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First ViolinsDale Barltrop, ConcertmasterJoan Blackman, § Associate ConcertmasterNicholas Wright, Assistant ConcertmasterJennie Press, Second Assistant ConcertmasterMary Sokol BrownMrs. Cheng Koon Lee Chair

Jenny EssersAkira Nagai, Associate Concertmaster EmeritusXue Feng WeiRebecca WhitlingYi Zhou

Second ViolinsJason Ho, PrincipalKaren Gerbrecht, Associate Principal Jim and Edith le Nobel Chair

Jeanette Bernal-Singh, Assistant PrincipalAdrian Shu-On ChuiDaniel NortonAnn OkagaitoAshley Plaut

ViolasNeil Miskey, Principal Andrew Brown, Associate PrincipalStephen Wilkes, Assistant PrincipalLawrence BlackmanEstelle & Michael Jacobson Chair

Matthew DaviesEmilie Grimes Angela SchneiderProfessors Mr. & Mrs. Ngou Kang Chair

Ian Wenham

CellosAriel Barnes, PrincipalNezhat and Hassan Khosrowshahi Chair

Janet Steinberg, Associate PrincipalZoltan Rozsnyai, Assistant PrincipalOlivia Blander Gerhard and Ariane Bruendl Chair

Natasha Boyko Mary & Gordon Christopher Chair

Vacant Dr. Malcolm Hayes and Lester Soo Chair

Charles InkmanCristian Markos

BassesDylan Palmer, Principal Brandon McLean, Associate Principal David BrownJ. Warren LongFrederick Schipizky

FlutesChristie Reside, Principal Ron & Ardelle Cliff Chair

Nadia Kyne, Assistant Principal Rosanne Wieringa Michael & Estelle Jacobson Chair

PiccoloNadia KyneHermann & Erika Stölting Chair

OboesRoger Cole, PrincipalWayne & Leslie Ann Ingram Chair

Beth Orson, Assistant PrincipalKarin WalshPaul Moritz Chair

English HornBeth OrsonChair in Memory of John S. Hodge

ClarinetsJeanette Jonquil, Principal Cris Inguanti, § Assistant Principal David Lemelin

E-flat ClarinetDavid Lemelin

Bass ClarinetCris Inguanti §

BassoonsJulia Lockhart, PrincipalSophie Dansereau, Assistant Principal Gwen Seaton

ContrabassoonSophie Dansereau

French HornsOliver de Clercq, PrincipalBenjamin Kinsman Werner & Helga Höing Chair

David Haskins, Associate PrincipalAndrew MeeWinslow & Betsy Bennett Chair

Richard Mingus, Assistant Principal

TrumpetsLarry Knopp, Principal Marcus Goddard, Associate PrincipalVincent Vohradsky W. Neil Harcourt in memory of Frank N. Harcourt Chair

TrombonesMatthew Crozier, Principal Gregory A. Cox

Bass TromboneDouglas Sparkes Arthur H. Willms Family Chair

TubaPeder MacLellan, Principal

TimpaniAaron McDonald, Principal

PercussionVern Griffiths, PrincipalMartha Lou Henley Chair

Tony Phillipps

HarpElizabeth Volpé Bligh, Principal

Piano, CelesteLinda Lee Thomas, PrincipalCarter (Family) Deux Mille Foundation Chair

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JOCELYN MORLOCK COMPOSER-IN-RESIDENCE*MARCUS GODDARD COMPOSER-IN-ASSOCIATION

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OCTOBER 8 / Specials / Classical Mystery Tour: The Music of the Beatles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 Gordon Gerrard conductor, Classical Mystery Tour

OCTOBER 9, 12 / VSO Chamber Players / Jennie Press violin, Karen Gerbrecht violin . . . . . . . . . . . . 27Rebecca Whitling violin, Cristian Markos cello, Janet Steinberg cello, Roseanne Wieringa flute, Vern Griffiths marimba, Doreen Oke harpsichord

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OCTOBER 23 / Tea & Trumpets / The Legend of Faust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37 Gordon Gerrard conductor, Christopher Gaze host/narrator, UBC Opera Ensemble

OCTOBER 24, 25 / London Drugs VSO Pops / Sultans of String / . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41 John Morris Russell conductor, Sultans of String, Doreen Dasol Yun, violin

OCTOBER 26 / Kids’ Koncerts / Chris McKhool’s Fiddlefire!. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44 John Morris Russell conductor, Chris McKhool, Doreen Dasol Yun, violin

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NOVEMBER 8, 10 / Air Canada Masterworks Diamond / Bramwell Tovey conductor . . . . . . . . . . . . .57 Sheila Christie soprano, Nicholas Phan tenor, Russell Braun baritone, UBC University Singers, UBC Choral Union, Children's Chorus

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In this IssueAdvertise in Allegro for Christmas . . . . . . . 2The Orchestra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Allegro Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Government Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Message from the Chairman . . . . . . . . . . . 7 and the President & CEOVSO Musician Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24VSO 2014/2015 Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34Vancouver Symphony Foundation . . . . . . 39VSO Mobile Website . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42Patrons’ Circle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50VSO School of Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51VSO Car Lottery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52VSO Traditional Christmas. . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 VSO Stradivarius Legacy Circle . . . . . . . . 60VSO Group Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63VSO Friends’ Campaign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64Corporate Partners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68At the Concert / VSO Staff. . . . . . . . . . . . . 70Board of Directors / Volunteer Council . . . 71VSO Upcoming Concerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

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The Vancouver Symphony Society is grateful to the Government of Canada and the Canada Council for the Arts,Province of British Columbia and the BC Arts Council,and the City of Vancouver for their ongoing support.

The combined investment in the VSO by the three levels of government annually funds over 28% of the cost of the orchestra’s extensive programs and activities.

This vital investment enables the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra to present over 150 life-enriching concerts in 16 diverse venues throughout the Lower Mainland and Whistler, attract some of the world’s best musicians to live and work in our community, produce Grammy® and Juno® award-winning recordings, tour domestically and internationally, and, through our renowned educational programs, touch the lives of over 50,000 children annually.

Thank you!Christy Clark, Premier of British Columbia

Shelly Glover, Minister of Canadian Heritage and

Official Languages

Gregor Robertson, Mayor of Vancouver

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Dear Friends,

Welcome to the opening concerts of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra’s exciting 96th season! The VSO is proud to have been serving the people of British Columbia since 1919, and we are delighted you are with us for today’s concert.

During the 2014/2015 season the orchestra will perform over 150 concerts in 16 different venues throughout the Lower Mainland and in Whistler. In addition to the Orpheum Theatre, Orpheum Annex, Pyatt Hall, Queen Elizabeth Theatre, St. Andrew’s Wesley Church, and the Vancouver Playhouse in downtown Vancouver, VSO presentations can be experienced at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts at UBC, Centennial Theatre in North Vancouver, Bell Centre in Surrey, Michael J. Fox Theatre and Deer Lake Park in Burnaby, Kay Meek Theatre in West Vancouver, South Delta Baptist Church, Terry Fox Theatre in Port Coquitlam, Bard on the Beach and the Whistler Olympic Pavilion.

This season will also see the continuation and expansion of our extraordinary education and community programs, with over 50,000 children experiencing performances by the full VSO; over 100 classroom visits by Maestro Tovey and members of the orchestra; and the creation of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestral

Institute in Whistler in Summer 2015. In addition, we are proud to oversee the activities of the state-of-the-art VSO School of Music, a community music school for students of all ages and abilities, directly next to the Orpheum, now with over 1,300 students and 90 faculty members.

The purpose of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra is to enrich and transform lives through music — by presenting passionate, high-quality performances of classical, popular and culturally diverse music; creating meaningful engagement with audiences of all ages and backgrounds wherever we perform; and developing and delivering inspirational education and community programs. Because of you, our audience members, donors, sponsors and government funders, we are achieving our purpose.

On behalf of the Board of Directors, Maestro Tovey, our musicians, staff and volunteers, we thank you for your commitment to the VSO, and wish you a most delightful and inspirational 2014/2015 season.

Please enjoy today’s concert.

Sincerely yours,

Fred G. Withers Chair, Board of Directors

Jeff Alexander President & Chief Executive Officer

FRED G. WITHERS JEFF ALEXANDER

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Bramwell Tovey, O.C. conductor

Grammy® and Juno® award-winning conductor/composer Bramwell Tovey was appointed Music Director of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra in 2000. Under his leadership the VSO has toured to China, Korea, and across Canada and the United States. Mr. Tovey is also the Artistic Adviser of the VSO School of Music, a state-of-the-art facility which opened in downtown Vancouver in 2011 next to the Orpheum, the VSO’s historic home. His tenure at the VSO has included complete symphony cycles of Beethoven, Mahler, and Brahms; as well as the establishment of an annual festival dedicated to contemporary music. In 2018, the VSO’s centenary year, he will become the orchestra’s Music Director Emeritus.In the 14/15 season Mr. Tovey will make guest appearances with leading US orchestras including the Philadelphia Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, and Kansas City Symphony. In Europe he will perform with the BBC Philharmonic and the Helsingborgs Symfoniorkester, and will travel to Australia for engagements with the symphonies of Melbourne and Sydney.During the 13/14 season Mr. Tovey’s guest appearances included the BBC and Royal Philharmonics; the New York and Los Angeles Philharmonics; and the Boston, Philadelphia, Cleveland, and Toronto Symphonies.In 2003 Mr. Tovey won the Juno® Award for Best Classical Composition for his choral and brass work Requiem for a Charred Skull. Commissions have included works for the New York and Los Angeles Philharmonics, the Toronto Symphony, and Calgary Opera who premiered his first full-length opera The Inventor in 2011. Earlier in 2014 his trumpet concerto, Songs of the Paradise Saloon, was performed by the LA Philharmonic with Alison Balsom as soloist, who will also perform the work with the Philadelphia Orchestra in December 2014.A talented pianist as well as conductor and composer, he has appeared as soloist with many major orchestras including the New York, Sydney, Melbourne, Los Angeles,

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Pittsburgh, St Louis, Toronto, and Royal Scottish orchestras. In the summer of 2014 he played and conducted Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue at the Hollywood Bowl with the LA Phil, and in Saratoga with the Philadelphia Orchestra. He has performed his own Pictures in the Smoke with the Melbourne and Helsingborg Symphonies and the Royal Philharmonic.Mr. Tovey is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music in London, the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, and holds honorary degrees from the universities of British Columbia and Manitoba. In 2013 he was appointed an honorary Officer of the Order of Canada for services to music.

Inon Barnatan piano

Israeli pianist Inon Barnatan is known widely for his compelling and insightful musicianship and elegant virtuosity, and as “a true poet of the keyboard, refined, searching [and] unfailingly communicative” (London’s Evening Standard). He has performed extensively with the world’s important orchestras, including those of Cleveland, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, and San Francisco, and he has worked with distinguished conductors such as Roberto Abbado, Lawrence Foster, James Gaffigan, and Pinchas Zukerman. Awarded the prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant in 2009, he was recently named the New York Philharmonic’s first Artist-in-Association, a three-season appointment that promises multiple concerto and chamber collaborations with the orchestra. New York Philharmonic Music Director Alan Gilbert describes Barnatan as “a complete artist: a wonderful pianist, a probing intellect, passionately committed, and a capable contemporary-music pianist as well.”With an ever-growing discography, Barnatan’s recordings are critically acclaimed, and his album Darknesse Visible was named one of the “Best of 2012” by the New York Times.

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Kelly-Marie Murphy b. Sardegna, Italy / September 4, 1964

A Thousand Natural Shocks With music described as “breathtaking” (Kitchener-Waterloo Record), “imaginative and expressive” (The National Post), and “a pulse-pounding barrage on the senses” (The Globe and Mail), Kelly-Marie Murphy’s voice is well known on the Canadian music scene. She has created a number of memorable works for some of Canada’s leading performers and ensembles, including the Toronto, Winnipeg, and Vancouver Symphony Orchestras, the Gryphon Trio, James Campbell, Shauna Rolston and Judy Loman.

The composer writes, “A Thousand Natural Shocks was commissioned by the CBC at the request of Bramwell Tovey, for the occasion of his first concert as Music Director with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. The idea behind the piece is that change and new beginnings can be shocking and stressful, but also full of fantastic challenges that are ultimately as rewarding as they are necessary. The fear and tension of a new experience can quickly melt into thrilling course of action. Whereas Shakespeare had Hamlet wondering what to do when faced with ‘outrageous fortune’, Machiavelli proposed that ‘fortune favours the impetuous.’

