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Contents
Volume 4
Concert Experience • New Orleans Jazz With The Mso Big Band, sponsored by NexAir March 22........................................................ 17 • JOY…ful Mendelssohn, special thanks to Trustmark Bank March 28........................................................ 21 • Beethoven’s Fifth, sponsored by Watkins Uiberall May 3-4.......................................................... 29 • A SYMPHONY FOR THE DEVIL: The Music of the Rolling Stones, special thanks to SunTrust May 17........................................................... 37
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Patron Experience • Advertiser Listing ........................................... 40 • MSO Board of Directors, Staff, League Board & Chorus Board............................................. 46 • Memphis Symphony League......................... 48 • Sponsors & Foundations............................... 52 • Membership Benefits..................................... 54 • Contributors................................................... 55 • Tributes ......................................................... 64 • Patron/Ticket Information ........................... 68
• Mei-Ann Chen, Music Director ..................... 4
Symphony Gallery
• Conner Gray Covington, Assistant Conductor.... 6
• Peter and the Wolf concert........................... 12
• Orchestra Roster............................................... 8
• MSO League Valentine Luncheon................ 13 • Amazing Grace concert................................. 32
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Mei-Ann Chen music director On behalf of the musicians and staff of the Memphis Symphony, I would like to thank all you all for your generosity and support in our time of need. It has been extremely heartening to see the outpouring of support from our community in support of the MSO and the opportunity to complete our season as planned. We are very excited and proud to bring a project of several years in the making to fruition. On Friday, May 16, we will be joined by a community chorus, directed by Dr. Leo H. Davis Jr., to perform the world premiere of Rebirth of the Dream by composer Paul Brantley. Paul was chosen from over two hundred composers to write the work commissioned by Mei-Ann’s Circle of Friends, giving voice to their stories and emotions through the time of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the aftermath this event created for Memphis, and expressing their dreams for the future of our community. The commission created a vehicle that has taken the Memphis Symphony into far reaching areas of our community, making many new friends and forming valuable collaborative partnerships on the way. In describing Rebirth of the Dream, Paul Brantley said that he has “created a sequence of three movements -- Invocation, Meditation, and Affirmation -- that moves from an acknowledgement of the community’s pain into a vision of hope and action -- very much inspired by the community’s collective memory and imagination.” Little did we know that Paul’s inspiration would so appropriately address the emotions of our own organization and our dream to continue to serve the Memphis community for many years to come. My thanks and best wishes to you all,
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biography An innovative and passionate force both on and off the conductor’s podium, Mei-Ann Chen is one of America’s most dynamic young conductors. Music Director of the Memphis Symphony since 2010 and of the Chicago Sinfonietta since 2011, she has infused both orchestras with energy, enthusiasm and high-level music making, galvanizing their audiences and communities alike. In recognition of these accomplishments, the League of American Orchestras granted her the prestigious Helen M. Thompson Award at its 2012 national conference in Dallas. A sought-after guest conductor, Ms. Chen’s reputation as a compelling communicator has resulted in growing popularity with orchestras both nationally and internationally. Maestra Chen’s 2013 - 2014 season takes her across the country to Canada, Sweden, and Austria. Guesting highlights include engagements with the Detroit Symphony, Vancouver Symphony, Austria’s Gross Orchester Graz, Sweden’s Göteborgs Symfoniker and NorrlandsOperan (Norrland's Opera), with whom she appears in both the fall and spring. Ms. Chen’s recent seasons include debuts with the Chicago Symphony on its subscription series, with the San Francisco Symphony, Houston Symphony, Cincinnati Symphony (where she stepped in on short notice and was immediately re-engaged), and San Diego Symphony nationally, and engagements abroad with Brazil’s São Paulo Symphony, Finland’s Tampere Philharmonic, the Netherlands Philharmonic in the Concertgebouw, and the National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra. Among her many North American guesting credits are appearances with the symphony orchestras of Atlanta, Baltimore, Colorado, Fort Worth, Nashville, North Carolina, Oregon, Pacific, Phoenix, Seattle, Toronto, and the National Symphony in Washington, D.C. Overseas, she has conducted the principal Danish orchestras, the BBC Scottish Symphony, Bournemouth Symphony, Orquestra Sinfonica Nacional de Mexico, Norwegian Radio Orchestra, and the Trondheim Symphony. U.S. summer music festivals credits include the Aspen Music Festival, Britt, Grand Teton, Wintergreen, the Chautauqua Institute and the Texas Music Festival in Houston. In addition to the 2012 Helen M. Thompson Award from the League of American Orchestras, Mei-Ann Chen’s skill on the podium and as a music educator has been recognized with several honors, awards and posts. In 2005 Ms. Chen became the first woman to win Copenhagen’s esteemed Malko Competition. She served as Assistant Conductor of the Atlanta Symphony and Baltimore Symphony, under the aegis of the League of American Orchestras and with the Oregon symphony. Recipient of the 2007 Taki Concordia Fellowship, she has appeared jointly with Marin Alsop and Stefan Sanderling in highly acclaimed subscription concerts with the Baltimore Symphony, Colorado Symphony and Florida Orchestra. In 2002, Ms. Chen was unanimously selected as Music Director of the Portland Youth Philharmonic in Oregon, the oldest of its kind and a model for many youth orchestras in the United States. During her five-year tenure with the orchestra, she led its sold-out debut in Carnegie Hall, received an ASCAP award for innovative programming, and developed new and unique musicianship programs for the orchestra’s members. She was also the recipient of a Sunburst Award from Young Audiences for her contribution to music education. Born in Taiwan, Mei-Ann Chen has lived in the United States since 1989. She was the first student in New England Conservatory’s history to receive master’s degrees, simultaneously, in both violin and conducting, later studying with Kenneth Kiesler at the University of Michigan, where she earned a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in conducting. Ms. Chen also participated in the National Conducting Institute in Washington, D.C. and at the American Academy of Conducting in Aspen.
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Conner Gray Covington assistant conductor At 26 years old, Conner Gray Covington recently completed his first season as Assistant Conductor of the Memphis Symphony Orchestra, a position he began in September of 2012. In Memphis, he conducts various community and outreach concerts while also working closely with Music Director Mei-Ann Chen. Covington also serves as the Music Director of the Memphis Youth Symphony Program. He completed his master’s degree in orchestral conducting in May of 2012 at the Eastman School of Music where he studied with Neil Varon. Covington has also served as a cover conductor for the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and has been invited back for the 2013-2014 season. He also conducted the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra in a masterclass for Miguel Harth-Bedoya. In May of 2012, Covington competed in the prestigious Malko Conducting Competition in Copenhagen, Denmark, where he was the youngest participant to advance to the third round. In Denmark he conducted the Danish National Symphony for a jury headed by Lorin Maazel. Covington also competed in the Tokyo International Conducting Competition where he worked with the New Japan Philharmonic and advanced to the semi-final round. In the summers of 2011 and 2012, Covington attended the Aspen Music Festival as a fellowship recipient in the American Academy of Conducting at Aspen. There he worked with Robert Spano, Larry Rachleff, and Hugh Wolff as well as other guest conductors throughout the summer. He has attended the Pierre Monteux School for Conductors where he studied with Michael Jinbo. Born in Louisiana, Covington grew up in East Tennessee and began playing the violin at age 11. He completed high school at the renowned High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Houston, Texas. He went on to study violin at the Moores School of Music at the University of Houston with distinguished soloist and pedagogue Kyung Sun Lee. Covington then transferred to the University of Texas at Arlington where he studied violin with Dr. Martha Walvoord and conducting with Dr. Clifton Evans. At UTA, he served as both concertmaster and assistant conductor of the UTA Symphony, and in May of 2010 he graduated summa cum laude with a degree in violin performance.
