SEPTEMBER – NOVEMBER 2018 I ISSUE 1

WELCOMING MAESTRO DANIEL RAISKIN

MAHLER’S TITAN

DISNEY: SILLY SYMPHONY

CASABLANCA WITH LIVE ORCHESTRA

Photographer: Marco Borggreve wso.ca I 204-949-3999 MESSAGE FROM THE MUSIC DIRECTOR

Welcome to a new and exciting season of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra! “From the heart, may it go further, to the heart!” is the famous inscription on the score of Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis. I chose this motto since everyone of us at WSO – musicians, board and staff alike – are passionate about the music we’d like to reach your hearts. As the WSO’s new Music Director, I feel privileged and blessed presenting my first season built on a 70-year legacy of an institution so strongly embedded in the community, so respected and loved in Winnipeg. Like many of us, The Beatles played a significant role in my life as a teenager in the Soviet Union, where the group was actually banned for years. I am particularly excited about Classical Mystery Tour – A Tribute to The Beatles, a show that presents some 30 Beatles tunes sung, played, and performed exactly as they were written. The Beatles recorded with a 41-piece orchestra, so this is going to sound bigger than any recording you’ve ever heard! For kids and parents alike – no one will leave without a smile after having fun at our Disney in Concert: A Silly Symphony Celebration. Groundbreaking cartoons by Walt Disney Studios accompanied by their original scores, performed live by full orchestra – it will be a real treat. Continuing our commitment to presenting the finest scores of film music, we move on to Casablanca with Live Orchestra. Casablanca is often rated as one of the best movies ever and if you have not seen it yet – now is the time. Captivating performances by Ingrid Bergman and Humphrey Bogart and a few iconic lines like “Here’s looking at you, kid” will spring to life like never before. Our Masterworks concerts in September and October each feature works that have changed the course of music forever. Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 1 “Titan” is the symphony as much about space as it is about time. And however familiar it might sound to us in 21st century, when we hear this music, we should try and recreate the sense of wonder that audiences felt during premiere of this revolutionary work in Budapest in 1889. Even more stunned were the audiences in Paris in May 1913 at the premiere of Igor Stravinsky’s “The Rite of Spring.” We have often heard about the riot it provoked when it was first performed, and even though I do not expect riots breaking out at Centennial Concert Hall, it is easy to comprehend why it was so shocking, provocative and groundbreaking then. This iconic work is a ballet and our collaboration with Buffy Handel’s Aboriginal School of Dance and Odette Heyn-Projects will surely imbue performance with joy and thrill of dance. We are also excited to welcome young Canadian pianist Charles-Richard Hamelin for his debut with WSO. Silver medalist and laureate of the Krystian Zimerman award at the International Chopin Piano Competition in 2015, he is surely an authority when it comes to performing Chopin’s 1st Piano Concerto. There is much to discover and to enjoy in our season and I am confident that you will not leave after our concerts untouched and uninspired.You, our beloved audience, have a unique ability to inspire us musicians to aim for the stars. And, rephrasing another iconic line from Casablanca:“We’ll always have music.”

Daniel Raiskin Music Director

1 OVERTURE I September – November 2018 WSO SPONSORS, FUNDERS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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September – November 2018 I OVERTURE 2 CONDUCTORS AND COMPOSERS

Daniel Raiskin, Music Director A son of a prominent musicologist, Daniel Raiskin grew up in St. Petersburg. He attended music school and later the celebrated conservatory in his native city, where he studied violin, viola and conducting. At the age of twenty, Daniel Raiskin left the Soviet Union to continue his studies in Amsterdam and Freiburg.Inspired to take up the baton by an encounter with the distinguished teacher Lev Savich, he also took classes with Maestri such as Mariss Jansons, Neeme Järvi, Milan Horvat, Woldemar Nelson and Jorma Panula. Raiskin, who cultivates a broad repertoire, often looks beyond the mainstream in his strikingly conceived programmes. He was Chief Conductor of the Staatsorchester Rheinische Philharmonie in Koblenz (2005-2016) and held the same title with the Artur Rubinstein Philharmonic Orchestrain Lódz (2008-2015). From the 2017-2018 season onwards, Daniel Raiskin will be Principal Guest Conductor of the Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife and of the Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra as well as Artistic Partner of the Chamber Orchestra St. Michael Strings in Finland.

Julian Pellicano, Resident Conductor A musician with wide-ranging musical interests, conductor Julian Pellicano has made his mark with a multifaceted approach to programming and performing, engaging audiences in a diverse mélange of concerts and genres. Dedicated to invigorating performances of the traditional and contemporary symphonic repertoire, Pellicano’s range has extended to films live with orchestra, classical and modern ballet, collaborations with composers, opera, pops, musical theater, multi-media productions, workshops, as well as carefully programmed concerts for young listeners.The Winnipeg Free Press says of Pellicano,“His versatility is truly astonishing…” The 2018 - 2019 season includes exciting debut performances with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, National Arts Centre Orchestra and the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra as well as a return to conduct two productions with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet.This year also marks Pellicano’s sixth season as Resident Conductor of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra with concerts on the WSO’s Masterworks Series in addition to leading a multitude of performances throughout the season on the WSO’s Pops, Movie, Kids, Specials and Education series. He studied conducting on fellowship at the Yale School of Music where he was also a member of the critically acclaimed Yale Percussion Group.

Harry Stafylakis, Composer-in-Residence,WNMF Festival Director New York City-based composer Harry Stafylakis (b. 1982) hails from Montreal. "Dreamy yet rhythmic" (NY Times), with a “terrible luminosity”and “ferociously expressive”(Times Colonist), his concert music is “an amalgamation of the classical music tradition and the soul and grime of heavy metal”(I Care If You Listen). He is the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra's Composer-In-Residence and Co-Curator of the Winnipeg New Music Festival. His works have been performed by the Toronto, Winnipeg,Vancouver, Edmonton,Victoria, Spokane, Stamford, and PEI symphonies, American Composers Orchestra, McGill Chamber Orchestra, ICE, Contemporaneous, Mivos Quartet, Quatuor Bozzini, and Aspen Contemporary Ensemble, among others. www.hstafylakis.com

3 OVERTURE I September – November 2018 WINNIPEG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 2018-2019 SEASON

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

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Tickets available in the lobby, online at wso.ca/pianoraffle or by calling 204-949-3999 James Owen presents Classical Mystery Tour: A Tribute to the Beatles SOUNDBYTES

Classical Mystery Tour POPS Jim Owen: rhythm guitar, piano, vocals Paul Curatolo: bass guitar, piano, vocals Tom Teeley: lead guitar, vocals Chris Camilleri: drums, vocals Julian Pellicano, conductor

Let It Be arr: Martin Herman Performing selections from the following: A Day in the Life All You Need Is Love Come Together Eleanor Rigby Golden Slumbers Good Night Got to Get You Into My Life Here Comes the Sun I Am the Walrus I Saw Her Standing There Imagine Live and Let Die Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds Magical Mystery Tour Ob-la-di, ob-la-da Penny Lane Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band The Long and Winding Road While My Guitar Gently Weeps With a Little Help from My Friends Yellow Submarine Yesterday

*Note: there will be an intermission between sets. All songs written by John Lennon, Paul McCartney, or George Harrison. ClassicalMysteryTour.com

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September – November 2018 I OVERTURE 6 POPS ARTIST BIOS Classical Mystery Tour: A Tribute to the Beatles

