SEGERSTROM CENTER FOR THE ARTS RENÉE AND HENRY SEGERSTROM CONCERT HALL Thursday –Saturday, April 7 –9, 2011, at 8:00 p.m.

PRESENTS PACIFIC SYMPHONY POPS RICHARD KAUFMAN , CONDUCTOR A S YMPHONIC NIGHT AT THE MOVIES “O Z WITH ORCHESTRA ”

CAST Judy Garland: Dorothy Gale Screenplay by Frank Morgan: Prof. Marvel/Emerald City Doorman/the Cabbie/The Wizard’s Guard/The Wizard of Edgar Allan Woolf Oz Ray Bolger: Hunk/The Scarecrow Directed by Victor Fleming Bert Lahr: Zeke/The Cowardly Lion

Jack Haley: Hickory/The Tin Man Produced by Billie Burke: Glinda, the Good Witch Mervyn LeRoy Margaret Hamilton: Miss Gulch/The Wicked Witch Music by Charley Grapewin: Uncle Henry Harold Arlen (Songs) The Munchkins Herbert Stothart

Film Courtesy of Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc.

PRODUCTION CREDITS Producer: John Goberman Original orchestrations reconstructed by: John Wilson and Andrew Cottee

The producer wishes to acknowledge the contributions and extraordinary support of John Waxman (Themes & Variations). A Symphonic Night at the Movies is a production of PGM Productions, Inc. () and appears by arrangement with IMG Artists.

The Saturday, April 9 concert is generously sponsored by The Westin South Coast Plaza the Official Hotel of Pacific Symphony. Pacific Symphony proudly recognizes its Official Partners: Official Airline Official Television Station Pops Radio Sponsor ABOUT THE CONDUCTOR

Kaufman has coached various actors in musical roles including Jack Nicholson, RICHARD KAUFMAN Dudley Moore, Tom Hanks, Armand Hal and Jeanette Segerstrom Family Assante, David Ogden Stiers and Susan Foundation Principal Pops Conductor Chair Sarandon. Kaufman has served as music director PRINCIPAL POPS CONDUCTOR and conductor for numerous musicals. His first assignment (at age 23) was as conduc - tor for the national tour of Sweet Charity ichard Kaufman has devoted much of starring Juliet Prowse. He con ducted the Rhis musical life to conducting and first national tours of Company (for Hal supervising music for film and television Prince) and Two Gentlemen of Verona (for productions, as well as performing film and Joseph Papp and the New York classical music in concert halls and on Shakespeare Festival). For the Los Angeles recordings. The 2010-2011 concert season and San Francisco Civic Light Operas, he marks Kaufman’s twentieth season as was music director and conductor for Principal Pops Conductor of Pacific musicals including Wonderful Town (starring Symphony. He is currently in his seventh Nanette Fabray), Irma La Douce, The Sound season with the Chicago Symphony of Music (for which he was nominated by Orchestra concert series, “Friday Night at the San Francisco Theater Critics for the Movies,” conducting classic and con - Outstanding Music Direction), and Guys temporary film music, as well as classical Sir James Galway, Diana Krall, Chris Botti, and Dolls (starring Milton Berle). music used in motion pictures. Kaufman The Pointer Sisters, Arturo Sandoval, The While a student at State often appears as a guest conductor with Beach Boys, Monica Mancini, Peter Paul University, Northridge, Kaufman composed symphony orchestras throughout the and Mary, Patty Austin, Robert Goulet, the alma mater and fight song. In May of United States and around the world David Copperfield, Davis Gaines, The 2008, he was the keynote speaker for the including Cleveland, Colorado, Utah, Righteous Brothers, Martin Short and Art Honors Convocation Ceremony at his Atlanta, Pittsburgh, the National Symphony Garfunkel. As a violinist, Kaufman per - alma mater. He has appeared as a guest in Washington, DC, Calgary, Rotterdam formed on numerous film and television speaker at various universities including and the Malaysian Philharmonic. scores including Jaws, Close Encounters of the USC, University of Georgia, Furman Kaufman received the 1993 Grammy Third Kind, Saturday Night Feve r, and (in a University, and the California State Award in the category of Best Pop moment of desperation) Animal House. He Universities at Northridge and Fullerton. Instrumental Performance for a recording has recorded with artists including John He is a member of the music and business he conducted with the Nuremberg Denver, Burt Bacharach, Neil Sedaka, The advisory boards of the Young Musicians Symphony. His most recent recording, enti - Carpenters, Neil Diamond, and Ray Foundation. tled The High and the Mighty (Varese Charles. Born in Los Angeles, Kaufman began Sarabande), is with the London Symphony Kaufman joined the music department of violin studies at age 7, played in the Peter Orchestra. Recorded at Abby Road Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios in 1984 as Meremblum California Junior Symphony, Studios, this CD features music from classic music coordinator, and for the next 18 years and was a member of the Young Musicians and contemporary films about flying. supervised music for all MGM television Foundation Debut Orchestra. He attended Richard’s other recordings include film projects. He received two Emmy Award the Berkshire Music Festival at Tanglewood music performed by the Brandenburg nominations, one for the animated series The in the Fellowship program, and earned a Philharmonic in Berlin, a second recording Pink Panther in the category of Outstanding B.A. in music from California State with the Nuremberg Symphony celebrat - Music Direction and Composition, and University, Northridge. Kaufman lives in ing the 100th anniversary of motion pic - another for Outstanding Original Song co- Southern California with his wife, Gayle, a tures, and two critically acclaimed CDs authored for the series All Dogs Go to former dancer in film, television and on with the New Zealand Symphony Heaven. For the MGM television series In Broadway. His daughter, Whitney, is a grad - Orchestra, conducting the film music of the Heat of the Night , Kaufman composed uate (with honors) from Chapman Alfred Newman and Victor Young. songs with actor/producer Carroll University in Orange, California, and He has conducted for performers O’Connor. He conducted scores for films recently completed two-and-a-half years as including John Denver, Andy Williams, including Guarding Tess and Jungle to Jungle. a member of the cast of the National Tour Mary Martin, Nanette Fabray, Juliet Prowse, As a unique part of his career in film, of Mamma Mia .

