Performance Magazine - Spring Issue 2 - 2022-23 Season

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Program Notes

ON THE COVER: Music Director Jader Bignamini (by Justin Milhouse), Principal Trombone Ken Thompkins (by Sarah Smarch), and composer Carlos Simon (by Terrance Ragland)

Dear Friends,

Welcome to Orchestra Hall! Thank you for joining us to experience together the joy of live music. As we enter the warmer months, we have much to look forward to: From world premieres (check out our cover story on Carlos Simon’s new concerto), to strengthening meaningful partnerships, and celebrating with friends at our summer and autumn galas.

We invite you to join us on June 17 as we honor developer, philanthropist, and DSO Chair Emeritus Peter D. Cummings at our eleventh Heroes Gala and Benefit Concert. The Heroes Gala recognizes the remarkable people who impact the vision, values, and success of the DSO and raises funds to support the DSO’s commitment to transforming the lives of young people through music education. This year’s concert will feature a truly remarkable collaboration as Music Director Jader Bignamini conducts the DSO and two of today’s most acclaimed artists, Michael Feinstein and Jean-Yves Thibaudet, in a two-piano program of 20th century American music.

Peter’s three decades of extraordinary leadership have shaped our organization in profound ways, from his six years as Chair of the Board of Directors to his instrumental support of the expansion of Orchestra Hall’s campus, which transformed the DSO’s home into a 21st century performing arts and music education center, The Max. You may also recognize Peter’s name on one of our venues: the Peter D. and Julie F. Cummings Cube (The Cube), the DSO’s black box performance space that presents curated arts programming across musical and artistic genres. Together with his wife Julie, Peter was instrumental in the development of The Cube, creating a venue that is not only accessible, but also relevant to the many communities that the DSO serves.

On July 22 and 23, we look forward to adding another chapter to our storied history with Interlochen Center for the Arts as we return for our annual residency at the camp. Our partnership with Interlochen means so much to our musicians and staff, many of whom experienced firsthand the impact that it has on young people’s lives. The residency will see DSO musicians leading master classes and rehearsing side by side with young students, plus a DSO concert and performance by Interlochen’s World Youth Symphony Orchestra, both conducted by Jader.

We also anticipate the start of our new 2023-2024 season, which Jader will kick off in style in September with an all-star opening week. First, we welcome renowned violinist Gil Shaham for two concerts on the PVS Classical Series before the week culminates with a one-night-only Opening Night Gala featuring one of the most celebrated artists of our time, cellist Yo-Yo Ma. For more, visit dso.org.

We hope you’ll join us for what are sure to be exceptional, one-of-a-kind moments!

Erik Rönmark David T. Provost President and CEO Chair, Board of Directors

JEFF TYZIK

Principal Pops Conductor

FIRST VIOLIN

Robyn Bollinger CONCERTMASTER

Katherine Tuck Chair

TERENCE BLANCHARD

Fred A. Erb Jazz Creative Director Chair

CELLO

Wei Yu PRINCIPAL

Abraham Feder

Assistant Conductor, Phillip & Lauren Fisher Community Ambassador

CLARINET

Ralph Skiano PRINCIPAL

Robert B. Semple Chair

Kimberly Kaloyanides Kennedy

ASSOCIATE CONCERTMASTER

Schwartz and Shapero Family Chair

Hai-Xin Wu

ASSISTANT CONCERTMASTER

Walker L. Cisler/Detroit Edison Foundation Chair

Jennifer Wey Fang

ASSISTANT CONCERTMASTER

Marguerite Deslippe*

Laurie Goldman*

Rachel Harding Klaus*

Eun Park Lee*

Adrienne Rönmark*

Alexandros Sakarellos*

Drs. Doris Tong and Teck Soo Chair

Laura Soto*

Greg Staples*

Jiamin Wang*

Mingzhao Zhou*

SECOND VIOLIN

Adam Stepniewski

ACTING PRINCIPAL

The Devereaux Family Chair

Will Haapaniemi*

David and Valerie McCammon Chairs

Hae Jeong Heidi Han*

David and Valerie McCammon Chairs

Elizabeth Furuta*

Sheryl Hwangbo Yu*

Daniel Kim*

Sujin Lim*

Hong-Yi Mo *

Marian Tanau*

Alexander Volkov*

Jing Zhang*

VIOLA

Eric Nowlin

PRINCIPAL

Julie and Ed Levy, Jr. Chair

James VanValkenburg

ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL

Caroline Coade

Henry and Patricia Nickol Chair

Glenn Mellow

Hang Su

Hart Hollman

Han Zheng

Mike Chen

ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL

Dorothy and Herbert Graebner Chair

Robert Bergman*

Jeremy Crosmer*

Victor and Gale Girolami Cello Chair

David LeDoux*

Peter McCaffrey*

Joanne Deanto and Arnold Weingarden Chair

Una O’Riordan* Mary Ann & Robert Gorlin Chair

Cole Randolph*

BASS

Kevin Brown

PRINCIPAL Van Dusen Family Chair

Stephen Molina

ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL

Christopher Hamlen

Brandon Mason

Nicholas Myers^

HARP OPEN

PRINCIPAL

Winifred E. Polk Chair

FLUTE

Hannah Hammel Maser

PRINCIPAL Alan J. and Sue Kaufman and Family Chair

Amanda Blaikie

Morton and Brigitte Harris Chair

Sharon Sparrow

ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL

Bernard and Eleanor Robertson Chair

Jeffery Zook

Shantanique Moore §

PICCOLO

Jeffery Zook

Shari and Craig Morgan Chair

OBOE

Alexander Kinmonth

PRINCIPAL Jack A. and Aviva Robinson Chair

Sarah Lewis

ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL

Monica Fosnaugh

ENGLISH HORN

Monica Fosnaugh

Jack Walters

PVS Chemicals Inc./ Jim and Ann Nicholson Chair

Shannon Orme

E-FLAT CLARINET OPEN

BASS CLARINET

Shannon Orme

Barbara Frankel and Ronald Michalak Chair

BASSOON

Conrad Cornelison

PRINCIPAL

Byron and Dorothy Gerson Chair

Michael Ke Ma

ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL

Marcus Schoon

Jaquain Sloan §

CONTRABASSOON

Marcus Schoon

HORN

Karl Pituch

PRINCIPAL

Johanna Yarbrough

Scott Strong

Ric and Carola Huttenlocher Chair

David Everson

ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL

Mark Abbott

TRUMPET

Hunter Eberly

PRINCIPAL

Lee and Floy Barthel Chair

Stephen Anderson

ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL

William Lucas

TROMBONE

Kenneth Thompkins

PRINCIPAL

David Binder

Adam Rainey

BASS TROMBONE

Adam Rainey

TUBA

Dennis Nulty

PRINCIPAL

TIMPANI

Jeremy Epp

PRINCIPAL

Richard and Mona Alonzo Chair

James Ritchie

ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL

PERCUSSION

Joseph Becker

PRINCIPAL

Ruth Roby and Alfred R. Glancy III Chair

Andrés Pichardo-Rosenthal

ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL

William Cody Knicely Chair

James Ritchie

LIBRARIANS

Robert Stiles

PRINCIPAL

Ethan Allen

LEGACY CHAIRS

Principal Flute

Women’s Association for the DSO

Principal Cello

James C. Gordon

Personnel Managers

Patrick Peterson

DIRECTOR OF ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL

Benjamin Tisherman

MANAGER OF ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL

Nolan Cardenas

AUDITION AND OPERATIONS

COORDINATOR

Stage Personnel

Dennis Rottell

STAGE MANAGER

Zach Deater

DEPARTMENT HEAD

Issac Eide

DEPARTMENT HEAD

Kurt Henry DEPARTMENT HEAD

Steven Kemp

DEPARTMENT HEAD

Matthew Pons

DEPARTMENT HEAD

Jason Tschantre

DEPARTMENT HEAD

LEGEND

* These members may voluntarily revolve seating within the section on a regular basis

^ Extended Leave

§ African American Orchestra Fellow

Jader Bignamini

MUSIC DIRECTORSHIP ENDOWED BY THE KRESGE FOUNDATION

Jader Bignamini was introduced as the 18th music director of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra in January 2020. The DSO’s 2022-2023 season marks his second full year as DSO Music Director, and his infectious passion and artistic excellence have set the tone for the DSO on stage, establishing a close relationship with the orchestra and creating extraordinary music together. A jazz aficionado, he has immersed himself in Detroit’s rich jazz culture and the influences of American music.

A native of Crema, Italy, Jader studied at the Piacenza Music Conservatory and began his career as a musician (clarinet) with Orchestra Sinfonica La Verdi in Milan, later serving as the group’s resident conductor. Captivated by the symphonies of greats like Mahler and Tchaikovsky, Jader explored their complexity and power, puzzling out the role that each instrument played in creating a larger-than-life sound. When he conducted his first professional concert at the age of 28, it didn’t feel like a departure, but an arrival.

In the years since, Jader has conducted

some of the world’s most acclaimed orchestras and opera companies in venues across the globe including working with Riccardo Chailly on concerts of Mahler’s Eighth Symphony in 2013 and his concert debut at La Scala in 2015 for the opening season of La Verdi Orchestra. Recent highlights include debuts with The Cleveland Orchestra, New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, Dallas Symphony Orchestra, and Minnesota Orchestra; the Osaka Philharmonic and Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra in Tokyo; Madama Butterfly with the Metropolitan Opera, Vienna State Opera, and Dutch National Opera; Gianni Schicchi with Canadian Opera Company; Rigoletto with Oper Frankfurt; La Traviata with Bayerische Staatsoper; I Puritani in Montpellier for the Festival of Radio France; Traviata in Tokyo directed by Sofia Coppola; Andrea Chénier at New National Theatre in Tokyo; Rossini’s Stabat Mater at Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro, Italy; Rossini’s Petite messe solennelle at Teatro dell’Opera in Rome; return engagements with Oper Frankfurt (La forza del destino) and Santa Fe Opera (La Bohème); Manon Lescaut at the Bolshoi; Traviata, Madama Butterfly, and Turandot at Arena of Verona; Il Trovatore and Aida at Rome’s Teatro dell’Opera; Madama Butterfly, I Puritani, and Manon Lescaut at Teatro Massimo in Palermo; Simon Boccanegra and La Forza del Destino at the Verdi Festival in Parma; and La Bohème, Madama Butterfly, and Elisir d’amore at La Fenice in Venice.

When Jader leads an orchestra in symphonic repertoire, he conducts without a score, preferring to make direct eye contact with the musicians. He conducts from the heart, forging a profound connection with his musicians that shines through both onstage and off. Jader both embodies and exudes the excellence and enthusiasm that has long distinguished the DSO’s artistry.

Jeff Tyzik

PRINCIPAL POPS CONDUCTOR

Grammy Award winner Jeff Tyzik is one of America’s most innovative and sought-after pops conductors. Tyzik is recognized for his brilliant arrangements, original programming, and engaging rapport with audiences of all ages. In addition to his role as Principal Pops Conductor of the DSO, Tyzik holds The Dot and Paul Mason Principal Pops Conductor’s Podium at the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and serves as principal pops conductor of the Oregon Symphony, Florida Orchestra, and Rochester Philharmonic—a post he has held for over 20 seasons.

Frequently invited as a guest conductor, Tyzik has appeared with the Boston Pops, Cincinnati Pops, Milwaukee Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony, Toronto Symphony, Indianapolis Symphony, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, and Royal Scottish National Orchestra.

Committed to performing music of all genres, Tyzik has collaborated with such diverse artists as Megan Hilty, Chris Botti, Matthew Morrison, Wynonna Judd, Tony Bennett, Art Garfunkel, Dawn Upshaw, Marilyn Horne, Arturo Sandoval, The Chieftains, Mark O’Connor, Doc Severinsen, and John Pizzarelli. He has created numerous original programs that include the greatest music from jazz and classical to Motown, Broadway, film, dance, Latin, and swing. Tyzik holds Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees from the Eastman School of Music.

Visit jefftyzik.com for more.

Terence Blanchard

FRED A. ERB JAZZ CREATIVE DIRECTOR CHAIR

Trumpeter, bandleader, composer, and educator Terence Blanchard has served as the DSO’s Fred A. Erb Jazz Creative Director Chair since 2012. Blanchard has performed and recorded with many of jazz’s superstars and currently leads the celebrated E-Collective. He is also wellknown for his decades-long collaboration with filmmaker Spike Lee, scoring more than 15 of Lee’s movies since the early 1990s. 2018’s BlacKkKlansman earned Blanchard his first Academy Award nomination, with a second Academy Award nomination in 2021 for Da 5 Bloods. In and out of the film world, Blanchard has received 14 Grammy nominations and six wins, as well as nominations for Emmy, Golden Globe, Sierra, and Soul Train Music awards.

Blanchard’s second opera Fire Shut Up in My Bones, based on the memoir of New York Times columnist Charles Blow, opened The Metropolitan Opera’s 20212022 season, making it the first opera by an African American composer to premiere at the Met. With a libretto by Kasi Lemmons, the opera was commissioned by Opera Theatre of Saint Louis where it premiered in 2019. The New York Times called it “inspiring,” “subtly powerful,” and “a bold affecting adaptation of Charles Blow’s work.” Blanchard’s first opera, Champion, also premiered to critical acclaim in 2013 in St. Louis and starred Denyce Graves with a libretto from Pulitzer Prize Winner Michael Cristofer. Visit terenceblanchard.com for more.

DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, INC.

LIFETIME DIRECTORS

Samuel Frankel◊

Stanley Frankel

David Handleman, Sr.◊

Dr. Arthur L. Johnson ◊

James B. Nicholson

Anne Parsons, President Emeritus◊

Barbara Van Dusen

Clyde Wu, M.D.◊

CHAIRS EMERITI

Peter D. Cummings

Mark A. Davidoff

Phillip Wm. Fisher

DIRECTORS EMERITI

loy Barthel

Chacona Baugh

Penny B. Blumenstein

Richard A. Brodie

Lois Cohn

Marianne Endicott

Sidney Forbes

Herman H. Frankel

Dr. Gloria Heppner

Ronald Horwitz

Bonnie Larson

Arthur C. Liebler

Harold Kulish

David McCammon

David R. Nelson

William F. Pickard, Ph.D.

Marilyn Pincus

Lloyd E. Reuss

Stanley Frankel

Robert S. Miller

James B. Nicholson

David T. Provost Chair

Erik Rönmark President & CEO

Marjorie S. Saulson

Alan E. Schwartz

Jane Sherman

Arthur A. Weiss

OFFICERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Faye Alexander Nelson Vice Chair

Laura Trudeau Treasurer

James G. Vella Secretary

Ralph J. Gerson Officer at Large

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Glenda D. Price, Ph.D. Officer at Large

Shirley Stancato Officer at Large

Directors are responsible for maintaining a culture of accountability, resource development, and strategic thinking. As fiduciaries, Directors oversee the artistic and cultural health and strategic direction of the DSO.

David Assemany, Governing Members Chair

Michael Bickers

Amanda Blaikie, Orchestra Representative

Elena Centeio

Dave Everson, Orchestra Representative

Aaron Frankel

Herman B. Gray, M.D., M.B.A.

Laura HernandezRomine

Rev. Nicholas Hood III

Richard Huttenlocher

Renato Jamett, Trustee Chair

Daniel J. Kaufman

Michael J. Keegan

Xavier Mosquet

David Nicholson

Arthur T. O’Reilly

Stephen Polk

Bernard I. Robertson

Nancy Tellem

David M. Wu, M.D.

Ellen Hill Zeringue

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Renato Jamett, Chair

Trustees are a diverse group of community leaders who infuse creative thinking and innovation into how the DSO strives to achieve both artistic vitality and organizational sustainability.

Renato Jamett, Trustee Chair

Ismael Ahmed

Richard Alonzo

Hadas Bernard

Janice Bernick

Elizabeth Boone

Gwen Bowlby

Marco Bruzzano

Dr. Betty Chu

Margaret Cooney Casey

Karen Cullen

Joanne Danto

Stephen D’Arcy

Maureen T. D’Avanzo

Jasmin DeForrest

Afa Sadykhly Dworkin

James C. Farber

Abe Feder, Musician

Representative

Linda Forte

Carolynn Frankel

Maha Freij

Christa Funk

Robert Gillette

Jody Glancy

Mary Ann Gorlin

Donald Hiruo

Michelle Hodges

Julie Hollinshead

Sam Huszczo

John Jullens

Laurel Kalkanis

Jay Kapadia

David Karp

Joel D. Kellman

John Kim

Jennette Smith Kotila

Leonard LaRocca

William Lentine

Linda Dresner Levy

Florine Mark

Anthony McCree

Kristen McLennan

Tito Melega

Lydia Michael

Lois A. Miller

H. Keith Mobley

Scott Monty

Shari Morgan

Sandy Morrison

Frederick J. Morsches

Jennifer Muse, NextGen Chair

Sean M. Neall

Eric Nemeth

Maury Okun

Jackie Paige

Vivian Pickard

Denise Fair Razo

Gerrit Reepmeyer

Richard Robinson

James Rose, Jr.

