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SAVE THE DATE
Gala Celebrating 15 Seasons with
Maestro Theodore Kuchar
Sunday April 24, 2016
Immediately following the performance of Alexander Nevsky
The Grand Ballroom
1401 Fulton Street
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William Saroyan Theatre 3:00 pm
Theodore Kuchar, conductor
Kelley O’Connor, mezzo-spoprano
Fresno Master Chorale
Fresno State Concert Choir
Anna Hamre, director
Dvořák Biblical Songs
Kalinokov Symphony No. 1
Prokofiev Alexander Nevsky
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MU SI C D I R E C TO R T H E O D O R E K UC H A R
The multiple award-winning conductor Theodore Kuchar
is the most recorded conductor of his generation and
appears on over 100 compact discs for the Naxos, Brilliant
Classics, Ondine and Marco Polo labels. He opens
the 2015-2016 Season with no less than six separate
programs in the first four weeks, totaling nearly 22,000
miles of travel, cities including Bayreuth, Cleveland,
Fresno, Leipzig, Reno and Weimar. He has served as
Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of two of Europe’s
leading orchestras, the Janácek Philharmonic Orchestra
(formerly the Czech Radio Orchestra) (2005-2013) and the
National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine (1994-2004).
In the 2011-12 season he commenced his tenure as
Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of the Orquesta
Sinfónica de Venezuela. He presently also serves as Music
Director and Conductor of the Fresno Philharmonic
Orchestra (2002- ) and the Reno Chamber Orchestra
(2003- ). Since January 2013 he has served as Principal
Conductor of the Slovak Sinfonietta. An avid chamber
musician, he served as the Artistic Director of The Australian Festival of Chamber Music
(1990-2006), and presently serves as the Artistic Director of the Nevada Chamber Music Festival
since 2005.
Among Mr. Kuchar’s numerous accolades include BBC Record of the Year, Australian Broadcasting
Corporation Record of the Year, Chamber Music America Record of the Year, Gramophone Magazine’s
Editor’s Choice and a nomination for a Latin Grammy Award (in the category of Best Instrumental
Album of 2013)? The 2014-15 season saw the release of seven new compact discs, devoted to the
complete symphonies of Ukrainian Boris Lyatoshynsky and Yevhen Stankovych (National Symphony
Orchestra of Ukraine), orchestral works by the Turkish composer Ulvi Camal Erkin (with the
Istanbul State Symphony Orchestra) and American composers Paul Chihara and Walter Saul.
Highlights of the past several seasons have included a four-week, 20 concert tour of the USA with
the Czech Symphony Orchestra while guest conducting engagements including the BBC Symphony,
BBC National Symphony Orchestra of Wales (filling in on one day’s notice to conduct Josef Suk’s
epic Asrael Symphony), Berlin Symphony, English Chamber Orchestra, Cape Town Philharmonic
Orchestra, Israel Symphony Orchestra, Prague Symphony Orchestra, Munich Philharmonic, Istanbul
State Symphony Orchestra and the National Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela. He has collaborated
with major artists including James Galway, Jessye Norman, Lynn Harrell, Shlomo Mintz, Itzhak
Perlman, Yo-Yo Ma, Sarah Chang, Mstislav Rostropovich, Joshua Bell, and Frederica von Stade,
among others.
With the Janácek Philharmonic Orchestra, Kuchar has recorded 15 compact discs devoted to
the complete symphonies of Carl Nielsen, the complete overtures and tone poems of Dvorak,
and the complete orchestral works of Czech composer Bedrich Smetana for the Brilliant Classics
label. Also completed for Brilliant Classics was a world premiere recording of Rachmaninov’s Fifth
Piano Concerto, a reconstruction of that composer’s Second Symphony based on the composer’s
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earliest manuscripts, and the Piano Concertos of Ravel and Bartók. With the Janácek Philharmonic
Orchestra, Kuchar has conducted tours of Australia, Germany, Italy, Korea, The Netherlands,
Switzerland, and the USA.
During his tenure with the National Symphony Orchestra of the Ukraine, Kuchar conducted cycles
of the complete symphony by Beethoven, Bruckner, Mahler, Prokofiev, Schubert and Shostakovich,
and led eleven international tours to Asia, Australia, Central Europe and the United Kingdom. Under
Mr. Kuchar’s direction, the National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine became the most frequently
recorded orchestra of the former Soviet Union. Between 1994 and 2004 the orchestra recorded
over 80 compact discs for the Naxos and Marco Polo labels, including the complete symphonies
of Kalinnikov, Lyatoshynsky, Martinu and Prokofiev, as well as major works of Dvorak, Glazunov,
Mozart, Shchedrin, Shostakovich and Tchaikovsky. They also recorded the symphonies and
orchestral works of Ukraine’s leading contemporary symphonist, Yevhen Stankovych. The recording
of Lyatoshynsky’s Symphonies Nos. 2 and 3 was awarded ABC’s “Best International Recording of
the Year” in 1994. Their recording of the complete works for violin and orchestra by Walter Piston
for the Naxos label was hailed by Gramophone (January, 2000) as a “Record of the Year” for 1999.
The complete symphonies of Prokofiev, on the Naxos label, are regarded by many critics as the most
accomplished cycle available on compact disc.
Kuchar remains as strong an advocate of composers of the present day as he does of the great composers
of the past. In addition to his recordings of contemporary works with the NSO of Ukraine, he has
also conducted premieres of works by Lukas Foss (the Capriccio for Cello and Orchestra, with
Yo-Yo Ma as soloist), Giya Kancheli, Joseph Schwantner, Alfred Schnittke, Osvaldo Golijov and
Rodion Shchedrin, among others.
Theodore Kuchar graduated from the Cleveland Institute of Music and in 1981, he was awarded
the Paul Fromm Fellowship from the Boston Symphony Orchestra at the Berkshire Music Center
at Tanglewood, subsequently reinvited for the following summer. He continues to devote several
periods annually to one of his most serious passions, the performance of chamber music and has
been a participant at major international festivals, including Kuhmo, Lockenhaus, the Australian
Festival of Chamber Music and the Nevada Chamber Music Festival. His colleagues have included
James Buswell, Martin Chalifour, Sarah Chang, Lynn Harrell, Alexander Ivashkin, Truls Mork,
Paul Neubauer, Irina Schnittke, and Thomas Zehetmair. In 1994, he participated with colleagues
Oleh Krysa and Alexander Ivashkin in the world premiere of Penderecki’s String Trio in New York
City. He has appeared as violist in recordings on the Naxos label of works by Alfred Schnittke (with
Irina Schnittke and Mark Lubotsky – this recording was awarded the BBC’s “CD of the Year” award
for 2002), Bohuslav Martinu and Walter Piston. The latter recording was awarded the Chamber
Music America/WQXR “Record of the Year” for 2001.
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WHAT’S
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MUSIC DIRECTOR THEODORE KUCHAR | 12
PAST PRESIDENTS | 19
FROM THE PRESIDENT & CEO | II
FROM THE PODIUM | III
FEBRUARY 13 & 14, 2016 PROGRAM | V
GUEST ARTIST BIOGRAPHY | VI
FRESNO PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA | XIII
ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF | XV
BOARD OF DIRECTORS | XV
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CONTRIBUTORS TO THE FRESNO
PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION | XVI
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F RO M TH E P R E S I D E N T & CE O
Dear Fresno Philharmonic Patrons,
Welcome to the Fresno Philharmonic’s 2015-2016 Season!
We’re so pleased to have you with us. Listening to live music is
one of life’s great pleasures, like enjoying a great meal or a fine
wine, and we hope you come away from your experience in the
concert hall transformed and refreshed.
