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Welcometo our first concerts of the new year! We’re delighted that you have chosen to begin your year with us. We step forward into the first month of 2012 with great music — Beethoven’s Violin Concerto and Eroica Symphony, Britten’s Violin Concerto, Dvorak’s Cello Concerto, Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony — all led by our very own Robert Spano and Donald Runnicles. Add the superb Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus, the Morehouse and Spelman College glee clubs, and a host of internationally renowned soloists — cellist Yo-Yo Ma, mezzo-soprano Kelley O’Connor, soprano Nicole Cabell, violinist James Ehnes and pianist Dejan Lazic — and you have a month which brings our audiences some of the very best that the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra has to offer.
Often I’m asked how we create individual concerts and complete seasons. In many American orchestras, concert programs are created solely by the music director, in keeping with his or her artistic vision. In Atlanta, we have a long-standing tradition of bringing lots of voices to the table: Our Music Director Robert Spano plays a leading role, but we also hear from Donald Runnicles (Principal Guest Conductor), Norman Mackenzie (Director of Choruses), Evans Mirageas (Vice President, Artistic Planning) John Sparrow (Vice President, Orchestral Initiatives and General Manager), Charlie Wade (Vice President, Marketing and Symphony Pops), Sandy Smith (Vice President, Development), Mark Kent (Senior Director, Education and Community Engagement), Ken Meltzer (ASO Insider, Program Annotator), Russell Williamson (Orchestra Personnel Manager), Rebecca Beavers (Principal Librarian), Julie Fish (Orchestra Manager) and me. Lots of intelligent voices, lots of creative insights, lots of brilliant ideas. Our conversations are lengthy, always animated, sometimes contentious and always focused on one essential question:
What great music and which accomplished artists will inspire, excite, move — and attract — the people of Atlanta?
The needs and desires of our audiences always come first with us, as they should — and we’re open to your ideas. I invite you to share them with me: [email protected].
I look forward to a new year filled with memorable performances of great music by great artists, designed just for you, our audience. Thank you for supporting your Atlanta Symphony Orchestra!
Wishing you all the best,
StanleyE.Romanstein,Ph.D.President
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MeghanH.MagruderVice Chair
D.KirkJamiesonVice Chair
JoniWinston†Secretary
ClaytonF.JacksonTreasurer
JimAbrahamsonPinneyL.AllenJosephR.Bankoff*NeilH.BermanPaulBlackneyJanineBrownC.MerrellCalhounDonaldP.CarsonS.WrightCaughman,
M.D.AnnW.Cramer†CarlosdelRio,M.D.RichardA.DorfmanDavidEdmistonGaryP.FayardDr.RobertM.
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Music Director Robert Spano, currently in his 11th season as music director of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra,
is recognized internationally as one of the most imaginative conductors today. Since 2001, he has invigorated and expanded the Orchestra’s repertoire while elevating the ensemble to new levels of international prominence and acclaim.
Under Mr. Spano’s artistic leadership, the Orchestra and its audiences have together explored a creative mix of programming, including Theater of a Concert performances, which explore different formats, settings, and enhancements for the musical performance experience, such as the first concert-staged performances of John Adams’s Doctor Atomic in November 2008 and the production of Puccini’s Madama Butterfly in June 2011. The Atlanta School of Composers reflects
Mr. Spano’s commitment to nurturing and championing music through multi-year partnerships defining a new generation of
American composers, including Osvaldo Golijov, Jennifer Higdon, Christopher Theofanidis, Michael Gandolfi and Adam Schoenberg. Since the beginning of his tenure (to date), Mr. Spano and the Orchestra have performed more than 100 concerts containing contemporary works (composed since 1950).
Mr. Spano has a discography with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra of 19 recordings, six of which
have been honored with Grammy® awards. He has led the Orchestra’s performances at Carnegie Hall and
Lincoln Center, as well as the Ravinia, Ojai, and Savannah Music Festivals. Mr. Spano has led the New York and Los Angeles philharmonics, San Francisco, Boston, Cleveland, Chicago and Philadelphia symphony orchestras, as well as Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala, BBC Symphony and Amsterdam’s Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. In addition, he has conducted for Covent Garden, Welsh National Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Houston Grand Opera, and the 2005 and 2009 Seattle Opera Ring cycles. Mr. Spano was Musical America’s 2008 Conductor of the Year.
In March 2010, Mr. Spano began a three-year tenure as Emory University’s distinguished artist-in-residence, in which he leads intensive seminars, lectures, and presents programs on science, math, philosophy, literature and musicology.
In March 2011, Mr. Spano was announced as the incoming music director of the Aspen Music Festival. He was in residence in Aspen for the 2011 summer season as music director-designate and will assume the full role of music director in 2012.
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FIRST VIOLIN
David Coucheron ConcertmasterWilliam Pu Associate Concertmaster
The Charles McKenzie Taylor Chair*
Justin BrunsAssistant Concertmaster
Jun-Ching Lin Assistant Concertmaster
Carolyn Toll HancockJohn MeisnerAlice Anderson Oglesby
Lorentz OttzenChristopher PulgramCarol RamirezJuan RamirezOlga ShpitkoDenise Berginson SmithKenn WagnerLisa Wiedman Yancich
SECTION VIOLIN ‡
Judith CoxRaymond LeungSanford Salzinger
SECOND VIOLIN
David Arenz Principal The Atlanta Symphony Associates Chair*
Sou-Chun Su Associate Principal The Frances Cheney Boggs Chair*
Jay Christy Assistant PrincipalSharon BerensonDavid BraitbergNoriko Konno CliftDavid DillardEleanor KosekRuth Ann LittleThomas O’DonnellRonda RespessFrank Walton
VIOLA
Reid Harris Principal The Edus H. and Harriet H. Warren Chair*
Paul Murphy Associate Principal The Mary and Lawrence Gellerstedt Chair *
Catherine Lynn Assistant PrincipalWesley CollinsMarian KentYang-Yoon KimYiyin LiLachlan McBaneJessica OudinArdath Weck
CELLO
Christopher Rex Principal The Miriam and John Conant Chair*
Daniel Laufer Associate Principal The Livingston Foundation Chair*
Karen Freer Assistant PrincipalDona Vellek Assistant Principal Emeritus
Joel DallowJere FlintJennifer HumphreysLarry LeMasterBrad RitchiePaul Warner
BASS
Ralph Jones Principal The Marcia and John Donnell Chair *
Gloria Jones Associate PrincipalJane Little Assistant Principal Emeritus
Michael KenadyMichael KurthJoseph McFaddenDouglas SommerThomas Thoreson
Robert Spano Music Director The Robert Reid Topping Chair *
Donald RunniclesPrincipal Guest Conductor
The Neil and Sue Williams Chair *
Michael KrajewskiPrincipal Pops Conductor
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FLUTE
Christina Smith Principal The Jill Hertz Chair*Robert Cronin Associate PrincipalPaul BrittanCarl David Hall
PICCOLO
Carl David Hall
OBOE
Elizabeth Koch Principal The George M. and Corrie Hoyt Brown Chair *
Yvonne Powers Peterson
Associate PrincipalAnn Lillya †
CLARINET
Laura Ardan Principal The Robert Shaw Chair*
Ted Gurch Associate PrincipalWilliam RappaportAlcides Rodriguez
E-FLAT CLARINET
Ted Gurch
BASS CLARINET
Alcides Rodriguez
BASSOON
Carl Nitchie PrincipalElizabeth Burkhardt Associate PrincipalLaura NajarianJuan de Gomar
CONTRA-BASSOON
Juan de Gomar
HORN
Brice Andrus PrincipalSusan Welty Associate PrincipalThomas WitteRichard Deane Bruce Kenney
TRUMPET
Thomas HootenPrincipal The Madeline and Howell Adams Chair*
The Mabel Dorn Reeder Honorary Chair*
Karin Bliznik Associate PrincipalMichael TiscioneJoseph Walthall
TROMBONE
Colin Williams Principal Stephen Wilson Associate PrincipalNathan ZgoncGeorge Curran
BASS TROMBONE
George Curran
TUBA
Michael Moore Principal
TIMPANI
Mark Yancich Principal The Walter H. Bunzl Chair*
William Wilder Assistant Principal
PERCUSSION
Thomas Sherwood Principal The Julie and Arthur Montgomery Chair*
William Wilder Assistant Principal The William A. Schwartz Chair*
Charles Settle
HARP
Elisabeth RemyJohnson
Principal The Delta Air Lines Chair
KEYBOARD
The Hugh and Jessie Hodgson Memorial Chair*
Peter Marshall †Beverly Gilbert †Sharon Berenson
LIBRARY
Rebecca Beavers PrincipalNicole Jordan Assistant Principal Librarian
John WildermuthAssistant Librarian
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Jere Flint Staff Conductor; Music Director of the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra
The Zeist Foundation Chair*
Norman MackenzieDirector of Choruses The Frannie and Bill Graves Chair
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Timing is everything in music, and Donald Runnicles’s decision 12 years ago to become Principal Guest Conductor-designate of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and join Music Director-designate Robert Spano in a novel creative partnership has been serendipitous for all parties.