“Musically, I explore these approaches in elements of the orchestration. The piece begins with an extended timpani solo. When the orchestra finally enters, it is a loud, chaotic tangle of lines in competition with one another. Although the majority of the piece is highly charged, fast, and dramatic, an important feature of all my works is the solo voice. These moments focus on the individual voice that can be overwhelmed by the crowd, yet is capable of being heard. In addition to the opening timpani solo, the piece also features extended solos for harp, oboe, flute, and percussion. A Thousand Natural Shocks is in one movement and lasts roughly 9’30”. It was written between January and July 2000 and is dedicated to Bramwell Tovey with great respect. The title comes from Hamlet’s soliloquy, ‘To be or not to be...and by a sleep to say we end the heartache and the thousand natural shocks that flesh is heir to.’”

Johannes Brahms b. Hamburg, Germany / May 7, 1833 d. Vienna, Austria / April 3, 1897

Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15 Brahms had not yet become the sturdy conservative whom his supporters set up as the opponent of Wagner, Liszt and other revolutionary composers when in 1854, at twenty-one, he began composing a large-scale work. He eventually decided that the ideal medium for the materials was a concerto for piano and orchestra. The first public performance took place in January 1859. The somewhat puzzled reaction earned by the debut of this big, serious, fully symphonic concerto might have been expected. Not until 1865, when he played it once again, did it begin to find a place in the repertoire.

The vast opening movement begins with a stark orchestral introduction. The piano enters with a more resigned idea before it, too, is caught up in the emotional tumult. Contrast is provided by a warmer second theme. The sombre mood in which the movement began continues through to the final bars.

The slow second section is a serene meditation. Scarcely a ripple of darker emotion disturbs its warm, placid surface. The concerto concludes with a big, bold rondo, lighter in tone than the preceding movements but substantial enough to fit in with the other two movements.

Richard Strauss b. Munich, Germany / June 11, 1864; d. Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany / September 8, 1949

Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30 Strauss was an outstanding exponent of the tone poem, a free-form type of orchestral piece inspired by such extra-musical concepts as literature, painting, nature and philosophy. After completing the whimsical tone poem Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks, and his first opera, Guntram, he turned his attention to German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche’s weighty, passionate, occasionally obscure discourse, Also sprach Zarathustra (Thus Spoke Zarathustra). In it, Nietzsche (1844–1900) used the sixth-century-B.C. Persian philosopher Zarathustra as the medium to express his own views on the deeper meanings of life. He believed modern

man to be merely one step in the evolutionary process. One day he will be followed by a ‘super-man,’ a being who will retain the better qualities of contemporary society but will have been purged of the ignoble ones.

Strauss composed his tone poem between February 1895 and August 1896, and he conducted the premiere in Frankfurt on November 27, 1896. Shortly afterwards, he outlined his reasons for creating it: “I did not intend to write philosophical music. I meant rather to convey an idea of the evolution of the human race, from its origins, through the various phases of development, religious as well as scientific, up to Nietzsche’s idea of the super-man.” Filmmaker Stanley Kubrick’s choice of the majestic opening sequence as the theme in his movie 2001: A Space

Odyssey (1968), which deals with similar ideas, thus represents a masterstroke of musical and conceptual insight.

Whether it is possible to achieve in music such ends as Strauss here set himself is open to debate, but few would argue that his Zarathustra displays an unsurpassed mastery of orchestral possibilities. If you open yourself to it, it can also convey a sense of broad, elemental ideas and happenings. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the conclusion, an open-ended question-mark set, quite daringly for its time, in two separate keys simultaneously. Perhaps Strauss is saying that ultimately, the great questions of life must remain unanswered. ■Program Notes © 2014 Don Anderson

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For a biography of Maestro Tovey please refer to page 11.

Ariel Barnes cello

Described as creating a “mesmerizing musical experience” by combining his “deep personal connection” (Toronto Live Music Report), cellist Ariel Barnes is internationally recognized for his unique tone and passionate performances. He has been hailed as a “rising star” by the Georgia Straight, “a musician of real stature” by the Vancouver Sun and his solo and chamber music recordings have been nominated for a Juno® Award and two Western Canadian Music Awards.

One half of the contemporary music duo Couloir (cello and harp), Ariel is actively involved in the development of 21st Century Art Music. Couloir recently released their debut CD Wine Dark Sea on Ravello Records, showcasing World Premiere recordings of original compositions written especially for this beautiful and rare pairing of instruments.

As a winner of the 2012 Canada Council Instrument Bank Competition, he has been awarded the use of the 1730 Newland Johannes Franciscus Celoniatus cello, built in Turin, Italy, for the next three years. In January 2013, Ariel was appointed Principal Cello of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra.

Sir William Walton b. Oldham, England / March 29, 1902 d. Ischia, Italy / March 8, 1983

Façade: Suite No. 2 Walton’s music is invariably sophisticated and polished. The early works are among his best, burning with youthful vigour and cheekiness. They represent the English branch of the brash, anti-romantic musical mood of the period. Among his fellow opponents of the status quo were such major figures as Stravinsky, Milhaud, Poulenc, Shostakovich and Hindemith.

He made his first big splash in 1922 with Façade, a witty drawing-room ‘entertainment’

in which eccentric verses by Edith Sitwell were accompanied by Walton’s cheeky music for chamber ensemble. He orchestrated many of the numbers for concert performance. Façade is laced with parodies of familiar dance forms such as the tango, waltz, polka and foxtrot (Old Sir Faulk), the folk music of Scotland and Spain (Noche espagnole), and the ‘soft-shoe’ routines of early-twentieth century vaudeville entertainment (Popular Song).

George Butterworth b. London, England / July 12, 1885 d. Pozières, France / August 5, 1916

The Banks of Green Willow Butterworth’s wealthy father wished him to enter the legal profession, but the young man chose music instead. Fascinated by English folk song, he collected numerous examples on location. Some he transcribed, others he incorporated into his music. Despite his obvious talent, he came to feel a lack of direction. Enlisting in the armed forces gave him what he was missing, but it also resulted in his death during World War One at the battle of the Somme. Subtitled ‘idyll,’ The Banks of Green Willow (1913) is a typically lyrical, transparently scored Butterworth miniature. In it he quoted two English folk songs: the one that gave the piece its title, and Green Bushes.

Sir Edward Elgar b. Broadheath, England / June 2, 1857 d. Worcester, England / February 23, 1934

Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85 World War One changed Europe forever, not only on the map, but in the hearts and minds of its citizens. For Elgar, the leading English composer of the pre-war era, the effects of the political upheavals and battlefield carnage were nothing less than devastating. The warmth and confidence that illuminate and helped to popularize such pieces as the 'Enigma' Variations (1899) and the concert overture Cockaigne (1901) diminished markedly, never fully to return.

Several musical movements sprang up or came to full flood in that post-war period, all of them rooted in recent events. Elgar

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represented those composers who longed for the comfortable optimism of the past, but sensed it was irretrievably lost. He gave voice to his world’s saddening, to its growing inwardness and pessimism. Others turned to the lean textures and buoyant optimism of Neo-Classicism. Meanwhile Arnold Schoenberg and his disciples deconstructed traditional musical procedures in their pursuit of new means of expression.

In the warm, noble voice of the cello, Elgar found the perfect medium to express his brooding, nostalgic post-war emotions. The premiere of his Cello Concerto took place in London on October 27, 1919. Elgar himself conducted, with Felix Salmond – the performer who had given him technical advice on it, and to whom it is dedicated – playing the solo part.

It is a restrained piece, at least in comparison with the more outgoing virtuoso concertos of the nineteenth century. After a brief introduction, the first movement is founded on two themes, both melancholy in character. The scherzo-like second movement follows without a pause. For all its brilliance, it is far from carefree. The third movement is an interlude of searching meditation. The concerto then concludes with an energetic, if hardly exuberant, final rondo. A heartfelt coda recalls earlier material, before the concerto ends with a final statement of the rondo’s main subject.

Ralph Vaughan Williams b. Down Ampney, England / October 12, 1872 d. London, England / August 26, 1958

Symphony No. 4 in F minor Composed between 1931 and 1934, and premiered in London under Adrian Boult in April 1935, Symphony No. 4 confounded many of its first listeners through its violence and severity. They mistook it for something totally new in Vaughan Williams’ previously often pastoral output. In fact it brought the dark undercurrents of such works as the Piano Concerto (1926-31) and the ‘masque’ (ballet), Job (1927-30) to the surface in a sustained manner for the first time. During rehearsals for a performance he conducted in 1937, he said, “I don’t know if I like it, but it’s what I meant.”

This tense, tightly-argued symphony is dominated by march themes. The first movement opens forcefully and defiantly. Neither the nervous, questing energy of the second theme, nor the sinister, march-like theme that appears shortly thereafter, offers any significant relief. A passage of unsettled, exhausted quietude concludes the movement. The somber tread of the next movement’s low, pizzicato strings helps draw it close to a Mahler-like funeral march. A desolate flute solo throws a pale light across the final bars.

The third movement is a brutal, dynamic ‘danse macabre,’ fueled by sharply displaced rhythmic accents and deliberately coarse orchestration. A restless and sinister bridge passage leads without pause into the finale’s menacing main theme, which once again contains elements of a march. Vaughan Williams recalls themes heard previously in the symphony, before a fugal epilogue rises to a shattering climax. The return of the symphony’s opening bars brings this blistering symphonic drama full circle. ■Program Notes © 2014 Don Anderson

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Gordon Gerrard conductor

Gordon Gerrard is a respected figure in the new generation of Canadian musicians. Trained first as a pianist and subsequently as a specialist in operatic repertoire, Gordon brings a fresh perspective to the podium.

For four seasons Gordon held the positions of Resident Conductor and Repetiteur for Calgary Opera. He led many productions while in residence in Calgary, and has subsequently been invited back to help launch Calgary Opera’s summer opera festival Opera in the Village with productions of Candide and The Pirates of Penzance. Gordon has also conducted productions for Opera Hamilton to critical acclaim, and was Assistant Conductor for several productions at Opera Lyra Ottawa. Gordon returns to Opera McGill this season to lead a production of Le Nozze di Figaro.

After two successful seasons as Assistant Conductor of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Gordon has recently been promoted to the newly created post of Associate Conductor.

Classical Mystery TourThe four musicians in Classical Mystery Tour look and sound just like The Beatles, but Classical Mystery Tour is more than just a rock concert. The show presents more than two dozen Beatles tunes transcribed note-for-note and performed exactly as they were originally recorded.

Classical Mystery Tour is the best of The Beatles – from early Beatles music on through the solo years – like you've never heard them before. Many have called it “the best show the Beatles never did!” Since its initial performance at the Orange County Performing Arts Center in 1996, Classical Mystery Tour has performed hundreds of concerts with orchestras across the United States and around the world, and has received countless accolades from fans as well as media. ■

CLASSICAL MYSTERY TOURGORDON GERRARD

"Classical Mystery Tour is the best of The Beatles – from early Beatles music on through the solo years – like you've never heard them before."

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MUSICIAN PROFILE SERIES: MATTHEW DAVIES, VIOLA

From Cardboard to Concertos“ ”

WHAT MAKES A GREAT MUSICIAN? Is it talent, dedication, determination, or drive? Of course, all of these are qualities that are necessary to be a great musician, but what is it that actually makes a musician great?

What truly gives rise to the greatest musicians is that along their journey, they had people who believed in them unconditionally. It’s the teachers who give the student unrelenting support and encouragement. It’s the parents who drive their children to music lessons after a long day at work because they know the value of music in a child’s education.

VSO violist Matt Davies is one of these lucky few. From the time he was a child, his musical path has been linked with people who supported him and given him the tools he needed to be great.

And to think it all began with a cardboard box...

Beginnings on a violinI grew up in Chilliwack. My dad was a paramedic and my mom an Emergency Room nurse. They weren’t musicians, but we did have a lot of music in my house growing up.

My parents wanted my two sisters and me to have exposure to a variety of activities that would give us skills later in life, and music was one of them. I started out playing the violin, and my first instrument was something my dad made for me from a cardboard box when I was four years old. He cut the body of the violin from the box; the neck of the violin was a wooden ruler and he drew strings on the ruler with a marker.”

Violin to viola“I started taking group music classes on my cardboard violin when I was four at the Langley Community Music School, and then at five I got

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my first real violin. That’s also about the time I began my private violin lessons with Dr. Calvin Dyck.

But at eleven years-old I began to lose interest in the violin. It also didn’t help that by that age I was already six feet tall! I was eleven years old, and tall and skinny—the violin felt so small to me! Dr. Dyck noticed my waning interest, dug out an old viola from the back of his closet, and suggested to my parents that I give that a try instead.”

Something special“I noticed some big changes right away. First of all, because the viola is a larger-sized instrument it didn’t feel so awkward. Second, suddenly I was really special! Not many eleven year-olds play the viola, so I became very popular! I liked to emphasize the differences between the violin and my new instrument, and I started getting a lot of positive feedback about the sounds I was producing. Everyone agreed it was a great match.”

