December 5, 2013 - Berkeley Symphony

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December 5, 2013 - Berkeley Symphony
Joana Carneiro
M USI C D I R E C T O R
13/14 SEASON
Berkeley Symphony 2013-14 Season
5 Message from the Music Director
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Message from the Executive Director
9
Board of Directors & Advisory Council
10Orchestra
13Program
15 Program Notes
31 Music Director: Joana Carneiro
37 Guest Artist
41 Berkeley Symphony
45 Music in the Schools
47 Under Construction
49 Broadcast Dates
57 Membership Support
65Contact
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Message from the Music Director
Dear Friends,
photo by Rodrigo de Souza
It is wonderful to be back with you again and
I am excited to share tonight’s program
with you. Rarely do concert audiences get
to an opportunity to experience musical
influences spanning four centuries in
one evening. But tonight we present
just such an opportunity. Brett Dean’s
Carlo provides us with the bookends,
having been written in 1997, but
inspired by the late Renaissance
madrigals of the Italian composer Carlo
Gesualdo (1566-1613). I have been a huge
fan of Dean’s work for many years and
am delighted to introduce one of his bestknown works to you.
Within our chronological bookends, we move
forward to Haydn (1732-1809) and conclude with
Brahms (1833-1897). The extent of influence that the music of Haydn had on
Brahms is well documented and for that reason, we are delighted to present
these great works within our 400-year musical journey.
We are most fortunate to have cellist Peter Wyrick with us tonight. A favorite
with Bay Area audiences who recognize him from his first desk position at
the San Francisco Symphony, Peter is a conductor’s dream. His consummate
artistry is matched only by his warmth and generosity as a musical collaborator.
I know you will enjoy his interpretation of Haydn’s Cello Concerto No. 1.
As 2014 draws near, I wish you all a peaceful and prosperous New Year. Thank
you for being here tonight and for your most inspiring love for our music.
Warm regards,.
Joana Carneiro
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Message from the Executive Director
photo by Marshall Berman
Greetings!
When programming contemporary music,
we are equally committed to introducing the
brilliant literature written within the last few
decades as we are to commissioning new work.
Tonight we are delighted to introduce you to
the music of Brett Dean. Exactly 16 years ago
tonight—on December 5, 1997—Carlo had its
world premiere with the composer conducting
the Australian Chamber Orchestra in New
South Wales. What a fortuitous coincidence!
I am particularly thrilled to be welcoming
my personal friend and musical colleague,
Peter Wyrick, as our soloist in the Haydn this
evening. Peter and I have had the pleasure of
performing together in orchestral as well as in
chamber music settings, and will, in fact, be closing out the inaugural season
of our Berkeley Symphony & Friends Chamber Music Series at the Piedmont
Center for the Arts. If you haven’t already had the opportunity to attend one of
these intimate chamber concerts, I hope you will join us for the remaining three
Sundays, on January 19, March 16 and April 13 at 5pm.
For all new music fans, you won’t want to miss our 2014 Under Construction
New Music Series/Composers Program. In a new partnership with EarShot, we
have expanded our reach nationally. After a highly competitive process with
168 applicants, the works of four composers have been selected to be developed
and performed by the Orchestra on February 2 and May 4 at the Osher Studio in
Berkeley.
As always, I would like to personally thank each and every one of you who
attend our concerts, give of your time and resources, and commit to being
members of Berkeley Symphony’s ever growing family.
From all of us at Berkeley Symphony, we wish you a joyful holiday season!
Gratefully yours,
René Mandel, Executive Director
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Board of Directors & Advisory Council
Board of Directors
Executive Committee
Thomas Z. Reicher, President
Janet Maestre, Vice President for Governance
Janet McCutcheon, Vice President for Development
Stuart Gronningen, Vice President for Community Engagement
Ed Osborn, Treasurer
Tricia Swift, Secretary
René Mandel, Executive Director
Directors
Susan Acquistapace
Gertrude Allen
Norman Bookstein
James Donato
Ellen L. Hahn
Brian James
William Knuttel
Sandy McCoy
Deborah Shidler
Michel Taddei
Advisory Council
Marilyn Collier, Chair
Michele Benson
Judith Bloom
Joy Carlin
Ron Choy
Richard Collier
Diane Crosby
John Danielsen
Jennifer DeGolia
Carolyn Doelling
Advisory Council (continued)
Lynne LaMarca Heinrich & Dwight Jaffee
Kathleen G. Henschel
Buzz Hines
Sue Hone
Kenneth A. Johnson & Nina Grove
Todd Kerr
Jeffrey S. Leiter
Bennett Markel
Bebe & Colin McRae
Elisabeth & Michael O’Malley
Maria José Pereira
Helen Meyer
Christine Miller
Deborah O’Grady & John Adams
Marjorie Randell-Silver
Thomas W. Richardson
Linda Schacht & John Gage
Kathy Canfield Shepard & John Shepard
Jutta Singh
Lisa & James Taylor
Alison Teeman
Anita Eblé
Paul Templeton & Darrell Louie
Karen Faircloth
Anne & Craig Van Dyke
Gary Glaser
Yvette Vloeberghs
Reeve Gould
Shariq Yosufzai
Berekot Haregot
Michael Yovino-Young
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Viola
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Program
Thursday, December 5, 2013 at 8:00 pm
Zellerbach Hall
Joana Carneiro conductor
Brett Dean
Carlo
Joseph Haydn
Cello Concerto No. 1 in C major
I. Moderato
II. Adagio
III. Allegro molto
Peter Wyrick cello
I N T E R M I S S I O N Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73
I. Allegro non troppo
II. Adagio non troppo
III. Allegretto grazioso (quasi andantino)
IV. Allegro con spirito
Tonight’s performance will be broadcast on KALW 91.7 FM on May 12, 2014.
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Program Notes
Brett Dean (b. 1961)
Carlo
Born on October 23, 1961, in Brisbane,
Australia, Brett Dean currently divides
his time between his native country and
Berlin. He composed Carlo in 1997 on a
commission by the Australian Chamber
Orchestra for the Huntington Festival
and dedicated the score to that ensemble
and its concertmaster, Richard Tognetti.
Combining music for strings with excerpts
sampled from the work of Carlo Gesualdo,
a tormented, pioneering composer of the
late Renaissance, Carlo traces a “journey
between two different time zones.”
First performance: December 5, 1997, at
Huntington Winery, Mudgee, New South
Wales, Australia, with the composer
conducting the Australian Chamber
Orchestra. Carlo is scored for 15 solo
strings (8 violins, 3 violas, 3 cellos, and
1 double bass), pre-recorded tape, and
sampler. Duration ca. 21 minutes.