Laurie Rosen

Elana Rugh

Marc Schwartz

Carlo Serraiocco

Lois L. Shaevsky

Mary Shafer

Ralph Skiano, Musician Representative

Richard Sonenklar

Rob Tanner

Yoni Torgow

Gwen Weiner

Donnell White

Jennifer Whitteaker

R. Jamison Williams

Margaret E. Winters

MAESTRO CIRCLE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Cecilia Benner

Joanne Danto

Gregory Haynes

Bonnie Larson

Lois Miller

Richard Sonenklar

Janet & Norm Ankers, Chairs

WORLD PREMIERE: TROUBLED WATER

The DSO brings Carlos Simon’s new work to life

By Hannah Engwall

This May, under Music Director Jader Bignamini, the DSO will perform the world premiere of Grammynominated composer, curator, and activist Carlos Simon’s new trombone concerto, Troubled Water. Written for DSO Principal Trombone Kenneth Thompkins, the piece is inspired by the many stories, accounts, and experiences of enslaved people seeking freedom at any cost on the Underground Railroad. We sat down with Simon and Thompkins to learn more.

“In January 2020, Ken asked me to write a piece for him about the Underground Railroad,” said Simon. “Michigan was one of the last states for enslaved people to reach before getting to freedom in Canada, and it was important for us to tell this story.”

The work was initially conceived as a small chamber work for piano and trombone, but eventually evolved to a concerto. “I now had

use of the full orchestra,” said Simon. “And not just any orchestra— this is the DSO, so it was really a dream to have 25 minutes to play with this amazing orchestra and to utilize the masterful skills of Ken Thompkins.”

During the creation process, Thompkins would walk along the Detroit Riverwalk in the cold winter months, passing by The Gateway to Freedom, the international memorial to the Underground Railroad by Ed Dwight in Hart Plaza. Thompkins passed the statue many times without paying much attention, until one day pausing for a closer look.

He examined the bronze sculpture and the faces of the freedom seekers awaiting transport to Canada—faces of fear, anguish, and hope—bursting with emotion. He began to think about what it was like in Detroit in the 19th century. What did the river look like? Where did they stay?

SIMON

“Water is such an important element of the travel of enslaved people to freedom,” said Thompkins. “Most of the major Underground Railroad routes are along the river or waterways. Musically, you think about water and the many types of elements that could be used in a composition. When I thought of a composer and their use of color to bring the orchestra to life to evoke the emotions that someone might feel going through this experience, I thought of Carlos because he’s a very colorful, deep composer.”

As the piece developed, Simon and Thompkins continued to center on the first-hand sensory experience of people seeking freedom. In the dead of night, as they were moving, what did they see? The stars? And what did they hear? We know that Harriet Tubman used the call of an owl to alert refugees and freedom seekers that it was safe to come out

of hiding and continue their journey, a sound which Simon recreates in the orchestral texture of Troubled Water.

“The use of the owl call really sheds light on the ingenuity of these amazing people,” said Simon. “It’s a different aspect that we don’t normally hear in the story of the Underground Railroad.”

“It’s so easy to look at things twodimensionally and not see the full humanity of a group of people,” added Thompkins. “By fleshing out these types of stories and looking at things differently, hopefully we’ll bring more humanity to our culture and have less fear and more empathy.”

“For my take, as a composer, I think it’s important to document the times in which we live,” added Simon. “You can’t really do that without bringing issues to the forefront that happened in history and drawing a correlation. I’ve always wanted to understand how I fit within the historical landscape as a Black man, as a Black composer, and as an American.”

“Performing a commission is completely different than performing a work that’s been done before and written for someone else. Many themes in this music are based on spirituals, so this is music that, in some form, I’ve heard all my life. To be able to bring this to the concert stage as a concerto is great. There’s a lot of personal investment for me to honor this music in a way that’s appropriate and tells a story that is personal and human and relatable to everybody.”

— KENNETH THOMPKINS, DSO Principal Trombone

Simon is the current Composer-inResidence for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and has completed commissions for the likes of the New York and Los Angeles philharmonics. His latest album, Requiem for the Enslaved, is a multi-genre musical tribute to commemorate the stories of the 272 enslaved men, women, and children sold in 1838 by Georgetown University, and was nominated for a 2023 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Classical Composition.

“All music was once new music,” said Simon. “It’s important to understand that for the art form to live on, new works have to be created.”

“People have different stories and the stories that we’re telling each other through music are beyond words,” added Thompkins. “It’s getting into emotions— we can express things we can’t say. Each generation, each group of people, has different things that need to be expressed and keep on evolving. I’m always excited to hear different pieces, new pieces, new

compositions. It’s a great honor to be involved with a commissioning project and I’m very happy to be doing this with Carlos, Jader, and my DSO colleagues, who are extremely sensitive, attentive, and musical,” said Thompkins. “I always compare the DSO to driving a Porsche and a Cadillac at the same time—you have that power and then you have the luxury—it’s just fantastic.”

A DSO member since 1997, Thompkins took part in the DSO’s African American Orchestra Fellowship and was appointed to his role by then-Music Director Neeme Järvi. He has since enjoyed a strong career in Detroit and passes his knowledge to the next generation of musicians through performances and master classes at institutions including the University of Michigan.

Simon is also connected to the U of M as an alum, and in 2021 received the Sphinx Medal of Excellence, the highest honor bestowed by the Detroit-based Sphinx Organization, recognizing

extraordinary classical Black and Latinx musicians.

“It’s sort of a dream come true because this is my first commission with the DSO,” said Simon. “I’m over the moon and cannot wait to hear my music in Orchestra Hall, the same hall where I attended many concerts as a graduate student.” He also looks forward to working with Bignamini for the first time.

“Jader is a fantastic musician, so he has extremely high standards,” said Thompkins. “Whenever you start working on a new piece of music, there will always be something that changes your perspective. Conductors are often the person that’s going to hear it a little bit differently than you as a soloist may hear it, or maybe even Carlos. It’s always interesting to have that dynamic—that third person involved on the podium. That interaction is always very fascinating.”

So as composers, musicians, and conductors may all hear something different, Simon invites audiences to attend the premiere with an open mind and open ears. The piece evokes sounds of natural elements and transportation, while also referencing traditional spirituals like “Steal Away” and “Wade in the Water.”

“I come from a very long line of preachers,” said Simon. “I saw how powerful leadership was in the community through the church and how important it was for people who were looking for a sense of connection and empowerment. That music has the ability to connect people and put a mirror up in front of the audience and reflect something that they may not have seen—and to choose to really be honest. I grew up in church and saw my father preach every Sunday, putting a mirror in front of his congregation and saying, ‘this is what I see, and I think you could be better,’ and that’s something I draw from every day through my music and lifestyle.”

Though Troubled Water includes familiar sounds, Simon hopes that audiences will

also have a new experience with the music. “I like to think of music as going to an art exhibit,” said Simon. “When an artist depicts something from real life, it’s not always a literal representation of the thing—it can be more abstracted. That’s what I envision for this piece. I want to use different tools like the quotes from the spirituals to enhance one’s understanding of the Underground Railroad.”

“In American culture, what people see on TV of African Americans is often negative,” added Thompkins. “If you look at Civil Rights footage that is commonly shown, people are being abused or you might see a lynching or a bombing. I remember when I was a kid and I saw Roots and how traumatic it was seeing people treated like that. Part of this story is to tell a different side of Black people in America. There’s also love, courage, hope, ingenuity, and bravery. This is not only a message of the Underground Railroad, but also a message of hope.”

Friday, May 5, 2023 at 10:45 a.m.

Saturday, May 6, 2023 at 8 p.m.

Sunday, May 7, 2023 at 3 p.m. in Orchestra Hall

JADER BIGNAMINI CONDUCTOR

KENNETH THOMPKINS TROMBONE

JOHANNES BRAHMS Variations on a Theme by Haydn

CA RLOS SIMON Troubled Water for Trombone and Orchestra (World Premiere, commissioned by the DSO)

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 8

Giving Back and Creating Impact: DSO appoints Danny Kaufman as Co-Chair of the DSO Impact Campaign

Danny Kaufman has always been a fan of classical and jazz music. Among his fondest childhood memories are car rides listening to classical music with his father and school trips to the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. He even dabbled with playing the piano and trumpet, but a young Danny’s attention eventually shifted to something that was visibly paramount in their household: philanthropy.

In addition to carrying the family legacy in business as the third-generation President of Burns & Wilcox and Executive Vice President for its parent company, H.W. Kaufman Group, Danny holds a special place in his heart for community-rooted missions, including his and the Kaufman family’s support of the DSO.

Danny’s involvement with the institution has spread across committees, including co-chairing Decanted (the organization’s annual fine wine and music event) with his wife Morgan and serving on the DSO’s Board of Directors and now as Co-Chair of the DSO Impact Campaign. Together with DSO Campaign Chair and Board Chair Emeritus Phillip Wm. Fisher, the pair will ignite a final push to drive the campaign to its goal of $75 million in endowment.

At the top of Danny’s to-do list is building a pipeline of multi-generational support that attracts a broad range of patrons and establishes a flourishing donor base reflective of his generation. He also understands the value of engaging youth through arts and music education. He identifies both Detroit Harmony (with its mission to put an instrument in the hands of every student who wants to learn to play) and the DSO’s William Davidson Neighborhood Concert Series as key areas of amplification to further engage people with the organization. Thanks to Danny’s visionary leadership, the DSO will continue to mobilize communities and create sustainable impact for generations to come.

The vitality and longevity of the DSO depends on the next generation of investors, and we need that. It’s important to get skin in the game. So, I’m going to do all I can to get my generation and future generations involved and engaged in the DSO in all ways.”

—Danny Kaufman, DSO Impact Campaign Co-Chair

The DSO is grateful to the donors who have made extraordinary endowment investments through the DSO Impact Campaign or multi-year, comprehensive gifts to support general operations, capital improvements, or special programs.

FOUNDING FAMILIES

Mr. & Mrs. Lee Barthel

Julie & Peter Cummings APLF

The Davidson-Gerson Family and the William Davidson Foundation

The Richard C. Devereaux Foundation

Erb Family and the Fred A. & Barbara M. Erb Family Foundation

The Fisher Family and the Max M. & Marjorie S. Fisher Foundation

Stanley & Judy Frankel and the Samuel & Jean Frankel Foundation

Danialle & Peter Karmanos, Jr.

Mort & Brigitte Harris Foundation APLF

Linda Dresner & Ed Levy, Jr.APLF

James B. & Ann V. Nicholson and PVS Chemicals, Inc. APLF

Bernard & Eleanor Robertson

Mrs. Richard C. Van Dusen

Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation

Clyde & Helen Wu◊

VISIONARIES

Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. AlonzoAPLF

Penny & Harold BlumensteinAPLF

Mr. & Mrs. Phillip Wm. FisherAPLF,MM

Alan J. & Sue Kaufman and Family MM

Shari & Craig Morgan APLF, MM

Paul & Terese Zlotoff

CHAMPIONS

Mandell & Madeleine Berman Foundation APLF

Mr. & Mrs. Raymond M. Cracchiolo

Joanne Danto & Arnold Weingarden

Vera & Joseph Dresner Foundation

DTE Energy Foundation

Ford Motor Company Fund

Mr. & Mrs. Morton E. Harris ◊

John S. & James L. Knight Foundation

The Kresge Foundation

Mrs. Bonnie Larson APLF

Brian & Lisa Meer

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

Ms. Deborah Miesel

Dr. William F. Pickard

The Polk Family

Stephen M. Ross

Family of Clyde & Helen Wu APLF

LEADERS

Applebaum Family Philanthropy

Charlotte Arkin Estate

Marvin & Betty Danto Family Foundation APLF

Adel & Walter Dissett MM

Herman & Sharon Frankel

Ruth & Al◊ Glancy

Mary Ann & Robert Gorlin APLF

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A student plays a violin at a Detroit Harmony event, the Allegro Ensemble enjoys a day at The Max, the Bucket Band performs during Black History Month.

Empowering Detroit Students Through Music

By Francesca Leo

The DSO’s Detroit Harmony program is making meaningful strides in its goal to provide music education and put an instrument in the hands of every K-12 student in Detroit who wishes to play. First announced in 2019, the program has since collected thousands of new and used instruments thanks to generous donations from people across Michigan. In December, Detroit Harmony Managing Director Damien Crutcher and his team distributed some of the refurbished instruments to Mr. Denzel Donald’s 5th and 6th grade students at Detroit Prep—joy could be felt throughout the classroom.

In continuing efforts to increase access to music education and performance opportunities for Detroit students, the DSO’s Community & Learning team supports in-school ensembles including the Detroit Pistons Bucket Band and the Vera and Joseph Dresner Foundation Allegro Ensemble. The Allegro Ensemble, directed by Maria Bucco and assisted by Camille Jones, is a tuition-free entry-level violin group providing training, instruments, and educational materials to students at Ellington Conservatory of

Music & Art at Beckham Academy. The Bucket Band, led by Darell “Red” Campbell, is a percussion ensemble that teaches students percussion techniques and musical principles in a fun and creative way—by performing on buckets. In February, the Bucket Band performed for a Detroit Pistons Black History Month event at the Detroit Institute of Arts, and in March during a Pistons game at Little Caesars Arena. In December, the Allegro Ensemble visited Orchestra Hall for an Educational Concert Series performance, which for most students was their first orchestral concert. They enjoyed Box Level seats, met DSO musicians, and held a class in the DSO’s Pincus Music Education Center. On April 30, both ensembles will celebrate a season of hard work by performing alongside other Civic Youth Ensembles students in the CYE Family Experience showcase.

By creating opportunities for meaningful engagement with music, the DSO empowers students to create lasting memories and build a bright musical future.

For students in Detroit Public Schools, the DSO’s Detroit Harmony program and in-school ensembles are making musical wishes come true.

JEFF TYZIK Principal Pops Conductor

DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

JADER BIGNAMINI , Music Director

Music Directorship endowed by the Kresge Foundation

TERENCE BLANCHARD

Fred A. Erb Jazz Creative Director Chair

NA’ZIR MCFADDEN

Assistant Conductor, Phillip & Lauren Fisher Community Ambassador

LEONARD SLATKIN

Music Director Laureate

NEEME JÄRVI

Music Director Emeritus

MUSIC OF ELTON JOHN

Saturday, May 13, 2023 at 8 p.m. in Orchestra Hall

NA’ZIR McFADDEN, conductor

MICHAEL CAVANAUGH, piano and vocals

Philadelphia Freedom – I’m Still Standing

Your Song

Take Me to the Pilot Funeral for a Friend – Love Lies Bleeding

Chicago Medley

Honky Cat

Benny and the Jets

Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting

INTERMISSION

Pinball Wizard

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road – Rocket Man Dig In Candle in the Wind

Riffer Madness – Sweet Home Alabama

Piano Man

Tiny Dancer – Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me

All songs composed by Elton John and Bernie Taupin except: “Chicago Medley” by Robert Lamm

“Pinball Wizard” by Peter Townshend

“Riffer Madness” by various composers

“Piano Man” by Billy Joel

PROGRAM AT-A-GLANCE |

Rocket Man in the Motor City

Sir Elton John is a household name, and his music is well-loved by audiences across the globe. He has sold more than 300 million records and is one of the 20th century’s biggest musical icons. John made his first appearance in Detroit at the Eastown Theatre in November of 1970, and has since performed in the city 25 times, with an additional 29 appearances across the state of Michigan. His international acclaim led to the production of a 2019 biographical fantasy musical drama film titled Rocketman, based on the star’s life and career.

In July 2022, John gave his final Detroit concert at Comerica Park on the “Farewell Yellow Brick Road” tour—nearly 52 years after his first performance here. This performance was a sold-out, buzzing extravaganza allowing the legend himself to say goodbye to the end of an era, yet it is clear through this program that his spirit has not left Detroit. In this performance, Michael Cavanaugh and the DSO bring Elton John’s greatest hits to life, allowing his legacy to live on in the Motor City.

PROFILES

NA’ZIR MCFADDEN American conductor

Na’Zir McFadden is the newly appointed Assistant Conductor and Phillip & Lauren Fisher Community Ambassador of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.

In this position, he works closely with Music Director Jader Bignamini and guest conductors on both the PVS Classical Series and William Davidson Neighborhood Concert Series. Additionally, he leads pre-concert lectures at Orchestra Hall, and conducts a variety of programs on the Educational Concert Series, Young People’s Family Concert Series, and PNC Pops Series, as well as DTE Community Concerts.

Also commencing in the 2022-23 season, Na’Zir begins his tenure as Music Director of the Detroit Symphony Youth Orchestra. This season, they will present three programs—exploring the symphonies of Dvořák, Tchaikovsky, and Florence Price.

An advocate for arts education, McFadden strives to provide access to the arts for students in under-served communities. This season, McFadden will make appearances with youth

ensembles in Salt Lake City and with the Philadelphia All-City Music Festival. In the past, he’s worked with youth ensembles in Chicago, New York City, St. Louis, and Los Angeles.

Recent engagements include a recording project with the Civic Orchestra of Chicago as part of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s “Notes for Peace” initiative—which featured Hilary Hahn as guest soloist.

