, Spain / November 22, 1901 arabesques have defined Spanish music such as Iberia,Suite Española and Navarra. d. Madrid / July 6, 1999 for many.The Finale’s child-like opening Composed: 1939 theme gives way to virtuoso display in In the mid-1960s, conductor Rafael First performance: November 9, 1940 the solo, capping off an enduring work Frühbeck de Burgos orchestrated selections (Barcelona), with Regino Sainz de la rich in Mediterranean spirit and sunny from Albéniz’s eight-movement Suite Maza as soloist nostalgia. Española.Castilla (Castile, in central Spain) is Last WSO performance: 2008; Alexander a rousing seguidilla in triple-metre, with Mickelthwate, conductor, with Alexander Danzas Fantásticas actual castanets as suggested in the Dunn as soloist Joaquín Turina original piano version. Granada is a b. Seville / December 9, 1882 nocturne, whose solo flute suggests the Following early musical d. Madrid / January 14, 1949 Arabic airs of Andalusia. Asturias (from the training in his native Composed: 1920 northwestern coast of Spain) is represented Valencia,Joaquín Rodrigo First performance: February 13, 1920 by “Leyenda,”famously known from the moved to Paris in 1927 to (Madrid) conducted by Bartolomé guitar transcription by Francisco Tárrega. study with Paul Dukas.There, fellow Pérez Casas Aragón closes the suite, a lively triple-metre countryman Manuel de Falla recognized Last WSO performance: 1979; dance with sensuous interludes. Rodrigo’s potential and encouraged the Piero Gamba, conductor 26-year-old to become a composer. Symphonie Minute Returning to Madrid after the Spanish As with his older Spanish José Evangelista Civil War ended in 1939, Rodrigo made composer-colleagues Isaac b.Valencia, Spain / August 5, 1943 his mark with the Concierto de Aranjuez Albéniz, Enrique Granados Composed: 1994 and went on to earn a place among the and Manuel de Falla, Joaquín Last WSO performance: 2001; Michael Hall, top tier of Spanish composers, receiving Turina went to Paris to study the latest conductor many awards and acclaim for his musical trends so that he could find his regularly Spanish-inspired compositions. own personal connection to the music Born in Valencia, Spain, José of his native land.With Ravel and Evangelista began his musical Rodrigo turned to the elegant town of Stravinsky in Paris plus the ongoing studies while also studying Aranjuez for his inspiration. Located in influence of Debussy, the city was a physics. Later work in central Spain just south of Madrid, vibrant place for music.The 25-year-old

Veuillez vous adresser au service des abonnés ou consulter le site www.wso.ca pour la traduction en français. 32 OVERTURE I January – February 2018 Turina was welcomed by his three Orgia (Revel):The perfume of the heritage. The Three-Cornered Hat was compatriots to form an alliance to fight flowers merged with the odor of commissioned by Diaghilev for his for the music of their native country. chamomile from the bottom of celebrated Russian Ballet company and When Turina returned to Spain in 1914, raised glasses, full of the the premiere boasted a starry team that he was regarded as a major musical incomparable wine, like an incense, included choreography by Massine and figure of his country. rose joy. designs by Picasso. It was a great success. Gypsy and flamenco traditions are The Three-Cornered Hat central to Danzas Fantásticas, Turina’s With music drawing from a mix of Manuel de Falla traditional folk and original material, the best-known work, where fragrant b. Cadiz, Spain / November 23, 1876 Iberian melodies and fiery Andalusian racy story is based on a novel by Alarcón d. Alta Gracia, Argentina / November 14, and tells of a failed attempt of an elderly rhythms abound.Turina prefaces each 1946 movement with a quotation from Corregidor (magistrate, with his three- Composed: 1917-1919 cornered hat as symbol of authority) to Spanish poet José Más, whose novel La First performance: July 22, 1919 seduce the local miller’s pretty wife. orgía inspired the work: (London) conducted by Ernest Following a series of dazzling dances, Ansermet. Exaltación (Ecstacy): It seems as if festivities and the arrest of the Last WSO performance: 2010; Alexander magistrate in humiliation, the miller and the figures in that incomparable Mickelthwate, conductor picture were moving like a calix of a his wife are reconciled as the villagers flower. The musical soul of Spain toss an effigy of the magistrate in a usually draws the blanket, amid general rejoicing. Falla’s Ensueño (Daydream):The guitar's involuntary response of score bristles with atmosphere and strings sounded the lament of a Manuel de Falla, the shy, humor, sharply characterizing each soul helpless under the weight of meticulous master who abhorred figure just as Stravinsky had done with bitterness. excess as much as he loved his Iberian Petrushka,Diaghilev’s previous triumph.

January – February 2018 I OVERTURE 33 CLASSICS ARTIST BIOS A Night in Spain

Yaron Traub, conductor Gaëlle Solal, guitar Born in Tel Aviv,Yaron Traub Guitarist of extraordinary passion is the son of Chaim Traub, and virtuosity, Gaëlle Solal was born who was concertmaster of in Marseilles (France) and began the Israel Philharmonic. He playing the guitar at age 6 with René studied piano and from Bartoli. At 14, she won three gold 1990, orchestral conduction. medals at the Conservatoire de He later moved to Munich, where he Marseilles and as the best student among all worked with Sergiu Celibidache.Then he instruments, was awarded the Prix de la Ville de had contact with Daniel Barenboim, who Marseille. introduced him to the Bayreuth Festival, where he was his assistant. Subsequently, A winner of 1st Grand Prix at multiple competitions between 1994-1999 he served as Associate including Alessandria Competition, Locquémeau, Conductor of the Chicago Symphony Savona, Sernancehle, and Finalist at Concert Artists Orchestra.Yaron Traub is currently Chief Guild New York, Honor Diplom at Accademia Conductor and Artistic Director of the Chigiana, and 2nd Prize at Guitar Foundation of Orquesta de Valencia. America. Gaëlle has performed in more than 35 countries including Germany, Myanmar, Bulgaria, In 1998,Yaron Traub won the Orchestra Canada, Denmark, Israel, Spain, France, Gabon, India, Price at the 4th Kondrashin International Iceland, Italy, Laos, Malaysia, Morocco, Mexico, Conducting Competition in Amsterdam. Philippines, Puerto Rico, Portugal, Serbia, His career took off with engagements Switzerland,Tunisia, U.S., and Japan. worldwide including: the Rotterdam Philharmonic, Israel Philharmonic Recent and upcoming United States recitals include Orchestra, Swedish Radio Symphony, New York City Classical Guitar Society; the Garth Sidney Philharmonic Orchestra, Newel Chamber Music Festival (VA); Interlochen Gulbenkian Orchestra in Lisbon, (MI); Cleveland Guitar Weekend; St. Louis Classical Accademia di Santa Cecilia Orchestra, Guitar Society; the Guitar Foundation of America Helsinki Philharmonic, L'Orchestre (GFA) Conventions in Charleston, SC, Fullerton, CA, National de Lyon, etc… as well as the and Louisville, KY; Hillsborough Community College, most important Spanish orchestras. Tampa; Xavier University, Cleveland Guitar Society; the State University of New York, Fredonia; Sarasota Yaron Traub works closely with renowned Classical Guitar Society; Clemson University; the soloists such as Daniel Barenboim, Gidon University of New Mexico, Albuquerque; the Kremer, Radu Lupu, Alfred Brendel, Nashville Public Library; and educational outreach Waltraud Meier,Victoria Mullova, Emanuel recitals for the Austin Classical Guitar Society,Texas, Ax, Helene Grimaud,Truls Mørk, Julian and teaching for the Albuquerque Public Schools. Rachlin, or Nikolaj Znaider, amongst Gaëlle will also tour in France, Italy, Bosnia, others. Germany, Marocco, and Peru.

34 OVERTURE I January – February 2018 GREAT-WEST LIFE Mr. Mark and Manny Tuba go to the Birds! KIDS CONCERTS Mark Cameron, entertainer LIFE GREAT-WEST Manny Tuba,WSO mascot Alexander Mickelthwate, conductor

Swan Lake:Scene Tchaikovsky

Pictures at an Exhibition: Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks Mussorgsky/Ravel

Swan Lake:Dance of the Swans Tchaikovsky

Flight of the Bumblebee Rimsky-Korsakov

The Firebird:Infernal Dance of King Kastchei Stravinsky

Gli uccelli (The Birds):La gallina (The Hen) Respighi

The Four Seasons:Spring:II.Largo e pianissimo sempre Vivaldi

Dance of the Comedians Smetana

Village Swallows Josef Strauss

Im Krapfenwald’l Johann Strauss II

La Gioconda:Dance of the Hours Ponchielli

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January – February 2018 I OVERTURE 35 GREAT-WEST LIFE KIDS CONCERTS ARTIST BIOS Mr. Mark and Manny Tuba go to the Birds!

