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danny elfman'sMUSIC FROM THE FILMS OF TIm BURTOnsaT, nOV 23, ORpheUm TheaTReThe VSO presents the Canadian Premiere of this exciting and original show that features Danny Elfman’s famous film scores performed live by the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra! This unique and original concert includes music from such famous films as Batman, Edward Scissorhands, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Alice in Wonderland, Beetlejuice, and more!

BeeThOVen CyCleBROnfman plays BeeThOVensaT & mOn, nOV 16 & 18, ORpheUm TheaTResaT & mOn, deC 7 & 9, ORpheUm TheaTReBramwell Tovey conductoryefim Bronfman pianoyefim Bronfman, one of the world’s greatest pianists, performs all five of Beethoven’s great Piano Concertos in The Beethoven Cycle, over two very special concert weekends. maestro Bramwell Tovey conducts.

VIValdI's fOUR seasOnsfRI & saT, deC 20 & 21, Chan CenTRe, UBCRachel Barton Pine leader/violinOne of the most celebrated and eclectic musicians of her generation, violinist and noted humanitarian Rachel Barton Pine performs and leads in the VSO’s annual presentation of Vivaldi’s timeless classic, The Four Seasons.

fIfTy yeaRs Of James BOndfRI & saT, Jan 10 & 11, ORpheUm TheaTReJohn morris Russell conductorCapathia Jenkins vocalistRon Bohmer vocalistHis name is Bond. James Bond. And he has provided not only some of film’s most thrilling moments in his fifty year screen history, but some of the most thrilling music, too. Celebrate fifty years of James Bond with the most memorable songs and music from Dr. No, Goldfinger, Live and Let Die, From Russia With Love, For Your Eyes Only and all the way up to the Oscar®-winning Skyfall.

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

Jenny EssersJason Ho Akira Nagai, Associate Concertmaster EmeritusXue Feng WeiRebecca WhitlingYi Zhou Kimi Hamaguchi ◊Ruth Schipizky ◊

Second ViolinsPrincipal Second Violin Karen Gerbrecht, Associate Principal Jim and Edith le Nobel Chair

Jeanette Bernal-Singh, Assistant PrincipalAdrian Shu-On ChuiDaniel NortonAnn OkagaitoAshley PlautDeAnne Eisch ◊Erin James ◊

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

Matthew DaviesEmilie Grimes

Angela SchneiderProfessors Mr. & Mrs. Ngou Kang Chair

Ian Wenham

CellosAriel Barnes, PrincipalNezhat and Hassan Khosrowshahi Chair

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

Natasha Boyko Mary & Gordon Christopher Chair

Joseph ElworthyCharles InkmanCristian Markos

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

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

PiccoloNadia KyneHermann & Erika Stölting Chair

OboesRoger Cole, PrincipalWayne & Leslie Ann Ingram Chair

Beth Orson, Assistant PrincipalKarin WalshPaul Moritz Chair

English HornBeth OrsonChair in Memory of John S. Hodge

ClarinetsJeanette Jonquil, Principal Cris Inguanti, Assistant Principal Todd Cope

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ConcertsSEPTEMBER 28, 30 / Goldcorp Masterworks Gold / Bramwell Tovey conductor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Dame Evelyn Glennie percussion

OCTOBER 3 / Pacific Arbour Tea & Trumpets / The World of Italian Opera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 Gordon Gerrard conductor, Christopher Gaze host, UBC Opera Ensemble

OCTOBER 4, 5 / London Drugs VSO Pops / A Rodgers & Hammerstein Celebration! . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 John Morris Russell conductor, Lisa Vroman soprano, Doug LeBrecque tenor, William Michals baritone, UBC Opera Ensemble

OCTOBER 7 / Specials / Amy Grant with the VSO / Gordon Gerrard conductor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23OCTOBER 12 / Mardon Group Insurance Musically Speaking / Bramwell Tovey conductor . . . . . . . . . 27 Anne-Marie McDermott piano

OCTOBER 13 / Kids' Koncerts / Inspector Tovey Investigates Harmony . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35 Bramwell Tovey conductor, Orpheum Voices (Kevin Zakresky director), Linda Lee Thomas piano, Gordon Gerrard piano

OCTOBER 19, 21 / Air Canada Masterworks Diamond / Mei-Ann Chen conductor . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39 Augustin Hadelich violin

OCTOBER 25, 26, 28 / Classical Traditions at the Chan Centre / Surrey Nights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43 Simon Wright conductor, Leslie Ann Bradley soprano, Larry Knopp trumpet Vancouver Bach Choir

NOVEMBER 2, 3, 4 / Goldcorp Masterworks Gold / Rogers Group Financial Symphony Sundays . . . .49 Jun Märkl conductor, Nicola Benedetti violin

NOVEMBER 7 / Pacific Arbour Tea & Trumpets / Festivals and Marches! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55 Gordon Gerrard conductor, Christopher Gaze host

NOVEMBER 8, 9 / London Drugs VSO Pops / The Cocktail Hour: Music of the Mad Men Era . . . . . . . .61 Steven Reineke conductor, Janet Dacal vocalist, Ryan Silverman vocalist

NOVEMBER 10 / Kids' Koncerts / Platypus Theatre: A Magical, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65 Musical Misadventure / Gordon Gerrard conductor, Platypus Theatre

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

The combined investment in the VSO by the three levels of government annually funds over 29% of the cost of the orchestra’s extensive programs and activities.

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

Thank you!Christy Clark, Premier of British Columbia

Shelly Glover, Minister of Canadian Heritage

and Official Languages

Gregor Robertson, Mayor of Vancouver

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Dear Friends,

Welcome to the opening concerts of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra’s exciting 95th Anniversary Season! The VSO is proud to have been serving the people of British Columbia since 1919, and we are delighted you are with us for today’s concert.

during the 2013/2014 season the orchestra will perform over 150 concerts in 16 different venues throughout the Lower Mainland and in Whistler. In addition to the Orpheum Theatre, Orpheum Annex, Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Pyatt Hall, St. Andrew’s Wesley Church, and the Vancouver Playhouse in downtown Vancouver, VSO presentations can be experienced at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts at UBC, Italian Cultural Centre in East Vancouver, Centennial Theatre in North Vancouver, Bell Centre in Surrey, Michael J. Fox Theatre and Deer Lake Park in Burnaby, Kay Meek Theatre in West Vancouver, South Delta Baptist Church, Terry Fox Theatre in Port Coquitlam and the Whistler Olympic Pavilion.

The 95th season inaugurates several new initiatives including the Spring Festival, Pacific Rim Celebration and New Music Week as well as the expansion of the VSO Chamber Players series, and includes a wide variety of programming for every musical taste.

This season will also see the continuation of our extraordinary education and community programs, with over 50,000 children experiencing performances by the full VSO, plus over 100 classroom visits by Maestro Tovey and members of the orchestra. In addition, we are proud to oversee the activities of the state-of-the-art VSO School of Music, a community music school for students of all ages and abilities, directly next to the Orpheum, now with over 950 students and 90 faculty members.

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

On behalf of the Board of Directors, Maestro Tovey, our musicians, staff and volunteers, we thank you for your commitment to the VSO, and wish you a most delightful 2013/2014 season.

Please enjoy today’s concert.

Sincerely yours,

Fred G. Withers Chair, Board of Directors

Jeff Alexander President & Chief Executive Officer

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VERdI La Forza del Destino: Overture

RANdOLPH PETERS Musicophilia (VSO Commission for Dame Evelyn Glennie: World Premiere*) 1. Amusia 2. Mathieu’s Tango 3. Hallucinations 4. Earworms 5. L-DOPA 6. Permanent Present Tense

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Bramwell tovey, O.C. conductor

A musician of striking versatility, Grammy® Award winning conductor Bramwell Tovey is acknowledged around the world for his artistic depth and his warm, charismatic personality on the podium. Tovey’s career as a conductor is uniquely enhanced by his work as a composer and pianist, lending him a remarkable musical perspective. His tenures as music director with the Vancouver Symphony, Luxembourg Philharmonic and Winnipeg Symphony Orchestras have been characterized by his expertise in operatic, choral, British and contemporary repertoire.

Mr. Tovey who is entering his fourteenth season as Music Director of the Vancouver Symphony, also continues his association with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl, and as founding host and conductor of the New York Philharmonic’s Summertime Classics series at Avery Fisher Hall. In 2008, both orchestras co-commissioned him to write a new work, the well-received Urban Runway, subsequently programmed by a number of orchestras in the US and Canada. He was honored with the Best Canadian Classical Composition Juno® Award in 2003 for his Requiem for a Charred Skull.

An esteemed guest conductor, Mr. Tovey has worked with major orchestras in Europe and North America. including the London Philharmonic, London Symphony and Frankfurt Radio Orchestra. His trumpet concerto commissioned by Toronto Symphony received its premiere in winter of 2009 as a preview of his first full-length opera The Inventor premiered in Calgary in winter 2011. Other recent engagements included visits to the Nashville and Montreal symphonies as well as a return to Australia where he has already worked with the symphonies in Perth, Sydney and Melbourne.

Touring is an important aspect of his artistic leadership with the Vancouver Symphony and in winter of 2013 they embarked on a west coast US tour. Finally, to his already busy summer schedule this year he added return visits to the Philadelphia Orchestra in

Saratoga, NY, and the Cleveland Orchestra at Blossom Music Center.

Mr. Tovey has been awarded honorary degrees, including a Fellowship from the Royal Academy of Music in London, honorary Doctorates from the universities of Winnipeg, Manitoba, British Columbia, and Kwantlen University College, as well as a Royal Conservatory of Music Fellowship in Toronto. In 1999, he received the M. Joan Chalmers National Award for Artistic Direction, a Canadian prize awarded to artists for outstanding contributions in the performing arts. In 2013, he also received an honourary appointment as an "Officer of the Order of Canada" for his outstanding achievements as a conductor and composer, and for his commitment to promoting new Canadian music.

dame Evelyn Glennie percussion

Awarded Dame Commander of the British Empire in 2007 Evelyn Glennie is the first person in musical history to successfully create and sustain a full-time career as a solo percussionist. As one of the most eclectic and innovative musicians on the scene today she is constantly redefining the goals and expectations of percussion by creating performances of such vitality they almost constitute a new type of performance.

Since graduating with an Honours degree from the Royal Academy of Music, London in 1985 at the age of nineteen, Evelyn gives more than 100 performances a year worldwide, performing with the greatest conductors, orchestras, and artists. Her diversity of collaborations include visual mixing of live music with the likes of DJ Yoda and the ‘Beat Boxer’ Shlomo.

As a keen collector of percussion instruments Evelyn’s private collection is now estimated at over 1800 instruments. She continues to expand and explore natural materials such as stones & rocks to create new developments in the world of sound.

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With over 86 international awards to date Evelyn continues to feed the next generation through advice and guidance. As a Consultant she offers prestigious and much sought after Master classes and Lecture demonstrations to all types of instrumentalists.

Giuseppe Verdi b. Le Roncole, Italy / October 9, 1813 d. Milan, Italy / January 27, 1901

La Forza del destino: Overture In December 1860, a commission from the directors of the Imperial Russian Theatre in St. Petersburg reawakened Verdi’s dormant interest in composing. He chose Don Elvaro o la fuerza del sino (Don Elvaro, or the Force of Destiny), a melodramatic play by Spanish author Angel Saavedra, Duke of Rivas as the subject. He engaged one of his frequent collaborators, author Francesco Maria Piave, to prepare the libretto.

In November 1861, he traveled to St. Petersburg for the rehearsals. Due to the sudden illness of the lead soprano and the

lack of a suitable alternative, the premiere was postponed until November 17, 1862. Things went smoothly the second time around, but Verdi was far from pleased with his newest creation. The opera as it is now known dates from a production at La Scala, Milan in 1869. Among numerous changes, Verdi discarded the brief, original orchestral introduction and replaced it with the sort of full-blown, plot-encapsulating overture he had regularly produced in earlier times.

randolph Peters b. Winnipeg, Canada / December 28, 1959

Musicophilia (VSO Commission for Dame Evelyn Glennie: World Premiere)In the past decade we have witnessed an explosion of new research dealing with the brain, hormones and neurotransmitters and how they relate to music.

Oliver Sacks is one of the first to write about this fascinating new field of study in Musicophilia. He documents actual cases where unusual brain conditions have caused

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Karin PlatoJennifer Scott

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Dal RichardsJohn Reischman

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an evening of music celebrating the season of falling leaves…

Autumn’s Embrace

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strange and surprising ways of experiencing music. The book serves as the main inspiration for this percussion concerto.

This is music about the way we hear music.