McFadden was the inaugural Apprentice Conductor of the Philadelphia Ballet Orchestra from 2020 to 2022, where he worked with Music Director Beatrice Jona Affron. He also served as the Robert L. Poster Conducting Apprentice of the New York Youth Symphony from 2020 to 2021.

Na’Zir conducted his hometown orchestra—The Philadelphia Orchestra—in their “Pop-Up” series in 2017, where he met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin, who has been a mentor ever since.

The Philadelphia Inquirer praised his “great stick [baton] technique and energetic presence on the podium” in their review of the concert.

Recent and upcoming engagements include a series of commissions with Orchestra 2001 and appearances with the Utah Symphony and the Philadelphia Ballet.

MICHAEL CAVANAUGH

Michael Cavanaugh is the new voice of the American Rock & Roll Songbook and a charismatic performer and musician made famous for his piano/lead vocals in the Broadway musical Movin’ Out Handpicked by Billy Joel to star in Movin’ Out, Cavanaugh evokes a style rivaling the Piano Man. He appeared in the show for three years with more than 1,200 performances and received multiple accolades. The show culminated in 2003 with both Grammy and Tony Award nominations.

Cavanaugh began playing at age seven, when his parents bought their first piano. Encouraged by family and friends, and inspired by his hero Billy Joel, Cavanaugh formed his first band at age 10 and began playing local functions, fine-tuning the craft that would become his chosen career. His first full-time gig as a musician was an extended engagement in Orlando, Florida, at a piano bar called Blazing Pianos. In January of 1999, Cavanaugh received an offer that would unknowingly change his life: an opportunity to play Las Vegas at the famed New York, New York Hotel and Casino. It was there that Billy Joel spotted Cavanaugh and joined him on stage one fateful night of February 2001. It only took two songs before Billy was convinced that he had found his new Piano Man: Michael Cavanaugh.

Cavanaugh closed up shop at New York, New York and moved to New York City to work alongside Billy Joel and Twyla Tharp to shape the Broadway Musical that would be called Movin’ Out. In the lead role, he received both Tony and Grammy Award-nominations.

With the close of Movin’ Out at the end of 2005, Cavanaugh began touring in his own right, creating a show that reinterprets the modern pop/rock songbook.

Cavanaugh soon became one of the hottest artists in the private events market, and he continues to perform worldwide for company and charity events as well as sporting events including many PGA tour events, the Super Bowl, and the Indy 500. His interpretation of the modern rock/ pop songbook led to Billboard calling him “The New Voice of the American Rock and Roll Songbook,” and he was recognized by Reuters as Entertainer of the Year for the private events market.

It wasn’t long before symphony orchestras discovered Cavanaugh’s talents and audience appeal. He accepted his first orchestral booking, “Michael Cavanaugh–The Songs of Billy Joel and More,” which debuted in April 2008 with the Indianapolis Symphony and continues to tour today. In October 2008, he signed with Warner/ADA to distribute his first album, In Color. In June 2010, Cavanaugh debuted his second symphony show in the Generations of Rock series titled “Michael Cavanaugh: The Songs of Elton John and More” and then debuted his third symphony show, “Singers and Songwriters: the Music of Paul Simon, Neil Diamond and James Taylor,” in 2012. In 2015, he debuted his fourth symphony show: “Rockin’ Christmas with the Pops.” He continues to tour all four symphony productions along with performing with his band in performing arts centers and other public venues.

The Way I Hear It, his second commercial album, was released in April 2017, and it debuted at #17 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart.

In 2020, Cavanaugh reached the POLLSTAR Live75. The top 75 active touring acts in the country.

EVGENY KISSIN

RENÉE FLEMING

A ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR TWO CLASSICAL MUSIC SUPERSTARS

SATURDAY, MAY 27 • 8 PM CHENERY AUDITORIUM, KALAMAZOO

LIVE FROM ORCHESTRA HALL

This season, Live from Orchestra Hall is back with more programming than ever before! View free, live webcasts of PVS Classical Series, Paradise Jazz Series, and Classroom Edition performances, plus Civic Youth Ensembles presentations.

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DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

JADER BIGNAMINI , Music Director Music Directorship endowed by the Kresge Foundation

TERENCE BLANCHARD

Fred A. Erb Jazz Creative Director Chair

NA’ZIR MCFADDEN

Assistant Conductor, Phillip & Lauren Fisher Community Ambassador

PVS CLASSICAL SERIES

Title Sponsor:

LEILA JOSEFOWICZ & MENDELSSOHN’S SYMPHONY NO. 3

Friday, May 19, 2023 at 8 p.m.

Saturday, May 20, 2023 at 8 p.m. in Orchestra Hall

DANÍEL BJARNASON, conductor LEILA JOSEFOWICZ, violin

Daníel Bjarnason Blow bright (b. 1979)

Helen Grime Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (b. 1981) Leila Josefowicz, violin

Intermission

Felix Mendelssohn Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56, “Scottish” (1809 - 1847)

I. Andante con moto - Allegro agitato

II. Scherzo assai vivace

III. Adagio cantabile

IV. Allegro guerriero - Finale maestoso

Saturday’s performance will be webcast via our exclusive Live From Orchestra Hall series, presented by Ford Motor Company Fund and made possible by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.

NEEME JÄRVI Music Director Emeritus

LEONARD SLATKIN Music Director Laureate

JEFF TYZIK Principal Pops Conductor

PROGRAM AT-A-GLANCE | LEILA JOSEFOWICZ & MENDELSSOHN’S SYMPHONY NO. 3 Building a Landscape Through Music

When reflecting on the works of famous artists such as Claude Monet and Vincent van Gogh, it is clear that many of their paintings were inspired by the breathtaking landscape and scenery of their travels. The same is true of Felix Mendelssohn’s “Scottish” Symphony, which was influenced by the composer’s travels to the British Isles, Edinburgh, and the Scottish Highlands with his friend Karl Klingemann, the Secretary of the Hanoverian Legislation. In 1829, ahead of their journey together, Mendelssohn wrote to Klingemann: “NEXT AUGUST I AM GOING TO SCOTLAND, with a rake for folk songs [and] an ear for the lovely, fragrant countryside.”

Daníel Bjarnason’s Blow bright was also born from geographical influences and depicts the energy and brightness of the Pacific Ocean. Bjarnason wanted to portray the same powerful and beautiful radiation of its waves through the orchestra. He also reflected on the ocean’s stark contrast to the waters of the Atlantic during his compositional journey. A study in contrasts is what inspired Helen Grime’s Violin Concerto, from its frenzy of wild virtuosity to sensitive, reflective melodies throughout. This concerto paints its own landscape and allows the audience to travel through it wherever they desire to go.

PROGRAM NOTES

Blow bright

Composed 2013 | Premiered December 2013

DANÍEL BJARNASON

B. February 26, 1979, Reykjavík, Iceland

Scored for 3 flutes (2 doubling piccolo), 3 oboes (one doubling English horn), 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, harp, piano, and strings. (Approx. 10 minutes)

Although it is not a large country, Iceland has gained a reputation in the 21st century for producing innovative popular music, and for a striking new generation of classical composers, from which Daníel Bjarnason has emerged as an important figure. After initial studies in piano, composition, and conducting in Reykjavík, he went to the University of Music in Freiburg, Germany to pursue advanced studies in conducting. Although he now has an international career, he remains closely involved in the Icelandic musical scene. His compositions range widely in character, sometimes using tonally-based music, sometimes using a very free approach to tonality, and sometimes using electronic elements in the mix.

The title of Bjarnason’s Blow bright is

based on the final lines of Philip Larkin’s poem “Night-Music.” This piece was first scored for voice and small ensemble and set to Larkin’s entire poem. It has since evolved into the orchestral version we hear today, the expanded instrumentation carrying a similarly haunting atmosphere emulated by the string section throughout the piece. On the comparison of his original version for voice and small ensemble and his orchestral version, Bjarnason states:

“The relationship is actually quite ambiguous. I chose this title because I feel it evokes the right feeling and because that line is beautiful: Blow bright, blow bright; the coal of this unquickened world. I had already set the poem of Larkin, from which that line comes, to music. But this [orchestral] piece doesn’t have much to do with the poem or that setting. I took that line away from it and thought about it separately. I also thought about many other things and this piece is written in a very free flowing and instinctive way. It’s actually very close to being pure abstract music.

But one of the things I thought about was the ocean and, more specifically, seeing the Pacific Ocean for the first time and realizing how incredibly different it was to the Atlantic Ocean, which is what I have known my whole life. The brightness

and energy and the way it radiates is so powerful and beautiful. I tried to put some of that into the music, and Blow bright can also refer to that in some ways.”

This performance marks the DSO premiere of Daníel Bjarnason’s Blow bright.

Violin Concerto

Composed 2016 | Premiered December 2016

HELEN GRIME

B. 1981, York, United Kingdom

Scored for solo violin, 2 flutes (one doubling piccolo), 2 oboes, 2 clarinets (one doubling E-flat clarinet), 2 bassoons (one doubling contrabassoon), 2 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, percussion, harp, piano, and strings. (Approx. 22 minutes)

Themusic of Helen Grime has been performed by leading orchestras around the world including the London Symphony Orchestra, Hallé Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Deutsches SymphonieOrchester Berlin, and the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Her music has been championed by conductors including Sir Simon Rattle, Sir Mark Elder, Pierre Boulez, Kent Nagano, Oliver Knussen, George Benjamin, Daniel Harding, Marin Alsop, and Thomas Dausgaard. Her music frequently draws inspiration from related artforms such as painting (Two Eardley Pictures, Three Whistler Miniatures), sculpture (Woven Space), and literature ( A Cold Spring, Near Midnight, Limina), and has won praise in equal measure for the craftsmanship of its construction and the urgency of its telling.

On her Violin Concerto, Grime writes the following: “My Violin Concerto came about after several collaborations with Malin Broman and many years of gestation. We first worked together with Malin’s piano trio (Kungsbacka Trio), but I also

had chance to work with the orchestra in 2010, conducted by Daniel Harding with Malin leading. I was immediately struck by the ferocity, power, and passion in her playing. At turns, she is able to play with a sort of wild abandon, but also with great tenderness, sensitivity, and with many different colors. I knew when we started talking about the piece some years back, that I wanted to highlight and showcase these striking, opposing qualities. Violent, virtuosic music covering the whole range of the violin is contrasted with more delicate and reflective filigree material that features oscillating natural harmonic passages and searching melodies. Towards the beginning of the writing process, I sent Malin various fragments of material and many of these are used in the concerto. These initial sketches actually became the basis for the piece’s central section and everything else sprung from this. In one continuous movement, the piece falls into three main sections but features extensive, dreamlike, interlinking passages that connect them.”

This performance marks the DSO premiere of Helen Grime’s Violin Concerto.

Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56, “Scottish”

Composed 1829-1842 | Premiered March 1842

FELIX MENDELSSOHN

B. February 3, 1809, Hamburg, Germany

D. November 4, 1847, Leipzig, Germany

Scored for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani, and strings. (Approx. 43 minutes)

An1829 visit to the British Isles that sparked Felix Mendelssohn to compose his famed “Hebrides” Overture also inspired the beginnings of his A minor Symphony, subtitled as the “Scottish.” Following a series of concerts in London, the 20-yearold composer and a group of friends headed north to Scotland. There, they

visited the abbey of Holyrood and the ruined chapel where Mary Stuart was crowned Queen of Scotland. “Everything is broken and the bright sky shines in,” Mendelssohn wrote to his family. “I believe I found today in that old chapel the beginning of my [Scottish] Symphony.”

However, Mendelssohn’s travels continued to Italy, inspiring the famed “Italian” Symphony, while the misty Scottish landscape faded from his memory. He did not complete the A minor Symphony for another 13 years, and it became the last of his five mature symphonies to be finished—although it is labeled “No. 3” according to the order in which the symphonies were published.

Like the “Italian” Symphony, the “Scottish” is very tightly organized, with all four movements written in sonata form. This includes the scherzo, which has a development section in place of the customary trio at its center. Mendelssohn’s placement of the scherzo as the second

PROFILES

DANÍEL BJARNASON

movement, rather than the third, is also slightly novel, although this order had been tried out by Schumann, Beethoven, and Haydn.

Of greater significance is Mendelssohn’s effort to link all four movements with virtually no break—again building upon experiments by Schumann and Beethoven. Mendelssohn also claimed that in designating the tempo and character of the finale with the term “Allegro guerriero,”— the latter word meaning “warrior” in Italian—he intended to laud the bravery of the Scottish people. Apart from the work’s fame as an orchestral symphony, its final three movements gained new dimension in 1952, as the musical score for George Balanchine’s ballet Scotch Symphony.

The DSO most recently performed Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 3 in May 2021, conducted by Jader Bignamini. The DSO first performed the piece in November 1915, conducted by Weston Gales.

Daníel

Bjarnason is one of Iceland’s foremost musical voices today, increasingly in demand as conductor, composer, and programmer. He is Artist in Collaboration with Iceland Symphony Orchestra, an appointment that follows his tenures as Principal Guest Conductor and Artist in Residence.

As guest conductor, he debuts this season with Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, where his music has been previously performed; returns to Göteborgs Symfoniker; and is a regular presence in Reykjavík with Iceland Symphony Orchestra throughout the season.

Keeping a busy composing schedule alongside his conducting commitments, many of his works are taken up beyond

their premieres and regularly programmed around the world. This season, two new works see world premieres: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, written for Víkingur Ólafsson, and Concerto for Percussion and Orchestra, written for Martin Grubinger, both presented by the Frankfurt Radio Symphony.

Bjarnason has previously conducted Göteborgs Symfoniker, Gävle Symfoniorkester, Aalborg Symfoniorkester, and Turun Filharmoninen Orkesteri in Europe; while in North America he has appeared with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Toronto Symphony Orchestra; and in Japan with the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra.

Bjarnason maintains a close connection with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, having written From Space I Saw Earth for Gustavo Dudamel, Zubin Mehta, and Esa-Pekka Salonen to conduct together at its Centennial Birthday Celebration Concert

and Gala in 2019. In 2017, they premiered Bjarnason’s Violin Concerto at the Hollywood Bowl, in a co-commission with Iceland Symphony for Pekka Kuusisto. His Violin Concerto became a great success with audiences and orchestras and remains very popular. Kuusisto has performed it with Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris, New York Philharmonic, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, National Arts Center Orchestra, Swedish Radio and Finnish Radio symphony orchestras, Göteborgs Symfoniker, MDR Sinfonieorchester, and NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester. Bjarnason conducts the recording of the work with Kuusisto, as part of the final instalment of a three-album recording project with Iceland Symphony for Sono Luminus focusing on Icelandic music and composers.

Since its premiere in 2017, his first opera, Brothers, for the Danish National Opera and directed by Kasper Holten, based on the Susanne Bier film of the same name, was also revived in Reykjavík by The Icelandic Opera in 2018, and opened Budapest’s 2019 Armel Opera Festival.

Bjarnason conducted the world premiere of Jóhann Jóhannsson’s Last and First Men, a multimedia work narrated by Tilda Swinton, at the 2017 Manchester International Festival with BBC Philharmonic, and subsequently at the Barbican with the London Symphony Orchestra the following year.

A recipient of numerous accolades, in 2018 he was awarded the Optimism prize by the President of Iceland, won the 8th Harpa Nordic Film Composers Award for the feature film Under the Tree, and was nominated for the Nordic Council Music Prize. He also won Composer of the Year, Best Composer/Best Composition, and Best Performer at the Icelandic Music Awards in recent years.

Bjarnason studied piano, composition, and conducting in Reykjavík and pursued further studies in orchestral conducting at Hochschule für Musik Freiburg. He

released several albums for the label Bedroom Community. Bjarnason is published by Edition Peters

LEILA JOSEFOWICZ

Leila

Josefowicz’s passionate advocacy of contemporary music for the violin is reflected in her diverse programs and enthusiasm for performing new works.

A favorite of living composers, Josefowicz has premiered many concertos, including those by Colin Matthews, Luca Francesconi, John Adams, and Esa-Pekka Salonen, all written especially for her.

Following summer performances at Sun Valley Music Festival and Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, Josefowicz’s season began with a return to Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra with Susanna Mälkki and the Austrian premiere of Matthias Pintscher’s Assonanza with Vienna Symphony Orchestra at the Wien Modern Festival. The 2022-23 season sees the introduction of Helen Grime’s Violin Concerto into Josefowicz’s repertoire, which she premieres with St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, Toronto Symphony, and, as part of a special triple bill of three contemporary concerti by Hartmann, Adès, and Grime, with Lahti Symphony Orchestra and Dalia Stasevska. Further orchestral dates include Los Angeles Philharmonic; National Symphony Orchestra Washington; Vancouver, Detroit, and Atlanta symphony orchestras; Konzerthausorchester Berlin, NDR Elbphilharmonie; and Valencia Symphony Orchestra.