“I’m delighted and grateful to be part of what I consider to be a vital and groundbreaking collaboration,” Mr. Runnicles said at the time, and the creative partnership has certainly been a trailblazer, bringing dynamic programming and guests and today’s brightest young composers to Atlanta Symphony Hall and dramatically energizing the Orchestra’s presence in the community.
Throughout his tenure in Atlanta, the career trajectory of the acclaimed maestro has soared. Mr. Runnicles’s first Orchestra recording, Orff’s Carmina Burana, was released in 2003 and subsequent releases of Mozart’s Requiem, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, and a Brittania album were all well received. His visits with the Chorus to perform with the esteemed Berlin Philharmonic were acclaimed and led to the
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Chorus’s burgeoning global reputation as a major force in the operatic and symphonic arenas. Not to mention that his conducting appearances at Atlanta Symphony Hall have been increasingly popular with Orchestra patrons. Mr. Runnicles’s involvement with the Atlanta Symphony organization has been tremendous, and this year his relationship with Orchestra will extend even further, as he will lead a reading session with the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra for the first time at the end of the month.
Over the past few years, Mr. Runnicles’s focus has shifted abroad as the music director of the Deutsche Oper Berlin and chief conductor of his homeland pride and joy, the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
The move to Berlin, where he now resides, “constituted a huge shift in my personal life,” recalled Mr. Runnicles. “Yet I relish being at the helm of one of the most storied opera houses in the world, which annually performs all of the major German romantic operas — Wagner and Strauss, not to mention Mozart, Berlioz, Debussy and Janacek. The orchestra also gives
symphonic concerts and has a chamber music series. Life is busy and diverse!”
Yet his importance to the players and singers here is unquestioned and his two appearances during the 2011-12 season are indispensable: conducting the Beethoven “Eroica” Symphony No. 3 and Britten’s Violin Concerto, featuring the fine Canadian virtuoso James Ehnes, January 19-22; and with the Chorus, Mahler’s “Resurrection” Symphony No. 2, January 26/28.
Mr. Runnicles is especially looking forward to reuniting with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus, in his view “one of the finest in the world. There is a phenomenal discipline to their singing. To listen to their warm-up routine is still awe-inspiring!” Throughout his Atlanta tenure, his relationship with the Chorus has blossomed. In his 11 years as Principal Guest Conductor, Mr. Runnicles and the Chorus have annually performed in Atlanta, as well as with the Berlin Philharmonic on three separate occasions.
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Donald Runnicles leads the Orchestra Chorus and Berlin Philharmonic at the Berliner Philharmonie concert hall in 2004.
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Robert Spano, Music DirectorDonald Runnicles, Principal Guest Conductor
A King Celebration ConcertThursday, January 12 2012, at 8 p.m.
Robert Spano, Conductor Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Spelman College Glee Club, Dr. Kevin Johnson, Director Morehouse College Glee Club, Dr. David Morrow, Director The Honorable Mayor Kasim Reed, Narrator Yo-Yo Ma, Cello
LUDwIg VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Overture to Fidelio, Opus 72c (1814)
TRADITIONAL: Elijah Rock (arr. Moses Hogan) Spelman and Morehouse College Glee Clubs, Dr. Kevin Johnson, Conductor
JOHANNES BRAHMS (1833-1897) Movement IV, “How Lovely is Thy Dwelling Place,” from A German Requiem, Opus 45 (1868) Spelman and Morehouse College Glee Clubs
JOSEPH SCHwANTNER (b. 1943) New Morning for the World, for Narrator and Orchestra (1982) The Honorable Mayor Kasim Reed, Narrator
INTERMISSION
ANTONíN DVORáK (1841-1904) Concerto in B minor for Cello and Orchestra, Opus 104 (1895) I. Allegro II. Adagio ma non troppo III. Finale: Allegro moderato
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Overture to Fidelio, Opus 72c (1814)
LUDwIg VAN BEETHOVEN was baptized in Bonn, Germany, on December 17,1770, and died inVienna,Austria, on March 26, 1827. The first performance oftheOverture toFidelio tookplaceat theKärtnertor-Theater inViennaonMay26,1814.TheOverturetoFidelioisscoredfortwoflutes,twooboes,twoclarinets,twobassoons,fourhorns,twotrumpets,twotrombones,timpaniandstrings.Approximateperformancetimeissevenminutes.
Beethoven’s only opera, Fidelio, is based upon a work created during theFrenchRevolutionbylawyerandwriterJeanNicolasBouilly.Itwasastory
that greatly appealed to Beethoven, a staunch advocate of democratic ideals.Fidelio takes place in 18th-century Spain.The evil governor, Don Pizarro, hasimprisoned the nobleman, Don Florestan, for daring to speak out against thecorrupt regime. Florestan’s wife, Leonore, disguises herself as the young man,Fidelio, inorder toworkat the jailwhereherhusbandis imprisoned.LeonorerescuesFlorestan, just asPizarro is about tokill him.As a result ofLeonore’sheroism,Florestanandallthepoliticalprisonersarefreed.
