SHREVEPORT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA - 2020-21 WILLIS -KNIGHTON MASTERWORKS SERIES MICHAEL BUTTERMAN, MUSIC DIRECTOR
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SHREVEPORT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA MICHAEL BUTTERMAN, MUSIC DIRECTOR 2 0 2 0 - 2 1 W I L L I S - K N I G H TO N M A S T E R W O R K S S E R I E S
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WA R N I N G ! Watching Shreveport Symphony performances may result in spontaneous and explosive: • Clapping • Singing • Foot tapping rtists • Dancing Talented a mances ...and occasionally, tears. and perfor in process. “INDULGE with enthusiasm” says The Best of Times Award-winning monthly magazine “celebrating age and maturity”. March 2019 May 2019 June 2019 “Celebrating Age and Maturity” “Celebrating Age “Celebrating Age and Maturity” and Maturity” End of Life 100 Years R e s o u r c e D i friendship, philanthropy & gracious living King r 9 Plan Today to Woman’s e 1 c t Ease Burdens Tomorrow Arthur 2 0 Write Your Own Obituary Department Club o r y Hospice Care What’s Truth? • Will vs. Living Will Save on Funeral Costs What’s Legend? 0 + f o Communicate Effectively with Aging Parents r 5 s T U h o s o f e Also Inside Shop Smart at the Farmers’ Market The Worst Person in Louisiana Keep Cool on the Grill The Best of Times Radio Hour every Saturday at 9:05 a.m. on 710 KEEL and 101.7 FM. On Apple Podcasts at The Best of Times Radio Hour. Silver Pages – Northwest Louisiana’s premier resource directory for “those of us 50+” 318-636-5510 www.TheB es tOfTi me sNe w s. co m page 8
SSO BOARD OF DIRECTORS & STAFF Officers Staff Margaret Elrod, President Lois Robinson, Executive Director Charlton (Havard) Lyons, IV, lrobinson@shreveportsymphony.com Vice President Robert Crawford, Treasurer *Debbie Graham, Director of Finance Laura McLemore, Secretary dgraham@shreveportsymphony.com Margaret Shehee, Member at Large Alison Krepak, Director of Patron Advancement akrepak@shreveportsymphony.com Board Members *Elizabeth Miller, Development Associate Eugene Bryson emiller@shreveportsymphony.com Leigh Anne Chambers Anil Chhabra *Crozet Duplantier, Librarian Jennifer Elliott cduplantier@shreveportsymphony.com Ginger Flournoy Knox Goodman *Brett Andrews, Artistic Operations Manager Rozelle Hahn bandrews@shreveportsymphony.com Brian Hebert *Denotes part-time employee Paul Jordan Jazmin Jernigan Erica Ledet Jerard Martin Sharon McGivney Sherry Pendley Rebecca Radford Joe Rice Wendell Riley Holly Roca William Sale Libby Siskron Anne Wilson Ex-Officio Theresa Bridges Michael Butterman Alyce Labanics Lois Robinson Rick Rowell Lester Wilson page 9
A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT To say that 2020 and this symphony season have been something we’ve not experienced before would be the greatest of understatements. The year 2020 has been an extraordinarily frightening, exhausting, uncertain, and sad year for all of us. I applaud the musicians, the maestro, and symphony management and my board peers for stepping up to the plate and adapting to the pandemic and its effects in creative and meaningful ways. From parking lot productions to virtual concerts both streamed and televised, they have truly lived up to the mantra of “the show must go on.” I think the pandemic, as tragic as it has been, has caused us to think outside the box and do things that we might not have considered in more normal times. As vaccines become more widely distributed, we hope to be able, before too long after this writing, to present live concerts while adhering to the capacity, social distancing, and masking guidelines that are a vital part of mitigation measures. We look forward to being with you physically in the future, but in the meantime, we will continue to be with you virtually. We appreciate your support during these tenuous times. You have shown your faith and confidence in us as well as how much you appreciate the symphony’s value to our community. We cannot thank you enough for that. Warmly,
WELCOME FROM MICHAEL BUTTERMAN In this year like no other, the importance of music has never been clearer. It is a sacred oasis from the mundane and chaotic, as well as a way to express that which is otherwise inexpressible. It connects us, spiritually, to a higher plane, and connects us, emotionally, to one another by reminding us of our shared human experience. The challenges to live music presented by the pandemic are significant, but so, too, is society’s Photo: Rene Palmer need for the benefits it provides. Fortunately, with every crisis comes opportunity—a chance to adapt and reinvent—and we are “leaning in” to the current moment with our re-imagined programming tailored to these unprecedented times. From televised Independence Day and Holiday programs to our re-imagined Willis-Knighton Masterworks Series, we are working to keep the music playing for our community. We are grateful, once again, to have First Baptist Church as our temporary home. Its video capabilities allow us to take you “inside” the performance like never before, whether you are attending in person or streaming the concert from home. Programming that makes use of more intimate ensembles provides us the opportunity to bring you gems like the brilliant original scoring of Copland’s Appalachian Spring and the splendor of Mahler’s Fourth Symphony in a fascinating chamber reduction. Your SSO is here for you in times of celebration, as well as times of struggle. Great music sustains and uplift us, nourishingour souls and strengthening our resolve. Together, we will ‘keep the music playing’ and look forward to brighter days in the near future. Yours, Michael Butterman page 11