What we have in store for you this season is truly special. Maestro Theodore
Kuchar’s 15 year tenure as Music Director of the Fresno Philharmonic has been
transformative in many ways. As the second longest serving artistic leader in the
organization’s history, he has forged an orchestra which plays better than it ever
has and exposed Fresno audiences to artists and repertoire which they had never
heard before. The concerts this season capture the essence of Maestro Kuchar’s
vision for the orchestra.
The entire Fresno Philharmonic family is grateful to Maestro Kuchar for
the extraordinary artistic leadership he has provided to our organization and
community. His legacy includes expanded education programs which now reach
over 8,000 school children, conducting and mentoring young musicians of all
ages, pops concerts which introduce the orchestra to new audiences every year
and last season’s dramatic commemoration of the Armenian Genocide Centennial
including the orchestra’s first ever performance in San Francisco.
Thanks to Theodore Kuchar, the Fresno Philharmonic will move into the future
as an artistically vibrant and engaged ensemble dedicated to musical excellence
and the vision of bringing this music we love to more and more people.
We invite you to join us on this continuing journey together.
Sincerely,
Stephen Wilson
President & CEO
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FROM THE PODIUM
Dear Friends and Patrons,
It is with equal amounts of contemplation and excitement
that I enter my fifteenth and final season as the Music
Director of the Fresno Philharmonic Orchestra. Indeed, the
orchestra, choruses, all of the repertoire and each of the guest
artists have played a memorable role in my development and
approaching each program with that extra sense of nostalgia
and maturity makes this season so special.
The music of Shostakovich, Bruckner, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Nielsen and Prokofiev
has been central to my time here in Fresno as well as in my recordings and
concerts with orchestras throughout the world. I look forward to revisiting with
you great works such as the Brahms First Symphony, Tchaikovsky’s Francesca
da Rimini, Nielsen’s “Inextinguishable” Symphony No. 4 and Prokofiev’s
Alexander Nevsky, as well as our first performances in Fresno of Bruckner’s
Symphony No. 7, Richard Strauss’ Suite from Der Rosenkavalier and Kallinikov’s
Symphony No. 1.
Close friends and colleagues such as Lynn Harrell, Pascal Rogé, Sergei Babayan
and Kelley O’Connor are very familiar to the Fresno Philharmonic and it’s
always a pleasure to welcome them back. And I’m very pleased to introduce
you to two amazingly talented young violinists: Noah Bendix-Balgley, recently
appointed First Concertmaster of the Berlin Philharmonic and Italy’s rising star
Francesca Dego.
It’s been an honor and a pleasure to serve the cause of music in the Central Valley
for fifteen years at the helm of the Fresno Philharmonic. I want to thank the board,
the musicians and, most of all, the audience and supporters of the Fresno
Philharmonic for making this remarkable journey together possible. I’m proud of
what we have accomplished and express my sincerest thanks for your enthusiasm
and support.
Sincerely,
Theodore Kuchar
Music Director
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Theodore Kuchar, conductor
Francesca Dego, violin
BELLA ITALIA
GIUSEPPE VERDI
I vespri siciliani: Overture
C. 9 min
Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major, Op. 6 C. 75 min
NICCOLÒ PAGANINI
Allegro maestoso
Adagio
Rondo (Allegro spirituoso)
— INTERMISSION —
ALFREDO CASELLA
Paganiniana, Op. 65
Allegro agitato
Polacchetta
Romanza
Tarantella
C. 18 min
PYOTR ILYICH
TCHAIKOVSKY
C. 22 min
Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32
Inside the Music with Dr. Benjamin Boone is presented one hour prior to the
concert thanks to the sponsorship of McCormick Barstow, LLP
The Fresno Philharmonic’s 2015-2016 season is made possible by the generous support of
Leon S. Peters Foundation
Bonner Family Foundation
Ann & Gordon Getty Foundation
Lyles Foundation
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F R AN CE S C A D E GO, violin
Francesca Dego has established herself as one of the best young
artists on the Italian musical scene. Recently signed by Deutsche
Grammophon, her debut album with the 24 Paganini Caprices
recorded on the ex-Ricci Guarneri del Gesù was released in October
2012 and received high critical acclaim. Over the next two years she
will be recording the complete Beethoven violin sonatas, the first
volume was released in Spring 2014. She is also featured guest artist
in Italian tenor Vittorio Grigolo’s album “Ave Maria” released by
Sony Classical.
Winner of numerous national and international Competitions, in
2008 she was the first Italian female violinist since 1961 to reach
the final of the renowned “Paganini Competition” in Genoa and she
won the “Enrico Costa” prize for having been the youngest finalist.
Francesca made her debut as soloist at the age of 7 in California with a Bach concerto, in Italy at 14
with Beethoven Concerto and at 15 with Brahms concerto in Milan conducted by György Györiványi
Ráth and Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante at the Tel Aviv Opera House with Shlomo Mintz. Since
then she performs regularly with major orchestras including the Milan Symphony, the Orchestre
Philharmonique de Nice, the Chamber Orchestra of La Scala, European Union Chamber Orchestra,
Sofia Festival Orchestra, the Teatro Colon Orchestra of Buenos Aires, “Arturo Toscanini” Symphony
Orchestra, Arena di Verona Orchestra, the Soloists of the Rostov State Theatre, Leeds’ Opera
North Symphony Orchestra, Israel Sinfonietta, Trento “Haydn” Orchestra, Turin Philharmonic,
“I Pomeriggi Musicali”, the Bologna, Trieste, Genova and Bari Theater Orchestras and the Orchestra
della Toscana (ORT) alongside great soloists and conductors such as Salvatore Accardo, Christopher
Hogwood, Bruno Giuranna, Gianluigi Gelmetti, Julian Kovatchev, Wayne Marshall, Antonio
Meneses, Domenico Nordio, Donato Renzetti, Daniele Rustioni, Yoel Levi, Jan Lisiecki, Peter Stark
and Xian Zhang.
She regularly appears in prestigious venues and festivals including Wigmore Hall and Royal Albert
Hall in London, Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires, Moscow’s Tchaikovsky Hall and St. Petersburg’s
Philharmonic, Shanghai’s Oriental Arts Center and Beijing’s NCPA, Bruxelles and Geneva, “Les
Flâneries Musicales” festival in Reims and “Generation Virtuoses” festival in Antibes, in Lebanon
at the Al Bustan festival and in Perù for Lima’s Sociedad Filarmonica. She performed as soloist at
the Concerts for Life and Peace in Bethlehem and Jerusalem with the Orchestra Giovanile Italiana
under Nicola Paszkowski and at the 2014 Remembrance Day Concert in Rome, broadcast worldwide
by RAI. In June 2014 she was invited to open the Football World Cup in Brazil performing at
Rio De Janeiro’s Theatro Municipal.
Upcoming highlights include debuts with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Lisbon’s
Orquestra Sinfónica Portuguesa, Tokyo Symphony Orchestra at Suntory Hall, Kyushu Symphony,
the Armenian Philharmonic, Tarstastan State Symphony Orchestra (Russia), Orchestra da Camera
di Mantova, Thailand Philharmonic and the Philharmonique du Liban. Her live recording of the
Beethoven concerto at 14 years old comprised a large part of the sound track of the documentary
“The Gerson Miracle”, winner of the Golden Palm at the 2004 Beverly Hills Film Festival and
selections from her CDs have been included in the sound track of the 2008 film by prize-winning
director Steve Kroschel “The Beautiful Truth”.