Australian composer Brett Dean
started his musical career performing
the music of others and later took
up full-time composition. Indeed,
the duality and feedback between
creation and re-creation distinctly
inform what is probably his bestknown work to date—Carlo. After a
14-year tenure as a violist with no
less an ensemble than the Berlin
Philharmonic—he moved from
Brisbane to Germany in 1984—Dean
turned to composing. Over the past
decade he has been commissioned
by some of the highest-profile
orchestras. This past October, for
example, saw the U.S. premiere by
the Los Angeles Philharmonic of a
large-scale oratorio, The Last Days of
Socrates.
In 2009 Dean won the ultraprestigious Grawemeyer Award for
composition (more or less the Nobel
Prize of music) for The Lost Art of
Letter Writing, a four-movement violin
concerto. Prompted by reflections
on how the internet era has turned
letters into an endangered species,
the concerto casts the violin in “the
alternate roles of both an author
and a recipient of letters” that range
“from private love-letter to public
manifesto” (Dean). Such extramusical frames are characteristic of
Dean, whose work shows the range of
a deeply curious mind. His passions
for literature and the visual arts are
especially evident; some of them
have been generated by a dialogue
with the paintings of the artist
Heather Betts, who is his wife.
The late Renaissance composer
Carlo Gesualdo (1566-1613), an Italian
nobleman and Prince of Venosa,
is a figure as intriguing as any of
the Borgias and, like that notorious
family, has inspired a good number
of art works in several disciplines.
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Gesualdo’s scandalous and widely
publicized murder of his first wife
and her lover sounds like a Showtime
series ready to be made, but it’s his
combination of brutal violence,
guilt, and avant-garde creativity that
has especially fascinated modern
artists. Aldous Huxley describes his
madrigals in The Doors of Perception,
his book detailing his experiences
with psychoactive drugs; and Werner
Herzog’s film essay from 1995, Death
for Five Voices is very much worth
seeking out.
Gesualdo’s nefarious crime raises
uncomfortable questions—certainly
perennially relevant—about the
relation between what an artist
creates and that artist’s personal
behavior (think Wagner). Can—or
should—these be entirely divorced?
Remarks Dean:
“Historians to the present
day still seem undecided as to
the true merits of Gesualdo
the composer, unable to
separate the characteristics
of his compositions, with their
harmonic extremities and
surprises and their textural
complexities, from the infamy of
Gesualdo the murderer.
There are, no doubt, numerous
contemporaries of his whose
music would be just as worthy
of the kind of attention now
given to Gesualdo, composers
such as Marenzio and Luzzaschi,
who didn’t fan the flame by
butchering their spouses. But I
believe that with Carlo Gesualdo
one shouldn’t try to separate his
music from his life and times.
They are intrinsically interrelated.
The texts of his later madrigals,
thought to be written by
Gesualdo himself, abound with
references to love, death, guilt
and self-pity. Combine this with
the fact that I’ve always found
Gesualdo’s vocal works in any
case to be one of music’s great
and most fascinating listening
experiences and you have the
premise of my piece.”
By an ironic twist, the “avant-garde”
mode of the prepared tape and
samples references the distant past
while the traditionally acoustic
sonority of the strings filters the
composer’s present-day reflections.
Dean goes on to provide the following
description of the work and the
relation between its historical and
contemporary layers:
“Carlo starts with pure Gesualdo
. . . From a tape, one hears the
opening chorale from Moro
lasso, one of his most famous
compositions, taken from
his Sixth Book of Madrigals.
Following the tragically sinking
chromatic line of this opening,
a pre-recorded vocal collage
unfolds, the various quotes from
the madrigal initially linking
harmonically; then going their
own way, sometimes brighter
and faster, at other points slower
and more solemn. Gradually the
orchestra becomes involved in
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this process, at first displacing
the taped quotes from Moro lasso
with other Gesualdo motives,
and eventually leading us to
altogether more 20th-century
realms of sound. Occasionally
the sampler or tape transport
us momentarily back into the
world of Gesualdo, only for the
orchestra to embark on its own
interpretation and re-working
of this material. Throughout
this journey between these two
different time-zones, Gesualdo’s
madrigals are eventually reduced
to mere whisperings of his texts
and nervous breathing sounds.
These eventually also grow in
dramatic intensity into what may
be seen as an orchestral echo of
that fateful night in Naples on the
26th of October 1590.”
—© Thomas May
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Cello Concerto No. 1
in C major
Born on March 31, 1732, in Rohrau, then
part of the Habsburg Empire; died on May
31, 1809, in Vienna. Scholars speculate that
Haydn composed the Cello Concerto in C
major at some point between 1761 and 1765.
Though a founding father of the Classical
style, Haydn wasn’t a pioneer of the
concerto format per se, but this long-lost
work, composed early in his career, quickly
became a cornerstone of the cello repertory
after its rediscovery only a half century ago.
First performance: We have no date for
the premiere of this work in Haydn’s
time; it would have taken place at the
Esterházy Palace, where the composer
spent decades as music director, with
Haydn leading the small house ensemble
and its cellist as the soloist. After the
modern-day rediscovery of the lost score,
the Concerto was (re)premiered in Prague
(the city where the score was found)
on May 19, 1962, with Miloš Sádlo as
the cello soloist and Charles Mackerras
conducting the Czech Radio Symphony.
In addition to solo cello, the score
calls for 2 oboes, 2 horns, and strings.
Duration ca. 25 minutes.
T
he symphonies and string
quartets Joseph Haydn
composed throughout most of
his career are venerated as a
cornerstone of Western music.
While he didn’t actually invent
these genres, Haydn’s decades of
experimentation and refinement
developed both to an unprecedented
level of sophistication. The alluring
blend of craft and expressive power
Haydn concocted left its mark
above all on Beethoven—however
recalcitrant a student the younger
composer had been—and was
deeply valued by such “latecomers”
as Brahms. (Listen to Haydn’s
last symphony, No. 104—also in D
major—after hearing the Brahms
Second again for a telling example
of this line of influence.)
By comparison, Haydn’s output and
influence in the concerto genre was
quite modest. Unlike his younger
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friend Mozart, who made his living
as a freelancer in Vienna as a
keyboard performer and thus had
incentive to invest his creativity into
his piano concertos, Haydn was not
a virtuoso soloist. He was an active
performer, to be sure. After starting
his life in music as a youngster
in the forerunner of the Vienna
Boys’ Choir, Haydn was certainly
a proficient keyboard and string
player, but his position handling
musical affairs for the estate of the
mega-rich Prince Esterházy enabled
him to concentrate on his work for
the house orchestra and hence on
symphonies.