James Owen presents Classical Mystery Tour: A Tribute to the Beatles Since its initial prestigious orchestras:The Cleveland Orchestra, performance at the Boston Pops,The Philadelphia Orchestra, San Orange County Francisco Symphony, among many others. Performing Arts Center (now renamed Classical Mystery Tour has CDs and T-shirts Segerstrom Center available for purchase at the concert and on their for the Arts) in 1996, website (www.classicalmysterytour.com). Classical Mystery Tour has become the number one Symphony Pops ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS: attraction over the last decade.The group has Laura MacDougall, flute; Laurel Ridd, flute; James been performing consistently for more than 20 Langridge, trumpet; Miles Thomsen, trumpet; Julia years with more than 100 orchestras in the US, McIntyre, bass trombone; Tony Cyre, percussion; Canada, Europe, Asia, and Australia.The group Victoria Sparks, percussion; Will Bonness, keyboards; played to packed houses at the Sydney Opera Janice Finley, saxophone; Ken Gold, saxophone; Julie House, and has performed with America’s most Husband, saxophone; Jonathan Stevens, saxophone

7 OVERTURE I September – November 2018 September – November 2018 I OVERTURE 8 Quantum Full Page

(to be inerted by Quantum) Mahler’s Titan

Daniel Raiskin, conductor Charles-Richard Hamelin, piano CLASSICS

Overture to The Marriage of Figaro, K. 492 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11 Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849) Allegro maestoso Romanze: Larghetto Rondo: Vivace

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Symphony No. 1 in D major (Titan) Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) Langsam, schleppend – Sehr gemächlich Kräftig bewegt Feierlich und gemessen, ohne zu schleppen Stürmisch bewegt

Friday, September 28 8:00 p.m. Classics A Series Sponsor: Saturday, September 29 8:00 p.m.

Official Radio Station Pre-Concert Chat on the Piano Nobile of the WSO Classics: at 7:15 p.m. Presenting Patrons: Marten Duhoux Joanne DeFehr

The Sept 29th concert is performed in memory of Louise Nebbs. Louise left a gift of $100,000 to the WSO in her will.The WSO is tremendously grateful for her generosity.

September – November 2018 I OVERTURE 10 At the time 20-year-old with one Johanne Richter, a singer at PROGRAM NOTES Chopin composed this the Cassel Opera where Mahler was by James Manishen concerto, the concert conducting (an affair which also world was ruled by the inspired his Songs of a Wayfarer), and a Overture to The Marriage touring virtuoso, liaison in 1887 with Marion Weber, the of Figaro equipped with technical extravagance, wife of the grandson of the composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart thundering volume and plenty of Carl Maria von Weber. Mahler b. Salzburg / January 27, 1756 showmanship.The arrival of Paganini acknowledged these but referred to d.Vienna / December 5, 1791 on the circuit in 1805 followed by Liszt them as the “occasion”of the First Composed: 1785-1786 in 1823 set the rules whereby if a Symphony, not the “message.” First performance: May 1, 1786 (Vienna) young artist wanted success, he had Last WSO performance: 2015, Alexander to both play his own music and The work originally had five Mickelthwate, conductor ensure he had something that could movements but the “Blumine”(Flora) be performed with orchestra. Chopin’s second movement was dropped as The appointment of Venetian- Piano Concerto No.1 was the second of Mahler felt it not sufficiently born Lorenzo da Ponte by the two piano concertos he composed symphonic since it came from Emperor Joseph II as poet to in 1830 but the first to be published. incidental music he had written for Vienna’s Imperial Theatres in a play. 1783 proved a godsend to Chopin’s playing was the ultimate in Mozart, a true man of the theatre whose first sensitivity and poetry, perhaps The Symphony opens with a giant love was opera.When the two met soon after, unequalled in the entire history of the evocation of nature, starting with a da Ponte agreed to furnish a new libretto piano. Berlioz praised Chopin’s seemingly unending string octave when Mozart told him he had searched performing style and music, with the over which the first appearance of a through “hundreds of plays”hoping to find requirement that “it is necessary to descending fourth figure arrives in material for a new opera. But nothing hear him at no great distance, rather in the woodwinds.This descending happened until 1785, when Mozart came the salon than in the theatre.”Chopin interval of the fourth unites the other upon the idea of fashioning an opera around knew his intimate style well, quickly four movements and runs through all a recent and highly successful satiric comedy becoming a much sought-after artist of them. of manners entitled La Mariage de Figaro by among the private Parisian salons of the elite. Cuckoos, hunting horns and quotes the French writer Beaumarchais. from the Wayfarer songs are heard as The original play was written around 1781 and All one expects from Chopin’s mature the music speeds up. More Wayfarer had to wait three years before being produced style are in the E minor Concerto: the references appear in the Scherzo as due to Louis XVI’s objections in the way it ongoing flow of arresting melody, the well as the middle of the third ease and variety of his harmonic turns, slammed the aristocracy. After the play became movement, whose grotesque the inventive exploration of piano a runaway hit in Paris in 1784, da Ponte was harmonies and strident orchestration sonority and a finely constructed able to convince the Emperor, who was equally follow an eerie rendering of Frère storyline, if somewhat sparse in the Jacques from the solo double bass. wary of the subject matter, that he and Mozart orchestral contribution.The second could make an opera buffa that would not movement “Romanze”is especially This mock funeral march was inspired shock conventionalities. Permission was granted. memorable, while the rondo-finale is by a woodcut of Moritz von Schwindt entitled How the Animals Bury the “As fast as I wrote the words,”da Ponte told in an exuberant setting of the native Hunter and was attacked by the critics his memoirs,“Mozart wrote the music, and it Polish dance, the Krakowiak. of the time, especially in Vienna where was all finished in six weeks.”The Overture the prevailing conservatism felt that a was composed just two days before the May Symphony No. 1 symphony should not have such a 1, 1786 premiere, which was a great success Gustav Mahler subversive, even evil reference to with immediate encores demanded of many b. Bohemia / July 7, 1860 Nature. of the numbers.The boisterous Overture d.Vienna / May 18, 1911 captures the lively spirit and fast pace of Composed: 1883-1888, revised 1892-1893 The finale is a great storm of First performance: November 20, 1889 the story. excitement and a journey from (Budapest), conducted by the composer Inferno to Paradise with majestic Piano Concerto No. 1 Last WSO performance: 2010; hunting horns (their “bells in the air,” Alexander Mickelthwate, conductor Frédéric Chopin Mahler instructs) and a stunning b.Warsaw / March 1, 1810 The First Symphony was affirmation of Mahler’s friend and d. Paris / October 17, 1849 a special piece for Mahler. colleague, conductor Bruno Walter’s Composed: 1830 He conducted it more view of the Symphony:“the youthful First performance: October 11, 1830 (Warsaw), times than any of his work of genius…the unconditional Carlo Soliva, conductor; with the composer as other later works. One courage to use new ways of soloist might suspect several reasons for this, expression…the pulse beat of fervent Last WSO performance: 2013; Alexander not the least the love affairs that passion.” Mickelthwate, conductor; Umi Garrett, soloist inspired its creation – an affair in 1884

Veuillez vous adresser au service des abonnés ou consulter le site www.wso.ca pour la traduction en français. 11 OVERTURE I September – November 2018 CLASSICS ARTIST BIOS Mahler’s Titan

