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Ward Stare, Music DirectorJeff tyzik, Principal Pops ConductorMichael ButterMan, Principal Conductor for Education and Community EngagementThe Louise and Henry Epstein Family Chair

chriStopher SeaMan, Conductor Laureate The Christopher Seaman Chair, Supported by Barbara and Patrick Fulford and The Conductor Laureate Society

4 Welcome from the President & CEO

8 RPO Board of Directors

9 Bravo to Our Sponsors

36 Bravo to Our Generous Supporters

44 Rochester Philharmonic Youth Orchestra

45 Bravo to Our Volunteers/ Philharmonic League

11 Mozart and Prokofiev October 23 and 25

17 The Phantom of the Opera Silent Film October 31 and November 1

19 Portraits of Film Music November 2

21 Brahms and Rachmaninoff November 6 and 8

27 Van Cliburn Gold and Mozart’s “Jupiter” November 13 and 15

33 Beyond the Score®: Scheherazade November 22

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oct 23–Nov 22

Dear Friends,

All of us in the RPO family deeply mourn the passing on September 21st of our dear friend Jay Friedman, an Honorary Board Member, longtime supporter and enthusiastic fan of his beloved orchestra.

For more than 15 years, Jay Friedman served the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra through appointments on the Board of Directors, Honorary Board of Directors, Executive Committee, and Finance Committee. He also was actively involved as an outspoken advocate for the future of the RPO as a leader of the Citizens for a Quality Philharmonic, and he was influential in the addition of two musicians to regularly serve on the RPO Board of Directors. A respected trial attorney, he was active in the Rochester legal community for 52 years, serving many leadership roles including Vice President and Trustee of the Monroe County Bar Association.

Jay’s appreciation for the RPO shone through in many ways. An avid concertgoer, Jay held season tickets to every RPO concert in every series offered since graduating from Cornell Law School. His love for the RPO began at an early age, when he attended concerts with his parents, and Jay often claimed to have attended more RPO concerts than anyone else in the community.

The passing of this passionate and devoted supporter is a deep loss for the RPO, and we extend our deepest sympathies to his wife, Betsy, and their extended family.

In October, our Philharmonics Series continues with Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 5 and Mozart’s Bassoon Concerto, featuring Principal Bassoonist Matthew McDonald’s first solo performance with the RPO (Oct. 23 & 24). On November 6 and 8, pianist Douglas Humpherys joins us for Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 1, with guest conductor Christoph König. The following week, Van Cliburn gold medalist Vadym Kholodenko performs Prokofiev’s scintillating Second Piano Concerto under the baton of guest conductor José Luis Gomez. (Nov. 13 & 15).

Just in time for Halloween, the RPO presents a special screening of The Phantom of the Opera, the original 1925 silent film set in a haunted opera house (Oct. 31 and Nov. 1). For more music in film, our second Sunday matinee honors such classic film scores as E.T. and the 1927 sci-fi classic Metropolis (Nov. 2).

Multimedia projects continue as we kick off a season of exciting specials with Video Games Live (Nov. 21) and a thrilling presentation of Rimsky-Korsakov’s exotic Scheherazade from the Chicago Symphony’s acclaimed Beyond the Score® series (Nov. 22). These back-to-back projects remind us how grateful we are to the Davenport Hatch Foundation for recent grants enabling us to bring state-of-the-art digital technology to the concert hall.

Enjoy the concert – and please stay in touch and tell us what you think!

Charles H.Owens, President & [email protected]

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second ViolinThomas Rodgers, Principal Daryl Perlo, Assistant PrincipalPatricia SunwooJohn SullivanLara SipolsNancy HuntBoris ZapesochnyLiana Koteva KirvanAinur ZabenovaJulie GrayKarine StoneHee Sagong

ViolaMelissa Matson, PrincipalOlivia Chew, Assistant PrincipalMarc AndersonElizabeth SekaOlita PoveroLisa Steltenpohl*David HultSamantha RodriguezChristiana Reader

celloLars Kirvan, Principal The Clara and Edwin Strasenburgh Chair Funded in perpetuityKathleen Murphy Kemp, Assistant PrincipalChristopher HaritatosMary Ann WukovitzBen KrugAndrew BarnhartIngrid BockMelissa Burton AndersonAlexa Ciceretti ~Weiting Sun ~

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PiccoloJoanna BassettJan Angus+

oBoeErik Behr, Principal The Dr. Jacques M. Lipson Chair Funded in perpetuityAnna SteltenpohlGeoffrey Sanford

enGlisH HornAnna Steltenpohl

clarinetKenneth Grant,+ Principal The Robert J. Strasenburgh Chair Funded in perpetuityWilliam AmselAndrew BrownAlice Meyer

e-Flat clarinetWilliam Amsel

Bass clarinetAndrew Brown

saXoPHoneRamon Ricker+

BassoonMatthew McDonald, Principal The Ron and Donna Fielding Chair Funded in perpetuityCharles BaileyMartha Sholl

contra-BassoonCharles Bailey

HornW. Peter Kurau,+ Principal The Cricket and Frank Luellen Chair Funded in perpetuityByron Johns, Assistant PrincipalJennifer BurchDavid AngusStephen Laifer

trUMPetDouglas Prosser,+ Principal The Elaine P. Wilson ChairWesley NanceHerbert SmithPaul Shewan

troMBoneMark Kellogg,+ Principal The Austin E. Hildebrandt Chair Funded in perpetuityLisa AlbrechtJeffrey Gray

tUBaW. Craig Sutherland, Principal

tiMPaniCharles Ross, Principal The Harold and Joan Feinbloom Chair Funded in perpetuityJim Tiller, Assistant Principal

PercUssionJim Tiller, PrincipalBrian StotzJohn McNeillRobert PattersonJillian Pritchard Fiandach

HarPGrace Wong, Principal The Eileen Malone Chair, A Tribute by Mr. and Mrs. Harcourt M. Sylvester Funded in perpetuityBarbara Dechario

KeYBoardJoseph Werner, Principal The Lois P. Lines Chair Funded in perpetuityCary Ratcliff

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Ward StareMusic DirectorWard Stare has been described as a “rising star in the conducting firmament” by the Chicago Tribune. His current season includes debuts with orchestras around the world, including performances with the Baltimore, Sydney, Pittsburgh and New World symphonies, as well as the Calgary Philharmonic. In November, he will return to the Lyric Opera of Chicago to lead performances of Porgy and Bess.

Stare’s frequent collaboration with the Lyric Opera of Chicago began with his debut in 2012 conducting performances of Hansel and Gretel, and he returned in 2013 to lead Die Fledermaus. He led the Lyric Opera of Chicago Orchestra and Chorus in 2013 for his Millennium Park debut at LOC’s annual “Stars of Lyric Opera” concert. Following his debut with the Opera Theater of St. Louis in 2013 conducting Il Tabarro and Pagliacci, Stare returned to OTSL the next season for performances of Dialogues of the Carmelites. He made his debut with the Washington National Opera conducting Donizetti’s comic opera L’elisir d’amore in 2014.

Stare served as the Resident Conductor of the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra from 2008 to 2012. In 2009, he made his Carnegie Hall debut with the orchestra, stepping in at the last minute to lead H.K. Gruber’s Frankenstein!! The 2013-14 season saw his return to the Atlanta and Detroit symphony orchestras, as well as his debuts with the Syracuse Symphoria, the Jacksonville Symphony, and the Naples Philharmonic. Other recent engagements include the Houston, Québec, and Dallas symphonies, as well as numerous engagements with the Saint Louis Symphony. wardstare.com

Michael ButterMan Principal Conductor for Education and Community Engagement The Louise and Henry Epstein Family Chair

Michael Butterman is making his mark as a model for today’s conductors and is recognized for his commitment to creative artistry, innovative programming, and to audience and community engagement.

Now in his 15th season as the RPO’s Principal Conductor for Education and Community Engagement—the first position of its kind in the United States—Butterman is also currently in his ninth season as music director for both the Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra and the Shreveport Symphony Orchestra, and is the new Music Director of the Pennsylvania Philharmonic, celebrating its inaugural season in 2014-2015. He is also the Resident Conductor of the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra, a post he has held since 2009.

He made his debut with the renowned Cleveland Orchestra in 2012, and was immediately reengaged for two concerts the following season. Other recent engagements include appearances with the symphonies of Detroit, Houston, Colorado, Oregon, Phoenix, Kansas City, Charleston, Hartford, San Antonio, Louisiana, Syracuse, New Mexico, California, Spokane, El Paso, Mobile and Winston-Salem, the Colorado Music Festival Orchestra, and the Ohio Light Opera, Opera Southwest, Pensacola Opera, and Asheville Lyric Opera. In the 14-15 season, he will make his debut with the Victoria Symphony in Canada and return to the podium of the Santa Fe Symphony. michaelbutterman.com

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Jules L. Smith Chairperson-Elect & Secretary

Charles H. Owens President & CEO

Ilene L. Flaum Vice Chairperson

Mark Siwiec Vice Chairperson

Ingrid A. Stanlis Vice Chairperson

Elizabeth F. Rice Treasurer & Immediate Past Chairperson

Board of directors(Term expires Jan. 2015) David W. AckroydDr. John M. BennettWilliam D. EggersLa Marr J. JacksonDouglas W. PhillipsChristopher N. Pipa Elizabeth F. RiceDr. Stephen I. RosenfeldKatherine T. SchumacherRobert B. StilesDeborah Wilson

(Term expires Jan. 2016)James M. BoucherLauren DixonDr. Steven E. FeldonPatrick FulfordDawn F. LipsonMark SiwiecIngrid A. StanlisDr. Eugene P. Toy

(Term expires Jan. 2017)Jeremy A. Cooney, Esq.Ilene L. FlaumSteven HessPatrick J. KellyMichael B. MillardSandra A. ParkerJules L. Smith

ex-officioWilliam L. Cahn Chairperson, Honorary Board

Mark Kellogg Orchestra Representative

Wesley Nance Orchestra Representative

Charles H. Owens President & CEO Elizabeth F. Rice Immediate Past Chairperson

Dr. Jamal J. Rossi Dean, Eastman School of Music

Honorary BoardWilliam L. Cahn Chairperson

Cricket Luellen Vice Chairperson

Nancy & Harry BeilfussJames M. BoucherDr. John Bouyoucos Paul W. Briggs Catherine B. CarlsonLouise EpsteinJoan FeinbloomMary M. GooleyDavid C. HeiligmanA. Thomas Hildebrandt Robert D. HurshMarie KentonDr. James E. KollerHarold A. KurlandDr. Jacques M. Lipson Frank Luellen Dr. Paul F. Pagerey Nathan J. Robfogel Jon L. SchumacherKatherine T. SchumacherNorman M. Spindelman Betty Strasenburgh Josephine S. Trubek Suzanne D. WelchPatricia C. Wilder