Moreover, the market for
published concertos at the time
was much more limited than that
for symphonies or quartets. But
there were occasions to write in
this format. Along with reams
of chamber music, Haydn wrote
several concertos for baryton
(all lost), a kind of cross between
a bowed bass viol and a plucked
lute; this was the instrument one
of his Esterházy bosses, Prince
Nikolaus, delighted in playing. As
his reputation spread across Europe,
Haydn was also commissioned by
King Ferdinand IV of Naples to come
up with a set of concertos for lira
organizzata, a hybrid hurdy-gurdy/
organ. (What a regal sight those
performances must have been!)
Meanwhile, Haydn wrote some
concertos specifically to pay tribute
to the talents of various players
in the live-in Esterházy Palace
ensemble, with some of whom
Haydn developed close personal
ties. (Like Gesualdo, another series
waiting to be filmed—a musicians’
version of Downton Abbey.) One
of these was the court cellist
(and friend) Joseph Franz Weigl.
There’s no phoning it in here: the
sheer richness of invention in this
score suggests that Haydn must
have had a wonderfully musical
personality in mind. Similarly, his
Trumpet Concerto (from much
later, in 1796) was intended for
the musician Anton Weidinger
and broke new ground for that
instrument. Haydn also wrote the
Second Cello Concerto in D major
for an Esterházy cellist, a later
arrival to the court orchestra named
Antonín Kraft. While quite a number
of concertos once thought to be by
Haydn were removed from his work
list as erroneous attributions, the
Cello Concerto in C has made up for
lost time since being re-introduced
a half-century ago, when the score
parts unexpectedly turned up in a
collection held at the Czech National
Library in Prague.
Haydn’s organization of the piece is
particularly interesting: he mingles
together vestiges of the lateBaroque concerto idea from earlier
in the century with elements already
anticipating the High Classical style
of which Haydn was an instrumental
architect. The former is evidenced
by a kind of writing based on the
alternation between ensemble and
solo passages, with a recurrent
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theme threaded through the flow.
The Classical style, which reaches
its pinnacle as far as the concerto
genre is concerned with Mozart
and then Beethoven, calls for a
confrontation of contrasting ideas
that are dramatically juxtaposed.
The first movement essentially
derives its material from the bright,
expansive thematic idea we hear at
the outset, which keeps coming back
in a way not unlike what you’d find
in Vivaldi’s concertos—hence the
frequent description of this music
as “monothematic” in character.
The marvel is the wealth of variety
Haydn manages to spin from it,
redoubling the sense of discovery by
parsing the theme and its subunits
via the distinctive voice of the solo
cello.
Haydn has his oboes and horns stay
on the sidelines during the Adagio,
in a pastoral F major, homing in on
the strings’ sonority alone. There
is ample display of the depth of
his lyrical gift—a feature often
overlooked in the midst of this
composer’s febrile inventiveness.
Notice how the cello enters on a
sustained note just when it seems
the ensemble is about to repeat
the opening, only to detach itself
from the others—this strategy is a
staple idea encountered in many
later canonical concertos, above all
for strings, and Haydn repeats it in
his finale. The technical challenges
he asks of the soloist are especially
striking here, with Haydn’s rapidfire
tempo, fleet scales, and leaps
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across the instrument’s register—a
clever way of creating a trompe
l’oreille effect of more than one
soloist. Once again, Haydn ekes
maximum mileage out of his
irrepressible main theme without
ever making it sound effortful—a
compositional virtuosity to neatly
match that of the performers.
—© Thomas May
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Symphony No. 2 in D
major, Op. 73
Born on May 7, 1833, in Hamburg,
Germany; died on April 3, 1897, in Vienna.
Brahms composed the second of his
four symphonies in the summer of 1877.
Brahms was famously a late-bloomer in
writing symphonies, weighed down by the
challenge of adding to a genre Beethoven
had seemingly perfected. But his Second
Symphony flowed quickly and readily,
within a matter of months. Beneath its
apparently “pastoral” surface, Brahms
interweaves deeper layers of elegy and
reflection. His reverence for the past
proved to open yet another way toward
being “defiantly original.”
First performance: December 30, 1877,
in Vienna, with Hans Richter conducting.
The Second Symphony is scored for 2
flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons,
4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba,
timpani, and strings. Duration ca. 45
minutes.
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S
ome composers, like Mozart or
George Gershwin, seem to have
been born in exactly the right era to
match their creative temperament.
Others don’t fit in so easily,
experiencing a more self-conscious—
even detached—relationship to
their historical context. It’s to the
latter group that Johannes Brahms
undeniably belongs. His stature as
one of the greatest of all composers
hasn’t kept him from being one of the
most misunderstood as well. As both
a musician and an individual, Brahms
was fraught with contradictions.
Diffident yet enormously ambitious,
the starry-eyed youth who impressed
Robert Schumann as the new
generation’s saving genius was in
many ways a late bloomer, maturing
over decades into the fatherly,
patriarchal figure so familiar from his
later photographs.
And Brahms was pigeonholed by
his enemies as the quintessential
conservative out of step with
contemporary musical currents,
only to be later reappraised as a
“progressive” composer. That’s how
Arnold Schoenberg characterized
Brahms, referring to the
experimental, innovative attitude he
brought to his use of old-fashioned
forms. In recent decades, Brahms has
reemerged as uniquely appealing,
an antidote for an era given to
postmodern ennui and somehow
convinced that there’s nothing new
to be said.
The symphonic genre brings into
focus Brahms’s crucial struggle
with his mission—with how music
in his era should relate not only
to the legacy of Beethoven but to
that of the past in general. Brahms
contended with a widespread feeling
among many of his fellow Romantics
that the symphony represented a
dead end and that the future lay in
“descriptive” program music or in
the revolutionary music drama being
forged by Wagner.
Brahms was also an avid researcher
into the emerging field of “early
music,” collecting manuscripts of
the old masters. But his veneration
of the past coexisted with a driving
ambition. Schumann, after all, had
recognized his early piano sonatas
as “veiled symphonies.” The young
genius from northern Germany
was determined to breathe new
life into the symphony, but it took
a lengthy struggle to produce his
First Symphony. At last, in 1876—
ironically, just a few months after the
world premiere of the complete Ring
cycle—Brahms was ready to reveal
the fruit of his labors to a skeptical
public. The First triumphed, and
that success reinforced a newfound
confidence in the now-middle-aged
composer. In striking contrast to
the First, he completed his Second
Symphony with astonishing speed—
all told, within a period of about five
months in 1877. Even more, its overall
character sounds light years removed
from the dramatic tension and epic
scope of its predecessor. The Second
immediately suggested comparisons
with the relaxed lyricism of
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Beethoven’s Sixth (Pastoral)
Symphony, as if deliberately following
up on the echoes of the Beethoven
Fifth which are contained in Brahms’s
maiden symphonic voyage.
But that’s only part of the story.