Mr. Mark, entertainer His real name is Mark Cameron, but he has been known to countless kids and their families as Mr. Mark, creator of wild and wonderful music for kids to sing and dance to. Armed with a truckload of enthusiasm and a truckload of instruments, his shows are always lively and engaging!

When he is not gallivanting around the world with Manny Tuba, the WSO’s greatest At Music for Young Children®, we encourage children to be more creative, inventive, imaginative and expressive through spokesperson, Mr. Mark is either busy our keyboard-based music education program. We provide performing at children’s festivals across them with a unique set of skills that will carry throughout their lives. Whether it’s improving their grades, enhancing coordination Canada, or making orchestras out of junk skills for their athletic activities, or to learn the rewarding skill of with kids, as part of Manitoba Arts playing the piano; MYC® is the frst key to getting them there. Council’s Artists in the School Program. If Teaching opportunities available! he’s not doing that, he is most likely at For more information, please contact: Marilyn Unrau, MYCC Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet School, Regional Coordinator - Western Canada where he has been an accompanist and 1.877.603.3MYC [email protected] teacher since 1989.

36 OVERTURE I January – February 2018 WSO SUPPORTERS Joseph and Judith Malko Family Concertmaster's Bow Fund - the Strategic Charitable Austin Abas Giving Foundation David & Ruth Asper The WSO gratefully acknowledges The Winnipeg Foundation - Mauro Leonard & Susan Asper the following companies whose Family Fund The Maestro’s Circle recognizes Mr. Jim Barrett generous support helps to ensure The Winnipeg Foundation, John and patrons whose significant Mrs. Lucienne Blouw musical enrichment within our Carolynne McLure Fund philanthropy furthers the Katharine Bruce community. Marjory Stewart McLaren Fund musical artistry of the WSO. Mr. & Mrs. John & Bonnie Buhler Maurice (Moe) & Ethel Pierce Fund *Based on 12 months accumulative giving Herb & Erna Buller Brent Trepel & Brenlee Program for the Enrichment of Honourary Chair Carrington Trepel French in Education Alexander Mickelthwate, Morris Chia RBC Foundation Music Director Richardson Foundation Dr. Leslie Simard-Chiu & Perce & Elizabeth Schirmer Foundation Diamond MC Dr. Aaron Chiu Podium John & Gay Docherty David & Leda Slater Memorial Fund Gail Asper & Michael Paterson Dr. Ravi & Mr. Leomark Dookeran Johnston Group Inc. Aqueduct Foundation - Inga and Peter & Dana Jessiman Karl & Petra Dornetshuber Anna Storgaard Fund Resident Artist Michael Nesbitt Philipp & Ilse Ens Leslie John Taylor Fund, the Qualico Michael Nozick & Cheryl Ashley Douglas C. Everett, Chairman, Winnipeg Foundation Wawanesa Insurance Tannis Richardson* Domo Gasoline Corporation Ltd. James Thompson Memorial Fund in 1 Anonymous Bill & Margaret Fast Trust of WSO Principal Chair Platinum Baton Greg & Linda Fearn White Rose Foundation Inc. Mrs. Audrey F.Hubbard Banville & Jones Mrs. Marjorie Blankstein Terracon Development Ltd. The Winnipeg Foundation - Dr. Ken Jared & Robin Jacobson and Lorna Thorlakson Fund James Cohen & Linda Derek & Mary Johannson Assistant Principal Chair The Winnipeg Foundation - Marylla McGarva-Cohen Margaret Kellermann McCulloch Cambrian Credit Union van Ginkel Memorial Fund Marten & Joanne Duhoux & Paul A. McCulloch 1 Anonymous Daniel Friedman & Rob Dalgliesh Dr.Terry Klassen & Ms. Grace Dueck Orchestra Chair David & Diane Johnston Mr. & Mrs. Jack & Zina Lazareck Bison Transport Bill and Shirley Loewen* Christine Skene & Nick Logan Maxim Truck & Trailer Raymond & Lynne-Anne McFeetors Elaine & Neil Margolis Royal Bank of Canada Frank & Jeanne Plett Brent Mazur & Nancy Quiring Dr. Robert & Mrs. Angela Ross Terri & Jim McKerchar Music Stand The Legacy Circle exists to Susan Glass & Arni Thorsteinson Mr. & Dr. John & Joan Morriss Coghlan's Limited recognize the following patrons Mr. & Mrs. Curt & Cathy Vossen Robert Penner Pollard Banknote Limited whose foresight ensures that the Ms. Pat Philpott Gold MC Premier Printing Ltd. WSO plays on for all Manitobans Oliver & Gennie Plett Art & Leona DeFehr Reider Insurance for generations to come. The WSO Lawrie & Fran Pollard Winmar Property Restoration Dr. Marcel A. Desautels Dr. Bill Pope & Dr. Elizabeth gratefully acknowledges Legacy Arnold & Myra Frieman Tippett-Pope* Riser Circle members for their planned Kevin & Els Kavanagh* Josef Ryan Akman Management Ltd. future gift to the WSO. Arlene Wilson & Allan MacDonald Dr. Donald S. Reimer & European Art Glass Ltd. Mrs. Anne Reimer Siana Attwell, PhD Drs. Eleanor & Grant MacDougall Greg Brodsky Law Corporation Mrs. Shirley Richardson Greg Doyle and Carol Bellringer Barry & Carol McArton InterGroup Consultants Ltd. Olga & Bill Runnalls Mrs. Lucienne Blouw Ron & Sandi Mielitz Mid West Packaging Limited Ken and Judy Murray Paul & Shelley Smith Dolores P.Brommell Donald & Jennifer Streuber Lorraine and Gerry Cairns Hartley & Heather Richardson Dr. Jens J.Wrogemann Ian R.Thomson & Leah R. Janzen Foundations Mrs. Audrey F.Hubbard Mr. & Mrs. Simon & Deborah Waller The WSO gratefully acknowledges 1 Anonymous Richard & Carol Jones Meeka Walsh the following foundations: Len & Koren Kaminski Silver MC Professor A.M.C.Waterman Robert & Ina Abra Family Fund - the Ethel Karr Ida Albo & Rick Bel Elsie Williston Henry Katz Winnipeg Foundation Mark & Carilyn Buller Klaus & Elsa Wolf Kevin & Els Kavanagh The Noreen & Robert Allen Timothy & Barbara Burt Klaus and Dorit Wrogemann Erwin W. Kitsch Charitable Trust Dr. Ken Fowler 1 Anonymous Michel D. Lagacé The Asper Foundation Dr. Albert & Mrs. Lee Friesen Gail E. Loewen Black Tie Gails Asper Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Duncan & Ms. Sandra Altner Brandon Area Community Foundation S. E. Loewen Judy Jessiman Winnipeg Jets True North Foundation W. H. Loewen Aubrey & Dr. Linda Asper Ms.Tina Jones Shibashis Bal Sylvia & Robin Cowan Foundation Dr. Brendan MacDougall Mr. Sotirios Kotoulas In Memory of Peter D. Curry Margaret Kellermann McCulloch Mr. R.D. Bell Dr. David Lyttle Frances Booth Defehr Foundation Nathan & Carolyn Mitchell Don & Kim MacDonald Doneta & Harry Brotchie Foundation for Choral Music in Lesia Peet Mr. Art Mauro & Ms. Emily Burt Manitoba Beth M. Proven Ms. Naomi Levine Edward Fisher & Lyse Rémillard Rev. Msgr. Michael Buyachok Francofonds Inc. Wade Miller & Melissa Malden Pierce & Amy Cairns Trudy Schroeder Souchay Gossen Family Foundation Bob and Cindy Newfield Mr. Steven Chipman