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TABLE OF CONTENTS | FEBRUARY 21 – MARCH 15, 2015 BPO Board of Trustees/BPO Foundation Board of Directors 11 BPO Musician Roster 15 Symphonic Tales 17 M&T Bank Classics Series February 21 & 22 Side-By-Side with the Greater Buffalo Youth Orchestra 25 February 25 Know the Score: Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition 27 February 27 Blood, Sweat & Tears 31 BPO Rocks February 28 Lefèvre Plays Gershwin 35 M&T Bank Classics Series March 7 & 8 Megan Hilty 41 BPO Pops March 14 The Magical Music of Disney 45 BPO Kids March 15 Corporate Sponsorships 47 Meet a Musician 48 Spotlight on Sponsor 50 Annual Fund 53 Patron Information 60 CONTACT VoIP phone service powered by BPO Administrative Offices (716) 885-0331 Development Office (716) 885-0331 Ext. 420 BPO Administrative Fax Line (716) 885-9372 Subscription Sales Office (716) 885-9371 Box Office (716) 885-5000 Group Sales Office (716) 885-5001 Box Office Fax Line (716) 885-5064 Kleinhans Music Hall (716) 883-3560 Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra | 499 Franklin Street, Buffalo, NY 14202 www.bpo.org | [email protected] Kleinhan's Music Hall | 3 Symphony Circle, Buffalo, NY 14201 www.kleinhansbuffalo.org 9 MESSAGE FROM BOARD CHAIR

Dear Patrons, By now, most of you will have heard about the plans underway for the 2015-16 season at the Buffalo Philharmonic and the 75th anniversary of Kleinhans Music Hall. While we work to make each season special, there are a number of exciting elements that set the coming season apart. Oct. 12, 2015 is the 75th anniversary of the opening of the hall, and a gala celebration will be held on that date. We’ve worked to maintain the elegance of the hall, and next season, you will see new, more comfortable seats throughout the hall, hand rails in the balcony and Photo: Dylan Buyskes, Onion Studio, Inc. a wheelchair seating area on the main floor. The BPO will participate in FinnFest USA, a national gathering of people interested in Finnish heritage, to highlight the hall’s own Finnish heritage and celebrate the 150th anniversary of the birth of Jean Sibelius. We’ll also celebrate the hall through the music we perform. Kleinhans has an international reputation for its acoustical perfection, and next season, you’ll hear masterworks like Beethoven’s Eroica Symphony; Brahms’ Symphony No. 2; Mahler’s Symphony No. 5; and Richard Strauss’ Alpine Symphony. Superstar pianist Lang Lang kicks off the season, ukulele sensation Jake Shimabukuro performs with the orchestra, and we welcome back piano great Andre Watts. The Pops Series will continue to deliver the outstanding musical experiences you’ve come to expect, with Chris Botti, Cirque Mechanics, Pink Martini, and tributes to John Denver and Simon and Garfunkel all on the schedule. Western New York native Eric Jordan Young brings us a celebration of Sammy Davis Jr., and Jason Alexander of “Seinfeld” fame returns to his Broadway roots. There’s much more to be excited about next season, and I encourage you to visit the subscription table in the lobby to discover your own highlights and make plans to experience the 2015-16 season. Thank you for your continued support.

Sincerely,

Louis P. Ciminelli Chair, Buffalo Philharmonic Society Inc.

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BUFFALO PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA SOCIETY, INC. | Board of Trustees OFFICERS Louis P. Ciminelli, Chair Dennis Black, Vice Chair-Chair Elect Angelo Fatta, Vice Chair Randall Odza, Secretary Stephen Swift, Treasurer

BOARD OF TRUSTEES Cindy Abbott Letro Robbie Hausmann † LIFE MEMBERS Martin Anderson Monte Hoffman† Ida Christie Karen Arrison Martha Hyde Anthony J. Colucci, Jr. Douglas Bean Martha Malkiewicz G. Wayne Hawk James Beardi Matthew Phillips Wilfred Larson Anthony Cassetta Gary Schober Edwin Polokoff Janz Castelo † Roger Simon John N. Walsh, III Mark Collard* Robert Skerker Robert G. Weber BPO Foundation Chair Timothy Smith † Arthur Cryer Scott Stenclik Peter Eliopoulos Gary Szakmary Warren E. Emblidge Jr. Nicole Tzetzo JoAnn Falletta* Michal Wadsworth Music Director John Yurtchuk John Fleischman* Erie County Music Educators Association Daniel Hart* *ex-officio Executive Director † musician representatives BUFFALO PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA FOUNDATION | Board of Directors Mark Collard Martin Anderson Louis P. Ciminelli Chair Jeremy Briggs Beck Michael Munschauer Todd M. Scherrer Treasurer Mark T. Branden Bob Skerker D. Charles Roberts, Jr. Secretary 11 JOANN FALLETTA, MUSIC DIRECTOR Angelo and Carol Fatta Endowed Chair JoAnn Falletta is internationally celebrated as a vibrant ambassador for music, an inspiring artistic leader, and a champion of American symphonic music. An effervescent and exuberant figure on the podium, she has been praised by The Washington Post as having “Toscanini’s tight control over ensemble, Walter’s affectionate balancing of inner voices, Stokowski’s gutsy showmanship, and a controlled frenzy worthy of Bernstein.” Acclaimed by The New York Times as “one of the finest conductors of her generation”, she serves as the Music Director of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and the Virginia Symphony Orchestra and Principal Guest Conductor of the Brevard Music Center. Ms. Falletta is invited to guest conduct many of the world’s finest symphony orchestras. Her upcoming guest conducting highlights include debuts in Belgrade (Serbia), Shenzhen China, Sweden, and a European tour with the Stuttgart Orchestra. Recent appearances include return engagements with the Warsaw, Detroit, Phoenix, Krakow, Puerto Rico and Hawaii Symphony Orchestras and debuts with the Gothenburg Symphony, Stuttgart Philharmonic, Belgrade Philharmonic, the Orchestra of St. Luke’s at Carnegie Hall, and a 13 city US tour with the Irish Chamber Orchestra and soloist James Galway. Falletta is the recipient of many of the most prestigious conducting awards including the Seaver/ National Endowment for the Arts Conductors Award, the coveted Stokowski Competition, and the Toscanini, Ditson and Bruno Walter Awards for conducting, as well as the American Symphony Orchestra League’s prestigious John S. Edwards Award. She is an ardent champion of music of our time, introducing over 500 works by American composers, including more than 110 world premieres. Hailing her as a “leading force for the music of our time”, she has been honored with twelve ASCAP awards. Ms. Falletta serves as a Member of the National Council on the Arts. Under her direction, the Buffalo Philharmonic is continuing its trajectory as one of the most recorded orchestras in America. During the 2013 – 14 season, Naxos released four new BPO CDs, Gliere’s Symphony No. 3, Tyberg’s Symphony No. 2, Duke Ellington’s Black, Brown, and Beige, and Gershwin’s Concerto in F, Rhapsody in Blue, Strike up the Band and Promenade. In 2014-15, Naxos plans to release two new BPO discs of the music of Bela Bartók and Florent Schmitt. The BPO released “Nordic Masters” and “Built for Buffalo” on its own Beau Fleuve label. Performance highlights include Bartók’s Bluebeard’s Castle with Dale Chihuly glass installations, a Charles Ives multimedia concert/ exploration, a fully staged Moliere Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme with the Irish Classical Theatre and Rachmaninoff and Beethoven Festivals. Since stepping up to the podium as Music Director of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra in the fall of 1999, Maestro Falletta has been credited with bringing the Philharmonic to a new level of national and international prominence. Under her direction, the Buffalo Philharmonic has become one of the leading orchestras for the Naxos label, earning a double Grammy Award in 2009 for their recording with soprano Hila Plitmann of John Corigliano’s “Mr. Tambourine Man,” and six Grammy nominations. This season, the BPO will once again be featured on national broadcasts of NPR’s Performance Today and SymphonyCast, and international broadcasts through the European Broadcasting Union. In addition to her current posts with the Buffalo Philharmonic, the Virginia Symphony and the Brevard Music Center, Ms. Falletta has held the positions of artistic advisor to the Honolulu Symphony, music director of the Long Beach Symphony Orchestra, associate conductor of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Principal Guest Conductor of the Phoenix Symphony, and music director of the Denver Chamber Orchestra, the Queens Philharmonic and the Women’s Philharmonic. From 2011 – 2014 she served as Principal Conductor of the Ulster Orchestra in Northern Ireland where she made her debut at London’s prestigious Proms with the orchestra in 2011 and also has made five recordings for Naxos including music of Gustav Holst, Irish composer Ernest John Moeran and American composer John Knowles Paine. Ms. Falletta received her undergraduate degree from the Mannes College of Music in New York and her master’s and doctorate degrees from The Juilliard School. 12 BUFFALO PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA STEFAN SANDERS, ASSOCIATE CONDUCTOR Montante Family Endowed Chair Stefan Sanders is an imaginative conductor, devoted educator and ardent champion of many types of music. He has collaborated with an array of distinguished artists such as violinist Gil Shaham, Fred Childs from public radio’s Performance Today, country sensation The Texas Tenors and the esteemed Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano, to name a few. Guest conducting engagements in the U.S and abroad include the San Antonio Symphony, Naples Philharmonic, Austin Symphony Orchestra, Symphoria (Syracuse, NY), Bohuslav Martinu Philharmonic (CZ), Austin Lyric Opera, Corpus Christi Opera and the Round Top International Festival Institute. Past positions have included Music Director and Conductor for the Round Rock Symphony (TX) where he attracted much praise for innovative programming, new venues and collaborations with local arts organizations, attracting broader audiences and redefining the orchestra’s role in its community, Assistant Conductor for the Austin Symphony Orchestra, Music Director of the University Orchestra at the University of Texas at Austin and Apprentice Conductor for the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra. Prior to a career as a conductor, Sanders was an internationally renowned trombonist, having performed as a soloist in the United States, Asia and Europe. His performance of Eric Ewazen’s Concerto for Bass Trombone and Orchestra, with the Czech Philharmonic, can be heard on the Albany Records label. Sanders was a member of the Buffalo Philharmonic’s trombone section for seven seasons and has performed with several orchestras including the New York Philharmonic, Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Seattle Opera’s 2001 production of Wagner’s Ring Cycle and the Florida Orchestra. Mr. Sanders was also invited by Sir Elton John to play in the orchestra for his Radio City Music Hall concerts in 2004 recorded for the Bravo Television Network. Beginning formal conducting studies at the University of Texas at Austin, Mr. Sanders continued his studies as a fellow at the American Academy of Conducting at Aspen under the tutelage of maestros Robert Spano, Larry Rachleff and Hugh Wolff. He is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin and the Juilliard School.

13 HISTORY OF THE BUFFALO PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA As Buffalo’s cultural ambassador, the Grammy Award-winning Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra under Music Director JoAnn Falletta presents more than 120 Classics, Pops, Rock, Family and Youth concerts each year. After the rise and fall of several forerunners, the BPO was founded in 1935, performing most often at the Elmwood Music Hall, which was located at Elmwood Ave. and Virginia St., and demolished in 1938 as its permanent home, Kleinhans Music Hall, was constructed. During the Great Depression, the orchestra was initially supported by funds from the Works Progress Administration and the Emergency Relief Bureau. Over the decades, the orchestra has matured in stature under outstanding conductors including William Steinberg, Josef Krips, Lukas Foss, Michael Tilson Thomas, Maximiano Valdes, Semyon Bychkov and Julius Rudel. The orchestra has welcomed many distinguished guest performers, such as Isaac Stern, Aaron Copland, Van Cliburn, Igor Stravinsky, Renee Fleming and Yo-Yo Ma. During the tenure of JoAnn Falletta, who has served as music director since 1998, the BPO has rekindled its history of radio broadcasts and recordings, including the release of 32 new CDs. The BPO’s Naxos recording of composer John Corigliano’s “Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems of Bob Dylan,” won two Grammys. Their recordings are heard on classical radio worldwide.

