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MUSIC of the Impressionists

SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER 2016 I ISSUE 1

MUSIC OF THE Impressionists

OPENING NIGHT: JOSHUA BELL

THE SPY WHO LOVED ME WITH SHEENA EASTON

ORGAN SPECTACULAR

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MESSAGE FROM THE MUSIC DIRECTOR

Welcome to another season of your Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra!

Every year, we push ourselves to program the best concert experiences we can, and we are starting this season with two blockbusters – Beethoven’s 7th, and Tchaikovsky’s Concerto with non-other than Joshua Bell. To have this international star with the WSO in a special opening night gala is thrilling and a splendid way to open our season.

From there, we open the Air Canada Pops series with the best of spy music from the realms of film, television, pop, and even Broadway, with pop idol Sheena Easton, who is a true bond girl.

Then, we move into our fall festival – Music of the Impressionists. When I go to a museum, I am always drawn to the impressionist wing. I want to see Monet, Seurat, Van Gogh; the most beautiful and the most expensive these days. I wanted to recreate this in the musical world and create a festival where we perform impressionist musical paintings. I’m so looking forward to rehearsing with the orchestra in to bring out all those musical colours, reflections of light and shadow that require a very different playing technique by the musicians compared to Beethoven, and Wagner later in the season. Then with Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique, we’ve created this completely contemporary version with images and video. It’s really 21st century creativity. Throughout the festival we will have talks, food, wine, mini-concerts and many ways to get into the music.

Here’s to another wonderful year of live music.

Auf Wiedersehen,

Alexander Mickelthwate Music Director

September – October 2016 I OVERTURE 1

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September – October 2016 I OVERTURE 3 CONDUCTORS

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 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 tenth 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 Scene), the orchestra was the only Canadian ensemble in the showcase. As well as significantly contributing to the Winnipeg New Music Festival and Indigenous Festival, Alexander led the orchestra’s first out of province tour since 1979 to the National Arts Centre in Ottawa, launched the international masterclasses, the New Music Festival 2012 film project and played a major part in the acoustic overhaul of the Centennial Concert Hall. Photographer: Grajewski Fotograph Inc.

Julian Pellicano, Resident Conductor Julian Pellicano’s boundless musical appetite makes him a formidable interpreter of the symphonic repertoire as well as a versatile conductor in a wide range of genres. He is currently the Resident Conductor of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, Artist in Residence at the Norfolk festival, and Music Director of the Symphony Orchestra. Pellicano has built his career by following an unconventional path.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. From 2009 to 2013 he served as Music Director of the Longy School of Music Conservatory Orchestra where he established a rigorous and distinctive new orchestral program. Pellicano has conducted the Orquestra Sinfonica de Porto Alegre (Brazil), Hartford Symphony Orchestra, Eastern Connecticut Symphony, New Britain Symphony,The Kallisti Ensemble, Boston’s Dinosaur Annex Ensemble and Milwaukee's Present Music. He has worked in masterclasses with Kurt Masur, Peter Eötvös, Zsolt Nagy, Martyn Brabbins, and Carl St. Clair. As a young musician he played drums, percussion, organ, and accordion in rock, blues and jazz groups. An autodidact, he was accepted to the Peabody Conservatory as a percussionist without typical classical training. He also holds degrees from the Royal College of Music (Stockholm), and the Yale School of Music where he was awarded the 2008 Presser Music Award and the Philip F.Nelson Award. He premiered Martin Bresnick’s critically acclaimed opera My Friend's Story at the International Festival of Arts and Ideas and has conducted at Carnegie Hall with

the Yale Philharmonia Orchestra. Photographer: Nardella Photography Inc.

4 OVERTURE I September – October 2016 WINNIPEG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 2016-2017 SEASON

MUSIC DIRECTOR CELLOS TRUMPETS Alexander Mickelthwate Yuri Hooker, Principal Isaac Pulford, Acting Principal Leana Rutt, Assistant Principal Paul Jeffrey RESIDENT CONDUCTOR Alex Adaman Brian Sykora The Patty Kirk Memorial Chair Julian Pellicano Arlene Dahl Carolyn Nagelberg TROMBONES COMPOSER-IN-RESIDENCE Emma Quackenbush Harry Stafylakis Steven Dyer, Principal Sean Taubner Keith Dyrda FIRST BASSES BASS TROMBONE Gwen Hoebig, Concertmaster Meredith Johnson, Principal Julia McIntyre, Principal The Sophie-Carmen Eckhardt- Andrew Goodlett, Assistant Principal Gramatté Memorial Chair, endowed Travis Harrison TUBA by the Eckhardt-Gramatté Foundation Paul Nagelberg Chris Lee, Principal Karl Stobbe, Associate Concertmaster Bruce Okrainec Mary Lawton, Assistant Concertmaster TIMPANI Daniel Perry Chris Anstey Mike Kemp, Principal Mona Coarda Rodica Jeffrey FLUTES PERCUSSION Hong Tian Jia Jan Kocman, Principal Frederick Liessens, Principal Meredith McCallum Martha Durkin Jane Pulford HARP Julie Savard PICCOLO Richard Turner, Principal Jun Shao Martha Durkin Endowed by W.H. & S.E. Loewen

SECOND VIOLINS OBOES ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL Jeremy Buzash, Principal Beverly Wang, Principal Robin MacMillan MANAGER Elation Pauls, Assistant Principal Chris Lee Karen Bauch ENGLISH HORN Kristina Bauch PRINCIPAL LIBRARIAN Robin MacMillan, Principal **Teodora Dimova Raymond Chrunyk *Elizabeth Dyer Bokyung Hwang CLARINETS ASSISTANT LIBRARIAN Takayo Noguchi Micah Heilbrunn, Principal Laura MacDougall Claudine St-Arnauld Michelle Goddard Susan McCallum BASSOONS *On Leave **Temporary Position Alex Eastley, Principal Daniel Scholz, Principal Kathryn Brooks Please note: Non-titled (tutti) Anne Elise Lavallée, string players are listed HORNS Assistant Principal alphabetically and are seated Patricia Evans, Principal Laszlo Baroczi according to a rotational system. Margaret Carey Ken MacDonald, Associate Principal Richard Bauch James Robertson Fred Redekop is the official Piano Greg Hay The Hilda Schelberger Memorial Chair Tuner and Technician of the WSO. *Merrily Peters Caroline Oberheu Mike Scholz Michiko Singh

September – October 2016 I OVERTURE 5 The Official Radio Station for the WSO Masterworks Series.

Winnipeg’s only dedicated classical & jazz music station Opening Night: Joshua Bell CLASSICS Alexander Mickelthwate, conductor

Joshua Bell, violin

Fanfare to La Péri (1865-1935)

Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92 (1770-1827) Poco sostenuto – Vivace Allegretto Presto Allegro con brio

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Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major, Op. 35 Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) Allegro moderato Canzonetta: Andante Finale: Allegro vivacissimo

Joshua Bell appears by arrangement with Park Avenue Artists (www.parkavenueartists.com) and IMG Artists (www.imgartists.com). Mr. Bell records exclusively for Sony Classical.

Tuesday, September 20 7:00 p.m.