June Slobodian Marjory Alexander Graham & Family Barb & Gerry Price Jan & Kevin Coates Muriel Smith Fund Ms. Iris Reimer D.J. Cowan Michael S Gray Fund C/O Private Dr. & Mrs. S. Szirom Mr. & Mrs. Meril & Eveline Rivard Margaret Cuddy Giving Foundation Edith A.Toews & Dr. Helen A.Toews Mr. & Mrs. Lyle & Anna Silverman Michael Duncan George Warren Keates Memorial Robin Wiens and Emilie Lagacé-Wiens Charlie & Dayna Spiring Joan & Glen Dyrda Fund Donn K.Yuen Dr. Lea Stogdale Mr. Alan Freeman & Lutz Family Foundation 4 Anonymous Jim & Jan Tennant Dr. Radhika Desai January – February 2018 I OVERTURE 37 Jason A. Goldberg Sheila & David Brodovsky Mr. & Mrs. Richard & Joy C. Betts Sylvia Mitchell Tyler Gompf Stephen Brodovsky Bernice Blakeman Ron & Maureen Monson Dr. Alexander Grunfeld & Andy Burgess Dr.Tenley Nicole Bower Margaret Moroz Silvester Komlodi Lorraine & Gerry Cairns Cathie and Brian Bowerman Morna-June Morrow Gregg & Mary Hanson Mr. David Christianson Mr. & Mrs. Penny & Sheldon Bowles Conor Mulholland Micah Heilbrunn Joy Cooper & Martin Reed Daniel Heindl & Eugene Boychuk Dr. Rashmi Nigam John & Lisa Heimbecker Gordon & Jeannine Cornell Mr. & Mrs. F.Buckmaster Garth & Diane Panting Robin Hildebrand John Corp & Mary Elizabeth Ms. Carol Budnick Phyllis Portnoy & Rory Egan Richard & Carol Jones McKenzie Alexis Kochan & Nestor Budyk Tim Preston & Dave Ling Nora Kaufman Helene Dyck Dr. David Camoriano Rosemary Prior Michael & Glenna Kay Ms. Ursula Erhardt Mrs. Audrey Campbell Dr. Clare Ramsey Mr. & Mrs. Konstantinos & Kathleen & David Estey James Carr Esther and Reynold Redekopp Chrysoula Kotoulas Carrie Ferguson David Carr J. Reichert Mr. Rob Kowalchuk, CPA, CA Dr. LeeAnn Fishback Shelley Chochinov Pat and Bill Reid Mr. & Mrs. Bob & Deirdre Kozminski Judith & Peter Flynn Mr. Raymond Chrunyk Levi & Tena Reimer Mr. Aaron Lewis in Memory of Jocelyn and Mark Gabbert Anna-Lisa Cohen Ricou-Manfreda Robert Handler Robert & Linda Gold Drs. David & Kathleen Connor Judge & Mrs. Charles & Naida Dr. Judith Littleford Dr. Percy Goldberg in memory of Pam & Andrew Cooke Rubin Mr. & Mrs. David & Nancy MacAngus Elaine Goldberg Irene & Robert Corne Ms. Miriam Rudolph Scott MacDonald & Tracey Novak Mr. Gary B. Goossen Mr. & Mrs. John & Claudia Corona A. Schroeder Miss Heather Menzies Mrs. Audrey Harburn Dennis & Ruth Crook Ms. Noreen Sealy Gord & Sherratt Moffatt Mrs. Lisa Hastings Gary & Fiona Crow Majid & Moti Shojania Ms. Valerie Mollison N and L Holliday Mr. Bradley J. Curran Merrill & Shayna Shulman Jim & Krista Morden Robert Jaskiewicz Mr. Peter Czaplinski Mr. & Mrs. Gary and Gwen Steiman Dr. Michael Nelson & Marianne Johnson Esther and Hy Dashevsky Helen Sundstrom Dr. Selena Friesen Mr. Peter Johnson Miss O. Dilay Paul Swart Dr. Joel Nkosi Lawrence Jones Hilary Druxman Dr. & Mrs. David Swatek Mr. John Pacak & Dr. Clare Ramsey Mr. Darrell Klassen Dr. Harry & Mrs. Mary Lynn Todd Tanchak Ted & Mary Paetkau Millie & Wally Kroeker Duckworth Jennifer & Brian Thiessen Lesia Peet T.G. Kucera Beverley & Fred Dyck Ms.Vanessa Thiessen Dr. & Mrs. Brian Postl Mrs.W.K. Labies Mr. & Mrs.W. Easton Tom & Lori Thomas Beth M. Proven Mr. Frank Lavitt Randy Ewanika Edith A.Toews John & Violet Rademaker Lydia MacKenzie, in loving Ms. Susan Feldman Dr. Helen A.Toews Dr. Diane Ramsey memory of Donn Marcia Fleisher & Kelly MacDonald Carol & Neil Trembath Jim & Leney Richardson Dr. John & Mrs. Natalie Mayba Margaret Follett Strang/ van Ineveld Family Mr. Rick Riess & Mrs. Jean Carter Jonathan E. Mitchell Wayne Forbes Brad Vannan Sanford & Deborah Riley Terence and Violeta Moore Penny Gilbert Thuraya Weedon Terry Sargeant & Margaret Haney Yvonne Morier Bruno Gossen Diane Weselake Trudy Schroeder Vera Moroz Katie & DeLloyd Guth Mr. Neil Wilcox Jimmy & Morse Silden Drs. Kenneth & Sharon Mould Patricia Guy David C.Wilson Bob Silver Family Kevin Neiles & Tracy Koga Dr. & Mrs. Don & Jerri Hall Myra Wolch & Saul Cherniack Pam Simmons* Dr. Rashmi Nigam Gordon E. Hannon Karin Woods Muriel Smith Bonnie & Richard Olfert Mr. & Mrs. Ben & Nadia Hanuschak Harry & Evelyn Wray Mrs. Rae Spear Mr. Jean-Francois Phaneuf Mr. & Mrs. Allen Hattie Don & Betty Young Jason Stefanson Donna & Ian Plant Audrey A. Hawkins 6 Anonymous Jon & Jodee Stewart Mrs. Marina Plett-Lyle Blair & Erica Henderson Serenade Mr. Richard Turner Carolynne Presser Marilyn & Helios Hernandez Andrew Valko Edward Acuna Mike Pyle & Laura Lomow Hilda & Elmer Hildebrand Jean Altemeyer Dr. & Mrs. Eric Vickar Larry & Thelma Reynolds Bob & Biddy Hilton Peter & Marina White Kaeren Anderson Jim & Pat Richtik Maryann Hudjik Pat & Harvey Anton Don & Florence Whitmore Ross & Allana Robinson Mrs. Joan M. Hunter Raymond & Shirley Wiest Doug Arrell & Dick Smith Dr. Guillermo Rocha Dr. Lorne Hurst & Elly Hoogterp Betty & Ted Ash Mitch & Wanda Zajac Noni & Dan Rosenblat Drs. Keith & Gwyneth Jones 2 Anonymous Mr. John A. Bailey Barbara Scheuneman Koren & Leonard Kaminski Mr. John A. Bailey * Founding Members Mr.Walter Silicz Ms. Marilyn Kapitany Ralph & Eileen Baxter Robert Sim Randy & Kathleen Kemp Janet, Susan, Kathie Beach Mr. & Mrs. Daniel & Maureen Sitar Marion & Bill Kinnear Dick & Minnie Bell Jim Skinner & Judy Nichol Ray Kohanik & Terri Ashcroft Mr. & Mrs. Harvey & Irene Bergner Deborah Spracklin Mr. Andre Kriening Susan & Edwin Bethune Friends of the WSO support Murray & Loretta Steinbart Ms. Janet Kuchma Joan Blight the WSO each season. Marlene Stern Kat Kupca Shirley Book *Based on 12 months accumulative giving Ms. Marilyn Thompson Edith Landy, in Memory of Mr. Robert Briercliffe Honourary Chair Dr. & Mrs.Willem T.H. van Oers David Landy Jackie Brignall Faye Warren Yan Lau & Ming-Ka Chan Gwen Hoebig, Concertmaster Mr. & Mrs. G.G. Brodsky Q.C. Herbert & Shirley Wildeman Ms. Francoise Lesage & Sherrill Brown Symphony Profs. Robert O'Kell & Arlene Mr. Ken Mills Michael Bumstead Mrs. France Adams Young James & Pat Ludwig Sel & Chris Burrows Greg Fettes & Carmyn Aleshka 6 Anonymous Dr. Brendan MacDougall Gary & Jane Caines Douglas MacEwan Judy & Jay Anderson Concerto Gerald Callow Ms. Janet Ash John Maguire & Susan Collison Ms. Donna Carruthers Gorden Andrus & Adele Kory Margaret-Lynne & Jim Astwood Drs. Joshua Manusow & Kristen Laura Chan & Herman Lam Dr. David Barnard Cheryl & Earl Barish Creek Ron Clement David & Gillian Bird Ms. Kathleen Beach-Nelson Louise McLandress Fred Coakes Helga & Gerhard Bock Audrey Belyea Shana Menkis Ms. Julie Collings Susan Brownstone Brock & Zita & Mark Bernstein Family Mr. Neil Middleton Glynis Corkal Thomas Brock Foundation Nathan & Carolyn Mitchell Helle Cosby