HISTORY OF KLEINHANS MUSIC HALL Since 1940, the orchestra’s home has been Kleinhans Music Hall, which enjoys an international reputation as one of the finest concert halls in the world due to its superb acoustics. Kleinhans Music Hall was built thanks to the generosity and vision of Edward and Mary Seaton Kleinhans and the stewardship of their charitable dreams by the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo, and the support of the federal government. The Community Foundation was bequeathed the estates of Mr. and Mrs. Kleinhans, who made their fortune from the clothing store that bore their name, and who died within three months of each other in 1934. The Public Works Administration, an agency of the New Deal, provided crucial funding that made it possible to complete the hall. The Kleinhans, who were music lovers, specified their money was to be used “to erect a suitable music hall…for the use, enjoyment and benefit of the people of the City of Buffalo.” The BPO performed at Kleinhans Music Hall’s official opening on Oct. 12, 1940, under the baton of Franco Autori. Kleinhans Music Hall was designed by the Finnish father-and-son team of Eliel and Eero Saarinen, along with architects F.J. and W.A Kidd. Kleinhans is known for its combination of graceful structural beauty and extraordinary acoustics. Eliel Saarinen’s aim was to create “an architectural atmosphere…so as to tune the performers and the public alike into a proper mood of performance and receptiveness, respectively.” In 1989, the hall was designated a National Historic Landmark, the highest designation of significance a site or structure can receive. Kleinhans is owned by the City of Buffalo but run by a separate 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation. Its Board of Directors is: Chris Brown, chair; Mary Ann Kresse; Cindy Abbott Letro, Karen Arrison, Bob Skerker; Wayne Wisbaum, chair emeritus; Byron Brown, Mayor of the City of Buffalo; David Rivera, Niagara District Councilmember, City of Buffalo; and Stephen Stepniak, of the City of Buffalo Department of Public Works. 14 BUFFALO PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

JOANN FALLETTA, MUSIC DIRECTOR Angelo and Carol Fatta Endowed Chair STEFAN SANDERS, ASSOCIATE CONDUCTOR Montante Family Endowed Chair FIRST VIOLIN BASS TRUMPET Amy Glidden Daniel Pendley Alex Jokipii assoc. concertmaster principal principal Ansgarius Aylward Brett Shurtliffe Geoffrey Hardcastle asst. concertmaster assoc. principal Philip Christner Marylouise Nanna Michael Nigrin Douglas Cone John Haas TROMBONE Deborah Greitzer Makoto Michii Jonathan Lombardo2 Frances Kaye Edmond Gnekow principal Diana Sachs Jonathan Borden Timothy Smith Alan Ross Melanie Haas FLUTE BASS TROMBONE Christine Lynn Bailey Andrea Blanchard-Cone Jeffrey Dee Loren Silvertrust principal Megan Prokes Linda Greene Natalie Debikey Scanio TUBA SECOND VIOLIN Don Harry Antoine Lefebvre PICCOLO principal principal Natalie Debikey Scanio Jacqueline Galluzzo TIMPANI assoc. principal OBOE Matthew Bassett Richard Kay Joseph Peters* principal Jeffrey Jones Brian Greene* Dinesh Joseph Frances Morgante Anna Mattix asst. principal Donald McCrorey Robert Prokes ENGLISH HORN PERCUSSION Amy Licata Anna Mattix Mark Hodges Dmitry Gerikh principal Diane Melillo CLARINET Dinesh Joseph Shieh-Jian Tsai John Fullam principal HARP Patti DiLutis VIOLA Suzanne Thomas Salvatore Andolina Valerie Heywood principal principal E-FLAT CLARINET Natalie Piskorsky Patti DiLutis assoc. principal MUSIC LIBRARY Matthew Phillips BASS CLARINET Patricia Kimball Kate Holzemer principal librarian Janz Castelo & SAXOPHONE Travis Hendra Ning-ning Jin Salvatore Andolina associate librarian Zachary Collins BASSOON STAGE MANAGERS CELLO Glenn Einschlag Richard George Roman Mekinulov principal Master Property Person Maxwell Pipinich IATSE local 10 principal Martha Malkiewicz Feng Hew Charles Gill assoc. principal CONTRABASSOON Assistant Property Person Nancy Anderson IATSE local 10 Martha Malkiewicz Monte Hoffman1 Robert Hausmann FRENCH HORN David Schmude Jacek Muzyk Amelie Fradette principal Daniel Kerdelewicz 1 Chair dedicated to the memory assoc. principal of Maer Bunis Daniel Sweeley 2 Chair dedicated to the memory Jay Matthews of Scott Parkinson Duane Saetveit * = Temporary Appointment 15

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Saturday, February 21 at 8:00PM Sunday, February 22 at 2:30PM

Classics Series SYMPHONIC TALES JoAnn Falletta, conductor Amit Peled, cello

SCHMITT The Haunted Palace, Symphonic Etude, Op. 49

DUKAS The Sorcerer's Apprentice; Symphonic Scherzo

INTERMISSION

DVOŘÁK Concerto in B minor for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 104 I. Allegro II. Adagio ma non troppo III. Finale: Allegro moderato Amit Peled, cello

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Patrons are asked to turn off all cell phones, pagers and signal watches. The use of cameras and recording devices is strictly prohibited. 17 AMIT PELED, CELLO Israeli cellist Amit Peled – a musician of profound artistry and charismatic stage presence – is acclaimed as one of the most exciting instrumentalists on the concert stage today. At 6’5″ tall, Peled started life as a basketball player and was called “larger than life” when he enveloped his cello and “Jacqueline du Pré in a farmer’s body.” During the 2014-15 season, Peled will continue sharing with audiences the sound of the historic cello of Pablo Casals. The instrument, a Goffriler ca. 1733, was handed to him by the Maestro’s widow, Mrs. Marta Casals Istomin. Season highlights include a 20-city US recital tour entitled “Homage to Pablo Casals” culminating in a performance at the Kennedy Center in Washington; recording the Miaskovsky Cello Concerto for Naxos; and a return trip to Asia for recitals and orchestral performances. Peled will also premier a solo piece written especially for him by Lera Auerbach. Peled has performed as a soloist with many orchestras and in the world’s major concert halls. During the 2011-12 season, he embarked on an extensive concerto debut tour in the US and Germany, performing Shostakovich’s Concerto No. 1 and Victor Herbert’s Cello Concerto, visiting 19 different cities. Peled joined the legendary Krzysztof Penderecki for his cello concerto in Chicago’s Millennium Park; performed the Elgar and Shostakovich concertos with Maestro Michael Stern and the IRIS Orchestra; performed Haydn’s C Major Cello Concerto with Nicola Luisotti and the San Francisco Opera Orchestra; and performed the Schumann Concerto with the Israel Chamber Orchestra. Peled will release his fourth Centaur Records CD following three hugely successful installments: “The Jewish Soul,” “Cellobration,” and “Reflections.” Peled has been featured on television and radio stations throughout the world, including NPR’s “Performance Today,” WGBH Boston, WQXR New York, WFMT Chicago, Deutschland Radio Berlin, and Radio France. He is a professor at the Peabody Conservatory of Music of the Johns Hopkins University.

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JONATHAN MAGNESS, VIOLIN, GUEST CONCERTMASTER Symphonic Tales February 21 & 22 Lefèvre Plays Gershwin March 7 & 8 Alabama native Jonathan Magness was appointed the Minnesota Orchestra’s associate principal second violin in 2008 (Currently, Acting Principal Second Violin) after performing as a regular substitute with the orchestra’s first violin section for one season. In 2014 he was named acting principal second violin. He took center stage as soloist in spring 2011, performing Dvořák’s Violin Concerto under the baton of Marin Alsop. Magness has performed chamber works at several orchestra concerts, including Greenstein’s Four on the Floor at the 2011 Sommerfest. He was featured as soloist at Inside the Classics and Young People’s Concerts in 2010, performing music by Vivaldi and Piazzolla. Magness has been acquainted with the Twin Cities since his teenage years, when he studied at the University of Minnesota, working with Sally O’Reilly. He has also earned a bachelor’s degree from the Juilliard School and a master’s with high distinction from the University of Graz in Austria. In 2004, Magness received the grand prize in the International Sparkasse Musikstipendium competition in Austria. In 2005, in the Luis Sigall Violin Competition in Chile, he was awarded the audience prize, prize for best interpretation of a commissioned work and second prize overall; that same year he was a prizewinner in the Manchester International Competition in the United Kingdom, which brought him the opportunity to appear as soloist with the BBC Symphony under Vassily Sinaisky. He has also been soloist with the Israel Chamber Orchestra, Klagenfurt Musikverein, Regional Orchestra of Chile and additional orchestras in the U.S. and Austria, and has performed chamber music and solo recitals across the U.S., South America and Europe. He teaches violin at the University of Minnesota’s Bravo Institute.

19 PROGRAM OVERVIEW: Music can tell the most eloquent stories - without a single word! The pieces for this concert are evocative tales cast in gorgeous sound. Schmitt recounts the dark world of Edgar Allan Poe in The Haunted Palace, a piece that we will record for release on the NAXOS label. Dukas’ masterpiece - The Sorcerer’s Apprentice - will bring to mind the image of Mickey in Fantasia, as he portrays the hapless apprentice whose amateur spell-casting goes awry. DvoŘÁk’s Cello Concerto is a sonic love letter to his sister-in-law Josefina, a beautiful singer he cherished all of his life. We welcome Amit Peled, who is making his debut with the BPO. His superb artistry will bring the most beloved work for cello and orchestra to life on our stage.