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September – October 2016 I OVERTURE 7 Mälzel further tempted Beethoven with flee Moscow to recuperate at PROGRAM NOTES the prospects of some repeat concerts Modeste’s home in St. Petersburg. by James Manishen for profit, which Beethoven liked in view Over a few months the composer of his yet-to-be-performed Symphony in settled down and was able to work La Péri A major composed the previous year. on his Fourth Symphony as well as Paul Dukas the opera Eugene Onégin. The evening was grandiose and b. / October 1, 1865 successful.The orchestra consisted of Modeste felt a further change of d. Paris / May 17, 1935 high-profile musicians of the day: Spohr, scenery would also help his brother Composed: 1911 Meyerbeer, Hummel and Salieri, among to settle down, so the two set out for First performance: April 22, 1912 (Paris) others, who lent their performing talents Clarens on Lake Geneva in Last WSO performance: 2006; for the occasion with Beethoven Switzerland.There the composer Rei Hotoda, conductor. conducting in his typically dramatic style. heard a performance of Lalo’s A respected teacher, Symphonie espagnole and became In his own customarily grandiose style, entranced with the possibility of composer and critic who perhaps best summarized lived his entire life in writing a similarly appealing violin what Beethoven’s magnificent Seventh concerto, almost immediately putting Paris, Paul Dukas was Symphony is all about – “the apotheosis of also rigidly self-critical, pen to paper. Joseph Kotek, a former the dance in its highest aspect.” destroying all his Moscow Conservatory student of unpublished work and leaving a small Indeed, Beethoven pushed the limits of Tchaikovsky’s, was visiting Clarens legacy of music comprising three his time as he expanded his symphonic and played the sketches as they were completed.Tchaikovsky finished the overtures, a symphony, an opera Ariane realm, stretching key relationships to new entire work in just one month. et Barbe-Bleu, a ballet La Péri, some levels of dramatic effect, heightening his chamber music and his signature work orchestral colours and above all exploring By the end of April, the composer The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, which rhythm as the music’s driving force. established his international reputation. sent the manuscript to his friend Leopold Auer who headed the violin Though the Napoleonic wars were department at the St. Petersburg La Péri was commissioned and raging across Europe, and one can premiered by Natacha Trouhanova at Conservatory. Auer promptly sent it project from this the second movement’s her gala Paris performance on April 22, back, not only claiming it unplayable tone of grief, overall the work has 1912.The story is about an aging but spreading the word among his Persian nobleman who seeks the Beethoven’s unmistakable stamp of colleagues. It took three years before Flower of Immortality held by a optimism.The Seventh also provided the damage had been repaired. In the sleeping “Péri,”a princess who holds in him with notable financial success. interim, Adolf Brodsky, a former her hand its power.The Persian plucks “I am Bacchus incarnate,”Beethoven Moscow Conservatory colleague of the flower but is returned to the boasted,“ appointed to give humanity Tchaikovsky’s, studied the Concerto darkness of mortality once done, the wine to drown its sorrow.” and in 1881 Brodsky felt secure entire story told in luxurious music enough to perform it with the Vienna Dukas’s powers of orchestration further Hearing this stirring symphonic journey, Philharmonic.Whether the result of illuminates.The stirring fanfare for brass one would be hard pressed to argue. the single spotty rehearsal or the precedes the ballet and was added for orchestra’s perceived dislike for the the Trouhanova premiere performance. Violin Concerto piece, the audience hissed at the premiere, as did the influential critic Symphony No. 7 in A major Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky b.Votkinsk, Russia / May 7, 1840 Eduard Hanslick, who proclaimed it Ludwig van Beethoven d. St. Petersburg, Russia / November 6, 1893 “stinking music.” b. Bonn / December 17, 1770 Composed: 1878 d.Vienna / March 26, 1827 But Brodsky persevered and played it First performance: December 4, 1881 Composed: 1811-12 throughout Europe. Audiences (Vienna), conducted by Hans Richter First performance: 1813 (Vienna) gradually came onside. Even Auer with Adolf Brodsky as soloist Last WSO performance: 2012; Alexander took on the Concerto, teaching it to Last WSO performance: 2011; Mickelthwate, conductor his students Heifetz, Elman and Alexander Mickelthwate, conductor with others, whose recordings we can The premiere of James Ehnes as soloist enjoy today. Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony came about Tchaikovsky was in a Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto is one of on the request of dire emotional state the most popular in the literature. Its Beethoven’s friend during the summer of directness of expression, striking Johann Nepomuk Mälzel, 1877. A disastrous melodies, formidable virtuosity and the inventor of the metronome, who marriage lasting less airtight narrative never fail to win suggested a concert the two might than three weeks audiences over as it speaks from heart organize in honour of the soldiers caused a suicide attempt, so his to heart. One scarcely believes its wounded at the recent Battle of Hanau. brother Modeste arranged for him to origin could have been so troubled. Veuillez vous adresser au service des abonnés ou consulter le site www.wso.ca pour la traduction en français. 8 OVERTURE I September – October 2016 CLASSICS ARTIST BIOS Opening Night: Joshua Bell

Joshua Bell, violinist Bell received his first violin at age four and With a career spanning over at 12 began studying with Josef Gingold at 30 years as a soloist, chamber Indiana University. By 14 he performed musician, recording artist, and with Riccardo Muti and the Philadelphia conductor, Joshua Bell is one of Orchestra and at 17 debuted at Carnegie the most celebrated violinists of Hall. Perhaps what most transformed him his era. Named Music Director from ‘musician’s musician’ to ‘household of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields in name’ was his incognito performance in a 2011, Bell is the first person to hold this post Washington, D.C. subway station in 2007 since Sir Neville Marriner formed the orchestra for a Washington Post story examining art in 1958. A Sony Classical artist, Bell has and context.Weingarten received the recorded more than 40 CDs garnering Pulitzer Prize and the cover story sparked Grammy, Mercury, Gramophone and Echo an international firestorm of discussion Klassik awards since first recording for Decca at which continues to this day. 18. His discography includes the major violin repertoire in addition to John Corigliano’s An advocate for and keeping Oscar-winning soundtrack, The Red Violin. music education in schools, Bell performs on the 1713 Huberman Stradivarius. Bell’s first all-Brahms recording will be released September 16th featuring the Academy of ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS: St Martin in the Fields, Steven Isserlis and Momoko Matsumura, violin;Yufei Liu, violin; Jeremy Denk. Coca Bochonka, ; Jim Ewen, bassoon

September – October 2016 I OVERTURE 9 MICAH HEILBRUNN GWENDOLEN MARY HOEBIG YURI ALEXEI HOOKER

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Android, Google Play, and the Google Play logo are trademarks of Google Inc. Apple and the Apple logo are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. App Store is a service mark of Apple Inc. The Spy Who Loved Me With Sheena Easton and Scott Coulter SOUNDBYTES Sheena Easton, vocalist Scott Coulter, vocalist AIR CANADA POPS Julian Pellicano, conductor

Mission Impossible Theme Lalo Schifrin Get Smart Theme Irving Szathmary Pink Panther Theme Alfred Hitchcock Theme A View to a Kill , Duran Duran Windmills of your Mind Michel Legrand, Alan & Marilyn Bergman Against All Odds Phil Collins Sooner or Later (Dick Tracy) Whistlin’Away the Dark (Darling Lili) Henry Mancini I Know Him So Well (Chess) , Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus Separate Lives (White Knights) Phil Collins, Marilyn Martin

- INTERMISSION - Austin Powers Theme Quincy Jones Pop Spy Medley: Private Eyes Daryl Hall, John Oates Hello (The Police) Mack the Knife Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht, Marc Blitzstein Theme John Barry John Barry, , Anthony Newley Diamonds Are Forever John Barry, Don Black , For Your Eyes Only , Mick Leeson

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September – October 2016 I OVERTURE 11 AIR CANADA POPS ARTIST BIOS The Spy Who Loved Me With Sheena Easton and Scott Coulter

Sheena Easton, vocalist Scott has performed with symphonies all over Sheena Easton, whose career the world including San Francisco, Baltimore, has spanned four decades, was Seattle, Phoenix, St. Louis and Calgary. He has born in , Scotland, the created many touring concert events including youngest of six children and is The King:The Music of Elvis,You've Got a Friend: the mother of two children, Carole, Neil and Brill, Blockbuster Broadway, Music Jake and Skylar. Her recording of the Knights and The ASCAP Foundation's Jerry career has included Gold and Platinum albums Herman:The Broadway Legacy Concert. Scott is in the United States, Europe and Asia. owner/founder of Spot-On Entertainment.

She has sold over 20 million records ADDITIONAL MUSICIAN:S worldwide, received two Grammys, and was Sharon Atkinson, clarinet; Nenad Zdjelar, electric the first - and still only - artist to have top five bass; Keith Price, guitar; Quincy Davis, drums; records on five major Billboard charts. In addition to her recording success, Sheena is Will Bonness, piano; Derrick Gardner, trumpet; a top concert attraction around the world. Janice Finlay, alto sax; Ken Gold, tenor sax; Tony Cyre, percussion Sheena also has a list of notable acting credits on screen, and on Broadway Sheena starred as (Aldonza/Dulcinea) in , and in the hit musical Grease as Rizzo. Sheena has been busy with frequent appearances in where she has been a major attraction for the last two decades, and she was recently inducted into the Las Vegas Hall Of Fame.

She is most at home working with the band, but has expanded her love of the concert stage as a guest vocalist in various programs with symphonies across the nation and has made frequent appearances in The Spy Who Loved Me.

Scott Coulter, vocalist Scott Coulter, star of the Emmy- nominated A Christmas Carol: The Concert on PBS, is one of New York's most honoured vocalists having received five MAC Awards, five Bistro Awards and two Nightlife Awards. In addition to his solo concert work Scott regularly performs with a variety of legendary performers including Oscar- winner Stephen Schwartz and Tony-winner Ben Vereen. Schwartz has said, "one of the greatest things that can happen to a songwriter is to have his music interpreted by Scott Coulter."

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NovemberSeptember –– DecemberOctober 2016 2011 I I OVERTUREOVERTURE 13 7

Organ Spectacular

Jean-Marie Zeitouni, conductor

Sarah Svendsen, organ*

Don Menzies, organ** CLASSICS

Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80 (1833-1897)

Symphonie Concertante for Joseph Jongen (1873-1953) Organ & Orchestra, Op. 81* Allegro molto moderato (In the Dorian Mode) Divertimento: Molto vivo Lento misterioso Toccata (Moto Perpetuo): Allegro moderato

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Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78 (Organ)** Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) Adagio - Allegro moderato - Poco adagio Allegro moderato - Presto - Maestoso – Allegro