1) Amusia

To those suffering from this rare condition, music sounds like the clattering of pots and pans.

2) Mathieu’s Tango (Beat Deafness)

Mathieu can recognize melodies, but he cannot find the pulse.

3) Hallucinations –for John Corigliano

“People with musical hallucinations will often search for an external cause… and only when they fail to find any such external source do they realize that the source must be in themselves.” –Oliver Sacks, Hallucinations

4) Earworms

Our soloist experiences a number of annoying earworms and has a unique strategy for dealing with them.

5) L-dOPA

L-DOPA can help people suffering from Parkinson’s Disease walk again. It can also lead to euphoria and addictive behavior.

6) Permanent Present Tense

A patient with only a seven-second memory for anything is able to conduct Bach and feel connected with his past and at peace with the world.

Program Notes © 2013 Randolph Peters

Paul Hindemith b. Hanau, Germany / November 16, 1895 d. Frankfurt, Germany / December 28, 1963

Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes by Carl Maria von Weber In 1938, Hindemith and celebrated choreographer Léonide Massine collaborated on a successful ballet, Nobilissima visione (Noblest of Visions). They discussed a further project. Its score would be adapted from the little-known piano duets of German composer Carl Maria von Weber (1786–1826). Composer and choreographer parted company, however, after Massine told Hindemith that his treatment of the music was “too personal.” Not wishing to waste something on which he had lavished considerable thought and effort, Hindemith turned it into a concert work instead. Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes by Carl Maria von Weber was premiered by the New York Philharmonic, Artur Rodzinski conducting, on January 20, 1944.

Beneath the forbiddingly academic title lies music of great energy and colour. Through an impressive display of virtuoso orchestration and an injection of abundant good humour, it adapts the source material’s straightforward, almost naïve appeal into the robust, tradition-oriented musical language of the mid-twentieth century.

The first movement is a hearty Allegro, based on a movement, marked “in Hungarian style,” from Weber’s Piano Duets, Op. 60 (1818). The following Scherzo takes as its point of departure a theme that Weber had used in 1809 in his incidental music for Turandot, Italian playwright Carlo Gozzi’s

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exotic drama set in China (which Puccini had set as an opera in the 1920s). Hindemith makes superbly imaginative use of a sizeable percussion section, one staffed with representatives of both eastern and western cultures.

Next comes a gently melancholy, siciliano-like Andantino, inspired by a Romanze in Weber’s Six Easy Little Pieces for Piano Duet, Op. 3 (1809). The Weber piece on which Hindemith based the finale is a slow, dour funeral march in the Op. 60 duet collection. Hindemith metamorphoses it into a swaggering parade. It builds in forcefulness and joy right up to the smashing conclusion.

Maurice ravel b. Ciboure, France / March 7, 1875 d. Paris, France / December 28, 1937

Boléro In 1928, dancer Ida Rubinstein commissioned a new ballet score from Ravel. He used the opportunity to conduct an experiment. As he put it, the score would be “uniform throughout

in its melody, harmony and rhythm, the latter being tapped out continuously on the drum. The only element of variety is supplied by the orchestral crescendo.”

Instrumental coloring played a major role, as well, an area in which Ravel had attained supreme mastery. After its premiere as a ballet, Boléro quickly won even greater success in the concert hall. Ravel found its overwhelming popularity somewhat embarrassing. Composer Arthur Honegger recalled that “Ravel said to me, ‘I’ve written only one masterpiece, Boléro. Unfortunately, there’s no music in it.’”

Audiences beg to differ. It may not be wise to hear it too often, but when everything falls into place, it has the power to mesmerize the senses and quicken the pulse more effectively than any other piece of music. It is also a superlative showcase for the solo players of the orchestra. ■Program Notes © 2013 Don Anderson

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VERdI La Traviata: Prelude to Act I

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Gordon Gerrard conductor

Gordon Gerrard has established a unique place in the new generation of Canadian musicians as one of its fastest rising stars. Trained first as a pianist and subsequently as a specialist in operatic repertoire, Gordon brings a fresh perspective to the podium. His passion and his dedication to producing thrilling musical experiences have endeared him to his fellow musicians and the public alike.

A passionate and gifted educator, Gordon has been engaged as a conductor and lecturer by many institutions, including McGill University, the University of Manitoba and Iowa State University. In 2012, Gordon conducted a production of Don Giovanni for Opera McGill. He has served as conductor for Opera Nuova (Edmonton) for the past ten years, and on the music staffs of the Opera as Theatre Programme at the Banff Centre for the Arts, the Canadian Vocal Arts Institute (Montreal), Halifax Summer Opera Workshop and the Undergraduate Opera Studio at the Manhattan School of Music.

Gordon is delighted to be in his second season with Maestro Bramwell Tovey and the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra as Assistant Conductor.

Christopher Gaze host

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

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

Christopher’s many honours include induction into the BC Entertainment Hall of Fame, Canada’s Meritorious Service Medal (2004), Honorary Doctorates from UBC & SFU, the BC Community

Achievement Award (2007), the Gold Medallion from the Children’s Theatre Foundation of America (2007), the Mayor’s Arts Award for Theatre (2011) and the Order of British Columbia (2012).

UBC Opera EnsembleThe University of British Columbia Opera Ensemble was founded by Canadian lyric coloratura, Nancy Hermiston, in 1995. Beginning with a core of seven performers, Ms. Hermiston has built the program to a 90-member company, performing three main productions at UBC every season, seven Opera Tea Concerts, and several engagements with local community partners. The Ensemble's mission is to educate young, gifted opera singers, preparing them for international careers. Past main-stage productions have included Le Nozze di Figaro, Die Zauberflöte, Die Gärtnerin aus Liebe, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Suor Angelica, La Bohème, Dido and Aeneas, The Merry Widow, The Bartered Bride, Manon, Eugene Onegin, Florence Lady with the Lamp, Dreamhealer, Falstaff, Don Giovanni, Cendrillon, Albert Herring, and the Western Canadian Premiere of Harry Somer’s Louis Riel. ■

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John Morris russell conductor

At the close of the 2011–2012 season, John Morris Russell completed his first full season as Conductor of the Cincinnati Pops, one of the world’s most respected pops orchestras. Consistently winning international praise for his extraordinary music-making and visionary leadership, he was recently named Music Director of the Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra, in Hilton Head, South Carolina.

John Morris Russell served as Music Director of the Windsor Symphony from 2001–2012, as well as the Associate Conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony and Pops Orchestras, Associate Conductor of the Savannah Symphony Orchestra, director of the orchestral program at Vanderbilt University, and music director with the College Light Opera Company in Falmouth, Massachusetts. He received a Master of Music degree in conducting from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in music from

Williams College in Massachusetts. He has also studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, the Cleveland Institute of Music, the Aspen Music Festival in Colorado, and the Pierre Monteux School for Conductors in Hancock, Maine.

lisa Vroman soprano

From Broadway to Classics, on stage and in concert, Lisa Vroman has established herself as one of America's most versatile voices.

Lisa starred for several years on Broadway as Christine Daae in The Phantom of the Opera. As Christine, she garnered Theatre Critic's awards for the role in a record breaking run in San Francisco.

Lisa is a George London Competition Grant recipient and a 1999 Minerva award recipient from Potsdam State University. She received an Undergraduate degree in Music Education from the Crane School of Music, State University of

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With a repertoire that ranges from Stravinsky to Weill to Broadway, Ms. Vroman is a frequent guest soloist with theatre, opera companies and orchestras. Lisa had the honor of singing at the Profiles in Courage Award dinner in Boston at the JFK Library, as a guest of the Kennedy family. She has also sung on separate occasions for Queen Elizabeth, former President Bill Clinton, and former Vice President Al Gore.

doug leBrecque tenor

Doug LaBrecque thrilled theatre audiences as The Phantom and Raoul in the Harold Prince production of The Phantom of the Opera. In addition, Mr. LaBrecque has starred on Broadway as Ravenal in the Hal Prince revival of Showboat, a role he also performed in Canada and Chicago. He was featured in Oscar Hammerstein’s 100th Birthday Celebration on Broadway at The Gershwin Theatre, and toured nationally with Les Miserables. Regionally, Mr. LaBrecque has performed leading roles in Candide, A Chorus Line, Man of La Mancha among many others. A graduate of University of Michigan he was also featured in the world premiere of A Wonderful Life, written by Sheldon Harnick and Joe Raposo, and starred in the premiere revival of Kurt Weill and Alan Jay Lerner’s Love Life.

In a tribute to Richard Rodgers, Mr. LaBrecque recently made his Carnegie Hall debut as a soloist with the New York Pops, the same season he debuted with The Boston Pops. Alongside Jeff Tyzik, he appeared with both

the St. Louis and Seattle Symphonies for their Holiday Celebrations as well as numerous performances with the Naples Philharmonic.

william Michals baritone

Currently appearing in the landmark revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s South Pacific at Lincoln Center, Broadway and concert star William Michals made his Broadway debut as “The Beast” in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, and later returned to play Gaston in the same production. A recipient of the prestigious Anselmo Award, he also earned recognition by Chicago’s “Jeff” and the National STAR awards for his portrayal of Chauvelin in the recent national tour of The Scarlet Pimpernel.

Following the success of his live CD, william michals broadway in concert, William is now collaborating with some of the extraordinary creative talents behind Sarah Brightman, Josh Groban, and Charlotte Church, fusing a myriad of musical styles and providing a dark baritone sound to the “classical crossover” market.

With a vibrant career on stage, in concert, and in the studio, William Michals continues to live up to the moniker “America's Baritone”.

UBC Opera EnsembleFor a biography of the UBC Opera Ensemble please refer to page 17. ■

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Six-time Grammy® Award winner and multi-platinum recording artist Amy Grant brings her special brand of music making to the Orpheum, live in concert with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. The evening will feature some of Ms. Grant’s biggest hits from an extensive repertoire that spans her twenty-five year career as one of the most celebrated artists in the Pop and Christian music industry.

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Pinchas Zukerman, violin/viola & Yefim Bronfman, piano

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Gordon Gerrard conductor

For a biography of Gordon Gerrard please refer to page 17.

amy GrantAmy Grant’s career spans over twenty-five years and stretches from her roots in gospel into her experience as an iconic pop star, songwriter, television personality and philanthropist. Grant is beloved for both her Contemporary Christian music and mainstream hits like Baby Baby, Every Heartbeat, That’s What Love is For, I Will Remember You, Lead Me On, El Shaddai, and more. Grant has sold more than thirty million albums, including one Five-Time Platinum album, one Triple Platinum and one Double Platinum album, as well as six Platinum and four Gold albums. She has won six GRAMMY® Awards and twenty-five GMA Dove Awards, including four Artist of the Year awards. Out of her ten Top 40 pop singles, six have become No. 1 hits, including Baby, Baby and Every Heartbeat.”

This year, Grant released her first full-length studio album in ten years, How Mercy Looks From Here (May 14, 2013), a soundtrack that

embraces both the triumphs and challenges of life. Grant has always found a way to share her life through her music, and in the process has become not only the best-selling Christian music artist of all time but also one of the most celebrated artists in the pop music industry. Her music continues to be part of the fabric of life for long-time listeners and brand new fans. For more information, visit www.AmyGrant.com. ■

AMy GRANT

The Vancouver Symphony Society mourns the loss and celebrates the lives of five of its family members

John Wesley Foster Principal Clarinet 1981 – 2004 June 4, 1947 – July 13, 2013

Meredith Phillipps Wife of VSO Percussionist Tony Phillipps January 24, 1955 – August 15, 2013

Maria Logan Subscriber and Donor for over 50 years August 25, 1918 – June 14, 2013

Robert T.F. Reid Past Subscriber, Donor and Member of the Board of Directors September 25, 1948 – June 27, 2013

Robert Ledingham Avid Supporter and Donor for over 30 years May 11, 1942 – May 2, 2013

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RIMSKY-KORSAKOV The Snow Maiden: Dance of the Buffoons

TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Major, Op. 44 I. Allegro brillante II. Andante non troppo III. Allegro con fuoco

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Bramwell tovey conductor

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anne-Marie Mcdermott piano

For over twenty-five years pianist Anne-Marie McDermott has played concertos, recitals and chamber music in hundreds of cities throughout the United States, Europe and Asia. A testimony to her stature and curatorial imagination, she was made Artistic Director of the Vail Music Festival in 2011, a festival that hosts the New York Philharmonic, the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Dallas Symphony, in addition to presenting over forty chamber music concerts throughout the summer. She is also Artistic Director of the Ocean Reef Chamber Music Festival (Florida) and The Avila Chamber Music Celebration in Curacao. Most recently, she was appointed Curator for Chamber Music at the Mainly Mozart Festival in San Diego.