PROGRAM NOTES Florent Schmitt signed-on early to the influence of jazz on French composer the future of serious music. and pianist With such divergent interests, we are not born: September 28, 1870, surprised that Schmitt’s original scores Blâmont; comprise a potpourri of titles, with many died; August 17, 1958, salon pieces for piano and voice, a small Paris wealth of chamber music, orchestral L’Etude pour “Le palais hanté” Op.49 settings and scores for theater, including Study on “The Haunted Palace” ballet, plays and film scores. These are the first performances of this work Apart from Shakespeare - the prose and by the BPO; duration 12 minutes poetry of American writer Edgar Allan Poe has likely inspired more musical Florent Schmitt studied composition settings than any other author after his under Massenet and Fauré at the Paris time. Poe’s evocative lines were widely Conservatoire, where he won the translated across Europe (including Russia, Conservatoire’s revered Prix de Rome. He where he achieved ‘cult’ status). His stories was also a Wagner buff, and numbered and poems likewise received special Satie and Ravel among his closest friends. attention from the French poets Charles Schmitt’s own style is often described by the Baudelaire and Stephane Mallarmé. The familiar term ‘eclectic’ - blending influences latter’s Symbolist translation of Poe’s and inspiration from wherever the spirit The Haunted Palace of 1839 provided happened to be. Moreover, for most of his a source for the current tone poem by life, Schmitt worked as a music critic with a Florent Schmitt, Study on “The Haunted sharp pen for wit and irony. Occasionally Palace,” completed in 1904. brash but most often with humor, he ‘praised’ mediocrity as a reference for Poe’s original verse comprises just six highlighting masterworks from composers stanzas in a total of 48 lines. Several of his as diverse as Saint-Saëns, Rimsky-Korsakov, cryptic phrases contain direct reference Stravinsky and Schöenberg. Schmitt also to music: 20 BUFFALO PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

Wanderers in that happy valley, Paul Dukas studied at the Paris Through two luminous windows, saw Conservatory where he later became a Spirits moving musically, professor of composition. Today he is celebrated for just two works, the colorful To a lute’s well-tuned law The Sorcerer’s Apprentice of 1897 A troop of Echoes, whose sweet duty (made doubly popular as a feature in Walt Was but to sing, Disney’s Fantasia), and his masterpiece for In voices of surpassing beauty, ballet theater, La Péri. The wit and wisdom of their king. While Dukas composed a lot of music, he was such a severe self-critic that he And travelers, now, within that valley, destroyed the bulk of his own output. Through the encrimson’d windows see This was doubtless due in part to the Vast forms that move fantastically enormous changes in serious music which To a discordant melody, developed across Europe during the time Dukas reached musical maturity. Brahms, Mallarmé wisely translated Poe’s verse Wagner and Mahler were getting big into French prose, i.e. without improvising headlines in Austria and Germany, Elgar’s new rhymes in a different language. In Enigma Variations marked a revival turn, Schmitt’s score seems to follow the of English music, Bizet’s Carmen and tempo and nuance of Mallarme’s setting, Debussy’s Impressionist scores were all embellished by a lush orchestration and the rage in Paris, Verdi overwhelmed the an evocative sound-scape of Symbolist news from Italy, and from Eastern Europe imagery. came the lush scores by Tchaikovsky and DvoŘÁk, with Stravinsky in the wings. For For reference: the French Symbolist poets his own part, Dukas determined to move of the late 19th century sought to express cautiously, satisfied for years to contribute the function or spirit of basic ideas, features on criticism and aesthetics to the beyond literal meanings. For example, as Parisian literati. His essays on Jean-Philippe in Mallarmé’s translation of Poe - the term Rameau, Christoph Gluck, and Hector “yellow” becomes “claire” - which means Berlioz are among the finest ever written “brilliant hue.” on those French masters. The Sorcerer’s Apprentice is a tone poem based on a fantasy by Goethe (Der Paul Dukas Zauberlehrling), written in 1798. The work French composer offers a mix of adolescent tom-foolery with born: October 1, 1865, occult wisdom - really a light morality play Paris; on the value of obedience and intellectual died: May 17, 1935, Paris discipline. For his part, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) was a German writer who is today revered as one of the Titans of L’apprenti sorcier, scherzo symphonique world literature. One might say he was his The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, Symphonic very own “Age of Enlightenment” - a true Scherzo product of the Renaissance who signed in as an author, philosopher, journalist, First Classics performance: January 31, 1954, painter, statesman, educator and even a conducted by Andre Kostelanetz; most theater manager. Moreover, he is credited recent performance: February 18, 1958, with having established the Sturm und conducted by Josef Krips; duration Drang (Storm and Stress) period in 12 minutes Romantic literature. 21 His output is phenomenal, and even Antonin DvoŘÁk includes 14 volumes on the sciences. Czech composer Goethe’s most celebrated masterpiece born: September 8, 1841, is Faust, Parts I and II, which he worked Nelahozeves, Czech on for a period of at least sixty years, Republic; concludes with a paean to the feminine died: May 1, 1904, ideal (it is fair to say Goethe was a Prague passionate fellow - he kept falling in love ‘for the first time’ throughout his life). But Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in in his time, exceeding even the popularity B minor, Op.104 of Faust, Goethe’s brief novel Sorrows of Allegro Young Werther (Die Leiden des jungen Adagio ma non troppo Werthers) of 1774 came to exert a greater Finale: Allegro moderato influence on the European psyche than any other novel in history. First BPO Classics performance: March 14, In sum, Goethe’s Sorcerer fantasy 1939, conducted by Franco Autori with cellist Maurice Maréchal; most recent performance: concerns an old master of magic and the February 17, 2008, conducted by Michael shenanigans of his apprentice (the master’s Morgan, with cellist Zuill Bailey; duration helper and student). One day, while the 40 minutes; other distinguished cellists who Sorcerer is out, the young boy decides to have performed this work with the BPO try his hand at his master’s craft. He takes include Zara Nelsova, Gregor Piatigorsky, the Sorcerer’s magic wand from its crystal Pierre Fournier, Leonard Rose, Janos Starker, case, waves it in the air - and Presto..! - a Lynn Harrell, Gustav Rivinius and Yo-Yo Ma. broom fills a tub with buckets of water. Unfortunately the broom does the job For a period of three years Dvořák resided too well and refuses to stop when the in New York City where he served as the water overflows and begins to flood the Director of the National Conservatory. It was house. In a panic, the boy does everything there that he composed his cello concerto in he can, but everything only gets worse. 1895, with advice on cello technique from Finally, the Sorcerer returns at the last his friend, Alwin Schroeder, the principal moment to stop the chaos. cellist of the Boston Symphony. We note that Dvořák often tone-painted a storyline Dukas’ delightful setting is brilliant at every within his major scores. Indeed, the Cello wink of the magic baton. The music begins Concerto is a touching memoir from the slowly and wistfully, as the Apprentice composer’s life. begins to think about his mischief. After several attempts, his awkward gestures Op.104 is dedicated the Bohemian cello finally get things started (the famous virtuoso, Hanuš Wihan, the composer’s bassoon solo), and in just a few moments long-term friend. In fact, about 30 years the chaos begins to emerge. Near the earlier Wihan had asked the yet-unknown conclusion, the graphic music reveals that Dvořák to compose a showcase concerto the Sorcerer has reappeared, as peace for cello. In fact, Dvořák eventually honored and quiet return. Goethe never tells us if Wihan with two dedications: Silent Woods, the Apprentice was sent to the woodshed Op.68 of 1891 and Rondo in G minor, for his next lesson. Op.94, of 1893. Given the composer’s loyalty, it was strange that a droll scenario developed between the two friends when the cellist decided to meddle with the original score of the concerto, including various edits and the addition of his own cadenza. Wihan became so forceful that 22 BUFFALO PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

Dvořák was compelled to forbade his Dvořák offers an aria-theme over clouds of publisher from making “even the slightest tonal intrigue, with harmonies doubtless change” in the manuscript. derived from a song he composed in 1865 - as he realized his beloved Josephine would As for the storyline behind the cello soon marry another man (Lasst mich allein concerto, even after many years Dvořák - Leave me alone in reverie). With time, recalled his affair of the heart, inspired by Josephine let Antonin know how deeply she his former student, Josefina Cermakova was touched by his sincere expression. At (Kaunitzova), who later became his sister- the mid-point of the movement the song is in-law. (We take care to note that Dvořák quoted directly in the solo cello and replied was devoted to his wife, Anna, and their by an angelic flute, with lush, yearning six children. But an unrequited swan-swain harmonies. The full orchestral treatment never forgets his first amour de coeur). By which follows features an alluring idyll in the coincidence, just as work on the concerto horns, echoed by the cello in double-stop began, Josefina wrote to Antonin from harmonies. Woodwind escorts close the Prague about her failing health. With fond reverie with a trace of angst in the manner remembrance, Dvořák took up his palette of Richard Wagner. and tone-painted poignant allusions to her throughout the concerto. Returning to B minor, the Finale begins with pointed, march-like phrases which seem The concerto begins darkly in the clarinets, primed for life renewed. With his inimitable murmuring the evocative main theme, gypsy touch for good measure, Dvořák spins preparing a vibrant and rich orchestral an orchestral fantasy worthy of his most scene, including the lyrical second melody picturesque tone poems - a soundscape heard in the solo horn. With heartful gallery from all directions. For rustic contrast, bravura, the solo cello enters to confirm a swaggering, peasant-like tune is conjured the message at hand, buoyed by fervent, as a camp-fire dance. The bright momentum lyrical virtuosity and poetic esprit. As an then softly blends into tuneful souvenirs aside, given the powerful last phrases of the from the first two movements, including an movement, we note that among the trove echo of Josephine’s theme in the solo violin. of concerto masterworks to emerge from The unfolding phrases seem to suggest a the Romantic Age, Opus 104 could easily quiescent final curtain. But like a sudden sun have been scored as the composer’s tenth shower - the soloist and orchestra spring to symphony. the final measures in triumphant B major. Marked Adagio, the second movement in G major is the centerpiece of the concerto. program notes by Edward Yadzinski

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SIDE-BY-SIDE WITH THE GREATER BUFFALO YOUTH ORCHESTRA Stefan Sanders, conductor

BERLIOZ Overture to Le Corsaire, Op. 21

ROSSINI Overture to William Tell

ENESCO Rumanian Rhapsody No.1 in A major, Op. 11

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Friday, February 27 at 7:00PM KNOW THE SCORE: MUSSORGSKY’S PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION Stefan Sanders, conductor Claudia Hoca, piano MUSSORGSKY Prelude to Act 1 to Khovanschina, (completed “Dawn on the Moscow River” Rimsky-Korsakov) MUSSORGSKY Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Stokowski) Promenade excerpt MUSSORGSKY Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Leonard) Promenade excerpt Ballet of the Chicks The Great Gate of Kiev excerpt RAVEL Waltz No. 7 from Valses nobles et sentimentales Claudia Hoca, piano RAVEL Valses nobles et sentimentales MUSSORGSKY Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Ravel) Promenade Gnomus Promenade Il vecchio castello Promenade Tuileries Bydlo - Polish Ox-cart Promenade Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks Goldenberg and Schmuyle Market Place at Limoges Catacombs: Roman Sepulchrew The Hut of Baba Yaga The Great Gate of Kiev

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Saturday, February 28 at 8:00PM BPO ROCKS BLOOD, SWEAT & TEARS Bradley Thachuk, conductor Bo Bice, lead vocals Dave Gellis, guitar & vocals Glen McClelland, keyboard & vocals Joel Rosenblatt, drums Buster Hemphill, bass Dave Mann, sax & flute – musical director Trevor Neumann, lead trumpet Dan Levine, trombone Mike Cottone, trumpet

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Patrons are asked to turn off all cell phones, pagers and signal watches. The use of cameras and recording devices is strictly prohibited. 31 BRADLEY THACHUK, CONDUCTOR Bradley Thachuk joined the Niagara Symphony Orchestra in 2011 as Music Director and Principal Conductor. He previously was Associate Conductor for the Fort Wayne Philharmonic, and Interim Music Director for the Prince George Symphony Orchestra in Canada. Thachuk served as conducting assistant for the Cincinnati Symphony and Pops Orchestras in 2000–01 and had a continued association with these orchestras as an assistant conductor. Thachuk has conducted orchestras and opera in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Switzerland, Italy, Portugal, the United States and Canada. Recent and upcoming guest engagements include debuts with Cincinnati Pops, the Hartford Symphony Orchestra, the Tuscon Symphony, the Toronto Philharmonia Orchestra and 13 Strings in Canada, and return engagements with the Windsor Symphony Orchestra (Canada), the Reading (PA) Symphony Orchestra and the Fort Wayne Philharmonic. Thachuk, along with the NSO, could also be seen in an HBO concert documentary with singer/songwriter Chantal Kreviazuk, followed by a worldwide CD/DVD release of the concert. From 2000–02 he was the opera conductor for Miami University (Ohio), and from 1995–98 he held the position of music director for the Brampton Symphony Orchestra in Ontario. He made his European operatic debut conducting Don Giovanni at the Teatro del Giglio in Lucca, Italy, where he held the position of staff conductor for two years with the Opera Theatre of Lucca. He has toured as the conductor for the Australian rock group Air Supply, conducted the soundtrack for the film The Eternal Husband and is a much sought-after symphonic arranger.