38 OVERTURE I January – February 2018 Barbara & Brian Crow Angelos and Pauline Macrodimitris Edith Wilde Marj Grevstad Ms. Linda Daniels Allan Malbranck Debbie Wilson Irene Groot-Koerkamp & Greg Mr.Tom Dercola Linda Martin Donna Woods Edmond Sandra & Robert Dewey Ruth May Mr. & Mrs. John & Beverly Yarema Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth W. & Marjorie Mr. & Mrs. Gordon Dingman Lynne McCarthy & Claude Davis 20 Anonymous Grower Faye Dixon in Memory of J. Doreen McCormick Mr. & Mrs. Saul Guttman Graham Dixon Mrs. Maureen McIntosh Prelude Ms. Joanne Hampson Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence & Mr. & Mrs. Sheldon McLeod Brian & Karen Abrams Ms. Meghan Hansen Brenda Donald Glen Mead Dr. & Mrs. N.R. Anthonisen Kelsey Hargreaves & Vojtech John and Ada Ducas Judith Meunier Brian & Janice Bailey Balaban R. Duddek Dr. Kyle Millar Allan & Rochelle Baker Ms. Erin Harley Frances Edye Brad & Donna Mitchell Alison Baldwin Mrs. Phyllis Hatskin George B. Elias D.E. Morrison Mr. & Mrs. R. Bruce Ball Ms. Helen Hawrysh Mr. & Mrs. Richard A. Elsner Jr. Mr.Tom Mutter and Ms. Raena Mr. Robert Baragar Larry & Evelyn Hecht John & Martha Enns Buksak Ms. Margaret Barbour Terry Heron Siegfried Enns Ms. Bonnie Neil Robert Barton Shirley Hicks Independent Jewellers Ltd. Truus Oliver In Memory of Robert Coates Ms. Marilyn Hido Ruth & Ernest Epp Prof. Kerrie A. Orlick Donald & Edith Besant Karen Hiscott Margaret E. Faber Wayne & Linda Paquin Ms. Diane Bewell Richard & Karen Howell Nelma Fetterman Patricia Mary Patterson Ms.Trudy Blight Huynh Van Ho Doug & Phyllis Flint Cameron Pauls Eric & Clara Bohm Rozin & Cathy Iwanicki Mrs. Gitta Fricke Ms. Eleanor Payne Ruth & Kris Breckman Mrs. Jacquie James Donalda Fridfinnson David & Veronica Payne Paul & Doreen Bromley Bob Jansen Arnold & Christa Froese Mr. Rick Pinchin Miss Dorothy Broomhall Alan Janzen & Leona Sookram Harold & Alice Funk Sandra & Irvin Plosker Chris Brown & Pat McCullough Father Stan A. Jaworski George & Carol Gamby Ruth Carol & Len Podheiser Mr. E. Brown Mrs. Karen Kaplen Kelvin Goertzen Don & Carol Poulin Mrs. Dee Buchwald Ms. Bev Kawchuk larry & Susanne Greer Ms. Lois Powne Kevin Burns Ursula & Sandor Kelemen George Haidau Donna & Gordon Price Mr. John Burrows Jo Kellendonk Linda Harlos & Adrian Wildsmith Dr. David Punter Ruth Calvert Ms. Mary Klassen Patricia Harras Juta Rathke Mrs. Patti Cherney Nadine & Herb Klassen Beth & Raymond Harris Dr. Kelly Regula Lawrie and Bea Cherniack John Knowles & Kathryn Knowles Catherine Harrison Anne Reid and the MacLarty Family Anne Cholakis & Howard Loewen Kozub/Halldorson Family Teresa A. Hay Mr. Daryl & Mrs. Sheila Reid Mrs. Leona Christiansen Miss Patricia Kuchma Ruediger & Lydia Hedrich M. Rennie Helen Bergen, Music Director Helen & Len La Rue L.G. Herd Kevin Rollason & Gail MacAulay FGUC Choir Anne La Tour Ms. Susan Hildebrandt Steve Ruddy & Pauline Boisselle Mr.Victor Collomb Ron Lambert Debby and Brian Hirsch Matt Schaubroeck Dennis Cooley Langrell Family Carole Holke William Scheidt Joyce & Lawrence Cormack Mrs. Ingrid Lee Mr. & Mrs. J.K. Holland Ed & Susan Schmidt Maxine Cristall Mr. & Ms. Saul & Kathy Leibl Patti Holm Hans & Gabriele Schneider Tracey Cullen Francois Lentz Helmut & Dorothy Huebert Marie Schoffner Mr. & Mrs.Ted & Lacona Mr. R. Leroeye Carl & Vi Hultin Dr. & Mrs. Alvin and Ethel Schroeder Cunningham Jennifer Lidstone William J. Hutton Dr. & Mrs. Morry Schwartz Judy & Werner Danchura Tom & Lovie Liewicki Rudy & Gail Isaak Dr. L. Sekla Maureen Danzinger Albert & Helen Litz David Jacobson Olga & Myron Shatulsky Mr. Ray Davis Barry & Patricia Lloyd Terry & Shirley James Robert Shaw & Chris Krawchenko F.De Grazia Roger Lowe Margaret Jeffries Phil & Nancy Shead Wade Derkson Ms. Dorothy I. MacIntyre Ross & Betty Jo Johnston Robert Shindleman and Family Anne Downey Al & Pat Mackling Victoria Johnston Mr. & Ms. Ed Shwedyk Mr. & Mrs. Mervin & Ariela Mr. & Mrs. Cam & Joy MacLean Rick & Caroline Josephson Louis & Shirley Ann Simkulak Drabinsky Barbara Main J. Gartner & L. Kampeas Brenda Sklar Herb & Norma Driver Anethea Marshall Henry Katz, in Memory of Dena David & Lorraine Smith Anne Dubouloz-Gislason Harold S. Mawhinney & Judy Moon Marilynne Keil Ms. Kaye Snatenchuk Lezlee Dunn Dr. & Mrs. Ihor Mayba Mr. & Mrs. Burton J. Kennedy Ms. Brenda Snider Gloria Dyck Paul A. McCulloch Ken Kinsley Margaret & Hartley Stinson Andrea Dyhe C. & J. McIntyre Heather Kirkham Susan Stobart Linda Edel D. McKay Erwin W. Kitsch Lorne Sunley Scott & Margaret Edmonds Violet McKenzie Susan & Keith Knox Dr. & Mrs. Ian & Karen Sutton Mr. & Mrs. J.G. Ekins Ted McLachlan Ms. Jose Koes Jo Swartz & Richard Silverman Don & Martha Epstein Mrs. Jean McLennan Ed & Helen Kolomaya Dr. & Mrs. Stephen Szirom Ms. Karin Erhardt S. McMillan Marion B Korn Dr. & Mrs. John Taylor S & G Fast Cheryl McNabb & Gerald Davis Mona Koropatnick James & Joanne Teitsma Michael Feld Mr. & Mrs. Q. McNaught Ms. Dorothy Kotler June & Lorne Thompson Mathilda Fijn Ms. Linda Meckling Sarah Kredentser & David Howen C. & R.Thomsen Joanne Flynn Estelle Meyers Elaine & Patrick Lamonica Paul Trapnell Margo Foxford Tzivie Meyers, Anibal, Ashira and Lisa & Ted Estela Violago Mrs. Marguerite Fredette Ronen Mass Mr. Don Lawrence VQ Salon Mrs. Donna Friesen Ms. Sue Miclash Rose & Dick Lim Ms. Edna Walpole Mrs. Margaret Funk Mr. & Mrs.Walter & Gladys Mildren Fraser & Joan Linklater Sherri Walsh & Dr. Louis Ludwig Lise Laverdure & François Gauvin Carolyn Garlich & Peter Miller Nick Logan & Christine Skene Garnet Ward Dr. & Mrs. Jon Gerrard Ms. Sheila Miller Sarah Luby Dr. Marnie Waters In memory of a long time Mrs. Mona Mills Janice Lutz in Memory of Jack Watts supporter Mrs. Kay Lee Ms. Marlene Milne Andrew Lutz Mr. & Mrs. Hymie & Shaaron Weinstein Dr. & Mrs. Andrew & Karen Gomori Mrs. Joan Ann Morton Janice Lutz in Memory of J.Whyte D. Gooch John & Margaret Mundie Patricia Hoebig Robin Wiens and Emilie Suzanne Gray Leesa Munroe Lorraine MacLeod Lagacé-Wiens Mrs. Noreen Greenberg Charlotte Murrell January – February 2018 I OVERTURE 39 Mel & Sharon Myers Mr. Andrew Winkless Mrs. Diane Holding Margot A. Ross Mrs. Sheila Mymryk Joan Heather Wise Walter & Victoria Hrabluk Marnie Ross Dr. Sidney & Gwen Nelko Patrick Wright Stella Hryniuk John & Shirley Russell Ms. Judy M. Nichol & Dr. Jim Skinner Libby Yager and Billy Brodovsky Mr. & Mrs. Peter & Rosalind Husband Joan Sabourin Mikaela Oldenkamp Mr. Edwin Yee Ishbel Isaacs Eduardo & Olga Saveliovsky David & Hermine Olfert Donn K.Yuen Bonnie Dee & Richard Jakubowski Jessie Sawicz Allan & Hazel Osborn 22 Anonymous David & Heather Jenkins Ivor & Lorna Schledewitz Mr. Douglas Page Susan Johnson Mary Agnes Welch Sonatina Ms. Georgine Palmquist Ron & Barb Johnson Charlene & Harry Schwartz Joan, Stuart and Helen Payne Arshad Ahsanuddin C Bohemier Adriana Sedlak John & Agnieszka Payne Jonathan Alvaran Dr. Arnold & Mrs. Doreen Kapitz Mr. & Mrs. Bill & Lynn Shead Ms. Nettie Peters Alyssa Amposta Mr. Gordon C. Keatch Michael & Elaine Shnier Ingrid Peters-Fransen In Memory of Andrew Lutz Katie Kirkpatrick Izzy Shore Ian & Ann-Margret Plummer Jacqueline Anderson Mrs.Vera Kostyshyn Mrs. Elaine Silverberg Ms. Danuta Podkomorska Greg Anderson Ms. Irene Kuhtey Ms. Jean P.Smellie Gabriela Popescu Dr. John Badertscher Ms. Betty Laing Evelyn R. Smith Blumie Portnoy Ms. Susan Baird Elizabeth Lansard Mr. & Mrs. Robert Smith Mrs. Edna Poulter Mrs. Eva Berard Frances Lemieux Darby Spafford April Powell Mrs. Lori Bettig Kim Lentowitsch Dr. Camelia Stefanovici Mr. Guy Prokopetz Mr. Dick J. Bloemheuvel Mr. & Mrs. David Levene Robert Stewart & Leslie Ross-Stewart Beth M. Proven Mr. Laurence Brandt Katrina Limberatos George Stolarskyj Mrs. Nell Provinciano Monica Brechka Christopher MacNutt Mrs. Marilyn Stothers Bryan & Diana Purdy Crowe & Brownlie Pat & Murray Macrae Mrs. Joan Swaffer M. Reguly Alfred Buelow Mr. Allan L. Mapes Frank Talbot Theresa Rempel Susan Burchill Mrs. Irene Marriott Gladys Tarala Eleanor Riach Sheila Burland Marian Martin Ross & Bette Jayne Taylor Mr. Louis Ricciuto Divna Calic Ms.Teresa Martin Ms. Linda Thomas Mr. & Mrs. Robert & Vera Ripley Ms. Linda Campbell Emily Mayoralgo Phyllis Thomson Brian & Iris Rountree Aline