Ms. McDermott studied at the Manhattan School of Music with Dalmo Carra, Constance Keene and John Browning. She was a winner of the Young Concert Artists auditions and was awarded an Avery Fisher Career Grant. She lives in New York City.

nikolai rimsky-korsakov b. Tikhvin, Russia / March 18, 1844 d. Lyubensk, Russia / June 21, 1908

The Snow Maiden: dance of the Buffoons Russian author Alexander Ostrovsky’s fairy-tale play The Snow Maiden inspired two of his homeland’s finest nineteenth-century composers. Tchaikovsky created an elaborate incidental score for the play’s premiere production in 1873, and Rimsky-Korsakov composed his operatic setting in 1882. The plot follows the title character, the daughter of Spring and Grandfather Frost, and her interactions with the human world. The vivacious Dance of the Buffoons is performed by the minstrels of Tsar Berendey in Act Three.

Pyotr Il’yich tchaikovsky b. Kamsko-Votkinsk, Russia / May 7, 1840 d. St. Petersburg, Russia / November 6, 1893

Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Major, Op. 44 The immense and enduring popularity of Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 (1875) has cast the other two completely into the shade. They may not be as immediately appealing as No. 1, but they contain much that is exciting and beautiful.

Tchaikovsky’s letters revealed that he had begun Concerto No. 2 in 1879 solely as relief from boredom. Once he set to work, that feeling evaporated. Early on, he decided to dedicate it to the eminent pianist and conductor, Nikolai Rubinstein. Rubinstein had initially criticized Concerto No. 1 severely, only to change his mind and repair his bruised friendship with Tchaikovsky by becoming one of its most ardent advocates. History repeated itself, and he harboured reservations (albeit less severe ones) about Concerto No. 2. So did several of the composer’s other friends and colleagues. Tchaikovsky resisted the pressure they brought to bear on him, principally to shorten it. He revised it only slightly before it was published.

The premiere took place in New York on November 12, 1881. Madeleine Schiller was the soloist, and Theodore Thomas conducted the orchestra of the Philharmonic Society of New York. For these performances, soloist Anne-Marie McDermott has chosen to perform an edited edition of the concerto that was prepared by one of Tchaikovsky’s pupils, Alexander Siloti, and was published after Tchaikovsky’s death.

The first movement matches the corresponding section of Concerto No. 1 in broadness of scale, but the overall tone is more assertive. The first theme is grand and regal; the second has an appealing, dreamy yearning. Tchaikovsky dotted the movement with passages for unaccompanied piano, the most massive and taxing of which serves as the climax.

The second movement opens serenely but works it way up to a powerful climax. Tchaikovsky may have intended it as an act

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of homage to Beethoven’s ‘Triple’ Concerto. The piano soloist reclaims the spotlight in the lively, melodious and virtuosic finale, the movement which most closely resembles its counterpart in Concerto No. 1.

leonard Bernstein b. Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA / August 25, 1918 d. New York, New York, USA / October 14, 1990

On the Town: Three dances Episodes Following the success of Bernstein’s ballet Fancy Free (1944), he decided to adapt its story of three sailors finding romance during a twenty-four-hour shore leave in New York into a musical. On the Town made its successful debut on Broadway before the year was out. Bernstein adapted three dance sequences from the show into this concert suite. In The Great Lover, one of the sailors falls asleep and dreams of winning his lady-love with his irresistible charm. In the lyrical Pas de deux: Lonely Town, the sailors watch as another seaman flirts with, but then abandons an innocent young girl. In the exuberant final number, the guys and their girlfriends take in the bustling sights and sounds of Times Square.

West Side Story: Symphonic dances The virtually operatic musical West Side Story (1957) is Bernstein’s masterpiece of musical theatre. It updates the spirit of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet into contemporary times, placing the starcrossed lovers Tony and Maria on opposite sides of a conflict between street gangs in the slums of New York’s Manhattan Island.

Symphonic Dances from West Side Story appeared in the wake of the show’s 1961 film version. It uses the original Broadway orchestrations by Sid Ramin and Irwin Kostal, expanded under Bernstein’s supervision to full symphony orchestra. Lukas Foss conducted the New York Philharmonic in the premiere on February 13, 1961.

Dance – dramatic, even violent in nature – plays a prominent role in the show. It provided plentiful material for this symphonic synthesis, which links together many of the most familiar themes into a digest of the plot.

The following synopsis appears in the published score.

Prologue: The growing rivalry between the teenage street gangs, the Sharks and the Jets.

Somewhere: In a visionary dance sequence, the two gangs are united in friendship.

Scherzo: In the same dream, they break through the city walls and suddenly find themselves in a world of space, air and sun.

Mambo: Reality again; competitive dance between the gangs.

Cha-cha: The star-crossed lovers see each other for the first time and dance together.

Meeting Scene: Music accompanies their first spoken words.

“Cool” Fugue: An elaborate dance sequence in which the Jets practice controlling their hostility.

Rumble: Climactic gang battle during which the two gang leaders are killed.

Finale: Love music developing into a procession, which recalls, in tragic reality, the vision of Somewhere. ■Program Notes © 2013 Don Anderson

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SAINT-SAëNS Carnival of the Animals

The ever-popular Inspector Tovey investigates one of the central elements of music in a concert that features Saint-Saëns’s famous and much-loved Carnival of the Animals.

Bramwell tovey conductor

For a biography of Maestro Tovey please refer to page 10.

Orpheum Voices kevin Zakresky director

Orpheum Voices is a new mixed choral ensemble at the VSO School of Music. Founded in January 2013 by Kevin Zakresky, the choir has already sung Fauré's Requiem with the West Coast Symphony. By focussing on context and content, Orpheum Voices has captured the attention of the classical music scene in Vancouver and aims to continue enlightened performances of the choral repertoire. ■

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The VsO spring festival features sensational Russian pianist alexander Gavrylyuk performing all five of Rachmaninoff’s works for piano and orchestra. The festival also features two famous orchestral arrangements of compositions for piano; music by composers who influenced Rachmaninoff; and four of Rachmaninoff’s orchestral masterpieces. Bramwell Tovey conducts all four concerts.

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Mei-ann Chen conductor

One of the most dynamic young conductors in America, Mei-Ann Chen is currently in her third year as Music Director of the Memphis Symphony Orchestra. She is also beginning her second season as Music Director of the Chicago Sinfonietta. During this time, the impact of her energy, enthusiasm and high level of music-making has been felt by both of these orchestras, their audiences and entire communities, as well. The League of American Orchestras recognized this fact by choosing her for the prestigious Helen M. Thompson Award at their 2012 national conference in Dallas.

Born in Taiwan, Mei-Ann Chen has lived in the United States since 1989. She holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in conducting from the University of Michigan, where she was a student of Kenneth Kiesler. Prior to that, she was the first student in New England Conservatory’s history to receive master’s degrees, simultaneously, in both violin and conducting. Ms. Chen also participated in the National Conducting Institute in Washington, D.C. and the American Academy of Conducting in Aspen.

augustin Hadelich violin Consistently cited in the press for his “gorgeous tone,” “poetic communication” and “fast-fingered brilliance,” Augustin Hadelich has confirmed his place in the top echelon of young violinists. After performing a stellar debut with the Boston Symphony at Tanglewood in August playing the Barber Violin Concerto, he has recently played an equally impressive subscription debut with the New York Philharmonic at Lincoln Center playing Lalo’s Symphonie espagnole.

The 2006 Gold medalist of the International Violin Competition of Indianapolis, Mr. Hadelich is the recipient of Lincoln Center’s Martin E. Segal Award (2012), an Avery Fisher Career Grant (2009) and a Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship in the UK (2011).

Born in Italy in 1984, the son of German parents, Augustin Hadelich holds an artist diploma from The Juilliard School, where he

was a student of Joel Smirnoff. He plays on the 1723 “Ex-Kiesewetter” Stradivari violin, on loan from Clement and Karen Arrison through the generous efforts of the Stradivari Society.

an-lun Huang b. Guangzhou, China / March 15, 1949

Saibei Suite No. 2, Op. 21: Saibei DanceAfter receiving his musical training in China, An-lun Huang became composer-in-residence of the Beijing Opera House in 1976. Since he moved to Toronto in 1980, and as president of the Chinese Canadian Music Society of Ontario, he devotes himself to promoting Chinese musicians within the multi-cultural life of Canada. His catalogue of music includes twenty symphonic works, eleven operas, three ballets and numerous film scores, chamber and choral works.

The Saibei Dance was inspired by the farmers in Saibei, located north of the Great Wall of China. Evoking their annual celebration of the harvest, it is an attractive, exotic curtain-raiser – charming, strongly rhythmic and colourfully orchestrated.

antonín dvorák b. Nelahozeves, Bohemia / September 8, 1841 d. Prague, Bohemia / May 1, 1904

Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 53It was Dvorák's Berlin publisher Fritz Simrock who suggested that he compose a violin concerto. In July 1879, Dvorák travelled to Berlin to hear the renowned Joachim Quartet perform his music. Naturally he met Joseph Joachim, the famous musician who was the group’s first violinist and leader. Although Dvorák was a decent fiddler, he asked for and received Joachim’s advice on the technical aspects of the concerto. After it was finished, and Joachim had accepted the dedication, he twice asked for revisions. Dvorák obliged, but Joachim remained unsatisfied. He never did perform the concerto. Frustrated, the composer turned it over to his friend, František Ondrícek, who gave the premiere in Prague on October 14, 1883.

The concerto does not possess the same depth of emotion and formal mastery that

characterize Dvorák's later Cello Concerto, yet it marks a substantial improvement, on all fronts, over his earlier Piano Concerto. The opening two movements are performed as a continuous whole. The first is rhapsodic, filled with passion, yearning and drama. The second is serene, with only the occasional dramatic outburst to disturb its tranquility. The finale is the most directly folk-flavoured segment, a joyful dance led off by the solo violin.

Pyotr Il’yich tchaikovsky b. Kamsko-Votkinsk, Russia / May 7, 1840 d. St. Petersburg, Russia / November 6, 1893

Symphony No. 1 in G minor, Op. 13: Winter dreamsFor many years, Tchaikovsky’s first three symphonies lay under the shadow of the enormously popular second set of three. Gradually they have come into their own, partly because of a reaction to the over-exposure of their siblings, partly due to a belated recognition of their own considerable virtues: melodiousness, instrumental sparkle, and sheer charm.

In March 1866, Nikolai Rubinstein, who had engaged Tchaikovsky as theory professor at the newly opened Moscow Conservatory, conducted a performance of one of Tchaikovsky’s student works, an Overture in F Major. Its reception was so warm that Rubinstein suggested to Tchaikovsky that he compose a full symphony. Fired by his first flush of success, the fledgling twenty-six-year-old composer took up the idea with gusto.

He began the symphony in March. Its creation gave him a great deal of worry and concern, setting a pattern which would persist with many of his major compositions. Work continued during the summer at the country homes of friends. So too did Tchaikovsky’s state of anxiety, which at one point in August resulted in a doctor being summoned to help pull him back from the brink of insanity.

Returning to St. Petersburg with the symphony still unfinished, he showed it to two of his former teachers. They condemned it, which only increased Tchaikovsky’s anxieties. Rubinstein agreed to conduct just the third

movement, the scherzo, in December in Moscow. He also led the scherzo and the slow second movement in St. Petersburg the following February.

Another year passed before the first complete reading, once again under Rubinstein, in Moscow on February 15, 1868. This time it won a highly positive reception. This seemed to come as a surprise to Tchaikovsky, since as an eyewitness recalled, “There were many calls for the composer, and he appeared, casually dressed, to bow very uncomfortably and inelegantly, nervously crumpling his hat in his hands.” Tchaikovsky was still unsatisfied with the piece, however. He made further revisions in 1874, just before the symphony was to be published.

He gave it an overall nickname, Winter Dreams, as well as subtitles for the two opening movements: Dreams of a Winter Journey, and Land of Desolation, Land of Mists. Why he left the remaining two sections without subtitles remains a mystery.

Over gently murmuring strings, flute and bassoon introduce the opening movement’s first theme. The graceful second subject appears first on clarinet. Tchaikovsky’s treatment of these two ideas forecasts his mature style, if with perhaps less assurance. The following slow movement is without doubt the gem of the symphony. It is a melancholy, pastel-coloured mood piece, drenched with the flavour of Russian folk song.