ThecreationofFidelio(calledLeonore bythecomposer)washardlyaneasyprocess.Beethovencomposedatleastthreeversionsoftheopera,allthewhilefillinghissketchbookswithrevisionuponrevision.Towardtheendofhislife,Beethovenconfessedtohisfriend,AntonSchindler:“Ofallmychildren, (Fidelio) is theone thatcausedmetheworstbirth-pangs, theone thatbroughtmethemostsorrow,andforthatreason,itisthemostdeartome.”
The first version of Fidelio premiered on November 20, 1805. Beethoven discarded hisoriginaloverturebeforetheperformance.Thatwork,theLeonoreOvertureNo.I,wasnotdiscovereduntil after the composer’sdeath.Later, itwaspublishedasBeethoven’sOpus138. For thepremiere,Beethoven substituted theworknowreferred toas theLeonore OvertureNo.II,Opus72a.
For a subsequent revision of the opera that premiered on March 29, 1806, Beethovensupplied theLeonore OvertureNo. III,Opus72b.Beethovenworried that thisOverturewassoepicandpowerful,itmightoverwhelmtheremainderoftheopera.Andso,forthe1814revision,BeethovencomposedtheFidelioOverture,Opus72c,byfarthebriefestoftheLeonore curtain-raisers.
TheFidelioOverturebeginswithabrief,forteexclamationbytheorchestra(Allegro).Thehorns inaugurate thedolce response(Adagio).Arepetitionof thissequence launches theextended and mysterious slow introduction.The horn opens the principal Allegro witha themebasedupon theOverture’s initialmeasures.Ascurrying,ascendingviolin themeprovidescontrast.ThebriefdevelopmentfocusesuponthefirstAllegro theme.Thehorn
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leads the recapitulation of the principal themes that culminates in a repetition of theOverture’sopeningmeasures.AstirringPrestocoda,baseduponthefirstAllegro theme,bringstheFidelioOverturetoanemphaticclose.
Traditional: Elijah Rock (arr. Moses Hogan)
Elijahrock,shout,shout,ComingupLord,HallelujahJesus.Comeonsister,helpmetopray,tellmemyLorddonepassedthisway,Satanain’tnothingbutasnakeinthegrass,he’saconjurer,he’saliar.IfIcouldIsurelywouldstandontherockwhereMosesstood.
Movement IV, “How Lovely is Thy Dwelling Place,” from A German Requiem, Opus 45 (1868)
JOHANNES BRAHMSwasborninHamburg,Germany,onMay7,1833,anddiedinVienna,Austria,onApril3,1897.The firstperformanceofA German RequiemtookplaceattheBremenCathedral,inBremen,Germany,onApril10,1868,withthecomposerconducting.A German Requiem is scoredforsopranoandbaritonesolo,mixedchorus,piccolo, two flutes, twoclarinets, twobassoons, contrabassoon, fourhorns,twotrumpets,threetrombones,tuba,timpani,organandstrings.ApproximateperformancetimeofMovementIVissixminutes.
Johannes Brahms’s great work for soloists, chorus and orchestra, A German Requiem,didmuchtoestablishthecomposer’sreputationthroughoutEurope.
Brahmsacknowledgedthatthedeathofhismentor,RobertSchumann(1810-1856),wasamajorinspiration.WhileatworkonA German Requiem,Brahmssufferedanotherdevastatingblowwhen,inJanuaryof1865,hismother,Christiane,died.
A German RequiemreceiveditsofficialpremiereattheBremenCathedralonGoodFridayin1868.Brahmsconductedtheperformance,attendedbymorethan2000people,includingsuch music luminaries as Robert Schumann’s widow, Clara Wieck Schumann, JosephJoachimandMaxBruch.
Brahms entrusted advance musical preparation to Karl Martin Reinthaler, the BremenCathedral’s organist and music director. Reinthaler expressed concern that the German Requiem’s text — chosen by Brahms from the Old and New Testaments, as well asApocrypha—containednospecificmentionofChrist’sname:
The central point about which everything turns in the consciousnessoftheChristianisabsent.“IfChristisnotrisenthenisourfaithvain”,saysSt.Paul.Allthesameyousay(inthefinalmovement)“BlessedarethedeadwhichdieintheLordfrom henceforth,” whichcanonlymeansincetheaccomplishmentofChrist’sworkofredemption…
Brahmsresponded:
AsregardsthetitleIwillconfessIshouldgladlyhaveleftout“German”and substituted “Human.” Also that I knowingly and intentionallydispensedwithsuchpassagessuchasSt.John’sGospelCh.3verse16(“ForGodsolovedtheworld,thathegavehisonly-begottenSon,thatwhosoeverbelievedinhimshouldnotperish,buthaveeverlastinglife.”)On the other hand, I have no doubt included much because I am amusician,becauseIrequired it,becauseIcanneitherargueawaynorstrikeouta“henceforth”frommyvenerableextracts.
This concert featuresMovement IV fromA German Requiem, performed in anEnglishtranslation by Robert Shaw (1916-1999), Music Director of the Atlanta SymphonyOrchestrafrom1967-1988.
HowlovelyisThydwellingplace,OLordofHosts.Formysoul,itlongethandfainteth,yeafaintethforthecourtsoftheLord.Myheartandfleshcryoutforjoy,untothelivingGod.BlestaretheywhomakeThyhousetheirdwelling. TheypraiseThynameevermore,theypraiseTheeforevermore.(Psalms84:2,3,5)
New Morning for the World, for Narrator and Orchestra (1982)
JOSEPH SCHwANTNER wasborn inChicago, Illinois,onMarch22,1943. ThefirstperformanceofNew Morning for the WorldtookplaceattheEastmanSchoolofMusicinRochester,NewYork,onJanuary15,1983,withWillieStargell,narrator,andtheEastmanPhilharmonia,conductedbyDavidEffron.New Morning for the Worldisscoredfornarrator,twopiccolos,fourflutes,twooboes,Englishhorn,threeclarinets,bass clarinet, four horns, three trumpets, four trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion,harp,piano,celesteandstrings.Approximateperformancetimeistwenty-sevenminutes.
American composer Joseph Schwantner’s New Morning for the World wascommissionedbyAT&TforatourbytheEastmanPhilharmoniaanditsMusic
Director,DavidEffron.Atthetime,Mr.Schwantner,winnerofthe1979PulitzerPrize, was a member of the composition faculty at the University of Rochester’sEastmanSchoolofMusic.RobertFreeman,DirectoroftheEastmanSchool,suggestedtoSchwantnerthathecomposeaworkfornarratorandorchestra,featuringtheHallofFamePittsburghPiratesfirstbaseman,WillieStargell(1940-2001).
Mr. Schwantner decided to compose a work in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.,“amanofgreatdignityandcouragewhomIhadlongadmired.”JosephSchwantnerandWillieStargellcollaboratedontheselectionsofthenarrator’stext,takenfromspeechesbyDr.King.New Morning for the World received itspremiere inRochesteron January15,1983, theanniversaryofDr.King’sbirth(laterthatyear,hisbirthdaywasdeclaredanationalholiday).DavidEffronconductedtheEastmanPhilharmonia,andWillieStargellservedasnarrator.AperformancewiththesameartistssoonfollowedattheKennedyCenterinWashington,D.C.