Caron Hugh McCabe Ms. Melita Tonogai Frances E. Rowlin Ella Chenkie Kelly McGonigal Sherri Towaij Mr. Johnny Rule Salangad & Melina Chow Jim McLaren Ms. Josette Toye Ms. Pearly Rule Salangad S.K. Clark Ardythe McMaster Shelley Turnbull David & Helen Saude Mr. Alfred Cornies Sen. Marilou McPhedran Ward Tweet Grant & Janet Saunders Karen Couch Iona McPhee Cathy Tymm Nicola Schaefer Greg Cox Mr. Garfield McRae Carole Urias Kay Schalme The Crawford & McCarver Family Ms. Kathleen Michener Ms. Eleanor Urquhart Mr. M. Schnitzer Mr. Fred J. Cross Mrs. Jocelyn Millard Ms. Stephanie M. van Nest R. Schroeder Jean Cunningham Bob & Penny Miller Mrs. Arlene van Ruiten Mr. Ken Schykulski Carl Ar Darby Harry & Annette Minuk Mr. Steve van Vlaenderen Charlene Scouten Eric Davies Ms. Sharon Minuk Denis Vincent Carl & Margaret Shaykewich Mr. & Mrs. Ken & Monique Davis Sandi Mitchell Mrs. Nancy Vincent Heida & Skuli Sigfusson Silvia V. de Sousa Carolyn and Nathan Mitchell Irv & Toby Vinsky Jordan Sodomsky Mrs.Wilna Dehls Ms. Sandra Mitchell Miss A. H.Wagstaffe Wilma Sotas L. N. Delisle Jon Montes Dr. Jackie Walker Geri & Peter Spencer Beth Derraugh M Morawski Mr. Glen Angus Webster Ms. Nata L. Spigelman Ms.Terrylynn Desrosiers Maureen Morin Grace M.Wiebe Mr. & Mrs. Starodub M. Jane Dick Jeffrey & Mary Morton Annemarie Wiebe Dan & Elsie Stasiuk Mrs. Ethel Dil Kim Morton Ms. Barbara Wiebe Mrs. Pat Stefanchuk Paul Dueck Jackie Murphy Theresa Wiktorski Bonnie Hoffer-Steiman & Lionel Pam Eyland Anne Martin Peter Wilk Steiman Vera & Peter Fast Ms. Helen O'Neill Christine Wojcikowski Ms. Helena Stelsovsky Ross Feldman Alice Oswald Ms. Ruth Zahodnik Ms. Sally Stephens Ms. Helen Feniuk Mrs. Clarice Owen Mr. & Mrs. Edward & Susan Zwingerman Archie & Shirley Stone Dr. Jeannette Filion-Rosset Judith Owens 33 Anonymous Lorron Agencies Ltd. Barbara Filuk Shirley & Graham Padgett Muriel Sutherland Ms. Catherine Flower Sonjia Pasiechnik Ms. Karen Swain Mrs. Cindy Flynn Mrs. Liz Patzer Ross & Bette Jayne Taylor Peter Flynn Ellen Peel & Neil Bruneau Tom Thiessen Hilda Franz Mr. Irwine Permut Bonny Fraser Gail Perry & David Firman Mary and Robert Thomas Festival donors help to further Mrs. Deborah Thorlakson Jim & Betty Gaynor Margaret Peters the musical artistry of the Betsy F Thorsteinson Mr. David P.Giesbrecht Robert Peterson Robert & Barb Tisdale Ms. Jacqueline Godard Grant & Gail Pierce WSO’s New Music Festival. Henry & Elizabeth Toews Heather F.Graham Denise Piper Thank you! Ms. Gail Granger Ken & Geri Porath Ms. Andrea Towers Alpha Masonry Ira van den Berg & Greg Butterfield Mrs. Inga Granovskaya Mark Potash, Darena Snowe, Lily Victoria Gretchen Snowe-Potash, Lev Snowe-Potash Mrs. France Adams Mr. Michael van Lierop Jean Altemeyer Dr. & Mrs. Jose & Ruth Vasconcelos Ms. Marianne Gruber Janis Pregnall Joanne Prygrocki Gorden Andrus & Adele Kory Barry and Gail Veals Ms. Marion Guinn Ms. Joanne Prygrocki Ms. Janet Ash Hugo and Anny Veldhuis Raul Gutierrez Valerie Raber Aubrey & Dr. Linda Asper Nils & Melissa Vik B. & R. Hall Karen Rassmussen-Oke Alison Baldwin Jim & Joan Warbeck Gertrude Hamilton Mrs. Marieann Reeves David & Gillian Bird Waverley Tenant Association Helen & Peter Hayward Ms. Barbara Robertson Ms.Trudy Blight Mrs. Evelyn Wener John Heath Melissa Steele Dr.Tenley Nicole Bower Medical James & Claudia Weselake D&R Herntier Jean Robson Corporation Dr. Gaynor Jane Williams Jean Highmoor Gisela Roger Jackie Brignall Dorcas & Kirk Windsor Mrs. Margaret Hill The Hintsas Mrs.V. Rosolowich Stephen Brodovsky 40 OVERTURE I January – February 2018 Kevin Burns Majid & Moti Shojania Mr. John A. Bailey Dr. David Camoriano Pam Simmons Ms. Susan Baird David Carr Muriel Smith In Memory of Robert Coates Anne Cholakis & Howard Loewen Jordan Sodomsky Ralph & Eileen Baxter Janet, Susan, Kathie Beach in Mr. & Mrs. John & Claudia Corona Marlene Stern Sistema Winnipeg is a daily Memory of Garnet & Betty Beach Cushman & Wakefield Marlene Stern & Peter Rae after-school program offered Mr. Peter Czaplinski Susan Stobart Ms. Kathleen Beach-Nelson at no cost to participants that Eric Davies Susan Glass & Arni Thorsteinson In Honour of Helene Beauchemin Sandra & Robert Dewey U of M Icelandic Department enriches the lives of children and Audrey Belyea Dr. R. Dookeran Medical Brad Vannan young people with the fewest Helen Bergen, Music Director FGUC Corporation Ms. Stephanie M. van Nest resources and the greatest Choir Andrea Dyhe Nils & Melissa Vik need. The WSO gratefully Ms. Diane Bewell Kathleen & David Estey VQ Salon acknowledges the following Sheila & David Brodovsky Randy Ewanika Meeka Walsh patrons whose support makes a Paul & Doreen Bromley Ms. Carol Budnick Ms. Susan Feldman Dr. Marnie Waters difference in the everyday lives Alexis Kochan & Nestor Budyk Dr. LeeAnn Fishback Mr. & Mrs. Hymie & Shaaron Weinstein of these children. Thank you! Susan Burchill Ms. Catherine Flower Mr. Neil Wilcox Lorraine & Gerry Cairns Honourary Chair Wayne Forbes Karin Woods Mrs. Audrey Campbell Daniel Friedman & Rob Dalgliesh Dr. Jens J.Wrogemann Daniel Scholz, Principal Viola Ms. Linda Campbell Dr. & Mrs. Don & Jerri Hall 4 Anonymous Maestoso Canada Guaranty Kelsey Hargreaves & Vojtech Balaban Fred Coakes Mrs. Lisa Hastings Winnipeg Jets True North Foundation Anna-Lisa Cohen Ms. Helen Hawrysh RBC Foundation Mr.Victor Collomb Marilyn & Helios Hernandez Richardson Foundation Dennis Cooley Hilda & Elmer Hildebrand Vivace D.J. Cowan Patti Holm Greg Cox Share the Music is a unique Mr. & Mrs. Barry & Carol McArton Iceland Naturally The Crawford & McCarver Family outreach initiative of the WSO Telus Bonnie Dee & Richard Jakubowski that allows economically Tracey Cullen Marianne Johnson disadvantaged children and Con Brio Carl Ar Darby Mr. Peter Johnson L. N. Delisle their families to attend WSO Bridgeport Office Solutions Drs. Keith & Gwyneth Jones Dr. Ken Fowler Silvia V. de Sousa Richard & Carol Jones performances. Thank you for Douglas Kuhl School of Music Inc. helping to Share the Music! Souchay Gossen Family Foundation Koren & Leonard Kaminski Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries Dr. Harry & Mrs. Mary Lynn Duckworth J. Gartner & L. Kampeas Ms. Margaret Barbour The Winnipeg Foundation - Mauro Dr. Harry & Mrs. Mary Lynn Kevin & Els Kavanagh Ralph & Eileen Baxter Family Fund Duckworth in Memory of Diena Jo Kellendonk Lucienne Blouw in Honour of Louise 1 Anonymous Young Ms. Jose Koes Nebbs and Paul Godard Allegro R. Duddek Mr. Sotirios Kotoulas Lucienne Blouw in memory of Kozub/Halldorson Family Gloria Dyck Hermi van den Berg Dr. David Barnard T.G. Kucera Mr. R.D. Bell ECCO Singers Dr. William Dutka Ron Lambert Andy Burgess Linda Edel Lisa & Ted Barbara Filuk Timothy & Barbara Burt Ms. Karin Erhardt Sherri Walsh & Dr. Louis Ludwig George Haidau Rev. Msgr. Michael Buyachok Ms. Ursula Erhardt Kathleen Estey, in memory of Drs. Eleanor & Grant MacDougall Don & Jerri Hall, in Memory of Mr. David Christianson Alan Maxwell Mr. & Mrs. Cam & Joy MacLean Aunt Lois Anderson Gordon & Jeannine Cornell Pam Eyland John Maguire & Susan Collison Huynh Van Ho Art & Leona Defehr In Memory of Mary Harrison Greg & Linda Fearn Michael Feld Drs. Joshua Manusow & Kristen Creek Ross Feldman Ms.Teresa Martin Mrs. Karen Kaplen Judith & Peter Flynn Jocelyn and Mark Gabbert Nelma Fetterman Brent Mazur & Nancy Quiring Russell Kennedy Mathilda Fijn Paul A. McCulloch Claudette & Robert Lussier Mr. Gary B. Goossen Michael S Gray Fund C/O Private Mrs. Cindy Flynn Ted McLachlan Pat & Murray Macrae Judith & Peter Flynn in memory of Shana Menkis Mr. & Mrs. Barry & Carol McArton Giving Foundation Kevin & Els Kavanagh Diena Young Ron & Sandi Mielitz Ms. Sharon Minuk Judith & Peter Flynn in memory of Ms. Sheila Miller Bill and Shirley Loewen Mr. Gordon Mitchell Dr. David Lyttle Andrew Wihelm-Boyles Conor Mulholland Margaret Moroz, in memory of Peter Flynn Michael Nesbitt Manitoba Community Services Mrs. Pat Hoebig Council Margo Foxford Bob and Cindy Newfield Anne Martin Miss Heather Menzies Bonny Fraser Dr. Rashmi Nigam Medical Corp Dr. & Mrs. Jon Gerrard Dr. Sidney & Gwen Nelko Jonathan E. Mitchell Dr. Rashmi Nigam In Memory of James Joseph ("Jim") Lesia Peet in memory of Andrew Lutz Yvonne Morier