Charles Richard-Hamelin, piano Charles Richard-Hamelin’s 2018-2019 season is Silver medalist and laureate of the marked by three tours in Asia (Japan, Korea and Krystian Zimerman award of the best China), the recording of the second volume of sonata at the International Chopin Piano Beethoven’s complete sonatas for piano and Competition in 2015, Charles Richard- violin with Andrew Wan, the recording of Hamelin is standing out as one of the Chopin’s two concertos with the Orchestre most important pianists of his generation. symphonique de Montréal conducted by Kent Nagano, a solo recording of Chopin’s works and As a soloist, he has performed with various ensembles over 75 concerts in Canada, Asia, Europe and including the Montréal Symphony Orchestra,Toronto the United States. Symphony Orchestra, Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra,Warsaw ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS: Philharmonic, Quebec Symphony Orchestra, OFUNAM Karin Erhardt, cello; Martin Blanchet, bass; (Mexico City), Orchestre Métropolitain, National Arts Graeme Delahey, bass; Laura MacDougall, flute; Center Orchestra, Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, Laurel Ridd, flute; Caitlin Broms-Jacobs, oboe; Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra,Violons du Roy, Tracy Wright, oboe; Sharon Atkinson, clarinet; I Musici de Montréal, Sinfonia Varsovia and the Pozna´n Mike Dassios, clarinet; Allen Harrington, Philharmonic. He has played under the baton of bassoon; Todd Martin, French horn; Neil renowned conductors such as Kent Nagano,Vasily Petrenko, Jacek Kaspszyk, Aziz Shokhakimov, Peter Spaulding, French horn; James Langridge, Oundjian, Jacques Lacombe, Fabien Gabel, Carlo Rizzi, trumpet; Julia McIntyre, bass trombone; Brendan Alexander Prior, Christoph Campestrini, Lan Shui and Thompson, timpani; Tony Cyre, percussion; Jean-Marie Zeitouni. Victoria Sparks, percussion

September – November 2018 I OVERTURE 12 The Official Radio Station for the WSO Masterworks Series.

Winnipeg’s only dedicated classical & jazz music station The Rite of Spring

Daniel Raiskin, conductor Odette Heyn-Projects, Odette Heyn, C.M., CLASSICS artistic director and choreographer Aboriginal School of Dance, Buffy Handel, artistic director and choreographer

Three Dance Variations from Fancy Free Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990) Galop Waltz Danzon Suite from Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59 Richard Strauss (1864-1949) - INTERMISSION - The Rite of Spring Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) Part One:The Adoration of the Earth Introduction The Augurs of Spring, Dances of the Young Girls Mock Abduction Spring Round Dances Ritual of the Rival Tribes Procession of the Wise Elder Adoration of the Earth Dance of the Earth Part Two: The Sacrifice Introduction Mystical Circles of the Young Girls Glorification of the Chosen One Evocation of the Ancestors Ritual of the Ancestors Sacrificial Dance:The Chosen One

Friday, October 19 7:30 p.m. Official Radio Station Saturday, October 20 7:30 p.m. of the WSO Classics:

The Oct 19th concert is performed in memory Pre-Concert Chat on the Piano Nobile at 6:45 p.m. of Leroy Montgomery Johnson. Leroy left a gift of $24,718.74 to the WSO in his will.The WSO is tremendously grateful for his generosity. SPECIAL CONDENSED MATINEE Igor Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring Friday, October 19 10:30 a.m. Pre-Concert Chat on the Piano Nobile at 10:05 p.m.

September – November 2018 I OVERTURE 14 Suite from Der Rosenkavalier The Rite of Spring PROGRAM NOTES Richard Strauss Igor Stravinsky by James Manishen b. Munich, Germany / June 11, 1864 b. Oranienbaum, Russia / June 5/17, 1882 d. Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany / d. New York / April 6, 1971 Three Dance Variations from September 8, 1949 Composed: 1910-1913; revised in 1921 & 1943 Fancy Free Composed: 1909-1910 First performance: May 29, 1913 (Paris), Pierre Leonard Bernstein First performance: January 26, 1911 Monteux, conductor b. Lawrence, MA / August 25, 1918 (Dresden), Ernst von Schuch, conductor Last WSO performance: 2010, Alexander d. New York / October 14, 1990 Last WSO performance: 1997, Mickelthwate, conductor Composed: 1944 Bramwell Tovey, conductor First performance: April 18, 1944 Igor Stravinsky had a vision (New York), conducted by the composer In the last dozen while he was completing The Last WSO performance: 2005, David years of the 19th Firebird in 1910: a solemn pagan Itkin, conductor century, no rite where a group of wise composer’s newest elders seated in a circle watch a Leonard Bernstein took offerings were more young girl dance herself to death to appease New York City by storm anticipated than the tone poems of the god of spring.Thinking that this could be when, on his 25th Richard Strauss, and he didn’t an exciting ballet (not knowing his score would birthday in 1943, he was disappoint. Each one stretched the later become the most influential work of the named both assistant limits of what programmatic 20th-century), Stravinsky asked for input from conductor of the New York orchestral music could be, both in his friend Nicholas Roerich, an authority on Philharmonic and recipient of a the use of orchestral resources and ancient Slavic legend, and Serge Diaghilev, commission from New York’s Ballet psychological probing.When his director of the Ballet Russe that had commissioned Theater for his first ballet, Fancy Free, operas Salome appeared in 1905 The Firebird. Both jumped at the idea. which would also mark the debut of and Elektra three years later, Strauss Stravinsky wanted to convey “the surge of choreographer Jerome Robbins.The clearly wore the mantle of musical spring, the magnificent upsurge of nature premiere at the Metropolitan Opera modernist par excellence. But with reborn”as inspired by his childhood memories House was a smash hit, playing 99 his new opera in 1910, Strauss did in Russia of “the earth cracking,”as he recalled. times in New York that year and an about-face. He developed a libretto with Roerich around paving the way for a collaboration the Leaked to the Berlin press before ancient Slavic ideas of earthly joy. Bold new same year between Bernstein, Adolph music unlike anything ever before was to be the Green and Betty Comden for the the premiere, Der Rosenkavalier’s premise would be a bittersweet rule.“I was guided by no design,”Stravinsky Broadway musical On the Town, which lookback to 18th-century Vienna, a wrote.“I heard, and I wrote what I heard.” used the same story but different music. story of love and longing ripe with Intense preparations went on for the premiere Bernstein summarized the plot of catchy melodies mostly in the without a hint of the now famous melee that Fancy Free: “From the moment the three-four time of the waltz.The took place at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées action begins, the ballet is strictly libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal on May 29. Just after the music started, a riot young America of 1944.The curtain was a warmly affectionate pastiche broke out with shrieks and catcalls from the rises on a street corner with a of sentiment and wit that audience punctuated by fistfights and whistles. lamppost, a side-street bar and New poignantly examined both the Diaghilev flashed the houselights on and off York skyscrapers picked out with a young love of Octavian and Sophie to try to calm things down. Debussy called for crazy pattern of lights, making a dizzy and the fading youth of the order while Ravel stood up shouting “genius, aristocratic Marschallin. backdrop.Three sailors explode on genius.”Puccini called the score the “creation of a madman.”A furious Stravinsky ran from the stage; they are on shore leave in Der Rosenkavalier caught on like the theatre while a cool Pierre Monteux kept the city and on the prowl for girls.” wildfire in Dresden following the conducting the score to the end. premiere and acclaim quickly Bernstein fashioned an orchestral suite spread throughout Europe as Yet as the work began to be heard on its own, from the score. In the Three Dance productions became mounted in audiences took to its slashing new style. Variations, the three sailors devise a all its major capitals. Soon after, Within a year, more and more listeners began contest to determine which of them instrumental arrangements of Der to understand that revolutionary music as would keep company with two girls Rosenkavalier’s music began to bold as this could be a truly special experience. they’ve just met.The sailors are to appear in many combinations, dance; the girls will pick two winners including a sequence of waltzes the The Rite of Spring is filled with hard hitting and the loser will disappear.The first composer compiled in 1944.The dissonance, galvanic irregular rhythms and a contestant dances a punchy Galop; the arranger of this other orchestral deliberate primitivism using ostinato next does a lyrical Waltz; the third sailor suite from 1945 has never been (repeated) rhythms and simple melodic goes Latin as the orchestra plays a identified, though it is thought that materials within a complex harmonic Cuban Danzon. Unfortunately for them, the conductor Artur Rodzinski may structure. No work has had a greater impact the contest produces no result. have had some involvement. on the music of its time than this. Veuillez vous adresser au service des abonnés ou consulter le site www.wso.ca pour la traduction en français. 15 OVERTURE I September – November 2018 CLASSICS ARTIST BIOS Mahler’s Titan