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Memphis Symphony Orchestra mei-ann chen, music director conner gray covington, assistant conductor dr. lawrence edwards, choral director Violin I Concertmaster The Joy Brown Wiener Chair
Barrie Cooper, Acting Concertmaster The Maxine Morse Chair
Marisa Polesky, Assistant Principal Diane Zelickman, Assistant Principal Paul Turnbow Wen-Yih You Jessica Munson Greg Morris Long Long Kang Violin II Gaylon McKay Patterson, Acting Principal The Dunbar and Constance Abston Chair
Heather Trussell, Assistant Principal Erin Kaste, Acting Assistant Principal Christine Palmer* Ann Spurbeck Lenore McIntyre Michael O'Gieblyn Viola Jennifer Puckett, Principal The Corinne Falls Murrah Chair
Michelle Pellay-Walker, Assistant Principal Marshall Fine, Assistant Principal Irene Wade Michael Barar Karen Casey Kent Overturf Beth Luscombe Cello Ruth Valente Burgess, Principal The Vincent de Frank Chair
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Griffin Browne Jeffrey Jurciukonis Hannah Schmidt Mark Wallace Bass Scott Best, Principal Christopher Butler, Assistant Principal Sean O’Hara Andrew Palmer Tim Weddle Jeremy Upton Sara Chiego Flute Karen Busler, Principal The Marion Dugdale McClure Chair
Todd Skitch* Chris James Piccolo Chris James Oboe Joseph Salvalaggio, Principal Saundra D’Amato Shelly Sublett, Assistant Principal English Horn Shelly Sublett Clarinet Andre Dyachenko, Principal Rena Feller Nobuko Igarashi Bass Clarinet Nobuko Igarashi
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Bassoon Susanna Whitney, Principal Michael Scott Christopher Piecuch Contrabassoon Christopher Piecuch Horn Samuel Compton, Principal The Morrie A. Moss Chair
Robert Patterson Caroline Kinsey Pamela Kiesling Trumpet Scott Moore, Principal The Smith & Nephew Chair
Susan Enger J. Michael McKenzie Trombone Greg Luscombe, Principal Wes Lebo Mark Vail
Bass Trombone Mark Vail Tuba Charles Schulz, Principal Timpani Frank Shaffer, Principal Percussion David Carlisle, Principal Ed Murray, Assistant Principal Harp Marian Shaffer, Principal The Ruth Marie Moore Cobb Chair
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SEASON TWO
January Ladysmith Black Mambazo January 24 Jonathan Batiste January 25
February Doc Severinsen and The San Miguel 5 February 1 Step Afrika! – February 9 Chucho Valdés – February 13 Marty Stuart – February 15
March Spyro Gyra 40th Anniversary Tour March 1 Tomás Kubínek March 21 The Del McCoury Band with Shannon McNally
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"Peter and the Wolf"
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MSO League Valentine Luncheon February 13, 2014
Carol Martin, Isabelle Welch, Lura Turner
League President Lura Turner with artwork by Guyla Wanderman
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Hot Springs Music Festival Hot Springs, Arkansas SEASON XIX:
1-14 JUNE 2014
For the Hot Springs Music Festival: Verdi Meets Wagner by Carole Katchen
Casual, Classical, Fun! The Hot Springs Music Festival brings together over 200 international musicians each June in the historic spa resort of Hot Springs National Park to present over 20 concerts and 250 free open rehearsals for music lovers from around the globe. Visit hotmusic.org for the complete schedule, programs, and other exciting information! For Tickets 901-537-2525
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Truly International 2013 - 2014 Season CO NCE RT S INTERNATIONAL
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Cuarteto Casals String Quartet Spain Tuesday, October 22, 2013
Rastrelli Cello Quartet Germany Wednesday, November 6, 2013
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Sima Trio Armenia Tuesday, February 4, 2014
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American Brass Quintet Tuesday, March 25, 2014
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New York Wind Quintet Thursday, April 3, 2014
Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music Harris Concert Hall All concerts begin at 7:30 pm.
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New Orleans Jazz with the Mso Big Band Saturday, March 22, 2014 at 7:30 p.m. – Cannon Center
BYRON STRIPLING, trumpet MSO Big Band Scott Moore, band leader
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Byron Stripling trumpet
Meet Byron Stripling, a spectacular trumpeter with a very wide range, a beautiful tone, and the ability to blend together many influences into his own style. Byron Stripling is also the artistic director of the Columbus Jazz Orchestra, leader of his own quartet, and constantly in demand to play with pops orchestras around the world. Byron is an extroverted performer who brings the audience into his music. The happiness that he exudes through his trumpet, his vocals and his words is reminiscent of Louis Armstrong yet very much his own. While the Columbus Jazz Orchestra, which recently recorded The Colors Of Jazz, takes up a portion of Byron Stripling's time, he also makes many guest appearances with pops orchestras, conducts occasional clinics and seminars at colleges and high schools, and tours extensively with his own quartet. Byron gets more of an opportunity to stretch out in the latter setting, making appearances at many festivals and clubs. He has recorded as a leader (Stripling Now, Trumpetblowingly Yours, and Byron, Get One Free) and is well featured with the New York All Stars on the CDs We Love You, Louis and Play More Music Of Louis Armstrong. Byron can also be heard on CDs with Tony Bennett, Natalie Cole, Lena Horne, Sonny Rollins, Paquito D'Rivera, Gerry Mulligan, J.J. Johnson, Carla Bley, Jim Hall, Jack McDuff, Freddie Cole, Carol Sloane, Benny Green, the Joe Henderson Big Band, the Count Basie Orchestra, the GRP All-Star Band, The Carnegie Hall Jazz Band and numerous Broadway Cast Albums. For the future, Byron Stripling says, “I want to keep improving my ability to communicate musically to an audience, putting all of my influences and interests together while having the results be natural. There are always infinite possibilities in music.� One of the giants of the trumpet and an irresistible entertainer, Byron Stripling is always well worth seeing and hearing. One looks forward to his future accomplishments.
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THE MEDIUM by Gian Carlo Menotti
Le 66
by Jacques Offenbach
THE IMPRESARIO by W.A. Mozart
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JOY…ful Mendelssohn Friday, March 28, 2014 at 7:30 p.m. – Lindenwood Christian Church
COURTNEY LEWIS, conductor Joy Brown Wiener, violin RICHARD WAGNER (1813 - 1883) Siegfried Idyll FELIX MENDELSSOHN (1809 - 1847) Concerto in E Minor for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 64 Allegro molto appassionato Andante Allegretto non troppo - Allegro molto vivace Joy Brown Wiener, Violin Take 5… FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN (1732 - 1809) Symphony No. 90 in C Major Adagio - Allegro assai Andante Menuet Allegro assai
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Courtney Lewis conductor
Hailed by the Boston Phoenix as “… both an inspired conductor… and an inspired programmer,” Courtney Lewis is quickly becoming recognized as one of today’s top emerging talents. He is founder and music director of Boston’s acclaimed Discovery Ensemble, a chamber orchestra with the mission of introducing inner-city school children to classical music while bringing new and unusual repertoire to established concert audiences. Lewis is also Associate Conductor of the Minnesota Orchestra, where he regularly conducts Young People’s concerts, outdoor concerts, and other performances, making a successful subscription debut in the 2011/2012 season. In November 2008, Lewis made his major American orchestra debut with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra. Other recent and upcoming appearances include returns to the Atlanta Symphony, St. Louis Symphony, and the Ulster Orchestra (for a series of BBC Radio 3 Invitation Concerts and on subscription.) Additionally, he has had debuts with the Colorado and New Hampshire Music Festivals as well as the Alabama, Edmonton, Jacksonville, Kitchener-Waterloo, Memphis, Milwaukee, and Vancouver symphonies, the Naples Philharmonic, Rochester Philharmonic, Washington’s National Symphony Orchestra, the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, and the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra. Appointed a Dudamel Fellow with the Los Angeles Philharmonic for the 2011/2012 season, he made his debut with that orchestra in fall 2011, returning for additional performances in the spring. Born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Lewis attended the University of Cambridge, studying composition with Robin Holloway and clarinet with Dame Thea King, and graduated with starred first class honors. After completing a master’s degree with a focus on the late music of György Ligeti, he attended the Royal Northern College of Music, where his teachers included Sir Mark Elder and Clark Rundell.