The RPO expresses its gratitude to all those who have served as Honorary Board members in the past.

past rpo cHairpersons1930–32: Edward G. Miner*1932–34: Simon N. Stein*1934–38: George E. Norton*1938–41: Leroy E. Snyder*1941–42: Frank W. Lovejoy*1942–43: Bernard E. Finucane*1943–46: L. Dudley Field*1946–48: Edward S. Farrow, Jr. * 1948–51: Joseph J. Myler*1951–52: Joseph F. Taylor*1952–55: Raymond W. Albright* 1955–57: Arthur I. Stern* 1957–59: Thomas H. Hawks*1959–61: Walter C. Strakosh*1962–63: Ernest J. Howe*1963–65: O. Cedric Rowntree*1965–67: Frank E. Holley *1967–69: Thomas C. Taylor*1969–71: Thomas H. Miller*1971–72: Mrs. Frederick J. Wilkens* 1972–73: Edward C. McIrvine1973–74: Robert J. Strasenburgh* 1974–75: John A. Santuccio1975–76: Robert J. Strasenburgh* 1976–78: Dr. Louis Lasagna*1978–80: Edward C. McIrvine1980–82: Peter L. Faber1982–84: Paul F. Pagerey1984–85: Peter L. Waasdorp*1986–89: Robert H. Hurlbut*1989–91: Paul W. Briggs1991–93: Karen Noble Hanson 1993–95: Ronald E. Salluzzo1995–98: A. Thomas Hildebrandt 1998–00: Harold A. Kurland 2000–04: David C. Heiligman 2004–06: Ingrid A. Stanlis2006–09: James M. Boucher2009–11: Suzanne D. Welch2011–13: Elizabeth F. Rice

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ALAN HOVHANESS Symphony No. 2, “Mysterious Mountain” Andante con moto 16:00 Double Fugue: Moderato maestoso - Allegro vivo Andante espressivo: Con moto WOLFGANG AMADÈUS MOZART Bassoon Concerto in B-flat Major, K. 186e Allegro 20:00 Andante ma adagio Rondo: Tempo di menuetto Matthew McDonald, bassoon

INTERMISSION SERGEI PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 5 in B-flat Major, Op. 100 Andante 46:00 Allegro moderato Adagio Allegro giocoso

Case Scaglione, guest conductorMatthew McDonald, bassoonThe Ron and Donna Fielding Chair

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SAToct 258 pmKODAK HALL AT EASTMAN THEATRE

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Of mixed Armenian and Scottish heritage, Hovhaness incorporated elements from numerous international folk traditions into his music, while his interest in spirituality and Renaissance music lend many works visionary and introspective qualities.

He composed at least 67 symphonies, across a 55-year period stretching from 1937 to 1992. The second of these, his best-known orchestral work, dates from 1955. “I named the symphony for the mysterious feeling that one has in the mountains – not for any special mountain, but for the whole idea of mountains. Mountains are symbols, of man’s attempt to know God. Mountains are symbolic meeting places between the mundane and spiritual worlds.” The first and last movements are hymn-like and lyrical, using irregular metrical forms. The first subject of the second movement, a double fugue, is developed in a slow vocal style. The rapid second subject is played by the strings. In the last movement, a chant in 7/4 is played softly by muted horns and trombones. A middle melody is sung by the oboes and clarinets in a quintuple beat. Muted violins return with the earlier chant, which is gradually given to the full orchestra.

AlAn HovHAness Symphony No. 2, Op. 132 ‘Mysterious Mountain’

b. March 8, 1911 Somerville, Mass.d. June 22, 2000 Seattle, Wash. First/last performance by the RPO January 15, 1959; Leopold Stokowski, conductor

For many years it was believed that the 18 year-old Mozart composed this Concerto for Thaddäus Baron von Dürntiz, a wealthy amateur bassoonist. Supposedly it was part of a group of commissioned works that included further bassoon concertos and a sonata for bassoon and piano. A more recent and more likely theory is that Mozart composed this concerto for one of his two bassoonist colleagues in the Court Orchestra of Salzburg. It was completed on June 4, 1774.

After his death, the manuscript score was sent to the publisher J.A. André in Offenbach, Germany where it vanished and has yet to reappear. André published the work in 1805, in an edition likely derived from performance materials that had been altered or edited without the composer’s supervision.

With effortless fluidity and poise, the first movement explores the entire range of the bassoon. It touches on the smoothness, the humor, the ability to perform wide leaps between notes, and an agility that the greatest singer might envy. Sweet yearning flows through the aria-like slow movement, a most eloquent rebuttal to the bassoon’s supposed lack of expressiveness. A recurring theme in the stately style of a minuet dominates the finale. In between its appearances, Mozart has the bassoon perform variations on it laced with charm and unexaggerated humor.

WolfgAng AmAdeus mozArt Bassoon Concerto in B-flat Major, K. 186e

b. January 27, 1756 Salzburg, Austria d. December 5, 1791 Vienna, Austria

This is the first performance by the RPO.

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sergei prokofievSymphony No. 5 in B-flat Major, Op. 100

The young Prokofiev’s brittle, aggressive music found only limited success in his musically conservative homeland. Seeking greater appreciation, he left the newly-established Soviet Union in 1918 and headed west. Based in Paris throughout the 1920s, he won a sizeable reputation through his works for the theatre and concert hall. Despite his success in Europe, nostalgic longing for the home country began to settle in and he returned by the mid-1930s.

In June 1944, he took up residence at a vacation estate, a collective poultry farm that the Union of Composers operated near Ivanovo, 80 kilometers west of Moscow. There he composed his Fifth Symphony, “to which I attach great importance,” he wrote, “firstly because of its thematic material, and secondly because with this work I returned to the genre of the symphony after a break of 16 years. I thought of the Fifth as a work glorifying the human spirit. I wanted to sing of man free and happy, his strength, his generosity and the purity of his soul. I cannot say that I chose this theme; it was innate in me and had to be expressed.”

He conducted the first performance himself, in the Moscow Conservatory, on January 13, 1945. The symphony’s immediate popularity sprang in part from its representing precisely what Soviet audiences needed: a hopeful vision of better times after six years of horrific conflict. It has maintained its international reputation (it is his most frequently performed large-scale concert work) through its superb balance of grandeur, powerful, eventually uplifting emotions, and sparkling wit. In it he may be heard to achieve, after a decade of post-relocation struggle, the language – direct and approachable yet still individual – that would satisfy both himself and his masters.

The four movements alternate slow and fast tempos. The first generates an impression of optimism, rising to a climax of overwhelming heft and forcefulness. A bustling movement laced with typically biting Prokofiev humor follows. The dark, questioning third movement mirrors the matching section of Shostakovich’s Fifth, which since its debut in 1937 had been the model for Soviet symphonic tragedies. The finale opens in a mood of gentle musing, only to shift to an impudent, carnival-like atmosphere that sweeps the music along joyfully to the resounding conclusion.

© 2014 Don Anderson. All rights reserved.

b. April 27, 1891 Sontsovka, Ukraine d. March 5, 1953 Moscow, Russia

First performed by the RPO December 5, 1946; Erich Leinsdorf, conductor

Last performed November 7, 2009; Arild Remmereit, conductor

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Matthew McDonald, bassoonThe Ron and Donna Fielding Chair

Matthew McDonald was appointed Principal Bassoon of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra in September 2013. Prior to this appointment, he was Principal Bassoon of the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra and Co-Principal Bassoon of the ProMusica Chamber Orchestra in Columbus, Ohio. McDonald has performed as soloist with the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, Huntsville Symphony Orchestra, Curtis Symphony Orchestra, Shepherd School Chamber Orchestra, and The Cleveland Orchestra, as well as at the International Double Reed Society conference. He has appeared with festival orchestras such as the Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra and the Tanglewood Music Center.

Born in Huntsville, Alabama, McDonald’s early teachers included Hunter Thomas, and Benjamin Kamins. A graduate of the Young Artist Program at the Cleveland Institute of Music and the Curtis Institute of Music, McDonald also studied with Barrick Stees, Bernard Garfield, and Daniel Matsukawa. Along with soprano Susanna Phillips, McDonald co-founded Twickenham Fest, a chamber music festival in Huntsville, Alabama, which had its inaugural summer in 2010.

Case Scaglione, guest conductorIn the 2014-15 season, Case Scaglione returns to the New York Philharmonic for concerts with violinist Joshua Bell. These concerts follow Scaglione’s promotion to Associate Conductor at the New York Philharmonic— a position that was revived especially for him by Music Director Alan Gilbert. Scaglione began his tenure as Assistant Conductor with the orchestra in 2011 and made his subscription debut in November 2012, stepping in for Kurt Masur.

Also this season, Scaglione makes his debuts with the RPO, Luzerner Sinfonieorchester, and Dallas Symphony and returns to the Hong Kong Philharmonic.

He made his professional conducting debut with The Cleveland Orchestra in 2010 after being awarded the Aspen Conducting Prize in the same year, and in 2011 he was recipient of the Conductor’s Prize from the Solti Foundation US.

Since then, he has appeared as a guest conductor with the Saint Louis Symphony, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra of St. Luke’s, and the Houston, Colorado, and Jacksonville symphony orchestras, as well as many others. In September 2013, he assisted Sir Andrew Davis on Elektra at the Lyric Opera of Chicago.

Scaglione is a regular visitor to China, where he has given concerts with the orchestras of Shangai, Guangzhou, and the China Philharmonic. Last season he conducted a performance of Bach’s Mass in B Minor with the Orquesta Clásica Santa Cecilia in Madrid.

Scaglione was a student of David Zinman at the American Academy of Conducting at Aspen, where he won the James Conlon Prize, and was Assistant Conductor of the Aspen Music Festival and School. He was one of three Conducting Fellows at Tanglewood in 2011, chosen by James Levine and Stefan Asbury. He received his bachelor’s degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music and his postgraduate studies were spent at the Peabody Institute, where he studied with Gustav Meier. casescaglione.com

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artistsDonald Hunsberger, guest conductorDonald Hunsberger is conductor emeritus of the Eastman Wind Ensemble at the Eastman School of Music, having served as its music director from 1965 to 2002. He also holds the title professor emeritus of conducting and ensembles at Eastman, where he served for many years as chair of the conducting and ensembles department. He has been the recipient of numerous awards including the Herbert Eisenhart Award (pedagogy), the National Association for State and Local Historians Award (research) and the Crystal Award, Asahi Broadcasting Company, Osaka, Japan (performance).

In the orchestral world, since 1980, Hunsberger has created and conducted performances of orchestral accompaniments to over 18 silent films working with the Film Division of the George Eastman House. He has conducted performances with 45 orchestras including the National, San Francisco, Houston, Vancouver, Utah, Virginia, Florida, Winnipeg, San Diego, Syracuse, and North Carolina symphony orchestras, and the Rochester, Buffalo, Kansas City, and Calgary philharmonic orchestras, among others. His last appearance with the RPO was in 2003.