Concertos and chamber music “Dr. Dyck suggested in my early teens that I go study with a violist because they would better know the repertoire I needed to learn, so he introduced me to Heilwig Königslow.

I really advanced as a solo player with her, and we worked through a big chunk of the standard viola repertoire. But the best thing was that she put me in a string quartet and spent hours coaching us every week on chamber music. I had never been exposed to chamber music before! I didn’t even know it existed, and suddenly a whole new world opened up to me! That is still where I feel the viola has the opportunity showcase its unique voice and versatility the best—in a string quartet.”

Let the auditions begin“I started auditioning for orchestral jobs in the final year of my undergraduate degree at the San Francisco Conservatory. I decided, however, to do my M.Mus degree at the New England Conservatory in Boston. A door really opened for me in that opportunity and I had

to take it. I got to study with one of the best violists in the world, Kim Kashkashian, and on a full scholarship. I continued to audition for jobs and got further in the process during my time with Kim, but still didn’t win any positions.Getting closer to the end of my time at NEC, I had taken close to twelve auditions and was getting really frustrated. I heard from a friend about an amazing teacher named Ralph Fielding at a small, private university in Boca Raton, Florida. I had a lesson with him over Skype and he said ‘Yeah. You have what it takes. Come study with me and you’ll win a job.’”

It’s all in your mind Ralph’s work with me was, of course, on the repertoire that I needed to prepare for auditions, but the major focus of our time together was actually on how to calm stress levels and use your mind to your advantage during auditions, so that when you get into the audition, your nerves and stress don’t diminish all of the preparation you’ve done. He was a very methodical man and really knew what I was up against in battling my nerves. I also felt during my time with him that everything I learned in my undergrad in San Francisco and during my time at NEC, all started to come together.

And he didn’t lie. As soon as I finished two years with him in 2012, I won my job at the VSO!

MUSICIAN PROFILE SERIES: MATTHEW DAVIES, VIOLA

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VSO CHAMBER PLAYERS ALAN AND GWENDOLINE PYATT HALLDR. H.N. MACCORKINDALE STAGE VSO SCHOOL OF MUSIC

Thursday, October 9, 7:30pm

Sunday, October 12, 2pm

VIVALDI Trio Sonata in D minor, RV63 La FoliaJennie Press violinKaren Gerbrecht violinJanet Steinberg cello Doreen Oke harpsichord

TARTINI Devil’s Trill SonataJennie Press violinJanet Steinberg cello Doreen Oke harpsichord

FARR Kembang Suling (Three musical snapshots of Asia)

Rosanne Wieringa flute Vern Griffiths marimba

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KOPPEL Tarantella for Violin and MarimbaKaren Gerbrecht violin Vern Griffiths marimba

KODALY Duo for Violin and Cello, Op. 7Rebecca Whitling violin Cristian Márkos cello

Concert Program

KAREN GERBRECHT

VERN GRIFFITHS

JENNIE PRESS

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Saturday, October 11

Cirque Musica Gordon Gerrard conductor

FUCIK Entry of the Gladiators

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Flight of the Bumblebee

OFFENBACH Orpheus in the Underworld: Can Can

WILLIAMS Star Wars: Imperial Death March

MUSSORGSKY Night on Bald Mountain

WILLIAMS Theme song to Star Wars

WILLIAMS Theme song to Superman

INTERMISSION

TCHAIKOVSKY 1812 Overture

DUKAS Sorcerer’s Apprentice

COPLAND Hoe Down from Rodeo

ROSSINI William Tell Overture: Finale

BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5

Concert Program

CIRQUE MUSICA

Gordon Gerrard conductor

For a biography of Gordon Gerrard please refer to page 22.

Cirque MusicaThe Cirque Musica cast consists of the world’s greatest Cirque performers from around the world. Cast members include the world famous Wallendas Duo (Lyric and Rietta Wallenda), the Espana Family (Noemi, Elan, Vivian, and Noe), and more. Most of the cast members are multi-generation Circus performers and grew up performing in cirque/circus shows. ■

GORDON GERRARD / VSO

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CLASSICAL TRADITIONS CHAN CENTRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS, 8PM

Friday & Saturday, October 17 & 18NORTH SHORE CLASSICS CENTENNIAL THEATRE, NORTH VANCOUVER, 8PM

Monday, October 20Joshua Weilerstein conductorAdam Golka piano

LIGETI Romanian Concerto

CHOPIN Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21 I. Maestoso II. Larghetto III. Allegro vivace

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BRAHMS Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98 I. Allegro non troppo II. Andante moderato III. Allegro giocoso IV. Allegro energico e passionato

Concert Program

JOSHUA WEILERSTEIN

ADAM GOLKA

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Joshua Weilerstein conductor

Since winning the Malko Conducting Competition in 2009, Joshua Weilerstein has rapidly become one of the most sought-after young conductors in the world. In 2013/14, he made his subscription debut with the New York Philharmonic, where he is in his last season as Assistant Conductor. Other U.S. debuts this season include Baltimore and Fort Worth symphony orchestras and New Mexico Philharmonic. In Europe, he makes debuts with Orchestre National de Lyon, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Bergen Philharmonic, Orchestre National de Belgique, Salzburg Mozarteumorchester, and the Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne. He returns to the BBC Symphony, Oslo Philharmonic, Danish National Symphony, Finnish Radio Symphony, Swedish Chamber Orchestra, and Northern Sinfonia, among others.

Born into a musical family, Mr. Weilerstein decided to enter the music profession after a life-changing experience during a youth orchestra tour of South and Central America. He studied at the New England Conservatory, where he received dual Master of Music degrees in conducting and violin in 2011.

Adam Golka piano

Adam Golka has appeared with the Atlanta, Houston, Dallas, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Phoenix, San Diego, and Fort Worth Symphonies; abroad with the BBC Scottish Symphony, the NACO in Ottawa, Shanghai, and Warsaw Philharmonics, and the Orquesta Filarmonica de Jalisco. He has played recitals in Paris, Tokyo, Amsterdam, Wroclaw and at the Duszniki Chopin Festival in Poland; in America at Caramoor, Ravinia, Mostly Mozart in New York, Music@Menlo in California, and at the Newport Music Festival.

This season, Adam will appear in recitals curated by Andras Schiff in Berlin, New York and Zurich. Other 2014/15 highlights include weeks with the San Diego, Brevard, and Richmond Symphonies; and a residency and Chopin recital at the Cliburn Festival.

He works in masterclasses with Andras Schiff, Richard Goode and Mitsuko Uchida. Adam Golka has recently been appointed Artist-in-Residence at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, MA beginning in the 2014/2015 season.

György Sándor Ligeti b. Dicso" szentmárton, Transylvania / May 28, 1923 d. Vienna, Austria / June 12, 2006

Concert Românesc (Romanian Concerto) Regarded as one of the most important avant-garde composers in the second half of the last century, Ligeti’s music came to the general public’s attention through Stanley Kubrick’s film, 2001: A Space Odyssey – though without the composer’s permission (Kubrick later used Ligeti’s atmospheric and sometimes haunting music again, this time with the composer’s blessing, in The Shining).

Ligeti’s love of the folk music of his native Romania flavoured and influenced much of his music, and the composer describes his Romanian Concerto, and the strange political atmosphere with which new music at the time had to contend, as follows: “In 1949, when I was twenty-six, I learned how to transcribe folk songs from wax cylinders at the Folklore Institute in Bucharest. Many of these melodies stuck in my memory and led in 1951 to the composition of my Romanian Concerto. However, not everything in it is genuinely Romanian as I also invented elements in the spirit of the village bands. I was later able to hear the piece at an orchestral rehearsal in Budapest—a public performance had been forbidden."

Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin b. Zelozowa, Wola (near Warsaw) / March 1, 1810 d. Paris, France / October 17, 1849

Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21 The name “Chopin” has become synonymous with the piano, and for good reason: no other composer truly mastered the technical characteristics and voice of the instrument to the extent that Chopin did. Chopin’s extraordinary piano technique coupled with

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his brilliant sense of melody to produce some of the most memorable passages in all of the piano literature. The F minor concerto Piano Concerto No. 2 played here today is actually the first that he wrote, though it is numbered as his second.

Work was begun on the concerto at the age of nineteen, during the composer’s visit to Vienna in 1829. It was completed upon his return to Poland, and despite Chopin’s youth and inexperience, evidence of the beginnings of a great genius is spread throughout this work. The first movement is of fairly standard format for a concerto, and nothing truly remarkable occurs until the soloist’s entry.

"...evidence of the beginnings of a great genius is spread throughout this work."

It is here that the composer’s personality and intimate knowledge of the piano begins to emerge. A beautiful, lyrical slow movement ensues, based on a simple enough A-B-A pattern that Chopin manages to embellish beautifully throughout. The finale is a sparkling dance, based on a Polish mazurka (a country dance) that Chopin brilliantly brings to life through the keyboard.

Johannes Brahms b. Hamburg, Germany / May 7, 1833 d. Vienna, Austria / April 3, 1897

Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98 Johannes Brahms was the quintessential composer, and his musical influences were complex: he loved and venerated the music of Mozart and Haydn, and studied the compositions and styles of Bach and early music writers with great earnestness and respect; but he worshipped Beethoven. The obvious influence of this towering musical figure worked its way into much of what Brahms wrote, though incorporated with breathtaking originality.

Perhaps Beethoven’s greatest gift to Brahms was his spirit, and his willingness to push the boundaries and explore music to its furthermost reaches. This spirit inspired Brahms to push the standard forms of

Classical writing to their utmost, and create music that even Beethoven would have greatly admired. In fact, it is the E minor Symphony No. 4 where the distinct “Brahmsian” synthesis of Classical style and Romantic expression reaches its pinnacle. An epic work, it is as unmoving and unmovable as a mountain, steadfast and resolute in sense of drama mingled with nostalgia, and unapologetic in style.

The opening of the work is all noble understatement – a sense of the heroic shines through, but still reserved in character; though beneath the surface of restraint, tension is felt, as the music aspires to, and hints at, something greater. The Andante second movement is one of the most beautiful of the many beautiful slow movements that Brahms wrote. More emotion comes through to the surface, as the scope of the symphony’s material continues to emerge.

"This spirit inspired Brahms to push the standard forms of Classical writing to their utmost, and create music that even Beethoven would have greatly admired."

The third movement could not be more different, as suddenly, Brahms presents a full-on Scherzo, teeming with energy and zeal, an unexpected but welcome feeling of ebullience punctuated by a prominent, cheeky tinkling of the triangle. The fourth movement is a passacaglia, more or less, that features thirty themes and variations vying for attention in a emotional, and utterly brilliant finale. This passacaglia directly references a melody from J.S. Bach’s Cantata No. 150, though Brahms created from it a passacaglia of unmatched complexity and weight. This is an epic movement, a grand and towering finale that builds from beginning to end through each variation to a conclusion of such majesty that it feels less like the end of a symphony, and more like what it was: an end to a brilliant symphonic career. ■Program Notes © 2014 James Alexander

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Thursday, October 23

The Legend of Faust Gordon Gerrard conductorChristopher Gaze host/narratorUBC Opera Ensemble

GOUNOD Faust

The famous legend of Faust, who made a pact with the devil to exchange his soul for unlimited knowledge and worldly pleasures, was set to brilliant music by Charles Gounod. Hear the story and the music in a sensational start to the Tea & Trumpets series.

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CHRISTOPHER GAZE

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Gordon Gerrard conductor

For a biography of Gordon Gerrard please refer to page 22.

Christopher Gaze host/narrator

Born and educated in England, Christopher Gaze was inspired to come to Canada in 1975 by his mentor, legendary Shakespearean actor Douglas Campbell. He spent three seasons at the Shaw Festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake then moved to Vancouver in 1983. After a couple of experiences with other outdoor Shakespeare events, Christopher recognized the potential in blending excellent Shakespeare productions with Vancouver’s spectacular location. In 1990 he founded Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival where Bard’s signature open-ended performance tent allowed the actors to perform against a backdrop of the city’s skyline and mountains.

A gifted public speaker, Christopher frequently shares his insights on the theatre and Shakespeare out in the community with school groups, service organizations and local businesses.

Christopher’s many honours include induction into the BC Entertainment Hall of Fame, Canada’s Meritorious Service Medal (2004), Honorary Doctorates from UBC & SFU, the BC Community Achievement Award (2007), the Gold Medallion from the Children’s Theatre Foundation of America (2007), the Mayor’s Arts Award for Theatre (2011) and the Order of British Columbia (2012).