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September – October 2016 I OVERTURE 15 Symphonie Concertante The Paris that PROGRAM NOTES Joseph Jongen Saint-Saëns grew by James Manishen b. Liège, Belgium / December 14, 1873 up in was more d. Sart, Belgium / July 12, 1953 concerned with Academic Festival Overture Composed: 1926 entertainment than Johannes Brahms First performance: 1928 (Brussels) with the lofty artistic b. Hamburg / May 7, 1833 composer as soloist strivings - the stage works of Meyerbeer, Offenbach and others d.Vienna / April 3, 1897 First WSO performance Composed: 1880 at the Opéra Comique winning First performance: January 4, 1881 Joseph Jongen had a prolific out over Berlioz, dismissed as a (Breslau), conducted by the composer career as a composer, organist bombastic eccentric best left to Last WSO performance: 2008; and teacher in Belgium. the Germans to perform. Alexander Mickelthwate, conductor Recognition arrived after winning the Belgian Royal Saint-Saëns, like Berlioz, set out to The curmudgeonly Academy Competition in 1894 raise the bar. His love of Brahms was never with his String Quartet, Op. 3, and three years Beethoven, Liszt and Mozart had one to accept later, the Belgian Prix de enabled Jongen prompted him to reach for a honours in a self- to study in Germany, Italy and France for the higher art in Gallic music and his serving way. So when next four years, where he received advice from facility in producing it had become he was awarded an ,Vincent d’Indy and Gabriel legendary.“A French Beethoven,” honourary degree from the University Fauré. From 1925 to 1939, Jongen served as Charles Gounod called him at the of Breslau on March 11, 1879, he director of the Brussels Conservatory.Though Paris premiere of the Organ acknowledged Bernhard Scholz, the his published compositions number over 240 Symphony. Saint-Saëns dedicated conductor of the local orchestra and works, he withdrew all but 137 of them by the the piece to Franz Liszt, who died nominator of Brahms for the degree, end of his life. shortly after the premiere.The with a skimpy postcard of thanks. score was published after Liszt's Scholz snapped back that such an Jongen’s Symphonie Concertante for Organ death with the inscription,“Á la award should be accepted more Memoire de Franz Liszt.” substantially, perhaps in Brahms’s and Orchestra is his best-known work of international standing and a hallmark in the case with “at least a solemn song.” Saint-Saëns gave the Organ organ literature as one of its most exciting Brahms relented, promising Scholz Symphony, his last of three entries. an appropriate piece the composer symphonies, much careful would bring to Breslau the following consideration while building it, The first movement is in sonata form, year that the academicians could unusual for someone that beginning with a firm theme in fugal imitation enjoy over “doctoral beer!” composed with such speed and followed by a contrasting lyrical theme.The ease. It is the most entertaining development culminates with blazing brass The result was the Academic Festival work of its genre, and one can leading to a recapitulation that closes with Overture, a decidedly upbeat almost feel the composer trying luminous quiet. potpourri of student songs the exact to push the listener upwards from opposite in character of Brahms’s the experience of pure listening Tragic Overture he was composing at The second movement Divertimento alternates a scherzo-like, almost diabolical motive with one pleasure to a higher expressive the same time, for which he stated plane. was being done for “emotional more hymnal.The third movement Lento has an balance.”Scholz could hardly believe impressionistic tang, suggesting perhaps the sea The two parts comprise four a medley of drinking songs was to in the smoothly flowing strings and animated movements and Saint-Saëns be presented to the stuffy academics figures from the organ in the centre of the blocks the two parts clearly by of Breslau. movement.The Toccata is a whirling showpiece using the organ in the second half for organ and orchestra, while the Finale raises of each part: darkly sumptuous in Brahms first encountered the songs the roof in splendor from all involved. Part 1, celebratory in Part 2. As so during a visit with violinist Joseph Organ Symphony often in Liszt and Berlioz, Saint- Joachim in 1853.The four melodies Saëns unites the entire work in Camille Saint-Saëns were well known to students, the transformations of the main b. Paris, France / October 9, 1835 Academic Festival’s coda Gaudeamus theme, heard at the beginning by Igitur being the most famous. As d. Algiers / December 16, 1921 the strings. always with Brahms, the construction Composed: 1886 is meticulous, here with an First performance: May 19, 1886 (), Throughout, one finds his entertainment level that’s no less conducted by the composer hallmark traits of vision, grandeur potent. Last WSO performance: 2010, Carlos and lucidity in this splendid, Miguel Prieto, conductor much-loved work.

16 OVERTURE I September – October 2016 Dinner & Symphony with 3-COURSE DINNER starts at 5:30 p.m.

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Impressions of Paradise

OCT 15 French Cuisine Potage St. Germain, French Pea Soup with Whipped Chèvre Foam “Coq au Vin Rouge”, Burgundy Wine Spiked Oven Baked Chicken, Onion Pearls/Hickory Smoked Bacon/Mushrooms, Rosemary Potatoes/Haricot Vert Grand Marnier Infused Crème Brulee Finjan Returns!

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*$65 per person per dinner for those who already have a concert ticket. > wso.ca/dinner September – October 2016 I OVERTURE 17 CLASSICS ARTIST BIOS Organ Spectacular

Jean-Marie Zeitouni, conductor Sarah is currently pursuing a Doctor of Jean-Marie Zeitouni excels in Musical Arts at the University of repertoire ranging from baroque to Toronto. At the Yale School of Music she contemporary music. Currently studied with Professor Thomas Murray. Music Director of the Colorado This Masters degree was in conjunction Music Festival & Center for Musical with the Yale Institute of Sacred Music, Arts and Artistic Director of where she completed the Institute’s Orchestre de chambre I Musici de Montréal, Church Music Diploma. Sarah is a co- Zeitouni recently completed tenures as Music founder and member of the Organized Director of the Columbus Symphony Orchestra, in Crime Duo. Ohio, and Principal Guest Conductor of Les Violons du Roy. Don Menzies, organ Don was appointed Zeitouni has also held various other positions with Organist of Westminster leading Canadian organizations, including Music Church in October 1966. Director of the Banff Centre “Opera as Theatre” He holds several organ program, Associate Conductor and Chorus Master degrees: Associate of the at Opéra de Montréal and Music Director of its Royal Conservatory of Young Artist Program (Atelier lyrique), chorus Music in Toronto (ARCT), Licentiate master at Opéra de Québec, choir director of the Trinity College London (LTCL), and Québec Symphony Orchestra, and director of the Licentiate in Music Manitoba (LMM). orchestra and opera workshop at Laval University. Don has been recitalist on the CBC-FM Zeitouni studied with Raffi Armenian and program Organists in Recital and has graduated from the Montréal Conservatory in performed on a number of occasions conducting, percussion, and theory. with the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra. He is co-founder of the Westminster Sarah Svendsen, organ Concert Organ Series, which started in A past laureate of the Royal 1989 and performs frequently as part of Canadian College of Organist’s that series. (RCCO) National Organ Playing Competition, Sarah Svendsen is a ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS: recent Master of Music graduate of Laura MacDougall, flute; Caitlin Broms- the Yale School of Music whose Jacobs, oboe; Sharon Atkinson, clarinet; performances have been described as “sublime.” Allen Harrington, contra bassoon; Tony Cyre, percussion; Victoria Sparks, Toronto-based Svendsen specializes in the percussion; Donna Laube, keyboard; performance of Canadian organ works, which she Earl Stafford, keyboard has performed throughout North America and Europe. She was the organ soloist in Luminato’s 2015 production of Canadian composer R. Murray Schafer’s Apocalypsis, conducted by David Fallis, and was filmed for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s YouTube Channel.

18 OVERTURE I September – October 2016

Impressions of Paradise

Alexander Mickelthwate, conductor CLASSICS Allen Harrington, saxophone

The Walk to the Paradise Garden Frederick Delius (1862-1934) (Intermezzo from the Opera A Village Romeo and Juliet) L’Ascension, Four Symphonic Meditations Olivier Messiaen 1908-1992) Majesty of Christ Asking Glory from His Father Serene Hallelujahs of a Soul Desiring Heaven Hallelujah on the Trumpet, Hallelujah on the Cymbal Christ’s Prayer Rising to His Father

- INTERMISSION - Concertino da Camera for Alto Saxophone & Orchestra Jacques Ibert (1890-1962) Allegro con moto Larghetto – Animato La mer (“The Sea,Three Symphonic Sketches”) (1862-1918) From Dawn to Noon on the Sea Play of the Waves Dialogue of Wind and Sea

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SPECIAL CONDENSED MATINEE Delius: The Walk to Paradise Garden Debussy: La mer Friday, October 14 10:30 a.m.

