Berkeley_Program Covers.pdf 2 9/18/18 6:49 PM SYMPHONIC II BRITTEN & BERNSTEIN 01.31.19 | 8:00 PM ZELLERBACH HALL BENJAMIN BRITTEN Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes HANNAH KENDALL Disillusioned Dreamer: (World Premiere) LEONARD BERNSTEIN Symphony No. 2 for Piano and Orchestra, The Age of Anxiety Jonathon Heyward Guest Conductor Andrew Tyson Piano 18/19 Berkeley Symphony 18/19 Season 5 Message from the Board President 7 Message from the Executive & Artistic Director 9 Board of Directors & Advisory Council 11 Orchestra 15 Season Sponsors 17 Berkeley Sounds Composer Fellows 21 Tonight’s Program 25 Program Notes 41 Conductor Jonathon Heyward 43 Guest Artist & Composer 47 Berkeley Symphony Salutes Rose Marie Ginsburg 49 About Berkeley Symphony 52 Music in the Schools 55 Berkeley Symphony Legacy Society 57 Annual Membership Support 64 Broadcast Dates 69 Contact 70 Ad Index: Support Businesses That Support Us Media Sponsor SEASON SPONSORS Official Wine Gertrude Allen • Laura & Paul Bennett • Margaret Dorfman • Ann & Gordon Sponsor Getty • Jill Grossman • Kathleen G. Henschel & John Dewes • Edith Jackson & Thomas W. Richardson • Sarah Coade Mandell & Peter Mandell • Rose Ray & Robert Kroll • Tricia Swift • S. Shariq Yosufzai & Brian James • Anonymous Presentation bouquets are graciously provided by Jutta’s Flowers, the official florist of Berkeley Symphony. Berkeley Symphony is a member of the League of American Orchestras and the Association of California Symphony Orchestras. No recordings of any part of tonight’s performance may be made without the written consent of the management of Berkeley Symphony. Program subject to change. January 31, 2019 3 4 January 31, 2019 Message from the Board President elcome to the second concert in WBerkeley Symphony’s 2018/19 Season. Our musicians, guest artists, and everyone involved in Berkeley Symphony’s production look forward to the great music you’ll be hearing tonight. Our first concert of the season, Symphonic I: Higdon & Ravel, brought violinist Benjamin Beilman to our stage with Jennifer Higdon’s Violin Concerto. We also brought Berkeley Symphony’s Education Director, Ming Luke, to the podium for this set. A San Francisco Classical Voice writer, Jessica Balik, said in her review of the concert, “Luke led the Festive Overture with confidence and energy, thereby offering a convivial—and reassuring—start to Berkeley Symphony’s post- Carneiro era.” We agree with Balik, and continue to push for musical excellence and community relevance. Tonight, we will be presenting three talented individuals to you. Jonathon Heyward, who, at age 23, was the first prize winner in 2015 of the 54th International Competition for Young Conductors of Besançon, takes the podium to lead the orchestra for the evening. Hannah Kendall, an up-and- coming composer, who won the Women of the Future Award for Arts and Culture in 2015, will be premiering her work Disillusioned Dreamer. We will also be featuring pianist Andrew Tyson, who is hailed by BBC Radio 3 as “a real poet of the piano” in Bernstein’s iconic second symphony. The hardships and difficulties that minorities experience in our community are on the forefront of our hearts and minds. Leonard Bernstein’s Symphony No. 2, The Age of Anxiety, is a piece that was written in a time very similar to our own; one filled with injustice, persecution, and inequality. Kendall’s Disillusioned Dreamer pulls from Ralph Ellison’s groundbreaking novel Invisible Man. We encourage you to find hope for a brighter future tonight as we soothe our weary hearts with the magnificent healing power of music. S. Shariq Yosufzai January 31, 2019 5 RETHINKING HIGH SCHOOL Created by Teachers for Students 2727 College Ave. Berkeley 510.841.8489 MaybeckHS.org 6 January 31, 2019 Message from the Executive & Artistic Director elcome! Tonight we are thrilled to celebrate the W musical brilliance of three young artists and to explore the intersection of music and literature. It