Tchaikovsky adapted the feathery-light outer panels of the third movement from the corresponding movement of the Piano Sonata in C-Sharp minor which he had written in 1865. He created a fresh and much superior central trio section for this portion of symphony. It is the first in his enchanting series of orchestral waltzes. The finale opens in rather gloomy mood. The introduction includes hints of a melody (an authentic Russian folk song) which reappears as the second subject in the hearty, celebratory Allegro which follows. ■Program Notes © 2013 Don Anderson

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Simon wright conductor

As a conductor Simon Wright has earned universal respect and acclaim for his interpretations of wide-ranging and of challenging orchestral and choral repertoire. Throughout his professional career, which has also embraced roles as organist, accompanist, arranger and teacher, he has become established as a musician of enormous integrity, winning the admiration of musicians, audiences and critics alike. As a teenager he was a regular accompanist of the Hallé Choir, working regularly with Sir John Barbirolli and, at the age of sixteen, he won a scholarship to the Royal Manchester College of Music.

Simon has conducted most of the major British orchestras and has been Conductor and Artistic Adviser of the Leeds Festival Chorus since 1975 and Musical Director and Principal Conductor of the York Guildhall Orchestra since 1992. His recordings include Elgar’s Music Makers and Sea Pictures with Sarah Connolly which was nominated for a Grammy® Award. He is deeply committed to the music of the 20th and 21st centuries and has conducted many orchestral and choral premières, including Sir Peter Maxwell Davies’ Canticum Canticorum.

leslie ann Bradley soprano

Soprano Leslie Ann Bradley’s voice has been described as warm, voluptuous and beautifully expressive. Opera Canada has described her as “a stylish singer that recalled a young Renée Fleming.”

Leslie Ann Bradley earned her Masters' Degree from the University of Toronto in 2011, receiving the faculty’s highest award, The Tecumseh Sherman Rogers Graduating

Award, which is given annually to the student deemed to have the greatest potential to make an important contribution to the field of music. She also studied at the Académie International de musique Maurice Ravel in France, with the renowned Françoise Pollet. Her success there was marked by receiving the Prix du chant Pierre Bernac as winner of the Academy’s voice competition. Leslie Ann was the first non-native French speaker to win the award.

She is a winner in the Czech and Slovak International Competition, Jeunes Ambassadeurs Lyriques competition, Journée de la Musique Française Competition (Montreal) and has received support from the Jacqueline Desmarais Foundation.

larry knopp trumpet

Larry Knopp began his career as acting principal trumpet of the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra at the age of twenty. He has also held positions as principal trumpet with Orchestra London, the Hamilton Philharmonic, and the Malaysia Philharmonic Orchestra, and is currently principal trumpet of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra.

Larry completed his Master's degree at Northwestern University, where he played in the Chicago Civic Orchestra, and studied with Vincent Cichowicz. He has finished the academic work for his Doctoral degree at the Eastman School of Music where he studied with Barbara Butler.

As an educator and conductor with a Bachelor of Education Degree, Larry has directed ensembles from junior high to university levels, and has recently finished appointments as visiting Professor of Trumpet at the Eastman School of Music and the Northwestern University School of Music. Larry is active as a clinician throughout North America, Australia and Asia. As a faculty member at many summer festivals Larry attracts numerous students to Vancouver, teaching at the University of British Columbia and the Vancouver Academy of Music.

Vancouver Bach ChoirSituated in Vancouver, the gateway of the Pacific Rim, the Vancouver Bach Choir is an award-winning symphonic choir committed to offering vibrant and culturally diverse choral experiences to its audiences.

lESlIE ANN BRADlEy lARRy KNopp

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As one of the largest choral organizations in Canada, the Vancouver Bach Choir explores a wide range of repertoire from the past to the present with passion and commitment. Through its series of concerts presented at the magnificent Orpheum Theatre, the VBC continues to meet its mandate of commissioning and performing works by British Columbian and Canadian composers and presenting the world’s favourite symphonic choral works.

Over the past eight decades, the choir has performed with numerous world-class musicians. Under the baton of Maestro Leslie Dala, the VBC continues its mission and tradition to share the beauty of choral music with local, national and international communities.

wolfgang amadeus Mozart b. Salzburg, Austria / January 27, 1756 d. Vienna, Austria / December 5, 1791

Così fan tutte, K. 588: OvertureThe plot of this 1789 comic opera was said to be based upon actual events that had

occurred among the Viennese aristocracy a short time earlier. A cynical older man placed a bet with two young fellows: that their fiancées would prove unfaithful within twenty-four hours – and with each other’s mates! The wager went ahead, and the aging manipulator won. From this situation, Mozart and librettist Lorenzo da Ponte fashioned a masterful comedy (albeit one with serious undercurrents): Così fan tutte (All Women Are Like That). The sparkling overture brims over with wit and high spirits.

Joseph Haydn b. Rohrau, Lower Austria / March 31, 1732 d. Vienna, Austria / May 31, 1809

Trumpet Concerto in E-flat MajorAnton Weidinger, a musician in the Vienna Court Orchestra, played a vital role in the development of the trumpet. During the early 1790s, he developed a new, more versatile instrument. In order to secure suitable music to perform on it, he approached several well-known composers to write concertos. Haydn was deeply impressed, both with Weidinger’s improvements and his playing, and he readily agreed to the request.

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This concerto, which dates from 1796, was his final work for solo instrument and orchestra and quite possibly the best. The brilliant outer movements exploit the more outgoing, military side of the trumpet’s character. In its comic-opera joviality, the delightful finale resembles the last movements of Haydn’s recently composed “London” Symphonies. The slow middle section gives voice to the trumpet’s equally important and impressive lyrical abilities.

Symphony No. 92 in G Major, OxfordHaydn composed this elegant symphony in 1789, on commission from a Parisian orchestra, Le Concert de la Loge Olympique. Many commentators hold it in equal esteem with the twelve symphonies he composed after it – the last of his career – the “London” Symphonies. It was another, more direct English connection that inspired its nickname. Haydn arrived in London for the first time in 1791. Shortly thereafter, Oxford University awarded him an honorary doctorate. He had yet to compose any of the “London” Symphonies, so as a gesture of gratitude at the award ceremony, he conducted his most recent Symphony, No. 92.

The first movement consists of a teasing, nonchalant introduction in slow tempo, and a brisk and cheeky main allegro. Based on a traditional hymn tune, the slow second movement radiates peaceful beauty. A substantial minuet of a rather serious nature follows, then the symphony concludes with a headlong comic gallop.

Francis Poulenc b. Paris, France / January 7, 1899 d. Paris, France / January 30, 1963

Litanies à la vierge noire (Litanies to the Black Madonna) The young Poulenc led the life of an irreverent musical prankster. In 1936, a close friend, composer Pierre-Octave Ferroud, died in an automobile accident. This tragedy led Poulenc back to the Roman Catholic faith in which he had been raised, and inspired an increased vein of seriousness in his music. This haunting work for women’s chorus and small orchestra was the immediate result of his religious reawakening. Just days after Ferroud’s death, he made a pilgrimage to the Sanctuary of Rocamadour in the Dordogne region of southwest France. He described it

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as “perilously situated alongside a winding road, and inspiring in those who have been privileged to visit it a feeling of unbelievable peace,” he wrote, “the humble chapel cut out of the rocky mountainside, the courtyard surrounded by pink laurel trees and, inside, the wonderful Virgin carved out of black wood, the work of Saint Amadour who had climbed up a tree to see the figure of Christ. In the Litanies, I have tried to express the feeling of ‘peasant devotion’ which had so strongly impressed me in that lovely place.”

Gloria in d MajorPoulenc’s setting of the traditional Gloria text was premiered in 1961 by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Münch, conducting. It won immediate success for its direct, uplifting emotions, wonderful melodies and colourful orchestration.

The text originated with hymns used in the earliest days of the Christian church, comprising the songs of the angels on the night of the Nativity, the praise of God by His titles, and the invoking of Christ. The fanfares in the first movement of Poulenc’s Gloria lend it a mood of great confidence and joy, which he maintained throughout this segment. The following movement, Laudamus te (We Praise Thee), is brisk and playful, almost childlike in its sunny exuberance. The third movement, Domine Deus (Lord God), with solo soprano, on the other hand, is quite mature: slow, deeply felt and moving. Youthful energy breaks forth again in the swift, light, one-minute interlude of Domine Fili unigenite (O Lord, the Only Begotten Son).

The soprano returns in the fifth section, Domine Deus, Agnus Dei (Lord God, Lamb of God), the most substantial movement. It portrays Christ’s sacrifice in radiant, generally subdued terms. The final section, Qui sedes (Thou That Sittest) opens with a stirring affirmation for chorus and orchestra, then continues with joyous animation, recalling the mood and themes of the opening movement. Another abrupt halt and sharp shift in tone brings back the soloist to launch the concluding Amen. At the close, the music hangs suspended, questioning in tone but essentially optimistic nonetheless. ■Program Notes © 2013 Don Anderson

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Jun Märkl conductor

Jun Märkl conducts the world’s leading orchestras, such as the Cleveland Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, NHK Symphony Orchestra, Czech Philharmonic, Munich Philharmonic, Oslo Philharmonic and Tonhalle Orchester Zürich. He has long been a highly respected interpreter of the core Germanic repertoire from both the symphonic and operatic traditions, and more recently for his refined and idiomatic Debussy, Ravel and Messiaen.

He was Music Director of the Orchestre National de Lyon from 2005–11 and of the MDR Symphony Orchestra Leipzig until 2012. In recognition of his tenure in Lyon and his hugely successful nine-disc Debussy cycle with the orchestra on Naxos, in 2012 he was honoured by the French Ministry of Culture with the Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.

Born in Munich, his (German) father was a distinguished Concertmaster and his (Japanese) mother a solo pianist. Märkl studied violin, piano and conducting at the Musikhochschule in Hannover, going on to study with Sergiu Celibidache in Munich and with Gustav Meier in Michigan. In 1986 he won the conducting competition of the Deutsche Musikrat and a year later won a scholarship from the Boston Symphony Orchestra to study at Tanglewood with Leonard Bernstein and Seiji Ozawa.

nicola Benedetti violin

Violinist Nicola Benedetti has captivated audiences and critics alike with her musicality and poise. And whilst she is a highly sought performer on the world platform, Nicola is also fiercely dedicated to music education. Through her work with such organisations as Sistema Scotland, she has helped to demonstrate the power that music can have in transforming the lives of young people.

Throughout her career, Nicola’s desire to perform a broad variety of repertoire and reach a wide audience has shown her to be one of Britain’s most innovative and creative young violinists.

Born in Scotland of Italian heritage, Nicola

began violin lessons at the age of five. In 1997, she entered the Yehudi Menuhin School, where she studied with Natasha Boyarskaya. After leaving the Yehudi Menuhin School, she continued her studies with Maciej Rakowski and then Pavel Vernikov, and continues to work with multiple acclaimed teachers and performers.

Nicola plays the Gariel Stradivarius (c. 1717), courtesy of Jonathan Moulds.

Claude debussy b. St. Germaine-en-Laye, France / August 22, 1862 d. Paris, France / March 25, 1918

Marche ecossaise sur un thème populaire (Scottish March on a Popular Theme)This intriguing programme of Scottish-themed works by one French composer and two Germans begins with an attractive piece by Debussy. The folk music of many lands intrigued him, but in general he preferred composing original themes in folk style rather than quoting authentic tunes. This piece is an exception. It’s a fanciful set of variations on a traditional Scottish melody, the Earl of Ross March. The pipers of the Clan Ross used to play it before and in battle, and on feast days. Debussy’s work was commissioned in 1891 by a descendant of the Earl of Ross, a Scottish officer named General Meredith Reid. He supplied both the theme and the fee. Debussy scored the original version for piano duet, and completed this orchestral transcription in 1908. The variations are bright and cheerful in the main, save for a dreamy, slow-tempo interlude mid-way through.

Max Bruch b. Cologne, Germany / January 6, 1838 d. Berlin, Germany / October 2, 1920

Scottish Fantasy, Op. 46Concert and operatic music based on folk melodies became hugely popular in the mid-nineteenth century. Nationalism even inspired composers to set folk music from other lands. Bruch is a prime example. In addition to the Scottish Fantasy, he created works derived from Swedish, Irish, Russian and Welsh materials. “As a rule, a good folk tune is more valuable than 200 created works

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of art,” he wrote. “I would never have come to anything in this world if I had not, since my twentyfourth year, studied the folk music of all nations with seriousness, perseverance, and unending interest. There is nothing to compare with the feeling, power, originality and beauty of the folk song...This is the route one should now take – here is the salvation of our unmelodic times...”

He became acquainted with The Scots Musical Museum, an exhaustive collection of authentic melodies. The first fruits of this encounter were his Twelve Scottish Folk Songs for voice and piano, followed by the Scottish Fantasy, which he composed in Berlin during the winter of 1879–1880. A friend later cited an additional influence, recalling that Bruch created it under the spell of the celebrated Scottish author Sir Walter Scott’s stirring adventure novels, such as Ivanhoe and Waverley.