Highlights of recent seasons include work with Berliner Philharmoniker; Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich; Royal Concertgebouworkest; Orchestre de la Suisse Romande; Oslo Philharmonic; and Boston, Chicago, San Francisco, The Cleveland, and The Philadelphia orchestras. She has worked with conductors at

the highest level, including Matthias Pintscher, John Storgårds, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Louis Langrée, Hannu Lintu, and John Adams. Josefowicz enjoyed a close working relationship with the late Oliver Knussen, performing various concerti together, including his violin concerto more than 30 times. Other premieres have included John Adams’s Scheherazade.2 with the New York Philharmonic, Luca Francesconi’s Duende – The Dark Notes with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, and Steven Mackey’s Beautiful Passing with the BBC Philharmonic.

Alongside Novacek, with whom she has enjoyed a close collaboration since 1985, Josefowicz has performed recitals at world-renowned venues including New York’s Zankel Hall and Park Avenue Armory, Washington DC’s Kennedy Center and Library of Congress, and London’s Wigmore Hall, as well as in Reykjavík, Chicago, San Francisco, and Santa Barbara. This season their collaboration continues with recitals in Italy, Spain, Canada, and the US.

Josefowicz has released several recordings, notably for Deutsche Grammophon, Philips/Universal, and Warner Classics, and was featured on Touch Press’s acclaimed iPad app, The Orchestra. Her latest recording, released in 2019, features Bernd Alois Zimmermann’s Violin Concerto with Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Hannu Lintu. She has previously received nominations for Grammy Awards for her recordings of Scheherazade.2 with the St. Louis Symphony conducted by David Robertson, and Esa-Pekka Salonen’s Violin Concerto with the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by the composer.

In recognition of her outstanding achievement and excellence in music, she won the 2018 Avery Fisher Prize and was awarded a prestigious MacArthur Fellowship in 2008, joining prominent scientists, writers, and musicians who have made unique contributions to contemporary life.

The 2022–2023 PVS Classical Series closes June 8–10 as the DSO performs a program featuring violinist María Dueñas and a work by Wynton Marsalis. Hear from María, Wynton, and other world-class artists on the DSO’s podcast, Between 2 Stands. Scan the QR code to listen today!

ABE SCOTT

JEFF TYZIK Principal Pops Conductor

DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

JADER BIGNAMINI , Music Director

Music Directorship endowed by the Kresge Foundation

TERENCE BLANCHARD

Fred A. Erb Jazz Creative Director Chair

NA’ZIR MCFADDEN

Assistant Conductor, Phillip & Lauren Fisher Community Ambassador

LEONARD SLATKIN

Music Director Laureate

RESPECT: A TRIBUTE TO ARETHA FRANKLIN

Friday, May 26, 2023 at 10:45 a.m. & 8 p.m.

Saturday, May 27, 2023 at 8 p.m.

Sunday, May 28, 2023 at 3 p.m. in Orchestra Hall

NA’ZIR MCFADDEN, conductor

TAMIKA LAWRENCE , vocals

SHALEAH ADKISSON, vocals

BLAINE ALDEN KRAUSS, vocals

JOHN BOSWELL , piano

Program to be announced from the stage

NEEME JÄRVI

Music Director Emeritus

PROGRAM AT-A-GLANCE | RESPECT: A TRIBUTE TO ARETHA FRANKLIN

Remembering the Queen of Soul

Aretha Franklin was crowned the “Queen of Soul” by Chicago DJ Pervis Spann in 1967—the same year “Respect” hit the charts, launching her to a status of global renown. Born in Memphis, Tennessee, Franklin moved to Detroit when she was two years old after her father accepted a job as the minister at the New Bethel Baptist Church. She grew up in the church parish house on Boston Boulevard and Oakland Avenue and was exposed at an early age to music legends including Art Tatum and Nat King Cole, who would often come to her house to visit with her father. Her childhood home was in the same neighborhood that produced Motown legends Smokey Robinson, The Four Tops, Diana Ross, and Jackie Wilson.

After her 1967 release of “Respect,” she earned more than 20 Grammy Awards and number one R&B hits, recorded on major labels such as Columbia, Atlantic, and Arista, and received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1994. She also sang at inaugurations of three US presidents and was the first woman to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. At Sir Elton John’s “Farewell Yellow Brick Road” concert at Comerica Park in July 2022, John reminisced about his friendship with Franklin, and recalled how she insisted on performing at his AIDS Foundation fundraiser in a New York church just months before her death. On this performance, he remarked, “for an hour and a quarter, she blew the roof off the cathedral.”

PROFILES

TAMIKA LAWRENCE

Hailing from the Mount Hope neighborhood of the Bronx, Tamika Lawrence began her musical career on Broadway almost 10 years ago (with productions including The Wiz Live! on NBC, Book of Mormon, Come From Away, and RENT ). She then began to lend her alt-rock vocals to movie soundtracks and sang backgrounds for artists including Hugh Jackman and Idina Menzel. A cross between Jack White and Betty Davis, Lawrence began to write her own music and in 2014 released the album Ugly with her band Tamika & The Slay to critical acclaim. In 2018, Lawrence won a Grammy Award for her work on the Dear Evan Hansen album and completed her debut solo EP Two Faced, which was released in 2020. Lawrence has also starred in the Broadway revival of Caroline, or Change for the Roundabout Theatre Company.

SHALEAH ADKISSON

Shaleah Adkisson has performed on Broadway and on tour in Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical and off-Broadway in the revival of the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical Rent. Her many regional theater credits include Jubilee (Arena Stage), Clybourne Park, Avenue Q (Arkansas Repertory Theatre), The Hot Mikado, Beehive: The 60’s Musical, Ain’t Misbehavin’ (Broward Stage Door Theatre), Grease, Nunsense (Murry’s Dinner Playhouse), and Children of Eden (Arkansas Repertory Theatre). Adkisson regularly performs in New York City and on tour with Soul Picnic Productions (Back to the Garden and August 1969: A Tribute to the Women of Woodstock). Visit shaleahadkisson.com for more.

Na’Zir McFadden biography, see page 18.

BLAINE ALDEN KRAUSS

JOHN BOSWELL

Blaine

Alden Krauss is currently starring in Hamilton as the standby for both Hamilton and Burr. He was thrilled to be part of the second season of Pose while appearing in The Cher Show on Broadway. Previously, he was seen as Lola in Kinky Boots shortly after making his Broadway debut in the smash hit Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812. He traveled the world as Simba in The Lion King and starred in the Radio City Summer Spectacular. Krauss regularly performs with symphonies around the globe and is a regular performer at Feinstein’s/54 Below. In 2011, his talents led him to be a feature performer in the largest commemoration of 9/11 outside of the US at the Trocadero in Paris, France. In 2010, he was selected to be one of 20 Presidential Scholars in the Arts by the White House and Presidential Scholar Commission. He was selected to be the feature vocalist at the 2010 July 4th Celebration at the US National Archives and was a selected participant at the International Fringe Festival in Edinburgh Scotland. His theatrical credits include Godspell and Spelling Bee at the West Virginia Public Theatre, Evita, Into the Woods, Civil War, Make Me A Song, Chess, and Jean Valjean in CCM’s Les Miserables. Krauss is a proud graduate of the University of Cincinnati CollegeConservatory of Music.

John Boswell has served as musical director for Judy Collins, Andy Williams, Bob Newhart, Faith Prince, Scott Coulter, Maude Maggart, Carmen Cusack, Babbie Green, Jason Graae, and a host of other fine talents. Boswell played the role of Moose in the national tour of Crazy For You and has appeared on The Tonight Show, The Today Show, CBS This Morning, Live with Regis and Kathie Lee, and General Hospital, and was the piano playing hands of Nancy McKeon on the sitcom The Facts of Life

Pianist

Recent symphony concerts include Jerry Herman: The Broadway Legacy Concert, Blockbuster Broadway!, Sheena Easton and Scott Coulter: The Spy Who Loved Me, and Music of the Knights. Boswell has sung in the shows Three Men and a Baby, Grant, Cinema Toast, Broadway Today, Wiseguys, and the New York cult hit Cashino. Broadway/off-Broadway credits include Crazy For You, The Secret Garden, Liza: Stepping Out at Radio City, Back to Bacharach, David, and The Kathy & Mo Show: Parallel Lives. Boswell has eight albums of original piano music and a ninth on the way. While a student at UCLA, Boswell received the Frank Sinatra Award for popular instrumentalists.

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JADER BIGNAMINI, conductor ISATA KANNEH-MASON, piano

Giuseppe Martucci Nocturne No. 1, Op. 70 (1856 - 1909)

Ernő Dohnányi Variations on a Nursery Tune for Piano (1877 - 1960) and Orchestra, Op. 25

Introduction. Maestoso

Theme. Allegro

Variation I. Poco più mosso

Variation II. Risoluto

Variation III. L’istesso tempo

Variation IV. Molto meno mosso (Allegretto moderato)

Variation V. Più mosso

Variation VI. Ancora più mosso (Allegro)

Variation VII. Walzer (Tempo giusto)

Variation VIII. Alla marcia (Allegro moderato)

Variation IX. Presto

Variation X. Passacaglia (Adagio non troppo)

Variation XI. Choral (Maestoso)

Finale fugato (Allegro vivace)

Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

Intermission

Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36 (1840 - 1893)

I. Andante sostenuto

II. Andantino in modo di canzona

III. Scherzo: Pizzicato ostinato

IV. Finale: Allegro con fuoco

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Fate, Lullabies, and Nursery Rhymes

Music has the power to bring stories to life. Martucci’s Nocturne No. 1 was originally written to serve as night music, seeming to belong as the accompaniment of a romantic scene near the end of a silent film, or as the depiction of a child peacefully cradled to sleep. Dohnányi’s Variations on a Nursery Tune also borrows from bedtime favorites with its variations on the iconic “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star.” After an abrupt, startling introduction by the orchestra, the solo piano begins with a simple, almost juvenile outline of the melody, as if a child were picking out the notes one by one at the piano with their index fingers. The piece then swiftly progresses and takes the audience through a virtuosic journey of childlike wonder and the art of growing up, varying and distorting the melody as if it were depicting life’s abundant obstacles, an existentialist contemplation.

This existentialism continues through Tchaikovsky’s famous “fate” motif opening his Fourth Symphony with an unmistakable melody played by the brass. Tchaikovsky described this motif as “that fateful force which prevents the impulse to happiness from attaining its goal, which jealously ensures that peace and happiness shall not be complete and unclouded, which hangs above the head like the sword of Damocles, unwaveringly, constantly poisoning the soul. It is an invincible force that can never be overcome—merely endured, hopelessly.” This four-movement symphonic masterpiece concludes the program with a lively and joyful finale, awakening a newfound sense of hope.

PROGRAM NOTES

Nocturne No. 1, Op. 70

GIUSEPPE MARTUCCI

B. January 6, 1856, Capua, Italy

D. June 1, 1909, Naples, Italy

Scored for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, harp, and strings. (Approx. 6 minutes)

Giuseppe Martucci demonstrated great musical promise from an early age. Born in Capua, Italy, he initially took piano lessons from his father (a bandmaster) and gave recitals with his sister before he was nine years old. In 1868, he became a full-time student at the Reale Collegio in Naples, studying piano with Beniamino Cesi and composition with Paolo Serrao. Serrao’s advocacy of the Austro-German repertoire was quite unusual during that time in Italian pedagogy, and it had a significant influence on Martucci’s compositional style.

He went on to pursue a remarkable career as a concert pianist, giving his first Milan recital in 1875 and going on to tour in London, Dublin, and Paris, where his musical abilities as a pianist and

composer were warmly welcomed and applauded. In 1877, he began his conducting career with his appointment as the principal conductor of the newly formed ensemble, Orchestra Napoletana, which was widely considered the best orchestra in Italy by 1884. He went on to be appointed to three major posts in Bologna, most notably as the director of the Liceo Musicale, which enabled him to develop further as an academic and as a conductor. Here, he championed a broad range of 19th century orchestral music and appeared as a guest conductor in several cultural centers throughout Western Europe. He returned to Naples in 1902 to serve as the director of the Conservatorio, where he continued to program new or unfamiliar orchestral and operatic repertoire. Martucci’s compositional career was expansive, not unlike his endeavors as a conductor and a pianist. His primary focus was on writing instrumental music and songs, and his music was championed and frequently performed by Arturo Toscanini, a renowned Italian conductor and the first music director of the NBC Symphony Orchestra. At this time in his life, his career was thriving, but his health was rapidly deteriorating. He passed

away in Naples in June 1909 at the age of 53.

Martucci’s Nocturne No. 1 became one of the composer’s best-known orchestral works. The piece was originally composed for solo piano in 1891, with Martucci revisiting it 10 years later to orchestrate. He utilized the vast range of sounds and textures available within a full orchestra to create a true “nocturne” atmosphere— music of the night. His muting of the strings, softly pulsating syncopated accompaniment, and singing opening melody by the violins help bring this piece to life, rising to an animated climactic point and slowly fading away into the silence of the night.

The DSO most recently performed Martucci’s Nocturne No. 1 in July 1978 at the Baldwin Pavilion at the Meadow Brook Music Festival, conducted by Andre Kostelanetz. The DSO first performed the piece in January 1937, conducted by Bernadino Molinari.

Variations on a Nursery Tune

Composed 1914 | Premiered February 1914

ERNŐ DOHNÁNYI

B. July 27, 1877, Pozsony County, Slovakia

D. February 9, 1960, New York, NY

Scored for solo piano, 2 flutes, piccolo, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, harp, piano, and strings. (Approx. 25 minutes)

musical training at the Budapest Academy of Music, later serving as the Director of the Academy and inspiring other Hungarian musicians of his level to study there, including his childhood friend B éla Bartók.

Dohnányi sought out to raise Hungary’s collective musical sophistication. He began presenting concerts and programming music that aspired to a higher artistic standard than audiences were used to at the time. He performed 120 concerts a year in Budapest alone, and when guest artists were unavailable, he himself served as soloist. Despite his close relationship with composers including Bartók and Kodály—who sought to revive Hungarian folk music through the orchestra by researching and recording folk melodies—he didn’t rely on folk melodies for his compositional inspiration. He instead celebrated the Romantic legacies of renowned composers Johannes Brahms and Robert Schumann, and his work is said to have advanced the language of his predecessors into a brand-new territory through his compositional skill at the height of his creative powers. He was praised by Bartók as providing his country’s entire “musical life” between the years of 1919 and 1921.

Ernő

Dohnányi is commonly regarded as one of Hungary’s most versatile musicians. He was also one of history’s finest pianists, taking on the great task of performing the entirety of Beethoven’s complete piano music in one season, and all 27 of Mozart’s piano concertos in another, eventually settling to serve as a Piano Professor at the Berlin Hochschule. He pursued his formal

Dohnányi’s Variations on a Nursery Tune for piano and orchestra was subtitled “For the enjoyment of humorous people and for the annoyance of others.” This piece captures the spirit of Romanticism and manages to delight and enthrall in its sparkling piano writing and lush orchestral textures. Inspired by the French nursery song, Ah, vous dirai-je, Maman otherwise known as Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star —this piece is satirical and pokes fun at the fashions and figures of his youth as much of his music does. The virtuosity of the piano solo part and the orchestral writing come together with an extraordinary degree of empathy. Written in a Theme and Variations form, this piece contains a long, doom-ridden orchestral introduction preparing the audience for

the worst. The soloist enters with the main nursery tune theme, performed plainly and simply, almost as if a child was picking out the tune on the keyboard with their index fingers. Next comes 13 variations presented with an astonishing diversity of contrasts, complements, emotions, and virtuosity. Each variation takes this melody to extremes, at some points completely distorting the theme into oblivion. The final reprise and coda take us back to the initial melody, this time as a virtuosic race to the finish between the pianist and the orchestra, as if Dohnányi was slamming the book shut at the end of this thrilling, captivating tale.

The DSO has performed Dohnányi’s Variations on a Nursery Tune just once, in December 1945, conducted by Karl Krueger.

Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36

Composed 1877-1878 | Premiered February 1878

PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY

B. May 7, 1840, Votkinsk, Russia

D. November 6, 1893, Saint Petersburg, Russia

Scored for 2 flutes, piccolo, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, and strings. (Approx. 44 minutes)

TheSymphony No. 4 is a signature piece among Tchaikovsky’s seven works in the symphonic form and is typically understood as the work that established his maturity in the genre. Its salient characteristics are a superheated emotional character and a lean, intense orchestral texture. Together, these traits remind the listener of several other masterworks in Tchaikovsky’s oeuvre: the B-flat minor Piano Concerto (1875), the ballet Swan Lake (1876), and the opera Eugene Onegin (1878), which

was composed simultaneously to the Symphony No. 4. Placed in the context of these other works, this passionate symphony is usually viewed as a white-hot product of Tchaikovksy’s stresses and frustrations in the mid-1870s, which stemmed from his personal recognition of his homosexuality and subsequent failed marriage.

The symphony is dedicated to Nadezhda von Meck, a wealthy Russian businesswoman who supported Tchaikovsky financially for 13 years, under the stipulation that the two may never meet. The work’s opening trumpet fanfare—the so-called “fate” motive Tchaikovsky referred to in letters he wrote to Madame von Meck about the symphony—recurs as a kind of structural pillar marking off major sections of the first movement. Startling statements of the motive separate the exposition setting forth its themes, the development section in which they are fragmented, the restatement of the themes in the recapitulation, and the coda at the end of the movement. The “fate” motive also makes a dramatic reappearance in the coda of the fourth movement.