NovemberSeptember –– DecemberOctober 2016 2011 I I OVERTUREOVERTURE 21 7 L’Ascension Concertino da Camera PROGRAM NOTES Olivier Messiaen Jacques Ibert by James Manishen b. Avignon, France / December 10, b. Paris / August 15, 1890 1908 d. Paris / February 5, 1962 The Walk to the Paradise d. Paris / April 28, 1992 Composed: 1935-36 Garden Composed: 1932-33 First performance: April 1936 Frederick Delius First performance: February 1935 (Barcelona), with Sigurd Rascher b. Bradford, England / January 29, 1862 (Paris) conducted by Robert Siohan as soloist d. Grez-sur-Loing, France / June 10, 1934 First WSO performance Last WSO performance: 1999; Composed: 1910 , conductor, with First performance: February 22, 1910 Olivier Messiaen P.J.Perry as soloist (London), conducted by Sir Thomas occupies a place Beecham among France’s Originally wanting to Last WSO performance: 1998; Bramwell greatest composers. be an actor, Jacques His individuality and Tovey, conductor Ibert’s musical compositional aptitudes won out Frederick Delius was born legacy rivals Debussy and Ravel and when he entered the in England to a German his teaching produced such Paris Conservatoire to father. In 1886, during an luminaries as Boulez, Stockhausen study with Fauré in an esteemed 18-month period of study and Xenakis plus many others class that included Arthur Honegger at the Leipzig influenced by his classes at leading and Darius Milhaud. In 1919, Ibert Conservatory, he greatly impressed Edvard festivals and institutes throughout Grieg and during Delius’s time in 1890s won the prestigious Prix de Rome the world. Paris, his Nordic sympathies connected him (which dated back to Berlioz’s time) to a group of Scandinavian artists that and during his residency in Rome, he To Messiaen, life, work and religion included the painter Edvard Munch and produced the Ballade of Reading were indivisible, about which he the playwright August Strindberg. Gaol, a work based on the poem by wanted his music to express “the Oscar Wilde. Ibert received his first There, Delius met Jelka Rosen, a well-to-do existence of the truths of the Catholic recognition, later garnering fame for painter he later married. In 1897, the couple faith.”Despite the enormous detail his witty orchestral piece moved to the village of Grez-sur-Loing and complexity in his music, Divertissement and evocative tone south of Paris. At Grez, within a deliberately Messiaen’s goal was always intended poem Escales (“Ports of Call”). reclusive lifestyle, Delius developed his for direct statement to the listener so highly individual music who’s shifting that, as he wrote, one “succumbs in In 1935, German saxophone virtuoso chromatic harmonies, gentle rhythms and spite of himself to the strange charm Sigurd Rascher was actively luminous orchestrations confirmed a of impossibilities which will lead him promoting his instrument’s capability uniquely impressionistic creator. gently toward that theological as a solo medium in the concert hall. rainbow which is the ultimate goal of As well in France, the saxophone was Delius’s opera A Village Romeo and Juliet music.” being revisited – it had been came from a story by the little-known invented in Paris by Adolphe Sax a Swiss novelist Gottfried Keller that Delius It is almost counterintuitive to view hundred years prior – through the and his wife revised into a German libretto. Messiaen’s vast resources in light of growing popularity of jazz. Rascher Sir Thomas Beecham – a great Delius the simplicity of his aim, for one finds approached Ibert for a concerto and champion – introduced the opera to rhythmic systems of ancient Greek the composer willingly accepted the England on February 22, 1910. Beecham and Indian music, Gregorian chant, commission. had asked Delius for an intermezzo to birdsongs, Nature, serial tone rows cover a scene change in Act III, and The and influences of Stravinsky, Russian The Concertino da Camera (‘camera’ Walk to the Paradise Garden was the result. music, plus much else distilled into meaning ‘chamber’) was named after It has become Delius’s most popular an expressive path of crystal clarity. an early Baroque format that included orchestral work. light dance rhythms and a friendly L’Ascension is one of Messiaen’s secular nature, distinguished from its The story parallels Shakespeare’s tragedy, earliest orchestral scores. Inspired by opposite “concerto da Chiesa”which with two young lovers from vengeful texts from the liturgy for the Feast of was more serious.These two models families. At a village fair, the lovers are the Ascension, marking Christ’s taunted with suspicion by their were integral in the development of ascent from earth to heaven, each neighbours, so they flee to an old riverside the 20th century neo-classical style. movement has attached to it a inn known as the “Paradise Garden”where Ibert’s outing explores the range of sacred quotation, producing an they make a pact to die as freedom from the saxophone with characteristic wit alternately blazing and radiant their earthly lives.The dream-like and sentiment, along with plenty of intermezzo accompanies their walk. traversal. acrobatics for an agile soloist.

22 OVERTURE I September – October 2016 La mer Debussy was also much engaged that has never looked back since. Claude Debussy with visual renderings of the sea, the b. St Germain-en-Laye, France / work of J.W.Turner in particular plus The opening movement grows August 22, 1862 the Japanese colour drawing The out of a short-long rising motive d. Paris / March 25, 1918 Wave by Katsushika Hokusai, whose heard at the outset. Following Composed: 1903-1905 works were popular in Paris during suggestions of the sunrise, pairs the 1890s. of flutes and clarinets suggest the First performance: October 15, 1905 glistening sunlight on the water. (Paris) conducted by Camille Chevillard Working painstakingly, La mer took A richly lyrical melody in “divisi” Last WSO performance: 2008; Alexander two years for Debussy to complete. cellos changes the mood.The Mickelthwate, conductor When the musicians of the Concerts movement begins its conclusion Lamoureux received the parts, they with the English horn, leading to “I don’t deal in were found to be full of mistakes in a luminous brass chorale at the impressions, I deal in addition to the performing end. realities,”Debussy difficulties the players complained once proclaimed, about.The premiere on October 15, The Jeux de vagues is a subtle and never feeling much 1905, was understandably lackluster enigmatic scherzo, evocative for sympathy for the and the mild reception from the the way Debussy reveals multiple convenient term ascribed for much Parisian musical community was facets of the same material.The of his music. Debussy felt that music further burdened by gossip finale, Dialogue du vent et de la and nature were inextricably joined. surrounding Debussy’s abandoning mer reveals the awesome power In what would be the last of his of his first wife the previous year. La of the sea, citing motives from the large-scale symphonic works, La mer, mer received much more success previous movements while his love for the sea and his life-long when it was played by the superior urging the music forward to its fascination with moving water Concerts Colonne on January 19, magisterial climax. produced a matchless musical 1908, going on to a London equivalent. performance and gathering acclaim

CLASSICS ARTIST BIOS Impressions of Paradise

Allen Harrington, saxophone Along with pianist Laura Loewen, he has Allen Harrington is an Associate received rave reviews for their two CDs Professor at the University of recently released on the Ravello Records Manitoba Desautels Faculty of label: Metropolis and The Postcard Sessions. Music where he teaches His third CD featuring works for saxophone, bassoon, and saxophone and pipe organ will be released chamber music. A native of in early 2017. On bassoon, Allen plays as a Saskatoon, he holds degrees from the regular extra with the Winnipeg University of Saskatchewan (Bachelor of Music) Symphony Orchestra and second bassoon and Northwestern University (Master of Music). with the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra. He maintains a busy schedule outside his University teaching career as a soloist, ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS: orchestral and chamber musician, and Yu Fei, violin; Josh Peters, violin; Momoko adjudicator. Allen has appeared as a concerto Matsumura, viola; Desiree Abbey, cello; Laurel soloist with more than a dozen orchestras in Ridd, flute; Caitlin Broms-Jacobs, oboe; Graham Canada, Europe, and South America. He has , clarinet; Gabriele Dostie-Poirier, bassoon; given countless recitals across Canada, Richard Scholz, trumpet; James Langridge, including recital tours for Debut Atlantic, trumpet; Tony Cyre, percussion; Victoria Sparks, Prairie Debut, and Home Routes Classical. percussion; Janice Lindskoog, harp

September – October 2016 I OVERTURE 23

Symphonie fantastique

Alexander Mickelthwate, conductor SOUNDBYTES Simon Miron, actor, writer, director

Thor Aitkenhead, multimedia artist SOUNDBYTES

Nereo Eugenio II, visual artist,

spoken word artist

Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14a (1803-1869) “Reveries and Passions’’: Largo - Allegro agitato e appassionato assai “A Ball (Valse)’’: Allegro non troppo “Scene in the Country’’: Adagio “March to the Scaffold’’: Allegretto non troppo “Dream of a Witches’Sabbath’’: Larghetto – Allegro

Tuesday, October 18 7:30 p.m.

Pre-Concert Performance on the Piano Nobile at 7:05 p.m. Graffiti Art Programming's Studio 393 Hip Hop Performers

Presents : Symphony Fantastic After Party

September – October 2016 I OVERTURE 25 popularity among the most beloved,is condemned to death, PROGRAM NOTES beloved symphonies in the and is being taken for execution. by James Manishen literature remains undiminished. The idée fixe floats into his mind, only to be terminated by the fall of Symphonie fantastique Berlioz supplied the following the blade. Hector Berlioz program as a guide to b. Isère, France / December 11, 1803 Symphonie fantastique: Dream of a Witches' Sabbath: d. Paris / March 8, 1869 The artist at a Witches' Sabbath Composed: 1830 First performance: December 5, 1830 Reveries-Passions: I take as my hears again the idée fixe,but now (Paris), conducted by François Habeneck subject an artist blest with transformed into a brazen and Last WSO performance: 2013; sensibility and a lively trivial dance.She has come to Alexander Mickelthwate, conductor imagination...who meets a witness his burial! Later comes a woman who awakens in him for monstrous parody of the Dies Irae Arch Romantic that the first time his heart's desire.He ('Day of Wrath',from the Latin he was, Berlioz was falls desperately in love with her. Mass for the Dead).The dance of so taken with Curiously,the image of his the witches is combined with the English actress beloved is linked inseparably with Dies Irae. Harriet Smithson a musical idea representing her when he saw her as Juliet and graceful and noble character.This Ophelia in 1827, he wrote her frantic idée fixe haunts him throughout letters of love over the next three the symphony. years despite never meeting her.The romance was entirely one-sided - A Ball: The artist attends a ball, she, fearing a potential ‘stalker’in but the gaiety and festive tumult Berlioz and he, wandering the fails to distract him.The idée fixe countryside in despair of such returns to torture him further. unrequited love. Scene in the Country: Alone in With Romantic nerve endings on fire, the country on a summer's in 1830, Berlioz planned a new evening,the artist hears two symphony with the subtitle “Episode distant herdsmen calling to each from the Life of an Artist.”In it, the other in a ‘franz des vaches’(an artist views his love through an alphorn melody of the Swiss opium-enhanced state, first in his Alps).Their pastoral duet,the dreams, then a ball, the countryside, rustle of wind in the trees,and the at his execution and finally joining a hope that his beloved might yet witches’Sabbath. Running through it be his,all lull him into a reverie, all would be an idée fixe – a singular but the idée fixe returns in his musical theme signifying Harriet that dreams.His heart palpitates and would morph from the innocent to he experiences dread the grotesque in parody at the end. premonitions.The sun sets,there Berlioz did marry Harriet in 1833, but is thunder in the distance,then their happiness quickly dissolved solitude and silence. and they were estranged within a decade. March to the Scaffold: In despair,the artist attempts to Symphonie fantastique is a tour de commit suicide by taking an force in its vivid program content, overdose of opium,but the drug, bend-without-break melodies, too weak to prove fatal,instead dazzling orchestration and overall induces fearsome dreams.He trailblazing from materials essentially dreams that he has killed his derived from classical models. Its