Gibbons Mikaela Oldenkamp John Morriss Anne Reid and the MacLarty Family in Ms. Gail Granger Lesia Peet Kevin Neiles & Tracy Koga Memory of Norman MacKay, Suzanne Gray Phyllis Portnoy & Rory Egan Profs. Robert O'Kell & Arlene Young 38 years as a member of the Raul Gutierrez Mark Potash, Darena Snowe, Lily Mr. Jean-Francois Phaneuf French Horn Section of WSO and Mr. & Mrs. Ben & Nadia Hanuschak Snowe-Potash, Lev Snowe-Potash Maurice (Moe) & Ethel Pierce Fund Personnel Manager for some time Patricia Harras Beth M. Proven Mrs. Shirley Richardson Margot A. Ross Catherine Harrison Dr. Clare Ramsey Mr.Walter Silicz Audrey A. Hawkins in memory of her Kelly Regula Dental Corp Mr. L. J. Roy Jim & Jan Tennant Pat and Bill Reid M Scheuneman mother, Mrs. Janice Hawkins Faye Warren Ruediger & Lydia Hedrich M. Rennie Brenda Sklar Elsie Williston Dr. Guillermo Rocha Mr. Robert B. Stinson D&R Herntier 6 Anonymous Shirley Hicks Steve Ruddy & Pauline Boisselle Jim & Jan Tennant Olga & Bill Runnalls Conmoto Robin Hildebrand Ward Tweet Debby and Brian Hirsch Barbara Scheuneman Jonathan Alvaran Ms. Gerardina Vanaert Karen Hiscott Mr. M. Schnitzer Estela Violago Alyssa Amposta In Memory of Eleanor Anne Mrs. Jacquie James Robert Shaw & Chris Krawchenko 5 Anonymous Bob Jansen in memory of Eleanor Michael & Elaine Shnier Annandale Betty & Ted Ash Annandale January – February 2018 I OVERTURE 41 In memory of my uncle Joe Jaworski in Memory of Eleanor Ms. Noreen Sealy Margaret Jeffries who was a musician Anne Annandale Pietra Shirley Ursula & Sandor Kelemen Ron & Barb Johnson Todd Tanchak Mr. & Mrs. Daniel & Maureen Sitar John Knowles & Kathryn Knowles Susan Johnson In Honour of Bette Jayne Taylor Ms. Karen Swain Ed & Helen Kolomaya Victoria Johnston Jennifer & Brian Thiessen Dr. & Mrs. David Swatek Mrs.Vera Kostyshyn Rick & Caroline Josephson Mary and Robert Thomas Frank Talbot Edith Landy, in Memory of Marilynne Keil Phyllis Thomson James & Joanne Teitsma David Landy Ed & Helen Kolomaya Betsy F Thorsteinson in Memory of Jim & Jan Tennant Langrell Family Anne La Tour Ruth Dowse Susan Glass & Arni Thorsteinson Anne La Tour Kim Lentowitsch Julian Thorsteinson Garnet Ward Mrs. Ingrid Lee Albert & Helen Litz Toad Hall Toys Inc. James & Claudia Weselake Frances Lemieux Dr. Brendan MacDougall Edith A.Toews Robin Wiens & Emilie Lagacé-Wiens Francois Lentz Lorraine MacLeod Carol & Neil Trembath Raymond & Shirley Wiest Mr. & Mrs. David Levene Allan Malbranck Cathy Tymm in Honour of Meg Edith Wilde Tom & Lovie Liewicki Joseph and Judith Malko Family Specht's Birthday David C.Wilson Elaine & Neil Margolis Fund - the Strategic Charitable Carole Urias WSO Women's Committee in Cheryl McNabb & Gerald Davis Giving Foundation Strang/ van Ineveld Family memory of Eleanor Gibson Kim Morton Manitoba Children's Museum Mr. Michael van Lierop Karin Woods Mr. Tom Mutter and Ms. Raena Buksak Marian Martin in Memory of Eleanor Mr. & Mrs. Gordon & Charlotte Walkty Mr. & Mrs. John & Beverly Yarema Ms. Judy M. Nichol & Dr. Jim Skinner Annandale Ms.Vanessa Warne 3 Anonymous Wayne & Linda Paquin Emily Mayoralgo Thuraya Weedon Mrs. Liz Patzer Lynne McCarthy & Claude Davis ALEXANDER MICKELTHWATE Diane Weselake ENDOWMENT FUND Ms. Pat Philpott Kelly McGonigal Maryann Hudjik Mr. Guy Prokopetz Mrs. Maureen McIntosh Westminster United Church Shelley Chochinov Mrs. Shirley Richardson Quinton & Maureen McNaught in WhoDunit? Mystery Bookstore Barbara & Brian Crow in Honour of Jim & Pat Richtik Memory of Barry Anderson Ms. Barbara Wiebe Alexander Mickelthwate Eduardo & Olga Saveliovsky Mr. & Mrs. Q. McNaught in Memory of Grace M.Wiebe Bruno Gossen in Honour of Kay Schalme Merrily Peters Peter Wilk Alexander Mickelthwate Deborah Spracklin Iona McPhee Dr. Gaynor Jane Williams Richard & Carol Jones Dr. & Mrs. Stephen Szirom Ms. Linda Meckling Myra Wolch & Saul Cherniack Lydia MacKenzie in Honour of Mrs. Deborah Thorlakson Mr. Neil Middleton Donna Woods Alexander Mickelthwate, in Annemarie Wiebe Dr. Kyle Millar Libby Yager and Billy Brodovsky loving memory of Donn Ms. Marlene Milne Ms. Ruth Zahodnik Arlene Young and Robert O'Kell Lawrie & Fran Pollard 8 Anonymous Carolyn and Nathan Mitchell Don & Betty Young Jim Skinner in Honour of Vera Moroz 16 Anonymous Alexander Mickelthwate Morna-June Morrow Hien Tran OTHER DONATIONS Kim Morton GENERAL WSO Brian & Karen Abrams in Honour of Jeffrey & Mary Morton Harvey & Sandra Weisman's Mrs. Sheila Mymryk 60th Anniversary and Harvey's Ms. Bonnie Neil 90th Birthday North Kildonan United Church ENDOWMENT FUND Lucienne Blouw in Memory of Alice Oswald The WSO gratefully acknowledges the Sistema Winnipeg gratefully Nancy Lambert In Memory of Diena Young following patrons whose foresight acknowledges those who have Lucienne Blouw in Honour of Garth & Diane Panting Marlene Crielaard and Alan Patricia Mary Patterson helps to ensure long-term financial started their own named funds David & Veronica Payne, in Memory support for the WSO. Thank you! at The Winnipeg Foundation. Schmitt's Wedding Lucienne Blouw in Honour of of Eleanor Annandale Judy & Jay Anderson The Marjorie & Morley Blankenstein John & Agnieszka Payne in Memory Peter and Jane Markesteyn Shibashis Bal Sistema Endowment Fund Jackie Brignall in memory of of Eleanor Anne Annandale Blumie & Iser Portnoy Endowment Fund In Memory of Eleanor Annandale The Tannis M. Richardson Andrew Lutz Sheila & David Brodovsky, in memory Anne Downey in Memory of from Joan, Stuart and Helen of Dr. Moe and Ethel Pierce Sistema Endowment Fund Lesia Peet Pat Mutchmore Lorraine & Gerry Cairns The Michael Nozick Family Barry & Susan Greenberg in Margaret Peters Glynis Corkal & Jim Turnock Robert Peterson Sistema Endowment Fund Memory of Mayer Rabkin D.J. Cowan Nessie & David Greenberg in Grant & Gail Pierce Mr. John A. Bailey Mr. Ray Davis Memory of Mayer Rabkin Mrs. Edna Poulter Ralph & Eileen Baxter April Powell in memory of Helene Dyck Harvelyn, Catherine, Lisa, Pam, Nora, Ruth & Ernest Epp Audrey Belyea S. Devinder S. Bharaj Mr. & Mrs. Harvey & Irene Bergner Fran, Betty & Al, Bev & Bruce in Ms. Lois Powne Ms. Ursula Erhardt Memory of Merrily Peters Greg & Linda Fearn Shirley Book Elizabett Prenter Frances Booth Nadine & Herb Klassen in Memory Dr. David Punter Ms. Catherine Flower Mr. E. Brown of Mayer Rabkin Valerie Raber Mrs. Gitta Fricke Ms. Shirley Brown Sharon Love in Memory of Mrs. Marieann Reeves Marilyn & Helios Hernandez Mrs. Dee Buchwald Jeannine McCallum M. Reguly Ms. Marilyn Kapitany Gail Perry & David Firman in Marilynne Keil, in Memory of D.J. Cowan Ms.Teresa Reilly Memory of Andrew Lutz David H. Skinner The Crawford & McCarver Family Melissa Steele In memory of Katherine (Kay) Lee Margaret Kellermann McCulloch & Mr. & Mrs. Ken & Monique Davis Jean Robson Charlene & Harry Schwartz in Ms. Miriam Rudolph Paul A. McCulloch Mr. John J. Enns Aaron Lewis Siegfried Enns Memory of Mayer Rabkin Joan Sabourin Robert Shindleman and Family in Mr.Terry Sargeant Nick Logan & Christine Skene S & G Fast Barbara Main Dr. Jeannette Filion-Rosset memory of Mayer Rabkin Nicola Schaefer Evelyn R. Smith in Memory of Perce & Elizabeth Schirmer Brent Mazur & Nancy Quiring Mr. David P.Giesbrecht Mayer Rabkin Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Barry & Carol McArton Katie & DeLloyd Guth Ed & Susan Schmidt Judith Meunier Mr. & Mrs. Ben & Nadia Hanuschak Dr. & Mrs. S. Szirom, in Memory of A. Schroeder Margaret Moroz Linda Harlos & Adrian Wildsmith Edith Sagi Trudy Schroeder Gabriela Popescu Teresa A. Hay In memory of Mayer Rabkin Olga & Myron Shatulsky Pat and Bill Reid Shirley Hicks Irv & Toby Vinsky in Memory of Jim Skinner & Judy Nichol Ms. Iris Reimer Ms. Susan Hildebrandt Mayer Rabkin Wilma Sotas Levi & Tena Reimer Bob & Biddy Hilton Mr. & Mrs. Edward & Susan Darby Spafford Mr. Louis Ricciuto The Hintsas Zwingerman in Memory of Garry & Linda Specht Ross & Allana Robinson Walter & Victoria Hrabluk Mayer Rabkin Mrs. Pat Stefanchuk Olga & Bill Runnalls Carl & Vi Hultin 1 Anonymous Robert Stewart & Leslie Ross-Stewart, Ivor & Lorna Schledewitz William J. Hutton Listing as of December 1, 2017 42 OVERTURE I January – February 2018 PRESIDENTS OF THE WINNIPEG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