Odette Heyn-Projects, Odette Heyn, C.M., Founded by accomplished dancer, artistic director and choreographer choreographer and entrepreneur Buffy Handel, Odette Heyn, C.M., this Winnipeg-based group is recognized for Co-Founder and Co-Director high quality Aboriginal artistic entertainment of the Professional Program and educational programming and of The School of presentations. Contemporary Dancers and Artistic Director of Odette ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS: Heyn-Projects. Odette has choreographed works Jeff Dyrda, violin; Coca Bochonko, viola; Laura both nationally and internationally. In the past six MacDougall, flute; Laurel Ridd, flute; Katrina years she created two full-length works for the Panchuk, flute; Caitlin Broms-Jacobs, oboe; Tracy WSO’s La Noche de los Mayas and the Rite of Wright, oboe; Rick Basehore, oboe; Sharon Spring. Odette choreographed for the off- Atkinson, clarinet; Mike Dassios, clarinet; Ross Broadway production Requiem for a Lost Girl and, Edwards, clarinet; Allen Harrington, contra in 2013, Mata Hari, in New York City. On bassoon; Elizabeth Mee, bassoon; Kristy Tucker, December 30, 2015, Odette was honoured to be bassoon; Todd Martin, French horn; Roslyn Black, appointed as a Member of the Order of Canada French horn; Micajah Sturgess, French horn; for her “contribution to contemporary dance in James Langridge, trumpet; Francois Godere, bass Canada and the development of the next trumpet; Chad Reimer, tuba; Brendan Thompson, generation of dancers.”She is also the recipient timpani; Tony Cyre, percussion; Victoria Sparks, of the Winnipeg Arts Council’s “Investors Group percussion; Matt Abraham, percussion; Josh Bater, Making a Difference Award - for extraordinary percussion; Donna Laube, piano/celeste; Olivia contribution to the arts”and of Dance Manitoba’s Richey, harp “Lifetime Achievement Distinction Award for Excellence in Dance.”Odette is thrilled to be collaborating once again with the WSO and Buffy Handel to present the Rite of Spring.

Aboriginal School of Dance, Buffy Handel, artistic director and choreographer Since making their explosive debut more than ten years ago, the Aboriginal School of Dance has become the number one choice for multicultural entertainment and educational programming for 13 school divisions and over 100 organizations and businesses. The Aboriginal School of Dance is known for energetic and innovative choreography that At Music for Young Children®, we encourage children to be more creative, inventive, imaginative and expressive through provokes an intense emotional experience for our keyboard-based music education program. We provide audiences of all ages and cultural backgrounds. them with a unique set of skills that will carry throughout their lives. Whether it’s improving their grades, enhancing coordination Training young people as professional skills for their athletic activities, or to learn the rewarding skill of performers and providing them with skills to be playing the piano; MYC® is the first key to getting them there. independent, the Aboriginal School of Dance Teaching opportunities available! was built on the traditional values of integrity, For more information, please contact: Marilyn Unrau, MYCC respect and community as well as imagination, Regional Coordinator - Western Canada creativity and most importantly – the purpose: 1.877.603.3MYC [email protected] our youth.

September – November 2018 I OVERTURE 16 18 OVERTURE I September – November 2018 GREAT-WEST LIFE Disney in Concert: A Silly Symphony Celebration KIDS CONCERTS GREAT-WEST LIFE GREAT-WEST Julian Pellicano, conductor

The Skeleton Dance (1929)

Flowers and Trees (1932)

Three Little Pigs (1933)

The Old Mill (1937)

The Ugly Duckling (1939)

Music Land (1935)

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April – May 2018 I OVERTURE 17 An Evening of Mozart

Daniel Raiskin, conductor Tracy Dahl, soprano CLASSICS

Overture to Die Entführung aus dem Serail Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (The Abduction from the Seraglio), K.384 (1756-1791) Misera, dove son—Ah, non son io che parlo, K.369 W. A. Mozart “Crudele……Non mi dir”from Don Giovanni W. A. Mozart Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550 W. A. Mozart Molto allegro Andante Menuetto e Trio: Allegretto Allegro assai

