September 21 • November 10, 2018 Photo: Stephen Pariser 18-19 Bravo Cover 1.indd 1 8/30/18 2:15 PM A Message from the Chair of the Board of Trustees 5 2018-2019 Musician Roster 7 SEPTEMBER 21-22 9 In Full Splendor OCTOBER 12-13 17 Leonard Bernstein Centennial Celebration OCTOBER 26-27 27 Italian Festival NOVEMBER 9-10 35 Handel: Messiah Board of Trustees/Administration 47 Friends of the Columbus Symphony 48 Columbus Symphony League 49 Partners in Excellence 50 Corporate and Foundation Partners 50 Individual Partners 51 In Kind 54 Tribute Gifts 54 Legacy Society 57 Future Inspired 58 Concert Hall & Ticket Information 59 ADVERTISING Onstage Publications 937-424-0529 | 866-503-1966 e-mail: [email protected] www.onstagepublications.com The Columbus Symphony program is published in association with Onstage Publications, 1612 Prosser Avenue, Dayton, Ohio 45409. The Columbus Symphony program may not be reproduced in whole or in part without written permission from the publisher. Onstage Publications is a division of Just Business!, Inc. Contents © 2018. All rights reserved. Printed in the U.S.A. BRAVO SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2018 4 A MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES Dear CSO Supporter, Welcome to another amazing season of Columbus Symphony Masterworks, and thank you for your support of exceptional live performances of classical music in our community! We have a collection of irresistible concerts this season that are sure to inspire you. We open the season In Full Splendor with magical and legendary music inspired by Disney’s classic Fantasia, including Dukas’ The Sorcerer’s Apprentice and Strauss’ iconic Also sprach Zarathustra, made famous by the film 2001: A Space Odyssey. Up next is a Leonard Bernstein Centennial Celebration (October 12-13, Ohio Theatre). This unique concert features selections from the legendary composer’s most popular Broadway works, including On the Town, West Side Story, and Candide, with “Glitter and Be Gay” highlighting the Columbus Symphony Chorus. Following that, we have our first-ever Italian Festival (October 26-27, Southern Theatre)! We welcome guest conductor Daniel Boico to the podium, and we’re thrilled to again have the talented Rachel Barton Pine on violin as she tackles Paganini’s difficult Violin Concerto No. 1. We know you’ll enjoy this marvelous tour of Italy with the music of Respighi and Mendelssohn. After a long hiatus, Handel’s Messiah returns to the Columbus Symphony (November 9-10, Ohio Theatre). This is truly an unforgettable experience that features amazing soloists and the incredible Columbus Symphony Chorus. We hope you are as excited as we are to begin the next season! 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 SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2018 5 BRAVO SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2018 6 2018/2019 MUSICIAN ROSTER Rossen Milanov, Music Director Andrés Lopera, Assistant Conductor Ronald J. Jenkins, Chorus Director VIOLINS Chris Saetti ENGLISH HORN BASS TROMBONE Joanna Frankel Christina Saetti Robert Royse Joseph Duchi Concertmaster Ann Schnapp Chad Arnow Jack and Joan George Chair Steven Wedell CLARINETS Leonid Polonsky David Thomas Associate Concertmaster TUBA VIOLINCELLOS Principal James Akins David Niwa Rhoma Berlin Chair Principal Assistant Concertmaster Luis Biava Principal Mark Kleine Alicia Hui Andy and Sandy Ross Chair Principal Second Paul Bambach TIMPANI Martin and Sue Inglis Chair Wendy Morton Anthony Lojo Benjamin Ramirez Assistant Principal Principal Rhonda Frascotti Gay Su Pinnell Chair Assistant Principal Second BASS CLARINET Mary Jean Petrucci **Marjorie Chan William Denza PERCUSSION **Mikhail Baranovsky Pei-An Chao Philip Shipley Michael Buccicone Mary Davis SAXOPHONE Principal Leah Goor Burtnett Victor Firlie Michael Cox Jack Jenny Amber Dimoff Tom Guth Brian Kushmaul David Edge Mark Kosmala BASSOONS Cameron Leach Robert Firdman Sabrina Lackey Betsy Sturdevant William Lutz Jeffrey Singler Principal Joyce Fishman Sheldon and Rebecca Taft Chair HARP Erin Gilliland BASSES Douglas Fisher Symphony League Chair Kirstin Greenlaw Rudy Albach Cynthia Cioffari Rachel Miller Gyusun Han Principal Jacob Darrow Jeanne Norton Tatiana V. Hanna Nationwide Chair Rachel Huch John Pellegrino CONTRABASSOON PIANO/CELESTE Heather Kufchak Assistant Principal Cynthia Cioffari Caroline Hong William Manley ** James Faulkner Reinberger Foundation Chair Aurelian Oprea Russell Gill HORNS Gail Norine Sharp Jena Huebner Brian Mangrum ORGAN Ariane