1948-51 Hon. Mr. Justice J.T. Beaubien 1984-86 Mr. Harold Buchwald, Q.C. 1951-53 Mr. J. M. Sinclair 1986-88 Mr. Michel Lagacé 1953-55 Dr. Digby Wheeler 1988-90 Mr.William H. Loewen 1955-57 Mr.W. D. Hurst 1990-92 Mrs. Julia DeFehr 1957-58 Dr. Hugh H. Saunderson 1992-94 Mr. Gordon Fogg 1958-61 Mr. E.W. H. Brown 1994-96 Mrs. Helen Hayles 1961-62 Mr. David Slater 1996-97 Mr. Anthony Brookes 1962-64 The Hon. Mr. Justice Monnin 1997-98 Mrs. Helen Hayles 1964-65 Mr. Norman J. Alexander 1998-99 Mr.William Norrie 1965-67 Mr. R.W. Richards Feb 1999 -May 1999 Mr.William Loewen 1967-69 Mr.W. R. Palmer Jun 1999-2000 Mr. Bruce MacCormack 1969-71 Mr. E. J. Smith 2000-Feb 03 Mr. Roger King 1971-73 Dr. M. M. Pierce Mar 2003-Dec 2003 Ms. Patti Sullivan 1973-74 Mr. H. S. Brock-Smith Dec 2003-Jan 2005 Mr.Wally Fox-Decent 1974-76 Mr. Allan G. Moffatt Jan 2005-Jul 2006 Ms. Carol Bellringer 1976-78 Mr. Julian D.T. Benson Jul 2006-Nov 2006 Mr. Harvey I Pollock, QC 1978-79 Mr. John L. Buckworth (Interim President) 1979-80 Mr. N. Roger McFallon Dec 2006-Jun 2007 Dr. Brendan MacDougall 1980-81 Mr. John F.Fraser 2007-2012 Ms. Dorothy Dobbie 1981-82 Mr.William W. Draper 2012-2016 Mr.Timothy E. Burt, CFA 1982-83 Mr. John O. Baatz 2016-present Mr.Terry Sargeant 1983-84 Mr. Andrew D. M. Ogaranko, Q.C.