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September – November 2018 I OVERTURE 22 PROGRAM NOTES by James Manishen The Abduction from the Symphony No. 40 over throughout his life, writing in his diary Seraglio: Overture Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart that Mozart inspired “nearness to that Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Composed: 1788 something which we call ideal.” b. Salzburg / January 27, 1756 Last WSO performance: 2010, Cristian In Tchaikovsky’s view, Mozart’s opera Don d.Vienna / December 5, 1791 Mandeal, conductor Giovanni stood above all his other works. In Composed: 1781 In less than two months Mozart produced the May 1884,Tchaikovsky decided to First Performance: July 16, 1782 towering masterpieces of his orchestral recognize the 100th anniversary of the (Vienna), conducted by the output, Symphonies 39, 40 and 41.Though opera’s premiere on October 29, 1787 by composer one cannot simplify the striking wealth of writing a suite based on small, lesser- Last WSO performance: 2005, resource in No. 40, it may be fair to say that in known Mozart compositions. Andrey Boreyko, conductor its key of G minor and the symphony’s Tchaikovsky began work on the suite in Mozart knew he was a impassioned moods and restless intensity may June 1887, continuing over the summer in man of the theatre very well be in response to the tragic Borzhom in the Caucasus while visiting his when he moved to conditions Mozart was living under at the time. brother Anatol, and in Aachen where he Vienna in 1781. At age Mozart was 32 in the summer of 1788, in spent six weeks nursing a sick friend.That 25, he had enough of declining health and with only three years August,Tchaikovsky completed the score the service of the archbishop of to live. His wife was in failing health and they in Aachen.The premiere was scheduled on Salzburg and had just received a had just lost their six-month-old daughter. the first all-Tchaikovsky concert conducted tentative offer from the National His opera Don Giovanni was not well by the composer in Moscow on November Singspiel Theatre’s resident received in May, not much was on Mozart’s 26, 1887 and it turned out to be a triumph. poet/director Gottlieb Stephanie to plate performance-wise and he was deeply However sincerely done,Tchaikovsky’s vast compose a German comic opera, as in debt.Those two summer months may be resources in orchestration considerably requested by Emperor Joseph II in its the most magical period of musical creation override the effect of Mozart’s originals, in mandate to advance stage works in in the history of the art. part since the Mozart models used are not the native language. No. 40 is a work at the crossroads of the especially characteristic of his style.The result is a valentine painted in Stephanie offered Mozart a libretto Classical and Romantic eras – a phenomenal Tchaikovsky’s broadest brush strokes. titled Die Entführung aus dem Serail happening that seems to live in both worlds (The Abduction from the Seraglio), a at the same time. Here the orderly ways of The opening Gigue comes from a little piano lively story set in 16th-century Turkey the Classical period find themselves piece (K. 574) Mozart penned on May 16, amalgamated to a new and vivid power of of an Englishwoman Konstanze 1789 into the musical notebook of Carl self- expression which Beethoven was to captured by pirates and her eventual Engel, the Leipzig court organist. It recalls take up and run with. All that, coupled with rescue from the harem by her lover Engel’s great predecessor Johann Sebastian a masterly technical skill produce a truly Belmonte.With exotic “orientalism”in Bach in its light contrapuntal style.The gripping experience in No. 40, no matter vogue at the time, ripe with drums, following Menuet comes from a keyboard how many times you hear it. cymbals and triangle from what dance Mozart composed in Vienna in 1789. Europeans associated with the Orchestral Suite No. 4 “Mozartiana” For the Preghiera (Prayer) movement, Janissary bands, Mozart had a field Tchaikovsky draws from one of Mozart’s Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky day capitalizing on his theatrical last works, the motet Ave verum corpus. instincts and carefully prepared a b. Votkinsk, Russia / May 7, 1840 d. St. Petersburg, Russia / November 6, 1893 Rather than the using the original choral score perfect for the occasion. It was version,Tchaikovsky’s model is a florid a huge hit but though it was Composed: 1887 First performance: November 26, 1887 piano transcription by Franz Liszt titled A la Mozart’s first acclaim as a musical Chapelle Sistine. dramatist, he didn’t receive much (Moscow), conducted by the composer revenue from the 16 performances Last WSO performance: 1985, The closing movement variations uses a at the Burgtheater. Still, he felt secure Kazuhiro Koizumi, conductor theme Mozart had improvised at a concert enough in his new-found fame to Tchaikovsky was never more in 1783. Based on a buffo aria from Gluck’s take Constanze Weber as his wife on effusive than when he comic opera Die Pilger von Mecca, about the August 4, 1782. would praise Mozart’s Calendar Monk who feasts on wine and genius as the reason he delicatessen while the commoners imagine The Overture dances and sparkles, decided to devote his life to him living on fruit and milk, it became the with a middle section drawn from music. Mozart was the only composer living starting point for some of Mozart’s finest Belmonte’s air that opens the first act. or dead that Tchaikovsky went into raptures variations for a piano setting in 1784 (K. 455).

Veuillez vous adresser au service des abonnés ou consulter le site www.wso.ca pour la traduction en français. 23 OVERTURE I September – November 2018 CLASSICS ARTIST BIOS An Evening of Mozart

Tracy Dahl, soprano Tracy Dahl has appeared Symphony. She also recently appeared with the with such esteemed Toronto Symphony Orchestra and sung in a dual companies as the recital with Adrianna Chuchman with the Metropolitan, San Francisco, Manitoba Chamber Orchestra. Born in Winnipeg, Houston Grand, Santa Fe and Tracy Dahl has been appointed to the Order of Calgary operas; the Canadian Canada for her accomplishments as an opera Opera Company, Pacific singer and for her commitment to mentoring the Opera Victoria,Teatro alla Scala (Milan) and the next generation of Canadian singers. Théâtre du Châtelet (Paris). Ms. Dahl’s 2018- 2019 season highlights include appearances ADDITIONAL MUSICIAN: Victoria Sparks, percussion with Regina Symphony,Winnipeg Symphony, and the Canadian Opera Company in Cosi fan tutte. She has recently performed as soloist with the St. Louis Symphony and the Vancouver