Francesca plays a precious Francesco Ruggeri violin (Cremona 1697) and the ex-Ricci Guarneri
del Gesù (Cremona 1734) courtesy of Florian Leonhard Fine Violins.
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B I O G R APH Y
DR . B E NJ A M I N B OON E
Educator, Scholar, Composer and Saxophonist Dr. Benjamin Boone,
originally from Statesville, N.C., is a Professor at California State
University Fresno where he has taught since 2000. He has received
the University’s President’s Award of Excellence, the Provost Award
for Outstanding Achievement in Research, Scholarship and Creative
Activities, and the University Faculty Spirit of Service Award. In
addition to his duties as a faculty member, he currently serves as the
Faculty Service-Learning Scholar for the University’s Richter Center
for Civic Engagement and Service-Learning. Previously, Boone
taught at the University of Tennessee, where he received the
Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching.
A Fulbright Senior Specialist Fellow to the Univeritatea de Stat “Alecu Russo” (Republic of
Moldova), Boone’s research on speech from a musical perspective has been noted in Oxford’s The
New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians and most recently in the Journal of the
Acoustical Society of America. He has also edited manuscripts of Music Theory texts for
Schirmer/Wadsworth, McGraw Hill and Prentice Hall.
Boone’s compositions have been performed in twenty-six countries, appear on over twenty-five
CDs, have been featured in film, have been the subject of national broadcasts on National Public
Radio and Bavarian Radio, and have garnered over eighteen national/international honors and
awards. He is currently working on a string quartet for Germany’s Verdi String Quartet. He
recently completed the orchestral piece Waterless Music, that features the narration and poetry of
Philip Levine, along with two amplified 44 quartet containers of water. Search “Waterless Music”
to view a performance of this work by the Fresno Summer Academy Orchestra at Los Angeles’
Walt Disney Concert Hall.
As a saxophonist, Boone has performed extensively throughout the US and Europe. His debut
jazz CD, The Benjamin Boone Quartet: Live with Steve Mitchell broke into the national airplay
charts and remained in the top 100 for three weeks. Saxophone Journal highlighted Boone’s
playing in the article A Lesson With Benjamin Boone. He has recorded extensively for the
renowned Bayerischer Rundfunk Studio Franken with German violinist/composer Stefan Poetzsch,
including the Capstone Records CD, Eastbound-Westbound, the one-hour music special Delays,
and an hour-long live broadcast from the 2012 Poeten Fest. A CD with former U.S. Poet Laureate
Philip Levine titled The Poetry of Jazz – The Jazz of Poetry, featuring musicians sucg as Branford
Marsalis, Chris Potter, Tom Harrell, Greg Osby and leading local musicians was mixed this summer
in New York and should be available soon.
Boone has had numerous jobs that have shaped his perspectives. These include: dishwasher;
waiter, construction grunt worker, demolition, catering, landscaping, assistant to a biologist
(infrasonically recording of rhinoceros vocalizations in Zimbabwe and Zambia), and music business
manager in New York City.
For a catalogue of works, sound files, research summaries, press, discography, and educational resources,
visit www.BenjaminBoone.com
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Overture (Sinfonia) to I vespri siciliani
Giuseppe Verdi
1813-1901
Although Verdi originally composed I vespri siciliani in 1855 for the Paris Opera, the subject matter
took up the theme of Italian nationalism so close to the composer’s heart. The opera dramatizes the
historic uprising of 1282, when Sicilian patriots massacred some 2,000 of their French oppressors.
The title refers to the ringing of the bells for Vespers, the signal for the rebellion.
Les vêpres siciliennes, as the Paris version was called, was a five-act extravaganza with massive choral
parts and a ballet (an essential component of French opera of the mid-nineteenth century, which
Verdi despised). The opera initially met with great popular acclaim in France. But perhaps because
of its unflattering portrayal of the French, it has survived primarily in its later Italian version as
I vespri siciliani. Naturally, there is a cross-cultural love story between the Duchess Elena (sister of
Duke Frederick of Austria) and Arrigo, a Sicilian patriot.
The overture is one of Verdi’s most ambitious. It follows the typical structure for the genre, a slow
introduction plus a faster section in modified sonata form. The composer uses important themes
from the opera to set the mood of the work as a whole and symbolize its important dramatic and
political messages. The introduction begins with a short stuttering three-note death motive that
Verdi had already used in the last act of La traviata and the earlier Macbeth. This motive persists as
an undercurrent of the first theme, from Duchess Elena’s Act 1 aria in which she cryptically conveys
to the Sicilians that their fate is in their hands.
The orchestra then bursts into the Allegro, the music of the massacre itself, which also acts as a bridge
passage to the second theme. The new theme represents the essential conflict of the Sicilian hero,
Arrigo, who discovers during the course of the opera that he is the illegitimate son of Guy de Monfort,
the leader of the French oppressors. The theme is taken from the Act 3 duet between father and son.
The development section centers on the duet theme, now combined with the death motive of the
introduction. The conclusion, however, is an obligatory rousing Allegro, an age-old device – best
known in Rossini’s overtures – for getting the audience worked up to begin the opera proper.
Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 6 Nicoló Paganini
1782-1840
In the annals of classical music, few have elicited in their lifetime the kind of awe and mystique
that surrounded every step in the life of violinist and composer Nicoló Paganini. His incredible
technical ability epitomized to his contemporaries the ultimate in violin playing and was considered
“miraculous and inconceivable” by a French competitor. While later generations of performers
were able to master his technical feats, few could approach his incredible musicianship and
emotional power. As Friedrich Wieck, Clara Schumann’s father stated: “Never did I hear a singer
who touched me as deeply as an adagio played by Paganini…”
Paganini developed a totally new set of techniques for violin playing. One of his trademarks was the
ricochet, in which he played a number of bouncing notes in a single bow stroke. He perfected the art of
playing single – and double-stop harmonics, aided by thinner strings. He developed his own bowing
and fingering technique and used his incredible dexterity to produce a stunning left hand pizzicato.
Because of their technical difficulties, Paganini’s compositions have generally been looked upon as mere
bravura pieces and held in low esteem. However many of his compositions, especially the imaginative
24 Caprices for Solo Violin, Op. 1, show great creative fantasy and have inspired innumerable
composers, including Schumann, Brahms, Chopin, Liszt and Rachmaninov.
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The Violin Concerto No.1 was probably composed in 1817-18. It was actually written in E-Flat,
a key that made it practically impossible to play. What his listeners and competitors did not know
was that Paganini tuned his instrument half a tone higher (a technique called scordatura), which
enabled him to play the solo part as if it were in D, the easiest key for a violinist. It is the key in
which the work is commonly played today.
In general Paganini had a fine melodic gift in keeping with the bel canto operas of Rossini, Bellini
and Donizetti. The opening movement of the Concerto far exceeds the other two in length and
musical complexity. The standard double exposition in the solo concerto is enhanced here because
the violin repeats the opening themes in elaborate variations. In fact, fantasy and variation are
particularly appropriate terms to describe Paganini’s handling of thematic material since these
devices are best suited to display the violinist’s technical feats.
The second movement is marked Adagio espressivo featuring a long melancholy theme that could
have been taken right out of a Bellini opera. The third movement rondo was a vehicle for Paganini
to show off his new ricochet bowing.
Paganiniana
Alfredo Casella
1883-1947
Italian composer, conductor and pianist Alfredo Casella came from a family of musicians – his father
was a professional cellist, his mother a pianist, and his grandfather also a professional cellist and a
friend of Paganini. He studied at the Paris Conservatoire under Gabriel Fauré, with fellow students,
Maurice Ravel and George Enescu. Like many composers of his generation, he admired Baroque
music and was instrumental in the Vivaldi revival in the 1930s. Casella was also an avid collector of
paintings and sculpture. From 1927 to 1929 he was the conductor of the Boston Pops, just before
Arthur Fiedler.