PRESIDENT’S ADVISORY COUNCIL

Al Alexandruk Elba Haid Michael Nozick Mal Anderson Helen Hayles Harvey I Pollock, QC Carol Bellringer Kaaren Hawkins Dr.William Pope Marilyn Billinkoff Sherrill Hershberg John Rademaker Doneta Brotchie Ian Kay Kathleen Richardson John and Bonnie Buhler Roger King Tannis Richardson Timothy E. Burt, CFA Bill Knight Leney Richardson James Carr Michel Lagacé Ed Richmond Edmund Dawe, D.M.A. Zina Lazareck Lorne Sharfe Dorothy Dobbie Gail Leach William Shead Greg Doyle Dr. Hermann Lee Graeme Sifton Jamie Dolynchuk Naomi Levine Joanne Sigurdson Julia De Fehr Bill Loewen Muriel Smith Susan Feldman Jackie Lowe Bonnie Staples-Lyon Barbara Filuk Dr. Brendan MacDougall Brenlee Carrington Trepel Wally Fox-Decent Don MacKenzie Dennis Wallace Jack Fraser Bill Marr Evelyn Friesen Ed J. Martens

January – February 2018 I OVERTURE 43 WSO BOARD & STAFF 2017-2018 SEASON

BOARD OF DIRECTORS OUR DISTINGUISHED PATRONS Terry Sargeant, Daniel Friedman Her Honour the Honourable President Dr. Selena Friesen Janice C. Filmon C.M., O.M. Curt Vossen, Micah Heilbrunn Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba Vice President Robin Hildebrand The Honourable Brian Pallister, Rob Kowalchuk, Peter Jessiman Premier of Manitoba Treasurer Margaret Kellermann His Worship Brian Bowman, Michael Kay, McCulloch Mayor of the City of Winnipeg Corporate Secretary Dr. Maureen Kilgour Ida Albo Silvester Komlodi Mr.W.H. Loewen & Mrs. S.E. Loewen, Sandra Altner Sotirios Kotoulas WSO Directors Emeritus Lucienne Blouw Dr. Eleanor MacDougall Emily Burt, MBA, CFA Sherratt Moffatt WOMEN'S COMMITTEE EXECUTIVE James Cohen Richard Turner Sherratt Moffatt, President Arlene Dahl Trudy Schroeder, Executive Margaret Harvie,Vice-President Marten Duhoux Director Sylvia Cassie, Past President Steven Dyer Alexander Mickelthwate, Nancy Weedon,Treasurer Alan Freeman Music Director Agnes Bailey, Secretary Florence Bell, Asssistant

ALEXANDER MICKELTHWATE, MUSIC DIRECTOR TRUDY SCHROEDER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Bramwell Tovey, Conductor Laureate Julian Pellicano, Resident Conductor EXECUTIVE OFFICE Harry Stafylakis, Composer-in-Residence,WNMF Festival Director Lori Marks, Confidential Executive Assistant

ARTISTIC OPERATIONS & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SALES & AUDIENCE SERVICES Jean-Francois Phaneuf,VP Artistic Operations & Ryan Diduck,VP Sales & Audience Services Community Engagement Desiree La Vallee, Patron Services Supervisor James Manishen, Artistic Operations Associate Theresa Huscroft, Group Events Representative Evan Klassen, Director of Artistic Operations & Production Rachel Himelblau, Patron Services Coordinator Sheena Sanderson, Stage Manager Patron Services Representatives (p/t): Tatiana Carnevale, Operations Coordinator Phil Corrin Melissa Houston Chris Lee, Orchestra Personnel Manager Meg Dolovich Laura Gow Greg Hamilton, Principal Librarian Sandesh Fernandez Paul Longtin Laura MacDougall, Assistant Librarian Shevaun Fortune Emma Milner Lawrence Rentz, Stage Supervisor Jason Hayes Alyssa Ramsay Brent Johnson, Education & Community Engagement Manager MARKETING & DEVELOPMENT Shannon Darby, Sistema Winnipeg Manager Neil Middleton,VP Marketing & Sponsorship Beth Proven,VP Development FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION Carol Cassels, Development Manager Lyn Stienstra,VP Finance & Administration Shenna Song, Development Coordinator Sandi Mitchell, Payroll & Accounting Administrator Desiree La Vallee, Campaign & Event Coordinator Oscar Pantaleon Jr., Finance & Administration Assistant Sarah Panas, Marketing & Communications Officer Pat Foot, Administration Assistant Diana Chabai-Booker, Communications Assistant S.Thompson Designs Inc.

CONTACT US: BOX OFFICE: 204-949-3999 [email protected] ADMIN OFFICE: 204-949-3950 [email protected] wso.ca

44 OVERTURE I January – February 2018 The WSO recognizes the following patrons whose foresight ensures that the WSO play on for all Manitobans for generations to come.The WSO gratefully acknowledges Legacy Circle members for their planned future gifts.

Siana Attwell, PhD Michel D. Lagacé Trudy Schroeder Greg Doyle and Carol Bellringer Gail E. Loewen June Slobodian Mrs. Lucienne Blouw S. E. Loewen Muriel Smith Dolores P.Brommell W. H. Loewen Dr. & Mrs. S. Szirom Lorraine and Gerry Cairns Dr. Brendan MacDougall Edith A.Toews & Mrs. Audrey F.Hubbard Len and Koren Kaminski Dr. Helen A.Toews Richard & Carol Jones Margaret Kellermann McCulloch Robin Wiens and Emilie Ethel Karr Nathan & Carolyn Mitchell Lagacé-Wiens Henry Katz Lesia Peet Donn K.Yuen Kevin & Els Kavanagh Beth M. Proven 5 Anonymous Donors Erwin W. Kitsch Edward Fisher & Lyse Rémillard

The WSO currently has 44 individuals who have indicated their future plans to leave a bequest to the orchestra in their wills. In our 70th year, our goal is to reach 70. If you have a future planned gift for the WSO we would love to count you. Please let us know.

Your Own Personally Named Fund in Support of Sistema Winnipeg As part of your legacy planning, you may wish to set up your own named fund at the Winnipeg Foundation to support the Sistema program. For a minimum donation of $10,000, which can be paid over a period of years, you may set up a fund to permanently support The Sistema Winnipeg program. The fund can be named for you, or for someone you wish to honour.The fund will be invested in the market and will earn interest income. Each year, a portion of this income will be spent in support of Sistema Winnipeg in your name. Donations to endowments are also eligible for matching through the Canadian Cultural Investment Fund.Your legacy will carry on by supporting future generations of children in Sistema.

If you would like information about making a legacy gift please visit our planned giving website at wso.ca/support or contact Beth Proven at (204) 949-3989 or [email protected].