A disproportionate focus on “the
Beethoven problem” long tended
to obscure the uniquely Brahmsian
aspects of this work—and, even
more so, of the First Symphony.
In some ways, as Brahms scholar
Reinhold Brinkmann argues, it’s the
Second rather than the First that
represents the true “breakthrough”
work for Brahms. Now that he had
successfully “competed” with the
specter of Beethoven, Brahms could
dwell with less pressure on what he
wanted to say in this genre, leading to
a remarkable sound world blending
serenity, playfulness, and passion.
Something of this “liberated” quality
can also be found in a companion
work from the following year, the
Violin Concerto, which happens to be
in the same tonality (D major) and
which was also conceived in the same
magical get-away spot where Brahms
vacationed in southern Austria.
Another identifiably Brahmsian
thumbprint here is a subtle
undercurrent of melancholy. This adds
an intriguing emotional layer to the
more readily recognized “pastoral”
qualities of the Second Symphony.
Brahms himself joked that the
published version should be “printed
with a black border,” like a funeral
announcement. But there may be
something more than a joke here,
according to Brinkmann (who has
devoted an entire book to Late Idyll—
to exploring this less-understood
aspect). In his analysis, the entire
work can be bisected into two halves:
the pastoral innocence evoked in
the opening measures is questioned
by “melancholic” doubts in the first
two movements, while the final
two present a “serene” picture that
attempts to transcend the elegiac
undercurrents that have gone before.
In any case, the Second Symphony
is a model of Brahms’s method
of developing his musical ideas
organically, from the most
economical musical “seeds.” One
of these occurs in the opening
measures, deep in the cellos and
basses: the half-step circling around
the tonic (D-C-sharp-D), from which
Brahms spins out a good deal of his
thematic material. The first minute
or so conveys the impression of
an introduction before the “real”
movement takes off but in fact
already contains the movement’s
main thematic ideas—along with its
basic emotional contrast between
the “pastoral” (woodwinds and
horns) and the “melancholic” (those
disturbing rumblings from the
timpani and the interruptions by
tuba and trombones). This emotional
polarity fuels the development.
The Symphony’s elegiac layer is most
explicitly foregrounded in the lengthy
Adagio. Brahms heightens internal
contrasts by shifting the meter and
incorporating sudden eruptions
of dense counterpoint. A more
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playful version of the “pastoral” idea
it with an entirely new character. In
emerges in the third movement, a
a gloriously extended coda, Brahms
leisurely Allegretto twice interrupted
seems to cast away any vestiges of
by Presto interludes.
doubt—about the genre, about his
place in history, about the power of
The first three movements all end
music itself. Rhythmic excitement
quietly, setting the stage for the
is intensified by a brightening of
giddy high spirits of the finale—
where another figure from the past,
Haydn, gets a nod. That three-note
motif from the very beginning turns
out to drive the main theme here,
but its exuberant momentum colors
the orchestral texture. The brass,
no longer ruminative, herald a
deliriously joyful final rush that
chases away all hints of melancholy.
—© Thomas May
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Music Director: Joana Carneiro
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N
oted for her vibrant performances
in a wide diversity of musical
styles, Joana Carneiro has attracted
considerable attention as one of the
most outstanding young conductors
working today. In 2009, she was named
Music Director of Berkeley Symphony,
succeeding Kent Nagano and becoming
only the third music director in the
40-year history of the Orchestra. She
also currently serves as official guest
conductor of the Gulbenkian Orchestra,
working with that orchestra at least four
weeks every year.
2013-14 marks Carneiro’s fifth season as
Music Director of Berkeley Symphony,
where she has captivated audiences
with her commanding stage presence
and adventurous programming that
has highlighted the works of several
prominent contemporary composers,
including John Adams, Steven Stucky
and Gabriela Lena Frank. The 20132014 Berkeley season features world
premieres by Edmund Campion and
Samuel Carl Adams, as well as works
by Brett Dean, Kaija Saariaho and EsaPekka Salonen.
Carneiro’s growing guest-conducting
career continues to bring her all around
the globe. In 2013-14, she makes debuts
with the Orchestre Philharmonique
de Radio France, Royal Stockholm
Philharmonic and Florida Orchestra.
She returns to the Toronto, Gothenburg,
Gävle, Malmö, Sydney, New Zealand
symphonies and the National Symphony
Orchestra of Spain.
Last season, Carneiro conducted highly
successful returns to the Gothenburg,
Gävle and Norrköping symphonies,
and debuts with the Swedish Radio
Orchestra, Malmö Symphony, Norrlands
Opera Orchestra, Residentie Orkest/
Hague, Aachen Symphony of Germany,
Euskadi Orchestra of Spain and Hong
Kong Philharmonic. She returned to
the Indianapolis Symphony in concerts
with Thomas Hampson on a Mahler/
Schumann program and conducted
a highly successful world premiere
of Santos, an oratorio by composer
Gabriela Lena Frank and librettist
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Nilo Cruz with the San Francisco Girls
Chorus, soprano Jessica Rivera, mezzosoprano Rachel Calloway, and members
of Berkeley Symphony.
a ballet production of Romeo and Juliet
International highlights of previous
seasons include appearances with
the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic
at London’s Royal Albert Hall, Royal
Philharmonic Orchestra and Renée
Fleming in the opening season of the
U.A.E’s Royal Opera House in Oman,
Irish Chamber Orchestra, Ensemble
Orchestral de Paris, Orchestra de
Bretagne, Norrköping Symphony,
Prague Philharmonia and the Orchestra
Sinfonica del Teatro la Fenice at the
Venice Biennale, as well as the Macau
Chamber Orchestra and Beijing
Orchestra at the International Music
Festival of Macau. In the Americas, she
has led the Los Angeles Philharmonic,
Toronto Symphony, St. Paul Chamber
Orchestra, Detroit Symphony, Colorado
Symphony, Indianapolis Symphony, Los
Angeles Chamber Orchestra, New World
Symphony, Grant Park Music Festival,
Manhattan School of Music, Puerto
Rico Symphony and São Paulo State
Symphony.
conductor, Carneiro made her Cincinnati
In 2010, Carneiro led performances of
Peter Sellars’s stagings of Stravinsky’s
Oedipus Rex and Symphony of Psalms
at the Sydney Festival, which won
Australia’s Helpmann Award for Best
Symphony Orchestra Concert in 2010.
She conducted a linked project at the
New Zealand Festival in 2011, and as
a result was immediately invited to
work with the Sydney Symphony and
New Zealand Symphony Orchestras
on subscription in 2013. In 2011, she led
with Companhia Nacional de Bailado in
Portugal.
Increasingly in demand as an opera
Opera debut in 2011 conducting John
Adams’ A Flowering Tree, which she also
debuted with the Chicago Opera Theater
and at La Cité de la Musique in Paris.