Casella composed Paganiniana for the centenary of the Vienna Philharmonic in 1942. Mercifully,
he passed up the opportunity to add yet another set of variations based on Caprice No. 24, using
far less familiar Paganini compositions as his sources. Casella’s harmonies resemble Igor Stravinsky’s
original neo-classical works. Each paraphrase bears an original introduction before the fireworks
begin. At times, Paganiniana adheres closely to the source, much as Stravinsky’s highly derivative
Pulcinella and The Fairy’s Kiss, based on music by Pergolesi and Tchaikovsky respectively.
The tempi of the movements parallel the order in a Romantic symphony:
I.
Allegro agitato: A workout for the orchestral strings, using parts of Caprices No. 5, 12, 16 & 19.
II.Polachetta: Allegretto moderato: The dotted rhythm that pervades the movement is the main
characteristic of the polonaise. The source is the Guitar quartet Op. 5, No. 6.
III.Romanza: Larghetto cantabile amoroso: This movement is a paraphrase of La primavera for
solo violin and orchestra.
IV.Tarantella: Presto molto: The rather creepy introduction to this Tarantella, originally for solo
violin and guitar, is Casella’s original contribution.
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Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
1840-1893
Dante’s Inferno served as inspiration to a slew of artists of the Romantic era. The story of the adulterous
passion of Francesca da Rimini from Canto 5 had a special appeal to Tchaikovsky, whose illicit
homosexual relationships tortured him throughout his life. Francesca, married to the domineering
hunchback Gianciotto Malatesta, Lord of Rimini, is seduced by Gianciotto’s brother Paolo while
the two are reading the story of Lancelot and Guinevere. When Gianciotto, returning from the
hunt, catching the lovers in their tryst, he slaughters them both. With personal regret, Dante assigns
them to Hell.
Francesca da Rimini began in 1876 as a project for an opera when Tchaikovsky received a libretto
on the subject from his friend the writer and music critic Hermann Laroche. But other projects
intervened, including his work on the ballet Swan Lake, and Tchaikovsky abandoned it for lack of
time. Instead, at the suggestion of his brother Modest, he decided to compose an orchestral work,
similar to his Fantasy Overture to Romeo and Juliet. He wrote to Modest: “I wrote it with love and
think that love has come through the music quite well.”
Tchaikovsky followed Dante’s description of his encounter with the souls of the lovers in the second
circle of Hell, which the poet designated as the circle for punishing sins of the flesh (Other residents
were Helen of Troy, Paris and Cleopatra.) The composer was also influenced by the illustration
by Gustave Doré for an 1861 edition of Dante’s Commedia, depicting the eternal tempest that
buffets Paolo and Francesca, eternally physically conjoined to each other but unable to consummate
their love (Gianciotto Malatesta, meanwhile, is suffering a worse torment in the frozen lake at the
bottom of Hell for the murderers of a kinsman.)
Tchaikovsky’s score is a musical dramatization, not of the actual incident that condemns the two
lovers, but rather of Francesca’s recalling it to Dante in Hell. Therefore, the whirlwind is a constant
dominating presence in the music. By Divine Will it abates only as Francesca, portrayed in a
mournful clarinet solo, begins her story.
The love theme is poignantly seductive – as was the story of Lancelot for the doomed lovers.
It takes up most of the central part of the tone poem, but at the sound of a hunting horn, the
murder quickly ensues; the lovers are instantly judged and cast into the whirlwind, while Dante
faints in morally inappropriate sympathy for the damned pair.
Program notes by:
Joseph & Elizabeth Kahn
Wordpros@ mindspring.com
www.wordprosmusic.com
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Theodore Kuchar, Music Director
VIOLIN I
Stephanie Sant ‘Ambrogio
Concertmaster
Calvin Lewis
Asst. Concertmaster
Janice Fleming
Andre Hagopian
Endowed Chair
John Morrice
John and Mitzi Conrad
Endowed Chair
Elaine Ikemoto
Matt Mazzei
Jay Zhong
Rudolfina Sjostrand
Lisa Lhee
Petr Masek
Juan Gutierrez
VIOLIN II
Mira Khomik
Acting Principal
Cynthia Stuart
Asst. Principal
Brad Taylor
Barbara Schaefer
Erin Adams
Lianna Stuart
Ivalina Kolfer
Shelby Yamin
Araksia Nazlikian
VIOLA
Claudia Shiuh
Principal
Frank Moradian
Endowed Chair
Roz Gratz
Asst. Principal
Nina Mendelson
Jeffrey Sandersier
Heather Gardner
Galina Andre
Martha Brody
Jill van Gee
CELLO
Gerald Miller
Principal
Pearl B. Winter
Endowed Chair
Alicja Blanquart
Asst. Principal
William T. Coyle and Wanda
G. Coyle Endowed Chair
Judy Robinson
Melinda Mack
Nancy Skei
Claudia Vanderschraaf
BASS
Stephanie Payne
Acting Principal
Heidi Franklin
Acting Asst. Principal
Tim Giannopolous
Benjamin Green
Sheldon Schlesinger
FLUTE
Janette Erickson
Principal
Pam Ellzey
Red and Nancy Arnold
Endowed Chair
Cathi Tudman
OBOE
Rong-Huey Liu
Principal
Honorable Edward and Anita
Shanahan Endowed Chair
Rachel Aldrich
Gabrielle Castriotta
CLARINET
Lea Steffens
Principal
Sarah Bonomo
Larry Honda
HORN
Emily Reppun
Acting Principal
William and Eleanor
Knudsen Endowed Chair
Alicia Mastromonaco
Elisha Wilson
Jennie Blomster
TRUMPET
Kale Cummings
Acting Principal
Parker M. Powell
Endowed Chair
Ron Franklin
Joe Farkas
Nathan Sobieralski
TROMBONE
Anthony Collins
Acting Principal
Alex Bedner
Callan Milani
TUBA
Don Thornton
Acting Principal
TIMPANI
Timothy Dent
Acting Principal
PERCUSSION
Corey Ritter
Principal
Del Crummy and Family
Endowed Chair
Tammy van der Paardt
Craig Cory
HARP
Wendy LeBlanc
Acting Principal
BASSOON
Larry Gardner
Principal
Theresa Treuenfels
FR ESN O PHIL HA R M O N IC XIII
XIV F R E S N O PHIL HARM O NIC
A DM I N I S TR AT I V E S TA F F
Theodore Kuchar,
Music Director
Connie Miranda,
Patron Services Manager
Vincent Keenan,
Stage Manager
Stephen Wilson,
Chief Executive Officer
Laura Bautista,
House Manager
Mark Stotzer,
Production Manager
Annie Schmidt,
Development Manager
Cathi Graves Tudman,
Librarian
Ron Webb,
Photographer
Stacy Woods,
Marketing Director
Wayne Solomon,
Orchestra Personnel Manager
2 0 1 5 -2 0 1 6 B OA R D O F D I R E C TO R S
Judith L. Kuipers, Ph.D.
Chairperson
Bernard K. Karian, D.D.S.
Vice Chairperson
Wayne W. Boos, C.P.A.
Treasurer
Richard Mendoza, M.D.
Secretary
John Hastrup,
Chairperson Elect
Stephen Wilson,
President & CEO
Robert Bullwinkel
Michael James Chappell
José A. Díaz, D.M.A.
Martin Dietz
Peter Fashing
David Hadden, M.D.