MICHAEL BUTTERMAN, MUSIC DIRECTOR Making his mark as a model for today’s Mr. Butterman gained international attention conductors, Michael Butterman is recognized as a diploma laureate in the Prokofiev for his commitment to creative artistry, International Conducting Competition and innovative programming, and to audience as a finalist in the prestigious Besançon and community engagement. In addition International Conducting Competition. As to his artistic leadership of the Shreveport the recipient of the Seiji Ozawa Fellowship, Symphony, he serves as Music Director for he studied at Tanglewood with Robert Spano, the Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra, whom Jorma Panula, and Maestro Ozawa, and he has led to national prominence, resulting shared the podium with Ozawa to lead the in an invitation to open the Kennedy Center’s season’s opening concert. Earlier, Mr. Butterman inaugural SHIFT Festival of American Orchestras was sponsored by UNESCO to lead the in 2017. He is also the Music Director of National Philharmonic Orchestra of Moldova in the Pennsylvania Philharmonic, an orchestra a concert of music by great American masters. uniquely focused on music education. He has recently completed a 19-year association For six seasons, Mr. Butterman served as with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra as Music Director of Opera Southwest in their Principal Conductor for Education and Albuquerque, NM. During much of that time, Community Engagement, and a 15-year he was also Director of Orchestral Studies at tenure with the Jacksonville Symphony, first as the LSU School of Music and was Principal Associate, and then as Resident Conductor. Conductor of the LSU Opera Theater. Previously, he held the post of Associate As a guest conductor, Mr. Butterman has led Conductor of the Columbus Pro Musica many of the country’s preeminent ensembles, Orchestra, and served as Music Director of including the Cleveland Orchestra, Philadelphia the Chamber Opera, Studio Opera, and Orchestra, National Symphony, Detroit Opera Workshop at the Indiana University Symphony and Houston Symphony. In the School of Music. As its Associate Music Director, 2019-20 season, he returns to the National he led the Ohio Light Opera through two Symphony on several occasions for festivals, conducting over 35 performances performances at the Kennedy Center, and leads each summer. the North Carolina School of the Arts Symphony in a program featuring a new work by At Indiana University, Mr. Butterman conducted Grammy-nominated composer Chris Brubeck. a highly acclaimed production of Leonard Bernstein’s little-known 1600 Pennsylvania Other recent appearances include Avenue in a series of performances at the performances with the Colorado Symphony, Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, receiving Oregon Symphony, Phoenix Symphony, unanimous praise from such publications Kansas City Symphony, Charleston Symphony, as The New York Times, Washington Post, Hartford Symphony, San Antonio Symphony, Variety, and USA Today. He was subsequently Syracuse Symphony, New Mexico Symphony, invited to New York at the request of the Santa Fe Symphony, California Symphony, Bernstein estate to prepare a performance of Louisiana Philharmonic, Spokane Symphony, a revised version of the work. El Paso Symphony, Mobile Symphony, Winston-Salem Symphony, Pensacola Opera, Michael Butterman’s work has been featured Asheville Lyric Opera and Victoria Symphony in six nationwide broadcasts on American (British Columbia). Summer appearances Public Media’s Performance Today. He can be include Tanglewood, the Bravo! Vail Valley heard on two CDs recorded for the Newport Music Festival, Colorado Music Festival, and Classics label and on a new disc in which he the Wintergreen Music Festival in Virginia. conducts the Rochester Philharmonic and collaborates with actor John Lithgow. www.michaelbutterman.com page 12