Sletner Jean-Etienne Lederer Principal James Hildreth Zoran Stoyanovich Jon Pascolini Julia Rose Anna Svirsky Associate Principal * Indicates musician on leave Elaine Swinney FLUTES Adam Koch during the 2018 -2019 Season David Tanner Brandon LePage Colin Bianchi Jonquil Thoms Heidi Ruby-Kushious Amy Lassiter ** Begins the alphabetical Olev Viro *Genevieve Stefiuk Kimberly McCann listing of players who participate Manami White Janet van Graas Megan Shusta in a system of rotated seating Lori Akins Charles Waddell within the string section. VIOLAS Karl Pedersen PICCOLO TRUMPETS KEYBOARD TECHNICIAN Principal Janet van Graas George Goad Doug Brandt Gay Su Pinnell Chair Lori Akins Principal Brett Allen Daniel Taubenheim LIBRARIANS Assistant Principal OBOES Jeffrey Korak Jean-Etienne Lederer **Leslie Dragan *Stephen Secan Brian Buerkle Principal Librarian Dee Dee Fancher Principal Tom Battenberg Mary Ann Farrington Robert Royse Yu Gan Nathan Mills TROMBONES Kenichiro Matsuda Jessica Smithorn Andrew Millat Patrick Miller Principal Richard Howenstine David Parilla 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 SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2018 7 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2018, 8:00 P.M. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2018, 8:00 P.M. IN FULL SPLENDOR: OPENING NIGHT AT THE SYMPHONY THE OHIO THEATRE Rossen Milanov, conductor • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH/ Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565 LEOPOLD STOKOWSKI RICHARD WAGNER/ “The Ride of the Valkyries” from Die Walküre WOUTER HUTSCHENRUYTER PAUL DUKAS The Sorcerer’s Apprentice INTERMISSION RICHARD STRAUSS Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30 I. Introduction II. Of the Backworldsmen III. Of the Great Longing IV. Of Joys and Passions V. The Song of the Grave VI. Of Science and Learning VII. The Convalescent VIII. The Dance-Song IX. Song of the Night Wanderer THIS CONCERT IS DEDICATED IN MEMORY OF GEORGIANNA AND THOMAS COCHRAN AND BARBARA EASTER. ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY MASTERWORKS HOTEL SPONSOR: BRAVO SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2018 9 ROSSEN MILANOV, conductor Indianapolis, 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 orchestras in Toronto, Vancouver, KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic (South Africa), Mexico, Colombia, Sao Paolo, Belo Horizonte, Respected and admired by audiences and musicians and New Zealand. In the Far East, he has appeared alike, Rossen Milanov is currently the music director with NHK, Sapporo, Tokyo, and Singapore Symphonies, of the Columbus Symphony (CSO), Chautauqua and the Malaysian and Hong Kong Philharmonics. Symphony Orchestra, Princeton Symphony Orchestra, and the Orquesta Sinfónica del Principado de Noted for his versatility, Milanov is also a welcome Asturias (OSPA) in Spain. presence in the worlds of opera and ballet. He has collaborated with Komische Oper Berlin for In 2017, Milanov was a recipient of The Columbus Shostakovich’s Lady Macbeth of Mtzensk, Opera Performing Arts Prize from The Columbus Foundation Oviedo for the Spanish premiere of Tchaikovsky’s for presenting Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony as part of Mazzepa and Bartok’s Bluebeard’s Castle (awarded the CSO’s 2017 Picnic with the Pops summer series. best Spanish production for 2015), and Opera Under his leadership, the organization has expanded Columbus for Verdi’s La Traviata. its reach by connecting original programming with community-wide initiatives, such as focusing on An experienced ballet conductor, he has been seen women composers and nature conservancy, presenting at New York City Ballet and collaborated with some original festivals, and supporting and commissioning of the best-known choreographers of our time, such new music. Mats Ek, Benjamin Millepied, and most recently, Alexei Ratmansky in the critically acclaimed revival Milanov has established himself as a conductor of Swan Lake in Zurich with the Zurich Ballet, and in with considerable national and international Paris with La Scala Ballet. presence, appearing with the Colorado, Detroit, BRAVO SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2018 10 PROGRAM NOTES Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 “The Ride of the Valkyries” (before 1708) from Die Walküre (1856) by Johann Sebastian Bach by Richard Wagner (Eisenach, Thuringia, 1685–Leipzig, 1750) (Leipzig, 1813–Venice, 1883) orchestrated in 1926 by Leopold Stokowski (London,