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Joy Brown Wiener violin
Concertmaster Emeritus of the Memphis Symphony Orchestra, Joy Brown Wiener has graced the stage with spectacular performances from the time she was a small child. At nine she won a national competition in Dayton Beach, Florida, playing before an audience of five thousand. She made her professional debut at the age of ten, and concluded her career by soloing at the Goodwyn Institute in Memphis. Joy began her solo career at age fifteen with the Charleston, South Carolina Symphony, The Piedmont Festival Orchestra in Winston Salem, North Carolina, and the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra. She then became a member of the St. Louis Symphony, being the youngest member in its then sixty-six year history and played two seasons before going to study at the Julliard School of Music. In the 1950's, Wiener toured Europe and won first prize at the Festival of Artists in Sienna, Italy. The winning piece was Brahms Violin Concerto – still one of her favorites. In 1952 Wiener became the first concertmaster of the Memphis Symphony and held this post until her retirement in 1992. Since her retirement, Joy has excelled both on stage and as an accomplished Master Teacher. Mrs. Wiener still has an active studio of talented violin students and has helped them excel in top graduate musical programs.
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program notes WAGNER Siegfried Idyll Duration: 17 minutes While some of the motives in Richard Wagner’s Siegfried Idyll appear in the eponymous opera, the work itself is much more intimate, created as “a symphonic birthday greeting to his Cosima from her Richard.” Its premiere took place not in a theater, but on the stairs leading to Cosima’s bedroom, on her 33rd birthday (which also happened to be Christmas Day). The romantic gesture typified the passion that surrounded the pair’s relationship. The daughter of Franz Liszt and the Comtesse d’Agoult, Cosima had been married to one of Wagner’s biggest champions, pianist and conductor Hans von Bülow. After Wagner separated from his first wife, Minna, in 1863, he and Cosima declared their love for one another. She gave birth to their first child on April 10, 1865, just two months before von Bülow conducted the premiere of Tristan und Isolde in Munich. (After Cosima and Wagner’s third child, Siegfried, was born in June 1869, von Bülow instituted divorce proceedings). Cosima and Wagner married in August 1870, and the couple, their three children, and Cosima’s two daughters from her first marriage moved into Tribschen, on Lake Lucerne. On the original manuscript of Siegfried Idyll, Wagner gives the full title as, “TribschenIdyll, with Fidi-Birdsong and Orange Sunrise, presented as a symphonic birthday greeting to his Cosima by her Richard, 1870.” “Siegfried” refers not to the opera, but to the couple’s infant son, whose nickname was “Fidi.” The “orange sunrise” was the color of Cosima’s bedroom wallpaper. This intimacy is further reflected in the work’s scoring; though sometimes performed by a full orchestra, Wagner wrote the piece for an ensemble of 15 musicians, rehearsing the work in secret so that it would be a surprise for his wife. After the performance, the couple’s five children presented their mother with the score. Though Wagner never intended for his Siegfried Idyll to remain a private piece, financial problems forced him to publish the work in 1877.
MENDELSSOHN Concerto in E Minor for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 64 Duration: 27 minutes In 1838, Felix Mendelssohn wrote to his boyhood friend Ferdinand David, now leader of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, with an idea. “I’d like to write a violin concerto for you next winter; one in E minor sticks in my head, the beginning of which will not leave me in peace.” When Mendelssohn had not yet begun work on the concerto a year later, David apparently followed up. As the composer replied, It is nice of you to press me for a violin concerto! I have the liveliest desire to write one for you, and if I have a few propitious days, I’ll bring you something. But the task is not an easy one. You ask that it should be brilliant, and how can anyone like me do this? The whole of the first solo is to be for the E string. 24
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While David may have wondered if his friend would ultimately make good on his generous offer, he was delighted when he saw the partially completed score. “This is going to be something great!” he enthused. “Do you think so?” replied Mendelssohn. “I’m sure of it,” David said. “There is plenty of music for violin and orchestra, but there has been only one big, truly great concerto [Beethoven’s Violin Concerto] and now there will be two.” “No, no!” was Mendelssohn’s unequivocal response. “If I finish this concerto it will certainly not be with any thought of competing with Beethoven.” Seven years after he first shared his intentions with his friend, Mendelssohn finished his Violin Concerto—and on March 13, 1845, the work made its debut at the Gewandhaus, with David as the soloist and Niels Gade on the podium. Just as Mendelssohn had promised, the work bears little resemblance to Beethoven’s “truly great concerto.” From the opening Allegro molto appassionato, Mendelssohn’s willingness to break with tradition is clear. The opening melody is given not to the orchestra, as was customary, but to the violin—and just as the composer had promised David, it takes place completely on the E string, the most brilliant part of the violin’s register. Mendelssohn also links the concerto’s three movements, generating a sense of drama not only within each section, but across the entire concerto as well. After the passionate Andante, the work concludes with a virtuosic finale, its spirited mood and light tone recalling the Scherzo from the incidental music to A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
HAYDN Symphony No. 90 in C Major Duration: 25 minutes Franz Joseph Haydn has long been known as the “father” of the symphony. He didn’t invent the genre, of course, but his career spanned its maturation—and with over a hundred symphonies under his belt, he played a major role in its development. From the earliest symphony written around 1759 for the orchestra at Eszterháza to the final twelve, composed in the last decade of the eighteenth century for public performance in London, Haydn’s symphonies are full of humor, spirit, and a sense of drama that influenced both his contemporaries and later composers as well. As Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart reportedly said, “There is no-one who can do it all—to joke, to terrify, to evoke laughter and profound sentiment—and all equally well: except Joseph Haydn.” Haydn was relatively isolated at the court of Eszterháza—and while some composers may have found the situation unbearable, its merits were clear to Haydn. “My prince was satisfied with all my works,” he told his biographer Griesinger I was applauded and as leader of an orchestra I could experiment, observe what strengthens an effect and what weakens it, and thus improve, add, eliminate, dare. I was cut off from the world. No one around me could have doubts about me or torment me, and I was forced to become original. For Tickets 901-537-2525
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program notes While Haydn may not have ventured far from court during his three decades of service to the Eszterházy princes, his music circulated throughout Europe, and the majority of his late symphonies were written for performance outside of Eszterházy. The set of “Paris” Symphonies (Nos. 82-87), for example, were composed around 1786 at the request of Count Claude-François-Marie d’Ogny for the Concert de la Loge Olympique, and were sold to publishers in London and Vienna. When Count d’Ogny commissioned three more symphonies for Paris, Haydn provided him with Symphonies Nos. 90-92, the last two of which he brought with him on his trip to London shortly thereafter. One of the least frequently performed of Haydn’s later symphonies, Symphony No. 90 shares several features with Symphony No. 82, the first in the earlier set for Count d’Ogny. Both are written in the key of C Major, which Haydn typically used for his celebratory works. Both have what musicologist Daniel Heartz calls “pompous minuets,” as well as slow movements in F in 2/4 time. Haydn takes an unusual approach to the slow introduction that opens the symphony, however, seamlessly uniting it with the body of the movement by using music from the opening as the main theme of the quick section. Following the relatively reserved slow movement comes Heartz’s “pompous minuet,” which scholar H.C. Robbins Landon describes as evoking a glittering ball at the Château de Versailles in the last season it would ever know: it is extraordinary how Haydn could imagine another civilization without ever having experienced it except second-hand. . . . [He] has by some miracle entered the artificial, brilliant and rather heartless world of Louis XVI, constructing elaborate locks, and Marie Antoinette, watching her cows being milked at the model farm behind the Petit Trianon, while France was in the grip of starvation. Haydnesque humor abounds in the final movement. Unexpected accents, witty pauses and asides, and a false ending all work to conclude the symphony on a brilliant note. – Jennifer Glagov