UBC Opera EnsembleThe University of British Columbia Opera Ensemble was founded by Canadian lyric coloratura Nancy Hermiston in 1995. Beginning with a core of seven performers, Miss Hermiston has built the program to a 90-member company, performing three main productions at UBC every season, seven Opera Tea Concerts, and several engagements with local community partners. The Ensemble’s mission is to educate young, gifted opera singers, preparing them for international careers.

Past main stage productions have included Le Nozze di Figaro, Die Zauberflöte, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Suor Angelica, La Bohème, Dido and Aeneas, The Merry Widow, Manon, Eugene Onegin, Falstaff, Don Giovanni, Cendrillon, Albert Herring, the Western Canadian premiere of Harry Somers’ Louis Riel, The Crucible, Rusalka, Così fan tutte, Dialogues des Carmélites, and Carmen.

2014/2015 season includes The Bartered Bride, Le Nozze di Figaro and La Traviata. They will be travelling to the Czech Republic this summer performing Smetena’s opera The Bartered Bride. ■

UBC OPERA ENSEMBLE

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LONDON DRUGS VSO POPS ORPHEUM THEATRE, 8PM

Friday & Saturday, October 24 & 25Sultans of String

John Morris Russell conductor Sultans of String Chris McKhool leader/violin Kevin Laliberté guitars Drew Birston bass Eddie Paton guitars Eric Breton percussionDoreen Dasol Yun violin

SMETANA The Bartered Bride: Dance of the Comedians

SARASATE Zigeunerweisen, Op. 20

BIZET Carmen: Danse Boheme

SULTANS OF STRING Alhambra Josie Emerald Swing Road to Kfarmishki Luna

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SAINT-SAËNS Samson and Delilah: Danse Bacchanale

SULTANS OF STRING Al Vuelo Sable Island Will You Marry Me? Palmas Auyuittuq Sunrise

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John Morris Russell conductor

Consistently winning international praise for his extraordinary music-making and visionary leadership, John Morris Russell is Conductor of the Cincinnati Pops, Music Director of the Hilton Head Symphony and the first ever Conductor Laureate of the Windsor (ON) Symphony Orchestra; prior to that appointment he served as that orchestra’s Music Director for many seasons.

As a guest conductor, Maestro Russell has led many of North America’s most distinguished ensembles, including the orchestras of Toronto, Calgary, Edmonton, Victoria, Vancouver, Detroit, Houston, Indianapolis, Dallas, Minnesota, Miami’s New World Symphony, the New Jersey Symphony, the Oregon Symphony, Colorado Symphony, New York City Ballet, New York Pops, the New York Philharmonic, the Cleveland Orchestra and the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

John Morris Russell has had two recordings released with the Cincinnati Pops: Home for the Holidays and Superheroes!

Mr. Russell received a Master of Music degree in conducting from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in music from Williams College in Massachusetts.

"Throughout, acoustic mastery meets with a symphony of sound, deepened by world rhythms that inspire whole audiences to get up and dance."

Sultans of StringKnown for dizzying music jams, poly-rhythms and revved up riffs, the Sultans of String sound can't be pinned down — it's Sable Island meets the Silk Road, with detours through the Gypsy-Jazz coffeehouses of Eastern Europe, next an East Coast Kitchen Party, then over to the bustling markets of Cuba. Fiery violin dances with kinetic guitar while a funky bass lays down unstoppable

grooves. Throughout, acoustic mastery meets with a symphony of sound, deepened by world rhythms that inspire whole audiences to get up and dance.

Since forming seven years ago, Sultans of String have been on a meteoric rise with an astonishing number of awards and accolades in tow, including a JUNO® nomination, two CFMAs, SiriusXM Indies Award, first place in the ISC (out of 15,000 entries), plus invitations to play with such legendary artists as The Chieftains and David Bromberg.

The Chieftains’ very own Paddy Moloney guests on Symphony.

Doreen Dasol Yun violin

Seventeen year-old Canadian violinist Doreen Dasol Yun has already performed a large part of the major violin repertoire in Canada, USA, Russia, Austria, Italy, and Korea.

She has won numerous prizes and awards including the Vancouver Youth Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition, the Vancouver Philharmonic Orchestra Concerto Competition, and the Gabora Prize for outstanding performances of the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto, the Paganini Concerto in D, and the Papanas Overture for Solo Violin. She is also a repeat scholarship winner at the renowned Casalmaggiore International Festival in Italy.

Doreen Dasol Yun has performed in masterclasses for Prof. Dora Schwarzberg (Musik Hochschule, Vienna), Midori Goto (Los Angeles), Maestro Raffi Armenian (Montréal), and was a concertmaster of the Vancouver Youth Symphony Orchestra during the season of 2012/2013.

She began studying violin at the age of seven with Nancy Suk and since 2010 has been studying with Prof. Taras Gabora. ■

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KIDS' KONCERTS / ORPHEUM THEATRE, 2PM

Sunday, October 26Chris McKhool’s FiddleFire!John Morris Russell conductor Chris McKhool performer Doreen Dasol Yun violin

SMETANA The Bartered Bride: Dance of the Comedians

SARASATE Zigeunerweisen, Op. 20

BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B-flat Major, BWV 1051 III. Allegro

SAINT-SAËNS (ARR. RUSSELL) Carnival of the Animals I. The Swan II. The Elephant

ELIZABETH VOLPÉ BLIGH The Damselfly The Downstairs Spider

MEMBERS OF SULTANS OF STRING High Wire Mandolin Fiddle vs. Violin Medley Rainflower/Kitchen Party Auyuittuq Sunrise

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VSO Instrument Fair The Kids' Koncerts series continues with the popular VSO Instrument Fair, which allows music lovers of all ages (but especially kids!) to touch and play real orchestra instruments in the Orpheum lobby one hour before concert start time. All instruments are generously provided by Tom Lee Music.

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John Morris Russell conductorFor a biography of Maestro Russell please refer to page 43.

Chris McKhool’s FiddleFire!“Children’s musical star” (National Post) Chris McKhool has been delighting audiences with infectious songs and exotic world instruments for two decades, performing original songs from his appearances on Mr. Dressup, YTV’s Treehouse, and CBC Television and Radio. He has reached over 1 million children live in concert, winning 3 Parents’ Choice Awards in the U.S., 2 Canadian Folk Music Awards and a JUNO® Award nomination for his FiddleFire! children’s album. 

He also won Best Children’s Entertainer at the Festivals & Events Ontario Awards, an Environment Canada Action Award and the 2013 Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal for commitment to environmental and social activism through his music.  

With FiddleFire!, McKhool and his musical friends from Sultans of String get kids and families clapping, dancing and singing songs. Kids and their parents scat-sing, become a rhythm section, and join McKhool on stage to play rare percussion instruments from around the world!

Doreen Dasol Yun violin

For a biography of Doreen Dasol Yun please refer to page 43. ■

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SPECIALS / ORPHEUM THEATRE, 7:30PM

Thursday, October 30Nosferatu!A Special Hallowe'en PresentationGillian Anderson conductor Film accompaniment by Hans Erdmann (1888-1942) Reconstructed by Gillian Anderson and James Kessler Director: Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau A Hallowe’en spectacular! The great 1922 Silent Film Nosferatu is the original Dracula movie. No charming aristocrat like later Draculas, this vampire is scary and macabre, a living corpse who feeds mercilessly on his victims. Hailed as one of the greatest movie adaptations of the vampire legend, aided by Max Schrek’s frightening performance as Count Orlock, Nosferatu will be presented with the music performed live by the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. You’ll never have more fun being scared, celebrating Hallowe’en with the VSO!

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IMRE KOLLÁR conductor (Budapest)

KATARZYNA DONDALSKA soprano (Berlin-Warsaw)

MARTIN PISKORSKI tenor (Vienna)

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New Year's Concert 2015 • January 1 at 2:30PMSALUTE TO VIENNA

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Gillian Anderson conductor

Conductor and musicologist Gillian Anderson has conducted throughout the United States, Europe, South America, and Canada, and has conducted many of the greatest silent films in movie history in synchronization with their projection at numerous notable film festivals, universities, and with many symphony orchestras. She has participated in the restoration and reconstruction of the original orchestral scores written to accompany over forty of the greatest silent films including The Gold Rush (Chaplin, 1925), Ben Hur (Niblo, 1926), La Bohème (Vidor, 1926), and Robin Hood (Fairbanks, 1923) to name a very select few. Ms. Anderson has also written four books on the subject of the restoration of music for the silent film, and with Ron Sadoff is the co-editor of the journal Music and the Moving Image (University of Illinois Press).

Nosferatu, A Symphony of Horrors (Murnau, 1922)

John Gottowt Murnau’s Nosferatu, A Symphony of Horrors premiered on March 4, 1922 in the Marble Hall of the Zoological Gardens in Berlin, Germany. It was the first film to be based on Bram Stoker’s Dracula. The reviews of the film were very favourable. In its advance announcements the Prana-Film Company said it was going to create a “Symphony of Horror,” and it completely succeeded. The film preys like a demon on the senses and envelops the moviegoer in its eerie vision. A large part of the credit for this success belongs to the direction of F. W. Murnau, who prepared the canvas for the horror of the proceedings by using impressive footage of genuine nature. As background he used shots of the rugged wildly fissured rocky terrain of the Carpathian Mountains and with the wonderful pictures of the ocean he constructed the Black Sea, upon whose flood-tide the ghostly phantom ship with it dismal freight pushed on. The overture to Heinrich Marschner’s opera, The Vampire (1828), preceded the film’s live orchestral accompaniment by Hans Erdmann (1888–1942), whose work was also hailed in the press (films of the silent era, 1894–1929, were frequently accompanied by live music; the biggest theatres had full orchestras, medium-sized theatres had ten-piece ensembles, and the smallest neighborhood theatres had only a piano or organ for accompaniment). Hans Erdmann created a musical accompaniment which through its

gloomy melodics really emphasizes the horror of the film and contributes to the unified realization of the whole. After this auspicious beginning, there followed a series of disasters which immediately limited the impact of Nosferatu. The producer, Prana Films, went into bankruptcy (as might have been expected from a company that spent as much money on the premiere as on the making of the film). Even more serious, the company had not applied for nor received the appropriate copyright clearances for use of the English novel, Dracula. Therefore, when Florence Stoker, the author’s widow, brought a successful copyright infringement suit against the company, in lieu of money she was able to obtain permission to have the negative and all copies of the film destroyed. In spite of her suit, however, a few copies of the film survived, and appeared at subsequent screenings of film clubs in Europe (Aaron Copland saw Nosferatu at a film club in Paris where it inspired him to write a ballet) and in the United States. Eventually a copy of Nosferatu ended up in the Museum of Modern Art circulating film library where among an audience of film fans and specialists it contributed to Murnau’s reputation for superb visual spectacle. Other copies ended up at the Cinemathèque français and in Spain. However, the original score which had contributed to the film’s initial success no longer accompanied any of the surviving copies.

Erdmann’s original score to Nosferatu was forgotten and now is lost. Fortunately, a 40-minute work entitled Fantastisch-romantische Suite was made from it and published in 1926. After her successful copyright suit against Prana Films, Florence Stoker authorized two new stage versions of her husband’s novel. Both featured a sanitized, well-bred Dracula. This gentrified vampire was a far cry from the foul-breathed, hairy, evil monster of the novel, Dracula, and of the first film, Nosferatu. By again exercising her copyright, Florence Stoker was able to insist that the plays with their altered main character serve as the sources for most of the subsequent sound film adaptations. There are three main sources for a reconstruction of the original musical accompaniment to Murnau’s Nosferatu: Erdmann’s Fantastisch-romantische Suiten, the Erdmann/Becce handbook, Allgemeines Handbuch der Filmmusik, and reviews of the 1922 premiere in the German press.

Adapted from a description by Gillian Anderson. For the full description of the musical reconstruction of Nosferatu, please see the Nosferatu concert page on the VSO website. ■

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Diego Matheuz conductor

The thirty-year-old conductor and violinist Diego Matheuz is a graduate of the internationally known Venezuelan Sistema, and is already widely known as one of the most promising developing talents from the Americas. Principal Guest Conductor of Orchestra Mozart since 2009, Matheuz was appointed Principal Conductor of Teatro la Fenice in September 2011. In August 2013 he started a three year appointment as Principal Guest Conductor of Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.

During the 2014/15 season Diego makes his debut with the Philharmonia Zurich, BBC Philharmonic, Orchestre National de Lyon, and the Orchestre Chambre de Paris at the Festival de Saint-Denis. He takes up re-invitations to the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France at their Festival Présences in Paris, and to Seiji Ozawa's Saito Kinen Orchestra following a very successful tour of Japan and China with them in 2011. This season will also mark his opera debut in Spain, conducting Donizetti's Don Pasquale at the Liceu in Barcelona.