About the accompaniment by Donald Hunsberger, guest conductorSilent films were never really “silent.” From solo performers or chamber-sizes ensembles performing on movie sets to establish proper moods for the actors, to the pianists, organists, and orchestral musicians performing in theater pits throughout the country, silent films always had music as an integral part of their presentation.

To compile this evening’s accompaniment, I compiled a “cue sheet” on which the titles, scenes, emotional content, action, and similar instructions from the film are provided for the performers to assist them in selecting proper music to reflect the pathos, intensity, and movement of each of the film’s sections. A musical identity scoring system was employed to provide audiences with a musical background coupled with screen action and development. Thus, the musical accompaniment plays an integral part in the presentation underscoring the visual with the aural.

About the storyErik, The Phantom (Lon Chaney) is a disfigured, maniacal composer who rules the backstage and subterranean regions of the Paris Opera House. He has fallen in love with Christine Daaé (Mary Philbin), a young singer, and wishes to make her the Prima Donna of the Opera House. To accomplish this, he creates difficulties for the reigning soprano, Carlotta (Virginia Pearson). Christine has an admirer, Raoul de Chagny (Norman Kerry), who is determined to win Christine’s hand in marriage. A constant presence in the Opera House is The Persian, actually Inspector Ledoux of the Paris Special Police (Arthur Edmund Carewe), who has been pursuing The Phantom for several years.

Originally too frightening for mid-1920s movie audiences, the film was re-shot and comedy scenes were added, utilizing the talents of Snitz Edwards, a well-known character actor.

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JOHANNES BRAHMS Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90 Allegro con brio 33:00 Andante Poco allegretto Allegro

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ZOLTÁN KODÁLY Dances of Galánta 15:00

Douglas Humpherys will perform on a Steinway piano donated in honor of Jon Nakamatsu, a special friend of the RPO.

Christoph König, guest conductorDouglas Humpherys, piano

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Brahms needed an unusually long time to develop an individual style. Much of the difficulty sprang from his awe of Beethoven, even though many of his supporters and colleagues saw him as the earlier composer’s true symphonic heir. “I shall never write a symphony,” he told conductor Hermann Levi. “You have no idea how the likes of us feel when we hear the tramp of a giant like him (Beethoven) behind us.”

Time and experience eventually convinced him to renounce that vow. Some 20 years passed after he began work on his first symphony before he felt it was ready to be played in public. The premiere in 1876 won great success, confirming in his mind that he really did possess the necessary skills to follow in Beethoven’s footsteps as a great composer of symphonic music. Where the first symphony was tense and dramatic, the second, which followed just one year later, was relaxed and lyrical. He composed Symphony No. 3 in 1883. Hans Richter conducted the Vienna Philharmonic in the premiere on December 2, 1883. It is a more individual and characteristic symphony than its two predecessors. In its striking mixture of passion and pessimism, of restlessness and serenity, Brahms offers a compelling, highly revealing musical self‑portrait. “What harmonious mood pervades the whole!” his close friend, Clara Schumann, wrote to him after playing through the symphony at the piano. “All the movements seem to be of one piece, one beat of the heart, each one a jewel.” One of its most striking features is that all four movements end quietly. Such an unusually reserved practice reveals the degree of confidence that Brahms had attained by this point in his career, and also perhaps a growing pessimism.

The opening movement is rich with incident and feeling. Surges of emotion, positive and doubting alike, roll across its richly textured surface. The following two movements are peaceful interludes. Only at the climax of the second section does its overall atmosphere of almost rustic gentleness give way to a more heated style of utterance. The third movement is a dance: slow, melancholy, and hauntingly beautiful. The symphony’s emotional conflicts are resumed in the finale, only to dissipate, unresolved, as the music winds down to a resigned, almost exhausted coda.

Johannes Brahms Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90

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b. May 7, 1833 Hamburg, Germany d. April 3, 1897 Vienna, Austria First performed by the RPO November 15, 1934; Guy Fraser Harrison, conductor Last performed January 30, 2010; Christopher Seaman, conductor

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Composed in 1891 when he was 18 years old, Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 1 was the composer’s longest and most ambitious piece to date, and the first he deemed worthy of bearing an opus number. He composed and fully orchestrated the last two movements in less than three days. Though Rachmaninoff himself performed as soloist at the premiere at a student concert the following March, the composition left little impression on the audience. He refused to perform it again until it was revised, which it was in 1917 during the Bolshevik Revolution and shortly before his reluctant and permanent departure from his homeland. This revised version of Concerto No. 1 has been performed ever since. For all its considerable appeal, Concerto No. 1 has never achieved the same level of appreciation as the second and third concertos. Possible reasons for that neglect may lie in orchestral textures that are less opulent than those of its successors, and the displays of youthful impulsiveness that are absent from them. Rachmaninoff’s Concerto includes characteristics familiar from his later compositions: the commanding and meltingly romantic themes, and the brilliance and power of the solo part, which reflected his own abilities. The slow second movement is perhaps the most memorable segment. It is a tender, nocturne‑like creation where Rachmaninoff skillfully used the woodwind instruments to support the piano.

sergei rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 1 in F-sharp Minor, Op. 1

b. March 20, 1873 Oneg, Russia d. March 28, 1943 Beverly Hills, Calif. First performed by the RPO January 20, 1944; José Iturbi, conductor Amparo Iturbi, piano Last performed May 5, 1993; Peter Bay, conductor Jeffrey Kahane, piano

Zoltán Kodály Dances of Galánta

b. December 16, 1882 Kesckemét, Hungary d. March 6, 1967 Budapest, Hungary First performed by the RPO November 2, 1944; Fritz Reiner, conductor Last performed April 30, 2005; Jorge Mester, conductor

Kodály spent the years 1885‑1892 in Galanta, where his father served as railroad stationmaster. He recalled the period he spent in this trading center west of Budapest as “the best seven years of my childhood.” In 1933, he received a commission from the Budapest Philharmonic Society for a new work. For inspiration, he turned to a collection of Hungarian folk tunes published in Vienna in 1804. The melodies were attributed to a band that had operated in the vicinity of Galanta and their descendants made up one of the ensembles he had heard in his youth. Kodály composed Dances of Galánta in 1933; the work premiered later that year in Budapest under the baton of Ernö Dohnányi.

Dances of Galánta opens with a mysterious introduction in slow tempo, followed by the solo clarinet that introduces the theme that recurs throughout the piece. Its rapid shifts between brooding and fire are typical of native Hungarian music. Pizzicato strings usher in the first episode, a charming tune first voiced by flute and piccolo. The main theme returns, on full strings and more passionate in feeling. The second episode is scored in light, sparkling colors. An incomplete restatement of the main theme sets up the concluding and lengthiest segment, a series of dances. It rushes forward with abandon, only to pause abruptly for breath. Fragments of the main tune drift by in the wind instruments before the dance ends in a full gallop.

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Douglas Humpherys, pianoSince winning the gold medal at the first Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition, Douglas Humpherys’ concert career has spanned more than three decades across four continents.

During recent years, he has concertized in many of the major cities of Asia. A frequent guest artist in Beijing, he has performed at the National Center for the Performing Arts, the Beijing Concert Hall, and the Forbidden City Concert Hall. In addition to concerts in the cities of Hong Kong and Chongqing, he has presented concerts and lecture-recitals throughout the Chinese conservatory and university system. In Europe, Humpherys has presented solo concerts in the cities of Moscow, Novgorod, Berlin, Hamburg, Prague, Venice, and Dublin, with additional concert engagements in Germany, the Czech Republic, Montenegro, and Serbia. He has performed throughout the United States and Canada at numerous universities and festivals, and is frequently a guest artist at conferences of the Music Teachers National Association. He has recorded for the Gina Bachauer Piano Foundation, American Public Radio, and has been featured in live performances on affiliates of NPR and PBS.

A frequent adjudicator, he has served on the jury of the Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition 14 times. He completed graduate degrees at the Juilliard School (MM) and the Eastman School of Music (DMA), where he is currently professor and chair of the piano department and also founder/director of the biannual Eastman Young Artists International Piano Competition and Festival. This is his first performance with the RPO.

Christoph König, guest conductorBorn in Dresden, Germany, Christoph König’s conducting is marked by an energetic and serious approach to musical collaboration and a commitment to thoughtful and stimulating programming. He currently holds positions as Principal Conductor of the Orquestra Sinfónica do Porto at the Casa da Música, and Principal Conductor and Music Director of the Solistes Européens in Luxembourg.

Following a string of successes last season with symphonies such as Baltimore, Houston, and Toronto, König’s upcoming debuts include the Calgary and Cincinnati symphonies, as well as return appearances with the symphonies of Indianapolis, New Jersey, and Pittsburgh. He has also conducted the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the symphonies of Colorado, Milwaukee, Oregon, Pacific (Costa Mesa), and Vancouver. Worldwide highlights include debuts with the Dresden Philharmonic, Euskadi Symphony, and St. Gallen Symphony, as well as return appearances with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Orquesta de la Communidad de Madrid, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Real Filharmonia de Galicia, and the Stuttgart Philharmonic. This is his first appearance with the RPO.

König’s reputation as an opera conductor began with the Zürich Opera’s 2003 production of Jonathan Miller’s Die Entführung aus dem Serail. Other operatic productions include engagements with the Teatro Real (Madrid), Staatsoper Stuttgart (Germany), Deutsche Oper Berlin, and the Malmö Symphony (Sweden).

For the Ao Vivo label, he has recorded works by Schoenberg, Prokofiev, Saariaho, and Sibelius with the Orquestra Sinfónica do Porto. For Hyperion, he has recorded music by Henryk Melcer, with pianist Jonathan Plowright and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. christophkoenig.at

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INTERMISSION WOLFGANG AMADÈUS MOZART Symphony No. 41 in C Major, K. 551, “Jupiter” Allegro vivace 26:00 Andante cantabile Allegretto Molto allegro

Vadym Kholodenko will perform on a Steinway piano donated in honor of Jon Nakamatsu, a special friend of the RPO.

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Strauss completed Death and Transfiguration in November 1889 and conducted the premiere in Eisenach the following June. Five years later, he revealed his inspiration in a letter to a friend: “The idea came to me to write a tone poem describing the last hours of a man who has striven for the highest ideals, presumably an artist. He lies in bed breathing irregularly in his sleep. Friendly dreams bring a smile to his face; he awakens. Fearful pains begin to torture him, fever shakes his body. When the attack is over and the pain recedes, he recalls his past life; his childhood passes before his eyes; his youth with its striving and passions and then, while the pains return, there appears to him the goal of his life’s journey, the ideal, the ideal which he attempts to embody in his art, but which he was unable to perfect because such perfection can be achieved by no man. The fatal hour arrives. The soul leaves the body, to discover in the eternal cosmos the magnificent realization of the ideal which could not be fulfilled here below.”