Bruch shaped it with the skills of a particular violin soloist in mind: the Spaniard Pablo de Sarasate, but it was another eminent soloist and colleague of Bruch’s who gave the premiere. Joseph Joachim played the first performance, under Bruch’s direction, in Liverpool, England on February 22, 1881.

In addition to Bruch’s own, original themes, the fantasy makes use of traditional Scottish airs, some of which are known by several different names. First movement: Auld Rob Morris; second movement: Hey, the Dusty Miller; third movement: I’m a’ doun for lack o’ Johnnie; and fourth movement Scots wha hae.

Felix Mendelssohn b. Hamburg, Germany / February 3, 1809 d. Leipzig, Germany / November 4, 1847

Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56, ScottishA young, early nineteenth-century man of means could expect a “grand tour” of Europe as part of his education. Mendelssohn had already visited several countries when his father, a wealthy banker, sent him off on a further three-year expedition in April 1829. England was the first stop. After giving concerts in London and receiving much acclaim in society circles, he and his traveling companion Karl Klingemann headed north

to Scotland. A visit to the ruined chapel of Holyrood Castle near Edinburgh sparked Mendelssohn’s imagination. “This evening in the deep twilight,” he wrote home on July 30, “we went to the palace where Queen Mary lived and loved; there is a small room with a winding staircase leading up to it...The adjacent chapel has lost its roof; grass and ivy grow thickly within; and on the broken altar Mary was crowned Queen of Scotland. Everything there is in ruins and ramshackle, open to the blue sky. I think I have today found the opening of my Scottish Symphony.”

The tour continued to Italy in May 1830. Mendelssohn kept working on the symphony, but gradually the sunny Mediterranean climate dissipated the call of his Celtic muse. He did not complete the piece until January 1842. He conducted the first performance in Leipzig six weeks later.

Seeking to enhance its flow and continuity, he directed that the four movements be played as a continuous whole. It opens with a quiet, plaintive, darkly coloured introduction based upon the “Holyrood Castle” theme. This leads to a highly active and dramatic first movement proper. Mendelssohn offered only token relaxation through a sad, sighing second theme. The second movement emerges out of the quiet close of the first. It is a jaunty, featherweight scherzo where the influence of Scottish folk music is at its strongest.

"...the music rises up in glory through a majestic, hymn-like transformation..."

The third movement is a slow, almost mournful procession which grows increasingly forceful. The warlike finale is highly rhythmic, with materials passed about rapidly between the sections of the orchestra. As in the first movement, the tumult dies down to a whisper. But this time the music rises up in glory through a majestic, hymn-like transformation of the “Holyrood Castle” theme. It spreads rapidly throughout orchestra, setting upon the symphony an uplifting seal of triumph. ■

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Alan BallardLawrence Wm. BarbourBernard BartonDr. Vicki BernsteinTed BielbyJay Biskupski & Catherine ImrieJoost BlomDavid & Hazel BoettcherMs. Margaret A. BullockBrenda Bullock-PagetRobert CampbellJane ChambersAnna Yen May ChanDavid & Donna CookMr. & Mrs. D.E. CoulingJanet & Don DavidsonJulian & Dorothy DaviesMrs. Elisabeth de HalmyMrs. Gloria DoubledayMr. David DyerDale Collin EssarTerry & Wendy FidgeonNancy & Jim ForbesMs. Gail A. FosbrookeMr. Grant GaymanAnne GrayDr. Laurel H. GrayV.V. GudaitisP.M. HansenAinslie HarveyMs. Lorna M HerbertsMarie HookLois HoranAkira & Hamako HoriiDon & Pat HudsonSigne JurcicMrs. Barbara KaiserDr. Judith KallaJennifer KapplerLily KongG. KrainerD. M. LamMs. Karen LammingMrs. Nancy M. MacdonaldJane Martin

Paul & Pauline MartinCharlie MaxwellM.Z.I. McDougallBill McGreer & Kara McNairMr. Cleveland MullingsCarl & Colleen NaefMarv & Esther NeufeldBetty & Irv NitkinCornelia OberlanderMr. & Mrs. Martin O'ConnorMrs. Aster OsenIan & Barbara PatersonAnne PearsonB. PerowneTheodore Powis FoundationPratt-Johnson FoundationColin & Diana PriceHilda Ching QuanLarry & Darlene RhodesMr. & Mrs. Donald RiskW.D. RobertsonS.R. RogersPeter & Elfriede RohloffIn Memory of Annette RothsteinAnne Rowles & Afton CayfordCharles G. Sale & Margaret CharltonMarilyn SandvikAlfred & Dorothee SchenkMr. Fred SlawsonJoanne & Stannis SmithMrs. Velma SnellingNorman & Natalie SpeckmaierDr. Larry Stonesifer & Mr. Ron AngressBeverley TambolineMary ThomasW.G. ThomsonMarilyn ThorsteinssonMr. Robert TulkMrs. Shelagh Van KempenLinda VickarsJacqueline & Sankaran ViswanathanMrs. Betty Jane Walker

U. WallersteinerJohn & Nora WheelerMary I. WhiteAlan & Susi WilsonMrs. Selma WingroveAnonymous (26)

CONCERTO Gifts of $300 to $499Margaret M. AdieMr. David J. AllenMrs. Mary Lou AstoriaM. Jean BannermanMs. Brenda BenhamCatherine & Jay BlackMaria C. BojadzievM. A. BoltezarM. BraunMr. Rodney BriggsPeter & Mary BrunoldJ & S ButtarCampbell ZainePolly CarnsewDr. Peter CassMarie CheongGeoff & Catharine ChestertonDavid & Elaine ChinCharles ClaphamMrs. K. M. CopelandMs. Jane DavisAudrey DewanEvelyn DownsXue Wu & Francis DuncanAlain & Nancy DuncanMr. & Mrs. Ronald W. EdwardsNoreen M. FairweatherMadelyn & Ron FarrandH.D. FellerM. E. FitchMr. Richard L. GeorgeDr. Kelly & Mrs. Diane GibneyMr. & Mrs. Leon GlassmanMs. Judith GleusteenDavid GoweMr. Patrick Greenfield

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Stephanie & Raymond GreenwoodLianne Gulka & Carl HoytNancy HalpernJoyce HarpellPhilip & Marilyn HarrisonHenry G. Hawthorn & Jane DuranteMr. Terence & Mrs. Roberta HeenanMr. Jan & Mrs. Anne JanmohamedMrs. Brenda JohnstonThe Joseph FamilyMarion KeithMargaret T. KorponayRobert & Marilyn KrellGerald J. Lecovin, Q.C.Fred LeonardDonna M. MacdonaldRuth W. MacKenzieBarrantagh Investment Management Inc. In Memory of John O. McCutcheonBruce McTavishPeter J. MercerDon MorrisonRene E. MuchenbergerJon & Elizabeth NightingaleMrs. Beverley OldhamRichard G. OrlawPatricia L. ParisKeiko ParkerMaureen & Roy PatrickMs. Lis PetersenPatricia R. PhillipsMrs. Louise PronovostJoyce RamsayMs. Esther M. ReimerDr. Ron & Judy RemickHans J. RugerMs. Masako RyanRita SchickMs. Sondra SchlossLillian & Brent ScottMs. Annie SantiniPat SexsmithAnne & David SeymourSam & JoAnn ShepsMr. David S. ShymkoDr. Jack Sniderman

John & Constance SouthcottMr. William StannixMs. Margaret M. StearnDarcy & Gordon StewartPenni StockDr. & Mrs. David L. TobiasP.E. TracyBeverley UnsworthJulie E. WalchliMary Jane WalkerMr. & Mrs. Jack WassermannMs. Dorothy WenzelMs. Cherie WilliamsDr. Marilyn D. WillmanJonathan & Christine WisenthalLaura YatesAnonymous (23)

OVERTURE Gifts of $100 to $299Mr. Frank AbbottFrank & Phyllis AbbottDavid AbramowitzLlewellynn AdamMr. Arthur AdamsonDr. Robert J. AdderleyLinda G. AdsheadMr. & Mrs. Norman A. Alban*Mrs. Donna AldousHelen AlkoMrs. Janet M. AllanMr. Peter AllenNatasha JonesJohn M. AndersonTed & Jean AndrewSky & Lori AndrewsMr. & Mrs. Frank AnfieldGifts In Memory of Doris AnsleyStuart & Anne AppenheimerBill & Joy ArmerdingLois & Craig ArnoldMr. Mohsen AsadolahiBrent AtkinsonPauline AtkinsonDana AudetMr. John AuerspergDouglas BaconJean BakerJane Banfield*Aline BannoMs. Helen Bansal

Mr. Ronald BarberMiss Sheila M. BarfordElizabeth BarlowSir James BarlowIn Memory of Patricia, from GeorgeJohn & Sandra BarthPamela B.G. BastienDr. Misao M. BattsKen BaulkDr. Ron BeatonB. Lynn McArthurAlma & Ray BeckMaya BeggAlan & Elizabeth BellMs. Nancy BellNorman Barr & Bernice BellFlorence BeytinMr. Leon BibbPatricia BiceKaren & Mark BichinJane A. BirdMs. Dianne BishopDavid & Georgia BlackBlair FamilyMs. Maya BleilerDr. A. BlokmanisM.E. BoguzkiMs. Janine BondMr. Roger & Mrs. Jean BoseNorma BoutillierSusan Boutwood In Honour of Mrs. Beryl SaxonCathleen BoyleMrs. Phyllis BraidwoodGloria E. BreaultNathan BrineMr. Donald C. BrintonRuth BrodieMr. & Mrs. Malcolm N. BrodieDonald Brown*Mrs. Ronny BrumecBill & Sandra BruneauMarie-Luise BrunnhoferAlan & Rosemarie BruyneelMarilyn BullockPeter Burch & Kathryn CholetteHelen BurnhamMary Lee Burns & Marc HerrmannLloyd Burritt

Mr. Don & Mrs. Jean CalderChristopher CallaghanBeverly J. CampbellBrooke & Janet CampbellMr. & Mrs. Odis L. CampbellMr. Richard D. CampbellRuth E. CampbellMr. Brian & Mrs. Katherine CasidyLorelei CavanaughCharlens & Dhorea ChallmieDorothy ChambersMr. Wing Chuen ChanJoAnne ChaseJoyce S. ChenEileen ChengDr. Heather F. ClarkeS. M. ClarkeAnne ClemensHilda CliffeDavid & Judy CoblinStephen CochranePeter & Hilde ColenbranderMr. & Mrs. Robert ConfreyLeitch Connolly FamilyDeborah Cooper*Catherine CornwellDavid & Janet CourageS. CourtemancheKathleen CowtanMrs. Beverly CraigLiz CrewesMr. & Mrs. John B. CrickDr. Dianne CyrMrs. Gunnel DahlquistMs. Patricia DaironMr. J. Kenneth DakinMs. Denyse DallaireMs. A. DanserauAnita Daude-LagraveWilliam B. DavisJohn DaytonEva & Ralph De CosteMr. Giuseppe Del VicarioSamuel DezellMr. & Mrs. L. DiamondDarryl DiardichukMs. Gwen DickP. & D. DochertyPeter Dodek & Hella LeeJulia Dodwell

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Friends of the Vancouver Symphony continued...