Marc-André Hamelin piano

Pianist Marc-André Hamelin is renowned for his fresh readings of the established repertoire and his intrepid exploration of lesser known works of the 19th and 20th centuries. Hamelin has appeared as recitalist, chamber musician or orchestral guest soloist at major music centres all over the world.

A prolific recording artist, Mr. Hamelin has set to disk some 50 CDs for the Hyperion label, including his own highly inventive 12 Etudes in all the minor keys and most recently works by Schumann and Janácek. Winner of the 1985 Carnegie Hall Competition, Marc-André Hamelin was born in Montréal. He began to play the piano at the age of five, and by the age of nine had already won top prize in the Canadian Music Competition. Mr. Hamelin’s principal teachers included his father, Gilles Hamelin, Yvonne Hubert, Harvey Wedeen and Russell Sherman; he studied at the École Vincent d’Indy in Montréal and then at Temple University in Philadelphia.

José Pablo Moncayo b. Guadalajara, Mexico / June 29, 1912 d. Mexico City, Mexico / June 16, 1958

Huapango José Pablo Moncayo was one of the three most important representatives of art music in Mexican history, a triumvirate that includes Silvestre Revueltas and Carlos Chávez. The Huapango is a musical form derived from the popular fiestas of the Veracruz, Tamaulipas, and Huasteca regions of Mexico, and traditionally, incorporates elements of music, dance and folksong. The heel-stamping dance (on specially-constructed wooden platforms, traditionally) featured in the Huapango, known as the “taconero,” forms the backbone of driving rhythms in the Huapango, and is supplied by percussion in Moncayo’s piece. Moncayo’s three-part work is specifically derived from three traditional Huapangos from Alvarado, and alternate between rich rhythmic structures and more melodic sections, effectively creating an overall impression of a cultural journey through music and dance.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart b. Salzburg, Austria / January 27, 1756 d. Vienna, Austria / December 5, 1791

Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-flat Major, K. 595 It is intriguing to theorize that the compositional form of piano concerto can be used to trace the development of Mozart’s musical style – and, indeed, the Classical style itself, as the twenty-seven concerti for piano and orchestra that Mozart wrote span his entire career. The very first concerti are adaptations of Baroque sonatas, while the last handful foreshadow the passion of the Romantic movement about to appear. However, where other of Mozart’s late concertos reflected an evolution of compositional style more outwardly and obviously, his last piano concerto, the B-flat Major Piano Concerto No. 27, utilized a smaller orchestra and was one of the most inward-looking and personal works that Mozart created. But in this introspection and outward simplicity are contained subtleties of harmony and emotion that reveal an extraordinary brilliance in the music’s composition. Perhaps only in such personal statements of music and emotion

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can the greatest heights of composition be reached, heights that Mozart scaled many times, not the least with his last two concertos. In The Classical Style, Charles Rosen, the American pianist and writer, observes that, “Both the last piano concerto and the Clarinet Concerto (his last concerto for any instrument) are private statements. The form is never exploited for exterior effects. The slow movement aspires and attains to a condition of absolute simplicity: the slightest irregularity in phrase structure of their themes would have also appeared like an intrusion. The melodies accept the reduction to an almost perfect symmetry and triumph over all its dangers. It is fitting that Mozart, who perfected as he created the form of the classical concerto, should have made his last uses of it so personal.”

Hector Berlioz b. La Côte-St-André, Isère / December 11, 1803 d. Paris, France / March 8, 1869

Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14 The fascinating, extraordinary, and largely autobiographical work, Symphonie fantastique (fully titled, An Episode in the Life of an Artist – Grand Fantastic Symphony in Five Parts) by Hector Berlioz is a work of the highest order of musical craftsmanship, inspiration, and innovation. The piece blazed a trail for many other composers and works to follow, pioneering the concept of an idée fixe (a recurring melody or fragment of melody) that Wagner later perfected as the Leitmotiv, an idée fixe that represents the main subject of the work, the Irish actress Harriet Smithson – Berlioz’s unrequited love, and obsession. In this work, Berlioz blended real-life happenings with imagined events in a way that nobody had done before.

The work’s notes, by Berlioz himself, state: “A young musician of morbidly sensitive temperament and fiery imagination poisons himself with opium in a fit of lovesick despair. The dose of the narcotic, too weak to kill him, plunges him into a slumber accompanied by the strangest visions, during which his sensations, his emotions, his memories are transformed in his sick mind into musical thoughts and images. The loved one herself has become a melody to him, an idée fixe (fixed idea) as it were, that he encounters and hears everywhere.”

The first movement begins with the violins introducing the idée fixe, Harriet’s recurring

melody, after an ominous introduction. After his beloved’s melody is established, the remainder of the movement explores the artist’s (Berlioz, the subject, perhaps hero, of the work) volatile and fragile emotions, being rather, well, influenced by the opium (the piece is autobiographical, remember). The second movement’s graceful waltz is set at a lavish party, where our hero sees his beloved across the crowded room, but can’t reach her – she is soon lost amongst the dancers. Berlioz then imagines a country scene, where he has retired to deal with his clouded thoughts and doubts about Harriet. He wonderfully creates the most pastoral of atmospheres, complete with shepherds calling across the fields to each other (an oboe, usually placed off stage, in a dialogue with the English horn in call-and-response style, creates this charming effect). In the fourth movement, our hero runs out of luck, and is marched to a guillotine to be executed by beheading. The music in this March of the Supplicants contains some of the most famous melodies in the entire work, culminating in an appearance by Harriet, just before our hero’s head ends up in a basket. The reason? The murder of his beloved. The plot definitely thickens, as bitterness for the “unrequited” part of his love manifests itself harshly and violently, leading into a weird and twisted final movement that takes us to our hero’s funeral, in the midst of a witches’ Sabbath. Harriet’s theme appears again, but this time transformed into a diabolical, mocking tune (mocking our hero, perhaps?). A melange of creepiness ensues (perhaps inspired by the mighty poppy), complete with funeral bells, chilling musical effects, and finally, almost inevitably, we hear the powerful melody of Dies irae (Day of Wrath), from the traditional Latin Requiem mass, mingling with the frenzied dance, bringing the piece to a startling, but fitting, conclusion. Just to provide some closure for all of us here: in real life, Berlioz actually married Harriet a few years after the Symphonie fantastique was written, but the marriage did not end well. No beheadings or supernatural witches brews were involved, but in only seven or eight years, the marriage was failing and Berlioz had an affair, effectively bringing the marriage to an end. Berlioz continued to support Harriet financially until her death, fourteen years later, after which, he married the woman with whom he had the affair. ■

Program Notes © 2014 James Alexander

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Sheila Christie soprano

Dramatic soprano Sheila Christie most recently appeared with Vancouver Opera as a member of the Yulanda M. Faris Young Artist Program. While in the program, Sheila performed as the title character in Gustav Holst’s Savitri and covered four mainstage roles including, Tosca (Tosca), Lady Billows (Albert Herring), Donna Anna (Don Giovanni), and Elisabetta (Don Carlo).

Further credits include High Priestess in Aida and Giovanna in Rigoletto with Vancouver Opera, Hanna Glawari in The Merry Widow with Burnaby Lyric Opera, Marguerite in Faust with Usti nad Labem City Opera, soprano soloist in Fauré’s Requiem with the Lethbridge Symphony Orchestra, and soprano soloist in Beethoven’s 9th Symphony with the Vancouver Philharmonic Orchestra. Sheila has been a member of the Vancouver Opera Chorus and performed in Vancouver Opera’s community events to promote Madama Butterfly, Macbeth, and Aida.

Nicholas Phan tenor

American tenor Nicholas Phan's many engagements this season include his return to the Houston Grand Opera for Sweeney Todd and concerts with the Cleveland Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, Dallas Symphony,

National Symphony Orchestra, Cincinnati Symphony, Baltimore Symphony, Boston Baroque and the Vancouver Symphony. He also appears in recital at Carnegie Hall and in Istanbul. He has appeared with many of the leading orchestras in the North America and Europe, including the New York Philharmonic, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, St. Louis Symphony, BBC Symphony, English Chamber Orchestra, and the Lucerne Symphony. He has also toured Europe extensively with Il Complesso Barocco, and appeared with the Oregon Bach, Tanglewood, Ravinia, Marlboro, and Edinburgh festivals, at the BBC Proms. His growing discography includes his solo albums Still Falls the Rain and Winter Words (AVIE) and the Grammy®-nominated Pulcinella with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO Resound).

Russell Braun baritone

Renowned for his luminous voice and thoughtful character portrayals, baritone Russell Braun captivates audiences at major opera houses and festivals around the world.

This season features Russell’s role debut as Ford in Falstaff, as Don Giovanni, both with the COC, in Manon in New York, in the world première of Peter Eötvös' Senza Sangue with the New York Philharmonic, and Brahms’s German Requiem with the Charlotte Symphony.

His discography features the GRAMMY®-nominated Das Lied von der Erde (Dorian), JUNO® winners Mozart Arie e duetti (CBC) and Apollo e Daphne, JUNO® nominee Winterreise (CBC) and the recently released Dietch’s

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UBC University SingersUniversity Singers is the premier choral ensemble in the UBC School of Music. This 40-voice select ensemble performs the most advanced and exciting music written for chamber choir spanning the Renaissance to the modern day. The University Singers also performs major works with orchestra, including Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, Handel’s Messiah, and Brahms’ Requiem. The choir has won several awards, including the CBC National Choral Competition and the BBC International Choral Competition, and has toured through Europe and North America.

The choir is directed by Dr. Graeme Langager at the University of British Columbia.

UBC Choral UnionThe University of British Columbia’s Choral Union is UBC’s largest and most powerful choral ensemble. With nearly 200 singers, the Choral Union performs major works from the greatest composers of choral music spanning the past five centuries. In recent years Choral Union has performed Mozart’s Requiem, Dvorák’s Stabat Mater, and Orff’s Carmina Burana. The choir is comprised largely of non-music majors, and directed by Dr. Graeme Langager.

Ralph Vaughan Williams b. Down Ampney, England / October 12, 1872 d. London, England / August 26, 1958

Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis Thomas Tallis (c. 1505-1585) was one of Tudor England’s most celebrated musicians. In 1567, he contributed eight themes to the Archbishop of Canterbury’s hymn book, known as the Metrical Psalter. When Vaughan Williams helped edit a new version of the

English Hymnal in 1906, he restored to circulation the third of Tallis’ melodies from the earlier collection. Its beauty inspired him to compose a piece founded upon it. He conducted the premiere of the hauntingly beautiful Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, in Gloucester Cathedral, at the 1910 Three Choirs Festival. He scored it for three strings groups (solo quartet and two orchestras of different sizes). His wife Ursula wrote, “With the Norman grandeurs of Gloucester Cathedral in mind and the strange quality of the resonance of stone, the ‘echo’ idea of three different groups of instruments was well judged. It seemed that his early love for architecture and his historical knowledge were so deeply assimilated that they were translated and absorbed into the line of the music.”

Benjamin Britten (Lord Britten of Aldeburgh) b. Lowestoft, England / November 22, 1913 d. Aldeburgh, England / December 4, 1976

War Requiem, Op. 66 “I am not concerned with Poetry. My subject is War, and the pity of War. The Poetry is in the pity. Yet these elegies are to this generation in no sense consolatory. They may be to the next. All a poet can do today is warn. That is why the true Poets must be truthful.”

These are the words of Wilfred Owen, the most gifted English poet of the First World War era. They appear in part on the score of Britten’s War Requiem, in which he used Owen’s poems to plead the same causes that concerned him: peace and brotherhood. Owen died in action, aged twenty-five, one week before the Armistice.

The medieval cathedral in Coventry, England, had been heavily damaged by bombing during the Second World War. Britten agreed to compose a choral work for the arts festival celebrating its reconstruction. He decided it would involve the text of the Missa pro Defunctis, the traditional Latin Mass for the Dead. Since he wished to relate it specifically to the tragedy of war, he sought out other words to comment upon and intensify the

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Mass text. Wilfred Owen’s poems provided precisely what he needed.

The War Requiem calls for three separate performing groups: soprano solo, mixed chorus and full orchestra to perform the Mass texts; chamber orchestra, tenor and baritone solos, representing an English and a German soldier, respectively, for the Owen poems; and a boys’ chorus with organ, offering disembodied commentary on the proceedings.

"The music’s drama and pathos – expressed through sophisticated means, yet with stunning clarity – earned an overwhelmingly positive reception."

In a further gesture towards universality and postwar reconciliation, Britten conceived the music with three specific vocal soloists in mind: English tenor Peter Pears, German baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, and Russian soprano Galina Vishnevskaya. The premiere took place in Coventry Cathedral on May 30, 1962. The music’s drama and pathos – expressed through sophisticated means, yet with stunning clarity – earned an overwhelmingly positive reception.