In the 2008-09 season, she served
as assistant conductor to Esa-Pekka
Salonen at the Paris Opera’s premiere
of Adriana Mater by Kaija Saariaho and
led critically-acclaimed performances
of Philippe Boesmans’s Julie in Bolzano,
Italy.
As a finalist of the prestigious 2002
Maazel-Vilar Conductor’s Competition at
Carnegie Hall, Carneiro was recognized
by the jury for demonstrating a level of
potential that holds great promise for
her future career. In 2003-04, she worked
with Maestros Kurt Masur and Christoph
von Dohnányi and conducted the London
Philharmonic Orchestra, as one of three
conductors chosen for London’s Allianz
Cultural Foundation International
Conductors Academy. From 2002 to
2005, she served as Assistant Conductor
of the L.A. Chamber Orchestra and as
Music Director of the Young Musicians
Foundation Debut Orchestra of Los
Angeles. From 2005 through 2008, she
was an American Symphony Orchestra
League Conducting Fellow at the Los
Angeles Philharmonic, where she worked
closely with Esa-Pekka Salonen and led
several performances at Walt Disney
Concert Hall and the Hollywood Bowl.
A native of Lisbon, she began her musical
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studies as a violist before receiving her
conducting degree from the Academia
Nacional Superior de Orquestra
in Lisbon, where she studied with
Jean-Marc Burfin. Carneiro received
her Masters degree in orchestral
conducting from Northwestern
University as a student of Victor
Yampolsky and Mallory Thompson,
and pursued doctoral studies at the
University of Michigan, where she
studied with Kenneth Kiesler. She has
participated in master classes with
Gustav Meier, Michael Tilson Thomas,
Larry Rachleff, Jean Sebastian Bereau,
Roberto Benzi and Pascal Rophe.
Carneiro is the 2010 recipient of the
Helen M. Thompson Award, conferred
by the League of American Orchestras
to recognize and honor music
directors of exceptional promise.
In 2004, Carneiro was decorated
by the President of the Portuguese
Republic, Mr. Jorge Sampaio, with the
Commendation of the Order of the
Infante Dom Henrique.
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Since 1999 he has been the
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including performances of
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Haydn’s Sinfonia Concertante
and Tan Dun’s “Crouching Tiger
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orn in New York to musician
parents, Peter Wyrick began
his studies in Poughkeepsie,
New York and proceeded to The
Juilliard School at the age of
eight. He made his solo debut
at age 12 with the Hudson Valley
Philharmonic. Mr. Wyrick is active
as a soloist, chamber musician,
teacher and orchestra musician.
Denk, Julia Fischer, and Edgar
Meyer, among others. Peter
was a member of the acclaimed
Ridge String Quartet, whose
recording of the Dv0řák Piano
Quintets with pianist Rudolf
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nominated for the 1993 Grammy
Award for Best Chamber Music
Performance. He has participated
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Mr. Wyrick was the Principal
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His recordings include the cello
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Berkeley Symphony
R
ecognized nationally for its
spirited programming, Berkeley
Symphony has established a reputa­
tion for presenting major new works
for orchestra alongside fresh inter­
pretations of the classical European
repertoire. It has been honored
with an Adventurous Programming
Award from the American Society of
Composers, Authors and Publish­ers
(ASCAP) in nine of the past eleven
seasons.
produce the award-winning Music
in the Schools program, providing
comprehensive, age-appropriate
music curricula to more than 4,000
local elementary students each year.
Berkeley Symphony was founded
in 1969 as the Berkeley Promenade
Orchestra by Thomas Rarick, a pro­
tégé of the great English Maestro Sir
Adrian Boult. Under its second Music
Director, Kent Nagano, who took the
post in 1978, the Orchestra charted a
The Orchestra performs four main-
new course with innovative program­
stage concerts a year in Zellerbach
ming that included rarely performed
Hall on the UC Berkeley campus, and
20th-century scores. In 1981, the
supports local composers through
internationally-renowned French
its Under Construction New Music
composer Olivier Messiaen journeyed
Series/Composers Program. A
to Berkeley to assist with the prepa­
national leader in music education,
rations of his imposing oratorio The
the Orchestra partners with the
Transfiguration of Our Lord Jesus Christ,
Berkeley Unified School District to
and the Orchestra gave a sold-out
December 5, 2013 41
Dining Guide
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Enjoy a fine meal at one of these local eateries
before the next Berkeley Symphony concert
on Thursday, December 5 at 8pm.
42 December 5, 2013
performance in San Francisco’s
Davies Symphony Hall. In 1984,
Berkeley Symphony collaborated
with Frank Zappa in a criticallyacclaimed production fea­turing
life-size puppets and moving stage
sets, catapulting the Orchestra onto
the world stage.
Berkeley Symphony entered a new
era in January 2009 when Joana
Car­neiro became the Orchestra’s
third Music Director in its 40-year
his­tory. Under Carneiro, the
Orchestra continues its tradition
of presenting the cutting edge of
classical music. Together, they are
forging deeper relationships with
living composers, which include
several prominent contemporary
Bay Area composers such as John
Adams, Paul Dresher, and Gabriela
Lena Frank.
Berkeley Symphony has introduced
Bay Area audiences to works by
upcoming young composers, many of
whom have since achieved interna­
tional prominence. Celebrated Brit­
ish composer George Benjamin, who
subsequently became Composerin-Residence at the San Francisco
Sym­phony, was first introduced
to the Bay Area in 1987 when
Berkeley Symphony performed his
compositions Jubilation and Ringed by
the Flat Horizon; as was Thomas Adès,
whose opera Powder Her Face was
debuted by the Orchestra in a concert
version in 1997 before it was fully
staged in New York City, London and
Chicago.
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Music in the Schools
M
photo by Dave Weiland
ore than 4,200 elementary school
children each year benefit from
Berkeley Symphony’s Music in the Schools
program:
• Over 200 In-class Sessions are provided
free of charge and include curriculum
booklets with age-appropriate lessons
addressing state standards for music
education.
• Eleven Meet the Symphony concerts are
performed free of charge in elementary
schools each fall.
• Six I’m a Performer concerts, also free of
charge, provide young musicians with an
opportunity to rehearse and perform with
Berkeley Symphony.
• Four free Family Concerts provide an
opportunity for the whole family to
experience a Berkeley Symphony concert
together.
All Music in the Schools programs are
provided 100% free of charge to children
and their families. We are grateful to the
individuals and institutions listed on this
page whose financial contributions help
make Music in the Schools possible. But more
help is needed to fully fund the program . . .
Please join those making Music in the
Schools a reality! Donate online and
designate your gift as “Restricted—Music
in the Schools Program.” Or simply mail a
contribution to: Berkeley Symphony, Music
in the Schools Fund, 1942 University Ave.