Veuillez vous adresser au service des abonnés ou consulter le site www.wso.ca pour la traduction en français. 26 OVERTURE I September – October 2016 SOUNDBYTES ARTIST BIOS Symphonie fantastique Simon Miron, actor, writer, director Nereo Eugenio II, visual artist, Simon Miron holds a Master’s spoken word artist Degree in performance from Nereo II Is a Multidisciplinary the Royal Conservatoire of Artist (Visual Artist/ Spoken Scotland. He has worked as Word Artist/ Filmmaker/ and an actor and director across Youth Mentor). He is a part Canada and the U.K. He is time arts instructor for currently serving as Artistic Director for Graffiti Art Programming, White Rabbit Productions. Directing credits: and an honoured member of the Blueprint American Idiot “upcoming” (WST), Songs for Pathways National organization, which a New World (White Rabbit), Young specializes in Art Based Healing programs Frankenstein (WST), 7 Stories (TBTR), The Last for incarcerated youth. Nereo is also part of Five Years (WPG Fringe), Voices in My Head the Manitoba Art Councils "Artist in the (WPG Fringe). Selected stage: Grasshopper Schools" program which focuses on the in James and the Giant Peach (MTYP), integration of art into the regular school Hamilton in Butcher (Cercle Molière), Mr. system. As a freelance Multidisciplinary Thénardier in Les Misérables (Rainbow), artist, he also serves the public as a Aumerle in Richard the 2nd (Zone41), motivational speaker, live performance Charles in Blythe Spirit (RMTC’s Cowardfest), poet, live painter, mural artist, youth Leo Bloom in The Producers, Scuttle in The mentor, and filmmaker. His mission is to Little Mermaid (Rainbow) and George in utilize Art as a creative way to promote a Sunday in the Park with George (RMTC’s deeper study of oneself in order to fuel Sondheimfest). He teaches acting, singing more vehicles of positive social change for the world at large. and audition prep from his home in Wolesley. Simon also writes music and ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS: performs with several bands including Yu Fei, violin; Josh Peters, violin; Momoko Those Guys and Bro Nouveau. Matsumura, viola; Desiree Abbey, cello; Mary Chalk, bassoon; Allen Harrington, bassoon; Thor Aitkenhead, multimedia artist Richard Scholz, trumpet; Andrew Johnson, Trained initially as a painter, timpani; Tony Cyre, percussion; Victoria Sparks, Thor Aitkenhead also works percussion; Brendan Thompson, percussion; with photography, new media Janice Lindskoog, harp and video art, documentary filmmaking, sculpture, collage, installation, graphic design, music and sound. He's done some work with set design for video, film and theatre. His work has been displayed from Toronto to Tokyo and beyond. Currently, he is working with Viewing Method Group, a Winnipeg- based experimental video art collective he co-founded 2014, making music and sound with ‘arranged freeform’ group field and he's completing three commissioned portraits.

September – October 2016 I OVERTURE 27

Pascal Rogé

in Recital SPECIAL

Suite bergamasque Claude Debussy (1862-1918) Prélude Menuet Clair de lune Passepied Sonatine (1875-1937) Modéré Mouvement de Menuet Animé Les Soirées de Nazelles Francis Poulenc (1899-1963) Préambule Variation 1: Le comble de la distinction Variation 2: Le coer sur la main Variation 3: La désinvoltue et la discretion Variation 4: La suite dans les idées Variation 5: La charme enjôleur Variation 6: Le contentement de soi Variation 7: Le gout du Malheur Variation 8: L’alerte vieillesse Cadence Final - INTERMISSION - Préludes: Book I Claude Debussy Danseuses de Delphes (Dancers of Delphi) Voiles (Veils/Sails) Le vent dans la plaine (The Wind in the Plain) Les sons et les parfums tournent dans l’air du soir ("The sounds and fragrances swirl through the evening air") Les collines d’Anacapri (The Hills of Anacapri) Des pas sur la neige (Footsteps in the Snow) Ce qu’a vu le vent d’Ouest (What the West Wind Has Seen) La fille aux cheveux de lin (The Girl with the Flaxen Hair) La sérénade interrompue (Interrupted Serenade) La cathédrale engloutie (The Submerged Cathedral) La danse de Puck (Puck’s Dance) Minstrels

Thursday, October 20 7:30 p.m. Pre-Concert Chat on the Piano Nobile at 6:45 p.m.

September – October 2016 I OVERTURE 29 On June 16, 1904, the movement of the As with much of his writing, Poulenc PROGRAM NOTES Sonatine was performed for its made many revisions between 1930 dedicatees Cipa and Ida Godebski and 1936 when the final version was by James Manishen (Ma Mère l'oye was dedicated to their finished. Noting an affinity with Suite bergamasque children). Over the next two years Ravel Schumann’s Carnival in the unity of the Claude Debussy added two more movements, thus different characters, Poulenc had b. St Germain-en-Laye, France / completing the Sonatine.When the full considered entitling his work Le Carnaval August 22, 1862 work was given by Paule de Lestang on de Nazelles. He was most happy with the d. Paris / March 25, 1918 March 10, 1906, under the patronage of results. Composed: 1890-1905 the Lyon Revue musicale, enthusiasm was so great that Durand put it into Some of the portrayed characters are: As the Baroque dance immediate publication. Aunt Liénard in Variation 8, Poulenc’s titles of two of the four longtime friend, baritone Pierre Bernac Classically poised and tightly unified, movements indicate, the in Variation 6, and the composer himself using mostly the three middle Suite bergamasque in Final. octaves of the piano with intervals of reflects the elegance of fourths and fifths the main bonding an earlier period of French music Préludes: Book I elements, Ravel’s Sonatine is a model Debussy wanted to recall, entitling Francis Poulenc of elegant clarity. the work from Verlaine's poem Clair Claude Debussy de Lune (poem) which refers to The opening Modéré-doux et espressif is Composed: 1909-1910 ‘bergamasques’in its opening stanza. written in sonata form and has an French pianist had a exciting development section.The First composed in 1890, Debussy came special connection to Debussy during her to reject his earlier piano style when second movement Mouvement de acclaimed performances of his music and preparing the suite for publication in menuet is a simple minuet without trio her personal friendship with the 1905, adding major/minor key shifting, in the diverting key of D flat, which composer. “The content of these two mock-archaisms and his own individual blooms in its final measures.The finale books [Debussy’s 24 Preludes] is of an twists and turns to produce an is a toccata of brilliant piano writing order not to be confused with any other,” engaging amalgam of recollection and using the metres of 3/4 and 5/4 as it she wrote of the composer’s infinite array evolution. Originally entitled recalls French claveciniste composers of subjects covering people, places, "Promenade sentimentale," the third like Rameau and Couperin to whom natural phenomena, landmarks, scenes movement, Clair de lune, has achieved Ravel felt so spiritually connected. and happenings, each inimitably created classic status for its telling impressionism. Les Soirées de Nazelles by a composer that gave music whole new canvasses of sensations: Sonatine Francis Poulenc Maurice Ravel b. Paris / January 7, 1899 Danseuses de Delphes: At The Louvre, b. Ciboure, France / March 7, 1875 d. Paris / January 30, 1963 Debussy had seen a fragment of a Greek d. Paris, France / December 28, 1937 Composed: 1930-1936 pillar showing three dancers.Though Composed: 1903-1905 archaic and slow-moving, the dancers In 1930, Poulenc began appear with a gentle grace over evocative Ravel’s Sonatine was to sketch what is perhaps harmonies. inspired by a 1903 his finest piano work Voiles: Whole tone scales depict sails as competition sponsored by Les soirées de Nazelles in memory of a “palpitating feminine forms,”as the a fine arts and literary family friend he called “Aunt Liénard.” composer wrote, over “sailing boats magazine called Weekly Her name was actually Virginie Liénard anchored to a fixed pedal point.”Among Critical Review. Ravel’s close friend, critic and through her Poulenc came to love the earliest examples of minimalism. M. D. Calvocoressi, was a contributor to the countryside of Touraine, which is the publication and encouraged Ravel also celebrated for its many castles, the Le vent dans la plaine: Violent gusts of to enter the competition.The one at Ambroise in particular where wind lead to a long suspended B-flat, as requirement was a first movement of a Leonardo da Vinci is said to have died. the piece disappears into thin air. piano sonatina no longer than seventy- Nazelles is near Ambroise, and the Les Sons et les parfums tournent dans five measures, and the prize offered was variations at the heart of this work l’air du soir:“Poignant and sensuous, one hundred francs. came to Poulenc as he improvised rich with beguiling nocturnal during long evenings in the country. In As one well-versed in the “classics,” vibrations,”as Long wrote, echoing the eight variations he would create Debussy’s view that “it is only the Ravel knew how to modify the piano portraits of friends in the style of pleasures of the moment that matter.” traditional form for his own unique affectionate salon pieces, offering up style. As the only entrant to the contest, recollections of Fauré, Saint-Saëns, Les Collines d’Anacapri: Bells, tarantellas he likely would have won the prize had Offenbach and others with Poulenc’s and dancing, with the sun bursting the magazine not gone bankrupt. special blend of charm and grace. forward at the close.