Larry Hagopian
Margaret Desmond Hughes
Beanie Irola
J.D. Northway, M.D.
Kevork Oflazian
James V. Prochazka, M.D.
Peter N. Smits, Ph.D.
Todd Suntrapak
Patricia A. Towne, C.P.A.
Robert G. Ware, Ph.D.
Kay Whitten, R.N.
Curtis R. Wong, C.P.A.
PRESIDENTS EMERITI
Charles W. Bonner*
Karney Hodge*
DIRECTORS EMERITI
Larry Balakian
J. Delbert Crummey*
Joseph F. Desmond*
Henrietta Hagopian
Frank Moradian*
Roxie Moradian
Edward Nichols*
Anita Shanahan
Lawrence E. Wayte
James H. Winter, Ph.D.*
*Deceased
The Fresno Philharmonic is a proud member of the Association of California Symphony Orchestras, the Valley Cultural
Coalition, and The League of American Orchestras.
The Fresno Philharmonic Association is a corporation formed under the California Non-Profit Public Benefit
Corporation Law for the purpose of promoting orchestral music in the central San Joaquin Valley region. The Association
is the parent organization of the Fresno Philharmonic.
The Board of Directors of the Association is elected by the membership at the Annual Meeting held in June. A current
voting member is a person who is both a current season subscriber and a donor at or above the $250 level.
Contributions to the Fresno Philharmonic Association are tax-deductible for both Federal and State purposes.
FR ESN O PHIL HA R M O N IC XV
C O NT RI BU TO R S TO T H E F R E SN O
PHI LHA R M O N I C A S S O CIATIO N
We gratefully acknowledge the following individuals, corporations, and foundations for their generous support of the
Fresno Philharmonic. This listing includes contributions received through January 15, 2016.
V I RT U OS O $ 5 0 , 0 0 0 A ND A B OVE
Dr. J. D. Northway
I M P R E S A R I O $ 2 5 , 0 0 0 A ND A B OVE
Daniel R. Martin Family
Foundation
VanBeurden Insurance
Services, Inc.
G O L D B ATO N $ 1 5 , 0 0 0 A ND A B OVE
Bonner Family Foundation
Dr. and Mrs. Bernard K.
Karian
Leon S. Peters Foundation
Valley Children’s Healthcare
PR E S I D E NT ’ S CO U NC I L $ 1 0 , 0 0 0 A N D A B OVE
Bank of America Charitable
Foundation
Mrs. Fermin Campos
Fresno County Office
of Education
JEM Restaurant Management,
Margaret Desmond Hughes
and Joan D. Gaskins
Mrs. Andrew Hagopian
Coke and James Hallowell
Annette La Rue
Mrs. Frank Moradian
Mrs. Edward J. Shanahan
United Security Bank
Mr. and Mrs. Curtis R. Wong
C I RCL E O F 2 5 $ 5 , 0 0 0 A ND A B OVE
Adeline E. Ritchie
Charitable Trust
Ann and Gordon Getty
Foundation
Armenian Genocide
Centennial, Fresno
Bank of the West
Boos & Associates,
A Professional Corporation
California Eye Institute
Commercial Manufacturing,
Blythe and Larry Hagopian
Virginia S. Eaton
Educational Employees
Credit Union
Drs. Linda and Robert
Glassman
Beanie Irola
Siranouche Krikorian
Lyles Foundation
McCormick, Barstow, LLP
Drs. Richard and
Valerie Mendoza
Caren Myers, Fresno Lexus
Judith and Donald Peracchi
Dr. and Mrs. James V.
Prochazka
River Park
Stan and Darlene Spano
Saint Agnes Medical Center
Three Friends of the
Philharmonic
Patricia A. Towne, C.P.A.
John L. and Bernice Woolf
Michael and Shelly Woolf
O RC H E S T R A C O U NC I L $ 2 , 5 0 0 A ND A B OVE
A Friend of the Philharmonic
Baker, Manock & Jensen
Nancy and Jack Baker
Gus and Greti Bonner
Wayne Boos
California Arts Council
Mr. and Mrs. Antonio Campos
Chappell-McCullar, LLC
Darden Architects
DERCO Associates, Inc.
Dr. David A. Fox
Paul M. Gibson and
Joan E. Eaton/
Guarantee Real Estate
The Harry M. Ermoian
Foundation
J. P. Lamborn Co.
Dr. Judith L. Kuipers
Patricia B. Libby
Raymond C. Libby
Dr. and Mrs. J. Malcolm
Masten
The Radin Foundation
The Ralph Ermoian
Foundation
Save Mart Supermarkets
Valley Music Center
Dr. Richard and Kay Whitten
Stephen Wilson and
Martha Brody
Gifts received after January 15, 2016 will be acknowledged in the next concert program.
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C O NT RI BU TO R S TO T H E F R E SN O
PHI LHA R M O N I C A S S O CIATION
We gratefully acknowledge the following individuals, corporations, and foundations for their generous support of the
Fresno Philharmonic. This listing includes contributions received through January 15, 2016.
C O N D U C TO R ’ S CI RCL E $ 1 , 0 0 0 A ND A B OVE
A Friend of the Philharmonic
The Family of Dr. Charles Achki
Dr. and Mrs. Varoujan
Altebarmakian
August Madrigal Fund at the
Fresno Regional Foundation
Baker, Peterson & Franklin, CPA
Peter and Susan Bartlett
Robert Boro
Mr. Glen Burgess and
Ms. Susan Abundis
Robert and Tay Cherry
Gary and Anita Cregger
Cynthia Curry, M.D.
Avnell Daniels
Frederick and Leslie Dau
José A. Díaz and Thomas
Sanchez DeLeon
Mr. and Mrs. Edmund M. Dill
Rick and Christie Docker
Raymond and Jacqueline
Doumanian
William and Paula Dragoo
Dick and Jean Ellsworth
Ken and Pamela Ellzey
Mr. and Mrs. Robert M.
Estrada
Peter and Lynette Fashing
Gary and Jane Fisher
Robert and Beatrice Fleming
Ford Financial Group
Dr. Arnold H. and
Dianne Gazarian
Guarantee Goodwill Network
Betty Haak
Dr. and Mrs. David Hadden
Mr. Mark A. Hagopian
John and Stephanie Hastrup
Christy V. Hicks
Gordon and Ruri Honda
Dr. Phyllis Irwin
LeeAnn Jansen
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Jensen
Dr. Ernest Kazato and
Dr. Carolyn Sakauye
Claude Laval
Dr. Marketa Limova
Steven and Lori Lum
Miles, Sears & Eanni
Steve Moore
Mrs. Edward Nichols
Pearson Realty
Edward and Irene Peloian
Jeff and Sandra Peracchi
Regional Hand Center of
Central California
Paul and Beverley Rohrer
Eleni Rotous, M.D. and
Chris Rockas
Schneider Electric
Mr. and Mrs. James J. Shelton
Drs. Peter and Susan Smits
Spencer Enterprises, Inc.
Marsha L. Vucovich
Wallet Family Trust
James Walton
Dr. Robert G. Ware
Elizabeth Watson
Weiss, Martin, Salinas & Hearst
Barbara A. White
William David Phillips
Fund at the Fresno
Regional Foundation
James and Debra Yakligian
C O M PO S E R ’ S CI RCL E $ 7 5 0 A ND A B OVE
Ms. Claire L. Hampton
Jane Willson and
Malcolm MacDonald
PR I N C I PA L P L AY E R $ 5 0 0 A ND A B OVE
A Friend of the
Philharmonic (2)
Ruth Elaine Andersen
Mrs. Jean Beardsley
The Bertha &
John Garabedian
Charitable Foundation
Barbara Christian
Clu Cotter Charitable Fund
James Costa
Mary Ann Dews
John R. Donaldson and
Ruth H. Reynolds
William and Kathryn Elliott
Mr. and Mrs. Don Fahrney
Dr. Anna Hamre
Louise Hastrup
Carolyn Hodge
Edwin D. Huff
Dr. Myron and
Mrs. Brenda Joseph
Ruth Kallenberg
Bill and Laurie Leifer
Diane Majors
Dr. and Mrs. Gerald R.