BO BICE, LEAD VOCALS; BLOOD, SWEAT & TEARS Bo Bice’s career began taking shape when he worked the Southern club circuit in a number of bands, including Blue Suede Nickel, Purge and Sugar Money. Although the groups made some in-roads, his initial claim to fame came in 2005, when he finished second to Carrie Underwood on FOX television’s American Idol. His first release following that show, The Real Thing, yielded the chart-topping single “Inside Your Heaven” and helped Bice attain the first of his two gold record awards. “My next record will continue to reflect my love of my country, my family, my faith and the emotional journey I’m on,” he said during a recent interview from a recording studio behind his home that he shares with his wife and three 32 BUFFALO PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA young children. “I moved my family to Nashville six years ago and that change is now reflected in my music.” “I’ve always been a family man,” Bice continued, referencing his feelings for his mother, a gospel singer who infused him with a love of music at an early age. “My mom remarried and moved our family to England when I was just a kid. But before I finished school, I knew I wanted to be in a band and I returned to Alabama to continue that process.” It was a hard decision to leave his mom in England, and he addressed it in “You Take Yourself With You,” from his 2010 release, 3. The album 3 was Bice’s first brush with the Nashville community, and all its songs were written or co- written by Bice, with production credits by Bice and D. Scott Miller. After a few health scares stemming from life on the road, Bice has changed his lifestyle and has enjoyed a clean bill of health for three years. He spends time helping fellow motorcycle enthusiasts raise money for medical research or supporting the military and their families. He performed for the troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. He arranged for all of his proceeds from the song “Long Road Back” to benefit those affected by the 2010 Nashville floods. He won $50,000 on a special celebrity edition of VH1’s “Don’t Forget The Lyrics,” with proceeds being donated to the NARAS charity organization MusiCares, for use in its recovery efforts.

BLOOD, SWEAT & TEARS “Like a great baseball team, the members change but the soul lives on. Though many great musicians have passed through BS&T, its musicianship stands the test of time.” 2005 found BS&T looking back to founding father Bobby Colomby’s original vision for Blood Sweat & Tears, quite simply, “Find the greatest musicians and the rest is easy.” Since then, with Bobby Colomby’s guidance, BS&T have re-established themselves as one of the hottest touring acts in the world. Whether playing the hits that started BS&T’S meteoric rise or complicated jazz riffs, audiences worldwide show their appreciation with standing ovations nightly. In 2008, the South Korean government named Blood Sweat & Tears “The Ambassadors of Peace.” That same year, the BS&T horn section recorded with Jeff Lorber on his Grammy nominated CD “He Had A Hat.” 2010 saw yet another recording session with Jeff Lorber. In 2011, BS&T played three sold-out concerts at the Blue Note Jazz Club in New York City with the legendary trumpeter Arturo Sandoval. The most recorded drummer in the world, Bernard “Pretty” Perdue, sat in with BS&T on a recent show in New Jersey. 33 34 BUFFALO PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

Saturday, March 7 at 8:00PM Sunday, March 8 at 2:30PM

Classics Series LEFÈVRE PLAYS GERSHWIN JoAnn Falletta, conductor Alain Lefèvre, piano

SCHMITT Antony and Cleopatra, Suite No. 1 Op. 69 Antony and Cleopatra The Camp of Pompeii The Battle of Actium

SCHMITT Antony and Cleopatra, Suite No. 2 Op. 69 Night in the Queen's Palace Orgy and Dance The Tomb of Cleopatra

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Patrons are asked to turn off all cell phones, pagers and signal watches. The use of cameras and recording devices is strictly prohibited. 35 ALAIN LEFÈVRE, PIANO Acclaimed as a “hero” (Los Angeles Times), a “spectacular pianist” (Fanfare), a “smashing performer” (Washington Post), and an “artistic winner” (Music Week, London), Canadian pianist and composer Alain Lefèvre has a sparkling international career, touring world-wide, performing at prestigious venues, in recital and with international orchestras and leading conductors. Saluted by the international press for his “phenomenal technique” (The Spectator) and his “sparkling playing resulting in fascinating interpretations” (Kölner Stadt Anzeiger), Lefèvre is a pianist who “breaks the mold” (International PIANO, London), and most importantly, an artist who “truly stands out from the typical trends and artifices offered on the international scene”Classica ( ). He often performs to sold-out audiences, leaving them mesmerized. He has been a guest soloist with orchestras across Europe, Asia and North America. He has worked with renowned conductors such as Matthias Bamert, Franz-Paul Decker, Charles Dutoit, Christoph Eschenbach, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Vladimir Spivakov, Carl St-Clair, and Long Yu. He also worked with composers Pierre Max Dubois, Walter Boudreau, Henri Dutilleux and John Corigliano. He has participated in numerous international festivals such as Cervantino in Mexico; Istanbul Festival in Turkey; Epidavros in Greece; Wolf Trap and Vermont Mozart Festivals in the US; Lanaudière International Festival, and Mostly Mozart at Notre-Dame Basilica. He performed in more than thirty countries worldwide. In 2007, Alain Lefèvre received the decoration of Chevalier de l’Ordre de la Pléiade for his outstanding contribution in the artistic community. Winner of a Classical Internet Award (Classicstoday.com) for his recording on the Analekta label featuring André Mathieu’s Concerto de Québec, he was also awarded fiveFelix Awards (2001 -2007) including for his latest CD, Rhapsodies, recorded live with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra. When released, it was also one of Canada’s best-selling classical albums.

PROGRAM OVERVIEW: The BPO continues its exploration of the extraordinary French composer Florent Schmitt with one of his masterpieces,Antony and Cleopatra. In music of stunning imagination, Schmitt captures the drama and romance of this ancient story - which will be recorded for NAXOS to complete a highly anticipated BPO CD. We are delighted that our audience has been such a powerful and enthusiastic part of our explorations of fascinating music that has been unjustly neglected. We are thrilled to close the program with a return visit by astounding pianist Alain Lefèvre, who will treat us to Gershwin’s beloved Concerto in F.

36 BUFFALO PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA PROGRAM NOTES Florent Schmitt and scores for theater, including ballet and French composer stage plays. and pianist Of the latter, Schmitt’s incidental music for born: September 28, 1870, Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra is a Blâmont; standout for its imagery in sound. The music died; August 17, 1958, was initially performed as ballet scenes Paris between the acts of a new production of the play at the Paris Opera in 1920. The French Antoine et Cléopâtre, Op.69, Anthony and writer and poet André Gide provided Cleopatra an updated translation, and the principal Suite 1 dancer in the role of Cleopatra was none Antoine et Cléopâtre other than Ida Rubinstein, whose legendary Sur le Camp de Pompée mystique held the audience in thrall (she Bataille d’Actium later inspired Ravel’s Bolero). Written in 1607, in 5 acts and 43 scenes, Suite 2 Shakespeare’s storyline for Antony and Nuit au palais de la reine Cleopatra offers a saga of star-crossed love Orgie et danses and the rivalry of the Roman Empire with Le Tombeau de Cléopâtre Egypt. At the denouement, Marc Antony dies in Cleopatra’s arms, who then takes her First and only Classics performances: own life by tempting a poisonous asp. October 8, 9, 2010, conducted by JoAnn Falletta; duration: 45 minutes Mark Antony:

As noted for the concerts on February 21 Stirr’d by Cleopatra, and 22, Florent Schmitt studied composition Now, for the love of Love and her soft hours, under Massenet and Faur‚ at the Paris Conservatoire, where he won the revered Let’s not confound the time with conference Prix de Rome. He was also a Wagner buff, harsh: with Erik Satie and Maurice Ravel among his There’s not a minute of our lives should closest friends. Schmitt’s own style is often stretch described by the familiar term ‘eclectic’ - blending influences and inspiration Without some pleasure now. What sport from wherever the spirit happened to tonight? be. Moreover, for most of his life, Schmitt worked as a music critic with a sharp pen for Cleopatra: wit and irony. Occasionally brash but most Give me some music; music, moody food often with humor, he ‘praised’ mediocrity as a reference for highlighting masterworks Of us that trade in love. from composers as diverse as Saint- Saëns, Rimsky-Korsakov, Stravinsky and Schmitt provided an evocative score for the Schöenberg. Schmitt also signed-on early to premiere, from which he later extracted two the influence jazz would have on the future concert suites, each featuring scenes from of serious music. the drama. With such divergent interests, we are not In overall tone, the suites are replete with surprised that Schmitt’s original scores Impressionist hues, although Schmitt clearly comprise a potpourri of titles, with many emulates the tone-poem manner of Respighi salon pieces for piano and voice, a small and Richard Strauss. The movement titles wealth of chamber music, orchestral settings are descriptive of the scenes at hand. 37 Suite No.1 begins with Antony and George Gershwin Cleopatra in the throes of love, set within American composer an idyllic, pastoral canvas tone-painted in born: September 26, 1898, the horns with lush colors in the strings Brooklyn; and woodwinds. An Eastern chant in the died: July 11, 1937, solo oboe represents Cleopatra’s alluring Hollywood persona, which the conflicted Antony cannot resist. A brass fanfare marks the scene for Sur le Camp de Pompée (On Piano Concerto in F the camp at Pompeii), a descriptive Allegro intermezzo for the imminent chaos to Andante con moto come. Allegro agitato Bataille d’Actium (Battle at Actium) occurs first on land, then at sea, and ultimately First Classics performance: March 18, 1951, ends with the defeat of Egypt by Rome. with pianist Oscar Levant, conducted The music opens with nervous, jagged by William Steinberg; most recent performance: November 19, 20, 2010, with horns, marked by a spate of Stravinsky- pianist Orion Weiss, conducted by JoAnn like effects. Various fragments offer brief Falletta; duration 31 minutes memoirs of the lovers, but the scene is soon overtaken by brazen accents from Gershwin loved Bach, adored Chopin, the orchestra en masse. admired Wagner, couldn’t get enough of Suite No.2: titled Nuit au palais de la Debussy and was a big fan of the music Alban reine (Night in the palace of the queen), Berg and Arnold Schöenberg. In Europe he the music begins with a nocturne had developed warm acquaintances with tone-painted by the English horn over composers as diverse as Milhaud, Prokofiev scintillating timbres in the orchestra. and Ravel. On top of that, his celebrity as Sultry progressions suggest a lovers’ tryst a composer on the Great White Way was in the her Mediterranean domain. immense. So with all that going for him who would have guessed that early critics, In turn follows a night of sensual revelry, impresarios and conductors would be very titled Orgie et danses (Orgy and Dances). uneasy about Gershwin’s music. With regard to rhythmic accent and To wit - the melodies were perhaps just too harmonic flow, listeners will note a stylistic catchy to be trusted; the jazzy settings from blend of Stravinsky’s Le Sacre (The Rite the iconoclast New Yorker were perhaps of Spring) and Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloé. just too empathic with the American earth. The frenzy reaches a climax on a massive And the bias maintained in high places chord, which conjures yet another love for decades. It is hard to imagine that the scene, with oriental intonations, with Metropolitan Opera in New York waited alluring oboes doubtless emulating the until more than fifty years to present its antique Egyptian shawm. With serpentine first production of Gershwin’s opera Porgy phrases, Cléopâtre’s last moment is at and Bess. hand at the impromptu, languorous close. On the heels of Gershwin’s spectacular For the final movement, Le Tombeau de success with Rhapsody in Blue in 1924 Cléopâtre (The Tomb of Cléopâtre), came a storm of requests from the highest Schmitt invokes symbolic bird chant and places in the musical world. Among cryptic accents, with suggestive roles for them was a commission by the New York woodwinds, again with piquant phrases in Symphony under Walter Damrosch to the oboe. The orchestra gradually gains in compose a ‘proper concerto’ for the momentum and density, representing the piano - which was both a compliment tragic consequences of the denouement. to Gershwin’s potential but also a sly 38 BUFFALO PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA reference to the Rhapsody as a kind of Scored for a robust 20th century orchestra, ‘pops’ show-piece. the Concerto in F was premiered at Carnegie Hall with Dear George at the Agreeing to accept the challenge, Gershwin keyboard on December 3rd, 1925, with later wrote: the New York Symphony directed by “Many persons had thought that the Walter Damrosch. Rhapsody was only a happy accident. Well, I wanted to show that there was plenty Indeed, the Concerto in F begins with more where that had come from. I made up the great timpani strokes which so often my mind to do a piece of ‘absolute’ music. opened the curtains in Manhattan’s theater The Rhapsody, as its title implied, was a district (in fact Gershwin once thought to blues impression. The Concerto would title the piece A New York Concerto). From be unrelated to any program. And that is that point onward we are in for a Broadway exactly how I wrote it. I learned a great deal feast of great tunes, sassy rhythms and from that experience, particularly in the mad-cap colors - teasing and tempting, handling of instruments in combination. at once replete with optimism and lush nostalgia. The second movement begins “The first movement of the Concerto in F with some of the loveliest blues ever employs the Charleston rhythm. It is quick dreamed, heard in the solo trumpet over and pulsating, representing the young, a sustained clarinet choir before the piano enthusiastic spirit of American life. The strides onto the scene, adding whimsy to music begins with a rhythmic motif given the Impressionist tableau, which then turns out by the kettledrums, supported by brazen and boisterous before a reflecting other percussion instruments and with a close. Gershwin’s brief description of the Charleston motif introduced by bassoon, final movement barely hints at the caprice horns, clarinets and violas. The principal of virtuoso mischief at hand - for soloist theme is introduced by the bassoon. Later, and orchestra alike - a frenzy of jazz and a second theme is introduced by the piano. pizzazz to the Nth degree. “The second movement has a poetic As an aside, the great pianist Arthur nocturnal atmosphere which has come to Rubinstein once advised a New York music be referred to as the American blues, but critic who complained about the easy in a purer form than that in which they are popularity of jazz compared to the classics: usually treated. “Kind sir, there are but two kinds of music - “The final movement reverts to the style of good and bad. And Gershwin makes me cry.” the first. It is an orgy of rhythms, starting violently and keeping the same pace throughout.” program notes by Edward Yadzinski