Veuillez vous adresser au service des abonnés ou consulter le site www.wso.ca pour la traduction en français. 30 OVERTURE I September – October 2016 Des Pas sur la neige: Footsteps in the SPECIAL snow with total desolation in the soul. ARTIST BIOS Pascal Rogé in Recital Ce qu’a vu le vent d’ouest: The West Wind gathers power and crashes on the coasts. Pascal Rogé, piano An admirer of Shelley, Debussy’s Pascal Rogé exemplifies the finest in French pianism. inspiration may have been the poet’s Born in Paris, he was a student of the Paris “Ode to the West Wind.” Conservatory and was also mentored by Julius Katchen La Fille aux cheveux de lin: The most and the great Nadia Boulanger.Winner of Georges famous prelude of the set, a young girl Enesco piano competition and 1st prize of Marguerite sings to herself in a field of clover. Long Piano competition, he became an exclusive Decca recording artist at the age of seventeen. His playing of Poulenc, Satie, Fauré, La Sérénade interrompue: A Spanish guitarist tries to sing his love song but Saint-Saëns and especially Ravel, is characterized by its elegance, keeps getting interrupted and scorned. beauty and stylistically perfect phrasing. La Cathédrale engloutie: A mysterious Mr. Rogé has performed in almost every major concert hall in the cathedral with its ancient bells is world and with every major orchestra across the globe and has engulfed in water for impiety but rises collaborated with the most distinguished conductors in history, when the sun comes up. A landmark of including Lorin Maazel, Michael Tilson Thomas, Mariss Jansons, Impressionism, Debussy may have been , Kurt Masur, , Alan Gilbert, David Zinman, inspired by Monet’s paintings of the Marek Janowski, Sir Andrew Davis, Raymond Leppard and others. Rouen Cathedral. La Danse de Puck: Debussy’s nod to the One of the world’s most distinguished recording artists; Pascal Rogé miniature character in Shakespeare’s has won many prestigious awards, including two Gramophone A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Awards, a Grand Prix du Disque and an Edison Award. Recently chairman of the Geneva Piano competition, Pascal Rogé is also Minstrels: Inspired by the American cakewalk, Debussy recalls the music hall with its dedicated to teaching and gives regular masterclasses in France, broad humour and affected rhythms. Japan, United States and .

September – October 2016 I OVERTURE 31

Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé

José Luis Gomez, conductor Pascal Rogé, piano CLASSICS Canadian Mennonite University Chorus, Janet Brenneman, director*

Pavane Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22 Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) Andante sostenuto Allegro scherzando Presto

- INTERMISSION - Daphnis et Chloé, Choreographic Symphony Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) in Three Parts* Part I Introduction et Danse religieuse Danse générale Danse grotesque de Dorcon Danse légère et gracieuse de Daphnis Danse de Lycéion Danse lente et mystérieuse des Nymphes Part II Introduction Danse guerrière Danse suppliante de Chloé Part III Lever du jour Pantomime (Les amours de Pan et Syrinx) Danse générale (Bacchanale)

Projected images from Marc Chagall’s lithographs to Daphnis and Chloe*: Chloe’s Kiss,Lamon Finds Daphnis, Dryas Finds Chloe,The Beginning of Spring,The Abduction of Chloe,Spring,The Altar of Dionysus *© SODRAC and ADAGP 2016, Chagall ® English surtitles

Friday, October 21 8:00 p.m. Official Radio Station Saturday, October 22 8:00 p.m. of the WSO Classics:

Pre-Concert Chat on the Piano Nobile at 7:05 p.m. Pre-Concert Performance on the Piano Nobile at 7:35 p.m. Friday Écho from Centre scolaire Léo-Rémillard Saturday Choral Performance

September – October 2016 I OVERTURE 33 Saint-Saëns excelled not Early in 1910, Diaghilev went to PROGRAM NOTES only in music but as a Ravel with the idea of a ballet with by James Manishen writer, mathematician, a scenario by Folkine based on a archeologist, pastoral romance based on the Pavane astronomer and writings of the third-century Gabriel Fauré everything else his Greek philosopher Longus. Ravel b. Pamiers, Ariege / May 12, 1845 inexhaustible nature encountered. He took the commission for Daphnis d. Paris / November 4, 1924 was a phenomenal pianist and prodigy, et Chloé with the aim of writing Composed: 1887 often compared to Mozart in the vast what he called a choreographic First performance: April 28, 1888 (Paris), repertoire he commanded at a very symphony, which he later conducted by young age. described as his only ‘symphony’ Last WSO performance: 2001; Michael and personal favourite among his Saint-Saëns’second and most popular Hall, conductor orchestral works. piano concerto was described by pianist Gabriel Fauré was the Sigismund Stojowski as “beginning with The story had enjoyed a certain grand maître of French Bach and ending with Offenbach.”The music in the generation vogue in France under Louis XIV, work’s exuberance is matched with the so Ravel’s intent was not to be between Saint-Saëns fluency under which it was composed, in and Ravel. A celebrated overly archaic to his visionary just 17 days for a concert at the Salle Greece but rather to view a organist, teacher, critic Pleyel requested by the great pianist and composer, his seminal contribution Greece as imagined by French Anton Rubinstein who wanted to painters of the late 18th century. was a new style of French song, being the conduct a Parisian orchestra for the first first to set the exquisite poetry of Paul This he felt would permit him to time. Verlaine to music.Though a clear more easily cast the large work in melodist, Fauré’s subtle dissonances, The opening movement recalls a Bach symphonic narrative using small modal scales and concentrated fantasia.The second movement is a themes with concise expression prefaced and influenced both brilliant scherzo in the style of development. Ravel’s mastery of Debussy and Ravel in their explorations. Mendelssohn.The finale tests all with a orchestration and colour allied to rollicking tarantella to bring this the music’s careful construction The pavane was a stately court dance delightful work to a rousing close. produce a concentrated sound- that originated in 16th century Padua world of precise story and (“Pava”in local dialect). In the late 19th Daphnis et Chloé happening.The “Greece of my century, leading musicologists began to Maurice Ravel dreams,”he wrote. stir interest in such old musical forms and composers began to get on board. b. Ciboure, France / March 7, 1875 d. Paris, France / December 28, 1937 Such a refined musical view of the Fauré composed his Pavane as an Composed: 1909-1912 story proved to be at odds with orchestral piece for Jules Danbé, First performance: June 8, 1912 (Paris), the more primitive vision of the conductor of the Opéra-Comique, but the conducted by production staff whose stage work had to wait until April 28, 1888, to be Last WSO performance: 1996; Bramwell designs caused friction and delays premiered at Charles Lamoureux’s concert Tovey, conductor in getting the production off the in Paris. A staged version of Pavane was ground. Ravel was also set in his done in 1919 as a one-act “divertissement” The brilliant impresario ways regarding the music, which for Monte Carlo entitled Masques et Sergei Diaghilev turned upset choreographer Michel Bergamasques. Sultry and sensuous, with a the Parisian ballet Fokine, whose dancers stern middle section in its three-part form, scene into the forefront complained about the complex Fauré’s Pavane has long been the most of musical and dance metres. Not surprisingly, the ballet popular of his orchestral works. innovation with his got a mixed reception at the Ballet Russes in 1909. Scouring the top premiere on June 8, 1912, though Piano Concerto No. 2 Ravel’s score was met with Camille Saint-Saëns talent of choreographers, composers, designers and dancers within the enthusiasm, clearly b. Paris / October 9, 1835 overshadowing the staging and d. Algiers / December 16, 1921 artistic riches of the French capital - décor.The ballet is rarely seen Composed: 1868. Picasso, Falla, Massine, Nijinsky, today but the score and the two First performance: May 13, 1868 (Paris) Stravinsky, Debussy, Matisse and conducted by Anton Rubinstein with the similar luminaries – Diaghilev left no suites Ravel constructed from it composer as soloist stone unturned in his quest to make are very popular and regularly Last WSO performance: 2009; Alexander his ballet company’s productions a performed by orchestras up to Mickelthwate, conductor, with Inon sensation, both in Paris and through the vast demands. Of note, the Barnatan as soloist international tours. Veuillez vous adresser au service des abonnés ou consulter le site www.wso.ca pour la traduction en français. 34 OVERTURE I September – October 2016 conductor of the premiere, Pierre CLASSICS Monteux, appeared with the WSO ARTIST BIOS Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé in 1960. José Luis Gomez, conductor Part One: The ballet opens to The Venezuelan-born, Spanish conductor José Luis show a meadow with a grotto Gomez was catapulted to international attention when containing an altar graced by he won First Prize at the International Sir statues of three Nymphs. Abandoned by shepherds on the Conductor’s Competition in Frankfurt in September 2010, island of Lesbos, Daphnis and securing a sensational and rare unanimous decision from Chloé fall in love, the sounds of the jury. Since then, Mo. Gomez has moved from strength to strength, Daphnis’s pan-pipes irresistible to establishing himself as an exhilarating and engaging performer with the young girl. Daphnis out- an ear for subtlety and a sense of drama, conducting some of the dances his rival Dorcon to earn world’s leading orchestras and opera companies. Chloé’s first kiss, keeping his virtue Gomez started his musical career as a violinist, and by the age of 11 intact despite the erotic advances he was Concertmaster of the Youth Orchestra of Zulia State - part of El of Lycéion. Meanwhile, Chloé is abducted by pirates. Daphnis Sistema de Orquestas Juveniles de Venezuela. He graduated in music rushes to the grotto of the and violin from the Manhattan School of Music in New York before Nymphs, cursing the gods for not embarking on a European orchestral career. Deciding to follow his protecting his love. A light dream to have more creative input and influence on musical direction appears and the Nymphs come to he took conducting lessons from Lu Jia, Muhai Tang and John Nelson. life. In a slow dance, they vow to The 2016-2017 season sees José become Music Director Designate of approach the god Pan for help. Tucson Symphony Orchestra. His form emerges as night falls.