Following the symphony’s slow introduction, the two main themes in the opening movement are waltzes, which Tchaikovsky had a habit of strewing about his symphonies. First comes a nervous, moody, minor-mode waltz with a twisting thematic profile, and then a lilting waltz for strings and woodwinds emerges from it.

Turning to march rhythms, oboe, cello, violin, and bassoon alternately move in a solemn procession through the slow movement. The measured tread of this music harks back to the slow movement of Mendelssohn’s “Italian” Symphony No. 4, whose clear formal design and crystalline orchestral colors served as a model for the young Tchaikovsky when he began his struggle to master symphonic form.

The brilliant set of marches that make up the third movement stand out as some

of the most striking music Tchaikovsky ever composed. Plucked strings, bright woodwinds, and shining brass enter the parade one after another, their tone colors standing in razor-sharp contrast to each other. Finally, Tchaikovsky combines the march tunes and the separate colors in an exhilarating coda. The fourth movement is no less joyous, consisting of a thrilling set

PROFILES

For Jader Bignamini biography, see page 6.

ISATA KANNEH-MASON

of Russian dances that alternate with each other throughout the movement.

The DSO most recently performed Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4 in November 2018, conducted by John Storgårds. The DSO first performed the piece in February 1917, conducted by Weston Gales.

Pianist

Isata KannehMason is in great demand internationally as a soloist and chamber musician. She offers eclectic and interesting repertoire, with her recital programs encompassing music from Haydn and Mozart to Fanny Mendelssohn, Clara Schumann, Chopin, Brahms, Gershwin, and beyond. In concerto, she is equally at home in Felix Mendelssohn and Clara Schumann, whose piano concerto featured on Kanneh-Mason’s chart-topping debut recording, as in Prokofiev and Dohnányi.

In the 2022-23 season, KannehMason steps into her role as Artist in Residence with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, performing three concerti across the season at London’s Cadogan Hall. She returns to Dortmund’s Konzerthaus as one of their Junge Wilde artists and makes multiple visits to both the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic. Other highlights of the season include recital performances at the Barbican, Queen Elizabeth, and Wigmore halls in London; the Philharmonie Berlin; National Concert Hall Dublin; Perth Concert Hall; Prinzregententheater Munich; and the Sala São Paulo. As concerto soloist, Kanneh-Mason appears with the

Orchestra of Opera North, New World Symphony Miami, City of Birmingham Symphony, Duisburg Philharmonic, Barcelona Symphony, Geneva Chamber Orchestra, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, and Orchestra of Norwegian Opera. She returns to the Baltimore Symphony, and recently made her long-awaited debut with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl.

Kanneh-Mason is a Decca Classics recording artist. Her 2019 album, Romance – the Piano Music of Clara Schumann, entered the UK classical charts at No. 1, Gramophone magazine extolling the recording as “one of the most charming and engaging debuts.” This was followed in 2021 by Summertime, an album of 20th century American repertoire featuring Samuel Barber’s Piano Sonata and a world premiere recording of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s Impromptu in B minor. In November 2021, along with her cellist brother, Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Isata released her first duo album entitled Muse, beautifully demonstrating the siblings’ musicality and refined skill borne from years of playing and performing together.

She was an ECHO Rising Star in 2021-22, performing in many of Europe’s finest halls, and is also the recipient of the coveted Leonard Bernstein Award and an Opus Klassik award for best young artist.

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Thursday, June 8, 2023 at 7:30 p.m. Friday, June 9, 2023 at 8 p.m.

Saturday, June 10, 2023 at 8 p.m. in Orchestra Hall

JADER BIGNAMINI, conductor MARIA DEUÑAS, violin

Wynton Marsalis Herald, Holler and Hallelujah! (b. 1961)

Édouard Lalo Symphonie espagnole for Violin and Orchestra, (1823 - 1892) Op. 21

I. Allegro non troppo

II. Scherzando: Allegro molto

III. Intermezzo: Allegretto non troppo

IV. Andante

V. Rondo Maria Deuñas, violin

Intermission

Richard Strauss Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30 (1864 - 1949)

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Kindling Fires

If there ever existed a ranking of showstopping orchestral programs, this one would certainly be on the list. Opening with a brilliant fanfare for brass and percussion by Wynton Marsalis, Herald, Holler and Hallelujah! produces a powerful, declaratory, and unforgettable entrance. A DSO co-commissioned work, this piece features influences of brass bands, swing, and jazz, and was first performed by the DSO in June 2022. This fanfare is followed by Édouard Lalo’s Symphonie espagnole for violin and orchestra, a masterful and spectacular work resembling a dance-suite with the soloist. This piece was originally composed for violin virtuoso Pablo de Sarasate. Lalo chose Symphonie espagnole as the title for the piece because “it conveyed my thoughts—that is to say, a violin soaring above the rigid form of an old symphony.”

Ending this program is Strauss’s renowned Also sprach Zarathustra, a piece that contemplates philosophy and its relationship to the art of composition, with the title based on one of philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche’s poems. You may recognize its first 22 measures from the opening of Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey. Each of these works carries its own immense power and is brought to life by the DSO, kindling fires of passion, intensity, and excitement within our beloved Orchestra Hall.

PROGRAM NOTES

Herald, Holler and Hallelujah!

Composed 2021 | Premiered 2022

WYNTON MARSALIS

B. October 18, 1961, New Orleans, Louisiana

Scored for 6 horns, 4 trumpets, 3 trombones, bass trombone, tuba, timpani, and percussion. (Approx. 5 minutes)

Wynton Marsalis is an internationally acclaimed musician, composer, bandleader, and educator, and a leading advocate of American culture. He has recorded more than 70 jazz and classical albums that have garnered him nine Grammy Awards. In 1983, Marsalis became the first and only artist to win both classical and jazz Grammy Awards in the same year; he repeated this feat in 1984. In 1997, he became the first jazz artist to be awarded the prestigious Pulitzer Prize in Music for his oratorio Blood on the Fields, which was commissioned by Jazz at Lincoln Center. Marsalis has created and performed an expansive range of music from quartets to big bands, chamber music ensembles to symphony

orchestras, and tap dance to ballet, expanding the vocabulary for jazz and classical music with a vital body of work that places him among the world’s finest musicians and composers.

Marsalis’s core beliefs and foundation for living are based on the principals of jazz. He promotes individual creativity (improvisation), collective cooperation (swing), gratitude and good manners (sophistication), and faces adversity with persistent optimism (the blues). With his evolved humanity and through his selfless work, Marsalis has elevated the quality of human engagement for individuals, social networks, and cultural institutions throughout the world.

Marsalis’s Herald, Holler and Hallelujah! is a fanfare for brass and percussion. This piece was co-commissioned by the DSO; the symphony orchestras of New Jersey, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, and Milwaukee; and Germany’s WDR Symphonieorchester. The New Jersey Symphony was the lead commissioner and performed the world premiere of the piece in 2022 under Music Director Xian Zhang.

The DSO first performed Wynton Marsalis’s Herald, Holler and Hallelujah! in June 2022, conducted by Jader Bignamini.

Symphonie espagnole for

Violin and Orchestra, Op. 21

Composed 1874 | Premiered February 1875

ÉDOUARD LALO

B. January 27, 1823, Lille, France

D. April 22, 1892, Paris, France

Scored for solo violin, piccolo, two flutes, two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, four horns, two trumpets, three trombones, timpani, triangle, snare drum, harp, and strings. (Approx. 31 minutes)

“The piece has been recently brought out by that very modern violinist, Sarasate. It is for solo violin and orchestra, and consists of five independent movements, based upon Spanish folk songs. The work has given me great enjoyment. It is so fresh and light, and contains piquant rhythms and melodies which are beautifully harmonized…Lalo is careful to avoid all that is routinier, seeks new forms without trying to be profound, and is more concerned with musical beauty than with tradition.”

—Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Lalo was a Frenchman of Spanish descent whose love for music developed as a child. At age 16, his father opposed his musical pursuits, and Lalo left for Paris, enrolling in the conservatory to study violin, piano, and composition.

Lalo made a living as a violinist and teacher, but his true desire was composition. In the 1840s, he published a few minor works, but on the whole was not well received. Discouraged, he stopped composing and, in 1855, helped found the Armingaud Quartet, which was instrumental in creating a renewed interest in chamber works, especially in France. The quartet’s purpose was to keep alive the quartets of Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven, as well as Mendelssohn and Schumann.

A decade later, in 1865, he married singer Julie de Maligny, who encouraged

him to return to composition. Finally, in 1872, when he was nearly 50 years old, his Divertissement brought him public recognition. The general fascination with exotic music, particularly from Spain, prompted Lalo to compose two violin works for Spanish virtuoso Pablo de Sarasate. These works, the Violin Concerto of 1874 and the Symphonie espagnole, secured his reputation internationally.

Despite the title, this work actually resembles a dance suite with soloist. Lalo rejected the name “suite;” for him, it was a “worn-out tag.” Instead, he chose “symphony” because, as he expressed, “it conveyed my thoughts—that is to say, a violin soaring above the rigid form of an old symphony.”

The first of the five movements, the Allegro, begins with two measures of an Iberian rhythm. The seductive theme is reminiscent of a Spanish folk song. The Scherzando is a seguidilla in 3/8, the pizzicato strings imitating guitars. Throughout, is Lalos’s signature figure— that of chords played soft-loud, emphatic, and unexpected. The Intermezzo is a sultry habanera, leading to the least Spanish of the movements, the Andante, with its elegant passion. The finale, Rondo: Allegro—Poco più lento—Tempo I, opens with “Spanish shepherds’ pipes” created by woodwinds and harp. The spirited melody is interrupted by a tango-like malgueña and ends with a virtuosic climax.

The DSO most recently performed Lalo’s Symphonie espagnole for Violin and Orchestra in May 2016, conducted by Leonard Slatkin and featuring violinist Joshua Bell. The DSO first performed the piece in January 1920, conducted by Victor Kolar and featuring violinist Francis MacMillen.

Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30

Composed 1896 | Premiered November 1896

RICHARD STRAUSS

B. June 11, 1864, Munich, Germany

D. September 8, 1949, Garmish-Partenkirchen, Bavaria

Scored for 3 flutes (one doubling piccolo), piccolo, 3 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, E-flat clarinet, bass clarinet, 3 bassoons, contrabassoon, 6 horns, 4 trumpets, 3 trombones, 2 tubas, timpani, percussion, 2 harps, piano, and strings. (Approx. 33 minutes)

“I did not intend to write philosophical music or portray Nietzsche’s great work musically. I meant rather to convey in music an idea of the evolution of the human race from its origin, through the various phases of development, religious as well as scientific, up to Nietzsche’s idea of the Übermensch.” —Richard

Strauss, 1896

This composition links Strauss with the musician and philosopher Friedrich Neitzsche, having based the work on Nietzsche’s poem of the same title. Both men were strongly influenced by Wagner. Nietzsche’s poem promoted the idea of the Übermensch (superman) later evident in the ideology of Hitler and Nazi Germany. Although Strauss initially embraced the regime and became President of the Third Reich Music Chamber, he was eventually ousted from that position after collaboration with a Jewish author. He was put under house arrest and his royalties were confiscated by the government.

Strauss musically explored nine sections from Nietzsche’s work; they are performed without interruption:

1. Introduction/Dawn—powerfully majestic;

2. Of the Dwellers in the World Behind Us— the horns play the Gregorian Credo;

3. Of the Great Longing—the organ makes use of a Gregorian Magnificat;

Richard

Strauss was a wunderkind, having his reputation as a composer and conductor established by the age of 20. Hans von Bülow, conductor of the Meiningen Court Orchestra, took notice of Strauss. Besides having him compose works for the orchestra, von Bülow appointed him assistant conductor and his eventual successor. It was during his tenure at Meiningen that Strauss’s style radically changed, moving from “absolute” to dramatic and programmatic music.

Also sprach Zarathustra (Thus Spake Zarathustra) is one of six tone poems composed by Strauss that both cast him in role of “bad boy of music” and gave him international recognition. The discords and avant-garde techniques were shocking to their listeners. The first 22 measures of this work are the most recognized of all his works—most prominently as the opening of Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey

4. Of Joys and Passions—rich melodic interest in the second violins and oboe, horns portray human passion; 5. Song of the Grave—the oboe continues a passionate theme;

6. Of Science (Learning)—Life’s riddle being solved by science is represented by canonic imitation in fifths;

7. The Convalescent—this movement uses contrapuntal activity in continuing the science theme; 8. Dance Song—Man’s pursuit of earthly joys is expressed by a Viennese waltz melody;

9. The Song of the Night Wanderer—this closing section is announced by twelve strokes of the midnight bell.

The DSO most recently performed Strauss’s Also sprach Zarathustra in December 2014, conducted by Neeme Järvi. The DSO first performed the piece in April 1924, conducted by Ossip Gabrilowitsch.

PROFILE

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MARÍA DUEÑAS

Spanish violinist María Dueñas beguiles audiences with the breathtaking array of colors she draws from her instrument. Her technical prowess, artistic maturity, and bold interpretations have inspired rave reviews, captivated competition juries, and secured invitations to appear with many of the world’s leading orchestras and conductors.

Dueñas studies with world-renowned violin teacher Boris Kuschnir at the Music and Arts University of Vienna. Born in Granada in 2002, she was accepted at the Conservatory in her hometown at the age of seven. In 2014, she won a scholarship to study abroad and went to Dresden, where she was soon spotted by conductor Marek Janowski, at whose invitation she would later make her debut as soloist with the San Francisco Symphony. Two years later, she and her family moved to Austria, following the recommendation of her mentor Vladimir Spivakov. A multi-faceted musician, she is also fond of composing and wrote her own cadenzas for the violin concertos of Mozart and Beethoven.

Following an array of first prizes at various prestigious international competitions, Dueñas created a stir at the 2021 Menuhin Violin Competition, at which she won not only the first prize and audience prize, but also a global online following. 2021 also saw her win first prize at the Getting to Carnegie Competition, the Grand Prize at the Viktor Tretyakov International Violin Competition, and the career advancement prize at the Rheingau Music Festival. She was also named as a BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist 202123. In April 2023, she was awarded the

prestigious Premio Princesa de Girona de las Artes y las Letras in her native Spain.

Since then, she has been in high demand worldwide and has performed with many major orchestras including the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Staatskapelle Berlin, Dresdner

Philharmonie, Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Oslo Philharmonic, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, and NHK Symphony Orchestra, under conductors such as Marek Janowski, Manfred Honeck, Vladimir Spivakov, Vassily Sinaisky, Gustavo Gimeno, and Michael Sanderling. In summer 2021, she made her debut with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Gustavo Dudamel at the Hollywood Bowl and joined them again in May 2022 to give the world premiere of Gabriela Ortiz’s violin concerto Altar de cuerda, which she has since also performed in Boston and at Carnegie Hall in New York.

Dueñas signed an exclusive contract with Deutsche Grammophon in September 2022. Her first album, Beethoven and Beyond, with the Wiener Symphoniker and Manfred Honeck, was released in May 2023, featuring the Beethoven Violin Concerto with her own cadenzas. It also includes five showpieces for violin and orchestra by Kreisler, Saint-Saëns, Spohr, Wieniawski, and Ysaÿe, and a companion disc presenting cadenzas written by these same composers for the first movement of the Beethoven.

She plays on the Nicolò Gagliano violin, c. 17?4, kindly loaned from Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben, and on the Stradivari “Camposelice” of 1710, on generous loan from Nippon Music Foundation.

THE ANNUAL FUND

Gifts received between September 1, 2021 and February 28, 2023

The DSO is a community-supported orchestra, and you can play your part through frequent ticket purchases and generous annual donations. Your tax-deductible Annual Fund donation is an investment in the wonderful music at Orchestra Hall, around the neighborhoods, and across the community. This honor roll celebrates those generous donors who made a gift of $1,500 or more to the DSO Annual Fund Campaign. If you have questions about this roster or would like to make a donation, please contact 313.576.5114 or go to dso.org/donate.

PARAY SOCIETY - GIVING OF $250,000 & MORE

Mr. & Mrs. Lee Barthel

Penny & Harold Blumenstein

Julie & Peter Cummings

Ms. Leslie C. Devereaux

Linda Dresner & Ed Levy, Jr.