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Saturday, March 14 at 8:00PM LUCK BE A LADY: MEGAN HILTY Steven Reineke, conductor LOSSER/arr. Barton Blonde Overture/Luck Be A Lady COLEMAN/Leight/arr. Jones The Best Is Yet To Come SHAIMAN/arr. White They Just Keep Moving The Line fromSmash STYNE/ROBIN Bye Bye Baby from Gentleman Prefer Blondes PORTER; arr. Riddle/Price I've Got You Under My Skin WEILL; arr. S. Reineke Mack the Knife from The Threepenny Opera KOSMA/MERCER/ Autumn Leaves-When October Goes MANILOW; arr. Reineke SCHWARTZ; arr. Brohn Popular from Wicked STYNE/ROBIN Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend from Gentleman Prefer Blondes INTERMISSION arr. Reineke I Hear A Symphony: Symphonic Sounds of Diana Ross ABREU; Dragon Tico Tico LOEWE/LERNER/ Almost Like Being In Love- RODGERS/HART; arr. Jahnke This Can't Be Love SHAIMAN/WHITMAN; Second Hand White Baby Grand arr.Atmajian from Smash MANILOW; arr. Berens Copacabana KANDER/EBB; arr. Elliott New York, New York GEORGE/Gershwin Someone To Watch Over Me from Oh Kay! ARLEN/MERCER Come Rain or Come Shine All subscribers are invited to attend a special Subscriber Appreciation reception following tonight’s concert in the Mary Seaton Room Patrons are asked to turn off all cell phones, pagers and signal watches. The use of cameras and recording devices is strictly prohibited. 41 MEGAN HILTY, VOCALIST Megan Hilty was born in Bellevue, Washington. Drawn to music at a young age, she explored a career in opera before pursuing musical theatre. After graduating from the Washington Academy of Performing Arts Conservatory High School, she moved to Oregon and spent two years waiting tables and working odd jobs while performing in shows. She then enrolled in Carnegie Mellon University, where she graduated in 2004 with a bachelor’s degree in theatre. Upon graduation, Hilty was offered the role of Glinda standby for the Broadway company of Wicked. She made her Broadway debut in the fall of 2004 opposite Idina Menzel, and took over as principal in May 2005. After a year on Broadway, Hilty performed the role on tour and in the 2007-2009 Los Angeles production. During her years with Wicked, Hilty was workshopping the role of Doralee in 9 to 5: The Musical. In 2009, she starred in the show on Broadway, and was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical, an Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Actress in a Musical, a Drama League Award, and an Ovation Award for Best Actress in a Musical. In 2011, Hilty joined the cast of NBC’s Smash as Ivy Lynn, an actress who is desperate to land the lead in a musical about the life of Marilyn Monroe. The show was nominated for a Golden Globe, and offered Hilty the opportunity to record covers of popular hits and original songs from the musical within the show. In 2013, Hilty released It Happens All the Time, and made her Carnegie Hall debut. She performs with orchestras throughout the United States, and in special events like the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. She maintains an active voiceover career, providing the voice of Rosetta in theDisney Fairies series and the China Doll Princess in Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return. In 2013, Hilty married Brian Gallagher. Their first daughter, Viola, was born in September 2014. STEVEN REINEKE, CONDUCTOR Steven Reineke’s boundless enthusiasm and exceptional artistry have made him one of the nation’s most sought- after pops conductors, composers and arrangers. Reineke is the Music Director of The New York Pops at Carnegie Hall, Principal Pops Conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and Principal Pops Conductor of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. He previously held the posts of Principal Pops Conductor of the Long Beach and Modesto Symphony Orchestras and Associate Conductor of the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra. 42 BUFFALO PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

Reineke is a frequent guest conductor with The Philadelphia Orchestra and has been on the podium with the Boston Pops, The Cleveland Orchestra and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at Ravinia. His extensive North American conducting appearances include Houston, San Francisco, Seattle, Edmonton, Pittsburgh, Vancouver, Ottawa (National Arts Centre), Detroit, Milwaukee and Calgary. As the creator of more than one hundred orchestral arrangements for the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, Reineke’s work has been performed worldwide, and can be heard on numerous Cincinnati Pops Orchestra recordings on the Telarc label. His symphonic works Celebration Fanfare, Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Casey at the Bat are performed frequently in North America. His Sun Valley Festival Fanfare was used to commemorate the Sun Valley Summer Symphony’s pavilion, and his Festival Te Deum and Swan’s Island Sojourn were debuted by the Cincinnati Symphony and Cincinnati Pops Orchestras. His numerous wind ensemble compositions are published by the C.L. Barnhouse Company and are performed by concert bands around the world. A native of Ohio, Reineke is a graduate of Miami University of Ohio, where he earned bachelor of music degrees with honors in both trumpet performance and music composition. He currently resides in New York City with his partner Eric Gabbard.

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Sunday, March 15 at 2:30PM BPO KIDS THE MAGICAL MUSIC OF DISNEY Stefan Sanders, conductor

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$1,000 - $4,999 AXA Network Lawley Insurance Buffalo Dental McGard Insurance Fox Run Orchard Park Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Landmark Wealth Management Reid Group Now is the time to invest in Buffalo. Now is the time to invest in the BPO. Please contact Wendy Diina, Associate Director of Development (716) 242-7826 | [email protected] 47 MEET A MUSICIAN: ROBERT PROKES Robert Prokes grew up in a musical environment. His mother was a piano teacher, and gave her children lessons as well. His older sister played violin, which intrigued him as a child. By the time he was old enough to enter the music program at his elementary school, he already knew how to play, and there was little doubt about which instrument he’d choose. Two of his brothers also played violin, and one even went on to enjoy a stint as a professional musician. But it was Robert who made it his life’s work. He earned a music scholarship to Wichita State University, where he studied with the late James Ceasar. While in school, he played with the Wichita Symphony to earn money and gain professional experience. His post-college position with the Richmond Symphony would prove to have a profound influence on his life and career. It was there that he met his wife, Patricia, a violist who now teaches at City Honors and the Buffalo Montessori School. Through Patricia’s sister, he also had the opportunity to study with renowned violin teacher Sally Thomas. Every Friday morning, he flew to New York City, took a lesson in the evening and another on Saturday morning, and returned to Richmond in time for the evening’s concert. He auditioned for the Buffalo Philharmonic and started in 1982. His 33-year career with the BPO has been filled with highlights, including the orchestra’s landmark tour of Europe under Semyon Bychkov in 1988. Perhaps the most meaningful, however, was the day in 2012 when his daughter Megan won her BPO audition. Candidates for positions with the BPO audition anonymously behind a curtain. To ensure an unbiased selection process, the panel judging the auditions knows them only by a number. Prokes was very pleased when she won, and has enjoyed performing with her ever since. His other daughter, Tea, is Associate Concertmaster at Toledo Symphony and a first-call substitute for the BPO, giving Prokes the chance to perform with them both. “I’ve had the wonderful opportunity to perform with my daughters on this stage with the BPO. We actually soloed for donor concerts. That’s not a small thing,” he said. Robert Prokes is one of those rare and fortunate individuals for whom his work is also his hobby. He gathers with friends every week to play chamber music, and has a particular love for the string quartets of Haydn and Beethoven. In addition to his performing career, he also teaches privately. He says that while there are not many “firsts” left for him, and few items left on his musical wish list, a major one will be crossed off in 2016 with the BPO’s performance of Richard Strauss’ Alpine Symphony. After more than three decades, he still feels fortunate to be doing what he does. “I have the best job in the world. I play violin. I play music. It’s one of the finest things you can do,” he said.