Part Two: The pirates’ camp.They Canadian Mennonite University Chorus, perform a barbaric war-dance, Janet Brenneman, director falling exhausted at the end. The Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) Chorus combine’s two of Chloé is ordered to dance and CMU’s premiere ensembles, the CMU Women’s Chorus (Janet while doing so begs for her Brenneman, conductor) and the CMU Men’s Chorus (Rudy release.The sky grows dark. Pan Schellenberg, conductor).These auditioned choirs are comprised of and his warriors rescue Chloé as students from a variety of academic programs at CMU and perform the frightened pirates flee. regularly in worship and in concert across Manitoba. Known for their innovative programming, energy, and enthusiasm, these choirs Part Three: At dawn, Daphnis perform demanding repertoire that represents their commitment to awakens and mourns for the lost Chloé. Shepherds appear with her. exploring a global context in close relation to the music of their One of them tells Daphnis that Christian heritage and faith.Together, the CMU Women and Men’s Pan has saved Chloé in choirs host the annual CMU Choral Connections and can be heard remembrance of his love for the regularly on Golden West Broadcasting throughout southern Nymph Syrinx. In gratitude, Manitoba. Past performances with the WSO include the world Daphnis and Chloé dance the tale premiere of T. Patrick Carrabre’s Creation Stories, Alfred Schnittke’s of Pan and Syrinx, in which Syrinx Faust Cantata Seid Nuchtern und Wachet, Christos Hatzis’ Sepulcher of is turned into a reed by her sisters Life, Glen Buhr’s Symphony No. 3, John Tavener’s Requiem, Krzysztof to hide her from Pan’s lustful Penderecki’s Seven Gates of Jerusalem, and Giya Kancheli’s Styx. advances. From the reed Pan makes a flute – the pipes of Pan – ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS: which he plays to dispel his Yu Fei, violin; Josh Peters, violin; Momoko Matsumura, viola; Laura longing. As the dance becomes MacDougall, flute; Laurel Ridd, flute; Caitlin Broms-Jacobs, oboe; more animated, Chloé abandons Graham Lorde, clarinet; Mary Chalk, bassoon; Allen Harrington, her role and falls into Daphnis’s arms. A grand bacchanale closes contra bassoon; Richard Scholz, trumpet; Tony Cyre, percussion; in celebration. Victoria Sparks, percussion; Brendan Thompson, percussion; Andrew Johnson, percussion; Derek Klassen, percussion; Andrew Nazar, percussion; Caroline Bucher, percussion; Janice Lindskoog, harp; Donna Laube, keyboard

September – October 2016 I OVERTURE 35 36 OVERTURE I September – October 2016 WSO SUPPORTERS Nita Eamer Memorial Fund MAJOR GIFTS Black Tie Francofonds Inc. Ms. Sandra Altner The WSO gratefully Marjory Alexander Graham & Family Aubrey & Dr. Linda Asper acknowledges the following Fund Shibashis Bal patrons for their generous In Memory of Peter D. Curry Mr. Jim Barrett support to the orchestra. Mr. R.D. Bell Bruce and Catherine Jones Fund, the The WSO gratefully acknowledges Mrs. Lucienne Blouw Winnipeg Foundation Art & Leona Defehr the following companies whose Frank & Jeanne Plett Mr. & Mrs. John & Bonnie Buhler generous support helps to ensure George Warren Keates Memorial Brenlee Carrington Trepel & musical enrichment within our Fund Brent Trepel community. 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Hartley & Heather Richardson Price Industries Limited Dr. Lea Stogdale Dr. Beryl Peters & Dr. Blair Peters Harvey I. Pollock Q.C. Galsworthy Holdings Ltd. Siana Attwell, PhD Concertmaster's Bow Dr. & Mrs. Brian Postl Number Ten Architectural Group Greg Doyle and Carol Bellringer Gail Asper & Michael Paterson Barb & Gerry Price Red River Cooperative Ltd. Mrs. Lucienne Blouw Marjorie Blankstein C.M., O.M. John & Violet Rademaker Lorraine and Gerry Cairns Riser Herb & Erna Buller Dr. Diane Ramsey Dr. Donald S. Reimer & A. Akman & Son Ltd. Kevin & Els Kavanagh Ernest & Anastasia Cholakis Mrs. Anne Reimer European Art Glass Ltd. Michel D. Lagacé John & Gay Docherty Jim & Leney Richardson* InterGroup Consultants Ltd. Gail E. Loewen Marten & Joanne Duhoux S. E. Loewen Mrs. Shirley Richardson Mid West Packaging Limited Bill & Margaret Fast Mr. Rick Riess & Mrs. Jean Carter W. H. 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Armytage Fund West Jim & Jan Tennant Robin Wiens and Emilie Lagacé- Brandon Area Community Lawrie & Fran Pollard Susan Glass & Arni Thorsteinson Foundation Wiens Dr. Bill Pope & Dr. Elizabeth Don & Florence Whitmore The Winnipeg Foundation - Chipman Donn K.Yuen Tippett-Pope* Klaus & Elsa Wolf Family Foundation Fund 2 Anonymous Ian R.Thomson & Leah R. Janzen Klaus and Dorit Wrogemann 2 Anonymous Sylvia & Robin Cowan Foundation Curt & Cathy Vossen Professor A.M.C.Waterman * Founding Members September – October 2016 I OVERTURE 37 Bruno Gossen Mr. Bradley J. Curran C. & R. Thomsen Ms. Debbie Grenier Mr. Tom Dercola Dr. J.M. Trainor Patricia Guy Mr. & Mrs. Gordon Dingman Neil & Carol Trembath Friends of the WSO support Gordon E. Hannon Faye Dixon in Memory of Graham Ms. Edna Walpole the WSO each season. Mary & Gregg Hanson John & Ada Ducas Jack & Bernice Watts Mrs. Audrey Harburn George B. 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Munro Anna Bird Mrs. Jocelyn Millard Winnipeg Symphony Leesa Munroe Frances Booth M. Mohr Orchestra, in Memory of Charlotte Murrell Norma Bortoluzzi Maureen Morin David & Hermine Olfert Marilyn Boyd Mrs. Margaret Parker Norma Bingeman Truus Oliver Mrs. Diane Brine Sonjia Pasiechnik Women's Committee of the Miss Jenny Olynyk Alfred Buelow Trudy Patzer Winnipeg Symphony Shirley & Graham Padgett Sheila Burland Ken & Geri Porath Orchestra, in Memory Ms. Nettie Peters Mr. John Burrows Mrs. Glennys Propp of Maria Michalak Canon Canada Inc. 2 Anonymous September – October 2016 I OVERTURE 39 Conmoto Carrie Solmundson Larry & Evelyn Hecht Dr.Teresa Sztaba Terrell Stephen Monique Henderson Mr. & Mrs. Robert Tapscott Ms. Marlene Stern Katherine Himelblau James & Marlene Taylor Jon Stewart Dorothy L. Hodgson Ross & Bette Jayne Taylor Sally Sweatman Mrs. Katherine Hoeppner Etta Telford in Memory of Gijsbert Festival donors help to further Brenda Taylor Huynh Van Ho Crielaard the musical artistry of the Tetrem Capital Management Ishbel Isaacs, in Loving Memory Jim & Jan Tennant WSO’s New Music Festival. Ms. Stephanie M. van Nest of Gijsbert Crielaard Anne Thiessen, in Memory Thank you! Mr. Curt Vossen Ms. Margaret Jeffries of Gijsbert Crielaard Alpha Masonry Ms. Meeka Walsh Mr. & Mrs. C Jenkins Mrs. Bonnie E Thiessen, in Memory Aubrey & Dr. Linda Asper Karin Woods Ross & Betty Jo Johnston of Gijsbert Crielaard Alison Baldwin Mr. & Dr. Jens J. Wrogemann Marilyn Kapitany Ms. Mia Timmermans Jackie Brignall 1 Anonymous Mrs. Karen Kaplen Ms. Melita Tonogai Kevin Burns Kevin & Els Kavanagh Fran & Estela Violago Timothy & Barbara Burt Ursula & Sandor Kelemen E. 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Dr. Sabine Mai Elaine & Neil Margolis Daniel Friedman & Rob Dalgliesh Katherine Devine & George Andrich C & V Martens Wendy Gale Pat & Harvey Anton Mr. Peter Martin Tyler Gompf Ms. Margaret Barbour Sistema Winnipeg is a free daily Reina & Mark McDowell, in Memory Stepan Gordienko Ralph & Eileen Baxter after-school program that Dr. Alexander Grunfeld & Silvester of Gijsbert Crielaard Bernice Blakeman enriches the lives of children and Komlodi Jean & Mike McIlrath Mrs. Lucienne Blouw, in Memory young people with the fewest Dr. Don & Jerri Hall Mr. Sheldon Leonard McLeod of Gijsbert Crielaard resources and the greatest need. Ms. Helen Hawrysh Mrs. Jose Meers Ms. Patricia Bozyk The WSO gratefully Dr. Wolfgang Heidenreich in Ms. Pat Michalski Sheila & David Brodovsky acknowledges the following Support of Composer Henryk L & D Mitchell Ms. Carol Budnick patrons whose support makes a Gorecki for the 2016-17 WNMF M. 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Andrew, in Memory Marilynne Keil Ms.Terry Trupp Mona Koropatnick of Ben Flynn Dr.Terry Klassen & Ms. Grace Dueck Ms. Christine Van Cauwenberghe Paul Kosowan Betty & Ted Ash Peter Krahn Mr. Curt Vossen Ms. Jacki Koven Ms. Angelica Banmann Bryon Devries & Diane Lau Barbara Warrack Ms. Janet Kuchma Brenda Batzel Zandra Lea in Honour of Paul and Dr. Noah Weiszner Elizabeth Lansard Ralph & Eileen Baxter Pamela Connolly Diane Weselake Don Lawrence Jennifer Beirnes Melanie & Craig Leonhardt Grace M.Wiebe Mr. Norman Leathers Aaron Benarroch Helen Litz William Wilde P. M. Litwin Byrnes Benoit Ms. Lorraine MacIboric Karin Woods Roger Lowe Ms. Diane Bewell Mrs. Anita Malbranck Wynward Insurance Group Grant MacDougall Ameet Bharaj Manitoba Association of School Libby Yager & Billy Brodovsky Lydia MacKenzie Cathy Bilyk Superintendents 8 Anonymous Ms. Lorraine MacLeod Gwen Birse Mrs. Maureen McIntosh Barbara Main Sally Boulding Ross Meacham ANNUAL CAMPAIGN Mr. Allan Mapes Tammy Brock, in Honour of Ms. Linda Meckling The WSO gratefully Aubrey Margolis Noah Weiszner's 65th Birthday Linda Meckling, in Memory Bob and Betty McCamis acknowledges the following Paul & Doreen Bromley of Alan Blanchette Ms. Diane McGregor patrons whose generosity helped Ms. Coralie Bryant Linda Lee-Meiers & Matt Meiers Sylvia Mitchell to support orchestral music in Ms. Lorelei Bunkowsky Ron and Sandi Mielitz Margaret & Fred Mooibroek our community. Thank you! Camerata Nova Ms. Marlene Milne D.E. Morrison Mrs. Audrey Campbell Trish Minish Ms. Sylvia L. Barr Ms. Lillian Murphy Gordon & Ann Campbell Carolyn and Nathan Mitchell F. Bell Robert Nix Ms. Darlene J. Chimilar Mr. Rick Morgan Marjorie Blankstein Ellen Peel & Neil Bruneau Dave Christie Ms. Francine Morin Helga & Gerhard Bock Mr. Irwine Permut Michael Cobus & Mr. & Mrs. Brian & Denise Murphy Frances Booth Ian & Ann-Margret Plummer Christine Wigglesworth Mr. Robert Nix Wendy Broadfoot Mr. & Mrs. Barry Prentice Helen Bergen, Music Director FGUC Ms. Lucy Nykolyshyn Greg & Sylvia Brodsky Barbara M. Robertson Joan C. Cohen William & Linda Oakley, in Memory Dolores P. Brommell Olga & Bill Runnalls Gerald Corr of Ben Flynn Ms. Carol Budnick Barbara Scheuneman Ms. Barbara Crow Peter Obendoerfer Mrs. Leona Burdeniuk A. Schroeder Melissa Delaronde Thomas Obendoerfer Gerald Callow Dr. Robert Schroth Ken Schykulski Ms. Lucy De Sousa Mr. Brian O'Leary Mrs. Audrey Campbell Mrs. Doreen Shanks Dr. & Mrs. Jamit And Courtney Dhaliwal Mr. David Pate Mr. & Mrs. Carl & Donna Chambers Carl and Margaret Shaykewich Claire Dionne Leena Patel Karen Couch Pam Simmons Bob Dueck and Joan Duerksen Patricia M. Patterson, in Memory of Dennis & Ruth Crook Ms. Debbie Spacklin Mrs. Cynthia Dutton Max & Pearl Kuran and Mary Kuran; Jean Cunningham Mr. & Mrs. A.E. Stanton Caroline Elder In Honour of Beatrice Kuran, Jean Ellen Curtis Mr. Herbert Stewart Ms. Ursula Erhardt Kuran and Una Kuran Mr. Blair D. Cymbalist Mrs. Joan Swaffer Ms. Catherine Flower Peppler Piotr Czaykowski & Anne Worley Ms. Judith Thompson In Memory of Ben Flynn Mr. Jean-Francois Phaneuf Mr. & Ms. Jim & Virginia Dyck Ms. Marilyn Thompson Ms. Judith Flynn Dr.& Mrs.D.Punter Lisa Edel Ms. Andrea Towers Peter Flynn James Ray, in Memory of Henry Ray Scott & Margaret Edmonds Mrs. Susan Twaddle Mr.Verland Force Tannis Richardson Donna Ekerholm Audrey Walker Hilda Franz Erin Risbey Vera & Peter Fast Patricia Walker ft3 Architecture Landscape Interior David Guspodarchuk & Joey-Heather Mr. & Mrs. Gary & Janice Filmon Mrs. Marilyn Weimer Design Robertson Joan Fleming Evelyn Wener Gisaya Gahungu Karen Romanoff Miriam Fliegel Ms. Joan Wise Helena Jane Gahungu Joan Sabourin Mrs. Gitta Fricke 14 Anonymous Evelyn & Ricardo Galima Ms. Corazon Saquilayan Arnold & Myra Frieman Listing as of March 4, 2016 Gardon Construction Ltd. Mrs. Claudia Sarbit Robert & Monica Friesen September – October 2016 I OVERTURE 41