DORATI SOCIETY - GIVING OF $100,000 & MORE

Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. Alonzo

James & Patricia Anderson

Mr. & Mrs. Raymond M. Cracchiolo

Joanne Danto & Arnold Weingarden

Mr. & Mrs. Phillip Wm. Fisher

David & Valerie McCammon

EHRLING SOCIETY - GIVING OF $50,000 & MORE

Mr. & Mrs. Richard A. Brodie

Lois & Avern ◊ Cohn

Ms. Karol Foss

Mr. & Mrs. Aaron Frankel

Mr. & Mrs. Ralph J. Gerson

Mary Ann & Robert Gorlin

Mr. & Mrs. James Grosfeld

JÄRVI SOCIETY — GIVING OF $25,000 & MORE

Pamela Applebaum

Ms. Sharon Backstrom

Mrs. Cecilia Benner

Dr. Mark & Karen Diem

Mr. Michael J. Fisher

Madeline & Sidney Forbes

Mr. & Mrs. Edsel B. Ford II/Henry Ford II Fund

Mrs. Martha Ford

Dale & Bruce Frankel

Herman & Sharon Frankel

Mr. Steven Goldsmith

Ronald M. & Carol◊ Horwitz

Mr.◊ & Mrs. Norman D. Katz

Morgan & Danny Kaufman

Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Frankel

Mr. & Mrs. Peter Karmanos, Jr.

Mr. & Mrs. James B. Nicholson

Mr. & Mrs. David Provost

Mrs. Richard C. Van Dusen

Shari & Craig Morgan

The Polk Family

Bernard & Eleanor Robertson

Drs. David & Bernadine Wu

Paul & Terese Zlotoff

Ric & Carola Huttenlocher

Renato & Elizabeth Jamett

Mrs. Bonnie Larson

Nicole & Matt Lester

Mr. & Mrs. Eugene A. Miller

Patricia & Henry◊ Nickol

Mr. & Mrs. Arn Tellem

Betsy & Joel Kellman

Mr. & Mrs. David Provost

Ms. Ruth Rattner

Martie & Bob Sachs

Mrs. Patricia Finnegan Sharf

Mr. & Mrs. James H. Sherman

Mr. & Mrs. Larry Sherman

Richard Sonenklar & Gregory Haynes

Mr. & Mrs. John Stroh III

Dr. Doris Tong & Dr. Teck M. Soo

Mr. & Mrs. Gary Torgow

Peter & Carol Walters

S. Evan & Gwen Weiner

And one who wishes to remain anonymous

Mr.◊ & Mrs. Robert A. Allesee

Dr. Lourdes V. Andaya

Janet & Norman Ankers

Drs. Brian & Elizabeth Bachynski

W. Harold & Chacona W. Baugh

Drs. John & Janice Bernick

Dr. George & Joyce Blum

Gwen & Richard Bowlby

Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Brownell

Michael & Geraldine Buckles

Ms. Elena Centeio

Thomas W. Cook & Marie L. Masters

Gail Danto & Art Roffey

Mr. Kevin S. Dennis & Mr. Jeremy J. Zeltzer

Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. DeVore

Adel & Walter Dissett

Eugene ◊ & Elaine C. Driker

Mr. Charles L. Dunlap & Mr. Lee V. Hart

Margie Dunn & Mark Davidoff

Mr. Peter Falzon

Jim & Margo Farber

Sally & Michael Feder

Barbara & Alfred J. Fisher III

Dr. Saul & Mrs. Helen Forman

Barbara Frankel◊ & Ronald Michalak

Mrs. Janet M. Garrett

GIVING OF $5,000 & MORE

Mrs. Denise Abrash

Mrs. Jennifer Adderley

Richard & Jiehan Alonzo

Mr. & Mrs. Robert Armstrong

Mr. David Assemany & Mr. Jeffery Zook*

Mr. & Mrs. William C. Babbage

Ms. Ruth Baidas

Dr. David S. Balle

Mr. Patrick Barone

Ms. Therese Bellaimey

Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Bernard

Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey A. Berner

Timothy J. Bogan

John ◊ & Marlene Boll

Ms. Debra Bonde

Ms. Nadia Boreiko

Mr. Anthony F. Brinkman

Claire P. & Robert N. Brown

Dr. & Mrs. Roger C. Byrd

Philip & Carol Campbell

Mrs. Carolyn Carr

Mr. & Mrs. François Castaing

Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Christians

Mr. Fred J. Chynchuk

Bob & Rebecca Clark

Dr. & Mrs. Charles G. Colombo

Victor ◊ & Gale Girolami

Ruth & Al◊ Glancy

Dr. Robert T. Goldman

Mr.◊ & Mrs. James A. Green

Mr. & Mrs. Robert Hage

Judy ◊ & Kenneth Hale

Ms. Nancy B. Henk

Michael E. Hinsky & Tyrus N. Curtis

Mr.◊ & Mrs. Norman H. Hofley

Mr. & Mrs. Richard J. Jessup

William & Story John

Lenard & Connie Johnston

Dr. David & Mrs. Elizabeth Kessel

Mr. & Mrs. Kosch

Mr. Daniel Lewis

Bud & Nancy Liebler

Mr. & Mrs.◊ Joseph Lile

Dana Locniskar & Christine Beck

Alexander & Evelyn McKeen

Ms. Deborah Miesel

Dr. Robert & Dr. Mary Mobley

Cyril Moscow

Xavier & Maeva Mosquet

Geoffrey S. Nathan & Margaret E. Winters

David Robert & Sylvia Jean Nelson

Eric & Paula Nemeth

Jim & Mary Beth Nicholson

Gloria & Stanley Nycek

George & Jo Elyn Nyman

Debra & Richard Partrich

Kathryn & Roger Penske

Dr. Glenda D. Price

Maurcine ◊ & Lloyd Reuss

Seth & Laura Romine

Dr. Erik Rönmark* & Mrs. Adrienne Rönmark*

Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Rosowski

Peggy & Dr. Mark B. Saffer

Mr. & Mrs.◊ Alan E. Schwartz

Elaine & Michael Serling

Lois & Mark Shaevsky

William H. Smith

Charlie & John Solecki

Emily & Paul Tobias

Mr. James G. Vella

Mr.◊ & Mrs. Jonathan T. Walton

Gary L. Wasserman & Charles A. Kashner

Mr. & Mrs. R. Jamison Williams

Ms. Mary Wilson

And four who wish to remain anonymous

Ms. Elizabeth Correa

Mr.◊ & Mrs. Gary L. Cowger

Mrs. Barbara Cunningham

Mr. & Mrs. Charles W. Dare

Ms. Ruby Duffield

Dr. & Mrs. A. Bradley Eisenbrey

Mr. Lawrence Ellenbogen

Marianne T. Endicott

Mr. & Mrs. Francis A. Engelhardt

Fieldman Family Foundation

Dr. & Mrs. Franchi

Mr.◊ & Mrs. Richard M. Gabrys

Alan M. Gallatin

Mr. Max Gates

Allan D. Gilmour & Eric C. Jirgens

Dr. Kenneth ◊ & Roslyne Gitlin

Dr. & Mrs. Theodore Golden

Goodman Family Charitable Trust

Dr. Herman & Mrs. Shirley Mann Gray

Mr. Sanford Hansell & Dr. Raina Ernstoff

Dr. Gloria Heppner

Ms. Doreen Hermelin

Mr. Eric J. Hespenheide & Ms. Judith V. Hicks

Mr. & Mrs. Peter Hollinshead

Mr. Matthew Howell & Mrs. Julie Wagner

Elanah Nachman Hunger

Mr. & Mrs. A. E. Igleheart

Mr. & Mrs. Kent Jidov

Mr. George G. Johnson

Paul & Karen Johnson

Carol & Rick Johnston

Paul & Marietta Joliat

Faye & Austin Kanter

Judy & David Karp

Mike & Katy Keegan

John Kim & Sabrina Hiedemann

Mrs. Frances King

Richard & Sally Krugel

Mr. & Mrs. Harold Kulish

Dr. Raymond Landes & Dr. Melissa McBrien-Landes

Bill & Kathleen Langhorst

Mr. Leonard LaRocca

Max Lepler & Rex L. Dotson

Mr. & Mrs. Robert K. Leverenz

Bob & Terri Lutz

Daniel & Linda* Lutz

Mrs. Sandra MacLeod

Mr. & Mrs. Winom J. Mahoney

Dr. Stephen & Paulette Mancuso

Maurice Marshall

Mr. Edward McClew

Patricia A.◊ & Patrick G. McKeever

Ms. Evelyn Micheletti

Mr. Frederick Morsches & Mr. Kareem George

Robert & Paulina Treiger Muzzin

Joy & Allan Nachman

Mr. & Mrs. Albert T. Nelson, Jr.

Dr. William W. O’Neill

Ms. Jacqueline Paige & Mr. David Fischer

Anne Parsons ◊ & Donald Dietz

Mr. David Phipps & Ms. Mary Buzard

William H. & Wendy W. Powers

Charlene & Michael Prysak

GIVING OF $2,500 & MORE

Nina Dodge Abrams

Mr. & Mrs. Joel Adelman

Mr. Juan Alvarez

Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Anthony

Dr. & Mrs. Joel Appel

Drs. Kwabena & Jacqueline Appiah

Dr. & Mrs. Ali-Reza R. Armin

Pauline Averbach & Charles Peacock

Mr. Joseph Aviv & Mrs. Linda Wasserman

Mrs. Jean Azar

James A. Bannan

Nora & Guy Barron

Mr. Mark G. Bartnik & Ms. Sandra J. Collins

Mr. Joseph Bartush

Mr. & Mrs. Martin S. Baum

Mr. & Mrs. Richard Beaubien

Mr. Abraham Beidoun

Martha ◊ & G. Peter Blom

Nancy & Lawrence Bluth

Ms. Kristin Bolitho

The Achim & Mary Bonawitz Family

The Honorable Susan D. Borman & Mr. Stuart Michaelson

Don & Marilyn Bowerman

Mr. & Mrs. Marco Bruzzano

Mr. & Mrs. Mark R. Buchanan

Mr. & Mrs. Brian C. Campbell

Dr. & Mrs.◊ Thomas E. Carson

Dr. Carol S. Chadwick & Mr. H. Taylor Burleson

Ronald & Lynda Charfoos

Nina & Richard Cohan

Jack, Evelyn and Richard Cole Family Foundation

Mr. William Cole & Mrs. Carol Litka Cole

Mr. & Mrs. Brian G. Connors

Patricia & William ◊ Cosgrove, Sr.

Ms. Joy Crawford* & Mr. Richard Aude

Robert J. Crutcher Family Trust

Dr. Edward & Mrs. Jamie Dabrowski

Suzanne Dalton & Clyde Foles

Maureen & Jerry ◊ D’Avanzo

Lillian & Walter Dean

Dr. & Mrs. Thomas Ditkoff

Drs. Yaddanapudi Ravindranath & Kanta Bhambhani

Mr. & Mrs. Dave Redfield

Dr. Heather Richter

Dr. & Mrs. John Roberts

Steven Della Rocca Memorial Fund/ Courtenay A Hardy

Mr. Ronald Ross & Ms. Alice Brody

Mr. David Salisbury & Mrs. Terese Ireland Salisbury

Marjorie Shuman Saulson

Mr. & Mrs. Donald and Janet Schenk

Sandy Schreier

Robert & Patricia Shaw

Mrs. Sharon Shumaker

Diana & Mark Domin

Paul◊ & Peggy Dufault

Edwin & Rosemarie ◊ Dyer

Dr. Leo & Mrs. Mira Eisenberg

Randall & Jill* Elder

Ms. Laurie Ellias & Mr. James Murphy

Mrs. Marjory Epstein

Mr. & Mrs. John M. Erb

Dave & Sandy Eyl

Ellie Farber & Mitch Barnett

Hon. Sharon Tevis Finch

Ms. Joanne Fisher

Dorothy A. & Larry L. Fobes

Amy & Robert Folberg

Ms. Linda Forte & Mr. Tyrone Davenport

Ms. Marci Frick

Kit & Dan Frohardt-Lane

Lynn & Bharat Gandhi

Stephanie Germack

Thomas M. Gervasi

Mr. & Mrs. James Gietzen

Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Gillette

Ms. Jody Glancy

Mr. Lawrence Glowczewski

Paul & Barbara C. Goodman

Dr. William & Mrs. Antoinette Govier

Ms. Jacqueline Graham

Diane & Saul Green

Dr. & Mrs. Joe L. Greene

Anne & Eugene Greenstein

Sharon Lopo Hadden

Dr. & Mrs. David Haines

Robert & Elizabeth Hamel

Cheryl A. Harvey

Ms. Barbara Heller

Ms. Karla Henry-Morris & Mr. William H. Morris

Dr. William Higginbotham III MD

Mr. Donald & Marcia Hiruo

The Honorable Denise Page Hood & Reverend Nicholas Hood III

James Hoogstra & Clark Heath

Mr. F. Robert Hozian

Dr. Karen Hrapkiewicz

Mr. Norman Silk & Mr. Dale Morgan

Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Simoncini

Michael E. Smerza & Nancy Keppelman

Mrs. Kathleen Straus & Mr. Walter Shapero

Joel & Shelley Tauber

Dr. & Mrs. Howard Terebelo

Alice ◊ & Paul Tomboulian

Mrs. Eva von Voss

Mr. William Waak

Dr. & Mrs. Ned Winkelman

Cathy Cromer Wood

Ms. June Wu

Ms. Gail Zabowski

Lucia Zamorano, M.D.

And one who wishes to remain anonymous

Mr. Fred Hunter & Mrs. Viva Foster

Mr. Sam Huszczo

Larry & Connie Hutchinson

Ms. Carole Ilitch

Ms. Elizabeth Ingraham

Dr. Raymond E. Jackson & Dr. Kathleen Murphy

Mr. Arthur Johns

Mr. John S. Johns

Mr. William & Mrs. Connie Jordan

Mr. & Mrs. John Jullens

Diane & John Kaplan

Bernard & Nina Kent Philanthropic Fund

Dr. & Mrs. Edward L. Klarman

Aileen & Harvey Kleiman

Tom ◊ & Beverly Klimko

Mr. Joseph Kochanek

Mr. & Mrs. Ludvik F. Koci

Mr. & Mrs. Robert Koffron

Dr. Sandy Koltonow & Dr. Mary Schlaff

Ms. Susan Konop

Douglas Korney & Marieta Bautista

James Kors & Victoria King*

George M. Krappmann & Lynda Burbury-Krappmann

Barbara & Michael Kratchman

Mr. Michael Kuhne

Mrs. Maria E. Kuznia

Mr. & Mrs. Robert LaBelle

Dr. & Mrs. Gerald Laker

Mr. David Lalain & Ms. Deniella Ortiz-Lalain

Deborah Lamm

Drs. Lisa & Scott Langenburg

Ms. Sandra Lapadot

Ms. Anne T. Larin

Dr. Lawrence O. Larson

Mr. Henry P. Lee

Drs. Donald & Diane Levine

Arlene & John Lewis

David & Clare Loebl

Mr. John Lovegren & Mr. Daniel Isenschmid

Cis Maisel

Mr. & Mrs. Charles W. Manke, Jr.

Ms. Florine Mark

Melissa & Tom Mark

Ms. Janet Marsh

Barbara J. Martin

Brian & Becky McCabe

Dr. & Mrs. Peter M. McCann, M.D.