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48 BUFFALO PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA SPONSOR A MUSICIAN Guest concertmaster Natalie Piskorsky, Patti DiLutis, clarinet Sponsored by Clement and associate principal viola Sponsored by Dennis P. Quinn Karen Arrison Sponsored by Dr. Patricia and *Burt Notarius Salvatore Andolina, Ansgarius Aylward, clarinet/saxophone assistant concertmaster Matthew Phillips, viola Sponsored by Nancy L. Dowdell Sponsored Anonymously Sponsored by Mr. and Mrs. George G. Herbert Glenn Einschlag, bassoon Marylouise Nanna, first violin Sponsored by Dr. and Sponsored by El and Kate Holzemer, viola Mrs. Friedrich J. Albrecht Shell Schneiderman Sponsored by Ms. Cindy Abbott Letro and Mr. Francis M. Letro Martha Malkiewicz, Douglas Cone, first violin bassoon/contrabassoon Sponsored by Bradford Lewis, Ph.D. Janz Castelo, viola Sponsored by Frances L. Morrison Sponsored by Anthony J. and Diana Sachs, first violin Barbara Cassetta Duane Saetveit, french horn Sponsored by Gordon and Sponsored by Cheryl and Gretchen Gross Feng Hew, John Howe associate principal cello Alan Ross, first violin Sponsored by Kenneth Schmieder, Jay Matthews, french horn Sponsored by Anthony J. and in loving memory of Nancy L. Julian Sponsored by Philip H. Hubbell, in Carmela M. Colucci loving memory of Jayne T. Hubbell Monte Hoffman, cello Loren Silvertrust, first violin Sponsored by Mr. and Alex Jokipii, principal trumpet Sponsored by Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Skerker Sponsored by Nancy L. Dowdell Mrs. George F. Phillips, Jr. Robert Hausmann, cello Timothy Smith, trombone Megan Prokes, first violin Sponsored by Sally and Sponsored by Arthur W. and Sponsored in honor of Dr. Doreen Donald Dussing Elaine I. Cryer Rao by Sue Fay & Carl David Schmude, cello Jeffrey Dee, bass trombone Antoine Lefebvre, Sponsored by Jim and Sponsored by Edward N. Giannino, Jr. principal second violin Michal Wadsworth Sponsored by Dorothy Westhafer Matthew Bassett, timpani Amelie Fradette, cello Sponsored by Nick and Jacqueline Galluzzo, Sponsored by Ms. Cindy Abbott Bonnie Hopkins associate principal second violin Letro and Mr. Francis M. Letro Sponsored by Sandra and Dinesh Joseph, percussion Dennis McCarthy Brett Shurtliffe, Sponsored by Lynne Marie Finn, on associate principal bass behalf of Superior Group Richard Kay, second violin Sponsored by Mr. Bruce C. Baird and Sponsored by Joyce L. Wilson Mrs. Susan O’Connor-Baird *deceased

Jeffrey Jones, second violin Makoto Michii, bass Sponsored by Mr. and Sponsored by The Hicks Fund Mrs. George G. Herbert Christine Lynn Bailey, Diane Melillo, second violin principal flute Sponsored by Jack & Ellen Koessler Sponsored by Michael and Roberta Joseph Shieh-Jian Tsai, second violin Sponsored by Joyce L. Wilson Anna Mattix, oboe/english horn Sponsored by Nick and Valerie Heywood, Bonnie Hopkins principal viola Sponsored by Harriet B. Stewart* and John Fullam, principal clarinet Marie A. Marshall Sponsored by Roberta and Michael Joseph

To learn more about the Sponsor a Musician program, please contact Jesselyn Zailac at (716) 242-7899 or [email protected]. 49 SPOTLIGHT ON SPONSOR

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BUFFALO PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA ANNUAL FUND The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra gratefully acknowledges contributions, grants and sponsorships received from the following individuals, corporations and foundations who gave $500 and above. While the thousands upon thousands of donors whose gifts ranged from $1 to $499 are too numerous to list here, we gratefully acknowledge those additional individuals, groups, companies and foundations who give to us so generously. Millonzi Society Maestro’s Circle Concertmaster Circle $150,000+ $10,000-$24,999 $5,000-$9,999 Anonymous (1) Anonymous (1) Anonymous Ms. Cindy Abbott Letro Dr. and Mrs. Fred Albrecht and Mr. Francis M. Letro Martin G. & Linda Anderson The Cameron and Jane Baird Sue Fay Allen & Carl Klingenschmitt Joan & Peter Andrews Mr. Charles Balbach Family Foundation Foundation The Reverend and Mrs. Peter Bridgford Andy T. Anselmo Britton Trust Ansie Baird Louis P. Ciminelli Family Buffalo Bills, Inc. Albert J. and Toni Baratto James and Linda Beardi Foundation Anthony J. & Barbara Cassetta The Robert & Patricia Colby Foundation James M. Beardsley & Ellen M. Gibson Better Buffalo Fund at the Carol & Angelo Fatta Arthur W. & Elaine Cryer Jennifer Dowdell and Nancy Dowdell Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo The John R. Oishei Sally & Don Dussing Bob & Doris Drago Mr. & Mrs. Hazard K. Campbell Foundation Members, Erie County Music Mrs. Ann Cohn Educators Association Anthony J. and Carmela M. Colucci Ms. JoAnn Falletta Peter & Maria Eliopoulos & Mr. Robert Alemany Mr. & Mrs. Warren E. Emblidge, Jr. Mr.* and Mrs. Peter B. Flickinger Neil and Doris Farmelo Lynne Marie Finn $50,000-$149,999 The Foundation William & Marjorie* Gardner for Jewish Philanthropies Sarah Goodyear Clement & Karen Arrison Patricia & William Frederick Gordon and Gretchen Gross Dick & Pat* Garman Charles J. Hahn* & Joy Rogers The Cullen Foundation George & Bodil Gellman The Hahn Family Foundation Ann & Gordon Getty Foundation Mr. Thomas J. Hanifin Mulroy Family Foundation Daniel & Barbara Hart Barbara W. Henderson Carlos and Elizabeth Heath Foundation The Hicks Fund John & Carolyn Yurtchuk Mr. and Mrs. George G. Herbert Monte Hoffman & Niscah Koessler Bonnie & Nick Hopkins David and Lucinda Hohn John & Cheryl Howe Mrs. L. Nelson Hopkins, Jr. Mr. Philip H. Hubbell, John J. and Maureen O. Hurley $25,000-$49,999 In memory of Jayne T. Hubbell Drs. Clement and Margot Ip Martha & Tom Hyde Mr. and Mrs. Philip C. Kadet Brent D. Baird Roberta & Michael Joseph Ms. Ellen Koessler The Seymour H. Knox John W. & Mary M. Mr. and Mrs. Brian D. Baird Foundation, Inc. Koessler Foundation John W. Koessler, III Mrs. Mary M. Koessler Mr. Bruce C. Baird and Kenneth A. & Gretchen P. Krackow The Linton Foundation W. & J. Larson Family Foundation Sandra and Dennis McCarthy Mrs. Susan O’Connor-Baird Bradford Lewis, Ph.D. Frances L. Morrison Marie A. Marshall Nangee Morrison The Baird Foundation In Memory of Harriet B. Stewart Dr. and Mrs. George H. Nancollas Mr. and Mrs. Carl J. Montante, Sr. Dr. Patricia & Burt* Notarius Mrs. Catherine M. Beltz Mr. & Mrs. Reginald B. Newman, II Daniel C. Oliverio NOCO Foundation, Inc. The Ralph F. Peo Fund at the CFGB Robert J. & Martha B. Fierle Donald F. & Barbara L. Newman Dennis Quinn Family Foundation David & Joan Rogers Foundation The Vincent and Harriet Ms. Catherine F. Schweitzer Palisano Foundation Scott R. & Rachel C. Stenclik Grigg Lewis Foundation, Inc. J. Warren Perry and Edwin F. Stohrer, Jr. Charles Donald Perry Memorial Fund Steve and Nicole Swift Montgomery Family Frederick S. & Phyllis W. Pierce Carolyn & Joe Voelkl Family Fund Lorinda McAndrew Voelkle Foundation Foundation El & Shell Schneiderman Nellie B. Warner Endowment Fund Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Skerker Irv & Elaine Weinstein Mr. & Mrs. George F. Phillips, Jr. Joyce L. Wilson Dorothy Westhafer 53 Encore Circle Principal’s Circle Mrs. Ruth Cohan Joan & Michael Cohen $2,500-$4,999 $1,750-$2,499 Joanne and Frank Collins Charitable Anonymous (1) Anonymous (1) Foundation Drs. Kevin and Elizabeth Barlog Ellen Todd Cooper Gary and Marjorie Abelson Cole & Nancy Bergan Dr. Elizabeth Conant and Ms. Camille Cox Vanda Albera William & Ida Christie Fund for Music Marilyn R. Cornelius Doug and Ellen Bean Elizabeth G. Clark Nancy A. Cunningham Dennis & Leilani Black Amy L. Clifton & Theodore B.K. Walsh Roger and Roberta Dayer Mark Chason and Mariana Emerging Leaders in the Arts Buffalo Juan and Sylvia De Rosas Botero-Chason William Freyd & Diana Carlson Dr. and Mrs. David C. Dean Mr. and Mrs. Joseph S. DePaolo Friends of the BPO James and Mary Frances Derby Drs. James Grunebaum & Judith Clarke & Alan Dozoretz Tim and Lois DiCarlo Penelope Prentice R. Irene Dwigans Duane and Nancy Dipirro Michele O. Heffernan Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Easton Joan M. Doerr & John J. Cordes Ellen & Victor Doyno Paul Erisman Dr. and Mrs. Ralph W. Hinds, III Marion S. Fay Robert Joel Drago Dr. & Mrs. Curtis F. Holmes George T. Driscoll, Jr. Peter and Ilene Fleischmann Professor Joseph Kelly, Esq. Drs. Philip Dvoretsky & Linda Ludwig Joseph & Anna Gartner Foundation C.F. and A.F. Kurtz Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Easton Edward N. Giannino, Jr. Norma Jean Lamb Jeanne C. Eaton Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Gioia Earl I. Mack Foundation Dr. Samuel Goodloe, Jr. Dr. Edward G. Eberl Margaret V. Manzella Trust The Honorable and Mrs. Leo J. Fallon Ms. Constance A. Greco Randy & Diana Martinusek Dr. Robert Fenstermaker Dr. Elisabeth Zausmer Anne Moot Ferguson Electric Foundation Emmett & Carol Murphy and Dr. Angel A. Gutierrez Mr. Kim A. Ferullo Irene E. Norton Edwin P. Hart Joyce E. Fink Mr. and Mrs. Randall M. Odza Mr. & Mrs. G. Wayne Hawk George Byron Fisher Tom & Lois Pause Dave & Katie Hayes Thomas and Grace Flanagan Henry and Patty Porter Mr. and Mrs.* Robert Irwin Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Fleming Dr. Robert & Hana Jacobi Ms. Georgeann W. Redman Denise & Ron Rezabek William and Beth Fleming Bruce and Gail Johnstone Mrs. Burt P. Flickinger, Jr. Joy Family Foundation Dr. Annie Schapiro Gary & Barbara Schober Rose H. and Leonard H. Frank Dwight King & Leslie Duggleby Nancy B. Thomas Community Endowment Fund Douglas G. & Nancy Kirkpatrick Amy L. Clifton & Theodore B.K. Walsh Laurence & Eileen Franz James & Leslie Kramer Mrs. Mary W. Wickett Mr. and Mrs. David Fried Charles & Judith Manzella Mr. and Mrs. K. Wiedenhaupt Mr. Richard L. Friend Mr. & Mrs. William E. Mathias II Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Giambra Mr. and Mrs. James D. Newman Joe and Lynne Giroux Marjorie Girth New York Council for the Humanities Bravo Circle Dr. and Mrs. Louis Goldberg Mr. and Mrs. Sanford M. Nobel $1,000-$1,749 Susan Graham & Jon Kucera Don and Jane Ogilvie Anonymous (2) Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Greene Richard & Karen Penfold Dr. George N. Abraham Mr. Gary B. Greenfield Nancy and Louis* Reif Mr. and Mrs. Philip C. Ackerman Mr. and Mrs. Paul R. Guenther Mr. & Mrs. John Reinhold Kenneth & Maura Africano Ken & Gladys Hardcastle Frances M. Rew Rita Argen Auerbach Van & Dianne Harwood Deborah Henning and Thomas Rolle Ronald E. and Mary L. Banks Philip M. & Marion Henderson Nancy L Julian* and Dr. and Mrs. Anthony Bannon Mr. and Mrs. Sherlock A. Herrick, Jr. Mr. Kenneth Schmieder Steve Earnhart and Jennifer Barbee George M. Hillenbrand, II Ms. Anne Schneider & Dave & Wendy Barth Richard & Lynn Hirsch Mr. Ronald L. Frank Dr. David B. Bender Luella Johnson Joseph & Carole Sedita Anne Bonte Craig & Deborah Johnston James A. Brophy and Fraser B. Drew* Drs. Robert & Maxine Seller Dr. & Mrs. Stephen T. Joyce Gary and Willow Brost Lowell and Ellen Shaw Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth R. Kahn Elaine & Mel Brothman William P. Keefer Deetta & Frank Silvestro Dorothy J. Brown Kathleen Keenan-Takagi Joan & Roger Simon Dr. and Mrs. John L. Butsch Michael & Marilee Keller Drs. Stephen and Monica Spaulding Buffalo Bills Youth Foundation Milton Kicklighter James and Karen Stephenson Drs. Douglas R. and Barbara B. Bunker The Herbert & Ella Knight Barry Swartz The Reverends Sarah Buxton-Smith and Family Charitable Fund Jim & Connie Tanous Stephen J.S. Smith Carol & John Kociela Nicole and Nicholas Tzetzo Margaret C. Callanan Ken & Paula Koessler Vogt Family Foundation Rudolph and Ann Casarsa Dr. Bernard Kolber Jim and Michal Wadsworth Barbara & Jerry Castiglia Bob & Liz Kolken Ted & Ingrid Wetherbee Mr. & Mrs. James L. Cecchini Robert J. and Mary Ann Kresse Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Wetter Richard & Elisabeth Cheney Katherine Kubala C. Richard and Joyce T. Zobel Nan & Will Clarkson Risé & Kevin Kulick 54 BUFFALO PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