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KERMIT POLING, ASSOCIATE CONDUCTOR Winner of the 2019 Silver Medal from the Global Music Awards, Kermit Poling is an inspiring and passionate voice in American music. The classical music magazine Fanfare wrote, “the Romantic spirit lives, breathes and flourishes in Kermit Poling,” remarking on his “quite natural musicianship” and a “Schubertian gift for melody.” Indeed, Kermit’s talents encompass conducting and composition along with years of virtuoso including Snow White, (originally composed violin performances. for Shreveport Metropolitan Ballet), Peter Pan, Prince Charming, and Beauty and the After 24 seasons as Music Director of the Beast. The Pennsylvania Ballet debuted Fairy South Arkansas Symphony, 34 seasons as Rhymes last season and Ballet Des Moines the Shreveport Symphony’s Associate premiered The Beautiful Mermaid. His work, Conductor, 27 years as SSO Concertmaster, No Sound of Trumpet nor Roll of Drum, was and his many seasons as music director premiered in was featured in Symphony of the Marshall Symphony Orchestra and Magazine. His score to the silent film Tarzan the Shreveport Metropolitan Ballet, few of the Apes and for the documentary audiences in the Ark-La-Tex are unaware of Tarzan: Lord of the Louisiana Jungle won his many talents. accolades across the country. Kermit conducts worldwide, with his Poling received the Outstanding Artist in Music compositions also performed throughout the Fellowship in 2000 from the State of Louisiana world. In January 2017 he conducted his and twice received a Music Fellowship from debut recording with the London Symphony the Shreveport Regional Arts Council. Maestro Orchestra for an album of his compositions Poling studied at the Boston Conservatory of for the Centaur label. Fanfare described Music, the Cleveland Institute of Music and the the release as “a fabulous disc, splendidly Tanglewood Music Center, where he studied recorded and executed.” He has been with Leonard Bernstein, Kurt Masur, Gustav featured with the Orchestra Filarmonia Meier and Seiji Ozawa. In 2012, he was Veneta, the Orchestra of the Province of awarded a career advancement award from Lecco in Italy, the Symphony Orchestra of the State of Louisiana. the State of Mexico, the Guanajuato Symphony Orchestra, the Shenzhen Symphony of Kermit Poling has been a featured conductor China, and many other orchestras across on Performance Today, the Arkansas the world and in the United States. Educational Television Network, the Red River Radio Network, WGBH Boston and has Poling’s compositions have excited audiences appeared as violinist on Louisiana Public everywhere. His Symphony No. 1 “Shreveport Television and PBS in addition to numerous Symphony” was premiered by the SSO and television and radio stations throughout the Michael Butterman in 2016. His string country. He has served on the faculty of quartet, Within the Orb of Glories Wearing, Centenary College, Texarkana Community received its international television debut College, the Boston Conservatory and the in February 2017 on the EWTN cable Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music. Away network. Ballet companies throughout the from the concert stage, he is choirmaster and United States such as Ballet Des Moines, the organist at St. George’s Episcopal Church in University of Hartford, Ballet Oklahoma and Bossier City, LA, and is the General Manager The Pennsylvania Ballet in Philadelphia have and well-known classical music voice of Red commissioned and performed his works, River Radio (KDAQ Public Radio). page 14
SSO ORCHESTRA ROSTER Violin Clarinet Piano Kirsten Yon, Concertmaster Jake Hale, Principal Robert Cruz Elizabeth O’Bannon, Sandra Clark Gay Grosz Resident Concertmaster Bassoon Harp Rachel Bundy Ann Shoemaker, Principal Janel Hector Henry Edwards Jonathan Castillo Musicians are represented by Christopher Reed Jorge Cruz Local 116, AFM, AFL-CIO Daniel Santelices Janis Adams Teague Saxophone Kristin Campbell Trevor Culp ___________________ Jennifer Carsillo Paul Forsyth Laura Crawford Horn Technician Staff Kermit Poling Thomas Hundemer, (Asst. Conductor) Master Audio Engineer Principal Rob Whited Adam Black Viola Kristine Coreil Master Carpenter Borys Smolaga, Principal James Boldin Syd Hydro Adrienne Gabriel Trumpet Master Electrician Michael Drobycki Rick Rowell, Principal Matt Dickerson Michele Gunn Mike Scarlato Master Flyman Cello Steve Pyatt Courtenay Vandiver Trombone Pereira, Principal Michael Davidson, Property Master/ David Jankowski Principal Technical Director Brett Andrews Adam Johnson Debbie Graham Ruth Drummond Bass Trombone Stage Employees are represented by Eliot Haas J. Mark Thompson, Local 298, IATSE, AFL-CIO Bass Principal Justin Kujawski, Principal Tuba Kirby Nunez Steven Curtis, Principal Lois Robinson Timpani Flute Chandler Teague, Leslie Daniel Newman Principal Sally Horak Percussion Oboe Chandler Teague, Theresa Zale Bridges, Principal Principal Anthony Robinson Abigail Hawthorne Kristin Perry page 15