Muriel K. DonPaul T. DraperBelisha DuanMs. Helen P. DuffyMs. Marilyn A. DumoretDavid & Catherine DuncanMs. Susan DuncanMrs. Pat DunnettLeon DutfieldTatiana EastonJoan & Roger EastwoodDr. & Dr. Allen C. EavesBarbara EbeltBryan EdwardsDr. Mary Jane EdwardsMr. Mark EllenbergerG.J. ElliotGeorge & Marilyn ElvidgeFrank & Denise ErvinElizabeth EssonDuncan & Nora EtchesJ. EvansJim EvansIan A. FalconerPatricia FallmannStephanie & Michael FarnsworthRochelle FarquharMrs. Shirley FeatherstoneElena FedykoMichael & Edith FennerPeter & Eva Ferguson Harry & Sandra FergusonAgnes FesslerFlora B. FieldMs. Christian FindlayMs. Sheila FoleyThalia, Sophie & Amanda Conway & Their ParentsMs. Marguerite FordMs. Denise FosterB. FoyleLinda & Alastair FraserMary H. FraserRuth FreemanInez & Donald FrenchMr. Bernd & Mrs. Pamela FriedrichShirley & Doug FromsonMs. Mei Ling FuBarbara FudgeC. FungMiss Anne E. FunkMs. Susie FunkJean & Hubert GabrielseDr. & Mrs. Ivan Gasoi

Mr. Kenneth C. GehrsMr. Terence GilbraithMr. Jack A. GillespieMarion & Jack GillinghamMr. & Mrs. Norman C. GillisBarrie & Ann GillmoreMaryke GilmoreMr. Gerry GlazierElaine GodwinMyer A. GoldbergAnn-Shirley & Rob GoodellJune & Paddy GooderhamDoug & Vi GoodwinJohn & Julia GosdenIn Memory of Dr. Ian M. GrantMrs. Helen GrayRobin GrayAnne GregoryMr. & Mrs. George GregrPaul GreismanB. GriffithsIn Memory of Barbara GriffithsMr. & Mrs. Arthur GrunderMr. Bernard Guichon & Mrs. Faye BremnerMrs. Elizabeth GuilbrideJohn A. GuminskiDon & Patti GunningMrs. Gloria M. GuntnerPam & Dave GurdPenelope & Lyman W. GurneyNorma GuttormssonAnita & John HagenChristine Moore & Dickson HallPauline HallMr. Robert HamillIan HamptonRichard Hankin & Heather Jones HankinJames HarcottGordon HardingPat Harrold & Paul HartS. HartleyMrs. Constance M. HathertonW.M. HayMitsuo & Emmie HayashiStephen HederRina & Byron HenzeMrs. Eileen HertzmanMs. Annie HessAudrey HetheringtonMichiko Higgins-KatoMrs. Gloria J. High WoRosemary HildredJohn & Audrey Hobbs

Patricia M. HoebigMr. Carl HofbauerMr. Ralph P. HoffmanClive & Carol HollowayJohn HoogeDon HoskinsMrs. Elizabeth HoughMrs. Marjorie HoughamMs. Georgia HowardMrs. Clara HughesJason HusmilloN. HutchinsonA.F. HyndmanMs. Yuko Ikegami LeeMs. Louise IrwinZara JacksonWesley JayDr. David & Isobel JohnstonJudith JohnstonMr. Paul Johnston & Ms. Marnie McGrathGwynneth C.D. JonesLynn KaganMr. Peter & Dr. Stefanie KappelMr. Frank & Mrs. Ildiko KarikaDrs. Brian & Andrea KatzMichael F. KeenlysideRobert & Elizabeth KelloggMrs. Doreen KemickRobert & Raymonde KendrickLouise & Gary KenwoodMr. & Mrs. Rudy KerklaanElizabeth KerrMr. Malcolm & Mrs. Evelyn KerrErika Kertesz-GreenDurga KidaoMr. & Mrs. W. Harvey KingMrs. Eleanor KingsmillMr. Peter KitchingDr. Terry & Carol KlineLorna & Earle KlohnMrs. D. KohlhaasGordon & Gail KonantzMrs. Girlie KooThais L. KornderMr. & Mrs. Stanford KorschMike & Jean KovichWinnifred M. KowalewichEdgar KriegerRobert & Marie KuhnDr. & Mrs. Robin KuritzkyMr. Matthew F. KurnickiPeter KwokMr. & Mrs. Alwin LacsonIn Honour of Minella Lacson,

VSO LibrarianGina Lai / MPM MathRick & Mary LamMrs. Betty E. LambleJerry & Susan LampertBruce H. LangMrs. Gillian LangEdna LarsenWilliam G. LarsenMr. Richard A. LarsonMrs. Kathy LauwersMs. Jackie LawMr. Ian S. LawsonMr. Lawrence A. LeafMr. Richard & Mrs. Susan LeeMr. Jin Woo & Mrs. Bong Ja LeeNeil & Karen LernerMrs. Anna P. LesterDick LesterL. A. LevangJayne Le ViergeMrs. Susan LewisMrs. Ann LigertwoodE. & M. LindstromMr. & Mrs. Gillen LoNatalie E. LoganLinda LowryMrs. Georgina Lopez & Mr. Salvador HuertaMrs. Jean R. LytwynMrs. Patricia LytwynJ. M. MacIntyreMrs. Kathleen D. MacKinlayMrs. Sally MacLachlanMargaret MacLeanDorothy MacLeodGreg Magirescu & Garry MacDonaldMichael & Nancy-Ann MagneeMs. Rosemary MagusMs. Bernadette MahManthorpe Law OfficesMs. Diane ManuelThe Margitan FamilyDavid MargolisMr. Thomas C. MarkIn Memory of Professor Adrian MarriageMrs. Canby MartinS. R. MasonAnne MathisenJohn G. McBain*Mr. & Mrs. Andrew McCollPat & Al McCradyMrs. Leona McDaniel

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Marlene McDonaldMrs. Inge McGarryMs. Catherine McGrathStephanie McLeanRay L. McNabbBeth McNairnRalph & Margaret McRaeMr. & Mrs. Denison D. MearsBarbara Milacek-WeltersDr. M. Martin & Mrs. Patricia MilewskiIrene MillerPamela & Angus MitchellLillian MitchellMs. Doreen M'LotRebekah & David MoenMr. & Mrs. Alan & Mary-Ann MoirRichard & Laurie MolstadMargaret E. MonckDr. Jean MooreMr. & Mrs. John F. MorganBarbara MorrisIan MorrisMs. Brenda G. MorrishNina MorrisonCharmian MoulJean Cockburn & Jack MounceM. MuckleMarsha MunsieE & B MurdochIn memoriam of Dorothy NairneL. NakashimaMr. Bill Napier-Hemy & Ms. Jill BainDianne NicholsMrs. Debbie NiderMrs. Elizabeth H. NieboerV. NobleMr. Volmar & Ms. Sally NordmanLynne NorthfieldMs. Agnes NotteMr. & Mrs. Rex NuthallK.L. O'BrienKatsuko OchiaiMrs. Liisa O'HaraMr. & Mrs. Kevin O'MalleyCindy & Gary OnstadNeil & Donna OrnsteinSuzanne OxtobyMrs. Thérèse OzanicSunny & Nini PalDr. Chris PalmerJim & Diane PalmerNancy & Elliott PapMs. Wendy ParfittDr. Hawa PatelFrank & Wendy PattonHelen Rose Pauls In Memory of John GoerzenMs. Josephine PeglerArjuna Perera & Nadika Nowak

Tremayne & Margaret PerryMrs. Tove PetersenMatt Phillips In Memory of MaryMs. Patricia PhillipsMr. George PickConrad & Dorli PinetteMr. Brad PinnellMs. Sybil PlommerTony & Margaret PlompMr. & Mrs. PodutMyrna & Art PoissonJennifer PolciMarion PoliakoffJ.T. & E.A. PollardMarilyn & Jack PomfretJo-Anne Portman & Ken LeinweberMr. & Mrs. B. PotmaMr. Donald H. PoulterDeborah PoundIn Honour of Dr. & Mrs. Donald PowellSusan PreastRose Marie PrestonMrs. Jocelyn PritchardTim & Pat QuanM. A. QuinlanKarl & Eveline RaabMr. Jim RandallLaasha RandyneMrs. A. RashedMargaret RayDorothy RedlingerEleanor ReemeyerRuth ReidMrs. Louise RempelMr. Charles ReynoldsMr. & Mrs. H. H. RichardsWilliam & Oksana RichardsSharon RichesEvelyn M. RileyW. G. RiskEdie RittingerTim Roark*Mrs. Joyce RobertsMrs. Joyce RobertsBill & Dorothy RobertsonMr. & Mrs. Howard M. RobinsonJohn RoederPatricia K. RogersLon & Marilyn RosenMarilyn & John RossTory Ross & Keith Martin GordeyDr. Brien & Mrs. Lesley RoyFrances Chandler & David RupayJames & Jenny RussellR. Bruce RussellMs. Winona RussellJ.M. RyderL.S. SawatskyRichard & Jilian Scarth

Miss Agnes SchapanskyDianne & Nick SharfeMr. David SchreckMr. John & Mrs. Marlene SchreinerGordon ScottRobert & Leah ScottDr. & Mrs. Harry SengesMs. Midori SeoRobert & Audrey ServiceShirley SexsmithMs. Shirley M. SharfMrs. Joanna ShepheardMrs. Barbara ShepherdMr. & Mrs. James W. ShrimptonMr. Hoshang & Mrs. Rani ShroffDr. & Mrs. Cecil SigalMs. Donia SimsAlastair & Sylvia SinclairBetty Sing*Ms. Marie SinghMrs. Gertrude I. SjobladM.J. SkazelMs. Holly SlaneyBob & Doris SmitCarol SmithC.E. SmithErwen & Patricia SmithMs. Margaret O. SmithMr. Peter SmithKathleen SnowdenMs. Georgina SpiesMr. Mike StackPaul G. StaggT. W. StevensDr. Julia StewartMr. Daniel StewartGladys M. StewartMs. Pat M. StewartPeter & Pat StigingsPeter & Masako StillwellLaura & Dumitru CotfasM. Stone*Mr. Winston D. StothertMr. James W. StoutMr. & Mrs. P.K.W. StraytonIrene & Irv StrongMrs. Elke SwantjeTom & Margaret TaylorMr. Howard & Mrs. Barbara TeasleyMollie ThackerayMr. & Mrs. Peter ThalerEdith L. ThomasMs. Judy ThomsenAnona Thorne & Takao TanabeMs. Deirdre ThorntonMrs. Daphne C. Tobler & Mr. Barry CottonChristine ToltonJennifer Toone

& Derek ApplegarthMircea TrackeMr. Rémi TremblayAnn TrueKaren A. TruscottCyril & Patsy TsouMr. & Mrs. Paul J. TutschAngeles UdaJill & Hans van der SlagtAngela Van LuvenMr. Arthur E. VertliebLiana & Darius ViskontasPeggy WaineRobin WaineC.E. WalkerRev. Gordon & Mrs. Noreen WalkerMs. Lois I. WalkerDr. Jasper & Mrs. Jennifer WallKen & Vi WallMr. Eugene WangMs. Heather WashburnSyoko WatanabeTrevor & Mary Alice WattsWendy & Orrin WebberMr. & Mrs. R.J. WebsterMarvin & Rita WeintraubIn Memory of Donald C. WeirJ. WellsRoy & Gwyneth WestwickMr. Vincent WheelerValerie A. WhiteMary WiddowsMrs. Norma WielandMr. John WilsonWilliam WilsonMs. Loma WingYuk Ming WongT. W. WoodMrs. Margaret WrightE.M. YorkJennifer M. YuleMrs. Hanna ZawadzkiMiriam ZbarskyKaren & Allan ZellerMrs. Erna ZinnAnonymous* (3)Anonymous (241) ■

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

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JUAN GARCIA ESqUILVEL (ARR. SCOTT WHITFIELd) Mini Skirt

NICOLE SALERNO, BRIAN SETZER, MICHAEL HIMELSTEIN, RENATO CARUSONE (ARR. SAM SHOUP) Americano

CONSUELO VELAZqUEZ (ARR. FREd BARTON) Bésame Mucho

LES REEd, GORdON MILLS (ARR. TIM BERENS) It’s Not Unusual

BART HOWARd (ARR. SAM SHOUP) Fly Me to the Moon

dAVId CARBONARA (ARR. GEOFF STRAdLING) Mad Men Suite

PABLO BELTRAN RUIZ, NORMAN GIMBEL (ARR. SAM SHOUP) Sway

IRVING BERLIN (ARR. FREd BARTON) What’ll I Do

VARIOUS Crime Show Classics

CARLO dONIdA, GIULIO RAPETTI, JERRY LEIBER, MIKE STOLLER (ARR. FREd BARTON) I (Who Have Nothing)

INTERMISSIONBURT BACHARACH (ARR. WAYNE BARKER) Bacharach Back-To-Back

AMY WINEHOUSE (ARR. JONATHAN BARTZ) You Know I’m No Good

FRANK LOESSER (ARR. BILLY MAY) Luck Be a Lady

C. CARSON PARKS (ARR. TIM BERENS) Somethin’ Stupid

LEE HAZELWOOd (ARR. SAM SHOUP) These Boots Are Made For Walkin’

VAN MORRISON (ARR. SAM SHOUP) Moondance

HENRY MANCINI (ARR. TIMOTHY BERENS) Charade

ANTHONY NEWLEY, LESLIE BRICUSSE (ARR. SCOTT WHITFIELd) Feeling Good

lOndOn drUGS VSO POPS OrPHEUM tHEatrE, 8PM

Friday & Saturday, november 8 & 9the Cocktail Hour: Music of the Mad Men EraSteven Reineke conductorJanet Dacal vocalistRyan Silverman vocalist

Concert Program

VSO POPS RADIO SPONSOR

VSO POPS SERIES SPONSOR

STEVEN REINEKE

NOVEMBER 8 CONCERT SPONSOR

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Steven reineke conductor

Steven Reineke’s boundless enthusiasm and exceptional artistry have made him one of the nation’s most sought-after pops conductors, composers and arrangers. Mr. Reineke is the newly appointed Principal Pops Conductor of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Music Director of The New York Pops at Carnegie Hall and Principal Pops Conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. He previously held posts as Principal Pops Conductor of the Long Beach and Modesto Symphony Orchestras and Associate Conductor of the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra.