Death and Transfiguration is a purely imaginary work, the 25 year-old composer having not undergone any life-threatening experiences by that point in his life.”

RichaRd StRauSSDeath and Transfiguration, Op. 24

b. June 11, 1864Munich, Germany d. September 8, 1949 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany First performed by the RPO October 23, 1924; Eugene Goossens, conductor Last performed May 27, 2006; Christopher Seaman, conductor

Prokofiev composed Piano Concerto No. 2 in the summer of 1913. On September 5, he played the premiere in Pavlovsk at a lawn party. The bold, saucy music appalled the audience, who were accustomed to familiar, non-threatening background music as they dined.

Twice as long as the First Concerto, No. 2 was Prokofiev’s biggest, most ambitious work to date. He left the manuscript score behind when he departed from Russia in 1918 and it has yet to reappear. In 1923, the much more experienced composer (he had already written Concerto No.3) created a reconstructed and revised version, which we still use today.

It opens with a dreamy, relaxed movement. The first theme has a melancholy, folk-like quality, reminiscent of Serge Rachmaninoff’s Second Concerto. However, Prokofiev’s theme, especially the substantial, bristling solo cadenza, is a far cry from Rachmaninoff’s lush, late-Romantic world.

Following the first movement, Prokofiev adds an extra section to traditional three-movement concerto form by way of a compact, propulsive scherzo. In the ensuing Intermezzo, the soloist leads the orchestra on a moderately paced stroll. The pell-mell opening of the finale promises further hijinks, but a more reflective section akin to the first movement arrives to offer repose. The music eventually regains its momentum and charges robustly forward.

SeRgei PRokofiev Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 16

b. April 27, 1891 Sontsovka, Ukraine d. March 5, 1953 Moscow, Russia

First performed by the RPO March 11, 1954; Erich Leinsdorf, conductor, Jorge Bolet, piano Last performed May 12, 1984; David Zinman, conductor, Horacio Gutiérrez, piano

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Wolfgang amadeuS mozaRt Symphony No. 41 in C Major, K. 551, “Jupiter”Mozart could not have known that the symphonies he composed in the summer of 1788 would be his last. A number of mysteries surround these works. No commission that would have inspired their creation has been discovered. Some writers speculate that he composed them strictly for his own pleasure, while others, such as the noted scholar Neal Zaslaw, feel otherwise: “The very idea that Mozart would have written three such symphonies, unprecedented in length, complexity, and seriousness, merely to please himself or because he was ‘inspired,’ flies in the face of his known attitudes to music and life and the financial straits in which he then found himself.” The identity of the person who gave No. 41 the nickname “Jupiter” has been lost, but this subtitle, linking it with the most powerful of the gods of ancient Rome, seems altogether appropriate.

Mozart plunges us immediately into the joyous energy with which the opening movement abounds. For all its trumpet-and-drums brilliance, it still retains an unforced elegance. He drops the trumpets and drums for the slow movement. His tempo indication, cantabile (singing), describes this restful idyll perfectly. The minuet is truly symphonic in scale and bearing, with a quieter trio section at its heart. The finale looks not only to the future – through its increased expressive weight – but also the past, specifically to the Baroque world of Bach and Handel, by incorporating elements of fugal writing. Knowledge and joy join hands to conclude Mozart’s career as a symphonist in a burst of creative brilliance. © 2014 Don Anderson. All rights reserved.

b. January 27, 1756 Salzburg, Austria d. December 5, 1791 Vienna, Austria First performed by the RPO October 31, 1923; Eugene Goossens, conductor Last performed July 15, 2009; Christopher Seaman, conductor

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Vadym Kholodenko, pianoWinner of the coveted gold medal at the Fourteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in 2013, Vadym Kholodenko captured the attention of jury, audience, and critics alike for powerful, exhilarating performances. Also taking home prizes for best performance of the piano quintet and best performance of the commissioned work, he further demonstrated his artistry with a stunning cadenza in Mozart’s Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467 — which he composed himself on the plane from Moscow to the competition.

Under the direction of Miguel Harth-Bedoya, the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra recently named him its first artistic partner, a three-year collaboration that begins with performances of the complete Prokofiev concertos in the first two seasons, which will be recorded and released by harmonia mundi USA. He also will join them in a tour of Spain in May 2016 — the orchestra’s first international tour in more than 25 years.

In the 2014–15 season, Kholodenko will make debuts with the orchestras of Indianapolis, Kansas City, Phoenix, and San Diego, among others. This is his first performance with the RPO. He also will give solo recitals in Boston, Louisville, Miami, and Seattle, and make his Brevard Music Center Festival debut. Outside of the U.S., he will make appearances with the Malmö Symphony and Madrid’s RTVE Symphony, at the Al Bustan Festival, and on tour throughout Japan, South America, and Russia.

Born in the Ukraine, Kholodenko is the first musician in his family. He made his first appearances in the U.S., China, Hungary, and Croatia at the age of 13.

José Luis Gomez, guest conductorThe Venezuelan-born, Spanish conductor José Luis Gomez was catapulted to international attention when he won First Prize at the International Sir Georg Solti Conductor’s Competition in Frankfurt in September 2010 after just six months of studying conducting, securing a sensational and rare unanimous decision from the jury.

Gomez’s electrifying energy, talent, and creativity earned him immediate acclaim from the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra where he was appointed to the position of Assistant Conductor, a post created especially for him by Paavo Järvi and the orchestra directly upon the conclusion of the competition. Since then he has worked with the RTVE National Symphony Orchestra of Madrid, Houston Symphony Orchestra, National Arts Centre Orchestra of Ottawa, Hamburg Symphony, Basel Sinfonietta, Orchestra of Castilla y Leon, Orquesta Sinfonica do Porto, Orquestra Sinfonica Brasileira, Grand Rapids Symphony, Macao Symphony, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Colorado, Vancouver, Edmonton, Elgin, Pasadena, and National Taiwan symphony orchestras.

Opera highlights have included a full run of La Bohème at Frankfurt Opera and a new production of Rossini’s La Cenerentola at Stuttgart Opera. More recently, Gomez has made debuts with Stuttgart Radio, Weimar Staatskapelle, Alabama, Winnipeg, and Tucson symphony orchestras, and he closed last season with a spectacular production of Cavalleria rusticana in Como. Future highlights include a European tour of a new production of Mozart’s Don Giovanni directed by Graham Vick with Teatro Sociale di Como, and debuts with New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and at Staatstheater Karlsruhe. José Luis Gomez is the Principal Conductor of the orchestral season of the Teatro Sociale di Como. This is his first performance with the RPO.

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artistsAlexander Mickelthwate, guest conductorGerman conductor Alexander Mickelthwate made his European debut with the Hamburg Symphony in April 2006. Since then, he has appeared with the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie, NDR Symphony Orchestra, Nurnberg Symphony, Bucharest Philharmonic, Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte Carlo, and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra.

He has appeared as guest conductor with the philharmonics of New York and Brooklyn, as well as the symphony orchestras of Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, Indianapolis, Nashville, New Jersey, Oregon, Toronto, and San Antonio. In 2011, Mickelthwate made his debut in Australia with the Adelaide and Tasmanian symphony orchestras. His last appearance with the RPO was in 2008. Recent highlights include debuts with the Houston Symphony, the São Paulo Symphony Orchestra and the Simón Bolívar Orchestra, a reengagement with the National Arts Centre Orchestra in Ottawa, and highly successful last-minute replacements with the symphonies of Seattle and Atlanta, as well as the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra.

After completing his tenure as Assistant Conductor with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra in 2004, Mickelthwate was Associate Conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic for three years under the direction of Essa-Pekka Salonen. Now in his seventh season as Music Director of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, Mickelthwate has significantly developed the orchestra’s profile through active community engagement and innovative programming initiatives like the annual New Music Festival and the Indigenous Music Festival. He also led the orchestra at the Carnegie Hall Orchestra Showcase in 2014.

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Since 2005, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s Beyond the Score (BTS) has become one of the most successful and original audience development tools in the field of classical music. The program seeks to open the door to the symphonic repertoire for first-time concertgoers as well as to encourage an active, more fulfilling way of listening for seasoned audiences. At the core of Beyond the Score is its live format: musical extracts, spoken clarification, theatrical narrative, and hand-paced projections on large central surfaces are performed in close synchrony. After each 60-minute program focusing on a single masterwork, audiences return from intermission to experience the piece performed in a regular concert setting, equipped with a new understanding of its style and genesis.

This format’s potential was quickly recognized by orchestras in the United States and abroad; a rapidly expanding licensing program has since brought Beyond the Score to audiences throughout the U.S., as well as in Canada and Holland, presented by organizations of many sizes. Recognizing that a large population is economically or geographically unable to attend these performances in person, the Chicago Symphony also offers digital video streaming of select programs at beyondthescore.org. In September 2008, the CSO released Shostakovich’s Fourth Symphony, led by former CSO principal conductor Bernard Haitink, on its CSO Resound label. Accompanying this Grammy Award–winning recording of the symphony is a free bonus DVD video of the gripping Beyond the Score production examining Shostakovich’s controversial and powerful work—the first commercially released video from this concert series.

Beyond The Score® Scheherazade

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Marcy Savastano, narratorMarcy J. Savastano is delighted to appear once again with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra in this lovely production. She first appeared with the RPO in Peter vs. the Wolf during the 2010-2011 season. Regional: Death of a Salesman (Geva Theatre Center); All’s Well in the Kingdom of Nice (Geva’s Nextstage); Angels in America: Millennium Approaches and Perestroika with METHOD MACHINE and Geva Theatre Center (Nextstage). Other theatre credits: Sylvia Plath in EDGE (national tour) and Alice in Closer with METHOD MACHINE; Elisa in Marie Antoinette: The Color of Flesh and Jackie in Hot L Baltimore with Blackfriars Theatre; Sweetheart/Peaches/Superkyle in Exit, Pursued by a Bear and Natasha in Enemy in the Ranks (Lady Parts Theatre Co.); Agnes in Agnes of God (GRRC); Measure for Measure and As You Like It (The Shakespeare Players of Rochester); Callie in Stop Kiss (Out of Pocket Productions). She will be appearing in The Drowning Girls with Lady Parts Theatre Co. in December. Film credits: AFTER, Fury, Delicious Ambiguity. TV: “Modern Love,” “Serial Killers: Arthur Shawcross.” Savastano has traveled across the country as a theatre-based training artist and performer and is featured in several regional commercials as well as web series. She would like to thank her family and friends for their inspiration and support.

paul Burgett, narratorPaul J. Burgett, Ph.D., earned undergraduate and graduate degrees at the Eastman School of Music of the University of Rochester. His doctoral dissertation treated the aesthetics of the music of Black Americans, a subject that continues to occupy him as a teacher and scholar.

