A Message from the Chair of the Board of Trustees 5 2018-2019 Musician Roster 7 MARCH 29-30 9 Mozart: Requiem APRIL 5-6 23 The Trumpet Shall Sound APRIL 27 31 An Evening with Jason Alexander MAY 3-4 37 Mahler Five Board of Trustees/Administration 45 Friends of the Columbus Symphony 46 Columbus Symphony League 47 Partners in Excellence 48 Corporate and Foundation Partners 48 Individual Partners 49 In Kind 52 Did You Know? 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All rights reserved. Printed in the U.S.A. BRAVO MARCH/APRIL/MAY 2019 4 A MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES Dear Columbus Symphony Supporter, As the wonderful performances of our 2018-19 season continue, we again thank you for your support of quality, live performances of orchestral music in our community! We end March with Mozart: Requiem (March 29 & 30, Ohio Theatre), featuring a talented quartet of vocalists and the wonderful Columbus Symphony Chorus. Rossen Milanov conducts this haunting and enigmatic masterpiece, which is preceded by a unique composition by Mason Bates. Following in April is The Trumpet Shall Sound (April 5 & 6, Ohio Theatre), where George Goad makes his Columbus Symphony solo debut alongside rising-star pianist Dominic Cheli in Shostakovich’s concerto for piano, trumpet, and string orchestra. Also part of this program of iconic 20th century works are Janácˇek’s Sinfonietta and Stravinsky’s The Fairy’s Kiss: Divertimento. Bringing April to a close is our final Pops concert of the season, An Evening with Jason Alexander (April 27, Ohio Theatre), featuring the Tony Award-winning Broadway song-and-dance man, who of course is also world-renowned as the iconic George Costanza on Seinfeld. This evening of music, laughter, and fun brings a hilarious re-telling of his journey to and on the Broadway stage, combining a program of great music from the theatre with comedy and audience interaction. The Masterworks grand season finale is Mahler Five (May 3 & 4, Ohio Theatre), a life-changing experience of Mahler’s most popular symphony. This spectacular performance of Symphony No. 5 will open a world full of beauty, love, nostalgia, and divine exuberance. The program also features violinist Leila Josefowicz as she returns to Columbus to perform Ades’ Violin Concerto “Concentric Paths.” On behalf of the musicians, staff, and board of the Columbus Symphony, we sincerely thank you for your enduring support, enthusiasm, and faith in this organization. Please enjoy tonight’s performance! Sincerely, Lisa Barton Chair, Columbus Symphony Board of Trustees BRAVO MARCH/APRIL/MAY 2019 5 BRAVO MARCH/APRIL/MAY 2019 6 2018/2019 MUSICIAN ROSTER Rossen Milanov, Music Director Andrés Lopera, Assistant Conductor Ronald J. Jenkins, Chorus Director VIOLINS VIOLONCELLOS CLARINETS TUBA Joanna Frankel Luis Biava David Thomas James Akins Concertmaster Principal Principal Principal Jack and Joan George Chair Andy and Sandy Ross Chair Rhoma Berlin Chair Leonid Polonsky Wendy Morton Mark Kleine TIMPANI Associate Concertmaster Assistant Principal Paul Bambach Gay Su Pinnell Chair Benjamin Ramirez David Niwa Principal Assistant Concertmaster **Marjorie Chan BASS CLARINET American Electric Power Alicia Hui Pei-An Chao William Denza Foundation Chair Principal Second Mary Davis Martin and Sue Inglis Chair Victor Firlie Rhonda Frascotti BASSOONS PERCUSSION Assistant Principal Second Tom Guth Betsy Sturdevant Philip Shipley Mary Jean Petrucci Mark Kosmala Principal Principal **Mikhail Baranovsky Sabrina Lackey Sheldon and Rebecca Taft Chair Jack Jenny Jeffrey Singler Douglas Fisher Brian Kushmaul Michael Buccicone Cynthia Cioffari Leah Goor Burtnett Cameron Leach Amber Dimoff BASSES William Lutz David Edge Rudy Albach CONTRABASSOON Principal Cynthia Cioffari Robert Firdman Nationwide Chair HARP Joyce Fishman John Pellegrino Rachel Miller Erin Gilliland Assistant Principal HORNS Symphony League Chair Kirstin Greenlaw ** Skip Edwards Brian Mangrum Jeanne Norton Gyusun Han James Faulkner Principal Julia Rose PIANO/CELESTE Tatiana V. Hanna Russell Gill Associate Principal Jena Huebner Caroline Hong Rachel Huch Adam Koch Reinberger Foundation Chair Heather Kufchak Jean-Etienne Lederer Colin Bianchi William Manley Jon Pascolini Amy Lassiter KEYBOARDS Aurelian Oprea Kimberly McCann Gail Norine Sharp FLUTES Kimberly Russ Megan Shusta Mariko Kaneda Ariane Sletner Niles