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SSO ANNUAL FUND DONORS Platinum Baton— Mr. Paul DeTello Col. Shirley Kelley-Heim & $10,000 (+) Mr. & Mrs. William Flanagan Mr. Jesse Heim, III Anonymous Dr. & Mrs. Larry Hiller Mr. and Mrs. Glenn V. Kinsey Anonymous Hollisann and Sidney Kent Mr. & Mrs. Charles R. Labanics The Alta & John Franks Dr. & Mrs. Charles Moffet Carole & William Lacefield Foundation Cynthia A. Murray Dr. & Mrs. Robert T. Lafargue Access Health Inc. Lois Robinson and Crozet Dr. Jerard R. Martin Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. Duplantier Dr. & Mrs. Bill McColgan, Jr. Crawford III Dr. & Mrs. Phillip A. RozemanMr. and Mrs. Bart T. McDonald Mrs. Ike Muslow Shane Shehee Paul and Betty McDonald Margaret Stagg Sour Foundation Gold Baton— Marion Weiss Mr. & Mrs. Harry E. McInnis, Jr. $7,500-$9,999 Laura Lyons McLemore David and Margarett Shehee Conductor Circle— Deborah Monarch Cole $1,000-$2,499 Linda Nall, M.D. Mrs. Pearla T. Despot Mr. Joe M. Badt Mr. and Mrs. George D. The Jack Webster Grigsby Dr. Grace Bareikis Nelson, Jr. Foundation Dr. & Mrs. Shane Barton Stephen and Constance Pajeski Dr. & Mrs. Jack Berg Mr. & Mrs. Carl Pendley Silver Baton— Drs. Ernest and LaWanda Joe & Stella Rice $5,000-$7,499 Blakeney Ms. Dorothy Rivette Anonymous Barbara (Bobbie) Brasher Holly Roca John E. & Lindsay Atkins Sandra Breithaupt Doug Schaumburg Mr. & Mrs. George A. Frank & Suzzanne Bright Mandel Selber, Jr. Baldwin, Jr. The Honorable and Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert R. Carl & Shirley Bernofsky Eugene W. Bryson, Jr. Shanley Jr. The Community Foundation - Jane & John D. Caruthers, Jr. Nell Shehee Ann V. and Robert C. Leitz III Mrs. Lo B. Cassidy and The Nelson Foundation Donor Advised Fund Beverly Cassidy Brooke Gay and Al Vekovius The Crow Foundation The Community Foundation - Dr. Holly Wall Mr. and Mrs. James K. Elrod Smith Family Donor Drs. Robert & Lisa Walter Knox M. Goodman Advised Fund Dr. & Mrs. Richard Wigle Sandra K. Hand The Community Foundation - Mrs. J. Woodfin Wilson, Jr. Nellie G. and Charlton Walter-Poljak Donor Wright Family Trust Havard Lyons IV Advised Fund The Magale Foundation Drs. Neera & Anil Chhabra Concertmaster Ken & Sharon McGivney The Cat Doctor Circle—$500-$999 Mrs. J. Frederick Patten Dr. Megan Conway & Mr. Anonymous The J.B. Atkins Foundation Calvin Head Mary & Dick Bremer Mr. & Mrs. Donald W. Weir, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Stanton Dossett Mr. & Mrs. Vernon Chance, Jr. Marletta Eddy Ms. Ann Spikes Bronze Baton— Dr. & Mrs. John Epling Arthur & Margaret Thompson $2,500-$4,999 Glenn & Ginger Flournoy Linda Dowling Anonymous Ivy and Archer Frierson Debbie Graham Anonymous Gladys & Ed Hurley Reverend Pike Thomas Dr. Dale Bauman and Foundation Dennis and Susan Webb Ms. Paula Leonard Dayne and Kathy Hassell Eileen and Mike Adkins Camellia Trading Company Brian A. Hebert Tookie & Baker Barr The Community Foundation - John Hussey Carolyn W. and Charles T. Flournoy-Courtney Family Dr. & Mrs. Paul A. Jordan Beaird Family Foundation Donor Advised Fund page 17
SSO ANNUAL FUND DONORS (continued) Sharon Bennett Rick and Laurie Boswell The Community Foundation - Will Blanchard Kitty and Charles Boyd Katherine S. Tyrrell Fund Drs. Bernadette & Carter Boyd Judith K. Causey Johnette Waterman Colonel & Mrs. Hugh G. Dr. & Mrs. David Cavanaugh Dr. and Mrs. Steven Whited Butterfield Drs. David & Carol Clemons Mrs. Louise Pons Williams The Community Foundation - U. L. Coleman Companies Suzanne Williams Hardtner Donor Advised Doctors Paul and Danielle Susan Wood Fund Cooper Craig S. Woodring Lisa and Alvin Childs, Jr. Brian and Stacey Crawford Jack and Audrey Zahm Jennifer and Dwayne Elliott Jordan & Callie Dean Jaf and Shelly Fielder Mr. & Mrs. Hubert Debo Associate— Charles Gerard Mr. and Mrs Paul Derousse $100-$199 Dr. & Mrs. Alexander Gomelsky Marilyn M. Deupree Mr. & Mrs. W. Michael Adams Mrs. James S. Harrold Dr. Jerry & Ruth Drummond Anonymous Dick and Clara Hemmings Richard Eglin Anonymous Chris and Connie Holoman Sue Ford Mrs. June Applewhite Sarah Kirkpatrick and Grant Mrs. Sally Gardner Ms. Susan Bairnsfather Summers Jeanette and David Garrett Dr. Brian Basinger Scott & Ginger Lowe Greg & Peggy Gavin Mr. & Mrs. Eric Bates Dr. & Mrs. James E. Lusk Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Glorioso Kathryn M. Beaird Geoff and Martha Mangin Dr. & Mrs. Warren D. Grafton Kelly Beaty Jerry & Allison Montgomery Annette and Mike Hall Dr. George Belchic, Jr. Ms. Patricia A. O’Brien Mike and Whittney Harper Gretchen Bell Margaret Leary Oden Mrs. Sam Bailey Hicks III Dr. & Mrs. James R. Bergeron Dee and Carol Peterson Gene and Ellen Huggs Amy Bokenfohr Lt. Col. & Mrs. Michael J. Phil & Virginia Israel Sarah Boswell Petrosh Jr. Mr. Glenn I. Jackson Jeff Brainard Janie Richardson Mr. & Mrs. Bernard Johnson Dr. Gale W. Bridger Dr. and Mrs. Rick Rowell Patricia Jones Allyson Brooks Craig & Judy Storer Mrs. Jane Law Lara & David Bryan Martha Storer Kurt & Patti Ley Kenneth Caldwell Col. & Mrs. David Thomson Mrs. Charlton H. Lyons, Jr. Max and Magan Causey Mr. & Mrs. G.W. Van Hoose Andy and Dianne Mapp Dr. & Mrs. Judd H. Chidlow Dr. & Mrs. Seborn Woods Mrs. Ann C. May Sylvia Clayton Mr. & Mrs. Thomas McElroy, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Cochran Principal Circle— Mrs. Lottie M. McGuire Maria Colon $200-$499 Michael and Susan Muse Dr. & Mrs. David Cooksey Ability Air Conditioning, INC