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Beethoven’s Pastorale featuring Beethoven’s Fifth Saturday, May 3, 2014 at 7:30 p.m. – Cannon Center Sunday, May 4, 2014 at 2:30 p.m. – GPAC MEI-ANN CHEN, conductor LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770 - 1827) Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 (Pastoral) Awakening of cheerful feelings on arriving in the country: Allegro ma non troppo Scene by the brook: Andante molto mosso Merry assembly of country folk: Allegro Thunderstorm: Allegro Shepherd's Song - Happy, grateful feelings after the storm: Allegretto INTERMISSION LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770 - 1827) Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Opus 67 I. Allegro con Brio II. Andante con moto III. Allegro IV. Allegro
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BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 6 (Pastoral) Duration: 40 minutes Although descriptive titles guide and shape how we think about Ludwig von Beethoven’s works, in reality most have little to do with the music itself. Critics, well-meaning friends, and eager publishers attached labels like “Moonlight,” “Appassionata,” and “Tempest.” Patrons who commissioned works, such as Archduke Rudolph, Count Razumovsky, and Count Waldstein, lent their names to other pieces. As he did with the “Eroica” Symphony, however, Beethoven himself coined the title of his Symphony No. 6: “Pastoral,” or in full, “Pastoral Symphony, or Recollections of Country Life.” Written mostly during the spring and fall of 1808, the “Pastoral” Symphony made its debut on December 22, in a famous marathon concert that also featured the Fifth Symphony, the Fourth Piano Concerto, two movements from the Mass in C, the concert aria “Ah! perfido,” and the Choral Fantasy. The Sixth Symphony is the most overtly programmatic of Beethoven’s works. Unlike Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique, which tells a very detailed story, the “Pastoral” Symphony is more evocative than descriptive. As notes in Beethoven’s sketches indicate, “The hearers should be allowed to discover the situations / Sinfonia caracteristica—or recollection of country life / All painting in instrumental music is lost if it is pushed too far / Sinfonia pastorella. Anyone who has an idea of country life can make out for himself the intentions of the composer without many titles / Also without titles the whole will be recognized as a matter more of feeling than of painting in sounds.” Each of the “Pastoral” Symphony’s five movements has a descriptive title, which the audience would have seen before the work’s premiere. In the first movement, “Awakening of cheerful feelings upon arriving in the country,” the rustic drone, folk-like melody, and leisurely tempo set a pastoral scene. The second movement, “Scene by the brook,” features birdcalls: nightingales (flute), quail (oboe), and cuckoos (clarinets). The town band plays in the third movement, titled “Merry gathering of peasants,” but the party is interrupted by a “Tempest, storm” shot through with ominous rumblings. A “Shepherds’ hymn—Happy and thankful feelings after the storm” brings the symphony to a close. While nature has long been a fertile source of subject matter for composers, the Sixth Symphony may have held special meaning for Beethoven, who felt a particular affinity for the outdoors. The composer took daily walks regardless of the weather, and reportedly refused lodging that did not have trees nearby. As the English pianist Charles Neate wrote, he knew no one else “who so delighted in Nature or so thoroughly enjoyed flowers or clouds or other natural objects.” Beethoven’s student and friend, Countess Theresa of Brunswick, recalled, “He loved to be alone with Nature, to make her his only confidante. When his brain was reeling with confused ideas, Nature at all times comforted him.” 30
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And Beethoven himself wrote in a letter, “How glad I am to be able to roam in wood and thicket, among the trees and flowers and rocks. No one can love the country as I do. … In the country every tree seems to speak to me, saying, ‘Holy! Holy!’ In the woods there is enchantment which expresses all things!” Later in the same letter, we glimpse perhaps the primary reason that Beethoven found such solace in the natural world: as he explained simply, “My bad hearing does not trouble me here.”
BEETHOVEN - Symphony No. 5, Op. 67 in C minor Duration: 36 minutes Beethoven began work on his Fifth Symphony in the spring of 1804, during a particularly productive period that yielded many of his most well known compositions, including the Fourth and Sixth symphonies, Fourth Piano Concerto, Violin Concerto, Mass in C, “Razumovsky” string quartets, and two versions of his only opera, Fidelio. Although the Fifth doesn’t have explicit extramusical references, like the “Pastoral” or “Eroica” Symphonies, many hear a large-scale narrative in its four movements. When Beethoven first disclosed his increasing deafness in the fall of 1801, he wrote in a letter that he would “seize Fate by the throat; it shall not bend or crush me completely.” It is this struggle with fate that seems to propel the Fifth Symphony. As he famously told his assistant, Anton Schindler, the motive which with the symphony begins is “Fate knocking at the door”--and from those four notes, an epic life struggle seems to unfold. As Hector Berlioz wrote, Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony “emanates directly and solely from the genius of Beethoven. It is his own intimate thought that is developed; and his secret sorrows, his pent-up rage, his dreams so full of melancholy oppression, his nocturnal visions and his bursts of enthusiasm furnish its entire subject, while the melodic, harmonic, rhythmic, and orchestral forms are there delineated with essential novelty and individuality, endowing them also with considerable power and nobility.” – Jennifer Glagov
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Amazing Grace
Free Community Concert March 2, 2014 at Metropolitan Baptist Church Sponsored by
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Spring 2014 March 2 – Winter Recital Memphis BoyChoir & GirlChoir Buckman Center for the Performing Arts at 3:00 pm March 16 - Evensong Memphis ChamberChoir Saint John’s Episcopal Church at 7:00 pm Se April 16 – A Service of Tenebrae during Holy Week Memphis BoyChoir & ChamberChoir Saint John’s Episcopal Church at 7:00 pm June 6 – Spring Recital Memphis BoyChoir & ChamberChoir Members of Memphis Symphony Orchestra Saint John’s Episcopal Church at 7:30 pm
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Memphis Symphony League Board of Directors Lura E. Turner, President Kathryn A. King, First Vice President Honey Cannon Scottie Cobb Jeanette Cooley Jean de Frank Peggy Earwood
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Letter from the League President You're here, so you appreciate the Memphis Symphony Orchestra. You're reading this, so you want to know more about the League. Take the next step and join the League! We welcome and want new members. We need you to aid the Symphony through the League's educational, financial, and volunteer support. The League has no service requirement, the membership dues are tax-deductible, and you will receive invitations to all Memphis Symphony League sponsored events. Our previous events were very successful and well attended, so many thanks to all who participated! The MSO is essential to our community and your membership is essential to the League. Join us now and we'll see you at our closing event of the season on May 16th! Finally, it's been my honor to be the League President for the 2013/2014 season and thanks to everyone that has supported me and the League. I look forward to seeing you soon! Lura Turner President Memphis Symphony League
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Corporate Spotlight: NewSouth Capital Management NewSouth Capital Management is a dedicated corporate supporter of Memphis Symphony Orchestra. Alexander “Alec” McLean has been with NewSouth for 14 years, and is a Principal, Analyst, and Portfolio Manager. Alec generously serves as the chairman of the MSO Corporate Development Committee and enjoys sharing MSO concert experiences with his wife and children. His commitment to MSO comes from a personal belief that it is “important to invest in your community.”
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2013/14 S E A S O N WORLD WONDERS, FEB. 21–23, 2014 A cultural fusion of some of the world’s most creative music, art and dance in four dazzling works, featuring Hattiloo singers and U-Dig Jookers.