Suite #207, Berkeley, CA 94704
www.berkeleysymphony.org/mits
Music in the Schools Sponsors
Gifts of $1,000–$15,000 annually
Anonymous
Susan & Jim Acquistapace
Berkeley Public Schools Fund
Berkeley Unified School District
Berkeley Association of Realtors
The Bernard Osher Foundation
California Arts Council
Annette Campbell-White
In Dulci Jubilo, Inc.
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Music Performance Trust Fund
National Endowment for the Arts
Michael & Elisabeth O’Malley
Ellen Singer
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Thomas J. Long Foundation
Union Bank Foundation
Bernard E. & Alba Witkin Charitable
Foundation
Thanks also to those giving up to $1,000 annually.
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photo by Dave Weiland
Under Construction New Music Series
Mentors Paul Dresher
and Steven Stucky
(back to camera) offer
advice to Andrew V. Ly.
B
erkeley Symphony’s 2014 Under Construction New Music Series/Composers
Program will present new symphonic works by emerging composers Sivan
Eldar, B.P. Herrington, Ruben Naeff and Nicholas Omiccioli. Selected for the
program following a highly competitive national search, the four composers will
each write a symphonic work to be developed, polished and recorded during two
open rehearsal–style concerts, while receiving on-going guidance from Music
Director Joana Carneiro, mentor composers Edmund Campion (UC Berkeley) and
Robert Beaser (The Juilliard School), and members of the Orchestra. The concerts,
on February 2 and May 4, will be held at the Osher Studio in Berkeley at 7pm.
Established in 1993, the Under Construction New Music Series seeks to engage
audiences in contemporary music and its making. The concerts are formatted to
build upon each other. The Orchestra rehearses the work in progress and experiments
with different musical passages at the first concert to enable the complete, polished
piece to be performed at the second concert. Discussion among the audience, the
conductor, and the composer follows the playing of each work. That interchange
of ideas, along with the post-concert receptions, affords the audience members a
greater understanding of the composer and their work.
Working in collaboration with EarShot: the National Orchestral Composition
Discovery Network, and its partner organizations—the American Composers Forum,
League of American Orchestras, New Music USA and the American Composers
Orchestra – Berkeley Symphony expands its role as the West Coast artistic incubator
for emerging orchestra composers and broadens its reach to a new national level.
Funding for EarShot is made possible with the support of the Andrew W. Mellon
Foundation and The Aaron Copland Fund for Music. Berkeley Symphony thanks our
2013/14 Under Construction sponsor, Margaret Dorfman.
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2013-2014
Four Mainstage Concerts
“Under Construction” Concerts
with Emerging Composers
New Works
Old Chestnuts
Resident Artists
Music in the Schools
48 December 5, 2013
Broadcast Dates
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Program II: Dec. 5, 2013
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Program III: Feb. 6, 2014
will be broadcast on May 19
Program IV: May 1, 2014
will be broadcast on May 26
Young People’s Symphony Orchestra
B
erkeley Symphony continues its partnership with the Young
People’s Symphony Orchestra (YPSO), affording young
musicians the rare opportunity to perform with a professional
orchestra. Each year, a number of YPSO players are featured
alongside Berkeley Symphony musicians in all four Zellerbach
Hall concerts.
Founded in 1936 in Berkeley, Young People’s Symphony Orchestra
is the oldest independent youth orchestra in California,
and the second oldest in the nation. For over 75 years, YPSO
has developed the musical talents and skills of students in
the San Francisco Bay Area. Today, many YPSO alumni are
internationally-recognized musicians and prominent community
members.
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2013-14 Season Sponsors
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Kathleen G. Henschel
K
athleen G. Henschel, formerly finance manager
at Chevron Corporation, was president of
Berkeley Symphony’s Board of Directors from 2006
to 2011, and a member from 2004 to 2013. An active
Bay Area philanthropist, she also serves as board
chair of Chanticleer.
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rian James is a member of the Board
of Directors of Berkeley Symphony
and a Co–Chair of the Symphony’s 2014
Gala. Shariq Yosufzai serves on the
Advisory Board of Berkeley Symphony,
the Executive Committee of the Board
of Directors of the San Francisco Opera
and is a past Chair of the Board of the
California Chamber of Commerce.
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Become a Berkeley Symphony Member
It’s true. Symphony orchestras
cannot exist on ticket sales alone.
At Berkeley Symphony, charitable gifts
are crucial in producing concerts at price
ranges affordable to all, and educational
programs at no charge for school children.
If our Subscribers are the backbone of
Berkeley Symphony, our contributing
Members are the heart and soul. It takes
us all to make the music soar.
Like subscription benefits, Membership,
too, offers great rewards!
Pre- and post-concert receptions, special
salon performances, open rehearsals,
and opportunities to meet and talk with
our musicians, with Music Director Joana
Carneiro, and with guest artists and
visiting composers are just some of the ways you can deepen your experience
with the music and those who create it.
Best of all, your Membership gift strengthens Berkeley Symphony and our
service to the community.
See page 55 for a complete list of Membership levels. If you are not yet a
Member, please join me. Already a Member? Consider an investment in a
deeper level of involvement. Use the envelope in this concert program book,
or give online at www.berkeleysymphony.org.
Thank you for being a part of our success,
Tom Reicher
President, Board of Directors
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2013-14 Membership Benefits
Beyond the benefits of subscription, Berkeley Symphony Memberships provide many benefits
to make the most of your concert-going experience. Increase your level of membership for
the 2013-14 season, or start a new membership today! Use the envelope provided inside this
program book, or join online at www.berkeleysymphony.org. Membership contributions are
tax deductible to the extent allowed by law.
Friends Circle of Members
Supporting Member: $100+
• Advance e-newsletter notice of discounts and special events.
• Listing in season concert programs.
Associate Member: $300+ (All of the above plus . . .)
• Invitation for two to an exclusive reception and open rehearsal of the orchestra.
• Berkeley Symphony Guest Passes to Zellerbach Hall concerts.
Principal Member: $750+ (All of the above plus)
• VIP service for all your ticketing needs.
• Invitation to select special events including post-concert receptions with the music
director, musicians, soloist, and/or visiting composer.
Symphony Circle of Members
Concertmaster: $1,500+ (All of the above plus . . .)
• Invitations to two exclusive Symphony Circle Salon Receptions featuring a performance
by the concert guest soloist and discussion with Music Director Joana Carneiro.
• Invitations to select post-concert meet-and-greet(s) with the music director, musicians,
soloist, and/or visiting composer.
Conductor: $2,500+ (All of the above plus . . .)
• Invitations to ALL exclusive Symphony Circle Salon Receptions featuring a performance
by the concert guest soloist and discussion with Music Director Joana Carneiro.