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Crielaard Angela MacDonald Ms. Sally Stephens Ms. Janet Schubert Ms. Maxine Cristall Al & Pat Mackling Mr. & Mrs. Lorne & Lorna Stevens Harald & Vicky Schulz Tracey Cullen Dr. Sabine Mai Art Turner & Lyn Stienstra 29 OVERTURE I September – November 2018 Ms. Karen Swain Joycelyn and Bryan Gawryluk Denise Piper Ross & Bette Jayne Taylor Mr. David P.Giesbrecht Randy Pitch Ross & Bette Jayne Taylor Heather F.Graham Ross Pokeza TEC VIDEO SECURITY INC Ms. Gail Granger Dr. Christine Polimeni Mary and Robert Thomas Mrs. Inga Granovskaya Dr. & Mrs. James Popplow Mrs. Deborah Thorlakson Victoria Gretchen Ken & Geri Porath Festival donors help to further Julian Thorsteinson Ms. Marion Guinn Janis Pregnall the musical artistry of the Betsy F.Thorsteinson Raul Gutierrez Mr. James & Christine Prendergast Robert & Barbara Tisdale Michael & Elaine Shnier Mr. & Mrs.Thomas Prescott WSO’s New Music Festival. In Memory of Ronald George Helen & Peter Hayward Ms. Margaret Proven Thank you! Spencer Paul Henteleff Ms. Joanne Prygrocki Mrs. France Adams Henry & Elizabeth Toews Ms. Shirley Hicks Joanne Prygrocki Jean Altemeyer Edith Ugrin Mrs. Margaret Hill Valerie Raber Janet Ash & Associates Ltd. Mr. Michael van Lierop Arlene Hintsa in Memory of W Rannie & Elaine Walker Aubrey & Dr. Linda Asper Ms. Stephanie M. van Nest Marilyn Karen Rassmussen-Oke Gail & Domenic Auriti Barry and Gail Veals Mrs. Cathy Hobday Mrs. Marieann Reeves Neil Bardal Funeral Centre Jim & Joan Warbeck Walter & Victoria Hrabluk M. Reguly Ms.Trudy Blight Ken & Mary Warmbrod Stella Hryniuk Ms. Susan Renard Dr.Tenley Nicole Bower Medical Ms.Vanessa Warne Mrs. Mary-Ann Hudjik Beverley Ridd Corporation Shawn & Beth Watters Ms. Barbara Hunnie Ms. Heather Robbins Jackie Brignall Waverley Tenant Association Mr. & Mrs. Peter & Rosalind Husband Ettie Robinson Stephen Brodovsky James & Claudia Weselake Ishbel Isaacs Jean Robson Kevin Burns Dorcas & Kirk Windsor David & Heather Jenkins Mrs. Susan E. Roe-Finlay Dr. David Camoriano Andrew Winkless Susan Johnson Gisela Roger Ms. Joan Wise Mrs. Karen Kaplen Pat & Mary Jo Carrabre Sandra Rosen Mr. & Mrs. John & Claudia Corona Terrie Woodward Cathy & Robert Kaptian Mrs.V. Rosolowich Patrick Wright Mr. Gordon C. Keatch Cushman & Wakefield Margot A. Ross Dr. Peter Czaplinski Libby Yager and Billy Brodovsky Ursula & Sandor Kelemen John & Shirley Russell Wanda Young Katie Kirkpatrick Ms. Shawna Dempsey Brittany Rycroft Sandra & Robert Dewey Donn K.Yuen Mrs.Vera Kostyshyn Mr. & Mrs. James Sankey 20 Anonymous Mr. & Mrs. Ken & Marie Kuhn Dr. R. Dookeran Medical Corporation Eduardo & Olga Saveliovsky Andrea Dyhe Ms. Irene Kuhtey Jessie Sawicz Sonatina Anne La Tour Robert Enright Arshad Ahsanuddin Nicola Schaefer Kathleen & David Estey Ms. Desiree La Vallee Kay Schalme Jonathan Alvaran Ms. Betty Laing Randy Ewanika Ivor & Lorna Schledewitz Alyssa Amposta Mr. & Mrs. Emery & Vlasta Lajtai Charlene & Harry Schwartz Ms. Susan Feldman Judy Amy-Penner Elizabeth Lansard Sharna Searle Wayne Forbes Mr. Lance Arthur Anderson Frances Lemieux Izzy Shore Daniel Friedman & Rob Dalgliesh Ms. Susan Baird Kim Lentowitsch Baked Expectations - Beth Grubert Veronique Barthet Linda Litwack Gail & Murray Singer Evelyn R. Smith & Family Ralph & Eileen Baxter Gail Loewen Mrs. Elba Haid Ms. Oslen Belle Roger & Norma Lowe Mr. & Mrs. Robert Smith Ms. Kaye Snatenchuk Dr. & Mrs. Don & Jerri Hall Mrs. Eva Berard Zeeba Loxley Michael & Elaine Shnier Mrs. Lori Bettig Darby Spafford Pat & Murray Macrae Mrs. Lisa Hastings Anna Ruth Bird Barbara Main Garry & Linda Specht Mr. Dick J. Bloemheuvel Ms. Meg Specht Marilyn & Helios Hernandez Frank & Terry Martin Patti Holm Sally Boulding Marian Martin Gerry & Jasmin St. Laurent Mr. Peter Johnson Monica Brechka Emily Mayoralgo Marianne Staub Ms. Shirley Brown Hugh McCabe Diane Stewart Marianne Johnson Alfred Buelow Ms. Marlene McCulloch Archie & Shirley Stone Richard & Carol Jones Susan Burchill Kelly McGonigal Mrs. Marilyn Stothers Koren & Leonard Kaminski Canada Guaranty Jim McLaren Muriel Sutherland J. Gartner & L. Kampeas Canadian Association of Gift Mrs. Jean McLennan Dianne Szelag Kevin & Els Kavanagh Planners Manitoba Chaper Sen. Marilou McPhedran Frank Talbot Patricia Kellendonk Sister Josephine Chudzik Mr. Garfield McRae Gladys Tarala Ms. Jose Koes S. K. Clark Ms. Kathleen Michener Charles Tax Ron Lambert Melissa Colquhoun Mrs. Jocelyn Millard Ross & Bette Jayne Taylor Lisa & Ted Glynis Corkal Howard Miller Sherri Towaij Ms. Bergthora Laxdal Karen Couch Bob & Penny Miller Ms. Josette Toye Bernie Léveillé & Moira Swinton The Crawford & McCarver Family Sandi Mitchell Cathy Tymm Sherri Walsh & Dr. Louis Ludwig Mrs. Jean Cunningham Carolyn and Nathan Mitchell Mrs. Nancy Vincent Drs. Grant & Eleanor MacDougall Mr. & Mrs.Ted & Lacona Cunningham Mr. Gordon Mitchell Denis Vincent Chris Pearce & Ruth Magnuson D. Cymbalist M. Mohr Irv & Toby Vinsky John Maguire & Susan Collison Shannon Darby Jon Montes Miss A. H.Wagstaffe Drs. Joshua Manusow & Kristen Mr. & Mrs. Ken & Monique Davis Margaret Morse Dr. Jackie Walker Creek Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP Kim Morton Patricia & Lorne Wallace Frank & Terry Martin Mrs.Wilma Dehls Ms. Bonnie Neil Mr. & Mrs. Paul A.Walton Brent Mazur & Nancy Quiring Mrs. Michele Del Rizzo Ms. Sabrina Neumann Phyllis M Waters Shana Menkis L. N. Delisle Fred & Karen Nicholson Mr. Glen Angus Webster Ms. Shawna Dempsey Ron & Sandi Mielitz Mrs. Clarice Owen Morgan Wege Ms. Sheila Miller Christine Dewar Mr. James Wernham Shirley & Graham Padgett Howard Miller M. Jane Dick Oscar Pantaleon Jr. Grace M.Wiebe Conor Mulholland Mrs. Ethel Dil Sonjia Pasiechnik Annemarie Wiebe Monica Dinney Judy Pateman Emily Wilcosh Michael Nesbitt Paul Dueck Mrs. Liz Patzer Peter Wilk Bob and Cindy Newfield Mr. Spencer Duncanson Donald Pearen Mrs. Lilli Williams Dr. Rashmi Nigam Medical Corp Ms. Margaret Elaine Ellis Ellen Peel & Neil Bruneau Anne Yankiwski Mikaela Oldenkamp Vera & Peter Fast Mrs. Denise Penley Garden City Collegiate Lesia Peet Ross Feldman Robert Peterson Ms. Ruth Zahodnik Randy Pitch Dr. Jeannette Filion-Rosset Ms. Bettina Pfeiffer Mr. & Mrs. Edward & Susan Zwingerma Dr. Bill Pope & Dr. Elizabeth Bonny Fraser Grant & Gail Pierce 27 Anonymous Tippett-Pope