Mr. & Mrs. Robert Neff Jr. Jean Cooper Dr. Glen Adkins D. Keith & Cynthia Payne Veronica Czarzasty Anonymous Alex and Rebecca Radford John H. Doak Anonymous Ashok and Sudha Rao Jeanne Street Anonymous John and Joy Ratcliff Dr. & Mrs. Richard Drummond Anonymous Retail Merchants Association Carolyn S. Fleming Judy Austin Herschel and Doris Rice Charles Fowler BancorpSouth Dr. Sandra C. Roerig George Fritze Helen L. Bates Ms. Elizabeth Scalf Peggy Geddes and Sharon Mrs. Oscar Lee Berry, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Phillip R. Semon Geddes Mrs. Harold R. Bicknell Dr. and Mrs. F. Thomas Siskron John Goddard Drs. Steven & Diana Bienvenu Elizabeth Stephens Ann and Dave Graham Joseph A. Bocchini Jr. MD Gary A. and Susan Taylor Barbara Gramling page 18
SSO ANNUAL FUND DONORS (continued) Laura Gregorio Mr. and Mrs. Curt Mitchell Dicky & Sally Grieder Mr. and Mrs. Scott and Randee Monceaux Deborah G. Griffith Mrs. Marianne Mosteller Dr. Tobin H. Grisgby Dr. Anil and Laura Nanda David and Susan Gross Jane and Dale Olsan Michael & Deborah Hale Mr. & Mrs. O. Michael Owens Minette Haynes Mitzi Perry Dr. and Mrs. Sanders F. Hearne Patricia Pinckard Mr. David Henington Dr. & Mrs. Donald Posner Mrs. E. R. Hensley Joan H. Potter Ms. Blanche Hirsch Amy Quinn and Bill McGill Virginia R. Houston Tommy and Kay Rabon Lisa Hunter Wendell Riley Dorothy Jarzabek Mr. & Mrs. Gerald A. Sayres, Jr. Jeanette M. and David L. Lay Tommy Seabaugh Merrilee Streun Leatherman Barbara Semon Charles and Diane Libro George Sewell James Lu Beejal Shah Dr. Aubrey & Joan Lurie Mrs. Eleanor S. Shuping Debby Macy Dr. John Todd Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Mathew Sam Medica and Andrew Twyman Mr. and Mrs. Truly W. McDaniel Terry and Kathryn Willis James and Velma McLelland Mrs. James W. Wood Beverly Miller Donna Wyatt Mr. & Mrs. Mansour Mirfakhraee page 19
SHREVEPORT SYMPHONY AGENCY ENDOWMENT FUND Held by the Community Founding Donors to Meet the Foundation Of North Carolyn Q. Nelson Louisiana Endowment Challenge In calendar 2016, the Shreveport Maestri Symphony was challenged by the Anonymous Community Foundation of North Louisiana via the Carolyn Q. Nelson Soloists Endowment Challenge to raise Mrs. D. R. James $100,000 to establish a new agency Peggy and Charlton Lyons endowment fund. The terms of the Principals challenge called for a matching Charles, Michael, and Stephen McCord $100,000 donation to be made by and the Rick McCord Family the Community Foundation if the new David and Margaret Shehee Cole fund had a total of $100,000 or more Dr. Rozelle Hahn deposited by December 31, 2016. Mrs. Sybil J. Patten We are thrilled to announce that we Ken and Sharon McGivney met the terms and raised the $100,000 Assistant Principals with the extremely generous support of Nellie and Havard Lyons the following Founding Donors: Berte and Ike Muslow Matching Donor George and Jean Baldwin The Community Foundation of North Dr. Anil and Laura Nanda Louisiana Mickel and Emily Husted Carl and Sherry Pendley Mrs. J. Woodfin Wilson, Jr. Martin Family Private Holdings, LLC Proudly Supports The Shreveport Symphony Orchestra page 20
MEMORIALS & HONORARIUMS Memorials Mr. & Mrs. Quintin T. Hardtner, III (1/1/20-1/20/21) Dr. & Mrs. Larry Hiller Dr. & Mrs. Robert T. Lafargue In Memory of William T. Adams Mr. & Mrs. Robert Leitz Eleanor R. Sockrider Don & Maurice Wilkins In Memory of Luci Bond In Memory of Alicia Pineda The Doctors Lucienne and Joe Simon Larry and Olivia Hiller In Memory of Ray Boswell In Memory of Larry Pledger Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. Crawford III Mr. & Mrs. George D. Nelson, Jr. Mr. Scott Green and Robert D. Smith In Memory of Jo Ann Pugh In Memory of Joe Cage Dr. & Mrs. F. Thomas Siskron III Wayne Buckley In Memory of Billy Jean Reasor In Memory of William Carsillo Mr. & Mrs. Gilbert R. Shanley Jr. Jean Banfield Louise W. Epstein In Memory of Peyton Shehee and Dr. & Mrs. F. Thomas Siskron III Virginia Shehee Michael and Judilyn Wise In Memory of Sheila Chumley Mr. & Mrs. George D. Nelson, Jr. In Memory of Virginia Shehee The Doctors Lucienne and Joe Simon In Memory of Winburn Curlin Stan Hancock In Memory of Bitsy Smith Dr. & Mrs. F. Thomas Siskron III In Memory of O. Delton Harrison Mr. & Mrs. Robert Leitz In Memory of Martha Smith Mrs. Tom Stagg Mr. & Mrs. George D. Nelson, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. O. Michael Owens In Memory of Dr. James S. Harrold, Jr. Barbara Stinson Mrs. Sandra Harrold In Memory of Sam W. Smith In Memory of Bruce Henderson Community Foundation – Smith Family Dr. & Mrs. F. Thomas Siskron III Donor Advised Fund In Loving Memory of Sarah Holland In Memory of Dr. William Teague Harold T. Holland Tookie & Baker Barr In Memory of Mary McCord Drs. Ernest and LaWanda Blakeney Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. Crawford III Lisa and Alvin Childs, Jr. Kathleen Ellis In Memory of Carolyn Murov Mr. Scott Green and Robert D. Smith Anonymous Linda Luck Insurance Agency James and Martha Cirilli Janie Richardson Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. Crawford III Dr. & Mrs. Rick Rowell Dr. & Mrs. Larry Hiller John M. Shuey, Jr. Mr. Scott Green and Robert D. Smith Madeline Holder In Memory of Dr. William and Lucille Jean Y. Laster Teague Mr. and Mrs. George D. Nelson, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Charles R. Labanics Janie Richardson In Memory of Donald Zadeck Mr. & Mrs. Donald W. Weir, Jr. Mrs. Tom Stagg In Memory of Dr. Ike Muslow In Memory of Carol Zaffater Ms. Elizabeth B. Beck Mr. & Mrs. George D. Nelson, Jr. Dr. George Belchic, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. Crawford III page 21