• Invitation to an exclusive “closed” rehearsal and Musicians Dinner.
Sponsorship Circle of Members
Founding Sponsors: $5,000 (All of the above plus . . .)
• Invitations to ALL post-concert meet-and-greets with the music director, musicians,
soloist(s), and/or visiting composer(s).
• VIP access to Berkeley Symphony Sponsors’ Lounge before the concerts and at
intermissions.
• Recognition as Sponsor of a season concert, guest soloist, or commissioned composer.
Executive Sponsors: $10,000 (All of the above plus . . .)
• Photo with guest soloist or commissioned composer.
• VIP parking vouchers for the season.
• Exclusive invitation to an intimate Sponsors Circle Dinner with Music Director Joana
Carneiro.
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Annual Membership Support
Thank you to the following individuals for making the programs of Berkeley Symphony
possible. A symphony orchestra is as strong as the community that supports it. Thank you to
the following individuals for making Berkeley Symphony very strong indeed. Your generosity
allows the defiantly original music to be heard, commissions world-class composers, and
impacts the lives of thousands of children in hundreds of classrooms each year.
Gifts received between October 1, 2012 and November 1, 2013
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Friends of Berkeley Symphony GIFTS
$750 and above
Phyllis Brooks Schafer
Joy & Jerome Carlin
Earl & June Cheit
Richard Colton
Jack & Ann Eastman
Lynne La Marca Heinrich &
Dwight Jaffee
Lois & Gary Marcus
Bebe & Colin McRae
Ditsa & Alexander Pines
Karen Teel
Gary & Susan Wendt-Bogear
$300 and above
Anonymous
Patricia & Ronald Adler
Virginia Almeida
Donald & Margaret Alter
Mark Attarha
Ms. Bonnie J. Bernhardt
Christel Bieri
George & Dorian Bikle
Susan Blake
Lauren & Steve Adams
Mr. & Mrs. Stuart Canin
Joana Carneiro
Rosemary Cozzo
John Dewes
Kevin Donahue
Gini Erck & David Petta
Dean Francis
Doris Fukawa
Daniel & Kate Funk
Steve Gallion & Pam Wolf
Evelyn & Gary Glenn
Wendell Goddard
Peggy Griffin
Bonnie & Sy Grossman
Alan Harper & Carol Baird
Trish & Anthony W. Hawthorne
Ora & Kurt Huth
Richard Hutson
Fred Jacobson
Irene & Kiyoshi Katsumoto
Faye Keogh
Howard & Nancy Mel
Peggy Radel & Joel Myerson
Lance & Dalia Nagel
Maria José Pereira
Greg Phillips
Anja Plowright
The Estate of Myron Pollycove
Myron Pollycove
Lucille & Arthur Poskanzer
Marjorie Randolph
Pauline Robertson
Dian Scott
Robert Sinai & Susanna
Schevill
Jutta Singh
Carol & Anthony Somkin
Scott Sparling
Steven Stucky
Goldstar Events Tickets
Robert & Emily Warden
Dr. George & Bay Westlake
Nancy & Sheldon Wolfe
Nancy & Charles Wolfram
$100 and above
Anonymous (6)
Joel Altman
Karen Ames
Kelly Amis
Patricia Vaughn Angell
Kevin Bastian
William W. Beahrs
In Honor of Mr. & Ms. R.
Collier’s Anniversary
Terry Bloomsburgh
Cara Bradbury
David Bradford
Helen Cagampang
Mark Chaitkin & Cecilia Storr
Paul Churchill
Murray & Betty Cohen
Sarah Cohen
Dr. Lawrence R. Cotter
Joe & Sue Daly
Robert David
Dennis & Sandy De Domenico
Dr. Marian C. Diamond
Paula & James R. Diederich
Patrick D. Doherty
Mr. Anthony Drummond
Beth & Norman Edelstein
Bennett Falk & Margaret
Moreland
Lynn Feintech & Anthony
Bernhardt
Ms. Mary Ellen Fine
In Memory of Donna Hamilton
Marcine & Dean Francis
Ednah Beth Friedman
Harriet Fukushima
Theresa Gabel & Timothy
Zumwalt
Isabelle Gerard
Marianne & John Gerhart
Ron L. Gester
Jeffrey Gilman & Carol Reif
David Goines
Stuart M. Gold, Md
Anne Golden
Edward C. Gordon
Phyllis Gottlieb
Mr. Richard Granberg
Steve Granholm
Steven E. Greenberg
Arnold & Elaine Grossberg
Ervin & Marian Hafter
Jane Hammond
Ms. Margot Harrison
William & Judith Hein
Lyn Hejinian
Florence Hendrix
Valerie & Richard Herr
Jason Hofmann
Mr. Allen Holub
Birgit Hottenrott
Gayle Hughes
F.W. Irion
Patricia Kates
E. Paul & Joanne P. Kelly
James Pennington Kent
Todd Kerr
Alexander Jihyun Koo
Robert Kroll & Rose Ray
Walter & Rosemarie Krovoza
Almon E Larsh, Jr
Shelly & Don Lee
Laurel Leichter & Michael
Wilson
David Lipson
Arthur & Martha Luehrmann
Kim & Barbara Marienthal
Suzanne R. McCulloch
Bill & Suzanne McLean
Jim & Monique McNitt
Donald & Susanne McQuade
Amelie C. Mel De Fontenay &
John Stenzel
Inspired by Jan McCutcheon,
Ellie Hahn, & Janet Maestre
Junichi & Sarah Miyazaki
Gerry Morrison
Ms. Anita Navon
Michael & Elisabeth O’Malley
Elizabeth Pigford
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$100 and above
(continued)
Joellen & Leslie Piskitel
Dr. Patrick M. Pralle
Jo Ann & Buford Price
George N. Queeley
Suzanne Riess
Donald Riley & Carolyn Serrao
Constance Ruben
Julianne H. Rumsey
Susanna Schevill
Steven Scholl
Brenda Shank
Jack Shoemaker
Anne Shortall
Shelton Shugar
David & Elizabeth Silberman
Johan & Gerda Snapper
Sylvia Sorell & Daniel Kane
In honor of Marilyn Collier
Julie Thorson
Alta Tingle
Renee Tissue
Ms. Carol L. Tomlinson
Elsa & Revan Tranter
Carol Jackson Upshaw
Joy Valdez
Marco Vangelisti
Randy & Ting Vogel
David & Marvalee Wake
Dorothy Walker
Sheridan & Betsey Warrick
Alice Waters
Carolyn Webber
Elizabeth Weber
Dr. Louis Weil
Ms. Carolyn D. Weinberger
June Wiley
Ms. Zoe Williams
Mrs. Charlene M. Woodcock
We thank all who contribute to Berkeley Symphony, including those giving up to $100 annually and those whose
gifts have been received since press time. While every attempt has been made to assure accuracy in our list of
supporters, omissions and misspellings may occur. Please call 510.841.2800 x305 to report errors.