September – November 2018 I OVERTURE 30 Phyllis Portnoy & Rory Egan Honourary Chair Betty Curnew in honour of Ben & Margaret (Bouskill) Maw Beth M. Proven Daniel Scholz, Principal Viola Nadia Hanuschak's 65th Emily Mayoralgo Dr. Clare Ramsey Wedding Anniversary Kelly McGonigal Kelly Regula Dental Corp Maestoso Shannon Darby Mrs. Maureen McIntosh Pat and Bill Reid The Bertram Austin Goodman, Silvia V. de Sousa Dr. Ian McIntyre Michael Rennie Mary Easton McLaren Goodman Mrs. Michele Del Rizzo Mr. & Mrs. Q. McNaught in Memory of Guillermo Rocha Medical and Dorothy Jean Goodman L. N. Delisle Merrily Peters Corporation Foundation Marc Desjardins Quinton & Maureen McNaught in Steve Ruddy & Pauline Boisselle RBC Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Ryan & Janice Diduck Memory of Barry Anderson Olga & Bill Runnalls Richardson Foundation Monica Dinney Ms. Linda Meckling Barbara Scheuneman Winnipeg Jets True North Foundation Jennifer Dobson Karen Menkis Robert Shaw & Chris Krawchenko Harry & Mary Duckworth in honour In Honour of Donn Yuen's Retirement Dr. Moti Shojania Vivace of Arlene Young's birthday Mrs. Jocelyn Millard SOCAN Foundation Manitoba Community Services Council Dr. Harry & Mrs. Mary Lynn Duckworth Jordan Sodomsky Carolyn and Nathan Mitchell Mr. & Mrs. Barry & Carol McArton in Memory of Diena Young Gord & Sherratt Moffatt Marlene Stern The Thomas Sill Foundation Inc R. Duddek Susan Stobart Ms. Francine Morin Siobhan Richardson Foundation Inc. Gloria Dyck Morna-June Morrow Dr. Kenneth Thorlakson John and Marilyn Ekins Margaret Morse Susan Glass & Arni Thorsteinson Con Brio Audrey Epp Kim Morton Mr. Ron Timlick Bridgeport Office Solutions Ms. Ursula Erhardt Mrs. Sheila Mymryk University of Manitoba Icelandic Dr. Ken Fowler Kathleen & David Estey Ms. Bonnie Neil Department Souchay Gossen Family Foundation Rick & Julie Fast In Memory of Diena Young Ms. Stephanie M. van Nest The Winnipeg Foundation - Mauro Michael Feld In honour of Arlene Young's birthday Brad Vannan Family Fund Ross Feldman Volvo Winnipeg Ms. Catherine Flower Oscar Pantaleon Jr. Meeka Walsh Allegro Foundation for Choral Music in Garth & Diane Panting Dr. Marnie Waters Mr. R.D. Bell Manitoba Judy Pateman Mr. & Mrs. Hymie & Shaaron Andy Burgess Bonny Fraser Donald Pearen in honour of Arlene Weinstein D'Addario Foundation Joycelyn and Bryan Gawryluk Young's Special Birthday Mr. Neil Wilcox Judith & Peter Flynn in honour Dr. & Mrs. Jon Gerrard Lesia Peet Karin Woods of Arlene Young's Birthday Penny Gilbert Mr. Julian Pellicano Dr. Jens J.Wrogemann Judith & Peter Flynn in memory Ms. Barbara Graham Robert Peterson Anne Yankiwski of Diena Young Ms. Gail Granger Grant & Gail Pierce 2 Anonymous Judith & Peter Flynn in memory Suzanne Gray Patricia Pollard in Memory of Gary of Andrew Wihelm-Boyles Russel & Mary Grenkow in honour of Pollard Mark & Jocelyn Gabbert Ben & Nadia Hanuschak's 65th Dr. Bill Pope & Dr. Elizabeth Tippett- Margaret & Peter Hughes Wedding Anniversary Pope Dr. David Lyttle Raul Gutierrez Mrs. Edna Poulter Miss Heather Menzies Mr. & Mrs. Ben & Nadia Hanuschak Ms. Lois Powne Jonathan E. Mitchell Audrey A. Hawkins in memory of her Mr. James & Christine Prendergast Share the Music is a unique Yvonne Morier mother, Mrs. Janice Hawkins Elizabett Prenter outreach initiative of the WSO John Morriss Ruediger & Lydia Hedrich Mr. & Mrs.Thomas Prescott that allows economically Mr. Jean-Francois Phaneuf Carl & Vi Hultin Adeline Pressey in honour of Ben & disadvantaged children and Maurice (Moe) & Ethel Pierce Fund Shaun Humphries Nadia Hanuschak's 65th their families to attend WSO E.Toews William J. Hutton Wedding Anniversary performances. Thank you for Faye Warren P. I l av s k y Beth M. Proven helping to Share the Music! 1 Anonymous Investors Group Valerie Raber Susan Johnson Ms. Margaret Barbour Conmoto Erin Rafferty Lucienne Blouw in memory of Hermi Victoria Johnston in honour of Ben & Shane Rafferty van den Berg Jonathan Alvaran Nadia Hanuschak's 65th Holly Rafferty Mrs. Marlene J. Crielaard Alyssa Amposta Wedding Anniversary Darcia Ratuski in honour of Ben & Huynh Van Ho Judy Amy-Penner Cathy & Robert Kaptian Nadia Hanuschak's 65th Betty & Ted Ash Volvo Winnipeg Kevin & Els Kavanagh Wedding Anniversary Ms. Susan Baird Pat & Murray Macrae Marilynne Keil, in Memory of David Mrs. Marieann Reeves In Memory of Robert Coates H. Skinner Mr. Gordon Mitchell Ms.Teresa Reilly Neovation Learning Solutions Marion & Bill Kinnear Dr. Sidney & Gwen Nelko Sheilas Music Studio Isaak & Tina Bergen Ed & Helen Kolomaya Daryl & Sheila Reid Mrs. Shirley Richardson Ms. Diane Bewell Dr. Alexander Grunfeld & Silvester Margot A. Ross Tannis Richardson Mr.William Richard Bloxom Komlodi Barbara Scheuneman Ettie Robinson Carole Boily Mr. & Mrs. Ken & Marie Kuhn Brenda Sklar Jean Robson Sheila & David Brodovsky Kim Lentowitsch Ross & Bette Jayne Taylor Mr. Chris Rudd Kathy Burchill Albert & Helen Litz 2 Anonymous Ms. Miriam Rudolph Ms. Judi L. Burling Gail Loewen Joan Sabourin Mr. Bryan Byhre Zeeba Loxley Mrs. Claudia Sarbit Stanley Byskal, Ardelle & Denis Drs. Christie J. MacDonald & Philip Nicola Schaefer Jacques, and Cathy Carter in St. John Barbara Scheuneman honour of Ben & Nadia Angela MacDonald Perce & Elizabeth Schirmer Hanuschak's 65th Wedding Drs. Grant & Eleanor MacDougall Foundation Sistema Winnipeg is a free daily Anniversary Lydia MacKenzie Ed & Susan Schmidt after-school program offered at Lorraine and Gerry Cairns Allan & Anita Malbranck Trudy Schroeder & Norman Dyck no cost to participants that Mrs. Audrey Campbell Mr. & Mrs. Al & Pat Mackling in Harald & Vicky Schulz Canada Guaranty honour of Ben & Nadia enriches the lives of children and Ms. Beverley J. Scott Canadian Maple Wings Association - Hanuschak's 65th Wedding young people with the fewest Debra Scott Winnipeg Chapter Anniversary resources and the greatest Olga & Myron Shatulsky Melina Chow Joseph and Judith Malko Family need. The WSO gratefully Mr. & Ms. Ed Shwedyk Dave Christianson & Vera Steinberger Fund acknowledges the following Jim Skinner & Judy Nichol D.J. Cowan James Manishen Joan Smith in honour of Ben & Nadia patrons whose support makes a Greg Cox Jackie Markstrom Hanuschak's 65th Wedding difference in the everyday lives of The Crawford & McCarver Family Marian Martin in memory of Eleanor Anniversary these children. Thank you! Tracey Cullen Annandale Darby Spafford 31 OVERTURE I September – November 2018 Garry & Linda Specht T.G. Kucera Mr. & Mrs. Harvey & Irene Bergner Ms. Debbie Spracklin Ms. Meg Specht Aaron Lewis Shirley Book Ms. Helena Stelsovsky Nick Logan & Christine Skene St. Mary's Road United Church Frances Booth Mrs. Elizabeth Szirom Brent Mazur & Nancy Quiring Marianne Wojtas