McMenamin
Sharon Metzler
Lisa Grote and John Northway
Kenneth and Sheila Otteson
Barbara and Jack Paris
Mrs. James H. Perkins
Donald Peter
Dr. and Mrs. William Podolsky
Olga Quercia
Mrs. Betty Jean Rose
David and Susan Snyder
Cathi Graves Tudman
Ernie and Marcy Valdovinos
Jim and Terri Walls
Jerry and Rosemary Waters
Women’s Philharmonic
Advocacy
Evany D. Zirul, D.O.
Marilyn Zitterkopf
Gifts received after January 15, 2016 will be acknowledged in the next concert program.
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C O NT RI BU TO R S TO T H E F R E SN O
PHI LHA R M O N I C A S S O CIATIO N
We gratefully acknowledge the following individuals, corporations, and foundations for their generous support of the
Fresno Philharmonic. This listing includes contributions received through January 15, 2016.
SU S TA I NE R $ 2 5 0 A ND A B OVE
A Friend of the
Philharmonic (5)
Carrie Altintop
Marilyn Baker
Mary Jane Barbian
Nancy and Irwin Barg
Mary and Genevieve Bollman
California Agricultural
Leadership Foundation
Kaye B. Cummings
Phoebe D. Farnam
Dr. Patrick and Cynthia Ginn
Jean R. Harris
William and Gerry Hastrup
Dr. and Mrs. Hongshik Han
Mrs. Eva Helm
Alan and Karen Hopkins
Gray and Geraldine Hughes
Mrs. Arthur Jing
Ms. Susan S. Liberty
John Loomis
Elizabeth and Blair Looney
Manco Abbott
Chuck and Genie
McAlexander
Dr. John and MaryLou
McGuckin
Elizabeth Mitchell
Dr. and Mrs. W. Vincent
Moats
Sheila A. Moloney
Don and Sharon Oliver
Nicholas Don Paladino
Michael and Linda Perry
Lyn Peters
Marnie Powell
Dr. and Mrs. Ned Radich
and Family
Michael and Linda Rogers
Arminee Shishmanian
Doris Siegel
Paula Siegel and Jerry Radinoff
Donald and Donna Slinkard
Thomas and Jacqueline Spencer
Mariam Stepanian and
John Thoens
Temple Family Trust
Walter Vosganian
Mr. and Mrs. John Waugh
Mr. and Mrs. Edward L. Wells
Prof. James R. Wilson
AS S OC I AT E $ 1 0 0 A ND A B OVE
A Friend of the
Philharmonic (12)
Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Ackerman
Elizabeth O. Aller
Gerald Anderson and
Gloria Maxwell
Dr. Roberta Asahina
Elizabeth Ayvazian
Chuck Bandelian and
Lisa Franco
Edward and Donna Beckman
Frank Benneyan, D.D.S.
Anne Betancourt
Bob Bullwinkel and
Kim Morin
Allen and Denice Carden
Roy W. Carlson
Bob and Joanne Celum
Dr. and Mrs. Harry D.
Chambas
Mr. Jim Chinello and
Ms. Sally Henry
Joan W. Christenson
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Clayton
Bill and Kathy Coit
Dr. and Mrs. Jacob Colarian
Jayne and Richard Cole
Mrs. Charlene Corrin
Mrs. Theodore Cribari
Vincent and Danna Cruz
John Curtis and
Karen Yelton-Curtis
Jim H. Daggs
Richard and Janis De Benedetto
Dawn and Elena Diestelkamp
Larry Doan
Ray and Jo Dull
Carolyn and Al Evans
Dr. and Mrs. Roger Fast
Alberta Ferrer
Ingrid Fessler-Wellnitz
Hal and Ingrid Fielding
Bob and Nada Fishman
Mr. and Mrs. Steven W. Forker
Friends of the Philharmonic
Teresa and Martha Fuentes
Aram and Barbara Garabedian
David and Karen Gaylin
Ron and Roberta Genini
Mrs. Frank H. Goishi
Nancy Gorny
Dr. and Mrs. Theodore
Greaves
Alvin and Sharon Green
Stephen and Sarah Griffith
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hager
Michael Harman and
Dolores De Teresi
Ellen and Lynn Hemink
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Herbert
Jonathan Higgins
Ellen and Bob Hirth
Maggie Houlihan
Aris Howsepian
Mike and Denise Hurst
The Honorable Frederic A.
Jacobus
Janice R. Jansen
Roxie Jizmejian
Ray and Pam Kern
David and Adrienne Kimball
Gifts received after January 15, 2016 will be acknowledged in the next concert program.
XVIII F R E S N O PHIL HARM O NIC
C O NT RI BU TO R S TO T H E F R E SN O
PHI LHA R M O N I C A S S O CIATIO N
We gratefully acknowledge the following individuals, corporations, and foundations for their generous support of the
Fresno Philharmonic. This listing includes contributions received through January 15, 2016.
A S S O C I AT E $ 1 0 0 A ND A B OV E ( c o nti nue d)
Dr. and Mrs. Donald E. Knapp
Mr. and Mrs. Merle C. Knapp
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Knudsen
Shirley Kovacs
Martin and Christine Krikorian
Eric and Teresa Kurtz
Jim and Marie Lambe
Joanne Lippert
Ralph and Elaine Lynn
Judith and Jerry MacDonald
Pamuditha Mahadiulwewa
Blossom Malkasian
Eldon and Diana Marks
Robert and Cheryl Marsh
John Mazuski
Marilyn McKeever
Ron and Kathy McLaughlin
Barbara Mendes
Justine and Con Michas
Karen Morais
Elaine Moss
Marie Motta
Mu Phi Epsilon,
Fresno Alumni Chapter
Jo Murphy
Dr. and Mrs. Theodore R.
Nassar
Robert and Peggy Nevin
Judy and Jim Newton
Charlett Nilan
Michel G. Noblat
Bill and Linda Northway
Hygo Ohannessian
Keith and Diane Olsen
Robert Owen
Cleo Bauer and
Dominic Papagni
Gladys Peters
Jerrie Peters
Douglas and Joann Phillips
Carol Porter
Roberta A. Pruitt
Ruby Quackenbush Suhre
John and Christina Renna
Pamela Ann Ripley and
Eric C. Christensen
Bill and Chris Rogers
Walter and Daphne Saul
Joan Rubinstein and
Alex Sherriffs
Ross and Carolyn Rueger
Gary H. and Sara E. Rushing
Jim and Elaine Salvatore
Annie Schmidt and
Adam Schrag
Mary Esther Shekoyan
Laura Simon
William Sivick and
Janice Jansen
Alan and Pegi Sortor
William and Judith Stevens
Todd and Tammy Suntrapak
Lisa and Harry Suszko
Kay Sutherland
James and Patricia Swanson
Barbara Taniguchi
Dr. and Mrs. David E. Taylor
Ronald and Patricia Trapin
United Way of Fresno
Gillian D. Walke
Don and Eilene Werum
Dr. Ed and Naomi Wiens
David and Nancy Willis
Conrad and Sue Yhnell
Tom and Carol Yow
F R I E ND $ 5 0 A ND A B OV E
A Friend of the
Philharmonic (7)
Jason Avila
Cathy Barabe
Cynthia Bruno
Chielpegian Law Offices
Karen Chooljian
Marlene Dehn
Clifford Dodd
Charles and Sheila Dreiling
Anne and Jim Ellis
Mrs. Virginia Farquhar
Lynne and Frank Glaser
Louise Gutierrez
Mr. and Mrs. Lee W.