P- 2 Pacific Symphony ABOUT THE FILM

If you have never seen The Wizard Did you know…? of Oz, you’re probably too young to read these program notes. If you’re old • MGM assembled 124 little people • The tornado that carried Dorothy enough to read, chances are you can to play the munchkins, some of from Kansas to the land of Oz was sing along with all the songs in what is whom were from other countries a piece of muslin connected to a arguably the most-watched movie ever and couldn’t speak English well, gantry (a movable steel structure made. L. Frank Baum’s (1856-1919) therefore they were just mouthing that alone cost $12,000) — the first Oz book was first published in their words and their songs were entire scene was filmed in minia - 1900, to be followed by fifteen more. recorded by a professional chorus. ture, with Dorothy’s house only The MGM film starring Judy Garland three feet tall. was made in 1939, but the writer him - • The producers went through no self had already been involved in fewer than ten screenwriters and Finally, part of a conversation silent-film versions of some of his four directors before the film was between Margaret Hamilton (who books as early as 1914-15. completed. played the Wicked Witch of the West) and her six-year-old son after he had • The immortal songs were composed just seen the movie: by Harold Arlen to lyrics by E.Y. Harburg, but the Academy Award “You know, Mom, those big, tall men for Best Original Score went to in the sort of fur hats; what did you Herbert Stothart, who had only do with them?” written the musical interludes in between the songs. “You see, the Witch had cast a spell on the guards, and they had no • Louis B. Mayer wanted to cut choice; they had to do as she wished “Over the Rainbow” after the first until she was melted… Then her sneak preview and it took an spell was broken and they were all intense struggle to keep the song free to do as they wished and I am in the movie. sure they wished to go home.”

• Ray Bolger, who played the “Oh, I see.” Scarecrow, had originally been cast as the Tin Woodman, despite his (Source: Aljean Harmetz, The Making protestations that he was not a “tin of The Wizard of Oz. New York: Alfred performer.” Eventually, as A. Knopf, 1978) Scarecrow, he was the highest-paid member of the cast at $3000 a week (the 16-year-old Judy Garland got only $500).

• The role for which the most can - didates were auditioned was Toto the dog.