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Symphony Fund 2013-2014 As a community-supported organization committed to Memphis, the MSO depends more than ever before on the generosity of donors who make it possible for us to make meaningful experiences through music. We are pleased to offer the following benefits in response to your support: Maestro’s Partners $10,000 and above (Fair Market Value is $350) Maestro’s Partners welcomes annual donors of $10,000 and above. In recognition of their support, donors receive unprecedented opportunity to engage with the MSO through personalized events. Benefactor $5,000 - $9,999 (Fair Market Value is $295) Invitation to join Maestro Mei-Ann Chen and the orchestra on-stage for a First Tennessee Masterworks or Paul & Linnea Bert Classic Accents rehearsal Personalized concierge ticket services (with waiver of service fees) Plus all below Patron $2,500 - $4,999 (Fair Market Value is $220) Invitation to MSO Annual Review meeting Invitation to the annual Season Preview Party Plus all below Golden Circle $1,000 - $2,499 (Fair Market Value is $200) Admission to the donors-only Golden Circle Room, during intermission, at First Tennessee Masterworks and Pops concerts Seven passes for free parking at the Cook Convention Center, good for First Tennessee Masterworks or Pops concerts Plus all below MSO Associates Associate $600 - $999 (Fair Market Value is $80) Opportunity to purchase tickets in advance Plus all below Member $300 - $599 (Fair Market Value is $60) Invitation to MSO open rehearsals Plus all below Friend $100 - $299 (Fair Market Value is $40) Backstage tour of the Cannon Center for the Performing Arts Two tickets to Contributor Recognition Night Acknowledgment in Experience, the MSO concert magazine, in all volumes published during the season Supporter Up to $99 (Full Market Value) Acknowledgment in Experience, the MSO concert magazine, in one volume published during the season Consider a gift to the Symphony Fund today! To donate, visit the MSO office, go online to www.MemphisSymphony.org, call Jane Mims, Director of Development and Corporate Sponsorships, at (901) 537-2518 or mail to 585 S. Mendenhall Road, Memphis, TN 38117. 54
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Contributors Patron - ($2,500 - $4,999) Anonymous (2) William and Louise Barden Jack & Kathleen Blair Scott E. Bohon Martha & James Boyd Harriett & Hilliard Crews Mark Crosby Carolyn & Michael Edwards Mr. & Mrs. John S. Evans Martha & Robert Fogelman and Bradley and Robert Fogelman, II Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Goodman Pam and Steve Guinn Mr. Sigmund F. Hiller Dr. & Mrs. Masanori Igarashi Mr. Edwin Koshland III Mr. & Mrs. Jerome B. Makowsky B. Lee & Susan Mallory Gloria P. Nobles John & Barbara Ogles Gloria & John Parker Mrs. Joseph Powell Capt. & Mrs. Robert R. Proctor, USN (Ret.) Patricia & John Seubert Steve & Lura Turner The Wharton Charitable Foundation Randy & Beverly Wade Dr. & Mrs. Otis S. Warr III Golden Circle - ($1,000 - $2,499) Anonymous (1) Connie & Dunbar Abston Peter & Fran Addicott Belinda Anderson Kay & Keith Anderson Roger J. Arango LTC, USA (ret) Mr. & Mrs. Damon S. Arney Pamela & Esmond Arrindell Sharon Barnett-Myers Joey J. & Neal S. Beckford Joyce Blackmon The Honorable Joseph Boeckmann, Jr. Carmen C. Bond Phillip Bowden & Ritche Manley Bowden Phyllis Brannon Ruby Bright Ronell C. Brindell
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Monte & Grace Brown Richard Tanner & Walter R. Brown Shannon & Beryl Brown Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Bruns Robert Burns Olivia Bursey Ward Joanne & George Buzard Canale Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Henry Cannon Jeanne Gray Carr Gale Jones Carson Robert & Jenny Carter Dr. Fenwick W. Chappell Dr. Nancy A. Chase, M.D. Gloria & Irvine Cherry Kenneth Clark Karen Clawson Dorothy Cleaves Mikki and Darrell Cobbins Ms. Jeanette S. Cooley Bill and Foy Coolidge Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Craddock Mr. & Mrs. David Crippen Elaine & Loren Crown Dr. & Mrs. Ray E. Curle Barbara A. Denley Saryn Doucette M.D. & Eric Doucette Mr. & Mrs. John P. Dulin Megan Dunbar Turner Drs. Lawrence Edwards & D. Shane Rasner Julie H. Ellis Barbara Enright Susan Fletcher Mr. & Mrs. David B. Ferraro Fred & Mary Lawrence Flinn Barbara & Hiram Fry Kathleen C. Gardner Allison Garrott Dr. Phillip George Mr. & Mrs. James S. Gilliland Susan and Richard Glassman Lakethia Glenn Katherine Smythe Gould Martha & Jerrold Graber Miriam Grossman Judith & John Hansen Carolyn Hardy Deborah Hester Harrison
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Mrs. James E. Harwood, III Ann & O. Mason Hawkins Page Henrion Emil Henry Paul & Marisa Hess David O. Hill & Elisabeth Hills Jeannine Hogg M.D. Lunida & Lewis Holland Sara Holmes Mr. & Mrs. Walter B. Howell, Jr. Barbara Hyde Nicki & Brian Inman Janas L. Jackson Laurita Jackson Lisa & Louis Jehl Mr. Frank & Dr. Jeanne Jemison Dr. & Mrs. Eric E. Johnson Rose M. Johnston Edith Kelly-Green Dale & Marty Kelman Dr. Natalie Kerr Delores Kinsolving Ellen Cooper Klyce Bruce & Susanne Landau Leslie and Nathaniel Landau Dr. Peter G. & Susan J. Law LeMay+Lang, LLC Mr. & Mrs. Lester F. Lit Aron Livnah & Rose Merry Brown Dr. & Mrs. William E. Long Babbie Lovett Deidre Malone Jerry and Elizabeth Marshall Martha Ellen Maxwell Ashley Mayfield Sandra H. Mays Anita & Don McLean Gretchen & Kojo McLennon Phillip & Mabel McNeill Dr. & Mrs. Michael McSwain Drs. Lisa & Maurice I. Mendel Nancy & Rodgers Menzies Bob & Jane Terrell Mims Henry & Snowden Morgan Zoe & Alan Nadel Jenny & John Nevels Mrs. Lyda Parker Marianne Parrs
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Mr. & Mrs. Demetri Patikas Robert G. Patterson, Jr. & Patricia Gray Mrs. Barbara J. Perkins Sadie & C.J. Pickering Jim and Cynthia Pitcock Carol W. Prentiss Mary Alice Quinn Dr. Sandra Reed Retirement Companies Of America, LLC Judy & Nick Ringel Mrs. Anne Davis Roane Beverly Robertson Ellen Rolfes Carol Lee & Joe Royer Diane Rudner Dr. Ken & Mrs. Bev Sakauye Dr. Craig & Mrs. Andrea Sander Jeff Sanford & Cynthia Ham John Pickens & Suzanne Satterfield Mary & Joe Scheuner Mr. & Mrs. Arthur N. Seessel III Dr. John J. & Mrs. Lynda Shea Karen B. Shea Mrs. Sally Shy William W. Siler Ron & Linda Sklar Bruce R. & Jane Scharding Smedley Jenny & Graham Smith Maxine Smith Charles Askew and Cynthia Spangler Mrs. Rita Sparks Susan L. Springfield Nancye Starnes Bruce & Gillian Steinhauer Thomas & Susan Stephenson Madeline Taylor Dr. Paul G. Thomas & Dr. Deanna Longfitt Ryals & Gwendolyn Thomas Ceil Thomas Walker Pat Kerr Tigrett Dr. David A. Tipton Dr. & Mrs. Todd A. Tobias Leticia W. Towns Laurie Tucker Dr. Eugene A. Vaccaro Family Susan K. Van Dyck & James Newcomb Mr. & Mrs. Henry D. Varnell, Jr. Anita & James Vaughn
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Contributors Kimmie Vaulx Dr. Peggy I. Veeser Mr. & Mrs. David S. Waddell Patricia & Charles Walker Dr. Jane Walters Graham & Megan Warr K. C. and Jeff Warren Frank & Houston Watson Mrs. Cassandra H. Webster Martha & Lee Wesson Ruby R. Wharton Monica & Andre Wharton Sharon Wheeler Barry White & Dr. Janice Garrison Vann and Julia Manning Ms. Tracey Williams Dr. Ethelyn Williams-Neal Barbara Williamson Oneida Wittichen Mr. Winston Wolfe Mr. & Mrs. Charles L. Wurtzburger Jocelyn Wurzburg Jan Young Lauren & Thomas Young Associate - ($600 - $999) Anonymous (1) Balmoral Presbyterian Church- Chamber Orchestra Richard W. Barnes & Peter R. Pauciello David J. Baseler Carol Beachey & Don Voth Stanley & Dorothy Bilsky Dr. & Mrs. Allen Street Boyd Gary Carlson Suzanne Henley & James P. Cole Commercial Bank & Trust Betty & Leiland Duke Sara G. Folis Dot and Luther Gause Joanne & Willis Hackman Judith & Howard Hicks Donna Jefcoat Kelman-Lazarov, Inc. Father Albert Kirk Mr. & Mrs. George Lapides Tina McWhorter Mrs. Emily Ruch Barbara & Bill Runyan
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Robert Vidulich & Diane Sachs Jules & Betty & Betty Weiss Member - ($300 - $599) Anonymous (3) Ben & Kathy Adams Sylvia Adams John W. Apperson Gary Beard Fiona & Lance Binder Gregory Buckley & Susan Berry-Buckley Dr. & Mrs. Paul Burgar Mrs. Louise Cannon Daniel Case The Chester J. Claudon Family Ms. Laura J. Crane Robert K. Crane Angela Daily Lewis Donelson Dr. Michael R. Drompp Eric Flanders Kelley & Rodger Funderburg Bill and Jeannine Gaudet Dr. James Gholson, Sr. Lydia and John Gibson John Gilmer & Catherine Willner Daniel Green Dianne Greenhill Phyllis Guenter Bela & Nan Hackman Kathleen & Stephen Helton Dr. & Mrs. Horace K. Houston, Jr. Dr. G. Leon Howell Joanna Hwang Phillip & Philip & Melinda Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Robert K. Jones William B. Keiser, Jr. Ms. Yoriko Kitai Janie & Martin Kocman Mrs. Reva Kriegal Sara Lam Lucy C. & Tom C. Lee James McKinney Mary Allie & Denton McLellan Richard and Betsy McStay Dr. & Mrs. David M. Mirvis Michael Osborn Max B. Ostner, Jr.