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Mr. Schwantner’s New Morning for the World follows in the tradition of another greatAmericanworkfornarratorandorchestra,AaronCopland’sLincoln Portrait(1942)(inthefall of 2000,Willie Stargell, just months before his death, delivered an unforgettable andmovingrenditionoftheLincoln Portrait withthePittsburghSymphonyOrchestra).CoplandwrotehisLincoln PortraitduringWorldWarII,inresponsetoacommissionfromconductorAndréKostelanetz,whowantedtopresentamusical“portraitgalleryofgreatAmericans.”The Lincoln PortraitquotesvariousspeechesandwritingsbyAmerica’s16thPresident.
ButitisclearthatJosephSchwantner’sNew Morning for the New World,whileinfluencedbythe iconicLincoln Portrait, isverymuchan individualanduniquework.Copland’sLincoln Portrait isdividedintothreesections.Thefirsttwo,fororchestraalone,depict,accordingtoCopland,“Lincoln’spersonality...somethingofhisgentlenessandsimplicityofspirit…(and)thebackgroundofthecolorfultimesinwhichLincolnlived.”Inthethirdsection,thenarratortakescenterstage,declaimingnotonlyLincoln’swords,butalsotextprovidedbythecomposer.
InNew Morning for the World,thenarrator’stextistakenentirelyfromDr.King’sspeeches.Thepiecebeginswithanextendedorchestralintroduction.Butevenafterthenarratorenters,Mr.Schwantnercontinuestoprovideextendedorchestralpassages,reflectingKing’sinspiringlife and words.At the conclusion of a Lincoln Portrait, the final words of the GettysburgAddressyieldtoafff C-Majororchestraloutburst.InNew Morning for the World,Dr.King’s“IHaveaDream”speechisfollowedbymusicofhushedintensity,includingthehummingoftheorchestralmusicians,creatinganeffectdescribedbythecomposerasa“celestialchoir.”
Concerto in B minor for Cello and Orchestra, Opus 104 (1895)
ANTONíN DVORáK wasborninMühlhausen,Bohemia(nowNelahozeves,theCzechRepublic),onSeptember8,1841,anddiedinPragueonMay1,1904.ThefirstperformanceoftheCelloConcertotookplaceatQueen’sHallinLondononMarch19,1896,withLeoSternassoloistandthecomposerconductingtheLondonPhilharmonicSociety.Inadditiontothesolocello,theConcertoisscoredforpiccolo,twoflutes,twooboes,twoclarinets,twobassoons,threehorns,twotrumpets,twotrombones,basstrombone,tuba,timpani,triangleandstrings.Approximateperformancetimeisforty-twominutes.
From1892-1895,CzechcomposerAntonínDvorákservedasDirectoroftheNationalConservatoryofMusic inAmerica. JeannetteMeyerThurber, the
Conservatory’sfounder,hopedthatthenewinstitution,locatedinNewYorkCity,wouldfosterthedevelopmentofimportantAmericanconcertmusic.InMayof1893,theNationalConservatoryopeneditsdoorstoAfrican-Americanstudents.
Dvorák’sresponsibilitiesattheNationalConservatoryinvolvedteachingthreecompositionclasses and conducting semiweekly orchestral rehearsals. During his stay in America,Dvorák was also active as a composer. His most famous work from this period is theSymphonyNo.9,Opus95(“FromtheNewWorld”).OthercompositionsfromDvorák’s“American”period includeaStringQuartet,aStringQuintet,aSonatina forViolinandPiano,anOrchestralSuite,andthemagnificentCelloConcerto.
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DvorákstartedcompositionofhisCelloConcertoinNewYorkCityonNovember8,1894,completingtheworkonFebruary9,1895.Duringthecompositionofthesecond-movementAdagio,Dvoráklearnedofthegraveillnessofhissister-in-law,JosefinaKaunitzová.Asayoungman,DvorákhadbeeninlovewithJosefina.Eventhoughsherejectedhismarriageproposal, the tworemaineddear friends.Aswillbenoted in themusicalanalysisbelow,DvorákincludedaquotationofoneofJosefina’sfavoritesongsintheConcerto’sAdagio.JosefinadiedonMay27,1895.Followingthattragedy,Dvorákextensivelyrevisedthefinalmovement’scoda, includingyetanotherreferencetothesongquotedintheAdagio. HecompletedthefinalscoreonJune11,1895.
Since theConcerto’spremiere in1896, ithasbeenrecognizedasoneof thegloriesof therepertoireforcelloandorchestra.Afterreviewingthescore,oneofDvorák’sfriends—amanbythenameofJohannesBrahms—exclaimed:“Whyonearthdidn’tIknowonecouldwriteavioloncelloconcertolikethis?IfIhadonlyknown,Iwouldhavewrittenonelongago!”
Musical Analysis
I.Allegro — TheAllegro beginswith anorchestral expositionof theprincipal thematicmaterial.Thefirstthemeisimmediatelypresentedbytheclarinetsandthenrepeatedbytheviolins,violasandoboes.Finally,theorchestraoffersabold,grandiosoversionofthetheme.Amorepeacefulvariant,playedbytheclarinet,fluteandviolins,servesasthetransitiontothesecondprincipaltheme—aravishingmelody,introducedbythesolohorn(Dvorákconfessedtoafriendthathewasalwaysgreatlymovedwheneverheheardthistheme).Soon,thesoloistenterswithhispresentationof thecentral themes,beginningwithanemphatic—andfarmoreelaborate—versionoftheopeningmotif.Thedevelopment,presentingawidevarietyofmoods,focusesupontheinitialmotif.Therecapitulationbeginsnotwiththeopeningtheme,butwithagrandpronouncementofthehornmelody.Theconcludingpagesfeaturedazzlingpassageworkforthesoloistandamartialsettingoftheopeningmotif.
II.Adagio ma non troppo — TheConcerto’s slowmovement is inA—B—Aform. Theclarinet,supportedbytheoboesandbassoons,offersthecentralmelodyofthe“A”section.Thesoloistrepeatsthemelody, leadingtoanexquisitedialoguewiththewinds.The“B”sectionopenswitha savageoutburst.The soloist thenplays a molto espressivo melody, based upon Dvorák’ssong,“Leavemealone,”Opus82,No.1—afavoriteofhislamentedsister-in-law,JosefinaKaunitzová.Atrioofhornsinitiatesthevariedrepriseof“A,”whichprominently features the soloist.A final, descending passage by the soloist leads to theAdagio’s sereneconclusion.
III. Finale: Allegro moderato — Over the repeated tread of the cellos and basses, theorchestraforeshadowstheprincipalthemeoftherondoFinale. Thesoloistenterswithafullpresentationofthetheme—anenergetic,rusticmelody.Themelodyalternateswithaffectinglyrical interludes,oneincludinganunforgettablesoaringmelody, introducedbythecellist,andlaterplayedbyasoloviolin.Thetranquilcodafeaturesreminiscencesoftheopeningmovement’sprincipaltheme,aswellasJosefina’sbelovedsong,firstquotedintheAdagio. Suddenly,afinalcrescendoleadstothebrilliant,Allegro vivodashtothefinish.