Drs. Jeffrey Lackner & Connie & Jack Walsh Mr. & Mrs.* Franklin Bossler Ann Marie Carosella Robert & Elisabeth Wilmers Mr. and Mrs. Hilary P. Bradford Michael & Stephanie Laipple Wayne & Janet Wisbaum Brian Parisi Copiers Systems, Inc. Dr. and Mrs. William D. Lawrence Women’s Philharmonic Advocacy Laura Hurd Brodie Dr. and Mrs. Louis Lazar Mr. and Mrs. Frederick S. Wood Dorothy J. Brown Susan B. Lee Mr. Paul M. Wos Mr. and Mrs. Bruce R. Brown Mrs. Kalista Lehrer Stephen McCabe & Gretchen Wylegala Drs. Douglas & Barbara Bunker Jordan & Holly Levy Cynthia Zane & Stephen Mazurak Mr. William D. Burns* Stewart & Faye Levy Paul Zarembka Joseph & Susan Cardamone Gerald and Jody Lippes Catherine M. Campbell Howard & Lorna Lippes Jackie Castle Jack & Inez Lippes Patron Circle Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Chur Anne and Alan Lockwood $750-$999 Mrs. John Churchill Madison Community Foundation Morton & Natalie Abramson David Ciesla Judy Marine Nancy S. Barrett Mrs. Mary Clark Mr. and Mrs. Dan Clark Jim & Kathy Marshall Tim and Belle Butler Debby and Gary Cohen Elsie P. & Lucius B. McCowan Janet M. Casagrande Private Charitable Foundation Joan & Michael Cohen Miss Victoria A. Christopher Columbus McKinnon Corp. Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon E. Merritt Dr. Sebastian & Marilyn Ciancio Martin E. Messinger Conax Technologies LLC Andrea and Don Copley Mr. and Mrs. John R. Connolly, Jr. Enrico & Marisa Mihich Philip & Marguerite Coppens Mr. and Mrs. John A. Mitchell Ellen Todd Cooper Dr. & Mrs. Harold G. Corwin, Jr. Ms. Sally J. Moehlau David & Mary Ann Coulson Michael P. D’Ambrosio Donna & Leo Nalbach Annette M. Cravens Michael & Janette Neumeister Miriam and Peter Dow Teresa Danforth Franklin & Colleen Nice Stephen & Suzanne Evans Rebecca and John Davidson Dr. & Mrs. James P. Nolan Dr. & Mrs. Louis Goldberg Beverly J. Davies Mr. & Mrs. Patrick O’Brien William & Lucy Grad Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Desha Margaret Diamond & Jacob Schactner Alphonso & Marcia O’Neil-White Edwin M. Johnston, Jr. David A. DiCarlo Judith Parkinson Charles J. Kaars Richard and Cornelia Dopkins Robert J. Patterson Mr. and Mrs. John M. Laping David T. Duff Reverend Diane & Craig Phinney Dr. John Leddy and Dr. Carmen Alvarez Marianne G. Dunn Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Polokoff George L. Mayers Mr. and Mrs. Edward Eardley John E. Milner Susan Potter Mr. & Mrs. Donald A. Ebel Mr. & Mrs. Theodore J. Pyrak Gregory Photiadis & Sandra Chelnov Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Efron Ms. Elaine Ragusa Darwin and Ruth Schmitt Rosemary Elliott Marilyn L. Reeves William Kenneth Schmitt Fund Nitza & Avery Ellis Corinne & Victor Rice Foundation Edwin and Virginia Sprague Erie and Niagara Insurance Association Mary Anne Rokitka Freddie M. Thompson Mr. and Mrs. Robert Falkner Maureen W. & Dr. Richard J. Saab Dr. & Mrs. Raymond C. Vaughan Michael R. Fiels Anne Saldanha M.D. Dr. & Mrs. Richard A. Wiesen Mr. and Mrs. Edward B. Fisher Saldanha Family Foundation Pierre & Barbara Williot John Fleischman, Jr. W. Scott & Kristin Saperston Mr. & Mrs. James C. Yuhnke Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Flickinger William F. & Elizabeth Savino Mr. and Mrs. David M. Zebro Rita A. Forman Daniel J. Schmauss Sergio Fornasiero Dr. Gilbert Schulenberg Ellen S. Friedland, Ph.D. Betty Schultz Crescendo and Thomas A. Hays, M.D. Brenda Baird Senturia Michael R. Fiels & Mary T. Ricotta Caren & Stuart Shapiro $500-$749 Anonymous (4) Rose M. Furman Mrs. Brenda K. Shelton Accounting Group of Mrs. Sue S. Gardner Shuman Family Foundation Inc. Western New York CPA PC Theodore & Joan Geier Robert and Dixie Siegel Mr. David Alexander Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas Gentile Drs. George & Sharon Simpson and Ms. Margaret McDonnell Grand Island Transit Corp. Juanita & Neville Spring Steve & Jean Ambroselli Carol A. Greiner Gerould R. Stange Burtram W. & Ellen Anderson Kathryn Karlic & Peter Gross Malcolm & Alma Strachan Rita M. Antolena Kenneth W. Gross Marilyn & Irving Sultz Mr. and Mrs. James M. Arena Robert & Kathryn Hallborg Ms. Carol Sundberg John and Amy Bair Mrs. Marion P. Hanson Gary R. Sutton Susan Baird Charles* and Virginia Harrington Gary and Katharina Szakmary Teo & Jennifer Balbach Maryanne Harvey Joseph R. Takats Foundation Bradford H. Banks Paul and Suellen Hassett Ivan Tarnopoll Tom & Judy Beecher Arlene Haug John & Susan Thomas C. S. Behler Barbara R. Hayes Terry & Jerry Thomas Berardi Immigration Law Edward and Karen Healy Jeffrey Ting Alice F. Bird Dr. and Mrs. Reid R. Heffner, Jr. Phyllis Tobin Dr. Ann M. Bisantz & Dr. Albert H. Titus Mr. and Mrs. R. Bradley Herbert Judy and Peter Travers Renate Bob Dr. Theodore Herman & Sheila Trossman & Bud Anthone Bonadio & Co., LLP Ms. Judith Ann Cohen 55 Ms. Marie Olive Hewett McLain Foundation Mr. and Mrs. William D. Schulz Charles & Janet Hodges Mrs. Anita Kaye Militello Henry P. and Tricia Semmelhack Duncan C. Hollinger Mrs. Joseph J. Militello Mrs. Leonard Semski Mr. & Mrs. John G. Horn Dr. & Mrs. Donald E. Miller Mr. Eugene M. Setel Lindsey Humes Joan and Hugh Miller Peter Siedlecki and Lynnette N. Mende Laura Hurd Dr. & Mrs. Herman S. Mogavero Jr. Mr. William P. Siegler Ms. Suzanne M. Jacobs Dr. Michael C. Moore Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Silvey William & Genevieve James Ms. Sandra G. Morrison Mr. Carlton M. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Jasinski Dr. Robert Moskowitz Kurt & Melissa Spaeth Drs. Richard & Barbara Jurasek Thomas Muka and Juliann Van Woert Rosemarie C. Steeb Kathie A. Keller Eleanor T. Murray Dr. and Mrs. John B. Stevens, III Marie L. Keller Mr.* & Mrs. Gerhard J. Neumaier Mr. & Mrs. David G. Strachan Kenney, Shelton, Liptak & Nowak LLP Michael & Janette Neumeister Dr. and Mrs. Harry A. Sultz Mr. & Mrs. John Kirwan Philip Nicolai and Mary Louise Hill Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Symons Juliet Kline Dr. & Mrs. James P. Nolan Cynthia Swain & Stephen Edge Robert & Barbara Klocke Philip L. Nones Mr. Paul Tarantino Julie Klotzbach & Gary Diamond Susan D. Nusbaum Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Telford James & Mona Kontos Tim O’Brien Fund at the FJC Jeffrey J. Thompson Mr. Charles Korn & Dr. Deborah Raiken Bernie & Linda O’Donnell Sally S. Tiebel Paul & Marilyn Koukal Osmose Mr. & Mrs. Jack Tillotson Kreher Fund at the Community Ann C. Pappalardo Dr. Ann Bisantz & Dr. Albert Titus Foundation for Greater Buffalo Laurence J. & Sylvia Paul Guy Tomassi Ms. Joan Kuhn Mr. and Mrs. Walter F. Pawlowski The Travel Team Inc./ Eleanor F. Kurlan Mary G. Peterson American Express Ted Kuzniarek Mr. & Mrs. James R. Peterson The Trbovich Family Foundation Peter T. Lansbury, Ph.D. Dr. and Mrs. John H. Peterson Ron and Susan Uba Mr. and Mrs. Paul R. Lazarus Anthony Piccione U-C Coatings Corporation Dr. John Leddy and The Pierce Family Foundation Suzanne J. Voltz Dr. Carmen Alvarez Karen L. Podd Robert T. Vosteen Lehigh Construction Group Inc. J. Forrest Posey Mr. William Vosteen J.P. Bullfeathers Dr. & Mrs.* Theodore C. Prentice Peter A. Vukelic Don & Lori Leone Joseph & Linda Priselac John* & Linda Wadsworth Fern & Joel Levin Charles and Joanne Privitera Mr. and Mrs. John T. Walmsley Dr. George R. Levine Lauren & Jean Rachlin R. Thomas Weeks & Rivona H. Ehrenreich Bryna K. Ram Jeff & Susie Wellington Liazon Martha J. Reddout Ms. Marlene A. Werner Dorothy M. Lien James & Diane Reschke Dr. & Mrs. Milton M. Weiser Mrs. Celia Linder Mr. Nelson C. Ribble Edwin & Judy Wolf Anne & Alan Lockwood Diane Rittling Dr. and Mrs. Douglas F. Wright Jerry & Joelle Logue Dr. & Mrs. Donald W. Robinson Arden and Julie Wrisley Robert & Patricia Long Dianne & Irving Rubin Gregory and Donna Yungbluth M&T Insurance Agency Maryann Saccomando Freedman John & Deanna Zak Dr. and Mrs. Walter S. Mayo Gordon & Harriet Sacks Zaxis Architectural, PC Peter & Rebecca McCauley Eugene M. Setel Amy M. Zeckhauser Barbara A. McCulloch Scott & Ardeen Schaefer Mr. & Mrs. George M. Zimmerman Dr. G. Allen McFarren Mr. and Mrs. Roger L. Schintzius Mr. & Mrs. Robert Zinter Claire Miller McGowan David Schopp Walter M. Zylka, Jr. Raymond* & Louise McGrath Gwendolyn R. Schopp Wine & Spirits Guild of America *deceased Gift-In-Kind Partners Ms. Cindy Abbott Letro & Butterwoods Bakery Christopher Scinta Photography Mr. Francis M. Letro The Café at 59 Allen Street, Inc. Premier Wine and Spirits Antoinette’s Sweets, Inc. City Wine Merchant Shannon Pub Arlington Place Pictures Comfort Inn and Suites Downtown Spirit of Buffalo Arrowhead Spring Vineyards The Copy Store Time Warner Cable Avenue Art & Frame Eber Bros. Wine & Liquor Corp. Try-It Distributing Clement & Karen Arrison Enterprise Car Rental Vaspian Bennett Direct, Inc. Paul Ferington Virginia Arts Festival Brian Parisi Copiers Systems, Inc. Jaeckle, Fleischmann & Mugel, LLP Wegmans Food Markets Buffalo and Erie County Public Library The Mansion on Delaware Ave. Wilcro Inc. 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56 BUFFALO PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA PLANNED GIVING Musical Heritage Society We are pleased to list the current members herein because they have realized the importance of “the gift that keeps giving.” Each of these individuals or couples have made provisions for a contribution to the BPO in their estate plans and while there are many different methods, the most common is by adding the BPO as a beneficiary in one’s will.