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Sally Pace Kathrine & John Perryman Renaissance Music Circle Marco and Cynthia Ross Shelley Shanaman Phil & Fran Shannon Bonnie and Bill Siler Richard & Michelle Smeyne Dr. & Mrs. Benton Wheeler Tom & Kay Whitman Dr. Russell Wigginton Friend - ($100 - $299) Anonymous (10) Lee & Patricia Abraham Gwendolyn & John Ahlemann Rammy Akil Raul Amaro Kevin Andring Frank Anthony Mrs. Eleanor Appling Dot Arata Dr. & Mrs. Philip Aronoff Arts Consulting Group, Inc. William Austin Clayton Baker Dr. & Mrs. George I. Balas Sue & A.E. Balkin Mary Nell & Pervis Ballew Andrew Balogh Kenneth Balogh Rosemary Banta Charles Barfield Marsha Barrom Robert & Ellen Hutchinson-Bartolotta John & Wanda Barzizza Donald Bashford Dr. & Mrs. Allen O. Battle Frances Beard Joy & Leo Bearman Ernest & Georgia Bell Linda-Anne Bennett Ms. Mary E. Benton Mary Bernard Dr. & Mrs. Michael P. Berry Mr. & Mrs. James C. Blackburn Sharis & Gerald Blackburn Nancy E. Bogatin
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Modine & Lee Bolen Amanda Boyd Wayne Breeden Susan P. Brubaker Joseph Bryan Dorothy Bryce-Morton Anne & Robert Buchacek Reggi and Sharon Burch Judy & Charles Burkett Bill Burtch Alicia & James Butler Bonnie & Richard Carney Jeanne N. Carr Barry Chase Dr. Nancy A. Chase, M.D. Carol & David Ciscel Brian Clement Mr. & Mrs. Charles P. Cobb, Jr. Bob and Elaine Colmer Samuel and Jenny Compton Anne Connell Jim and Pat Corbitt Brian Costner Darien Cotton Mr. & Mrs. William S. Craddock Karen Dapsis Susan and Gary Davis Phili & Terry Deboo Kathryn Deshpande & Jon Katze Denice Perkins & Michael Detroit Lisa Dixon Alan Dow Jed Dreifus Ioannis Drosos Alice and John Dudas Betty Jo & William P. Dulaney Mrs. Ruth Edmonds Elizabeth & Winston Eggleston Laura & John Engbretson Lillian & Thomas Ernst Bailey Evans Evans Petree Family George & Jackie Falls Edward & Gloria Felsenthal Fredrika & Joel Felt James & Susan Ferguson E.C. Fields Tanya Fitts & David Burton
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Contributors Henry & Gayle Flautt Ms. Kathie Fox Desi Franklin John Freeman Mr. & Mrs. Bill Friedl Mrs. Caroline Fruchtman Juan Fuentes Christine Fulliton Camille Gamble Ana & Mark Gardner Emily & Jerry Gay Phyllis Gay Frank & Anne Gianotti Mr. & Mrs. James D. Gibson Marsh & Ann Gibson Mary Gill Jim & Harriett Gillis Joan Gips Kate and Robert Gooch Salil & Malika Goorha Carolyn and Glynn Grammer Genie & Ralph Gray Sheri & Don Grear Great Wines and Spirits Rita Mercille Green Mr. Reb Haizlip Clarence & Harriett Halmon Claudia & Bill Haltom Louis Hamric Malvis Hardaway Jeffery & Cathy Harris Dallas Harrison Janet Harrison Diane Harvey Margaret Hassell Hattiloo Theatre Mr. Paul Henry Hawkins Diane Hawks Mr. & Mrs. Allan Hayden Dr. Jean S. Hayden Ms. Janet D. Held & Mr. William H. Sims Vivian Hilton Walter Hoehm Julia Howell Helen J. Humber Steven & Lucinda Humerickhouse Sarah L. Hurley
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Mr. & Mrs. Antonino Incardona Susan & Frank Inman Glenn Irelan J. T. & Helen Jabbour Bertha Means & Michael Jacewicz Mr. & Mrs. James B. Jalenak Anita James Dr. & Mrs. David H. James, Jr. Harriette Jenkins David & Lisa Jennings Mr. & Mrs. Pu-Qi Jiang Darrell & Betty Z. Johnson Jessica Johnson Juliet & Edward Jones Gayden Jones John Paul Jones John Jones Paul Tudor Jones Warren and Betty Lu Jones L. Donald Jordan Kathy Junkin Beulah Kasselberg Candace N. Keirns Helen and J.D. Kelly Nathaniel Kent Charlotte King Chris King Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd C. Kirkland, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Jerry D. Kirkscey Julie Klein Preston & Sally Klinke Zeynep Kocer Amanda Kramer Lisa Krupicka Barbara Burch & Barry W. Kuhn Mr. & Mrs. Pierre T. Landaiche III Cassandra Lankford Steven Larson Marti & Mike Laslavic Chris Lazarini John Le Sandra Leftwich Kristin Lensch & Tim Huebner Dr. & Mrs. Michael J. Levinson Ben Light David Lillard Arina Lim
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Gensheng Liu Mrs. Esther K. Lubin William Payson & Melissa Luck Christopher Lutat Leonard & Jennifer Lyons Mr. Allen T. Malone May Lynn & Charles Mansbach Mr. & Mrs. Jack H. Marks Randy & Carol Martin Mary Lou McCaa Michael McCanless James McClanahan Peggy & Don McClure, Jr. Charles & Janie McCrary Marion McDonald Mr. & Mrs. James W. McDonnell, Jr. Pat & James McFarland Lucius and Holley McGehee Dan McGuire T. Medlin Simone and Logan Meeks Memphis Pool Supply, Inc Monika Metzger Mobile Symphony Mrs. Houston Niller Moore Joan Morgan Kelley Morice Jan and Scott Morrell George Morris
Ed & Anne Motley Anna Neal Christopher Neal Stephen & Mary Nelson Drs. Thomas J. & Monika Nenon Network for Good William Nichol Mr. & Mrs. Greg Nomland Mr. & Mrs. Herbert L. Notowich Cecile & Frederick Nowak Dr. Antony Oldknow Michael Ostien Bob Owens Mr. & Mrs. William S. Parker Roylyn and Bill Parks Gaylon McKay Patterson Rick & Carolyn Patterson Dr. William S. Phillips Hajnal & Lawrence A. Pivnick Charles & Carole Plesofsky Chloee & Dan Poag Paula Posey-Destefanis Catherine Powers Peter & Johanna Pranica Charles Prestage-Mosby Anita Price Leslie Printup Libby and Howard Pritchard LTC Judith C. Pruitt (Ret.)