As the creator of more than one hundred orchestral arrangements for the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, Mr. Reineke’s work has been performed worldwide, and can be heard on numerous Cincinnati Pops Orchestra recordings on the Telarc label.

A native of Ohio, Mr. Reineke is a graduate of Miami University of Ohio, where he earned bachelor of music degrees with honors in both trumpet performance and music composition. He currently resides in New York City. Mr. Reineke is represented by Peter Throm Management, LLC.

Janet dacal vocalist

Janet Dacal created the role of Alice in Frank Wildhorn’s Wonderland. She played the lead, Nina Rosario, in the Tony Award-winning musical In the Heights, after having originated the role of Carla in the original Off-Broadway

and Broadway productions for which she received a Drama Desk Award. Additional Broadway credit includes Good Vibrations. Off-Broadway: Byzantium. Regional: Señor Discretion Himself (Arena Stage), The Last 5 Years (Carbonell nomination), Five Course Love (Carbonell nomination), Four Guys Named José, Annie and others (Actors Playhouse). Recordings and tours for various Grammy®-winning artists, including Gloria Estefan, Jon Secada and Luis Enrique.

ryan Silverman vocalist

Ryan Silverman most recently starred in the Broadway and Las Vegas productions of The Phantom of the Opera as Raoul. With a beautiful voice and extraordinary range, Ryan has moved smoothly across various genres including opera, pop musicals, traditional music theater, big band, and symphony concerts. Other Broadway/NYC credits include Music In The Air (Karl) Encores!, Cry Baby (Cry Baby u/s), Most Happy Fella (Al)-NYC Opera. Ryan most recently starred in the Sir John Doyle's prestigious production of Passion at Classic Stage. Concert work includes the NY Pops, Seattle Symphony, Cincinnati Pops, Philadelphia Orchestra, Philly Pops, Utah, Vancouver, Edmonton, Modesto, Hartford, and Fort Worth symphonies. Cabaret appearances include Feinstein’s and the Café Carlyle. Touring credits include: Phantom (Raoul)-Las Vegas, Mamma Mia (Sky) 1st National Tour, Wicked-Chicago. Ryan has been seen on TV and film including Gossip Girls and Sex and the City 2, and he is featured in the film Five Minarets with Danny Glover and Gina Gershon. Ryan originally hails from Alberta, Canada. ■

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$3,500,000 or moreGovernment of Canada through the Department of Canadian Heritage Endowment Incentives Program

$1,000,000 or moreMartha Lou HenleyProvince of BC through the BC Arts Renaissance Fund under the stewardship of the Vancouver Foundation

$500,000 or moreWerner (Vern) and Helga HöingWayne and Leslie Ann Ingram

$250,000 or moreCarter (Family) Deux Mille FoundationRon and Ardelle CliffMr. Hassan and Mrs. Nezhat KhosrowshahiThe Tong and Geraldine Louie Family FoundationHermann and Erika StöltingArthur H. Willms Family

$100,000 or moreMary and Gordon ChristopherJaney Gudewill and Peter Cherniavsky In memory of their Father Jan Cherniavsky and Grandmother Mrs. B.T. RogersIn memory of John S. HodgeMichael and Estelle JacobsonS.K. Lee in memory of Mrs. Cheng Koon LeeKatherine Lu in memory of Professors Mr. and Mrs. Ngou KangWilliam and Irene McEwen Fund

Sheahan and Gerald McGavin, C.M., O.B.C.McGrane-Pearson Endowment FundNancy and Peter Paul SaundersKen and Patricia ShieldsGeorge and Marsha TaylorWhittall Family Fund

$50,000 or moreAdera Development CorporationWinslow and Betsy BennettBrazfin Investments Ltd.Mary Ann ClarkLeon and Joan TueyRosemarie Wertschek, Q.C.

$25,000 or moreJeff and Keiko AlexanderMrs. May Brown, C.M., O.B.C.The Bruendl FoundationMrs. Margaret M. DuncanW. Neil Harcourt in memory of Frank N. HarcourtDaniella and John IckePaul Moritz Mrs. Gordon T. Southam, C.M.Maestro Bramwell Tovey and Mrs. Lana Penner-ToveyAnonymous (1)

$10,000 or moreMrs. Marti BarregarKathy and Stephen BellringerMrs. Geraldine BielyK. Taryn BrodieRobert G. Brodie and K. Suzanne BrodieDouglas and Marie-Elle Carrothers

Mr. Justice Edward Chiasson and Mrs. Dorothy ChiassonDr. Marla KiessChantal O’Neil and Colin ErbDan and Trudy PekarskyBob and Paulette ReidNancy and Robert Stewart Beverley and Eric WattAnonymous (2)

$5,000 or moreCharles and Barbara FilewychEdwina and Paul HellerKaatza FoundationProf. Kin LoRex and Joanne McLennanMarion L. Pearson and James M. OrrMollie Massie and Hein PoulusMelvyn and June Tanemura

$2,500 or moreIn memory of Lynd ForgusonStephen F. GrafJohn and Marietta HurstHarvey and Connie PermackRobert and Darlene SpevakowWinfred Mary (Mollie) SteeleAnonymous (1)

The Vancouver Symphony gratefully acknowledges the support of those donors who have made a commitment of up to $2,500 to the Vancouver Symphony Foundation. Regretfully, space limitations prevent a complete listing.

Bequests to the Vancouver Symphony Foundation

$500,000 or moreJim and Edith le NobelKathleen Margaret Mann

$100,000 or moreSteve FlorisJohn Rand

$50,000 or moreWinslow Bennett Margaret Jean PaquinRachel Tancred RoutMary Flavelle Stewart

$25,000 or moreDorothy Freda BaileyPhyllis Celia FisherMargot Lynn McKenzie

$10,000 or moreKaye Leaney

$5,000 or moreAnne de Barrett AllworkClarice Marjory BankesLawrence M. CarlsonMuriel F. GilchristJ. Stuart KeateGerald NordheimerAudrey M. PiggotJan Wolf Wynand

Bequests to the Vancouver Symphony Society

$250,000 or moreRuth Ellen Baldwin

$100,000 or moreDorothy Jane BoyceRoy Joseph FietschHector MacKay

$50,000 or moreRita AldenFritz Ziegler

$25,000 or moreLillian Erva Hawkins Florence Elizabeth Kavanagh Mary Fassenden LawGeraldine OldfieldAlice RumballAnne Ethel Stevens

$10,000 or moreDorothea Leuchters Robert V. OsokinElizabeth Jean Proven Freda Margaret RushDoris Kathleen Skelton

$5,000 or moreRaymond John Casson Alfred KnowlesEvelyn Ann van der Veen Joan Marion WassonDorothy Ethel Williams

$1,000 or morePhyllis Victoria Ethel BaillyJoyce BashamDoris May BondJean HaszardLewis Wilkinson HunterAnnie Velma PickellJean SempleWilhelmina Stobie ■

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Vancouver Symphony Foundation

The Vancouver Symphony family extends its sincere thanks to these donors, whose gifts will ensure that the VSO remains a strong and vital force in our community long into the future.

Bequests The Vancouver Symphony extends its sincere thanks to all those who left a bequest in their will from 2000 to 2012.

Tax creditable gifts of cash, securities and planned gifts are gratefully received and your gift is enhanced with matching funds from the Federal Government.

Please call Mary Butterfield Director of Individual & Legacy Giving at 604.684.9100 ext. 238or email mary@vancouversymphony.ca to learn more

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Sunday, november 10

Platypus theatre: a Magical, Musical MisadventureGordon Gerrard conductorpeter Duschenes writer & directorplatypus Theatre performers Emmanuelle Zeesman Danielle Desormeaux Peter DuschenesWendy Rockburn stage manager

Excerpts from:

RIdOUT Fall Fair

BACH Suite No. 1 Suite No. 3

MOZART Symphony No. 40

BEETHOVEN Leonore Overture No. 3 Symphony No. 5

dVORáK Slavonic Dance No. 8, Op. 46 New World Symphony

SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 5

Concert Program

PREMIER EDUCATION PARTNER

PREMIER EDUCATION PARTNER

THE VSO’S KIDS’ KONCERTS HAVE BEEN ENDOWED BY A GENEROUS GIFT FROM THE WILLIAM & IRENE MCEWEN FUNd.

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

GoRDoN GERRARD WITH THE VSo

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Gordon Gerrard conductor

For a biography of Gordon Gerrard please refer to page 17.

Platypus theatreSince 1989 Canada’s Platypus Theatre has been a trailblazer in creating programs for children that bring classical music to life in an intelligent, entertaining and interactive way. Platypus’ seven original programs have been seen by over half a million spectators in Canada, the United States, on seven tours to Southeast Asia and most recently, in Australia. After nearly 500 concerts with more than 65 orchestras worldwide Platypus Theatre has gained an unparalleled reputation for excellence in music education. In 2006, in collaboration with TV Ontario, Trace Pictures and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Platypus Theatre created a television adaptation of their ever-popular, How the Gimquat Found Her Song. The film was broadcast six times on TVO and won an Award of Excellence at the 2007 Accolade Television Awards and Best Children’s Program at the prestigious 2008 Banff World Television Festival. In addition to Gimquat the company’s programs include: Emily Saves the Orchestra, Rhythm in Your Rubbish, Bach to the Future, Song of the Forest, Charlotte and the Music-Maker and A Flicker of Light on a Christmas Night.

Platypus Theatre would love to hear from you please contact them through their website: www.platypustheatre.com

Peter duschenes writer, director & actor

Co-founder and Artistic Director of Platypus Theatre, Peter Duschenes has been widely praised for his innovation in presenting symphonic music to young audiences. His ability to bring the concert stage to life by combining theatre and music has led to commissions with orchestras from coast to coast in Canada. An award winning playwright, Peter’s writing credits include all seven of Platypus’ symphony plays, the television adaptation of How the Gimquat Found Her Song and the one-act play, Lost River, which was the 1991 winner of the Theatre BC’s Canadian National Playwriting competition. As an actor and director Peter has worked with companies across Canada and the United States most recently directing the world premier of the stage adaptation of Arto Paasilinna’s The Howling Miller for Quantum Theatre in Pittsburgh, PA. Among his favourite stage roles are Richard in Shakespeare’s Richard II also for Quantum Theatre and Louis Ironson in Angels In America at the Centaur Theatre in Montreal. Peter received his MFA in theatre from the California Institute of the Arts in 1988 and now lives in Ottawa with his wife, Sarah and their two children, Magda and Theo.