Mr. Anthony Roy McCree

Ms. Mary McGough

Ms. Kristen McLennan

Dr. Donald & Barbara Meier

Dr. & Mrs. David Mendelson

Olga Sutaruk Meyer

Bruce & Mary Miller

John & Marcia Miller

Mr. & Mrs. Randall Miller

Steve & Judy Miller

J.J. & Liz Modell

Dr. Susan & Mr. Stephen* Molina

Dr. Van C. Momon, Jr. & Dr. Pamela Berry

Eugene & Sheila Mondry Foundation

Mr. & Mrs. Daniel E. Moore

Ms. A. Anne Moroun

Ms. Sandra Morrison

Mr. & Mrs. Germano Mularoni

Ms. Jennifer Muse

Ms. I. Surayyah R. Muwwakkil

Mr. & Mrs. George Nicholson

Mariam C. Noland & James A. Kelly

Megan Norris & Howard Matthew

Mr. & Mrs. Robert Obringer

Mr. & Mrs. Arthur T. O’Reilly

Terry E. Packer

Mark Pasik & Julie Sosnowski

Priscilla & Huel Perkins

Peter & Carrie Perlman

GIVING OF $1,500 & MORE

Ms. Jacqueline Adams

William Aerni & Janet Frazis

Dr. & Mrs. Gary S. Assarian

Drs. Richard & Helena Balon

Mr. & Mrs. David W. Berry

Mr. & Mrs. John Bishop

Mr. & Mrs. Richard Burstein

Mr. & Mrs. Byron Canvasser

Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Colombo

Mr. & Mrs. Tom Compton

DeLuca Violin Emporium

Ms. Laurie DeMond-Rosen

Gordon & Elaine Didier

Mr. & Mrs. Walter E. Douglas

Mrs. Connie Dugger

Ms. Jodie Elrod

Mr. Howard O. Emorey

Burke & Carol Fossee

Mr. Joseph & Mrs. Lois Gilmore

Howard & Francina Graef

Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Hirt

Jean Hudson

Wolfgang & Kristine Peterman

Ms. Alice Pfahlert

Benjamin B. Phillips

Jill M.* & Michael J. Rafferty

Drs. Stuart & Hilary Ratner

Mr. Tony Raymaker

Mr. & Mrs. William A. Reed

Mr. & Mrs. Gerrit Reepmeyer

Dr. Claude & Mrs. Sandra Reitelman

Denise Reske

Mr. & Mrs. John Rieckhoff

Ms. Linda Rodney

Michael & Susan Rontal

Mr.◊ & Mrs. Gerald F. Ross

Ms. Elana Rugh

Linda & Leonard Sahn

Ms. Joyce E. Scafe

Ms. Martha A. Scharchburg & Mr. Bruce Beyer

Shirley Anne & Alan Schlang

Joe & Ashley Schotthoefer

Catherine & Dennis B. Schultz

Sandy & Alan Schwartz

Mrs. Rosalind B. Sell

Mr. Jeffrey S. Serman

Carlo & Nicole Serraiocco

Nancy & Sam Shamie

Shapero Foundation

Bill* & Chris Shell

Dr. Les Siegel & Ellen Lesser Siegel

Dean P. & D. Giles Simmer

William & Cherie Sirois

Mr. Michael J. Smith & Mrs. Mary C. Williams

Ms. Susan Smith

Shirley R. Stancato

Carolyn & Howard Iwrey

Ms. Nadine Jakobowski

Carole Keller

Mr. & Mrs. Gerd H. Keuffel

Ms. Ida King

Elissa & Daniel Kline

Miss Kathryn Korns

Ms. Jennette Smith Kotila

Mrs. Mary Ann LaMonte

Ms. Christine M. Leonard

Mr. Dane Lighthart & Ms. Robyn Bollinger*

Mr. Sean Maloney & Mrs. Laura PepplerMaloney

Mr. & Mrs. Richard Manning

Mr. Jeffrey Marraccini

Steve & Brenda Mihalik

Carolyn & J. Michael Moore

Muramatsu America Flutes

Mrs. Ruth Nix

Ken & Geralyn Papa

Mr. & Mrs. Mark H. Peterson

Mrs. Anna M. Ptasznik

Peter & Patricia Steffes

Dr. Gregory Stephens

Mr. Mark Stewart & Mr. Anonio Gamez-Galaz

Nancy C. Stocking

Dr. & Mrs. Gerald Stollman

Dr. & Mrs. Choichi Sugawa

David Szymborski & Marilyn Sicklesteel

Dr. Neil Talon

Mr. Rob Tanner

Sandra & Frank Tenkel

Mr. & Mrs. James W. Throop

Dr. Barry Tigay

Gregory Tocco & Erin Sears

Yoni & Rachel Torgow

Barbara & Stuart Trager

Tom & Laura Trudeau

Amanda Van Dusen & Curtis Blessing

Charles & Sally Van Dusen

Gerald & Teresa Varani

Dr.◊ & Mrs. Ronald W. Wadle

Mr. Michael A. Walch & Ms. Joyce Keller

Mr. Patrick Webster

David R. Weinberg, Ph.D.

Janis & William Wetsman/The Wetsman Foundation

Beverly & Barry Williams

Elizabeth & Michael Willoughby

Rissa & Sheldon Winkelman

Ms. Andrea L. Wulf

Ms. Eileen Wunderlich

Dr. Sandra & Mr. D. Johnny Yee

Mr. & Mrs. Wesley Yee

Ms. Ellen Hill Zeringue

And seven who wish to remain anonymous

Drs. Renato & Daisy Ramos

Mr. & Mrs. Rodney Rask

Cheryl & Paul Robertson

Mr. & Mrs. George Roumell

Dr. & Mrs. Hershel Sandberg

Ms. Rosemarie Sandel

Dr. & Mrs. Richard S. Schwartz

Mr. & Mrs. Kingsley G. Sears

Ms. Sandra Shetler

Mrs. Andreas H. Steglich

Mr. Jon Steiger

Mr. Jt Stout

Mr. & Mrs.◊ John Streit

Ms. Amanda Tew*

Mr. William Thom

David & Lila Tirsell

Dennis & Jennifer Varian

Mr. Barry Webster

Ms. Janet Weir

Mr. & Mrs.◊ Richard Wigginton

Dr. M. Roy & Mrs. Jacqueline Wilson

And three who wish to remain anonymous

CORPORATE, FOUNDATION, AND GOVERNMENT GIVING

Giving of $500,000 & more SAMUEL &

Giving of $200,000 & more

Giving of $100,000 & more

JEAN FRANKEL FOUNDATION

MARVIN & BETTY DANTO FAMILY FOUNDATION

EMORY M. FORD JR. ENDOWMENT FUND

MICHIGAN STATE POLICE

DEROY TESTAMENTARY FOUNDATION

Giving of $50,000 & more

Paul M. Angell Family Foundation

Broder Sachse

Edward C. & Linda Dresner Levy Foundation

MASCO Corporation

MGM Grand Detroit

Milner Hotels Foundation

Penske Foundation, Inc.

Matilda R. Wilson Fund

Giving of $20,000 & more

Mandell & Madeleine Berman Foundation

Blue Star Catering

The Clinton Family Fund

Eleanor & Edsel Ford Fund

Henry Ford II Fund

Michigan Arts & Culture Council

Myron P. Leven Foundation

Schneider-Engstrom Foundation

Stone Foundation of Michigan

Wolverine Packing Company

Giving of $10,000 & more

Honigman LLP

JPMorgan Chase

Oliver Dewey Marcks Foundation

Karen & Drew Peslar Foundation

Sun Communities Inc.

Varnum LLP

Burton A. Zipser & Sandra D. Zipser Foundation

Giving of $5,000 & more

Applebaum Family Philanthropy

Creative Benefit Solutions

Benson & Edith Ford Fund

Marjorie & Maxwell Jospey Foundation

KPMG LLP

Sigmund & Sophie Rohlik Foundation

Speyer Foundation

Taft

Warner Norcross + Judd

Wisne Charitable Foundation

And one who wishes to remain anonymous

Giving of $1,000 & more

The Children’s Foundation

Coffee Express Roasting Company

Frank & Gertrude Dunlap Foundation

Enterprise Holdings Foundation

EY

James and Lynelle Holden Fund

Japan Business Society of Detroit Foundation

Josephine Kleiner Foundation

Dolores & Paul Lavins Foundation

Ludwig Foundation Fund

Madison Electric Company

Michigan First Credit Union

Plante and Moran, PLLC

Renaissance (MI) Chapter of the Links

Louis & Nellie Sieg Foundation

Samuel L. Westerman Foundation

And one who wishes to remain anonymous

CELEBRATING YOUR LEGACY SUPPORT

BARBARA VAN DUSEN, Honorary Chair

The 1887 Society honors individuals who have made a special legacy commitment to support the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Members of the 1887 Society ensure that future music lovers will continue to enjoy unsurpassed musical experiences by including the DSO in their estate plans.

Ms. Doris L. Adler

Dr. & Mrs. William C. Albert

Mr.◊ & Mrs. Robert A. Allesee

Dr. Lourdes V. Andaya

Mr. & Mrs. Eugene Applebaum ◊

Dr. Augustin & Nancy ◊ Arbulu

Mr. David Assemany & Mr. Jeffery Zook

Ms. Sharon Backstrom

Sally & Donald Baker

Mr. & Mrs. Lee Barthel

Mr. Mark G. Bartnik & Ms. Sandra J. Collins

Stanley A. Beattie

Mr. & Mrs. Mandell L. Berman ◊

Mrs. Betty Blair

Ms. Rosalee Bleecker

Mr. Joseph Boner

Gwen & Richard Bowlby

Mr. Harry G. Bowles ◊

Judith Mich ◊

Mrs. Ellen Brownfain

William & Julia Bugera

CM Carnes

Cynthia Cassell, Ph. D.

Eleanor A. Christie

Ms. Mary F. Christner

Mr. Gary Ciampa

Robert & Lucinda Clement

Lois & Avern ◊ Cohn

Mrs. RoseAnn Comstock◊

Mr. Scott Cook, Jr.

Mr. & Ms. Thomas Cook

Dorothy M. Craig

Mr. & Mrs. John Cruikshank

Julie & Peter Cummings

Joanne Danto & Arnold Weingarden

Mr. Kevin S. Dennis & Mr. Jeremy J. Zeltzer

Ms. Leslie C. Devereaux

Mr. John Diebel◊

Mr. Stuart Dow

Katherine D. Rines

Mr. Roger Dye & Ms. Jeanne A. Bakale

Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. Eidson

Marianne T. Endicott

Mrs. Rema Frankel

Virginia B. Bertram

Patricia Finnegan Sharf

Ms. Dorothy Fisher

Mrs. Marjorie S. Fisher

Mr. & Mrs. Phillip Wm. Fisher

Dorothy A. & Larry L. Fobes

Samuel & Laura Fogleman

Mr. Emory Ford, Jr.◊ Endowment

Dr. Saul & Mrs. Helen Forman

Barbara Frankel & Ron Michalak

Herman & Sharon Frankel

Jane French

Mark & Donna Frentrup

Mr. Alan M. Gallatin

Janet M. Garrett

Dr. Byron P. & Marilyn Georgeson

Jim & Nancy Gietzen

Mr. Joseph & Mrs. Lois Gilmore

Victor ◊ & Gale Girolami

Ruth & Al◊ Glancy

David & Paulette Groen

Rosemary Gugino

Mr. & Mrs. William Harriss

Donna & Eugene Hartwig

Ms. Nancy B. Henk

Joseph L. Hickey

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas N. Hitchman

Ronald M. & Carol◊ Horwitz

Andy Howell

Carol Howell

Paul M. Huxley & Cynthia Pasky

David & Sheri Jaffa

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas H. Jeffs II

Mr. & Mrs. Richard J. Jessup

Mr. George G. Johnson

Lenard & Connie Johnston

Ms. Carol Johnston

Carol M. Jonson

Drs. Anthony & Joyce Kales

Faye & Austin Kanter

Norb ◊ & Carole Keller

Dr. Mark & Mrs. Gail Kelley

Dr. Mark & Mrs. Gail Kelley

June K. Kendall◊

Dimitri ◊ & Suzanne Kosacheff

Douglas Koschik

Mr.◊ & Mrs. Arthur J. Krolikowski

Mary Clippert LaMont ◊

Ms. Sandra Lapadot

Mrs. Bonnie Larson

Ann C. Lawson ◊

Allan S. Leonard

Max Lepler & Rex L. Dotson

Dr. Melvin A. Lester ◊

Mr. & Mrs.◊ Joseph Lile

Harold Lundquist ◊ & Elizabeth

Brockhaus Lundquist

Eric & Ginny Lundquist

Roberta Maki

Eileen & Ralph Mandarino

Judy Howe Masserang

Ms. Marilyn Snodgrass ◊

Ms. Elizabeth Maysa

Mary Joy McMachen, Ph.D.

Judith Mich ◊

Rhoda A. Milgrim

Mr. & Mrs. Eugene A. Miller

John & Marcia Miller

Jerald A. & Marilyn H. Mitchell

Mr.◊ & Mrs. L. William Moll

Shari & Craig Morgan

Ms. I. Surayyah R. Muwwakkil◊

Joy & Allan Nachman

Mr. Herman Weinreich ◊

Beverley Anne Pack

David & Andrea Page ◊

Edna J. Shin

Mr. Dale J. Pangonis

Ms. Mary Webber Parker ◊

Mr. John Diebel◊

Mrs. Sophie Pearlstein ◊

Helen & Wesley Pelling ◊

Dr. William F. Pickard

Mrs. Bernard E. Pincus

Ms. Christina Pitts

Mrs. Robert Plummer ◊

Mr. & Mrs. P. T. Ponta

Mrs. Mary Carol Prokop ◊

Ms. Linda Rankin & Mr. Daniel Graschuck

Mr. & Mrs. Douglas J. Rasmussen

Deborah J. Remer

Mr. & Mrs.◊ Lloyd E. Reuss

Mr. Robert E. Wilkins ◊

Ms. Marianne Reye

Lori-Ann Rickard

Bernard & Eleanor Robertson

Ms. Barbara Robins

Jack & Aviva Robinson ◊

Mr.◊ & Mrs. Gerald F. Ross

Mr. & Mrs. George Roumell

Marjorie Shuman Saulson

Mr. & Mrs. Donald & Janet Schenk

Ms. Yvonne Schilla

Mr. & Mrs. Fred G. Secrest ◊

Ms. Marla K. Shelton

Ms. June Siebert

Mr. & Mrs. Donald R. Simon ◊

Ms. Marilyn Snodgrass ◊

Mrs. Margot Sterren ◊

Mr. & Mrs. Walter Stuecken

Mr.◊ & Mrs. Alexander C. Suczek

David Szymborski & Marilyn Sicklesteel

Alice ◊ & Paul Tomboulian

Roger & Tina Valade

Charles & Sally Van Dusen

Mr. & Mrs. Melvin VanderBrug

Mrs. Inge A. Vincent ◊

Christine & Keith C. Weber

Mr. Herman Weinreich ◊

John ◊ & Joanne Werner

Mr.◊ & Mrs. Arthur Wilhelm

Mr. Robert E. Wilkins ◊

Mrs. Michel Williams

Ms. Nancy S. Williams ◊

Mr. Robert S. Williams & Ms. Treva Womble

Ms. Barbara Wojtas

Elizabeth B. Work◊

Dr. Melissa J. Smiley & Dr. Patricia A. Wren

Ms. Andrea L. Wulf

Mrs. Judith G. Yaker

Milton & Lois Zussman ◊

And seven who wish to remain anonymous ◊ Deceased

The DSO’s Planned Giving Council recognizes the region’s leading financial and estate professionals whose current and future clients may involve them in their decision to make a planned gift to the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Members play a critical role in shaping the future of the DSO through ongoing feedback, working with their clients, supporting philanthropy and attending briefings twice per year.

Linda Wasserman, Chair

Mrs. Katana H. Abbott*

Mr. Joseph Aviv

Mr. Christopher Ballard*

Ms. Jessica B. Blake, Esq.

Ms. Rebecca J. Braun

Mr. Timothy Compton

Ms. Wendy Zimmer Cox*

Mr. Robin D. Ferriby*

Mrs. Jill Governale*

Mr. Henry Grix*

Mrs. Julie Hollinshead, CFA

Mr. Mark W. Jannott, CTFA

Ms. Jennifer Jennings*

Ms. Dawn Jinsky*

Mrs. Shirley Kaigler*

Mr. Robert E. Kass*

Mr. Christopher L. Kelly

Mr. Bernard S. Kent

Ms. Yuh Suhn Kim

Mr. Henry P. Lee*

Mrs. Marguerite Munson Lentz*

Mr. J. Thomas MacFarlane

Mr. Christopher M. Mann*

Mr. Curtis J. Mann

Mrs. Mary K. Mansfield

Mr. Mark E. Neithercut*

Mr. Steve Pierce

Ms. Deborah J. Renshaw, CFP

Mr. James P. Spica

Mr. David M. Thoms*

Mr. John N. Thomson, Esq.

Mr. Jason Tinsley*

Mr. William Vanover

Mr. William Winkler

*Executive Committee Member

Share the music of the DSO with future generations

INCLUDE THE DSO AS A BENEFICIARY IN YOUR WILL

Remembering the DSO in your estate plans will support the sustainability and longevity of our orchestra, so that tomorrow’s audience will continue to be inspired through unsurpassed musical experiences. If you value the role of the DSO—in your life and in our community—

please consider making a gift through your will, trust, life insurance, or other deferred gift.

To learn more please call Alexander Kapordelis at 313.576.5198 or email akapordelis@dso.org

TRIBUTE GIFTS

Gifts received between November 1, 2022 and February 28, 2023

Tribute gifts to the Detroit Symphony Orchestra are made to honor accomplishments, celebrate occasions, and pay respect in memory or reflection. These gifts support current season projects, partnerships and performances such as DSO concerts, education programs, free community concerts, and family programming. For information about making a tribute gift, please call 313.576.5114 or visit dso.org/donate.

The DSO wishes to thank those who donated in memory of President Emeritus Anne Parsons. Please visit dso.org/rememberinganne for the full list of donors.

In Honor

Peter and Julie Cummings

The Clinton Family Fund

Abe and Cheryl Feder

Ms. Barbara Lorry

Mr. James S. Garrett

Timothy & Marianne LeVigne

Ms. Jeanne Paton

Sylvia G. Graham

Ms. Jacqueline Graham

Mr. Kenneth Grunow

Ms. Margaret Grunow

Mr. Michael Hanson

Ms. Jennie Wenger

Mrs. Barbara Hardesty

Ms. Tiffany Worthington

Jo Isaacson, MD Robert Granadier

Ms. Lacy Jewell

Ms. Heather Tomlinson

Mrs. Ann Katz

Ms. Ruth Rattner

Ms. June Kendall John & Candace Vaphiadis

Mr. Allen Ledyard

Mr. & Mrs. Paul Laughlin

Mr. Larwrence Liberson

Mrs. Pamela Esser

Mr. Stephen Molina

Ms. Barbara Bloedow

Mr. & Mrs. Michael Feder

Daniel Steinman

In Memory

Mr. Lloyd Cheny

Mrs. Marcia Cheney

Fred and Gloria Clark

Marriet Clark Webber

Ms. Helen Fildew

Mr. & Mrs. William Gilbride

Marc Lie

Parcival Lie

Angelika Morawski

Ms. Lisa Suida

Mr. Michael Tesner

Ms. Cindy Wilson

Mrs. Barbara Frankel

Mr. Dean Allan & Ms. Maya Slickis

Ms. Pamela Applebaum

Mrs. Stacey Armstrong

Mr. & Mrs. John Beiter

Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Bershad

Mr. & Mrs. Harold Blumenstein

Mr. & Mrs. John Dupps Jr.