He currently serves as Vice President, Senior Advisor to the President, and University Dean at the University of Rochester. In that capacity, he has key responsibilities for advising the President and is the principal interface between the President and students of schools across the university, as well as alumni, civic, and local community organizations. As a faculty member in the college music department, he teaches courses in the history of jazz, the music of Black Americans, and music appreciation.

His interest in University of Rochester history is a natural outgrowth, as he likes to say, of having been at the University “since the earth’s crust began to cool” and the inevitable curiosity about one’s roots that results from that lengthy tenure. He has discovered that the University of Rochester’s history is a rich story, replete with fascinating people and events, over 162 years, whose efforts and circumstances combine to make it the vibrant and successful institution it is.

Earlier professional appointments include: Dean of Students, Eastman School of Music; Assistant Professor of Music at Nazareth College; Executive Director, Hochstein Memorial Music School; and Music Teacher in the Greece Central School District. Burgett has appeared as a narrator for several RPO performances. His most recent appearance was in July 2013.

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rsCorporate partners, Foundations & organizationsThe Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra gratefully acknowledges the following corporate, foundation, and community organizations for their generous support. Listings are as of September 12, 2014. Please call 454-7311 x252 with questions or corrections.

symphony ($50,000+)Davenport-Hatch FoundationG.W. Lisk, Inc. of Clifton SpringsWegman Family Charitable

FoundationElaine P. & Richard U. Wilson

Foundation

ConCerto ($25,000–$49,999)Canandaigua National Bank &

TrustConstellation BrandsFibertech NetworksGlover Crask Charitable TrustGouvernet Arts FundKilian J. & Caroline F. Schmitt

FoundationM&T BankThe Max and Marian Farash

Charitable Foundation Wendy’s Restaurants of

Rochester

sonata ($10,000–$24,999)Melvin & Mildred Eggers Family

Charitable FoundationHigh Falls AdvisorsMVP Health CareOrtho-Clinical DiagnosticsRochester General Health SystemUnity Health SystemXerox Foundation

suite($5,000–$9,999)AAA of Western & Central New

YorkCorning IncorporatedDixon SchwablDominion Transmission, Inc.Dreyfus FoundationJoseph & Anna Gartner

FoundationDaisy Marquis Jones FoundationKPMG LLPLinden Oaks Office ParkThe Przysinda Family FoundationPaul Klingenstein Family

Foundation, Inc.Spindler Family FoundationThe Pipa Tagliarino GroupThomson ReutersWegmans Food MarketsFred and Floy Willmott

FoundationWoods Oviatt Gilman LLP

overture ($3,000–$4,999)Caldwell Manufacturing CompanyThe Elizabeth F. Cheney

FoundationThe Community FoundationRufus K. Dryer II Fund

Mary S. Mulligan Charitable TrustCornell/Weinstein Family

FoundationMarie C. & Joseph C. Wilson

FoundationThe Louis S. & Molly B. Wolk

Foundation

partner ($1,000–$2,999)AlphaGraphicsAmes-Amzalak Memorial TrustBraitman Family FoundationALSTOM Signaling FoundationT.M. & M.W. Crandall FoundationDurwood Management, Inc.Five Star BankFred L. Emerson FoundationGenesee Valley Penny Saver, Inc.G-S Plastics Optics/

Tel-Tru Mfg. Co.Harris Beach PLLCMay Kay Houck FoundationKlein Reinforcing ServicesKovalsky-Carr Electric SupplyManning & Napier AdvisorsThe Guido and Ellen Palma

Foundation Rochester Gas & Electric Corp.Rochester Midland CorporationRochester Philharmonic League

assoCiate($600–$999)Bio-Optronics, Inc.Boydell & Brewer, Inc.O’Connell Electric Co.

supporter($350–$599)Bergmann AssociatesDatroseDeCarolis Truck Rental45 East Fine JewelersHayes Asset Management, LLCGary & Nancy Penisten Family

FoundationMatthews & Fields Lumber Co.Peko Precision Products Inc.Reimer Piano TuningStar Headlight & Lantern Co., Inc.West Herr Automotive Group

giFts in KindAlexandra Northrop & Jules SmithChristopher SeamanCity NewspaperConstellation BrandsDixon SchwablEd & Barbara BurnsHedonist Artisan Chocolates Ingrid Stanlis & Paul DonnellyJanet Kellner & Jim KurtzJay AdvertisingJohn GriecoJon & Kathy SchumacherJR McCarthy

Kevin GavaganKidsOutAndAbout.comKurt & Judy FeuhernMark Siwiec & Duffy PalmerMichael Butterman &

Jennifer CarsilloPatricia WilderPeter and Joan FaberRichie Rich EventsRobin LehmanSteve Hess &

Sarah Atkinson, MDSuzanne Welch & Bill WatsonTom & Nan Hildebrandt

matChing giFt CompaniesBank of AmericaExxonMobilGleason FoundationIBM CorporationJohnson & JohnsonJPMorganChaseOppenheimer Funds Inc.Pfizer FoundationVerizon

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artistiC eXCeLLenCe soCietyThe Artistic Excellence Society (AES) recognizes donors for making a three-year pledge of $2,500 or more. The AES is designed to engage our most passionate contributors and to ensure financial stability and ongoing support. Contact Judith Lemoncelli at 585.454.7311 x238 to learn more about the AES.

Anonymous (1) Nancy & Harry BeilfussCarol & John BennettStuart & Betsy BobryChris & Tom BurnsMary Ellen BurrisMargaret J. CarnallMr. & Mrs. Russell D. ChapmanJeff & Sue CraneLauren Dixon & Michael SchwablDr. Eric DreyfussLarry & Kas EldridgeFred L. Emerson FoundationJames & Ellen Englert

Louise Epstein Barbara & Patrick FulfordCharles & Cindy GibsonRob W. GoodlingDavid & Barrie HeiligmanMr. & Mrs. Robert D. HurshRalph F. JozefowiczMyrta & Robert KnoxJim & Marianne KollerStephen Lurie & Kathleen HoltDr. Jacques & Mrs. Dawn LipsonJane & Jim LittwitzSwaminathan & Janice MadhuDeanne Molinari

Paul Marc & Pamela Miller NessCharles H. OwensWilliam & Barbara PulsiferDr. & Mrs. Ronald ReedElizabeth & Larry RicePaul & Brigid RyanKatherine T. & Jon. L. SchumacherVicki & Richard SchwartzNancy SkeltonIngrid A. Stanlis & Paul R. DonnellyDr. & Mrs. Tae B. WhangMichael & Patricia WilderKitty J. Wise

Campaign For artistiC eXCeLLenCeThe Campaign for Artistic Excellence was launched in 2012 to help the RPO achieve its long-term goals of attracting and retaining the best possible artistic talent, continuing a tradition of community service, building national recognition, and ensuring financial stability and organizational excellence.

$100,000 and aboveG. W. Lisk Company, Inc.Dr. Jacques & Mrs. Dawn Lipson

$50,000–$99,999Elaine P. & Richard U. Wilson FoundationLouise Woerner & Don Kollmorgen

$30,000–$49,999High Falls Advisors

$15,000–$29,999John & Carol BennettMarie & Charlie KentonElizabeth & Larry Rice

$10,000–$14,999Robin & Michael Weintraub

$5,000–$9,999William Eggers & Deborah McLean

george eastman LegaCy soCietyThe George Eastman Legacy Society honors those individuals who have included the RPO in their estate plans. Interested in joining a growing group of dedicated individuals who appreciate the value that the RPO brings to their lives and the life of our community? Call Judith Lemoncelli at 585.454.7311 x238 to find out how you can help ensure that the RPO will be here for future generations.

Anonymous (1)Nancy & Harry BeilfussCarol & John BennettJack & Carolyn BentEllen S. BevanStuart & Betsy BobryWilliam & Ruth CahnMargaret J. CarnallJoan & Paul CasterlineDr. & Mrs. John J. CondemiJanis Dowd & Daan ZwickJoan & Harold* FeinbloomDonald & Elizabeth FisherSuressa & Richard H. ForbesCatherine & Elmar FrangenbergCarolyn & Roger FriedlanderJay* & Betsy FriedmanPatrick & Barbara FulfordWilliam L. GambleMary M. Gooley

Barbara Jean Gray-GottorffGeorge GreerH. Larry & Dorothy C. HummMr. & Mrs. Robert D. HurshJim & Marianne KollerDawn & Jacques Lipson, M.D.Sue & Michael LococoCricket LuellenMr. & Mrs. Daniel MaharJoseph J. ManciniPete & Sally MerrillRobert J. & Marcia Wishengrad MetzgerDeanne MolinariSuzanne F. PowellDr. Ramon L. & Judith S. RickerDr. Suzanne H. RodgersWallace R. RustPeggy W. SavlovDavid G. & Antonia T. Schantz

William & Susan SchoffPeter S. Schott & Mary Jane TasciottiJon L. & Katherine T. SchumacherGretchen ShaferIngrid Stanlis & Paul DonnellyAnn & Robert Van NielPatricia Ward-BakerFred M. WechslerRobin & Michael WeintraubPatricia WilderKitty J. WiseNancy & Mark ZawackiAlan R. Ziegler & Emily Neece

The RPO is most grateful for the generous gifts from the estates of Jean Groff and Elbis A. Shoales, M.D.