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YO-YO MA, Cello
Y o-Yo Ma’s multi-faceted career is testamentto his continual search for new ways to
communicatewithaudiences,and tohispersonaldesire forartistic growth and renewal. Whether performing new orfamiliar works from the cello repertoire, coming togetherwithcolleaguesforchambermusicorexploringculturesandmusicalformsoutsidetheWesternclassicaltradition,Mr.Mastrivestofindconnectionsthatstimulatetheimagination.
Yo-Yo Ma maintains a balance between his engagements as soloist with orchestrasthroughout the world, his recital and chamber music activities, and his work with theSilk Road Project, for which he serves as artistic director. He draws inspiration from awidecircleofcollaborators,eachfueledbytheartists’interactions.Mr.Maisalsowidelyrecognizedforhisstrongcommitmenttoeducationalprogramsthatbringtheworldintotheclassroomandtheclassroomintotheworld.Whiletouring,hetakestimewheneverpossibleto conduct master classes as well as more informal programs for students — musiciansand non-musicians alike. He has also reached young audiences through appearances on“Arthur,”“MisterRogers’Neighborhood”and“SesameStreet.”
OneofMr.Ma’sgoals is theexplorationofmusicasameansofcommunicationandasavehicle for themigrationsof ideasacrossarangeofcultures throughouttheworld. In1998,he established the SilkRoadProject topromote the studyof the cultural, artisticandintellectualtraditionsalongtheancientSilkRoadtraderoutethatstretchedfromtheMediterraneanSeatothePacificOcean.SincetheProject’sinception,morethan60workshavebeencommissionedspecificallyfortheSilkRoadEnsemble,whichtoursannually.
Mr. Ma is an exclusive Sony Classical artist, and his discography of over 75 albums(includingmorethan15GrammyAwardwinners)reflectshiswide-ranging interests.Hehasmadeseveralsuccessfulrecordingsthatdefycategorization,amongthem“Hush”withBobbyMcFerrin,“AppalachiaWaltz” and“Appalachian Journey”withMarkO’Connorand Edgar Meyer, and three albums with the Silk Road Ensemble. Mr. Ma’s recentrecordingsincludeMendelssohnTrioswithEmanuelAxandItzhakPerlman,Songs of Joy & Peace,andhislatest,The Goat Rodeo Sessions,withEdgarMeyer,ChrisThileandStuartDuncan.Acrossthisfullrangeofreleases,Mr.Maremainsoneofthebest-sellingrecordingartistsintheclassicalfield.AllofhisrecentalbumshavequicklyenteredtheBillboardchartofclassicalbestsellers,remainingintheTop15forextendedperiods,oftenwithasmanyasfourtitlessimultaneouslyonthelist.
Yo-YoMawasbornin1955toChineseparentslivinginParis.HebegantostudythecellowithhisfatheratagefourandsooncamewithhisfamilytoNewYork,wherehespentmostofhisformativeyears.Later,hisprincipalteacherwasLeonardRoseatTheJuilliardSchool.Hesoughtoutatraditionalliberalartseducationtoexpanduponhisconservatorytraining,graduatingfromHarvardUniversityin1976.
Yo-Yo Ma
The Orchestra’s annual tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. reaches a milestone, underscoring his words through “the power of music
to express … something
larger than I am as
an individual”
“Music has the power to express the otherwise inexpressible,”
says Dr. Stanley E. Romanstein, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra president, discussing tonight’s 20th-anniversary performance of A King Celebration, the Orchestra’s tribute in words and music to Civil Rights champion Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. “It unites people and gives them common ground on which to stand. [Experiencing music] is unique to each person but shared with all. Which is what Dr. King’s legacy is all about — something larger than I am as an individual.”
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Music Director Robert Spano will conduct a compelling program that includes Elijah Rock (traditional), Beethoven’s Fidelio Overture, Brahms’s “How Lovely Is Thy Dwelling Place” (German Requiem, 4th movement), Joseph Schwantner’s New Morning for the World and the Dvoˇrák Cello Concerto in B minor, with Yo-Yo Ma.
Dr. David Morrow, professor of music at Morehouse College and director of the Morehouse Glee Club, has been a leader in planning and producing these concerts from the beginning. “We are very fortunate to have an ongoing relationship with the Atlanta Symphony,” he says. “We have sung every year in their Christmas concerts, since 1968. And when they did [George Gershwin’s] Porgy and Bess one year. And, of course, for the premiere of Scott Joplin’s Treemonisha with TJ Anderson’s orchestrations,” he says, hitting only a few of the high notes of the enduring collaboration. “Then the Orchestra wanted to have a tribute concert — and there was a desire to have a partnership with Morehouse — around the MLK holiday [which has been federally observed since 1986]. Spelman came along with us. And then NPR [National Public Radio] joined in. We did plan for it to be annual. The first one was at Atlanta Symphony Hall; most recently we’ve been at the King Chapel on the Morehouse campus.”
“An orchestra should provide music of the highest artistic quality possible to its community,” agrees Principal Flute Christina Smith, who has played in every King Celebration Concert. “Also, an orchestra should reach out to as many sectors of its community as possible, and be a part of the life of the community, both in times of celebration and times of tragedy.”
Going back to Dr. King’s assassination in April 1968, this Orchestra has responded to its community. The late Robert Shaw, then music director, changed the programming of a concert that week, following the tragedy, when grief overcame words, to include Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major (The “Eroica”) and Schubert’s Symphony No. 8 in B minor (“Unfinished”). Shaw’s instincts and sensitivity as a musician and humanitarian set the tone. No wonder that for Romanstein and others, “The King Celebration is part of our DNA. It is integral to who we are.”
King’s widow, Coretta Scott King, established the King Center in Atlanta, a living memorial dedicated to realizing King’s dream of a beloved community without poverty, discrimination, injustice or war. Barbara Harrison, director of external affairs for the center, says, “The intuitive and celebratory interpretations that have been presented by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra over the years have helped to strengthen our neighborhoods and continue to be greatly appreciated by the community. The King Center appreciates and values the its commitment to bring live music as a way to celebrate and honor one of Atlanta’s greatest and the world’s hero — Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. We thank the Orchestra for its continued dedication to bring quality programming to the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, while perpetuating his legacy.”
Audiences have heard New Morning for the World: “Daybreak of Freedom,” Joseph Schwantner’s popular tribute to Martin Luther King, more than once at these Celebration Concerts. “It’s a favorite,” says Morrow. Schwantner composed the work in 1984 for orchestra and narrator and has since set it also for chamber orchestra
and wind ensemble. He assembled the text from Dr. King’s writings, addresses and speeches that spanned a decade of his life. In composer’s notes Schwantner has remarked of the process: “I was excited by the opportunity to engage my work with the profound and deeply felt words of Dr. King, a man of great dignity and courage whom I had long admired. The words that I selected for the narration ... eloquently expressed by the thrust of his oratory, bear witness to the power and nobility of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s ideas, principles and beliefs. This work of celebration is humbly dedicated to his memory.”