Halverstadt
Lois A. High
Mr. and Mrs. C.J. John
Rev. Dr. Mas and
Rev. Hope Kawashima
Julie Kirkegaard
Mr. and Mrs. Vince
Kovacevich
Sandie and Craig LaMaster
Don and Lee Leone
Susan C. McCline
Joanna McKnight
John and Helen Mary Murray
Gary and Leilani Overstreet
Idalia Perez
The Pilibos Foundation
Patrick and Sue Quigley
Ella Renna
Anthony and Hilary Ross
Mary G. Rystad-Smith
Joel and Dana Taylor
Sally and Franz Weinschenk
Dr. Zhornitskiy
Gifts received after January 15, 2016 will be acknowledged in the next concert program.
FR ESN O PHIL HA R M O N IC XIX
I N - K I N D G I FTS
July 1, 2014 through January 15, 2016
C O NCE RTO $ 5 , 0 0 0 A ND A B OVE
Baker, Peterson &
Franklin, CPA
Baker, Manock & Jensen
McCormick, Barstow, LLP
OV E RT U R E $ 1 , 0 0 0 A ND A B OVE
Bertz-Rosa Strategy & Creative
Cru Wine Company
Mike Kaufher Wine Selection
P R E LU DE $ 9 9 9 A ND B E LOW
Dr. and Mrs. Varoujan
Altebarmakian
American Pistachio Growers
Aporjon Leather & Luggage
The Brownie Baker
Mr. and Mrs. Antonio Campos
Margaret Desmond Hughes
Erna’s Elderberry House
Eye Medical Center of Fresno
Fresno Lexus
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Jones Cleaning Centers, Inc.
La Boulangerie
The Linen Shoppe
Lou Gentile’s Flower Basket
Macy’s River Park
Dr. J. D. Northway
Orloff Jewelers
The Palms
The Ritz
Helen Sandrini
Sierra Nut House
Skookum Trees
Sun-Maid Raisins
Theresa’s Cakepops
Valley Lahvosh Baking Co.
Julie Vogue
Vonda’s
Stephen Wilson and
Martha Brody
Zary’s Brand Vinegar
F R ES N O PH I L H AR M ON IC
M EM O R I AL AN D TR I BU TE GIF TS
Memorial and Tribute gifts will be designated to the Annual Fund unless otherwise requested by the donor or family
members. The following list includes contributions received from July 1, 2014 through January 15, 2016.
IN MEMORY
IN MEMORY OF
ALFONS ALTINTOP
Carrie Altintop
IN MEMORY OF
REV. FATHER SHAHE
A.K. ALTOUNIAN
Commercial Manufacturing,
Blythe and Larry Hagopian
IN MEMORY OF
DICK FOURCHY
Sharon Metzler
IN MEMORY OF
PETER KRIKORIAN
Siranouche Krikorian
IN MEMORY OF
RUTH FUENTES
Teresa and Martha Fuentes
IN MEMORY OF
ROBERT M. LIBBY
Patricia B. Libby
Raymond C. Libby
IN MEMORY OF
JANICE GOZA
Joanna McKnight
IN MEMORY OF
MRS. QUIN APREGAN
The Family of Dr. Charles Achki
IN MEMORY OF
PAUL GUTIERREZ, JR.
Louise Gutierrez
IN MEMORY OF
FLORENCE ARTENIAN
Gaylene Joe
IN MEMORY OF
BETTY AND JIM HICKS
Christy V. Hicks
IN MEMORY OF
KELKHATIR AYVAZIAN
Siranouche Krikorian
IN MEMORY OF
PATRICIA HOPPER LYTTLE
Elizabeth Aller
IN MEMORY OF
LILA DE KLOTZ
The Family of Dr. Charles Achki
IN MEMORY OF
DON HUSBAND
Bill and Chris Rogers
IN MEMORY OF
DR. JON R. DEWS
Mary Ann Dews
IN MEMORY OF
DALE KIRKEGAARD, M.D.
Chielpegian Law Offices
Thomas and Donna Dunklin
Ms. Jerry Lee Emerzian
Drs. Linda and Robert Glassman
Julie Kirkegaard
Dr. and Mrs. Donald E. Knapp
Sandie and Craig LaMaster
Joanne Lippert
Dr. and Mrs. J. Malcolm Masten
Susan C. McCline
Gary and Leilani Overstreet
Milt and Mary Ann Petty
The Pilibos Foundation
Alan and Pegi Sortor
IN MEMORY OF
BARBARA DODDS
Carolyn and Al Evans
IN MEMORY OF
MARIAM DOUMANIAN
ERMOIAN
The Harry M. Ermoian
Foundation
The Ralph Ermoian Foundation
IN MEMORY OF
SARKIS DOUMANIAN
Raymond and Jacqueline
Doumanian
IN MEMORY OF
DONALD FERRER
Alberta Ferrer
IN MEMORY OF
JOHN KREBS
Jack and Nancy Baker
Mrs. Andrew Hagopian
Don and Lee Leone
Joanne Lippert
Bill and Chris Rogers
IN MEMORY OF
LORAMAE MAGEE
Sharon Metzler
Ernie and Marcy Valdovinos
IN MEMORY OF
AMOS S. NORMAN
William and Paula Dragoo
IN MEMORY OF
JANICE NORMART
Nancy and Jack Baker
Robert and Tay Cherry
IN MEMORY OF
ANN NORTHWAY
Dr. J. D. Northway
IN MEMORY OF
ZARRIN NURY
Commercial Manufacturing,
Blythe and Larry Hagopian
IN MEMORY OF
VERLINDA M. OLSON
Elizabeth and Blair Looney
IN MEMORY OF
DR. WILLIAM OWEN
The Family of Dr. Charles Achki
Bill and Chris Rogers
IN MEMORY OF
LAURA GAIL PEARRE
William and Paula Dragoo
IN MEMORY OF
DR. ROBERT S. PETERS
Jerrie Peters
IN MEMORY OF
DAVID PHILLIPS
Robert and Tay Cherry
FR ESN O PHIL HA R M O N IC XXI
F R ES N O PH I L H AR M ON IC
M EM O R I AL AN D TR I BU TE GIF TS
Memorial and Tribute gifts will be designated to the Annual Fund unless otherwise requested by the donor or family
members. The following list includes contributions received from July 1, 2014 through January 15, 2016.