* Deceased

maestro’s CirCLeThe Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra gratefully acknowledges the generous individuals who help us continue to enrich and inspire the community through the art of music. Listings are as of September 12, 2014. Please call 454-7311 x232 with questions or corrections.

maestoso ($50,000 and above)Georgia P. GosnellDr. Jacques & Mrs. Dawn LipsonCricket & Frank LuellenMrs. Marjorie Morris

AnonymousSarah D. Atkinson, M.D. & Steven HessCarol & John BennettJim BoucherWilliam L. & Ruth P. Cahn

Ilene & David FlaumMr. & Mrs. Robert D. HurshSherman Levey & Deborah Ronnen Kathy & John PurcellLarry & Elizabeth Rice

Elise & Stephen RosenfeldKatherine T. & Jon L. SchumacherIngrid Stanlis & Paul DonnellyJosephine S. TrubekMichael & Patricia Wilder

presto ($15,000–$24,999)

Lauren Dixon & Michael SchwablMr. & Mrs. James T. EnglertDr. & Mrs. Steven FeldonRonald H. FieldingJeff & Alleen FraserJay* & Betsy FriedmanMr. & Mrs. Ronald A. FurmanMarie & Charlie Kenton

Jim & Marianne KollerMr. & Mrs. Wm. KonarMDr. & Mrs. Michael MillardCharles H. OwensMrs. Richard PalermoDouglas & Diana PhillipsFayga PressMark Siwiec & Duffy Palmer

Jules L. Smith & Alexandra Northrop in memory of Karl Speitel

Bob & Gayle StilesDr. Eugene P. Toy

* Deceased

vivaCe ($10,000–$14,999)

Marlene Alva in memory of Ruth G. AlvaMr. & Mrs. Paul W. BriggsChris & Tom BurnsMr. & Mrs. Harlan D. CalkinsCatherine B. CarlsonJoan & Paul CasterlineDr. Eric DreyfussJoan & Peter FaberJoanne GianninyPatricia A. GuttenbergWilliam B. Hale

David & Barrie HeiligmanPatrick & Kathleen KellyErnest & Sarah KrugHarold & Christine KurlandJoanne LangMrs. Frank W. Lovejoy, Jr.Stephen Lurie & Kathleen HoltMr. Lawrence MartlingDeanne MolinariDr. & Mrs. Ronald ReedRiedman Foundation

Mrs. Norma RiedmanNathan & Susan RobfogelSunny & Nellie RosenbergMSandra & Richard SteinRobert C. StevensKrestie UtechMSkip & Karen WarrenDr. Sidney & Linda S. WeinsteinRobin & Michael Weintraub

aLLegro ($5,000–$9,999)

Anonymous (2)Miriam H. AckleyJudith M. Binder & Barbara ErblandStuart & Betsy BobryAllen & Joyce BoucherPriscilla & Rob BrownBarbara & John BruningMary Ellen BurrisPaul & Mary CallawayMargaret J. CarnallBetsy & John CarverMr. & Mrs. Russell D. ChapmanThomas ChaseMary Ellen ClarkDr. John & Carol R. CondemiMary CowdenJeff & Sue Crane

Joyce CroftonRichard & Michele DeckerGary DeTaeyeMichele DryerIn Memoriam for Anita B. Dushay

by Frederick Dushay, M.D.Larry & Kas EldridgeJohn R. ErtleJoan FeinbloomHelen & Dan FultzPatty & Dick GeorgeDr. & Mrs. Charles J. GibsonMr. & Mrs. Donald GinsbergRob W. GoodlingSuzanne GouvernetGeorge & Mary HamlinAlan J. Harris

Warren & Joyce HeilbronnerNorman HortonDr. Jack & Harriette HowittMr. & Mrs. Ernest J. IerardiStephen & Leslie JacobsLa Marr J. Jackson, Esq.Dr. Ralph F. JozefowiczDaryl & Charles KaplanNorman & Judith KarstenMRichard & Karen KnowlesMyrta & Robert KnoxMarcy & Ray Kraus in loving memory

of Dr. Allan & Charlotte KrausNancy & David LaneDr. & Mrs. Anthony J. Leone, Jr.Dr. & Mrs. Hobart A. LernerJane & Jim Littwitz

andante ($2,500–$4,999)

Nancy & Harry BeilfussBill & Victoria CherryWilliam Eggers & Deborah McLeanLouise EpsteinBarbara & Patrick FulfordLouise Woerner & Don Kollmorgen

prestissimo ($25,000–$49,999)

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Anonymous (10)Robert E. & Carol G. AchillesBarbara & David AckroydJacqueline AdamsEdward & Joan AfterDr. & Mrs. Henry W. AltlandStephanie & Geoffrey AmselMarvin & Frederica AmsteyAllan & Polly AndersonElaine AndersonMr. & Mrs. F.L. Angevine, Jr.Mr. & Mrs. George M. AngleDave & Jan AngusMr. & Mrs. Mehdi N. AraghiBob & Jody AsburyBetsy Ann BalzanoDavid & Nan BassettMr. & Mrs. Bruce B. BatesLloyd F. Bean & Ursula BurnsWilliam J. BeenhouwerMr. & Mrs. Richard G. BennettDavid M. Berg & Dawn K. RiedyMr. & Mrs. Matthew Bielaska, Jr.Don & Peggy Bolger(M) William & Grace BoudwayJohn & Kristine BouyoucosSusan Kay BrownDr. & Mrs. George G. BrowningJosh & Beth BrunerAnn Burr & A. Vincent BuzardAlan CamerosPhilip & Jeanne CarlivatiWilliam T. ChandlerTina ChandlerOliver ChanlerMargaret & Donald CherrDr. & Mrs. Tim CladerLorraine W. ClarkeSarah H. CollinsMChristine ColucciJeremy A. Cooney, Esq. Allison & John CurrieJoseph & Judith DarweeshLinda Wells DaveyHorace R. DavisDavid F. DeanJacques & Monique DelettrezTex & Nicki DoolittleGail & Douglas DoonanJanis Dowd & Daan ZwickMMs. Marilyn DrummThe Honorable Robert & Barbara DuffyDr. & Mrs. James DurfeeMrs. C.M. DurlandRose DuverWendy & David DworkinEllen & Lester EberDr. Steven & Susan EisingerMohsen Emami, M.D.New Horizons Band & OrchestraGerald G. Estes

Julia B. EverittTrevor & Elizabeth EwellJohn & Kristy FararSamuel J. & Marsha R. FicoMJill Sutton FinanThomas & Janet FinkCharles FitzgibbonGail R. FlugelJohn & Sandy FordIn Memory of Dr. &

Mrs. Charles R. FordyceJonathan FosterMr. & Mrs. Richard C. FoxDr. & Mrs. Elmar FrangenbergShirley B. & Kevin FrickHarry & Marion FulbrightJohanna M. Gambino in memory

of Jerry J. GambinoWilliam L. GambleDr. Richard & Josie GangemiDavid & Patricia GardnerAnn S. GarrettWinston E. GaumDr. & Mrs. David GentileCraig & Shirley GeorgeMr. & Mrs. Wesley P. GhyzelTom & Kelly GilmanWarren & June GlaserPaul & Carol GoldbergPatricia GoodwinBurton GordonDebbie & Michael GordonJean GostomskiJanet & Roger GramJeanne Gray in memory

of Robert C. GrayGeorge GreerAlan & Julie GriesingerBrigitte & Klaus GueldenpfennigDr. & Mrs. Robert J. HaggertyJeffrey & Lynne HalikPeggy & David HallJoan & Alfred HallenbeckDr. Patricia HansLouise B. HarrisMerrill & Dianne HerrickWalter B.D. Hickey, Jr.Tom & Nan HildebrandtArt & Barb HirstSusan HollidayMary Jo & Jack HultzMarjorie S. HumphreyBob & Elaine JacobsenJane H. JohnsonMiles & Silvija JonesDr. & Mrs. Harold KanthorMr. & Mrs. Bruce M. KennedyRobert J. KennedyMr. & Mrs. Alvie KiddDr. & Mrs. John W. KilligrewRichard & Sidney Killmer

Karen S. KralJames & Elaine KrausBarbara & Jack KraushaarDeanna & Charles KrusenstjernaWerner & Susan KunzDavid & Andrea LambertLane Family FundMs. Connie LearyJohn & Alice LeddyNorman & Arlene LeenhoutsJudith Francis LemoncelliGay & Don LenhardVincent & Christina LentiMr. & Mrs. James A. Locke IIISue & Michael LococoJohn & Dolores LoftusArthur E. LowenthalHarold D. LowryKathryn Markakis & Geoffrey WilliamsMrs. Bruce P. MarshallFrances & Robert MarxCarol & John MattesonMrs. Gilbert G. McCurdyCarol A. McFetridgeBruce & Eleanor McLearDr. & Mrs. Neal McNabbKaren MeadMarion & Ed MenchPete & Sally MerrillDaniel M. MeyersMargaret-Anne MilneJohn MuenterDr. & Mrs. Stephen MunsonMr. & Mrs. Philip NeivertElizabeth Neureiter-SeelySara L. NiemeyerKathy & Ted NixonWilliam J. O’Connor, Jr.David E. OwensMrs. Betty L. PaddockJane Parker & Francis CosentinoPatricia & Philip ParrMr. Kirkwood PersoniusChanning & Marie PhilbrickHazlow Electronics, Inc.Bill & Beverly PullisNancy & Vincent RealeMr. & Mrs. Thomas S. RichardsCarol Ritter Wright & William WrightDaniel & Nancy RobbinsMrs. Stanley M. RogoffDr. Marie Rolf & Mr. Robin LehmanThomas & Elizabeth RossDrs. Carl & O.J. SahlerDr. & Mrs. Robert M. SantoDrs. Eva & Jude SauerPeggy SavlovJames G. ScanzaroliPeter Schott & Mary Jane TasciottiAnthony & Gloria SciolinoCatherine & Richard Seeger

adagio ($1,000–$2,499)

Edith M. LordSwaminathan & Janice MadhuDan & Kiki MaharSaul & Susan MarshWilliam P. McCarrickPamela McGreevyMr. & Mrs. James R. McMillenDuane & Ida MillerJames E. Morris, Esq.Mr. & Mrs. Edward MullenPaul Marc & Pamela Miller Ness

Drs. Avice & Timothy O’ConnorBernard & Molly PannerBrock & Sandra PowellWilliam & Barbara PulsiferJohn B. RumseyPaul & Brigid RyanRon & Sharon SalluzzoRichard & Vicki SchwartzNancy A. SkeltonJanet Buchanan SmithDr. & Mrs. Sidney H. Sobel

Norman & Glenna SpindelmanDavid & Grace StrongMrs. Schuyler TownsonMrs. Robert van der StrichtAnn & Robert Van NielDr. & Mrs. Tae B. WhangTimothy & Teresa WilsonKitty J. WiseMr. & Mrs. Reyton WojnowskiRobert A. Woodhouse

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Anonymous (4)Daniel & Elizabeth AbbasDr. & Mrs. James V. AquavellaBetsy & Gerald ArchibaldJohn & Lisa BaronMr. & Mrs. Rodney BlumenauJeff & Kathy BowenJosephine BuckleyJane A. CapellupoMichael B. Gehl & Jeffrey CarusoDavid & Mary CheeranWalter CooperMr. & Mrs. Edward P. Curtis, Jr.Cathy Cushman & Jeff Sokol Jane DieckWendell & Mary DischerWilliam & Cynthia DoughertyCarol & Tom ElliottUdo Fehn & Christine LongMr. & Mrs. Lee J. FleckensteinGeorge & Marie FollettJohn & Chris ForkenMarjorie & James FulmerPeter & Nancy GaessDr. & Mrs. William GrammarBarbara J. GraniteEd & Terry GrissingMrs. Laura J. HameisterMarilyn & Dick HareMr. Lawrence Helfer

David L. HoffbergJohn & Barbara HolderAndrew & Kathleen HoltCarol E. HopkinsDr. Robert E. HornEarl & Mary IngersollMrs. Maryel KelloggMarilyn & David KlassMarcella Klein & Richard SchaefferGlenn & Nancy KochDoris & Austin LeveIn memory of Helene P. LovenheimJohn & Judy LyndStephen Matkowsky &