Morrow mentions that Dr. King, at least for a short time, sang in the Morehouse Glee Club. “Long enough that we claim him,” he says. When the glee club took their centennial tour around the U.S. in 2011, they were scheduled to perform at the opening of the Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial on the National Mall in Washington D.C. The date, August 28, coincided with the 48th anniversary of King’s indelible “I Have a Dream” speech, delivered in front of the Lincoln Memorial
on the National Mall. It also, unfortunately, coincided with the arrival of Hurricane Irene. The official ceremony may have been postponed, but the glee club stood in the unwelcoming weather at the edge of the Tidal Basin in front of the 30-ft granite relief King likeness. “We sang our college hymn. The sculptor [Lei Yixin] was there and some Morehouse alumni who joined in.”
“We spread Dr. King’s legacy to thousands of people through our music,” concludes Christina Smith, “perhaps most importantly, the tradition of the broadcast of our performance. I have had many people in other cities over the years tell me how much our broadcast meant to them.” Atlanta’s WABE (FM) will air this year’s concert, including interviews with Yo-Yo Ma, Robert Spano and David Morrow. “Occasionally I will get a letter or e-mail from someone who has heard the broadcast. And they are so excited, relating to me how hearing something like Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms was phenomenal — African Americans singing in Yiddish!” says Morrow.
“And it is a wonderful way to get the King message out — through music.”
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support
Mrs. Thalia N. Carlos**Delta Air Lines
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Fulton County Arts Council
National Endowment for the Arts
UPS
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Madeline & Howell Adams, Jr.Mrs. Anne Cox Chambers
The Coca-Cola CompanyMrs. William A. Schwartz
$50,000+
$500,000+
$250,000+
$100,000+
$75,000+
$35,000+
$25,000+
*We are grateful to these donors for taking the extra time to acquire matching gifts from their employers. **Deceased.
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The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra gratefully acknowledges the generous gifts of individuals, corporations, foundations, government and other entities whose contributions help the Orchestra fulfill its mission to be a vigorous part of the cultural fabric of our community. The following list represents the cumulative total of philanthropy of $1,750 and above to the Orchestra’s fundraising campaigns, events and special initiatives from 2011.
(Please note that donor benefits are based solely on contributions to the annual fund.)
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$15,000+
$10,000+
$5,000+
Pinney L. Allen & Charles C. Miller III
The Antinori FoundationLisa & Joe BankoffMr. & Mrs. David EdmistonIn memory of Polly Ellis
by Admiral James O. Ellis, Jr.
Mr. Donald F. FoxCharles & Mary GindenD. Kirk Jamieson,
Verizon WirelessAnn A. & Ben F.
Johnson III*Sarah & Jim KennedySteve & Eydie Koonin
Carrie & Brian KurlanderMichael & Cindi LangDonna Lee
& Howard C. EhniMeghan & Clarke
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Romanstein
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Warren, Jr.
AnonymousAGCO Corporation,
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GroupThe Breman Foundation,
Inc.The John & Rosemary
Brown Family FoundationThe Walter & Frances
Bunzl Foundation
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EdmondsonRosi & Arnoldo FiedotinMr. & Mrs. Lawrence L.
Gellerstedt IIIMary D. GellerstedtGMT Capital CorporationNancy D. GouldJoe Guthridge
& David Ritter*
Jan & Tom HoughMr. Tad HutchesonRoya & Bahman IrvaniAnne Morgan & Jim KelleyMr. & Mrs. Donald
R. KeoughJames H. LandonMr. & Mrs. John M. LawThe Livingston
Foundation, Inc.Mike’s Hard LemonadeMorgens West FoundationPrimerica
Margaret & Bob ReiserBill & Rachel Schultz*Mr. John A. Sibley IIISiemens Industry, Inc.John SparrowCarol & Ramon Tome
Family Fund*Trapp FamilyTurner Foundation, Inc.Mark & Rebekah
WassermanNeal & Virginia WilliamsSuzanne Bunzl Wilner
The Aaron Copland Fund for Music, Inc.
Atlanta Federation of Musicians
Jeff & Ann Cramer*
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The Hellen Plummer Charitable Foundation, Inc.
Anonymous (2)John** & Helen Aderhold*Aadu & Kristi Allpere*Ms. Julie M. AltenbachThe ASCAP Foundation
Irving Caesar FundMrs. Suzanne Dansby
Bollman & Mr. Brooks Bollman
Bubba Brands, Inc.Dr. Robert L. & Lucinda
W. BunnenCharles Campbell & Ann
Grovenstein-Campbell
Mary Helen & Jim DaltonRichard A. & Lynne N. DorfmanChristopher & Sonnet
EdmondsDr. & Mrs. Carl D. FacklerDavid L. ForbesJames F. FraserThe Fraser-Parker
Foundation, Inc.Betty Sands FullerSally & Carl GableDick & Anne GoodsellThe Robert Hall Gunn, Jr.
Fund
The Jamieson FamilyPhilip I. KentGeorge H. LanierThe Sartain Lanier Family
Foundation, Inc.Pat & Nolan LeakeLinks Inc., Azalea City
ChapterBelinda & Gino MassafraLinda & John MatthewsJohn F. & Marilyn
M. McMullanPenelope & Raymond
McPhee*
Dr. & Mrs. Mark P. Pentecost, Jr.
Margaret H. PetersenHamilton & Mason Smith*Sandy & Paul SmithPeter James StellingMrs. C. Preston StephensTriska Drake & G.
Kimbrough Taylor, Jr.Charlie Wade &
M.J. ConboyRussell Williamson
& Shawn Pagliarini
$7,500+
$17,500+
Anonymous (2)The Arnold
Foundation, Inc. Kelley O. & Neil H.
BermanMr. & Mrs. Paul J.
Blackney
Janine Brown & Alex J. Simmons, Jr.
City of Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs
Gary & Nancy FayardMr. & Mrs. Paul
R. Garcia
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C. SprecherMr. Kenneth &
Dr. Carolyn Meltzer
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M. ThompsonPatrick & Susie
ViguerieCamille Yow
$3,500+AnonymousMr. & Mrs. Dennis ChorbaMr. James L. Davis
& Ms. Carol Comstock*Jere & Patsy Drummond
Ellen & Howard FeinsandFour Seasons Hotel AtlantaHerbert & Marian
Haley FoundationSteven & Caroline Harless
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E. HellriegelMr. & Mrs. Daniel
H. Hollums
JoAnn Hall HunsingerPaul & Rosthema KastinDr. & Mrs. James T. Laney*Mr. & Mrs. William C. Lester*Deborah & William Liss
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$2,250+
$1,750+
Anonymous (3)Mrs. Kay Adams*
& Mr. Ralph PaulkMr. & Mrs. Phillip
E. Alvelda*Paul & Marian AndersonJack & Helga BeamMs. Laura J. Bjorkholm
& Mr. John C. Reece IIRita & Herschel BloomEdith H. & James E. Bostic,
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& Dr. Carol T. BushThe Buss Family
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C. CarrRalph & Rita ConnellChip & Darlene ConradMr. & Mrs. Thomas
G. CousinsMr. Robert Cronin
& Ms. Christina SmithSally & Larry DavisDrs. Carlos del Rio
& Jeannette Guarner
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& Mr. Kenneth MolinelliBen & Lynda GreerDr. & Mrs. Alexander GrossPaul B., Paul H.,
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Mr. & Mrs. Daniel J. KingDr. & Mrs. Scott I. LampertDr. Fulton D. Lewis III & Mr.