IN MEMORY OF
ENRIQUE QUIROGA
Jim H. Daggs
IN MEMORY OF
BOBBYE SISK TEMPLE
Lynne and Frank Glaser
IN HONOR OF
HENRIETTA HAGOPIAN
David and Karen Gaylin
IN MEMORY OF
HENRY QUIROGA
Teresa and Martha Fuentes
IN MEMORY OF
FRANCES TOWNE
Commercial Manufacturing,
Blythe and Larry Hagopian
IN HONOR OF
MRS. FRANK MORADIAN
Judith and Donald Peracchi
IN MEMORY OF
DOROTHY RENZI
Dr. and Mrs. David E. Taylor
IN MEMORY OF
WARREN ROBINSON
William and Paula Dragoo
IN MEMORY OF
EVALYN ROCKWELL
Carolyn and Al Evans
Ella Renna
Gerald Renna
John and Christina Renna
Randy and Kathy Seale
IN MEMORY OF
HAROLD SCHAEFER
Marie Motta
IN MEMORY OF
MARY DEAVER SLATER
Bill and Chris Rogers
Justine and Con Michas
IN MEMORY OF
CECELIA HUSPEK SVENSON
Mary Ann, Claudia, Rick,
Lisa and Harry
Joyce Johnson
Dr. and Mrs. O. J. Tocchio
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IN MEMORY OF
WALT VARELLAS
Bill and Chris Rogers
IN MEMORY OF
JOHN T. VOSS
Michael and Linda Perry
IN MEMORY OF
ANNA M. WARE
Dr. Robert G. Ware
IN MEMORY OF
PROFESSOR JAMES H. WINTER
Dr. and Mrs. James V. Prochazka
IN MEMORY OF
DR. DAVID S. ZEALEAR
Mrs. Bruno Bisceglia
IN HONOR
IN HONOR OF
PAMELA ELLZEY
Michael and Shelly Woolf
IN HONOR OF
DON OLIVER
Anne Betancourt
IN HONOR OF
DR. J. D. NORTHWAY
George and Karen Baker
Dr. and Mrs. Bernard K. Karian
Bill and Linda Northway
Lisa Grote and John Northway
IN HONOR OF
JUDITH PERACCHI
California Agricultural
Leadership Foundation
IN HONOR OF
ANNIE SCHMIDT
Christy V. Hicks
IN HONOR OF
ANITA SHANAHAN
Commercial Manufacturing,
Blythe and Larry Hagopian
David and Karen Gaylin
Dr. and Mrs. Gerald R.
McMenamin
Judith and Donald Peracchi
ENCORE SOCIETY
The community leaders who joined together in 1954 to create the Fresno Philharmonic had a vision for the future.
That vision was to present great music that enriches lives, inspires passion for classical music, and connects audiences to
history. As standard bearers for that vision, we believe that hearing great music from the past and present is a legacy worth
preserving for future generations, and that the Fresno Philharmonic itself, is a beacon for community pride, achievement
and advancement.
To support the vision of the Fresno Philharmonic, we rely on the many generous individuals who support our Annual
Fund and those members of our Encore Society, who with their legacy gifts to the endowment provide funding for the
Philharmonic in perpetuity.
GENERAL
ENDOWMENT
Susan Abundis and Glen Burgess
The Family of Dr. Charles Achki
Red and Nancy Arnold
Foundation
Harry J. Aslan Trust
John and Nancy Baker
Mr. Larry Balakian
Family and Friends of
Arthur C. Berdahl
Mrs. Charles W. Bonner
Bonner Family Foundation
Mrs. Jane M. Cleave
Dr. John P. Conrad, Jr.
William T. and Wanda G.
Coyle Charitable Trust
Mr. J. Delbert Crummey
and Family
in Memory of Mary Crummey
Joseph F. Desmond
José A. Díaz and Thomas
Sanchez DeLeon
Leon S. Peters Foundation
Susan K. and Larry Early
Phillips Foundation
Janette Erickson
Fisher Industries
The Fresno Bee
Ms. Patricia Gebs
Drs. Robert and Linda Glassman
Mrs. Andrew Hagopian
Coke and James Hallowell
Estate of Mrs. Torben V. Hansen
Mr. Torben V. Hansen and
Victoria R.T. Landgren
Estate of Clarence and
Caroline Harris
The William Randolph Hearst
Foundation
Christy V. Hicks
The Karney Hodge Family
Dr. F Lee and Jean Hull
Dr. and Mrs. Bernard K. Karian
The Family of Mrs. Eleanore
Knudsen
Dr. Marion Kremen
The Estate of Enok Lohne, M.D.
Mr. August Madrigal
Dr. and Mrs. J. Malcolm Masten
Mrs. Frank Moradian
National Endowment for the Arts
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Nichols
Mrs. Karla Nichols
In Memory of Edward Nichols
Edward and Irene Peloian
Estate of William R. Perry
Mrs. Leon S. Peters
The William David and
Mary Walker Phillips Foundation
Mrs. Parker M. Powell
Dr. and Mrs. James Prochazka
Mrs. Lakhbir Purewal
John and Vicky Seasholtz
Mrs. Edward Shanahan
Mr. and Mrs. James Shelton
Ken and Viv Shinkawa
Ms. Patricia A. Towne
Valley Foundry and
Machine Works
Division of Ametek, Inc.
The Estate of Lloyd G. and
Phyllis Whitman
Family and Friends of
Dr. Richard Whitten, Sr.
Family and Friends of
Dr. James and Pearl Winter
Dr. David Yamaguchi
MUSIC EDUCATION
ENDOWMENT
GUEST ARTIST
ENDOWMENT
Bonner Family Guest Artist
Endowment
ORCHESTRA CHAIR
Andrew Hagopian Endowed
Violin I Chair
John and Mitzi Conrad
Endowed 5th Violin I Chair
Frank Moradian Endowed
Principal Viola Chair
Pearl B. Winter Endowed
Principal Cello Chair
William T. Coyle and Wanda G.
Coyle Endowed Assistant
Principal Cello Chair
Red and Nancy Arnold
Endowed Flute Chair
The Honorable Edward L. and
Anita M. Shanahan Endowed
Principal Oboe Chair
Torben V. Hansen
Endowed Clarinet Chair
William N. and Eleanore
Knudsen Endowed Principal
Horn Chair
Parker M. Powell Endowed
Principal Trumpet Chair
Mary Bell Crummey Endowed
Principal Timpani Chair
Del Crummey and Family
Endowed Principal
Percussion Chair
Ruth Anderson Phillips
Endowed Piano Chair
Karney Hodge Memorial Chair
William Randolph Hearst
Foundation Chair
Enok Lohne, M.D.,
Memorial Scholarship
By making a bequest to the Philharmonic, you are eligible to join the Encore Society. Please notify the Fresno Philharmonic
Development Office at 559-261-0611, ext. 614 regarding your intention so that you may be recognized.
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As KFC celebrates 75 years,
we continue in our support
of the Fresno Philharmonic.
Your Locally Owned and Operated
KFC Restaurants
The Central Valley’s Wendy’s restaurants proudly sponsor
the Fresno Philharmonic, helping to enhance the quality
of life in our community.
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FRES NO PHI L H A R M O N I C PA S T P R E SIDE N TS
Lynn Stewart
1954-1955
Richard “Gus” Bonner
1984-1985
Hon. Donald Black
1998-2000
James V. Paige
1955-1956
Richard E. Herrinton
1985-1986
Larry Hagopian
2000-2002
Mrs. Gladys Sharp
1956-1957
Dr. Parker Powell, M.D.
1986-1988
W.F. Docker, Esq.
2002-2004
Charles W. Bonner
1957-1964
Larry Balakian
1988-1990
Robert Cherry
2004-2006
Gene Chenault
1964-1965
Dr. Bernard Karian, D.D.S
1990-1992
W.F. Docker, Esq.
2006-2008
Karney Hodge
1965-1974
Dr. Charles Mittman, M.D.
1992-1993
Judith Peracchi
2008-2010
Lawrence E. Wayte
1974-1979
Edward Nichols
1993-1995
Sasan Rhamatian
2010-2012
Hon. Nickolas J. Dibiaso
1979-1982
Brice W. Harris
1995-1996
J.D. Northway, MD
2012-2015
Roger C. Coryell
1982-1984
Susan K. Early
1996-1998
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