The first section, Requiem aeternam (Eternal Rest), opens as a slow, anguished funeral procession. Britten quickly established the differences in tone that characterize the performing groups. The soprano, mixed chorus and boys, singing in Latin, operate on a formal level. The English language male soloists address listeners face-to-face, walking the ground and breathing the air of our own planet, in our own time.

The opening fanfares of the Dies irae (Day of Wrath) section grow more insistent and menacing, as the Day of Judgement is announced. The baritone soloist then offers a quieter but equally disturbing portrait of soldiers waiting to be called into battle. Soprano and semichorus ask for guidance, followed by a duet between tenor and baritone. With chilling, satiric heartiness,

they sing of the false bravado that soldiers of all nations have forced upon them by their superiors officers. The chorus performs an increasingly fervid apostrophe to Christ for salvation. This flows into the baritone’s condemnation of the gun, here symbolizing all weaponry – past, present and future. The Dies irae returns in all its fury.

Offertorium begins with the boys’ call for the deliverance of the faithful from the sufferings of hell. The chorus then sings a rhythmically buoyant introduction to Owen’s retelling of the biblical parable of Abraham and Isaac. Britten gave the story itself to baritone and tenor.

The first half of the Sanctus develops into a glorious paean to God. The second is a heartrending baritone solo stressing the cold finality of death. Britten offered a degree of consolation in Agnus Dei (Lamb of God), drawing strength from the spirit of self-sacrifice represented both by Christ and those who have died in war.

"Tenor and baritone are left in some timeless, distant location where earthly suffering no longer has meaning."

The final section, Libera me (Deliver Me), begins with a funeral march recalling the score’s opening pages. Britten built it to a catastrophic climax. Tenor and baritone are left in some timeless, distant location where earthly suffering no longer has meaning. Differences have no place here, only mutual understanding and tenderness. Theirs are words of compassion, addressed not only to each other but to all. The music concludes with all three groups performing together for the only time, offering a final benediction. Britten gave the closing words to the chorus, unaccompanied: “May they rest in peace. Amen.” ■Program Notes © 2014 Don Anderson

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The VSO is extremely grateful for the support it receives from Friends of the Vancouver Symphony. Thanks to the generous matching gift from Mrs. Irene McEwen this past season, we received numerous new gifts and are pleased to welcome many new friends to the symphony family.

Due to space limitations, donations of $100 and more are listed. Every single gift is sincerely appreciated and we thank all our Friends for the part you play in the VSO’s ongoing success.

BRAVO Gifts of $1,000 to $1,499Anako FoundationHorst & Hildegard AschenbroichAlan BallardLawrence Wm. BarbourJohn BeattyR.J. BrebnerBen & Beth CherniavskyDr. Philip B. ClementDolores de PaivaAlain & Nancy DuncanWilliam Ehrcke & Donna WelsteinMichael & Dana FreemanLianne Gulka & Carl HoytDr. Donald G. HedgesJohn HoogeLois HoranSharon JeroskiMr. & Mrs. Harold & Jenny LockeDoug & Teri LoughranDr. Alan & Helen MaberleyMrs. Pauline F. MainPaul & Pauline MartinMr. & Mrs. Kenneth G. McDonaldBarbara M. OlsonMs. Marion Pearson & Dr. James Orr*Mrs. Louise PronovostThe Reid Family Charitable Gift FundMr. & Mrs. Donald RiskHans J. RugerDr. Philip SestakMr. J. E. SmithJacqueline & Sankaran ViswanathanMary I. WhiteAnonymous (11)

SYMPHONY Gifts of $500 to $999Thomas & Catherine AdairK. Jane BakerDr. Vicki BernsteinJay Biskupski & Catherine ImrieJoost BlomM. BraunGifts In Memory of Gloria Breault

Ms. Margaret A. BullockJohn & Mary ButterfieldMrs. Ruth FreemanRob & Joan CarnePolly CarnsewAnna Yen May ChanGeoff & Catharine ChestertonNorma ClarkDr. Heather F. ClarkeMr. & Mrs. D.E. CoulingClaire & William CupplesMr. J. Kenneth DakinJulian & Dorothy DaviesMrs. Elisabeth de HalmyMrs. Gloria DoubledayMr. David DyerDale Collin EssarTerry & Wendy FidgeonBob & Dorothy FindlayM. E. FitchNancy & Jim ForbesMs. Gail A. FosbrookeMr. Grant GaymanAnne GrayDr. Laurel H. GrayV.V. GudaitisP.M. HansenMs. Lorna M HerbertsAkira & Hamako HoriiDon & Pat HudsonDaphne & Bryan JohnsonMrs. Barbara KaiserDr. Judith KallaJennifer KapplerLily KongG. KrainerDiana LamMrs. Nancy M. MacdonaldMrs. Aster OsenM.Z.I. McDougallMrs. Gerry McIntosh*Bob & Carol MitchellDr. Jean MooreMr. Cleveland MullingsMarv & Esther NeufeldMrs. Patricia NorthCornelia Hahn OberlanderMr. & Mrs. Martin O'ConnorRichard G. Orlaw

Ian & Barbara PatersonAnne PearsonLouise C. PetersMatt Phillips in Memory of MaryTheodore Powis FoundationPratt-Johnson FoundationColin & Diana PriceHilda Ching QuanRon & Judy RemickLarry & Darlene RhodesW.D. RobertsonPeter & Elfriede RohloffHarley Rothstein & Eleanor BoyleAlfred & Dorothee SchenkRita SchickAl & LeonaMrs. Velma SnellingNatalie & Norman SpeckmaierDr. Larry Stonesifer & Mr. Ronald AngressBeverley TambolineMary ThomasW.G. ThomsonMarilyn ThorsteinssonMr. Robert TulkBeverley UnsworthMrs. Shelagh Van KempenMrs. Betty Jane WalkerU. WallersteinerJames & Veronica WeinkamAlan & Susi WilsonMrs. Selma WingroveDona M. WolvertonAnonymous (23)

CONCERTO Gifts of $300 to $499David AbramowitzMargaret M. AdieTimothy AggMrs. Jill AlexanderJanet M. AllanMr. David J. AllenMr. & Mrs. Frank AnfieldMrs. Mary Lou AstoriaL & P BakerM. Jean BannermanBernard BartonMs. Brenda Benham

Ted BielbyDon BirdCatherine & Jay BlackMaria C. BojadzievM. A. BoltezarMrs. Sheila BrewRodney Briggs & Roberta PascoeNathan BrinePeter & Mary BrunoldJ + S ButtarDr. Peter CassJane ChambersMarie CheongDavid & Elaine ChinMrs. Gunnel DahlquistMs. Jane DavisAudrey R. DewanEvelyn DownsBelisha DuanMr. & Mrs. Ronald W. EdwardsNoreen M. FairweatherMadelyn & Ron FarrandH.D. FellerCharles & Lucille FlavelleDr. Kelly & Mrs. Diane GibneyMr. & Mrs. Leon GlassmanMs. Judith GleusteenStephanie & Raymond GreenwoodJoyce HarpellHenry G. Hawthorn & Jane DuranteMr. Terence & Mrs. Roberta HeenanMrs. Johanne HomerMarie HookMrs. Marjorie HoughamMr. Jan & Mrs. Anne JanmohamedHal & Linda KalmanMs. Marion KeithMs. Barbara KissurasLorna KlohnMargaret T. KorponayRobert & Marilyn KrellFred LeonardW. H. LongstaffBernie LyonDonna M. Macdonald

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Miss Lisa MadetojaJane A. MartinSheila McCallumMrs. Inge McGarryRay L. McNabbBruce McTavishPeter J. MercerMargaret E. MonckDon MorrisonRene Eugen MuchenbergerLiz & Jon NightingaleMrs. Beverley OldhamRaya OstrogolowSunny & Nini PalMaureen & Roy PatrickFrank & Wendy PattonB. PerowneTom Perry & Beth ChambersPatricia R. PhillipsJoyce RamsayEvelyn M. RileyS.R. RogersAnne Rowles & Afton CayfordMs. Masako RyanMr. John & Mrs. Marlene SchreinerLillian & Brent ScottAnnie SantiniRobert & Audrey ServicePat SexsmithAnne & David SeymourMr. David S. ShymkoDonia SimsAlastair & Sylvia SinclairMr. William StannixMs. Margaret M. StearnMr. & Mrs. Douglas M. SuttonMollie ThackerayMr. & Mrs. Peter ThalerEdward TopP.E. TracyMary Jane WalkerAnn WarrenderMr. & Mrs. Jack WassermannMr. Bill W. & Mrs. Beverley WeaverMs. Dorothy WenzelJohn & Nora WheelerValerie A. WhiteMs. Cherie WilliamsYuk Ming WongAnonymous (26)

OVERTURE Gifts of $100 to $299Mr. Frank AbbottFrank & Phyllis AbbottNita M. AdamsLinda G. AdsheadMr. & Mrs. Norman A. Alban*Mrs. Donna AldousLeslie Helene AlexanderHelen AlkoMr. Peter AllenMrs. Sue AnderliniMs. Audrey B. AndersonJohn M. AndersonTed & Jean AndrewStuart & Anne AppenheimerBill & Joy ArmerdingLois & Craig ArnoldJim AshcroftMs. Susan AthertonDana AudetMr. John AuerspergDon L. AxfordDouglas BaconJean BakerJane Banfield*Aline BannoMs. Helen BansalMr. Ronald BarberElizabeth BarlowCaryn BarlowSir James BarlowMichael & Geri BarnesIn Memory of Patricia, from GeorgeMs. Lorna BarrJohn & Sandra BarthDr. Misao M. BattsDr. Ron BeatonB. Lynn Beattie McArthurAlma & Ray BeckDr. & Mrs. William BeckelMaya BeggAlan & Elizabeth BellMs. Nancy BellFlorence BeytinKaren & Mark BichinJane A. BirdMs. Madelene BirdMs. Dianne BishopMilt BishopDavid & Georgia BlackMs. Maya BleilerDr. A. Blokmanis

Ms. Helen BloomMs. Janine BondMs. Linda BoronowskiMr. Roger & Mrs. Jean BoseHelen BoultbeeNorma BoutillierSusan Boutwood In Honour of Mrs. Beryl SaxonJoan & Ken Bowler In Memory of Vera CoombeCathleen BoyleDr. & Mrs. David G. BrabynMrs. Phyllis BraidwoodLarry & Hazel BreitkreutzMs. Marilyn BrickerDonald Brown*Ms. Gail BrownMrs. Jean L. BrownMrs. Ronny BrumecMarie-Luise BrunnhoferAlan & Rosemarie BruyneelJames BuckMarilyn BullockPeter Burch & Kathryn CholetteLloyd BurrittJeanne & Richard BusheyI. Ann ByczkoSusi & ThorChristopher CallaghanBeverly J. CampbellBrooke & Janet CampbellJoan CampbellMr. & Mrs. Odis L. CampbellMr. Richard D. CampbellRuth E. CampbellCarol S. CanfieldRalph & Gill CarderNorma CarruthersMr. Brian & Mrs. Katherine CasidyCharlens & Dhorea ChallmieDonna J. ChanTammy ChanJoAnne ChaseJoyce S. ChenEileen ChengGillian ChettyDenny & Kaman ChiangMr. Brian & Mrs. Adrienne ClarkAnne ClemensDavid & Judy CoblinStephen CochraneBill & Moira ColbourneHilde & Peter Colenbrander

Mr. & Mrs. Robert ConfreyThalia, Sophie & Amanda Conway & Their ParentsBrian & Faye CooperIsabel Anne CoplandK CordinerDavid & Janet CourageKathleen CowtanE. CrewesMr. & Mrs. John B. CrickDr. Dianne Cyr & Dr. Danny TryonMs. Patricia DaironMrs. Lucia DaleyMs. Denyse DallaireMs. A. DanserauDar Woon FamilyMrs. Micheline DarrochAnita Daude-LagraveJudy DaughneyMr. Serge DavidianGloria Davies*Sandra & Michael DaviesMs. Eve DayEva & Ralph De CosteMrs. Yvonne de Troye-LukasMr. Giuseppe Del VicarioSamuel DezellMr. & Mrs. Larry DiamondMs. Gwen DickMs. Rapit Dietrich & Mr. John ParkerP. & D. DochertyPeter Dodek & Hella LeeJulia DodwellMuriel K. DonMr. Colin DowsonPaul T. DraperMs. Helen P. DuffyMs. Marilyn A. DumoretDavid & Catherine DuncanXue Wu & Francis DuncanMs. Susan DuncanMrs. Pat DunnettMr. Leon DutfieldTatiana EastonJoan & Roger EastwoodDr. & Dr. Allen C. EavesBarbara EbeltDr. Mary Jane EdwardsMrs. Valerie EltonGeorge & Marilyn ElvidgeJoseph & Cecilia ErgasDuncan & Nora EtchesJim Evans

con t i nued . . .