Watson Charles Waddell Zoran Stoyanovich Principal Anna Svirsky Heidi Ruby-Kushious *Genevieve Stefiuk TRUMPETS * Indicates musician on Elaine Swinney Daniel Taubenheim David Tanner Janet van Graas leave during the 2018– Lori Akins Jeffrey Korak 2019 Season Jonquil Thoms Lisa and Chris Barton Chair Olev Viro PICCOLO Gary Davis Manami White ** Begins the alphabetical Janet van Graas Brian Buerkle listing of players who Tom Battenberg VIOLAS Lori Akins participate in a system of rotated seating within the Karl Pedersen TROMBONES Principal OBOES string section. Gay Su Pinnell Chair *Stephen Secan Andrew Millat Principal Brett Allen Principal KEYBOARD Assistant Principal Nathan Mills Richard Howenstine **Leslie Dragan Assistant Principal David Roode TECHNICIAN Dee Dee Fancher Robert Royse Doug Brandt Mary Ann Farrington Jessica Smithorn BASS TROMBONE Kenichiro Matsuda Lisa Grove Joseph Duchi LIBRARIANS Patrick Miller Jean-Etienne Lederer Chris Saetti ENGLISH HORN Principal Librarian Christina Saetti Robert Royse Elizabeth Graiser Ann Schnapp Steven Wedell The Musicians of the Columbus Symphony are members of, and represented by, the Central Ohio Federation of Musicians, Local 103 of the American Federation of Musicians. BRAVO MARCH/APRIL/MAY 2019 7 BRAVO MARCH/APRIL/MAY 2019 8 FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 2019, 8:00 P.M. SATURDAY, MARCH 30, 2019, 8:00 P.M. MOZART: REQUIEM OHIO THEATRE Rossen Milanov, conductor Alexandra Nowakowski, soprano Hannah Ludwig, mezzo soprano Roy Hage, tenor Adam Cioffari, bass-baritone Columbus Symphony Chorus Ronald Jenkins, chorus director • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • MASON BATES Auditorium INTERMISSION WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Requiem, K. 626 Completed by Süssmayr I. Introitus - Requiem II. Kyrie III. Sequenz Dies irae Tuba mirum Rex tremendae Recordare Confutatis Lacrimosa IV. Offertorium Domine Jesu Hostias V. Sanctus VI. Benedictus VII. Agnus Dei VIII. Communio - Lux aeterna Alexandra Nowakowski, soprano Hannah Ludwig, mezzo soprano Roy Hage, tenor Adam Cioffari, baritone Columbus Symphony Chorus WE ARE HONORED AND PROUD TO DEDICATE THIS CONCERT IN THE MEMORY OF LONG TIME SYMPHONY SUPPORTER AND FRIEND, ANNE MELVIN. ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY MASTERWORKS HOTEL SPONSOR: ROSSEN MILANOV, conductor Milwaukee, Baltimore, Seattle, and Fort Worth symphonies, as well as the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center and Link Up education projects with Carnegie Hall featuring the Orchestra of St. Luke’s and Civic Orchestra in Chicago. Internationally, he has collaborated with BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra de la Suisse Romand, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Aalborg, Latvian, and Hungarian National Symphony Orchestras, Slovenain Radio Symphony Orchestra, and the orchestras in Toronto, Vancouver, KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic (South Africa), Mexico, Colombia, Sao Paolo, Belo Horizonte, and © Stephen Pariser New Zealand. In the Far East, he has appeared with NHK, Sapporo, Tokyo, and Singapore Symphonies, Respected and admired by audiences and musicians and the Malaysian and Hong Kong Philharmonics. alike, Rossen Milanov is currently the music director of the Columbus Symphony Orchestra (CSO), Chautauqua Noted for his versatility, Milanov is also a welcomed Symphony Orchestra, Princeton Symphony Orchestra, presence in the worlds of opera and ballet. He and the Orquesta Sinfónica del Principado de has collaborated with Komische Oper Berlin for Asturias (OSPA) in Spain. Shostakovich’s Lady Macbeth of Mtzensk), Opera Oviedo for the Spanish premiere of Tchaikovsky’s In 2017, Milanov received an Arts Prize from The Mazzepa and Bartok’s Bluebeard’s Castle (awarded Columbus Foundation for presenting Beethoven’s best Spanish production for 2015), and Opera Ninth Symphony as part of the CSO’s 2017 Picnic Columbus for Verdi’s La Traviata. with the Pops summer series. Under his leadership, the organization has expanded its reach by connecting An experienced ballet conductor, he has been seen original programming with community-wide initiatives, at New York City Ballet and collaborated with some such as focusing on women composers and nature of the best-known choreographers of our time, such conservancy, presenting original