Stephen Neal RhoneyMr. & Mrs. J. David LifseyMr. & Mrs. Paul A. Lutz*Mr. & Mrs. Frederick
C. MabryBarbara & Jim MacGinnitieThe Devereaux F.
& Dorothy McClatchey Foundation, Inc.
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& Mr. Jeffrey B. BradleyDr. & Mrs. R. Daniel NableMr. & Mrs. Robert OliveMs. Rebecca OppenheimerMr. & Mrs. Andreas PenningerSusan PerdewElise T. PhillipsMr. & Mrs. Rezin Pidgeon, Jr.Dr. & Mrs. W. Harrison
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& Mary BarrettCree & Frazer DurrettDr. Francine D. Dykes
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Ratcliffe
Ms. Susan Robinson & Ms. Mary Roemer
The Gary Rollins FoundationJohn T. RuffDr. & Mrs. Rein SaralAlida & Stuart SilvermanAlex & Betty Smith
Foundation, Inc.Johannah SmithMr. & Mrs. Gabriel SteagallKay & Alex SummersElvira TateMr. & Mrs. William
M. TippingDrs. Jonne & Paul WalterAlan & Marcia WattDrs. Julius & Nanette WengerMr. & Mrs. William White*Hubert H. Whitlow, Jr.Mrs. Frank L. Wilson, Jr.Charlie & Dorothy Yates
Family FundHerbert & Grace Zwerner
$3,500+ continued
Dr. & Mrs. James T. LowmanRuth & Paul MarstonMr. & Mrs. Harmon B.
Miller III
Walter W. MitchellLeslie & Skip PetterMr. & Mrs. Joel F. Reeves
S.A. RobinsonNancy & Henry ShufordIn memory of Willard ShullElliott Sopkin
Ms. Kimberly Tribble & Mr. Mark S. Lange
Burton TrimbleH. & T. Yamashita*
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Henry Sopkin CircleHonoring the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra’s first Music Director, the Henry Sopkin Circle recognizes our friends who have planned bequests and other gifts to benefit the Orchestra’s future. We remain grateful to all Henry Sopkin Circle members – past and present – for their generosity, trust, and vision.
Madeline & Howell E. Adams, Jr.
Mr.* & Mrs. John E. Aderhold
William & Marion AtkinsDr. & Mrs. William BauerNeil H. BermanFred & Bettye BettsMr.* & Mrs. Sol BlaineW. Moses BondRobert* & Sidney BoozerElinor A. BremanWilliam Breman*James C. Buggs, Sr.Mr. & Mrs. Richard
H. BurginHugh W. BurkeWilber W. CaldwellMr. & Mrs. C. Merrell CalhounCynthia & Donald CarsonMargie & Pierce ClineDr. & Mrs. Grady
Clinkscales, Jr.Dr. John W. CooledgeJohn R. DonnellCatherine Warren DukehartMs. Diane DurginKenneth P. DutterArnold & Sylvia EavesElizabeth Etoll
Rosi & Arnoldo FiedotinDr. Emile T. FisherA. D. Frazier, Jr.Betty & Drew* FullerCarl & Sally GableWilliam H. GaikMr.* & Mrs. L. L.
Gellerstedt, Jr.Ruth Gershon & Sandy CohnMicheline & Bob GersonMr. & Mrs. John T. GloverRobert Hall Gunn, Jr.Billie & Sig* GuthmanBetty G.* & Joseph F.* HaasJames & Virginia HaleMiss Alice Ann Hamilton*Dr. Charles H. Hamilton*John & Martha HeadMs. Jeannie HearnRichard E. HodgesMr. & Mrs. Charles K.
Holmes, Jr.Mr.* & Mrs. Fred A.
Hoyt, Jr.Dr. & Mrs. James
M. HundMary B. JamesCalvert JohnsonHerb & Hazel KarpAnne Morgan
& Jim KelleyBob Kinsey
James W. & Mary Ellen* Kitchell
Paul Kniepkamp, Jr.Miss Florence KopleffOuida Hayes LanierMr. & Mrs. William LesterLiz & Jay* LevineJane LittleMrs. J. Erskine Love, Jr.Nell Galt & Will D. MagruderK Maier John W. Markham, IIIDr. Michael S. McGarryMr. & Mrs. Richard McGinnisJohn & Clodagh MillerMr. & Mrs. Bertil
D. NordinRoger B. OrloffDr. Bernard
& Sandra PalayBill PerkinsMr. & Mrs. Rezin E.
Pidgeon, Jr.Janet M. PierceReverend Neal P. Ponder, Jr.William L. & Lucia
Fairlie PulgramThe Reiman FoundationVicki J. & Joe A. RiedelDr. Shirley E. RiversMr. & Mrs. Martin
H. Sauser
Mr. Paul S. Scharff & Ms. Polly G. Fraser
Edward G. Scruggs*Dr. & Mrs. George P. SessionsMr. & Mrs. H.
Hamilton SmithMrs. Lessie B. SmithgallElliott SopkinElizabeth Morgan SpiegelPeter James StellingBarbara Dunbar Stewart* C. Mack* & Mary
Rose TaylorJennings Thompson IVMargaret* & Randolph
ThrowerKenneth & Kathleen TiceSteven R. TunnellMary E. Van ValkenburghMr. & Mrs. John B.
White, Jr.Adair & Dick WhiteHubert H. Whitlow, Jr.Sue & Neil WilliamsMrs. Frank L. Wilson, Jr.Joni WinstonGeorge & Camille WrightMr.* & Mrs. Charles
R. YatesAnonymous (12)
*Deceased
Patron Partnership Thomas J. Jung, Chair
The Patron Partnership of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra is the society of donors who have given $1,750 or more and comprise a vital extension of the Orchestra family through their institutional leadership and financial support.
Appassionato Meghan Magruder, Appassionato Chair
The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra is privileged to receive annual contributions from individuals throughout the Southeast. Appassionato was inaugurated in 2000 and welcomes annual givers of $10,000 and above. Appassionato members provide the Symphony with a continuous and strong financial base in support of our ambitionous aritistic and education initiatives.
additional supportBlonder Family Foundation William McDaniel Charitable
FoundationWilliam Randolph Hearst
Endowed Fund
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Classical Series Title SponsorClassic Chastain Title Sponsor
Family and SuperPOPS Presenting Sponsor
RICHARD ANDERSONChief Executive Officer
Holiday Title Sponsor
MUHTAR KENTChairman of the Board
and Chief Executive Officer
DARRYL HARMONSoutheast Regional President
Atlanta School of Composers Presenting Sponsor
PHILIP I. KENTChairman and
Chief Executive Officer
Supporter of the AtlantaSymphony Orchestra Chorus
JERRY KARRSenior Managing Director
This program is supported in part by the Georgia Council for the Arts (GCA) through the appropriations of the Georgia General Assembly. GCA also receives support from its partner agency, the National Endowment for the Arts
Major funding for this organization is provided by the Fulton County Board of Commissioners under the guidance of the Fulton County Arts Council.