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Thank You to Our Generous Sponsors Season Sponsor “Willis-Knighton is pleased to support the Shreveport Symphony Orchestra through our Tithe the Bottom Line philosophy of philanthropy. The presence of the JAMES K. ELROD Symphony in our community indicates our commitment to offering diversity in Willis-Knighton Health System is the musical entertainment for our citizens only locally owned, locally operated and for generations to come.” not-for-profit health system in the region. As such we believe it is important to James K. Elrod, President & CEO contribute to efforts to improve the Willis-Knighton Health System quality of life for the people we serve.. Concert Sponsors Holiday Broadcast THE NOEL FOUNDATION, INC. Sponsor LAURA AND ED CRAWFORD Media Sponsors Education & Community Supporting Partners Engagement Supporters THE COMMUNITY Supported in part by a grant from the Louisiana FOUNDATION OF NORTH Supported in part by a grant Division of the Arts, Office of Cultural Development, LOUISIANA - WILLIAM C. Department of Culture, Recreation & Tourism, in from the Shreveport Regional WOOLF FUND Arts Council with funds from cooperation with the Louisiana State Arts Council. the City of Shreveport Funding has also been provided by the National Endowment for the Arts, a Federal agency. page 23
WILLIS-KNIGHTON MASTERWORKS SERIES The Four Seasons, Recomposed Saturday, January 30, 2021 7:30 PM Virtual Event Livestreamed from First Baptist Church of Shreveport Michael Butterman, conductor Francisco Fullana RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS The Lark Ascending Arranged for string orchestra by Adam Johnson Mr. Fullana MAX RICHTER Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons Recomposed Spring I, II, III Summer I, II, III Autumn I, II, III Winter I, II, III Mr. Fullana CONCERT SPONSORS Laura and Ed Crawford page 24
ARTIST BIOGRAPHY About Francisco Fullana Kravis Center, as well as two tours of eastern China and Japan. Spanish-born violinist Francisco Fullana, winner of the 2018 Avery Fisher Career Francisco was recently named artist Grant, has been hailed as a “rising star” in residence of the Balearic Islands (BBC Music Magazine), an “amazing Symphony Orchestra for the 2021-24 talent” (conductor Gustavo Dudamel) and seasons, being in charge of curating “frighteningly awesome” (Buffalo News). and leading conductorless programs and the new festival ‘Lincoln Center in A native of Mallorca in the Balearic Mallorca,’ a weeklong series of annual Islands of Spain, Francisco is making a performances with artists from Lincoln name for himself as both a performer Center’s Chamber Music Society. The and a leader of innovative educational first edition will take place this June, institutions. As an orchestral soloist he has culminating with a performance of performed the Mendelssohn Violin Beethoven’s Triple Concerto under Concerto with the Bayerische Philharmonie Pablo Mielgo alongside Chamber led by the late Sir Colin Davis, the Music Society of Lincoln Center’s directors Sibelius Concerto with the Münchner David Finckel and Wu Han to celebrate Rundfunkorchester, and the Brahms Beethoven’s 250th Anniversary. Violin Concerto with Venezuela’s Teresa Carreño Orchestra under the baton of Orchid Classics recently released Gustavo Dudamel. He has also soloed Francisco’s recording “Through the with the City of Birmingham, Vancouver, Lens of Time,” which includes Max Pacific, Alabama and Madrid Symphonies Richter’s 2012 composition The Four as well as the Saint Paul Chamber Seasons Recomposed performed with Orchestra and the Spanish Radio the City of Birmingham Symphony Television Orchestra. Orchestra conducted by Carlos Izcaray. This ambitious project, recently named Active as a chamber musician, Francisco Forbes’ CD of the Week and featured has participated in the Marlboro Music as the #1 Classical Track on Apple Festival and is a member of the Chamber Music, carries forward from its modern Music Society of Lincoln Center’s Bowers reconsideration of Vivaldi’s beloved Program. His musical collaborators classic with a series of contemporary solo have included Midori, Viviane Hagner, works for violin that also shine a new light Nobuko Imai, Charles Neidich, Mitsuko on the Baroque musical tradition. Uchida, and members of the Guarneri, Juilliard, Takács and Cleveland