Elzbieta CharchalisGilbert Kennedy McCurdyRichard McGrathFerne F. MerrillKen & Nancy MihalyovHinda & Michael MillerOnnalie MillerJonathan Mink & Janet CranshawRichard & Joyce MitchellIlene MontanaDr. & Mrs. William L. MorganMorning MusicaleW. Robert NolanMrs. Virginia S. PacalaDavid & Monica PanipintoAnn Piato

Margaret QuackenbushRobert & Anne QuiveyAtonio Rosati & Patricia KrysalkaJamal & Pam RossiHon. & Mrs. Franklin T. RussellWilliam SaundersGary B. & Scott A. SchaeferSusan & Bill SchoffJoan M. SchumakerGeorge J. Schwartz, M.D.Elaine & Peter SchwarzJoan & Arthur SegalKatie SejbaCarol C. ShulmanRobert & Norma SnyderJanet H. SorensenMargaret A. StriteDonna ThompsonMimi & Sam TiltonJohn & Betty TravisJim Van Meter & Marlene PiscitelliDale & Lorraine WhittingtonDonald P. WichmanEd & Wilma WierengaClaes & Puck WinquistGary & Judith WoodLaura & Joel YellinJohn C. YoungersKaren & Sy ZivanMr. & Mrs. Ted Zornow

advoCate ($700–$999)

Anonymous (10)Carol AldridgeRobert & Anne AllenPeter & Jane AndersonAllegra AngusA. Joseph AntosDr. & Mrs. E. David AppelbaumMDr. & Mrs. Edward C. AtwaterGloria BaciewiczJane Ellen BaileyJean Boynton BakerMr. & Mrs. Thomas BaltaMaureen BaranDr. & Mrs. Donald BarrettAsish & Susan BasuSteve & Anne BauerKaren BaumgartnerJohn & Ellen Beck

Hays & Karen BellMr. & Mrs. Donald BennettMrs. Helen H. BerkeleyChris & Jodi BeyerEric & Marcia BirkenChrystine BlackwellMrs. Barbara BlakeLynne BlankJames R. BoehlerMrs. Philip P. BonanniSusan & Peter BondyAgneta M. Borgstedt, M.D.Donald & Mary BoydJudith BoydDr. & Mrs. Albert BraultDaan BravemanMr. & Mrs. Joseph C. BriggsElaine & Wayne Brigman

Mrs. George H. BrownWilma M. BruckerDoug & Chris BrushRichard F. BrushAl BucknerMary Elaine Aldoretta &

Richard BurandtDavid J. & Margaret M. BurnsRory & Rebekah BurrillBruce & Shirley BurrittJames ButlerJoe ButtariEric & Lee CaineDick & Marcia CalabreseKeith & Joan CalkinsThomas CaprioDr. & Mrs. Robert H. CarrierJohn & Diane Caselli

beneFaCtor ($375–$699)

Libba & Wolf SekaMr. & Mrs. Thomas P. SheaWayne & Sonja SheltonRobert & Nancy ShewanVirginia Skuse & Mr. Frank GrossoAlice & Ken SliningSusan & David SpectorMDaniel & Susan StareKenneth T. & Eva M. SteadmanMrs. Andrea StewartDr. Robert & Sally Jo StookeyPavel SullivanEleanor SummersFrank & Rose SwiskeyMargaret & Charles Symington

Dr. & Mrs. Henry A. ThiedeJ. Russell & Kathleen ThomasMiriam ThomasRobert & Diane TichellDr. & Mrs. Mark TornatoreStephen & Shirley TownsendDavid & Marcia TrauernichtBancroft-Tubbs Family FundDorothy TylerJim & Linda VarnerDr. Laura von DoenhoffRichard & Brenda VuillequezHarry & Ruth WalkerStephen R. WebbAnn Weitzel

Joseph Werner & Diane SmithStephen WershingCarol WhitbeckMrs. Frederick C. WhiteMrs. Kay R. WhitmoreMs. Christine WickertDr. James & Nancy WierowskiJames H. WilleyHenry Williams & Barbara DimmickElise & Joseph WojciechowskiErnest WongCharlotte C. WrightLinda & Robert G. WymanCaroline & Richard Yates

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Diane & Roger CassDr. Lawrence & Mrs. Rita ChessinIrene ChurukianVictor Ciaraldi & Kathy MarchaesiJack & Barbara ClarcqMrs. Ann ClarkeMartha D. ClasquinAlan Cohen & Nancy BloomGloria & Pincus CohenDavid & Donna ColeMary Ellen CollingeCheryl CollinsFrance DanielsonJerry DavidsonMr. & Mrs. Daniel C. DaviesRobert & Sandi DeBruyckerDr. & Mrs. H. George Decancq, Jr.John & Jane DeCorySue De GeorgeKen & Jean DeHavenJosephine DeweyNancy & Sreeram DhurjatyMr. A DmochowskiDonald & Stephanie DoeWarren DoerrerMs. Jeanetta DunlapJoanne EcclesMr. & Mrs. Richard J. EganLarry & Peggy ElliottHolly K. ElwellMarcia L. ElwittD. Craig Epperson & Dr. Beth JelsmaDonald & Jean EygnorSherman & Anne FarnhamClara S. FirthElizabeth B. FisherF. Peter FlihanSuressa & Richard Forbes Mr. & Mrs. Thomas ForsythCortland F. Fowler, Sr.Ann & Steve FoxSandra & Neil FrankelMrs. Richard FreemanRuth FreemanTaylor FreitasDr. Gary J. Friend &

Mrs. Lois B. Wolff-FriendMoriel & Bob GabbeyN. Gadziala & R. J. LooneySue GaffneyJerry J. Gambino, Jr.Jill & Kent GardnerSharon GarelickRichard & Joyce GilbertJean & Dr. Al GinkelRobert & Marie GintherAndrea S. GiuffreMrs. Coral T. GlassmanJohn & Roslyn GoldmanDane & Judy GordonMr. & Mrs. Julian M. GordonRobert & Jeanne GraceBarbara Jean Gray-GottorffMr. & Mrs. Newton H. GreenGay Jane GreeneMr. & Mrs. Michael R. GriswoldGaye Gronlund & Bruce CornerMichael & Joanna GrosodoniaMs. Barbara E. GrossMr. Robert C. GrossmanDavid Louis GuadagninoDr. & Mrs. Robert GulickAnn L. HaagSusan & James Haefner

Mary HaleDavid & Frances HallHoward T. Hallowell IIIZena & Tom HampsonMartin & Sherrie HandelmanRonald W. HansenMark & Barbara HargraveRobert T. & Mary Ann HargraveKaren HartMr. & Mrs. James M. HartmanDavid & Marian HartneyMr. & Mrs. Lee HasiukSandra HasenauerMrs. Robert A. HeinleRichard HenshawRay & Joan HenslerMs. Judith HensleyCarol & Michael HirshRyan HoefenPaul Hoffman & Jane SchryverMr. & Mrs. Ned HolmesTala & Mark HopkinsMr. & Mrs. William N HosleyLarry & Barbara HoweDr. Wei & Ivy HsuMr. & Mrs. Jerome L. HuffRichard & Joyce HumphreysGwyneth HuntingMr. & Mrs. John HustlerRobert & Merilyn IsraelDewey JacksonBruce JacobsMr. Gerald JenkinsJanet S. JennisonDavid & Patricia JewellDr. & Mrs. H. Douglas JonesJohn & Carole JoyceValerie & Robert KalwasDr. & Mrs. Donald KammAnne KampmeierLori & Frank KarbelBarbara & Robert KayMr. Jack L. KelchKathy Keogh & Eric Matson Leo & Cynthia KesselringJack & CB KinsellaKenneth R. KnightMr. & Mrs. Mordecai KolkoMrs. Ellen KonarPaulina & Laurence KovalskyElsbeth J. KozelChari KrenisDr. & Mrs. Jacob KriegerJane LabrumRev. William LairdDr. & Mrs. Leo R. LandhuisMr & Mrs. Thomas O LangeCraig & Susan LarsonDiana LauriaJennifer Leonard & David Cay JohnstonLenore & Marshall LesserPamela LeveSarah F. LiebschutzMs. Jean LigozioBarbara L. LobbDr. Erwin Loewen & Anita RosenfeldDr. & Mrs. Norman R. LoomisEd LutterbeinEdward J. & Kathleen L. LyndSandra MaceykaMr. & Mrs. Achilles MafiliosAngela MambroJeanne MandelJames & Patricia Mangin

Sandy & Jack ManiloffJeffrey & Laura MarkwickDiana MarquisMr. & Mrs. Fred MasonRichard & Catherine MassieMark & Kathy KeoghMr. & Mrs. William C. MayerMr. & Mrs. Wayne J. MazzarellaC. Thomas & Emily McCallDick & Sandra McGavernMr. & Mrs. David McNairMargaret & Bob MecredyMr. & Mrs. Harry P. Messina, Jr.Robert J. & Marcia Wishengrad MetzgerSidney MetzgerTheodore H. MorseJoseph & Linda MulcahySam & Donna MutoDr. & Mrs. R. Joseph NaplesMr Raymond L NelsonMildred G. NessJohn NeumannRichard & Jeanne NewmanDr. Richard & Nancy NewtonJoan & Beryl NusbaumSuzanne J. O’BrienW. Smith & Jean O’BrienPeter Oddleifson & Kay WallaceMalcolm O’MalleyRobert & Betty OppenheimerRita B. OtterbeinMrs. John PaganelliThe Rev. Marilyle Sweet PageMyrna & Gary PaigeDr. Vivian PalladoroRobert J. PalmerPhil R. PalumboMonica PanipintoJonathan R. Parkes &

Marcia Bornhurst ParkesJohn & Diane ParrinelloThomas W. PaulEsther & Tom PaulDavid & Marjorie PerlmanMr. & Mrs. Claude PetersThomas W. Petrillo & William R. ReamyMr. & Mrs. Anthony PiazzaDavid & Virginia PixleyDr. & Mrs. Lee D. PollanVera PowleyDr. Susan Presberg-Greene &

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Paul RoxinDr. & Mrs. G. Theodore RuckertAndrea Rudolph & Rosalind M. RudolphCarolyn & Charles RuffingMr. James R. SabeyLouise SadowskiMr. & Mrs. Victor E. Salerno, Jr.Ed & Gabriel SapharRon SassoneSusan Scanlon & Croft K. HangartnerMr. & Mrs. Richard SchenkelMarjorie SchmalePaul & Barbara SchmiedNancy & David SchraverDavid & Naomi SchrierRich SensenbachMr. & Mrs. Eugene P. SeymourRobert Hallstrom & Lily ShawRuth SheldonMary E. ShermanMr. & Mrs. Michael O. ShipleyMyron S. Silver & Rivka ChatmanJoseph SimpsonDaniel & Sarah SingalElizabeth E. SmithGeorge Smith & Diane AhlmanCharles H. SpeirsWalter StackerMr. & Mrs. Rudolph Steiner