Pacific Symphony P- 3 RICHARD KAUFMAN BY JIM MEDVITZ

first encountered Richard Kaufman in May with the Symphony. Iof 1990 when he arrived as the music Since the beginning, Richard has strived to director for Andy Williams’ first appearance make the Symphony the “star” of the Pops with Pacific Symphony. In the Symphony’s Concerts. He carefully selects music for the format for Pops concerts the guest artist, who Symphony’s featured portion of each program normally appears only on the second half of that displays the incredible virtuosity and talent the program, usually provides their own con - of the orchestra, be it light classical repertoire, ductor/music director. For Andy Williams film music or Broadway. His love for the that was Richard Kaufman. As it happened, orchestra players and respect for their abilities Doc Severinsen, the leader of the then-popu - has created a relationship that has made possible lar television show, Tonight Show with Johnny the outstanding performances our audiences are Carson , had served the previous three seasons treated with year after year after year. He is as Pacific Symphony’s Principal Pops embraced by all as part of the Pacific Symphony Conductor. His tenure with the Symphony family. had ended and we were in the process of After all, there were only six concerts a sea - Richard’s sensitivity and attention in care - evaluating conductors for the position. son, which doesn’t offer a lot of opportunity fully planning each season and each program During that week of performances, Richard to practice the trade. And the challenges are reflect how much he respects everyone approached me backstage. He expressed daunting: designing first-half repertoire that involved in the Pops programs, from the curiosity about the position of a Pops con - would be interesting and varied from concert musicians on stage and production staff to the ductor and wondered if this was something to concert, avoiding upstaging the guest audience. Every time I received a call from he should think about pursuing. artist’s repertoire, choosing material that colleagues from other orchestras for a Pops In my backstage conversations with could be quickly rehearsed by the orchestra conductor recommendation, Richard was at Richard that weekend, we discussed what a in a very limited time period, and writing the the top of my list. I would always hear back successful symphony pops conductor’s skills script for his comments to the audience. how pleased my colleagues were with his and talents were considered to be and how it Although not a requirement of his position, appearance with their orchestras and how differed from conducting for a “star” per - more than a few times Richard has stepped in much everyone enjoyed working with him former. At the time, Richard was the music at the last minute with little warning or and how the audience embraced him. coordinator at MGM Studios and a very busy preparation to conduct for a “star” guest Richard’s reputation as a Pops Conductor man, so we weren’t sure he even had the time artist. has spread far and wide and everywhere he to pursue this interest. As the seasons progressed, Richard mas - has been asked to conduct he has met suc - As time passed and the search continued, tered all of these elements pleasing everyone cess. He was engaged by the Dallas Richard wrote to then Executive Director from the way he engaged the orchestra, guest Symphony as its Principal Pops Conductor, Louis Spisto, expressing interest in the posi - artists and audience as well as the Symphony where he served in that position for several tion and seeking the opportunity to conduct staff, management and board. Richard quickly years. He has also conducted concerts of all a Pops concert. As a result, he was engaged to developed a unique rapport with the audi - types for many orchestras throughout the conduct a complete Pops concert in May of ence that has grown into a large fan base for country and the world, including an annual 1991. The repertoire Richard chose for the him and the Symphony. “Friday Night at the Movies” series with the first half of the concert displayed his close ties As the Pacific Symphony Principal Pops Chicago Symphony. to the Hollywood composer community, Conductor, he has set the Symphony apart I salute my friend Richard’s wonderful which has become the signature of his pro - from other pops programs in the country and 20-year tenure with Pacific Symphony being gramming ever since. To everyone’s delight Pacific Symphony’s Pops concerts are celebrated this season. There are very few Richard appeared to be a natural. His profes - admired and envied by orchestras throughout Pops conductors who can boast of such sional manner with the orchestra and staff and the country. tenure. Though I know Richard won’t, I will the warm response from the audience set him Richard’s experience in the film and tele - boast of his remarkable success for him. I apart from the other conductors being con - vision world has afforded the Symphony thank him for bringing to the Pacific sidered. access to the music of well-established film Symphony Pops concerts the same level of Subsequently, Richard was offered the composers whose scores for major motion integrity as its Classics concerts and for intro - position as Pacific Symphony’s Pops pictures received their premiere live concert ducing so many to Pacific Symphony through Conductor. He accepted and since the 1991- performances by Pacific Symphony, often the Pops Concerts. 1992 season has programmed all Pacific with the composer in attendance. Symphony’s Pops seasons and conducted Through his personal relationships with Jim Medvitz is Pacific Symphony’s former Vice almost all of the concerts. many performers from stage, screen and tele - President of Strategic Planning and was a staff I don’t think I will embarrass Richard by vision, our stage has been graced with talent - member for more than 20 years. saying he was “finding his footing” his first ed artists, some of whom have made their few years as the Symphony’s Pops conductor. own premiere Pops Concert performances