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For more information about becoming a Friend of the Vancouver Symphony and the exclusive benefits associated with this program please contact Mary Butterfield at

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Friends of the Vancouver Symphony continued...

In Memory of Dr. Jim FarmerStephanie & Michael FarnsworthKeith Farquhar & Koji ItoE. M. FawcettRobert & Tina FawcettMrs. Shirley FeatherstoneMichael & Edith FennerHarry & Sandra Ferguson in Memory of Smyth HumphreysAgnes FesslerFlora B. FieldChristian FindlayDr. Sherold FishmanMs. Sheila FoleyJean FordMs. Marguerite FordMs. Denise FosterDr. & Mrs. Roger FoxallB. FoyleLinda & Alastair FraserRobert & Norma FredricksonMaurice FreerMrs. Pamela FriedrichW.G. & S.P. FriendShirley & Doug FromsonC. FungMiss Anne E. FunkMs. Susie FunkJean & Hubert GabrielseBarbara GangerGeorge GarrettDr. Ivan G. & Ms. Laurie GasoiMr. Kenneth C. GehrsPamela GeorgeMr. Richard L. GeorgeMs. Erica GilbertMr. Terence GilbraithMarion & Jack GillinghamMr. & Mrs. Norman C. GillisBarrie & Ann GillmoreMaryke & Paul GilmoreMarilyn & Derek GlazerMyer & Reita GoldbergMr. Kenneth & Mrs. Fay GoldenAnn-Shirley & Rob GoodellJune & Paddy GooderhamJohn & Julia GosdenUrsula GrafWin GrangerNancy GrantMr. Eric & Mrs. Christine GreenwoodMr. & Mrs. George GregrPaul GreismanB. GriffithsPam Grover & Christopher ClutcheyMs. V. J Gum

John A. GuminskiMr. John W. GunnDon & Patti GunningMrs. Gloria M. GuntnerNorma GuttormssonRobert HackneyMr. Robert HamillIan HamptonMs. Shannon HandfieldRichard Hankin & Heather Jones HankinPauline & Alan HannamJoanne Harada & Timothy LeeJames HarcottDr. Evelyn J. HardenMr. Don HarderGordon HardingDavid & Maria HarrisP. & M. HarrisonPat Harrold & Paul HartMrs. Constance M. HathertonDon HawesW.M. HayMitsuo & Emmie HayashiStephen HederHemy-Bain familyMrs. Lennice HemsworthNancy E. HendersonRobert & Vella HendersonP.K. & D.M. HennigCarol Herbert & Fred SwartzRev Cecil Herran-VenablesMs. Annie HessMr. Keith HesterAudrey HetheringtonMichiko Higgins-KatoMrs. Gloria J. High WoMr. Lyle HillabyJohn & Audrey HobbsPatricia M. HoebigMr. Carl HofbauerCarey Galen Cornelius HoffmanRalph & Helen HoffmanClive & Carol HollowayMrs. Elizabeth HoughMs. Georgia HowardC. HughesMr. Jason HusmilloA.F. HyndmanMs. Yuko Ikegami LeeZara JacksonPeter & Susan JakobsenWesley JayNataly JiMichael JinMs. Galina JitlinaMrs. Brenda JohnstonJudith Johnston

Mr. Paul Johnston & Ms. Marnie McGrathGwynneth C.D. JonesNatasha JonesShirley JonesLynn KaganMr. Frank & Mrs. Ildiko KarikaDr. & Mrs. Roy J. KarjalaDrs. Brian & Andrea KatzMichael F. KeenlysideRobert & Elizabeth KelloggMrs. Doreen KemickRobert & Raymonde KendrickLouise & Gary KenwoodMr. & Mrs. Rudy KerklaanMr. Malcolm & Mrs. Evelyn KerrErika Kertesz-GreenDurga KidaoMr. & Mrs. T. KikuchiMrs. Seonok KimMs. Sarah KingJoan E. KirkwoodMr. Peter KitchingDr. Terry & Carol KlineJoslin KobylkaMrs. D. KohlhaasGordon & Gail KonantzMrs. Girlie KooMrs. Penny KoopmanThais L. KornderStanford & Seda KorschMike & Jean KovichEdgar KriegerRobert & Marie KuhnMs. Ursula KummelDr. & Mrs. Robin KuritzkyMr. Matthew F. KurnickiMs. Vicki KyleMr. & Mrs. Alwin LacsonDan LaheyGina Lai / MPM MathHarold & Patricia LaimonJerry & Susan LampertBruce H. LangMrs. Gillian LangEdna LarsenWilliam G. LarsenTrevor LautensMrs. Kathy LauwersDr. Peter LavelleMr. Ian S. LawsonMr. Lawrence A. LeafMs. Shirley LeckerMs. Helene LeeJin & Bong LeeDr. R. J. Lee & Mrs. S. M. LeeMrs. Vivienne LenhartMrs. Erli LepikNeil & Karen Lerner

Mrs. Anna P. LesterJayne Le ViergeMrs. Susan LewisMrs. Ann LigertwoodMs. Wendy LintottSunya LloydMr. & Mrs. Gillen LoNatalie E. LoganDr. Susan LomaxDick LoomerMrs. Georgina Lopez & Mr. Salvador HuertaMs. Elizabeth LoweLinda LowryMs. Rena LyonDr. Donald & Ms. Carol LysterMrs. Jean R. LytwynMr. John W. MacDonaldJ. M. MacIntyreMrs. Kathleen D. MacKinlayMrs. Sally MacLachlanMargaret MacLeanDorothy MacLeodMr. Patrick MacNeilJohn & Sidney MaddenK.L. MadoreMichael & Nancy-Ann MagneeElaine J. MakortoffManthorpe Law OfficesMs. Diane ManuelMr. & Mrs. John & Debra MarcusMr. Emil MarekTimmie MarrMr. Hubert L. MartinTrevor & Shari MartinS. R. MasonAli Marie MathesonAnne MathisenMs. Kelly MatzenMargaret B. McCallumMargaret McCoyPat & Al McCradyMrs. Leona McDanielDoug McFeeStephanie McLeanMr. Leslie & Mrs. Iris McLellanRalph & Margaret McRaeKim MeadMrs. Beatrice MearsMr. Denison & Mrs. Elizabeth MearsMiddleton FamilyColin MilesDr. M. Martin & Mrs. Patricia MilewskiMr. Donald MillarAnton & MaryIrene MillerMr. Ernest V. Milne

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Ms. Fred MinerPamela & Angus MitchellHugh & Elonna MitchellLillian MitchellMs. Doreen M'LotRick & Laurie MolstadClaudia Morawetz & Kevin TateMrs. Miwako MoriMiss Magda M. MoriczBarbara MorrisMrs. Helen MorrisIan MorrisMs. Brenda G. MorrishMurray MorrisonNina MorrisonPaul MoritzCharmian MoulJack Mounce & Jean CockburnJeanette MracekM. MuckleMr. John M. MunroE & B MurdochRichard MurrayL. NakashimaCentenie NarusisMiss Sheila E. NasePhilip Neame & Eva ListerJulia NevilleDianne NicholsMr. Malcolm NicholsonMs. Jackie NicksMrs. Elizabeth H. NieboerDiane NobleJocelyn NoëlMr. Volmar & Ms. Sally NordmanLynne NorthfieldMs. Agnes NotteMr. & Mrs. Rex NuthallK.L. O'BrienLiisa O'HaraKofi & Theresa Ohene-AsanteIrene OlljumMr. & Mrs. Kevin O'MalleyGary & Cynthia OnstadNeil & Donna OrnsteinMr. & Mrs. Ron OugdenMrs. Thérèse OzanicDr. Chris PalmerJim & Diane PalmerNancy & Elliott PapMs. Wendy ParfittBarbara Park & John BulmerDonelda & Walter ParkerKeiko ParkerDr. Hawa PatelMs. Susan PedersenMs. Josephine PeglerMs. Betty-Jean PenmanArjuna Perera & Nadika NowakTremayne & Margaret PerryMr. Jaime Peschiera

J M PetersenMs. Lis PetersenDavid & Elaine PetersonMs. Patricia PhillipsMr. George PickRay PillmanMs. Sybil PlommerMr. & Mrs. PodutMyrna & Art PoissonJennifer PolciMarion PoliakoffJ.T. & E.A. PollardJohn & Linda PurcellSusan PreastRose Marie PrestonMr. William H. & Ms. Patricia PrestonTim & Pat QuanArthur & Wendy QuanM. A. QuinlanStella QuirkDex QuoterMs. Carolyn RailtonMr. Jim RandallMrs. A. RashedIsabel & Ken RauschMargaret RayIn Memory of Teresita RealinFrances & Ken RedmondEleanor ReemeyerMs. Esther M. ReimerMrs. Louise RempelMr. Henry H. & Mrs. Beverly RichardsBob & Helen RichardsWilliam & Oksana RichardsSharon RichesW. G. RiskTim Roark*Miss Stephanie J. RobbMrs. Joyce RobertsMrs. Joyce RobertsBill & Dorothy RobertsonMs. Linda RobesonMr. & Mrs. Howard M. RobinsonMr. Sean RoddickProf. John RoederPatricia K. RogersLon & Marilyn RosenDon RosenbloomMr. Arthur RossMarilyn & John RossJames & Jenny RussellMs. Winona RussellCharles G. Sale & Margaret CharltonL.S. SawatskyRichard & Jilian ScarthMiss Agnes SchapanskyPeter & Ursula SchmelcherLance Schmidt & Benoît Coutu

Mr. David SchreckGraham & Erica SeagelMs. Midori SeoMrs. Johanna SeragliaShirley SexsmithMs. Shirley M. SharfMs. Kerry Anne SheehanMr. Eli ShoshaniMr. James W. & Mrs. Sherry E. ShrimptonMr. Mark ShuparskiKaren ShusterDr. & Mrs. Cecil SigalAdrian SilgardoMichelle SimpsonBetty Sing*Mr. & Mrs. Gerhard SixtaDenis & Joyce SjerveMrs. Gertrude I. SjobladMyrna SkazelMs. Gioconda V. SkjoldalMs. Holly SlaneyD. Rodney SmelserBob & Doris SmitCarol SmithC.E. SmithErwen & Patricia SmithMs. Margaret O. SmithMr. Peter SmithKathleen SnowdenSusie Song & Chih-ho HongJohn SouthcottMs. Georgina SpiesPeter Steele*Mr. Daniel StewartPeter & Pat StigingsPenni StockM. Stone*Mr. Winston D. StothertMr. James W. StoutHilary & Michael BlakeD. StuartMs. Susan J. SumiK. SutcliffeWendy K. SuttonMrs. Elke SwantjeMrs. Xenia M. SyzZelie & Vincent TanTom & Margaret TaylorPhyllis M. TaylorMr. Howard & Mrs. Barbara TeasleySusan A. ThompsonAnona Thorne & Takao TanabeMrs. Deborah ThorneMs. Deirdre ThorntonDr. & Mrs. David L. TobiasChristine ToltonJennifer Toone & Derek ApplegarthAnn True

Cyril & Patsy TsouAngeles UdaMr. Miro Valastiak SrJill & Hans van der SlagtAngela Van LuvenMrs. Sheila VaneyAlex VolkoffRobin WaineC.E. WalkerChris & Wendy WalkerMs. Lois I. WalkerDr. & Mrs. J. V. WallViolet WallMrs. Cindy Wang & Mr. Wenchen ZhaoR&B WardDr. Linda WarrenSyoko WatanabeWendy & Orrin WebberMr. & Mrs. R.J. WebsterIn Memory of Don C. WeirJ. WellsMrs. Norma WellsRoy & Gwyneth WestwickVincent WheelerMrs. Morag WhitfieldMrs. Norma WielandMr. Robert WildsGordon L. WilkinsonMr. John WilsonTessa WilsonWilliam WilsonMs. Loma WingJonathan & Christine WisenthalMrs. Elizabeth WolakSamuel WongIsabella WooCarol WoodworthVictoria WrayMrs. Margaret WrightColin & Yumi YamagamiBock & Kay YipElizabeth YipE.M. YorkAnthony & Nancy YurkovichMrs. Hanna ZawadzkiMr. & Mrs. E. ZeidlerKaren & Allan ZellerLindsey ZikakisMr. Jack ZimmerBenedikt & Lisa Marie ZimmermannMrs. Erna ZinnAnonymous (240)Anonymous* (2) ■

*Generous Friends donors who have further demonstrated their support by making an additional gift to the VSO Endowment Fund.

Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of this list. In the unfortunate event of errors or omissions please accept our apologies and contact the Development Department at 604.684.9100 extension 234 so that we can make the necessary corrections to recognize your generosity. Thank you.