Major support is provided by the City of Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs.
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra programs are supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.
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2011-2012 boardBelinda Massafra
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BRAVO! CRUISIN’ CASINO NIGHT. Members of Bravo!, the young professional volunteer group of the Orchestra, tried their luck at casino game tables while enjoying the smooth sounds of Yacht Rock DJ. From left to right, Ashley Jones, Andy Nickerson, Joe Fischer, and Jonathon Javetz. For more information on Bravo! and other events like these please contact Volunteer Project Manager, Sarah Levin at 404-733-4921
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“We really enjoy working with Donald,” said Nick Jones, a longtime member of the Chorus and the Orchestra’s former Program Annotator. “[His] fluid conducting style, his songful interpretations, his idiosyncratic left-handed baton … we love
his piercing Scottish gaze and his lilting brogue. We accompanied him to Germany three times, allowing us to build a terrific relationship with the Berlin Philharmonic. And of course, we joyfully anticipate each time he works with us in Atlanta.”
Reminiscing about the Chorus’s performance of the Berlioz Requiem with the Berlin players in 2008, Mr. Runnicles said, “When the Chorus began to sing without accompaniment, the orchestra all turned around. The collective look on their faces was one of the most moving things I have ever seen.” Most recently, Mr. Runnicles and the Chorus performed Brahms’s A German Requiem with the German orchestra in 2009.
And the creative partnership? “It’s hard to believe 10 years of collaborating with
Robert and this Orchestra have gone by so quickly,” Mr. Runnicles said. “It’s been a unique, joyous, utterly inspiring synergy that Robert and I have enjoyed, and I’ve loved and treasured the partnership. The challenges and achievements over the years have been considerable. What a joy and privilege to belong to the Atlanta family.”
For more than a decade, Mr. Spano and Mr. Runnicles have helped shape musical perspective and programming within the Atlanta Symphony and throughout the country. Under their leadership, the Orchestra has been acknowledged as a hub of creativity through performances, presentations, and learning forums, all inspired by the work of this dynamic artistic team.
“The excitement and fulfillment of working with Robert and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra deepens for me each year,” explained Mr. Runnicles.
And the feeling is mutual. Of the creative partnership, Mr. Spano said, “To have been able to have this journey here with Donald has been one of the joys of my life. We have a wonderful professional friendship and I’m very blessed.”
“With Robert and with Donald, it’s sometimes easy to forget — until we read about them in the New York Times or some other place — that these are two international superstars who are completely at home here in Atlanta,” said Atlanta Symphony Orchestra President Stanley E. Romanstein. “We’re incredibly fortunate to have him.”
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Meet Monica Caldwell, a sophomore at Shiloh High School. The 15-year-old violist is in her third year as a member of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra’s Talent Development Program and her second season with the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra. Monica attributes her success as a musician to what she has gained through these student musician training programs.
when did you start playing the viola? When I was in sixth grade, I joined my school orchestra and I had no idea what a viola was — or that it even existed! I actually had my mind set on playing the bass, but after trying it I decided I wanted to play the cello instead. I thought I had finally made up my
mind, but as soon as the orchestra teacher played a few notes on the viola, I was intrigued and quickly changed my decision. It was love at first sight!
what made you decide to become involved with the Orchestra’s student musician training programs? In my seventh grade year, I was improving on my instrument much faster than my peers. I would spend hours practicing and the extra time I dedicated to my viola became evident very quickly through the
improved quality of my playing. At that point, my music teacher recommended me for the Talent Development Program (TDP). I was really excited about the opportunity, but I had no idea how significantly it would impact my life and what kind of musician I was yet to become.
So, how has it impacted you? My whole perception of playing the viola is completely different than when I began in my small sixth-grade orchestra. After being accepted into the TDP program, I began studying privately with Atlanta Symphony violist Lachlan McBane. He has encouraged me to always be very thoughtful about what I’m playing. Nothing about playing an instrument is careless, and everything in music has meaning. I started incorporating that concept into my music, and my playing has never been the same since.
I’ve also been incredibly fortunate to have a wonderful mentor, harpist Angelic Hairston, who graduated from the Talent Development Program last spring. As an older member of the program, Angelica was one of the first students to reach out to me, and I was incredibly inspired by how much she had already accomplished at such a young age. I hope to accomplish just as much as she did in her five years in TDP! She’s now studying music in Canada, but I still make time to keep in touch with her. Even though she’s far away, she still encourages me to take my music to the next level.
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Do you hope to mentor younger students? Yes! I aspire to be a performer, but I also hope to inspire someone the way I was first inspired to play the viola and pursue a career in music.
One of the “perks” of being a member of the TDP is the opportunity to study at prestigious summer music festivals. what have your experiences been like? During the past two summers, I have attended Interlochen Arts Academy and Credo Chamber Music Camp at Oberlin Conservatory. My quick musical progress simply would not have been possible without these summer programs. I had the opportunity to study with two of the best viola teachers in the world — David Holland and Peter Slowik — and they truly shaped my technique and helped me develop my mature sound. Sometimes I would get a little homesick, but I knew that being away from home, and away from so many distractions, was the best way for me to focus on my musical development.
And you’re also a member of the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra? Yep! Last year was my first season with the Youth Orchestra. It was a great experience and really pushed me musically and mentally because the music was so challenging! I remember sightreading through a piece of music at the first rehearsal and not being able to play any of it, and I realized that I
had a lot of work to do to keep up with such an amazing group of students!
what do you like most about the Youth Orchestra? Viola sectionals are always the highlight of rehearsal for me. It’s always interesting having a room full of 14 violists! Our coach is Cathy Lynn, an Atlanta Symphony violist, and she always gives us “hot viola tips.” Her guidance helps us work through the hardest sections of the repertoire so we can be at our very best when we perform on the Atlanta Symphony Hall stage!
Additionally, I truly appreciate being able to play in a full orchestra on a regular basis — it’s an opportunity that I don’t have with my school music program. I also benefit from being around my Youth Orchestra colleagues because we share a love of music and a similar motivation and drive.
If your life could turn out just the way you wanted, what would you be doing in 10 or 15 years?I would love to have graduated from a prestigious music school and be a professional musician with a nationally-recognized orchestra. I haven’t really thought about the specifics because I still have three years to figure everything out! But this is what I do know: My life without music would be a life without passion, and I can’t ever imagine not having music, or the viola, in my life. I’m incredibly grateful to the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra for making my career as a violist possible!
Edited and condensed by Kimberly Nogi.
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