quartets. Francisco received bachelor’s and master’s degrees from The Juilliard School following Highlights of Francisco’s recent and studies with Donald Weilerstein and upcoming orchestral engagements include Masao Kawasaki, and holds an Artist debuts with the Buffalo Philharmonic Diploma from the USC Thornton School Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra of of Music. He currently performs on the Philadelphia, Tucson, Miami and 1735 “Mary Portman” ex-Kreisler Guarneri Springfield Symphony Orchestras, and del Gesù violin, kindly on loan from Argentina’s National Orchestra. Recital Clement and Karen Arrison through the debuts this season also include the Stradivari Society of Chicago. Phillips Collection and Palm Beach’s franciscofullana.com page 25
THE FOUR SEASONS, RECOMPOSED PROGRAM Both compositions on tonight’s program portrays a soaring bird in flight. The solo were inspired by poems about nature, and violin has trills and wide-sweeping they reveal the close connection between melodies, suggesting birdlike sounds and music and the other arts, as well as sights movements. Truly remarkable, though, are and sounds of the external world. the free-flowing rhythms in the numerous violin cadenzas, and this sense of unfettered RALPH VAUGHN WILLIAMS (1872-1958) movement pervades the entire composition. The Lark Ascending Interspersed throughout the piece are Arranged for string orchestra by contrasting episodes of new melodies Adam Johnson supplied by the woodwinds. The work closes with an unaccompanied violin cadenza that Vaughn Williams was born into a prominent reaches two octaves above the treble staff English family that included well-known before dropping down a third lower. The figures like Charles Darwin and Josiah overall effect is one of tranquility and grace. Wedgewood. As a child, he took lessons in piano, violin, and organ. After receiving The Lark Ascending was written on the degrees from the Royal College of Music eve of World War I, leading some critics and Trinity College, Cambridge, he today to suggest the music seems imbued studied composition with Max Bruch in with nostalgia, perhaps even a tinge of Berlin and Maurice Ravel in Paris. sadness. Although this may be true, we should also recognize that the unusual But Vaughn Williams’s interests extended musical qualities―rhythmic freedom, beyond writing music. He worked as a which was revolutionary at that time, and conductor, served as a church organist, beautiful modal melodies―blend perfectly taught school for a while, and collected with nature and poetry. The result is a and edited hundreds of English folksongs. composition that occupies a truly unique He was also fond of literature, especially niche in violin/orchestral literature. poetry, and as a native of the Cotswolds, he loved the English countryside. © Program note by Dr. La Wanda J. Blakeney While seeking to forge his own compositional MAX RICHTER (1966- ) identity, Vaughn Williams consciously Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons Recomposed rejected imitation of European models and returned to his English roots. All of Composer Max Richter is part of Deutsche his interests come together in The Lark Grammophon’s acclaimed Recomposed Ascending, a short, one-movement work series, in which contemporary artists are originally written in 1914 for violin and invited to re-work a traditional piece of music. piano. He later recast the work for solo violin and orchestra, scoring it for The idea of recomposing and re-processing woodwinds, strings, two horns, and musical works was common practice in triangle (the only percussion instrument), Vivaldi’s time and the project presents an and this version is better known than the exciting opportunity to make favorite classics original. In 2013, British conductor and relevant to a wider audience. However, pianist Adam Johnson made an Richter’s approach differs fundamentally arrangement for solo violin, string from the preceding releases: in contrast orchestra and triangle, and this is the to previous participants who reworked version we hear tonight. recordings from the extensive Deutsche Grammophon catalogue, Richter actually Inspired by George Meredith’s poem of the ‘recomposed’ Antonio Vivaldi’s The Four same name, Vaughn Williams musically Seasons. He is the first in the series to page 26