Staub in honour of Sally Boulding The Winnipeg Foundation – The Eileen Zaluski Dola and Beverly Mr. & Mrs. Barry & Carol McArton Joan Braun Asper Endowment Karan Pope's 60th Birthday Judith Meunier Mrs. Pat Stefanchuk Margaret Moroz Ms. Shirley Brown Mrs. Deborah Thorlakson Ms. Suzanne Stevenson Gabriela Popescu Mr. E. Brown Patricia & Lorne Wallace Diane Stewart Pat and Bill Reid Mrs. Dee Buchwald Annemarie Wiebe Art Turner & Lyn Stienstra Levi & Tena Reimer Rev. Msgr. Michael Buyachok Grace M.Wiebe Ross & Bette Jayne Taylor Ms. Iris Reimer Helle Cosby Ms. Ruth Zahodnik TEC Video Security Inc Mr. Louis Ricciuto D.J. Cowan 11 Anonymous Henriette Ricou & Jure Manfreda Mary and Robert Thomas The Crawford & McCarver Family Ross & Allana Robinson Mr. & Mrs. Ken & Monique Davis OTHER DONATIONS The Winnipeg Foundation – Dr. Ken Olga & Bill Runnalls Lucienne Blouw in memory of and Lorna Thorlakson Annual Ivor & Lorna Schledewitz Siegfried Enns Giving Fund, in memory of Alan Marie Schoffner John J. Enns Louise Nebbs Adams Pietra Shirley S & G Fast Lucienne Blouw in Memory of Julian Thorsteinson Mr. & Mrs. Daniel & Maureen Sitar Dr. Jeannette Filion-Rosset Alexander Mickelthwate's Betsy F.Thorsteinson Ms. Karen Swain Mr. David P.Giesbrecht Father Toad Hall Toys Inc. Dr. & Mrs. David Swatek Katie & DeLloyd Guth Lucienne Blouw in Honour of Edith A.Toews Frank Talbot Mr. & Mrs. Ben & Nadia Hanuschak Marlene Crielaard and Alan Carol & Neil Trembath James & Joanne Teitsma Ms. Linda Harlos & Mr. Adrian Schmitt's Wedding Christine Tymchak & Les Cels in The Winnipeg Foundation Wildsmith Lucienne Blouw in Memory of honour of Ben & Nadia Susan Glass & Arni Thorsteinson Teresa A. Hay Nancy Lambert Hanuschak's 65th Wedding In Memory of Ronald George Ms. Shirley Hicks Hilary Druxman Anniversary Spencer Nessie & David Greenberg in Cathy Tymm in Honour of Meg Garnet Ward Darlene Hildebrand & Steve van Specht's Birthday James & Claudia Weselake Vlaenderen Memory of Mayer Rabkin Strang/van Ineveld Family Robin Wiens and Emilie Lagacé-Wiens Ms. Susan Hildebrandt Barry & Susan Greenberg in Mr. Michael van Lierop Raymond & Shirley Wiest Bob & Biddy Hilton Memory of Mayer Rabkin Ms. Stephanie M. van Nest Edith Wilde Arlene Hintsa in Memory of Marilyn Saul & Lolly Guttman in memory of Mr. & Mrs. Gordon & Charlotte Walkty David C.Wilson Walter & Victoria Hrabluk Dr. Stephen Szirom Ms.Vanessa Warne Karin Woods Carl & Vi Hultin Dr. & Mrs. Paul Henteleff in memory Shawn & Beth Watters Mr. John Yarema William J. Hutton of Dr. Stephen Szirom Blumie & Iser Portnoy Endowment Fund Thuraya Weedon Margaret Jeffries Harvelyn, Catherine, Lisa, Pam, WSO Women's Committee in Noah & Myrna Weiszner Nora, Fran, Betty & Al, Bev & memory of Leila Alvare Ursula & Sandor Kelemen Diane Weselake 4 Anonymous John Knowles & Kathryn Knowles Bruce in Memory of Westminster United Church Ed & Helen Kolomaya Merrily Peters WhoDunit? Mystery Bookstore Mrs.Vera Kostyshyn Kevin & Els Kavanagh in memory Edith Wilde ALEXANDER MICKELTHWATE ENDOWMENT FUND Anne La Tour of Jacqueline Desmarais Peter Wilk Edith Landy, in Memory of David Nadine & Herb Klassen in Memory Shelley Chochinov in Honour of Libby Yager and Billy Brodovsky Landy of Mayer Rabkin Tyler Yip Alexander Mickelthwate Langrell Family Linda Litwack in memory of Mayer Arlene Young and Robert O'Kell Barbara & Brian Crow in Honour of Mrs. Ingrid Lee Rabkin Don & Betty Young Alexander Mickelthwate Sharon Love in Memory of 20 Anonymous In honour of Robert Dalgliesh and Frances Lemieux Daniel Friedman Mr. Francois Lentz Jeannine McCallum Bruno Gossen in Honour of Mr. & Mrs. David & Sherrill Levene Brian Muirhead in memory of Alexander Mickelthwate Tom & Lovie Liewicki Mayer Rabkin Richard & Carol Jones Dr. Sabine Mai In memory of Katherine (Kay) Lee Lydia MacKenzie in Honour of Alexander Mickelthwate, in Mr. Allan Mapes Bill Pope & Elizabeth Tippett-Pope GENERAL WSO Loving Memory of Donn Elaine & Neil Margolis in honour of Bill & Shirley The WSO gratefully acknowledges the Lawrie & Fran Pollard Cheryl McNabb & Gerald Davis Loewen's 60th Anniversary following patrons whose foresight Barbara Scheuneman Margaret & Fred Mooibroek Bill & Elizabeth Pope in Honour of helps to ensure long-term financial Lynn & Bill Shead Kim Morton Bert & Lee Friesen's support for the WSO. Thank you! Jim Skinner & Judy Nichol in Charlotte Murrell 50th Anniversary Honour of Alexander Mr.Tom Mutter and Charlene & Harry Schwartz in Judy & Jay Anderson Mickelthwate Memory of Mayer Rabkin Hien Tran Ms. Raena Buksak Dr. Siana Attwell Ms. Judy M. Nichol & Dr. Jim Skinner Robert Shindleman and Family in Shibashis Bal Wayne & Linda Paquin memory of Mayer Rabkin Sheila & David Brodovsky Evelyn R. Smith in Memory of Lorraine and Gerry Cairns Mrs. Liz Patzer Katherine Cobor & Gordon Steindel ENDOWMENT FUND Ms. Bettina Pfeiffer Mayer Rabkin Ms. Barbara Cook Sistema Winnipeg gratefully Ms. Pat Philpott Dr. & Mrs. S. Szirom, in Memory of Glynis Corkal acknowledges those who have Carolynne Presser Edith Sagi D.J. Cowan started their own named funds Barb & Gerry Price In memory of Mayer Rabkin Mr. Raymond Davis at The Winnipeg Foundation. Mr. Guy Prokopetz Irv & Toby Vinsky in Memory of Helene Dyck Dr. Fiona Punter Mayer Rabkin Ruth & Ernest Epp The Marjorie & Morley Blankenstein W Rannie & Elaine Walker Mr. Aaron Witzke in memory of Ms. Ursula Erhardt Sistema Endowment Fund M. Reguly his grandfather, Mayer Rabkin Dr. LeeAnn Fishback The Tannis M. Richardson Levi & Tena Reimer Margaret Wollner, in Memory of Ms. Catherine Flower Sistema Endowment Fund Mrs. Barbara Rempel Dr. Stephen Szirom Mrs. Gitta Fricke The Michael Nozick Family Mrs. Shirley Richardson Wanda Young in memory of Edwin Marilyn & Helios Hernandez Jim & Pat Richtik Yee Ms. Marilyn Kapitany Sistema Endowment Fund Mrs. Patricia Romeyn Mr. & Mrs. Edward & Susan Marilynne Keil, in Memory of David Mr. John A. Bailey Zwingerman in Memory of H. Skinner Sandra Rosen Veronique Barthet Eduardo & Olga Saveliovsky Mayer Rabkin Margaret Kellermann McCulloch & Ralph & Eileen Baxter Kay Schalme Listing as of Sept. 4, 2018 Paul McCulloch Audrey Belyea September – November 2018 I OVERTURE 32 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.

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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, Peter Jessiman Rob Kowalchuk, 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 Margaret Harvie, President Arlene Dahl Trudy Schroeder, Executive Eva Lavallee,Vice-President Marten Duhoux Director Sherratt Moffatt, Past President Steven Dyer Daniel Raiskin, Music Director Susan Cooke, Secretary Alan Freeman Nancy Weedon,Treasurer

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