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Vancouver Symphony PartnersThe Vancouver Symphony Orchestra gratefully acknowledges the generosity of the following Government Agencies, Corporations and Foundations that have made a financial contribution through sponsorship or a charitable donation.

SERIES SPONSORS

CONCERT AND SPECIAL EVENT SPONSORS

IMPORTANT:For Usage below 1-1/2” wide

VANCOUVERSYMPHONY

VOLUNTEERS

MCGRANE-PEARSON ENDOWMENT FUND

VANCOUVER SYMPHONY

FOUNDATION

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For more information about the VSO Corporate Partners Programs and the exclusive benefits associated with this program please contact Ryan Butt, Manager of Corporate & Donor Relations at

604.684.9100 extension 260 or email ryanbutt@vancouversymphony.ca

$400,000+Vancouver Symphony Foundation Endowment Fund

$150,000+TELUS CorporationVancouver Sun

$100,000+Goldcorp Inc.

$70,000+ Mardon Group Insurance

$50,000+ City of Burnaby Parks, Recreation and Cultural ServicesCKNWCKWX News 1130Georgia StraightIndustrial Alliance Insurance and Financial Services Inc.QM-FMWesbild Holdings Ltd.

$40,000+Air CanadaBMO Financial Group London DrugsRBC Foundation

$30,000+Concord PacificPrimaCorp Ventures Inc.PwCVancouver Airport Authority

$20,000+Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLPBMO Capital Markets

Borden Ladner Gervais LLPThe Chan Endowment Fund of UBCCIBCDeloitte & Touche LLPErnst & Young LLPRoy G. and Naomi Harmon Johnston Family FoundationMcGrane-Pearson Endowment Fund Mercedes-Benz Vancouver Area Retail GroupOsler, Hoskin + Harcourt LLPPhillips, Hager & North Investment CounselPolygon Homes Ltd.Rogers Group FinancialSpectra EnergyTD Bank GroupUpright Décor Rentals and Events DesignVancouver Symphony VolunteersAnonymous (1)

$10,000+AvigilonCanadian Western BankCraftsman CollisionDeans Knight Capital Management Ltd.EncanaGreat-West Life, London Life and Canada LifeHolland America Line Inc.HSBC Bank CanadaKGHM International Ltd.KPMG LLPMontridge Financial GroupPacific SurgicalPark Royal Shopping Centre

ScotiabankSilver WheatonStikeman Elliott LLPSun Life Financial TeckTom Lee MusicWall Financial

$5,000+Anthem Properties Group Ltd.BCLCCassels BrockCenterplate at Vancouver Convention CentreGenus Capital ManagementGreyell Wealth ManagementGrosvenor AmericasHaywood Securities Inc.Image Group Inc.Innovation LightingKingswood Capital CorporationLedcor Properties Inc.Macdonald Development CorporationMarin Investments LimitedMcElhanney Consulting Services Ltd.Dr. Tom Moonen Inc.Michael O’Brian Family FoundationOdlum Brown LimitedPeter and Joanne Brown FoundationRBC Royal BankReliance PropertiesScotiaMcLeodStantecTD Wealth–Tim WymanTerus Construction Ltd.

XibitaAnonymous (1)

$2,500+British Consulate-General VancouverGeorgian Court HotelHawksworth RestaurantKian Show Services Ltd.LU BiscuitsMcCarthy Tétrault FoundationNesters Market YaletownRIU Hotels and Resorts JamaicaSOCAN FoundationTala FloristsWindsor Plywood Foundation

$1,000+ABC Recycling Ltd.API Asset Performance Inc.Best BuyBing Thom Architects FoundationCibo TrattoriaDomaine ChandonDunbar DentalEthical Bean CoffeeEnotecca Wineries & Resorts Inc.EY-In honour of Fred Withers' retirementFluor CanadaThe Hamber FoundationHealth Arts SocietyHUB InternationalLantic Inc.The Lazy GourmetLong & McQuade MusicNorburn Lighting & Bath CentreThe Simons FoundationWolrige Foundation

EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM SPONSORS AND PARTNERS

PREMIER EDUCATION PARTNER

MEDIA PARTNERS

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CONCERT COURTESIESFor your enjoyment, and the enjoyment of others, please remember concert etiquette. Talking, coughing, leaning over the balcony railings, unwrapping candies, and the wearing of strong perfume may disturb the performers as well as other audience members.

LATECOMERSUshers will escort latecomers into the auditorium at a suitable break in the performance chosen by the conductor. Patrons who leave the auditorium during the performance will not be re-admitted until a suitable break in the performance.

HEARING-ASSIST SYSTEMSHearing-impaired patrons may borrow complimentary Sennheiser Infrared Hearing System headsets, available at the coat-check in the Orpheum Theatre only, after leaving a driver’s licence or credit card.

CELL PHONES, PAGERS, DIGITAL WATCHESPlease turn off cell phones and ensure that digital watches do not sound during performances. Doctors and other professionals expecting calls are asked to please leave personal pagers, telephones and seat locations at the coat check.

CAMERAS, RECORDING EQUIPMENTCameras and audio/video recording equipment of any kind are strictly prohibited in all venues and must be left at the coat-check in the main lobby. Under no circumstances may photographs, video recordings or audio recordings be taken during a performance.

SMOKING AND SCENTSAll venues are non-smoking and scent-free environments.

PROGRAM, GUEST ARTISTS AND/OR PROGRAM ORDER ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

Jeff Alexander, President & Chief Executive Officer

Finance & Administration: Mary-Ann Moir, Vice-President, Finance & AdministrationAntonio Andreescu, Junior Database & Network Administrator Debra Marcus, Director, Information Technology & Human ResourcesAnn Surachatchaikul, AccountantRay Wang, Payroll Clerk & IT Assistant

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Stephanie Fung, Marketing ManagerAnna Gove, Editor & Publisher, Allegro MagazineKatherine Houang, Group Sales & Special Ticket ServicesKenneth Livingstone, Database ManagerCaroline Márkos, PR Associate & Assistant to the Music Director and President & CEOCameron Rowe, Director, Audience & Ticket ServicesLaura-Anne Scherer, Social Media

Customer Service Representatives: Jason Ho, Senior Customer Service RepresentativeAcacia Cresswell Jonah McGarva Anthony SoonPaycia Khamvongsa Stacey Menzies Jessica TungShawn Lau Kathy Siu Karl VenturaJadene McDonald Kim Smith

Development: Leanne Davis, Vice-President, Chief Development OfficerRyan Butt, Manager, Corporate & Donor Relations Mary Butterfield, Director, Individual & Legacy GivingDawn Nash, Development Officer, Special ProjectsAnn True, Development CoordinatorLauren Watson, Development AssistantDeanna Cheng, Special Projects Assistant

Artistic Operations & Education: Joanne Harada, Vice-President, Artistic Operations & EducationRheanna Buursma, Assistant Librarian and Artistic Operations AssistantDeAnne Eisch, Orchestra Personnel ManagerDavid Humphrey, Operations Manager Minella F. Lacson, Music LibrarianChristin Reardon MacLellan, Education & Community Programmes Manager Ken & Patricia Shields Chair

Pearl Schachter, Artistic Operations & Education Assistant

The Stage Crew of the Orpheum Theatre are members of Local 118 of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees.

The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra is a proud member of

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Ronald Laird Cliff, C.M., ChairMarnie CarterCharles Filewych

Board of Directors

Gordon R. Johnson, ChairFiona LinHein Poulus, Q.C.Patricia Shields

Executive Committee

Fred Withers, Chair Chief Development Officer (Ret.) Ernst & Young

Larry Berg, Vice Chair President & CEO (Ret.) Vancouver International Airport Authority

Etienne Bruson, Treasurer Partner, International Tax, Deloitte

Dave Cunningham, Secretary VP Government Relations, TELUS

Dr. Peter Chung, Member-at-Large Executive Chairman, PrimaCorp Ventures Inc.

Alan Pyatt, Member-at-Large Chairman, President and CEO (Ret.) Sandwell International Inc.

Chair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nancy WuSecretary. . . . . . . . . . . . Marlies Wagner Treasurer . . . . . . . . . . . . Gail FrankoMember. . . . . . . . . . . . . Paddy AikenMember. . . . . . . . . . . . . Azmina ManjiImmediate Past Chair. . . Sheila Foley

Scheduling Concerts (all venues) . . . Shirley BidewellGift Shop . . . . . . . . . . . . Barbara MorrisLotteries in Malls . . . . . . Gloria Davies

Reception Shifts. . . . . . . . .Gloria DaviesTea & Trumpets . . . . . . . . .Shirley Featherstone Marlene StrainSpecial Events Symphony of Style 2014 . .Paddy Aiken Holland America On-Board Luncheon 2014 .Marlies Wagner

Membership Volunteer Hours . . . . . . . .Sheila Foley

Joan Chambers Partner, Blakes

Philip KY Chan General Sales Manager, Mercedes-Benz Canada

Debra Finlay Partner, McCarthy Tetrault LLP

Michael L. Fish President, Pacific Surgical

Cathy Grant Senior Vice President, Marketing & Sales and Managing Broker Intracorp Realty LTD.

Lindsay Hall Executive Vice-President and CFO Goldcorp Inc.

Diane Hodgins Director, Century Group Lands Corporation

John Icke President and CEO Resinco Capital Partners

Gordon R. Johnson Partner, Borden Ladner Gervais

Judith Korbin Arbitrator

Sam Lee Managing Director, CIBC World Markets Global Mining Group

Julie Molnar Director, The Molnar Group

Hein Poulus, Q.C. Partner, Stikeman Elliot

Stanis Smith Senior Vice President, Buildings, Stantec

Musician Representatives Ashley Plaut Violin

Elizabeth Volpé Bligh Harp

Honorary Life PresidentRonald Laird Cliff, C.M.

Honorary Life Vice-Presidents Nezhat Khosrowshahi Gerald A.B. McGavin, C.M., O.B.C.Ronald N. Stern Arthur H. Willms

John IckeRichard Mew Gerald A.B. McGavin, C.M., O.B.C.

Hein Poulus, Q.C.Alan PyattArthur H. Willms

Manager, Gift Shop and Volunteer Resources Shirley Bidewell Tel 604.684.9100 ext 240 shirley@vancouversymphony.ca

Assistant Gift Shop ManagerRobert Rose

Marsha WaldenEric WattArthur H. Willms

Administration

Jeff Alexander President & CEO

Curtis Pendleton Executive Director

Louise Ironside Assistant Director

David Law Operations & Facilities Manager

Vancouver Symphony Society Board of Directors

Vancouver Symphony Foundation Board of Trustees

VSO School of Music Society

Vancouver Symphony Volunteer Council 2014/2015

Fred WithersTim Wyman

STEVEN REINEKE

UPCOMING CONCERTS Highlights of the next issue of allegro...

FULL CONCERT LISTINGS AND TICKETS AT vancouversymphony.caOR CALL 604.876.3434

VSO POPS:THE BEST OF LERNER & LOEWE!FRI & SAT, NOVEMBER 21 & 22, ORPHEUM THEATRESteven Reineke conductor Amy Wallis vocalist Ryan Silverman vocalist Jonathan Estabrooks vocalist UBC Opera Ensemble

Hark back to the classic days of theatre, with music by the great Lerner and Loewe. This remarkable musical duo created some of the best-loved music for theatre, including classics such as Camelot, My Fair Lady, Brigadoon, Paint Your Wagon, and Gigi.

LENINGRAD: AN EPIC SYMPHONY SAT & MON, NOV 29 & DEC 1, ORPHEUM THEATREJames Gaffigan conductor Philippe Quint violin*

BARBER Vanessa: IntermezzoMOZART Violin Concerto No. 4 in D Major*SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 7 in C Major, Leningrad

RYU GOTO PLAYS BRAHMS! SAT & MON, DECEMBER 6 & 8, ORPHEUM THEATRELahav Shani conductor Ryu Goto violin*

GLINKA Russlan and Ludmilla: OvertureBRAHMS Violin Concerto in D Major*TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5 in E minor

VIVALDI'S FOUR SEASONSFRI & SAT, DECEMBER 19 & 20, CHAN CENTRE, UBCDale Barltrop leader/violin

MOZART Divertimento in F MajorVASKS Cantabile for StringsHANDEL Concerto Grosso in F Major, Op. 6, No. 2VIVALDI The Four SeasonsSuperb VSO Concertmaster Dale Barltrop performs Vivaldi’s timeless classic, The Four Seasons. This special Holiday concert also features Baroque and Classical gems by Mozart and Handel, and the beautiful Vasks Cantabile for Strings.

RYU GOTO

PHILIPPE QUINT

VSO CONCERTMASTER DALE BARLTROP