Matching Gifts Corporate matching gifts are a great way for MSO patrons and donors to maximize personal contributions to the Symphony and increase the impact of their gift. By taking advantage of your company’s matching gift benefit, you may be able to double or triple your contribution. Thank you to those companies below who match current and retired employees’ contributions to the Memphis Symphony Orchestra, and thank you to our donors who apply for these matching gifts. For more information on matching gifts, please call (901) 537-2500. AT&T Foundation Bank of America Chevron Corporation Citigroup Foundation Digital Equipment Corporation Federated Department Stores First Horizon National Corporation First Tennessee Foundation Gap Foundation General Electric General Mills Foundation GlaxoSmithKline Foundation
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Home Depot Foundation Johnson & Johnson Kraft, Inc. Lucite International Merrill Lynch New York Times Company Foundation Nissan Motor Corporation Phillip Morris Companies, Inc. Quaker Oats Foundation Regions Financial Corporation Security Pacific Foundation United Technologies – Carrier Corporation
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Contributors Mearl Purvis Robert Pusakulich Robert & Brenda Rachor Linda Rahija Karen and James Ralston Jim Renfrow Molly Rice Kathryn Roberts Dr. & Mrs. Brown Robertson Kia Robinson Mr. Luther L. Robinson III Susan Robinson Mr. Barney Rolfes Jr. Dr. & Mrs. E. William Rosenberg William Ross Thelma Rudd John Rutledge Amy & William Ryan Leonid & Frida Saharovici Sara T. Savell Teresa & Jeff Scott Michael Scott William Scott Douglas Seymour Frank & Marian Shaffer Mrs. G. Donald Siemer Liz and Rouben Simonian Elizabeth Simpson Kenneth & Mary Sipley William Skoog Ernestine Small Cecil O. Smith Ms. Leslie Smith Marshall and Maida Smith Lisa and Baynard Snowden Trish & Richard R. Spore III Jim & Shirley St. Hilaire Charles & Mary Stagg Milner Stanton Terry Starr Paul Stasz Jill & Kenneth Steinberg Janet Stevenson Fred & Shirley Stinson Richard Stoecklein Leslie Stratton Linda Strickland
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Oma R. Strickland Gary Stringer Ms. Harriett Surprise Parker Suttle Timothy Sweeney Barbara D. Taylor Mrs. Janet Templeton Mrs. Barbara Thompson Dana Thornton Cynthia Tipton Barbara B. Turner Ann & Darrell Turner Elaine Turner John Ueleke Mariet & Sam Rogers Harriette Vanderford Mr. & Mrs. Simon Wadsworth Robert Waldo Drs. Anni B. Walker and William S. Walker Hilman Walker Mr. Edward Wallace Gerald & Julie Walton Rev. Dr.and Mrs. Lee C. Waltz Linda Waltz Chingfun Wang Kiersten and Tom Watkins Steve Weaver Judge & Mrs. Bernie Weinman Arnold & Joan Weiss Diane & Walker Wellford Philip West Kathleen Weston Donald White Stuart Wilkinson Frances Williams Mr. & Mrs. Page Williamson Mrs. Barbara H. Wilson Eleanor & Charles Wilson Virgina Wilson Evelyn B. Wofford Patricia A. Woods Lewis Wright Rev. Bindy Wright Snyder Mary Yates Qihong Zhou
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MEI-ANN’S CIRCLE OF FRIENDS A women’s philanthropic circle honoring the Memphis Symphony Orchestra’s Music Director, Mei-Ann Chen, whose artistic vision is reshaping the city’s cultural center. This critical group of diverse community investors is called to be stakeholders who support and steward her vision as a creative catalyst for innovation through the performing arts. Most importantly, Mei-Ann’s Circle of Friends welcomes new members, as its ultimate mission is to be an instrument of inclusion through community engagement. Ritche Bowden, co-chair Mary McDaniel, co-chair Becky Wilson, co-chair Connie Abston Belinda Anderson Pam Arrindell Louise Barden Sharon Barnett-Myers Joey Beckford Phyllis Berz Joyce Blackmon Kathy Blair Peggy Bodine Carmen Crane Bond Martha Boyd Sonji Branch Ronell Brindell Ruby Bright Lillian Brown Rose Merry Brown Marian Bruns Alice Burnett Kitty Cannon Jeanne Gray Carr Gale Jones Carson Jenny Carter Dr. Nancy Chase Dorothy Cleaves Karen Clawson Nancy Hughes Coe Jeanette Cooley Deborah Craddock Dr. Saryn Doucette Julie Ellis Barbara Enright Marsha Evans Susan Fletcher Kathleen Gardner
Allison Garrott Sandra Mays Pat Kerr Tigrett Kathy Buckman Gibson Suzanne Medford Ashley Tobias Kate Gooch Nancy Menzies Tish Towns Mimi Grossman Jane Mims Anne Townsend Pam Guinn Snow Morgan Laurie Tucker Sarah Haizlip Brooke Morrow Lynne Turley Cynthia Ham Jenny Nevels Lura Turner Carolyn Hardy Rev. Dr. Roslyn Nichols Meg Dunbar Turner Deborah Hester Harrison Gloria Nobles Andie Uiberall Ann Hawkins Sarah Carpenter Ognibene Jeanne Varnell Carolyn Heppel Sally Pace Anita Vaughn Dr. Jeannine Hogg Deanie Parker Kimmie Vaulx Frances Hooks Barbara Perkins Ann Vining Buzzy Hussey Cynthia Pitcock Stacie Waddell Barbara Hyde Carol Prentiss Ceil Walker Janas Jackson Mary Alice Quinn Ann Marie Wallace Laurita Jackson Susan Quinn Jane Walters Dr. Jeanne Jemison Dr. Sandra Reed Olivia Bursey Ward Rose Johnston Beverly Robertson Cassandra Webster Dale Kelman Ellen Rolfes Becky West Edith Kelly-Green Gayle S. Rose, Monica Wharton Natalie Kerr former co-chair Ruby Wharton Delores Kinsolving Carol Lee Royer Sharon Wheeler Dorothy Kirsch Diane Rudner Joy Brown Wiener Ellen Klyce Beverly Sakauye Dr. Ethelyn Williams-Neal Susanne Landau Lila Sanders Tracey Williams Babbie Lovett Lucy Shaw Barbara Williamson Janet Lyons Karen Shea Neida Wittichen Anita McLean Lynda Mead Shea Jocelyn Wurzburg Margaret McLean Leigh Shockey Jan Young Gretchen McLennon Sally Shy Bickie McDonnell Rita Sparks In Memoriam Linda McNeil Susan Springfield Bonnie Smith Mabel McNeill Nancye Starnes Maxine Smith Daphene McFerren Helga Stengel Deidra Malone Susan Stephenson Julia Manning Anne Stokes Ashley Mayfield Mary Tate-Smith
Sponsorships Baptist Mem Health Care Fd Blue Cross Blue Shield TN Ellen Cooper Klyce Buzzy Hussey Hyde Foundation
Independent Bank New South Capital Paragon Bank Regional Medical Center Deborah Craddock
Brooke Morrow Sarah Carpenter Ognibene Gayle S. Rose
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Tributes
The following Honorarium and Memorial contributions were made to the Symphony Fund between January 1, 2014 and February 14, 2013. Please call Jane Mims at 901-537-2518 to contribute a gift in honor/memory of your friend or loved one.
