Violinist, Simone Porter, Who Was Starting to Turn Heads in Los Angeles
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Berkeley Symphony 2015/16 Season 5 Message from the Music Director 7 Message from the Board President 9 Message from the Executive Director 11 Board of Directors & Advisory Council 12 Orchestra 14 Season Sponsors 17 Producers’ Circle Sponsorship Gifts 19 Berkeley Symphony Legacy Society 21 Program 23 Program Notes 37 Music Director: Joana Carneiro 41 Artists’ Biographies 49 Berkeley Symphony 51 Music in the Schools 53 2016/17 Membership Benefits 55 Annual Membership Support 60 Broadcast Dates Mountain View Cemetery Association, a historic Olmsted designed cemetery located in the foothills of 65 Contact Oakland and Piedmont, is pleased to announce the opening of Piedmont Funeral Services. We are now 66 Advertiser Index able to provide all funeral, cremation and celebratory services for our families and our community at our 223 acre historic location. 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Presentation bouquets are graciously provided by Jutta’s Flowers, the official florist of Berkeley Symphony. Berkeley Symphony is a member of the League of American Orchestras and the Association of California Symphony Orchestras. No photographs or recordings of any part of tonight’s performance may be made without the written consent of the management of Berkeley Symphony. Program subject to change. May 5, 2016 3 4 May 5, 2016 Message from the Music Director Dear Friends, It is with great pleasure that I welcome you to our final concert of the season. photo by Rodrigo de Souza We are delighted to be partnering with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra in commissioning Mark Grey’s Frankenstein Symphony. Mark, who is based in the Bay Area, was commissioned by the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie in Brussels to write an opera by the same name, based on Mary Shelley’s famous novel. The opera will receive its premiere later this year. From his opera, Mark extracted thematic elements to create the dynamic symphony that you will hear this evening. Over the years, I have had the privilege of working with Mark in his capacity as a sound designer for various operatic productions and I am so pleased to conduct one of his works. A few years ago I heard of a very gifted young violinist, Simone Porter, who was starting to turn heads in Los Angeles. She joins us tonight performing one of the best-known violin pieces of all time. Tchaikovsky’s concerto was written in 1878 and is a great example of virtuosity and beauty. It is a great pleasure to combine the three—Tchaikovsky, Porter and our own Berkeley Symphony—in what I am sure will be a most memorable season finale. Thank you for being with us throughout another exciting year. I can’t wait to see you again in October! Much love, Joana Carneiro May 5, 2016 5 6 May 5, 2016 Message from the Board President Spring Greetings! With this, our exciting “MONSTROUS” program, we conclude our 2015/16 season at Zellerbach Hall. But the activity at photo © Margaretta K. Mitchell Berkeley Symphony never stops. We continue to nurture the next generation of music lovers and ambassadors of the arts through our Music in the Schools program. After providing classroom instruction for nearly a quarter of a century in the local elementary schools, we have successfully grown into all three Berkeley public middle schools with one- on-one music instruction. Our Berkeley Symphony & Friends chamber music series is thriving with full capacity audiences filling the Piedmont Center for the Arts at each of our concerts. We are excited to share our new season with you this evening. Be sure to pick up a copy of our 2016/17 season brochure at the tables in the lobby after tonight’s performance. On behalf of the Board of Directors, I thank YOU, our eager and loyal audience, for your continued enthusiasm and support for Berkeley Symphony. I cannot say often enough that without you, we would not be here, bringing innovative and internationally acclaimed programs to the Berkeley-and-beyond community! Tricia Swift May 5, 2016 7 8 May 5, 2016 Message from the Executive Director Greetings and Welcome! Tonight’s concert marks the end of another successful Berkeley Symphony season in which we introduced you to three new works—two West photo by Marshall Berman Coast premieres and one U.S. premiere. Mark Grey’s inventive Frankenstein Symphony, which you will hear this evening, is the second of our two West Coast premieres and is a piece that we co-commissioned with our colleagues at the Atlanta Symphony. Last fall we introduced you to Kaija Saariaho’s delightful Laterna Magica; and who can forget the U.S. premiere performance of Fachwerk by Sofia Gubaidulina with the amazing bayan player Geir Draugsvoll. He was only one of our four exquisite soloist this season, including tonight’s 2015 Avery Fisher Grant recipient, Simone Porter. Please take note of the 2016/17 Season postcard inserted into your program tonight. We’ve planned another dynamic season of “you heard it here first” pieces, with a world premiere commission by our friend Paul Dresher; the west coast premiere of a piece by the Scottish composer James MacMillan, co-commissioned with the BBC Scottish Symphony and Pittsburgh Symphony; and the Bay Area premiere of Mason Bates’ Cello Concerto. Then we close next season with the epic Shostakovich Symphony No. 13, “Babi Yar” to commemorate the 75th anniversary of this infamous time in history. We hope that you will join us at all four performances and consider purchasing a season subscription. All of this is made possible by your dedication to eclectic programming and your zeal for the unexpected. Thank you for being a vital part of our Berkeley Symphony family. With deep gratitude, René Mandel May 5, 2016 9 10 May 5, 2016 Board of Directors & Advisory Council Board of Directors Executive Committee Tricia Swift, President Kathleen G. Henschel, Vice President for Governance Jan McCutcheon, Vice President for Development Gertrude Allen, Vice President for Community Engagement John W. Dewes, Treasurer Thomas Z. Reicher, Secretary René Mandel, Executive Director Directors Advisory Council (continued) Susan Acquistapace Gary Glaser & Christine Miller Ellen Hahn Reeve Gould Brian James Bereket Haregot William Knuttel Buzz & Lisa Hines Janet Maestre Susan Hone Peter Mandell Jennifer Howard & Anthony J. Cascardi Sandy McCoy Edith Jackson Ed Osborn Kenneth A. Johnson & Nina Grove Thomas W. Richardson Todd Kerr Deborah Shidler Jeffrey S. Leiter Michel Taddei Bennett Markel Advisory Council Bebe & Colin McRae Jan McCutcheon (Board), C0-Chair Helen & John Meyer Lisa Taylor, C0-Chair Deborah O’Grady & John Adams Marilyn Collier, Chair Emerita Becky & Michael O’Malley Michele Benson Maria José Pereira Judith Bloom Marjorie Randell-Silver Norman Bookstein & Gillian Kuehner Linda Schacht & John Gage Joy Carlin Kathy Canfield Shepard & John Shepard Ron & Susan Choy Jutta Singh Marilyn & Richard Collier Lisa & James Taylor Dianne Crosby Alison Teeman & Michael Yovino-Young Charli & John Danielsen Paul Templeton & Darrell Louie Carolyn Doelling Anne & Craig Van Dyke Anita Eblé Yvette Vloeberghs Karen Faircloth Shariq Yosufzai May 5, 2016 11 The Orchestra Joana Carneiro Music Director Viola Sponsored by Brian James & Shariq Yosufzai Jason Bonham Principal Sponsored by Helen & John Meyer Stephanie Ng Assistant Principal Sponsored by Marcia Muggli & Ed Osborn Sponsored by Lisa & Jim Taylor Patrick Kroboth Sponsored by Anonymous Keith