Anonymous (3) Sarah & Donald Dussing Dennis Quinn Charlotte C. Acer Mr. Neil R. Farmelo Virginia Ann Quinn Elizabeth & John Angelbeck Angelo & Carol Fatta Evelyn Joyce Ramsdell Charles Balbach Mrs. Marion Fay Sylvia L. Rosen Jennifer Barbee Judith & John* Fisher John and Susan Rowles The Reverend and Edward N. Giannino, Jr. Nancy E. Ryther* Mrs. Peter W. Bridgford Mr. & Mrs. Byron R. Goldman Paul and Gerda Sanio James A. Brophy & Fraser B. Drew* Gordon & Gretchen Gross Kenneth Schmieder, Anthony J. Cassetta Marion Hanson In memory of Nancy L. Julian Barbara & Jerry Castiglia Margaret W. Henry Catherine F. Schweitzer Gerard and Rachel Catalano Mr. & Mrs. George G. Herbert Roger & Joan Simon Mrs. Ida Christie Monte & Cheryl* Hoffman Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Skerker Miss Victoria A. Christopher Mrs. L. Nelson Hopkins, Jr. Dennis M. Smolarek In honor of JoAnn Falletta and Mr. Philip H. Hubbell Jane Snowden* Donald McCrorey in memory of Jayne T. Hubbell Harriet Stewart* Dr Sebastian and Mrs Marilyn Ciancio Bruce and Gail Johnstone David D. Stout & Louis & Ann Louise Ciminelli Dr. & Mrs. Kenneth R. Kahn Janet E. Popp Stout Ms. Elizabeth G. Clark Kathleen Keenan-Takagi Gerald R. Strauss Mr. & Mrs. William M. Clarkson The Herbert & Ella Knight Sue W. Strauss Miss Mary E. Clemesha* Family Charitable Fund Nancy B. Thomas Ruth Cohan Norma Jean Lamb Jim and Michal Wadsworth, Mrs. George Cohn Eric E. & Ruth F. Lansing as trustees of the Mulroy, Dr. Elizabeth Conant Mr. & Mrs. Wilfred J. Larson Heath and Colby Foundations Marilyn R. Cornelius Bradford Lewis, PhD Mrs. Robert Warner* Dr. Sharon F. Cramer and Francie D. & Joel N. Lippman Mrs. Marjorie W. Watson Mr. Leslie R. Morris* Marie Marshall Mrs. Dorothy Westhafer In honor of the BPO Viola section Mr.* & Mrs. J. A. Mattern Wayne & Janet Wisbaum Beverly Davies Donna & Leo Nalbach Betty Ann Withrow Mrs. Roberta Dayer Drs. Howard & Karen Noonan Mr.* & Mrs. J. Milton Zeckhauser Mr. Tim DiCarlo Robert & Marion North Fund Mr. and Mrs. Anthony N. Diina Mrs. Frederick S. Pierce Charles* & Nancy Dowdell Edwin Polokoff *deceased Recent Bequests Donald I. MacDavid

Trusts Anonymous Joan Hetzelt Hanifin Memorial Fund Mary Louise Olmsted Fund AJL Fund D. Bruce and Gail Johnstone Fund at Susan Harvey Prentis Fund Cameron Baird Fund the CFGB Margaret Frank Rofot Charitable Lead Trust Benderson BPO Endowment Fund The Herbert & Ella Knight Family Natalie Kubera Roth Fund Virgil A. and Margaret L. Black Memorial Fund Charitable Fund Martin and Barbara Schechtman Philip & Joyce Celniker Fund John and Carol Kociela Fund at the CFGB Charitable Remainder Unitrust Mildred Bork Conners & Joseph E. Janet K. Larkin & John D. Larkin III Fund William Kenneth Schmitt Fund Conners Fund Albert H. Laub Bequest Dr. & Mrs. Roy E. Seibel Philanthropic Fund Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra David I. MacDavid Charitable Trust Joseph and Loretta Swart Fund Society Inc. Endowment Fund Marie A. Marshall Fund Nellie B. Warner Endowment Fund Grace Neff Daniels Memorial MPZ Endowment Fund Charlotte Potter Whitcher Trust Howard F. Gondree Fund Benjamin and Lila Obletz Endowment Fund To ensure your wishes are carried on for the BPO for generations to come, you may call Guy Tomassi (716) 242-7821 for more information. The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra endorses the LEAVE A LEGACY® WESTERN NEW YORK program, an initiative of the WNY Planned Giving Consortium and a public awareness campaign of the National Committee on Planned Giving. 57 City of Buffalo National Endowment for the Arts Government New York Council Mark Poloncarz, County Executive for the Humanities and Erie County Legislature Regional Economic Betty Jean Grant Lynne M. Dixon Development Councils Erie County New York State Council Kevin R. Hardwick Joseph C. Lorigo on the Arts Thomas A. Loughran Barbara Miller-Williams Edward A. Rath, III John J. Mills Patrick B. Burke Peter J. Savage, III Ted B. Morton You can celebrate a significant occasion, remember a loved one, TRIBUTE REGISTRY commemorate a milestone, or recognize someone special with an honorary or memorial gift in their name to the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra. These gifts were received between December 15, 2014 and January 15, 2015. In Honor of: Musicians of AFM Local #92 Charlotte W. Joy Joe and Lynne Giroux Joan P. Kirkpatrick Clement & Karen Arrison At Christmas My Identical Twin Nancy L. Julian Anonymous Barry Schonfeld Kenneth Schmieder

Ruth Cohan Edwin Polokoff Dr. Reuben R. Kaiser Your Birthday Mr. and Mrs. Philip Brandon Ms. Barbara B. Brown Cliff, Lauren and the Girls Marvin & Marcia Frankel Jeanette Schonfeld Jeffrey Landberg Barry Schonfeld Mrs. Sylvia Polakov Doug and Andrea Cone C. J. Irwin Company, Inc. William D. Schultz Ethel A. Kirkpatrick Dave Schulz Joan P. Kirkpatrick Kate and Ernie Danforth My parents Dr. Marvin Kurlan Teresa Danforth Jacquie Walker Barry Schonfeld Mrs. Eleanor F. Kurlan Chris & Doug Douggleby Gerard McGowan At Christmas In Memory of: Claire Miller McGowan Rachel King Frances Boczarska Christine Boczarska Scott Parkinson JoAnn Falletta Dr. and Mrs. David C. Gough Hilbert College Honorary Charlotte M. Callanan Judith Parkinson Degree Recipient My mother Cynthia Zane & Stephen Mazurak Margaret C. Callanan Edgar S. Priebe Susan F. Priebe Ange Fatta Joseph Cardina Jr. Robert & Jeanne Spampata Dr. and Mrs. Herman S. Mogavero Jr. Mary C. Ryan Gregory and Donna Yungbluth Amy Glidden Frank Ciminelli In Honor of the string quartet Dan Hart Donald Scribner lead by Amy Glidden Monte Hoffman, Niscah Koessler Linda Scribner Cynthia Zane & Stephen Mazurak Connie & Jack Walsh Mary Semski Joan H. Creighton Anonymous Fred & Christina Lenz Jarrod Cady At Christmas Great Lakes Anesthesiology Donald E. Lewis Funeral Home Mr. and Mrs. Dan Heller Edward O. Smith Dr. and Mrs. William J. Howard David & Ruth Lampe Steve & Sandy Levinthal Dave Levinthal Dr. Fraser B. Drew Dr. Leo Smith James A. Brophy Rich and Sandy Bisesi Dr. David Maiman Special Birthday Robert & Joan Heubusch Dr. James E. Van Verth Marvin & Marcia Frankel Daniel & Mary Bartels Dr. Patricia B. Van Verth

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Lobby doors open 90 minutes before the concert is scheduled to begin, or earlier depending on pre-concert activities. All performances begin promptly at the designated time.

Handicapped Seating And Shuttle Service and BPO Assistance Preferred Restaurants Patrons requiring special assistance are urged to contact the Box Office prior to attending Shuttle Service from D’Youville College the concert. Handicapped seating is located Park and ride from D’Youville College on the main floor on the outside aisles from Lot D, 430 West Avenue, for all Saturday rows A-CC. Handicapped parking is available. performances. The lot is less than a quarter Please notify the parking attendant upon of a mile away from Kleinhans and provides a arriving of your needs. Hearing Assistance quick and easy way to get to the hall without Devices are available at the coat check. Please walking. Parking and shuttle service are free of note, there is no elevator to the balcony level. charge. Shuttles begin at 6:30 PM and end 30 minutes after the conclusion of the concert. Cameras, Recording Devices Parking may be available for other concerts. Photography is permitted in the hall before Please join our email club at bpo.org or call and after concerts, but all devices must the Box Office for updated information. be turned off during a concert. It is strictly forbidden to record or photograph a concert, Salvatore’s Symphony Shuttle $10 as it presents a distraction to the musicians and Salvatore’s Italian Gardens offers shuttle other patrons. service at the rear corner of their parking lot for just $10. This is a convenient and great Late Arrivals way to avoid any traffic or parking hassles. Patrons arriving after the performance has Call the reservation hotline at (716) 885- started will be seated at the discretion of 5000 and press 4 to reserve your place. the House Manager. Seating will not be until Start your evening with a gourmet dinner the first suitable break or at intermission. Late at Salvatore’s before the concert, selecting seating may not be in the purchased location. from a prix fixe “Symphony Menu” for $31. Call (716) 683-7990 for dinner reservations. Kleinhans Music Hall maintains a smoke-free Dinner and shuttle sold separately. The environment. shuttle leaves promptly at 7 PM. All programs and artists are subject to change without notice. Henry’s Restaurant Sorry, no refunds or exchanges on single ticket Enjoy dinner at Henry’s on the ground floor purchases. of Kleinhans Music Hall before evening BPO concerts. For more information or to make Medical /Security reservations, call (716) 881-4438. Security staff is available at all times and an EMT 31 Club is on site for all concerts and performances. Please notify an usher or staff member is there On N. Johnson Park and Elmwood Ave. in is a medical or security need. Buffalo, offers complimentary shuttle service for diners to and from Kleinhans on all concert nights. Call (716)332-3131 for reservations or more information.

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