We appreciate the opportunity to correct our records.
Berkeley Symphony Legacy Society
Thank you to those who have included Berkeley Symphony in their estate planning
or life-income arrangements. If you are interested in supporting the long-term
future of Berkeley Symphony, please contact General Manager Steve Gallion at
510.841.2800 x305 or [email protected].
Norman Bookstein & Gillian Kuehner
Kathleen G. Henschel
Jeffrey S. Leiter
Janet & Marcos Maestre
Bennett Markel
Lisa Taylor
In-Kind Gifts
Special thanks to these individuals and businesses whose generous donations of
goods and services are crucial in helping Berkeley Symphony produce our concerts
and education programs while keeping expenses as low as possible.
Andreas Jones Graphic Design
Susan & Jim Acquistapace
Marshall Berman
Judith L. Bloom
Casa de Chocolates
Coracao Confections
Marilyn & Richard Collier
Jennifer Howard DeGolia
Rick Diamond
Douglas Parking
Extreme Pizza
Gloria Fujimoto
Reeve Gould
Ellen Hahn
John Harris
George & Marie Hecksher
Kathleen G. Henschel
Jutta’s Flowers
Karen Ames Consulting
Janet & Marcos Maestre
Rico Mandel
Janet & Michael McCutcheon
Bebe & Colin McRae
Meyer Sound Laboratories, Inc.
Peet’s Coffee & Tea
Thomas Richardson & Edith Jackson
Lisa & Jim Taylor
Anne & Craig Van Dyke
Dave Weiland Photography
William Knuttel Winery
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Annual Institutional Gifts
Berkeley Symphony is proud to recognize these corporations, foundations,
community organizations and government programs. These institutions are
supporting our communities through their commitment to Berkeley Symphony
and the arts.
Gifts received between October 1, 2012 and November 1, 2013
$50,000 and above
$1,500 and above
William & Flora Hewlett Foundation
The Mechanics Bank
$25,000 and above
$1,000 and above
Clarence E. Heller Charitable
Foundation
The Creative Work Fund
Meyer Sound Laboratories, Inc.
$10,000 and above
Anonymous (2)
Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation
Berkeley Public Schools Fund
Chevron Corporation
Thomas J. Long Foundation
Alameda County Art
Commission
ASCAP—American Society
of Composers, Authors and
Publishers
Up to $1,000
Berkeley Assoc. of Realtors
Casa De Chocolates
In Dulci Jubilo, Inc.
Tides Foundation
Bernard Osher Foundation
National Endowment for the Arts
$5,000 and above
The Aaron Copland Fund for
Music
Bernard E. and Alba Witkin Charitable
Foundation
California Arts Council
City of Berkeley
East Bay Community Foundation
Grubb Co.
Koret Foundation
New Music U.S.A.
Wallis Foundation
U.S. Bank
Zellerbach Family Foundation
$2,500 and above
Fromm Foundation
Union Bank of California
Matching Gifts
The following companies have
matched their employees’ or
retirees’ gifts to Berkeley Symphony.
Please let us know if your company
does the same by contacting Steve
Gallion at 510.841.2800, x305 or
[email protected].
Anchor Brewing Company
Chevron Corporation
Genentech, Inc.
Home Depot
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Administration
& Creative Staff
René Mandel, Executive Director
Steve Gallion, General Manager &
Membership Director
Ming Luke, Education Director/
Conductor
Theresa Gabel, Director of Operations
Noel Hayashi, Director of Marketing
Jessica Schultze-Sadler, Associate
Director of Marketing/Box Office
Manager
Contact
Tickets available by phone, fax,
mail, e-mail, or online:
Berkeley Symphony
1942 University Avenue, Suite 207,
Berkeley, CA 94704
510.841.2800 Fax: 510.841.5422
[email protected]
www.berkeleysymphony.org
find us on
Cindy Hickox, Development & Marketing
Associate
Karen Ames Communications,
Press & Public Relations
Yesenia Sanchez, Finance Direct0r
Quelani Penland, Librarian
Franklyn D’Antonio, Orchestra
Manager
Joslyn D’Antonio, Co-Orchestra
Manager
Kevin Reinhardt, Stage Manager
Stoller Design Group, Graphic Design
Dave Weiland, Photography
Steve Flavin, Video Design
Sid Kesav, Telemarketing
David Fang, Intern
Program
Andreas Jones, Design & Production
Stoller Design Group, Cover Design
John McMullen, Advertising Sales
Thomas May, Program Notes
Calitho, Printing
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Advertiser Index
A1 Sun. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 20
Hotel Durant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 16
Albert Nahman Plumbing. . . . . . . . . . . . page 30
Judith L. Bloom, CPA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 11
Alward Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 20
Jutta’s Flowers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 64
American Bach Soloists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 43
Kensington Symphony Orchestra . . . . page 29
Ampersand Graphics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 26
La Mediterranée. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 42
Archway School. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 36
Lunettes du Monde. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 26
Aurora Theatre. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 22
Mancheno Insurance Agency . . . . pages 34-35
Bacheesos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 40
Margaretta K. Mitchell Photography. . page 38
Bayside Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 30
Maybeck High School. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 18
Berkeley Horticultural Nursery. . . . . . . page 39
McCutcheon Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . page 46
Berkeley Optometry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 18
Mechanics Bank. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 38
Bill’s Footwear. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 50
Mountain View Cemetery. . . inside back cover
BuyArtworkNow.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 20
New Year’s Eve at the Claremont. . . . . . page 40
Café Clem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 42
Oceanworks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 23
Cal Performances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 32
Osher Life Long Learning. . . . . . . . . . . . . page 39
The Club at The Claremont. . . . . . . . . . . . page 14
Piedmont Gardens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 56
Coldwell Banker. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 60
Poulet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 40
The College Preparatory School . . . . . . page 18
R. Kassman Pianos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 50
Coracao Confections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 24
Red Oak Realty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 58
Crowden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 18
Scholar Share . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 44
DC Pianos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 38
Sotheby’s International Realty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Dining Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pages 40, 42
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . inside front cover
DoubleTree Hotel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 62
St. Paul’s Towers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 12
Douglas Parking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 60
Storey Framing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 18
Frank Bliss, State Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 28
Talavera. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 23
Going Places . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 22
Thornwall Properties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 16
Golden State Senior Care. . . . . . . . . . . . . page 29
Tricia Swift, Realtor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 48
The Grubb Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . back cover
UC Berkeley Extension. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 50
Henry’s Gastropub.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 52
Wells Fargo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 54.
to advertise in the berkeley symphony
program, call john mcmullen
510.652.3879
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