THE FOUR SEASONS, RECOMPOSED PROGRAM (continued) employ an existing score, ‘inscribe’ his our musical language today.” Other new composition into Vivaldi’s and record resonances are no less unexpected: a ‘new’ version of a familiar work, thus Richter describes part of the first movement creating a new hybrid work. of his Summer as “heavy music for the orchestra. It’s relentless pulsed music, Like many composers Richter was always which is a quality that contemporary fascinated by Vivaldi’s 1725 composition dance music has; and perhaps I was also because “The Four Seasons is an omni- thinking about John Bonham’s drumming. present piece of music and like no other Then, in the second movement of Autumn part of our musical landscape.” But he was I asked the harpsichordist Raphael also aware that for many, including himself, Alpermann to play in what is a rather it had long ago ceased to be something old-fashioned way, very regularly, rather of beauty and had instead become an ever like a ticking clock. That was partly present piece of muzak “You hear it in the because I didn’t want the harpsichord supermarket regularly, you’re confronted part to be attention-seeking, but also with it in adverts or hear it as muzak when because that style connects to various on hold. Slowly you begin to blank it out.” pop records from the 1970s where the Richter yearned to reconnect with the piece harpsichord or Clavinet was featured, and to re-start the conversation on Vivaldi’s including various Beach Boys albums and work, and he sought to do so in an the Beatles’ Abbey Road.” accessible style that mirrored Vivaldi’s intentions with the piece, rather than to Clearly, Richter has brought his own place a 20th-century Modernist imprint on frame of reference to the project. As he it. “I wanted to open up the score on a says, “Vivaldi’s music is made of regular note-by-note level, and working with an patterns, and that connects with post- existing recording was like digging a mine minimalism, which is one strand in the shaft through an incredibly rich seam, music that I write. That felt like a natural discovering diamonds and not being able to link, but even so it was surprisingly pull them out. That became frustrating. difficult to navigate my way through it. At I wanted to get inside the score at the every point I had to work out how much level of the notes and in essence re-write is Vivaldi and how much is me. It was it, re-composing it in a literal way.” difficult but also rewarding because the In order to do this Richter wrote an raw material is so fascinating.” Just as entirely new score and recorded it with Richter’s Seasons plays tricks with the way Daniel Hope and The Konzerthaus we hear Vivaldi’s original, so it also asks Kammerorchester in Berlin. questions of the soloist. “Violinists have Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons hardwired in Richter calculates that, in the process, he their brain. [A soloist] is likely to play the has discarded around three-quarters of original I don’t know how many times in Vivaldi’s original. He opens with what he a year, and for him to have my parallel describes as “a dubby cloud which I’ve text going on in another part of his brain called Spring 0. It functions as a sort of is a challenge.” prelude, setting up an electronic, ambient space for the first Spring movement to Adapted from the booklet text for the step into. I’ve used electronics in several Recomposed release, written by Nick movements, subtle, almost inaudible Kimberley. things to do with the bass, but I wanted certain moments to connect to the whole electronic universe that is so much part of page 27
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CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES The Noel Foundation, Inc. Chamber Music Series brings together the talents of world-class guest artists and some of our top Shreveport Symphony musicians in intimate musical settings. General admission seats for all Chamber Music Series concerts are FREE. SCHUBERT’S DEATH AND THE BEETHOVEN’S SEPTET MAIDEN & MORE Sun., May 2, 3 PM Sun., March 21, 3 PM First Baptist Shreveport First Baptist Shreveport Elizabeth O’Bannon, violin; Adrienne The Emerald String Quartet—Kiril Gabriel, viola; David Jankowski, cello; Laskarov & Diana Norwood, violins; Borys Justin Kujawski, bass; Jake Hale, clarinet; Smolaga, viola; Brett Andrews, cello Ann Shoemaker, bassoon; Adam Black, horn SCHUBERT String Quartet, No. 14 in BEETHOVEN Septet, Op. 20 D minor, “Death and the Maiden” The Beethoven Anniversary comes to BEETHOVEN String Quartet, Op. 59, a close with another celebration. The No. 3 in C Major septet calls for a mixed string and wind ensemble, calling for great precision Featuring an actual Stradivarius violin, from the performers. Be sure to catch the Emerald Quartet will perform the violin part—it’s a whopper and will one of chamber music’s most famous be played by Elizabeth O’Bannon, works, “Death and the Maiden” by Associate Concertmaster of the SSO. Franz Schubert. PROKOFIEV AND BRAHMS I-49 BRASS Sun., May 16, 3 PM Fri., April 23, 3 PM First Baptist Shreveport First Baptist Shreveport Yevgeny Yontov, piano; Jake Hale, Rick Rowell and Mike Scarlato, trumpets; clarinet; Jennifer Carsillo and Rachel Thomas Hundemer, horn; Michael Bundy, violins; Borys Smolaga, viola; Davidson, trombone; J. Mark Thompson, John-Henry Crawford, cello bass trombone The I-49 Brass will present a diverse PROKOFIEV Overture on Hebrew program drawn from five centuries of Themes, Op. 34 brass quintet literature—from Renaissance BRAHMS Piano Quintet in f minor, Op. 34 to Bach to a new commission, “Commute” by Costas Dafnis. page 29
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