Emmanuelle Zeesman actorEmmanuelle is thrilled to be back for her third season touring the world with Platypus Theatre! Training includes: Philippe Gaulier's Theatre School in Paris, Carter Thor Studios and the University of Windsor's Musical Theatre Performance Program. Recent Credits include: Blood Brothers (for which she just

EMMANUELLE ZEESMAN DANIELLE DESORMEAUX WENDY ROCKBURN

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won the Capital Critics Circle Award for Best Actor), Guys and Dolls (National Arts Centre), Launch Pad: Magnetic North Theatre Festival (Great Canadian Theatre Company), Sister James in Doubt (Gladstone Theatre), Juliet in Romeo and Juliet and Titania in the smash hit A Midwinter's Dream Tale. Favourite theatrical highlights include: The Snow Show (National Arts Centre), La Vie Parisienne (Theatre Lyrique), Julie Andrews in Forbidden Broadway (Experimental Theatre), Ahmal and the Night Visitors (the Windsor and Detroit Symphony Orchestras), touring France as a lead vocalist for the New Rochelle Festival, and as a dancer for Colin Mochrie's hit TV show Getting Along Famously.

danielle desormeaux actor

Ms. Desormeaux has been a part of the Platypus Theatre touring company since 1998. Film and television credits include: How the Gimquat Found Her Song (Award of Excellence at the 2007 Accolade Television Awards, Best Children's Program at the 2008 Banff World Television Festival), the Oscar-winning Affliction (dir. Paul Schrader), Stardon (dir. Denis Arcand), The War of 1812, Big Sugar (dir. Brian McKenna). Stage credits include: The Comedy of Errors (dir. Peter Hinton NAC/Centaur), Romeo and Juliet (dir. Jean Asselin), National Capital/e Nationale (dir. Robert Lepage – NAC), The Anger In Ernest and Ernestine (dir. Alain Goulem),

The Tempest (dir. D.D. Kugler), The Brazilian (dir. Micheline Chevrier). Ms. Desormeaux’s work in improvisation and clown has lead to the creation of new theatre and independent film works including Rhythm In Your Rubbish for Platypus Theatre, the critically acclaimed Umloüt, and MöcShplat (clown-gibberish versions of Shakespeare's Hamlet and Macbeth) and Les aventures de Matante et Madame. When left to her own devices, Ms. Desormeaux can be found jamming with her pals and cooking up a storm at her home in Montréal.

wendy rockburn stage manager

Wendy Rockburn is an Ottawa-based stage manager with over twenty years in the business. She has worked in theatres mostly in eastern Canada, including The National Arts Centre and Great Canadian Theatre Company in Ottawa, Centaur Theatre in Montreal, Thousand Islands Playhouse in Gananoque, Neptune Theatre in Halifax, and Canadian Stage and Tarragon in Toronto. She is also a world traveler and photographer, just returned from Ethiopia, having previously explored China, India, Kenya, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Turkey, Egypt and Morocco. The tremendous opportunity to work with the world-renowned Platypus Theatre is a wonderful meld of these two loves. ■

Classical Music CruisePrague – NureMberg – Passau – liNz – budaPest – bratislava – vieNNa

May 2015Join George Zukerman, OC, OBC on the Danube aboard the luxurious river cruise ship AMADolce as he conducts this 15-day symphony for the senses from Prague to Vienna.

Please contact us for details on this tour, early booking discounts & the presentation November 24.

special travel internationalphone 1 800.665.0998 or 1 604.291.13324603 Main Street, Vancouver, BC V5V 3R6st i@sticanada.com www.sticanada.com

Classical Music CruisePrague – NureMberg – Passau – liNz – budaPest – bratislava – vieNNa

May 2015Join George Zukerman, OC, OBC on the Danube aboard the luxurious river cruise ship AMADolce as he conducts this 15-day symphony for the senses from Prague to Vienna.

Please contact us for details on this tour, early booking discounts & the presentation November 24.

special travel internationalphone 1 800.665.0998 or 1 604.291.13324603 Main Street, Vancouver, BC V5V 3R6st i@sticanada.com www.sticanada.com Come to our presentation

November 24, 2013 to learn more!

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

SERIES SPONSORS

CONCERT AND SPECIAL EVENT SPONSORS

IMPORTANT:For Usage below 1-1/2” wide

VANCOUVERSYMPHONY

VOLUNTEERS

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For more information about the VSO Corporate Partners Programs and the exclusive benefits associated with this program please contact Ryan Butt at

604.684.9100 extension 260 or email ryanbutt@vancouversymphony.ca

$150,000+TELUS CorporationVancouver Sun

$100,000+Goldcorp Inc.

$70,000+ Mardon Group InsuranceVancouver Foundation

$50,000+ City of Burnaby Parks, Recreation and Cultural ServicesCKNWCKWX News 1130Georgia StraightJemini FoundationIndustrial Alliance Insurance and Financial Services Inc.QM-FM

$40,000+Air CanadaPacific Arbour Retirement CommunitiesRBC Foundation

$30,000+BMO Financial GroupBorden Ladner Gervais LLPEminata GroupHSBC Bank CanadaLondon DrugsPwCVancouver Airport Authority

$20,000+Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLPThe Chan Endowment Fund of UBCConcord PacificErnst & Young LLPGreat Century FoundationHolland America Line Inc.Polygon Homes Ltd. Rogers Group FinancialSpectra EnergyTD Bank GroupUpright Décor Rentals and Events DesignVancouver Symphony VolunteersWesbild Holdings Ltd.Anonymous (1)

$10,000+Aspac Developments Ltd.BA Blacktop Ltd.Canadian Western BankCanfor CorporationCraftsman CollisionDavid T.K. Ho EnterprisesDeans Knight Capital Management Ltd.Deloitte and Touche LLPEdgewater CasinoKeir SurgicalKingswood Capital CorporationKPMG LLPLugaro JewellersPark Royal Shopping CentreSun Life Financial Stikeman Elliott LLPTom Lee MusicWall Financial

$5,000+Anthem Properties Group Ltd.BCLCCadillac Dealers of Greater VancouverCassels BrockCenterplate at Vancouver Convention CentreCIBC World Markets Inc.Executive Argo False Creek (No 1) Ltd. PartnershipFarris, Vaughan, Wills & Murphy LLPGenus Capital ManagementGraphic Angel DesignGoodmans LLPHatch Mott MacDonaldHaywood Securities Inc.Innovation LightingKoffman Kalef LLP/Northstar Trade Finance Inc. Ledcor Properties Inc.Macdonald Development CorporationMarin Investments LimitedMcElhanney Consulting Services Ltd.MMM Group LimitedDr. Tom Moonen Inc.Michael O’Brian Family FoundationPCL Constructors Westcoast Inc.Porte IndustriesRBC Royal BankScotiaMcLeodSilver WheatonStantecTeck Resources Limited

Terus Construction Ltd.Tourism British ColumbiaUK Trade & InvestmentXibitaAnonymous (1)

$2,500+Armtec Limited PartnershipB&B Contracting Ltd.Central 1 Credit UnionEthical Bean CoffeeKian Show Services Ltd.The Lazy GourmetLU BiscuitsMcCarthy Tétrault FoundationNesters Market YaletownNorburn Lighting & Bath CentreSOCAN FoundationTala FloristsWindsor Plywood Foundation

$1,000+ABC Recycling Ltd.Best BuyBing Thom Architects FoundationCibo TrattoriaDomaine ChandonEncore SoftwareFluor CanadaThe Hamber FoundationHUB InternationalLa Scala Integrated MediaLantic Inc.Long & McQuadeNestle WatersThe Simons FoundationWolrige Foundation

EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM SPONSORS AND PARTNERS

PREMIER EDUCATION PARTNER

MEDIA PARTNERS

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

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

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

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

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

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

pRoGRAM, GUEST ARTISTS AND/oR pRoGRAM oRDER ARE SUBJECT To CHANGE.

Jeff Alexander, President & Chief Executive Officer

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

Marketing, Sales & Customer Service: Alan Gove, Vice-President, Marketing & SalesShirley Bidewell, Manager, Gift Shop & Volunteers Estelle and Michael Jacobson Chair

Anna Gove, Editor & Publisher, Allegro MagazineKatherine Houang, Group Sales & Special Ticket ServicesKenneth Livingstone, Database ManagerCameron Rowe, Director, Audience & Ticket ServicesLaura-Anne Scherer, Public Relations & Social Media Manager & Assistant to the President & CEO

Customer Service Representatives: Jason Ho, Senior Customer Service RepresentativeJeff Cancade Shawn Lau Kim SmithAcacia Cresswell Jonah McGarva Jessica TungSuzanne Guerino Thalia McWatt

development: Leanne Davis, Vice-President, Chief Development OfficerLaura Barton, Development Officer, Special ProjectsRyan Butt, Manager, Corporate & Donor Relations Mary Butterfield, Director, Individual & Legacy GivingAnn True, Development CoordinatorSam Markham, Lotteries Assistant Lauren Watson, Development Assistant

Artistic Operations & Education: Joanne Harada, Vice-President, Artistic Operations & EducationDeAnne Eisch, Orchestra Personnel ManagerAaron Hawn, Assistant Librarian & Digital Projects CoordinatorDavid Humphrey, Operations Manager Karen Jeffery, Artistic Operations Assistant & Assistant to Maestro ToveyMinella F. Lacson, Librarian Ron & Ardelle Cliff Chair

Christin Reardon MacLellan, Education & Community Programmes Manager Ken & Patricia Shields Chair

Pearl Schachter, Artistic Operations & Education Assistant

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

The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra is a proud member of

at the Concert

Vancouver Symphony administration 604.684.9100

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

Board of directors

Gordon R. Johnson, ChairHein Poulus, Q.C.Patricia ShieldsMarsha Walden

Executive Committee

Fred Withers, Chair Chief Development Officer Ernst & Young

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

Colin Erb, Treasurer Partner, Deloitte & Touche LLP

Dave Cunningham, Secretary VP Government Relations, TELUS

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

directors

Etienne Bruson Partner, International Tax, Deloitte

Joan Chambers Partner, Blakes

Dr. Peter Chung Executive Chairman, Eminata Group

Michael L. Fish President, Keir Surgical

Chair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sheila FoleyVice-Chair/Treasurer . . . Nancy WuSecretary. . . . . . . . . . . . Joni MacArthurMember. . . . . . . . . . . . . Marlies WagnerImmediate Past Chair. . . Anne Janmohamed

Scheduling Concerts (all venues) . . . Shirley BidewellGift Shop . . . . . . . . . . . . Barbara Morris Helen DubasLotteries in Malls . . . . . . Gloria Davies

Reception Shifts. . . . . . . Gloria DaviesTea & Trumpets . . . . . . . Shirley Featherstone Marlene StrainSpecial Events Symphony of Style 2013 . . . Paddy Aiken Estelle Fu Holland America On-Board Luncheon 2013 . . Sheila Foley Marlies WagnerMembership Volunteer Hours . . . . . . . . . Angelina Bao

Lindsay Hall Executive Vice-President and CFO Goldcorp Inc.

Diane Hodgins Director, Century Group Lands Corporation

John Icke President and CEO Resinco Capital Partners

Olga Ilich President, Suncor Development Corporation

Gordon R. Johnson Partner, Borden Ladner Gervais

Judith Korbin Arbitrator

Sam Lee Managing Director, Investment Banking Global Mining Group – CIBC World Markets

Julie Molnar Director, The Molnar Group

Hein Poulus, Q.C. Partner, Stikeman Elliot

Patricia Shields Education Consultant

John Slater TV Producer/Editor

Stanis Smith Senior Vice President, Buildings, Stantec

Denise Turner Principal, Bravura Business Solutions Inc.

Michael Webb Senior Vice President, Human Resources HSBC Bank Canada

Musician Representatives

Aaron McDonald, Principal Timpani

Dylan Palmer, Principal Bass

Honorary Life President

Ronald Laird Cliff, C.M.

Honorary Life Vice-Presidents

Nezhat Khosrowshahi Gerald A.B. McGavin, C.M., O.B.C.Ronald N. Stern Arthur H. Willms

John IckeRichard Mew Hein Poulus, Q.C.

Alan PyattArthur H. WillmsFred Withers

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

Assistant Gift Shop ManagerRobert Rose

Eric WattArthur H. WillmsAdministration

Jeff Alexander President & CEO

Curtis Pendleton Executive Director

Emma Grant Director of Advancement

Louise Ironside Registrar & Communications Coordinator

David Law Operations & Facilities Manager

Vancouver Symphony Society Board of directors

Vancouver Symphony Foundation Board of trustees

VSO School of Music Society

Vancouver Symphony Volunteer Council 2013/2014

Tim Wyman

sT. andRew’s-wesley ChURCh, VanCOUVeRThursday, December 12, 7:30pmFriday, December 13, 4pm & 7:30pmSaturday, December 14, 4pm & 7:30pm

ITalIan CUlTURal CenTRe, VanCOUVeRMonday, December 16, 4pm & 7:30pm

sOUTh delTa BapTIsT ChURCh, delTaWednesday, December 18, 7:30pm

A Traditional Christmaswith the Vancouver Symphony

THe VSO’S TrAdiTiOnAl CHriSTmAS COnCerTS HAVe Been endOwed BY A generOuS gifT frOm SHEAHAN AND GERALD mCGAVIN, C.m., O.B.C.

Bell peRfORmInG aRTs CenTRe, sURReyThursday, December 19, 4pm & 7:30pm

CenTennIal TheaTRe, nORTh VanCOUVeRFriday, December 20, 4pm & 7:30pm

kay meek TheaTRe, wesT VanCOUVeRSaturday, December 21, 4pm & 7:30pm

mIChael J. fOX TheaTRe, BURnaBySunday, December 22, 7:30pm

Gordon Gerrard conductor Christopher Gaze host UBC opera ensemble enChor

The VsO’s Traditional Christmas concerts present beautiful, heartwarming Christmas music and carols in seven different venues around the Lower Mainland. secure your tickets now for these sure-to-sell-out concerts!

PRESENTS

CHRISTOPHER GAzEGORDON GERRARD

@vsorchestra

Tickets online at vancouversymphony.caor call 604.876.3434