P- 4 Pacific Symphony ABOUT PACIFIC SYMPHONY

acific Symphony, celebrating its 32nd Pseason in 2010 –11, is led by Music Director Carl St.Clair, who marked his 20th anniversary with the orchestra during 2009 –2010. The largest orchestra formed in the U.S. in the last 40 years, the Symphony is recognized as an outstanding ensemble making strides on both the national and international scene, as well as in its own burgeoning community of Orange County. Presenting more than 100 concerts a year Later that same season, the Symphony also the Symphony as one of the country’s five and a rich array of education and commu - performed, by special invitation from the most innovative orchestras. The orchestra nity programs, the Symphony reaches more League of American Orchestras, at its 2006 has commissioned such leading composers than 275,000 residents — from school chil - National Conference in Walt Disney as Michael Daugherty, James Newton dren to senior citizens. Concert Hall in Los Angeles. Howard, Paul Chihara, Philip Glass, The orchestra paid tribute to St.Clair’s Founded in 1979 by Keith Clark with a William Bolcom, Daniel Catán, William milestone in 2009–10 with a celebratory $2,000 grant, the Symphony made its Kraft, Tobias Picker, Frank Ticheli, and season featuring inventive, forward-thinking debut in December 1979 at the Plummer Chen Yi, who composed a cello concerto projects. These included the launch of a Auditorium in Fullerton, with Clark con - in 2004 for Yo-Yo Ma. The Symphony has new series of multimedia concerts called ducting. By 1983, the orchestra had moved also commissioned and recorded An “Music Unwound,” featuring new visual its concerts to the Santa Ana High School American Requiem , by Richard Danielpour, elements, varied formats and more to high - auditorium, made its first recording and and Elliot Goldenthal’s Fire Water Paper: light great masterworks. begun to build a subscriber base. Through A Vietnam Oratorio with Yo-Yo Ma. The Symphony also offers a popular Clark’s leadership, the Symphony took The Symphony’s award-winning educa - Pops season led by Principal Pops residency at the new Segerstrom Center for tion programs are designed to integrate the Conductor Richard Kaufman, celebrating the Arts in 1986, which greatly expanded Symphony and its music into the community 20 years with the orchestra in 2010 –11. its audience. Clark served in his role of in ways that stimulate all ages and form The Pops series stars some of the world’s music director until 1990. meaningful connections between students leading entertainers and is enhanced by Today, the Symphony offers moving and the organization. St.Clair actively par - state-of-the-art video and sound. Each musical experiences with repertoire rang - ticipates in the development and execution Pacific Symphony season also includes Café ing from the great orchestral masterworks of these programs. The orchestra’s Class Act Ludwig, a three-concert chamber music to music from today’s most prominent residency program has been honored as series, and “Classical Connections,” an composers, highlighted by the annual one of nine exemplary orchestra education orchestral series on Sunday afternoons American Composers Festival. The Wall programs in the nation by the National offering rich explorations of selected works Street Journal said, “Carl St.Clair, the Pacific Endowment for the Arts and the League of led by St.Clair. Assistant Conductor Maxim Symphony’s dynamic music director, has American Orchestras. Added to Pacific Eshkenazy brings a passionate commitment devoted 19 years to building not only the Symphony Youth Orchestra on the list of to building the next generation of audience orchestra’s skills but also the audience’s instrumental training initiatives since the and performer through his leadership of trust and musical sophistication — so 2007-08 season are Pacific Symphony the Pacific Symphony Youth Orchestra as successfully that they can now present Youth Wind Ensemble and Pacific well as the highly regarded Family Musical some of the most innovative programming Symphony Santiago Strings. Mornings series. in American classical music to its fast- In addition to its winter home, the Since 2006–07, the Symphony has per - growing, rapidly diversifying community.” Symphony presents a summer outdoor formed in the Renée and Henry Segerstrom The Symphony is dedicated to develop - series at Irvine’s Verizon Wireless Concert Hall, with striking architecture by ing and promoting today’s composers and Amphitheater, the organization’s summer Cesar Pelli and acoustics by the late Russell expanding the orchestral repertoire through residence since 1987. Johnson. In September 2008, the Symphony commissions, recordings, and in-depth debuted the hall’s critically acclaimed explorations of American artists and themes 4,322-pipe William J. Gillespie Concert at its American Composers Festival. For Organ. this work, the Symphony received the pres - In 2006, the Symphony embarked on its tigious ASCAP Award for Adventuresome first European tour, performing in nine Programming in 2005 and 2010. In 2010, a cities (including Vienna, Munich and study by the League of American Lucerne) in three countries — receiving an Orchestras, “Fearless Journeys,” included unprecedented 22 highly favorable reviews. P- 12 Pacific Symphony CARL ST.CLAIR , MUSIC DIRECTOR William J. Gillespie Music Director Chair