Mr. Charles W. Dyer

Mr. & Mrs. Bernard R. Edelson

Mrs. John Ellis

Jim & Margo Farber

Ms. Lisa Scholnick Feinbloom

Dr. & Mrs. Paul Goodman

Mr. Howard J. Gourwitz

Allan & Sydell Grant

Paul Grant & Alyssa Jones

Paul & Francine Hack

Ms. Heather Hamilton

Bill & Ellen Kestenberg

Mr. Joel Kirsch

Mr. and Ms. Bruce J. Lazar

Gregg & Sheryl Nathanson

Ms. Lynn Rosenthal

David & Carol Schooch

Ms. Nancy Wiltsie

Mr John Guinn

Ms. Peggy Spencer Castine

Ms. Joan Hoelaars

Ms. Lynn Popa

Mrs. Carol Horwitz

Laurie Horwitz

Dr. Jo D. Isaacson

Ms. Sylvia Lee

Ms. Marsha Pinson

Mr. John R. Kuhn

Nathan Taylor

Mr. Henry P. Lee

Ms. Kerstyn Zalesin

Ms. Benita Lee

Ms. Andrea Levine

Miss Michele Saxon

Mr. Daniel D. Lublin

Ms. Joyce Berman & Mr. Dan Carol

Mrs. Susan Spelker

Ms. Marianne Masserang

Michael & Doris Burke

Denise Juif-Pomerleau

Robert Ling

Jim & Maureen Marchand

Treca Zdybek

Anne Parsons

Dr. Lillian Bauder

Paul & Laurie Burgoyne

The Clinton Family Fund

Ms. Deborah Lamm

Ms. Patricia Mooradian

Ms. Carol Schoch

Mrs. Mary J. Moll

Mrs. Harriet Port

Mr. Maury Okun

Ms. Ruthanne Okun

Mrs. Jill Rafferty

Ms. Linda Holloway

Mr. & Mrs. William Ramroth

Ms. Erica Siedel

Mrs. Marilyn Schorer

Marc Lie

Ms. Maria Slotnick

Mrs. Judith Schultheiss

Mr. Richard A. Sonenklar

Mr. Antonio David Garcia

Mr. George Popow

Ms. Martha Cheadle

Robert D’Aoust

Ms. Lisa Frazzini

Kelly Galea

Ms. Michele Genuise

Greater Kansas City Community Foundation

Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Holton

June Martin

ST Microelectronics

Thomas S. Richards

Mr. James Amar

Mr. & Mrs. Robert Davisson

Mr. & Mrs. James Francis

Mr. Michael Modelski

Mr. & Mrs. David Paruch

Mr. William Rittinger

Mrs. Patricia K. Rittinger

Mrs. Alice Tomboulain

Paul Tomboulain

Ayten & Zeyn Uzman

Mr. James Akif Uzman

Mr. Charles Van Dusen Robert Scoville

Dr. & Mrs. Clyde Wu

Mrs. Cynthia MacDonald

Mr. James Zann

Mr. & Ms. Dave Beaupre

UPCOMING CONCERTS & EVENTS

Leila Josefowicz & Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 3

May 19–20

Respect: A Tribute to Aretha Franklin

May 26-28

TICKETS & INFO

313.576.5111 or dso.org

CHAMBER RECITAL STRING QUARTET: SHOSTAKOVICH & PROKOFIEV

Mon, Apr 24 at 7 PM

PVS CLASSICAL SERIES HADELICH & STRAVINSKY

Thu, Apr 27 - Sat, Apr 29

PVS CLASSICAL SERIES BEETHOVEN’S EIGHTH & SIMON’S TROMBONE CONCERTO

Fri, May 5 - Sun, May 7

chamber recital LATIN AMERICAN WINDS

Tue, May 9 at 7 PM

WILLIAM DAVIDSON NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERT SERIES TCHAIKOVSKY & PAGANINI

Thu, May 11 - Sun, May 14

PNC POPS SERIES THE MUSIC OF ELTON JOHN FEATURING MICHAEL CAVANAUGH

Sat, May 13 at 8 PM

PVS CLASSICAL SERIES LEILA JOSEFOWICZ & MENDELSSOHN’S SYMPHONY NO. 3

Fri, May 19 - Sat, May 20

TINY TOTS (Ages 2-5) EARTH DAY IS EVERY DAY

Sat, May 20 at 10 AM

YOUNG PEOPLE’S FAMILY CONCERT SERIES (Ages 6+) BRITTEN’S YOUNG PERSON’S GUIDE TO THE ORCHESTRA

Sat, May 20 at 11 AM

WILLIAM DAVIDSON NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERT SERIES MENDELSSOHN’S “ITALIAN” SYMPHONY

Thu, May 25 - Sun, May 28

PNC POPS SERIES RESPECT: A TRIBUTE TO ARETHA FRANKLIN

Fri, May 26 - Sun, May 28

Two Pianos: Who Could Ask for Anything More?

June 17

PVS CLASSICAL SERIES JADER CONDUCTS TCHAIKOVSKY’S FOURTH SYMPHONY

Fri, June 2 - Sun, June 4

classical BIGNAMINI CONDUCTS STRAUSS’ ALSO SPRACH ZARATHUSTRA

Thu, June 8 - Sat, June 10

WILLIAM DAVIDSON NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERT SERIES BEETHOVEN’S “EMPEROR” CONCERTO

Thu, June 15 - Sun, June 18

TWO PIANOS: WHO COULD ASK FOR ANYTHING MORE?

Sat, June 17

For complete program listings, including Live from Orchestra Hall webcast dates, visit dso.org

WELCOME TO THE MAX

Our Home on Woodward Avenue

The Max M. and Marjorie S. Fisher Music Center is one of Detroit’s most notable cultural campuses. The Max includes three main performance spaces: historic Orchestra Hall, the Peter D. and Julie F. Cummings Cube (The Cube), and Robert A. and Maggie Allesee Hall. All are accessible from the centrally located William Davidson Atrium. The Jacob Bernard Pincus Music Education Center is home to the DSO’s Wu Family Academy and other music education offerings. The DSO is also proud to offer The Max as a performance and administrative space for several local partners, including Detroit Youth Volume.

Parking

The DSO Parking Deck is located at 81 Parsons Street. Self-parking in the garage costs $10 for most concerts (credit card payment only). Accessible parking is available on the first and second floors of the garage. Note that handicapped parking spaces go quickly, so please arrive early!

What Should I Wear?

You do you! We don’t have a dress code, and you’ll see a variety of outfit styles. Business casual attire is common, but sneakers and jeans are just as welcome as suits and ties.

Food and Drink

Concessions are available for purchase on the first floor of the William Davidson Atrium at most concerts, and light bites are available in the Paradise Lounge on the second floor. Bars are located on the first and third floors of the William Davidson Atrium and offer canned sodas (pop, if you prefer), beer, wine, and specialty cocktail mixes.

Patrons are welcome to bring drinks to their seats at all performances except Friday morning Coffee Concerts; food is not allowed in Orchestra Hall. Please note that outside food and beverages are prohibited.

Accessibility

Accessibility matters. Whether you need ramp access for your wheelchair or are looking for sensory-friendly concert options, we are thinking of you.

• The Max has elevators, barrierfree restrooms, and accessible seating on each level. Security staff are available at all entrances to help patrons requiring extra assistance in and out of vehicles.

• The DSO’s Sennheiser MobileConnect hearing assistance system is available for all performances in Orchestra Hall. You can use your own mobile device and headphones by downloading the Sennheiser MobileConnect app, or borrow a device by visiting the Box Office.

• Available at the Box Office during all events at The Max, the DSO offers sensory toolkits to use free of charge, courtesy of the Mid-Michigan Autism Association. The kits contain items that can help calm or stimulate a person with a sensory processing difference, including noise-reducing headphones and fidget toys. The DSO also has a quiet room, available for patrons to use at every performance

• Check out the Accessibility tab on dso.org/yourexperience to learn more

THE MAX M. & MARJORIE S. FISHER MUSIC CENTER

3711 Woodward Avenue

Detroit, MI 48201

Box Office: 313.576.5111

Group Sales: 313.576.5111

Administrative Offices: 313.576.5100

Facilities Rental Info: 313.576.5131

Visit the DSO online at dso.org

For general inquiries, please email info@dso.org

WiFi

Complimentary WiFi is available throughout The Max. Look for the DSOGuest network on your device. And be sure to tag your posts with #IAMDSO!

Shop @ The Max

Our brick and mortar shop is closed, but DSO fans can visit dso.org/shop to purchase DSO merchandise anytime!

The Herman and Sharon Frankel Donor Lounge

Governing Members can enjoy complimentary beverages, appetizers, and desserts in the Donor Lounge, open 90 minutes prior to each concert through the end of intermission. For more information on becoming a Governing Member, contact Leslie Groves at 313.576.5451 or lgroves@dso.org.

Gift Certificates

Gift certificates are available in any denomination and may be used towards tickets to any DSO performance. Please contact the Box Office for more information.

Rent The Max

Elegant and versatile, The Max is an ideal setting for a variety of events and performances: weddings, corporate gatherings, meetings, concerts, and more. Visit dso.org/rentals or call 313.576.5131 for more information.

POLICIES HEALTH & SAFETY

n The DSO no longer requires audiences to provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test to attend performances.

n Masks are optional although strongly recommended at DSO performances, particularly when Wayne County and surrounding communities are in the high or “red” category as defined by the CDC.

n We ask all audience members to do their part to create a safe environment for everyone and encourage those who are not feeling well to stay home.

n We will continue to communicate our policies to ticketholders in advance of their concerts and will provide updates should protocols change throughout the season.

SEATING

Please note that all patrons (of any age) must have a ticket to attend concerts. If the music has already started, an usher will ask you to wait until a break before seating you. The same applies if you leave Orchestra Hall and re-enter. Most performances are broadcast (with sound) on a TV in the William Davidson Atrium.

TICKETS, EXCHANGES, AND CONCERT CANCELLATIONS

n All sales are final and non-refundable.

n Even though we’ll miss you, we understand that plans can change unexpectedly, so the DSO offers flexible exchange and ticket donation options.

n Please contact the Box Office to exchange tickets and for all ticketing questions or concerns.

n The DSO is a show-must-go-on orchestra. In the rare event a concert is cancelled, our website and social media feeds will announce the cancellation, and patrons will be notified of exchange options.

PHONES

Your neighbors and the musicians appreciate your cooperation in turning your phone to silent and your brightness down while you’re keeping an eye on texts from the babysitter or looking up where a composer was born!

PHOTOGRAPHY & RECORDING

We love a good selfie (please share your experiences using @DetroitSymphony and #IAMDSO) but remember that photography

can be distracting to musicians and audience members. Please be cautious and respectful if you wish to take photos.

Flash photography, video recording, tripods, and cameras with detachable lenses are strictly prohibited.

NOTE: By entering event premises, you consent to having your likeness featured in photography, audio, and video captured by the DSO, and release the DSO from any liability connected with these materials. Visit dso.org for more.

SMOKING

Smoking and vaping are not allowed anywhere in The Max.

ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF

EXECUTIVE OFFICE

Erik Rönmark President and CEO

James B. and Ann V. Nicholson Chair

Jill Elder Vice President and Chief Revenue Officer

Linda Lutz

Vice President and Chief Financial and Administrative Officer

Joy Crawford

Executive Assistant to the President and CEO

Serena Donadoni Executive Assistant to the Vice President and Chief Revenue Officer

Anne Parsons ◊ President Emeritus

ARTISTIC OPERATIONS ARTISTIC PLANNING

Jessica Ruiz

Senior Director of Artistic Planning

Jessica Slais Creative Director of Popular and Special Programming

D. Kenji Lee Jazz and @ The Max Coordinator

Claudia Scalzetti Artistic Coordinator

Lindzy Volk Artist Liaison

Goode Wyche

Manager of Jazz and @ The Max

LIVE FROM ORCHESTRA HALL

Marc Geelhoed

Executive Producer of Live from Orchestra Hall

ORCHESTRA OPERATIONS

Kathryn Ginsburg General Manager

Patrick Peterson

Director of Orchestra Personnel

Dennis Rottell Stage Manager

Benjamin Brown Production Manager

Nolan Cardenas Auditions and Operations Coordinator

Bronwyn Hagerty Orchestra and Training Programs Librarian

Benjamin Tisherman Manager of Orchestra Personnel

ADVANCEMENT

Alex Kapordelis Senior Director, Campaign

Jill Rafferty

Senior Director of Advancement

Audrey Kelley Director of Executive and Board Operations

Amanda Tew Director, Advancement Operations

Damaris Doss

Major Gift Officer

Leslie Groves Major Gift Officer

Ali Huber

Signature Events Manager

Jane Koelsch Data and Research Specialist

Colleen McLellan Institutional Gift Officer

Juanda Pack Advancement Benefits Concierge

Susan Queen Gift Officer, Corporate Giving

Joseph Sabatella Fulfillment Coordinator

Cassidy Schmid Manager of Campaign Operations

Shalynn Vaughn Major Gift Officer

BUILDING OPERATIONS

Ken Waddington Senior Director of Facilities and Engineering

Cedric Allen EVS Technician

Teresa Beachem Chief Engineer

Demetris Fisher Manager of Environmental Services (EVS)

William Guilbault EVS Technician

Robert Hobson Chief Maintenance Technician

Daniel Speights EVS Technician

EVENT AND PATRON EXPERIENCE

Christina Williams

Director of Patron and Event Experience

Neva Kirksey Manager of Events and Rentals

Alison Reed, CVA Manager of Volunteer and Patron Experience

COMMUNICATIONS

Matt Carlson

Senior Director, Communications and Media Relations

Sarah Smarch Director of Content and Storytelling

Natalie Berger

Video Content Specialist

LaToya Cross Communications and Advancement Content Specialist

Hannah Engwall Public Relations Manager

Francesca Leo Public Relations Coordinator

COMMUNITY

LEARNING

&

Karisa Antonio

Director of Social Innovation

Damien Crutcher

Managing Director of Detroit Harmony

Debora Kang

Director of Education

Clare Valenti

Director of Community Engagement

Kiersten Alcorn

Manager of Community Engagement

Chris DeLouis Training Ensembles Operations Coordinator

Joanna Goldstein

Training Ensembles

Student Development Coordinator

Kendra Sachs

Training Ensembles

Recruitment and Communications Coordinator

FINANCE

Adela Löw Director of Accounting and Financial Reporting

Sandra Mazza Senior Accountant, Business Operations

Hoang Duong Accounting Clerk Assistant

Dina Hardeman-McCoy Payroll and Benefits Accountant

Sarah Nawrot Accounting Clerk

HUMAN RESOURCES

Hannah Lozon Senior Director of Talent and Culture

Angela Stough Director of Human Resources

Shuntia Perry Recruitment and Employee Experience Specialist

INFORMATION

TECHNOLOGY

William Shell Director of Information Technology

Michelle Koning Web Manager

Aaron Tockstein Database Administrator

MARKETING & AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT

Charles Buchanan Senior Director of Marketing and Audience Development

Teresa Alden Director of Growth and Acquisition

Rebecca Villarreal Director of Subscriptions and Loyalty

Sharon Gardner Carr Assistant Manager of Tessitura and Ticketing Operations

Jay Holladay Brand Graphic Designer

Crystal Mann Loyalty Marketing Strategist

LaHeidra Marshall Marketing Projects Specialist

Connor Mehren Digital Marketing Strategist

Kristin Pagels-Quinlan Content Marketing Strategist

PATRON SALES & SERVICE

Michelle Marshall Director of Patron Sales and Service

Rollie Edwards Patron Sales and Service Specialist

James Sabatella Group and Patron Services Specialist

SAFETY & SECURITY

George Krappmann Director of Safety and Security

Willie Coleman Security Officer

Naomi Howard Security Officer

Tony Morris Security Officer

Johnnie Scott Safety and Security Manager

PERFORMANCE

Winter • 2021-2022 Season

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Activities of the DSO are made possible in part with the support of the Michigan Arts & Culture Council and the National Endowment for the Arts.

The Community Foundation is dedicated to supporting and enhancing the arts in southeast Michigan.

For decades, we have partnered and collaborated with organizations like the Detroit Symphony Orchestra along with other hyperlocal projects to enrich our region through the arts.

We have helped hundreds of donors who want to support local arts and culture find the best way to make a lasting impact.

MAKE AN IMPACT

When you are ready to make a lasting impact on arts and culture, the Community Foundation is here to help. Visit: cfsem.org/arts-culture or call 313.961.6675

JUNE 10-24, 2023

Emerson String Quartet Michigan Final Farewell