PRESIDENTS OF THE WINNIPEG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

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

PRESIDENT’S ADVISORY COUNCIL

Al Alexandruk Helen Hayles Harvey I Pollock, QC Mal Anderson Kaaren Hawkins Dr.William Pope Carol Bellringer Sherrill Hershberg John Rademaker Marilyn Billinkoff Ian Kay Kathleen Richardson Doneta Brotchie Roger King Tannis Richardson John and Bonnie Buhler Bill Knight Lenny 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 Elba Haid Michael Nozick

September – October 2016 I OVERTURE 43 WSO BOARD & STAFF 2016-2017 SEASON

BOARD OF DIRECTORS OUR DISTINGUISHED PATRONS Timothy E. Burt, CFA, Gregory Hay Her Honour the Honourable President Micah Heilbrunn Janice C. Filmon C.M., O.M. Terry Sargeant, Robin Hildebrand Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba st 1 Vice President Peter Jessiman The Honourable , Curt Vossen, Margaret Kellermann 2nd Vice President McCulloch His Worship Brian Bowman, Rob Kowalchuk, CA, Maureen Kilgour Mayor of the City of Winnipeg Treasurer Silvester Komlodi Michael D. Kay, Sotirios Kotoulas Mr.W.H. Loewen & Mrs. S.E. Loewen, Secretary Dr. Eleanor MacDougall WSO Directors Emeritus Sandra Altner Sherratt Moffat Lucienne Blouw Dr. Michael Nelson WOMEN'S COMMITTEE EXECUTIVE Emily Burt, MBA, CFA Richard Turner Sherratt Moffatt, President James Cohen Ex-Officio Winnifred Warkentin,Vice-President Arlene Dahl Trudy Schroeder, Executive Sylvia Cassie, Past President Marten Duhoux Director Nancy Weedon,Treasurer Alan Freeman Alexander Mickelthwate, Agnes Bailey, Secretary Daniel Friedman Music Director Florence Bell, Asssistant

ALEXANDER MICKELTHWATE, MUSIC DIRECTOR TRUDY SCHROEDER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Bramwell Tovey, Conductor Laureate Julian Pellicano, Resident Conductor EXECUTIVE OFFICE Lori Marks, Confidential Executive Assistant FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION Lyn Stienstra,VP Finance & Administration ARTISTIC OPERATIONS & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Sandi Mitchell, Payroll & Accounting Administrator Jean-Francois Phaneuf,VP Artistic Operations & Oscar Pantaleon Jr., Finance & Administration Assistant Community Engagement James Manishen, Artistic Operations Associate SALES & AUDIENCE SERVICES Evan Klassen, Production Manager Ryan Diduck,VP Sales & Audience Services Sheena Sanderson, Stage Manager Desiree La Vallee, Patron Services Coordinator Chris Lee, Orchestra Personnel Manager Theresa Huscroft, Group Events Representative Ray Chrunyk, Principal Librarian Rachel Himelblau, Patron Services Representative Laura MacDougall, Assistant Librarian Aaron Lewis, Sales Specialist Lawrence Rentz, Stage Supervisor Patron Services Representatives (p/t): Phil Corrin Melissa Houston Brent Johnson, Education & Community Kristie Enns Laura Gow Engagement Manager Meg Dolovich Crystal Schwartz Amy Wolfe, Education Coordinator Lindsay Woolgar, Education Programs Coordinator (Term) MARKETING & DEVELOPMENT Shannon Darby, Sistema Winnipeg Manager Neil Middleton,VP Marketing & Sponsorship Beth Proven,VP Development Carol Cassels, Development Manager Shenna Song, Development Coordinator Sarah Panas, Marketing & Communications Coordinator Matt Brooks, Designer S.Thompson Designs Inc.

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44 OVERTURE I September – October 2016 European Tour to the Birthplace of Classical Music October 2017

Mozart • Schubert • Beethoven • Strauss • Gluck • Mahler • Brahms • Haydn • Weber • Schonberg • Liszt • Bartok • Kodaly • Dvorˇák • Janacek • Bohuslav

PRAGUE VIENNA BUDAPEST The Golden City of The Heart and Soul Modern and Ancient, One Hundred Spires of Classical Music Split by the Danube

• 10 nights accommodation at deluxe hotels with daily breakfast • Visits to Prague Castle, Black Theatre, Old Synagogue and Museum, Mozarthaus Vienna, Matthias Kirche and Halazbastya (Fisherman’s Bastion) • Performances of the Prague Symphony, Vienna Philharmonic, and Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestras • Private transfer from airport to hotel

INFORMATION SESSION September 25th Approx. 4:30 pm following WSO performance of The Spy Who Loved Me

For more information and a complete itinerary please contact Natalie Hebert at 204.989.9343 I 1.800.665.2626 I [email protected] Or visit us online at www.continentaltravel.ca

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