was our dear friend John Adams who first photo by Marshall Berman introduced me to our guest conductor, Jonathon Heyward. Just last year Jonathon was a recipient of the Dudamel Conducting Fellowship with the LA Philharmonic and made his debut at Disney Concert Hall with violin soloist Hilary Hahn in a performance the Los Angeles Times called “riveting.” It was Jonathon who then led me to our talented guest composer, Hannah Kendall, and the dazzling pianist Andrew Tyson. How fortunate we are to enjoy the formidable talents of these three young artists this evening! All three of the compositions on tonight’s program were inspired by pieces of literature. We open the concert with Benjamin Britten’s Four Sea Interludes from his opera Peter Grimes, adapted by the English writer Montagu Slater from the larger narrative poem of 1810 by George Crabbe (The Borough). In a salute to Black History Month, Berkeley Symphony is honored to perform the world premiere of Hannah Kendall’s Disillusioned Dreamer, inspired by Ralph Ellison’s novel Invisible Man addressing the African American experience in the early twentieth century. We end the program with Leonard Bernstein’s Symphony No. 2, The Age of Anxiety, a most relevant work in today’s political climate, based on W.H. Auden’s Pulitzer Prize-winning poem of the same name. The program we enjoy this evening is a prelude to the Bay Area Book Festival on May 4-5 in Berkeley, when Berkeley Symphony will perform world premieres by our Berkeley Sounds Composer Fellows: Aiyana Braun, Ursula Kwong-Brown, and Peter Shin. This concert will be curated by Music Alive Composer-in-Residence, Anna Clyne. Each of these premieres is inspired by the work Bay Area writers. With warmest wishes, René Mandel January 31, 2019 7 Thank you to Joana Carneiro for her adventurous artistic vision and leadership for nine seasons as our beloved Music Director and Conductor. 8 January 31, 2019 Board of Directors & Advisory Council Board of Directors Executive Committee S. Shariq Yosufzai, President Kathleen G. Henschel, Vice President for Governance Sandra Floyd, Vice President for Development Gertrude Allen, Vice President for Community Engagement Paul Bennett, Vice President for Strategy John Dewes, Treasurer Brian James, Secretary Tricia Swift, Immediate Past President René Mandel, Executive and Artistic Director Directors Advisory Council (continued) Susan Acquistapace Karen Faircloth William Knuttel Jill Grossman Janet Maestre Ellen L. Hahn Carrie McAlister Buzz & Lisa Hines Sandy McCoy Susan Hone Jan McCutcheon Jennifer Howard & Anthony J. Cascardi Thomas Z. Reicher Edith Jackson Thomas W. Richardson Kenneth A. Johnson & Nina Grove Deborah Shidler Todd Kerr Michel Taddei Jeffrey S. 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Let Us Help You Achieve Your Goals. 44 Montgomery Street #3500, San Francisco, CA 94104 415.296.9065 [email protected] www.jmrcap.com 10 January 31, 2019 The Orchestra Joana Carneiro Music Director Emerita Viola Kent Nagano Conductor Laureate Tiantian Lan Principal Ilana Matfis Assistant Principal Patrick Kroboth Violin I Ivo Bokulic Franklyn D’Antonio Concertmaster Alexander Volonts Matthew Szemela Associate Concertmaster Alessandra Aquilanti Emanuela Nikiforova Assistant Concertmaster Keith Lawrence Candace Sanderson Daria D'Andrea Lisa Zadek Kristen Steiner Stephanie Bibbo Dan Stanley Shawyon Malek-Salehi Junghee Lee Cello Ernest Yen Carol Rice Principal Frederick Chang Sponsored by Getrude Allen Annie Li Nancy Bien Assistant Principal John Bernstein Wanda Warkentin Bert Thunstrom Farley Pearce Kenneth Johnson Violin II Peter Bedrossian Daniel Flanagan Principal Jason Anderson Sponsored by Tricia Swift Margaret Moores Monika Gruber Assistant Principal Sylvia Woodmansee Hrafnhildur Atladottir Nicholas Carlin Daniel Lewin Thomas Yee Bass Erica Ward Michel Taddei Principal Rick Diamond Robert Ashley Assistant Principal Ann Eastman Alden F. 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