RICHARD KAUFMAN , PRINCIPAL POPS CONDUCTOR Hal and Jeanette Segerstrom Family Foundation Principal Pops Conductor Chair

MAXIM ESHKENAZY , ASSISTANT CONDUCTOR Mary E. Moore Family Assistant Conductor Chair

FirsT Violin Viola piccolo Bass TromBone Raymond Kobler Robert Becker,* Cynthia Ellis Robert Sanders Concertmaster, Catherine and James Emmi Eleanor and Michael Gordon Chair oBoe TuBa Chair Carolyn Riley Jessica Pearlman,* James Self * Paul Manaster John Acevedo Suzanne R. Chonette Chair + Associate Concertmaster Meredith Crawford Deborah Shidler Timpani Jeanne Skrocki Luke Maurer Todd Miller* Assistant Concertmaster Julia Staudhammer englisH Horn Nancy Coade Eldridge Joseph Wen-Xiang Zhang Lelie Resnick percussion Christine Frank Pamela Jacobson Robert A. Slack* Kimiyo Takeya Cheryl Gates clarineT Cliff Hulling Ayako Sugaya Erik Rynearson Benjamin Lulich,* Ann Shiau Tenney Margaret Henken The Hanson Family Harp Maia Jasper Foundation Chair Mindy Ball* Robert Schumitzky cello David Chang Michelle Temple Agnes Gottschewski Timothy Landauer* Dana Freeman Kevin Plunkett** Bass clarineT piano/celesTe Grace Oh John Acosta Joshua Ranz Sandra Matthews* Jean Kim Robert Vos Angel Liu László Mezö Bassoon personnel manager Shalini Vijayan Ian McKinnell Rose Corrigan* Paul Zibits M. Andrew Honea Elliott Moreau second Violin Waldemar de Almeida Andrew Klein liBrarians Bridget Dolkas* Jennifer Goss Allen Savedoff Russell Dicey Jessica Guideri** Rudolph Stein Brent Anderson Yen-Ping Lai conTraBassoon producTion/sTage manager Yu-Tong Sharp Bass Allen Savedoff Ako Kojian Steven Edelman* Libby Farley Ovsep Ketendjian Douglas Basye** FrencH Horn assisTanT Linda Owen Christian Kollgaard Keith Popejoy* sTage manager Phil Luna David Parmeter Mark Adams Will Hunter MarlaJoy Weisshaar Paul Zibits James Taylor** Robin Sandusky David Black Russell Dicey * Principal Alice Miller-Wrate Andrew Bumatay ** Assistant Principal + On Leave Xiaowei Shi Constance Deeter TrumpeT Barry Perkins* The musicians of Pacific FluTe Tony Ellis Mercedes Smith* David Wailes Symphony are members of Sharon O’Connor the American Federation of Musicians, Local 7. Cynthia Ellis TromBone Michael Hoffman* David Stetson

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