In Memory of John W. Apperson, Jr. John & Barbara Apperson In Honor of Michael & Octavia Ashby Kathrine & John Perryman In Honor of Michael Barar Marco and Cynthia Ross
In Memory of Ruth Marie Moore Cobb Mr. & Mrs. Charles P. Cobb, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Horace K. Houston, Jr. Renaissance Music Circle Tina & Ace Roberts In Memory of Chad Davison SCS Fine Arts Department In Honor of Sandy D’Amato Katie Monaghan
In Honor of Paul & Linnea Bert Ms. Mei-Ann Chen In Honor of Phyllis and Paul Berz Ms. Mei-Ann Chen
In Honor of Billie Jean Graham Dr. & Mrs. William E. Long Linda K. Miller
In Memory of Earl Boley Memphis Symphony League
In Memory of Dorothy Hardy Charlotte King
In Memory of David L. Carter Candace N. Keirns
In Honor of Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Horvath Jerry Couloubaritsis
In Honor of Mei-Ann Chen Gary Beard
In Honor of Buzzy Hussey & Dr. Hal Brunt Ms. Mei-Ann Chen
In Memory of Mr. & Mrs. Charles P. Cobb, Sr. Dr. & Mrs. Horace K. Houston, Jr.
In Honor of Nicki Inman Memphis Symphony League Memphis Symphony Orchestra
The MSO Proudly Honors: Herb Zeman In grateful appreciation from the musicians, Board of Directors and staff of the Memphis Symphony Orchestra for outstanding generosity.
Paul Bert WIth thanks from the musicians, Board of Directors and staff of the Memphis Symphony Orchestra for unparalleled support, encouragement and volunteerism. Joy Brown Wiener Please join the Memphis Symphony League in honoring Joy Brown Wiener, recipient of the prestigious AMPHION Award, May 16, 11:30 a.m. at the University Club. Tickets available at the MSO Box Office.
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In Memory of Dr. Abraham D. Kriegel Mrs. Reva Kriegal In Memory of George Krupicka Lisa Krupicka In Honor of Al Lyons Ms. Mei-Ann Chen In Honor of The Oboe Section Steven & Lucinda Humerickhouse In Honor of The Memphis Symphony Chorus Marcia Buster Memphis Symphony Orchestra In Honor of Board, Staff, Musicians, and Volunteers of the Memphis Symphony Orchestra Will and Louise Barden Gary Beard Betsy Carter & Erin Kaste Denice Perkins & Michael Detroit Terry Starr In Honor of Scott Moore Mobile Symphony In Honor of Shirley Moosman Joseph Bryan In Honor of J Vincent & Sam Perryman Kathrine & John Perryman In Memory of Alexander Plotnikoff Cameron Mann In Honor of Marisa Polesky Marco and Cynthia Ross
In Honor of Gayle S. Rose The Aulfinger Family Ms. Mei-Ann Chen Julie Klein Gail & Burton Milnor In Honor of Diane Rudner Ms. Mei-Ann Chen In Honor of Art & Janet Seessel Ms. Mei-Ann Chen In Honor of Marian & Frank Shaffer The Rick Leigh Family In Honor of the Recovery of Mary Lee Sher Mr. & Mrs. Herbert L. Notowich In Memory of Mrs. C. Q. Tipton Dr. David A. Tipton In Honor of Roland and Milisa Valliere Ms. Mei-Ann Chen In Memory of Doug E. Whitaker Nobuko Igarashi & Matt Blake Larry J. Hardy Memphis Symphony League Memphis Symphony Orchestra In Honor of Joy and Russel Wiener Ms. Mei-Ann Chen In Honor of Dot Work Robert Burns In Honor of Dr. Herb Zeman Dr. Suzanne Gronemeyer & Mr. Ellis Delin
In Honor of Jennifer Puckett Arina Lim In Honor of Richard J. Reynolds Dr. James Gholson, Sr.
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In Memory of Carolina Hope Sudlow Richards Karen B. Shea
In Honor of Iren Zombor Kelley & Rodger Funderburg
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THE MEMPHIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA In appreciation to
PATRONS OF THE
REBIRTH OF THE DREAM COMMISSION
Members of MEI-ANN’S CIRCLE OF FRIENDS Connie Abston
Susanne Landau
Joey Beckford
Deidre Malone
Peggy Bodine
Mary McDaniel
Carmen Bond
Ashley Mayfield
Ritche Bowden
Sarah Carpenter Ognibene
Martha Milford Boyd
Sandra Reed
Beryl Brown
Ellen Rolfes
Lillian Brown
Gayle S. Rose
Jeanne Gray Carr
Diane Rudner
Mei-Ann Chen
Laurie Tucker
Karen Clawson
Joy Brown Wiener
Saryn Doucette
Tracey Williams
Kathy Buckman Gibson
Becky Wilson
Buzzy Hussey
Jocie Wurzburg
Delores Kinsolving
Jan Young
Ellen Klyce
Friends of the Dream
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Patron Information Your attendance constitutes consent for use of your likeness and/or voice on all video and/or audio recordings and in photographs made during Symphony events. Box Office Location/Hours: The Box Office is located at 585 South Mendenhall Road, between Cadence Bank and Folk’s Folly. We are open weekdays 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Box Office at the concert venue opens 90 minutes prior to each performance and remains open until intermission begins. Please note that for concerts at the Cannon Center on the night of, concert tickets must be purchased through the Ticketmaster Box Office located in the East hallway. Services and Will Call for MSO patrons are located near the Box Office at each venue. Venues: Saturday First Tennessee Masterworks Series and Memphis Symphony Pops Series concerts are performed at the Cannon Center for the Performing Arts, 255 North Main Street in Downtown Memphis. Paid parking is available in the Cook Convention Center garage or surface lots. Friday performances of the Paul & Linnea Bert Classic Accent Series are at the Lindenwood Christian Church, 2400 Union Avenue in Midtown Memphis. First Tennessee Masterworks Sundays are performed at the Germantown Performing Arts Centre (GPAC), 1801 Exeter Road in Germantown. Free parking is available at Lindenwood Christian Church and GPAC. Cameras and Recording Devices: No photos or video recordings are allowed during the performance due to potential injury to performers on stage. Concert Preview: Free pre-concert discussions begin 45 minutes prior to each First Tennessee Masterworks series performance. Join us in the Cannon Center Morgan Keegan Mezzanine Lobby and the GPAC Ballet Room to get the inside scoop on the upcoming performance. Coat Check: In the lobby of the Cannon Center and GPAC. Wheelchair Seating: Wheelchair seating is available upon request at each of our concert venues. Please call our Box Office for more information. Ticket Information Single Tickets: Tickets for all events are available through the MSO Box Office by phone, (901) 537-2525, in person, or online at www.MemphisSymphony.org. Please note that vouchers and coupons may only be redeemed at the MSO office and must be done in person. Gift Certificates: Give the gift of music! Gift certificates to the Memphis Symphony Orchestra may be purchased in any denomination. Please call the Box Office at (901) 537-2525 for details.
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Refunds/Exchanges: There are no refunds or exchanges on single ticket purchases or returned tickets. Subscribers have the benefit of exchanging their subsription tickets. All subscription ticket exchanges are subject to availability. Ticket exchanges must be made at least 24 hours before the date of the original performances. Lost Tickets: Subscribers can have lost tickets reprinted by calling the Box Office at (901) 537-2525 or visiting the Box Office prior to the concert. Student/Child Tickets: Student Tickets are available for $5.00 (plus applicable processing fees, excluding Nutcracker) to regular series concerts based on availability. Please come to the box office prior to the performance. Students must show a valid student ID. A maximum of one ticket per ID is available. All discount tickets are subject to availability. Group Discounts: Groups of 10 or more can receive a discount of 20% on adult tickets. For more information, call our Box Office at (901) 537-2525. Other Information • Please turn off all cell phones and pagers when the performance begins. • Food and beverages are not allowed in the concert halls. • Lost and Found is located at the Box Office. Management is not responsible for lost, stolen or damaged property. • Restrooms are located off the main floor, lobby and balcony areas of the concert hall. Facilities for wheel chair bound patrons are also available in each main floor restroom. • The use of video or photography is not allowed First Aid • Contact an usher for assistance. • Emergency Evacuation – In case of a fire or other emergency, please use the exit nearest to your seat, indicated by a lighted Exit sign. This is the shortest route out of the performing arts center. Please be sure to walk to the exit – do not run.
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