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beneFaCtor ($375–$699) Continued

bravo tributesTribute gifts are a special way to remember loved ones or commemorate special occasions such as birthdays, anniversaries, weddings, births, or graduations. If you would like to make a memorial or honorarium gift, please contact the RPO Development Department at 454-7311 x232.

in honor oF…

Ellen Garfinkel Anne Korenstein

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Jay Friedman Dave & Barbara Ackroyd Betsy & Gerald Archibald Paul & Mary Callaway Douglas Coffey & Karen Kall Coffey Mark Cuddy & Christina Selian Mr. & Mrs. Terrance Doherty Louise Epstein Elizabeth B. Fisher Charles E. Fitzgibbon Maggie Freeman & Tom Lennox Heidi Friederich Mrs. Essie Germanow Tom & Nan Hildebrandt Robert & Susan Kessler Carol & Nick Love Iris & Luther Miller Don Navor & Kathy Cattrall Sara L. Niemeyer Charles H. Owens Sarah & Dan Post Dick & Bea Rosenbloom Bud & Joan Rusitzky Bob & Jan Silver Pavel Sullivan The Mainiaks

Edith Becker Nancy A. Andrews Norman Horton Bernard Strohmeyer Lelanie Westfall

Larry & Jane Glazer Debbie & Michael Gordon

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gold Baton ($100,000)Barbara & Patrick Fulford

podium ($50,000–$99,999)Joan & Harold* Feinbloom

ConCertmaster ($25,000–$49,999)Anonymous (2)Mr.* & Mrs. Robert Hurlbut, Sr.Cricket & Frank Luellen

prinCipal ($10,000–$24,999)Anonymous (2)Lisa Brubaker, James Viscardi, Louise Woerner & Don KollmorgenWilliam Eggers & Deborah McLeanLouise EpsteinRonald & Donna* FieldingSteven Hess & Sarah Atkinson, M.D.Mr. & Mrs. Robert HurshHarold & Christine KurlandAnn Mowris MulliganKathy & John PurcellRobin Lehman & Marie Rolf

Elizabeth & Larry RiceNick & Susan RobfogelIngrid Stanlis & Paul DonnellyDrs. Richard & Gwen SternsFrank* & Mary Lou* Stotz

ConduCtor laureate supportersJohn & Carol BennettPaul & Bea BriggsDavid & Barrie HeiligmanJim & Marianne KollerDawn & Jacques LipsonNannette Nocon & Karl WessendorfCharles H. OwensPeggy SavlovJon & Katherine SchumacherJoel SeligmanSuzanne D. Welch & William D. WatsonRobin & Michael WeintraubDeborah Wilson

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the Christopher seaman ConduCtor laureate ChairThe Christopher Seaman Chair is supported by funds from Barbara and Patrick Fulford and the Conductor Laureate Society, recognized below. We sincerely appreciate the support of these most generous patrons, who made it possible to honor former Music Director Christopher Seaman’s 13 dedicated years in a very special way.

HAUNTED HOUSE MUSICSunday, November 2 at 7:30 p.m. Hochstein Performance HallJuliana Athayde, violinPhillip Ying, violaColin Corner, string bassErik Behr, oboe

William Amsel, clarinetJoseph Werner, pianoMichael Landrum, piano

CoNtemPorary VigNetteSSunday, December 14 at 7:30 p.m. memorial art galleryChien-Kwan Lin, saxophoneRebecca Gilbert, flute

Renée Jolles, violinNicholas Goluses, guitarTony Caramia, piano

the Society for Chamber music in rochester, led by artistic Directors erik Behr and Juliana athayde presents:

Students admitted free with current school ID

LearN more at 585-377-6670 or ChamberMusicRochester.org

Chien-Kwan Lin

Artistic Directors Juliana Athayde and Erik Behr

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AdministrAtionCharles H. Owens, President & CEOEllen Beck, Executive Assistant

Artistic operAtions & educAtionRichard Decker, Vice President of Artistic AdministrationChris Beyer, Director of Concert OperationsBarbara Brown, Director of EducationBoon Hua Lien, Eastman Conducting FellowCameron Bender*Ainsley Kilgo ~

development And speciAl eventsJudith F. Lemoncelli, Vice President of DevelopmentPavel Sullivan, Associate Director of Annual Giving & Donor RelationsJason V. Polasek, Major Gifts Officer Brigid Ryan, Manager of Volunteers & Special EventsStephen T. House, Grants ManagerOlivia Grant, Development AssistantSumner Truax ~Seo Hee Min~

FinAnce & AdministrAtionRonald L. Steinmiller, Vice President of Finance & AdministrationNancy Atwood-Stone, Director of Information SystemsIrene Shaffer, Manager of Human Resources Mark Pignagrande, Staff AccountantKara Aymerich, Office Administrator

mArketing & communicAtionsKatie Sejba, Vice President of Marketing & CommunicationsEdward W. Solorzano, Director of Ticketing & Sales Kathryn Judd, Marketing ManagerTeddy Sainphor, Ticketing ManagerMichelle Shippers, Communications ManagerLani Toyama, Box Office ManagerDavid T. Meyer +, House ManagerMatthew Langford ~

Box oFFice representAtivesOlivia Case +Abby Chapman-Duprey +Sammi Cohen +Quinn Delaney +Katelyn Machnica + Marcy Savastano +Katie Weber +

rochester philhArmonic leAgueLaura Morihara+, RPL Administrator

rochester philhArmonic Youth orchestrASusan Basu+, ManagerLourdes Cossich ~

+ Part Time* Intern~ Indicates Catherine Filene Shouse Arts Leadership Intern from the Eastman School of Music

rochester philharmonic Youth orchestraMusical StoriesDr. Paul Shewan, guest conductorBerlioz, Khachaturian, Schubert, Tchaikovsky, and Kodály’s Háry János Suite

sunNOV 16

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HOCHSTEIN PERFORMANCE HALL

Great RomanticsSide-by-Side concert with the RPODr. Ching-Chun Lai, guest conductorRPYO Concerto Competition WinnersHanson, Liszt, and Tchaikovsky

sunMAR 8

3 pm

KODAK HALL AT EASTMAN THEATRE

Resounding FinaleDr. James Mick, guest conductorRPYO Concerto Competition WinnersMussorgsky, Schubert, Bach/Stokowski, and Dvořák

sunMAY 17

3 pm

HALE AUDITORIUM ROBERTS WESLEYAN COLLEGE

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Bravo to our volunteersHeartfelt thanks to our more than 550 volunteers for their ongoing and vital contributions to education, office, community engagement, special events, and theatre operations. Below is a list of the RPO’s formal volunteer organizations and active committees. For more information on how you can lend your time and talents to the RPO, contact Brigid Ryan, Manager of Volunteers and Special Events at (585) 454-7311 X243 or email [email protected].

special events oversight committeeRichard Sadowski and Ed Bullard, Co-Chairs

volunteer enrichment committeeShannon Nance, Chair

“need a lift” programMichelle Bello Dispatcher

“rear guard” volunteersJean Webster, Chair

rochester philharmonic leagueFounded in 1929, the Rochester Philharmonic League is an organization of men and women who support the RPO with a focus on educating young people about music and the RPO. League projects include: escorting for the RPO Educational Concerts, the Young Artist Auditions for high school musicians,

our Music, Munch & Mingle series where members attend select RPO rehearsals followed by lunch with an RPO musician, and the Glimmerglass Opera trip. Contact Laura Morihara, Administrator: (585) 399-3654 or email [email protected].

Board of directors 2014 – 2015

Eileen Ramos, PresidentBill Rahn, Vice PresidentMary-Ellen Perry, SecretaryPaul Ness, TreasurerYvonne BakerKathleen Bankey

Joanna BassettMary Ellen BiglerJudy DiPasqualeElmar FrangenbergSue HabbersettGeorge GreerCynthia JankowskiCharles KaplanBonnie Kramer

Katherine MartelRuth MessingerMargaret-Anne MilneBrenda Murphy-PoughKathleen NewcombDonna PritchardNaomi SchrierHoward Spindler

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Since its founding by George Eastman in 1922, the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra has been committed to enriching and inspiring our community through the art of music. Currently in its 92nd year, the RPO is dedicated to maintaining its high standard of artistic excellence, unique tradition of musical versatility, and deep commitment to education and community engagement.

Today, the RPO presents up to 130 concerts per year, serving nearly 150,000 people through ticketed events, education and community engagement activities, and concerts in schools and community centers throughout the region. A highlight of the 2013–14 season was the RPO’s performance at Carnegie Hall on May 7, 2014, as part of the Spring For Music festival. RPO concerts are rebroadcast on WXXI 91.5 FM. For more information about the RPO, visit rpo.org.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

TICKETS: The Eastman Theatre Box Office is located at 433 East Main St., downtown Rochester.The Box Office is open Mon-Sat, 10AM-5PM; 10AM-3PM on non-concert Saturdays; and 60 minutes prior to performances and through intermission. Tickets may also be purchased by calling 585-454-2100 or online through rpo.org; tickets are also available at all Rochester-area Wegmans. Discounts are available for groups of 10+. Call 585-454-2100.

PARKING: Paid parking for Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre is available at the East End Garage, located next to the theatre with entrances on Main, Scio, and Swan Streets. Paid parking for the Performance Hall at Hochstein is available at the Sister Cities Garage, located behind the school at Church and Fitzhugh Streets.

PRE-CONCERT TALKS: Philharmonics ticket-holders are welcome to attend pre-concert talks, held one hour before all philharmonics concerts in the orchestra level of the theatre.

SERVICES FOR PATRONS WITH DISABILITIES: Wheelchair locations and seating for those with disabilities are available at all venues; please see the house manager or an usher for assistance. Elevators are located in the oval lobby of Kodak Hall and in the East Wing. A wheelchair-accessible restroom is available on the first floor.

SERVICES FOR HARD-OF-HEARING PATRONS: Audio systems are available at Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre; headsets may be obtained from an usher prior to the performance.

CHANGING SEATS: If you find it necessary to be reseated for any reason, please contact an usher who will bring your request to the House Manager.

LOST AND FOUND: Items found in Kodak Hall will be held at the Eastman Theatre Box Office, 433 E. Main Street. For more info, call 585-454-2100.

ELECTRONIC DEVICES: The use of cameras or audio recording equipment is strictly prohibited. Patrons are asked to turn off all personal electronic devices prior to the performance.

REFRESHMENTS: Food and drink are not permitted in the concert hall, except for bottled water. Refreshments are available for purchase in Betty’s Café located on the orchestra level of Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre.

TICKET DONATION: If you are unable to attend a concert, please consider donating your tickets to us as a tax-deductible contribution. Return your tickets to the RPO no later than 2PM the day of the performance to make them available for resale.

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